2025 Ohio ACEP Poster Competition

Congratulations to Ohio ACEP's 2025 Poster Competition Winners!

Ohio ACEP accepted 30 abstracts for the virtual poster competition organized into four categories. Individuals registered for the in-person Residents' Assembly and Medical Student Symposium on August 14 will receive access to the conference app and will be able to view the virtual poster competition by August 12.
 

Resident Research Winner
Mel Ebeling, MD – University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
Not Sew Confident After All: A National Cross-Sectional Survey to Understand Emergency Medicine Resident Physicians’ Confidence in Laceration Management

Resident Case Study Winner
Jaemin Kim, MD – Trinity Health System
A Case of Acute Aortic Occlusion Presenting as Low Back Pain and Lower Extremity Paralysis

Medical Student Research Winner
Hayden Schott– University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
Delays in the Prehospital Care of Patients with Morbid Obesity: A National Retrospective Cohort Study

Medical Student Case Study Winner
Evan Kuczynski – Northeast Ohio Medical University
Bupropion Toxicity: When the Hero Becomes the Villain

Winners were given the opportunity to present their poster in-person at the Residents' Assembly & Medical Student Symposium on August 14.

Resident Representative & Councillor - 2025 Election Results

In conjunction with Ohio ACEP's Residents' Assembly on August 14, 2025, Ohio ACEP held its annual elections for Resident Representative to the Board of Directors and Resident Councillor.

Resident Representative to the Ohio ACEP Board

Ohio ACEP and the Board of Directors congratulates Dr. Jun Yuminaga, (University of Toledo) on his election to the Ohio ACEP Board as the EM Resident Representative. 

Dr. Yuminaga will serve a one-year term, which will end at the 2026 Residents' Assembly.

Resident Councillor

Dr. Joanna Henry (University Hospitals - Cleveland Medical Center/ Case Western Reserve) was elected to join the Ohio Council delegation as Resident Councillor. 

Dr. Henry will represent Ohio's Emergency Medicine residents and physicians at ACEP Council.

Location

The Ohio Union
1739 N. High Street
Columbus, OH 43210

Accommodations

Check back for recommended hotel accomodations.

Exhibitors

2025 Residents' Assembly - Event Recap

Over 450 residents, medical students, residency faculty and leaders from Ohio ACEP gathered for the Ohio ACEP joint Residents’ Assembly & Medical Student Symposium on August 14, 2025. The event included a virtual poster competition with 30 entries organized into four categories, our annual Resident election and an exhibit hall with 28 exhibitors.

Presentations included: 

• The Financialization of Emergency Medicine
  Dr. Alison Haddock; ACEP President
  
  

• A Guide for Successful Shifts Your First Year Out of Residency
  Dr. Travis Ulmer; OhioHealth Doctors Hospital

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  Beyond the Paycheck: Choosing a Job That Fits You
  Dr. Tamara Duclaire; MercyHealth - Anderson Hospital
  
  
• We don't take care of our own mental health well. Lessons from mistakes made.
  Dr. Jeremiah Escajada; MetroHealth Medical Center
  
  
• Pearls for Improving Documentation and Efficiency
  Dr. Michael Pallaci; Summa Health System
  
  
• Trash the Phrase: "Pump and Dump"
  Dr. Krystin Miller; The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center
  
  
• Blast Injuries and Homemade Explosives
  Dr. Thomas Rench; Cleveland Clinic Akron General
  
  
• Stroke of Insight: Updates to the Management of Ischemic Stroke
  Dr. Maksim Kletsel; The University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
  
  
• Career Planning for Physicians
  Dr. Heath Jolliff; OhioHealth Doctors Hospital
  
• The Night Ranger's Path: Finding Fulfillment on the Night Shift
  Dr. Anita Goel; The University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
• Empowering the Next Generation to Financial Independence
  Dr. Simranjit Gill; Wright State University

• Oh $#!+ It's a Baby: Pitfalls of Pediatric Airway Management
  Dr. Anne Runkle; Nationwide Children's Hospital
  

• Cases from the Bouncebacks! files: If it’s not in the differential, it won’t be in the diagnosis
  Dr. Michael Weinstock; Adena Medical Center

Check Back for a link to our Facebook album
to view more photos from our 2025 Residents' Assembly!