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College Hosts 22nd Academic Excellence Day

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Residents, Fellows and Physicians Present Research Findings at College of Medicine – Phoenix

22nd Annual Academic Excellence Day
22nd Annual Academic Excellence Day
Health care professionals from seven Phoenix-area hospitals gathered May 2 at the 22nd annual Academic Excellence Day at the UA College of Medicine – Phoenix to present research designed to improve medical care.

Academic Excellence Day is an opportunity to focus on the magnitude and variety of clinical and bench research being done by residents, fellows, medical students, graduate students, clinical allied health staff and physician staff.

“Academic Excellence is probably one of the most important things we do as an institution,” said Guy Reed, MD, MS, dean of the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix. “We pay a lot of attention to humanism, emotion and compassion in our medical student and residency training, but our discipline of medicine is built on a foundation of science.”

The daylong program included an exhibit of 86 poster presentations and 20 oral presentations. Participating hospitals included Abrazo Central Campus, Banner – University Medical Center Phoenix, HonorHealth, Maricopa Integrated Health System, Phoenix Children’s Hospital, St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center and the College of Medicine – Phoenix.

“It’s really an honor and wonderful to see so much impressive scholarly activity from all of our learners,” said Brigham Willis, MD, associate professor in the Department of Child Health. “This is one of my favorite days of the year to see our young residents and fellows and all of the amazing work they are doing.”

Dr. Willis, who helped moderate the event, said Michael Grossman, MD, MACP, professor emeritus at the UA College of Medicine – Phoenix, was a driving force behind Academic Excellence Day.

Dean Reed Speaking at AED
Dean Reed Delivering the Keynote
“Academic Excellence Day was developed to provide a constructive and hopefully an enjoyable competitive venue to present original research projects or academically quality review of a given topic,” Dr. Grossman said. “It encourages resident participation in developing a research idea into a rigorous study, allowing trainees to gain firsthand information and experience in research.”

Dr. Grossman, former associate dean of Graduate Medical Education for the Colleges of Medicine in Tucson and Phoenix, founded Academic Excellence Day. He said the event allows residents and fellows to compete by presenting posters or full oral presentations in a relative low stress way to familiarize them with the process.

During his keynote presentation, Dean Reed discussed his own research journey. Dean Reed is known for his research on the mechanism of blood clots and vascular disease. Through grant support from the National Institutes of Health, he translated his laboratory research findings into an innovative, clot-dissolving therapy to treat patients with strokes and heart attacks, which is now in Phase II clinical trials.

“Research all comes back to our patients and mission as a medical school, which is really to cure disease and improve health,” he said.

Award Winner
Oral Presentation Resident Fellow
Clinical Research, 1st Place: $325 Byron Holloway, HonorHealth Peter Nguyen, College of Medicine – Phoenix
Clinical Research, 2nd Place: $225 Dawid Rechul, Abrazo Melissa Chambers, Phoenix Children’s Hospital
Clinical Research, 3rd Place: $175 Ashley Carter Powell, MIHS Andrew Muth, College of Medicine – Phoenix
Case Report/Series, 1st Place: $225 Jeff Burow, College of Medicine – Phoenix  
Poster Presentation Resident Fellow
Clinical Research, 1st Place: $325 Alex Moreira, Phoenix Children’s Hospital Maria Ahmad, Phoenix Children’s Hospital
Clinical Research, 2nd Place: $225 Paul Broker, Phoenix Children’s Hospital Jun Zhao, Phoenix Children’s Hospital
Clinical Research, 3rd Place: $175 Michelle Hamilton, College of Medicine – Phoenix Erin Garvey, Phoenix Children’s Hospital
Case Report/Series, 1st Place: $125 Yahya Nomaan, Phoenix Children’s Hospital Robert Gonsalves, Phoenix Children’s Hospital
Case Report/Series, 22nd Place: $100 Stephanie Bollenbach, MIHS Arun Sood, Phoenix Children’s Hospital

*Academic Excellence Day was sponsored by the Mutual Insurance Company of Arizona.

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About the College

Founded in 2007, the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix inspires and trains exemplary physicians, scientists and leaders to optimize health and health care in Arizona and beyond. By cultivating collaborative research locally and globally, the college accelerates discovery in a number of critical areas — including cancer, stroke, traumatic brain injury and cardiovascular disease. Championed as a student-centric campus, the college has graduated more than 900 physicians, all of whom received exceptional training from nine clinical partners and more than 2,700 diverse faculty members. As the anchor to the Phoenix Bioscience Core, which is projected to have an economic impact of $3.1 billion by 2025, the college prides itself on engaging with the community, fostering education, inclusion, access and advocacy.