Submissions from 2024
Health Equity and Order Set Use in Sepsis Patients, Omar Pandhair and Shelley Schoepflin Sanders
Bridging Care and Cost: Enhancing Communication in Hospital Settings by Incentivizing Electronic Medical Tools to Promote Value, Christinia Patel, MD and Shelley Schoepflin Sanders
Myth of the Pentad: Approaching Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura, Nidhi Patel, MD; Meera Jain, MD; and Natasha Edwin, MD
“Virtual Morning Report”, A Case of Encephalopathy due to Baclofen Toxicity, Alec Rezigh (Case Discussants); Austin Rezigh (Case Discussants); and Linh Taylor, MD (Case Presenter)
A Summer Dilemma: Poem and Commentary, Shelley Schoepflin Sanders
Characterization of Sarcoidosis at a Combined Rheumatology- Pulmonary clinic, Megan Schermerhorn, MD and Julianna Desmarais, MD
Building the future: New Grad residency as a response to the staffing crisis, Caitlin Silva and Geri Harmon
AAPM BTSC Report 377.B: Physicist brachytherapy training in 2022 - A survey of therapeutic medical physics residents., Samantha J Simiele, Manik Aima, Christopher S Melhus, and Susan L Richardson
A potentially cat-astrophic missed diagnosis: Systemic autoimmune disease, or something more sinister?, Cameron Smith, DO, MPH and Amy Dechet, MD
Impact of Pharmacist Concierge Service for Patient with Denied Prior Authorization, Ben Song and Jenifer Smith
You Shall Not Pass - Chronic H. pylori Infection, Lisa Stampke, MD
Sepsis Transitional Care Management: Could a Phone Call Change a Life?, Linh Taylor, MD
Hydroxocobalamin in Septic Shock Management: Should it Be Introduced Sooner?, Linh Tang Taylor, MD; Cameron Miles Long, MD; and Omar Pandhair, MD
Endocarditis Prophylaxis in the Vulnerable Valve; Antibiotic Stewardship or Suboptimal Care?, Zachary Taylor, MD; Andrea Roast, MD; and Michael Layoun, MD
Not just a Biblical Disease: Hansen’s Disease (Leprosy) Oregon’s unique differential, Zach Taylor, Justin Jin, Andrea Roast, and Amy Dechet
Increasing the Use of SGLT-2 Inhibitors in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes and Chronic Kidney Disease, Amanda Tep, DO; Jason Heino, DO; Shelley Schoepflin Sanders, MD; and Alyssa Nelson
Increasing the Use of SGLT-2 Inhibitors in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes and Chronic Kidney Disease, Amanda Tep, DO and Fawn Wolf, MD
Point of care Ultrasound (POCUS) Curriculum: A Needs Assessment, Andrew Tobler
Where Did the Oxygen Go? (Case Report on acquired Methemoglobinemia), Julia Townsend, MD; Ryan Apathy, MD; and Stephanie Griffith
Don’t Poke the Bear: Pheochromocytoma Unmasked by COVID-10, Taylor Virtue and Andrea Roast
Development and Implementation of an Academic Detailing Service for Hypertension in in Primary Care, Emily Watt; Abby Frye, PharmD, BCACP; and Jayme Johnson
Cloudy Consequences: Exploring Vaping-Induced Alveolar Proteinosis, Jennifer Wong, DO; Omar Pandhair, MD; Abby Lindseth, MD; and Cameron Long, MD
A clot to Worry About: Venous Thromboembolism in Severe Ulcerative Colitis, Jin Yun, DO and Donald Lum
From Hormones to Pancreatitis: A Case of Estrogen-Induced Hypertriglyceridemia, Kyaw Zin (Kennis) Htet, MD; Michael Lefor, MD; and Brinton Clark, MD
Optimization of a standardized letter of recommendation for faculty who wish to support candidates applying to surgical training programs., Clare Zipf-Sigler, Alisha L Nguyen, Amber Huang, Ryan De Leon, Shannon Helbling, Eliza B Littleton, and Anjali S Kumar
Submissions from 2023
Playing Heart to Get, Alexis Amatisto, DO
Impact of Pre-Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experience (APPE) Curriculum on Student Pharmacists' Professional Identity Formation., Jennifer L Bacci, Jasmine S Mangrum, Curtis G Jefferson, Tim Soverns, Gregory Gin, Kaylin Wakuzawa, Sydney Goo, and Peggy Odegard
Removal of Enterococcus susceptibilities in urine isolates across a large integrated health system, Cody Barfuss, Greg Tallman, Brent Footer, and Alyssa B Christensen
Preventing CHF hospitalizations in patients with dementia, John Beale, Zoe Tartz, Jackson Harley, Tory Starzyk, Matthew Kennedy, and Colleen Zimmermann
Tobacco Cessation Email Outreach in a Primary Care Setting, Katie Berry, MD and Meera Jain, MD
Evaluation of infusion wait times after process change for compounding fosaprepitant and pembrolizumab, Heather Beugli and Ian Ingram
Oral examination of fourth-year medical students on surgery rotations allows faculty to assess Core Entrustable Professional Activities for entering Residency (CEPAR): Proof-of-concept and analysis of student submissions., Tamir Bresler, Erik Stiles, Shaina Schaeztel, Christopher Freeman, Ben Chia, and Anjali Kumar
Identifying Systemic errors in refilling insulin to prevent another hospitalization: An RCA, John Butler, Mikayla Button, Jared Fincher, Rakin Solaiman, and Michael Woodfin
A Diagnostic Dilemma: QIPS, Ryan Carlisle, Paulina Giacomelli, Kyler Wyer, Julia Nyiro, Nolan Weinstein, and Judy Swanson (Faculty Advisor)
Improving Metabolic Monitoring during Transfers of Care for Psychiatric Patients Discharged from the Inpatient Psychiatric Residency Service on an Antipsychotic Medication – Part 2, Allison Cohen and Anisha Boetel
No Clot Left Behind: May-Thurner Syndrome Within Left Lower Extremities, Brittany Cook, DO
Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors: Friend or Foe, Antonio Cordova, MD; Jesse Powell, MD; Whitney Elg-Salsman, MD; and Caroline McCulley, MD
The Intake Jailbreak Evaluation of an admission-focused residency team, Alex Crist and Kang X Zhang
A Quasi-Experimental Study of Trough-Guided versus Area under the Curve-Guided Vancomycin Monitoring in Patients with Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia using Desirability of Outcome Ranking (DOOR), Justin Donat, Brent Footer, and Gregory B. Tallman
A Case of Severe Hypophosphatemia in Vitamin D Deficiency, Andrew Elton, MD
Weight a Minute: When Mnemonics and Illness Scripts Break Down, Jaye Espinas, MD
Advancing neurosurgical education in the age of online learning and global knowledge sharing: impact of Cerebrovascular Q&A webinar series., Umme Habiba Faisal, Yassine Alami Idrissi, Bipin Chaurasia, Alexis Takasumi, Matias Baldoncini, Akshal Patel, Stephen Monteith, Cameron G McDougall, and Matias Costa
Urine luck – A case of acute renal failure and recovery, Kemin Fena, MD
Optimizing collaboration among clinical pharmacy specialists and behavioral health providers in the primary care setting to increase mental health access, Ryan Ferris, Christine Doran, Bonnie Jiron, and Dara L. Johnson
Retrospective Review of the utility of MRSA NAAT screening to predict MRSA Infections, Nyles T Fowler, Brent Footer, and Caitlin Morris
Minds for Hearts - A Targeted Education Project Focused on Cardiovascular Health in the Psychiatric Community, Peter Franz and Anisha Boetel
Warfarin Sensitivity after Valve Replacement Surgery, Jason Frederick, Pamela Levine, and Arezou Naseri
Benzodiazepine-minimizing protocol for alcohol withdrawal: a comparative analysis, Jennifer Gaston, Hsin-Fang Li, Emily J Cox, Caitlin Klamper, and John F Wurzel
Zap That Connection, Hannah Giger, MD
Improving Caregiver Confidence and Burnout through Standardizing the use of the Agitated Behavior Scale and Behavioral Strategies for Managing Patients with Agitation, John Gilmer, Kate Whiteneck, Alicia Hegie, Mackenzie Waples, and Frank Jackson
Treating Opioid Use Disorder: One Shot at a Time, Shelly Haferkamp, Michael P. Kinney, Daniel Yang, Lindsey Cunningham, Anna Davey, and Amy G Burns
Supporting Designated Crisis Responders (DCRs) in Washington State, Shelly Haferkamp, James Miller, and John F Wurzel
Code Status in the Inpatient Setting, Alyssa Harper, Travis Fisher, Marjorie Schoen, Caroline Pappas, and Ian May
Factors impacting adherence to antidiabetic medications and health outcomes in diabetes mellitus patients in Medicare populations, Kelli Hoang, Kelly Simpson, and Danny Wallenslager
Pneumocystis jirovecii Pneumonia in an Immunocompetent Woman: A Case Report, M Cate Hoye, MD and Gita D Gelfer, MD
When the Pieces Don’t Quite Fit: Uncovering a Rare Disease Hidden Behind a Common Red Herring, Leslie Hudson, DO
DOAC Ambulatory Risk Assessment, Katie Hufft and Cherry Luz P. Tortor
The Protective and Pathological Role of the Spleen in Malaria, Julie Hwang, MD and Amy Dechet, MD
The impact of pharmacy led education on the management of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction in the primary care setting, Laura Kays, Ben Rosati, Trevor Laursen, and Maurice N. Tran
Anchoring bias leaves insulinoma work up lost at sea, Michael Knapp, MD
Standardizing Sepsis Patient Education – A QIProcess, Bethany Koschel, DO
Standardizing Sepsis Patient Education: A Quality Improvement Process, Bethany Koschel, DO
Impact of Geriatric Mini-fellowship on Prescribing Practice of the PMG Primary Care Providers, Madalyn Kuhlenberg and Sharon Leigh
Comparison of clinical diabetes outcomes of patients managed via telemedicine pharmacists during the COVID pandemic relative to continued management by primary care clinics, Trevor Laursen and Stephanie Chan
Standardize to Optimize: A contemplation of Pyxis, inventory, and workflow, Anthony Le and Scott King
Evaluation of standard dose ibuprofen in combination with acetaminophen for patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) treatment in preterm neonates, Jennifer Lee, Samantha Tatz, and Douglas Hanes
Worth the Cost? The Utility of PTHrP in Hypercalcemia of Malignancy, Abby Lindseth, MD
Severe Malaria and Multi-Organ Failure, Abby Lindseth, MD and Stephen Yau, MD
Dermoscopy Training in Family Medicine Residencies: A CERA Survey of Program Directors., Miranda D Lu, Richard Usatine, James Holt, Diane M Harper, and Alexandra Verdieck
Potential Impact of Rapid Antimicrobial Susceptibility Test (rAST) on Providence Oregon Hospitals Currently Without, Andrew Ly and Mark Vance
Improving Resident Awareness and Documentation of Abnormal Involuntary Movements in Psychiatric Patients on Antipsychotic Medications, Jocelyn McCornack and Kelly Wurzel
A Guide to Expanding the Use of Buprenorphine Beyond Standard Initiations for Opioid Use Disorder., James Miller, Michael A Brooks, Kelly Wurzel, Emily J Cox, and John F Wurzel
Inpatient Management of Medication-Assisted Therapies for Opioid Use Disorder, Tracee Mock, Clara Mikhaeil, and Emily H. Hsu
Identification of acute pathological heart rate variability variance using wearable technology and novel predictive software: A multi-disciplinary collaboration between St Luke’s Rehabilitation and Eastern Washington University, Trevor Mordhorst, Sanmeet Kaur, Dan Tappan, Dillon Dalton, Otto Bucholz, Katrina Taylor, Garth Babcock, Alicia Hegie, and Frank Jackson
Shingles – The Worst Headache of Your Life, Mathew Moritz, MD
Simpler is Better: Increasing use of Triple Inhaler Therapy to Prevent COPD Readmissions, Adrianna Morse, MD
Simpler is Better: Increasing use of Triple Inhaler Therapy to Prevent COPD Readmissions, Adrinna Morse, MD
The Impacts of Engagement in the Latino Medical Student Association., Sunny Nakae, Stacey Martinez, Jordan J Juarez, and Cintya Beltran Sanchez
Brief Gout Workshop Improves Uric Acid Control at Providence Medical Group-St. Vincent Clinic, Michelle Nguyen, MD
Combination biologics or targeted synthetic disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs in the treatment of spondyloarthritis: a systematic literature review, Michelle Nguyen, MD
Tuberculosis Myositis in Leg Musculature, Tho Nguyen, MD and Justin Jin, MD
When Doctors Disagree, You Get Stuck Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea, Divya Nimmatoori, MD
Order Set Usage is Associated With Lower Hospital Mortality in Patients With Sepsis, Omar Pandhair, MD
Ruptured Mycotic Aneurysm in a Patient with MRSA Pericarditis, Omar Pandhair, MD
Swelling, Skin, and Sick, Omar Pandhair, MD
Title Unknown, Omar Pandhair, MD
Tracheoesophageal Fistula in a Critically Ill Post-Esophagectomy Patient, Omar Pandhair, MD
Preventable Tacrolimus Toxicity, Brooke Parker, Jessica Sterner, John Mele, Laura DeWald, and Cassidy Johnston
Evaluation of a Refill-Associated Clinical Service in a Health System Specialty Pharmacy, Jinha Park, Stephanie Wang, and Adam Saulles
Going down the wrong rabbit hole, Christinia Patel, MD and Jeffrey Youker, MD
Elevation of cannabis knowledge: higher learning, Savannah Marie Patterson and Anisha Boetel
Identifying Gaps in Interpretive Services to Improve Patient Care: A Root Cause Analysis, Christiane Phillips, Reed Ritterbusch, Ken Scott, and Jenny Wickens
Spontaneous Rupture of a Previously Asymptomatic Giant Angiomyolipoma, Reed Ritterbusch
Discrepancies in age-based medication dosing, Chad Ruger, Anne Keeling, Sera Jacob, and Cassidy MacArthur
In-Person vs Virtual Interview Format for Fellowships in Cardiovascular Disease: A Nationwide Survey of Fellows-in-Training., Jonathan R Salik, Emily K Zern, Inbar R McCarthy, Paul Theriot, Kristin West, Prashanth Thakker, Gaby Weissman, and Lisa J Rose-Jones
QI Project: Clopidogrel in NSTEMI, Amanda Sams, Erin Kaya, Carsten Kirby, Ester Peters, and Michael Stewart (Faculty Advisor)
A rare presentation of an increasingly common condition, Shelley Schoepflin Sanders and A. Araujo
Unveiling the Mystery: Paraneoplastic Syndrome Masquerading as Skin Thickening and Arthritis, Megan Schermerhorn, MD; Qian Leng, MD; and Atish Dey, MD
Advance Care Planning at Medicare Annual Wellness Visits – Empowering Patients to Have Meaningful Goals of Care Discussions in Primary Care, A Schue and Laura Loertscher
