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The Annual Rudi Ansbacher, MD, Resident and Fellow; and Student Abstract Research Poster Symposium
The Michigan State Medical Society Foundation honored memory of Rudi Ansbacher, MD, as a former member of the MSMS and MSMS Foundation Board of Directors by dedicating the Annual Scientific Meeting poster competition in his name. His life touched many through an over 50-year career as a teacher, mentor, and clinician.
Doctor Ansbacher graduated from Culver Military Academy. He received his BA degree from Virginia Military Institute; his MD degree from the University of Virginia School of Medicine; and his MS from the University of Michigan. He completed an internship at the University of Virginia Hospital and residencies at Womack Army Hospital in Fort Bragg, North Carolina, and at Letterman General Hospital in San Francisco, California. After his training, he became a Professor in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Michigan Medical Center, and served as Assistant Chairman of the department, Acting Chairman, and interim Chairman.
In honor of his memory and commitment to medical education, the Annual Rudi Ansbacher, MD, Resident and Fellow; and Student Research Poster Symposium was held on Wednesday, October 24 and Thursday, October 25, at the Sheraton in Novi. The following awards were presented on Friday, October 26, at the William Beaumont
First place in Student Clinical Medicine/Vignettes:
Elizabeth Barron and Olivia Souphis
Central Michigan University College of Medicine
"Neonatal Outcomes in Prenatal Opioid Use: The Impact of Choice and Timing of Opioid Maintenance Therapy on Neonatal Outcomes"
Second Place in Student Clinical Medicine/Vignettes:
Derek Wolfe and Kultaj Kaleka
Central Michigan University College of Medicine
"Assessing Clinician Perspectives on the New Statewide Opioid Prescribing Laws"
First place in Resident/Fellow Clinical Medicine and Vignettes:
Sindhura Vangala, MD
Psychiatry resident PGY-2
Department of Behavioral Sciences
Henry Ford Health System
"Tacrolimus induced Mania"
Second place in Resident/Fellow Clinical Medicine and Vignettes:
Jason King, MD and Rajan Arora, MD
Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Children's Hospital of Michigan
"A Common Condition, with an Uncommon Diagnosis: A Case of a Posterior Fossa Tumor Causing Torticollis"