Program Info & Resources
Mercy St Louis Internal Medicine residency program encourages scholarly activity during all years of training. Every resident is required to participate in a Quality Improvement Project which is closely tracked by faculty throughout the residency with a final presentation of the project either with a verbal presentation or poster at the annual Robert Taylor research colloquium at the end of the third year.
Mercy takes part in the annual Missouri American College of Physicians poster competition where residents are encouraged to present both clinical vignettes and safety posters. There is also an opportunity to present clinical research as the annual Mercy Research Colloquium.
Mercy has an outstanding Institutional Review Board (IRB) department who is involved in helping residents with research projects.
Dedicated elective rotations are offered in order to provide residents time to formulate, develop and publish ongoing research.
Scholarly Activity 2024-2025
Charlie Hurth, DO
- Presented 1 poster at Mercy Robert W. Taylor Research Colloquium “Raoultella planticola bacteremia in acute cholecystitis”
Linda Le, DO
- Presented 1 poster at Mercy Robert W. Taylor Research Colloquium “Interventions to Improve Treatment Adherence Rates for Latent TB in an Underserved Residency Clinic”
Kevin Yin, MD
- Presented 1 poster at Mercy Robert W. Taylor Research Colloquium “Interventions to Improve Treatment Adherence Rates for Latent TB in an Underserved Residency Clinic”
Jessica Hoechst, DO
- Presented 1 poster at Mercy Robert W. Taylor Research Colloquium “Nonpharmacological management of depression and anxiety”
Danielle Ashenbrener, DO
- Presented 1 poster at Mercy Robert W. Taylor Research Colloquium “Nonpharmacological management of depression and anxiety”
Joe Kinsella, DO
- Presented 1 poster at Mercy Robert W. Taylor Research Colloquium “Towards improvement in screening and vaccination rates of hepatitis B in JFK clinic patients”
Sahas Jitta, MD
- Presented 1 poster at Mercy Robert W. Taylor Research Colloquium “Hypothyroidism-induced brugada phenocopy in a patient with cardiac arrest: A Case Report”
Nikith Rao, DO
- Presented 1 poster at Mercy Robert W. Taylor Research Colloquium “Cryptococcal Meningitis Complicating Sarcoidosis”
- Presented 1 poster at Mercy Robert W. Taylor Research Colloquium “A Case of Adult Onset Still's Disease with Secondary Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis”
- Presented 1 poster at Missouri American College of Physicians “A Case of Severe Neuropsychiatric Symptoms Associated with “Mild” Primary Hyperparathyroidism”
Tony Hiran, MD
- Presented 1 poster at Mercy Robert W. Taylor Research Colloquium “Cryptococcal Meningitis Complicating Sarcoidosis”
Alexandra Kolodziejski, MD
- Presented 1 poster at Missouri American College of Physicians “Sinus Venous Thrombosis”
Saad Naseer, MD
- Presented 1 poster at Missouri American College of Physicians “Left Ventricular Non-Compaction”
- Presented 1 poster at Mercy Robert W. Taylor Research Colloquium “Towards improvement in screening and vaccination rates of hepatitis B in JFK clinic patients”
