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Nearly 200 trainees will present their projects at Waitzer Hall in one of two poster sessions.

The presenters assigned to each session are listed under the headings "Session A Participants" and "Session B Participants." Read the abstracts for this year's submissions.

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Session A

Time: 2:40 p.m. to 3:40 p.m.
Location: Waitzer Hall

Posters #1-100 are in Room 100
Posters #101-200 are in Room 200

Session B

Time: 3:40 p.m. - 4:40 p.m.
Location: Waitzer Hall

Posters #1-100 are in Room 100
Posters #101-200 are in Room 200

The trainees participating in this session are listed below in alphabetical order by last name.

  • Gabriella Adams: Adenotonsillectomy Versus Bed Alarm for Children with Sleep Disordered Breathing and Nocturnal Enuresis
  • Parker Adams: Incidence and Outcomes of Pediatric Seymour Fractures in the Hampton Roads Area 2015-2023: A Review
  • Carine Afiadata: When New Onset Psychosis Isn't - A Case Report of Anti-NMDA Receptor Encephalitis in an Emergency Department Psychiatric Hold Patient
  • Claire Allison: The Association Between Tympanostomy Tubes and Speech Outcomes in Individuals with Cleft Palate
  • Chase Armstrong: Prevalence of and Risk Factors for Diabetes in Western Tidewater: A Community-Based Screening Study
  • Andrew Bahhouth: Complex Case of Aortic Stenosis with Self-Expanding TAVR Valve Infolding
  • Asa Britton-Jenkins: Molecular Docking of Novel Boronic Acid Bioisosteres of Combretastatin A-4 to α/β Tubulin
  • Y-Nhi Bui: Red Cell Exchange Modulates Neutrophil Degranulation of Myeloperoxidase in Sickle Cell Disease 
  • Emily Burnett: Novel Percutaneous Repair of Femoral Pseudoaneurysms using Perclose ProGlide: A Case Series
  • Melissa Cazzell: Assessment of Fetal Liver Volumes in Patients with Pregestational Diabetes Compared to Controls 
  • Phyu Chaw: Stem Cell Targeted Therapy in Breast Cancer
  • June Choi: Investigating the Potential Contribution of TRIM72 to the Mitigation of Lung Fibrosis by Modulating ZEB1 Signaling
  • Anneliese Colliver: Differential Effects of Spaceflight Hazards on Gross Sensorimotor Function in Male Mice
  • Thomas Cook: Displaced Aortic Endograft Rescued by Endoscopic Biopsy Forceps Pullback
  • Julia Cornelius: The Relationship Between Adhesive Capsulitis and Metabolic Disorders
  • Mia Cranmer: CD40L Expression Increases in Epilepsy
  • Peter Cunniff: Brown-Séquard Syndrome Secondary to Spinal Cord Stimulator Lead Migration 
  • Isabel Dashtizad: Do We Need to Use Mesh for Hernia Repair in Massive Weight Loss Patients?
  • Taylor (Nikki) Drake: Visual and Intraocular Pressure Outcomes with Advanced Technology Intraocular Lens Implants 
  • Alexander Eckstrom: Starry Sky Liver in the Setting of Early Ketosis
  • Randa Eldosougi: Interventional Radiology Novel Techniques for Knee Pain: A Review of Genicular Artery Embolization and Genicular Nerve Ablation
  • Samantha Elliott: Classics in Abdominal Radiology: Jumping Deer Sign
  • Amira Elzarea: Ultrasound Indicated Cerclage in Women with Previous Late Preterm Birth
  • Saif Fiaz: An Antibiotic Gone Rogue
  • Taylor Figgs: An Atypical Presentation of Drug-induced Thrombocytopenia
  • Ethan Flathers: An Original Cause for a Fever of Unknown Origin
  • Gwendolyn George: Variable UTI Rate in Isolated Hydronephrosis: Implications for Prophylactic Antibiotic Use
  • Julianne Ghiorzi: Burnout Interventions for Medical Residents: A Systematic Review of Quality and Efficacy
  • Maya Godambe: Turbinate Reduction Outcomes in Children with Sleep Disordered Breathing Undergoing Adenotonsillectomy
  • Zachary Goodrich: Examining the Prevalence of Visually-Significant Cystoid Macular Edema in Patients Treated with Dextenza® Following Cataract Surgery
  • Kasun Gunawardena: Testing Novel Histological Markers for Fibrosis in Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH)
  • Neha Gupta: Typical and Atypical Presentations of Chondrocalcinosis: An Educational Exhibit
  • Eric Hayes: Evaluating Automated Hand Tracking Hygiene Technologies in an Inpatient Pediatric Care Setting 
  • Alexis Hernandez: Healing Hearts & Health with Caring Connections: Perceptions of Provider Compassion
  • Jacob Hoffman: Case Report: Femoral Endarterectomy Rescue After Partial Extraluminal Stent Deployment in TAVR-related Arterial Dissection
  • Raymond Hogge III: The Effect of Hypernatremia on 30-Day All-Cause Mortality from a Real-World Retrospective Cohort Review
  • Andrea Hooberman-Pineiro: Developing a Longitudinal Advocacy Curriculum for a Pediatrics Residency Program
  • Gregory Hubbard: CD40 Influences HFO Rate by Sensitizing NMDA Receptor Activity
  • Andrus Jackson: Exploring Neighborhood Level Socioeconomic Status and Volumetric MRI Results in Patients with Memory Impairment
  • Muhammad Javed: Are You Sure This is Not Multiple Sclerosis? Atypical Manifestation of Aseptic Meningitis Presenting as Bilateral Internuclear Ophthalmoplegia.
  • Angad Jhandi: Social Vulnerability Influences Baseline Health-Related Quality of Life for Men with Prostate Cancer
  • Katherine Johnson: Commonly Seen Implantable OB/GYN Devices on Imaging
  • Nikia Johnson:  Implementing School-Based Comprehensive Sex Education among Adolescents in Norfolk - Findings from the Sixth Grade Program 
  • Lily Kauffman: Are you ready for it? A call for a second victim phenomenon training
  • Christiana King: Healthcare Provider Perspectives of COVID-19's Impact on Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health Services: A Qualitative Study
  • Mehron Kouhestani: Stewards of Anatomy
  • Amir Latifian: Do We Need to Use Mesh for Hernia Repair in Massive Weight Loss Patients? 
  • Rebecca Lee: Targeted Interventions for Hand Hygiene Improvement in an Inpatient Pediatric Care Setting
  • Aaron Lerner: Fox Insight:  Most Bothersome Symptoms in Early-stage Parkinson's Disease
  • Nina Li: Medical Students' Attitudes and Motivations Toward Research
  • Ang Li: C3aR1 as a Mediator of Insulin Secretion, Downstream of Adipsin Activity
  • Shelby Ma: B Cell Subsets are Differentially Regulated by Desmosterol in an Atherosclerotic Environment
  • Bhavana Madhu: Brief Clinical Needs Assessment Quality Check for EBP Adherence in Pediatric Primary Care
  • Ryan Mancoll: Attitudes and Beliefs Regarding Use of Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning Information in the Clinical Setting
  • Olivia Markert: Contrast-induced Bronchospasm in a Patient with Bronchopleural-esophageal Fistula
  • Anu Mathew: Hemolysis After Dark
  • Samantha McGuire: Epithelium-Derived Factors Responsible for Luminal Translocation of Macrophages: The Role of CXCL17 in Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia
  • Jessica Miller: Neurotensin Drives Functional Changes in Theca Cells During Ovulation in Macaca fascicularis 
  • Nealy Minson: A Crescent Setting Down on the Kidneys: A Case of RPCG in the Setting of IgA Nephropathy
  • Joshua Morris: Preimplantation Genetic Testing for Chromosomal Rearrangements - What Should We Expect?
  • Daiwik Munjwani: 5-Hydroxymethyl-2-furfural (HMF): A Suspected Diabetogen?
  • Gerryl Naranjo: Association of Hospital Readmission Rates with Social Determinants of Health Among Cancer Patients in Level 1 Trauma Centers
  • Savannah Newton: Case Report: Ischemic Infarction After Intracerebral Hemorrhage in Elderly Caucasian Female with Atrial Fibrillation
  • Lily Nguyen: Disjointed Diagnosis: Identifying a Multisystem Culprit
  • Sarah Parks: A Binding Assay Investigating the Binding Potential of DCLK-1 as a Carrier Peptide to Breast Cancer Stem Cells for Therapeutic Targeting
  • Himali Patel: Baseline Characteristics of Patients with Psychiatric Complaints Presenting to a Pediatric ED
  • Dhruvi Patel: Diagnosis of Exclusion: A Case of Rare Demyelinating Disorder
  • Urvi Patel: Testing a Novel Acidic-sensing pHLIP Delivery Reagent for OncomiR Knockdown in Prostate Cancer Cells.
  • Madeleine Peterson: Maternal Outcomes of Peripartum Meningioma Diagnosis: A Systematic Review
  • Gregory Pierpoint: Baseline Comparison of Nasal Nitric Oxide Levels and Nasal Patency in Chronic Rhinosinusitis Patients and Healthy Controls 
  • Gautam Ramanathan: Addressing Food Insecurity as Part of Routine Clinic Operations at a Student-Run Free Clinic in Norfolk, VA
  • Diana Sadaieva: Pembrolizumab and Immune-related Adverse Events: A Case Report
  • Nargiza Sadr: Iron Deficiency Anemia Time Trends in the United States: A Nationwide Cross-Sectional Study 
  • Megan Sage: Neurotensin Stimulates Theca Androgen Production in the Monkey Ovarian Follicle
  • Phavon Sage: Factors Influencing Social Media Influencer Status
  • Shalini Sakhamuri: Implementation of a Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee Improves Residency Research Output
  • Benjamin Samberg: Case Report: Bilateral Pneumothoraces Post-TCAR
  • Kaelan Nicholas Samoranos: Characterizing Glycosylated Cargo of Extracellular Vesicles in Luminal Breast Cancer
  • Hira Sarfraz: Riboflavin Deficiency: An Unusual Cause of Type B Lactic Acidosis
  • Maren Schroeder: Hippocampal Piezo1 after Status Epilepticus 
  • Zachary Shalley: Discussion of Management for the Pediatric Chiari 1 Deformity
  • Emily Sheetz: A Linear Verrucous Lesion on the Left Gluteal Region of a Child
  • Sonali Shirali: Biomarker Analysis of Mechanically Ventilated Adults using Propofol or Dexmedetomidine
  • Collette Sholi: Investigating Transportation Equity and Partnering with Patients in Outpatient Clinic Settings
  • Jarris Simpson: Socioeconomic Determinants Between Preterm or Full Term Birth 
  • Elliot Smits: Final Results: Will Space Radiation Exposure Lead to Altered Risk-Taking Behavior
  • Senah Stephens: The Effect of Harvest Site Closure on Knee Outcomes Following ACL Reconstruction with Patellar Tendon Autograft
  • Meghana Devi Sunkara: Factors Influencing Social Media Influencer Status
  • Maren Sword: A Retrospective Review of Metformin Discontinuation Among Patients at Ghent Family Medicine
  • Austin Temple: The Effect of Climate on Free Clinic Attendance by Individuals Experiencing Housing Insecurity 
  • Sheku Toronka: Leveraging Machine Learning to Predict Mobility Outcomes in Traumatic Brain Injury: A Retrospective Analysis
  • Shikha Trivedi: Change in Heart: Traumatic Left Anterior Descending Arterial Thrombus and Dissection Following Blunt Chest Trauma in a Patient Requiring Multiple Interventions and Ultimately a Heart Transplant: A Case Repo
  • Joanna Twist: Paraneoplastic Subepidermal Immunobullous Dermatosis Associated with Primary Systemic Amyloidosis and Multiple Myeloma
  • Caitlin Vuturo-Brady: The Cruciate Flap: A Novel Use of Dual Opposing A-to-T Flaps for a Mohs Defect of the Mid-brow and Forehead
  • Madison Wagner: Literature Review and Educational Symposium of Three Commonly Used PET Tracers: FDG, PSMA, and Dotatate 
  • Jashanna Walia: Adolescent Perspectives of COVID-19's Impact on Sexual and Reproductive Health Services: A Qualitative Study
  • Teagan Wellman: Differential Effects of Spaceflight Hazards on Fine Sensorimotor Function in Male Mice
  • Anna Yang: Elucidating Fungal Laryngitis Associated with Inhaled Corticosteroids
  • Amanda Yermal: Targeting the Virulence factor SdrE to Moderate Staphylococcus Aureus Immune Evasion
  • Jeik Yoon: Comparative Analysis of PCR and Standard Urine Culture in Detecting Uropathogens and Antibiotic Resistance in Urinary Tract Infections