USF-LVHN SELECT Program Students
2020
Use of Emergency Manuals to Treat Delayed Emergence After Robotic-Assisted Cholecystectomy., Wayne R Simmons, Pavit S Deol, Ali Ahmed-Elamin, and Jeffrey Huang (Article)
A Qualitative Analysis of Resident Report Medication Safety Events in the Emergency Department, Charles Soares and Bryan G. Kane MD (Poster)
Initial Student Perspective on Plastic Surgery Virtual Away Rotations., Ethan Song and Caleb Haley (Article)
Clinical Factors and Outcomes of Octogenarians Receiving Curative Surgery for Esophageal Cancer., Ethan Y Song, Jessica M Frakes, Martine Extermann, Farina Klocksieben, Rutika Mehta, Sabrina Saeed, Sarah E Hoffe, and Jose M Pimiento (Article)
Clinical factors associated with the development of postoperative atrial fibrillation in esophageal cancer patients receiving multimodality therapy before surgery., Ethan Y Song, Puja Venkat, Michael Fradley, Jessica M Frakes, Farina Klocksieben, Jacques Fontaine, Rutika Mehta, Sabrina Saeed, Sarah E Hoffe, and Jose M Pimiento (Article)
Characteristics of Transgender Patient Cases Managed by a Toxicologist: an Analysis of the Toxicology Investigator's Consortium (ToxIC) Registry: January 2017-June 2019., Ryan M Surmaitis DO; Marna R. Greenberg DO, MPH, FACEP; Natalie E. Ebeling-Koning DO; Phillip M. Grenz DO; Cody R. McWhirter BS; Beth Careyva M.D.; Judith Sabino MPH, CDP; Matthew D. Cook DO; Robert D. Cannon DO; Andrew L. Koons; Kenneth D. Katz MD; Hope Kincaid MPH, CPH; Lexis Laubach BS; and Gillian A. Beauchamp MD (Article)
CAMKV Is a Candidate Immunotherapeutic Target in, Robyn T Sussman, Jo Lynne Rokita, Kevin Huang, Pichai Raman, Komal S Rathi, Daniel Martinez, Kristopher R Bosse, Maria Lane, Lori S Hart, Tricia Bhatti, Bruce Pawel, and John M Maris (Article)
Health Disparities in Palliative Care Consults in the ICU, Masuma Syed and Matthew McCambridge MD (Poster)
Pregnancy: A Window into Future Cardiovascular Risk: What Do We Know and What Can We Do at LVHN?, Lillian Tung; Lekha Racharla DO; Kailyn Mann DO; Joanne Quiñones MD, MSCE; and Amy M. Ahnert MD (Poster)
MEWS as a Triage Factor, Adam Turner BS; Shadi Jarjous MD; Zhe Chen MD; and Anthony Buonanno MD, MBA (Poster)
Migraines in the Emergency Department: Setting the Stage for a Pathway, William Ueng MPH, Hillary H. Ward DO, and Richard S. MacKenzie MD (Poster)
Evaluation of Pediatric Patients Diagnosed With Lyme Disease in the Lehigh Valley, Katiemarie Vottero DO; Jessica Phan; Kris Rooney MD; Tibisay Villalobos MD; and Kristin M. Held Wheatley PharmD, BCOP (Poster)
Adult Intracranial Myxoid Mesenchymal Tumor with EWSR1-ATF1 Gene Fusion., Benjamin Ward, Christopher Wang, Robert J B Macaulay, and James K C Liu (Article)
Implementation of a Clinical Pathway for Pancreaticoduodenectomy Patients, Zach Whitham and Aaron U. Blackham MD (Poster)
Short-Term Rapamycin Preconditioning Diminishes Therapeutic Efficacy of Human Adipose-Derived Stem Cells in a Murine Model of Multiple Sclerosis., Rachel M Wise, Mark A A Harrison, Brianne N Sullivan, Sara Al-Ghadban, Sarah J Aleman, Amber T Vinluan, Emily R Monaco, Umberto Donato, India A Pursell, and Bruce A Bunnell (Article)
Clinical Depression Pathway Implementation: Outcomes from Pilot Practices, Michael Wright BS; Janelle M. Sharma DNP, MBA, CRNP; and Deborah Bren DO (Poster)
Influence of Age on Longevity of a Stentless Aortic Valve., Bo Yang, Aroosa Malik, Linda Farhat, Alexander Makkinejad, Elizabeth L Norton, Mohamed-Ali Sareini, Emma St Pierre, Xiaoting Wu, Jonathan Haft, Matthew Romano, Steven F Bolling, Himanshu J Patel, and G Michael Deeb (Article)
Enhancement of the Follicular Lymphoma International Prognostic Index (FLIPI) with lymphopenia (FLIPI-L): a predictor for overall survival and histologic transformation., George Yang, Matthew Mills, Youngchul Kim, Nicholas B Figura, Catherine Doyle, Daniel Oliver, G Daniel Grass, Timothy Robinson, Julio Chavez, and Sungjune Kim (Article)
Tracking the implementation of a new telepsychiatry inpatient consult service at a separate campus of a large tertiary care health network, Michael S. Yoon BS; Katherine B. Martin MD; Rory L. Marraccini MD; and Edward R. Norris MD, FAPA, FAPM (Poster)
The Prevalence of Mental Illness and Associated Psychosocial Factors in Homeless Adolescents, Cecilia E. Zemanek BS; Allison N. Kayne BS; Jeffrey Downen BS, MS; Brittany Gaudet BS, MSPH; Taylor Jarvill BA; Nina Liu BS; Amy B. Smith PhD; Hoonani M. Cuadrado MSPAS, PA-C; and Marna R. Greenberg DO, MPH, FACEP (Poster)
Assessing the Need for In-Person Evaluations Following Psychiatric E-Consults, Cecilia E. Zemanek BS and Katherine B. Martin MD (Poster)
Incorporating Reflective Activities into Medical Education: The Learner’s Perspective, Cecilia E. Zemanek BS, Andrew Shenoi MD, Yoonjie Chung MD, Yasir Abunamous MD, Katerina C. Valavanis MD, and Veronica Brohm DO (Presentation)
A simplified method for the efficient purification and refolding of recombinant human TRAIL., Zhenjiang Zhang, Su Bin Hahn, Thong M Cao, and Michael R King (Article)
2019
A Systematic Review of Opt-out Versus Opt-in Consent on Deceased Organ Donation and Transplantation (2006-2016)., M Usman Ahmad, Afif Hanna, Ahmed-Zayn Mohamed, Alex Schlindwein, Caitlin Pley, Ingrid Bahner, Rahul Mhaskar, Gavin J Pettigrew, and Tambi Jarmi (Article)
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)
Microbial Community Succession and Nutrient Cycling Responses following Perturbations of Experimental Saltwater Aquaria., Holly M Bik, Alexandra Alexiev, Sabreen K Aulakh, Lakshmi Bharadwaj, Jennifer Flanagan, John M Haggerty, Sarah M Hird, Guillaume Jospin, Jenna M Lang, Laura A Sauder, Josh D Neufeld, Andrew Shaver, Akshay Sethi, Jonathan A Eisen, and David A Coil (Article)
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)
The Effect of Price on the Consumption of Reduced Nicotine Cigarettes., Steven A Branstetter, Russell Nye, Joseph J Sipko, and Joshua E Muscat (Article)
VIP modulates the ALX/FPR2 receptor axis toward inflammation resolution in a mouse model of bacterial keratitis., Thomas W Carion, David Kracht, Eliisa Strand, Edwin David, Cody McWhirter, Abdul Shukkur Ebrahim, and Elizabeth A Berger (Article)
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)
Harnessing electronic medical records to advance research on multiple sclerosis., Vincent Damotte, Antoine Lizée, Matthew Tremblay, Alisha Agrawal, Pouya Khankhanian, Adam Santaniello, Refujia Gomez, Robin Lincoln, Wendy Tang, Tiffany Chen, Nelson Lee, Pablo Villoslada, Jill A Hollenbach, Carolyn D Bevan, Jennifer Graves, Riley Bove, Douglas S Goodin, Ari J Green, Sergio E Baranzini, Bruce Ac Cree, Roland G Henry, Stephen L Hauser, Jeffrey M Gelfand, and Pierre-Antoine Gourraud (Article)
Correction: A phenotype of increased sleepiness in a mouse model of pulmonary hypertension and right ventricular hypertrophy., Eric M Davis, Jeffrey J Baust, Brett O'Donnell, Faraaz A Shah, Angela McDowell, Lanping Guo, and Christopher P O'Donnell (Article)
"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)
CDK 4/6 inhibitors and stereotactic radiation in the management of hormone receptor positive breast cancer brain metastases., Nicholas B Figura, Thrisha K Potluri, Homan Mohammadi, Daniel E Oliver, John A Arrington, Timothy J Robinson, Arnold B Etame, Nam D Tran, James K Liu, Hatem Soliman, Peter A Forsyth, Solmaz Sahebjam, H Michael Yu, Hyo S Han, and Kamran A Ahmed (Article)
Prevalence, Distribution, and Phylogeny of Type Two Toxin-Antitoxin Genes Possessed by, Samantha Finkelstein, Flavia Negrete, Hyein Jang, Jayanthi Gangiredla, Mark Mammel, Isha R Patel, Hannah R Chase, JungHa Woo, YouYoung Lee, Caroline Z Wang, Leah Weinstein, Ben D Tall, and Gopal R Gopinath (Article)
The ribonuclease activity of Csm6 is required for anti-plasmid immunity by Type III-A CRISPR-Cas systems., Kawanda Foster, Joshua Kalter, Walter Woodside, Rebecca M Terns, and Michael P Terns (Article)
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)
Enterocolitis in a Child With Hirschsprung Disease., Alexander W D Guillaume BA, Andrew C. Miller DO, and Michael C. Nguyen MD (Article)
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)
Mutational loss of carotenoids in alkaliphilic, David B Hicks, Amyeo Jereen, Oliver J Fackelmayer, Amy M LaFountain, Harry A Frank, and Terry A Krulwich (Article)
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)
Differential patterns of circadian rhythmicity in women with malignant versus benign gynecologic tumors., Aasha I Hoogland, Hailey W Bulls, Brian D Gonzalez, Alexi A Wright, Brittany Kennedy, Brent J Small, Navdeep Chahal, Bianca L Arboleda, and Heather S L Jim (Article)
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)
Performance of the CURB-65 Score in Predicting Critical Care Interventions in Patients Admitted With Community-Acquired Pneumonia., Annette Ilg, Ari Moskowitz, Varun Konanki, Parth V Patel, Maureen Chase, Anne V Grossestreuer, and Michael W Donnino (Article)
A Scalable, Multiplexed Assay for Decoding GPCR-Ligand Interactions with RNA Sequencing., Eric M Jones, Rishi Jajoo, Daniel Cancilla, Nathan B Lubock, Jeffrey Wang, Megan Satyadi, Rocky Cheung, Claire de March, Joshua S Bloom, Hiroaki Matsunami, and Sriram Kosuri (Article)
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)
Professor Alan Venook: my experiences and opinions on colon cancer., Snow Li (Article)
Human Trafficking and Medical Education, Michelle Lyman MS4 and Hoonani M. Cuadrado (Poster)
Early to midterm results of "low-friction" articulating antibiotic spacers for septic total knee arthroplasty., Steven Lyons, Katheryne Downes, Jason Habeck, Zachary Whitham, Matthew Werger, and Scott Stanat (Article)
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)
Educational Intervention Enhances Clinician Awareness of Christian, Jewish, and Islamic Teachings around End-of-Life Care., Amanda Copenhaver Moale, Sahana Rajasekhara, William Ueng, and Rahul Mhaskar (Article)
Lymphomatoid Papulosis and Other Lymphoma-Like Diseases., Adrian Moy, James Sun, Sophia Ma, and Lucia Seminario-Vidal (Article)
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)
Indications and Safety of the Zygomatic Osteotomy in Middle Cranial Fossa Surgery: A Retrospective Cohort Review., Elliot Neal, Elliot Pressman, Alexia Athienitis, Adam Turner, Shunchang Ma, Gautam Rao, Christopher Primiani, Pankaj Agarwalla, Harry van Loveren, and Siviero Agazzi (Article)
Sleep phenotype in the Townes mouse model of sickle cell disease., Brett O'Donnell, Lanping Guo, Samit Ghosh, Faraaz A Shah, Patrick J Strollo, Bryan J McVerry, Mark T Gladwin, Solomon F Ofori-Acquah, Gregory J Kato, and Christopher P O'Donnell (Article)
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)
Alda-1 attenuates hyperoxia-induced mitochondrial dysfunction in lung vascular endothelial cells., Sahebgowda Sidramagowda Patil, Helena Hernández-Cuervo, Jutaro Fukumoto, Venkata Ramireddy Narala, Smita Saji, Monica Borra, Matthew Alleyn, Muling Lin, Ramani Soundararajan, Richard Lockey, Narasaiah Kolliputi, and Lakshmi Galam (Article)
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)
Organization and function of tension-dependent complexes at adherens junctions., Cordelia Rauskolb, Estelle Cervantes, Ferralita Madere, and Kenneth D Irvine (Article)
Empathy, Burnout, and Emotional Intelligence in USF Pharmacy Students, Pranav Reddy (Poster)
Long-term voluntary wheel running does not alter vascular amyloid burden but reduces neuroinflammation in the Tg-SwDI mouse model of cerebral amyloid angiopathy., Lisa S Robison, Dominique L Popescu, Maria E Anderson, Nikita Francis, Joshua Hatfield, Joseph K Sullivan, Steven I Beigelman, Feng Xu, Brenda J Anderson, William E Van Nostrand, and John K Robinson (Article)
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)
Management of a Spontaneous Carotid Artery Blowout., Shabaaz S Sandhu, Jake Laun, Joshua B Elston, and Nicholas J Panetta (Article)
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)
Analysis of the top 100 most influential papers in benign prostatic hyperplasia., Rohan Shah, Jasmine Kashkoush, Ahmed Kashkoush, and Trushar Patel (Article)
Creation of an Internal Resource for Provider-Specific LGBTQ Information, Collin Sherman (Poster)
Recognition of Tumor Invasion of a Pancreatic Head Biliary Stent During Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy., Ethan Song, Daniel Segarra, Kujtim Latifi, Susan Leuthold, Dalila Belinc, Luis Pena, Mokenge P Malafa, Jessica M Frakes, and Sarah E Hoffe (Article)
Decoupled epineurial and axonal deformation in mouse median and ulnar nerves., Jaemyoung Sung, Jakub Sikora-Klak, Stephanie Y Adachi, Elisabeth Orozco, and Sameer B Shah (Article)
Racial Disparities in Endovascular Aortic Aneurysm Repair., Adam Tanious, Nirmani Karunathilake, Joel Toro, Afif Abu-Hanna, Laura T Boitano, Timothy Fawcett, Brian Graves, and Peter Nelson (Article)
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)
Tracking the Implementation of a New Telepsychiatry Inpatient Consultation-Liaison Service at a Separate Campus of a Large Tertiary Care Health Network, Michael S. Yoon BS; Katherine B. Martin MD; Rory L. Marraccini MD; and Edward R. Norris MD, FAPA, FAPM (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)
Emergency Department and Radiological Cost of Delayed Diagnosis of Cannabinoid Hyperemesis., David I Zimmer, Ross McCauley, Varun Konanki, Joseph Dynako, Nuha Zackariya, Faadil Shariff, Joseph Miller, Sophia Binz, and Mark Walsh (Article)
2018
Evaluating Existing Efforts to Implement Quality Indicators in Behavioral Health Settings, Anam Ahmed (Poster)