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Cross-Division Expertise on Display at SGIM Meeting
Wednesday, May 13, 2026
Faculty and trainees from five DOM Divisions and both residency programs were among several thousand healthcare professionals, researchers who attended the Society of General Internal Medicine (SGIM) annual meeting. The meeting highlighted the importance of General Internal Medicine practitioners’ using their individual voices to advocate for excellence in academic medicine.
Our faculty and trainees presented work on a wide range of topics:
Charlotte Blumrosen, MD, and Robert Fortuna, MD,
with their poster.
Charlotte Blumrosen, MD, Medicine/Pediatrics resident, presented the poster "The Impact of Social Vulnerability and Race on Colorectal Cancer Screening," which she also recently published in Population Health Management. Robert Fortuna, MD, MPH, of Primary Care, is a coauthor.
Robert Fortuna, MD, MPH, of Primary Care, presented “Artificial Intelligence, Faculty Structure and Clinical Operations in Residency Practices: Insights from the 2026 Medical Directors Survey.”
Catherine Glatz, MD, of Hospital Medicine, organized and participated in a workshop called, "From Article to Advocacy: Harnessing Digital Media to Amplify Academic Voices."
Sara Gianfagna, DO, with her poster.
Sara Gianfagna, DO, of General Medicine, presented the poster “Behind the Screens: Ten-minute teaching session for electronic medical record optimization, enhancing efficiency and decreasing stress in ambulatory medicine,” detailing implementation of her “Epic Tip of the Week” curriculum for residents.
Greg Russo, MD, Internal Medicine resident, presented the poster "Pulmonary Embolism Discharge Order Set Implementation to Improve Anticoagulation Adherence and Follow Up." DOM coauthors include Internal Medicine residents Genevieve Medina, MD, and Bisher Sultan, DO, as well as Dominick Roto, DO, of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, and Sarah Rusnak, MD, of Hospital Medicine.
Elizabeth Pope-Collins, MD, of Hospital Medicine, organized and participated in a workshop called, "Bridging the Gap: Medicine Consultation Care of Psychiatrically Ill Patients"
Mahala Schlagman, MD, and Elizabeth Pope-Collins,
MD, on Capitol Hill.
Mahala Schlagman, MD, of General Medicine, took advantage of the meeting’s location near Washington, D.C., to meet with Rep. Joseph Morelle’s office on Capitol Hill to advocate for support for primary care in an upcoming physician payment reform package.
Jared Walsh, MD, our new chief of General Medicine, participated in a workshop called, "Taking the Pain Out of Chronic Opioid Prescribing: Coaching Residents in the Complexities of Long-Term Opioid Therapy" and presented the poster, "Scholarship Without Burnout: A Win-Win QI Model for Residents and Faculty."
Ava Wexler, MD, posing at one of her posters.
Ava Wexler, MD, Internal Medicine resident, presented two posters: "When STEMI is Not Atherosclerotic: A Case of catastrophic Antiphospholipid Syndrome" and "The Peritoneal Carcinomatosis Mimic: Peritoneal Lymphomatosis Complicated by Spontaneous Tumor Lysis Syndrome." DOM coauthors includeKevin McGrody, MD, of Cardiology, Jainulabdeen Ifthikharuddin, MD, of Hematology & Oncology, Internal Medicine residents Sarah Choudhury, MD, Ashleigh Manktelow, MD, Manali Shah, DO, and Cardiovascular Disease Fellow Shamroz Farooq, MD.
Yousaf Ali, MD, of Hospital Medicine, Robert Fortuna, MD, MPH, of Primary Care, Rashmi Jasrasaria, MD, of General Medicine, and Kim Parkhurst, PhD, of Highland Hospital, also attended the meeting to learn from and support their peers and colleagues.