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.
2017
Use of Transcutaneous Bilirubinometers on Newborns., Kristin Fegely BSN, RN and Katherine Perrone BSN, RN (Poster)
Lack of Gender Differences in Prevalence of Homelessness in the Emergency Department (Poster)., Brett Feldman MSPAS, PA-C; Alexandra M. Craen BA; Osman Z. Abbasi DO; Zachary M. Dillon MD; Kenneth Dzike MD; Joshua Enyart DO; Julie A. Fritzges DO; Jessica L. Glaubman DO; Emily A. Kiernan DO; Nathaniel M. Yoder DO; Timothy J. Friel MD; Stephen W. Dusza DrPH; and Marna R. Greenberg DO, MPH, FACEP (Poster)
Fractional Blister Grafting for Non-Healing Burn Wounds., Andrew Ferdock and Hamed Amani MD (Poster)
A Patient- and ED Provider-Focused Qualitative Needs Assessment Regarding Pediatric Sports-related Concussion Care at the Lehigh Valley Health Network., Benjamin Ferry MS4 (Poster)
Retrospective Study on the Effects of Septal Myectomy Surgery on the Mitral-aortic Valve Angle., Jacob Fink, Theodore Tucker, Kennedy Gallagher, James K. Wu MD, and Matthew W. Martinez MD (Poster)
Sarcoidosis Mimicking Multiple Myeloma., Gabriela Firak DO and Sehris Khawaja DO (Poster)
PICC Dressing Changes in the Neonate., Brianna Forde BSN, RN; Kimberly Placencia BSN, RN; and Monica Sauer BSN, RN (Poster)
Early Ambulation to Decrease Narcotic Use in Postoperative/Postpartum Cesarean Section Mothers., Courtney Fox BSN, RN; Annaliese Gorham BSN, RN; and Lisa Patel BSN, RN (Poster)
Selected by Students: Frequency of use of SELECT Competencies in Year 2., Mackenzi Frost (Poster)
Telemetry Alarm Fatigue, Brittany Furs BSN, RN and Yesenia Stott BSN, RN (Poster)
Evaluating the Correlation of Monitored ETCO2 and PaCO2 via ABG., Sarah Galantini; Kenneth Miller MEd, RRT-NPS; and Anne Rabert MHSA, RN, CCRN, NE-BC (Poster)
Retrospective Study on Outcomes of Veno-Venous and Veno-Arterial Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation, Kennedy Gallagher, Rachel Wills, Timothy S. Misselbeck, and James K. Wu MD (Poster)
Impact of Atrial Fibrillation on Outcomes in Patients Hospitalized with ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction (Poster)., Lohit Garg MD; Sahil Agrawal MD; Manyoo Agarwal MD; Aakash Garg MD; Amitoj Singh; Nirmanmoh Bhatia; Mahek Shah MD; Brijesh Patel MD; Sudip Nanda MD, FACP; and David A. Cox MD (Poster)
“The Bum Bundle” Skin Breakdown Prevention and Protection., Julianne Giordiano BSN, RN;; Monica Lupin BSN, RN;; Jane Riley BSN, RN;; Veronica Sharo BSN, RN;; and Nicolle Snyder BSN, RN; (Poster)
Preventing Falls by Implementing a Fall Agreement., Danielle Glen BSN, RN; Nicole Morin; and Megan Phegley (Poster)
Posterior Knee Pain in a Teenage Soccer Player., Elan L. Goldwaser DO (Poster)
Gender differences in emergency medicine resident self-assessment of clinical testing., Marna R. Greenberg DO, MPH, FACEP; Alan R. Cherney MD; Amy B. Smith PhD; Charles C. Worrilow MD; Kevin Weaver D.O.,FACOEP; Jennifer Macfarlan; and Bryan G. Kane MD (Poster)
No Sex-Specific Differences in Preference of Management Options to Prevent Elderly Falls, Marna R. Greenberg DO, MPH, FACEP; Jeanne L. Jacoby MD; Robert D. Barraco MD, MPH; Bernadette Glenn-Porter BS; Kyle Durics BS; Ryan Day MD; Victoria Goodheart DO; Danielle Mills MD; Alexander Youngdahl DO; and Bryan G. Kane MD (Poster)
How Youth Education Programs Can Impact the Nursing Shortage, Kerri Green MS, MEd. and Emilie Carlino (Poster)
Multinucleate Cell Angiohistiocytoma., Elise Grgurich DO, Kelly Quinn DO, Christian W. Oram DO, and Nektarios I. Lountzis MD (Poster)
Severe-Range Hypertension in the Peripartum Period: Are We Providing Appropriate and Timely Care?, Tiana M.D. Guillaume, Francine Miranda RN, and Marion B. Nihen MD (Poster)
Ensuring Student Success in a Time of Mergers and Acquisitions., Margaret A. Hadinger EdD, MS and Lissette Ortiz BBA (Poster)
Nurse Resident Job Satisfaction: Do Directors Make a Difference?, April L. Hargy BSN, RN and Sonya Whitman BSN, RN (Poster)
Improving Inpatient Access Through the Reduction of Intra-unit Transfer Times., Christine Hartner BSN, RN, PCCN (Poster)
Optimization of the Surgical Residents’ Educational Experience., Victoria Hendershot; Cathyann Feher RN,MSN; and Stacey Unterberg (Poster)
Using Stoplights to Stop Patient Falls., Tia-Renee Hendricks BSN, RN and Eric Pecuch BSN, RN (Poster)
Does a Brief Educational Intervention Allow for Greater Prehospital Recognition of Acute Stroke by Paramedics?., Tara K. Henry-Morrow EMT-P; Bryan D. Nelson MBA, NR-P; Erin M. Conahan RN, CNRN; Claranne Mathiesen RN, MSN, CNRN; Bernadette Glenn-Porter BS; Matthew Niehaus DO; Lauren M. Porter; Mitchell Gesell DO; Gregory Monaghan MD; and Jeanne L. Jacoby MD (Poster)
Ventriculostomy Dressing Changes., Anthony T. Hernandez BSN, RN and Yvette M. Jabbour BSN, RN (Poster)
Retrospective Review of BioFires FilmArray Gastrointestinal Panels Detection of Multiple Pathogens in Adults Patients., Patrick Hickey DO, Eric Nellis MD, Anastasia Shnitser MD, and Amy Slenker MD (Poster)
Feasability Study to Assess Addition of a Prophylactic Antiarrhythmic Regimen to Post-operative Open-Heart Surgery Management., Cameron St. Hilaire, Travis Gaskill PA-C, Sarah Dolcemascolo PA-C, and James K. Wu MD (Poster)
Team Building Activities: Increasing Staff Engagement., Sarah Hines BSN, RN; Clement Eruwayo BSN, RN; Kristen Purkey BSN, RN; and Sara Kirkpatrick BSN, RN (Poster)
Accuracy of Finnegan Neonatal Abstinence Scoring., Mariah Hish BSN, RN and Nicole Strohl BSN, RN (Poster)
Family Practitioners’ Thresholds for Treating Major Depressive Disorder and Generalized Anxiety Disorder in Lehigh Valley Health Network., Matthew Ho (Poster)
Developing Strategies to Reduce Radiation Exposure in Appendicitis Patients Using NSQIP-Pediatrics., Travis Hoover, Daniel Weaver, Taylor Iobst, Sarah Azari, Debra M. Trexler RN, and Marybeth Browne MD (Poster)
The Effects of Early Mobilization on Length of Stay for Patients Undergoing Total Joint Replacement Surgery., Megan Howard PT, MPT and Kimberly Fritts PT, MPT (Poster)
A “Standardized Patient” to Validate the Competency of SANEs, Amanda Howatt BSN, RN, CEN; Devin Kennedy MSN, RN, CEN; Sandra Sabbatini MSN, RN-BC, CEN; and Michele Rice BSN, RN, CEN (Poster)
Use of a "Standardized Patient" for Competency Validation., Amanda Howatt BSN, RN, CEN; Devin Kennedy MSN, RN, CEN; Sandra Sabbatini BSN, RN; Michele Rice BSN, RN, CEN; Karanda Erdman BSN, RN; Brianna Woods BSN, RN; and Elisa C. Moyer BSN, RN, CEN (Poster)
Fall Accountability Care Program., Jenny Huang BSN, RN and Kelly Menendez BSN, RN (Poster)
Managing Variances In the Revenue Cycle to Lower Accounts Receivable, Kirsten Hubler and Kirsten Mears (Poster)
Anti-Centromere Antibody Associated Necrotizing Myopathy: A Case Report., Camille Imbo-Nloga MS-3, Carolyn Hanna MD, Matthew Sullivan DO, and Susan Kim DO (Poster)
Six month AV Fistulae outcomes Following Local Perianastomotic Delivery of SirolimusPreliminary Report from a US Phase 3 Clinical Trial (ACCESS Trial), Sriram Iyer; Nelson Kopyt DO, FASN, FACP; Joseph J. Lee; Osman Khawar; Thomas Wooldridge; Nirav Gandhi; Robert I. Lynn; William Paulson; and Maria DeVita (Poster)
Multiple Large Lung Cavitary Lesions Due to Streptococcus Intermedius in an Otherwise Healthy Young Male., Deepika Jain MD, Matthew Miles DO, and Andres Zirlinger MD (Poster)
Comparison of Gallbladder Procedure Cost by Surgeon., Nosovitch James and Cathyann Feher RN,MSN (Poster)
MP24- 19- Cost Savings Achieved through Introduction of HOLEP and Care Pathway., James Johannes MD, Andrew Lai, Angelo A. Baccala MD, Joseph Feliciano MD, Clifford Georges MD, Melvin Steinbook MD, and Maria Voznesensky MD (Poster)
The Impact of a Focused Factory on Intraoperative Cost Per Case in Elective Total Knee Replacement Surgery., Hope L. Johnson MSN, RN, CNOR (Poster)
Repeat CRC Screening after Standard and Decision Support and Navigation Interventions Among Hispanic Primary Care Patients., Melanie B. Johnson MPA; Beth Careyva M.D.; Melissa DiCarlo MPH, MS; Kyle Shaak BS; Sarah Hegarty MPhil; Evelyn T. Gonzalez MA; Anna Quinn MPH, RYT; Randa Sifri MD; Brian Stello MD; and Ronald E. Myers PhD (Poster)
Repeat colorectal cancer screening after standard and decision support and navigation interventions among Hispanic primary care patients., Melanie B. Johnson MPA; Beth Careyva M.D.; Melissa DiCarlo MPH, MS; Kyle Shaak BS; Sarah Hegerty MPhil; Constantine Daskalakis; Anna Quinn MPH, RYT; Evelyn T. Gonzalez MA; Randa Sifri MD; Brian Stello MD; and Ronald E. Myers PhD (Poster)
Direct to OR Resuscitation: A Reevaluation 20 Years After Implementation at LVHN., Emma Jones (Poster)
Gender Differences in CDC Guideline Compliance for STIs in Emergency Departments., Bryan G. Kane MD; Alexander W D Guillaume; Elizabeth M. Evans DO; Terrence E. Goyke DO; Jessica K. Eygnor DO; Lauren Semler MS; Stephen W. Dusza DrPH; and Marna R. Greenberg DO, MPH, FACEP (Poster)
The Information-Seeking Behavior of Providers at Lehigh Valley Health Network (LVHN): A Cross Sectional Study., Maria Karagias; Robert Postlethwaite; Angela Davis; Bryan G. Kane MD; Rahul Mhaskar MD, PhD; and Robert D. Barraco MD, MPH (Poster)
Benefits of a Sepsis Program., Nikos Karakashian and Matthew McCambridge MD (Poster)
Pragmatic Interventions to Prevent Hospital-Acquired Venous Thromboembolism Events., Nicole L. Karasek BSN, RN and Deidre L. Kutzler RN (Poster)
Encephalopathy Secondary to Aggressive CD5+ DLBCL Versus Herpes Zoster Encephalitis., Kathryn Kass MD (Poster)
Loperamide-Induced Torsades de Pointes: A Case Series (Poster)., Kenneth D. Katz MD; Robert D. Cannon DO; Matthew D. Cook DO; Alexandra Amaducci; Ryan Day; Joshua Enyart DO; Glenn Burket; Jennifer Janssen MS; and Karl E. Williams MD, MPH (Poster)
Prognosis Communication with Psoriasis Patients., Chelsea Kesty (Poster)
A Rare Presentation of HSV Type 2 Hepatitis., Jahangir Khan MD, Anam Malik MD, Sandhya Venkataraman DO, Hina A. Sheikh, and Amy Slenker MD (Poster)
A Case of Recurrent Cerebrovascular Accident in the Setting of Cardiac Papillary Fibroelastoma., Jahangir Khan MD, Matthew Sullivan DO, and Amy M. Ahnert MD (Poster)
Wegener’s Granulomatosis Precipitated by Prostatic Abscess., Sehris Khawaja DO; Deepika Jain MD; Gabriela Firak DO; and James Ross MD, FACP (Poster)
Cancer Survivorship in Primary Care - A Mixed Methods Comparative Study of Environmental and Contextual Features of Care Across Three States., Autumn Kieber-Emmons MD, MPH; William L. Miller MD, MA; Benjamin F. Crabtree PhD; and Jenna Howard PhD (Poster)
On The Education of a Physician: Reflections on a Medical Education., Eugene Kim (Poster)
LGBTQ Care and Inclusion: Benchmarking and Opportunities at LVHN., Sarah Kim; Laura Gutierrez; and Judith Sabino MPH, CDP (Poster)
Post-Transfusion Purpura: A Rare Cause of Severe Thrombocytopenia., Rachel Kinney DO and Bala Carver MD (Poster)
Enhancing Communication Along the Perioperative Continuum., Amanda L. Knoll BSN, RN (Poster)
Can Education and the Reinforcement of a Bladder Program Improve Rehabilitation Patient Outcomes?., Neha Kohli (Poster)
Effect of Baseline Serum Calcium on Responses to Extended-Release Calcifediol (ERC) in Stage 3 - 4 CKD, Nelson Kopyt DO, FASN, FACP; Stephen A. Strugnell; Akhtar Ashfaq; Martin Petkovich; and Charles W. Bishop (Poster)
Relationship Between Child Growth Metrics and Maltreatment: A Retrospective Chart Review., Ajay Koti MS and Debra Esernio-Jenssen MD (Poster)
Improving Care through a Reliable and Variable Rounder Care Delivery Model., Kathleen Kratz MSN, RN, NE-BC; Munawer Kermalli MBA, BS/BA; and Jennifer Mcdonald BSN, RN (Poster)
Assessment for Physician Awareness of Physiatry., Aaron Krueger and Wayne E. Dubov MD (Poster)
Operating Room Utilization: Analysis of Nights and Weekends., Meghan Kubala and Joseph J. Stirparo MD (Poster)
A Retroactive Single Institution Study of Three-Year Survival of HER-2/neu Positive Breast Cancer Treated with Adjuvant Chemotherapy, A Quality Improvement Project., Deepika Kumar MS4, Ramona E. Chase CRNP, and Savitri Skandan MD (Poster)
The Relationship of Discharge Position and Other Variables to Length of Stay in Patients with Hip Fractures., TJ Kwarcinski MS4; Jacob Rust; Cathyann Feher RN,MSN; and Michael D. Pasquale MD, FACS, FCCM (Poster)
THROMBOLYTICS AND ULTRASOUND CREATING A PASSAGE FOR PERFUSION., Cheryl Kyte; Veronica Brandt BSN, RN; and Cindy Umbrell MSN, RN, CNS, CCRN (Poster)
Robotics on the Rise: Expansion of Minimally Invasive Robotic Surgery and Implementation of a Standardized Training Curriculum Across Multiple Campuses., David Labib; Kyle M. Langston PA-C; Hope L. Johnson MSN, RN, CNOR; James Miller CRNA; Brian Leader; and Martin A. Martino MD (Poster)
Implementing a Skin Assessment Tool in the Operating Room., Kerianne N. Larizzio BSN, RN and Jaclyn M. Panichi BSN, RN (Poster)
Assessing SELECT Student Preparedness and Application of SELECT Competencies During Clerkships. An Interview-based Longitudinal Cohort Study., Catherine Lee; Rahul Mhaskar MD, MPH, PhD; and Joann Quinn PhD (Poster)
Surveillance of Deer Tick Abundance and Pathogen Prevalence in the Lehigh Valley, Julia Leep-Lazar and Samantha Stuppi (Poster)
Black Esophagus with Superimposed Candida in a Patient with B Cell Lymphoma: A Case Study., Christopher Lenivy DO, Patrick Hickey DO, and Adam Peyton DO (Poster)
In Adult Critical Care Patients Receiving Enteral Feedings, Would Volume Based Nutritional Intake Compared to Current Enteral Feeding Policy Help Patients Meet their Nutirional Goals?., Mikayla K. Lentz BSN, RN; Caitlin N. Pasquale BSN, RN; and Molly Moyer BSN, RN (Poster)
Orthotic Scar Management for Hands., Lisa LePage OTR/L (Poster)
Substance Use Disorder: Racial Prevalence and the Likelihood of Participating in an Intervention., Marya Lieb (Poster)
Falling for Psych Improving Fall Safety for Behavioral Health Inpatients with the Edmonson Psychiatric Fall Risk Assessment Tool., Susan Linden BSN, RN and Brandon Reid BSN, RN (Poster)
Decreased Foley Insertion: Serial Straight Catheterization Versus Indwelling Catheterization, Joy R. Lopez BSN, RN and Stephanie A. Stucka (Poster)
We’ve Got Talent: Partnering with Human Resources for Recruitment (Poster)., Jeanne P. Luke MSN, RN, CNOR (Poster)
2003-2012 Inpatient Mortality and Cost of Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt in Budd-Chiari Syndrome in the US., Sen Lu MS4 and Edward W. Lee MD, PhD (Poster)
Combination 2D/3D Mammography versus 2D Mammography: A Comparison Study on Clinical Metrics in Women with Normal and Dense Breast Tissue., Ryan Lutz, Priya Sareen MD, and Tucker Burr (Poster)
Staffing – Baby Boomers to Millenniums, Finding the Balance, Margaret Macmahon MBA, BSN, RN, CNOR, CSSM and Jillian Laudenslager BSN, RN, CNOR (Poster)
Novel Immunotherapy Treatments: The Adverse Effects of Nivolumab., Angela Magdaleno DO and Wael Hanna MD (Poster)
An Over-the-Counter Treatment for Diarrhea Leading to Euphoria and Fatal Arrhythmia., Angela Magdaleno, Michael Sumner DO, Travis Magdaleno MD, Justin L. Guthier DO, and Apurva Vyas MD (Poster)
Islet Cell Transplant: Successful Survival Through Pregnancy., Angela Magdaleno and Marc A. Vengrove DO, FACP (Poster)
Euglycemic DKA in MODY Patient: Empagliflozin to Blame., Angela Magdaleno, Sandhya Venkataraman DO, and Gretchen Perilli MD (Poster)
Development of Pancreatic Cancer During Novel Therapy for Head and Neck Cancer With Pembrolizumab: A Case Report, Travis Magdaleno MD, Patrick Hickey DO, Shashin Shah MD, and Hiral N. Shah MD (Poster)
Epstein-Barr Virus Mucocutaneous Colonic Ulcer in an Immunocompetent Patient., Travis Magdaleno MD, Eric Nellis MD, and Paola Blanco MD (Poster)
Endoscopic Gastrojejunostomy: A Novel Approach to Roux Limb Obstructions Following Roux-en-Y Hepaticojejunostomy., Travis Magdaleno MD, Eric Nellis MD, Hiral N. Shah MD, and Shashin Shah MD (Poster)
An Unfortunate Case of a Fallen Spartan., Travis Magdaleno MD and Noor Salam MD (Poster)
Angiocatheter Guided Closure of Gastrocutaneous Fistula Tract in the Absence of Fluoroscopy, Travis Magdaleno MD, Hiral N. Shah MD, and Shashin Shah MD (Poster)
Duodenal Varices: A Rare Cause of Gastrointestinal Bleeding., Anam Malik MD, Abdul Aleem MD, Eric Nellis MD, and Hiral N. Shah MD (Poster)
A Case of Refractory Primary Angiitis of the Central Nervous System., Anam Malik MD, Samer Bolis DO, and Susan Kim MD (Poster)
PPI Induced Hypomagnesemic Hypoparathyroidism Leading to Posterio Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome., Anam Malik MD, Shannon Davis DO, and Yehia Y. Mishriki MD (Poster)
Rate of Detection of Multiple Organisms and Clostridium difficile with Stool Multiplex PCR Detection Test in Pediatrics (Poster)., Saisho Mangla DO and Tibisay Villalobos MD (Poster)
Resveratrol Increases Cathelicidin Expression and Offers a Novel Approach to Combat Staph aureus Invasion., Shivtaj Mann DO and Kyle Kreitman DO (Poster)