An annual poster competition in honor of Dr. Milford Fulop, the founding program director of the Internal Medicine Residency Program. His towering career spanned nearly 6 decades from 1955 to 2010 when he retired. Established in 2011, the MFPC is held at Jacobi Medical Center with judges comprised of the distinguished faculty at JMC.
A Case of Congenital Amegaryocytic Thrombocytopenia in a Patient with a Heterozygous Mutation in the MPL gene
David Drory, Ansh Mehta, Shaha Nabeel, Abhishek Kumar
Successful treatment of a patient with MDA5 dermatomyositis with clinically significant myopathy with IVIG
Gopisree Peringeth,Bhavna Abbi, Shereen Mahmood
Healthy dietary patterns and risk of cardiovascular disease in US Hispanics Latinos Yi-Yun Chen, Guo-Chong Chen, Nathaniel Abittan, Jiaqian Xing, Yasmin Mossavar-Rahmani, Daniela Sotres-Alvarez, Josiemer Mattei, Martha Daviglus, Carmen R Isasi, Frank B Hu, Robert Kaplan, Qibin Qi
Aortic Stenosis Management in Patients with Acute Hip Fracture: State-of-the Art Review Rishi Chandiramani, Robert Faillace, George Dangas, Roxana Mehran
Lung Transplantation in the United States: Comparison of Socio-Demographic Trends Between 2001 and 2021, Paras Malik,Fnu Amisha, Manuel Hache Marliere, Perminder Gulani, Divya Reddy
Survival analysis of Lung transplant recipients in the United States between 2008-2015 Paras Malik,Fnu Amisha, Perminder Gulani
Heart rate control strategies for optimal Coronary Computed Tomography Angiography in adults: A qualitative systematic review Cesar Joel Benites Moya,Juan Torrado, Diego Fernando Barzallo Zeas, Elie Flatow, Juan Terre.
Germline genetic variations across different ethnicities in different variety of cancers, Catarina Martins Maia,Hiba Narvel, Charan Vegivinti, Tarek Elrafei, Abhishek Kumar
Predictors driving troponin leak: Is it always a myocardial infarction? Dimitrios Varrias,Anika Sasidharan- Nair, Adarsh Katamreddy, Israel Safiriyu, Manuel Hache, Miguel Alvarez Villela, Perminder Gulani, Robert Faillace
Factors affecting Outcome of Stem Cell Transplantation in HTLV-1
Hiba Narval, Abdulhamid Bazarbachi, Daniel Reef, Riya Patel, Astha Thakkar, Shafia Rahman, Urvi Shah, Diego, Adrianzen Herrera, Ryann Quinn, Sumaira Zareef, Emma Rabinovich, Alyssa de Castro, Felisha Joseph, Kailyn Gillick, Jennat Mustafa, Fariha Khatun, Amanda Lombardo, Latoya Townsend-Nugent, Michelly Abreu,Nicole Chambers, Richard Elkind, Yang Shi, Yanhua Wang, Olga Derman, Kira Gritsman, Ulrich Steidl, Mendel Goldfinger, Noah Kornblum, Aditi Shastri, loannis Mantzaris, Lizamarie Bachier, Nishi Shah, Ira Braunschweig, Amit Verma, B. Hilda Ye, Murali Janakiram , R. Alejandro Sica
Bi-Ventricular-Arterial Coupling Function in Latinos with HFpEF and Subdiastolic Dysfunction Marko Novakovic,Jorge E. Silva Enciso, Mohammad Hashim Mustehsan, Katrina Swett, Ayana K. April-Sanders, Robert Kaplan, Sanjiv Jayendra Shah, Carlos J. Rodriguez
Clinical characteristics, outcomes and survival of patients with metastatic colorectal cancer on phase I trials: A single center experience from 1999 to 2022 M Bakri Hammami,Mohammad Haroon, Sanjay Goel (Supervisor) M Bakri Hammami,Mohammad Haroon, Sanjay Goel
Racial and Sex Differences in Outcomes after Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest: A Glimpse of the Largest Municipal Healthcare System in the United States Sanjana Nagraj,Dimitrios Varrias, Amrin Kharawala, Sheetal V. Mathai, Jiyoung Seo, Hiba Narvel, Weijia Li, Damianos G. Kokkinidis, Paraschos Archontakis Barakakis, Andreas Tzoumas, Spyros Peppas, Leonidas Palaiodimos, Rosy Thachil
Percutaneous Right Axillary Intra-Aortic Balloon Pump in Patients with Advanced Heart Failure Sanjana Nagraj,Miguel Alvarez Villela, Assi Milwidsky, Cristina Sanina, Daniel J. Goldstein, Stephen J. Forest, Nelson Chavarria, Snehal R. Patel, Daniel B. Sims, Ulrich P. Jorde, Azeem Latib, Jose M. Wiley.
The Presence and Characteristics of Relationship with Industry (RWI) in Cardiovascular Clinical Practice Guidelines
Ibolya Csecs ,Maria Teresa Medina Rojas, Rebecca Alemu, Rosy Thachil, Robert Faillace
Baseline characteristics predicting secondary mitral regurgitation response following cardiac resynchronization therapy: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Sheetal Vasundara Mathai, MD,Gustavo Duarte, MD, Li Pang, MD, Dimitrios Varrias, MD, Sumit Sohal, MD, Ythan Goldberg, MD, Assi Milwidsky, MD, Ulrich Jorde, MD
Impact of cardiac resynchronization therapy on secondary mitral regurgitation: a systematic review and meta-analysis Sheetal Vasundara Mathai, MD,Gustavo Duarte, MD, Li Pang, MD, Dimitrios Varrias, MD, Sumit Sohal, MD, Assi Milwidsky, MD, Ythan Goldberg, MD, Ulrich Jorde, MD
Expect the Unexpected: SCAD in a Healthy Young Adult Male with Nausea and Vomiting
Samuel J. Apple,Robert Faillace
Obesity-Related Glomerulopathy in the Presence of APOL1 Risk Alleles
Ronald Imbert-Valdez,Nang San Hti Lar Seng, MD, Belinda Jim, MD
Collapsing Glomerulopathy: An emerging renal complication of COVID-19 infection
Nang San Hti Lar Seng, MD, Gebremichael Zeratsion, MD, Ronald Imbert-Valdez, MD, and Nidhi Varma, MD
A rare case of Adrenal Cortical Carcinoma
Omolabake Alabi,Ana Mariela Morales Mejia, Sai Prasanna Narasimmal, Naomi Friedman, Preeti Kishore
A Case of Congenital Amegaryocytic Thrombocytopenia in a Patient with a Heterozygous Mutation in the MPL gene
David Drory, David,Ansh Mehta, Shaha Nabeel, Abhishek Kumar
Complete Resolution of Severe Eruptive Rupioid Psoriasis in an HIV Patient after Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy
Elif Karatas, MD,Carson Kirkpatrick, MD, Rithu Srikantha, MD, Mathew Birnbaum, MD, Damian P. DiCostanzo, MD, Beth McLellan, MD
Pituitary Apoplexy
Naila Shiraliyeva,Naomi Friedman, Preeti Kishore
Clot in transit with normotensive shock: Medical emergency handled tactfully
Tinatin Saralidze,Amrin Kharawala, Eleonora Gashi, Nidhish Tiwari, Sripal Bangalore
IgG4 associated coronary vasculitis : A case report
Tariq Syed,Ayesha Bibi
Short-Coupled Variant of Torsade de Pointes: A Rare Entity with unknown Etiology and Malignant Phenotype
Suraj Krishnan,Juan Torrado MD, PhD; Gustavo Duarte MD, Jiyoung Seo MD, Andrew K Krumerman MD
VEXAS SYNDROME: Dawn of new disorder – rheumatology meets hematology
Karun Neupane,Apoorva Jayarangaiah, Yan Zhang, Abhishek Kumar
High dose glucocorticoid therapy in patients on Ritonavir
Sai Prasanna Narasimmal,Yunus Demirhan, Alabi Omalabake, Ana Mariela, Preethi Kishore
Listeria Bacteremia and Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis
Jose Cano,Raja Bronson
Why is central hypothyroidism difficult to diagnose?
Ana Mariela Morales Mejia,Sai Prasanna Narasimmal, Preeti Kishore
Successful treatment of a patient with MDA5 dermatomyositis with clinically significant myopathy with IVIG
Gopisree Peringeth,Bhavna Abbi, Shereen Mahmood
Use of Tailored Education in COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitant Patients.
Yi-Yun Chen,Stepan Esagian, Maria Daniela Jarrin Jara, Jorge Mazzini, Suraj Krishnan, Benjamin Cohen, Andrew Gutwein
Inquisit Health for diabetic patients: Promoting awareness and increasing referrals.
Majd Al Deen Alhuarrat,Amrin Kharawala, Nang San Hti Lar Seng, Sindhu Vikash, Angela Astuto
Reduction of The Average Length of Non-ICU Hospital Stay for Acute Heart Failure Related Admissions.
Israel Safiriyu,Marko Novakovic, Jane Devereux, Maureen Zullo, Varrias Dimitrios, Hyo Min Lim, Wasla Liaqat, Tinatin Saralidze, Miguel Alvarez, Jincy Thankachen, Eleonora Gashi
Increasing colorectal cancer screening with FIT testing in Jacobi Primary Care clinic.
Rahul Thakur, Fernanda Ninin,Maedeh Ashrafi, Yunus Demirhan, Ana Rios Chen, Kimberly Cartmill
Decreasing inappropriate telemetry use at NYCHHC/Jacobi
Elie Flatow ,Samuel Apple, Temesgen Edea, Aarushi Sudan, Carla Saladini, Monica Wat
A Pelham Odyssey
Francisco Machiavello Roman
No Walk in the Park
Drory David, Lemberg Lori
Novel Trajectories of Serum Biomarkers in COVID-19 Infection Associated with Mortality
Adarsh Katamreddy, Xiaobo Xu, Prashanth Balasubramanian, Sheetal Vasundhara Mathai, Robert T. Faillace
SGLT-2 Inhibitor Use in HFpEF Patients with Type 2 DM is Associated with a Reduced Risk of Hospitalization
Weijia Li, Adarsh Katamreddy, Rachna Kataria, Cynthia Taub
Multisystemic Inflammatory Syndrome post COVID mRNA vaccination
Hyomin Lim, Adrija Hajra, Leonidas Palaiodimos
Unusual reversible complications of Legionella pneumonia – Cerebellar dysfunction and central hypoaldosteronism
Prasanth Balasubramanian, Sai Narasimmal, Hyomin Lim, Rafay Latif, Colin Cha Fong
Current Knowledge, Perception and Utilization of Ionizing Radiation Imaging at NYC Health + Hospitals/Jacobi
Abdulhamid Bazarbachi, Dimitrios Varrias, Gabriel Hernandez, Gustavo Duarte, Rama Al Hamed, Sai Prasanna Narasimmal, Tariq Syed, Robert Faillace
QRS T ECG For Me: A Children’s ECG Book
Ari Friedman
Neurocysticercosis in a non-endemic region: A large case series from New York City
Cesar G. Berto, Francisco Machiavello, Christina Coyle
Bleeding Risk In Elderly Patients Undergoing Percutaneous Coronary Intervention
Rishi Chandiramani, Robert Faillace, George Dangas, Roxana Mehran
Trend in Heart Failure Mortality in the United States from 1999 to 2019
Matteo Fabbri, Alberto Pinsino, Melissa Berges, Robert Faillace
Global Longitudinal Strain as a Predictor of Appropriate ICD Shock
Ari Friedman, Faraj Kargoli, Ephraim Leiderman, Andrew Krummerman, Kevin Ferrick
Linear Relationship between Mean and Systolic Pulmonary Artery Pressure in Critically Ill Patients with a Diverse Spectrum of Hemodynamic and Respiratory Pathophysiology
Adarsh Katamreddy, Prasanth Balasubramanian, Sheetal Vasundara Mathai, Krishna Prasad Kurpad, Robert T. Faillace, Perminder Gulani
Diagnostic Accuracy of Coronary Computed Tomography Angiography in the Ischemic Workup of Newly Diagnosed Heart failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction
Sanjana Nagraj, Andreas Tzoumas, Angelos Arfaras-Melainis, Adarsh Katamreddy, Nidhish Tiwari, Sumit Sohal, Leonidas Palaiodimos
Effect of Medicaid Expansion on the Incidence of Early-Onset Colorectal Cancer Among Hispanics
Riya Patel, Shafia Rahman, Jianyou Liu, Ana Acuna-Villaorduna, Mimi Kim, Sanjay Goel
Population Based Analysis of Neuroradiologic Findings in Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension – The Bronx Experience
Fernando Pellerano, Gregory Parnes, Aishwarya Sriram, Jenna Tauber, Erin Lewis, Afshin Parsikia, Joyce N Mbekeani
Predictors of Future Repeat Renal Biopsies in Patients with Lupus Nephritis and Influence of Repeat Biopsy in Flare Management: A Retrospective Study
Rosalba Santana De Roberts, Anitha Ramu, Hana Rajevac, Belinda Jim
Assessment of 2-Year Mortality with Use of Drug-Coated Devices in Femoropopliteal Disease: A Real-World Experience from Bronx, New York
Israel Safiriyu, Amit Kakkar, Divya Gumber, Leonidas Palaiodimos, Mathai Sheetal Vasundara, Dimitris Karamanis, Seth Sokol, Aksim Rivera, Amit Shah
Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Advance Directive in Hospitalized Heart Failure Patients
Heitor Tavares Santos, Ari Friedman, Li Pang, Ingrid Nelson, Elizabeth Kavanagh, Robert Faillace
Iodine contrast induced sialoadenitis in a patient with end stage renal disease
Prasanth Balasubramanian, Seda Tolu, Waqas Hanif
Non-traumatic splenic rupture: An uncommon cause of acute abdomen in adults
Cesar G Berto, Adarsh Katamreddy, Christina Coyle
From the liver to the brain – a cascade of unfortunate events
Gustavo Duarte, Adarsh Katamreddy, Rama Al Hamed, Robert T. Faillace
Reperfusion Injury Following Catheter Directed Thrombolysis of Pulmonary Embolism
Ari Friedman, Seth Sokol, Amit Kakkar, Mark Guelfguat, Jincy Thankachen
A case of probable Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis in a fish worker
Gabriel Hernandez Romero, Carla Rosenzvit, Anika Sasidharan-Nair, Diane Maggiore
A rare case of Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy complicating severe sepsis in a post cardiac transplant patient
Yu Chiang Wang, Ephraim Leiderman, Sandhya Murthy
A late presentation of pseudoaneurysm after transcatheter aortic valve replacement
Weijia Li, Gustavo Duarte, Seth Sokol
A 60-year-old with scurvy in the United States in the 21st century
Lifan Liang, Benjamin Cohen, Leonidas Palaiodimos
Composite pheochromocytoma with ganglioneuroblastoma: a case report
Paola Lockhart, Beatrice Wong, Simona Stefan
A woman with hemoptysis and skin lesions: visceral Kaposi sarcoma as initial presentation of HIV infection
Francisco Machiavello Roman, Cesar Berto Moreano, Fanny Ita Nagy
Osborn Wave: The Heart’s Response to The Cold Winter
Sheetal Vasundara Mathai, Li Pang, Nathaniel Abittan, Sanjana Nagraj, Robert T. Faillace
Beware of “benign” OTC – Hypomagnesemia and development of Nonvalvular Afib
Marko Novakovic, Manuel Hache-Marliere, Dimitrios Varrias, Carla Saladini-Aponte
Diabetic Muscle Infarction (DMI) a rare, under-recognized complication of Diabetes Mellitus (DM)
Sahana Parthasarathy, Maheswaran Dhanasekaran, Preeti Kishore
Pituitary Metastasis (PM) Presenting with Central Diabetes Insipidus and Panhypopituitarism
Sahana Parthasarathy, Donna H Lee, Anjali Manavalan
Rare case of Ileal adenocarcinoma with Krukenberg metastasis
Riya Patel, Anahat Kaur, Tarek Elrafei, Abhishek Kumar, Lewis Steinberg
Aortic Arch Thromboembolism causing Central Retinal Artery Occlusion (CRAO)
Fernando Pellerano, Gabriel Hernandez, Joseph Kristan, Andre Outon, Joyce N Mbekeani
Cancer presentation can be deceiving – a case report
Catarina Pina Maia, Tarek Elrafei
A Rare Case of Sjogren Syndrome Antibodies (SSA-Ro52kDA) Associated Myositis with Pipestem Capillaries
Anitha Ramu, Navneet Kaur, Ruchi Jain
An atypical presentation of allergic interstitial nephritis induced by ciprofloxacin
Ronald Valdez Imbert, Ibrahim Batal, Belinda Jim
A case of severe Type V hyperlipoproteinemia (chylomicronemia) resistant to insulin
Dimitrios Varrias, Melissa Berges, Tatsunori Takahasi, Andre Outon
Non-ischemic cardiomyopathy from Coxsackie virus
Dimitrios Varrias, Ari Friedman, Robert Faillace
Impact of Continuous Glucose Monitoring on Diabetes management in diverse, low health literacy populations
Omolabake Alabi, Preeti Kishore
Determining an optimal inpatient pharmacological protocol for HR control in newly diagnosed HFrEF patients in sinus rhythm undergoing coronary CT angiography
Juan Torrado, Seth Sokol
Evaluating patient reported outcomes (PROs) by the LCSS Quality of Life Measure to reduce hospitalization in patients with lung cancer receiving chemotherapy: results of a 164 patient prospective trial
Hernando Cordero, Nilupa Gaspe, Richard Gralla, Haiying Cheng, Lisa Rosen, Martin Lesser, and Patricia Hollen
Serum potassium level and length of hospital stay in acute decompensated heart failure
Samuel M. Yu, Avantee Gokhale, Poonam Mahato, Pitchaphon Nissaisorakarn, Anjali Acharya
A rare case of cardiac sarcoid showing complete resolution with steroid treatment
Kavisha Patel, Nidhish Tiwari
First case of acute glomerulonephritis post administration of pegfilgrastim
Hanane Ben Faras, Hatem Elabd, Naheed Ansari, Barry Stokes
Should palliative care be integrated in multi-disciplinary ICU rounds?
Lie Dinah Sandy Ligasaputri, Elizabeth Kavanagh, Reka Salgunan, Perminder Gulani
Quality improvement of statin therapy appropriateness in type 2 diabetic patients
Dan Li, Erika Diaz Narvaez, Chioma Onyekwelu, Eleanor M. Weinstein, Robert T. Faillace
Diagnostic strategies for early recognition of cancer therapeutics related cardiac dysfunction
Carlos R Manrique, Michael Park, Nidhish Tiwari, Juan Carlos Plana, Mario Garcia
Early repolarization pattern and effect on mortality in an ethnically diverse population
Ephraim Leiderman, Faraj Kargoli, Andrew Krumerman
Exceptional parental longevity is associated with protection from cardiovascular disease independent of lifestyle factors
Sriram Gubbi, Elianna Schwarts, Nir Barzilai, Jill Crandall, Joe Verghese, Roee Holtzer, Gil Atzmon, Rebecca Braunstein, Sofiya Milman
Functional analysis of the eleventh transmembrane domain of proton-coupled folate transporter by the substituted cysteine accessibility method
Cosmin Tegla, Srinivas Aluri, Rongbao Zhao, I. David Goldman
Association of hospital teaching status with in-hospital outcomes of ST-elevation myocardial infarction
Kavisha, Patel, Tanush Gupta, Dhaval Kolte, Sahil Khera, Prakash Harikrishnan, Wilbert S. Aronow, Diwakar Jain, William H. Frishman, Sachin Sule, Howard A. Cooper, Deepak L. Bhatt, Gregg C. Fonarow, Julio A. Panza
Health care utilization and burden of diabetic ketoacidosis over the last decade: a nationwide analysis
Dimpi Desai, Ulrich Schubart
Percutaneous coronary intervention at centers with and without on-site surgical backup: a meta-analysis and meta-regression
Chioma Onyekwelu, Pedro Villablanca, Olajide Buhari, Amit Kakkar
The rising prevalence of metabolic abnormalities and impaired glucose tolerance among HIV patients in an underserved area in New York
Paula Debroy, Priyanka Mathias, Dimpi Desai, Jason Leider
Why wait until fellowship? The feasibility of point of care ultrasound training for internal medicine residents: Part 1
Juan Carlos Ruiz, Jorge Ataucuri-Vargas, Errold Reid, Harmeen Goraya, Mohammed Abbasi, Robert Faillace, Perminder Gulani
Why wait until fellowship? The feasibility of point of care ultrasound training for internal medicine residents: Part 2
Errold Reid, Jorge Ataucuri-Vargas, Juan Carlos Ruiz Diaz, Harmeen Goraya, Mohammed Abbasi, Robert Faillace, Perminder Gulani
37 year old female with abdominal pain and diarrhea: a case of idiopathic hypereosinophilic syndrome
Mateo Mejia, Ivan Emil Ramirez De Oleo, Abigail Lofchie, Muhammad Pervez, Colin Cha-Fong
ANCA and IgA glomerulonephritis all in one: prognosis and complications
Pitchaphon Nissaisorakarn, Belinda Jim
A rare case of Ramsay Hunt Syndrome with extensive cranial nerve involvement
Ioannis Mastoris, Perminder Gulani
Atypical non-uremic calciphylaxis in a patient with lupus: a case report
Jesus D. Gonzalez-Lugo, Pratistha Koirala, Colin Cha-Fong, Andrew Gutwein
Carbon monoxide poisoning: when there is smoke there is thrombosis
Hanane Ben Faras, Fitsumberhan Medhane, Maday Gonzalez, Amit Kakkar
Herpes simplex virus 2: an uncommon cause of viral induced rhabdomyolysis
Priyanka Mathias, Joowhan Sung, Jason Leider
Klebsiella pneumoniae endocarditis involving the tricuspid valve: a rare presentation
Chioma Onyekwelu, Buttar Rupinder Singh, Shaverdashvili Khvaramze, Robert Faillace, Ann Wojtaszczyk
MUCIN-1 kidney disease in the family
Samuel M. Yu, Anthony J. Bleyer, Kisra Anis, Leal Herlitz, Martina Živná, Helena Hůlková, Glen S. Markowitz, Belinda Jim
Native quadruple-valve Bartonella endocarditis in a middle-aged immunocompetent man
Tatsiana Aleksandrovich, Jay Meisner, Evann Eisenberg
Subclinical active rheumatic valve disease: low but steady harm
Claudia Lama von Buchwald, Jerson Munoz Mendoza, Daniel Pu, Cynthia Taub
Valvular dysfunction in persistent hemodynamic instability after penetrating trauma. Seek and you shall find
Claudia Lama von Buchwald, Panagiota Christia, Robert Faillace
A quality improvement project to increase the rate of age appropriate DEXA screening for female patients at Jacobi Medical Center Primary Care Clinic. (Part A: How are we doing with osteoporosis screening?)
Abayomi Ajala, Aizah Tassadaq, Renato Quispe, Muhammad Waqas, Ivan Ramirez, Muhammad Pervez, Gavin Harris, Andrew Gutwein
Does the addition of intravenous iron to oral iron therapy change the economic, transfusion, and efficacy outcomes of iron deficiency anemia in pregnancy?
Nilupa Gaspe, Tarek Elrafei, Richard Gralla, Beth Lewis, Mary King, Marianna Strakhan
Failure to upgrade fluoroscopy systems results in unnecessary exposure to ionizing radiation during pacemaker implantation procedures
An Tran, Ilir Maraj, Rhadames Rojas, Andrew Krumerman
Pneumococcal vaccines in medicine clinic
Rachel Kapelow, Ephraim Leiderman, Jesus Gonzalez Lugo, Jeremy Miles, Beverly Johnson
Use of VTE prophylaxis in medical inpatients – Are we doing it right?
Lilian Bizzocchi, Navneet Kaur, Harris Gavin, Andrew Gutwein, Niyati Goradia, Sidra Hassan, Poonam Mahato, Saul Rios, Soung Ha Cho, Ignacio Zepeda
A 25 year Experience with Neurocysticercosis in a Tropical Medicine Clinic in New York City
Paula Debroy, Orlando Quintero, Jo Henderson-Frost, Evan Lieberman, Christina Coyle
Identification of Patients with Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome using an algorithm that Mines the Data from the Electronic Medical Record
Chao-Ping Wu, Lawrence Lee, Michelle Ng Gong
The third reported case of Butyricimonas virosa: a novel emerging pathogen.
Hanane Ben Faras, Enemchukwu Chibuzo, Theresa Madaline
Sumatriptan Induced Coronary Vasospasm: A Case Report
Nidhi Madan, Pedro Villablanca, Cynthia C. Taub
Awakening and Breathing Coordination, Delirium Monitoring/Management and Early Mobilization (ABCDE) Bundle Reduces Hospital Costs
Olufisayo Otusanya, S.J. Hsieh, M.N. Gong, H.B. Gershengorn
Discussing Code Status with Patients: Perspectives and Practices of Medical Residents
Dinah “Sandy” Lie Ligasaputri, Kavisha Patel, Emma Ruderman, Maximus Jang, Pitchaphon Nissaisorakarn, An Tran, Puthiery Va
Chagas Disease in New York City
Orlando Quintero, Francesca Cossarini, Anne Hubben, Christina Coyle, Herbert Tanowitz
Decreasing Trend of In-Hospital Mortality in Patients Diagnosed with Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome: An Analysis of Teaching Vs Non-Teaching Hospitals of a US Nationwide Inpatient Sample 2007-2011
Chao-Ping Wu, Yu-Wei Chen, Vineet Reddy, Matthew Langston
Experience with Hepatic Echinococcosis of a Referral Tropical Medicine Clinic
Francesca Cossarini, Amy Tang Hou, Paula DeBroy Monzon, Orlando Quintero, Evan Lieberman, Christina Coyle
Clinical Disease Severity Scores and a Legionella Outbreak in the Bronx, NY: An Institutional Experience.
Gavin Harris, Matthew Langston, Vineet Reddy, Christina Coyle
Disparities in survival in metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC) in minorities after treatment with standard recommended cytotoxic and biologic therapies: A retrospective review
Alejandro Recio Boiles, Hira Latif, Hector Alvarado Verduzco, Tarek Elrafei
Association Between Asthma Control Test, Peripheral Eosinophil Counts, and Serum Total Immunoglobulin E Levels in Severe Asthmatics
Santiago Alvarez Arango, Jennifer Toh, Denisa Ferastraoaru, Gabriele de Vos, David L. Rosenstreich, Sunit P. Jariwala
Cryptosporidiosis in Returning Travelers
Joowhan Sung , Herbert B. Tanowitz, Christina M. Coyle
Extra heart sounds detected with phonography as markers for diastolic dysfunction
Ningxin Wan, Yifan Lu, Juan Carlos Ruiz Diaz, Luise Holzhauser, Mario Garcia, Robert Faillace
Novel Oral Anticoagulants’ Impact on National Medical Expenditure for Atrial Fibrillation: Preliminary Data Analysis from Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) 2009-2012
Yifan Lu, Cynthia Taub
Left Atrial Appendage Morphology and Stroke Risk in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation: A Meta-Analysis
Juan Carlos Ruiz Diaz, Florentino Lupercio, Pedro Villablanca Spinetto, David Briceno, Jorge Romero, Robert Faillace, Mario J. Garcia, Andrea Natale, Luigi Di Biase
Synthetic Cannabinoid Poisoning in New York City – a Growing Burden on Critical Care Resources
Ali Hafiz, Vineet Reddy, Matthew Langston, Haider Ali
Blastic transformation of chronic neutrophilic leukemia complicated by secondary hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis
Karine Darbinyan, Jose Galeas Soriano, Salem Kim, Amara Nandikolla, Anjali Budhathoki, Karenza Alexis
Atypical HUS: Diagnostic dilemma and treatment challenge
Hira Latif, Kavisha Patel, Devika Rao, Urvi Shah, Anjali Acharya, Mary King, Marianna Strakhan, Gopichand Pendurti
Intrapartum HELLP syndrome: A catastrophic event that could have been
Devika Rao, Nikulkumar Chaudhari, Belinda Jim
Tuberculous peritonitis and abscess: an uncommon presentation of a common culprit
Dimitra Papaspyridi, Panagiota Christia, Ioanna Katsa, Reka Salgunan
Pancreatic Cancer masquerading as poor glycemic control
Dimpi Desai, Devika Rao, Eleanor Weinstein
An extra oxygen leads to bubble trouble: portal vein gas embolism from diluted hydrogen peroxide ingestion
Leonidas Palaiodimos, Joowhan Sung, Francesca Cossarini, Benson Benjamin, Mimoza Meholli
A Case Report of acute pancreatitis following influenza vaccination
Priyanka Mathias, Diana Nguyen, Hira Latif, Ulrich Schubart
Hydralazine induced ANCA associated vasculitis in an octogenarian patient
Alejandra Sanchez Lopez, Tatsiana Aleksandrovich, Qingying Lai, Barbara Mendez
Pneumomediastinum Following Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy
Samuel Mon-Wei Yu, Perminder Gulani
Hyperimmunoglobulin E-like Syndrome associated with P820H Variant in the TYK2 Gene
Ayobami Akenroye, Melissa Iammatteo, Gabriele S. de Vos
Marked transient normetanephrine elevations in 2 patients presenting with hypertensive emergency.
Sriram Gubbi,Neva Castro,Wondimagegnehu Teferi,Raphael Hulkower, Mimoza Meholli, Ulrich Schubart
Steroid Induced Catecholaminergic Crisis- A rare presentation of Pheochromocytoma.
Erika Diaz Narvaez, Dimpi Desai, Daniel Stein, Akankasha Tiwari
A near fatal presentation of complicated emphysematous pyeolonephritis in a newly diagnosed diabetic patient secondary to hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumonia.
Priyanka Iyer, Pitchaphon Nissaisarakorn, Annie Chiu, Maria DelCastillo
A rare but increasingly recognized cause for acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS)
Paula Debroy, Juan Carlos Ruiz, Dimitra Papaspyridi, Perminder Gulani
Albuterol induced lactic acidosis
Ningxin Wan, Chao-ping Wu, Asya VarshavskyYanovsky, Matthew Langston
Levothyroxine overdose in a patient with polyglandular autoimmune syndrome type 2
Hanane BenFaras, Raphael Hulkower, Ulrich Schubart
Hypereosiniphilic Syndrome Presenting with Highly-Mobile Intraventricular Thrombi.
Panagiota Christia, Luise Holzhauser, Kana Fujikura, Amit Kakkar, Morris Stamper, Mario Garcia, Robert Faillace
Actinomycosis presenting with septic Cavernous Sinus Thrombosis
Hanane Ben Faras, Joowhan Sung, Charlie Gibson, Perminder Gulani
Pericarditis: Perils and Pitfalls of reliance on tests with imperfect sensitivity and specificity
Priyanka Iyer, Mimoza Meholli
Spontaneous Pneumothorax from Septic Pulmonary Emboli Caused By Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus
Qingying Lai, Olufisayo T. Otusanya, Hanane Ben Faras, Perminder Gulani
Poorly Controlled Asthma & Strongyloidiasis in a Non-Endemic Area of the United States
Santiago Alvarez Arango, Vineet Reddy, David L. Rosenstreich, Sunit P. Jariwala,
Discordance Between Date of Medical Clearance and Date of Actual Discharge at Jacobi Medical Center
Tan Nguyen, Andrew Gutwein
Low Compliance of Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator Use for Heart Failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction in an Underserved Population
Yifan Lu, Ningxin Wan, The Hung Nguyen, Nidhi Madan, Ninel Hovnanians, Juan Carlos Ruiz Diaz, Luise Holzhauser, Michael Grushko, Robert Faillace
Assessment of the Use of Prophylactic Pharmacologic Anticoagulation in Medicine Inpatient Service at Jacobi Medical Center
Shenduo Li, Leonidas Palaiodimos, Chioma Onyekwelu, Puthiery Va
A case of hydralazine induced irreversible kidney damage.
Ioanna Katsa, Dimitra Papaspyridi, Panagiota Christia, Robert Faillace
Diabetic Nephropathy and Assessment of Provider Knowledge in its Management
Neva Castro, Tatsiana Aleksandrovich, Nilupa Gaspe, Seth Avner
Is pharmacologic venous thromboembolism prophylaxis needed in all non-surgical hospitalized patients?
Ioanna Katsa, Panagiota Christia, Dimitra Papaspyridi, Mark A. Menegus
Cholesterol management in Jacobi Medical Center Primary Medicine Clinic.
Dan “Leslie” Li, Robert Faillace
Inpatient glycemic control in non-critically ill patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus at Jacobi Medical Center
Qingying Lai, Priyanka Mathias, Jorge Ataucuri-Vargas, Mayya Gorbal, Ulrich Schubart
Validating a new Quality of Life and Patient Reported Outcome Scale in patients with advanced cancer: evidence based on input from 3860 patients
Julia Chia-Ying Shih, Prabal Kumar Chourasia, Richard J. Gralla, Pavlos Msaouel, Robert Sidlow, Patricia J. Hollen
Perceptions and knowledge of Internal Medicine physicians about test charges in a Community Health Care setting
Vineeth Sukrithan, Ana Acuna-Villaorduna, Olufisayo Otusanya, Steven Benitez, Nariman Nezami, Santiago Alvarez Arango, Behnaz Esmaeili, Iva Breskovska, Ari Geliebter
Role of Niacin in current clinical practice: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized control trials
Aakash Garg, A Sharma, Parasuram Krishnamoorthy, M Radulovic, D Mukherjee
The brighter (and evolutionarily older) face of the metabolic syndrome: evidence from Trypanosoma cruzi infection in CD-1 mice
Wunnie Brima, Masum Wiese, Faiz Mehdi, Irwin Kurland, Jeffrey Pessin, Herbert Tanowitz, Louis Weiss, Jesse Roth , Fnu Nagajyothi
A novel mutation of the glycogen branching enzyme resulting in a unique presentation of type IV glycogenosis
Santiago Alvarez, Ali Hafiz, Jeremy Miles, Khashayar Khosraviani, Pavlos Msaouel
Death due to dysautonomia in a patient with fulminant Guillain-Barre Syndrome mimicking brain death
Nidhi Madan, Devika Prasanna, Sumit Kapoor
Rare case of end-stage gastric signet cell adenocarcinoma that metastasized to the colon
Sandeep Jubbal, Deepak Sharma, Varun Jain, Vimala Ramasamy, Ava Anklesaria, Zoran Bogdanovic
Torsade de pointes and self-terminating ventricular fibrillation in a methadone user and alcoholic patient
Suraj Dahal, Rupesh Kshetri, Calvin Eng
Barriers to appointment compliance and the effect of reminder phone calls on clinic show rate at an academic lupus clinic in the underserved community
Anand Kumthekar, Beverly Johnson
A Resident-Led Mentorship Program for 3rd and 4th Year Medical Students
Raphael Hulkower, Pavlos Msaouel, Mimoza Meholli
Inpatient glycemic control: importance of educating nursing, medical and nutrition department staff on coordinating meal tray arrival and insulin delivery
Aditya Gupta, Umer Jamil, Zhanna Fast, Sheetal Malhotra, Gayotri Goswami
Inaccurate identification and misdiagnosis of patients admitted for syncope—taking the routine out of the routine syncope workup
Emem Adolf-Ubokudom, Aziz Ahmed, Varun Jain, Wunnie Brima, Salah Ud Din Safi
Can Pre-Hospital Functional Impairment Predict Short-term Outcomes in Critically Ill Adults? A Single Center Study
Oriade Adeoye, Aluko Hope, Mariana Hurtado-Sbordoni, Jean Hsieh, Michelle Gong
Evaluation of Survival Benefit of Statins in Patients with Pulmonary Hypertension and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: A Propensity Score Matching Study
Luise Holzhauser, Ninel Hovnanian, Parham Eshtehardi, Khalid M. Mojadidi, David Goodman-Meza, Mohan Pamerla, Ronald Zolty
Frailty Assessment And Hospital Outcomes In Critically Ill Patients
Mariana Hurtado-Sbordoni, Aluko Hope, Jean S. Hsieh, Alexander Petti, Michelle Gong
HIV in the Honduran Garifuna community in the Bronx: Late Presentation
Zerelda Esquer Garrigos, Debroy Paula, Quintero Orlando, Katsa, Ioanna, Julie Hoffman
Cancer cachexia and survival in patients with lung cancer by histology: Who is most at risk?
Kosana Simeunovic, Tatjana Gavrancic, Sheetal Malhotra, Kan Huang, Ravi Vinnakota, Nicolas Villanueva, Donald Dietz, Kathleen Fenn, Anup Biswas, Kristen Beck, Courtney Coker, Balazs Halmos, Yeun-Hee A Park , Swarnali Acharyya
Effect of duration of statin treatment on all-cause mortality: A meta-analysis of randomized control trials
Aakash Garg, Parasuram Krishnamoorthy, Saurav Chatterjee, Jacob A. Udell, Dharam J. Kumbhani, Jay S. Giri, Debabrata Mukherjee
A Clinical Conundrum: Management of Clopidogrel Hypersensitivity in Acute Coronary Syndrome
Santiago Alvarez, Vineet Reddy, Denisa Ferastraoaru, Gabriele De Vos
A novel mutation of the glycogen branching enzyme resulting in a unique presentation of type IV glycogenosis
Santiago Alvarez, Ali Hafiz, Jeremy Miles, Khashayar Khosraviani, Pavlos Msaouel
A vicious cycle of acute catecholamine cardiomyopathy and circulatory collapse secondary to pheochromocytoma
Olufisayo Otusanya, Harmeen Goraya, Priyanka Iyer, Pavlos Msaouel
Bilateral Adrenal Histoplasmosis presenting as an Adissonian Crisis in a Patient from Bangladesh
Davida Goltz, Karine Darbinyan, Ramiro Rancier, Melaku Tesfaye, Pavlos Msaouel
Cerebral Venous Sinus Thrombosis (CVST) in a patient previously diagnosed with Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension (IIH)
Jose Galeas, Ayobami Akenroye, Zerelda Esquer, Dimitra Papaspyridi, Adam Green, Sumit Kapoor
Death due to dysautonomia in a patient with fulminant Guillain-Barre Syndrome mimicking brain death
Nidhi Madan, Devika Prasanna, Sumit Kapoor
Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH): The Mimicker
Ayobami Akenroye, Nidhi Madan, Jason Leider, Iuliana Shapira
Hypercalcemia of Unknown Origin: work up for the unusual cause of hypercalcemia
Joowhan Sung, Ulrich Schubart
Hypoglycemic encephalopathy
Dimitra Papaspyridi, Mihaela Oprea
Hypothyroid heart: hypothyroidism a cause of reversible dilated cardiomyopathy
Nidhi Madan, Nidhish Tiwari, Morris Stampfer, Ulrich Schubart
Methicillin sensitive Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia from soft tissue infection presenting as Septic Pulmonary Embolism: A case report and review of literature
Zerelda Esquer, Ninel Hovnanian, Jose N. Galeas, Alejandra Sanchez, Paula Debroy, Pavlos Msaouel, Nino Mikaberidze
Takotsubo cardiomyopathy with overdose of psychiatric medications
Ningxin Wan, Nino Mikaberidze
Transient Diffuse Encephalomyelitis in the setting of a new trend among young adults
Heidix Lam, Devika Prasanna, Jonathan Feld, Chung Virginia, Mihaela Oprea
Upshaw Schulman Syndrome (USS) in pregnancy resulting in Intra-Uterine Fetal Demise (IUFD) despite optimal treatment: a Case Report and Review of Literature
Jose Galeas, Karine Darbinyan, Hina Khan, Brian Campbell, Marianna Strakhan
A unique presentation of Idiopathic Rhabdomyolysis
Diana Otero, Beverly Johnson
Adult onset PICA in a dialysis patient
Sayyed Hamidi, Sneha Galiveeti, Adity A Kler, Ahmed Aziz
Breaking bad: HIV, brittle bones, and best practices
Carlos Galvao-Sobrinho, Amit Misra, Mark D. Korsten
Do you see multiple sclerosis or do you see a tumor?
Muhammad A. Aman, Imtiaz Hussain Bangash, Milos Babic, Solen Gokhan
Neurolymphomatosis preceding the diagnosis of classic Hodgkin lymphoma and mimicking Guillain- Barre Syndrome clinical presentation: a case report
Kleanthis Theodoropoulos, Kshitij A.Shah, Andrey Iliev, Solen Gokhan
Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome (PRES): pressing for appropriate choice of antihypertensive therapy
Kshitij Shah, Aakash Garg, Varun Jain, Aziz Ahmed, Andrey ILiev
Rare case of end-stage gastric signet cell adenocarcinoma that metastasized to the colon
Sandeep Jubbal, Deepak Sharma, Varun Jain, Vimala Ramasamy, Ava Anklesaria, Zoran Bogdanovic
Rare case of isolated intracranial hypertension syndrome (IIHS) with subsequent cerebral venous sinus thrombosis (CVST)
Gautam Sikka, Deepak Sharma, Anne Valerie Allen, Carlos Galvao Sobrinho, Rupesh Kshetri, Jeannette Cano-Landivar, Jessica Stoeckel
Recurrent rhabdomyolysis and low carnitine levels: a case of myopathic carnitine palmitoyltransferase II (CPTII) deficiency?
Carlos Galvao-Sobrinho, Salah Ud Din Safi, Ekkawit Chanchorn, Kshitij A. Shah, Gayle McDermott
Spontaneous contralateral pneumothorax in a patient with remote history of pneumonectomy
Deepak Sharma, Amit K Misra, Milica Perosevic, Eugenio J Guzman, Amy N Malik
Suspected tuberous sclerosis complex: a rare cause of secondary spontaneous pneumothorax
Gautam Sikka, Deepak Sharma, Lavanya Varma, Amy Malik
Torsade de pointes and self-terminating ventricular fibrillation in a methadone user and alcoholic patient
Suraj Dahal, Rupesh Kshetri, Calvin Eng
Discordance between date of medical clearance and date of actual discharge at Jacobi Medical Center compared to Montefiore-Weiler Hospital
Tan Nguyen, Andrew Gutwein
Improving Diabetes Education in Jacobi’s Primary Care Clinic
The Hung Nguyen, Ayobami Akenroye, Alejandra Sanchez-Lopez, Joowhan Sung, Nidhi Madan, Ingrid Nelson
Improving Work Flow and Enhancing Utilization of Collaborative Care Services in an Ambulatory Teaching Practice
Chao Ping Wu, Ioanna Katsa, Hanane Ben Faras, Francesca Cossarini, Armando Cuesta, Erika Diaz, Davida Goltz, Nisali Gunawardane, Ali Hafiz, Ninel Hovnanians, Dimitra Papaspyridi, Luis Torres, Ari Geliebter
Retrospective analysis of the management for alcohol Withdrawal at Jacobi Medical Center: a quality improvement project
Mariana Hurtado-Sbordoni, Matthew Langston, Vishnu Oruganti, Will Wong
Understanding physician order incompletion rate at Jacobi Medical Center outpatient medicine and rheumatology clinics
Melaku Tesfaye, Can Chen, Joplin Steinweiss, Beverly Johnson
Community hospital’s experience with heart failure readmissions
Magdalena Kotseva, Sayyed Hamidi, Adytia Kler, Solomon Bagae
Providing appropriate follow-up appointment prior to discharge
Diana Otero, Suraj Dahal, Dharanipriya Beeneedi, Muhammad Aman, Andrey Iliev
Reducing readmissions at a community hospital: should we target the process or the people?
Sandeep Jubbal, Umer Jamil, Igor Dumic, Sheetal Malhotra, Anshu Taneja
Utility of cardiac Workup in unselected patients admitted for syncope
Emem Adolf-Ubokudom, Aziz Ahmed, Varun Jain, Wunnie Brima, Salah Ud Din Saf
Yield of neuro-imaging in high risk patients presenting with syncope
Emem Adolf-Ubokudom, Aziz Ahmed, Varun Jain, Wunnie Brima, Salah Ud Din Safi