Fellowship Publications, Abstracts, and Presentations

FELLOW ABSTRACTS
2021-2026

Nunez C, Mattappallil A, McCrink K, Rybak D, Taha B, Chew D.  Impact of Infectious Disease Fellow-Driven Antimicrobial Stewardship Interventions on Inpatient Fluoroquinolone Use IDWeek 2021

Salazar H, Ye C, Schott B, Riddle K, Finkel D.  A Review of Gram Negative Endogenous Endophthalmitis at University Hospital in Newark.
IDWeek 2021

Wei, A., DallaPiazza, M. Microbial Perls of the Jungle: A Case of Leishmanaiasis in an Immigrant from South America. NJMS Department of Medicine Research Day 2022.

Bhamray-Sanchez D., Dever L., Chew D.  Ocular MPox: A Report of Two Cases. Department of Medicine Research Day 2023

Pickard M.,  Baez-Mendez, C., Rosemarin-Destefano, C., Finkel, D. Community Food Pantries Provide Unique Opportunities for Linkage to HIV Care in Newly Diagnosed Individuals. IDWeek 2024.

Baalbaki, N., Mohsen, M., Al Hadidi, M., Boyle, L., Sackey, J., Salim, T. Risk factors associated with community-onset infections due to clinically moderate to high-risk AmpC producing organisms. IDWeek 2024

Segovia, F., Bhamray-Sanchez, D., Grigoriu, A., Finkel, D. A 30-Year-Old Pregnant Woman in Labor with an Unexpected Left Ovarian Finding. IDWeek 2024.

Levin, J., Balbaaki, N., Chew, D., Daptomycin Resistant Enterococci-An Antibiotic Stewardship Crisis. IDWeek 2025.

Baalbaki,  N.,  Kosic A., Tahir, A,. Chew D. Cephalosporin Use in Patients with Chart Documented Anaphylaxis to Penicillin. IDWeek 2026

Barkho, F.,  Baallbaki , N,.  Nugent, B., Sutherland, A., Chew, D.  Utility of rectal Surveillance Screens for Ruling Out Extended-spectrum Beta– Lactomase Infections in the Medical Intensive Care Unit.  IDWeek 2026.

Abdo, G. Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome in HIV/AIDS: A Challenging Case of Co-Infections with Coccidiomycosis and Cytomegalovirus . NJMS Department of Medicine Research Day 2026.

FELLOW Publications
2021-2026

Eidensohn Y, Wei A, Sirkin M, Dever L. Brevibacteria tibial osteomyelitis. IDCases. 2021 Jan 12;23:e01046.

Rao SJ, Khurana S, Murthy G, Dawson ET, Jazebi N, Haas CJ. A case of Guillain-Barre syndrome following Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine. J Community Hosp Intern Med Perspect. 2021 Sep 20;11(5):597-600.

Wei AE, Markert RJ, Connelly C, Polenakovik H. Reduction of central line-associated bloodstream infections in a large acute care hospital in Midwest United States following implementation of a comprehensive central line insertion and maintenance bundle. J Infect Prev. 2021 Sep;22(5):186-193.

Wei A, Dhaduk N, Taha B. Wrist abscess due to drug-resistant Pasteurella multocida. IDCases. 2021 Sep 2;26:e01277.

Hogge C, Holzman M, Khurana S, Brankovic M, Chang C, Fernandez G, Finkel D. Capnocytophaga sepsis causing purpura fulminans in a 50-year-old man with chronic opioid use. IDCases. 2022 May 27;29:e01505.

Caceda JA, Iqbal A, Bono K, Finkel D, Goshorn E. Tick Tock-A Matter of Time: Two Cases of Babesia Acquired in Urban Newark, NJ. Case Rep Infect Dis. 2024 Nov 29;2024:3912571. doi: 10.1155/2024/3912571. PMID: 39649999; PMCID: PMC11623983.

Bhamray-Sanchez D, Subramanian S, Dever LL, Chew D. Ocular MPox: A report of two cases. IDCases. 2023;31:e01706. doi: 10.1016/j.idcr.2023.e01706. Epub 2023 Feb 1. PMID: 36742285; PMCID: PMC9889298.

Murguia AR, Segovia F, Ayvali F, Brockman M, Prakash S, Singh V, Dwivedi AK, Rajachandran M, Mukherjee D, Nickel NP. Evaluation of Four Validated Risk Scores to Predict Outcomes in Hispanic Patients With Acute Pulmonary Embolism. Angiology. 2024 Jan 30:33197241230716. doi: 10.1177/00033197241230716. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38290712.

Grijalva MI, Zuckerman JM. Preventing the Spread of Tuberculosis in Health Care Settings. Infect Dis Clin North Am. 2026 Apr 28:S0891-5520(26)00034-6.
doi: 10.1016/j.idc.2026.03.001. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 42055840.

Baalbaki N, Mohsen M, Al Hadidi MAA, Yuan L, Boyle LA, Sackey J, Salim T. Risk factors associated with community-onset infections due to Enterobacterales with a moderate risk for clinically significant inducible AmpC production. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 2026 Jun;115(2):117300. doi: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2026.117300