USF-LVHN SELECT Program Students
2026
Invasive Micropapillary Carcinoma of the Breast with an Encapsulated-Like Pattern: An Unreported Entity?, Yusuf Aboul-Nasr, Clare F Hartman, Marilin Rosa, Heba Saad, Saeed Bajestani, and Sepideh Mehravaran (Article)
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)
Chronic Spontaneous Urticaria is an Independent Predictor of Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease: A Population-Based Study, Shaliz Aflatooni (Article)
Development and Validation of Novel Neutrophil-to-Platelet-to-Monocyte Ratio (NuPMoR) and Platelet-Leukocyte Adjusted Cardiovascular (PLAC) Score for Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease Risk Stratification in Psoriasis, Shaliz Aflatooni (Article)
Early Biologic Intervention in Childhood Psoriasis May Prevent Psoriatic Arthritis: A Population-Based Study, Shaliz Aflatooni (Article)
Hive Stakes: Are Patients with More Severe Chronic Spontaneous Urticaria More Likely to Develop Immune-Mediated Comorbidities? A Population-Based Study, Shaliz Aflatooni (Article)
Impact of Biologic and Oral Therapies on Systemic Inflammation in Psoriasis Measured by the Systemic Immune-Inflammation Index, Shaliz Aflatooni (Article)
Older, Wiser, or Overlooked? Prescription Differences for Chronic Spontaneous Urticaria Based on Patient Age, Shaliz Aflatooni (Article)
Reduced sleep efficiency and REM sleep in hidradenitis suppurativa: Evidence from wearable-derived biometric data, Shaliz Aflatooni (Article)
Treatment Trends in Pediatric Hidradenitis Suppurativa: A population-based study, Shaliz Aflatooni (Article)
Driver mutations and tumor mutational burden impact stage IV melanoma survival., Shaliz Aflatooni, Logan R S Hubbert, Monica Khadka, Lily Parker, Zoe Lipman, Rahul Mhaskar, Kenneth Y Tsai, and James M Grichnik (Article)
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)
Preoperative CT-Based Habitat Radiomics Classifiers Predict Recurrence in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer., Oya Altinok, Wai Lone Jonathan Ho, Lary Robinson, Dmitry Goldgof, Lawrence O Hall, Albert Guvenis, and Matthew B Schabath (Article)
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)
Dual Loss of Surface CD3 and CD45 in a TCL1-Negative T-Prolymphocytic Leukemia With Concurrent CLL/SLL., Sameer Andani, Dietrich Werner Idiaquez, Julia Ruixi Wang, Samuel B Reynolds, and Mingfei Yan (Article)
Cumulative adverse childhood experiences and risk of mental disorders: A systematic review and meta-analysis., Emmanuel Annor MD, Madeline Pollak, and Dhanalakshmi Ramasamy MD (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)
Unilateral Forearm Ulceration in a Newborn: Thinking Outside the Box (Compartment)., Carson Bair, Elizabeth Warbasse, and Sharon Albers (Article)
Non-English Primary Language Is Associated With Lower Odds of Non-home Discharge After Trauma: A Retrospective Cohort Study at a Level I Trauma Center., Makenzie Baker, Emily Pearson, Luka Bedalov, and Sandra M Farach (Article)
Baseline Assessment of Advance Care Planning Documentation Among High-Risk ED Patients, Sierra Barber and Marna R. Greenberg DO, MPH, FACEP (Poster)
A Cohort Study of the Effectiveness of Trastuzumab Deruxtecan for Treating Metastatic Progressive HER2-Positive Breast Cancer., Ameer Basta, Kyle Lien, Gabris Ni, Weihong Sun, Junmin Whiting, Melissa Armitage, Aixa E Soyano, Avan Armaghani, Loretta Loftus, Tracey O'Connor, Kathrin Dvir, Hyo S Han, Hatem Soliman, Brian J Czerniecki, and Ricardo L B Costa (Article)
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)
Spatial frequency processing preferentially recruits distributed cortical interactions in V1., Yahia Yassine Belkacemi, Ekta Jain, Jade Vanderpool, Jessica Singh, Oliver Flouty, Stéphane Molotchnikoff, and Vishal Bharmauria (Article)
Comparison of End-of-Life Care Utilization among Patients with and without Documented Goals of Care, Katie Best RN, Jennifer Allen MD, Kathryn Zaffiri MPH, Diana Farrell DO, Timothy J. Friel MD, and Ruha Reddy (Article)
Indications for Elective Revision Bariatric Surgery: A Systematic Review, Jenna Billingsley and Trevor Pharr (Article)
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)
Antimicrobial Peptides of the Skin: Roles in Skin Cancer and Clinical Applications., Elizabeth Botto, Zoe M Lipman, Laurie A Temiz, Lilia Corea-Selm, and James M Grichnik (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)
The association between remnant cholesterol and cardiovascular events: A systematic review and meta-regression., Paula Byrne, Trevor Lin, Mark Jones, Maryanne Demasi, K M Saif-Ur-Rahman, and Robert Dubroff (Article)
Associations Between Opioid Timing and Postoperative Desaturation Burden Following Metabolic Bariatric Surgery., Katherine Cappellano, Brandon Dyer, Ryan Shargo, Tanjina Jalil, John Hodgson, Christopher DuCoin, and Enrico Camporesi (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)
Rapid Turnaround Time for Toxic Alcohol Testing Is Associated with Shorter Hospital Length of Stay., Steven Chen, Jacob Yudiono, Varun Vohra, Rebecca Lipscomb, Rahul Mhaskar, Justin K Arnold, and Diana Dean (Article)
Anti-NMDAR Encephalitis in a 2-Year-Old Male Presenting with Acute Neuropsychiatric Changes, Elizabeth G Chiu, Raman Shrestha DO, Ajay Menon MD, Mekka R. Garcia MD, and Muhammed R. Sheikh MD (Presentation)
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)
Frailty Measures for Adult Patients and Outcomes for Vestibular Schwannoma Surgeries: A Retrospective Cohort Study., Eric Michael Cohen, Emma Dunn, Bryan Clampitt, Jacob Parker, Mohammad Hassan A Noureldine, Emily Coughlin, Rahul Mhaskar, and Siviero Agazzi (Article)
Social skinfluence: Navigating young adults’ trust in social media sources on acne management, Sarah A Commaroto (Article)
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)
From the Perspective of the Peripheral Sensory Nervous System: The Role of Vitamin D in Neurogenic Inflammatory Skin Disorders., Sarah A Commaroto and Richard D Granstein (Article)
A skin-deep mystery in a patient with chronic granulomatous disease., Sarah A Commaroto, Laurie A Temiz, Wei-Shen Chen, and Lilia Correa-Selm (Article)
PeeDiatrics: Streamlining UTI Diagnosis and Treatment, Margaret B Cornwall, Hina Zaidi MD, Stanley Toyberman MD, Olga Schleyfer DO, and Emily Coughlin (Poster)
A practical inflammatory blood-cell marker for cardiovascular risk stratification in psoriasis: Development of the Platelet-Leukocyte Adjusted Cardiovascular (PLAC) score., Julian A Cortes, Shaliz Aflatooni, Andrea Ure, Gabriela Palma, Nicole Johnsen, Kimberly Smart, Yvonne Nong, and April W Armstrong (Article)
Chronic Urticaria Is Independently Associated with Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease: A National Cohort Study of the MarketScan Databases., Julian A Cortes, Yvonne Nong, Kimberly Smart, Shaliz Aflatooni, Gabriela Palma, Nicole Johnsen, Andrea Ure, and April W Armstrong (Article)
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)
Name that Shoulder Injury, Mitch Daniel; Aaron B Deutsch DO; and Marna R. Greenberg DO, MPH, FACEP (Presentation)
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)
Hypopharyngeal Venous Malformation Mimicking Malignancy: A Case Report., Emma Dunn; Spencer Short MD; Michael McGlone MD; Gary A. Stopyra MD; and Jason F Ohlstein MD, MPH (Article)
A translational framework for early-phase inner-ear gene therapy: clinical trial design, regulatory strategy, and ethical considerations., Emma Dunn, Spencer Short MD, and Ravi N. Samy MD (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)
Emergence of ST3390: A Novel Apigmented MRSA Clone From the CC5 Lineage., Emily A Felton, Mary-Elizabeth Jobson, Nathanial J Torres, Rachel M Washburn, Ariana Virgillio, Joshua Alvior, Eleonora Cella, Amorce Lima, Deanna Becker, Suzane Silbert, Taj Azarian, Kami Kim, and Lindsey N Shaw (Article)
INCIDENCE AND RISK FACTORS OF RADIATION CYSTITIS IN THE ERA OF INTENSITY-MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY FOR PROSTATE CANCER: A MULTICENTER RETROSPECTIVE STUDY, Xiaoxiao Gao (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)
Examining the safety of dermatological and surgical procedures in patients undergoing systemic isotretinoin therapy: An updated review., Helana Ghali, Abigail Nunez, Kate Beekman, Alison H Kucharik, Lilia Correa-Selm, and Sharon E Albers (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)
DEFINING THE BCG-EXPOSED PHENOTYPE IN NMIBC: STRATIFIED OUTCOMES AND TREATMENT PATHWAYS, Christopher W Guske (Article)
Expansion and characterization of tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes from primary and metastatic immune checkpoint inhibitor-exposed renal cell carcinoma tumors, Christopher W Guske (Article)
URINE-DERIVED TUMOR DNA (UTDNA) OUTPERFORMS PLASMA CELL-FREE DNA (CTDNA) IN PROFILING THE GENOMIC LANDSCAPE OF UTUC, 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)
Pilot study of EsoCheck/EsoGuard for detecting Barrett's esophagus in high-risk patients undergoing hiatal hernia repair., Wai Lone Jonathan Ho, Yifan Liang, Parker Penny, Joseph Sujka, and Christopher DuCoin (Article)
Cancer Screening Behaviors among People with HIV in the United States and the Role of Multi-Level Social and Economic Factors: A Systematic Review., Jessica Y Islam, Hope Lappen, Sarah A Commaroto, Denzel Edwards, and Farzana Kapadia (Article)
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)
Perioperative nutrition education and patient satisfaction in orthopedic surgery: a quality improvement approach, Thomas Karadimas, Richard Rivera, Nicholas Alford, Jacob Albers, Lauern Ladehoff, Kenton Panas, and Trey Remaley (Article)
8 - Prostate cancer drugs in clinical trials, Ali Karimi, Sudeep Gorla, Andrew Bui, Alexandra Hoeman, Thomas Ayzenshtat, and Charles Preuss (Book Chapter)
Chronic Cough Secondary to Endobronchial Mucosal-Associated Lymphoid Tissue (MALT) Lymphoma, David Keeley, Joshua Kepfinger DO, and Breanna S. Goldner DO (Article)
Predictivity of preoperative weight loss on co-morbidity resolution in bariatric patients., Angie S. Kim, William West, Abrahim Ahmed, Natalie Burkert, Sharan Poonja, Emily Coughlin, Abdul Diab, Joseph Sujka, Chirstopher DuCoin, Rahul Mhaskar, and Salvatore Docimo (Article)
Bilateral photic retinopathy following firework exposure., Thomas C King, Trevor Lin, Kyoung A Viola Lee, and Julia de Lima Farah Agi (Article)
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)
Evidence-based Medicine Questions Logged by Emergency Medicine Residents On Shift in Relation to American Board of Emergency Medicine Content Areas., Shreyas Kudrimoti BA; Max Needham MD; Jacob Albers; Jeffrey B. Brown; Estelle Cervantes BA; Phillip Sgobba BS, MBS; Ajay Varadhan; Dawn M. Yenser; and Bryan G. Kane MD (Article)
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)
A Case Series of Hypokalemia and Hypertension in Pregnancy, Sejal Lakhani DO, Pooja Neerumalla, Jennifer Heibig DO, Danielle E. Durie MD, and Sharon E. Maynard MD (Article)
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)
DIALECTICAL BEHAVIORAL THERAPY IN PEOPLE WITH CHRONIC PHYSICAL ILLNESS OR DISEASE: A SCOPING REVIEW, Brenden Li (Article)
Intense Pulsed Light Therapy for Post-LASIK Dry Eye: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis., Trevor Lin, Austin Chao, Megan Kou, Kyoung A Viola Lee, Thomas King, Rahul S Mhaskar, and John S Jarstad (Article)
Paradoxical resolution of refractory subretinal fluid in dome-shaped macula after discontinuation of anti-VEGF therapy., Trevor Lin and Steven M Cohen (Article)
Moving the Door-to-Needle: Structured Process Improvements Reduce Acute Ischemic Stroke Treatment Times, Snow Pinxue Li (Article)