Aiken Regional Medical Centers is joining a nationwide movement to address the public health crisis of a physician shortage.
As ABD has reported, this shortage is a public health crisis impacting access to care, especially in rural areas, leading to longer wait times, delayed diagnoses, and increased use of emergency services.
Aiken Regional Medical Centers (ARMC) recently hosted its resident physicians for Resident Research Day. The Graduate Medical Education Program hosts this event to showcase the residency program’s commitment to advancing medicine through diverse and comprehensive research projects that explore clinical practice and innovative approaches to care for improved patient outcomes.
The research presentations allow residents and faculty mentors to collaborate on scholarly work. Twelve presentations were on display for medical providers, colleagues, staff, and guests to review, and residents were nearby their poster presentations to discuss their work and answer questions.
The following research presentations were selected by the scholarly review of faculty from the Graduate Medical Education Program.
Research Poster Winners
- 1st Place: Ahsan Memon, MD – PGY-3 Internal Medicine Resident, “Outcomes of hospitalized patients with COPD exacerbation and a history of neuropathy – a retrospective study using the National Inpatient Sample, 2016 – 2021.”
- 2nd Place: Ruben Hermann, MD – PGY-3 Internal Medicine Resident, “Uncommon Site, Critical Insight: Low-grade neuroendocrine tumor of the sphenoid sinus.”
- 3rd Place: Sopio Monsonelidze, MD – PGY-3 Internal Medicine Resident, “Disseminated histoplasmosis in a patient with rheumatoid arthritis presenting as fever of unknown origin: a case report.”
“The ongoing research, alongside faculty, demonstrates our residents’ dedication and attention to the quality care they provide, as well as their commitment to improving the health of our community,” said Sireesha Vemuri-Reddy, MD, NIPDD, FAAFP, Designated Institutional Official with the Graduate Medical Education Program at Aiken Regional Medical Centers. “We are proud of our residents and their research, and grateful for our faculty and program directors who continue to foster a culture of learning, discovery, and compassionate care.”
To read more about this year’s projects presented on Resident Research Day, visit aikenregional.com/residentresearch2025.
Aiken Regional offers three-year (36-month) Family Medicine and Internal Medicine Graduate Medical Education postgraduate programs that are accredited by the Accreditation Council of Graduate Medical Education (ACGME). There are 18 Family Medicine Residents on staff and 30 Internal Medicine Residents on staff and in training year-round. The first Family Medicine Residency Class completed their program on June 30, 2025.
