2021 Colloquium Residents and Post-docs

#	Name(s) - click for presentation	Department/School	Advisor, Department	Classification	Title - click for abstract
280	Kosha Shah	Fellow at SUNY Downstate PGY6	Tian Liang, Pediatric Emergency Medicine	Quality Improvement	Ensuring patient improvement and medical compliance with pediatric emergency department post discharge telephone encounters
239	Evan McNeil	Hunter College / SUNY Downstate Summer Program in Translational Disparities and Community Engaged Research Program (SPRINTER)	Tina Adjei-Bosompem, Office of Diversity Education and Research	Public Health	Economic Stability and COVID-19: Through the lens of NYC
122	Rosy Hao	Pediatric Emergency Medicine Fellow at SUNY Downstate/Kings County	Jennifer Chao, Pediatric Emergency Medicine Professor at SUNY Downstate/Kings County	Clinical Research	The Prevalence of Serious Bacterial Infections in Neutropenic Immunocompetent Febrile Children
305	Jessica Feldman	Postdoctoral Fellow at SUNY Downstate, Depts of Physiology and Neurology (Neurosim Lab)	William Lytton, Department of Pediatrics, Columbia University Medical Center	Biomedical Engineering	Modeling network dynamics of cardiac right atrial ganglionic plexus towards enabling in silico testing of vagal neurostimulation
243	Timineri Yaboh	Research Assistant Coordinator for Dr. Boutin-Foster	Carla Boutin-Foster, Office of Diversity Education and Research	Public Health	Workforce disruption and the mental health impact during the COVID-19 Pandemic: An Analysis of the COVID-19 Impact Survey
227	Laura Melissa Rodriguez Valencia	Research Fellow-Anesthesiology	Panayiotis Tsokas, Anesthesiology	Neural & Behavioral Science	Weak high-frequency synaptic stimulation induces persistent long-term potentiation in rat hippocampal slices if preceded or followed by a brief application of 4% sevoflurane
238	Gururaj Shan	Resident PGY4	Lorenzo Paladino, Emergency Medicine	Other - Systematic Review	Computed Tomography Angiography for Aero-digestive Injuries in Penetrating Neck Trauma; A Systematic Review
290	Sumeet Sandhu	Resident Allergy & Immunology PGY4	Maria-Anna Vastardi, Allergy & Immunology	Quality Improvement	Assessment Of Early Peanut Introduction Guidelines Among Pediatricians in an Inner-City Hospital
141	Alexander Babazadeh	Resident Allergy and Immunology PGY4	Rauno Joks, Allergy and Immunology	Clinical Research	Relationship of Blood Eosinophil Counts of Adults with Diabetes as a Risk Factor for Coronary Artery Disease
142	Mariam Majzoub	Resident Allergy and Immunology PGY5	Rauno Joks, Allergy and Immunology	Clinical Research	Risk Factors for Mortality from COVID-19 in a New York Inner city Epicenter
274	Venkatesh Sabhae Gangadharappa	Resident Allergy and Immunology PGY5	Rauno Joks, Medicine	Quality Improvement	Influenza Vaccination of Brooklyn Residents Questionnaire
133	David Kim	Resident Anesthesiology PGY2	Shantha Ganesan, NYC Health + Hospitals/King's County	Clinical Research	The Effect of Covid-19 on the Opioid Epidemic
236	Theresa Feng	Resident Anesthesiology PGY3	Robert Foronjy, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine	Clinical Research	Procalcitonin Levels in COVID-19 Patients are Strongly Associated with Mortality and ICU Acceptance in an Underserved, Inner City Population
114	Varun Mohan , Cherish Smith, and Cathryn Galanter	Resident Child & Adolescent Psychiatry PGY5	Michele Pato, Child & Adolescent Psychiatry	Case Report	The Heredity of Mental Illness: A Case Report of Psychosis in Triplets
123	Emily Weber	Resident Emergency Medicine PGY6	Jennifer Chao, Emergency Medicine	Clinical Research	Pediatric Emergency Medicine Fellowship Education on Adolescent Sexual Health Care
119	Kathy Chu	Resident Emergency Medicine PGY2	Bonny Baron, Emergency Medicine	Clinical Research	Children's Artwork Improves Adherence with Timely Antibiotics in Open Fractures
128	Robert Allen	Resident Emergency Medicine PGY3	Ian deSouza, Emergency Medicine	Clinical Research	Rapid tranquilization of the agitated patient in the ED: A Bayesian network meta-analysis
187	Taylor Conrad	Resident Emergency Medicine PGY5	Richard Sinert, Emergency Medicine	Clinical Research	The Utility of Interval Likelihood Ratios of Lactate to Predict Mortality in COVID-19 Patients
282	Siavash Ganjbakhsh	Resident Family Medicine PGY3	Richard Sadovsky, Family Medicine	Quality Improvement	Would a provider-performed PHQ-2 followed by a PHQ-9 improve detection of depression during the pandemic in a clinic at an Urban University Hospital Based Family Practice Center?
283	Muthumeena Kannappan	Resident Family Medicine PGY3	Richard Sadovsky, Family Medicine	Quality Improvement	Multimodal Intervention to Reduce Laboratory Overutilization at an Academic Family Medicine Center
113	Benjamin Schwartz	Resident Hematology/Oncology PGY5	Carol Luhrs, Hematology/Oncology	Case Report	A Case of Gemcitabine-Induced Thrombotic Microangiopathy Treated With Ravulizumab in a Patient With Stage IV Pancreatic Cancer
206	Bakr Jundi	Resident Internal Medicine PGY1	Patrick Geraghty, Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine	Molecular & Cellular Biology	Elevated S100A9 Levels in Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency Contributes to Lung Inflammation
250	Tim Jang	Resident Internal Medicine PGY1	Seah Lim, Hematolgy and Oncology	Public Health	Protection against obesity in sickle cell disease
118	Samara Skwiersky	Resident Internal Medicine PGY2	MaryAnn Banerji, Endocrinology	Clinical Research	Sugar Is Not Always Sweet: Exploring the Relationship Between Hyperglycemia and COVID-19 in a Predominantly African American Population
269	Krunal Patel	Resident Internal Medicine PGY2	Pooja Belligund, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine	Quality Improvement	Change in Tide for Mild-Intermittent Asthmatic: A Resident and Patient Level Quality Improvement Project Regarding Goal Directed Therapy for Mild-Intermittent Asthmatics
279	Modupe Oluya	Resident Internal Medicine PGY3	Melissa Lee, Internal Medicine. SUNY Downstate Medical Center/Kings County Hospital	Quality Improvement	What Matters Most? A Curriculum to Advance Motivation and Confidence in Serious Illness Conversations
207	Jessica Perez Perez	Resident medicine PGY2	Patrick Geraghty, Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine	Molecular & Cellular Biology	Nicotine in e-cigarettes dysregulates Interferon Beta, Tumor Necrosis Factor Alpha, and Matrix Metalloproteinase 12 expression, without effecting respiratory syncytial virus virulence in Mice
278	Khaleda Akter	Resident Medicine PGY2	Melissa Lee, King County Adult Primary Care Department	Quality Improvement	Breaking Sad: Improving Chronic Illness Through The Impact Collaborative Care Model For Management of Depression In An Urban Underserved Primary Care Practice
126	Van Tran	Resident OB/GYN PGY4	Mudar Dalloul, OB/GYN	Clinical Research	Pregnant Patients' Attitudes Regarding COVID-19
156	Nawras Zayat	Resident OB-GYN PGY2	Ozgul Muneyyirci , OB-GYN	Clinical Research	Clinical Presentation of Women with Adenomyosis Alone and Concurrently with Uterine Fibroids
147	Shabnam Seydafkan	Resident Pathology PGY2	Jason Lazar, Cardiology	Clinical Research	The Relationship of Mean Capillary Number with Age Using Nailfold Capillaroscopy in Healthy Individuals
124	Ahmed Badran	Resident Pediatric endocrinology PGY6	Vivian Chin, Pediatric endocrinology	Clinical Research	Hyperglycemic Emergencies in Minority Children with Diabetes
112	Haram Abdelmajid	Resident Pediatrics Infectious Diseases PGY1	Stephan Kohlhoff, Pediatrics Infectious Diseases	Case Report	Congenital Tuberculosis (TB) – use of second line medication and therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM)
276	Danielle Akinsanmi	Resident Pediatrics PGY2	Saema Khandakar, Kings County Department of Pediatrics	Quality Improvement	Addressing Food Insecurity during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Quality Improvement Project
285	John Eduardo Maldonado	Resident Pediatrics PGY2	Hal Sitt, Pediatrics, Kings County Hospital Center	Quality Improvement	Establishing A Single Growth Curve For Newborn Weight Classification At Birth In The Nursery
289	Sindhura Kasturi	Resident Pediatrics PGY2	Katherine Vaidy, Pediatric Gastroenterology	Quality Improvement	Implementation of practice of annual depression screening in pediatric patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease.
229	Darren Bodkin	Resident Pediatrics PGY3	Kay Beharry, Neonatal Perinatal Medicine Translational Research Lab	Other - Basic Sciences	Omega-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids, Coenzyme Q10 or Glutathione Effects on Rat Gut MicrobiomeBIOME
275	Stephanie Jarrin	Resident Pediatrics PGY3	Michael Keenaghan, Pediatrics	Quality Improvement	POCUS in the PICU: Measures of Pediatric Resident Self Efficacy
284	Darren Bodkin	Resident Pediatrics PGY3	Rizwana Shams, Pediatrics	Quality Improvement	Making Breastfeeding Matter Mother Infant Dyad Education and Support in the Ambulatory Clinic
293	Davinder Chima	Resident Psychiatry PGY5	Cathryn Galanter, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry	Social Research	Sleep Trouble in Children of Parents at SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Cross Sectional Survey
209	Jodi-Ann Edwards	Resident SURGERY PGY2 RY2	Chongmin Huan, Surgery	Molecular & Cellular Biology	Targeting ATF6 is a novel potential strategy for the treatment of acute pancreatitis

2021 Colloquium Residents and Post-docs

#	Name(s) - click for presentation	Department/School	Advisor, Department	Classification	Title - click for abstract
280	Kosha Shah	Fellow at SUNY Downstate PGY6	Tian Liang, Pediatric Emergency Medicine	Quality Improvement	Ensuring patient improvement and medical compliance with pediatric emergency department post discharge telephone encounters
239	Evan McNeil	Hunter College / SUNY Downstate Summer Program in Translational Disparities and Community Engaged Research Program (SPRINTER)	Tina Adjei-Bosompem, Office of Diversity Education and Research	Public Health	Economic Stability and COVID-19: Through the lens of NYC
122	Rosy Hao	Pediatric Emergency Medicine Fellow at SUNY Downstate/Kings County	Jennifer Chao, Pediatric Emergency Medicine Professor at SUNY Downstate/Kings County	Clinical Research	The Prevalence of Serious Bacterial Infections in Neutropenic Immunocompetent Febrile Children
305	Jessica Feldman	Postdoctoral Fellow at SUNY Downstate, Depts of Physiology and Neurology (Neurosim Lab)	William Lytton, Department of Pediatrics, Columbia University Medical Center	Biomedical Engineering	Modeling network dynamics of cardiac right atrial ganglionic plexus towards enabling in silico testing of vagal neurostimulation
243	Timineri Yaboh	Research Assistant Coordinator for Dr. Boutin-Foster	Carla Boutin-Foster, Office of Diversity Education and Research	Public Health	Workforce disruption and the mental health impact during the COVID-19 Pandemic: An Analysis of the COVID-19 Impact Survey
227	Laura Melissa Rodriguez Valencia	Research Fellow-Anesthesiology	Panayiotis Tsokas, Anesthesiology	Neural & Behavioral Science	Weak high-frequency synaptic stimulation induces persistent long-term potentiation in rat hippocampal slices if preceded or followed by a brief application of 4% sevoflurane
238	Gururaj Shan	Resident PGY4	Lorenzo Paladino, Emergency Medicine	Other - Systematic Review	Computed Tomography Angiography for Aero-digestive Injuries in Penetrating Neck Trauma; A Systematic Review
290	Sumeet Sandhu	Resident Allergy & Immunology PGY4	Maria-Anna Vastardi, Allergy & Immunology	Quality Improvement	Assessment Of Early Peanut Introduction Guidelines Among Pediatricians in an Inner-City Hospital
141	Alexander Babazadeh	Resident Allergy and Immunology PGY4	Rauno Joks, Allergy and Immunology	Clinical Research	Relationship of Blood Eosinophil Counts of Adults with Diabetes as a Risk Factor for Coronary Artery Disease
142	Mariam Majzoub	Resident Allergy and Immunology PGY5	Rauno Joks, Allergy and Immunology	Clinical Research	Risk Factors for Mortality from COVID-19 in a New York Inner city Epicenter
274	Venkatesh Sabhae Gangadharappa	Resident Allergy and Immunology PGY5	Rauno Joks, Medicine	Quality Improvement	Influenza Vaccination of Brooklyn Residents Questionnaire
133	David Kim	Resident Anesthesiology PGY2	Shantha Ganesan , NYC Health + Hospitals/King's County	Clinical Research	The Effect of Covid-19 on the Opioid Epidemic
236	Theresa Feng	Resident Anesthesiology PGY3	Robert Foronjy, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine	Clinical Research	Procalcitonin Levels in COVID-19 Patients are Strongly Associated with Mortality and ICU Acceptance in an Underserved, Inner City Population
114	Varun Mohan , Cherish Smith, and Cathryn Galanter	Resident Child & Adolescent Psychiatry PGY5	Michele Pato, Child & Adolescent Psychiatry	Case Report	The Heredity of Mental Illness: A Case Report of Psychosis in Triplets
123	Emily Weber	Resident Emergency Medicine PGY6	Jennifer Chao, Emergency Medicine	Clinical Research	Pediatric Emergency Medicine Fellowship Education on Adolescent Sexual Health Care
119	Kathy Chu	Resident Emergency Medicine PGY2	Bonny Baron, Emergency Medicine	Clinical Research	Children's Artwork Improves Adherence with Timely Antibiotics in Open Fractures
128	Robert Allen	Resident Emergency Medicine PGY3	Ian deSouza, Emergency Medicine	Clinical Research	Rapid tranquilization of the agitated patient in the ED: A Bayesian network meta-analysis
187	Taylor Conrad	Resident Emergency Medicine PGY5	Richard Sinert, Emergency Medicine	Clinical Research	The Utility of Interval Likelihood Ratios of Lactate to Predict Mortality in COVID-19 Patients
282	Siavash Ganjbakhsh	Resident Family Medicine PGY3	Richard Sadovsky, Family Medicine	Quality Improvement	Would a provider-performed PHQ-2 followed by a PHQ-9 improve detection of depression during the pandemic in a clinic at an Urban University Hospital Based Family Practice Center?
283	Muthumeena Kannappan	Resident Family Medicine PGY3	Richard Sadovsky, Family Medicine	Quality Improvement	Multimodal Intervention to Reduce Laboratory Overutilization at an Academic Family Medicine Center
113	Benjamin Schwartz	Resident Hematology/Oncology PGY5	Carol Luhrs, Hematology/Oncology	Case Report	A Case of Gemcitabine-Induced Thrombotic Microangiopathy Treated With Ravulizumab in a Patient With Stage IV Pancreatic Cancer
206	Bakr Jundi	Resident Internal Medicine PGY1	Patrick Geraghty, Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine	Molecular & Cellular Biology	Elevated S100A9 Levels in Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency Contributes to Lung Inflammation
250	Tim Jang	Resident Internal Medicine PGY1	Seah Lim, Hematolgy and Oncology	Public Health	Protection against obesity in sickle cell disease
118	Samara Skwiersky	Resident Internal Medicine PGY2	MaryAnn Banerji, Endocrinology	Clinical Research	Sugar Is Not Always Sweet: Exploring the Relationship Between Hyperglycemia and COVID-19 in a Predominantly African American Population
269	Krunal Patel	Resident Internal Medicine PGY2	Pooja Belligund, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine	Quality Improvement	Change in Tide for Mild-Intermittent Asthmatic: A Resident and Patient Level Quality Improvement Project Regarding Goal Directed Therapy for Mild-Intermittent Asthmatics
279	Modupe Oluya	Resident Internal Medicine PGY3	Melissa Lee, Internal Medicine. SUNY Downstate Medical Center/Kings County Hospital	Quality Improvement	What Matters Most? A Curriculum to Advance Motivation and Confidence in Serious Illness Conversations
207	Jessica Perez Perez	Resident medicine PGY2	Patrick Geraghty, Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine	Molecular & Cellular Biology	Nicotine in e-cigarettes dysregulates Interferon Beta, Tumor Necrosis Factor Alpha, and Matrix Metalloproteinase 12 expression, without effecting respiratory syncytial virus virulence in Mice
278	Khaleda Akter	Resident Medicine PGY2	Melissa Lee, King County Adult Primary Care Department	Quality Improvement	Breaking Sad: Improving Chronic Illness Through The Impact Collaborative Care Model For Management of Depression In An Urban Underserved Primary Care Practice
126	Van Tran	Resident OB/GYN PGY4	Mudar Dalloul, OB/GYN	Clinical Research	Pregnant Patients' Attitudes Regarding COVID-19
156	Nawras Zayat	Resident OB-GYN PGY2	Ozgul Muneyyirci, OB-GYN	Clinical Research	Clinical Presentation of Women with Adenomyosis Alone and Concurrently with Uterine Fibroids
147	Shabnam Seydafkan	Resident Pathology PGY2	Jason Lazar, Cardiology	Clinical Research	The Relationship of Mean Capillary Number with Age Using Nailfold Capillaroscopy in Healthy Individuals
124	Ahmed Badran	Resident Pediatric endocrinology PGY6	Vivian Chin, Pediatric endocrinology	Clinical Research	Hyperglycemic Emergencies in Minority Children with Diabetes
112	Haram Abdelmajid	Resident Pediatrics Infectious Diseases PGY1	Stephan Kohlhoff, Pediatrics Infectious Diseases	Case Report	Congenital Tuberculosis (TB) – use of second line medication and therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM)
276	Danielle Akinsanmi	Resident Pediatrics PGY2	Saema Khandakar, Kings County Department of Pediatrics	Quality Improvement	Addressing Food Insecurity during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Quality Improvement Project
285	John Eduardo Maldonado	Resident Pediatrics PGY2	Hal Sitt, Pediatrics, Kings County Hospital Center	Quality Improvement	Establishing A Single Growth Curve For Newborn Weight Classification At Birth In The Nursery
289	Sindhura Kasturi	Resident Pediatrics PGY2	Katherine Vaidy, Pediatric Gastroenterology	Quality Improvement	Implementation of practice of annual depression screening in pediatric patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease.
229	Darren Bodkin	Resident Pediatrics PGY3	Kay Beharry, Neonatal Perinatal Medicine Translational Research Lab	Other - Basic Sciences	Omega-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids, Coenzyme Q10 or Glutathione Effects on Rat Gut MicrobiomeBIOME
275	Stephanie Jarrin	Resident Pediatrics PGY3	Michael Keenaghan, Pediatrics	Quality Improvement	POCUS in the PICU: Measures of Pediatric Resident Self Efficacy
284	Darren Bodkin	Resident Pediatrics PGY3	Rizwana Shams, Pediatrics	Quality Improvement	Making Breastfeeding Matter Mother Infant Dyad Education and Support in the Ambulatory Clinic
293	Davinder Chima	Resident Psychiatry PGY5	Cathryn Galanter, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry	Social Research	Sleep Trouble in Children of Parents at SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Cross Sectional Survey
209	Jodi-Ann Edwards	Resident SURGERY PGY2 RY2	Chongmin Huan, Surgery	Molecular & Cellular Biology	Targeting ATF6 is a novel potential strategy for the treatment of acute pancreatitis