Resident Research

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Florida Medical Association 2023: PGY2 Residents Gustavo Garcia, MD and Kevin Cai Zhen, MD "A Case of Myelin Oligodendrocytes Glycoprotein Antibody-Associated Disease, A Rare Autoimmune Disorder Mimicking Multiple Sclerosis"
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CCR 2023: PGY2 resident Kevin Cai Zhen, MD "Presentation Risk Factors Associated with Progression to Critical Illness in COVID-19 Patients with Rheumatic Disease Undergoing Index Hospitalization"
  1. 2023 Florida Chapter ACP Annual Residents & Medical Students Meeting Poster Competition Winner: PGY3 resident Zeina Kayali, MBBS“Characterizing Embolism Risk Across Vascular Sites for Index SARS-CoV-2 Hospitalizations”
    2023 Florida Chapter ACP Annual Residents & Medical Students Meeting Poster Competition Winner: PGY3 resident Zeina Kayali, MBBS“Characterizing Embolism Risk Across Vascular Sites for Index SARS-CoV-2 Hospitalizations”
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    ENDO 2023: PGY3 Residents Karla Baez Rodriguez, MD, Janevi Rebernigg, DO and Nicole Torres Rivera, MD
  3. Peer-Reviewed Abstracts

  • Alookaran, J. Clinical Course and Outcomes in Patients Undergoing Index COVID-19          Hospitalization with Acute Kidney Injury: is Extant Chronic Kidney Disease Protective? 2023 SMH Interprofessional Research Conference May 3, 2023, Sarasota, FL
  • Baez-Rodriguez, K, Torres-Rivera, N, Rebernigg, J. Endocrine Phenotype Drives Mortality Risk at Presentation during Index Hospitalization with SARS-CoV-2 Infection: Differential Trait Signatures May Shed Some Light. 2023 SMH Interprofessional Research Conference May 3, 2023, Sarasota, FL
  • Garcia, G, Kayali, Z, Wiese-Rometsch, W, Hamad, K Complete Blood Count Parameters Outperform Putative Inflammatory Markers Predicting COVID-19 Mortality: A Multimodal Machine Learning Model  2023 SMH Interprofessional Research Conference May 3, 2023, Sarasota, FL
  • Kayali, Z, Persistent D-Dimer Escalation Beyond the Index SARS-CoV-2 Hospitalization. Does Sustained Hypercoagulability Play a Role in Long COVID? 2023 SMH Interprofessional Research Conference May 3, 2023, Sarasota, FL
  • Motie, I, Sia, J, Seaman, J, Hamad, K, Wiese-Rometsch, W, Gordillo, M COVID-19 Patients Expressed Distinct Clinical Trait Signatures at Index Hospitalization Across the Four SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic Waves in Florida 2023 SMH Interprofessional Research Conference May 3, 2023, Sarasota, FL
  • Rebernigg, J, Baez-Rodriguez, K, Torres-Rivera, N, Contreras, B, Yenari, S, Hamad, K, Weise-Rometsch,W, Farhangi, V, Glycemic Variability in Critically Ill Sepsis Patients Comorbid with COVID-19. Relative Impact of Diabetes and/or Obesity 2023 SMH Interprofessional Research Conference May 3, 2023, Sarasota, FL
  • Thompson, R, Patel, B, Malik, B, Whiteside, Z, Kirkland, Z; Patel, B; Hamad K, Wiese-Rometsch W; Baker J, Saad I In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Outcomes during SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic: A Natural Experiment comparing Clinical Course and Mortality Impact of COVID-19 2023 SMH Interprofessional Research Conference May 3, 2023, Sarasota, FL
  • Fiorica J, Studer B, Malik B, Win A, Grimes C, Hamad K, Wiese Rometsch W, Seaman, J Set the Standard: Clinical Course and Outcomes for Septic Shock Patients Directly Admitted to the Intensive Care Unit of a Five-Star Medicare Hospital 2023 SMH Interprofessional Research Conference May 3, 2023, Sarasota, FL
  • Torres-Rivera,N, Baez-Rodriguez, K, Rebernigg,J, Yenari,S, Hamad, K, Wiese-Rometsch, W Composite Serum Glucose and Albumin Biomarker Tool Provides Strong Mortality Risk Assessment Throughout Index COVID-19 Hospitalization ENDO 2023 June 15-18, Chicago
  • Baez-Rodriguez,K Torres-Rivera, N, Rebernigg,J Contreras, B, Yenari, S Hamad, K Wiese-Rometsch, W Farhangi, V Smith R Endocrine Phenotype Drives Mortality Risk at Presentation during Index Hospitalization with SARS-CoV-2 Infection: Differential Trait Signatures May Shed Some Light ENDO 2023 June 15-18, Chicago
  • Rebernigg,J Torres-Rivera, N, Baez-Rodriguez, K Yenari, S, Hamad, K, Wiese-Rometsch,W Glycemic Variability in Critically Ill Sepsis Patients Comorbid with COVID-19. Relative Impact of Diabetes and/or Obesity ENDO 2023 June 15-18, Chicago
  • Motie,I, Sia, J, Seaman, J, Hamad, K, Wiese-Rometsch, W, Smith, R,Gordillo, M. COVID-19 Patients Expressed Distinct Clinical Trait Signatures at Index Hospitalization Across the Four SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic Waves in Florida IDWeek October 13-15, 2023, Boston
  • Kayali Z, Paglialonga S, Wiese Rometsch W, Hamad K, Ning K. Characterizing Embolizing Risk Across Vascular Sites for Index SARS-COV-2 Hospitalizations, March 2023, FL ACP
  • Fiorica J, Studer B, Malik B, Win A, Grimes C, Hamad K, Wiese Rometsch W, Seaman, J. Set the Standard: Clinical Course and Outcomes for Septic Shock Patients Directly Admitted to the ICU of a Five Star Medicare Hospital. ATS 2023, May 19-24, Washington DC
  • Walo, R, Burns, K, Williams, S, Hamad, K, Wiese-Rometsch, W, “Serum Albumin Kinetics and Mortality in Adult COVID-19 Patients who Underwent Intensive Care.” 2023 Critical Care Congress 2023 Annual Mtg San Francisco
  • Kayali Z, Paglialonga S, Wiese Rometsch W, Hamad K, Ning K. Characterizing Embolizing Risk Across Vascular Sites for Index SARS-COV-2 Hospitalizations SGIM May 2023, Colorado
  • Motie,I Rodriguez, E, Williams, S, Smith R, Hamad, K, Wiese-Rometsch, W, “Development and Design of an Assessment Tool to Improve Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in Graduate medical Education” Semi-Finalist AMA 2022 Research Challenge
  • Garcia, G, Cai-Zhen, K, Tucker, S, Lang, D, Hamad, K. A Rare Case of Idiopathic Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis. Florida Medical Association 2023, July Meeting 
  • Villasmil R, Lorenzo C, Abdelal Q, Burns K, Whiteside Z, Malik B, Wiese-Rometsch W, Smith R, Clinical Traits and Risk Factors Associated with Critical Illness Progression in Heart Failure Patients with COVID-19. Florida Chapter of American College of Cardiology, August 19-22, 2022
  • Motie, I, Rodriguez, E, Williams, S, Smith, R, Hamad, K, Wiese-Rometsch, W. Development and Design of an Assessment Tool to Improve Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in Graduate Medical Education- FL ACP Ft. Lauderdale October 21, 2022
  • Studer,B, - In Hospital Cardiac Arrest Outcomes during SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic: A Natural Experiment Comparing Clinical Course and Mortality Impact of COVID-19. FL ACP, Ft. Lauderdale, October 21, 2022
  1. Peer Reviewed Publications:
  • Walo, R, Burns, K, Williams, S, Hamad, K, Wiese-Rometsch, W, “Serum Albumin Kinetics and Mortality in Adult COVID-19 Patients who Underwent Intensive Care.” Critical Care Medicine, 2023 Jan. Volume 51-Issue 1
  • Baez-Rodriguez,K Torres-Rivera,N. Rebernigg,J, Alookaran, J, Rodriguez L, Wiese-Rometsch, W, Farhangi, V, Smith,R, Hamad,K. Diabetes, Obesity, and Diabetes-Obesity Overlap Syndrome in Hospitalized Adult COVID-19 Patients: Comorbidity Dose is the Thing! Journal of the Endocrine Society, 2022;6 (Supplement 1) pp.A365-A365.
  • Williams,S, Walo,R, Lattanzio,N, Dawkins, K, Abdelal Q, Hamad, K, Wiese-Rometsch, W, Remdesivir Plus Dexamethasone Vs Tocilizumab or Bariditinib Supplementation Intiated inside 48 Hours of Index COVID-19 Hospitalization in ICU Patients. Chest. 2022 1;162 (4): A 896
  • Walo,R, Williams S, Comparing Outcomes in COVID-19 Patients Who Received Standard, Intermediate, or Treatment Dose Enoxaparin and Underwent Intensive Care: A Learning Health System Science Initiative. Journal of General Internal Medicine. Pp. S179-S179.
  1. Local Presentations:
  • Motie,I COVID-19 Patients Expressed Distinct Clinical Trait Signatures at Index Hospitalization Across the Four SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic Waves in Florida 2023 SMH Interprofessional Research Conference May 3, 2023, Sarasota, FL
  • Torres-Rivera,N Composite Serum Glucose and Albumin Biomarker Tool Provides Strong Mortality Risk Assessment Throughout Index COVID-19 Hospitalization 2023 SMH Interprofessional Research Conference May 3, 2023, Sarasota, FL
  • Win, A Complete Blood Cell Count Parameters Differentiate Mortality Risk in Sepsis CoMorbid with COVID-19: Additional Variation Noted in Patients Directly vs Indirectly Admitted to Intensive Care 2023 SMH Interprofessional Research Conference May 3, 2023, Sarasota, FL
  1. Regional Presentations:
  • Kayali, Z, Paglialonga,S, Wiese Rometsch, W, Hamad, K, Ning,K CharacterizingEmbolism Risk across Vascular Sites for Index SARS-CoV -2 Hospitalizations, Florida ACP October
     National Presentations:
  • Walo R, Williams S, Malik B, Burns K, Weise-Rometsch W, Hamad K. Comparative Effectiveness of Inhaled Nitric Oxide in ARDS and Viral Pneumonia with and Without COVID-19. CHEST Annual Meeting, Nashville TN, October 16-19, 2022.
  • Burns K, Malik B, Villasmil R, Walo R, Whiteside Z, Baez-Rodriguez K, Wiese-Rometsch W. Presentation Traits of Vaccinated Versus Unvaccinated Heart Failure Patients at Acute COVID-19 Hospitalization. Heart Failure Society of America, Annual Scientific Meeting, Gaylord National Harbor, Washington, DC, September 30 – October 3, 2022.
  • Malik B, Burns K, Villasmil R, Walo R, Baez-Rodriguez K, Wiese-Rometsch W, Whiteside Z. Using Objective Electrocardiographic Data to Better Predict Mortality in Patients Hospitalized with COVID-19. Heart Failure Society of America, Annual Scientific Meeting, Gaylord National Harbor, Washington, DC, September 30 – October 3, 2022.
  • Walo R. “Serum Albumin Kinetics and Mortality in Adult COVID-19 Patients who Underwent Intensive Care.” 2023 Critical Care Congress, San Francisco, CA, January 21-24, 2023.
  • Kayali Z, Paglialonga S, Wiese-Rometsch W, Hamad K, Ning K. Developing a Tool to Assess the Risk for Thromboembolism in Patients Hospitalized with SARS CoV-2, Society of General Internal Medicine Annual Meeting, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center, Aurora, CO, May 10 - 13, 2023.
  • Torres-Rivera, N, Baez-Rodriguez, K, Rebernigg, J, Contreras, B, Yenari, S, Hamad, K, Wiese-Rometsch,W, Farhangi, V. Composite Glucose and Albumin Biomarker Tool Provides Strong Mortality Risk Assessment at Presentation and Throughout Index COVID-19 hospitalization. Endocrine Society Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, June 15-18, 2023.
  • Rebernigg, J, Baez-Rodriguez, K, Torres-Rivera, N, Contreras B, Yenari, S, Hamad, K, Wiese-Rometsch, W, Farhangi,V.  Glycemic Variability in Critically Ill Sepsis Patients Comorbid with COVID-19: Relative Impact of Diabetes and/or Obesity. Endocrine Society Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, June 15-18, 2023
  • Baez-Rodriguez K, Torres-Rivera N, Rebernigg J, Contreras B, Yenari S, Hamad K, Wiese-Rometsch W, Farhangi V, Smith R. Endocrine Phenotype Drives Mortality Risk at Presentation During Index Hospitalization with SARS-CoV-2 Infection: Differential Trait Signatures May Shed Some Light. Endocrine Society Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, June 15-18, 2023.
  • Motie,I, Sia, J, Seaman, J, Hamad, K, Wiese-Rometsch, W, Smith, R Gordillo, M COVID-19 Patients Expressed Distinct Clinical Trait Signatures at Index Hospitalization Across the Four SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic Waves in Florida IDWeek October 13-15, 2023, Boston
          Initiatives derived from IRB reviewed QI/Research programs:
  1. IMR Umbrella Protocol for CQI : I-PASS Formatted Handoff Tool Integrated in the Electronic Medical Record (I-PASS): Quality of Implementation by Resident-Physicians
    • IRB amended re ECC-IPASS revision December 1, 2020 to include “Patient Acuity Rating” (PAR) for “ I ” (Severity of Illness judgment)
    • Faculty: Drs. Hamad, Wiese-Rometsch, Keen, Labedie, Saad, Baker, Kaplan, Ranasinghe, Vasko, and Hurwitz
    • Residents: Dr. Lang (Lead) with IMR Program-wide participation
  2. IMR Umbrella Protocol for CQI:  Accountable Care Units with Structured Interdisciplinary Bedside Rounds (SIBR): Optimizing SIBR Bundle Implementation with Improvement Science
    • Faculty: Drs. Hamad, Wiese-Rometsch, Keen, Saad, Baker
    • Residents: IMR (Program-wide participation)
  3. IMR Umbrella Protocol for CQI: Data-driven Clinical Phenotyping of Hospitalized Patients with M ultiple C hronic C onditions: A Nat ural E X periment using Electronic Medical Records ( MCC NatX Study )
    • Faculty: Drs. Wiese-Rometsch, Hamad and Smith
    • Residents: IMR Program-wide participation
  4. IMR Umbrella Protocol for CQI: Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Observational Analytic Cohort Study in a Public Health Trust Teaching Hospital: A Practice Quality Improvement Initiative to Provide Insights to Manage Potential 2020-2021 Recurrence of SARS-CoV-2 
    • Faculty: Drs Lattanzio, Gordillo, Seaman, Wiese-Rometsch, Hamad
    • Residents: IMR Program-wide participation
  5. COVID-19 Sub-study : Prediction of Progression to Critical Illness in Heart Failure Patients Hospitalized with COVID-19: Multiple Chronic Conditions Matter
    • Faculty: Drs. Hamad, Heibel, Wiese-Rometsch
    • Residents: Drs. Burns, Walo, Dillan Patel, Whiteside, Malik, Thompson, Karla Baez-Rodriguez, Villasmil
  6. COVID-19 Sub-study : Readmission Traits of Heart Failure Patients Post-Acute COVID-19 Hospitalization.
    • Faculty: Dr. Wiese-Rometsch
    • Residents: Drs. Burns, Malik, Villasmil, Whiteside
  7. COVID-19 Sub-study : Using objective electrocardiographic data to better predict mortality in patients hospitalized with COVID-19
    • Faculty: Drs. Hamad, Wiese-Rometsch
    • Residents: Drs. Malik, Burns, Villasmil, Whiteside, Walo
  8. COVID-19 Sub-study: Longitudinal clinical traits of heart failure patients readmitted post COVID-19 index hospitalization.
    • Faculty: Drs. Hamad, Wiese-Rometsch
    • Residents: Drs. Burns, Malik, Villasmil, Whiteside
  9. COVID-19 Sub-study : SARS-CoV-2 Infection Evoked Hypoalbuminemia Predicts Progression to Critical Illness in Patients with Mild to Severe Liver Disease: Indexing to Intensity of Hyper-Inflammation Improves Precision
    • Faculty: Drs. Hamad, Wiese-Rometsch
    • Residents: Drs. Nora, Ward, Ramos
  10. COVID-19 Sub-study :  Comparative effectiveness of inhaled Nitric Oxide in ARDS, viral pneumonia, and Acute Hypoxic Respiratory Failure with and without COVID-19 co-infection
    • Faculty: Drs. Hamad, Wiese-Rometsch
    • Residents: Drs. Walo, Burns
  11. COVID-19 Sub-study: Comparing Outcomes of ICU COVID-19 Patients using Standard, Intermediate, and Treatment Dose Enoxaparin
    • Faculty: Drs. Hamad, Wiese-Rometsch
    • Residents: Drs. Walo, Kayali, Williams, Idogun
  12. COVID-19 Sub-study: Clinical Characteristics and Risk Factors Associated with Progression to Critical Illness in Heart Failure Patients Hospitalized with COVID-19
    • Faculty: Dr. Wiese- Rometsch
    • Residents: Drs. Villasmil, Burns, Whiteside, Malik
  13. COVID-19 Sub-study: In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Outcomes during SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic: A Natural Experiment Comparing Clinical Course and Mortality Impact of COVID-19.
    • Faculty: Drs. Hamad, Wiese-Rometsch
    • Residents: Drs. Studer, Kirkland, Walo, Thompson
  14. COVID-19 Sub-study: Diabetes, Obesity, and Diabetes-Obesity Overlap Syndrome in Hospitalized Adult COVID-19 Patients: Dose-Response Impact of Comorbidities
    • Faculty: Drs. Hamad, Wiese-Rometsch, Farhangi
    • Residents: Drs. Torres Rivera, Rebernigg, Alookaran, Lisette Rodriguez, Contreras
  15. COVID-19 Sub-study : Complete Blood Count Parameters Outperform Putative Inflammatory Markers in Predicting COVID-19 Mortality: A Multimodal Machine Learning Model
    • Faculty: Drs.  Hamad, Wiese-Rometsch and Anjan J. Patel
    • Residents: Drs. Idogun, Dillan Patel, Sia, Torres, Kayali and Paglialonga
  16. COVID-19 Sub-study :  Corticosteroid Treatment Response in Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients.
    • Faculty: Drs. Hamad, Wiese-Rometsch and Seaman MD
    • Residents: Drs. Williams, Walo and Lattanzio
  17. COVID-19 Sub-study : Personalized baseline risk stratification in hospitalized adult COVID-19 patients: Patient- similarity-based data science sheds some light.
    • Faculty : Drs. Geary, Hamad, Wiese-Rometsch, Gordillo and Seaman
    • Residents: Drs. Lattanzio, Alkayali, George, Acosta Diaz, Williams
    • SMH Staff: Angela K. Stewart; Cindy Grimes RN
  18. COVID-19 Sub-study : SARS-CoV-2 Infection Evoked Hypoalbuminemia Predicts Progression to Critical Illness in Patients with Mild to Severe Liver Disease: Indexing to Intensity of Hyper Inflammation Improves Precision
    • Faculty : Drs. Hamad Wiese-Rometsch, Acosta Diaz
    • Residents : Drs. Ward, Nora, Ricardo, Alkayali and Studer
  19. COVID-19 Sub-study (CQI, follow-up re Long Covid) : Effectiveness of COVID-19 Convalescent Plasma Infusion within 48-Hours of Hospitalization with SARS-CoV-2 Infection
    • Faculty: Drs Hamad, Wiese-Rometsch, Fiorica, Gordillo, Mercado, Voelker, Lattanzio, Acosta Diaz
    • Residents: IMR Program-wide participation
  20. COVID-19 sub-study : In-hospital Glycemic Dysregulation Associated with Worse Outcomes in COVID-19
    • Faculty: Drs Farhangi, Hamad and Wiese-Rometsch
    • Residents: Drs Torres Rivera, Baez Rodriguez, Rebernigg, Contreras
  21. COVID-19 Sub-study : COVID-19 and Obesity: Relationship Between BMI and Severity of Infection
  • Faculty: Drs Farhangi, Hamad, and Wiese-Rometsch
  • Residents: Drs Torres Rivera, Baez Rodriguez, Rebernigg, Contreras
  1. COVID-19 Sub-study: Direct vs. Indirect Admission of COVID-19 Patients to Intensive Care from Emergency Department
    • Faculty: Drs Hamad, Wiese-Rometsch, Voelker, Seaman, Dawkins
    • Residents: Drs Burns, Williams, Sia, Win
  2. COVID-19 Sub-study: CoV-2 vs non-CoV-2 pneumonia patients undergoing mechanical ventilation: Clinical course and outcomes
    • Faculty: Drs Hamad, Wiese-Rometsch , Seaman
    • Residents:  Drs Burns, Williams, Sia
  3. COVID-19 Sub-study : Risk Stratification Value of Laboratory Order Sets for Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients: A Choosing Wisely â Improvement Initiative
    • Faculty: Drs Hamad, Wiese-Rometsch, Lattanzio, Acosta-Diaz, Dawkins, Rodriguez
    • Residents: Drs Idogun, Kayali, Paglialonga
  4. COVID-19 Sub-study : CoV-2 Evoked Inflammatory Response: Baseline Heterogeneity Linked with Extant Comorbidities
    • Faculty: Drs Hamad, Wiese-Rometsch, Gordillo, Lattanzio, Acosta Diaz
    • Residents: Drs Baez Rodriguez, Torres Rivera, Rebernigg
  5. COVID-19 Sub-study : Clinical Characteristics and Risk Factors Associated with Progression to Critical Illness in Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients with Heart Failure
    • Faculty: Dr. Wiese-Rometsch
    • Residents: Drs. Whiteside, Malik, Burns,
  6. COVID-19 Sub-study : An observational case-series of the relative suppression of CRP in RA patients who were undergoing anti-inflammatory therapy and were subsequently hospitalized with SARS-CoV-2 infection
    • Faculty : Drs. Hamad, Wiese-Rometsch
    • Residents : Drs Cai Zhen, Ramos
  7. Early Discharge to Home with Remote Intensive Longitudinal Vital Signs Monitoring for Low Acuity Covid-19 Patients: An Innovative Provider-Patient Co-production of Post-Acute Care Transition that may Shed Light on Unchartered Clinicopathophysiologic Aftermath of COVID-19 and Readmission Risk ( Misimo Platform Study ) (CQI, follow-up)
    • Faculty : Drs. Hamad, Keen, Johnson, Saad, Baker, Wiese-Rometsch, Gordillo, and Voelker
    • Residents: IMR Program-wide participation
    • SMH Staff: Agnes Kelly and Kristie Menke
  8. IMR Umbrella Protocol for CQI: Phenotyping of Hospitalized Patients with Heart Failure and Multiple Chronic Conditions: A Learning Health System Initiative using Electronic Medical Records ( HF-MCC Cohort Study )
    • Faculty: Drs. Wiese-Rometsch, Hamad, Heibel, Smith
    • Residents: Dr Vargas (Lead) with Cardiology fellowship inclined residents
  9. HF-MCC Cohort Study Sub-study : Patient-Level Risk Stratification and Cluster Analysis to Characterize Heterogeneity in Patients with Heart Failure
    • Faculty: Drs Wiese-Rometsch, Hamad, Heibel, Smith
    • Residents: Dr Vargas (Lead) with Cardiology fellowship inclined residents
  10. HF-MCC Cohort Study Sub-study : A Method to Personalize Blood Chemistry Reference Intervals: Getting to Patient Centric Laboratory Medicine sing Electronic Medical Record Data in Chronic Heart Failure Patients
    • Faculty: Drs Wiese-Rometsch and Heibel
    • Residents: Dr Vargas (Lead) with Cardiology fellowship inclined residents
  11. HF-MCC Cohort Study Sub-study : Compare management of co-morbidities in heart failure patients with reduced ejection fraction ( £ 35%) who do versus do not experience rehospitalization within 42-days: Improving likelihood of eligibility for Medicare reimbursed cardiac rehabilitation services
    • Faculty: Drs Wiese-Rometsch, Hamad, Heibel, Smith
    • Resident: Dr Vargas (Lead) with Cardiology fellowship inclined residents
  12. HF-MCC Cohort Study Sub-study : Impact of Comorbidity Burden, Guideline Directed Medical Therapy Intensity, and Biomarker Dysregulation on Longitudinal Ejection Fraction Class Conversion Patterns in Heart Failure
    • Faculty: Drs Wiese-Rometsch and Nalluri
    • Residents: Dr Vargas (Lead) with Cardiology fellowship inclined residents SMHCS/FSU
  13. Newtown Resident’s Continuity Clinic: Patient-Centric Primary Care Continuously Improved Guided by STEPSforward® and Choosing Wisely® Initiatives Integrated with Kaufman’s Mega Thinking and Planning Model
    • Faculty: Drs. Wiese-Rometsch, Farhangi, Hamad, King, Beidas
    • Resident Sub-study QI projects:
      1. Dr Jose: Patient Encounter Exit Interview: A REDCap Questionnaire Executed via iPAD in Spanish or English
      2. Drs Jose, Thompson: Patient reported outcomes (Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS)): Executed via iPAD in Spanish or English
      3. Drs: Transleau, Prejean, Baez Rodriguez, Torres Rivera, Rebernigg: Intensive primary care lifestyle intervention in established Newtown Clinic patients with obesity and pre-diabetes or type 2 diabetes
      4. Drs. Malik, Whiteside: Continuously improve quality of heart failure care to achieve “ Healthy Heart Failure ”.
      5. Dr. Younkin: Colorectal cancer screening and care quality of referred patients
      6. Drs: Vermilyea: Screening and early detection of breast and cervical cancer 
      7. Drs. Thompson: Lung health and lung cancer screening
      8. Dr Alookaran: Identify and characterize early clinical phenotypes in a Newtown Clinic cohort of African descent with hypertension and concomitant chronic kidney disease or end stage kidney disease versus those with hypertension alone: A propensity matched study.
      9. Drs Transleau, Prejean: Characterize impact of Good Samaritan Pharmacy support for Newtown Clinic patients
  14. Direct versus Indirect Admission to Intensive Care from the Emergency Care Center: A Quality Improvement Study of Sepsis Outcomes
    • Faculty: Drs. Seaman, Wiese-Rometsch, Hamad, Heibel, Smith, Dawkins, Rodrigues
    • Resident: Drs. Studer; Malik, Win
  15. Is anemia an independent risk factor for poor outcomes in adults at least 65 years old admitted to the Hospital Medicine Service?
    • Faculty: Drs. Wiese-Rometsch, Hamad
    • Resident: Dr. Tucker
  16. Identify clinical features predictive of invective endocarditis in bacteremic inpatients: Can pre-diagnostic imaging risk stratification be improved?
    • Faculty: Drs Wiese-Rometsch and Hamad
    • Resident: Dr Vargas (Lead) with Cardiology fellowship inclined residents
  17. Appropriateness of hepatitis C virus screening in Newtown Clinic patients and subsequent follow-up care
    • Faculty: Drs Farhangi, Wiese-Rometsch, Acosta Diaz, Rose
    • Resident: Dr Ramos
  18. Do other biomarkers and/or clinical traits impact diagnostic accuracy and/or prognostic power of high sensitivity cardiac troponin in patients with acute coronary syndrome and/or acute heart failure? – A practice-based quality improvement study
    • Faculty: Dr. Wiese-Rometsch, Hamad, Heibel
    • Resident: Dr Vargas (Lead) with Cardiology fellowship inclined residents
  19. Evaluation of the Efficacy and Feasibility of Implementing the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) C. difficile Infection (CDI) Prevention Strategies Framework for the Reduction of CDI in U.S. Acute Care Facilities
    • Faculty: Dr. Gordillo
    • Resident: Dr Motie
  20. Identify clinical features predictive of invective endocarditis in bacteremic inpatients: Can pre-diagnostic imaging risk stratification be improved?
    • Faculty: Dr. Wiese-Rometsch, Hamad, Heibel
    • Residents: Dr Vargas (Lead) with Cardiology fellowship inclined residents
  21. Does Concurrent Acetaminophen Use Increase Duration of Antibiotic Treatment for Febrile Neutropenia?
    • Faculty: Drs Wiese-Rometsch, Hamad, Saad, Kirland
    • Residents: IMR Program-wide participation
  22. Implementation of a Newtown Clinic Navigator Model for Colon Cancer Screening -- Proposed as within Scope of Exempted 18-MEDI-24 project entitled “SMHCS/FSU Newtown Resident’s Continuity Clinic: Patient-Centric Primary Care Continuously Improved Guided by STEPSforward â and ChoosingWisely â Initiatives Integrated with Kaufman’s Mega Thinking and Planning Model”
    • Faculty: Drs. Hamad, Farhangi and Wiese-Rometsch
    • Residents: Drs. Burns and Studer
  23. Sodium–glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitor (SGLT2i) add-on therapy to standard of care for Newtown Clinic DM2 patients with or at risk for heart failure: A quasi-experimental pragmatic study ( SGLT2i Add-on Study )
    • Faculty : Drs. Farhangi, Hamad, Heibel, and Wiese-Rometsch.
    • Residents: Drs. Whiteside, Malik, Dillan Patel, Burns
  24. Diagnostic performance of high-sensitivity cardiac troponin (hs-cTnI): A learning health system continuous quality improvement proposal.
  • Faculty: Drs. Wiese-Rometsch, Hamad, Heibel, Ranasinghe, Saad, Baker, and Abdelal.
  • Residents: Drs. Malik, Whiteside, Kirkland, Peirce, Burns
  1. SMH/FSU Internal Medicine Residency Program Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Survey
    • Faculty: Dr. Wiese-Rometsch
    • Residents: Drs. Williams, Motie

research Peer-Reviewed Abstracts:

Ward, M; Burns, K; Nora, I; Wiese-Rometsch W; Loewe, C. S1869 “Colitis Cystica Profunda: A Great Pretender”, The American Journal of Gastroenterology: October 2021 - Volume 116 - Issue - p S822 doi:10 . 1430 9/01 . ajg . 0000781008.78573 . 12 (Poster Presentation 2021 American College of Gastroenterology Meeting)

Busari, K; Bernstein, M; Williams , R: An Educational Quality Improvement Initiative to Address Use of gFOBT, FIT and FIT-DNA by Healthcare Professionals, The American Journal of Gastroenterology: October 2021 - Volume 116 - Issue - p S140-S141 doi: 10.14309/01 . ajg.0000773768.71721 . f6 (Poster Presentation 2021 American College of Gastroenterology Meeting)

Ward, M ; ldogun, P; Seepaulsing , N; Brown , R ; Domenico , C ; Corbett, S S1868 Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis Mimicking Inflammatory Bowel Disease : A Rare Presentation of Multiorgan Myeloid Neoplasm in a Geriatric Patient, The American Journal of Gastroenterology: October 2021 - Volume 116 - Issue - p S822 doi : 10.14309/01.ajg.0000781004.40081.17 (2021 Poster Presentation American College of Gastroenterology Meeting)

Ward, M; Burns, K; Nora, I; Huston, J; Shridhar, R ; Meredith, K S447 Anastomotic Leaks Post Esophagectomy: Do Comorbidities Matter? The American Journal of Gastroenterology: October 2021 - Volum e 11 6 - Issu e - p S 79 9 doi : 1 0 . 1 4 309 / 0 1.a j g.0000774260.975 8 3 . ce (Poster Presentation 2021 American College of Gastroenterology Meeting)

Ward , M ; Kirkland, Zachary ; Burns, K ; Murchie, Brent MD1 S1870 A Fractured Colon : An Unusual Macroscopic Finding in Microscopic Colitis, The American Journal of Gastroenterology: October 2021 - Volume 116 - Issue - p S822 doi : 10 . 14 309/01 . ajg . 0000781012.67 367.69 (Poster Presentation 2021 American College of Gastroenterology Meeting)

Williams, S; Lattanzio, N; Walo, R; Hamad, K; Wiese-Rometsch, W; Seaman, J 207 : CORTICOSTEROIDTREATMENTRESPONSEINHOSPITAL/ZEDCOVID-19PATIENTS,CriticalCare Medicine:January2022-Volume50 - Issue1 - p87doi:10.1097/01.cc m.0000807152.48556 . 8a (Poster Presentation 2022 Virtual Meeting Society of Critical Care Medicine)

Idogun P, Sia J, Ward M, Patel D, Wiese-Rometsch W, Patel AJ:Complete Blood Count Parameters Outperform Putative Inflammatory Markers in Predicting COVID-19 Mortality: A Multimodal Machine Learning Model, Blood, Volume 138, Supplement 1, 2021, Page 2967, ISSN 0006-4971(Poster Presentation:2021 American Society of Hematology National Meeting, May 2022, Atlanta, GA.

Burns K, Walo R, Patel D, Whiteside Z, Malik B, Thompson R, Baez Rodriguez K, Villasmil R, Abdelal Q, Hamad K, Heibel R. Prediction of Progression to Critical Illness in Heart Failure Patients Hospitalized with COVID-19: Multiple Chronic Conditions Matter. InC47. PREDICTORS OF COVID OUTCOMES 2022 May (pp. A4294-A4294). American Thoracic Society. (Poster Presentation 2022 American Thoracic Society Meeting)

Nora, I., Ward, M.C., Sharma, M., Kayali, Z., Smith, R.A. and Wiese-Rometsch, W., 2022. Sa1428: SARS-COV-2 INFECTION EVOKED HYPOALBUMINEMIA PREDICTS PROGRESSION TO CRITICAL ILLNESS IN PATIENTS WITH MILD TO SEVERE LIVER DISEASE.  Gastroenterology 162 (7), pp. S-383. (Poster Presentation 2022 Digestive Disease Week Conference)

Peer Reviewed Publications:

Lorenzo CJ, Conte JI, Villasmil RJ, Abdelal QK, Pierce D, Wiese-Rometsch W, Garcia-Fernandez JA. Heart failure ejection fraction class conversions: impact of biomarkers, co-morbidities, and pharmacotherapy. ESC Heart Fail. 2022 May 15. doi: 10.1002/ehf2.13965. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 35570322.

Idogun PO, Ward MC, Teklie Y, Wiese-Rometsch W, Baker J. Newly Diagnosed Idiopathic Thrombocytopenia Post COVID-19 Vaccine Administration. Cureus. 2021 May 5;13(5):e14853. doi: 10.7759/cureus.14853. PMID: 34113494; PMCID: PMC8176657.

Lattanzio N , Acosta-Diaz C, Villasmil R J, et al.: Effectiveness of COVID- 19 Convalescent Plasma Infusion Within 48 Hours of Hospitalization with SARS­ CoV-2 Infection. Cureus 13(7): e16746 . doi : 10.7759/ cureus . 16746

Teklie Y, Bell S, ldogun P, et al.: A Rare Case of a Patient with Hairy Cell Leukemia Developing Blastoid Marginal Zone B­ Cell Ly mphoma . Cureus 13(7): e16239. doi:10.7759/cureus . 16239

Idogun P, Kayali Z:HemorrhagicChemosisAssociatedWith lsatuximabUse in an Elderly Lady With Multiple Myeloma. Cureus 14(3): e22764. doi : 10.7759/cureus.22764

Teklie Y & Beidas S. (2021) To "Mask" or "Not-To-Mask" for COV/0-19 Protection? J Oral Health Dent, 4(3):353- 355.

Kirkland Z, Villasmil RJ, Alookaran J, Ward MC, Stone D. Copper Deficiency Myeloneuropathy Following Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass in a 72-Year-Old Female. Cureus. 2022 May 18;14(5):e25109. doi: 10.7759/cureus.25109. PMID: 35733490; PMCID: PMC9205276 .

Villasmil RJ, Lattanzio N, Burns K, Alkayali T. More Than Meets the Eye: Infective Endocarditis Presenting as Endogenous Endophthalmitis. Cureus. 2021 Apr 28;13(4):e14745. doi: 10.7759/cureus.14745. PMID: 34084673; PMCID: PMC8163352.

Villasmil RJ, Sia J, Motie I, Rodriguez L, Kraitman N. Not Your Usual Case of Culture-Negative Endocarditis: A Case Report of Bartonella Endocarditis. Cureus. 2022 May 12;14(5):e24947. doi: 10.7759/cureus.24947. PMID: 35698666; PMCID: PMC9188445.

Idogun, Precicous, Janevi Rebernigg, Yeshanew Teklie, Alan King, and Ning Ke. "A Case Report of Plasmablastic Lymphoma with Unusual Presentation: How Do Socioeconomic Factors Contribute to Cancer Survival?." (2022).

Local Presentations:

Sia,JE;ldogun,P;Patel,D;Motie,I;Hamad, K;Geary,M;Seaman,J;Wiese-Rometsch,WCOVID-19 Patients Expressed Distinct Clinical Trait Signatures at Index Hospitalization Across the Four SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic Waves in Florida. SMH Medicine Governance Meeting, Sarasota Memorial Health Care System

Idogun P., Teklie Y., Nicole Torres., Kayali Z., et al Presented at Sarasota Memorial Health Care System New Knowledge Innovation Conference 05/2022

Villasmil R , Pierce, D, Abdelal Q, Burns Katherine, Whiteside Z, Malik B, Lorenzo C, Patel D, Wiese-Rometsch W. Clinicopathophysiologic traits driving progression to critical illness in hospitalized COVID-19 patients with heart failure. Sarasota Memorial Hospital New Knowledge & Innovation Conference; May 2022.

Regional Presentations:

Sia, J E; ldogun, P; Patel, D; Motie, I; Hamad, K; Geary, M; Seaman, J; Wiese-Rometsch, W COVID- 19 Patients Expressed Distinct Clinical Trait Signatures at Index Hospitalization Across the Four SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic Waves in Florida. Florida American College of Physicians March 2022, Orlando FL

Burns K, Malik B, Villasmil R, Whiteside Z.Longitudinal clinical traits of Heart Failure Patients Readmitted Post-COVID-19 Index Hospitalization. American College of Physicians Chapter Scientific Session; March 2022 .

National Presentations:

Sia, J E; ldogun, P; Patel, D; Hamad, K; Wiese-Rometsch, W Longitudinal Characterization of Presentation ClinicalTraits in Patients during Index and at Least One Readmission Post-Acute COVID- 19 Hospitalization. 2022 Meeting of the Society of General Internal Medicine

Burns K, Malik B, Villasmil R, Whiteside Z, Wiese-Rometsch W. Prediction of Progression to Critical Illness and Heart Failure Patients Hospitalized with COVID-19: Multiple Chronic Conditions Matter. American Thoracic Society Scientific Session; May 2022.

Malik B, Burns K, Villasmil R, Whiteside Z, Wiese-Rometsch W. Using Objective Electrocardiographic Data to Better Predict Mortality in Patients Hospitalized with COVID-19. Society of General Internal Medicine Annual Meeting; April 2022.

Lattanzio N, Acosta C, Villasmil R , Alkayali T, George J, Teklie Y, Williams S, Stewart A, Grimes C, Geary M, Hamad K, Wiese-Rometsch W, Gordillo M, Seaman J. Personalized baseline wrist stratification in hospitalized adult patients with COVID-19: Patient-similarity-based data sciences shed some light. American College of Chest Physicians Scientific Session; October 2021

Sia, J E; ldogun, P; Patel, D; Motie, I; Hamad, K; Geary, M; Seaman, J; Wiese-Rometsch, W COVID-19 Patients Expressed Distinct Clinical Trait Signatures at Index Hospitalization Across the Four SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic Waves in Florida. American Thoracic Society 2022 Meeting, May 2022, San Francisco, CA

Wiese-Rometsch W, Williams S, Rodriguez E, Motie I: Bottom-Up and Top-Down: Getting from Plan to Action in Diversity, Equity and Inclusion: 2022 AHME Institute (Virtual); May 2022

Corbett S, Nora I: "Long Term Follow-up After Radiofrequency Ablation (RFA) of Barrett's Esophagus in a Relatively Low Risk Cohort." Gastrointestinal Endoscopy 95.6 (2022): AB369.

Burns K, Patel D, Whiteside Z, Malik B, Thompson R, Villasmil R, Hamad KM, Wiese- Rometsch W: “Progression Risk Assessment in Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients with Extant Heart Failure: Multiple Chronic Conditions Matter”. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine,Volume 205, May 2022. 1.

Sia J, Idogun P, Patel D, et al. Covid-19 patients expressed distinct clinical trait signatures at index hospitalization across the four SARS-COV-2 pandemic waves in Florida. C14 BURNOUT, DISPARITIES, AND OUTCOMES OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC. 2022.doi:10.1164/ajrccm-

conference.2022.205.1_meetingabstracts. a3698 Presented at American Thoracic Society (ATS) 05/2022 Published in the American Journal of Respiratory Care Medicine 3.

Sia J, Idogun P, Patel D, Motie I, Hamad K., Wiese-Rometsch W., Longitudinal Characterization of Presentation Clinical Traits in Patients During Index and at Least One Readmission Post-Acute COVID-19 Hospitalization Presented at Society of General Internal Medicine (SGIM) 04/2022

Walo R., Idogun P., Williams S., Wiese-Rometsch., Hamad K: Comparing Outcomes in COVID-19 Patients Who Received Standard, Intermediate, or Treatment Dose Enoxaparin and Underwent Intensive Care: A Learning Health System Initiative Presented at 1) American College of Physicians (ACP), Florida, 03/2022 and Society of General Internal Medicine (SGIM),04/2022

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Peer-Reviewed Publications and Abstracts:

Lattanzio N, Bell S, Campdesuner V, George J, Alkayali T, Rodriguez Y, Wiese-Rometsch W, Kraitman N.  Mycobacterium fortuitum  ventriculoperitoneal shunt infection in an immunocompromised patient: A case report . ID Cases . 2020 Oct 23;22:e00995. doi: 10.1016/j.idcr.2020.e00995. PMID: 33194550; PMCID: PMC7642848.

George J, Alkayali T, Dawkins K, Burns K, Williams S, Sia J, Hamad K, Wiese-Rometsch W, Voelker K, Seaman J

217: Direct Versus Indirect Admission of COVID-19 Patients to Intensive Care From Emergency Department, Critical Care Medicine : January 2021 - Volume 49 - Issue 1 - p 94 doi: 10.1097/01.ccm.0000726756.64244.2d

Abdelal Q, Conte J, Lorenzo C, George J, Wiese-Rometsch W: A Method to Personalize Blood Chemistry Reference Intervals: Getting to Patient Centric Laboratory Medicine Using Electronic Medical Record Data in Chronic Heart Failure Patients, Journal of Congestive Heart Failure : October 1, 2020- Volulme 26- issue 10- Supplement S 121 DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cardfail.2020.09.349

Bell S, Lattanzio N, Abdelal Q, Teklie Y, Alkayali T, Wiese-Rometsch W, Sastry A. A rare case of double antibody-positive rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis: A therapeutic dilemma. J Investig Med High Impact Case Rep . 2021 Jan-Dec;9:23247096211013193. Doi: 10.1177/23247096111013193.

Bell S, Lattanzio N, Braham J, Campdesuner V, Abdelal, Q, Vartanov A, Pelayo M. An unusual case of prolymphocytic leukemia transformation in a patient with chronic lymphocytic leukemia. J Investig Med High Impact Case Rep . 2021 Feb;9:1-5. doi: 10.1177/2324709621990767

Bell SD, Manohar J. Pregabalin-induced focal myositis: A report of two cases and review of literature. Int J Clin Rheumatol. 2020 Jul;15(4):114-118

Lattanzio N, Abdelal Q, Bell S, Alkayali T, Lorenzo C, et al. (2020) A Case Report of Aerococcus urinae Prosthetic Valve Infective Endocarditis Initially Misidentify . Int J Clin Cardiol 7:184. doi. org/10.23937/2378-2951/1410184

Kirkland Z, Jeffery R, Conte J, George J, Mercado R. Recurrent Aseptic Meningitis From Herpes Simplex Virus-2: Mollaret's Meningitis in a 30-Year-Old Female. Cureus . November 2020;Volume 12; Issue 11.

George J, Kirkland Z, Lattanzio N, Coleman J, Stone D. To Anticoagulate or Not: Acute Stroke in a COVID-19 Patient With Gastrointestinal Bleed.  Cureus . 2020;12(9):e10554. Published 2020 Sep 20. doi:10.7759/cureus.10554

Bell S, Villasmil R, Lattanzio N, Abdelal Q, King A, Farhangi V . Idiopathic granulomatous mastitis presenting in a patient with hypothyroidism and recent hospitalization for myxedema coma: A rare case report and review of literature . J Investig Med High Impact Case Rep . 2020 Aug;8:1-5. doi: 10.1177/2324709620949325

Villasmil RJ, Lattanzio N, Burns K, Alkayali T. More Than Meets the Eye: Infective Endocarditis Presenting as Endogenous Endophthalmitis.  Cureus . 2021;13(4):e14745. Published 2021 Apr 28. doi:10.7759/cureus.14745

Lorenzo C, Fitzpatrick H, Campdesuner V, George J, Lattanzio N. Embrolizumab-Induced Ocular Myasthenic Crisis. T Cureus . July 2020. Volume 12;Issue 7. e91-92

Teklie Y, Bell S, Idogun P, Venigalla M. A Rare Case of a Patient With Hairy Cell Leukemia Developing Blastoid Marginal Zone B-Cell Lymphoma.  Cureus . 2021;13(7):e16239. Published 2021 Jul 7. doi:10.7759/cureus.16239

Campdesuner V, Teklie Y, Alkayali T, Pierce D, George J. (2020, Jul). Nitrous Oxide-Induced Vitamin B12 Deficiency Resulting in Myelopathy. Cureus , 12(7)

Campdesuner V, Teklie Y, Lattanzio N, Lorenzo C, Bell S, Rodriguez Y , Ashok S. (2021, Jan). A Case of Immunotactoid Glomerulopathy in a Patient with Monoclonal Gammopathy of Renal Significance. Journal of Community Hospital Medicine Perspectives , 11(1), 60-64. Cited in PubMed; PMID: 10.1080/20009666.202. Pub Status: Published.

Busari K, Alkayali, A: S2271 A Decade Later: Exacerbation of Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) During Secukinumab Treatment, The American Journal of Gastroenterology : October 2020 - Volume 115 - Issue - p S1201 doi: 10.14309/01.ajg.0000711132.67077.26

Idogun P, Ward M, Wiese- Rometsch W, Teklie Y, Baker J. (2021, May). Newly Diagnosed Idiopathic Thrombocytopenia (ITP) Post Covid-19 Vaccine Administration. Cureus, 13(5), Status: Published.

Teklie Y, Campdesuner V, George J and Villasmil R. (2020, Oct). Role of Classical Complement Activation in SARS-Cov-2 Infection; A Case Report of COVID-19 in A Patient with Saddle Pulmonary Embolism. Acquaint Publications , 1(4), Cited in PubMed; PMID: 10.38207/jmcrcs20201. Pub Status: Published.

Rodriguez L, Perez J, Wiese-Rometsch W. Never Forget the Family History: MEN2A Syndrome Presenting as Metastatic Medullary Thyroid Cancer and Bilateral Pheochromocytoma, J Endocr Soc , Volume 5, Issue Supplement_1, April-May 2021, Pages A1001-A1002, https://doi.org/10.1210/jendso/bvab048.2049

Rodriguez LP, Wiese-Rometsch W, Lorenzo C. Alpelisib-Induced Diabetic Ketoacidosis- A Case Report.  J Endocr Soc . 2021;5(Suppl 1):A365. Published 2021 May 3. doi:10.1210/jendso/bvab048.743

Abdelal Q, Alkayali T, Bell S, Lorenzo C, Loewe, C . (2020). S3368 Expect the Unexpected in a Young Male: A Case of Leiomyosarcoma in the Ascending Colon. Am J Gastr. 115. S1752-S1752. 10.14309/01.ajg.0000715520.14049.a4.

Ward MC, Studer B, Nora I, Seepaulsing N, Loewe C. Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis in Crohn's Disease: An Atypical Complication.  Cureus . 2021;13(5):e14964. Published 2021 May 11. doi:10.7759/cureus.14964

Villasmil RJ, Lorenzo CJ, Abdelal QK, Conte JI, Lattanzio N, et al. (2021) Complete Heart Block in a Patient with COVID-19. Int Arch Cardiovasc Dis 5:039. doi.org/10.23937/2643-3966/1710039 Published: March 31, 2021 Copyright: © 2021

Lorenzo CJ, Abdelal QK, Conte JI, Villasmil RJ, Wiese-Rometsch W, Sell JE. Hypersecretory Paraganglioma Presenting as Acute Aortic Dissection. JACC Case Rep . 2020 Aug 19;2(10):1510-1514. doi: 10.1016/j.jaccas.2020.05.097. PMID: 34317007; PMCID: PMC8302177.

Alkayali T, Bell S, Bass C, Lattanzio N, Kraitman N. Not Your Average Seizure: A Case of N-Methyl-D-Aspartate Receptor Encephalitis and Review of Literature. Cureus . 2020 Jul 8;12(7):e9068. doi: 10.7759/cureus.9068. PMID: 32714709; PMCID: PMC7377656.

Ricardo J, Alkayali T, Wojtkowski A, Busari K, Okanobo H, Kucera S. Endoscopic Ultrasound-Guided Drainage of Intramural Duodenal Abscess Caused by Foreign Body Ingestion. ACG Case Rep J . 2020 Aug 25;7(8):e00448. doi: 10.14309/crj.0000000000000448. PMID: 32903917; PMCID: PMC7447455.

Faculty Research:

Peer-Reviewed Publications:

Carson TY, Hatzigeorgiou C, Wyatt TR, Egan S, Beidas SO . Development and Implementation of a Web-Based Learning Environment for an Inpatient Internal Medicine Team: Questionnaire Study. JMIR Med Educ . 2020 Dec 29;6(2):e18102. doi: 10.2196/18102. PMID: 33372895; PMCID: PMC7803472.

Giovino A, Shomo E, Busey KV, Case D, Brockhurst A, Concha M . An 18-month single-center observational study of real-world use of andexanet alfa in patients with factor Xa inhibitor associated intracranial hemorrhage. Clin Neurol Neurosurg . 2020 Aug;195:106070. doi: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2020.106070. Epub 2020 Jul 4. PMID: 32679541.

Concha M, Cohen AT. Recommendations for Research Assessing Outcomes for Patients With Anticoagulant-Related Intracerebral Bleeds. Stroke. 2021 Apr;52(4):1520-1526. doi: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.120.031730. Epub 2021 Feb 23. PMID: 33618554.

Lemke E, Sahasrabudhe D, Guancial E , Bylow K, Johnson S, Messing E, Kilari D. The Role of Metastasectomy in Urothelial Carcinoma: Where Are We in 2020? Clin Genitourin Cancer . 2020 Aug;18(4):e478-e483. doi: 10.1016/j.clgc.2020.01.003. Epub 2020 Jan 27. PMID: 32085986.

Chalmers JD, Haworth CS, Metersky ML, Loebinger MR, Blasi F, Sibila O, O'Donnell AE, Sullivan EJ, Mange KC, Fernandez C, Zou J, Daley CL; WILLOW Investigators. Phase 2 Trial of the DPP-1 Inhibitor Brensocatib in Bronchiectasis. N Engl J Med . 2020 Nov 26;383(22):2127-2137. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa2021713. Epub 2020 Sep 7. PMID: 32897034.

Presentations: National & Regional:

Wiese-Rometsch W , Martinez J: Diverse Physician Workforces Can Create Vibrant Communities: Intentional

Recruitment to Get There; Oral Presentation; 2021 Association for Hospital Medical Education Virtual Meeting

Lattanzio, N., Acosta Diaz, C., Bass, C., Conte, J., Dawkins, K., Kirkland, Z., Yenari, S., Fonseca, T., Grimes, C., Stewart, A., Geary, M., Zaleski, J., Vore, H., Hamad, K., Wiese-Rometsch, W., Fiorica, J., Gordillo, M., Mercado, R., & Voelker, K . Effectiveness of COVID-19 Convalescent Plasma Infusion Within 48-Hours of Hospitalization with SARS-COV-2 Infection. Poster presented at AMA Research Symposium. December 2020. Virtual.

Lorenzo C, Abdelal Q, Conte J, Jenkins C, Yturralde F. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Guided by Intravascular Ultrasound vs. Optical Coherence Tomography: A Single -Center Cost and Safety Analysis. Presented at Complex Cardiovascular Catheter Therapeutics: Advanced Endovascular and Coronary Intervention Global Summit. June 2021. Orlando, FL

Rodriguez L, Wiese-Rometsch W , Lorenzo, C. Alpelisib-Induced Diabetic Ketoacidosis: A Case Report. Poster Presentation. Endocrine Society. 2021

Rodriguez Camejo L, Kozlow W . ACTH-Producing Thymic Carcinoid: A Rare Cause of Cushing's Syndrome. Presented at Endocrine Society. March 2021

Rodriguez Camejo L, Braham J, Smith R, Farhangi V, Wiese-Rometsch W . In-Hospital Glycemic Dysregulation Associated with Worse Outcomes in COVID-19. Presented at Endocrine Society. March 2021

Braham, J . A case-series comparing CRP in hospitalized RA patients who were versus not undergoing anti-inflammatory therapy before SARS-CoV-2 infection.Poster presentation 2021 SGIM National Conference. April 2021

Teklie Y, Lattanzio N, Acosta C, Patel N, Idogun P, Dawkins K, Rodriguez Y, Hamad K, Wiese-Rometsch, W . (2021, April 23). Risk Stratification Value of Laboratory Order Sets for Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients: A Choosing Wisely Quality Improvement Initiative. [Poster presented]. Society of General Internal Medicine Annual Virtual Conference; Alexandria, VA, USA.

Lyn Shue KA : What’s New in Rheumatology: An Update for the Internist; Oral Presentation, American College of Physicians Florida Chapter Virtual Meeting, Dec 2020.

Beidas SO : Clinical Pearls in Primary Care; Oral Presentation, American College of Physicians Florida Chapter Virtual Meeting, Dec 2020.

Shah AN: What’s New in Nephrology and Hypertension for the Internist; Oral Presentation, American College of Physicians Florida Chapter Virtual Meeting, Dec 2020.

Bernstein ML: Gastroenterology Update for the Internist; Oral Presentation, American College of Physicians Florida Chapter Virtual Meeting, Dec 2020.

Harandi A : What’s New in Oncology for the Internist; Oral Presentation, American College of Physicians Florida Chapter Virtual Meeting, Dec 2020.

Hurwitz KM : Pulmonary and Critical Care Update: What Today’s Internist Needs to Know; Oral Presentation, American College of Physicians Florida Chapter Virtual Meeting, Dec 2020.

Ajithan C : Nutrition and Preventive Cardiology Update:Oral Presentation, American College of Physicians Florida Chapter Virtual Meeting, Dec 2020.

Gruman A : Dermatology Update for the Internist: Oral Presentation, American College of Physicians Florida Chapter Virtual Meeting, Dec 2020.

Farhangi V: New Considerations in the Management of Diabetes; Oral Presentation, American College of Physicians Florida Chapter Virtual Meeting, Dec 2020.

Keen FS : What’s New in Hospital Medicine; Oral Presentation, American College of Physicians Florida Chapter Virtual Meeting, Dec 2020.

Vlahakis JM : Humanism at the End of Life: Lessons from the COVID Pandemic; Oral Presentation, American College of Physicians Florida Chapter Virtual Meeting, Dec 2020.

Stone DK : Neurology Update for the Internist; Oral Presentation, American College of Physicians Florida Chapter Virtual Meeting, Dec 2020.

Wiese-Rometsch W, Hamad KM, Gordillo M , Irizarry-Colon LI: COVID Panel: Lessons Learned; Oral Presentation, American College of Physicians Florida Chapter Virtual Meeting, Dec 2020.

Ward M , Nora I, Ricardo J, Alkayali T, Studer B, Smith R, Wiese-Rometsch W : SARS-CoV-2 Infection Evoked Hypoalbuminemia Predicts Progression to Critical Illness in Patients with Mild to Severe Liver Disease; Indexing to Intensity of Hyper-inflammation Improves Precision Abstract Poster session presented at: ACP Florida Chapter; 2021 April, Virtual Meeting. (Award Winning Poster in Category of Quality Improvement)

Rose D, Rodriguez Y, Farhangi V; Hamad K, Wiese-Rometsch W : Training Resident-Physicians to Identify and Address Health and Healthcare Disparities: A Mega Thinking and Planning Strategy; Poster presented at ACP Florida Chapter Residents & Medical Student Virtual Poster Competition, Dec 2020.

George J, Alkayali T, Burns K, Williams SN, Wiese-Rometsch W, Seaman JC : Direct vs. Indirect Admission of COVID-19 Patients to the Intensive Care Unit from Emergency Department; Poster presented at ACP Florida Chapter Residents & Medical Student Virtual Poster Competition, Dec 2020.

Lattanzio, N., Acosta Diaz, C., Bass, C., Conte, J., Dawkins, K., Kirkland, Z., Yenari, S., Fonseca, T., Grimes, C., Stewart, A., Geary, M., Zaleski, J., Vore, H., Hamad, K., Wiese-Rometsch, W., Fiorica, J., Gordillo, M., Mercado, R., & Voelker, K . Effectiveness of COVID-19 Convalescent Plasma Infusion Within 48-Hours of Hospitalization with SARS-COV-2 Infection. Poster presented at ACP Florida Chapter Residents & Medical Student Virtual Poster Competition. Dec 2020.

Conte J, Lorenzo CJ: Comorbidity Burden in Heart Failure with Improved Ejection Fracture (HFiEF); Poster presented at Sarasota Memorial Health New Knowledge and New Innovation Conference, April 2021, Sarasota FL.

Lattanzio N, Acosta Diaz C: Effectiveness in COVID-19 Patients of Plasma Infusions Derived from Survivors: All Hands Marshaled, Poster presented at Sarasota Memorial Health New Knowledge and New Innovation Conference, April 2021, Sarasota FL.

Rose D : Training Resident-Physicians to Identify and Address Health and Healthcare Disparities: A Mega Thinking and Planning Strategy; Poster presented at Sarasota Memorial Health New Knowledge and New Innovation Conference, April 2021, Sarasota FL.

Chest Conference


National Presentations:

Chest Conference: October 2019- New Orleans, LA

Justin George MD, Belissa Ramos-Chaves MD, Kevin Dawkins DO, Niraj Patel MD, Wilhelmine Wiese-Rometsch MD, Roberto Mercado MD; "Nocardia Empyema in an Immunocompromised Host"

Belissa M Ramos-Chaves,MD; Wilhelmine Wiese-Rometsch,M.D.,FACP; Robert Smith, PhD; Joseph Seaman, M.D., MBA, FCCP "Direct versus Indirect Admission to Intensive Care from Emergency Care Center: A Quality Improvement Study of SepsisOutcomes in Older Adults"

American College of Gastroenterology: San Antonio, Tx October 2019

Talal Alkayali. MBBS, Ahmed I. Salem MD, Juan Ricardo MD, Bahaa Amer MD, Cynthia L. Harris MD, FASGE

"Not Your Usual Gastritis: A Case Report of Pembrolizumab-Induced Lymphocytic Gastritis"

Talal Alkayali MBBS, Ahmed I. Salem MD, Juan Ricardo MD, Bahaa Amer MD, Justin George MD, Kinan Rahal  MD; "A Rare Tumor in the Common Bile Duct: A Case Report of Plexiform Neurofibroma in the Common  Bile Duct"

ResearchRegional Presentations:

Florida American College of Cardiology Meeting- held August 16-18, 2019:

Christian Lorenzo MD; Qassem Abdelal MD; Richard Heibel MD; Mary E. Geary PhD, RN; Karen M. Hamad MD; and Wilhelmine Wiese-Rometsch MD, "Patient-Level Risk Stratification and Cluster Analysis to Characterize Heterogeneity in Readmission Patterns of Patients with Reduced Ejection Fraction Heart Failure"

Qassem Abdelal MD; Christian Lorenzo MD; Jorge Conte MD; Richard Heibel MD; Wilhelmine Wiese-Rometsch MD: "A method to personalize blood chemistry reference intervals: Getting to patient-centric laboratory medicine using electronic medical record data in chronic heart failure patients"

Florida Medical Association Meeting: August 2019

Talal Alkayali MD, Christopher Jenkins MD, Olesya Petrenko DO, Marilyn Mosquera MD, Dona Rose DO, Joel Baker DO; "An Infection That Can Give You a Tumor: A Case of Pott's Puffy Tumor"

Christopher Jenkins, Talal Alkayali, Saad Ibrahim; "Not Your Usual Case of Back Pain: Aortoiliac Occlusion Secondary to Primary Antiphospholipid Syndrome.

ASCO Direct Highlights Miami Meeting- July 2019:

Stephen Bell MD, Niraj Patel MD, Wilhelmine Wiese- Rometsch MD, Kathleen Kennedy MD; "More than Meets the Eye: A Case of Metastatic Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma"

Justin George MD, Talal Alkayali MD, Belissa Ramos MD, Victoria Campdesuner MD, Wilhemine Wiese-Rometsch MD; "Not Only Bullets Kill in War: A Case Report of Klatskin Tumor in a Veteran"

Ijeoma Eccles-James, MD*; Belissa Ramos, MD*; Bahaa Amer, MD; Fadi Kayali, MD; Wilhelmine Wiese-Rometsch, MD; "A Case of Secondary Polycythemia Leading to Diagnosis of an Atrial Septal Defect in an Adult Patient"

Bahaa Amer MD; Wilhelmine Wiese-Rometsch, MD; Kevin Koehler MD; "Progression-Free Survival of Metastatic Anaplastic Thyroid Carcinoma: Pharmacogenetic Precision Medicine Realized"

Bahaa Amer MD; Belissa Ramos-Chavez MD, Ijeoma Eccles-James MD; "Invasive Squamous Cell Carcinoma Arising from Chronic Hidradenitis Suppurativa"

Bahaa Amer MD; Victoria Campdesuner MD; Anjan Patel MD; "Positive Response and Increase in ADAMTS13 with Rituximab in a Patient with Relapsing Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura"

Talal Alkayali MBBS, Ahmed I. Salem MD, Juan Ricardo MD, Bahaa Amer MD, Justin George MD, Kinan Rahal  MD; "A Rare Tumor in the Common Bile Duct: A Case Report of Plexiform Neurofibroma in the Common  Bile Duct"


The following presentations were accepted at the following national meetings but not presented due to the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Digestive Disease Week 2020 Meeting:

Talal Alkayali "Lumen apposing metal stent for treating pancreatic fluid collections in patients at a community  hospital: A quality improvement initiative to compare outcomes with meta-analysis benchmark"

Talal Alkayali, MD "Pancreatic cancer in Hispanic patients: A demographic analysis of the National Cancer  Database".

ResearchRegional Presentations:

Florida American College of Cardiology Meeting : August 16-18, 2019

Christian Lorenzo MD; Qassem Abdelal MD; Richard Heibel MD; Mary E. Geary PhD, RN; Karen M. Hamad MD; and Wilhelmine Wiese-Rometsch MD, "Patient-Level Risk Stratification and Cluster Analysis to Characterize Heterogeneity in Readmission Patterns of Patients with Reduced Ejection Fraction Heart Failure"

Qassem Abdelal MD; Christian Lorenzo MD; Jorge Conte MD; Richard Heibel MD; Wilhelmine Wiese-Rometsch MD: "A method to personalize blood chemistry reference intervals: Getting to patient-centric laboratory medicine using electronic medical record data in chronic heart failure patients"

Florida Medical Association Meeting: August 2019

Talal Alkayali MD, Christopher Jenkins MD, Olesya Petrenko DO, Marilyn Mosquera MD, Dona Rose DO, Joel Baker DO; "An Infection That Can Give You a Tumor: A Case of Pott's Puffy Tumor"

Christopher Jenkins, Talal Alkayali, Saad Ibrahim; "Not Your Usual Case of Back Pain: Aortoiliac Occlusion Secondary to Primary Antiphospholipid Syndrome.

ASCO Direct Highlights Miami Meeting : July 2019

Stephen Bell MD, Niraj Patel MD, Wilhelmine Wiese- Rometsch MD, Kathleen Kennedy MD; "More than Meets the Eye: A Case of Metastatic Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma"

Justin George MD, Talal Alkayali MD, Belissa Ramos MD, Victoria Campdesuner MD, Wilhemine Wiese-Rometsch MD; "Not Only Bullets Kill in War: A Case Report of Klatskin Tumor in a Veteran"

Ijeoma Eccles-James, MD*; Belissa Ramos, MD*; Bahaa Amer, MD; Fadi Kayali, MD; Wilhelmine Wiese-Rometsch, MD; "A Case of Secondary Polycythemia Leading to Diagnosis of an Atrial Septal Defect in an Adult Patient"

Bahaa Amer MD; Wilhelmine Wiese-Rometsch, MD; Kevin Koehler MD; "Progression-Free Survival of Metastatic Anaplastic Thyroid Carcinoma: Pharmacogenetic Precision Medicine Realized"

Bahaa Amer MD; Belissa Ramos-Chavez MD, Ijeoma Eccles-James MD; "Invasive Squamous Cell Carcinoma Arising from Chronic Hidradenitis Suppurativa"

Bahaa Amer MD; Victoria Campdesuner MD; Anjan Patel MD; "Positive Response and Increase in ADAMTS13 with Rituximab in a Patient with Relapsing Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura"

Peer-Reviewed Publications:

Amer B, Patel A. Positive Response and Increase in ADAMTS13 with Scheduled Rituximab in a Patient with Relapsing Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura. Cureus . 2019;11(7):e5054. Published 2019 Jul 1. doi:10.7759/cureus.5054

Nativi-Nicolau J, Stehlik J, Al-Dulaimi R, Conte J , et al. Chronotropic incompetence and autonomic dysfunction as mechanisms of dyspnoea in patients with late stage cardiac amyloidosis. Amyloid . 2019;26(sup1):134-135. doi:10.1080/13506129.2019.1582024

Wohlfahrt P, Zickmund SL, Slager S, Conte J , et al. Provider Perspectives on the Feasibility and Utility of Routine Patient-Reported Outcomes Assessment in Heart Failure: A Qualitative Analysis. J Am Heart Assoc . 2020;9(2):e013047. doi:10.1161/JAHA.119.013047

Alkayali T, Ricardo J, Busari K, Saad I. Sitagliptin-induced Pancreatitis: Chronic Use Would Not Spare You the Complication. Cureus . 2020;12(3):e7389. Published 2020 Mar 24. doi:10.7759/cureus.7389

Arrieta J, Galwankar S, Lattanzio N , Ray D, Agrawal A.  Common clinical characteristics and complications determining the outcome in a COVID-positive predominantly geriatric population.  J Emerg Trauma Shock. Accepted 2020 May 24

Ricardo J , Alkayali T, Wojkowski A, Busari, K, Okanobo H, Kucera S. EUS-guided Drainage of Intramural Duodenal Abscess Caused by Foreign Body Ingestion. ACG Case Reports Journal. Accepted for publication.

Alkayali T, Salem A, Ricardo J, Busari K, Harris C. Lumen Apposing Metal Stent for Treating Pancreatic Fluid Collections in Patients at Community Hospital: A Quality Improvement Initiative to Compare Outcomes with Meta-Analysis Benchmarks. Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (GIE). June 2020; 91(6), AB335-AB336

Alkayali T, Ricardo J, Salem A, Huston J, Shridhar R, Meredith K. Pancreatic Cancer in Hispanic Patients: A Demographic Analysis of the National Cancer Database. Gastroenterology. May 2020; 158(6): S-759–S-760. Pub Status: Published.

Alkayali T, Salem A, Ricardo J, Amer B, George J, Rahal, K. A Rare Tumor in the Common Bile Duct: A Case Report of Plexiform Neurofibroma in the Common Bile Duct. American College of Gastroenterology. October 2019; Pub Status: Accepted.

Alkayali T, Salem A, Ricardo J, Amer B , Harris C. Not Your Usual Gastritis: A Case Report of Pembrolizumab-Induced Lymphocytic Gastritis. American College of Gastroenterology. October 2019; Pub Status: Accepted.

FL ACP


National Presentations: 
Mallory Kimsey, Caitlin Bass, Derek Calkins, Karen Hamad, Faisal Keen, Jacquelyn Zaleski, Mary E. Geary, Wilhelmine Wiese-Rometsch; "Translating Graduate Medical Education (GME) to a Community Hospital: High- Value Care Sustained with Inaugural PGY-1 Resident-Physician Training"; 1st Place Award for Improving Healthcare Outcomes; 2018 AMA Annual Research Symposium; Baltimore, MD, Nov. 2018

Ijeoma Eccles-James, Belissa Ramos, Pedro Veloz-Peralta ; "Cerebral Venous Thrombosis in an Acute Crohn's Disease Flare-Up" 2018 AMA Annual Research Symposium; Baltimore, MD, Nov. 2018

Belissa M Ramos-Chaves, Ijeoma Eccles-James, Juan Ricardo, Olesya Petrenko, Roberto Mercado "Cryptococcus Meningoencephalitis in a Newly Diagnosed Elderly HIV Patient"; 2018 AMA Annual Research Symposium; Baltimore, MD, Nov. 2018

Juan Ricardo, Ahmed Salem, Talal Alkayali, Wilhemine Wiese-Rometsch, Stephen Kucera . Diffuse Caroli's Disease: A Rare Form of Intrahepatic Bile Duct Dilation Presenting with Acute Cholangitis; 2018 American College of Gastroenterology Meeting ; Philadelphia, PA, Nov. 2018

Juan Ricardo, Raynieri Fernandez, Fernando Contreras, Carlos Esteva, Santiago Collado, Magnolia Fernandez; Recurrence of Primary Epididymal Leiomyosarcoma to Colon and Stomach; 2018 American College of Gastroenterology Meeting ; Philadelphia, PA, Nov. 2018

Juan Ricardo, Ahmed I. Salem, Talal Alkayali, Kenneth Meredith: Esophageal Cancer in Hispanic Patients: A Demographic Analysis of National Cancer Database, Poster Presentation American Society of Clinical Oncology, May 2019 Chicago,IL.

Ahmed I. Salem, Talal Alkayali, Juan Ricardo, Ravi Shridhar, Jamie Huston, Kenneth L. Meredith: Has Accuracy of Clinical Staging of T1N0M0 Esophageal Cancer Improved Over Time? A Hospital Based Analysis From The National Cancer Database (NCDB); Digestive Disease Week, May 2019 San Diego, CA. Poster presentation.

Juan Ricardo, Talal Alkayali, Ahmed I. Salem, Belissa Ramos Chaves, Jorge Conte: Stuck Between a Rock and a Hard Place, Digestive Disease Week, May 2019 San Diego, CA, Case Report Presentation

Juan Ricardo, Jorge Conte, Talal Alkayali, Ahmed I. Salem: Kratom Induced Cholestatic Hepatitis , Digestive Disease Week, May 2019 San Diego, CA, Case Report Presentation.

Olesya Petrenko, Talal Alkayali, Belissa Ramos, Wilhelmine Wiese-Rometsch: Invasive Rhinocerebral Mucormycosis Leading to Gradenigo's Syndrome in Type I Diabetic, American Association of Clinical Endocrinologist Annual Meeting, April 2019 Los Angeles, CA, Case Report Presentation

Olesya Petrenko, Kevin Dawkins, Yorlenis Rodriguez, Joel Baker, Wende Kozlow, Wilhelmine Wiese-Rometsch; Panhypopituitarism Secondary to Pituitary Macroadenoma with Optic Chiasm Compression and Apoplexy, American Association of Clinical Endocrinologist Annual Meeting, April 2019 Los Angeles, CA, Case Report Presentation

Olesya Petrenko, Talal Alkayali, Belissa Ramos, Joel Baker, Kevin Johnson, Wilhelmine Wiese-Rometsch: Graves' Disease Leading to Thyrotoxic Heart Disease, American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists Annual Meeting, April 2019 Los Angeles, CA. Endocrinology Annual Research Meeting, New Orleans 2019. Case Report Presentation

Marilyn Mosquera, Talal Alkayali, Christopher Jenkins, Belissa Ramos, Wilhelmine Wiese-Rometsch : Disseminated Cryptococcus Infection in a Patient With Granulomatosis With Polyangiitis: Diagnosis and Management , Fifth

Annual Mayo Clinic Rheumatology Review for Primary Care 2019, May 2019 Amelia Island, FL, Case Report Presentation

Christopher Jenkins; F. Yturralde, MD; Single Ceneter Experience with Transradial Access (TRA) for Diagnostic Coronary Angiography and Intervention with Resultant Fluoroscopy Times and Contrast Volumes; Society of Cardiovascular Angiography & Interventions, May 2019, Las Vegas, NV

ResearchRegional Presentations:

Talal Alkayali, Caitlin Bass, Christopher Jenkins, Olesya Petrenko, Kathleen Kennedy: Big, Bothersome and Benign: A Case of Spindle Cell Lipomas, American College of Physician, Florida Chapter Meeting, Sept. 2018, Tampa, FL, Poster Presentation

Derek Calkins, Christopher Jenkins, Michael Mollod: Foxglove: The Root of Digoxin Toxicity (Award Winner), American College of Physician, FL Chapter Mtg., Sept. 2018, Tampa, Poster Presentation

Olesya Petrenko, Talal Alkayali, Belissa Ramos, Joel Baker, Kevin Johnson: Graves' Disease Leading to Thyrotoxic Heart Disease: A Case Report, FL Chapter Mtg., Sept. 2018, Tampa, Poster Presentation

Juan Ricardo, Ahmed I. Salem, Talal Alkayali, Kenneth Meredity: Esophageal Cancer in Hispanic Patients: A Demographic Analysis of National Cancer Database, American College of Physician, Fl Chapter, March 2019, Orlando, FL, Poster Presentation

Christopher Jenkins, Rejo Cherian, Mallory Kimsey, Talal Alkayali, Marilyn Mosquera, Christian Lorenzo, Karan Hamad, Wilhelmine Wiese-Rometsch: Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy Presenting in a Patient with New Onset Bulbar Myasthenia Gravis, American College of Physician FL Chapter, March 2019, Orlando, FL, Case Rpt. Presentation

Qassem Abdelal MD; Christian Lorenzo MD; Richard Heibel MD; Mary Geary PhD, RN; Wilhelmine Wiese-Rometsch MD: A method to personalize blood chemistry reference intervals (RI): Getting to patient-centric laboratory medicine using electronic medical record (EMR) data in chronic heart failure (HF) patients

Jorge Conte MD, Belissa Ramos MD, Christian Lorenzo MD, Juan Ricardo MD, Alena Gerasimova MD, Wilhelmine Wiese-Rometsch MD, Chippy Nalluri MD; Undiagnosed Sequalae of Kawasaki Disease in a Patient with Recurring Chest Pain; American College of Physician, Fl Chapter March 2019, Orlando, Poster Presentation

ResearchLocal Presentations:

Qassem Abdelal MD; Christian Lorenzo MD; A Patient Centric Approach to Decrease the 'Failure' of Congestive Heart Failure; 2019 SMH Cardiac Summit, Sarasota, FL

Qassem Abdelal MD; Christian Lorenzo MD; Richard Heibel MD; Mary Geary PhD, RN; Wilhelmine Wiese-Rometsch MD: A method to personalize blood chemistry reference intervals (RI): Getting to patient-centric laboratory medicine using electronic medical record (EMR) data in chronic heart failure (HF) patients; 2019 SMH New Knowledge and Innovation Conference, Sarasota, FL

Christian Lorenzo, MD; Qassem Abdelal MD; Richard Heibel MD; Mary Geary PhD, RN; Karen Hamad MD, and Wilhelmine Wiese-Rometsch MD; Patient-Level Risk Stratification and Cluster Analysis to Characterize Heterogeneity in Readmission Patterns of Patients with Reduced Ejection Fraction Heart Failure; 2019 SMH New Knowledge and Innovation Conference, Sarasota FL

Christopher Jenkins; F Yturralde, MD; Single Center Experience with Transradial Access (TRA) for Diagnostic Coronary Angiography and Intervention with Resultant Fluoroscopy Times and Contrast Volumes; 2019 SMH New Knowledge and Innovation Conference, Sarasota, FL

Olesya Petrenko DO; Vida Farhangi MD; Karen Hamad MD; Wilhelmine Wiese-Rometsch MD; Maximizing Clinical Learning Environments (CLE) to Target Health (HD) and Health Care (HCD) Disparities in Graduate Medical Education (GME): A Newtown Clinic Practice Quality Improvement Initiative 2019 SMH New Knowledge and Innovation Conference, Sarasota, FL

Mallory Kimsey DO; Caitlin Bass MD; Derek Calkins DO; Karen Hamad MD; Faisal Keen MD; Jacquelyn Zaleski MPP, MHI, RN; Mary Geary PhD, RN; Wilhelmine Wiese-Rometsch MD; Translating Graduate Medical Education (GME) to a Community Hospital: High-Value Care Sustained with Inaugural PGY-1 Resident-Physician Training

Mallory Kimsey DO; Kevin Scorgie, PharmD; Cameron Watt, RN; Doris Cahueque, MS, RN, CNL; Innovative Strategies to Engage Patients and Families: Bringing It Back to the Bedside: SIBR; Panel Presentation

Peer-Reviewed Publications:

Lopez-Aguiar AG, Ethun CG, Pawlik TM, Tran T, Poultsides GA, Isom CA, Idrees K, Krasnick BA, Fields RC, Salem A, Weber SM, Martin RCG, Scoggins CR, Shen P, Mogal HD, Beal EW, Schmidt C, Shenoy R, Hatzaras I, Maithel SK. Association of Perioperative Transfusion with Recurrence and Survival After Resection of Distal Cholangiocarcinoma: A 10-Institution Study from the US Extrahepatic Biliary Malignancy Consortium. Ann Surg. Oncol. 2019 Jun; 26(6); 184-1823. doi:10.1245/s10434-019-07306-x. Epub 2010 Mar 15. PMID: 30877497

Urban G, Tripathi P, Alkayali T, Mittal M, Jalali F, Karnes W, Baldi P. Deep Learning Localizes and Identifies Polyps in Real Time with 96% Accuracy in Screening Colonoscopy. Gastroenterology. 2018 Oct.;155(4):1069-1078.e8. doi:10.1053/j.gastro.2018.06.037. Epub 2018 Jun 18.

ResearchPublications - Journals: Thumallapally N, Meshref A, Mousa M, Salem A, et al. Survival benefit of neoadjuvant versus adjuvant radiotherapy in lymph node positive esophageal cancer: a population based analysis. J Gastrointest Oncol; 2017; 8:(5)825-832

Publications - Abstract: Urban G, Tripathi P, Alkayali T, Mittal M, et al. Deep Learning Localizes and Identifies Polyps in Real Time with 96% Accuracy in Screening Colonoscopy. Gastroenterology; 2018; S0016-5085(18)346590-6

National / International Publications:
Alkayali T, Yu A, Samaransena JF, Lee G, et al. First side-by-side comparison of AmplifEYE, endocuff vision and conventional colonoscopy for PDF, ADR, and SDR; 2017 Mational Meeting American College of Gastroenterology

Ricardo J, Salem A, Alkayali T, Meredith K, Adjuvant Chemotherapy After Neoaduvant Chemoradiation in Esophageal Cancer: A Propensity Score Matched Analysis; 2017 Second International Conference on Digestive Diseases; Madrid Spain

Salem A, Ricardo J, Alkayali T,Meredith K: Size of Pancreatic Cancer Predicts Need for Neoadjuvant Therapy; 2017 Second International Conference on Digestive Diseases; Madrid, Spain

Regional Presentations: (Residents & Faculty)
Gerasimova A, Jenkins C, Wiese-Rometsch W: Optimizing Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease in an Underserved Population: 2018 SMH Cardiac Summit, Sarasota, FL

Eccles-James I, Farhangi V, Rodriguez G, Wiese-Rometsch W: Sarcoidosis with rapidly Progressive Granulomatous Intersiitial Nephritis; 2018 FL ACP Resident & Student Mtg., Mar. 2018, Orlando, FL

Mallory K, Baker J, Sheridan D, Wiese-Rometsch W: The Greak Mimicker Strikes Again: Neurosyphilis Presenting as Visual Loss; 2018 FL ACP Resident & Student Mtg., Mar. 2018, Orlando, FL

Ricardo J, Salem A, Alkayali T, Kucera S, Wiese-Rometsch W: Caroli's Disease: Not Your Common Acute Cholangitis; 2018 FL ACP Resident & Student Mtg., Mar. 2018, Orlando, FL

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