School of Medicine

The Pulse - December 2023

Medical Student Achievements

Cardiovascular Center of Excellence
Students associated with the Center of Excellence received awards for their research projects at the recent Medical Student Research Symposium:

  • 2nd Place Winners, $1000 Dean's Research Travel Award (tie)   
    Hinali Patel, M1, LSUHSC 
    Co-Authors: Parnia Mobasheran , Qinglin Yang  
    LSUHSC, Cardiovascular Center of Excellence and Department of Pharmacology
  • 3rd Place Winners, $500 Dean's Research Travel Award (tie)  
    India E. Pasley, M2, LSUHSC
    Co-Authors: Ryan Miller, Luke Restivo, Eric Lazartigues
    LSUHSC, Cardiovascular Center of Excellence, Pharmacology & Neuroscience & Medicine. Southeast Louisiana Veterans Health Care System

Opthathmology
Medical students rotated through ophthalmology in September. In the image on the left, Kevin Kirchner, MD is pictured showing Joe Starns how to use the slit lamp. In the image on the right, Maria Reinoso, MD is also shown working with students with eye examination equipment needed for a Fundoscopic Exam.
Dr. Kirchner shows how to use slit lampDr. Reinoso demonstrates eye examination equipment

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Pediatrics
Michael Connick presents posterMedical students Michael Connick (pictured below) and Sloane Clay presented posters in the Dr. Moerschbaecher Graduate Studies Annual Research Day, on patients seen after their genetics rotation. 

 

 

 

Radiology
Senior medical student Ardenne Martin is a listed author on the manuscript Medical Malpractice and Diagnostic Radiology: Challenges and Opportunities.

Shivani Jain presented, “Cirrhosis and Sarcopenia” at the department's annual Resident Research Symposium earlier this year. 

Medical student Katelyn Gill, S. Aleman, Dr. Alexandra Fairchild, Dr. Bahri Ustunsoz,
A.A. Smith, and Dr. Hector Ferral co-authored the article, “Distal Splenic Artery
Embolization Does Not Increase the Incidence of Splenic Abscess Formation.” Gill presented the article at the Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiological
Society of Europe annual meeting in Copenhagen, Denmark earlier this year.