Abstract
We would also like to thank the following for reviewing the abstracts and to the Lead Reviewer's for organizing the sessions:
Kathy Angkustsiri
Edward Auyang
Mariana Baserga
John Basgen
Michel Baudry
Katherine Bennett
Fred Buckner
Mark Burge
Marie-Francois Chesselet
Keith Colburn
Cynthia Curry
Thomas Cushing
Samrat Das
Kevin Deane
Thomas Deloughery
Laurel Desnick
Lisa Dodson
Ravi Durvasula
Charles Edelstein
Echezona Ezeanolue
Erika Fernandez
Karen Foster-Schubert
David Gilbert
Josh Goldhaber
Fernando Gonzalez
Emil Heinze
Alkesh Jani
Roberta Keller
Russell Klein
Tony Lembo
Kevin Lemley
Damon Lloyd
Vedang Londhe
Amy Manning-Bog
Holly Middlekauff
Philippe Montgrain
Baharak Moshiree
David Owens
Mark Pimentel
Neda Rasouli
Elizabeth Rogers
Alan Rope
Gregory Roth
Irene Schauer
Gary Schiller
Michael Schivo
Michael Schivo
Arthur Swislocki
Nicole Tartaglia
Sarika Thakur
David Viskochil
Colin White
Clyde Wright
Con Yost
Erin Zinkhan
2014 Western Regional Meeting Award Winners
Specialty Club Announcements
Friday, January 24, 2014
Western Perinatal Club
Sponsored by the Perinatal Sections of AAP Districts VIII and IX and The California Association of Neonatologists LaPlaya Carmel Hotel
6:00 PM – Reception
6:30 PM – 7:30 PM
Perinatal Briefing
Pulmonary Hypertension in the NICU: What's Known, What's New, and What's Next
Featured Speaker: Robin H. Steinhorn, University of California Davis Children's Hospital
Supported by Mead Johnson Nutrition
Dysmorphology Club
7:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Rehearsal Room – Sunset Center
Genetic Unknowns and Rare Knowns
Contact person: Joseph Shieh, and Jon Bernstein
Supported, in part, by Abbott, Abbott Laboratories, Inc.
Western Association of Physicians
Personalized Medicine and Technology
Studio 105, Sunset Center
Thursday, January 23, 2014
9:00 AM – 11:40 AM
Joshua Goldhaber and John Kane, Presiding
Investigator Workshop
Thursday, January 23, 2014
11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
The American Federation for Medical Research and the Tri-Societies are pleased to sponsor a workshop for Fellows and Junior Faculty. This workshop will take place on Thursday and Friday. Lunch will be provided
Sunset Center – Green Room
Getting the Most out of your Mentor
Richart Harper, University of California, Davis
Concurrent Sessions
Thursday, January 23, 2014
12:30 PM – 2:30 PM
Jointly sponsored by
Western Section American Federation for Medical Research
Western Society for Clinical Investigation
Western Association of Physicians
Western Society for Pediatric Research
Western Student Medical Research Forum
Health Care Research I: Measuring Health Outcomes…………………………………………………..Babcock #6
Cardiovascular I
Promenade Lobby (Sunset Center)
Luisa Mestroni and Carlin S. Long, Presiding
Endocrinology and Metabolism I
Bingham Room #3 (Sunset Center)
Neda Rasouli and Karen Foster-Schubert, Presiding
Health Care Research I: Measuring Health Outcomes
Babcock #6 (Sunset Center)
Gregory Roth, Presiding
Immunology and Rheumatology
Chapman #4 (Sunset Center)
Keith Colburn and Kevin Deane, Presiding
Neonatal Pulmonary I
Rehearsal Room (Sunset Center)
Vedang Londhe and Christian C. Yost, Presiding
Neonatology - General I
Studio 105 (Sunset Center)
Mariana Baserga and Amber M. Messier-Gieri, Presiding
Potpourri
Conductor's Room
Kevin O'Brien, Presiding
Poster Session I
Jointly sponsored by
Western Section American Federation for Medical Research Western Society for Clinical Investigation Western Association of Physicians Western Society for Pediatric Researchwestern Student Medical Research Forum
Carpenter Hall
Thursday, January 23, 2014
12:30 PM – 5:30 PM
(Presenters in attendance from 2:30 pm to 3:30 pm)
Community Health
Developmental Biology
Endocrinology and Metabolism
General Internal Medicine and Aging
Neonatology General
Surgery
Poster Number
Concurrent Sessions
Thursday, January 23, 2014
3:30 PM – 6:00 PM
Jointly sponsored by
Western Section American Federation for Medical Research
Western Society for Clinical Investigation
Western Association of Physicians
Western Society for Pediatric Research
Western Student Medical Research Forum
Behavior and Development ………………………………………………………….Promenade Lobby
Global Health …………………………………………………………..Babcock #6
Hematology and Oncology I …………………………………………………………..Green Room
Neonatal Pulmonary II …………………………………………………………..Rehearsal Room
Neuroscience I …………………………………………………………..Chapman #4
Pulmonary and Critical Care I …………………………………………………………..Studio 105
Surgery A …………………………………………………………..Conductor's Room
Surgery I …………………………………………………………..Bingham Room #3
Behavior and Development I
Promenade Lobby (Sunset Center)
Nicole Tartaglia and Kathleen Angkustsiri, Presiding
Global Health
Babcock #6 (Sunset Center)
Ellen Cosgrove and Tom Nighswander, Presiding
Hematology and Oncology I
Green Room (Sunset Center)
Thomas Deloughery, Presiding
Neonatal Pulmonary II
Rehearsal Room (Sunset Center)
Vedang Londhe and Christian C. Yost, Presiding
Neuroscience I
Chapman #4 (Sunset Center)
Marie-Francoise Chesselet, Presiding
Pulmonary and Critical Care I
Studio 105 (Sunset Center)
Amir A. Zeki and Russell Klein, Presiding
Surgery A
Conductor's Room
Sarah Nelson, Presiding
Surgery I
Bingham Room #3 (Sunset Center)
Edward D. Auyang and Rebecca Petersen, Presiding
Student Subspecialty Award Poster Session and Reception
Jointly sponsored by
Western Section American Federation for Medical Research
Western Society for Clinical Investigation
Western Association of Physicians
Western Society for Pediatric Research
Western Student Medical Research Forum
Carmel Women's Club
Thursday, January 23, 2014
6:00 PM – 7:30 PM
Poster
Number
Joint Plenary Session
Personalized Medicine and Technology
Western Section American Federation for Medical Research
Western Society for Clinical Investigation
Western Association of Physicians
Western Society for Pediatric Research
Sunset Center Theater
Friday, January 24, 2014
8:00 AM – 11:45 AM
Alkesh Jani and Robin Ohls, Presiding
Amir Zeki and Joshua Goldhaber, Presiding
Investigator Workshop
Friday, January 24, 2014
11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
The American Federation for Medical Research and the Tri-Societies are pleased to sponsor a workshop for Fellows and Junior Faculty. This workshop will take place on Thursday and Friday. Lunch will be provided.
Sunset Center – Green Room
Research Training in the Era of Team Science: What Skills Will be Needed in the Future?
Nicholas Kenyon, University of California, Davis
Concurrent Sessions
Friday, January 24, 2014
12:30 PM – 2:30 PM
Jointly sponsored by
Western Section American Federation for Medical Research
Western Society for Clinical Investigation
Western Association of Physicians
Western Society for Pediatric Research
Western Student Medical Research Forum
Adolescent Medicine and General Pediatrics I……………………………………………Studio 105
Behavior and Development II……………………………………………Conductor's Room
Cardiovascular II……………………………………………Promenade Lobby
Endocrinology and Metabolism II……………………………………………Bingham #3
Gastroenterology……………………………………………Babcock #6
Genetics……………………………………………Rehearsal Room
Neonatology – General II……………………………………………Chapman #4
Adolescent Medicine and General Pediatrics I
Studio 105 (Sunset Center)
Colin White and Grace Aldrovandi, Presiding
Behavior and Development II
Conductor's Room
Jean Lowe and Shrena Patel, Presiding
Cardiovascular II
Promenade Lobby (Sunset Center)
Joshua I. Goldhaber and David S. Owens, Presiding
Endocrinology and Metabolism II
Bingham Room #3 (Sunset Center)
Kristina M. Utzschneider and Karen Foster-Schubert, Presiding
Gastroenterology
Babcock #6 (Sunset Center)
Dave Evans and Nancy J. Shelby, Presiding
Genetics
Rehearsal Room (Sunset Center)
Alan Rope and David Viskochil, Presiding
Neonatology - General II
Chapman #4 (Sunset Center)
Erika Fernandez and Elizabeth Rogers, Presiding
Poster Session Ii
Jointly sponsored by
Western Section American Federation for Medical Research
Western Society for Clinical Investigation
Western Association of Physicians
Western Society for Pediatric Research
Western Student Medical Research Forum
Carpenter Hall
Friday, January 24, 2014
12:30 PM – 5:30 PM
(Presenters in attendance from 2:30 pm to 3:30 pm)
Genetics
Health Care Research
Hematology and Oncology
Immunology and Rheumatology
Infectious Diseases
Neonatal Pulmonary
Neonatology – General
Surgery
Poster Number
Concurrent Sessions
Friday, January 24, 2014
3:30 PM – 6:00 PM
Jointly sponsored by
Western Section American Federation for Medical Research
Western Society for Clinical Investigation
Western Association of Physicians
Western Society for Pediatric Research
Western Student Medical Research Forum
Family and Child…………………………………………………………………..Promenade Lobby
Health Care Research II: Health Intervention Delivery…………………………………………………………………..Green Room
Infectious Diseases I…………………………………………………………………..Bingham Room #3
Morphogenesis and Malformations…………………………………………………………………..Rehearsal Room
Neonatology - General III…………………………………………………………………..Chapman #4
Nephrology and Hypertension…………………………………………………………………..Babcock #6
Surgery B…………………………………………………………………..Conductor's Room
Surgery II…………………………………………………………………..Studio 105
Family and Child
Promenade Lobby (Sunset Center)
Larry Kirven and Jay Erickson, Presiding
Health Care Research II: Health Intervention Delivery
Green Room (Sunset Center)
Kenneth Roberts and Timothy Robinson, Presiding
Infectious Diseases I
Bingham Room #3 (Sunset Center)
David Gilbert, Ravi Durvasula and Fred Buckner, Presiding
Morphogenesis and Malformations
Rehearsal Room (Sunset Center)
Cynthia Curry and Tom Cushing, Presiding
Neonatology - General III
Chapman #4 (Sunset Center)
Roberta L. Keller and Erin Zinkhan, Presiding
Nephrology and Hypertension
Babcock #6 (Sunset Center)
John Basgen and Charles Edelstein, Presiding
Surgery B
Conductor's Room
Gary Satou, Presiding
Surgery II
Studio 105 (Sunset Center)
Edward D. Auyang and Rebecca Petersen, Presiding
Concurrent Sessions
Saturday, January 25, 2014
8:00 AM – 10:00 AM
Jointly sponsored by
Western Section American Federation for Medical Research
Western Society for Clinical Investigation
Western Association of Physicians
Western Society for Pediatric Research
Western Student Medical Research Forum
Adolescent Medicine and General Pediatrics II………………………………………………..Rehearsal Room
Community Health………………………………………………..Studio 105
Endocrinology and Metabolism II………………………………………………..Bingham Room #3
General Internal Medicine and Aging………………………………………………..Babcock #6
Health Services A………………………………………………..Conductor's Room
Neonatology – Developmental Biology………………………………………………..Chapman #4
Pulmonary and Critical Care II………………………………………………..Promenade Lobby
Surgery III………………………………………………..Green Room
Adolescent Medicine and General Pediatrics II
Rehearsal Room (Sunset Center)
Mary Ramos and Samrat U. Das, Presiding
Community Health
Studio 105 (Sunset Center)
Martin Teintze and Toby Keys, Presiding
Endocrinology and Metabolism III
Bingham Room #3 (Sunset Center)
Stephanie Page and Ellen Schur, Presiding
General Internal Medicine and Aging
Babcock #6 (Sunset Center)
Arthur Swislocki and Irene Schauer, Presiding
Health Services A
Conductor's Room
Laurel Desnick, Presiding
Neonatology - Developmental Biology
Chapman #4 (Sunset Center)
Fernando Gonzalez and Clyde Wright, Presiding
Pulmonary and Critical Care II
Promenade Lobby (Sunset Center)
Michael Schivo and Philippe Montgrain, Presiding
Surgery III
Green Room (Sunset Center)
Edward D. Auyang and Rebecca Petersen, Presiding
Poster Session Iii
Jointly sponsored by
Western Section American Federation for Medical Research
Western Society for Clinical Investigation
Western Association of Physicians
Western Society for Pediatric Research
Western Student Medical Research Forum
Carpenter Hall
Saturday, January 25, 2014
8:00 AM – 12:30 PM
(Presenters in attendance from 10:00 am – 11:00 am)
Behavior and Development
Developmental Biology
Gastroenterology
Morphogenesis and Malformations
Neonatal Pulmonary
Neonatology General
Neuroscience
Surgery
Poster
Number
Concurrent Sessions
Saturday, January 25, 2014
11:00 AM – 12:30 PM
Jointly sponsored by
Western Section American Federation for Medical Research
Western Society for Clinical Investigation
Western Association of Physicians
Western Society for Pediatric Research
Western Student Medical Research Forum
Adolescent Medicine and General Pediatrics III……………………………………………Rehearsal Room
Cardiovascular III……………………………………………Promenade Lobby
Health Care Research: Novel Diagnostics and Therapies……………………………………………Conductor's Room
Hematology and Oncology II……………………………………………Green Room
Immunology and Hematology……………………………………………Bingham Room #3
Infectious Diseases II……………………………………………Studio 105
Neonatology – General IV……………………………………………Babcock #6
Neuroscience II……………………………………………Chapman #4
Adolescent Medicine and General Pediatrics III
Rehearsal Room (Sunset Center)
Mary Ramos and Samrat U. Das, Presiding
Cardiovascular III
Promenade Lobby (Sunset Center)
Peter Ganz and Michele Hamilton, Presiding
Health Care Research III: Novel Diagnostics and Therapies
Conductor's Room (Sunset Center)
Alkesh Jani, Presiding
Hematology and Oncology II
Green Room (Sunset Center)
Gary Satou, Presiding
Immunology and Hematology
Bingham Room #3 (Sunset Center)
Keith Colburn and Kevin Deane, Presiding
Infectious Diseases II
Studio 105 (Sunset Center)
Hannah Scarborough, Presiding
Neonatology - General IV
Babcock #6 (Sunset Center)
Shrena Patel and Robin Ohls, Presiding
Neuroscience II
Chapman #4 (Sunset Center)
Marie-Francois Chesselet and Michel Baudry, Presiding
Officers
2013–2014
Western Section American Federation for Medical Research
President
Amir Zeki
University of California, Davis
Jonathan Grudis
University of Colorado Denver
Arthur L.M. Swislocki
VANCHCS
President-Elect
Michael Schivo
University of California, Davis
Councilors
Frank S. Ong
Illumina, Inc.
Kristina Utzschneider
University of Washington
Secretary/Treasurer
Emil Heinze
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Ellen Schur
University of Washington
Past Chair
Karen Foster-Schubert
University of Washington
Western Society for Clinical Investigation
President
Alkesh Jani
University of Colorado Denver
Diane Hanfelt-Goade
University of New Mexico
Neda Rasouli
University of Colorado Denver
Jonathan Purnell
Oregon Health & Science University
Past President
Mark Burge
University of New Mexico
Councilors
Frederick S. Buckner
University of Washington
Rajan Singh
Charles Drew University of Medicine & Science
Theodore Friedman
Charles Drew University of Medicine & Science
Secretary/Treasurer
Kevin D. O'Brien
University of Washington
Keith Colburn
Loma Linda University
Kathleen Colleran
University of New Mexico
John Inadomi
University of Washington
Western Association of Physicians
President
Joshua Goldhaber
Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute
Ravi Durvasula
University of New Mexico
Robert Ross
University of California, San Diego
President-Elect
John Kane
University of California, San Francisco
Councilors
Secretary/Treasurer
W. Conrad Liles
University of Washington
Peter Ganz
University of California, San Francisco
Jane Reusch
University of Colorado, Denver
Western Society for Pediatric Research
President
Robin Ohls
University of New Mexico
Secretary/Treasurer
David Viskochil
University of Utah
Kathy Angkustsiri
University of California, Davis
Vedang Londhe
University of California, Los Angeles
Paul Rozance
University of Colorado
President-Elect
Kurt Albertine
University of Utah
Of Council
Jean Paul Collet
University of British Columbia
Erika Fernandez
University of New Mexico
Con Yost
University of Utah
Past President
Colin White
University of British Columbia
Of Council
Marilyn C. Jones
Children's Hospital, San Diego
Echezona Ezeanolue
University of Nevada
Roberta Keller
University of California, San Francisco
David Stevenson
University of Utah
Western Student Medical Research Forum Officers
2013–2014 Chair
Sarah Nelson
University of Colorado Denver
2013–2014 Chair
Hannah Scarborough
University of Colorado Denver
Co-Program Directors
Dahlia Warman
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Julianne McNalley
University of Washington School of Medicine
Co-Executive Directors
Gary Satou
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Laurel Desnick
University of Washington School of Medicine
Index to Western Presented Abstracts
