Our Residents' and Fellows' Achievements

Chang S, Turner M, Nielsen J, Holzer S. Isolated Anomalous Single Coronary Artery from the Pulmonary Artery in a Five-Week Old Infant: A Case Report. Midwest Pediatric Cardiology Society Annual Meeting, 2016.

Tobin M, Gill RK, Chang S, Schuval S. High Incidence of Atopy in Young Children with Eosinophilic Esophagitis. American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology 2016 Annual Meeting, 2016.

Handel AS, Messina C, Hymes S. Determinants of Antibiotic Selection Among Ambulatory Pediatricians: A survey-based assessment. ID Week Conference, October 2016, New Orleans, LA

Lee, D. (Oct 2016). Predicting Endotracheal Tube Insertion Depths in Neonates using the Oro-Helix Length. Platform presentation with travel grant at: AAP Northeastern conference on Perinatal Research; Harwich, MA.

Lee D, Harwayne-Gidansky I. (2016). Ethanol Intoxication in Infants: A Case Series and Systematic Review Poster presented at: Eastern Society of Pediatric Research; Philadelphia, PA.

Rathi P, Messina C, & Mintzer JP. Effects of Indomethacin Dosing Strategy on Closure of Patent Ductus Arteriosus in Very Low Birth Weight Neonates. Platform presentation at the 9th Annual Harvey Aiges Memorial Pediatric Resident’s Night hosted by the Nassau Pediatric Society, Carle Place, NY

Rathi P, Messina C, & Mintzer JP. Effects of Indomethacin Dosing Strategy on Closure of Patent Ductus Arteriosus in Very Low Birth Weight Neonates. Poster Presentation, Pediatric Academic Societies Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD.

Rathi P, Messina C, & Mintzer JP. Effects of Indomethacin Dosing Strategy on Closure of Patent Ductus Arteriosus in Very Low Birth Weight Neonates. Abstract and poster presented at the 10th Annual Women in Medicine Research Day, Stony Brook Hospital, Stony Brook, NY.

Karber B, Omesi L, Chang S, Handel A, Hegedus M, Maduekwe E. (July 2016). A Case of Congenital Malignant Spinal Cord Glioma as a Cause of Congenital Ascites in a Neonate. Case Rep Pediatrics, epub ID: 5208753.

Handel AS, Beltrán Ayala E, Borbor-Cordova MJ, Fessler AG, Finkelstein JL, Robalino Espinoza RX, Ryan SJ, and Stewart-Ibarra AM. (June 2016). Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices regarding Dengue Infection among Public Sector Healthcare Providers in Machala, Ecuador. Trop Dis Travel Med Vaccine, 2.8:1-10.

Lee D, & Harwayne-Gidansky I. 3 Month Old Infant with Lethargy and Metabolic Acidosis. Clin Pediatr (Phila). 2016 Sep 8. pii: 0009922816668498

Rathi P, Messina C, & Mintzer JP. Effects of Indomethacin Dosing Strategy on Closure of Patent Ductus Arteriosus in Very Low Birth Weight Neonates. Platform presentation, Eastern Society for Pediatric Research, Philadelphia, PA.

Suryadevara M, Handel A, Bonville CA, Cibula DA, Domachowske JB. (Nov 2015). Pediatric provider vaccine hesitancy: an under-recognized obstacle to immunizing children. Vaccine, 33.48:6629-34

Christal Achille, MD, Rachel Boykan, MD, Catherine R. Messina, PhD, Physicians’ Beliefs and Self-reported Practice Regarding Second and Third Hand Smoke and Electronic cigarettes: An Institutional Survey; Presented at AAP/NCE, Section on Tobacco Control, October 25, 2015

Malhotra, Ashwin; Downs, Traci; Chang, Sunny; Chandran, Latha, Pediatrics in Review (Pending Publication, Accepted): A Child with Slurred Speech and Vertigo

Rachel Boykan, MD, Catherine R. Messina, PhD, Ahmed Erakat, DO, MBA, Implementation of an Inpatient Smoking Cessation Referral Program: Nursing Staff’s Attitudes and Barriers to Change, Presented at Pediatric Hospital Medicine Conference July 2014 and at AAP/NCE, Provisional Section on Tobacco Control section, October, 2014

Marian Evinger, Hazel Villanueva, Priyadarshani Giri, Acute Hypoxia Induces Cytokine Synthesis and Release in Mouse Pheochromocytoma Cells, Presented at PAS, 2015

Mahpara Khaliq; Roderick Go, Secondary Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis: Rare Etiology of Hepatic Failure and Refractory Bleeding in Adults, Presented April 2015

Michelle Levison, Jonathan Mintzer. Catherine Messina, Is Excess Fluid Administration Shortly Following Birth in Very Low Birth Weight Neonates Associated with and Increased Rate of Patent Ductus Arteriosus Requiring Treatment? Presented at PAS, 2015

Omesi, L., Parker, RI, Messina, C., Meyer, R. "Biomarkers in Febrile Neutropenia,” Poster Presentation at ASPHO 2015, Phoenix, AZ. May 8, 2015

Omesi, L., Parker, RI., Messina, C., Meyer, R, "Biomarkers in Febrile Neutropenia," Platform Presentation at Stony Brook University Hospital Research Day

Lenore Omesi, Christy Beneri, Katharine Kevill, Laura Monahan, Laurie Panesar, Rina Meyer, "Lymphomatoid granulomatosis following primary EBV infection in a 14 year old with Trisomy 8 mosaicism," Poster Presentation at ASPHO 2015, Phoenix, AZ. May 8, 2015

Alice Rutatangwa, The use of Non-Inflammatory Acid Sphingomyelinase Mutants for Enzyme Replacement in NPD-A, Presented at PAS, 2015

Gan Q, Salussolia CL, and Wollmuth LP. (2014). Assembly of AMPA receptors: mechanisms and regulation. J Physiol July 2014 (epub ahead of print).

Salussolia, CL, Gan, Q, and LP Wollmuth. 2016. Assaying AMPA Receptor Oligomerization. Neuromethods 106: 3-14. DOI 10.1007/978-1-4939-2812-5_1

Francis D, Daniel S, Tobin M, Scriven R, Chawla A. A Case of Hepatic Portal Venous Gas in a Patient with Hypertrophic Pyloric Stenosis. Presented at the World Congress of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition. October 2016. Montreal Canada.

Francis D, Buscaglia J, Chawla A. Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumor in a Patient with Tuberous Sclerosis. Presented at the World Congress of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition. October 2016. Montreal Canada.

Dalal A, Francis D, Chawla A. How Often Will Children with Gastroesophageal Reflux Documented by pH Monitoring Studies Show Evidence of Esophagitis? Presented at the World Congress of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition (Awarded Poster of Distinction). October 2016. Montreal Canada.

Brief J, Chawla A, Usmani K, Gathungu G, Woroniecki R, Coldren D, Morganstern J. Minimal Change Nephrotic Syndrome and Hodgkin’s Lymphoma Associated with Adalimumab Therapy. Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology and Treatment. Feb 2016 2(1).

Francis D, Chen K. “Congenital Anomalies of the Pancreas” in Fellow’s Concise Review of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition 2nd Edition. Editors: Arvind Srinath, Sohail Husain. 2016.

Doyle J, Davidson D, Katz S, Varela, Demeglio D, DeCristofaro J. Apnea of prematurity and caffeine pharmacokinetics: potential impact on hospital discharge. Journal of Perinatology (2016) 36, 141–144; doi:10.1038/jp.2015.167

Fornier B, Nielsen J, Balsam D, Messina C, Davidson D. Optimal Radiologic Position of an Umbilical Venous Catheter Tip as Determined by Echocardiography in Very Low Birth Weight Newborns, Journal of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine, (in press).

Fornier B, Omesi L, Chang S, Handel S, Hegedus M, Maduekwe E. A Case of Congenital Malignant Spinal Cord Glioma as a Cause of Congenital Ascites in a Neonate. Case Reports in Pediatrics; Volume 2016 (2016), Article ID 5208753; http://dx.doi:10.1155/2016/5208753

Macomber M, Decristofaro J, Pynn J. NIMV versus NCPAP in Stable, Very Low Birth Weight Infants: Can NIMV Provide an Acute Improvement in Ventilation and Cardiorespiratory Stability? Platform Presentation: Northeastern Conference on Perinatal Research; Chatham, Massachusetts; October, 2016.

Salnave J, Mele P, Antonawich L, Varela M, Hymes S, Propper G, Decristofaro J, Sridhar S, Antibiotic Stewardship in Neonatal Intensive Care (ASPIN) Optimizes Antibiotic Use and Minimize Practice Variation in Level III NICU. Poster Presentation at Vermont Oxford Network’s Annual Quality Congress and NICQ & iNICQ Symposium; Chicago, Illinois; September 2016.

Brief J, Morganstern J, Gathungu G, Woroniecki R, Coldron D, Usmani K, Chawla A. Minimal Change Nephrotic Syndrome Associated with Adalimumab Therapy in a Pediatric Patient with Crohn’s Disease. Poster Presentation at Advances in Inflammatory Bowel Diseases conference, Orlando, FL., December 5, 2014

Alexa S Calero, MD, and Marian J Evinger, PhD, Does Hypoxia Evoke Enkephalin Synthesis and Release from Chromaffin Cells? Investigating a Novel Stress Response to Acute Hypoxia , presented at ESPR, 2015

Edelman M, Indy k D, Yeroshalmi F. A black hairy tongue in a newborn infant. Journal of Oral Science and Health 2014; 1(1):1-3.

Edelman M, Chawla A, Gill R. A multiseptated gallbladder in a 16yr old male with abdominal pain. Department of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Stony Brook Long Island Children’s Hospital, Stony Brook NY. Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition 2014.

Edelman M, Chawla A, Gill R. A new association with Triple X syndrome: A gastric duplication cyst. Department of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Stony Brook Long Island Children’s Hospital, Stony Brook NY. Poster Presentation at NASPGHAN 2014. Atlanta, Georgia. (October 2014)

Edelman M, Chawla A, Salvatore D, Carney T, Kier C. Assessing independence and health responsibility: Bridging to adult cystic fibrosis care. Department of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Stony Brook Long Island Children’s Hospital, Stony Brook NY. Poster Presentation at NASPGHAN 2014. Atlanta, Georgia. (October 2014)

Edelman M, Rowehl LM, Chawla A, Gathungu G. The Food Additive Potassium Bromate inhibits cell cycle progression and induces cell death in intestinal epithelial cells. Department of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Stony Brook Long Island Children’s Hospital, Stony Brook NY. Poster Presentation at NASPGHAN 2014. Atlanta, Georgia. (October 2014)

Edelman M, Rowehl LM, Gathungu G. Bacterial antigens and food additives alter membrane integrity and induce inflammation in vitro. Department of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Stony Brook Long Island Children’s Hospital, Stony Brook NY. Poster Presentation at DDW 2014. Chicago, Illinois. (October 2014)

Marian Evinger, Hazel Villanueva, Priyadarshani Giri, Acute Hypoxia Induces Cytokine Synthesis and Release in Mouse Pheochromocytoma Cells, Presented at PAS, 2015

Hazel Villanueva MD and Josel Doyle MD, Margin of safety for discharge of the preterm infant with apnea of prematurity: how many days off caffeine is enough time? Presented at PAS, 2015

Zaidi, Hina, Treatment Dilemma for BK viremia'. Presented at the Pediatric Transplant Infectious Diseases Symposium, St. Jude's PIDS conference, Feb 2015, Memphis, TN

Publications

Franceschi, A., Mak, W., Balsam, D. "Bile Aspiration Pneumonia in High Small Bowel Atresia" Case in Point. American College of Radiology. November, 2014.

Derespina K, Panesar R. Increased Intracranial Pressure Secondary to External Ventricular Drain Obstruction in a Teenager. MedEdPORTAL; 2014. Available from: www.mededportal.org/publication/9785

Shehu, E, Ozbek, A, Boykan R, Chitkara, M. Fitz-Hugh-Curtis Syndrome. Pediatrics in Review.  Feb 2014; 35:88-93

Gan Q, Salussolia CL, and Wollmuth LP. (2014). Assembly of AMPA receptors: mechanisms and regulation. J Physiol July 2014 (epub ahead of print).

Post, SG, Ng, LE, Fischel, JE, Bennett, M, Bily, L, Chandran, L, Joyce, J, Locicero, B, McGovern, K, McKeefrey, RL, Rodriguez, JV & Roess, MW.  Routine, empathic and compassionate patient care: definitions, development, obstacles, education and beneficiaries.   Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice: International Journal of Public Health Policy and Health Services Research (2014) [first published online Sept 2014, due in print journal Oct 2014.

Manika Suryadevara, Cynthia A. Bonville, Donald A. Cibula, Matthew Valente, Andrew Handel, James R. Domachowse, Joseph B. Domachowske, Pertussis vaccine for adults: Knowledge, attitudes, and vaccine receipt among adults with children in the household, Vaccine, Available online 25 October 2014, ISSN 0264-410X, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2014.10.018.

Zambetti A, Tartter PI. Bone Mineral Density is a Prognostic Factor for Postmenopausal Caucasian Women with Breast Cancer. The Breast Journal 2013; 19(2): 168-172.

National and Regional Presentations

Laurie Campfield, DO, Lisa Clark DNP, Margaret Connolly, MD, "Breastfeeding Knowledge, Attitudes and Beliefs: A Survey of Pediatric Residents and Nurses in a Tertiary Hospital Setting," presented at Pediatric Hospital Medicine July, 2014.

Rachel Boykan, MD, Catherine R. Messina, PhD, Ahmed Erakat, DO, MBA, Implementation of an Inpatient Smoking Cessation Referral Program: Nursing Staff’s Attitudes and Barriers to Change, Presented at Pediatric Hospital Medicine Conference July 2014 and at AAP/NCE, Provisional Section on Tobacco Control section, October 2014.

Levinson, Michelle, MD, Mintzer, Jonathan, MD, "Does excess fluid administration shortly following birth in VLBW infants contribute to an increased risk of PDA requiring treatment." Accepted for platform presentation on November 18, 2014 at the American Academy of Pediatrics Greater New York Conference on Perinatal Research.