Scholarship

Education

Scholarship

Leadership

Clinical Care Excellence

Our Internal medicine residents have access to numerous research opportunities within the institution and beyond. Our scholarly endeavors frequently result in significant presentations and publications. The scholarly activity director and team support residents with project navigation, an engaging evidence-based medicine curriculum, biostatistical analyses, and resident-initiated research. 

Research

  • Selecting research topics and presenting research projects
  • Filling out an IRB protocol
  • Writing workshops (abstracts, posters, and manuscripts)
  • Introduction to Clinical Research (KP Learn session)
  • Research Statistics (KP Learn session)
  • Presentations at institutional, regional, and national meeting
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Resident Scholarly Activities

Host journal clubs

Host one Resident Grand Round or CME

Completion of quality improvement project

Completion of another scholarly project

Resident Publications

Year Peer-Reviewed Abstract/Publications Author/Presenter
2025

Pituitary Apoplexy Following Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone Agonist Therapy: A Rare and Life-Threatening Complication. Cureus.

Resident: Nadia Smati, MBBS
Faculty mentor: Mihail Zilbermint, MD
2023 Gaps in guideline-recommended anticoagulation in patients with atrial fibrillation and elevated thromboembolic risk within an integrated healthcare delivery system. BMC Cardiovascular Disorders.
Residents: Sushmita Malik, MD, Shanshan Gustafson, MD, MS, Huai-En Rachel Chang, MD, MPH, MBA
Faculty mentors: Yonas Tamrat, MD, Alan Go, MD, Natalia Berry, MD
2023 Pulmonary hypertension secondary to valvular heart disease: a state-of-the-art review. Heart Failure Reviews.

Resident: Tamanna Sahni, MD
Faculty mentors: Bansi Patel, DO, Steve D’Souza, MD, Amin Yehya, MD
2023 A Case of Turmeric-Induced Liver Injury. Annals of Internal Medicine Clinical Cases.

Residents: Nadia Smati, MBBS, Crystal Xue, MD, Manasa Vallabhaneni, MD
Faculty mentor: Ibironke Oduyebo, MD
2023 The Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor (VEGF) Inhibitors and Kidney Disease. Chronic Kidney Disease - Beyond the Basics.
Faculty mentors: Bansi Patel, DO, Steve D’Souza, MD, Amin Yehya, MD
2023 Extreme hypercalcemia due to a giant parathyroid adenoma. Elsevier ClinicalKey.

Residents: Inna Sverdlova, MD, Qiuyu Martin, Zhu, MD, PhD
Faculty mentor: Mihail Zilbermint, MD
2022 Rectovaginal Endometriosis Mimicking Irritable Bowel Syndrome. The American Journal of Gastroenterology.

Residents: Huai-En Rachel Chang, MD, MPH, MBA, Amitosh Singh, MD, Katrina Hsieh, DO
Faculty mentor: Alexis McCary, MD
2022 A Rare Case of Metastatic Uterine Leiomyosarcoma to the Pancreas. The American Journal of Gastroenterology.

Residents: Huai-En Rachel Chang, MD, MPH, MBA;  Amitosh Singh, MD;  Katrina  Hsieh, DO
Faculty Mentor:  Dia Copeland,  MD
2022 The Scope of Social Mission Content in Health Professions Education Accreditation Standards. Academic Medicine: Journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges.   Resident: Crystal Xue, MD

Resident Presentations and Peer-Reviewed Abstracts at International, National, Regional, and Local Conferences

Conference Presentation Author(s)
International Congress of Parkinson’s Disease and Movement Disorders Association between Parkinson's Disease and Atrial Fibrillation: A Literature Review Waalande Lintiso, MBBS Nadia Smati, MBBS Ejaz Shamim, MD
International Congress of Parkinson’s Disease and Movement Disorders A comparison of national data on Parkinson's disease mortality between the USA and UK Waalande Lintiso, MBBS; Nadia Smati, MBBS; Ejaz Shamim, MD
American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology Conference/WAO Joint Congress Atypical Presentation of Pediatric-Diagnoses Primary Antibody Deficiency Robert Liu, MD; Paula Whittington, MD
American Thoracic Society International Conference Catastrophic Antiphospholipid Syndrome as a Unique Trigger for Rapidly Progressive Interstitial Lung Disease Tamanna Sahni, MD; Benjamin Silverman, MD
American Thoracic Society International Conference Cryptococcosis in an Immunocompetent Patient on the East Coast Arianna Vessal, DO; Jeet Lund, DO
American College of Cardiology Titanium Allergy Presenting as Recurrent ICD Pocket Infections – A Case Report Waalande Lintiso, MBBS; Shanshan Gustafson, MD, MS; David Bonnin, MD, MS
Artificial Intelligence in Medicine Global Summit Stage panelist and invited speaker Nadia Smati, MBBS
Society of General Internal Medicine The Air We Breathe: An Unusual Case of Allergic Bronchopulmonary Aspergillosis. Arianna Vessal, DO; Tamanna Sahni, MD; Luis Ruiz, MD
Society of General Internal Medicine TB or NOT TB: An Interesting Presentation of Pleural TB Hamdi Abdeen, MD; Renata Medina, MD; Julie Chen, MD
National ACP AI Discharge Game and Simplification and Gamification of Inpatient Discharge Instructions Nadia Smati, MBBS
National ACP From Muscle Relaxer to Liver Toxicant: A Rare Case of Tizanidine Induced Liver Failure Oghuz Anwar, DO
National ACP Brucellosis Masquerading as a Urinary Tract Infection Ashly Kaur, DO
National ACP An Unusual Case of TB Shanshan Gustafson, MD, MS
National ACP A rare case of COVID-19 pneumonia with concomitant spontaneous pneumomediastinum, pneumothorax, and subcutaneous emphysema in a non-ventilated patient, complicated by pulmonary embolism Qiuyu Martin Zhu, MD, PhD; Peter Huh, MD; Sandeep Konka, MD  
National ACP The Irritable Bowel Syndrome That Wasn’t: Systemic Mastocytosis Presenting as Isolated Chronic Diarrhea Katrina Hsieh, DO
National ACG Rectovaginal Endometriosis Mimicking Irritable Bowel Syndrome Huai-En Rachel Chang, MD, MPH, MBA
National ACG A Rare Case of Metastatic Uterine Leiomyosarcoma to the Pancreas Huai-En Rachel Chang, MD, MPH, MBA
National AHA Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic and Telemedicine on Cardiac Rehabilitation Compliant Shanshan Gustafson, MD, MS; Natalia Berry, MD
National Heart Rhythm Society Identifying and Characterizing Patients with Atrial Fibrillation and Elevated Thromboembolic Risk who are not Appropriately Anticoagulated Sushmita Malik, MD; Shanshan Gustafson, MD, MS; Huai-En Rachel Chang, MD, MPH, MBA
National Kidney Foundation Acute Kidney Injury due to Concurrent Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura and Rhabdomyolysis Hoon Chang, MD, MS; Peter Huh, MD
Maryland ACP Acute Myeloid Leukemia presenting as Uveitis Waalande Lintiso, MBBS
Maryland ACP Intravenous Immunoglobulin Therapy In A Patient with COVID-19 and CLL Crystal Xue, MD
Maryland ACP Factors that predict compliance in a virtual cardiac rehabilitation program Qiuyu Martin Zhu, MD, PhD; Natalia Berry, MD
Maryland ACP A Rare Case of EBV in an Immunocompetent Adult Huai-En Rachel Chang, MD, MPH, MBA; Peter Huh, MD; Julie Chen, MD, FACP
Maryland ACP Niacin Induced Hepatoxicity: A Case Report Jason Chavez, MD; Peter Huh, MD; Charu Maheshwary, MD
Maryland ACP Cutaneous Metastasis of Uterine Papillary Serous Carcinoma Miranda Hunter, MD; Peter Huh, MD; John Vu, MD, PhD
Maryland ACP A Rare Case of Metastatic Uterine Leiomyosarcoma to Pancreas Amitosh Singh, MD; Peter Huh, MD; Dia Copeland, MD

Faculty

Faculty name Areas of scholarly activity interest
Julie Chen, MD, FACP Curriculum design, innovations in medical education, population health improvements
Kathleen Anderson, MD, MS Complex patient management, communication skills, pain and palliative medicine
Elisabeth Kramer, MD, FACP Research methodologies, neuro-immunology, evidence-based medicine, lifestyle and obesity medicine
Charu Maheshwary, MD, FACP Inpatient medicine, point of care ultrasound, and quality improvement
Shalenee Singh, MD Patient safety and quality improvement and simulation training
Darren Yang, DO, FACP Clinical workflow optimization, championing PCMH model and initiatives, resident wellness and resilience
Jeffrey Wharton, MD Faculty development, quality improvement, and longitudinal care
Now a word from Dr. Farhat, Infectious Disease