2023
A longitudinal multi-site evaluation of community-based partnerships: implications for researchers, funders, and communities., Virginia J Lewis; Catherine M Scott; Kate Silburn; and William L. Miller MD, MA (Article)
Depression and Anxiety Management of College Students, Neilson Mathews MD (Presentation)
An Interactive map of free menstrual product access sites transforms period poverty into menstrual equity, Rosalie Mattiola; S Jain; Samantha Finkelstein; F Hussain; Clara Freedman; B Yuan; Brett O'Donnell; Nicole M. Burgess; Autumn Kieber-Emmons MD, MPH; and Ashwini Kamath Mulki MD (Presentation)
Improving the Delivery of Pediatric Obesity Care in Lebanon County by Establishing Consistent Standardized Care Curriculum, Susan Medalie DO (Presentation)
A Gathering of Crumbs, Stones, and Crows, William L. Miller MD, MA (Book Chapter)
Changing Tides: Introductory Reflections., William L. Miller MD, MA and L M. Candib (Book Chapter)
Modifiable Preconception Care Indicators and Their Association with Pregnancy Outcomes: A Case Control Study, Ashwini Kamath Mulki; Elaine Banerjee MD, MPH; Melanie B. Johnson MPA; Katarzyna Jabbour PharmD, BCPS; Beth Careyva M.D.; and Katie Nesbitt PharmD, BCPS (Article)
Impact of Supportive Housing Program Services on Loneliness and Well-Being Among Previously Homeless Individuals, Ashwini Kamath Mulki MD, MBBS, MPH; Autumn Kieber-Emmons MD, MPH; Kyle Shaak BS; Roya Hamadani MPH; Nicole M. Burgess; Abby S. Letcher MD; Sherri Brokopp-Binder; Benjamin Stephens; and Sherief Elrafei (Poster)
Perioperative Anticoagulation in Patients with Cancer., Reshma R. Nair MD, Zachery Halford, William F Towers, Lauren D Breite, Keith Cooper, and Samarth P Shah (Article)
Qualitative Exploration of Impacting Cervical Cancer Disparities in Hispanic Women in Hot Spots of the Lehigh Valley (Third Place), Narena N. Nerahoo and Autumn Kieber-Emmons MD, MPH (Poster)
Community Strategies for Improving Health in Allentown: The Lens of Diabetes Health Equity, Carolyn Peterseim MD; Michael Irving; Irene Nguyen; William L. Miller MD, MA; and Autumn Kieber-Emmons MD, MPH (Poster)
Exploring Patient Attitudes Toward COVID-19 Vaccine Refusal, Grant Read; Grant M. Greenberg M.D., M.H.S.A., M.A.; and Roya Hamadani MPH (Poster)
14-year-old boy • Aching midsternal pain following a basketball injury • Worsening pain with direct pressure and when the patient sneezed • Dx?, Catherine Romaine, Alyssa Heinrich, and Megan Ferderber MD (Article)
At the edge of chaos: a prospective multiple case study in Australian general practices adapting to COVID-19., Grant Russell; Riki Lane; Jennifer Neil; Jenny Advocat; Elizabeth Ann Sturgiss; Timothy Staunton Smith; Karyn Alexander; Simon Hattle; Benjamin F Crabtree; and William L. Miller MD, MA (Article)
Comparison of Themes from Discussions Across Medical Specialties Regarding LGBTQ Older Adults, Shobhana Sandhu DO, Mackenzi B. Kim MD, Lynn M. Wilson DO, Nyann Biery MS, and Kimberly Infante MBA (Poster)
Primary Care Provider Support and Patient Outreach in Lung Cancer Screening, R Sifri, W Curry, H B. Fagan, Beth Careyva M.D., Brian Stello MD, and R E. Myers (Book Chapter)
Insomnia diagnosis and treatment across the lifespan, Erin Smith DO; Angela Colistra LPC, PhD, MS; Jamie Shawver DO; and Lynn M. Wilson DO (Article)
The Role of Primary Care in Improving Population Health., Kurt C Stange; William L. Miller MD, MA; and Rebecca S Etz (Article)
Medical Office Management in an Era of Administration Overload, Clark Veet Md, MS (Article)
The Role of Xylazine in the Overdose Crisis., Irbert L Vega, Matthew K Griswold, and David T. O'Gurek MD (Article)
Transitions of Care: How Teamwork and Communication Smooth the Journey, Mark Wendling MD (Article)
In postmenopausal women diagnosed with breast cancer, is an aromatase inhibitor or estrogen receptor modulator associated with better outcomes?, Lynn M. Wilson DO, Faris Albakaa MD, and Susan E. Hansen MA (Article)
Longitudinal Interleaved Residency Training: A Consensus Definition., T Aaron Zeller, Katherine Beben, Marianna Kong, Ildi Martonffy, Seth Patterson, Weldon Deas, Moonseong Heo, and Drew Keister MD (Article)
Longitudinal Interleaved Residency Training (LIRT): The Why and The How, T A. Zeller, K Beben, and Drew Keister MD (Presentation)
2022
Qualitative Exploration of Geospatially Identified Bright Spots and Priority Areas to Improve Diabetes Management., Elaine Banerjee MD, MPH; Susan E. Hansen MA; Nicole M. Burgess; Kyle Shaak BS; Melanie B. Johnson MPA; and Autumn Kieber-Emmons MD, MPH (Article)
Evaluation of Childhood Beverage Consumption: A Community Assessment for Program Development, Elaine Banerjee MD, MPH; Ashwini Kamath Mulki MD, MBBS, MPH; and Nicole M. Burgess (Poster)
Metabolic Surgery for Adult Obesity: Common Questions and Answers., Elaine Banerjee MD, MPH; Robin S. Schroeder; and Thomas Daniel Harrison (Article)
An Autoethnographic Examination of the Patient-Clinician Relationship During COVID-19 Pandemic, Alexandra Bersani DO, Abby S. Letcher MD, Jose Rivera, and Nicole Defenbaugh PhD (Poster)
The Transformation of Residency Recruitment in the era of COVID-19: Optimizing Residency Recruitment for Lehigh Valley Health Network, David Bosch; Margaret A. Hadinger EdD, MS; and Drew Keister MD (Poster)
Does augmenting antidepressant medication in euthyroid patients with thyroid hormone supplement improve depression treatment?, Yoonjie Chung and Drew Keister MD (Article)
How Does Prior Experience Pay Off in Large-Scale Quality Improvement Initiatives?, Deborah J Cohen; Bijal A Balasubramanian; Stephan Lindner; William L. Miller MD, MA; Shannon M Sweeney; Jennifer D Hall; Rikki Ward; Miguel Marino; Rachel Springer; K John McConnell; Jennifer R Hemler; Sarah S Ono; David Ezekiel-Herrera; Andrea Baron; Benjamin F Crabtree; and Leif I Solberg (Article)
How Does Prior Experience Pay Off in Large-Scale Quality Improvement Initiatives?, Deborah J. Cohen; Bijal A. Balasubramanian; Stephen Lindner; William L. Miller MD, MA; Shannon M. Sweeney; Jennifer D. Hall; Rikki Ward; Miguel Marino; Rachel Springer; K John McConnell; Jennifer R. Hemler; Sarah S. Ono; David Ezekiel-Herrera; Andrea Baron; Benjamin F. Crabtree; and Leif I. Solberg (Article)
COVID-19 and Practice Transformation: Building an Office-Based Opioid Treatment Program in a Family Medicine Residency Practice, Angela Colistra LPC, PhD, MS; Yoonjie Chung MD; Sophia Harbove MS; Yamelisa Taveras MA, CAADC, CCS; Abby S. Letcher MD; Nyann Biery MS; and Drew Keister MD (Article)
Agents of Exposure among Pediatric Transgender Patients: An Analysis of the Toxicology Investigator’s Consortium (ToxIC) Registry, William Nick Doyle BS; Derek J. Fikse DO; Richard J. Mazzaccaro MD; Gillian A. Beauchamp MD; Marna R. Greenberg DO, MPH, FACEP; Tasha Desai DO; Natalie E. Ebeling-Koning DO; Katelyn McLain; Judith Sabino MPH, CDP; Beth Careyva M.D.; and Alexandra Amaducci DO (Poster)
Development and Validation of Simple Risk Scores to Predict Hospitalization in Outpatients with COVID-19 Including the Omicron Variant., Mark H Ebell; Roya Hamadani MPH; and Autumn Kieber-Emmons MD, MPH (Article)
Development and Validation of Simple Risk Scores to Predict Hospitalization in Outpatients with COVID-19 Including the Omicron Variant, Mark H. Ebell; Roya Hamadani MPH; and Autumn Kieber-Emmons MD, MPH (Article)
Perseverance and Grit: Tools for a Successful Career in Healthcare, Karla J Felix PhD and Jona Kerluku (Book Chapter)
Musculoskeletal Injections Performed by Family Medicine Residents Participating in a Clinical Sports Medicine Track., Megan Ferderber MD, Alyssa Adams, Christopher William Urbanek DO, and Doyle M Cummings (Article)
Concussion Recovery in Children and Adolescents: A Retrospective Study., Megan Ferderber MD, Christina Rizk, Shellie Zsoldos, Stacey Meardon, and Chia-Cheng Lin (Article)
Evaluation of a Musculoskeletal Ultrasound Workshop in the Family Medicine Clerkship., Megan Ferderber MD, Kaitlyn Vann, Athanasios Tzaras, Noam Hadadi, and Rebecca M Gilbird (Article)
Management of Substance Use Disorders: Guidelines From the VA/DoD., Brian Ford, Erin Smith DO, and Adrienne Richards (Article)
Fast but steady: An integrated leaf-stem-root trait syndrome for woody forest invaders., Jason D Fridley, Taryn L Bauerle, Alaä Craddock, Alex R Ebert, Douglas A Frank, J Mason Heberling, Elise D Hinman, Insu Jo, Kelsey A Martinez, Maria S Smith, Lauren J Woolhiser MD, and Jingjing Yin (Article)
How to Reduce No-Show Rate in Family Medicine Clinic: A Quality Improvement Project, Xiaoxiao Gao and Grant M. Greenberg M.D., M.H.S.A., M.A. (Poster)
Adult Vaccination., Grant M. Greenberg M.D., M.H.S.A., M.A.; Princy Koshy MD; and Mary Jane S Hanson (Article)
Authors' Response to Ashton Gatewood and Michael Harding: Tribal Partnerships as an Avenue Forward., Larry A Green; William L. Miller MD, MA; John J Frey; Hilliard Jason; Jane Westberg; Deborah J Cohen; Robin S Gotler; and Frank V DeGruy (Article)
The Time Is Now: A Plan to Redesign Family Medicine Residency Education., Larry A Green, William L Miller, John J Frey, Hilliard Jason, Jane Westberg, Deborah J Cohen, Robin S Gotler, and Frank Verloin deGruy (Article)
The Impact of Telehealth on Primary Care Physician Panel Sizes: A Modeling Study, Linda V. Green; Sergeo Savin; Grant M. Greenberg M.D., M.H.S.A., M.A.; Scott Hines; Derek Lake; Michael Minear MS; and Robert X. Murphy JR, MD, MS (Article)
Impacting Cervical Cancer Disparities in Hispanic Women in the Lehigh Valley, Jaskaran Grewal and Autumn Kieber-Emmons MD, MPH (Poster)
Exploring the Short-Term Impact of Provider Education on Lung Cancer Screening in LVHN Primary Care Practices: A Pilot Quality Improvement Project, Kaylan Griffith; Grant M. Greenberg M.D., M.H.S.A., M.A.; and Melanie B. Johnson MPA (Poster)
Agents of Exposure in Transgender Patient Cases Managed by a Toxicologist: An Analysis of the Toxicology Investigator’s Consortium (ToxIC) Registry, Olivia A. Hardy; Alexandra Amaducci DO; Judith Sabino MPH, CDP; Beth Careyva M.D.; Matthew D. Cook DO; Kenneth D. Katz MD; M G. Ryan; Ryan Surmaitis DO; Andrew L. Koons DO; Joseph B. Zackary MD; Gillian A. Beauchamp MD; and Marna R. Greenberg DO, MPH, FACEP (Poster)
Addressing Ongoing Racial, Gender, and Educational Biases within Healthcare Developing Methods to Finally Close the Gap, Audrey Hughes; Grant M. Greenberg M.D., M.H.S.A., M.A.; Judith Sabino MPH, CDP; and Elizabeth Leib (Poster)
The Importance of Emphasizing Addiction Medicine During Medical Toxicology Fellowship Training: A Case Study of a Tertiary Care Hospital System Toxicology Consultation Service, Nicholas S. Imperato; Chase Jones DO; Derek J. Fikse DO; Gillian A. Beauchamp MD; Katelyn McLain; and Marna R. Greenberg DO, MPH, FACEP (Poster)
Managing Chronic Pain With Medical Cannabis: A Chance to Reduce Opioid-Related ED Visits, Nicholas S. Imperato; Gretchen Maurer; Hope Kincaid MPH, CPH; Joseph E. Patruno MD; Joshua S. Krassen; Robert Wilson; Autumn Kieber-Emmons MD, MPH; and Andrew L. Koons (Poster)
The Impact of Virtual Interviews on Recruitment and Implicit Bias, Drew Keister MD, Velyn Wu, Veronica Brohm DO, Kamini Geer, Megan LaBuz, Michael Tudeen, Susan S. Mathieu MD, Amelia Stutman DO, Arti A. Patel DO, Benjamin J. Rooks, and Arch G. Mainous (Article)
A Novel Mixed Methods Approach Combining Geospatial Mapping and Qualitative Inquiry to Identify Multilevel Policy Targets: The Focused Rapid Assessment Process (fRAP) Applied to Cancer Survivorship., Autumn Kieber-Emmons MD, MPH; William L. Miller MD, MA; Ellen B Rubinstein; Jenna Howard; Jennifer Tsui; Jennifer L Rankin; and Benjamin F Crabtree (Article)
57-year-old man • type 2 diabetes • neuropathy • bilateral foot blisters • Dx?, Kathleen S Kinderwater and Megan Ferderber MD (Article)
This Spring, Clean Up Your Health, Lehigh Valley Health Network and Kelly Strickler DO (Podcast)
Radical Welcome: Unexpected Healing Spaces in Community-Researcher-Clinician Partnership for Health Equity, Abby S. Letcher MD; Nyann Biery MS; Mary Mitsdarffer PhD, MPH; Carol Moeller PhD, BA, MA; Autumn Kieber-Emmons MD, MPH; Alexandra Bersani DO; and Melanie B. Johnson MPA (Poster)
A Five-Year Analysis of the Toxicology Investigators Consortium (ToxIC) Core Registry: Descriptive Differences Among Patients Who Identified as Transgender Compared to Cisgender, 2017-2021, Kristine Magnusson; Derek J. Fikse DO; Emily Glidden; Gillian A. Beauchamp MD; Kim Aldy; Desiree Mustaquim; Richard J. Mazzaccaro MD; Beth Careyva M.D.; Judith Sabino MPH, CDP; and Marna R. Greenberg DO, MPH, FACEP (Poster)
UTILIZATION OF SACUBITRIL-VALSARTAN FOR RIGHT VENTRICULAR FAILURE IN ARRHYTHMOGENIC RIGHT VENTRICULAR DYSPLASIA, Theresa Maitz DO, Rahul Gupta MD, David Egeler, Thomas Weiss, Makoto Nagahama MD, Apurva Vyas MD, and Deborah W Sundlof DO (Article)
Gynecologic Preventative Care of Women with Disabilities: What Are We Missing?, Caroline McGrath and Sweety Jain MD (Poster)
The Impending Collapse of Primary Care: When is Someone Going to Notice?, William L. Miller MD, MA (Article)
Developing Radical Welcome During a Pandemic: Lessons Learned from Moving Community-Researcher-Practitioner Partnerships to Digital Spaces, Mary Mitsdarffer; Sirry Alang; Nyann Biery MS; Jose Rivera; Abby S. Letcher MD; Autumn Kieber-Emmons MD, MPH; Melanie B. Johnson MPA; Carol Moeller; Charlene Fulton; Joe Fulton; Yahira Aviles Washington; Michael Briggs; Carolyn Hoffman; Naquon Godfrey; Jose Rivera JR; Tuoi Dao; Alexandra Bersani DO; Melissa Snyder; Regina Qualls; Veronica Gonzalez MBA; and Hasshan Batts (Poster)
Evaluating the Effectiveness of a Prediabetes Infographic, Caroline Nelson, Nicole M. Burgess, Roya Hamadani MPH, and Beth Careyva M.D. (Poster)
Chronic Pain: Opportunities Amid Adversity., David T. O'Gurek MD (Article)
Diseases of the Liver, David T. O'Gurek MD (Article)
Guidelines and Policies: Implications for Individual and Population Health., David T. O'Gurek MD and Menachem J Leasy (Article)
Increasing Adherence to Annual Lung Cancer Follow Up Screening, James Park, Frank Sperrazza DO, and Melanie B. Johnson MPA (Poster)
Application of Photovoice in Nursing Education - Systematic Review, Brandon H. Parkyn; Klaudia Cwiekala-Lewis; Donna Surjnarine MSN, BSN, RN, CRNP; and Jamie Carter (Article)
Does vitamin D supplementation decrease opioid use in patients with cancer?, Arti A. Patel DO and Ashwini Kamath Mulki MD (Article)
Improving CT Imaging Lung Cancer Screening Rates at LVHN Primary Care Clinics, Lane Polk, Frank Sperrazza DO, and Melanie B. Johnson MPA (Poster)
Implementation of Telemedicine Delivery of Medications for Opioid Use Disorder in Pennsylvania Treatment Programs During COVID-19, Melissa N. Poulsen; William Santoro; Roseanne Scotti; Catherine Henderson; Meghan Ruddy; and Angela Colistra LPC, PhD, MS (Article)
Themes From Conversations With Medical Trainees on LGBTQ Older Adults, Shobhana Sandhu DO, Mackenzi B. Kim MD, Lynn M. Wilson DO, Nyann Biery MS, and Kimberly Infante MBA (Poster)
Raising COVID-19 Vaccination Rates by Counseling to Reduce Vaccine Hesitancy, Madalyn Schaefgen MD (Poster)
Exploration of the Acceptability of HPV Self-Sampling for Cervical Cancer Screening, Jamie Shawver DO; Ashwini Kamath Mulki MD, MBBS, MPH; and Autumn Kieber-Emmons MD, MPH (Poster)
Developing a Profile to Identify Unstable Patients with Opioid Use Disorder on Medication Assisted Treatment, Celeste Shoeleh, Nyann Biery MS, and Abby S. Letcher MD (Poster)
Asynchronous Telehealth, Jennifer Stephens DO and Grant M. Greenberg M.D., M.H.S.A., M.A. (Article)
Implementation of a Virtual Asynchronous Scribe Program to Reduce Physician Burnout, Jennifer Stephens DO; Autumn Kieber-Emmons MD, MPH; Melanie B. Johnson MPA; and Grant M. Greenberg M.D., M.H.S.A., M.A. (Article)
Preconception Primary Care Access and Preterm Birth: A Nested Case Control Study, Amelia Stutman DO; Elaine Banerjee MD, MPH; Melanie B. Johnson MPA; Nicole M. Burgess; Katarzyna Jabbour PharmD, BCPS; Katie Nesbitt PharmD, BCPS; Kyle Shaak BS; Roya Hamadani MPH; Beth Careyva M.D.; and Ashwini Kamath Mulki (Poster)
The role of carotid ultrasound in patients with non-lateralizing neurological complaints., Shweta Varade; Abinayaa Ravichandran MD; Erafat Rehim MD; Hussam A. Yacoub MD; Rose Duncan; Hope Kincaid MPH, CPH; Megan Leary MD; and John Castaldo (Article)
Population Health: Expanding the View and Value of Health Care, Mark Wendling MD (Article)
The Importance of Quality Improvement in Advancing Health Care and Controlling Costs, Mark Wendling MD (Article)
The Uphill Battle of Telehealth Assimilation, Mark Wendling MD (Article)
2021
Survey of the Health of Urban Residents: a Community-Driven Assessment of Conditions Salient to the Health of Historically Excluded Populations in the USA., Sirry Alang, Cynthia Pando, Malcolm McClain, Hasshan Batts, Abby Letcher, Janelle Hager, Taylor Person, Adama Shaw, Kwamaine Blake, and Kevelis Matthews-Alvarado (Article)
Factors Associated with Clinician Adherence to USPSTF Diabetes Screening Recommendations., Elaine Banerjee MD, MPH; Kyle Shaak BS; Nicole M. Burgess; Melanie B. Johnson MPA; and Beth Careyva M.D. (Article)
Agents of Exposure in Transgender Patient Cases Managed by a Toxicologist: An Analysis of the Toxicology Investigator’s Consortium (ToxIC) Registry, Gillian A. Beauchamp MD; Olivia A. Hardy; Alexandra M. Amaducci; Judith N. Sabino; Beth Careyva; Matthew D. Cook DO; Kenneth D. Katz MD; Marna Greenberg DO, MPH; Ryan M Surmaitis DO; Andrew Koons; and Joseph B. Zackary MD (Poster)
Nonpharmacologic and Pharmacologic Management of Acute Pain From Non-Low Back, Musculoskeletal Injuries in Adults., Jason W Busse, Devan L Kansagara, Kenneth Lin, David T. O'Gurek MD, and Amir Qaseem (Article)
Key Factors Promoting Rapid Implementation of Virtual Screening Modalities for the COVID-19 Pandemic Response., Beth Careyva M.D.; Grant M. Greenberg M.D., M.H.S.A., M.A.; Robert Kruklitis MD; Kyle Shaak MPH; Johnny Stoeckle MD; and Jennifer Stephens DO (Article)
Mask Use During COVID-19: A Social-Ecological Analysis., Allison R Casola; Brianna Kunes; Amy Cunningham; and Robert J. Motley MD, MHCDS (Article)
Initiation of Medication-Assisted Treatment at a Resident Clinic Site Transitioning to a Federally Qualified Health Center, Yoonjie Chung MD; Marlene Gonzalez MD; Angela Colistra LPC, PhD, MS; and Drew Keister MD (Poster)
Improving Smoking and Blood Pressure Outcomes: The Interplay Between Operational Changes and Local Context., Deborah J Cohen, Shannon M Sweeney, William L Miller, Jennifer D Hall, Edward J Miech, Rachel J Springer, Bijal A Balasubramanian, Laura Damschroder, and Miguel Marino (Article)
Contingency Management Implementation: Strengthening MAT in Primary Care, Angela Colistra LPC, PhD, MS; Sophia Harbove MS, CTP; Yamelisa Taveras MA, CAADC, CCS; Abby S. Letcher MD; and Nyann Biery MS (Presentation)
Using What You Have, Finding What You Need: A Leadership Competency and Case-Based Approach to Leading During Crises and Beyond, Samanth Elwood; Margot Savoy; Anthony Catinella; Grant M. Greenberg M.D., M.H.S.A., M.A.; and Jeffrey Borkan (Presentation)
NAPCRG and the Primary Care Collaborative Aim to Make Primary Care Research Accessible in New Ways., Gillian Bartlett Esquilant, Joseph W LeMaster, Beth Barnett, Elise Duwe, Autumn Kieber-Emmons, Meghan Guilfoyle, Sara Martin, and Daniel E Philips (Article)
Simple Rules That Guide Generalist and Specialist Care., Rebecca Etz, William L Miller, and Kurt C Stange (Article)
Slow-Growing Thumb Nodule., Megan Ferderber MD (Article)
Double Trouble, Elisa Giusto DO (Poster)
Using what you have, finding what you need: A leadership competencies & case-based approach to leading during crises and beyond, Grant Greenberg MD, Jeffrey Borkan, Peter Catinella, and Margot Savoy (Presentation)
A Mixed‑Methods Exploration of the Developmental Trajectory of Autonomous Motivation in Graduate Medical Learners, Susan Hansen MA, Nicole Defenbaugh, Susan Mathieu, Linda Contillo Garufi, and Julie Dostal MD (Article)
A Mixed-Methods Exploration of the Developmental Trajectory of Autonomous Motivation in Graduate Medical Learners., Susan E Hansen, Nicole Defenbaugh, Susan Snyder Mathieu, Linda Contillo Garufi, and Julie A Dostal (Article)