Scholarly Activities
2022 Scholarly Activities
| Location/Journal | Residents Involved | Title |
|---|---|---|
| Advancing the Science of Cancer in Latinos Conference in San Antonio | Christine Loftis Rosa Guedez Baute | Are survival outcomes different between chronic lymphocytic leukemia/Small lymphocytic lymphoma patients in Hispanics vs Non-Hispanic Populations in Texas and Florida? A two-state population analysis |
| Cureus Journal of Medical Science | Christine Loftis Rosa Guedez Baute | Disease Severity and Response to Induction Therapy in Hispanic Patients with Antineutrophilic Cytoplasmic Autoantibody-Associated Vasculitis-Related Diffuse Alveolar Hemorrhage |
| Cureus Journal of Medical Science | Christine Loftis Rosa Guedez Baute | Disease Severity and Response to Induction Therapy in Hispanic Patients With Antineutrophilic Cytoplasmic Autoantibody-Associated Vasculitis-Related Diffuse Alveolar Hemorrhage |
| American College of Cardiology Annual Meeting 2022 | Jorge Bernal Christian Avalos Humberto Mochizuki Khaled Sherif Carlos Castro | Predictors of Postoperative Atrial Fibrillation Following Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Among Hispanics |
| UTRGV School of Medicine Symposium | Josenny Rodriguez Christine Loftis Mery Bartl | A Whole Clotta Pain A Case of IVC Thrombosis in a Patient with Anti-Phospholipid Syndrome and Recent Diagnosis of COVID-19 |
| UTRGV School of Medicine Symposium | Josenny Rodriguez Christine Loftis Rosa White-Guedez | That Which Keeps on Giving - A Case of Class IV Diffuse Proliferative Lupus Nephritis in a Hispanic Woman with underlying Systemic Lupus Erythematosus |
| Houston Shock Symposium | Jorge Bernal Ans Albustamy Christine Loftis Reham Majzoub | Shock in Pregnancy |
| Southern Medical Association Physicians in Training Leadership Conference | Christine Loftis Rosa Guedez Baute Sonya Montes |
The Mass That Engulfed Four Organs: IgG4 Related Disease Presenting as a Large Abdominal Tumor |
| UTRGV School of Medicine Symposium | Christine Loftis Josenny Rodriguez Paez Lina Pedraza | Interrupting the Axis: A Case of IgG4Related Hypophysitis in a Young Hispanic Male |
| Natalia Pinto Reham Majzoub Yilen Ng Wong | Creutzfeldt-Jakob, a stroke masquerade case | |
| UTRGV SOM Research Symposium | Carol Soler Nadal Jorge Bartl Mery Gomez Jose | Improvement of diabetic retinopathy screening in Diabetic population in Internal medicine Clinic |
| UTRGV School of Medicine Symposium | Christine Loftis Josenny Rodriguez Paez Natalia Pinto Reham Majzoub | When Mycoplasma Becomes a Surface Target: Case of Mycoplasma Induced Rash and Mucositis |
| UTRGV School of Medicine Symposium | Christine Loftis Yilen Ng Wong | Hidden in Plain Sight: A Case of Paraneoplastic Clinical Amyopathic Dermatomyositis in a Young Hispanic Woman |
| UTRGV SOM Research Symposium | Jorge Nadal Reham Majzoub | A case of Extramedullary Plasmacytoma in the Presence of Multiple Myeloma |
| Reham Majzoub | Can Hyperthyroidism Cause Flaccid Paralysis? A case Report of Thyroxicosis Periodic Paralysis as a Presenting Symptom of Grave's Disease | |
| Cureus Journal of Medical Science | Reham Majzoub | Combined Oral Contraceptives Bringing to Light May-Thurner Syndrome |
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| UTRGV SOM Research Symposium 2022 | Mery Bartl Reham Majzoub Jose Rivera | Proton Pump Inhibitors induced acute interstitial nephritis. A case report. |
| Miami Valves | Oscar Lopez | Fractional Flow Reverse versus Angiography alone guiding percutaneous coronary interventions: A meta-analysis and systematic review |
2021 Scholarly Activities
| Location/Journal | Residents Involved | Title |
|---|---|---|
| American college of gastroenterology | Ans Albustamy | SMA syndrome in a patient with latent autoimmune diabetes of adulthood: a case report |
| American college of gastroenterology | Ans Albustamy | Kinked CBD causing obstructive jaundice in a patient with biliary stricture: a case report |
| Texas American College of Physicians Meeting 2021 | Hector Arredondo | A Rare Case of COVID Encephalitis in a Vaccinated Patient |
| Case Reports inn Rheumatology | Christine Loftis Rosa Guedez Baute | Acquired Factor VIII Deficiency Presenting as Gross Hematuria in a Hispanic, Pregnant Patient with Previously Undiagnosed Connective Tissue Disease |
| Modern Rheumatology Case Reports | Christine Loftis Rosa Guedez Baute | Dermatomyositis- Related Intestinal Dysmotility |
| Frontiers | Alcibiades Fleires Gutierrez | Hemoglobin A1c Threshold for Reduction in Bone Turnover in Men With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus |
| Texas ACP Annual Conference | Rosa White Christine Loftis Dinna Hammad | Is it extra-articular or extra-pulmonary, a diagnostic chimera |
| Texas ACP Annual Conference | Rosa White Christine Loftis Dinna Hammad | Piecing Together The Puzzle: A Case of Microscopic Polyangiitis Presenting as Systemic Vasculitis Neuropathy |
| UTRGV School of Medicine Research Symposium | Rosa White Christine Loftis Dinna Hammad | My Achy Breaky Heart: A Case of Primary B-Cell Lymphoma Presenting as Impending Cardiac Tamponade |
| UTRGV School of Medicine Research Symposium (Awarded Best Oral QI) | Adriana Betancourth Azucena Del Real Christine Loftis Gabriel Lora Jose Rivera Reham Majzoub Stephanie Luu | Improving Internal medicine residents self perceived confidence, knowledge and procedural skills performing pap smears |
| International Journal of Molecular Sciences | Rodolfo Garza Morales | 4-1BBL as a Mediator of Cross-Talk between Innate, Adaptive, and Regulatory Immunity against Cancer |
| SAGE Journal-Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine | Irma Huayanay Chelsea Chang | End of Life Decision-Making Challenges in a Latino Patient with COVID-19: Facing Barriers |
| Vaccines | Rodolfo Garza Morales | An Oncolytic Adenovirus Encoding SA-4-1BBL adjuvant fused to HPV-16 E7 antigen produces a specific antitumor effect in a cancer mouse model |
| UTRGV SOM Research Symposium 2021 | Jose Rivera | A Case of Possible Casirivimab/Imdevimab Induced Myopericarditis in a COVID Positive Young Male |
| UTRGV School of Medicine Research Symposium 2021 | Don Rajan | A case of MINOCA in a patient with recent history of COVID-19 |
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 |