Veena Madhu

Gastroenterology, Pennsylvania Hospital at UPHS                                                                           Oct 2024

• A New Take on the Brain-Gut Connection: A Case Report of Severe IBD
• Findings presented at American College of Gastroenterology Annual Meeting

Gastroenterology, Pennsylvania Hospital at UPHS                                                                           Oct 2024

• A Case of Primary Hepatic Sarcoidosis
• Findings presented at American College of Gastroenterology Annual Meeting

Gastroenterology, Pennsylvania Hospital at UPHS                                                                         Oct 2024

• Cholangiocarcinoma masquerading as acute cholecystitis: a common presentation for an uncommon malignancy
• Findings presented at SGIM Mid-Atlantic Regional Meeting (Poster Presentation)

Gastroenterology, Hospital of University of Pennsylvania                                                               May 2024

• Impact of GLP1 Agonists on Inflammatory Biomarkers in Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease
• Findings presented at Digestive Disease Week in Washington D.C (Podium and Poster Presentation)

Gastroenterology, Pennsylvania Hospital at UPHS                                                                          May 2024

• A Rare Case of Co-Existence
• Case report on a rare case of co-infection of H.Pylori and Sarcina Ventriculi and its impact on management
• Presented at Pennsylvania Hospital Research Day (Poster Presentation)

Gastroenterology, Galway University Hospital                                                                                 Nov 2022

• Correlation between Vedolizumab Levels and Clinical, Endoscopic and Histological Remission in Patients with IBD
• Retrospective study examining relationship between vedolizumab levels and IBD patients maintained on Vedolizumab
• Findings presented at Irish Society of Gastroenterology 2023 (Podium presentation)

Gastroenterology, Galway University Hospital                                                                              June 2022

• Outcome of IBD Patients Receiving Ustekinumab Therapy
• Retrospective study examining IBD patients treated with Ustekinumab
• Findings presented at Irish Society of Gastroenterology and GUH Research Awards 2022

Child Psychiatry, University College Dublin                                                                                   Dec  2017

• Clinical Profile of Children with 22Q11DS attending pediatric liaison services and hospitals
• Conducted a pilot study to create a clinical profile with hospital records based out of Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital Crumlin
• Findings presented at Summer Student Research Awards (SSRA), Winter Conference for the College of Psychiatrists of Ireland and 22q Clinical and Research Advocates (CARA) Study Day

Cardiovascular Fluid Mechanics Research Lab, Georgia Tech                                                     May 2016

Undergraduate Research Assistant

• Worked with the Mitral Valve sub-group, that studied the fluid mechanics involved in the mitral valve.
• Used SolidWorks to design components of experiments and Avizo, Geomagic and QLAB for large scale processing

Clinical elective at Oakland Clinic, Dublin, Ireland                                                           February 2020

• 3-week clinical elective in primary care practice
• Reviewed patients attending the practice and administered vaccinations
• Performed an audit evaluating the practice’s adherence to the Irish Healthcare system for coding chronic illnesses

Clinical elective at Texas Oncology Cancer Clinic, Fort Worth, Texas                           January 2020

• 3-week clinical elective in internal medicine – hematology/oncology
• Saw outpatients in clinic settings, reviewed patients in day wards and managed a small group of inpatients
• Presented patient case histories and journal articles at weekly MDT meetings and journal club

Clinical elective at Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia                                                    July 2019

• Awarded clinical elective opportunity in UCD Summer Elective Competition
• 4-week clinical elective in internal medicine - peri-operative medicine
• Completed training modules in management of chronic diseases in hospital setting
• Responsible for pre-op and post-op care of patients and management/optimization of their chronic conditions in the setting of surgery

Member of Narrative Medicine Club                                

• Attended and created events for gallery viewings, introspection and open communication for residents
• Hosted Annual Art Gala to showcase resident/attending talents

Pennsylvania Hospital Simulation Club

• Created and ran simulation scenarios to practice running Rapid Response Teams and Code Calls

Social Secretary of UCD History Society 

• Attended regular talks and lectures hosted by worldwide professors and lecturers, with a special focus on Irish cultural and political history
• Responsible for organizing Q&A sessions after talks, social events for society and annual trips to Newgrange and Warsaw with Geography Society

Director of Communications of Engineers Without Borders – Uganda project, Georgia Tech Chapter

• Provided accessible, clean water for the Oloo community in Uganda
• Responsible with liaising with the primary corporate sponsor, CH2MHILL and maintaining contact with the Oloo community and mentors of the program
• Publishing monthly newsletters to members of the Georgia Tech Chapter and other sponsors

• Cooking – South Indian and Ethiopian food
• Reading - Historical non-fiction and mystery/thriller fiction
• Oil painting
• Horseback Riding
• Camping/Hiking
• Board games – Settlers of Catan