Research
For those thinking of entering a career in academic medicine or who have a particular interest in a sub-specialty, the opportunity to do research during residency can be attractive. The faculty in pediatrics have been very supportive in helping residents with case reports, small clinical research studies, and bench research. It is very feasible to structure time to do research in a specific area during residency training. Please see our biannual department report.
From designing and implementing a research project to writing up grant proposals, submitting abstracts to peer-reviewed journals, and presenting your research in public, you can do it all here. Residents have been involved in projects that have ranged from smoking cessation interventions to testing monoclonal antibodies against RSV, and if you're willing to do the work you can generally find a supportive faculty member to help you with whatever you need.
There are plenty of opportunities to discuss original work in a variety of local, regional, and national venues. There is an annual research day where students, residents and faculty present their work. Our department actively participates at national meetings such as the Pediatric Academic Societies (PAS) meeting or the Association for Pediatric Program Directors (APPD), and it's not unusual for a resident or two to have posters or talks at these meetings.
Resident Publications
Below is a partial list of some past resident publications or presentations from the pediatric department. Resident names are highlighted.
Ayat Siddiqui. Hanging Up On Conventional Research; Experiences Of Telephonic Remote Data Collection From A Low And Middle-Income Country, Pakistan. Poster accepted at the World Congress of Cardiology Conf, August 2023.
Abeir Mohamed, Melissa Schafer: Nurse Driven Diabetic Ketoacidosis Protocol outside the ICU presented at PAS by Dr. Schafer
Sarah Sloan. Speaker: “Reducing Excessive Variability in Infant Sepsis Evaluation II (REVISE II): Our Hospital’s Implementation of New Guidelines” -Pediatric Grand Rounds – Annual Research Poster/Platform Day, April 12th, 2023
Sarah Sloan, MBBCH; Andrew Osten,MD. Poster: Reducing Excessive Variability in Infant Sepsis Evaluation II (REVISE II):Our Hospital's Implementation of New Guidelines. Pediatric Grand Rounds – Annual Research Poster/Platform Day, April 12th, 2023
Jewel Estrella; Simi George, MBBCH; Dana Hariri, MD; Daniel Zaccarini, MD; Anjali Sura, MD. Poster: Cutaneous Vaculitis as the Initial Presentation of Juvenile Myelomonocytic Leukemia: A Case Report. Pediatric Grand Rounds – Annual Research Poster/Platform Day, April 12th, 2023
Sarah Hendrix, Andrea V Shaw, Elizabeth Hobson: “I feel just like when I had malaria”: listen, it is not always COVID-19. North American Refugee Health Conference, 7/21/23, Calgary AB
Precious Sanni Adeniyi, et al: North American Refugee Health Conference, 7/21/23, Calgary AB
Abeir Mohamed PMID 36102709 -A Child With Arthralgia and Bilateral Vision Loss
Simi George, "Utilization of asthma control test (ACT) as an objective and standardized tool to assess asthma control; Data from a quality improvement initiative," 12th Annual Quality Improvement Research Conference, April 28, 2023, Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Washington, DC.
Laaibah Ejaz, Clara El Nakib, Irene Cherrick Leonard Weiner, and Angela Wratney “Purulent Pericarditis due to non-typeable haemophilus influenzae in a pediatric patient” oral presentation to SCCM (Jan 21-24 2023 in San Francisco) and Western Medical Research Conference (Jan 20 in Carmel)
Laaibah Ejaz, Clara El Nakib, Irene Cherrick Leonard Weiner, and Angela Wratney “Purulent Pericarditis due to non-typeable haemophilus influenzae in a pediatric patient” published in the January 2023 supplement of Critical Care Medicine!”
Colleen Feeney. “Utilization of Asthma Control Test (ACT) As An Objective and Standardized Tool to Assess Asthma Control” Annual Research Poster/Platform Day, 4/13/22
Saber Jan. “Atypical Brain MRI Findings in a Child with Delayed Diagnosis of Anti-N-Methyl-D-Aspartate Receptor Encephalitis” 2021 Jan et al. Cureus 13(9): e18103. DOI 10.7759/cureus.18103
Saber Jan. “Atypical Brain MRI Findings in a Child with Delayed Diagnosis of Anti-N-Methyl-D-Aspartate Receptor Encephalitis” Annual Research Poster/Platform Day, 4/13/22
Evan Ho. Self-directed task training for pediatric resuscitation skills competency and confidence: a prospective observational study. Poster accepted for APPD, San Diego, May 2022
Reena Ray Garg, Aditi Shaily. Improving Outcomes in Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children, QI Project accepted at the Beyond the Doctorate Research Day, March 2, 2022, and second place winner in the Peds Dept Research Day.
Ejaz, Laaibah. Title: Thyrotoxic Periodic Paralysis in a Caucasian Adolescent Male. Virtual Poster Presentation at the Joint ESPR/AFMR 1st Annual Eastern Medical Research Conference, March 12, 2022.
NOTE: Laaibah was awarded the AFMR Scholar Award for this Poster.
George, Simi. Under Pressure - A Case of Acute Pediatric Hypertension. Virtual Poster Presentation at the Joint ESPR/AFMR 1st Annual Eastern Medical Research Conference, March 12, 2022.
George, Simi. QI project selected for the oral presentation at Beyond the Doctorate day – March, 2022
Adkahka, Vaisahli. Poster presented at NASPGHAN’s national meeting on December 13, 2021
Saber Jan, Anilkumar A C (September 19, 2021). Case Report: Atypical Brain MRI Findings in a Child With Delayed Diagnosis of Anti-N-Methyl-D-Aspartate Receptor Encephalitis
Cureus: DOI: 10.7759/cureus.18103
Dean Karahalios, Nara Cho, William Hall, Simi George, Ahmed Eltayeb, Andrea Shaw, Heather Wasik. High Blood Pressure Recognition in a Pediatric Primary Care Clinic: A Quality Improvement Initiative. Abstract accepted at AAP, Oct 2021.
Veena Gopalakrishnan. Indications for Supraglottoplasty in Management of Laryngomalacia: A Comparison Between Our Institution and the International Consensus. American Thoracic Society Conference, 5/14/21
Mohamed Senan S. AI-Hajjaj i, Abubakr A. Imam, Manasik Hassan, Ahmed Eltayeb, et al. Implementing Electronic Medical Record (EMR) I-PASS Based Handover: A Method to Improve the Hand-off Process in an ACGME-1 Residency Program. Pediatrics, March 2021, 147 (3 MeetingAbstract) 10-12
Adlakha V, Akhouri R, Gupta S, Andrake J : ‘Healthy toddler with refusal to walk’ Eastern Society for Pediatric Research, accepted for oral presentation, March, 2021 – Won Best Conference Case Presentation – 3/10/21
Adlakha V, Imdad A : ‘A Neonate with Abdominal Distention’ Eastern Society for Pediatric Research, accepted for online acknowledgement, March 2021
Adlakha V, Johnson R, Karahalios D, Paulsen E. ‘An emerging cause of fever and wrist pain in a toddler’ Eastern Society for Pediatric Research, accepted for online acknowledgement, March 2021
Aarani Kandeepan: Catecholaminergic Polymorphic Ventricular Tachycardia in an 11-year-old male. Eastern Society for Pediatric Research, March 2021
Aarani Kandeepan: Increasing Flu Vaccinations in Vaccine Hesitant Families Using a Standardized Educational Approach. Eastern Society for Pediatric Research, March 2021