Seen in the Papers
Congratulations to the following individuals for publication of their work in respective journals from February 1 through April 30, 2026 as reported to The Pulse.
This list is compiled from submissions by faculty and staff – it is only as complete as the information we receive. Please let us know about your publication by emailing Denise at dflock@lsuhsc.edu.
Medicine
Book Chapters:
S Garcia, G Cosentino, H Ott, A Foret, DS Hsia, and TN de Silva. Osteoporosis. In:
Lajam, C. and Cohen-Rosenblum, A. Evaluation and Management of Hip and Knee Arthritis in Women. First edition. Philadelphia, PA; 2026. P 56-65. ISBN 978-0-443-10559-3.*
YA Garcia, MP Reyes, S Ganji, DS Hsia, and TN de Silva. Hormonal Influences on Joint Health and Osteoarthritis. In: Lajam, C. and Cohen-Rosenblum, A. Evaluation and Management of Hip and Knee Arthritis in Women. First edition. Philadelphia, PA; 2026. P 56-65. ISBN 978-0-443-10559-3.*
*written collaboratively with the Department of Orthopedic Surgery at the NYU Langone Grossman School of Medicine in New York. Faculty mentored two medical students, two fellows, and one resident in the process.
E Haviland, J Bobo, N Loganantharaj. Adverse Outcomes in Elective Hernia Repairs in Crohn’s Disease: A Case Series. Journal of Surgery (2026) 11: 11554. https://doi.org/10.29011/2575-9760.011554.
D Mai, BAY Cher, N Lunardi, et al. Barriers to the Implementation of Local Anesthesia for Older Adults Undergoing Inguinal Hernia Repair. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (2026) 1–10. https://doi.org/10.1111/jgs.70402.
FS Mohiuddin, L Lyles, N Loganantharaj. High-Grade Small Bowel Dysplasia Following Prior Adenocarcinoma in Small Bowel Crohn’s Disease. Cureus (2026) 18(4): e106330. doi:10.7759/cureus.106330.
PU Jadhav, A Wolfe, J Ali. Isolation in Tuberculosis Care: Part One of a Two-part Focus on Modern Tuberculosis Care; touchREVIEWS in Respiratory & Pulmonary Diseases. 2026;11(1). https://doi.org/10.17925/USPRD.2026.11.1.1.
J Ali, PU Jadhav, A Wolfe. Tuberculosis Care in Isolation: Part Two of a Two-part Focus on Modern Tuberculosis Care; touchREVIEWS in Respiratory & Pulmonary Diseases (2026) 11(1). https://doi.org/10.17925/USPRD.2026.11.1.2.
Microbiology, Immunology and Parasitology
CM Ardizzone, JW Lammons, RS Lan, JH Elnaggar, RA Lillis, E Toh, LM Pack, PD Mott, CD
Jacobs, L Yeruva, CM Taylor and AJ Quayle. Integrated multi-omics analysis uncovers cervicovaginal ecological networks and their association
with Chlamydia trachomatis load. Infection and Immunity (2026). Accepted 3/29/26.
A Gopinath, L Shen, SP Ouellette. CRISPRi and beyond: studying essential gene function in the obligate intracellular bacterium Chlamydia trachomatis. Journal of Bacteriology (2026) 208:e00059-26. https://doi.org/10.1128/jb.00059-26
K Stokdyk, A Sahoo, S Gangadhara, LD Williams, TM Styles, CA Hellman, L Zhang, AJ Odeh, S Flaherty, X Shen, MA Rahman, EB Norton, G Franchini, D Montefiori, PA Kozlowski, GD Tomaras, RR Amara. Immunogenicity and protection mediated by dmLT and alum adjuvants for an HIV-1 vaccine. Frontiers in Immunology (2026) 16:1706958. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2025.
JT Wang, XY Liu, X Wu, Z Hu, CA Ji, L Su, XH Zhang, C Chen, JT Liu, JX Hu, ZX Yang, G Li, HF Zhang, MX Liu, LY Yang, P Wang, ZG Zhang. A fungal nuclease effector subverts the chloroplast genome triggering cell death to promote infection. Nature Plants 2026; 12: 847–862. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41477-026-02276-x.
Neuroscience Center of Excellence
N Bazan. Behind the Paper: Molecular guardians of homeostatic synaptic plasticity in Alzheimer’s disease. Springer Nature Research Communities. 2026 Apr 14.
BL Giles, et al. Elovanoid neuroprotection targets cell transcriptomics and proteomics to sustain synaptic integrity after brain injury. Commun Biol (2026) https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-026-09931-1.
Orthopaedic Surgery
G Brandhurst, E Piedy, S Etheredge, M Martone, HD Quiriarte, P Phillips IV, D Calvert,
NP Lemoine Jr, J Marucci, BA Irving, R Zura, G Spielmann, NM Johannsen, R Matthews.
Characterizing Biomarkers of Muscle Damage in Collegiate Football Players: A Prospective,
Repeated Measures Study. J Clin Med (2026) 15(7):2502. doi: 10.3390/jcm15072502.
M Bratton, C Daigle, D St Etienne, C Leonardi, A Bronstone, V Dasa. Relationship Between Intraarticular Injections on Patient-reported Outcomes in Total Knee Arthroplasty. J Am Acad Orthop Surg Glob Res Rev (2026) 10(2):e25.00064. doi: 10.5435/JAAOSGlobal-D-25-00064.
S Culpepper, R Rajendra, B Lullo, AA Catanzano, TC McDonald, & RC Clement. Early Definitive Fusion Versus Magnetic Growing Rods in "Tweeners": What Do Parents Prefer? J Pediatr Orthop (2026) 46(2), 81–87. https://doi.org/10.1097/BPO.0000000000003105.
C Dickinson, E Piedy, A Bronstone, V Dasa. Wearable Devices and Artificial Intelligence to Enhance Perioperative Care in Total Knee Arthroplasty. Orthopedic Clinics (2026) doi: 10.1016/j.ocl.2026.02.001.
E Kim, P Tornetta III, JB Carlson, A Schultz, G Wireman, B Ollivere, A Zheng, C Spitler, D Patch, T White, N Heinz, D Stinner, CE Lahurd, R Ostrum, C Baumann, S Kottmeier, M Doany, P Krause, N Redlich, K Egol, S Konda, H Mir, M McCaskey, E Azer, J Kusler, M Beltran, S Mehta, K Masada, K Hidden, N Kuttner. Factors Affecting Outcomes of Hindfoot Fusion Nails for Acute Injury: A Multicenter Study. Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma (2026) 40(3):p 148-154. doi: 10.1097/BOT.0000000000003104.
R Matthews, A Verma, D Calvert, NP Lemoine Jr, J Marucci, S Etheredge, R Zura, G Spielmann, NM Johannsen. Concussion Symptoms Scale and the Association with Temperature, Equipment, and Play Duration in Non-Concussed Football Players. Sports (2026) 14, 133. https://doi.org/10.3390/sports14040133.
CA Nyborg, LL Morales, R Rajendra, MR Cesarek, C Leonardi, RC Clement. Charleston vs. Providence: are all scoliosis bending braces created equal? J Pediatr Orthop B. (2026). doi: 10.1097/BPB.0000000000001345.
Major Extremity Trauma Research Consortium (METRC), RV O'Toole, NN O'Hara, AR Carlini, GM Schrank, S Chung, JL Gary, W Obremskey, PE Matuszewski, D Teague, RM Natoli, IL Gitajn, MJ Weaver, CH Renninger, AE Levack, Y Degani, SC Collins, E Weston-Farber, AL Howe, RE Thompson, RC Castillo, MA Karunakar, L Blum, L Harmer, JR Hsu, LB Kempton, KD Phelps, RB Seymour, SH Sims, MS Acharya, H Callahan, LM Chavez-Araujo, C Churchill, MP Gambuzza, KR Haim, E Ishman, JS Kendall, ND Mullis, C Young, HT Pilson, EA Carroll, JB Goodman, MB Holden, AL Jones, C Moon, CA Lin, GS Marecek, GB Moffitt, T Conlan, AV George, LA Fisher, DS Mullin, CL Recendez, A Aneja, DT Brameier, M Heng, TV Ly, DS Stenquist, N Suneja, T Wignakumar, JS Borgida, TJ Policicchio, GR Hanson, OM Alese, WM Ricci, SB Behrens, A Dvorzhinskiy, RE Bilodeau, CE Klinger, BH Mullis, Y Jang, LA Lopas, TO McKinley, DC O'Neill, JP Szatkowski, WW Virkus, LC Hill, G Gaski, RA Hymes, J Ahn, AM Goch, M Holzman, AS Malekzadeh, JE Schulman, JC Rivera, PC Krause, C Bridgman, J Cohen, C Eikani, M Chavez, M Kudulis, SJ Warner, TS Achor, A Choo, JG Eastman, PJ Kellam, SJ Boutte, K Denniss Guevara, KR Reid, HA Vallier, A Vergon Tucci, JM Davis, AC Bell, ME Bonyun, K Healey, V Li, NS McKibben, J Nascone, D Okhuereigbe, MF Sciadini, G Slobogean, N Zingas, M Kovvur, JE Lawrence, H Phipps, J Rudnicki, KE Turner, R Hayda, AR Evans, S Quinnan, A Benitez, S Rehman, MC Soderquist, CB Townsend, C Caroom, AC Collins, E Okwumabua, HS Shaikh, CA Spitler, A Agarwal, MD Johnson, JM Haller, LS Marchand, NA Alfonso, MA Gorman, WM Charlton, BR Scott, KM Kraus, SJ Meredith, S Talwar, PF Bergin, AJ Jha, S McGee, PV Nehete, TA Pryor, I Spears, AT Chen, B Kelley, NR Nez, WJ Ertl, BR Hull, S Blumenthal, JT Patterson, C Flynn, RC Ross, A Agarwal, DB Weiss, MM Hadeed, SR Yarboro, T Daoud, ED McVey, PS Whiting, C Domes, DC Goodspeed, GR Kuhn, R Boyce, A Libos, PM Mitchell, AF Moreno-Diaz, RB Ponce, DJ Stinner, LM Tatman, J Velasco-Castro, K Trochez, J Satpathy, DA Zuelzer, BK Potter. Intrawound Tobramycin Plus Vancomycin to Prevent Surgical Site Infection in Tibial Fractures: The TOBRA Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA (2026) e264023. doi: 10.1001/jama.2026.4023.
Otolaryngology
LSUHSC authors wrote seven of the chapters in the new textbook Pediatric Hearing Loss:
- Auditory Neuropathy- H Surbur, R Willoughby and L Petrauskas
- Microscopic Tympanoplasty - C Lindemann and M Arriaga
- Endoscopic Tympanoplasty - K Robillard and R Mehta
- CPA Tumors - C Lindemann and M Arriaga
- Audiometric Evaluation of Hearing Loss - C Settoon
- Genetics of Syndromic Hearing Loss - J Lentz
CW Abrahamson, TQ McClelland, DJ Fei-Zhang, JN D'Souza, AM Sheyn, JC Rastatter, and DC Chelius. Prophylactic Intravenous Antibiotic Use in Thyroglossal Duct and Branchial Cleft Cyst Excision: A NSQIP-P Analysis. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg (2026) 174: 1243-1252. https://doi.org/10.1002/ohn.70186.
JN Mazique, C Sit, R Riley, ZI Oporto, I Mcneill, T Chen, J Warren, D Huang, Y Xu, A Frisbie, B Walters, Y Pang, W Zhou, H Zhu. Progression of Vestibular Deficits Following Moderate-Intensity Blast Overpressure in Rats. J Assoc Res Otolaryngol (2026). doi: 10.1007/s10162-026-01038-y.
S Lyford-Pike, KG Patel, JC Kim, TC Kontis, L Kim, L Hetzler. Voices of Leadership: Challenges Faced by Female Facial Plastic Surgeons and Considerations for Future Generations. Facial Plast Surg Aesthet Med (2026) 28(1_suppl):6S-9S. doi: 10.1177/26893614251394696
AP Marston, L Morris. Pediatric Septorhinoplasty: Why, How and When? Curr Otorhinolaryngol Rep (2026) 14:2. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40136-025-00536-6.
Pathology
A Younus, Y Liu, EE Connor, ZY Wu, H Lee, ZY Fu. Segmental atrophy of the liver: Review of a rare pseudotumor. World J Clin Cases (2025) 13(24): 107825. doi: 10.12998/wjcc.v13.i24.107825.
Pediatrics
T Aglio, A Bobelis, A Autrey, T Hills, A Superdock, A Madni, K Bien, N Mali, EC Kaye.
Regional Pediatric Education and Assistance Collaborative for Hospice Nurses (REACH):
A Tele-Educational Intervention. J Hosp Palliat Nurs (2026). doi: 10.1097/NJH.0000000000001225.
C Jocson, S Sernich, P Nelson, T Pettitt. Kingella kingae Endocarditis and Septic Pulmonary Emboli in a 12-Year-Old Male With Repaired Tetralogy of Fallot and a Bioprosthetic Pulmonary Valve. Case Rep Cardiol (2026) Feb 20:2583276. doi: 10.1155/cric/2583276.
Physiology
XR Chapa-Dubocq, SM Vita, R Guzmán-Hernández, PE Molina. Traumatic brain injury and alcohol: A narrative review of the role of mitochondrial
dysfunction and ferroptosis in neurocognitive outcomes. Alcohol: Clinical & Experimental Research (2026). doi: 10.1111/acer.70267.
XR Chapa-Dubocq, S Edwards. Mitochondrial Dysfunction at the Intersection of Alcohol Use Disorder and Chronic Pain. Function (2026) 7(2): e0912025. doi: 10.1152/function.091.2025.
XR Chapa-Dubocq, A Jacotte-Simancas, A Martinez-Santana, L Simon, S Edwards, PE Molina. Alcohol-Mediated Cognitive Impairment Following Traumatic Brain Injury: Evidence for Cortical Mitochondrial Dysfunction. Neurotrauma Reports (2026). https://doi.org/10.1177/2689288X261433371.
SB Klinefelter, L Johnson, SC Cruise, S Vita, C Weeden, ME Secci, NW Gilpin, EM Avegno. CeA-projecting VTA neurons contribute to alcohol withdrawal-induced anxiety-like behavior in male and female rats. Alcohol (2026) 131:46-51. doi: 10.1016/j.alcohol.2026.02.001.
ME Secci, L Johnson, T Lobell, S Long, L Shepherd, NW Gilpin, EM Avegno. Chronic alcohol exposure parametric effects on anxiety- and pain-related behaviors in adult rats. Alcohol (2026) 131:21-28. doi: 10.1016/j.alcohol.2026.01.157.
PE Molina, L Simon. Alcohol and the endocrine system: A critical review of disruptions, potential mechanisms, and health implications. Alcohol Clinical Experimental Research (2026) 50(1): e70221. doi: 10.1111/acer.70221.