USF-LVHN SELECT Program Students
2015
How is the Incidence and Recovery from Concussion Affected by Age, Gender, Sport, and Prior Concussion?, Sven Oman (Poster)
Incorporating Personal Values into Innovative Curriculum Development, Ian Osburn (Poster)
Establishing Pre-Admissions Testing Guidelines at Lehigh Valley Health Network, Shawn Palmeri MS1 (Poster)
Efficacy of Noncontrast Computed Tomography of the Abdomen and Pelvis for Evaluating Nontraumatic Acute Abdominal Pain in the Emergency Department., Austin Payor, Preeti Jois, Jason Wilson, Rajendra Kedar, Leelakrishna Nallamshetty, Seth Grubb, Colin Sullivan, and Thomas Fowler (Article)
MiRNAs as biomarkers of high-risk pancreatic cysts: a possible holy grail for the early detection of pancreatic cancer., Jennifer B Permuth, Christina Georgeades, and Mokenge Malafa (Article)
Plasma MicroRNAs as Novel Biomarkers for Patients with Intraductal Papillary Mucinous Neoplasms of the Pancreas., Jennifer Permuth-Wey, Dung-Tsa Chen, William J Fulp, Sean J Yoder, Yonghong Zhang, Christina Georgeades, Kazim Husain, Barbara Ann Centeno, Anthony M Magliocco, Domenico Coppola, and Mokenge Malafa (Article)
A genome-wide investigation of microRNA expression identifies biologically-meaningful microRNAs that distinguish between high-risk and low-risk intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms of the pancreas., Jennifer Permuth-Wey, Y Ann Chen, Kate Fisher, Susan McCarthy, Xiaotao Qu, Mark C Lloyd, Agnieszka Kasprzak, Michelle Fournier, Vonetta L Williams, Kavita M Ghia, Sean J Yoder, Laura Hall, Christina Georgeades, Funmilayo Olaoye, Kazim Husain, Gregory M Springett, Dung-Tsa Chen, Timothy Yeatman, Barbara Ann Centeno, Jason Klapman, Domenico Coppola, and Mokenge Malafa (Article)
Optimization and Standardization of Doctor Preference Cards for Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy at Lehigh Valley Hospital Network, Chris Pothering (Poster)
Breastfeeding and Baby Friendly, Emma Qureshy MS1 (Poster)
Transforming Surgical Care to Achieve Better Health, Better Care & Better Cost: Geriatric Hip Fractures., Aresh Ramin MS1 (Poster)
Improving Population Health via a Quality Measurement Analysis: Diabetic Eye Exam, Sarah Rawi MS2 and Mark Wendling MD (Poster)
Bilateral Vocal Cord Paralysis after Epidural Anesthesia, Samuel B. Reynolds BS, Jeffrey M. Saeks, and Marion B. Ridley (Presentation)
Synergy of molecular targeted approaches and immunotherapy in melanoma: preclinical basis and clinical perspectives., Martina Sanlorenzo, Igor Vujic, Adrian Moy, Pietro Quaglino, Maria Teresa Fierro, Loretta Gammaitoni, Fabrizio Carnevale-Schianca, Massimo Aglietta, and Dario Sangiolo (Article)
Identification and analysis of the bacterial endosymbiont specialized for production of the chemotherapeutic natural product ET-743., Michael M Schofield, Sunit Jain, Daphne Porat, Gregory J Dick, and David H Sherman (Article)
Implementing Guidelines for IBT in Conjunction with CMS Regulations, Robin Schroeder MD and Jeanette Qablawi MS2 (Poster)
Medical School Partnerships: Addressing Rough Sleeping in Vulnerable Youth., Rachael Snow MS4; Sen Lu MS4; Rachel Fieman MS4; Jameson Dyal MS4; Phillip Zegelbone MS4; Brett Feldman PA-C; Amy E. Smith PhD; and Marna R. Greenberg DO, MPH, FACEP (Poster)
A possible new focus for stroke treatment - migrating stem cells., Robert Sullivan, Kelsey Duncan, Travis Dailey, Yuji Kaneko, Naoki Tajiri, and Cesario V Borlongan (Article)
Antimüllerian hormone as predictor of implantation and clinical pregnancy after assisted conception: a systematic review and meta-analysis., Reshef Tal, Oded Tal, Benjamin J Seifer, and David B Seifer (Article)
Overexpression of Lin28 Decreases the Chemosensitivity of Gastric Cancer Cells to Oxaliplatin, Paclitaxel, Doxorubicin, and Fluorouracil in Part via microRNA-107., Rongyue Teng, Yan Hu, Jichun Zhou, Benjamin Seifer, Yongxia Chen, Jianguo Shen, and Linbo Wang (Article)
The Challenges of Medical School as Told Through Narrative, Sasha Yakhkind (Poster)
Characterizing olfactory binary mixture interactions in Fischer 344 rats using behavioral reaction times., Wendy M Yoder, Leslie Gaynor, Ethan Windham, Michelle Lyman, Olivia Munizza, Barry Setlow, Jennifer L Bizon, and David W Smith (Article)
Nuclear uptake of ultrasmall gold-doxorubicin conjugates imaged by fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy (FLIM) and electron microscopy., Xuan Zhang, Sathvik Shastry, Stephen E Bradforth, and Jay L Nadeau (Article)
2014
Pediatric Stroke Presenting as a Seizure., Katie Ahmadzadeh DO, Vartika Bhardwaj MS, Steven A Johnson MD, and Kathleen E. Kane MD (Article)
Risk factors for hospital-sssociated venous thromboembolism in the neonatal intensive care unit., Ernest K Amankwah, Christie M Atchison, Shilpa Arlikar, Irmel Ayala, Laurie Barrett, Brian R Branchford, Michael Streiff, Clifford Takemoto, and Neil A Goldenberg (Article)
Development of a new risk score for hospital-associated venous thromboembolism in noncritically ill children: findings from a large single-institutional case-control study., Christie Atchison, Shilpa Arlikar, Ernest Amankwah, Irmel Ayala, Laurie Barrett, Brian R Branchford, Michael Streiff, Clifford Takemoto, and Neil A Goldenberg (Article)
Analyzing Barriers to Care for Pediatric Sickle Cell Patients, Steven Baltic, Michael Manning MS2, and Nanette Grana PhD (Poster)
Improving Physician-Patient Interactions, Christopher Barron MS2, Meghan Kubala, and Robert Hauser MD (Poster)
The relationship between gene positive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy patients and presence of scar on cardiac magnetic resonance imaging, Jacob R. Blount, Andrew D. Sumner MD, Laurie Fleming, Mercedes Rios-Scott BS, and Matthew W. Martinez MD (Article)
Evaluating Patient Preferences for Internet-Based Patient Portal and Determining Patient Satisfaction in Accessing Health Information Online., Lora Bojilova MS2 and Diana Pechter MS (Poster)
Potential Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Use for Increased Survival of In-Hospital Cardiac Arrests, Amanda Broderick, James K. Wu MD, and Heather Geist (Poster)
Fluorodeoxyuridine enhances the heat shock response and decreases polyglutamine aggregation in an HSF-1-dependent manner in Caenorhabditis elegans., Jessica Brunquell, Philip Bowers, and Sandy D Westerheide (Article)
Telephone Consults in Primary Care: Opportunities for Clinical Efficiency in a Family Health Clinic., Philip Castrovinci MS4 (Poster)
Does Ostomy Bag Multimedia Education Change Perceived Quality of Life in Patients with Colorectal Cancer, Randall Chan MS2, Ryan Lutz MS2, and Julian Sanchez MD (Poster)
Feasibility of the mini-open vertebral column resection for severe thoracic kyphosis., Dean Chou, Darryl Lau, and Esha Roy (Article)
Patient Satisfaction with Education of Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus Management, Yoonjie Chung MS2, William Rallya MS2, and Henry Rodriguez MD (Poster)
Optimizing Physician Time Through Improvement of Appointment Scheduling, Alex Craen MS2, Rebecca Brown MS2, and Amaralis Snachez- Valle MD (Poster)
Educating Patients on the Nuances and Characteristics of Phyllodes Tumors, Carly Crowder MS2, Vartika Bhardwaj MS, John Kiluk MD, and Nazanin Khakpour MD (Poster)
Reduction of Polypharmacy in Geriatrics and Palliative Patients: An Evidenced Based Approach., Johnathan Dallarosa MS2, Kathleen McFadden MS2, and June Leland MD (Poster)
Determining Accuracy of the Clinical Management of Urinary Tract Infections in Children, Thanhnga T. Doan and Glenn DeAngelis MS2 (Poster)
Correlates of implicit cognitive line length representation in two-dimensional space., Richard L Doty, Ajay Koti, Thomas A O'Hara, Jeffrey Landy, Christina Shin, and Jonathan Silas (Article)
Addressing Type 2 Diabetic Patient Adherence to Lifestyle Modifications, Christian Du Mont MS2 (Poster)
Improving the Efficiency of the Patients Status Monitor in the Neuro Oncology Clinic at Moffitt Cancer Center, Kelsey Duncan and Samuel B. Reynolds BS (Poster)
Benefits of an Appointment Checklist for New HEENT Radiation Oncology Patients., Ben Ferry MS2 and Emma Jones MS2 (Poster)
Septal Myectomy in Obstructive Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy High Risk Patients, Heather Geist, Matthew W. Martinez MD, and James K. Wu MD (Poster)
Surgical Treatment of Multiple Vein Graft Aneurysms in 72 Year Old Man, Heather Geist, James K. Wu MD, and Raymond Singer MD (Poster)
Assessing Supplementary Patient Mental Health Resources, Alexander Guillaume MS2 and Pooja Shankar (Poster)
Medical Ethics and the Media: the Value of a Story., Macey L Henderson and Jennifer Chevinsky (Article)
Improving Patient-Doctor Communication About Risk and Choice in Obstetrics and Gynecology Through Medical Education: A Call for Action., Macey L Henderson, Jennifer Chevinsky, Rizwana Biviji-Sharma, and Kathryn Mills (Article)
Clinic No-Shows: Patient Reasons and Recommendations, Matthew Ho MS2, Deepika Kumar MS2, Elizabeth Lawrence PhD, and Wayne Anderson PhD (Poster)
Streamlining Clinic Referrals, Nikos Karakashian MS2 and Victoria Psomiadis MS2 (Poster)
Effectiveness of a Three-Month Follow-Up Program for Type 2 Diabetics at Highest Risk for Complications at the Judeo Christian Health Clinic., Neha Kohli MS2, Catherine S. Lee MS2, Alexander Podlaski MS2, and Renae Lucien MS (Poster)
Examination of Patient Utilization and Attitudes Toward the MyMoffitt Patient Portal, Ajay Koti MS and Jennifer Shields MS (Poster)
Integration and Cost Analysis of Streamlined Digital Patient Imaging, Aaron Krueger, Andrew Napier MS2, and Kenneth Louis MD (Poster)
Improving Assessment of Kyphoplasty Patients: Development and Initiation of a Standardized Questionnaire., Thomas Kwarcinski MS, Denise Fuller ARNP, and Bruce Kudryk MD (Poster)
Human retinal progenitor cell transplantation preserves vision., Jing Luo, Petr Baranov, Sherrina Patel, Hong Ouyang, John Quach, Frances Wu, Austin Qiu, Hongrong Luo, Caroline Hicks, Jing Zeng, Jing Zhu, Jessica Lu, Nicole Sfeir, Cindy Wen, Meixia Zhang, Victoria Reade, Sara Patel, John Sinden, Xiaodong Sun, Peter Shaw, Michael Young, and Kang Zhang (Article)
Targeting the PD-1 pathway: a promising future for the treatment of melanoma., Andrew Mamalis, Manveer Garcha, and Jared Jagdeo (Article)
Assessment of Pre-Operative Evaluation Prior to Cataract Surgery, Veniamin Mayevskiy MS (Poster)
Outlooks on palliative care: a crosscultural perspective., Jason Naziri (Article)
The transcriptional activator LdtR from 'Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus' mediates osmotic stress tolerance., Fernando A Pagliai, Christopher L Gardner, Lora Bojilova, Amanda Sarnegrim, Cheila Tamayo, Anastasia H Potts, Max Teplitski, Svetlana Y Folimonova, Claudio F Gonzalez, and Graciela L Lorca (Article)
The role of DJ-1 in the oxidative stress cell death cascade after stroke., Paolina Pantcheva, Maya Elias, Kelsey Duncan, Cesar V Borlongan, Naoki Tajiri, and Yuji Kaneko (Article)
Pertinent Radiosurgery Information for Moffitt Cancer Patients, Neil Patel MS2 and David Farzam MS2 (Poster)
Seeking Well-Child Care Visits, Ariel Penaranda MS2 (Poster)
Perceptions of Quality Care and Satisfaction in Dermatology Outpatients with Clinically Mild and Severe Diagnoses, Kristin C. Prewitt MS (Poster)
Parent/Guardian Survey Tool to Assess Understanding of Vaccination, Meera D. Ramsooksingh MS; Veniamin Mayevskiy MS; and David Berman DO, FAAP (Poster)
Recurrent (stump) Appendicitis: A Case Series, Rolando E. Rios MD, Kara Mia V. Villaneuva MSII, Joseph J. Stirparo MD, and Kathleen E. Kane MD (Article)
"Is Your File Ready for the Doctor?" A Study on the Percentage of Referrals with Appropriate Imaging., Rhonda Robeel MS2, Tucker Burr, Jason Klapman PhD, and Asef Lakha PhD (Poster)
Comparing the Average CT- Biopsy RoomTurnover Time Between Two Patient Handoff Systems, Andrew Steel MS2; Kevin Bobeck MS2; and Bela Kis MD, PhD (Poster)
Assessing the Applicability of a Health Coach Service for Post-Bariatric Surgery Patients, Cameron J. St. Hilaire MS2, Myles P. Dowling MS2, Daniel J. Myers MS2, and M. M. Murr MD (Poster)
Stem cell-paved biobridge facilitates neural repair in traumatic brain injury., Naoki Tajiri, Kelsey Duncan, Alesia Antoine, Mibel Pabon, Sandra A Acosta, Ike de la Pena, Diana G Hernadez-Ontiveros, Kazutaka Shinozuka, Hiroto Ishikawa, Yuji Kaneko, Ernest Yankee, Michael McGrogan, Casey Case, and Cesar V Borlongan (Article)
Adult stem cell transplantation: is gender a factor in stemness?, Naoki Tajiri, Kelsey Duncan, Mia C Borlongan, Mibel Pabon, Sandra Acosta, Ike de la Pena, Diana Hernadez-Ontiveros, Diego Lozano, Daniela Aguirre, Stephanny Reyes, Paul R Sanberg, David J Eve, Cesar V Borlongan, and Yuji Kaneko (Article)
Effects of Pulmonary Function and of Smoking History on Perioperative Outcomes After Robotic-Assisted Pulmonary Lobectomy: Retrospective Analysis of 201 Consecutive Patients, Matthew Thau (Article)
Efficacy of Lymph Node Dissection During Robotic-Assisted Pulmonary Lobectomy for Non-small Cell Lung Cancer: Retrospective Analysis of 159 Consecutive Cases, Matthew Thau (Article)
Feasibility of Hybrid Robotic-Assisted Pulmonary Lobectomy With En Bloc Chest Wall Resection and Reconstruction, Matthew Thau (Article)
Recovery Oriented Care: Analysis of Care in the Acute Inpatient Psychiatric Unit, Kara Mia Villanueva MS1, Breinne Schlenke PsyD, and Alina Gonzalez-Mayo MD (Poster)
A technique for characterizing the time course of odor adaptation in mice., Wendy M Yoder, Olivia Munizza, Michelle Lyman, and David W Smith (Article)
Unusual wrist tremor: unilateral isometric tremor?, Theresa Zesiewicz, Tuan Vu, Michael A Carranza, Rachel Appelbaum BS, Madeline Snyder, Joseph S Staffetti, Kevin G Allison, William R Shimberg, and Elan D Louis (Article)
Induction of retinal progenitors and neurons from mammalian Müller glia under defined conditions., Jack Jiagang Zhao, Hong Ouyang, Jing Luo, Sherrina Patel, Yuanchao Xue, John Quach, Nicole Sfeir, Meixia Zhang, Xiangdong Fu, Sheng Ding, Shaochen Chen, and Kang Zhang (Article)
2013
Attentional bias in injection phobia: overt components, time course, and relation to behavior., Thomas Armstrong, Adam Hemminger, and Bunmi O Olatunji (Article)
Fabry's Disease with LVOT Obstruction: Diagnosis and Management, Jacob R. Blount, James K. Wu, and Matthew W. Martinez (Article)
Extrasynaptic muscarinic acetylcholine receptors on neuronal cell bodies regulate presynaptic function in Caenorhabditis elegans., Jason P Chan, Trisha A Staab, Han Wang, Chiara Mazzasette, Zara Butte, and Derek Sieburth (Article)
Redefining Leadership and Medical Teams., Jennifer Chevinsky (Article)
Antioxidant enzymes mediate survival of breast cancer cells deprived of extracellular matrix., Calli A Davison, Sienna M Durbin, Matthew R Thau, Victoria R Zellmer, Sarah E Chapman, Justin Diener, Connor Wathen, W Matthew Leevy, and Zachary T Schafer (Article)
Structural fingerprints and their evolution during oligomeric vs. oligomer-free amyloid fibril growth., Joseph Foley, Shannon E Hill, Tatiana Miti, Mentor Mulaj, Marissa Ciesla, Rhonda Robeel, Christopher Persichilli, Rachel Raynes, Sandy Westerheide, and Martin Muschol (Article)
Reducing Slips in Patient Information Transfers, Melanie R. Francis (Poster)
Septal Myectomy in Obstructive HCM High Risk Patients, Heather Geist and James K. Wu MD (Poster)
Unique Obstacle Race Injuries at an Extreme Sports Event: A Case Series, Marna R. Greenberg DO, MPH, FACEP; Pamela H. Kim; Robert T. Duprey; Deepak A. Jayant DO; Brent H. Steinweg DO; Benjamin R. Preiss DO; and Gavin C. Barr Jr. MD (Article)
Investigation of a safety-engineered device to prevent needlestick injury: why has not StatLock stuck?, Sharon Griswold, Alisha Bonaroti, Christopher J Rieder, John Erbayri, Jessica Parsons, Romy Nocera, and Richard Hamilton (Article)
Differential phosphorylation of perilipin 1A at the initiation of lipolysis revealed by novel monoclonal antibodies and high content analysis., Patrick M McDonough, Dominique Maciejewski-Lenoir, Sean M Hartig, Rita A Hanna, Ross Whittaker, Andrew Heisel, James B Nicoll, Benjamin M Buehrer, Kurt Christensen, Maureen G Mancini, Michael A Mancini, Dean P Edwards, and Jeffrey H Price (Article)
Amphiphilic suramin dissolves Matrigel, causing an 'inhibition' artefact within in vitro angiogenesis assays., Natalie L Prigozhina, Andrew J Heisel, Jordan R Seldeen, Nicholas D P Cosford, and Jeffrey H Price (Article)
The role of miRNA in inflammation and autoimmunity., Ram Pyare Singh, Israel Massachi, Sudhir Manickavel, Satendra Singh, Nagesh P Rao, Sascha Hasan, Deborah K Mc Curdy, Sherven Sharma, David Wong, Bevra H Hahn, and Hamida Rehimi (Article)
Lactobacillus johnsonii inhibits indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase and alters tryptophan metabolite levels in BioBreeding rats., Ricardo Valladares, Lora Bojilova, Anastasia H Potts, Evan Cameron, Christopher Gardner, Graciela Lorca, and Claudio F Gonzalez (Article)
A Continuing Examination of Patient Flow in an Outpatient Urogynecology and Pelvic Reconstructive Surgery Practice, Adison Weseloh MS2; Stephanie Fosbenner MS2; Pamela Kim MS2; Lennox Hoyte MD, MSEECS; Renee Bassaly DO; H Leigh Terwilliger MSN, FNP-BC; Emily Ford RN; Gloribeth Miranda MA; Vokashea Watts MA; and Tiana Dalton MS (Poster)
Directed evolution of a probe ligase with activity in the secretory pathway and application to imaging intercellular protein-protein interactions., Katharine A White and Phillip M Zegelbone (Article)
2012
USF Healthy Weight Clinic Intake Form, Justin R. Abbatemarco MS1, Sasha Yakhkind MS1, and Denise Edwards MD (Poster)
Improving the Bone Health Screening of Premature Infants, Rachel Appelbaum BS, Alexandra Printz BS, and Antoinette Spoto (Poster)
Explorations of Team-Based Communication, Kanchi Batra BA, Norman McKoy BS, and Sally Zachariah MD (Poster)
Proactively Preparing Interns for their NICU Rotation, Kirk Chassey MS1, Shawn Palmeri MS1, and Terri Ashmeade MD (Poster)
End of Visit Care and its Effect on Patient Compliance, Kyle Correll and Pamela Grover MD (Poster)
Moderate stress enhances immediate and delayed retrieval of educationally relevant material in healthy young men., Almut Hupbach and Rachel Fieman (Article)
Activation of specific interneurons improves V1 feature selectivity and visual perception., Seung-Hee Lee, Alex C Kwan, Siyu Zhang, Victoria Phoumthipphavong, John G Flannery, Sotiris C Masmanidis, Hiroki Taniguchi, Z Josh Huang, Feng Zhang, Edward S Boyden, Karl Deisseroth, and Yang Dan (Article)