Each year medical students from the five medical schools 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 31 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 student (5) abstracts presented at this year’s competition that were selected for oral presentations. An additional selection of student (20) abstracts presented as posters were selected by judges for publication. All abstracts were presented The Lions Eye Center on the LSU Health Sciences Center campus in New Orleans on January 31, 2025. 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 Catherine Hebert, MD, FACP Co-Chair, Louisiana Associates Liaison Committee Hope Oddo-Moise, MD Co-Chair, Louisiana Associates Liaison Committee Angela McLean, MD, FACP Governor, Louisiana Chapter ACP
ABSTRACT WINNERS
ORAL PRESENTATIONS – STUDENTS 1st place - Beyond Traditional Risk Factors in Necrotizing Fasciitis Mortality - Analysis of 40,254 Cases Challenges Common Assumptions Dara Bruce, Abdallah Attia MD, Ahmed Abdelmaksoud MD, Eman Toraih MD PhD MSc; Tulane School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA 2nd place - When Low Suspicion Comes at a High Cost: Laryngeal Kaposi Sarcoma and the Case for Broader HIV Testing Rithvik Vutukuri , Helen Pope; Tulane University Department of Internal Medicine and Geriatrics, New Orleans, LA.
POSTER PRESENTATIONS – STUDENTS 1 st place - Sustainability in Healthcare: Exploring Interest in Future Improvements Margaret Conrad , Marla Cannatella, MD; Department of Medicine, LSUHSC, New Orleans, LA. 2nd place - Assessing the Readability of Colon Cancer Information Generated by Large Language Models Max Shteiman , The University of Queensland– Ochsner Clinical School, New Orleans, LA.
3rd place - The great imitator: Neurosyphilis mimicking Giant Cell Arteritis
Vincent Pham , Neha Baplata, Patricia Otero Valdez, Tom Eggers, Harshita Rachalmallu, Brett Wilkinson; Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA
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