GRMERC Research day at DeVos Place. April 21, 2010

1. GRMERC Research Day 2009 ‐ Awards
Founders Bank & Trust Award
Ankur N. Mehta MD, Thomas M. Aaberg, Jr MD, Nick Duesebery PhD. Differences in Intraocular
Levels of Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor in Diffuse vs. Focal Diabetic Macular Edema.
Practicing Professional Presentation 1st Place
John E. vanSchagen MD FAAFP, Jean B. Thomas MDA. Case of Geographic Skin Eruption in a
Scuba Diver.
Practicing Professional 2nd Place
Lawrence Hall MD, Napoleon Bravo MD. A Retrospective Review of Culture Results and Treatment
of Skin Abscesses in an Urgent Care System.
Best MSU-CHM 3rd & 4th Year Student Presentation 1st Place
Alicia DeMarco MSIII, Jill Gadzinski MSIII, Eleanor Lehnert MSIII, Donald Malcolm MD. Tissue
Doppler Imaging and the Systolic to Diastolic Duration Ratio in the Assessment of Right Ventricular
Diastolic Function in Late Post-Operative Tetralogy of Fallot.
Best MSU-CHM 3rd & 4th Year Student Presentation 2nd Place
Erin McQueen MSII, Alan Young MSII, Andrew Jameson MD, Marc McClelland MD. Consequences of
Methanol Intoxication.
Best MSU-CHM 1st & 2nd Year Student Presentation 1st Place
David Hobbs MSI, Gina-Marie Barletta MD, Timothy Bunchman MD. Megestrol Acetate Effectively
Stimulates Growth in Pediatric Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease.
Best MSU-CHM 1st & 2nd Year Student Presentation 2nd Place
Paul Swiecicki MSII, Jasmina Hadziosmanovic MSII, Michael Bianco MSII, Nick Aloisio MSII, Justin
Davies MSII, Steven Thayer MSII, Mark Spoolstra MD, Gregory Deines DO, David A. Bozaan MD.
Adherence with an Institution-Wide Basal-Bolus Insulin Protocol.
Best GVSU PA Presentation 1st Place
Abby Rogers PA-S, Sarah McIntyre PA-S, Terri Bacon-Baguley RN PhD, Linda Rossman MSN,
Jeffrey Jones MD FACEP. The Forensic Rape Examination: Is Colposcopy Really Necessary?
Best GVSU PA Presentation 2nd Place
Rebecca Raab PA-S, Kathrine Kranz PA-S, Sara Smith PA-S, Charles DuBose MD. Predicting GVSU
Physician Assistant Student Performance.
Best GVSU PA Presentation 3rd Place
Rachelle Franks PA-S, Molly Downing PA-S, Megan Smith PA-S, Wallace Boeve PhD. Gender
Differences in Job Satisfaction Among Physician Assistant Educators

2. GRMERC Research Day 2009 ‐ Awards
Best GVSU PA Presentation 4th Place
Kim Shaw PA-S, Lyndsay Wilkens PA-S, Sarah Wretschko PA-S, Terri Bacon-Baguley RN PhD,
Debra Sietsema RN PhD, Clifford Jones MD. Follow-Up Assessment for Osteoporosis in Adults
Treated for a Distal Radius Fracture
FSU Student Presentation
Dusten Rose PharmD, Jean Lee PharmD BCPS, G. Bob DeYoung PharmD BCPS, Minerva Galang
MD. Adherence to Hepatitis B Pharmacotherapy Guidelines and Associated Hepatotoxicity in Human
Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Co-infected Patients
Emergency Medicine Best Research Presentation
Omar Kolonda MD, Paul Swiecicki MSII, I. Stanley Frye MD, Linda Rossman MSN. Vaginal Trauma
during Consensual Sexual Intercourse.
Emergency Medicine Best Case Presentation
Leif Meyers MD, Bryan Judge MD FACEP. Myeloneuropathy in a Dentist.
Emergency Medicine – Medical Student Presentation 1st Place
Tabitha Oosterhouse MSII, Amber Loyson MSII, Michael Bianco MSII, Dale McNinch DO FACEP,
Shane Madsen MD. Clinical Features of Acute Diverticulitis in Very Young Patients.
Emergency Medicine – Medical Student Presentation 2nd Place (tie)
Amber Loyson MSII, Amy Bishop MD, Stephanie Penton MD FACEP, Jeffrey Jones MD FACEP.
Acute Childhood Ataxia after Accidental ASA Poisoning.
Emergency Medicine – Medical Student Presentation 2nd Place (tie)
Lindy Babcock MSII, Stephanie Penton MD, Jeffrey Jones MD. Early Differentiation of Necrotizing
Fasciitis (Flesh-Eating Bacteria).
Family Medicine – Best Presentation
Rajani Lohani, MD, John E. vanSchagen, MD. Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia Induced by Parvovirus
B19 Infection.
General Surgery - Best Research Presentation
Kathryn O'Keefe MD, Paul Kemmeter MD. Bariatric Surgery in Patients Over Age 65 at a High
Volume Center: Post-operative Mortality, Complications, and Weight Loss Outcomes.
General Surgery - Best Case Presentation
Jill Onesti MD, Christopher Mascarenhas MD, Mathew Chung MD. Unusual Presentation of
Metastatic Colon Cancer Isolated to the Scapula

3. GRMERC Research Day 2009 ‐ Awards
Internal Medicine – Med/Peds Best Research Presentation
Jennifer Gerardin MD, Michael Bouthillier PharmD, Jeeva Subramanian MD, Rima Shah MD, Sohail
Qadir MD, Carlos Tavera MD. The Internal Medicine Resident Clinic’s Compliance with the 2002
Updated Beers Criteria and Evaluation of Quality Improvement Strategies.
Internal Medicine – Med/Peds Best Case Presentation
Farrukh Badsha MD, Nasir Khan MD. Lethal Moustache Scissors: An Unusual Case of Toxic Shock
Syndrome.
Obstetrics & Gynecology Best Presentation
Jennifer Yu MD, Stephen Rechner MD. Continuity of Care and Patient Satisfaction with Childbirth
Experience: Support for the Laborist.Model of Care.
Orthopaedic Surgery Best Research Presentation
Scott Holthusen MD, Clifford Jones MD, Debra Sietsema PhD, Terrence Endres MD, James Ringler
MD. Trochanteric Cephalomedullary Intramedullary Nailing of Reverse Oblique Pertrochanteric
Fractures (AO A3.1).
Orthopaedic Surgery Best Case Presentation
Chad Carlson MD, Scott Russo MD. Complication of Halo Traction in a Patient with Previous Brachial
Plexus Palsy.
Pediatrics Presentation - 1st Place
Rhonda Yono-Atisha MD, Jamey Birmingham MD. Torticollis in Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis.
Pediatrics Presentation - 2nd Place
Heather Helton MD, Megan Mroczkowski MD, David Pettersson MD, Matthew Gale MD, Carolina
Quezada MD, Jeri Kessenich MD. Iron Deficiency Anemia Screening in a Midwest Urban WIC
Population at Age One: Is It Still Relevant?
Plastic Surgery Presentation – 1st Place
Roderick M Urbaniak MD, Keith C. Neaman MD, Steven L. Ringler MD. Abdominoplasty, a Single
Surgeon’s Experience: A Review of 207 Consecutive Cases.
Plastic Surgery Presentation – 2nd Place
Amanda McClure MD, Keith Neaman MD, Albert Andres MD, Ronald Ford MD. The Lund-Browder
Chart Re-Visited: Estimation of Body Surface Area in the Obese Patient.
Radiology Presentation – 1st Place
Samuel J. Boynton MD, Charles Luttenton MD. Disseminated Histoplasmosis Manifested Principally
in the Spleen on Imaging.

4. GRMERC Research Day 2009 ‐ Awards
Radiology Presentation – 2nd Place
Doug Lukins MD, Dan Stoutamire MD, Charles Luttenton MD. Radiology Resident Preliminary
Interpretation of Emergency Imaging Studies.
Transitional Year Best Research Presentation
Ankur N. Mehta MD, Thomas M. Aaberg, Jr MD, Nick Duesebery PhD. Differences in Intraocular
Levels of Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor in Diffuse vs. Focal Diabetic Macular Edema.
Transitional Year Best Case Presentation
Amit Manu Patel MD, Sohail Qadir MD. Herpes Zoster Induced Acute Urinary Retention.
Fellowship Presentation – 1st Place
Khaled El-Badawi MD, Ali Mahmood MD, Theodor Asgiersson MD, Donald Kim MD, Rebecca
Hoedema MD, Heather Slay MD, Nadav Dujovny MD, Martin Luchtefeld MD, Anthony Senagore MD.
Fluid Management for Laparoscopic Colectomy: A Prospective Randomized Assessment of Goal
Directed Administration of Balanced Salt Solution or Hetastarch Coupled with an Enhanced Recovery
Program.
Fellowship Presentation – 2nd Place
Ali Mahmood MD, Khaled El-Badawi MD, Theodor Asgiersson MD, Donald Kim MD, Rebecca
Hoedema MD, Heather Slay MD, Nadav Dujovny MD, Martin Luchtefeld MD, Anthony Senagore MD.
Does Absolute Glycemic Response or the Variability of Glycemic Response Affect Surgical Site
Infection Rates?