2024 Midwest Regional Meeting Awards Winners

Celebrating Excellence: 2024 Midwest Regional Meeting Awards Winners

The 2024 Midwest Regional Meeting, held September 26-27 in Minneapolis, MN, brought together the GIM community to share research, clinical innovations, and educational advancements. SGIM is pleased to announce this year’s award winners, who were recognized for their contributions to the field and their communities.

Top Scientific Abstract Poster

Improving Access to Colorectal Cancer Screening in a Syringe Service Program
Spencer Hill, MD; University of Illinois Hospital & Health Sciences System

Top Innovation Poster

Training and Technical Assistance to Implement Diabetes Distress Screening in Two Federally Qualified Health Centers
Abigail Durgan; University of Chicago Division of the Biological Sciences

Top Clinical Vignette Posters

First Case Report of Pancytopenia as a Consequence of Rare Cardiobacterium hominis Bacteremia
Annie Kleynerman; Medical College of Wisconsin

Diagnosing ICI-Induced Vasculitis in Immunotherapy
John Kwon, MD; Mayo Clinic Minnesota

Advocacy and Community Service Award

Carrie A. Leathers, MD
Indiana University School of Medicine

Excellence in Clinical Education Award

Andrew Young, DO
Indiana University School of Medicine

Excellence in Clinician Investigation Award

Elizabeth R. Pfoh, MPH, PhD
Cleveland Clinic