UConn IM Residency Podcast 🎙️

Host/Editor: Dr. Alla Turshudzhyan, Chief Medical Resident at UCONN. Dermatology is not easy and requires a lot of practice. Just when you think you’ve mastered a particular rash or skin growth, you realize it’s much more complicated. While you may not be a dermatology expert by the end of this episode, I hope this information will solidify some of the common associations between systemic diseases...

Guest Speaker: Dr. Danison Emmerson, former Chief Neurology Resident at UCONN and currently a vascular fellow at UCONN/Hartford Hospital Host/Editor: Dr. Alla Turshudzhyan, Chief Medical Resident at UCONN The phrase “time is brain” emphasizes the emergency of a cerebrovascular event and the need to act fast to preserve as much of the healthy brain tissue as possible. While medicine residents rarel...

Host/Editor: Dr. Alla Turshudzhyan, Chief Medical Resident at UCONN. For the visual learners out there, I'm sorry! It's a challenge to describe flow-volume loops and lung volume components without using a diagram. If you are able, pull up examples of pulmonary function test (PFT) and follow along. Let's brush up on PFT, its components, and learn how to interpret the results. We hope you enjoy this...

Host/Editor: Dr. Alla Turshudzhyan, Chief Medical Resident at UCONN. Time to impress patients with your diagnostic skills! Let's review oh so familiar knee pain work up and see if we can learn something knew.  We hope you enjoy this episode! Thank you for listening.

Guest Speaker: Dr. Danison Emmerson, former Chief Neurology Resident at UCONN and currently a vascular fellow at UCONN/Hartford Hospital Host/Editor: Dr. Alla Turshudzhyan, Chief Medical Resident at UCONN Now that you have Mambo No.5 stuck in your head, we are excited to introduce our neurology mini-series! Our first episode will be focused on headache. We will discuss some of the most common head...

Host/Editor: Dr. Alla Turshudzhyan, Chief Medical Resident at UCONN. In this podcast, we will discuss work up of chronic primary insomnia and approaches to treatment.  We hope you enjoy this episode! Thank you for listening.

Host/Editor: Dr. Alla Turshudzhyan, Chief Medical Resident at UCONN. In this podcast, we will discuss most common etiologies of hyperthyroidism, diagnostic approaches, and treatment options. We hope you enjoy this episode! Thank you for listening.

Host: Dr. Ritika Kompella, Internal Medicine PGY-2, UCONN Guest Speaker: Dr. Erika Faircloth, former Chief Medical Resident at UCONN and a second-year cardiology fellow at Hartford Hospital Editor: Dr. Alla Turshudzhyan, Chief Medical Resident at UCONN Let's dive into the world of lipids and have a guided tour by one of our former chiefs! This concludes our cardiology mini-series, but worry not -...

Host/Editor: Dr. Alla Turshudzhyan, Chief Medical Resident at UCONN. In this podcast, we will discuss the epidemiology of suicide in the US, screening methods, and options for counseling.  We hope you learn something new! Thank you for listening.

Host/Editor: Dr. Alla Turshudzhyan, Chief Medical Resident at UCONN. In this podcast, we will discuss most common etiologies of chronic kidney disease (CKD), diagnostic approaches, and treatment options.  We hope you enjoy this episode! Thank you for listening.

Host: Dr. Ritika Kompella, Internal Medicine PGY-2, UCONN Guest Speaker: Dr. Erika Faircloth, former Chief Medical Resident at UCONN and a second-year cardiology fellow at Hartford Hospital Editor: Dr. Alla Turshudzhyan, Chief Medical Resident at UCONN This week, let's discuss heart failure, its' etiologies, and approaches to management.  More on cardiology to come... stay tuned. Thank you fo...

Host: Dr. Ritika Kompella, Internal Medicine PGY-2, UCONN Guest Speaker: Dr. Erika Faircloth, former Chief Medical Resident at UCONN and a second-year cardiology fellow at Hartford Hospital Editor: Dr. Alla Turshudzhyan, Chief Medical Resident at UCONN There are many reasons for heartache, but there's one that should not be missed! Let's review one of the most serious etiologies for chest pain - a...

Host/Editor: Dr. Alla Turshudzhyan, Chief Medical Resident at UCONN. In this podcast, we will discuss common etiologies of syncope, its prevalence in general population, and diagnostic approaches.  We hope you enjoy this episode! Thank you for listening.

Host/Editor: Dr. Alla Turshudzhyan, Chief Medical Resident at UCONN. In this podcast, we will discuss the outpatient management of type 2 diabetes mellitus, go over available medication classes, their side effect profile and benefits. We will also cover a recently FDA approved medication for type 2 diabetes mellitus. We hope you enjoy this episode! Thank you for listening.

Host: Dr. Ritika Kompella, Internal Medicine PGY-2, UCONN Guest Speaker: Dr. Erika Faircloth, former Chief Medical Resident at UCONN and a second-year cardiology fellow at Hartford Hospital Editor: Dr. Alla Turshudzhyan, Chief Medical Resident at UCONN Tachyarrhythmias still giving you palpitations? Well, our former chief has got you covered. Learn how to triage tachyarrhythmias like a true cardio...

Host: Dr. Carolina Mendes-Pessoa, Internal Medicine PGY-3 at UCONN. Guest Speaker: Dr. Faryal Mirza, Endocrinologist at UCONN. Editor: Dr. Alla Turshudzhyan, Chief Medical Resident at UCONN. In this episode, we will discuss the pathophysiology, symptoms, diagnostic approach, and management of hypercalcemia. We hope you enjoy this episode. Thank you for listening! Title idea: courtesy of our Pulm/C...

Host: Dr. Carolina Mendes-Pessoa, Internal Medicine PGY-3 at UCONN. Guest Speaker: Dr. Parvathy Madhavan, Endocrinologist at UCONN. Editor: Dr. Alla Turshudzhyan, Chief Medical Resident at UCONN. In this episode, we will discuss the pathophysiology, symptoms, diagnostic approach, and management of thyroid nodules. We hope you enjoy this episode. Thank you for listening!

Host: Dr. Carolina Mendes-Pessoa, Internal Medicine PGY-3 at UCONN. Guest Speaker: Dr. Asma Syeda, Endocrinology Fellow PGY-4 at UCONN. Editor: Dr. Alla Turshudzhyan, Chief Medical Resident at UCONN. In this episode, we will discuss the pathophysiology, symptoms, complications, and management of DKA and HHS.  We hope you enjoy this episode. Thank you for listening!

Host: Dr. Alla Turshudzhyan, Chief Medical Resident at UCONN. Guest Speaker: Dr. Deep Phachu, Nephrology Specialist at St. Vincent's Hospital, Worcester, MA. In this episode, we will discuss the non-anion gap metabolic acidosis (NAGMA). More specifically, we will discuss the underlying pathophysiology, common etiologies, and laboratory abnormalities associates with NAGMA. We hope you enjoy this ep...

Host: Dr. Alla Turshudzhyan, Chief Medical Resident at UCONN. Guest Speaker: Dr. Deep Phachu, Nephrology Specialist at St. Vincent's Hospital, Worcester, MA. In this episode, we will discuss the three channelopathies: Bartters, Gitelman, and Liddle syndromes. More specifically, we will discuss the underlying pathophysiology, patient presentation, and laboratory abnormalities associates with each o...

Host: Dr. Alla Turshudzhyan, Chief Medical Resident at UCONN. Guest Speaker: Dr. Deep Phachu, Nephrology Specialist at St. Vincent's Hospital, Worcester, MA. In this episode, we will discuss a much feared topic of renal tubular acidosis. More specifically, we will discuss common etiologies, patient presentations, and laboratory abnormalities associated with different types of renal tubular acidosi...

Host: Dr. Ritika Kompella, Internal Medicine PGY-2, UCONN  Editor: Dr. Alla Turshudzhyan, Chief Medical Resident at UCONN/VA. Starting in the ICU as a brand new intern can be intimidating. Dr. Kompella comes to the rescue with some tips and tricks on how to come out victorious at the end of your ICU block!  We hope you learn from the episode and best of luck to the interns currently in t...

Host: Dr. Alla Turshudzhyan, Chief Medical Resident at UCONN/VA. Guest Speakers: Dr. David Bowers, Dr. Suong Nguyen (Chief Medical Residents at UCONN/HH), Dr. Marissa Hobocan (Chief Medical Resident at UCONN/SFH), Dr. Sean Harford (Chief Medical Resident at UCONN/JDH).  In this episode, we will discuss commonly asked questions by the intern class and offer some tips and tricks on how to make...

Speaker: Dr. Alla Turshudzhyan, Chief Medical Resident at UCONN. Guest Speaker: Dr. Paul Anthony, Infectious Disease Specialist at Hartford Hospital. In this episode, we will discuss current outpatient management of COVID-19, the state of pandemic at present, and how our approach to treatment of COVID-19 changed over the course of pandemic.  We hope you enjoy this episode! Thank you for liste...

Speaker: Dr. Alla Turshudzhyan, Chief Medical Resident at UCONN. In this podcast, we will discuss the definition of elder abuse. We will focus on the screening, reporting requirements, and preventative measures.  We hope you enjoy this episode! Thank you for listening.