The 2014 David E. Rogers Memorial Research Award Finalists Announced at Medicine Grand Rounds


Established in 1995, the David E. Rogers Memorial Research Award encourages medical residents to continue their investigative research in internal medicine. Each year, senior medical residents submit research abstracts, and four finalists are chosen to present their work during medical grand rounds.

The award was founded and is chaired by Holly S. Andersen, MD, Director of Education and Outreach at The Ronald O. Perelman Heart Institute (and Associate Attending Physician at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital and Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine at Weill Cornell Medical College) and is funded by the Holly Andersen Heart Foundation.

2014 David E. Rogers Award finalists

(L to R): Drs. Augustine M.K. Choi (Chair), Jamie Mullally, Brian West, Kevin Wood, Alexandra Racanelli, and Holly Andersen

Winner

Brian West, M.D.
Internal Medicine Resident (PGY3)
Screening for Obstructive Sleep Apnea Via Quantitative Oximetry Spectral Analysis

Runner-Up

Alexandra C. Racanelli, M.D., Ph.D.
Internal Medicine Resident (PGY3)
The Emergence of Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcal Bacteremia in Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant Recipients

Finalist

Kevin Wood, M.D.
Internal Medicine Resident (PGY3)
Fractionated Stem Cell Infusions for Multiple Myeloma Patients Undergoing Autologous Stem Cell Transplants

Finalist

Jamie Mullally, M.D.
Internal Medicine Resident (PGY3)
Marked Variability in Published CMR Criteria for Left Ventricular Basal Slice Selection – Impact of Methodological Discrepancies on LV Mass Quantification