The Gulf Coast Division Research Day will be held on April 8th, 2026 at HCA Houston Healthcare Kingwood's Founders Hall from 12 pm to 3 pm. We look forward to seeing everyone in-person or online as we celebrate our residents' and fellows' research! Keep an eye on this space after the event for updates on the awards that will be presented.
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Dry Gangrene Following AV Fistula Ligation for Vascular Access-Induced Steal Syndrome: A Case Report
Marium Batool Abbas, Umema Ifran, and Marelle Montanez
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Cultivating Humanity: A Scalable Blueprint for Celebrating Humanism in Graduate Medical Education
Edrianna Mae Ablola, Grace DesRochers, Shuchita Jhaveri, A Charales, L Tatineni, Marelle Montanez, Shane Jenks, and Rajeev Raghavan
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Improving False Code Blue Rates in the Hospital
Edrianna Mae Ablola, Muhammad Siddiqi, Veronica Phung, and Sivatej Sarva
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Unexpected Culprit Revealed After Mechanical Aspiration Thrombectomy: High Thrombus Burden Presenting With Junctional Rhythm Due To Occlusion Of Sinoatrial Node Artery, Originating From Left Circumflex Artery
Anush Agrawal, Dilesha D. Kumanayaka, and Anusha Putta
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Not Just Cholecystitis: Cancer with Cholecystitis
Saira Ahmed, Joseph Daodu, Anila Punjwani, Shane Sweeney, Pierre Khoury, John Hardaway, and Mike K. Liang
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Emergent TANDEMHEART-Extracorporal Membrane Oxygenation for Refractory Ischemic Ventricular Arrhythmia
Mukhtar Al-Saadi, Aswin Srinivasan, Mohammed Rajab, Alexander Rhodes, Negar Niknam, and Pranav Loyalka
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QI: Improving GDMT Among Discharge Patients with Heart Failure
Daniel Avila Castillo, Amar Kalidas, Parshvi Patel, and Khaled Khalaf
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A Case of Flash Pulmonary Edema Secondary to Acute Mitral Regurgitation Masquerading as Atypical Pneumonia
Gunasegaran Babivigasan and Bahaeddin Shabaneh
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Cauda Equina Syndrome Secondary to Lumbar Stenosis in a Patient with Coexisting Peripheral Arterial Disease
Abboud Batri, Nawras Ibrahim, and Hina Mannan
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Accelerating quality improvement in CABG surgery: A real-time rapid-cycle process improvement tool guided by the publicly available STS risk calculator
John G. Byrne, Farhaan Chaugle, Waleed Asger, Aaliyah Willis, Shelby DeRose, Rachel Jones, and Hannan Chaugle
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A Predictive Tool Using the Society of Thoracic Surgeons Risk Calculator for Safe Operating Room Extubation after Coronary Bypass Surgery
John G. Byrne, Farhaan Chaugle, Thomas Kessinger, Prince Thommen, Ali Asghar, Shahistha Hyder, Curtis Dickey, Nicole Blatt, and Hannan Chaugle
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Medical Toxicology: a Safety Net for Snakebite Victims
Braden Capt, George Warpinski, Sharan Campleman, Anne-Michelle Ruha, and Spencer Greene
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Bridging the Gap: A Review of Gender Disparity in General Surgery
Christine Castillo, Rachael Wong, Mike Liang, Julie Holihan, Devi Bavishi, Kush Brahmbhatt, Rebecca Franks, Karla Bernardi, and Michele Loor
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Determinants of Successful Neurosurgery Match Among DO Graduates: A Retrospective Analysis of 111 Matched Applicants
Ankush Chandra, Alexander Hayes, Cameron Ehsan, Laura Zima, James Trippett, Angel Bueno, Jun Kim, Walter R. Johnson, and Manish Aghi
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Advancements in Treating Stretch Marks in People of Color: A Comprehensive Review of Therapeutic Modalities
Hannah Chaudhury, Nicole York, Helen Chen, and Michelle Tarbox
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A Greasy Imposter: A Case of Profound Hypertriglyceridemia Mimicking Diabetic Ketoacidosis and Severe Hyponatremia
Shania Chishti, Elaheh Boroujeni, Mohammad Hussan Shafiq, and Jonathan Xian
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Toxicity Following Antiemetic Ingestions Reported to the Toxicology Investigators Consortium Core Registry
Jacob Fisher, Spencer Greene, and Sharan Campleman
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Case Report: Rare Neuropsychiatric Manifestations Seen in a SLE Patient
Ra'phael Freeney and Angel Ryals
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Hidden in the Hilum: A Rare Case of Mediastinal Mucormycosis in a Patient with Uncontrolled Diabetes Mellitus
Neethu George, Anusha Putta, and Harikaran Ragireddy
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Isolated Clonidine Ingestions in Pediatric Patients
Spencer Greene, Caleb King, and Sharan Campleman
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Invasive Aspergillosis in an Immunocompetent Patient
Grant Haden, Alexis Lopez Cruz, Julianna Vecchio, Munanchui Poudel, Sahista Kapadia, and Zuhair Ali
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Right Upper Quadrant Pain with Perihepatitis
Morgan D. Homan, Jake Valentine, and Edwin R. Malone II
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Unwrapping the Candy Cane: An Underrecognized Cause of Postoperative Abdominal Pain
Priscilla Itua, Uzma Ali, Mohammad Mahdi, Osamah Salim, and Sarib Sultan
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Acute Aortic Dissection Three Days After Starting Ciprofloxacin: A Case of Fluoroquinolone-Associated Vascular Catastrophe
Victoria Jackson, Bryan Kharbanda, and Derrick Huang
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The Great Imitator: A Subtle Case of Syphilis in the Emergency Department Amid Rising National Incidence
Jyotirmaya Jain, Michael Flanders, and Manzoor Bevinal
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A Rare Case of Left Ventricular Free Wall Rupture Following Mechanical Circulatory Support in STEMI
Jyotirmaya Jain, Hasnan Ijaz, Heriberto Cantu, Mohamad Mubder, and Thomas Alexander
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Seconds Matter: Rapid POCUS Diagnosis of Ruptured Type B Aortic Dissection with Left Hemothorax
Jeby Kalathoor and Derrick Huang
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A South Texas Mousetrap: a Case Report of Murine Typhus and Diagnostic Dilemmas
Arjun Kamath, Jose Garza, Matthew Wagner, Deekshita Valiveti, Percy Thomas, Christopher Ganson, Abhay Vakil, and Zuhair Ali
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Drug-induced ILD requiring ECMO
Arjun Kamath, Jose Garza, Matthew Wagner, Deekshita Valiveti, Percy Thomas, Christopher Ganson, Abhay Vakil, and Zuhair Ali
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The Many Faces of Lupus: Rhabdomyolysis And Cannabis Hyperemesis Syndrome in a Diagnostic Maze Ending in SLE
Sravani Karuchola, Kumail Razvi, and Faizan A. Khan
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Disseminated Cryptococcal Meningoencephalitis in a Severely Immunocompromised Patient With Lupus Nephritis
Sumon Khalique, Emaan Ul Haque, Randy Vo, and Bayan Zafar
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Left Out of Place: Surgical Revision of Anomalous Left Main Coronary Artery
Guntash Khasria, Salman Islam, Amar Kalidas, Zuhair Ali, and Okechukwu Mgbemena
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High Suspicion of Congenital Long QT Syndrome Diagnosis in a Polypharmacy patient
Alexis Lopez Cruz, Grant Haden, Julianna Vecchio, Hasnan M. Ijaz, and Thomas Alexander
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Severe Hypertriglyceridemia (HTG) in pregnancy, especially with nephrotic syndrome
Alexis Lopez Cruz, Praise Ohabor, and Zuhair Ali
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Watery Diarrhea and Hypotension: A Missed Clue to Adrenal Crisis in a Patient with Addison's Disease
Wafa Mehboob, Umema Irfan, and Keyaben Patel
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AI ECG Screening Reduced LVEF and Structural Heart Disease: Diagnostic Performance and Trial Level Yield
Yves Najm Mrad and Molham Aldeiri
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Multimodal AI for ED Chest Pain Triage: Prediction Performance and Operational Impact
Yves Najm Mrad and Molham Aldeiri
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AI Assisted Structural Heart Planning (TAVR/TEER): Faster Workflows, High Sizing Concordance, and Simulation Informed Strategy
Yves Najm Mrad, Ahmad Al-Taweel, and Bahaeddin Shabaneh
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AI-Powered Chatbot for Structural Valve Education and Shared Decision-Making: A Pilot Simulation Study
Yves Najm Mrad, Ahmad Al-Taweel, and Bahaeddin Shabaneh
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Automated AI Echocardiography: Agreement with Experts and Workflow Impact Across EF, GLS, and Volumes
Yves Najm Mrad, Ahmad Al-Taweel, and Bahaeddin Shabaneh
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Cerebral Embolic Protection During Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement: Contemporary Randomized Evidence on Clinical and Disabling Stroke
Yves Najm Mrad, Ahmad Al-Taweel, and Bahaeddin Shabaneh
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Complications of Temporary Mechanical Circulatory Support: Device-Specific Risk Profiles & Meta-analytic Estimates
Yves Najm Mrad, Ahmad Al-Taweel, and Bahaeddin Shabaneh
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Contemporary Outcomes of Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement in Bicuspid Anatomy and Younger Patients
Yves Najm Mrad, Ahmad Al-Taweel, and Bahaeddin Shabaneh
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Contemporary Transcatheter Therapies for Severe Tricuspid Regurgitation
Yves Najm Mrad, Ahmad Al-Taweel, and Bahaeddin Shabaneh
