Medicine Faculty, Staff, Student Scholarship
This collection holds the creative and scholarly works of the Department of Medicine's faculty, staff, and students. It includes scholarly content such as journal articles, book chapters, conference papers, etc.
Submissions from 2025
Human Mesenchymal Stem Cell Therapy: Potential Advances for Reducing Cystic Fibrosis Infection and Organ Inflammation, Tracey L. Bonfield and Hillard M. Lazarus
Consensus Recommendations Regarding Local and Metastasis-Directed Therapies in the Management of Relapsed/Recurrent Ewing Sarcoma, Shauna R. Campbell, Erin Murphy, and Matteo Trucco Pediatrics
The Association Between County-Level Social Determinants of Health and Cardio-Kidney-Metabolic Disease Attributed All-Cause Mortality in the US: A Cross Sectional Analysis, Antoinette Cotton, Pedro RVO Salerno, Salil V. Deo, Ian Neeland, Sanjay Rajagopalan, Sadeer G. Al-Kindi, and Yakov E. Elgudin
Examining the Relationship Between Frailty, Operative Management, and 90-Day Mortality Across Emergency General Surgery Conditions, Caleb W. Curry, Marisa R. Imbroane, Wyatt P. Bensken, Adam T. Perzynski, Christopher W. Towe, and Vanessa P. Ho
Redefining Cell Culture Using a 3D Flipwell Co-Culture System: A Mimetic for Gut Architecture and Dynamics In Vitro, Saori Furuta
Examination of Protective Factors that Promote Prosocial Skill Development Among Children Exposed to Intimate Partner Violence, Megan R. Holmes, Anna E. Bender, Kristen A. Berg, Kylie E. Evans, Amy Korsch-Williams, and Adam T. Perzynski
Teaching Physician Advocacy: A Collaborative Learning Approach, Ellen Hutchinson, Caitlin Bowers, Vanessa Maier, and Kelli Qua
Role of Autonomic Dysfunction in Initiating Postoperative Atrial Fibrillation in a Canine Sterile Pericarditis Model, Seungyup Lee, Don W. Wallick, Celeen Khrestian, Dragan Juzbasich, and Daniel Laurita
The Built Environment And Adverse Cardiovascular Events In Us Veterans With Cardiovascular Disease, Skanda Moorthy, Zhuo Chen, Tong Zhang, Sai Rahul Ponnana, Santosh Kumar Sirasapalli, Kanimozhi Shivanantham, Haitham Khraishah, Jean Eudes Dazard, Sadeer G. Al-Kindi, Salil V. Deo, and Sanjay Rajagopalan
Non-Traditional Socio-Environmental and Geospatial Determinants of Alzheimer's Disease-Related Dementia Mortality, Skanda Moorthy, Jean-Eudes Dazard, Zhuo Chen, Shruthika Palanivel, Salil Deo, and Sanjay Rajagopalan
A Simple One‐Item Nursing Falls Assessment Predicts Outcomes for Patients with Stage D Heart Failure Undergoing Surgical Advanced Therapies, Thomas Joseph O'Neill IV and Eiran Z. Gorodeski
Elevation in White Blood Cell Count After Corticosteroid Use in Noninfected Hospitalized Patients, Erin Sullivan and Michael B. Rothberg
The Diverse Roles of Complex Glycans in Synapse Development and Function, Peng Zhang
Submissions from 2024
Time to Blood Pressure Control and Predictors Among Patients Receiving Integrated Treatment for Hypertension and HIV Based on an Adapted WHO HEARTS Implementation Strategy at a Large Urban HIV Clinic in Uganda, Willington Amutuhaire, Lewis S. Musoke, George A. Yendewa, Lewis S. Musoke, and George A. Yendewa
Dose Tapering and Discontinuation of Biologic DMARDs in Axial Spondyloarthritis: A Narrative Review (2023 SPARTAN Annual Meeting Proceedings), Haseeb Chaudhary, Ansaam Daoud, and Marina Magrey
Diagnosis and Management of Hypertension in Adolescents with Obesity, Shradha M. Chhabria, Sarah D. Ronis, and Courtney E. Batt
Patients on Antithrombotic Agents with Small Bowel Bleeding –Yield of Small Bowel Capsule Endoscopy and Subsequent Management, Sofi Damjanovska, Allen Chen, Seunghee Margevicius, Pingfu Fu, and Gerard Isenberg
Bayesian Model Projecting Cardiovascular Disease Related Mortality Trends in the United States, Salil V. Deo, Sadeer Al-Kindi, Pedro R.V.O. Salerno, Antoinette Cotton, Yakov Elgudin, and Sanjay Rajagopalan
AMPLON: Amplifying DNA with Multiarm Priming and Looping Optimization of Nucleic Acid, Mert Tunca Doganay, Ethan Roman, Andrea M. Hujer, Robert A. Bonomo, and Mohamed S. Draz
Quantifying 3D MR Fingerprinting (3D-MRF) Reproducibility Across Subjects, Sessions, and Scanners Automatically Using MNI Atlases, Andrew Dupuis, Yong Chen, Jessie E.P. Sun, Chaitra Badve, Dan Ma, Mark A. Griswold, and Rasim Boyacioglu
Role of WAVE3 as an Actin Binding Protein in the Pathology of Triple Negative Breast Cancer, Lamyae El Khalki and Khalid Sossey-Alaoui
Rates of Urinary Tract Infection in Transgender Women Postvaginoplasty vs Cisgender Women: A Retrospective Cohort Study in a Large US Health Network, David Gilbert, Aishwarya Gautam, Tomasz Tabernacki, Megan McNamara, Rachel Pope, Shubham Gupta, and Kirtishri Mishra
Self-reported Determinants of COVID-19 Vaccine Acceptance Among Persons with and without Autoimmune Disease, Jenny D. Gong, Maya Mattar, Donald D. Anthony, Adam T. Perzynski, and Nora G. Singer
SHEA Position Statement on Pandemic Preparedness for Policymakers: Building a Strong and Resilient Healthcare Workforce, Robin L.P. Jump
SHEA Position Statement on Pandemic Preparedness for Policymakers: Introduction and Overview, Robin L.P. Jump
The Utility of Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy in Elderly Patients with Melanoma, Carmen A. Jung, Kathleen M. Mulligan, Iris Sheng, John B. Ammori, Ankit Mangla, Richard S. Hoehn, and Luke D. Rothermel
Cell-type Specific Molecular Expression Levels by Restricted-Dimensional Cytometry, David Kaplan and Hillard M. Lazarus
Clinical and Sociodemographic Characteristics as Predictors for Quality of Life in Transmasculine and Transfeminine Individuals Receiving Gender-Affirming Hormone Therapy, Saloni U. Lad, Jacob Sinopoli, Britt Conroy, Adam T. Perzynski, and Juan P. del Rincon
Nonpharmacologic Rate Control of Postoperative Atrial Fibrillation in the Canine Sterile Pericarditis Model, Seungyup Lee, Don Wallick, Celeen Khrestian, Dragan Juzbasich, Daniel Laurita, Gregory Rushing, and Jayakumar Sahadevan
Incidence of Prostate Cancer in Transgender Women in the US: A Large Database Analysis, Matthew Loria, David Gilbert, Tomasz Tabernacki, Megan McNamara, Shubham Gupta, and Kirtishri Mishra
Desmoid Tumors: Current Perspective and Treatment, Ankit Mangla and Gary Schwartz
Avidity Maturation of Humoral Response Following Primary and Booster Doses of BNT162b2 mRNA Vaccine Among Nursing Home Residents and Healthcare Workers, Oladayo A. Oyebanji, Nicholas Sundheimer, Vaishnavi Ragavapuram, Brigid M. Wilson, Jürgen Bosch, Christopher L. King, and David H. Canaday
Impact of Elexacaftor/Tezacaftor/Ivacaftor on Lipid and Fat‐Soluble Vitamin Levels and Association with Body Mass Index, Tanvi Patel, Kimberly McBennett, Senthilkumar Sankararaman, Teresa Schindler, Nori Mercuri Minich, and Katherine Kutney
Continuous Glucose Monitoring for Glycaemic Control and Cardiovascular Risk Reduction in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes not on Insulin Therapy: A Clinical Trial, Joseph Reed, Tony Dong, Sanjay Rajagopalan, and Ian J. Neeland
Beyond Collaborative Learning: A Comparison of Small Groups in Face-to-Face and Online Settings, Xiaomei Song
Outcomes of Hepatic Artery-Based Therapies and Systemic Multiagent Chemotherapy in Unresectable Colorectal Liver Metastases: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis, Henry Stitzel, Victoria Wu, David Bajor, Sakti Chakrabarti, Madison Conces, Lauren Henke, Melissa Lumish, Amit Mahipal, Amr Mohamed, Jordan M. Winter, Jeffrey M. Hardacre, John B. Ammori, Jennifer E. Selfridge, and Lee M. Ocuin
Physiological Role for S-nitrosylation of RyR1 in Skeletal Muscle Function and Development, Qi-An Sun, Zachary W. Grimmett, Douglas T. Hess, Zhaoxia Qian, Ruchi Chaube, Nicholas M. Venetos, Bradley N. Plummer, Kenneth R. Laurita, Richard T. Premont, and Jonathan S. Stamler
Risk for Diagnosis or Treatment of Mood or Anxiety Disorders in Adults After SARS-CoV-2 Infection, 2020–2022, Christina X. Wang, Rhea Kohli, Veronica R. Olaker, Pauline Terebuh, Rong Xu, David C. Kaelber, and Pamela B. Davis
Association of GLP-1 Receptor Agonists and Hepatocellular Carcinoma Incidence and Hepatic Decompensation in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes, Lindsey Wang, Nathan A. Berger, David C. Kaelber, and Rong Xu
Association of Semaglutide with Reduced Incidence and Relapse of Cannabis Use Disorder in Real-World Populations: A Retrospective Cohort Study, William Wang, Nathan A. Berger, Pamela B. Davis, David C. Kaelber, and Rong Xu
Feasibility of a Low-Intensity Intervention to Influence Antibiotic Prescribing Rates Use in Outpatient Settings: A Cluster Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial, Brigid M. Wilson, Sunah Song, Robin L.P. Jump, and Federico Perez
Flow Cytometry of DNMT1 as a Biomarker of Hypomethylating Therapies, Philip G. Woost, Basem M. William, Brenda W. Cooper, Masumi Ueda Oshima, Folashade Otegbeye, Marcos J. De Lima, David Wald, Reda Z. Mahfouz, Yogen Saunthararajah, Tammy Stefan, and James W. Jacobberger
Kindlin-2 Regulates the Oncogenic Activities of Integrins and TGF-β in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Progression and Metastasis, Neelum Aziz Yousafzai, Lamyae El Khalki, Wei Wang, and Khailid Sossey-Alaoui
Submissions from 2023
Go‐Along Interview Assessment of Community Health Priorities for Neighborhood Renewal, Kristen A. Berg and Adam T. Perzynski
Neighbourhood‐Level Social Deprivation and the Risk of Recurrent Heart Failure Hospitalizations in Type 2 Diabetes, Salil V. Deo, Sadeer Al-Kindi, Yakov Elgudin, Eiran Gorodeski, and Sanjay Rajagopalan
Donepezil-Associated Survival Benefits among Alzheimer’s Disease Patients are Retained but not Enhanced during COVID-19 Infections, Elizabeth A. Edmiston, Taissa A. Bej, Brigid Wilson, and Robin L.P. Jump
Team-Based Learning in the Internal Medicine Clerkship Didactics, Madeline Garb, Melissa Jenkins, and Elaine Cruz
Membrane Bending and Sphingomyelinase-Associated, Sulfatide-Dependent Hypoxic Adhesion of Sickle Mature Erythrocytes, Utku Goreke, Erdem Kucukal, Fang Wang, Ran An, Nicole Arnold, Erina Quinn, Charlotte Yuan, Allison Bode, Ailis Hill, Yuncheng Man, Bryan C. Hambley, Robert Schilz, Mahazarin Ginwalla, Umut A. Gurkan, and Umut A. Gurkan
Association of COVID-19 Coinfection with Increased Mortality Among Patients with Pseudomonas Aeruginosa Bloodstream Infection in the Veterans Health Administration System, Leila S. Hojat, Brigid M. Wilson, Federico Perez, Maria F. Mojica, Mendel E. Singer, and Robert A. Bonomo
Small Molecule Inhibitors of 15-PGDH Exploit a Physiologic Induced-Fit Closing System, Wei Huang, Hongyun Li, Janna G. Kiselar, Stephen P. Fink, Sagar Regmi, Alexander Day, Yiyuan Yuan, Mark R. Chance, Sanford D. Markowitz, and Derek J. Taylor
Bacteriuria in Older Adults Triggers Confusion in Healthcare Providers: A Mindful Pause to Treat the Worry, Robin L.P. Jump
Validation of a New Species for Studying Postoperative Atrial Fibrillation: Swine Sterile Pericarditis Model, Seungyup Lee, Celeen Khrestian, Daniel Laurita, Dragan Juzbasich, Don Wallick, and Albert Waldo
Microfluidic Concurrent Assessment of Red Blood Cell Adhesion and Microcapillary Occlusion: Potential Hemorheological Biomarkers in Sickle Cell Disease, Yuncheng Man, Douglas H. Wu, Ran An, Karamoja Monchamp, Utku Goreke, Zoe Sekyonda, William J. Wulftange, Chiara Federici, Allison Bode, Lalitha V. Nayak, and Umut A. Gurkan
Fear of Missing Organisms (FOMO): The Discordance Among Broad-Spectrum Empiric Antibiotic Therapy, Microbiologic Results, and Definitive Antibiotic Therapy for Diabetic Foot Infections and Lower Extremity Osteomyelitis, Morgan K. Morelli, Yanis Bitar, and Michelle T. Hecker
Massage Therapy for Children, Adolescents, and Young Adults: Clinical Delivery and Effectiveness in Hematology and Oncology, Samuel N. Rodgers-Melnick, Mandy Bartolovich, Neha J. Desai, Smitha Hosahalli Vasanna, Amma Owusu-Ansah, Sanjay P. Ahuja, Jeffery A. Dusek, and David W. Miller
Syndromic Antibiograms and Nursing Home Clinicians' Antibiotic Choices for Urinary Tract Infections, Brigid M. Wilson, Taissa A. Bej, and Robin L.P. Jump
Submissions from 2022
Urate-Lowering Therapy for Patients with Gout on Hemodialysis, Reem Alkilany, Douglas Einstadter, and Maria Antonelli
Expanding the Definition beyond Surveillance Criteria Reveals a Large Burden of Osteomyelitis caused by Group B Streptococcus in the United States Veterans Health Administration, Taissa A. Bej, Brigid Wilson, Sunah Song, Robin L.P. Jump, and Federico Perez
Socioeconomic Deprivation and Cardiometabolic Risk Factors in Individuals with Type 1 Diabetes: T1D Exchange Clinic Registry, Stephanie Griggs, Sadeer Al-Kindi, Heather Hardin, Elliane Irani, Sanjay Rajagopalan, and Ronald L. Hickman Jr.
Implementation of an Antibiotic Stewardship Program in Long-Term Care Facilities Across the US, Robin L.P. Jump
Omicron Infection Milder in Nursing Home Residents, Robin L.P. Jump
Obesity Accelerates Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia in Mice and Reduces Sex Differences in Latency and Penetrance, John W. R. Kincaid, Gretchen Weiss, Anne E. Hill-Baskin, Heidi M. Schmidt, Ovwoioise Omoijuanfo, Cheryl L. Thompson, Rose C. Beck, and Nathan A. Berger
Group B Streptococcus in the Urine in Nonpregnant Adults: Disease or Distraction?, Nicole Mongilardi, Brigid M. Wilson, Sunah Song, Robin L.P. Jump, and Federico Perez
Similar Mortality among United States Veterans with Invasive and Noninvasive Pneumonia due to Group B Streptococcus, Brigid M. Wilson, Sunah Song, Robin L.P. Jump, and Federico Perez
Antibiotic Exposure and Acquisition of Antibiotic-Resistant Gram-Negative Bacteria among Outpatients at a US Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Brigid M. Wilson, Sunah Song, Federico Perez, and Robin L.P. Jump
Submissions from 2021
Towards Access for All: 1st Working Group Report for the Global Gene Therapy Initiative (GGTI), Mohamed Draz, Umut Gurkan, and Olabimpe Olayiwola
A Pilot Randomized Clinical Trial of a Teamwork Intervention for Heart Failure Care Dyads, Elliane Irani, Atsadaporn Niyomyart, Mary A. Dolansky, John Paul Stephens, Richard A. Josephson, and Ronald L. Hickman Jr.
Mandating COVID-19 Vaccine for Nursing Home Staff: An Ethical Obligation, Robin L.P. Jump
Desirability of Outcome Ranking for the Management of Antimicrobial Therapy (DOOR MAT) Reveals Improvements in the Treatment of Bloodstream Infections Caused by Escherichia coli and Klebsiella Pneumoniae in Patients from the Veterans Health Administration, Federico Perez, Brigid M. Wilson, Elie Saade, Robin L.P. Jump, and Robert A. Bonomo
Use of Electronic Pharmacy Transaction Data and Website Development to Assess Antibiotic use in Nursing Homes, Sunah Song, Brigid M. Wilson, and Robin L.P. Jump
Insights from Monitoring Aspirin Adherence: A Medication Adherence Cascade Tool, Heather L. Wheat, Elliane Irani, Richard Josephson, and Mary A. Dolansky
Molecular Diagnosis of SARS-CoV-2: Assessing and Interpreting Nucleic Acid and Antigen Tests, Peter A. Zimmerman, Christopher L. King, Mahmoud Ghannoum, Robert A. Bonomo, and Gary W. Procop
Submissions from 2020
The Hypercoagulable State in COVID-19: Incidence, Pathophysiology, and Management, Mouhamed Yazan Abou-Ismail, Akiva Diamond, Yasmin Arafah, and Lalitha Nayak
A Marker of Systemic Inflammation or Direct Cardiac injury: Should Cardiac Troponin Levels be Monitored in COVID-19 Patients?, Bassam Atallah
Anticoagulation in COVID-19, Bassam Atallah
Geographic Monitoring for Early Disease Detection (GeoMEDD), Andrew Curtis, Jayakrishnan Ajayakumar, Jacqueline Curtis, Sorapat Vijitakula, and Justin Yax
AGA institute Rapid Recommendations for Gastrointestinal Procedures During the COVID-19 Pandemic, Perica Davitkov and Yngve Falck-Ytter
AGA Institute Rapid Review of the GI and Liver Manifestations of COVID-19, Meta-Analysis of International Data, and Recommendations for the Consultative Management of Patients with COVID-19, Perica Davitkov and Yngve Falck-Ytter
Effectiveness of Ultraviolet-C Light and a High-Level Disinfection Cabinet for Decontamination of N95 Respirators, Curtis J. Donskey
SARS-CoV-2 Infection in a Patient on Chronic Hydroxychloroquine Therapy: Implications for Prophylaxis, Khalid M. Dousa, Sharad S. Malavade, Jennifer Furin, Barbara Gripshover, Marjorie Hatszegi, Leila Hojat, Elie Saade, and Robert A. Salata
Virtual Visits for Care of Patients with Heart Failure in the Era of COVID-19: A Statement from the Heart Failure Society of America, Eiran Z. Gorodeski
Infectious Diseases Society of America Guidelines on the Treatment and Management of Patients with COVID-19, Amy Hirsch and Yngve Falck-Ytter
Head and Neck Survivorship Care in the Times of the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic, Victoria Huang
G-CSF and GM-CSF Are Different. Which One Is Better for COVID-19?, Hillard M. Lazarus
Is G-CSF Dangerous in COVID-19: Why Not Use GM-CSF?, Hillard M. Lazarus
Antibody Testing for COVID-19: Can It Be Used as a Screening Tool in Areas With Low Prevalence?, Sweta Mathur
Adapting to Uncertainty: Nursing Responsiveness to COVID-19, Scott Emory Moore
Flattening the Curve in COVID-19 Using Personalised Protective Equipment: Lessons from Air Pollution, Sanjay Rajagopalan
It's Not the Heat, It's the Humidity: Effectiveness of a Rice Cooker-Steamer for Decontamination of Cloth and Surgical Face Masks and N95 Respirators, Sarah N. Redmond, Lucas D. Jones, and Curtis J. Donskey
Steam Treatment for Rapid Decontamination of N95 Respirators and Medical Face Masks, Sarah N. Redmond, Lucas D. Jones, and Curtis J. Donskey
Should Asymptomatic and Low-Risk Individuals be Tested for SARS-CoV-2?, Ashwini R. Sehgal
COVID-19 Pandemic Through the Lens of a Gastroenterology Fellow, Raj Shah, Sagarika Satyavada, Mayada Ismail, Michael Kurin, Zachary L. Smith, Gregory S. Cooper, and Amitabh Chak
Changes in Gastroenterology and Endoscopy Practices in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic: Results from a North American Survey, Zachary L. Smith
What Constitutes Urgent Endoscopy? A Social Media Snapshot of Gastroenterologists' Views During the COVID-19 Pandemic, Zachary L. Smith
COVID-19 Risk and Outcomes in Patients with Substance use Disorders, Quangqiu Wang, David C. Kaelber, and Rong Xu
Desirability of Outcome Ranking for the Management of Antimicrobial Therapy (DOOR MAT): A Framework for Assessing Antibiotic Selection Strategies in the Presence of Drug Resistance, Brigid M. Wilson, Robin L.P. Jump, Federico Perez, and Robert A. Bonomo
Submissions from 2019
Risk Factors and Mortality Rates Associated With Invasive Group B Streptococcus Infections Among Patients in the US Veterans Health Administration, Robin L.P. Jump, Brigid Wilson, Daniel Baechle, Sunah Song, and Federico Perez
A Psychometric Evaluation of the Family Decision-Making Self-Efficacy Scale Among Surrogate Decision-Makers of the Critically Ill, Grant A. Pignatiello, Elliane Irani, Sadia Tahir, Emily Tsivitse, and Ronald L. Hickman Jr.