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.
2026
Implementation Barriers and Change Management Considerations in Deploying a Literature-Informed, Respiratory Therapy–Driven COPD Care Bundle with EHR-Based Readmission Risk Stratification, Yusuf Aboul-Nasr and David M. Richardson MD (Poster)
Increasing Confidence & Competency in New Nurse Graduates in the Emergency Department For Best Patient Outcomes, Gissell Abreu BSN, RN; Amy Baker BSN, RN; Sarah Bartholomew ASN, RN; Kaitlin Child ADN, RN; and Via Evans BSN, RN (Poster)
Sexually Transmitted Infections at a Health Clinic Serving Older Adolescents and Young Adults: An Analysis of Demographics, Health Care Access, and Positivity Rates, Shaliz Aflatooni, Margaret Van Cleve, Anna Sizemore, Sarah A Commaroto, Emily Coughlin, Rahul Mhaskar, Carina A. Rodriguez, and Lisa J. Sanders (Poster)
It's Your Turn to Turn, Barbara Alvarez ADN, RN; Jessica Murante BSN, RN; Lisandra Nunez ADN, RN; Felix Reinoso; and Mauricio Teles Corte ADN, RN (Poster)
Color Coding Peripheral IV Lines, Harriet Arnold RN; Todd Hanna DO, BSN, RN; and Natalie Lindenmuth RN (Poster)
Baseline Assessment of Advance Care Planning Documentation Among High-Risk ED Patients, Sierra Barber and Marna R. Greenberg DO, MPH, FACEP (Poster)
Continuous Medication Infusion Expiration Errors, Bella Barbosa RN and Kaitlyn DeCesaris RN (Poster)
Enhancing Prenatal Detection of Fetal Cardiac Pathologies Using Fetoly-Heart Software: A Performance Study, Alexander Behzadi, Sean Daneshmand, Arij Faksh, and Mishella Perez (Poster)
A Quality Improvement Project to Optimize Nurse Communication and Satisfaction Through Standardized L&D- Postpartum Handoffs, Kristina Bergey MSN, RN; Cheyanne Mathews RN; and Olivia Ronca RN (Poster)
A Narrative Approach to Understanding K2 Use in the Community, Gabriella Blanco, Abby S. Letcher MD, and Nyann Biery MS (Poster)
Assessing Evidence-Based Care in Hospitalized Lyme Disease: A Quality Improvement Study, Quentin Boose and Raul E Davaro MD (Poster)
Improving Glycemic Control of Medical-Surgical Patients, Elizabeth Brackins BSN, RN; Yanisset Cedano ADN, RN; and Alyssa Oliver ADN, RN (Poster)
CHG Compliance To Reduce CLABSI Rates, Micki Charles RN; Anthony Luca RN; and Kortney Kunkle BSN, RN (Poster)
Impact of Care Dry on Mobility, Delaney Cheeseman ADN, RN; Bridget Clark ADN, RN; Devajah Johnson ADN, RN; Jenny Martinez BSN, RN; Gladys Modesto BSN, RN; Jarret Palmer ADN, RN; Maria Eugenia Poma Huamani ADN, RN; and Heather Werner BSN, RN (Poster)
Examining Psychosocial and Demographic Correlates of Sleep Disturbances at a Home for Youth Experiencing Housing Instability, Elizabeth G Chiu, Alisa Vidwans, and Amy B. Smith PhD (Poster)
Perspectives of African American Mothers on Breastfeeding Support during Newborn Hospitalization: Addressing Disparities in Breastfeeding Exclusivity, Melissa Chow, Sarah A Commaroto, Kaen Fugate, and Karyn Gerstle (Poster)
Diabetes equity in Lehigh Valley: Recruitment for a national diabetes prevention program train the trainer model, Miguel Chuidian MD; Autumn Kieber-Emmons MD, MPH; Rachel Apiolaza; and Carolyn Peterseim MD (Poster)
Life After Parent Training: 3- and 6-month Follow Up of HOT DOCS, Sarah A Commaroto, Sarah Dickinson, and Heather Agazzi (Poster)
PeeDiatrics: Streamlining UTI Diagnosis and Treatment, Margaret B Cornwall, Hina Zaidi MD, Stanley Toyberman MD, Olga Schleyfer DO, and Emily Coughlin (Poster)
Preoperative Neighborhood Socioeconomic Deprivation and Patient Reported Quality of Life in Bladder Cancer Patients Undergoing Radical Cystectomy, Anosh Dadabhoy, Farshad S. Moghaddam, and Siamak Daneshmand (Poster)
The Jackson Cubbin Skin Risk Assessment Tool Vs. The Braden Scale, Matthew Daley, Charissa DiSante, Ivy Guerra, and Hannah Matthews (Poster)
Listening Twice: Improving Pain Reassessment in the Emergency Department, Eddie Debaerien BSN and Jessica Bergey BSN (Poster)
Exploring the DIRECT (Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion In Medical Research, Education and Care for Transparency) Index and Its Translation to Meaningful Clinical Encounters, Karla J Felix PhD (Poster)
Hazards of IV Pump Standby Mode: A Patient Safety Concern, Allysa Fitzgerakd RN, Alyse Colon RN, Kristen Storm RN, Prisca Fleuridor RN, and Sorange Pena Lara RN (Poster)
Discharge from NICU with Home Nasogastric Tube, Isabella Gackenbach BSN, RN; Stephanie Godley ADN, RN; Samantha Ide BSN, RN; and Bethany Vincent BSN, RN (Poster)
Implementation of a Visual Brochure Outlining Breastfeeding Policies to Improve Awareness for Employees at LVHN, Karim Girgis and Autumn Kieber-Emmons MD, MPH (Poster)
Significant Disease in Substance-Related Deaths: A Serious Confounder, Clare F Hartman, Michael Johnson, and Chandler Grant (Poster)
A Standardized Badge Buddy Tool for ED to ICU Transfer Reports, Talia Hemingway RN, Shelby Yacubeck RN, and Marina Khella RN (Poster)
Identifying Underserved Locations for Strategic Expansion of Access to Urologic Care in the Lehigh Valley, Grace Hollis and Angelo A. Baccala MD (Poster)
Real-World Challenges Associated with Assembling Multicenter Radiomics Dataset, Wai Lone Jonathan Ho, Lawrence O. Hall, Dmitry Goldgof, and Matthew B. Schabath (Poster)
Bacillus Calmette-Guérin–exposed Non–muscle-invasive Bladder Cancer: Survival Benchmarks, Bladder-sparing Strategies, and Implications for Trial Design, Seyed Behzad Jazayeri, Renzo G. DiNatale, Christopher W Guske, Christian Harrs, Joshua Linscott, Hongzhi Xu, Facundo Davaro, Lexiaochuan Wen, Philippe E. Spiess, Wade J. Sexton, Scott M. Gilbert, Logan Zemp, Michael Poch, and Roger Li (Poster)
Does Treating Iron Deficiency Decrease Disease Severity and Improve Functionality for Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients?, Xinyi Jing, Emily Coughlin, and Marie S. O’Brien DO (Poster)
The Importance of Intake and Output Documentation, Virginia Johnson BSN, RN; Shruti Patel BSN, RN; and Madison Yordy BSN, RN (Poster)
Patient Education Quality Improvement Initiative on Common Neuro Ophthalmology Diagnoses, Rithvic Jupudi, Casey Judge DO, and Negar Moheb MD (Poster)
The Use of Acuity Based Tools for Nurse-Patient Assignments on Nursing Satisfaction in Medical-Surgical Units, Emily Kidd RN, Dimeji Oyinkolade RN, Melva Wilson RN, and Emily Greenawalt RN (Poster)
De-Escalation Techniques, Jessica Kiefer RN, Cassandra Watson RN, Claudette Greenawald BSN, Angela Boakye BSN, Iryna Vlasenko BSN, and Rosanny Rodriguez RN (Poster)
Preoperative Weight Loss Among Morbidly Obese Patients Undergoing Total Knee Arthroplasty: It May Not Affect Outcomes, Kiran Kittur, Jordan H. Larson, Christopher Leibold, Spencer Neaville, Richard J. Rivera, and Brian Palumbo (Poster)
The Price of Precision: Financial Insights from a Robotic Nephrectomy Transition, Jill M. Knolle MSW, MPH; Aiden Tobin; and George Rofaiel MD (Poster)
Detection of anti-CMV TCR CDR3s via recombination reads from RNAseq files is associated with worse outcomes for low-grade glioma, Anna Laemmle, Kashvi Chirag Shah, Joyce Zhu, and George Blanck (Poster)
Safer Opioid Prescribing Practices in Pediatric Surgery: A Multi-Specialty Initiative to Implement Evidence-Based Pain Management Strategies, Grace Lee; Carly Miller; Rebecca Lipscomb; Amy L. Serfas BSN, RN; and Marybeth Browne MD (Poster)
Blood Glucose Timing, Ashley Lisella ADN, RN; Riley Hennessy BSN; Kimberly Beckford ADN, RN; and Madeline Gutierrez RN (Poster)
What are we doing right? A Qualitative Analysis of Health Disparity Conversations with LGBTQ+ Older Adults, Skylar Lung, Ashlee Randolph, Nyann Biery MS, and Lynn M. Wilson DO (Poster)
Fall Prevention: Implementing a Fall Safety Checklist, Shaelyn Maines RN, Katie Rankin RN, and Luis N/A RN (Poster)
Your Best is Enough: Compassion Fatigue & Critical Incident Stress, Kyra Malone BSN, RN; Richard Marquez BSN, RN; and Giovanna Castiglione BSN, RN (Poster)
Accurate I&O in Critical Care Settings, Lauren Markley RN, BSN and Kailyn McClain RN, BSN (Poster)
Operating Room Maternal Preparation for Routine Cesarean Sections: Standardization of Circulating RN Education, Caitlyn McKelvy RN; Madison Rittenhouse BSN, RN; and Megan Reinhard ADN, RN (Poster)
Implementing Quiet Time for the Pediatric Population, Abigael Moore BSN, RN; Erin Dougherty BSN, RN; Jamie Dickey BSN, RN; Lauren Jackson BSN, RN; and Rachel Samuels BSN, RN (Poster)
A Case Series of Hypokalemia and Hypertension in Pregnancy, Pooja Neerumalla, Sharon E. Maynard MD, and Sejal Lakhani DO (Poster)
Standardizing Postoperative Pain Management in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit: A Retrospective Quality Improvement Analysis and Protocol Development, Timothy Nehila; Laura Hayn PharmD; Amy L. Serfas BSN, RN; Roseanna Hanson BSN, MSN; Breeann Jensen MSN, CRNA; Abhaya Seshachar MD; Wendy J. Kowalski MD; Oluwatobi Adegboyega MD; and Marybeth Browne MD (Poster)
Trends in Alcohol Withdrawal with Relation to Race/Ethnicity, Angela Nguyen and Alexandra Amaducci DO (Poster)
Assessing the Correlation between Prior Influenza A Exposure and Survival Rate of Patients with Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Lung, Schuyler Van Den Nieuwenhuizen and George Blanck (Poster)
Hygiene for Health: Orthopedic Post Surgery Infection Risk Reduction Potential Using 2% Chlorhexidine Gluconate Wipes, Aakriti Niroula BSN, RN; Clayshavika Washington BSN, RN; and Daniel Requeijo ASN, RN (Poster)
Selective ICU Admission Following Head and Neck Free Flap Reconstruction: A Retrospective Study, Jacob Parker, Emma Dunn, Alisa Vidwans, Mayte Diaz, William Nick Doyle BS, Samer Elsamna, Tara Mohktari, Christopher Nickel, and Matthew Mifsud (Poster)
Point-of-Care Vision Correction: A Pilot Study of Mobile Refractive Screening and Same Day Glasses Distribution in a Street Medicine Program, Tejasvi Paturu, Veena Jajoo, Emily Coughlin, Rebecca Lipscomb, and Seth A. Campbell PA-C (Poster)
An Assessment of Brain MRI Utilization in Inpatient Admissions for Headache and Dizziness at Lehigh Valley Health Network, Srijit Paul and Shadi Jarjous MD (Poster)
Characterization of Transgender Men Undergoing Hysterectomy at the Lehigh Valley Health Network, Christine Peng, Shae Duka MPH, and Patricia L. Mara MD (Poster)
Youth Suicide Across the Lehigh Valley Health Network Region: Determining Common Lethal Means Used Locally, Madeline Pollak, Emmanuel Annor MD, Rebecca Lipscomb, and Dhanalakshmi Ramasamy MD (Poster)
The Correlation of Vitamin D Deficiency on Clinical Disease Activity Index (CDAI) Scores in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis, Ruha Reddy, Amanda Rodriguez DO, Amy Wu, Jasmine Sturn, Rachel Champagne, Rebekah Johnson, and Marie S. O'Brien DO (Poster)
Detection of adaptive immune receptor CDR3s in tumor proteomes and correlations with survival probabilities, Arpan Sahoo, Eddie Fung, Taha Huda, Brosi Chobrutskiy, Veda Naga Priya Vangala, and George Blanck (Poster)
A Comparative Operational Analysis of Patient Access and Clinician Productivity: Identifying Success Drivers in Pediatric Gastroenterology, Lionel Sam and Liborio LaRussa MD (Poster)
Lehigh County Harm Reduction Women’s Outreach, Linda Schiller, Abby S. Letcher MD, Nyann Biery MS, Heather Diehl, Carnen Ortiz, Bryant Rivera, and William Delgado (Poster)
Documentation of Patient Goals of Treatment is Lacking at Both Rural and Urban Hospitals, Anthony Schinelli; Jessica K. Eygnor DO; Jennifer Allen MD; William Carmichael; Katie Best RN; David B. Burmeister DO, FACEP, CPE; Katelyn McLain; Zhe Chen; Justin Stauffer PA-C; Courtney Moore MD; David M. Richardson MD; Matthew McCambridge MD; Marna R. Greenberg DO, MPH, FACEP; and Timothy J. Friel MD (Poster)
MOGAD-associated Optic Neuritis: Is It a Pain?, Anchal Shukla, Tejasvi Paturu, Amber McPherson, Raymond Schneider, Angela Aungst, Mitchelle Drucker, and Natalie Moreo (Poster)
Timing is Everything: A Quality Improvement Project of Colonoscopy Withdrawal Time, Richard Barry Sirard, Amy Slenker MD, Rachel Patel DO, and Shashin Shah MD (Poster)
A Retrospective Cohort Study Exploring Predictive Factors of 30-Day Mortality in Intracerebral Hemorrhage Patients, Alan R Spicer, Veena Jajoo, Rahul Mhaskar, Marla Hairston, Crystal Dixon, and W Scott Burgin (Poster)
Breastfeeding Allocation and Comparative Data across LVHN, Johnathan V Torikashvili and Autumn Kieber-Emmons MD, MPH (Poster)
Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Transitioning Tandem and Ovoid Insertions from OR to Clinic, Akihiro Uno and Hasan Danish MD (Poster)
Association between infection with multidrug resistant Staphylococcus aureus and patient risk factors, Ariana Virgillio, Emily A. Felton, Josh Alvior, Abigail Eglinton, Deanna N. Becker, Amorce Lima, E Cella, T Azarian, Suzane Silbert, Lindsey N. Shaw, and Kami Kim (Poster)
“Winning Vision, Winning Health:” Enhancing Diabetic Eye Exam Access for Vulnerable Patients, Chloe Von Hoffmann and Orlando J. Penaloza MD, FACP (Poster)
Don't Fall For Me, Casey Weiner BSN, RN; Elvine Nobong RN; and Jordan Wright BSN, RN (Poster)
Mini-Course on Community Resources for Patients with Disabilities, Abigail Weisse, Vinita Kiluk, Kyle Lien, Nora Newcomb, Aishwarya Vuppala, Franklin Sun, Shannon McCarthy, Anita Narkhede, and Marjorie Fitzsimmons (Poster)
A Quality Improvement Evaluation of Osteoporosis Management After Fragility Fractures at LVHN, Randi J Wong, Marie S. O’Brien DO, and Philip Dunn DO (Poster)
Bedside Shift Report in the Emergency Room Setting, Alexis Zeigler RN; Stephanie Perez RN; and Anastacia Mantoni BSN, RN (Poster)
Implementation of a Color-Coded Hall Pass System to Aid in the Reduction of Specimen Transportation Errors, Amber Zelno BSN, RN; Amanda Stein RN; and Daeshmy Lopez Lebron BSN, RN (Poster)
2025
Reducing the Number of Falls in IRC, Arelis Abreu ADN, RN; Kristin Mayersky ADN, RN; Makenzy Bowes ADN, RN; and Emily Dower ADN, RN (Poster)
Pre-Hospital IV Maintenance, Caitlyn Adams BSN, RN; Stephanie Stermer BSN, RN; and Brandy Eschbach AND, RN (Poster)
Improving Pulmonary Rehabilitation Utilization after Hospitalization for COPD Exacerbation, David P Adams and Thomas W. Doherty MD (Poster)
Gaps in Advance Care Planning Among High End-of-Life Index ED Patients Destined for Psychiatric Facilities, Jacob Adams; Jessica K. Eygnor; Courtney Moore MD; David B. Burmeister DO, FACEP, CPE; David M. Richardson MD; Jennifer Allen MD; Justin Stauffer PA-C; Katie Best RN; Katelyn McLain; Matthew McCambridge MD; Timothy J. Friel MD; Zhe Chen; Chadd K. Kraus DO; Shadi Jarjous MD; and Marna R. Greenberg DO, MPH, FACEP (Poster)
Reducing Heparin Infusion Errors in the ED, Megan Adams RN; Brittany Kulp RN; and Skylar Strunk BSN, RN (Poster)
Predictivity of preoperative weight loss on comorbidity resolution in bariatric patient, Abrahim Ahmed and Salvatore Docimo (Poster)
Breaking Barriers: Tackling Stigma in Primary Care for Behavioral Health and Substance Use Disorders, Victoria Aitken DO; Angela Colistra LPC, PhD, MS; and Kevin Mcneill MD (Poster)
Evaluating the Association of Preconception Blood Pressure Control and Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes, Ahkiya Allen DO; Hope Kincaid MPH, CPH; Merritt Ebner MS; Shae Duka MPH; Nicole M. Burgess; Roya Hamadani MPH; Autumn Kieber-Emmons MD, MPH; Alison Sutter MPH; and Ashwini Kamath Mulki MD, MBBS, MPH (Poster)
The Impact of a Unique Special Operations Team During a Prolonged Trench Rescue, Jillian Allen DO, Derek J. Fikse DO, Jeanne L. Jacoby MD, Jeffrey M. Kuklinski, Michael Nguyen, and Eric Schneider DO (Poster)
Effect of Gait Belt Use Education on Med-Surg Units, Kerayne Allen RN, BSN; Yssa Bassa RN, BSN; Tina Clarke-Quinland RN, BSN; Daisy Heard RN, BSN; and Jacqueline Itsines RN, BSN (Poster)
Outcomes of Acute Infective Endocarditis with Antibiotic Treatment in Cardiothoracic Surgery, Ella Amadio; James K. Wu MD; and Bryan D. Nelson MBA, CPHQ, NRP (Poster)
Band-Aid to Burnout, Amy Ambrose RN and Austin Sell RN (Poster)
Code Cart Knowledge and Confidence, Dina Ambrose ADN, Aneena Minimole ADN, Alexis Stanford ADN, and Maria Martinez ADN (Poster)
The Effect of Intravenous Contrast on Creatinine in the Emergency Department, Brianna Andersen and Kathleen E. Kane MD (Poster)
The Effect of Lab Processing on Turn Around Time in the Emergency Department, Brianna Andersen; Kathleen E. Kane MD; and Shelbi Taylor MSN, MBA, RN-BC (Poster)
Comparing Concussion Recovery Rates Over Time, Francesca Andronic MD, William Kane, Daniele Shollenberger CRNP, and Mark Cipolle MD (Poster)
Quality Improvement Project – Modified Own-Practice Alert for Penicillin-Cephalosporin Cross-reactivity Alerts in LVHN’s Electronic Medical Record, George Angelakakis and Amy Slenker MD (Poster)
It Takes a Village: Using Photovoice to Inform Community Interventions for Youth Mental Health, Ayesha Anwer; Autumn Kieber-Emmons MD, MPH; and Nicole M. Burgess (Poster)
Focused Rapid Assessment Process (fRAP) 3.0: A Community-Led, Train-the-Trainer Model for the National Diabetes Prevention Program for Local Spanish-Speaking Adults, Rachel Apiolaza, Carolyn Peterseim MD, and Miguel Chuidian MD (Poster)
Neonatal Thermoregulation Policy Knowledge, Ashlyn Arnold BSN, RN; Kimaya Magwood BSN, RN; and Hailey Swist BSN, RN (Poster)
Flush Your Antibiotics Like You Flush Your Toilet...Completely!, Melissa Attiyeh-Cordero BSN, RN; Madison Buchanan BSN, RN; Samantha Reppert BSN, RN; and Sidney Walker BSN, RN (Poster)
We're Not Falling For It: Dual RN Fall Assessments, Jaier Avecillas BSN, RN; Lovely Barba BSN, RN; Tamara Garcia-Bernier BSN, RN; and Ashley Guevara ADN, RN (Poster)
Implementation of Infusion Verify in EPIC, Deanna Bachman RN; Gladysbel Marrero BSN. RN; Colleen Penn BSN, RN; and Ranjodh Kaur BSN, RN (Poster)
Debriefing in the Operating Room, Brooke Bachtle, Caroline Thomson, John Stilo, Ty Bradley, Liri Hasani, and Megan Foster (Poster)
Hats-Off Stable Newborns, Abigail Barhight BSN, RN; Darline Espinal BSN, RN; Cera Ferdinand; Taylor Killian RN; and Ashley Magda BSN, RN (Poster)
Increasing Knowledge to Help Prevent Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infection (CAUTI) on the Transitional Skill Unit, Maria Barker BSN, RN and Judelkis Cespedes Compres ASN, RN (Poster)