Residents’ and fellows’ research presentations
The Alumni Association funds residents’ and fellows’ travel to participate in conferences, including presentation of their research. A sample list of research presented in the past year follows. (Photos and poster attachments updated as received)
Cervical Blood Patch after Spontaneous CSF Leak
Bilal Aleem (Anesthesiology)
American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine Annual Meeting 2019
Ultrasound-guided microthrombectomy: An Effective Symptomatic Treatment for Uncomplicated Superficial Venous Thrombophlebitis
Agnieszka Witkowska (Radiology)
International Union of Phlebology Annual Meeting 2019
Ethical and Practical Considerations of Uterus Transplantation in Male-to-Female Transgender Patients
Miguel Dorante (Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery
Ethical Issues in Uterine Transplantation and Innovative Research in Reproductive Medicine, 2019
Protein Expression Profiles Among Lichen Sclerosus Urethral Strictures: Can Urethroplasty Success Be Predicted?
Alison Levy (Urology)
Society of Genitourinary Reconstructive Surgeons Academic Congress 2019
American Urological Association 2019 Annual Meeting
The Biliary Cystadenoma: Evolving and Updated
Ryan Wolfe (Radiology)
Radiological Society of North America Annual Meeting 2019
Periprocedural Pain and Outcome Difference of Local Anesthetic vs Mechanodesensitization during Lumbar Facet Blocks for Low Back Pain
Bilal Aleem (Anesthesiology)
American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine Annual Meeting 2019
MicroRNAs as biomarkers to determine risk of bladder cancer recurrence following nephroureterectomy
Kareem Alazem, MD (Urology)
American Urological Association 2019 Annual Meeting
#echofirst: Physical exam leading to emergent on-call transesophageal echocardiogram
Faisal Tamimi, MD (Internal Medicine)
American College of Cardiology Annual Meeting 2019
A multidisciplinary pulmonary embolism response team: our initial 12-month experience
Faisal Tamimi, MD (Internal Medicine)
Society of Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions Scientific Sessions, 2019
Medical Malpractice and Nephrolithiasis: U.S. appellate cases from 2001-18
Brandon Childs, MD (Urology)
American Urological Association 2019 Annual Meeting
What Is The Impact of National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month on Colonoscopy Screening Rates and Public Interest in Colorectal Cancer?
Haddon Pantel, MD (Colon & Rectal Surgery)
American Society of Colorectal Surgeons 2019 Annual Scientific Meeting, 2019
Living Donor Liver Transplant: Comprehensive Radiological Evaluation Prior to Surgery
Manish Dhyani, MD (Radiology)
Society of Abdominal Radiology Annual Scientific Meeting, 2019
Survival Outcomes for Cirrhosis in the ICU: An Observational Study at a Liver Transplant Center
Ahmed Agameya, MD (Internal Medicine)
Society of Critical Care Medicine, Annual Congress, 2019
The Case of a Dual-Secreting Pituitary Macroadenoma
Natasha Malkani (Internal Medicine)
Danica Vodopivec Kuri (Internal Medicine)
Endocrine Society National Conference 2019; Pan–American Neuroendocrine Society Symposium
Severe Hyponatremia as the Presenting Feature of a Partially Empty Sella
Danica Vodopivec Kuri (Internal Medicine)
Natasha Malkani (Internal Medicine)
Endocrine Society National Conference 2019
Recurrent Paraganglioma with RET and SDHC Mutations
Natasha Malkani (Internal Medicine)
American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists – New England Chapter 10th Annual Conference 2018
Percutaneous Endoscopic Retrieval of Dropped Intraperitoneal Gallstones: A Minimally Invasive Alternative to Laparotomy
Sarah Ali, MD (Radiology)
Radiologic Society of North America Annual Meeting 2018
Disparate Estimates of Benefit from Post-Discharge Anticoagulation After Cystectomy in the Literature: Implications for Cost Effectiveness?
Kristian Stensland, MD (Urology)
Society of Urologic Oncology Research Conference 2018
Therapy Resistant Hypotension During Orthotopic Liver Transplant in the Setting of Multifactorial Hypovolemia Induced Systolic Anterior Motion (SAM)
Muhammad Mubashir, MD (Anesthesiology)
72nd PostGraduate Assembly in Anesthesiology, 2018
Outcomes of Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement in Patients Undergoing Conscious Sedation Compared to General Anesthesia
Brett Hiendlmayr, MD (Cardiology)
Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics Conference 2018
Adequacy of Endobronchial Ultrasound for PD-L1 Expression Testing
Sandeep Somalaraju, MD (Primary and Critical Care Medicine)
World Association for Bronchoscopy and Interventional Pulmonology
Spotlight: Ultrasound-guided microthrombectomy: An Effective Symptomatic Treatment for Uncomplicated Superficial Venous Thrombophlebitis
Dr. Agnieszka Witkowska’s path to Lahey began with a challenge. As a medical student in Poland, she did not initially consider a residency in America because she thought it would be “almost impossible” to get. But while doing a surgical residency in her home country, she worked to perfect her English and spent about 18 months taking the exams that would make it possible to train in the United States.
That work continues to pay dividends. Now in her second year of a radiology residency at Lahey, Dr. Witkowska traveled to the International Union of Phlebology Annual Meeting in 2019, thanks to funding by the Alumni Association. There, she presented her poster, “Ultrasound-guided Microthrombectomy: An Effective Symptomatic Treatment for Uncomplicated Superficial Venous Thrombophlebitis.” Dr. Witkowska conducted the research with Brian Davison, MD in his vein clinic.
“We had 33 patients at the clinic with superficial venous thrombophlebitis (SVT). We treated 32 of them with the microthrombectomy procedure,” explained Dr. Witkowska. The majority of the people —about 97 percent —had immediate relief of pain and also disappearance of the lump in their legs. After two weeks, some had recurrence of the disease and had to be retreated. Overall, after one session of retreatment, their symptoms were gone, so we proved that the procedure works.“ Although slowed down by the COVID pandemic, Dr. Witkowska is coauthoring the research article to be submitted for publication.
“I fell in love with interventional radiology and began the research with Dr. Davison, and I have other projects I’m working on,” she said. Her mentors also include Jalil Afnan, MD, and Christopher Molgaard, MD. Dr. Molgaard, “expects you to be the best version of yourself when you work,” she said. “He has taught me to explain everything very well to patients, and I hope like him, I will never allow myself to do anything but my best job.”
Dr. Witkowska hopes to pursue a fellowship in interventional radiology. “I would love to continue research because there are so many things to explore in this field,” she said.
Read Dr. Witkowska’s research here.