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Research Day 2009
Authors and Titles by Division

Cardiology
Clinical Pharmacology
Endocrinology
Gastroenterology
General Internal Medicine
Hematology
Infectious Diseases and Immunology
Medical Oncology
Nephrology
Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
Rheumatology

CARDIOLOGY

  1. Patients with mild traumatic brain injury have subtle autonomic cardiovascular dysfunction with ocular pressure test Hilz M.J., Aurnhammer F., Anders S., Marthol H., Blaszczynska P., Schroeder T., Rossmeissl A., De Fina P.A. and Flanagan S.
  2. Sleep apnea induces deoxygenation in Familial Dysautonomia patients M.J Hilz, F.B. Axelrod, D. Rapoport, I. Ayappa, Buechner S, H. Sczepanska, N. Dimitrov, D. Berlin and S. Möller
  3. Patients with mild traumatic brain injury show subtle sympathetic cardiac dysfunction during orthostatic challenge Hilz M. J., Anders S., Aurnhammer F., Marthol H., Baltadhzieva R, Schroeder T., Rossmeissl A., De Fina P. A. and Flanagan S.
  4. Hyperlipidemia has chamber specific effects on electrophysiological parameters Aneesh Bapat and Gregory Morley
  5. Electrophysiological Characterization of Patterned Neonatal Rat Myocyte Strands Samuel Bernard, Carolina Vasquez, Poornima Monadas and Gregory E. Morley
  6. Real time, three dimensional transesophageal echocardiography in the evaluation of thoracic aortic atherosclerosis Zev Frankel, Itzhak Kronzon, Mathew Varkey and Gila Perk
  7. Renal Insufficiency and Outcomes in the Occluded Artery Trial (OAT) Ramin Hastings, Judith Hochman and Harmony Reynolds
  8. Real-time 3D-Transesophageal Echocardiography in the Evaluation of Post-Operative Mitral Annuloplasty Ring and Prosthetic Valve Dehiscence David Hirsh, Itzhak Kronzon, Mathew Varkey and Gila Perk
  9. The Incremental Value of Real-Time 3-Dimensional Transesophageal Echocardiography in the Evaluation of Intracardiac Wire Related Infective Endocarditis Susie N. Hong, Gila Perk, and Itzhak Kronzon
  10. Congestive Heart Failure Events after Myocardial Infarction: Results from the Occluded Artery Trial (OAT) Rahul R. Jhaveri, Raban V. Jeger, Sandra A. Forman and Judith S. Hochman
  11. ATP-Sensitive Potassium Channel Dysregulation Provides a Mechanism for aTrial Fibrillation in the Setting of Hypertension Joshua M. Lader, Jonathan E. Feig, Carolina Vasquez, Edward A. Fisher and Gregory E. Morley
  12. Health and mental health needs of trauma survivors: Implications for community-based research and advocacy Douglas Nam Le, Duy Nguyen and Chhaya Chhoum
  13. Cx43 CT Domain Influences Infarct Size and Susceptibility to Ventricular Tachyarrhythmias in Acute Myocardial Infarction K. Maass, S. E. Chase and M. Delmar
  14. Takotsubo (Stress-Induced) Cardiomyopathy with Tenesmus: An Unusual Presentation Macuha, Faustino, Jr
  15. Myocardial Scar in Diabetics and Non-Diabetics with Ischemic Heart Disease asAssessed by Magnetic Resonance Imaging Robert Donnino, Andrew H. Nguyen, Steven P. Sedlis and Monvadi B. Srichai
  16. ES-cells differentiate into ventricular conduction system cells expressing the novel Purkinje Cell marker, PC1 Benedetta A. Pallante, Liu Fang-Yu, Marina Cerrone, Jiri Zavadil, Peter Lopez, Li Bao, William A. Coetzee and Glenn I. Fishman
  17. Cost effectiveness of an early revascularization strategy for cardiogenic shock based on long-term outcomes Eric M. Riles, Eric L. Eisenstein and Judith S. Hochman
  18. Do Low HDL-levels and Diabetes Mellitus Independently Predict Extent of Coronary Artery Disease? Marcelo Jimenez, Robert Schaller, Georgia Panagopoulos, David Hersh, Susana Ayyanathan, Howard Levitt, Saddad Toor, Snehal Patel, Disha Patel and Neil L. Coplan
  19. Age and Outcomes After Myocardial Infarction With Persistent Total Occlusion of the Infarct Related Artery: An Analysis of the Occluded Artery Trial Adam H. Skolnick, Vladimir Dzavik, Venu Menon, Lea Liu, Aldo P. Maggioni, Antonio C. Carvalho, Luis Gruberg, Rudyney Eduardo Uchoa Azevedo, Erwin Schroeder, Camille A. Pearte, Harvey D. White, Gervasio A. Lamas and Judith S. Hochman
  20. Relationship between Diabetes Mellitus and Metabolic Syndrome for Predicting Coronary Artery Disease N. Coplan, D. Hersh, S. Ayyanathan, G. Panagopoulos, H. Levitt, S. Toor, M. Jimenez, R. Schaller and S. Patel
  21. Significance of periprocedural blood glucose levels in BARI 2D patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention: A Proposed Study Binita Shah, Frederick Feit, Steven P. Sedlis, Michael J. Attubato, Jeffrey Lorin, James Slater and Ivan R. Pena Sing
  22. Osteoporosis therapy prevents the progression of aortic stenosis A. H. Skolnik, M. Osranek, W. Formica and I. Kronzon
  23. Post-Mortem Evaluation of Deaths Due to Coronary Heart Disease in Young Females Nathaniel Smilowitz, Judith S. Hochman, Barbara A. Sampson, Sandeep Mangalmurti, Jonathan Siegfried and Harmony R. Reynolds
  24. Use of Real Time Three Dimensional Transesophageal Echocardiography in Intracardiac Catheter Based Interventions Eleni Vavas, Gila Perk, Mathew Varkey, Jim Slater and Itzhak Kronzon
  25. Role of TTX sensitive and TTX insensitive Sodium Channels in Cardiac Conduction Nitya Viswanathan, Gregg Rosner, Laura Kuznekoff, William Hsueh and Gregory E Morley
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CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY

  1. A2A Adenosine Receptor activation decreases foam cell formation by enhancing ABCA1-dependent cholesterol efflux Taiese Crystal Bingham, Saj Parathath, Allison Reiss, Edwin Chan, Edward Fisher and Bruce Cronstein
  2. Interferon-gamma (IFNγ) Inhibits Adenosine A2A Receptor Function in Hepatic Stellate Cells by Downregulating Expression of Adenylate Cyclase in a STAT1-Dependent Manner Eric Block and Bruce Cronstein
  3. CD39/CD73 double knockout mice are protected against Bleomycin-induced dermal fibrosis Edwin Chan, Patricia Fernandez, Hailing Liu and Bruce Cronstein
  4. Adenosine Receptor and Bone Metabolism Firas M. Kara, Stephan B. Doty, Adele Boskey, Steven B. Goldring and Bruce N. Cronstein.
  5. Adenosine A2A Receptor Occupancy Promotes Dermal Fibrosis by Modulating FLI1 and CTGF Expression Hailing Liu, Patricia Fernandez, Edwin S. L. Chan and Bruce N Cronstein
  6. Adenosine A1 receptor plays a role in the fructose-induced fatty liver Zhongsheng Peng, Adrienne Williams and Bruce N. Cronstein
  7. A2A Adenosine Receptor Signal Transduction of Thrombospondin-1 Production and Activity in Angiogenesis for Human Microvascular Endothelial Cells Adrienne J Williams, Avani Desai and Bruce N Cronstein
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ENDOCRINOLOGY

  1. SPECT/CT in Post-Thyroidectomy Thyroid Cancer patients with Atypical or Cryptic Findings on Whole Body Scans Blum, Manfred. Friedman, Kent. Chu, Michael. Sedlis, Elizabeth. Goel, Sumina
  2. Are Currently Employed Growth Hormone Doses Sufficient to Provide Cardiovascular Benefits in Growth Hormone Deficient (GHD) Adults? Katalin Frisch, Connie B. Newman, Barry Rosenzweig, Ronenn Roubenoff, Mariano Rey, Teresa Kidder, Yuan Kong, Arthur Schwartzbard and David L. Kleinberg
  3. Breast Cancer Chemoprevention by inhibition of IGF-I Action: Preliminary Data from a Proof of Principle Trial with som230 Lubitz S, Ruan W, Singh B, Axelrod D, Smith J, Teklinski M, and Kleinberg DL
  4. Teriparatide-Induced Paget’s Disease of Bone Janet Mapa, Stephane Conte and Loren Wissner Greene
  5. Assessment of Hypertension Control and Anti-Hypertensive Medication Use for Diabetics and non-Diabetics in an Outpatient Clinic Marc Rybstein, Joel J. Mathew and Robert E. Graham
  6. Uterine leiomyosarcoma metastatic to a hyperplastic Hashimoto’s thyroid nodule: A case report Mary Vouyiouklis and Valerie Peck
  7. A case of a fungal abscess presenting as panhypopituitarism Mary Vouyiouklis and Robert Lind
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GASTROENTEROLOGY

  1. Depression Is More Prevalent and More Severe in Racial/Ethnic Minorities than in White Patients with Chronic Hepatitis C Virus Infection Sabina Berezovskaya and Edmund J. Bini
  2. Is Upper Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Indicated in Patients With Iron Deficiency Anemia and Negative Colonoscopy? Bani Chander and Edmund J. Bini
  3. Sub-therapeutic antibiotic treatment alters the murine gut microbiome and affects early-life metabolism and body composition Ilseung Cho, Barbara Methe, Sean Raj, Yael Nobel and Martin J. Blaser
  4. Autoimmune hepatitis: effect of age on severity of disease and use of new scoring system Gina Choi, Jessica Li and Marion Peters
  5. The Predictive Value of Ethnicity and Helicobacter pylori status on Endoscopic Evaluation for Dyspepsia Daniel L Cohen, Fang Zhou, Alexis A Rodriguez and Fritz Francois
  6. Factors associated with obtaining gastric biopsies for Helicobacter pylori testing in patients with functional dyspepsia Daniel L Cohen, Fang Zhou, Alexis A Rodriguez and Fritz Francois
  7. NSAID-induced Antral Ulcers Correlate with Distinct Changes in Antral Gene Expression. Desai JC, Goo T, Fukata M, Sanyal S, Dikman A, Miller K, Cohen L, Brooks A, Abreu MT and Aisenberg J.
  8. Lanosterol to Cholesterol: An old pathway with new relevance Robert J. Fakheri and Norman B. Javitt
  9. Clopidogrel-Induced Hepatic Failure: An Unusual Complication of A Commonly Used Medication Rakesh Goyal
  10. Non-diarrheal gastrointestinal symptoms continue to impact health-related quality of life in HIV-infected patients Keri Herzog, Ilseung Cho, Edmund Bini, Uzma Siddiqui and Michael Poles
  11. A Reversible Achalasia-like Disorder after Laparoscopic Adjustable Gastric Banding Abraham Khan, Christine Ren and Morris Traube
  12. Improving Hand-off Communication: A GI Fellowship Initiative Lisa Malter and Elizabeth Weinshel
  13. The Effect of Acculturation on Colorectal Polyp Prevalence among Hispanics Nora Muakkassa, Neal Joseph, Sergio Quijano, Martin Wolff and Fritz Francois
  14. Prevalence of Esophageal Reflux and the Effect of Anti-Secretory Treatment on Dysphagia in Patients with Eosinophilic Esophagitis Peter Shue, Gina Sam and Morris Traube
  15. Acute Hepatitis C Virus Infection and Alcohol Use: An Uncommon Cause of Fulminant Hepatic Failure S. Srinivasa, M.A. Poles and C.T. Tenner
  16. Atypical presentation of adult-onset celiac disease Kenneth F. Strachan and Moyna H. Ng
  17. Magnesium citrate preparation for colonoscopy: onset and duration of bowel activity Taylor EO, Palmon R, Waye JD
  18. Plasma Levels of Insulinotropic and Digestive Hormones Predict the Risk of Colonic Adenomas Martin J. Wolff, Neal Joseph, Maryann L. Huie, Sergio Quijano, Nora Muakkassa, Frank Martiniuk, Guillermo I. Perez-Perez and Fritz Francois
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GENERAL INTERNAL MEDICINE

  1. Teaching the Competencies: Using Observed Standardized Clinical Encounters (OSCEs) for Faculty Development David Alevi, Elizabeth Weinshel M.D.
  2. Predictors of First Fill Adherence with New Asthma Prescriptions Zackary Berger, William Kimbrough, Colleen Gillespie, Annemarie G. Hirsch, G. Craig Wood, Zhengmin Qian and Nirav R. Shah
  3. Do they really not know why they're in the hospital? Zackary Berger and Anne Dembitzer
  4. Exercise adherence in diabetes: Potential role of behavioral factors in managing diabetes Hoyune E. Cho, Natalie N. Young, Jennifer P. Friedberg, Michelle E. Ulmer, Walker B. Plash and Sundar Natarajan
  5. Connections between Behavioral Modifications: Smoking Cessation and Medication Adherence among Hypertensive Adults Vanessa D'Orio, Michelle Ulmer, Jennifer Friedberg, Manan Patel, Donald Robinaugh and Sundar Natarajan
  6. Aerobic exercise and cardiovascular risk factors in hypertensive patients Pedro Duran, Jennifer Friedberg, Michelle Ulmer, Sundar Natarajan
  7. Community Health Workers: Building capacity to address Filipino heart health in New York City and New Jersey Rhodora Ursua, Noilyn Abesamis, Romerico Foz, Henry Soliveres, Potri Ranka Manis and Mariano Rey
  8. Community Health Workers: Building capacity to address diabetes in the Bangladeshi community in New York City Krittika Ghosh, Nadia Islam, Gulnahar Alam, Mamnunul Haq Chau Trinh-Shevrin and Mariano Rey
  9. An Innovative, Interactive Web-Based Module to Build Medical Residents’ Competencies in Chronic Illness Care for Depression Damara Gutnick, Steve Cole, Christof J. Daetwyler, Kristin Remus, Dennis Novack
  10. Public Health Insurance Enrollment in Newly Arrived Immigrant Adolescents: Barriers and Facilitators Adelaide Hearst, Julia Ramirez and Francesca Gany
  11. Self-Efficacy in Adults with Hypertension and Diabetes: Is the whole greater than the sum of its parts? Douglas Hirth, Jennifer Friedberg, Maria Antonia Rodriguez, Michelle Ulmer and Sundar Natarajan
  12. A Community-Based Participatory Approach to a Social Marketing Campaign that Raises Hepatitis B Awareness in Asian American Communities: Methodological Issues and Best Practices for Formative Data Collection Laureen Hom, Simona Kwon, Henry Pollack, Thomas Tsang, Jihyun Park, Nadia Islam, Chau Trinh-Shevrin and Mariano Rey
  13. Disaggregating Data to Document Unique Diabetes Disparities in Asian American Communities Nadia Islam, Ying Hua Liu, Chau Trinh-Shevrin and Mariano Rey
  14. Knowledge, Attitudes, and Perception Regarding Diabetes in the New York City Bangladeshi Community: A Mixed-Methods Approach Nadia Islam, Krittika Ghosh, Nahar Alam, Mamnun Haq, Runi Mukherjee, Purnima Naik, Darius Tandon, Morsheda Begum, Shahnaz Yousef, Moushumi Shabnam, Michael Tanner, Bhairavi Desai, Julie Ruckel, Ying Hua Liu, Sonali Tawdekar, Chau Trinh-Shevrin, Mariano Rey
  15. Documenting Evidence of Diabetes Disparities in the New York City Bangladeshi Community: A NIH Health Disparities Loan Repayment Program-Supported Project Nadia Islam, Krittika Ghosh, Chau Trinh-Shevrin and Mariano Rey
  16. Post 9/11 GERD-like Symptoms: Endoscopic and Pathologic Evaluation of a New Entity Khungar, Vandana; Rajapaksa, Roshini; Liu, Mengling; Cheng, Qinyi and Reibman, Joan
  17. Effectiveness of the Bellevue A1c Clinic Natalie Levy
  18. Attitudes Towards Body Weight, Weight Loss, and Physician-led Obesity Counseling in Urban Latino Primary Care Patients M. McMacken; M. Price; I. Lobach; C. Torgersen; N.R. Shah
  19. Weight-Related Behaviors and Obesity Treatment Preferences in Urban Latino Primary Care Patients M. Price; M. McMacken; I. Lobach; C. Torgersen and N.R. Shah
  20. Mismatch between Treatment Enrollment and Drug Use Patterns among Heroin and Prescription Opioid Users in New York City Jennifer McNeely and Marc N. Gourevitch
  21. Streamlining OR Efficiency: Time is Money Michael Miles, Dea Hughes, Uzma Samadani, Erik Parker, Kareem A. Zaghloul, Elizabeth Weinshel, Jae Noh and Michael Carey
  22. Are Patients who do not speak English as a primary language less adherent to the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) diet? Mundy, LR; Ulmer, ME; Friedberg JP; Lipsitz, SR; Natarajan, S
  23. Improving Diversity in the Medical Professions Through an Innovative Medical Student-run Pipeline Education Program N. Nair; A. Marciscano; K. Vivar; E. Lamont; S. Schaeffer; A. Hultgren; F. Francois
  24. What Psychological Factors are Associated with Caloric Discrepancies in Hypertensive Patients Actively Trying to Lose Weight? Rankine, J., Ulmer, M., Friedberg, J., Natarajan, S.
  25. Association of Treatment and Behavior with Health-Related Quality of Life in Patients with Uncontrolled Hypertension Sathe NA, lmer M, Robinaugh D, Friedberg JP, Mundy L and Natarajan S
  26. Practicing what we preach: Does self-perception impact obesity counseling performance? Sheira Schlair, Melanie Jay, Colleen Gillespie, Tavinder Ark, Sondra Zabar, Mack Lipkin, Scott Sherman, Neil Shapiro, Julia Hyland-Bruno, Adina Kalet
  27. The Impact of a Novel Nutrition Curriculum Depends on Medical Students’ Own Weight Management Sheira Schlair, Kathleen Hanley, Lindsey Disney, Colleen Gillespie, Tavinder Ark, Pam Darby, Jeff Harris, Elsa Spencer, Melanie Jay, Erica Frank and Adina Kalet
  28. Unfair Treatment Predicts Masked Hypertension in A Community Sample Of Black and Latino (A) Adults Antoinette Schoenthaler, Joseph Schwartz, Jonathan Tobin and Elizabeth Brondolo
  29. Race-concordance, Ratings of Communication and Medication Adherence among Hypertensive Blacks Antoinette Schoenthaler, Luisa Borrell, John P. Allegrante and Gbenga Ogedegbe
  30. Pay for Performance: A Temporary Solution for Improving Health Care Quality Amit Sura and Nirav Shah
  31. The Prognostic Value of Comorbidity on Pressure Ulcers in Demented Patients with Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy Feeding T. Urphanishvili, M. Mozumder, P. Patel, A. Nair, S. Ajmal, M. Sedlackova
  32. A Clinic-Wide 10,000 Steps Competition: One Step Forward For Staff and Patients Andrew B. Wallach and Andrea Truncali
  33. Adherence of patients with prescribed medications after discharge from an urban public hospital medicine service Wasserman LI, Perel V, Shah N
  34. Factors associated with difficult buprenorphine inductions Susan D. Whitley, Hillary V. Kunins, Angela Giovanniello, Xuan Li, Galit Sacajiu, Nancy L. Sohler and Chinazo O. Cunningham
  35. What Is the Relationship between Behavioral Factors and Quality of Life in Adults with Diabetes and Hypertension? Natalie N. Young, Jennifer P. Friedberg, Neha A. Sathe, Maria A. Rodriguez and Sundar Natarajan
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HEMATOLOGY

  1. Pseudonormokalemia in Patients with Thrombocytosis Amir S. Steinberg, Raimonda Goldman, Randy L. Levine, Georgia Panagapoulos and Marvin C. Cooper
  2. The Effect of Smoking on Platelet Function as Measured by Ichor/Plateletworks Rakesh Goyal, Sotir Polena and Daniel Soffer
  3. Case of extreme hypereosinophilia Chanh Huynh and Jennifer Wu
  4. HIV-1 Tat induces platelet activation and expression of CD154 Jianhui Wang, Wei Zhang, and Zongdong Li
  5. Dissolution of Arterial Platelet Thrombus with Human Monoclonal scFv anti-GPIIIa49-66 Ab and Its Ramification Wei Zhang, Yongsheng Li, Suying Dang, Michael Nardi, Zongdong Li and Simon Karpatkin
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INFECTIOUS DISEASES AND IMMUNOLOGY

  1. 98. Expression of GOAT in human cell lines Rupali Avasare and Amit Patel
  2. 99. Mycobacterium tuberculosis Inhibits Antigen Presentation in Cultured Murine Dendritic cells Stephen Carpenter, Tyler Bold, Robert Blomgran-Julinder, and Joel Ernst
  3. 100. Evaluating the effect of human immune responses on M. tuberculosis antigen gene diversity Jaidip Chakravartti, Inaki Comas, Sebastien Gagneux and Joel Ernst
  4. 101. Autophagy is a novel innate immune defense against Campylobacter jejuni Jennifer Collins, Steven Ovadia, Thormika Keo, Martin Blaser and Nicole Iovine
  5. 102. Identification of a Malaria Vaccine Target through Structure-Function Studies of the Circumsporozoite Protein Alida Coppi, Brandy Bennett, Photini Sinnis
  6. 103. Release of TRAP from the Sporozoite Surface by a Rhomboid Protease is Required for Normal Gliding Motility and Efficient Invasion of Target Organs Ijeoma Ejigiri, Kwadwo Kwakye, Alida Coppi, Brandy Bennett and Photini Sinnis
  7. 104. Identification of bacterial and fungal species in human skin using real-time PCR Gao, Zhan and Blaser, J. Martin
  8. 105. Associations between gastric conditions and the quantity of Helicobacter pylori other eubacteria found in gastric mucosal biopsies Hsueh K, Perez-Perez G, Pei Z and Blaser M.
  9. 106. Acute cytomegalovirus hepatitis and thromboembolic events: an uncommon etiology for a common clinical entity Antonio Mendoza Ladd, Rakesh Goyal, Louis Rosainz, Peter Baiocco and Larry Difabrizio
  10. 107. Cytokine Profiling of the Maternal and Fetal Response to LPS in Vitro Xiao Li, Igor Eyzner, Alexander Ha, Bruce K. Young, and Doris B. Tse
  11. 108. Developing a fluorescence-based multiplex real-time qRT-PCR assay for the detection of mammalian gene expression Amitav Mohanty, Bertram Bleck, Joan Reibman, and Doris B. Tse
  12. 109. Bacterial Butyryl-CoA CoA Transferase is associated with increased body fat percentage in mice with antibiotic-induced adiposity. Laura Nondorf, Ilseung Cho, Zhan Gao and Martin Blaser
  13. 110. Predictors of H. pylori detection among U.S. Veterans. Olivares AZ, Francois F, Bini EJ, Blaser MJ and Perez Perez GI
  14. 111. Azithromycin Induced Thrombocytopenia: A Rare Case Report Dean Padavan
  15. 112. A putative role for the β-(1,3)galT upstream homolog, jhp0562, in Helicobacter pylori Lewis antigen synthesis Mary Ann Pohl and Martin J. Blaser
  16. 113. Competition between bacteria in the Caenorhabditis elegans intestine Cynthia Portal-Celhay and Martin J. Blaser
  17. 114. β-1,3-galT and Type I Lewis Antigen Expression in Helicobacter pylori Sunny Shah, Mary Ann Pohl and Martin J. Blaser
  18. 115. Identification of H. pylori DNA uptake signals during natural transformation Xue-Song Zhang and Martin J. Blaser
  19. 116. The Bactericidal/Permeability-Increasing Protein is an Endogenous Antimicrobial Protein with Efficacy Against Clinical Isolates of Multi Drug-Resistant Gram-Negative Bacteria Steven Ovadia, Jennifer Collins and Nicole Iovine
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MEDICAL ONCOLOGY

  1. Neoadjuvant therapy of gastric cancer with cetuximab added to both irinotecan, cisplatin, followed by surgical resection, and adjuvant chemoradiation H. Y. Ma, E. Newman, T. Ryan, G. Miller, U. Sarpel, H. L. Pachter, D. J. Cohen, H. Choi, J. D. Goldberg, H. S. Hochster
  2. Ectopic Adrenocorticotropic Hormone Syndrome: Unusual Presentation of Recurrent Olfactory Neuroblastoma Yan Makeyev, Alexander Gilbert, Kent Friedman, Tibor Moskovits
  3. Health Maintenance Practices Among Physicians in a Community Hospital Raimonda Goldman, Afshan Malik, Georgia Panagopoulos and Colette Spaccavento
  4. CAPE, a honeybee product, inhibits growth of human breast cancer xenografts by oral and topical routes and suppresses self-renewal of breast cancer stem cells Jing Wu, Coral Omene, Jerzy Karkoszka, Catherine B. Klein, Julia Smith and Krystyna Frenkel
  5. Prognostic factors for survival in patients (pts) with Stage (stg) IV malignant melanoma (MM) Nagashree Seetharamu, Heather Hamilton, Ting Tu, Paul Christos, Iman Osman and Anna Pavlick
  6. MC1R allelic variations as producers of melanoma susceptibility S. Sidash, H. Ostrer, J. D. Goldberg, I. Belitskaya-Levy, V. Lobach, D. Polsky, R. L. Shapiro, R. S. Berman, I. Osman, P. Manga
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NEPHROLOGY
  1. The Effect of Water Loading on Urinary cAMP in Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease Irina Barash, Manish P. Ponda, David S. Goldfarb and Edward Y. Skolnik
  2. Mice Lacking the K+ Channel KCa3.1 Have Defective Activation of Th1 cells and are Protective from Colitis Lie Di, Shekhar Srivastava, Olga Zhdanova, Zhai Li, and Edward Y. Skolnik
  3. Perioperative Potassium Complications in Hemodialysis Patients Neeraj Kumar, Clenton Coleman, Michael F Michelis, Maria V DeVita
  4. Vitamin D Deficiency and Endotoxemia in Chronic Kidney Disease Manish P. Ponda, Diana Bernal-Messinger, Irina Barash, Peter Holt and Jan L. Breslow
  5. Deletion of Drosha in Podocytes Leads To A Collapsing Focal Glomerular Sclerosis Indicating That MicroRNAs Are Required For Normal Podocyte Function Olga Zhdanova, Zhai Li, Anita Mark, Laura Barisoni, and Edward Y. Skolnik
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PULMONARY AND CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE

  1. Impulse Oscillometry Detects Distal Airway Dysfunction in the Presence of Abnormal Spirometry. D Abi Fadel, R M Goldring, B W Oppenheimer, L Segal, A Helwig, J Reibman and K I Berger
  2. Pathologic Findings in Symptomatic Individuals with World Trade Center Dust (WTC) Exposure: A WTC Environmental Health Center (WTC EHC) Study C Caplan-Shaw, L Rogers, H Yee, D Nonaka, J Abraham, A Kazeros, S Parsia, K Berger, R Goldring and J Reibman
  3. Replication study of association of IL13 pathway polymorphisms and asthma using an admixed urban population Cheng, Q., Liu, M., Rogers, L., Fernandez-Beros, M., Hirschhorn, J., Lyon, H., Gregersen, P, Seldin, M., Patrawalla, P., Reibman, J.
  4. Sleep Medicine Terminology Knowledge Among Healthcare Professionals J. Fayyaz, L. Kanaparthi, R. Goyal, M. Rogers, L. DiFabrizio and K.D. Lessnau
  5. Implementation of a Rapid Response Team (RRT) Does Not Decrease the Incidence of Cardiac Arrest Codes (CAC) in an Urban Veterans Administration Hospital R.W. Smith, L. Navarro-Mariazeta, K.J. Felner and R.L. Smith
  6. Ventilator Graphic Analysis: A Knowledge Improvement Study Lalit Kanaparthi, Jazeela Fayyaz, Rohit Goyal, Murray Rogers, Larry DiFabrizio, and Klaus Lessnau
  7. Utility of Computed Tomography Imaging of the Lung in the Evaluation of Symptomatic World Trade Center Exposed Individuals with a Low Vital Capacity A Kazeros, M Shiau, B Leitman, L Rogers, C Caplan-Shaw, E Tonorezos, K Berger, R Goldring and J Reibman
  8. Methacholine challenge testing in a population with World Trade Center dust and fume exposure and persistent respiratory symptoms Tonorezos ES, Caplan-Shaw C, Cheng Q, Liu M, Fernandez-Beros M, Kazeros A, Segal L, Berger K, Goldring R and Reibman J.
  9. Differences between Ground Glass Opacities (GGOs) and Solid Nodules in CT-Scan Screening RP Lee, D Walter, Y Owusu-Sarpong, E Eylers, D Naidich, and WN Rom
  10. Reduction in Expiratory Mask Pressure during CPAP does not Transmit to the Upper Airway (UA) M J Masdeu, A V Patel, V Seelall, I Ayappa and D M Rapoport
  11. CD80 Mediates the Innate Inflammatory Response in Murine Polymicrobial Sepsis. B Naveed, A Nolan, W N Weiden, W N Rom and J A Gold
  12. Distal Airway Dysfunction Detected by Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Subjects with Normal Spirometry BW Oppenheimer, RM Goldring, Q Chen, K Zhang, A Voorhees, L Dougherty, J Reibman, L Rogers, A Helwig, WN Rom, KI Berger
  13. “Restrictive Dysfunction” Due To Distal Airways Disease; a New Pattern of Abnormal Pulmonary Physiology LN Segal, BW Oppenheimer, A Helwig, R Condos, WN Rom, KI Berger and RM Goldring
  14. Pilot study of X-ray fluorescence for estimation of exposure to World Trade Center (WTC) dust and smoke Dylan J. Stein, Andrew C. Todd, Brian A. Donatelli, Sam Parsia, Caralee Caplan-Shaw, Angeliki Kazeros, Linda Rogers, Qinyi Cheng, Mengling Liu, Joan Reibman and Michael Marmor
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RHEUMATOLOGY

  1. Smoking Cessation and Improvement of RA Disease Activity Mark C. Fisher, Muhammad El-Taha, Joel M. Kremer, Cheng Peng and Jeffrey Greenberg
  2. Gout Management in a Primary Care Setting: Evidence for Possible Suboptimal Treatment R.T. Keenan, W.R. O’Brien, D.B. Crittenden, K. Lee, D.S. Goldfarb and M.H. Pillinger
  3. Prevalence of Co-morbidities and Relative Contraindications to Standard Therapies in a Cohort of Gout Patients R.T. Keenan, W.R. O’Brien, D.B. Crittenden, K. Lee, D.S. Goldfarb and M.H. Pillinger
  4. Association of plasma matrix metalloproteinase 2 (MMP2) and erythropoietin with autoimmune congenital heart block in neonatal lupus patientswho carry the variant allele for TGFb1 Tania L Rivera, Peter M Izmirly, Robert M Clancy and Jill P Buyon
  5. Liver X Receptors Mediate Adenosine-regulated Reverse Cholesterol Transport and Form Cell Formation Henghe Tian and Bruce N. Cronstein
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