SMA’s 2021 Physicians-in-Training Abstract Competition hosted during the 112th Annual Scientific Assembly October 28-30, 2021.

Thank you to all who participated and congratulations to the winners!

Session 3 Winners

1st Place
A Surgical Approach to Persistent Orofacial Swelling: A Rare Case of Melkersson-Rosenthal Syndrome, Roxana Azimi, BS, MS

2nd Place
Ticagrelor Induced Dyspnea After Acute Coronary Syndrome, Mohammed Afraz Pasha, MBBS, MD 

3rd Place
Intranasal Deferoxamine Modulates Memory, Neuroinflammation, and the Neuronal Transcriptome in the Streptozotocin Rodent Model of Alzheimer Disease, Jacob Kosyakovsky, BS

Session 5 Winners

1st Place
Presumed Stroke Recrudescence Delays Diagnosis of Statin-Induced Myonecrosis, Christine Sykalo, DO

2nd place
Idiopathic Pericardial Effusions in Children: Workup and Final Diagnosis, Emily Ribeiro, MD 

3rd place
Mixed Adenoneuroendocrine Cancer of Duodenum: A Rare Cause of Gastric Outlet Obstruction, Aimen Farooq, MBBS, MD

Session 6 Winners

1st Place
Cerebral Venous Thrombosis in a Patient with Adenovirus, Yasmin Rosshandler, DO, MHS

2nd Place
Epiploic Appendagitis: A Rare Cause of Left Lower Abdominal Pain, Aashvi Dalal, MBBS 

3rd Place
Severe Hypokalemia Presenting As Guillian-Barre Syndrome In A Middle-Aged Caucasian Male, Utibe Ndebbio, MBBCh

Session 7 Winners

1st Place
Staff Perceptions: Restraint Bed vs Chair,  A QI Project for the Management of Behavioral Emergencies in the Psychiatric Inpatient Setting, Briana Tillman, DO, MEd, BS 

2nd Place
Choosing Mastectomy vs. Lumpectomy-with-Radiation: Experiences of Breast Cancer Survivors, Claudia Admoun, BS

3rd Place
It’s Time to B. Cereus: Bacillus-derived Fatal Hemorrhagic Bullous Soft Tissue Necrosis, Jeremy Hess, DO