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Publications from 2012
Are Our Students Teachers?, Joel Bradley and Melissa A. Fischer
Gestational Weight Gain Prior to Glucola and Risk of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus, Anna BuAbbud, Katherine Callaghan, Xun Liao, and Tiffany A. Moore Simas
Evaluating the Efficacy of Training Programs for Community Health Workers in Rural Uganda, Elizabeth Butler, Edward O’Neil, Zachary Tabb, Edward Mwebe, John Mukadde, Prossy Jim, Michael A. Godkin, Judith A. Savageau, Safi Ahmed, and Arwen Wolfe
Assessing Patient-Provider Collaboration in Subjects with Type 2 Diabetes in Jamaica and Effects on Glycemic Control, Paul E. Daniel Jr., Michael A. Godkin, Judith A. Savageau, Rosemarie Wright-Pascoe, and Michael G. Lee
Admission Hyperglycemia in Setting of Acute Heart Failure is Associated with Increased In-hospital Mortality Among Patients without Diabetes, Nicholas J. Maselli, Chad E. Darling, David D. McManus, Darleen M. Lessard, Robert J. Goldberg, and Jane S. Saczynski
Codon Optimization for Alpha 1-Antitrypsin Disease, Timothy Menz, Qiushi Tang, Lina Song, Christian Mueller, and Terence R. Flotte
Diagnostic Patterns and Immunohistochemical Stain Usage in Extended Core Prostate Biopsies: Comparisons Between Genitourinary and Non-Genitourinary Pathologists, Anna Plourde, Zhong Jiang, and Christopher L. Owens
Publications from 2011
Tales from the EMR: Does a 21st-Century Data Warehouse Facilitate Clinical Research for Pancreatic Cancer?, Edward J. Arous, Jillian K. Smith, Sing Chau Ng, Jennifer F. Tseng, and Theodore P. McDade
Improving Prenatal Education in a Health Center: A Pilot Study, Marcy Keddy Boucher, Hugh Silk, Judith A. Savageau, Katharine C. Barnard, and Mary Flynn
Universal Health Care Coverage in Massachusetts: A Follow-up on the Effects on Neurosurgical Practice, Anthony M. Burrows, Julie G. Pilitsis, Lynn Levecque, Richard P. Moser, and Demetrius E. M. Litwin
Creation of 3D Digital Anthropomorphic Phantoms which Model Actual Patient Non-rigid Body Motion as Determined from MRI and Position Tracking Studies of Volunteers, Caitlin M. Connolly, Arda Konik, Paul K. R. Dasari, P. Segars, Shaokuan Zheng, K. L. Johnson, Joyoni Dey, and Michael A. King
Teaching Oral Health in U.S. Medical Schools: Results of a National Survey, Ashley Ferullo, Hugh Silk, and Judith A. Savageau
The effect of removing cost as a barrier to treatment initiation with outpatient tobacco dependence clinics among emergency department patients, Deepak K. Ozhathil, Beau W. Abar, Brigitte M. Baumann, Carlos A. Camargo Jr., Douglas M. Ziedonis, and Edwin D. Boudreaux
Effect of centre volume and high donor risk index on liver allograft survival, Deepak K. Ozhathil, YouFu Li, Jillian K. Smith, Jennifer F. Tseng, Reza F. Saidi, Adel Bozorgzadeh, and Shimul A. Shah
Impact of center volume on increased risk liver transplant outcomes, Deepak K. Ozhathil, YouFu Li, Jillian K. Smith, Jennifer F. Tseng, Reza F. Saidi, Adel Bozorgzadeh, and Shimul A. Shah
Assessment of Olfactory Processing in Parkinson’s Disease Patients, Mary Linton Peters, Jacob Kleinman, Wei Huang, Keith A. Cauley, Paula D. Ravin, Peter Novak, Ali Bourisly, Jean A. King, and Julie G. Pilitsis
Identifying Characteristics of Effective Small Group Learning Valued by Medical Students and Facilitators, Diana T. Robillard, Laura M. Spring, Susan J. Pasquale, and Judith A. Savageau
Improving Delivery of Evidence-Based Prenatal Care in a Family Medicine Clinic, Rachel Rosenberg and Jeremy Golding
Uniting Student Musicians and Patients: A Quality Improvement Project, Daniel B. Schmolze and Suzana Makowski
Hospitalization for Complications of Cirrhosis: Does Volume Matter, Anand Singla, James L. Hart, YouFu Li, Jennifer F. Tseng, and Shimul A. Shah
Publications from 2010
Current trends and short-term outcomes of live donor nephrectomy: a population-based analysis of the nationwide inpatient sample, Beth Colombo, Anand Singla, YouFu Li, Jennifer F. Tseng, Reza F. Saidi, Adel Bozorgzadeh, and Shimul A. Shah
Surgeon Volume Metrics in Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy, Nicholas G. Csikesz, Anand Singla, Melissa M. Murphy, Jennifer F. Tseng, and Shimul A. Shah
The Utility of Complete Skin Examinations, Erik Domingues, Dori Goldberg, Leah Belazarian, and Jeffrey D. Mailhot
A National Survey of Oral Health Curriculum in All U.S. Allopathic and Osteopathic Medical Schools, Ashley Ferullo, Hugh Silk, and Judith A. Savageau
Ophthalmology Education in Medical School Curriculum Design: Assessing the Home Front, Teri T. Kleinberg, Shalesh Kaushal, and George Asdourian
Reduction of Vertical Transmission of HIV in the Dominican Republic: Benefits of Early Presentation for Prenatal Care, Ingrid Liff, Mario Alejandro Chevalier, Arachu Castro, and Raul E. Davaro
Efforts needed to provide institute of medicine-recommended guidelines for gestational weight gain, Tiffany A. Moore Simas, Darrah K. Doyle Curiale, Janet R. Hardy, Sharon D. Jackson, Yan Zhang, and Xun Liao
Piloting Standardized Immediate Student Evaluation of Lectures in Pre-Clinical Years, Meghan E. Shea, Lorrie Gehlbach, Mary L. Zanetti, and Melissa A. Fischer
Hospital volume as a surrogate for laparoscopically assisted colectomy, Anand Singla, Jessica P. Simons, James E. Carroll, Youfu Li, Sing Chau Ng, Jennifer F. Tseng, and Shimul A. Shah
Gestational Weight Gain: How to “Institute” New Guidelines, Gina M. Tassone; Tiffany A. Moore Simas; Robert E. Berry, Jr; and Xun Liao
Surgical management of acute cholecystitis at a tertiary care center in the modern era, Jason T. Wiseman, Maia N. Sharuk, Anand Singla, Mitchell Cahan, Demetrius E. M. Litwin, Jennifer F. Tseng, and Shimul A. Shah
Publications from 2009
The Impact of Socioeconomic Status on Presentation and Treatment of Diverticular Disease, Nicholas G. Csikesz, Jessica P. Simons, Anand Singla, Jennifer F. Tseng, and Shimul A. Shah
In Vivo Molecular Enzyme-Specific MR Imaging of Active Inflammation in a Pilot Animal Model of Carotid Artery Aneurysm, Michael J. DeLeo, Matthew J. Gounis, Bo Hong, John C. Ford, Ajay K. Wakhloo, and Alexei A. Bogdanov
Evaluation of Ob/Gyn Resident Experience in Management of Postpartum Hemorrhage, Erin E. Eppsteiner, Tiffany A. Moore-Simas, and Sharon Jackson
Surgeon volume impacts hospital mortality for pancreatic resection, Robert W. Eppsteiner, Nicholas G. Csikesz, James T. McPhee, Jennifer F. Tseng, and Shimul A. Shah
Trends in the use of echocardiography and left ventriculography to assess left ventricular ejection fraction in patients hospitalized with acute myocardial infarction, Samuel W. Joffe, Armen Chalian, Dennis A. Tighe, Gerard P. Aurigemma, Jorge L. Yarzebski, Joel M. Gore, Darleen M. Lessard, and Robert J. Goldberg
Are ejection fraction measurements by echocardiography and left ventriculography equivalent, Samuel W. Joffe, Jarrod Ferrara, Armen Chalian, Dennis A. Tighe, Gerard P. Aurigemma, and Robert J. Goldberg
Evidence for Interventions Directed to Consumers in the Rx for Change Database: Update and Expansion - Do New Reviews Broaden the Scope of the Field and Expand the Definition of Evidence-Based Prescribing for and Drug Use by Consumers?, Caroline A. Kaufman, Frank J. Domino, Sophie J. Hill, and Rebecca E. Ryan
Cerecyte versus platinum coils in the treatment of intracranial aneurysms: packing attenuation and clinical and angiographic midterm results, Italo Linfante, Michael J. DeLeo, Matthew J. Gounis, and Ajay K. Wakhloo
Premenstrual Syndrome Prevalence and Fluctuation over Time: Results from a French Population-Based Survey, Julia Potter, Jean Bouyer, James Trussell, and Caroline Moreau
Cervical vestibular evoked myogenic potentials (cVEMPs) in patients with superior canal dehiscence syndrome (SCDS), Rachel E. Roditi, Robert W. Eppsteiner, Todd B. Sauter, and Daniel J. Lee
Building blocks for meta-synthesis: data integration tables for summarising, mapping, and synthesising evidence on interventions for communicating with health consumers, Rebecca E. Ryan, Caroline A. Kaufman, and Sophie J. Hill
National hospital volume in acute pancreatitis: analysis of the Nationwide Inpatient Sample 1998-2006, Anand Singla, Nicholas G. Csikesz, Jessica P. Simons, YouFu Li, Sing Chau Ng, Jennifer F. Tseng, and Shimul A. Shah
Is the growth in laparoscopic surgery reproducible with more complex procedures, Anand Singla, Youfu Li, Sing Chau Ng, Nicholas G. Csikesz, Jennifer F. Tseng, and Shimul A. Shah
Racial Disparities in the Care of Acute Cholecystitis: A National Study, Anand Singla, Melissa M. Murphy, Sing Chau Ng, Youfu Li, Jennifer F. Tseng, and Shimul A. Shah
Admission volume determines outcome for patients with acute pancreatitis, Anand Singla, Jessica P. Simons, Youfu Li, Nicholas G. Csikesz, Sing Chau Ng, Jennifer F. Tseng, and Shimul A. Shah
Incidence rates, clinical profile, and outcomes of patients with venous thromboembolism. The Worcester VTE study, Frederick A. Spencer, Cathy Emery, Samuel W. Joffe, Luigi Pacifico, Darleen M. Lessard, George W. Reed, Joel M. Gore, and Robert J. Goldberg
Publications from 2008
Preoperative Radiation Therapy in Combination with Weekly Paclitaxel and Oral Glutamine for Rectal Cancer, Leah Burnett
High volume and outcome after liver resection: surgeon or center, Robert W. Eppsteiner, Nicholas G. Csikesz, Jessica P. Simons, Jennifer F. Tseng, and Shimul A. Shah
Polypharmacy prevalence rates in the treatment of unipolar depression in an outpatient clinic, Anna Glezer, Nancy Byatt, Richard Cook, and Anthony J. Rothschild
Prehospital transport of patients with acute myocardial infarction: a community-wide perspective, Robert J. Goldberg, Daniel G. Kramer, Jorge L. Yarzebski, Darleen M. Lessard, and Joel M. Gore
Improving Breastfeeding Outcomes at the Family Health Center of Worcester, Ellen Green
Bile Metabolism and Cholelithiasis (A comprehensive review for the monthly publication Clinics of North America), Stephanie Lambou-Gianoukos
The Use of Accelerometers to Predict Functional Outcome After Total Knee Arthroplasty, Craig Lareau
Feasibility of Using Near Infrared Spectroscopy in Determining VO2 for Preoperative Risk Assessment, Nathan Marengi
Characteristics of Patients Utilizing St. Anne’s Free Clinic, Candice McElroy
Inflammatory Patterns and Cellular and Vascular Permeation in Rat Abdominal Wall Defects Using Alloderm, Permacol and CollaMend for Repair, Joyce K. McIntyre
Clinical Health Informatics Meets Medical Education, Jeffrey Phillips
Fine Mapping the Genetic Basis of CRP Regulation in African Americans: a Bayesian Approach, Lakshman Subrahmanyan
Publications from 2007
Transthoracic Echocardiographic Measurement of the Ascending Aorta in Bicuspid Aortic Valve Patients: A Simple Standardized Method, Alfred Albano
ED Diagnosis of Acute Coronary Syndromes: No Gender-Related Difference of 'Chest Discomfort', Garreth C. Biegun
Expanded services for the prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission: field acceptability of a pilot program in Lusaka, Zambia, Benjamin H. Chi, Namwinga Chintu, Alison Lee, Elizabeth M. Stringer, Moses Sinkala, and Jeffrey S. A. Stringer
“Marrow for Tomorrow:” A Community-Based Public Health Partnership in Worcester’s Medically Under-Served Communities, Andrew Geller
Polypharmacy Prevalence in the Treatment of Unipolar Depression, Anna Glezer
Early edema in warfarin-related intracerebral hemorrhage, Joshua M. Levine, Ryan Snider, David Finkelstein, Mahmut E. Gurol, Rishi Chanderraj, Eric E. Smith, Steven M. Greenberg, and Jonathan Rosand
Risk Profile for Pregnancy in Adolescent Patients in the Blackstone Valley, Suzanne MacKay
Expression of Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Subtypes in Mammary Invasive Ductal Carcinoma and their Relationship to Tumor Progression, Katherine F. Maloney
ICD Under-Utilization in Primary Prevention Patients, Matthew McGuiness
The Diagnostic and Therapeutic Utility of the Scoop-Shave for Pigmented Lesions of the Skin, Gary W. Mendese
Assessing the Role of Education in Women’s Knowledge and Acceptance of Adjunct HPV Testing for Cervical Cancer Screening, Debra Papa, Tiffany A. Moore Simas, Megan Reynolds, and Hannah Melnitsky
Increasing Cervical Lesion Identification in Junior Practitioners after Abnormal Cervical Cytology: A Computer-Based Colposcopy Tutorial, Patricia Seymour
Obstacles to Follow After Abnormal Cervical Cytology at an Urban Health Center in Worcester, MA, Patricia Seymour
Quantification of the Association Between the Apparent Diffusion Coefficient and Age in Normal Pediatric Hips, Katharine Taylor
Appendicitis and Appendectomy in Overweight and Obese Patients, H. Ruby Wang
Publications from 2006
Examining the Role of Palliative Procedures in Patients with Stage IV GI Cancers, Nathan J. Aranson
Prediction of successful voiding immediately after outpatient mid-urethral sling, Kenneth I. Barron, Judith A. Savageau, Stephen B. Young, Lisa C. Labin, and Abraham N. Morse
First Trial of Intensive Glycemic Control in Critically Ill Emergency Department Patients , Jennifer E. Cyrkler
Pilot study of methods to document quantity and variation of independent patient exercise and activity after total knee arthroplasty, Patricia D. Franklin, Joseph McLaughlin, Catherine B. Boisvert, Wenjun Li, and David C. Ayers
A Qualitative Study of the Collaboration between Health Care Providers and Lawyers within the Family Advocates of Central Massachusetts Program, Allison M. Hargreaves
Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy: What's Ticking at UMass, Matthew Hitron
A comparison of exercise-induced hematocrit (Hct) changes between non-invasive infrared sensors (NIRS) and venous blood draws, Kenneth E. Johnson
The Effect of Split versus Combined Therapy in Medication Compliance of Psychiatric Patients, Eric Kosinski
Serum Glucose Levels and Hospital Outcomes in the Setting of Acute Myocardial Infarction in Patients Not Known to Have Diabetes: A Community-Wide Perspective, Daniel G. Kramer
Structure Based Drug Design: Inhibition of E6 protein in immortalized HPV cell lines implicated in human epithelial cancers, Nicole R. LeBoeuf
MassHealth Primary Care Services Assessment Tool, Matthew Logalbo
Documenting Quantity and Variation in Patient-Managed Exercise and Activity after Total Knee Replacement, Joseph McLaughlin
Frequency of Ascending Aorta Replacement: A Description of 105 Patients with Bicuspid Aortic Valve Undergoing Aortic Valve Replacement, Elizabeth C. Mitchell
ART2, a T cell surface mono-ADP-ribosyltransferase, generates extracellular poly(ADP-ribose), Alan R. Morrison, Joel Moss, Linda A. Stevens, James E. Evans, Caitlin Farrell, Eric Lee Merithew, David G. Lambright, Dale L. Greiner, John P. Mordes, Aldo A. Rossini, and Rita Bortell
National Patterns of Immediate Breast Reconstruction for Neoplastic Disease , Jaisa Olasky
Determination of Cystic Fibrosis Frequency Among Newborns Diagnosed with Meconium Ileus and other Bowel Obstruction, Allison Paroskie
Use of computed tomography to predict failure of nonoperative treatment of unilateral facet fractures of the cervical spine, Leo R. Spector, David H. Kim, Jesse Affonso, Todd J. Albert, Alan S. Hilibrand, and Alexander R. Vaccaro
Investigation of Noninvasive Near-Infrared Spectroscopic Sensor for Measurement of Blood Hematocrit, Anh T. Tran
The Influence of Message Framing on Adolescent Females' Intention to Obtain Chlamydia Screening, Andrea B. Urban
The Effect of Age on Postoperative Pain Medication Requirements Following Vaginal Reconstructive Surgery , Kenneth Walton
Publications from 2005
Femur flap for tibial reconstruction: % Circumference Required to Convey a Mechanical Advantage over the Fibula , Genevieve Bartels