2007 Resident Awards/Presentations/Publications

Awards

Sinai-Grace Hospital Research Day, April 12, 2007

Dr. Yoko Suzuki   Case Report, Poster Presentations ~ Third Place

“Intra-abdominal Fetal Parts Identified During Cesarean Section?”

ACOG Junior Fellow Research Day, Michigan Section, May 23, 2007

Dr. Pravin Goud   Resident Research Presentation ~ First Place

“Oocyte Dysfunction in Diabetes Mellitus: Role of Nitric Oxide”

Dr. Dana Ambler  ASRM 2006 “Resident In-Training Award” October 24, 2006

“IL6 Expression in Human Normal Peritoneal and Adhesion Fibroblasts: Regulation by Hypoxia”.

In Press

Yi Li, Bernard Gonik. “Is Congenital Syplilis Really Congenital Syphilis?” Infectious Diseases in Obstetrics and Gynecology.

Presentations

Mazen E. Abdallah, Rahi Victory, Dana R. Ambler, Jay M. Berman, Elizabeth E. Puscheck, Michael P. Diamond. Safety and Feasibility of Laparoscopy in the Management of Tubal Ectopic Pregnancy in Obese Women. Presented at the SGI Annual Meeting, March 14-17, 2007, Reno, NV.

Radwan Asaad, Waseem Khoder, Soubhi Zitouni, S. Gene McNeeley, Elizabeth Puscheck, Michael Diamond. Adenomyosis, Incidence, Co-Incidence, and Risk Factors – A Preliminary Report. Presented at the SGI Annual Meeting, March 14-17, 2007, Reno, NV.

Jose R. Duncan, MD, Christopher S. Bryant, MD, Jay P. Shah, MD, Lucila Ortiz-Baron, MD, Veronica R. Schimp, DO, John M. Malone, MD, Robert T. Morris, MD. Survival Outcome after the Initiation of Palliative Paracentesis in Recurrent Epithelial Ovarian Cancer Patients. Presented at the SGO 38th Annual Meeting, March 3-7, 2007, San Diego, CA.

Eleazar Soto, Roberto Romero, Karina Richani, Tinnakorn Chaiworapongsa, Bo Hyun Yoon, Jyh Kae Nien, Sam Edwin, Juan Pedro Kusanovic, Jimmy Espinoza. Evidence For Complement Activation in Premature Labor Associated with Intra-Amniotic Infection. Presented at the SMFM 27th Annual Meeting, February 5-10, 2007, San Francisco, CA.

Publications

Pooja Mittal, MD, Luis F. Goncalves, MD, Juan pedro Kusanovic, MD, Jimmy Espinoza, MD, Wesley Lee, MD, Jyh Kae Nien, MD, Eleazar Soto, MD, Roberto Romero, MD. “Objective Evaluation of Sylvian Fissure Development by Multiplanar 3-Dimensional Ultrasonography.” J Ultrasound Med 2007;26:347-353.

Karina Richani MD, Roberto Romero MD, Eleazar Soto MD, Jyh Kae Nien MD, Enola Cushenberry BS, Yeon Mee Kim MD, Jimmy Espinoza MD, Chong Jai Kim MD, PhD. “Genetic origin and proportion of basal plate surface-lining cells in normal and abnormal pregnancies.” Hum Pathol 2007;38: 269-275.

Eleazar Soto, Jimmy Espinoza, Jyh Kae Nien, Juan Pedro Kusanovic, Offer Erez, Karina Richani, Joaquin Santolaya-Forgas, Roberto Romero. “Human ß-defesin-2: A natural antimicrobial peptide present in amniotic fluid participates in the host response to microbial invasion of the amniotic cavity.” J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med 2007;20(1):15-22.