EMRA Case-Con 2024

2024 Student Category Winners

Winner: David Gordon(Thomas Jefferson University) presenting A Silent Threat: Basilar Artery Occlusion Presenting as Prodromal Hemisensory Deficit

Runner Up: Payton Wolbert(Central Michigan University College of Medicine) presenting An Electrifying Connection:​ A Case of Atrio-Esophageal Fistula

2024 Resident Category Winners

Winner: Mumin Mushtaq Ahmed Hakim, MD (Jacobi Montefiore combined Emergency Medicine program) presenting Sore throat after a generalized tonic clonic seizure: Level 5 to a level 1 scenario!

Runner Up: Thomas Rauser, MD (Southwest Medical Education Consortium) presenting Blue Baby Blues: Post-Circumcision Acquired Methemoglobinemia

2024 Medical Student Competitors:

• Jon Giolitti(Michigan State University College of Human Medicine) presenting Penetrating Oropharyngeal Trauma resulting in Acute Quadriplegia of a Toddler
• Camryn Martinez (University of Kansas School of Medicine) presenting Deep in the Trenches of Forgotten Diagnoses
• Sriram Venkatesan(Sri Ramachandra Medical College, India/ University of Colorado Denver) presenting Young Man with Progressive Dyspnea and Dry Cough
• David Gordon(Thomas Jefferson University) presenting A Silent Threat: Basilar Artery Occlusion Presenting as Prodromal Hemisensory Deficit
• Kyle Avery(University of Arizona College of Medicine Phoenix) presenting Venomous Visitors: A Case Report on Scorpion Envenomation in Rural Arizona
• Jorden Dick(Rocky Vista University-UT, Air Methods) presenting Unilateral Mydriasis in HEMS
• Angela Penney(California Northstate University) presenting Into the Unknown: Exploring a Case of Massive Atraumatic Hemothorax with Enigmatic Origins
• Payton Wolbert(Central Michigan University College of Medicine) presenting An Electrifying Connection:​ A Case of Atrio-Esophageal Fistula
• Alessandra Rivera(Noorda College of Osteopathic Medicine) presenting From the Brain to the Liver, Spine, and Thigh Oh My! A Non-Traditional Presenting Grade II Brain Meningioma
• Shereen Mohammed(Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine - Suwanee, Georgia) presenting 43-year-old female with misdiagnosed symptomatic Tarlov Cysts presents to the ED concerning for Cauda Equina Syndrome due to intractable lower back pain
• Aymane Rouchdy(Ross University School of Medicine / Vassar Brothers Medical Center) presenting When Sugar Takes a Dive: The Curious Case of Idiopathic Ketotic Hypoglycemia
• Isabela Caulkins(Midwestern University - Arizona College of Osteopathic Medicine) presenting Lost in Time: Navigating Transient Global Amnesia – A Clinical Case Exploration

2024 Resident Competitors:

• Rachael Kantor, MD (Kent Hospital Emergency Medicine Program) presenting Hubbly Bubbly Hookah and Carbon Monoxide Toxicity
• Samantha Beauchamp, DO (Northeast Georgia Medical Center) presenting Inguinal Hernia: Regular Old Hernia or Something Sinister?
• Donald Gaines, MD (Naval Medical Center Portsmouth) presenting Potassium Forgives and Heals a Paralyzed Man: A Case of Thyrotoxic Periodic Paralysis
• Matthew Sandridge, DO (Virginia Commonwealth University Health System) presenting Atypical Aortic Dissection in Healthy Pregnant Female in the Emergency Department
• Sean Grogan, DO (Kent Hospital Emergency Medicine Program) presenting Ultrasound Spot Sign for Central Retinal Arterial Occlusion
• Agnieszka Chramiec, DO (St Barnabas Hospital Bronx) presenting What the Bleb? A Case of Hemopneumothorax Secondary to Marijuana Use Disorder
• Sancia Bredy, MD (Louisiana State University of New Orleans) presenting Anxious? Altered? Agitated? All the above: A Rare Cause of Acute Encephalopathy in the Emergency Department
• Sarah Spelsberg, MD, FAWM, FEWM (UNC Southeastern Emergency Medicine Residency) presenting From Strep Throat to Cerebral Storm: The Hidden Danger of a Sinus-Brain Connection in a Pediatric Patient
• Rutmi Goradia, MD (St. Barnabas Hospital) presenting Heads Up: A Case of Post-Traumatic Pituitary Hemorrhage
• Jilan Shimberg, MD (Northwestern Memorial Hospital) presenting Sugar, We’re Going Down: Refractory Hypoglycemia after Counterfeit Ozempic Use
• Abigail Limov, DO (UNLV Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine) presenting Fever of Unknown Origin: Case of a 5-year-old with Disseminated Coccidiomycosis
• Mary Velagapudi, DO (University of Kansas) presenting  Stuck at the Ileocecal Valve: A Gallstone Ileus Story
• Kelsey Bacidore, MD (Loyola University) presenting A Tale of Three Diagnoses - Diagnosing Hip Pain in a Pediatric Patient
• Thomas Rauser, MD (Southwest Medical Education Consortium) presenting Blue Baby Blues: Post-Circumcision Acquired Methemoglobinemia
• Mumin Mushtaq Ahmed Hakim, MD (Jacobi Montefiore combined Emergency Medicine program) presenting Sore throat after a generalized tonic clonic seizure: Level 5 to a level 1 scenario!
• Brittany Garza, DO (Central Michigan University) presenting A Case of Disseminated BCG after Bladder Cancer Treatment
• Maulik Lathiya, MBBS (Mayo Clinic) presenting Stealthy Encounter: COVID-19-Associated AKI Unveiled in the Emergency Room

Case-Con 2024 Cases

Congratulations to the winners and all the participants for such great work!  Thanks to our Judges for taking their time and making the tough decisions and providing fantastic feedback to the presenters.