DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE

21^ST ANNUAL

RESEARCH DAY

Thursday, May 18, 2023

ORAL PRESENTATIONS

12:00 - 1:30pm

Lorien Shack MD, MPH
“RESTORE: Targeted Interventions to Improve Diabetic Metrics in the VANJHCS”

Aashka Parikh, MD
“Implementing a Multidisciplinary Hypertension Management Protocol in an
Under-resourced Clinic Shifting to Value-based Care in Newark, NJ”

Vaishnavi Kaipilyawar
“Antigen-specific CD4+ memory T cell subsets demonstrate distinct
immunometabolic pathways in latent Tuberculosis infection”

Esli Medina-Morales
“Pre-transplant Biomarkers of Immune Dysfunction Improve Risk Assessment of
Post-transplant Mortality Compared to Conventional Clinical Risk Scores”

Abbey N. Warren
“The Role of Post-Translational Modifications During Ebola virus Induced Immune Dysregulation”

RESEARCH ABSTRACTS AND POSTERS

1. Diet Quality And Interest In Receiving Nutrition And Lifestyle Intervention Among Adults Who Identify As LGBTQIA During The Covid-19 Pandemic: A Descriptive Study
   Joachim Sackey, Corey Rosmarin-DeStefano, Mishal Khan, Juan Torres, Diana Finkel
   
   
2. Importance of the Primary Care Physician in HIV PrEP Adherence During a Pandemic
   Isaac Daudelin, Shawn Ahmad Chaustre, Bret McCarty, Diana Finkel
   
   
3. Food Insecurity and Housing Instability in Urban Gender Diverse Individuals Living with or at Risk for HIV
   Mina Ghbrial BA, Bishoy Gad BA, Joachim Sackey PhD, Diana Finkel DO
   
   
4. Evaluating Fecal Immunochemical Test Mailing Program for Veterans
   Lucy Guevara MD, Mamta Thapar RN, Ruth Andersen RN, Mona Mittal DO MPH, Pearl Korenblit MD
   
   
5. Disseminated Coccidioidomycosis Mimicking Vasculitis
   Pooja Patel DO, Swati Govi DO, Shuwei Wang MD
   
   
6. Ocular MPox: A Report of Two Cases
   Devina Bhamray-Sanchez MD, Lisa L. Dever MD, Debra Chew MD MPH
   
   
7. RESTORE: Targeted Interventions to Improve Veteran Diabetic Preventive Metrics at VA New Jersey Health Care System
   Lorien Shack MD, MPH, Pearl Korenblit MD
   
   
8. Missed opportunities in preventing high risk pregnancies in Newark, NJ.
   Aashka Parikh MD, Radhika Malhotra MD, John-Patrick Becerril, Pauline Thomas MD, Mirela Feurdean MD
   
   
9. Implementing a Multidisciplinary Hypertension Management Protocol in an Under-resourced Clinic Shifting to Value-based Care in Newark, NJ
   Aashka Parikh MD, Meet Shah DO, Radhika Malhotra MD, Zeel Patel DO, Mukund Tiwari MD, Piyumika de Silva MD
   
   
10. Case Report Of A Brain Abscess Caused by Nocardia farcinica/kropenstedtii
    Afshan Iqbal MD, Jorge Alonso Caceda BA, Tanzila Salim MD
    
    
11. Empiric Antibiotics: Are They Always Helping?
    Shambavi Metgud, Rebecca Duardo, Eric Tien Yen Chyn MD
    
    
12. Hypertensive Emergency Presenting In UMOD-Related Autosomal Dominant Tubulointerstitial Kidney Disease
    Talha A. Chaudhry DO, Sunil Sapru MD, Vaishnavi Kaipilyawar
    
    
13. Antigen-specific CD4+ Memory T Cell Subsets Demonstrate Distinct Immunometabolic Pathways In Latent Tuberculosis Infection
    Vaishnavi Kaipilyawar, Samantha Leong, Arianne Lovey, Lorenzzo Stringari, W. Evan Johnson, Reynaldo Dietze, Jerrold. J. Ellner, Rodrigo Ribeiro-Rodrigues, Padmini Salgame
    
    
14. Common Neurologic Features Of Lyme Disease That May Present To A Rheumatologist
    Swati Govil DO, Eugenio Capitle MD, Reena Khianey MD, Steven E. Schutzer MD
    
    
15. Escaping the Dark Side: A Defect in Germinal Center Selection Permits Autoimmunity
    Gina M. Sanchez, Eden S. Hirsch, Daniel P. Mayer, Olivia Q. Antao, Jason S. Weinstein
    
    
16. A Disproportionate Increase in Chronic Liver Disease and Cirrhosis Mortality Rates in Younger Women that is Mainly Driven by Non-Hispanic Whites and Hispanics: A Nationwide Analysis of the CDC’s National Center of Health Statistics (NCHS) Database
    Yazan Abboud MD, Anna Mathew BA, Mohamad Aghaie Meybodi MD, John Esli Medina, Catherine Choi MD, Yi Jiang MD, Nikolaos T. Pyrsopoulos MD PhD MBA
    
    
17. Pancreatic NET, IPMN-related ADC, & Pseudopapillary Neoplasms Have Been Rapidly Rising in Incidence and Have Better Survival Compared to Other Pancreatic Cancers: Nationwide Analysis of the US Cancer Statistics (USCS) and National Cancer Databases (NCDB)
    Yazan Abboud MD, Mohamad Othman El Helou MD, Navkiran Randhawa DO, Brent Larson MD, Simon K. Lo MD, Stephen J. Pando MD, Arsen Osipov MD, Andrew Hendifar MD, Srinivas Gaddam MD MPH
    
    
18. Increasing Incidence of Rectal Neuroendocrine Tumors in Younger Adults: A Population-Based Time-Trend Analysis Using the United States Cancer Statistics (USCS) Database, 2001-2018
    Yazan Abboud MD, Navya Pendyala, BA, Alexander Le MD, Kaveh Hajifathalian MD MPH
    
    
19. Are Patients Aged 45-49 Being Offered and Completing Colorectal Cancer Screening at East Orange Veterans Affairs (EOVA) Medical Center Based on the New Guidelines? A Quality Assessment and Quality Improvement Project
    Mohamad Aghaie Meybodi MD, Yazan Abboud MD, Reshma Vohra MD, Olivia Sorial MD
    
    
20. Characterization Of Exudates in Patients with Hepatic Hydrothorax: Comparison of Light’s Criteria with Alternative Parameters
    A. J. Duval, A. Sean, A. Berman
    
    
21. Evaluation of the LTBI Care Cascade in an Academic Internal Medicine Practice and Referral TB Center
    Duval A, Hamlet C, Robledo J, Patrawalla A
    
    
22. Electromagnetic Navigation Vs Robotic-assisted Bronchoscopy: A Comparison of Diagnostic Yield and Intervening Factors
    Duval A, Tiwari M, Sreekantan A, Patel K, Fless K
    
    
23. Inferior Wall STEMI With Severe Mitral Regurgitation: Infection or Infarction?
    Joshua Greendyk, Afif Hossain, Mina Ghbrail, Omar Elkattawy, Kyrollos Saad, Jaewook Shin, Abhishek Sharma
    
    
24. Prosthetic Valve Endocarditis After Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement In Setting of Hemodialysis Via Indwelling Catheter
    Michael Bagnell, Catherine Ye, Isaac Daudelin, Neel Gadhoke, Sehrish Shahid, Matthew Fanous, Alfonso Waller
    
    
25. A “Blow” to the Lungs: Cocaine Induced Diffuse Alveolar Hemorrhage
    Zachary Pierce DO, Swati Govil DO, Mary Salim MD, Eugenio Capitle MD
    
    
26. Use of Sodium Glucose Transport Inhibitors (SGLT2i) in Geriatric Patients with Heart Failure 
    Angel Chen MD MPA, Mukund Tiwari MBBS, Jahanzeb Javed MD, Katherine Fung DO MSJ, Eric Tien Yen Chyn MD
    
    
27. A Patient With Sarcoidosis And Multiple Pulmonary Embolism From IVC Filter Fracture: A Rare Case Presentation
    Wang Daniel, Ji Katherine, Suarez Maria, Htay Htay Kyi
    
    
28. Characterizing Opioid Prescribing Trends of Medical Oncologists from 2013-2019
    Mark R. Korst BS, Marco Santos Teles BS, Hassaam S. Choudhry BA, Joseph G. Santitoro BS, Joshua A. Kra MD
    
    
29. Development Of A Four-Gene Host Signature For TB Diagnosis In Individuals With Xpert MTB/RIF Ultra Very Low And Trace Results
    Kattya Lopez, Vaishnavi Kaipilyawar, Xutao Wang, Nisha Modi, Robert Reiss, Emily Hennig, Aanchal Wats, Christie Eichberg, Lydia Nakiyingi, Chad Centner, Kimberly McCarthy, David Alland, Susan Dorman, W. Evan Johnson, Yingda Xie, Padmini Salgame
    
    
30. Poor Insulin Absorption in an 11-Year-Old with Insulin Edema
    Elan Baskir MD, Payal Shah MD
    
    
31. Improving Access To Specialty Care: Analysis Of Factors Affecting Follow-Up Patterns In An Outpatient Academic Pulmonary Clinic
    Angelika Drozd MD, Kiera L. Brennan MD, Alexander W. Sudyn MD, Patrick J. Henry MD, Keith Guevarra DO, Yonatan Y. Greenstein MD
    
    
32. Progression of Chronic Rhinosinusitis to Invasive Cerebro-Orbital Aspergillosis Following Steroid Treatment: A Case of Induced Immunosuppression
    Arman Sawhney, Nishan Rajaratnam MD, Diana Finkel DO
    
    
33. Pneumococcal Vaccination Rates in High-Risk Patients in an Urban Care Clinic
    Meet Shah DO, Helen Zhou MD, Omar Mohamed DO, Piyumika De Silva MD
    
    
34. Heart Transplant Outcomes in Ischemic vs. Non-Ischemic Cardiomyopathy
    Talha Chaudhry DO, Zahra Aryan MD MPH, Juan Bello MD, Julius M. Gardin MD MBA
    
    
35. Breastfeeding During Clinical Training: Mitigating Barriers and Fostering Equity and Inclusion
    Radhika Malhotra MD, Guergana G. Panayotova MD MHS, Neil Kothari MD, Emily Gordon MD
    
    
36. Impella®-Assisted, Complex Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in A Hemodynamically Challenging Case of Severe Aortic Stenosis
    Zeel Patel DO, Afif Hossain MD, Amtul Mansoor MD, Meet Shah DO, Abhishek Sharma MD
    
    
37. Hyperkalemia In Hospitalized Patients: An Analysis Of Variability In Treatment And Efficacy
    Zeel Patel DO, Suilon Ng MD, Lawanya Singh MD, Arthi Palani MD, Brent Parris MD
    
    
38. Pre-transplant Biomarkers of Immune Dysfunction Improve Risk Assessment of Post-transplant Mortality Compared to Conventional Clinical Risk Scores
    Esli Medina-Morales, Guergana G. Panayotova, Duc T. Nguyen, Edward A. Graviss, Gagan S. Prakash, Jeffery Marsh, Sopio Simonishvili, Yash Shah, Tumininu Ayorinde, Yong Qin, Lianhua Jin, Theofano Zoumpou, Laurie J. Minze, Flavio Paterno, Arpit Amin, Grace Lee-Riddle, R. Mark Ghobrial, James V. Guarrera, Keri E. Lunsford
    
    
39. Assessing the Frequency of Testing for Coronary Artery Disease in Patient with Reflux Symptoms
    Ayham Khrais DO, Thomas Lee MD, Omar Elkattawy MD, Anik Nath MD, Piyumika De Silva MD
    
    
40. mRNA Covid-19 Vaccine-associated Bullous Fixed Drug Eruption
    Syed F Imam MD, Taya Carpenter MD, Reena Khianey MD, Alan H. Wolff MD, Eugenio Capitle MD
    
    
41. Are We Following The Best Evidence-Based Guidelines For The Management Of Chronic Urticaria?
    Syed F Imam MD, Alan H. Wolff MD, Eugenio Capitle MD, Steven Keller MD PhD
    
    
42. Annually Recurring Erythema Annulare Centrifugum
    Taya Carpenter DO, Mariam Rasheed MD, Alan Wolff MD
    
    
43. Evaluating the perceptions of PWID about long-acting MOUD, PrEP, and ART
    Parisa Thepmankorn BA, Rachel Flumo BA MPH, Amesika Nyaku MD
    
    
44. Upcoming Lyme Disease Season: Neurological Manifestations to Consider
    Swati Govil DO, Eugenio Capitle MD, Reena Khianey MD, Steven E. Schutzer MD
    
    
45. The Role of Post-Translational Modifications During Ebola virus Induced Immune Dysregulation
    Abbey N. Warren, Ruben Soto Acosta, Birte Kalveram, Sarah Van Tol, Leopoldo Aguilera, Maria Gonzalez-Orozco, Maria I. Giraldo, Sreeja Parameswaran, Palaniappan Ramanathan, Padmanava Behera, William Fagg, Steven G. Widen, William Russell, Matthew Weirauch, Jefferey Johnson, Alexander Freiberg, Alexander Bukreyev, Ricardo Rajsbaum
    
    
46. Disparities In Real-World Patients With Treatment-Resistant Hypertension In An Inner-City Population
    Milos Brankovic, Nikolina Markovic, Bishoy Gad, Daniel Matassa
    
    
47. Lithotripsy-Assisted Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation: An Emerging Approach to Vascular Access Issues in Severe Peripheral Arterial Disease
    Meet Shah DO, Afif Hossain MD, Amtul Mansoor MD, Zeel Patel DO, Abhishek Sharma MD
    
    
48. A Difficult Diagnosis to Chew On: Jaw Claudication in Eosinophilic Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis
    Swati Govil DO, Radhika Malhotra MD, Sarah Shoeb BS, Eugenio Capitle MD, Ada Baisre MD
    
    
49. Performance Of Transcriptomic Signatures Predicting Progression To Tuberculosis In A Household Contact Cohort
    Sarah Lundell, Vaishnavi Kaipilyawar, Lorenzzo Stringari, Rodrigo Ribeiro-Rodrigues, Reynaldo Dietze, Patricia Marques Rodrigues, Jerrold Ellner, W. Evan Johnson, Padmini Salgame
    
    
50. Survival Analysis of Lung Cancer Based on Primary Tumor Location: A Population-Based Study
    Don Kim MD, Daniel Matassa MD
    
    
51. A Case of Tattoo-Ink Related Anaphylactic Shock Complicated by Angioedema and Cardiac Arrest
    Don Kim MD, Richa Nahar MD, Kristin Fless MD, Leonard Bielory MD, Juliana Pennucci PA
    
    
52. Stress-induced Cardiomyopathy with Prolonged QTc Interval Secondary to Alcohol Withdrawal
    Juan Bello MD, Meet Shah DO, Ashkan Hashemi MD, Kirsys Guerrero MD, Talha Chaudry DO, Yong Lee MD, Keneil Shah MD, Felix Afriyie MD, Afif Hossain MD, Christine Gerula MD
    
    
53. Transient Second-degree AV Block Associated with Dexmedetomidine Use in a Patient with Myotonic Dystrophy
    Yong Soo Lee MD, Juan Bello MD, Paul Lee MD, Kirsys Guerrero MD, Vinesh Jonnala MD, Felix Afriyie MD, Afif Hossain MD, Emad Aziz DO
    
    
54. Remdesivir Use Causing Transient High-Degree Atrioventricular Block in the COVID19 Positive Patient
    Vinesh Jonnala, Joshua D. Greendyk, Afif Hossain, Ashkan Hashemi, Rohan Vishwanathan, Meet Shah, Emad F. Aziz
    
    
55. A Case of Critical Aortic Stenosis with Bicuspid Aortic Valve in Johanson-Blizzard Syndrome
    Thomas J. Lee, Bishoy Gad, Afif Hossain, Benjamin Simmons, Nimra Gilani, Talha Chaudhry, Inderjit Singh, Abhishek Sharma
    
    
56. When A “Thud” On the Ground Translates To A “Thud” In Your Heart: A Large, Left Atrial Myxoma Causing Devastating Embolic Stroke
    Catherine Ye, Mohammad Hossain, Afif Hossain, Paul Y. Lee, Lawrence Benedict, Keneil Shah, Perry Wengrofsky, Alfonso H. Waller
    
    
57. A Baby So Adorable My Heart “Cantu” Help But Stop: A Case of Peripartum Complete Heart Block with Genetic Predisposition
    Tyler Soobryan, Talha Chaudhry, Afif Hossain, Juan Bello Duverge, Maliha Zainib, Felix Afriye, Jaewook Shin, Emad F. Aziz
    
    
58. Non-ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction in An Intramural Anomalous Right Coronary Artery
    Arthi Palani, Philip Reinhardt, Afif Hossain, Keneil Shah, Perry Wengrofsky, Ronak Trivedi, Alfonso H. Waller
    
    
59. Tdap Vaccination Gap from USPSTF Recommendations Among Working-Age Adults Seen in Resident Clinic: Is there Enough Time for Prevention?
    Boyan Xia MD, Alexander Kaye MD/MBA, Zahra Aryan MD/MPH, Daniel Matassa MD
    
    
60. How Soon is Too Soon?: A Case of Hyperacute Stent Thrombosis Immediately Following Percutaneous Coronary Intervention
    Liam Flanagan, Krittika Pant, Afif Hossain, Perry Wengrofsky, Zahra Aryan, Bruce J. Haik
    
    
61. When Outflow Obstruction Rears its Ugly Head: “Quirky” Hemodynamics in A Cirrhotic Patient Undergoing Orthotopic Liver Transplant Evaluation
    Mohammad Hossain, Yong Lee, Afif Hossain, Jaewook Shin, Abhishek Sharma, Christine Gerula
    
    
62. Extramural Compression of an Anomalous Left Circumflex Artery During Bicuspid Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement
    Afif Hossain, Perry Wengrofsky, Liam Flanagan, Krittika Pant, Saeed Tarabichi, Arash Salemi, Louis H. Stein, Bruce J. Haik
    
    
63. Analysis Of Web Analytics Data For Two NJMS Residency Program Websites Across Five Residency Application Cycles
    TzeidelBrown Eichenberg MD, Paul Fallaha BA, Daniel Matassa MD, Brent Parris MD, Kristin Wong MD
    
    
64. Medical Student Reflections & Feedback on a Novel Educational Session Exploring Weight Bias in Clinical Care Through the Lens of Body Diversity
    Tzeidel Brown Eichenberg MD, Seema Parikh BA, Joy Cox PhD, Dhvani Doshi MD MPH, Mercedes Padilla-Register MA, Michelle DallaPiazza MD
    
    
65. Is The Diagnostic Yield Of Electromagnetic Navigation Bronchoscopy-guided Biopsy Improving?: A Retrospective Study At A Community Hospital
    M. Tiwari, A. J. Duval, A. S. Nair, K. Fless, K. Patel
    
    
66. The Eye in ”I”gG4- Related Disease
    Mary Salim MD, Shuwei Wang MD, Reena Khianey MD, Swati Govil DO, Eugenio Capitle MD
    
    
67. Need a Hand?... When RS3PE Causes Disability to this Degree
    Radhika Malhotra MD, Mary Salim MD, Shuwei Wang MD
    
    
68. Are We Following Best Evidence-Based Guidelines For Osteoporosis Screening In Persons Living With HIV.
    Sahiba Khurana MD, Steven Keller PhD, Diana Finkel DO
    
    
69. Improving HIV Prevention at an Urban Primary Care Clinic
    Isaac Daudelin MD PhD, Eileen Kim MD, Manali Shah MD, Philip Lim MD, Diana Finkel DO, Shoba Swaminathan MD, Daniel Matassa MD
    
    
70. Urban Hypertension Education Model: A Narrative Review of Community Based Interventions
    Ethan Morrison, Bharath Nagaraj Luis Alzate-Duque, MD
    
    
71. Are providers in the Med-Peds Clinic Following ACG Guidelines in the management of GERD?
    Nicole Reynoso-Vasquez MD, Vincent Wong MD, Rachel Umans MD, Luis Espinal MD, Shambavi Metgud, Kristin Wong MD
    
    
72. A Review of Gram Negative Endogenous Endophthalmitis at University Hospital in Newark
    Kristin Riddle MD, Catherine Ye MD, Brian Schott MD, Hernando Salazar MD, Diana Finkel DO
    
    
73. Awareness of New Guidelines AHA/ACC Consensus Guidelines on the Management of Blood Cholesterol Amongst Medical Residents
    Lawrence Benedict MD, Hyun Jung MD, Sana Saeed MD, Samar Hameed MD
    
    
74. Initiation of Metformin Causing Profound Hypoglycemia in a Patient with ESRD – A Potential Association Worth Exploring
    Vincent Wong MD, Kristin Riddle MD, Priyanshi Jain BS, Kristin Wong MD
    
    
75. A Case of Cryptococcoma in an Immunocompetent Man with Polysubstance Use
    Zachary Lodato DO, Radhika Malhotra MD, Patrick Brunk MD, Anjella Manoharan MD, Kaveh Hajifathalian MD, Smita Mahendrakar MD
    
    
76. A Case of Acute Kidney Injury, Proteinuria, and Possible Thrombotic Microangiopathy Associated with Sunitinib Therapy in Metastatic Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumor
    Lawanya Singh MD, Daniel Matassa MD, Sharon Li MD
    
    
77. Retrospective Review of Early Response Teams (ERTs) at University Hospital: September-December 2022
    DeGaetano E, Shah M, Matassa D, Castro D, Ng S, Drozd A, Kim D, Parikh A, Smighelschi B, Walker A, Jain N, Tangella N, Sutherland A
    
    
78. Estrogen-Dependent Type III Hereditary Angioedema: Case Report
    Sarah Shoeb BS, Taya Carpenter DO, Eugenio Capitle MD
    
    
79. Case Report: Adult Onset Still’s Disease in Patient with Previous Lyme Disease
    Devanshi Patel BA, Sarah Shoeb BS, Dhvani Shihora BS, Andrew Zucker BS, Wajiha Khan MD, Hoa Pham MD PhD, Isaac Daudelin MD PhD, Jessica Wachtel MD
    
    
80. Assessing the Diagnosis and Treatment of Helicobacter pylori: A QA/QI Study in an Inner City, Outpatient Internal Medicine Clinic
    Aaron Kahlam MD, Reena Razdan MD, David Yao MD, Eloy Ruiz Mendoza MD, Param Patel MD, Piyumika De Silva MD
    
    
81. Survival of Cholangiocarcinoma: Significance of Race, Ethnicity, and Other Tumor Characteristics
    Reena Razdan MD, Nikolaos Pyrsopoulos MD
    
    
82. Colon Versus Rectal Cancer: Clinical Outcome In A Surveillance Epidemiology and End Results Database Analysis
    Reena Razdan MD, Sushil Ahlawat MD
    
    
83. An Eye for an Eye: GPA Mimicking Orbital Cellulitis
    Boyan Xia MD,Swati Govil DO, Mary Salim MD, Shima Rastegarramsheh MD, Eugenio Capitle MD
    
    
84. Characterizing the Methadone Prescribing Patterns of Inpatient Providers
    Poonam Kothari MD, Cynthia Santos MD, Lewis Nelson MD, Emily Gordon MD
    
    
85. A Preliminary Enrichment Analysis Of Tumor Genes In Patients Suffering From Rectal Cancer With And Without CNS Metastasis
    Andrew Polyak MD, Flavio Salinas MD, Rachel Sankhe MD, Michelle Cholankeril MD
    
    
86. “Under pressure”: Observations From A Medical Clinic
    Fareeha Abid, Shruti Jesani, Roma Patel, Michelle Cholankeril
    
    
87. Primary Thymic Mucinous Adenocarcinoma Presenting as Superior Vena Cava Syndrome and Positional Hypotension
    Jesus Romero, Ana L. Romero, Asnia Latif, Unzela Iqbal, Andrew Polyak, Francisco Santamaria, Sherif Elkattawy, Michelle Cholankeril, Michael Brescia, Raja Pullatt
    
    
88. Characteristics, Management, and Outcomes of Patients with COVID-19 Pneumonia in an ICU of a Community Hospital; Wave 1 vs. Wave 2
    Saeed H., Jawed Q., Latif A., Abid F., Noori M.A.M., Perez C., Mohammadian M., Cholankeril M.
    
    
89. The Benefits and Barriers Associated with Telemedicine
    Fisayo Kayode-Ajala MD MPH
    
    
90. Developing a Root-Cause Analysis Workshop Protocol in a   Multi-System Academic Health Center
    Saahil A Jumkhawala MD MBA, Krittika Pant BS, Jared Walsh MD, Neil Kothari MD
    
    
91. Metabolic Regulation Of Alveolar Macrophages
    John J. Ponessa, Jianya Peng, Krupa Chavan, Mark C. Siracusa
    
    
92. To Bleed Or Not To Bleed: The Challenging Management Of Saddle Pulmonary Embolism In A Patient With Widely Metastatic Breast Cancer
    Keneil Shah MD, Zeel Patel DO, Afif Hossain MD, Pallavi Solanki MD
    
    
93. The Role Of Peer Recovery Navigators In Improving Engagement With Outpatient Buprenorphine Treatment In Racially And Ethnically Diverse Patient Population with OUD: A Retrospective Cohort Study
    Arley Giraldo, Payal Shah MS, Erin Zerbo MD, Amesika Nyaku MD MS
    
    
94. Assessment of Low Tetanus Diptheria and Pertussis (Tdap) Vaccination Rates in the Veterans Administration Health Care System of New Jersey (VANJHCS)
    Rochelle Dalsan Vaughn MD MS, Radhika Malhotra MD, Lorien Shack MD MPH, Aashka Parikh MD, Mamta Thapar RN, Mona Mittal DO MPH, Pauline Thomas MD, Pearl Korenblit MD
    
    
95. Recurrent Hemoptysis Misdiagnosed as Bronchiectasis
    Michael Bebaway DO, Pooja Patel DO, Boyan Xia MD, Swati Govil DO, Mary Salim MD, Reena Khianey MD
    
    
96. Use of SGLT-2 Inhibitors in Heart Failure Patients: A Veterans Affairs Clinic Quality Improvement Project
    Nimra Gilani DO, Ruochen Ying MD, Pooja Patel DO, Maliha Zainib MD, Olivia Sorial MD
    
    
97. Case Report: A Unique Presentation of Solid Pseudopapillary Neoplasia of the Pancreas with Extra-Pancreatic Involvement
    Wajiha Khan MD, Yazan Abboud MD, Ayham Khrais DO, Alexander Le MD, Aaron Kahlam MD, Sima Vossough-Teehan MD
    
    
98. To Treat or Not to Treat: Assessing the Rate of Expedited Partner Therapy in OB/GYN clinic
    Radhika Malhotra MD, Rebecca Gendelman MD MS, Alison Caceres BS, Lauren Naliboff DO MPH
    
    
99. Pregnant Women with Diabetic Retinopathy (DR) – Type 1 vs. Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
    Marko Oydanich MD MS, Radhika Malhotra MD, Aditya Uppuluri MD, Marco A. Zarbin MD PhD, Neelakshi Bhagat MD
    
    
100. Babesiosis In City-Dwellers
     Jorge Alonso Caceda BA, Afshan Iqbal MD, Eli Goshorn MD
     
     
101. Combined Arterial and Venous Thrombosis in a Patient Following COVID-19 Infection.
     Abena Oduro MD, Sunil Sapru MD
     
     
102. Core Immunometabolic Characteristics In Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Infected Mouse Lungs Are Stage-Specifically Effected By Glutamine
     Qingkui Jiang, Ryan Dikdan, Yunping Qiu, Irwin J. Kurland, Karl Drlica, Selvakumar Subbian, Sanjay Tyagi, Lanbo Shi
     
     
103. Factors Associated with HIV Virologic Suppression Among Persons with HIV at The Infectious Diseases Practice, University Hospital
     William Freeman BA, Shobha Swaminathan MD
     
     
104. Failure To Perform Cholecystectomy During Index Admission Is Associated With Higher Readmission Rates And Worse Outcomes In Patients With Choledocholithiasis: Analysis Of Nationwide Readmissions
     Anmol Mittal, Daniel Arroyo, Ruochen Ying, Kaveh Hajifathalian
     
     
105. Gastrointestinal Tract Small Cell Carcinoma In A 24-Year Old Non-Smoker With No Known Risk Factors
     Anugya Mittal BA, Ankit Shah MD
     
     
106. Does Primary Language Affect Colonoscopy Completion Rates in the Ambulatory Care Clinic?
     Ismail M, Shaik A, Duval A, Kazmi M, Atkin S
     
     
107. Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma Presenting as Bleeding and Hypoalbuminemia: A Case Report
     Anjella Manoharan MS MD, Anna-Lena Meinhardt MD, Elan Baskir MD, Vincent Wong MD, Kaveh Hajifathalian, MD MPH, Kristin Wong MD
     
     
108. Effects of Race on Post-Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography Complications: A National Inpatient Sample Database Analysis
     Anjella Manoharan MS MD, Vincent Wong MD, Dayna Panchal DO, Weizheng W. Wang MD
     
     
109. Gender and Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography Complications: A Nationwide Inpatient Sample Database Analysis
     Anjella Manoharan MS MD, Vincent Wong MD, Ahmed Ahmed DO, Kaveh Hajifathalian MD MPH
     
     
110. Exploring the Patient Journey, Barriers, and Facilitators of Weight Loss Among Inner-City Adults Seeking Care At An Academic Weight Management Program
     Lissette M. Cespedes, Alexis M. Driscoll, Ashani Shah, Dhvani Doshi
     
     
111. Are We Following ADA guidelines for Obesity and Weight Management for the Prevention and Treatment of Type 2 Diabetes?
     David Kim MD, Yashsavi Sharad DO, Kandarp Suthar DO, Dhvani Doshi MD
     
     
112. Are We Adequately Following Guidelines for the Implementation of the Hepatitis B Virus Vaccine?
     Shawn K. Ahmad Chaustre MD, Nikita Tangella MD, Piyumika de Silva MD
     
     
113. Assessment of Sodium-Glucose Co-Transporter-2 Inhibitors (SGLT2i) Use in Patients with Heart Failure
     Sarthak Patel MD, Yong Lee MD, Luisa DeSouza MD, Piyumika De Silva MD
     
     
114. Are we following best practice guidelines for Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Screening in the Academic Internal Medicine Clinic?
     Angelika Drozd MD, Abena Oduro MD, Michael Bebawy MD, Phoenix Xu MD, Piyumika DeSilva MD
     
     
115. Assessing the rates of HPV vaccination in the Academic Ambulatory Care Practice at University Hospital in Newark, New Jersey
     Shirin Voss MD, Shawn Ahmad Chaustre MD, Nikita Tangella MD, Piyumika De Silva MD
     
     
116. Are we appropriately screening for Obstructive Sleep Apnea?
     Mateo Garland MD, Talha Chaudhry DO, Juan Bello MD, Benjamin Simmons MD, Piyumika de Silva MD
     
     
117. Achieving an LDL <100 in Patients Diagnosed with Hypertension
     Brooke Baker MD, Rohan Viswanathan MD, Brian Smighelschi DO, Jessica Wachtel MD
     
     
118. Association Of Body Mass Index In Patients After Bariatric Surgery With The Onset Of Pancreatic Cancer: A Nationwide Inpatient Sample Database Analysis
     Vincent Wong, Kamal Amer, Anjella Manoharan, Shatha Daghash, Seyedehsan Navabi
     
     
119. Looking At The “Holiday Effect” On Post-Ercp Complications: A National Inpatient Sample Database Study
     Vincent Wong, Anjella Manoharan, Faiz Afridi, Sushil Ahlawat
     
     
120. A National Inpatient Sample Analysis Of Paralytic Ileus And Ercp Complications
     Vincent Wong, Anjella Manoharan, Reza Hashemipour, Sushil Ahlawat
     
     
121. Evaluation of Coronary Artery Disease Risk Factors in Patients with Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease
     Ayham Khrais DO, Thomas Lee MD, Omar Elkattawy MD, Anik Nath MD, Piyumika De Silva MD
     
     
122. The incidence of Chlamydia and Gonorrhea Among Persons living with Human Immunodeficiency Virus
     Taylor Campbell BS, Shobha Swaminathan MD
     
     
123. Resident Management of Hypertensive Urgency
     Paul Lee MD, Kajol Shah MD, Thara Selvakumar MD, Aaron Plosker MD, Rohan Viswanathan MD, Daniel Matassa MD
     
     
124. Occult Haemophilus aprophilus Bacteremia Causing Embolic Strokes
     Nicole Reynoso-Vasquez MD, Lisa Pinero BS, Pooja Patel DO, Patrick Brunk DO, Jonathan Mamber Czeresnia MD
     
     
125. Assessment of the Outcome of Vaccinated and Unvaccinated Patients with Mild to Moderate SARS-CoV-2 Infections After Monoclonal Antibody Infusion in an Urban, Community-based Emergency Department.
     Michelle Cholankeril MD, John D’Angelo DO, Payal Rath MD, Ana Lucia Romero MD, Jesus Romero MD, Midhun Matthew MD, Leonardo Marmolejos MD, Angela Koomson, Flavio Salinas, Keia Smith
     
     
126. Acute Gallstone Pancreatitis: ERCP vs. ERCP + Cholecystectomy
     Alexander Le MD, Anmol Mittal MD, Ayham Khrais DO, Yazan Abboud MD, Aaron Kahlam MD, Sushil Ahlawat MD
     
     
127. Hepatitis C Infection Diagnosis and Treatment: An Analysis of the Cascade of Care from the Academic Primary Care Clinic to the Hepatology Practice
     Alexander Le MD, Wajiha Khan MD, Sophia Correa MD, Manuel Ramos MD, Ali Wakil MD
     
     
128. Acute Liver Failure in NASH/NAFLD: Investigating Comorbidities and Socio-Demographic Factors
     Alexander Le MD, Ayham Khrais DO, Aaron Kahlam MD, Yazan Abboud MD, Sushil Ahlawat MD
     
     
129. Mental Health Disorders + Inflammatory Bowel Disease
     Ayham Khrais DO, Alexander Le MD, Aaron Kahlam MD, Yazan Abboud MD, Sushil Ahlawat MD
     
     
130. Cardiovascular Disease Risk Assessment and Prevention in Patients with HIV: A Retrospective Analysis from an Academic Primary Care Clinic
     Juan Bello MD, Benjamin Simmons MD, Talha Chaudhry DO, Yong Lee MD, Kalee Mishra BS, Afif Hossain MD, Khyati Mehta MPH, Marc Klapholz MD MBA, Stephanie Feldman MD
     
     
131. Defining the role of highly functional T follicular helper cells in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
     Kyleigh E. Petersen, Olivia Q. Antao, Gina M. Sanchez, Eden S. Hirsch, Rebecca Francis, Jason S. Weinstein
     
     
132. INR Check! Indications for Warfarin Use in The Ambulatory Care Clinic
     Vinesh Jonnala, Majd Hemam, Ashkan Hashemi, Saahil Jumkhawala, Piyumika De Silva
     
     
133. Use of Procalcitonin, Neutrophil to Lymphocyte Ratio and White Blood Cell Count to Differentiate Between Bacterial and Viral Infections
     Monika Chung, Prathyusha Pandu, Mirela Feurdean
     
     

AWARDS

Best Clinical Oral Presentation
Best Basic Science Oral Presentation
Best Basic Science Poster
Best Clinical Poster
Best Case Report
People’s Choice Poster

RESEARCH DAY SELECTION COMMITTEE

Diana Finkel, DO - Infectious Diseases

Tanzila Salim, MD - Infectious Diseases

Robert Wieder, MD, PhD - Hematology/Oncology

Stephanie Feldman, MD - Cardiology

Andrew Berman, MD - Pulmonary/Critical Care

Manasa Ayyala, MD - General Internal Medicine

Shaun Shahani, DO, MPH - Occupational Medicine

Amesika Nyaku, MD, MS - Infectious Diseases

Mirela Feurdean, MD - General Internal Medicine

Steven Schutzer, MD - Allergy & Immunology

Pauline Thomas, MD - Preventive Medicine

Lisa Dever, MD - Infectious Diseases

Shobha Swaminathan, MD - Infectious Diseases

Kristen Wong, MD - Medicine-Pediatrics

Yonatan Greenstein, MD - Pulmonary/Critical Care

Michael B. Mathews, PhD - Infectious Diseases

Ricardo Rajsbaum, PhD - Public Health Research Institute

Joshua Kra, MD - Hematology/Oncology

Daniel Matassa, MD - General Internal Medicine

Julius Gardin, MD, MBA - Cardiology

Debra Chew, MD, MPH - Infectious Diseases

Carlos Nunez, MD - Infectious Diseases

Jared Walsh, MD - General Internal Medicine

Pallavi Solanki, MD - Cardiology

Selvakumar Subbian, PhD - Public Health Research Institute

Anne Sutherland, MD- Pulmonary/Critical Care

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Paul Fallaha

Daniel Matassa, MD

Natasha Nicholson

Lisa Wade