The Rogers Award Finalists Announced
Left to Right: Dr. Schafer, Dr. Li, Dr. Viny, Dr. Mehta, Dr. Licht, Dr. Anderson
The 2012 Rogers Award finalists were announced. Established in 1995, the David E. Rogers Memorial Research Award encourages medical residents to continue their investigative research in internal medicine. Each year, senior medical residents submit research abstracts, and four finalists are chosen to present their work during medical grand rounds. Finalists listed below.
The award was founded and is chaired by Holly S. Andersen, MD, Director of Education and Outreach at The Ronald O. Perelman Heart Institute and Associate Attending Physician at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital and Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine at Weill Cornell Medical College. The grant, received by all four finalists, was made possible through an endowment by the education division of Marion Merril Dow in honor of David E. Rogers, a scholar dedicated to the education and training of young physicians for nearly 50 years.
The 2012 Finalists
Winner
Aaron Viny, MD, MS
"MICA Polymorphism Identified by Whole Genome Array Associated with NKG2D-Mediated Cytotoxicity in T-Cell Large Granular Lymphocyte Leukemia"
Second
Neha Mehta-Shah, MD
"Bexarotene is Active Against Subcutaneous Panniculitis-Like T-Cell Lymphoma in Adult and Pediatric Populations"
Runners Up
Daneng Li, MD
"Pre-Operative Geriatric Assessment and Surgical Outcomes in Older Women With Gynecological Cancer"
Eugene Licht, MD
"The Role of Lactulose in the Prevention of Clostridium Difficile Diarrhea"