{"id":231002,"date":"2025-05-22T11:09:25","date_gmt":"2025-05-22T15:09:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/?p=231002"},"modified":"2025-05-22T11:19:55","modified_gmt":"2025-05-22T15:19:55","slug":"uconn-medical-students-nationally-present-ent-research-findings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/2025\/05\/uconn-medical-students-nationally-present-ent-research-findings\/","title":{"rendered":"UConn Medical Students Nationally Present ENT Research Findings"},"content":{"rendered":"

UConn School of Medicine medical students had a strong showing at a national otolaryngology conference to present their research findings.<\/p>\n

The Combined Otolaryngology Spring Meetings took place in New Orleans on May 14-18 with several rising fourth-year UConn medical students participating.<\/p>\n

\u201cResearch experience is important for our UConn medical students because it helps with refinement of their problem-solving skills and understanding how medicine advances,\u201d says ENT Professor Dr. Kourosh Parham<\/a>, program director for the Division of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery at UConn School of Medicine. \u201cOur students recognize the need for hard work and the necessity to engage in a large range of extracurricular activities from volunteerism\/community service to research and leadership.\u00a0 Consequently, our students get involved early \u2010 most in their first year of medical school. What is impressive is that each of our students takes on multiple research projects, some of which they are the lead on.\u00a0Many publish their results in leading journals.\u201d<\/p>\n

For the second year in a row, UConn medical students had a big presence at the national ENT conference.<\/p>\n

\"UConn
UConn medical student Patrick Adamczyk presenting.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Patrick Adamczyk delivered a well-received\u00a0podium presentation on a clinical investigation of tinnitus biomarkers.<\/p>\n

\"Heather
Heather McClure of the UConn SOM Class of 2026.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Heather McClure presented the results of her multi-institutional (UConn, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, and Johns Hopkins) collaborative research on workplace accommodation\u00a0for workers with hearing loss.<\/p>\n

\"Mohsin
Rising fourth-year UConn medical student Mohsin Mirza.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Mohsin Mirza presented the results of his original research defining newly discovered symptoms of hyperparathyroidism.<\/p>\n

\"Class
Class of 2026′ Fleur Kabala of UConn.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Fleur Kabala presented the surgical management protocol for primary hyperparathyroidism.<\/p>\n

\"UConn
UConn SOM student Gabrielle Caron presenting her poster.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Gabrielle Caron presented the surgical management of a nasal dermoid.<\/p>\n

\"SOM
SOM Class of 2026 medical student Rohit Makol.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Rohit Makol presented the results from one of the studies he conducted during his research fellowship at NYU.\u00a0 This study focused on AI-powered speech recognition models in evaluating cochlear implant users.<\/p>\n

In addition, Tyler Pion, DO, a third-year otolaryngology resident at UConn, presented the results of an investigation led by Uma Mehta, a rising fourth-year medical student.<\/p>\n

\"Tyler
Tyler Pion, DO, a PGY3 otolaryngology resident at UConn.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

These medical students entering their last year of medical school are all interested in pursuing ENT residency and plan on participating in the 2026 National Match Day.<\/p>\n

\"UConn
UConn medical student Patrick Adamczyk with Dr. Parham.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cMatching for a competitive field such as ENT demands that the applicants have a solid research background,\u201d says Parham who shared how the national statistics show the average number of research projects an applicant to ENT residency participated in at the 2025 match was more than a dozen.<\/p>\n

Parham adds, \u201cThe mentorship by ENT faculty have been very fruitful as demonstrated by the number of presentations by our medical students at national meetings and the successful results of the 2025 match with five students successfully matching to ENT.\u00a0 That was the largest number of students from a UConn medical school class to match to ENT.\u201d<\/p>\n

He concludes, \u201cWe hope that the presence of our students on the national stage this year will be a predictor of another successful match in 2026.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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