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Student Research Publications

The following list highlights publications authored or co-authored by students during their time in our program. These works reflect the dedication, creativity, and scholarly engagement of our students in advancing medical knowledge. Please note that this compilation includes published articles only and does not encompass the full range of student scholarly activity, which also includes oral presentations, poster exhibitions, and other academic contributions presented at regional, national, and international conferences.

Class of 2026

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Title
Paraneoplastic ocular sarcoid-like reaction in the setting of pulmonary sarcoid-like reaction and lung adenocarcinoma: A case report and literature review
Scoping review of interventions to de-implement potentially harmful non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) in healthcare settings
Industry Sponsorship Bias in Collagenase Clinical Trials for Dupuytren Disease: A Meta-analysis

Class of 2025

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Title
Racial disparities in pediatric spinal fusion surgery affect perioperative outcomes: a national multicenter study
Total Intravenous Anesthesia with Propofol Reduces Discharge Times Compared with Inhaled General Anesthesia in Shoulder Arthroscopy A Randomized Controlled Trial
Global Disparities in the Presentation and Management of Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage: A Review and Analysis
Selective regulation of chemosensitivity in glioblastoma by phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase beta
Chronic Radiation Dermatitis Secondary to Narrow-Band Ultraviolet B Therapy in a Patient With Primary Cutaneous CD8 + T-Cell Lymphoma With Cytotoxic Granules
Are adverse events during surgery for benign prostatic hyperplasia device related? A review of the MAUDE database
Clinical Theranostics in Recurrent Gliomas: A Review
Scoping review of interventions to de-implement potentially harmful non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) in healthcare settings
The Clinical Outcomes of Radiocapitellar Reconstruction With Radiocapitellar Arthroplasty: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Low availability, long wait times, and high geographic disparity of psychiatric outpatient care in the US
Endovascular treatment of a ruptured pure arterial malformation and associated dysplastic middle cerebral artery dissecting aneurysm: illustrative case
Pediatric diffuse hemispheric glioma H3 G34-mutant with gains of the BRAF locus: An illustrative case

Class of 2024

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Title
Modifying Trauma Team Activation Criteria to Increase Rates of Appropriate Triage: A Retrospective Study
End-stage ankle arthritis alters dynamic stability during gait as measured by margin of stability between limbs and compared to healthy controls
Virtual state-wide dermatology advocacy day promotes advocacy efforts amongst medical trainees
Selective regulation of chemosensitivity in glioblastoma by phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase beta
A Review of the Use of Intravenous Immunoglobulin Therapy in Dermatology
The Impact of Environmental and Occupational Noise on Maternal and Perinatal Pregnancy Outcomes
Irreversible electroporation promotes a pro-inflammatory tumor microenvironment and anti-tumor immunity in a mouse pancreatic cancer model
Type 2 Diabetes Status, Diabetes Complication Severity Index Scores, and Their Relationship With COVID-19 Severity: A Retrospective Cohort Study of Hospitalized Patients in a Southwest Virginia Health System
Friend or Foe: Factor XII Deficiency Discovered Incidentally during Management of NSTEMI
False-Positive Phencyclidine (PCP) Result on 11-Panel Urine Drug Screen (UDS) in a 17-Year-Old Adolescent with Long-Term Venlafaxine Use
The mean age of gender dysphoria diagnosis is decreasing
Low availability, long wait times, and high geographic disparity of psychiatric outpatient care in the US
Unexpected Granulomatous Dermatitis: Challenge
When Should Healthcare Workers With Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Return to Work? An Analysis of Follow-up Antigen Test Results After a Positive COVID Test
A review of the literature: How does prenatal opioid exposure impact placental health and fetal brain development?
Horseshoe kidney: Morphologic features, embryologic and genetic etiologies, and surgical implications
An Increase in Same-day Discharge After Total Joint Arthroplasty During the COVID-19 Pandemic Does Not Influence Patient Outcomes: A Retrospective Cohort Analysis
Factitious dermatitis in children and adolescents is highly comorbid with psychiatric disorders
Clinical Vignette of Bacterial Meningitis Complicated by a Cerebrovascular Event
Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis: A Review of Past and Present Therapeutic Approaches
Time to Reconsider Hepatitis A Vaccination in Food Handlers: Are We Seeing More Outbreaks and Severe Disease?
Randomized Study of Bedside vs Hallway Rounding: Neurology Rounding Study

Class of 2023

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Title
Provision of a Home-Based Video-Assisted Therapy Program Is Noninferior to In-Person Hand Therapy After Thumb Carpometacarpal Arthroplasty
Developing medical simulations for opioid overdose response training: A qualitative analysis of narratives from responders to overdoses
Heterozygous Deletion of Chromosome 15q13.3 in a Boy with Developmental Regression, Global Developmental Delay, Hypotonia, and Short Stature
Subpial Hemorrhage in an Adult Male
Natural History of Traumatic Encephaloceles: A Systematic Literature Review
Novel technique in treating portal cavernous transformation with portal Biliopathy
Reevaluating methods reporting practices to improve reproducibility: an analysis of methodological rigor for the Langendorff whole heart technique
Iatrogenic Leptomeningeal Carcinomatosis Following Craniotomy for Resection of Metastatic Serous Ovarian Carcinoma: A Systematic Literature Review and Case Report
Prostate-Specific Membrane Antigen as Target for Neuroimaging of Central Nervous System Tumors
Sulfasalazine decreases astrogliosis-mediated seizure burden
The low utility of routine cranial imaging after pediatric shunt revision
TAMI-15. Prostate specific membrane antigen expression in glioblastoma tumor and endothelial cells
A Novel Cause of Bowel Obstruction in a Patient with Long-Standing Crohn's Disease
Big Data Collection and Traumatic Brain Injury
The Rising Force of Female Neurosurgeons
Comparison of Amino Acid PET to Advanced and Emerging MRI Techniques for Neurooncology Imaging: A Systematic Review of the Recent Studies

Class of 2022

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Title
Total Intravenous Anesthesia with Propofol Reduces Discharge Times Compared with Inhaled General Anesthesia in Shoulder Arthroscopy A Randomized Controlled Trial
Acute Adenoviral Infection Elicits an Arrhythmogenic Substrate Prior to Myocarditis
Comparing efficiency of patent production between US institutions using a hybrid NIH–USPTO dataset
Patients Who Undergo Rotator Cuff Repair Can Safely Return to Driving at 2 Weeks Postoperatively
Suspected Drug-induced Liver Injury Due to 6-Mercaptopurine With a Superimposed SARS-CoV-2 Infection in a Patient With B-ALL.
Does de-implementation of low-value care impact the patient-clinician relationship? A mixed methods study
COVID-19 Induced Brief Psychotic Disorder: A Case Report and Review of Literature

Class of 2021

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Title
Bilateral Pedicle Fractures at Contiguous Segments in a Low Trauma Setting: A Case Report
Assessing Presenting Symptoms, Co-Morbidities, and Risk Factors for Mortality in Underserved Patients With Non-Hereditary Early-Onset Colorectal Cancer
Regulation of neonatal IgA production by the maternal microbiota
Complete Genome Sequence of Pseudomonas aeruginosa CMC-115, a Clinical Strain from an Acute Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia Patient
Specific labeling of synaptic schwann cells reveals unique cellular and molecular features
Extramedullary Hematopoiesis in the Sinonasal Cavity: A Case Report and Review of the Literature
Postoperative Anemia Predicts Length of Stay for Geriatric Patients Undergoing Minimally Invasive Lumbar Spine Fusion Surgery
A Divergent Ferrichrome Receptor Associated with an Insertional Element (IS3) Identified on Novel Locus in Clinical Strain of Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Lactobacillus rescues postnatal neurobehavioral and microglial disfunction, in a model of maternal microbiome dysbiosis
Spectral characteristics of urine specimens from healthy human volunteers analyzed using Raman chemometric urinalysis (Rametrix)
Modeling microdebrider-mediated ophthalmic damage: A Word of Caution in Endoscopic Sinus Surgery

Class of 2020

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Title
Acute Adenoviral Infection Elicits an Arrhythmogenic Substrate Prior to Myocarditis
Systematic content analysis of patient evaluations of START NOW psychotherapy reveals practical strategies for improving the treatment of opioid use disorder
Trauma Outreach to Primary Care Physicians Regarding the Risks Associated with The Beers Criteria Medications in Geriatric Patients
Interprofessional Service Learning in Medical Education: a Year-Over-Year Assessment of Student Feedback
Disinhibition-assisted long-term potentiation in the prefrontal-amygdala pathway via suppression of somatostatin-expressing interneurons
Psychiatry and the Visual Arts
The Effects of 24-Hour Neurosurgical Call on Fine Motor Dexterity, Cognition, and Mood
The Prevalence of Beers Criteria Medication Use and Associations with Falls in Geriatric Patients at a Level 1 Trauma Center
The effect of various OR noise on fine motor skills, cognition, and mood
Use of Observation Status Versus Readmission in Elective Total Knee and Hip Arthroplasty Returns to Hospital: A Single-Institution Perspective
Clinical Guidelines in Pediatric Hearing Loss: Systemic Review Using Appraisal of Guidelines for Research and Evaluation II Instrument

Class of 2019

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Title
Does Postoperative Delirium Following Elective Noncardiac Surgery Predict Long-Term Mortality?
New Long-Term Opioid Prescription-Filling Behavior Arising in the 15 Months After Orthopaedic Surgery
New Long-Term Opioid Prescription-Filling Behavior Arising in the 15 Months After Orthopaedic Surgery
Reliability of Magnetic Resonance Imaging Prediction of Anterior Cruciate Ligament Autograft Size and Comparison of Radiologist and Orthopaedic Surgeon Predictions
Reliability of Magnetic Resonance Imaging Prediction of Anterior Cruciate Ligament Autograft Size and Comparison of Radiologist and Orthopaedic Surgeon Predictions
Evaluating the Burnout-Thriving Index in a Multidisciplinary Cohort at a Large Academic Medical Center
Orthopedic surgeons' views on the osteoporosis care gap and potential solutions: survey results
Willing to work but not to wait: Individuals with greater alcohol use disorder show increased delay discounting across commodities and less effort discounting for alcohol
Effect of Prescription Size on Opioid Use and Patient Satisfaction in Acute Pain Management After Minor Hand Surgery: A Randomized Clinical Trial
Validity and Repeatability of Single-Sensor Loadsol Insoles during Landing
The Utility of Additional Imaging in Trauma Consults with Mild to Moderate Injury
A Protocol to Decrease Surgical Site Infection Rates in Colorectal Surgical Procedures
Rates of Osteoporosis Screening and Treatment Following Vertebral Fracture
Normal saline versus NormosolTM-R in sepsis resuscitation: A retrospective cohort study
PIK3CB/p110β is a selective survival factor for glioblastoma
LRRTM1 underlies synaptic convergence in visual thalamus

Class of 2018

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Title
Adenovirus targets transcriptional and posttranslational mechanisms to limit gap junction function
Improving the Intraoperative Educational Experience: Understanding the Role of Confidence in the Resident-Attending Relationship
Eye tracking in surgical education: gaze-based dynamic area of interest can discriminate adverse events and expertise
Narcotic-Dependent Patients Derive Equal Benefit from Enhanced Recovery
Unilateral S2 Alar-Iliac Screws for Spinopelvic Fixation
Parathyroid hormone as a marker for hypoperfusion in trauma: A prospective observational study
Surgical Trainees' Confidence in the Operating Room Improves over Time with a Corresponding Increase in Responsibility
C1-2 Fixation Approach for Patients With Vascular Irregularities: A Case Report
Region- and Cell-Specific Expression of Transmembrane Collagens in Mouse Brain
Anterior Cervical Discectomy With Fusion Using a Local Source for Cancellous Autograft: A Biomechanical Analysis of Vertebral Body Stability in an Osteopenic Bone Model
The Effects of Distance and Time in Transfers for Emergency General Surgery
Prevention and Management of Postoperative Delirium in Elderly Patients Following Elective Spinal Surgery
Patient-derived glioblastoma stem cells respond differentially to targeted therapies
Indications for Direct Laryngoscopic Examination of Vocal Cord Function Prior to Anterior Cervical Surgery
Vital Signs Strongly Predict Massive Transfusion Need in Geriatric Trauma Patients
Connexin 43 Inhibition Sensitizes Chemoresistant Glioblastoma Cells to Temozolomide

Class of 2017

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Class of 2016

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Title
Respiratory System, Sleep Quality, Restless Leg Syndrome, and Depression-Anxiety Assessment in Charcot Marie Tooth Disease
Prediction of Autograft Hamstring Size for Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction Using MRI
Casein Kinase 1 Epsilon Regulates Glioblastoma Cell Survival
Chronotherapy: Intuitive, Sound, Founded…But Not Broadly Applied
Evaluating Blood Loss and the Effect of Antiplatelet Treatment in Foot and Ankle Amputations
Perioperative Statin Treatment: Can It Decrease Postsurgical Cardiac Event Risk in Noncardiac Surgery?
Aging into perceptual control: A dynamic causal modeling for fMRI study of bistable perception
Opening the Debate: How to Fulfill the Need for Physicians' Training in Circadian-Related Topics in a Full Medical School Curriculum
Contact isolation is a risk factor for venous thromboembolism in trauma patients
Altered prefrontal excitation/inhibition balance and prefrontal output: Markers of aging in human memory networks.
In vivo cartilage strain increases following medial meniscal tear and correlates with synovial fluid matrix metalloproteinase activity
Innate immune programming by endotoxin and its pathological consequences
Development of a web-based laparoscopic technical skills assessment and testing instrument: a pilot study
Contact isolation is a risk factor for venous thromboembolism in surgical patients
Higher surgical critical care staffing levels are associated with improved National Surgical Quality Improvement Program quality measures

Class of 2015

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Title
The Impact of Environmental and Occupational Noise on Maternal and Perinatal Pregnancy Outcomes
Ketamine as an Adjunct to Opioids for Acute Pain in the Emergency Department: A Randomized Controlled Trial
A microchip platform for structural oncology applications
Prediabetes Phenotype Influences Improvements in Glucose Homeostasis with Resistance Training
Replacement of the hepatitis E virus ORF3 protein PxxP motif with heterologous late domain motifs affects virus release via interaction with TSG101
A Molecular Toolkit to Visualize Native Protein Assemblies in the Context of Human Disease
Rural Ambulatory Access for Semi-Urgent Care and the Relationship of Distance to an Emergency Department
A New Interleukin-13 Amino-Coated Gadolinium Metallofullerene Nanoparticle for Targeted MRI Detection of Glioblastoma Tumor Cells
Real-time visualization of nanoparticles interacting with glioblastoma stem cells
Nuclei-specific differences in nerve terminal distribution, morphology, and development in mouse visual thalamus
Dynamic modulation of innate immune response by varying dosages of lipopolysaccharide (LPS) in human monocytic cells
EvoCor: a platform for predicting functionally related genes using phylogenetic and expression profiles
Biomedical Applications of Trimetallic Nitride Endohedral Metallofullerenes
Synthetic Biomaterials for Regenerative Medicine Applications, In Regenerative Medicine Applications in Organ Transplantation
Structural Dynamics of Viral Nanomachines
Evaluating the Inter-rater Reliability of the National Disaster Medical Service Bed Classification System
Pediatric Triage Decisions in a Large-Scale Disaster
Helminth infections: a new global women's health agenda
Cellularized cylindrical fiber/hydrogel composites for ligament tissue engineering
Cryo-SiN – An Alternative Substrate to Visualize Active Viral Assemblies
Nurse-to-patient ratios and neonatal outcomes: a brief systematic review
Prediabetes: a prevalent and treatable, but often unrecognized, clinical condition
Visualizing viral assemblies in a nanoscale biosphere
Development and pretesting of a decision-aid to use when counseling parents facing imminent extreme premature delivery.

Class of 2014

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Title
Rotavirus core shell subdomains involved in polymerase encapsidation into virus-like particles
Hospital Evacuation Planning Tool: An Overview
Variation in use of all types of computed tomography by emergency physicians
Tibial nerve perineural injections at the posterior tarsal tunnel
PCR-based approach to distinguish group A human rotavirus genotype 1 vs. genotype 2 genes
Novel joint cupping clinical maneuver for ultrasonographic detection of knee joint effusions
Neuroimaging after mild traumatic brain injury: Review and meta-analysis
Feasibility of Ultrasound-guided ulnar nerve injection of the cubital tunnel using a lateral-to-medial approach
Group-based lifestyle sessions for gestational weight gain management: a mixed method approach
Analysis of human rotaviruses from a single location over an 18-year time span suggests that protein coadaption influences gene constellations
A meta-analysis of hospital evacuations: overcoming barriers to effective planning
Provider Bias Impacts Tidal Volume Selection and Ventilator Days in Trauma Patients

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