Research Projects
2020–2021
| Resident | Mentor(s) | Title |
|---|---|---|
| Masih Barat | Lori Daniels, MD | Prognostic Value of Biomarkers in Heart Failure and Non-Heart Failure Patients |
| Mitch Biermann | Tannishtha Reya, PhD | Combinatorial Control of Pancreatic Cancer |
| Francesca Cazzulino | Isac Thomas, MD | Assessing the Interaction of Psychiatric Disorders with Methamphetamine-Associated Heart Failure on ED Visits and HF Readmissions and Mortality |
| Sharon Choi | Erin Reid, MD | Survival Differences Between Patients with HIV Lymphoma Treated Inside and Outside Clinical Trials |
| Alex Cours | Deborah Kado, MD | Hyperkyphosis and Mortality Risk in Older Men |
| Elizabeth Epstein | Michael Wilkinson, MD | Genetic Testing for Lipoprotein(a) – Experience from a Single Lipid Clinic |
| Erica Feldman | Praveen Akuthota, MD | Characterizing Health Disparities in Adult Asthma Exacerbations |
| Ana Lucia Fuentes | Laura Crotty Alexander, MD | E-Cigarette or Vaping Use-Associated Lung Injury (EVALI) Over Time |
| Nicky Herrick | Laith Alshawabkeh, MD | Priorities and Understanding of Pregnancy Among Women with Congenital Heart Disease |
| Neena Iyer | David Kunkel, MD | Characteristics of Patients with Esophageal Inlet Patch and Pulmonary Conditions |
| Sonya John | Eric Adler, MD | Machine Learning for Prognostication in Advanced Heart Failure |
| Mark Kowalczyk | Gobind Anand, MD | Risk Factors for the Development of Pancreatic Cancer among Patients with Chronic Pancreatitis |
| Aaron Lee | Jane Burns, MD | Cardiovascular Outcomes in Young Adults with a History of Kawasaki Disease |
| Jerry Lipinski | Mitul Patel, MD | ShockOmics: Evaluation of Metabolomic Profiles in Acute Cardiogenic Shock |
| Denise Mai | Samir Gupta, MD | Identifying Presentation Characteristics of Early-Onset Colorectal Cancer and Delays in Diagnosis |
| Armando Martinez | Jorge Silva, MD | Impact of Left Atrial Remodeling in Patients with Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy |
| Ambika Munaganuru | Rohit Loomba, MD | Meta-Analysis: Determining the Association Between MRI-PDFF and Histologic Response in Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis |
| Praneet Mylavarapu | Mitul Patel, MD | Safety and Efficacy of Direct Oral Anticoagulants in the Morbidly Obese Population |
| Janna Raphelson | Atul Malhotra, MD | The Impact of Obesity Hypoventilation on Bariatric Surgery Patients |
| Diane Rodden | Samir Gupta, MD | H. pylori Eradication Quality Initiative |
| Revathy Sampath-Kumar | Ori Ben-Yehuda, MD | Utility of Inferior Vena Cava Diameter Measurement in Patients with Acute Decompensated Heart Failure |
| Priya Sharma | Rena Yadlapati, MD | Esophageal Motility in Asymptomatic Obese Patients |
| Christine Sonners | Maile Karris, MD | Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Aging People Living with HIV in Chronic Pain |
| Alex Sykes | Mark Hepokoski, MD | Mechanical Ventilation and Ventilator-Induced Kidney Injury |
| Anna Ter-Zakarian | Annette Von Drygalski, MD | Blood Pressure in Hemophilia and Its Relation to Inhibitory Antibodies to Coagulation Factors |
| Alex Tong | Fotis Asimakopoulos, MD | Immune Profiling in Versican Proteolysis-Segregated Cohorts of Multiple Myeloma Patients |
| Lester Tsai | David Kunkel, MD | Utility of the Functional Lumen Imaging Probe in Patients with Esophageal Symptoms |
| Katarina Vasiljevic | Sandip Patel, MD | Characterizing Myositis in Patients Receiving Immune-Checkpoint Inhibitors While on Statin Therapy |
2019–2020
| Resident | Mentor(s) | Title |
|---|---|---|
| Farid Abushamat | Yoko Kono, MD | Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound in the Evaluation of Liver Nodules in Fontan-Associated Liver Disease |
| Anna Astachanka | Kim Kerr, MD | Pulmonary Artery Sarcoma – Tertiary Referral Center Case Series |
| Mia Awan | Greg Seymann, MD | Improving Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis Prophylaxis Rates for Low-Protein Ascites with the Use of the Electronic Medical Record |
| Hemali Batra-Sharma | Rebecca Shatsky, MD | Circulating Tumor Cells to Evaluate for Relapse and Response to Therapy in Solid Tumors |
| Sheila Bhavasar | Rohit Loomba, MD | Role of 2D-MRE in Diagnosis of Fibrosis Associated with Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease |
| Mary Brooks | Eric Adler, MD | LAMP-2 Gene Mutations and Associated Cardiac Outcomes in Danon Disease |
| Sophie Cannon | Jill Blumenthal, MD | Physician Education and Comfort Prescribing Gender-Affirming Hormone Therapy to HIV-Infected Transgender Patients |
| Jon Chung | Gordon Ho, MD | Assessing Atrial Function in Atrial Fibrillation Patients Pre- and Post-Ablation Using Functional CT |
| Dan Corbally | Howie Tran, MD | Integration of CT Imaging and Invasive Hemodynamic Pressure Measurements to Assess RV Contractility as a Predictor for RV Failure in Patients Undergoing Left Ventricular Assistive Device Implantation |
| Brad Fairfield | Bernd Schnabl, MD | Dysbiosis of the Intestinal Microbiome May Be Associated with Increased Morbidity and Mortality in Patients with Alcoholic Liver Disease |
| Lauren Haggerty | Dena Rifkin, MD | Nephrologists’ Estimations of ESRD and Timely Fistula Formation |
| Lizzy Hastie | Josh Rubin, MD | Prevalence and Outcomes of Fecal Immunochemistry Testing Performed Prior to Next Recommended Screening Colonoscopy |
| Mitra Jamshidian | Charles Ginsberg, MD | The Effects of Phosphate on Blood Pressure in COMBINE |
| Mark Jiang | Erin Reid, MD | Impact of Insurance Coverage on Outcomes in Patients with AIDS-Defining Cancers |
| Neal Jones | Siddharth Singh, MD | Developing a Prediction Model for Endoscopic Recurrence of Crohn’s Disease after Surgically Induced Remission – Post-Hoc Analysis of PREVENT Trial |
| Alisha Kabadi | Kim Kerr, MD | Preoperative Hemoptysis and Likelihood of Recurrence in Patients Undergoing PTE Surgery |
| Kim Kreitinger | Atul Malhotra, MD | Evaluating Models for Predicting Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Bariatric Surgery Patients |
| Jordan Martinez | Robert El-Kareh, MD | Door-to-Inhaler Time: Evaluation of ED Waiting Times and COPD Exacerbations |
| Dominic Picetti | Parambir Dulai, MBBS | Willingness of Patient to Choose Dual Biologic Therapy Versus Biologic and Immunomodulation for Treatment of Inflammatory Bowel Diseases |
| Mark Rolfsen | Mark Hepokoski, MD | Prognostic Value of Neuron Specific Enolase in Sepsis |
| Joe Ryan | Adam Burgoyne, MD | Development of a Cancer Registry of Hepatocellular Carcinoma Patients with Demographic and Clinical Data Matched to Multi-omic Profiling |
| Tatiana Saul | Isac Thomas, MD | Clinical Characteristics of Patients with Methamphetamine-Associated Cardiomyopathy |
| Susan Seav | Ian Jenkins, MD | Inpatient Oxygen Safety |
| Nandi Shah | Rob El-Kareh, MD | Quality Improvement for Medication Reconciliations Through Process Mapping |
| Anna Silverman | Parambir Dulai, MBBS | Risk for Enteric Infections in Patients Treated with Tofacitinib |
| Dipesh Solanky | Sanjay Mehta, MD | Influence of Olive Oil Consumption on Human Gut Microbiota and Markers of Cardiovascular Risk |
| Averie Tigges | Daniel Blanchard, MD | Right Atrial Function Index in Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension Before and After Pulmonary Thromboendarterectomy |
| Sai Vanam | Eric Adler, MD | The Natural History of Danon Disease |
| Kevin Wang | Ian Jenkins, MD | Identifying Causes of Sepsis Readmissions |
| Jenny Zhou | Sandip Patel, MD | Adrenal Insufficiency Associated with Anti-Programmed Death-1 Immunotherapy |
| Hairan Zhu | Rob El-Kareh, MD | A Markov Model for Cascading Cost Analysis of Medical Testing |
2018–2019
| Resident | Mentor(s) | Title |
|---|---|---|
| Omar Aldaas | Jonathan Hsu, MD | Outcomes of Catheter Ablation in Atrial Fibrillation Patient With and Without Heart Failure |
| Ali Asghar | Praveen Akuthota, MD | Assessing Trends in Mortality from Eosinophilic Diseases in the European Union: An Observational Study of the WHO Mortality Database from 2001-2013 |
| Maria Barsky | Parambir Dulai, MD | Risk for Clostridium difficile Infection in Patients Treated with Biologic Agents |
| Justin Chen | Sandip Patel, MD | Characterizing the Prevalence, Severity, and Clinical Manifestations of Acute Kidney Injury in Cancer Patients Treated with Immune Checkpoint Blockade |
| Alex Cypro | Philippe Montgrain, MD | Cachexia and Systemic Inflammatory Response in Patients with Kung Cancer |
| DJ Gaines | Rob El-Kareh, MD | Evaluation of Follow-Up of Send-Out Tests Pending at Discharge |
| Sean Giancaterino | Jonathan Hsu, MD | Clinical Predictors of Atrial Fibrillation in Patients Undergoing Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator Implantation at an Academic Medical Center and Comparison of Subsequent Differential Long-Term Outcomes |
| Solomon Greenberg | Bob Geng, MD | Functional Immune Dysregulation in Pediatric Solid Organ Transplant Recipients |
| Nick Hogan | Sam Tsimikas, MD | Characterizing the Effect of Lp(a) Levels on Circulating Monocyte Function in Coronary Artery Disease Patients Presenting for Coronary Angiography |
| Allen Jiang | Daniel Sweeney, MD | Predictors of Mortality in Admitted Patients with Acute Hepatitis A: A Case Series from the Ongoing Hepatitis A Outbreak in San Diego |
| Jeremy Kong | Dan Blanchard, MD | Evaluating the Utility of Atrial Strain Measurements in Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension Patients Before and After Pulmonary Thromboendarterectomy |
| Nick Leverone | Praveen Akuthota, MD | Prevalence of Eosinophilic Lung Diseases in Patients with Hypereosinophilia |
| Andrew Lin | David Krummen, MD | Stellate Ganglia Ablation of Refractory Ventricular Arrhythmias |
| Eric Low | Samir Gupta, MD | Risk Factors for Developing Colorectal Cancer in Individuals Under 50 Years of Age |
| Reema Patel | Deborah Kado, MD | Trabecular Bone Score and Its Association with Cobb Angle of Kyphosis in Older Men |
| Kusuma Pokala | Gobind Anand, MD | Development of Pancreatic Cancer Among Patients with Chronic Pancreatitis |
| Stephen Schale | Barry Greenberg, MD | Analysis of Heart Failure Readmissions and the Impact of Observing on Oral Diuretics |
| Ibrahim Selevany | Paul Kim, MD | Does Microvascular Disease Predict Allograft Dysfunction in the Absence of Epicardial Coronary Disease |
| Justin Sharim | Kurt Hoffmayer, MD | Evaluation of Invasive Interventions for Patients with Neoplastic Pericardial Effusion |
| Samantha Spilman | David Kunkel, MD | Assessment of Biofeedback Therapy as an Effective Intervention for Dyssynergic Defecation |
| Hannah Wangberg | Bob Geng, MD | Dose-Dependent Association Between Long-Term Inhaled Corticosteroid Use and the Risk of Obesity and Metabolic Syndrome |
| Luke Webster | Joachim Ix, MD | Efficacy of Urine Anion Gap as a Surrogate of Urine Ammonium Concentration |
| William Winter | Roopali Gupta, MD | Improving the Quality of Geriatric Education Among Undergraduate Medical Students |
| Christina Wu | Greg Seymann, MD | Optimizing Use of Procalcitonin Testing |
| Karen Yun | Sandip Patel, MD | Incidence and Kinetics of DKA in Patients on Cancer Immunotherapy |
2017–2018
| Resident | Mentor(s) | Title |
|---|---|---|
| Waseem Ahmad | Siddharth Singh, MD | Comparative Outcomes of Patients with IBD with Diarrhea Evaluated Using Nucleic Acid Amplification test ("GI Pathogen Panel") or Conventional Stool Cultures and Clostridium difficile Polymerase Chain Reaction |
| Laura Barnes | Jeremy Beitler, MD | End-Tidal CO2 (ETCO2) During In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest as a Predictor of Return of Spontaneous Circulation |
| Prerana Bhatia | David Krummen, MD | Localizing Atrial Fibrillation Sources Using Computational Modeling |
| Quan Bui | Lori Daniels, MD | The Association of Breast Arterial Calcification on Digital Mammography and Coronary Artery Calcium on Non-Contrast Coronary CT Scans |
| Kimberly Chau | Leonie Heyworth, MD | Advance Care Planning Amongst the Homeless: Perceptions of the Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment |
| Victor Chun | Laura Crotty Alexander, MD | Electronic Cigarette Use and Effect on Pulmonary Function and Inflammation |
| Sean DeWolf | Dianne McKay, MD | A Model of Ischemia-reperfusion in Primary Renal Tubular Epithelial Cells: Exploring the Role of NOD2, TLR2, and NLRP3 |
| Jessica Galant-Swafford | Alexander Kim, MD | The Prevalence of C. difficile, VRE, and MRSA Infections Among Patients with a Reported Penicillin Allergy in the UCSD Health System and Its Implications for Overall Health Outcomes and Cost: A Retrospective Case-Control Study |
| Holly Greenwald | David Kunkel, MD | Assessment of Biofeedback Therapy as an Effective Intervention for Fecal Incontinence |
| Jean Guan | Roopali Gupta, MD | Development of Geriatrics Elective for the UCSD Internal Medicine Residency Program |
| Eric Jones | Marc Riedl, MD | Descriptive Analysis of Asthma Patients Requiring Biologic Therapies |
| Stephanie Koh | Daniel Blanchard, MD | Echocardiography Analysis of Right Atrial Longitudinal Strain in Patients with Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension |
| Carlos Lago-Hernandez | Eduardo Grunvald, MD | Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment (POLST) Form and Barriers to Its Usage in the Outpatient Setting |
| Minh-Da Le | Rohit Loomba, MD | Association Between Baseline Liver Fat Content and the Histologic Evolution of Fatty Liver Disease and Fibrosis |
| Gary Ma | Sotirios Tsimikas, MD | Lipoprotein(a) Biomarker Based Calcified Aortic Valve Disease Risk Assessment in TAVR Patients |
| Janet Ma | Alan Maisel, MD | Characterizing Methamphetamine-Associated Heart Failure at the VA |
| Robert Marlin | Ankita Kadakia, MD | Physicians' Attitudes Toward LGBT Individuals – PATHH-III Survey |
| Amie Nguyen | Marc Riedl, MD | Prevalence and Characterization of Prodromal Symptoms in Histamine-mediated vs. Bradykinin-mediated Angioedema |
| Amit Pandey | Lori Daniels, MD | Troponin vs. CK-MB: Real-World Use of Cardiac Biomarkers |
| Alex Pearce | Jeremy Beitler, MD | Rapid Response Teams and Delayed ICU Upgrade |
| Franz Schweis | David Krummen, MD | Predicting Response to Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy |
| Grant Senyei | Tim Fernandes, MD | Predicting Clinical Outcomes in Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension |
| Anand Srikrishnan | Philippe Montgrain, MD | Evaluation of the Safety of SBRT for the Treatment of Early-stage Non-small Cell Lung Cancer: Toxicities Experienced in a Panel of Veterans |
| William Stendardi | Eric Adler, MD | 19F-MRI Using FETRIS Nanoemulsions Detects Rejection and ECM Modulation in Cardiac Allografts |
| Robert Thomas | Deborah Kado, MD Sanjay Mehta, MD |
The Association Between Stool Microbiome and Vitamin D Levels in the Elderly |
| David Xu | Kathryn Gold, MD | Off-Label Use of Immunotherapy in Tumors of Non-Squamous Cell Carcinoma Head and Neck Cancer |
| Brittany Yee | Tissa Hata, MD | Effectiveness and Tolerability of Current Treatments for Lichen Planopilaris: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis |
| Fady Youssef | Gobind Anand, MD Samir Gupta, MD |
Case-Control Study of Pancreatic Cancer Development and Risk Factors from Large National Cohort of 8,740 Patients with Pancreatic Cysts |