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.
Pediatrics
Medical 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.