OPTI-West 4th Annual Interstate Research Day 2026
Podium
1st Dr. Faraz Waheed Effects of Physical Activity and Exercise on Colorectal Cancer Prognosis: An Updated Meta-Analysis
2nd Dr. Paul Aphivantrakul Pseudomonas aeruginosa TAVR Valve Endocarditis: First Reported Case Managed with Percutaneous Vegetectomy
3rd Dr. Ivin Yu Improving Discharge Process
Poster
1st Dr. Nona Santiago Acute Esophageal Necrosis in the Setting of Septic Shock
2nd Dr. Mirko Mostaghimi Shallow Breathing to Transplant
3rd Dr. Sam Wright A First Time Diagnosis of SLE Presenting as an Acute Pontine Stroke
3rd Annual Virtual Research Day will be May 20.2025
These are the winners of the presentations.
Podium Presentation
1st FIRST Place Addressing Polypharmacy in Primary Care Theresa Kim, DO
2nd SECOND Place Caudal Regression Syndrome in a 26 yo female Philip Fedor, DO
3rd THIRD Place Cholelithiasis or cancer? Ellyn Hirabayashi, DO
Poster Presentation
1st FIRST Place When treatment becomes the threat… Mirko Mostaghimi, DO
2nd SECOND Place Chronic bilateral Harrington rod fractures… Brian Vu, MD
3rd THIRD Place Is it just pneumonia? Lena Feng, DO
2nd Annual Virtual Research Day Winners
Podium Presentations on OPTI-West Virtual Research DAY, Tuesday May 21, 2024 at 12noon. This will be a 3-minute presentation starting at immediately after the poster presentations:
1st place $300 Luis Rodriguez: BRTO Gastric Varices
3rd place $100 Coccidio: Dai-An Vo-Ba
2nd place $200 Mitral Valve Endocarditis: Delvin Bradshaw
Poster Presentations on OPTI-West Virtual Research DAY, Tuesday May 21, 2024 at 12noon. This will be a 2-minute presentation starting at immediately at 12 noon:
2nd place $100 Pediatric Surfer Myelopathy: Xinyi Ye
1st place $200 Woodfire Stoves: Alice Luu
3rd place $50 DBS: Rebecca Houston