We were well represented in all categories including posters, case presentations, and original research presentations.

It gives me great pride in announcing that your colleagues received the following awards:

Case presentations:

First Place- An Unusual Cause of Abdominal Pain and Pregnancy- Tom Opheim, M.D.

Second Place- Forearm Abscess- Jason Everman, D.O.

Third Place- Abdominal Pain Secondary to Addison's disease by Primary Adrenal Tuberculosis- Ray Smith, M.D.

Original Research:

Second Place- Evaluating Outcomes of the Joshua Max Simon Primary Care Center Health Fair- Seth Rinderknecht, M.D.

Poster Presentations:

Second Place- Aortic Dissection and Ruptured Sinus of Valsalva Aneurysm Mimicking Pulmonary Embolism- Colleen Brown, M.D.

Please join me in congratulating your fellow residents for these well-deserved accolades.  Thank you to faculty members Amy Lahood, M.D., Curt Ward, M.D. and Liz Roth, M.D. for support they provided to the above residents.