Research Projects 2006-2007

Anub Abraham, DO, PGY-2:
"Chronic renal insuffiency study (CRIC)."
Faculty Sponsor: Dr. James Lash
Section: Nephrology
Radhika Aggarwal, MD, PGY-3:
"A retrospective analysis of liver enzyme levels in patients with obesity."
Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Reed Berger
Section: Digestive Diseases & Nutrition
Shaun Cardozo, MD, PGY-2:
"A retrospective analysis of liver enzyme levels in patients with obesity."
Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Reed Berger
Section: Digestive Diseases & Nutrition
Neil Gupta, MD, PGY-2:
"Correlation of stomatitis with esophageal and small bowel lesions in patients receiving chemotherapy."
Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Ahsan Mohammed Arozullah
Section: General Internal Medicine
Udai Jayakumar, MD, PGY-2:
"Efficacy of computer assisted diabetic education at Cook County Hospital."
Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Ahsan Arozullah and Dr. Ben Gerber
Section: General Internal Medicine
Deepa Jeyakumar, MD, PGY-2
"Indetification of clinical predictors for Revlimid - associated hypertension in antiangiogenesis therapy."
Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Divyesh Mehta
Section: Hematology / Oncology
Priti Khanijou, MD, PGY-3:
"Phase I/II trial of Topotecan plus SU11248 as second line therapy of small cell lung cancer."
Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Lawrence Feldman
Section: Hematology / Oncology
John Magenau, MD, PGY-3:
"Characterization of genes involved in the generation of aneuploidy in breast cancer tissue."
Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Rafael Nunez and Dr. Divyesh Mehta
Section: Hematology / Oncology
Paymon Mesgarzadeh, MD, PGY-3:
"Assessment of adherence to ACC-AHA guidelines in the management of chronic heart failure in patients seen in the heart failure clinic vs. general cardiology clinic."
Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Thomas Stamos
Section: Cardiology
Arvind Movva, MD, PGY-3:
"Tropical pancreatitis and CFTR gene mutations."
Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Russell Brown
Section: Digestive Diseases & Nutrition
Andrew Muskovitz, MD, PGY-2:
"The role of IGF in carcinogen induced senescence."
Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Thomas Stamos
Section: Cardiology
Wassim Noureddine, MD, PGY-2:
"Calculation of left ventricular ejection fraction using automated software in comparison with nuclear myocardial perfusion imaging."
Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Thomas Stamos
Section: Cardiology
Kinna Patel, MD, PGY-2:
"Diabetes education multimedia use in African-American and Latino populations."
Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Ben Gerber
Section: General Internal Medicine
Shaunak Rana, MD, PGY-3:
"Gene expression of cardiac stem cells in vitro in a three-dimensional microtopographic environment."
Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Brenda Russell
Section: Physiology
Jonathan Rosenberg, MD, PGY-3:
"A prospective, placebo controlled, double blind, single site, randomized trial to determine the dose dependency of low dose ASA with celecoxib and gastric duodenal mucosal injury."
Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Jay Goldstein
Section: Digestive Diseases & Nutrition
Joey Sager, MD, PGY-2:
"MRSA colonization incidence in health care workers."
Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Fred Zar
Section: Infectious Diseases
David Schaefer, DO, PGY-2:
"Improvement in CV risk factor control through health literacy and social support."
Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Ahsan Arozullah
Section: General Internal Medicine
Neel Shah, MD, PGY-3:
"Physician referred community-based approach to increasing physical activity for adults with limitations."
Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Ben Gerber
Section: General Internal Medicine
Anupama Shivaraju, MD, PGY-2:
"Six month outcome study after PCI."
Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Adhir Shroff
Section: Cardiology
Art Silpasuvan, MD, PGY-3:
"Evaluation of Pioslitazone on markers of artherosclerosis."
Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Theodore Mazzone
Section: Endocrinology
Veronica TenCate, DO, PGY-2:
"Differentiating between NAFCO / NASH based oxidative stress."
Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Scott Cotler
Section: Hepatology
Jing-Fun Wu, MD, PGY-3:
"Safety and efficacy of TZDs in diabetic renal transplant patients."
Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Betul Hatipoglu
Section: Endocrinology
Judy Wu, MD, PGY-3:
"Electromagnetic fields and hormesis."
Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Felipe Perez
Section: Geriatrics