Medical students present at National Association of Medical Examiners annual meeting

Congratulations to the UND medical students who gave poster presentations — and won awards! — at the Annual Meeting of the National Association of Medical Examiners (NAME) in Denver, Colo., last week.

Two medical students contributed to each poster, with one presenting at the meeting. The underlined authors are those who presented. Cole Rokke and Chloe Kaelberer’s poster received a John Pless Best Student Presentation award (bold below).

Student presentations were as follows:

• “Brokenhearted: Postpartum Cardiomyopathy” by Elizabeth Holzwarth B.S, B.A, Johnathan Beaudrie B.S., Selly Strauch, M.D., Susan Roe M.D.
• “Asthma: Angst and Awareness” by Trenton Bohan B.S., David Lee B.S., Selly Strauch M.D., Susan Roe M.D.
• “A Twisted Tale: an Elderly Woman with Abdominal Complaints” by Henry Elsenpeter, B.A., Paxten Wahlund, B.S., Selly Strauch, M.D., Susan Roe, M.D.
• “When the Sky Falls: a Case Series of Five Crop-Duster Crashes in Rural North Dakota and Minnesota” by Zachary Even, B.S., Charles Garrity, B.A., Selly Strauch, M.D., and Susan Roe, M.D.
• “Dissecting Dissections: a Series of Case Reports Looking at Aortic Dissections, their Associated Conditions, and Autopsy Protocol” by Cole E. Rokke, B.S., Chloe J. Kaelberer, B.S., Selly Strauch, M.D., Susan Roe, M.D.
• “When Therapy Becomes Threatening: a Case of Suicide by Exogenous Insulin Administration” by Chloe Kaelberer, B.S., Cole Rokke, B.S., Selly Strauch, M.D., Susan Roe, M.D.
• “Cold Can Kill: Hypothermia in North Dakota” by Megan Kelly, B.S., Grace Lavandowska, B.S., B.A., Selly Strauch, M.D., Susan Roe, M.D.
• “Sorting Out Self-Immolation: Fire and Death in a Cornfield” by Lindsey M. Martens, B.A., Allison B. Anderson, B.S., Selly Strauch, M.D., Susan Roe, M.D.
• “A Devastating Separation: A Case of Prosthetic Valve Embolization” by Alexus Meduna, B.S., Morgan Mastrud, B.A., B.S., Selly Strauch, M.D., Susan Roe, M.D.
• “A Public Health Scourge: The Recent Surge of an Ancient Disease” by Abigail Pleiss, B.S., Mikale Kuntz B.S., Selly Strauch, M.D., Susan Roe, M.D.
• “Not Just Another Flesh Wound… the Hairy Story of a Fulminant Soft Tissue Infection” by Annie Ferguson, B.S., Connor Sheridan, B.S., Selly Strauch, M.D., Susan Roe, M.D.
• “A Not-So-Subtle Stabbing Pain…” by Kajsa L. A. Anderson, B.S., Jacob C. Teigen, B.A., Dr. Selly Strauch, M.D., Dr. Susan Roe, M.D.
• “Making Haste When Confronting Hantavirus” by Nicole R. Virgin, B.S., Carissa A. Amundson, B.S., Susan Roe, M.D., Selly Strauch, M.D.

In addition to the poster presentations, each student has collaborated with the additional authors in the preparation of a manuscript to be submitted to The American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology.

Excellent work, everyone!