Research and related scholarly activity are an important part of the Med-Peds Department, for those interested in pursuing these interests.  A wide variety of research options exist for Med-Peds Residents, both within the Med-Peds Department and within the large Case Western Reserve University community.

The faculty and residents in the Med-Peds Department are involved currently and have been involved previously in a number of research projects and clinical case presentations.  A partial list of citations and projects, with links to some of these projects, are as follows:

2010

Uchebike Nwankwo, MD, and Nazha Abughali, MD. Lack of Appropriate Screening for Infants Born to HCV-Infected Mothers. Infectious Diseases Society of America. Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. October 22, 2010. (Poster).

Nazly Pashmini, MD, Cindy Gallaspie, MS, Elizabeth Clegg, BA, Nancy Fishburn, BAC, and David C. Kaelber, MD, PhD. Internet Access and Use Among Lower Socio-Economic Status Populations. American Medical Informatics Association 2010 Annual Symposium. Washington District of Columbia. November 13, 2010. (Poster).

Elizabeth Lucas, MD, Todd Joyner, MD, Jennifer Conti, RN, Melissa Chase, RN, Jennifer Hanrahan, DO, and David Kaelber, MD, PhD. Bacterial colonization of hospital computer keyboards and the effect of keyboard covers. American Medical Informatics Association 2010 Annual Symposium. Washington District of Columbia. November 13, 2010. (Poster).

Lacey Benson, MD, Heather Baer, SCD, Peter Greco, MD, and David Kaelber, MD, PhD. When is family history obtained? - Lack of timely documentation of family history among overweight and hypertensive paediatric patients. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health. July 7, 2010; Epub ahead of print. (Manuscript).

2009

Garey Noritz, MD, Irene Dietz, MD, Marina Lazbin, MD, Henry Ng, MD, Ronald Magliola, MD, Kristin Kaelber, MD, and Ruth Lange, RN. Development of an Inpatient Unit for Adults with Neurodevelopmental Disabilities. American Academy for Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine 63rd Annual Meeting. Scottsdale, Arizona. September 25, 2009. (Poster).

David Kaelber, MD, PhD, and Frieda Pickett, RDH, Simple Table to Identify Children and Adolescents Needing Further Evaluation of Blood Pressure. Pediatrics. May 4, 2009;123:e972-e974. (Manuscript).

Fortuna RJ, Ting DY, David Kaelber, MD, PhD, and Simon SR. Characteristics of Medicine-Pediatrics Practices: Results from the National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey. Academic Medicine. March 2009;84(3):396-401. (Manuscript).

Auron Ari MD, Moises Auron-Gomez, MD, Rupesh Raina, MD, S Viswanathan, MD, and Maroun Mhanna, MD. Effect of Amphotericin B Lipid Complex (ABLC) in Very Low Birth Weight Infants. Pediatric Nephrology. February 2009;24(2):295-9. (Manuscript).

Lacey Benson, BAa, Heather Baer, ScD and David Kaelber, MD, PhD. Trends in the Diagnosis of Overweight and Obesity in Children and Adolescents: 1999-2007. Pediatrics. January 2009;123(1):e153-8. (Manuscript).

2008

Garey Noritz, MD, and David Burnkrant, MD. Is there a role for palliative care in progressive pediatric neuromuscular diseases? The answer is "Yes!" Journal of Palliative Care. Winter 2008;24(4):265-9. (Manuscript).

 David Kaelber, MD, PhD and Eric Pan, MD. The Value of Personal Health Record (PHR) Systems. American Medical Informatics Association Annual Symposium Proceedings 2008. November 6, 2008;343-7. (Oral presentation).

Sapna Shah, MS, David Kaelber, MD, PhD, Adam Vincent, MPP, Eric Pan, MD, Douglas Johnston, MTS and Blackford Middleton, MD. A Cost Model for Personal Health Records (PHRs). American Medical Informatics Association Annual Symposium Proceedings 2008. November 6, 2008;657-61. (Oral presentation).

Adam Vincent, MPP, David Kaelber, MD, PhD, Eric Pan, MD, Sapna Shah, MS, Douglas Johnston, MTS and Blackford Middleton, MD. A Patient-Centric Taxonomy for Personal Health Records (PHRs). American Medical Informatics Association Annual Symposium Proceedings 2008. November 6, 2008;763-7. (Oral presentation).

David Kaelber, MD, PhD, Ashish Jha, MD, Douglas Johnston, MTS, Blackford Middleton, MD, and David Bates, MD.  A Research Agenda for Personal Health Records (PHRs). Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association. November 2008;15:729-736. (Manuscript).

Henry Ng, MD. LGBT Health Disparities and Risk Factors. The 26^th Annual Conference of the Gay & Lesbian Medical Association. Seattle, Washington, October 22, 2008. (Oral presentation)

Rupesh Raina, MD, Geetu Pahlajani, MD, Lee Ponsky, MD, Ashok Agarwal, MD, and Craig Zippe, MD.The clinical utility of atypical cytology is significantly increased in both screening and monitoring for bladder cancer when indexed with nuclear matrix protein-22. BJU International. August 2008;102(3):297-300. (Manuscript).

Yana Shumyatcher, MD, Tushar Shah, MD, Garey Noritz, MD, Ben Brouhard, MD, Patrick Spirnak, MD, and David Birnkrant, MD. Symptomatic Nephrolithiasis in Prolonged Survivors of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (Manuscript). Neuromuscular Disorders. July 2008;18(7):561-564. (Manuscript).

Vivek Subbiah, MD, and Prabhu Parimi, MD. Elevated Maternal Lipoprotein A and Neonatal Renal Vein Thrombosis: A Case Report. Journal of Medical Case Reports. April 10, 2008;2:106. (Manuscript).

Georg Hutterer, MD, Pierre Karakiewicz, MD, Craig Zippe, MD, Gerson Lüdecke, MD, Hans Boman, MD, Marta Sanchez-Carbayo, MD, Roberto Casella, MD, Christine Mian, MD, Martin G. Friedrich, MD, Sanaa Eissa, MD, Hideyuki Akaza, MD, Vincenzo Serretta, MD, Hans Hedelin, MD, Raina Rupesh, MD, Naoto Miyanaga, MD, Arthur I. Sagalowsky, MD, Paul Perrotte, MD, Yair Lotan, MD, Michael Marberger, MD and Shahrokh Shariat, MD. Urinary cytology and nuclear matrix protein 22 in the detection of bladder cancer recurrence other than transitional cell carcinoma. BJU International. March 2008;101(5):561-5. (Manuscript).

2007

Rupesh Raina, MD, Geetu Pahlajani, MD, Ashok Agarwal, MD, and Craig Zippe, MD. The Early Use of Transurethral Alprostadil After Radical Prostatectomy. BJU International. December 2007;100(6):1317-1321. (Manuscript).

Vivek Subbiah, MD, Uyen Ly, MD, Amer Khiyami, MD, and Timothy O'Brien, MD. Tissue is the Issue - Sarcoidosis Following ABVD Chemotherapy for Hodgkin's Lymphoma: A Case Report. Journal of Medical Case Reports. November 25, 2007; 1:148. (Manuscript).

Rupesh Raina, MD, Shazia Khan, MD, Neal Dawson, MD, David Mansour, MD, Mamta Singh, MD and Holly Perzy, MD. Residents' Perspective of Women's Health Curriculum in Internal Medicine. American College of Physicians: Ohio Section, 2007 Meeting. Columbus, Ohio, October 12, 2007. (Podium presentation).

Monica Kharbanda, MD, Rupesh Raina, MD, David Kuentz, MD, Dennis Auckley, MD, and Kevin Mullen, MD. American College of Physicians: Ohio Section, 2007 Meeting. Columbus, Ohio, October 12, 2007. (Poster).

Henry Ng, MD. Metro Youth Outreach: Improving the Health of Cleveland's Homeless Youth. Gay & Lesbian Medical Association, 25^th Annual Conference. San Juan, Puerto Rico, September 28, 2007. (Oral presentation).

Henry Ng, MD. The PRIDE Clinic: Challenges of Establishing a "Blue" Clinic in a "Red" State. Gay & Lesbian Medical Association, 25^th Annual Conference. San Juan, Puerto Rico, September 27, 2007. (Oral presentation).

Matthew Hansen, MD, Paul Gunn, BS and David Kaelber, MD, PhD. Underdiagnosis of Hypertension in Children and Adolescents. Journal of the American Medical Association. August 2007; 298(8):874-879. (Manuscript).

Veerajalandhar Allareddy, MD, Veerasathpurush Allareddy, PhD and Badrinath Konety, MD. Specificity of Procedure Volume and In-hospital Mortality Association. Annals of Surgery. July 2007; 246(1):135-139. (Manuscript).

Veerajalandhar Allareddy, MD, Veerasathpurush Allareddy, PhD, John Ward, MD, John Ely, MD and James Levett, MD. Impact of Complications on Outcomes Following Aortic and Mitral Valve Replacements in the United States. The Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery. June 2007; 48(3):349-357. (Manuscript).

Sally Ibrahim, MD. Factors Affecting Ethnic Differences in Sleep Duration. American Academy of Sleep Medicine, 30th Annual Meeting. Minneapolis, Minnesota, June 14, 2007. (Oral Presentation).

Rupesh Raina, MD, Moises Auron-Gomez, MD, Holly Perzy, MD and Ashok Agarwal, MD. The Relationship of Plasma Endothelin and Testosterone Levels in Male Hypogonadism. Pediatric Academic Societies, 2007 Annual Meeting. Toronto, Ontario, May 7, 2007. (Poster).

Phyllis Nsiah-Kumi, MD, Tara Williams, MD, Ronald Magliola, MD, David Mansour, MD, Holly Perzy, MD, and Rupesh Raina, MD. Effect of Training on Comfort, Knowledge and Satisfaction of Interpreter Use Among Pediatric Residents Caring for Limited English Proficiency Patients in Ambulatory Settings. Pediatric Academic Societies, 2007 Annual Meeting. Toronto, Ontario, May 6, 2007. (Poster).

Rupesh Raina, MD, Moises Auron-Gomez, MD, Aradhna Pandey, MD, Philip Kumanov, MD, Holly Perzy, MD, and Ashok Agarwal, MD. The Relationship of Plasma Endothelin and Testosterone Levels in Male Hypogonadism. Pediatric Academic Societies, 2007 Annual Meeting. Toronto, Ontario, May 6, 2007. (Poster).

Ronald Magliola, MD and David Kaelber, MD, PhD. SharePoint - An Effective and Efficient Method to Share Digital Medical Information Among Residents. Society of General Internal Medicine, 30th Annual Meeting. Toronto, Ontario, April 26, 2007. (Poster). 

Rupesh Raina, MD, Geetu Pahalajani, MD, Ashok Agarwal, MD, Craig Zippe, MD. Long-term Effectiveness of Luteinizing Hormone-releasing Hormone Agonist or Antiandrogen Monotherapy in Elderly Men with Localized Prostate Cancer (T1-2): A Retrospective Study. Asian Journal of Andrology. March 2007;9(2):253-258. (Manuscript).

2006

Veerajalandhar Allareddy, MD and Veerasathpurush Allareddy, MD. Effect of Meeting Leapfrog Group Volume Thresholds on Hospital Charges for Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery. American Heart Association 2006 Scientific Sessions. Chicago, Illinois, November 14, 2006. (Poster).

Veerajalandhar Allareddy, MD, Veerasathpurush Allareddy, MD and David Kaelber, MD, PhD. Comparing Perceptions and Use of a Commercial Electronic Medical Record (EMR) between Primary Care and Subspecialty Physicians. American Medical Informatics Association. Washington, District of Columbia, November 11, 2006. (Poster).

Moises Auron-Gomez, MD, Marina Duran-Castillo, MD, Rupesh Raina, MD, Joseph Hanna, MD, Shazia Khan, MD.  American Medical Association, Resident and Fellow Section, 3^rd Annual Meeting. Las Vegas, Nevada, November 10, 2006. (Poster).

Moises Auron-Gomez, MD, Marina Duran-Castillo, MD, Rupesh Raina, MD, Robert Crook, MD and James Pile, MD. Staphylococcus Aureus Prostatic Abscess Complicated by Infective Endocarditis. American Medical Association, Resident and Fellow Section, 3rd Annual Meeting. Las Vegas, Nevada, November 10, 2006. (Poster).

Vivek Subbiah, MD, Ronald Magliola, MD, Laurie McCreery, MD, and Ernie-Paul Barrette, MD. Team Learning - An Effective Evidence Based Medicine Learning Tool. American Medical Association, Resident and Fellow Section, 3rd Annual Meeting. Las Vegas, Nevada, November 10, 2006. (Poster).

Aradhana Pandey, MD, Rupesh Raina, MD, Moises Auron-Gomez, MD, Abdulla Gori, MD, David Mansour, MD, Travis Neely, MD. 15-Month Old Child Unable to Walk Independently: From Milestones to Bones. American Medical Association, Resident and Fellow Section, 3rd Annual Meeting. Las Vegas, Nevada, November 10, 2006. (Poster).

Rupesh Raina, MD, Moises Auron-Gomez, MD, Abdulla Gori, MD, Ashok Agarwal, MD, David Mansour, MD and Holly Perzy, MD. Disturbances in Gonadal Axis in Women with Anorexia Nervosa (AN): A Randomized Controlled Trial. American College of Physicians: Ohio Section, 2006 Meeting. Columbus, Ohio, October 20, 2006. (Poster).

Marina Duran-Castillo, MD, Roopinder Sandhu, MD, Moises Auron-Gomez, MD and Thomas Vrobel, MD. Non-compaction of the Left Ventricle: Is It Underdiagnosed? American College of Physicians: Ohio Section, 2006 Meeting. Columbus, Ohio, October 20, 2006. (Poster).

Moises Auron-Gomez, MD, Marina Duran-Castillo, MD, Rupesh Raina, MD, Matthew Eisen, MD, Lee Tseng, MD, and Thomas Zipp, MD. Can Accessory Renal Artery Stenosis Cause Drug-Refractory Hypertension? American College of Physicians: Ohio Section, 2005 Meeting. Cleveland, Ohio, October 28, 2005. American College of Physicians 2006 Annual Meeting. Philadelphia, Philadelphia, April 7, 2006. (Poster).

Rupesh Raina, MD, Moises Auron-Gomez, MD, David Kaelber, MD, PhD, Ashok Agarwal, MD, David Mansour, MD and Craig Zippe, MD. Non-invasive Monitoring of Bladder Cancer with NMP22 in Primary Care: Can it Replace Surveillance Cystoscopy? American College of Physicians 2006 Annual Meeting. Philadelphia, Philadelphia, April 6, 2006. (Poster).

2005

Maiy El-Sayed, MD, Wael El-Mallah, MD, Heba Attia, MD, Ahmed Mounir, MD, Azza Elfiky, MD, and Fereig Hamed, MD. Color M Mode Doppler in Assessment of PVR in Congenital Heart Disease. EuroEcho 9. Florence, Italy. December 8, 2005. (Oral presentation).

Wael El-Mallah, MD, and David Kaelber, MD, PhD. Angioplasty Induced Radiation Skin Burn:A Burning Issue. American Medical Association, 2005 Interim Meeting. Dallas, Texas. November 4, 2005. (Poster).

David Kaelber, MD, PhD, Peter Greco, MD, Randy Cebul, MD. Evaluation of a Commercial Electronic Medical Record (EMR) by Primary Care Physicians 5 Years after Implementation. American Medical Informatics Association 2005 Annual Symposium. Washington, District of Columbia, October 24, 2005. (Poster).

Samy Riad, MD, Rupesh Raina, MD, Garey Noritz, MD, and David Mansour, MD. MELAS: Mimicking Diabetic Polyneuropathy in Chronic Marijuana User. American Academy of Pediatrics 2005 National Conference and Exhibition. Washington, District of Columbia, October 9, 2005. (Poster).

Wael El-Mallah, MD. Aortic Coarctation Presenting as Heart Failure. National Med-Peds Residents' Association 9^th Annual National Conference. Washington, District of Columbia. October 8, 2005. (Oral presentation).

Rupesh Raina, MD, Elie Rizkala, MD, Abdulla Gori, MD, and David Kaelber, MD, PhD. Encephalopathy: A Rare Presentation of Hashimoto's Thyroiditis. National Med-Peds Residents' Association 9^th Annual Conference. Washington, District of Columbia. October 8, 2005. (Poster).

Steven Arendt ,MD, Paul Barach, MD, Neil Busis, MD, Ross Goldberg, MD, Joseph Heyman, MD, James Holly, MD, David Kaelber, MD, PhD, Peter Kaufman, MD, Ross Martin, MD, Joel Oberstar, MD, Robert Wah, MD, Jacqueline Welch, PhD, and Bernd Wollschlaeger, MD. Computerized Physician Order Entry Systems and Medication Errors. Journal of the American Medical Association. July 2005; 294(2):178-179. (Letter to the Editor).

Aparna Kamath, MD, Rupesh Raina, MD, Moises Auron-Gomez, MD, Farhat Shaikh, MD, and David Kaelber, MD, PhD. Pleural Ascites - A Case of Hepatic Hydrothorax. American Medical Association 2005 Annual Meeting. Chicago, Illinois. June 19, 2005. (Poster).

Ziad Shaman, MD, Jeffrey Conklin, MD, John Baron, MD, and Alan Garland, MD. Glasgow Coma Scale Scoring by Intensivists vs. ICU Nurses. American Thoracic Society 2005 International Conference. San Diego, California. May 23, 2005. (Poster).

Rupesh Raina, MD, Vivek Subbiah, MD, David Kaelber, MD, PhD, Phillip Kumanov, MD, PhD, Ashok Agarwal, MD, Abdulla Gori, MD, David Mansour, MD, and Holly Perzy, MD. Incidence of Genital Anomalies in 1200 Bulgarian Boys. Pediatric Academic Societies 2005 Annual Meeting. Washington, District of Columbia, May 15, 2005. (Poster).

Rupesh Raina, MD, David Kaelber, MD, PhD, Abdulla Gori, MD, Philip Kumanov, MD, Ashok Agarwal, MD, David Mansour, MD and Holly Perzy, MD. Disturbances in Gonadal Axis in Women with Anorexia Nervosa. Pediatric Academic Societies 2005 Annual Meeting. Washington, District of Columbia, May 15, 2005. (Poster).

Rupesh Raina, MD, Abdulla Gori, MD, David Kaelber, MD, PhD, Nada Haddad, MD, Craig Zippe, MD, David Mansour, MD and Holly Perzy, MD. A Cross-sectional Study of the Effect of Single vs. Multiple Continuity Clinic (CC) Preceptors in Pediatric Resident CC.  Pediatric Academic Societies 2005 Annual Meeting. Washington, District of Columbia, May 15, 2005. (Poster).

Rupesh Raina, MD, David Kaelber, MD, PhD, Abdulla Gori, MD, Craig Zippe, MD, David Mansour, MD, and Holly Perzy, MD. Comparing Ambulatory Preceptors and Resident Perceptions of Educational Planning: Pediatrics Resident Ambulatory Clinic. Pediatric Academic Societies 2005 Annual Meeting. Washington, District of Columbia, May 15, 2005. (Poster).

Vivek Subbiah, MD, S Subbiah, MD, Rupesh Raina, MD, Tayyab Mohyuddin, MD, David Kaelber, MD, PhD, and David Mansour, MD. An Unusual Case of Reversible Syncope:  Society of General Internal Medicine, 28^th Annual Meeting. New Orleans, Louisiana. May 12, 2005. (Poster).

Vivek Subbiah, MD, and Rishi Sharma, MD. Survival Guide to the USMLE Step 2 CS. Saint Louis, Missouri: Elsevier Mosby Press, 2005. (Book).