2024 Program & Schedule

2024 PAGNY's 9th Annual Research Day

Columbia University
Low Library
Wednesday, November 13, 2024
4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.

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Program

4:00 p.m.	Poster Viewing & Refreshments
5:00 p.m.	Dinner Buffet
5:20 p.m.	Welcoming Remarks Edward Chew, M.D. Interim Chief Executive Officer PAGNY
5:30 p.m.	Keynote Speaker Jeremy Sperling, M.D. President, Board of Directors PAGNY
5:35 p.m.	Word From Our Research Partners Mary Beth Terry, Ph.D. Professor Department of Epidemiology Mailman School of Public Health Columbia University
5:45 p.m.	Oral Presentation & Awards Research Winner Case Series/Case Report Winner Quality Improvement Winner
6:25 p.m.	Closing Remarks Plated Desserts & Coffee Service

Judges & Acknowledgments

Judges

Jaime Alberty, M.D.
Victor S. Alemany, M.D., M.S.
Jonathan Alis, M.D.
Eric Altschuler, M.D., Ph.D.
Komal Bajaj, M.D., M.S.-HPEd
Ratna Basak, M.D.
Megan Cloidt, D.D.S., MPH
Vani Dandolu, M.D., MPH, MBA
Molly Findley, D.O.
Maya Garala, M.D.
Richard Gralla, M.D.
Allan Jacobs, M.D.
Samrina Kahlon, M.D.
Rajan Khanna, M.D.
Nadia Laniado, D.D.S., MPH, M.S.
Susan Law, D.O., MPH
Yogangi Malhotra, M.D.
Keith Margulis, D.D.S., MPH
Mary McCord, M.D., MPH
Gratias Mundakel, M.D.
Shavy Nagpal, M.D., CCRP(Hons.), LMCC, ECFMG
Rahul Narang, M.D.
Mallika Pradhan, MBBS
Shrawani Soorneela Prakash, M.D.
Alexie Puran, M.D.
Sukhvinder Ranu, M.D.
Ali Raza, M.D.
Richard Sinert, D.O.
James Soh, M.D., Ph.D.
David Stein, M.D.
Scott Stiefel, M.D.
Natasha Suleman, M.D.
Rosy Thachil, M.D.
Satya Thapa, M.D.
Rhonda Trousdale, M.D.
Maria Rosa Velasquez Espiritu, M.D.
Marie Ward, M.D.
Muhammad Waseem, MBBS
Jason West, M.D.
Daryl Wieland, M.D., M.S.
Tricia Yusaf, M.D., FACOG

Acknowledgments

Co-sponsors

PAGNY’s 9th Annual Research Day is cosponsored by the Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons.

Research Partners

We wish to acknowledge the following organizations that help promote research practices across PAGNY and the NYC Health + Hospitals facilities.

Research Gallery

Abstracts

Number	Abstract Title
1	Maisha Maliha, M.D. NYC Health + Hospitals/Jacobi The safety profile of inclisiran in patients with dyslipidemia and ASCVD or ASCVD risk equivalent: a systematic review and meta-analysis
2	Maisha Maliha, M.D. NYC Health + Hospitals/Jacobi Assessment of the Relationship between elevated Lipoprotein (a) and Cardiovascular outcomes: A Single-Center Retrospective Cohort Study from a Tertiary Public Hospital in New York City
3	Banu Farabi, M.D. NYC Health + Hospitals/Metropolitan The Association of Hidradenitis Suppurativa with Comorbidities in Underrepresented Patient Populations: An All of Us Database Analysis
4	Yekaterina Angelova, M.D. NYC Health + Hospitals/Harlem A penny learned: financial confidence and wellness in NYC community hospital psychiatrists.
5	Antony Arumairaj, M.D. NYC Health + Hospitals/Metropolitan Trends and Outcomes of Pulmonary Hypertension in Patients with COVID-19 Infection: National Inpatient Sample Analysis
6	Yong Eun, M.D. NYC Health + Hospitals/Harlem Does Inflammatory Bowel Disease Itself Increase Pneumonia Risk? A Matched Cohort Study and Risk Factor Analysis Using All of Us Data
7	Janet Alvarez, M.D. NYC Health + Hospitals/Metropolitan An online rectal cancer tumoroid biorepository: A resource to facilitate complex multimodal data analysis and integration
8	Changlin Gong, M.D. NYC Health + Hospitals/Jacobi Preliminary observations of fecal immunochemical test (FIT) for colorectal cancer (CRC) prevention in two public hospitals in New York City.
9	Jialu Shou Columbia University Institute of Human Nutrition The Impact of Potential Food Insecurity and BMI on 30-Day Readmission in Patients with Congestive Heart Failure
10	Maame Hayfron, M.D. NYC Health + Hospitals/Kings County Pediatric Rash: Comparing Diagnostic Accuracy Between Emergency Medicine and Pediatric Residents at Varying Postgraduate Levels
11	Allan Jacobs, M.D. NYC Health + Hospitals/South Brooklyn Health Predictors of Tdap Vaccine Acceptance in Pregnancy Before and After Delivery
12	Steven Henick, M.D. NYC Health + Hospitals/Jacobi What’s Wrong with Clinic? Trends in Patients Who Return to the Emergency Department for Extremity Cast and Splint Care
13	Amir Rashed, M.D. NYC Health + Hospitals/Jacobi Comparing the Effectiveness of Simulation versus Tabletop Exercises in Skills Development of Mass Casualty Incidents for Emergency Medicine Physicians
14	Maisha Maliha, M.D. NYC Health + Hospitals/Jacobi Role of Embolic Protection in Percutaneous Coronary Intervention without Saphenous Venous graft lesions - a systematic review and meta-analysis
15	Myint Thu, MBBS NYC Health + Hospitals/Harlem Combined Effects of Hyponatremia and Chronic Kidney Disease on NT-proBNP Levels and Length of Stay in Patients with Congestive Heart Failure: Findings from CHF Registry at Harlem Hospital Center
16	Sukhmani Kaur, M.D. Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, COE Team, Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center Addressing Moonshot Limitations: High-Risk Racial Disparities in Leading Cancers
17	Mohamed Osman, M.D. NYC Health + Hospitals/Harlem Metabolic Syndrome as a Mediator of Colorectal Cancer Risk in Patients with Chronic Hepatitis B Infection
18	Yekaterina Angelova, M.D. NYC Health + Hospitals/Harlem Respecting the Right to Refuse: Is decisional capacity disproportionately challenged in patients declining medical care in order to treat?
19	Antony Arumairaj, M.D. NYC Health + Hospitals/Metropolitan Determining the Impact of Hyperlipidemia on the Severity of COVID-19 Infection: National Inpatient Sample Analysis
20	Muhammad Waseem, MBBS NYC Health + Hospitals/Lincoln Allergy Curriculum and Practice Among Pediatric Residency Programs
21	Michail Spanos, M.D. NYC Health + Hospitals/North Central Bronx Exploring Salivary EV-Associated lncRNAs as Non-Invasive Diagnostic Tools for Heart Failure: The SEAL-HF Study
22	Mengyang Sun, M.D. NYC Health + Hospitals/Jacobi Modified Early Obstetric Warning System - An Optimization and Validation Study
23	Nicolas Schaeffer NYC Health + Hospitals/South Brooklyn Health Diagnostic and Therapeutic Approaches to Left Atrial Appendage Aneurysm in Complex Cardiac Patients
24	Robert Leger, M.D. NYC Health + Hospitals/Metropolitan Effects of anticholinergic burden on patients with primary psychotic illness.
25	Antony Arumairaj, M.D. NYC Health + Hospitals/Metropolitan Determining the Impact of Smoking on the Severity of COVID-19 Infection: 2020 - 2021 Nationwide Analysis
26	Ilham Farhat, M.D. NYC Health + Hospitals/Kings County Hybrid Closed Loop Insulin Pump Therapy (Omnipod-5, T-Slimx2, Medtronic 780G) in uncontrolled type 1 diabetes previously treated with multiple daily injections or open loop pumps.
27	Nicole Bayne, RN, MPH Columbia University Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center Center to Improve Chronic disease Outcomes through Multi-level and Multi-generational approaches Unifying Novel Interventions and Training for health EquitY (COMMUNITY Center)

Case Studies

Number	Case Study Title
28	Sheena Chen Lin, M.D. NYC Health + Hospitals/Lincoln Rare presentation of Plasmodium Falciparum with Pancytopenia in a 16-year-old adolescent
29	Rakesh Das, MBBS NYC Health + Hospitals/Lincoln ANA-Negative Discoid Lupus Erythematosus in a Pediatric Patient: A Case Discussion
30	Armon Panahi, M.D. NYC Health + Hospitals/Metropolitan Reconstruction of a Complex Spigelian Hernia Defect in a Patient with Prior Panniculectomy
31	Vidisha Jain, MBBS NYC Health + Hospitals/Kings County Hereditary Pyropoikilocytosis and Beta Thalassemia Intermedia in a 5-year-old- A Case Report
32	Bronson Benno Joseph Raja, M.D. NYC Health + Hospitals/Jacobi Complex Management of Amiodarone-Induced Thyrotoxicosis in a Multimorbid Patient: A Case Report
33	Ugen Lhamu, M.D. NYC Health + Hospitals/Metropolitan A Case Report on dyssynchronous Course between Onset of Puberty and Bone Maturation in a Patient with poorly controlled Congenital Hypothyroidism
34	Michael Leone, M.D. NYC Health + Hospitals/Metropolitan Transition from Leukopenia to Leukocytosis as an Indicator of Necrotizing Pneumonia in Streptococcus Infection: A Case Report
35	TzeYin Tang, M.D. Flushing Hospital Medical Center Second Trimester Medication Abortion with a History of Misoprostol Allergy using Low-Dose Oxytocin
36	Prakash Poudel Jaishi, M.D. NYC Health + Hospitals/Metropolitan Case Report on Diaphragmatic Hernia: Diagnostic Challenges in Differentiating Between Late onset Congenital and Traumatic hernia
37	Anupa Shrestha, M.D. NYC Health + Hospitals/Lincoln Medullary Renal Cell Carcinoma in a 16-Year-Old Female with Sickle Cell Trait and Recurrent Urological Complications: A Case Report
38	Ugen Lhamu, M.D. NYC Health + Hospitals/Metropolitan A case report of Rickets in a 4-year-old child with autism spectrum disorder
39	Manuel Goicoechea, M.D. NYC Health + Hospitals/Metropolitan Gracilis Flap after Lymphadenectomy for Rapidly Progressive and Regionally Metastatic Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma
40	Alexie Puran, M.D. NYC Health + Hospitals/Harlem When Your High, Gets You Low: A Rare Presentation of Cannabinoid-Induced Bradycardia
41	Sweta Dubey NYC Health + Hospitals/Kings County Fever in Sickle Cell Disease: Thinking Beyond Bacteremia
42	Rakesh Das, MBBS NYC Health + Hospitals/Lincoln Shone’s Complex Manifesting in a Rare Form of Mosaic Turner Syndrome: A Case Report
43	Xinmiao Luo, M.D. NYC Health + Hospitals/Jacobi Pleuroperitoneal Fistula in Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis: A Case Report and Review of Management Strategies
44	Anupa Shrestha, M.D. NYC Health + Hospitals/Lincoln Reactive Infectious Mucocutaneous Eruption (RIME) in a Seven-Year-Old Male
45	Michelle Sikora, M.D. NYC Health + Hospitals/Metropolitan Bullous Systemic Lupus Erythematosus with a Presentation Resembling Linear IgA Bullous Dermatosis: A Case Report
46	Kelly Henige, M.D. NYC Health + Hospitals/Metropolitan Tension Pneumothorax in an elderly Jehovah's Witness secondary to Colopleural Fistula Complicating a Splenic Flexure Mass
47	Michelle Cho, M.D. NYC Health + Hospitals/Metropolitan An unusual case of hepatitis B reactivation in the setting of long-term corticosteroid use
48	Fnu Samaksh, M.D. NYC Health + Hospitals/Metropolitan Isolated Sixth Cranial Nerve Palsy as an Initial Presentation of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: A Case Report
49	Alexandra Falkenberg, M.D. NYC Health + Hospitals/Jacobi Rehabilitation management in a patient with severe calcinosis universalis secondary tojuvenile dermatomyositis (JDM)
50	Prakash Poudel Jaishi, M.D. NYC Health + Hospitals/Metropolitan A Rare Case of Left Atrial Isomerization with Asplenia
51	Adana-Christine Campbell, M.D. NYC Health + Hospitals/Metropolitan Small Bowel Ischemia in a Hemodialysis Patient: Diagnostic Challenges In Non-occlusive Mesenteric Ischemia (NOMI)
52	Jhonder Molina, M.D. NYC Health + Hospitals/Metropolitan Takotsubo cardiomyopathy in a patient who was under police custody
53	Rhonda Trousdale, M.D. NYC Health + Hospitals/Harlem Hyperglycemic Emergency Precipitated by Chlorthalidone
54	Anna Iankovitch, M.D. NYC Health + Hospitals/South Brooklyn Health Hyperthermia in a psychiatric patient: what hides behind serotonergic medications. A case report and review of the literature.
55	Bronson Benno Joseph Raja, M.D. NYC Health + Hospitals/Jacobi Unmasking Dermatomyositis: The Importance of Early Recognition and Treatment in Preventing Muscle Atrophy
56	Arish Hussain, MBBS NYC Health + Hospitals/North Central Bronx A Curious Case of Continually Elevated Cardiac Troponins
57	Maria Guevara-Kissel, M.D. NYC Health + Hospitals/Harlem Food bezoar causing a case of intestinal obstruction following bariatric surgery
58	Sreerashmi Sasikumar, M.D. NYC Health + Hospitals/Metropolitan An Underreported Atypical Presentation of Adult-Onset Still's Disease
59	Selim Misirlioglu, M.D. NYC Health + Hospitals/South Brooklyn Health Robotic Assisted Laparoscopic Right Ovarian Fibroma Excision and Anterior Abdominal Wall Mass Resection
60	Ozan Ozcan, M.D. NYC Health + Hospitals/Lincoln Reversible Proximal Myopathy Due to Severe Vitamin D Deficiency in a Child With Autism
61	Kavitha Gopalan, M.D. NYC Health + Hospitals/Metropolitan Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome in a Pediatric Patient with Non-SARS-CoV2 Human Coronavirus Infection: A Case Report
62	Ashot Batikyan, M.D. NYC Health + Hospitals/North Central Bronx Detecting Subtle Osborn Waves in Hypothermia
63	Ruth Pius, M.D. NYC Health + Hospitals/Lincoln Cerebral Microhemorrhage in a patient with Sickle Cell Crises.
64	Joane Padilla, M.D. NYC Health + Hospitals/Lincoln Diencephalic syndrome, an exceptional case of faltering weight
65	Jharna Bai, M.D. NYC Health + Hospitals/Lincoln Diffuse Pulmonary Hemorrhage After Chemotherapy: Choriocarcinoma Syndrome as a Metastatic Manifestation
66	Edilisa Ong, M.D. NYC Health + Hospitals/Woodhull Krabbe Disease in Newborn Screening: An Opportunity For Timely Intervention
67	Edrist Duneant, M.D. NYC Health + Hospitals/Metropolitan Management of a case suspected of HF
68	Sandhya Kiran Neupane, M.D. NYC Health + Hospitals/Metropolitan Euglycemic Diabetic ketoacidosis caused by SGLT2 inhibitor and starvation; A case report
69	Alexandra Shade Silver, M.D. NYC Health + Hospitals/Kings County Prolonged Fever in a Teenage Girl with Sickle Cell Disease
70	David Solano, M.D. NYC Health + Hospitals/Lincoln Isolated Hemihypertrophy in Adolescence: A Primary Care Perspective
71	Manuel Goicoechea, M.D. NYC Health + Hospitals/Metropolitan Promoting Early Detection of Necrotizing Soft Tissue Infection of the Upper Extremity in Patients with a History of Breast Cancer: A Case Report
72	Myint Thu, M.D. NYC Health + Hospitals/Harlem Unusual Manifestation of Extrapulmonary Tuberculosis: Soft Tissue Mass in an Immunocompetent Patient
73	Michael Leone, M.D. NYC Health + Hospitals/Metropolitan Sputum Culture-Negative and Smear-Negative Tuberculosis with Miliary Presentation in a Recent Immigrant
74	Joel Gabin Konlack Mekontso, M.D. NYC Health + Hospitals/South Brooklyn Health Rapidly Fatal Metastatic Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma Presenting as Acute Abdominal Pain: A Case Report
75	Anupa Shrestha, M.D. NYC Health + Hospitals/Lincoln A Case Report of a 16-Year-Old Female with Diffuse Midline Glioma, H3K27M Mutant: Clinical Course and Discussion
76	Huong Tran, M.D. NYC Health + Hospitals/Kings County Antibiotics or not: A case of hemolytic uremic syndrome in a 30-month-old child
77	Muhammad Waseem, MBBS NYC Health + Hospitals/Lincoln Renal Medullary Carcinoma Masquerading as Hydronephrosis
78	Laurin Larian, DPM NYC Health + Hospitals/Metropolitan Acral Lentiginous Melanoma of the Foot: A Case Report
79	Nadia Mushtaq, M.D. NYC Health + Hospitals/Lincoln Subcutaneous Fat Necrosis of the Newborn
80	Lord Mvoula, M.D. NYC Health + Hospitals/Lincoln Hospital readmission of a young adult female patient with tubo-ovarian abscess after three weeks of uncomplicated appendectomy.
81	Webster Donaldy, MBBS NYC Health + Hospitals/Harlem Apical Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy and Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation Mimicking Ischemic Coronary Heart Disease
82	Nidha Shapoo, D.M. NYC Health + Hospitals/Metropolitan Severe Rhabdomyolysis as An Initial Presentation of Group A Streptococcus Bacteremia
83	Stephanie Camila Rodriguez Garo, M.D. NYC Health + Hospitals/Lincoln Acute mastoiditis complicated by subperiosteal abscess in an unvaccinated 2-year-old child
84	Dimitrios Raptis, M.D. NYC Health + Hospitals/North Central Bronx A Case of Euglycemic Diabetic Ketoacidosis with Tirzepatide Use and Severe Calorie Restriction
85	Eric Atiku, M.D. NYC Health + Hospitals/Harlem JAK2 V617F mutation in Essential Thrombocytosis Presenting with Non-healing Extremity Ulcer and Accelerated Stump Breakdown: A Case Report and Literature Review
86	Amanda Makol, D.O. Flushing Hospital Medical Center Prenatal Diagnosis of Bohring Opitz Syndrome

Quality Improvements

Number	Quality Improvement Title
87	Kelly Henige, M.D. NYC Health + Hospitals/Metropolitan When ERAS Meets DROP: A Preliminary Study of Bariatric Surgery Readmission at Metropolitan Hospital
88	Muhammad Waseem, MBBS NYC Health + Hospitals/Lincoln Improve Compliance with the Timely Administration of Nebulization & Steroids to Children with Asthma Exacerbation
89	Mairah Farrukh, M.D. NYC Health + Hospitals/Kings County A Quality Improvement Project to decrease the use of albuterol, chest x-rays, and respiratory viral swabs in the management of Bronchiolitis, at a large safety net hospital in Brooklyn, NY
90	Nita Wong Albert Einstein College of Medicine Paving the Road to Enhanced Recovery After Cesarean (ERAC) at a New York City Municipal Hospital: A Quality Improvement (QI) Initiative to Optimize Multimodal Analgesia in the First 24 Hours After Cesarean Delivery
91	Susan Law, D.O., MPH NYC Health + Hospitals/Kings County Improving CT imaging in Non-Fatal strangulation Domestic Violence Victims
92	Midhat Khan, M.D. NYC Health + Hospitals/Kings County Quality improvement project focusing on improving outcomes and outpatient follow-up in pediatric asthma patients
93	Maryia Martynenka, M.D. NYC Health + Hospitals/Metropolitan Improving Quality of Hepatitis B screening among Pediatric Immigrant population
94	Muhammad Waseem, MBBS NYC Health + Hospitals/Lincoln Timely Pain Management of Children with Long Bone Fracture in the Emergency Department
95	Chloe Bodden, D.O. Flushing Hospital Medical Center Attitudes and Barriers to Utilization of Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment in Clinical Practice Among Residents and Medical Students: A Survey Study
96	Jane Tian, M.D. Flushing Hospital Medical Center Clinical Documentation Improvement (CDI) in Surgical Residency Training
97	Shankar Neupane, M.D. NYC Health + Hospitals/Lincoln A Quality Improvement Initiative to Reduce the Utilization of Abdominal X-ray for Evaluation of Constipation in Pediatric Emergency Department
98	Rakesh Das, MBBS NYC Health + Hospitals/Lincoln Enhancing Pediatric Asthma Management through Improved ACT Recording: A Quality Improvement Project
99	Getaw Worku Hassen, M.D. NYC Health + Hospitals/Metropolitan Point-of-care retina imaging in the Emergency Department to facilitate earlier ophthalmology referral
100	Sweta Dubey NYC Health + Hospitals/Kings County Reducing Average Admission Boarding Time from Pediatric Emergency Department to the Pediatric Inpatient Unit at King's County Hospital: A Multidisciplinary QI Project
101	Phool Iqhbal, M.D. NYC Health + Hospitals/Metropolitan Actions in RCA2: Understanding how risk reduction strategies improve patient safety
102	Steven Yap, M.D., MBA NYC Health + Hospitals/South Brooklyn Health Improving Communication Skills in Anesthesia Providers: Evaluating the Validity of AI-Generated Feedback in Anesthesia Communication Scenarios