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.
2026
De-Escalation Techniques, Jessica Kiefer RN, Cassandra Watson RN, Claudette Greenawald BSN, Angela Boakye BSN, Iryna Vlasenko BSN, and Rosanny Rodriguez RN (Poster)
Standardized Report Sheet for Med/Surg Level Nurses, Kathryn Killian, Norah Gohsler, Ava Bedwell, Joanna Persad, and Jason Blaine (Poster)
Preoperative Weight Loss Among Morbidly Obese Patients Undergoing Total Knee Arthroplasty: It May Not Affect Outcomes, Kiran Kittur, Jordan H. Larson, Christopher Leibold, Spencer Neaville, Richard J. Rivera, and Brian Palumbo (Poster)
Improving Postpartum Medication Knowledge Using First-Dose Medication Education Cards, Melanie Klammer, Anjali Kavachery, and Bridget Zlotek (Poster)
Improving Fall Prevention Through Routine Orthostatic Blood Pressure Measurement in Patients Receiving Diuretic Therapy, Erin Klotz, Max Beltran, Jolismar Acosta, and Victoria Smith (Poster)
The Price of Precision: Financial Insights from a Robotic Nephrectomy Transition, Jill M. Knolle MSW, MPH; Aiden Tobin; and George Rofaiel MD (Poster)
Increased Utilization of the Supporting & Enhancing NICU Sensory Experiences 2 (SENSE 2) Program in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), Jennifer Kovach BSN, RN; Taylor Roberts BSN, RN; Nikki Rost BSN, RN; Nina Finkle BSN, RN; and Abigail Dunleavy RN (Poster)
Improvement in Patient Sleep Quality, Carly Krushinski RN; Kiley Mangialardi BSN, RN; Luis Alvarado BSN, RN; Taylor Demasi BSN, RN; and Lynette Kauer BSN, RN (Poster)
To Be Understood: The Impact of Professional Medical Interpreters on Patient Satisfaction, Kassia Kuczynski and Joumana De Santiago (Poster)
Detection of anti-CMV TCR CDR3s via recombination reads from RNAseq files is associated with worse outcomes for low-grade glioma, Anna Laemmle, Kashvi Chirag Shah, Joyce Zhu, and George Blanck (Poster)
Evaluating the Impact of a Medical-Surgical Cohorting Model on Congestive Heart Failure (CHF) Readmissions at LVH-Muhlenberg, Sonal Lakhani; Karanda Erdman BSN, RN; Heather Faust MSN, RN, CMSRN; and Michael Goldner DO (Poster)
Fall Mat Effect on Hospital Fall-Related Injuries, Tommy Lam, Nicole Medina, Amal Doua, Dakota Lape, Isabella Romano, and Mike Wellock (Poster)
Implementation of a Network-Wide Pediatric Stroke Protocol, Isabella Latini, Liborio LaRussa MD, Teresa M. Romano MD, and Matthew Palilonis (Poster)
Assessing Frontline Rehabilitation Clinician Engagement in Quality Improvement and Research: The Role of Systems Thinking, Psychological Safety, and Advisory Board Support, Synthia Layous; Kasey Hutter MS, CCC-SLP; Michael Pechulis DPT; and Heather Monihan PT, DPT (Poster)
Safer Opioid Prescribing Practices in Pediatric Surgery: A Multi-Specialty Initiative to Implement Evidence-Based Pain Management Strategies, Grace Lee; Carly Miller; Rebecca Lipscomb; Amy L. Serfas BSN, RN; and Marybeth Browne MD (Poster)
Reducing Emergency Department Length of Stay Through Split-Flow Optimization, Jessica Lee and Matthew Souchak BSN, RN, CCRN (Poster)
C-Section Pain Management Campaign, Lehigh Valley Health Network (Poster)
EBP Pediatric Debriefing Tool, Lehigh Valley Health Network (Poster)
The Healthiest You: Why is My Period so Heavy?, Lehigh Valley Health Network; J. Nathan Hagstrom MD, MHCM; and Emily Jacobson PA-C (Poster)
Blood Glucose Timing, Ashley Lisella ADN, RN; Riley Hennessy BSN; Kimberly Beckford ADN, RN; and Madeline Gutierrez RN (Poster)
Insulin Infusion Confidence in Emergency Department Registered Nurses, Darla Sue Lloyd, Kayla Biege, Nicole Masucci, and Shaquanna Owens (Poster)
Pass the Care, Not the Chaos: Improving Bedside Shift Report, Hannah Long, Rachel Lowry, Mason Maxsim, Kailey Saunders, and Vivianna Zapata (Poster)
Clinical Outcomes of Patients Transitioned from Veno-Arterial Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation to Biventricular Support, Kenny Lu; Zachary Onsinyo; Sophia Gormas; Bryan D. Nelson MBA, CPHQ, NRP; and James K. Wu MD (Poster)
What are we doing right? A Qualitative Analysis of Health Disparity Conversations with LGBTQ+ Older Adults, Skylar Lung, Ashlee Randolph, Nyann Biery MS, and Lynn M. Wilson DO (Poster)
Do Burn Wounds Treated With Dermal Scaffold Need Surgical Reconstruction?, Daniel Magallanes, Melaina Barbe, and Sigrid A. Blome-Eberwein MD (Poster)
Fall Prevention: Implementing a Fall Safety Checklist, Shaelyn Maines RN, Katie Rankin RN, and Luis N/A RN (Poster)
Your Best is Enough: Compassion Fatigue & Critical Incident Stress, Kyra Malone BSN, RN; Richard Marquez BSN, RN; and Giovanna Castiglione BSN, RN (Poster)
Mystery Archives: Administrative File Management & Retention, Mia Mancebo; Amy Kintz; and Jonathan Davidson MBA, MABC, PMP (Poster)
Accurate I&O in Critical Care Settings, Lauren Markley RN, BSN and Kailyn McClain RN, BSN (Poster)
Fall reduction Badge Buddy: Cedar Crest Emergency Department, Shane Martin, Shannon Wesley, Angie Pilarski, and Morgan Kleckner (Poster)
Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR): Does The Surgical Location Impact Outcomes?, Vaughn McCain; Sam Veluz; Zachary Onsinyo; Bryan D. Nelson MBA, CPHQ, NRP; and James K. Wu MD (Poster)
The Use of Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare, Sean McClain and Terry Purcell MBA (Poster)
Operating Room Maternal Preparation for Routine Cesarean Sections: Standardization of Circulating RN Education, Caitlyn McKelvy RN; Madison Rittenhouse BSN, RN; and Megan Reinhard ADN, RN (Poster)
AI-Assisted Patient Assignment: Enhancing Workload Balance and Supporting Charge Nurse Decision-Making, Grace Mei and Brandon Bush MSN-RN (Poster)
Implementing Quiet Time for the Pediatric Population, Abigael Moore BSN, RN; Erin Dougherty BSN, RN; Jamie Dickey BSN, RN; Lauren Jackson BSN, RN; and Rachel Samuels BSN, RN (Poster)
Activity Carts for Prevention of Hospital-Acquired Delirium, Sydney Moore, Bella Correll, Nicholas Castiglione, John McGrath, and Madolyn Purcell (Poster)
A Case Series of Hypokalemia and Hypertension in Pregnancy, Pooja Neerumalla, Sharon E. Maynard MD, and Sejal Lakhani DO (Poster)
Standardizing Postoperative Pain Management in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit: A Retrospective Quality Improvement Analysis and Protocol Development, Timothy Nehila; Laura Hayn PharmD; Amy L. Serfas BSN, RN; Roseanna Hanson BSN, MSN; Breeann Jensen MSN, CRNA; Abhaya Seshachar MD; Wendy J. Kowalski MD; Oluwatobi Adegboyega MD; and Marybeth Browne MD (Poster)
Common Factors and Conditions Affecting CABG Readmissions, Jonathan Nelson; Vaughn McCain; Kelly Lu; Grace Perez; Bryan D. Nelson MBA, CPHQ, NRP; and James K. Wu MD (Poster)
Trends in Alcohol Withdrawal with Relation to Race/Ethnicity, Angela Nguyen and Alexandra Amaducci DO (Poster)
Assessing the Correlation between Prior Influenza A Exposure and Survival Rate of Patients with Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Lung, Schuyler Van Den Nieuwenhuizen and George Blanck (Poster)
Hygiene for Health: Orthopedic Post Surgery Infection Risk Reduction Potential Using 2% Chlorhexidine Gluconate Wipes, Aakriti Niroula BSN, RN; Clayshavika Washington BSN, RN; and Daniel Requeijo ASN, RN (Poster)
Comorbidity Burden, Age, and Outcomes in VA ECMO: A Retrospective Cohort Analysis, Zachary Onsinyo; Kenny Lu; Sophia Gormas; Bryan D. Nelson MBA, CPHQ, NRP; and James K. Wu MD (Poster)
Dietitian-Led Nutrition Care Across the Cellular Therapy Continuum Supports Weight and Strength Recovery, Ashley Pagano MS, RDN, LDN; Samantha Okerson RDN; Erin Levine RD, CSO, LDN; and Deanna Yerg MS, RDN, LDN (Poster)
Operative Room Turnover and Efficiency Transitioning Between Robotic and Laparoscopic Surgery at Lehigh Valley Health Network, part of Jefferson Health, Liyana Paiker; Kelsey White DO; Mark Broadwin MD; Rovinder S. Sandhu MD; and Jeffrey Glaser MD, MBA (Poster)
Analysis of Care and Outcomes for Stage IV Melanoma Patients at Lehigh Valley Topper Cancer Institute (2017-2023), Jake M. Panzer; Suresh G. Nair MD; and Melissa Kratz RN, MSN, AOCN (Poster)
Kinder 1 Fall Scale, Casey Parke, Kayla Short, Shashmarie Long, Sophie Padilla, and Paige Wambold (Poster)
Selective ICU Admission Following Head and Neck Free Flap Reconstruction: A Retrospective Study, Jacob Parker, Emma Dunn, Alisa Vidwans, Mayte Diaz, William Nick Doyle BS, Samer Elsamna, Tara Mohktari, Christopher Nickel, and Matthew Mifsud (Poster)
Improving JH-HLM Charting Compliance on Low Level Units Through the Implementation of Customizable Whiteboard Signage, Krisha Patel, Hailey Snisky, Keyra Heinlein, and Olivia Deysher (Poster)
Point-of-Care Vision Correction: A Pilot Study of Mobile Refractive Screening and Same Day Glasses Distribution in a Street Medicine Program, Tejasvi Paturu, Veena Jajoo, Emily Coughlin, Rebecca Lipscomb, and Seth A. Campbell PA-C (Poster)
An Assessment of Brain MRI Utilization in Inpatient Admissions for Headache and Dizziness at Lehigh Valley Health Network, Srijit Paul and Shadi Jarjous MD (Poster)
Preventing CLABSIs in an ICU Setting, Gabrielle Pearson, Jessica Wachowicz, John Siggins, Luke Socha, and Mikaela McInerney (Poster)
Characterization of Transgender Men Undergoing Hysterectomy at the Lehigh Valley Health Network, Christine Peng, Shae Duka MPH, and Patricia L. Mara MD (Poster)
Impella 5.5 Total Implant Outcomes for the Past 4 Years, Grace Perez; Jonathan Nelson; Bryan D. Nelson MBA, CPHQ, NRP; and James K. Wu MD (Poster)
Upper Macungie Township Lifestyle Center Assessment, Anthony Pino, Dana Levano MS, and Brielle Gregoli MS (Poster)
Management of Hospitalized Patients with the West Nile Infection at Lehigh Valley Health Network, a part of Jefferson Health (LVHN), Ta'Niya Pleasant, Maham Rehman, and Raul E Davaro MD (Poster)
Youth Suicide Across the Lehigh Valley Health Network Region: Determining Common Lethal Means Used Locally, Madeline Pollak, Emmanuel Annor MD, Rebecca Lipscomb, and Dhanalakshmi Ramasamy MD (Poster)
Assessing the Impact of a Pharmacy Driven Adult MRSA Nasal Screening Protocol, Priyal Prabhu, Jarrod W. Kile RPhD, Golda Peysakhova PharmD, Kathryn Zaffiri MPH, and Eric Young MD (Poster)
Pre-Hospital IV Identification, Sabrina Pratt, Kierstun Strausser, Nicole Sacco, Sadie Chikotas, and Kira McElroy (Poster)
The Correlation of Vitamin D Deficiency on Clinical Disease Activity Index (CDAI) Scores in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis, Ruha Reddy, Amanda Rodriguez DO, Amy Wu, Jasmine Sturn, Rachel Champagne, Rebekah Johnson, and Marie S. O'Brien DO (Poster)
Whiffs of Wellness, Kali Reed MSN, RN and Kerri E. Mcintyre BSN, RN (Poster)
Bedside Shift Report, Jena Reilly and Paige Hauck (Poster)
Eat, Sleep, Console, Megan Reynolds (Poster)
Reducing Pediatric Emergency Department Blood Culture Contamination Rates, Angela Rivera BSN, RN; Callie Eliza Seim BSN, RN; and Kari Giarretta (Poster)
More Than Just a Sprain? Investigating Weakness and Reported Instability After Knee Trauma, Bradley Rivotto DO (Poster)
Exploring Radiologic Imaging Techniques, Hilary Rondon and Tamatha Garman RT, CRA (Poster)
Improving Efficiency and Cost Effectiveness in Radiology Services Within Urgent Care Imaging Services, Athon Ros and Drew Borger CPA (Poster)
Improving Port Access Confidence in Children's Emergency Nurses, Michelle Rosenblum BSN, RN (Poster)
Connecting to the Community through the Lehigh Valley Practice and Community-Based Research Network, Rachel Rose; Nicole M. Burgess BS; Autumn Kieber-Emmons MD, MPH; Ashwini Kamath Mulki MD, MBBS, MPH; Angela Colistra LPC, PhD, MS; and Roya Hamadani MPH (Poster)
Learning, Growing, Caring: A Psychological Perspective on High School Students in the Junior Research Scholar Program, Kasey Royse and Lisa Keller MEd (Poster)
Detection of adaptive immune receptor CDR3s in tumor proteomes and correlations with survival probabilities, Arpan Sahoo, Eddie Fung, Taha Huda, Brosi Chobrutskiy, Veda Naga Priya Vangala, and George Blanck (Poster)
A Comparative Operational Analysis of Patient Access and Clinician Productivity: Identifying Success Drivers in Pediatric Gastroenterology, Lionel Sam and Liborio LaRussa MD (Poster)
The Impact of Vision Therapy on Post-Concussion Symptom Resolution, Priya Sandhu; Francesca Andronic MD; Hope Kincaid MPH, CPH; Mitch Daniel; Daniele Shollenberger CRNP; and Mark Cipolle MD (Poster)
The Process of How Products Get to the Patient in the Hospital: Supply Chain at Lehigh Valley Hospital, Nisayr Santiago; Esther Indah BA; Marc Curcio AS, BS; Daniel Patrie MBA, PMP, CMRP, CPhT; and Stephanie Morrison (Poster)
Falling for Mobility, Wendy Savercool DNP, RN, CRNI, OCN, FAB; Ian Heck MSN, RN, NEA-BC; and Kayla Rosica MSN, RN, NE-BC, MEDSURG-BC (Poster)
Assessing the Impact of a Pharmacy Driven Adult Clostridioides difficile Screening, Anya Sawhney, Jarrod W. Kile RPhD, Brooke Broczkowski PharmD, Eric Young MD, Kathryn Zaffiri MPH, and Golda Peysakhova PharmD (Poster)
There’s No “I” in Team: Sustaining Interprofessional Education, Molly Scarlato DNP, RN; Kristina J. Rosario BSN, RN; and Kortney Welles MSN, RN, CMSRN (Poster)
Population Health Analysis and Identifying Healthcare Need in Monroe County, Kayla Schankel and Lisa Keller MEd (Poster)
Lehigh County Harm Reduction Women’s Outreach, Linda Schiller, Abby S. Letcher MD, Nyann Biery MS, Heather Diehl, Carnen Ortiz, Bryant Rivera, and William Delgado (Poster)
Documentation of Patient Goals of Treatment is Lacking at Both Rural and Urban Hospitals, Anthony Schinelli; Jessica K. Eygnor DO; Jennifer Allen MD; William Carmichael; Katie Best RN; David B. Burmeister DO, FACEP, CPE; Katelyn McLain; Zhe Chen; Justin Stauffer PA-C; Courtney Moore MD; David M. Richardson MD; Matthew McCambridge MD; Marna R. Greenberg DO, MPH, FACEP; and Timothy J. Friel MD (Poster)
Pressure Injury Prevention in High Risk Patients Through Enhanced Turn Compliance, Alaina Schmid, Brielle Saukynas, and Vanessa Soto (Poster)
Changing Times: A New Approach to Assessing Functional Cognition Using Smartphone Navigation Tool in Acute Care Setting Case Report, Aubrey Schmidt MS OTR/L, CSRS; Natalie Dispoto OTR/L; Tory Laubach OTR/L; and Nicole Moyer OTR (Poster)
Medication Cards Vs. Standard Discharge Instructions: Effects on Patient Perception of Side-Effect Education in Adult Medical-Surgical Units, Taylor Schwenk, Madison Eisele, Ciani Choates, and Hannah Ostrowski (Poster)
Retrospective Review of Vaginal Cuff Recurrence Following HDR Therapy of Endometrial or Uterine Cancer, Kaitlyn Shak and Melissa Kratz RN, MSN, AOCN (Poster)
Enhancing Measurement Reliability in Newborns Using a Rigid Length Board, Christy Shetayhm BSN, RN; Rebecca Fisher; Sarah Fenstermacher; and Tia Merrell (Poster)
MOGAD-associated Optic Neuritis: Is It a Pain?, Anchal Shukla, Tejasvi Paturu, Amber McPherson, Raymond Schneider, Angela Aungst, Mitchelle Drucker, and Natalie Moreo (Poster)
Sheets That Shape Care: Reshaping the Bedside Balance, Hanna Siegfried, Michelle D'Attilio, Catherine DiLuigi, Carolina Lopez, Lenny Sanchez, Quai0Zsah Simon, and Brittany Wade (Poster)
Timing is Everything: A Quality Improvement Project of Colonoscopy Withdrawal Time, Richard Barry Sirard, Amy Slenker MD, Rachel Patel DO, and Shashin Shah MD (Poster)
A Review of Actinomyces Cultures and Pathology Specimens at a Large Academic Institution, Amy Slenker MD, Alex Benjamin MD, Deepti Verma MD, Shae Duka MPH, Alison Sutter MPH, and Divya Verma (Poster)
A Retrospective Cohort Study Exploring Predictive Factors of 30-Day Mortality in Intracerebral Hemorrhage Patients, Alan R Spicer, Veena Jajoo, Rahul Mhaskar, Marla Hairston, Crystal Dixon, and W Scott Burgin (Poster)
Management and outcomes of multisystem traumatic injury: A retrospective multicenter trial of combined traumatic brain injury, solid organ injury, and blunt cerebrovascular injury, Sophie Steckel and Michael Steven Farrell MD, MS (Poster)
Treatment Patterns and Survival of Triple Negative Breast Cancer Patients Seen at Lehigh Valley Health Network, part of Jefferson Health (LVHN) from 2017-2022, Swarna Rishika Suresh; Savitri Skandan MD; and Melissa Kratz RN, MSN, AOCN (Poster)
Updating the Humpty Dumpty Falls Risk Score, Tori Talkington BSN, RN (Poster)
Chair Yoga as an Intervention for Anxiety in Psychiatric Patients, Bethany Taylor and Jillian Captain (Poster)
Breastfeeding Allocation and Comparative Data across LVHN, Johnathan V Torikashvili and Autumn Kieber-Emmons MD, MPH (Poster)
You're Not Crazy We Are, Megan Trumbore, Emily Barry, Isabelle Myers, Tanisha Rodriguez-Lopez, and Jayda Lees (Poster)
Beyond Hereditary Xerocytosis: Chronic Hemolysis Due to a Non‑Classic PIEZO1 Variant With Sickle Cell Trait as a Potential Modifier, Daniel Üblagger MD; Emily Jacobson; Beamon Agarwal MD, PhD; and Jacob Troutman DO (Poster)
Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Transitioning Tandem and Ovoid Insertions from OR to Clinic, Akihiro Uno and Hasan Danish MD (Poster)
Music Interventions for Nurses and Mental Health Technicians (MHTs) Working on Inpatient Psychiatric Units, Lindsay Urland, Kristen Ramirez, Caitlin Smith, and Dawn Phillips (Poster)
Complication Rates in Aortic Surgeries Using Deep versus Moderate Hypothermic Circulatory Arrest, Sofia Velez; Sophia Gormas; Bryan D. Nelson MBA, CPHQ, NRP; and James K. Wu MD (Poster)