USF-LVHN SELECT
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)
Treatment Patterns in Pediatric Hidradenitis Suppurativa: Time to Treatment Initiation, Initial Treatment, and Time to Switching., Shaliz Aflatooni, Andrea Ure, Kimberly Smart, Julian A Cortes, Gabriela Palma, Nicole Johnsen, Yvonne Nong, and April W Armstrong (Article)
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 (Article)
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)
Insurance Status and Patient Outcomes After Total Ankle Arthroplasty., Nana F Amponsah, Joydeep Baidya, John Pignataro, Kush Mody, Darshan Reddy, Matthew Culkin, Grant M Thomas, David Pedowitz, Joseph Daniel, and Selene Parekh (Article)
Designing a Telemedicine-Supported Delirium Triage Pathway for Skilled Nursing Facilities: An Evidence-Based Pilot Framework, Benjamin Antill; Eric W. Bean DO; Tara Fritch MA; and Kate Huck MBA, NHA (Presentation)
An Evaluation of Mupirocin Susceptibility of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus AureusIsolates at Lehigh Valley Health Network, Shreya Arora, Alex Benjamin MD, and Amy Slenker MD (Presentation)
Clinical Application of Circular Pneumatic Dermatomes in Burn Wound Management, Carson Bair (Article)
Opioid-based Pain Management in Burn Surgery Patients with Substance Abuse, Carson Bair (Article)
Triaging Wound Care in a Burn Center: Enhancing Communication, Carson Bair (Article)
Baseline Assessment of Advance Care Planning Documentation Among High-Risk ED Patients, Sierra Barber and Marna R. Greenberg DO, MPH, FACEP (Poster)
Subdural Hematomas at a Cancer Center: Large Retrospective Review of Survival and Prognostic Indicators, Samuel Bauserman, Trevor Pharr, Samantha Schimmel, Bassel El Sayed, Alexander Becker, and Andre Beer-Furlan (Presentation)
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 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)
RAF-Kinase Inhibitor Associated Hair Hypopigmentation., Elizabeth Botto and Michael Lavery (Article)
A Systematic Review of Medicolegal Social Media Related Issues in Plastic Surgery., Albert Brotgandel, Sarah Moffitt, Carson Bair, Claudia Cruz, Joshua Scarcella, Meredith Moore, and Paul Smith (Article)
Primary care provider referral patterns and awareness of biologic therapy for uncontrolled asthma., Juan Carlos Cardet, Bijalben Patel, Phuong Bradford, Elisabeth Callen, Tarin L Clay, Brenda Flam, John Fowler, Lucy Guerra, Christina Hester, R Meredith Plant, Panida Sriaroon, Krizia Trasmonte, and Dennis Ledford (Article)
Exploring Clinician Decision-Making Behind Preoperative EKG Orders in Primary Care, Joon Cha; Katerina C. Valavanis MD; and Grant M. Greenberg M.D., M.H.S.A., M.A. (Article)
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)
The sedentary business of telemedicine: A review of ergonomic interventions for physicians working from home and recommendations to reduce work-related musculoskeletal disorders., Sarah A Commaroto, Nicholas Chin, Anthony Sun, Logan Smith, and Sharon Albers (Article)
Life After Parent Training: 3- and 6-month Follow Up of HOT DOCS, Sarah A Commaroto, Sarah Dickinson, and Heather Agazzi (Poster)
Improving Clinical Photography for All Skin Types: The Role of a Mobile Gray Backdrop., Sarah A Commaroto, Kayla Fourzali, Christina Gundersen, and Sharon E Albers (Article)
PeeDiatrics: Streamlining UTI Diagnosis and Treatment, Margaret B Cornwall, Hina Zaidi MD, Stanley Toyberman MD, Olga Schleyfer DO, and Emily Coughlin (Poster)
Increasing Genetic Testing Uptake Through Workflow Optimization: A Quality Improvement Study in Pediatric Hearing Loss., Jennifer Coto, Julia Morris, Valerie Yunis, Chrisanda Marie Sanchez, Xue Zhong Liu, and Ivette Cejas (Article)
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)
Recurrence and Survival Outcomes in Patients with Primary Merkel Cell Carcinoma with Positive, Negative, or Not Performed Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy., Michelle M Dugan, Caitlyn Balsay-Patel, Nicholas Chin, Jacob Israeli, Kimberly R Ward, Matthew Nichols, Stephanie Greenbaum, Wenyi Fan, C Wayne Cruse, Michael Harrington, Rogerio I Neves, Ricardo J Gonzalez, Matthew C Perez, Amod A Sarnaik, Vernon K Sondak, Jane L Messina, Ahmad A Tarhini, Nikhil Khushalani, Andrew S Brohl, Joseph Markowitz, Zeynep Eroglu, Lilit Karapetyan, Kenneth Y Tsai, and Jonathan S Zager (Article)
Neutrophil-to-Lymphocyte Ratio and Flair Imaging Biomarkers in Vestibular Schwannoma: A Single-Center Retrospective Study, Emma Dunn and Jacob Parker (Article)
Antimuscarinic Delirium in a Pediatric Patient Reversed with Transdermal Rivastigmine: A Case Report, Natalie E. Ebeling-Koning DO; Natalie Burkert MD; Laura Koons PharmD, MSP, BCCCP; John D. Lindmark DO; Anthony F. Pizon; and Kenneth D. Katz MD (Article)
Associations Between Pigmentation and the Clinicopathologic and Immune Landscape of Melanoma., Helana Ghali, Ayah N Al-Bzour, Aleena Boby, Shaliz Aflatooni, Danielle K DePalo, Michelle M Dugan, Emily Coughlin, Rahul Mhaskar, Kenneth Tsai, Jonathan S Zager, Vernon K Sondak, Sanjay Premi, Walter J Storkus, Jane L Messina, and Lilit Karapetyan (Article)
Implementation of a Visual Brochure Outlining Breastfeeding Policies to Improve Awareness for Employees at LVHN, Karim Girgis and Autumn Kieber-Emmons MD, MPH (Poster)
Expansion and characterization of tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes from primary and metastatic immune checkpoint inhibitor-exposed renal cell carcinoma tumors, Christopher W Guske (Article)
Pre-exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) Eligibility and Awareness Among Older Adults with Opioid use Disorder., Benjamin H Han, Steven Chen, Wayne E Kepner, Jaclyn Bergstrom, Kyle Freedman, Marlena Coveney, and Angela R Bazzi (Article)
Significant Disease in Substance-Related Deaths: A Serious Confounder, Clare F Hartman, Michael Johnson, and Chandler Grant (Poster)
Benzodiazepine Prescription During Pregnancy and Factors Associated With Sedative Use Disorder, Alexandra Hoeman (Article)
26-A-7540-ACC SAFETY AND FEASIBILITY OF RIGHT VENTRICULAR PRESSURE-VOLUME LOOP ANALYSIS DURING PERCUTANEOUS TRICUSPID VALVE INTERVENTION WORKUP, Noah Hoffman (Article)
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)
Survival and recurrence outcomes for stage IIB/IIC melanoma: risk stratification for immunotherapy and surveillance, Jacob Israeli (Article)
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)
Patient Education Quality Improvement Initiative on Common Neuro Ophthalmology Diagnoses, Rithvic Jupudi, Casey Judge DO, and Negar Moheb MD (Poster)
Reduced immunogenicity of MYC amplified, metastatic prostate cancer., Sunny Kahlon, Vayda R Barker, Mallika Varkhedi, Alex Y Wang, Taha I Huda, and George Blanck (Article)
Ulcerative Colitis Predominates, Yet Hepatic Progression Mirrors Crohn’s in Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis–Inflammatory Bowel Disease Overlap: A Tertiary Cohort Study, Sunny Kahlon, Megan Pearce, Donna Ortiz, and Jennifer Seminerio (Presentation)
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)
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)
Amblyopia and adult health: a comprehensive analysis of long-term systemic, sensory and mental health comorbidities in a national cohort., Kyoung A Viola Lee, Carsten Langholm, Trevor Lin, Kimberly Jin, Inas F Aboobakar, Isdin Oke, and Mary C Whitman (Article)
Moving the Door-to-Needle: Structured Process Improvements Reduce Acute Ischemic Stroke Treatment Times, Snow Pinxue Li (Article)
Single-cell and transcriptomic profiling reveal stemness-driven immune evasion in obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) associated lung cancer., Yu-Wei Liu, Chi-Jen Wu, Kai-Fu Chang, Yung-Kuo Lee, Hui-Ru Lin, Ching-Chung Ko, Chung-Bao Hsieh, Chih-Hsuan Chang, Chung-Hsien Lin, Bo-Sheng Chen, Dahlak Daniel Solomon, Sachin Kumar, Neethu Palekkode, Ayman Fathima, Do Thi Minh Xuan, Ngoc Nguyen, Junanda Waikhom, Chien-Han Yuan, and Yuen-Jung Wu (Article)
Perinatal Outcomes in Individuals With Classic Versus Mosaic Turner Syndrome: A Retrospective Cohort Study, Casey A Lower MD; Vincent Tang MD; Joanne Quiñones MD, MSCE; Srijit Paul; Zhe Chen; and Meredith Rochon MD (Article)
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)
Cardiovascular Disease & Pregnancy: Potential for Heartbreak, Patricia L. Mara MD and Jacqueline Blas (Article)
Biomechanical Evaluation of Various Screw Constructs for Proximal Phalanx Base Fracture Fixation., Mariel McArthur, Miguel A Diaz, Humberto Cardona, Craig Dent, Mitch Daniel, Michael C Doarn, and Devin W Collins (Article)
GJB2-Related Hearing Loss: Genotype-Phenotype Correlations, Natural History, and Emerging Therapeutic Strategies., Julia Morris, Tomas Gonzalez, Susan H Blanton, Simon Ignacio Angeli, and Xue Zhong Liu (Article)
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)
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)
Does Preoperative Frailty Predict Early Outcomes in Vestibular Schwannoma?, Jacob Parker and Roger Rochart (Article)
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)
T-cell receptor anti-CMV CDR3s from bone marrow samples are associated with a worse overall survival for recurrent acute myeloid leukemia., Srijit Paul, Michael T Aboujaoude, Vayda R Barker, Tabitha R Hudock, Arpan Sahoo, and George Blanck (Article)
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)
The role of residential distance in maternal breast milk intake in preterm and very low birthweight infants., Amornrat Sawangkum, Alexandra Hoeman, Willow D Goff, Xiaoqi Sun, and Thao Tb Ho (Article)
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)
Publication Bias in Coronary Artery Disease Clinical Trials: A Bibliometric Review., Anchal Shukla, Tejasvi Paturu, Shreya Shivan, Trenton Lippert, and Vic Velanovich (Article)
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)
Local infiltration of liposomal bupivacaine is associated with reduced postoperative admission in anterior abdominal hernia repair., Johnathan V Torikashvili, Rachel L Wolansky, Emily A Grimsley, Tyler Zander, Joseph Sujka, Paul C Kuo, and Melissa A Kendall (Article)
The area under the waveform as an alternative measure of the photopic negative response., Radouil Tzekov, Jan Kremers, and Sara Safari (Article)
Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Transitioning Tandem and Ovoid Insertions from OR to Clinic, Akihiro Uno and Hasan Danish MD (Poster)
Imaging-Guided Interventional Management of Chronic Pelvic Pain: Patient Characteristics and Procedural Utilization Among Responders, Ayushi Vashishtha and Joseph E. Patruno MD (Presentation)
Reasons for Exposure Among Poisoned Patients Treated with Methylene Blue for Hypotension, Urmila Venkataramani and Gillian A. Beauchamp MD (Presentation)
Examining structural and social drivers of hepatitis B vaccination across diverse clinical settings, Alisa Vidwans (Article)
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)
Socioeconomic Profiles and Barriers Among Committed Female Juveniles in the Florida Department of Juvenile Justice, Aishwarya Vuppala, Kristopher Kaliebe, Sherry Jackson, and Jorge Hernandez (Presentation)
Understanding the current state of inpatient CHF care at LVHN Cedar Crest and determining potential areas of improvement, Alex Wang and Shuisen Li DO (Presentation)
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)
Retrospective Study of Treatment and Outcomes in Pediatric Hand Burns, Joyce Zhu (Article)
2025
Brain Abscesses Mimicking Malignancy, Yusuf Aboul-Nasr and Srijit Paul (Article)
Improving Pulmonary Rehabilitation Utilization after Hospitalization for COPD Exacerbation, David P Adams and Thomas W. Doherty MD (Poster)
25 Gaps in Advance Care Planning Among High End-of-Life Index Emergency Department Patients Destined for Psychiatric Facilities, Jacob Adams; Jessica K. Eygnor DO; Courtney Moore MD; David B. Burmeister DO, FACEP, CPE; 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 (Article)
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)
Gaps in Advance Care Planning Among High End-of-Life Index ED Patients Destined for Psychiatric Facilities, Jacob Adams and Marna R. Greenberg DO, MPH, FACEP (Presentation)
63915 Association between Cutaneous Immune-Related Adverse Events and Survival in Advanced Stage III and Stage IV Melanoma Patients Treated with Combination Nivolumab and Relatlimab, Shaliz Aflatooni (Article)
Assessing Satisfaction Levels with Teledermatology in the Post-COVID-19 Era: A Cross-Sectional Study, Shaliz Aflatooni (Article)
Comparing the Quality of Patient Guidance on Dermatologic Care Generated by ChatGPT vs Reddit., Shaliz Aflatooni, Carson Bair, Emily Coughlin, Zoe Lipman, Alison H Kucharik, and Sharon Albers (Article)
Laser Surgery in Pediatric Skin of Color Patients: A Systematic Review., Shaliz Aflatooni, Nicholas Chin, Amberlyn Colina, Andrew C Krakowski, Lilia Correa-Selm, and Thomas Beachkofsky (Article)