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Kit Tam will be presenting a poster at the American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting being held March 31 - April 4, 2012 in Chicago. The poster is titled, "Association of p16 inactivation with EGFR/KRAS/STK11 and smoking status with meta-analysis".

Congrats to Monica Chang Panesso, the next Housestaff Officer of Excellence! Beyond her usual and dedicated self that many of us have come to know these last 2 1/2 years, she should be particularly recognized for her work in the VA MICU. Despite having a light service of her own, she exemplified what it means to be a team player. She made her own patient cards for patients on the other MICU teams. She didn't take more than her allotted 4 days off, and spent many days (without patients on her own service) helping care for the other critically ill patients in the MICU.

Congratulations to Kevin Schmidt on winning the Hopkins Curriculum Challenge for Block 8 with a cumulative Post-Test score average for the month of 97%. Very impressive! Kevin will receive a $50 gift card.

The Society of General Internal Medicine, Southern Region Meeting will be held this weekend Feruary 9-12 in New Orleans, LA. UT Southwestern will be represented by Jason Martin, Anand Srivastava and Renzo Arauco Brown. Jason Martin will be presenting a poster entitled "Diarrhea and the Heart: Prosthetic Valve Endocarditis Masquerading as Crohn’s Disease." Anand Srivastava will be presenting a poster entitled "A ComPLEX Case". Renzo Arauco Brown's poster is titled "Down and Out (of Breath)—a case of bird fancier's lung".

Case Reports in Cardiology recently announced an article by Justin Grodin titled Respiratory Syncytial Virus Pneumonia Treated with Lower-Dose Palivizumab in a Heart Transplant Recipient

Melody Smith has had an article published in Clinical Lymphoma, Myeloma & Leukemia titled Racial differences in the presentation and outcomes of chronic lymphocytic leukemia and variants in the United States.

Laith Alshawabkeh has had a poster accepted by the American College of Cardiology meeting in Chicago, March 24-27. The abstract title is Outcomes of a Preoperative "Bridging" Strategy With Glycoprotein IIb/IIIa Inhibitors to Prevent Perioperative Stent Thrombosis In Patients with Drug-Eluting Stents Who Undergo Surgery Necessitating Interruption of Thienopyridine Administration. Dr. Alshawabkeh collaborated with Emmanouil Brilakis, MD who is the PI on the project.

Justin Grodin has had a poster accepted by the International Society for Heart & Lung Transplantation. The 32nd Annual Meeting and Scientific Sessions will be held April 18-21, 2012 in Prague, Czech Republic. The abstract title is US Heart Transplant Rates Vary by Holiday.