USF-LVHN SELECT
2019
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)
Subcutaneous Fat Fibrosis Links Obesity to Insulin Resistance in Chinese Americans., Diana L Alba, Jeffrey A Farooq, Matthew Y C Lin, Anne L Schafer, John Shepherd, and Suneil K Koliwad (Article)
Nontoxic Targeting of Energy Metabolism in Preclinical VM-M3 Experimental Glioblastoma., Zachary M Augur, Catherine M Doyle, Mingyi Li, Purna Mukherjee, and Thomas N Seyfried (Article)
A Multi-Methodological Examination of Perceptions Surrounding Advance Care Planning (ACP), Aleksandra Bacewicz 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)
CCAR-1 is a negative regulator of the heat-shock response in Caenorhabditis elegans., Jessica Brunquell, Rachel Raynes, Philip Bowers, Stephanie Morris, Alana Snyder, Doreen Lugano, Andrew Deonarine, and Sandy D Westerheide (Article)
Effective arteriovenous fistula alternative for hemodialysis access., Jacentha Buggs, Adam Tanious, Victor Camba, Christopher Albertson, Ebonie Rogers, Dylan Lahiff, Talha Rashid, John Leone, Heidi Pearson, James Huang, Ambuj Kumar, and Victor Bowers (Article)
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 Calogero; Marna R. Greenberg DO, MPH, FACEP; Bruce Feldman DO; Kareem Elsayed; Osman Z. Abbasi DO; Joshua Enyart DO; Timothy J. Friel MD; Yasir Abunamous BA; and Stephen W. Dusza DrPH (Poster)
Thymosin Beta-4 and Ciprofloxacin Adjunctive Therapy Improves, Thomas W Carion, Abdul Shukkur Ebrahim, David Kracht, Aditya Agrawal, Eliisa Strand, Omar Kaddurah, Cody R McWhirter, Gabriel Sosne, and Elizabeth A Berger (Article)
Functional MRI of Sensory Substitution in the Blind., Kevin C Chan, Matthew C Murphy, Ji Won Bang, Jeffrey Sims, Jasmine Kashkoush, and Amy C Nau (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)
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)
Assessing Appropriateness of Magnetic Resonance Imaging for Headaches within the Lehigh Valley Health Network, Manveer Dilts-Garcha MA BSc (Poster)
Monthly Versus Treat-and-Extend Ranibizumab for Diabetic Macular Edema: A Prospective, Randomized Trial., David A Eichenbaum, Emily Duerr, Hershel R Patel, and Scott M Pollack (Article)
Addressing the Healthcare Needs of the Lehigh Valley Homeless Population in the Emergency Department, Kareem S. Elsayed MS and Marna R. Greenberg DO, MPH, FACEP (Poster)
Association Between the 7-Day Moving Average for Nutrition and Growth in Very Low Birth Weight Infants., Gustave H Falciglia, Karna Murthy, Jane Holl, Hannah L Palac, Yuliya Oumarbaeva, Pratyusha Yadavalli, Donna Woods, and Daniel T Robinson (Article)
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)
Comparison of Late Urinary Symptoms Following SBRT and SBRT with IMRT Supplementation for Prostate Cancer., Li Rebekah Feng, Simeng Suy, Sean P Collins, Jonathan W Lischalk, Berwin Yuan, and Leorey N Saligan (Article)
Reducing Substance Use by an Emergency Department Intervention, Rachel Fieman MS4; Matthew D. Marschall DO; Smeet Bhimani DO; Derek J. Fikse DO; Ryan A. Anderson DO; Paige Roth LSW; David M. Richardson MD; Jennifer Stephens DO; Manuel Colon; Kevin R. Roth DO, FACOEP; David B. Burmeister DO, FACEP, CPE; Marna R. Greenberg DO, MPH, FACEP; and Robert D. Cannon (Article)
Native paraneurial tissue and paraneurial adhesions alter nerve strain distribution in rat sciatic nerves., Ian M Foran, Vincent Hussey, Rushil A Patel, Jaemyoung Sung, and Sameer B Shah (Article)
Multifactorial Approach to Opioid Abuse Within the Emergency Department, Alec Freling MS4 and Robert D. Cannon DO (Poster)
Intracranial hemorrhage in the setting of posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome: two case reports and a review., Manveer Garcha; Keithan Sivakumar MD, MBA; Mohammed El-Hunjul; Shweta Varade MD; and Hussam A. Yacoub MD (Article)
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)
Genomic characterization of malonate positive, Gopal R Gopinath, Hannah R Chase, Jayanthi Gangiredla, Athmanya Eshwar, Hyein Jang, Isha Patel, Flavia Negrete, Samantha Finkelstein, Eunbi Park, TaeJung Chung, YeonJoo Yoo, JungHa Woo, YouYoung Lee, Jihyeon Park, Hyerim Choi, Seungeun Jeong, Soyoung Jun, Mijeong Kim, Chaeyoon Lee, HyeJin Jeong, Séamus Fanning, Roger Stephan, Carol Iversen, Felix Reich, Günter Klein, Angelika Lehner, and Ben D Tall (Article)
Influence of Concussion History and Genetics on Event-Related Potentials in Athletes: Potential Use in Concussion Management., Taylor Guth, Caroline J Ketcham, and Eric E Hall (Article)
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)
An Unusual Cause of Abdominal Pain in a Young, Hypertensive Female., Kevin L Huang, Yih C Lin, and Kellee L Oller (Article)
Increasing the Use of Pediatric Developmental Screening Assessments at the Neighborhood Health Center of Lehigh Valley, Camille Imbo MS4 (Poster)
Whole-Genome Sequences of Cronobacter sakazakii Isolates Obtained from Foods of Plant Origin and Dried-Food Manufacturing Environments., Hyein Jang, Nicole Addy, Laura Ewing, Junia Jean-Gilles Beaubrun, YouYoung Lee, JungHa Woo, Flavia Negrete, Samantha Finkelstein, Ben D Tall, Angelika Lehner, Athmanya Eshwar, and Gopal R Gopinath (Article)
Draft genomes of, Hyein Jang, Jungha Woo, Youyoung Lee, Flavia Negrete, Samantha Finkelstein, Hannah R Chase, Nicole Addy, Laura Ewing, Junia Jean Gilles Beaubrun, Isha Patel, Jayanthi Gangiredla, Athmanya Eshwar, Ziad W Jaradat, Kunho Seo, Srikumar Shabarinath, Séamus Fanning, Roger Stephan, Angelika Lehner, Ben D Tall, and Gopal R Gopinath (Article)
Lowest Postoperative Prealbumin is Associated with Worse Outcomes Following Robotic-Assisted Pulmonary Lobectomy, Anastasia Jermihov; Athanasios Tsalatsanis PhD; Shruti Kulkarni; Frank Velez; Carla Moodie PA-C; Joseph Garrett MPH, ARNP-C; Jacques-Pierre Fontaine MD; and Eric Tolozoa MD, PhD (Poster)
Impact of sarcopenia in borderline resectable and locally advanced pancreatic cancer patients receiving stereotactic body radiation therapy., William H Jin, Eric A Mellon, Jessica M Frakes, Gilbert Z Murimwa, Pamela J Hodul, Jose M Pimiento, Mokenge P Malafa, and Sarah E Hoffe (Article)
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)