Purzycka, Anna

Specifically in the medical field, Catholic providers rarely receive extensive education regarding the applications of moral theology to their work. Those knowledgeable on the topic have often gone to great lengths to acquire...

Article

Sauer, JS, Siordia, JA, Turek, JW, Cavanaugh, Nicholas B., and Knight, PA

The placement of permanent and temporary cardiac epicardial pacemaker leads through minimally invasive cardiac surgery (MICS) access remains a challenge. A reliable ergonomic approach for remote lead placement requires improved...

Poster

Rud, Christopher T. OMS-3, Ridley, T. J., Macalena, J. A., and Krych, A. J.

Background: A sterile surgical marking pen is commonly used during anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction (ACLR) to outline the proposed skin incision and then to mark the graft during preparation. Once in contact with the...

Article

Turek, Joseph, Froud, Julia, Meyer, Alex, Larcia, Archana, Ashworth, Ravi, Endelman, Levi, and Cavanaugh, Nicholas B.

Bovine aortic arch is an anatomical variant in which the innominate and left common carotid arteries share a common origin. It is generally considered to be benign. The current literature estimates its prevalence may be as high...

Poster

Conway, Brian D, Aldoss, Osamah, Rossi, Nicholas P, El-Hattab, Ahmed, Turek, Joseph W, Cavanaugh, Nicholas B, Meyer, Alex M, and Reinking, Benjamin E

Note: supplemental powerpoint slides available below. and OBJECTIVES: Arch branching has never been shown to influence recoarctation after extended end-to-end anastomosis via thoracotomy, yet in each study bovine arch...

Article

Bedford, Elliott and Rhatican, Brendan OMS-II

1. The Problem. “Proportionate means,” “ordinary means,” “the principle of double effect,” “moral certitude,” and “proximal material cooperation” are some of the philosophical concepts used in medical ethics. Oftentimes,...

Poster

Anloague, Aric and Lowery, Jonathan W.

This experiment analyzes three different techniques used in literature to detect cytokine release from cells in vitro: the Human Cytokine Array (HCA) by R&D Systems, the BD Cytometric Bead Array (CBA) assay, and protein...

Rowe, Michael G., Schoerning, Laura, and Kagan, Penelope

Poster

Renz, Lindsay N., Reed, V., and Rohr-Kirchgraber, Theresa

Hypersensitivity pneumonitis is a unique form of interstitial lung disease that is diverse in its presentation and etiology. • Hypersensitivity pneumonitis is mediated by an inflammatory reaction to inhalation of an...

Poster

Larsen, Bryan, Wittman, Emma OMS-2, Yar, Neela, de Seta, Francesco, and Schaut, Dominic

Background: Farnesol is added to numerous consumer products that intentionally, or inadvertently come in contact with tissues that may harbor the opportunistic yeast, Candida albicans. Objective: This study explores biological...

Article

Thoma-Perry, Carley OMS-4, Jacobsen, L., Blocher-Smith, Ethan C. OMS-4, and Saxe, J.

BACKGROUND: The Trauma Quality Improvement Program was designed by the American College of Surgeons to measure quality benchmarks across American College of Surgeons-certified trauma centers. The Hospital Consumer Assessment...

Article

Newby, Jordan B., Hum, Julia M., Gorrell, Ruthann, Schoerning, Laura, Lowery, Jonathan W., Lawless, Warren, Totten, Madeline, and Geyman, Logan J.

The bone morphogenetic protein (BMP) signaling pathway comprises the largest subdivision of the transforming growth factor (TGF?) superfamily. BMP signaling plays essential roles in both embryonic development and postnatal...

Article

to be added

Friedreich ataxia (FRDA) is an autosomal recessive neuro- and cardio-degenerative disorder caused by decreased expression of frataxin, a protein that localizes to mitochondria and is critical for iron-sulfur-cluster (ISC)...

Article

Lin, Daniel, Tobias, John W., Cotticelli, M. Gracia, Ruff, Eric, Wang, Yongping, Xia, Shujuan, Wilson, Robert B., and Kaur, Avinash

Friedreich ataxia (FRDA) is an autosomal recessive neuro- and cardio-degenerative disorder caused by decreased expression of frataxin, a protein that localizes to mitochondria and is critical for iron-sulfur-cluster (ISC)...

Article

Rich, Alicia M., Hunt, Kevin D., Breeden, Scott K. OMS-4, Wasserman, Michael D., Kaestle, Frederika, and Deimel, Caroline

Background We present 3 likely cases of testicular dysgenesis syndrome (TDS) within a community of chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii). We tested whether genetic drift may be the culprit, as a genetic cause...

Article

Arthur, Jon, Shively, Stephen R, Wauson, Eric M, Shor, Ryann, Newby, Jordan B, Davis, Hannah M, Plattes, Maggie M, Eaton, Michael S., Weinstein, Nicholas, Nathan, Justin, Foster, Hanna E, Ward, Taylor D, Broege, Aaron, Lowery, Jonathan W. Ph.D., Plotkin, Lilian I, and Dewar, Brian J

The taste receptor type 1 (TAS1R) family of heterotrimeric G protein-coupled receptors participates in monitoring energy and nutrient status. TAS1R member 3 (TAS1R3) is a bi-functional protein that recognizes amino acids such...

Article

Winkelman, John W., Schoerning, Laura, Platt, Samuel, Mei, Leslie A, and Mackie, Susan E

BACKGROUND: We examined the short- and long-term efficacy and tolerability of a cross-titration algorithm from oral dopamine agonists to the rotigotine transdermal patch in patients dissatisfied with their restless legs...

Article

Smith, David A and Blocher-Smith, Ethan Charles OMS III

INTRODUCTION: Stomach dehiscence from the abdominal wall is a serious and potentially life-threatening complication of gastrostomy tube changes. This retrospective study evaluates gastric aspiration as an inexpensive and safe...

Conference Proceeding

Turek, JW, Qian, L, Westergaard, NM, Cavanaugh, Nicholas B., and Dyle, MC

Marfan syndrome (MFS) represents a genetic disorder with ranging clinical presentation, most notably ascending aortic aneurysms. There has been extensive research to elucidate the mechanistic biochemistry of this disease. In...

Article

Larsen, Bryan, Yar, Neela, and Whitman, Emma OMS-2

This paper explores one of the underappreciated reasons for lack of efficacy in certain cases of antimicrobial therapy, namely the occurrence of a non-genetic resistance to antimicrobial drugs due to a metabolic quiescence of...

Article

to be added

Numerous surgical approaches have been proposed to treat aortic arch hypoplasia (Figures 1&2). These repairs can vary based upon patient age (i.e. neonatal vs larger child), and therefore the mobility of the aorta. Most repairs...

Poster

Gerami, P., Haugh, A. M., Hanson, E., Verzi, A. E., Bubley, J, Zarkhin, Sonya OMS-4, Brieva, J., Isales, M. C. , Guitart, J., and Bertler, D

Article

Westergaard, NM, Qian, L, Turek, JW, and Cavanaugh, Nicholas B.

Marfan syndrome (MFS) represents a genetic disorder with variable phenotypic expression. The main cardiovascular sequelae of MFS include aortic aneurysm/dissection and cardiomyopathy. While significant advances in the...

Presentation

Arbor, Sage, Biala, Namita OMS-III, and Brooks, Sam

BACKGROUND: Medical school curricula strives to teach as much material as can be retained in a limited amount of time. A common gold standard resource used building curricula are medical objectives suggested by national...

Article

Holgren, Sarah E., Torres, Jose E., Carlson, Alyse M., Tcheng, Jason W, Cavanaugh, Nicholas B., and Turek, Joseph W

Poster

Sheng, Max OMS-2, Sheikh, Kabir OMS-2, Patel, Lajja OMS-2, Sieger, Jacob OMS-2, Parker, Emily OMS-2, and Sakthi Velavan, Sumathilatha

Although the variations in brachial artery branching patterns are commonly observed, only 3.75% exhibit a high ulnar artery variation1. An even fewer number present with a bilateral superficial ulnar artery, as was reported by...

Poster

Panichpisal, K, Schwartz, B G., Warner, D S., Babygirija, R, Biddick, L; , Rovin, R A., Kassam, A B, Sajjad, R., and Chohan, Adil OMS-2

BACKGROUND: Patients with an acute ischemic stroke (AIS) following cardiac catheterization (CC) generally do not receive intravenous thrombolysis [intravenous tissue plasminogen activator (IV-tPA)] as it is contraindicated due...

Article

Addison, William N, Yoda, Tetsuya, Rosen, Vicki, Nakatomi, Mitsushiro, Nakatomi, Chihiro, Urata, Mariko, Hitomi, Suzuro, Osawa, Kenji;, Jimi, Eijiro, Sato, Tsuyoshi, Ono, Yusuke, Kokabu, Shoichiro, Matsubara, Takuma, Hudnall, Aaron M, and Lowery, Jonathan W.

Satellite cells are skeletal muscle stem cells that provide myonuclei for postnatal muscle growth, maintenance, and repair/regeneration in adults. Normally, satellite cells are mitotically quiescent, but they are activated in...

Article

Chicoine, Nicole H. OMS-3, Yaacoubm A.P., Raskin, J. S., and Jea, A.

BACKGROUND: Trigeminal Neuralgia (TN) is a well-recognized facial pain syndrome. Discrete forms with disparate pain symptoms include TN1 and TN2, however, atypical facial pain includes neuralgiform pain along a spectrum. The...

Article