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.
2018
CDEM/CORD Education Supplement/Educational Advances Using Medical Student Quality Improvement Projects to Promote Evidence-Based Care in the Emergency Department (ED), Michael Manning and Marna R. Greenberg DO, MPH, FACEP (Poster)
Reducing Substance Use by an Emergency Department Intervention, Matthew D. Marschall DO; Smeet Bhimani DO; Rachel Fieman MD; Derek J. Fikse DO; Paige Roth LSW; Jennifer Stephens DO; Manuel F. Colón BS; Kevin Weaver D.O.,FACOEP; David M. Richardson MD; Marna R. Greenberg DO, MPH, FACEP; and Robert D. Cannon DO (Poster)
Routine Evaluation of Gastric Residuals in the Neonate, Megan Martuscelli BSN, RN; Nina Motichka BSN, RN; Madison Nielsen BSN, RN; Katelyn Roberts BSN, RN; and Gabriella Scholes BSN, RN (Poster)
Improving Oncology Inpatient Access through Reduction of Intra-Unit Transfer Times, Sarah R. Mason RN (Poster)
Improving Licensed and Unlicensed Staff's Recognition of Ligature Risk in the Emergency Department, Maha Masood BSN, RN; Alison A. Nadraws BSN, RN; and Emily R. Smith BSN, RN (Poster)
QUIETNESS AT NIGHT, Valerie Mcmenamin ADN, RN; Jannah Mae Solanoy BSN, RN; and Alexandra Nader BSN, RN (Poster)
The Effect of Regional Anesthetic Sphenopalatine Ganglion Block on Self-Reported Pain in Patients With Status Migrainosus (Poster)., Dev Mehta DO; Hope Kincaid MPH, CPH; and Hussam A. Yacoub MD (Poster)
Some Like it Hot: Brains Do Not! Utilizing a Normothermia Protocol to Attenuate Fever Burden in Neuroscience Patients, Christina L. Merrell BSN, RN, CNRN and Jill P. Peoples BSN, RN, CMSRN, CNRN (Poster)
The Utilization of Venous-Venous Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Membrane for the Management of Status Asthmaticus, Kenneth Miller MSRT, MEd, RRT-ACCS, FAARC,; Jennifer Strow DO; and Alison N. Bedekovich MSN, RN (Poster)
Improving Nurse Perception of Recognition On the Spot., Margaret Mitchell BSN, RN and Jaslyn Silva BSN, RN (Poster)
Information Seeking Behavior Among Family Medicine Providers at Lehigh Valley Health Network, Matthew Molnar; Robert D. Barraco MD, MPH; S Reynolds; R Chan; Jordan Davies; Robert Postlethwaite; Monica Stewart; Nicholas Werbeckes; Rahul Mhaskar MD; and Bryan G. Kane MD (Poster)
An Atypical Presentation of Mycobacterium abscessus Soft Tissue Infection Leading to a Protracted Disease Course, Joseph Moran DO, Joseph Scurozo DO, and Brian Friel DO (Poster)
Growing Network Readiness for Billable Telepsychiatry Services, Kyra Munzenmaier BS; Edward R. Norris MD, FAPA, FAPM; and Jennifer Macfarlan MPH (Poster)
Heparin versus Normal Saline Flush of Central Lines in the Pediatric Population, Jennifer Napolitano BSN, RN and Lindsey Smeltzer BSN, RN (Poster)
Recycling on MBU, Kaitlyn Nasatka RN, BSN; Christine Reddy RN, BSN; and Tracy Urbanowicz RN, BSN (Poster)
Metastatic Cancers Treated with Concurrent PD-1 Inhibition and Stereotactic Ablative Radiotherapy (SABR), Jason Naziri BS, Samuel Adediran MD, and Suresh G. Nair MD (Poster)
Real World Experience with Obeticholic Acid for Primary Biliary Cholangitis: A Case Series, Eric Nellis MD, Adam Peyton DO, and She-Yan Wong MD (Poster)
Education and Compliance for Preventing CLABSI, Natasha Nembhard BSN, RN; Malgorzata Halat BSN, RN; and Travis Moyer BSN, RN (Poster)
Turn Over for What: Pressure Injury Prevention and Nurse/Technical Partner Compliance., Kim Ni BSN, RN; Stephanie Byers BSN, RN; Laura Thomson BSN, RN; Kailyn Wunder BSN, RN; and Isla Carruthers BSN, RN (Poster)
Does the Effectiveness of Thymoglobulin as Measured by T-Cell Depletion Correlate with the Incidence of Acute Rejection Post Kidney Transplant?, Makenzie O'Brien, Tara Stansbury, and Michael J. Moritz MD (Poster)
Evaluating the Effects of Changing the Treatment of Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome from Methadone to Morphine, Yuliya Oumarbaeva BS; Wendy J. Kowalski MD; and Warren E. Furry BSN, RN (Poster)
Timely Insulin Coverage for Point of Care Glucose Testing., Joy Paniczko BSN, RN; Cynthia Pena BSN, RN; and Alyssa Politi BSN, RN (Poster)
Comparative Success of a Substance Use Intervention between Providers, Pratik M. Parikh DO; Erica K. Mason DO; Hillary H. Ward DO; Hanna R. Warren DO; Paige Roth MSW, LSW, CRS; Manuel F. Colón BS; David B. Burmeister DO, MBA, CPE, FACEP; Jennifer Stephens DO, FACP; David M. Richardson MD; Marna R. Greenberg DO, MPH, FACEP; and Robert D. Cannon DO (Poster)
Presentation of COPA Syndrome in an Adult: A Newly Described Primary Immunodeficiency, Jaimin H. Patel DO, Kaitlyn L. Buzard DO, and Howard Israel MD (Poster)
Prolonged Hypereosinophilia in Rett Syndrome Patient Secondary to Environmental Allergy, Jaimin H. Patel DO, Kaitlyn L. Buzard DO, and Robert M. Zemble MD (Poster)
Hip Fracture Order Set Utilization as a Means to Identify Fragility Hip Fractures, Tyag Patel MS4 (Poster)
The Association of End-Stage Renal Disease and Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm in the National Inpatient Sample, Christianna Pepingco and Cheri Silverstein Fadlon MD (Poster)
Evaluating Obstetrics and Gynecology Residents Surgical Skill Using Baseline Endoscopic Simulation, David A. Peters and Adriana Facchiano (Poster)
An Analysis of Concussion Management within the Lehigh Valley Health Network Emergency and Pediatric Departments: Needs Assessment and Provider Based Educational Handout, John J. Petosa Jr (Poster)
Oral Cryotherapy for Mucositis Prevention, Isabella Pettinati BSN, RN and Jade King BSN, RN (Poster)
Lehigh Valley Health Network 2018 Workforce Plan: Current Supply and Demand Trends & Projections of the Registered Nursing Industry, Allison Petula (Poster)
Team Assessments Improving Care Efficiency in the Pediatric Emergency Department, Elizabeth Presto BSN, RN and Rachel A. Hellman BSN, RN (Poster)
Does Video Monitoring Decrease Falls in NSICU Transfers?, Thomas Price BSN, RN; Therese Manidis BSN, RN; Alexa Kromko BSN, RN; Annmarie Marzen BSN, RN; and Stephanie Bragg BSN, RN (Poster)
Recognizing Pre-Operative Anxiety in Acute Care Pediatric Patients., Kendra Prosser BSN, RN (Poster)
Chemo-Coronaries: A Rare Form of Coronary Vasospasm Following 5-FU Infusion, George Prousi MD, Joseph Moran DO, Ross Biggs DO, and John Mannisi MD (Poster)
A Multi-Method Approach to Improving Preventative Care: Breast Cancer Screening at LVHN, Gina Provenzano; Grant M. Greenberg M.D., M.H.S.A., M.A.; Melanie B. Johnson MPA; and Kyle Shaak BS (Poster)
Breast MRI Utilization in High Risk Population and Pre-Surgical Candidates, Jeanette Qablawi MS4 and Priya Sareen MD (Poster)
The Information Seeking Behaviors of Providers at Lehigh Valley Health Network (LVHN), Brittany Quinn; Angela Davis; Robert Postlethwaite; Rahul Mhaskar MD; Bryan G. Kane MD; and Robert D. Barraco MD, MPH (Poster)
Initial Management of an Asymptomatic Sinus of Valsalva Aneurysm., Lekha Racharla DO; Kourtney Erickson DO; and Stacey Smith MD, FACP (Poster)
Abdominal Wall Reconstruction After Extirpation of a 140 Pound Primary Ovarian Mucinous Adenocarcinoma: A Case Report., Mamtha Raj MD, Sean J. Wallace MD, Nathan F. Miller MD, and Randolph Wojcik MD (Poster)
Annual Review: A Retrospective Chart Analysis of Pediatric Tonsillectomies, Carla Ramos and Sri Kiran Chennupati MD (Poster)
Comparison of Cardiac Output Measurements, Kaylee Raudenbush BSN, RN; Gabrielle Riker BSN, RN; and Angela Colon BSN, RN (Poster)
The Effect of Depression on Lehigh Valley Health Network’s Commercial and Medicare High-Risk COPD Population for Quality and Utilization Outcome Improvement, Sarah Rawi MS4 (Poster)
A Mixed- Methods Exploration of Hidden Access in Primary Care, Hadar Re'em; Kyle Shaak MPH; Akash Sheth; Melanie B. Johnson MPA; and Grant M. Greenberg M.D., M.H.S.A., M.A. (Poster)
Huddled-Up and Wired:A Real-Time Electronic Dashboard Enhances the Oncology Patient Experience, Nicole Reimer BSN, RN, OCN (Poster)
Implementing Point of Care Scanning to Achieve HIMSS Stage 7 Certification, Sheryl Repischak RN, BSN, MS (Poster)
Structured Medication Education to Improve Patient Satisfaction Scores, Regina Reyes BSN, RN and Lauren Souchak MSN, RN, CMSRN, CRRN (Poster)
Retrospective Analysis of Guideline Recommended Antiretroviral Regimens and Vaccination Schedules for Adult Patients with Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) in an Infectious Diseases Clinic, Jose A. Roman PharmD; Jarrod W. Kile RPh, BCPS; Amy Slenker MD; and Hope Kincaid MPH, CPH (Poster)
Dial In for Quality and Safety, Jenna Ruggiero BSN, RN and Catherine Messere RN, CON (Poster)
Evaluation of the Microbiology of Intraabdominal Abscesses in Children and Implications for Treatment and Outcomes, Mahlon Schaffer; Tibisay Villalobos MD; and Kristin M. Held PharmD, BCOP (Poster)
“Scrubbing The Hub”, Sierra Schempp BSN, RN; Anthony Lynch BSN, RN; Latasha Frierson ADN, RN; and Michael Gnall BSN, RN (Poster)
Immune Related Adverse Events: Isolated ACTH Deficiency with Nivolumab/ Ipilimumab Combination Therapy, Joseph Scurozo DO, Angela Magdaleno DO, and Sharmila C. Koshy MD (Poster)
An Atypical Adverse Drug Event: Bactrim Induced Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia, Joseph Scurozo DO, George Prousi MD, Grace Chong DO, and Brian J. Costello DO (Poster)
The Challenging Diagnosis Of Insulinoma In Chronic Kidney Disease (ckd), Abby Shamleffer MD, Shamsuddin Shaik MD, Anjana Harnoor MD, Fiona J. Cook MD, and Almond Jerkins Drake MD (Poster)
Update to the QI Assessment of Attending Physician Burnout at Lehigh Valley Health Network, Priscilla Shen (Poster)
Updating the International Standards for Clinical Trial Registries, Samantha Slattery, Ghassan Karam, Lisa Askie, and Vasee Moorth (Poster)
A case study: One Institution’s Experience in Developing Wellness Programs across the Continuum, Amy B. Smith PhD and Kelliann Herman MBA (Poster)
The Comprehensive Chronic Pain Management in Primary Care Practice Improvement Project, Erin Smith DO, Kevin Mcneill MD, Gloria Robinson LPC, and Stephen Denton LCSW (Poster)
Long Term Pain Medication Dependency in Burn Survivors, Rachael Snyder and Sigrid A. Blome-Eberwein MD (Poster)
LVHN Hypoglycemia Protocol Education in the Emergency Department, Adara Sos BSN, RN; Alexander V. Knop BSN, RN; Anna Yanisko BSN, RN; and Nicole Grimaldi BSN, RN (Poster)
Pilot to Improve Patient Safety Reporting in Primary Care Practices, Brian Stello MD, Lori Izzo, Megan Snyder, Kelly Beauchamps, T Papada, and Melanie B. Johnson MPA (Poster)
Information Seeking Behaviors of LVHN Providers: Implications for Future Educational Resource, Monica Stewart; Robert D. Barraco MD, MPH; Maria Karagias; S Reynolds; Jordan Davies; Matthew Molnar; Robert Postlethwaite; Nicholas Werbeckes; Rahul Mhaskar MD; and Bryan G. Kane MD (Poster)
Utilizing LEAN Tools to Develop and Test Standardized Work in a Residency Clinic, Mary Stock Keister MD and Karen A. Taus PMP (Poster)
Perceptions of Global Health Imaging Among American Private Practice Radiologists, Tyler Stutzman MPH (Poster)
Will Aiming for Quantity Affect Quality? Establishing Open Access at a Fellow-run Gastroenterology Clinic., Matthew Sullivan DO, Patrick Hickey DO, Eric Nellis MD, Abdul Aleem MBBS, Rajesh Essrani MD, and Hiral N. Shah MD (Poster)
A Perf-ect Diagnosis: Ileocolonic Crohn Disease Presenting As Acute Appendicitis, Matthew J. Sullivan DO and Michael C. Engels MD (Poster)
None Shall Pass: Migrated Surgical Mesh Causing Gastric Outlet Obstruction with Endoscopic Extraction, Matthew J. Sullivan DO, Shashin Shah MD, and Paola Blanco MD (Poster)
The Impact of Multiplex PCR Panel in the Diagnosis of Meningitis in Children, Jeanette Taveras DO and Tibisay Villalobos MD, FAAP (Poster)
Retrospective Study Assessing Rate of False Positive Endoscopic Retrograde CholangiopancreatographyPerformed for Choledocholithiasisand Associated Complications, Kelly Thomas BE; Travis Magdaleno DO; Shashin Shah MD; Jennifer E. Macfarlan MPH; and Hope Kincaid MPH, CPH (Poster)
Benign Colonic Schwann Cell Hamartoma in a Pediatric Patient with PTEN Hamartoma Tumor Syndrome (PHTS), Naser Tolaymat MD and Adam R. Paul DO (Poster)
30-Day Readmission Rate Analysis in the Lehigh Valley Children’s Hospital, Chelsea Torres (Poster)
Characterization of Antibiotic Use for Acute Otitis Media in Pediatric Physician Practices, Jasica N. Truong PharmD; Kristin M. Held PharmD, BCOP; Jennifer E. Macfarlan MPH; and Tibisay Villalobos MD, FAAP (Poster)
Standardized Communication Tool to Improve Completion of WorklistTasks, Marina Tyma RN and Taylor Augustine BSN, RN (Poster)
Incidence of Aortic Arch Anomalies in Patients with Thoracic Aortic Disease, Baadal A. Vachhani, Kelly M. Wanamaker MD, Kunal D. Patel MD, Matthew W. Martinez MD, and Ellina C. Feiner MD (Poster)
Between A Rock and A Hard Place: Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura Induced ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction, Sagar Vadhar DO, Damon Mcenroe MD, and Shivtaj Mann DO (Poster)
Integrating Disability: Evaluating the Usefulness of “My Health Report” and its Effect on Doctor-Patient Communication, Seth VanZant MPH; Sweety Jain MD; and Elizabeth Perkins PhD, RNLD, FAAIDD, FGSA (Poster)
Web-Based Glucose Monitoring Using the Telcare® Wireless System for Management of Pregnant Women With Pregestational Diabetes., Marc A. Vengrove DO, FACP; Emma Qureshey MD; Helai Hesham MD; Meredith Rochon MD; Joshua Cohen BS; and John C. Smulian MD, MPH (Poster)
Extensive Abdominal Thromboembolic Disease: An Unexpected Complication of Testosterone Gel, Sandhya Venkataraman DO, Angela Magdaleno, and Gretchen A. Perilli MD (Poster)
A Neuroendocrine Presentation of Sarcoidosis Not to Be Forgotten., Sandhya Venkataraman DO and Thomas Quinn DO (Poster)
A Rare Case of Complicated Cutaneous Leishmaniasis., Sandhya Venkataraman DO; Lalita Shastry MD; Luther Rhodes III MD, FACP; and Jarrod W. Kile RPhD (Poster)
Sepsis – Using Technology to Improve Patient Outcomes, Alice Vrsan RN-BC, MSN (Poster)
The Process of Processing, Debra Walicki BS, MT(ASCP), BB, CRCI (Poster)
Implementation of a Surgical Site Infection Bundle at at the LVHN Children’s Hospital, Joseph Wasselle (Poster)
Monitoring and Evaluation of Emergency Preparedness at the World Health Organization through Simulation Exercises, Jessica Watson MS4 and Frederik Copper (Poster)
Examining Morale and Practice Patterns of Direct Primary Care Physicians, Michael Watson MS4 (Poster)
3rd Place: Kidney Disease in Pregnancy: Initial Blood Pressure as a Risk Factor for Preeclampsia, Catherine Wenger and Sharon E. Maynard MD (Poster)
The Information-Seeking Behaviors of Pediatricians regarding Treatment Benefits and Harms at Lehigh Valley Health Network (LVHN)., Nicholas Werbeckes; Robert D. Barraco MD, MPH; Maria Karagias; Monica Stewart; and Samuel Reynolds (Poster)
Exploring Barriers to and Best Practices in Implementing a Lung Cancer Screening Program at LVHN, Tyra Wiggins, Kyle Shaak MPH, and Melanie B. Johnson MPA (Poster)
Integrating Primary Care and Wellness Into a Community Mental Health Clinic, Brett Williamson MSW, MBA; Brenda Frutos MPH, CHES; and Nyann Biery MS (Poster)
Safely Reducing Opioid Use for Chronic Pain in a Large, RWCA-funded, HIV Primary Care Practice, Joseph L. Yozviak DO, FACP; Nicholas P. Blankenberg RN; Julie E. Vitale; Carlos Castillo RN; Jonathan A. Asayag MSW; Veronica L. Cruz MSW; Margaret Hoffman-Terry MD, FACP; Marcelo Gareca MD; Amy Slenker MD; Robin Heacock RN; Toby P. Goida RN; Victoria Matos RN; and Vickie Cunningham BSN, RN (Poster)
Outpatient Laser Treatment for Burn Scars is Safe and Effective, Christopher Zhang and Sigrid A. Blome-Eberwein MD (Poster)
RE-EXPLORATION FOLLOWING LAPAROSCOPIC SLEEVE GASTRECTOMY, Jeffrey L. Zitsman MD, Arun Thenappan MD, and Daniel Relles MD (Poster)
2017
Primary Pulmonary Carcinoid Tumors: A Single Institution Retrospective Review: Topic: Medical Oncology, Samuel Adediran MD, Eliot L. Friedman MD, and Ranjit R. Nair MD (Poster)
SCD Compliance on Observation Floors., Brittany Adler BSN, RN; Brianna DePalma BSN, RN; Katherine Henry BSN, RN, RN; and Madlen Vasileva BSN, RN (Poster)
Using a Web-Based Database Solution to Streamline Workflow in the Department of Education, Montalla Ahmed (Poster)
Eosinophilic Heart Disease: A Case Report and Review of Literature (Poster)., Ghulam Akbar MD, Fnu Vikram, Ronald S. Freudenberger MD, and Matthew W. Martinez MD (Poster)
Role of 68Ga-DODATATE PET/CT in Staging and Management of Gastroenteropancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumor Management - A Case Series Report., Abdul Aleem MBBS, Patrick Hickey DO, Shashin Shah MD, and Hiral N. Shah MD (Poster)
No Gastrointestinal Bleed Too Obscure: A Case Series Report of Small Bowel Phlebectasias., Abdul Aleem MD, Anam Malik MD, Patrick Hickey DO, and Anastasia Shnitser MD (Poster)
Havoc In The Gut: Ipilimumab-induced Prolonged Steroid Dependent Autoimmune Gastroenterocolitis., Abdul Aleem MD, Anam Malik MD, Eric Nellis MD, and Hiral N. Shah MD (Poster)
Prediabetes: A Shared Prescription for Health for Hispanic Primary Care Patients., Jesus Alvarado, Kyle Shaak BS, Susan E. Hansen MA, Melanie B. Johnson MPA, and Beth Careyva M.D. (Poster)