Presentations:

• Sharara AI, ElHajj I, Maasri K, Hashash JG, Araj GF. The Effect of Acid, Pepsin and Gastric Juice on the in vitro Growth and Sporulation of Clostridium difficile. Accepted for poster presentation at the Digestive Disease Week “DDW” in San Diego, CA on May 21, 2008.
• Hashash JG, Abdul-Baki H, Azar C, El Hajj II, ElZahabi L, Chaar H, Sharara AI. A Randomized Double-Blind Placebo-Controlled Cross-Over Study of Flupenthixol & Melitracen in Functional Dyspepsia. Gut 2007; 56 (Suppl III) A8. Accepted for oral presentation at the 15th United European Gastroenterology Week “UEGW” in Paris on October 29, 2007. Winner of the Junior Investigator Award (JGH).
• Abdul-Baki H, Hashash JG, El Hajj II, Azar C, ElZahabi L, Mourad FH, Barada KA, Sharara AI. A Randomized Controlled Double-Blind Trial of the Adjunct Use of Tegaserod in Whole-or Split-Dose PEG-Electrolyte Solution For Colonoscopy Preparation. Endoscopy 2007; 39 (Suppl I) A362. Accepted for poster presentation at the 15th United European Gastroenterology Week “UEGW” in Paris on October 31, 2007.
• Hashash JG, Skoury A, Haddad R, El-Samad S, Soweid A. A Randomized Open-Label Trial of On-Demand Use of Rabeprazole vs. Ranitidine in Patients with Non-Erosive Reflux Disease. Gut 2007; 56 (Suppl III) A215. Accepted for poster presentation at the 15th United European Gastroenterology Week “UEGW” in Paris on October 30, 2007.
• Hashash JG, Skoury A, Aoun N, Shamseddeen W, Barada K. Gross Lower Gastrointestinal Bleeding in Patients on Anticoagulant and/or Antiplatelet Therapy: Endoscopic Findings and Clinical Outcomes. Gastroenterology. April 2007. Volume 32, Number 4, Suppl 2: A-195-196. Accepted for poster presentation at the Digestive Disease Week “DDW” in Washington D.C. on May 20, 2007.

Publications:

• Hashash JG, Abdul-Baki H, Azar C, El Hajj II, ElZahabi L, Chaar H, Sharara AI. A Randomized Double-Blind Placebo-Controlled Cross-Over Study of Flupenthixol & Melitracen in Functional Dyspepsia. Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics. 2008 Jun 1; 27(11):1148-55.
• Abdul-Baki H, Hashash JG, El Hajj II, Azar C, ElZahabi L, Mourad FH, Barada KA, Sharara AI. A Randomized Controlled Double-Blind Trial of the Adjunct Use of Tegaserod in Whole-or Split-Dose PEG-Electrolyte Solution For Colonoscopy Preparation. Gastrointestinal Endoscopy. 2008 May 27. Epub ahead of print.
• Pollack S, O’Connar T, Hashash JG, Tabbara IA. Nonmyeloablative Therapy and Allogenic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation: A Clinical Review. American Journal of Clinical Oncology. Accepted on November 12, 2007.
• Kairouz S, Hashash J, Kabbara W, Mchayleh W, Tabbara IA. Dendritic Cell Neoplasms: An Overview. American Journal of Hematology. 2007 October; 82(10):924-928.
• Hashash JG, Atweh LA, Saliba T, Chakhachiro Z, Al-Kutoubi A, Tawil A, Barada K. Acute NSAID-Induced Transmural Duodenitis and Extensive Duodenal Ulceration: A Case Report. Clinical Therapeutics. 2007 Nov;29(11):2448-52.
• ElHajj I, Hashash JG, Kfoury Baz E, Abdul-Baki H, Sharara AI. ABO Blood Group and Gastric Cancer: Rekindling an Old Fire? Southern Medical Journal. 2007 Jul; 100(7):726-727.
• Hashash JG, Shamseddeen W, Skoury A, Aoun N, Barada K. Gross Lower Gastrointestinal Bleeding in Patients on Anticoagulant and/or Antiplatelet Therapy: Endoscopic Findings, Management, and Clinical Outcomes. The Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology. Accepted on July 13th, 2007 (in press).
• Azar C, Soweid A, Berro Z, Salem ZM, Geara FB, Kattar MM, Jana G Hashash, Barada KA. Duodenal mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue lymphoma successfully treated by radiation therapy. Clinical Lymphoma and Myeloma. 2007 May;7(6):428-431.
• Barada K, Abdul-Baki H, ElHajj I, Hashash JG, Green PH. Gastrointestinal Bleeding in the Setting of Anticoagulation and Antiplatelet Therapy. A Review of the Literature. The Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology. Accepted on April 26th, 2007 (in press).

Presentations:

• Ventura L, Da Rocha Lima B, Venzara F, Porciatti V. Postural Changes of Intraocular Pressure and their Impact on RGC Function. Presented at the Seventh Biannual Meeting of the North American Perimetric Society (September 2007).
• Da Rocha Lima B, Venzara F, De Los Santos R, Ventura L, Porciatti V. Postural Changes of Intraocular Pressure and their Impact on RGC Function. Presented at 2007 ARVO Annual Meeting.

Presentations:

• Gaurav Gupta, Ron Shapiro, Claire Morgan, Amit Basu, Henkie Tan, Parmjeet Randhawa. American Transplant Congress, Toronto, June 2008. Neutrophilic Tubulitis As A Marker For Urinary Tract Infection In C4d Positive Renal Allograft Biopsies.
• Gaurav Gupta, Ron Shapiro, Amit Basu, Henkie Tan, Claire Morgan, Abhay Vats, Parmjeet Randhawa. Presented at the IV International Conference on Polyomaviruses Oct 2007, Barcelona, Spain. BK Viremia without Demonstrated Nephropathy in Kidney Transplant Patients Receiving Campath Induction and Steroid Avoidance
• Gaurav Gupta, Gina Gasper, Bipin Bista, Ron Shapiro, Parmjeet Randhawa, Abhay Vats. Oral Presentation. World Transplant Congress 2006, Boston, USA. High Production of TGF-ß Increases The Risk of Development of BK Virus Allograft Nephropathy
• Gaurav Gupta, Timo Jahnukainen, Chandra Ishwad, Gina Gasper, Joon Kwak, Mary Choi, Parmjeet Randhawa, Abhay Vats. Oral Presentation. World Transplant Congress 2006, Boston, USA. BK Virus Upregulates TGF-ß as well as Specific Components of the TGF-ß Signaling Pathway

Publications:

• Gaurav Gupta, Ron Shapiro, Parmjeet Randhawa, Abhay Vats. Transplantation. 2006 Aug 15; 82(3):382-388. Low Incidence of BK Virus Nephropathy after Simultaneous Kidney Pancreas Transplantation.
• Preeti Sharma, Gaurav Gupta, Abhay Vats, Ron Shapiro, Parmjeet Randhawa. Journal of Virology. 2006 Sep;80(18):8869-79. Phylogenetic Analysis of Polyomavirus BK Sequences.
• Sharma PM, Gupta G, Vats A, Shapiro R, Randhawa PS. J Med Virol. 2007 Aug. Polyomavirus BK non-coding control region rearrangements in health and disease
• Parmjeet Randhawa, Gaurav Gupta, Abhay Vats, Ron Shapiro, Raphael P. Viscidi. Clin Vaccine Immunol. 2006 Sep;13(9):1057-63. Immunoglobulin G, A, and M Responses to BK Virus in Renal Transplantation
• Timo Jahnukainen, David Malehorn, Mai Sun, James Lyons-Weiler, William Bigbee, Gaurav Gupta, Ron Shapiro, Parmjeet Randhawa, Richard Pelikan, Milos Hauskrecht, Abhay Vats. J Am Soc Nephrol 17: 3248–3256, 2006. Proteomic Analysis of Urine in Kidney Transplant Patients with BK Virus Nephropathy
• Bista BR, Ishwad C, Wadowsky RM, Manna P, Randhawa PS, Gupta G, Adhikari M, Tyagi R, Gasper G, Vats A. J Clin Microbiol. 2007 May. Development of a loop-mediated isothermal amplification assay for rapid detection of BK virus.

Presentations:

• Ischemic Electrocardiographic Response to Exercise is More Strongly Associated with the Severity Rather than the Extent of SPECT Ischemia in Individuals with Significant Coronary Artery Disease. Saurabh Malhotra, William P. Follansbee, Prem Soman. American Heart Association, New Orleans, November 2008.
• Ischemic Electrocardiographic Response to Exercise is More Strongly Associated with the Severity Rather than the Extent of SPECT Ischemia. Saurabh Malhotra, William P. Follansbee, Prem Soman. American Society of Nuclear Cardiology, Boston, Spetember 2008.
• An unusual cause for low back pain: Mycotic Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm. Saurabh Malhotra, Apinya Lertratanakul, Arvind Dasari, Carla L. Spagnoletti. Society of General Internal Medicine, Pittsburgh, April 2008.
• A rare complication of a common disease: Pyogenic Liver Abcess due to Diverticulitis. Arvind Dasari, Saurabh Malhotra, Carla L. Spagnoletti. Society of General Internal Medicine, Pittsburgh, April 2008.
• Sore Throat – Not Always the Usual Suspects. Arvind Dasari, Saurabh Malhotra, Carla L. Spagnoletti. Society of General Internal Medicine, Pittsburgh, April 2008.
• Retropharyngeal Carotid Artery: A Cautionary Tale. Chukwudozie Ezeokoli, Saurabh Malhotra, Brad Astor, David Steinman, Bruce A. Wasserman. American Society of Neuroradiology, Chicago, June 2007.
• Improved reliability of MRI measurements of carotid artery wall thickness with contrast enhancement. Saurabh Malhotra, Shenghen Lai, Harikrishna Tandri, Ernesto Castillo, Gilberto Szarf, Bruce A. Wasserman. North American Society of Cardiac Imaging, Las Vegas, October 2006.

Publications:

• Correlation of internal carotid artery vessel changes with cholesterol and gender in a cocaine using African American population. Jiefu Du, Bruce A. Wasserman, Saurabh Malhotra, Wenjing Tong, Hong Lai, Shaoguang Chen, Shenghan Lai. In review.
• Adrenal gland volume and dexamethasone-suppressed cortisol correlate with total daily salivary cortisol in African-American women. Sherita H. Golden, Saurabh Malhotra, Gary S. Wand, Frederick L. Brancati, Daniel Ford, Karen Horton. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2007 Apr;92(4):1358-63.
• Length of postnatal stay in healthy newborns and re-hospitalization following their early discharge. Piyush Gupta, Saurabh Malhotra, D.K Singh, Tarun Dua Indian Journal of Pediatrics. 2006 October; 73: 897-900.
• Confounding of the Relation between Homocysteine and Peripheral Arterial Disease by Lead, Cadmium and Renal Function. Eliseo Guallar, Ellen K. Silbergeld, Ana Navas-Acien, Saurabh Malhotra, Brad C. Astor, Richey Sharrett, and Brian S. Schwartz. American Journal of Epidemiology. 2006 Apr 15;163(8):700-8.

Presentations:

• Turen S, Ozyar E, Altundag MK, Gullu I.. (2004, October). Serum LDH level is a prognostic factor in locoregionally advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) patients treated with chemotherapy. Poster presented at: The Third International Chicago Symposium on Malignancies of the Chest and Head and Neck, 2004.Lung Cancer 2004; Chicago, IL.

Publications:

• Turen S, Ozyar E, Altundag K, Gullu I, Atahan IL.. Serum lactate dehydrogenase level is a prognostic factor in patients with locoregionally advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma treated with chemoradiotherapy.. Cancer Investigation. 2007, Aug; 25(5):315-21. Cited in PubMed; PMID: 17661206. Pub Status: Published.
• Altundag K, Altundag O, Akyurek S, Karakaya E, Turen S.. Inactivation of E-cadherin and less sensitivity of lobular breast carcinoma cells to chemotherapy.. Breast. 2006, Jun; 15(3):300. Cited in PubMed; PMID: 16310355. Pub Status: Published.

Publications:

• Huang PY, Buring JE, Ridker PM, Glynn RJ. Awareness, accuracy, and predictive validity of self-reported cholesterol in women. J Gen Intern Med. 2007 May;22(5):606-13. Epub 2007 Mar 17.