Resident Publications & Scholarship

Publications:

Othman T, Abdelkarim A, Huynh K, Uche A, Lee J. Inherited Moderate Factor X Deficiency Presenting as Cardiac Tamponade. Case Rep Hematol. 2019 Sep 25;2019:9657516. doi: 10.1155/2019/9657516. PMID: 31662920; PMCID: PMC6778902.

Yoo T, Epistola R, Epistola J, Ku L, Fleischman MW, Reicher S, Eysselein VE, Hou LA. Evaluating the risk of adverse events with interventional endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography and endoscopic ultrasound procedures in cirrhotic patients. World J Gastrointest Endosc. 2019 Nov 16;11(11):523-530. doi: 10.4253/wjge.v11.i11.523. PMID: 31798773; PMCID: PMC6875687.

Ku L, Paez MA, Kung J, Hou LA, Eysselein VE, Reicher S. Application of cholangioscope-compatible retrieval basket. Endoscopy. 2019 Dec;51(12):E382-E383. doi: 10.1055/a-0956-6634. Epub 2019 Jul 5. PMID: 31277080.

Othman T, Hendizadeh MS, Vankina R, Park S, Kim P. Combined Cerebellar and Spinal Cord Deficits Caused by an Underlying Gynecologic Malignancy. Case Rep Oncol Med. 2020 Jan 8;2020:9021843. doi: 10.1155/2020/9021843. PMID: 31970005; PMCID: PMC6973182.

Epistola R, Do T, Vankina R, Wu D, Yeh J, Fleischman MW, Lee JM. Immune Thrombocytopenic Purpura (ITP) as an Uncommon Extraintestinal Complication of Crohn’s Disease: Case Vignette and Systematic Literature Review. Case Rep Hematol. 2020 Mar 26;2020:4785759. doi: 10.1155/2020/4785759. PMID: 32274225; PMCID: PMC7136770.

Yu E, Feinn R, Bona R, Brink B, Sindhar S, Kozel BA, Pober BR. Mild macrocytosis in Williams-Beuren syndrome. Eur J Med Genet. 2020 Mar;63(3):103740. doi: 10.1016/j.ejmg.2019.103740. Epub 2019 Aug 14. PMID: 31419598.

Gupta R, Othman T, Chen C, Sandhu J, Ouyang C, Fakih M. Guardant360 Circulating Tumor DNA Assay Is Concordant with FoundationOne Next-Generation Sequencing in Detecting Actionable Driver Mutations in Anti-EGFR Naive Metastatic Colorectal Cancer. Oncologist. 2020 Mar;25(3):235-243. doi: 10.1634/theoncologist.2019-0441. Epub 2019 Nov 19. PMID: 32162812; PMCID: PMC7066697

Bolo KA, Chang S. Broad internal limiting membrane peeling with adjunctive plasma-thrombin for repair of large macular holes: A retrospective case series. Eur J Ophthalmol. 2020 Apr 27:1120672120920218. doi: 10.1177/1120672120920218. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 32338531. 

Liu J, Gutierrez E, Tiwari A, Padam S, Li D, Dale W, Pal SK, Stewart D, Subbiah S, Bosserman LD, Presant C, Phillips T, Yap K, Hill A, Bhatt G, Yeon C, Cianfrocca M, Yuan Y, Mortimer J, Sedrak MS. Strategies to Improve Participation of Older Adults in Cancer Research. J Clin Med. 2020 May 22;9(5):1571. doi: 10.3390/jcm9051571. PMID: 32455877; PMCID: PMC7291007.

Hill A, Gutierrez E, Liu J, Sammons S, Kimmick G, Sedrak MS. The Evolving Complexity of Treating Hormone Receptor-Positive, Human Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor-2 (HER2)-Negative Breast Cancer: Special Considerations in Older Breast Cancer Patients-Part II: Metastatic Disease. Drugs Aging. 2020 May;37(5):349-358. doi: 10.1007/s40266-020-00758-x. PMID: 32227289; PMCID: PMC7194122.

Gupta R, Othman T, Uche A, Amanam I, Chen C, Celles L, Lane G, Mei M, Aldoss I, Pullarkat V, Kim P, Yeh J. Characteristics and Trends of Adult Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia in a Large, Public Safety-Net Hospital. Clin Lymphoma Myeloma Leuk. 2020 Jun;20(6):e320-e327. doi:

Gisi C, Munteanu A, Ku L, French S, Fleischman M, Eysselein V. Atypical Presentation of Acquired Hypoganglionosis in a Patient Taking Clozapine. Case Rep Gastrointest Med. 2020 Jun 24;2020:1272567. doi: 10.1155/2020/1272567. PMID: 32670642; PMCID: PMC7333039.

Do T, Epistola R, Hua DT, Taylor MM, Venegas R. Diagnostic Delays in Metastatic Amelanotic Melanoma Presenting as Breast Pain. Am J Case Rep. 2020 Aug 5;21:e921360. doi: 10.12659/AJCR.921360. PMID: 32756533; PMCID: PMC7431016.

Ku L, Shahshahan MA, Hou LA, Eysselein VE, Reicher S. Improved diagnostic yield of endoscopic ultrasound-fine needle biopsy with histology specimen processing. World J Gastrointest Endosc. 2020 Aug 16;12(8):212-219. doi: 10.4253/wjge.v12.i8.212. PMID: 32879656; PMCID: PMC7443823.

Othman TA, Zhang J, Mei M, Stein AS, Forman SJ, Marcucci G, Pullarkat V, Aldoss I. Retreatment with venetoclax and hypomethylating agents among AML patients who have relapsed after initial response and subsequent interruption of therapy. Leuk Lymphoma. 2020 Aug 19:1-2. doi: 10.1080/10428194.2020.1808213. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 32811233.

Hutchins E, Wang R, Rahmani S, Nakanishi R, Haberlen S, Kingsley L, Witt MD, Palella FJ Jr, Jacobson L, Budoff MJ, Post WS. HIV Infection Is Associated with Greater Left Ventricular Mass in the Multicenter AIDS Cohort Study. AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses. 2019 Aug;35(8):755-761. doi: 10.1089/AID.2019.0014. Epub 2019 Jun 3.PMID: 31044604

Yu E, Feinn R, Bona R, Brink B, Sindhar S, Kozel BA, Pober BR. Mild macrocytosis in Williams-Beuren syndrome. Eur J Med Genet. 2019 Aug 14:103740. doi: 10.1016/j.ejmg.2019.103740. [Epub ahead of print]

Beverly JK, Budoff MJ. Atherosclerosis: Pathophysiology of insulin resistance, hyperglycemia, hyperlipidemia, and inflammation. J Diabetes. 2019 Aug 14. doi: 10.1111/1753-0407.12970. [Epub ahead of print]

Mayeda DP, Ward KT. Methods for overcoming barriers in palliative care for ethnic/racial minorities: a systematic review. Palliat Support Care. 2019 Jul 26:1-10. doi: 10.1017/S1478951519000403. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 31347483

Ku L, Paez MA, Kung J, Hou LA, Eysselein VE, Reicher S. Application of cholangioscope-compatible retrieval basket.  Endoscopy. 2019 Jul 5. doi: 10.1055/a-0956-6634. [Epub ahead of print] No abstract available. PMID: 31277080

Chuang J, Uche A, Gupta R, Margolin K, Kim P. Fulminant Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation as Initial Presentation of BRAF-Mutated Melanoma. Case Rep Oncol Med. 2019 Apr 9;2019:9246596. doi: 10.1155/2019/9246596. eCollection 2019.

Gong J, Chehrazi-Raffle A, Placencio-Hickok V, Guan M, Hendifar A, Salgia R.  The gut microbiome and response to immune checkpoint inhibitors: preclinical and clinical strategies. Clin Transl Med. 2019 Mar 18;8(1):9. doi: 10.1186/s40169-019-0225-x. Review. PMID: 30887236

Hwe C, Parrish J, Berry B, Stens O, Chang DW. Nonbeneficial Intensive Care: Misalignments Between Provider Assessments of Benefit and Use of Invasive Treatments. J Intensive Care Med. 2019 Jan 29:885066619826044. doi: 10.1177/0885066619826044. [Epub ahead of print]

Song C, Chorath J, Pak Y, Redjal N. Use of Dipstick Assay and Rapid PCR-DNA Analysis of Nasal Secretions for Diagnosis of Bacterial Sinusitis in Children With Chronic Cough. Allergy Rhinol (Providence). 2019 Jan 7;10:2152656718821281. doi: 10.1177/2152656718821281. eCollection 2019 Jan-Dec.

Gong J, Hendifar A, Tuli R, Chuang J, Cho M, Chung V, Li D, Salgia R. Combination systemic therapies with immune checkpoint inhibitors in pancreatic cancer: overcoming resistance to single-agent checkpoint blockade. Clin Transl Med. 2018 Oct 8;7(1):32. doi: 10.1186/s40169-018-0210-9. Review. PMID: 30294755

Stens O, Wardi G, Kinney M, Shin S, Papamatheakis D. Stenotrophomonas maltophilia Necrotizing Soft Tissue Infection in an Immunocompromised Patient. Case Rep Crit Care. 2018 Apr 1;2018:1475730. doi: 10.1155/2018/1475730. eCollection 2018. PMID: 29805813

Lin EM, Gong J, Klempner SJ, Chao J. Advances in immuno-oncology biomarkers for gastroesophageal cancer: Programmed death ligand 1, microsatellite instability, and beyond. World J Gastroenterol. 2018 Jul 7;24(25):2686-2697. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v24.i25.2686.

Chuang J, Gong J, Klempner SJ, Woo Y, Chao J. Refining the management of resectable esophagogastric cancer: FLOT4, CRITICS, OE05, MAGIC-B and the promise of molecular classification. J Gastrointest Oncol. 2018 Jun;9(3):560-572. doi: 10.21037/jgo.2018.03.01.

CL Harview, AK Truong, SD Worswick, GP Sarantopoulos, JL Hsiao. Squamous cell carcinoma of the perineum masquerading as necrotizing hidradenitis suppurativa. Dermatol Online J. 2018 Apr 15;24(4). pii: 13030/qt3pb602cq.

Sikavi C, Chen PH, Lee AD, Saab EG, Choi G, Saab S. Hepatitis C and human immunodeficiency virus coinfection in the era of direct-acting antiviral agents: No longer a difficult-to-treat population. Hepatology. 2018 Mar;67(3):847-857. doi: 10.1002/hep.29642. Epub 2018 Jan 30.

Gong J, Chehrazi-Raffle A, Reddi S, Salgia R. Development of PD-1 and PD-L1 inhibitors as a form of cancer immunotherapy: a comprehensive review of registration trials and future considerations. J Immunother Cancer. 2018 Jan 23;6(1):8. doi: 10.1186/s40425-018-0316-z.

Ahadiat O, Higgins S, Trodello C, Talmor G, Kokot N, Wysong A. Hypothyroidism Potentially Linked to Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma: Retrospective Study at a Single Tertiary Academic Medical Center. Dermatol Surg. 2018 Jan;44(1):10-16. doi: 10.1097/DSS.0000000000001241.

Yoo T, Hou LA, Reicher S, Chen KT, Eysselein VE. Successful repair of duodenal perforation with endoscopic vacuum therapy. Gastrointest Endosc. 2018 May;87(5):1363-1364. doi: 10.1016/j.gie.2017.11.019. Epub 2017 Nov 21.

Saab S, Sikavi C, Jimenez M, Viramontes M, Allen R, Challita Y, Mai M, Esmailzadeh N, Grotts J, Choi G, Durazo F, El-Kabany M, Han SH, Moreno E. Clinical Food Addiction Is Not Associated with Development of Metabolic Complications in Liver Transplant Recipients. J Clin Transl Hepatol. 2017 Dec 28;5(4):335-342. doi: 10.14218/JCTH.2017.00023. Epub 2017 Sep 3.

Gong J, Wu D, Chuang J, Tuli R, Simard J, Hendifar A. Moving Beyond Conventional Clinical Trial End Points in Treatment-refractory Metastatic Colorectal Cancer: A Composite Quality-of-life and Symptom Control End Point. Clin Ther. 2017 Nov;39(11):2135-2145. doi: 10.1016/j.clinthera.2017.09.015. Epub 2017 Oct 25.

Byers JT, Mendoza A, Wu D, Kahlon JS, Qing X, French SW. Case report: An HIV+ patient presenting with pancytopenia, hepatic failure, and coagulopathy; a rare small cell liver carcinoma with diffuse splenic and bone marrow metastasis diagnosed at autopsy. Exp Mol Pathol. 2017 Oct;103(2):178-180. doi: 10.1016/j.yexmp.2017.09.002. Epub 2017 Sep 19

Wu BU, Batech M, Quezada M, Lew D, Fujikawa K, Kung J, Jamil LH, Chen W2, Afghani E, Reicher S, Buxbaum J, Pandol SJ. Dynamic Measurement of Disease Activity in Acute Pancreatitis: The Pancreatitis Activity Scoring System. Am J Gastroenterol. 2017 Jul;112(7):1144-1152. doi: 10.1038/ajg.2017.114. Epub 2017 May 2.

Lu JG, Farukhi MA, Mayeda D, French SW. Hepatocellular carcinoma with neuroendocrine differentiation: a case report. Exp Mol Pathol. 2017 Oct;103(2):200-203. doi: 10.1016/j.yexmp.2017.09.004. Epub 2017 Sep 20.

Yang TS, Reddy S, Choi P, Hsia DW. A Challenging Diagnosis of Endobronchial Aortic Pseudoaneurysm. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2017 Oct; 14(10): 1595-1597

Chang, DW, Dacosta D, Shapiro MF. Priority Levels in Medical Intensive Care at an Academic Public Hospital. JAMA. 2017 Feb; 177(2): 280-281

Chlebowski RT, Barrington W, Aragaki AK, Manson JE, Sarto G, O’Sullivan MJ, Wu D, Cauley JA, Qi L, Wallace RL, Prentice RL. Estrogen alone and health outcomes in black women by African ancestry: a secondary analyses of a randomized control trial. Menopause. 2017 Feb;24(2):133-141