Author: Gaynier, Anthony

Straight Talk

This Issue:
Heart Walk
Meet the Matched
Finance Manager
Crossword Puzzle
Dr. Raju Fund
Dr. Thati Receives Grant
Faculty Update
Announcements
April Birthdays
Grand Rounds

Department of Internal Medicine

March 2019

2019 Heart Walk

The 2019 Metro Detroit Hear and Stroke Walk/Run will take place on May 18, 2019. As a Department we have a goal of raising $10,000 for this great cause.
WE NEED YOUR HELP!!
Last year we just barley missed our goal of $5,000. This year we are ramping up our efforts and starting earlier. We strongly encourage your involvement and your donations for this great cause. Please partake in this friendly competition by starting teams or donating to the Internal Medicine page here.

Meet the Matched

The Department of Internal Medicine would like to congratulate all of those that will be joining the Internal Medicine Residency program this summer. We are very excited to having new members of our family. The Department would also like to thank all of those who participated in the residency interviews allowing us to have this great group of residents joining us.

Name	Most Recent Medical School
Abdulrahim, Ahmed	Al-Zaiem Al-Azhari University Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences
Ahmad, Usman	Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine
Ajaz, Aiman	Mymensingh Medical College
Al-Sagri, Zaynab	Al-Nahrain University College of Medicine
Alhaddad, Razan	University of Tishreen Faculty of Medicine
Alhusain, Rashid	University of Khartoum Faculty of Medicine
Ali, Mohammed	University of Khartoum Faculty of Medicine
Alkassis, Samer	University of Damascus Faculty of Medicine
Altaie, Nehal	University of Al-Mustansiriyah College of Medicine
Awadalla, Huyam	University of Gadarif Faculty of Medicine and Health Science
Awali, Reda	Beirut Arab University Faculty of Medicine
Barkho, Sulaiman	Kharkiv National Medical University
Chander, Perani	Wayne State University School of Medicine
Chauvin, Christopher	Wayne State University School of Medicine
Choudhry, Sahir	Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine - Middletown
Choudhry, Saim	Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine - New York
Deen, Mohanad	Wayne State University School of Medicine
DeNeve, Daniel	St. George's University School of Medicine
Fatiwala, Zain	Al-Ameen Medical College
Halboni, Adnan	Hashemite University Faculty of Medicine
Hemmrich, Sophia	Central Michigan University College of Medicine
Husainat, Maha	Jordan University of Science and Technology Faculty of Medicine
Ibraheem, Hayan	University of Al-Mustansiriyah College of Medicine
Jindal, Sahil	Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine
Kadari, Saritha	Sri Venkateswara Medical College
Kurtz, Daniel	Wayne State University School of Medicine
Mahdi, Abdulrahman	University of Al-Mustansiriyah College of Medicine
Micho Ulbeh, Tarec	University of Damascus Faculty of Medicine
Mohamed, Abu-Bekr	University of Khartoum Faculty of Medicine
Nguyen, Paul	Campbell University Jerry M. Wallace School of Osteopathic Medicine
Palo, Pierre	University of Virginia School of Medicine
Patel, Neel	Alabama College of Osteopathic Medicine
Porter, Lekiesha	Wayne State University School of Medicine
Romeu Torres, Jose	San Juan Bautista School of Medicine
Rothstein, Shoshana	Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine
Safdar, Jawarya	Nishtar Medical College & Hospital
Salih, Ghadhanfer	Al-Kindy College of Medicine
Sebastian, Joseph	Pushpagiri Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre
Sepnafski, Marcus	American University of the Caribbean School of Medicine
Shanah, Layla	Oregon Health & Science University School of Medicine
Shatta, Maya	Mu'tah University Faculty of Medicine
Soudan, Mohamad	University of Damascus Faculty of Medicine
Surapaneni, Sarvani	Osmania Medical College
Tahir, Hamza	William Carey University College of Osteopathic Medicine
Uddin, Mohammed	West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine
Virdi, Parminder	Government Medical College Patiala
Yazdanpanah, Omid	Kerman University of Medical Sciences Faculty of Medicine
Zaher, Nathan	Avalon University School of Medicine

Finance Manager Update

The Department of Internal Medicine would like to welcome Tim Barnes as the Financial Manager for the Department of Internal Medicine. Tim comes with over 14 years of financial management experience. He has been with UPG since 2012 working as a financial and budget analyst at our corporate office and then as a financial manager for different departments. Tim is familiar with our finance and reporting system and will help us in developing our budget, monitoring our revenue and expenses, and looking at our productivity and efficiencies.
Cesar Bayoneto, our prior financial manager, has accepted a full time position as the Administrator/Financial Manager in the department of OB/GYN at UPG. We thank him for his effort in our department and wish him the best of luck in his new position.
Tim will be located at our main Administration suite, at UHC 2E.

Medical Crossword Puzzle

The Department of Internal Medicine would like to thank Amjad Kanj for creating The “High-Yield” Medical Cross word puzzle. Solve the “high-yield” Medical Crosswords for a chance to win a $15 gift card from Starbucks. Print it, solve it, take a picture and send it to gf2622@wayne.edu to a enter the drawing. The name of the winner and the solution to puzzle will be posted in the next issue of the newsletter. Click here for the crossword puzzle.

Venkata Penumetcha (Dr. Raju) Fund

The Venkata Penumetcha (Dr. Raju) Fund is growing! We are currently have over $5,000 in this account. The Department of Medicine is hoping to continue this growth in loving memory of Dr. Raju, who so selflessly devoted himself to the excellence of our Department. The intent of the fund is for medical education. We will use the funds for an annual award that will be presented to a resident who exemplifies the virtue of humility, good clinical acumen and superior physical exam skills. The instructions for donation are below.
To make a gift online, visit
visit, https://giving.wayne.edu/donate/medicine
In the “Choose your designation” box select “School of Medicine” and then in the box below, “Other designation or notes about gift,” Insert “Int Med –Penumetcha fund”
Proceed by clicking "Give Now" and complete the process.
To phone in your gift by credit card, please call the WSU Office of Gift Processing at 313-577-2263.
Checks should be made out to WSU School of Medicine indicating “Penumetcha Fund-Int Med” on the memo line. They can be dropped off in Rana's office
To mail your gift check, please indicate “Int Med – Penumetcha fund” on the memo line and mail to:
Wayne State University Gift Processing
5700 Cass Avenue, Suite 1200
Detroit, MI 48202
Gift checks may also be dropped off at the School of Medicine Development and Alumni Affairs office in Scott Hall, Room 1369, Attn. Gifts Processing.

Dr. Thati Receives Grant

Dr. Thati has been awarded a grant for her “Pain Management & Opioids Pain: Balancing the Risks & Benefits.” Safe and appropriate management of chronic non-cancer pain is a significant issue to be addressed in the outpatient clinics these days. The goals of both graduate medical education and continuous professional development are to facilitate physician learning and improve competence and performance.
Through this grant Dr. Thati in collaboration with local organizations and educational institutions to put in place educational programs on safely prescribing of Opioid medications. As a part of continuous professional development for the faculty and trainees she will be conducting multi disciplinary educational workshops through engaging methods of education.

Announcements

Congratulations to Dr. Jennifer Mendez on being a finalist for the 2019 Spirit of Community Awards. The winners will be announced at 3pm on April 11th. Click here to RSVP if you plan to attend.
We have two of our faculty who will be showcased at the Medical Alumni Reunion Day. Dr. Ijeoma Nnodim will be speaking, during the lecture series, on "Human Trafficking" at 10:00 AM, Saturday, May 18, 2019 at Magherio. In the evening, Dr. Eric Ayers will be honored with the "Distinguished Alumni" award at MGM Grand. That ceremony will be from 5:00 PM - 11:00 PM on Saturday, May 18, 2019. We hope that many in our department will be able to come to hear this intriguing lecture and to see one of their own being honored.
The 6th Annual Update in Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism Symposium will be held on April 13th. For more information see the brochure here.
The Department would like to congratulate Chief Resident Shanker Kundumadam for scoring a perfect 800 on the ABIM board exam!
Delite Xpress now open in Scott Hall Cafeteria
Internal Medicine Graduation set for June 2019 at 6pm at the Atheneum in Greektown.
Dr. Omar Chehab (PGY1) presented on Thursday March 7, 2019 a resident journal club addressing aspirin for primary prevention in patients with diabetes mellitus (ASCEND trial). The session prompted interesting discussion between residents on whether aspirin should be prescribed for diabetics.
Resident Dr. Said El Zein and faculty member Dr. Jennifer Veltman presented a poster at the Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections in Seattle, Washington. See the abstract here.
A new Ultrasound Machine has been added to the Division of Rheumatology. Dr. Sarakbi stated this is an excellent tool for patient diagnostics and procedures, and it will add to out fellowship and residency program training. For more information see the Rheumatology Newsletter here.
The Journal of Invasive Cardiology accepted a case, “Large Right Coronary Artery Aneurysm: clinical image case” by the following members of the Department of Internal Medicine: Antonio Smith, Said Ashraf, Tanveer Mir, Karthik Kumar, Kendall Bell, Tomo Ando (corresponding author)
Resident Dr. Tushar Mishra, fellow Mohit Pahuja and faculty Aiden Abidov have been published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology
Nargis Sultana-Hakim Rahman, our Geriatric and Hospice/Palliative Care Fellowship Coordinator is currently doing a fellowship with WDET 101.9 FM Radio.
The WSU/Ascension Providence Rochester Hospital Internal Medicine Residency program wishes to congratulate our resident and Faculty in acceptance of oral and Poster presentation in CHEST and National SGIM, 2019 Washington DC
Dexmedetomidine as Adjuvant Treatment in Management of Alcohol Withdrawal Syndrome in Intensive Care Unit: Retrospective Cohort Study Toribiong Uchel, Mulham Hamdon, Sarwan Kumar CHEST Congress 2019, Thailand | April 10-12, 2019. abstract was of a very high standard and therefore will be presented in the following format
1. Short-Oral Presentation
2. Paper Poster
3. E-Poster
4. An online supplement of the CHEST® Journal
Poster Presentation of the QI project titled "A process to improve cardiac telemetry use in a community hospital." Sana Chams, Jasmeet Bal, Ankita Aggarwal, Manish Patel, Gloria Hong, Vesna Tegeltija, Sarwan Kumar. SGIM 2019 Washington DC
Poster presentation of Clinical vignette titled "Secondary Evans Syndrome: A rare presenting manifestation of SLE". Ankita Aggarwal, Anubhav Jain, Sarwan Kumar. SGIM 2019 Washington DC
Poster presentation of Clinical vignette titled "STEMI in a young patient: Role of internist".Anubhav Jain, Ankita Aggarwal. SGIM 2019 Washington DC
Victoria Gonzales, Mulham Hamdon, Dr. Vesna Tegeltija: "Emotional Stress Induced Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection". SGIM 2019
Laith Al-Janabi: on acceptance of "Pancreatitis-Induced Hypocalcemia Causing Acute Bronchospasm" ATS International Conference May 17-22 in Dallas.
The Wayne State University Global Health Alliance invites you to attend a screening of SCREWED: By the Greedy Business of American Health Care on April 3rd at 6pm.

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April Birthdays

First Name	Last Name	Birth Date		Rank
Latonya	Riddle-Jones	April	3	Faculty/staff
Justin	Gatt	April	3	PRG-1
Preeya	Prakash	April	3	PRG-1
Marvin	Kajy	April	8	PRG-2
Brett	Trzcinski	April	9	PRG-1
Maninder	Kaur	April	9	PRG-2
Ghulam	Saydain	April	10	Faculty/staff
Divya	Venkat	April	10	Faculty/staff
Madhumita	Jena	April	11	Faculty/staff
Mira	Mitry	April	12	Faculty/staff
Asil	Daoud	April	12	PRG-3
M. Safwan	Badr	April	13	Faculty/staff
Robert	Burack	April	13	Faculty/staff
Khaled	Janom	April	13	PRG-2
Muhanad	Taha	April	15	PRG-2
Leslie	Kao	April	17	PRG-3
Javed	Aamer	April	23	PRG-1
Donald	Levine	April	25	Faculty/staff
Abdulghani	Sankari	April	27	Faculty/staff
Tushar	Mishra	April	27	PRG-2
Areeba	Jawed	April	28	Faculty/staff
Hamza Najam	Salam	April	28	PRG-3
Susan	John	April	28	PRG-1
Wadah	Ameen	April	28	PRG-3
Hassan	Abubaker	April	29	Chief Medical Resident
Anita	Choudhary	April	30	PRG-2

Grand Rounds

Grand Rounds is scheduled each Friday at 12pm in the Green Auditorium located on the 2nd floor of Scott Hall. Please attend and fill out an evaluation!

Date	Division	Speaker
5-Apr	Heme/ONC	Hirva Mamdani
12-Apr	Cardiology	Anupama Kottam
19-Apr	Endocrinology	Julie Samantray
26-Apr	ID	Sanjay Saint

A Leucocyte's Autobiography

Author: Unknown
Deep within the bones, a place there was, Small and packed, made for a cause.
My fathers, forefathers, had all worked here, Leaving behind no chance for flaws.
I came to life on one fine night
And saw a huge megakaryocyte.
He said to me in his heavy voice,
‘Welcome! You are a leucocyte!’
In my home, marrow, I could see,
So many cells looking just like me.
All waiting on the brink of
A big pool of wandering RBCs.
Oh boy! I sure was scared to fight,
Those frightful bacteria and parasites.
But alas! I realized I had no choice,
For I was born a leucocyte.
So off I swam with all my friends,
In plasma, traversing loops and bends.
Along the path that was set for us
Giggling singing right till the end.
But one fateful day, things weren't fine.
Someone had smelt a cytokine.
Vigilant interleukins apprised us
‘Few bacteria have crossed the line!’
We braced ourselves, for it was time,
To unleash our powerful lyzozymes,
Which had been hungry for far too long, All brimming with their lytic enzymes.
We scanned the blood from head to toe,
Searching for our deadly foe.
Ripping their bodies apart,
Till they had just no chance to grow.
We celebrated our Herculean win
But the bacteria had done their sin,
For I realized I had been hit
By their lethal endotoxin.
And thus ended my glorious fight
I knew I did my duty right
But limited time was all I had
For I was but a leucocyte.

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