These experiments were a definite success.
Maimonides Medical Center celebrated its residents’ research during an expo at Dyker Heights Golf Club on April 29.
Dozens of doctors presented their investigations in a variety of fields, and the center presented awards to three finalists for their research into pain killers, nursing education, and hoarding behavior.
One of the finalists, who showed hoarding behavior can be linked to psychiatric problems other than obsessive-compulsive disorder, said the honor was a serious rush.
“It was quite exciting — [judges] had 45 different abstracts to choose from,” said Dr. Arnabh Basu, a resident psychiatrist at the medical center.
His research will help Maimonides identify and treat patients whose hoarding behavior previously went unnoticed because they were not diagnosed with obsessive-compulsive disorder, which is typically linked to hoarding, Basu said.
“Sometimes you wonder why patients don’t improve and it could be because of some kind of devastating condition at home,” he said.
The hospital also honored Dr. Bradley Rockoff for a study showing Ketamine’s effectiveness as a pain-reliever in emergency settings, and nurse practitioner Maureen O’Neill for an investigation in how to best educate clinical nurses.
Dozens of researchers displayed their work for attendees to peruse over cocktails and dinner, according to a press release from Maimonides.
