Every spring, POMA provides an opportunity for osteopathic residents and students to showcase their own research at the Clinical Assembly. This year, we have record 87 entries from across the state. 

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Thanks to the PCOM MEDNet Research Committee for reviewing the abstract submissions and to the PCOM GME office for coordinating this effort.

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ALLOPLASTIC VS AUTOLOGOUS BONE GRAFTS FOR MANDIBULAR RECONSTRUCTION: A META-ANALYSIS

Faysal Abu-Samhan, OMS-III

USE OF MOCA INDEX SCORES IN ASSESSING COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT IN PATIENTS WITH LONG COVID

Adam Adelsberg, OMS-III

REVERSE IMPOSTER SYNDROME? MANAGING CHALLENGING DELUSIONS ON THE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH UNIT

Bradford Albrecht, DO

SCIMITAR SYNDROME FOUND AT 36

Colin Allen, DO

MEDICAL STUDENT ADVOCATE-COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKER COLLABORATION TO IMPROVE COLORECTAL CANCER SCREENING RATES

Christopher Antoniello, OMS-III

GEOGRAPHIC, SEX, AND ETHNIC DISPARITIES IN US MORTALITY FROM NON-EPITHELIAL SKIN CANCERS, 1999-2021: A CDC WONDER ANALYSIS

Sonia Babu, MD

A CASE REPORT OF ACUTE GENERALIZED EXANTHEMATOUS PUSTULOSIS INDUCED BY DILITIAZEM 

Min Ji Bae, DO

EUGLYCEMIC DIABETIC KETOACIDOSIS (EDKA) IN THE SETTING OF SODIUM-GLUCOSE COTRANSPORTER-2 (SGLT2) INHIBITOR USE AND VIRAL GASTROENTERITIS

Valerie Bakly, OMS-III

SHUNT-RESPONSIVE IDIOPATHIC NORMAL PRESSURE HYDROCEPHALUS WITH AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION DESPITE ATYPICAL NEUROIMAGING FINDINGS

Maithili Bhagat, OMS-III

PHLEGMASIA CERULEA DOLENS PRESENTING WITH LOWER EXTREMITY CELLULITIS SYMPTOMATOLOGY: A CASE REPORT 

Taylor Brewer, OMS-III

USING STORYTELLING TO IMPROVE PLANT-FORWARD HABITS IN CHILD-CAREGIVER PAIRS

Julia Burns, DO

PANCREATIC CANCER MORTALITY TRENDS AMONG DIFFERENT AGE GROUPS

Heli Butala, OMS-III

WHAT’S THE LINK BETWEEN ADHD AND BREASTFEEDING?

Izza Choudhry, OMS-II

FROM VASOSPASM TO VENTILATOR: MILRINONE-RELATED HIGH-OUTPUT HEART FAILURE AND ARDS

Brett Cohen, DO

INNOVATIVE APPROACHES TO MANAGING HYPERURICEMIA: CURRENT TREATMENTS AND EMERGING THERAPIES 

Emily Daum, OMS-III

EVALUATING THE ROLE OF OSTEOPATHIC MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE IN CHRONIC LOW BACK PAIN 

Carolyn DeBoth, OMS-III

STREET-BASED WOUND CARE IN KENSINGTON, PHILADELPHIA: A BIPOC CLINICAL HEALTH EQUITY INITIATIVE

Shrijal Desai, OMS-III

WHEN STRIDOR STRIKES: RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE INJURY VS POST-SURGICAL HYPOCALCEMIA INDUCED WEAKNESS CASE REPORT 

Sabrina Do, DO

REVITALIZING OMM IN THE RESIDENCY CLINIC: EDUCATIONAL INTERVENTIONS TO IMPROVE OFFICE-WIDE FAMILIARITY AND INTEREST IN OMT 

Kathryn Donnelly, DO

INTRANASAL GENTAMICIN ALTERS NEURONAL MORPHOLOGY IN THE CENTRAL NUCLEUS OF THE INFERIOR COLLICULUS

Sophia Franco, OMS-III

A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW OF OVER-THE-COUNTER THERAPIES FOR ALOPECIA AND THEIR INTEGRATION WITH OSTEOPATHIC MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE

Emily Garelick, DO

COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE OBSERVATIONAL STUDY IN HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETES

Dervins Germinal, DO

EFFECT OF OSTEOPATHIC MANIPULATIVE TREATMENT ON POSTOPERATIVE PAIN AND RECOVERY: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW AND META-ANALYSIS

Kiran Ghotra, OMS-III

RECURRENT POSTOPERATIVE DELIRIUM IN A YOUNG FEMALE-TO-MALE TRANSGENDER ADULT ON TESTOSTERONE GENDER AFFIRMING HORMONAL THERAPY

Anna Goetze, DO

CONVULSIVE SYNCOPE SECONDARY TO IDIOPATHIC SINUS ARREST: A DIAGNOSTIC PITFALL

Christopher Groetsch, OMS-IV

A CASE OF LATE ONSET PROLONGED QTc OCCURING IN A 63-YEAR-OLD FEMALE WITH MULTIPLE COMORBIDITIES 

Christina Harkey, DO

A STUDY OF ACUTE PANCREATITIS SECONDARY TO GASTRIC BALLOON WEIGHT LOSS THERAPY  

Quincy Herdlein, DO

HEPATITIS B AND D SUPERINFECTION DISCOVERED IN A PATIENT PRESENTING WITH AN ASTHMA EXACERBATION IN A LOW-RESOURCE COMMUNITY HOSPITAL 

Emilie Hilliard, OMS-III

A LITERATURE REVIEW OF THE CORRELATION BETWEEN FAUN TAIL NEVUS PRESENTATION AND SPINAL DYSMORPHISMS 

Feryal Hilmi, OMS-III

WEST NILE VIRUS PRESENTATION WITH SUPERIMPOSED STROKE

Carey Hung, DO

CHRONIC LEFT GASTRIC ARTERY AND ACUTE SUPERIOR MESENTERIC ARTERY DISSECTIONS DURING HYPERTENSIVE CRISIS

Victor Ivancev, OMS-III

LARGE BOWEL OBSTRUCTION DUE TO MALIGNANT MASS WITH INGUINAL HERNIA: A CASE REPORT

Marie Joung, DO

THE EFFECT OF OSTEOPATHIC MANIPULATIVE TREATMENT ON NEONATAL INTENSIVE CARE UNIT LENGTH OF STAY IN PRETERM INFANTS: A META-ANALYSIS

Jessie Kasper, OMS-III

A CASE REPORT ON A PATIENT WITH NEUROLEPTIC MALIGNANT SYNDROME IN A PATIENT WITH HYPERNATREMIA

Maryam Khan, OMS-III

 

CREATION OF A PODCAST AS A TEACHING TOOL FOR LEARNERS TO IMPROVE PATIENT-PROVIDER INTERACTIONS

David Kim, DO

  SHIITAKE FLAGELLATE DERMATITIS REVISITED: EVIDENCE FOR A LENTINAN-MEDIATED TOXICODERM

Simona Kogan, OMS-III

LEFT HAND ISCHEMIA SECONARY TO STEAL SYNDROME AFTER SUBCLAVAIN ARTERY INTERVENTION IN A HEMODIALYSIS PATEINT WITH ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA

Yaniy Maddahi, MD

A STUDY TO REDUCE UROLOGY CONSULTS FOR DIFFICULT FOLEY CATHETER PLACEMENT IN HOSPITALIZED PATIENTS

Wali Mansour, MD

EMERGING TREATMENT STRATEGIES IN MERKEL CELL CARCINOMA: A COMPARISON OF NOVEL IMMUNOTHERAPY APPROACHES WITH CONVENTIONAL TREATMENT PARADIGMS

Adithvan Menon, OMS-III

PROPOFOL INFUSION SYNDROME AND CRITICAL CARE CONSIDERATIONS

Jason Mitton, DO

 

DIGITAL DEVICE USE AS A RISK FACTOR FOR ADULT - ONSET DIPLOPIA

Zalak Modi, OMS-III

REFRACTORY ASTHMA-LIKE DYSPNEA DUE TO DIAPHRAGMATIC AND THORACIC SOMATIC DYSFUNCTION: A CASE REPORT

Emily Murdakhaev, OMS-II

CRYPTOSPORIDIUM ENTERITIS IN AN IMMUNOCOMPETENT FARM WORKER WITH OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE

Rohit Musuku, OMS-III

 

BUBBLE TROUBLE: TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS–ASSOCIATED EMPHYSEMATOUS CYSTITIS

Anam Naseem, MD

 
ENHANCED PREVENT: INTEGRATING INFLAMMATORY BIOMARKERS (hsCRP) INTO ASCVD RISK PREDICTION

Namita Nedumala, OMS-IV

HISTOLOGY’S PATH(OLOGY): EVALUATING STRUCTURED PATHOLOGY MODULES ACROSS SUCCESSIVE MEDICAL STUDENT COHORTS

Uchenna Ozuzu, OMS-III

CHIROPRACTIC MANAGEMENT OF MVC RELATED INJURIES IN A PATIENT WITH EHLERS DANLOS SYNDROME

Adam Pembleton, DC

 

SECONDARY POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE AFTER VBAC MANAGED WITH THE JADA® SYSTEM

Preston Phommathep, OMS-III

 
ATYPICAL PRESENTATION OF CEFEPIME-INDUCED NEUROTOXICITY

Shubhra Rajpurohit, DO

OPTIMIZING DIABETES MELLITUS CARE AND ADDRESSING SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH (SDOH): A QUALITY IMPROVEMENT PROJECT

Erin Reese, DO

 
INFECTIOUS INVOLVEMENT WITH HEAVY METAL TOXICITES IN AN ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE CASE STUDY

Maria Renzi, OMS-III

 
INTRA-PARIETAL HERNIA FORMATION FOLLOWING COMPLEX ABDOMINAL WALL RECONSTRUCTION

Julian Rupkey, OMS-III

 
MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS IN DISGUISE: A CASE STUDY IN AN EMERGENCY ROOM SETTING

Jonathan Sharp, OMS-II

METABOLIC AND HEPATIC BIOMARKER SIGNATURES AMONG PERIODONTITIS PATIENTS WITH DIFFERING DIABETES STATUS

Lauren Smith, DO

 
IMPROVING SKIN CANCER SCREENING AND DIAGNOSIS THROUGH USE OF DERMOSCOPY IN A FAMILY MEDICINE RESIDENCY CLINIC

Alvin Soto-Soto, MD

 
 BENIGN OVARIAN TERATOMAS IN FEMALES AGED 5-21

Sreeja Stanam, OMS-II

 
CHEMOTHERAPY-ASSOCIATED STEATOHEPATITIS (CASH) AFTER TOPOTECAN EXPOSURE

Connor Stinson, DO

  DIABETIC RETINOPATHY SCREENING USING FUNDOSCOPIC CAMERA

Jay Talluri, MD

INCREASING UTILIZATION OF OSTEOPATHIC MANIPULATIVE TREATMENT IN A FAMILY MEDICINE RESIDENCY OFFICE

Megan Thompson, DO

 
MORE THAN A TOOTHACHE: NECROTIZING SOFT TISSUE INFECTION FROM AN ODONTOGENIC SOURCE

Gabija Usaite, DO

 
PEDIATRIC GRANULOMA ANNULARE: A RARE ASSOCIATION WITH LYME DISEASE

Nickolas Vasil, OMS-III

VERTEBRAL ARTERY DISSECTION FOLLOWING CERVICAL MANIPULATION IN THE SETTING OF PRIOR AMPHETAMINE ABUSE 

Stephanie Wang, OMS-III

 
A META-ANALYSIS OF THE EFFICACY OF OSTEOPATHIC LYMPHATIC TECHNIQUES ON PERIPHERAL EDEMA IN PREGNANCY

Muhammed Zouabi, OMS-III

 
 USING AI TO SUPPORT EVIDENCE-BASED LEARNING IN FAMILY MEDICINE RESIDENCY

Arjola Agolli, MD

 
HYPERTENSIVE SCOTOMAS IN THE SETTING OF THROMBOTIC MICROANGIOPATHY

Vincent Bulzoni, OMS-III

 PEANUT ALLERGY TRENDS IN CHILDREN FOLLOWING 2017 PREVENTION GUIDELINES

Andrea Jakubowski, OMS-III

 
 EFFICIENCY OF OSTEOPATHIC MANIPULATIVE THERAPY IN NEUROPATHIC PAIN 

Jade McNulty, OMS-III

 
UNDETECTED ANCA-ASSOCIATED VASCULITIS: A CASE OF MIXED NEPHRITIC-NEPHROTIC SYNDROME CULMINATING IN DIALYSIS IN AN OLDER WOMAN 

Darsh Patel, MD

 
 AWARENESS OF THE MEDICARE DIABETES PREVENTION PROGRAM AMONG HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS CARING FOR OLDER ADULTS

Anannya Pushkarna, OMS-II

AUDITORY BRAINSTEM RESPONSES IN AN ANIMAL MODEL OF AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER

Farhana Ratree, OMS-II

HYPERMAGNESEMIA CAUSING REVERSIBLE ATRIOVENTRICULAR CONDUCTION DELAY: A CASE OF SYMPTOMATIC BRADYCARDIA FROM OTC CATHARTICS 

Maslahuddin Roomi, MD

 

MEDICATION BURDEN IN PREGNANCY: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW OF POLYPHARMACY, DEFINITIONS, AND MATERNAL–FETAL OUTCOMES

Arjola Agolli, MD

 
A CASE OF EXTENSIVE SUPRASELLAR MENINGIOMA PRESENTING WITH INSIDIOUS VISON LOSS

Vincent Bulzoni, OMS-III

TRAVEL & COST BURDENS IN IDIOPATHIC SUBGLOTTIC STENOSIS: AN INTERNATIONAL SURVEY STUDY

Andrea Jakubowski, OMS-III

EOSINOPHILIC GRANULOMATOSIS WITH POLYANGIITIS (EGPA) IN A PATIENT WITH RECURRENT SINONASAL OBSTRUCTION AND ASTHMA WITH TRANSIENT UNILATERAL PARESTHESIAS 

Dat Le, DO

EVALUATING THE ROLE OF TNK USE FOR MINOR STROKE SYMPTOMS 

Jade McNulty, OMS-III

VIEUSSENS`S RING AND NONISCHEMIC CARDIOMYOPATHY: WHEN THE HEART STEALS FROM ITSELF 

Darsh Patel, MD

THORACIC PADDLE LEAD SPINAL CORD STIMULATION FOR CHRONIC COCCYDYNIA

Anannya Pushkarna, OMS-II

EXTRAMEDULLARY RELAPSE OF IgA LAMBDA MULTIPLE MYELOMA PRESENTING AS CUTANEOUS TUMOR

Farhana Ratree, OMS-II

PERSISTENT PERICARDIAL EFFUSION IN UNCONTROLLED HASHIMOTO'S HYPOTHYROIDISM: A CONSEQUENCE OF MEDICATION NON-COMPLIANCE  

Maslahuddin Roomi, MD

BURINING BEFORE THE BLISTERS: LIVEDOID VASCULOPATHY PRESENTING WITH SEVERE NEUROPATHIC PAIN IN A MALE PATIENT 

Priyanka Dave, MD

INCREASED MALIGANCY AMONG PATIENTS TREATED WITH DMARDs AND BIOLOGIC THERAPIES

Dat Le, DO

THE BURDEN WITHIN: DISPROPORTIONATE CARDIOVASCULAR RISK AMONG MINORITY ADULTS IN PHILADELPHIA 

Darsh Patel, MD

 IATROGENIC SUBARACHNOID FAT EMBOLISM FOLLOWING LUMBER DRAIN PLACEMENT

Farhana Ratree, OMS-II

SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS (SLE) AND RISK OF CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE (CVD): A 30-YEAR RETROSPECTIVE COHORT STUDY IN UPMC CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA

Maslahuddin Roomi, MD

SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS (SLE) AND RISK OF CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE (CVD): A 30-YEAR RETROSPECTIVE COHORT STUDY IN UPMC CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA 

Dat Le, DO

   

 

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