The CAMC Institute for Academic Medicine hosted its annual CAMC Research Day on Thursday, April 16, showcasing original research and case reports from our residents, fellows and medical students.
The event aims to promote and commend scholarly excellence in research across the CAMC academic community.
The Institute extends its sincere appreciation to all presenters, preceptors and mentors, as well as the moderators, judges, abstract selection committee, the Institutional Review Board and Institutional Scientific Review Board at CAMC and the Center for Health Services and Outcomes Research faculty and staff. Special thanks are also given to planning co-chairs Mary K. Emmett, PhD, FACHE, and Elaine Davis Mattox, EdD.
CAMC Research Day concluded with an awards ceremony, which included the announcement of Arthur Rubin, DO, FACOP, as the recipient of the prestigious Steven J. Jubelirer Research Award. This honor recognizes an exceptional commitment to advancing research and supporting trainees in their scholarly pursuits.
The 2026 CAMC Research Day presentation award winners are as follows:
Original Research – Oral
1st Place: Interventional Radiologist-Led Ketamine Sedation Shortens Room Turnover Without Compromising Analgesia in Biliary Drainage
- Presenter: Bradford Dugan
- Preceptor: Amy Deipolyi, MD, PhD
2nd Place: Superior Sedation and Patient Experience with Ketamine/Midazolam Compared with Fentanyl/Midazolam in Interventional Radiology: A Prospective Randomized Study
- Presenter: Ashraf Ahmad, MD
- Preceptor: Amy Deipolyi, MD, PhD
3rd Place: Effect of Calcification Morphology on Early and Late Outcomes in TCAR
- Presenter: Kory Dees, MD
- Preceptor: Ali AbuRahma, MD
Honorable Mention: Exploring the Association Between PEG Tube Replacements and Area Deprivation Index in WV
- Presenter: Ty Bayliss, MD
- Preceptor: Richard Umstot, MD
Honorable Mention: Right Ventricular Failure and Post‑Transplant Outcomes in Patients Bridged With LVAD: A Multicenter Cohort Study
- Presenter: Mohamed S. Mahmoud, MD
- Preceptors: Frank Annie, PhD; Marciano Lee, MD
Case Reports – Oral
1st Place: Plasmablastic Lymphoma With Gynecologic Involvement Initially Suspected as Primary Ovarian Neoplasm
- Presenter: Ryan J. Blake
- Preceptor: Courtney J. Nail, DO
2nd Place: Bickering With the Nervous System: Polyneuropathy From Bickerstaff Encephalitis
- Presenter: Farwah Fatima, MD
- Preceptor: Suzanne Crandall, DO
3rd Place: The Triple Threat: Pancreaticogastric Fistula, Splenic Abscess, and Invasive Adenocarcinoma Arising from Main Duct IPMN
- Presenter: Saman Hamid, MD
- Preceptor: Molly John, MD
Original Research – Poster
1st Place: Minimally Invasive Hiatal Hernia Repair in Patients With Class II or III Obesity: A Propensity Matched Analysis
- Presenter: Hayley Harman
- Preceptor: Sandeep Kashyap, MD
2nd Place: Retrograde Ureteral Stent vs Antegrade Percutaneous Nephrostomy Tube Placement in the Setting of Advanced Gynecologic Malignant Obstructive Uropathy: Factors Affecting Failure Rate, Conversion, and Long-Term Success
- Presenter: Gabrielle Potter
- Preceptors: Jacqueline Fannin, PhD; Samuel Deem, MD; Kyle Ames, DO
3rd Place: Positive Margin after Radical Prostatectomy: What role does post-prostatectomy specimen handling play in positive margin rate?
- Presenter: Jared Zopp, DO
- Preceptor: Nathan Hale, DO
Honorable Mention: GLP‑1 Receptor Agonists Decrease the Rate of Rupture, Cardiac Events, and Death in Patients With Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms
- Presenter: Ana Clara M. Alcantara
- Preceptor: Catherine C. Go, MD
Honorable Mention: Specialty-Based Variations in Sacrocolpopexy: Assessing One Year Outcomes, and Patient Demographics Between Urology and Gynecology
- Presenter: Darshan Sangani
- Preceptor: Joshua Lohri, DO
Case Reports – Poster
1st Place: Open Partial Nephrectomy for Renal Cell Carcinoma in Transplanted Kidney
- Presenter: Cody Fuller, DO
- Preceptor: Michael Stencel, DO
2nd Place: Traumatic Pneumothorax Related to Permanent Epicardial Pacemaker Lead Placement
- Presenter: Robert Stawicki, DO
- Preceptor: Marc Dotson, DO
3rd Place: Beyond the Common Cold: An Unusual Cause of Oral and Ocular Lesions
- Presenter: Muhammed Ceesay, MD
- Preceptor: James Campbell II, MD
Honorable Mention: Renal artery salvage by reverse Iliac branch stent during thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm repair with TAMBE
- Presenter: Robert Cragon, MD
- Preceptor: Shadi Abu‑Halimah, MD
Learn more about CAMC Research Day at camcmedicine.edu/ResearchDay.