Meet the students behind the Student Research Symposium

A group of NEOMED students are hard at work preparing for the Student Research Symposium, set for 1-5 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 20, in the NEW Center Ballroom and Cook Alumni Hall. The annual event will feature more than 200 students from all four colleges presenting their original scholarly work. All are invited to attend.

Today, we meet committee member Advai Shivakumar, a second-year medical student from Cincinnati, Ohio.

Advai Shivakumar, M2

Role on the Student Research Symposium Planning Committee: Secretary, manages meeting notes and makes sure board members are up to date with all necessary information regarding the symposium.

Advai’s research: “Postoperative and Intraoperative Complications of Adrenalectomy in Pediatric Patients”

A comparative study looking at complications both after and during surgery of the adrenal gland in pediatric patients. The study analyzed multiple published papers and drew collected information from all of them to form conclusions.