The Department of Medicine

2018 Scholarly Activity

2018 Book Chapters

Martin, EB, Stuckey A, Kennel SJ, Wall JS. Dual-energy SPECT imaging with contract-enhanced CT: A case study. In: Image Fusion in Preclinical Applications. Cham: Springer, December 2018:183-196.

Rasnake, M. A pandemic ensues. In: From the Remains: Reflections on "Station Eleven" Robin A. Bedenbaugh, editor. Knoxville, TN: Newfound Press 2018:33-37.

Dhand R. Lung cancer inhalation therapeutics. In: Inhalation Aerosols, Physical and Biological Basis for Therapy. Hickey AJ, Mansour H, editors. Taylor and Francis Group, Chapter 12, Submitted March 8, 2018.

Mason, KC. Pharmacy practice management. In: The APhA Complete Review for the FPGEE (Foreign Pharmacy Graduate Equivalency Examination), 2nd ed. Washington, DC: American Pharmacists Association, Chapter 17. 2018: 289-303.

Mendola AM. Ethics in health care practice. In: The APhA Complete Review for the FPGEE (Foreign Pharmacy Graduate Equivalency Examination). 2nd Ed. Boucher BA et al., editors. Washington DC: American Pharmacists Association. 2018: 353-367.

Huang L, Huang A, Kennel SJ. Coupling of antibodies with liposomes. In: Liposome Technology: Volume III: Targeted Drug Delivery and Biological Interaction. Boca Raton: CRC Press, Chapter 4. January 2018: 51-62.

2018 Publications

Lund LH, Rich MW, Hauptman PJ. Complexities of the global heart failure epidemic. J Card Fail. 2018 Dec; 24(12):813-814. PMID:30527332

Mehmood M. Venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in the new heart allocation scheme. Circ Heart Fail. 2018. 11:e005322. PMID:30354359

Bredhold BE, Winters SD, Callison JC, Heidel RE, Allen LM, Hamilton LA. Impact of the sequence of norepinephrine and vasopressin discontinuation in patients recovering from septic shock. Hosp Pharm. 2018 Dec 5. [Epub ahead of print]

Frisbee J, Rasnake M, Heidel RE. 1866. Adverse outcomes associated with potentially inappropriate antibiotic use in heart failure admissions. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2018 Nov;5(suppl_1):S533-S533.

Hauptman, PJ. Is heart failure a high tech industrial giant? J Card Fail. 2018 Nov; 11(24):721-722. PMID:30501995

Isaacs DA, Butler J, Sukul V, Rodriguez W, Pallavaram S, Tolleson C, Fang JY, Phibbs FT, Yu H, Konrad PE, Hedera P. Confined thalamic deep brain stimulation in refractory essential tremor. Stotact Funct Neurosereurg. 2018 Nov 19:1-9.

Lorson W, Das A, Heidel RE, Shorman M. Microbial epidemiology of infectious endocarditis in the intravenous drug abuse population: A retrospective study in East Tennessee. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2018 Nov;5(suppl_1):S305-S306.

Moorman PG, Barrett NJ, Wang F, Alberg JA, Bandera EV, Barnholtz-Sloan JB, Bondy M, Cote ML, Funkhouser E, Kelemen LE, Peres LC, Peters ES, Schwartz AG, Terry PD, Crankshaw S, Abbott SE, Schildkraut JM. Effect of cultural, folk, and religious beliefs and practices on delays in diagnosis of ovarian cancer in African American women. J Womens Health. 2018 Nov 27.[Epub ahead of print] PMID:30481095

Park HK, Schildkraut JM, Alberg AJ, Bandera EV, Barnholtz-Sloan JS, Bondy M, Crankshaw S, Funkhouser E, Moorman PG, Peters ES, Terry P, Wang F, Ruterbusch JJ, Schwartz AG, Cote ML. Benign gynecologic conditions are associated with ovarian cancer risk in African-American women: A case-control study. Cancer Causes & Control. 2018 Nov;29(11):1081-1091. doi: 10.1007/s10552-018-1082-4. Epub 2018 Sep 29. PMID:30269307

Snijders Blok L, Rousseau J, Twist J, Ehresmann S, Takaku M, Venselaar H, Rodan LH, Nowak CB, Douglas J, Swoboda KJ, Steeves MA, Sahai I, Stumpel CTRM, Stegmann APA, Wheeler P, Willing M, Fiala E, Kochhar A, Gibson WT, Cohen ASA, Agbahovbe R, Innes AM, Au PYB, Rankin J, Anderson IJ, Skinner SA, Louie RJ, Warren HE, Afenjar A, Keren B, Nava C, Buratti J, Isapof A, Rodriguez D, Lewandowski R, Propst J, van Essen T, Choi M, Lee S, Chae JH, Price S, Schnur RE, Douglas G, Wentzensen IM, Zweier C, Reis A, Bialer MG, Moore C, Koopmans M, Brilstra EH, Monroe GR, van Gassen KLI, van Binsbergen E, Newbury-Ecob R, Bownass L, Bader I, Mayr JA, Wortmann SB, Jakielski KJ, Strand EA, Kloth K, Bierhals T. CHD3 helicase domain mutations cause a neurodevelopmental syndrome with macrocephaly and impaired speech and language. Nat Commun. 2018 Nov 5;9(1):4619. PMID:30397230

Nash W, Mixer SJ, Mendola A, McArthur PM, Jackson K, Spangler B, Pressley M, Darlington C, Conley E. Helping persons experiencing homelessness complete advance directive: A model for service learning within a community-academic partnership. J Comm Engage Higher Ed. 2018:10(2):30-38.

Wall JS, Williams AD, Foster JS, Richey T, Stuckey A, Macy S, Wooliver C, Campagna SR, Tague ED, Farmer AT, Lands RH, Martin EB, Heidel RE, Kennel SJ. Bifunctional amyloid-reactive peptide promotes binding of antibody 11-1F4 to diverse amyloid types and enhances therapeutic efficacy. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. 2018 Nov 13;115(46):E10839-E10848. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1805515115. Epub 2018 Oct 30. PMID:30377267

Anderson RT, Peres LC, Camacho F, Bandera EV, Funkhouser E, Moorman PG, Paddock LE, Peters ES, Abbott SE, Alberg AJ, Barnholtz-Sloan J, Bondy M, Cote ML, Schwartz AG, Terry P, Schildkraut JM. Individual, social, and societal correlates of health-related quality of life among African American survivors of ovarian cancer: Results from the African American cancer epidemiology study. J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2018 Oct 10. [Epub ahead of print] PMID:30307782

Rowe, JA Morandi F, Osborne DR, Wall JS, Kennel SJ, Reed RB, LeBlanc AK. Relative skeletal distribution of proliferating marrow in the adult dog determined using 3'-deoxy-3'-[(18) F]fluorothymidine. Anat Histol Embryol. 2018 Oct 23. [Epub ahead of print] PMID:30353574

Gordon K, Terry PD, Liu X, Harris T, Vowell D, Yard B, Chen J. Radon in schools: A brief review of state laws and regulations in the United States. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2018 Sep 30;15(10):2149. PMID: 30274331

Mehmood M. Venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in the new heart allocation scheme. Circ Heart Fail. 2018 Sept;11:e005322. PMID:30354359

Lehman JM, Hoeksema MD, Staub J, Qian J, Harris B, Callison JC, Miao J, Shi C, Eisenberg R, Chen H, Chen SC, Massion PP. Somatostatin receptor 2 signaling promotes growth and tumor survival in small-cell lung cancer. Int J Cancer. 2018 Aug 28. [Epub ahead of print] PMID:30152518

Smith WB, Hall J, Berg JK, Kazimir M, Yamamoto A, Walker S, Lee CA, Shen Z, Wilson DM, Zhou D, Gillen M, Marbury TC. Effect of renal impairment on the pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of verinurad, a selective uric acid reabsorption inhibitor. Clin Drug Investig. 2018 Aug;38(8):703-713. PMID:29949102

Aljindan RY, Hussein NE, Khoudair HA, Shaikh AY, Hassan HA, Alabdulqader NA, Shorman MA, Abdalhamid BA. First description of plasmid mediated quinolone resistance genes in salmonella isolates from Saudi hospitals. Saudi Med J. 2018 Jul;39(7):685-689. PMID:29968893

Braman SS, Carlin BW, Hanania NA, Mahler DA, Ohar JA, Pinto-Plata V, Shah T, Eubanks D, Dhand R. Results of a pulmonologist survey regarding knowledge and practices with inhalation devices for COPD. Respir Care. 2018 Jul;63(7):840-848. doi: 10.4187/respcare.05717. Epub 2018 May 1. PMID:29717099

Jackson LE, Shorman M. A case of bilateral nocardia francinia adrenal abscesses in an intravenous drug-using splenectomized patient with tricuspid endocarditis. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2018 Jul 1;5(7):ofy141. eCollection 2018 Jul. PMID:30087903

Tonks R, Perkel D, Wehber A, Rogers B. Traumatic ventricular septal defect resulting from a motor vehicle collision. J Cardiovasc Echogr. 2018 Jul-Sep;(3):191-193. PMID:30306026

Dhand R, Mahler DA, Carlin B, Hanania N, Ohar J, Pinto-Plata V, Shah T, Eubanks D, Braman SS. Results of a patient survey regarding COPD knowledge, treatment experiences, and practices with inhalation devices. Respir Care. 2018 Jul;63(7):833-839. doi: 10.4187/respcare.05715. Epub 2018 Mar 20. PMID:29559537

Dhand R. The rationale and evidence for use of inhaled antibiotics to control pseudomonas aeruginosa infection in non-cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis. J Aerosol Med Pulm Drug Deliv. 2018 Jun;31(3):121-138. doi: 10.1089/jamp.2017.1415. Epub 2017 Oct 27. PMID:29077527

Martin EB, Williams AD, Heidel RE, Foster JS, Lands RH, Kennel SJ, Wall JS. A functional assay to identify amyloidogenic light chains. Amyloid 2018 Jun;25(2):93-100. doi: 10.1080/13506129.2018.1456425. Epub 2018 Mar 23. PMID:29571269

Wang X, Zhang Y, Hui Z, Bai W, Terry PD, Ma M, Li Y, Cheng L, Gu W, Wang M. The mediating effect of regulatory emotional self-efficacy on the association between self-esteem and school bullying in middle school students: A cross-sectional study. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2018 May;15(5):991. PMID:29762464

Velez JCQ, Obadan NO, Kaushal A, Alzubaidi M, Bhasin B, Sachdev SH, Karakala N, Arthur JM, Nesbit RM, Phadke GM. Vancomycin-associated acute kidney injury with a steep rise in serum creatinine. Nephron. 2018 Apr 27;139(2):1-12. PMID: 29705806

Flandes J, Soto FJ, Cordovilla R, Cases E, Alfayate J. Bronchoscopic lung volume reduction. Clin Chest Med. 2018 Mar;39(1):169-180.

Osoro M, Lorson W, Hirsh J, Mahlow WJ. Use of an antimicrobial pouch in the treatment of Twiddler’s Syndrome. Pacing Clin Electophysiol. 2018 Feb;(2):136-142. PMID:29266324

Dhand R, Cavanaugh T, Skolnik N. COPD in primary care: Key considerations for optimized management: Considerations for optimal inhaler device selection in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. J Fam Pract. 2018 Feb;67(2 Suppl):S19-S27. PMID: 29443333

Dhand R, Cavanaugh T, Skolnik N. Considerations for optimal inhaler device selection in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Cleve Clin J Med. 2018 Feb;85(2 Supp 1):S19-S27. PMID:29494329

Mills AM, Peres LC, Meiss A, Ring KL, Modesitt SC, Abbott SE, Alberg AJ, Bandera EV, Barnholtz-Sloan J, Bondy ML, Cote ML, Funkhouser E, Moorman PG, Peters ES, Schwartz AG, Terry PD, Wallace K, Schildkraut JM. Targetable immune regulatory molecule expression in high-grade serous ovarian carcinomas in African American women: A study of PD-L1 and IDO in 112 cases from the African American Cancer Epidemiology Study (AACES). Int J Gynecol Pathol. 2018 Feb 26. [Epub ahead of print] PMID:29485423

Redhage K, Dick C, Lin Y, Marin-Argany M, Williams A, Wall JS, Ramirez-Alvarado M. Cardiac light chain amyloidosis, understanding the implications of cellular toxicity in a 3D model. Biophys J. 2018 Feb 2;114(3):498a.

Hohenforst-Schmidt W, Zarogoulidis P, Huang H, Man YG, Laskou S, Koulouris C, Giannakidis D, Mantalobas S, Florou MC, Amaniti A, Steinheimer M, Sinha A, Freitag L, Turner JF, Browning R, Vogl T, Roman A, Benhassen N, Kesisoglou, Sapalidis K. A new and safe mode of ventilation for interventional pulmonary medicine: The ease of nasal superimposed high frequency jet ventilation. J Cancer. 2018 Feb 12;9(5):816-833. doi: 10.7150/jca.23737. PMID:29581760

Zivadinov R, Bergsland N, Korn JR, Dwyer MG, Khan N, Medin J, Price JC, Weinstock-Guttman B, Silva D, Ramasamy DP, Carl E, Hunter S, Scott T, Pandey K, Fox E, Katz A, Silversteen J, Kaplan J, Maa E, Simnad V, Shin R, Newman S, Kinkel P, Green B, Calkwood J, Edwards K, Jacobs D, Huang D, Bass A, Hibbs S, Kister I, Eubank G, Pardo G, Chitnis C, Hendin B, Cohan S, Freedman M, Gudesblatt M, Lathi E, Alvarez E, Goodman A, Trudell R, Naismith R. Feasibility of brain atrophy measurement in clinical routine without prior standardization of the MRI protocol: Results from MS-MRIUS, a longitudinal observational, multicenter real-world outcome study in patients with relapsing-remitting MS. Am J Neuroradiol. 2018 Feb;39(2):289-295. Epub 2017 Nov 23. PMID: 29170269

Editorial Appointments

Dhand, R. Editor-in-chief, ISAM Textbook of Aerosol Medicine.

Book Editor

Wang KP, Lee HJ, Turner JF, Mehta AC. (eds): Interventional Pulmonology, First Edition. Hong Kong:AME Publishing Company, 2017.

Editorial Boards

R Dhand. Journal of Aerosol Medicine, Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. publishers.
R. Dhand. Respiratory Care, American Association of Respiratory Care.
R. Dhand. International Journal of COPD, Dove Press, Ltd.
R. Dhand. Advances in Therapy, Springer Healthcare Ltd.
R. Dhand. Journal of Molecular and Translational Research, JMTR Publications, LLC.
JF Turner. PLEURA, Sage Publications; Annals of Occupational and Pulmonary Medicine

JF Turner. Ad Hoc Editor: Journal of Thoracic Oncology; Journal of Thoracic Diseases; Journal of Bronchology and Interventional Pulmonology; Chest

JF Turner. Co-Editor-in-Chief. Journal of Biomedicine.

Research and Other Support

• Jon Wall, MD. Pre-targeting immunotherapy for light chain (AL) amyloidosis. $1,050,000, 04/01/17-03/31/20. Awarded by National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK).

Faculty Awards and Honors

Dr. Rajiv Dhand recognized as a Fellow of the American Thoracic Society, February 2018
Dr. J. Francis Turner recognized as a Fellow of the American Thoracic Society, February 2018
Dr. Paul Terry recognized as Chair, Department of Defense Grant Review Panel, by General Dynamics Information Technology, November 2018

2018 Physician Leadership Symposium: Physician Executive MBA Program; Haslam College of Business; Knoxville, TN: April 27-28, 2018

• Rajiv Dhand, MD
• Daphne Norwood, MD

2018 Presentations

2018 Tennessee Chapter of the American College of Cardiology Annual Meeting; Nashville, TN: November 2-3, 2018

• Holbert J, Livesay J, Baljepally R. TReBiS: Evaluating tricuspid regurgitation in biventricular versus single lead ICD.
• Wehber A, Rogers BA, Hirsh J. Regional left ventricular non-compaction: A comparison of two widely varying presentations.
• Livesay J, Litton K, Bresee S. Subaortic stenosis secondary to pannus from a mechanical mitral valve.

2018 Tennessee Chapter of the American College of Physicians Scientific Meeting; Chattanooga, TN; October 26-27, 2018

Oral Presentations:

• Gibson RL. Practical psychiatry.
• Ely, DS. Update in internal medicine
• LaCharite C. Clinical documentation and coding

Poster Presentations:

• Dorman R, Dolacky S, Shorman M. Severe coronary artery disease revealed by babesiosis-related anemia.
• Lorson W, Das A, Heidel R, Shorman M. Factors that increase the likelihood of inpatient mortality in the endocarditis patient: A retrospective study.
• Mishra P, Norwood D. Pulmonary venous aneurysm-Rare cause of hemothorax
• Kozlovski C, McCoy M, Rasnake M. By the skin of his mouth: A case of AIDS-defining illnesses.
• Leong S, Angotti J, Helms B. Subacute cardiac tamponade associated with long-term apixaban therapy.
• Livesay J, Johnson J. A case report of a STEMI in a patient with moyamoya disease.

Biney IN, Branca P, Turner FJ, Callison J, McCormack M, Soto FJ. Comparison of cytologic examination of bronchial washing samples vs. bronchial brushing in the diagnosis of lung cancer. Presented at CHEST Annual Meeting; 2018 Oct 6-10; San Antonio, TX.

ID Week 2018, San Francisco, CA: October 3-7, 2018

• Frisbee J, Rasnake M, Heidel R. Adverse outcomes associated with potentially inappropriate antibiotic use in heart failure admissions: A retrospective cohort analysis.
• Lorson W, Das A, Heidel R, Shorman M. Microbial epidemiology of infectious endocarditis in the intravenous drug abuse population: A retrospective study in East Tennessee.

Baveja S, Turner JF, Hanna WH, Dudney TD, Sneed G, Huang H, Hohenforst-Schmidt W, Zarogoulidis P. Multilobar metastatic adenocarcinoma: A case report and review of the literature of digital papillary eccrine adenocarcinoma presenting with hypoxic respiratory failure. IASLC World Conference on Lung Cancer; Toronto, Canada; September 26, 2018.

Soto FJ. Usefulness of cytologic examination of bronchial washing samples in endobronchial ultrasound. European Respiratory Society - 28th Annual Congress 2018; Paris, France; September 15-19, 2018.

Aimee Wehber, MD, Robert Tonks, MD, R. Huntsinger, MD, Bret Rogers, MD. Limited echocardiography as an economic alternative to complete studies for selected inpatients. 22nd Annual Scientific Meeting of the Heart Failure Society of American; Nashville, TN; September 14-17, 2018.

Holbert JC, Rogers BA, Bresee SJ. Dueling myxomas: A rare finding. 29th Annual American Society of Echocardiography Scientific Sessions; Nashville, TN; June 22-26, 2018.

Mendola A. What part of “no” don’t you understand? The International Conference on Clinical Ethics Consultation Annual Meeting, Oxford, UK; June 22, 2018.

American Thoracic Society 2018 International Conference; San Diego, CA; May 18-23, 2018

• Jonathan Angotti, MD; Paul Branca, MD; Lisa Duncan, MD. Is there utility in processing bronchial brush-tip washings for cytologic diagnosis?
• Bimaje Akpa, MBBS; Swati Baveja, MBBS; Jennifer Ferris, BS; Anil Singh, MD; Jeffery Hecht, MD; Eric Heidel, PhD; Rajiv Dhand, MD. Incidence and clinical features of muscle weakness in patients admitted to a tertiary medical center.
• Bimaje Akpa, MBBS; Swati Baveja, MBBS; Blair Reynolds, MD; Jennifer Ferris, BS; Anil Singh, MD; Jeffery Hecht, MD; Eric Heidel, PhD; Rajiv Dhand, MD. Outcomes in patients who develop muscle weakness during an acute hospital stay.
• Swati Baveja, MBBS; Bimaje Akpa, MBBS; Jennifer Ferris, BS; Sachin Amin, MD; Michael McCormack, MD; Eric Heidel, PhD; Rajiv Dhand, MD. A randomized, double dummy, crossover study comparing the bronchodilator effect of formoterol administered by nebulizer versus dry powder inhaler in patients recovering from severe exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
• Blair Reynolds, MD; Emily Martin, PhD; Angela Williams, MS; Bimaje Akpa, MBBS; Jennifer Ferris, BS; Jeffery Hecht, MD; Eric Heidel, PhD; Swati Baveja, MBBS; Rajiv Dhand, MD. Do plasma levels of biomarkers reflect muscle injury in patients admitted to the floors in acute care hospitals?
• Jonathan Dewald; MD, Qiang He, PhD; Kristen Wyckoff PhD; Jennifer Ferris, BS; Scott Elder, RRT; Rajiv Dhand, MD. Bacterial contamination of nebulizers after a single in-hospital use.

Mendola, A. Building moral community using ethics case rounds. Academy for Professionalism in Health Care Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD. April 27, 2018.

Hicks JJ, McCullough BJ, Veve MP, Shorman MA. Correlation of procalcitonin level to site of infection or organism. 49th Annual Southeastern Residency Conference, Athens, GA. April 25-27, 2018.

Kozlovski C, Bussey A. Pseudohyperparathyroidism: Location matters! American College of Physicians Internal Medicine Meeting; New Orleans, Louisiana; April 19-21, 2018.

Salas LA, Peres LC, Abbot SE, Greene CS, Marks JR, Alberg AJ, Bandera EV, Barnholtz-Sloan JS, Schwartz AG, Cote ML, Moorman PG, Funkhouser EM, Peters ES, Bondy ML, Terry P, Doherty JA, Christensen BC, Schildkraut JM. High grade serous ovarian cancer DNA methylation and survival in African-American women. American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Annual Meeting; Chicago, Illinois, April 14-18, 2018.

American College of Cardiology Scientific Session; Orlando, FL; March 9-13, 2018

• Jaime Holbert, DO, MS; Bret Rogers, MD; Mark Rasnake, MD. Getting to the HEART of the matter-a retrospective review to reduce unnecessary chest pain admissions.

Course Directors

Amy Barnett, MD and Dan Ely, MD. Sixth annual medicine conference: The rhythm and blooms of internal medicine, Holiday Inn World’s Fair Park, Knoxville, TN.
April 6-7, 2018.

Workshops

Rajiv Dhand, MD. Observations on occurrence of muscle weakness in patients admitted to the hospital with medical illness. GSM Research Seminar. Knoxville, TN. May 29, 2018.

Trey La Charite, MD. Documentation to reduce recovery auditor/insurance company denials. Knoxville Chapter AAPC. Knoxville, TN. January 9, 2018.

2018 Grand Rounds Presentations (Faculty)

Annette Mendola, PhD. Surgery Grand Rounds-Deciding for others. January 11, 2018.
Roberto Fernandez, MD. Alzheimer’s Update. January 30, 2018.
Daniel Ely, MD. Primary care perspectives on advance care planning, palliative care and hospice. February 13, 2018.
Annette Mendola, PhD. Advanced care planning for primary care. March 13, 2018.
Francisco Soto, MD. Pulmonary Hypertension. March 27, 2018.
Mahmoud Shorman, MD. Sepsis syndrome. April 10, 2018.
Paul Miller, MD. Somatic symptom and related disorders:  An internist’s approach. May 8, 2018.
Monica Crane, MD. When it’s not Alzheimer’s disease: Pearls for your practice. August 14, 2018.
Ronald Hamrick, MD. Skin drug eruptions. November 13, 2018.
J. Mark Pierce, MD. Point-of-care ultrasound for the internist. November 27, 2018.

Sixth Annual Medicine Conference Faculty Presenters: April 6-7, 2018

• Jeffrey Bieber, MD. Osteoporosis
• J. Turner, MD. Lung nodules
• Richard L. Gibson, MD. Medical cannabis
• Rocio Huet, MD. Nontraditional therapies
• Bret Rogers, MD. Abnormal EKGs: Echo in the office Setting

Resident and Fellow Publications 2018

Frisbee J, Rasnake M, Heidel RE. 1866. Adverse outcomes associated with potentially inappropriate antibiotic use in heart failure admissions. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2018 Nov;5(suppl_1):S533-S533. PMID:6811009.

Lorson W, Das A, Heidel RE, Shorman M. Microbial epidemiology of infectious endocarditis in the intravenous drug abuse population: A retrospective study in East Tennessee. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2018 Nov;5(suppl_1):S305-S306. PMID:6811010.

Lorson W, Baljepally G. Cavo-atrial endocarditis: A case of non-valvular endocarditis in a hemodialysis patient. ID Cases. 2018;October 25;14:e00458. eCollection 2018. PMID:6811004

Tonks R, Perkel D, Wehber A, Rogers B. Traumatic ventricular septal defect resulting from a motor vehicle collision. J Cardiovasc Echogr. 2018 Jul-Sep;(3):191-193. PMID:30306026

Jackson LE, Shorman M. A case of bilateral nocardia francinia adrenal abscesses in an intravenous drug-using splenectomized patient with tricuspid endocarditis. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2018 Jul 1;5(7):ofy141. eCollection 2018 Jul. PMID: 30087903

Rai AT, Domico JR, Buseman C, Tarabishy AR, Fulks D, Lucke-Wold N, Boo SH, Carpenter JS. A population-based incidence of M2 strokes indicates potential expansion of large vessel occlusions amendable to endovascular therapy. J NeuroIntervent Surg 2018;10:510-515. doi:10.1136/neurintsurg-2017-013371

Osoro M, Lorson W, Hirsh J, Mahlow WJ. Use of an antimicrobial pouch in the treatment of Twiddler’s Syndrome Pacing Clin Electophysiol. 2018 Feb;(2):136-142.

Resident and Fellow Presentations 2018

2018 Tennessee Chapter of the American College of Cardiology Annual Meeting; Nashville, TN: November 2-3, 2018

• Holbert J, Livesay J, Baljepally R. TReBiS: Evaluating tricuspid regurgitation in biventricular versus single Lead ICD.
• Wehber A, Rogers BA, Hirsh J. Regional left ventricular non-compaction: A comparison of two widely varying presentations.
• Livesay J, Litton K, Bresee S. Subaortic stenosis secondary to pannus from a mechanical mitral valve.

2018 Tennessee Chapter of the American College of Physicians Scientific Meeting; Chattanooga, TN; October 26-27, 2018

• Dorman R, Dolacky S, Shorman M. Severe coronary artery disease revealed by babesiosis-related anemia.
• Lorson W, Das A, Heidel R, Shorman M. Factors that increase the likelihood of inpatient mortality in the endocarditis patient: A retrospective study.
• Kozlovski C, McCoy M, Rasnake M. By the skin of his mouth: A case of AIDS-defining illnesses.
• Leong S, Angotti J, Helms B. Subacute cardiac tamponade associated with long-term apixaban therapy.
• Livesay J, Johnson J. A case report of a STEMI in a patient with moyamoya disease.

Biney IN, Branca P, Turner FJ, Callison J, McCormack M, Soto FJ. Comparison of cytologic examination of bronchial washing samples vs. bronchial brushing in the diagnosis of lung cancer. Oral presentation at the CHEST Annual Meeting; 2018 Oct 6-10; San Antonio, TX.

ID Week 2018, San Francisco, CA: October 3-7, 2018

• Frisbee J, Rasnake M,Heidel R.  Adverse outcomes associated with potentially inappropriate antibiotic use in heart failure admissions: A retrospective cohort analysis.

• Lorson W, Das A, Heidel R, Shorman M. Microbial epidemiology of infectious endocarditis in the intravenous drug abuse population: A retrospective study in East Tennessee.

Baveja S, Turner JF, Hanna WH, Dudney TD, Sneed G, Huang H, Hohenforst-Schmidt W, Zarogoulidis P. Multilobar metastatic adenocarcinoma: A case report and review of the literature of digital papillary eccrine adenocarcinoma presenting with hypoxic respiratory failure. IASLC World Conference on Lung Cancer; Toronto, Canada; September 26, 2018.

22nd Annual Scientific Meeting of the Heart Failure Society of America; Nashville, TN; September 14-17, 2018

Aimee Wehber, MD, Robert Tonks, MD, R. Huntsinger, MD, Bret Rogers, MD. Limited echocardiography as an economic alternative to complete studies for selected inpatients.

29th Annual American Society of Echocardiography Scientific Sessions; Nashville, TN; June 22-26, 2018

• Holbert JC, Rogers BA, Bresee SJ. Dueling myxomas: A rare finding.

• Lorson W, Baljepally G. When it is not thrombus: A rare cause of mechanical mitral valve obstruction.

2018 Department of Medicine 4th Annual Research Presentations, Department of Medicine Conference Room, Knoxville, TN; June 12, 2018

• 1st Place-Jason Frisbee, DO. Adverse outcomes associated with potentially inappropriate antibiotic use in heart failure admissions
• 2nd Place-Blair Reynolds, MD. Do plasma levels of biomarkers reflect muscle injury in patients admitted to the floors in acute care hospitals?
• 3rd Place-Bimaje Akpa, MBBS. Incidence & clinical features of muscle weakness in patients admitted to UTMCK

American Thoracic Society 2018 International Conference; San Diego, CA; May 18-23, 2018

• Jonathan Angotti, MD; Paul Branca, MD; Lisa Duncan, MD. Is there utility in processing bronchial brush-tip washings for cytologic diagnosis?
• Bimaje Akpa, MBBS; Swati Baveja, MBBS; Jennifer Ferris, BS; Anil Singh, MD; Jeffery Hecht, MD; Eric Heidel, PhD; Rajiv Dhand, MD. Incidence and clinical features of muscle weakness in patients admitted to a tertiary medical center.
• Bimaje Akpa, MBBS; Swati Baveja, MBBS; Blair Reynolds, MD; Jennifer Ferris, BS; Anil Singh, MD; Jeffery Hecht, MD; Eric Heidel, PhD; Rajiv Dhand, MD. Outcomes in patients who develop muscle weakness during an acute hospital stay.
• Swati Baveja, MBBS; Bimaje Akpa, MBBS; Jennifer Ferris, BS; Sachin Amin, MD; Michael McCormack, MD; Eric Heidel, PhD; Rajiv Dhand, MD. A randomized, double dummy, crossover study comparing the bronchodilator effect of formoterol administered by nebulizer versus dry powder inhaler in patients recovering from severe exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
• Blair Reynolds, MD; Emily Martin, PhD; Angela Williams, MS; Bimaje Akpa, MBBS; Jennifer Ferris, BS; Jeffery Hecht, MD; Eric Heidel, PhD; Swati Baveja, MBBS; Rajiv Dhand, MD. Do plasma levels of biomarkers reflect muscle injury in patients admitted to the floors in acute care hospitals?
• Jonathan Dewald; MD, Qiang He, PhD; Kristen Wyckoff PhD; Jennifer Ferris, BS; Scott Elder, RRT; Rajiv Dhand, MD. Bacterial contamination of nebulizers after a single in-hospital use.

Kozlovski C, Bussey A. Pseudohyperparathyroidism:Location matters! American College of Physicians Internal Medicine Meeting; New Orleans, Louisiana; April 19-21, 2018.

American College of Cardiology Scientific Session; Orlando, FL; March 9-13, 2018

• Jaime Holbert, DO, MS; Bret Rogers, MD; Mark Rasnake, MD. Getting to the HEART of the matter -a retrospective review to reduce unnecessary chest pain admissions.

Medical Student Presentations

2018 Tennessee Chapter of the American College of Physicians Scientific Meeting; Chattanooga, TN; October 26 - 27, 2018

• Mishra P, MS4, Norwood D. Pulmonary venous aneurysm- Rare cause of hemothorax.