DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE

23^RD ANNUAL

RESEARCH DAY

Thursday, May 8, 2025

ORAL PRESENTATIONS

12:00 - 1:30pm - MSB-B610

WELCOME

Marc Klapholz, MD, MBA
Chairman of Medicine

MODERATOR

Kristin Wong, MD
Vice Chair of Education

PRESENTATIONS

Kattya Lopez
“Development of a four-gene host signature for paucibacillary TB diagnosis among individuals with Xpert MTB/RIF Ultra very low and trace results”

Annika Nungra, DO
“An Intervention to Improve Completion of Reproductive Goals Assessments to Prevent Unintended Pregnancies in Newark, New Jersey”

Rafael Toro, MD
“Changes in the Electrocardiogram in Transgender Patients on Hormone Replacement Therapy”

Gunapati Bhargavi
“Impact of L-Arginine and L-Citrulline Supplementation on Macrophage Response to Mycobacterium tuberculosis”

Maria Abraham, MD
“Cardiac Contractility Modulation Therapy in Patients with Heart Failure with Severely Reduced Ejection Fraction ≤ 25%”

RESEARCH POSTERS

1:30 - 3:00pm - MSB-Grand Foyer

1. Checkpoint to the Heart: A Case of Pembrolizumab-Induced Heart Failure
   Aysha Hussain MD, Kajol Shah MD, Sneha Gandhi BS, Eison De Guzman MD, Anupama Nehra MD, Christine Gerula MD
2. Double-Blind Placebo Challenge Confirmation of Diphenhydramine Allergy
   Ruchi Patel MD, Aleena Mahmood MD, Jasmit Walia-Kals MD, Benjamin Hsieh MD, Catherine Ye MD, Alan Wolff MD, Eugenio Capitle MD
3. Investigating Mycobacterium Tuberculosis-Induced Changes In Macrophage Migration
   Ahri Han, Samantha L. Bell
   
4. The human Lupus TREX1 D18N Mutation engineered in C. elegans leads to Cell Death. What can we learn about SLE using C. elegans?
   Htay Htay Kyi, MD; Patricia Irizarry Barreto; Yeshaswi Pulijala; Thejasvi Venkatachalam; Eugenio Capitle, MD; Martha Soto, PhD
   
5. Are we following evidence-based guidelines when assessing quantitative Rheumatoid Factor laboratory results in patients referred to the rheumatology clinic at University Hospital?
   Htay Htay Kyi, MD, Marisa Palmeri, MD, Sankeerth Kondapalli, MD, Pieusha Malhotra, MD, Steven Keller, PhD, Eugenio Capitle, MD
   
6. Mystery of the Misfolded; Orbital vasculitis associated with IgG4-related disease in the context of untreated rheumatoid arthritis
   Htay Htay Kyi, MD, Joseph Chong, Kavina Sathiyasothy, MD, Eugenio Capitle, MD
   
7. A Splinter’s Spiral: An Unlikely Case of Metastatic Methicillin Sensitive Staph Aureus (MSSA) Bacteremia in a Young Immunocompetent Male
   Brian Kim MD, Yasmeen Abdo, MD, Dr.Ana Natale-Pereira MD, MPH
   
8. Endoscopic Sleeve Gastroplasty is Effective in Achieving and Maintaining Weight Loss: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
   Yazan Abboud, MD, Mohammed Ayyad, MD, Vraj Shah, MD, Michael Bebawy, MD, Drew Fletcher, MD, Charmi Patel, MD, Raj Malhotra, BS, Benjamin Richter, MD, Mina Ghajar, MLS, Reem Z. Sharaiha, MD, MSc, MD, Kaveh Hajifathalian, MD, MPH
   
9. Gastrointestinal Neuroendocrine Tumors: Rising Pathology in Females and Young Adults
   Yazan Abboud, MD, Anand Shah, MD, Riya Sutariya, BS, Vraj Shah, MD, Ahmed Al-Khazraji, MD, Paul Gaglio, MD, Kaveh Hajifathalian, MD, MPH
   
10. Treating Helicobacter Pylori and Recurrent Clostridium Difficile Co-infection: A Delicate Balance in Management and a Need for Guidelines
    Yazan Abboud, MD, Benjamin Richter, MD, Raj Malhotra, BS, Sima Vossough-Teehan, MD
    
11. Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy Device Upgrade Due To Dislodged Right Atrium Lead
    Erfan Tasdighi, Rohan karka, Emad Aziz, Delia Cotiga
    
12. Cerebellar Abscesses and Herniation due to Cochlear Implant Infection with Escherichia coli and Bacteroides fragilis
    Ruchi Biswas, BS; Celine Molfetta, BA; Marc Pickard, MD; Tanzila Salim, MD; Carlos Nuñez, MD
    
13. Development of A Four-Gene Host Signature for Paucibacillary TB Diagnosis Among Individuals with Xpert MTB/RIF Ultra Very Low and Trace Results
    Kattya Lopez, Robert Reiss, Vaishnavi Kaipilyawar, Xutao Wang, Arthur VanValkenburg, Nisha Modi, Emily Hennig, Aanchal Wats, Christie Eichberg, Lydia Nakiyingi, Chad Centner, Kimberly McCarthy, David Alland, W. Evan Johnson, Yingda Xie, Padmini Salgame
    
14. Drug Induced - Vanishing Bile Duct Syndrome – a disproportionality analysis using the FDA Adverse Event Reporting System (FAERS) database
    Rohan Karkra, Mahinaz Mohsen, Drew Fletcher, Ritik Goyal, Kaveh Hajifathalian, Ahmed Al-Khazraji
    
15. Racio-ethnic and sex disparities in the incidence of acute Hepatitis C in the United States
    R. Karkra, M. Ayyad, S. Rao, E. Shamsian, K. Hajifathalian, A. Al-Khazraji
    
16. Drug induced granulomatous hepatitis– a disproportionality analysis using the FDA Adverse Event Reporting System (FAERS) database
    R. Karkra, R. Goyal, M. Mohsen, D. Fletcher, S. Rao, K. Hajifathalian, A. Al-Khazraji
    
17. The Great Mimicker
    Jenna Bellafiore, Vaishnavi Gurumurthy, Eugenio Capitle
    
18. New Tricks for an Old Drug – The Use of Upadacitinib in the Management of Chronic Recurrent Multifocal Osteomyelitis accompanied by Resistant Atopic Dermatitis
    Sankeerth Kondapalli MD, Ruchi Biswas BS, Maria Mathew BS, Jasmit Walia-Kals DO, Eugenio Capitle MD
    
19. Establishing Medication Reconciliation Visits in the Academic Internal Medicine Residency Practice
    Aysha Hussain MD, Radhika Malhotra MD, Heather Wang MD, Joshua Pagan MD, Jared Walsh MD, Piyumika de Silva MD
    
20. Hypotension secondary to relative adrenal insufficiency in a patient with metastatic lung cancer
    R. Karkra, A. Hussain, E. Tasdighi, M. Ayyala
    
21. Mycobacterium tuberculosis secreted effector protein PE5 modulates macrophage cell biology via CRL2 ubiquitin machinery
    Bala Madduri,Omair Vehra, Ahri Han, Joycelyn Radeny, Carlos Resstel, Samantha Bell
    
22. Understanding the Efficacy of Diabetes Wellness Clinic in an Infectious Diseases Outpatient Setting
    Vaishnavi Guddeti BS, Tanzila Salim MBBS
    
23. The Calcium Curveball
    Vaishnavi Gurumurthy; Jenna Bellafiore; Eugenio Capitle
    
24. A Curious Case of “Thirstless” Hypernatremia
    Gurumurthy, V. MD; Lewis, G. MD; Nadeem, S. MD; Iqbal, A. MD; McAnally, J. MD
    
25. Double Entendre - A Case of Subaortic Stenosis and Bicuspid Aortic Valve Attenuated by Left Ventricular Hypertrophy
    Dhir Gala, Mohammad Hossain, Vinesh Jonnala, Navid Radfar, Rafael Toro, Anthony Maldonado, Heather Wang, Jose Fossas-Espinosa, Afif Hossain, Julius M. Gardin
    
26. A 30-year-old Pregnant Woman in Labor With an Unexpected Left Ovarian Finding
    Fernando Segovia, MD, Adriana Grigoriu, MD, Diana Finkel, DO, Devina Bhamray-Sanchez, MD
    
27. Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia in COVID-19 Patients: A Systematic Review of Clinical Presentations, Management, and Outcomes
    Mohammed Ayyad, MD, Kirsys Fuentes, MD, Merry Zhai, MD, Ilana Pyatetsky, MD, Chris Chen, MD, Ruchi Patel, MD, Divya Viswanathan, MD, Daniel Matassa, MD
    
28. Efficacy and Safety of Transcatheter vs Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement in Patients With Small Aortic Annuli: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
    Mohammed Ayyad, MD, Tyler Soobryan, MD, Arjun Patel, MD, Prit Patel, MD, Dhir Gala, MD, Serin Varughese, MD, Christine M. Gerula, MD, Alfonso Waller, MD
    
29. Long-Term Outcomes of Sleeve Gastrectomy vs Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass in Severe Obesity: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials
    Mohammed Ayyad, MD, Yazan Abboud, MD, Rohan Karkra, MD, Mohammad Tanashat, MD, Imran Qurieshi, MD, Mahinaz Mohsen, MD, Brian Kim, MD, Eytan Shmisani, MD, Ahmad Al-Khazraji, Kaveh Hajifathalian, MD
    
30. Second Helpings: When One Endoscopy Just Isn’t Enough
    Ayham N. Khrais DO, Anmol Mittal MD, Sima Vossough-Teehan
    
31. An Intervention to Improve Completion of Reproductive Goals Assessments to Prevent Unintended Pregnancies in Newark, New Jersey
    Annika Nungra DO, Aashka Parikh MD, Radhika Malhotra MD, Angelica Fiuza BS, Pauline Thomas MD, Mirela Feurdean MD
    
32. Variations in inflammasome activation contribute to distinct outcomes in Mycobacterium tuberculosis infections
    Ranjeet Kumar, Afsal Kolloli, Gunapati Bhargavi, Seema Husain, Saleena Ghanny, Patricia Soteropoulos, Selvakumar Subbian
    
33. Measuring the gap in primary care services and counseling for women with chronic medical conditions in an urban high-risk population
    Aashka Parikh, MD, Myra Chaudhry, Kishan Patel, Radhika Malhotra, MD, Mirela Feurdean, MD, Stephen Friedman, MD,
    Lisa Gittens, MD, Pauline Thomas, MD
    
34. Maternal Mortality in New Jersey: A County-Level Analysis of Selected Risk Factors
    Parikh Aashka, MD, Chilaka Grace, MBBS, Mirela Feurdean, MD, Patricia Fleming, PhD, Friedman Stephen, MD, MPH, Thomas Pauline, MD
    
35. Assessing the Readability and Quality of Web-Based Resources on Exercise Stress Testing: A Cross-Sectional Readability and Quality Analysis
    Munir Rahbe MBS; Dhrumi Mistry BA; Ali Khawaja BA; Natalie A. Sous MD; Alan Y. Tso MD
    
36. Adherence to Evidence-Based Guidelines for Lung Cancer Screening in Primary Care
    Munir Rahbe MBS; Steven E. Keller PhD; Natalie A. Sous MD; Alan Y. Tso MD
    
37. Exploring AI’s Role in Patient Education: Assessing ChatGPT’s Responses in Cardiovascular Disease
    Shriya Patel, DO, Julie Ponn, DO, Thomas J. Lee, MD, Arthi Palani, MD, Julius M. Gardin, MD, MBA
    
38. Minoxidil and Pericardial Effusion: Uncovering a Rare Cardiovascular Adverse Effect
    Shriya Patel, DO, Serin Varughese, MD, Afif Hossain, MD, Sarah Fan, MD
    
39. AI in PAD Education: A Battle Between ChatGPT and Google Gemini
    Shriya Patel, DO, Julie Ponn, DO, Thomas J. Lee, MD, Arthi Palani, MD, Heather Wang, MD Julius M. Gardin, MD, MBA
    
40. MCOT and a Strike of Luck
    Ponn, Julie DO; Patel, Shriya DO; Fossas, José MD; Guthrie, Lauren MD; Rudzinski, Wojciech MD; Afshar, Maryam MD; Cotiga, Delia MD
    
41. A Rare Case of TLS in a Patient with a Neuroendocrine Tumor
    Kirsys Guerrero, MD; Mohammed Ayyad, MD; Kristy Bono, MD; Safia Ansari, DO; Victor Chang, MD; Fengming Zhong, MD, PhD
    
42. Penicillin Allergy Delabeling and Allergist Referral in an Outpatient Academic Primary Care Clinic
    Kathryn Davis, MD, Tzeidel Brown Eichenberg, MD, Nicholas Lepore, MD, Claire Ruane, MD, Kristin Wong, MD, Brent Parris, MD
    
43. Changes in the Electrocardiogram in Transgender Patients on Hormone Replacement Therapy
    Heather Wang MD, Meet Shah DO, Fady Botros BA, Rafael Toro-Manotas MD, Shriya Patel DO, Diana Finkel DO, Christine Gerula MD
    
44. Concomitant Stroke and ST-elevation Myocardial Infarction in a Patient with New-Onset Atrial Fibrillation
    Heather Wang MD, Eison De Guzman MD, Abhishek Sharma, MD
    
45. Cardiac Contractility Modulation Therapy in Patients with Heart Failure with Severely Reduced Ejection Fraction ≤ 25%
    Erick Quintana Avilés MD, Maria Abraham MD, Heather Wang MD, Joseph Perona BS, Emad Aziz DO
    
46. Improving HIV Pre-exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) among Transgender Individuals
    Heather Wang MD, Ruchi Biswas BS, Isaac Daudelin MD, Jonathan Czeresnia MD, Michelle Dalla Piazza MD, Raquel Reyes DNP, Shoba Swaminathan MD, Diana Finkel DO
    
47. A Heartfelt Challenge: Managing Brugada Syndrome
    Yong Lee MD, Wajiha Khan MD, Navid Radfar DO, Thomas Lee MD, Keneil Shah MD, Hyon Jae Lee MD
    
48. Concentrating LAM and using antibodies with increased valency enhance the sensitivity of tuberculosis diagnosis
    Afsal Kolloli, William Honnen, Alok Choudhary, Abraham Pinter
    
49. The Vulnerable Heart: Sociodemographic and Metastatic Predictors of Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy in Breast Cancer
    Manali Shah MD, Heather Wang MD, Ankit Shah MD
    
50. Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Clostridium Difficile Infections Ulcerative Colitis Patients: A National Population Study
    Vraj P. Shah, MD; Amanda A. Rupert, MD; Kaveh Hajifathalian, MD; Ahmed Al-Khazraji, MD
    
51. Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography is Safe in Patients Admitted for Acute Coronary Syndrome: A National Analysis
    Vraj P. Shah, MD; Yazan Abboud, MD; Kaveh Hajifathalian, MD
    
52. Deciphering Functions of Mechanosensitive Ion Channels in Airway Epithelial Club Cells That Underpins Fungal Asthma
    Yen-Fei Wu, Paul J Brennan, Nicolas W S Caballes, Darin L Wiesner
    
53. Classic Endoscopic Features of Gastric Amyloidosis
    Anmol Mittal MD, Salil Chowdhury MD, Justin Aoyama MD, Kaveh Hajifathalian MD, Pratibha S. Shukla MD, Ahmed Al-Khazraji MD
    
54. Evolving Trends in Heart Transplantation: Increasing Ischemic Times and Stable Outcomes After the 2018 UNOS Allocation Reform
    Sagar Patel, MD; Hannah L.T. Elwell, BS; Anna Johnson, MPH; Xionan Mei, MS; Matthias Loebe MD, PhD; Michael Sekela, MD; Masashi Kawabori, MD
    
55. Severe Prekallikrein Deficiency Manifesting as Isolated PTT Prolongation
    Divya Viswanathan MD, Abiram Sivanandam DO, Vincent Yeung MD
    
56. Assessment of Time in Therapeutic Range (TTR) in a Primary Care Warfarin Clinic
    Divya Viswanathan MD, Abiram Sivananadam DO, Piyumika De Silva MD
    
57. Impact of L-Arginine and L-Citrulline Supplementation on Macrophage Response to Mycobacterium tuberculosis
    Gunapati Bhargavi, Sathyavageeswaran Shreeram, Guenolee Prioult, Selvakumar Subbian
    
58. Detection of Linezolid resistance in Mycobacterium Tuberculosis using Sloppy Molecular Beacon
    Naranjargal Daivaa, Padmapriya Banada, David Alland
    
59. Clostridium Difficile and Cirrhosis
    Cyrus Ghaderi, Anmol Mittal, Ahmed Al Khazraji
    
60. A Rare Case of TLS in a Patient with a Neuroendocrine Tumor
    Kirsys Guerrero, MD; Mohammed Ayyad MD; Kristy Bono MD; Safia Ansari DO; Victor Chang, MD; Fengming Zhong, MD, PhD
    
61. Penicillin Allergy and Antibiotic Stewardship: Training Medical Students to Apply the PEN-FAST Tool
    Catherine Ye MD, Rashika Verma BS, Sarah Dunn MD, Christin Traba MD, & Eugene Capitle MD
    
62. Management of Complicated Crohn’s Disease: Endoscopic Closure of Colo-Colonic Fistula With Concurrent Colovesical Fistula
    Kranthi Mandava, MD, Ritik Goyal, MD, Navid Radfar, DO, Michael Bebawy, DO, Yazan Abboud, MD, Kaveh Hajifathalian, MD, MPH, Ahmed Al-Khazraji, MD
    
63. Quality Assurance Review of Urology Referrals Following Elevated PSA Results at East Orange VA Outpatient Clinics
    Po Hsuan Huang, MD, Kranthi Mandava, MD, Catherine Ye, MD, Ruchi Patel, MD, Dhir Gala, MD, Brian Kim, MD, Emmanuel Jean-louis, MD
    
64. Comparative Structural Evaluation of Ebola virus GP-Receptor Interactions Across Viral Species and Host Tropism Implications
    Natalia Teruel, Padmanava Behera, Rafael Najmanovich, Ricardo Rajsbaum
    
65. Peripheral Intravenous Administration of Vasopressin - Is it safe?
    Tsz Keung Eng, MD, Don Kim, MD, Nishat Faruqui, PharmD, Anne Sutherland, MD
    
66. Cancer Outcomes in a Long-Term Cohort Study of Opioid Use Disorder Subjects in New Jersey
    Daniel Ramge; Erin Oxnam; Peter J. Attia; Brandon (Jinu) Son; Qiao (Maggie) Zhang, MPH; James J. Goedert, MD; Daniel M. Rosenblum, PhD; Stanley H. Weiss, MD
    
67. Streamlined 4-zone point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) exam for pulmonary TB
    L. Nakiyingi, N. Wycliff, R. Dhamdere, E.J. Janeva, E. Lwanga, R. Shankman, K. Guevarra, E. Nabawanuka, T. Sridhar, J. Ellner, A. Madabhushi, Y.L. Xie
    
68. Sick Pancreas Leads To A Broken Heart: A Case Of Pancreatitis Induced Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy
    Tyler Soobryan, M.D., Ishani Patel M.D., Meet Shah D.O., Julius Gardin M.D.
    
69. Optimizing PSCK9 inhibitors Protocols for Improved Clinical Outcomes
    Tyler Soobryan MD, Mohammed Ayyad MD, Imran Qureshi MD, Tori Singer MD, Jessica Yakobshivili MD, Anthony Carlino MD
    
70. Evaluation of urine lipoarabinomannan and host transcriptional molecular biomarkers for diagnosing tuberculosis in symptomatic individuals with negative culture results
    Robert Reiss, Kattya Lopez, William Honnen, Nisha Modi, Padmini Salgame PhD, Abraham Pinter PhD, Yingda Xie MD
    
71. Persistent Race/Ethnic Disparities in Internal Medicine Subspecialties, 2005–2023
    Esli Medina-Morales, Riya Sutariya,Yash Shah, Anastasia Xynogala, Sameer Rao, Ahmed Al-Khazraji, Daniel Matassa, Jared Walsh, Ana Natale-Pereira
    
72. Acquired Factor XI Inhibitor Following the Use of Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors: A Clinical Case Study
    Ilana Pyatetsky, DO, Bradley Thompson, DO, Simran Rahi, MD, Mohammed Ayyad, MD, Madison Fraser, MD, Ankit Shah, MD, Amee Patrawalla, MD
    
73. Spontaneous Echo Contrast Detection in Lower Extremity Ultrasound is Associated with Increased Thromboembolism Events in Patients Hospitalized for COVID-19
    Eric Lam DO, Manuel Davila-Molina MD, Kun Chen MD, Manuel Mendez Santana MD, Keith Guevarra MD, Yonatan Y. Greenstein MD
    
74. Nowhere to Heal: Housing Insecurity’s Role in Heart Failure Readmissions Among the Underserved
    Arthi Palani, Vinesh Jonnala, Shriya Patel, Thomas J Lee, Pallavi Solanki
    
75. Increasing Food Insecurity Screening and Establishing a Passive Referral Program in an Academic Internal Medicine Clinic: A Quality Improvement Study
    Yasmeen Abdo MD, David Yao MD, Nishi Parikh MD, Drew Fletcher MD, Charmi Patel MD, Anthony Maldonado-Duenez MD, Mateo Garland-Priegnitz MD, Jared Walsh MD
    
76. Assessing the Outcomes of FIT Testing in Academic Outpatient Practice
    Muhammad Hassaan Arif Maan MBBS, Bradley Thompson MD, Sophia Correa-Bravo MD, Manali Shah MD, Muhammad Muneeb Hussain MBBS, Jared Walsh MD
    
77. The Role of The Deubiquitinase USP11 During Ebola Infection
    Kazi Afreen, Ruben Soto Acosta, Maria Gonzalez-Orozco, Maria I. Giraldo, Abbey N. Warren, Padmanava Behera, Palaniappan Ramanathan, William Russell, Jefferey Johnson, Alexander Bukreyev, Ricardo Rajsbaum
    
78. Double Whammy: Parasitic Colitis Mimicking Inflammatory Bowel Disease
    Michael Bebawy DO, Param Patel MD, Amrita Chawla MD, Ahmed Al-Khazraji
    
79. Improving Hepatitis A Vaccination Rates in Cirrhotic and HIV+ Patients: A QA/QI Initiative at an Academic Center
    Michael Bebawy DO, Rohan Karkra MBBS, Kirsys Guerrero MD, Mirona Dobri MD, Salil Chowdhury MD, Jared Walsh MD, Ahmed Al-Khazraji MD
    
80. Understanding Barriers to Mammogram Adherence for Breast Cancer Screening at Academic Internal Medicine Clinic (AIMC) at UH
    Safia Ansari, DO, Kristy Bono, MD, Amro Tambal, Emily Gordon, MD, Jared Walsh MD
    
81. Successful Use of EUS Guided Coil and Glue Embolization of Shunts in a Tertiary Liver Transplant Center
    Patel, Shivani Jayminbhai; Tafesh, Zaid; Niazi, Mumtaz; Gaglio, Paul; Al-Khazraji, Ahmed; Hajifathalian, Kaveh
    
82. Endoscopic Ultrasound Shear Wave Elastography is as Accurate as Fibrosis-4 Index for Diagnosis of Advanced Liver Fibrosis with External Validation
    Patel, Shivani; Bebawy, Michael; Tan, Cathy; Lahooti, Ali; Johnson, Kate E.; Baig, Muhammad U.; Tafesh, Zaid; Gaglio, Paul; Sharaiha, Reem Z.; Hajifathalian, Kaveh
    
83. Post-Orthotopic Liver Transplant Hepatitis A and Hepatitis B Vaccinations: A Quality Improvement Initiative
    Denisse Camille Dayto MD, Theresa Reno MD PhD, Ana Lucia Romero Socorro MD, Connor Wayman MD, Vivek Lingiah MD FACP, Mumtaz Niazi MD, Zaid Tafesh, MD, MSc, Paul Gaglio, MD, FACP, AGAF, FAASLD
    
84. Severe B12 Deficiency Presenting as febrile Neutropenia with Severe Hypotension Requiring ICU Stay
    T. Singer, A. Shah
    
85. Outcome Trends in Hospitalized Patients with Achalasia in the United States
    Ritik M Goyal, MBBS; Rohan Karkra, MBBS; Anand Shah, MBBS; Ahmed Al-Khazraji, MD; Amanda Rupert, MD
    
86. Management Trends in Hospitalized Patients with Achalasia in the United States
    Ritik M Goyal, MBBS; Anand Shah, MBBS; Rohan Karkra, MBBS; Ahmed Al-khazraji, MD; Amanda Rupert, MD
    
87. Is his pancreas bleeding?: small bowel bleeding from ectopic pancreatic tissue
    Raquel Olivo-Salcedo, MD; Rhema Dadala; Benjamin Ritcher, MD; Kaveh Hajifathalian, MD; Ahmed Al-khazraji, MD
    
88. IgA Pemphigus in a Patient with Hailey-Hailey Disease Complicated by Herpes Simplex
    Jasmit Walia-Kals DO ,Sunnie Lee, Eugene Kim, Richard Felli, Eugenio Capitle MD
    
89. Adherence to Recent Evidence-Based Guidelines for Statin Therapy in Primary Prevention for Type 2 Diabetes Patients: A Quality Improvement Initiative
    Prit Patel, Benjamin Hsieh, Lorenzo Cotugno, Sana Saeed, Ethan Swartz
    
90. Racial Disparities in LDL-C Control, ASCVD Risk Reclassification by Statin Use, Coronary Artery Calcium Scores, and the Pooled Cohort Equation
    Prit Patel, Benjamin Hsieh, Lorenzo Cotugno, Sana Saeed, Ethan Swartz
    
91. Severe diffuse seronegative inflammatory arthritis with tenosynovitis associated with hidradenitis suppurativa and pyoderma gangrenosum
    Sathiyasothy, K. MD; Capitle, E. MD
    
92. Enhancing HIV, Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C Screening in Outpatient Settings: Findings from a Quality Improvement Project
    Hasan, W. MD; Sankhe, R. MD; Iqbal, U. MD; Sathiyasothy, K. MD; Arias-Uribe, R. MD; Cholankeril, M. MD; Tantral, L. MD
    
93. From High to Harm: A Case of Cannabis-Induced Pancreatitis
    Hasan, W. MD; Moskovits, A. MD; Dimaggio, S. MD; Faridi, F. MD
    
94. Entangled Event of an Acute Kidney Injury A case report of Glyoxylic Acid-Associated Acute Kidney Injury Following Hair Straightening Treatment
    Eusebio, AM. MD, Singh, P. MD, Kandasamy, R. MD
    
95. Unveiling the unseen: Cocaine-associated eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis
    Christina Banat M.S., Kavina Sathiyasothy M.D., Aleena Mahmood M.D., Eugenio Capitle M.D.
96. Outcomes of Rapid Versus Slow Correction of Hyponatremia A Retrospective Cohort Study in a Community Hospital
    Santamaria, C. MD; Abid, F. MD; Chauhan, D. MD; Kesavamoorthy, N. MBBS; McAnally, J. MD; Marmolejos, L. MD; Sarmiento, L. MD; Sathiyasothy, K. MD; Vyas, S. MBBS; Zaidi, S. MBBS; Zaverucha, G. MD
    
97. Teaching Medicine & Pediatric Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Basics of Life Support to Healthcare Workers in Mampong, Ghana
    Natasha Puri, MD, Joseph Perona, BS, Daniel Asare Acquah, Ziad Sifri, MD, Harsh Sule, MD, MPP, Kristin Wong, MD
    
98. From Syncope to Surprise: Diagnosing Complex Coronary Cameral Fistulas
    Roma Patel, MD, Amna Shamim, MD, Danna Reyes, MD, Jesus Romero MD, Yezin Shamoon, MD, Sindhura Ananthaneni, MD, Merhwan Joshi, MD
    
99. When Imaging Comes at a Cost: Neurotoxicity from Contrast Agents
    Qayyum, M. MD; Gurumurthy, V. MD; Iqbal, A. MD; Khan, I. MD
    
100. The Late Bloomer: A Case of Non-Sarcomeric HCM’s Delayed Debut
     Roma Patel, MD, Gamal Musleh, MD, Igor Dossin, MD, Rosemaria Cyriac Nirappel, Sharon Susan Paul, Sindhura Ananthaneni, MD, Raja Pullatt, MD
     
101. Trapped Lung: A Case Of Recurrent Effusion And Nonexpanding Lung
     Shamim, A. MD; Althawaher Halaseh, R. MD; Musleh, G. MD; Shafqat, N. MD; Brescia, M. MD
     
102. Patching Up the Confusion: Rare Use of Rivastigmine Patch for Oxybutynin Overdose in a Pediatric Patient
     Kristin Riddle, MD, Suman Dhakal, MD, Michelle Kwon, MD, Jayshree Kumta, MD, Kristin Wong, MD
     
103. The Heart in the Crossfire: Nationwide Insights on Cardiovascular Complications of Cytokine Release Syndrome
     Manik Dayal, Anand Shah, Maryam Afshar
     
104. Improving the Appropriateness of GLP-1 Agonist Prescribing: A Quality Improvement Initiative
     Alexandria Smith DO, Anand Shah MBBS, Aaron Walker MD, Christopher Chen DO, Anthony Fratella-Calabrese MD, Anthony Carlino MD
     
105. Impact of Location on Outcomes in Patients Admitted for Lower Gastrointestinal Bleeds: A Nationwide Analysis
     Imran Qureshi, Ritik Goyal, Shivani Patel, Benjamin Richter, Kaveh Hajifathalian, Paul Gaglio, Ahmed Al-Khazraji
     
106. Effect of Insurance Type and Income on Outcomes in Patients With Lower Gastrointestinal Bleeds: A Multicenter Analysis
     Imran Qureshi, Ritik Goyal, Shivani Patel, Benjamin Richter, Kaveh Hajifathalian, Paul Gaglio, Ahmed Al-Khazraji
     
107. A Case of Catastrophic Antiphospholipid Syndrome Manifesting as Abdominal Pain
     Mahinaz Mohsen MD, Ethan Shamsian DO, Lyndon Zhu BA, Sai Vendidandi BS, Rohan Karkra MD, Mohammed Ayyad MD, Yunseok Namn, MD
     
108. Reducing Inappropriate Aspirin Use for Primary Prevention Through Audit and Feedback in a Residency Clinic
     Manik Dayal, Dean Magat, Aniqa Shah, Brian Smighelschi, Lawanya Singh, Andrew Matthews
     
109. Echoes of Malignancy: Cardiac Metastasis in Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma
     Navid Radfar DO, Safia Ansari DO, Thomas Lee MD, Emaad Siddiqui MD, Eison De Guzman MD, Eugene Kim BS, Abhishek Sharma MD, Alfonso Waller MD
     
110. Promoting Lipoprotein(a) Awareness and Testing for Risk Identification through Outreach and Teaching (PATRIOT-QI)
     Navid Radfar DO, Kathleen Brodowski MD, Erfan Tasdighi MD, Yazan Abboud MD, Lauren Guthrie MD, Steven Rella DO, Emaad Siddiqui MD, Meet Shah MD, Matthew Fanous MD, Renjit Thomas MD
     
111. State of the Art Review: Peripartum Cardiomyopathy
     Navid Radfar DO, Afif Hossain MD, Sneha Gandhi BS, Lama Noureddine MD, Shauna F. Williams MD, Abhishek Sharma MD
     
112. Below The Threshold: A Rare Case Of Critical Hyponatremia
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Padmapriya Banada, MS, PhD - Infectious Diseases

Andrew Berman, MD - Pulmonary/Critical Care

David Bleich, MD - Endocrinology

John Chan, MD - Center for Emerging Pathogens

Debra Chew, MD, MPH - Infectious Diseases

Lisa Dever, MD - Infectious Diseases

Mirela Feurdean, MD - General Internal Medicine

Diana Finkel, DO - Infectious Diseases

George Holan, PT, DPT, GCS, NCS - Anatomy

Joshua Kaplan, MD - Nephrology

Monique Malvar, MD - Endocrinology

Michael B. Mathews, MD - Infectious Diseases

Daniel Matassa, MD - General Internal Medicine

Carlos Nunez, MD - Infectious Diseases

Ricardo Rajsbaum, PhD - Center for Immunity & Inflammation

Hassan Safi, PhD - Infectious Diseases

Tanzila Salim, MD - Infectious Diseases

Steven E. Schutzer, MD - Allergy & Immunology

Shaun Shahani, DO, MPH - Occupational Medicine

Pallavi Solanki, MD - Cardiology

Shobha Swaminathan, MD - Infectious Diseases

Pauline Thomas, MD, MPH - Preventive Medicine

Sheetal Verma, PhD - Infectious Diseases

Alfonso Waller, MD - Cardiology

Jared Walsh, MD - General Internal Medicine

Stanley H. Weiss, MD - Hematology/Oncology

Robert Wieder, MD, PhD - Hematology/Oncology

Kristen Wong, MD - Medicine-Pediatrics