USF-LVHN SELECT Program Students
2019
A Predictive Model for Decreasing Clinical No-Show Rates in a Primary Care Setting, M Usman Ahmad; Angie Zhang; and Rahul Mhaskar MPH, PhD (Poster)
Understanding COPD Patients’ Values in Regards to Educational Modalities Offered at a Local Pulmonology Clinic, Nathaniel Baker (Poster)
Developing and Delivering Provider Education on Immediate Postpartum Long-Acting Reversible Contraception at Lehigh Valley Health Network, Lindsay Bock and Amanda B. Flicker MD (Poster)
Teamwork between Engineering and Medicine: Collaboraitve Training in the Emergency Department, Philip Bowers; Xiandong Peng MEng; Elyse R. Stevens MEng; Ana-Julia Alexandrescue-Anselm MS; Richard S. MacKenzie MD, MBOE; Terrill E. Theman MD, MEng; Andrew C. Miller DO; Ann L. Gallagher RN, BSN; and Marna R. Greenberg DO, MPH, FACEP (Poster)
Understanding Anticoagulation Decisions in Atrial Fibrillation, John Cassel and Zhe Chen MD (Poster)
Modifying the Existing CHF Pathway for Acute CHF seen in the ED using New Guidelines and Feedback to Improve Compliance and Increase Appropriate Discharges from the ED, Jigar Chauhan and Richard S. MacKenzie MD (Poster)
Effectiveness of the “Timed Up and Go” (TUG) and the Chair Test as Screening Tools for Geriatric Fall Risk Assessment in the ED, Richard Chow DO; Andre Lee; Bryan G. Kane MD; Jeanne L. Jacoby MD; Robert D. Barraco MD, MPH; Stephen W. Dusza DrPH; Matthew C. Meyers BS; and Marna R. Greenberg DO, MPH, FACEP (Poster)
Can Prolaris Score be used to predict change in Gleason Score from biopsy to post-radical prostatectomy pathology?, Benjamin Croll MS4 (Poster)
"Quick! Where should we go!?": The effects of an educational refrigerator magnet on healthcare knowledge, decisionmaking, and time to decision., David Delnegro and Crystal Jacovino DO (Poster)
Comparison of Grit, Depression, Anxiety and USMLE Scores in the Civilian and Military Medical Student Populations, Emily Duerr BS, Kevin O’Brien MD, and Katryna Thomas BS (Poster)
Current perspectives on the role of telemedicine in the management of Parkinson’s disease, Joel L. Eisenberg BS; Jyhgong Gabriel Hou MD, PhD; and Peter J. Barbour MD (Poster)
Adapting to Hospital Culture and Improving Patient Care: Development and Implementation of a Pediatric Gastrostomy Tube Medical Home Program, Heather Geist BS and Marybeth Browne MD (Poster)
Analyzing Compliance with the NICU Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome Pathway, Elizabeth Guju MS4 and Wendy J. Kowalski MD (Poster)
Pilot Analysis of the Risk Factors for 30 Day Readmission in Hip Fracture Patients, Michael Guju BS,MS and Brian Leader BS (Poster)
Implementation of an Inpatient Pediatrics Diabetes Sickday Pathway, Afif Hanna, Liborio LaRussa MD, Ashley Griswold DO, and Jemma Fiorentini (Poster)
Improving the Effectiveness of Remote Patient Monitoring Reports in Heart Failure Patients, Jamaal Hardee; Eric W. Bean DO; Lorraine Valeriano BSN, RN, CNRN; and Mindy Brosious BSN, RN (Poster)
Comparison of Patients with Congestive Heart Failure With and Without a Primary Care Provider: A Retrospective Cohort Study, Scott Hoeckele MS4, Matthew McCambridge MD, and Matthew M. Miller DO (Poster)
LVHN Reflux Treatment Program: A Pilot Study Evaluating the value of two novel procedural techniques in treating GERD vs standard medical therapy. A multidisciplinary approach, Karim Hussein MSIV (Poster)
Which Pediatric Patients Require Pulmonary Pre-op Clearance: Decreasing Resource Utilization within a small children’s hospital, Jasmine Kashkoush BS and Marybeth Browne MD (Poster)
Mohs Patient Demographics: A quality improvement study analyzing patient demographics and access to Mohs Surgery for basal cell carcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma, Chelsea Kesty BSc, Deborah Dorrell BSc, Katarina Kesty MD, and Phillip Williford MD (Poster)
On the Education of a Physician: An Autoethnography of Undergraduate Medical Education, Eugene Kim MS4, Howard DeHoff MD, and Nicole Defenbaugh PhD (Poster)
The Attitude of Medical Practices Toward LGBT Older Adults Before and After Intervention, Mackenzi Kim MS4; Lynn M. Wilson DO; Nyann Biery MS; and Brenda Frutos MPH, CHES (Poster)
Development of a Coaching Program within a Medical School Leadership Curriculum, Anne Laverty MEd, Kira Zwygart MD, and Amy B. Smith PhD (Poster)
Human Trafficking and Medical Education, Michelle Lyman MS4 and Hoonani M. Cuadrado (Poster)
Evaluating longitudinal empathy changes from a supplemental mindfulness curriculum in four-year medical education program, Steven Manobianco; Hema Arikala; Jessica Watson MD; Rahul Mhaskar PhD, MPH; and Joann Quinn PhD (Poster)
Impact of sarcopenia on outcomes of locally advanced esophageal cancer patients treated with neoadjuvant chemoradiation followed by surgery, Gilbert Z. Murimwa, P S. Venkat, W Jin, S Leuthold, K Latifi, K Almhanna, J M. Pimiento, J P. Fontaine, Sarah E. Hoffe, and J M. Frakes (Poster)
A Retrospective Review of Stage III Unresectable and Stage IV Extracranial Cancers Treated with Concurrent and Sequential PD-1 Inhibitors and Ablative Radiation Therapy at LVHN, Suresh G. Nair MD; Samuel Adediran MD; Jamal Nadeem MD; Alyson McIntosh MD; Hope Kincaid MPH, CPH; Jennifer Macfarlan MS; Bansi Savla MS4; and Jason Naziri MD (Poster)
30-day Surgical Site Infection and Reintervention Rates In Lower Extremity Bypass Patients at LVHN, Edward Oh MS and Mila H. Ju MD (Poster)
Quality Assessment of the Documented Neurological Exam of Patients in Rural Hospital Settings, Abigail O’Reggio MD and Nicole Purcell DO (Poster)
Implementing a Hyperbilirubinemia Pathway for the Inpatient Pediatrics Unit at Lehigh Valley Health Network, Daphne Porat MS4 (Poster)
Starting off on the Right Food: The Role of Lactation Support in Breastfeeding Initiation and Continuation, Preethi Rajan, C Lenhart PhD, and Kimberly C. Brown MD (Poster)
Empathy, Burnout, and Emotional Intelligence in USF Pharmacy Students, Pranav Reddy (Poster)
Cost Savings Achieved through Introduction of Holmium Laser Enucleation of the Prostate (HOLEP), Jacob Rust MS4, James Johannes MD, Benjamin Croll MS4, Rohan Shah MS4, and Andrew Lai MD (Poster)
Impact of spinal needle type on postdural puncture headache among women undergoing Cesarean section surgery under spinal anesthesia: A meta-analysis, Shabaaz Sandhu, Sang Lee MD, Benjamin Djulbegovic MD, and Rahul Mhaskar MD (Poster)
Evaluation of Variability in a Surgical Spine Pathway, William Schertzing MS4 and Matthew McCambridge MD (Poster)
Analyzing Patient Risk Factors in Ambulatory Surgery Complications, Meg Scott, Matthew McCambridge MD, and Beatrice Oertner (Poster)
Exploring barriers to mammography completion through analysis of focus groups, Nicole Sfeir; Melanie B. Johnson MPA; and Grant M. Greenberg M.D., M.H.S.A., M.A. (Poster)
Schedule Efficiency in a Urology Office, Rohan Shah BS and Angelo A. Baccala MD (Poster)
Creation of an Internal Resource for Provider-Specific LGBTQ Information, Collin Sherman (Poster)
Is the current practice of treating every baby whose mother has been diagnosed with chorioamnionitis with a rule out sepsis evaluation and antibiotics a valid practice?, Joel Toro and Ophira Silbert MD (Poster)
Implementing and Sustaining the Chest Pain Pathway for Patients Presenting with Chest Pain in the Emergency Department, Dhrumil Vyas (Poster)
Making a Good Impression: Best Practices for the Residency Residency, Katrina Wachter MS4 and Katherine B. Martin MD (Poster)
Establishing a Preconception Counseling Program for Women with Diabetes in Primary Care Resident Clinics, Carly Waldman MS4; Melissa M. Dion MD; Sandhya Venkataraman DO; Angela Magdaleno DO; Meredith Rochon MD; Gretchen A. Perilli MD; and Marc A. Vengrove DO, FACP (Poster)
The impact of a multidisciplinary clinic on pregnancy management, care, and perinatal outcomes in women with cardiovascular disease, Lauren Walheim BS; Joanne Quiñones MD, MSCE; Amy M. Ahnert MD; and Kailyn Mann DO (Poster)
Improving Neurologist Referrals for IV Solu-Medrol Infusions for Acute Multiple Sclerosis Relapses at an Outpatient Infusion Center through Educational Intervention, Johanna Yun, Lorraine Spikol, Courtney L. Kirch, and Kimberly P. Francis (Poster)
Utilizing EHR use data to quantitatively evaluate tailored EHR training, Angie Zhang; Judith Brooks CRNP; Michael A. Rossi MD, MBA; and Jennifer Stephens DO (Poster)
2018
Evaluating Existing Efforts to Implement Quality Indicators in Behavioral Health Settings, Anam Ahmed (Poster)
A Multi-Methodological Examination of Perceptions Surrounding Advance Care Planning (ACP), Aleksandra Bacewicz MPH and Nicole Defenbaugh PhD (Poster)
Lack of Gender Differences in Prevalence of Homelessness in the LVHN Emergency Department Population, Timothy Batchelor (Poster)
Inherent Gender Bias in Medicine: Outcomes of Providing Implicit Bias Education to Third Year Medical Students, Elizabeth Beaty MS4 (Poster)
Group Follow-up Outpatient Neurology Visits for Dementia Pilot Study, Jane Bigelow and Lorraine Spikol MD (Poster)
Inpatient Pediatrics Hyperbilirubinemia Pathway: Initial Pilot Data, Lora Bojilova (Poster)
Outcomes in Enhanced Recovery After Surgery in Gynecologic Oncology – Doing Our Part to Reduce Postoperative Opioid Use, Thomas P. Cacciola MD, Joshua Cohen, and Martin A. Martino MD (Poster)
Implementing a Screening Tool in the Emergency Room as a Way to Detect the Prevalence of Homelessness and Better Care for the Homeless Population, Cristina G. Calogero; Marna R. Greenberg DO, MPH, FACEP; Bruce Feldman DO; Kareem S. Elsayed BS; Osman Z. Abbasi DO; Joshua Enyart DO; Timothy J. Friel MD; Yasir Abunamous BA; and Stephen W. Dusza DrPH (Poster)
Sex Differences in Prevalence of Emergency Department Patient Substance Use, Robert D. Cannon DO; Gillian A. Beauchamp MD; Paige Roth LSW; Jennifer Stephens DO; David B. Burmeister DO, FACEP, CPE; David M. Richardson MD; Alanna Balbi BS; Tennessee Park BA; Stephen W. Dusza DrPH; and Marna R. Greenberg DO, MPH, FACEP (Article)
Effectiveness of the "Timed Up and Go" (TUG) and the Chair test as screening tools for geriatric fall risk assessment in the ED., Richard Chow DO; Andre Lee; Bryan G. Kane MD; Jeanne L. Jacoby MD; Robert D. Barraco MD, MPH; Stephen W. Dusza DrPH; Matthew Meyers BS; and Marna R. Greenberg DO, MPH, FACEP (Article)
Consensus Process Using a Patient and Stakeholder Advisory Committee to Co-create a Prediabetes Decision Aid, Yoonjie Chung; Kyle Shaak MPH; Melanie B. Johnson MPA; Elaine Banerjee MD, MPH; and Beth Careyva M.D. (Poster)
Increasing Discharge Rates of Patients with Congestive Heart Failure Exacerbations from the Emergency Department, Patrick Collins and Richard S. MacKenzie MD (Poster)
Information Seeking Behavior of Providers in Surgical Specialties at a Community Academic Medical Center, Jordan Davies, Maria Karagias, Samuel Reynolds, R Chan, Matthew Molnar, Robert Postlethwaite, Monica Stewart, Nicholas Werbeckes, Rahul Mhaskar, and Bryan G. Kane MD (Poster)
Assessing Appropriateness of Magnetic Resonance Imaging for Headaches within the Lehigh Valley Health Network, Manveer Dilts-Garcha MA BSc (Poster)
Addressing the Healthcare Needs of the Lehigh Valley Homeless Population in the Emergency Department, Kareem Elsayed BS and Marna R. Greenberg DO, MPH, FACEP (Poster)
Prevalence of Homelessness by Gender in an Emergency Department Population in Pennsylvania., Brett Feldman PA-C; Alexandra M. Craen; Joshua Enyart DO; Timothy Batchelor; Timothy J. Friel MD; Stephen W. Dusza DrPH; and Marna R. Greenberg DO, MPH, FACEP (Article)
Multifactorial Approach to Opioid Abuse Within the Emergency Department, Alec Freling MS4 and Robert D. Cannon DO (Poster)
Evaluation of a Standardized Feedback Form and Process to Improve Communication and Effective Solution Implementation During Student-Faculty Clerkship Liaison Meetings, Christina Georgeades MS4 and Amy B. Smith PhD (Poster)
Intergroup Dialogue - A Method for Engaging Dialogue among Faculty and Students., Margaret A. Hadinger EdD, MS; Elizabeth Beaty MSIV; Alexander J. Lemheney EdD; Judith Sabino MPH, CDP; Jeffrey L. Sternlieb PhD; and Shaneka Storey MSN, RN-BC (Poster)
Physician Burnout, EMR Usage, and Factors Related Burnout, Naumaan Hafeez (Poster)
Reaching Consensus among EM Leadership: The Scholarly Activity, Adam Hemminger (Poster)
Building Consensus around the “Scholarly Project” Requirement for Emergency Medicine Residents Consensus Round 2, Qualitative Analysis, Alexandria Holmes MS4 (Poster)
Increasing the Use of Pediatric Developmental Screening Assessments at the Neighborhood Health Center of Lehigh Valley, Camille Imbo MS4 (Poster)
Empathy, Burnout, and Emotional Intelligence in Incoming USF Pharmacy and Medical Students, Ainslee Juarbe MS4 and Jeanne L. Jacoby MD (Poster)
Pediatric Diabetes Mellitus Sick Day Rules - Establishing Inpatient Protocol, Melanie Kaplanek MS4 (Poster)
On Death (or: Life, as Told Through Four Prompts) (S711)., Eugene Kim (Article)
Aspirin for Prevention of Preeclampsia: The Impact of Recommendation Variations from 6 Professional Guidelines on Missed Opportunities for Prophlaxis, Vidhya Krishnan (Poster)
Cost Savings Achieved through Introduction of HOLEP and Care Pathway, Andrew Lai MPH; Benjamin Croll; Rohan Shah BS; Jacob Rust BS; Angelo A. Baccala Jr MD, MBA; and James Johannes MD (Poster)
Feasibility of Incorporating Components of a ‘Sex and Gender in Emergency Medicine’ Toolkit into Residency Education, Robert Levy (Poster)
Identifying Preoperative Factors for the Successful Bariatric Surgery Patient, Matthew Mancao (Article)
CDEM/CORD Education Supplement/Educational Advances Using Medical Student Quality Improvement Projects to Promote Evidence-Based Care in the Emergency Department (ED), Michael Manning and Marna R. Greenberg DO, MPH, FACEP (Poster)
Using Medical Student Quality Improvement Projects to Promote Evidence-Based Care in the Emergency Department., Michael W Manning; Eric W. Bean DO; Andrew C. Miller DO; Suzanne J. Templer DO; Richard S. MacKenzie MD; David M. Richardson MD; Kristin A. Bresnan MD; and Marna R. Greenberg DO, MPH, FACEP (Article)
Information Seeking Behavior Among Family Medicine Providers at Lehigh Valley Health Network, Matthew Molnar; Robert D. Barraco MD, MPH; S Reynolds; R Chan; Jordan Davies; Robert Postlethwaite; Monica Stewart; Nicholas Werbeckes; Rahul Mhaskar MD; and Bryan G. Kane MD (Poster)
Growing Network Readiness for Billable Telepsychiatry Services, Kyra Munzenmaier BS; Edward R. Norris MD, FAPA, FAPM; and Jennifer Macfarlan MPH (Poster)
Metastatic Cancers Treated with Concurrent PD-1 Inhibition and Stereotactic Ablative Radiotherapy (SABR), Jason Naziri BS, Samuel Adediran MD, and Suresh G. Nair MD (Poster)
Evaluating the Effects of Changing the Treatment of Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome from Methadone to Morphine, Yuliya Oumarbaeva BS; Wendy J. Kowalski MD; and Warren E. Furry BSN, RN (Poster)
Hip Fracture Order Set Utilization as a Means to Identify Fragility Hip Fractures, Tyag Patel MS4 (Poster)
An Analysis of Concussion Management within the Lehigh Valley Health Network Emergency and Pediatric Departments: Needs Assessment and Provider Based Educational Handout, John J. Petosa Jr (Poster)
Breast MRI Utilization in High Risk Population and Pre-Surgical Candidates, Jeanette Qablawi MS4 and Priya Sareen MD (Poster)
The Effect of Depression on Lehigh Valley Health Network’s Commercial and Medicare High-Risk COPD Population for Quality and Utilization Outcome Improvement, Sarah Rawi MS4 (Poster)
Update to the QI Assessment of Attending Physician Burnout at Lehigh Valley Health Network, Priscilla Shen (Poster)
Updating the International Standards for Clinical Trial Registries, Samantha Slattery, Ghassan Karam, Lisa Askie, and Vasee Moorth (Poster)
Information Seeking Behaviors of LVHN Providers: Implications for Future Educational Resource, Monica Stewart; Robert D. Barraco MD, MPH; Maria Karagias; S Reynolds; Jordan Davies; Matthew Molnar; Robert Postlethwaite; Nicholas Werbeckes; Rahul Mhaskar MD; and Bryan G. Kane MD (Article)
Perceptions of Global Health Imaging Among American Private Practice Radiologists, Tyler Stutzman MPH (Poster)
Retrospective Study Assessing Rate of False Positive Endoscopic Retrograde CholangiopancreatographyPerformed for Choledocholithiasisand Associated Complications, Kelly Thomas BE; Travis Magdaleno DO; Shashin Shah MD; Jennifer E. Macfarlan MPH; and Hope Kincaid MPH, CPH (Poster)
30-Day Readmission Rate Analysis in the Lehigh Valley Children’s Hospital, Chelsea Torres (Poster)
Integrating Disability: Evaluating the Usefulness of “My Health Report” and its Effect on Doctor-Patient Communication, Seth VanZant MPH; Sweety Jain MD; and Elizabeth Perkins PhD, RNLD, FAAIDD, FGSA (Poster)
Implementation of a Surgical Site Infection Bundle at at the LVHN Children’s Hospital, Joseph Wasselle (Poster)
Monitoring and Evaluation of Emergency Preparedness at the World Health Organization through Simulation Exercises, Jessica Watson MS4 and Frederik Copper (Poster)
Examining Morale and Practice Patterns of Direct Primary Care Physicians, Michael Watson MS4 (Poster)
The Information-Seeking Behaviors of Pediatricians regarding Treatment Benefits and Harms at Lehigh Valley Health Network (LVHN)., Nicholas Werbeckes; Robert D. Barraco MD, MPH; Maria Karagias; Monica Stewart; and Samuel Reynolds (Poster)
2017
First, Do No Harm: Principles for Effective Global Health Volunteering & Education., Yasir Abunamous BA and Sweety Jain MD (Presentation)
Identifying Demographics and Biopsychosocial Characteristics Among Emergency Youth Shelter Residents., Aleksandra Bacewicz; Elizabeth Beaty; Cristina Calogero; Carly Crowder; Ajay Koti MS; Kathleen McFadden; Richelle Reinhart; Seth VanZant; and Marna R. Greenberg DO, MPH, FACEP (Poster)
Coprophagia in an 8-Year-Old Hospitalized Patient: Case Report and Review of the Literature, Aleksandra Bacewicz and Katherine B. Martin MD (Article)