Publications
Research and Peer Review Publications
Residents at BMC are encouraged to undertake research projects during their residency. Each year, our residents publish an exceptional number of research studies in various sub-specialties. The titles of our recent graduates’s most recent publications can be found below.
Walker ME, O’Donnell AA, Rajendran I, et al. Associations of the Mediterranean-Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension Intervention for Neurodegenerative Delay diet with cardiac remodelling in the community: the Framingham Heart Study [published online ahead of print, 2021 Feb 23]. Br J Nutr. 2021;1-9. doi:10.1017/S0007114521000660 Lee J, Walker ME, Bourdillon MT, et al. Conjoint Associations of Adherence to Physical Activity and Dietary Guidelines With Cardiometabolic Health: The Framingham Heart Study. J Am Heart Assoc. 2021;10(7):e019800. doi:10.1161/JAHA.120.019800 Carneiro HA, Song RJ, Lee J, Schwartz B, Vasan RS, Xanthakis V. Association of Blood Pressure and Heart Rate Responses to Submaximal Exercise With Incident Heart Failure: The Framingham Heart Study. J Am Heart Assoc. 2021;10(7):e019460. doi:10.1161/JAHA.120.019460 Schwartz B, Schou M, Gislason GH, Køber L, Torp-Pedersen C, Andersson C. Prevalence and incidence of various cancer subtypes in patients with heart failure vs matched controls. Int J Cardiol. 2021;326:144. doi:10.1016/j.ijcard.2020.10.072 Malik A, Ramadan A, Vemuri B, et al. ω-3 Ethyl ester results in better cognitive function at 12 and 30 months than control in cognitively healthy subjects with coronary artery disease: a secondary analysis of a randomized clinical trial. Am J Clin Nutr. 2021;113(5):1168-1176. doi:10.1093/ajcn/nqaa420 Matsui R, Ferran B, Oh A, Croteau D, Shao D, Han J, Pimentel DR, Bachschmid MM. Redox Regulation via Glutaredoxin-1 and Protein S-Glutathionylation. Antioxid Redox Signal. 2020 Apr 1;32(10):677-700. doi: 10.1089/ars.2019.7963. Epub 2020 Jan 23. PMID: 31813265; PMCID: PMC7047114 Malik A, Kanduri JS, Asbeutah AAA, Khraishah H, Shen C, Welty FK. Exercise Capacity, Coronary Artery Fatty Plaque, Coronary Calcium Score, and Cardiovascular Events in Subjects With Stable Coronary Artery Disease. J Am Heart Assoc. 2020;9(7):e014919. doi:10.1161/JAHA.119.014919 Raunsø J, Bourdillon MT, Vasan RS, et al. Familial Clustering of Aortic Size, Aneurysms, and Dissections in the Community. Circulation. 2020;142(10):920-928. doi:10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.120.045990 Bourdillon MT, Vasan RS. A Contemporary Approach to Hypertensive Cardiomyopathy: Reversing Left Ventricular Hypertrophy. Curr Hypertens Rep. 2020;22(10):85. Published 2020 Sep 5. doi:10.1007/s11906-020-01092-8 Schwartz B, Schou M, Gislason GH, Køber L, Torp-Pedersen C, Andersson C. Prevalence and incidence of various Cancer subtypes in patients with heart failure vs matched controls. Int J Cardiol. 2020;316:209-213. doi:10.1016/j.ijcard.2020.05.035 Carneiro H, Rasalingam R. Fungal prosthetic aortic valve endocarditis and endarteritis: An unusual cause of aortic root vegetations. Echocardiography. 2019 Feb;36(2):401-405. PMID: 30592783 Carneiro H, Rasalingam R. Response: Fundamental role of echocardiographic evaluation in the diagnosis of prosthetic valve endocarditis. PMID: 30834557 Wallman DJ, Field P. A Woman in Her Early 70s With Altered Mental Status and Left-Sided Weakness. JAMA Cardiol. 2019 Jun 1;4(6):594. PMID: 30969321 Erqou S, Lodebo BT, Masri A, Altibi AM, Echouffo-Tcheugui JB, Dzudie A, Ataklte F, Choudhary G, Bloomfield GS, Wu WC, Kengne AP. Cardiac Dysfunction Among People Living With HIV: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. JACC Heart Fail. 2019 Feb;7(2):98-108. doi: 10.1016/j.jchf.2018.10.006. PMID: 30704613 Oh A, Okazaki R, Sam F, Valero-Muñoz M. Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction and Adipose Tissue: A Story of Two Tales. Front Cardiovasc Med. 2019 Aug 2;6:110. doi: 10.3389/fcvm.2019.00110. PMID: 31428620; PMCID: PMC6687767 McGregor PC, Manning P, Raj V, Pipilas A, Zhang Y, Rasalingam R, Aragam J. Does Presence of Discrete Subaortic Stenosis Alter Diagnosis and Management of Concomitant Valvular Aortic Stenosis? CASE (Phila). 2019 Feb 15;3(2):77-84. PMID: 31049485 Shi SM, Sung M, Afilalo J, Lipsitz LA, Kim CA, Popma JJ, Khabbaz KR, Laham RJ, Guibone K, Lee J, Marcantonio ER, Kim DH. Delirium Incidence and Functional Outcomes After Transcatheter and Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2019 Jul;67(7):1393-1401. PMID: 30882905 Shrout T, Sexton T, Vsevolozhskaya O, Guglin M, Shafii A, Smyth S. Early signatures of bleeding and mortality in patients on left ventricular assist device support: novel methods for personalized risk-stratification. Biomarkers. 2019;24(5):448-456. doi:10.1080/1354750X.2019.1609089 Wallman DJ, Field P. A Woman in Her Early 70s With Altered Mental Status and Left-Sided Weakness. JAMA Cardiol. 2019 Jun 1;4(6):594. doi: 10.1001/jamacardio.2019.0758. PMID: 30969321 Mohanty A, Kapuria D, Canakis A, Lin H, Amat MJ, Rangel Paniz G, Placone NT, Thomasson R, Roy H, Chak E, Baffy G, Curry MP, Laine L, Rustagi T. Fresh frozen plasma transfusion in acute variceal haemorrhage: Results from a multicentre cohort study. Liver Int. 2021 Aug;41(8):1901-1908. doi: 10.1111/liv.14936. Epub 2021 May 24. PMID: 33969607. Canakis A, Kim R. Endoscopic Advances for Gastric Neoplasia Detection. Gastrointest Endosc Clin N Am. 2021 Jul;31(3):543-561. doi: 10.1016/j.giec.2021.03.007. PMID: 34053638. Chandan S, Mohan BP, Khan SR, Jha LK, Dhaliwal AJ, Bilal M, Aziz M, Canakis A, Arora S, Malik S, Kassab LL, Ponnada S, Bhat I, Hewlett AT, Sharma N, McDonough S, Adler DG. Clinical efficacy and safety of magnetic sphincter augmentation (MSA) and transoral incisionless fundoplication (TIF2) in refractory gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD): a systematic review and meta-analysis. Endosc Int Open. 2021 Apr;9(4):E583-E598. doi: 10.1055/a-1352-2944. Epub 2021 Apr 13. PMID: 33869732; PMCID: PMC8043814. Allegretti JR, Canakis A, McClure E, Marcus J, Norton BA, Hamilton MJ, Winter RW, De Silva PS, Friedman S, Korzenik JR. Infliximab De-escalation in Patients With Crohn’s Disease in Clinical Remission Is Safe and Well-tolerated. Inflamm Bowel Dis. 2021 Jun 18:izab131. doi: 10.1093/ibd/izab131. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 34142700. Kuftinec G, Elmunzer BJ, Amin S; North American Alliance for the Study of Digestive Manifestations of Covid-19*. The role of endoscopy and findings in COVID-19 patients, an early North American Cohort. BMC Gastroenterol. 2021;21(1):205. Published 2021 May 7. doi:10.1186/s12876-021-01796-4 *Canakis, Andrew Altajar S, Moss A. Inflammatory Bowel Disease Environmental Risk Factors: Diet and Gut Microbiota. Curr Gastroenterol Rep. 2020 Oct 12;22(12):57. doi: 10.1007/s11894-020-00794-y. PMID: 33044636. Altajar S, Baffy G. Skeletal Muscle Dysfunction in the Development and Progression of Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease. J Clin Transl Hepatol. 2020 Dec 28;8(4):414-423. doi: 10.14218/JCTH.2020.00065. Epub 2020 Oct 15. PMID: 33447525; PMCID: PMC7782111. Bhat S, Altajar S, Shankar D, Zahorian T, Robert R, Qazi T, Shah B, Farraye FA. Process and Clinical Outcomes of a Biosimilar Adoption Program with Infliximab-Dyyb. J Manag Care Spec Pharm. 2020 Apr;26(4):410-416. doi: 10.18553/jmcp.2020.26.4.410. PMID: 32223602. Ichkhanian Y, Sanaei O, Canakis A, Vosoughi K, Almazan E, Ghandour B, Khashab MA. Esophageal peroral endoscopic myotomy (POEM) for treatment of esophagogastric junction outflow obstruction: results from the first prospective trial. Endosc Int Open. 2020 Sep;8(9):E1137-E1143. doi: 10.1055/a-1198-4643. Epub 2020 Aug 31. PMID: 32904698; PMCID: PMC7458721. Canakis A, Pani E, Saumoy M, Shah SC. Decision model analyses of upper endoscopy for gastric cancer screening and preneoplasia surveillance: a systematic review. Therap Adv Gastroenterol. 2020 Jul 16;13:1756284820941662. doi: 10.1177/1756284820941662. PMID: 32728390; PMCID: PMC7366398. Canakis A, Baron TH. Relief of biliary obstruction: choosing between endoscopic ultrasound and endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography. BMJ Open Gastroenterol. 2020 Jul;7(1):e000428. doi: 10.1136/bmjgast-2020-000428. PMID: 32727716; PMCID: PMC7394303. Vosoughi K, Ichkhanian Y, Jacques J, Aadam AA, Benias PC, Law R, Hasler WL, Canakis A, Ragi O, Triggs J, Bowers N, Brewer Gutierrez OI, Kumbhari V, Kalloo AN, Bulat RS, Pandolfino JE, Khashab MA. Role of endoscopic functional luminal imaging probe in predicting the outcome of gastric peroral endoscopic pyloromyotomy (with video). Gastrointest Endosc. 2020 Jun;91(6):1289-1299. doi: 10.1016/j.gie.2020.01.044. Epub 2020 Feb 6. PMID: 32035074. Canakis A, Qazi T. Sleep and Fatigue in IBD: an Unrecognized but Important Extra-intestinal Manifestation. Curr Gastroenterol Rep. 2020 Jan 30;22(2):8. doi: 10.1007/s11894-020-0746-x. PMID: 32002666. Canakis A, Haroon M, Weber HC. Irritable bowel syndrome and gut microbiota. Curr Opin Endocrinol Diabetes Obes. 2020 Feb;27(1):28-35. doi: 10.1097/MED.0000000000000523. PMID: 31789724. Shah SC, Canakis A, Peek RM Jr, Saumoy M. Endoscopy for Gastric Cancer Screening Is Cost Effective for Asian Americans in the United States. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2020 Dec;18(13):3026-3039. doi: 10.1016/j.cgh.2020.07.031. Epub 2020 Jul 21. PMID: 32707341; PMCID: PMC8240027. Canakis A, Maoz A, Tkacz JN, Huang C. Factors affecting the rates of adherence to surveillance recommendations for incidental pancreatic cystic lesions in a large urban safety net hospital. BMJ Open Gastroenterol. 2020 Jul;7(1):e000430. doi: 10.1136/bmjgast-2020-000430. PMID: 32665396; PMCID: PMC7359056. Chandan S, Mohan BP, Khan SR, Bhogal N, Canakis A, Bilal M, Dhaliwal AS, Aziz M, Mashiana HS, Singh S, Lee-Smith W, Ponnada S, Bhat I, Pleskow D. Clinical efficacy and safety of palliative esophageal stenting without fluoroscopy: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Endosc Int Open. 2020 Jul;8(7):E944-E952. doi: 10.1055/a-1164-6398. Epub 2020 Jun 16. PMID: 32617399; PMCID: PMC7297607. Canakis A, et al.; North American Alliance for the Study of Digestive Manifestations of COVID-19. Digestive Manifestations in Patients Hospitalized With Coronavirus Disease 2019. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2021 Jul;19(7):1355-1365.e4. doi: 10.1016/j.cgh.2020.09.041. Epub 2020 Oct 1. PMID: 33010411; PMCID: PMC7527302. Eluri S, Tappata M, Huang KZ, Koutlas NT, Robey BS, Fan C, Reed CC, Shaheen NJ, Dellon ES. Distal esophagus is the most commonly involved site for strictures in patients with eosinophilic esophagitis. Dis Esophagus. 2020 Mar 5;33(2):doz088. doi: 10.1093/dote/doz088. PMID: 31778150. Bhat S, Altajar S, Shankar D, Zahorian T, Robert R, Qazi T, Shah B, Farraye FA. Process and Clinical Outcomes of a Biosimilar Adoption Program with Infliximab-Dyyb. J Manag Care Spec Pharm. 2020 Apr;26(4):410-416. doi: 10.18553/jmcp.2020.26.4.410. PMID: 32223602 Soni K, Fricker Z, Long MT. Pyogenic liver abscesses from Fusobacterium nucleatum in an immunocompetent host. Clin Res Hepatol Gastroenterol. 2020 Jun;44(3):e59-e60. doi: 10.1016/j.clinre.2019.09.001. Epub 2019 Oct 10. PMID: 31607642; PMCID: PMC7145721 Satyam VR, Li PH, Reich J, Qazi T, Noronha A, Wasan SK, Farraye FA. Safety of Recombinant Zoster Vaccine in Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease. Dig Dis Sci. 2020 Oct;65(10):2986-2991. doi: 10.1007/s10620-019-06016-4. Epub 2020 Jan 2. PMID: 31897892 Apte M, Reich J, Zahorian T, Farraye FA. Improving Vaccination Rates for IBD Patients Through the Use of Local Pharmacies. Inflamm Bowel Dis. 2019 Feb 21;25(3):e19. PMID: 29893866 Schwartz BL, Lowe RC. Successful Endoscopic Resection of Mucosa-Associated Lymphoid Tissue Lymphoma of the Colon. ACG Case Rep J. 2019;6(10):e00228. Published 2019 Oct 22. doi:10.14309/crj.0000000000000228 Canakis A, Canakis J, Lohani M, Ostrander T. Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis in Cardiac Ascites: A Rare but Deadly Occurrence. Am J Case Rep. 2019 Oct 1;20:1446-1448. doi: 10.12659/AJCR.915944. PMID: 31570687; PMCID: PMC6788488. Canakis A, Dellatore P, Josephson M, Canakis J, Alruwaii Z, Lazarev M, Brant SR. Sustained Resolution of Multifocal Low-Grade Dysplasia in Ulcerative Colitis. ACG Case Rep J. 2019 Aug 21;6(9):e00178. doi: 10.14309/crj.0000000000000178. PMID: 31750368; PMCID: PMC6831135. Canakis A, Law R, Baron T. An updated review on ablative treatment of pancreatic cystic lesions. Gastrointest Endosc. 2020 Mar;91(3):520-526. doi: 10.1016/j.gie.2019.09.037. Epub 2019 Oct 5. PMID: 31593694. Jason Reich, MD, Canakis A, DO, Divya Shankar, MD, Jill Harrington, MD, Manisha Apte, MD, Janice Weinberg, ScD, Eric Jones, BS, Ansu Noronha, MD, Sharmeel K Wasan, MD, Francis A Farraye, MD, MSc, The Use of An EHR Patient Portal (Mychart-Epic) in Patients With Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Crohn’s & Colitis 360, Volume 1, Issue 3, October 2019, otz039, https://doi.org/10.1093/crocol/otz039 Wellington J, Canakis A, Kim R. Endoscopic closure devices: A review of technique and application for hemostasis. Int J Gastrointest Interv 2019;8:127-133. https://doi.org/10.18528/ijgii190012 Mir A, Mann R, Canakis A, Lichtenstein S. Negative payoffs of upper gastrointestinal endoscopy in patients admitted under observation status. Minerva Gastroenterol Dietol. 2019;65(2):91-94. doi:10.23736/S1121-421X.18.02516-3 Long MT, Ko D, Arnold LM, Trinquart L, Sherer JA, Keppel SS, Benjamin EJ, Helm RH. Gastrointestinal and liver diseases and atrial fibrillation: a review of the literature. Therap Adv Gastroenterol. 2019 Apr 2;12:1756284819832237. PMID: 30984290 Dennis, M., Maoz, A., Hughes, D., Sanchorawala, V., Sloan, J.M. and Sarosiek, S. (2019), Bortezomib ocular toxicities: Outcomes with ketotifen. Am J Hematol, 94: E80-E82. doi:10.1002/ajh.25382 Huang KZ, Dellon ES. Increased prevalence of autonomic dysfunction due to postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome in patients with eosinophilic gastrointestinal disorders. J Gastrointestin Liver Dis. 2019 Mar;28(1):47-51. doi: 10.15403/jgld.2014.1121.281.syd. PMID: 30851172. Jensen ET, Huang KZ, Chen HX, Landes LE, McConnell KA, Almond MA, Safta AM, Johnston DT, Durban R, Jobe L, Frost C, Donnelly S, Antonio B, Quiros A, Markowitz JE, Dellon ES. Longitudinal Growth Outcomes Following First-line Treatment for Pediatric Patients With Eosinophilic Esophagitis. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2019 Jan;68(1):50-55. doi: 10.1097/MPG.0000000000002114. PMID: 30074576; PMCID: PMC6449848. M. Michael Dcona, Priyadarshan K. Damle, Francisco Zarate-Perez, Benjamin L. Morris, Zaid Nawaz, Michael J. Dennis, Xiaoyan Deng, Sudha Korwar, Sahib J. Singh, Keith C. Ellis, William E. Royer, Dipankar Bandyopadhyay, Carlos Escalante and Steven R. Grossman Molecular Pharmacology July 1, 2019, 96 (1) 99-108; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1124/mol.118.114363 Wilechansky RM, Spring M, Huang Q, Zullow S. Eosinophilic esophagitis, gastroenteritis, and colitis in a patient with prior parasite exposure. Clin J Gastroenterol. 2019 May 10. PMID: 31077082 Wilechansky RM, Pedley A, Massaro JM, Hoffmann U, Benjamin EJ, Long MT. Relations of liver fat with prevalent and incident chronic kidney disease in the Framingham Heart Study: A secondary analysis. Liver Int. 2019 Aug;39(8):1535-1544. PMID: 31033142 Brunner KT, Henneberg CJ, Wilechansky RM, Long MT. Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease and Obesity Treatment. Curr Obes Rep. 2019 Sep;8(3):220-228. PMID: 30945129 Hildebrand LA, Dumas B, Milrod CJ, Hudspeth JC. Folate Deficiency in an Urban Safety Net Population. Am J Med. 2021 May 26:S0002-9343(21)00322-3. doi: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2021.04.028. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 34051149. Roseen EJ, Rajendran I, Stein P, et al. Association of Back Pain with Mortality: a Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Cohort Studies [published online ahead of print, 2021 Apr 19]. J Gen Intern Med. 2021;10.1007/s11606-021-06732-6. doi:10.1007/s11606-021-06732-6 Yan LD, Hanvoravongchai P, Aekplakorn W, Chariyalertsak S, Kessomboon P, Assanangkornchai S, Taneepanichskul S, Neelapaichit N, Stokes AC. Universal coverage but unmet need: National and regional estimates of attrition across the diabetes care continuum in Thailand. PLoS One. 2020 Jan 15;15(1):e0226286. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0226286. PMID: 31940366; PMCID: PMC6961827 Vedamurthy A, Rajendran I, Manian F. Things We Do for No Reason™: Routine Coverage of Anaerobes in Aspiration Pneumonia. J Hosp Med. 2020;15(12):754-756. doi:10.12788/jhm.3506 Fazeli PK, Faje AT, Meenaghan E, Russell ST, Resulaj M, Lee H, Rosen CJ, Bouxsein ML, Klibanski A. IGF-1 is associated with estimated bone strength in anorexia nervosa. Osteoporos Int. 2020 Feb;31(2):259-265. doi: 10.1007/s00198-019-05193-2. Epub 2019 Oct 28. PMID: 31656971; PMCID: PMC7012750 Bultynck C, Munim N, Harrington DJ, Judd L, Ataklte F, Shah Z, Dockery F. Prevalence of vitamin K deficiency in older people with hip fracture. Acta Clin Belg. 2020 Apr;75(2):136-140. doi: 10.1080/17843286.2018.1564174. Epub 2019 Jan 8. PMID: 30618350 Dilorenzo M, Li J, Strymish J, William J, Breu AC. A Veteran Presenting With Leg Swelling, Dyspnea, and Proteinuria. Fed Pract. 2019 Sep;36(9):420-424. Erratum in: Fed Pract. 2019 Oct;36(10):447. PMID: 31571810; PMCID: PMC6752811. Batalini F, Aleixo GF, Maoz A, Sarosiek S. Haemodialysis-associated thrombocytopenia: interactions among the immune system, membranes and sterilisation methods. BMJ Case Rep. 2019 Sep 4;12(9):e229594. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2019-229594. PMID: 31488440; PMCID: PMC6731774 Parikh M, Rajendran I, D’Amico S, Luo M, Gardiner P. Characteristics and Components of Medical Group Visits for Chronic Health Conditions: A Systematic Scoping Review. J Altern Complement Med. 2019;25(7):683-698. doi:10.1089/acm.2018.0524 Ogunbayo GO, Shrout TA, Misumida N, et al. Trends, Management Patterns, and Predictors of Leaving Against Medical Advice among Patients with Documented Noncompliance Admitted for Acute Myocardial Infarction. J Gen Intern Med. 2019;34(4):486-488. doi:10.1007/s11606-018-4671-8 Fazeli PK, Faje AT, Bredella MA, Polineni S, Russell S, Resulaj M, Rosen CJ, Klibanski A. Changes in marrow adipose tissue with short-term changes in weight in premenopausal women with anorexia nervosa. Eur J Endocrinol. 2019 Mar;180(3):189-199. doi: 10.1530/EJE-18-0824. PMID: 30566901; PMCID: PMC6545162 Fazeli PK, Faje AT, Meenaghan E, Russell ST, Resulaj M, Lee H, Rosen CJ, Bouxsein ML, Klibanski A. IGF-1 is associated with estimated bone strength in anorexia nervosa. Osteoporos Int. 2020 Feb;31(2):259-265. doi: 10.1007/s00198-019-05193-2. Epub 2019 Oct 28. PMID: 31656971; PMCID: PMC7012750 Hildebrand LA, Pierce CJ, Dennis M, Paracha M, Maoz A. Artificial Intelligence for Histology-Based Detection of Microsatellite Instability and Prediction of Response to Immunotherapy in Colorectal Cancer. Cancers (Basel). 2021 Jan 21;13(3):391. doi: 10.3390/cancers13030391. PMID: 33494280; PMCID: PMC7864494. Ozer M, Dumas B, Horta L, Sadrzadeh H. 5-Fluorouracil associated neurovascular toxicities. Curr Probl Cancer. 2021 Apr 18:100746. doi: 10.1016/j.currproblcancer.2021.100746. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 33896650. Matsuura S, Thompson CR, Bekendam RH, et al. Platelet Dysfunction and Thrombosis in JAK2V617F-Mutated Primary Myelofibrotic Mice. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2020;40(10):e262-e272. doi:10.1161/ATVBAHA.120.314760 Chaudhry SA, Serrata M, Bekendam RH, et al. Cationic zinc is required for factor XII recruitment and activation by stimulated platelets and for thrombus formation in vivo. J Thromb Haemost. 2020;18(9):2318-2328. doi:10.1111/jth.14964 Dumas B, Yameen H, Sarosiek S, Sloan JM, Sanchorawala V. Presence of t(11;14) in AL amyloidosis as a marker of response when treated with a bortezomib-based regimen. Amyloid. 2020 Dec;27(4):244-249. doi: 10.1080/13506129.2020.1778461. Epub 2020 Jun 19. PMID: 32551974. Maoz A.; Matsuo, K.; Ciccone, M.A.; Matsuzaki, S.; Klar, M.; Roman, L.D.; Sood, A.K.; Gershenson, D.M. Molecular Pathways and Targeted Therapies for Malignant Ovarian Germ Cell Tumors and Sex Cord–Stromal Tumors: A Contemporary Review. Cancers 2020, 12, 1398 Dennis M, Maoz A, Cirstea D, Patel A, Lerner A, Sarosiek S. Treatment disparities in minority groups with multiple myeloma at a safety-net hospital. Leuk Lymphoma. 2020 Oct;61(10):2507-2510. doi: 10.1080/10428194.2020.1767290. Epub 2020 May 27. PMID: 32460648 Dennis M, Asaf Maoz, Diana Cirstea, Ami Patel, Adam Lerner & Shayna Sarosiek (2020) Treatment disparities in minority groups with multiple myeloma at a safety-net hospital, Leukemia & Lymphoma, 61:10, 2507-2510, DOI: 10.1080/10428194.2020.1767290 White PS, Dennis M, Jones EA, Weinberg JM, Sarosiek S. Risk Factors for Development of Hypocalcemia in Patients With Cancer Treated With Bone-Modifying Agents. J Natl Compr Canc Netw. 2020 Apr;18(4):420-427. doi: 10.6004/jnccn.2019.7370. PMID: 32259788 Gupta VK, Strykowski R, Scarpato B, Lawrence R, Khan SL, Patel J, Nouraie SM, Cohen RT, Sloan JM, Klings ES. The effect of anticoagulant choice on venous thromboembolism recurrence and bleeding in sickle cell disease. Am J Hematol. 2020 Jul 3. doi: 10.1002/ajh.25923. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 32619024 Leiva O, Bekendam RH, Garcia BD, et al. Emerging Factors Implicated in Fibrotic Organ-Associated Thrombosis: The Case of Two Organs. TH Open. 2019;3(2):e165-e170. Published 2019 Jun 7. doi:10.1055/s-0039-1692204 Bekendam RH, Flaumenhaft R. Assays of Thiol Isomerase Enzymatic Activity. Methods Mol Biol. 2019;1967:133-148. doi:10.1007/978-1-4939-9187-7_8 Shin TH, Inagaki E, Ganta T, Hartshorn K, Litle VR, Suzuki K. Tumor Lysis Syndrome After Bilobectomy for Typical Carcinoid Tumor of the Lung. Ann Thorac Surg. 2019 Mar;107(3):e199-e201. PMID: 30218665 Gupta VK, Brauneis D, Shelton AC, Quillen K, Sarosiek S, Sloan JM, Sanchorawala V. Induction Therapy with Bortezomib and Dexamethasone and Conditioning with High-Dose Melphalan and Bortezomib Followed by Autologous Stem Cell Transplantation for Immunoglobulin Light Chain Amyloidosis: Long-Term Follow-Up Analysis. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant. 2019 May;25(5):e169-e173. doi: 10.1016/j.bbmt.2019.01.007. Epub 2019 Jan 11. PMID: 30639823 Karantanos T, Karanika S, Seth B, Gignac G. The absolute lymphocyte count can predict the overall survival of patients with non-small cell lung cancer on nivolumab: a clinical study. Clin Transl Oncol. 2019 Feb;21(2):206-212. PMID: 29948974 Maoz A, Dennis M, Greenson JK. The Crohn’s-Like Lymphoid Reaction to Colorectal Cancer-Tertiary Lymphoid Structures With Immunologic and Potentially Therapeutic Relevance in Colorectal Cancer. Front Immunol. 2019 Aug 22;10:1884. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2019.01884. PMID: 31507584; PMCID: PMC6714555 Maoz A, Ciccone MA, Matsuzaki S, Coleman RL, Matsuo K. Emerging serine-threonine kinase inhibitors for treating ovarian cancer. Expert Opin Emerg Drugs. 2019 Dec;24(4):239-253. doi: 10.1080/14728214.2019.1696773. PMID: 31755325; PMCID: PMC7526049 Weitzel JN, Neuhausen SL, Adamson A, Tao S, Ricker C, Maoz A, Rosenblatt M, Nehoray B, Sand S, Steele L, Unzeitig G, Feldman N, Blanco AM, Hu D, Huntsman S, Castillo D, Haiman C, Slavin T, Ziv E. Pathogenic and likely pathogenic variants in PALB2, CHEK2, and other known breast cancer susceptibility genes among 1054 BRCA-negative Hispanics with breast cancer. Cancer. 2019 Aug 15;125(16):2829-2836. doi: 10.1002/cncr.32083. Epub 2019 Jun 17. PMID: 31206626; PMCID: PMC7376605. Mostaghim A, Dhanani M, Ingalls RR. Fournier’s gangrene as an initial manifestation of acute promyelocytic leukemia: A case report and review of the literature. SAGE Open Med Case Rep. 2019 Mar 1;7:2050313X19834425. doi: 10.1177/2050313X19834425. PMID: 30854206; PMCID: PMC6399751 Sun L, Mack J, Li A, Ryu J, Upadhyay VA, Uhl L, Kaufman RM, Stowell CP, Dzik WS, Makar RS, Bendapudi PK. Predictors of relapse and efficacy of rituximab in immune thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura. Blood Adv. 2019 May 14;3(9):1512-1518. PMID: 31076407 Mitra D, Clark JW, Shih HA, Oh KS, Brastianos PK, Wo JY, Strickland MR, Curry WT, Parikh AR, Corcoran RB, Ryan DP, Iafrate AJ, Borger DR, Lennerz JK, Hong TS. 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