Internal Medicine

Research / Projects

The UTMB internal medicine residency program aims to train highly skilled future clinical investigators and academicians. To achieve this goal, the Resident Research Group was established to introduce a proper approach to scientific writing and literature appraisal, to discuss research opportunities in the department, to increase the networking with faculty, to develop collaborations between residents, and to brainstorm the opportunities for future projects. The faculty who lead the monthly RRG meetings have a strong research background and take an active interest in mentoring budding resident researchers. Current residents in the group have participated in at least one, but frequently multiple, research projects according to their fellowship interests. Our future goal is to train the residents to conduct the basic biostatistics that are essential to any research project.

Early in internship, an annual meeting is conducted bringing new interns and their fellow residents together to discuss research and promote an atmosphere conducive to establishing research opportunities and mentors at UTMB. Each resident who has been involved in a research project is given the opportunity to share his/her experiences. Year after year Internal Medicine faculties demonstrate their willingness and ability to mentor residents and help them achieve their career objectives, including fellowship placement. Last year, residents had record research and scholarly activity at the Annual Quality/Research Symposium, which is considered a representation of the greatest academic productivity in recent UTMB history.

Dedicated elective rotations –away from clinical duties- are given in order to provide the resident with enough time to formulate, start, or even finish an ongoing project. Also, the semiannual program evaluation documents the publications, posters, oral presentations, abstracts, and quality improvement projects for each resident, helping boost resident productivity throughout residency.

PGY 2

Current resident poster presentation and publication samples.

Abu Minshar, Marwan:

• 30-day readmissions in patients hospitalized with Acute Exacerbation of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (AECOPD). Shadi B. Hijjawi , Marwan Abu Minshar, Yue Wang, and Gulshan Sharma. Poster presented at: UTMB Quality and Research Forum Poster competition; Galveston, TX
• Congenital Coronary Artery Anomalies as an Infrequent Cause of Cardiac Symptoms. Abdel Rahman Al Emam, MBBS; Rajesh Ramineni, MD; Marwan Abu Minshar, MD; Luke McCage;  Tony Tran, MD. Poster presented at: UTMB Quality and Research Forum Poster competition; Galveston, TX

Cuevas, Christel:

• Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease management in ambulatory clinics. How good are we doing? Roozbeh Sharif MD, Christel Cuevas MD, Mohit Arora MD, Yue Wang MS, and Gulshan Sharma MD MPH. Poster presented at: UTMB Quality and Research Forum Poster competition; Galveston, TX.
• Distribution of COPD disease severity over the last 5 years. Christel Cuevas MD, Roozbeh Sharif MD, Mohit Arora MD, Yue Wang MS, and Gulshan Sharma MD MPH. Poster presented at: UTMB Quality and Research Forum Poster competition; Galveston, TX.

Hoang, Van:

• Effects of Obstructive sleep apnea on the diastolic function of the heart. Wissam Khalife MD, Mohammad Morsy MD, Roozbeh Sharif MD, Poorna Nalabothu MD, Adnan Khan MD, Van Hoang MD, Syed Assif Hussain MD, and Sangeet Mutnuri MD. Poster presented at: UTMB Quality and Research Forum Poster competition; Galveston, TX.
• Pseudonormal stage of diastolic dysfunction. Wissam Khalife MD, Mohammad Morsy MD, Roozbeh Sharif MD, Poorna Nalabothu MD, Adnan Khan MD, Van Hoang MD, Syed Assif Hussain MD, and Sangeet Mutnuri MD. Poster presented at: UTMB Quality and Research Forum Poster competition; Galveston, TX.

Hudali, Tamer Hamdallah :

• Rapidly Progressive Ewing Sarcoma in an Hexagenerian. Tamer Hudali, MD. Poster presented at: UTMB Quality and Research Forum Poster competition; Galveston, TX.

Hussain, Syed:

• Effects of Obstructive sleep apnea on the diastolic function of the heart. Wissam Khalife MD, Mohammad Morsy MD, Roozbeh Sharif MD, Poorna Nalabothu MD, Adnan Khan MD, Van Hoang MD, Syed Assif Hussain MD, and Sangeet Mutnuri MD. Poster presented at: UTMB Quality and Research Forum Poster competition; Galveston, TX.
• Pseudonormal stage of diastolic dysfunction. Wissam Khalife MD, Mohammad Morsy MD, Roozbeh Sharif MD, Poorna Nalabothu MD, Adnan Khan MD, Van Hoang MD, Syed Assif Hussain MD, and Sangeet Mutnuri MD. Poster presented at: UTMB Quality and Research Forum Poster competition; Galveston, TX.

Joshipura, Keta:

• Webster J, Reiman EM, Zismann VL, Joshipura KD, Pearson JV, Hu-Lince D, Huentelman MJ, Craig DW, Coon KD, Beach T, Rohrer KC, Zhao AS, Leung D, Bryden L, Marlowe L, Kaleem M, Mastroeni D, Grover A, Rogers J, Heun R, Jessen F, Kölsch H, Heward CB, Ravid R, Hutton ML, Melquist S, Petersen RC, Caselli RJ, Papassotiropoulos A, Stephan DA, Hardy J, Myers A. Whole genome association analysis shows that ACE is a risk factor for Alzheimer's disease and fails to replicate most candidates from Meta-analysis.  Int J Mol Epidemiol Genet. 2010;1(1):19-30. Epub 2009 Jul 26.
• Webster JA, Gibbs JR, Clarke J, Ray M, Zhang W, Holmans P, Rohrer K, Zhao A, Marlowe L, Kaleem M, McCorquodale DS 3rd, Cuello C, Leung D, Bryden L, Nath P, Zismann VL, Joshipura K, Huentelman MJ, Hu-Lince D, Coon KD, Craig DW, Pearson JV; NACC-Neuropathology Group, Heward CB, Reiman EM, Stephan D, Hardy J, Myers AJ. Genetic control of human brain transcript expression in Alzheimer disease. Am J Hum Genet. 2009 Apr;84(4):445-58.
• Corneveaux JJ, Liang WS, Reiman EM, Webster JA, Myers AJ, Zismann VL, Joshipura KD, Pearson JV, Hu-Lince D, Craig DW, Coon KD, Dunckley T, Bandy D, Lee W, Chen K, Beach TG, Mastroeni D, Grover A, Ravid R, Sando SB, Aasly JO, Heun R, Jessen F, Kölsch H, Rogers J, Hutton ML, Melquist S, Petersen RC, Alexander GE, Caselli RJ, Papassotiropoulos A, Stephan DA, Huentelman MJ. Evidence for an association between KIBRA and late-onset Alzheimer's disease.  Neurobiol Aging. 2010 Jun;31(6):901-9. Epub 2008 Sep 13.

Khan, Adnan:

• Pseudonormal stage of diastolic dysfunction. Wissam Khalife MD, Mohammad Morsy MD, Roozbeh Sharif MD, Poorna Nalabothu MD, Adnan Khan MD, Van Hoang MD, Syed Assif Hussain MD, and Sangeet Mutnuri MD. Poster presented at: UTMB Quality and Research Forum Poster competition; Galveston, TX.
• Effects of Obstructive sleep apnea on the diastolic function of the heart. Wissam Khalife MD, Mohammad Morsy MD, Roozbeh Sharif MD, Poorna Nalabothu MD, Adnan Khan MD, Van Hoang MD, Syed Assif Hussain MD, and Sangeet Mutnuri MD. Poster presented at: UTMB Quality and Research Forum Poster competition; Galveston, TX.
• Small Bowel Angioedema - Complication of Angiotensin Converting Enzyme Inhibitors. Sangeeta Mutnuri, MBBS;  Adnan Khan, MD;  Easwaran P. Variyam, MD. Poster presented at: UTMB Quality and Research Forum Poster competition; Galveston, TX.

Khanfar, Anas Abd Almouty:

• The effects of diastolic dysfunction on the ECG. Anas Khanfar, MD. Poster presented at: UTMB Quality and Research Forum Poster competition; Galveston, TX
• COMPARISON OF CARDIAC OUTPUT DETERMINED BY THERMODILUTION, THE FICK METHOD, AND TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY. A. Khanfar, P. Nalabothu, R. Merla, H. Kuo, M. Morsy, WI. Khalife, M. Aldeiri. Poster presented at: UTMB Quality and Research Forum Poster competition; Galveston, TX.
• PREDICTORS OF RECOVERY IN PATIENTS WITH SEVERE SYSTOLIC HEART FAILURE. WI. Khalife, R. Al-Najjar, A. Al Emam, A. Khanfar. Poster presented at: UTMB Quality and Research Forum Poster competition; Galveston, TX

Mehta, Munira:

• The Road Less Travelled: The Path to Strongyloides. Munira Mehta, DO; Geoff Weikle, DO. Poster presented at: UTMB Quality and Research Forum Poster competition; Galveston, TX.

Mutnuri, Sangeeta:

• Small Bowel Angioedema - Complication of Angiotensin Converting Enzyme Inhibitors. Sangeeta Mutnuri, MBBS;  Adnan Khan, MD;  Easwaran P. Variyam, MD. Poster presented at: UTMB Quality and Research Forum Poster competition; Galveston, TX.
• Effects of Obstructive sleep apnea on the diastolic function of the heart. Wissam Khalife MD, Mohammad Morsy MD, Roozbeh Sharif MD, Poorna Nalabothu MD, Adnan Khan MD, Van Hoang MD, Syed Assif Hussain MD, and Sangeet Mutnuri MD. Poster presented at: UTMB Quality and Research Forum Poster competition; Galveston, TX.
•  Pseudonormal stage of diastolic dysfunction. Wissam Khalife MD, Mohammad Morsy MD, Roozbeh Sharif MD, Poorna Nalabothu MD, Adnan Khan MD, Van Hoang MD, Syed Assif Hussain MD, and Sangeet Mutnuri MD. Poster presented at: UTMB Quality and Research Forum Poster competition; Galveston, TX.

Onguti, Sharon:

• An observational cohort comparison of facilitators of retention in care and adherence to anti-eetroviral therapy at an HIV treatment center in Kenya. Achieng L, Musangi H, Ong'uti S, Ombegoh E, Bryant L, Mwiindi J, Smith N, Keiser P. PLoS One. 2012;7(3):e32727. Epub 2012 Mar 9.
• Effective weight loss management with endoscopic gastric plication using StomaphyX device: is it achievable? Ong'uti SK, Ortega G, Onwugbufor MT, Ivey GD, Fullum TM, Tran DD. Surg Obes Relat Dis. 2011 Nov 9. [Epub ahead of print]
• Differential trends in racial preferences for cosmetic surgery procedures. Prendergast TI, Ong'uti SK, Ortega G, Khoury AL, Onwuka E, Bolorunduro OB, Cornwell EE 3rd, Paul H Jr.
• Association between hospitals caring for a disproportionately high percentage of minority trauma patients and increased mortality: a nationwide analysis of 434 hospitals. Haider AH, Ong'uti S, Efron DT, Oyetunji TA, Crandall ML, Scott VK, Haut ER, Schneider EB, Powe NR, Cooper LA, Cornwell EE 3rd. Arch Surg. 2012 Jan;147(1):63-70. Epub 2011 Sep 19.
• Does BMI affect perioperative complications following total knee and hip arthroplasty? Suleiman LI, Ortega G, Ong'uti SK, Gonzalez DO, Tran DD, Onyike A, Turner PL, Fullum TM. J Surg Res. 2012 May 1;174(1):7-11. Epub 2011 Jun 25.
• Laparoscopic appendectomy in children with complicated appendicitis: ethnic disparity amid changing trend.Oyetunji TA, Nwomeh BC, Ong'uti SK, Gonzalez DO, Cornwell EE 3rd, Fullum TM. J Surg Res. 2011 Sep;170(1):e99-103. Epub 2011 May 31.
• Epidemiologic trend in elderly domestic injury. Oyetunji TA, Ong'uti SK, Bolorunduro OB, Gonzalez DO, Cornwell EE, Haider AH. J Surg Res. 2012 Apr;173(2):206-11. Epub 2011 May 31.
• Pediatric negative appendectomy rate: trend, predictors, and differentials. Oyetunji TA, Ong'uti SK, Bolorunduro OB, Cornwell EE 3rd, Nwomeh BC. J Surg Res. 2012 Mar;173(1):16-20. Epub 2011 May 19.

Salameh, Habeeb Munir:

• How does preoperative radiotherapy affect the rate of sphincter-sparing surgery in rectal cancer?. Baker B, Salameh H, Al-Salman M, Daoud F. Surg Oncol. 2012 Sep;21(3):e103-9. Epub 2012 Apr 24.
• Idiopathic retroperitoneal fibrosis of the pancreas versus pancreatic carcinoma. Baker B, Salameh H, Daoud F. Ann R Coll Surg Engl. 2010 Oct;92(7):W1-2. Epub 2010 Aug 9.
• Effect of Bowel Preparation Quality on Adenoma Detection Rate and Procedure Duration in Screening Colonoscopy. P. Guturu, R. Kochar, B. Hmoud, S. Jampana, Habeeb Salameh, J. Shabot, S. Parupudi. UTMB, Galveston, TX. ACG 2012.
• Impact of Withdrawal Time on Adenoma Detection Rates: Analysis of Average Risk Screening Colonoscopy Examinations. P. Guturu, R. Kochar, Habeeb Salameh, B. Hmoud, S. Jampana, J. Shabot, S. Parupudi. UTMB, Galveston, TX. ACG 2012.
• Gender Specific Prevalence of Adenomas, Advanced Adenomas, and Colorectal Cancer in Patients Undergoing Screening Colonoscopy. Rajan Kochar, Praveen Guturu, Sarat Jampana, Bashar Hmoud, Habeeb Salameh, J. Marc Shabot, Sreeram Parupudi. UTMB, Galveston. ACG 2012.
• Prevalence of Colon Polyps at Screening Colonoscopy in Black and White Patients. Rajan Kochar, Praveen Guturu,  Habeeb Salameh, Sarat Jampana, Bashar Hmoud, J. Marc Shabot, Sreeram Parupudi. UTMB, Galveston. ACG 2012.
• Uncommon Presentation of Uncommon Condition. Habeeb M. Salameh, MD; Sreeram Parupudi, MD; Roozbeh Sharif, MD; Scott A. Larson MD PhD, Lindsay Sonstein MD. ACG, 2012.
• Psychosocial Adjustment and Quality of life among Jordanian breast cancer patients undergoing Skin Sparing Mastectomy with immediate breast implant reconstruction versus Breast conserving therapy. Habeeb Salameh. Poster presented at: UTMB Quality and Research Forum Poster competition; Galveston, TX.
• Efficacy of oral agents in reducing the incidence of hepatocellular carcinoma in patients with chronic hepatitis B. Habeeb Salameh. Poster presented at: UTMB Quality and Research Forum Poster competition; Galveston, TX.

Sharif, Roozbeh:

• Long-Term Survival, Toxicity Profile, and role of F-18 FDG PET/CT scan in Patients with Progressive Neuroendocrine Tumors Following Peptide Receptor Radionuclide Therapy with High Activity In-111 Pentetreotide. Delpassand ES, Samarghandi A, Mourtada JS, Zamanian S, Espenan GD, Sharif R, Mackenzie S, Kosari K, Barakat O, Naqvi S, Seng JE, Anthony L. Theranostics. 2012;2(5):472-80. Epub 2012 May 11
• IRF5 polymorphism predicts prognosis in patients with systemic sclerosis. Sharif R, Mayes MD, Tan FK, Gorlova OY, Hummers LK, Shah AA, Furst DE, Khanna D, Martin J, Bossini-Castillo L, Gonzalez EB, Ying J, Draeger HT, Agarwal SK, Reveille JD, Arnett FC, Wigley FM, Assassi S. Ann Rheum Dis. 2012 Jul;71(7):1197-202. Epub 2012 Mar 22.
• Predictors of fatigue severity in early systemic sclerosis: a prospective longitudinal study of the GENISOS cohort. Assassi S, Leyva AL, Mayes MD, Sharif R, Nair DK, Fischbach M, Nguyen N, Reveille JD, Gonzalez EB, McNearney TA; GENISOS Study Group. PLoS One. 2011;6(10):e26061. Epub 2011 Oct 14.
• Decreased catalytic function with altered sumoylation of DNA topoisomerase I in the nuclei of scleroderma fibroblasts. Zhou X, Lin W, Tan FK, Assassi S, Fritzler MJ, Guo X, Sharif R, Xia T, Lai S, Arnett FC. Arthritis Res Ther. 2011 Aug 9;13(4):R128.
• Anti-fibrillarin antibody in African American patients with systemic sclerosis: immunogenetics, clinical features, and survival analysis. Sharif R, Fritzler MJ, Mayes MD, Gonzalez EB, McNearney TA, Draeger H, Baron M; Canadian Scleroderma Research Group, Furst DE, Khanna DK, del Junco DJ, Molitor JA, Schiopu E, Phillips K, Seibold JR, Silver RM, Simms RW; GENISOS Study Group, Perry M, Rojo C, Charles J, Zhou X, Agarwal SK, Reveille JD, Assassi S, Arnett FC. J Rheumatol. 2011 Aug;38(8):1622-30. Epub 2011 May 15.
• Determinants of work disability in patients with systemic sclerosis: a longitudinal study of the GENISOS cohort. Sharif R, Mayes MD, Nicassio PM, Gonzalez EB, Draeger H, McNearney TA, Estrada-Y-Martin RM, Nair DK, Reveille JD, Arnett FC, Assassi S; GENISOS Study Group. Semin Arthritis Rheum. 2011 Aug;41(1):38-47. Epub 2011 Mar 22.
• Whole-blood gene expression profiling in ankylosing spondylitis shows upregulation of toll-like receptor 4 and 5. Assassi S, Reveille JD, Arnett FC, Weisman MH, Ward MM, Agarwal SK, Gourh P, Bhula J, Sharif R, Sampat K, Mayes MD, Tan FK. J Rheumatol. 2011 Jan;38(1):87-98. Epub 2010 Oct 15.
• Predictors of interstitial lung disease in early systemic sclerosis: a prospective longitudinal study of the GENISOS cohort. Assassi S, Sharif R, Lasky RE, McNearney TA, Estrada-Y-Martin RM, Draeger H, Nair DK, Fritzler MJ, Reveille JD, Arnett FC, Mayes MD; GENISOS Study Group. Arthritis Res Ther. 2010;12(5):R166. Epub 2010 Sep 2.
• Autoimmune diseases and autoantibodies in the first degree relatives of patients with systemic sclerosis. Arora-Singh RK, Assassi S, del Junco DJ, Arnett FC, Perry M, Irfan U, Sharif R, Mattar T, Mayes MD. J Autoimmun. 2010 Aug;35(1):52-7. Epub 2010 Mar 11.
• Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease management in ambulatory clinics. How good are we doing? Roozbeh Sharif MD, Christel Cuevas MD, Mohit Arora MD, Yue Wang MS, and Gulshan Sharma MD MPH. Poster presented at: UTMB Quality and Research Forum Poster competition; Galveston, TX.
• Pseudonormal stage of diastolic dysfunction. Wissam Khalife MD, Mohammad Morsy MD, Roozbeh Sharif MD, Poorna Nalabothu MD, Adnan Khan MD, Van Hoang MD, Syed Assif Hussain MD, and Sangeet Mutnuri MD. Poster presented at: UTMB Quality and Research Forum Poster competition; Galveston, TX.
• Effects of Obstructive sleep apnea on the diastolic function of the heart. Wissam Khalife MD, Mohammad Morsy MD, Roozbeh Sharif MD, Poorna Nalabothu MD, Adnan Khan MD, Van Hoang MD, Syed Assif Hussain MD, and Sangeet Mutnuri MD. Poster presented at: UTMB Quality and Research Forum Poster competition; Galveston, TX.
• Distribution of COPD disease severity over the last 5 years. Christel Cuevas MD, Roozbeh Sharif MD, Mohit Arora MD, Yue Wang MS, and Gulshan Sharma MD MPH. Poster presented at: UTMB Quality and Research Forum Poster competition; Galveston, TX.
• IL-8 and IL-10 correlate with severity of interstitial lung disease in systemic sclerosis. Xiaochun Liu MD, Maureen D. Mayes MD MPH, Filemon K. Tan MD PHD, Brock E. Harper MD, Emilio B. Gonzalez MD, Hilda Draeger MD, Roozbeh Sharif MD, John D. Reveille MD, Frank C. Arnett MD, and Shervin Assassi MD.
• A  IRF5 Variant Predicts Prognosis in Patients with Systemic Sclerosis Roozbeh Sharif, MD; Maureen D. Mayes, MD, MPH; Filemon K. Tan, MD, PhD; Olga Y. Gorlova, PhD; Laura K. Hummers, MD, ScM; Ami A. Shah, MD, MHS; Daniel E. Furst, MD; Dinesh Khanna, MD, MS; Javier Martin, MD, PhD; Lara Bossini Castillo, BS; Emilio B. Gonzalez, MD; Hilda Draeger, MD; Jun Ying, PhD; Sandeep K. Agarwal, MD, PhD; John D. Reveille, MD; Frank C. Arnett, MD; Fredrick M. Wigley, MD; Shervin Assassi, MD, MS
• Uncommon Presentation of Uncommon Condition. Habeeb M. Salameh, MD; Sreeram Parupudi, MD; Roozbeh Sharif, MD; Scott A. Larson MD PhD, Lindsay Sonstein MD. ACG, Las Vegas, 2012.
• Adult Onset Still’s disease: Debilitating Difficult to Diagnose Disease. Roozbeh Sharif, MD, Kalpana J Gupta, MD, Vikram Vadyala, MD, and Leah Low, MD. Poster presented at: UTMB Quality and Research Forum Poster competition; Galveston, TX.

Weikle, Geoff :

• The Road Less Travelled: The Path to Strongyloides. Munira Mehta, DO; Geoff Weikle, DO. Poster presented at: UTMB Quality and Research Forum Poster competition; Galveston, TX.

Zuo, Yu

• Brunetti-Pierri N, Grove NC, Zuo Y, Edwards R, Palmer D, Cerullo V, Teruya J, Ng P. “Bioengineered factor IX molecules with increased catalytic activity improve the therapeutic index of gene therapy vectors for hemophilia B.” Human Gene Therapy. 2009 May; 20(5):479-85. PMID: 19196177
• Brunetti-Pierri N, Stapleton GE, Law M, Breinholt J, Palmer DJ, Zuo Y, Grove NC, Finegold MJ, Rice K, Beaudet AL, Mullins CE, Ng P. “Efficient, long-term hepatic gene transfer using clinically relevant HDAd doses by balloon occlusion catheter delivery in nonhuman primates.” Molecular Therapy. 2009 Feb;17(2):327-33. Epub 2008 Dec 2. PMID: 19050700
•  Brunetti-Pierri N, Stapleton GE, Palmer DJ, Zuo Y, Mane VP, Finegold MJ, Beaudet AL, Leland MM, Mullins CE, Ng P. “Pseudo-hydrodynamic delivery of helper-dependent adenoviral vectors into non-human primates for liver-directed gene therapy.” Molecular Therapy. 2007 Apr;15(4):732-40. Epub 2007 Feb 6. PMID: 17285138

 

PGY 3

ALAWIN, ISSAM:

• IRIS. Issam Alawin. Poster presented at: UTMB Quality and Research Forum Poster competition; Galveston, TX

AL EMAM, ABDEL:

• PREDICTORS OF RECOVERY IN PATIENTS WITH SEVERE SYSTOLIC HEART FAILURE. WI. Khalife, R. Al-Najjar, A. Al Emam, A. Khanfar. Poster presented at: UTMB Quality and Research Forum Poster competition; Galveston, TX
• The Significance of The Right Innominate Artery Tortuosity "M sign" in radial approach . Abdel Rahman Al Emam, Wissam I. Khalife, Aliya Mushtaq, Mohammad Morsy. Poster presented at: UTMB Quality and Research Forum Poster competition; Galveston, TX
• SIGNIFICANT CORONARY FLOW IMPAIREMENT SECONDARY TO EFFUSIVE CONSTRICTIVE PERICARDITIS. Abdel Rahman Al Emam, Molham Al Deiri, Ghassan Abu Said, Wissam I. Khalife. Poster presented at: UTMB Quality and Research Forum Poster competition; Galveston, TX
• Coronary Artery Fistula to Left Ventricule Presenting with Syncope and Ventricular Tachycardia . Abdel Rahman Al Emam, Mohammad Morsy, Wissam I. Khalife. Poster presented at: UTMB Quality and Research Forum Poster competition; Galveston, TX
• Congenital Coronary Artery Anomalies as an Infrequent Cause of Cardiac Symptoms. Abdel Rahman Al Emam, MBBS; Rajesh Ramineni, MD; Marwan Abu Minshar, MD; Luke McCage;  Tony Tran, MD. Poster presented at: UTMB Quality and Research Forum Poster competition; Galveston, TX

BASRA, GURJOT:

• Basra G, Basra S, Parupudi S. Symptoms and signs of acute alcoholic hepatitis. World Journal of Hepatology (WJH). 2011 May; Volume 3(Issue 5): 118-120. Cited in PubMed; PMID: 21731904.
• Basra S, Singal A, Basra G. Vasopressin-2 antagonists for treatment of hyponatremia in cirrhosis - A systematic review and meta-analysis. American Journal (college) of Gastroenterology. 2010 Oct; 105(1): 119-120.
• Dillon EL, Basra G. Cancer cachexia and anabolic interventions: a case report. Journal of Cachexia, Sarcopenia and Muscle. 2012 May; 10(1007): Not known. Cited in PubMed; PMID: 22585408.
• Giuseppe B, Basra G, Murthy V, Pierangeli S. Antiphospholipid Antibody Testing Update - Successes, Challenges and Controversies of diagnostic methods for APS: A review article. The Rheumatologist (Magazine). 2012 Jan; 6(1): 1, 24-27.
• Basra G, Jajoria P, Gonzalez E. Rheumatoid Arthritis and Swine Influenza Vaccine: A case report. Case Reports in Rheumatology (Hindawi). 2012 Jun; Volume 2012(Article ID 785028): 3 pages.
• Murthy LV, Doruk E, Jajoria P, Willis R, Giuseppe B, Basra G. Effects of Fluvastatin on Pro-inflammatory and Pro-thrombotic markers in Antiphospholipid Antibody positive patients: Results from a Prospective Pilot Study. American College of Rheumatology. 2011 Nov; 63(10): 736.
• Synovial Proliferation – Infection, Tumor or Autoimmunity? - A case of Tubercular arthritis. Poster presented at: UTMB Quality and Research Forum poster competition; Galveston, TX.
• Rheumatoid arthritis and Swine Flu vaccine: A case report. Poster presented at: UTMB Quality and Research Forum Poster competition; Galveston, TX.
• Rheumatoid arthritis and Swine Flu vaccine: A case report. Poster presented at: Regional ACP (American College of Physician) Poster competition, Methodist Hospital; Houston, TX.
• Effects of Fluvastatin on Pro-inflammatory and Pro-thrombotic markers in Antiphospholipid Antibody positive patients: Results from a Prospective Pilot Study. Poster presented at: UTMB Quality and Research Forum Poster competition; Galveston, TX.
• Effects of Fluvastatin on Pro-inflammatory and Pro-thrombotic markers in Antiphospholipid Antibody positive patients: Results from a Prospective Pilot Study. Poster presented at: ACP (American college of physician) Texas Chapter Poster competition; Austin, TX.
• Effects of Fluvastatin on Pro-inflammatory and Pro-thrombotic markers in Antiphospholipid Antibody positive patients: Results from a Prospective Pilot Study. Poster presented at: National ACP (American College of Physician) Poster competition; New Orleans, LA.
• Vasopressin-2 antagonists for treatment of hyponatremia in cirrhosis - A systematic review and meta-analysis. Poster presented at: ACG (American college of Gastroenterology); San Antonio, TX.
• Murthy V, Basra G. (2011, November). Effects of Fluvastatin on Pro-inflammatory and Pro-thrombotic markers in Antiphospholipid Antibody positive patients: Results from a Prospective Pilot Study. Poster presented at: ACR (American college of Rheumatology), Fellows Poster Presentation; Chicago, IL.

DADA, OLADIPO:

• Dada O, Martinez S. Hyponatremia secondary to poorly controlled diabetes mellitus: A case report. Submitted for Quality and Research forum 2011.
• AMS secondary to bath salt ingestion: a case report. Dada O.A. Poster presented at: UTMB Quality and Research Forum Poster competition; Galveston, TX
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FAZ, GABRIEL:

• Cotton BA, Faz G, Kozar R, Holcomb J, Rapid Thromboelastography (r-TEG) Delivers Real-Time Results That Predict Transfusion Within One Hour of Admission. Article submitted to Journal of Trauma. October 2010.
• Haywood-Watson R, Pati S, Kozar R, Faz G, Holcomb J, Gonzalez E, Human Micro-Vascular Barrier Disruption After Hemorrhagic Shock. Journal of Surgical Research. February 2010; 158(2): 313
• Faz G, Koenig M, Butler I, Incidence of Papilledema and Obesity in Children Diagnosed with Idiopathic "Benighn" Intracranial Hypertension: Case Series and Review. Journal of Child Neurology. March 2010; 31(25): 1389-92.
• Concurrent Nontuberculous Mycobacteria Infection And High-Grade Anterior Mediastinal Extraskeletal Osteosarcoma: Is There A Connection?. Gabriel T. Faz, MD, Mahmoud Eltorky, MD, Nihal E. Abdulla, MD, Bernard Karnath, MD. Poster presented at: UTMB Quality and Research Forum Poster competition; Galveston, TX

 

GESLANI, JOANNA:

• Marital Status in Systemic Sclerosis:  Association with Pulmonary Function and Skin Involvement. Brock E. Harper, MD; Shervin Assassi, MD, MS; Giovanni Geslani, MD; Joanna Leung Geslani, MD; Holly Bentz, BS; Emilio B. Gonzalez, MD; Hilda Draeger, MD; Deepthi Nair, MS; Maureen D. Mayes, MD, MPH for the GENISOS Group. Poster presented at: UTMB Quality and Research Forum Poster competition; Galveston, TX.

HIJJAWI, SHADI:

• Hijjawi S, Abdel-Razeq H, Albadainah F, Mansour A, Treish I. Venous thromboembolism (VTE) in hospitalized cancer patients: Prophylaxis failure or failure to prophylax. Journal of Thrombolysis. 2010 Aug 5. [Epub ahead of print].
• Hijjawi S, Abdel-Razeq H, Abdulelah H, Amarin R, Asawaeer M, Shaheen H. The impact of recently published negative erythropoiesis-stimulating agent studies on the clinical management of cancer-related anemia at a single center. Hematology Oncology Stem Cell Therapy. 2010; 3(2): 78:-83. PMID: 20543541
• Hijjawi S, Abdel-Razeq H, Abdulelah H, Amarin R, Asawaeer M, Shaheen H. "The Impact of Recently Published Negative Erythropoiesis-Stimulating Agents (ESA) Studies on Clinical Management of Cancer Related Anemia. A Comprehensive Cancer Center Experience". The 15th Congress of the European Hematology Association (EHA). June 12, 2010, Abstract No. 175 - for Poster Presentation.
• Hijjawi S, Abdel-Razeq H, Jallad S, Ababneh B. "Venous Thromboembolism Risk Stratification in Medically-Ill Hospitalized Cancer Patients. A Comprehensive Cancer Center Experience". Journal of Thrombolysis. 2010 Feb 2; 30(3): 286-296. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 20127272.
• 30-day readmissions in patients hospitalized with Acute Exacerbation of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (AECOPD). Shadi B. Hijjawi , Marwan Abu Minshar, Yue Wang, and Gulshan Sharma. Poster presented at: UTMB Quality and Research Forum Poster competition; Galveston, TX
• Hyalinizing Clear Cell Carcinoma of the Tonsil and its Treatment. Shadi B. Hijjawi, Shaad E. Abdullah, Kareem Abdelhadi, Eduardo Eyzaguirre, Maurice Willis, Nihal E. Abdulla. Poster presented at: UTMB Quality and Research Forum Poster competition; Galveston, TX
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HMOUD, BASHAR:

• Outcomes after liver transplantation for alcoholic hepatitis are similar to alcoholic cirrhosis: exploratory analysis from the UNOS database. Singal AK, Bashar H, Anand BS, Jampana SC, Singal V, Kuo YF. Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, USA. ashwanisingal.com@gmail.com
• Noncirrhotic portal hypertension in HIV. Bashar Hmoud, MD. Poster presented at: UTMB Quality and Research Forum Poster competition; Galveston, TX
• Effect of Bowel Preparation Quality on Adenoma Detection Rate and Procedure Duration in Screening Colonoscopy. P. Guturu, R. Kochar, B. Hmoud, S. Jampana, Habeeb Salameh, J. Shabot, S. Parupudi. UTMB, Galveston, TX. ACG 2012.
• Impact of Withdrawal Time on Adenoma Detection Rates: Analysis of Average Risk Screening Colonoscopy Examinations. P. Guturu, R. Kochar, Habeeb Salameh, B. Hmoud, S. Jampana, J. Shabot, S. Parupudi. UTMB, Galveston, TX. ACG 2012.
• Gender Specific Prevalence of Adenomas, Advanced Adenomas, and Colorectal Cancer in Patients Undergoing Screening Colonoscopy. Rajan Kochar, Praveen Guturu, Sarat Jampana, Bashar Hmoud, Habeeb Salameh, J. Marc Shabot, Sreeram Parupudi. UTMB, Galveston. ACG 2012.
• Prevalence of Colon Polyps at Screening Colonoscopy in Black and White Patients. Rajan Kochar, Praveen Guturu,  Habeeb Salameh, Sarat Jampana, Bashar Hmoud, J. Marc Shabot, Sreeram Parupudi. UTMB, Galveston. ACG 2012.

HSU, ELIZABETH:

• A Palpable Skull Mass as the Initial Presentation of Metastatic Hepatocellular Carcinoma. Nynke C. den Hollander, Elizabeth Hsu, MD. Lindsay K. Sonstein, MD.

JAMPANA, SARAT:

• Effect of Bowel Preparation Quality on Adenoma Detection Rate and Procedure Duration in Screening Colonoscopy. P. Guturu, R. Kochar, B. Hmoud, S. Jampana, Habeeb Salameh, J. Shabot, S. Parupudi. UTMB, Galveston, TX. ACG 2012.
• Impact of Withdrawal Time on Adenoma Detection Rates: Analysis of Average Risk Screening Colonoscopy Examinations. P. Guturu, R. Kochar, Habeeb Salameh, B. Hmoud, S. Jampana, J. Shabot, S. Parupudi. UTMB, Galveston, TX. ACG 2012.
• Gender Specific Prevalence of Adenomas, Advanced Adenomas, and Colorectal Cancer in Patients Undergoing Screening Colonoscopy. Rajan Kochar, Praveen Guturu, Sarat Jampana, Bashar Hmoud, Habeeb Salameh, J. Marc Shabot, Sreeram Parupudi. UTMB, Galveston. ACG 2012.
• Prevalence of Colon Polyps at Screening Colonoscopy in Black and White Patients. Rajan Kochar, Praveen Guturu,  Habeeb Salameh, Sarat Jampana, Bashar Hmoud, J. Marc Shabot, Sreeram Parupudi. UTMB, Galveston. ACG 2012.

LIANG, MIN:

•  Pylephlebitis with pyogenic liver abscess: A case report. Min Liang MD, Leah E. Low MD. Poster presented at: UTMB Quality and Research Forum Poster competition; Galveston, TX

LEVIN, JARAD:

• Sodium Thiosulfate for Calciphylaxis:  A New Ray of Hope?. Jarad Levin, Chandandeep Takkar, Robert E Beach. Poster presented at: UTMB Quality and Research Forum Poster competition; Galveston, TX

MAJCHEL, DEBORAH:

• Comparison of testosterone and sildenafil as potential modulators of post mTBI-induced perceptual fatigue:  a case study. Majchel koss D, Durham W, Gilkison CR, Sheffield-Moore M, Danesi C, Randolph K, Dillon EL, Horstman A, Urban R. Poster presented at: UTMB Quality and Research Forum Poster competition; Galveston, TX

MANNEM, SIVA:

• Acute Mitral regurgitation secondary to papillary muscle rupture - A case report. Siva Mannem. Poster presented at: UTMB Quality and Research Forum Poster competition; Galveston, TX.

MCCRACKEN, JENNIFER:

• The Effect of LTD4 on glucocorticoid receptor translocation. McCracken, Jennifer L. MD; Lata Kaphalia PhD; WJ Calhoun MD. Poster presented at: UTMB Quality and Research Forum Poster competition; Galveston, TX.

MORALES, MELISSA:

• Leptomeningeal Myelomatosis Presenting Solely with Delirium in a Patient with Schizophrenia. Melissa Morales, MD.

MOISE, DIANA:

• Omental Infarction as an uncommon cause of acute abdominal pain. Diana Moise. Poster presented at: UTMB Quality and Research Forum Poster competition; Galveston, TX.

PAN, WENTONG (WENDY):

• ENPP1 and metabolic complications of adipose tissue dysfunction in humans. Manisha Chandalia, Himara Davila, Wentong Pan, Magda Szuszkiewicz, Demidmaa Tuvdendorj, Edward H. Livingston, Nicola Abate. Poster presented at: UTMB Quality and Research Forum Poster competition; Galveston, TX.

SHAHEEN, HAITHAM:

• Hijjawi S, Abdel-Razeq H, Abdulelah H, Amarin R, Asawaeer M, Shaheen H. The impact of recently published negative erythropoiesis-stimulating agent studies on the clinical management of cancer-related anemia at a single center. Hematology Oncology Stem Cell Therapy. 2010; 3(2): 78:-83. PMID: 20543541

WALIA, ISHMEET:

• Corticosteroids and Pentoxifylline for the treatment of alcoholic hepatitis: current status Singal A, MD1, 2; Walia I, MD, 2; Singal A, MD, 2; Soloway R, MD; Submitted for publication in World Journal of Hepatology.
• Seizures - A Rare Manifestation of Hepatitis C related Mixed Cryoglobulinemia:  A case report and literature review. Ishmeet Walia, Nasim Mastouri, Ann Kathleen Gamilla-Crudo. Poster presented at: UTMB Quality and Research Forum Poster competition; Galveston, TX.

WANG, LIJIAN:

• Wang L, Harrington L, Shi HN, Babitt JL, Kaan J, Cherayil BJ.. Selective modulation of TLR4-activated inflammatory responses by altegred iron homeostasis.. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 2009 Nov; 119(11): 3322-3328.
• Wang L, Johnson EE, Shi HN, Walker WA, Wessling-Resnick M, Cherayil BJ.. Attenuated inflammatory responses in hemochromatosis reveal a role for iron in the regulation of macrophage cytokine translation.. Journal of Immunology. 2008 Oct; 181(10): 2723-2731.
• Wang L, Trebicka E, Fu Y, Ellenbogen S, Babitt JL, Lin HY, Cherayil BJ.. The bone morphogenetic protein-hepcidin axis as a therapeutic target in inflammatory bowel disease.. Inflam Bowel Diseases. 2012 Jan; 18(1): 112-119.
• Wang L, Trebicka E, Fu Y, Waggoner L, Akira S, Fitzgerald KA, Kagan JC, Cherayil BJ.. Regulation of lipopolysaccharide-induced translation of tumor necrosis factor alpha by the Toll-like receptor 4 adaptor protein TRAM.. J Innate Immunity. 2011 Mar; 3(5): 437-446.
• Wang L, Cherayil BJ. Ironing out the wrinkles in host defense: interactions between iron homeostasis and innate immunity.. J Innate Immunity. 2009 May; 1(5): 455-464.
• Johnson E, Srikanth C, Sandgren A, Harrington L, Trebicka E, Wang L, Borregaard N, Murray M, Cherayil BJ.. Siderocalin inhibits the intracellular replication of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in macrophages.. FEMS Immunology & Medical Microbiology. 2010 Jan; 58(1): 138-145.
• Ning Y, Wang L, Giovannucci E.. A quantitative analysis of body mass index and colorectal cancer: findings from 56 observational studies. Obesity Review. 2010 Jan; 11(1): 19-30.
• Shanmugam NK, Ellenbogen S, Trebicka E, Wang L, Mukhopadhyay S, Lacy-Hulbert A, Gallini CA, Garrett WS, Cherayil BJ.. Tumor Necrosis Factor alpha Inhibits Expression of the Iron Regulating Hormone Hepcidin in Murine Models of Innate Colitis.. PLoS One. 2012 May; 7(5):
• Zhang XJ, Rodriguez NA, Wang L, Tuvdendorj D, Wu Z, Tan A, Herndon DN, Wolfe RR.. Measurement of precursor enrichment for calculation intramuscular triglyceride fractional synthetic rate.. Journal of Lipid Research. 2012 Jan; 53(1): 119-125.
• Zhang XJ, Wang L, Tuvdendorj D, Wu Z, Rodriguez NA, Herndon DN, Wolfe RR. Acute hyperinsulinemia and reduced plasma free fatty acid levels decrease intramuscular triglyceride synthesis. Metabolism. 2012 Aug 13. [Epub ahead of print]
• TNFα and hepcidin expression. Shanmugam NKN,  Ellenbogen S, Trebicka E, Wang, L, Mukhopadhyay S, Lacy-Hulbert A, Gallini GA, Garrett WS, Cherayil B. Poster presented at: UTMB Quality and Research Forum Poster competition; Galveston, TX.

WEN, XIANFENG

• Moody LC, Wen XF, McKnight T, Chao C.. Indications for Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy in Multifocal and Multicentric Breast Cancer. Surgery. 2012 Jun.
• Patel KV, Ramineni R, Wen XF, Barbagelata NA. Ultrafiltration for Acute Decompensated Heart Failure in a Nonagenarian: A Case Report. International Journal of Angiology. 2012 Jul.
• Wen XF, Patel KV, Barbagelata NA. (2012, September). Slow continuous ultrafiltration improves renal function, hyponatremia and NYHA function classes in severe CHF patients refractory to conventional diuretics therapy. Poster presented at: 54th Annual World Congress ICA 2012; Innsbruck, Austria.
• Howland N., Driver T, Wen XF, Sedrak M, Eltorky M, Chao C. Lymph Node Involvement in the Different Molecular Subtypes of Breast Cancer.