Research Projects

2024-2025

Resident	Mentor	Title
Aaron Park	Gordon Ho	Left Atrium Endocardial Stretch from Dynamic CT - Indications for Atrial Function and Ablation Outcomes
Andrew Kao	Harpreet Bhatia	Association of Elevated Lp(a) and Stroke Subtypes
Austin Ayer	Eric Adler	Prediction Model for Donor Selection in Donation After Circulatory Death Heart
Cassandra Thanh	Jill Blumenthal	Developing and Implementing a Healthcare Elective to Enhance the Empathic and Compassionate Care of LGBTQIA+ Individuals
Cecilia Villa	Atul Malhotra/Alex Pearce	In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Outcomes in the Hispanic Population
Elena Heidi	Ruth Abeles	Evaluating Patient Safety Outcomes in Academic Internal Medicine Resident Continuity Clinics
Fadi Azar	Tony Urey	Days Alive and Out of the Hospital After Heart Transplant: Comparing Donation After Circulatory Death versus Donation After Brain Death
Faizah Shareef	Samir Gupta	Factors impacting colonoscopy completion rates after abnormal non-invasive colon cancer tests
Irvin Xu	Kim Hong	Predictors of Remodeling and outcomes in patients with both gene (+) and gene (-) dilated cardiomyopathy
Jenny Franke	Ian Jenkins	Adverse Patient Event Disclosure: Where we are and what we can do better
Jenny Yang	Luis Castellanos	Exploring how physician characteristics impact cardiac rehabilitation referral and participation rates.
Julia Larson	Khai Nguyen	Adverse Patient Event Disclosure: Where we are and what we can do better
Julia Yuan	Sid Singh	Outcomes of patients who switch therapies vs. continue on same therapy in asymptomatic patients with IBD with persistent inflammation despite existing therapy
Kevin Lu	Sandip Patel	Analysis of Transcriptome Data To Assess Tumor Immunogenicity in EGFR-mutated NSCLC
Matthew Chan	Atul Malhotra/Alex Pearce	Association Between Opioid Use and Patient Outcomes Following Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest: A
May Kyaw	Gabe Wardi	Association Between Sepsis Outcomes and Migrant/Refugee Status
Miguel Woodham	Nick Phreaner	A Prospective Study Evaluating the Use of Handheld Ultrasound to Assess Impella Positioning
Pooja Pandita	Benjamin Han	Increasing the uptake of evidence-based pharmacotherapy for alcohol use disorder treatment in primary care settings
Reice Robinson	Afshar Kamyar	Lung Transplant Outcomes Amongst Immigrant Countertop Workers with Silicosis in Southern California
Reva Peer	Alexander Kim	Impact of Hereditary alpha-tryptasemia on drug-induced hypersensitivity rates and outcomes in patients with mast cell disorders
Elina Kim	Sid Singh	The Effects of Social Determinants of Health on Treatment Outcomes in Hispanic Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Shravya Dindu	Temple	Inpatient Continuous Glucose Monitoring Pilot at VAMC San Diego
Terry Lou	Sid Singh	Outcomes of patients with “difficult-to-treat” ulcerative colitis
Will Fleming	Joe Avalos	A New Approach to Note Bloat
Kathy Benson	Monica Guma	Features of Psoriatic Arthritis that Increase Risk for Cardiovascular Events: Development of a PsAMI risk assessment tool.

2023-2024

Resident	Mentor	Title
Kelly Liu	Rena Yadlapati	Psychological Distress and Quality of Life Impairment Associated with Laryngeal Specific Hypervigilance and Anxiety in Patients with Chronic Laryngeal Symptoms
Ariana Feuvrier	Caitlin Costello	Management and outcomes of advanced stage cardiac AL amyloidosis in the daratumumab era.
Jessica Xiao	Robert Owens	The Impact Of Obstructive Sleep Apnea On Depression Severity In People Living With Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)
Haya Najar	Monica Kumaraswamy	Performance of Two Ampicillin + Ceftriaxone Synergy Testing Methodologies against a Collection of Clinical Enterococcal Isolates
Nikita Mittal	Veeral Ajmera	PNPLA3 RISK VARIANT DISPROPORTIONATELY AMPLIFIES THE RISK OF ADVANCED FIBROSIS IN WOMEN IN A DIVERSE, PROSPECTIVE COHORT WITH TYPE 2 DIABETES
Pooja Pandita	Samir Gupta	Yield of Serial Post-Polypectomy Colonoscopy Surveillance: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Alison Pei	Gregory Seymann	The effect of a nudge intervention on procalcitonin-guided antibiotic de-escalation in patients with respiratory infections
Jessica Wen	Edward Wang	Xuan, Y., Barry, C., De Souza, J., Wen, J.H., Antipa, N., Moore, A.A., Wang, E.J.
Danielle D'Annibale	Heather Patton	Screening for Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatotic Liver Disease in Diabetes Clinics
Farid Ghamsari	Ila Saunders	Real-world outcomes of teclistamab for the treatment of relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma at UC San Diego Health: A single-institution experience
Christine Xue	Monica Guma	Hydroxychloroquine and the Risk of Lymphoma Progression in Sjogren’s Disease: A Retrospective Case Control Study
Megan Lau	Jill Blumenthal	Gender Affirmation Concerns of Aging Transgender Individuals Living with and at Risk for HIV
Farnoosh Vahedi	Rena Yadlapati	Esophageal Circular Muscle Thickness on Endoscopic Ultrasound Across Disorders of Esophagogastric Junction Outflow
Maedha Begur	Jan Hughes-Austin	Anti-citrullinated Protein Antibodies and Inflammation in a multi-ethnic community-living population: the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis
David Agdashian	Anthony DeMaria	Left Ventricular Intracavitary Flow During Isovolumic Relaxation: Prevalence, Mechanism, and Clinical Outcomes
Tyler Hohnholt	Jack Temple	Improving Malnutrition Diagnosis, Coding and Care at VA San Diego
Nuzhat Islam	Shira Abeles	Understanding Fungal Infections and Trends in Fungal Resistance: A Single Center Evaluation
Elizabeth Young	Atul Malhotra	Nocturnal Oxygen Saturation and Cognitive Outcomes in Individuals Permanently Residing at High Altitude
Kevin Paternostro	Antoinette Birs	Intermediate Term Outcomes of CAV Screening in Heart Transplant Recipients from Hepatitis C Viremic Donors versus Non-Hepatitis C Donors
Patrick Henry	Atul Malhotra	Predictors of ICU Transfer and Length of Stay in Hospitalized Patients With Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis:
Matthew Tan	Monica Kumaraswamy	Evaluating Novel Diazabicyclooctane β-Lactamase Inhibitors in Combination Therapy against Mycobacterium abscessus
Jonathan Dounel	Annie Cowell	Boosting Confidence in Telehealth Physical Exams: The Effectiveness of Instructional Video Training
Sutton Fox	David Krummen	Proof of Concept Forward-Solution Computational ECG Mapping for Ventricular Arrhythmias in Patients with Adult Congenital Heart Disease
Justin Wong	Rob El-Kareh	Rec It Up! Improving Safety Through Better Understanding of the Medication Reconciliation Best Practice Advisory – Update
Jenny Yang	Luis Castellanos	Running up against barriers to health equity: How intersections between social determinants of health impact cardiac rehabilitation referral and participation patterns among patients with coronary heart disease
Sindhu Kubendran	Erin Reid	What Stories Can Teach Us: Narrative Medicine for Public Health
Samantha Marley	Laura Crotty Alexander	Similarities and differences in endoplasmic reticulum stress response pathway activation in lung fibrosis in end-stage IPF and COVID ARDS
Nicole Basler	Jack Temple	Utilizing Get Well Network Educational Videos to Improve Patient Engagement and Reduce Hospital Readmissions for COPD Exacerbation
Karlen Ulubabyan	Mark Hepokowski	Kidney Mitochondrial DNA Contributes to Systemic Interleukin-6 Release in Sepsis Associated-Acute Kidney Injury
Natalie Colaneri	Shannon Galvin	Lessons from Greece in Building Trust and Collaboration in the International Humanitarian Setting
Nick Le	Sean Kenmore	Role-Reversal Patient Experience Simulation – A Second Cohort
Sukhdeep Khurana	Kevin King	Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus; The Sole Unexpected Contributor to Both Elevated Nocturnal Respiratory Rate and Mortality.
Rodrigo Rubarth	Kevin King	Nocturnal Respiratory Rate Dynamics Identify Pre-Symptomatic Impending Hospitalizations
Kelly Gu	David Krummen	Ablation of Non-Pulmonary Vein Atrial Fibrillation Drivers Identified by Machine Learning In Addition to Pulmonary Vein Isolation Improves Procedural Outcomes
David Timmer	Praveen Akuthota	The Relationship between hypereosinophilia and COVID-19 in adult patients in the ICU on ECMO.

2022-2023

Resident	Mentor(s)	Title
Amy Guzdar	Darcy Wooten, MD	An Analysis of Primary Care Referral Practices for Patients with Self-Reported Penicillin Allergy
Aritra Dey	Atul Malhotra, MD	Clinical factors and outcomes associated with early-onset pneumonia after in-hospital cardiac arrest and the effect of antibiotic use on incidence and outcomes
Danielle D'Annibale	Rebecca Shatsky, MD	Retrospective Single Institution Chart Review on the Incidence, Molecular and Histologic Correlates and Chemotherapy Sensitivity of Metaplastic Triple Negative Breast Cancer
David Agdashian	Anthony DeMaria, MD	Investigation of prognostic factors and outcome in patients with normal ejection fraction and impaired relaxation of left ventricle.
David Hibbert	Sidney Liebel, MD	Air Pollution and Pediatric Asthma Exacerbation during COVID-19
David Timmer	Praveen Akuthota, MD	The Role of Video-Coached Home Spirometry in Monitoring Cystic Fibrosis Patients
Eddie Hill	Darcy Wooten, MD	Characterizing the impact of comorbid psychiatric disease on healthcare utilization
Elena Cutting	Kathryn Gold, MD	Analysis of Patient Demographics who Access Open Oncology Notes
Greg Peterson	Lori Daniels, MD	Predicting risk of atrial fibrillation recurrence after cardioversion using common clinical biomarkers
Helen Chou	Ali Farkhondepour, MD	Reducing Unnecessary Preoperative Urinalysis Screening in Orthopedic Surgeries
Ian Simpson-Shelton	Praveen Akuthota, MD	Determining baseline characteristics of EGPA to identify responders to Mepolizumab; understanding responders to IL-5 therapy
Jesica Xiao	Robert Owens, MD	An investigation of meth intoxication and its outcomes and association with organ failure in the ICU
Jessica Hansen	Kristi Kulasa, MD	Identification of Discrepancies in SGLT2 Inhibitor Use in Patient with DM2 and Heart Failure at an Academic Medical Center
Jon Dounel	Heather Patton, MD	Screening High-Risk Veterans for Cirrhosis: Taking a Stepwise Population Health Approach
Joseph Toth	Samir Gupta, MD	Epidemiology and outcomes of rare colonic polyps: a focus on ganglioneuromas and schwannomas
Justin Wong	Robert El-Kareh, MD	Improving the Value of Interruptive Alerts to Enhance Patient Care and Provider Experience
Karlan Ulubabyan	Mark Hepokoski, MD	The Effect of Low Driving Pressure Ven<la<on on mtDNA levels in Pa<ents with Severe ARDS Undergoing ECMO
Karren Wong	Lori Daniels, MD	A Comparison of Acute Coronary Syndrome in a Multi-Ethnic Population with High-Sensitivity Cardiac Troponins Below the Limit of Detection
Keara Darragh	Praveen Akuthota, MD	Biologics and ABPA: A Retrospective Analysis
Lucas Keyt	Jorge Silva, MD	Characterization of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy in LatinX populations of underserved communities in the San Diego region
Maedha Begur	Jan M Hughes-Austin, MD	Association of Antibodies to Citrullinated Protein Antigens with Myocardial Scar on Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis
Melissa Le Roux	Jeremy Pettus, MD	The Effects of Glucagon Antagonism on Insulin Resistance and CVD Risk in T1DM
Michael Jew	Sid Singh, MD	Fecal Diversion for Crohn's Disease
Natalie Colaneri	Shannon Galvin, MD	Western and Non-Western Aid Workers’ Perceptions of Refugee Health and Well-Being in Greece
Nicolai Wallace	Barry Greenberg, MD	Using machine learning algorithms to predict risk of thromboembolic events in patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction and sinus rhythm
Nicole Basler	Jack Temple, MD	Utilizing the Get Well Network Videos and Modules To Improve Patient Experience and Reduce COPD Readmissions at VA San Diego
Nicole Berstein	Rohit Loomba, MD	Prevalence and risk factors of discordance between steatosis grade estimated by MRI-PDFF and liver biopsy among NAFLD patients
Nikolas Marino	Barry Greenberg, MD	Using a Best Practice Advisory and an Epic Order Set to Improve Mineralocorticoid Receptor Antagonist Prescription after Admission for HFrEF
Preethi Venkat	Sid Singh, MD	Impact of early decline in fecal calprotectin on endoscopic outcomes for patients with IBD: A systematic review and meta-analysis.
Richa Sheth	Praveen Akuthota, MD	An Evaluation of the Physiologic Severity of Asthma in Patients With Known Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease
Rima Deshpande	Robert El-Kareh, MD	Improving the appropriateness of frequent interruptive alerts to reduce resident alert fatigue
Rodrigo Rubarth	Kevin King, MD	Trends in remote respiratory data monitoring preceding hospital admissions for decompensated congestive heart failure
Sandra Cepin	Rohit Loomba, MD	Association between liver fat content and CVD risk among diabetics
Sukhi Khurana	Kevin King, MD	Trends in remote respiratory data monitoring preceding hospital admissions for decompensated congestive heart failure
Sutton Fox	David Krummen, MD	Current Stereotactic Radioablative Therapy Workflow for Refractory Ventricular Tachycardia Ablation in Non-Congenital Heart Disease Patients Maps Directly to Patients with Congenital Heart Disease
Thaidan Pham	Atul Malhotra, MD	Factors and Outcomes Associated with In-hospital Vagal-Mediated Cardiopulmonary Arrests
Zoya Qureshy	Soo Park, MD	Impact of a pilot external mentorship program in non-malignant hematology

2021-2022

Resident	Mentor(s)	Title
Allison Ibarra	Rena Yadlapati, MD	Esophageal motility in bariatric surgery candidates
Allison Yip	Jill Blumenthal, MD	Primary care provider knowledge and comfort in prescribing gender-affirming hormone therapy for transgender and non-binary patients
Amy Guzdar	Caitlin Costello, MD	Assay for targeted drug therapy in MM
Anjali Kumar	Kimberly Hong, MD	Neurohormonal blockade in genetic cardiomyopathies
Ann Xing	Vineet Gupta, MD and Ian Jenkins, MD	2 projects - VTE in COVID and urinary catheters/infxn risk
Arianna rodriquez	Jill Blumenthal, MD	Awareness and Utilization of Pre-exposure Prophylaxis and HIV Prevention Services Among Transgender and Nonbinary Young Adults
Benjamin Yang	Anya Narezkina, MD	Optimization of Surveillance for Anthracycline-induced Cardiotoxicity among UCSD Patients
David Hibbert	Sydney Leibel, MD	Air Pollution and Pediatric Asthma Exacerbation during COVID-19
Eddie Hill	Siddharth Singh, MD	Characterizing the impact of comorbid psychiatric disease on healthcare utilization in IBD patients
Eddie Wang	Laith Alshawabkeh, MD	Language barriers in adult congenital heart disease
Emily Margolin	Barry Greenberg, MD	Adherence to guideline recommendations for treating patients with HFrEF during heart failure hospitalization at the UCSD hillcrest hospital
Gouri Dharmavaran	Howie Tran, MD	Does Sarcopenia Defined by CT Pectoralis and Psoas Muscle Indices Predict Morbidity and Mortality in Patients Undergoing Left Ventricular Assist Device Implantation?
James Miller	Barry Greenberg, MD	LVEF - risk factors for loss
Jacob Rozich	Siddharth Singh, MD	Comparing the Safety and Efficacy of Biologic Therapies in Older Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Diseases
Kelly Torosian	Veeral Ajmera, MD	The Role of Social Determinants of Health in Mediating Ethnic and Racial Health Disparities in Liver Transplant Outcomes
Kendal Flegenheimer	Christopher Hupfeld, MD	The Prevalence of Hypopituitarism and Associated Symptoms in San Diego Veterans with Traumatic Brain Injury
Kuangda Shan	Rohit Loomba, MD	Familial risk of hepatic fibrosis in patients with NAFLD cirrhosis
Kevin Sung	David Krummen, MD	Noninvasive 12-Lead ECG Computational Simulation Mapping for Sudden Cardiac Death Risk Stratification
Mehul Trivedi	Gobind Anand, MD	Comparing Post-Procedural Complications and Efficacy of Cold Snare versus Hot Snare Polypectomy for Non Ampullary Duodenal Adenomas
Melissa Le Roux	Jeremy Pettus, MD	The Effects of Glucagon Antagonism on Insulin Resistance and CVD Risk in T1DM
Michelle Keyser	Caitlin Carter, MD	Treatment of Norovirus in a Pediatric Transplant Population
Michael Jew	Siddharth Singh, MD	Does fecal diversion prior to failure of all biologics improve the rate of stoma reversal in medical refractory Crohn’s disease
Neysi Anderson	Vineet Gupta, MD and Ian Jenkins, MD	VTE in COVID and urinary catheters/infxn risk
Preethi Venkat	Siddharth Singh, MD	Hospitalization for multiply recurrent CDI is associated with inferior longitudinal outcomes compared to hospitalization for single CDI in patients with IBD.
Priyesha Bijlani	S. Shah, MD	Provider Compliance with Helicobacter Eradication Treatment Guidelines
Soumya Kurnool	Alexander Kim, MD	Impact of Reported Penicillin Allergy on Mortality and Inpatient Outcomes in Patients with MSSA Bacteremia
Steven Ma	Rena Yadlapati, MD	Determining salivary pepsin level variation to improve the diagnostic yield of pepsin for the objective diagnosis of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD)
Tally Desmarais	Tim Fernandes, MD	Pulmonary Hypertension in Multiple Myeloma
Thejas Kamath	Gregory Seymann, MD	Evaluation of Extensive Laboratory Testing in Patients with Severe Acute Liver Injury
Vandan Patel	Rena Yadlapati, MD	Correlating salivary pepsin levels to acid levels in patient’s undergoing ambulatory acid reflux monitoring with Bravo testing

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
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Grant Senyei	Tim Fernandes, MD	Predicting Clinical Outcomes in Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension
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