Each year residents from the nine Internal Medicine training programs in Louisiana are invited to submit abstracts for the Annual American College of Physicians (ACP) Meeting of the Louisiana Chapter. The content of these abstracts includes clinical case vignettes or research activities. The abstracts have all identifying features removed (i.e., names, institutional affiliations, etc.) before being sent to physician judges. This year a total of 165 abstracts were submitted for the meeting. Each judge scores each abstract independently and then the scores from all judges are averaged and ranked. This year we are excited to be able to publish the most highly ranked resident (14) abstracts presented at this year’s competition that were selected for oral presentations. An additional selection of resident (72) abstracts presented as posters were selected by judges for publication. All abstracts were presented at the Associates Meeting held at The Lions Eye Center on the LSU Health Sciences Center campus in New Orleans on January 31, 2025. We would like to thank the resident council for helping score the abstracts selected for presentation: Chikwudi Anago-Amanze, Ochsner Medical Center; Michael Millet, LSU New Orleans, Amit Rajkarnikar, LSU Lafayette; Connor Bennett, LSU Baton Rouge; Austin Falloon, Tulane University; Maitri Acharekar, Baton Rouge General; Arpita Pawa and Keval Thakkar, Willis Knighton. We would like to thank the Journal of the Louisiana State Medical Society and appreciate its efforts to publicize the hard work of these trainees.
Shane Sanne, DO, FACP Co-Chair, Louisiana Associates Liaison Committee Miranda Mitchell, MD Co-Chair, Louisiana Associates Liaison Committee Dexter Matrana, DO Co-Chair, Louisiana Associates Liaison Committee Angela McLean, MD, FACP Governor, Louisiana Chapter ACP
ABSTRACT WINNERS
ORAL PRESENTATIONS – RESIDENTS SESSION 1 1st place - Pickering Syndrome Ross Dies , Mandie DiMarco, Jack Hebert, William Gibson, Domonique Smith, Brian Coe, Arash Ataei, Seth Vignes; Louisiana State University, New Orleans, LA.
POSTER PRESENTATIONS – RESIDENTS 1st place - Hepatopulmonary syndrome (HPS) ought to be considered in patients with chronic liver disease and persistent hypoxia
Amit Rajkarnikar , Jonathan B. Vignes; Louisiana State University, Lafayette, LA.
SESSION 2 1st place - Paradoxical embolism to the coronary arteries: an uncommon cause of acute Myocardial Infarction
2nd place - Leptospirosis: An Uncommon Cause of Fever and Transaminitis in the Continental United States Allen Byl , Hope Oddo Moise, Danielle Gilbert, Michael Olejniczak, Ashley Misky, Tom Fox, Alexa Lapointe, Michael Modica, Michelle Blyth; Louisiana State University, New Orleans, LA. 3rd place - Recurrent Chylothorax Secondary to Kaposi Sarcoma Infiltration of Thoracic Duct in AIDS Patient Gurtaj Mahil , Brandon Dang, Tamara Zaza, Victoria Lulich, Zachary Chandler, Kyle Happel, Shane Guillory; Louisiana State University, New Orleans, LA.
Swesha Shrestha, Shekhar Gurung, Nisheem Pokharel, Thomas R Smith; St Francis Medical Center, Monroe, LA.
MYSTERY CASE PRESENTATIONS – RESIDENTS 1st place - Rare vascular anomaly causing nonspecific chest pain and worsening dysphagia Neha Bapatla , Jacques F. Ancelet, Stephen C. Lim; Tulane University, New Orleans, LA.
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