2025 Research Symposium

Congratulations to all residents, fellows, pharmacists, nurses, and research teams who submitted their work this year. Your commitment to advancing patient care is inspiring.

To view a virtual poster of each submission, select the link below.

Case Reports

1. When Clean Turns Contaminated: A Case of Endocarditis Due To Exposed AICD Leads — Nishita Vattem, DO, Internal Medicine Resident
2. Out of the Woods and Into the Jungle: An Uncommon Problem Presenting Commonly — Nancy Mayer, DO, Internal Medicine Resident and Charles Swanson, DO, Gastroenterology Fellow
3. A Rare Case of Glycopyrrolate‑Induced Biventricular Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy — Nishita Vattem, DO, Internal Medicine Resident
4. TricValve Gets Tricky: Iatrogenic Atrial Septal Defect Due to Migration of Bicaval Prosthesis Device — Arjun Bagai, DO, Internal Medicine Resident and Dureshahwar Ali, DO, Cardiology Fellow
5. A Unique Case of Unileaflet Mitral Valve — Iga Fudyma, DO, Internal Medicine Resident and Dureshahwar Ali, DO, Cardiology Fellow
6. IgA Vasculitis in an Adult — Arjun Bagai, DO, Internal Medicine Resident
7. Psychiatric Implications of Recurrent Insulin Overdose in a Patient with Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus and Prior COVID‑19 Infection: A Case Study — Ashley Clark, MD and Rehan Saini, MD, Psychiatry Residents
8. Psychosis and Sphingomyelinase: Psychiatric Manifestations of Niemann–Pick Disease — Breanna Wennberg, MD, Psychiatry Resident
9. Struck Through the Heart: Lightning‑Strike‑Induced Cardiomyopathy — Rahul Patel, DO, Cardiology Fellow
10. When Two Paths Cross: Transthyretin Cardiac Amyloidosis in a Patient with Multiple Myeloma — Dhruv Patel, DO, Internal Medicine Resident
11. Neuropsychiatric Symptoms Leading to Inpatient Psychiatric Admission Reveal Glioblastoma Multiforme — Fatima Hooda, DO, Psychiatry Resident
12. Diffuse Ductal Dilation in Diffuse Large B‑Cell Lymphoma — Kyle Hamann, DO, Internal Medicine Resident
13. Rare Occurrence of Pleural Effusion as the Primary Presentation of Rheumatoid Arthritis — Sasha Singh, DO, Internal Medicine Resident
14. Peculiar Problem in PSCC — Kyle Hamann, DO, Internal Medicine Resident

Investigator‑Initiated Research

1. Effect of Statin Therapy on Cardiovascular Outcomes in Female Patients Receiving Anthracyclines: A Retrospective Propensity Score‑Matched Analysis — Iga Fudyma, DO, Internal Medicine Resident and Andrew Mariano, DO, Cardiology Fellow

Healthcare Professionals

1. Reducing Readmissions Through Transitional Care Management — Liberty Erfe, DNP, RN
2. Changes in Tobacco Usage in Patients Taking GLP‑1 Receptor Agonists or GIP/GLP‑1 Receptor Agonists — Hailey Mueller, PharmD
3. Reducing Community‑Acquired Pneumonia Treatment Duration Rates — Aubree Mann, PharmD
4. Does Monthly Newsletter Communication Predict Employee Engagement? — Elizabeth Deck, DNP, FNP‑BC, BC‑ADM, CDCES