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RESIDENT SCHOLARLY PROJECTS

2011 - 2012

Adrienne Boire, MD, PhD:

OX-26 Mediated Intra-Arterial Drug Delivery (Platform Presentation- Resident Research Day 2012) Status: Study in progress Mentor: Dr. Joshi

Lin E, Boire A, Hemmige V, Husain AN, Sorrentino M, Nathan S, Akhter SA, Dickstein J, Archer SL. J Med Case Rep. 2010 Aug 4;4:246. Cardiac Tamponade Mimicking Tuberculosis Pericarditis as the Initial Presentation of Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia in a 58-Year-Old Woman: A Case Report. Status: Published Mentor: Dr. Archer

Yang E, Boire A, Agarwal A, Nguyen N, O'Callaghan K. Tu P, Kuliopulos A, Covic L. Cancer Res. 2009 Aug 1;69(15):6223-31. Epub 2009 Jul 21. Blockade of PAR1 Signaling with Cell-Penetrating Pepducins Inhibits Akt Survival Pathways in Breast Cancer Cells and Suppresses Tumor Survival and Metastasis. Status: Published Mentor: Dr. Covic

Trived V, Boire A, Tchernychev B, Kaneider NC, Leger AJ, O'Callaghan K, Tu P, Kuliopulous A. Cell. 2009 April 17;137(2):332-43. Platelet Matrix Metalloprotease-1 Mediates Thrombogenesis by Activating PAR1 at a Cryptic Ligand Site. Status: Published Mentor: Dr. Kuliopulous

Comana Cioriou, MD:

Efficacy of a Web-Based Training Manual to Instruct Teachers to Deliver the Hip Hop HEALS School-Based Nutrition Education Program. Status: IRB Approved Mentor: Dr. Williams

Cynthia Correll, MD:

Epilepsy Surgery Failure - Analysis of Etiology of Failure in Early vs. Late Recurrence. Status: Study in progress Mentor: Dr. Choi

Barry Czeisler, MD:

Comparison btw Institutionally-Defined Clinical Criteria and CDC Criteria for the Diagnosis of Ventriculostomy-Related Infection (Platform Presentation- Resident Research Day 2012) Status: Study in progress - presented at AAN Conference April 2012 Mentor: Dr. Claassen

Alexandra Dimitrova, MD:

Prevalence of Migraine in Patients with Celiac Disease and Inflammatory Bowel Disease. Status: Accepted to Headache Journal, publication date TBD - Dimitrova A, Ungaro R, Lebwohl B, Lewis S, Tennyson C, Green M, Babyatsky M, Green P. Mentor: Dr. Peter Green & Dr. Mark Green at Sinai

Marco Gonzalez-Castellon, MD:

Assessing The Efficiency Of Learning The Neurologic Exam With A Visual Tracking Devise. Status: Study in progress (IRB Approved - Software Established) - Gonzalez M, Phillips M, Blum C, Goldberg M, Noble J. Mentor: Dr. Noble

Megan Leitch, MD:

Distal Acquired Demyelinating Polyneuropathy Progressing to Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy and Response to Fludarabine and Cyclophosphamide. (Poster Presentation- Resident Research Day 2012) Status: Submitted to Muscle & Nerve, Abstract accepted at the American Association of Electrodiagnostic Medicine 9/2011 Mentor: Dr. Brannagan

Mia Minen, MD, MPH:

Minen MT, Karceski S. Neurology 2011; 76; e26. Multiple Sclerosis and Disease-Modifying Therapies. Status: Published Mentor: Dr. Karceski

Minen MT. American Headache Society Annual Meeting June 2011 Poster Presentation. Neurosarcoidosis Presenting as Recurrent Headaches Followed by Subsequent Strokes in a Pediatric Patient. Status: Presented - American Headache Society Annual Meeting June 2011 - Poster Symposium Mentor: Dr. Brannagan

Minen M, Rodman A, Foreman B, Motiwal R, Pullman S, Weiss M, Ford B. Clinical Reasoning: A 40-Year-Old Man with Tremor and Seizure. Neurology. 2011 Oct 11;77(15):e88-92. Status: Published Mentor: Dr. Ford

Minen MT, Louis ED. Mov Disord 2008 Aug 15;23(11):1602-5. Emergence of Parkinson's Disease in Essential Tremor: A Study of the Clinical Correlates in 53 Patients. Status: Published Mentor: Dr. Louis

Aaron Nelson, MD (PN)*:

The Effect of Nocturnal Seizures on the Memory and Learning. Status: IRB Approved Mentor: Dr. Bazil

Ilana Ruff, MD:

Ruff IM, Strozyk D, Rahman C, Szeder V, Pile-Spellman J, Marshall RS. Neurology. 2012 Nov 30;75(22):2039-44. Clinical Reasoning: A 21-Year-Old Woman with Right Eye Swelling and Bruising. Status: Published Mentor: Dr. Marshall

Pavol M, Goldberg E, Mohr JP, Ruff I, Lazar R. Cerebrovasc Dis. 2011;32(2):197-8. Severe Aphasia Following Infarction in the Territory of the Left Anterior Choroidal Artery. Status: Published Mentor: Dr. Lazar

Munazza Sophie, MD:

Management of Pain in Parkinson's Disease. Status: Accepted for Publication in CNS Drugs - Sophie M, Ford B. Mentor: Dr. Ford

Brenton Wright, MD:

Clinical Aspects & Neurophysiological Testing of Myoclonus. Status: Study in Progress - Review Article Mentor: Dr. Pullman

(PN)* Pediatric Neurology