RELEASE DATE: February 4, 2021
Ochsner Academics recently named the recipients of the 7th Annual Award for Outstanding Research by Trainees. The Outstanding Research by Trainees award encourages high quality research activity by Ochsner trainees and provides for regional dissemination of trainees’ research results. The award is also designed to promote recognition of Ochsner as a leader in clinical, translational, and health services research.
This program provides up to five awards in each of three categories: medical students, residents, and fellows. The awards cover the cost of abstract submission and registration to attend and present at the 2021 Annual Meeting of the Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (SSCI), which is held in conjunction with the Southern Regional Meetings (SRM) of the American Federation for Medical Research. This meeting will be held virtually from February 25-27, 2021.
This year, SSCI selected the following “Outstanding Research by Trainees” award recipients for presentation of their research study at the annual conference:
Xinyi Luo
UQ-OCS Medical Student
“15 year experience with multimodality therapy including esophagectomy for elderly patients with locoregional esophageal cancers.”
Mentor: Dr. John Bolton
Xinyi Luo was also named a winner of the SAFMR/SSCI Student Research Award.
Anna Garbuzov
UQ-OCS Medical Student
“Rare case of pediatric intracranial inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor with DCTN1-ALK fusion.”
Mentor: Dr. Corey Falcon
Dr. Aldo Torres-Ortiz
Ochsner Resident
Internal Medicine
“COVID-19 in kidney transplant recipients: experience from a large health system in Louisiana.”
Mentor: Dr. Jorge Garces
Dr. Torres-Ortiz was also named 2nd place winner of the SSCI Young Investigator Award.
Dr. Mohammed Alsaggaf
Ochsner Resident
Radiology
“Lung cancer screening uptake and predictors in the US: A national study.”
Mentor: Dr. Keith Sigel
Dr. Alsaggaf was also named a winner of the AFMR Henry Christian Award.
View the final program for the Southern Regional Meeting.
For more information, contact Courtney Parke at courtney.parke@ochsner.org.
