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
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
Extra-Axial Chordoma and Review of the Literature, Corbrielle Boulard, Valerae O. Lewis, Robert L. Satcher, and Wei-Lien Wang
A Resident Led Newsletter Is a Powerful Communication Tool, Jonathan Brown, Zuhair Ali, An Dao, Mike Wong, and Rajeev Raghavan
Anomalous Anomaly: A Rare Case of the RCA Arising from the Mild LAD, Heriberto Cantu, Luay Alalawi, Ahmed Mahmood, and Thomas Alexander
A Dramatic Case of Acute Biventricular Failure Secondary to Acute Myocardial infraction, Heriberto Cantu, Ahmed Mahmood, Luay Alalawi, and Thomas Alexander
Prophylactic Mesh Reinforcement for Non-Midline Incisions: A Systematic Review, Rainna Coelho, Oluwatunmininu Anwoju, Ali Siddiqui, Andrew Youssef, Oscar A. Olavarria, Nalia H. Dhanani, Karla Bernardi, Zuhair Ali, and Mike Liang
Surgical Management of Massive Localized Lymphedema: A Case Report, Joseph Daodu, Alexys Ramos, Rainna Coelho, Natalia Cavagnaro, and Mike Liang
Gallstone Illeus and Intra Operatrively Diagnosed Crohn's Disease, Joseph Daodu, Ali Siddiqui, Horeb Antonio Cano Gonzalez, and Kendall Sowards
Viz LVO versus Rapid LVO in detection of large vessel occlusion on CT angiography for acute stroke., Adam Delora, Christopher Hadjialiakbari, Eryn Alexandra Percenti, Jordan Torres, Yazan J. Alderazi, Rime Ezzeldin, Ameer E Hassan, and Mohamad Ezzeldin
Viz LVO versus Rapid LVO in Detection of Large Vessel Occulusion on CT Angiography for Acute Stroke, Adam Delora, Ali Kerro, Christopher Hadjialiakbari, Eryn Percenti, Jordan Torres, Yazan J. Alderazi, Rime Ezzeldin, Ameer E. Hassan, and Mohamad Ezzeldin
Childhood Obesity Prevention Programs in Texas, Thao Doan
Pediatric Advance Life Support, Monique Edwards and Lance Mwangi
In TINT Condition: Analysis of Actice Ingredients in Popular Tinted Moisturizers and Facial Sunscreens, Nadia El-Hamdi, Peyton Harris, Sloan Long, Sheeva Shahinfar, and Palak Parekh
A Case of Parenchymal Hemorrhade Secondary to Dural Venous Sinus Thrombosis, Parnia Forouzan, Jesse Cai, and Dewey Le
A Case of Sore Throat and Dizziness, Victoria Gordon and Anita Datta
Introduction to ATLS and Emergency Preparedness, Leon Gu, Urvashi Firozi, and Pradeep D'Souza
Delays in Chest Compressions During EMS CPR: A Retrospective Review of Cardiac Ultrasound vs Carotid Views During OHCA, Himanshu Gupta, Ryan Richardson, Casey Patrick, James Seek, Nick Smith, Kevin Crocker, Josh Rasco, and Robert Dickson
A Rare Case of Infected Bronchogenic Cyst Growing Salmonella Enterica, Diane S. Habib, Jordan Torres, and Salman Alim
The Ethical Concerns of Improper Semaglutide Administration After Acquisition From A Compounded Pharmacy, Syed Basit Haider, Renu Thomas, E’Joven Reed, Aneesha Shaju, Bushra Bangash, Jakob Schnell, and Edrianna Mae Ablola
Utility of Diagnostic Radiology Imaging Techniques in the Diagnosis and Characterization of Saccular Aneurysm Involving the Right Internal Jugular Vein: A Case Report and Brief Review of Literature, Javier Hernandez and Poyan Rafiei
Arteriovenous Fistula Communicating with Venous Stent in Aptient with Arterial Aneurysm, Timot Kellermayer, Renley Summay, and Bryan Kharbanda
Sunitinib Induced Gomerular Thrombotic Microangiopathy, Aisha Khan
Phenytoin Toxicity and Hypoglycemia - Case Study, Daniel Khashchuk and Natarajan Venkatayan
Thoracic Spine Lesion with Paralysis: A Rare Presentation of Plasmacytoma, Daniel Khashchuk and Natarajan Venkatayan
Mycophenolate Associated Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy in a Woman with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, Zaur Komachkov and Yacoub Khatab
Colon Adenocarcinoma Mimicking Acute Appendicitis in a 28-Year-Old, Bridget Kowalczyk, Edward Pingenot, and Vivek Bansal
Adequate Reporting Among Ventral Hernia Repair Operative Reports: A Cross-Sectional Study of Prevalence of Details and Association With Clinical Outcomes., Said Maldonado, Nicole B Lyons, Jonathan S Lall, J Scott Zimmerle, Brendan Rosamond, Ashlynn Mills, Yoolim Alex Seo, Angelica Calderon Rodriguez, Rainna Coelho, Natalia Cavagnaro, Zuhair Ali, and Mike K. Liang
Isolated Case of Alexia following Cardiac Ablation: A Rare Stroke Presentation, Matthew M. Mason, Nantian Harsell, and Bryan Kharbanda
Nonspecific Interstitial Pneumonia in the Setting of Immunocompromising Medications, Cody K. Meaux, Bridget Kowalczyk, and Scott Buckner
An Interesting Case of Hypothyroidism in the Critical Care Setting, Lance Mwangi and Ladi Larry
Efficacy of Mavacamten in Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis, Hamza Naveed, Maryam Adnan, Mohammad Hamza, and Mahboob Alam
Clinical Outcomes Following Interventions by Different Modalities of Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI): An Updated Systematic Review and Network Meta-Analysis, Hamza Naveed, Mary Adnan, Mohammad Hamza, and Mahboob Alam
Foreign Body Removed Through Laparotomy: A Case Report and Literature Review, Kayla Nguyen, Duyen Quach, David Ortiz, Dominique Norris, Srinivas Ramireddy, and Jody Smith
Intracrnial Hemorrhage and ECG Changes, Negar Niknam, Eric N. Riha, Bushra Bangash, Parshvi Patel, Skantha K. Manjunath, Gnananandh Jayaraman, Ramesh Kesavan, and Siva T. Sarva
An Eluding Case of Glomerulonephritis Found to be Fibrillary in Nature, Julien Ogilvie and Amanda Tchakarov
McArdle Disease Rhabdomyolysis Precipitated by Acetazolamide for Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension, Shahin Cyrus Owji, Vivian Paraskevi Douglas, Mohammad Pakravan, Chaow Charoenkijkajorn, and Andrew G. Lee
Improving Competence and Confidence in Outpatient Management of Major Depressive Disorder, Anish Pal, Pavan Anand, and Brett M. Garrett
Understanding Hypomagnesemia in Patients with Short Bowel Syndrome, Aashka Patel, Sakina Haider, Thomas Hoang, and Rajeev Raghavan
Case of Bilateral Glaucoma, Raj Patel, Hengameh Pajer, and Rasheed Lawal
Coverting USMLE Step 1 to Pass or Fail: A Retrospective Corss-Sectional Study on the Potential Impact to Surgrical Residency Diversity, Shreena Patidar, Brendan Rosamond, J Scott Zimmerle, Jonathan Lall, Said Maldonado, Nicole B. Lyons, Ashlynn Mills, Angelica Rodriguez, Yoolim Alex Seo, Rainna Coelho, Zuhair Ali, and Mike Liang
Artificial Intelligence Respoinse to Common Medication Concerns with Heart Failure GDMT in Outpatient Setting, Dominique Pean, Laaraeb Nadeem, Suhas Kandimalla, and Brotee Rahman
Intra-Cardiac Thrombus-In-Transit: A Ticking Time Bomb, Visesh Persaud, Austin Makadia, Saiara Choudhury, Asad Chohan, and Abhay Vakil
Ipsilateral Hemi-Diaphragmatic Paralysis After Intra Scalene Nerve Block: A Rare But Reported Entity, Vishesh Persaud, Austin Makadia, Saad Choudhry, A Chohan, and Abhay Vakil
Critical Airway Obstruction Secondary to Acute Necrotizing Tracheitis, Vishesh Persaud, Austin Makadia, S Choudhury, A Chohan, and Abhay Vakil
Comparative Analysis of MD and DO Candidates to a Surgical Residency Program, Duyen Quach, Rachel Wright, Vishal Patel, Scott Zimmerle, Brendan Rosamond, Jonathan Lall, Said Maldonado, Zuhair Ali, Rajeev Raghavan, and Mike Liang
Deficiency in Detail Among Ventral Hernia Repair Operative Notes and The Impact on Patient Outcomes, Alexys N. Ramos, Duyen Quach, Kayla Nguyen, Said Maldonado, Nicole B. Lyons, Jonathan S. Lall, Scott Zimmerle, Brendan Rosamond, Ashlynn Mills, Yoolim Alex Seo, Angelica C. Rodriguez, and Mike Liang
Dermatologic Manifestations and Mixed Cryoglobulinemia in 40-year old Male, Sparsh Ray, Ben Tran, and Bushra Ambreen
Clinical Impact of Indeterminate QuantiFERON-TB Test Results for a Patient with Recurrent Inflammatory Bowel Disease Flares, Asad Rehman, Bushra Bangash, Aashka Patel, Anam Zara, Hong Thai, and Ismail Hader
Esophageal Perforation After Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy (PEG) Tube Placement: A Rare Complication Treated Successfully with Endoscopic Stent Suture, Asad Rehman, Suhail Kayyali, Bobby Jacob, and Meir Mizrahi
Spontaneous Superior and Inferior Pancreaticouduodenal Artery Pseudoaneurysms in the Setting of a Retoroperitoneal Hematoma Surrounding the Pancreatic Head, Asad Rehman, Jordan Torres, Salman Islam, Bushra Bangash, Lakshmi Tatineni, and Aneesha Shaju
Reducing Medication Barriers Before Patient Check-Out at a Student Run Free Clinic, Jenna D. Reisler, Daniel Bao, Alison Zill, and Marysuna Wilkerson
Dialysis-Reversible Complete Heart Block Without Severe Metabolic Derangements, Shai Ring, Alexander Llop, Harris Khawaja, Usman Khan, and Muhammad Usman Khan
An Atypical Presentation of Systematic Lupys Erythematosus (SLE), Devante Shootes, Jeremiah Ling, and Omer Farooq
A Case of Heyde Syndrome: Management and Anti-Coagulation, Muhammad Siddiqi, Hamza Naveed, Ashley Charales, and Marloe Prince Jr.
Unusual Delayed Invasive Infection with Staphylococcus Capitis Following Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting: A Case Report and Literature Review, Suhas Tatapudi, Daniel J. Avila Castillo, and Ibrahim Yazji
Pediatric Quick Reference Dosing Guide, Alexander E. Teshon, Caleb Marcy, Himanshu Gupta, and Urvashi Barua-Nath
ED Procedural Supply and Operations, Alex Teshon, Konner Cue, Logan Prewitt, and Anita Datta
A Rare Case of Anoxic Brain Injury Secondary to MASLD-Induced Hyperammonemia, Renu Thomas, Nhu Chau T. Nguyen, Daniel Bao, Jonathan Tang, Uzma Ali, and Damon Cao
Persistent Poverty and Incidence-Based Melanoma Mortality, Tiffaney Tran, Karla Madrigal, Lillian Morris, Kehe Zhang, Emelie Nelson, Marcita Galindez, Zhigang Duan, Adewole S. Adamson, Hui Zhao, Hung Q. Doan, Madison M. Taylor, Cici Bauer, and Kelly C. Nelson
A Case to Cause Pause, Kai Tubb and Stevley Koshy
Treatment of Hyperkinetic Gallbladder with Cholecystectomy: A Case Report and Literary Review, Rachel Wright, Duyen Quach, Kayla Nguyen, Gabriella Tavera, and Mike Liang
Colon Cancer with Ovarian Metastasis Presenting as Syncope and Melena, Raul E. Zambrana Valenzuela and Bryan Kharbanda
A Case of Mediastinitis from Esophageal Perforation Presenting as Gastric Volvulus/Para-Esophageal Hernia, Anam Zara, Bushra Bangash, Renu Thomas, Asad Rehman, Karthik Vadamalai, Zuhair Ali, and Mishal Mazhar
Books from 2023
Converting USMLE Step 1 to Pass or Fail: The Impact on Female and Underrepresented Minority Applicants, Ashtyn Barrientes, Andrew Youssef, Haris Ahmed, Peter Yu, Brendan Rosamond, Jonathan S. Lall, Scott Zimmerle, Said Maldonado, Ashlynn Mills, Nicole Lyons, Alex Seo, Angelica C. Rodriguez, Zuhair Ali, Rajeev Raghavan, and Mike Liang
Intracerebral Hemorrhage and Reversible Cerebral Vasoconstriction Syndrome ina Patient with COVID-19, Matthew Bear, Branden Wilson, Aswin Srinivasan, Amar Hasan, Salman Alim, and Mohamad Ezzeldin
A Resident Led Newsletter is a Powerful Communication Tool, Jonathan Brown, Rachel Hogan, An Dao, Zuhair Ali, and Rajeev Raghavan
Musculoskeletal Lecture Series: Neck Pain, Ryan Brown, Pradeep D'Souza, and Ryan Giang
Documentation Burden: The Impact of Inadequate Operative Reports on Surgrical Outcomes, Natalia Cavagnaro, Ali Siddiqui, Rainna Coelho, Nicole B. Lyons, and Said Maldonado
Organizing Pneumonia from Inhalational Injury, Asad Chohan, Rene Franco, and Abhay Vakil
Accidental Extravasation of Mitomycin C into the Subcutaneous Tissue, Johnathon Chung, Brooke Walterscheid, Jose Lopez-Vera, Hytham Rashid, and Mike K. Liang
Unique Presentation of Cerebritis: A Case Report, Wajahat Dawood, Kevin Jiang, and Bryan Kharbanda
Pregnancy Induced Pancreatitis in the Setting of Medical Abortion and Severe Hyponatremia, Nd Ekpa, Sheila Chandrahas, and Randy Chung
Tranexamic Acid (TXA) in Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeds – Systematic Review and Meta-analysis, Nd Ekpa, Harout Hamzoian, and Justin Yan
Standardized Training to Improve the Quality of Screening Diabetic and Hypertension-Related Opthalmoscopic Exams, Ashley Faye, Pradeep D'Souza, and Elizabeth Suniega
An Unusual Presentation of Myasthenia Gravis: Rapidly Progressive Distal Muscle Paralysis, Andi Nicole Garcia, Sheiva Vakili, and Vernon Lawrence
A Case of Vanishing Bronchus Syndrome in a Non-lung Transplant Patient, Diane S. Habib, Ariana Azimi-Shooshtari, Siva T. Sarva, Ramesh Kesavan, and Gnananandh Jayaraman
Acute Appendicitis Secondary to Enterobius Vermicularis: Case Report, Yasmine Hemida, Horeb Cano Gonzalez, and Mike K. Liang
Utility of Daily CBC in Hospitalized Patients, Lauren Howard, Kayla Engstrom, Aisha Khan, Andrew Vest, and Carlos Vargas
Fascial Defect Closure During Ventral Hernia Repair: A Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials, Shin Jeong, Tunmi A. Anwoju, Oscar A. Olavarria, Natalia Cavagnaro, Naila H. Dhanani, Nicole B. Lyons, Zuhair Ali, and Mike K. Liang
Video Documentation as a Measure of Written Documentation Accuracy in Emergency Medical Service Field Intubations, Christopher S. Keller, Christopher Dilger, Shih-Chin Chou, Rasheed Lawal, and Shane Jenks
A 44-Year-Old Man with a Sore Throat and Vesicular Rash, Ton La Jr., Joshua Gelber, Essam Girgawy, and Ijeoma Arubaleze
Increasing Resident Confidence and Preparedness for In-Hospital Medical Emergencies, Joshua A. Macaluso, Pradeep D'Souza, and Elizabeth Suniega
Frequency and Predictors of All-Cause In-Hospital Mortality in Transcatheter Mitral Valve Replacement: A Nationwide Inpatient Analysis, 2011-2015, Ahmed Mahmood, Hasnan Ijaz, Muhammad Uzair Lodhi, Sohail Khan, and Thomas Alexander
Percutaneous Closure of Aorto-Right Fistula: An Interesting Case of Marfan's Syndrome and Fistula Formation, Ahmed Mahmood, Vivek Nadipalli, Muhammad Uzair Lodhi, Bilal Hussain, Carlos E. Vargas, Sohail Khan, Christel Cuevas, and Thomas Alexander
Treatment Options for World Health Organization Hroups 2 and 3 Pulmonary Hypertension: Using Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Medication, Austin Makadia, Jorge Garza, Arjun Kamath, Ahsan Syed, and Vishesh Persaud
A Curious Case of Biopsy Proven Usual Interstitial Pneumonia, Austin Makadia, Vishesh Persaud, Saiara Choudhury, Asad Chohan, and Abhay Vakil
An Interesting Case of Diffuse Alveolar Hemorrhage with an Elusive Etiology, Austin Makadia, Vishesh Persaud, Saiara Choudhury, Asad Chohan, and Abhay Vakil
A Spontaneous Subcutaneous Emphysema as a Life Threatening Complication of Rheumatoid Arthritis Associated Interstitial Lung Disease, Austin Makadia, Vishesh Persaud, Saiara Choudhury, Asad Chohan, and Abhay Vakil
New Onset Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis Associated with Severe Rhabdomyolysis After Infection with COVID19, Nova Mebane, Jacqueline M. Phillips, Cynthia Salloum, Neva Mebane, and Daniel Park
Impact of Disclosure of Radiographis Test Results on Quality of Life Among Patients with Hernia: A Randomized Controlled Trial, Keyon Mohebzad, Rainna Coelho, Oscar A. Olavarria, Nicole Lyons, and Karla Bernardi
The Role of Biologic Mesh and Fundoplication in the Surgical Management of Hiatal Hernias: A Multicenter Evaluation., Cassandra Mohr, Hailie Ciomperlik, Naila Dhanani, Oscar A Olavarria, Craig Hannon, William Hope, Scott Roth, Mike K. Liang, and Julie L Holihan
Subacute Combined Degeneration in Atypical case, Ryan Molina
A Comparison of ICU Mortality Scoring Systems Applied to COVID-19, Muhammad A. Monk, Jordan Torres, Kimberly Vickery, Gnananandh Jayaraman, Sivatej Sarva, and Ramesh Kesavan