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

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Eating, Sleeping, Consoling Tool Compared with Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS) Pathway, Jessica A. Hernandez BSN, RN and Emily Weihbrecht BSN, RN (Poster)

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Children’s Cancer Center as a Clinical Microsystem: Engagement, Courtney Herr; Toni A. Hahn; Josephine Steidinger; and J. Nathan Hagstrom MD, MHCM (Poster)

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Relieving Handoff Hardships, Jordan Herr BSN, RN; Caitlin N. Reitmeyer BSN, RN; and Tracy L. Schaeffer ADN, RN (Poster)

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Secretion of a Heparin-Like Anticoagulant (HLAC) in Plasma Cell Neoplasia, Kevin J. Hess DO, Joseph Moran DO, and Rachel Kinney DO (Poster)

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An App for Onboarding Orientation: Leading Through Technology to Prepare Learners for Successful Orientation, Jill Hinnershitz MSN, RN (Poster)

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Comparison of Patients with Congestive Heart Failure With and Without a Primary Care Provider: A Retrospective Cohort Study, Scott Hoeckele MS4, Matthew McCambridge MD, and Matthew M. Miller DO (Poster)

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PAIN REASSESSMENT CHAMPIONS, Jessica L. Hoffman BSN, RN; Luz D. Diaz ADN, RN; and Lauren E. Romanski ADN (Poster)

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Concurrent Catastrophic Antiphospholipid Syndrome and Heparin-Induced Thrombocytopenia, Brian J. Holahan DO, Kareem Godil MD, Nathan Brewster DO, and Jonaid Aslam MD (Poster)

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Pain Medication, What do you know?, Krista Holland BSN, RN; Jaclyn Mcnabb BSN, RN; Eric Radcliffe ADN, RN; and Brandy Furman ADN, RN (Poster)

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Management of Incidental Aortic Mural Thrombus in the Setting of Heparin-Induced Thrombocytopenia, Mal P. Homan DO, Brian J. Holahan DO, Soorya N. Aggarwal DO, Robert V. Decker MD, and Andres Zirlinger MD (Poster)

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Identifying the Cause of Lab Errors (M4’s), Paige Horner BSN, RN; Gabrielle Lucchese BSN, RN; Caitlin E. Thalassinos RN; and Katie Tower BSN, RN (Poster)

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Trials and Triumphs! Implementation of a Phase I Clinical Trial Program in a Community-based Hospital, Morgan M. Horton BSN, RN, CCRC; Dana E. Clark BSN, RN, CCRC; and Ashley O. Patzuk OCN (Poster)

Chondrodysplasia Punctata in a Baby Born to a Woman With Lupus Nephritis Who Received Belimumab, Mirmohd M. Hossain, Osama A. Osman, Sharon E. Maynard MD, and Grace Chong DO (Poster)

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Fall Prevention Interventions In the Emergency Department, Christina Hough BSN, RN; Rachel E. Miller BSN, RN; Jesly Rodriguez BSN, RN, CEN; and Bryan Werner BSN, RN (Poster)

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LVHN Reflux Treatment Program: A Pilot Study Evaluating the value of two novel procedural techniques in treating GERD vs standard medical therapy. A multidisciplinary approach, Karim Hussein MSIV (Poster)

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Bedside Shift Report- Don’t Sleep On This one!, Alexander Irizarri ADN, RN; Amber Martin BSN, RN; Alaina Rude BSN, RN; Christopher M. Shaffer BSN, BA, BSBA, RN; and Maura Toye ADN (Poster)

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Do Female Residents Actually Demonstrate Better Levels of Empathy, Emotional Intelligence and Burnout than their Male Counterparts?, Jeanne L. Jacoby MD; Bryan G. Kane MD; Marna R. Greenberg DO, MPH, FACEP; Robert D. Barraco MD, MPH; Elaine A. Donoghue MD; Kevin Weaver D.O.,FACOEP; Jennifer E. Macfarlan MPH; Alexander M. Rosenau DO; Joann F. Quinn PhD; and Amy B. Smith PhD (Poster)

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Do Incoming Residents Vary in Measures of Emotional Status Even Prior to Residency Training?, Jeanne L. Jacoby MD; Bryan G. Kane MD; Marna R. Greenberg DO, MPH, FACEP; Robert D. Barraco MD, MPH; Elaine A. Donoghue MD; Kevin Weaver D.O.,FACOEP; Jennifer E. Macfarlan MPH; Alexander M. Rosenau DO; Joann F. Quinn PhD; and Amy B. Smith PhD (Poster)

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Valley Youth House: A Partnership with the Lehigh Valley Health Network Campus of University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine, Taylor Jarvill; Jeffrey Downen; Brittney Gaudet; Nina Liu; Amy B. Smith PhD; and Marna R. Greenberg DO, MPH, FACEP (Poster)

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A Comprehensive Distance-Learning Program to Enhance the Spine Program at a Regional Health Network, Christopher Johns PT, DPT, OCS, Cert. MDT and Jesse Schimmer PT, DPT, OCS (Poster)

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Going for Gold with the Perioperative Olympics, Hope L. Johnson MSN, RN, CNOR (Poster)

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An Analysis of the Benefits and Barriers to the Full Implementation of a HIPAA Compliant Secure Messaging System Within Lehigh Valley Health Network, Matthew Johnson; Annamarie Deroberts MSHA, RN,; and George Mathew PMP (Poster)

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Piloting of a Centralized Primary Care-Based Outreach Model to Increase Lung Cancer Screening – 9-month Interim Results, Melanie B. Johnson MPA; Frank Sperrazza DO; Kyle Shaak BS; Nicole M. Burgess BS; Hadar Re'em; and Grant M. Greenberg M.D., M.H.S.A., M.A. (Poster)

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Developing and Implementing Hospital Events: Evaluation of the George Washington Medical Exhibit, Ryan Johnson and Linda M. Schwartz MDE, AHIP, CM (Poster)

Lessons from a Decade of Burn Disaster Planning, Brian S. Joho MSN, RN; Daniel D. Lozano MD, MBA, FACS; and Hamed Amani MD, FACS (Poster)

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Chronic Knee Pain in a Female Field Hockey Player, Charlene I. Jones MD and Nicholas Slenker MD (Poster)

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Multiple Cellular Neurothekeomas, Megan A. Jones DO, Nektarios I. Lountzis MD, and Joshua M. Levin MD (Poster)

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Concomitant Presentation With Cardioembolic Ischemic Stroke and Non ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction in a Patient With New Onset Atrial Fibrillation, Amogh M. Joshi DO, Emilee E. Kurtz DO, Kourtney Erickson DO, Margaret R. Kluck DO, and Benjamin Sanchez MD (Poster)

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Mycosis Fungoides: A Master of Disguise, Amogh M. Joshi DO, Emilee E. Kurtz DO, and Yehia Y. Mishriki MD (Poster)

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Nilotinib-Associated Demyelinating Disease, Casey Judge DO, Negar Moheb MD, and Christopher Melinosky MD (Poster)

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NEWBORN MEDICATION ADMINISTRATION: How to Best Use the Golden Hour, Marguerite M. Kane BSN, RN; Ruchi Patel BSN, RN; and Kirsty Patterson MSN, RN (Poster)

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Valuing the Vulnerable: Prioritizing the Patient Perspective, Hannah Kaplan and Sweety Jain MD (Poster)

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Which Pediatric Patients Require Pulmonary Pre-op Clearance: Decreasing Resource Utilization within a small children’s hospital, Jasmine Kashkoush BS and Marybeth Browne MD (Poster)

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An Incidental Diagnosis of AIDS-related Disseminated Kaposi’s Sarcoma, Kathryn Kass MD and Amy Slenker MD (Poster)

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Rash Provokes Catastrophic Antiphospholid Syndrome, Alaynna C. Kears DO, Nathan Brewster DO, Breanna S. Goldner DO, Kareem Godil MD, and Aaron J. Czysz MD (Poster)

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Rapidly Progressive Rheumatoid Lung Disease, Alaynna C. Kears DO; Nathan Brewster DO; Andrea M. Soliman DO; Stacey Smith MD, FACP; and James Ross MD, FACP (Poster)

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Navigating the ACGME Self Study, Drew Keister MD and Susan E. Hansen MA (Poster)

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Quit the Sticks!, Rai-Lani Keitt ASN, RN; Jessica Kruk BSN, RN; Janae OConnell BSN, RN; Ashley Redeye ADN, RN; and Nathan Wilkinson BSN, RN (Poster)

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Global Health: Should it be an integral part of Medical Education?, Erin Kelly and Sweety Jain MD (Poster)

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Mohs Patient Demographics: A quality improvement study analyzing patient demographics and access to Mohs Surgery for basal cell carcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma, Chelsea Kesty BSc, Deborah Dorrell BSc, Katarina Kesty MD, and Phillip Williford MD (Poster)

Epithelioid Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors: A Retrospective Look. American Journal of Clinical Pathology., B Khandakar, S Ghosh, and Jihong Sun MD (Poster)

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Environmental and Contextual Differences Affecting Cervical Cancer Survivorship in Hispanic Women in Three Texas Counties, Autumn Kieber-Emmons MD, MPH; William L. Miller MD, MA; Benjamin F. Crabtree PhD; Michael Topmiller PhD; and Carlos Jaén MD, PhD (Poster)

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Registered Nurse to Technical Partner Report to Improve Communication, Alexandrea M. Kier BSN, RN; Clarisse Dyan Calizo BSN, RN; Carsen E. Keel BSN, RN; and Lauren E. Hunt BSN, RN (Poster)

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On the Education of a Physician: An Autoethnography of Undergraduate Medical Education, Eugene Kim MS4, Howard DeHoff MD, and Nicole Defenbaugh PhD (Poster)

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The Attitude of Medical Practices Toward LGBTQ Older Adults Before and After Intervention, Mackenzi B. Kim MD, Lynn M. Wilson DO, Nyann Biery MS, and Brenda Frutos MPH (Poster)

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The Attitude of Medical Practices Toward LGBT Older Adults Before and After Intervention, Mackenzi Kim MS4; Lynn M. Wilson DO; Nyann Biery MS; and Brenda Frutos MPH, CHES (Poster)

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Endoscopic Ultrasound-Guided Drainage of Pancreatic Fluid Collections Using AXIOS™ Electrocautery Enhanced Delivery System: A Retrospective Experience at a Large Quaternary Care Center, Michal Kloska MD, PhD; Valery Hrad MD; Soorya N. Aggarwal DO; Shashin Shah MD; Zachary Zator MD; and Hiral N. Shah MD (Poster)

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Umbilical Hernia Rupture Complicated by Enterocutaneous Fistula in 63-years-old Female with Decompensated NASH Cirrhosis, Michal Kloska MD, PhD; Matthew J. Sullivan DO; Adam Peyton DO; and Waqas Adeel (Poster)

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69-year-old Male After Gastric Bypass With Choledocholithiasis Treated With EDGE Procedure Complicated by LAMS Dislocation, Michal Kloska MD, PhD; Reema M. Vaze MD; Ricky Buckshaw DO; and Hiral N. Shah MD (Poster)

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A Rare Case of Biliary Pancreatitis Caused by Ampullary Somatostatinoma in a 46-year-old Female, Michal Kloska MD, PhD; Reema M. Vaze MD; Ricky Buckshaw DO; and Hiral N. Shah MD (Poster)

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Enhancing Intraoperative Communication to Families Utilizing Technology, Amanda L. Knoll BSN, RN and Hope L. Johnson MSN, RN, CNOR (Poster)

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Experience of an Infectious Diseases (ID) Travel Medicine Clinic During a National Shortage of Yellow Fever Vaccine (YFV), Mark Knouse MD, Terri I. Langham RN, Marcelo Gareca MD, and Jarrod W. Kile RPhD (Poster)

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Exploring the Relationship between Medical Insurance and Vaccine Acceptance Rates, Mark Knouse MD; Yennifer Lopez; Hope Kincaid MPH, CPH; and Shae Duka BS (Poster)

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Physician Well Being and Patient Satisfaction: Analyzing the Relationship, Theresa A. Koch and Joseph E. Patruno MD (Poster)

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Acute Fondaparinux (Arixtra) Intentional Overdose via Self-injection: A Case Report, Andrew L. Koons DO, Kenneth D. Katz MD, Matthew D. Cook DO, Robert D. Cannon DO, Gillian A. Beauchamp MD, and Ryan M. Surmaitis DO (Poster)

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Beware of Barbiturates: Coma and Hypothermia in a 94-year-old Woman Due to Combined Secobarbital and Pentobarbital Toxicity, Andrew L. Koons DO, Amy Wier DO, Kenneth D. Katz MD, Matthew D. Cook DO, Robert D. Cannon DO, Gillian A. Beauchamp MD, and Ryan M. Surmaitis DO (Poster)

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MISCOMMUNICATION OF FALL RISK INDICATORS AND FALL PREVENTION INTERVENTIONS, Stephanie M. Koren RN, ADN; Lysbeth Anchundia-Ruiz RN, ADN; and Melissa Biddle RN, ADN (Poster)

Cool Your Cranium: Implementation of a Scalp Cooling Program, Jill Korn RN, BSN, OCN and Kerry Kluska MSN, RN, OCN (Poster)

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Implementing a Medication Pass Supplement Workflow: A Multidisciplinary Approach, Paula M. Kovach MEd, RN (Poster)

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Cardiogenic Shock: A Single-Center, Three-Year Exploratory Study, Sarina N. Krantzler and James A. Burke MD, PhD (Poster)

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Percutaneous transhepatic access with liquid sclerotherapy and coil embolization of peristomal varices, Daniel Kuehler MD, Daniel Latta MD, Errin Hoffman MD, Sheridan A. Morgan MD, David S. Bub MD, and John S. Park MD (Poster)

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The Role of an Obstetric Navigator in Supporting the Pregnant Adolescent, Jaime Kupillas MSN, RNC-OB; Carolyn L. Davidson PhD, RN, CCRN-a, ARNP, CPHQ, NEA-BC; and Cathyjo Catalano MSN, RNC-OB, C-EFM (Poster)

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Ileocecal valve tuberculosis in setting of terminal ileitis in patient with septic shock and pneumonia, Lisa Kurth MD, Daniel Latta MD, Giovanni Bonomo MD, and John S. Park MD (Poster)

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Getting to the Bottom of Sciatic Neuropathy, Emilee E. Kurtz DO; Amogh M. Joshi DO; Travis F. Magdaleno MD; and Stacey Smith MD, FACP (Poster)

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Can Using Color Coded Fall Risk Magnets Reduce Inpatient Falls?, Toni B. Labelle RN, BSN; Rabab Majdi RN, BSN; and Victoria A. Gurrieri RN, BSN (Poster)

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Unplanned Conversions from Robotic and Laparoscopic Colectomy in Patients With Colon Cancer Are Associated With Worse Outcomes: Identifying Key Factors from NSQIP, Daniel R. Latta MD, Pat Toselli DO, Jadon Sargeant MS, and John S. Park MD (Poster)

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Development of a Coaching Program within a Medical School Leadership Curriculum, Anne Laverty MEd, Kira Zwygart MD, and Amy B. Smith PhD (Poster)

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Oxygen Saturation Limits, Morgan Leatherman BSN, RN; Elizabeth S. Mcgroarty BSN, RN; Krista Pipan BSN, RN; and Emily Sottolano BSN, RN-NICU (Poster)

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Patient’s Excluded from Self-Identification of Lab Errors, Julisa Loftus BSN, RN; Sarah M. Place BSN, RN; Jennie Benson RN; and Orquidea Perez RN (Poster)

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Reduction of Falls Utilizing a Safety Huddle at Night, Gabrielle Lopez BSN, RN; Bridget Stein BSN, RN; Tara M. Kirk ASN, RN; and Tajlynne King ASN, RN (Poster)

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Early Flowtron Use In The ED, Angela N. Lubold RN, Barbara Malloy RN, and Michelle R. Rojas RN (Poster)

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Human Trafficking and Medical Education, Michelle Lyman MS4 and Hoonani M. Cuadrado (Poster)

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Primary Hyperparathyroidism As Initial Presentation of Stage IV Breast Cancer, Angela Magdaleno DO; Angel Lopez MD; Thomas A. Diven MD; and Marc A. Vengrove DO, FACP (Poster)

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Adult-Onset Hypophosphatasia: Before and After Treatment with Asfotase Alfa, Angela Magdaleno DO, Sonum Singh MD, Sandhya Venkataraman DO, and Ya-Yu Lee MD (Poster)

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Safety Oriented, Low-Cost Peritonsillar Abscess Needle Aspiration Model for Emergency Medicine Simulation, Anne Mai BS; Julie A. Fritzges DO; Gavin C. Barr Jr. MD; Marna R. Greenberg DO, MPH, FACEP; and Smeet Bhimani DO (Poster)

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Small Bowel Variceal Bleeding Successfully Treated with Percutaneous Coil Embolization, Anam Malik MD, Reema M. Vaze MD, Ricky Buckshaw DO, Michal Kloska MD, Eric Nellis MD, and She-Yan Wong MD (Poster)

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A Case of CMV Colitis Seen in DRESS, Anam Malik MD, Reema M. Vaze MD, Ricky Buckshaw DO, Eric Nellis MD, and Hiral N. Shah MD (Poster)

Does Sexual Functioning Decline in Female Breast Cancer Patients Receiving Chemotherapy and Surgery as Demonstrated by the Female Sexual Function Index-Breast Cancer Questionnaire?, Monica Manchester DNP, RN, OCN (Poster)

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MAKING SURE YOUR VOICE IS HEARD LGBTQI Documentation for End of Life, Kenneth J. Mangano BHAS, MCM (Poster)

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Evaluating longitudinal empathy changes from a supplemental mindfulness curriculum in four-year medical education program, Steven Manobianco; Hema Arikala; Jessica Watson MD; Rahul Mhaskar PhD, MPH; and Joann Quinn PhD (Poster)

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Bedside Shift Report, Stephanie Martinez BSN, RN and Rebecca L. Schippang RN (Poster)

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IMPACTING PATIENT SLEEP QUALITY, Clarissa Masdar BSN, RN and Sara Piper RN (Poster)

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Improving Comfort and Development with Maternal Voice, Ashley Mauger BSN, RN; Ashley L. Sapen BSN, RN; Brandy F. Thompson BSN, RN; and Logan Wieziolowski BSN, RN (Poster)

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Creative Approach to Managing Hypertension in Primary Care, Nancy T. Maulick MHS, PA-C and Keri L. Schittler LPN (Poster)

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Effect of Positive Quotations on After Visit Summary (AVS), Nancy T. Maulick MHS, PA-C and Keri L. Schittler LPN (Poster)

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Police Use of Naloxone after Statewide Legislation Enabling First-Responder Administration, John F. Mccarthy DO, Kathryn A. Henry DO, Lauren Crowley BA, David M. Sassa AAS, Kira D. Weaver DO, Robert D. Cannon DO, Tara K. Henry-Morrow EMT-P, Jennifer E. Macfarlan MPH, and Jeanne L. Jacoby MD (Poster)

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Improving Delegation & Communication Between RNs and TPs, Alyssa Mcdougall BSN, RN; Melissa A. Petragnani ADN, RN; and Stephanie E. Smilgis BSN, RN (Poster)

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Sudden Cardiac Death Associated with Malignant Mitral Valve Prolapse, Damon Mcenroe MD, Fnu Vikram MD, Kailyn Mann DO, Lohit Garg MD, Syed Rafay Ali Sabzwari, and Nael Hawwa MD (Poster)

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Stop & Check: Reducing Specimen Labeling Errors, Megan A. McGonagle ADN, RN and Faith Sisson ADN, RN (Poster)

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Feasibility of Incorporating Components of a ‘Sex and Gender’ in EM Toolkit into Residency Education, Alyson J. McGregor MD, MA; Marna R. Greenberg DO, MPH, FACEP; Rebecca Barron MD, MPH; Lauren A. Walter MD; Jeannette Wolfe MD; Ashley L. Deutsch MD; Steven A. Johnson MD; Derek A. Robinett MD; and Gillian A. Beauchamp MD (Poster)

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Serving Our Community with Pride, Amanda Mchale and Judith Sabino MPH, CDP (Poster)

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Developing a Pediatric Functional Screen, Kerri E. Mcintyre BSN, RN (Poster)

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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)

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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)

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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)

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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)