Zachary Clark Radiology Research Symposium

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Madeline Jentink, DO

Level: Resident
Faculty Mentor: Fred Lee, MD
Title: Hydrodissection: The Usual, The Unusual, and The Crazy

Ece Meram, MD

Level: Resident
Faculty Mentor: John Swietlik, MD
Title: Can Portal Venous Interventions Help with Refractory Chylous Ascites or Chylothorax?

Vyshnavi Reddy, MD

Level: Resident
Faculty Mentor: Sandip Biswal, MD
Title: Light ‘Em Up! Early Experience Utilizing 18F-FDG PET/MRI to Pinpoint Pain Generators in Patients with Diagnostically Challenging Chronic Pain

Erik Winterholler, MD

Level: Resident
Faculty Mentor: Timothy Ziemlewicz, MD
Title: Reduction of Respiratory Motion Effect in Liver Histotripsy by Use of High Frequency Jet Ventilation

Stephen Polanski, MD

Level: Fellow
Faculty Mentor: J Louis Hinshaw, MD
Title: Pilot Study Evaluating the Efficacy of Organ Displacement Using Hydrogel, Outside of Prostate Radiation

Leslie Nelson, DO

Level: Fellow
Faculty Mentor: Elizabeth Sadowski, MD
Title: The Impact of MRI after Ultrasound on Patient Management using the O-RADS Risk Score

Karla Wetley, MD

Level: Fellow
Faculty Mentor: Andrew Ross, MD
Title: Translating Musculoskeletal MRI Reports into Patient-friendly Summaries Using ChatGPT

Allison Couillard, MD

Level: Resident
Faculty Mentor: Fred Lee, MD
Title: Renal Bleeding Events with Histotripsy versus Cryoablation in a Porcine Model

Leslie Nelson, DO

Level: Fellow
Faculty Mentor: Perry Pickhardt, MD
Title: Longitudinal Intra-patient Changes in CT Body Composition Measures Associated with Semaglutide Use

Vansh Jain

Level: Medical Student
Faculty Mentor: Mark Kleedehn, MD and Erica Knavel Koepsel, MD
Title: A Large Single-Institution Review of Bard Denali IVC Filter Complication Rates

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Peter Cormier, MD

Level: Fellow
Faculty Mentor: Kenneth Lee, MD, MBA
Title: Where does it hurt? Variability in Location of Edema Relative to MRI Compatible Pain Marker in Collegiate Football Players with Hamstring Strain Injury

Emily Kruger, MD

Level: Resident
Faculty Mentors: Maria Daniela Martin Rother, MD; Jeffrey Kanne, MD; Brian Mullan, MD
Title: Phantoms of the Thorax

Kyle Lacy, MD

Level: Fellow
Faculty Mentors: Mitchell Daun, MD; Andrew Ross, MD
Title: Evaluating the Effectiveness of a Resident-Generated Musculoskeletal Anatomy Study Guide in Enhancing Radiology Resident Confidence and Proficiency in Interpreting Musculoskeletal MRI

Leslie Nelson, DO

Level: Fellow
Faculty Mentor: Perry Pickhardt, MD
Title: Spectrum of Heterotopic & Ectopic Splenic Conditions

Jacob McCallum, DO

Level: Fellow
Faculty Mentor: Andrew Ross, MD
Title: AI Chatbot Utility in Answering Patient Questions about Procedures.

Alexander Moeller, MD

Level: Resident

Faculty Mentor: Tabassum Kennedy, MD
Title: Sinus Tumors – What the Tumor Board Wants to Know

Faculty Mentor: John Symanski, MD
Title: Spotlight on Musculoskeletal Lymphoma: A Radiological Exploration of an Uncommon Entity

Faculty Mentor: Perry Pickhardt, MD
Title: Fully Automated CT Imaging Biomarkers of Bone, Muscle, and Fat: Correcting for the Effect of Intravenous Contrast during Angiographic Phase

Faculty Mentor: Perry Pickhardt, MD
Title: Comparing Automated Abdominal and Thoracic Aortic Agatston Measurements Derived from a Deep Learning-Based Model

Katharine Molinarolo, MD

Level: Fellow
Faculty Mentor: Perry Pickhardt, MD
Title: Signet Ring Cell Adenocarcinoma of the GI Tract: Tour of Common and Uncommon Appearances from the Esophagus to Rectum

Jessica Perry, MD

Level: Resident
Faculty Mentor: Joseph Tang, MD
Title: Atraumatic Non-Degenerative Back Pain: Missed Opportunities in Diagnosis

Elliott Russell, MD

Level: Resident
Faculty Mentor: John Swietlik, MD
Title: Let Me Show You The Way: How Electromagnetic Navigation Systems Can Improve Your Practice

Alankrit Shatadal, BS, BA

Level: Medical Student
Faculty Mentor: Allison Grayev, MD
Title: A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words: Correlating Description of Calcifications on Non Contrast Head CT with Final Diagnosis

Anna Sorensen, MD

Level: Resident
Faculty Mentor: Fred Lee, MD
Title: Real-Time Electromagnetic CT Navigation (E-CTN) for Percutaneous Needle Placement

Annie Zlevor

Level: Medical Student
Faculty Mentor: Fred Lee, MD
Title: CT-guided Percutaneous Interventions: Reduction of Metal Needle-Tip Artifact with Low Atomic Number Materials in Phantom and Porcine Models