Fourth-year medical student Kathryn Hudak presents her research at the 2017 Dale J. Benos Medical Student Research Day on Nov. 13.
Four medical students from the labs of four Department of Surgery faculty placed at this year’s UAB SOM Dale J. Benos Medical Student Research Day on Nov. 13.
Kathryn Hudak, MS4
- First Place — Intermediate Term Oral Presentations
- Title: "Post-Discharge Opioid Utilization after Colorectal Surgery is Modified by ERAS Pathways”
- Mentor: Daniel Chu, M.D., Division of Gastrointestinal Surgery
Zachary Gentry, MS2
- Third Place — Cancer Poster Presentations
- Title: “Absence of Disparity in Surgical Treatment of Obese Melanoma Patients at UAB”
- Mentor: Thomas Wang, M.D., Ph.D., Division of Surgical Oncology
Alex Dombrowsky, MS2
- First Place — Endocrine and Metabolic Disease Poster Presentations
- Title: “Why is Hyperparathyroidism Under-diagnosed and Under-treated in Older Adults?”
- Mentor: Courtney Balentine, M.D., M.P.H., Division of Gastrointestinal Surgery
Leah Schoel, MS2
- First Place — Immunology and Hematology Poster Presentations
- Title: “Genetically engineered pigs as a source for clinical red blood cell transfusion”
- Mentor: David Cooper, M.D., Ph.D., Division of Transplantation
The Dale J. Benos Medical Student Research Day celebrates the research accomplishments of medical students and provides them with the opportunity to present their projects to fellow students and faculty. The day consists of oral and poster presentations by students enrolled in the M.D., M.D/M.P.H, M.D./M.S, M.D/MBA, and M.D./Ph.D. programs.
As a prize for the three oral presentation winners, the School of Medicine will help fund travel expenses to the conference of their choice. First-place winner in the Intermediate Term Oral category Kathryn Hudak, said she will use her prize to attend the 13th Annual Academic Surgical Congress in Jacksonville, Florida, Jan. 30-Feb. 1, 2018.