Seen in the Papers
Congratulations to the following individuals for publication of their work in respective journals from November 1, 2025 - January 31, 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.
Anesthesiology
Pino RM, Bittner EA, Thomas MA. Awake Bronchoscopic Intubation: A Survey of Practicing Members of the American Society
of Anesthesiologists. Anesth Analg 2025;141:1449-1451. PMID: 40601487.
Cardiovascular Center of Excellence
Lazartigues E. Hypertensive remodelling: when bigger body means bigger problems. Cardiovasc Res. 2025 Dec 9;121(15):2281-2282. doi: 10.1093/cvr/cvaf245. PMID: 41250849;
PMCID: PMC12687875.
Mohammad MA, Kumar N, Ghosh S, Paysse A, Leonardi C, Pilli V, Duhaylungsod ML, Lazartigues E, Polania-Villanueva DC, Nouman S, Barrios LA, Chattopadhyay R, Yasmin R, Guilbeau A, Kumar M, Nguyen T, Zabaleta J, Li L, Del Valle L, Barbier MT, Majumder S, Mosnier LO, Majumder R. Estrogen and obesity synergistically suppress protein S via HIF1α, enhancing thrombosis potential. J Clin Invest. 2025 Nov 17;135(22):e193976. doi: 10.1172/JCI193976. PMID: 41243971; PMCID: PMC12618064.
Mohan UP, Filipeanu CM, Lazartigues E. Microglial Activation and RAS Signaling: A Dual-Edged Sword in Neuroinflammation. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol. 2026 Feb 1;330(2):R151-R165. doi: 10.1152/ajpregu.00268.2025. Epub 2026 Jan 12. PMID: 41525255.
Shrivastava P, Biose OD, Dahal R, Jwayyed A, Raji RA, Xia H, Lazartigues E, Biose IJ. Diurnal behavioral outcomes and BBB integrity in adult male SHR and WKY rats. Sci Rep. 2025 Nov 24;15(1):41637. doi: 10.1038/s41598-025-25585-1. PMID: 41285975; PMCID: PMC12644676.
Tarhriz V, Xia H, Patel A, Eivazi M, Scarborough A, Miao K, Mir H, Abkhooie L, Mauvais-Jarvis F, Lazartigues E. Sex-Specific Exosome Cargo Reveals Potential New Mechanisms of Salt-Sensitive Hypertension. Hypertension. 2026 Mar. 83(3):e25949 doi: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.125.25949. PMID: 41392884.
Turkin A, Sidorova M, Kurilova E, Alenina N, Tuchina O, Klempin F. Microglial Expression of Serotonin Receptors Reveals Parallel Regulation of 5-HT2b and BDNF in the Rat Hippocampus. Cells. 2025 Dec 30;15(1):66. doi: 10.3390/cells15010066. PMID: 41511349; PMCID: PMC12785902.
Cell Biology and Anatomy
Hortsch M, Girão-Carmona VCC, Leite ACRM, Nikas IP, Gatumu MK, Koney NK, Arko-Boham
B, Yohannan DG, Oommen AM, Li Y, Yang J, Trollope AF, Meyer AJ, Van Nuland SE. A global overview of anatomical science education and its present and future role
in biomedical curricula. Anat Sci Educ. 2026 Jan;19(1):5-45. doi: 10.1002/ase.70137. Epub 2025 Oct 21. PMID:
41121642; PMCID: PMC12748053.
LSU-LCMC Cancer Center
Hossain, F., Danos, D., Zabaleta, J. et al. Immunogenomic diversity of triple-negative breast cancers in obese and non-obese black
and white women. npj Breast Cancer 11, 126 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41523-025-00836-6
Zhong, H., Zhu, J., Liu, S. Wu, C., Wang, L., Whelton, S., Marshall, C., Blaha, M., Durda, P., Guo, X., Johnson, C., Lin, H., Taylor, K., Tracy, R., Yarden, R., Manichaikul, A., Rich, S., Rotter, J., Deo, R., Dubin, R., Ganz, P. and Wu, L. Proteome-wide association study of prostate cancer risk across populations. Nat Commun (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-66250-5
Medicine
Aaron KJ, Gaydos CA, Hook EWI, Chernesky M, Moncada J, Taylor SN, et. al. Chlamydia and Gonorrhea Infections in Genital and Extragenital Samples Among Men and
Women. Sexually Transmitted Diseases. 2025 Oct 1;52(10):597–602.
Alghamdi M, Lindsey S. Behçet's disease unraveled: Insights into clinical manifestations, diagnosis, and management. Medicine (Baltimore). 2025 Dec 5;104(49):e44614. doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000044614. PMID: 41367023; PMCID: PMC12688949.
Bartholomew A, Connick M, Loehr C, et al. (December 10, 2025) Presentation, Diagnosis, and Acute Treatment of Secondary Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis: A Case Report. Cureus 17(12): e98913. doi:10.7759/cureus.98913
Blyth, M; Merino, K; Modica, M. Disseminated Tuberculosis in an Immunocompetent Patient: Does sIL-2R Testing Have Diagnostic Utility?. Infectious Diseases in Clinical Practice 33(6):e1507, November 2025. | DOI: 10.1097/IPC.0000000000001507
Cher BAY, Lunardi N, Thornton M, Hitzeman A, Baker J, Macdonald C, Skinner CS, Brown CJ, Mai D, Marten EL, Makris K, Heredia MLM, Berger M, Cullum CM, Lee SC, Pham TH, Balentine CJ. Identifying Barriers and Motivators to Increase Surgical Clinical Trial Participation for Older Veterans. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2026 Jan;74(1):161-168. doi: 10.1111/jgs.70218. Epub 2025 Nov 26. PMID: 41294297.
DeMasi SC, Clark AT, Muhs AL, Han JH, Shipley K, McKinney JJ, Wang L, Rice TW, Moskowitz A, Prekker ME, Johnson NJ, Self WH, Casey JD, Semler MW, Seitz KP; Pragmatic Critical Care Research Group. Oxygen Saturation Targets and Neurologic Outcomes Following Cardiac Arrest: A Secondary Analysis of the Pragmatic Investigation of Optimal Oxygen Targets Trial. Chest. 2025 Nov;168(5):1131-1140. doi: 10.1016/j.chest.2025.04.027. PMID: 40316046.
Hook EW 3rd, Dionne JA, Workowski K, McNeil CJ, Taylor SN, et al. One Dose versus Three Doses of Benzathine Penicillin G in Early Syphilis. N Engl J Med. 2025 Sep 4;393(9):869-878. PMID: 40902161. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa2401802
Lillis R, Arcenas R, Boraas CM, Chavoustie SE, Crane L, d'Empaire N, Ermel AC, Harnett G, Hinestrosa F, House S, Miller J, Mills A, Poblete R, Young S, Van Der Pol B; Liat CT/NG/MG Clinical Trial Study Group. Evaluation of Mycoplasma genitalium positivity and co-infection with Chlamydia trachomatis and/or Neisseria gonorrhoeae at various care sites across the United States. Int J Infect Dis. 2026 Jan;162:108228. doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2025.108228. PMID: 41248708.
Loehr C, Boudreaux L, Uhlhorn AP, Loganantharaj N. Atypical abdominal pain: uncovering malignant peritoneal mesothelioma in suspected Crohn's disease: a case report. J Gastrointest Oncol. 2025 Oct 31;16(5):2485-2491. doi: 10.21037/jgo-2025-272. Epub 2025 Oct 21. PMID: 41220755; PMCID: PMC12598357.
Loganantharaj, N., Mishra, K. & Charabaty, A. How To Safely Use JAK Inhibitors in Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease. Curr Treat Options Gastro 23, 19 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11938-025-00484-6
Luckey A, Balasegaram M, Barbee LA, Batteiger TA,….Taylor SN, et. al. Zoliflodacin versus Ceftriaxone plus Azithromycin for Treatment of Uncomplicated Urogenital Gonorrhoea: An International, Randomised, Controlled, Open-label, Phase 3, Non-inferiority Clinical Trial. Lancet. 2026 Jan 10;407(10524):147-160. PMID: 41391465 PMCID: PMC12784215 doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(25)01953-1.
McManus S L, Theriot T, Rykiel K, et al. (January 22, 2026) An Atypical Presentation of Cutaneous Angiosarcoma: A Diagnostic Challenge in an End-Stage Renal Disease Patient. Cureus 18(1): e102076. PMID: 41728437 doi:10.7759/cureus.102076
Nsuami MJ, Figueroa JE. Direct-to-Consumer Tests for Chlamydia and Gonorrhea. JAMA. 2025;334(24):2159–2160. PMID: 41247719 doi:10.1001/jama.2025.20617
Seitz KP, Lloyd BD, Wang L, Shotwell MS, Qian ET, Muhs AL, Richardson RK, Rooks JC, Hennings-Williams V, Sandoval CE, Richardson WD, Morgan TL, Thompson AN, Hastings PG, Ring TP, Stollings JL, Talbot EM, Krasinski DJ, DeCoursey BR, Marvi TK, DeMasi SC, Gibbs KW, Self WH, Mixon AS, Rice TW, Semler MW, Casey JD; Pragmatic Critical Care Research Group. Effect of Ventilator Mode on Ventilator-Free Days in Critically Ill Adults: A Randomized Clinical Trial. Chest. 2025 Oct;168(4):912-923. doi: 10.1016/j.chest.2025.03.024. PMID: 40189043; PMCID: PMC12597588.
Thornton, MA, Marten, EL, Lunardi, N, Mai, D, Macdonald, C, Baker, JG, Hitzeman, A, Sugg Skinner, C, Brown, CJ, Berger, M, Craddock Lee, S, Cullum, CM, Makris, KI, Pham, TH, Naik, A, Tang, V, Balentine, CJ. Learning How Preoperative Communication Relates to Postoperative Experiences for Older Veterans Having Inguinal Hernia Surgery; Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2026 Jan;74(1):177-185 PMID: 41294300 doi: 10.1111/jgs.70216.
Van Der Pol, B., Lillis, R., Nachamkin, I. et al. Evaluation of the user experience for a point of care molecular test for causes of vaginitis. BMC Infect Dis 25, 975 (2025) PMID: 40753435 PMCID: PMC12318428 doi: 10.1186/s12879-025-11304-8
Microbiology, Immunology and Parasitology
Ortega DC, Prieto-Valiente L, Zea AH, Diazgranados-Sánchez JA. Ivermectin: a therapeutic strategy to treat patients with resistant epilepsy. Behav. Pharmacol. 2025. 36(8):588-595. PMID: 41115813
Pathology
Wang H, Chen Y, Balakrishnan R. An unusual case of ovarian high-grade carcinoma and neuroendocrine tumor: Dedifferentiated
ovarian carcinoma or mixed adenocarcinoma and neuroendocrine tumor? Clinicopathologic
features and literature review. J Case Rep Images Pathol 2025;11(2):23–29.
Chen Y, Wang H, Fu Z, Connor EE. Incidental Cardiac Metastasis in Breast Carcinoma. Diagnostics. 2026; 16(1):71. https://doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics16010071
Wang, H, Liu, Y, Feroze, A, Wu, Z, Somma, JD, and Fu, Z. Should we subtype gastric intestinal metaplasia in gastric biopsies, a single institution's experience. Path Res Pract 2025 Nov:275:156189. doi: 10.1016/j.prp.2025.156189.
Liu Y, Schrader C, Bhalla R. Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor. PathologyOutlines.com website https://www.pathologyoutlines.com/topic/bladderimt.html.
Pediatrics
Autrey AK, Stafford C, James C, Sarvode Mothi S, Miller EG, Morvant A, Kaye EC. Outpatient Pediatric Palliative Care: A National Survey of Clinic Structures and Operations. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2025 Nov;70(5):514-522.e2. doi: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2025.08.004.
Epub 2025 Aug 20. PMID: 40846231.
Kovar H, Shukla I, Hill I, Theriot T, Johnson G, Swetland DV, Phelps KB. Rare Presentation of Mucous Membrane Pemphigoid With Pemphigoid of the Pulmonary System in 10-Month-Old Female. Pediatr Dermatol. 2025 Nov 18. doi: 10.1111/pde.70078. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 41254890.
Rosado, A.C., Llavona-Ortiz, J., Scalzi, L.V. et al. Reproductive health knowledge and preferences in adolescent rheumatology patients: a convergent mixed methods study. Pediatr Rheumatol 23, 112 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12969-025-01165-5
Physiology
Dr. Scott Edwards co-edited the book New Opioid Receptor Modulators and Agonists: Relevance for Pain and Opioid Use Disorder
Management 2025 (with Alan Kaye; Academic Press. ISBN: 978-0-443-26504-4. DOI:10.1016/C2023-0-50777-3).
Drs. Patricia Molina, Scott Edwards, and Liz Simon co-edited the book Pathophysiological Consequences of Alcohol. ISBN:9780443342585. Several department faculty and trainees co-authored chapters
of the book: Couvillion K, Donovan M, Edwards SE, Fitzpatrick-Schmidt T, Gallegos
EM, Gardner J, Harris N, Lee SS, Molina PE, Paloczi J, Rodriguez-Graciani K, Primeaux
S, Siggins RW, Simon L, Souza-Smith F.
Essoh A, Gangal H, Huang Z, Xueyi RC, Xuehua X, Wang X, Vierkant V, Garza M, Ugartemendia L, Secci ME, Gilpin NW, Justice NJ, Messing RO, Wang J (2025). Alcohol Attenuates CRF-Induced Excitatory Effects from the Extended Amygdala to Dorsostriatal Cholinergic Interneurons. Elife. https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.107145.1
Gallegos EM, Couvillion K, Darden D, Rodriguez-Graciani K, Molina PE, Simon L. (2025). Alcohol and Metabolic Stress Synergize to Dysregulate Mitochondrial Health and Lipid Metabolism; Evidence from a Hepatocyte Spheroid Model. Function. PMID: 41183512. DOI:10.1093/function/zqaf049.
Gilpin NW, Molina PE. (2025) Alcohol use disorder is a chronic disease. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research. 50(1):e70230. DOI: 10.1111/acer.70230.
Joffe ME, Ferguson SM, Gilpin NW, Herman MA, Knackstedt LA, Randall PA, Schindler AG, Torregrossa MM, Rinker JA. (2025). The need to incorporate polysubstance use in neuropsychopharmacology research: biological lessons and new opportunities. Addiction Neuroscience. DOI. 10.1016/j.addicn.2025.100246.
Kelley KL, Gilpin NW, Middleton J. (2025). Chronic inflammatory pain and chronic THC vapor inhalation alter midbrain neuronal activity. J of Neurophysiology May 14;134(1):80–93. doi:10.1152/jn.00456.2024
Lee SS, Monteagudo Romero L, Lammons JW, Klein JM, Edwards KN, Guidry JJ, Edwards SE (2025). Proteomic analysis of central amygdala systems regulated by mifepristone in the context of alcohol dependence. Neuropharmacology. DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2025.110728
Molina PE, Simon L. (2026). Alcohol and the endocrine system: A critical review of disruptions, potential mechanisms, and health implications. Alcohol Clinical Experimental Research. 50(1): e70221. DOI: 10.1111/acer.70221.
Wilson LL, Albrechet-Souza L, Linh Ha, Gilpin NW, Wills TA (2025). Prior adolescent oxycodone exposure enhances pain sensitivity following chronic intermittent ethanol in adult female mice. Physiol Behav. 1:301:115067. DOI:10.1016/j.physbeh.2025.115067
Surgery
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Ahmed SH, Hall DC, Smadi BM, Shekouhi R, Chim H. Machine learning can aid in the differential diagnosis of neurogenic thoracic outlet
syndrome and carpal tunnel syndrome. J Plast Reconstr Aesthet Surg. 2025 Nov;110:106-114. doi: 10.1016/j.bjps.2025.09.004.
Epub 2025 Sep 5. PMID: 41038033
Ahmed SH, Shekouhi R, Safeek R, Chim H. Reconstruction of Massive Ventral Hernias With Free Latissimus Dorsi Flap: Patient-Reported Outcomes Analysis. Ann Plast Surg. 2025 Dec 19. doi: 10.1097/SAP.0000000000004585. Online ahead of print. PMID: 41418067
Chim H, Giele H, Koehler S, Suzuki T, Thompson R. Round table discussion. Neurogenic thoracic outlet syndrome. J Hand Surg Eur Vol. 2025 Nov;50(10):1411-1418. doi: 10.1177/17531934251361644. Epub 2025 Jul 31. PMID: 40744904
Delahoussaye W, Gautreaux M, Palines PA, Shekouhi R, Babineaux KL. Expansion of Hand Trauma Transfers at a Level 1 Trauma Center Following Integration with the ASSH Hand Trauma Center Network. J Hand Surg Am. 2025 Nov;50(11):1345-1353. doi: 10.1016/j.jhsa.2025.08.002. Epub 2025 Oct 4. PMID: 41045275
El Haj M, Beyth S, Hagan RR, Vorobeitchik SA, Chim H. The Association of Long Thoracic Nerve Variants With Medial Scapular Winging in Thoracic Outlet Syndrome: A Clinical and Anatomical Study. J Hand Surg Am. 2025 Nov 19:S0363-5023(25)00580-5. doi: 10.1016/j.jhsa.2025.10.014. Online ahead of print. PMID: 41263716
Phuyal D, Ting J, Hoffner N, Yacoub S, Darras O, Chim H. Timing matters: Early versus delayed surgery for neurogenic thoracic outlet syndrome and its impact on reoperation and pain outcomes. J Plast Reconstr Aesthet Surg. 2025 Dec;111:86-92. doi: 10.1016/j.bjps.2025.09.034. Epub 2025 Oct 4. PMID: 41151323
Shekouhi R, Darabi H, Chim H. Diagnostic Accuracy of Artificial Intelligence Models for Predicting Postoperative Complications Following Free Flap Reconstruction: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Microsurgery. 2025 Dec;45(8):e70143. doi: 10.1002/micr.70143. PMID: 41231400
Shekouhi R, Darabi H, Singh Y, Schwartzberg HG, Saifuddin H, Chim H. Outcomes Following Surgical Management of Neurogenic Thoracic Outlet Syndrome: TriNetX Analysis Comparing Rib-Sparing Scalenectomy and First Rib Resection. Ann Plast Surg. 2025 Dec 12. doi: 10.1097/SAP.0000000000004587. Online ahead of print. PMID: 41379641
Shekouhi R, Holohan MM, Ahmed SH, Piascik PN, Morrow L, Chim H. Management and Outcomes of Brachial Plexus Injuries after Shoulder Dislocation: A Systematic Review. J Hand Surg Asian Pac Vol. 2025 Dec;30(6):633-640. doi: 10.1142/S2424835525500638. Epub 2025 Sep 25. PMID: 40988532
Shekouhi R, Holohan MM, Mirzalieva O, Byrd B, Guidry MF, Palines PA, Chim H. Evaluating the performance of large language models on the ASPS In-Service Examination: A comparative analysis with resident norms. J Plast Reconstr Aesthet Surg. 2025 Nov 19;113:164-167. doi: 10.1016/j.bjps.2025.11.031. Online ahead of print. PMID: 41308375
Vonu PM, Ali M, Safeek RH, Otero R, Virk S, Chim H, Satteson ES. Disparities in pressure ulcer flap reconstruction associated with barriers to accessing postoperative care. J Wound Care. 2025 Dec 1;34(Sup12a):S17-S24. doi: 10.12968/jowc.2022.0172. PMID: 41348189