Two IU Family Practice Residents Win at IAFP

Third-year resident, Dilum Illamperuma, M.D. and first-year resident, Azita Chehresa, M.D., PhD won awards at the Indiana Academy of Family Physicians (IAFP) statewide Annual Resident’s Day and Research Forum on March 2, 2006. Dr. Illamperuma’s presentation, “Familial Pheochromobytoma and VHL Syndrome: A Retrospective Case Review” won second place in the case presentation category. Dr. Chehresa’s, “Living and Dying with Chronic Pain, Drug Abuse, Depression, and Strokes” won second place in the poster presentation category.

Also competing were chief resident Lam T. Van, M.D., for original IRB-approved research, “A Glimpse into Family Medicine Using GIS MAPs” and second-year resident Jianming Song, M.D., for the case presentation, “Mixed Cryoglobulinemea in a Patient with Hepatitis C: A Case Report”. Vipin Jain, M.D., a 2003 IU Family Practice Residency graduate and Medical Director of the Madison County Community Health Center in Anderson, Indiana, presented his poster research, “Cardiorenal Outcomes of CKD Clinic Approach Among Patients with Diabetes”.

Second-year resident Tamika Dawson, M.D. was elected alternate resident director of the IAFP. First-year resident Ruben Hernández, M.D. was elected as the alternate delegate to the AAFP National Conference.

Indiana University faculty contributing either co-authorship or mentoring for the success of IU FP Residency submissions included Douglas B. McKeag, M.D., M.S.; Michael Graham, M.D.; Rock Tiffault, M.D.; Terrell Zollinger, DrPH; Jeffrey Wilson, PhD; and Peter Nalin, M.D., Director, IU Family Medicine Residency.

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