Research and Publications

Quality Improvement

Quality Improvement is an important part of training a physician. The UTHealth Houston MedPeds program for several years has had an independent QI Project that has been ongoing and has won several awards:

  • First Place, poster presented at UTHealth Houston Internal Medicine Quality Improvement Fair; 2022 May 6; Houston TX
  • Selected to represent UTH, Poster session presented at: ACP Associates Meeting; 2022 August 27; Galveston TX
  • Third Prize, Poster presented at: UTHealth Houston Internal Medicine Quality Improvement Fair; May 12, 2023; Houston, TX.
  • First Prize in QI, Poster presented at: 1st Annual Pediatric Residency Research Symposium; May 24, 2023; Houston, TX.

As of 2023 we have started an initiative to foster resident development of their own projects, as a well as a brief series of QI lectures. Residents complete the IHI curriculum during the course of their 4 years. Here are some of the projects we’ve done over the years!

Current Initiatives:

  • Variance reporting
  • Vaccine administration in community-based clinic
  • Room numbering
  • Transition of pediatric to adult care

 

2023

Jillian L. Smith, MD, Alexia Jauregui, MD, John S. Lane, DO, Mit Shah, MD, Emmanuel Avelino, MD, Yadier Brito-Cuas, MD, Irfan ‘Simon’ Ali, DO, Natasha Maqsood, MD, Farhana Khaja, MD, Albert Heo, MD, Mahsa Madani, MD, Jordan Killingsworth, MD, Ailinh Do, MD, Ryan Le, MD, Evan Abdullah, MD, James Barnett, MD, Reid Davison, MD, Roberto Garcia, MD, Emily Leong, MD, Hoanganh Doan-Romagosa, MD, Suraj Patel, MD, Anish Patnaik, MD, Michael Romagosa, MD, Alveena Altaf, MD, Annirudh Balachandran, MD, Hannah Burson, MD, Joanne Kim, MD, Omare Okotie-Eboh, MD, Ariel Osorio, MD, Kelsey Carnahan, MD, Nadine Gordon, MD, Tuong Phan, MD, Azhar Shah, DO, Timothy Corwin, MD, Sundar Devakottai, DO, Laith Enani, MD, Leah Kaplan, MD, Natalie McGinnis, MD, Jibran Muhammad, MD, Andrew Nguyen, MD, Phyllis Martin, Mark Farnie, MD, Ariana Klein, MD. “Improving Resident Involvement in Variance Reporting: An Update.”

Third Prize in Resident QI Division, Poster presented at: 2nd Annual McGovern Internal Medicine Improvement Fair; May 12, 2023; Houston, TX.

First Prize in QI Division, Poster presented at: 1st Annual Pediatric Residency Research Symposium; May 24, 2023; Houston, TX.

Mackoff, S., Lee, C., Koney Davis, A., Hall, A., Jauregui, A., Killingsworth, J., Kirschner, S., Pueringer, M., Rendon, A. Reducing 0-7 Day Hospital Readmissions Through Standardizing Patient Discharge Instructions at MHH TMC. UTHealth-Memorial Hermann-TMC Quality Symposium. 2023. Poster presentation.

2022

Smith JL, Maqsood N, Khaja F, Heo A, Madani M, Killingsworth J, Do A, Avelino E, Le R, Ali I, Abdullah E, Barnett J, Davison R, Garcia R, Jauregui A, Leong E, Brito-Cuas Y, Đoàn H, Lane JS, Patel S, Patnaik A, Romagosa M, Altaf A, Balachandran A, Burson H, Kim J, Okotie-Eboh O, Osorio A, Carnahan K, Gordon N, Phan T, Shah A, Martin P, Farnie M, Klein A. Improving Resident Involvement in Variance Reporting.

Awards: First Place, presented at UTHealth Houston Internal Medicine Quality Improvement Fair; 2022 May 6; Houston TX

Poster session presented at: ACP Associates Meeting; 2022 August 27; Galveston TX

Smith JL, Ziemann S, Roche B, Kaur R, Hu S, Yoon E, Alsheikh-Kassim M, Do A, Lee A, Salman J, Haddad C, Zadoo S, Chen J and Amin A. Improving Resident Education and Comfort with the EHR (Care4).  Poster session presented at: UT Houston Internal Medicine Quality Improvement Fair; 2022 May 6; Houston TX

See what research projects and publication our outstanding residents have participated in!

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Poster, Presentations, and Awards

2023

Smith JL, Jauregui A, Huq C. Refractory Colonic Pseudo-Obstruction with Severe Hypokalemia Cured by Sigmoidectomy.

Awards: 3rd place Abstract Competition, presented at the Society of Hospital Medicine’s 2022 Houston Abstract Competition; 2022 Dec 3; Houston, TX

Poster session, invited to present at: SHM Converge 2023; 2023 March 26-29; Austin TX

2022

Mackoff, S., Lee, C., Koney Davis, A., Hall, A., Jauregui, A., Killingsworth, J., Kirschner, S., Pueringer, M., Rendon, A. Identifying risk factors for 7-day hospital readmissions for medicine teams at Memorial Hermann-TMC. UTHealth-Memorial Hermann-TMC Quality Symposium. 2022. Poster presentation.

Leong, E, Rodriguez-Buritica, D., Dunnington, L. AGR2-Related Immune Dysregulation Disorder: A Cystic Fibrosis Mimicker. Presented at: National Med-Peds Resident Association (NMPRA) National Conference, 2022 Oct 8; Anaheim, CA

2021

Patnaik, A., Jamshidi, R., Cuglievan, B., McCall, D. (Apr 2021). Myelodysplastic Syndromes in Pediatrics, a Rare and Refractive Diagnosis: The MD Anderson Center Experience. Presented at: American Society of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology; Portland, OR, USA.

Patnaik, A.;,Vaidyanathan, U., Yarrabothula, A.R., Hu, S.R., Le, R.T., Aisenberg, G.M.  (Oct 2021). Retrospective Analysis of Mortality and Hemoglobin A1c in Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients. Presented at: American College of Physicians-Texas Chapter Associate’s Day Conference; Houston, TX, USA.

Publications

2023

Rav ES, Wahba A, Patnaik A, Toruner G, Hittle A, Toepfer L, Roth M, Cuglievan B, Nunez C, McCall D. A balancing act: Blinatumomab use in a rare occurrence of Philadelphia chromosome-positive B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia in an adolescent patient with Down syndrome. Pediatric blood & cancer. 2023 May;70(5):e30191.

2022

Phan, T., Lane, J. S., Naik, U., & Chen, J. (2022). Hemorrhagic Adrenal Mass: A Rare Presentation of Primary Adrenal Choriocarcinoma. Annals of Internal Medicine: Clinical Cases, 1(7). https://doi.org/10.7326/aimcc.2022.0037

Kok Hoe Chan, Ruhi Buddharaju, Shandel L Chang, John S Lane, Modupe Idowu; Real-World Experience of Patients with Sickle Cell Disease Treated with Crizanlizumab: A Single Comprehensive Sickle Cell Center Retrospective Cohort Analysis. Blood 2022; 140 (Supplement 1): 8288–8289. doi: https://doi.org/10.1182/blood-2022-164900

2021

Haj-Ismail, N; Lane, J; Hafeez, Z. A MYRIAD OF QUICKSILVER SYMPTOMS: A CASE OF MORVAN SYNDROME. Abstract published at SHM Converge 2021. Abstract 753 Journal of Hospital Medicine.

Cochrane Haematology Group, Schmelz, J., Heesen, P., Patnaik, A., Holder, T., Lee, H. J., & Molony, D. A. (2021).Bruton tyrosine kinase inhibitors for chronic lymphocytic leukemia. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 1996(9).

2020

Patnaik, A., Tran, J., McWhorter, J. W., Burks, H., Ngo, A., Nguyen, T. D., … & Monlezun, D. (2020). Regional variations in medical trainee diet and nutrition counseling competencies: Machine learning-augmented propensity score analysis of a prospective multi-site cohort study. Medical Science Educator, 30, 911-915.

Pérez, C. A., Patnaik, A., Oommen, S., Redko, A., & Mathis, S. B. (2020). Tumefactive demyelinating lesions in children: a rare case of conus medullaris involvement and systematic review of the literature. Journal of Child Neurology, 35(10), 690-699.

McKay, S., Bagg, M., Patnaik, A., Topolski, N., Ibraheim, M. K., Zhao, N., & Aitken, M. E. (2020). Addressing firearm safety counseling: integration of a multidisciplinary workshop in a pediatric residency program. Journal of graduate medical education, 12(5), 591-597.

Lane JS, Hoff DV, Cridebring D, Goel A. Extracellular Vesicles in Diagnosis and Treatment of Pancreatic Cancer: Current State and Future Perspectives. Cancers (Basel). 2020 Jun 10;12(6):1530. doi: 10.3390/cancers12061530. PMID: 32532129; PMCID: PMC7352217.

Chen E., Abu-Sbeih H., Thirumurthi S., Mallepally N., Khurana S., Wei D., Altan M., Morris V.K., Tan D., Barcenas C.H., Wang Y. Clinical characteristics of colitis induced by taxane-based chemotherapy. Annals of Gastroenterology. 2020; 33(1): 59–67.

Opinion Pieces, Book Chapters, and Media

2023

Patel, S. (2023, April 18). More than one-third of Americans live in places with unhealthy levels of air pollution: Report. ABC News . Retrieved from https://abcnews.go.com/Health/americans-live-places-unhealthy-levels-air-pollution-report/story?id=98676376.

2021

Toy EC, Aisenberg GM. Case Files. Internal medicine. Patnaik A, editor, Chapter 13. New York: Mcgraw-Hill Education; 2021.

2020

Buck, D., Murray B., Patnaik, A. (Mar, 2020). Three steps Houston officials must take now to address homelessness during pandemic [Opinion]. Published in: Houston Chronicle; Houston, TX, USA.

Jain, T. (2020). Retropharyngeal Abscess. In E.C. Toy, M.D. Hormann, R.J. Yetman, M.C. McNeese, S. Lahoti, A.M. Geltemeyer, E. Omoruyi (Ed.), Case Files Pediatrics, Sixth Edition (pp. In Press). New York: McGraw Hill.

Jain, T. (2020). Precocious Puberty. In E.C. Toy, M.D. Hormann, R.J. Yetman, M.C. McNeese, S. Lahoti, A.M. Geltemeyer, E. Omoruyi (Ed.), Case Files Pediatrics, Sixth Edition (pp. In Press). New York: McGraw Hill.

Jain, T. (2020). Pneumonia. In E.C. Toy, M.D. Hormann, R.J. Yetman, M.C. McNeese, S. Lahoti, A.M. Geltemeyer, E. Omoruyi (Ed.), Case Files Pediatrics, Sixth Edition (pp. In Press). New York: McGraw Hill.

Chong RW, Patel S, Yafi M. “Rickets: Not Just a Disease in Developing Countries”. Texas Pediatric Society Annual Meeting.  Resident and Fellows Poster Competition.  Anticipated Oct 2020.

Chong RW.  Approach to Hyperlipidemia. In: Toy EC, Toy AL, eds.  Case Files Internal Medicine, 6th ed.  New York: McGraw-Hill, in Press.  July 2020.

Chong, RW. (2020). Hyperbilirubinemia. In E.C. Toy, M.D. Hormann, R.J. Yetman, M.C. McNeese, S. Lahoti, A.M. Geltemeyer, E. Omoruyi (Ed.), Case Files Pediatrics, Sixth Edition (pp. In Press). New York: McGraw Hill.

Chong, RW. (2020). Radial Subluxation. In E.C. Toy, M.D. Hormann, R.J. Yetman, M.C. McNeese, S. Lahoti, A.M. Geltemeyer, E. Omoruyi (Ed.), Case Files Pediatrics, Sixth Edition (pp. In Press). New York: McGraw Hill.

Chong, RW. (2020). SCFE. In E.C. Toy, M.D. Hormann, R.J. Yetman, M.C. McNeese, S. Lahoti, A.M. Geltemeyer, E. Omoruyi (Ed.), Case Files Pediatrics, Sixth Edition (pp. In Press). New York: McGraw Hill.