Scholarly Activity

Opportunities for residents to engage in research, publications, and quality improvement.

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2025 Residency Report

Explore the highlights of our residency programs, including clinical achievements, scholarly activity, resident milestones and program growth. The 2025 Residency Report offers a comprehensive look at the successes and progress of our residents and faculty over the past year.

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East Alabama Health's Internal Medicine Residency Program offers residents the opportunity to pursue their academic interests through a plethora of research opportunities.

Dedicated Research & Quality Improvement Blocks

Our residents receive dedicated time during their second-year Quality Improvement block to design and implement a project addressing identified gaps in care at East Alabama Health, such as patient safety, medication protocols, or outpatient follow-up. In addition, residents can participate in ongoing longitudinal projects or collaborate with the Office of Clinical Research to pursue broader scholarly interests.

Each resident is supported by a core faculty research mentor who provides guidance and advocacy, helping ensure successful development and completion of scholarly work.

2024-2025 Research at a Glance

Research projects published

National conferences attended

Research Week posters

Highlighting Excellence: Research Week 2026

Research Week is an annual celebration of the scholastic efforts of our Internal Medicine Residents. Each year, residents present posters highlighting case reports, quality improvement projects, and literature reviews. Additionally, the top three finalists (determined by a panel of judges) in both case reports and research presentations then give an oral presentation to residents and medical staff. The winners of the oral presentations are honored at our annual Research Week Awards Ceremony.

National Conference Participation & Research Dissemination

Residents actively learn and share their scholarly work beyond the institution, presenting and attending regional and national conferences across a range of clinical and research areas. These opportunities highlight their contributions to quality improvement and clinical research while fostering professional development, collaboration and engagement with the broader medical community.

Conferences our residents have attended include:

American College of Physicians (ACP) Internal Medicine Conference
Society of General Internal Medicine (SGIM) Conference
Academic Internal Medicine - Chief Conferences
American College of Chest Physicians (CHEST) Conference
Society of Hospital Medicine (SHM) Conference
American College of Gastroenterology (ACG) Conference

Resident Publications

2026 Publications

Ledbetter D, Mumber JT, Strong LB, Cawley D, Nickols J, Edison J, Douthit NT. Clinician Led Point of Care Ultrasound Workshops for Anatomy Instruction: A Pilot Study. Adv Med Educ Pract. 2026;17:598393
- https://www.dovepress.com/clinician-led-point-of-care-ultrasound-workshops-for-anatomy-instructi-peer-reviewed-fulltext-article-AMEP
Akinola O, Mandapati A, Douthit N. Unveiling the Pernicious Truth: A Case Report on the Rare Presentation of Severe Vitamin B12 Deficiency. Cureus 2026. 18(1): e101860. doi:10.7759/cureus.101860
- https://www.cureus.com/articles/456005-unveiling-the-pernicious-truth-a-case-report-on-the-rare-presentation-of-severe-vitamin-b12-deficiency#!/
Patel T, Douthit N, Mazuz K, Mwakyula I, Ramirez EL, DSouza R, Aranda Z, Guevara-Aguirre J, Rasul T, Bin S, Ismavel VA, Biswas S. The global health case report. BMJ Glob Health. 2026 Jan 14;11(1):e021672. doi: 10.1136/bmjgh-2025-021672. PMID: 41534948; PMCID: PMC12815108.
- https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41534948/
Kamran, DA; Taufique, AK; Kamran, H. Double Trouble: Bilateral Fishbone Perforation and Its Successful Retrieval. ACG Case Reports Journal 13(2):e02007, February 2026. | DOI: 10.14309/crj.0000000000002007
- https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41710797/
Nickols, J., Douthit, N., Clay, H. et al. Making waves at a community-based program by initiating a diagnostic POCUS curriculum. BMC Med Educ (2026). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12909-026-08789-5 PMID: 41723430
- https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41723430/

2025 Publications

Soni K, Fannin ES, Valadi N. Relationship Between CNS Infections, Stroke, and Neurological Complications: A Case Series. Cureus. 2025 Feb 5;17(2):e78558. doi: 10.7759/cureus.78558. PMID: 40062111; PMCID: PMC11888556.
- https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40062111/

2024 Publications

Blackmon J, Blackmon L, Goode C, Douthit N. Systemic Cobalt Toxicity Secondary to Metal-on-Metal Prosthetic Hip Replacement: a Case Report. J Gen Intern Med. 2024 Jan;39(1):133-137. doi: 10.1007/s11606-023-08490-z. Epub 2023 Nov 1. PMID: 37914907; PMCID: PMC10817879.
Custer MK, Kidd T, Ducker K, Lall R. An Unusual Presentation of Propylthiouracil Induced Immunoglobulin A Vasculitis With Positive Anti-proteinase-3 and Anti-myeloperoxidase Antibodies. Cureus. 2024 Apr 18;16(4):e58535. doi: 10.7759/cureus.58535. PMID: 38957824; PMCID: PMC11218463.
Yumen AV, Wright AK, Moses HP, Douthit NT. Richter's Hernia Unveiled: The Danger of High Pain Tolerance and Lack of Systemic Symptoms. Cureus. 2024 Sep 22;16(9):e69943. doi: 10.7759/cureus.69943. PMID: 39315318; PMCID: PMC11416916.

2023 Publications

Blackmon J, Blackmon L, Goode C, Douthit N. Systemic Cobalt Toxicity Secondary to Metal-on-Metal Prosthetic Hip Replacement: a Case Report. J Gen Intern Med. 2023 Nov 1. doi:10.1007/s11606-023-08490-z. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 37914907.
Francis S, Kim E, Jotkowitz A, Huneke M, Taragin BH. COVID-Necessitated Online RadiologyElective Improves Student Imaging Appropriateness in Clinical Case Vignettes. Acad Radiol. 2023Oct;30(10):2401-2405. doi: 10.1016/j.acra.2023.06.015. Epub 2023 Jul 18. PMID: 37468375.

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