Distinction Day 2018

1st Annual Distinction Day

A Celebration for the 2018 Brody School of Medicine Distinction Track Program Graduates


Health System Transformation and Leadership Distinction Track

Paige Driver
Volume Targeted Ventilation in ELBW Infants at Birth to Reduce Risk of Hypocarbia

Elizabeth Ferruzzi
The Effects of the I-PASS Handover Mnemonic in Medical Education

Ismail Kassim
Reduction of Sepsis-Related Mortality at Vidant Medical Center (VMC) through Implementation of a Multidisciplinary Sepsis Pathway

Taj Nasser
From Bytes to Reality – Accelerating Quality Using Simulation to Improve Emergency Department Operations

Zach Williams
Improving Care of Patients with Diabetes Through Establishment and Utilization of a Disease Registry


Research Distinction Track

Alexander Almeida
Colorectal Cancer Cell Adhesion and Metastatic Potential Significantly Decreased after Exposure to Ceramide

Jim Eubanks
Reduction in Opioid Use for Injured Workers Following Completion of a 4-Week Interdisciplinary Pain Program

Nicole Lawing
Electronic Medical Record Alerts to Improve High-Risk Breast Cancer Patients’ Rate of Referral to Genetic Counseling

Caitlin Durr
Differences in duration of respiratory support required for neonates born to insulin-treated

R. Drew Gardner
Predicting opioid use disorder in chronic pain patients who present to the ED

Stephan Lefcoski
Anatomical-Molecular Distribution of EphrinA1 in Infarcted Mouse Heart Using MALDI Mass Spectrometry Imaging