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28th Awardee & Grants

2005 Society of General Internal Medicine Annual Meeting
Award Winners

Below is a list of those who received awards at the 28th SGIM Annual Meeting, in New Orleans, LA. SGIM is proud to recognize these individuals, who have exhibited exceptional leadership and initiative in the field of general internal medicine in the past year. Congratulations, and continue your good work!

NOMINATED AWARDS

Elnora M. Rhodes SGIM Service Award
Robert S. Wigton, MD, University of Nebraska Medical Center

Robert J. Glaser Award
Ralph I. Horwitz, MD, Case Western University

Herbert W. Nickens Award
Joan Y. Reede, MD, Harvard Medical School

RESEARCH AWARDS

John M. Eisenberg National Award for Career Achievement in Research
Neil R. Powe, MD, MPH, MBA, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Outstanding Junior Investigator of the Year
Nancy L. Keating, MD, MPH, Harvard Medical School

Mid-Career Research Mentorship Award
Carol M. Mangione, MD, MSPH, MSW, UCLA School of Medicine

Best Published Research Paper
Bruce E. Landon, MD, MBA, Harvard Medical School
“Comparison of performance of traditional Medicare v. Medicare managed care,” JAMA. 2004 Apr 14;291(14):1744-52

CLINICIAN-EDUCATOR AWARDS

National Award for Career Achievements in Medical Education
Dennis W. Cope, MD, FACP, UCLA School of Medicine

National Awards for Scholarship in Medical Education
Scholarship of Integration: Stephen D. Sisson, MD, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Scholarship of Educational Method and Teaching: Auguste H. Fortin, VI, MD, MPH, Yale University School of Medicine
Scholarship in Clinical Practice: John A. Flynn, MD, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

JGIM CREATIVE MEDICAL WRITING CONTEST AWARDS

Poetry Award
Benjamin Morris, “Prognosis”

Prose Award
Leslie G. Cohen, “Skin”

REGIONAL AWARDS

California Regional Resident Presentation Of The Year
Stephanie Harman, Stanford University
A Patient’s Request for Physician-Assisted Suicide

Runner-Up: Allison Himmel, University of San Francisco Medical School
Galactorrhea: Double Trouble

Southern Regional Resident Presentation Of The Year
Michele Guidry, Tulane University Department of Medicine
Providing Pharmaceutical Samples: More Harm Than Good?

Runner-Up: Jami Rubright, Tulane University Department of Medicine
The Conductor Who Couldn't Conduct

New England Regional Resident Presentation Of The Year
Tara Hamilton, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
I Lost 185 Pounds But My Joints Started To Hurt: Inflammatory Polyarthritis After Gastric Bypass

Northwest Regional Resident Presentation Of The Year
Christy Risinger, Providence Portland Medical Center
"Doc, I Have Pain All Over!" A Case Of Vitamin D Deficiency

Runner-Up: Annabelle Sammis, Providence Portland Medical Center
Pruritis In An Elderly Woman: An Atypical Presentation Of Scabies

Mid-Atlantic Regional Resident Presentation Of The Year
Ganesh Veerappan, Walter Reed Army Medical Center
Computed Tomography Colonography For Generalized Colorectal Cancer Screening

Runner-Up: Natasa Milojkovic, University of Pittsburgh Medical School
Flapping Toilet Seats And Flapping Hands

Midwest Regional Resident Presentation Of The Year
Basant Arya, Medical College of Wisconsin
Young Man With Overt Gastrointestinal Bleed But No Source Found On Multiple Investigations

GRANTS

Lawrence S. Linn Award
Gail Berkenblit, MD, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

UpToDate® Subscription Grant
New Heights Clinic, Vancouver, Washington
Mulago Hospital, Kampala, Uganda

PRESENTATION AWARDS

Mack Lipkin Sr. Associate Awards:
Ian Matthew Kronish, MD; Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Depressed Patients Are Less Likely To Follow Recommended Risk Reducing Behaviors after Acute Coronary Syndromes

Amal N. Trivedi, MD, MPH; Brigham and Women's Hospital
A Closing Gap: Racial Disparities in the Quality of Care for Medicare Managed Care Beneficiaries Between 1997 And 2003

Niteesh K Choudhry, MD, PhD; Brigham and Women's Hospital
The Impact of Adverse Events on Warfarin Prescribing In Atrial Fibrillation: A Matched-Pair Analysis

Milton Hamolsky Junior Faculty Awards:
Margaret C Fang, MD, MPH; University of California, San Francisco
Intracranial Hemorrhage Is the Dominant Determinant Of Death And Disability From Warfarin-Associated Hemorrhage

Lori Orlando, MD, MHS; Duke University and Durham VAMC
Chronic Kidney Disease: Relationship of Nephrologist Involvement and Disease Course

Vineet Arora, MD, MA; University of Chicago
A Randomized Controlled Trial of Night Float: Effects on Resident Sleep, Fatigue, And Patient Care

Clinical Vignette Awards:
Dhruv S. Kazi, MD; Baylor College of Medicine
A Swan Song for the Pulmonary Artery Catheter.

Roshani Sanghani, MBBS; Stroger Hospital of Cook County and Rush University Medical Center
Acquired Hemophilia

Visiting Professor Program in Geriatrics & Gerontology Awards Best Paper/Poster:
Rebecca Sudore, University of San Francisco Medical School
First Runner-Up: David Arterburn, University of Cincinnati School of Medicine

 

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