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.
2013
Pre-operative Angiotensin Converting Enzyme Inhibitors and Angiotensin Receptor Blockers on the Occurrence of Post Operative Atrial Fibrillation after Cardiac Valve Department of Surgery, Nasir Shariff, Matthew W. Martinez MD, Ravi V. Desai MD, Michael J. Weiss, Vadim Levin MD, Larry E. Jacobs MD, Martin E. Matsumura MD, and Ronald S. Freudenberger MD (Poster)
Drug-Induced Linear IgA Bullous Dermatosis, Luis A. Soro DO and Tanya Ermolovich DO (Poster)
It’s Only 30 Minutes: Empowering Clinical Support Staff Through Nurturing and Education, Carol Sorrentino MSN, PMHCNS, BC (Poster)
It's Only 30 Minutes: Empowering Clinical Support Staff through Nuturing and Education, Carol Sorrentino MSN, PMHCNS, BC (Poster)
Trends in Outcome and Hospitalization Charges of Pediatric Patients Admitted with Botulism in the United States. Data from Kids’ Inpatient Database (KID) 1997-2009, Nizar Souayah MD, Rania Elenein, and Wenzhuan He (Poster)
Psychiatric Nursing Care for Patients With Cardiac Disease, Gail Stern MSN; Donna Petruccelli MSN, CRNP, NP-C; and Jeanne Manavizadeh BSN, RN, PCCN (Poster)
Implementation and Evaluation of a Low Health Literacy and Culturally Sensitive Diabetes Education Program (Poster), Deborah Swavely DNP, RN; Allison Vorderstrasse DNSc, APRN; Edgardo Maldonado MD; Sherrine Eid MPH; and Jeffrey Etchason MD (Poster)
Metastatic Breast Cancer Masquerading in the Thyroid, Mausumi N. Syamal MD and Francis Hall (Poster)
The Challenge of Neuroscience Growing Pains: Optimizing Patient Flow, Holly Tavianini RN, BSN, MSHSA, CNRN and Donald J. Butz RN, CNRN (Poster)
A Head Start On Healthy Smiles, Devon Taylor (Poster)
Posters: Spanning the Bridge to Patient Safety Through Medication Bar Code Scanning in the Emergency Department (ED) Setting, Susan Teti BSN, RN (Poster)
Spanning the Bridge to Patient Safety Through Medication Bar Code Scanning in the Emergency Department (ED) Setting, Susan Teti BSN, RN (Poster)
Vaccination Practice for Pediatric Inflammatory Disease Patients Receiving Immuno-Suppressive Therapy, Naser Tolaymat MD and Clare M. Lenhart PhD, MPH (Poster)
Virtual World Programming to Enhance the Education of our Health Professionals, Ana Maria Torres (Poster)
Endovascular Management of Aortoiliac Occlusive Disease, Nitin Verma MD, Amit Nanavati MD, and Bryan W. Kluck DO (Poster)
Posters: Establishment of a Comprehensive Network-wide Pressure Ulcer Assessment Process: Enhancing Patient Care While Embracing the New Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Standards, Courtney Vose RN, MSN, MBA, APRN (Poster)
Cytologic Nuclear Grading of Lung Adenocarcinoma: A Fact or Myth, Congli Wang MD; Yajue Huang MD, PhD; Heba Y. Durra MD; and Varsha Manucha MD (Poster)
About OBGYN Residency: 4 years of Residency, each year is 10 Rotation Block includes, Taylor N. Weilnau; Joseph E. Patruno MD; Amy B. Smith PhD; Craig Koller M.Ed; Hope Kincaid MPH, CPH; and Amanda B. Flicker MD (Poster)
Impact of Robotic Surgery on Hysterectomies Performed for Nonmaligant Conditions at Lehigh Valley Health Network from Fiscal Year 2008-2013, Taylor Wejkszner and Martin A. Martino MD (Poster)
From Idea to Virtual Reality, Andrew Wells (Poster)
Aligning Network Quality Goals: Mammography Metrics (Poster), Mark Wendling MD and Michael Sheinberg MD (Poster)
A Comparsion of Robotic- Assisted Thoracic Lung Surgery with Open Lung Surgery and Video-Assisted Thorascopic Lung Surgery, Alexander Werner, Michael F. Szwerc MD, and Kyle M. Langston PA-C (Poster)
A Continuing Examination of Patient Flow in an Outpatient Urogynecology and Pelvic Reconstructive Surgery Practice, Adison Weseloh MS2; Stephanie Fosbenner MS2; Pamela Kim MS2; Lennox Hoyte MD, MSEECS; Renee Bassaly DO; H Leigh Terwilliger MSN, FNP-BC; Emily Ford RN; Gloribeth Miranda MA; Vokashea Watts MA; and Tiana Dalton MS (Poster)
Dental Care of Patients on Anticoagulation Medicines, Katelyn Wray (Poster)
Causes of Death in Surgically Treated Patients with Type A Aortic Dissection - A Ten Year Review, James K. Wu MD, Eilizabeth DePaolo BS, Theodore G. Phillips MD, and Timothy S. Misselbeck (Poster)
De-branching of the Aortic Arch During Thoracic Endovascular Aortic Repair, James K. Wu MD, Caitlin O'Connor BS, Timothy S. Misselbeck, and Theodore G. Phillips MD (Poster)
A Case Report of Synchronous Adrenal Pheochromocytoma and an Ipsilateral Renal Papillary Renal Cell Carcinoma Type II-Possible Von Hipple-Lindau Disease, Hang Zhou, Daniel Eun MD, Hemant Parekh PhD, and Heba Y. Durra MD (Poster)
2012
USF Healthy Weight Clinic Intake Form, Justin R. Abbatemarco MS1, Sasha Yakhkind MS1, and Denise Edwards MD (Poster)
Facial Fracture Management: Accountable Care and Value for the New Healthcare Paradigm?, Joshua M. Adkinson MD; Ramon Garza, III MD; Jarom N. Gilstrap MD; and Sherrine Eid MPH (Poster)
Impact of Tissue Expander Complications Upon Final Outcomes in Breast Reconstruction (Poster), Joshua M. Adkinson MD; Nathan F. Miller MD; Sherrine Eid MPH; Marshall G. Miles DO; and Robert X. Murphy JR, MD, MS (Poster)
Delayed Diagnosis of Hand Injuries in Polytrauma Patients (Poster), Joshua M. Adkinson MD, Muhammad Shuja Shafqat MD, Sherrine Eid MPH, and Marshall G. Miles DO (Poster)
Examining Cancer-Related Pain and Quality of Life in Lehigh Valley Home Care Patients, Linda G. Alley PhD, RN; Hannah D. Paxton RN, MPH; Michelle D. Flores BSN, RN; Carol A. Foltz PhD; Jen Wike MPH, MBA; Vickie Cunningham BSN, RN; and Jeffrey Etchason MD (Poster)
Examining Cancer-Related Pain and Study Enrollment Challenges in the Home Care Setting, Linda G. Alley PhD, RN; Hannah D. Paxton RN, MPH; Michelle D. Flores BSN, RN; Carol A. Foltz PhD; Jen Wike MPH, MBA; Vickie Cunningham BSN, RN; and Jeffrey Etchason MD (Poster)
Improving the Bone Health Screening of Premature Infants, Rachel Appelbaum BS, Alexandra Printz BS, and Antoinette Spoto (Poster)
Jejunojejunal Intussusception Following Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass, John Ashurst DO and Bryan G. Kane MD (Poster)
Making the Connections, Alisse Bailey (Poster)
Radioactive Counts and Sentinel Node Positivity in Breast Cancer Patients; A Single Surgeon’s Longitudinal Experience, Daniel F. Barnas MD and Aaron D. Bleznak MD, FACS (Poster)
Successful Use of a Prolonged Inspiratory Time on the Bunnell Life Pulse HFJV in Treating Pneumonia Refractory to Conventional and HFO Ventilation in a NICU Patient, Kimberly Barner BS, RRT-NPS; Laura Monroe RRT-NPS; and Patrick Fitzsimmons BS, RRT-NPS (Poster)
Seven Critical Steps to Sustained Quality Improvement (Poster), Cheryl Barr BSN, RN, CPAN and Jodi Koch BSN, RN (Poster)
PACU Medical-Surgical Overflow, Cheryl Barr BSN, RN, CPAN and Krista Lechanic BSN, RN (Poster)
Medical Knowledge Professional Growth Plan, Gavin C. Barr Jr. MD, Kevin R. Weaver DO, Michael B. Weigner MD, Bryan G. Kane MD, Dawn M. Yenser, and Donna M. Chormanski-Bigelow (Poster)
Assessment and Improvement of the Emergency Department, Tara Barr and Lenny Nguyen (Poster)
Explorations of Team-Based Communication, Kanchi Batra BA, Norman McKoy BS, and Sally Zachariah MD (Poster)
The Development of Navigation Tools to Assess Medical and Social Barriers to Care, Laura Beaupre BSN, OCN, CBPN-IC; Jane Zubia RN, OCN, CBPN I-C; Kathleen A. Leies RN; Raizalie Roman-Rosado BSN, OCN, CMSRN; and Martiza Y. Chicas RN, PCCN (Poster)
Case of an Acute Dual Plaque Rupture, Adrian C. Bell DO, Amit N. Nanavati MD, and Sarang S. Mangalmurti MD (Poster)
Treatment of Type 2 Diabetes with Bariatric Surgery, Kirk Benack (Poster)
Robotic Surgery Outcomes After The Learning Curve: Does Robotic Surgery Improve The Quality Health Outcome “Readmission <30 >Days” in Patients Having Hysterectomy For Benign Disease?, Elizabeth A. Berger DO, Jocelyn Shubella, and Martin A. Martino MD (Poster)
Just Do It – A Just Culture to Move From Blame to True Remediation., Jaclyn Bergstol RN (Poster)
Just Do it—A Just Culture to Move From Blame to True Remediation, Jaclyn Bergstol RN (Poster)
The Development of a Respiratory Supplies Indexing System to Improve Retrieval Time, David Blalock RRT; Heather A. Skiles RRT; Kenneth Miller MEd, RRT-NPS; and Raymond W. Smith RCP (Poster)
Developing a Standard of Care for Breast Cancer Related Lymphedema, Jaryth Bollinger (Poster)
Autoethnography: Incorporating Reflective Research into Medical Education, Casey Bonaquist DO, Breanna Henry DO, Erin McCall DO, Elissa Foster PhD, and Kristin Reihman MD (Poster)
The Escalated Risk of Periodontal Disease in Diabetics, Morgan Boni (Poster)
The Effect of Pre-operative Coumadin Therapy on Patients Who Develop Hemorrhagic Events Post Bariatric Surgery, Richard Boorse MD; Peter J. Bechtel MD; Cathleen Webber RN, MSHS; Suzanne L. Smith MBA, RRT, TAS; and Cathy Fuhrman RN, MSN (Poster)
Evaluation of Stress on Laparoscopic Skills of Surgical Residents in Simulation-Based Education, William C. Boyer DHSc, MS; Hubert K. Huang MS,MEd; Charles Scagliotti MD,FFACS; and Robert Ruhf (Poster)
Using Portable Computers to Increase the Efficiency of Evaluating Psychiatric Emergencies – A Pilot Program, Anthony Buchman LCSW; Edward R. Norris MD, FAPA, FAPM; Rosanne Teders LCSW; and Michael Kaufmann MD (Poster)
Patient Outcome: Interface between Satisfaction, Symptom Management, and Clinical Pathways, Sarah Buonanno (Poster)
A Lean Surveillance Transformation, Terry Burger MBA, BSN, RN, NE-BC, CIC; Deborah Fry MT (ASCP), MBA, CIC; and Barbara Versage RN, MBA, CPHQ (Poster)
The impact of diabetes group visits on rates of adherence to diabetes practice guidelines, Beth Careyva M.D., N Ghose, and Brooke Salzman (Poster)
The impact of living in the United States on refugee patients’ body mass index scores, Beth Careyva M.D.; Geoffrey Mills MD, PhD; Mafudia Bangura; Amanda de la Paz; Amy Gee; and Nainesh C. Patel MD (Poster)
Operation Improvement: Enhancing Perioperative Billing, Janet Caverly (Poster)
Proactively Preparing Interns for their NICU Rotation, Kirk Chassey MS1, Shawn Palmeri MS1, and Terri Ashmeade MD (Poster)
SWAT: Empowering Staff to OWN Their Environment through Peer Accountability, Sharon Clark BS, RN and Julie Kaszuba BSN, RN (Poster)
Infectious Intracranial Aneurysms: Collaboration for Treatment Success, Erin M. Conahan RN, BSN, CNRN (Poster)
End of Visit Care and its Effect on Patient Compliance, Kyle Correll and Pamela Grover MD (Poster)
Involved Collaboration, Jared Cortright (Poster)
Warfarin Use and 30-day Hemorrhage in Bariatric Surgery, Amanda M. Curry (Poster)
An Evaluation of Warfarin Use and 30-day Hemorrhage in Bariatric Surgery, Amanda M. Curry; Richard Boorse MD; Peter J. Bechtel MD; Cathy Fuhrman RN, MSN; Cathleen Webber RN, MSHS; and Suzanne L. Smith MBA, RRT, TAS (Poster)
Reaching Smokers Via Email Blasts - Cost Effective Blast to the Future, Alice Dalla-Palu MPA, CTTS-M, CAC; Jeanne Fignar AAS; and Edward Frack BA (Poster)
Quitline Fax Referrals – Increasing Enrollment and Outcomes, Alice Dalla-Palu MPA, CTTS-M, CAC; Jeanne Fignar AAS; Patricia Lavan RDH, BA; and Kayshin Chan MPH (Poster)
Churn, Churn, Churn: A Time to Get Ahead of the Medical-Surgical Workload, Carolyn L. Davidson RN, PhD; Anne Panik MS, RN, NEA-BC; and Todd W. Burgert (Poster)
Frailty and the Ever Growing Geriatric Population, Kailin Dent (Poster)
Aortic Dissection: Causes of death in surgically treated patients with type a aortic dissection - a ten year review, Elizabeth DePaolo BS (Poster)
Partnering to Accelerate the Rate of Positive Change:The Experience of Lauren’s Hope Foundation & the NICU at Lehigh Valley Health Network, Lorraine A. Dickey MD, MBA, FAAP and Ann Flood (Poster)
Post-Operative Instructions & Information, Maura Diehl RN, CPAN (Poster)
Posters: Success with Compassion: Peripheral Intravenous Cannulation in the Pediatric Population, Joanne DiNatale RN, CPON; Marcia Summers MSN, RN; and April Saboe BSN, RN (Poster)
Enhancing Resident Education by Empowering the Learner Through the Creation of Smartphone Applications, Christine W. Du MD; Dale A. Dangleben MD; Judith A. Olenwine MS, C-TAGME; and Michael M. Badellino MD (Poster)
The Future of Perianesthesia Nursing: Shared Governance Empowers Nurses to Focus on Professional Development, Kathleen Duckworth RN, CPAN and Beth Hall RN,BSN, CPAN (Poster)
In Search of Culture, Anna Eisenstein (Poster)
Posters: Pre-op, Intra-op and Post-op Brief, Lisa Farthing MSN, RN, CNOR and Michelle Reigard RN, CNOR (Poster)
Pre-op, Intra-op and Post-op Brief., Lisa Farthing MSN, RN, CNOR and Michelle Reigard RN, CNOR (Poster)
LVHN: The Level II Accreditation Journey, Cathyann Feher RN,MSN; Karen L. Kutner MBA; and Michael M. Badellino MD,FACS (Poster)
A Repeatedly Barking Baby, Catherine Fischer DO and Kathleen E. Kane MD (Poster)
Post Gastric Bypass Hypoglycemia: Four Cases Treated Successfully with Alphaglucosidase Inhibitor Therapy, Shavon S. Frankhouser DO; Aakif N. Ahmad DO; Gretchen A. Perilli MD; Benjamin J. Quintana MD; and Marc A. Vengrove DO, FACP (Poster)
Utility of FDG PET-CT Scan in Determining Pathological Response to Neo-adjuvant Chemo-radiation Therapy in Non-small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC), Eliot L. Friedman MD, Michael F. Szwerc MD, Robert Kruklitis MD, Michael J. Weiss MPH, Robert Rienzo MD, and Wen Young MD (Poster)
Pelvic Muscle Strength and Obstetrical Delivery: Analysis from the Mothers' Outcomes After Delivery Trial, Sarah Friedman MD; Joan L. Blomquist MD; Kelly C. McDermott BS; Alvaro Muñoz PhD; and Victoria L. Handa MD, MHS (Poster)
TeamSTEPPS™ and Narrative Medicine: Towards an Increased Awareness of “Teamwork” on the OBGYN Third Year Clinical Rotation---A Pilot Study, Kristin Friel MD and Krista Hirschmann PhD (Poster)
Factors Associated with Loss to Follow-up among HIV-Infected Patients at an Urban, Hospital-Based Outpatient HIV Clinic, Timothy J. Friel MD, Anthony Nerino, Lynn Nagel, J D'Aversa, Anthony Strobel, and Dorothy Faulkner PhD (Poster)
Is Placement of an Intra-Abdominal Drain Necessary after Hartmann’s Procedure for Perforated Diverticulitis?, Mychailo Fulmes MD, PhD; Avi S. Galler; David S. Bub; Robert J. Sinnott; John S. Park; and Matthew M. Philp MD (Poster)
Lower GI Bleeding from Arteriovenous Malformations (AVM): Two Case Reports of Diagnosis and Management, Mychailo Fulmes MD and Indru Khubchandani MD (Poster)
Empowering Staff Nurses to Decrease Patient Observation Hours, Maryann K. Fye MSN, RN, CMSRN (Poster)
Value of Routine Immunohistochemical (IHC) Analysis of Colorectal Cancer to Genetic Counseling Referrals, Avi Galler; Mychailo Fulmes MD, PhD; John Park; David Bub; Michael J. Weiss; Tara Namey; Ann Marie Augustyn; and Robert Sinnott (Poster)
Angiotensin II Type 2 Receptor: A Novel Modulator of Inflammation in Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma Through Regulation of NF-KappaB Activity, Ankit V. Gandhi BS; Galina I. Chipitsyna PhD; Daniel Relles MD; Charles J. Yeo MD, FACS; and Hwyda A. Arafat MD, PhD (Poster)
Facial Fracture Management: Operative Trends, Ramon Garza, III MD; Joshua M. Adkinson MD; Jarom N. Gilstrap MD; Sherrine Eid MPH; and Robert X. Murphy Jr, MD, MS (Poster)
Same-Day Discharge after Hysterectomy: A surgical quality metrics study, Gabrielle Gosciniak BA (Poster)
Teaching with Cultural Competence Requires Gender Sensitivity, Marna R. Greenberg DO, MPH, FACEP (Poster)
Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation: Is the Emergency Department Visit an Opportunity to Recommend Education? (Poster), Marna R. Greenberg DO, MPH, FACEP; Gavin C. Barr Jr. MD; Jon D. Willardson DO; Nicholas M. Dowling DO; Jennifer L. Sears DO; Valerie Rupp RN, BSN; Kimberly Hamilton BA; and Kevin Weaver DO (Poster)
A Comparative Study of Quality Metrics of Sacrocolpopexy: Robotic Surgery vs. Laparotomy, Kelsey Groves (Poster)
Linear Psoriasis of the Isolated Type, Tatyana Groysman DO and Marc W. Levin MD (Poster)
SELECT Readiness: Assessing the Clinical Learning Environment of a Regional Branch Medical Campus, Margaret A. Hadinger EdD, MS; Erica T. Mahady MA; Edward Norris MD, FAPM; and J Alan Otsuki MD, MBA (Poster)