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3. Peer-Reviewed Abstracts

1. Peer Reviewed Publications:

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1. Regional Presentations:

     National Presentations:            

          Initiatives derived from IRB reviewed QI/Research programs:

1. IMR Umbrella Protocol for CQI: I-PASS Formatted Handoff Tool Integrated in the Electronic Medical Record (I-PASS): Quality of Implementation by Resident-Physicians
   • IRB amended re ECC-IPASS revision December 1, 2020 to include “Patient Acuity Rating” (PAR) for “I” (Severity of Illness judgment)
   • Faculty: Drs. Hamad, Wiese-Rometsch, Keen, Labedie, Saad, Baker, Kaplan, Ranasinghe, Vasko, and Hurwitz
   • Residents: Dr. Lang (Lead) with IMR Program-wide participation
2. IMR Umbrella Protocol for CQI:  Accountable Care Units with Structured Interdisciplinary Bedside Rounds (SIBR): Optimizing SIBR Bundle Implementation with Improvement Science
   • Faculty: Drs. Hamad, Wiese-Rometsch, Keen, Saad, Baker
   • Residents: IMR (Program-wide participation)
3. IMR Umbrella Protocol for CQI: Data-driven Clinical Phenotyping of Hospitalized Patients with Multiple Chronic Conditions: A Natural EXperiment using Electronic Medical Records (MCC NatX Study)
   • Faculty: Drs. Wiese-Rometsch, Hamad and Smith
   • Residents: IMR Program-wide participation
4. IMR Umbrella Protocol for CQI: Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Observational Analytic Cohort Study in a Public Health Trust Teaching Hospital: A Practice Quality Improvement Initiative to Provide Insights to Manage Potential 2020-2021 Recurrence of SARS-CoV-2 
   • Faculty: Drs Lattanzio, Gordillo, Seaman, Wiese-Rometsch, Hamad
   • Residents: IMR Program-wide participation
5. COVID-19 Sub-study: Prediction of Progression to Critical Illness in Heart Failure Patients Hospitalized with COVID-19: Multiple Chronic Conditions Matter
   • Faculty: Drs. Hamad, Heibel, Wiese-Rometsch
   • Residents: Drs. Burns, Walo, Dillan Patel, Whiteside, Malik, Thompson, Karla Baez-Rodriguez, Villasmil
6. COVID-19 Sub-study: Readmission Traits of Heart Failure Patients Post-Acute COVID-19 Hospitalization.
   • Faculty: Dr. Wiese-Rometsch
   • Residents: Drs. Burns, Malik, Villasmil, Whiteside
7. COVID-19 Sub-study: Using objective electrocardiographic data to better predict mortality in patients hospitalized with COVID-19
   • Faculty: Drs. Hamad, Wiese-Rometsch
   • Residents: Drs. Malik, Burns, Villasmil, Whiteside, Walo
8. COVID-19 Sub-study: Longitudinal clinical traits of heart failure patients readmitted post COVID-19 index hospitalization.
   • Faculty: Drs. Hamad, Wiese-Rometsch
   • Residents: Drs. Burns, Malik, Villasmil, Whiteside
9. COVID-19 Sub-study: SARS-CoV-2 Infection Evoked Hypoalbuminemia Predicts Progression to Critical Illness in Patients with Mild to Severe Liver Disease: Indexing to Intensity of Hyper-Inflammation Improves Precision
   • Faculty: Drs. Hamad, Wiese-Rometsch
   • Residents: Drs. Nora, Ward, Ramos
10. COVID-19 Sub-study:  Comparative effectiveness of inhaled Nitric Oxide in ARDS, viral pneumonia, and Acute Hypoxic Respiratory Failure with and without COVID-19 co-infection
    • Faculty: Drs. Hamad, Wiese-Rometsch
    • Residents: Drs. Walo, Burns
11. COVID-19 Sub-study: Comparing Outcomes of ICU COVID-19 Patients using Standard, Intermediate, and Treatment Dose Enoxaparin
    • Faculty: Drs. Hamad, Wiese-Rometsch
    • Residents: Drs. Walo, Kayali, Williams, Idogun
12. COVID-19 Sub-study: Clinical Characteristics and Risk Factors Associated with Progression to Critical Illness in Heart Failure Patients Hospitalized with COVID-19
    • Faculty: Dr. Wiese- Rometsch
    • Residents: Drs. Villasmil, Burns, Whiteside, Malik
13. COVID-19 Sub-study: In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Outcomes during SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic: A Natural Experiment Comparing Clinical Course and Mortality Impact of COVID-19.
    • Faculty: Drs. Hamad, Wiese-Rometsch
    • Residents: Drs. Studer, Kirkland, Walo, Thompson
14. COVID-19 Sub-study: Diabetes, Obesity, and Diabetes-Obesity Overlap Syndrome in Hospitalized Adult COVID-19 Patients: Dose-Response Impact of Comorbidities
    • Faculty: Drs. Hamad, Wiese-Rometsch, Farhangi
    • Residents: Drs. Torres Rivera, Rebernigg, Alookaran, Lisette Rodriguez, Contreras
15. COVID-19 Sub-study: Complete Blood Count Parameters Outperform Putative Inflammatory Markers in Predicting COVID-19 Mortality: A Multimodal Machine Learning Model
    • Faculty: Drs.  Hamad, Wiese-Rometsch and Anjan J. Patel
    • Residents: Drs. Idogun, Dillan Patel, Sia, Torres, Kayali and Paglialonga
16. COVID-19 Sub-study:  Corticosteroid Treatment Response in Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients.
    • Faculty: Drs. Hamad, Wiese-Rometsch and Seaman MD
    • Residents: Drs. Williams, Walo and Lattanzio
17. COVID-19 Sub-study: Personalized baseline risk stratification in hospitalized adult COVID-19 patients: Patient- similarity-based data science sheds some light.
    • Faculty: Drs. Geary, Hamad, Wiese-Rometsch, Gordillo and Seaman
    • Residents: Drs. Lattanzio, Alkayali, George, Acosta Diaz, Williams
    • SMH Staff: Angela K. Stewart; Cindy Grimes RN
18. COVID-19 Sub-study: SARS-CoV-2 Infection Evoked Hypoalbuminemia Predicts Progression to Critical Illness in Patients with Mild to Severe Liver Disease: Indexing to Intensity of Hyper Inflammation Improves Precision
    • Faculty: Drs. Hamad Wiese-Rometsch, Acosta Diaz
    • Residents: Drs. Ward, Nora, Ricardo, Alkayali and Studer
19. COVID-19 Sub-study (CQI, follow-up re Long Covid): Effectiveness of COVID-19 Convalescent Plasma Infusion within 48-Hours of Hospitalization with SARS-CoV-2 Infection
    • Faculty: Drs Hamad, Wiese-Rometsch, Fiorica, Gordillo, Mercado, Voelker, Lattanzio, Acosta Diaz
    • Residents: IMR Program-wide participation
20. COVID-19 sub-study: In-hospital Glycemic Dysregulation Associated with Worse Outcomes in COVID-19
    • Faculty: Drs Farhangi, Hamad and Wiese-Rometsch
    • Residents: Drs Torres Rivera, Baez Rodriguez, Rebernigg, Contreras
21. COVID-19 Sub-study: COVID-19 and Obesity: Relationship Between BMI and Severity of Infection

• Faculty: Drs Farhangi, Hamad, and Wiese-Rometsch
• Residents: Drs Torres Rivera, Baez Rodriguez, Rebernigg, Contreras

22. COVID-19 Sub-study: Direct vs. Indirect Admission of COVID-19 Patients to Intensive Care from Emergency Department
    • Faculty: Drs Hamad, Wiese-Rometsch, Voelker, Seaman, Dawkins
    • Residents: Drs Burns, Williams, Sia, Win
23. COVID-19 Sub-study: CoV-2 vs non-CoV-2 pneumonia patients undergoing mechanical ventilation: Clinical course and outcomes
    • Faculty: Drs Hamad, Wiese-Rometsch, Seaman
    • Residents:  Drs Burns, Williams, Sia
24. COVID-19 Sub-study: Risk Stratification Value of Laboratory Order Sets for Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients: A Choosing Wisely^â Improvement Initiative
    • Faculty: Drs Hamad, Wiese-Rometsch, Lattanzio, Acosta-Diaz, Dawkins, Rodriguez
    • Residents: Drs Idogun, Kayali, Paglialonga
25. COVID-19 Sub-study: CoV-2 Evoked Inflammatory Response: Baseline Heterogeneity Linked with Extant Comorbidities
    • Faculty: Drs Hamad, Wiese-Rometsch, Gordillo, Lattanzio, Acosta Diaz
    • Residents: Drs Baez Rodriguez, Torres Rivera, Rebernigg
26. COVID-19 Sub-study: Clinical Characteristics and Risk Factors Associated with Progression to Critical Illness in Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients with Heart Failure
    • Faculty: Dr. Wiese-Rometsch
    • Residents: Drs. Whiteside, Malik, Burns,
27. COVID-19 Sub-study: An observational case-series of the relative suppression of CRP in RA patients who were undergoing anti-inflammatory therapy and were subsequently hospitalized with SARS-CoV-2 infection
    • Faculty: Drs. Hamad, Wiese-Rometsch
    • Residents: Drs Cai Zhen, Ramos
28. Early Discharge to Home with Remote Intensive Longitudinal Vital Signs Monitoring for Low Acuity Covid-19 Patients: An Innovative Provider-Patient Co-production of Post-Acute Care Transition that may Shed Light on Unchartered Clinicopathophysiologic Aftermath of COVID-19 and Readmission Risk (Misimo Platform Study) (CQI, follow-up)
    • Faculty: Drs. Hamad, Keen, Johnson, Saad, Baker, Wiese-Rometsch, Gordillo, and Voelker
    • Residents: IMR Program-wide participation
    • SMH Staff: Agnes Kelly and Kristie Menke
29. IMR Umbrella Protocol for CQI: Phenotyping of Hospitalized Patients with Heart Failure and Multiple Chronic Conditions: A Learning Health System Initiative using Electronic Medical Records (HF-MCC Cohort Study)
    • Faculty: Drs. Wiese-Rometsch, Hamad, Heibel, Smith
    • Residents: Dr Vargas (Lead) with Cardiology fellowship inclined residents
30. HF-MCC Cohort Study Sub-study: Patient-Level Risk Stratification and Cluster Analysis to Characterize Heterogeneity in Patients with Heart Failure
    • Faculty: Drs Wiese-Rometsch, Hamad, Heibel, Smith
    • Residents: Dr Vargas (Lead) with Cardiology fellowship inclined residents
31. HF-MCC Cohort Study Sub-study: A Method to Personalize Blood Chemistry Reference Intervals: Getting to Patient Centric Laboratory Medicine sing Electronic Medical Record Data in Chronic Heart Failure Patients
    • Faculty: Drs Wiese-Rometsch and Heibel
    • Residents: Dr Vargas (Lead) with Cardiology fellowship inclined residents
32. HF-MCC Cohort Study Sub-study: Compare management of co-morbidities in heart failure patients with reduced ejection fraction (£35%) who do versus do not experience rehospitalization within 42-days: Improving likelihood of eligibility for Medicare reimbursed cardiac rehabilitation services
    • Faculty: Drs Wiese-Rometsch, Hamad, Heibel, Smith
    • Resident: Dr Vargas (Lead) with Cardiology fellowship inclined residents
33. HF-MCC Cohort Study Sub-study: Impact of Comorbidity Burden, Guideline Directed Medical Therapy Intensity, and Biomarker Dysregulation on Longitudinal Ejection Fraction Class Conversion Patterns in Heart Failure
    • Faculty: Drs Wiese-Rometsch and Nalluri
    • Residents: Dr Vargas (Lead) with Cardiology fellowship inclined residents SMHCS/FSU
34. Newtown Resident’s Continuity Clinic: Patient-Centric Primary Care Continuously Improved Guided by STEPSforward® and Choosing Wisely® Initiatives Integrated with Kaufman’s Mega Thinking and Planning Model
    • Faculty: Drs. Wiese-Rometsch, Farhangi, Hamad, King, Beidas
    • Resident Sub-study QI projects:
      1. Dr Jose: Patient Encounter Exit Interview: A REDCap Questionnaire Executed via iPAD in Spanish or English
      2. Drs Jose, Thompson: Patient reported outcomes (Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS)): Executed via iPAD in Spanish or English
      3. Drs: Transleau, Prejean, Baez Rodriguez, Torres Rivera, Rebernigg: Intensive primary care lifestyle intervention in established Newtown Clinic patients with obesity and pre-diabetes or type 2 diabetes
      4. Drs. Malik, Whiteside: Continuously improve quality of heart failure care to achieve “Healthy Heart Failure”.
      5. Dr. Younkin: Colorectal cancer screening and care quality of referred patients
      6. Drs: Vermilyea: Screening and early detection of breast and cervical cancer 
      7. Drs. Thompson: Lung health and lung cancer screening
      8. Dr Alookaran: Identify and characterize early clinical phenotypes in a Newtown Clinic cohort of African descent with hypertension and concomitant chronic kidney disease or end stage kidney disease versus those with hypertension alone: A propensity matched study.
      9. Drs Transleau, Prejean: Characterize impact of Good Samaritan Pharmacy support for Newtown Clinic patients
35. Direct versus Indirect Admission to Intensive Care from the Emergency Care Center: A Quality Improvement Study of Sepsis Outcomes
    • Faculty: Drs. Seaman, Wiese-Rometsch, Hamad, Heibel, Smith, Dawkins, Rodrigues
    • Resident: Drs. Studer; Malik, Win
36. Is anemia an independent risk factor for poor outcomes in adults at least 65 years old admitted to the Hospital Medicine Service?
    • Faculty: Drs. Wiese-Rometsch, Hamad
    • Resident: Dr. Tucker
37. Identify clinical features predictive of invective endocarditis in bacteremic inpatients: Can pre-diagnostic imaging risk stratification be improved?
    • Faculty: Drs Wiese-Rometsch and Hamad
    • Resident: Dr Vargas (Lead) with Cardiology fellowship inclined residents
38. Appropriateness of hepatitis C virus screening in Newtown Clinic patients and subsequent follow-up care
    • Faculty: Drs Farhangi, Wiese-Rometsch, Acosta Diaz, Rose
    • Resident: Dr Ramos
39. Do other biomarkers and/or clinical traits impact diagnostic accuracy and/or prognostic power of high sensitivity cardiac troponin in patients with acute coronary syndrome and/or acute heart failure? – A practice-based quality improvement study
    • Faculty: Dr. Wiese-Rometsch, Hamad, Heibel
    • Resident: Dr Vargas (Lead) with Cardiology fellowship inclined residents
40. Evaluation of the Efficacy and Feasibility of Implementing the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) C. difficile Infection (CDI) Prevention Strategies Framework for the Reduction of CDI in U.S. Acute Care Facilities
    • Faculty: Dr. Gordillo
    • Resident: Dr Motie
41. Identify clinical features predictive of invective endocarditis in bacteremic inpatients: Can pre-diagnostic imaging risk stratification be improved?
    • Faculty: Dr. Wiese-Rometsch, Hamad, Heibel
    • Residents: Dr Vargas (Lead) with Cardiology fellowship inclined residents
42. Does Concurrent Acetaminophen Use Increase Duration of Antibiotic Treatment for Febrile Neutropenia?
    • Faculty: Drs Wiese-Rometsch, Hamad, Saad, Kirland
    • Residents: IMR Program-wide participation
43. Implementation of a Newtown Clinic Navigator Model for Colon Cancer Screening -- Proposed as within Scope of Exempted 18-MEDI-24 project entitled “SMHCS/FSU Newtown Resident’s Continuity Clinic: Patient-Centric Primary Care Continuously Improved Guided by STEPSforwardâ and ChoosingWiselyâ Initiatives Integrated with Kaufman’s Mega Thinking and Planning Model”
    • Faculty: Drs. Hamad, Farhangi and Wiese-Rometsch
    • Residents: Drs. Burns and Studer
44. Sodium–glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitor (SGLT2i) add-on therapy to standard of care for Newtown Clinic DM2 patients with or at risk for heart failure: A quasi-experimental pragmatic study (SGLT2i Add-on Study)
    • Faculty: Drs. Farhangi, Hamad, Heibel, and Wiese-Rometsch.
    • Residents: Drs. Whiteside, Malik, Dillan Patel, Burns
45. Diagnostic performance of high-sensitivity cardiac troponin (hs-cTnI): A learning health system continuous quality improvement proposal.

• Faculty: Drs. Wiese-Rometsch, Hamad, Heibel, Ranasinghe, Saad, Baker, and Abdelal.
• Residents: Drs. Malik, Whiteside, Kirkland, Peirce, Burns

46. SMH/FSU Internal Medicine Residency Program Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Survey
    • Faculty: Dr. Wiese-Rometsch
    • Residents: Drs. Williams, Motie

Peer-Reviewed Abstracts:

Ward, M; Burns, K; Nora, I; Wiese-Rometsch W; Loewe, C. S1869 “Colitis Cystica Profunda: A Great Pretender”, The American Journal of Gastroenterology: October 2021 - Volume 116 - Issue - p S822 doi:10.1430 9/01.ajg.0000781008.78573.12 (Poster Presentation 2021 American College of Gastroenterology Meeting)

Busari, K; Bernstein, M; Williams, R: An Educational Quality Improvement Initiative to Address Use of gFOBT, FIT and FIT-DNA by Healthcare Professionals, The American Journal of Gastroenterology: October 2021 - Volume 116 - Issue - p S140-S141 doi: 10.1430  9/01.ajg.0000773768.71721.f6 (Poster Presentation 2021 American College of Gastroenterology Meeting)

Ward, M; ldogun, P; Seepaulsing, N; Brown, R; Domenico, C; Corbett, S S1868 Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis Mimicking Inflammatory Bowel Disease: A Rare Presentation of Multiorgan Myeloid Neoplasm in a Geriatric Patient, The American Journal of Gastroenterology: October 2021 - Volume 116 - Issue - p S822 doi: 10.14309/01.ajg.0000781004.40081.17 (2021 Poster Presentation American College of Gastroenterology Meeting)

Ward, M; Burns, K; Nora, I; Huston, J; Shridhar, R; Meredith, K S447 Anastomotic Leaks Post Esophagectomy: Do Comorbidities Matter? The American Journal of Gastroenterology: October 2021 - Volume 116 - Issue - p S 799 doi: 10.14 309/01.ajg.0000774260.97583.ce (Poster Presentation 2021 American College of Gastroenterology Meeting)

Ward, M; Kirkland, Zachary; Burns, K; Murchie, Brent MD1 S1870 A Fractured Colon: An Unusual Macroscopic Finding in Microscopic Colitis, The American Journal of Gastroenterology: October 2021 - Volume 116 - Issue - p S822 doi: 10.14 309/01.ajg.0000781012.67 367.69 (Poster Presentation 2021 American College of Gastroenterology Meeting)

Williams, S; Lattanzio, N; Walo, R; Hamad, K; Wiese-Rometsch, W; Seaman, J 207: CORTICOSTEROID TREATMENT RESPONSE IN HOSPITAL/ZED COVID-19 PATIENTS, Critical Care Medicine: January 2022 - Volume 50 - Issue 1 - p 87 doi: 10.1097/01.cc m.0000807152.48556.8a (Poster Presentation 2022 Virtual Meeting Society of Critical Care Medicine)  

Idogun P, Sia J, Ward M, Patel D, Wiese-Rometsch W, Patel AJ:  Complete Blood Count Parameters Outperform Putative Inflammatory Markers in Predicting COVID-19 Mortality: A Multimodal Machine Learning Model, Blood, Volume 138, Supplement 1, 2021, Page 2967, ISSN 0006-4971  (Poster Presentation:2021 American Society of Hematology National Meeting, May 2022, Atlanta, GA.

Burns K, Walo R, Patel D, Whiteside Z, Malik B, Thompson R, Baez Rodriguez K, Villasmil R, Abdelal Q, Hamad K, Heibel R. Prediction of Progression to Critical Illness in Heart Failure Patients Hospitalized with COVID-19: Multiple Chronic Conditions Matter. InC47. PREDICTORS OF COVID OUTCOMES 2022 May (pp. A4294-A4294). American Thoracic Society. (Poster Presentation 2022 American Thoracic Society Meeting)

Nora, I., Ward, M.C., Sharma, M., Kayali, Z., Smith, R.A. and Wiese-Rometsch, W., 2022. Sa1428: SARS-COV-2 INFECTION EVOKED HYPOALBUMINEMIA PREDICTS PROGRESSION TO CRITICAL ILLNESS IN PATIENTS WITH MILD TO SEVERE LIVER DISEASE. Gastroenterology, 162(7), pp. S-383. (Poster Presentation 2022 Digestive Disease Week Conference)

Peer Reviewed Publications:

Lorenzo CJ, Conte JI, Villasmil RJ, Abdelal QK, Pierce D, Wiese-Rometsch W, Garcia-Fernandez JA. Heart failure ejection fraction class conversions: impact of biomarkers, co-morbidities, and pharmacotherapy. ESC Heart Fail. 2022 May 15. doi: 10.1002/ehf2.13965. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 35570322.

Idogun PO, Ward MC, Teklie Y, Wiese-Rometsch W, Baker J. Newly Diagnosed Idiopathic Thrombocytopenia Post COVID-19 Vaccine Administration. Cureus. 2021 May 5;13(5):e14853. doi: 10.7759/cureus.14853. PMID: 34113494; PMCID: PMC8176657.

Lattanzio N, Acosta-Diaz C, Villasmil R J, et al.: Effectiveness of COVID- 19 Convalescent Plasma Infusion Within 48 Hours of Hospitalization with SARS­ CoV-2 Infection. Cureus 13(7): e16746. doi:10.7759/ cureus.16746

Teklie Y, Bell S, ldogun P, et al.: A Rare Case of a Patient with Hairy Cell Leukemia Developing Blastoid Marginal Zone B­ Cell Lymphoma. Cureus 13(7): e16239. doi:10.7759/cureus.16239

Idogun P, Kayali Z:  Hemorrhagic  Chemosis  Associated  With lsatuximab  Use in an Elderly Lady With Multiple Myeloma. Cureus 14(3): e22764. doi:10.7759/cureus.22764

Teklie Y & Beidas S. (2021) To "Mask" or "Not-To-Mask" for COV/0-19 Protection? J Oral Health Dent, 4(3): 353- 355.

Kirkland Z, Villasmil RJ, Alookaran J, Ward MC, Stone D. Copper Deficiency Myeloneuropathy Following Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass in a 72-Year-Old Female. Cureus. 2022 May 18;14(5):e25109. doi: 10.7759/cureus.25109. PMID: 35733490; PMCID: PMC9205276.

Villasmil RJ, Lattanzio N, Burns K, Alkayali T. More Than Meets the Eye: Infective Endocarditis Presenting as Endogenous Endophthalmitis. Cureus. 2021 Apr 28;13(4):e14745. doi: 10.7759/cureus.14745. PMID: 34084673; PMCID: PMC8163352.

Villasmil RJ, Sia J, Motie I, Rodriguez L, Kraitman N. Not Your Usual Case of Culture-Negative Endocarditis: A Case Report of Bartonella Endocarditis. Cureus. 2022 May 12;14(5):e24947. doi: 10.7759/cureus.24947. PMID: 35698666; PMCID: PMC9188445.

Idogun, Precicous, Janevi Rebernigg, Yeshanew Teklie, Alan King, and Ning Ke. "A Case Report of Plasmablastic Lymphoma with Unusual Presentation: How Do Socioeconomic Factors Contribute to Cancer Survival?." (2022).

Local Presentations:

 Sia, J E; ldogun, P; Patel, D; Motie, I; Hamad, K; Geary, M; Seaman, J; Wiese-Rometsch, W COVID-19 Patients Expressed Distinct Clinical Trait Signatures at Index Hospitalization Across the Four SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic Waves in Florida. SMH Medicine Governance Meeting, Sarasota Memorial Health Care System

Idogun P., Teklie Y., Nicole Torres., Kayali Z., et al Presented at Sarasota Memorial Health Care System New Knowledge Innovation Conference 05/2022

Villasmil R, Pierce, D, Abdelal Q, Burns Katherine, Whiteside Z, Malik B, Lorenzo C, Patel D, Wiese-Rometsch W. Clinicopathophysiologic traits driving progression to critical illness in hospitalized COVID-19 patients with heart failure. Sarasota Memorial Hospital New Knowledge & Innovation Conference; May 2022.

Regional Presentations:

 Sia, J E; ldogun, P; Patel, D; Motie, I; Hamad, K; Geary, M; Seaman, J; Wiese-Rometsch, W COVID- 19 Patients Expressed Distinct Clinical Trait Signatures at Index Hospitalization Across the Four SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic Waves in Florida. Florida American College of Physicians March 2022, Orlando FL

Burns K, Malik B, Villasmil R, Whiteside Z.  Longitudinal clinical traits of Heart Failure Patients Readmitted Post-COVID-19 Index Hospitalization.  American College of Physicians Chapter Scientific Session; March 2022.

National Presentations:

Sia, J E; ldogun, P; Patel, D; Hamad, K; Wiese-Rometsch, W Longitudinal Characterization of Presentation Clinical  Traits in Patients during Index and at Least One Readmission Post-Acute COVID- 19 Hospitalization. 2022 Meeting of the Society of General Internal Medicine

Burns K, Malik B, Villasmil R, Whiteside Z, Wiese-Rometsch W. Prediction of Progression to Critical Illness and Heart Failure Patients Hospitalized with COVID-19: Multiple Chronic Conditions Matter.  American Thoracic Society Scientific Session; May 2022.

Malik B, Burns K, Villasmil R, Whiteside Z, Wiese-Rometsch W. Using Objective Electrocardiographic Data to Better Predict Mortality in Patients Hospitalized with COVID-19.  Society of General Internal Medicine Annual Meeting; April 2022.

Lattanzio N, Acosta C, Villasmil R, Alkayali T, George J, Teklie Y, Williams S, Stewart A, Grimes C, Geary M, Hamad K, Wiese-Rometsch W, Gordillo M, Seaman J. Personalized baseline wrist stratification in hospitalized adult patients with COVID-19: Patient-similarity-based data sciences shed some light. American College of Chest Physicians Scientific Session; October 2021

Sia, J E; ldogun, P; Patel, D; Motie, I; Hamad, K; Geary, M; Seaman, J; Wiese-Rometsch, W COVID-19 Patients Expressed Distinct Clinical Trait Signatures at Index Hospitalization Across the Four SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic Waves in Florida. American Thoracic Society 2022 Meeting, May 2022, San Francisco, CA

Wiese-Rometsch W, Williams S, Rodriguez E, Motie I: Bottom-Up and Top-Down: Getting from Plan to Action in Diversity, Equity and Inclusion: 2022 AHME Institute (Virtual); May 2022

Corbett S, Nora I: "Long Term Follow-up After Radiofrequency Ablation (RFA) of Barrett's Esophagus in a Relatively Low Risk Cohort." Gastrointestinal Endoscopy 95.6 (2022): AB369.

 Burns K, Patel D, Whiteside Z, Malik B, Thompson R, Villasmil R, Hamad KM, Wiese- Rometsch W: “Progression Risk Assessment in Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients with Extant Heart Failure: Multiple Chronic Conditions Matter”. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Volume 205, May 2022. 1.

Sia J, Idogun P, Patel D, et al. Covid-19 patients expressed distinct clinical trait signatures at index hospitalization across the four SARS-COV-2 pandemic waves in Florida. C14 BURNOUT, DISPARITIES, AND OUTCOMES OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC. 2022. doi:10.1164/ajrccm-

conference.2022.205.1_meetingabstracts. a3698 Presented at American Thoracic Society (ATS) 05/2022 Published in the American Journal of Respiratory Care Medicine 3.

Sia J, Idogun P, Patel D, Motie I, Hamad K., Wiese-Rometsch W., Longitudinal Characterization of Presentation Clinical Traits in Patients During Index and at Least One Readmission Post-Acute COVID-19 Hospitalization Presented at Society of General Internal Medicine (SGIM) 04/2022

Walo R., Idogun P., Williams S., Wiese-Rometsch., Hamad K: Comparing Outcomes in COVID-19 Patients Who Received Standard, Intermediate, or Treatment Dose Enoxaparin and Underwent Intensive Care: A Learning Health System Initiative Presented at 1) American College of Physicians (ACP), Florida, 03/2022 and Society of General Internal Medicine (SGIM), 04/2022

Campdesuner V, Teklie Y, Alkayali T, Pierce D, George J. (2020, Jul). Nitrous Oxide-Induced Vitamin B12 Deficiency Resulting in Myelopathy. Cureus, 12(7)

Campdesuner V, Teklie Y, Lattanzio N, Lorenzo C, Bell S, Rodriguez Y, Ashok S. (2021, Jan). A Case of Immunotactoid Glomerulopathy in a Patient with Monoclonal Gammopathy of Renal Significance. Journal of Community Hospital Medicine Perspectives, 11(1), 60-64. Cited in PubMed; PMID: 10.1080/20009666.202. Pub Status: Published.

Busari K, Alkayali, A: S2271 A Decade Later: Exacerbation of Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) During Secukinumab Treatment, The American Journal of Gastroenterology: October 2020 - Volume 115 - Issue - p S1201 doi: 10.14309/01.ajg.0000711132.67077.26

Idogun P, Ward M, Wiese- Rometsch W, Teklie Y, Baker J. (2021, May). Newly Diagnosed Idiopathic Thrombocytopenia (ITP) Post Covid-19 Vaccine Administration. Cureus, 13(5), Status: Published.

Teklie Y, Campdesuner V, George J and Villasmil R. (2020, Oct). Role of Classical Complement Activation in SARS-Cov-2 Infection; A Case Report of COVID-19 in A Patient with Saddle Pulmonary Embolism. Acquaint Publications, 1(4), Cited in PubMed; PMID: 10.38207/jmcrcs20201. Pub Status: Published.

Abdelal Q, Alkayali T, Bell S, Lorenzo C, Loewe, C. (2020). S3368 Expect the Unexpected in a Young Male: A Case of Leiomyosarcoma in the Ascending Colon. Am J Gastr. 115. S1752-S1752. 10.14309/01.ajg.0000715520.14049.a4.

Ward MC, Studer B, Nora I, Seepaulsing N, Loewe C. Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis in Crohn's Disease: An Atypical Complication. Cureus. 2021;13(5):e14964. Published 2021 May 11. doi:10.7759/cureus.14964

Villasmil RJ, Lorenzo CJ, Abdelal QK, Conte JI, Lattanzio N, et al. (2021) Complete Heart Block in a Patient with COVID-19. Int Arch Cardiovasc Dis 5:039. doi.org/10.23937/2643-3966/1710039 Published: March 31, 2021 Copyright: © 2021

Lorenzo CJ, Abdelal QK, Conte JI, Villasmil RJ, Wiese-Rometsch W, Sell JE. Hypersecretory Paraganglioma Presenting as Acute Aortic Dissection. JACC Case Rep. 2020 Aug 19;2(10):1510-1514. doi: 10.1016/j.jaccas.2020.05.097. PMID: 34317007; PMCID: PMC8302177.

Alkayali T, Bell S, Bass C, Lattanzio N, Kraitman N. Not Your Average Seizure: A Case of N-Methyl-D-Aspartate Receptor Encephalitis and Review of Literature. Cureus. 2020 Jul 8;12(7):e9068. doi: 10.7759/cureus.9068. PMID: 32714709; PMCID: PMC7377656.

Ricardo J, Alkayali T, Wojtkowski A, Busari K, Okanobo H, Kucera S. Endoscopic Ultrasound-Guided Drainage of Intramural Duodenal Abscess Caused by Foreign Body Ingestion. ACG Case Rep J. 2020 Aug 25;7(8):e00448. doi: 10.14309/crj.0000000000000448. PMID: 32903917; PMCID: PMC7447455.

Faculty Research:

Peer-Reviewed Publications:

Carson TY, Hatzigeorgiou C, Wyatt TR, Egan S, Beidas SO. Development and Implementation of a Web-Based Learning Environment for an Inpatient Internal Medicine Team: Questionnaire Study. JMIR Med Educ. 2020 Dec 29;6(2):e18102. doi: 10.2196/18102. PMID: 33372895; PMCID: PMC7803472.

Giovino A, Shomo E, Busey KV, Case D, Brockhurst A, Concha M. An 18-month single-center observational study of real-world use of andexanet alfa in patients with factor Xa inhibitor associated intracranial hemorrhage. Clin Neurol Neurosurg. 2020 Aug;195:106070. doi: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2020.106070. Epub 2020 Jul 4. PMID: 32679541.

Concha M, Cohen AT. Recommendations for Research Assessing Outcomes for Patients With Anticoagulant-Related Intracerebral Bleeds. Stroke. 2021 Apr;52(4):1520-1526. doi: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.120.031730. Epub 2021 Feb 23. PMID: 33618554.

Lemke E, Sahasrabudhe D, Guancial E, Bylow K, Johnson S, Messing E, Kilari D. The Role of Metastasectomy in Urothelial Carcinoma: Where Are We in 2020? Clin Genitourin Cancer. 2020 Aug;18(4):e478-e483. doi: 10.1016/j.clgc.2020.01.003. Epub 2020 Jan 27. PMID: 32085986.

Chalmers JD, Haworth CS, Metersky ML, Loebinger MR, Blasi F, Sibila O, O'Donnell AE, Sullivan EJ, Mange KC, Fernandez C, Zou J, Daley CL; WILLOW Investigators. Phase 2 Trial of the DPP-1 Inhibitor Brensocatib in Bronchiectasis. N Engl J Med. 2020 Nov 26;383(22):2127-2137. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa2021713. Epub 2020 Sep 7. PMID: 32897034.

Wiese-Rometsch W, Martinez J: Diverse Physician Workforces Can Create Vibrant Communities: Intentional

Braham, J. A case-series comparing CRP in hospitalized RA patients who were versus not undergoing anti-inflammatory therapy before SARS-CoV-2 infection.  Poster presentation 2021 SGIM National Conference. April 2021

Teklie Y, Lattanzio N, Acosta C, Patel N, Idogun P, Dawkins K, Rodriguez Y, Hamad K, Wiese-Rometsch, W. (2021, April 23). Risk Stratification Value of Laboratory Order Sets for Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients: A Choosing Wisely Quality Improvement Initiative. [Poster presented]. Society of General Internal Medicine Annual Virtual Conference; Alexandria, VA, USA.

Ward M, Nora I, Ricardo J, Alkayali T, Studer B, Smith R, Wiese-Rometsch W: SARS-CoV-2 Infection Evoked Hypoalbuminemia Predicts Progression to Critical Illness in Patients with Mild to Severe Liver Disease; Indexing to Intensity of Hyper-inflammation Improves Precision Abstract Poster session presented at: ACP Florida Chapter; 2021 April, Virtual Meeting. (Award Winning Poster in Category of Quality Improvement)

National Presentations:

Chest Conference: October 2019- New Orleans, LA

National Presentations: 
Mallory Kimsey, Caitlin Bass, Derek Calkins, Karen Hamad, Faisal Keen, Jacquelyn Zaleski, Mary E. Geary, Wilhelmine Wiese-Rometsch; "Translating Graduate Medical Education (GME) to a Community Hospital: High- Value Care Sustained with Inaugural PGY-1 Resident-Physician Training"; 1st Place Award for Improving Healthcare Outcomes; 2018 AMA Annual Research Symposium; Baltimore, MD, Nov. 2018

Ijeoma Eccles-James, Belissa Ramos, Pedro Veloz-Peralta; "Cerebral Venous Thrombosis in an Acute Crohn's Disease Flare-Up" 2018 AMA Annual Research Symposium; Baltimore, MD, Nov. 2018

Belissa M Ramos-Chaves, Ijeoma Eccles-James, Juan Ricardo, Olesya Petrenko, Roberto Mercado "Cryptococcus Meningoencephalitis in a Newly Diagnosed Elderly HIV Patient"; 2018 AMA Annual Research Symposium; Baltimore, MD, Nov. 2018

Juan Ricardo, Ahmed Salem, Talal Alkayali, Wilhemine Wiese-Rometsch, Stephen Kucera . Diffuse Caroli's Disease: A Rare Form of Intrahepatic Bile Duct Dilation Presenting with Acute Cholangitis; 2018 American College of Gastroenterology Meeting; Philadelphia, PA, Nov. 2018

Juan Ricardo, Raynieri Fernandez, Fernando Contreras, Carlos Esteva, Santiago Collado, Magnolia Fernandez; Recurrence of Primary Epididymal Leiomyosarcoma to Colon and Stomach; 2018 American College of Gastroenterology Meeting; Philadelphia, PA, Nov. 2018

Juan Ricardo, Ahmed I. Salem, Talal Alkayali, Kenneth Meredith: Esophageal Cancer in Hispanic Patients: A Demographic Analysis of National Cancer Database, Poster Presentation American Society of Clinical Oncology, May 2019 Chicago,IL.

Ahmed I. Salem, Talal Alkayali, Juan Ricardo, Ravi Shridhar, Jamie Huston, Kenneth L. Meredith: Has Accuracy of Clinical Staging of T1N0M0 Esophageal Cancer Improved Over Time? A Hospital Based Analysis From The National Cancer Database (NCDB); Digestive Disease Week, May 2019 San Diego, CA. Poster presentation.

Juan Ricardo, Talal Alkayali, Ahmed I. Salem, Belissa Ramos Chaves, Jorge Conte: Stuck Between a Rock and a Hard Place, Digestive Disease Week, May 2019 San Diego, CA, Case Report Presentation

Juan Ricardo, Jorge Conte, Talal Alkayali, Ahmed I. Salem: Kratom Induced Cholestatic Hepatitis, Digestive Disease Week, May 2019 San Diego, CA, Case Report Presentation.

Olesya Petrenko, Talal Alkayali, Belissa Ramos, Wilhelmine Wiese-Rometsch: Invasive Rhinocerebral Mucormycosis Leading to Gradenigo's Syndrome in Type I Diabetic, American Association of Clinical Endocrinologist Annual Meeting, April 2019 Los Angeles, CA, Case Report Presentation

Olesya Petrenko, Kevin Dawkins, Yorlenis Rodriguez, Joel Baker, Wende Kozlow, Wilhelmine Wiese-Rometsch; Panhypopituitarism Secondary to Pituitary Macroadenoma with Optic Chiasm Compression and Apoplexy, American Association of Clinical Endocrinologist Annual Meeting, April 2019 Los Angeles, CA, Case Report Presentation

Olesya Petrenko, Talal Alkayali, Belissa Ramos, Joel Baker, Kevin Johnson, Wilhelmine Wiese-Rometsch: Graves' Disease Leading to Thyrotoxic Heart Disease, American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists Annual Meeting, April 2019 Los Angeles, CA. Endocrinology Annual Research Meeting, New Orleans 2019. Case Report Presentation

Marilyn Mosquera, Talal Alkayali, Christopher Jenkins, Belissa Ramos, Wilhelmine Wiese-Rometsch : Disseminated Cryptococcus Infection in a Patient With Granulomatosis With Polyangiitis: Diagnosis and Management, Fifth

Annual Mayo Clinic Rheumatology Review for Primary Care 2019, May 2019 Amelia Island, FL, Case Report Presentation

Christopher Jenkins; F. Yturralde, MD; Single Ceneter Experience with Transradial Access (TRA) for Diagnostic Coronary Angiography and Intervention with Resultant Fluoroscopy Times and Contrast Volumes; Society of Cardiovascular Angiography & Interventions, May 2019, Las Vegas, NV

Regional Presentations:

Talal Alkayali, Caitlin Bass, Christopher Jenkins, Olesya Petrenko, Kathleen Kennedy: Big, Bothersome and Benign: A Case of Spindle Cell Lipomas, American College of Physician, Florida Chapter Meeting, Sept. 2018, Tampa, FL, Poster Presentation

Derek Calkins, Christopher Jenkins, Michael Mollod: Foxglove: The Root of Digoxin Toxicity (Award Winner), American College of Physician, FL Chapter Mtg., Sept. 2018, Tampa, Poster Presentation

Olesya Petrenko, Talal Alkayali, Belissa Ramos, Joel Baker, Kevin Johnson: Graves' Disease Leading to Thyrotoxic Heart Disease: A Case Report, FL Chapter Mtg., Sept. 2018, Tampa, Poster Presentation

Juan Ricardo, Ahmed I. Salem, Talal Alkayali, Kenneth Meredity: Esophageal Cancer in Hispanic Patients: A Demographic Analysis of National Cancer Database, American College of Physician, Fl Chapter, March 2019, Orlando, FL, Poster Presentation

Christopher Jenkins, Rejo Cherian, Mallory Kimsey, Talal Alkayali, Marilyn Mosquera, Christian Lorenzo, Karan Hamad, Wilhelmine Wiese-Rometsch: Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy Presenting in a Patient with New Onset Bulbar Myasthenia Gravis, American College of Physician FL Chapter, March 2019, Orlando, FL, Case Rpt. Presentation

Qassem Abdelal MD; Christian Lorenzo MD; Richard Heibel MD; Mary Geary PhD, RN; Wilhelmine Wiese-Rometsch MD: A method to personalize blood chemistry reference intervals (RI): Getting to patient-centric laboratory medicine using electronic medical record (EMR) data in chronic heart failure (HF) patients

Jorge Conte MD, Belissa Ramos MD, Christian Lorenzo MD, Juan Ricardo MD, Alena Gerasimova MD, Wilhelmine Wiese-Rometsch MD, Chippy Nalluri MD; Undiagnosed Sequalae of Kawasaki Disease in a Patient with Recurring Chest Pain; American College of Physician, Fl Chapter March 2019, Orlando, Poster Presentation

Local Presentations:

Qassem Abdelal MD; Christian Lorenzo MD; A Patient Centric Approach to Decrease the 'Failure' of Congestive Heart Failure; 2019 SMH Cardiac Summit, Sarasota, FL

Qassem Abdelal MD; Christian Lorenzo MD; Richard Heibel MD; Mary Geary PhD, RN; Wilhelmine Wiese-Rometsch MD: A method to personalize blood chemistry reference intervals (RI): Getting to patient-centric laboratory medicine using electronic medical record (EMR) data in chronic heart failure (HF) patients; 2019 SMH New Knowledge and Innovation Conference, Sarasota, FL

Christian Lorenzo, MD; Qassem Abdelal MD; Richard Heibel MD; Mary Geary PhD, RN; Karen Hamad MD, and Wilhelmine Wiese-Rometsch MD; Patient-Level Risk Stratification and Cluster Analysis to Characterize Heterogeneity in Readmission Patterns of Patients with Reduced Ejection Fraction Heart Failure; 2019 SMH New Knowledge and Innovation Conference, Sarasota FL

Christopher Jenkins; F Yturralde, MD; Single Center Experience with Transradial Access (TRA) for Diagnostic Coronary Angiography and Intervention with Resultant Fluoroscopy Times and Contrast Volumes; 2019 SMH New Knowledge and Innovation Conference, Sarasota, FL

Olesya Petrenko DO; Vida Farhangi MD; Karen Hamad MD; Wilhelmine Wiese-Rometsch MD; Maximizing Clinical Learning Environments (CLE) to Target Health (HD) and Health Care (HCD) Disparities in Graduate Medical Education (GME): A Newtown Clinic Practice Quality Improvement Initiative 2019 SMH New Knowledge and Innovation Conference, Sarasota, FL

Mallory Kimsey DO; Caitlin Bass MD; Derek Calkins DO; Karen Hamad MD; Faisal Keen MD; Jacquelyn Zaleski MPP, MHI, RN; Mary Geary PhD, RN; Wilhelmine Wiese-Rometsch MD; Translating Graduate Medical Education (GME) to a Community Hospital: High-Value Care Sustained with Inaugural PGY-1 Resident-Physician Training

Mallory Kimsey DO; Kevin Scorgie, PharmD; Cameron Watt, RN; Doris Cahueque, MS, RN, CNL; Innovative Strategies to Engage Patients and Families: Bringing It Back to the Bedside: SIBR; Panel Presentation

Peer-Reviewed Publications:

Lopez-Aguiar AG, Ethun CG, Pawlik TM, Tran T, Poultsides GA, Isom CA, Idrees K, Krasnick BA, Fields RC, Salem A, Weber SM, Martin RCG, Scoggins CR, Shen P, Mogal HD, Beal EW, Schmidt C, Shenoy R, Hatzaras I, Maithel SK. Association of Perioperative Transfusion with Recurrence and Survival After Resection of Distal Cholangiocarcinoma: A 10-Institution Study from the US Extrahepatic Biliary Malignancy Consortium. Ann Surg. Oncol. 2019 Jun; 26(6); 184-1823. doi:10.1245/s10434-019-07306-x. Epub 2010 Mar 15. PMID: 30877497

Urban G, Tripathi P, Alkayali T, Mittal M, Jalali F, Karnes W, Baldi P. Deep Learning Localizes and Identifies Polyps in Real Time with 96% Accuracy in Screening Colonoscopy. Gastroenterology. 2018 Oct.;155(4):1069-1078.e8. doi:10.1053/j.gastro.2018.06.037. Epub 2018 Jun 18.

Publications - Journals:
Thumallapally N, Meshref A, Mousa M, Salem A, et al. Survival benefit of neoadjuvant versus adjuvant radiotherapy in lymph node positive esophageal cancer: a population based analysis. J Gastrointest Oncol; 2017; 8:(5)825-832

Publications - Abstract:
Urban G, Tripathi P, Alkayali T, Mittal M, et al. Deep Learning Localizes and Identifies Polyps in Real Time with 96% Accuracy in Screening Colonoscopy. Gastroenterology; 2018; S0016-5085(18)346590-6

National / International Publications:
Alkayali T, Yu A, Samaransena JF, Lee G, et al. First side-by-side comparison of AmplifEYE, endocuff vision and conventional colonoscopy for PDF, ADR, and SDR; 2017 Mational Meeting American College of Gastroenterology

Ricardo J, Salem A, Alkayali T, Meredith K, Adjuvant Chemotherapy After Neoaduvant Chemoradiation in Esophageal Cancer: A Propensity Score Matched Analysis; 2017 Second International Conference on Digestive Diseases; Madrid Spain

Salem A, Ricardo J, Alkayali T, Meredith K: Size of Pancreatic Cancer Predicts Need for Neoadjuvant Therapy; 2017 Second International Conference on Digestive Diseases; Madrid, Spain

Regional Presentations: (Residents & Faculty)
Gerasimova A, Jenkins C, Wiese-Rometsch W: Optimizing Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease in an Underserved Population: 2018 SMH Cardiac Summit, Sarasota, FL

Eccles-James I, Farhangi V, Rodriguez G, Wiese-Rometsch W: Sarcoidosis with rapidly Progressive Granulomatous Intersiitial Nephritis; 2018 FL ACP Resident & Student Mtg., Mar. 2018, Orlando, FL

Mallory K, Baker J, Sheridan D, Wiese-Rometsch W: The Greak Mimicker Strikes Again: Neurosyphilis Presenting as Visual Loss; 2018 FL ACP Resident & Student Mtg., Mar. 2018, Orlando, FL

Ricardo J, Salem A, Alkayali T, Kucera S, Wiese-Rometsch W: Caroli's Disease: Not Your Common Acute Cholangitis; 2018 FL ACP Resident & Student Mtg., Mar. 2018, Orlando, FL