Resident Scholarship

Publications

Amoateng M, El Hasbani G, Vera A, Vargas J, Rodriguez A, Cehriyan R, Siddiqui I, Hulinsky I. ACTH-secreting parotid acinic cell carcinoma: An unusually reported paraneoplastic syndrome. Endocrine regulations. 2022, July; Pub Status: Published

Ibrahim E, Amoateng M, Batra S, Hulinsky I. A non-functioning adrenal mass evolving to a cortisol-secreting adenoma after ten years of latency. Endocrine Practice. 05, 2022; Pub Status: Accepted

Armando Vera, Haritha Mopuru, Valeriia Klymenko, Richard Feinn, Deborah F. Fang, Qinghui Zhang, Tracy Hunt, Christopher Iannuzzi. Adoption of Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy (SBRT) for Patients with Localized Prostate Cancer in a Community-Based Practice. Cureus 14(2): a773. February 2022.

Anoush Calikyan, Agedi Surgery Boto, Valeriia Klymenko, Imran Siddiqui. An Uncommon Presentation of Carcinosarcoma of the Stomach and a Minimally Invasive Approach for Treatment. Case Reports in Gastrointestinal Medicine. Article ID 1047334. April 2022.

Pallares C, Hernández-Gómez C, Appel TM, Escandón K, Reyes S, Salcedo S, Matta L, Martínez E, Cobo S, Mora L, Marín A, Correa A, De La Cadena E, Rodríguez-Baño J, Villegas MV. Impact of antimicrobial stewardship programs on antibiotic consumption and antimicrobial resistance in four Colombian healthcare institutions. BMC Infect Dis. 2022 May 2;22(1):420. doi: 10.1186/s12879-022-07410-6. PMID: 35501756; PMCID: PMC9059380.

Reyes S, Morel MDP, Kostka J, Nicolau DP. Duration of antibiotic therapy for Enterobacterales and Pseudomonas aeruginosa: a review of recent evidence. Curr Opin infect Dis. 2021 Dec;34(6):693-700. doi: 10.1097/QCO.0000000000000756. PMID: 34261907

Ibrahim EY, Correa R. Diagnostic Value of Preoperative Serum Calcitonin Levels in Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma. Clinical Thyroidology 2022;34(2):85-88 doi: 10.1089/ct.2022;34.85-88

M. Marczyk, T. Qing, T. O’Meara, V. Yagahoobi, V. Pelekanou, Y. Bai, E. Reisenbichler, K. S. Cole, X. Li, V. Gunasekharan, E. Y. Ibrahim, D. L. Rimm, L. Pusztai, and K. R.M. Blenman Tumor Immune Microenvironment of Self-Identified African American and Non-African American Triple Negative Breast Cancer, Clinical Cancer Research April 2021

Munshani, S., Ibrahim, E.Y., Domenicano, I. and Ehrlich, B.E., 2021. The Impact of Mutations in Wolframin on Psychiatric Disorders. Frontiers in Pediatrics, 9.

Ibrahim E., Fritz A., Fu A., Ehrlich B., Zhu Y.. A Putative Tumor Suppressing Role of hsa-miR-154 in Breast Cancer that acts by Targeting CLOCK Gene. Human Genomics. Feb 2022,; Pub Status: Submitted

Radin M, El Hasbani G, Barinotti A, et al. Quality of life measures in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: A systematic review. Reumatismo. 2022;73(4):10.4081/reumatismo.2021.1447. Published 2022 Feb 7. doi:10.4081/reumatismo.2021.1447

Hasbani GE, Uthman I, Jawad AS. Musculoskeletal Manifestations of Sarcoidosis. Clin Med Insights Arthritis Musculoskelet Disord. 2022;15:11795441211072475. Published 2022 Feb 14. doi:10.1177/11795441211072475

Jawad AS, El-Hasbani G, Uthman I. The effect of wet-cupping therapy (hijama) in modulating autoimmune activity of Hashimoto's thyroiditis.: A pilot controlled study. Saudi Med J. 2022;43(3):321. doi:10.15537/smj.2022.43.3.20220122

El Hasbani G, El Ouweini H, Dabdoub F, Hourani R, Jawad AS, Uthman I. Rheumatoid Cerebral Vasculitis in a Patient in Remission. Clin Med Insights Case Rep. 2022;15:11795476221083114. Published 2022 Mar 9. doi:10.1177/11795476221083114

El Hasbani G, Uthman I, Jawad S, Jawad ASM. The psychological impact of Behçet's disease [published online ahead of print, 2022 Apr 6]. Musculoskeletal Care. 2022;10.1002/msc.1632. doi:10.1002/msc.1632

Pavlou A, Cardenas Ramos L, Vanek M, Regelmann DJ. A Case of Chronic Aortic Dissection With Hemopericardium and Tamponade. Cureus. 2022 Apr 7;14(4):e23924. doi: 10.7759/cureus.23924. PMID: 35530841; PMCID: PMC9076048.

Ezeh KJ, Ezeudemba O. Mimicking an Intraluminal Lesion: A Case Report on Mantle Cell Lymphoma. Cureus. 2021 Oct 18;13(10):e18870. doi: 10.7759/cureus.18870. PMID: 34804720; PMCID: PMC8598344.

Ezeh KJ, Ezeudemba O. Hyperlipidemia: A Review of the Novel Methods for the Management of Lipids. Cureus. 2021 Jul 15;13(7):e16412. doi: 10.7759/cureus.16412. PMID: 34401212; PMCID: PMC8364429.

El Hasbani G, Mussallam K, Uthman I, Cappellini MD, Taher AT. Thalassemia and autoimmune diseases: Absence of evidence or evidence of absence? Blood Reviews. 2021. In Press. doi: 10.1016/j.blre.2021.100874. PMID: 34404565

Hodroj MH, El Hasbani G, Al-Shamsi HO, Samaha H, Musallam KM, Taher AT. Clinical burden of hemophilia in older adults: Beyond bleeding risk. Blood Reviews. 2021. In Press. doi: 10.1016/j.blre.2021.100912. PMID: 34887154

Noureldine HA, El Hasbani G, Nour Eldine M, Nour-Eldine W, Taher A, Uthman I. Postural tachycardia syndrome (POTS) and antiphospholipid syndrome (APS): What do we know so far? Revue Neurologique. 2021. In Press. doi: 10.1016/j.neurol.2021.10.006. PMID: 34895744

Wang X, Gkrouzman E, Andrade DCO, Andreoli L, Barbhaiya M, Belmont HM, Branch DW, de Jesús GR, Efthymiou M, Ríos-Garcés R, Gerosa M, El Hasbani G, Knight J, Meroni PL, Pazzola G, Petri M, Rand J, Salmon J, Tektonidou M, Tincani A, Uthman IW, Zuily S, Zuo Y, Lockshin M, Cohen H, Erkan D; APS ACTION. COVID-19 and antiphospholipid antibodies: A position statement and management guidance from AntiPhospholipid Syndrome Alliance for Clinical Trials and InternatiOnal Networking (APS ACTION). Lupus. 2021. In Press. doi: 10.1177/09612033211062523. Epub 2021 Dec 16. PMID: 34915764

El Hasbani G, Jawad AS, Uthman I. Cupping (Hijama) in Rheumatic Diseases: The Evidence. Mediterr J Rheumatol. 2021;32(4):316-23. https://doi.org/10.31138/mjr.32.4.316. PMID: In Process.

Assaker R, El Hasbani G, Antezana A, Vargas J, Suarez J, Bertely C, Suleman N. I drank too much and now I can't walk: a case of alcohol-induced dysautonomia. Oxford Medical Case Reports. 2021. 8: omab072. doi: 10.1093/omcr/omab072. PMID: 34408893

Kostka, J., & Ivanaviciene, J. (2021). General Gastrointestinal Infections. In G.Y.Wu., & M.Mavilia (Ed.), Pocket Handbook of GI Pharmacotherapeutics (pp. 91-112). Hartford: Humana Press.

Pavlou A, Kurtz RM, Song JW. Diagnostic Accuracy Studies in Radiology: How to Recognize and Address Potential Sources of Bias. Radiol Res Pract. 2021 Sep 6;2021:5801662. doi: 10.1155/2021/5801662. PMID: 34532141; PMCID: PMC8440098.

Valeriia Klymenko MD, Haritha R Mopuru MD, Arsalan Alvi MD, Maria Morel MD, Nataliia Dyatlova MD, Michael Elias MD, David Regelmann MD. COVID-19 treatment guidelines for hospitalized patients at St. Vincent’s Medical Center, a licensed 473-bed community teaching hospital with level II trauma center in the United States. Asthma and Allergy. 2021 June; 19(3):50-55. Doi: 10.31655/2307-3373-2021-3-43-49.

Abou Elkassem A, Allen BC, Lirette ST. Multiinstitutional Evaluation of the Liver Surface Nodularity Score on CT for Staging Liver Fibrosis and Predicting Liver-Related Events in Patients with Hepatitis C. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2021 Dec 22. doi: 10.2214/AJR.21.27062.

Michael T. Corwin, Emre Altinmakas, Daniella Asch. Clinical Importance of Incidental Homogeneous Renal Masses That Measure 10-40 mm and 21-39 HU at Portal Venous Phase CT: A 12-Institution Retrospective Cohort Study. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2021 Jul;217(1):135-140. doi: 10.2214/AJR.20.24245. Epub 2020 Aug 26. PMID: 32845714.


National Presentations

Asser Abou Elkassem, Douglas Nachand, Jordan Perchik, Rafah Mresh, Michael Anderson, Ryan Melvin, Andrew Smith. Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats (SWOT) Analysis of AI Algorithms in Body Imaging. Society for Advanced Body Imaging (SABI) 2021 annual meeting. October 12, 2021

Asser Abou Elkassem, Ahmed Farag, Parker Brewster, Sara Allison, Renu Pandit, Ravneet Singh, Ayat Abdelsalam, John John Machado, Rafah Mresh, John Mitchell, Dillon Williams, Yujan Shrestha, Andrew Smith. Fully automated opportunistic screening of cardiomegaly on routine chest or abdominal CT exams. Society for Advanced Body Imaging (SABI) 2021 annual meeting. October 12, 2021

Ibrahim, E.Y, Batra S, Amoetang M,Nepal P, Regelmann D, Ectopic Retropharyngeal parathyroid adenoma causing primary hyperparathyroidism. Poster accepted for presentation at AACE meeting May 2022

Ibrahim, E.Y, Batra S, Amoetang , Hulinsky I, A nonfunctioning adrenal mass evolving to a cortisol secreting adenoma after ten years pf latency. Accepted for publication in ENDO meeting June 2022

Amlani K, Michalik J, Rodriguez A, Fitzgerald W, Clagett Procedure For Respiratory Distress In

Case Of Recurrent Chronic Hydropneumothorax With Bronchopleural Fistula, American Thoracic

Society (ATS) 2022.

Amlani K, Michalik J, Vera A, Xenakis J, Mopuru H, Severe Refractory Evan’s syndrome: Case

Report, American Thoracic Society (ATS) 2022.

Chadha C, Amlani K, Dorobisz S, Rosinksi A, A case of Recurrent Flare of PR-3 ANCA Negative

Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis complicated by ARDS and Fungal Pneumonia, American Thoracic

Society (ATS) 2022.

Michalik J, Amlani K, Crusio R, Not All Who Sundown Have Dementia: A Case of Creutzfeldt-Jakob

Disease, American Thoracic Society (ATS) 2022.


Regional Presentations

Valeriia Klymenko, Athanasios Pavlou, Haritha Mopuru, Laura Cardenas Ramos, Jurate Ivanaviviene. A Rare Complication of a Common Medication. The 17th Annual Science Symposium at St. Vincent’s Medical Center, Bridgeport, CT, April 2022.

Kingsley I Onuoha, MD, Jason Xenakis, MD, Toochukwu Lilian Okafor, MD. Atypical presentation of cardiac fabry's disease. Connecticut Chapter American College of Cardiology. April, 2022.

El Hasbani, Amoateng MD, Hulinsky I. A Rare Cause of Cushing’s Syndrome: Parotid Adenocarcinoma. Connecticut Chapter of the American College of Physicians Annual Scientific Meeting, Virtual, October 15, 2021

Amoateng MD, El Hasbani G, Ibrahim E, Janowiecki C. Microangiopathic Hemolytic Anemia: One Question to Ask. Connecticut Chapter of the American College of Physicians Annual Scientific Meeting, Virtual, October 15, 2021

Ian Guillen Alvarez, Valeriia Klymenko, Mahmoud Abdelrahman, Ana G. Azueta-Jimenez, Rakesh Mahali. Acute Severe Bilateral Lower Limb Ischemia in the setting of COVID-19. Connecticut Chapter of the American College of Physicians Annual Scientific Meeting, Hartford, CT , October Department of Medicine, St. Vincent’s Medical Center, Bridgeport, CT. September 2021.

Ian GuillenAlvarez, Stanca Iacob, Daniel Afrifa , Lilian Okafor, Edward Mensah.A Rare Case of Low Parasitemia Human Babesiosis Complicated by Splenic Infarction. Connecticut Chapter of the American College of Physicians Annual Virtual Scientific Meeting- Abstact /Poster competition.

Nikitha Karkala, Buadi Tandoh, Mariam Farhan. Phenytoin-Induced Delayed Hypersensitivity Reaction. Connecticut Chapter of the American College of Physicians Annual Scientific Meeting, October 15, 2021.

Athanasios Pavlou, Maria Del Pilar Morel Almonte, Martin Vanek, Sergio Reyes Salcedo, Rakesh Mahali. A case of Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation due to Pancreatitis. Connecticut Chapter of the American College of Physicians Annual Scientific Virtual Meeting, 2021.

Charlie W. Zhao, Athanasios Pavlou, Francis Ihionu, Haritha Mopuru, Ishan Malhotra. Myasthenia on the Rocks: Early Repolarization due to Hypothermia in a Patient with Myasthenia Gravis. Connecticut Chapter of the American College of Physicians Annual Scientific Virtual Meeting, 2021

Eiman Y Ibrahim, Sofia Oluwole, Haritha Mopuru, Christopher Janowiecki. Hope, cure, and adverse effects in immunotherapy: a case report of Atezolizumab-associated encephalitis during treatment of metastatic small cell lung cancer. Connecticut Chapter of the American College of Physicians Annual Scientific Meeting, October 15 2021.

Laura Cardenas MD, Justyna Michalik MD, Valeriia Klymenko MD, Cristina Vander Woude MD, Grace Kim MD. A sudden drop: Cephalosporin-induced neutropenia. Connecticut Chapter of the American College of Physicians Annual Scientific Meeting, Hartford, CT, October, 2021.

Vander Woude C, Hauser L, Cardenas L,-Petrou A, Ivanaviciene. Babesiosis in the setting of mild chronic thrombocytopenia. ACP Chapter virtual meeting. October, 2021.

Obiora C. Ezeudemba, MD, Jason R. Xenakis, MD, Toochukwu L. Okafor, MD, Kingsley I. Onuoha, MD, Dankwah-Quansah Maame, MD. Early intervention in aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage rupture. Connecticut Chapter of the American College of Physicians poster presentation, 2021.

Valeriia Klymenko, Athanasios Pavlou, Haritha Mopuru, Laura Cardenas Ramos, Jurate Ivanaviviene. A Rare Complication of a Common Medication. St. Vincent’s Medical Center 17th Annual Science Symposium, 2022.

Athanasios Pavlou, Maria Del Pilar Morel Almonte, Martin Vanek, Sergio Reyes Salcedo, Rakesh Mahali. A case of Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation due to Pancreatitis. St. Vincent’s Medical Center 17th Annual Science Symposium, 2022.

Magdelene Amoateng, Georges El Hasbani, Ilja Hulinsky. ACTH-secreting parotid acinic cell carcinoma: A unusually reported paraneoplastic syndrome. St. Vincet's Medical Center Science Symposium, Bridgeport, CT, April 07, 2022.

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