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MediSys Health Network’s 5th Annual Research Day

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The MediSys Health Network of Jamaica Hospital and Flushing Hospital Medical Centers recently held its Fifth Annual Research Conference and Poster Competition.   

The posters submitted are divided into three categories: Case Reports, Empirical Research, and Quality Improvements. They are then graded on a rubric of five areas: format, visual, content 1: Background: was sufficient background information, such as references, provided; content 2: Aims: were the aims clearly stated, and were they achieved, and impact.   

The first-place winning posters in Case Reports were “Rapid Respiratory Failure in Advanced Anti-SRP Immune-Mediated Necrotizing Myopathy Following Two-Year Loss to Follow-Up: A Case Report” by T. McLean, R. Alptekin, N. Garg (JHMC) and “Portal Venous Gas and Pneumatosis Intestinalis Lupus: When Disaster Imaging Hides a Viable Bowel” by M. Hassanesfahani, CMPT. Quang, and D. Shah (FHMC).  

Second-place winning posters of the category included “Chikungunya Virus Induced Secondary Systemic Capillary Leak Syndrome Leading to Refractory Shock and Multi-Organ Failure: A Case Report” by T. Ahmed, M. Fidelis Ndumbe Mbome, T. Mustaque, F. Nitol (JHMC), and “Congenital Inferior Vena Cava Agenesis and Atresia: Divergent Clinical Courses and Management Implications in Two Young Patients” by C. Kilada, J. Friedman, M. Guerges (FHMC).   

And finally, the third-place posters were “Adult-Onset Henoch Schönlein Purpura (IGA Vasculitis) with Leukocytoclastic Vasculitis and Negative Direct Immunofluorescence” by S. Khadiza, H. Fadi, and S. Nayer-Nouri (JHMC), and “Necrotizing Soft Tissue Infections of the Neck in a Local Community Hospital: A Case Series Review of Clinical Characteristics, Surgical Management, and Outcomes” by C. Kilada, J. Lopez, N. Thomas, R. Chouake, M. Louis, and “Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor-Induced Hypophysitis Presenting as Refractory Hyponatremia & Hypoglycemia with Normal MRI” by M. Sayyar, A. Shahzadi, S. Khalid, H. Alomari, M. Algohary (FHMC).  

In the Empirical Research Category, the posters that were awarded first place were “Utility of Standardized Not Templates for Improving Quality of Documentation and Communication in a Psychiatric Residency Training Program” by A. Damianides, N. Bandekar, O. Fultz, A. Russo, J. Centrone, A. Kaur, T. Patel, P. Jain (JHMC), and “Surgical Outcomes Between Laparoscopic and Open Resection of Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors (Gists) at a Single Community Hospital” by M. Alla, N. Banko, CMPT. Quang, M.A. Louis, N. Mandava (FHMC).   

Second-place winning posters were “Dental Home Establishment Following Comprehensive Dental Treatment Under General Anesthesia (GA): An Eight-Year Follow-Up” by S. Lee, J. Weiss, M. Roland (JHMC), and “Meta-Analysis of Small Bowel Obstruction Due to Intraluminal Bleeding Following Roux-En-Y Gastric Bypass in Bariatric Surgery: Incidence, Risk Factors, Management, and Outcomes” by M. Hassanesfahani, M. Alla, A. Choi, N. Khan, D. Shah (FHMC).  

Lastly, the third-place winning posters of the category were “Poverty Level Moderates the Association of Daily Negative Mood and Negative Interpersonal Interactions on Nocturnal Blood Pressure” L. Peters, J. Gergyes, G. Hooks, M. Taub, S. Jawhar, M. Naseem, C. Neinaber, A. Roth, E. Brondolo (JHMC), and “Nutrition Label Literacy and Body Mass Index Among Adolescents in an Urban Community Hospital” by A. Glowacki, A. Santos, L. Bloomfield, T. Han, L.Q. Lew and “Effect of Body Mass Index on Electrocardiogram in Children Aged 2-7 Years with Still’s Murmur in a Multiethnic Community Hospital” by Y. Elhashash, A. Rahman, S.A. Shaikh, M. Roland, and L.Q. Lew (FHMC).  

In the final category Quality Improvements, the first-place winning posters were, “Improving the Screening, Diagnosis, and Treatment of Mental Health Concerns Among OBGYN Patients in a Large, Urban Safety-Net Health System” by J.K. Ascencio, A. Cebelinski, C. Awad, F. Benoit, N.D. Attoh-Okine (JHMC), and “Reduction of Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections (CAUTI) Through a Multidisciplinary Quality Improvement Approach in a Community Teaching Hospital” by A.A. Khan, J. Shakil, H. Sekhon, A. Brazan, R. Al Hashimi, N. Tasnim, N. Siddiqui, K. Kelly, A. Choudhry, A. Arbab, N. Alnadi (FHMC).  

Second-place winning posters of the category included “Reducing Discharges Against Medical Advice in a Hospital-Based Chemical Dependency Unit: A Quality Improvement Project” by G. Mir, M. Elmahdy, A. Miele, J. Centrone, A. Kaur, B. Joseph (JHMC) and “Timing of Antenatal Corticosteroid Administration in Patients at Risk of Preterm Birth in an Urban Community Center,” A. Cai, L. Woo, M. Roland, A. Russo, I. Chauhan. 

Congratulations to all who placed, the honorable mentions of each category, and everyone who participated in this year’s Research Day Conference and Poster Competition. 

MediSys Health Network Research Day

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The MediSys Health Network of Jamaica Hospital and Flushing Hospital Medical Centers held its Fourth Annual Research Conference and Poster Competition.  

The posters submitted are broken into three categories: Case Reports, Empirical Research, and Quality Improvements. They are then graded on a rubric of five areas: format, visual, content 1, content 2, and impact.  

The first-place winning posters in Case Reports were “Osler-Weber-Rendu Syndrome: Diagnosis and Management of Pulmonary Hypertension” by T. Okan, M. Al-Dmour, M. Hussein, S. Mohammed, V. Patel, A. Doshi, S. Jain, and K. Doshi (JHMC) and “HIV and Miliary Tuberculosis Co-Infection: A Case Series” by A. Inghirami, M.A. Burrola-Suarez, and J. Shakil (FHMC). 

Second-place winning posters of the category included “A Case of Bilateral Pulmonary Embolism Treated with Catheter-Directed Thrombolysis in a Patient Who Presented with Syncope and Chest Pain” by R. Maharjan, S. Rao, Z. Lasic (JHMC), and “Spontaneous Splenic Rupture in a 74-Year Old on Apixaban” by C. Montesano, D. Egbo, N. Marfo, M.A. Louis, and  N. Mandava.  

And finally, the third-place posters were “The Use of Intravenous Thrombolytics for Acute Ischemic Stroke in Patients with Thrombocytopenia Complicated by Hemorrhagic Conversion Due to Undiagnosed Malignancy” by A. Sivapalan, C. Ninan, and A. Waddell (JHMC) and “Breast Cancer and Tumor Lysis Syndrome: A Rare Critical Issue” by V. Khachatryan, M.A. Burrola-Suarez, M.T. Rahman, N. Tasnim, K. Cappas, and A. Khan (FHMC). 

In the Empirical Research Category, the posters that were awarded first place were “Assessing Patient-Providers’ Conversations about Stress and Health” by F. Khan, A. Mir, L. Gance, S. Chemouni Bach, M. Basant, A. Chorzepa, L. Keating, C. Nienaber, A. Roth, D. Chen, and E. Brondolo (JHMC) and “Circadian Variations of Glucose Challenge Test Results in Pregnancy: Examining Non-Linear Trends” by A. Makol, L. Keating, R.J. Robitsek, T. Tang, Lien B, L. Woo, and I. Ngai (FHMC).  

Second-place winning posters were “Comparing Acidity and Dental-Hypersensitivity Between Arginine Mouthrinse and SDF” by M.R. Mears, L. Keating, and J. Weiss (JHMC) and “Exploring Potential Under Diagnosis of Hypophosphatasia” by R. Faridizad, K. Cappas Cordero, S. Khalid, H. Sadia, M. Mafi, A. Russo, L. Keating, and K. Robinson (FHMC). 

Lastly, the third-place winning posters of the category were “Point of Care Fentanyl Testing VS. Standard Testing in a Chemical Dependency Unit” by M.S. Radeos, J. Cintron-Hernandez, B. Balchan, G. John, B. Joseph, A.M. Radeos, J. Wong, and D. Chen (JHMC) and “Adipose Rebound in Patients with Congenital Hypothyroidism in an Urban Multiethnic Community Hospital” by N.L. Sands, A. Glowacki, A. Gogenini, M. Roland, and L.Q. Lew (FHMC). 

In the final category Quality Improvements, the first-place winning posters were, “Improving Pain Documentation in Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment: Efforts to Support a Developing Standard of Care” by H. Liu, H. Jaber, A. Jaramillo, F. Khan, Z. Sagarwala, C. Pang, R. Resendez Rodriguez, E. Siaw, S. Varughese, H. Woo, A. Eromosele, L. Keating, P. Cruz, C. Nienaber, A. Roth, and E. Brondolo (JHMC) and “QI Project: Assessing Internal Medicine Interns’ Confidence in Various Tasks Over the Course of Intern Year” by S. Dubey, M. Roland, and K. Beekman (FHMC). 

Congratulations to all of those who placed, the honorable mentions of each category, and everyone who participated in this year’s Research Day Conference and Poster Competition.

 

MediSys Health Network Research Day

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The MediSys Health Network of Jamaica Hospital and Flushing Hospital Medical Centers recently held its Third Annual Research Conference and Poster Competition. Sponsored by the Department of Research Education and Innovation and the Department of Clinical Research, the event allows the entire MediSys hospital community to present any scholarly activity they had done over the past academic year of 2023-2024.

Director of the Department of Research Education and Innovation, Dr. R. Jonathan Robitsek explained, “The competition is a great showcase of the intellectual curiosity of all that participate”. He also highlighted the importance of the competition noting, “It’s high-quality research some of which has been presented at national and international medical conferences”.

There were 131 posters submitted between Jamaica Hospital and Flushing Hospital. Those posters were broken into three categories, Case Reports, Empirical Research, and Quality Improvements. Each poster was then graded on a rubric of five areas: format, visual, content 1, content 2, and impact.

The first-place winning posters in the Case Reports category were, “A Cycle of Complications: Trastuzumab-induced Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy Causing LV Thrombosis Complicated by Thromboembolic Stroke” by V. Patel, J. Patel, J.L Lee, and T. Okan (JHMC) and “Making the Distinction between Cardiac and Vasovagal Syncope in a Patient with an Intracardiac Mass” by D. Desta, P. Kiarie, and R.P Gupta (FHMC).

Second-place winning posters of the category included, “Subcapsular Liver Bleed Secondary to Mal-Placement of a Lucas Device” by I. Agha, S. Montaquila, M. Guerges, A. Mangla, and R. Lakowski (JHMC) and “When the Lungs Become the Battlefield: Bronchiolitis Obliterans Syndrome in GVHD Post Stem Cell Transplant for AML.” by J. Bawa, A. Inghirami, S. Desai, J. Silverman (FHMC).

And finally, the third place posters were, “Impact of Social Media in Acute Onset of Psychosis in Young Child” by H. Ruparel, G. Zelin, S. Peteru (JHMC) and “Skin Deep: Exploring Erythema Nodosum Induced by Dupilumab Therapy” by J. Bawa, E. Malana, N. Tasnim, S. Farhan, A. Khan (FHMC).

In the Empirical Research category, the posters that won first place were, “Demographic Analysis of Patients Seen by a Palliative Care Service Found to be Unbefriended/Unrepresented” by P. Gordon, I.J Wang, R.J Robitsek, A. Tewari, E. Divino, K. Forbes (JHMC) and “Attitudes and Barriers to Utilization of Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment in Clinical Practice Among Residents and Medical Students: A Survey Study” by C. Bodden, M. Alla, P. Kiarie, M.A Louis (FHMC).

Second-place winning posters were, “Does Marijuana Legalization Result in Increased Psychiatric Emergency Visits for Cannabis Induced Psychosis?” by G. Zelin, N. Siddiqui, A. Miele, R. Kamal (JHMC) and “Postoperative Atrial Fibrillation in Emergent Non-Cardiac Surgery: Incidence, Risk Factors, and Outcomes” by D. Giannis, R. Zhao, L. Fernandez, N. Nikolov, C. Sneed, P. Kiarie, A. Miele, M.A Louis, N.R Mandava (FHMC).

Lastly, the third-place winning posters of the category were, “Systematic Review of Hematologic Values Among Transgender Patients: Establishing Standardized Reference Ranges to Improve Clinical Care” by L. Yap-Separovich, M. McDonald, L. Alhakim, J. Langaman, T. Millingen, A. Mir, L. Gance, C. Nienaber, A. Roth, G. Basello, E. Brondolo (JHMC) and “The Effect of Circadian Rhythm on the Glucose Challenge Test in Pregnancy” by A. Makol, M. Sun, L. Keating, I. Ngai (FHMC).

In the final category of Quality Improvements, the first-place winning posters were, “Advance Care Conversations in Primary Care Settings: Prevalence and Sociodemographic Factors” by I.J Wang, D. Patel, A. Spinelli, M. McDonald, A. Miele, R.J Robitsek, F. Falcone, K. Forbes, E. Brondolo, A. Roth, S. Mathew-Geevarughese (JHMC) and “Evaluating the Long Term Impact of Standardizing Written Sign Outs” by T. Lildar, W. Thu, S. Falak, M. Syed, S. Desai, A. Miele, K.L Cervellione, T. Toronjadze (FHMC).

Congratulations to those who placed, the honorable mentions, and everyone who participated in this year’s Research Day Conference and Poster Competition.

MediSys Health Network Congratulates Research Day Winners

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Jamaica Hospital and Flushing Hospital Medical Center recently held their Annual Research Conference and Poster Competition, during which members of each hospital showcased research and scholarly activity completed during the academic year. Over 200 attendees participated in the event. Additionally, there were more than 120 submissions between both hospitals.

This is the second time Research Day has been held as a formal, hospital-wide event. This year, it was sponsored by the Department of Research Education and Innovation and the Department of Clinical Research.

The posters featured as part of this event focused on rare or interesting clinical cases and data collected from ongoing studies or quality improvement initiatives within our health system. Many of them were presented at conferences throughout the past year by residents, fellows, faculty, or staff members representing our hospital network in the scientific community, though some were designed specifically for this event.

At Jamaica Hospital, the first-place winner for Case Reports was “Isolated Left Ventricular Noncompaction Cardiomyopathy Presenting with Atrial Fibrillation” by Tetyana Okan, Homayoon Lodeen, Saliman Esmati, and Kaushik Doshi, as well as “Empiric Treatment with High Suspicion: A Rare Case of GAD-65 Autoimmune Encephalitis” by J. Smith, Ateaya Lima, Soniya Marwaha, and M. Anise.

The first-place poster for Empirical Research was “A Mixed-Methods Evaluation of the Pilot Veto Intervention: Barriers and Facilitators to the Enrollment and Retention of GSW Patients in a Hospital-Based Violence Intervention Program” by Naa Djama Attoh-Okine, Ariel Cebelinski, and N. Addasi.

The winning Quality Improvement poster at Jamaica Hospital was “Post-Pulmonary Embolism Care at Jamaica Hospital Medical Center: A Quality Improvement Project” by Faria Nitol, M. Raja, H. Li, Fabiano Das Gracas, and Craig Thurm.

At Flushing Hospital, the first-place winning poster for Case Reports was “Staphylococcus Pasteuri Neonatal Sepsis” by Tashalee McGrath-Blagrove, L.Q. Lew, and Esra Fakioglu.

For Empirical Research, the first-place winner was “Using Latent Class Analysis to Identify Differences in Clinical Presentation, Functional Status, and Healthcare Service Use” by Abdi Deressa, Ashraf Sliem, Andrew Miele, A. Spinelli, M. McDonald, R. Jonathan Robitsek, Robert Mendelson, and Kelly Cervellione, as well as “Utilization of Osteopathic Manipulation Treatment in Wound Healing of Pressure Ulcers: A Pilot Study” by C. Bodden, Stephens Griner, M.A. Louis, M. Khan, Samantha Yasin, H. Rao, A. Khan, and P. Sawhney.

For Quality Improvement, the winning poster was “Evaluating the Long-Term Impact of Standardizing the Sign Out Process” by Taikchan Lildar, Falak Sana, W. Thu, Andrew Miele, Kelly Cervellione, and Tamar Toronjadze.

Congratulations to all Research Day winners, and thank you to everyone who participated in this event!

MediSys Celebrates Research Day at Flushing and Jamaica Hospital

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The MediSys Health Network recently showcased the academic achievements of its clinical staff during Research Day, an annual event that is celebrated at Jamaica and Flushing Hospital Medical Center.

Research Day at Flushing HospitalOn Friday, May 24th, over 30 research posters and additional published works were displayed in print and electronic forms in Jamaica Hospital’s auditoriums. The following week, on Thursday, May 30th, Flushing Hospital showcased nearly three dozen posters on the walls of the auditorium. All of the posters on display were presented at professional conferences within the last year.

Research Day at Jamaica HospitalMany passed through and admired the posters at both events, which included submissions from various departments including family and internal medicine, ob/gyn, orthopedics, pathology, pediatrics, psychiatry, pulmonology, surgery, and trauma.

Research day was organized by the Research Department.  The event demonstrated the network’s dedication to education and research.

Congratulations to all involved.