Submissions from 2021
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
Utility of Student-Run Free Clinics for Underserved Individuals During COVID-19 Michigan Shelter-in-Place Order, Sara Saymuah, Hailey Heil, Janki Vaghasia, Marla Rojas Thaureaux, Victoria Badia, and Paige Baal
Complication Rates in Resident Cataract Surgery After Elective Operating Room Shutdown During the COVID-19 Pandemic, Michael Schneider, Christian Mehregan MD, Collin Richards, Shibandri Das MD, and Xihui Lin MD
Changes in the Gut Microbiome Following Traumatic Stress Exposure in a Mouse Model of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Rebecca Schultz, Veronica Piggott, and Alana C. Conti
Regression Analyses Assessing the Impact of Environmental Factors on COVID-19 Transmission and Mortality, El Hussain Shamsa and Kezhong Zhang
A Scoping Review: Overview of Current Respectful Maternity Care Research by Research Approach and Study Location, Hannah L. Shuman, Annika M. Grupp, Lauren A. Robb, Gurbani Bedi, Miloni Shah, Andrea Janis, Caroline G. Caldart, Ryan Melikian, Urvashi Gupta, Janki K. Vaghasia, Aishwarya Panneerselvam, Aisha Kazeem, Ndidiamaka N. Amutah-Onukagha, and Diane L. Levine
Professional Coaching in Residency: A Novel Approach to Decrease Resident Burnout, Matthew Silbergleit, Shibandri Das, Mark S. Juzych, and Pradeepa Yoganathan
30-Day Mortality and Cardiopulmonary Complication Rates in Patients Undergoing Emergency Surgery with Perioperative SARS-CoV-2 Infection, Akshay Sood MD, Nicholas Corsi, Mohit Butaney MD, Jacob Keeley MS, Chandler Bronkema, Ziad Affas MD, Guillaume Farah, Michael Chien, Renee Hanna, Stephen Wertheimer, Steven Chang MD, Amarnath Rambhatla MD, Hans Stricker MD, James Peabody MD, Mani Menon MD, Craig Rogers MD, Nikola Rakic, and Firas Abdollah MD
Violence as a Deterrent for Shelter Usage Among Persons Experiencing Homelessness in Detroit: a Mixed Methods Study, Trishya L. Srinivasan
Intraoperative PTH Monitoring in Normohormonal Primary Hyperparathyroidism, Andrew J. Stefan, BSE; Richard H. Law, MD; Daniel L. Quan, BS; Edward L. Peterson, PhD; and Michael C. Singer, MD, FACS
Weight-based vs. BSA-based Fluid Resuscitation Predictions in Pediatric Burn Patients, Jan Stevens, Nina Prieto, Elika Ridelman Ph.D, Justin D. Klein MD, and Christina Shanti MD
Effects of Cocaine and/or Heroin Use on Resting Cardiovascular Function, Shabber Syed BS, Lina A. Shkokani BS, Leslie H. Lundahl PhD, Renato S. Roxas MD, Philip D. Levy MD, and Mark K. Greenwald PhD
Does Delay in the Diagnosis of Rudimentary Horn Pregnancy in Patients with Unicornuate Uteri Impact Treatment Outcomes?, Victoria Webber, Megan Fee, Damla Gonullu, Jessica Rausch, Omosalewa Itauma, Chidinma Abara, and Awoniyi Awonuga
Quantitative Susceptibility Mapping of Ring Lesions in Relapsing Remitting Multiple Sclerosis, Rebecca White, Chad Coffman, Karthik Subramanian, Sagar Buch, and E. Mark Haacke
Submissions from 2020
Quality Improvement in IBD Care: The Influence of a QI Specific Conference for Fellows, Olayinka Afolabi, Alexis Faber, Raya Kutaimy, Paul Naylor, and Murray Ehrinpreis
Total Knee Arthroplasty: Opioid-Free Analgesia in a Patient with Opioid-Induced Hyperalgesia, Noel Akioyamen and Allen Kadado
Antimicrobial Effects of Adjunctive Thymosin beta-4 Therapy in Bacterial Keratitis, Spandana Alluri, Thomas Carion, Ebrahim Abdul Shukkur, Gabriel Sosne, and Elizabeth Berger
Trends in the Abscopal Effect After Radiation to Spinal Metastases: A Systematic Review, Sharath Kumar Anand, mohamed macki, Mohamed Fakih, Jaafar Elmenini, Raviteja Suryadevara, and Adam M. Robin
Launching Virtual Care in a Benign Breast Surgery Clinic, Louisa Antonelli BS, Hassan Nasser MD, Jessica Bensenhaver MD, and Lindsay Petersen MD
Impact of treatment modality on overall survival in localized ductal prostate adenocarcinoma: A National Cancer Database analysis, Chandler Bronkema, Sohrab Arora, Nikola Rakic, Akshay Sood, Deepansh Dalela, Jacob Keeley, Marcus Jamil, James O. Peabody, Craig G. Rogers, Mani Menon, and Firas Abdollah
Enhancing Student Engagement in Wayne State University School of Medicine (WSUSOM) Curriculum Design, Development, Evaluation, and Implementation, Connor Buechler, Heidi T. Kromrei, and Leo M. Hall
Administration of Intranasal Insulin During Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Improves Neurological Outcomes After Cardiac Arrest, Adam D. Chalek, Tulasi R. Jinka, Kathleen J. Maheras, Joseph M. Wider, Sarita Raghunayakula, Jinhui Liao, Amanda Qvigstad, Anthony R. Anzell, Erin Gruley, Xiaodan Ren, Rui Zhang, Robert W. Neumar, and Thomas H. Sanderson
Patients’ Compliance to Active Surveillance (AS) Protocol in Low-risk Prostate Cancer, Irene Chen, Danni Feng, Justin Woo, James Janisse PhD, and Jinping Xu MD
QUEnch assiSTed (QUEST) MRI Used as a Novel Approach to Identify Reactive Oxygen Species as a Result of Experimental TBI, Ethan M. Cohen, Eric Chang, Michael C. Schneider, Abigail Teitelbaum, Alexander R. Woznicki, Rachel E. Godfrey, Robert H. Podolsky, Karen L. Childers, Robin Roberts, Bruce A. Berkowitz, Kelly E. Bosse, and Alana C. Conti
MITRACLIP IN THE SETTING OF CARDIOGENIC SHOCK: BEYOND COAPT, James Deen, Tohar Lev, and Joseph Ebinger
Application of Laser Technology in the Non-surgical Management of Periprosthetic Joint Infection (PJI); Novel Insights from Peri-implantitis, Kareem Giovanni Elhage, Mohamed Awad, Ahmad Hasan, Brendan Farley, and Khaled Saleh
A virtual reality martial arts-based intervention reduces pain, drug craving, and stress in patients with opioid use disorder, Mohammed M. Faraj BS; Nina M. Lipanski; Elimelech Goldberg BA, DD; Hilary A. Marusak PhD; and Mark K. Greenwald PhD
Pannus sign on ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging predicts placenta percreta and is associated with high estimated blood loss, Karin Fox and Tushar Shetty
A Technology-Based Smoking Cessation Intervention for Foster Youth: Initial Reactions, Michael James Franklin Jr and Jordan Braciszewski
: Preoperative Patient-centric Predictors of Postoperative Outcomes in Patients Undergoing Arthroscopic Meniscectomy, Sreten Franovic, Noah Kuhlmann, Alexander Pietroski, Collin Schlosser, Luke Hessburg, Kelechi Okoroha, Vasilios Moutzouros, and Eric Makhni
Medical Student Perspectives on Opioid Use Disorders: An Innovative MAT Waiver Training Integration during IM Clerkships, Michael Garmo, Rafael Ramos, Katherine Palmer Loveluck, Kaycee Ching, Irvin Lein, Jody Chou, Aaron Szpytman, Eva Waineo MD, and Diane L. Levine MD
Recommendation for the Enrollment of Hydrocephalus Patients in Children's Special Health Care Services, jacob gluski, Paul Zajciw, Prashant Hariharan, and Carolyn Harris
Does the number of residency positions influence the number of practicing physicians in a state? An evaluation of the national distribution of Neurological surgeons., Salman Haider and Cheryl Craig
The Use of Urine Drug Testing for Risk Stratification and Efficacious Drug Monitoring in Pain Management Settings, Ahmad I. Hasan, Kareem Elhage, Brendan Farley, and Khaled J. Saleh
Relationship of Homocysteine level and Comorbidities in VA Patients: A Retrospective Chart Review, Monica Hessler, Katherine Hoopes, Peter Aronson M.D., and James Janisse Ph.D.
Outcomes of Utilizing Uber Health to Improve Access to Healthcare at an Urban Student Run Free Clinic, Ciara Ivanics MS, Emily Lau, Julie Fynke MPH, Ralph Williams MD, and Juliann Binienda PhD
The Epidemiology of Melanoma in Wayne County: A Preliminary analysis of Racial Disparities, Reem Kashlan, Joshua Brady, and Meena Moossavi
Ultrasound-guided out-of-plane (OOP) adductor canal continuous catheter placement compared to in-plane (IP) placement in total knee arthroplasty: a randomized, single blinded, pilot clinical trial, Sandeep H. Krishnan M.D., Carter Batista M.D, Samir Patel M.D., Farhad Ghoddoussi PhD, Kaveh Nabavigahadi M.D., and Brendan Lynch B.S.
Functioning and Vision-Related Quality of Life in Severe Peripheral Field Loss due to Retinitis Pigmentosa: A Qualitative Study, Abigail M. Kumagai, Ryan Lange, Katherine Bissen, and Joshua R. Ehrlich
Comparison of pre- and post-operative shoulder muscle EMG profiles in reverse total shoulder arthroplasty patients, Emily Lau, Sreten Franovic, Noah Kuhlmann, Eric C. Makhni MD, and Stephanie Muh MD
Enhanced Neuroprotective Effects by Inter-Ischemia Hypothermia in Cerebral Stroke, Hangil Lee, Yun Han, Xiaokun Geng, Fengwu Li, and Yuchuan Ding
Sex-Based Differences in Depth of Soft Tissue at the Proximal Tibia Intraosseous Catheter Insertion Site, Tristan Lemon BS; Revelle Gappy BS; Ryan Kelly BS; Kenneth Kutschman BS; Sarah Meram MS; and James Paxton MD, MBA
Renal Safety and Racial Disparity in Patients on Antiviral Treatment for Chronic Hepatitis B, Matthew Miller, Sindhuri Benjaram, Raya Kutaimy, Paul Naylor, Elizabeth May, Murray Ehrinpreis, and Milton Mutchnick
Improving Hearing Screenings with Tele-Otology, Ryan J. Miller; Joshua George-Lopez; and Robert S. Hong MD, PhD
Medical Students Using Cadavers for Procedural Simulation Education, Rosa Moore MD, Paul Walker PhD, Bryant Hansen BS, Brian Reed BS, Nana Ama Baffoe MSc, and Sarkis Kouyoumjian MD
ATRX loss in pediatric glioma results in epigenetic dysregulation of G2/M checkpoint maintenance and sensitivity to ATM inhibition, Brendan Mullan, Tingting Qin, Ruby Siada, Carla Danussi, Jacqueline Brosnan-Cashman, Drew Pratt, Taylor Garcia, Viveka Nand Yadav, Xinyi Zhao, Meredith Morgan, Sriram Venneti, Alan Meeker, Alnawaz Rehemtulla, Pedro Lowenstein, Maria Castro, and Carl Koschmann