Recent Housestaff Research

J. Adler, MW Saif.  Pancrelipase Induced Hypersensitivity Reaction: Case Report and Review of the Literature.  J. Pancreas 2018, 19(5), 273-275.

Daaboul Y, Salem D. Quality of quality measures. In Quality Measures: The Revolution in Patient and Safety Outcomes (pp. NA). Philadelphia: Springer.

Korjian S, Braunwald E, Daaboul Y, Mi M, Bhatt DL, Verheugt FWA, Cohen M, Bode C, Burton P,Plotnikov AN, Gibson CM. Usefulness of rivaroxaban for secondary prevention of acute coronarysyndrome in patients with history of congestive heart failure (from the ATLAS-ACS-2 TIMI-51 Trial).  Am J Cardiol.2019; 122(11):1896-901.

Korjian S, Daaboul Y, Laliberté F, Zhao Q, Mehran R, Bode C, Halperin J, Verheugt FWA, Lip GYH, Cohen M, Peterson ED, Fox KAA, Gibson CM, Pinto DS; PIONEER AF-PCI Investigators. Cost implications of anticoagulation strategies after percutaneous coronary intervention among patients with atrial fibrillation (A PIONEER-AF PCI Analysis). Am J Cardiol. 2019; 123(3):355-60.

Kerneis M, Talib U, Nafee T, Daaboul Y, Pahlavani S, Pitliya A, Furqan MM, Datta S, Kazmi HA, Younes A, Gibson CM. Triple antithrombotic therapy for patients with atrial fibrillation undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention. Prog Cardiovasc Dis. 2018; 60(4-5):524-530

R. Dhingra, J. Tse, MW Saif.  Cutaneous Metastasis of Gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (GEP-Nets)  J. Pancreas 2018. Sept. 30, 19(5), 223-227.

DeFilippis EM, Singh A, Divakaran S, Gupta A, Collins BL, Biery D, Qamar A, Fatima A, Ramsis M, Pipilas D, Rajabi R, Eng M, Hainer J, Klein J, Januzzi JL, Nasir K, Di Carli MF, Bhatt DL, Blankstein R. Cocaine and Marijuana Use Among Young Adults With Myocardial Infarction. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2018 Jun 5;71(22):2540-2551.

Singh A, Collins BL, Gupta A, Fatima A, Qamar A, Biery D, Baez J, Cawley M, Klein J, Hainer J, Plutzky J, Cannon CP, Nasir K, Di Carli MF, Bhatt DL, Blankstein R. Cardiovascular Risk and Statin Eligibility of Young Adults After an MI: Partners YOUNG-MI Registry. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2018 Jan 23;71(3):292-302.

Wu C, Singh A, Collins B, Fatima A, Qamar A, Gupta A, Hainer J, Klein J, Jarolim P, Di Carli M, Nasir K, Bhatt DL, Blankstein R. Causes of Troponin Elevation and Associated Mortality in Young Patients. Am J Med. 2018 Mar;131(3):284-292.e1.

Singh A, Collins B, Qamar A, Gupta A, Fatima A, Divakaran S, Klein J, Hainer J, Jarolim P, Shah RV, Nasir K, Di Carli MF, Bhatt DL, Blankstein R. Study of young patients with myocardial infarction: Design and rationale of the YOUNG-MI Registry. Clin Cardiol. 2017 Nov;40(11):955-961.

N Patel, S Arora, A Qamar, PD Strassle, KM Alexander, A Fatima, MS Maurer, A Pandey. Trends and Causes of Hospitalizations in Patients with Amyloidosis. Amyloid. 2019; Accepted for Publication (In Press).

Maron MS, Rowin EJ, Wessler BS, Mooney PJ, Fatima A, Patel P, Koethe BC, Romashko M, Link MS, Maron BJ. Enhanced American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Strategy for Prevention of Sudden Cardiac Death in High-Risk Patients With Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy. JAMA Cardiol. 2019; Epub ahead of print.

DeFilippis EM, Singh A, Gupta A, Ayuba G, Biery D, Divakaran S, Collins BL, Qamar A, Fatima A, Hainer J, Klein J, Nasir K, Di Carli MF, Bhatt DL, Blankstein R. Long-Term Outcomes After Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest in Young Patients With Myocardial Infarction. Circulation. 2018;138(24):2855-2857.

Israeli Z, Lavi S, Pancholy SB, Nombela-Franco L, Gilchrist IC, Gilchrist Jr IC, Aldazabal A, Sharabi-Nov A, Levi Y, Hayman S, Tzemos N, Ayan D, Mamas MA, Bagur R. Radial versus Femoral Approach for Saphenous Vein Grafts Angiography and Interventions. American Heart Journal. 2019; 210: 1-8.

Kim SY, Wolfe DS, Taub CC. Cardiovascular outcomes of pregnancy in Marfan’s syndrome patients: A literature review. Congenital Heart Disease 2018; 13 (2): 203-209. doi: 10.1111/chd.12546.

Hill, B., Nastoupil, L., Winter, A.M., Becnel, M.R., Cerhan, J.R., Habermann, T.M., Link, B.K., Maurer, M.J., Fakhri, B., Reddy, P., Smith, S.D., Mukhija, D., Jagadeesh, D., Desai, A., Alderuccio, J.P., Lossos, I.S., Mehra, P., Portell, C.A., Goldman, M., Calzada, O., Cohen, J.B., Hussain, M.J., Ghosh, N., Caimi, P., Tiutan, T., Martin, P., Kodali, A., Evens, A.M., Kahl, B.S. (2018). Maintenance Rituximab or Observation after Frontline Treatment with Bendamustine-Rituximab for Follicular Lymphoma. Submitted .

Wurcel AG, Merchant EA, Clark RP, Stone DR. Emerging and Underrecognized Complications of Illicit Drug Use.Clin Infect Dis. 2015 Dec 15;61(12):1840-9.

Rowin, E.J., Mohanty, S. Madias, C., Maron B., Maron M. l. Benefit of Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy in End-Stage Nonobstructive Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy. JACC Clinical Electrophysiology. (in press)

Wells S, Maron MS, Patel P, Maron BJ, Rowin E. “End-Stage Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Revisited: Impact of Contemporary Therapies.” Journal of American College of Cardiology. Vol 73, Issue 9, Supp 1. DOI: 10.1016/S0735-1097(19)31370-1. March, 2019. New Orleans, LA.

Rowin E, Maron MS, Wells S, Patel P, Patel H, Koethe BC, Maron BJ. “Impact of Sex on Clinical Course and Survival in the Contemporary Treatment Era for Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy.” Journal of the American Heart Association. Submitted for publication in May 2019.

Patel R, Varga C. Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia in a cardiac surgery patient with early and persistent thrombocytopenia and initial negative immunological and functional assays. Thrombosis Research. 2018;169:93-95.

Chokr N, Patel R et al. Review: The Rising Era of Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors in Myelodysplastic Syndromes. Advances in Hematology. 2018:1-10.

Patel R, Pai L. Immunotherapy Induced Severe Neutropenia with Neurotoxicity: A Case of a 75-Year-Old Woman with Ulcerative Colitis Diagnosed with Melanoma. Journal of Oncology Pharmacy Practice (in press).

Ethan J. Rowin, MD, Barry J. Maron, MD, Mikhail Romashko, MD, Wendy Wang, MPH, Hassan Rastegar, MD, Mark S. Link, MD, Martin S. Maron, MD  Impact of Effective Management Strategies on Patients With the Most Extreme Phenotypic Expression of Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy.. The American Journal of Cardiology, 2019

Ethan J. Rowin, MD, Mikhail Romashko, MD, Jeffrey M. Testani, MD, Benjamin C. Koethe, MPH, Damini Saxena, BS, James E Udelson, MD, Barry J. Maron, MD, Martin S. Maron, MD.  Chronic Heart Failure is Infrequently Associated with Renal Dysfunction in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy.  Journal of Cardiac Failure, 2019

Rowin E, Maron BJ, Wessler B, Mooney P, Romashko M, Patel P, Fatima A, Link M, Maron MS. “ACC/AHA Guidelines Can Abolish Sudden Death in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy.” AHA Journals. Vol 138, Issue Suppl_1. DOI: 138:A15081. November 6, 2018

F. Inayat, F. Song, N. Ali, M. Aslam, A. Aloma, H. Hachem, W. Saif  Hepatitis B virus reactivation following imatibiv therapy: A comparative review of 9 cases.  Journal of Oncology Pharmacy Practice. 2018

Varga C, Titus SE, Toskic D, Comenzo RL. Use of novel therapies in the treatment of light chain amyloidosis. Blood Rev. Epub 2019 May 22.

Rencic J, Zhou M, Hsu G, Dhaliwal G. Circling back for the diagnosis. N Engl J Med. 2017;377(18):1778-1784.

Osani MC, Vaysbrot EE, Zhou M, et al. Duration of symptom relief and early trajectory of adverse events for oral NSAIDs in knee osteoarthritis: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Arthritis Care Res. 2019 epub ahead of print.

Wang J, Wen YB, Zhou MY, et al. Ectopic germinal center and megalin defect in primary Sjogren syndrome with Renal Fanconi syndrome. Arthritis Res Ther. 2017;19(1):120.

Yang HX, Wang J, Wen YB, Fei YY, Jiang MD, Zhou MY, et al. Renal involvement in primary Sjögren's syndrome: A retrospective study of 103 biopsy-proven cases from a single center in China. Int J Rheum Dis. 2018;21(1):223-

S. Babroudi and C. Varga.  A Rare Hematologic Complication Post-Renal Transplant: Atypical Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome (HUS)   Presented at SGIM meeting in Washington, DC. 2019

S. Babroudi and J. Udelson.  Cardiac Amyloidosis: An Overlooked Cause of New Onset Heart Failure in the Elderly.  Presented at SGIM meeting in Washington, DC.  2019

L. Buchanan and H. Kelpin: Goals of care discussions and subsequent healthcare utilization among adults hospitalized for advanced malignancy.  Presented at: Palliative Care in Oncology Symposium on October, 2015 in Boston, MA

L. Buchanan and M. Trautwein.  “Powerful Drugs, your kidneys are slugs:  what do you say?  It’s IgA!”  Presented at the Regional SGIM meeting, March 2017.

M. Dhande and L. Buchanan.  “Caring for the Cancer Survivor:  Hear Hoof-beats, think Zebras.”  Presented at the Regional SGIM meeting, March 2017.

Sam Chan, Will Whalen, and Laura Snydman.  C(r)ushing the Diagnosis.   To be presented at the 2019 New England Regional meeting of the Society of General Internal Medicine (SGIM)

Mansour AG, Ahdab R, Daaboul Y, Korjian S, Salem MW, Hariri E, El Khoury C, Riachi NJ, Aoun Bahous S. Vitamin K2 Status and Arterial Stiffness Among Untreated Migraine Patients: A Case-Control Study.2018; American Headache Society. San Francisco, CA.

Burrows A, Phelan C, Daaboul Y, Daly WC, Miller C, Madias C, Estes III NAM. Effectiveness of Subcutaneous Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators Among Patients with Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy. 2018; European Cardiac Arrhythmia Society, Paris, France.

Chi G, Nafee T, Goldhaber SZ, Hernandez AF, Hull RD, Gold A, Korjian S, Daaboul Y, Cohen AT, Harrington RA, Gibson CM. Extended-duration betrixaban reduces the risk of venous thromboembolismrelated rehospitalization among acutely ill hospitalized medical patients: An APEX trial substudy. 2017;American Heart Association, Anaheim, CA.

Gibson CM, Nafee T, Goldhaber SZ, Hernandez AF, Hull RD, Gold A, Korjian S, Daaboul Y, Cohen AT,Harrington RA, Chi G. Full-dose betrixaban reduces venous thromboembolism-related mortality: An APEX trial substudy. 2017; American Heart Association, Anaheim, CA.

Daaboul Y, Morrison DA, Korjian S, Kumar A, Aoun Bahous SA, Snydman LK. PRIME Trial: Primer course among residents for in-flight medical emergencies. Society of General Internal Medicine, 2019.

Nafee T, Kerneis M, Korjian S, Daaboul Y, Yee MK, AlKhalfan F, Ganti A, Jafarizade M, Ghaffarpasand E, Mehran R, Bode C, Halperin J, Verheugt FWA, Lip GYH, Cohen M, Husted S, Peterson ED, Fox KAA, Gibson CM. The number of adverse event-free days with rivaroxaban versus warfarin-based treatment strategies among atrial fibrillation patients following stent placement – insights from the PIONEER AF-PCI trial. 2018; American Heart Association, 2018

Chi G, Nafee T, Goldhaber SZ, Hernandez AF, Hull RD, Gold A, KorjianE. O’Shea,, M. Davis , S. Davis. The Effect of Diagnostic Bronchoscopy on Antimicrobial Selection in the Inpatient Setting" Presented at 2016 ATS International Conference in San Francisco).

R. Dhingra, M. Sterling and N. Natov. . Assessing the Rate of Progression of Non-Dysplastic Gastric Intestinal Metaplasia in a High Risk Population. Presentation at DDW Chicago, IL)- Spring 2017.

Rohit Dhingra, M.D., Sharanya Mohanty, M.D, Yazan Daaboul, M.D, Joseph Dailey, M.D, Christopher Firely, M.D., Michael Winter M.D.2, Amirah Khan, M.D.2, Michael Kiernan, M.D.3, Amanda Vest, M.D.3, Aaron Dickstein, M.D.  Assessing the Incidence of Precancerous Polyps Identified on Screening Colonoscopy and Risk of Post-Polypectomy Bleeding in LVAD Patients   Presented at the 2018 American Congress of Gastroenterololgy meeting

Dhingra R, Rai P, Sieker J, et al. (May 14, 2018) Myxedema Ascites: An Unusual Presentation of Uncontrolled Hypothyroidism. Cureus 10(5): e2627. doi:10.7759/cureus.2627

Dhingra Rohit, Winter M W, Yilmaz O H, et al. (February 27, 2018) An Unusual Presentation of Primary Hepatic Diffuse Large B-cell Lymphoma of the Liver. Cureus 10(2): e2242. doi:10.7759/cureus.2242

Dhingra, Rohit, Natov NS, Singh A, Guelrud M, Sterling MJ. Assessing the Rate of Progression of Non-Dysplastic Gastric Intestinal Metaplasia in a High-Risk Population. Gastrointestinal Endoscopy. 2017;85(5): AB75. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gie.2017.03.095

Mao D, Hachem H, Chang H, Dima D, Dower J, Wismer M, Erban JK, Freund KM, Parsons SK. Treatment Interruption and Discontinuation of Hormone Therapy in Hormone Receptor-Positive Breast Cancer Patients. Poster presentation at the 21st Annual Tufts Clinical and Translation Science Symposium on May 3, 2019

Singh A, Collins B, Fatima A, Qamar A, Biery D, Baez J, Cawley M, Gupta A, Klein J, Hainer J, Plutzky J, Cannon CP, Nasir K, Di Carli MF, Bhatt DL, Blankstein R. Statin Eligibility Among Young Adults Who Experience a Myocardial Infarction. Accepted for presentation at the American Heart Association Scientific Sessions. Nov 2017. California

Biery D, Singh A, Collins B, Cawley M, Eng M, Rajabi R, Fatima A, Qamar A, Baez J, Gupta A, Nasir K, Polk D, Skali H, Di Carli MF, Bhatt DL, Blankstein R. Cardiac Rehabilitation in Young Adults with Myocardial Infarction is Associated with Better Outcomes at 1-year. 1. Accepted for presentation at the American Heart Association Scientific Sessions. Nov 2017. California

A Fatima, M Maron, B Maron, E Rowin. Identification of Cardiac Amyloidosis among a cohort of Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy patients. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 2019. 73 (9);1009.

A Singh, B Collins, A Gupta, A Fatima, A Qamar, D Biery, S Kathiresan, MF Di Carli, K Nasir, DL Bhatt, R Blankstein. Prevalence of familial hypercholesterolemia and LDL cholesterol reduction among young adults with myocardial infarction. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 2018. 71 (11); A1731.

A Fatima, S Leuba, S Arora, A Qamar, PD Strassle, H Alkhaimy, HR Jogu, SP Chaudhry, K Alexander, A Pandey. Heart failure with and without Atrial Fibrillation: Analysis of the 2015-2016 U.S. National Readmission Database. Accepted for presentation as a moderated poster at the European Society of Cardiology Meeting in Paris (September, 2019).

A Fatima, M Maron, B Maron, E Rowin. Identification of Cardiac Amyloidosis among a cohort of Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy patients. Poster presented at the scientific sessions of the American College of Cardiology in New Orleans (March, 2019).

Kaitlin Fitzpatrick, MD; Mikhail Romashko, MD; Shameek Gayen, MD; Laura Snydman, MD.Graves’ Hyperthyroidism: A case presentation that will take your breath away.  2018 New England SGIM meeting

S. Gayen, N. Hill and I. Preston.  Vitamin C Deficiency-Induced PAH.  Accepted by CHEST

Yu, Elizabeth A., M.D., Ph.D., Dhande, Mehak, M.D ., Gionfriddo, William, M.D., Harris, David, M.D., Pradhan,Natasha, M.D., Fouad, Jan, M.D., Roberts, Kari E., M.D.Multidisciplinary low-fidelity Code Blue simulation training improves house staff comfort with Code Blue events at a tertiary medical center, Presented at the American Thoracic Conference, 2017

J. Fouad and C. Phelan.  “ An atypical cause of acute kidney injury”  Presented at the Regional SGIM meeting, March 2017.

H. Chapman, M. Goldberg, N. M. Pradhan and, L. K. Snydman  “A Dog and a Drinker: Severe Thrombocytopenia, Transaminitis and Sepsis Secondary to Capnocytophaga Infection in an Alcoholic”  Presented at the Regional SGIM meeting, March 2017.

N Hosadurg, D Huang, K Brown, AR Weintraub, AR Patel BS Wessler. Paradoxical Low-flow Low-gradient Aortic Stenosis: Improvement in Indexed Stroke Volume after Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement is Inversely Related to the Number of Conditions Contributing to Low Transvalvular Flow. Accepted to the 2019 AHA Scientific Sessions.       

N Hosadurg, J Gillis, K Huang. Improving Statin Prescription Practices in Primary Care: A Quality Improvement Project. Submitted to the 2019 Massachusetts ACP Poster Day

Xiao Hu. Legionnaires’ disease presenting as falls.  Presented at the 2019 New England Regional meeting of the Society of General Internal Medicine (SGIM)

Dou Huang and Laura Snydman. Not your run-of-the-mill MRSA pneumonia.  Presented at the 2019 New England Regional meeting of the Society of General Internal Medicine (SGIM)

Dou Huang and Laura Snydman. The fever with an origin ‘Not Known.  Presented at the 2019 New England Regional meeting of the Society of General Internal Medicine (SGIM)

Kumar, A.D., Inker, L.A., Drew, D.A., Comenzo, R.L. , Varga, C. (2019). Monoclonal gammopathies and their significance: A retrospective analysis of monoclonal gammopathy and renal disease. Presented as oral presentation at Internal Kidney and Monoclonal Gammopathy (IKMG) Research Group Meeting; Montreal, Canada.

Kumar, A.D., Banco, D., LeClair, A., Byhoff, E. Resident Knowledge and Perceptions of Readmissions at an Academic Tertiary Care Facility. Poster presented at 2018 SGIM New England Meeting; Boston, MA.

Banco, D. Kumar, A.D., LeClair, A., Byhoff, E. . Impact of Frequent Readmissions on Internal Medicine Residents’ Perception of Attitudes Towards Care at an Academic Medical Center. Poster presented at 2018 SGIM New England Meeting; Boston, MA.

Mahmood Madi ACUTE FIBRINOUS AND ORGANIZING PNEUMONIA: A RARE CAUSE OF INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE  Presented at 2019 meeting of American College of Chest Physicians

Madi MY, Alhajri F, Kher S. Worm In My Heart. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2019 Jun;16(6):760-764.

Madi M Y, Shahwan M Y, Nayar C, et al. (January 23, 2019) Coughing Up a Lung: A Curious Case of Pertussis. Cureus 11(1): e3941. doi:10.7759/cureus.3941

Priyanka Majety and Abhigna Kodali  The Cytokine Storm - Malignancy associated HLH    Submitted to American College of Physicians  meeting, 2018

P. Majety, S. Babroudi and R. Siegel.  A case of Vitamin D mediated hypercalcemia: Calcitonin resistance? - SGIM - May 2019

P. Majety and S. Babroudi . A curious case of cavernous septic cavernous sinus thrombosis - SGIM - May 2019

Patel R, Varga C. An atypical presentation of heparin-induced thrombocytopenia in a cardiac surgery patient. American College of Physicians (ACP) Massachusetts Chapter Poster Conference, Waltham, Massachusetts, 2018

Patel R. The vague complaint of fatigue in a cancer patient. Massachusetts Medical Society (MMS) Research Poster Symposium, Waltham, Massachusetts, 2018; 1^st Place in Clinical Vignette Category

Ghatnekar S, Hachem H, Patel R, Dowd R, Godara A, Chang H, Jeyapalan S. NeMeRe, a Multi-Institutional Retrospective and Prospective Registry of Neoplastic Meningitis in Adults. American Academy of Neurology (AAN) 71^st Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, 2019

Connell B, Patel R, Chang H, Luongo T, Zhuang L, DiPetrillo T, Mignano J, Carpinito G, Mathew P. Shifting patterns of care in localized prostate cancer: Impact on patient reported outcome measures (PROMs). Journal of Clinical Oncology 37 (Abstract ID: e16603). American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting, 2019

Rima Patel and Laura Snydman.  An interactive curriculum to prepare new internal medicine interns for inpatient wards.  Presented at the 2019 New England Regional meeting of the Society of General Internal Medicine (SGIM)

Rai P, Madi M Y, Dickstein A (December 28, 2018) Liraglutide-induced Acute Gastroparesis. Cureus 10(12): e3791. doi:10.7759/cureus.3791

Rai P, Madi MY, Dickstein A. Case Series of Esophageal Lichen Planus: An Underdiagnosed Cause of Dysphagia. The Korean Journal of Helicobacter and Upper Gastrointestinal Research. Published 2019 July 2019.

P. Rai.  Gastrointestinal and Hepatic Amyloidosis: An Unusual Cause for Abdominal Pain and Elevated Liver Enzymes.  To be presented at American College of Gastroenteroloy.  October, 2019

P. Rai and N. Ridout.  Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura as an Unusual Complication of Alcoholic Pancreatitis.  To be presented at America College of Gastroenterology. October, 2019

Nyothi Reddy and Priyanka Majety. A case of septic cavernous sinus thrombosis. Submitted to American College of Physicians  meeting, 2018.

N Ridout, P Rai. Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura as an Unusual Complication of Alcoholic Pancreatitis. American College of Gastroenterology Conference, October 29, 2019 for a Poster Presentation in San Antonio, TX for American College of Gastroenterology.

N Ridout, A Huh, D Morrison, Y Daaboul, R Karagozian. A History of Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) is Associated with a Reduced Risk of Requiring Liver Transplant Amongst Patients with Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis (PSC). The Liver Meeting 2019, November 9, 2019 for a Poster Presentation in Boston, MA for AASLD.

N Ridout, A Huh, D Morrison, Y Daaboul, R Karagozian. Prophylactic Antibiotics are Associated with Worse Outcomes in Young Patients with Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis (PSC). The Liver Meeting 2019, November 9, 2019 for a Poster Presentation in Boston, MA for AASLD.

Ethan J. Rowin, MD, Mikhail Romashko, MD, Barry J. Maron, MD, Wendy Wang, MPH, Hassan Rastegar, MD, Martin S. Maron, MD  Massive LV Hypertrophy in HCM is a High-Risk Subgroup but is Associated with Favorable Outcomes with Contemporary Treatments. • American College of Cardiology.18 Scientific Session & Expo

Mikhail Romashko, MD, Barry J. Maron, MD, Wendy Wang, MPH, Hassan Rastegar, MD, • Martin S. Maron, MD, Ethan J. Rowin, MD Impact of Contemporary Treatment Strategies on Patients with Extreme Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Phenotype. • International Academy of Cardiology, Annual Scientific Session 2018 •.

Mikhail Romashko, MD; Laura K. Snydman A Case of Pyogenic Liver Abscess with Metastatic Infection to the Kidney and Bladder. • 2018 New England SGIM meeting.

Mikhail D. Romashko, MD, Martin S. Maron, MD, Barry J. Maron, MD, James E. Udelson, MD, Jeffrey M. Testani, MD, Ethan J. Rowin, MD . Prevalence, Clinical Profile and Outcome of Cardiorenal Syndrome in Symptomatic Patients with Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy • ACC 2019 Poster • Massive LV Hypertrophy in HCM is a High-Risk Subgroup but is Associated with Favorable Outcomes with Contemporary Treatments • ACC 2019 Poster

Shim HG, Lee R, Yacavone R. “A Rare but Fatal Case of N-Methyl-D-Aspartate Receptor Antibody Encephalitis Associated with a Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumor.” Abstract accepted for poster presentation at American College of Gastroenterology Annual Meeting 2019 in San Antonio, TX.

Shim HG, Huh A, Dickstein A. “Cecal Bascule as a Rare Presentation of Cytomegalovirus Colitis in a Kidney Transplant Recipient.” Manuscript accepted to American College of Gastroenterology Case Reports Journal on 9 July 2019.

Wang, H , Paul Mathew, and Laura Snydman Recurrent Symptomatic Hepatic Encephalopathy in a Non-cirrhotic Patient with Portal Vein Thrombosis.  Presented at Regional SGIM meeting in New Haven in March, 2016.

Zhou M, Bannuru R, Price L et al. The role of personality in patients with knee osteoarthritis. American College of Rheumatology Annual Meeting. Oct 2018, Chicago, IN.

Zhou M, Rencic J. The crisis under the pacific. Diagnostic Error in Medicine 9th International Conference. Oct 2017, Boston, MA.

Zhou M, Rencic J. A nearly missed diagnosis. 2017 New England SGIM Regional Meeting, March 2017, Boston, MA.

Geibig J, Zhou M. An emerging entity: statin-associated autoimmune myopathy. 2018 New England SGIM Regional Meeting, March 2018, Boston, MA.

A. Beano (with L. Pai)  Case report on a metastatic sarcomatoid carcinoma of the lung

R. Carrick (with E. Rowin)   HCM predictive modeling project

Y. Daaboul (with M. Gibson) Bayesian analysis of the PIONEER AF-PCI trial. 2018; 

(with M. Gibson) The number of adverse event-free days with rivaroxaban versus warfarin-based treatment strategies among atrial fibrillation patients following stent placement – insights from the PIONEER AF-PCI

(with L. Snydman)  Residents-as-teachers in US residency programs: a nationwide survey.

J. Daily (with R. acavone)  Hemosuccus Pancreaticus case report-

(with M. Sterling)  Cecal Dieulafoy lesion-
 
R. Dhingra (with M. Sterling). Retrospective data collection study regarding gastric intestinal metaplasia in which we are looking at 200-300 patients over the past 20 years who have been diagnosed with GIM . 
Conducting a prospective study enrolling healthy patients with aphthous ulcers to undergo an elective colonoscopy to assess for endoscopic and histopathological signs of Crohn’s disease   
(with M. Sterling and other residents) A single-cohort retrospective study assessing the incidence rate of precancerous/cancerous lesions and post-polypectomy bleeding on screening colonoscopy among a patient population that had received a left ventricular assist device

Conducted a retrospective analysis assessing the rate of progression of non-dysplastic gastric intestinal metaplasia in a high-risk population
                                      
D. Dima (with C. Varga) Retrospective study about Daratumumab use in the context of amyloidosis 

(With C.  Varga)  Retrospective study about the use of PYP scan to diagnose cardiac amyloid 

J. Dower (with H. Hachem and S Parsons) Project regarding compliance with breast cancer hormonal therapies and subsequent patient outcomes 

(with R. Buchsbaum) Chapter for a textbook in Quality Medical Care with Dr. Buchsbaum

S. Gayen Flipped Classroom Pulmonary Curriculum for Third Year Medical Students) 

I. Gilchrist (with N. Kapur)  Evaluated safety and efficacy of early mobilization with physical therapy after implantation of axillary artery Impella 5.0. 

M. Goldberg Project: Appropriate Use and Monitoring after Initiation of Non-invasive ventilation on medical/surgical floors

G. Ho (with S. Vlad) Ultrasounding synovitis in hand OA and correlating with CPPD

N. Hosadurg (with B. Wessler) Phenotypic Characterization of Paradoxical Low-Flow Low-Gradient Aortic Stenosis and Association with Outcomes After Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement.

  (with J. Upshaw) Comparative Efficacy of Strategies to Prevent Anthracycline Cardiotoxicity – a Systematic Review and Network Meta-Analysis

(with K. Huang) Improving Statin Prescription Practices in Adult Primary Care

X. Hu (with C. Varga) The inpt/oupt Stem Cell Transplant for multiple myeloma. 

M. Khan (with E. Rowin and M. Maron)  Deconditioning and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

S. Kim (with C. Varga)  Studying the impact of BMI on mortality and cardiac outcomes in amyloid patients

A. Kodali (with H. Tuncer)  Predictors of Response and Relapse in a Cohort of Adults with Acute Immune Thrombocytopenia Treated   

A. Kohli (with M. Sterling)  Studying GI bleeding in patients with LVADs.

A. Kumar        (with E. Byhoff) Resident perceptions of readmissions and one on resident burnout 

(with A. Godara)  Xase series on secondary myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) in 4 patients with primary GI malignancies

P. Lacombe (with M. Kiernan) Right heart failure after LVAD implantation.

D. Levitz (with S Parsons and H.Hachem _  Contemporary use of inpatient antineoplastic (IP) treatment (Rx): who is getting care and why

P. Majety (with J. Rencic and A. Rabin)  ABIM exam preparation during residency 

S. Mohanty (with E. Rowin)  CRTD in end stage cardiomyopathy for HF symptoms refractory to optimal medical management.

multicenter randomized controlled evaluation of heart failure disease management using advanced telecommunications within a diverse provider network.

V. Mushailov (with L. Inker) Accuracy of GFR Estimates in Advanced Heart Failure

P. Patel Case reports: Management of misplaced impella; VT with impella deploymen

Reviewing the clinical course of a cohort of end stage HCM patients (EF < 50%).

R. Patel (with P.Mathew) A practical and ethically justified approach toward advance-directives discussions at the end-of-life. 
(with P. Mathew and T. Luongo) The influence of shifts in surgical management of prostate cancer on surgical margin rates. 

(with L. Snydman)  An interactive mock paging curriculum to prepare internal medicine interns for inpatient wards. 

(with M. Sterling). Raoutella Planticola Bacteremia in an Immunocompetent Patient with Cholangitis.

E. Purcell (with S. Vlad) Investigating the effect of intra-articular steroids on the progression of knee osteoarthritis.

P. Rai (with J. Weinstock ) Primary Sclerosing Chlangitis and MadCAM-1: A Potential Therapeutic Target

A. Rao (with A. Rabin and S. Gayen)  Revision of MCIU curriculum

M. Rao (with S. Kasturi)_Lupus as a paraneoplastic syndrome in a patient with renal cell carcinoma.

N. Reddy Secondary analysis of a clinical trial involving 160 patients randomized to either Atkins, Zone, Weight Watchers or Ornish diets over a 12 month month in order to study the variable effects of diet type and weight loss on insulin sensitivity, insulin resistance and pancreatic beta cell function.

N. Ridout (with A Huh and R Karagozian). Outcomes of Long-Term Antibiotics in a Large Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis (PSC) Patient Population and their Role in Concomitant Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD). 
(with P Adjei and T Vindenes) . A Collaborative Quality Improvement Project: Compliance with Vaccination Recommendations for Patients with Cirrhosis

M. Romashko (with E. Rowin) Outcomes in patients with massive hypertrophy phenotype in HCM (>30mm wall thickness).

(with  E. Rowin)  Cardiorenal Syndrome, a Rare Clinical Entity in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy

(with E. Rowin) Large Scale Outcomes of ICD therapy for Prevention of Sudden Cardiac Death in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy.

H. Shim (with T. Vindenes) HCV quality improvement project with Dr. Vindenes 

(with M. Sterling and P. Rai) Asian colonoscopy and VCE in LVAD projects.

M. Talanian (with P. Rai and H. Shim ) Project to characterize the colon polyps we see in our local population. 

W. Taylor (with D. Chandler) Improving feedback culture.

K. Yevdokimova (with M. Tabba)  Spontaneous Improvement of Malignant Pleural Effusion

(with K. Roberts)  Impact of multidisciplinary low-fidelity code blue simulation training on hospital code outcomes in teriary medical center

K. Weidman Using database to further elucidate differences between post-capillary pulmonary hypertension and combined pre and post-capillary pulmonary hypertension from Group I pulmonary hypertension

W. Whalen (with A. Vest)  Neutrophil Lymphocyte Ratio in Acute Decompensated Heart Failure and Relationship to Morbidity and Mortality 

(with R. Perrone and S. Wright) Examination of the Dose of Renal Replacement therapy Prescribed vs Delivered in the ICU

(with D. Salem) Cardiac Auscultation Recording Digitally Study (CARDS)

M. Wismer (with H. Hachem). Retrospective analysis of patients who received inpatient chemotherapy at Tufts Medical Center from 2012-2017 to determine patient populations at higher risk of requiring inpatient chemotherapy or frequent readmissions post chemotherapy. 
 
(with H. Hachem) Retrospective analysis of breast cancer patients treated with hormone therapy evaluating factors that play a role in patients’ premature self-discontinuation of hormone therapy. This work culminated in a poster presentation at the annual Tufts Clinical and Translational Science Symposium on May 3, 2019.

(with L. Pai)  Literature review of the current landscape of targeted therapies for NSCLC.

D. Zhang (with K. Sprague)  Retrospective study regarding a reduced intensity regimen (PPT) prior to alloSCT and the outcomes following that with regards to GVHD, infection, mortality etc. 

M. Zhou (with T. McAlindon)  Duration of Clinical Effects and Adverse Event Trajectory for Oral NSAIDs in Knee Osteoarthritis: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.

(with T. McAlindon) Factors Associated with Positive Response to Nonpharmaceutical Interventions in Adults with Knee Osteoarthritis

(with C. Wang and R. Bannuru) 2019 Interventions on knee osteoarthritis

Studied the role of personality in patients with knee osteoarthritis.

Investigating factors associated with a positive response to nonpharmaceutical interventions in adults with knee osteoarthritis.