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.
2019
Developing a Pediatric Functional Screen, Kerri E. Mcintyre BSN, RN (Poster)
Treating Postpartum Refractory Long QT Syndrome With Cervical Ganglion Sympathectomy, Nikhil A. Mehta MBBS, Mario Caruso DO, Syed Rafay Ali Sabzwari MD, Lohit Garg MD, Jeffrey Gordon MD, and Talha Nazir MD (Poster)
The modified Fisher Scale lacks inter-rater reliability, Christopher Melinosky MD and A Morris (Poster)
A “Sweet” Look into a Rare Disease: Presentation and Management of Acute Febrile Neutrophilic Dermatosis, Christian L. Menezes DO, Joseph Moran DO, Kaitlyn Musco MD, and Andres Zirlinger MD (Poster)
Paradigm Shift: Assessing SLP Care Standards for Patients with HNC, Claire Mentry M.S., CCC-SLP and Teresa M. Rex MA, CCC-SLP (Poster)
Adaptive Support Ventilation Reduces Ventilator Duration in a Neuro-Trauma Unit, Kenneth Miller MEd, RRT-NPS; Adam Edwards MD; and Verde Peete MD (Poster)
Adaptive Support Ventilation Reduces Ventilator Duration in a Thoracic-Open Heart Unit, Kenneth Miller MEd, RRT-NPS; Jessica R. Gibiser MSN, RN; Timothy S. Misselbeck MD; Kenton Clay RRT; and James K. Wu MD (Poster)
Development of a High-Flow Oxygen Protocol Optimizes Clinical Utilization, Kenneth Miller MEd, RRT-NPS; Anne Rabert MHSA, RN, CCRN, NE-BC; and Vanessa Ribaudo Kaufman MD (Poster)
Cryptococcal Meningitis in an HIV-negative Patient With Underlying Zinc Deficiency Following Partial Gastric Resection, Joseph Moran DO, Jaimin Patel DO, and Shannon Kearney DO (Poster)
Massive Hemoptysis in the Setting of Acute Mitral Regurgitation, Joseph Moran DO; George Prousi MD; Ross Biggs DO; and Nirupama Kakumanu MD, FCCP (Poster)
Investigation of Relationship Between Employee Engagement and Burnout Among Physicians at Lehigh Valley Health Network, Spencer Moros and Joseph E. Patruno MD (Poster)
Rock-A-Bye Baby, This Baby Won't Fall, Hannah K. Moyer BA, BSN, RN and Megan Sorensen BSN, RN (Poster)
Best Practices for Parent Engagement in Youth Programs, Samantha Mullin and Margaret A. Hadinger Ed.D. (Poster)
Impact of sarcopenia on outcomes of locally advanced esophageal cancer patients treated with neoadjuvant chemoradiation followed by surgery, Gilbert Z. Murimwa, P S. Venkat, W Jin, S Leuthold, K Latifi, K Almhanna, J M. Pimiento, J P. Fontaine, Sarah E. Hoffe, and J M. Frakes (Poster)
A Retrospective Review of Stage III Unresectable and Stage IV Extracranial Cancers Treated with Concurrent and Sequential PD-1 Inhibitors and Ablative Radiation Therapy at LVHN, Suresh G. Nair MD; Samuel Adediran MD; Jamal Nadeem MD; Alyson McIntosh MD; Hope Kincaid MPH, CPH; Jennifer Macfarlan MS; Bansi Savla MS4; and Jason Naziri MD (Poster)
Hallway Bed Status is Associated with Lower Patient Satisfaction, Max Needham BA; Kathryn B. Bartlett DO; Akshay Gupta DO; John J. Scholz DO; Jennifer Sadowski DO; Bryan G. Kane MD; Jeanne L. Jacoby MD; Marna R. Greenberg DO, MPH, FACEP; and David M. Richardson MD (Poster)
CONFUSION ASSESSMENT METHOD for the ICU (CAM-ICU), Michael J. Neidlinger RN and Christopher G. Paroby RN (Poster)
Nursing Re-Education on Pain Management in Post-Operative Cardiothoracic Surgery Patients, Duyen Nguyen BSN, RN and Michael Valenti RN (Poster)
Using the QSAT to Generate Multi-Source Feedback on an In-Situ Pediatric Simulation Case, Michael C. Nguyen MD; Nicole Elliott DO; Michael R. Jong MD, MSc; Suzanne S. Puentes BSN, CCRN, RN; Diane Begany MD; Matthew D. Cook DO; Louis Morolla DO; Zachary Matuzsan DO; Jennifer E. Macfarlan MPH; and Bryan G. Kane MD (Poster)
Randomized Placebo Controlled Trial of Ramelteon for Depressive Symptoms in Patients with Seasonal Affective Disorder, Edward R. Norris MD, FAPA, FAPM; Karen Burke RN; Carol A. Foltz PhD; Ken Zemanek MD; and Michael Kaufmann MD (Poster)
Lichen Planus Pemphigoides in a Patient After Combination Ipilimumab and Nivolumab Therapy, Steven Oberlender MD, PhD and Marc T. Mitton DO (Poster)
Bypassing Critical Care for a Medical-Surgical Unit after Renal Transplant – Is it Safe? Do you know what to do?, Olumide Ogundimu BSN, RN (Poster)
30-day Surgical Site Infection and Reintervention Rates In Lower Extremity Bypass Patients at LVHN, Edward Oh MS and Mila H. Ju MD (Poster)
To Pee or Not to Pee, Tolulope Oladugbewo BSN, RN and Yeraliz Pares BSN, RN (Poster)
PREVENTION OF FALLS IN THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT, Jade Oldt BSN, RN; Rachel E. Stone BSN, RN; Gabrialla Peruzzi BSN, RN; and Jessica A. Faustner BSN, RN (Poster)
Quality Assessment of the Documented Neurological Exam of Patients in Rural Hospital Settings, Abigail O’Reggio MD and Nicole Purcell DO (Poster)
Development of an E-learning Module on Evaluation Best Practices, Dinky Patel and Cheryl Arndt PhD (Poster)
Developing a Primary Care Practice Dashboard for Tracking Clinical Process Metrics, Millan Patel, Johnny J. Stoeckle MD, and Kyle Shaak BS (Poster)
Implementing Mobile Technology to Enhance Communication Between Health Care Providers and Patient’s Families, Daniel Patzek RN, BSN and Diane Kocsis MSN, RN (Poster)
Decreasing Length of Stay for the Kidney Transplant Patient Without Sacrificing Quality or Safety, Jennifer E. Paz (Poster)
A Path to Excellence: Key Components of an Evolving Best Practice Clinical Informatics Team, Debra Peter MSN, RN-BC (Poster)
Endocarditis of the Cardiac Valves in the Era of Opioid Crisis, Sophie Pickering, Alexandra Reph, Caitlin Hoeing, Samrah Ansari, and James K. Wu MD (Poster)
Does Fractional BlistergraftingImprove 2ndDegree Burn Wound Healing and Scar Outcome without a Significant Donor Site?, Cassandra Pinataro and Sigrid A. Blome-Eberwein MD (Poster)
An Educational Intervention To Improve CAM-ICU Documentation, Madison Pleasants BSN, RN and Daniel Strouse BSN, RN (Poster)
Travel Can Be a Real “Pain in the Neck”: A Rare Presentation of European Lyme Neuroborreliosis, Emily Pollack MD, Elizabeth A. Guju BS, and Kris Rooney MD (Poster)
MEWS or Lose Labor and Delivery Cedar Crest, Morgan Pollock BSN, RN, CCE; Diana Gutierrez RN; and Jeanine A. Marinelli RN (Poster)
Implementing a Hyperbilirubinemia Pathway for the Inpatient Pediatrics Unit at Lehigh Valley Health Network, Daphne Porat MS4 (Poster)
College Field Preceptor Contracted Partnership, Kimberly Procaccino MBA, RD, LDN; Melissa Faura RD, LDN; Ann Flickinger MS, RD, LDN; and Susan Gargano RD, LDN (Poster)
Designated Turn Teams in the ICU, Richard A. Pugh BSN, RN; Tara C. Reade ADN, RN; and Nouhad S. Salim BSN, RN (Poster)
The Anticipated Negative Impact on Emergency Medicine Faculty of the New ACGME Common Program Requirements (Poster)., Shawn M. Quinn DO; Bryan G. Kane MD; Terrence E. Goyke; Dawn M. Yenser C-TAGME; Marna R. Greenberg DO, MPH, FACEP; and Gavin C. Barr Jr. MD (Poster)
Opinions of Academic EM Society Members on the New ACGME Common Program Requirements, Shawn M. Quinn DO; Bryan G. Kane MD; Marna R. Greenberg DO, MPH, FACEP; Terrence E. Goyke; Steven Bird MD; Megan Schagrin MBA; and Gavin C. Barr Jr. MD (Poster)
Modified Early Warning Score (MEWS) Influence on Intensive Care Unit (ICU) Readmissions, Anne S. Rabert MHSA, RN, CCRN, NE-BC and Anna L. Thomas MSN, RN, CCRN, CNL (Poster)
Starting off on the Right Food: The Role of Lactation Support in Breastfeeding Initiation and Continuation, Preethi Rajan, C Lenhart PhD, and Kimberly C. Brown MD (Poster)
Empathy, Burnout, and Emotional Intelligence in USF Pharmacy Students, Pranav Reddy (Poster)
A Mixed-Methods Exploration of Barriers To Mammography Completion, Hadar Re'em; Melanie B. Johnson MPA; Kyle Shaak BS; and Grant M. Greenberg M.D., M.H.S.A., M.A. (Poster)
Pediatric Coping Education in the LVHN ChER, Nicole Reichert RN, BSN and Sarah Moyer RN (Poster)
Outcomes of Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator (ICD)/Pacing Lead Extraction Over 8 Years, Alexandra Reph, Sophie Pickering, Caitlin Hoeing, Samrah Ansari, and James K. Wu MD (Poster)
“Time” To Turn, Samantha Rhinesmith BSN, RN and Rachael Bell BS, RN (Poster)
UTILIZATION OF A FUNCTIONAL PAIN ASSESSMENT SCALE, Brittany J. Rice BSN, RN; Athena Barwick BSN, RN; Miranda E. Schaeffer BSN, RN; Kristin L. Torres BSN, RN; and Nicole A. Parry BSN, RN (Poster)
SAPHO Syndrome, Diana A. Rivers DO, Megan A. Jones DO, and Joshua M. Levin MD (Poster)
Building Confidence in ED Nurses Caring for Patients Who Identify as Transgender, Fernando Rodriguez BSN, RN (Poster)
Recommendation of Effective Practices for Improving LVHN HCAHPS Scores: A Focus on Care Transition at LVH-S, Liam Romond; Annamarie Deroberts MSHA, RN,; and Paul J. Kelly LSSBB (Poster)
Integrating Community Health Workers into Primary Care Practice to Better Serve Older Adults, Yendira Rosario; Gloria Rivera; Luz Cruz; Brenda Frutos; and Cathy A. Coyne PhD, MPH (Poster)
The Impact of Community Health Worker Home Visits on Geriatric Patients’ Nonmedical Needs in Primary Care, Marguerite Runyan, Brenda Frutos MPH, Nyann Biery MS, and Lynn M. Wilson DO (Poster)
Cost Savings Achieved through Introduction of Holmium Laser Enucleation of the Prostate (HOLEP), Jacob Rust MS4, James Johannes MD, Benjamin Croll MS4, Rohan Shah MS4, and Andrew Lai MD (Poster)
Atresia of the Coronary Sinus Ostium With Anomalous Drainage Into Innominate Vein: Implications for CRT, Syed Rafay Ali Sabzwari MD, Lohit Garg MD, Nikhil A. Mehta MD, Hiwot Ayele MD, and Nghia Hoang MD (Poster)
Convergent Ablation for the Treatment of Long Standing Persistent Atrial Fibrillation - A Single Center Experience, Syed Rafay Ali Sabzwari, Lohit Garg MD, Nikhil A. Mehta MD, James R. Kimber, Hiwot Ayele, James K. Wu MD, and Babak Bozorgnia MD (Poster)
Status of Sex and Gender in Emergency Medicine A Five Year Follow Up Report, Basmah Safdar MD, MSc; Kimberly E. Ona Ayala BA; Syed Shayan Ali MD; Benjamin J. Seifer BSME; Michelle Hong BS, MS; Marna R. Greenberg DO, MPH, FACEP; Esther K. Choo MD, MPH; and Alyson J. McGregor MD, MA (Poster)
Impact of spinal needle type on postdural puncture headache among women undergoing Cesarean section surgery under spinal anesthesia: A meta-analysis, Shabaaz Sandhu, Sang Lee MD, Benjamin Djulbegovic MD, and Rahul Mhaskar MD (Poster)
De-escalation Techniques TO REDUCE MENTAL HEALTH PATIENT VIOLENCE TOWARDS NURSING STAFF., Mariah P. Sands RN, Brianna J. Schlauch RN, and Brylee Spieles RN (Poster)
Raising Adult Immunization Rates, Madalyn Schaefgen MD, Barbara Sikora LPN, and Donna Wendling (Poster)
Educating Nurses In Regards To DVT Prophylaxis, Cayla Schaffer RN, BSN; Abigail N. High RN, BSN; and Anastasia Clare RN, BSN (Poster)
Evaluation of Variability in a Surgical Spine Pathway, William Schertzing MS4 and Matthew McCambridge MD (Poster)
Advance Health Care Directive Campaign, Linda M. Schwartz MDE, AHIP, CM (Poster)
Analyzing Patient Risk Factors in Ambulatory Surgery Complications, Meg Scott, Matthew McCambridge MD, and Beatrice Oertner (Poster)
Relapsing HCV Associated Glomerulonephritis Despite Sustained Virologic Response (SVR) to Direct-acting Antivirals (DAA), Joseph Scurozo DO, Wael Hanna MD, Grace Chong DO, and Frederick S. Fleszler MD (Poster)
Exploring barriers to mammography completion through analysis of focus groups, Nicole Sfeir; Melanie B. Johnson MPA; and Grant M. Greenberg M.D., M.H.S.A., M.A. (Poster)
Identifying Local Variation in Diabetes Care: A Mixed Methods Approach, Kyle Shaak MPH; Michael Topmiller PhD; Autumn Kieber-Emmons MD, MPH; Beth Careyva M.D.; and Melanie B. Johnson MPA (Poster)
Tuberculosis: A Retrospective Review of Cases Treated in Allentown from 2014-July 2019, Carly A. Shaffer and Marcelo Gareca MD (Poster)
Schedule Efficiency in a Urology Office, Rohan Shah BS and Angelo A. Baccala MD (Poster)
Scleroderma Renal Crisis: Identifying Risk Factors and Preventing Adverse Outcomes, Yesha K. Shah DO, Joseph V. Moran DO, and Timothy B. Coyle MD (Poster)
Unused Opioids After Joint Replacement Surgeries: 72,146 Untaken Pills at Large in our Community, Tanner Shane; Joshua Rosentel BSn, RN; Sarah Schopf RN, MSN, MBA, CMSRN, CPHQ; and Matthew McCambridge MD, MS, FACP, FCCP (Poster)
A Rare Case of Minocycline Induced Eosinophilic Myocarditis, Tarick Sheikh MD, Anam Malik MD, Paul Secheresiu DO, James R. Kimber DO, Hiwot Ayele MD, and Lekha Racharla DO (Poster)
Creation of an Internal Resource for Provider-Specific LGBTQ Information, Collin Sherman (Poster)
Patient Engagement on the Go: Utilizing Mobile Application Technology to Centralize Resources for Behavioral Health Patients, Paul A. Siegfried MS; Jason Boyko LPC, FACLP; Brenda Shaffer MSN, RN; and Edward R. Norris MD, FAPA, FAPM (Poster)
High Dose Biotin and its Effects on Thyroid Function Testing, Emily C. Skutnik DO, Rebecca A. Lopes A, Sandhya Venkataraman DO, Angela Magdaleno DO, and Leslie A. Colip MD (Poster)
Reduction in Inappropriate C. difficile Testing through Just-in-Time Education upon Order Entry, Amy K. Slenker MD; Matthew M. Miller DO; and Joshua Rosentel BSn, RN (Poster)
Longitudinal Coaching Within a Medical School Curriculum, Amy B. Smith PhD and Kira K. Zwygart MD (Poster)
Pragmatic Strategies to Create a Culture of Quality, Maureen T. Smith MSN, RN, CNRN (Poster)
Practice-Based Education Program to Increase Vaccination Rate in Patients on Immunotherapeutic Agents, Andrea M. Soliman DO, Soorya N. Aggarwal DO, Kyle Kreitman DO, Kourtney Erickson DO, Abdul Aleem MD, and Marie S. O'Brien DO (Poster)
Dry Eyes, Dry Mouth, and Amyloidosis – A Case Report, Andrea M. Soliman DO; Grace Guerrier MD; Carolyn Casey do; and Shereen M F Gheith MD, PhD (Poster)
The Impact of the Clinical Ladder on Nurse Retention Rates at Lehigh Valley Health Network, Kathryn Sparango and Gerald Mcglinn M.A., ACC (Poster)
Why Butts Matter: A Primary Care Approach to Lung Cancer Screening, Frank Sperrazza DO; Melanie B. Johnson MPA; Kyle Shaak BS; Nicole M. Burgess BS; Hadar Re'em; and Grant M. Greenberg M.D., M.H.S.A., M.A. (Poster)
Working Together to Improve Outcomes: Physician-Pharmacist Collaborative Agreement for Uncontrolled Type 2 Diabetes, Frank Sperrazza DO; Laura M. Mauro BS, PharmD, BCPS; Lauren Geerlof BCPS; Jennifer Cicconetti PharmD, BCPS, BCGP; and Michelle Omari-Okyere BS, PharmD, BCPS, BCGP (Poster)
Minimally Invasive Burn Reconstruction with Subcutaneous Scar Contracture Release, Sophia Starner and Sigrid A. Blome-Eberwein MD (Poster)
Children’s Cancer Center as a Clinical Microsystem: Assessment, Josephine Steidinger; Courtney Herr; Toni A. Hahn; and J. Nathan Hagstrom MD, MHCM (Poster)
Evaluation of the Implementation of Rapid Cerebral Spinal Fluid Diagnostic Test for Meningitis and Encephalitis at a Large Academic Institution, Max Stempel and Amy Slenker MD (Poster)
Use of Thrombolytic Therapy for Complicated Pleural Effusions, Lauren E. Sterner; Kelly M. Wanamaker MD; Katherine M. Penetar DNP, CRNP; and Sanjay M. Mehta MD (Poster)
Visual Aids & Their Effect on Pressure Injuries, Brian Stickle BSN, RN; Clara J. Saternos ADN, RN; Kellie J. Stevens BSN, RN; and Sarah Dutton ADN, RN (Poster)
Glucose Gel Treatment for Neonatal Hypoglycemia, Juliette Stilley ASN, RN; Ericka E. Clayton BSN, RN; Iyanuoluwa Adegbite ASN, RN; and Tori Ackley BSN, RN (Poster)
Are No-Show Rates Impacted When Automated Reminder Calls Feature a Clinician’s Voice?, Mary Stock Keister MD, Sheyla M. Torres LPN, and Sarah K. Wida (Poster)
An innovative educational design “Do No Harm” – A Film Showing With Panel Discussion, Donna M. Stout BS, CHCP; Michelle Froehlich BS; Moraima Lopez-Alford BA; Margaret A. Hadinger EdD, MS; and Despina Tsarouhis BS (Poster)
Can We Predict Low Quality Colonoscopy? Establishing Open Access Colonoscopy at a Fellow-run Gastroenterology Clinic, Matthew Sullivan DO, Abdul Aleem MD, Rajesh Essrani MD, Patrick Hickey DO, Robert Andrews MD, Anam Malik MD, Hiral N. Shah MD, and Shashin Shah MD (Poster)
Can We Predict Low Quality Colonoscopy? Establishing Open Access Colonoscopy at a Fellow-Run Gastroenterology Clinic, Matthew Sullivan DO, Abdul Aleem MD, Rajesh Essrani MD, Patrick Hickey DO, Eric Nellis MD, Robert andrews MD, Hiral N. Shah MD, and Shashin Shah MD (Poster)
HOLEP vs Bipolar TURP as Same Day Surgery: Analysis of Length of Stay and Costs, Michael Su MS4, Sarah Azari MS4, Jacob Rust MD, Alexis R. Brown PA-C, Clifford Georges MD, and James Johannes MD (Poster)
Reducing Unplanned Extubations in the NICU Using a Risk Assessment Scoring Tool, Dolores T. Suzansky MSN, RNC-NIC and Nicole M. Tierney BSN, RN (Poster)
Laryngeal and Airway Surgery Under Apneic and Intermittent Apneic Anesthesia, Mausumi N. Syamal MD, Jill Hanisak CRNA, and Jennifer E. Macfarlan MPH (Poster)
A Retrospective Study of Outcomes Associated with Treatment Modalities Utilized in the Management of Stage II and Stage III Bladder Cancer at LVHN from 2014-2018, Olivia Toner, Dennis M. Sopka MD, and Savitri P. Skandan MD (Poster)
Identifying Priority & Bright Spot Areas for Improving Diabetes Care, Michael Topmiller PhD; Autumn Kieber-Emmons MD, MPH; and Kyle Shaak MPH (Poster)
Screening and Treating Hyperlipidemia in Patients on Tofacitinib, Tocilizumab, Sarilumab, and Baricitinib, William Torelli DO; Thomas A. Quinn DO; Kourtney Erickson DO; Andrea M. Soliman DO; Attiya Harit MS; and James Ross MD, FACP (Poster)