Books from 2025
Health Inequities in an Undocumented Immigrant Woman with Scleroderma: A Case Report of Uninsured Care Challenges, Jorge Aboytes, Jose Loayzam, and I Cantu
Converting USMLE Step 1 to Pass or Fail: The Potential Impact on Applicants Who Are Female or From Underrepresented Groups, Haris Ahmed, Peter Yu, Brendan Rosamond, Jonathan Lall, Scott Zimmerle, Said Maldonado, Nicole Lyons, Ashlynn N. Mills, Yoolim Alex Seo, Angelica C. Rodriquez, Jacqueline E. Levesque, Oluwatunmininu A. Anwoju, Zuhair Ali, Rajeev Raghavan, and Mike Liang
Unlocking Healthcare Potential: Telemedicine as a Catalyst for Inclusive and Quality Healthcare in Rural Nigeria, Chijoke Anyaehie
Would Exercise, Household Income, Nutritional Education, or Transportation Play a Pivotal Role in Decreasing Prevalence of Obesity in Hidalgo County, Chijoke Anyaehie
Strategies to Enhance Involvement in Research and the Use of HIV Prevention Services in Black Men Who Have Sex with Men (BMSM): The Voices of BMSM, Chijoke Anyaehie, Brittany L. Gardner, Paris Green, John Bonelli, Hong Van Tieu, and Melonie Walcott
An Atypical Presentation of Pheochromocytoma, Ali Asghar, Neil Maithel, Ibrahim Musa, Hasnan Ijaz, and Thomas Alexander
Successful Treatment of Mirizzi Syndrome with SpyGlass-guided Electrohydraulic Lithotripsy, Bushra Bangash, Aakriti Soni, Galvin Dhaliwal, and Ahmed Ouni
Managing Thyroid Storm in a 40 Year Old Male Patient: A Case Report, Mark Barkat
Utilization of ER Paramedics at the EMS Entrance, Mark Barkat
Prevelence Odds of Melanoma in Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease: An Observational Cross-Sectional Study, Nilay Bhatt and Kumail Rizvi
Atypical Presentation of Moyamoya Disease Presenting with Severe Headache: A Case Report, Nilay Bhatt and Tirth Vyas
Improving Knowledge and Confidence on Interpreting and Analyzing Dexcom CGM data among Residents, Ashley Charales, Anusha Putta, Aashka Patel, Renu Thomas, and Syed Basit Haider
From Dermis to Digestive Tract: When Skin Flaps Do More Than Expected, Supritha Chintamaneni, Bilal Ashraf, Galvin Dhaliwal, Aakriti Soni, and Amandeep Kaur
When Leukemia Takes a Bite: Unusual Gastric Involvement in B-ALL, Supritha Chintamaneni, Bilal Ashraf, and Sushovan Guha
Atypical Stroke-Like Presentation in a Patient with Mucormycosis, Joseph Crutison, Yasser El-Daour, and Dominique Pean
Beyond Appearances: A Case Report of Mistaken Identity in Dialysis Access, Ephrem D. Demie, Shahin Owji, Mohammad Shafiq, and Srikanth Raayasa
An Unexpected Source of GI Bleeding: Enteric Muco-Submucosal Elongated Polyp in the Proximal Jejunum with Literature Review, Galvin Dhaliwal, Dev Patel, Ashvin Singh Dhaliwal, Aakriti Soni, Bilal Ashraf, Shane Sweeney, Sushovan Guha, and Ahmed Ouni
Synthetic Versus Biologic Mesh for Complex Open Ventral Hernia Repair: Three-Year Follow-Up of a Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial, Nalia H. Dhanani, Nicole B. Lyons, Kyung Hyun Lee, Oscar A. Olavaarria, Aris R. Arakelians, Julie L. Holihan, Lillian S. Kao, Ali Siddiqui, Connor Hogan, Tunmi Anwoju, Zuhair Ali, and Mike K. Liang
Resident and Fellow Call Schedule: Implementation and Analysis, Joshua Gelber, DJ Jiang, and Syed Basit Haider
The Demographics of Vasopressor Requirements in COVID-19 Patients, Sammy R. Ghaoui, Paloma A. Molina, Romina Flores, Adela Bazbaz, Daryelle Varon, and Joseph Varon
A Case of Leukocytoclastic Vasculitis in the Setting of Adalimumab Therapy for Treatment of Crohn's Disease, Ferris Ghosh, Kinsey Lano, and Dina Zamil
A Case of Carcinoma en Cuirasse, Nadeen Gonna, Giancarlo Moscol, Woo Cheal Cho, Constance T. Albarracin, and Hung Q. Doan
Prehospital Diagnosis of Acute ST-Elevation Myocardial Infraction in a Patient with Situs Inversus Totalis, Victoria Gordon, Jason Jones, Brad Ward, and Casey Patrick
Liver Metastasis of Immature Teratoma and Portal Vein Embolization: A Case Report, Rohan Gupta
To Bridge or Not to Bridge, Diane Habib, Negar Niknam, Mohammed Rajab, Lea El Achkar, and Mahyar Mahmoudi
The Gut Feeling: Diagnosing the Unexpected Ogilvie’s Syndrome, Sakina Haider, Jenny Cherenfant, Supritha Chintamaneni, and Rama Laxman
Almost Partial Colectomy for Suspected Malignant Stricture, Ultimately Saved by Intraoperative Findings, Mahnoor Hashmi, Bushra Bangash, Asad Rehman, Muhammad Durrani, and Ismail Hader
Rapid Adaptation of Intra-Operative Strategies for Transurethral Cystoscopic Procedures in Response to Intravenous Fluid Shortage, Emily Y. Huang, Rijul Nandi, Kevin P. Nguyen, and Ricardo R. Gonzalez
Incidental Discovery of Bilateral Pheochromocytoma in a Patient with Lifelong Hypertension, Umema Irfan, Sara Shahid, and Anam Zara
Not your Average Syncope: A Case of Bifascicular Block, Shuchita Jhaveri, Maria Amigo, Zahoor Khan, and Marloe Prince
Primary Hepatic Tuberculosis Mimicking Hepatocellular Carcinoma and Cholangiocarcinoma, DJ Jiang, Aarohi Parikh, Eric Riha, and Kevin Garnepudi
Severe Right Ventricular Dilation Due to Selenium Deficiency in a Post Gastric Bypass Patient - A Rare but Life Threatening Complication, Arjun Kamath, Jorge Garza, Ethan Goldberg, A Syed, Deekshita Valiveti, Abhay Vakil, Zuhair Ali, A Ashgar, Luay Alalawi, Heriberto Cantu, and Thomas Alexander
An Extremely Rare Case of Group C Streptococcal Cavitary Pneumonia in Young Female, Arjun Kamath, Jorge Garza, Ethan Goldberg, Deekshita Valiveti, Abhay Vakil, and Zuhair Ali
Cardiac Tamponade by Perforated Ventricle Post TAVR - A Rare but Life Threatening Case, Arjun Kamath, Jorge Garza, Ethan Goldberg, Deekshita Valiveti, Abhay Vakil, and Zuhair Ali
Reverse Halo Sign on Imaging - What Can it Be?, Arjun Kamath, Jorge Garza, Ethan Goldberg, Deekshita Valiveti, Abhay Vakil, and Zuhair Ali
A Rare Case of Pulmonary Amyloidosis Causing Cystic Lung Disease in Sjogren's Syndrome, Suhas Kandimalla, Jordan Torres, Ramesh Kesavan, and Siva T. Sarva
Mechanical Ground Level Fall with Incidental Findings of Suspected Multiple Myeloma: A Case Report, Mohammed Irfan Khan, Jeffrey Lesser, Shuchita Jhaveri, Neethu George, Shai Ring, Kaylah Perez, and Julian Nguyen
The Benefit of Protected Time Before Emergency Medicine Didactic, Stevley M. Koshy, Garrett Reber, and David Lindow
A Flea-Borne Mystery: Unraveling Murine Typhus in a Patient with Unexplained Encephalopathy, Jose Loayza Pintado, Jorge Aboytes Trevino, and Ceasar Uribe
The Utilization of Podcasts and Test Enhanced Learning in Paramedic and Resident Education, Vincente Loera
A Rare Case of Brucellosis Relapse, Rabia Mahfooz, Grant Patterson, Annmary Behanan, and Babivigasan Gunasegaran
A Rare Case of Pseudo-Pseudo Meigs Syndrome with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, Rabia Mahfooz, Grant Patterson, Neil Maithel, and Daniel Kim
From Resistance to Remission: Transforming Recalcitrant Plaque Psoriasis with Secukinumab and Methotrexate, Rabia S. Mahfooz, Annmary Behanan, Amita J. Dsouza, and Naser Elkhalili
An Atypical Case of EPEC-HUS in An Adult, Rabia S. Mahfooz, Annmary Behanan, Babivigasan Gunasegaran, and Amita J. Dsouza
Unveiling the Mystery: Infected Endocarditis Masquerading as Right Atrial Thrombus in a Port-A-Catheter Patient, Rabia S. Mahfooz, Annmary Behanan, Babivigasan Gunasegaran, Srikrishnan Pichuthirumalai, and Hannan Chaugle
Efficacy of Pegloticase in Combination with Methotrexate in Tophaceous Gout: Case Report, Rabia S. Mahfooz, Amita J. Dsouza, Neil Maithel, and Naser Elkhalili
Effective Managment of Relapsing Henoch-Schonlein Purpura with Nephropathy in an Adult with long-term use of Azathioprine, Rabia S. Mahfooz, Neil Maithel, Loiacono Agostina, Minha Aslam, and Naser Elkhalili
Unmasking Multicentric Reticulonodular Histiocytoma: A Rare Impostor of Rheumatoid Arthritis, Rabia S. Mahfooz, Neil Maithel, Annmary Behanan, and Naser Elkhalili
SLE and APS Synergy: Aortic Dissection, Neil Maithel, Ali Asghar, Rabia Mahfooz, Ibrahim Musa, Hasnan Ijaz, and Thomas Alexander
A Novel Triad: Ulcerative Colitis, Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis, and Antiphospholipid Syndrome in a Single Patient, Neil Maithel, Rabia Mahfooz, and Sean Alloju
Two is Not Always Better than One: An Intersting Case of Inflammatory Myositis with Dual Myositis Specific Antibodies, Neil Maithel, Rabia Mahfooz, Ali Asghar, and Paul S. Bongat
When Osteoporosis Masks Multiple Myeloma: A Diagnostic Pitfall, Neil Maithel, Rabia Mahfooz, Easlie Chen, Ali Asghar, and Aftab Mahmood
COVID-19-Induced Activation of Atypical Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome in a 40-Year-Old Woman with a Family History of aHUS, Neil Maithel, Ibrahim Musa, Rabia Mahfooz, Ali Asghar, Jorge Garza, and Aftab Mahmood
Bleeding Lungs: A Case of Hydralazine Induced Systemic Lupus Erythematosus with Diffuse Alveolar Hemorrhage, Damara Miller, Munanchu Poudel, Neil Maithel, Deekshita Valiveti, Arjun Kamath, Rahul Dadhwal, Ali Mohammed, Rene Franco Jr., Abhay Vakil, and Zuhair Ali
Distinguishing DRESS from Morbilliform Drug Reactions: A Challenge in an Underserved Community Hospital, Ivan Mogollon, Francisco Arias, Catherine Matos, Luis Salcedo, and Michelle Lopez
Monkeypox in a Non-endemic Setting: Challenges in the Diagnosis and Management of an Atypical Case, Yves Najm Mrad, Nilay Bhatt, and Shivam Gupta
Left-Sided Mitral Valve Thrombosis in a Young Patient: Successful Thrombolytic Management, Ashkan Nasr, Luay Alalawi, Thomas Alexander, Vishesh Persaud, Medha Chunduru, and Mahmood Ahmed
Don't Meth with Drugs: A Rare Presentation of Methamphetamine Induces Hypokalemic Periodic Paralysis, Hamza Naveed, Crystal Ike, Srinidhi Shyamkumar, Sarva Sivatej, Ramesh Kesavan, and Zuhair Ali
Assessing and Improving Resident Understanding of Inpatient Sepsis, Hamza Naveed, E'Joven Reed, and Mike Wong
Dysphagia Turned Histoplasmosis: Histoplasmosis Manifesting as Oral Lesions in a Renal Transplant Patient, Alexis Nguyen, Sebastian Hinojosa, Trey Richardson, Levan Gakhokidze, Alissa Ice, Piera Sosa, Heidi Schaefer, and Anthony Langone
Not So SLE-ghtly Bloody, A Nguyen, Napat Rangsipat, Shai Ring, Suhas Tatapudi, Cassie Robertson, Achi Chary, and Damon Cao
Medical Students and Program Directors Attitudes and Opinions On the Use of Artificial Intelligence in Medical Education, Kayla Nguyen, Vishal Patel, Shehroze Akhter, Alexander T. Gibson, Ryan K. Wong, and Mike Liang
A Primer on Performing Meaningful Systematic Review and Meta-analysis, Kayla Nguyen, Duyen Quach, Michael Flynn, Zuhair Ali, Andrey Manov, and Mike Liang
Levothyroxine and Drug-Induced Lupus Erythematosus: A Retrospective Cohort Study, Tue Nguyen, Yousef Salem, Aqsa Kanwal, and Aeja Weiss
Skin Cancer Education for Adolescents: Does Vanity Modify its Effectiveness?, Erica Ogwumike, Dina Zamil, Harrison Zhu, Shangyi Fu, Emily Powell, Zeena Nawas, and Ida Orengo
Pembrolizumab Induced Myasthenia Gravis, Praise Ohabor, Alexis Lopez Cruz, Deekshita Valiveti, Brandi Addison, and Zuhair Ali
Gastrografin Enema to the Rescue of the Glorious Cecal Bascule, Dominique Pean, Bushra Bangash, Guntash Khasria, and Ismail Hader
Skin Manifestations and Related Clinical Characteristics of Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children: A Descriptive Retrospective Cohor Study at Texas Children's Hospital, Matthew Penna, Lauren Pupa, Grace Lee, and Soo Jung Kim
Medical Reversals in the Management of Patients with Ventral Hernia Following Publication of Randomized Control Trials, Anila Punjwani, Vaibhav Varma, and Mike Liang
Role of Cholecystectomy in Hyperkinetic Biliary Dyskinesia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis, Duyen Quach, Kayla Nguyen, Gabriella Tavera, Rachel Wright, Zuhair Ali, and Mike Liang
Ventral Hernia Management Update: A Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials, Alexys Ramos, Saira Ahmed, Ashlynn Mills, Angelica Rodriguez, and Mike Liang
Language in the Teaching OR: Expressing Confidence versus Community, Aarya Ramprasad, Imaima Casubhoy, Melanie Meister, Brenda Bethman, Austin Bachar, and Gary Sutkin
Improving Internal Medicine and Emergency Department Communication - The ED MAP Project, Syed Raza, Srinidhi Shyamkumar, Eric Riha, and Zuhair Ali
Beta-Lactam Allergy De-Labeling Quality Improvement, Eric Riha, Alexandria Kim, David Kim, Brandon Robinson, and Kevin Garnepudi
Reducing Time to Heparin Administration in a Cardiac Center, Shai Ring, Shafaq Jawed, Taylor Teshon, and Siva T. Sarva
Immune Related Cardiac Cardiac tamponade Triggered by PD-L1 Blockade in Breast Cancer: A Case Report, Luis Salcedo, Ivan Mogollon, Francisco Arias, Jose Donis, and Michelle Lopez
GLP-1 Medications are Associated with Improved Outomes in Hidradenitis Suppurativa, Yousef Salem, Dina Zamil, Mahnoor Liaqat, Folawiyo Babalola, and Rachel Hogan
A Rare Case of Prolonged Life Expectancy in a Patient with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, Sara Shahid, Mina Choudhry, and Anam Zara
The Hungriest of Bones, Srinidhi Shyamkumar, Syed Raza, Eric Riha, and Zuhair Ali
Development of a Continous Renal Replacement Therapy Protocol for a Midsize Community Hospital, Srinidhi Shyamkumar, Eric Riha, Crystal Ike, Rachel Wright, D Villareal, Justin Shanks, and Damon Cao
Enhancing Resident Education in the Clinic, Catherine Soodi, Arshiya Fatima, Renu Thomas, and Daniel Avila Castillo
Not Your Typical Chest Pain: Anomalous RCA, Suhas Tatapudi, Nomair Ashraf, E Castillo, Jeby Kalathoor, Hytham Rashid, Ibrahim Yazji, and M Daniel
Micra-Scopic Hero: Rare Unroofed Cornoary Sinus Complicating Pacemaker Placement, Suhas Tatapudi, E Castillo, Jeby Kalathoor, Zuhair Ali, Hytham Rashid, and R Cargioli
Impact of Medical Trainees on Efficiency and Productivity in the Emergency Department: Systematic Reviewand Narrative Synthesis, Jake Valentine, Jonathan Poulson, Jesus Tamayo, Amanda Valentine, Jacqueline Levesque, and Shane Jenks
Refractory Hydrocephalus Treated with Ventriculo-Cholecystic Shunt in an Adult, Deekshita Valiveti, Munanchu Poudel, and Rahul Dadhwal
Fluid Resiliency Protocol Reduces IVF Use Without Case Cancellations, Rachael W. Wong, Kailey To, Mallory Gessner, Stephanie Crowley, Evan Claxon, Juan A. Sanchez, Tunmi Anwoju, Zuhair Ali, and Mike Liang
Research Priotitization in Hernia Surgery: A Modified Delphi ACHQC and VHOC expert consensus, Rachel Wright, Daphne Remulla, Mazen R. Al-Mansour, Christopher Schneider, Sharon Phillips, and William W. Hope
Implementation of Interdisciplinary Approaches in Dermatology Residency Program, Dina Zamil, Nicole Nyamongo, Alexandria Brown Marrs, Joanne Jacob, and Soo Jung Kim
Duodenorenal Fistula Post-Lithotripsy: A Rare Complication, Anam Zara, Aarohi Parikh, Duyen Quach, Ismail Hader, and Georg Elias
QI Project on Depression Screening PHQ2 and PHQ9 in Kingwood IM Clinic, Anam Zara, Sara Shahid, and Anusha Putta
Posters or Presentations from 2024
Next Top Model: An Overview of Breast Cancer Risk Assessment Models, Pooja Agrawal, Carolyn Audet, Laura Ernst, Katie Lang, Sonya Reid, Katie Davis, Rebecca Selove, Maureen Sanderson, and Lucy Spalluto
A Novel Approach to Thromboembolic Event Detection: An Initial Evaluation, Basil P. Alias, Emily Lo, Divek Toprani, and Wesley Lim
Obstructive Esophageal Mass in a 40-Year old Female Presenting as Intractable Vomiting and Early DKA: A Case Report, Caroline Andrews and Rachel Hogan
Assessment of the European Hernia Society Classification of Ventral Hernias and Clinical Outcomes, Oluwatunmininu A. Anwoju, Ashtyn Barrientes, Connor Hogan, Erik Askenasy, Jacob Greenberg, Keith Jerrod, Scott J. Roth, Zuhair Ali, and Mike K. Liang
Enhancing Breast Cancer Screening in KIMS Clinic: A Quality Improvement Initiative, Daniel J. Avila Castillo, Crystal Ike, and Mina Choudhry
Screen it Out! Improving Colon Cancer Screening Among Kingwood Clinic Patients, Daniel J. Avila Castillo, Bhavin Patel, Dhruv Patel, Rajeev Raghavan, and Zuhair Ali
Overcoming the Storm with Impella, Daniel J. Avila Castillo, Alexander Rhodes, Hamza Naveed, Danyal Syed, Syed Danyal Raza, Zuhair Ali, and Sivatej Sarva
New Intern Meditech Admission Bootcamp, Matthew G. Baska, Ashkan Nasr MD, and Akash Patel
Syphilis Presenting in the Axillary Lymph Node, Kevin Benny, Pooja Agrawal, Suimin Qui, and Angelica Robinson
The Art of Nursing, Janna L. Billetdeaux