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
Gender Differences in Effectiveness of the "Timed Up and Go" (TUG) Test as a Screening Tool for Geriatric Fall Risk Assessment., Richard Chow DO; Marna R. Greenberg DO, MPH, FACEP; Jeanne L. Jacoby MD; Robert D. Barraco MD, MPH; and Bryan G. Kane MD (Poster)
A Unique Cause of Anion Gap Metabolic Acidosis: Euglycemia DKA., Ross Cohen DO, PGY-4 and Kevin Weaver D.O.,FACOEP (Poster)
Development of a AYA Team: Ensuring Age-Appropriate Cancer Care for Adolescents and Young Adults., Donna Colabroy RN, MSN, OCN, CCM; Melissa Kratz RN, MSN, AOCN; Amber Messinger BSW; Rose Schenk MSN; Elizabeth Rohn MSS, LCSW, OSW-C, PhD; and Mandy Hendricks RN MSN OCN (Poster)
Labor –It’s Not a Spectator Sport!, Megan Colletti BSN, RN; Marlene Dunfee BSN, RN; and Jamie Rumfield BSN, RN (Poster)
Strategies for Successful Stroke Survey., Erin M. Conahan RN, CNRN and Claranne Mathiesen RN, MSN, CNRN (Poster)
Stop the Scanning: CT Scans and Radiation Risk in Pediatric Trauma Patients., Carly Crowder, Catherine Zimel, and Marybeth Browne MD (Poster)
Examining Wellness and Burnout in Clinicians at LVHN., John Crumpler, Demetri Tsirukis, Sarah Schopf RN, Marjorie Hamm RN, and Matthew McCambridge MD (Poster)
Escitalopram Oxalate Induced Asymptomatic Hyperbilirubinemia in a Pediatric Patient, Joelynn Dailey DO and Adam R. Paul DO (Poster)
A Review of Abdominoplasty and Lipectomy Post-Operative Management and Comorbidities at LVHN., John DallaRosa and Robert X. Murphy JR, MD, MS (Poster)
Alarm Fatigue: Do You Hear What I Hear?., Lindsey R. Damiter bsn, rn; Eric M. Strauss BSN, RN; Bianca B. Garcia BSN, RN; and Lindsay M. Hischak BSN, RN (Poster)
Increasing Physician Awareness and Utilization of LVHN’s Health Advocacy Program., Glen DeAngelis (Poster)
"Quick! Where should we go!?": The Effects of an Educational Refrigerator Magnet on Healthcare Knowledge, Decision Making, and Time to Decision., David Delnegro (Poster)
Nurses’ Knowledge on Medication Administration Best Practice., Amber Delp BSN, RN and Onyinye Nwakamma BSN, RN (Poster)
Outreach and Engagement of High Risk Primary Care Populations: Addressing Suicidality via an Integrated Behavioral Health Community Care Team Model, Lauren Dennelly MSW, LCSW (Poster)
Sepsis: The Task Force Awakens., Chris Deschler BSN, RN, CPHQ; Lori Piltz BS, RN, CPHQ; Beatrice Oertner BSN, RN; Elizabeth Karoly MBA, RRT, CPHQ; and Matthew McCambridge MD, FACP, FCCP (Poster)
Verification of Gastric Tube Placement: Identifying New Practice When the Evidence is Inconclusive., Daniela Diehl BSN, RN; Andrew Hill BSN, RN; Alexandra A. Lazaridis BSN, RN; Megan J. Sevi BSN, RN; Christina M. Siracuse BSN, RN; and William J. Watson Jr BSN, RN (Poster)
Application and Utilization of Executive Dashboards in Quality Assurance: LVH-M Family Health Pavilion., Lauren DiNapoli (Poster)
Pleomorphic Fibroma., Huyenlan Dinh DO, Cynthia L. Bartus MD, Nektarios I. Lountzis MD, and Stephen M. Purcell DO (Poster)
Nurse Resiliency in Pediatric and PICU Nurses., Ashley Divincenzo BSN, RN; Stephanie Pinter BSN, RN; Alexis Gilmore BSN, RN; and Kendra Wetherhold BSN, RN (Poster)
Association of Pregnancy Related Complications and Increased Risk of Cardiovascular Disease in Women: What do Providers Know and Need to Address the Issue?., Thanhnga Doan and Amy M. Ahnert MD (Poster)
Breastfeeding Assessment and Education in Pediatric Nurses., Nicole E. Doble BSN, RN and Amy L. Serfas BSN, RN (Poster)
Epidermolytic Acanthomas of the Scrotum., Claire O. Dorfman DO and Tanya Ermolovich DO (Poster)
Streamlining Electronic Orders Management: Phases of Care from a Nursing Perspective., Kathleen Duckworth RN, CPAN (Poster)
Every Child, Every Time: Universal Child Abuse Screening Increases Awareness and State Reporting (Poster)., Lauren Dudas MD, Gwenda L. Petrohoy, Debra Esernio-Jenssen MD, Cheryl Lansenderfer BSN, Joseph J. Stirparo MD, Michele Dunstan, and Marybeth Browne MD (Poster)
Total Joint Replacement Pathway: An Evaluation of Preoperative Education., Christian Dumont (Poster)
The Role of Carotid Ultrasound in Patients with Non-Focal Neurological Complaints., Kelsey Duncan (Poster)
Benefit of Pharmacy-conducted Medication Histories on 7-day, 30-day Readmissions and ED Visits., Aubrie Eaton (Poster)
Linear Immunoglobulin A (IgA) Bullous Dermatosis in a Child., Tanya Ermolovich DO; Steven Oberlender MD, PhD; and Veronica Rutt DO (Poster)
Initial Experience of a Community Gastroenterology Practice With Ultra-Slim Colonoscopy: A Case Series., Rajesh Essrani MD, Patrick Hickey DO, Hiral N. Shah MD, and Paola Blanco MD (Poster)
Unusual Case of Obstructive Jaundice (Poster)., Rajesh Essrani MD, Eric Nellis MD, Patrick Hickey DO, and Hiral N. Shah MD (Poster)
Vaginal Delivery Safety Checklist., Rachel B. Eusebio BSN, RN and Alice Takla BSN, RN (Poster)
Transparencies of Documentation Across Disciplines., Amy E. Evans BSN, RN (Poster)
Nursing Burnout 8-Hour Shifts vs. 12-Hour Shifts., Carol Evans BSN, RN; Kaitlyn Edmondson BSN, RN; and Sarah Bramich BSN, RN (Poster)
Using Neural Networks and Logistic Regression to Predict Septic Shock in ICU Patients., David Farzam (Poster)
"Lessening Stress in OHU/TOHU- Creating an Easy Access Tool"., Katie Fedor BSN, RN and Elisa A. Molchany BSN, RN (Poster)
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)