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
Peritoneal Lymphomatosis: The Failure of Occam’s Razor, Ranjit R. Nair MD, Nicole M. Agostino DO, Shereen M F Gheith MD, and Usman Shah MD (Poster)
Adrenal Incidentaloma in Young – A Gray Zone?, Ranjit R. Nair MD and Stacey Smith MD, FACP (Poster)
Obscure Gastrointestinal Bleeding: A Case Series, Eric Nellis MD, Patrick Hickey DO, Shashin Shah MD, and Hiral N. Shah MD (Poster)
An Analysis of Provider Attitudes Toward a Clinical Decision Support System for the Intrapartum Management of Group B Strep, Sasha Nelson MS (Poster)
Paraneoplastic Pemphigus presenting like Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis, Huyenian Nguyen DO; Kelly L. Reed DO; Steven Oberlender MD, PhD; and Stephen M. Purcell DO (Poster)
Chronic Pain Protocol Adherence and Utilization in Primary Care, Abigail O'Reggio (Poster)
A Curious Case Of Vitreous Hemorrhage with IgM Monoclonal Gammopathy: Multiple Myeloma (MM) or Waldenstrom Macroglobulinemia (WMG)?, Dhwani Pandya MD (Poster)
Asymptomatic Adenopathy and Low Back Pain Presenting as IgG4 Related Disease (IgG4-RD), Dhwani Pandya MD (Poster)
“Bump on My Scalp” – Sebacous Cyst Appearance as Systemic Follicular Lymphoma, Dhwani Pandya MD (Poster)
Mycobacterium Cavitary Pneumonia - Not Your TB Type - A Case of Rare Mycobacterium szulgai, Dhwani Pandya MD, Harshal Shah DO, and Nicholas Dalessandro DO (Poster)
A Pilot Study Investigating the Effects of Music Therapy on Sedation and Analgesic Requirements in Mechanically Vented Patients, Abby Pasquale and John J. Hong MD (Poster)
A Retrospective, Single Center Experience with the SharkCore Fine Needle Biopsy System: A New Bite in to Gastrointestinal Histological Sampling, Bonnie Patek DO; Joan Collette CRN; Hope Kincaid MPH, CPH; Jennifer E. Macfarlan MPH; Shashin Shah MD; and Hiral N. Shah MD (Poster)
Increasing Patient Awareness, Education and Access to Improve Completion Rates of Colorectal, Bonnie Patek DO and Angela Magdaleno (Poster)
Direct to OR Resuscitation: A Reevaluation 20 Years After Implementation at Lehigh Valley Health Network, Cameron Paterson MS (Poster)
Celiac Disease Presenting as Intussusception From Giardia Lamblia, Adam R. Paul DO (Poster)
NG Tube Placement Re-verification in the Pediatric Population, Lindsay N. Paulus BSN, RN; Photini A. Petrides BSN, RN; and Jade S. Popp BSN, RN (Poster)
Pilot Survey for a Nation-wide Patterns of Care Study on How Radiation Oncologists Treat Gastric Cancer, April Pearson MS (Poster)
“Running a marathon without training”…Hospital course and outcomes of 5 patients admitted with ARDS requiring ECMO, Michael Pechulis DPT; Kenneth Miller MEd, RRT-NPS; and Rita Pechulis MD, FCCP (Poster)
Predicting Violent Outbursts In The Emergency Department Using The Bröset Violence Checklist (BVC) (Poster)., Alyssa L. Petillo BSN, RN; Meghan A. Reilly BSN, RN; and Morgan Hager BSN, RN (Poster)
Establishing Awareness: Incivility in the Operating Room, Samantha M. Petrovcic BSN, RN and Michael A. Wiesel BSN, RN (Poster)
REDUCING THE OCCURRENCE OF MOISTURE ASSOCIATED SKIN DAMAGE AMONG NEUROLOGICAL INCONTINENT PATIENTS, Jennifer Photiades BSN, RN; Devon Redilla BSN, RN; and Kelly Turzanski BSN, RN (Poster)
Incidental Findings on CT Scans in Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement Patients, Sydney Pickering, Alexandra Maryashina, Erik Sylvin MD, Raymond L. Singer MD, and James K. Wu MD (Poster)
MyLVHN Enrollment Project, Alexandra Printz MS and Richard S. MacKenzie MD (Poster)
Systematic Review of Emotional Intelligence in Surgical Education, Gina Provenzano MD, Rachel D. Appelbaum MD, Alisha Bonaroti MS, Mary Kate Erdman MS, and Marybeth Browne MD (Poster)
Embracing a Shared Governance Model to Improve Your Practice, Sharon Pustilnik RN, BS; Heather Painter RN; and Alyssa Soltis RN (Poster)
Extensive Locally Invasive Cutaneous Tumors, Kelly Quinn DO, Nektarios I. Lountzis MD, and Stephen M. Purcell DO (Poster)
Utilizing ACGME Milestones as evaluation metrics and SLOE reporting during a four week fourth year Emergency medicine Clerkship: A two year experience, Shawn M. Quinn DO, Charles C. Worrilow MD, Dawn M. Yenser, Deepak A. Jayant DO, Steven A Johnson MD, Blake Bailey DO, Eric Eustice DO, Jared Kohlhepp MD, Ryan Rogers DO, and Bryan G. Kane MD (Poster)
Novel Collaborative Cardiology and Maternal Fetal Medicine Practice – Continued Experience at the Heart and Pregnancy Program, Joanne Quiñones MD, MSCE; Margaret Bettin; Irena B. Cabrera MD; Adetola Louis-Jacques MD; Amy M. Ahnert MD; and Ronald S. Freudenberger MD (Poster)
Novel Collaborative Cardiology and Maternal Fetal Medicine Practice – Continued Experience at the Heart and Pregnancy Program, Joanne Quiñones MD, MSCE; Margaret Bettin; Irena B. Cabrera MD; Adetola Louis-Jacques MD; Amy M. Ahnert MD; and Ronald S. Freudenberger MD (Poster)
Length of the Second Stage of Labor and Risk of Preterm Delivery in a Subsequent Pregnancy, Joanne Quiñones MD, MSCE; Daniel Gomez MD; Matthew Hoffman MD; Cande V. Ananth PhD, MPH; John C. Smulian MD, MPH; Lauren A. Plante MD; Daniel W. Skupsk MD; Karin M. Fuchs MD; and William E. Scorza MD (Poster)
Piloting a Social Screener in the Pediatric Clinic, Preethi Rajan, Madelyn Kapushy, Samantha A. Goodrich PhD, and Kimberly C. Brown MD (Poster)
Drug Induced T-Cell Dyscrasia Mimicking Granulomatous Mycosis Fungoides, Kelly L. Reed DO and Christian W. Oram DO (Poster)
Actively Pre-warming Surgical Patients to Prevent Inadvertent Hypothermia, Michelle Reigard MSN, RN, CNOR (Poster)
Use of Pain Management Diary as an Intervention to Reduce Pain in Post-Operative Residents on the Transitional Skilled Unit, Stephanie M. Robert BSN, RN and Madeline M. Svrcek BSN, RN (Poster)
Primary Care Behavioral Health Service Delivery: A Psychologist-Delivered Training Curricula for Pediatric Residency Programs, Kris Rooney MD (Poster)
Procedure Documentation and Checklists in the Palm of Your Hand, Kris Rooney MD, Richard J. Mazzaccaro MD, Liborio LaRussa MD, and Katherine Adams PC (Poster)
Admission Floor and its Relation to Length of Stay in Patients with Hip Fracture, Jacob Rust; Thomas Kwarcinski; Cathyann Feher RN,MSN; and Michael D. Pasquale MD, FACS, FCCM (Poster)
Photosensitive Atopic Dermatitis Exacerbated by UVB: A Case Report and Review of the Literature, Veronica Rutt DO (Poster)
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 RNC,BSN (Poster)
Challenges and Successes: Integrating Patient Education in the EMR, Joanne Stewart BSN, RN-BC, RNC-OB (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 MSN, RN (Poster)
EMR Downtime Protocol, Susan Teti BSN, 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)
Phase 3 Studies Treating Children and Adult Patients With Mild to Moderate Atopic Dermatitis With Crisaborole Ointment, a Novel, Nonsteroidal, Topical Anti-inflammatory, Phosphodiesterase 4 Inhibitor, Andrea Zaenglein (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)