Committee members
The Academic Competition is sponsored by the Office of Academic Affairs and Andrew C. Yacht, MD – senior vice president and chief academic officer, Northwell Health; associate dean for graduate medical education and associate professor of medicine, Zucker School of Medicine.
Co-chairpersons
Stephen Barone, MD – Vice-Chairman for Education; Program Director, Department of Pediatrics, Cohen Children's Medical Center; Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Zucker School of Medicine
Debra Rand, MS, AHIP – Corporate Director of Libraries, Northwell Health; Associate Dean for Library Services, Zucker School of Medicine
Daniel Grande, PhD – Platform Presentations, Director, Orthopedic Research, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Northwell Health; Director, Research Services, Feinstein Institutes; Associate Professor of Molecular Medicine, Zucker School of Medicine
Michael Esposito, MD – Poster Competition, Program Director, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Northwell Health NS/LIJ; Associate Professor of Pathology, Zucker School of Medicine
Planning committee
Parswa Ansari, MD – Program Director, Department of Surgery, Lenox Hill Hospital
Theresa Eacobacci, BA - Training Program Administrator, Department of Radiology, NS/LIJ
Alice Fornari, EdD, RD – Vice President of Faculty Development, Northwell Health; Associate Dean of Medical Education Skills Development and Professor of Science Education, Occupational Medicine and Family Medicine, Zucker School of Medicine
Elliot Klein, DO, MPH – Anesthesiology Resident, NS/LIJ
Elizabeth Madaio - Director, Graduate Medical Accreditation, Northwell Health
Kaushik S. Manthani, DO –Program Director, Traditional Rotating Internship; Interim Chief, Family Medicine, Hospitalist/Nocturnist, Peconic Bay Medical Center
Noah Rosen, MD – Program Director, Department of Neurology, Northwell Health NS/LIJ
Barbara Sacks, MS – Specialist, Medical Education, Office of Academic Affairs, Northwell Health
Leanna Stager, MLIS – Senior Data Analyst Librarian, Office of Academic Affairs, Northwell Health
Lily Thomas, PhD, RN – Vice President, System Nursing Research, Northwell Health
Venice VanHuse, MPA – Assistant Vice President, Graduate Medical Education, Northwell Health
1st - Farwa Ali, MD
Resident, Department of Pediatrics, Staten Island University Hospital
Thyroid Stimulating Immunoglobulin in Hashimoto's Disease
1st - Brendan Huang, MD
Resident, Department of Neurology, NS/LIJ
Neuromyelitis Optica Spectrum Disorder Mimicking Pontine Stroke - A Cautionary Tale: Case Report and Systematic Literature Review
1st - Tania Schiff, MD
Resident, Division of Interventional Radiology, Department of Radiology, NS/LIJ
A Novel Approach to Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding in Congenital Absence of the Splenic Vein
2nd - Colin Chen, DO
Chief Resident, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, NS/LIJ
Neuralgic Amyotrophy from Spinal Accessory Nerve Lesion after COVID-19 Vaccine
2nd - Valeria Epshteyn, MD
Resident, Department of Pediatrics, Cohen Children’s Medical Center
Severe Pulmonary Hypertension in an Infant with Midline Defects and Newly Diagnosed Cor Triatriatum
2nd - Clarence Kong, MD, NREMT
Resident, Department of Emergency Medicine, NS/LIJ
The Cardiac Patient and Neuromodulation - When Anticoagulation Dictates the Intervention
Clinical science research
1st- Xianhan Fei, MD
Resident, Department of Pediatrics, Cohen Children’s Medical Center
Intravenous Lipid Emulsion Dosing and Triglyceride Monitoring for Preterm Infants
1st - Molly Kobritz, MD
Resident, Department of Surgery, NS/LIJ
Practice Based Learning and Improvement: Improving Morbidity and Mortality Review Using Natural Language Processing
1st - InsafKouba, MD
Fellow, Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, South Shore University Hospital
The Effect of Colorization on the Fetal Lung Heterogeneity Index
1st - Layne Silver, MD
Fellow, Division of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Cohen Children’s Medical Center
Inter-rater Reliability of the PALICC Criteria for Pediatric Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
2nd - Jaclyn Del Pozzo, DO
Resident, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, South Shore University Hospital
Obstetric and Neonatal Outcomes Associated with Elevated Environmental Justice Indices
2nd - Jeffrey Nafash, MD, MPH
Fellow, Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, Cohen Children’s Medical Center
Occult Coronary Artery Involvement in the Absence of Definite Dilation in Patients with Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children
2nd - Taylor Wang, DO
Fellow, Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, NS/LIJ
Recurrence of Streptococcus agalactiae Bacteremia – Risk Factors and Complications
Educational outcomes research
1st - Mohammad Wiese, MD
Fellow, Department of Emergency Medicine, NS/LIJ
Novel Synchronous First-Person Perspective Virtual Simulations for Medical Students in Emergency Medicine
2nd - Rashi Kabra, MD, MSEd
Fellow, Division of Adolescent Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Cohen Children’s Medical Center
Implementation and Evaluation of a Novel Media Education Curriculum for Pediatric Residents
Systematic and scoping reviews
1st - Wint Yan Aung, MD, MS
Resident, Department of Medicine, NS/LIJ
Safety and Efficacy of Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors in Cancer Patients and Pre-Existing Autoimmune Disease: A Systematic Review and a Meta-Analysis in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
2nd - Stefanos Zafeiropoulos, MD, MS
Elmezzi Scholar, Elmezzi Graduate School of Molecular Medicine, Institute of Bioelectronic Medicine, Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research
A Systematic Review and Network Meta-analysis in HFpEF Pharmacologic Treatment
Allied health professionals/physician assistant students
1st - LyssaLamport, DCN(c), MS, RDN
Nutritionist, Division of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Cohen Children’s Medical Center
Preventing Refeeding Syndrome in IUGR Preterm Infants Receiving Parenteral Protein
Medical students
1st - Adrian Chen, BS
Medical Student, Zucker School of Medicine
Light-Mediated Optogenetic Vagus Nerve Stimulation Reduces Splenic Pro-Inflammatory Cytokine Production
2nd - Eric Lee, BA
Medical Student, Zucker School of Medicine
Transfusion in Cardiac Surgery Patients and Adverse Outcomes
