Research

Brianna Wynne, MD

**Geriatrics Fellowship at**
**AdventHealth Winter Park**

John George, MD

**Hospice and Palliative Medicine Fellowship at**
**AdventHealth Orlando**

Sarfraz Ahmad, PhD, FAACC, FABAP — Sarfaz Ahmad, PhD, FAACC, FABAP

**Gynecologic Oncology Fellowship at**
**AdventHealth Orlando**

Arnaldo Lopez-Ruiz, MD

Critical Care Medicine Fellowship at
AdventHealth Orlando

Raj Mehta, MD

**Family Medicine Residency at**
**AdventHealth Winter Park**

Joshua Goldberg, MD

**General Surgery Residency at**
**AdventHealth Orlando**

Mary McLean, MD

Emergency Medicine Residency at
AdventHealth East Orlando

Dr. George Everett. — George Everett, MD

**Internal Medicine Residency at**
**AdventHealth Orlando**

Felix-Gonzalez, MD — Felix Gonzalez, MD

**Diagnostic Radiology Residency at**
**AdventHealth Orlando**

Photo of Fatma Levent, MD — Fatma Levent, MD

**General Pediatrics Residency at**
**AdventHealth Orlando**

Alexander Lo, DO

**Osteopathic Family Medicine Residency at**
**AdventHealth East Orlando**

Photo of Tabitha Schrufer-Poland, MD — Tabitha Schrufer-Poland, MD

**Obstetrics and Gynecology Residency at**
**AdventHealth Orlando**

Photo of Jason Epstein, MD — Jason Epstein, MD

**Orthopaedic Surgery Residency at**
**AdventHealth Orlando**

Marcio Covas Moschovas, MD, PhD — Marcio Moschovas, MD

**Urology Residency at**
**AdventHealth Orlando**

Julie Pepe, PhD

Senior Manager and Biostatistician

Natalie Reyes, PhD

Academic Mentor

Alane Waters, RN, MS

Project Coordinator

Donna Shaver

Academic Research Coordinator

2024 Award Winners: POSTERS
Basic and Clinical Research
3rd Theresa Kuhn, MD - Gynecologic Oncology Fellowship, Orlando
2nd Abdelrahman Sherif Abdalla, MD - Internal Medicine Residency, Sebring
1st Iktej Jabbal, MD - Internal Medicine Residency, Sebring

Education
3rd Alexis Aranda, MD - General Pediatrics Residency, Orlando
2nd Melissa Sayegh, DO - Emergency Medicine Residency, East Orlando
1st Abdelrahman Sherif Abdalla, MD - Internal Medicine Residency, Sebring
Quality Improvement
3rd Meagan Derbyshire, MD - Colon and Rectal Surgery Fellowship, Orlando
2nd Ernesto Robalino Gonzaga, MD - Gastroenterology Fellowship, Orlando
1st Daniel Farinas Lugo, MD - General Surgery Residency, Orlando
Case Studies
3rd Mary Ann Barnum, MD- Family Medicine Residency, Winter Park
2nd Abuoma Ekpendu, DO - Internal Medicine Residency, Sebring
1st Kashaf Aqeel Zaidi, MD - Internal Medicine Residency, Orlando
Podium Presentations
3rd Ivonne De la Hoz, MD - Internal Medicine Residency, Orlando
2nd Carlos Delgado, MD - General Surgery Residency, Orlando
1st Sehajpreet Kaur, MD and Gaayatrhi Krishnan, MD- Internal Medicine Residency, Sebring
Central Florida Association of Physicians from The Indian Subcontinent (CAPI) Awards
Resident: Shannon Calirii, DO - Emergency Medicine Residency, East Orlando
Faculty: Mary McClean, MD - Emergency Medicine Assistant Program Director, East Orlando
2023 Award Winners: POSTERS
Basic and Clinical Research (less than 5 submissions)
Yelena Pleshkova, MD- Internal Medicine, Sebring
Education (less than 5 submissions)
Alexis Aranda, MD- Pediatrics

Quality Improvement
3rd James Leal, DO- Emergency Medicine
2nd Vladislav Mordach, MD- Emergency Medicine
1st James Nguyen, MD- Cardiology

Case Studies
3rd Iktej Singh Jabbal, MD- Internal Medicine, Sebring
2nd Arnold Paulo, DO- Hospice and Palliative Care
1st Gaayathri Krishnan, MD- Internal Medicine, Sebring

Podium Presentations
3rd Katherine Carson, MD- General Surgery
2nd Morgan Brazelle, MD- General Surgery
1st Connor Woodward, MD- Radiology

Central Florida Association of Physicians from The Indian Subcontinent (CAPI) Awards
Resident: Mengni Guo, MD- Internal Medicine, Orlando
Faculty: Fatma Levent, MD- Family Medicine, East Orlando
2022 Award Winners: POSTERS
Quality Improvement
3rd TIE
Chloe Kindred, MD- Family Medicine WP: Improving the Compliance to the A1c Quality Metric Among Our Clinic’s Patient Population
Yuliya Zamota, DO- Hospice and Palliative Care: Suboccipital Release as an Adjunct Therapy in Hospice patients
2nd Philip Jay Mendez Frayre, MD- Pediatrics: Identifying Communications Barriers in the Hospital: The Incorporation of iPASS into Family Centered Rounds
1st Kofi Sefah, Pharmacy and Karolina Kilowski, DO- Gynecologic Oncology: Addition of a Standardized Titration Protocol on the Incidence of Paclitaxel Infusion Related Hypersensitivity Reactions

Case Studies
3rd TIE
Rodrigo Urcia, DO- Family Medicine East Orlando: An analysis of an enlarging Mycotic Abdominal aortic aneurysm in the setting of Salmonella Enteritis
Jacob Friedman, MD- General Surgery: An uncommon cause of a common presentation: Right lower quadrant pain due to Herlyn-Werner-Wunderlich Syndrome
2nd Michelle McCullers, MD- General Surgery: Dysphagia and Subcutaneous Emphysema as presenting signs of Perforated Diverticulitis
1st Katherine Carson, MD- General Surgery: Intussusception due to Meckel’s Diverticulum in an adolescent

Education
3rd Jennifer Jiang, MD and John Lenahan, MD- Family Medicine WP: The great general governing Gestalt for primary prenatal providers (G4P3)
2nd Lin Luo, MD- Family Medicine WP: Ectopic Pregnancy: Clinical management and imaging review of cases from AdventHealth
1st Allan Herman, MD- Family Medicine WP: Evaluating Primary Care Providers implementation of in office point of care Ultrasound to screen for Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms

Podium Presentations
3rd Na Zhou, MD- Internal Medicine: A Case of Transient Hyperthyroidism of Hyperemesis Gravidarum Complicated by Acute Hepatic Injury Successfully Treated with Plasmapheresis
2nd Saleh Hasan, MD- Emergency Medicine: Effectiveness of Emergency Department Initiated Glycemic Control
1st Daniel Farinas Lugo, MD- General Surgery: Management of Complex Painful Postoperative Wounds

Basic and Clinical Research (less than 5 submissions – no award)
Central Florida Association of Physicians from The Indian Subcontinent (CAPI) Awards
Resident: Alberto Monreal, MD- General Surgery
Faculty: Andrew Little, MD- Emergency Medicine
2021 Award Winners: POSTERS
Basic and Clinical Research
1st Nnamdi I. Gwacham, DO, Gyn/Onc
Title: Feasibility of a telemedicine lifestyle-based rehabilitation program (HEAL) for gynecologic cancer patients.

2nd James Wert, MD, Internal Medicine
Title: The Mortality of MET Exon 14 Low and High Expression in Non-Small C.

3rd Joseph Reza, MD, General Surgery
Title: Incremental cost effectiveness of ECMO as a bridge to cardiac transplant or left ventricular assist device placement in patients with refractory cardiogenic shock.

Quality Improvement
1st Na Zhou, MD, Internal Medicine
Title: Cause Analysis of Loss to Follow Up in an Internal Medicine Resident Continuity Clinic.

2nd Alberto Monreal, MD, General Surgery
Title: General Surgery Training during the COVID-19 Pandemic: The AdventHealth Orlando General Surgery Residency Experience.

3rd Kathy Carson, MD, General Surgery
Title: Efficacy of a Mindfulness-based Program on Surgeon Quality of Life.

Case Studies
1st Melissa Zegarra Bustamante, MD, Pediatrics
Title: Cat scratch disease presenting as Parinaud’s oculoglandular syndrome in a pediatric patient.

2nd Eugene Bivins, Jr., MD, Radiology
Title: Delayed Radial Pseudoaneurysm Diagnosis and Management.

3rd Ashley Mila, MD, General Surgery
Title: Pediatric Pseudoappendicitis in cases of Coronavirus MIS-C, A Case Series.

Education (Four submissions, one award):
1st Tariq Patel, MD, Family Medicine Winter Park
Title: Glucose Management of Non-Critically Ill Diabetic Patients Receiving Steroid Therapy.

Podium Presentations
1st Justin Brady, MD, Colon and Rectal
Title: Over utilization of adjuvant chemotherapy in early onset Rectal Cancer patients: A National Profile

2nd Madhavi Manyam, DO, Gyn/Onc
Title: Intravenous Uterine Leiomyomatosis with Right Atrial Obstruction and Congestive Heart Failure: A Multidisciplinary Surgical Approach

3rd Matthew Goldstein, DO, Pediatrics
Title: Utilizing a standardized pain and agitation protocol for intubated patients in the pediatric ICU

Central Florida Association of Physicians From The Indian Subcontinent (CAPI) Awards
Excellence in Research - Resident: Cody J. Togher, DPM, Foot and Ankle Surgery
Excellence in Research - Faculty: Raj Mehta, MD, Family Medicine Winter Park

Additional Resources

These websites provide additional resources for our residents and faculty.

Center for Academic Research Excellence (CARE)

Program Research Directors

Brianna Wynne, MD

John George, MD

Sarfaz Ahmad, PhD, FAACC, FABAP

Arnaldo Lopez-Ruiz, MD

John George, MD

Raj Mehta, MD

Joshua Goldberg, MD

Mary McLean, MD

George Everett, MD

Felix Gonzalez, MD

Fatma Levent, MD

Alexander Lo, DO

Alexander Lo, DO

Tabitha Schrufer-Poland, MD

Jason Epstein, MD

Marcio Moschovas, MD

GME Research Support Team
Center for Academic Research Excellence (CARE)

Julie Pepe, PhD

Monica Davila, MD, PhD

Natalie Reyes, PhD

Alane Waters, RN, MS

Donna Shaver

GME Research Day Award Winners

Additional Resources

Center for Academic Research Excellence (CARE)

Graduate Medical Education Research

Program Research Directors

Brianna Wynne, MD

John George, MD

Sarfaz Ahmad, PhD, FAACC, FABAP

Arnaldo Lopez-Ruiz, MD

John George, MD

Raj Mehta, MD

Joshua Goldberg, MD

Mary McLean, MD

George Everett, MD

Felix Gonzalez, MD

Fatma Levent, MD

Alexander Lo, DO

Alexander Lo, DO

Tabitha Schrufer-Poland, MD

Jason Epstein, MD

Marcio Moschovas, MD

GME Research Support TeamCenter for Academic Research Excellence (CARE)

Julie Pepe, PhD

Monica Davila, MD, PhD

Natalie Reyes, PhD

Alane Waters, RN, MS

Donna Shaver

GME Research Day Award Winners

Medical Library

Additional Resources

GME Research Support Team
Center for Academic Research Excellence (CARE)