GW SMHS Research Day

Students from the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences Regional Medical Campus at Sinai were well represented at the SMHS Research Showcase. Sixteen members of the class of 2028 and two from the class of 2027 presented their work at the annual event.

Miles Kauffman recently presented her research at the Pediatric Academic Societies


Also, second year medical student Miles Kauffman recently presented her research at the Pediatric Academic Societies Meeting on April 27.

Below is the list of medical students who presented:

Abrams, Avi 
Title: Trends in Ventricular Tachycardia Admissions and Emergency Department Charges in the United States 
Medical Student

Bochkova, Jacqueline 
Title: Thoracoscopic lobectomy after neoadjuvant chemoimmunotherapy for lung cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis 
Medical Student

Bokaee, Sarah 
Title: Optimizing Multispecialty Preventive Care: Referral Patterns, Adherence, and Remission in Inflammatory Bowel Disease 
Medical Student

Han, Anna (Muxin) 
Title: Subjective vs. Objective Cognitive and Psychological Assessment in Long COVID: A Systematic Review of Self-Report Measures and Standardized Neuropsychological Testing 
Medical Student

Hayden, Giles 
Title: Improving Kangaroo Mother Care Initiation and Duration in Rural Kenya: A Quality Improvement Study 
Medical Student

Hyder, Maryam 
Title: Individual and Neighborhood Food Environments, Diet Quality, and Screening for Prenatal Congenital Heart Disease 
Medical Student

Kaufman, Miles 
Title: Plain Language AI Summaries of Real Pediatric Inpatient Progress Notes 
Medical Student

Lee, Sharon 
Title: Two Cases of Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV)-Associated Secondary Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) Following Bilateral Lung Transplantation 
Medical Student

Moody, Michael 
Title: Data-Driven Preoperative Hemoglobin A1c and Same-Day Glucose to Stratify Complication Risk Following Total Shoulder Arthroplasty 
Medical Student

Oboh, Ena
Title: Evaluation of Watson Constraints in Gamma Knife Stereotactic Radiosurgery for Medically Intractable Trigeminal Neuralgia in the Era of Preplanning MRI with Frame-Based Cone Beam CT
Medical Student

Saravanan, Shivani 
Title: Who Heals the Healers? Exploring Adverse Childhood Experiences in Healthcare Professional Students 
Medical Student

Seth, Ishika 
Title: Current HIV and Hepatitis C Testing in a District of Columbia Academic Emergency Department 
Medical Student

Tam, Ean 
Title: Erector Spinae Block versus Intercostal Nerve Block in Thoracic Surgery 
Medical Student

Thalos, Elijah 
Title: From Lab to Clinic: a Toolbox to Address Vaccine Safety Concerns 
Medical Student

Ugarte, Mateo 
Title: Characterizing Young-Onset Prostate Cancer at an Urban Academic Cancer Center 
Medical Student

Wolf, Bryan 
Title: The Impact of Multiple Limb Lengthening Procedures: A Single-Center Retrospective Study 
Medical Student

Zvagelsky, Felicia 
Title: Is Traveling for Cloaca Repair Associated with Increasing Financial Toxicity?: A Mixed-Methods Look at the Financial Impact of Undergoing Cloacal Repair at a High-Volume Center 
Medical Student

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