The meeting opened with a poster session on the UT Southwestern Medical Center campus. Daniel K. Podolsky, MD, President of the UT Southwestern Medical Center, welcomed all the CRF fellows to Dallas at the reception that followed.
The next day, 108 fellows gathered at the Fairmont Dallas with program leaders and administrators to hear selected fellows present podium presentations and to listen to outstanding talks by distinguished faculty from UT Southwestern Medical Center: Helen H. Hobbs, MD, Milton Packer, MD and Daniel W. Foster, MD.
A highlight was on the last morning when Michael S. Brown, MD, who has received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine and US National Medal of Science, delivered a talk, “The Cholesterol Cycle: From Bed to Bench and Back,” on his research and lessons learned during his career journey.
The meeting concluded with residency and fellowship directors and other faculty from UT Southwestern leading breakout groups on how fellows can compete effectively for a residency and fellowship. After the session concluded, faculty spoke with fellows one-on-one for insights on planning their career path.
Overhead view of poster session.
Leah Jacoby presented her poster titled, "Percent Trunk Fat Inversely Predicts Bone Density in Adolescent Amenorrheic Athletes."
Stephen Wheless discussed his poster titled, "A Prospective Study of the Clinical Impact of A Multidisciplinary Head and Neck Tumor Board."
Claire Friedman delivered a presentation titled, “Vitamin D Deficiency in Post-menopausal Breast Cancer Survirors.”
A. Eliot Shearer delivered a presentation titled, “OtoSCOPE™: A Next Generation Platform for the Genetic Diagnosis of Hereditary Hearing Loss.”
Naveen Muthu shared his poster titled, “Influence of Case Definition on Health-Related Quality of Life in Emergency Department Patients with Unexplained Chest Pain.”
Fellows, with program leaders and administrators, gathered at a reception.
Michael Brown, MD, Regental Professor, Director of the Jonsson Center for Molecular Genetics, Co-Director of the MD/PhD Program, Molecular Genetics and Internal Medicine, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas.
Breakout session titled “How Can I Compete Effectively for a Residency and Fellowship?”