Resident Scholarly Activity/Publications
Publications
Published Manuscripts
Fröjdh F, Fridman Y, Bering P, Sayeed A, Maanja M, Niklasson L, Olausson E, Pi H, Azeem A, Wong TC, Kellman P, Feingold B, Christopher A, Fukui M, Cavalcante JL, Miller CA, Butler J, Ugander M, Schelbert EB. Extracellular Volume and Global Longitudinal Strain Both Associate With Outcomes But Correlate Minimally. JACC Cardiovasc Imaging. 2020 Nov;13(11):2343-2354. doi: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2020.04.026. Epub 2020 Jun 17. PMID: 32563637.
Kapoor S, Liasis A, Nischal KK. Choroidal Deposits in a Patient With Mucopolysaccharidoses Type 1. JAMA Ophthalmol. 2020 Aug 1;138(8):e194435. doi: 10.1001/jamaophthalmol.2019.4435. Epub 2020 Aug 13. PMID: 32789519.
Lin FP, Ferrando AA, Dennis RA, Dunn MA, Kim WR, Duarte-Rojo A. Exercise-Induced Hyperammonemia Does Not Precipitate Overt Hepatic Encephalopathy. Hepatology. 2020 Aug;72(2):778-780. doi: 10.1002/hep.31148. PMID: 31997375.
McDermott AT, Polsinelli VB, Wang NC, Kancharla K, Bhonsale A, Jain SK, Saba S. Presentation, Treatment, and Outcome of Survivors of In-Hospital Versus Out-of-Hospital Sudden Cardiac Arrest. Am J Cardiol. 2020 Apr 15;125(8):1137-1141. doi: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2020.01.007. Epub 2020 Jan 29. PMID: 32093953.
Patel RB, Li E, Benefield BC, Swat SA, Polsinelli VB, Carr JC, Shah SJ, Markl M, Collins JD, Freed BH. Diffuse right ventricular fibrosis in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction and pulmonary hypertension. ESC Heart Fail. 2020 Feb;7(1):253-263. doi: 10.1002/ehf2.12565. Epub 2020 Jan 5. PMID: 31903694; PMCID: PMC7083501.
Diamantopoulos LN, Holt SK, Khaki AR, Sekar RR, Gadzinski A, Nyame YA, Vakar-Lopez F, Tretiakova MS, Psutka SP, Gore JL, Lin DW, Schade GR, Hsieh AC, Lee JK, Yezefski T, Schweizer MT, Cheng HH, Yu EY, True LD, Montgomery RB, Grivas P, Wright JL. Response to Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy and Survival in Micropapillary Urothelial Carcinoma: Data From a Tertiary Referral Center and the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) Program. Clin Genitourin Cancer. 2021 Apr;19(2):144-154. doi: 10.1016/j.clgc.2020.10.002. Epub 2020 Oct 14. PMID: 33160889; PMCID: PMC8044249.
Zhou C, Monin L, Gordon R, Aggor FEY, Bechara R, Edwards TN, Kaplan DH, Gingras S, Gaffen SL. An IL-17F.S65L Knock-In Mouse Reveals Similarities and Differences in IL-17F Function in Oral Candidiasis: A New Tool to Understand IL-17F. J Immunol. 2020 Aug 1;205(3):720-730. doi: 10.4049/jimmunol.2000394. Epub 2020 Jun 29. PMID: 32601099; PMCID: PMC7369233.
Taketani Y, Marmalidou A, Dohlman TH, Singh RB, Amouzegar A, Chauhan SK, Chen Y, Dana R. Restoration of Regulatory T-Cell Function in Dry Eye Disease by Antagonizing Substance P/Neurokinin-1 Receptor. Am J Pathol. 2020 Sep;190(9):1859-1866. doi: 10.1016/j.ajpath.2020.05.011. Epub 2020 May 29. PMID: 32473919; PMCID: PMC7456741.
Pi H, Kosanovich CM, Handen A, Tao M, Visina J, Vanspeybroeck G, Simon MA, Risbano MG, Desai A, Mathier MA, Rivera-Lebron BN, Nguyen Q, Kliner J, Nouraie M, Chan SY. Outcomes of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Are Improved in a Specialty Care Center. Chest. 2020 Jul;158(1):330-340. doi: 10.1016/j.chest.2020.01.046. Epub 2020 Feb 25. PMID: 32109446; PMCID: PMC7339236.
Kourtroumpakis F, Ahsan M, Ramos C, Alkaissy Z, Proksell S, Johnston E, Schwartz M, Dueker J, Hashash J, Barrie A, Tang G, Babichenko D, Dunn M, Binion D. S0809 Is There a Benefit of Immunomodulator and Anti-TNF Combination Therapy Over Monotherapy in the Real World, Long-Term Management of IBD? Assessing Multiyear Treatment Persistence and Mucosal Healing. The American Journal of Gastroenterology. 2020 Oct; 115(S415-S416). doi: 10.14309/01.ajg.0000705284.34778.15
Verma V, Zhang M, Bell M, Tarolli K, Donalson E, Vaughn J, Hickey GW. Outpatient Intravenous Diuretic Clinic: An Effective Strategy for Management of Volume Overload and Reducing Immediate Hospital Admissions. J Clin Med Res. 2021 Apr;13(4):245-251. doi: 10.14740/jocmr4499. Epub 2021 Apr 27. PMID: 34007363; PMCID: PMC8110218.
Gupta K, Harrison SA, Davis NA, Culp ML, Hand SC, Simpson T, Van Der Pol B, Galbraith JW, Van Wagoner NJ, Morrison SG, Morrison RP, Geisler WM. Prevalence of Chlamydia trachomatis Infection in Young Women and Associated Predictors. Sex Transm Dis. 2021 Aug 1;48(8):529-535. doi: 10.1097/OLQ.0000000000001372. PMID: 34110759.
Sigler LE, Reitschuler-Cross E, Arnold RM, Hall DE. Preoperative Frailty Assessment #407. J Palliat Med. 2021 Feb;24(2):285-286. doi: 10.1089/jpm.2020.0629. PMID: 33522858.
Thomas T, Althouse A, Sigler L, Arnold R, Chu E, White DB, Rosenzweig M, Smith K, Smith TJ, Schenker Y. Stronger therapeutic alliance is associated with better quality of life among patients with advanced cancer. Psychooncology. 2021 Jul;30(7):1086-1094. doi: 10.1002/pon.5648. Epub 2021 Mar 8. PMID: 33547717.
Cohen RA, Bursic A, Chan E, Norman MK, Arnold RM, Schell JO. NephroTalk Multimodal Conservative Care Curriculum for Nephrology Fellows. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2021 Jun;16(6):972-979. doi: 10.2215/CJN.11770720. Epub 2021 Feb 12. PMID: 33579742.
Drohan C, Bain W, Kitsios GD. Understanding COVID-19 ARDS: New Pathogen, Same Heterogeneous Syndrome. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2021 Jun 17. doi: 10.1513/AnnalsATS.202106-650LE. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 34139147.
Bain W, Yang H, Shah FA, Suber T, Drohan C, Al-Yousif N, DeSensi RS, Bensen N, Schaefer C, Rosborough BR, Somasundaram A, Workman CJ, Lampenfeld C, Cillo AR, Cardello C, Shan F, Bruno TC, Vignali DAA, Ray P, Ray A, Zhang Y, Lee JS, Methé B, McVerry BJ, Morris A, Kitsios GD. COVID-19 versus Non-COVID-19 Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome: Comparison of Demographics, Physiologic Parameters, Inflammatory Biomarkers, and Clinical Outcomes. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2021 Jul;18(7):1202-1210. doi: 10.1513/AnnalsATS.202008-1026OC. PMID: 33544045.
Apostolopoulou A, Esquer Garrigos Z, Vijayvargiya P, Lerner AH, Farmakiotis D. Invasive Pulmonary Aspergillosis in Patients with SARS-CoV-2 Infection: A Systematic Review of the Literature. Diagnostics (Basel). 2020 Oct 10;10(10):807. doi: 10.3390/diagnostics10100807. PMID: 33050499; PMCID: PMC7600775.
Kokkotou E, Stefanou G, Syrigos N, Gourzoulidis G, Ntalakou E, Apostolopoulou A, Charpidou A, Kourlaba G. End-of-life cost for lung cancer patients in Greece: a hospital-based retrospective study. J Comp Eff Res. 2021 Mar;10(4):315-324. doi: 10.2217/cer-2020-0167. Epub 2021 Feb 19. PMID: 33605788.
Murphy AR, Suffoletto BP, Muldoon MF. Matchmaking and the Future of Hypertension Management. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2021 Jan;14(1):e007062. doi: 10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.120.007062. Epub 2020 Dec 11. PMID: 33302716.
Cohen RA, Bursic A, Chan E, Norman MK, Arnold RM, Schell JO. NephroTalk Multimodal Conservative Care Curriculum for Nephrology Fellows. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2021 Jun;16(6):972-979. doi: 10.2215/CJN.11770720. Epub 2021 Feb 12. PMID: 33579742.
Miller NJ, Khaki AR, Diamantopoulos LN, Bilen MA, Santos V, Agarwal N, Morales-Barrera R, Devitt M, Nelson A, Hoimes CJ, Shreck E, Assi H, Gartrell BA, Sankin A, Rodriguez-Vida A, Lythgoe M, Pinato DJ, Drakaki A, Joshi M, Isaacsson Velho P, Hahn N, Liu S, Alonso Buznego L, Duran I, Moses M, Jain J, Murgic J, Barata P, Tripathi A, Zakharia Y, Galsky MD, Sonpavde G, Yu EY, Lyman GH, Grivas P. Histological Subtypes and Response to PD-1/PD-L1 Blockade in Advanced Urothelial Cancer: A Retrospective Study. J Urol. 2020 Jul;204(1):63-70. doi: 10.1097/JU.0000000000000761. Epub 2020 Jan 23. PMID: 31971495; PMCID: PMC7289665.
Liu Y, Jurczak MJ, Lear TB, Lin B, Larsen MB, Kennerdell JR, Chen Y, Huckestein BR, Nguyen MK, Tuncer F, Jiang Y, Monga SP, O’Donnell CP, Finkel T, Chen BB, Mallampalli RK. A Fbxo48 inhibitor prevents pAMPKα degradation and ameliorates insulin resistance. Nat Chem Biol. 2021 Mar;17(3):298-306. doi: 10.1038/s41589-020-00723-0. Epub 2021 Jan 25. PMID: 33495648.
Gupta K, Harrison SA, Davis NA, Culp ML, Hand SC, Simpson T, Van Der Pol B, Galbraith JW, Van Wagoner NJ, Morrison SG, Morrison RP, Geisler WM. Prevalence of Chlamydia trachomatis Infection in Young Women and Associated Predictors. Sex Transm Dis. 2021 Aug 1;48(8):529-535. doi: 10.1097/OLQ.0000000000001372. PMID: 34110759.
Zhou C, Monin L, Gordon R, Aggor FEY, Bechara R, Edwards TN, Kaplan DH, Gingras S, Gaffen SL. An IL-17F.S65L Knock-In Mouse Reveals Similarities and Differences in IL-17F Function in Oral Candidiasis: A New Tool to Understand IL-17F. J Immunol. 2020 Aug 1;205(3):720-730. doi: 10.4049/jimmunol.2000394. Epub 2020 Jun 29. PMID: 32601099; PMCID: PMC7369233.
Letter to the Editor
Kapoor S, Mulukutla S. PCI or CABG for Left Main Coronary Artery Disease. N Engl J Med. 2020 Jul 16;383(3):291-292. doi: 10.1056/NEJMc2000645. PMID: 32668126.
Manuscript (Submitted or Accepted)
Polsinelli VB, Dantil K, DeGennaro V Jr, Fenlon DL, Pierre-Louis D, Izzo JL, Kwan GF. Community-based assessment of cardiovascular health in rural Haiti: A cross-sectional study. Caribbean Medical Journal.
Tao M, Palmer B, Tavakoli S, Trejo Bittar HE. Erdheim Chester Disease: A Case of Right Atrial Involvement and Superior Vena Cava Stenosis. JACC: Case Reports. 2020, Jul; Pub Status: Accepted
Apostolopoulo, A, Esquer Garrigos Z, Vijayvargiya P, Lerner AH, Farmakiotis D. Invasive Pulmonary Aspergillosis in Patients with SARS-CoV-2 Infection: A Systematic Review of the Literature. Diagnostics 2020, 10, 807.
Lisius GL, Tarchichi TR. “Primary care referral perspectives in pediatric failure to thrive and outcomes from a diagnostic clinic.” Manuscript in submission.
Drohan C, Nouraie M, Bain W, Shah F, Evankovich J, Zhang Y, Morris A, McVerry BJ, Kitsios GD. Host-response subphenotypic classification with a parsimonious model offers prognostic information in patients with acute respiratory failure: a prospective cohort study. Pending acceptance into Jounal of Critical Care, August 2020.
Abstracts w/ Poster or Oral Presentation
Published Conference Abstract w/ Poster or Oral Presentation
Min E, Yang X, Azeem A, Hsieh R, Emens L. Pericardial effusion secondary to pembrolizumab-induced pericarditis. ACP Pennsylvania chapter meeting Fall 2020 clinical vignette.
Iyer A, Tao M, Schelbert EB, Wong TC. Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Stress Perfusion Imaging Predicts One Year Outcomes Following Equivocal or Uncertain Stress Study. Circulation. 2020; 142:A16927. doi: 10.1161/circ.142.suppl_3.16927.
Hand SC, Scandrett KG. “The statin takeaways: deprescribing as harm reduction?” Invited oral presentation at Society of General Internal Medicine (SGIM) Annual Meeting 2021 (virtual)
Drohan, H. Yang, C. Schaefer, N. Bensen, M. Lu, B. Methe, S. Qin, Y. Zhang, G. Lisius, W. Bain, F. Shah, B. McVerry, A. Morris, & G. Kitsios. Comparison of Host-Response Biomarkers and Inflammatory Subphenotypes in COVID-19 Without ARDS, COVID-ARDS, and Non-COVID-ARDS. 2021;203:A1062. doi.org/10.1164/ajrccm-conference.2021.203.1_MeetingAbstracts.A1062
Viehman JA, Nguyen MH, Garner W, Apostolopoulou A, Harris GH, Lucas A, Jagadeesan V, Butler S, Rapinski GJ, McCreary EK, Arbulu R, Ganchuk S, Yang A, Avasarala A, Trificante R, Bollam R, Zou RH, Moghbeli K, Darwish M, Hemadri A, Weslander E, Campfield BT, Michaels MG, Haidar G, Daley J, Martin E, Bariola JR. 555. Effectiveness of a Treatment Team on Adherence to Health System Guidelines for Hydroxychloroquine Use During Two Phases of the COVID-19 Epidemic. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2020 Dec 31;7(Suppl 1):S343. doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofaa439.749. PMCID: PMC7777462.
Apostolopoulou A, Clancy CJ, Viehman JA, Nguyen MHT. 1101. Pulmonary Aspergillosis Complicating Non-Influenza Respiratory Virus Infections Among Solid Organ Transplant Recipients. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2020 Dec 31;7(Suppl 1):S581. doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofaa439.1287. PMCID: PMC7776328.
Unpublished Conference Abstract w/ Poster or Oral Presentation
Galli EN, Dinardo D. The hypothesis driven physical exam for four common inpatient presenting symptoms. Poster presentation at: SGIM Annual Meeting; 2021; virtual.
Hand SC, et al. “Timely photographs unveil Varicella Zoster behind the mask of temporal artertitis.” Poster presentation at SGIM Annual Meeting 2021 (virtual)
Sigler LE, Althouse AD, Thomas T, Arnold RM et al. The effects of an oncology nurse-led, primary palliative care intervention on illness understanding among patients with advanced cancer: A secondary analysis of the CONNECT randomized clinical trial. Poster presented at: American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine Annual Assembly; February 2021; Virtual.
Kowalski A, Sigler L, Ahmed H, Smith D. Non-specific presentation of hydralazine-induced ANCA-associated vasculitis. Poster presented at: Society of General Internal Medicine Annual Meeting; April 2021; Virtual.
Abstract w/ Poster or Oral Presentation
Iyer, A.M., Tao, M., Schelbert, E.B., Wong, T.C. CERTAINTY – Cardiovascular magnEtic Resonance sTress perfusion imAgINg predicTs 1 Year outcomes following equivocal or uncertain stress study. American Heart Association Scientific Sessions 2020. 11/13/20
Pitt-Specific Presentations
Vasilii Bushunow MD; Robert Arnold; Lindsay Bell MPH; Riba Kelsey MD MSCR; Yael Schenker MD MAS. Palliative Care Attitudes and Experiences among Resident Physicians at Historically Black Colleges and Universities. Plenary Presentation presented at: University of Pittsburgh Research Day; 2021; Pittsburgh, PA.
Rachael A. Gordon MD, PhD; Jeremy Tilstra MD, PhD; Allison Campbell MD, PhD; Sheldon Bastacky MD; Kevin Nickerson PhD; Anthony Marinov MS; Mark J. Shlomchik MD, PhD. B cell and macrophage NADPH oxidase is protective in murine systemic lupus erythematosus. Plenary Presentation presented at: University of Pittsburgh Research Day; 2021; Pittsburgh, PA.
Timothy Kim MD; Theodore Huppert PhD; Omolara Fatukasi PhD; Yassmin Al Aaraj MD, MPH; Timothy Girard MD MS; Joseph Mettenburg MD PhD; James Becker PhD; Seyed Nouraie MD PhD; Stephen Chan MD PhD FAHA. Decreased Cerebellar Volume and Functional Connectivity Identify Novel CNS Alterations in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension. Plenary Presentation presented at: University of Pittsburgh Research Day; 2021; Pittsburgh, PA.
Chantal Lemoine MD; Jessie P Bakker PhD; Christy J Stitt MS; Mark S Aloia PhD; Seyed M Nouraie MD; Sanjay R Patel MD. Early Patterns Of CPAP Usage As Predictors Of CPAP Adherence. Plenary Presentation presented at: University of Pittsburgh Research Day; 2021; Pittsburgh, PA.
Ryan C. Augustin, MD; Eliana Bonifacino, MD, MS; Deborah J. DiNardo, MD, MS; Sarah A. Tilstra, MD, MS. The Use of Podcasts as a Tool to Improve Clinical Reasoning: A Pseudorandomized and Controlled Study. Oral Presentation presented at: University of Pittsburgh Department of Medicine Grand Rounds; 2021; Pittsburgh, PA.
John Michael Beckham MD; Jaishree Hariharan MD; Peter Veldkamp MD MS; Colleen Sullivan BS; Divya Bhamidipati MD. A Pilot Study of a Card Based Intervention at Checkout to Increase Organ Donor Registration in a General Internal Medicine Primary Care Clinic. Oral Presentation presented at: University of Pittsburgh Department of Medicine Grand Rounds; 2021; Pittsburgh, PA.
Callie M. Drohan MD; Haopu Yang; Caitlin Schaefer MPH; Nicole Bensen; Michael Lu MD; Barbara Methe PhD; Shulin Qin MD, PhD; Yingze Zhang, Grace Lisius MD; William Bain MD; Faraaz Shah MD, MS; Bryan J. McVerry MD; Alison Morris MD, MS; Georgios D. Kitsios MD, PhD. Comparison of Host-Response Biomarkers and Inflammatory Subphenotypes in COVID-19 Without ARDS, COVID-ARDS, and Non-COVID-ARDS. Oral Presentation presented at: University of Pittsburgh Department of Medicine Grand Rounds; 2021; Pittsburgh, PA.
Shazli Khan MD; Suresh Mulukutla MD; Floyd Thoma BS; Sandeep K. Jain MD; Samir Saba MD. Racial Disparities in Outcomes of Patients with Cardiomyopathy. Oral Presentation presented at: University of Pittsburgh Department of Medicine Grand Rounds; 2021; Pittsburgh, PA.
Matthew Nguyen MD; Yuan Liu PhD; Michael Jurczak PhD; Travis Lear PhD; Bo Lin PhD; Mads Larsen PhD; Jason Kennerdell PhD; Yanwen Chen MD, PhD; Brydie Huckestein BS, Ferhan Tuncer MD; Yu Jiang PhD, Satdarshan Monga MD; Christopher O’Donnell PhD; Toren Finkel MD,PhD; Bill Chen PhD; Rama Mallampalli MD. A Fbxo48 Inhibitor Prevents pAMPKalpha Degradation and Ameliorates Insulin Resistance. Oral Presentation presented at: University of Pittsburgh Department of Medicine Grand Rounds; 2021; Pittsburgh, PA.
Jacob Quaytman MD; Yuri Nikiforov, MD, PhD; Marina Nikiforova, MD; Elena Morariu, MD. Clinicopathologic Characteristics of Thyroid Nodules Positive for PTEN Mutations on Preoperative Molecular Testing. Oral Presentation presented at: University of Pittsburgh Department of Medicine Grand Rounds; 2021; Pittsburgh, PA.
Neha Singh MSc MD; Katelyn Smith BS; Kenneth Fasanella MD; Jennifer Chennat MD; Rohit Das MD; Randall Brand MD; Harkirat Singh MD; Kenneth Lee MD; Alessandro Paniccia MD; Amer Zureikat MD; Aatur Singhi MD PhD; Kevin McGrath MD. Alternative Lengthening of Telomeres and Loss of DAXX/ATRX Expression in Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors from Endoscopic Ultrasound-FNA Specimens Correlate with Poor Patient Survival. Oral Presentation presented at: University of Pittsburgh Department of Medicine Grand Rounds; 2021; Pittsburgh, PA.
Dylan Yang MD; Xinhua Zhao PhD; Florentina Sileanu MS; Elijah Lovelace MS; Liam Rose MS; Aaron Schwartz; Allison Oakes; Aimee Pickering MD; Jennifer Hale BA; Loren Schleiden MS; Walid Gellad; Michael Fine; Carolyn Thorpe PhD; THomas Radomski MD. Low Value Pre-Operative Testing Delivered to Veterans through Veterans Affairs Medical Centers and VA Community Care Programs. Oral Presentation presented at: University of Pittsburgh Department of Medicine Grand Rounds; 2021; Pittsburgh, PA.
Andrew Baird MD; Joshua Levenson MD. Target BP Educational Intervention and Use of Automated Office Blood Pressure Machines Improve Hypertension Control and Reduce Healthcare Utilization. Poster Presentation presented at: University of Pittsburgh Research Day; 2021; Pittsburgh, PA.
Andrew Murphy MD; Julian Einhorn; Matthew Muldoon MD, MPH. Text message prompts to facilitate home blood pressure monitoring: A qualitative analysis of provider interviews. Poster Presentation presented at: University of Pittsburgh Research Day; 2021; Pittsburgh, PA.
Ashish Patel MD; Joshua Levenson MD; Jason Huang MS; Mounzer Agha MD; Kathleen Dorritie MD. Prevalence of orthostatic hypotension or frank hypotension after CAR-T hospitalization. Poster Presentation presented at: University of Pittsburgh Research Day; 2021; Pittsburgh, PA.
Brent Medoff MD; Kathryn Berlacher MD, MS. Yes! You Should Do YouTube in a Flipped Classroom on a Cardiology Rotation!. Poster Presentation presented at: University of Pittsburgh Research Day; 2021; Pittsburgh, PA.
Carly Sokach MD; R. Warren Sands MD, PhD; Sarah Jones MD; Carla Spagnoletti MD,MS. Analysis of Patient Satisfaction Comments to Identify Positive Physician Attributes and Assess the Impact of Physician Gender on Word Sentiment. Poster Presentation presented at: University of Pittsburgh Research Day; 2021; Pittsburgh, PA.
Clare Cene-Kush DO; Matthew Hensley MD. Characteristics of Antibiotic Use Among Critically-Ill COVID-19 Patients. Poster Presentation presented at: University of Pittsburgh Research Day; 2021; Pittsburgh, PA.
Erin Schikowski MD, Yimin Chen MD, Adam Handen MS, Ellen Kinnee MA, Jane E. Clougherty MSc ScD, Mehdi Nouraie MD PhD, and Stephen Y. Chan MD PhD. Effect of Race on Hospitalizations and Mortality in PH-HFpEF: Disparities Persist After Adjustment for Neighborhood Deprivation. Poster Presentation presented at: University of Pittsburgh Research Day; 2021; Pittsburgh, PA.
Fei-Pi Lin MD; Jacqueline M. Visina BS; Pamela M. Bloomer PT; Michael A. Dunn MD; Deborah A. Josbeno PT, PhD; Amit D. Tevar MD; Christopher B. Hughes MD; John M. Jakicic PhD; Andrés Duarte-Rojo MD, PhD. Prehabilitation-Driven Changes in Frailty Metrics Predict Mortality in Patients with Advanced Liver Disease. Poster Presentation presented at: University of Pittsburgh Research Day; 2021; Pittsburgh, PA.
Francesca Galbiati MD; Hussain Mahmud MD; David Rometo MD. Long-term weight loss profile and patient distribution stratified for anti-obesity medication use in patient on OPTIFAST Program at UPMC. Poster Presentation presented at: University of Pittsburgh Research Day; 2021; Pittsburgh, PA.
Grace Lisius, MD; Haopu Yang, MDc; Radha Duttagupta, PhD; Asim A. Ahmed, MD; Nameer Al-Yousif, MD; Caitlin Schaefer MPH; Nikki Bensen, BS; Michael Lu, MD; Barbara Methe, PhD; William Bain, MD; Bryan J. McVerry, MD; Alison Morris, MD, MS; Georgios D. Kitsios, MD, PhD. Plasma microbial cell-free DNA is associated with intensified host inflammation and may reveal secondary infections in patients with COVID-19. Poster Presentation presented at: University of Pittsburgh Research Day; 2021; Pittsburgh, PA.
Jingxiao Jin MD; Jacqueline Visina BS; Timothy F Burns MD PhD; Brenda Diergaarde PhD; Laura P Stabile PhD. The effect of sex and BMI on outcomes in patients with metastatic non-small cell lung cancer treated with immunotherapy. Poster Presentation presented at: University of Pittsburgh Research Day; 2021; Pittsburgh, PA.
Joseph Ibrahim MD; Syed Bukhari MD; Ricardo Nieves MD; Amr Barakat MD; Kevin Hynal; Daniel Shpilsky MD; Prem Soman MD, PhD. DSPECT-Specific Normal Limits for LV Measurement: A New Approach to Derivation. Poster Presentation presented at: University of Pittsburgh Research Day; 2021; Pittsburgh, PA.
Tierney Wolgemuth MD; Colleen Judge-Golden PhD; Katherine Lane MD; Jamie Stern MD MPH; Sonya Borrero MD MS. Internal Medicine Primary Care Provider Opinions Regarding the Provision of Medication Abortion in the Primary Care Setting. Poster Presentation presented at: University of Pittsburgh Research Day; 2021; Pittsburgh, PA.
Lauren E. Sigler MD; Andrew D. Althouse PhD; Teresa Thomas PhD RN; Robert M. Arnold MD FACP FAAHPM; Thomas J. Smith MD FAAHPM FACP FASCO; Edward Chu MD; Marie A. Bakitas DNSc CRNP FAAN FPCN; Yael Schenker MD MAS FAAHPM. Effects of an oncology nurse-led, primary palliative care intervention (CONNECT) on illness understanding among patients with advanced cancer. Poster Presentation presented at: University of Pittsburgh Research Day; 2021; Pittsburgh, PA.
Megan McCarty MD; Holly Thomas MD MS. Differences in patient-reported rates of hormone therapy use for menopause symptoms by provider specialty. Poster Presentation presented at: University of Pittsburgh Department of Medicine Grand Rounds; 2021; Pittsburgh, PA.
Michael Macklin MD, PharmD; Kimberly Liang MD; Yousef Zarbalian MD; Ronald Hamilton MD. Giant cell arteritis: Does periarteritis on biopsy lead to clinical disease?. Poster Presentation presented at: University of Pittsburgh Department of Medicine Grand Rounds; 2021; Pittsburgh, PA.
Olufunso M. Agbalajobi MB;BS, MPH; Theresa Gmelin PhD; Andrew M. Moon MD, MPH; Wheytnie Alexandre; Grace Zhang; Walid F. Gellad MD, MPH; Naudia Jonassaint MD, MHS; Shari Rogal MD, MPH. Outpatient opioid use is associated with new hepatic decompensation in patients with chronic liver disease. Poster Presentation presented at: University of Pittsburgh Department of Medicine Grand Rounds; 2021; Pittsburgh, PA.
Samuel Hand, MD; Gaetan Sgro, MD. Veterans’ Perspectives of Bedside Rounds. Poster Presentation presented at: University of Pittsburgh Research Day; 2021; Pittsburgh, PA.
Sophia Knoell MD; Shawn Griffiths; Rebecca Beacham; Cary R. Boyd-Shiwarski MD PhD, Arohan R. Subramanya MD. Hypokalemia-induced expression of WNK Bodies in mouse and human kidneys. Poster Presentation presented at: University of Pittsburgh Research Day; 2021; Pittsburgh, PA.
Tarryn Tertulien, MD, MSc; Yimin Chen, MD; Andrew D. Althouse PhD; Utibe R. Essien, MD, MPH; Amber Johnson MD, MBA; Jared W. Magnani MD, MSc. Income and Education Inequities Increase Hospitalizations in Atrial Fibrillation. Poster Presentation presented at: University of Pittsburgh Research Day; 2021; Pittsburgh, PA.
Vivek Verma MD, Zhang, Manling MD, Marilyn Bell NP, Karen Tarolli NP, Elinor Donalson RN, Jaime Vaughn RN, Gavin W. Hickey MD. Outpatient IV Diuretic Clinic: An Effective Strategy For Management of Volume Overload and Reducing Immediate Hospital Admissions. Poster Presentation presented at: University of Pittsburgh Research Day; 2021; Pittsburgh, PA.
Yimin Chen MD; Erin Schikowski MD; Adam Handen MS; Michael G. Risbano MD, MA; Mehdi Nouraie MD, PhD; Stephen Y. Chan MD, PhD. Race but Not Gender is Associated with Worse Outcomes in Borderline Pulmonary Hypertension. Poster Presentation presented at: University of Pittsburgh Research Day; 2021; Pittsburgh, PA.
Yujie Sun MD; Robert Feldman MS , Andrew Althouse PhD MA, Dhiraj Yadav MD MPH, Anna Evans Phillips MD MS. Predicting scores for the EORTC QLQ-C30 using linear modeling of PROMIS Global Health scores in patients with chronic pancreatitis. Poster Presentation presented at: UUniversity of Pittsburgh Research Day; 2021; Pittsburgh, PA.
Zhiyang Alec Wei, MD. Detecting and classifying pulmonary lesions on chest computed tomography in COVID-19 patients using a deep learning approach. Poster Presentation presented at: UUniversity of Pittsburgh Research Day; 2021; Pittsburgh, PA.
Apostolopoulou A, Clancy CJ, Viehman JA, Nguyen MH. Pulmonary Aspergillosis Complicating Non-Influenza Respiratory Virus Infections Among Solid Organ Transplant Recipients. Accepted for IDW
Viehman JH, Garner W, Apostolopoulou A, et al. Effectiveness of a Treatment Team on Adherence to Health System Guidelines for Hydroxychloroquine Use During Two Phases of the COVID-19 Epidemic. Accepted for IDWeek 2020, to be presented virtual
Alkaissy Z, Kourtroumpakis F, Watson A, Ramos C, Proksell S, Dueker J, Johnston E, Hashash J, Schwartz M, Barrie A, Babichenko D, Tang G, Dunn M, Binion D. Type of Surgical Anastomosis Influences Long-Term Clinical Status, Quality of Life, and Opioid Requirement in Post-Operative Crohn’s Disease: A 3-Year Comparative Effectiveness Study. Oral Presentation at ACG 2020.
Verma, V., Zhang, M., Bell, M., Tarolli, K., Donalson, E., Vaughn, J., & Hickey, G. Outpatient Intravenous Diuretic Clinic: An Effective Strategy for Management of Volume Overload and Reducing Immediate Hospital Admissions. Poster presented at UPMC Department of Medicine Research Day; 2021; Pittsburgh, PA.
Tao M, Veldkamp P, Despines L. ACP in HIV: Incorporating Advance Care Planning into HIV Primary Care presented at: UPMC 2021 Quality & Safety Fair; 5/2021; Pittsburgh, PA.
Hand SC, Sgro G. “Veterans’ Perspectives of Bedside Rounds.” Poster presentation at University of Pittsburgh Department of Medicine Research Day 2021 (virtual)
Drohan, C. Biomarker-based Subphenotyping in Acute Hypoxic Respiratory Failure Provides Prognostic Enrichment. Oral Presentation presented at: University of Pittsburgh Department of Medicine Grand Rounds; 2020; Pittsburgh, PA.
Apostolopoulou A. Pulmonary Aspergillosis complicating non-influenza respiratory viral infections among solid organ transplant recipients. Oral Presentation presented at: University of Pittsburgh Department of Medicine Grand Rounds; 2021; Pittsburgh, PA.
Wei ZA. Detecting and classifying pulmonary lesions on chest computed tomography in COVID-19 patients using a deep learning approach. Poster Presentation presented at: University of Pittsburgh Department of Medicine Research Day; 2021; Pittsburgh, PA
Honors and Awards
Michael Tao, 1st Place Poster in Quality Improvement at 2020 PA-ACP Western Regional Competition
Samuel Hand, 2020 Exemplar of Professionalism Award, American College of Physicians of Western Pennsylvania
Samuel Hand, Dr. Frank M. Mateer Award, UPMC Internal Medicine Residency Program
Callie Drohan, Best Abstract Award & Scholarship, American Thoracic Society Conference 2021
Anna Apostolopoulou, UPMC IM Residency Excellence in Research Award 2021