The 2013 Rogers Award Finalists Announced at Medicine Grand Rounds
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.
(L to R): Drs. Andrew Schafer, Joseph Krepp, Kira Ryskina, Timothy Glew, Parag Goyal, and Holly Andersen
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) and is funded by the Holly Andersen Heart Foundation.
Winner
Parag Goyal, MD
"Impact of Left Ventricular Short-Axis Image Geometry on Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Quantification of Left Ventricular Mass"
First Runner Up
Joseph Krepp, MD
"Cornell Product Criteria for Left Ventricular Hypertrophy Strongly Predicts the Presence of Diastolic Dysfunction"
Finalists
Timothy J. Glew, MD
"Is a Severely Reduced Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction a Contraindication to Major Oncologic Surgery?"
Kira Ryskina, MD
"Generic Statin Prescribing in an Internal Medicine Resident Practice: Is Teaching Cost-Conscious Medicine in Residency Too Little Too Late?"