Department of Medicine Internal Medicine Residency Scholarship

AY 12 

Department of Medicine 

Internal Medicine Residency Scholarship 

Peer Reviewed Publications, Submissions & Abstracts 

1. Lin E, et al. Overtreatment of Enterococcal Bacteriuria. Arch Int Med. 

2012; 172(1):33-40. 

2. Goldberg D, Bittermann T, Makar G. Lack of standardization in exception 

points for patients with primary sclerosing cholangitis and bacterial 

cholangitis. Am J Transplant. 2012 Jun; 12(6): 1603-9. 

3. Marshall AL, Weinstein S, Domchek S. Follow-up frequency and 

compliance in women with probably benign findings on breast magnetic 

resonance imaging. Acad Radiol 2012. (epub ahead of print). 

4. Marshall AL, Ciosek SL, et al. Evaluation of genes associated with 

undescended testes as predictors of TGCT susceptibility. Abstract #1539. 

Accepted to American Society of Clinical Oncology.2012. 

5. Shah PD, Garber JE, Stopfer JE, Powers J, Nathanson KL, Domchek SM. 

Sensitivity of clinical BRCA1 testing compared with linkage analysis 

results. American Society of Clinical Oncology, Chicago, Illinois 2012. 

6. Lewis EL, Mosepele M, Seloilwe E, Lawler K. Depression in HIV-positive 

women in Gaborone, Botswana. Health Care Women Int. 2012; 33(4):375- 

86. 

7. Mosepele M, Mazo D, Cohn J. Bartonella Infection in 

immunocompromised hosts: Immunology of vascular infection and 

vasoproliferation. Clinical and Development Immunology. 2012:61209. 

8. Culyba MJ, Hwang Y, Attar S, Madrid PB, Bupp J, Huryn D, Sanchez L, 

Grobler J, Miller MD, Bushman FD. Bulged DNA substrates for 

identifying poxvirus resolvase inhibitors. Nucleic Acids Res. 2012: 1-9. 

9. Culyba MJ, Hwang Y, Minkah N & Bushman FD. Metal cofactors in the 

structure and activity of the fowlpox resolvase. J Mol Biol. 399 2012; 

182-95.

10. Sinha SS, Whitman IR, Meyers JS, Patel N, Rohrbach JI, Papa A, Gaieski 

DF, Walsh MM, Herrmann HC, Kolansky DM. Optimizing door-to-balloon 

time in STEMI: Implementing a failure mode and effects analysis. 

American Heart Association Scientific Sessions. June 2012. Submitted. 

11. Ge Y, Gannon K, Gousset M, Liu R, Murphey B, Drummond HA. 

Impaired myogenic constriction of the renal afferent arteriole in a mouse 

model of reduced BENaC expression. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol. 2012 

June; 302(11):F1486-93. Epub 2012 Mar 14. PMID: 22419697. 

12. Patel MS, Volpp KG. Leveraging insights from behavioral economics to 

increase the value of health-care service provision. Journal of General 

Internal Medicine. 2012. In press. 

13. Patel MS, Davis MM, Lypson ML. The VALUE Framework: Training 

residents to provide value-based care for their patients. Journal of General 

Internal Medicine. 2012. In press. 

14. Patel MS, Patel N, Myers JS. Advancing patient safety culture among 

residents at teaching hospitals. Under Review. 

15. Patel MS, Arron MJ, Sinsky T, Green E, Baker D, Bowen J, Day SC. 

Estimating the staffing infrastructure for patient-centered medical home. 

Under Review. 

16. Banach D, Zhang C, Factor S, Calfee DP. Support for mandatory 

healthcare worker influenza vaccination among allied health professionals, 

technical staff, and medical students. American Journal of Infection 

Control. 2012. Accepted. 

17. Betensky B, Tschabrunn CM, CEPS; Zado S, PA-C; Goldberg LR, 

Marchlinski FE, Garcia F, Cooper JM. Long Term Follow-up of Patients 

with Cardiac Sarcoidosis and Implantable Cardioverter-Defibllators. Heart 

Rhythm Journal, June 2012. 

18. Gandhi SJ, Zenklusen D, Lionnet T, Singer RH. Transcription of 

functionally related constitutive genes is not coordinated. Nature 

Structural and Molecular Biology. In press. 

19. Silverman SJ, Petti AA, Slavov N, Parsons L, Briehof R, Thiberge SY, 

Zenklusen D, Gandhi SJ, Larson DR, Singer RH, Botstein D. Metabolism 

cycling in single yeast cells from unsynchronized steady-state populations 

limited on glucose or phosphate. Proceedings of the National Academy of 

Sciences. In press.

. 

20. Ahmad FS, Metlay JP, Barg FK, Henderson RR, Werner RM. Identifying 

the Scope of Organizational Strategies to Reduce Readmissions. Under 

Review. 

21. Ahmad FS, Tsang T. Diabetes prevention and health IT: Opportunities 

through meaningful use. American Journal of Preventive Medicine. Under 

Review. 

24. Almario CV, Vega M, Trooskin SB, Navarro VJ. Examining hepatitis C 

Virus Testing Practices in Primary Care Clinics. J Viral Hepat 

2012;19:e163-9. 

25. McConnell RA, Lewis ME, Lewis JD. Increasing complexity of clinical 

research in gastroenterology: implications for the training of clinician- 

scientists. Am J Gastroenterol. 2012; 107:496-500. 

27. McQuade J, Ahmadi T, Porter D, Frey N, Loren AW, Goldstein SC, 

Svoboda J, Stadtmauer E, Schuster SJ, Nasta SD. Improving outcomes in 

mantle cell lymphoma patients treated with R-CHOP using autologous 

transplant. J Clin Oncol 30, 2012(suppl; abstr e18540). 

28. McQuade J, Meng Z, Chen Z, Wei Q, Zhang Y, Bei W, Palmer JL, 

Cohen L. Utilization of and attitudes towards traditional Chinese medicine 

therapies in a Chinese cancer hospital. (submitted). 

29. Garcia K, McQuade J, Haddad R, Patel S, Lee R, Yang P, Cohen L, 

Systematic review of acupuncture in cancer care: a synthesis of the 

evidence. (submitted). 

30. Zhen C, Meng Z, Milbury K, Bei W, Zhang Y, Thornton B, Liao Z, Wei 

Q, Chen J, Guo X, Liu L, McQuade J, Cohen L,. Qigong Improves 

Depressive Symptoms in Women Undergoing Radiotherapy for Breast 

Cancer (submitted). 


Svododa J, Stadtmauer E, Schuster SJ, Masta SD. Outcomes of mantle 

cell lymphoma patients after R-HyperCVAD and R-CHOP with and 

without auto-SCT consolidation. A retrospective analysis (in 

preparation). 

33. Fetzer BC, Mupenda B, Lusiama J, Kitetele F, Golin C, Behet SF.

. 

Barriers to and Facilitators of Adherence to Pediatric Antiretroviral 

Therapy in a Sub-Saharan Setting: Insights from a Qualitative Study. 

Aids Patient Care and STDs. 2011:25(10);611-621. 

34. Wilson FP, Marcus BA, Caroff D, Adler R, Fish D, Berns J. Low 

Cefepime Concentrations during High Blood and Dialysate Flow; 

Continuous Venovenous Hemodialysis. Antimicrobial Agents and 

Chemotherapy. 2012, 56(4):2178. DOI: 10.1128/AAC.05987-11. 

35. Smith AC, Suzuki M, Thompson R, Choufani S, Higgins MJ, Chiu IW, 

Squire JA, Greally JM, Weksberg R. Maternal gametic transmission of 

translocations or inversions of human chromosome 11p15.5 results in 

regional DNA hypermethylation and downregulation of CDKN1C 

expression. Genomics 99(1):25-35. PMID: 22079941 

36. Hannan R, Thompson RF, Chen Y, Bernstein K, Kabarriti R, Skinner 

W, Chen CC, Landau E, Miller E, Spierer M, Hong L, Kalnicki S. 

Hypofractionated whole-breast radiation therapy: does breast size 

matter? Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys (in press). PMID: 22543209 

38. Suzuki M, Oda M, Ramos MP, Pascual M, Lau K, Stasiek E, Agviri F, 

Thompson RF, Glass JL, Jing Q, Sandstrom R, Fazzari MJ, Hansen 

RS, Stamatoyannopoulos JA, McLellan AS, Greally JM. 

Late-replicating heterochromatin is characterized by decreased cytosine 

methylation in the human genome. Genome 2012.Res 21(11):1833-40. 

PMID: 21957152 

39. Chyou AC, Klein BE, Klein R, Barr RG, Cotch MF, Praestgaard A, 

Wong TY, Bluemke DA, Lima J, Kawut SM. Retinal vascular 

changes and RV structure and function: The Mesa-RV and MESA- 

Eye Studies. Manuscript in preparation. 2012. 

40. Bish LT, Sleeper MM, Forbes SC, Wang B, Reynolds C, Singletary 

GE, Trafny D, Morine KJ, Sanmiguel J, Cecchini S, Virage T, Fulin 

A, Beley C, Bogan J, Wilson JM, Vandenborne K, Kornegay JN, 

Walter GA, Kotin RM, Garcia L, Sweeney HL. Long-term 

restoration of cardiac dystrophin expression in golden retriever 

muscular dystrophy following rAAV6-mediated exon skipping. Mol 

Ther 

20:80-89, 2012. 

41. Bose S, Krishnamoorthy P, Varanasi A, Nair J, Schutta M, 

Braunstein S, Iqbal N, Schwartz S, St Clair C, Rader DJ, Reilly MP, 

Mehta NM. Measurement of waist circumference is associated with 

coronary atherosclerosis beyond plasma adipokines in type 2

diabetes mellitus. Obesity (in press). 

42. Pedrotty DM, Morley MP, Cappola TP. Transciptomic biomarkers 

of cardiovascular disease. Prog Cardiovasc Dis. 55:54-69, 2012. 

Regional/National Presentations: 

1. Kurd SK, McKinley K, Schweickert MD, Carr-Lettieri M, O’Malley 

M, Myers JS. Procedures at the bedside: Is the time-out a quality 

intervention? Poster presentation at the 2012 AAMC Integrating 

Quality Meeting. Chicago, IL. 

2. Mundluru S, Beck NA, Sampson NR, Baldwin KD, Wells L, Ganley 

TJ. Meniscal tears in the skeletally immature: Analysis of patients 

requiring repeat arthroscopic surgery. Presented at the American 

Academy of Orthopaedic Surgery Annual Meeting, San Francisco, 

CA. Feb. 2012. 

3. A Brady, J.D. McNeill, B. Judy, T. Evans, R.B. Cohen, C. Langer, A. 

Vachani, C. Aggarwat. Survival outcome segregated by KRAS 

mutation status in newly diagnosed stage IV non-small lung cancer 

(NSCLC) patients treated with first-line chemotherapy. Abstract 

presented at the Dept of Medicine Research Day, University of 

Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA. June 2012. 

4. Anthony C Chyou 1 , Barbara EK Klein 2 , Ronald Klein 2 , R. Graham 

Barr 3 , Mary F. Cotch 4 , Amy Praestgaard 5 , Tien Y. Wong 6 , David A. 

Bluemke 7 , Joao Lima 8 , Steven Kawut 1 . Retinal vascular changes and 

MRI-defined right ventricular structure and function: The MESA-RV 

Study. Abstract presented at the Dept of Medicine Research Day, 

University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA. June 2012. 

5. Erin F. Cobain, M.D. 1 , Tahamtan Ahmadi, M.D., Ph.D. 2 , Marc 

Hoffman, M.D. 2 , David Porter, M.D. 2 , Noelle Frey, M.D. 2 , Alison W. 

Loren, M.D., M.S. 2 , Steven C. Goldstein, M.D. 2 , Jakub Svoboda, 

M.D. 2 , Edward Stadmauer, M.D. 2 , Stephen J. Schuster, M.D. 2 and 

Sunita D. Nasta, M.D. 2 . B Cell Lymphoma Unclassifiable: Survival 

Advantage for Aggressive Therapy. Abstract presented at the Dept of 

Medicine Research Day, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 

PA. June 2012. 

6. Laura Dingfield, M.D., Barbara Boland, CRNP, Charmaine Wright, 

M.D. Use of Advance Directives in an Elderly Home-Bound 

Population. Abstract presented at the Dept of Medicine Research Day, 

University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA. June 2012.

7. Alexander Ende, MD 1, Alizera Sedharat, MD 2 , Pari Shah, MD 3 , 

David Metz, MD 3 , Michael Kochman, MD 3 .Non-Functional 

Pancreatic Tumores: The Role of Endoscopic Ultrasound with Fine 

Need Aspiration. Abstract presented at the Dept of Medicine 

Research Day, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA. June 

2012. 

8. Ariela Marshall, Stephanie L. Closek, Saran Vardhanabhuti, Nandita 

Mitra, David J. Vaughn, Peter A. Kanetsky, Katharine Nathanson. 

Evaluation of genes associated with undescended tests as predictors 

of TGCT susceptibility. Abstract presented at the Dept of Medicine 


2012. 

9. Ryan McConnell 1 , Rotonya Carr 2 , Allen Hwang 2 , Frank Scott 2 , Gary 

Wu 2 . Headache with Hematochezia: A Case of Sumatriptan-Induced 

Ischemic Colitis. Abstract presented at the Dept of Medicine 


2012. 

10. Ryan McConnell 2 , Stephen Kim 2 , Nuzhat A. Ahmad 1 , Gary W. 

Falk 1 , Kimberly A. Forde 1 , Gregory G. Ginsberg 1 , David L. Jaffe 1 , 

George Makar 1 , William B. Long 1 , Kashyap Panganamamula 1 , 

Michael L. Kochman 1 . Poor Discriminatory Function for Endoscopic 

Skills on a Computer-Based Simulator. Abstract presented at the 

Dept of Medicine Research Day, University of Pennsylvania, 

Philadelphia, PA. June 2012. 

11. Amishi Shah, M.D., Marcia Brose, M.D., Ph.D., Noami Haas, M.D., 

David Vaughn, M.D., Keith Flaherty, M.D., Peter O’Dwyer, M.D., 

Stephen K eefe, M.D. Differing Rates of Increase in Blood Pressure 

Arising on Sorafenib in Renal Cell vs. Non-renal cell cancer patients. 

Abstract presented at the Dept of Medicine Research Day, University 

of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA. June 2012. 

12. Shashank S. Sinha, MD 1 , Anjali V. Fields, MD 2 , and Paul R. Forfia, 

MD 2 . Differences in the Baseline Right Ventricular-Pulmonary 

Artery Interaction Provide Insight Into ‘Responders’ Vs. ‘Nonresponders’ 

To PH Specific Therapy in WHO Group 3 Pulmonary 

Hypertension. Abstract presented at the Dept of Medicine Research 

Day, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA. June 2012. 

13. Shashank S. Sinha, MD 1 , Isaac R. Whitman, MD 1 , Jennifer S. 

Myers, MD 2,3 , Neha Patel, MD 2,3 , Jeffrey I. Rohrbach, MSN 4 , Daniel 

M. Kolansky, MD 5 . Optimizing Door-to-Balloon Time in STEMI:

The Benefits of a failure Mode and Effects Analysis. Abstract 



14. Shashank S. Sinha, MD 1 , Anjali V. Fields, MD 2 , and Paul R. Forfia, 

MD 2 . Differences in the Baseline Right Ventricular-Pulmonary 

Artery Interaction Provide Insight Into ‘Responders’ Vs. “Non- 

Responders’ To PH Specific Therapy In WHO Group 2 and 3 

Pulmonary Hypertension. Abstract presented at the Dept of Medicine 


2012. 

15. Brintha K. Enestvedt 1 , Christina J. Tofani 1 , Ann Tierney 1 , M. Brian 

Fennerty 2 . Split dose 4-Liter PEG is more efficacious than all bowel 

preparation comparators-results of a meta-analysis. Abstract 



16. Isaac Whitman, MD * , Vickas V. Patel MD, PhD *1 , Elsayed Z. 

Soliman MD, MSc MS ++ , David A. Bluemke MD PhD MsB, Amy 

Praestgaard MS, Aditya Jain MD MPH, David Herrington MD ** , 

Joao AC Lima MD # , Steven M. Kawut MD MS. Surface 

Electrocardiogram Criteria for Right Ventricular Hypertrophy: The 

MESA – Right Ventricle Study. Abstract presented at the Dept of 



17. Stacey-Ann Whittaker, MD, Mark E. Mikkelson, MD, MS, David 

F. Gaieski, MD, Sherine Koshy, M.H.A, R.H.I.A., C.C.S., Craig 

Kean, B.A., Barry D. Fuchs, MD, MS. The Sensitivity of the New 

ICD-9 Codes in Identifying Cases of Severe Sepsis and Septic Shock: 

Implications for Severe Sepsis Epidemiology, Hospital 

Reimbursement, and Benchmarking Hospital Performance in Sepsis 

Care. Abstract presented at the Dept of Medicine Research Day, 


18. Eubanks J, Gannon K. SLE presenting with significant visual 

impairment, Papilledema and Retinal Hemorrhages. Presented at the 

American College of Physician .Jackson, MS. October 2012. 

19. Whitman IR, Patel VV, Bluemke DA, Praestgaard A, Jain A, 

Herrington D, Lima JAC, Soliman EZ, Kawut SM. Surface 

electrocardiogram and right ventricular structure and function: The 

multi-ethnic study of Atherosclerosis – right ventricular study. 

Presented Poster at the American Heart Association, Annual Meeting. 

May 2012.

. 

20. Sinha S * , Whitman IR, Myers JS, Patel N, Rohrbach JI, Gaieski DF, 

Walsh MM, Herrmann HC, Kolansky DM. Optimizing door-toballoon 

time in STEMI: Implementing a failure mode and effects 

analysis. Submitted to American Heart Association Scientific Sessions, 

2012. 

21. Whitman IR, Bluemke D, Jain A, Lima J, Patel V, Soliman EZ, 

Kawut S. Surface electrocardiogram and right ventricular structure 

and function: The multi-ethnic study of Atherosclerosis – right 

ventricular study. Presented at the American Thoracic Society 

National Meeting, San Francisco, CA, May 18, 2012. 

22. Faraz S Ahmad MD, Ryan A. McConnell MD, Mitesh S. Patel MD, 

MBA, Barry D. Fuchs MD, Meeta Prasad, MD, MSCE. Improving 

the Quality of Care for Critically Ill Patients Immediately After 

Intubation. Presented Abstract at the Dept of Medicine Research Day, 


23. Bittermann Therese MD(1);Makar George, MD, MSCE(2); 

Goldberg David, MD, MSCE, (2,3). Exception point applications for 

15 points for liver transplantation: An unintended consequence of the 

Sharge 15 policy. Presented Abstract at the Dept of Medicine 

Research Day, University of Pennsylvania, June 2012. 

24. Kimberly M Ganster, MD; Hilary Dunlevy, MD, Carol Okoth, 

Jennifer Cohn MD,MPH. Curriculum Development for Clinical 

Officer Interns in Nairobi Kenya. Presented Abstract at the Dept of 



25. David Holtzman, MD, MSc 1, Laura Sander, MD 2. Mark Pauly, PhD 3 , 

Jennifer Cohn, MD, MPH 4 . Study of Time Savings realized through 

task shiftings to Community Health Workers in Kenyan Health 

facilities. Presented Abstract at the Dept of Medicine Research Day, 


26. Allen Hwang, MD, Vivek Narayan ND, Yu-Xiao Yang, MD, MSCE. 

Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus and Survival in Pancreatic 

Adenocarcinoma: A Retrospective cohort Study. Presented Abstract 

at the Dept of Medicine Research Day, University of Pennsylvania, 

Philadelphia, PA. June 2012. 

27. Mitesh S. Patel, MD, MBA, Martin J. Aaron MD, MBA, Thomas 

Sinsky, MD, Eric Green , MD, Dave Baker, MD, and Susan C. Day, 

MD. Estimating the Staffing Infrastructure for a Patient-Centered

Medical Center. . Presented Abstract at the Dept of Medicine 


2012. 

28. Steffanie Ruffolo MD, Andrew Layne; Jennifer Lapin, PhD, Judy A. 

Shea, PhD; Jennifer R. Kogan, MD; C Jessica Dine, MD, MSHPHR. 

Obtaining Real-Time Patient Evaluations of Interns’ Communication 

and professional skills.Presented Abstract at the Dept of Medicine 


2012. 

29. Maneesh H Singh, Douglas Farker, David C. Metz. Zollinger-Ellison 

syndrome is best managed by early surgery in eligible sporadic 

patients and a wait-and-see approach in MEN-1 syndrome-associated 

patients. Presented Abstract at the Dept of Medicine Research Day 


31. Shanu K Kurd, MD MSCE MHS, Kenneth McKinley MS, 

William D. Schweickert, Megan Carr-Lettieri MSNACNP CCRNM , 

NN, Marybeth O’Malley MSN, Jennifer S Myers MD. Procedures at 

the bedside: Is the time-out a quality intervention? Presented 

Abstract at the Dept of Medicine Research Day University of 


30. Truchil R, Garland J, Rusk M. A year in review: Implementation of a 

refugee clinic at Penn Center for Primary Care. Presented at the 

annual meeting of the Society of General Internal Medicine, Orlando, 

FL. 2012. 

32. Sinha SS, Fields AV, Forfia PR. Differences in the baseline right 

ventricular-pulmonary artery interaction provide insights into 

‘responders’ vs. ‘non-responders’ to PH specific therapy in WHO 

Group 2 and 3 pulmonary hypertension. Poster presentation at the 

American Thoracic Society International Conference. San Francisco, 

CA. May 2012. 

31. Fields AV, Sinha SS, Forfia PR. Simple echo-doppler tool 

powerfully predicts response to pulmonary hypertension specific 

therapy in WHO Group 3 pulmonary hypertension. Poster presented 

at the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation 

Annual Meeting, Prague, Czech Republic. April 2012. 

33. Sinha SS, Fields AV, Forfia PR. Difference in the baseline right 

ventricular –pulmonary artery interaction provide insight into 

‘Responders’ vs. ‘Non-Responders’ to PH specific therapy in WHO 

Group 3 pulmonary hypertension. Poster presented at the

International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation Annual 

Meeting, Prague, Czech Republic. April 2012. 

34. Christina Tofani. Split Dose 4-Liter PEG is more efficacious than 

other bowel preparation comparators: a meta-analysis. Presented at 

Digestive week, San Diego, CA. May 2012. 

35. Ahmad FS, McConnell RA, Patel MS, Fuchs BD, Prasad M. 

Improving the quality of care for critically ill patients immediately 

after intubation. . Presented Abstract at the Dept of Medicine 

Research Day at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA. 

June 2012. 



after intubation. Poster presented at the American College of 

Physicians National Meeting, New Orleans, LA. April 2012. 

37. Gary E. Weissman, MD 1 and Pablo Tebas, MD 2. A Data-Driven 

Method for Simulating Complex Networks of Sexual Interactions. 

Poster presented at the Department of Medicine Research Day at the 

University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 2012. 

38. Alexander Ende. Non-functional Pancreatic Neuroendocrine 

Tumors: The Role of Endoscopic Ultrasound with Fine Needle 

Aspiration. Abstract Presented at the Delaware Valley Society for 

the Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Research Competition, Philadelphia, 

PA. May 2012. 

39. Brady A, McNeill JD, Judy B, Evans T, Cohen RB, Langer C, 

Vanchani A, Aggarwal C. Survival outcome segregated by KRAS 

mutation status in newly diagnosed stage IV non-small cell lung 

cancer (NSCLC) patients treated with first-line chemotherapy. 

Presented at the American Society of Clinical Oncology Annual 

Meeting. Chicago, IL. June 2012. 

40. Chyou AC, Klein BE, Klein R, Barr RG, Cotch MF, Praestgaard A, 

Wong TY, Bluemke DA, Lima J, Kawut SM. Retinal Vascular 

Changes and Right Ventricular Structure and Function: The MESA- 

Right Ventricle and MESA-Eye Studies. Poster presented at the 

American Thoracic Society Conference, San Francisco, CA. May 

2012. 

41. Hillary Dunlevy. Curriculum Development for Clinical Officer 

Interns in Nairobi, Kenya. Presented at the Society of General 

Internal Medicine Conference, Orlando, FL. May 2012.

42. Elizabeth Mann. A Qualitative Investigation of the use of Do Not 

Hospitalize Orders Amongst Nursing Home Residents with 

Dementia. Presented at the Society of General Internal Medicine 

Conference, Orlando, FL. May 2012. 

43. Ricardo Lugo. Location, Location, Location: Does Highly 

dysplastic Barrett’s have a preference? Presented at Digestive 

Disease Week, San Diego, CA. May 2012. 

44. Christina Tofani. Split dose 4 Liter PEG is more efficacious than 

other bowel prep comparators: results of a meta-analysis. 

Presented at Digestive Disease Week, San Diego, CA. May 2012. 

45. Mitesh Patel. Estimating the staffing infrastructure of a patient- 

centered medical home. Presented at the Society of General 

Internal Medicine, Orlando, FL. May 2012. 

46. Qamar A, Ferguson J, Khera AV, Ky B, Rader DJ. Statin therapy 

increases Plasma levels of Proprotein Convertase Subtilisin/Kexin 

type 9 (PCSK9) in hypercholestrolemic subjects. Presented at the 

American Heart Association. Chicago, IL. April 2012. 

47. Vivek Narayan. Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus and Survival in 

Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma. Presented at Digestive Disease Week, 

San Diego, CA. May 2012. 

48. Ryan McConnell. Improving the quality care for critically ill 

patients immediately after intubation. Presented at the American 

College of Physicians, New Orleans, LA. April 2012. 

49. Ryan McConnell Headache with Hematachezia: A Case of 

Sumatriptan-Induced Ischemic Colitis. Presented at the American 

College of Physicians, New Orleans, LA. April 2012. 

50. Laura Dingfield. Use of Advance Directives in an Elderly Home 

– Bound Population. Presented at the Society of General Internal 

Medicine, Orlando, FL. May 2012. 

51. Payal Shah. Sensitivity of BRCA1 Mutation Testing Compared 

with Linkage Analysis. Presented at the American Society of 

Clinical Oncology Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL. June 2012. 

52. Basil AK, Liu T, Arkles J, Opotowsky A, Taichman D, 

Palevsky HI, Forfia P. Serial changes in TAPSE correlate with 

functional assessment and clinical events in patients with PAH.

Awards: 

Poster presented at the American Thoracic Society Annual 

Conference, San Diego, CA. 2012. 

53. Amy Iwamaye. Cervical Lymphadenopathy: An Uncommon 

Diagnosis in a Young, Healthy Female. Presented at the Society 

of General Internal Medicine Conference, Orlando, FL. May 

2012. 

54. Saybolt MD, Lilly SM, Patel D, Fenning RS, Wilensky FL. 

Early and persistent accumulation of lipid is associated with 

development of thin-cap fibroatheromas. Presented at the 

American Heart Association. Chicago, IL. April 2012. 

55. Fields AV, Sinha SS, Forfia PR. Simple Echo-Doppler Tool 

powerfully predicts response to pulmonary hypertension 

specific therapy in WHO Group 3 PH. Poster presented at the 

International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation. 

Prague, Czech Republic. April 2012. 

56. Fenning RS, Peyster EG, Kangovi S, Hamamdzic D, Macphee 

CH, Wilensky RL. Atherosclerotic Plaque Development 

Differs between Vascular Sites with Unique Phenotypic and 

Gene Expression. Presented at the 2012 American Heart 

Association, Chicago, IL. April 2012. 

1. Shanu Kurd – Patient Safety Innovator Award, Hospital of the University of 

Pennsylvania. 

2. Neil Sengupta-Penn Pearls Award for Exceptional Teaching In Clinical 

Medicine. 

3. Isaac Whitman – Andrew I. Shafer Leadership in Medicine Award. 

4. Parker Hudson – Senior Resident Clinician Award, Children’s Hospital of 

Philadelphia 

5. Alexander Ende – Finalist, Delaware Valley Society for Gastrointestinal 

Endoscopy Research Competition 

6. Rachel Truchil – Humaneness in Medicine Resident Award, 2012.

7. Craig Alpert – The Maurice F. Attie Junior Resident Teaching Award 

8. Shashank Sinha – The Maurice F. Attie Senior Resident Teaching Award 

9. Daniel Caroff – Penn Pearls Award – An AOA-sponsored Award for 

Outstanding contributions to medical student education” 

AY 11 


1. Wiebe DJ, Blackstone MM, Mollen CJ, Culyba AJ, Fein JA. Self- 

Reported Violence-Related Outcomes for Adolescents within Eight Weeks 

of Emergency Department Treatment for Assault Injury. J Ad Health (in 

press). 

2. Mathew J, Katz R, St. John Sutton M, Dixit S, Gerstenfeld E, Gold M, 

Linde C, Shlipak M, Deo R. Chronic Kidney Disease and Cardiac 

Remodeling in Patients with Mild Heart Failure: Results from the 

Resynchronization reverses Remodeling in Systolic Left vEntricular 

Dysfunction (REVERSE) study. (In review). 

3. Buber J, Mathew J, Moss AJ, Hall WJ, Barsheshet A, McNitt S, 

Robinson JL, Zareba W, Ackerman NJ, Kaufman ES, Luria D, Eldar M, 

Towbin JA, Vincent M, Goldenberg I. Risk of Recurrent Cardiac Events 

After Onset of Menopause in Women With Congential Long-QT 

Syndrome Types 1 and 2. Circulation 2011. 123; 2784-91. 

4. Katona BW, Falk GW. Barrett’s esophagus surveillance: When, how 

often, does it work? Gastrointest. Endosc. Clin. N. Am., 2011, 21(1), 9-24. 

5. Ip J, Park D, Hellawell JL, Stein KM, Iwai S, Liu CF, Lerman BB, 

Markowitz SM. Temporal associations between thoracic volume overload 

and malignant ventricular arrhythmias: a study of intrathoracic impedance. 

J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol. 2011 Mar;22(3): 293-9. 

6. Axelrod DJ, Lerman A. Sickle Cell Anemia. In: Ebell EH, ed. Essential 

Evidence Plus. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons. (in press). 

7. Myers JS, Gojraty S, Yang W, Linsky A, Airan-Javia S, Polomano RC. A 

randomized-controlled trial of computerized alerts to reduce unapproved 

medication abbreviation use. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2011 Jan; 18 (1); 

17-23.

8. Gerstenfeld EP, Lavi N, Bazan V, Gojraty S, Kim SJ, Michele J. 

Mechanism of Complex Fractionated Electrograms Recorded During 

Atrial Fibrillation in a Canine Model. Pacing Clin Electrophysiol, 2011 

Mar 21. submitted. 

9. Martin CA, Perini RF, Avadhani AN, Redlinger M, Harlacker K, 

Flaherty KT, Rosen MA, Divgi CR, O’Dwyer PJ. Imaging with [18f]fluorodeoxyglucose 

positron emission tomography (FDG-PET) and 

dynamic contrast enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (DCE-MRI) as 

markers of drug effect in a phas I dose-escalation study of combined RAD 

001 and cetuximab. Journal of Clinical Oncology. 29:206s, 2011. 

10. Betensky BP, Jaeger JR, Woo EY. Unequal Blood Pressures: A 

Manifestation of Subclavian Steal. American J Med. 124(8):e1-2, 2011 

Aug. 

11. Betensky BP, Park RE, Hutchinson MD, Garcia FC, Bala R, Lin D, 

Cooper JM, Riley MP, Dixit S, Callans DJ. Marchlinski FE, Gerstenfeld 

EP. The V2 Transition Ratio: A New ECG Criterion for Distinguishing 

LEFt from Right Ventricular Outflow Tachycardia Origin. Journal of the 

American College of Cardiology. 57(22):2255-62, 2011 May. . 

12. Betensky BP, Goldberg LR. Characterization of Distinct Phenotypes in 

Cardiac Sarcoidosis: Clinical Features Associated with Left Ventincular 

Dsyfunction and Arrhythmias. Submitted. 

13. Betensky BP, Tzou WS, Zado ES, Marchlinksi FE. Surface 

Electrocardiogram Identification of Basal-Lateral Ischemic Versus 

Nonischemic Scar in Patients with Ventricular Tachcardia. Pending. 

14. Su HI, Sammel MD, Green JA, Velders L, Stankiewicz C, Matro JM, 

Freeman EW, Gracia CR, DeMichele AD. Anti-mullerian hormone and 

inhibin B are hormone measures of ovarian function in late reproductive- 

aged breast cancer survivors. Cancer, accepted. 

15. Vranas K, Reddy KR. Complementary therapies in chronic HCV: 

exploitation or something to offer? Clinical dilemmas in viral liver 

disease. Ed. Graham R. Foster and K. Ranjender Reddy. Wiley-Blackwell: 

West Sussex, UK, 2010. 105-109. 

16. Wan J, Abuabara K, Troxel AB, Shin DB, Van Voorhees AS, Bebo BF, 

Krueger GG, Duffin KC, Gelfand JM. Dermatologist preferences for first- 

line therapy of moderate-to-servere psoriasis in healthy adult patients. J 

Am Dermatol. In press.

17. Kremer B. PTLD after Lung Transplantation: A Review of 35 Cases. 

The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation. [under review]. 

18. Karuturi M. Plasmacytic PTLD. [submitted] 

19. Scott FI, McConnell RA, Lewis ME., et al. Increasing complexity of 

clinical research in gastroenterology: implications for training clinician- 

scientists. Submitted to American Journal of Gastroenterology. September 

2011. 

20. Ahmad F. Improving the Quality of Care for Critically III Patients 

Immediately After Intubation. American College of Physicians 

Pennsylvania Chapter Southeast Regional Chapter Conference, 

Philadelphia, PA. October 2011. 

21. Blanck S. Vitamin D Deficiency and it’s Potentional Link to Ulcerative 

Colitis Disease Activity. Amercian College of Physicians Southeastern 

Pennsylvania Regional Conference. Philadelphia, PA. October 2011. 

22. Patel MS, Davis MM, Lypson ML. Advancing medical education by 

teaching health policy. New England Journal of Medicine. 

2011;364(8):695-697. 

23. Patel MS, Davis MM, Lypson ML. Training residents to provide value- 

based care for their patients. Under Review. 

24. Patel MS, Volpp KG. Nudging physicians to provide value-based care. 

Under Review. 

25. Patel MS, Dine CJ, Asch DA. Perceptions and frequency of smartphones 

use among internal medicine residents in clinical settings. Under Review. 

26. Patel MS, Patel N, Myers JS. Advancing patient safety culture among 

residents at teaching hospitals. Under Review. 

27. Auerback AD, Patel MS, Metlay JP, Wachter RM, Dalal A, Lindenauer P. 

The Hospital Medicine Reengineering Network: A learning organization 

focused on improving hospital care. Under Review. 

28. Patel MS, Dine CJ, Asch DA. Resident use of smartphones while 

providing patient care. Journal of General Internal Medicine. 

2011; 26(S1):103. 

29. Patel MS, Physician attitudes towards incorporating patient feedback into 

clinical practice. Society of General Internal Medicine Annual Conference, 

Phoenix, AZ. April 2011.

30. Kawasumi M, Lemos B, Bradner JE, Thibodeau R, Kim Y, Schmidt M, 

Higgins E, Koo S, Angle-Zahn A, Chen A, Levine D, Nguyen L, 

Heffernan TP, Longo I, Mandinova A, Lu Y, Conney AH, and Nghiem P. 

Protection from UV-induced skin carcinogenesis by genetic inhibition of 

the ataxia telangiectasia and Rad3-related (ATR) kinase PNAS.2011 108 

(33) 13716-13721. 

31. Obedin-Maliver J, Goldsmith ES, Stewart L, White W, Tran E, Brenman S, 

Wells M, Fetterman DM, Garcia G, Lunn MR. Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual 

and Transgender-Related Content in Undergraduate Medical Education. 

JAMA.2011; 306(9):971-977. 

32. Micheletti R, Rosenbach M. An approach to the hospitalized patient with 

urticaria and fever. Dermatologic Therapy. 24(2):187-95, 2011 Mar. 

33. Li S, Micheletti R. Role of diet in rheumatic disease. Rheumatic Diseases 

Clinics of North America. 37(1):119-33, 2011 Feb. 

34. Pollack CE, Kurd SK, Livshits A, Weiner M, Lynch J. A case-control 

study of home foreclosure, health conditions, and health care utilization. 

Journal of Urban Health. April 2011. 

35. Bahirwani R, Shaked O, Kurd SK, Reddy KR. Chronic Kidney Disease 

after Orthotopic Liver Transplantation: Impact of Hepatitis C Infection. 

Transplantation. 2011; 91:2145-9. 

36. Wan J, Musiek A, Abuabara K, Kurd SK, Steinemann JM, Vittorio CC, 

Gelfand JM. Reliability and validity of a photographic method for 

measuring facial hair density in men. Journal of Investigative 

Dermatology. 2011:131: S73. Notes: Abstract 433. 

37. Wan J, Abuabara K, Kurd SK, Musiek A, Steinemann JM, Vittorio CC, 

Gelfand JM, Reliability and validity of a photographic method in 

measuring facial hair in males. Archives of Dermatology. 2011. In press. 

38. Emond CE, Woelber EB, Kurd SK, Ciccotti MG, Cohen SB. A 

comparison of the results of ACL reconstruction using bioabsorbable vs 

metal interference screws: A meta-analysis. The Journal of Bone & Joint 

Surgery. 2011; 93:572-580. 



Hefferman TP, Longo I, Mandinova A, Lu Y, Conney AH, and Nghiem P. 

Protection from UV-induced skin carcinogenesis by genetic inhibition of

the ataxia telangiectasia and Rad3-related (ATR) kinase. PNAS. 2011 108 

(33)13716-13721. 

40. Marshall AL, McGrath C, et al. Low-dose cyclophosphamide associated 

with hemorrhagic systitis in a breast cancer patient. Breast J 2011: (epub 

ahead of print). 

41. Peslak SA, Wenger J, Bemis JC, Kingsley PD, Frame JM, Koniski AD, 

Chen Y, Williams JP, McGrath KE, Dertinger SD, Palis J. Sublethal 

radiation injury uncovers a functional transition during erythroid 

maturation. Exp Hematol. 2011 Apr; 39(4):434-4. 

42. Tubbs RS, Hallock JD, Radcliff V, Naftel RP, Mortazavi M, Shoja MM 

Loukas M, Cohen-Gadol AA. Ligaments of the Craniocervical Junction. J 

Neurosurg Spine. 2011 Jun; 14(6):697-709. Epub 2011 Mar 11. In Review. 

43. Lawler K, Jeremiah K, Mosepele M, Radcliffe S, Cherry C, Seloilwe E, 

Steenhoff A. Neurobehavorial effects in HIV positive individuals 

receiving highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) in Gaborone, 

Botswana. Submitted to PLOS One. 2011 Feb 18; 6(2):e17233. 



Heffernan TP, Longo I, Mandinova A, Lu Y, Conney AH, Nghiem P. 


the ataxia telangiectasia and Rad3-Related (ATR) Kinase. PNAS 

2011;108(33)13716-21. 

45. Mehta NN, Li M, William DA, Khera A, Edmondson A, Qu L, 

DerOhannessian Pruscino L, Haris Shaikh, Hinkle C, He J, Stylianou IM, 

Hakonarson H, Rader DJ, Reilly M. The novel atherosclerosis locus at 

10q11 regulates regulates plasma levels of CXCL12. European Heart 

Journa, 2011 March; 32: 963-971.Cited in PubMed; PMID 21415067. 

46. Sinha SS, Shannon RP. Insulin resistance and progression of heart failure 

in the older adult. Aging Health 2011 Apr; 7(2);297-309. 



Heffernan TP, Longo I, Mandinova A, Lu Y, Conney AH, Nghiem P. 


the ataxia telangiectasia and Rad3-related (ATR) kinase. PNAS 

2011;108(33)13716-21. 

48. Stephen S, Morrissey KA, Benoit BM, Kim EJ, Vittorio CC, Nasta SD,

Showe LC, Wysocka M, Rook AH. Inhibition of cell-mediated immunity 

by the histone deacetylase inhibitor vorinostate: Implications for therapy 

of cutaneous T-cell lymphoma. American Journal of Hematology, 2011; 

10:226-28. 

49. Patel MS, Davis MM, Lypson ML. Advancing medical education by 

teaching health policy. New England Journal of Medicine. 

2011;364(8):695-697. 

50. Patel MS, Dine CJ, Asch DA. Resident use of smartphones while 

providing patient care. Journal of Internal Medicine. 2011;26(s1):103. 

51. Patel MS, DiRocco DN, Marzec L, Day SC. Resident and faculty 

attitudes towards using patient feedback in an academic internal medicine 

outpatient practice. Journal of Internal Medicine. 2011;26(S1):561. 

52. Hemmerich JA, Ahmad FS, Meltzer DO, Dale W. African-American Men 

Signficantluy Underestimate Their Risk of Having Prostate Cancer at the 

Time of Biopsy. Psycho-Oncology. 16 Nov 2011. 

53. Suzuki M, Oda M, Ramos MP, Pascual M, Lau K, Stasiek E, Agyirir F, 

Thompson RF, Glass JL, Jing Q, Sandstrom R, Fazzari MJ, Hansen RS, 

Stamatoyannopoulos JA, McLellan AS, Greally JM. (2011). Late- 

replication heterochromatin is characterized by decreased cytosine 

methylation in the human genome. Genome Res 21(11):1833-40. 

54. Alvarez H, Opalinska J, Zhou L, Sohal D, Fazzari MJ, Yu Y, Montagna C, 

Montgomery EA, Canto M, Dunbar KB, Wang J, Roa JC, Mo Y, Bhagat 

T, Ramesh KH, Cannizzaro L, Mollenhauer J, Thompson RF, Suzuki M, 

Meltzer SJ, Melnick A, Greally JM, Maitra A, Verma A. (2011). 

Widespread hypomethylation occurs early and synergizes with gene 

amplication during esophageal carcinogenesis. PLoS Genet 

7(3):e1001356. 

55. Acosta D, Suzuki M, Connolly D, Thompson RF, Fazzari MJ, Greally 

JM, Montagna C. (2011). DNA methylation changes in murine breast 

adenocarcinomas allow the identification of candidate gene for human 

breast carcinogenesis. Mamm Genome 22(3-4):249-59. 

56. McConnell RA, Kim S. Ahmad NA, Falk GB, Forde KA, Ginsberg GG, 

Jaffe DL, Makar GA, Long WB, Panganamamula KV, Kochman ML. 

Lack of discriminatory function for endoscopy skills on a computer-based 

simulator. Gastrointest Endosc. 2011; 73:AB432. 

57. Prenner SB, Turnbull IC, Searrao GW, Fishman E, Ellozy SH, 

Vouyouka AG, Marin ML, Faries PL. Outcome of elective

endovascular abdominal aortic aneurysm repair in nonagenarians. J. 

Vasc Surg. 2011 Aug;54(2):287-94. 

58. Shabason JE, Tofilon PJ, Camphausen K. HDAC inhibitors as radiation 

modifiers from bench to clinic. J Cell Mol Med. 2011 March; [epub 

ahead of print]. 

59. Bish LT, George I, Maybaum S, Yang J, Chen JM, Sweeney HL. 

myostatin is elevated in congenital heart diseases and after 

mechanical unloading. PLOS One 6:e23818.2011. 

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1. Garin MC, Arnold AM, Lee JS, Cappola AR. Subclinical 

Hypothyroidism, Weight, and Body Composition: the Cardiovascular 

Health Study. Endocrine Society 93 rd Annual Meeting. Boston, MA 2011. 

2. Chacon D, Adult Care of Complex Patients with “Pediatric” Diagnoses. 

2011 Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Senior Advocacy Forum, June 

2011. 

3. Wiebe DJ, Blackstone MM, Mollen CJ, Culyba AJ, Fein JA. Self- 

Reported Violence-Related Outcomes for Adolescents Within Eight 

Weeks of Emergency Department of Treatment for Assault Injury. 

Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine Annual Conference. Abstract 

accepted, Seattle, WA. April 2011. 

4 Mathew J, Katz R, St. John Sutton M, Dixit S, Gerstenfeld E, Gold M, 

Linde C, Shlipak M, Deo R. Chronic Kidney Disease and Cardiac 

Remodeling in Patients with Mild Heart Failure: Results from the 

REsynchronization reverses Remodeling in Systolic Left vEntricular 

Dysfunction (REVERSE) study. Heart Rhythm Society Scientific Sessions. 

Abstract presented, 2011. 

5 Shah P, Rao S, Kochman M. Peroral cholangioscopy for the evaluation of 

indeterminate biliary strictures. Digestive Disease Week. Abstract 

presented, Chicago, IL. May 2011. 

6. Raina A, D’Souza B, Sinha S, Forfia P. A Novel Electrocardiogram- 

Based Scoring System to Phenotype Patients with Pulmonary Hypertension 

American Thoracic Society International Conference. Abstract presented, 

2011. 

7. Fenning RS, Qamar A, Millar J, DerOhannessian S, Wolfe M, Rader DJ.

The effects of treatment with PRAR-alpha and PPAR-gamma agonists on 

Fibroblast Growth Factor-21 levels in patients with the metabolic syndrome 

or dyslipidemia. Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology 

Conference. Poster presented, Chicago, IL. April 2011. 

8. Hoffmann S, Gluckman SG. Dramatic Response of High-Grade 

Mediastinal Lymphoma to Helicopter Pylori eradication. Society of General 

Internal Medicine. Poster presentation, Phoenix, AZ, May 2011. 

9. Hart JL, Kohn R, Halpern SD. The final bed: a national, qualitative study of 

intensive care unit clinicians’ reasons for rationing. American Thoracic 

Society Conference. Abstract presentation, Denver, CO, 2011. 

10. Sinha S, Levine M, Damjanov N, Reddy R, Olthoff K, Shaked A, Hoteit 

M. Hepato-Cholangiocarcinoma in Liver Transplantation: Frequency and 

Outcomes. American Transplant Congress. Abstract presentation, 2011. 

11. Martin CA, Perini RF, Avadhani AN, Redlinger M, Harlacker K, 

Flaherty KT, Rosen MA, Divgi CR, O’Dwyer PJ. Imaging with [18f]- 

fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (FDG-PET) and 

dynamic contrast enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (DCE-MRI) as 

markers of drug effect in a phas I dose-escalation study of combined 

RAD 001 and cetuximab. American Society of Clinical Oncology 

Conference, Abstract presentation, Chicago, IL. 2011. 

12. Betensky BP, Tsehabrunn C, Zado E, Goldberg LR, Marchlinski FE, 

Cooper JM. Long-term follow-up of patients with cardiac sarcoidosis and 

implantable caridioverter-defibrillators. 32 nd Annual Scientific Sessions 

of the Heart Rhythm Society, 2011. 

13. Betensky BP, Jauregui M, Campos B, Michele J, Gerstenfeld EP. Use of 

A Novel Visualization Catheter for the Characterization of 

Errhythmogenic Substrate in an Ovine Model of Ventricular Tachycardia. 

32 Annual Scientific Sessions of the Heart Rhythm Society, 2011.i 

14. Betensky BP, Jauregui M, Campos B, Michele J, Gerstenfeld EP. Use of 

a novel catheter capable of direct visualization during radiofrequency 

ablation in an ovine model of ventricular tachycardia. 32 Annual 

Scientific Sessions of the Heart Rhythm Society, 2011. 

15. Haqqani HM, Betensky BP, Saghy L, Campos B, Jauregui M, Tzou W, 

Altmann A, Goldberg A, Michele J, Gerstenfeld EP. Utility of a novel 

intracardiac echo strain mapping system to identify scar in a chronic 

ovine infret model. 32 nd Annual Scientific Sessions of the Heart Rhythm 

Society. 2011. 

16. Haqqani HM, Betensky BP, Saghy L, Campos B, Jauregui M, Tzou W,

Altmann A, Michele J, Gerstenfeld EP. Performance of the multipolar 

pentarray catheter for scar mapping in an ovine infarct model. 32 Annual 

Scientific Sessions of the Heart Rhythm Society. 2011. 

17. Gerstenfeld EP, Betensky BP, Jauregui M, Campos B, Michele J. 

Epicardial cryoablation versus radiofrequency catheter ablation lesions in 

a porcine infarct model. 32 Annual Scientific Sessions of the Heart 

Rhythm Society. 2011. 

18. Vranas K, Prasad M, Halpern SD. Daily variation in ICU clinicians’ 

perceptions of resource needs and strain on their capacity to provide 

optimal critical care. Department of Medicine Research Day, Poster 

presentation, Philadelphia, PA, June 2011. 

19.Vranas K, Prasad M, Halpern SD. Daily variation in ICU clinicians’ 

perceptions of resource needs and strain on their capacity to provide 

optimal critical care. The American Thoracic Society International 

Conference, Poster presentation, Denver, CO, May 2011. 

20.Patel MS, Physician attitudes towards incorporating patient feedback 

into clinical practice. Society of General Internal Medicine Annual 

Conference, Phoenix, AZ. April 2011. 

21.Patel MS. Risks and benefits of using smartphones in clinical settings. 

22. Cornish C, Shah P, Sepulveda A, Ginsberg G, Kochman M, Tierney 

A, Guarner-Argente C, Ahmad N. Does cyst fluid CEA level correlate 

with malignancy in mucinous cystic tumors of the pancreas? Presented 

at the American College of Gastroenterology 2011 Annual Scientific 

Meeting, Washington, DC. October 2011. 

23. Shah P, Cornish C, Sepulveda A, Ginsberg G, Kochman M, Tierney A, 

Guarner-Argente C, Ahmad N. Does cyst size correlate with malignancy 

in mucinous cystic neoplasms of the pancreas? Presented at the 

American College of Gastroenterology 2011 Annual Scientific Meeting, 

Washington, DC. October 2011. 

24. Mundluru S, Beck NA, Sampson NR, Baldwin KD, Wells L, Ganley TJ. 

Meniscal Tears in the skeletally Immature: Analysis of patients requiring 

repeat arthroscopic surgery. Presented at the American Academy of 

Pediatrics National Conference and Exhibition, Boston, MA. Oct. 2011. 

25. Cohn J, Holtzman D, Baker B. Efficiencies in AIDS programming: the 

rhetoric and the realities. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2011 Nov 1;

58(3):229-32. 

26. Tubbs RS, Radcliff V, Shoja MM, Nafte RP, Mortazavi MM, Zurada 

A, Loukas M, Cohen-Gadol AA. Dorello Canal Revisited: An 

observation that potentially explains the frequency of abducens nerve 

injury after head injury. World Neurosurg. 2011 Nov 15. 

27. Radcliff V, Myers NJ, Prasad M, Sante SC, Fuchs BB, Christie JD, 

Gaieski DF, Mikkelsen ME. Non-Adherence with early goal-directed 

therapy has increased over time. Presented at the Society for Academic 

Emergency Medicine Annual Meeting. Boston MA. June 2011. 

28. Almario C, Riff B, Metz D, Merriman N, Yang YX. Risk of 

Community-Acquired Pneumonia in Patients with a diagnosis of 

Pernicious Anemia. Presented at Digestive Diseases Week, Chicago, 

2011. 

29. Blaney K, Blonski W, Lichtenstein G. Is IBD a risk factor for 

Myelodyspasia? Abstract presented at Digestive Diseases Week, 

Chicago, IL. 2011. 

30. Garland JM, Rusk M, Hudson FP, Barton TD, Cohn JE. Design and 

implementation of novel resident education experience utilizing the 

electronic medical record in a refugee health clinic. Poster * 

presentation at the Association of Program Directors in Internal 

Medicine Meeting. Los Vegas, NV. April 2011. 

31. Allen SF, Siddiqi OK, Waldman L, Walsh EK, Silvestry FE, Szeto W, 

Bavaria JE, Keane MG. Aortic root dilation in patients with Bicuspid 

Aortic Valves after Aortic Valve Replacement. Abstract presentation 

at the American Society of Echocardiography Scientific Sessions, 

Montreal, Canada. 2011. 

32. Marshall K. Is IBD a Risk Factor for Myelodysplastic syndrome? 

Poster presentation at Digestive Diseases Week, Chicago,IL. May 

2011. 


Svoboda J, Stadtmauer E, Schuster SJ, Nasta SD. Prolongation of 

Progression Free Survuval in Mantle Cell Lymphoma After R- 

HyperCVAD: Autologous Stem Cell Transplant Consolidation or 

Rituximab Maintenance. Poster presented at the Department of 

Medicine Research Day, University of Pennsylvania, June 2011. 

34. Ahmad FS (moderator), Tsang T, Rachman F, Packer W. Quality 

Measurement and Care Delivery Transformation: Beyond Meaningful

Use. Presented at the Offiec of the National Coordinator for Health 

IT Regional Meeting. Los Angeles, CA 2011. 

35. Almario CV, Riff B, Metz DC, Merriman N, Yang YX. Risk of 

Community-Acquired Pneumonia in Patients with a Diagnosis of 

Pernicious Anemia. Poster presentation at Digestive Disease Week; 

2011; Chicago, IL. 



after intubation. Poster presented at the American College of 

Physicians Pennsylvania Chapter, Southeast Regional Meeting, 

Wynnewood, PA. 3 rd Place, Quality Improvement/Patient Safety. 

October 2011. 

37. McConnell RA, Kim S, Ahmad NA, Falk GW, Forde KA, Ginsberg 

GG, Jaffe DL, Makar GA, Long WB, Panganamamula KV, Kochman 

ML. Poor discriminatory function for endoscopic skills on a 

computer-based simulator. Poster presented at the American College 

of Physicians Pennsylvania Chapter, Southeast Regional Meeting, 

Wynnewood, PA. 3 rd Place, Original Research. October 2011. 


GG, Jaffe DL, Makar GA, Long WB, Panganamamula KV, Kochman 

ML. Poor discriminatory function for endoscopic skills on a 

computer-based simulator. Poster presented at the Delaware Valley 

Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, Philadelphia, PA. May 2011. 


GG, Jaffe DL, Makar GA, Long WB, Panganamuamula KV, 

Kochman ML. Poo discriminatory function for endoscopic skills on a 

computer-based simulator. Poster presented at Digestive Disease 

Week; Chicago, IL. May 2011. 

40. Cornish C, Shah P, Sepulveda A, Ginsberg G, Kochman M, Tierney 

A, Guarner-Argente C, Ahmad N. Does Cyst Size Correlate with 

Malignancy in Mucinous Cycstic Neoplasms of the Pancreas? Poster 

presented at the American College of Gastroenterology 2011Annual 

Scientific Conference. 2011. 



Progression Free Survival in Mantle Cell Lymphoma After R- 


Rituximab Maintenance. Poster presented at the Department of 

Medicine Research Day, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia,

Awards: 


42. Erin Cobain. B Cell Lymphoma, Unclassifiable: Survival Advantage 

for Aggressive Therapy. Presented at the American Society of 

Hemaltology Conference. San Diego, CA. December 2011. 

1. Ilona Lorincz – Andrew I. Shafer Leadership in Medicine Award 

2. Ilona Lorinca – Department of Medicine Holmes Award in Patient- 

Oriented Research 

3. Brian Betensky – Heart Rhythm Society Clinical Research Award in 

Honor of Mark Josephson and Hein Wellens 

4. Anjali Gojraty – Lipkin Award for best research presentation at the 

Society of General Internal Medicine Conference. 

5. Michael George - Maurice Attie Junior Resident Teaching Award 

6. Parin Patel - Maurice Attie Senior Resident Teaching Award 

7. Mitesh Patel – National Finalist, American College of Physicians (ACP) 

Abstract Competition 2011. 

8. Kimberly Gannon – First Place, American College of Physicians (ACP), 

Local Chapter, Jackson, MS. 

8. Ryan McConnell – Top 10 Again – Pass it On Contest, Runner-Up. 

10. Ryan McConnell – Philadelphia County Medical Society Vanitha 

Appadoral Vaidya, MD Award for Humaneness in Medicine, Honorable 

Mention. 

11. Stacey Blanck – Second Prize for Original Research, American 

College of Physicians (ACP) Abstract Competition 2011. 

12. Ryan McConnell- Third Prize for Original Research, American 


13. Farzad Ahmad-Third Prize for Quality Improvement, American 

College of Physicians (ACP) Abstract Competition 2011.

14. Mitesh Patel, National Finalist, American College of Physicians (ACP) 

Abstract Competition. 

15. Mitesh Patel, Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholar, University of 

Pennsylvania 

16. Eugene Lin, First Prize for Quality Improvement, American 


17. Ryan McConnell, Third Prize for Jeopardy Team, American College of 

Physicians (ACP) Competition 2011. 

18. Christian Squillante, Third Prize for Jeopardy Team, American College 

of Physicians (ACP) Competition 2011. 

19. Kristina Casadei, Third Prize for Jeopardy Team, American College of 

Physicians (ACP) Competition 2011. 

20. Erin F. Cobain, Philadelphia County Medical Society Humaneness in 

Medicine Award, 2011. 

21. Molly Collins – Excellence in Care of the Older Adult House Officer 

Award, in recognition of Outstanding Clinical Care in the Field of 

Geriatric Medicine, 2011. 

AY 10 


1. Christensen KG, Krekun S, Bell T, Myers JS. Assessing and Improving 

Handoff Communications for Inter-Hospital Transfers at an Academic 

Medical Center. J. Hosp Med. 2010; 5(3)(suppl 2):S87. 

2. Nelson ML, DiNardo AR, Hochberg J, Armelagos GJ. Mass 

spectroscopic characterization of tetracycline in the skeletal remains of an 

ancient population from Sudanese Nubia 350CE-550CE. American 

Journal of Physical Anthropology. 2010. 

3. Kini V, Logani S, Ky B, Chirinos J, Ferrari V, St. John Sutton M, Wiegers 

S, Kirkpatrick J. Transthoracic and Transesophageal Echocardiography for 

the Indication of Suspected Infective Endocarditis. 2010 Apr; 23(4):396- 

402. 

4. Oligino E, Plutzky J, Rader DJ. Novel PPAR Therapeutics: Beyond 

Fibrates and TZDs. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2010 (Invited Review, 

submitted).

5. Brown J, Oligino E, Rader DJ, Plutzky J. VLDL hydrolysis by hepatic 

lipase regulates PPAR-delta transcriptional responses. J. Biol. Chem. 2010. 

in review. 

6. Rager A, Frey N, Goldstein SC, Reshef R, Hexner EO, Loren A, Luger 

SM, Perl A, Tsai D, Davis J, Vozniak M, Smith J, Stadtmauer EA, Porter 

DL. Inflammatory cytokine inhibition with combination daclizumab and 

inflixmab for steroid-refractory acute GVHD. Bone Marrow Transplant. 

2010 May 24. (Epub ahead of print) 

7. Sokol-Hessner L, Shea JA, Kogan JR. The Open-ended Comment Space 

for Action Plans on Core Clerkship Students Encounter Cards: What Gets 

Written? Academic Medicine. 2010. Accepted to Academic Medicine, 

revisions pending. 

8. Negar F, Alapati S, Hofheinz F, Tomson TT, Lin L, Saboury B, Bodapati 

G, Werner T, Alavi A, Torigian D. Feasibility of novel image analysis 

software for quantitative image analysis of primary cervical on FDG- 

PET/CT (paper in preparation, 2010). 

9. Vassy J, Meigs JM, Grant RW. The Clinical Application of Genetic 

Testing in Type 2 Diabetes. Journal of Clinical Metabolism & Diabetes. 

Under Review. 

10. Ashktorab H, Daremipouran M, Wilson M, Siddiqi S, Lee EL, Rakhshani 

N, Malekzadeh R, Johnson AC, Hewitt SM, Smoot DT. Transactivation of 

the EGFR by AP-1 is induced by Helicobactor pylori in gastric cancer. 

AM. J. Gastroenterol. In press. 

11. Kim S, Spencer G, Makar G, Ahmad NA, Jaffe DL, Ginsberg GG, 

Kuchenbecker K, Kochman ML. Lack of discriminatory function for 

endoscopy skills on a computer-based simulator. Surg Endosc.[accepted]. 

12. Kim S, Yu A, Filippone L, Kolansky D, Raina A. Inverted-Takotsubo 

pattern cardiomyopathy secondary to pheocromocytoma. Clin Cardiol. 

[accepted]. 

13. Kim S, Ahmad NA. Chapter 61. Lower gastrointestinal bleeding and 

colitis. The Intensive Care Unit Manual 2 nd Ed. Philadelphia, PA. W.B. 

Saunders Company. [to be published in 2010]. 

14. Kremer B, Harris T, Macik B. Chapter 9: Oncology. Medicine Recall (4 th 

Edition). Ed. JD Bergin. Lippincott, Williams & Witkins. US 2010.

15. Hamamdzic D*, Fenning RS*, Patel D, Mohler ER 3 rd , Orlova KA, 

Wright AC, Llano RA, Keane MG, Shannon RP, Birnbaum MJ, Wilensky 

RL. The Akt pathway is hypo-activated by the synergistic actions of 

diabetes mellitus and hypercholesterolemia resulting in advanced coronary 

artery disease. AM J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol. 2010 Sept; 299(3): 

H699-706. (*) denotes equal contribution. 

16. Orlova KA, Parker WE, Heuer GG, Tsai V, Yoon J, Baybis M, Fenning 

RS, Strauss K, Crino PB. STRADa deficiency results in aberrant 

mTORC1 signaling during corticogenesis in humans and mice. J. Clin 

Invest. 2010 May. 3; 120(5):1591-602. 

17. Heuer GG, Fenning RS, Brown M, Kilbaugh T, Guzman MA, Judkins 

AR, Rorke-Adams L, Sutton L, Storm PB. Pulmonary edema and cardiac 

dysfunction after resection of a fourth ventricle tumor in a toddler; case 

report. Neurocritical, Feb 2010 (submitted). 

18. Hoffmann MS, Eber MR, Laxminarayan R. Increasing resistance of 

acinetobacter species to imipenem in United States hospitals, 1999-2006. 

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol, 2010 Feb; 31 (2); 196-7. 

19. Lowenthal E, Szalda D, Harari N, Finalle R, Mazhani L. Relationship of 

training to self-reported competency and care of adolescents in an African 

health care setting. Journal of Adolescent Health. Accepted for publication, 

Dec 2010. 

20. Myers, Gojraty S, Yang W, et, al. A randomized-controlled trial of 

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21. Arkles JS, Opotowsky AR, Ojeda J, Rogers F, Liu T, Prasanna V, 

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28. Hull S, Jayaram H, Mearza AA, Ali A. Complications and management 

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29. Su HI, Sammel MD, Velders L, Horn M, Stankiewicz C, Matro J, Gracia 

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31. Kurd SK, Chrits-Christoph P, Troxel AB, Gelfand JM. The risk of 

depression, anxiety and suicidality in patients with Psoriasis: A 

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33. Carter RR, Mundluru S, Margolin SJ, Carter RR. Small bowel 

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34. Mato AR, Luger SM, Heitjan DF, Mikkelsen ME, Olson E, Ujjani C, 

Jacobs S, Miltiades AN, Shah P, Schuster SJ, Carroll M, Chauffe AD, 

Fuchs BD. Elevation in serum lactate at the time of febrile neutropenia 

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35. Lawler K, Mosepele M, Ratcliffe S, Cherry C, Seloilwe E, Steenhoff A. 

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38. Sengupta N, Morris CG, Kirwan J, Amdur RJ, Mendenhall WM. 

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39. Murphy M, Whitman IR, Moxey E, Campfield A, Haddad M, Whitman 

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41. Oathes DJ, Squillante CM, Ray WJ, Nitschke JB. The impact of worry 

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1. Christensen K. Accessing and Improving Handoff Communications for 

Inter-Hospital Transfers at an Academic Medical Center. Presented at 

Society of General Internal Medicine National Meeting, Minneapolis, MN, 

May 2010. 

2. Christensen K. Statin Induced Tendionpathy: A Potential Uncommon 

Side Effect. Presented at Society of General Internal Medicine National 

Meeting, Minneapolis, May 2010. 

3. Christensen K. Accessing and Improving Handoff Communications for 

Inter-Hospital Transfers at an Academic Medical Center. Presented at 

Society of Hospital Medicine Meeting, San Juan, Mexico, September 2010.

4. Mayson SE, Mellon K, Cardillo S, Burns CM, Rein V, Schutta MH, 

Rickels MR. The effects of U-500 regular insulin therapy on glycemic 

control and lipids in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus and severe 

insulin resistance. Poster presented at the Department of Medicine 

Research Day at the University of Pennsylvania. June 2010. 

5. Siddiqi OK, D’Souza B, Landzberg MJ, Webb GD, Opotowsky AR. 

Cardiovascular outcomes of childbirth among women with congential 

heart disease. Presented at the Department of Medicine Research Day at 

the University of Pennsylvania. June 2010. 

6. Tobi M, Easler J, Antaki F, Levi E, Rambus MA, Lawson M. High grade 

dysplastic polyps: Does size matter? Presented at the 101 st Annual 

American Association for Cancer Research Meeting, Washington DC, 

April 2010. 

7. Kim S, Kochman M. Testing the Discriminatory Function of a Computer- 

Based Endoscopy Simulator. Penn Medicine Simulation Center Research 

Update. Philadelphia, PA. February 8, 2010. 

8. Aizenberg DJ, Berlin CJ. An unusual cause of the piriformis syndrome. 

Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society of General Internal 

Medicine, Minneapolis, MN. April 30, 2010. 

9. Aizenberg DJ, Berlin CJ, Jaeger JR, Day SC, Kay JL, Rojan AA. From 

Tackle Box to Clinic: Improving diabetic foot care at one resident practice 

site. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society of General Internal 

Medicine, Minneapolis, MN. April 30, 2010. 

10. Chacon D, Gojraty S, Myers J. Zollinger-Ellison Syndrome, Cognitive 

Error, and Medication Reconciliation Error. An unholy Triad. Presented 

Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. Dec 2010. 

11. Scott E, Hudson K, Smith H, Trerotola S, Porter D, Sood S. Thrombosis 

in Hospitalized Cancer Patients – A Case Control Study. Presented at 

Department of Medicine Research Day, University of Pennsylvania. June 

2010. 

12. Kremer B. Posttransplant Lymphoproliferative Disorder (PTLD) in Adult 

Lung Transplant Recipients: A Report of Thirty-Five Cases presented at 

the American Transplant Congress, San Diego, CA. 2010. 

13. D’Souza B, Arkles J. Saurabh J, Litt H, St. John Sutton M, Webb G, 

Marcus E, Opotowsky A. Tricuspid Annular Plane Systolic Excursion 

Does Not Correlate with Right Ventricular Volumes or Function in Adults

with Repaired Tetralogy of Fallot. American Heart Association Scientific 

Sessions. Abstract presentation, 2010. 

14. Fenning RS, Hamamdzic D, Patel D, Orlova KA, Mohler ER 3 rd , Keane 

M, Shannno RP, Birnbaum M, Wilensky RL. The Akt pathway is hypo- 

activated by the synergistic actions of diabetes mellitus and 

hypercholesterolemia resulting in advanced coronary artery disease. 

National Meeting of the American College of Physicians. Poster 

presentation, Toronto, Canada. Apr 2010. 

15. Hart JL, Kohn R, Halpern SD. Perceptions of donation after circulatory 

determination of death among critical care physicians and nurses. 

American Thoracic Society Meeting. Abstract presentation, New Orleans, 

LA, 2010. 

16. Hart JL, Kohn R, Halpern SD. Perceptions of donation after circulatory 

determination of death among critical care physicians and nurses. 

American College of Physicians, Southeastern Pennsylvania Chapter 

Meeting. Abstract presentation, Philadelphia, PA, 2010. 

17. Landsburg DJ, Porter DL, Stadtmauer EA, Loren AW, Frey N, Hexner 

EO, Tsai DE, Nasta SD, Goldstein SC, Perl A, Davis JL, Luger SL. A 

Comparison of two induction regimens for older patients with acute 

lymphoblastic leukemia: Danorubicin, Vincristine and Prednisone (DVP) 

is worth considering. 52 nd American Society of Hematology Annual 

Meeting and Exposition. Abstract presentation, 2010. 

18. Landsburg DJ, Stadtmauer EA, Schuster SJ, Mangan P, Shelly B, Vogl 

DT. Comparison of bortezomib-and lenalidomide-based therapies for the 

treatment of primary (AL) amyloidosis. Journal of Clinical Oncology. 

Abstract presentation, 2010. 

19. Betensky BP, Park RE, FRACP, Hutchinson MD, Garcia FC, Bala R, Lin 

D, Cooper JM, Riley MP, Dixit S, Callans DJ, Marchlinski FE, 

Gerstenfeld EP. The V2 Transition Ratio: A New ECG Criterion for 

Distinguishing Left from Right Ventricular Outflow Tachycardia Origin. 

31 st Annual Scientific Sessions of the Heart Rhythm Society. Heart 

Rhythm, Vol. 7. issue 5S. 2010. 

20. Betensky BP, Cooper JM, Golderg LR. Myocardial scar and arrhythmia 

risk prediction in patients with cardiac sarcoidosis. 31 st Annual Scientific 

Sessions of the Heart Rhythm Society. Heart Rhythm. Vol 7, issue 5S. 2010. 

21. Betensky BP, Goldberg LR. Characterization of distinct phenotypes in 

cardiac sarcoidosis: clinical features associated with left ventricular

dysfunction and arrhythmias. 14 th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Heart 

Failure Society of America. J Cardiac Failure Vol 16. No 8 Suppl 11, 

2010. 

22. Szalda D, Schwartz L. Predictors of substance use in adolescents with 

cancer. 2010 Annual Conference of the International Society of Paediatric 

Oncology. Poster presentation, Boston, MA. 

23. Schwartz LA, Szalda D, Hobbie W, Kazak A. Predictors of engagement 

in follow-up care of young adult survivors of childhood cancer. 2010 

Annual Conference of the International Society of Paediatric Oncology, 

Oral presentation, Boston, MA. 

24. Szalda D, Wallis E, Trachtenberg S. Reach for College: A group 

mentoring program for youth with special healthcare needs. 2010 

Pennsylvania Community on Transition Conference, Oral presentation, 

State College, PA. 

25. Szalda D, Wallis E, Trachtenberg S. Reach for College: A group 

mentoring program for youth with special healthcare needs. 2010 

Pediatric Academic Societies Meeting, Poster presentation, Vancouver. 

26. Szalda D, Meadows A, Carver J. Cardiovascular screening and 

cumulative anthracycline dose do not predict cardiac dysfunction in 

survivors of childhood cancer. 11 th International Conference for Long- 

Term Complications of Treatment of Children and Adolescents for Cancer, 

Poster presentation, Williamsburg, VA, June 2010. 

27. Hoffmann M. Right Ventricular Structure and Function Predict the Onset 

of Dyspnea. The American Thoracic Society International Conference. 

Poster presentation, New Orleans, LA, May 2010. 

28. Courtright K, Benson N, Iwashtyna T, Kahn J. Publicly reported 

infection rates are not good markers of intensive care unit quality. 

American Thoracic Society International Conference. Abstract presented. 

New Orleans, LA, May 2010. 

29. McConnell R. Imported Lassa Fever in Pennsylvania 2010. American 

College of Physicians Pennsylvania Chapter, Southeast Regional 

Conference, Philadelphia, PA. October 2010. 

30. McConnell R. Imported Lassa Fever in Pennsylvania 2010. Pennsylvania 

Medical Society Annual Conference, Hershey, PA. October 2010. 

31. William D, Mehta N, Li M, Khera A, Qu L, DerOhannessian S, Pruscino 

L, Shaikhl L, Hinkle C, He J, Stylianou I, Hakonarson H, Rader D, Reilly

M. Convergence of CXCL12 and PHACTR1: novel genome wide signals 

for myocardial infarction and regulation of plasma CXCL2 levels. Poster 

presented at the American Society for Human Genetics. November 2010. 

32. Whitman IR, Murphy M, Moxey E, Campfield A, Haddad M, Whitman 

GJR. Surgical care improvement project blood glucose compliane and 

insulin infusion protocols: One size doesn’t fit all. Presentation at the 39 th 

Annual Society of Critical Care Medicine Congress.Miami Beach, FL. 

January 2010. 



Progression Free Survival in Mantle Cell Lymphoma after R- 


Rituximab Maintenance. Poster presented at the American Society of 

Hematology. Orlando, FL. December 2010. 

34. Amorosa V, MacNeil A, McConnell RA, Dillon KE, Hamilton K, 

Erickson BR, Campbell S, Knust B, Cannon D, Miller D, Manning C, 

Rollin PE, Nichol ST. Imported Lassa Fever in Pennsylvania, 2010. Poster 

presented at the Pennsylvania Medical Society Annual Meeting, Hershey, 

PA. October 2010. 




presented at the American College of Physicians Pennsylvania Chapter, 

Southeast Regional Conference, Philadelphia, PA. October 2010. 




presented at the Univ. of Pennsyvlania Department of Internal Medicine 

Research Day, Philadelphia, PA. June 2010. 



Progression Free Survival in Mantle Cell Lymphoma After R- 


Rituximab Maintenance. Poster presented at the American Society of 

Hematology, Orlando, FL, December 2010. 

38. Canver MC, Canver AC, Revere KE, Amado D, Bennett J, Chung DC. 

Algorithm for Pupillometric Data Analysis. Presented Poster at the 

Northeast Bioengineering Conference Annual Meeting, New York City,

Awards: 

NY. 2010. 

39. Singh A, et al. Leptin-Mediated Changes in Hepatic Mithchondrial 

Metabolism, Structure, and Protein Levels. Proc Natl Acad Sci. 2009 

Aug 4;106(31):13100-5. 

40. Park J, George M, Danoff S, Qubti M, Gelber A, Christopher-Stine L. 

ESR and CRP Do Not Correlated with Extent of Muscle Injury but 

their Elevation is Associated with Pulmonary Involvement in 

Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathy. Abstract ACR/ARHP Annual 

Scientific Meeting, November 2010. 

1. Kristin Christensen – Society of Hospital Medicine Innovations scientific 

poster competition- finalist. 

2. Chevon Rariy-Haswell – ENDO Thyroid Clinical Research Fellowship 

Award 

3. Vinay Kini – Special Recognition Award – North American Society of 

Cardiac Imaging 

4. Serena Roth – C William Hanson II Prize for Outstanding Primary Care 

Resident 

5. Serena Roth – University of Pennsylvania Global Health Residency 

Track 

6. Lauge Sokol-Hessner – Andrew I. Schafer Leadership in Medicine 

Award 

7. Lauge Sokol-Hessner – Penn Pearls Medical Student Teaching Award 

8. Jodi Lenko - The Department of Medicine C William Hansen II Prize 

for Outstanding Primary Care Resident 

9. Parin Patel – Maurice F. Attie Resident Teaching Award 

10. Rachael Truchil – Bridging the Gaps Clinical Scholar 

11. Mitesh Patel – Honorable Mention, John Hopkins National Housestaff 

Research Award in Medical Education. 

12. Mitesh Patel – Health Care Leadership and Quality Improvement Track, 

University of Pennsylvania.

Department of Medicine Internal Medicine Residency Scholarship

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