Congratulations to all the competitors in the ACMS 2021 Poster Symposium!

Congratulations to all the competitors in the ACMS 2021 Poster Symposium!

We reviewed an excellent field of work this year submitted by the Residents and Medical Students of Alachua County attending UF and UCF Colleges of Medicine. The following were the top scoring poster/authors:

Tie for 1st Place:

Anthony Nanajian, MD, PhD; and Xiaolan Tang, MD with Faculty Sponsor Uma Iyer, MD

“Cold- and warm-type autoimmune hemolytic anemia associated with COVID-19 infections: What lies beneath?”

Carl Dragstedt, DO, Xiaolan Tang, MD; Anthony Nanajian, MD and Sean Benoit, MD

Tie for 1st Place:

Alexey Minevskiy, MD with Sponsoring Faculty Nausheen Khuddus, MD and Christine Kay, MD

“Novel Adeno-Associated Virus-Based Genetic Therapy for Leber Hereditary Optic Neuropathy: A Case-Report”

Carl Dragstedt, DO; Nausheen Khuddus, MD, Alexey Minevskiy, MD; and Sean Benoit, MD.

3rd Place: Laura Gordon, MD; Andrew Slater, DO and George Cockey, MD, PhD
with Faculty Sponsor: Matthew Callestino, MD

“Recurrent Gemcitabine-Associated Pseudocellulitis in a Patient with Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma: A Clinical Vignette”

Sean Benoit, MD, NFRMC Chief Medical Officer, George Cockey, MD; Andrew Slater, DO; and Carl Dragstedt, DO, ACMS President.