Research Overview

The UMHSparrow-MSU IM Residency provides extensive and diverse clinical investigation opportunities. A Core Faculty member devoted to clinical investigation assists residents desiring training. We have had numerous residents successfully participate in regional, national, and international competitions, with prize-winning results. Each resident is required to engage in scholarly activity, ranging from an evidence-based review of an assigned topic to a longitudinal bench project. Clinical investigation electives are offered, allowing residents to focus on a topic under supervision of a faculty mentor during a 4-week block elective.

This section contains information for residents interested in clinical investigation opportunities, as well as resources for those nearing the publication or presentation stage. Take a look at some recent resident accomplishments, and find inspiration in the associated list of faculty with a stated interest in working with resident scholars.

Research and Teaching Awards Received by Residents

Recent Research Presentation Awards Received by Residents

American College of Physicians-Michigan Chapter: Research Poster Presentation 2nd place, Dr. Amey Joshi (2023)

American College of Physicians-Michigan Chapter: Poster Clinical Vignette 3rd place, Dr. Jason Law (2023)

American College of Physicians-Michigan Chapter: Oral Research Presentation 3rd place, Dr. Andrew Kim (2023)

Society of Critical Care Medicine-Michigan: Oral Clinical Vignette 1st place, Dr. Mohammad Salam (2021)

American College of Physicians-Michigan Chapter: Oral Clinical Vignette 1st place, Dr. Osama Mosalem (2020)

American College of Physicians-Michigan Chapter: Oral Research 2nd place, Dr. Lawrenshey Charles (2020)

American College of Physicians-Michigan Chapter: Poster Research 3rd place, Dr. Ahmed Elshafie (2020)

Penn Medicine, Improving Residency in Internal Medicine Challenge 1st place, Dr. Ayowale Oladeji (2020)

American College of Physicians-Michigan Chapter: Poster Research 1st place, Dr. Mark Mujer (2019)

Mid-Michigan Research Day: Case Presentation 1st place, Dr. Lawrenshey Charles (2019)

American College of Physicians-Michigan Chapter: Oral Research 1st place, Dr. Varunsiri Atti (2018)

European Society of Cardiology Conference: Best Poster, Dr. Yehia Saleh (2017)

American College of Cardiology National Meeting: Best Poster, Dr. Yehia Saleh (2017)

 

Recent Teaching Awards Received by Residents

MSU-College of Human Medicine Outstanding Resident Teaching Award, Dr. Saif Al-Attal (2023)

MSU-College of Human Medicine Outstanding Resident Teaching Award, Dr. Abdullah Al-Abcha (2021)

MSU-College of Human Medicine Outstanding Resident Teaching Award, Dr. Khader Herzallah (2020)

MSU-College of Human Medicine Outstanding Resident Teaching Award, Dr. Fawzi Abu Rous (2019) 

 

Recent Alpha Omega Alpha Inductees

Dr. Khalid Saeed Al-Asad (2024)

Dr. Mohammad Fahad Salam (2023)

Dr. Abdullah Al-Abcha (2022)

Dr. Varunsiri Atti (2020)

Dr. Lilit Karapetyan (2019)

Dr. Prajwal Dhakal (2018)

Research Clubs

The UMHSparrow-MSU IM Residency has established specialized research clubs multiple subspecialties, including Cardiology, Pulmonary & Critical Care, Gastroenterology, Rheumatology, Nephrology and Hematology-Oncology. These research clubs serve as platforms for residents, fellows, and medical students to collaborate and engage in academic discussions. 

The clubs meet at least once a month to share research ideas, discuss updates on recent guidelines, explore teaching opportunities, and develop presentations for local and national conferences.

Each research club is led by a president and vice-president, typically a PGY-2 or PGY-3 senior resident, under the guidance of a faculty advisor.

Publications

Cardiovascular disease 

Jaiswal V, Taha AM, Joshi A, et al.   Implantable cardioverter defibrillators for primary prevention in patients with ischemic and non-ischemic cardiomyopathy: A meta-analysis, Current Problems in Cardiology, Volume 49, Issue 2, 2024, 102198.

Kim AG, Banga S, Ang QX, Atti L, Ghnaima H, AlAttal S, Banga P, Wilcox M. Transdermal bisoprolol for prevention of postoperative atrial fibrillation: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of Arrhythmia. May 2024;40(3):434-439. Cited in PubMed; PMID: 38939760.

Sabanci R, Saeed M, Watat K, Kim AG, Shaban D, Nader G, Ghnaima H, Wilcox M, Ali-Ahmed F. Cardiac challenges in immune checkpoint therapy: complete heart block with pembrolizumab. Cureus. March 2024;16(3):e57244.

Saeed M, Sabanci R, Martinez A, Kim AG, Prasad RM, Hanson C, Kehdi M. Post-myocardial infarction left ventricular aneurysm with contained rupture and hemopericardium. Cureus. March 2024;16(3):e56506. 

Kim AG, Martinez A, Panama G, Saeed M, Sabanci R, Al-Asad KS, Yavari M, Prasad RM, Rayamajhi S, Abela GS. Transcatheter vacuum-assisted mass extraction versus surgical debridement for vegetations in tricuspid valve infective endocarditis: a meta-analysis of observational studies. American Journal of Cardiology. January 2024;210(1):69-75. 

Kim AG, Park C, Tokavanich N, Sabanci R, Freel R, Hayes V, Thakur RK. Meteorological influence on atrial fibrillation and flutter: a nationwide observational study in South Korea (2010–2022). Cureus. October 2023;15(10):e46867. 

Salazar AM, Al-Asad KS, Prasad RM, Panama G, Banga S, Wilcox M. Pulmonary Artery Denervation as a New Therapeutic Option for Pulmonary Hypertension: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Curr Probl Cardiol. 2023 Sep;48(9):101776. doi: 10.1016/j.cpcardiol.2023.101776. Epub 2023 Apr 29. PMID: 37121454. 

Jaiswal V, Song PA, Suresh V, Joshi A., et al. Association between baseline high-sensitive C-reactive protein, Homocysteine levels, and post-stroke depression among stroke patients: A Systematic Review, Meta-analysis, and Meta-regression, Current Problems in Cardiology, 2023, 102338, ISSN 0146-2806

Khadka N, Kc P, Sharma S, Sharma S, Rayamajhi S. Dilated Cardiomyopathy and Nail-Patella Syndrome: A Case Report. Cureus. 2023 Nov 17;15(11):e48969. doi: 10.7759/cureus.48969.

Jaiswal V, Joshi A, Mayank Jha, et al. Association between calcium supplementation and gestational hypertension, and preeclampsia: A Meta-analysis of 26 randomized controlled trials, Current Problems in Cardiology, 2023, 102217, ISSN 0146-2806

Jaiswal V, Joshi A, Ishak A, Nataraj M, Ang SP, Khan N, Daneshvar F, Aguilera-Alvarez VH, Verma D, Shrestha AB, Sharma P. Meta-analysis of post-transcatheter aortic valve replacement outcomes in patients with cardiac amyloidosis and aortic stenosis. Int J Surg. 2023 Jun 8. doi: 10.1097/JS9.0000000000000532. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 37300891.

Kim AG, Yavari M, Sabanci R, Ukponmwan E, Ali-Ahmed F. Reassessing the safety of pill-in-the-pocket propafenone. Cureus. September 2023;15(9):e46282. 

Joshi A, Bhambhani A, Barure R, Gonuguntla S, Sarathi V, Attia AM, Shrestha AB, Jaiswal V. Neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio and platelet-lymphocyte ratio as markers of stable ischemic heart disease in diabetic patients: An observational study. Medicine (Baltimore). 2023 Feb 3;102(5):e32735. doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000032735. PMID: 36749238; PMCID: PMC9902008

Karki S, Khadka N, Kashyap B, Sharma S, Rijal S, Basnet A. Incidental Finding of Dextrocardia with Situs Inversus and Absent Left Kidney: A Case Report. JNMA J Nepal Med Assoc. 2022 Feb 15;60(246):196-199. doi: 10.31729/jnma.6825. PMID: 35210643; PMCID: PMC9200005.

Martinez A, Shah N, Kim AG, Watat K, Banga S. Beta-blocker and calcium channel blocker toxicity with BRASH syndrome: a case report. Cureus. January 2023;15(1):e33544.

Kommuru, S., *Shah, M. P., Sandhu, S. P. S., Shah, S. D., Kaur, G., & Ibrahim, Y. (2023, May). Demographic And Clinical Correlates Of Infective Endocarditis In Non-Rheumatic Aortic Valve Disease: Descriptive Insights From Nationwide Inpatient Study. Internationa l Journal of Scientific Research, 12(05), 44.

Prasad RM, Pandrangi P, Pandrangi , Yoo H, Salazar AM, Ukponmwan E, Kehdi M, Abela G. Meta-Analysis Comparing Distal Radal Artery Approach Versus Traditional for Coronary Procedures. Am J Cardiol. 2022 Feb

Saeed Al-Asad K, Martinez Salazar A, Banga S, Yavari M, AI-Abcha A, Saleh Y, Abela G. Meta­ analysis Comparing Transradial With Transfemoral Access in the Treatment of Coronary Chronic Total Occlusion. Am J Cardiel. 2022 Sep 15;179:114-116. doi: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2022.06.021.Epub 2022 Jul 15. PMID: 35851470.

AI-Abcha A, Saleh Y, Elsayed M, Elshafie A, Herzallah K, Baloch ZQ, Banga S, Rayamajhi S, Abela GS. Left Atrial Appendage Closure Versus Oral Anticoagulation in Non-Valvular Atrial Fibrillation: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Cardiovasc Revasc Med. 2022 Mar;36:18- 24.

Osman AF, Prasad RM, Marein S, O'Brien C. Multi-organ dysfunction as a presentation of calcium channel blocker intoxication. BMJ Case Rep. 2022 Jan 17;15(1):e245711.

Radwan Y, AI-Abcha A, Salam MF, Khor SY, Prasad RM, Elshafie A, Abela G. Meta-analysis of the Safety and Efficacy of the Sentinel Cerebral Protection System in Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation. Am J Cardiel. 2021 Aug 1;152:169-170.

Prasad RM, AI-Abcha A, Radwan Y, Srivastava S, Baloch ZQ, Elsayed M, Rayamajhi S, Abela GS. Meta-Analysis Comparing Antiplatelet Therapy Versus Direct Oral Anticoagulation in Percutaneous Left Atrial Appendage Closure. Am J Cardiol. 2021 Aug 15;153:144-146.

Pulmonary/Critical Care

Kim AG, Watat K, Ghnaima H, Yavari M, Rayamajhi S. Unusual presentation and outcome in acute cocaine intoxication with multiorgan failure: a case report. Cureus. May 2023;15(5):e39729.

Joshi A, Sundar IK. Circadian Disruption in Night Shift Work and Its Association with Chronic Pulmonary Diseases. Adv Biol (Weinh). 2023 Nov;7(11):e2200292. doi: 10.1002/adbi.202200292. Epub 2023 Feb 16. PMID: 36797209.

Prasad RM, Kemnic T, AI-Abcha A, Sharma A, Kavuturu S. Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis From Fire-Retardant Spray in a Patient With Multiple Lung Pathologies and Elevated lmmunoglobulin E. Ochsner J. 2021 Winter;21(4):425-43

Mosalem O, Hernandez Garcilazo N, Saleh Y, Abu Rous F. Pulmonary embolism as the primary presentation of IgA vasculitis. BMJ Case Rep. 2020 Aug 27;13(8):e235884. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2020-235884. PMID: 32859624; PMCID: PMC7454181.

Hematology/Oncology

GullapaIii K, Mosalem 0, Varghese MT, Watat K, Hrinczenko B. Severe Epistaxis Secondary to Dabrafenib and Trametinib Toxicity in Non-small Cell Lung Carcinoma With Small Bowel Metastasis. Cureus. 2021 Jul 16;13(7):e16431.

Gullapalli K, Agarwal P, Mosalem 0, Gogineni V, Tikaria R. Extra-Axial Skeletal Metastasis of Malignant Melanoma: Case Report and Literature Review. Cureus. 2022 Feb 11;14(2):e22115.

Abdelsamia M, Mosalem 0, Gogineni V, Gullapalli K, Olomu E. A Rare Case of Advanced Synchronous Primary Ovarian and Cervical Cancer. Cureus. 2022 May 10;14(5):e24876.

Abdelsamia M, Mosalem 0, Radwan Y, Boumegouas M, Laird Fick H. Advanced Case of Cardiac Amyloidosis Presents With Chronic Diarrhea. Cureus. 2022 Jul 11;14(7):e26757.

Infectious Disease

Jayashankar CA, Prakash B, Prashanthi SVSR, Bhat N, Joshi A, Narayanaswamy G. A case of lepromatous leprosy in a background of chronic hepatitis B infection. J Family Med Prim Care. 2024 Apr;13(4):1559-1562. doi: 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_589_23. Epub 2024 Apr 22. PMID: 38827665; PMCID: PMC11142012.

Panama G, Martinez A, Yavari M, Kim AG, Abela GS. A case of Gemella morbillorum causing multi-valvular endocarditis. Cureus. February 2024;16(2):e53716. Cited in PubMed; PMID: 38455816.

Sabanci R, Al-Asad KS, Saaed M, Kim AG, Martinez A, Banga S, Abela GS. A rare case of Streptococcus pneumoniae complicated with pericardial abscess. Cureus. October 2023;15(10):e47780. 

Prasad RM, Srivastava S, Wang E, Liu JZ, Gami R, Abdelgadir A, Sharma A, Rayamajhi S, Tikaria R. Effect of lmmunosuppressive Diseases and Rituximab Infusions on Allowing COVID-19 Infection to Relapse. Perm J. 2021 Oct 29;26(1):123-131.

Agarwal P, Gami R, Osman AF, Khor SY, Haddad I. Disseminated Coccidioidomycosis in an lmmunocompetent Male Who Lived in an Endemic Region in the Remote Past: A Case Report. Cureus. 2022 May 23;14(5):e25249. doi: 10.7759/cureus.25249

Kemnic TR, Coleman M. Trimethoprim Sulfamethoxazole. 2021 Dec 8. In: StatPearls [Internet]. Treasure Island (FL): StatPearls Publishing; 2022 Jan

Shah, V.; Chaudhari, J.; Zala, U.; Patel, R.; Goklani, H.; Rathod, U.; Hingora, M. J.; Panchal, V.; *Shah, M.; Gadhavi, P.; & Shah, A. (2023, Aug). Kikuchi-Fujimoto: A Clinicopathological Perspective to Cervical Lymphadenitis. International Journal of Innovative Science and Research, 8(8), 297-305.

Khor SY, Osman AF, Agarwal P, Banga S. Streptococcus anginosus purulent pericarditis with cardiac tamponade presenting as a complication of postobstructive pneumonia. BMJ Case Rep. 2022 Jun 22;15(6):e249871.

Gumbita R, Liu JZ, Prasad RM, Radwan Y, Nabeel M. Dermatologic Manifestation of Acro­ lschemia Associated With COVID-19. Ochsner J. 2022 Spring;22(1):85-88.

Rheumatology 

Garces CC, Salam MF, Nohomovich B, Varghese MT. Idiopathic linear IgA bullous dermatosis treated with prednisone. BMJ Case Rep. 2021 May 12;14(5):e242237. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2021-242237. PMID: 33980564; PMCID: PMC8118034.

Garces CC, Hernandez Garcilazo N, Sharma A, Nader G. Severe psoriasis presenting with rapidly progressive (crescentic) IgA-predominant glomerulonephritis. BMJ Case Rep. 2021 May 26;14(5):e242627. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2021-242627. PMID: 34039551; PMCID: PMC8160191.

Khor SY, Osman AF, Haddad I, AIAttal S, Khan N. Adult-Onset lmmunoglobulin A Vasculitis With Renal Involvement. Cureus. 2022 Mar 30;14(3):e23649.

Nephrology

Harikrishna G V, CA J, Joshi A, et al. (May 14, 2023) Pediatric Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome Secondary to Post-Streptococcal Glomerulonephritis: A Case Report. Cureus 15(5): e38996. doi:10.7759/cureus.38996

Garcilazo NHH, Hassanein M, Vachharajani TJ, Anvari E. Can I place a peripherally inserted central catheter in my patient with chronic kidney disease? Cleve Clin J Med. 2021 Aug 2;88(8):431-433

Khor SY, Osman AF, Haddad I, AlAttal S, Khan N. Adult-Onset Immunoglobulin A Vasculitis With Renal Involvement. Cureus. 2022 Mar 30;14(3):e23649. doi: 10.7759/cureus.23649. PMID: 35505746; PMCID: PMC9053544.

Gastroenterology

Joshi A, Ca J, Gada LM, K R S, Chaitra K. Life-Threatening Upper Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage in Hemosuccus Pancreaticus: A Case Report. Cureus. 2022 Apr 7;14(4):e23934. doi: 10.7759/cureus.23934. PMID: 35547413; PMCID: PMC9085655.

Medical Education

Rayamajhi S, Joshi A, Wang L, Duwadi A. Understanding the Barriers and Benefits to Scholarly Writing Among Internal Medicine Residents: A Pilot Study of an Innovative Education Method. Cureus. 2024 Apr 23;16(4):e58817. doi: 10.7759/cureus.58817. PMID: 38784329; PMCID: PMC11113085