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.
2016
Argyria Secondary to Systemic and Topical Absorption of Colloidal Silver Through Natural Mineral Supplementation, Veronica Rutt DO, Joshua M. Levin MD, and Stephen M. Purcell DO (Poster)
Symptom Burden Prevalence Among Cancer Patients: Survey Creation and Validation, Ashley Saake, Daniel Ray MD, and Michael Chyu MD (Poster)
Design and Implementation of Lehigh Valley Health Network’s Healthcare Equity Dashboard, Judith Sabino MPH, CDP; Matthew McCambridge MD; MaryAnne K. Peifer MD; and Jarret R. Patton MD (Poster)
Incidence of Deep Vein Thrombosis in patients undergoing Right Internal Jugular Vein cannulation for Veno-Venous Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation, Taryn Samet MD; Timothy S. Misselbeck; Rita Pechulis MD, FCCP; James A. Burke MD, PhD; James K. Wu MD; and Nicole Stansbury (Poster)
Incidence of Deep Vein Thrombosis in Patients Undergoing Right Internal Jugular Vein cannulation for Veno-Venous Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation, Taryn Samet MD, Nicole Stansbury, Timothy S. Misselbeck, and James K. Wu MD (Poster)
Preliminary Data Entry: Bettering Weight Loss Surgery, Rebekah Samuels (Poster)
Intensive Behavioral Therapy for the Treatment of Obesity in the Elderly, Shabaaz Sandhu; Elaine Banerjee MD, MPH; and Robin S. Schroeder MD (Poster)
Malignant Paraganglioma-associated Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy, Robert Schreiner DO and Yehia Y. Mishriki MD (Poster)
Workflow Process to Incorporate Custom Patient Education and Selection Guides in an EHR, Linda M. Schwartz MDE, AHIP, CM and Joanne Stewart BSN, RN-BC, RNC-OB (Poster)
Proper Dobhoff Placement, Kelly N. Schymanski BSN, RN; Georganne Saville BSN, RN; Brittany Bianshi BSN, RN; and Rajesh Nair BSN, RN (Poster)
Making Metrics Matter from the Start, Susan Sell and Julie Kaszuba BSN, RN (Poster)
Exploring Health Beliefs Among Hispanic Adults with Prediabetes (Poster)., Kyle Shaak BS, Beth Careyva M.D., Susan E. Hansen MA, Melanie B. Johnson MPA, Samantha A. Goodrich, Alicia Rivera, Liselly Diaz, Jessecae K. Marsh PhD, Clare Lenhart PHD, and Brian Stello MD (Poster)
Pyoderma Gangrenosum: An Over Treated and Underdiagnosed Mimicker of Ulcers, A Case Presentation, Blake Shaffer MD, S Reynolds MS3, Hina A. Sheikh MD, and S Smith (Poster)
Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement is Associated With a Higher Rate of Permanent Pacemaker Implantation Compared to Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement: A Propensity Matched Analysis (Poster)., Neeraj Shah MD; Achint Patel MBBS; Nileshkumar Patel MD; Vratika Agarwal MD; Jalaj Garg MD; Nainesh C. Patel MD, FACC; and David A. Cox MD, FACC, FSCAI (Poster)
Educating 5B Nurses On Comfort Care, Rebecca R. Shepley BSN, RN; Elizabeth M. Ngugi BSN, RN; and Melissa L. Smith BSN, RN (Poster)
Medication Reconciliation Discrepancies in Emr and Transitions of Care in Inpatient Pediatrics, Jennifer Shields MS; Ajay Koti MS; Danielle Carr; Thanhnga T. Doan MS; Tiana Guillaume; Catherine Lee; Ryan Lutz; Veniamin Mayevskiy; and Scott Brenner MD, FAAP (Poster)
Introducing Cognitive Errors to Medical Students, William Reed Shimberg MS and Matthew McCambridge MD (Poster)
Engaging patients and stakeholders in research dissemination, Randa Sifri MD; Beth Careyva M.D.; Melanie B. Johnson MPA; Alicia Rivera; Brian Stello MD; Melissa DiCarlo MPH, MS; Evelyn T. Gonzalez MA; Ronald E. Myers PhD; and Liselly Diaz (Poster)
Drug-Related Deaths: A Slow-Motion Mass Disaster in Pennsylvania, Gabriella Smith; Samuel Land MD; Barbara K. Bollinger MD; Rameen Starling-Roney M.D.; and Michael W. Johnson MD., PhD (Poster)
Invasive Placental Disease: The Impact of a Multi-Disciplinary Approach to Management, John C. Smulian MD, MPH; Ana-Liza Pascual; Helai Hesham MD; Emma Qureshy MS1; M Bijoy Thomas MD; Amy M. Depuy MD; Amanda B. Flicker MD; and William E. Scorza MD (Poster)
Valley Youth House: Creating a Student-run Clinic, Rachael Snow MS4 (Poster)
Discover Healthcare: Cultivating Interest in Health Careers in Underserved Youth Who Live in the Lehigh Valley, Jose Miguel Soto MS (Poster)
Decreasing Length of Stay in Patients Receiving High Dose Methotrexate A Quality Improvement Project, Laura Spranklin DO and Nicole M. Agostino DO (Poster)
A Case Report of Ruxolitinib Induced Hypocalcemia: A Stochastic or Deterministic Effect?, Arsha Sreedhar MD, Ranjit R. Nair MD, and Gretchen A. Perilli MD (Poster)
Comparison of In-Line versus Conventional Independent Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy in Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Patients, Nicole Stansbury, Taryn Samet MD, Timothy S. Misselbeck, and James K. Wu MD (Poster)
Challenges and Successes: Integrating Patient Education in the EMR, Joanne Stewart BSN, RN-BC, RNC-OB (Poster)
Challenges and Successes: Integrating Patient Education in the EMR, Joanne Stewart RNC,BSN (Poster)
Evaluating the Impact of a Pediatric Asthma Clinical Pathway, Joseph Stidham MS and Liborio LaRussa MD (Poster)
Closing the Gap: Deployment of an Over-the-Scope Clip after Colonic Endoscopic Mucosal Resection, Matthew Sullivan DO, Shashin Shah MD, and Hiral N. Shah MD (Poster)
Injection Pharyngoplasty with Autologous Fat: Successful Treatment for Stress Velopharyngeal Insufficiency in Two Instrumentalists, Mausumi N. Syamal MD and Paul Bryson (Poster)
There’s No Place Like Home: Meeting the Needs of Long Term Patients in an Acute Care Facility, Holly Tavianini MSHSA, BSN, RN, CNRN and Amanda Yerkes BSN, RN, CNRN, CMSRN (Poster)
EMR Downtime Protocol, Susan Teti BSN, RN (Poster)
EMR Downtime Protocol, Susan Teti MSN, RN (Poster)
Spanning the Bridge to Patient Safety During an EHR System Downtime, Susan Teti MSN, RN; Clinical Informatics (Poster)
The Use of Video-capture Technology to Optimize the Education, Evaluate Technical Performance in Residents, Matthew Thau MS (Poster)
A Predictive Model for Intensive Chemotherapy Outcomes in Newly Diagnosed Elderly Patients with AML, Sameer Tolay MD, David F. Claxton MD, and Junjia Zhu MD (Poster)
Primary Pulmonary Meningioma Mimicking Lung Metastases, Sameer Tolay MD, Brian J. Patson MD, and Sherry Li MD (Poster)
Standardized Handoff Report, Charley Patricia-Ortiz Viebrock BSN, RN; Amanda L. Kemeter BSN, RN; and Vanessa V. McWhite BSN, RN (Poster)
Interactions in the ED: Training for Proper Care of Patients with a Disability, Katrina L. Wachter (Poster)
Emergency Department Admissions Throughput A Systems Issue, Aaron Walker and Richard S. MacKenzie MD (Poster)
Implementation of Guided Actions to Reduce Recurrence of Sharps Related Injuries, Laura Walker MSN, RN, CNE, CCRN; Julie Kaszuba BSN, RN; Carol Guanowsky BSN, COHN-S; and Timothy Docherty MBA, CIH, CHFM (Poster)
Measures of Resident Burnout, Empathy and Emotional Intelligence as a Function of Years in Post-Graduate Training (Poster)., Kevin Weaver D.O.,FACOEP; Amy B. Smith PhD; Marna R. Greenberg DO, MPH, FACEP; Elaine A. Donoghue MD; Robert D. Barraco MD, MPH; Joanne Quinn; Jennifer E. Macfarlan MPH; Bernadette Glenn-Porter BS; Bryan G. Kane MD; and Jeanne L. Jacoby MD (Poster)
An Evaluation of Patient Surveys to Determine Possible Causes of Hospital Readmissions, Monica Weinberg MS and Matthew McCambridge MD (Poster)
10-year outcome of the Thoracic Endovascular Aortic Repair (TEVAR) Procedure, James K. Wu MD, Timothy S. Misselbeck, Jacob Fink, and Youssef Zaki (Poster)
Prevalence of Ticks Infected with Human Pathogens in the Lehigh Valley: Collection and Assessment of Tick Abundance, Thomas Yanushefski (Poster)
Directed Donation: One Centers Experience, Leigh Yocum RN,BSNCPT, CCTC and Heidi Dauter MSN, FNP-BC, CCTC (Poster)
Breaking the Walls of Blood Transfusions to Form a Patient Safety Bridge, Karen Young RN, BSN; Marguerite Petsuck RN, BSN; and Daniel Patzek RN, BSN (Poster)
Burning the Medication Reconciliation Bridge, Karen Young RN, BSN; Marguerite Petsuck RN, BSN; and Daniel Patzek RN, BSN (Poster)
Three-Dimensional Histology: Spatial Envisioning of Pattern of Invasion, E Yu, Y Hu, Jihong Sun MD, M Wang, C Velosa, J Shi, M Brandwein-Weber, S Doyle, and J Tomazewski (Poster)
Comparison of Wound Complications in Open vs Closed Lateral Internal Sphincterotomy for Anal Fissure, Arthur Yushuva MD, Gregg M. Baranski MD, and John S. Park MD (Poster)
Improving Inpatient Patient Satisfaction Through Innovation and Technology, Keziah Zacharia (Poster)
Humoral Hypercalcemia of Twin Pregnancy: Not a Laughing Matter, Areeb Zamir MD, Angela Manglitz DO, and Gretchen A. Perilli MD (Poster)
Not All That Wheezes is Asthma, Areeb Zamir MD, Noor Salam MD, Andy Iriza DO, and Andres Zirlinger MD (Poster)
Gender Differences in Fall Risk Evaluation in an Emergency Department, Phillip Zegelbone MS (Poster)
Stop the Radiation! Decreasing CT Scan Utilization in Pediatric Trauma Patients, Catherine Zimel, Taylor Iobst, Carly Crowder, Heather Geist, Keith A. Thatch MD, and Marybeth Browne MD (Poster)
Bariatric Pathway Development and Implementation, Tucker Zulli (Poster)
2015
Application of Pre-Participation Screening Guidelines to Novice Masters Endurance Athletes, Justin Abbatemarco MS, Courtney Bennett DO, and Martin E. Matsumura MD (Poster)
Application of Pre-Participation Screening Guidelines to Novice Masters Endurance Athletes (Poster), Justin R. Abbatemarco MS, Martin E. Matsumura MD, Courtney Bennett DO, Adrian Bell, and Laura M. Dunne MD (Poster)
PAIN-AD vs. NVPIS pain scale use in Cognitively Impaired Geriatric Patients in the Medical Surgical Hospital Setting, Cathy Abreu RN BSN, Erik S. Bradley RN BSN, and Nicole Molettiere RN BSN (Poster)
Vulnerable in the Valley: Assessing Homelessness Prevalence in the LVHN Patient Population, Yasir Abunamous MS (Poster)
The Feasibility of the Use of Video Capture, Feedback Process in the Obstetrics and Gynecology Residents, Sean Adams, Martin A. Martino MD, Joseph E. Patruno MD, and Timothy M. Pellini MD (Poster)
Accurate Timing of Insulin Administration., Elizabeth Ajamu BSN, RN; Ferusha Feradova BSN, RN; Rachel Stevko BSN, RN; Tony Talor BSN, RN; and Cynthia Yeboah-Addo BSN, RN (Poster)
Making the Case: Data Collection Made Easy, Jennifer Allen MD, Daniel Ray MD, Daniel Ray MD, and R Schira (Poster)
ED Hospital Medicine Observation Project: A Quality Improvement Initiative, Rachel Appelbaum BS (Poster)
Education of Residents in the Operating Room, Megan Arnold and Lauren Alden (Poster)
Outcomes of Patients on Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) for Periods of Time without Anticoagulation at LVHN in the Past 3 Years, Bryan Auvil; Rosalie Mattiola; Rita Pechulis MD, FCCP; James Wu MD; and Biren Juthani DO (Poster)
Low-Income African American Women’s Perceptions of Primary Care Physician Weight Loss Counseling: A Positive Deviance Study, Elaine Banerjee MD, MPH; Sharon J. Herring MD, MPH; Katherine Puskarz MPH; Neil Shah MPH; Kyle Yebernetsky MD; Katelyn E. Hurley MPH; and Marianna LaNoue PhD (Poster)
Improvement of Quality Metrics in Patients with Ischemic Vascular Disease (IVD), Coronary Artery Disease (CAD), and Congestive Heart Failure (CHF), Anastasia Barros, Cristen French, Carly Muller, and Olivia Webb (Poster)
The High Risk Hospitalized Antepartum Patient Project, Janice Bartolai BSN, RN and Alyssa Hischak BSN, RN (Poster)
Implementing a Screening Tool for Homelessness at LVHN, Timothy Batchelor; Kareem Elsayed MS2; Cristina Calogero; and Marna R. Greenberg DO, MPH, FACEP (Poster)
Needs Assessment: Current and Future Women Physicians of the Lehigh Valley Health Network Executive Summary, Kanchi Batra BA (Poster)
Prognostic Significance of Tissue Oxygen Saturation Using Near Infrared Spectroscopy in Patients Undergoing Therapeutic Hypothermia After Cardiac Arrest, Adrian C. Bell DO; Ataul Qureshi MD; Stephen Awuor MD; Sanjeev U. Nair MD; Agei Enoh MD; Daniel J. Makowski DO; Charity Curtis MPH; Nainesh Patel MD, FACC; and Bruce Feldman DO, FACC (Poster)
Moisture Control in Incontinent Patients, Jocelyne Bell BSN, RN; Nicholas Ferra BSN, RN; and Franchesca Sierra BSN, RN (Poster)
Implementing a Screening Tool For Homelessness at LVHN, Emily L. Bennett BS (Poster)
Radiation Oncology – Fulfilling a Need for Research, Education, and Practice: Effectiveness of Calendula Lotion for Radiation Dermatitis (Poster), Jennifer B. Bergenstock BSN, RN, OCN; Sandra Frey RN MSN OCN; Erin Light RN BSN OCN; Kathy Krause RN OCN; Sue Lewis RN OCN; Marisa Kauker RN BSN OCN; Jenna Byorek RN BSN; Debra Knappenberger RN OCN; Mary T. Konek RN, OCN, BA; Ruth Ocasio LPN; Mary Lenahan Durnin RN MSN OCN; Charles Andrews MD; Jeanette Blauth MD; Alyson McIntosh MD; Steven Perch MD; Robert G. Prosnitz MD, MPH; Dennis Sopka MD; Clinton Leinweber DO; Tracy Kichline Data Systems Analyst; and Mandy Hendricks RN MSN OCN (Poster)
Translating Research Findings into Practice: An Investigation of Missed Nursing Care., Tricia Bernecker PhD, MSN, RN, ACNS-BC; Mae Ann Pasquale PhD, MSN, RN; Kathy Baker MPH, RN; and Carol A. Foltz PhD (Poster)
Missed Nursing Care Research Reveals Opportunities to Promote a Healthy Work Environment, Tricia S. Bernecker PhD, MSN, RN, ACNS-BC and Mae Ann Pasquale PhD, MSN, RN (Poster)
Female Participation in Clinical Trials Based on Race and Children, Kylie Besz (Poster)
Posters: Quiet Please…A Compendium of Strategies to Impact Hospital Noise, Sherri L. Betz RN (Poster)
Implementation of Clinical Decision Support for the Prevention of Perinatal Group B Streptococcal Disease: A Quality Improvement Perspective, Jane Bigelow MS2 and David McLean MD (Poster)
The Importance of Implementing Oral Health Care Education in the Lehigh Valley, Kayla Birde and Christina Peters (Poster)
Sentinel Lymph Node Evaluation For Metastatic Breast Carcinoma: The impact of the ACOSOG Z0011 Trial., J Bishop, Jihong Sun MD, and M Sanders (Poster)
Lymphedema in a Hypertrophic Scar: Treatment with Fractional CO2 Laser, Sigrid A. Blome-Eberwein MD (Poster)
Nurse-Controlled Analgesia, Courtney Bloss BSN, RN; Alyssa Boyd BSN, RN; and Kristen Halenar BSN, RN (Poster)
Recognizing Miller Fisher Syndrome, Samer Bolis DO and Stacey Smith MD (Poster)
Sedation Scales in the Pediatric ICU, Caroline M. Bollinger RN, BSN (Poster)
An Interdisciplinary Approach to Reducing Pressure Ulcers in the Geriatric Trauma Population, Kai L. Bortz RN (Poster)
Poster: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Reducing Pressure Ulcers in the Geriatric Trauma Population, Kai L. Bortz RN (Poster)
The Educational Value of the Use of a Simcapture-Feedback Process in the Training of Obstetrics and Gynecology Residents, Grace Bova (Poster)
Pediatric Peripheral IV Access, Kelsey Brault BSN, RN; Victoria D'Altrui BSN, RN; and Marielle Fortune BSN, RN (Poster)
Malnutrition in the Inpatient Oncology Population, Christine E. Braun BSN, RN and Susan Schneck BSN, RN (Poster)
Development of Supplemental Educational Resource of Hand Injury Clinical Management for Emergency Medicine Residents, Amanda Brennan MS2, Jay S. Talsania MD, and Nathan F. Miller MD (Poster)
Use of Cryotherapy in Reduction of Pain During Subcutaneous Heparin Administration, Matthew A. Briscese BSN, Allison M. Grace BSN, Molly T. Green BSN, and Kaylyn V. Wapinsky BSN (Poster)
Review of In-Hospital and Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrests at a Tertiary Community Hospital for Potential ECPR Rescue, Amanda Broderick, Jordan Williams, Alexandra Maryashina, Biren Juthani DO, and James K. Wu MD (Poster)
Save My Butt, Angelique Brother BSN, RN; Latitia Humma BSN, RN; and Patricia Wiseley BSN, RN (Poster)
Improving Safety Culture and Patient Outcomes Using the Surgical Safety Checklist, Marybeth Browne MD (Poster)
Antibiotic Delivery Systems for Oral Infections, Caitlin Bryan (Poster)
Posters: Enhancing Nurse Residents’ Transition to Practice Through an Evidence-Based Practice Project: The Volunteer Partners Walking Program, Tamara L. Burket MSN, ACNS-BC, GCNS-BC, CCRN, FGNLA (Poster)
Improving the Timing of Insulin Administration, Jessica Buzinski BSN, RN; Anna E. Dixon RN, BSN; and Renelle L. Stauffer RN, MSN, BSN (Poster)
Implementing a Screening Tool in the Emergency Room as a Way to Better Care for the Homeless Population, Cristina Calogero MS2 (Poster)