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2026 Resident and Fellow Research Day celebrates scholarly achievement in graduate medical education

May 21, 2026

Hosted in partnership with Ascension Seton, the event featured presentations across research, quality improvement and clinical vignette categories. 

Winners: 

Research 

“Patient trust in oncologists versus artificial intelligence for cancer-related questions” 
Primary authors’ programs: Internal Medicine Residency
Lyndon Huang, M.D.; Michael Carlos Miramontes; William Steele Sessions II; Matthew Barke, M.D.; Edward Julian Padilla; Anthony Lopez; Boone Goodgame, M.D. 

Quality Improvement 

“Golden hour — 60 minutes to shine: A quality improvement initiative to improve initial stabilization time in tiny babies at an urban Level III NICU” 
Primary author’s program: Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine Fellowship
Dhwani Oza, M.D.; Juan Gallegos, M.D.; Sheena John, M.D.; April Miller, MSN; Jimmy Ferreras Jr., RT; Davika Reid-Bell, Ph.D., RN; Leah Staines, M.D. 

Clinical Vignette 

“Acute hypoxemic respiratory failure secondary to steroid-precipitated leukostasis in chronic lymphocytic leukemia” 
Primary author’s program: Internal Medicine Residency
Gaelen Shimkus, M.D; Angela Sheng, M.D.; Sujata Ojha, M.D.; Boone Goodgame, M.D. 

Graduate medical education, or GME, refers to the period of education in a particular specialty or subspecialty following completion of medical school. This continuation of training through residency and fellowship programs provides the clinical and educational experience needed for physicians to achieve autonomy, deliver high-quality patient care, and prepare for challenges in an evolving health care landscape.

Dell Med serves as the academic home and Ascension Seton as the clinical home for nearly 500 resident and fellow physicians within 50 residency and fellowship programs ranging from family medicine and neurology to pediatric emergency medicine and cardiovascular disease.