Melissa M. Argraves, MD

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MD - University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Farmington, CT
Pediatrics - Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
Fellow
Muzumdar S, Argraves M, Kristjansson A, Ferenczi K, Dadras SS. A quantitative comparison between SOX10 and MART 1 immunostaining to detect melanocytic hyperplasia in chronically sun damaged skin. Journal of Cutaneous Pathology. 2018, Jan; 45(4): 263-268.
Schmidt B, Hinman JR, Jacobson TK, Szkudlarek E, Argraves M, Escabí MA, Markus EJ.. Dissociation between Dorsal and Ventral Hippocampal Theta Oscillations during Decision-Making. The Journal of Neuroscience. 2013, Apr; 33(14): 6212– 6224.
Schmidt B, Satvat E, Argraves M, Markus EJ, Marrone DF.. Cognitive demands induce selective hippocampal reorganization: Arc expression in a place and response task. Hippocampus. 2012, Nov; 22(11): 2114–2126.
Satvat E, Schmidt B, Argraves M, Marrone DF, Markus EJ.. Changes in task demands alter the pattern of zif268 expression in the dentate gyrus. The Journal of Neuroscience. 2011, May; 31(19): 7163-7167.
Argraves, M. (2017). Rheumatology. In Puccetti, D (Ed.), The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Residency Program Intern Survival Guide (pp. 225-230). Philadelphia: The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.
Argraves M, Weston G, Kelsey A, Brown TA, Bracken SJ.. (2016). Dermatology. In Brown TA, Bracken SJ. (Ed.), USMLE Step One Secrets in Color (pp. 622-638). St. Louis: Elsevier.
Agawu, A, Argraves, M, Becker, A, Carroll, B, Christiano, J, Frosch, O, Krass, P, Meadow, J, Mehta, S, Salazar, B, Wild, T. (2018). Project SPHERE: Shaping a patient and housestaff engaged rounding experience Poster presented at: 1st Annual Education Symposium, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia; Philadelphia, PA.
Agawu, A, Argraves, M, Becker, A, Carroll, B, Christiano, J, Frosch, O, Karamessinis, L, Krass, P, Meadow, J, Mehta, S, Salazar, B, Wild, T. (2017). Project SPHERE: Shaping a patient and housestaff engaged rounding experience Poster presented at: ACGME Back to Bedside Collaborative Kickoff Meeting; Chicago, IL.
2017, ACR Pediatric Rheumatology Resident Program Scholar
2017, ACGME Back to Bedside Grant, recipient of $2000 for Project SPHERE
2016, Excellence in Medical Education, awarded for work as clinical medicine course preceptor
2016, Linda Ives Award for Outstanding Pediatric Research
2015, 11th Annual Dean¹s Symposium on Patient Safety & Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI), 1st place Student Group Poster
2011, Summa Cum Laude, University of Connecticut
2007-2011, Presidential Scholar, University of Connecticut
2009, 2010, New England Scholar, UConn- GPA higher than 3.7 for both semesters
2007, 2008, 2011, Dean's List, University of CT
2017-present, American College of Rheumatology
2015-present, American Academy of Pediatrics
2014-present, Sigma Xi Scientific Research Society Membership
2010-present, Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society
2009-present, Psi Chi