Congratulations to the winners of the SIU Graduate Medical Education Resident and Fellow Quality Improvement Poster Competition on April 30. First place – Dr. Annalise Almdale, OB/GYN, “Compliance with Gestational Diabetes Testing During Pregnancy and the Post Partum Period - Post Implementation Analysis” Second place – Dr. Kiddy Ume, Neurology, “Provider (resident) initiated telephone reminders in the neurology resident continuity clinic setting” Third place – Dr. Najwa Pervin, Infectious Disease, “Reduction of length of inpatient stay with home infusion referral for Intravenous antibiotics”

SIU School of Medicine authors published 32 articles in the past month that were added to PubMed. Display the 32 citations in PubMed

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On April 26, 2019 graduate and medical students from SIU-SOM traveled to SIU Carbondale to participate in the 29th Annual Trainee Research Symposium. Asmita Dhukhwa (Pharmacology), a graduate student in Dr. Vickram Ramkumar’s laboratory, received 1st Place for her oral presentation “Inhibition of Regulator of G-Protein Signaling 17 Alleviates Cisplatin Otoxicity by Enhancing Otoprotective G-Protein Coupled Receptor” in the Graduate Student and Postdoctoral Fellow Division. Zachary Gao , a third year medical student, won 2nd Place in the Medical Student Group Poster Presentation with his poster

On April 25 and 26, 3rd and 5th graders from Harvard Park Elementary School visited SIU and spent a wonderful “Harvard Park Day @ SIU”. They learned about oral health, brain functions, bone connection, and finger splint in 4 breakout sessions. At the Pharmacology Department, students gained introductory knowledge about the function of each parts of the brain, and the development of the teen brain through a PowerPoint presentation. They were also taught about the importance of protecting their brains from concussion and addictive drugs. Following the presentation, students learned about the

2019 AAIM Innovation Grant Recipients Named: Dr. Andrew J. Varney, 1 of 8 recipients nation wide AAIM fosters educational innovations in academic internal medicine through our grant program. The Innovation Grants Subcommittee selected eight projects to receive grants totaling $30,000. The Alliance congratulates the 2019 Innovation Grants recipients: Andrew J. Varney, MD; Southern Illinois University Quality improvement project to create a safer workplace for residents and staff Click the link below to view the full list of Grant recipients: https://www.im.org/resources/innovation-grants

Highlights from the 2019 Annual ACP Meeting in Philadelphia, PA. *2019 ACP Young Achiever. Dr. Abdisamad Ibrahim. PGY2 *Dr. Andrew J. Varney hooded as Master American College of Physicians

Department of Medicine Faculty, Fellows and Residents: Congratulations to our residents and fellows who represented the Department of Medicine extremely well today, April 23rd, 2019, at the SIU SOM Trainee Research Symposium. Of the 63 oral and poster presentations, 22 were from the Department of Medicine. Our trainees did a remarkable job of presenting clinical vignettes and hypothesis-driven research in the form of oral presentations and posters. It was energizing to be surrounded by highly motivated and talented scholars. Congratulations to our trainees who won awards: Resident and Fellow

The Medical Library is excited to promote the new Leadership Reserve Collection for SIU’s Center for Human and Organizational Potential. cHOP’s mission is to invest in our people and community through personal and professional growth to achieve improvement in our lives and health. The books in this Leadership Collection focus on wellness, leadership and excellence, and professional development. The entire collection is on the far right in the glass bookcases behind the circulation desk; a cHOP sign that says “Leadership Reserve Collection” identifies them and keeps them together. Books may be

SIU Emergency Medicine residents had scholarly projects accepted at the 29th Annual Southern Illinois University Trainee Research Symposium. Dr. Rebecca Tracy (PGY-1) presented Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome in Post Streptococcal Glomerulonephritis: A Pediatric Case Report during a poster session. Dr. James Hart (PGY-1) shared a poster titled Incomplete Kawasaki Disease: Using Clinical and Diagnostic Evidence to Make the Diagnosis. Dr. Michael Kim (PGY-3) was chosen for an oral presentation discussing Euglycemic Diabetic Ketoacidosis, a Rare Complication of SGLT-2 Inhibitor Use