Scholarly Activities
2020 Scholarly Activities
| Location/Journal | Residents Involved | Title |
|---|---|---|
| American College of Gastroenterology Oct 2020 Nashville, TN |
Cynthia Rivas, MD – PGY3 Salman Bangash, MD – PGY3 Chang Chelsea, MD – Faculty |
Management of Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease at Internal Medicine Clinic in South Texas |
| American College of Gastroenterology Oct 2020 Nashville, TN |
Cynthia Rivas, MD – PGY3 Andres Suarez, MD – PGY3 Mariana Gonzalez, MD – PGY2 Michael Marchiorlatti Rashmee Patil, MD – Faculty |
Characteristics of a Hispanic Cohort With Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease in South Texas |
| American College of Gastroenterology Oct 2020 Nashville, TN |
Cynthia Rivas, MD – PGY3 Mariana Gonzalez, MD – PGY2 Grigoriy Rapoport, MD – Fellow Ingrid Chacon, MD – Faculty |
Gastrointestinal Mucormycosis in an Immunocompromised Patient |
| American College of Gastroenterology Oct 2020 Nashville, TN |
Cynthia Rivas, MD – PGY3 Grigoriy Rapoport, MD – Fellow Asif Zamir, MD – Faculty |
Hemoclip Retention After 6 Years: A Case Report |
| American College of Gastroenterology Oct 2020 Nashville, TN |
Cynthia Rivas, MD – PGY3 Arturo Suplee, MD – PGY3 Mohammed Shakhatreh, MD – Fellow Asif Zamir, MD – Faculty |
Shock as Initial Presentation of Hepatocellular Carcinoma: A Case Series |
| American College of Gastroenterology Oct 2020 Nashville, TN |
Grigoriy Rapoport, MD – Fellow Arturo Suplee, MD – PGY3 Mohammed Shakhatreh, MD – Fellow Asif Zamir, MD – Faculty |
A case of melanosis ilei in a patient with chronic iron replacement therapy |
| American College of Gastroenterology Oct 2020 Nashville, TN |
Arturo Suplee, MD – PGY3 Grigoriy Rapoport, MD – Fellow Mohammed Shakhatreh, MD – Fellow Henry Herrera, MD – Faculty |
Disseminated histoplasmosis and cytomegalovirus infection presenting as ileitis in a patient with AIDS |
| American College of Gastroenterology Oct 2020 Nashville, TN |
Mohammed Shakhatreh, MD – Fellow Arturo Suplee, MD – PGY3 Grigoriy Rapoport, MD – Faculty Asif Zamir, MD – Faculty |
Bronchobiliary fistula in a patient with remote hepatectomy treated with biliary stent by ERCP |
| South Texas ACP May 2020 South Padre Island, TX |
Rosa Guedez, MD – PGY1 Ricardo Abreu, MD – Faculty |
A rare case of pulmonary leiomyosarcoma in a transplanted lung |
| South Texas ACP May 2020 South Padre Island, TX |
Adriana Betancourth, MD – PGY1 Ayesha Khan, MD – PGY1 Nghia Nguyen, MD – PGY1 Steffi Sathiyaraj, MD – PGY1 Leonardo Pozo, MD – PGY2 Krishna Suri, DO – PGY2 Daniela Hernandez, MD – PGY2 Andres Suarez, MD – PGY2 Jawaira Khan, MD – PGY3 Fatimah Bello, MD – PGY3 |
PSQI Category: INCREASING APPROPRIATENESS OF USE OF ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHIC MONITORING WITH A POP-UP IN OUR ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD SYSTEM |
| South Texas ACP May 2020 South Padre Island, TX |
Fatimah Bello, MD – PGY3 Aramide Tijani, MD Salman Bangash, MD – PGY2 Denisse Ramirez, MD – PGY2 Maria Pesantez, MD – PGY1 Ayesha Khan, MD – PGY1 Brandon Cantazaro, MD – Faculty Timothy Heath, MD – Faculty |
PREVALENCE OF MURINE TYPHUS IN A SOUTH TEXAS HOSPITAL BETWEEN 2015 AND 2019 |
| South Texas ACP May 2020 South Padre Island, TX |
Daniela Hernandez, MD – PGY2 Michelle Martinez, MD Juan Garza, MD Tyler Snedden, MD Adolfo Diaz, MD |
DIFFUSE LARGE B CELL LYMPHOMA (DLBCL) EXPERIENCE IN A MAJORITY-MINORITY COMMUNITY: THE UT HEALTH SAN ANTONIO STORY |
| South Texas ACP May 2020 South Padre Island, TX |
Shaza Shamdeen, MD – PGY2 Dina Hammad, MD – PGY1 Renzo Arauco Brown, MD – Faculty |
A Case of Chronic Fibrocavitary Pneumonia due to Coccidioidomycosis Presenting as a Persistent Consolidation in an Asymptomatic Immunocompetent Host |
| South Texas ACP May 2020 South Padre Island, TX |
Gabriel Lora, MD – PGY1 Humberto Mochizuki, MD – Cardiology fellow Herschl Silberman, MD – Faculty Norman Ramirez, MD – Faculty |
"IF THE LUNGS ARE BAD, ALWAYS CHECK THE HEART"; ACUTE MITRAL REGURGITATION PRESENTING AS COPD EXACERBATION/ ARDS |
| South Texas ACP May 2020 South Padre Island, TX |
Victor Zamora-Legoff, MD – PGY1 Hussein AlJabori, MD – PGY3 Halyna Ivashchuk, MD – Faculty |
A Rare Case Presentation of Diffuse B Cell Lymphoma |
| American Thoracic Society International Conference May 2020 Philadelphia, PA |
Denisse Ramirez, MD – PGY2 Xavier Blanco, MD – PGY2 Christian Abreu-Ramirez, MD PGY3 Adolfo Kaplan, MD – Faculty Renzo Arauco Brown, MD – Faculty |
Recurrent Chylothorax In A Patient with Superior Vena Cava Thrombosis |
| Society of Hospital Medicine April 2020 San Diego, CA |
Karrar Al Gburi, MD – PGY2 Jose Bejarano, MD – Faculty Brandon Cantazaro, MD – Faculty |
Chaotic brain, a case of autoimmune encephalitis |
| Society of Hospital Medicine April 2020 San Diego, CA |
Maria Pezantes, MD – PGY1 Andres Suarez, MD – PGY2 Fatimah Bello, MD – PGY3 |
Spontaneous Pneumothorax and Antisynthetase Syndrome: Challenges of Diagnosis and Treatment |
| Society of Hospital Medicine April 2020 San Diego, CA |
Fatimah Bello, MD – PGY3 Steffi Sathiyaraj, MD – PGY1 Nghia Nguyen, MD – PGY1 Andres Suarez, MD – PGY2 Jawaira Khan, MD – PGY3 Renzo Arauco, MD – Faculty Mourad Alsabbagh, MD – Faculty |
Beyond Ballet: Nutcracker Syndrome Managed with Renal Auto-Transplantation In An 18-Year-Old Woman |
| National ACP April 2020 Los Angeles, CA |
Cynthia Rivas, MD – PGY2 Andres Suarez, MD – PGY2 Fatimah Bello, MD – PGY3 Cesar Gutierrez, MD – Faculty |
Hepatitis C Associated Vasculitis: A Case Report |
2019 Scholarly Activities
| Location/Journal | Residents Involved | Title |
|---|---|---|
| Association of American Medical Colleges Oral Presentation November 2019 Phoenix, AZ |
Fatimah Bello, MD – PGY3 Brandon Cantazaro, MD – Faculty Jessica Martin, MD, MHSA – Faculty Rex Huang – PGY3 Jacqueline Joe – PGY3 Chelsea Chang, MD – Faculty Timothy Heath, MD – Faculty Andrew Dentino, MD – Faculty and Chair |
Resident Heal Thyself: A Four-Dimensional Approach to Resident Wellness |
| American College of Gastroenterology October 2019 San Antonio, TX |
Fatimah Bello, MD – PGY3 Arturo Suplee, MD – PGY2 Henry Herrera, MD – Faculty |
A Case report of Co-Existing Helicobacter pylori and Clostridium difficile Infections: The Need for Treatment Guidelines |
| American College of Gastroenterology October 2019 San Antonio, TX |
Cynthia Rivas, MD – PGY2 | Isolated Polycystic Liver Disease causing respiratory compromise |
| American College of Gastroenterology October 2019 San Antonio, TX |
Cynthia Rivas, MD – PGY2 | Propafenone Induced Hepatic and Cholestatic Injury |
| American College of Gastroenterology Oct 2019 San Antonio, TX |
Arturo Suplee, MD – PGY2 Grigroriy Rapoport, MD – Fellow Juan Castano, MD – Faculty Asif Zamir, MD – Faculty |
Large fecalith obstructing the cecum in a patient with rectal bleeding and iron deficiency anemia |
| American College of Gastroenterology Oct 2019 San Antonio, TX |
Arturo Suplee, MD – PGY2 Gopal Katkoria, MD Grigroriy Rapoport, MD – Faculty Juan Castano, MD – Faculty Asif Zamir, MD – Faculty |
A rare initial presentation of HCC |
| American College of Gastroenterology Oct 2019 San Antonio, TX |
Arturo Suplee, MD – PGY2 Gopal Katkoria, MD Grigroriy Rapoport, MD – Faculty Juan Castano, MD – Faculty Asif Zamir, MD – Faculty |
Concurrent Barret’s Esophagus varix with resolution after banding |
| Texas ACP October 2019 San Antonio, TX |
Andres Suarez, MD – PGY2 Cynthia Rivas, MD – PGY2 Fatimah Bello, MD – PGY3 Karrar Al Gburi, MD – PGY 2 Cesar Gutierrez, MD – Faculty Pean Joseph, MD – Faculty |
Hepatitis C Associated Vasculitis: A Case Report |
| Mayo Clinic Pulmonary Manifestations of Connective Tissue Disorders October 2019 Jacksonville, FL |
Karrar Al Gburi, MD – PGY 2 Hussein Al Jobori – PGY3 Salman Bangash, MD – PGY1 |
Ongoing hydralazine treatment leading to diffuse alveolar hemorrhage-when the going gets tough |
| American Medical Association – Oral Presentation September 2019 Chicago, Illinois |
Jessica Martin, MD, MHSA – Faculty Fatimah Bello, MD – PGY3 Vianis C. Bravo, MD – PGY3 Schamma Salomon, MD – PGY3 Andrew Dentino, MD – Faculty and Chair |
Adopting a Framework for Care conversations, Ethical dilemmas and Interdisciplinary care in a community-based residency training program serving Hispanic geriatric patients |
| UTRGV Symposium September 2019 McAllen, TX |
Shaza Shamdeen, MD – PGY2 Chelsea Chang, MD – Faculty |
Cervical and Breast Cancer Prevention |
| UTRGV Symposium September 2019 McAllen, TX |
Irma Huayanay Espinoza, MD – PGY1 Rosa Guedez, MD – PGY1 |
Diffuse B Cell Lymphoma |
| UTRGV Symposium September 2019 McAllen, TX |
Stephanie Luu, MD – PGY1 Victor Zamora Legoff, MD – PGY1 Brandon Cantazaro, MD – Faculty Chelsea Chang, MD – Faculty |
Difficulty Managing Recurrent Anemia in a Patient with Advanced Bilateral Renal Cell Carcinoma with |
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UTRGV Symposium |
Gabriel Lora Ferreira – PGY1 Cynthia Rivas, MD – PGY2 |
Triple Threat: SIADH in an elderly with concomitant Escitalopram and Thiazide diuretic |
| UTRGV Symposium September 2019 McAllen, TX |
Fatimah Bello, MD – PGY3 Andres Suarez, MD – PGY2 Xavier Blanco MD – PGY2 Alexander Renpenning MD – PGY2 Lana Yamba MD – PGY1 Arboleda Andres MD – PGY3 David Gomez MD – Alumni Halyna Ivashchuk MD – Faculty Roberto Gonzalez MD – Alumni |
Use of blood glucose logs in patients with type 2 diabetes on insulin in residents Internal Medicine GME clinic |
| UTRGV Symposium September 2019 McAllen, TX |
Andres Suarez, MD – PGY2 Cesar Gutierrez, MD – Faculty Chelsea Chang, MD – Faculty |
Vegan Diet Effect in a Patient with Inoperable Ischemic Cardiomyopathy: A Case Report |
| UTRGV Symposium September 2019 McAllen, TX |
Jorges Montes, MD – PGY1 | Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Presents as Radiculopathy |
| UTRGV Symposium September 2019 McAllen, TX |
Fatimah Bello, MD – PGY3 Meera Soni, MD – PGY3 Leonardo Pozo Garcia, MD – PGY2 Andres Suarez, MD – PGY2 Brandon Cantazaro, MD – Faculty Jessica Martin, MD – Faculty Michelle Cordoba, MD – Faculty |
Trajectory of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus and Associated Characteristics in the Hispanic population |
| UTRGV Symposium September 2019 McAllen, TX |
Denisse Ramirez, MD – PGY2 Sunil Kamnani, MD Jorge Montes, MD – PGY1 Irma Huayanay, MD – PGY1 |
Quality Improvement on Obesity Documentation and Management |
| UTRGV Symposium September 2019 McAllen, TX |
Denisse Ramirez, MD – PGY2 Anoop Pasupuleti, MD – PGY2 Chelsea Hook Chang, MD – Faculty Salil Mangi, MD – Faculty |
Tough Decisions Regarding Hemodialysis in Patients with Hepatorenal Syndrome |
| James Steele Conference on Diseases in Nature Transmissible to Man May 2019 Dallas, TX |
Karrar Al Gburi, MD – PGY 1 | Suspected case of acute flaccid myelitis |
| South Texas ACP May 2019 Austin, TX |
Arturo Suplee, MD – PGY1 Leonardo Pozo Garcia, MD – PGY1 Bilal Nazif, MD – PGY3 Jawairia Khan – PGY2 |
Electronic medical record pop-up intervention to reduce inappropriate telemetry utilization |
| South Texas ACP May 2019 Austin, TX |
Krishna Suri, DO – PGY1 | Evaluating Sleep Apnea in the Rio Grande Valley |
| South Texas ACP May 2019 Austin, TX |
Leonardo Pozo Garcia, MD – PGY1 Gopal Katkoria, MD – PGY3 Brandon Cantazaro, MD – Faculty |
I've Got the Blues – A Tale of Methylene Blue and Serotonin Syndrome |
| South Texas ACP May 2019 Austin, TX |
Leonardo Pozo Garcia, MD – PGY1 Andres Suarez, MD – PGY1 Cesar Gutierrez, MD – Chief Resident – Faculty Chelsea Chang, MD – Faculty |
How Does UTRGV – Doctors Hospital at Renaissance Internal Medicine Residency Program Feel About Nutrition? |
| South Texas ACP May 2019 Austin, TX |
Karrar Al Gburi, MD – PGY1 Chelsea Chang, MD – Faculty |
Quality improvement on quality improvement: Evaluation of our longitudinal resident-Led QI |
| South Texas ACP May 2019 Austin, TX |
Karrar Al Gburi, MD – PGY1 | IVIG for antisynthetase syndrome, a truth hard to swallow |
| South Texas ACP Oral Presentation May 2019 Austin, TX |
Christian Abreu Ramirez, MD – PGY2 Fatimah Bello, MD – PGY2 Schamma Salomon, MD – PGY2 |
Perceptions About Night Coverage in an Internal Medicine Residency Program, a QI Project |
| American Thoracic Society May 2019 Dallas, TX |
Christian Abreu Ramirez, MD – PGY2 Rex Huang, MD – PGY2 Chelsea Chang, MD – Faculty |
Polycystic Liver Disease as a Cause of Severe Restrictive Lung Disease, a Case Report |
| World Journal of Diabetes May 2019 |
Leonardo Pozo Garcia, MD – PGY1 Fatimah Bello, MD – PGY2 Andres Suarez, MD – PGY1 Chelsea Chang, MD – Faculty |
Novel pharmacological therapy in type 2 diabetes mellitus with established cardiovascular diseases |
| American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists May 2019 Los Angeles, CA |
Fatimah Bello, MD – PGY2 Jose Llinas-Cepada – Faculty |
Atypical Initial Laboratory Findings in Non-Pulmonary Sarcoidosis |
| American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists May 2019 Los Angeles, CA |
Fatimah Bello, MD – PGY2 Brandon Cantazaro, MD – Faculty Leonardo Pozo Garcia, MD – PGY1 Juan Palacios Merchan, MD – Faculty |
Rare Case of Autoimmune Addison's Disease, Hypothyroidism and Latent Autoimmune Diabetes in a Hispanic Man |
| American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists May 2019 Los Angeles, CA |
Leonardo Pozo Garcia, MD – PGY1 Fatimah Bello, MD – PGY2 |
Outcomes of Molecular Testing in Cytologically Indeterminate Thyroid Nodules |
| National ACP April 2019 Philadelphia, PA |
Denisse Ramirez, MD – PGY1 Brandon Cantazaro, MD – Faculty |
Coccidioidomycosis meningitis presenting with elevated ammonia levels |
| National ACP April 2019 Philadelphia, PA |
Denisse Ramirez, MD – PGY1 Cynthia Rivas, MD – PGY1 |
Severe Vitamin B12 Deficiency presenting as Hemolytic Anemia and Pancytopenia |
| Endocrinology Society March 2019 New Orleans, Louisiana |
Andres Suarez, MD – PGY1 Leonardo Pozo Garcia, MD – PGY1 Juan Palacios Merchan, MD – Faculty |
An Unusual presentation Of Hypopituitarism In The Setting of Metastatic Breast Carcinoma: A Case Report |
| Endocrinology Society March 2019 New Orleans, Louisiana |
Fatimah Bello, MD – PGY2 Meera Soni, MD – PGY2 Juan Palacios Merchan, MD – Faculty Samuel Snyder, MD – Faculty |
Dose Dependent Methimazole Induced Agranulocytosis in a Pregnant Hispanic Woman with Grave's Disease |
| American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine February 2019 |
Leonardo Pozo Garcia, MD – PGY1 | Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitor–associated Fibrothorax |
| University of Florida February 2019 Gainesville, FL |
Fatimah Bello, MD – PGY2 Stefano Pineda, MD – PGY2 Halyna Ivashchuk, MD – PGY3 Jawairia Khan – PGY2 Jose Lozano Garcia, MD – Faculty |
BRASH syndrome in a Hispanic Man: A Case Report of an Emerging Disease Entity |
2018 Scholarly Activities
| Location/Journal | Residents Involved | Title |
|---|---|---|
| Texas ACP November 2018 Austin, TX |
Christian Abreu-Ramirez, MD – PGY2 Andres Arboleda, MD – PGY2 Christian Avalos, MD – PGY3 Juan Castano, MD – PGY3 |
An unusual case of murine typhus causing septic shock complicated with ARDS |
| Texas ACP November 2018 Austin, TX |
Leonardo Pozo Garcia, MD – PGY1 Chelsea Chang, MD – Faculty Juan Palacios Merchan, MD – Faculty |
Recognizing Ovarian Stroma Hyperthecosis as an Alternate Cause of Insulin Resistance in the Post-Menopausal Woman |
| Texas ACP November 2018 Austin, TX |
Fatimah Bello, MD – PGY2 Ashley Cruz, MD – PGY2 Leonardo Pozo Garcia, MD – PGY1 Timothy Heath, MD – Faculty |
Diarrhea and Thrush in the Setting of Fever, Rash and Joint Pain: Still Think About Adult Onset Still's Disease |
| American Thyroid Association (ATA) Conference October 2018 Washington, DC |
Meera Soni, MD – PGY2 Fatimah Bello, MD – PGY2 Michelle Cordoba Kissee, MD – Faculty Juan Palacios Merchan, MD – Faculty |
The Link Between Papillary Thyroid Cancer and Polycythemia Vera |
| CHEST Conference October 2018 San Antonio, TX |
Halyna Ivashchuk, MD – PGY3 | Double trouble: ANCA vasculitis with IgA nephropathy presenting as diffuse alveolar hemorrhage and fulminant renal failure |
| American College of Cardiology – Texas Chapter October 2018 San Antonio, TX |
Christian Avalos, MD – PGY3 Cesar Gutierrez, MD – Chief Resident John Cha, MD – PGY3 Juan Castano, MD – PGY3 Carlos Aude – Student Y. Wady Aude, MD – Faculty |
Appropriateness of ER-Initiated Anticoagulation with Heparin in Patients with Acute STEMI Undergoing Primary PCI |
| UTRGV Symposium – Oral Presentation – Health Disparities 2018: Closing the Gap September 2018 McAllen, TX |
Arturo Suplee, MD – PGY1 Christian Abreu Ramirez, MD – PGY1 John Cha, MD – PGY3 Steven Konstantin – PGY1 Rex Huang, MD – PGY2 Chelsea Chang, MD – Faculty |
End Stage Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis: Educating Our Patients on the Inevitable |
| UTRGV Symposium – Oral Presentation – Health Disparities 2018: Closing the Gap September 2018 McAllen, TX |
Rex Huang, MD – PGY2 Christian Abreu Ramirez, MD – PGY1 Jose Lozano Garcia, MD – Faculty |
Searching for (PAD)ington |
| UTRGV Symposium – Oral Presentation – Health Disparities 2018: Closing the Gap September 2018 McAllen, TX |
Fatimah Bello, MD – PGY2 Gopal Katkoria, MD – PGY3 Arturo Suplee, MD – PGY1 Cynthia Rivas, MD – PGY1 Meera Soni, MD – PGY2 Jose Lozano Garcia, MD – Faculty |
A Rare Case of Hodgkin’s Lymphoma Presenting with Superior Vena Syndrome and Functional Pulmonary Stenosis |
| UTRGV Symposium – Health Disparities 2018: Closing the Gap September 2018 McAllen, TX |
Steven Konstantin, MD – PGY1 Rex Huang, MD – PGY2 Christian Abreu-Ramirez, MD – PGY2 John Cha, MD – PGY3 Arturo Suplee Rivera, MD – PGY1 Juan M. Ortiz, MD – Faculty Asif Zamir, MD – Faculty |
Major Gastrointestinal and Urinary Tract Bleeding in a Patient on Rivaroxaban |
| UTRGV Symposium – Health Disparities 2018: Closing the Gap September 2018 McAllen, TX |
Andres Arboleda, MD – PGY2 Carlos Morales, MD – Faculty Emilia Dulgheru, MD – Faculty |
Acute nonrheumatic myopericarditis presenting with elevated cardiac enzymes and ST elevation on a 20-year-old man with streptococcal pharyngitis |
| UTRGV Symposium – Health Disparities 2018: Closing the Gap September 2018 McAllen, TX |
Karrar Al Gburi, MD – PGY1 Andres Suarez, MD – PGY1 Bilal Nazif, MD – PGY3 Christopher Sullivan, MD – Faculty Timothy Heath, MD – Faculty |
Osteomyelitis in Diabetic Foot |
| UTRGV Symposium – Health Disparities 2018: Closing the Gap September 2018 McAllen, TX |
Leonardo Pozo Garcia, MD – PGY1 Cleo Desmedt – MS3 UTRGV Chelsea Chang, MD – Faculty Timothy Heath, MD – Faculty |
Recurrent Acute Pancreatitis: Autoimmune vs Genetic Predisposition |
| UTRGV Symposium – Health Disparities 2018: Closing the Gap September 2018 McAllen, TX |
Cesar Gutierrez, MD – Chief Resident – Faculty Juan Castano, MD – PGY3 Christian Avalos, MD – PGY3 Carolina Bravo, MD – PGY1 Juan Palacios, MD – Faculty Timothy Heath, MD – Faculty |
Severe Hypocalcemia due to Hypoparathyroidism |
| UTRGV Symposium – Health Disparities 2018: Closing the Gap September 2018 McAllen, TX |
Juan Castano, MD – PGY3 Cesar Gutierrez, MD – Chief Resident – Faculty Grigoriy Rapoport, MD – Faculty |
Pancreatic Ascites |
| UTRGV Symposium – Health Disparities 2018: Closing the Gap September 2018 McAllen, TX |
Vianis C. Bravo, MD – PGY1 Schamma Salomon, MD – PGY2 Christian Avalos, MD – PGY3 Carlos M. Paris – UTRGV student Carlos Paris, MD – Attending Juan Menjivar, MD – Attending Yamil Aude, MD – Faculty Tim Heath, MD – Faculty |
When a Cardiac “plop” can be a sign of stroke |
| UTRGV Symposium – Health Disparities 2018: Closing the Gap September 2018 McAllen, TX |
Shaza Shamdeen, MD – PGY1 Sunil Kamnani, MD – PGY3 Chelsea Chang, MD – Faculty |
Osteomyelitis and Lower Extremity Amputations in Patients with Diabetes in the Rio Grande Valley |
| UTRGV Symposium – Health Disparities 2018: Closing the Gap September 2018 McAllen, TX |
Andres Suarez, MD – PGY1 Karrar Al Gburi, MD – PGY1 Jose Lozano, MD – Faculty John Paredes, DO – Faculty Chelsea Chang, MD – Faculty |
Difficulties Managing Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura Relapse in a Patient Without Medical Insurance: A Case Report |
| UTRGV Symposium – Health Disparities 2018: Closing the Gap September 2018 McAllen, TX |
Zahir Osuna, MD – PGY1 Alexander Renpenning, MD – PGY1 Ruben Abreu, MD – Attending Wady Aude, MD – Faculty |
Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy vs Coronary Artery Disease |
| UTRGV Symposium – Health Disparities 2018: Closing the Gap September 2018 McAllen, TX |
Daniela Hernandez, MD – PGY1 Chelsea Hook Chang, MD – Faculty Sergio Trevino-Manllo, MD – Attending |
Renal Replacement Therapy Options in the Rio Grande Valley or Lack Thereof |
| UTRGV Symposium – Health Disparities 2018: Closing the Gap September 2018 McAllen, TX |
Fatimah Bello, MD – PGY2 Krishna Suri, DO – PGY1 Meera Soni, MD – PGY2 Jessica Martin, MD – Faculty |
Double Whammy: A Case of Advanced Diabetic Neuropathic Arthropathy and Severe Peripheral Vascular Disease in a Hispanic Man |
| UTRGV Symposium – Health Disparities 2018: Closing the Gap September 2018 McAllen, TX |
Krishna Suri, MD – PGY1 Wady Aude, MD – Faculty |
To anti-coagulate or not to anti-coagulate |
| UTRGV Symposium – Health Disparities 2018: Closing the Gap September 2018 McAllen, TX |
Denisse Ramirez, MD – PGY1 Anoop Pasupuleti, MD – PGY1 Chelsea Chang, MD – Faculty Salil Mangi, MD – Faculty |
Tough Decisions Regarding Hemodialysis in Patients with Hepatorenal Syndrome |
| UTRGV Symposium – Health Disparities 2018: Closing the Gap September 2018 McAllen, TX |
Sunil Kamnani, MD – PGY3 Emilia Dulgheru, MD – Faculty |
A Case of Social Underprivilege: A Young Woman with Active Lupus Nephritis and Irregular Access to Medical Care |
| UTRGV Symposium – Health Disparities 2018: Closing the Gap September 2018 McAllen, TX |
Cynthia Rivas, MD – PGY1 Bilal Nazif, MD – PGY3 Courtney Remington – MS3 UTRGV Jose Almeda, MD – Faculty Chelsea Chang, MD – Faculty |
Challenges in Evaluation of Liver Mass Due to Lack of Insurance |
| UTRGV Symposium – Health Disparities 2018: Closing the Gap September 2018 McAllen, TX |
Salman Bangash, MD – PGY1 Brandon Cantazaro, MD – Faculty Jarrad McAdams, MD – PGY1 Stefano Pineda, MD – PGY2 Eugene Postevka – MS3 UTRGV Grigoriy Rapoport, MD – Faculty |
Aseptic Meningitis: A Case of Ten-Day Encephalopathy |
| UTRGV Symposium – Health Disparities 2018: Closing the Gap September 2018 McAllen, TX |
Xavier Blanco-Criado, MD – PGY1 Cleo Desmedt – MS3 UTRGV Chelsea Hook Chang, MD – Faculty |
The Grain of Sand in Your Shoe: A Case for the Comprehensive Diabetic Foot Examination |
| UTRGV Symposium – Health Disparities 2018: Closing the Gap September 2018 McAllen, TX |
Gopal Katkoria, MD – PGY3 Vianis C. Bravo, MD – PGY1 Rex Huang, MD – PGY2 Jose Lozano Garcia, MD – Faculty |
The Domino Effect of Economic Disparity |
| UTRGV Symposium – Health Disparities 2018: Closing the Gap September 2018 McAllen, TX |
Salman Bangash, MD – PGY1 Stefano Pineda, MD – PGY2 Jarrad McAdams, MD – PGY1 Eugene Postevka – MS3 UTRGV Brandon Cantazaro, MD – Faculty Grigoriy Rapoport, MD – Faculty |
Atypical Presentation of Hepatic Encephalopathy |
| UTRGV Symposium – Health Disparities 2018: Closing the Gap September 2018 McAllen, TX |
Jessica Martin, MD – Faculty Timothy Heath, MD – Faculty Wady Aude, MD – Faculty Andrew Dentino – Faculty Cesar Gutierrez, MD – Chief Resident – Faculty Christian Avalos, MD – PGY3 |
Creating Cardiology Fellowship Training to Address Cardiovascular Mortality in the Rio Grande Valley |
| UTRGV Symposium – Health Disparities 2018: Closing the Gap September 2018 McAllen, TX |
Sabrina Doffing – MS UTRGV Chelsea Chang, MD – Faculty |
One Way to Harvest Your Crop |
| UTRGV Symposium – Health Disparities 2018: Closing the Gap September 2018 McAllen, TX |
Sophia Hantzopulos – MS UTRGV Chelsea Chang, MD – Faculty |
Student Run Clinics of Texas Border Cities |
| ATS (American Thoracic Society) May 2018 San Diego, CA |
Halyna Ivashchuk, MD – PGY2 Renzo Arauco Brown, MD – Faculty |
A Case of Cryptogenic Bilateral Fibrosing Pleuritis, an Extremely Rare Form of Interstitial Lung Disease |
| ATS (American Thoracic Society) May 2018 San Diego, CA |
Halyna Ivashchuk, MD – PGY2 Renzo Arauco Brown, MD – Faculty |
Atypical Chest Pain and Dyspnea as Presenting Symptoms of an Isolated Mediastinal Extramedullary Plasmacytoma |
| ATS (American Thoracic Society) May 2018 San Diego, CA |
Halyna Ivashchuk, MD – PGY2 Renzo Arauco Brown, MD – Faculty |
A Case of Nocardia Cyriacigeorgica Lung Infection Presenting with a Progressive Obstructive Ventilatory Defect and Worsening Lung Nodules in an Immunocompetent Host with Previous History of Mild Bronchiectasis |
| South Texas ACP May 2018 Temple, TX |
Hussein Al Jobori, MD – PGY1 Ashley Cruz, MD – PGY1 Omar Shuaib, MD – PGY3 Timothy Heath, MD – Faculty |
AN UNDERDIAGNOSED COMPLICATION OF DIABETES MELLITUS, DIABETIC MUSCLE INFARCTION |
| South Texas ACP May 2018 Temple, TX |
Hector Santos, MD – PGY3 Luis Alberto Rosas, MD – Attending |
A CASE OF MURINE TYPHUS COMPLICATED BY SEPTIC SHOCK AND MULTIPLE ORGAN DYSFUNCTION SYNDROME |
| South Texas ACP May 2018 Temple, TX |
Juan Menjivar, MD – PGY3 Bilal Nazif, MD – PGY2 Rex Huang, MD – PGY1 Daniel Varela, MD – PGY1 Andrew Dentino, MD – Faculty Asif Zamir, MD – Faculty |
An Unusual Case of Metastasis in Adenocarcinoma of the Lungs |
| South Texas ACP May 2018 Temple, TX |
Sunil Kamnani, MD – PGY2 Sina Najafi, MD – PGY2 Timothy Heath, MD – Faculty |
Time to Get Stressed About Cortisol: A Case of Severe Hyponatremia in a Geriatric Patient With Underlying Hypopituitarism |
| South Texas ACP Oral Presentation May 2018 Temple, TX |
Rex Huang, MD – PGY1 Daniel Varela, MD – PGY1 Juan Menjivar, MD – PGY3 Emilia Dulgheru, MD – Faculty |
Mycophenolate Mofetil as an Alternative Maintenance Therapy: Managing Refractory Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy (CIDP) |
| Society of Hospital Medicine April 2018 Orlando, FL |
Bilal Nazif, MD – PGY2 Carlos Paris, MD – PGY3 Juan Menjivar, MD – PGY3 Juan Castano, MD – PGY2 Tim Heath, MD – Faculty Michelle Cordoba, MD – Faculty |
Ruptured Mycotic Hepatic Artery Aneurysm presenting as Hemobilia |
| Society of Hospital Medicine April 2018 Orlando, FL |
Juan Menjivar, MD – PGY3 Carlos Paris, MD – PGY3 Bilal Nazif, MD – PGY2 Rex Huang, MD – PGY1 Tim Heath, MD – Faculty Andrew Dentino, MD – Faculty |
Keep Your Eyes Wide Open When Your Patient’s Eyes Are Wide Shut |
| Society of Hospital Medicine April 2018 Orlando, FL |
Rex Huang, MD – PGY1 Juan Menjivar, MD – PGY3 Emilia Dulgheru, MD – Faculty Sergio A. Trevino, MD – Attending |
Erythema Nodosum as Initial Presentation of SLE |
2017 Scholarly Activities
| Location/Journal | Residents/Faculty Involved | Title |
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| DHR Medicine Conferencez September 2017 Edinburg, TX |
Halyna Ivashchuk, MD – PGY2 Cesar Gutierrez, MD – PGY3 Chi Pui, MD – PGY3 Wady Aude, MD – Faculty Carlos Aude – Student |
CLINICAL FEATURES AND SHORT-TERM OUTCOMES OF TAKOTSUBO (STRESS) CARDIOMYOPATHY IN SOUTH TEXAS HISPANICS |
| DHR Medicine Conference September 2017 Edinburg, TX |
Carlos Paris, MD – PGY3 Sina Najafi, DO – PGY2 Carlos Aude – Student Wady Aude, MD – Faculty |
Two Patients with Different Types of Coronary Spasms: Prinzmetal’s Angina and Catheter-Induced – Are They Really Different? |
| CHEST October 2017 Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
Kara Zabelny, DO – PGY3 Grigoriy Rapoport, MD – PGY3 Adolfo Kaplan, MD – Faculty |
Still a Challenge: Adult Onset Still’s Disease as a Cause of Respiratory Failure |
| CHEST October 2017 Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
Halyna Ivashchuk, MD – PGY2 Amrit Sraow, MD – PGY2 Renzo Arauco Brown, MD – Faculty |
Congenital Tracheal Web Inflammation Due to Pregnancy Exacerbated Acid Reflux Presenting as Severe Asthma Exacerbation |
| Texas ACP November 2017 San Antonio, TX |
Juan Menjivar, MD – PGY3 Mario Gomez, MD – Faculty |
Mycophelonate Induced Pulmonary Alveolar Proteinosis |
| UTRGV Research Symposium August 2017 |
Grigoriy Rapoport, MD – PGY3 Kara Zabelny, DO - PGY3 Adolfo Kaplan, MD – Faculty |
The Safety of Pulmonologist Performed Sonographic-Guided Thoracentesis in the Office Setting |
| UTRGV Research Symposium August 2017 |
Michelle Cordoba Kissee, MD – Faculty Kara Zabelny, DO - PGY2 Leah Bryan – MS1 UTRGV |
In a Bind: Transaminitis in a Transgender Woman |
| UTRGV Research Symposium August 2017 |
Grigoriy Rapoport, MD – PGY3 Juan Castano, MD – PGY2 Timothy Heath, MD – Faculty |
Streptococcus Intermedius Bacteremia, Don’t Forget to Check the Liver |
| UTRGV Research Symposium August 2017 |
Carlos Paris, MD – PGY3 Juan Menjivar, MD – PGY3 Juan Castano, MD – PGY2 Timothy Heath, MD – Faculty |
Keep Your Eyes Wide Open When Your Patient’s Eyes Are Wide Shut |
| UTRGV Research Symposium August 2017 |
Halyna Ivashchuk, MD – PGY2 Sunil Kamnani, MD – PGY2 Sina Najafi, DO - PGY2 Carlos Morales, MD – Faculty |
A Rare Case of Transient Cardiomyopathy After Surgical Intervention in a Young Woman with Ectopic Pregnancy |
| UTRGV Research Symposium August 2017 |
Hussein Al Jobori, MD – PGY1 Ashley Cruz, MD – PGY1 Omar Shuaib, MD – PGY3 Timothy Heath, MD – Faculty |
An Underdiagnosed Complication of Diabetes Mellitus – Diabetic Muscle Infarction |
| UTRGV Research Symposium August 2017 |
Halyna Ivashchuk, MD – PGY2 Sunil Kamnani, MD – PGY2 Sina Najafi, DO – PGY2 Rene Verduzco Jr., PharmD Marcos Reyes, Pharm D |
A Case of Unusual Hypoxemia: Acquired Methemoglobinemia Secondary to Phenazopyridine Use |
| UTRGV Research Symposium August 2017 |
Halyna Ivashchuk, MD – PGY2 Sunil Kamnani, MD – PGY2 Sina Najafi, DO – PGY2 Rene Verduzco Jr., PharmD Diana Zapata, PharmD – Candidate Timothy Heath, MD – Faculty |
What’s in the Urine Bag? A Case of Purple Urine Bag Syndrome |
| UTRGV Research Symposium August 2017 |
Shwe Win, MD – PGY2 Stephanie Manllo – S TX Prep Academy John Manllo – S TX Prep Academy Roberto Mangoo-Karim, MD – Faculty |
Correlation of Vitamin D Level and Urinary Calcium Excretion in Patients with Recurrent Nephrolithiasis |
| UTRGV Research Symposium Oral Presentation August 2017 |
Halyna Ivashchuk, MD – PGY2 Cesar Gutierrez, MD – PGY3 Chi Pui, MD – PGY3 Y. Wady Aude, MD – Faculty Carlos Aude – Science Academy of S TX |
CLINICAL FEATURES AND SHORT-TERM OUTCOMES OF TAKOTSUBO (STRESS) CARDIOMYOPATHY IN SOUTH TEXAS HISPANICS |
| Research participation at DHR June 2017 |
Juan Menjivar, MD – PGY2 – DHR – June 2017 Asif Zamir, MD – Faculty |
The Prevalence of Colorectal Cancer in the Hispanic Population at DHR Detected by Colonoscopies |
| Research participation at DHR June 2017 |
Shwe Win, MD – PGY2 – DHR – June 2017 Chi Pui, MD – PGY2 Mohammad Al Khdarat, MD – PGY2 Roberto Mangoo Karim, MD – Faculty |
Hypocitraturia is the Most Common Cause of Nephrolithiasis in Hispanics |
| Research participation at DHR June 2017 |
Roberto Gonzalez, MD – 2019 graduate Michelle Cordoba, MD – Faculty Monica Betancourt, PhD – Researcher DHR |
Racial Differences in Nephropathy Onset and Severity in Diabetic Patients: A Study of Two Joslin Clinics |
| Research participation at DHR June 2017 |
Grigoriy Rapoport, MD – PGY3 Murthy Badiga, MD – Faculty Pal Vabhave, MD – Faculty |
A Retrospective Comparative Analysis in the Incidence of Colonic Ischemia Between Patients Who Receive Low Volume Bowel Preparation with Bisacodyl and Those Who Receive PEG 4L Preparation |
| South Texas ACP May 2017 |
Kara Zabelny, DO – PGY2 Naiara Alvarez, MD – Faculty John Cha, MD – PGY1 Roberto Gonzalez, MD – PGY1 |
Widespread Lupus Panniculitis Requiring Multiple Skin Flaps |
| South Texas ACP May 2017 |
Brandon Cantazaro, MD – PGY2 Grigoriy Rapoport, MD – PGY2 Christian Avalos, MD – PGY1 Adolfo Kaplan, MD – Faculty Leslie Pean, MD – Faculty |
Don’t Forget Your Ferritin – Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis Presenting as Lower Gastrointestinal Bleeding |
| South Texas ACP May 2017 |
Cesar Gutierrez, MD – PGY2 Carlos Morales, MD – Faculty |
Purulent Pericarditis Presenting as Acute Coronary Syndrome |
| South Texas ACP Oral Presentation May 2017 |
Halyna Ivashchuk, MD – PGY1 Amrit Sraow, MD – PGY2 Michelle Cordoba, MD – Faculty |
Thyro-“taco”-cosis Due to Porcine Thyroid Ingestion |
| Journal Publication - American Journal of Kidney Diseases April 2017 |
Isabel Padilla, MD – PGY2 Roberto Mangoo Karim, MD – Faculty |
3 articles |
| National Kidney Foundation April 2017 Orlando, FL |
Mohammad Al-Khdarat, MD – PGY2 Shwe Win, MD – PGY2 Chi Pui, MD – PGY2 Roberto Mangoo-Karim, MD – Faculty |
HYPOCITRATURIA IS A COMMON CAUSE OF NEPHROLITHIASIS IN HISPANICS |
| National Kidney Foundation April 2017 Orlando, FL |
Shwe Win, MD – PGY2 Chi Pui, MD – PGY2 Sina Nafafi, MD – PGY1 Dulce Aida Cano Roberto Mangoo-Karim, MD – Faculty |
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SERUM VITAMIN D LEVELS AND URINARY CALCIUM EXCRETION IN HISPANIC PATIENTS WITH RECURRENT NEPHROLITHIASIS |