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.
2014
Septal Myectomy in Obstructive Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy High Risk Patients, Heather Geist, Matthew W. Martinez MD, and James K. Wu MD (Poster)
Surgical Treatment of Multiple Vein Graft Aneurysms in 72 Year Old Man, Heather Geist, James K. Wu MD, and Raymond Singer MD (Poster)
Med Effects Scripting and HCAHPS Scores, Jacklyn Gibat BSN, RN and Madelyn Glick BSN, RN (Poster)
A Program for Review of Residents on Anti-Psychotic (AP) Medications in a County Owned Nursing Facility, Catherine M. Glew BM, BS, CMD; Beth Berklite RN, ADON; and Terri Bauer RN (Poster)
Researching the Impact of Medication Reconciliation Technicians (MRTs) in the ED, Jon Carlos Gonzalez and Leroy Kromis (Poster)
The Geriatric Trauma Triage Project, Kaylee Grapsy (Poster)
Gender Differences in Cardiac Arrest Survivors Who Receive Therapeutic Hypothermia (poster), Marna R. Greenberg DO, MPH, FACEP; Amy M. Ahnert MD; Nainesh C. Patel MD; Courtney Bennett DO; Nicole Elliott DO; Mark Lundquist; Andrew C. Miller DO; Ellina C. Feiner MD; Anita Kurt PhD, RN; Bernadette Gl-Porter BS; Mercedes Rios-Scott BS; and David B. Burmeister DO, FACEP (Poster)
Perceived Mechanical Fall Risk and Openness to Communication with Providers, Marna R. Greenberg DO, MPH, FACEP; Michael Nguyen MD; Brian Stello MD; Robert D. Barraco MD; Arnold R. Goldberg MD; Colin L. Donnelly DO; Benjamin R. Preiss DO; Bernadette Gl-Porter BS; Anita Kurt PhD, RN; and Bryan G. Kane MD (Poster)
Assessing Supplementary Patient Mental Health Resources, Alexander Guillaume MS2 and Pooja Shankar (Poster)
A Psychometric Evaluation of Three Shorter Versions of the Practice Adaptive Reserve Scale, Daniel Gundersen PhD; Bijal A. Balasubramanian MBBS, PhD; Veronica Vargas; William L. Miller MD, MA; Carlos Roberto Jaén MD, PhD; Kurt Strange MD, PhD; Paul Nutting MD, MSPH; and Benjamin F. Crabtree PhD (Poster)
Incidence and Predictors of Permanent Pacemaker Implantation after Valve Surgery – A Single Center Experience, Justin L. Guthier DO; Bilal Ayub MD; Yassir Nawaz MD; Hassam Saif MD; Robert F. Malacoff MD, FACC; Michael J. Weiss MPH; Theodore G. Phillips MD; James K. Wu MD; Raymond L. Singer MD; Sanjay M. Mehta MD; Gary W. Szydlowski MD; and Ronald S. Freudenberger MD (Poster)
Diabetes Care Management in the Cancer Center: Challenging Current Models of Care to Optimize Outcomes for a Complex Population, Cara Habeck RN, CDE; Joyce Najarian MSN, RN, CDE; Gregory R. Harper MD, PhD; Gretchen Perilli MD; Janelle M. Sharma DNP, CRNP; Melissa Kratz RN, MSN, AOCN; Patricia Shearburn RN, MSN, AOCN; Cathy A. Coyne PhD, MPH; Hope Kincaid MPH, CPH; and Roya Hamadani MPH (Poster)
Underrepresented Minorities in Medical School Admissions, Margaret A. Hadinger EdD, MS (Poster)
One-and-a-Half Syndrome : An Unusual Cause of Dizziness, Daniel Haimowitz MD, FACP, CMD; Catherine M. Glew BM, BS, CMD; and Yelena Schpigel MD (Poster)
Longitudinal Evaluation of Retention and Relevance of LVHN's Patients with Disabilities as Teachers (P-DAT) Training, Susan E. Hansen MA and Sweety Jain MD (Poster)
Patients With Disabilities as Teachers (P-DAT): Do Participants Retain What Is Taught and is it Relevant to Practice?, Susan E. Hansen MA and Sweety Jain MD (Poster)
Volunteers Improving Mobility and Ambulation, Amber Healy BSN, RN and Michelle Wolfe BSN, RN (Poster)
Don't Ask Alice -- Medication Reconciliation: A New Role to Decrease Discrepancies, Tracie Heckman MSN, RN, CMSRN; Angela Agee ADN, RN, CMSRN; Tracie Heckman MSN,RN,CMSRN; and Leroy Kromis BS,PharmD,BCPS (Poster)
Poster: Don't Ask Alice -- Medication Reconciliation: A New Role to Decrease Discrepancies, Tracie Heckman MSN, RN, CMSRN and Megan Goodman BSN, RN (Poster)
Pain Control in the Geriatric Trauma Patient, Sean Heintz BSN, RN and Brianna Woods BSN, RN (Poster)
Darkening and Eruptive Nevi During Treatment with Erlotinib (poster), Stephen Hemperly DO, Tanya Ermolovich DO, and Nektarios I. Lountzis MD (Poster)
Adenomyomatous Hyperplasia of the Ampulla of Vater Masquerading as Malignancy: A Case Series, Patrick Hickey DO, Saba Ahmad MD, Matthew Sullivan DO, Miriam L. Enriquez MD, Jeffrey Brodsky MD, and Hiral Shah MD (Poster)
Bouveret’s Syndrome: Definitive Diagnosis with Esophagogastroduodenoscopy, Patrick Hickey DO, Matthew Sullivan DO, Saba Ahmad MD, James Cornell MD, Shashin Shah MD, and Hiral N. Shah MD (Poster)
Recurrent Biliary Obstruction Overcome with Metal Biliary Stent Placement in the Surgically Altered Down Syndrome Patient for Congenital Duodenal Atresia, Patrick Hickey DO, Matthew Sullivan DO, Saba Ahmad MD, and Hiral Shah MD (Poster)
Children’s Hospital Awareness Initiative: Improving Employee Communication with Pediatrics, Sarah Hines (Poster)
Teaching Patient to "SCIP"---Skin Care Intervention Program, Kaitlyn Hoch BSN, RN; Kelsey Miller BSN, RN; Mary O'Connor BSN, RN; and Nadiya Tverdun BSN, RN (Poster)
Parenteral Nutrition Web-based Order Writing: Educating Prescribers Utilizing a Network-wide Computerized E-Learning Tool, Judy Holaska RD, MS, CNSC , LDN (Poster)
Clinic No-Shows: Patient Reasons and Recommendations, Matthew Ho MS2, Deepika Kumar MS2, Elizabeth Lawrence PhD, and Wayne Anderson PhD (Poster)
Utilization of a Resource Algorithm to Enhance Departmental Communications, Diane Horoski; Kenneth Miller MEd, RRT-NPS; and Angela Lutz BS, RRT-NPS (Poster)
Introducing and Evaluating 3D Digital Breast Tomosynthesis, Marie Hrinkonich and Susan Steigerwalt (Poster)
Creating Effective Patient Education Brochures to Encourage Early Diagnostic Testing for Oral Cancer, Lydia Hunt (Poster)
Changing the Road to Recovery: A Lesson in Pediatric Surgery Efficiency, Hope L. Johnson MSN, RN, CNOR (Poster)
Poster: Changing the Road to Recovery: A Lesson in Pediatric Surgery Efficiency, Hope L. Johnson MSN, RN, CNOR (Poster)
Communication Whiteboards: Enhancing Patient, Family, and Care Team Communication, Elizabeth Johnston and Jacqueline D. Fenicle RN, MSN (Poster)
The Development of Prolonged Weaning Guidelines to Facilitate Ventilatory Liberation, Jamie Jordan RRT-ACCS; Kenneth Miller MEd, RRT-NPS; Angela Lutz BS, RRT-NPS; Vanessa Ribaudo-Kaufman MD; Cindy Umbrell MSN, RN, CNS, CCRN; and Donald J. Butz RN, CNRN (Poster)
Process Improvement Initiatives in Patient Access Services, Sarah Kalavoda and Joseph Hwang (Poster)
Introduction of Evidence-Based Diagnostic Order Sets in an Electronic Medical Record is Associated with an Increase in Laboratory Orders, Bryan G. Kane MD, Justin Arnold DO, Joshua Morrison DO, Ryan Southworth DO, William Greenhut DO, Will Russell DO, Jeremy Selley DO, and Michael Stanley DO (Poster)
A Statewide Survey of Institutional Trauma Human Resource Allocation and Associated Patient Mortality, Bryan G. Kane MD, Quincy Gerrald DO, Catherine Fischer DO, Kevin Vong DO, Mary Sibley DO, and Justin Binstead DO (Poster)
Does Destination Determine Destiny? A Statewide Analysis of Trauma Center Mortality, Bryan G. Kane MD, Quincy Gerrald DO, Catherine Fischer DO, Kevin Vong DO, Mary Sibley DO, and Justin Binstead DO (Poster)
Streamlining Clinic Referrals, Nikos Karakashian MS2 and Victoria Psomiadis MS2 (Poster)
The Effect of Denial of Childhood Trauma on the Self-Report of Suicidality on Psychiatric Inpatients, Laurence Karper MD, Dayna Kline, and Akua Afriyie (Poster)
Statistical Analysis of the Workload on the LVHN Observation Unit, Mohamed Kashkoush (Poster)
Improving Patient Outcomes through Bedside Neurological Examinations, Patrick Keane RN (Poster)
Bedside Neurological Exams, Patrick Keane BSN, RN and Hannah Layfield BSN, RN (Poster)
Pediatric Early Warning Score (PEWS), Emily Keim BSN, RN and Jennifer Senske BSN, RN (Poster)
Lehigh Valley Physician Group Patient Satisfaction Surveying: Quality Control of Primary Care and Specialty Practices, Jacob T. Kemmerer (Poster)
Chest Pain Observation: Does Post-Discharge Stress Testing Influence Physician Management Decisions?, Yasser K. Khalil MD, Prasant Pandey MD, Melvin H. Schwartz MD, and Maida Abdul-Latif MD (Poster)
RCT Evaluating Safety & Efficacy of Sodium Hyaluronate/Carboxymethylcellulose at Cesarean Delivery, Daniel G. Kiefer MD; Jolene C. Muscat MD; Jarrett Santorelli BS; Martin R. Chavez MD; Cande V. Ananth PhD, MPH; John C. Smulian MD, MPH; and Anthony M. Vintzileos MD (Poster)
Chronic Bronchitis Have More Goblet Cell Hyperplasia and Greater Respiratory Symptoms in Smokers and COPD Subjects, Victor Kim MD; Michelle Oros MD; Thomas J. Rogers PhD; Gerard J. Criner MD, FCCP; and Heba Y. Durra MD (Poster)
Evaluation of the RESP Score and Demographic Information in order to Predict Survival of ECMO Patients at a Community Hospital, Jenna Kocsis (Poster)
Effectiveness of a Three-Month Follow-Up Program for Type 2 Diabetics at Highest Risk for Complications at the Judeo Christian Health Clinic., Neha Kohli MS2, Catherine S. Lee MS2, Alexander Podlaski MS2, and Renae Lucien MS (Poster)
Examination of Patient Utilization and Attitudes Toward the MyMoffitt Patient Portal, Ajay Koti MS and Jennifer Shields MS (Poster)
Survey of Postoperative Satisfaction and Pain Following Femoral Nerve Block and On-Q Pain Pump Catheter in Total Knee Replacement, Megan Kozar (Poster)
Palliative Medicine Competency Education in Emergency Medicine Residency Training: A Preliminary Report, Chadd K. Kraus DO, MPH; Matthew Meyers BS; Bryan G. Kane MD; and Marna R. Greenberg DO, MPH, FACEP (Poster)
Integration and Cost Analysis of Streamlined Digital Patient Imaging, Aaron Krueger, Andrew Napier MS2, and Kenneth Louis MD (Poster)
Poster: Engaging Staff To Change a Culture, Mary Kunkel RN (Poster)
Engaging Staff To Change a Culture, Mary Kunkel and Erin Joyce RN (Poster)
Poster: High-Dose Interleukin-2 Administration in the Oncology Medical-Surgical Setting – An Innovation to Impact Cost Efficiencies, Clinical Outcomes and the Ideal Patient Experience, Deidre L. Kutzler RN (Poster)
High-Dose Interleukin-2 Administration in the Oncology Medical-Surgical Setting – An Innovation to Impact Cost Efficiencies, Clinical Outcomes and the Ideal Patient Experience, Deidre L. Kutzler RN and Megan L. Derr RN (Poster)
Improving Assessment of Kyphoplasty Patients: Development and Initiation of a Standardized Questionnaire., Thomas Kwarcinski MS, Denise Fuller ARNP, and Bruce Kudryk MD (Poster)
Length of the Second Stage of Labor and the Risk of Preterm Delivery in a Subsequent Pregnancy, Tara Lockstein; Daniel Gomez MD; Joanne Quiñones MD, MSCE; and William E. Scorza MD (Poster)
The Effect of Commercial Tests for Aneuploidy Screening Using Cell-free Fetal DNA on Rates of Invasive Testing in Clinical Practice, Adetola Louis-Jacques MD; Courtney R. Burans MS, CGC; Sarah Robinson; Elizabeth A. Schofield; Joanne Quiñones MD, MSCE; John C. Smulian MD, MPH; and Meredith Rochon MD (Poster)
Use of Commercial Tests for Aneuploidy Screening Using Cell-free Fetal DNA in Clinical Practice (Poster), Adetola Louis-Jacques MD; Courtney R. Burans MS, CGC; Sarah Robinson; Elizabeth A. Schofield; Joanne Quiñones MD, MSCE; John C. Smulian MD, MPH; and Meredith Rochon MD (Poster)
Hot Topic: A Team Approach to Fire Safety Education, Jeanne P. Luke MSN, RN, CNOR (Poster)
Severe Tubulointerstitial Nephritis from Acute Epstein-Barr Virus Infection, Craig A. Mackaness DO (Poster)
Eculizumab in the Successful Treatment of Postpartum Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome - A Case Report, Craig A. Mackaness DO and Frederick S. Fleszler MD (Poster)
Rare Case of Klinefelters Syndrome With 48XXYY, Vasudev G. Magaji MD, MS; Deborah Feden CRNP; and Gretchen Perilli MD (Poster)
Unique Diagnostic Challenges of Cushings From Large Bilateral Adrenal Adenoma and Mifepristone Utilization for Hypercortisolism Prior to Surgery, Vasudev G. Magaji MD, MS; Sarah Park DO; Maura Bucciarelli DO; Katie Mastoris DO; and Scott Beman MD (Poster)
Diabetes Insipidus in Patient With Bodydysmorphic and Eating Disorder, Vasudev G. Magaji MD, MS and Gretchen Perilli MD (Poster)
Assessing the Prevalence of Human Pathogens in Lehigh Valley’s Deer Ticks, Amulya Makkapati (Poster)
Point of Care Testing on Adult Patients with Insulin and Vasopressor, Rachel Marouchoc BSN, RN and Rhyan Rupp BSN, RN (Poster)
Poster: Ready-Set-Go! A Clinical Practice Guideline that Promotes Safe Care of the Sedated Patient Before, During and After Transport, Kimberly A. Martin RN, CNRN and Jennifer Houp RN, CNRN (Poster)
Ready-Set-Go! A Clinical Practice Guideline that Promotes Safe Care of the Sedated Patient Before, During and After Transport, Kimberly A. Martin RN, CNRN and Jennifer Houp RN, CNRN (Poster)
Benefits of Skin - to- Skin During Transition to Extrauterine Life, Michelle Martin BSN, RN; Corrine Rikli BSN, RN; and Heather Witmer BSN, RN (Poster)
A Potentially Fatal Etiology of a Lumbar Radiculopathy, Katie Mastoris DO, Ranjit R. Nair MD, and E York MD (Poster)
1,25 OH Vitamin D Mediated Hypercalcemia in a Patient With Malignancy Without Lymphoma (Poster), Katie Mastoris DO; Sarah Park DO; and Vasudev G. Magaji MD, MS (Poster)
Defining The Role Of The Nurse In Transitions Of Care Within A Comprehensive Stroke Center, Claranne Mathiesen RN, MSN, CNRN and Erin M. Conahan RN, CNRN (Poster)
Assessment of Pre-Operative Evaluation Prior to Cataract Surgery, Veniamin Mayevskiy MS (Poster)
Turnaround Time for Patient Notification of Image guided Breast Biopsy Results: A Multicenter Survey, Charles W. McGuire MD, Amy Patel MD, Sohaib A. Mohiuddin MD, Kamran Ali MD, Saad Iqbal MD, and Lisa S. May MD (Poster)
Instructional Posters and Prevention Education: Do they really Work?, William D. McQuilken BA; Deanna Shisslak; and Judith M. Schultz Ba, CSTR (Poster)
Postoperative Oxygenation Improvement in Weight Loss Surgery Patients, Stephen Meadows BSN, RN and Dana Valasek BSN, RN (Poster)
Central and Peripheral Nervous System Demyelination Following Mycoplasma Pneumonia Infection With Review of Literature, Brian Miller DO and Andres Zirlinger MD (Poster)
Access to Dental Care in the Lehigh Valley Health Network, Carissa Miller (Poster)
The Emergency Department Stopping Elderly Accidents, Deaths, & Injuries Study, Kaley Miller (Poster)
The Utilization of Independent Lung Ventilation Via High Frequency Percussive Ventilation (HFPV) During Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO), Kenneth Miller MEd, MSRT, RRT-ACCS, NPS, AE-C, FAARC; Rita Pechulis MD, FCCP; James K. Wu; Chad Traub RRT-ACCS; and Dorothea T. Watson DO (Poster)
The Utilization of the Pressure Volume Tool to Determine the Lower Inflection Point During Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO), Kenneth Miller MEd, RRT-NPS; Rita Pechulis MD, FCCP; James K. Wu; and Dorothea T. Watson DO (Poster)
Ectopic Cushing Syndrome and Pancreatic Cancer: A Case Report, Mira Mitry MD; Nicole M. Agostino DO; Stacey Smith MD, FACP; and Vasudev G. Magaji MD, MS (Poster)
Inborn Error of Metabolism is a Disease of any Age; Carniting Palmitoyltransferase II Deficiency and Its Manifestations, Mira Mitry MD and James Ross MD, FACP (Poster)
Lumbar Sacralization On CT And Its Association With Lumbar Fractures In Motor Vehicle Accident Patients, Sohaib A. Mohiuddin MD, Imran Qureishi, Hamza Alizail, and Saad Iqbal (Poster)
To Filter or Not to Filter?, Rachel Moser RN and Julia Becker BSN,RN (Poster)
Promotora-led Diabetes Self-Care Education Lowers Depression Scores and Increases Patient Self-Efficacy, Robert Motley MD; Nyann Biery MS; Hannah D. Paxton RN, MPH; Cathy A. Coyne PhD, MPH; and Sherrine Eid MPH (Poster)
Lymphoma Masquerading as Pneumonia with Acute Renal Failure: A rare clinical and radiological presentation of diffuse large B cell gastric lymphoma (DLBCL), Ranjit R. Nair MD; Cheryl A. Bloomfield MD; Sharif A. Ali MD; and Stacey Smith MD, FACP (Poster)
An Uncommon Complication During Trans-Aortic Valve Replacement, Sanjeev Nair MD, Yassir Nawaz MD, Nainesh C. Patel MD, David A. Cox MD, William Combs MD, Raymond L. Singer MD, and J Patrick Kleaveland MD (Poster)
Poster: Rallying the Team to Improve Glycemic Control in the Acute Care Setting: Mission Possible, Joyce Najarian MSN, RN, CDE; Ann Flickinger MS, RD, LDN; Marie Claude-Gutekunst MSN, RN, PCCN; and Brian D. Spadt (Poster)
A Retrospective Chart Review to Determine Proper Stress Test Utilization in Low Risk Chest Pain Patients, Yassir Nawaz MD and Bilal Ayub MD (Poster)
Accurate Murmur Recognition by Cardiologists – Premature Requiem or Phoenix Rising?, Yassir Nawaz MD, Matthew W. Martinez MD, and Michael J. Barrett MD (Poster)
Rapid Door-to-Balloon Time (≤ 30 minutes) in the Treatment of Acute ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction (STEMI) is Associated With Reduced Length of Hospital Stay and Improved Clinical Outcomes, Yassir Nawaz MD, Ataul Qureshi MD, Navin K. Subrayappa MD, Orlando E. Rivera RN, Bruce Feldman DO, and Nainesh C. Patel MD (Poster)
Pulsating Left Breast After Trans-Apical Aortic Valve Implantation: An Ominous Sign, Yassir Nawaz MD, Navin K. Subrayappa MD, Sumit Duggal MD, Ataul Qureshi MD, and Muppidi Raghunandan MD (Poster)
Reducing Wasted Supplies, Valerie Nederostek BSN, RN (Poster)
Evaluation of CT Images Created Using a New Metal Artifact Reduction Reconstruction Algorithm for Radiation Therapy Treatment Planning, John Niemkiewicz, Andrew G. Palmiotti, Marc S. Miner, Lee E. Stunja, and Jenelle Bergene (Poster)