The fundamental goal of the Senior Scholars Program at the University of Massachusetts Medical School is to increase the number of medical students participating in research activities, and, in so doing, increase their understanding of scientific methods that can be applied directly to problem solving skills development and critical thinking. Each student participates in "Senior Scholars Presentation Day" by preparing a poster about their research project and sharing ideas with medical school peers and faculty members. This collection includes student posters, abstracts, and published journal articles authored by Senior Scholars.
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Publications from 2012
Changing practice patterns of deep brain stimulation in Parkinson's disease and essential tremor in the USA, Julie G. Pilitsis, Anthony M. Burrows, Mary Linton Peters, Julie Sargent, Sing Chau Ng, and Jennifer F. Tseng
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
Effect of an office-based surgical safety system on patient outcomes, Noah M. Rosenberg, Richard D. Urman, Sean Gallagher, John Stenglein, Xiaoxia Liu, and Fred E. Shapiro
Health Care for the Homeless: An Aging Demographic 2006 to 2010, Jennifer Aborn Russo and Carole C. Upshur
Assessing Oral Health Curriculum in US Family Medicine Residency Programs: A CERA Study, Hugh Silk, Ronnelle King, Ian M. Bennett, Alexander W. Chessman, and Judith A. Savageau
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
Fatty acid and endotoxin activate inflammasomes in mouse hepatocytes that release danger signals to stimulate immune cells, Timea Csak, Michal Ganz, Justin Pespisa, Karen Kodys, Angela Dolganiuc, and Gyongyi Szabo
The characteristics of patients with type 1: intraforaminal vertebral artery anomalies, Mark S. Eskander, Michelle E. Aubin, Joshua W. Major, Bree Huning, Jacob M. Drew, Julianne Marvin, and Patrick J. Connolly
Teaching Oral Health in U.S. Medical Schools: Results of a National Survey, Ashley Ferullo, Hugh Silk, and Judith A. Savageau
Lipopolysaccharide induces and activates the Nalp3 inflammasome in the liver, Michal Ganz, Timea Csak, Bharath D. Nath, and Gyongyi Szabo
Vitreous substitutes: a comprehensive review, Teri T. Kleinberg, Radouil T. Tzekov, Linda Stein, Nathan Ravi, and Shalesh Kaushal
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
Colectomy performance improvement within NSQIP 2005-2008, Deepak K. Ozhathil, YouFu Li, Jillian K. Smith, Elan R. Witkowski, Elizaveta Ragulin Coyne, Karim Alavi, Jennifer F. Tseng, 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
Consumer-oriented interventions for evidence-based prescribing and medicines use: an overview of systematic reviews, Rebecca Ryan, Nancy Santesso, Sophie Hill, Dianne Lowe, Caroline Kaufman, and Jeremy Grimshaw
Uniting Student Musicians and Patients: A Quality Improvement Project, Daniel B. Schmolze and Suzana Makowski
Targeted signal-amplifying enzymes enhance MRI of EGFR expression in an orthotopic model of human glioma, Mohammed S. Shazeeb, Christopher H. Sotak, Michael J. DeLeo III, and Alexei A. Bogdanov Jr.
Hospitalization for Complications of Cirrhosis: Does Volume Matter, Anand Singla, James L. Hart, YouFu Li, Jennifer F. Tseng, and Shimul A. Shah
Impact of pass/fail grading on medical students' well-being and academic outcomes, Laura M. Spring, Diana Robillard, Lorrie Gehlbach, and Tiffany A. Moore Simas
The use of acellular dermal regeneration template for recalcitrant pilonidal disease, Carolyn J. Vaughn and Janice F. Lalikos
Publications from 2010
Standardizing the method of measuring by echocardiogram the diameter of the ascending aorta in patients with a bicuspid aortic valve, Alfred J. Albano, Elizabeth Mitchell, and Linda A. Pape
Identification of type 1: interforaminal vertebral artery anomalies in cervical spine MRIs, Michelle E. Aubin, Mark S. Eskander, Jacob M. Drew, Julianne Marvin, Jonathan P. Eskander, Jason C. Eck, and Patrick J. Connolly
Massachusetts health insurance mandate: effects on neurosurgical practice, Anthony M. Burrows, Richard P. Moser, John P. Weaver, Demetrius E. M. Litwin, and Julie G. Pilitsis
Neurological picture. Ascending paralysis from malignant leptomeningeal melanomatosis, Anthony M. Burrows, Thomas W. Smith, Wiley R. Hall, and Julie G. Pilitsis
In-hospital mortality after resection of biliary tract cancer in the United States, James E. Carroll Jr., Zachary M. Hurwitz, Jessica P. Simons, James T. McPhee, Sing Chau Ng, Shimul A. Shah, Waddah B. Al-Refaie, and Jennifer F. Tseng
Risk factors and comorbidities in a community-wide sample of patients hospitalized with acute systolic or diastolic heart failure: the Worcester Heart Failure Study, Marcello Chinali, Samuel W. Joffe, Gerard P. Aurigemma, Raghavendra Makam, Theo E. Meyer, and Robert J. Goldberg
Early glycemic control in critically ill emergency department patients: pilot trial, Jason Cohen, Eric Goedecke, Jennifer E. Cyrkler, Virginia B. Mangolds, Jane Bateman, Karin Przyklenk, and Marie T. Mullen
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
Single-stage forehead flap in nasal reconstruction, Gary M. Fudem, Richard D. Montilla, and Carolyn J. Vaughn
Advances in interventional neuroradiology, Matthew J. Gounis, Michael J. DeLeo III, and Ajay K. Wakhloo
Ophthalmology Education in Medical School Curriculum Design: Assessing the Home Front, Teri T. Kleinberg, Shalesh Kaushal, and George Asdourian
Serum anti-toxin B antibody correlates with protection from recurrent Clostridium difficile infection (CDI), Brett A. Leav, Barbara M. Blair, Mark Leney, Michael Knauber, Courtney Reilly, Israel Lowy, Dale N. Gerding, Ciaran P. Kelly, Kia Katchar, Roger Baxter, Donna M. Ambrosino, and Deborah C. Molrine
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
Intra-arterial abciximab for the treatment of thrombus formation during coil embolization of intracranial aneurysms, Italo Linfante, Vahid Etezadi, Vincenzo Andreone, Michael J. DeLeo III, Sara Alehashemi, Kate Shaw, and Ajay K. Wakhloo
Low serum zinc levels in an endemic area of visceral leishmaniasis in Bihar, India, Jyotsna Mishra, Stephen Carpenter, and Sarman Singh
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
Modulation of Exaggerated-IgE Allergic Responses by Gene Transfer-mediated Antagonism of IL-13 and IL-17e., Christian Mueller, Allison M. Keeler, Sofia Braag, Timothy Menz, Qiushi Tang, and Terence R. Flotte
Trends in adrenalectomy: a recent national review, Melissa M. Murphy, Elan R. Witkowski, Sing Chau Ng, Theodore P. McDade, Joshua S. Hill, Anne C. Larkin, Giles F. Whalen, Demetrius E. M. Litwin, and Jennifer F. Tseng
Cyclic neutropenia and severe congenital neutropenia in patients with a shared ELANE mutation and paternal haplotype: evidence for phenotype determination by modifying genes, Peter E. Newburger, Talia N. Pindyck, Zhiqing Zhu, Audrey Anna Bolyard, Andrew A.G. Aprikyan, David C. Dale, Gary D. Smith, and Laurence A. Boxer
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
Carotid artery brain aneurysm model: in vivo molecular enzyme-specific MR imaging of active inflammation in a pilot study, Michael J. DeLeo 3rd, Matthew J. Gounis, Bo Hong, John C. Ford, Ajay K. Wakhloo, and Alexei A. Bogdanov Jr.
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
Semi-jailing technique for coil embolization of complex, wide-necked intracranial aneurysms, Bo Hong, Neil V. Patel, Matthew J. Gounis, Michael J. DeLeo 3rd, Italo Linfante, Joan C. Wojak, and Ajay K. Wakhloo
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
Racial differences in cancer specialist consultation, treatment, and outcomes for locoregional pancreatic adenocarcinoma, Melissa M. Murphy, Jessica P. Simons, Sing Chau Ng, Theodore P. McDade, Jillian K. Smith, Shimul A. Shah, Zheng Zhou, Craig C. Earle, and Jennifer F. Tseng
Premenstrual Syndrome Prevalence and Fluctuation over Time: Results from a French Population-Based Survey, Julia Potter, Jean Bouyer, James Trussell, and Caroline Moreau
Trends and determinants of reproductive health service use among young women in the USA, Julia Potter, J. 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
A predictive model of cochlear implant performance in postlingually deafened adults, Rachel E. Roditi, Sarah F. Poissant, Eva M. Bero, 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
Advances in interventional neuroradiology, Ajay K. Wakhloo, Michael J. DeLeo III, and Martin M. Brown
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
Prostate carcinoma and radiation therapy: therapeutic treatment resistance and strategies for targeted therapeutic intervention, Thomas J. Fitzgerald, Tao Wang, Hira Lal Goel, Jiayi Huang, Gary S. Stein, Jane B. Lian, Roger J. Davis, Stephen J. Doxsey, Kethandapatti C. Balaji, Jesse N. Aronowitz, and Lucia R. Languino
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
Intravascular uptake during fluoroscopically guided cervical interlaminar steroid injection at C6-7: a case report, Mark S. Kaplan, Joseph Cunniff, John Cooke, and Jeremy Giere Collins
Bile Metabolism and Cholelithiasis (A comprehensive review for the monthly publication Clinics of North America), Stephanie Lambou-Gianoukos
Lithogenesis and bile metabolism, Stephanie Lambou-Gianoukos and Stephen J. Heller
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, Benjamin Rhodes, David L. Morris, Lakshman Subrahmanyan, Cristin Aubin, Carlos F. Mendes de Leon, Jeremiah F. Kelly, Dennis A. Evans, John C. Whittaker, Jorge R. Oksenberg, Philip L. De Jager, and Tim J. Vyse
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
Understanding the superior clear space in the adult ankle, Joseph P. Deangelis, Richard C. Anderson, and Nicola Deangelis
“Marrow for Tomorrow:” A Community-Based Public Health Partnership in Worcester’s Medically Under-Served Communities, Andrew Geller
Polypharmacy prevalence rates in the treatment of unipolar depression in an outpatient clinic, Anna Glezer, Nancy Byatt, Richard Cook Jr., and Anthony J. Rothschild
Serum glucose levels and hospital outcomes in patients with acute myocardial infarction without prior diabetes: a community-wide perspective, Robert J. Goldberg, Daniel G. Kramer, Darleen M. Lessard, Jorge L. Yarzebski, and Joel M. Gore
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