Geisinger School of Medicine student awarded Best in Show: Gold AMA research conference

Oam Patel, a first-year medical student at Geisinger College's School of Medicine, was awarded Best in Show: Gold out of more than 500 posters at the American Medical Association Research Conference in Chicago for his poster presentation, "Plaque Radiotherapy for Posterior Uveal Melanoma in 4000 Eyes: Analysis of >/= 15 letter visual acuity loss in the pre-anti-VEGF era."

The award recognizes both the scientific merit of the work and its potential impact on future efforts to improve quality of life for patients undergoing treatment for ocular cancer.

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