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Internal Medicine Residency Program

Resident Research

 

Temple University is rapidly expanding its research base and Temple residents benefit from this dedication to research. Despite maintaining a busy schedule, most of Temple's residents engage in clinical or basic research. We have had numerous residents successfully participate in regional, national, and international competitions with prize-winning results. Each resident is encouraged to engage in scholarly activity, ranging from an evidence-based review of an assigned topic to a longitudinal bench project. Research electives are offered, allowing residents to focus on a topic under supervision of a faculty mentor during an elective block.

 

This section contains information for residents interested in clinical investigation opportunities, as well as resources for those nearing the publication or presentation stage. Take a look at some of the resident accomplishments for the 2007-2008 year below, and find inspiration in the results our residents have achieved.

PUBLICATIONS:

Resident

Journal Citation

Lalitha Parameswaran

Increasing Colorectal Cancer Screening among African Americans, Linking Risk Perception to Interventions Targeting Patients, Communities and Clinicians. Journal of the National Medical Association 2008 in press.  PubMedID: TBD

Ed Blanchard

Outcomes of HAART after 12 months of therapy in an inner city HIV Clinic.  HIV Clinical Trials in press.  PubMedID: TBD

Nicholas Orfanidis

Three-dimensional US volume analysis of gastric pseudotumors in a porcine model. Gastrointest Endosc. 2006 Oct;64(4):635-40. PubMedID: 16996361

Neha Korde

Softness, strength and self-repair in intermediate filament networks. Exp Cell Res. 2007 Jun 10;313(10):2228-35. PubMedID: 17524395

Amy Mackenzie

Mechanisms of mammalian target of rapamycin inhibition in sarcoma: present and future.  Expert Rev Anticancer Ther   2007 Aug, 7(8): 1145-54. PubMedID: 18028023

Shabana Shahid

Informed consent in the critically ill: A 2-step approach incorporating delirium screening. Critical Care Med. 2008 Jan;36(1): 342-53. PubMedID: 18090168

Kian Makipour

Dyssynergic Defecation:  Symptoms and/or physiologic tests.  Submitted and under review.

Ramin Ansari

Aiming for the heart: targeted delivery of drugs to diseased cardiac tissue.  Expert Opinion on Drug Delivery , 2008 Apr;5(4):459-470.  PubMedID: 18426386

Orlando Escarcega and Nishant Goel

The Brugada Syndrome.  Submitted and under review.

Brett Laurence

Fishing for a Cause of Cellulitis. Submitted and under review.

Y. Richard Wang

Outpatient hypertension treatment, treatment intensification, and control in Western Europe and the United States.  Archives of Internal Medicine 2007 Jan 22;167(2):141-7. PubMedID: 17242314.

Y. Richard Wang

Trends of Heller myotomy hospitalizations for achalasia in the United States, 1993-2005: Effect of surgery volume on perioperative outcomes.

American Journal of Gastroenterology.  In press.  PubMedID: TBD

Y. Richard Wang

Do faster FDA drug reviews adversely affect patient safety? An analysis of the 1992 Prescription Drug User Fee Act. Journal of Law and Economics.  In press.  PubMedID: TBD

Y. Richard Wang

Gastroparesis-related hospitalizations in the United States: Trends, characteristics and outcomes, 1995-2004. American Journal of Gastroenterology 2008 Feb;103(2):313-22 PubMedID: 18047541

Y. Richard Wang

Effect of Guideline Changes on Hypertension Control for Patients With Diabetes in the U.S., 1995–2005. Diabetes Care 2007;30:49-52.  PubMedID: 17192332

Vikram Paralkar

Population Characteristics and Prognostic Factors in Metastatic Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer: A Fox Chase Cancer Center Retrospective. Clinical Lung Cancer 2008; 9(2):116-121.  PubMedID: TBD

Vikram Paralkar

Worlds apart - Tuberculosis in India and in the United States. New England Journal of Medicine 2008;358:1092-1095. PubMedID: 18337599

Matthew Lammi

Candida krusei Lung Abscess in an Immunocompetent Man.  Infectious Diseases in Clinical Practice. In press.  PubMedID: TBD

Matthew Bohn Treatment of Eosinophilic Esophagitis: Overview, Current Limitations and Future Direction.  Submitted and under review.

 

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS:

Resident

Conference Attended

Project Title

Vikram Paralkar

American Association of Cancer Research Annual Meeting 2008, San Diego CA.

High throughput image analysis to enhance an siRNA-based screen for genes conferring resistance to EGFR-targeting drugs.

Fran Burt

American College of Cardiology Meeting, 2008

Sensitivity and Predictive Value of Transthoracic Echocardiographic Findings in Patients with Suspected Endocarditis

Neha Korde

American College of Gastroenterology Annual Meeting 2007

Philadelphia, PA Oral Presentation

Constipation: Is it a colonic versus generalized gastrointestinal tract disorder. The Temple Experience.

Y. Richard Wang

American College of Gastroenterology Annual Meeting 2007

Philadelphia, PA

Poster Presentation

Characteristics and outcomes of gastroparesis-related hospitalizations in the United States, 2004.

Y. Richard Wang

American College of Gastroenterology Annual Meeting 2007

Philadelphia, PA

Poster Presentation

Trends of Heller myotomy hospitalizations for achalasia in the United States, 1993-2004.

Raj Subbiah

American College of Gastroenterology Annual Meeting 2007

Philadelphia, PA

Oral Presentation

Gastric Electric Stimulation for Gastroparesis - The Temple Experience

Recipient of the Lawlor Resident Award for the best scientific paper by a resident

Puja Sukhwani

American College of Gastroenterology Annual Meeting 2007

Philadelphia, PA

Relationship of Symptoms to Quality of Life in Patients with Gastroparesis.

Kian Makipour

American College of Gastroenterology Annual Meeting 2007

Philadelphia, PA

Obstructive Defecation:  Symptoms and/or physiologic tests

Judit Gordon

and

Fran Burt

American College of Physicians, Regional Meeting 2007.

Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy

Lynnae Hyatt

American Thoracic Society, Toronto 2008

Statin Use in PA-SCOPE: Effects on Rate of Re-exacerbation, FEV1 Decline and Mortality in Patients with Severe, Hospitalized COPD

Lynnae Hyatt

American Thoracic Society, Toronto 2008

Statin Use is Associated with Improved Endothelial Function in Acute Exacerbation of COPD

Jason Litsky

American Thoracic Society, Toronto 2008

The Incidence of Coronary Artery Disease in Lung Transplantation Patients

Jason Litsky

American Thoracic Society, Toronto 2008

The Sensitivity and Specificity of Non-Invasive Testing for Coronary Artery Disease in Lung Transplantation Patients

Nicholas Panetta

American Thoracic Society, Toronto 2008

Lung Hyperinflation and Systemic Manifestations of COPD

Nicholas Panetta

American Thoracic Society, Toronto 2008

The Effect of Lung Hyperinflation in COPD on Cardiac Function

Kartik Shenoy

American Thoracic Society, Toronto 2008

PM 10 correlation to COPD exacerbation

Monik Kowalczyk

Digestive Disease Week 2008

San Diego, CA

Effects of race on Symptoms and Health Related Quality of Life in Gastroparetic Patients.

Monik Kowalczyk

Digestive Disease Week 2008

San Diego, CA

Severity of Symptoms and Health Related Quality of Life in Gastroparesis.

Sajneet Khangura

Digestive Disease Week 2008

San Diego, CA

Evaluation of the Bristol Stool Form Scale as a Marker for GI Transit in Patients with Chronic Constipation.

Sajneet Khangura

Digestive Disease Week 2007

Washington, DC

Postprandial Intragastric Acid buffering in response to different meal compositions.

Jose Menajovsky

Focus on Fungal Infections 2008

San Antonio, TX

Disseminated Coccidioidomycosis in a 20 year old African American man.

Jose Torres

Heart Rhythm Society, San Francisco, CA 2008

A left ventricular epicardial to right ventricular endocardial dominant frequency gradient exists in early human ventricular fibrillation

Ed Blanchard

Infectious Diseases Society of America, (IDSA), 2007

San Diego, CA

Baseline antiretroviral resistance in

HAART naïve patients entering care in an inner city clinic from 2004-2006.

Ed Blanchard

Infectious Diseases Society of America, (IDSA), 2007

San Diego, CA

Outcomes of HAART after 12 months of therapy in an inner city HIV Clinic.

Saurabh Kandpal

Society of General Internal Medicine Regional Meeting

Philadelphia, PA

All that is ST elevation with Chest Pain is not MI

William Pace

and

Vishnu Oruganti

Society of General Internal Medicine

Pittsburgh, PA 2008

A Gut Wrenching Diagnosis: Inflammatory Bowel Disease in the Elderly

Jose Torres

Society of General Internal Medicine

Pittsburgh, PA 2008

Is the heart compacted? A case of non-compaction syndrome

Jason Litsky

Society of General Internal Medicine

Pittsburgh, PA 2008

An Atypical Cause of Pneumonia

Tamara Goldberg

Society of General Internal Medicine

Pittsburgh, PA 2008

Taking the Wrong Matter to Heart:
Amyloidosis Presenting as a Restrictive Cardiomyopathy

Shaden Eldakar

Society of General Internal Medicine

Pittsburgh, PA 2008

Saddle Nosed With Sinusitis: A Case of Wegener’s Granulomatosis

Chad Duffalo

Society of General Internal Medicine Regional Meeting

Philadelphia, PA 2008

Pericardial Disease Causing Heart Failure

Brett Laurence

Society of General Internal Medicine

Pittsburgh, PA 2008

Oral Presentation

Fishing for a Cause of Cellulitis

Maria Elena Vega Sanchez

TUH Research Forum, June 2008

Telemedicine directed COPD outpatient management reduces AECOPD hospitalization duration

Jihoon Baang

TUH Research Forum, June 2008

An investigation of an outbreak of Acinetobacter baumannii in a surgical intensive care unit.

Matt Lammi

TUH Research Forum, June 2008

Beta-Blocker use in patients with severe COPD and concomitant coronary artery disease.

Sridhar Reddy

TUH Research Forum, June 2008

Older Women Abuse: Patient Perspectives on Provider Inquiry

Richard Walters

TUH Research Forum, June 2008

Gastric Emptying Scintigraphy Results in the ROME III Subgroup Classifications

for Functional Gastroduodenal Disorders.

Bich-Thuy (Twee) Sim

TUH Research Forum, June 2008

A Generic Protocol for Health Utilization Studies of Influenza-Related Severe

Acute Respiratory Illness (SARI) in Tropical and Subtropical Environments.

Bich-Thuy (Twee) Sim

TUH Research Forum, June 2008

A Possible Role for Complete Fluoroquinolone (FQ) Restriction in Controlling an Outbreak of Clostridium difficile Caused by the Highly FQ-Resistant Epidemic Strain.

Fran Burt

and

Haile Jones

TUH Research Forum, June 2008

Sensitivity and Predictive Value of Transthoracic Echocardiographic Findings in Patients with Suspected Endocarditis.

Matthew Megill

TUH Research Forum, June 2008

Pilot Proposal for CHIRP – Controlling Hypertension and Inflammation, Reducing

Proteinuria

Hana Choe

and

John Podkowa

TUH Research Forum, June 2008

Medicine Resident Survey of Inpatient Test Ordering (MRS_ITO)

Daniele Nicolo

TUH Research Forum, June 2008

Increased Number of Cardiac Progenitor Cells in Failing vs. Non-Failing Hearts

 

OTHER NOTABLE ACTIVITIES:

Resident

Other Activity

Javier Gomez

Endotracheal Digital Thermometer.  Patent pending.

Kartik Shenoy

Textbook chapter “Noninvasive Ventilation” as part of the book by Dr. Criner titled Critical Care Review.  In press.

 

Available Resources:

Authorship Guidelines (pdf, 14.5 KB)

 

Resources for New Investigators (html).  This website at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) addresses the needs of young investigators applying for funding from the NIH for the first time. While NIH funding is not usually obtained by residents, the site has a wealth of information regarding grant-funded clinical investigation.

 

The 2007 SGIM presentation by Lisa Willett, MD titled “Getting your Vignette Published” (pdf, 28.5 KB) offers many tips, as well as a comprehensive list of publications which accept case reports.

 

How to write a case report: Anwar et al., BMJ (2003), 327:153-154 (html) .  There is also a presentation “Writing Case Reports” (pdf, 513.66 KB) by Atul Khasnis, MD from Michigan State University that may be of help.

 

An example of a vignette abstract submission (pdf, 29.6 KB).

 

The article “The Art of Oral Presentations" (pdf, 29 KB) provides tips on giving a successful presentation.  Additional tips are also available through the following article,"Oral Presentation Tips" (pdf, 33 KB).  An example of an award winning presentation given in 2007 by Dr. Jose Torres at the National SGIM meeting is also available (pdf, 1.06 MB).

 

Tips on creating a poster presentation (pdf, 40 KB) as well as an example for a poster presented by Dr. Joseph Franco at the National SGIM meeting (jpg, 271 KB).

 

The Temple University Institutional Review Board has an informative website located at: http://www.research.temple.edu/irb/index.html.