Current Students and Alumni

MS1s

• Clara Francis: Sam Houston State University
• Jose Mauricio Galdamez Melara: McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston
• Prit Hasan: Sam Houston State University
• Tarikul Islam: McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston
• Cameron Lim: Sam Houston State University
• Julissa Dyanara Mireles: University of Houston College of Medicine
• Shweta Goldie Mohapatra: McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston
• Pallavi Muraleedharan: McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston
• Saman Nekoobahr: Paul L Foster School of Medicine, Texas Tech University
• Ahsan Omer: University of Houston College of Medicine
• Ryan Wong: University of Houston College of Medicine 

College

• Mia Baumann: Rice University
• Joy Choo: Texas Tech University
• Remy Ayman Chritah: Emory University
• Madelaine Arimel A Cruz: Texas A&M University
• Blake Haden Fairchild: Texas A&M University
• Garry Wayne Gibson: University of Houston
• Louis Victor Hlavinka: Texas A&M University
• Issac Shibu Koshy: University of Texas at Austin
• Meagan Lewis: Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College
• Caitlyn Tu Tuyen Nguyen: University of St. Thomas
• Ama Serwaah Owusu-Agyemang: Occidental College
• Nyla Savannah Staes:  Washington University in St. Louis
• Ivan Tomongha: Trinity University
• Grace Cat-Duyen Truong: Skidmore College
• Kaylin M Wells: Baylor University

High School

• Eric Thekkel: L V Hightower High School
• Karam Linda Maria: Elkins High School
• Aarohi Thakar: William P Clements High School

Featured Posters

• Cameron Lim: Transorbital intubations
• Shweta Goldie Mohapatra, Blake Fairchild and Pallavi Muraleedharan: Intubation in an iron lung 

Poster Presentation Winners

• Pain Medicine and Patient Experience:
  • 1st – Joy Choo: Peripheral Nerve Stimulation, a Minimally Invasive Option for End of Life Pain Management
  • 2nd – Julissa Mireles: Impact of Glycemic Control on Surgical Site Infections in Neuromodulation Pain Procedures: a Retrospective Analysis  & Ahsan Omer - Patient Experience with Medication Refills Through Symptom and Palliative Care Center  
• Pediatric Anesthesiology
  • 1st - Aarohi Thakar: Perioperative Management of Curative Pediatric Hemipelvectomy for Ewing’s Sarcoma 
  • 2nd - Ama Owusu-Agyemang: Awake Craniotomy in a Pediatric Patient at a Tertiary Care Center 
• Clinical Research/Basic Science
  • 1st - Paola Yepez: Nosocomial Infections in COVID-19 ICU Cancer Patients: No Impact on ICU Mortality?
  • 2nd - Ryan Wong: Intraoperative dexmedetomidine administration and acute kidney injury in patients undergoing unilateral partial nephrectomy: a retrospective study 
• Airway Management
  • 1st - Blake Fairchild and Luke Twaddell: Use of Optiflow THRIVE High-Flow Nasal Oxygen System versus a Non-rebreather oxygen delivery device in Patients with a High Risk of Obstruction in IR
  • 2nd - Madelaine Cruz: Difficult Airway… When fiberoptic is not enough! 
• Case Reports and Mix
  • 1st - Louis Hlavinka: Perioperative Management of a Pacemaker for MRI guided Laser Interstitial Thermal Therapy of the Spine
  • 2nd - Clara Francis & Mia Baumann: Perioperative hypoglycemia symptomology in non-diabetic patient undergoing endoscopy: A case report & Remy Chritah - Impact of Telehealth Regulation on Telehealth Visit Volume at MD Anderson Cancer Center from January 1, 2020 to June 30, 2024. A Quality Improvement Project.

MS1s

• Hayden Fanguy: Sam Houston State University
• Evelyn Lazaris: Sam Houston State University
• Diego Miguel Martinez: University of Houston College of Medicine
• Leonardo Jose Martinez: McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston
• Malachi T. Miller: University of Houston College of Medicine
• Dana Orlando: McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston
• Lauren Denise Simmons: McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston
• Luke Roloff Twaddell: McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston
• Yusuf Zaidi: Texas A&M School of Medicine

College

• Miguel Angel Araujo: University of Houston
• Madelaine Arimel Alvarez Cruz: Texas A&M University
• Blake Haden Fairchild: Texas A&M University
• Maggie G Miao: University of Texas at Austin
• Caitlyn Tu Tuyen Nguyen: University of St. Thomas
• Adaora Claire Nwokeji: Princeton University
• Lisha Shrestha: University of Texas at Austin
• Nyla Savannah Staes: Washington University in St. Louis

High School

• Satvik Gundre: Dulles High School