Submissions from 2022
Ultrasound Education Curriculum Increases First Year Student Visualization Ability Three-Fold, Joseph Files, Majd Faraj, Jared Hudson, Anna Kang, David Melville, and Charles S. Day
The Use of Clemastine as a Potential Therapeutic Agent to Treat Hypomyelinating Diseases, Emily Fisher, Shreya Banerjee, and Ryan Thummel
Corticosteroid Injection Exhibits Symptomatic Improvement in CTS Patients with Negative EMGs, Brooke G. Garnica, Aaron R. Prater, Elizabeth A. Washnock-Schmid, Alaa Hazime, and Dr. Charles S. Day
A Pilot Study on Hand Palmar and Digital Nerve Ultrasound in Peripheral Nerve Diseases, Luke Geierman, Ryan Castoro, Christopher Andriano, Arthur Yan, and Amira Badr
Acetyl isogambogic acid activates unfolded protein response and apoptosis in head and neck cancer, Mehrnoosh Ghafouri, Chester Gauss, Yue Xi PhD, Thomas Jetmore MD, Jordyn Lucas MD, Michael U. Callaghan MD, and Andrew M. Fribley PhD
Attitudes and barriers toward COVID-19 vaccination among people experiencing homelessness in Detroit, MI, Sanjna Ghanshani, Sophie Wittenberg, and Richard Bryce
Radiation exposure, emergency department usage, and the impact of parental health literacy on a cohort of pediatric hydrocephalus patients in Detroit, jacob gluski, Bushra Fathima, Jeffery Sondhiemer, and Carolyn A. Harris
Functional Attenuation Coefficient Imaging of Rod Inner Segment: The Shape of Things to Come, Cole Goodman
Prediction of Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems Use in COPDGene Using Multi-omics Biomarkers, Andrew Gregory, Zhonghui Xu, Katherine Pratte, Seth Berman, Noah Lichtblau, Robin Lu, Robert Chase, Jeong Yun, Aabida Saferali, Edwin K. Silverman, Craig P. Hersh, Russell P. Bowler, Adel Boueiz, and Peter J. Castaldi
Expression and Purification of E. coli YoaA, a Putative Helicase, Mark Gregory, Vincent Sutera Mr., and Susan Lovett Dr.
Mortality from Aspiration Pneumonia: Incidence, Trends, and Risk Factors, Trisha Gupte; John D. Cramer M.D.; and Arthur Knack PhD, CCC-SLP
ETS-Related Gene (ERG) is Differentially Expressed in Dermatofibroma (Fibrous Histiocytoma) As Compared with Dermatofibromasarcoma Protuberans and Hypertrophic Scars: A Pilot Immunohistochemical Study, Meredith Hengy, Jesse Veenstra, Kyle Perry, David M. Ozog, and Ben Friedman
The Impact of Trauma Subtypes on PTSD Severity in Syrian Child and Adolescent Refugees, Liza Hinchey, Lana Grasser, Bassem Saad, Kathleen Gorski, Arash Javanbakht, and May Chammaa
Validation of the Termination of Resuscitation Rules in Detroit, Arqam Husain, Adam D. Chalek, and Robert Dunne
Racial Disparities in Risk for COVID-19 In Pregnancy: Results from the Michigan Statewide Collaborative, Inara Ismailova, Robert Sokol MD, Yasmin Hasbini MD, and Dereje Gudicha PhD
Very Long Chain Acyl-CoA Dehydrogenase Deficiency Diagnosed by Michigan Newborn Screening and their Cardiac Complications, Lindsay Jenkins; Kara Pappas MD; Shagun Kaur MD; and Marissa Younan MS, CGC
The Effect of Disease Modifying Therapies on Deep Gray Matter: A Longitudinal Comparative Study, Wendy Jin and Evanthia Bernitsas
Transcatheter aortic valve replacement restoring candidacy for liver transplant in cirrhotic patients, Mirna Kaafarani, Omar Shamma, and Syed-Mohammed Jafri
Racial Disparities in Rescheduling Elective Surgeries Following COVID-19, Anna H. Kang, Benjamin M. Sims, and Charles S. Day
Impact of Delayed Dermatology Consultation on Inpatient Care, Andrew S. Kao, Andrew D. King, Redina Bardhi, Meghan Mansour, and Steven Daveluy
Meta-analysis of 175 patients with COVID-19 and seizures, status epilepticus, or cortical myoclonus: An individual patient data analysis, Aditi Kappagantu BS, Helena A. Brantz MS, Amman Bhasin BA, Cristina Jageka BS, Rooqash Ali MD, Izzy Saef MD, Brittany M. Stopa MPH, and Ayaz Khawaja MD
Blood Pressure Response in Children with Heart Disease, Daisuke Kobayashi and Mara A. Darian
Sex Differences in Locomotor Activity and Behavioral Sensitization in Rats Administered Fentanyl, Jessica J. Lee, Nareen Sadik, Cameron Davidson PhD, Majd Yahya, Josie Zdun, and Shane Perrine PhD
Language Preference Impact on the Outcomes of Those Lost to Follow-up After a Diagnosis of Pregnancy of Unknown Location, Erin A. Leestma, Mayra A. Shafique, Megan McNitt, and Annmarie Vilkins
Identifying Predictors for Inflammation-Induced Preterm Birth: A Murine Study, Tzu Ning Liu BS, Jose Galaz MD, and Nardhy Gomez-Lopez PhD
Cardio-Net: A MATLAB-based Software for the Display and Diagnostic Utilization of Vectorcardiograms, Ali H. Mannaa and Domenico Gatti
A Prospective Study Investigating the Relationship Between Diagnostic Lumbar Medial Branch Blocks and the Use of Sedation, Hannah C. Milad, Nimesh Patel MD, Ashwin Vaidyanathan MD, Katherine A. Nowak PhD, and Rohit C. Aiyer MD
How Do Anesthesiologists Prefer to Reduce Preoperative Anxiety in Pediatric Patients?, Arif Musa, Jahan Tajran, Rana Movahedi, Jeffrey C. Wang, David Safani, Christopher Cooke, Guillaume Farah, Syed F. Hussain, Brendan Lynch, and Gligor Gucev
EVALUATION OF THE UTILITY OF LYMPH-VASCULAR INVASION AS AN INDEPENDENT PROGNOSTIC PREDICTOR OF OVERALL SURVIVAL FOR PATIENTS WITH RENAL CELL CARCINOMA THAT UNDERGO NEPHRECTOMY, Ivan Rakic, Nikola Rakic MD, Nicholas Corsi, Austin Piontkowski, Sami Majdalani MD, Akshay Sood MD, Deepansh Dalela MD, Sohrab Arora MD, Marcus Jamil MD, Craig Rogers MD, and Firas Abdollah MD
Tumor Vasculature Changes Before or During Treatment to Predict Response to Systemic Therapy, Avinash Ramkissoon, Faria Ali, Thomas Vander Woude, Stephen Brown, James Ewing, and Lisa Rogers
The Role of Connective Tissue Growth Factor in Maintaining the Epithelial Phenotype of Ovarian Cancer Cells during Epithelial-to-Mesenchymal Transition, Harry Ramos, Sandra Galoforo, Gil Mor, and Radhika Gogoi
Management of Patients Diagnosed with Pregnancy of Unknown Location, Mayra A. Shafique
The Short-term Effects of Fine Airborne Particulate Matter and Climate on COVID-19 Disease Dynamics, El Hussain Shamsa and Kezhong Zhang
Norepinephrine Regulation of Spatial Memory Using the Barnes Maze in Male and Female Rats, Serena Simpson, Ali Gheidi PhD, Nareen Sadik, Cameron J. Davidson PhD, and Shane A. Perrine PhD
Complications of Pediatric Cochlear Implant Surgery, Andrew Stefan, Sabrina Bernardo, William Azkoul II, and Bianca Siegel
Ocular Complications of Facial Burns in the Pediatric Population, Abigail Teitelbaum, Annmarie F. Craig, Sharmila Segar MD, Elika Ridelman Ph.D, Lisa Bohra MD, and Christina Shanti MD
MEDICAL STUDENT MOCK INTERVIEW AND DIABETES EDUCATION DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC, Ajith Thomas, Kendahl Oberdorfer, and Suma Alzouhayli
Thromboelastography Profiles of Hemophilia A patients on Emicizumab, Daniel J. VanZweden, Meera Chitlur, and Charity J. Stadler
Recovery Time Following Operative Versus Nonoperative Humeral Shaft Fracture Treatment, Susan Wager, Trevor D. Wolterink, Jager Haan, Yash Hedge, Chrystina James, and Stephanie J. Muh
Perspectives on Telemedicine from a National Study of Youth in the United States, Margaret Wasvary
Learning Communities: Do They Improve Imposter Syndrome and Loneliness Among Medical Students?, Nicole C. White and Sahar Elmenini
Reduction in Healthcare Resource Utilization Associate with a Rapid Rule-Out Protocol for Suspected Acute Coronary Syndrome, Sophie Wittenberg and Nicole Xu
Do Orthopedic Surgeons Follow Through on Verbal Commitments to Participate in Deficit Recovery Efforts?, Maxwell T. Yoshida, Wendy Jin, Joseph S. Files, Austin M. Meadows, and Charles S. Day M.D. MBA
Opioid Usage and Clinical Outcomes After Minimally Invasive Surgery (MIS) Versus Open Lumbar Fusions, Ho Jun Yun, Travis Hamilton, Edvin Telemi, Seokchun Lim, Mohamed Macki, Hsueh-Han Yeh, Kylie Springer, Lonni Schultz, David Nerenz, Muwaffak Abdulhak, Kevin Taliaferro, Jason Schwalb, Jad Khalil, Ilyas Aleem, Richard Easton, Mick Perez-Cruet, Paul Park, and Victor Chang
Submissions from 2021
Can Opioids be Eliminated After Arthroscopic Meniscus Surgery? A Prospective Randomized Controlled Trial, Muhammad J. Abbas BS, Toufic R. Jildeh MD, Kelechi R. Okoroha MD, Noah Kuhlmann BS, Austin Cross BS, and Vasilios Moutzouros MD
The Financial Implication of an Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury in National Basketball Association Athletes, Noel Osereimen Akioyamen, Muhammad Abbas, Lafi Khalil, Tahsin Rahman, Leena Abbas, Brendan Farley, Sabin Shah, and Kelechi Okoroha
Sleep and Function in Patients with Multiple Sclerosis, Nawar Aljundi, Kelsey Arvai, Michael Mitchell, Jennifer Martin, Abdulghani Sankari, and M. Safwan Badr
Angiotensin 1-7 Rescues Cognitive Decline and Neuronal Loss Following Traumatic Brain Injury in Mice, Esther H. Bae, Michael Gaub MD, Dez Coleman, Alexander J. Sandweiss MD/PhD, Bellal Joseph MD, Tally Largent-Milnes PhD, and Todd W. Vanderah PhD
Resident Heart Rate Variability During Cataract Surgery, Ahmad Baiyasi, Shibandri Das, Ferris Bayasi, and Faisal Ridha Al-Timimi
Increasing Diversity in Cardiology: A Fellowship Director's Perspective, Amman Bhasin, Arif Musa, Azar Razikeen, Louis Massoud, Arshia Noori, Ali Ghandour, David Gelovani, Luis Afonso, Randy Lieberman, and Ajay Vaidya
A Systematic Review of Complications from Pediatric Intraosseous Cannulation, Jawad Bouhamdan, James Paxton, Katherine Akers, and Gina Polsinelli
Voting is Healthcare: Talking Politics With Patients Can Improve Health Outcomes, Kellie A. Brue MS, Jaya Parulekar BS, Neel Patel DO, and Ijeoma Nnodim Opara MD
UpToDate Use as a Predictor of Medical Student Success, Connor Buechler, Kurt Wendland, Jason Booza, and Diane Levine
Elevated Liver Enzymes Portends a Higher Rate of Complications and Death In Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), Emily E. Currier, Mohamed Dabaja DO, and Syed-Mohammed Jafri MD
Surgical Outcomes for Esotropia in Children with High AC/A ratio, Sabrina E. Dass, Monique Cheng, and Reecha S. Bahl
Modulation of mitochondrial dynamics, bioenergetics and the innate antiviral immune response in Zika Virus infected Retinal cells, Karim Dirani, Sneha Singh, Ashok Kumar, and Shailendra Giri
Substance Use Disorder Program Facilities in Detroit: A Geographic Analysis, Oksana Doubrovski
Chronic Use of Non-Medical Abdominal Compressors: Medical and Psychological Implications, Sawsan Edriss, Bushra Azom, Manar Edriss, Mustafa Edriss, Ann-Cathrin Guertler, Eva Waineo MD, and Diane L. Levine MD
When do Patients Achieve PROMIS Milestones Following Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction?, Kareem Elhage, Nikhil R. Yedull, Nabil Mehta, David N. Bernstein, and Eric C. Makhni
Connections between Rape Myth Acceptance and Favorite Musical Artist among College Students, Sahar Elmenini, Pam McAuslan, and Marie Waung
Effect of Treatment for HCV on the Development of HCC in a Predominately African American Medical Center Population, Bassem Farah, Yechiel Mor, Sarvani Surapaneni, Brian Rutledge, Hojun Lee, Hajra Khan, Anshu Wadehra, Neel Patel, Paul Naylor, Murray Ehrinpreis, and Milton Mutchnick
A novel martial arts-based virtuality reality intervention modulates pain and the pain neuromatrix in patients with opioid use disorder, Mohammed M. Faraj BS; Nina M. Lipanski AS; Elimelech Goldberg BA, DD; Hilary A. Marusak PhD; and Mark K. Greenwald PhD
Risk Factors Associated with a Second Primary Lung Cancer in Patients with an Initial Primary Lung Cancer, Amanda D. Fisher; Seongho Kim PhD; Dina Farhat; Kimberly Belzer; MaryAnn Milczuk; Courtney French; Hirva Mamdani MD; Ammar Sukari MD; Frank Baciewicz MD; Ann G. Schwartz PhD, MPH; Antoinette Wozniak MD; and Misako Nagasaka MD
Effect of Trazodone on Upper Airway Resistance in Chronic Spinal Cord Injury, Geoffrey M. Ginter, Sean Carroll, Abdulghani Sankari, and Safwan Badr
Role of Oxidative Stress and Neuroinflammation Response in Pain Brain Regions after Traumatic Brain Injury, Alyssa Goodwin, Julia Malewicz, Scott Lloyd, Min Wu, Kelly Bosse, and Alana Conti
Streptococcus cristatus – an oral bacterium causing a case of mild bacteremia and “possible endocarditis”, Camilo Guzman, Adi Zaclli, and John Molinari
COVID-19 infection outcome in African American Renal Transplant recipients: Detroit Medical Center, Claudia Jarrin Tejada MD; Mareena Zachariah MD; Angela Cruz MD; Shakir Hussein MD; Elizabeth Wilpula PharmD; Nicole Meeks; Jeffrey A. Wolff MSN, AGACNP-BC; and Pranatharthi Chandrasekar MD
Understanding m6A’s role in the myometrium during gestation, Lindsay Jenkins, Arren Simpson, Jennifer Condon PhD, and Jeyasuria Pancharatnam PhD
The Impact Two Opioid Prescription Protocols had on Provider Prescription Patterns Following Ankle Fracture Repair Surgeries, Charles Jiang, Joshua Hester, and Luke Wesemann
The Use of MotusBASEBALL For Pitch Monitoring and Injury Prevention, Toufic Jildeh MD, Jacob Young BS, Brendan Page BS, Muhammad Abbas BS, Hardy Evans MD, and Kelechi Okoroha MD
Corneal Disease and Air Pollution Levels in Detroit: Preliminary Results and Future Directions, Sachin Ketkar, Matthew Silbergleit, and Vaama Patel
Career Longevity and Performance Following Shoulder Instability in National Football League Athletes, Lafi S. Khalil MD, Toufic R. Jildeh MD, Muhammad J. Abbas BS, Michael J. McIntosh BS, Arben Sokoli BS, Nicholas Cominos BS, and Kelechi R. Okoroha MD
Comprehensive Analysis to Uncover Determinants of Patient Appointment Compliance in Ophthalmology at the Kresge Eye Institute, Alisha Khambati, Lauren Dowell, Jahan Tajran, Daniel Juzych, Sarah Syeda MD, M. Roy Wilson MD, Mark Juzych MD, and Ashok Kumar PhD
Design of Smart Head-Mounted Display Technology: A convergent mixed methods study, Abigail Kumagai, V.Swetha E. Jeganathan, Harleen Shergill, Michael D. Fetters, Sayoko E. Moroi, John Gosbee, Dae Shik Kim, James D. Weiland, and Joshua R. Ehrlich
Adolescent Healthcare Contacts in the Year Before Suicide: a case control study, Ana Lanier, Jordan Braciszewski, Hsueh-Han Yeh, Gregory Simon, Rebecca Rossom, Frances Lynch, Stephen Waring, Christine Lu, Ashli Owen-Smith, Arbe Beck, and Brian Ahmedani
Sex-Based Differences in Depth of Soft Tissue and Bone Diameter at the Sternal Intraosseous Catheter Insertion Site, Tristan Lemon, Ryan Kelly, Revelle Gappy, Sarah Meram, and James Paxton
Pre-Transplant Prognostic Nutritional Index Predicts Short-Term Outcomes after Liver Transplantation, Eric Lisznyai, Toshihiro Kitajima, Khortnal Delvecchio, Adhnan Mohamed, Sirisha Yeddula, Tayseer Shamaa, Tommy Ivanics, Kelly Collins, Michael Rizzari, Atsushi Yoshida, Marwan Abouljoud, and Shunji Nagai
Inhibition of the HEG1-KRIT1 interaction increases KLF4 and KLF2 expression in endothelial cells, Miguel Lopez-Ramirez, Wenqing Li, Mark Haynes, Preston Hale, Sara McCurdy, Karol Francisco, Killian Oukoloff, Matthew H. Bautista, Chelsea Choi, Hao Sun, Brendan Gongol, John Shyy, Carlo Ballatore, Larry Sklar, and Alexandre Gingras
Evaluation of Intestinal Transplantation for Short Bowel Syndrome due to Gun Violence versus Other Causes: A Single Center Experience, Leya Maliekal, Nemie Beltran, Shunji Nagai, and Syed-Mohammed Jafri
Learning without contingencies induces higher order asynchrony in brain networks in schizophrenia, Elizabeth L. Martin, Asadur Chowdury, Vaibhav Diwadkar, Sazid Hasan, Munajj Ul-Huq, Shahira Baajour, Dalal Khatib, Usha Rajan, and Jeffrey Stanley
Length of hospital stay following temporary pacing post-transcatheter valve replacement, Sean McCarthy and Marvin Eng M.D.
Massive Pulmonary Embolism from worsening of Gouty Arthritis due to the COVID-19 Pandemic, Thomas L. Mccune, Muhammad Osto, and Radhika Gaddipati MD
A Younger Demographic Defines Hepatitis C Patient Profiles in the Recent Direct-Acting Antiviral Era, Ria Minawala, Paul H. Naylor PhD, Murray N. Ehrinpreis MD, and Milton G. Mutchnik MD
Depression Stigma and Depression Stigma Among University Students: A Five Nation Survey, Arif Musa, Jahanzeb Ashraf, Feng-Jen Tsai, Samir Abolmagd, Ciny Liu, Hajra Hussain, Eva Voslarova, Mohamed Khalil, Kate Wolitzky-Taylor, Danny Lee, Jeffrey Sugar, Kasim Pendi, Joshua Lee, Reham Abdelmaksoud, Noha Adel, and David Baron
Critical Importance of Using FibroScan to Identify Patients with Cirrhosis in a Predominantly African American Patient Population, Sarah Nasser, Katherine Wong, Paul Naylor, Murray Ehrinpreis, and Milton Mutchnick
Impact of COVID-19 on a Free Clinic Patient Population, Mitchell Naveh BS, Tanha Shah MS, Shravan Morisetty BS, Amanda Fisher BS, Alisha Pandit BA, Tasnim Rahman BS, Kenan Alhayek BS, Arthur Orchanian BS, Andrea Janis BS, Meredith Hengy BS, Avinash Ramkissoon MPH, Ralph Williams II MD, and Dionyssios Tsilimingras MD
Factors Associated With 5-Year Glaucomatous Progression In Glaucoma Suspect Eyes: A Retrospective Longitudinal Study, Aravindh Nirmalan, Shibandri Das, Nariman Nassiri, Vaama Patel, Dhir Patwa, Alexandra Heriford, Chaesik Kim, Haoxing Chen, Faisal Ridha Al-Timimi, Justin R. Tanner, Anju Goyal, Mark S. Juzych, and Bret A. Hughes
Use of PRAME Immunostaining to Distinguish Melanoma in Situ From Lentigo Senilis, Hailey Olds, Sarah Utz, and Darius Mehregan
Measuring mitochondrial respiration in vivo: From mouse to human, Arthur Orchanian, Brennan Schilling, and Bruce Berkowitz PhD
Characterization of ABIN-1 in the Traumatically Injured Brain, Aaron Orellana and Alana C. Conti
Same Day Transportation for Opioid Use Disorder: Impact of the Crisis Addiction Recovery Transportation (CART) Program, Katherine Palmer Loveluck and Andrew King
Post-operative Day 1 versus Day 0 follow-up for Uncomplicated Cataract Surgeries: A comparison of post-operative outcomes and managements, Harsh Parekh BS, Shibandri Das MD, Vaama Patel MD, Ryan Freedman MD, Sabba Mansoor BS, Amanda Ismail MD, and Faisal Ridha Al-Timimi MD
Catheter Direct Thrombolysis as a Modality of Management for Pulmonary Embolism: Risk Stratifying with the Pulmonary Embolism Severity Index, Dhruvil A. Patel, Vijaya Arun Kumar, and Brian Reed
Heterogenous Manifestations of Post Renal Transplant Lymphoma, Rujuta Patil
Impact of COVID-19 on Service Utilization by Those Experiencing Homelessness in Detroit, Anneliese Petersen and Richard Bryce D.O.
the Cardiovascular Manifestations of COVID-19: A Review of the Literature and Institutional Experience, Gina Polsinelli, Steven J. Korzeniewski, Oksana M. Doubrovski, and James Paxton
Using Machine Learning to Generate a Core Set of Echocardiographic Indices for Pediatric Research: A Sub-study in the PCS2 Cohort, Thomas S. Przybycien, Brigitte Mueller, Steven Fan, Paul C. Nathan, Cedric Manlhiot, and Luc Mertens
The Prevalence of Co-Infections in Hospitalized Patients with COVID-19, Siri S. Sarvepalli, Said El Zein MD, and Pranatharthi Chandrasekar MD