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Ongoing Clinical Investigations and Awards

 

October 2011 - Dr. Deepthi Vodnala has been selected for induction into the Alpha Omega Alpha, an international medical society, as a member. This is a prestigious and competitive honor. Congratulations!

The following residents have been accepted to present at the ACP Michigan Chapter Annual Scientific Meeting on September 8-10, 2011 in Grand Rapids, Michigan

The following posters have been accepted to presented at the competition:

  • Febrile Neutropenia: Antibiotics, Rescuers and Culprits!!!, Alvin Dandan, MD
  • A Rare Malignancy In An Unusual Location, Alvin Dandan, MD
  • Calciphylaxis: A lesser known yet grave diagnosis not to be missed by Internal Medicine, Priyank Patel, MD
  • Second Malignancy in a Patient with History of Merkel Cell Carcinoma, Lily Kristine Sunio, MD
  • Leptomeningeal Carcinomatosis - Hidden Differential In Patients with Malignancy, Hemasri Tokala, MD
  • A Rare Primary Cardiac Tumor Presenting as a Chest Pain, Hemasri Tokala, MD

The Doctor's Dilemma Team consisting of: Naomi Mathew, MD, Priyank Patel MD, Hemasri Tokala, MD and alternate Ali Al Arab, MD, will be competing at the ACP Michigan Annual Scientific Meeting, September 8-10, 2011 in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

Dr. Alvin Dandan, MD has had his abstract titled "An online method for diagnosis of difficult TB cases for developing countries" published in the National Center for Biotechnology Information. Pub Med online. 2011;164:168-73.

Deepthi Vodnala, MD has recently had the following projects accepted:

1. "Esophageal Injury after Atrial Fibrillation Ablation with the Epiocardial HIFU Device" was accepted for publication in the Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology.

2. "Potential Effects on Clinical Management of Following Treatment Algorithms based on Apolipoprotein-B/A-1 and Total/High Density Lipoprotein-Cholesterol Ratios" has been accepted for publication in the Journal of Clinical Lipidology.

3. "Potential Impact of a Lipoprotein (a) Based Algorithm on Management of Patients Referred to Lipid Clinic" is accepted for presentation at the National Lipid Association Scientific Session and being reviewed by the Journal of Clinical Lipidology.

4. A review chapter on "Management of Intermittent Claudication" was accepted for Cardiology Clinic, 2011 edition.

The following residents have been selected to present at the American College of Physicians, Michigan Chapter Associates Day Meeting to be held in Ann Arbor, Michigan - May 20, 2011:

CQI/EBM Poster Presentation accepted is:

"Diabetic Care in a Federally Qualified Health Center in Michigan - A Major Health Care Challenge", Manjunath Raju , MD

Poster Presentations accepted are:

"A Rare Primary Cardiac Tumor Presenting as a Chest Pain", Hemasri Tokala, MD

"Patients on anti-TNF, Broaden the Differential Diagnosis? A Reminder! ", Kumar Gaurav, MD

"Abiotrophia prosthetic valve endocarditid: rapid on Valve, delayed on medium", Priyank Patel, MD

"Libman-Sacks Endocarditis and Cerebral Embolization in Antiphospholipid Syndrome", Manjunath Raju, MD

"Leptomeningeal carcinomatosis? Hidden differential in patients with malignancy", Leela Reddy, MD

"Acute Transient Left Ventricular Dysfunction following Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome? A case report", Deepthi Vodnala, MD

"Giant Bronchogenic cyst in the right hemithorax", Maan Ekkah, MD

The 6th Annual Lansing Research Day will be held at the University Club on the campus of Michigan State University, April 21, 2011.

Oral Presentations accepted are:

  • Oliver Abela, MD: "Magnesium Sulfate (MgSO4) Is Used in Supraphysicological Doses for the Treatment of Preeclampsic Toxemia (PET) and Premature Labor (PML)".
  • Amit Banga, MD: "A Study of Characteristics of Michigan Welders with Breathing Problems Reported as Work-Related Asthma".
  • Sridevi Durga, MD: "Effect of Stress Related Catecholamine Levels on Cholesterol Crystallization and Plaque Rupture ".
  • Manjunath Raju, MD: Diabetic Care in a Federally Qualified Health Center in Michigan - A Major Health Care Challenge".

Posters accepted for presentation:

  • Oliver Abela, MD:
    • "Recent Studies have Shown a 2-3 Folds Increased Prevalence of Thyroid Nodules and Papillary Thyroid Cancer (PTC) in Graves Disease (GD)".
  • Amit Banga, MD
    • "Spectrum of Allergic Symptoms among Welders and Association with Different Welding Techniques:'
  • Maan Ekkah, MD X2
    • "A Case Report of Adalimimab Associated Adrenal Insufficiency".
    • " Hypoglycemia in Patients on Antidiabetic Medications Who Fast For Laboratory Tests".
  • Kumar Gaurav, MD X3
    • "Recurrence of Intermittent Foreign Accent Syndrome Associated with the Development of Grave's Disease: A Chance Association or More?".
    • "Patients on Anti-TNF, Broaden the Differential Diagnosis: A Reminder".
    • "Thyroid Hemiagenesis Is a Rare Congenital Anomaly Characterized by the Absence of One Lobe with or without Involving the Isthmus".
  • Priyank Patel, MD
    • "Abiotrophia Prosthetic Valve Endocardidis- Rapid on Valve, Delayed and Medium".
  • Manjunath Raju, MD X2
    • "Diagnostic Yield of Elective Cardiac Cathertization after an Abnormal Stress Test: A Quality Initiative Study".
    • Libman-Sacks Endocarditis and Cerebral Embolization in Antiphospholipid Syndrome".
  • Supratik Rayamajhi, MD
    • "Diffuse Pulmonary Infiltrate; beyond Pneumonia and Heart Failure ".
  • Hemasri Tokala, MD
    • "Leptomeningeal Carcinomatosis - Hidden Differential in Patients with Malignancy".
  • Deepthi Vodnala, MD
    • "Potential Effects on Clinical Management of Following treatment Algorithms based on Apolipoprotien-Cholesterol Ratios".

Dr. Manjunath Raju, MD had 3 abstracts accepted for presentation:

1. "Cerebrovascular Steal Phenomenon in Dipyridamole Stress Test" was accepted to the Society of Vascular medicine in Boston, June 2011.

2. Qi project "A retrospective study on diagnosis yield of elective heart cath in abnormal stress test" has been accepted to the American Heart Association QCOR meeting in Washington, DC - May 2011.

3. Abstract on "Diabetes management in a federally qualified health center, a retrospective study" with Dr. Ade Olomu, MD has been accepted to the Society of General Internal Medicine in Arizona, May 2011.

Maan Ekkah, MD had his poster titled "Giant bronchogenic cyst in the right hemithorax" accepted for presentation at the National ACP meeting held April 8, 2011 in San Diego, California.

The following residents have had their poster submissions accepted for the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists Meeting, April 13, 2011, San Diego, California

Deepthi Rao, MD, Kristine Sunio, MD, Srujan Ameda, MD, Shaza Khan, MD and Nazish Ismail, MD.

"The Effect of High Density Lipoprotein on Solubility of Cholesterol Crystals", an abstract by Dr. Keerthy Narisetty, MD was accepted to present at the American College of Cardiology conference, April 2-5, 2011 in New Orleans, LA.

Prashanth Peddi, MD had his recent research abstract titled "Weight Loss: An Important but Often Overlooked Clue for the Diagnosis of Cancer" accepted as a poster for the American Society of Hematology, December 5, 2010 in Orlando, Florida.

The 2010 Michigan Chapter, ACP Fall Meeting was held on October 2, 2010 in Kalamazoo, Michigan.

The following posters were presented by residents at the competition:

  • Eyes cannot see what mind does not know: Multiple Myeloma with negative immunoelectrophoresis, presented by Santhosshi Narayanan, MD.
  • An adult female with pain abdomen: a rare and ominous twist to the tale, presented by Amit Banga, MD
  • Primary cardiac sarcoma with initial manifestation of nagging back pain in a teenager, presented by Supratik Rayamajhi, MD.
  • An unusual case of Pancreatic Head Mass with Obstructive Jaundice - Think Beyond Cancer, presented by Nephertiti Efeovbokhan, MD.
    • DR. EFEOVBOKHAN WAS AN ASSOCIATE DAY POSTER WINNER FOR HER PRESENTATION.
  • Cocaine induces agranulocytosis: A Case report, presented by Leela Reddy, MD

The Doctor's Dilemma Team consisting of: Prashanth Peddi, MD, Amit Banga, MD, Tahmeed Contractor, MD and Nephertiti Efeovbokhan, MD, won the Michigan Regional Final and will be competing at The American College of Physicians Meeting, April 7-9, 2011 in San Diego, California.

Recent graduate Ashima Makol, MD had her article titled "Prevalence of Connective Tissue Disease in Sillicosis" accepted to the American Journal of Industrial Medicine.

Deepthi Vodnala, MD and Prashanth Peddi, MD have had their case report titled "Acute chest pain: Acute coronary syndrome versus lead perforation: in the journal" published in the International Archives of Medicine 2010, Jul 6; 3(1):13.

Tahmeed Contractor, MD has had two posters accepted for that international EP conference in France; Cardiostim 2010, June 14-17, 2010 titled "Reducation in the Intensity of Appropriate ICD Shocks with Statins" and "Assessing Ventricular Activation Time Utilizing Left Lateral Accessory Pathway".

The following residents had been selected to present at the American College of Physicians, Michigan Chapter Associates Day Meeting to be held at the Auburn Hills Marriott Pontiac at Centerpoint, Michigan - May 14, 2010:

Oral Presentations accepted are:

"Are Physicians Adhering to Recommended Guidelines for patients with Valvular Heart Disease?", Nephertiti Efeovbokhan, MD
"Diagnostic Challenge: Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome presenting as Fever of Unknown Origin in Huntington Chroea Patient", Deepthi Vodnala , MD

Poster Presentations accepted are:

"Too High and Too Low - the Peculiar Case of a Young Postpartum Woman", Tahmeed Contractor, MD
"An Uncommon cause of coma in a young lady - a differential not to be forgotten!", Nephertiti Efeovbokhan, MD
"An Unusual Case of Pancreatic Head Mass with Obstructive Jaundice - Think beyond Cancer", Nephertiti Efeovbokhan, MD
"An Uncommon Cause of Chest Pain in a Young Woman". Nephertiti Efeovbokhan, MD
"A Rash that is not just skin deep!" Kumar Gaurav, MD
"Staphylococcus Lugdunensis: An Unusual Cause of Native Joint Septic Arthritis and Recurrent Bursitis in a Immunocompetent Host", Leela Reddy, MD
"An Unusual Cause of Sore Throat", Lily Kristine Sunio, MD
"Vancomycin Induced Acute Tubulointerstitial Nephritis", Lily Kristine Sunio, MD
"Atypical Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL) with Initial Presentation as Atrial Mass" Deepthi Vodnala, MD

March 2010

The Lansing College of Human Medicine Class of 2010 recently selected Dr. Tahmeed Contractor for the Outstanding Resident Teaching Award. Six residents were chosen to receive the award from among all the Lansing Community residents that the students worked with during their clinical years. Congratulations Dr. Contractor!

Supratik Rayamajhi, MD has had his abstract entitled "Iron Repletion Decreases Platelet Counts in Daily Non-Dialysis CKD Patients" selected for poster presentation at the National Kidney Foundation 2010 Spring Clinical Meeting in Orlando, FL on April 13-17, 20101. Congratulations Dr. Rayamajhi!

Amit Banga's, MD has had his abstract titled "Prevalence of Respiratory and Eye Symptoms Among Welders and Association with Different Welding Techniques" accepted for presentation at the 2010 ATS International Conference in New Orleans, LA on May 19, 2010.

The following resident have had posters accepted to the upcoming National ACP meeting to be held in Toronto Canada on April 23-24, 2010

Dr. Leela Reddy, Ashima Makol and Mary Nettleman's for their poster on an unusual bacterial cause of bursitis.

Nephertiti Efeovbokhan, MD "An Uncommon Cause of Chest Pain in a Young Woman".

Manisha Bhutani, MD

Dr. Santhosshi Narayanan, MD will give her oral presentation on serotonis syndrome, which won first place at the Michigan Meeting

Robert Vaidya, DO has had his manuscript "Quality of Care and Outcomes in Patients with Diabetes Hospitalized with Ischemic Stroke: Findings from Get with the Guidelines" published in Stroke.

Ashima Makol, MD has had her manuscript titled "Etanercept and venus thromboembolism: a case series" published in the Journal of Medical Case Reports 2010, 4:12

Kevin Patel, MD has had an abstract on role of flowctometry in chronic ITP accepted for oral as well as poster presentation to the prestigious Hemostasis and Cytopenia conference in Orlando, Florida. Congratulations, Kevin!

August 2009 - Sridevi Durga, MD has had one of her many research projects "The Effect of Preoperative Statin Therapy on Perioperative Complications in Patients Undergoing Non-cardiovascular Surgery" approved for oral research competition by ACCMI, Grand Rapids.

Congratulations to Tahmeed Contractor, one of our second year residents, who has had his abstract" Should Defibrillation Threshold be Tested in Patients With Cardiac Resynchrozation Therapy Defibrillation Implantation" selected for the American Cardiology 2010 scientific session. The presentation is based on his work at UCLA during an elective.

Drs. Kiran Sarikonda and Abhimanyu Beri have had an article titled "Bubble-wrapped" published in the American Journal of Medicine; October 2009, Volume 122; Number 10

November 2009 - Dr. Abela and colleagues have a new article!

Mukerji S., Aloka F., Farooq MU, Kassab MY, Abela GS, Cardiovascular Complications of the Guillian-Barre' syndrome. Am J Cardiol. 2009 Nove 5;104 (10):1452-5

November 2009 - Ashima Makol, MD has been selected for induction into Alpha Omega Alpha, an international medical honor society, as a resident member. this is a prestigious and competitive honor. Congratulations!

Abhimanyu Beri, MD received an American Heart Association Young investigator Award for his research on statins and tendon rupture.

Santhosshi Narayanan, MD won 1st Place for oral case presentation at the regional American College of Physicians meeting and will go to nationals.

Amit Banga, MD had a manuscript tilted "Post hypercapnic alkalosos is associated with ventilator dependence and increased ICU stay" published in the Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease volume 6, issue 6, print publication date in December 2009.

Dr. Ashima Makol has had several recent accomplishments to include:

Publications:

1. Lymphomatoid granulomatosis masquerading as inerstitial pneumonia in a 66-year-old man: a case report and review of literature; J Hematol Oncol 2009;2:39
2. Effect of baseline rheumatoid factor levels on DAS28-response to standard DMARD-combination treatment in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. Journal of Rheumatology. 2009;4:51-55
3. Pancreatitis in Systematic Lupus Erythematosus: Frequency and Associated Factors - A Review of the Hopkins Lupus Cohort. The Journal of Rheumatology, 2009.

Poster presentations: American College of Rheumatology (ACR) National Meeting, Philadelphia, October 2009.
1. Prevalence and Clinical Predictors of Osteonecrosis in Systematic Lupus Erythematosus.
2. Pancreatitis in Systematic Erythematosus - Data from the Hopskins Lupus Cohort.

Dr. Abhijeet Dhoble published an article in the American Journal of Cardiology "Relation of Porphyria to Atrial Fibrillation". His research was thanks to a resident research grant from GMEI, Inc.

Several current and past members of Medicine have had a recent article accepted. Many residents helped with this extensive chart review study - it's wonderful to see that effort rewarded!
Kris Dosh, Abhijeet Dhoble, Rudolf Evonich, Amit Gupta, Ibrahim Shah, Joseph Gardiner, Francesca Dwamena. " Analysis of Limited Resuscitations in Patients Suffering In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest." Accepted, Resuscitation.

Congratulations to Dr. Watson, Sarikonda, Opara and DiPette! They had the lead article "Experimental animal models of hypertension" in the June Issue of the Journal of the American Society of Hypertension!

Santhosshi Narayanan, MD was selected to participate in the 4th Annual AGA Institute "Investing in the Future: Promoting Diversity in GI Training program to be held in conjunction with DDW, May 30 - June 4, 2009, in Chicago, Illinois

Dr. Madhusudan Grover had his abstract "Survey of Geriatricians on the Impact of Fecal Incontinence on Nursing Home Referral" selected for poster presentation during Digestive Disease week, to be held at the McCormick Place in Chicago, Illinois, May 30 - June 4, 2009.

The Journal of Clinical Hypertension Vol 11 No. 3 March 2009 published and article entitled "Hypertension in Asian Pacific Island Americans". Ralph Watson, MD, Rudruidree Karnchanasorn, MD; Ved Gossain, MD.

Dr. Manisha Bhutani has had her abstract "Loss of DNMY3B catalytic domain is a common event in development of non-small lung cancer" accepted for presentation at the AACR (American Association of Cancer Research) 100th Annual Meeting, April 29, 2009 in Denver, CO.

March 2009 - Drs. Abhimanyu Beri and Tahmeed Contractor have been selected to receive a resident-led Research Mini-Grant in the amount of $1,000 from GMEI, Inc.

The following has a new abstract accepted for publication at the Experimental Biology meeting in New Orleans April 18-22, 2009. This abstract will be published in the FASEB (Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology Journal. Watson RE, Periera C, Houghton D, Pham AQ, Gourineni N, Talbott JD, Fink GD. Nuclear Factor kB Content in Internal Mammary Arteries and Saphenous Veins in Hypertensive and Normotensive patients.

The Lansing Research Day will be held at the University Club on the campus of Michigan State University, April 16, 2009.

Oral Presentations accepted are:

  • Amit Banga, MD: "Paracetamol Use is Associated with Atopic Disorders in Children".
  • Abhimanyu Beri, MD: "Statin Therapy and Tendon Rupture: A Case Control Study".
  • Abhijeet Dhoble, MD: "Risk of Atrial Fibrillation in Porphyria Patients".

Posters accepted for presentation:

  • Nadir Abdelrahman, MD
  • Feras Aloka, MD
  • Amit Banga, MD
  • Manisha Bhutani, MD
  • Abhijeet Dhoble, MD
  • Won Chung, MD
  • Tahmeed Contractor, MD X2
  • Sridevi Durga, MD
  • Nephertiti Efeovbokhan, MD
  • Kumar Gaurav, MD
  • Nandu Gourineni, MD
  • Prashanth, Peddi, MD
  • Supratik Rayamajhi, MD X2
  • Erin Sarzynski, MD
The following residents had been selected to present at the American College of Physicians, Michigan Chapter Associates Day Meeting to be held in Sterling Heights, Michigan - May 8, 2009:

Oral Presentations accepted are:

"Malignant Hypertension vs. Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura: A Diagnostic Dilemma", Kevin Patel, MD


"Normal Healthy Individuals with Higher Serum Cholesterol Levels had Worse Diastolic Function by Advanced Echocardiographic Imaging", Feras Aloka, MD

Poster Presentations accepted are:

"Hypertensive Emergency - An Unusual Initial Presentation of IGA Nephrapathy", Supratik Rayamajhi, MD
"Suprising Cause of Disseminated Infections In A Patient with Endogenous Cushing's Syndrome", Nephertiti Efeovbokhan, MD


"Hemospermia: A Rare Manifestation of Hypertensive Emergency", Tahmeed Contractor, MD
"Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome - Typical Presentation in a Typically Predisposed Patient", Supratik Rayamajhi, MD

The following residents presented at the ACP Michigan Chapter Annual Scientific Meeting on September 11-13, 2008 in Dearborn, Michigan

One resident was chosen to give an oral presentation this year.

  • A Quality Improvement Project for the Diabetic Foot, Ashima Makol, MD

The following posters were presented at the competition:

  • Two cases of Statin Related Tendon Rupture, Abhimanyu Beri, MD
  • Uncommon cause of Deep venous thrombosis in young female, Deepa Jagtap, MD
  • Primary Fallopian Tube Tumor Occurring in a Woman with History of Breast and Lung Tumors, Kevin Patel, MD
  • Rare and Unusual Presentation of a Large Cell Poorly Differentiated Neuroendocrine Carcinoma; A Case Report and Review of Literature, Kevin Patel, MD
  • Peripheral Facial Palsy as the Initial Manifestation of Hypertension, Chethan Puttarajappa, MD
  • Hypercalcemia and Leukocytosis In Esophageal Cancer, Chethan Puttarajappa, MD
  • Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia Presenting as Progressive Dyspnea and Microcytic Anemia, Erin Sarzynski, MD
  • Primary Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Kidney Masquerading as a Fungus Ball and Pyelonephritis: a Case Report, Erin Sarzynski, MD
Dr. Abhijeet Dhoble has had his abstract Porphyrias and atrial fibrillation - Coincidence or causality? accepted to the 20th anniversary conference of the Michigan Chapter of the American College of Cardiology on September 26-28, 2008 in Traverse City, Michigan.
Madhusudan Grover, MD has had his abstract entitled "Chronic Constipation: Health Care Consulters vs. Non Consulters" accepted for the Neurogastroenterology and Motility Joint International Meeting 2008 in Lucerne, Switzerland on November 5th-9th. He has also received a travel grant for this meeting. Congratulations Dr. Grover!
Dr. Ashima Makol has had her abstract "Prevalence of Connective Tissue Disease (CTD) in Silicose: A Report from the Michigan State Surveillance System 1985-2006" accepted for presentation at the 2008 American College of Rheumatology Annual Scientific Meeting in San Francisco, CA in October.
The 2008 ACP Michigan Chapter Associates Day was held on May 9, 2008 in Sterling Heights, Michigan.

Three residents were chosen to give oral presentations this year.

  • Racial Differences in the Use of Beta Blockers, Lipid Lowering Agents, and Angiotensin Converting Enzyme Inhibitors before Recurrent Acute Myocardial Infarction, presented by Abhijeet Dhoble, MD
  • A Quality Improvement Project for the Diabetic Foot, presented by Ashima Makol, MD
    DR. ASHIMA MAKOL RECEIVED FIRST PLACE FOR HER ORAL PRESENTATION IN THE EBM SERIES
  • Glycemic Control, and ACE Inhibitor and ARB use, among Diabetics Hospitalized for Acute Ischemic Stroke and Transient Ischemic Attack, presented by Robert Vaidya, DO

The following posters were presented by residents at the competition:

  • Abnormal Hypertensive Response during Exercise Stress Echocardiogram Leading to transient Left Ventricular Apical Ballooning, presented by Abhijeet Dhoble, MD
  • A Case of Adult Onset Still's disease with An Atypical Pruritic Rash, presented by Gautam Choure, MD
  • Sustained-Release Diltiazem Overdose; An Uncommon Yet Lethal Poisoning, presented by Rudruidree Karnchanasorn, MD
  • An Intriguing Case of Leflunomide-induced Hepatic Cirrhosis, presented by Sahibzada Latif, MD
  • Poorly Differentiated Lung Adenocarcinom, Scleroderma and Vasculitis, Presenting Together as One or Seperately at One Time, presented by Neethi Sural, MD


The Doctor's Dilemma Team consisting of: Madhusudan Grover, MD, Chethan Puttarajappa, MD and Abhimanyu Beri, MD, PLACED FIRST IN THEIR ROUND and advance to the September Meeting.

CONGRATULATIONS to all who participated!!!!!

Drs. Neethi Sural, Ashima Makol, Sahibzada Latif, Rudruidree Karnchanasorn and Guatam Choure at the 2008 ACP Scientific Meeting.

 

Congratulations to resident co-author Abhijeet Dhoble, MD, Soundarraj D, Watson RE on there publication: "Aortic Dissection presenting with new onset atrial fibrillation: very unusual presentation" in the South Med J 2008:101.

January 2008 - Dr. Neethi Sural's abstract"A for Angiotensin Converting Enzyme Inhibitors and A for Angiodema: A complication inters should not forget" has been selected by the Abstract review board for presentation at the Internal Medicine Week in Washington, DC.

The Lansing Research Day was held at the University Club on the campus of Michigan State University, April 30, 2008.

Awards for posters presentations were:
Drs. Erin Sarzynski, MD and Neethi Sural, MD tied for "Best Research Case Study".


Oral Presentations were given by:

  • Abhijeet Dhoble, MD: Disparity in Use of Beta Blocks Before Recurrent Acute Myocardial Infarction.
  • Robert Vaidya, DO: Secondary Prevention Guidelines for Stroke in Diabetics.
  • Ashima Makol, MD: Effect of Rheumatoid Factor (RF) Levels on Response to Standard Dmard-Combination Treatment in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis (RH).
  • Nitesh Gadeela, MD: Do B Blockers Reduce Ventricular Arrhythmias in ICD Patients?

Posters were presented by:

  • Abhijeet Dhoble, MD - Dermatomyositis
  • Abhijeet Dhoble, MD - Left Ventricular Apical Ballooning During Exercise Stress Echocardiogram Secondary to Hypertensive Response.
  • Sandeep Goyal, MD - Lactic Acidosis: Under Recognized but Fatal Complication of Lymphoma
  • Sandeep Goyal, MD - Cocaine and Alcohol: A Lethal Duo
  • Chethan Puttarajappa, MD - Leukocytosis and Hypercalcemia in a Patient with Esophageal Cancer
  • Chethan Puttarajappa, MD - Peripheral Facial Paralysis as the Initial Manifestation of Hypertension
  • Rudruidree Karnchanasorn, MD - Sustained-Release Diltiazem Overdose; An Uncommon Yet Lethal Poisoning
  • Abhimanyu Beri, MD - Third Trimester Hamman's Syndrome
  • Sahibzada Latif, MD - An Intriguing Case of Leflunomide-Induced Hepatic Cirrhosis
  • Erin Sarzynski, MD - Common Manifestations of Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia
  • Kevin Patel, MD - Rare and Unusual Presentation of Poorly Differentiated Neuroendocrine Tumor of Epiglottis
  • Nandu Gourineni, MD - Interferon and Robavirin Associated Ischemic Colitis
  • Neethi Sural, MD - A for Angiotensin Converting Enzyme Inhibitors and A for Angiodema: A Complication Internists Should Not Forget
The following residents had been selected to present at the 2008 Internal Medicine ACP abstract competition to be held in Washington D.C, May 15-17, 2008:

"Third Trimester "Hamman's syndrome" Abhimanyu Beri, MD
"Anti-TNF Agents in Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Double Edged Sword!", Ashima Makol, MD
"A for Angiotensin Converting Enzyme Inhibitors and A for Angiodema: A complication internist should not forget." Neethi Sural, MD

The following residents received Honorable Mention in the 2007 GIM Johns Hopkins Housestaff Research Awards:
  • Kevin Patel, MD for his abstract "Evaluation of the Prevalence and Economic Burden of Adverse Drug Reactions Presenting to the Medical Emergency Department of a Teriary Referral Centre: A Prospective Study".
  • Sahibzada Latif, MD for his abstract"Pediatric Pancreatitis; Incidence and Analysis of Etiologies and Recurrence".
  • Abhijeet Dhoble, MD for "Use of Beta Blockers, Lipid Lowering agents, and Angiotensin Converting Enzyme - Inhibitors Before Recurrent Acute Myocardial Infarction".
Congratulations to resident co-author Nitesh Gadeela, MD on his publication: Inducibility of Parozysmal Atrial Fibrillation by Isoproterenol and its Relation to the Mode of Onset of Atrial Fibrillation in the Journal of Cardiac Electrophysiology.
Congratulations to resident co-author Nandu Gourineni, MD on his publication: Interferon-Ribavirin-Associated Ischemic Colitis. Sujeeth R Punnam, MD, Vijayasimha R. Pothula, MD, Nandu Gourineni, MD, Aparna Punnam , MD, Venkateshan Ranganathan, MD.; Published in March issue of the Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology.
Madhusudan Grover, MD has been selected for an abstract presentation: Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth in Irritable Bowel Syndrome; Association with Colon Mobility, Bowel Symptoms, and Psychological Distress at the 6th Annual National Meeting of the Functional Brain-Gut Research Groups Functional GI Disorders Young Investigators' Forum in La Jolla, California April 11-13, 2008. This is a prestigious organization in the field of functional GI and Mobility Disorders. Congratulations!
Dr. Nitesh Gadeela's research abstract "Can Recurrence of Inappropriate ICD Therapy be prevented?" has been accepted fro presentation at European Cardiac Arrhythmia Society 2008 (ECAS 2008) Meeting in Marseille, France and will later be published in the Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology (JICE) .
Abhijeet Dhoble, MD co-authored an abstract titled "Use of Beta Blockers, Lipid Lowering agents, and Angiotensin Converting Enzyme - Inhibitors Before Recurrent Acute Myocardial Infarction" that has been accepted for presentation at the National SGIM Meeting in Philadelphia.
Nitesh Gadeela, MD presented his abstract " Utility of Isoproterenol During Catheter Abliation of Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation" at the November 2007 American Heart Association meeting in Orlando, Florida with subsequent publication in the supplement of the circulation.
October 2007 - Dr. Shalabh Chandra has been selected for induction into Alpha Omega Alpha, an international medical honor society, as a resident member. this is a prestigious and competitive honor. Congratulations!
Dr. Ashwani Gupta presented his poster a the National Kidney Foundations Spring 2007 Clinical Meeting. The abstract is the application of time series models of biological systems. There are very few papers in medicine using time series analysis. It was also published in the April issue of the American Journal of Kidney Disease (AJKD).
Congratulations to resident co-author Nitesh Gadeela, MD on his publication: Utility of Isoproterenol During Catheter Ablation of Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation. Hakan Oral; Thomas Crawford; Melissa Frederick; Nitesh Gadeela; Alan Wimmer; Sujoya Dey; Jean F. Sarrazin; Michael Kuhne; Nagib Chalfoun; Darryl Wells; Eric Good; Krit Jongnarangsin; Aman Chugh; Frank Bogun; Frank Pelosi, Jr; Fred Morday. As well as his publication: Radiofrequency Catheter Ablation of Chronic Atrial Fibrillation guided by Complex Electrograms.
Dr. Nitesh Gadeela presented a poster: Do B Blockers Reduce Ventricular Arrythmias in ICD Patients at the American College of Cardiology Michigan Meeting, 19th Annual Conference, October 5-7, 2007 in Traverse City, Michigan
The 2007 Fall ACP/ASIM Michigan Chapter Scientific Meeting was held on September 6-8, 2007 in Kalamazoo, Michigan.

Two residents were chosen to give oral presentations this year.

  • Acquired C1 Esterase Inhibitor Deficiency Type 1: Three Case Reports And A Review Of The Literature presented by Amarbir Mattewal, MD
  • Hypercalcemic Crisis In Hepatic Tuberculosis: An Uncommon Presentation In An Uncommon Condition presented by Madhusudan Grover, MD


The following posters were presented by residents at the competition:

  • Masentereic Ischemia Secondary to Low Output Cardiac Failure: A Series of Unfortunate Hemodynamic Events presented by Abhijeet Dhoble, MD
  • Anti TNF-alpha Agents in Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Double Edged Sword? presented by Ashima Makol, MD
  • Recurrent Thromotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura Complicated by Heparin Induced Thrombocytopenia Successfully Treated Using Rituximab presented by Nandu Gourineni, MD
  • Gastric Perforation Secondary To A Nasogastric Tub presented by Sahibzada Latif, MD
  • Emphysematous Pyelonephritis: A Rare Case And Novel Approach To Treatment presented by Tarundeep Kaur, MD


Drs. Abhijeet Dhoble, Ashima Mokal and Nandu Gourineni at the 2007 Fall ACP Associates Meeting, Kalamazoo Michigan

 

 

 

 

 

 

Internal Medicine 2007, formerly Annual Session, is ACP's premier medical education meeting. It was held in San Diego, California, April 19 - 21, 2007 at the San Diego Convention Center.

Sachin Gupta was one of the winners in the ACP 2007 National Associates Abstract Competition (Clinical Vignette category) held in San Diego.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Congratulations to resident co-author Hassan Pervaiz on his publication: Morphological and biochemical characterization of remodeling in aorta and vena cava of DOCA-salt hypertensive rats. Stephanie W. Watts, Catherine Rondelli, Keshari Thakali, Xiaopeng Li, Bruce Uhal, Mohammad H. Pervaiz, Ralph E. Watson and Gregory D. Fink. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 292:2438-2448, 2007.
Congratulations to resident co-author Atul Khasnis on his article: Do electrical stun guns (TASER-X26w) affect the functional integrity of implantable pacemakers and defibrillators? Dhanunjaya Lakkireddy, Atul Khasnis, Jennifer Antenacci, Kay Ryshcon, Mina K. Chung, Donald Wallick, William Kowalewski, Dimpi Patel, Hanka Mlcochova, Ashok Kondur, James Vacek, David Martin, Andrea Natale, and Patrick Tchou. Europace 2007 May 9.
At the Chest 2006 meeting, PGY3 resident Amit Gupta presented important retrospective data regarding use of nebulizers and asthma-related deaths. According a Medscape quote from Peter R. Smith, MD, chief of the Division of Pulmonary Medicine at Long Island College Hospital in Brooklyn, New York: "This is clearly one of the most original findings that I've heard at this meeting for pulmonologists in a tertiary care setting, where we are still looking for answers." The results of Amit’s work have been widely featured on Medscape, MedlinePlus, Yahoo news, and Forbes.
In honor of his outstanding oral case presentation at the 2006 ACP Michigan Chapter meeting, Amarbir Mattewal (PGY3) has been selected by the American College of Physicians Michigan Chapter to attend the national 2007 ACP meeting in San Diego with all expenses paid.
Shalabh Chandra, MD was awarded Honorable Mention in the 2006 Johns Hopkins General Internal Medicine Housestaff Research Awards competition, for his submission titled Role of Pre-operative Stress Myocardial Perfusion Scan in Cancer Patients Undergoing Non-Cardiac Surgery and their Outcomes.
The 2006 Fall ACP/ASIM Michigan Chapter Scientific Meeting was held on September 21-23, 2006 in Traverse City, Michigan.


Two residents were chosen to give oral presentations this year.

  • Is It Being Used The Right Way? Home Nebulizer Use Among Children And Young Adults Dying From Asthma, Michigan, 2002-2004 presented by Amit Gupta, MD
  • Testicular and Epididymal Involvement in Sarcoidosis presented by Amabir Mattewal, MD and won 2nd place in the competition.


The following posters were presented by residents at the competition:

  • Inhaled Steroids, "Adrenal Tumor", and Cushing's Syndrome presented by Kalyan Kosuri, MD and Amarbir Mattewal, MD
  • Amyloid Associated Muscle Pseudohypertrophy presented by Amarbir Mattewal, MD
  • Hepatocellular Carcinoma In An 18 Year Old Male presented by Amarbir Mattewal, MD
  • Interatrial Thorombus In Patent Foramen Ovale With Pulmonary Embolism: A Rare Association presented by Shalabh Chandra, MD and Nitesh Gadeela, MD
  • An Unusual Cause Of Abdominal Pain And Vomiting In A Diabetic Woman presented by Gautam Choure, MD and Atul Khasnis, MD
  • Acquired Dextro-Position Of Heart: An Unexpected Finding In A Patient Presenting With Dyspnea presented by Nandu Gourineni,MD and Adriano Tonelli, MD
  • Ibuprofen-Induced Hypothermia In Hiv presented by Nandu Gourineni, MD, Adriano Tonelli, MD and Gautam Choure, MD
  • Anti-Smooth muscle and Anti Hepatitis C antibodies, Is this Autoimmune hepatitis or Hepatitis C ? - A diagnostic dilemma presented by Sachin Gupta, MD, Panchali Khanna, MD and Ashwani Gupta, MD
  • Natural History Of Recurrent Metastatic Medullary Carcinoma: A Rare Case Of 15 Years Survival With Untreated Metastasis presented by Tarundeep Kaur, MD
The Lansing Research Day was held on the campus of Michigan State University, May 2006.
  • Dr. Roshan Patel earned 1st prize for his research poster on "Aspirin Significantly Reduces Excimer Laser Induced Platelet Aggregation".
  • Dr. Sachin Gupta earned 1st prize for his clinical case poster, "A Not so Unusual Cause of Near Fatal Lactic Acidosis in the Intensive Care Unit."
  • Dr. Shalabh Chandra received "Best Case Study Poster".
  • Dr. Oluchi Opara presented a case report, "an unusual case of HAART related lipodystrophy presenting as bladder neck abstruction ."
  • Dr. Oluchi Opara presented a case report, "California group Viruses presenting as peripheral neuropathy in an adult." Dr. Oluchi also presented these two case studies at the ACP Associates meeting in May of 2006.

The Paget’s Disease Foundation International Symposium was held in Fort Lauderdale, FL in January 2006.

  • Dr. Mohammad Pervaiz gave an oral presentation entitled Osteoporosis: A Potential Mimicker of Paget’s Disease. He received many complimentary comments after his presentation and had the opportunity to interact with international experts.

The following posters were presented at the upcoming American Medical Association Resident and Fellow Session (RFS) in November 2005.

  • Testicular and Epidydimal Involvement in Sarcoidosis presented by Amarbir Mattewal.
  • Meperidine Induced Eosinophilia presented by Amit Gupta.
  • Thyrotoxic Hypokalemic Periodic Paralysis presented by Amit Gupta.

GMEI residents continue to make outstanding showings at regional scientific meetings. The 2005 Fall ACP/ASIM Michigan Chapter Scientific Meeting was held September 22, 2005.


Molly Caldwell-McMillan, MD won second prize for her oral presentation entitled: Severe Unrecognized Hypocalcemia Secondary to Vitamin D Deficiency. Judges were especially impressed with her excellent slides.

Our residents also presented the following posters at the meeting:

  • Fatal Spontaneous Hematoma of the Thigh. Is Enoxaparin the Culprit? A Case Report and Review of the Literature presented by Amir Azeem
  • Cerebrospinal Fluid Basophilia Masquerading as Bacterial Meningitis presented by Amit Gupta
    Calciphilaxis Presenting as Myopathy – An Atypical Presentation     presented by Khanna Panchali
  • Thrombocytopenia and Hyperthyroidism in Pregnancy: A Diagnostic and Management Dilemma presented by Amarbir Mattewal
  • D-Dimer Levels as a Consequence of Coronary Angiography presented by Mayya Sharat
    Osteopetrosis: A Rare Genetic Disease Characterized by Super Dense, But Fragile Bones presented     by Pervaiz Mohammad
  • Cat-Scratch Disease Presenting as Mono-Ocular Blindness presented by Syed Raza
    Development of Glioblastoma in Multiple Sclerosis: A Diagnostic Dilemma     presented by Adriano Tonelli
  • VRE Endocarditis – The Need to Use a Multi-Drug Regimen presented by Aastha Parsa
  • An Atypical Cause of Recurrent Pneumonia presented by Jayanth Parsa

The Society of General Internal Medicine (SGIM) Fall Michigan Chapter Meeting was held on September 30, 2005.


Adriano Tonelli presented a poster entitled Severe Arthralgias Related to Infliximab Infusion.

The 2005 Spring ACP Associates Meeting was held on May 6, 2005 in Detroit, Michigan.

Drs. Kiran Sarikonda, Atul Khasnis, Amarbir Mattewall and Molly Caldwell-McMillan represented MSU in the Doctor's Dilema " Jeopardy" quiz competition and placed 2nd out of eleven residencies in the competition.

Our residents also presented the following posters at the meeting:

 

 

 

 

  • Development of Glioblastoma in Multiple Sclerosis: A Diagnostic Dilemma presented by Adriano Tonelli, M.D. who received 3rd Place in the Clinical Abstract competition (out of 148 poster abstracts presented at the meeting).

 

  • Kallman Syndrome: Late diagnosis and unusual presentation presented by Amit Gupta, M.D.
  • Post surgical meningitis due to Lactobacillus in an immunocompetent patient presented by Amarbir Mattewal. M.D.
  • Acquired hemophilia in a patient with Castleman's Disease presented by Venkata Parsa, M.D.
  • Kaposi's varicelliform eruption - a case report presented by Kiran Sarikonda, M.D.
  • Cytomegalovirus retinitis as a serious concern in tolerogenic immunosuppressive regimens presented by Anand Tandra, M.D.
  • Epididymo-orchitis with abscess in a diabetic patient caused by Candida glabrata presented by MaryAnn Tran, M.D.

The 2004 Fall ACP/ASIM Michigan Chapter Scientific Meeting was held September 30 - October 3, 2004 at the Grand Traverse Resort in Traverse City Michigan. The residents presented the following posters at the competition:

  • Malposition of pacemaker lead in the left ventricle: clinical and radiographic features presented by Sharat Mayya, M.D, who received an honorable mention.
  • A case of ventricular tachycardia (VT) after acetaminophen (AC) overdose presented by Zaher Al-Shallah, M.D.
  • A case report of HTLV-1 associated myelopathy / tropical spastic paraparesis (HAM/TSP) in Michigan, USA presented by Amir Azeem, M.D.
  • Brain abcess in hereditary hemorrhagic telagiectasia - a case report and Relapsing polychondritis and myelodysplasia - a case report presented by Kiran Sarikonda, M.D.
  • A case of reduced warfarin sensitivity secondary to hypothyroidism presented by Kristofer Dosh, M.D.
  • Atypical lymphocytosis secondary to disseminated histoplasmosis in a patient being treated with Infliximab and Fulminant cytomegalgaloviral pneumonia after Infliximab in a patient with Crohn's disease presented by Asad Mohmand, M.D.
  • An unusual case of TTP-HUS resulting from low-estrogen containing oral contraceptive and Nytroglycerin-induced asystole presented by Sandeep Sohal, M.D.

The 2004 Spring ACP/ASIM Michigan Chapter Scientific Meeting was held May 7, 2004 at Providence Hospital in Southfield, Michigan. Two of our senior residents received awards.

Dr. Dexter Estrada received third place for his oral presentation entitled "Radiometric Quantitation of PAIgG Stratifies Treatment Responce In ITP Patients.". Dr. Estrada completed the project with John M. Davis and Dr. Schwartz.

Dr. Mini Kamboj received third place for one of her two posters, which were entitled "Is the epidemiology of non-HIV brain abscesses changing: A five-year review from a community hospital" and "Staphylococcus aureus resistant to macrolides: Should Clindamycin be used?" Both efforts were completed under the supervision of Dr. Kak, and with Dr. Khalife for the second.

The 2003 Fall ACP/ASIM Michigan Chapter Scientific Meeting was held September 18-21, 2003 at the Grand Traverse Resort in Traverse City Michigan. The residents presented the following posters at the competition:

  • A Case Series of Patients with Inadvertent Iatrogenic Implantable Cardioverter Defibrilator Deactivation presented by by Kwsai Al-Rallah, M.D.
  • Severe Transaminase Elevation in Patients with Hepatitus A Using HMG-COA Reductase Inhibitors presented by Kristofer Dosh, M.D..
  • An Unusual Case of Disseminated Aspergillosis in an Intensive Care Patient presented by Dr. Kristofer Dosh.(Honorable mention)
  • A Rare Case of Relapsing Polychondritus presented by Ehab Eltahawy, M.D.
  • Epidemiology and Outcomes of Clostridial Bacteremia in a Community Hospital presented by Apoorv Kalra, M.D.
  • Chronic Vulvar Pruritus: An Atypical Presentation of Sarcoidosis presented by Mini Kamboj, M.D.
  • Successful Endovascular Management of Extensive Lower Extremity Deep Venous Thrombosis in May-Thurner Syndrome presented by Asad Mohmand, M.D.
  • Coma in the Intensive Care Unit-An Unusual Case presented by Venkata Parsa, M.D.
  • Idiopathic Syndrome of Inappropriate Antidiuretic Hormone presented by Mehdi Khosravi, M.D.
  • Pulmonary Coccidioidomycosis in Michigan presented by Mehdi Khosravi, M.D.
  • West Nile Virus in Michigan presented by Mehdi Khosravi, M.D.
  • Also at the Annual meeting, Dexter Estrada, M.D. was asked to display his 2003 Associates Day 1st place Competition poster titled: A Very Fascinating Case of Combined Immunocytopenia with IgG Antibodies Against Red Cells, Platelets, and Granulocytes.

2003 FASEB (Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology) Summer Research Conference in Vermont

Venkata Parsa, M.D. presented a poster titled "Factor XIII Deficiency is Clinically Under Recognized" at the national summer research conference for the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology.



2003 ACP-ASIM Michigan Chapter Associates Day First Place Poster

Dexter Estrada, MD won first place in the Spring ACP-ASIM Associates Day Poster Competition, with his presentation of “A Very Fascinating Case of Combined Immunocytopenia with IgG Antibodies Against Red Cells, Platelets, and Granulocytes.”