School of Medicine

The Pulse

Congratulations to the following individuals for the publication of their work in respective journals from November 1, 2020 - January 31, 2021 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.

Biochemistry:

Punchi Hewage A, Fontenot L, Guidry J, Weldeghiorghis T, Mehta A, Donnarumma F, Rivera M. Mobilization of Iron Stored in Bacterioferritin Is Required for Metabolic Homeostasis in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Pathogens. (2020) 9, 980. November. doi:10.3390/pathogens9120980.

 

Cell Biology and Anatomy:

Hedrick, B. P., Bancroft, G.*, Riand, F.*, and Sutherland, C. Effects of Coverboard Age and Aging on Salamander Usage. Herpetological Review (2021) 51(1).

Schachner, E. R., Hedrick, B. P., Richbourg, H. A., Hutchinson, J. R., and Farmer, C. G. Anatomy, Ontogeny, and Evolution of the Archosaurian Respiratory System: A Case Study on Alligator Mississippiensis and Struthio Camelus. Journal of Anatomy (2021). https://doi.org/10.1111/joa.13358

Maidment, S., Sennikov, A. G., Ezcurra, M., Dunne, E., Gower, D., Hedrick, B. P., Meade, L. E., Raven, T., Paschchenko, D. I., and Butler, R. The Postcranial Skeleton of the Erythrosuchid Archisauriform Garjainia Prima from the Early Triassic of European Russia. Royal Society Open Science (2020) 7: 201089. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.201089

Greg Casey, PhD. Locating Specific Acupoints Large Intestine 4 (LI4) and Large Intestine 6 (LI6) in Cadavers Using Anthropometric and Cun Measurement Systems. J Acupunct Meridian Stud. (2020) Dec;13(6):174-179. doi: 10.1016/j.jams.2020.11.003. 
JAMS is also using his figure as the cover picture: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2005290120301606?via%3Dihub

 

Genetics:

S. Majumder*, J.S. Crabtree*, T.E. Golde, L. Minter, B.A. Osborne and L. Miele. Targeting Notch in Oncology: The Path Forward. Nature Reviews in Drug Discovery (2021) 20(2):125-144 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41573-020-00091-3 PMID: 33293690

 

Medicine:

Hayden Torres, Mihran Naljayan, Maria Frontini, Erwin Aguilar, Sean Barry and Efrain Reisin. Evaluating Factors Contributing to Dropout in a Large Peritoneal Dialysis Program. Am J Med Sci (2021) 361(1):30-35. doi.org/10.1016/j.amjms.2020.06.030

This publication was inspirational for the January 2021 Editorial of The American Journal of the Medical Sciences written by Biruh T. Workeneh, Sreedhar Mandayam from the Department of Nephrology, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA under the title Promoting Peritoneal Dialysis Retention in Underserved Communities. The American Journal of The Medical Sciences (2021) 361(1)  doi: 10.1016/j.amjms.2020.10.024

 

Ophthalmology:

Torrado LA, Fivgas GD. Unilateral Cystoid Macular Edema and Bilateral Subfoveal Hyperreflectivity Following Docetaxel Chemotherapy: A Case Report. Am J Ophthalmol Case Rep. (2020) Dec 13;20:100995. doi: 10.1016/j.ajoc.2020.100995. PMID: 33367153; PMCID: PMC7749406.

Torrado-Cobian LA, Fivgas GD. Optic Nerve Pit Maculopathy Worsened During Pregnancy: A Case Report. BMC Ophthalmol. (2021) Jan 7;21(1):21. doi: 10.1186/s12886-020-01775-5. PMID: 33413194; PMCID: PMC7791707.

 

Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery:

Stewart M, Swendseid BP, Hammond P, Khatiwala I, Rantisi J, Tingting Z, Krein H, Heffelfinger RN, Luginbuhl A, Sweeny L, Wax MK, Curry JM. Outcomes of Venous End-to-Side Microvascular Anastomoses of the Head and Neck. Laryngoscope. (2021) Online ahead of print.

Stewart M, Swendseid BP, Hammond P, Khatiwala I, Rantisi J, Tingting Z, Krein H, Heffelfinger RN, Luginbuhl A, Sweeny L, Wax MK, Curry JM. Anastomotic Revision in Head and Neck Free Flaps. Laryngoscope.(2021) Online ahead of print.

Sweeny L, Curry J, Crawley M, Cave T, Stewart M, Luginbuhl A, Heffelfinger R, Krien H, Petrisor D, Bender-Heine A, Wax MK. Factors Affecting the Successful Salvage of a Failing Free Flap. Head and Neck. (2020) Dec; 42(12):3568-3579.

Bender-Heine A, Sweeny L, Curry JM, Petrisor D, Young G, Hyzer J, Cave T, Li R, Cannady S, Miles B, Wax MK. Management of the Acute Loss of a Free Flap to the Head and Neck - A Multi-institutional Review. Laryngoscope. (2021) Online ahead of print.

Swendseid BP, Kumar A, Sweeny L, Tingting Z, Goldman RA, Krein H, Heffelfinger RN, Luginbuhl A, Curry JM. Natural History and Consequences of Nonunion in Mandibular and Maxillary Free Flaps. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. (2020) Nov; 163(5):956-962.

Oubre J, Wall L, Evans AK. A Case of HIV Masquerading as Allergic Chronic Otitis Media. Otolaryngol Cas Rep. Nov 2020 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xocr.2020.100236

Christine Settoon, MD and Adele K. Evans, MD. Health Literacy Rates Among Pediatric Tracheostomy Caregivers. International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology. 11 Dec 2020. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijporl.2020.110560

Mays AC, Yarlagadda B, Achim V, Jackson R, Pipkorn P, Huang A, Rajasekaran K, Sridharan S, Rosko A, Orosco R, Coughlin A, Wax M, Shnayder Y, Spanos W, Farwell D, McDaniel L, Hanasono M. Examining the Relationship of Immunotherapy and Wound Complications Following Flap Reconstruction in Head and Neck Cancer Patients. Head & Neck. https://doi.org/10.1002/hed.26601.

 

Stanley S. Scott Cancer Center:

Del Valle L, Sweet T, Parker-Stuckhoff A, Perez-Liz G, and Piña-Oviedo S. JCPyV T-Antigen Activation the Anti-apoptotic Survivin promoter; It's Role in the Development of Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy. Viruses (2020) 12 (11): E1253 PMID: 33153187 

Chen J, Goyal N, Dai L, Lin Z, Del Valle L, Zabaleta J, Liu J, Post S, Foroozesh M, and Qin Z. Developing New Ceramide Analogs and Identifying Novel Sphingolipid-Controlled Genes Against a Virus-Associated Lymphoma. Blood (2020) 136 (19): 2175-2187 PMID: 32518949