Tuesday, February 6, 2024

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Congratulations to Karan Rao, MD, who won the 2024 Resident Research Award for his project entitled, "Impact of the Reading Room Coordinator on the Efficiency of On-Call Radiology Residents." His faculty mentor was Bruno Policen, MD, MBA, and the supporting authors are: Joshua Hagedorn, BSE; Sarah Perry, MS; Knute Carter, PhD; and Brian Balkenede, BA. 

We also want to recognize the other excellent projects presented this year:

Immunoembolization for Ocular Melanoma with Hepatic Metastasis
Robert Esposito, MD
Mentor: Michael Hummel, MD

Congenital Inner Ear Malformations
Johnathan Kingyon, MD
Mentor: Lillian Lai, MD

Patterns and Progression: Association Between Lipiodol [Guerbet] Deposition and Treatment Response in Metastatic Ocular Melanoma 
Aditi Patel, MD
Mentor: Chad Davis, MD

Dual-Energy CT Esophagram for Acute Injury
Eric Y Sung, MD
Mentor: David M Kuehn, MD

Change in Management After Radionuclide Gastric Emptying Studies Show Slow Emptying
Japnit Singh, MBBS
Mentor: Michael Graham, MD, PhD

Diagnostic Value of Deauville Score in PET Imaging of Diffuse Large B-cell Lymphoma
Sinan Akay, MD
Mentor: Yusuf Menda, MD

The Imaging of Ductal Carcinoma in Situ  - Where It Is and Where It’s Going
Xin Zhan, MD
Daniela Cunha, MD
Mentors: Fabiana Policeni, MD, and Fabiola Kestelman, MD

Neck Dissections: Recognizing Expected Imaging Changes and Complications
Daniella Karassawa Zanoni, MD
Mentor: Danielli Matsuura, MD
Bruno Policeni, MD, MBA
Marcos Decnop Batista Pinheiro, MD

Novel Device for Simulation of Vascular Fluoroscopic Procedures
Taylor Sellers, MD
Mentor: Sandeep Laroia, MD