{"id":80461,"date":"2020-03-26T11:43:51","date_gmt":"2020-03-26T15:43:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/busm\/?p=80461"},"modified":"2020-03-26T11:44:54","modified_gmt":"2020-03-26T15:44:54","slug":"first-year-student-awarded-research-fellowship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/2020\/03\/26\/first-year-student-awarded-research-fellowship\/","title":{"rendered":"First-year Student Awarded Research Fellowship"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Thomas Cheng, a first-year medical student, is the recipient of the 2020 Student Research Fellowship award from the Society of Vascular Surgery Foundation. Each fellowship consists of a $3,000 award and a two-year complimentary subscription to the Journal of Vascular Surgery<\/em>.<\/p>\n

As part of Mr. Cheng\u2019s fellowship, he will study patient presentation and outcomes for dialysis in the immigrant and refugee population at Boston Medical Center (BMC). According to Mr. Cheng, many immigrants and refugees requiring dialysis in the United States are unable to access it on a regular basis, forcing them to undergo dialysis during emergency situations. \u201cStudies have shown that emergency-only dialysis, compared to regularly scheduled dialysis, carries a higher risk of mortality and increased need for higher levels of care. This research will help identify areas for improvement in this vulnerable population as we will look at healthcare utilization, such as readmissions following their dialysis access creation,\u201d explained Mr. Cheng.<\/p>\n

Born in Taiwan and raised in Burnaby, Canada, Mr. Cheng came to the United States after high school and graduated from Johns Hopkins University in 2013 with a Bachelor of Science in Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering. He then received a Master of Science in Medical Sciences from Boston University in 2015. Subsequently, he worked as a research coordinator on several clinical trials for four years at BUSM\/BMC in the department of surgery where he served as the lead coordinator under Drs. Alik Farber and Jeffrey Kalish for the Best Endovascular vs. Best Surgical Therapy in Patients With Critical Limb Ischemia trial before starting medical school.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am grateful to the Society for Vascular Surgery for awarding me this prestigious student research fellowship. I am also thankful for my amazing long-time mentor, Dr. Jeffrey Siracuse, who will be supervising this research as well as the other vascular surgeons at BUMC\/BMC who comprise the fantastic team that I have had the privilege to work with,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

The Society for Vascular Surgery\u00ae is a not-for-profit professional medical society, composed primarily of vascular surgeons, that seeks to advance excellence and innovation in vascular health through education, advocacy, research and public awareness. It is the national advocate for more than 5,800 specialty-trained vascular surgeons and other medical professionals who are dedicated to the prevention and cure of vascular disease.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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