Oral Presentations:

Mark A. Connelly, MD, Award for Best Overall Presentation
and Best Resident Presentation:

Being Smart About Diabetes: Using Smart-Set Orders in an Outpatient Clinic to Improve Diabetic Outcomes

Authors: Kushee-Nidhi Kumar MD, Natalia Lapko MD, Timothy Binns MD, Crystal Lovelace MD, Michael Scholl MD, Heidi White MD, Katie Yext DO, Nguyet-Cam Lam MD

Presenter: Kushee-Nidhi Kumar, MD

St. Luke's University Health Network Family Medicine Residency, Bethlehem  

Best Student Presentation:

Student-Led Mobile Health Clinic: Impact on Health Education and Behaviors in a Rural Community

Authors: Hannah Short, BS, Emma Guare, BA, Ema Karakoleva, BS, Katie Spanos, BS, Megan Mendez-Miller, DO  

Presenter: Hannah Short  

Penn State College of Medicine

Poster Winners:

Community Health:

Exploring Perspectives on Single Payer within Geisinger Health System

Authors: Sophie Roe, BA;  Olivia Bannister, B.S, MBS.; Elena Park, BA (all MD candidates)

Presenters: Sophie Roe, Olivia Bannister, BS, Elena Park, BA

Gesinger Commonwealth School of Medicine

Case Presentations:

Does Your Direct Oral Anticoagulant Choice Matter?

Authors: Himani Devabhaktuni B.S, Benjamin Marks B.S, Shivani Mattikalli B.S, Paddy Ssentongo MD, PhD

Presenters: Himani Devabhaktuni, B.S. and Benjamin Marks, B.S.

Penn State College of Medicine

Innovative Curriculum Design:

Enhancing Medical Student Comfort with Musculoskeletal Medical Problems Through an Intensive Bootcamp: A Prospective Study

Author: Morris K. Taylor, MD

Presenter: Morris K. Taylor, MD

Penn State Hershey Family & Community Medicine Residency

Quality Improvement:

Correlation of Neck Circumference with BMI and Waist Circumference in a High Risk Urban Cohort

Authors: Jay Satasiya, Meera Patel, Antoinette Portnoy, Noel Tharakan, Brian D. Fedgchin MD, Glenn S. Cooper MD, Cynthia Cheng MD PhD

Presenter: Jay Satasiya and Meera Patel

Sidney Kimmel Medical College

Research Design:

A Clinical Investigation of Changes in Blood Pressure After a Five Minute Rest Interval

Authors: Asmita Gautam, MD, Joanna Bernatowicz

Presenter: Joanna Bernatowicz

Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine