Residents and Fellows News

GME Office

We are proud of our exceptional residents and fellows and their contributions to medicine and the community. Some newsworthy accomplishments include:

Pathology

• Gloria Sura has been chosen as a junior member on the College of American Pathologist Council of Accreditation.
• The following residents made presentations at these national meetings in 2019:
  • United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology

• Gloria Sura, Sharon Fox: Abdominal Heterotopic Ossification in the Post-Surgical Setting
• Bing Han, Jhanvi Kanotra, Gloria Sura, Raman Danrad, Tracy Dewenter, Ritu Bhalla: Concordance analysis between Prostate Imaging – Reporting and Data System (PI-RADSv2) and prostatectomy histologic findings. Chosen for presentation at the Stowell-Orbison/Surgical Pathology/Autopsy Award Poster Session
  • American Society of Clinical Pathology
    • Walter Beversdorf, Elizabeth Rinker: “Adenosquamous carcinoma of the prixmal colon: Case report and literature review of a rare, aggressive entity”
  • College of American Pathologists

• Gloria Sura, Michael LeRoy: “Schistosomiasis associated with Secondary Amyloidosis”
• Katherine Wang, Elizabeth Rinker, Jason Chiang, Louis Krane, Ritu Bhalla: “Multifocal Renal Carcinoid in a Horseshoe Kidney”
• Chris Girardo, Hina Khokhar, Ritu Bhalla, Greg Mayhall, Zambrano: “Extra-Intestinal Malignant Gastrointestinal Neuroectodermal Tumor of the Urinary Bladder”

• Bing Han, Jhanvi Kanotra, Nicole Jackson, Ritu Bhalla: “Metastatic Carcinoma to testis: report of two cases”
  • American Society of Dermatopathology
    • Bing Han, Margaret Maxi, Aimee Coscarart, Pam Martin, Alun Wang: “Cellulitic Presentation of Merkel Cell Carcinoma”
    • Bing Han, Pam Martin: “A Rare Case of Angiofibroma of soft tissue on Forearm”
    • Bing Han, Pam Martin: “Atypical fibroxanthoma with Aberrant Cytokeratin Expression, Collision Tumor or Biphasic differentiation”
    • Bing Han, Todd Leleux: “Granulomatous mycosis fungoides presenting as Leprosy”
    • Bing Han, Todd Leleux: “Hansen’s Disease presenting as uncontrolled ‘Sarcoidosis’: A case report”

Cardiology

• The LSU cardiology team won the FIT Jeopardy Competition at the Louisiana Chapter of the American College of Cardiology in September 2019. They will compete at the ACC World Congress of Cardiology Battle of the States FIT Jeopardy Competition held in Chicago in March 2020. LSU team members included: Gene Kofman MD – Interventional Cardiology Fellow, Soloman Seifu MD – 3^rd year Cardiology fellow, Robert Drutel MD – 2^nd year cardiology fellow, Alternate: Jose Barrientos MD – 1^st year Cardiology fellow

Anesthesiology

• Congratulations to each of our senior residents who have secured amazing fellowships around the country:
  • Jeremy Green, MD – Boston Children’s Hospital (Harvard Medical School) – Pediatric Anesthesiology
  • Ken Ehrhardt, MD – Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (Harvard Medical School) – Pain Medicine
  • Mark Motejunas, MD – UCLA – Pain Medicine
  • Julia Kendrick MD – Medical University of South Carolina – Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology
  • Patrick Emelife MD – Stanford University – Regional Anesthesiology & Acute Pain Medicine

• The following residents made presentations at these national meetings in 2019:
  • American Society of Anesthesiologists – Orlando, FL
    • John Cefalu, MD – “An Analysis of Responses to Adenosine in the Pulmonary Vascular Bed of the Cat”
    • John Cefalu, MD – “Ghana Laryngeal Airway in Clinical Practice: A Prospective Observational Study”
  • 18^th Annual Pain Medicine Meeting (ASRA) – New Orleans, LA
    • Ken Ehrhardt, MD and John Cefalu, MD – “Recent Technological Advancements in Regional Anesthesia”

Pediatrics

• LSU Pediatrics Residents won the Meconium Cup at the American Academy Pediatrics Quiz Bowl recently at the AAP’s annual national conference held in New Orleans. The team was made up of the two chiefs, Jordan Lim and Monica Hajirawala, PGY-3 resident Tyler Kingdon and PGY-2 resident Casie James. Program Director Dr. Chelsey Sandlin was also there to introduce and support her residents. The team competed against other Louisiana Pediatrics Residency Programs, LSU-Shreveport and Our Lady of the Lake. The group also appeared on the front page of AAP News.
• In June, the 2018-2019 intern class named Casie James Intern of the Year. (Casie is now a 2^nd year resident.)
• Tyler Kingdon, PGY-3, gave an oral presentation at the annual meeting of the Louisiana Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics back in August. The title of his presentation was A Case of Neonatal Herpes in the Setting of Maternal Herpes Mastitis.
• Several other residents presented posters at the same conference (residents names underlined):
  • A Case Report of Mercury Poisoning Presenting with Neurologic Manifestations, Desquamating Rash, Tachycardia, and Hypertension
    Kelly Angelle, Jamie Yeager, Maury Williams, Courtney Styres, Shannon Palombo
  • Benign Recurrent Intrahepatic Cholestatis
    Michael Carver and Patricio Arias
  • Infant Presenting with Failure to Thrive Found to Have Renal Tubular Acidosis
    Michael Carver, Ivonne Iglesias (fellow), Patricio Arias
  • Fever and Pancytopenia Following Epstein-Barr Virus Infection – A “Can’t Miss” Diagnosis
    Aaron Kala, Evan Davis, Chelsey Sandlin
  • Undiagnosed Maternal Hyperparathyroidism Causing Hypocalcemia and Neonatal Seizures
    Ryley McPeters, Nikita Lalchandani, Trent Davidge, Peter Morreale, Matthew Keane
  • A Case of Bronchopulmonary Sequestration in a Newborn
    Ryley McPeters, Elvira Chiccarelli, David Manning, James Krulisky
  • Methemoglobinemia in an Infant with Diarrhea and Acidosis
    Sarah L. Short, Jinnesse Taylor, Edwin Frieberg
  • Alternative Etiology for Viral Parotitis
    Janet Smith and Raghubir Mangat
  • Fanconi Syndrome: How to Determine the Cause Without a Crystal Ball
    Courtney Styres, Angelina Dixon, Isa Ashoor
  • Abnormal Vasculature Findings in MenkesDisease: A Case Report
    Tat Yau, Laura DeLatin, Jeruss Aita-Levy

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