Department of Medicine Research International, National and Local Presentations

2021

"Scurvy: An often-misdiagnosed condition in the modern days?"
Ravleen Grewal, Martin Gnoni
Accepted for publication, Folia Medica

Oncologists' perception of frailty.
Zuhair Alam, Brian Singletary, ASCO May 19, 2021

is Associated with Higher Risk of Cardiac Arrest in Diabetic Patients Hospitalized with Covid-19 BNP Elevated
Awfa Zain Elabidin, LeannePereira Bassman Tappuni, Belal Kaseer, Vahid Namdarizandi, Michael Fatuyi, Vivek Sharma, Shalemar Kasan, Dominique Brandt, Kamal Shemisa
ADA Virtual Conference, June 25-29th, 2021

Diabetic patients with chronic kidney disease who are hospitalized with Atrial Fibrillation with Rapid Ventricular Response are at higher risk of heartfailure.
Vahid Namdarizandi, Awfa Elabidin, Dominique Brandt, Bassman Tappuni, Belal Kaseer, Kamal Shemisa
ADA Virtual Conference, June 25-29

Higher Incidence of Heart Failure & Arrhythmias in Atrial Fibrillation Patients Hospitalized With COVID-19
Leanne Pereira MD, Dominique Brandt MA MS, Michael Fatuyi MD, Vivek Sharma MD, Shalemar Kasan MD, Vahid Namdarizandi MD, Awfa Zain Elabidin MD, Bassman Tappuni MD,Belal Kaseer MD, Kamal Shemisa MD
ADA Virtual Conference, June 25-29th, 2021

Untreated Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease Risk in Breast Cancer Survivors
Ravleen Grewal, Amie Jackson, Kuritzky Benjamin, DominiqueBrandt, Kamal Shemisa
ACC’s 70th Annual Scientific Session, May 15-17, 2021, in Atlanta, Georgia.

Patient Characteristics of Intravenous Drug Users Who Leave Against Medical Advice
Sneha Centala, Dominique Brandt, Anar Patel
2021 Virtual SHM Converge meeting, May 3-7th, 2021

Low Rates of Statin and Low Dose Aspirin Therapy in Breast Cancer Survivors
Ravleen Grewal MD, Dominique Brandt MA MS, Amie Jackson MD, Kuritzky Benjamin MD, Shemisa K. MD
2021 ACC -Advancing the CV Care of the Oncology Patient Virtual Conference February 05-06, 2021

Dilated Cardiomyopathy in the Setting of Long-Term Use of Phentermine
Hatem Elabd, Muayad Alzamara, Vahid Namdarizandi, Semere Tesfamariam
2021 Virtual Critical Care Congress, January 31 - February 12, 2021

A Unique Case of Ischemic Stroke After Systemic Thrombolytic for Pulmonary Embolism
Hatem Elabd, Christopher Hayner, Shahla Mallick, Kamal, Muayad Alzamara, Vahid Namdarizandi, Semere Tesfamariam
2021 Virtual Critical Care Congress, January 31 - February 12, 2021

Postpartum Cardiac Arrest Associated with Methergine Administration
Hatem Elabd, Christopher Hayner, Shahla Mallick, Kamal Shemisa, Dominique Brandt, Muayad Alzamara, Vahid Namdarizandi
2021 Virtual Critical Care Congress, January 31 - February 12, 2021

Characteristics and Outcome of Critically Ill Patients Admitted with Serratia Blood Stream Infection
Hatem Elabd, Christopher Hayner, Shahla Mallick, Dominique Brandt, Muayad Alzamara, Semere Tesfamariam, Vahid Namdarizandi, Stephen Blatt
2021 Virtual Critical Care Congress, January 31 - February 12, 2021

Acute Exacerbation of COPD Admission Rate prior to and after Home Non-invasive Ventilation Therapy
Hatem Elabd, Dominique Brandt, Muayad Alzamara, Semere Tesfamariam, Peter, Yousef Al-ahwel
2021 Virtual Critical Care Congress, January 31 - February 12, 2021

2020

GATA2 Mutation in Twins with Transient Aplastic Anemia after Chloramphenicol Exposure; A Follow up to Nagao and Mauer 1969
Zuhair Alam, MD, Saulius Girnius MD, abstract published in Blood, November. 5, 2020.
Annual Meeting of the American Society of Hematology (ASH) December 5-8, 2020.
Poster presented by Zuhair Alam

Rivaroxaban-Induced Anticoagulant-Related Nephropathy
Bharat Neelam Raju, Birmaji Ali, Vahid Namdarizandi, Cesar E. Abdul-Massih, Amit K. Rajput
SN Kidney Week 2020, October 22-25 2020
Poster presented by Bharat Neelam Raju

Delay In Qrs Interval Predicts Risk Of Heart Failure And In-hospital Mortality In Patients Admitted With Atrial Fibrillation With Rapid Ventricular Response
Belal Kaseer, Bassman Tappuni, Ali Alkhayru, Awfa Zain, Vahid Namdarizandi, Frank Harris, Gitanjali Lobo, Stephanie Kovalchik, Sai Hanumanthu, Marshall Winner,Dominique Brandt, Jenni Steinbrunner, Kamal Shemisa
AHA, Virtual presentation Scientific Sessions November 13-17, 2020 .
Poster presented by Belal Kaseer

Characteristics and Trends of Serratia Blood Stream Infections
Elabd, Hatem, MD, Eagleston, Anjuli, MD, Brandt, Dominique, MA, MS, Blatt, Stephen, MD FACP
IdWeek Virtual Conference October 22-25, 2020
Poster presented by Hatem Elabd

Low-Dose Vancomycin Therapy in Clostridioides difficile Colonized Long-Term Care Patients to Reduce Hospital Acquired Clostridium DifficileInfection
Sumayya Muneer, MD, Monika Sadlak MD, Gitanjali Lobo MD, Dominique Brandt, MS, MA, Stephen Blatt MD FACP
IdWeek Virtual Conference October 22-25, 2020
Poster presented by Sumayya Muneer

Compliance with Guidelines for Management of Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia and its Effect on Mortality
Robert Travez MD, Anjuli Eagleston MD, Dominique Brandt MA MS, Stephen Blatt MD
IdWeek Virtual Conference October 22-25, 2020
Poster presented by Robert Travez

Scurvy in an American Adult
Ravleen Grewal MD, Dominique Brandt MA, MS, Angel Mena MD, Martin Gnoni MD
OSU Hospital Medicine Symposium 2020, October 2-3, 2020
Poster presented by Ravleen Grewal

COVID-19 Infection Associated with Generalized Seizures 2nd Price
Sumayya Muneer MD, Sneha Centala MD, Didier Lopez-Presiga BS, Christopher Zammit MD
OSU Hospital Medicine Symposium 2020, October 2-3, 2020
Poster presented by Sneha Centala

Surviving COVID-19 Infection, With A Ring Enhancing Brain Lesion
Sneha Centala MD, MS, Sumayya Muneer MD, Didier Lopez, BS, Yousef Ali Al-Ahwel, MD
OSU Hospital Medicine Symposium 2020, October 2-3, 2020
Poster presented by Sneha Centala

Higher Prevalence of Heart Failure and Length of Stay in Hospitalized Type II Diabetics with Atrial Fibrillation
ALI ALKHAYRU, BASSMAN TAPPUNI, BELAL KASEER, DOMINIQUE M. BRANDT, FREIDOON GHAZI, MARSHALL W. WINNER, KAMAL SHEMISA
American Diabetes Association ADA 2020 National scientific session held in Chicago, IL June 12-16, 2020.
Poster presented by Ali Alkhayru

Triplet versus doublet therapy in multiple myeloma patients over 75 years
Zuhair Alam, Ravleen Grewal, Girnius Saulius
ASCO 2020 Scientific Program May 29-31
Poster presented by Zuhair Alam

History of Heart Failure as Predictor for Length of Stay and In-Hospital Mortality in Patients with New-Onset Atrial Fibrillation with Rapid VentricularResponse
Bassman Tappuni, Belal Kaseer, Ali Alkhayru MD, Gitanjali Lobo MD, Stephanie Kovalchik , Sai Hanumanthu,  Dominique Brandt, Kamal Shemisa
2020 American College of Cardiology (ACC) World Congress of Cardiology Mar 28 – 30, 2020
Poster presented by Bassman Tappuni

2019

Echocardiographic Characteristics of Peripartum Cardiomyopathy Compared to Preeclampsia
Bassman Tappuni MD, Ali Alkhayru MD, Belal Kaseer MD, Freidoon Ghazi MD, John Wilson MD, William T. Schnettler MD, Kathleen L. Smith MD PhD, Jenni Steinbrunner BS CCRP,Dominique Brandt MS, MA, Kamal Shemisa MD
Poster Presentation at the 2019 American Heart Association (AHA) Scientific Sessions Nov 16 – 18, 2019
Philadelphia, PA

Cat Bite Induced Pasteurella Multocida Peritonitis
Hanny Sawaf MD, Birnaji Ali MD, Bharat Neelamraju MD, Amit Rajput MD MBA
Poster Presentation at the 2019 Kidney Week Meeting
November 5-10, 2019
Washington DC

Detection Rate of Serrated Adenomas in the Screening Colonoscopy Population
Robert Kindel MD, Peter Fahim MD, Jenni Steinbrunner BS CCRP, Birmaji Ali MD,
American College of Gastroenterology, October 25-30, 2019, San Antonio, Texas
Poster presented by Peter Fahim

Accuracy of Endoscopists in Predicting Colorectal Polyps
Robert Kindel MD, Birmaji Ali MD, Jenni Steinbrunner BS CCRP, Peter Fahim MD
American College of Gastroenterology, October 25-30, 2019, San Antonio, Texas
Poster presented by Birmaji Ali

Lenalidomide Induced Acute Eosinophilic Pneumonia
Fernando Fuentes MD, Mohamad Bitar MD, Shahla Mallick MD
2019 CHEST Annual Meeting, October 21, 2019, New Orleans, LA
Poster presented by Fernando Fuentes

An Unusual Case of Abdominal Pain in a Young Adult 3Ravleen Grewal, MD, Samer Alsidawi, MD, Poster Presentation
2019 Ohio State University Symposium, October 11, 2019, Columbus, OH
Poster presented by Ravleen Grewal

A Rare Case of Cryptococcal Meningitis in an HIV-Negative IVDA
Sumayya Muneer MD, Scott Friedstrom MD
2019 Ohio State University Symposium, October 11, 2019, Columbus, OH
Poster presented by Sumayya Muneer

Applying Circulating CD4CD25FOXP3 T Regulatory Cells and Interleukin 10 as a Measurable Clinical Predictor of Immune Status in Cancer Patients
Abulaiti Adili MD, Adria Madera-Acosta MD, Bharat Neelam Raju MD, Birmaji Ali MD, Trisha Wise-Draper MD PhD, Andrew Parchman MD, Jenni Steinbrunner BS CCRP, StephenBlatt MD, Scott Friedstrom MD, David Draper MD
American Society for Radiation Oncology, September 15-18, 2019, Chicago, IL
Poster presented by Abulaiti Adili

A Case of Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome in a Patient Taking Methotrexate and Abatacept
Luis Lora, MD; Adria Madera, MD
Ohio Association Rheumatology 14th Annual Meeting, Columbus, OH, August 24, 2019
Also accepted for presentation at Congress of Clinical Rheumatology, San Diego, CA, Sept 26-29, 2019
Poster presented by Luis Lora

A Case of Brain Abscess in a Patient with Rheumatoid Arthritis on Etanercept and Leflunomide
Madera-Acosta, Adria MD; Lora-Garcia, Luis MD
Ohio Association Rheumatology 14th Annual Meeting, Columbus, OH, August 24, 2019
Poster presented by Madera-Acosta, Adria

Spontaneous Hemoperitoneum as a Complication of Cannabinoid Hyperemesis Syndrome
Peter Fahim MD, Gitanjali Lobo MD
2019 Digestive Disease Week, May 2-5, 2019, San Diego, CA
Poster presented by Peter Fahim

Clinical Characteristics of Peripartum Cardiomyopathy Compared to Preeclampsia
Ali Alkhayru MD, Bassman Tappuni MD, Belal Kaseer MD, Jenni Steinbrunner BS CCRP, William T. Schnettler MD, Kathleen L Smith MD PhD, Kamal Shemisa MD
2019 American College of Cardiology, March 16 2019, New Orleans, LA
Poster presented by Ali Alkhayru

Epidemiology and Trends of Cholangiocarcinoma
Hanny Sawaf MD, Shirisha Pasula MD, Jenni Steinbrunner BS CCRP, David Draper MD
Cholangiocarcinoma Foundation, January 31 2019, Salt Lake City, UT
Poster presented by Hanny Sawaf

2018

An Old Drug with New Tricks
Teresa Sosenko MD, Diana Girnita MD PhD
American College of Rheumatology (ACR) Annual Meeting- Thieves Market, October 22-23, 2018, Chicago, IL
Poster presentation by Teresa Sosenko MD

An Unusual Vasculitis Mimic
Teresa Sosenko MD
American College of Rheumatology (ACR) Annual Meeting- Thieves Market, October 22-23, 2018, Chicago, IL
Poster presentation by Teresa Sosenko MD

Prevalence of Folate Deficiency among Preoperative Anemia Clinic Patients: Retrospective Research and Quality Improvement Study
Shirisha Pasula MD, Peter Tran MD, Neha Gandhi MD, Jennifer Steinbrunner BS CCRP, Thomas Coyle MD
Society for the Advancement of Blood Management (SABM) September 13-15, 2018, Brooklyn, NY
Poster presentation by Shirisha Pasula MD

Scleroderma Renal Crisis
Teresa Sosenko MD, Adria Madera-Acosta MD, Girnita MD, Fernando Fuentes MD
Ohio Rheumatology Association, August 24, 2018, Columbus, Ohio
Oral presentation by Adria Madera Acousta MD

Community-Acquired Pneumonia in Elderly Patients: Characteristics, Clinical Manifestation, Causative Organisms, and Outcomes
Stephen Blatt MD, Amrullah Alsatli MD, Giselle Racho MD, John Bertrand MD, Jennifer Steinbrunner BS CCRP
ASM Microbe 2018, June 7 – 11, 2018, Atlanta, GA
Poster presentation by Stephen Blatt MD

Clostridium difficile: Clinical Characteristics and Outcomes of Positive and Indeterminate Testing
Stephen Blatt MD, Joseph Boyd MD, Jennifer Steinbrunner BS CCRP
Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America, April 18 – 20, 2018, Portland, OR
Accepted for poster presentation (Joseph Boyd MD)

Conversations of a Lifetime: Developing Primary Palliative Care Skills through Simulation-Based Training
Catherine Pham MD, Neha Gandhi MD, Manish Srivastava MD
Annual Assembly of Hospice and Palliative Care, March 14 - 17, 2018, Boston, MA
Poster presentation by Catherine Pham MD

2017

Emerging side effects of Programmed Cell Death 1 Ligand Inhibitors
Fernando Fuentes MD, Yousef Ali Al Ahwel MD
CHEST, Oct 28 - Nov 1, 2017: Toronto, Canada

A Rare Non-Neoplastic, Non-Infectious, Rapidly Invading Disease of the Brain in a 53 Year Old Woman
Fernando Fuentes MD, Ekta Nayyar, MD
Ohio American Conference of Physicians, Oct 19-20, 2017, Columbus, Ohio
Poster presentation by Fernando Fuentes MD

Adenoma, Serrated Adenoma and Modified Serrated Adenoma Detection Rates on Screening Colonoscopy
Robert Kindel MD, Joseph Agyepong MD, Asad Javaid MD, Jennifer Steinbrunner BS CCRP
World Congress of Gastroenterology, Oct 13 – 18, 2017; Orlando, FL
Poster presentation by Asad Javaid MD

Risk Factors Associated with Community-Onset CRE Colonization
Stephen Blatt MD, Tamara Bininashvili MD, Jenni Steinbrunner BS CCRP
ID Week, October 4-8, San Diego, CA
Poster presentation by Diego Zea-Pineros MD

The Elephant in the Room: Predicting Cardiac Chest Pain
Shirisha Pasula MD, Angel Mena MD, Aaron Young MD, Jennifer Steinbrunner BS CCRP
2nd International Conference on Internal Medicine and Hospital Medicine 2017, Sep 13-14, 2017, Dallas, TX
Poster presentation by Shirisha Pasula MD

Case of Puci-Immune Pulmonary Capillaritis Treated with Rituximab
Amrullah Alsatli MD, Christopher Hayner MD
American Thoracic Society, May 21-23, 2017, Washington DC
Poster presentation by Amrullah Alsatli MD, ID 10403

Laryngeal Lichen Planus with Glottic Stenosis
Amrullah Alsatli MD, David Wiltse MD, Daniel CaJacob MD
American Thoracic Society, May 21-23, 2017, Washington DC
Poster presentation by Amrullah Alsatli MD, ID 8382

Critical Iatrogenic Hyponatremia from Infusions in ICU: Case Series
Muhammad Yaseen MD
American Thoracic Society, May 21-23, 2017, Washington DC
Poster presentation by Muhammad Yaseen MD, ID 7536

Prevention of Hospital-Acquired Clostridium difficile infections using automated mobile UV-C Light Units for Terminal Decontamination of PatientRooms
Emil Putrus MD, Dr. Stephen Blatt MD, Jenni Steinbrunner BS CCRP, Carolyn Fiutem MT (ASCP) CIC FAPIC
Society of Hospital Medicine's Annual Meeting,May 1-4, 2017, Las Vegas, NV
Accepted for poster presentation 10352
Also accepted for poster presentation at ASM – New Orleans
Also submitted to ACP, APIC, ICAAC, SHEA.

PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS COLITIS DUE TO CMV INFECTION IN AN IMMUNOCOMPETENT PATIENT
Amrullah Alsatli MD, Scott Friedstrom MD, Stephen Blatt MD
Society of Hospital Medicine's Annual Meeting, May 1-4, 2017 Las Vegas, NV
Poster presentation by Amrullah Alsatli MD, 9256

Prevalence and Risk Factors for Clostridium difficile Colonization in Long Term Care Facility Residents Admitted to the Hospital
Stephen Blatt MD, Truong Bui MD, Manuel Castro MD, Jenni  Steinbrunner BS CCRP, Samer AlSamman MD, Amer AlSamman MD
Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA), March 29 - 31, 2017, St. Louis, MO
Poster presentation by Truong Bui MD
Also accepted for poster presentation at ASM – New Orleans

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