Alex Brown

Comparing the Accuracy of the Kane, Barrett Universal II, Hill-Radial Basis Function, Emmetropia Verifying Optical, and Ladas Super Formula Intraocular Lens Power Calculation Formulas

Mentor:Majid Moshirfar, MD, Hoopes Vision Research Center

Manuscript Published

Ben Adams

Acute Stanford Type B Aortic Dissection Induced During Sexual Activity in Healthy Female: A Previously Unreported Event

Mentor: Jeromy Brink, MD,

Brandon Klor

Outcomes Of TIPS In Patients with Cirrhosis and Portal Vein Thrombosis In a Large Integrated Health System

Mentor:Shoma Bommena, MD, University of Arizona College of Medicine-Tucson, Banner – University Medical Center Phoenix, Banner advanced liver disease institution
Presented at Conference

Brandon Timmerman

Brandon Timmerman Independent Association of Aortic Stenosis & Aortic Regurgitation with Previously Unidentified Risk Factors Using a Large Database

Mentor:  Reza Movahed, MD, PhD, University of Arizona College of Medicine-Tucson,Division of Cardiology

Christian Sulit

Presence of Immune Thrombocytopenic Purpura (ITP) is independently associated with a higher occurrence of pulmonary embolism with or without splenectomy using a large database

Mentor: Mehrnoosh Hashemzadeh, Ph D, Assistant Professor of Practice of Internal Medicine; Mohammad Reza Movahed, MD/Ph.D
Presented at Conference

Conor Wilson

Nosocomial Infection in Adult Patients Receiving ECMO: Experience of a Large Academic Tertiary Center

Mentor:  Sally Suliman, MD, Associate Professor of Internal Medicine, Division of Pulmonary Medicine, University of Arizona College of Medicine-Phoenix; Banner- University Medical Center Phoenix

Jaime Vieira

Are Medical Providers Talking About Vasectomy Enough? Disparities In Contraceptive Counseling: Insights from the 2017-2019 National Survey For Family Growth

Mentor:  Laura Mercer, MD, MD, Associate Professor,Obstetrics & Gynecology , University of Arizona College of Medicine-Phoenix

James Fusaro

Palliative Care Use in Patients with All Cause Dementia

Mentor:  Steve Stapczynski, MD, Professor of Emergency Medicine; University of Arizona College of Medicine-Phoenix

Joshua Perez

Roadblocked to Recovery: The Impact of Transportation Barriers on Hospitalizations in the Homeless Population.

Joshua Theis

Influence of Preoperative Parameters on the Ratio of Keratometric Change per Diopter of Attempted Spherical Equivalent (∆K/∆SEQ) for Myopic Correction Within LASIK, PRK, and SMILE/Majid Moshifar

Mentor:  Majid Moshirfar, MD, Hoopes Vision Research Center

Manuscript Published

Julia Laskus

Impact of High-Sensitivity Cardiac Troponin Implementation on Emergency Department Operations and Resource Utilization: A Multi-Center Quality Improvement Study

Mentor:  Craig Norquist, MD FACEP, Assistant Clinical Professor of Biomedical Informatics;HonorHealth

Kaiden Porter

Comparative Analysis of Corneal Higher-Order Aberrations after Laser-Assisted In Situ Keratomileusis, Photorefractive Keratectomy, and Small Incision Lenticule Extraction with Correlations to Change in Myopic Q-Value and Spherical Equivalent with and without Astigmatism

Mentor:  Majid Moshirfar, MD, Hoopes Vision Research Center

Manuscript Published

Kendall Schwartz

Patient and Provider Attitudes Regarding Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy Disclosure at a Low-Resource, Minority Community Health Center

Mentor:  Jeff Buchalter, MD, Buchhalter Consulting, Phoenix, AZ

Lisa Najarian

Higher Rehospitalization in Lean Heart Failure Patients with Reduced Ejection Fraction: A Retrospective Cohort Study

Mentor:  Pooja Rangan, MD, MPH, Assistant Research Professor of Internal Medicine, Division of Geriatrics/Palliative Care; Banner- University Medical Center Phoenix

Presented at Conference

Mark Parsons

Wavefront Aberrometry in Pseudophakic Patients Before and After Vitrectomy for Bothersome Floaters

Mentor:  Daniel Adelberg, MD, Assistant Clinical Professor of Ophthalmology;Southwest Eye Institute

Presented at Conference/Manuscript Submitted to Journal

Nicholas Zellmer

Comparison of the rate of mRNA-based vaccine-induced adverse events to the rate of severe COVID-19 infection

Mentor:  Robert Hamburg, MD, Assistant Clinical Professor of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiology; Dignity Hospitals 

Noor Basharat

Refractive Changes After Nd:YAG Capsulotomy in Pseudophakic Eyes

Mentor:  Majid Moshirfar, MD, Hoopes Vision Research Center Presented at Conference/Manuscript Published

Obada Abdulrazzak

Comparing Bilateral and Single-Sided Deaf Cochlear Implant Recipients in a Novel Speech-in-Noise and Localization Task

Mentor:  Nadine Ibrahim, MD, #N/A Presented at Conference/Manuscript Published

Priyanka Chilukuri

The Effect of Sociodemographic Disparities on Heart Failure Outcomes in the Adult Congenital Heart Disease Population: An Evaluation of Nationwide Hospitalization Trends

Mentor:  Jordan Awerbach, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor of Child Health, Division of Cardiology; Phoenix Children’s Hospital Presented at Conference

Rachel Schuurs

Association of Cardiac CT Angiography Findings with Pre- and Post-Transplant Outcomes in End Stage Renal and Liver Disease Patients.

Mentor:  Zach Wilson, MD  Banner – University Medical Center Phoenix

Rachna Guntu

Association between Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura and Hemorrhagic and Nonhemorrhagic Strok

Mentor:  Mehrnoosh Hashemzadeh, Ph D, Assistant Professor of Practice of Internal Medicine;University of Arizona College of Medicine-Tucson

Presented at Conference/Manuscript Published

Rebecca King

Characterizing Upper Extremity Arterial Disease in HCUP population

Mentor:  Steve Stapczynski, MD, Professor of Emergency Medicine; University of Arizona College of Medicine-Phoenix

Robert Rezvani

Heparin-Induced Thrombocytopenia among patients with Non-ST Myocardial Infarction increases mortality nearly two-and-a-half times

Mentor:  Mehrnoosh Hashemzadeh, Ph D, Assistant Professor of Practice of Internal Medicine;University of Arizona College of Medicine-Tucson

Presented at Conference

Saul Favila

Circulaire nebulizer compared to continuous large volume nebulizer of albuterol treatments in the management of acute asthma exacerbations in the Pediatric Emergency Department

Mentor:  Cherisse Mecham, MD Associate Clinical Professor of Child Health, University of Arizona College of Medicine-Phoenix; Phoenix Children’s Hospital and Hannah Starke,MD, Phoenix Children’s Hospital

Tanner Diemer

Long-Term Efficacy of Superior Laryngeal Nerve Block for the Treatment of Neurogenic Chronic Cough

Mentor: Shaun A. Nguyen MD; Ashli K. O’Rourke MD
Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery, Medical University of South Carolina

Presented at Conference/Manuscript Submitted to Journal

Tracy Okonya

The Role of Thromboelastography in Risk Stratifying Traumatic Brain Injury Patients on Prehospital Antiplatelet Agents Mentor:  Kristina Kupanoff, PhD and James Bogert, MD, MD, MPH, St. Joseph’s Hospital & Medical Center