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.
2025
Organizational Accounting in Value-Based Care: How Are You REALLY Doing?, Stephanie Fischer MBA and Jennifer Stephens DO (Poster)
Validation of Nutrition Focus Physical Assessment via Telehealth, Ann Flickinger MS, RD, LDN; Melissa Faura RD, LDN; and Shae Duka MPH (Poster)
Connecting the Community in Research – Through a Community-Based Participatory Research Approach, Ava Fortner; Nicole M. Burgess; Autumn Kieber-Emmons MD, MPH; and Ashwini Kamath Mulki MD, MBBS, MPH (Poster)
Does the implementation of diversional activities for pediatric patients in the emergency department reduce FLACC scores and improve staff confidence?, Damary Fossatti-Gressey BSN, RN; Jailynne Loyola BSN, RN; Olivia Powell BSN, RN; Heidy Rivas BSN, RN; Emily Schaff BSN, RN; and Alana Troxell BSN, RN (Poster)
Did You Get That? Health Literacy and Education for Patients, Courtney Foster BSN, RN; Samantha Gestl RN; Madison Kleckler BSN, RN; and Michael Quinn BSN, RN (Poster)
SOYA Responder Analysis among Patients with 4G4G/4G5G SERPINE1 Genotypes, John Fowler and Juan Carlos Cardet (Poster)
The Use of Topical Vapocoolant Spray in Pediatric ER Patients Receiving Needlesticks, Kileigh Futgett BSN, RN; Adriana Hinkle BSN, RN; Kayla Mruk BSN, RN; and Makenna Patterson BSN, RN (Poster)
Evidence Over Routine: Evaluating the Necessity of Preoperative Laboratory Studies in Elective Ambulatory Surgery, Xiaoxiao Gao and Grant M. Greenberg M.D., M.H.S.A., M.A. (Poster)
Central Line Care and Techniques, Courtney Garloff ADN, RN; Samantha Prutsman BSN, RN; Madison Seachrist BSN, RN; Kylie Smith BSN, RN; and Amber Tortora ADN, RN (Poster)
Prevention of Workplace Aggression toward Emergency Department RNs, Bryana Garnett RN, Kaitlyn Yesik BSN. RN, and Elizabeth Hobbie BSN. RN (Poster)
Blood Culture Contamination Interventions, Ashton George BSN, RN; Kristal Allen BSN, RN; Kaleigh Haas BSN, RN; and Natalie Marasco BSN, RN (Poster)
Load and Go: Assessing Safety Outcomes Of Patients Discharged From The Emergency Department After Receiving Phenobarbital For Alcohol Withdrawal, David Goodman; Ryan Surmaitis DO; Natalie E. Ebeling-Koning DO; Alexandra Amaducci DO; Erin Smith DO; Kenneth D. Katz MD; Andrew L. Koons DO; Derek J. Fikse DO; Matthew Ferdock; Marna R. Greenberg DO, MPH, FACEP; and Matthew D. Cook DO (Poster)
Improving Nurse-Provider Communication, Paige Gruber BSN, RN; Alexandria Fritzinger ADN, RN; and April Cruz ADN, RN (Poster)
Simethicone in Post Cesarean Patients for Pain Relief, Shannon Gunn BSN, RN; Kristin Weckerly BSN, RN; Alicia Smith ADN, RN; and Zainab Tameemi BSN. RN (Poster)
Concordance of Management of Early and Locally Advanced Esophageal and Esophagogastric Junction Tumors with National Comprehensive Cancer Network Guidelines, Kanchan Gupta; Melissa Kratz RN, MSN, AOCN; Sean Quinlan-Davidson MD; and Savitri Skandan MD (Poster)
Impacting Cervical Cancer Disparities in Hispanic Women in the Lehigh Valley Project: LVHN Family Medicine Resident Roundtable Feedback, Su Bin Hahn; Araceli Inga; Nicole M. Burgess; and Autumn Kieber-Emmons MD, MPH (Poster)
Alarm Fatigue Education, Jada Hale BSN, RN; Kaylyn Swoyer BSN, RN; Luke Nimeh BSN, RN; and Gage Christ BSN, RN (Poster)
Healing Words, A Journaling Journey, Parker Hanosek RN, Kevin Dunn RN, Abigail O'Connell RN, and Merriah McClendon RN (Poster)
Dear Stress, Let's Breakup, Jaedah Harris RN; Shayla Honohan BSN, RN; Daysha Diaz RN; Lacy Stem RN; Zuleika Velez BSN, RN; and Ermi Mena Rodriguez RN (Poster)
Diagnostic Performance of Confocal Laser Endomicroscopy (CLE) Compared to Endoscopic Ultrasound Guided Fine Needle Biopsy (EUS-FNB) For Identifying Pancreatic Cystic Lesions (PCLs), Ghazal Hashemipour, Jennifer Permuth, Aamir Dam, Anjuli K. Luthra, Luis Pena, Mark Friedman, Jason Fleming, Barbara Centeno, and Shaffer R.S. Mok (Poster)
How Long is Thirty Seconds?, Eric Heck ADN, RN; Mikayla Krivitski BSN, RN; Casey Miller BSN, RN; and Madeline Marron BSN, RN (Poster)
Professional Development Workshop: Strategy to Increase Registered Nurse (RN) Retention, Diane Hegedus MSN, RN, PHRN, CEN, NPD-BC (Poster)
Implementation of Turn Buddies to Decrease the Occurrence of Pressure Injuries on Med Surg Units, Chantell Henry RN, Denine Moyer RN, Madelyn Hoffman RN, and Rosangela Gallone RN (Poster)
Reduction of Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections, Courtney Horn BSN, RN; Hala Kiswani BSN, RN; and Alexandria Scalzo BSN, RN (Poster)
Community and Practice-Based Research Network Engagement, Tabitha R Hudock; Angela Colistra LPC, PhD, MS; Roya Hamadani MPH; Autumn Kieber-Emmons MD, MPH; and Melanie B. Johnson MPA (Poster)
Addition of Yoga Therapy to Traditional Psychotherapy, Ariela Hulsen, Chelsey Burns, Maria Galiszewski, Nicole Mera, and Sophie Galdieri (Poster)
Commonalities of 30-day Readmitted Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery Patients, Rosemarie Incorvaia; Hanna Sumner; James K. Wu MD; and Bryan D. Nelson MBA, CPHQ, NRP (Poster)
Investigating the Neural Mechanisms Underlying Values-Based Leadership Behavior, Brooke Johnson and Gerald Mcglinn M.A., ACC (Poster)
Every Drop Counts, Jahnya Jordan AD, RN; Grace Lorenz BSN, RN; and Kristin Wyrwa BSN, RN (Poster)
Diversional Activities for Hospitalized Adult Patients, Elienne Joseph BSN, RN; Lindsay Pontius BSN, RN; Nichole Pershyn ADN, RN; Rosemarie Miles ADN, RN; Vanessa Vasquez BSN, RN; and Yliana Hernandez BSN, RN (Poster)
Quality Improvement Project to Increase Utilization of Oral Step-Down Therapy for Prosthetic Joint Infections (PJI), Juliane Kallenbach and Amy Slenker MD (Poster)
Treatment Strategy for Incarcerated Ventral and Incisional Hernia, Angie S. Kim, Miname Watanabe MD, Anh Thu Hoang DO, Berwin Yuan MD, A Nguyen, R Lipscomb, and Mark Cipolle MD (Poster)
Comparing Concussion Recovery Between Men and Women Using Vision Therapy, Peter Kozloff, Francesca Andronic MD, Daniele Shollenberger CRNP, and Mark Cipolle MD (Poster)
Improving the Patient Care Hand-off from RN to PCP for Patients Requiring 1:1 Observation, Tyler Kunz RN, PHRN; Nicole Jurewicz RN; and Abigail Breyer BSN, RN (Poster)
Patterns and Indications for Needle Knife Cannulation in Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography (ERCP), Davis R Kuruvilla, Parth Desai DO, and Hiral N. Shah MD (Poster)
Interventions to Alleviate Pre And Post Procedure Anxiety, Emma Lalli BSN, RN; Shayla Vest ADN, RN; Cristina Toribio ADN, RN; and Megan Grefe ADN, RN (Poster)
Examining the Relationship of Lead-Contaminated Meats and Exposure Amongst At-Risk Populations, Jared LeBron, Marie Masotya, and Sarah Ronis (Poster)
Restraint Debriefing, Madyson Lecause BSN, RN; Jenna Quigley BSN, RN; and Shayna Hilbert RN (Poster)
A Hairy Situation: Investigating Facial Hair's Role in Central Line Dressing Integrity, Jaylen Lesser; Elisa C. Moyer BSN, RN, CEN; Jonathan T. Berback MPH, CIC; Joseph Yashur BSPH; and Brenda Croll-Stachelek MSN (Poster)
No If's, And's, or Butts: Neonatal Diaper Care, Erin Linahan BSN, RN; Alexa Machado BSN, RN; Karley Mallon BSN, RN; and Jenna Van Duyne BSN, RN (Poster)
A Baseline Assessment of Quality Improvement and Patient Safety (QuIPS) in a Graduate Medical Education Environment; Does Programmatic Experience Influence ACGME Survey Data?, Emma Lincoln, Joseph E. Patruno MD, and Terri Vian MS (Poster)
Understanding Interpreter Services, Mariana Castano Lizarazo and Joumana De Santiago (Poster)
Health Disparities Among Patients Undergoing Craniotomy for Primary Brain Gliomas, Gavin Lockard, Jonah Gordon, Adam Alayli, Molly Monsour, Meghan Tahbaz, Bassel Elsayed, Rahul Mhaskar, and Nam D. Tran (Poster)
Fitness Feedbacks and Improvements, Ganasia Lopez, Brielle Gregoli MS, and Dana Levano MS (Poster)
Peering Within: Exploring X-Ray, IR, and MRI, Sabrina Lopez and Tamantha Garman RT, CRA (Poster)
Emergency Department Alarm Fatigue, Mackenzie Lorincz, Kiera Colon, Kathy Yost, Jeanny Diaz, Micah Kratz, and Thobernia Augustin (Poster)
Assessing the Use of Motivational Interviewing and Appreciative Inquiry for Hypertension Control in Vulnerable Populations, Anjali Mahapatra; Orlando J. Penaloza MD, FACP; Shanestka Menendez; and Jorge Martinez (Poster)
Operation: Foley Be Gone, Courtney Martin, Adriana Berdecia Colon, Nena Rodriguez-Gilroy, Michelle Tanasy, and Philippa Evi-Parker (Poster)
ICU RN Decompression Room, Amanda Martynyuk, Madison Hill, Ashley Reuben, Stephania Torres, and Chloe Rubito (Poster)
From Feedback to Framework: Improving Mentorship Through Resident Insights In Scholarly Activity, Eleni Mastrokalos and Angela Colistra LPC, PhD, MS (Poster)
Implementing Bedside Shift Report in the Emergency Department, Rebecca McCormick, Bridget Simiyu, and Courtney Kleeman (Poster)
A Decade of Pediatric Intubation Experience by an Advanced Prehospital Unit, Conor McLaughlin DO; Zachary Matuzsan DO; Mark Walck FP-C, NRP; Mark A. Diubaldo RN; Jeffrey M. Kuklinski DO; Matthew B. Ferdock; Bryan D. Nelson MBA, CPHQ, NRP; Christopher Connell DO; Keith D. Micucci RN BSN PHRN CEN; Duy P. Tran DO; Jeanne L. Jacoby MD; and Susan K. Yaeger MD (Poster)
Loop Communication Between Triage/Charge Nurse and Primary Nurse in the Emergency Department, Anna Medvecky RN, Debra McCarthy RN, Fanny Figueroa RN, and Rachel Newman RN (Poster)
Spanish Translation Aid, Casey Meenan, Rylee Midyette, Craig Deppe, Brendaliz Marrero-Castillo, and Ashley Aceituno (Poster)
Impact of Virtual Visits on Antibiotic Prescribing for Upper Respiratory Infections, Anna Mikulski, Jarrod W. Kile RPhD, Brooke Broczkowski PharmD, Kathryn Zaffiri MPH, and Eric Young MD (Poster)
Behavioral Health Staff Presence and Reducing the Number of Restraints, Caitlin Miller, Emeline Janis, Kelly Krznaric, and Nicholas Rodriguez (Poster)
Intentional Rounding in the Pediatric Population, Lauren Moccia, Madison Martin, and Megan McManus (Poster)
Organizing Trauma Alerts in the Emergency Department: Improving Role Clarity and Efficiency for Nurses and Techs, Cristal Morales BSN, RN; Macey Harvey ADN, RN; Jhanei Mays ADN, RN; and Morgan Hassler ADN, RN (Poster)
Exploring the Intersection of Health Care and Climate Change with a Socio-Ecological Model Approach, Ashwini Kamath Mulki MD, MPH, MBBS; Shae Billmyer; Nyann Biery DHSc; Lynn M. Wilson DO; and Roya Hamadani MPH (Poster)
Adherence to the 2022 Down Syndrome Guidelines in Children Less Than 18 Years of Age in the Greater Lehigh Valley Area, Constance Mulligan and Christopher P. Raab MD, MS (Poster)
Medical Device Related Pressure Injuries, Gianna Murgia BSN, RN; Ashley Applegate BSN, RN; Phoenix Yeatman BSN, RN; Logan Maurer BSN, RN; Maria Traglia BSN, RN; Jackie Butsavage MSN, RN; Amber Krause BSN, RN; and Caitlin VanSyckle BSN, RN (Poster)
Using The Dynamic Appraisal of Situation Aggression (DASA) To Decrease Risk of Violence With In-Patient Med-Surgical Patients, Kathryn Murphy BSN, RN; Briana Caravello RN; Rolando Gonzalez RN; Ryan Deifer ADN, RN; and Nicole Gula ADN, RN (Poster)
Evaluate Provider Comfort and Patients’ Experience Around Sexual Health Concerns, Meera Nagpal and Kristin Friel MD (Poster)
Efficacy of a Skin Cancer Education Program Among Beauty School Students, Nicole Natarelli, Kate Beekman, Helana Ghali, Shaliz Aflatooni, and Nirav Shah (Poster)
Non-traumatic Wrist Pain in a Toddler, Kelli Nayak MD and Matthew Grady (Poster)
Implementation and Evaluation of Disability-Focused Educational Initiatives, Nora Newcomb, Aishwarya Vuppala, Shannon McCarthy, Emily Coughlin, Abigail Weisse, Maggie Fitzsimmons, Franklin Sun, Kyle Lien, Anita Varkhede, Andrew Galligan, Priya Chandan, Emily Noonan, Peyton Purcell, Rahul Mhaskar, and Vinita Kiluk (Poster)
Deciphering the Underlying Etiology of Erythroderma, William Nguyen, Yanzhen Pang, Lauren P. Chrisman, Spencer Evams, Ziyou Ren, Kurt Lu, Joan Guitart, Michael B. Burns, and Xiaolong Zhou (Poster)
Exchanging Kindness: Boosting Nurse Wellbeing, Nurse Satisfaction and Team Connection, Debbie Nuttall BSN, RN; Terri Ferrizzi BSN, RN; Ashley Daubert BSN. RN; and Marie Shanahan (Poster)
Patient Safety- Hourly Rounding, Ifeatu Nwosu RN and Affya Thompson RN (Poster)
Efficacy of Bone Health Clinic on Post Fracture Patients in Lehigh Valley Health Network, Nayeon Oh, Veena Jajoo, Rahul Mhaskar, and Philip Dunn DO (Poster)
Breaking Barriers: Autism Transitional Support for Racial and Ethnic Minority Youth A DNP/MPH Project, Rosaline Owusu DNP, MPH, FNP-BC; Tonya Kemp MSN, MPH; and Cecilia Tomori PhD, MA (Poster)
Rationale for Pre-Procedure Dental Interventions to Enhance Medical Outcomes, Harsha Pamulapati; Rebecca Frank RDH, PHDHP; and MIchele Pisano-Marsh DMD (Poster)
Are Post Chest tube removal X-rays necessary in Trauma? A Health Systems perspective on Resource Utilization, Aashka Patel, Miname Watanabe MD, and E.James Frick M.D. (Poster)
Identifying Barriers & Increasing Medicine Reconciliation Completion Rates at LVHN, Aishwarya Pattnaik, Shadi Jarjous MD, Jorden Barrow, Patrick Roman, Cara Sherman DO, Aubrey Clark DO, Kathleen Bridges DO, Abdul Hasseb MD, Monay Mahmoud MD, Courtney Moore MD, Shuisen Li DO, and Satinder Singh (Poster)
Seeing the Unexpected: A Unique Case of NAION with Temporal Vision Loss As a Periprocedural Complication of Cerebral Angiography, Tejasvi Paturu, Ajay Menon MD, Negar Moheb MD, and Casey Judge DO (Poster)
Cerebral Polyopia Due To Paraneoplastic Monoclonal IgG4-Related Hypertrophic Pachymeningitis, Tejasvi Paturu, Ashish Lal Shrestha MD, Ajay Menon MD, Negar Moheb MD, and Casey Judge DO (Poster)
Train of Four Monitoring in the PICU, Olviai Pawlowski BSN, RN and Kaylah Fanelli BSN, RN (Poster)
Mechanical Circulatory Device Impella Usage in Patients with Cardiogenic Shock on ECMO support, Julia Pekala; James K. Wu MD; and Bryan D. Nelson MBA, CPHQ, NRP (Poster)
Perioperative Business Services, Laila Perez and Jacquelyn Mancini MBA (Poster)
Efficacy of Early ADL’s in the Post Operative Total Joint Replacement Population, Lee Ann Phillips MS, OTR/L and Ryan Vetter MS-OTR/L (Poster)
New Graduate Nurse Orientation Improvement, Jennier Piere ADN, RN; Mackenzy Schutt BSN, RN; Makayla Kohler ADN, RN; Shannon MacDougall BSN, RN; and Michael Tophoney BS, ADN, RN (Poster)
Application of Distraction Techniques to Reduce Painful Procedures in the Pediatric Population, Gianna Pietrzykowski BSN, RN; Caityn Stine BSN, RN; Sabrina Kidulic BSN, RN; and Stephany Madrid BSN, RN (Poster)
Mass Carbon Monoxide Poisoning at a Daycare: A Public Health Lesson, Christopher Popiolek, Kenneth D. Katz MD, Putt Vithayaveroj, Chase Jones DO, Natalie E. Ebeling-Koning DO, John DelBianco MD, Alexandra Amaducci DO, Susan K. Yaeger MD, and Gillian A. Beauchamp MD (Poster)
Fatigue in Night Shift RNs, Justan Pratt RN and Ivan Alvarado RN (Poster)
Assessing the Inpatient Utility of Echocardiography and its Clinical Impact, Briana Prieto and Shuisen Li DO (Poster)
Multidisciplinary Sign-Out in the LVHN Muhlenberg Trauma ICU and Effects on Hospital-Acquired Conditions, Jessica U Quach and Joseph J. Stirparo MD (Poster)
Fall Prevention, Renne Ramirez BSN, RN; Maggie Schray BSN, RN; and Maria Monica Asis ADN, RN (Poster)
Breast Implant Salvage Rate Following Percutaneous Drainage for Periprosthetic Infection, Caitlin Read, Samantha Delapena MD, Aaron Jacobs MD, and Nathan F. Miller (Poster)
Improving the Diagnostic Algorithm of Pulmonary Nodules Undergoing Tissue Sampling, Austin Retzloff and Daniel Schwed-Lustgarten MD (Poster)
Mood Disorders and Dysautonomia in Patients with Idiopathic Hypersomnia: Clinical and Polysomnographic analysis, Roger Rochart; Rena Y Jiang; Irene Chu MPH, MD; Shae Duka MPH; and Martina Vendrame MD, PhD (Poster)
Implementing a Care Progression Model Aimed at Improving Quality Outcomes, Jaclyn Rowbotham MSN, RN, ACM-RN (Poster)
Hepcidin Overexpression in Burn Patients Causes Decreased Red Blood Cell Synthesis, Joshua Rushing; Sigrid A. Blome-Eberwein MD; Gordon Lindberg MD; Nadine Koenig BMST, TC-NRCC; Cynthia Berger BMST-ASCP; Elizabeth Berger; and Tomas Ganz (Poster)
Causes for Delays in Spine Fracture Operative Management, Sara Safari and Joseph J. Stirparo MD (Poster)
Partners in Prevention, Lewis Alejo Santos ADN, RN; Miranda Freeman BSN, RN; and Kenia Ramon Sanchez BSN, RN (Poster)
Impacts of Care Navigation on Patient Readmissions Post Total Joint Replacement Surgery, Prajeet Santra; Teresa Latvis MA, BSN, RN; Jessica Snyder BSN, RN; and Carissa Hrichak MBA, BSN, RN (Poster)
Dual RN Verification for Insulin Drips, Adrianna Schieber-Krenitsky BSN, RN; Arieanna Sabella RN; and Cara Lombardo BSN, RN (Poster)
Beyond the Focused Assessment with Sonography in Trauma Exam: Design and Utilization of a Trauma-Focused Rapid Education Event for Emergency Medicine Attending Physicians, Kristine L. Schultz MD; Claire L. Paulson DO; Hanna R. Warren DO; Christopher Connell DO; Elizabeth M. Evans DO; Phillip M. Grenz DO; Marna R. Greenberg DO, MPH, FACEP; and Kevin R. Roth DO, FACOEP (Poster)
Barriers Preventing Discharges Home Before Noon, Julia Sealing; Heather Faust MSN, RN, CMSRN; and Karanda Erdman BSN, RN (Poster)
Long Term Outcomes of Dermal Substrate Treated Burns and Wounds, Sarvesh Senguttunvan and Sigrid A. Blome-Eberwein MD (Poster)
IV Bundle Kits, Mikayla Shankweiler ADN, RN; Sydni Surowiec BSN RN; Jonathan Hansel ADN, RN; and Ashley Laslo ADN, RN (Poster)