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Awards
- 2022 Florida Chapter ACP Doctor’s Dilemma Competition Team Champions
- 2021 Florida Chapter ACP Doctor’s Dilemma Competition Team Champions
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Intraining Exam Award
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2022–2023
- Anh Bui, MD
- Grant Campbell, MD
- Murali Iyyani, MD
- Ana Teresa Madeira Bernades, MD
- Sandra Perez, MD
- Shelby Ploucher, MD
- Justin Stacer, DO
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2021–2022
- Spencer Roth, DO
- Orestes Mederos Trujillo, MD
- Murali Iyyani, MD
- Shivangi Patel, MD
- Sandra Perez, MD
- Grant Campbell, MD
- Justin Stacer, DO
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2020–2021
- Yeissel Abrahantes Rodriguez, MD
- Ali Al Rubaye, MD
- Anh Bui, MD
- Murali Iyyani, MD
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2019–2020
- Orestes Mederos Trujillo, MD
- Enrique Togores Marti, MD
- Yehuda Galili, MD
- Josselin Vachon, MD
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2018–2019
- Brittany Bednov, MD
- Yanetsy Olivera Arencibia, MD
- Ana (Becky) Klenz, MD
- Josselin Vachon, MD
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2022–2023
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Primary Care Award
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2022–2023
- Nicole Pham-Sun, DO
- Justin Stacer, DO
- Ali Al Rubaye, MD
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2021–2022
- Gerson Quintero, MD
- Anh Bui, MD
- Matthew Donnan, MD
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2020–2021
- Ali Al Rubaye, MD
- Matthew Donnan, MD
- Kelley Rojas Shackelford, MD
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2019–2020
- Shivangi Patel, MD
- Kaja Richard, MD
- Mayuri Joshi, MD
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2018–2019
- Josselin Vachon, MD
- Mayuri Joshi, MD
- Huy Le, MD
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2022–2023
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Richard Hornick Humanitarian Award
- 2022–2023: Rameez Rao, MD
- 2021–2022: Megan Opferman, MD
- 2020–2021: Josselin Vachon, MD
- 2019–2020: Danielle Lee, MD
- 2018–2019: Alex Harding, MD
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ACP Outstanding Resident Award
- 2022–2023: Murali Iyyani, MD
- 2021–2022: Sarah Cheyney, MD
- 2020–2021: Zachary Field, MD
- 2019–2020: Sara Thomas, MD
- 2018–2019: Brittany Bednov, MD
Scholarly Activity
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2023–2024
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Posters:
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“Solid tumors, liquid biopsies: Examining circulating tumor DNA as a biomarker of response to total neoadjuvant therapy prior to surgery in rectal cancer”
Eamonn Byrnes, MD -
“Liver-ing on a prayer: A rare case of hepatocellular carcinoma with metastasis to the thyroid”
Rachel Truong, MD -
“A case of successful treatment of severe disseminated monkeypox in a patient with AIDS”
Rachel Truong, MD – 2023 ACP Florida Fall Meeting Finalist -
“A Warming Surprise: Brugada Syndrome After Rewarming from Therapeutic Hypothermia”
Teresa Bernardes, MD (Florida ACP Resident Clinical Vignette Poster Winner, October 2023) -
“Snap, crackle, drain!: A case of Ludwig’s Angina caused by Clostridium sporogenes”
Rachel Truong, MD -
“Coronary Vasospasms Mimicking an Inferior Wall STEMI”
Kiera Turner, MD -
“Adult Congenital Heart Disease: Ostium Secundum Presenting as Sustained Ventricular Tachycardia”
Kiera Turner, MD (Florida ACP Resident Clinical Vignette Poster Winner, March 2024) -
“Encouraging Medication Compliance: Mechanical Mitral Valve Thrombus Causing Middle Cerebral Artery Occlusion in a Patient Noncompliant with Anticoagulation Therapy”
Kiera Turner, MD -
“A Massive Left Atrium as Clue for a Left Main Coronary Artery to Left Atrium Fistula”
Teresa Bernardes, MD -
“Cardiac Sarcoidosis as a Case of High Degree Atrioventricular Block”
Caitlin Tweedie, MD (Florida ACP Resident Clinical Vignette Poster Winner, March 2024)
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“Solid tumors, liquid biopsies: Examining circulating tumor DNA as a biomarker of response to total neoadjuvant therapy prior to surgery in rectal cancer”
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Publications:
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“Neurocysticercosis Presenting as Migraine in the United States.”
Eamonn Byrnes, MD – American Journal of Case Reports -
“Paraneoplastic Limbic Encephalitis from a Carotid Body Paraganglioma Presenting as Persistent and Worsening Confusion.”
Brian Shaw, DO – Journal of Clinical Medical Research -
“Internal Mammary Artery Graft Flow Steal by a Large Dialysis Arteriovenous Fistula Characterized by Electrical Storm.”
Kiera Turner, MD – Journal of Clinical Medicine -
“Coronary Vasospasms Mimicking an Inferior Wall STEMI.”
Kiera Turner, MD – Journal of the American College of Cardiology
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“Neurocysticercosis Presenting as Migraine in the United States.”
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Posters:
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2022–2023
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Posters:
- “Brugada Pattern Induced by COVID‐19 Infection: A Case Report”
Murali Iyyani, MD (ACP Poster Winner) - “Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension as a Complication of Still’s Disease: A Case Report”
Gerson Quintero, MD - “An Eye for An Eye: A Case of Orbital Myositis”
Rameez Rao, MD (ACP Poster Winner) - “A Shot Through the Lungs into the Brain: A Rare Case of Coccidioidal Meningitis”
Madiha Ahmed, MD (ACP Poster Winner) - “Mess With the Bull, You Get the Horns: The First Reported Case of Disseminated Histoplasmosis Mitral Valve Endocarditis in Florida”
Murali Iyyani, MD (ACP Poster Winner) - “Follow the Crumbs: A Case of Near-Fatal Bradycardia Caused by Accidental Cannabis Intoxication”
Sarina Koilpillai, MD (ACP Poster Winner) - “The Big Picture: 60.2 mm Pulmonary Tuberculosis Cavitation Captured on Computed Tomography Scan”
Rachel Truong, MD and Habib Behjatnia, MD - “Pseudo-Thrombotic Microangiopathy Secondary to Vitamin B12 Deficiency”
Dylan Morrissey, MD
- “Brugada Pattern Induced by COVID‐19 Infection: A Case Report”
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Posters:
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2021–2022
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Posters:
- “Sweet Syndrome: Not Your Typical Cellulitis”
Madiha Ahmed, MD - “Scurvy in Orange County!”
Ali Al Rubaye, MD - “Aww Shucks: Perils of Oysters Causing Vibrio Vulnificus Sepsis”
Bianca Dominguez, MD - “My Achy Fabry Heart”
Shivangi Patel, MD - “A Rare Case of IgA Nephropathy After SARS‐CoV‐2 Vaccine”
Rameez Rao, MD (ACP Poster Winner) - “Autoimmune Begets Autoimmune: A Rare Case of SLE Presenting with Neuromyelitis Optica”
Bianca Dominguez, MD - “Vitamin B12 Deficiency Masquerading as TTP”
Dylan Morrissey, MD - “A Rare Case of Drug-Induced Pancreatitis After Prophylactic Monoclonal Antibody Treatment Against SARS-CoV-2”
John Polites, MD - “The Race for a Diagnosis: A Rare Case of Racemose Neurocysticercosis”
Rameez Rao, MD - “False Positive: Elevated B-hCG in a Male. A Rare Case of Primary Retroperitoneal Carcinoma in a Male.”
Sarina Koilpillai, MD - “Cat Got Your Mitral? Pasteurella Endocarditis in a Patient with Rheumatic Mitral Valve.”
Sarah Cheyney, MD (ACP Poster Winner) - “Accelerated Coronary Artery Disease in a Young Patient with Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia: A Case Report”
Murali Iyyani, MD (ACP Poster Winner)
- “Sweet Syndrome: Not Your Typical Cellulitis”
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Posters:
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2019–2020
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Posters:
- “Jelly Belly – Malignant Peritoneal Mesothelioma Presenting as Mucinous Ascites”
Zachary Field, MD - “Conquer Your Fear; This Carcinoma Is Clear”
Yehuda Galili, MD - “Metagenomic Sequencing Revealing Pathogen in a Case of Overwhelming Sepsis”
Sara Thomas, MD
- “Jelly Belly – Malignant Peritoneal Mesothelioma Presenting as Mucinous Ascites”
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Posters:
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2018–2019
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Posters:
- “It Is Not OK-2 Do Drugs”
Giselle Castaneira, MD - “Rare RIP'n Roaring Rollercoaster”
Lisa Dyke, MD - “Eosinophilic Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis; Not Your Typical Asthma Exacerbation”
Yehuda Galili, MD - “The Void in Cardiac Amyloid”
Sammy Moussly, MD - “GAD! That’s a Stiff Person! A Rare Presentation of Bronchoalveolar Carcinoma”
Yehuda Galili, MD - “Show Me the Antibodies. An Atypical Finding in The Greenest of Pastures”
Maxim Olivier, MD - “EHE! My Shoulder Hurts! A One in a Million Type of Pain”
Meghan Lytle, MD - “Methotrexate: A Novel Treatment for Preventing Femoro-Popliteal Restenosis”
Navya Reedy, MD
- “It Is Not OK-2 Do Drugs”
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Posters:
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2017–2018
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Posters:
- “Bechet’s on My Mind”
Ruchir Shah, MD - “Why Is She Declining So Fast: It’s Just a Stroke”
Max Olivier, MD - “Type B Lactic Acidosis: A Deadly & Fatal Trip”
Harold Watson, MD - “A Scaly Rash and an Unavailing Therapy for Crusted Scabies”
Carlos Ruz Pau, MD - “Cat Got Your Lung: Pasturella Multocida Empyema”
Kristen Wisler, MD - “Mega Cushing’s Syndrome from a One Pound Adrenal Tumor”
Ruchir Shah, MD
- “Bechet’s on My Mind”
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Posters:
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2016–2017
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Posters:
- “Treating Depression with Heparin”
Lauren Stipp, MD - “Dysentery Beyond Borders: A Cholera Tale in the Sunshine State”
Jessica Mastrapa, MD - “I Can’t Believe It’s Not Cancer”
Harold Watson, MD - “An Unusual Case of HSV-2 Encephalitis in a Patient with Gliosarcoma”
Giselle Castaneira, MD - “A Work of Heart - Infectious Endocarditis from an Unlikely Source”
Robert Castiglia, MD - “Bronchial Diverticulosis: An Unusual Case of Chronic Hemoptysis in a 50-Year-Old Nonsmoking Male”
Brittany Bednov, MD
- “Treating Depression with Heparin”
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Posters:
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2015–2016
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Posters:
- “A Bloody Mess”
Ryan Abbott, MD - “Paradoxical Lower Extremity DVT”
Ariel Perez Perez, MD - “A Case of Abdominal Pain”
Lorena Cuebas Rosado, MD - “Clot Here, Clot There, Clot Everywhere”
Robert Castiglia, MD - “A Heart Under Pressure, Joints Under Strain: A Case of Misdiagnosed Constrictive Pericarditis”
Jennifer Kinaga, MD - “Diagnostic and Therapeutic Challenges of Autoimmune Encephalitis”
Yaowaree Leavell, MD - “Maybe a Wolf; But Not a Zebra”
Kristen Wisler, MD
- “A Bloody Mess”
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Posters:
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2014–2015
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Posters:
- “Neurosarcoid: III’s a Crowd”
Ashley M. Dlugokienski, MD - “Bony Metastasis of a Nonseminomatous Germ Cell Tumor”
Dustin R. Hill, MD - “A Case of Nocardia Presenting as a Pseudo Malignancy”
Ryan Abbott, MD - “Follow the Fever”
Dustin Hill, MD - “Unusual Cause of Persistent Pleural Effusion”
Malgorzata Krzyszczak, MD - “Differentiation Syndrome, A Potentially Fatal Complication of Induction Therapy for Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia”
Ariel Perez Perez, MD - “Left Flank Pain in a Young Man with Hemophilia A and Nephrolithiasis: Blood or Stone?”
Gary Hardoon, MD
- “Neurosarcoid: III’s a Crowd”
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