The poster gallery is an archive of the work of Lehigh Valley Health Network (LVHN) employees and health care professionals. Part of the mission of LVHN is to support clinical care through education and research. To that end, the posters shared here reflect innovation, performance improvement projects and studies that address all areas of healthcare from clinical care to administrative initiatives. They are shared freely to encourage conversation and collaboration.
2020
Self-harm Poisonings Among Transgender Patients: Analysis of Toxicology Investigator’s Consortium Registry, Marna R. Greenberg DO, MPH, FACEP; Natalie E. Ebeling-Koning DO; Cody R. McWhirter BS; Mikayla B. Hurwitz BS; Lexis T. Laubach BS; Gillian A. Beauchamp MD; Judith Sabino MPH, CDP; Beth Careyva M.D.; Andrew L. Koons; Matthew D. Cook DO; Kenneth D. Katz MD; Robert D. Cannon DO; and Ryan M Surmaitis DO (Poster)
Making Change in Medical Errors in the Emergency Department, Devon Green BSN, RN; Soo Jin Han BSN, RN; Kaitlyn Kilroy BSN, RN; Danielle Michlovsky BSN, RN; and Amy Min BSN, RN (Poster)
Recruitment, Engagement and Retention Model: Growth from Medical Student to Resident/Fellow to Lehigh Valley Health Network Attending, Kerri Green MS, MEd.; Craig W. Bleiler; and Margaret A. Hadinger EdD, MS (Poster)
Agents of Exposure in Transgender Patient Cases Managed by a Toxicologist: An Analysis of the Toxicology Investigator’s Consortium (ToxIC) Registry, Phillip M. Grenz DO; Mikayla B. Hurwitz BS; Cody R. McWhirter BS; Lexis Laubach BS; Gillian A. Beauchamp MD; Judith Sabino MPH, CDP; Beth Careyva M.D.; Matthew D. Cook DO; Marna R. Greenberg DO, MPH, FACEP; Robert D. Cannon DO; and Ryan M Surmaitis DO (Poster)
A Case of Secondary Syphilis, Naeha Gupta DO, Megan Jones-Sheets DO, and Stephen M. Purcell DO (Poster)
Ready, Set, ACT!, Kevin Gustafson ADN, RN; Elissa Meyers ADN, RN; and Jennifer Stoves ADN, RN (Poster)
Department of Education as Innovation: Approaching 20 Years of Innovation in Educational Infrastructure, Margaret A. Hadinger EdD, MS; Cynthia A. Cappel MSN, RN-BC1; Robert D. Barraco MD, MPH; and Kerri J. Green MS, MEd. (Poster)
Human Trafficking: A Cross-Sectional Survey of a Health Network Employees’ Awareness and Attitudes, Kristal Ha and Hoonani M. Cuadrado PA-C, MSPAS (Poster)
Evaluation of transition of care for patients with disabilities within the Lehigh Valley, Matthew Hamilton and Sweety Jain MD (Poster)
Bedside Shift Report Safety Checklist, Shannon Hanrahan RN and Molly McKelvey RN, BSN (Poster)
Increasing Vital Neuro Motor (VNM) Nursing Trauma Documentation Compliance in the Emergency Department, Sage Harakal BSN, RN; David Olaniyan BSN, RN; and Ashley Rabenold BSN, RN (Poster)
Quality Improvement Project: Patient and Provider Satisfaction Differences Between Live and iPad Interpretation Services in an Outpatient Office Setting, Attiya Harit MS and Marie S. O'Brien DO (Poster)
Diabetic Education, Kaitlin Harmon BSN, RN; Sean Snibbe ADN, RN; and Kaitlyn Russel ADN, RN (Poster)
PEWS vs CHEWS, Paige Harrold BSN, RN; Allison Charles BSN, RN; Aubrey Berrigan BSN, RN; and Amanda Hess ADN, RN (Poster)
Chest Physiotherapy via the Progressa Bed, Courtney Hatton BSN, RN; Emily Graveno BSN, RN; Cianael M. Paasewe BSN, RN; Gabrielle Schoolcraft BSN, RN; and Caleb Shenkman ADN, RN (Poster)
Urinary Catheter Insertion, Ashlee Hawley RN; Brandon Hoffert RN; Jessica Andreoni BSN, RN; and Maria Magyar RN (Poster)
Post-Fall Huddle Education at LVHN, Jordan Hedemann ADN, RN; Soriana Salloum BSN, RN; Ashley Symons RN; Mackenzie Wilson ADN, RN; and Kaitlyn Wolff BSN, RN (Poster)
Evaluation of Wait Times for Pediatric Patients Receiving Chemotherapy, Kristin M. Held Wheatley PharmD, BCOP and Rachael Gerstein PharmD (Poster)
Reversing Neuromuscular Blockades and the Readiness to Extubate, Sarah Hepler BSN, RN; Kathryn Mckelvey BSN, RN; and Michaella Ohl BSN, RN (Poster)
Post-operative Pain Management, Brandee Herring RN and Destiny Fertig RN (Poster)
An Assessment of Current Vaccinations Rates of Hospitalized Patients Who Have Myasthenia Gravis, Hunter R. Hewitt BS and Alison Walsh MD (Poster)
Outcomes of Septal Myectomy on Patients with Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy, Caitlin Hoeing, Kaitlyn Kelly, Thomas Perillo, and James K. Wu MD (Poster)
Improving Nurse Patient Communication, Cara Hoffman RN and Helay Vargas BSN, RN (Poster)
Pediatric Peripheral IV Insertion Tool, Logan Hones BSN, RN; Alicia Minnich BSN, RN; Gabriella Tammaro BSN, RN; and Valerie Ramsaywack ADN, RN (Poster)
Determining K-Levels for Lower Extremity Amputations: Are We Documenting Enough?, Michelle Hong and James J. Goodreau MD (Poster)
Urinary Retention in Postpartum Patients, Julie Hon BSN, RN; Emily Simmons BSN, RN; and Holly Youpa BSN, RN (Poster)
Promoting Sleep Hygiene for Hospitalized Patients, Marlee Hornbaker BSN, RN and Justina Uliana BSN, RN (Poster)
Visual Reminders for Medication Teaching, Alexis Huntzinger RN and Alyssa Norman BSN, RN (Poster)
Combating Stress in Nursing During Covid-19 Pandemic, Amanda Illingworth BSN, RN and Tara Weber BSN, RN (Poster)
Feasibility of Implementation of an Emergency Department Discharge Opioid Taper Protocol at Lehigh Valley Health Network, Sarah Iqbal and Gillian A. Beauchamp MD (Poster)
Has the COVID-19 Pandemic Adversely Affected Measure of Burnout and Empathy in Emergency Medicine Residents?, Jeanne L. Jacoby MD; Amy B. Smith PhD; Marna R. Greenberg DO, MPH, FACEP; Bryan G. Kane MD; Jennifer Macfarlan MPH; Robert D. Barraco MD, MPH; Alexander M. Rosenau DO; Sofia Murillo PA-S; Lauren Crowley BA; Elaine A. Donoghue MD; and Kevin Weaver D.O.,FACOEP (Poster)
Using Asynchronous, Virtual Scribes in an Outpatient Primary Care Setting to Improve Burnout, Matthew Jeong and Grant M. Greenberg M.D., M.H.S.A., M.A. (Poster)
CICU Early Identification of Skin Injury, Alison Johnson BSN, RN; Ashley Pizzi RN; Eugenio Orona BSN, RN; and Nicole Benitez RN (Poster)
Postnatal outcomes of genitourinary abnormalities diagnosed on antenatal ultrasound, Andrea Johnson, Meredith Rochon MD, Michele R. Clement MD, Ashley Costa MD, Kristin Aneskevich, and Joanna Bock (Poster)
Identifying Gaps in Care: Assessment of Ancillary Support Service Utilization for Lower Extremity Amputees at a Large Tertiary Care Center, Ryan Johnson and James J. Goodreau MD (Poster)
Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis-Like Acute Cutaneous Lupus Erythematosus, Megan Jones-Sheets DO, Tanya Ermolovich DO, and Hina Sheikh (Poster)
Bad Blood: A Case of Warm Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia, Amogh M. Joshi DO, Kevin J. Hess DO, Zeeshan Ali MD, and Nicholas Lamparella DO (Poster)
Disseminated Lyme Disease: Atypical Rash Without Initial Erythema Migrans, Yasin Kanakrieh DO, Nina Liu, and Wen Zhang DO (Poster)
Qualitative Analysis of Emergency Medicine Resident Logged Patient Safety Observations, Bryan G. Kane MD; Jon D. Raso BS; David M. Richardson MD; Kevin Weaver D.O.,FACOEP; John W. Daubert DO; Rafay A. Khan DO; Claire L. Paulson DO; and Dawn M. Yenser (Poster)
The Addition of Repositioning Reminders to EPIC's Worklist Can Help Improve Timely Turning and Repositioning, Leah Karby BSN, RN; Amritpal Kaur RN; Megan Muthard BSN, RN; and Von Streubel BSN, RN (Poster)
Preoperative Skin Antisepsis, Matthew Kee BSN, RN; Shelly Smucker BSN, RN; Marsha Tucker BSN, RN; and Madison Uva BSN, RN (Poster)
Five-year Analysis on the Outcomes of Thoracic Aneurysm Surgery, Kaitlin Kelly, Thomas Perillo, Caitlin Hoeing, and James K. Wu MD (Poster)
Arterial Line Education for RHCM Nurses, Sarah Kerestes BSN, RN and Megan Wiest BSN, RN (Poster)
Bridging the Gaps in Family Medicine: A Quality Improvement Project for Resident Behavioral Health Training, Lauren E. Kerr and Angela Colistra LPC, PhD, MS (Poster)
Pediatric Blunt Cerebrovascular Injury: A Review of Literature and Case Report, Dima Khalil, Natasha Kuklis, Sarah A. Jones Sapienza MD, and Shadi Shojaei MD (Poster)
Association of HPV In Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma In Caucasian-Americans: An Institutional Experience, B Khandakar, Jihong Sun MD, S Cui, L Liu, and M Brandwein-Weber (Poster)
Appendectomy Specimens During the COVID19 Pandemic: Experience From a Large Hospital System in New York City, an Early Epicenter in the United States, B Khandakar, Jihong Sun MD, and S Ward (Poster)
Taking Care of Patients with a History of Cancer: A curricular program for cancer survivorship training within our network, Autumn Kieber-Emmons MD, MPH and William L. Miller MD, MA (Poster)
Using fRAP Mixed Methodology to Identify Multi-Level Policy Levers That Could Improve Cervical Cancer Disparities in US Hispanic Women, Autumn Kieber-Emmons MD, MPH; William L. Miller MD, MA; and Benjamin F. Crabtree PhD (Poster)
Breathing Exercises, Tarah Killane BSN, RN; Raymond Ocasio ADn, RN; Peter Ondrasik ADN, RN; and Caroline Landes ADN, RN (Poster)
A Comparison of Substance Use Intervention Completed by Medical Students and Residents, Esther S. Kim and Marna R. Greenberg DO, MPH, FACEP (Poster)
Identifying Baseline Characteristics for Consideration of Prophylactic Feeding Tube Placement in Persons Undergoing Chemoradiotherapy for Head and Neck Cancer: A Retrospective Chart Review, Kenna Kita; Janine Gilboy RD, CSO, LDN; Erin Levine RD, CSO, LDN; Brian J. Patson MD; and Jennifer Brennan MS, RD, CSO (Poster)
Transoral Incisionless Fundoplication in a Treatment of Refractory GERD: a Retrospective Experience at a Large Quaternary Care Center, Michal Kloska MD, Abdul Aleem MD, Valery Hrad MD, Hiral N. Shah MD, Scott Beman MD, and Shashin Shah MD (Poster)
AXIOS Lumen Apposing Metal Stent in the Treatment of Peripancreatic Fluid Collections, 4 Year Retrospective Observation at a Large Care Center, Michal Kloska MD, Valery Hrad MD, Abdul Aleem MD, Soorya N. Aggarwal DO, Shashin Shah MD, Zachary Zator MD, and Hiral N. Shah MD (Poster)
A Young Male With Cholestatic Jaundice Induced by Dymethazine Present in Nutritional Supplement “Xtreme DMZ”, Michal Kloska MD, Reema M. Vaze MD, Travis Magdaleno MD, and She-Yan Wong MD (Poster)
Hester Davis Scale Education, Amy Kluxen BSN, RN; Madison Brader BSN, RN; and Sophia Bruner BSN, RN (Poster)
Second Degree AV Heart Block after Candlenut Ingestion, Andrew L. Koons DO, Lexis Laubach BS, Alexandra Amaducci DO, Robert D. Cannon DO, Kenneth D. Katz MD, Ryan M. Surmaitis DO, Matthew D. Cook DO, and Gillian A. Beauchamp MD (Poster)
Clinical Characteristics and Outcomes in Women with Peripartum Cardiomyopathy in the Lehigh Valley Health Network, Aditi Kothari, Lekha Racharla DO, and Amy M. Ahnert MD (Poster)
Fall Prevention in Cognitively Impaired Patients, Bryan Kozlowski RN; Jennifer Dill BSN, RN; and Kristen Bray BSN, RN (Poster)
Implementing a Student Information System and Creating a Data Collection System In a School Of Nursing, Hunter Krauss; Michele Siminitus MS; and Lynne Hausman MSN, RN, CNE (Poster)
Use of Lidocaine Jelly for Difficult Catheter Insertions, Ashley Krick BSN, RN; Laura Palmer BSN, RN; and Mi Park BSN, RN (Poster)
Evaluation of Concurrent ESR and CRP Testing in Native Vertebral Osteomyelitis (NVO): Is More Really Better?, Noah Kriner and Amy Slenker MD (Poster)
Distractions During Time Out, Kaitlyn Kuhns BSN, RN; Zachary Arruda RN; and Janice Depena RN (Poster)
Pediatric Blunt Cerebrovascular Injury: Identifying Common Symptomatologies to Improve Screening Guidelines A Literature Review and Case Study, Natasha Kuklis, Dima Khalil, and Sarah A. Jones Sapienza MD (Poster)
Educating on Post pyloric Feeding Tube Insertion in the Pediatric Population, Mary Claire Kunkle BSN, RN and Julia McNally BSN, RN (Poster)
Progressive Stridor: Extraintestinal Airway Manifestations in a Pediatric Patient With Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Kaitlyn Kuntzman DO, Sri Kiran Chennupati MD, Catherine April Bingham MD, Naser Tolaymat MD, and Lauren Greenawald DO (Poster)
Reduce the Rate of Lab Errors, John Labiak BSN, RN; Lauren Gabryluk BSN, RN; and Mallory Phelps BSN, RN (Poster)
A Case of Acute Abdomen Due to Neisseria Gonorrhea, Henry Lam DO, Michal Kloska MD, Travis Magdaleno MD, Anam Malik MD, Reema M. Vaze MD, Arjan Ahluwalia MD, and Patrick Hickey DO (Poster)
Isolated Hepatic Sarcoidosis Presenting As Non-cirrhotic Portal Hypertension, Henry Lam DO, Michal Kloska MD, Reema M. Vaze MD, Arjan Ahluwalia MD, and She-Yan Wong MD (Poster)
Strategies for Optimizing the Wellness of Physicians During the COVID-19 Pandemic: At Surge and Beyond, Hannah Langkamer-Smith and Joseph E. Patruno MD (Poster)
Osteoma Cutis, Lehigh Valley Health Network and Lehigh Valley Health Network (Poster)
Self-Resolving Uncombable Hair-Like Syndrome, Kristina M. Lim DO, Andrea Zaenglein MD, and Richard McClain MD (Poster)
Self-Resolving Uncombable Hair-Like Syndrome, Kristina M. Lim DO; Andrea Zaenglein, M.D.; and Richard McClain, M.D. (Poster)
Post Sedation Delirium in Pediatrics, Kristina Litonjua RN and Sarah Harshaw RN (Poster)
Sequential Compression Device Compliance, Deni Losco BSN, RN; Tiffany Weller RN; and Chyvell Stanley RN (Poster)
Early Ambulation for Open Heart Surgery Patients, Mason Lucas BSN, RN; Rachel Macnamara BSN, RN; Candace Malkowicz BSN, RN; and Emily McDermott BSN, RN (Poster)
Pressure Injury Prevention, John Ludwick BSN, RN and Alexis Courtrighr BSN, RN (Poster)
The CIWA Assessment and Education, Jenna Lukach RN, Alessandra Pagnotta RN, and Haley Ragazinsky RN (Poster)
Characterization of Microbiology And Associated Antibiotic Usage In The Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Bridget Lunney; Tibisay Villalobos MD, FAAP; and Kristin M. Held-Wheatley PharmD, BCOP (Poster)
Preconception Care: Identifying Indicators to Reduce Pre-term BirthsKama, Maria Macaluso; Ashwini Kamath Mulki; Melanie B. Johnson MPA; Elaine Banerjee MD, MPH; Beth Careyva M.D.; Katarzyna Jabbour PharmD, BCPS; Kyle Shaak BS; and Nicole M. Burgess BS (Poster)
Successful Treatment of Splenic Vein Thrombosis Induced Gastric Varices During Pregnancy, Travis Magdaleno MD, Anam Malik MD, and She-Yan Wong MD (Poster)
First Look into Racial/Ethnic Differences in Obstetric Outcomes at LVHN: Postpartum Hemorrhage Rates and Care, Thu Anne Mai; Zi-Qi Liew MD; Judith Sabino MPH, CDP; Farina Klocksieben MPH; and Amanda B. Flicker MD (Poster)
Integration of Broset Scale and Interventions to Prevent Violencewithin Behavioral Health, Katrina Manning RN (Poster)
Assessing Patients with Expressive Aphasia, Gracie Martinez RN, Harrison Pham RN, Francesca Sanchez RN, and Madison Schwender RN (Poster)
Reflecting on the First Year of a New Psychiatric Econsult Service, Katherine B. Martin MD; Edward R. Norris MD, FAPA, FAPM; Rory L. Marraccini MD; Shanthi P. Lewis MD; and Cecilia E. Zemanek BS (Poster)
Drivers of Trust in Pediatric Health Care: Role of Empathy and Communication, Allison McGlynn; J. Nathan Hagstrom MD, MHCM; and Helen Julia (Poster)
Patient Personalized Fall Prevention, Olivia Mennig BSN, RN and Anne Kearns BSN, RN (Poster)
Continuing Skin Education for RNs, ALexis Merkle RN, BSN; Emily Marshall RN, BSN; and Richard Wertman RN, BSN (Poster)
Standardizing Care for Patients Requiring Major Lower Extremity Amputations at Lehigh Valley Health Network, Michael Milligan and James J. Goodreau MD (Poster)
Improving Confidence of Medical Surgical Nurses Caring for Patients with Delirium, Carly Minarovic ADN, Aidan Wagenhoffer ADN, and Larose Hajjar ADN (Poster)
Patient with Blastic Plasmacytoid Dendritic Cell Neoplasm and CMML, Marc T. Mitton DO and Joshua M. Levin MD (Poster)
Sequential Compression Device Compliance, Mackenzie Morton BSN, RN; Danielle Thompson BSN, RN; and Hira Shah BSN, RN (Poster)
Improving Primary Care Pre-Visit Planning, Brandy Moser, Johnny Stoeckle MD, and Kyle Shaak MPH (Poster)
Skin Care Bundle, Sarah Muinos BSN, RN; Brianna Shevlin BSN, RN; Caytlin Hertzog BSN, RN; and Kylie Schmitt BSN, RN (Poster)
Acuity Scale, Josephine Myers RN; Morgan Reduzzi RN; Taylor Ravert BSN, RN; and Daniella Linton RN (Poster)
PAWSS Assessment Tool and its Impact on Patient Care during Alcohol Withdrawal, Madison Negast BSN, RN and Kerry Dziomba BSN, RN (Poster)
The Benefits of Team Nursing, Diana Nguyen BSN, RN; Megan Hirschbul BSN, RN; Karly Jurewicz BSN, RN; and Taylor Zerphey ADN, RN (Poster)
Using the QSAT to Generate Multi-Source Feedback on an In-Situ Pediatric Simulation Case, Michael C. Nguyen MD; Nicole Elliott DO; Matthew D. Cook DO; Diane Begany MD; Zachary Matuzsan DO; Louis Morolla DO; Suzanne S. Partington MSN, RN, CCRN; Jennifer E. Macfarlan MPH; Michael Jong MD; and Bryan G. Kane MD (Poster)
Additional Newborn Weight Implementation, Nicole Nicholas BSN, RN; Honi Trauger BSN, RN; and Kimberly Ward BSN, RN (Poster)
Evaluation of Restricted Medications Administered Within the Inpatient Setting, Alexis Nicholson PharmD; Janine Barnaby RPh, BCOP; Arun Mancheril PharmD, BCPS; and Kristin M. Held Wheatley PharmD, BCOP (Poster)