FELLOWSHIP RESEARCH PROGRAM

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RESEARCH CURRICULUM                           

COMPONENTS

The research curriculum has several components:

1. Research Projects
2. Research Rotations
3. Presentations
4. Journal Clubs
5. Lecture Series
6. Publications
7. National Meetings

OVERVIEW

In addition to clinical training, fellows will participate in the division research program and complete a minimum of 6 blocks of research time. There are a wide variety of potential projects ranging from basic science in the Lung Cell Biology Law4boratory to clinical studies to epidemiological studies. During the first year the fellow will choose a mentor and begin working on a research program. In addition to longitudinal big picture projects there are a number of different smaller projects that can be accomplished during the time the fellow is on the clinical services. As a minimum, each fellow is expected to present their work in progress at the monthly research meeting and to prepare and present at least one abstract at a national meeting as well as yearly presentations at the Internal Medicine Research Day. The fellow will be expected to make a presentation at the end of each research block.

FELLOWSHIP RESEARCH OUTPUT

PAPERS PUBLISHED WITH FELLOW AS AUTHOR OR COAUTHOR

JULY 2009 THROUGH JUNE 2010

Dawson BC, Kasa D, Mazer MA.Pancreatic pseudocyst rupture into the portal vein. South Med J. 2009 Jul;102(7):728-32.

Barber, Laura C. and Mark A. Mazer. Head of bed angle effects tidal volume in mechanically ventilated patients in the intensive care unit. Chest Meeting Abstracts 2009 136: 16S-g. Chest 2009, October 31 - November 5, 2009 San Diego, CA.

Kanchwala, Ali A., Hiren Mehta, Tatsiana Valasiuk, Kate Hensley, and Maria Javaid. Facial vein thrombophlebitis in a patient with herpes zoster involving the mandibular distribution of the trigeminal nerve. Chest Meeting Abstracts 2009 136: 13S-e. Chest 2009, October 31 - November 5, 2009 San Diego, CA.

Kanchwala, Ali A., Barbara P. Barna, Ravinder J. Singh, Daniel A. Culver, Anagha Malur, Susamma Abraham, Irene Marshall, Mani Kavuru, and Mary J. Thomassen. Deficiencies of cathelicidin and vitamin d accompany disease severity in sarcoidosis. Chest Meeting Abstracts 2009 136: 127S-a. Chest 2009, October 31 - November 5, 2009 San Diego, CA.

Kanchwala, Ali A., Obaid Awan, and Maria Javiad  coexistence of hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia and rheumatoid arthritis in a young man with normal parental genotype. Chest Meeting Abstracts 2009 136: 20S-d-21S-d. Chest 2009, October 31 - November 5, 2009 San Diego, CA.

Lodeseto, Frank, Hadi Chohan, Kurian Kasa, Thomson Pancoast. Wet or Dry? How Are We Doing Monitoring Fluid Balance in Hospitalized Patients With the Use of the Electronic Medical Records? American College of Physicians North Carolina Chapter 2010 Scientific Session, January 29-30, 2010.

Chohan, Hadi; Frank Lodeserto; Kurian D. Kasa; Thomson Pancoast. Furosemide Within Twenty Four Hours Prior to Extubation Improves Outcomes in Mechanically Ventilated Patients. American College of Physicians North Carolina Chapter 2010 Scientific Session, January 29-30, 2010.

Islam M, Pancoast T, Bangley C. Experience And Outcomes With An Acute Care Ventilator Weaning Unit. Brody School of Medicine Kataria Internal Medicine Research Day, May 12, 2010

Green D, Bangley C, Pancoast T, Mazer M. Barriers to the paired use of standard spontaneous awakening trials and spontaneous breathing trials to improve outcomes in a community hospital. Brody School of Medicine Kataria Internal Medicine Research Day, May 12, 2010.

Barber L, Mazer M, Wu Q. Effect of Head of Bed Angle on Ventilatory Weaning Parameters. Brody School of Medicine Kataria Internal Medicine Research Day, May 12, 2010.

PAPERS PUBLISHED WITH FELLOW AS AUTHOR OR COAUTHOR

JULY 2008 THROUGH JUNE 2009

Barna BP, Malur A, Dalrymple H, Karnekar R, Culver DA, Abraham S, Singh RJ, Brescia D, Kavuru MS, Thomassen MJ. A novel 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D-activin A pathway in human alveolar macrophages is dysfunctional in patients with pulmonary alveolar proteinosis (PAP). Autoimmunity. 2009 Jan;42(1):56-62. 

A.A. Kanchwala, Barna BP, Culver DA, Malur A, Abraham S, Marshall I, Kavuru MS, Thomassen MJ. Cathelicidin Deficiency and Its Association with Disease Severity in Patients with Sarcoidosis,  Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med., Apr 2009;179: A3997.

Kasa KD, Lodeserto F, Manthous CA, Kavuru MS, Mazer  M, Pancoast TC. Fluid Balance Correlates with Outcomes in Mechanically Ventilated Patients. Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med., Apr 2009;179: A3798.

D. Brescia, MD, M. Kavuru, MD, M. Mazer, MD, T. Pancoast, MD, Greenville, NC.  Development of a New Assessment and Educational Tool for Mechanical Ventilation and Its Use To Evaluate Medical Resident Knowledge about Mechanical Ventilation,  Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med., Apr 2009;179: A3820.

Brescia D, Dobbs L, Wingard C, Barna B, Mccoy AJ, Malur A, Kukoly C, Kavuru M, Thomassen MJ. A Carbon Nanotube Model of Pulmonary Granuloma in Wild-Type and PPARγ Knock Out (KO) Mice,  Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med., Apr 2009;179: A5252.

Brescia D, Dalrymple H, Malur A, Arce S, Lucas A, Gagnon G, Marshall I, Barna B, Kavuru M, Thomassen MJ. Efficacy of Rituximab Therapy in Pulmonary Alveolar Proteinosis,  Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med., Apr 2009;179: A1131.

Donald Brescia, Thomson C. Pancoast, Mani Kavuru, and Mark Mazer  A survey of fellowship education in mechanical ventilation. Chest Meeting Abstracts 2008 134: s62004 

Lodeserto, Frank.  Volume Status In Respiratory Failure Patients Requiring Mechanical Ventilation.2009 North Carolina ACP Annual Scientific Conference

D Brescia, M Kavuru, M Mazer, T Pancoast.   Development of a new assessment and educational tool for mechanical ventilation and its use to evaluate medical resident knowledge about mechanical ventilation. 2009 Internal Medicine Annual Yash P. Kataria Research Day

LC Barber, MA Mazer.  Effect of head of bed angle on tidal volume of mechanically ventilated patients. 2009 Internal Medicine Annual Yash P. Kataria Research Day

K  Kasa, F Lodeserto,C Manthous, M Kavuru, M Mazer, and T Pancoast.  Fluid balance correlates with outcomes in mechanically ventilated patients. 2009 Internal Medicine Annual Yash P. Kataria Research Day

F Lodeserto, H Chohan, K Kasa, T Pancoast.   Inaccuracy of daily weights and intake/output data in medical intensive care unit patients. 2009 Internal Medicine Annual Yash P. Kataria Research Day

H Mehta, A Kanchwala, T Pancoast, M Kavuru.  Utilization of computed tomography pulmonary angiography to evaluate patients with chest pain, dyspnea and hypoxia. 2009 Internal Medicine Annual Yash P. Kataria Research Day