Research Day
The Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine Research Day is an annual event open to all interested health professionals, allied health professionals, biomedical science professionals, and students of these disciplines. Recognizing the great tradition of medical and health sciences research that exists in the Kalamazoo community, WMed joins with Ascension Borgess Medical Center, Bronson Methodist Hospital, Ferris State University, Kalamazoo College, and Western Michigan University to establish this forum to celebrate, promote, and further develop the richness and diversity of research in the Kalamazoo medical community.
Posters from 2024
Research Day 2024 Program, Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine
Posters from 2023
Research Day 2023 Program, Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine
Posters from 2022
Research Day 2022 Program, Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine
Posters from 2021
DOES A COLONOSCOPY NEED TO BE DONE NOW?: QUANTITATING THE VALUE OF CLINICAL HISTORY IN DIAGNOSING DIVERTICULAR HEMORRHAGE, Fariah Ahmad, Iftiker Ahmad, and Barbara Pawlaczyk
RACE AND INTERSECTIONALITY: WOMEN'S STORIES OF POWERLESSNESS AND INVISIBILITY IN HEALTHCARE, Elissa Allen, Yvonne Jackson, Evelyn Ainsley McWilliams, Anmol Hans, Terra Bautista, Elishae Johnson, Fernando Ospina, Joi Presberry, Lynette Gumbleton, and Catherine Kothari PhD
A 34-YEAR-OLD RECOVERING ALCOHOLIC WITH ACUTE LIVER FAILURE, Sravani Alluri, William Humphrey, Dalal Kassir, Megan Potilechio, Laura Marsh, Susan Jevert-Eichorn, and Kristi VanDerKolk MD
SARS-COV-2 INFECTION ASSOCIATED SEVERE DILATED CARDIOMYOPATHY IN A 4 WEEK OLD INFANT, Mohammad Baidoun; Mohamed Elgendy,; and Robin Fountain
CARDIAC FIBROMA WITH CARDIAC ARREST: A RARE CLINICAL PRESENTATION OF GORLIN SYNDROME IN AN 8-MONTH-OLD INFANT, Mohammad Baidoun, Mohamed Elgendy, and James Loker
RADIOGRAPHIC OUTCOMES OF SPINAL FUSION FOR ADOLESCENT IDIOPATHIC SCOLIOSIS WITH LOWEST INSTRUMENTED VERTEBRA AT THE THORACOLUMBAR JUNCTION., Raymond Bayer, Harrison Seltzer, Aditya Mehta, Natalie Finazzo, Joseph Weistroffer, Dale Rowe, and Karen Bovid M.D.
DISTINCT ROLES OF COHESIN STAG1 AND STAG2 IN RECOMBINATION OF ANTIGEN RECEPTOR GENES, Tyler Birges, FuJung Chang, Maria Olson, and Yu Zhang
ANATOMY OF THE NAVICULOCUNEIFORM JOINT, George Borrelli, Mossub Qatu, Christopher Traynor, Joseph Weistroffer, and James Jastifer M.D.
THE PROXIMAL HUMERUS PLATE: USEFULNESS IN POSTERIOR MALLEOLAR AND POSTERIOR PILON FRACTURE VARIANTS, George Borrelli, Jason Roberts, Robert Gorman III, and Tyler Snoap
EMOTIONAL LABILITY IN AN ATYPICAL ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA PATIENT WITH METHOTREXATE-INDUCED LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY, Keenan Boulnemour,; Laura Bauler; Alyssa Erskine; and Mark Schauer
AROUND THE WORLD: A SHORT CASE SERIES OF ATYPICAL INTRACRANIAL BULLET TRACKS, Keenan Boulnemour and Joseph Prahlow
SPONTANEOUS SPLENIC RUPTURE DUE TO INFECTIOUS MONONUCLEOSIS, Megan Burke, Mekala Neelakantan, Karan Pandher, and Dilip Patel
CONTROLLED-ASSEMBLY OF CHONDROCYTE SPHEROIDS USING 3D PRINTED MOLDS, Shelby Chaney; Zeena Qiryaqoz,; and Adil Akkouch
EXERCISE TO THE RESCUE: EFFECTS OF AGING AND LONG-TERM EXERCISE ON STRUCTURAL PLASTICITY OF MOTOR NEURONS AND GDNF EXPRESSION IN SPINAL CORD, Alberto Cintron-Colon and John Spitsbergen
PATELLA RESECTION IN TOTAL KNEE ARTHROPLASTY: AN ANALYTICAL COMPARISON OF THREE TECHNIQUES, Kelsey Cushway
STATIN-ASSOCIATED NECROTIZING AUTOIMMUNE MYOPATHY, Ricardo de Castro and Abbas Jowkar
MY WATCH SAVED ME!"-SMARTWATCH DETECTION OF VENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA, Ricardo de Castro, Melissa Lessa, Colleen Howing, Kelsey Burston, Aditya Mehta, and Matthew Rossing
EAR SWELLING AND AN UNUSUAL DIAGNOSIS OF CUTANEOUS LEISHMANIASIS, Ricardo de Castro, Neiberg Lima, Adam Ladzinski, Davi Leitao, and Benjamin Avner
METHEMOGLOBINEMIA AND VAGINAL BENZOCAINE., Ricardo de Castro, Neiberg Lima, Marcos Madeiro, and Susan Bannon
INDUCED METHEMOGLOBINEMIA CAUSED BY BENZOCAINE SPRAY., Ricardo De Castro, Neiberg Lima, Mridu Parmar, Vishal Deepak, William Nichols, and Susan Bannon
BRUGADA SYNDROME MIMICKING ACUTE CORONARY INFARCT, Ricardo de Castro, Neiberg Lima, Stela Sampaio, and Susan Bannon
MAKING OUTBREAK INVESTIGATIONS REAL TO MEDICAL STUDENTS, Mireya Diaz