STFM 09 - Denver

Who recognizes this UTMB FMRP alum? See comments for the answer!

And congratulations to Dr. Rene Melendez and his faculty mentor Dr. Burch for their successful poster presentation. A great deal of interest was shown in their project. Excellent work, Rene!

national conference presentations accepted!

Congratulations to the Drs. Melendez on the acceptance of their scholastic poster for presentation at the STFM Annual Conference next spring! The title of their poster is "Community Medicine Program In Co-occurring Substance Abuse, Psychiatry Disorders And Primary Care, a Tri-service Model".

Good work!

kudos to Dr. Gomez!!

Dr. Gomez' presentation has been accepted by the NAPCRG Program Committee for presentation at the 2008 NAPCRG Annual Meeting being held Nov 15 - 19 at Wyndham Rio Mar, Rio Grande, PR.

Poster on Research in Progress Submission
Submission Title: Relationship between Depression and glycemic control and its correlation with medication adherence in patients with Diabetes Mellitus type 2: a cohort study in a primary care setting

resident research grant awards

I would like to congratulate Drs. Jerome Alonso and Adriana Gomez for successfully obtaining American Academy of Family Physicians awards for their research projects!

Alonso - "A Retrospective Cohort Study Evaluating the Relationship between Uncontrolled Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Intensity of Hypoglycemic Therapy among Type 2 Diabetics." Dr Ripsin - Mentor

Gomez - "Relationship between depression and Glycemic control and its correlation with medication adherence in patients with Diabetes Mellitus Type 2: a cohort study in a primary care setting." Dr. Cass - Mentor

photos from Scientific Assembly

David Schnaiderman, MD

Jerome Alonso, MD

And last but not least, Chicago deep-dish pizza and beverages to celebrate! I'm so proud of these guys.

Congratulations - Alonso

Congratulations to Dr. Jerome Alonso (R3/Chief) on the acceptance of his poster for presentation at the 2007 AAFP Scientific Assembly being held October 3-6, 2007 in Chicago. He also has a project accepted for presentation at NAPCRG. Good job, Jerome! The resident research section certainly has a lot to be proud of this year!

Also, check out Dr. Alonso's article in the June 2007 Houston Medical Journal.

more congratulations!

Congratulations to Dr. Pompeyo Chavez (R3/Chief) on the acceptance of his poster entitled "Evaluation of Factors Associated With Health Related Quality of Life in COPD Patients Attending a Primary Care Clinic" for presentation at the 2007 NAPCRG Annual Meeting being held October 20-23, 2007 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

Good job, Pompeyo! We're very proud of all our resident researchers.

congratulations!

Congratulations to Carlos Montiel (R3/Chief) on the acceptance of his poster entitled "A potential for long term partnerships that can improve primary care in Nicaragua" for presentation at the 2007 AAFP International Family Medicine Workshop in Tucson, AZ in September.

The FMRP and the International Health Group will award Carlos with a stipend to offset his expenses.

Good work, Carlos! We're proud of you.

residents in Chicago - STFM Annual Conference, April 2007

Dr. Pompeyo Chavez presenting his poster "Evaluation of Factors Associated with Health Related Quality of Life in COPD Patients Attending a Primary Care Clinic"

Dr. Clarence Williams and Dr. Gerardo Garcia-Gallegos

other resident research

Gerardo, Pompeyo and Clarence -- I know you all recently presented at the STFM Annual Conference... I need photos and info to post on the blog!

congrats to Dr. Garcia Gallegos

Gerardo recently presented his poster "Branch Retinal Vein Occlusion in An Elderly Patient - A Case Report" at the American Geriatric Society annual meeting.

Good work, Gerardo!