Resident Research Day 2009

The program strongly encourages each resident to participate in research projects under the supervision of a faculty mentor. Each spring the department sponsors a poster abstract presentation of current projects. A panel of senior faculty members judges the abstracts for scientific merit and clarity - the winners are awarded a trip to a scientific meeting of their choice. In the spring of 2009 there were more than 30 abstracts presented, many will also be presented at national meetings and published in leading journals. The majority of residents who participate in research activities have the opportunity to travel to regional and national meetings to present their work.

In addition to the Resident Research Symposium, residents have published articles in several highly regarded journals. For a list of recent publications, click here.

Jason Mathias, mentors Aashish Didwania, David Baker, and Stephen Persell Building an electronic alert and order set to improve adherence to smoking cessation guidelines in an internal medicine practice	Clara Schroedl, mentors Scott Budinger, Daniella Urich, Navdeep Chandel Endotracheally delivered interleukin-1ß (IL-1ß) in a mouse model leads to decreased survival with little evidence of acute lung injury
Margaret (Meg) Fitzpatrick, mentor Michael Ison Findings of an expanded infectious diseases screening program for Hispanic transplant candidates	Carol Garrean, mentor Ikuo Hirano Epidemiologic implications of symptom onset in adults with eosinophilic esophagitis: when did the disease begin?
Toral Kamdar, mentors Paul Bryce and Anne Ditto IgE mediated reactivity to aeroallegens and food allergens in eosinophilic esophagitis	Anjeni Keswani, mentor Robert Schleimer Interleukin 32 as a proinflammatory cytokine in chronic rhinosinus
Dina Sparano, mentor Martha Gulati STILETTO: Syndrome X Trial: Identifying UnderLying Endothelial Dysfunction and Testing Treatment Outcomes in Women	Jeffrey Griffin, mentor Donald Lloyd-Jones Associations between traditional risk factors and cardiovascular disease death by age across 0-10, 10-20, and 20-30 years of follow-up in men
Alexander Uihlein, mentor Mark Molitch MR features of sellar masses	Sarah Tofilon, mentor Virginia Kaklamani Weight gain in women diagnosed with breast cancer
Laura Zimmermann, mentor Mary McDermott Cognitive impairment is associated with greater functional impairment and elevated inflammatory markers in subjects with PAD	Carmen Rosario, mentor Gokhan Mutlu Ambient particulate matter induced lung inflammation and thrombosis is mediated via particulate matter induced catecholamine release
Hillary Loomis King, mentor Richard Wunderink Community acquired pneumonia: prognosis in patients with lobar consolidation	Jane Wilcox, mentor Sanjiv Shah Electrocardiographic predictors of diastolic dysfunction: the importance of the QTc interval
Rashmee Shah, mentor William Cotts Development of metabolic syndrome is associated with transplant vasculopathy during the first year after heart transplantation	Joshua Ruch, mentor Hau Kwaan Catastrophic multiple organ ischemia due to an anti-Pr cold agglutinin developing in a patient with mixed cryoglobulinemia after treatment with rituximab
Kelley Wachsberg, mentor Mark Williams Does continuity of care during inpatient hospitalization affect patient outcomes?	Jane Wilcox, mentor Rod Passman MRI compared with TEE: do patients need both prior to atrial fibrillation ablation?
Amir Marouni, mentor Mark Williams Effect of time of hospital admission on patient outcomes	Lee-Jah Chang, mentor DaoCheng Zhu Novel peanut fusion protein blocks IgE-mediated peanut allergy
Kevin Myrie, mentor Daniel Batlle Mechanisms of nocturnal hypertension in Type I diabetes	K. Raju Ganesh, mentor Paul Nikolaidis Radiographic findings of members of the perivascular epithelioid cell (PEComa) family of tumors
Raymond (Pogie) Pongonis, mentor Paul Bryce Gene expression profiling in eosinophilic esophagitis	Emily Diederich, mentor Richard Wunderink Predicting clinical deterioration with serum procalcitonin
Michael Keller, mentor Jacob Sznajder ß2-adrenergic agonists increase intracellular calcium via store operated channels in alveolar epithelial cells	Nisreen Husain, mentor Alan Buchman The use of urine neopterin to determine disease activity and severity of Crohn's Disease and ulcerative colitis
Dzifaa Lotsu, mentor Daniel Ganger A retrospective study on factors that predict response to HRS Cocktail: midodrine, octreotide, and albumin	Jane Wilcox, mentor William Cotts Long-term effects of sildenafil on pulmonary hypertension and right heart function in heart transplant patients
Imad Elkhatib, mentor Alan Buchman Serum B12 is often elevated in patients on parenteral nutrition but is not a marker of PNALD	Andrew Ertel, mentor Rod Passman Predictors of mortality in patients age 80 and over receiving implantable defibrillators
Dan Schimmel, mentor Thomas Holly Myocardial Ischemia Threshold by SPECT for Revascularization Survival Benefit	Julia Sanger Minocha, mentor Bethanee Schlosser Use of a medical simulation to evaluate and enhance the proficiency of dermatology residents in skin biopsy technique



Alumni Day judges and Research Day prize winners from left to right: Arv Vanagunas, Jane Wilcox, Jyoti Patel, Anaa Zakarija, Lee-Jah Chang, Richard Green, Anju Peters, Michael Cuttica