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Scholarly Activity

Program Info & Resources

Mercy St Louis Internal Medicine residency program encourages scholarly activity during all years of training.  Every resident is required to participate in a Quality Improvement Project which is closely tracked by faculty throughout the residency with a final presentation of the project either with a verbal presentation or poster at the annual Robert Taylor research colloquium at the end of the third year.

Mercy takes part in the annual Missouri American College of Physicians poster competition where residents are encouraged to present both clinical vignettes and safety posters.  There is also an opportunity to present clinical research as the annual Mercy Research Colloquium.

Mercy has an outstanding Institutional Review Board (IRB) department who is involved in helping residents with research projects.

Dedicated elective rotations are offered in order to provide residents time to formulate, develop and publish ongoing research.

Scholarly Activity 2022-2023

Elizabeth Houston, DO

  • Presented 1 poster at Mercy Robert W. Taylor Research Colloquium “Raising Awareness for Medicare Coverage of Laboratory Tests in JFK Clinic”

Preston Mundhenke, DO

  • Presented 1 poster at Mercy Robert W. Taylor Research Colloquium “Investigating Barriers to Point-of-Care Ultrasound Use Amongst Residents and Faculty”

Collin Hill, DO

  • Presented 1 poster at Mercy Robert W. Taylor Research Colloquium “Investigating Barriers to Point-of-Care Ultrasound Use Amongst Residents and Faculty”

Fahad Tahir, MD

  • Presented 1 poster at Mercy Robert W. Taylor Research Colloquium “Prevalence of Social Determinants of Health Gaps in an Underserved Patient Population of Mercy JFK Clinic”

Mafaza Khan, MD

  • Presented 1 poster at Mercy Robert W. Taylor Research Colloquium “Prevalence of Social Determinants of Health Gaps in an Underserved Patient Population of Mercy JFK Clinic”

Fulei Peng, DO

  • Presented 2 poster at Mercy Robert W. Taylor Research Colloquium:
    • “Streptococcus Pyogenes Spinal Epidural Abscess and MSSA Bacteremia in a 54-year-old man-Concomitant Contiguous Coinfection or Independent Events?”
    • “Small Bowel Obstruction Caused by Prostate Cancer with Neuroendocrine Feature with an Update”

Edward Cantos, MD

  • Presented 1 poster at Mercy Robert W. Taylor Research Colloquium “Streptococcus Pyogenes Spinal Epidural Abscess and MSSA Bacteremia in a 54-year-old man-Concomitant Contiguous Coinfection or Independent Events?”

Saad Naseer, MD

  • Presented 1 poster at Mercy Robert W. Taylor Research Colloquium “Cruise Ship Pancreatitis Requiring Plasmapheresis”

Connor Shaw, DO

  • Presented 2 posters at Mercy Robert W. Taylor Research Colloquium:
    • “Constrictive Cardiomyopathy Secondary to Calcified Pericardium”
    • “Unusual Case of Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome Secondary to Pyelonephritis”

Jack Zhang, DO

  • Presented 2 poster at Mercy Robert W. Taylor Research Colloquium:
    • “Small Bowel Obstruction Caused by Prostate Cancer with Neuroendocrine Feature with an Update”
    • “Extensive Cerebral Edema and Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension following Stereotactic Radiosurgery for Meningioma”

Edward Duqum, DO

  • Presented 1 poster at Mercy Robert W. Taylor Research Colloquium “Documenting Dry Weight Goals in EPIC”

Fawad Haroon, MD

  • Presented 1 poster at Mercy Robert W. Taylor Research Colloquium “Documenting Dry Weight Goals in EPIC”

Chaitanya Karlapalem, MD

  • Presented 2 posters at Mercy Robert W. Taylor Research Colloquium “A Fortuitous Finding of Mycobacterium Fortuitum” & “Erythromelalgia: A Rare and Painful Post-Infectious Complication of COVID19”

 

Kathryn Harvey, DO

  • Presented 1 poster at Mercy Robert W. Taylor Research Colloquium “Coccidi-Oh-No! A Case of Pulmonary Coccidiomycosis in a 44-year-old Man”

 

Fawad Haroon, MD

  • Presented 1 poster at Mercy Robert W. Taylor Research Colloquium “Emergency Redo-TAVR within a Single Procedure for Management of Paravalvular Leak”

 

Mark Bigg, DO

  • Presented 1 poster at Mercy Robert W. Taylor Research Colloquium “Improving Physician Efficiency with Electronic Health Records”

 

Kara Nuspl, DO

  • Presented 1 poster at Mercy Robert W. Taylor Research Colloquium “Remote Care Visits as a Primary Care Tool”

 

Eyad Gharaibeh, MD

  • Presented 1 poster at Mercy Robert W. Taylor Research Colloquium “Vaccination Status of IBD patients in the JFK Clinic”

Bryan Acree, DO

  • Presented 1 poster at Mercy Robert W. Taylor Research Colloquium :Mitigating the Frustration of Consultation”
     

Anna Bailey, MD

  • Presented 1 poster at Mercy Robert W. Taylor Research Colloquium “Improving Glucose Control Using a Color-Coded Visual Aid”
     

Nabi Chaudhri, MD

  • Presented 5 posters at Mercy Robert W. Taylor Research Colloquium
    • “Straight to the Heart”
    • “TB or not TB”
    • “Minocycline-induced Hyperpigmentation”
    • “Look up not down Pulmonary Artery Thrombosis in situ”
    • “Door-to-dine time”
       

Wilfor Diaz, MD

  • Presented 2 posters at Missouri American College of Physicians (ACP)
    • “Do Not Disregard Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors: A Case of Severe Steroid Resistant Immune-Mediated Colitis”  
    • “The Way To A Man’s Heart is Through His Stomach: Gastric Distension Mimicking ST-Segment Elevation”
       

Ayesha Farrukh, MD

  • Presented 1 poster at Mercy Robert W. Taylor Research Colloquium “Impact of Implementing a Pharmacy Checklist on the Missing Blood Culture Rate for the Sepsis Bundle”
  • Presented 1 poster at Missouri American College of Physicians (ACP) “An Interesting Case of Osmotic Demyelination Syndrome in ESRD Patient on Hemodialysis”
     

Manesh Gangwani, MD

  • Presented 2 posters at Mercy Robert W. Taylor Research Colloquium
    • “Reducing Unnecessary Treatment of Asymptomatic Hypertension with Intravenous Medications: A QI Initiative”
    • “Re-expansion pulmonary edema after pneumothorax drainage: An uncommon under-recognized complication”
  • Presented 1 abstract at the society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) “Re-expansion pulmonary edema after pneumothorax drainage: An uncommon under-recognized complication”
     

Nithya Gaudam, MD

  • Presented 1 poster at Mercy Robert W. Taylor Research Colloquium “The Impact of Culture Data on Antibiotic De-Escalation”
  • Presented 1 poster at Missouri American College of Physicians (ACP) “Sarcoidosis: Though Rare, it Can Touch Your Heart”
     

Eyad Gharaibeh, MD

  • Presented 1 poster at Missouri American College of Physicians (ACP) “Disseminated Enterovirus Associated with Obinutizumab”
     

Katie Harvey, DO

  • Presented 1 poster at Mercy Robert W. Taylor Research Colloquium “Procalcitonin: An Analysis of Utilization at Mercy Hospital St. Louis”
  • Presented 1 poster at Missouri American College of Physicians (ACP) “A Peculiar Case of Sunitinib-Induced Hypoglycemia in a Non-Diabetic Patient”
     

Azam Khan, MD

  • Presented 2 posters at Mercy Robert W. Taylor Research Colloquium
    • “The Association between HbA1c and Outcomes in COVID-19 Patients”
    • “Everyone is Stressed!”
       

Rachel Presson, DO

  • Presented 1 poster at the American Medical Association (AMA) “Paraneoplastic pemphigus in H. pylori-positive gastric MALT lymphoma”
  • Presented 1 poster at Mercy Robert W. Taylor Research Colloquium “Procalcitonin: An Analysis of Utilization at Mercy Hospital St. Louis”
     

Eric Wu, DO

  • Presented 1 poster at Mercy Robert W. Taylor Research Colloquium :Mitigating the Frustration of Consultation”

Chris Coriasso, DO (PGY3)

  • Presented 1 poster at Missouri American College of Physicians (ACP) 
    • “Cardiac Pseudoaneurysm-An Unusual Presentation of Autoimmune Disease”
  • Presented 1 poster at Mercy Robert W. Taylor Research Colloquium 
    • “Heparin-Induced Thrombocytopenia: Bleeding Complications of Overdiagnosis and Overtreatment” 
       

Erica Rosen, DO (PGY3)

  • Presented 1 poster at Missouri American College of Physicians (ACP)
    • “Drug Induced Lupus Mimicking Systemic Lupus Erythematosus” 
       

Eyad Gharaibeh, MD (PGY1)

  • Presented 1 poster at Missouri American College of Physicians (ACP) 
    • “Call the Gastroenterologist, It’s Breast Cancer” 
       

Manesh Gangwani, MD (PGY2)

  • Presented 1 poster at Missouri American College of Physicians (ACP) 
    • “Cilostazol Therapy-Not for the Faint of Heart”
       

Nithya Gaudam, MD (PGY2)

  • Presented 1 poster at Missouri American College of Physicians (ACP) 
    • “Carcinoma Antigen 27.29 Is Not Always Breast Cancer”
       

Wilfor Diaz, MD (PGY2)

  • Presented 1 poster at Missouri American College of Physicians (ACP) 
    • “Don’t look to your side, look down. Rare Metastasis of Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma to the Clivus”
       

Jennifer Bockerstett, DO (PGY3)

  • Presented 1 poster at Mercy Robert W. Taylor Research Colloquium 
    • “Hepatitis C Screening for JFK Patients Born Between 1945 and 1965”
       

Pearce Mundhenke, DO (PGY3)

  • Presented 1 poster at Mercy Robert W. Taylor Research Colloquium 
    • “Hepatitis C Screening for JFK Patients Born Between 1945 and 1965”
       

Jonnathan Rodriguez, MD (PGY3)

  • Presented 1 poster at Mercy Robert W. Taylor Research Colloquium 
    • “The Pen is Mightier-Assessing Health Literacy in the Outpatient Setting”
       

Kelsey Seger, DO (PGY3)

  • Presented 1 poster at Mercy Robert W. Taylor Research Colloquium 
    • “Advanced Care Planning-Starting Early”
       

Nueki Naate, MD (PGY3)

  • Presented 1 poster at Mercy Robert W. Taylor Research Colloquium 
    • “We Missed You…Analysis of No Shows in a Residency Clinic”

Chris Coriasso, DO (PGY2)

  • Presented 1 poster at Mercy Robert W. Taylor Research Colloquium
  • Presented 1 poster at Missouri American College of Physicians (ACP)
     

Bhargavi Donepudi, MD (PGY3)

  • Presented 2 posters at Mercy Robert W. Taylor Research Colloquium
  • Presented 2 oral presentations at Mercy Robert W. Taylor Research Colloquium
  • Presented 2 Case Presentations at Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) 2019
     

Ayesha Farrukh, MD (PGY1)

  • Presented 1 oral presentation/poster at ATS International Conference 2019
    • “Severe Delirium Tremens: An Unusual Cause of Rhabdomyolysis with Extreme Serum Creatine Kinase Elevation”
       

Katie Hoffmann, DO (PGY3)

  • Presented 1 poster at Mercy Robert W. Taylor Research Colloquium
    • “Do Registered Dietician Visits Improve Diabetic Outcomes?”
       

Madhura Joag, MD (PGY3)

  • Presented 1 poster at Mercy Robert W. Taylor Research Colloquium
    • “Advanced Care Planning-Don’t Wait Until The End”
       

Steve Biko Onyambu, MD (PGY4 Chief)

  • Presented 1 poster at Mercy Robert W. Taylor Research Colloquium
    • “Teaching Medical Students-Effective and Smart”
       

Abdul Rishi, MD (PGY3)

  • Presented 1 poster at Mercy Robert W. Taylor Research Colloquium
    • “Screening for Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA) in a Continuity Care Clinic”
       

Erica Rosen, DO (PGY2)

  • Presented 1 poster at Mercy Robert W. Taylor Research Colloquium
  • Presented 1 poster at Missouri American College of Physicians (ACP)
    • “Domestic Violence Screening in the John F Kennedy Clinic”
       

Ayesha Soomro, MD (PGY3)

  • Presented 1 poster at Mercy Robert W. Taylor Research Colloquium
  • Presented 1 poster at Missouri American College of Physicians (ACP)
    • An Assessment of Prescribing Practices of Benzodiazepines in JFK Clinic”
    • “The Great Imposter-A Testicle, Aorta and Retroperitoneal Lymph Node Walk Into a Bar…”
       

Varsha Venkataraman, MD (PGY3)

  • Presented 1 poster at Mercy Robert W. Taylor Research Colloquium
  • Presented 1 oral presentation at Mercy Robert W. Taylor Research Colloquium
  • Presented 1 oral presentation at Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) 2019
    • “Do Registered Dietician Visits Improve Diabetic Outcomes?”
    • “Sepsis Diastolic Dysfunction”
    • “Sepsis Diastolic Dysfunction”
       

Jenna Wolfe, DO (PGY3)

  • Presented 2 posters at Mercy Robert W. Taylor Research Colloquium
    • “Impact of an Automated Antibiotic Time-out Alert on the De-Escalation of Broad-Spectrum Antibiotics”
    • “Monitoring of Unfractionated Heparin Infusions-Is New Really Better?”

Basma Shahid

  • Poster - Too Many B Cells. Basma Shahid, Michelle Schulz, Jacqueline Fairchild. (RQ 2018)
     

Abdul Rishi

  • When Foreign Bodies Get into Blood Vessels. Abdul Rishi, John Finne, Ketan Desai, Jacqueline Fairchild. (RQ 2018)
     

Catherine Ash

  • Poster - Osteoporosis Screening in Female JFK Patients. Catherine Ash, Nickole Forget. (RQ 2018)
     

Ayesha Soomro

  • Hypercalcemia Due to Urothelial Cancer - A Marker of Agressive Disease. Ayesha Soomro, Katherine Garland. (ACP 2017)
  • Not All Masses Are Cancer. (RQ 2018)
     

Manisha Shastry

  • Poster - Respiratory Rate Discrepancy in Non-Monitored Patients. Manisha Shastry, Jonnathan Rodriquez, Katherine Garland. (RQ 2018)
  • Barriers Associated with Colorectal Cancer Screening. Manisha Shastry. (RQ 2018)
  • Hashimoto Lends His Name To More Than Thyroiditis. (ACP 2017)
  • Leukocytoclastic Vasculitis Masquerading In The Gut. (SGIM 2017)
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