Seton Hall University eRepository @ Seton Hall Petersheim Academic Exposition Petersheim Academic Exposition 4-24-2015 The 26th Annual Dr. George Perez Research Colloquium Abstracts of Presentations Seton Hall University Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarship.shu.edu/petersheim-exposition THE 26TH ANNUAL DR. GEORGE PEREZ RESEARCH COLLOQUIUM ABSTRACTS OF PRESENTATIONS PRESENTED IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE SETON HALL UNIVERSITY PETERSHEIM ACADEMIC EXPOSITION 24 APRIL 2015 Cover Patients with diarrhea and abdominal pain N=417 Excluded (insufficient data) N=48 EIA for GDH Ag mu taneous y Negative Positive N=149 N=220 EIA Toxin A/B Positive EIA Negative EIA Toxin A/B Toxin A/B N=145 PCR for toxin B gene Positive Negative N=0 Toxigenic (EIA +) EIA (–) C. difficile C. difficile MDAdvantNow you know…age WE PROVIDE VALUE BEYOND INSURANCE. At MDAdvantage®, our mission is to be a haven of safety, stability and strength for New Jersey healthcare. 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We also enjoy the participation of some of the medical students at the healthcare institutions that comprise our graduate medical education consortium. For this year’s Research Colloquium, we are also happy to be joined by our colleagues from the Seton Hall College of Nursing and Seton Hall’s newest partner in the realm of academic medicine, Hackensack University Medical Center. We welcome, also, our keynote speaker, Danielle Ofri, MD, PhD. Dr. Ofri is an essayist, editor and practicing internist at Bellevue Hospital in New York City. Dr. Ofri’s talk will deal with ways and means to reinvigorate members of the healthcare team who, all too often, are burdened by the many challenges they face on a daily basis. Once again our program is being sponsored by MDAdvantage Insurance Company of New Jersey, a leading provider of medical professional liability insurance in New Jersey. As a company committed to investing in the future of New Jersey’s healthcare system, MDAdvantage has been an ongoing partner in supporting medical education and encouraging the medical students, residents and young physicians of our state to realize their greatest potential. I would also like to take this opportunity to thank my fellow faculty members who assisted in the preparation for today’s event. I would also be remiss if I didn’t recognize the many individuals from Seton Hall’s administrative staff for making the Research Colloquium a success. Most of all, however, I thank the presenters and their co-authors for sharing the results of their studies with us. Have a wonderful and productive day. Collegially yours, Vincent A. DeBari, PhD Professor of Medicine and Director of Research School of Health and Medical Sciences 400 South Orange Avenue • South Orange, New Jersey 07079 A HOME FOR THE MIND, THE HEART AND THE SPIRIT 24 April 2015 Dear Colleagues and Students: Welcome to the School of Health and Medical Sciences’ (SHMS) 26th Annual Dr. George Perez Research Colloquium, presented in conjunction with the Seton Hall University Petersheim Academic Exposition. I am pleased that you could join us, as it is the collaborative exchange of knowledge that makes research and scholarly inquiry exciting. Our annual Research Colloquium provides the venue to demonstrate SHMS’ commitment to Interprofessional Education (IPE). The Research Colloquium showcases the leading research by the medical faculty, residents and fellows from our Division of Medical Residencies and Fellowships, as well as faculty and students from our Division of Health Sciences. Students and faculty from the University’s Department of Biological Sciences also have been regular participants, and I am pleased to welcome the College of Nursing to this year’s event. In recognition of Seton Hall’s recently announced partnership with Hackensack University Health Network (HUHN) to create a new school of medicine, I am pleased to welcome our colleagues from HUHN to the Research Colloquium. This new partnership, coupled with our ongoing legacy partnerships with the other hospitals where our medical residency and fellowship programs are based, brings innumerable opportunities for collaboration. On behalf of all Research Colloquium participants, I extend my sincere thanks to Vincent DeBari, PhD, Professor of Medicine and Director of Research, for bringing together the nearly 300 platform and poster presentations that we will experience today. I also would like to thank the Petersheim Steering Committee, led by Jose Lopez, PhD, and Anthony Troha, PhD, co-chairs and assistant professors in the Seton Hall Department of Physics, for welcoming our continued participation in the Petersheim Academic Exposition. To all of today’s presenters – thank you! Your dedication and scholarship are critical to advancing our research mission. Cordially, Brian B. Shulman, PhD, CCC-SLP, ASHA Fellow, BCS-CL, FASAHP Dean and Professor of Speech-Language Pathology School of Health and Medical Sciences 400 South Orange Avenue • South Orange, New Jersey 07079 A HOME FOR THE MIND, THE HEART AND THE SPIRIT PROGRAM 7:30 a.m. – 8 a.m. .......................................Registration and Continental Breakfast 8 a.m. – 1 p.m. ................................................................................... Poster Session Basic Medical Sciences (BMS) Clinical Investigation (CI), except for Oral Presentations, listed on the following page Clinical Vignettes (CV) Health Sciences Research (HSR) Research in Progress (IP) NOTE: Posters must be removed at 1:00 p.m. 8:30 a.m. – 10 a.m. .................................................................... Oral Presentations I 10:15 a.m. – 11 a.m. .......................................................................... Invited Speaker Danielle Ofri, MD, PhD “Surviving Medicine in the 21st Century” 11 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. ...................................Intermission and Light Refreshments 11:30 a.m. – 1 p.m. ............................................................... Oral Presentations II ORAL PRESENTATIONS SESSION I: 8:30 - 10 a.m. CI 02 Platelet Reactivity Unit in Predicting Risk of Bleeding in Patients Undergoing Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery Altheeb, Z.F.; Isbitan, A.; Shabiah, M.; Hamdan, A.; DeBari, V.; Shamoon, F. CI 09 The Characteristics of Rebound Nystagmus in Patients and Normal Subjects Bhatt, S.H; Patel, K.; Rosenberg, M.L. CI 18 A Comparison of Transient Elastography (Fibroscan) and The APRI Score, Two Non-Invasive Tests for Liver Fibrosis Staging in HIV/HCV Co-Infected Patients Dazley, J.; Sison, R.; Shukla, P.; Galang, H.; Szabela, E.; Slim, J.; Adebara, A. CI 33 Value of Neutrophil to Lymphocyte Ratio as a Predictor of Mortality in Patients Undergoing Aortic Valve Replacement Habib, M.; Thawabi, M.; Habib, H.; Hawatmeh, A.; Elkhalili, W.; Shamoon, F.; Zaher, M. CI 36 Utility of Brain Natriuretic Peptide Assay in Patients Presenting with Syncope to the Emergency Department Isbitan, A.A.; Altheeb, Z.F.; Patel, K.; Al-Nahar, Y.; Hamdan, A.; Shamoon, F. INTERMISSION: 11 - 11:30 a.m. SESSION II: 11:30 a.m. - 1 p.m. CI 38 The Incident Trends, Epidemiology, Mortality, and Economics Evaluation of Vertebral Osteomyelitis in the United States: A Nationwide Inpatient Database Study of 283,022 Cases from 1998 to 2010 Issa, K.; Patel, S.; Shafa. E.; Faloon, M.; Sinha, K.; Hwang, K.; Emami, A. CI 42 Comparison of Thyroid Stimulating Hormone Level and PR Interval in Hypothyroid Patients Being Treated with Levothyroxine Khaddash, I.; Altheeb, Z.; Shahla, L.; Gupta, R.; Sheth, V.; DeBari, V.; Shamoon, F. CI 67 Laboratory and Clinical Features of EIA Toxin-Positive and EIA Toxin-Negative Community-Acquired Clostridium Difficile Infection Patel, H.; Randhawa, J.; Nanavati, S.; Marton, R.; Baddoura, W.; DeBari, V. CI 68 Poor Left Atrial Function is associated with Reduced Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction in Hospitalized Patients Patel, H.; Ariyarajah, V.; Haft, J.; Goldfarb, I.; Bikkina, M.; Shamoon, F. CI 73 ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction in Octogenarians: 30-day Mortality and Peri-Procedural Complications Compared to Younger Adults Shah, P.; Mechineni, A.; Yamini, S.; Bajaj, S.; Virk, H.; DeBari, V.; Shamoon, F.; Bikkina, M. NOTE: Throughout this Abstracts of Presentation publication, research denoted with an asterisk (*) indicates that it will be presented orally and not via a poster. INVITED SpeaKer Danielle Ofri, MD, PhD Dr. Ofri writes regularly for the New York Times about medicine and the doctor-patient relationship. Her most recent book is What Doctors Feel: How Emotions Affect the Practice of Medicine (Beacon Press, 2014). Dr. Ofri is an internist at Bellevue Hospital in New York City, the oldest public hospital in the country, and an Associate Professor