MU Department of Medicine 2011-2013 Annual Report Feb. 2014 | Page 9

2011-2013

Department of Medicine

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spotlight
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Dr. Turi McNamee’s innovative method of milestone

winners, Dr. Mittal and Dr. Musielack presented their posters

assessment utilizing skip logic will be presented at the

at the national ACP conference in New Orleans in April 2012.

ACGME National Educational Conference, the spring meeting

In 2012, Dr. Mayank Mittal MD, PGY3 won first place in the

of the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology, as

Research category and Dr. Hariharan Regunath PGY3 won

well as the Association of Program Directors in Internal

first place in the Patient Safety and Quality Improvement

Medicine National Spring meeting in early 2014. She is

category. Both winners presented their posters at the

collaborating with Dr. Bret Barrier, Associate Professor of OB/

national ACP conference in San Francisco in April 2013.

GYN at UMC, and MU’s IT department in the development of

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an app that would simplify the evaluation process.
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Additionally, the Mizzou Doctors Dilemma Team beat all
the competition at the State ACP meeting in 2011 and
2012. Our residents represented the state of Missouri

of Missouri at Columbia’s internal medicine residency

at the national competition in New Orleans in 2012 and

program and is Principal Investigator for his AHA-funded

will represent Missouri again at San Francisco in 2013.

research in “Over-Nutrition induced Diastolic Dysfunction:

Doctors Dilemma is “Medical Jeopardy”, and our teams

Understanding and Treating SERCA Dysfunction Mediated by

have done great! The winning team members in 2011 were

Oxidative Stress”. He is currently a cardiovascular fellow at

Venu Chennamaneni, PGY2 and Anton Lishmanov, PGY3

the University of Missouri at Columbia.
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Brian Bostick, MD, PhD, is a recent graduate of the University

from internal medicine and Sarah Smitherman, PGY4 from
med-peds. In 2012, our winning team members were Tariq

Harjyot Sohal, MD, Associate Program Director of the

Enezate PGY2, Andrew Ausmus PGY4, and Rolando Peralta

Medicine Residency Program, will be participating in the

PGY3. In 2013, team members Andy Ausmus, Tareq Enexate,

2013 Intermountain Healthcare’s Institute for Healthcare

and Rahul Nayani PGY4 fell in the second round against the

Delivery Advanced Training Program.
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competition.

In September of 2011, 2012, and 2013, over 40 of our

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residents submitted applications to compete in the

Our residents participate in a quality improvement/
patient safety curriculum while on their ambulatory clinic

American College of Physicians (ACP) Associates Poster

week. They receive didactics on quality improvement and

competition held during the Missouri ACP meeting at Lake

participate in quality improvement projects related to their

Ozark, Missouri. In 2011, Mayank Mittal, MD, PGY2, won

patients in their continuity clinic. In June of 2012, we held

first place in the Research Category. Delene Musielack,

the first annual resident quality improvement poster day and

MD, PGY3 (Med-Peds resident) placed first in the Patient

Grand Rounds. This event has since been held yearly and is

Safety and Quality Improvement category. Saket Kottewar,

well attended and enjoyed by many.

MD, PGY1, placed third in the PS &QI category as well. As

honors + awards
Outstanding Student Teaching

Outstanding Second Year

Outstanding Fellow

Outstanding Faculty Teacher

by Intern

Resident

2011: Maein Nusair, MD

2011: Doak Phillips, MD

2011: Angel Peralta, MD

2011: Naveen Rajpurohit, MD

2012: Sudarshan Balla, MD

2012: Stevan Whitt, MD

2012: Fatima Khan, DO &

2012: Raveen Shenoi, MD

2013: Rachel Littrell, MD

2013: William Salzer, MD &

2013: Tariq Enezate, MD

Kelly Walsma, MD

Martin Alpert, MD

Professionalism Award

2013: Zachary Holliday, MD
Outstanding Third/Fourth Year

2013: Angel Peralta, MD

Outstanding Advanced Physical

Outstanding Student Teaching

Resident

by Resident

2011: Venkatesh Ariyamuthu,MD Outstanding Clerkship Lecturer 2012: William Steinmann, MD

Diagnosis Preceptor

2011: Justin LaMonda, MD

2012: Amar Jadhav, MD

2012: Raveen Shenoi, MD

2013: Brian Bostick, MD

2011: Kevin Dellsperger,MD,PhD 2013: Kevin Clary, MD &

Julia Halsey, MD

Outstanding Clinical Faculty

2013: Angel Peralta, MD

2011: Les Hall, MD &

Outstanding Rotation Award

Outstanding Categorical Intern 2011: Sudarshan Balla, MD

Outstanding Overall Resident

2011: MICU

2011: Brian Bostick, MD

2012: James Bosanquet, MD

2012: Kevin Clary, MD &

2012: MICU

2012: George Ubinas, MD &

2013: Hariharan Regunath, MD

2013: CICU

Kelly Walsma, MD

2013: Armin Krvavac, MD

William Salzer, MD
Don Doll, MD

2013: William Steinmann, MD &

Arun Kumar, MD