Scholarly Activity Past Projects

UTMB Health Pediatrics

Texas Pediatric Society
The Texas Pediatric Society, the Texas Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics, believes that the most important resource of the State of Texas is its children, and pledges its efforts to promote their health and welfare. The goal of the Society is that all children in the State attain their full potential for physical, emotional, and social health.

Pediatrics by the Gulf
Annual UTMB sponsored conference

UTMB Health Pediatrics

Amber Hairfield DO
Program Director
Chair, Grad. Med. Ed. Comm.
amhairfi@UTMB.EDU

Elizabeth Rodriguez Lien MD
Associate Program Director
earodrig@utmb.edu

Monica Huff MD
Associate Program Director
mlhuff@utmb.edu

Christy L Humphrey
Residency Program Manager
(409) 747-0534
clhumphr@utmb.edu

Blanca Araujo
Administrative Associate
(409) 772-0192
braraujo@utmb.edu

Resident Scholarly Activities Past Projects

2024 Resident Research Poster Session
33rd Annual Resident Research Forum, 2024

Resident	Faculty Sponsor	Name of Project
Al-Omari, Lujain	Castillo	Improving the Handoff Process among Pediatric Residents-QI Project
Aly, Muhammad	Jiwani	Diagnosis of BPD associated Pulmonary Hypertension Using Traditional and Functional ECHO in Extremely Low Birth Weight Infants
Bates, Tambrein	Jain	Tension Pulmonary Interstitial Emphysema in a Premature Infant
Hunt, Bailey	Radhakrishnan	Luc's Abscess: The General Pediatric Perspective
Iqbal, Uzma	Caruso	Retrospective Chart Review Comparing Clinical Efficacy of Mesh versus Jet Nebulizers for Respiratory Distress in a Pediatric Emergency Department Population
Makhdoom, Areeba	Jain	Biochemical screening for bronchopulmonary dysplasia associated pulmonary hypertension in preterm infants.
Mathew, Anila	Peterson	Open Your Eyes to EBV-associated Facial Nerve Palsy
Merugumala, Praveen Dev	Lee	Adverse Height Effects of Stimulant Medication Therapy on Children with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD): A Literature Review
Powell, Sydney	Huff	Improving Maternal Stress in a Level IV NICU
Rastegarlari, Tandis	Goodwin	Factors Affecting the Transition Readiness of Patients with IBD from Pediatric to Adult Healthcare
Suggs, Meredith	Cooney	Enhancing Trainee Education in Medical Genetics Rotations: Exploring the Efficacy of Video-Based Learning Modalities for Core Genetics Concepts
Vo, Hung "Alex"	Fonseca	A Case of VACTERL Association
Zou, Cindy	Huff	Use of Humidified Isolette in Premature infants in the NICU

2023 Resident Research Poster Session
32nd Annual Resident Research Forum, 2023

Resident	Mentor	Project
Acevedo , Joanne	Rupp	Assessing parental willingness to vaccinate their children with the COVID-19 vaccine
Ali, Sara	Ray	The Role of Telemedicine in Genetic Counseling: Assessing Patient Perception and Satisfaction
Jiang, He "Helen"	Castillo	A rare case of Lemierre syndrome caused by S. aureus in a six-month old
Kanaby, Paul	Radhakrishnan	A Pediatric Presentation of Ulcerative Colitis in an Adult Patient
Polson, Tera	O'Donohoe	MIS-C in the Setting of Acute Appendicitis
Mahesh, Cynthia	Covington	Pleural effusions poses PICC problems
Nandolia, Sara	Goodwin	IBD & Me! Dietary Restrictions in IBD and their Affects on Quality of Life in Pediatric Patients
Nathani, Pareesa	San Andres	COVID-19 Parotitis, A Case Report
Nguyen, Jennifer	Huff	A Case of Persistent Pulmonary Hypertension in a Neonate After Treatment with Diazoxide
Patel, Reshma	Dawlett	A Rare Case of Colonic Volvulus in a Term Infant with Trisomy 21
Spears, Samantha	Lien	A Case of Lactobacillus Pyelonephritis in an Immunocompetent Neonate
Vidal, Katherine	Lee	GH 1 c.291+34G>C in a Growth Hormone Deficient Pedigree

2022 Resident Research Poster Session
31th Annual Resident Research Forum, 2022

Resident	Mentor	Project
Fiona Adame	Richard Rupp	Gastric Lactobezoar in an Infant with Cri-du-chat Syndrome
Alexis Canlas	Maria San Andres	Term Two-Week Old Male with Tachypnea: Congenital Lobar Emphysema. Case Report
Ann Chacko	Monica Huff	A Rare Case of Bladder Exstrophy in a Neonate
Maureen Chavez	Elizabeth Rodriguez Lien	MIS-C or MISSED? A Case Series Report on MIS-C in the UTMB Pediatric Department
Alexandra Halloran	Rafael Fonseca	Rare Case of Syndromic Multi-suture Craniosynostosis
Gauri Kulkarni	David Lindsay	Impulse Oscillometry as Predictor of Asthma exacerbation resulting in Emergency Room/Urgent Care visits or Hospitalization: A Retrospective Study.
Mohammad Mehdi	Sunil Jain	Safety, efficacy, and dosing of enteral L-citrulline supplementation in preterm infants. A randomized controlled trial.
Rasaq Olaosebikan	Lemuel Aigbivbalu	The Predictors of Readmission or Death in Children with Cerebral Malaria and Severe Malaria Anemia.
Kyle Shelton	Natalie Royer	Maternal Mastitis as a Risk Factor for Neonatal Parotitis
Adam Stranberg	Amy Gonzalez	Utilizing Risk Stratification to Optimize Outcomes for Neonates Admitted with Hyperbilirubinemia for Phototherapy

2021 Resident Research Poster Session
30th Annual Resident Research Forum, 2021

RESIDENT	MENTOR	PROJECT
Alisha Adhikari	Andrea Glaser	Can Motivational Interviewing Improve Adolescent Weight Loss Clinic Attendance?
Ebelosele Aigbivbalu	Rafael Fonseca	Appropriate Treatment of URIs: Analyzing using the UTMB MIPS Score
Numra Aleem	Diana Nguyen	Evaluation of Safety and Effectiveness of a Neonatal Sepsis Calculator in the Management of Early Onset Sepsis (TPS Honorable Mention)
Snigdha Bhatia	Sunil Jain	Use of diuretics in BPD increases the risk of metabolic bone disease in preterm infants (TPS First Place)
Kevin Chacko	Melissa Smith-Phillips	Improving counseling about media use in children 6 months to 5 years at well child visits
Keithlee Dolinta	Rafael Fonseca	Retrospective study on clinical outcomes of neonates with gastroschisis repair in the operative room versus the neonatal intensive care unit
Karunya Jayasimha	Akila Muthukumar	Persistent Hyperbilirubinemia in an Adolescent Male with Hereditary Spherocytosis and Homozygous UGT1A1(TA)7/(TA)7 Mutation
Aammar Khan	Richard Rupp	A Cell Phone Based Intervention for Improving Resident Knowledge about STIs
Sara Medsker	Beth Auslander	Resident Knowledge and Comfort with AAP Recommendations on Social Media Use in Adolescents
Amber Ng	Hannah O'Donohoe	Do Caregiver Name Tags Help Improve Caregiver Satisfaction in the Pediatric Clinic?
Wesam Sourour	Elizabeth Rodriguez Lien	The Association Between Prolonged Antibiotic Use in Culture Negative Infants and Length of Hospital Stay and Total Hospital Costs
Murad Almasri	Amy Gonzalez	Brain Tissue in The Tongue

2020 Resident Research Poster Session
29th Annual Resident Research Forum

RESIDENT	MENTOR	PROJECT
Mikala Anderson	Diana Nguyen	12 Year Old with Fever and Rash by the Texas Gulf
Kalyn M. Collard	David McCormick	A Nutritional Comparison Between Cow's Milk and Alternative Milk Products
Marianelly Fernandez	Akila Muthukumar	Venous thromboembolism due to Antiphospholipid Syndrome in children - Case Report and Literature Review
Mary Elizabeth Gomez	Andrea Glaser	Age at Onset of Obesity and Abnormal LFTs
Désirée Jones-Rubin	Patricia Beach	Assessing Vulnerability Factors of Children at UTMB Foster Care Clinics in Galveston County
Varun D. Modi - Second	Ashraf Aly	Normal Ranges of Troponin T and NTproBNP levels in Premature Infants within First 5 days of Life
Aisha Q. Mohammed	Shivaiah Balachandra	Etiology of Hypertension and its Association with Obesity in the Pediatric Population
Charles M. Mullins - First	Marie Dawlett	Impact of Hospital Transfer and Timing of Surfactant Delivery on NICU Length of Stay
Tuan Q. Tran - Third	Michael Malloy	Neonatal outcomes are based on nutritional supplementation of formula and human breastmilk with fortifiers.
Van D. Truong	Christine Murphy	Barriers for Pediatric Residents to Caring for Children with Medical Complexity
Breana L. Uzeta	Monica Huff	Neonate with Single Perineal Opening

2019 Resident Research Poster Session
28th Annual Resident Research Forum

RESIDENT	MENTOR	PROJECT
Cherney, Krystal - First	Lemuel Aigbivbalu	Diagnosis and Management of Febrile UTI's in Infants and Children Ages 2-24 Months in the UTMB Emergency Department
Cummings, Kristyn	Marcela Navarro	Comparison of Pediatric and Family Medicine Physicians in Their Knowledge, Beliefs and Practices Regarding Screening for Adverse Childhood Events
Franco Fuenmayor, Maria	Rafael Fonseca	Postnatal Nutrition in ELBW and VLBW Premature Infants and Associated Neurodevelopmental Outcomes
Garcia, Marlene	Karen Smith	Assessment of Bullying in Middle School Students: A View During Well Child Visits
Ginnard, Olivia	Sunil Jain	Evaluation of Metabolic Bone Disease in Preterm Infants with Intrauterine Growth-Restriction
Maerzacker, Sandra	Elizabeth Rodriguez-Lien	Mycoplasma Pneumoniae as Cause of Acute Vulvar Ulceration in the Absence of Pulmonary Involvement
McNeil, Raquel	David McCormick	Evaluating a Breastfeeding Intervention to Prevent Infant Obesity at UTMB
Naeem, Buria - Second	Sunil Jain	Urinary NT-proBNP as a Potential Non-Invasive Biomarker for Screening of Pulmonary Hypertension in Preterm Infants with Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia
Nelson, Jacob	Richard Rupp	The Power of Podcast - Making Downtime More Effective
Poonawala, Farah	Elizabeth Rodriguez-Lien	Baby Friendly Designation: Does it Vreate More Confident or Competent Pediatric Residents?
Qasim, Amna	Sunil Jain	Antenatal Magnesium Sulfate Exposure and Hemodynamically Significant Patent Ductus Arteriosus in Premature Infants
Varghese, Lincy	Akila Muthukumar	Acute Flaccid Myelitis

2018 Resident Research Poster Session
27th Annual Resident Research Forum

RESIDENT	MENTOR	PROJECT
Aldape, Clarissa	Andrea Glaser	Pathologic Aerophagia in Rett Syndrome
Anderson, Christianna	Sunil Jain	Breast Milk Jaundice in a Preterm Neonate
Bassal, Frederick	Pamela Lupo	Ophthalmoplegia and Unsteady Gait in an 11-Year-Old Boy
Hanke, Jennifer	David McCormick	Does Computer Use in Outpatient Setting Intefere with the Doctor-Patient Interaction?
Johnson, Chelsea - First	Rafael Fonseca	Recurrence of Necrotizing Enterocolitis in a Premature Infant on an Exclusive Human Milk Diet
Kachouei, Benham		The Flu Enda with 'U'! An Attempt to Analyze and Optimize Flu Coverage at UTMB
Mitchell, Lori	Melissa Smith-Phillips	Effectiveness of Well Child Visit Discussion on Caregiver Perception of Child Weight Status and Motivation for Recommended Lifestyle Changes
Nguyen, Ha - Second	Melissa Smith-Phillips	The Effect of a Single Order Prompt on Isolation Precaution Rates
Phadke, Omkar	Ashraf Aly	Fetal Diagnosis of Familial Interrupted IVC with Azygos Continuation
Ramsey, Taryn	Joseph Ray	Improving Resident Knowledge of Genetic Testing at UTMB Through Creation of a Standardized Guideline
Royer, Natalie	Elizabeth Rodriguez-Lien	Car Safety Seat Education for Residents
Sommerhalder, Savannah	Lemuel Aigbivbalu	The Active Implementation of the Early Peanut Product Introduction Guidelines

2017 Resident Research Poster Session
26th Annual Resident Research Forum

Resident	Mentor	Title
Abraham, Stacey	Karen Shattuck	The Incidence of Superior Labial Frenulum (Maxillary Lip-Tie) and its Association with Breastfeeding Difficulties
Bhargava, Vidit - Second	Sunil Jain	Transcutaneous Bilirubin Estimation in Extremely Low Birth Weight Neonates Receiving Phototherapy
Dasgupta, Soham - First	Ashraf Aly	NTProBNP as a Surrogate Biomarker for the Diagnosis of Pulmonary Hypertension in Premature Infants with Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia
Finke, Meagan	Joseph Ray	A Case Report of Progressive Ataxia and Neurodegeneration Secondary to Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia Type 35
Lawal, Bilikisu Ashley	Lane Shirley	Breaking Barriers in Patients with Limited English Proficiency - A QI Project
Mahajan, Vasudha	Janak Patel	Presentations of and Testing Practices for Congenital CMV at UTMB
O'Donohoe, Hannah	Patricia Beach	What do Pediatric Caregivers Want to Be Called?
Olaloye, Oluwabunmi	Rafael Fonseca	Areosolized Epoprostenolas an Adjuvant in Acute Hypoxemic Respiratory Failure Due to Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia
Patel, Pooja	Akila Muthukumar	Subcutaneous Fat Necrosis with Severe Thrombocytosis in a Newborn
Pierce, Matthew	Ralph Noble	The Joyful Doc: A Wellness Initiative
Propst, Matthew	Kelly Carmichael	Prevalence of Musculoskeletal Conditions in Tennis Teaching Professionals

2016 Resident Research Poster Session
25th Annual Resident Research Forum

RESIDENT	MENTOR	PROJECT
Ahmad Abu Sulb	Akila Muthukumar	Incidental Findings of a Large Ovarian Serous Cystadenoma in an Adolescent Female withMenorrhagia
Rawan Al-Najjar	Rafael Fonseca	Klippel-Trenaunay Syndrome – A Case Report
Shreyas Arya - First	Sunil Jain	Effects of Fetal Placental Insufficiency on the Outcome of ELBW Infants
Priyanka Asrani	Ashraf Aly	The Role of High Sensitivity Troponin T in Hemodynamically Significant Patent Ductus Arteriosus in a Very Low Birth Weight Infant
John Coon	Ravi Radhakrishnan	Insurance Type Adversely Affects Mortality in Neonatal Necrotizing Enterocolitis
Koshy George	Janak Patel	Study of Elite HIV Viral Controllers in Pregnancy
Amy Gonzalez	Cara Geary	Conjugated Hyperbilirubinemia in Premature Infants with Birthweights Less Than the Third Percentile
Nora Kabil	Terumi Midoro-Horiuti	Association of Age at Menarche with Body Mass Index, Age of Asthma Onset, and Asthma Severity
David Lindsay	Ashraf Aly	A Case of Adolescent Chest Pains and the Value of Troponin Levels in the Adolescent Population
Prisculla Martinez	Richard Rupp	Beliefs Associated with Parental Influenza Vaccination Acceptance and Refusal in Community Based Clinics
Shajeer Noorudeen	Akila Muthukumar	Paratesticular Rhabdomyosarcoma in a Child with Autism Spectrum Disorder
Mitali Sahni - Second	Karen Shattuck	Serial CBC’s to Predict Infection in Healthy Newborns with Maternal Chorioamnionitis (MC)

Resident Scholarly Activities Past Projects

Resident

Faculty Sponsor

Name of Project

Resident

Mentor

Project

Resident

Mentor

Project

Fiona Adame

Richard Rupp

Gastric Lactobezoar in an Infant with Cri-du-chat Syndrome

Alexis Canlas

Maria San Andres

Term Two-Week Old Male with Tachypnea: Congenital Lobar Emphysema. Case Report

Ann Chacko

Monica Huff

A Rare Case of Bladder Exstrophy in a Neonate

Maureen Chavez

Elizabeth Rodriguez Lien

MIS-C or MISSED? A Case Series Report on MIS-C in the UTMB Pediatric Department

Alexandra Halloran

Rafael Fonseca

Rare Case of Syndromic Multi-suture Craniosynostosis

Gauri Kulkarni

David Lindsay

Impulse Oscillometry as Predictor of Asthma exacerbation resulting in Emergency Room/Urgent Care visits or Hospitalization: A Retrospective Study.

Mohammad Mehdi

Sunil Jain

Safety, efficacy, and dosing of enteral L-citrulline supplementation in preterm infants. A randomized controlled trial.

Rasaq Olaosebikan

Lemuel Aigbivbalu

The Predictors of Readmission or Death in Children with Cerebral Malaria and Severe Malaria Anemia.

Kyle Shelton

Natalie Royer

Maternal Mastitis as a Risk Factor for Neonatal Parotitis

Adam Stranberg

Amy Gonzalez

Utilizing Risk Stratification to Optimize Outcomes for Neonates Admitted with Hyperbilirubinemia for Phototherapy

RESIDENT

MENTOR

PROJECT

Alisha Adhikari

Andrea Glaser

Can Motivational Interviewing Improve Adolescent Weight Loss Clinic Attendance?

Ebelosele Aigbivbalu

Rafael Fonseca

Appropriate Treatment of URIs: Analyzing using the UTMB MIPS Score

Numra Aleem

Diana Nguyen

Evaluation of Safety and Effectiveness of a Neonatal Sepsis Calculator in the Management of Early Onset Sepsis (TPS Honorable Mention)

Snigdha Bhatia

Sunil Jain

Use of diuretics in BPD increases the risk of metabolic bone disease in preterm infants (TPS First Place)

Kevin Chacko

Melissa Smith-Phillips

Improving counseling about media use in children 6 months to 5 years at well child visits

Keithlee Dolinta

Rafael Fonseca

Retrospective study on clinical outcomes of neonates with gastroschisis repair in the operative room versus the neonatal intensive care unit

Karunya Jayasimha

Akila Muthukumar

Persistent Hyperbilirubinemia in an Adolescent Male with Hereditary Spherocytosis and Homozygous UGT1A1(TA)7/(TA)7 Mutation

Aammar Khan

Richard Rupp

A Cell Phone Based Intervention for Improving Resident Knowledge about STIs

Sara Medsker

Beth Auslander

Resident Knowledge and Comfort with AAP Recommendations on Social Media Use in Adolescents

Amber Ng

Hannah O'Donohoe

Do Caregiver Name Tags Help Improve Caregiver Satisfaction in the Pediatric Clinic?

Wesam Sourour

Elizabeth Rodriguez Lien

The Association Between Prolonged Antibiotic Use in Culture Negative Infants and Length of Hospital Stay and Total Hospital Costs

Murad Almasri

Amy Gonzalez

Brain Tissue in The Tongue

RESIDENT