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Resident Physicians Earn Scholarly Activity Accolades
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In the first half of 2023, trainees in the BMH-NM Internal Medicine residency program attained quite a few accomplishments in scholarly activity. Kicking off the Spring, Baptist North Mississippi was well represented at the Baptist Memorial Medical Education’s annual Scholarly Symposium. There were 17 individual submissions from local resident and faculty physicians to the event, which was held virtually this year. For each case, posters were presented in the online platform, as well as an oral presentation. Over 70% of the current trainees made a submission. One case was selected as part of the symposium’s Grand Rounds series. Faculty members Dr. Nathan Bell and Dr. Samuel Harris, residents Dr. Mahmoud Elshawwaf and Dr. Johnny Green, as well as WCUCOM 3rd-year medical student Alfred Bayaton contributed to the case - “ANCA Vasculitis in the Setting of Hydralazine Use – Vague Complaint on Presentation.” Dr. Elshawwaf led the presentation on the day of the event. Dr. Swetha Priyadarshan, Dr. Simra Kiran, and Dr. Bilal Abaid flexed their scholarly muscles at the 2023 American College of Physicians Alabama / Mississippi Chapter Meeting in Meridian, MS. The organization selected Dr. Priyadarshan to provide an oral presentation on her abstract titled, “Mifepristone in Exogenous Cushing’s Syndrome,” while Drs. Kiran and Abaid were chosen to display their poster titled, “Takayasu Arteritis causing Subclavian Steal Syndrome and presenting as Syncope: A case report.” To close out the summer, Dr. Priyadarshan traveled to Chicago to present at the Endocrine Society's ENDO2023 annual conference, the top global meeting on endocrinology research and clinical care. Her case - “Mifepristone in Exogenous Cushing’s Syndrome” - was accepted from submissions across the globe. |
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Abraham Honored in Inaugural 40 Under 40 List
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The Ole Miss Alumni Association has unveiled its inaugural 40 Under 40 class. This program celebrates the personal, professional and philanthropic achievements of successful University of Mississippi graduates under the age of 40. Recipients will be recognized with a ceremony on March 25 as part of Young Alumni Weekend, which includes a crawfish boil at Swayze Field when the Ole Miss baseball Rebels take on Tennessee. The 2022 group of young alumni includes an NBC News producer, a U.S. Space Force commander, a specialist for talent relations and awards at Netflix, and a director of the National Security Council. “We are thrilled to unveil this first year’s class of 40 Under 40 and welcome them back to campus to honor their accomplishments,” said Kirk Purdom (BA 93), Ole Miss Alumni Association CEO. “These outstanding individuals exemplify leadership in their industries and communities, and I’m happy we were able to launch this program of recognition.” Nominations for 40 Under 40 were open from October to December, and more than 500 nominations were received for this year’s class. Honorees must be active members of the Alumni Association, have made a significant impact on their industry or field, have civic or professional achievements, aspire to uphold the core values of the UM Creed, have earned an undergraduate degree from the university and demonstrate a commitment to maintaining a lifelong relationship with the university and the OMAA. “The Class of 2022 truly represents the young alumni from Ole Miss with careers in television, government affairs, philanthropy and even the outdoors,” said Sunny Brown (BSFCS 09, MA 11), assistant director of alumni affairs who organized the awards. “It will be so special to award them in March and allow our current students to network with all that our group has to offer.” |
Program leaders attend annual ACGME conference
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Members of the internal medicine residency program at Baptist North Mississippi attended the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education’s (ACGME) Annual Educational Conference in Nashville, Tenn., February 23-25, 2023. Program Director Seger S. Morris, DO; core faculty member Estefania Lara Garcia, MD; and program coordinator Emery Newsom made the trip and participated in educational sessions that covered everything from accreditation, strategies to achieve best practices, professional development, and more. The conference theme – Meaning in Medicine: Making a Difference – references the challenges and achievements of the graduate medical education community throughout the years. Thousands of individuals, including those from Baptist Memorial Medical Education, enjoyed three days of learning and activities that they will be able to return and apply to their respective programs. |
Pain Management Fellowship Representatives Provide Grand Rounds Lecture
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Representatives from the Mid-South Addiction Medicine Fellowship Program (MSAM) provided a Grand Rounds presentation in October to the Graduate Medical Education Department at BMH-NM. Dr. Shawn Hamm, who serves as program director of the fellowship, and Dr. Jared Matthews, a current fellow in the program, traveled from Memphis to provide training and updates in their field of specialty. Dr. Hamm provided an overview of the community need for this type of advanced care and details about the consult service provided by the program faculty and its trainees. In a 12-month period ending in April 2021, there were 100,306 drug overdose deaths in the United States, which was a 28.5% increase from the previous 12-month period of April 2019 – April 2020. From 2019-2020, Shelby County, Tennessee, saw a 22% increase in overdose-related deaths and a 68% increase of opioid-related ED visits, mostly from people aged 21-39 years old. Dr. Matthews followed with a presentation titled “Pain Management for Patients on Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT)." He explained what MAT is and provided details on what medications are available and used in treatment of alcohol use and opioid use disorders. The addiction medicine fellowship program is a collaboration between Baptist Memorial Hospital and Vertava Health. The organizations work to promote the disease model of addiction, raise awareness of substance use disorder, and integrate evidence-based addiction treatment throughout BMHCC’s outpatient clinics, emergency departments, and inpatient units. |
Resident Physicians Present at ACP Abstract Day
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PGY1 resident physicians Dr. Zachary Ellis and Dr. Dakota White recently participated in the American College of Physicians and University of Mississippi Medical Center Department of Medicine’s Annual Abstract Day Competition on October 27, 2022. Drs. Ellis and White were selected to present their case, along with over 100 other residents, fellows, and medical students. They were successfully judged and served as the first resident representatives ever from the BMH-NM program at the event. Their presentation was titled “Pneumoscrotum, the initial presentation of pneumothorax following a motor vehicle accident: A Case Report.” Training programs and medical schools from across the state were represented.
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