USF-LVHN SELECT
2017
A Retroactive Single Institution Study of Three-Year Survival of HER-2/neu Positive Breast Cancer Treated with Adjuvant Chemotherapy, A Quality Improvement Project., Deepika Kumar MS4, Ramona E. Chase CRNP, and Savitri Skandan MD (Poster)
The Relationship of Discharge Position and Other Variables to Length of Stay in Patients with Hip Fractures., TJ Kwarcinski MS4; Jacob Rust; Cathyann Feher RN,MSN; and Michael D. Pasquale MD, FACS, FCCM (Poster)
An Outpatient Methadone Weaning Program by a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit for Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome., Andrew Lai MS2; Patrick Philpot DO; Jenny Boucher PharmD, JD, BCPS; and Andrew S. Meyer (Article)
Assessing SELECT Student Preparedness and Application of SELECT Competencies During Clerkships. An Interview-based Longitudinal Cohort Study., Catherine Lee; Rahul Mhaskar MD, MPH, PhD; and Joann Quinn PhD (Poster)
FIKK Kinase, a Ser/Thr Kinase Important to Malaria Parasites, Is Inhibited by Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors., Benjamin C Lin, Darcy R Harris, Lucy M D Kirkman, Astrid M Perez, Yiwen Qian, Janse T Schermerhorn, Min Y Hong, Dennis S Winston, Lingyin Xu, and Gabriel S Brandt (Article)
The anthraquinone emodin inhibits the non-exported FIKK kinase from Plasmodium falciparum., Benjamin C Lin, Darcy R Harris, Lucy M D Kirkman, Astrid M Perez, Yiwen Qian, Janse T Schermerhorn, Min Y Hong, Dennis S Winston, Lingyin Xu, Alexander M Lieber, Matthew Hamilton, and Gabriel S Brandt (Article)
2003-2012 Inpatient Mortality and Cost of Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt in Budd-Chiari Syndrome in the US., Sen Lu MS4 and Edward W. Lee MD, PhD (Poster)
Combination 2D/3D Mammography versus 2D Mammography: A Comparison Study on Clinical Metrics in Women with Normal and Dense Breast Tissue., Ryan Lutz, Priya Sareen MD, and Tucker Burr (Poster)
Evaluating Longitudinal Empathy Changes Form a Supplemental Mindfulness Curriculum in a Four Year Medical Education Program., Steven Manobianco (Poster)
Assessment of Potential Risk Factors Involved in 30-Day Adult Inpatient Psychiatric Readmission Rate., Veniamin Mayevskiy and Katherine B. Martin MD (Poster)
A Demographic Description of the Response of Stage IV Primary Right and Left Sided Colon Malignancies to Therapeutic Intervention within Lehigh Valley Health Network., Kathleen Mcfadden; Ramona E. Chase ANP-BC,DNP,; and Ranju Gupta MD (Poster)
Effect of Obesity on Perioperative Outcomes After Robotic-Assisted Pulmonary Lobectomy., Bryce Montané, Kavian Toosi, Frank O Velez-Cubian, Maria F Echavarria, Matthew Thau, Raj A Patel, Kathryn Rodriguez, Carla C Moodie, Joseph R Garrett, Jacques P Fontaine, and Eric M Toloza (Article)
Impact of sarcopenia on outcomes of locally advanced esophageal cancer patients treated with neoadjuvant chemoradiation followed by surgery., Gilbert Z Murimwa, Puja S Venkat, William Jin, Susan Leuthold, Kujtim Latifi, Khaldoun Almhanna, Jose M Pimiento, Jacques-Pierre Fontaine, Sarah E Hoffe, and Jessica M Frakes (Article)
Multifactorial Approach to Opioid Abuse Within the Emergency Department., Andrew Napier BS, Robert D. Cannon DO, and Paige Roth LSW (Poster)
Redefining the Positive Margin in Pancreatic Cancer: Impact on Patterns of Failure, Long-Term Survival and Adjuvant Therapy., Arsen Osipov, Nicholas Nissen, Joanne Rutgers, Deepti Dhall, Jason Naziri, Shefali Chopra, Quanlin Li, Andrew Eugene Hendifar, and Richard Tuli (Article)
Association of serum lipid levels with retinal hard exudate area in African Americans with type 2 diabetes., Evangelia Papavasileiou, Samaneh Davoudi, Ramak Roohipoor, Heeyoon Cho, Shreyas Kudrimoti BA, Heather Hancock, James G Wilson, Christopher Andreoli, Deeba Husain, Maurice James, Alan Penman, Ching J Chen, and Lucia Sobrin (Article)
Evaluating Compliance with Epidurals at LVH–Cedar Crest and LVH–Muhlenberg Under the Enhanced Recovery After Surgery Protocol in Patients Undergoing Colorectal Procedures., Neil Patel (Poster)
Reducing Unanticipated Pediatric Transfers to Higher Level Care by Improving Admission Triage., Ariel Penaranda and Liborio LaRussa MD (Poster)
Determining Feasibility of Using Video-capture and Blinded Observer Evaluation to Measure Technical Proficiency in the Credentialing of Surgeons., Alexander Podlaski (Poster)
Development of a health care systems curriculum., Zachary Pruitt; Rahul Mhaskar; Bryan G. Kane MD; Robert D. Barraco MD, MPH; Deborah J DeWaay; Alexander M. Rosenau DO; Kristin A. Bresnan MD; and Marna R. Greenberg DO, MPH, FACEP (Article)
Improving Patient Outcomes Across the Continuum: Cultivating Multidisciplinary Clinician Comfort with Against Medical Advice Discharges., Victoria Psomiadis (Poster)
Building a Data Registry to Evaluate the Effectiveness of Multi-disciplinary Management of Renal Disease During Pregnancy at the Pregnancy Heart and Kidney Center (PHKC)., William Rallya (Poster)
Implementation and Evaluation of Student-Led Instruction onAirway Management in the LVHN Surgery Clerkship., Meera Ramsooksingh MS and Joseph J. Stirparo MD (Poster)
Techniques to Improve Patient Flow in a Pediatric Street Medicine Clinic., Richelle Reinhart; Carly Crowder; Nikos Karakashian; Ajay Koti MS; Kathleen Mcfadden; and Marna R. Greenberg DO, MPH, FACEP (Poster)
The Information-seeking Behavior of Physicians Regarding Benefits and Harms of Treatments at Lehigh Valley Health Network (LVHN)., Samuel Reynolds, Rahul Mhaskar MD, Brian Bennet, Randall Chan, and Bryan G. Kane MD (Poster)
Assessing the Need for Mentorship at Lehigh Valley Health Network (LVHN)., Rhonda Robeel; Debbie Salas-Lopez MD, MPH; and Nyann Biery MS (Poster)
Effect of body mass index on operative outcome after robotic-assisted Ivor-Lewis esophagectomy: retrospective analysis of 129 cases at a single high-volume tertiary care center., Ahmed I Salem, Matthew Thau, Tobin J Strom, Andrea M Abbott, Nadia Saeed, Khaldoun Almhanna, Sarah E Hoffe, Ravi Shridhar, Richard C Karl, and Kenneth L Meredith (Article)
Barriers to Care: Motivational Interviewing for Uncontrolled Type 2 Diabetics., William Schertzing (Poster)
The Development of a Business Model for a Surgical Service., Meg Scott (Poster)
Circulating miRNAs in Murine Experimental Endometriosis., Benjamin J Seifer, Dan Su, and Hugh S Taylor (Article)
Automated Antibody De Novo Sequencing and Its Utility in Biopharmaceutical Discovery., K Ilker Sen, Wilfred H Tang, Shruti Nayak, Yong J Kil, Marshall Bern, Berk Ozoglu, Beatrix Ueberheide, Darryl Davis, and Christopher Becker (Article)
PHI Security: Predictors Associated with Opening Phishing Emails., Nicole Sfeir (Poster)
QI Assessment of Attending Physician Burnout at Lehigh Valley Health Network (LVHN) Using the Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI)., Pooja Shankar (Poster)
The Collaboration of Leaders in Medicine and Public Health to Improve Population Health., Andrew Shenoi (Poster)
Carbon dioxide versus room air insufflation during balloon-assisted enteroscopy: A systematic review with meta-analysis., Ashok Shiani, Seth Lipka, Andrew Lai, Andrea C Rodriguez, Christian M Andrade, Ambuj Kumar, and Patrick Brady (Article)
Characteristics and Outcomes of Outpatient Parenteral Antibiotic Therapy at Lehigh Valley Children’s Hospital., Jennifer Shields MS and Tibisay Villalobos MD, FAAP (Poster)
Adaptations of an RNA virus to increasing thermal stress., Sonia Singhal, Cierra M Leon Guerrero, Stella G Whang, Erin McClure, Hannah G Busch, and Benjamin Kerr (Article)
Comparison of Complication Rates for Different Surgical Treatments in the Management of Hidradenitis Suppurativa., Andrew Steele and Robert X. Murphy JR, MD, MS (Poster)
Medical education and human trafficking: using simulation., Hanni Stoklosa, Michelle Lyman, Carrie Bohnert, and Olivia Mittel (Article)
A Comparison of Implants Used in Open-Door Laminoplasty: Structural Rib Allografts Versus Metallic Miniplates., Ehsan Tabaraee, Praveen Mummaneni, Amir Abdul-Jabbar, David Shearer, Esha Roy, Beejal Amin, Christopher Ames, Shane Burch, Vedat Deviren, Sigurd Berven, Serena Hu, Dean Chou, and Bobby K Tay (Article)
Let's Talk! Engaging the Community in Advance Care Planning Through Games., Seth VanZant, Aleksandra Bacewicz, Alexandria Holmes, Priscilla Shen, Lora Bojilova MS2, Robert Levy, Nicole Defenbaugh PhD, and Robert Motley MD (Poster)
Integrating Disability: Evaluating the Usefulness of "My Health Report" and its Effect on Doctor-Patient Communication., Seth VanZant, Sweety Jain MD, and Elizabeth Perkins (Presentation)
Implementing 5S Methodology to Maximize Flow and Efficiency in Shelter-Based Student Clinic., Seth VanZant; Andre Lee; Lauren Walheim; Anne Laverty; Preethi Rajan; Aleksandra Bacewicz; Elizabeth Beaty; Cristina Calogero; Amy B. Smith PhD; Susan E. Hansen MA; and Marna R. Greenberg DO, MPH, FACEP (Poster)
Prevention of the Primary Cesarean Sections at Lehigh Valley Health Network., Kara Mia V. Villaneuva MS4 and Amanda B. Flicker MD (Poster)
Improving Ostomy Appliance Care Education through Values-Based Patient Centered Care., Dhrumil Vyas (Poster)
Assessing Nurses' Perceptions of Female Surgeons: Is there a bias against women in surgery?, Carly Waldman (Poster)
Evaluating the Effectiveness of the 30-Second Chair Stand Test as an ED Screening Tool for Elderly Fall Risk Assessment., Adison Weseloh; Bryan G. Kane MD; Jeanne L. Jacoby MD; Robert D. Barraco MD, MPH; Tracy M Bishop DO; Kyli Krape DO; Stephanie Merrick MD; Michael Wagner; Deirdre Warner DO; and Marna R. Greenberg DO, MPH, FACEP (Poster)
Oncogenic mechanisms of Lin28 in breast cancer: new functions and therapeutic opportunities., Hanchu Xiong, Wenhe Zhao, Ji Wang, Benjamin J Seifer, Chenyang Ye, Yongxia Chen, Yunlu Jia, Cong Chen, Jianguo Shen, Linbo Wang, Xinbing Sui, and Jichun Zhou (Article)
patient Navigation: The Future of Process Improvement at Moffitt Cancer Center., Johanna Yun (Poster)
Large Chest and Abdominal Wall Defect Reconstruction With Anterolateral Thigh Free Flap to Right Gastroepiploic Artery Anastomosis., Angie Zhang, Amra Kuc, Paul Smith, Amanda Zimmerman, Alicia Billington, Ricardo J Gonzalez, and Deniz Dayicioglu (Article)
Approaches and genetic determinants in predicting response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy in locally advanced gastric cancer., Jichun Zhou, Jianguo Shen, Benjamin J Seifer, Shaojie Jiang, Ji Wang, Hanchu Xiong, Lingmin Xie, Linbo Wang, and Xinbing Sui (Article)
The NLRP3 inflammasome modulates sleep and NREM sleep delta power induced by spontaneous wakefulness, sleep deprivation and lipopolysaccharide., Mark R Zielinski, Dmitry Gerashchenko, Svetlana A Karpova, Varun Konanki, Robert W McCarley, Fayyaz S Sutterwala, Robert E Strecker, and Radhika Basheer (Article)
2016
Utilization of bedside ultrasound in the diagnosis and management of massive pulmonary embolism: a case report., Osman Z. Abbasi DO, Thanhnga T. Doan, Sumit Duggal MD, Sanjeev U. Nair MD, and Shawn M. Quinn DO (Article)
Conservative vs. Aggressive Management for Patients with Stable GI Hemorrhage at Lehigh Valley Hospital–Cedar Crest, Jeremy Li Agostinho MS (Poster)
Progesterone treatment shows greater protection in brain vs. retina in a rat model of middle cerebral artery occlusion: Progesterone receptor levels may play an important role., Rachael S Allen, Iqbal Sayeed, Yuliya Oumarbaeva, Katherine C Morrison, Paul H Choi, Machelle T Pardue, and Donald G Stein (Article)
Effects of adding a new PCMH block rotation and resident team to existing longitudinal training within a certified PCMH: primary care residents' attitudes, knowledge, and experience., Gowri Anandarajah, Christopher Furey, Rabin Chandran, Arnold R. Goldberg MD, Fadya El Rayess, David Ashley, and Roberta E Goldman (Article)
Development of a Novel Clinical Pathway for Evaluating Abnormal Bleeding Girls and Young Women, Christie Atchison MS (Poster)
Facial Fractures in the Aging Population., Dunya M Atisha, Tucker Burr, Alexander C Allori, Liana Puscas, Detlev Erdmann, and Jeffrey R Marcus (Article)
Interneuronal mechanisms of hippocampal theta oscillations in a full-scale model of the rodent CA1 circuit., Marianne J Bezaire, Ivan Raikov, Kelly Burk, Dhrumil Vyas, and Ivan Soltesz (Article)
Changing the Face of Diabetes Education at Lehigh Valley Health Network—Creation of a New Resource for Late Adolescents and Young Adults with Type 1 Diabetes, Jacob R. Blount MS4; Linda M. Schwartz MDE, AHIP, CM; Laura Harstine; and Joyce Najarian MSN, RN, CDE (Poster)
Optimizing Patient Length of Stay Using Real-time Data Analysis and Lean Techniques, Alisha Bonaroti MS (Poster)
Venous Thromboembolism Prophylaxis in Trauma Patients. Review of the Literature, Revision and Implementation of New Evidence-based VTE Prophylaxis Guidelines., Dariam Cardentey Oliva MS (Poster)
Quantitative imaging of magnesium distribution at single-cell resolution in brain tumors and infiltrating tumor cells with secondary ion mass spectrometry (SIMS)., Subhash Chandra, Dylan J Parker, Rolf F Barth, and Susan C Pannullo (Article)
Review of Public Health Ethics in State Comprehensive Cancer Control Plans, 2005-2020, Jennifer Chevinsky MS (Poster)
Delayed Umbilical Cord Clamping: A Quality Initiative Implementation by the Obstetrics and NICU Departments, Elizabeth Ciaravino MS4 (Poster)
Walking on Eggshells: A Caregiver’s Autoethnographic Journey Using Emotional Intelligence, Tabitha Copeland MS (Poster)
Serum microRNAs as diagnostic markers of endometriosis: a comprehensive array-based analysis., Emine Cosar, Ramanaiah Mamillapalli, Gulcin Sahin Ersoy, SihYun Cho, Benjamin Seifer, and Hugh S Taylor (Article)
Long-term evolution of multiple sclerosis disability in the treatment era., Bruce A C Cree, Pierre-Antoine Gourraud, Jorge R Oksenberg, Carolyn Bevan, Elizabeth Crabtree-Hartman, Jeffrey M Gelfand, Douglas S Goodin, Jennifer Graves, Ari J Green, Ellen Mowry, Darin T Okuda, Daniel Pelletier, H-Christian von Büdingen, Scott S Zamvil, Alisha Agrawal, Stacy Caillier, Caroline Ciocca, Refujia Gomez, Rachel Kanner, Robin Lincoln, Antoine Lizee, Pamela Qualley, Adam Santaniello, Leena Suleiman, Monica Bucci, Valentina Panara, Nico Papinutto, William A Stern, Alyssa H Zhu, Gary R Cutter, Sergio Baranzini, Roland G Henry, and Stephen L Hauser (Article)
Safe Discharge: Perception among both Emergency Medicine Attending Physicians and Nurses Regarding Discharging Patients after Opiate or Opioid Administration, Benjamin Croll (Poster)
AMPK Activation and Metabolic Reprogramming by Tamoxifen through Estrogen Receptor-Independent Mechanisms Suggests New Uses for This Therapeutic Modality in Cancer Treatment., Natalie A Daurio, Stephen W Tuttle, Andrew J Worth, Ethan Y Song, Julianne M Davis, Nathaniel W Snyder, Ian A Blair, and Constantinos Koumenis (Article)
OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY CHARACTERISTICS OF MACULAR EDEMA AND HARD EXUDATES AND THEIR ASSOCIATION WITH LIPID SERUM LEVELS IN TYPE 2 DIABETES., Samaneh Davoudi, Evangelia Papavasileiou, Ramak Roohipoor, Heeyoon Cho, Shreyas Kudrimoti BA, Heather Hancock, Suzanne Hoadley, Christopher Andreoli, Deeba Husain, Maurice James, Alan Penman, Ching J Chen, and Lucia Sobrin (Article)
Outcomes of Breast Reconstruction After Mastectomy Using Deep Inferior Epigastric Perforator Flap After Massive Weight Loss., Deniz Dayicioglu, Bugra Tugertimur, Kyra Munzenmaier, Maryam Khan, Paul Smith, Michael Murr, Ambuj Kumar, and Nazanin Khakpour (Article)
Vertical Mastectomy Incision in Implant Breast Reconstruction After Skin Sparing Mastectomy: Advantages and Outcomes., Deniz Dayicioglu, Bugra Tugertimur, Kristen Zemina, Johnathon Dallarosa MD, Sequoya Killebrew, Augustine Wilson, Dunya Atisha, and Nazanin Khakpour (Article)
Children's EM Learner Curriculum, Tasha Desai DO, Amy Dooley DO, Timothy Roach DO, and Andrew C. Miller DO (Curriculum)
Introduction of a Patient Refusal Waiver and Incidence of Patient Refusal in the Context of Venous Thromboembolism Prophylaxis, Derek Djavaherian MS; Nicole Reimer BSN, RN, OCN; and Beatrice Oertner (Poster)
Standardizing Patient Care at the Children’s Hospital at Lehigh Valley Health Network: Assessing the Need for a Pediatric Migraine Clinical Pathway, Kelli Dunker MS4 and Melissa L. Brannen MD (Poster)
Retrospective Analysis of the Appropriateness of Ordered Outpatient Head MRI’s and CT Scans – A Pilot Study, Robert T. Duprey MS (Poster)
Cracking the Code: Hospital-Specific Resuscitation Outcomes and Code Status Discussions, Jameson Dyal MS4 (Poster)
Lehigh Valley Health Network Total Joint Replacement Clinical Pathway: Pre-Admission Expansion to Target Patient Education, Mary Kate Erdman MSIV (Poster)
A Retrospective Study of Outcomes for Penicillin- Allergic Patients Presenting with Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia at Lehigh Valley Health Network Hospitals, Colton Faza MS (Poster)
Laparoscopic Cholecystectomies Performed at Night Versus Day at LVHN: An Investigation Into Average Length of Stay, Benjamin T. Fedeles MS (Poster)
Implicit Association of Gender and Leadership in Healthcare, Rachel Fieman MS4 (Poster)
Tailoring a Social Needs Assessment Tool for an Urban Latino Population, Stephanie Fosbenner MS (Poster)
Gender Differences in Civilian Injury in Baghdad from 2003 to 2014: Results of a Randomized Household Cluster Survey, Thomas Fowler MS (Poster)
Recruiting and Retaining Women Leaders at Lehigh Valley Health Network (LVHN), Melanie R. Francis MS (Poster)
Drug Repurposing: Tolfenamic Acid Inactivates PrbP, a Transcriptional Accessory Protein in, Christopher L Gardner, Fernando A Pagliai, Lei Pan, Lora Bojilova, Maria I Torino, Graciela L Lorca, and Claudio F Gonzalez (Article)
Adapting to Hospital Culture and Improving Patient Care: Development of a Pediatric Gastronomy Tube Medical Program, Heather Geist BS and Marybeth Browne MD (Poster)
ED-STEADI: Evaluating the Effectiveness of TUG Test as a Screening Tool for Geriatric Fall Risk Assessment, Michael Goodwin MS (Poster)
Evaluating the Effectiveness of the Timed-Up-and-Go (“TUG”) Test as an ED, Michael Goodwin MS; Bryan G. Kane MD; Jeanne L. Jacoby MD; Robert D. Barraco MD, MPH; Tracy M Bishop DO; Kyli Krape DO; Stephanie Merrick MD; Michael Wagner; Diedre Waner DO; and Marna R. Greenberg DO, MPH, FACEP (Poster)
Prevalence of Homelessness or At-Risk for Homelessness in the ED Setting, Marna R. Greenberg DO, MPH, FACEP; Brett Feldman PA-C; Osman Z. Abbasi DO; Joshua Enyart DO; Yasir Abunamous BA; Timothy Batchelor; Emily L. Bennett BS; Cristina G. Calogero BS; Kareem S. Elsayed; Rachel F. Ledyard BS; Mikdat Ulas BS; Alexis M. Begliomini BA; Zachary J. Ezrow BS; and Timothy J. Friel MD (Poster)
Perceived Fall Risk and Functional Decline: Gender Differences in Patient's Willingness to Discuss Fall Risk, Fall History, or to Have a Home Safety Evaluation., Marna R. Greenberg DO, MPH, FACEP; Elizabeth C. Moore DO; Michael C. Nguyen MD; Brian Stello MD; Arnold R. Goldberg MD; Robert D. Barraco MD, MPH; Bernadette Gl-Porter BS; Anita Kurt PhD, RN; Bryan G. Kane MD; and Stephen W. Dusza DrPH (Article)
Launching a Veteran-Centered Medical Home Through Improved Care-Coordination Protocols, Keith Groshans MS (Poster)
SELECT: Re-Envisioning Physician Leadership, Margaret A. Hadinger EdD, MS and Rahul Mhaskar MD, PhD (Poster)
Identifying Provider Strategies to Maintain Humanism in Medicine, Joseph Hall MS (Poster)
Interprofessional teamwork innovations for primary health care practices and practitioners: evidence from a comparison of reform in three countries., Mark F. Harris MBBS, MD; Jenny R. Advocat PhD; Benjamin F. Crabtree PhD; Jean-Frédéric Levesque MD, PhD, FRCP; William L. Miller MD, MA; Jane M. Gunn MBBS, PhD FRACGP; William E. Hogg MD; Cathie M. Scott PhD; Sabrina M. Chase PhD; Lisa M. Halma MA; and Grant M. Russell MBBS, PhD, FRACGP (Article)
Distress Screening of Chemotherapy Patients According to NCCN Guidelines in the LVPG Hematology-Oncology Clinic Demonstrates a Statistically Significant Reduction in Subjective Distress, Andrew Heisel MS4, Ramona E. Chase CRNP, Brian J. Patson MD, and Eliot L. Friedman MD (Poster)
Influence of Body Mass Index and Albumin on Perioperative Morbidity and Clinical Outcomes in Resected Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma., Andrew Hendifar, Arsen Osipov, Jasleen Khanuja, Nicholas Nissen, Jason Naziri, Wensha Yang, Quanlin Li, and Richard Tuli (Article)
Career Advising at a Regional Campus, Kelliann Herman MBA and Michael J. LaRock MD (Poster)
Neuromodulation of Courtship Drive through Tyramine-Responsive Neurons in the Drosophila Brain., Jia Huang, Weiwei Liu, Yi-Xiang Qi, Junjie Luo, and Craig Montell (Article)
Getting Patients Moving: LVHN Total Joint Replacement Care Pathway, Nicholas James MSIV (Poster)