Research

The Department of Medicine at Brown University employs world-renowned physician scientists across multiple subspecialties including cardiology, gastroenterology, infectious diseases, HIV/STIs, pulmonary/critical care, public health, general internal medicine and many other disciplines.  This provides a unique opportunity for medical residents to be mentored by faculty, and participate in, clinical and/or basic research. Click here for an overview of research opportunities in the Department of Medicine.

All internal medicine residents at Brown participate in scholarly work or research projects during their residency. Scholarly work may include quality improvement projects or other work related to an academic pursuit. Under direct supervision of the faculty, residents have access to significant resources including biostatisticians, library services, journal resources, seminars, conferences, and research laboratories across the Lifespan and Brown University campuse.

Dr. Matthew Murphy, MD, MPH, Residency Research Director, oversees the operation of the program. Dr. Murphy is an NIH-funded physician scientist who is a past graduate of our Brown internal medicine residency program. Dr. Murphy works with residents to ensure adequate support and guidance throughout the 3-part research process: Training, Execution, and Dissemination.

Training

• Throughout the PGY-1 Year, interns will begin their training in research and prepare to start their own research project.
• Interns receive an introduction to the Residency Research Program upon arrival to Brown during orientation.
• All interns receive human subjects training to participate in clinical research.
• Each February, Interns attend the Annual PGY-1 Research Retreat, where they learn about developing a research question, mentoring options, statistical methods and support and presentation/dissemination techniques.
• Faculty research mentors are available based upon subspecialty interests.

Execution

• Residents may take elective months in the PGY-2 and PGY-3 year dedicated to research projects.
• Departmental resources exist to support research including biostatistics, IRB submissions, and other administrative and methodological issues.
• Throughout the Academic Year, each Subspecialty Division within the Department of Medicine produces a noon conference research overview of the work being performed in that discipline. Part of the conference is conducted by a resident currently engaged in research with faculty mentors in the specific area.

Dissemination

• Senior Resident Research Day is held each May as a forum for senior residents to present their work. A subset of residents are selected for Podium presentations during the Department of Medicine Grand Rounds. Prizes and recognition are awarded for these efforts.
• Residents may elect to submit abstracts to the Annual ACP Associates Competition either at the State or National Levels or both. Residents may also submit to other national or local conferences.
• Residents are encouraged to write up their research for peer review publication in a major academic journal.

Structured Research Training Opportunities

• Brown Residents Interested in Advancing Research (BRIAR) is a group of residents who are interested in pursuing research as part of their clinical training and career. The organization is informal and centers around social events as well as professional development opportunities. Residents who have been active in this group have also contributed to the strengthening of the research training experience at Brown by developing resources that empower residents to become leaders in their areas of research interest.
• The Resident Research Track is a formal two-year longitudinal program beginning in PGY-2 year with the goal of supporting residents in the development of a research question, implementing a plan to answer their proposed question utilizing resources at Brown and then disseminating their results through peer reviewed publications and presentations. The Track consists of monthly workshops including didactic sessions and discussions with leaders in research at Brown. Participation culminates in capstone project in their PGY3 year.

2023 Resident Research Day Presenters

• Mohamed Haji, MD – “Outcomes of advanced heart failure therapy among patients living with Human Immunodeficiency Virus: A systematic review and meta-analysis”
• Nirav Haribhakti, MD – “Genomic analysis of clear cell carcinomas”
• Tiffany Ho, MD – ” Increased coronary artery calcification in veterans with mood disorders”
• Mica Kane, MD – “Home blood pressure monitoring: Patient and PCP resident experiences and perspectives”
• Thomas Siegert, MD – “Global health fellowship leaders’ perspectives on global health core content and fellowship accreditation”
• Jonathan Ho, MD – “Helicobacter pylori antibiotic resistance in the United States between 2011-2021: A systematic review and meta-analysis”

Past Projects & Publications

Research projects undertaken by medical residents have included original novel clinical and basic science investigations, clinical case reports, reviews of the literature, and other scholarly projects. Residents are encouraged to present their work at local and national meetings and to submit all projects for publication. Each year the Rhode Island Chapter of the American College of Physicians (ACP) and the Brown Department of Medicine co-sponsor the Annual ACP/Brown University Residents Research Day which boasts over 100 posters or presentations by Brown residents.

• Research Recently Presented at National or International Conferences

  Eastern Food Allergy & Comorbidity Conference, January 2023

  • Ashley Nguyen – “The Spice of Life: A Dash of Danger”

  Crohns and Colitis Congress, January 2023

  • Hannah Fiske – “Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis and Autoimmune Hepatitis: Overlapping Challenges in Diagnosis and Treatment”

  
  American College of Cardiology (ACC) Annual Scientific Session, March 2023
  

  • Julia Berkowitz – “Limited English Proficiency, Cardiovascular Risk Factors, Cardiovascular Disease and In- Hospital Covid-19 Outcome”

  • Stephanie Bogin – “ The Great Escape: Escape Capture Bigeminy in setting of Lithium Toxicity”
  • Alice Chu – “A Case of Wet and Dry Beri Beri due to Thiamine Deficiency”
  • Cristina Font – “Impact Of Prior Covid-19 Infections On Cardiac Rehabilitation Completion Rate And Outcomes”
  • Jessica Gonzalez – “Blast from the Past: Acute Myeloid Leukemia Presenting with Cardiac Tamponade”
  • Taylor Groginski – “Recurrent Asystole and Cardiac Arrest is Postpartum Patients with Covid-19: A Case Series”
  • Mohammed Haji – “Meta analysis of advanced HF in HIV and T1DM and heart failure”
  • Tiffany Ho – “Refractory Ventricular Tachycardia And Electrical Storm In A Presentation Of New Fulminant Giant Cell Myocarditis”
  • Chan Woo Kim – “A Costly Pre-Op: New Atypical Takotsubo Syndrome during Plastic Surgery Pre-Op Injections”
  • Vishal Khetpal – “Nonischemic Cardiomyopathy Attributed To Treatment With Nintedanib”
  • Ayan Purkayastha – “Inferior ST Segment Elevation in Gastrointestinal Perforation”
  • Matthew Taylor – “Impact Of Prior Covid-19 Infections On Cardiac Rehabilitation Completion Rate And Outcomes”

  Society of Hospital Medicine Annual Conference, March 2023

  • Prashanth Moku – “Avoiding The Lofty Workup: A Case Series On Acute Sarcoidosis”
  • Henri Wathieu – “A Rare Case Of Pituitary Apoplexy Presenting As Aseptic Meningitis”

  Congress of Clinical Rheumatology, March 2023

  • Sarah Anstett –“Meta-Morphea: Can Localized Scleroderma Turn Systemic in Pregnancy”
  • Charity Sylvester – “A Case of Acute Periaortitis and the Importance of Early Identification of Etiology”

  International Summit on Hematology and Blood Disorders, April 2023

  • Pranavi Sanka– “Can a prolonged aPTT predict a positive lupus anticoagulant in a patient with thrombosis?”

  Digestive Diseases Week 2023, May 2023

  • Kuntal Bhowmick – “Type of Anesthesia and Outcomes in Patients Undergoing Endoscopic Disimpaction of Esophageal Food Bolus – A Multi-site Experience”
  • Aastha Chokshi—“Timing of Steroid Therapy and Quantiferon Gold Testing in the Inpatient Setting and Its Impact on the Management of Inflammatory Bowel Disease Patients”
  • Hannah Fiske – “A Cost Analysis Review of the Addition of a Patient Navigator and Fecal Immunochemical Testing on Colorectal Cancer Screening”
  • Markos Kalligeros – “Outcomes and cost-effectiveness analysis of CTA-first policy in patients with lower GI bleed”
  • Dan Marino – “Predictors Of Radiation Exposure In Ercp For Choledocholithiasis: A Multi-Institutional Retrospective Study At Tertiary Academic Centers”
  • Mouhand Mohamed – “Impact of Cirrhosis And Cirrhosis-Related Ascites on Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy (PEG) Feeding Tube Outcomes: Results From A Nationally Representative Cohort”
  • Neha Wadhavkar – “The “After Hours” Effect And Role Of Endoscopy Setting On Outcomes In Patients With Esophageal Food Impaction: Results From A Multi-Center Study”

  ATS International Conference, May 2023

  • Daniel Jang – “Hemorrhagic Complications Of Percutaneous CT-Guided Lung Biopsy In Patients With Pulmonary Hypertension: A Systematic Review And Meta-Analysis”
  • Eric Robbins – “Medication Non-Adherence and Health-Related Outcomes in Patients with Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension: The Pulmonary Hypertension Association Registry (PHAR)”

  SGIM Annual Meeting, May 2023

  • Charity Sylvester – “Plan A: Making Medication Abortion Accessible in the Primary Care Setting”

  International Society of Thrombosis and Hemostasis 2023 Congress, June 2023

  • Pranavi Sanka – “Resolution of Hemolysis in a patient with PNH treated with Pegcetacoplan”

  Amer. Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting, June 2023

  • Elizabeth Francis – “The Brown University cancer prevention & survivorship curriculum: A case study on program development in an internal medicine residency”
  • Kristy Ramphal-Corcoran – “Disparities in lung cancer screening in a diverse urban population and the impact of a community-based navigational program”

  Eastern Allergy Conference, June 2023

  • Ashley Nguyen – “A Dash of Danger: A Rare Case of Paprika Anaphylaxis”

  CHEST Annual Meeting 2023, October 2023

  • Antoun Kamel – “Disseminated Mucormycosis As A First Presentation Of Type I Diabetes Mellitus”
  • Alexis Jacobson – “When it rains, it pours: A case of Mycobacterium Xenopi infection in pulmonary vasculitis”
  • Ayan Purkayastha – “New Onset Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis Presenting ad Pulmonary-Renal Syndrome Following Covid-19 Infection”

  IDWeek 2023, October 2023

  • Stephanos Vassilopoulos – “Association of Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease with HBV, HAV, and HEV Exposure”

  ACG 2022 Annual Scientific Meeting, October 2023

  • Jessica Brar – “Metoclopramide Efficacy in Treating Neurogenic Bowel Dysfunction Secondary to Spinal Cord Infarction”
  • Kathryn Evey – “Gallstone Ileus”
  • Mouhand Mohamed – “Complications and Spontaneous Resolution Rates of Incidentally Detected Choledocholithiasis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis”
  • Tyler Selig – “Two Cases of Ischemic Gastritis Secondary to Septic Emboli”
  • Naveena Sunkara – “Intussusception From a Giant Colon Lipoma”
  • Neha Wadhavkar – “Acute Liver Failure With Liver Enzymes >5,000 in Sickle Cell Disease”

  American Heart Association (AHA) Scientific Sessions, November 2023

  • Yasmeen Mohammad “Heart Failure in a Carrier of Dannon Disease”

  AMERSA Annual Conference, November 2023

  • Jessica Brar – Racial Differences in Medications for Opioid Use Disorder Initiation in a Correctional Setting

  American College of Rheumatology Convergence , November 2023

  • Athanasios Vassilopoulos – “Role of Pneumocystis Jirovecii Pneumonia Prophylaxis with Trimethoprim-Sulfamethoxazole Among Patients with Autoimmune Inflammatory Diseases Receiving High-Dose Glucocorticoids: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis”

  
  World Congress of the World Society for Pediatric Infectious Diseases, November 2023
  

  • Maya Tsao-Wu – “Moraxella Catarrhalis – A Rare Bug For The Blood”

• Selected Resident Publications 2023-2024

  Mouhand F H Mohamed, Neha Wadhavkar, et al. Choledocholithiasis Can Present with Marked Transaminases Elevation: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Dig Dis Sci. 2023 Aug

  Talah Bakdash, et al. Predictors of depression among Syrian refugee women: A socio-culturally relevant analysis. Int J Soc Psychiatry. 2023 Aug

  Prashanth Moku, et al . Reassessing the risks and benefits of COVID-19 precautions in 2023. Oncotarget. 2023 Sep 22

  Prashanth Moku, et al. Immunochemotherapy or chemotherapy alone in primary central nervous system lymphoma: a National Cancer Database analysis. Blood Adv. 2023 Sep 26

  Ayan Purkayastha , et al. Impacts of health insurance on tympanostomy tube outcomes in the pediatric population. Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol. 2023 Oct

  Steven Kim, et al. Peritoneal dialysis in the setting of acute brain injury: an underappreciated modality. Hosp Pract; 2023 Oct

  Temitope A Omoladun-Tijani, et al . Family and Neighborhood Resilience Are Associated with Children's Healthcare Utilization. J Pediatr . 2023 Oct

  Jessica M Gonzalez, et al. Triple Threat: Triple Pathogen Endocarditis. Cureus. 2023 Oct 28

  Sathwik Madireddy, et al. A 38-Year-Old Man With Persistent Fever and Progressive Shortness of Breath. Chest. 2023 Nov

  Naveena Sunkara,Tyler Selig, et al. Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor Complicated by Fistula Formation. ACG Case Rep J. 2023 Nov 2

  Markos Kalligeros , Stephanos Vassilopoulos , Athanasios Vassilopoulos, et al. Prevalence and risk factors of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, high-risk nonalcoholic steatohepatitis, and fibrosis among lean United States adults: NHANES 2017-2020. Ann Gastroenterol. 2023 Nov-Dec

  Kang Woo Kim, Sovijja Pou, Naveena Sunkara, et al. To Lick One's Wounds: A Case of Pasteurella canis oralis Osteomyelitis and Neisseria animaloris Infection from Canine Saliva. R I Med J. 2023 Dec 1

  Kristy Ramphal, et al. Genomic and Molecular Characteristics of Ovarian Carcinosarcoma. Am J Clin Oncol. 2023 Dec 1

  Grace Sun, et al. Current and Emerging Therapeutic Targets for the Treatment of Cholangiocarcinoma: An Updated Review. Int J Mol Sci . 2023 Dec 30

  Curtis Petruzzelli, et al. Psychogenic Purpura. Cutis. 2024 Jan

  Chirag Mehta, et al. The power of three: Atrial rate limit power-on-reset – A non-electromagnetic cause of pacemaker-induced extracardiac stimulation. Pacing Clin Electrophysiol. 2024 Jan

  Athanasios Vassilopoulos , Stephanos Vassilopoulos, et al. Cumulative incidence and mortality rate of cardiovascular complications due to laboratory-confirmed influenza virus infection: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Rev Med Virol. 2024 Jan

  Kuntal Bhowmick Alice Chu, et al. A Diagnostic Dilemma: Metastatic Neuroendocrine Tumor Mimicking Hepatocellular Carcinoma. R I Med J (2013). 2024 Jan 4

  Jessica M Gonzalez, et al. Giant Right Coronary Artery Aneurysm Incidentally Found During Stroke Evaluation Through Echocardiography. Cureus. 2024 Jan 4

  Jessica M Gonzalez, et al. Burkholderia cepacia: A Rare Source of Endocarditis. R I Med J (2013). 2024 Jan 4

  Michelle Kwon, et al. Increased Risks for Suicide, Self-Harm, Substance Use, and Psychiatric Disorders in Adults With Inflammatory Bowel Disease: A Nationwide Study in the United States From 2007 to 2017. Inflamm Bowel Dis. 2024 Jan 5

  Kirsten Loscalzo, et al. Colorectal Neoplasia in Asian Americans Undergoing First Time Asymptomatic Average-risk Screening Colonoscopies. J Clin Gastroenterol. 2024 Jan 29.

  Abby London, et al. Using a commercially available assay that measures cytomegalovirus (CMV)-specific T-cell immunity to predict protection against CMV: A prospective, blinded clinical study. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 2024 Feb

  Sora Chee, Naveena Sunkara, et al. A Case of Pituitary Apoplexy Following Leuprolide Injection for Prostate Cancer. R I Med J; 2024 Feb 1

  Adam Burton, et al. Direct Visualization of Diverticular Bleed on Colonoscopy. R I Med J (2013). 2024 Feb 1

  Mohammed Haji, Harrison Agyeman, et al. Systematic Review of Advanced Heart Failure Therapy Outcomes in People With Human Immunodeficiency Virus. JACC Adv. 2024 Feb 6

  Taylor Groginski, et al. Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement for Failed Surgical or Transcatheter Bioprosthetic Valves: A Comprehensive Review. J Clin Med. 2024 Feb 25

  Athanasios Vassilopoulos , Stephanos Vassilopoulos, Markos Kalligeros, et al. Prevalence of Steatotic Liver Disease Among US Adults with Rheumatoid Arthritis. Dig Dis Sci. 2024 Mar

  Grace Sun, Simran Gupta, et al.  'I Thought It Was My Diabetes': An Acute Presentation of Neuromyelitis Optica Spectrum Disorder. R I Med J (2013) . 2024 Mar 1

  Athanasios Vassilopoulos , Stephanos Vassilopoulos, Markos Kalligeros, et al. Risk of Infection in Patients With Inflammatory Bowel Disease Treated With Interleukin-Targeting Agents: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Inflamm Bowel Dis. 2024 Mar 1

  p style=’margin:0in;font-size:15px;font-family:”Aptos”,sans-serif;’>Kuntal Bhowmick, et al. A Successful 12-Month Trial of a Lumen-Apposing Self-Expandable Metallic Stent on a Benign Recalcitrant After Surgical Stricture. ACG Case Rep J. 2024 Mar 2

  Neha Wadhavkar, et al. Acute Liver Failure With Liver Enzymes >5,000 in Sickle Cell Disease. ACG Case Rep J . 2024 Mar 20

  Hannah W Fiske , et al. Coexisting Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis and Autoimmune Hepatitis: Overlapping Challenges in Diagnosis and Treatment. Case Rep Gastroenterol. 2024 Mar 26

  Frederick Lu, et al. Examining Racial/Ethnic Differences in Patterns of Opioid Prescribing: Results from an Urban Safety-Net Healthcare System. J Racial Ethn Health Disparities. 2024 Apr

  Hannah W Fiske, et al. A case report of lactobacillus bacteremia in a patient on chronic parenteral nutrition. Clin Nutr ESPEN. 2024 Apr

  Hannah W Fiske, et al. Clinical Decision Making in Inflammatory Bowel Disease Mimics: Practice Management from Inflammatory Bowel Disease LIVE. Crohns Colitis 360. 2024 Apr 11

  Kuntal Bhowmick, et al. Inpatient Cost Burdens of Treating Chronic Hepatitis B in US Hospitals: A Weighted Analysis of a National Database. Dig Dis Sci. 2024 Apr 24. 

  Naveena Sunkara, Tyler Selig, et al. Sociodemographic Factors Associated with Mailed Fecal Immunochemical Testing Uptake During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Substance Use Linked to Reduced Screening Completion in Younger Adults. J Gastrointest Cancer. 2024 May 1

  Mark Sikov, et al. Ductal, intraductal, and cribriform carcinoma of the prostate: Molecular characteristics and clinical management. Urol Oncol. 2024 May

  Matthew A Taylor, et al. Impact of Prior COVID-19 Infections on Cardiac Rehabilitation Completion Rates and Outcomes. J Cardiopulm Rehabil Prev. 2024 May 1

  Mohammed Haji, Michael Capilupi, et al. Clinical Outcomes After Acute Coronary Syndromes or Revascularization Among People Living With HIV: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. JAMA Netw Open. 2024 May 1

  Brian Osorio, et al. History of Depression is Associated With Higher Prevalence of Hepatic Encephalopathy in Patients With Advanced Liver Disease. Am J Med. 2024 May 8

  Chirag Mehta, et al. In situ ascending aortic thrombus in a patient with metastatic lung adenocarcinoma and no aortic atherosclerosis or cisplatin exposure: a case report. J Med Case Rep. 2024 May 11

  Michelle Kwon, et al. Predictive Factors of Inactive Patient Participation in an Inflammatory Bowel Disease Learning Health System: A Longitudinal Cohort Study. Inflamm Bowel Dis. 2024 May 22

  Athanasios Vassilopoulos , Stephanos Vassilopoulos, et al. Temporal trends and characteristics associated with racial, ethnic, and sex representation in COVID-19 clinical trials: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Contemp Clin Trials. 2024 May 22

  Eric Y Ding, et al. Methods for structural sexism and population health research: Introducing a novel analytic framework to capture life-course and intersectional effects. Soc Sci Med. 2024 Jun

  Mouhand Mohamed, Michelle Kwon, et al. Trends in Consolidation of Gastroenterology Practices. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2024 Jun 20

  Edward Richardson, et al  Endothelial injury and dysfunction with emerging immunotherapies in multiple myeloma, the impact of COVID-19, and endothelial protection with a focus on the evolving role of defibrotide. Blood Rev . 2024 Jul

  Mouhand F H Mohamed, Suvithan Rajadurai, et al . Efficacy and Safety of Cold Snare Endoscopic Mucosal Resection (CS-EMR) for Nonampullary Duodenal Polyps: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. J Clin Gastroenterol . 2024 Jul 1

  Gladys Obaji, et al. A Severe Case of ANCA-Associated Small Vessel Vasculitis. R I Med ; 2024 Jul 1

• Selected Resident Publications 2022-2023

  Daniel Marino, et al. Annals for Hospitalists Inpatient Notes – Clinical Pearls-Updates on Clostridioides difficile Infection for Hospitalists. Ann Intern Med. 2022 Sep

  Yousef Elfanagely, Mouhand Mohamed, Jonathan Ho , et al. Prevalence and trends of Clostridioides difficile infection among persons requiring maintenance hemodialysis: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2022 Sep

  Mohammed Haji ,Et al.Two decade trends in cardiovascular disease outcomes and cardiovascular risk factors among US veterans living with HIV. Int J Cardiol Cardiovasc Risk Prev. 2022 Sep
  

  Daniel Marino, et al. Treat-to-Target: The Era of Targeted Immunosuppressive Agents in IBD Management. R I Med J. 2022 Nov

  Fabio Lima, Julia Berkowitz , et al. Incidence and Predictors of New-Onset Atrial Fibrillation After Transcatheter Edge-to-Edge Repair of the Mitral Valve (from the Nationwide Readmissions Database). Am J Cardiol. 2022 Nov

  Sarah Anstett , Kristofer Gravenstein, et al. Diffuse Alveolar Hemorrhage Secondary to Human Metapneumovirus Pulmonary Infection. R I Med J. 2022 Nov

  Sohum Patwa , Christopher Ward, et al. FMT: What’s Next? A Narrative Review of Fecal Microbiota Transplantation in Clostridioides difficile Infection and Inflammatory Bowel Disease. R I Med J. 2022 Nov

  Erick Argueta , Jonathan Ho , Yousef Elfanagely, et al. Clinical Implication of Drug Resistance for H. pylori Management. Antibiotics (Basel). 2022 Nov

  Daniel Marino, et al. Endoscopic Treatment of Reflux: A Comprehensive Review. J Clin Gastroenterol. 2022 Nov-Dec

  Savan Kothadia, Firrah Saeed, James Scharfen, et al. Increased Prevalence of Alcohol-Related Gastrointestinal and Liver Diseases During the COVID-19 Pandemic. R I Med J. 2022 Dec

  Vishal Khetpal, et al. Comparison of Clinical Study Results Reported in medRxiv Preprints vs Peer-reviewed Journal Articles. JAMA Netw Open. 2022 Dec

  Prashanth Moku , et al. Utilizing student-led contact tracing initiative to alleviate COVID-19 disease burden in central Pennsylvania. Ann Epidemiol. 2023 Jan

  Markos Kalligeros, et al. Outcomes of endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography in patients with inflammatory bowel disease: a nationwide study. Int J Colorectal Dis. 2023 Jan

  Michael Capilupi, et al.Mavacamten: A Novel Disease-Specific Treatment for Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy. Cardiol Rev. 2023 Jan-Feb.
  

  Vishal Khetpal , et al. Federal Election Campaign Spending Among Political Action Committees Affiliated with Physician Society Organizations. J Gen Intern Med. 2023 Feb

  Mohammed Haji , et al. Performance of Cardiovascular Risk Prediction Models Among People Living With HIV: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. JAMA Cardiol. 2023 Feb

  Jennifer Li, et al. PROTAC therapy as a new targeted therapy for lung cancer. Mol Ther. 2023 Mar

  Cristina Font, et al. The Prevalence of Depression Symptoms and Frequency of Risk Factors in Medical and Nursing Students: A Descriptive Cross-sectional Study. P R Health Sci J. 2023 Mar

  Cristina Font et al. A Case of Culture-Negative Endocarditis Due to Bartonella henselae and Cat Scratch Disease. R I Med J. 2023 Apr

  Hannah Fiske , Brian Dougherty , Christopher Ward, et al. Not Your Everyday Duodenal Ulcer: Massive Gastrointestinal Bleed Secondary to Extramedullary Plasma Cell Myeloma. ACG Case Rep J. 2023 Apr

  Hannah Fiske, et al. Hemosuccus Pancreaticus: More Than at First Blush. R I Med J. 2023 May.

  Vishal Khetpal, Julia Berkowitz, et al. Long-Term Outcomes of Veterans With a Diagnosis of Heart Failure After COVID-19. JACC Adv. 2023 Jun

  Chirag Mehta, et al. The power of three: Atrial rate limit power-on-reset – A non-electromagnetic cause of pacemaker-induced extracardiac stimulation. Pacing Clin Electrophysiol. 2023 Jun

  Benjamin Helfand, et al. Harmonization of cognitive screening tools for dementia across diverse samples: A simulation study. Alzheimers Dement (Amst). 2023 Jun

  Tammy Yu, et al. Hypercalcemia during initiation of antiretroviral therapy in human immunodeficiency virus and Leishmania coinfection: A case report. Medicine (Baltimore) . 2023 Jun

  Markos Kalligeros, Athanasios Vassilopoulos, Stephanos Vassilopoulos, et al. Prevalence and Characteristics of Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease and Fibrosis in People Living With HIV Monoinfection: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2023 Jul

  Mouhand Mohamed, et al. Uvular Necrosis: A Rare Complication After Esophagogastroduodenoscopy. Am J Gastroenterol. 2023 Jul 10.

  Dhairyasheel Ghosalkar, Tiffany Ho, Alice Chu, et al. Long-term statin therapy is associated with severe coronary artery calcification. PLoS One2023 Jul

  Anna Whitham, Kuntal Bhowmick, et al.Diplopia after Sleeve Gastrectomy: The Canary in the Coal Mine. R I Med J. 2023 Aug
  

  Grace Sun, et al. Crisis of the Clinical Trials Staff Attrition After the COVID-19 Pandemic. JCO Oncol Pract. 2023 Aug

  Mohammed Haji et al. Type 1 diabetes and risk of heart failure: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Diabetes Res Clin Pract. 2023 Aug

  Mouhand Mohamed , Suvithan Rajadurai, et al. Efficacy and Safety of Cold Snare Endoscopic Mucosal Resection (CS-EMR) for Nonampullary Duodenal Polyps: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. J Clin Gastroenterol. 2023 Aug

  Ayan Purkayastha, et al.The intestinal microbiota predicts COVID-19 severity and fatality regardless of hospital feeding method. mSystems, 2023 Aug
  

  Prashanth Moku , et al. Immunochemotherapy or chemotherapy alone in primary central nervous system lymphoma: a National Cancer Database analysis. Blood Adv. 2023 Sep

  Naveena Sunkara, et al. A Breathtaking Scenario: Superior Vena Cava Syndrome. R I Med J. 2023 Sep

  Kuntal Bhowmick, et al. Impact of Inflammatory Bowel Disease Subtypes on the Post-liver Transplant Outcomes of Patients with Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis. Dig Dis Sci. 2023 Sep

  Chirag Mehta, et al. Cardiac Computed Tomography Angiography in CAD Risk Stratification and Revascularization Planning. Diagnostics (Basel). 2023 Sep

  Sarah Anstett, et al. Boosting awareness of sclerotic skin diseases; exploring the inflammatory overlap of sclerotic skin disease and COVID-19 Vaccination. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2023 Oct

• Selected Resident Publications 2021-2022

  Yousef Elfanagely , James Scharfen et al.  Prevalence and risk factors of steatosis and advanced fibrosis using transient elastography in the United States’ adolescent population. World J Hepatol. 2021 Jul 27.

  Ibrahim Y Abubeker , Mouhand F H Mohamed et al. Colchicine use might be associated with lower mortality in COVID-19 patients: A meta-analysis.  Eur J Clin Invest. 2021 Sep.

  Griffin Reed et al. Troubling Tenosynovitis: When a Serious Sign Persists.  Am J Med. 2021 Sep.

  Charles Fox Sherrod IV , Babak Tehrani ,Alexa Papaila  . Risk of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest among sepsis survivors in Taiwan: analysis of a nationwide population-based cohort.  BMJ Open. 2021 Sep 14.

  Rebecca Raymond-Kolker et al.  LGBTQ+ Equity in Virtual Residency Recruitment: Innovations and Recommendations.  J Grad Med Educ . 2021 Oct.

  Babak Tehrani , Gregory Yungtum et al.  Association Between the Use of Statins and Risk of Tuberculosis: A Real-World Analysis.  J Infect Dis. 2021 Oct 13.

  Catherine Duazo ,Charles Fox Sherrod IV, Babak Tehrani et al.  In-hospital Cardiac Arrest in Patients With Sepsis: A National Cohort Study.  Front Med (Lausanne). 2021 Oct 15.

  Rebecca Masel et al. Antibody Response to COVID-19 Vaccination in Adults With Hematologic Malignant Disease.  JAMA Oncol. 2021 Nov 1.

  Elena N Cravens et al. Estrogen-Induced hsa-miR-10b-5p Is Elevated in T Cells From Patients With Systemic Lupus Erythematosus and Down-Regulates Serine/Arginine-Rich Splicing Factor 1.  Arthritis Rheumatol. 2021 Nov.

  Yiyun Shi et al. Low-Dose Valganciclovir Prophylaxis Is Safe and Cost-Saving in CMV-Seropositive Kidney Transplant Recipients.  Prog Transplant. 2021 Dec.

  Lawrence Kogan et al.  Health Economic Impact of a Multicenter Quality-of-Care Initiative for Reducing Unplanned Healthcare Utilization Among Patients With Inflammatory Bowel Disease.  Am J Gastroenterol. 2021 Dec 1.

  Vishnu Kadiyala et al. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Following Diagnostic Angiography by Noninterventional Versus Interventional Cardiologists: Insights From the CathPCI Registry.  Circ Cardiovasc Interv. 2022 Jan.

  Anna Hardesty  et al. Use of anti-spike monoclonal antibodies in kidney transplant recipients with COVID-19: Efficacy, ethnic and racial disparities.  Am J Transplant. 2022 Feb.

  Vishal Khetpal et al.  Anticipating and Addressing Challenges During Implementation of Clinical Decision Support Systems.  JAMA Netw Open. 2022 Feb 1.

  Tyler Wark , Gerry Ovide , Rei Mitsuyama , Vishnu Kadiyala et al. Predictors of in-hospital de-escalation of P2Y12 inhibitors to clopidogrel in patients with acute myocardial infarction treated with percutaneous coronary intervention.  Cardiovasc Revasc Med. 2022 Feb 3.

  Anurag Ratan Goel  et al. Characteristics of Provider-Focused Research on Complementary and Integrative Medicine in Palliative Care: A Scoping Review.  Am J Hosp Palliat Care. 2022 Mar.

  Michael J Capilupi  et al.  Mavacamten: A Novel Disease-Specific Treatment for Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy. Cardiol Rev. 2022 Mar 30.

  Arun Muthiah  et al.   Analysis of Hematology and Oncology Fellowship Website Content and Diversity Representation.  JCO Oncol Pract. 2022 Apr.

  S Akbar Husain et al. Socioeconomic status and medication adherence among youth with asthma: the mediating role of frequency of children’s daily routines.  Psychol Health. 2022 Apr.

  Mouhand Faisal Hamad Mohamed et al.  Direct oral anticoagulants in patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation and extreme body weight.  Eur J Clin Invest. 2022 May 4.

   Jonathan J C Ho , Yousef Elfanagely et al.  Helicobacter pylori Antibiotic Resistance in the United States Between 2011-2021: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.  Am J Gastroenterol. 2022 May 5.

   Markos Kalligeros et al.  Risk Factors for Hospital Readmission for Clostridioides difficile Infection: A Statewide Retrospective Cohort Study.  Pathogens. 2022 May 8.

  Pranavi Sanka et al. Social Disparities among Sudden Death victims with HIV.  AIDS Behav. 2022 Jun 7.

  Henri Wathieu et al. Expression of Novel Kinase MAP3K19 in Various Cancers and Survival Correlations.  Front Biosci 2022 Jun 17.

  Gregory Yungtum  et al. Temporal Trends in the Microbiological Characteristics of Sepsis in the United States: A Population Based Study.  J Intensive Care Med. 2022 Jul.

  Alexa Papaila , Michael A Liu et al.  Variation in statin prescription among veterans with HIV and known atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease.  Am Heart J. 2022 Jul.

  Quynh-Lan Dao,  Babak M Tehrani  et al.  Association Between Aspirin Use and Sepsis Outcomes: A National Cohort Study.  Anesth Analg. 2022 Jul 1.

  Catherine Duazo et al.  Physical and Psychological Outcomes of Patients Undergoing Traditional Cardiac Rehabilitation and Intensive Cardiac Rehabilitation.  J Cardiopulm Rehabil Prev. 2022 Jul 14.

  Michael A Liu , Quan Phung , Quynh-Lan Dao , Babak Tehrani  et al.  Incidence and predictors of idiopathic pneumonia syndrome in hematopoietic stem cell transplant patients: a nationwide registry study.  Int J Hematol. 2022 Jul 15.

  Julia Berkowitz , Vishal Khetpal  et al.  Associations between cumulative social risk, psychosocial risk, and ideal cardiovascular health: Insights from the HeartSCORE study.  Am J Prev Cardiol. 2022 Jul 17.

  Charles F Sherrod IV et al. Preadmission Statin Treatment and Outcome in Patients Hospitalized With COVID-19.  Am J Cardiol. 2022 Aug 15

• Selected Resident Publications 2020-2021

  Michael A Liu, Brianna R Bakow, T Hsu, J Chen , K Su, Emmanuel K Asiedu , W Hsu 7, C Lee. Temporal Trends in Sepsis Incidence and Mortality in Patients With Cancer in the US Population. Am J Crit Care. 2021 Jul 1.

  Griffin Reed , A Ponce, C Burns . A Novel Report of Vasculitis Secondary to Mycophenolate Mofetil. J Rheumatol. 2021 Jul 1.

  Alexa Papaila , Mark Godding , Michael Liu. Adverse outcomes in patients with chronic myeloid leukaemia treated with tyrosine kinase inhibitors. Heart. 2021 Jun 30.

  A Beck , Julia Solomon , A Hinckley , C Nelson . Tick bite frequency, prevention practices and Lyme disease diagnoses among U.S. Hispanic survey respondents. Zoonoses Public Health. 2021 Jun 23.

  A Pandita , F Gillani , Yiyun Shi , Anna Hardesty , M McCarthy , J Aridi , D Farmakiotis , S Chiang , C Beckwith . Predictors of severity and mortality among patients hospitalized with COVID-19 in Rhode Island. PLoS One. 2021 Jun 18.

  M Murphy , Ann Ding 2, J Berk , J Rich, G Bayliss . Kidney Disease among People Who Are Incarcerated. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2021 Jun 16.

  Michael A Liu, Alexa Papaila , A Diaz de Villalvilla . The Importance of Considering Frailty in Research on Older Adults. JAMA Intern Med. 2021 Jun 14.

  R Chudasama, Quan Phung, A Hsu, K Almhanna. Vaccines in Gastrointestinal Malignancies: From Prevention to Treatment. Vaccines (Basel). 2021 Jun 13.

  A Hsu, S Ohnigian, Augustus Chang , Yuchen Liu , A Zayac, A Olszewski, J Reagan. Thrombosis in COVID-19: A Narrative Review of Current Literature and Inpatient Management. R I Med J. 2021 Jun 1.

  Jordan See , E Colin Daingerfield , M. Santos . Heterotaxy Syndrome with Polysplenism and Left Atrial Isomerism. J Gen Intern Med. 2021 Jun.

  A  Bortnick, C Buchwald , A Hasani, C Liu , Julia L Berkowitz, S Vega, M Mustehsan , D Wolfe, C Taub. Persistence of abnormal global longitudinal strain in women with peripartum cardiomyopathy. Echocardiography. 2021 Jun.

  Kyle Rumery , Angie Seo , L Jiang , G Choudhary, N Shah, J Rudolph, W Wu, S Erqou. Outcomes of coronavirus disease-2019 among veterans with pre-existing diagnosis of heart failure. ESC Heart Fail. 2021 Jun.

  R Gil, F Touzard-Romo , M Sanchez, A Pandita, Markos Kalligeros , E Mylona, F Shehadeh, E Mylonakis. Characteristics and outcomes of Hispanic/Latinx patients with coronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19) requiring hospitalization in Rhode Island: a retrospective cohort study. Ann Epidemiol. 2021 Jun.

  C Wang , Yiyun Shi . Hematological manifestations of Good syndrome. Leukemia. 2021 Jun.

  V Iyengar, Hetal Mistry , C Hibbitt, A Shimanovsky . Diagnosis and management of a metastatic mixed gestational trophoblastic neoplasia with synchronous primary lung cancer. BMJ Case Rep. 2021 May 26.

  Yiyun Shi , Chen Wang. When the Good Syndrome Goes Bad: A Systematic Literature Review. Front Immunol . 2021 May 25.

  Esseim Sharma, E Apostolidou , Wasiq Sheikh, Anshul Parulkar, M Bilal Ahmed, Fabio V Lima , Brian D McCauley , K Kennedy, A Chu. Hemodynamic effects of left atrial appendage occlusion. J Interv Card Electrophysiol. 2021 May 24.

  Yousef Elfanagely, C Tse , J Tanzer , J Monteiro , Lawrence Kogan , H Rich , S Hyder. Analysis of Decreasing Adverse Events with Endoscopic Ultrasound in a New Advanced Endoscopy Program Over Time. Dig Dis Sci. 2021 May 20.

  S Ramanujan, Elena N Cravens , S Krishfield, V Kyttaris , V Moulton. Estrogen-induced hsa-miR-10b-5p is elevated in T cells from patients with systemic lupus erythematosus and downregulates splicing factor SRSF1. Arthritis Rheumatol. 2021 May 13.

  Michael A Liu , WHsu , C Johnstone , Augustus Chang , J Nguyen , C Lee. Interpreting the Clinical Utility of Early Interdisciplinary Supportive Care for Untreated Metastatic Esophageal Cancer. J Clin Oncol. 2021 May 7.

  A Barrios-Anderson , Reshmitha Radhakrishnan, E Yu  , A Shimanovsky. Paraspinal radiation recall myositis after gemcitabine for pancreatic adenocarcinoma. BMJ Case Rep. 2021 May 4.

  Anna Hardesty , A Pandita , K Vieira , Ralph Rogers , B Merhi , A Osband , J Aridi, Yiyun Shi , G Bayliss , C Cosgrove , R Gohh , P Morrissey , C Beckwith , D Farmakiotis . Coronavirus Disease 2019 in Kidney Transplant Recipients: Single-Center Experience and Case-Control Study. Transplant Proc. 2021 May.

  M Tsikala-Vafea , Neel Belani , K Vieira , H Khan , D Farmakiotis . Use of antibiotics is associated with worse clinical outcomes in patients with cancer treated with immune checkpoint inhibitors: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Int J Infect Dis. 2021 May.

  Yousef Elfanagely , A Atsawarungruangkit , S Moss . Understanding GI Twitter and Its Major Contributors. Gastroenterology. 2021 May.

  M Vafea, R Zhang, Markos Kalligeros , E Mylona, F Shehadeh , E Mylonakis . Mortality in mechanically ventilated patients with COVID-19: a systematic review. Expert Rev Med Devices. 2021 May.

  H  Chung, J Chen 2, Dhairyasheel Ghosalkar, J Christensen , Alice J Chu , C Mantsounga , J  Neverson , Cullen Soares, N Shah, W Wu , G Choudhary , A Morrison . Aortic Valve Calcification Is Associated with Future Cognitive Impairment. J Alzheimers Dis Rep. 2021 Apr 29.

  Yousef Elfanagely  , C Tse, H Rich , S Hyder. Learning curves for EUS: single operators, endoscopy teams, and institutions. Gastrointest Endosc. 2021 Apr.

  Nirav Haribhakti, P Agarwal , J Vida, P Panahon, F Rizwan, S Orfanos, J. Stoll , S Baig, J Cabrera , J Kostis, C Ananth, W Kostis , A Scardella . A Simple Scoring Tool to Predict Medical Intensive Care Unit Readmissions Based on Both Patient and Process Factors. J Gen Intern Med. 2021 Apr.

  Parvathi Radhakrishnan , M Vishwanath , D Shemin , J Monteiro , E  D’Agata . Clostridioides difficile Infection Among Patients Requiring Maintenance Hemodialysis. Kidney Med. 2021 Mar 23.

  Suleman Ilyas 1, William Lang , Neel Belani , P Stockwell. Non-Bacterial Thrombotic Endocarditis as a Cause of Cryptogenic Stroke in Malignancy. R I Med J . 2021 Mar 1.

  Yiyun Shi , A Pandita , Anna Hardesty , Meghan McCarthy , JAridi , Zoe F Weiss , C Beckwith , D Farmakiotis . Validation of pneumonia prognostic scores in a statewide cohort of hospitalised patients with COVID-19. Int J Clin Pract. 2021 Mar.

  Leon Hsueh , S Hu, A Shah. Periprocedural Peritonitis Prophylaxis: A Summary of the Microbiology and the Role of Systemic Antimicrobials. Kidney Dis (Basel). 2021 Mar.

  Leon Hsueh, J Molino, L Mermel. Elevated bands as a predictor of bloodstream infection and in-hospital mortality. Am J Emerg Med. 2021 Mar.

  T Nguyen , Deanna Joe , A Shah . Forget the phosphorus: A case of hypervitaminosis D-induced symptomatic hypercalcemia. Clin Nephrol Case Stud. 2021 Feb 9.

  C. Lai , Babak Tehrani, Gregory Yungtum, W. Hsu, C Lee . Association between the use of statins and risk of tuberculosis: a real-world analysis. J Infect Dis. 2021 Feb 8.

  C Lee , MG Lee , W Hsu , J Park , L Porta , Michael A Liu , S Chen , S Chang. Use of Calcium Channel Blockers and Risk of Active Tuberculosis Disease: A Population-Based Analysis. Hypertension. 2021 Feb.

  Griffin  Reed , A Hazim , C Sanchez-Alvarez, K Warrington . Type II cryoglobulinemic vasculitis in the setting of MALT lymphoma. BMJ Case Rep. 2021 Jan 12.

  Michael A Liu , J Nguyen . Employing geriatric principles in the management of nonmelanoma skin cancers. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2021 Jan.

  N Cady, N Tokranova, A Minor, N Nikvand, K Strle , W Lee , William Page, E Guignon, A Pilar, G Gibson . Multiplexed detection and quantification of human antibody response to COVID-19 infection using a plasmon enhanced biosensor platform. Biosens Bioelectron. 2021 Jan 1.

  Evan B Asher, N Panda, C Tran, M Wu Smart wearable device accessories may interfere with implantable cardiac devices. HeartRhythm Case Rep. 2020 Dec 13.

  H Khawaja , Cristina Font.  Common and external iliac artery occlusion in Behçet’s disease: a case of anchoring bias. BMJ Case Rep. 2020 Dec 9.

  Marc J Vecchio , M Jankowich , H Qadir , M Gaitanis , A Menon . Cognitive Biases in the Era of COVID-19 : A Case of Clostridium sporogenes Bacteremia in a Patient with Small Bowel Obstruction. Case Rep Infect Dis. 2020 Dec 5.

  S Ashraf , Suleman Ilyas, F Siddiqui, T Ando , M Shokr , S Panaich , A Briasoulis , L  Afonso , Mazhar Khan. Keeping up to date: a current review of wearable cardioverter defibrillator use. Acta Cardiol. 2020 Dec.

  A Hsu, Yuchen Liu , A Zayac , A Olszewski, J Reagan . Intensity of anticoagulation and survival in patients hospitalized with COVID-19 pneumonia. Thromb Res. 2020 Dec.

  E Mylona, F Shehadeh, Markos Kalligeros  , G Benitez, P  Chan, E Mylonakis . Real-Time Spatiotemporal Analysis of Microepidemics of Influenza and COVID-19 Based on Hospital Network Data: Colocalization of Neighborhood-Level Hotspots. Am J Public Health. 2020 Dec.

  N Nso , D Antwi-Amoabeng , B Beutler , M Ulanja , J Ghuman , A Hanfy , Joyce Nimo-Boampong , S Atanga , R Doshi , S Enoru , N Gullapalli. Cardiac adverse events of immune checkpoint inhibitors in oncology patients: A systematic review and meta-analysis. World J Cardiol. 2020 Nov 26.

  Yousef Elfanagely, A Atsawarungruangkit , James Scharfen , L Pavlech, S Moss . Association Between Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Barrett’s Esophagus: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Dig Dis Sci. 2020 Nov 25.

  A Hsu , Hetal Mistry , Nupur Lala, J Reagan. Preliminary findings regarding the use of direct oral anticoagulants in cerebral venous thrombosis. Clin Neurol Neurosurg. 2020 Nov.

  M Reja , N Hajela , M Makar , Daniel Marino , A Bhurwal , V Rustgi. One-year risk of opioid use disorder after index hospitalization for inflammatory bowel disease. Int J Colorectal Dis. 2020 Nov.

  C Garcia , Jaclyn McKenna, Lena Fan, A. Shah . Corynebacterium Striatum Bacteremia in End-Stage Renal Disease: A Case Series and Review of Literature. R I Med J. 2020 Oct 1.

  Rimmy Garg, Deanna Joe , J D Abbott . A Case of Acute Thrombotic Myocardial Infarction in Polyarteritis Nodosa. R I Med J . 2020 Sep 1.

  Rimmy Garg, Danni Fu, C McRee , K Anderson , K Kennedy , H Aronow , C Tuohy , J Abbott. Outcomes of Transradial Approach to Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in End-Stage Renal Disease Patients on Dialysis. Cardiovasc Revasc Med. 2020 Sep.

  C Del Prete  , Arun Muthiah, K Almhanna. Does tumor profile in gastric and gastroesophageal (GE) junction cancer justify off-label use of targeted therapy?-a narrative review. Ann Transl Med. 2020 Sep.

  Tyler W Wark, William R Lang, K Cahill, R Gardner. Management of Elevated Troponin I Levels in Adult Medical Inpatients. J Gen Intern Med . 2020 Aug 5.

  J Christensen, S Tan, H Chung  , Dhairyasheel S Ghosalkar , R Qureshi , Alice Chu 1, W Yu , J Berus , N  Shah , W Wu , H Chun  , E Aikawa, G  Choudhary  , A Morrison Aortic valve calcification predicts all-cause mortality independent of coronary calcification and severe stenosis. Atherosclerosis. 2020 Aug.

  Chelsea A Boyd, M Jayaraman, G Baird , W Einhorn, M Stib , M Atalay , J Boxerman, A Lourenco , G Jindal, D Hidlay , E DiBiasio , R McTaggart. Detection of emergent large vessel occlusion stroke with CT angiography is high across all levels of radiology training and grayscale viewing methods. Eur Radiol. 2020 Aug.