USF-LVHN SELECT Program Students
2026
Revised Baux Score Identifies a New Risk Factor for Mortality: History of Diabetes., Timothy Nehila, Marian Mikhael, Shreya Arora, Rithvic Jupudi, Jaynie Criscione, Nicole K Le, Kristen Whalen, Kristina Buller, Jake Laun, and Jared Troy (Article)
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)
CAROTENEMIA ASSOCIATED WITH GLP-1 RECEPTOR AGONIST USE: A COLORFUL CASE OF ELEVATED BETA-CAROTENE FOLLOWING TIRZEPATIDE THERAPY, Abigail Nunez and Clark Veet MD, MS (Article)
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)
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 and Eddie Fung (Article)
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)
Acute Disc Herniation at the Proximal Junctional Segment (UIV/UIV + 1) Following Long Segment Spinal Fusion With Cement-Augmented Instrumentation: A Retrospective Study., Dana Saleh, Ahmad Zayd Alkadri, Sadegh Bagherzadeh, Jade Vanderpool, Anjali Pradhan, Daven Mejica, Sohail Daulat, Diego Soto Rubio, Erik Hayman, Mohsen Rostami, Patrick Kim, and Puya Alikhani (Article)
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)
Real-world prevalence and outcome of elevated right ventricular systolic pressure in myelofibrosis., Alexis Behne Sharma, Elicia Wang, Sruthi Selvakumar, Himara Koelmeyer, Sanath Shetty, Kinley Buckley, Qianxing Mo, Teagen Smith, Austin Chao, Carson Balen, Gowtam Mannam, Jacob Yudiono, Kyle Lien, Sami Khatib, Varshith Paduchuri, Najla Al Ali, Jinming Song, Taiga Nishihori, Jeffrey E Lancet, Mohammed Alomar, John L Cleveland, Andrew Kuykendall, Rami S Komrokji, Seongseok Yun, and Dae Hyun Lee (Article)
Nocardiosis with Central Nervous System Dissemination from Non-prescribed High-dose Prednisone Use, Raman Shrestha DO, Alan R Spicer, and Kristopher Grajny MD (Presentation)
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)
From Orbit to Cortex: Recognizing Teprotumumab-induced Encephalopathy, Zuhair Siddiqui DO, Alan R Spicer, Ping-Hao Yang MD, Bilal A Darwish DO, Ramya Punati MD, and Connie G. Tang MD (Presentation)
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)
Functional Outcomes After Intervention for Symptomatic Carotid Web: A Systematic Review, Alan R Spicer, Nicolette Bullard, Benjamin Antill, Jenna Billingsley, Trevor Pharr, Caden Schuessler, Stephanie Tomlinson, Emily Coughlin, Mila H. Ju MD, and Hussam A. Yacoub MD (Presentation)
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)
From orbit to cortex: recognising teprotumumab-induced encephalopathy., Alan R Spicer, Zuhair Siddiqui DO, Ping-Hao Yang MD, Ramya Punati MD, and Connie G. Tang MD (Article)
Implant Augmentation After DIEP Breast Reconstruction: A 14-Year Review of Hybrid Breast Reconstruction Outcomes., Peyton L Stauffer, Logan N Ziegler, Joyce Zhu, Jenna Stoehr, Timothy Nehila, Kristina Buller, Rebecca Lipscomb, Rahul Mhaskar, and Deniz Dayicioglu (Article)
From Slices to Surfaces: The Feasibility of Fetal Brain Biometry Using 3D Slice-to-Volume MRI in Clinical Practice., Nicole Steinhardt, Darragh Brady, Anna Baer, Kartik Reddy, Zhulin He, Ayushi Vashishtha, Eswar Damaraju, Binjian Sun, Amy R Mehollin-Ray, and Adam E Goldman-Yassen (Article)
Validation of the Revised Maternal-Fetal Medicine Units Network Vaginal Birth after Cesarean Calculator at an Academic Community Hospital., Salam Syed MD; Morgan McFadden; Molly Haas; Meredith Rochon MD; Travis Dayon MD; and Joanne Quiñones Rivera MD, MSCE (Article)
Breastfeeding Allocation and Comparative Data across LVHN, Johnathan V Torikashvili and Autumn Kieber-Emmons MD, MPH (Poster)
Tibial nerve compression by calf mass mimicking lumbar radiculopathy: a case report, Johnathan V Torikashvili and Jason C. Ly DO (Article)
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)
Non-Opioid Pain Management in Younger Patients Undergoing Arthroscopic Glenoid Labrum Surgery: A Randomized Controlled Trial., Haley N Tornberg, Megan K Czachor, Caroline T Gutowski, Jaynie Criscione, Cayla M Kalani, John Dibato, Matthew T Kleiner, Mark A Pollard, and Catherine J Fedorka (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)
Deformity correction through minimally invasive anterior column release vs conventional posterior osteotomies: a study examining length of stay, disability, and discharge outcomes in a cohort with over one year of follow-up, Jade Vanderpool (Article)
Care coordination and procedural outcomes of percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy and tracheostomy placement in severe traumatic brain injury., Jade Vanderpool, Shrinit Babel, Maurice Inkel, Rahul Mhaskar, and Milad Behbahaninia (Article)
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)
Steatocystoma Simplex of the Orbit: Expanding the Differential for Pediatric Eye Masses., Alisa Vidwans, Tejasvi Paturu, and Syeda Sumara Taranum Basith (Article)
THE BULLPEN HEALTH PROGRAM: A STUDENT-RUN HEALTH LITERACY INITIATIVE FOR TITLE I SCHOOLS, Alisa Vidwans and Ritu Sidgal (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)
How Social Determinants of Health Affect Outcomes Following Rotator Cuff Repair., Branden Wright, Jaynie Criscione, Vineeth Romiyo, Nicholas Pohl, Michael Curry, Krystal Hunter, Pietro M Gentile, Lawrence S Miller, Matthew T Kleiner, Mark Pollard, and Catherine J Fedorka (Article)
An Analysis of the Accuracy and Safety of Discourse Surrounding Topical Steroid Withdrawal on Social Media Platforms, Joyce Zhu (Article)
Retrospective Study of Treatment and Outcomes in Pediatric Hand Burns, Joyce Zhu (Article)
Comparison of Complication Rates Between P4HB and PDO Meshes in Direct-to-Implant Primary Breast Reconstruction, Logan N Ziegler (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)
61025 Cutaneous immune-related adverse events associated with immunotherapy in patients with melanoma, Shaliz Aflatooni and Sunny Kahlon (Article)
64981 Assessing Satisfaction Levels with Teledermatology in the Post-COVID-19 Era: A Cross-Sectional Study, Shaliz Aflatooni and Nicole Natarelli (Article)
Cutaneous Immune-Related Adverse Events Associated With Immunotherapy in Patients With Melanoma., Shaliz Aflatooni, Gabriela Pinero-Crespo, Sunny Kahlon, Helana Ghali, Aleena Boby, Veena Jajoo, Rahul Mhaskar, Lilit Karapetyan, and Alison H Kucharik (Article)
TCR CDR3 chemical complementarity to HPV epitopes is associated with a better outcome for cervical cancer., Deo Rei L Agnila, Rahul Jain, Michael J Diaz, Tabitha R Hudock, Rachel A Eakins, Andrea Chobrutskiy, Boris I Chobrutskiy, and George Blanck (Article)
Predictivity of preoperative weight loss on comorbidity resolution in bariatric patient, Abrahim Ahmed and Salvatore Docimo (Poster)
Impact of autoimmune disease on outcomes after BCMA-directed CAR-T cell therapy for patients with multiple myeloma, Rebecca Albuquerque (Article)
Impact of Autoimmune Disease on Toxicity and Outcomes after Axicabtagene Ciloleucel in Patients with Diffuse Large B Cell Lymphoma, Rebecca Albuquerque (Article)
Impact of autoimmune disease on toxicity and outcomes after idecabtagene vicleucel in patients with multiple myeloma, Rebecca Albuquerque (Article)
Impact of pre-existing central nervous system conditions and cognitive impairments on toxicity and outcomes after BCMA-directed CAR-T cell therapy, Rebecca Albuquerque (Article)
Impact of pre-existing psychiatric conditions on toxicity and outcomes of patients after BCMA-directed CAR-T cell therapy, Rebecca Albuquerque (Article)
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)
THE IMPACT OF VISION THERAPY ON POST-CONCUSSION SYMPTOM RESOLUTION, Francesca Andronic MD; Eden Hunt MD; David Clark; Mitch Daniel; Aaron Banwer; Megan Hammer; Daniele Shollenberger CRNP; Alison Sutter MPH; Hope Kincaid MPH, CPH; and Mark Cipolle MD (Presentation)
First-break psychosis and mycoplasma-associated encephalitis: a case series highlighting the role of cannabis use, immune-based interventions, and antipsychotic treatment, Emmanuel Annor MD, David Finch MD, Madeline Pollak, Dhanalakshmi Ramasamy MD, and Elizabeth Mutter DO (Article)
Frontal Lobe Neurocysticercosis Presenting With Schizoaffective Symptoms in an Adolescent Immigrant., Emmanuel Annor MD, Grace Lee, Sam Kelly, Joseph G. Venditto DO, and Elizabeth Mutter DO (Article)
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)
Impact of Obesity Class on Severe Maternal Morbidity in Pregnancies with Postpartum Hemorrhage, Shreya Arora (Article)
Impact of Obesity Class on Severe Maternal Morbidity in Pregnancies with Postpartum Hemorrhage, Shreya Arora (Article)
Can one-step reinforcement learning guide optimal timing for PEG and tracheostomy in severe TBI? Insights from a 2016-2023 retrospective cohort study at a single academic institution., Shrinit Babel, Jade Vanderpool, Maurice Inkel, and Milad Behbahaninia (Article)
Stratifying Traumatic Brain Injury Mortality and Readmission Risk: An Unsupervised Machine Learning Approach, Shrinit Babel, Jade Vanderpool, Maurice Inkel, and Milad Behbahaninia (Article)
Benchmarking Ensemble Models to Predict Prolonged Hospital Stay in Traumatic Brain Injury: A Single-Institution Study., Shrinit Babel, Jade Vanderpool, Maurice Inkel, Sandra M Farach, Jose J Diaz, and Milad Behbahaninia (Article)
Prognostication of Three-Month Genicular Artery Embolization Outcomes Using Pre-Procedural MRIs., Wali Badar, Layth Alkhani, Faisal Al-Qawasmi, Ajay Varadhan, Ali Husnain, Mudassir Khan, Qian Yu, Magdalena Anitescu, Brendon Ross, Sara Wallace, Narayan Sundaram, Mikin Patel, and Osman Ahmed (Article)
One- and Two-Year Outcomes of Genicular Artery Embolization for Symptomatic Knee Osteoarthritis: A Single-Center, Retrospective Study Using 200-µm Polyethylene Glycol Microspheres., Wali Badar, Faisal Al-Qawasmi, Layth Alkhani, Ajay Varadhan, Abin Sajan, Qian Yu, Magdalena Anitescu, Brendon Ross, Sara Wallace, Mikin Patel, and Osman Ahmed (Article)
Higher Chemical Complementarity Between Epstein-Barr Virus Epitopes Immunoglobin Heavy Chain CDR3 Regions Correlates with Better Outcomes for Ovarian Cancer Patients, Madeline C Baker (Article)
Higher Chemical Complementary Between Epstein-Barr Virus Epitopes and Immunoglobin Heavy Chain CDR3 Regions Correlates with Better Outcomes For Ovarian Cancer Patients, Madeline C Baker (Article)
Higher chemical complementarity of EBV epitopes and IGH CDR3s correlates with better outcomes for lymphoma and ovarian cancer., Madeline C Baker, Nandini Goel, Rahul Jain, Taha I Huda, Andrea Chobrutskiy, Boris I Chobrutskiy, Joanna J Song, Veda Naga Priya Vangala, Utsav Kapoor, and George Blanck (Article)
Better pancreatic adenocarcinoma outcomes linked to anti-EBV TCR CDR3 detection via tumor RNAseq files., Madeline C Baker, Srijit Paul, Genesis V Lewis, Nandini Goel, Taha I Huda, Tushar Singh, Joanna J Song, and George Blanck (Article)
Outcomes of Hiatal Hernia Repair in Patients with Scleroderma and Interstitial Lung Disease, Makenzie Baker (Article)
Improving Medication Reconciliation Compliance and Accuracy at Three LVHN Facilities: A Quality Improvement Initiative, Jorden Barrow and Shadi Jarjous MD (Presentation)
A real-world single-center cohort study on the tolerability of trastuzumab deruxtecan for HER2+ metastatic breast cancer., Ameer Basta, Kyle Lien, 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)
Navigating Cytomegalovirus Retinitis in a Patient With Myelodysplastic Syndromes Transitioning to Acute Myeloid Leukemia Post Transplant: A Case Study., Steven A Benyahia, Sunny Kahlon, Srijit Paul, Yusuf Aboul-Nasr, Kevin Harvey, Mamta Patel, Shivan Shah, and Enas Abdallah (Article)
Comfort With Sharing Food Insecurity Risk for Clinical Care Among Individuals With and Without a Cancer History: Findings From a National Survey., Steven A Benyahia, Johnathan V Torikashvili, Tejasvi Paturu, Marian Mikhael, Oliver T Nguyen, Jessica Y Islam, Amir Alishahi Tabriz, Young-Rock Hong, and Kea L Turner (Article)
Break It Up, Gabriella Blanco; Michael Nitikman DO; Phillip M. Grenz DO; and Kevin R. Roth DO, FACOEP (Presentation)
Lack of renal NHE1 exacerbates lithium-induced nephrogenic diabetes insipidus., Gabriella Blanco, Jianxiang Xue, Linto Thomas, Jessica A Dominguez Rieg, Dandan Sun, Adrienne Assmus, Robert A Fenton, and Timo Rieg (Article)
15dPGJ2 Inhibits FKBP51-PR Interaction and Labor-Inducing Mediators: Implication for Therapeutic Use to Prevent Preterm Birth, Jacqueline Blas (Article)
109 Frequency of Visible Long Term Scarring in Split Thickness Donor Sites, Sigrid A. Blome-Eberwein MD, Sakura Helm, Shaliz Aflatooni, and Nicole Natarelli (Article)
The Right to Life, and Death: A Health Equity Approach to Canada's Expansion of Medical Assistance in Dying for Individuals With Mental Disorder(s)., Katarina Bojkovic, Rithvic Jupudi, Michael Bojkovic, and Robert Bossarte (Article)
Turn Up the Heat, Quentin Boose, Patricia Kandle MD, Shelby Garrity DO, and Jessica K. Eygnor (Presentation)
Addressing Health Literacy for Procedures and Treatments in Dermatology, Elizabeth Botto, Lilia Correa-Selm, Laurie Temiz, Nicole Natarelli, and Emily Coughlin (Poster)