School of Medicine

Department of Medicine

2024 Medicine Research Day

 

Welcome to the MRD2024 Virtual Poster Website!

This is the 35th year for the Medicine Research Day. There are three categories, Translational Research, Clinical Vignettes, and Quality Improvement, which come from our Students, Residents, Fellows, and Faculty.

Each abstract has a poster that can be viewed and for many a 5-8 minute video presentation that can be accessed by all.


Medical students are listed alphabetically by last name in each category (Translational Research, Clinical Vignettes, and Quality Improvement. To view their Abstracts, Posters, and Video presentations describing their posters, please click on the corresponding links under their individual project title.


Translational Research

 

William Barham, Katie Dillman

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"Ofatumumab: A Novel Anti‑CD20 Monoclonal Antibody for Multiple Sclerosis: A Review of Clinical Considerations"

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Haley Beavers Khoury

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"Caring for the Incarcerated Patient: Provider Perceptions of Quality of Care"

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Jordan Book

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“The COVID-19 Pandemic and Recorded Cancer Incidence in Louisiana"

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Renee Breaux

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“Adverse events associated with the presence and treatment of chronic osteomyelitis”

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Mallory Brignac

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"SGA neonatal outcomes in anemic gravid patients: does treatment in pregnancy improve neonatal birthweight?”

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John Carleton

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"Digit Amputation Level Influences Macrophage Polarization "

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Angella Chang

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"Predictors of chronic osteomyelitis between comorbid conditions versus social determinants of health"

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Katherine Copenhaver

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"Kappa opioid receptor-expressing cells in the basolateral amygdala regulate social-stress escalated drinking"

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Clifton Daigle

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"Factors Associated with Post-operative Opioid Use in Opioid Naïve Patients Undergoing Total 
Knee Arthroplasty"

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Emily Dubuisson, Emma Domangue

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"Failure to Follow-Up, There’s More to the Story"

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Christine Edomwande

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"An Examination of Food Behavior and the Barriers Preventing Food Insecure Louisiana Residents from Participating in Food Assistance Programs "

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Rebekah Fayard

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"Effects of Mechanism of Injury and Insurance Status on Behavioral and Clinical Sequelae in Pediatric Trauma Patients"

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Eric Fincke

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"Case Series: Safety and Effectiveness of 3-Level Lumbar Percutaneous Decompression with an Interspinous Spacer"

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Aimee Galatas
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"Differential Covariate and Stage Relationships in GI Cancers"

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Breyanah Graham

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"Impact of Late Prenatal Care on Anemia Prevalence and SGA Outcomes"

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Brett Haaga Jr.

PLACEHOLDER

"Habitual Dietary Intake Aligning with the Dietary Guidelines for Americans is Associated with 
Greater Lipid-Induced Insulin Resistance in Lean, Healthy Individuals"

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LaMiah Hall

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"Medicaid Reimbursement for Total Joint Arthroplasty in the United States: Implications For Patient Access to High-Quality Arthroplasty Care"

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Rahib Islam

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"Development of a Mul/func/onal Laser Hair Removal Patch"

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Shivani Jain

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"Exploring new diagnostic approaches for Buruli ulcer disease"

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Gregory Laborde

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"Orthopaedic Infections: A Primer"

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John Macaulay

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"Investigating an adaptive target biofeedback paradigm to reduce gait asymmetry in older adults post-stroke"

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Hasan Mir

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“BRCC36 Contributes to ACE2 Deubiquitination in Salt-Sensitive Hypertensive Female Mice”

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Dylan Mire

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"Does Preoperative Antibiotic Timing Prior to Incision and Drainage Procedures for Severe Odontogenic Infections Affect Length of Stay or Reoperation?"

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Karlee Mott

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“Follow-Up After Hospitalization for Mental Illness”

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Tina Nguyen

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"Living in a Food Desert Affects Gynecologic Cancer Outcomes"

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Hinali Patel

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"Expression of microRNA Change after Chemotherapy in Breast Cancer Patients "

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Alison Schafer

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"Differential Blood Pressure and Heart Rate Response to 6-minute Walk Testing in Patients with Group 1 Vs. Group 2 Pulmonary Hypertension"

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Hunter Sikaffy

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"CD36/Thrombospondin (THBS2) signaling Axis and Neuroendocrine Neoplasms"

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Audrey Smets

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"Food for Thought: The Cognitive Effects of Mediterranean, High-fat Low carbohydrate, and Traditional American Diets – Study Design"

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Hai Tran

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"Blood Pressure Change During Six-minute Walk Test is an Independent Predictor of Clinical Worsening in Patients with Pulmonary Hypertension"

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Amber Trauth

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"Update: Ascertaining barriers to Anal Cancer Prevention in people living with HIV from the patient perspective"

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Thuc Truong

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"Chronic Osteomyelitis Predictors with Pattern of Care and Health Services"

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Alex Wandler

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"Demographic factors affecting hypertension control in Medicaid populations in Louisiana"

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Jack Wang

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"MYELOPEROXIDASE LOSS OF FUNCTION LEADS TO INTESTINAL DYSBIOSIS AND INFLAMMATION"

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Clinical Vignettes

 

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Hanna Almoaswes

"An Unusual Genetic Etiology For Adult-Onset FSGS"

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Bryce Arata

"Complexity of Chronic Suppurative Otitis Media in the setting of Immunodeficiency and Drug-Reactions"

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"A Hand in Madness: Psychiatric Effects of Lead Toxicity"

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Nikki Arceneaux

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"A Tail of a Pancreatic Duct Fistula"

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"Under the Collarbone: A Case of Primary Sternal and Clavicular Osteomyelitis"

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Nahida Baigam

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"Vascular Access Abandonment Despite Use of a Novel Thrombectomy Device, the Penumbra CAT7D"

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Brianna Bourgeois

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"Jaundice with markedly elevated carbohydrate antigen 19-9 (CA 19-9): Biliary stones or malignancy?"

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Claire Carr

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"Surreptitious Diuretic Abuse in a Patient with Severe Hypokalemia and Long QT Syndrome"

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Lily Chen

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"Case Report: A Case of Coccidiomycosis Confounding a Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Diagnosis"

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Grant Collins

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"Gabapentin to Cyclobenzaprine: A Case of Acute Reversible Iatrogenic Psychosis Influenced by Schedule V Classifications"

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Thomas Deiss

"Plasma Cell Neoplasm Diagnosis in a Patient with Multivessel Coronary Artery Disease"

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Gavin Dennis

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"Hypopigmented Seborrheic Dermatitis Masquerading as Vitiligo in Skin of Color"

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Kathryn Dillman

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"A Case of Recurrent Head and Neck Dermatofibrosarcoma Protuberans"

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Blane Edwards

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"A Case Series of Shewanella Bacteremia"

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Ahmed Fazal-ur-rehman

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"An Ironic Electrolyte Imbalance: A Hyperkalemic Emergency in Primary Hyperaldosteronism"

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Michael Forte

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"Aseptic Meningitis as the Sole Symptom of Legionnaire’s Disease "

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Danielle Gilbert

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"Commensal Neisseria: A Rare Cause of Osteomyelitis and Discitis"

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"Claudication or Something More Sinister: A Case of Endovascular Infection Due to 
Campylobacter Coli"

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Breyanah Graham

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"Rare adverse reaction to Nexplanon"

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Samuel Halle

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"An Atypical Case of Sweet Syndrom"

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Andrew Hoang

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"Vaping-related pneumomediastinum in the younger patient population"

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Chad Hobbs

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"Anaphylactic Reaction to Chlorhexidine After Plantar Fasciitis Injection"

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Emma James

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"Multifocal pneumonia with complications secondary to aspiration of rare anaerobe"

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Lisa Kam

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"A Case of Malignant Melanoma in a Fitzpatrick Type III Male Patient"

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Ryan Kreider

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"A Splenic Surprise: Navigating Littoral Cell Angioma in an Elderly Patient"

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Landon Krone

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"GLP-1 Agonists and Gastroparesis: Ozempic Initiation in a Case of Chronic GI Issues"

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Cameron LaFleur

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"Recurrent Cellulitis and Abscesses in the Setting of Palmoplantar Keratoderma and HIV"

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Coleen Leslie

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"A Case of Symptomatic Tachyarrhythmia of Unkown E.ology"

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Michelle Livitz

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"Calciphylaxis: an unusual course of a rare condition"

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"Milk-Alkali syndrome, an udder failure of acid control"

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Michelle Livitz, Maria Rodriguez

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"Membranoproliferative Glomerulonephritis in primary Sjogren’s Syndrome"

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Catherine Loehr

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"Macrofocal Multiple Myeloma: A Special Subgroup of Multiple Myeloma"

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"Simultaneous Diagnosis of HIV and Disseminated Kaposi Sarcoma"

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Elizabeth Long

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“MRSE bacteremia via PICC line with AICD lead vegetation in heart failure patient on ambulatory milrinone”

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"Wrist pain plus positive rheumatoid factor: When rheumatoid arthritis is not rheumatoid arthritis"

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Salim Lutfallah

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"Sinister Sinusitis: Unraveling the myserty of subgaleal abscess"

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Brooke McVaney, Salim Lutfallah 

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"Methotrexate Toxicity Induced Pancytopenia and Oral Ulcerations"

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Hope Oddo Moise, Allen Byl

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"Cryptogenic Pyogenic Liver Abscess due to Parvimonas micra and Fusobacterium nucleatum "

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"Leptospirosis: An Uncommon Cause of Fever and Transaminitis in the Continental United States"

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Asad Mussarat

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"Methotrexate toxicity: The Systemic Impact on the Human Body"

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"Paraneoplastic Anti-NMDAR Encephalitis: Mystery with an Ovarian Teratoma Twist"

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"Roseomonas Mucosa, an Unwanted Valentine’s Day Gift"

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"Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection: A Quite Unexpected Pregnancy Complication"

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"Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy: Severe Hyponatremia from SIADH, a Real Heart-Breaker"

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"Unveiling the Uncommon: Obstructive Shock in the Setting of Massive Pericardial Hematoma"

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"Pyogenic liver abscess as a late complication of hernia repair"

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"Parkinsonism-Hyperpyrexia Syndrome: A Case Report Emphasizing Early Recognition and Management in Parkinson's Disease"

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Connor Robin
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"A Rare Presentation of Scurvy in a Well-Nourished Patient"

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Yasi Magharehabed, Tayana Rodriguez

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"A Rare Case of Tuberculous Pyomyositis Masquerading as Dermatomyositis"

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Sepehr Sadeghi

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"Incidental Finding of Multiple Enhancing Liver Lesions in the Setting of Mitochondrial Myopathy"

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"Marantic endocarditis in antiphospholipid syndrome: An incidental discovery leading to aortic valve replacement"

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"Percutaneous interventions in recurrent peripheral artery disease: A case of total popliteal artery occlusion addressed with a multi-modality approach"

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"Reversal of Vision Metamorphopsia: A Rare Presentation of Status Migrainosus"

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"West Nile Virus encephalitis: An atypical case presentation"

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Sepehr Sadeghi, Asad Mussarat

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"Percutaneous interventions in recurrent peripheral artery disease: A case of total popliteal artery occlusion addressed with a multi-modality approach"

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Alison Schafer

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"A Case of Type II Heparin Induced Thrombocytopenia"

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Luke Sharrock, Sepehr Sadeghi

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"A novel approach to vegetation aspiration in native valve infective endocarditis with the AlphaVac System"

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Barsha Shrestha

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"Powered by Plants"

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Domonique Smith

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"CA 125 and Ascites: Using Clinical Reasoning to avoid Further Decompensation"

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Arielle Solomon, Kim Tran

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"A Case Report of Candida parapsilosis Empyema Thoracis"

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Wayne Wheeler

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"Recurrent Choledocolithiasis After Cholecystectomy and Endoscopic Treatment: A Case Report
and Review of Risk Factors"

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“What Swims Within: A Case of Enterobius Vermicularis Discovery"

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Donnell White, Aleena Kazmi

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"Almost gone but never forgotten: Scurvy with an initial presentation of hemarthrosis"

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Quality Improvement

 

Samhita Basavanhalli

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"Current Practices in ED Social Determinants Screening and Care Connection: A Literature Review"

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William Delahoussaye

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"Evaluation of the Hand Trauma Transfers at a Level-1 Trauma Center after Joining the ASSH Hand Trauma Center Network"

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Danielle Despanie, Tayler Payton 

"Analysis of Strengths and Barriers of Engaging a Diverse Population in a Biobank Program"

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Emma Domangue

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"Using a Modified SAMANTA Score to Screen At-Risk Women Seeking Bariatric Surgery for Postmenopausal or Abnormal Uterine Bleeding"

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Heather Duplessis, Leanne Sorrel

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"Student-Driven Enhancement of Medical Curriculum: The Aesculapian Society’s Real-Time Feedback Initiative"

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Rebekah Fayard

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"Single-Institutional Analysis of Post-Splenectomy Vaccine Administration and Infectious Complications in Trauma Patients"

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Julian Gonzales

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"Management of Tuberous Breast Deformity: A Paradigm Shift"

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Jack Leoni

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"Incidence of Withdrawal of Life Sustaining Measures in Patients Readmitted to the Intensive Care Unit"

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Hope Oddo Moise

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"Rapid Re-Entry into Care: A Trainee Initiative"

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Michael Okoronkwo

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"UMCNO ED Nurse Retention"

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Selby White

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"Evaluation of Trauma Informed Care Training on Physician Attitudes and Perceptions"

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Tat Yau

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"Perceived Importance Of Adult Immunizations Among Medical Providers From HIV Outpatient Program"

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