Donald W. Seldin, M.D., Research Symposium finalist presentations

This edition of the UT Southwestern Internal Medicine Grand Rounds features presentations by the six Foster Fellows selected as finalists from the Seventh Annual Donald W. Seldin, M.D. Research Symposium, which was held on April 21, 2022. These Foster Fellows presented work that spanned the breadth and depth of scholarly activity across the department, and at the close of Grand Rounds, one will be selected as the 2022 Seldin Scholar, in honor of Dr. Donald W. Seldin. The Grand Rounds presentation includes additional award presentations recognizing Clinical Vignettes, as well as the Award for Research in Quality and Education at Parkland Hospital and the Social Impact Award.

The specific presentations in this session are "Online and Simulation Based Cardiac Point of Care Ultrasound Training for Residents: A Randomized Pilot Study" by Matthew Almonte; "'Doctor' Badge Intervention to Mitigate Provider Level Risk Associated with Housestaff Role Misrepresentation" by Angela Duvalyan; "Risk Prediction for Acute Kidney Injury in Patients Hospitalized with COVID-19: Withstanding Variants over Time" by Meredith McAdams; "Clinical Outcomes of Patients with Suspicious (LI-RADS 4) Liver Observations" by Kristeen Onyirioha; "Profiling Tau Pathology in Essential Tremor" by Nil Saez-Calveras; and "The Relationship Between Socioeconomic Status, Coronary Artery Calcium and Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease: The Dallas Heart Study" by Taylor Triana.