Research

This program introduces the resident to basic research and its clinical application. Every resident is required to complete at least one scholarly project during residency.  Many residents participate in several projects or publications throughout residency.  

Research is done in cooperation with the program director and approved by institutional authorities. Research projects can be retrospective or prospective in nature.

Residents may present their projects annually through MSU, the AOCR, the in-house research day or various publications as seen below.

Research process

• resident submits a proposal to the Corewell Health Farmington Hills Hospital Resident Research Committee
• the resident and faculty advisor present the proposal before Committee members, get approval and submit to the Beaumont IRB
• the resident may utilize his or her completed project to meet AOCR requirements for scientific papers or exhibits or meet ACGME scholarly activity requirements

Research projects

• Bilateral Hippocampal Infarction
• Wretched Retching in a 16-Year-Old Girl
• The limited effectiveness of bedside positive pressure irrigation on pistol projectile wound contaminant: A biomechanics study

*Boyd S, Waldrop, M, *Figner, J, Saenz R. Acute necrotizing encephalopathy in the setting of COVID-19. American Osteopathic College of Radiology (AOCR) Case in Point, May 19, 2020.

Legacy M, Ali R, Martinez Z, Aravapalli. Pulmonary typical carcinoid and mimics, American College of Osteopathic Radiology Annual Conference, May 2020.

Williams V, Figner J, Martin A, Saenz R. Disseminated myxoid leiomyosarcoma in a patient with stage IV breast cancer and remote myomectomy: Discussion of radiologic-pathological-surgical correlation.  American College of Osteopathic Radiology (AOCR) Annual Conference, May 2020.

Taylor GM, Erlich AH, Wallace LC, Williams V, Ali RM, Zygowiec JP. A tubo-ovarian abscess mimicking an appendiceal abscess: a rare presentation of Streptococcus agalactiae. Oxf Med Case Reports. 2019;2019(8):omz071. doi:10.1093/omcr/omz071

• Parotid Gland Myxofibrosarcoma
• Fibroma of the Tendon Sheath

Saenz R, Top Three Differentials in Gastrointestinal Imaging – residents and faculty all contributed cases for this book published in 2019.

• Gastroesophageal Junction Narrowing with Proximal Esophageal Dilation: A Case-Based Illustrative Review
• Incidental mastoid effusion diagnosed on imaging
• Hyperdense Bihemispheric Anterior Cerebral Artery
• Bedside Management of Pistol Projectile Wounds