Poster Presentations

A Potential Ovarian Cancer Therapeutic Antibody Targeting Tumor-Specific Glycans on Periostin

Kristy Terp
Grettel Castro
Karen Abbott
Juan Lozano

An Investigation of Electronic Vapor Products and Poor Mental Health in Students Grade 9-12

Rhonda Liu
Matthew Schaefer
Vasilis Alexelis
Juan Gabriel Ruiz-Pelaez

Assessing Key Factors for Timely Follow-up after Inconclusive Screening Mammograms within Patients of the Linda Fenner Mobile Mammography Center

Aditi Desai
Pura Rodriguez de la Vega
Grettel Castro
Prasad Bhoite

Association Between Diabetes Mellitus and Postoperative Length of Hospital Stay in Adults Surgically Treated for Aortic Dissection in the US

Gabriella Gerlach
Dwight Philip II
Maximilian O'Meara

Association Between Fast Food Consumption and Arthritis in American Adults Living in Poverty

Tristan Vulcain
Jeffrey Spardy
Shrey Nihalani
Ligia Perez

Association of Race with Late-Stage Breast Cancer Diagnosis in Miami-Dade County

Seema Al-Shaikhli
Maryam Ali
Grettel Castro
Juan Lozano

Blood Cadmium Levels and Hypertension Prevalence: a Cross-Sectional Study using NHANES

Nathanael Camick
Nicole Koutras
Mitchel Lacey
Grettel Castro

Clinical Characteristics, Sleep, and Temperament in Infants and Young Children with Problematic Hair Pulling and Skin Picking

Kevin Pendo
Valerie Swisher
Talia Leman
Ariel Risman

Digital Screen Usage Association to Substance Use in YRBSS High School Students

James Yu
Mark Saunders
Juan Ruiz

Effect Modification Of Race On The Associated Tumor Size At Diagnosis And 10-Year Cancer Survival Rates In Women With Cervical Squamous Cell Carcinoma In The United States

Samara Khan
Tooba Sheikh
Grettel Castro
Noel Barengo

Effect of Direct Endotracheal Administration of Dornase alfa on Atelectasis in Children on Mechanical Ventilation

Rachel Siretskiy
Karine Kasti
Kaitlin Kobaitri
Gabriella Phillipson

Effect of Stent Retriever vs Contact Aspiration on Achievement of First Pass Recanalization

Hannah Bearham
Matthew Colas
Michael Zalkind
Marcia Varella
Grettel Castro
Guilherme Dabus
Juan Ruiz-Pelaez

Ethnicity and Race As Modifiers of the Association Between Patient Sex and Stage at Diagnosis of Bladder Cancer

Natalie Mesa
Sophia Perez
Lizis Rodriguez
Pura Rodriguez
Alan Nieder
Noel Barengo

Exploring the Impact of Bleeding Disorder Diagnosis on Postoperative Complications Following Total Shoulder Arthroplasty in Adults

Cody Autrey
Nisarg Ray
Michael Rejzer
Grettel Castro

Identification and Development of Effective Asynchronous Instructional Materials to Support Active Learning

Catarina Jim
Diego F. Nino
Marcia Varella
Juan Lozano

Impact of Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy on Survival Outcome in Advanced Stage Endometrial Cancer in Octogenarians vs Non-Octogenarians

Meenakkshy Manoharan
Samantha Barkan
Pushan Prabhakar
John Diaz

Is Increased Spanish-Language Proficiency Associated with Increased Connectedness to Spanish-Speaking Patients Among Interdisciplinary Healthcare Providers?

Taryn Posch
Nicholas Maykut
Nivetha Aravind
Ashley Houff

Large Group Case-Based Learning (TB-CBL) on Interstitial Lung Disease for Preclinical Medical Students

Juliana Cazzaniga
Matthew Shatanof
Gagani Athauda
Jenny Fortun

Mental Health Services at a Free Clinic: Pilot Responses to a Patient Survey

Hannah Baker
Jennifer Knight
Kevin Pendo
Samira Khan
Nicole Perez
Marquita Samuel
Sarah Stumbar

Microbiome Depiction Through User-Adapted Bioinformatic Pipelines and Parameters

Eric Nayman
Alexandra Firek
Brooke Schwartz
Fantaysia Polanco

Neuroimmune and Epigenetic Alterations from HIV and Opioid Exposure In the CNS

Florida Owens
Myosotys Rodriguez
Candy Carbajal
Nazira El-Hage

Potential Role of the GPI Anchor of Thy-1 in Expanding Ovarian Cancer Stem Cells

Veronica Alvarez
Ligia Perez
Karen Abbott
Juan Lozano

PRAME Expression in Adnexal Lesions and Common Skin Cancer-Types: Biomarker with Potential Diagnostic Utility

Hisham Bahmad
John Alexis

Preoperative Diabetes Mellitus and Postoperative Acute Kidney Injury in Colectomies: A Possible Association

Jose Redondo II
Michael Qureshi
Praveen Wickremasinghe
Juan Gabriel Ruiz Pelaez

Prevalence of Diabetes Insipidus in Pediatric Patients Who Have Been Declared Brain Dead

Cesar Larancuent
Valandrea Merilan
Balagangadhar Totapally
Michael Leoncio

Prevalence of Self-Reported E-Cigarette Use Among Youth Before and After the Introduction of the Federal “Tobacco 21” Law

Samantha Dumala
Talia Aslani
Chrisnel Lamy
Georgeta Vaidean

Racial and Ethnic Variation of Shared Decision Making in Prostate Cancer Screening Following Updated 2018 Screening Guidelines

Nathan VanderVeer-Harris
Zachary Zippi
Dev Patel
Murugesan Manoharan

Routine Elastin Staining Improves Venous Invasion Detection Rates By 4.5 times in Colorectal Carcinoma

Hisham Bahmad
Ferial Alloush
Rachel Sawah
Ciara Lusnia

Social Determinants of Health and Meeting Leisure-Time Physical Activity Recommendations in Adults with Diabetes

Maria Valle Gonzalez
Samuel Nodal
Amalia Perez
Pura Rodriguez de la Vega

Status of Human Papillomavirus Vaccination in Hispanic Teenagers vs. Non-Hispanic Teenagers: Findings From the CDC National Immunization Survey - Teen, 2020

Joanna Herrera
Melanie Molina
Katerina Bello
Elizabeth Etkin-Kramer

The Association between Anesthesia Techniques and Unplanned Hospital Readmissions in Femur Fracture Repair in the US between 2016 and 2020

Emily Johnson
Alexa Ovalles
Mary DesRosiers

The Association Between Breastfeeding and a Diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder

Brooke Schwartz
Rachel Garrity
Pura Rodriguez
Marcia Varella

The Association Between Duration of Kangaroo Position and Neurodevelopment Among Preterm Infants

Karli Chaplin
Sydney Sarantos
Samantha Trynz
Juan Ruiz

The association between physical activity and diabetes among obese US adults: NHANES 2017-2020

Hakeem Asad
Patrick Shipman
Pura Rodriguez
Noel Barengo

The Association between Race and the Route of Hysterectomy: a Nationwide Analysis from 2018-2022

Laury Anne Jean-Paul
Lori Jean-Baptiste
Uchechukwu Uzomah
Marcia Varella

The Association between Sex and Melanoma Diagnosis in Adults Over the Age of 18 Between the Years 1975 - 2018

Aaron Wong
Arya Reddy
Justin Nguyen
Noel Barengo

The Association Between Sex and Potentially Inappropriate Medication Prescription Among Older Adults with Chronic Kidney Disease

Michaela Polmann
Oreoluwa Olorunlogbon
Tristan Tran
Grettel Castro

The association between smoking status and 30-day readmission incidence after ORIF for radius and/or ulna fractures

Corey Shamley
Kevin Vallejo
Chrisnel Lamy
Georgeta Vaidean

The association between tobacco exposure inside the home and socio-economic status on the prevalence of asthma in U.S children between the ages of 6-17 years

Ivy Leung
Owen Battel
Arhum Saleem
Pura Rodriguez de la Vega

The Association of Inadequate Fiber Intake with Obesity in Adult Diabetic Patients in the United States

Daniela Usuga
Roland Quintana-Rapatalo
Alina Waleed
Ligia Perez

The Characterization of Risk Factors Associated with Complications following Intertrochanteric Hip Fractures Surgery

Andrew Pierce
Saad Siddiqui
Antonio Lopez
Marcia Varella

The Effect of Cigarette Smoking on Severity of Depressive Symptoms in Adults 18 Years or Older with Type II Diabetes Mellitus

Christelle Azolin
Alyssa Cartwright
Stephanie Martinez
Chrisnel Lamy

The Role of Novel Risk Factor IQCK and its Potential Mechanism in the Pathogenesis of Alzheimer’s Disease

Juliet Akkaoui
Dinesh Devadoss
Melissa Diaz Rodriguez
Madhavan Nair

The Value of Preoperative Chlorhexidine Bath Preceding Appendectomy: Is there a Benefit?

Jami Alamar
Rachel Siretskiy
Monique Motta
Shenae Samuels

Time since last health check-up among Florida residents: an urban vs. rural healthcare utilization study

Richard Rogers
Brendon Henry
Juan Manuel Lozano Leon

Total Shoulder Arthroplasty Postsurgical Complications and Inpatient vs. Outpatient Status

William Srouji Jr.
Fabio R. Garrote
Juan Lozano

Trends in the Utilization of Neoadjuvant and Adjuvant Chemotherapy in Advanced Stage Endometrial Cancer

Meenakkshy Manoharan
Samantha Barkan
Pushan Prabhakar
John Diaz

Ventilator-induced lung injury is associated with endothelial cell mitochondrial fission

Marissa Pokharel
Panfeng Fu
Alejandro Garcia-Flores
Jamie Soto
Manivannan Yegambaram
Qing Lu
Xutong Sun
Ting Wang
Stephen Black

Accuracy of Machine Learning to Predict the Outcomes of Shoulder Arthroplasty: A Systematic Review

Amir Karimi
Joshua Langberg
Joseph Abboud MD
Michael Stone MD

11:45 AM

Adolescent Perception of Peer E-Cigarette Use and Frequency of Personal Use

Raquel Gil
Nathan Williams
Kevin Bennett
Noël C. Barengo MD MPH PhD
Marcia Varella MD, PhD, MHS

11:45 AM

Adolescent Vaping and Concomitant Tobacco Use

Mathew Pendo
Ammar Khan
Aaron Spiegelman
Pura Rodriguez MPH
Juan Lozano MD, MSc

11:45 AM

American Youth Perceptions of E-cigarettes Following Exposure to The Real Cost Campaign

Christie-Anne Estrada
Allison Lindsey MS
Camila Martinez
Pura Rodriguez de la Vega MPH
Marcia Varella MD, PhD, MHS

11:45 AM

Association Between Demographic Factors in Family Medicine Program Directors and Reported Resident Burnout

Dailen Alonso
Sara Patino
Alicia Seife
Suzanne Minor MD, FAAFP
Noël C. Barengo MD, MPH, PhD
Gretel Castro MPH

11:45 AM

Association between intraoperative T1 tilt and postoperative shoulder height in AIS patients

Andrew Pierce
Claire Callan
Subaraman Ramchandran MD
Stephen George MD
Thomas Errico MD
Sassan Keshavarzi MD
Ergin Coskun MD
Benjamin Braud MD

11:45 AM

Association between Maternal Educational Status and Incidence of Congenital Anomalies among Live Births in the United States in 2018

Hannah Forristall
Kathryn Boswell
Lennie To
Grettel Castro MPH
Juan Gabriel Ruiz-Pelaez MD, MedSci

11:45 AM

Association Between Maternal Race/Ethnicity and Incidence of Respiratory Distress Syndrome in Preterm Infants Born to Mothers who Received Prophylactic Antenatal Corticosteroids in the United States: Secondary Analysis of the CDC NCHS 2019 Natality Database

Robyn Cotney
Emma Bennett
Jessie Limonta
Juan Ruiz Pelaez MD

11:45 AM

Association between race/ethnicity and the probability of morbidity/mortality in adult patients that underwent a laparoscopic cholecystectomy in the US in 2016

Victorien Meray
Amro Al-Ashi
Juan Gonzalez
Grettel Castro MPH
Pura Rodriguez de la Vega MPH
Rupa Seetharamaiah MD
Noël C. Barengo MD, PhD, MPH

11:45 AM

Association of Different Forms of Tobacco Use and Exercise in US Adults

Collin Goldstein
Matthew Ghermezi
Marcia Varella MD, MPH, PhD
Chrisnel Lamy MS

11:45 AM

Associations between Income Level on Physical Activity in US Adolescents in 2014

Crystal Gianvecchio MS
Alejandra Cotto
Briana Hoy
Juan Ruiz Pelaez MD
Pura Rodriguez MPH
Noël C. Barengo MD MPH PhD

11:45 AM

Color Outside the Lines: An Innovative Approach to Undergraduate Medical Education on Skin of Color

Brenda Abreu Molnar
Sabrina Martinez
Maria Stevens MD

11:45 AM

Do patient-reported allergies lead to worse outcomes following shoulder arthroplasty? A systematic review

Amir Karimi
Joshua Langberg
Michael Stone MD

11:45 AM

Efficacy of an Escape Room in Reinforcing Advanced Cardiac Life Support Training

Nicholas B. Conway
John Mark Saunders MD
Emiri Uchiyama MD
Gagani Athauda MD
Juan Manuel Lozano Leon MD, MSc
Rebecca L. Toonkel MD

11:45 AM

Evaluating the Effects of Biceps Tenodesis in Conjunction with ORIF for Proximal Humerus Fractures

Amir Karimi
Joshua Langberg
Harin Parikh MD
Michael Stone MD

11:45 AM

Firearm Violence Prevention: A Survey Exploring Knowledge, Beliefs and Confidence Among Medical Students and Healthcare Providers in South Florida

Jennifer Knight MPH
Nitya Ramesh
Zahra Ukrani
Alexa Denton
Aliasger Ali
Monica Reyes
Priya Shil
Lauren Ramesar
Rachel Shatanoff

11:45 AM

Incidence of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome in Infants Delivered by Cesarean Section vs Vaginal Birth in the United States

Mina Entessari
Tiffany Clausen
Grettel Castro MPH
Juan Ruiz-Pelaez MD

11:45 AM

Investigating the Association Between Median County Income in Florida and Rate of COVID- 19 Infection and Death

Carlos Correa
Xiao Rui Yang
Ligia Perez PhD
Juan Lozano MD, MSc

11:45 AM

Investigating the effects of the ketogenic diet on axonal regeneration and RGC survival after optic nerve injury

Alexander W. Venanzi
Tal Carmy-Bennun
Felicia Marino
Marcio Ribeiro
Abigail S. Hackam PhD

11:45 AM

Is There a Similarity Between Socio-economic and Demographic Characteristics of Volunteers and the Patient Population of an Underserved Clinic? A Single-Clinic Survey Study

Anais Iglesias
Nicole Perez
Juliana Quintero
Brianna Ulloa
Katherine Semidey MD

11:45 AM

Perceptions and Current Practices in Patient-Centered Care: A Qualitative Study of HIV Providers in South Florida

Jennifer Knight MPH
Sofia Fernandez PhD
Melissa Ward PhD
Cynthia Ibarra MPH
Becky L. Genberg PhD, MPH
Mary Catherine Beach MD, MPH
Mary Jo Trepka MD, MPH

11:45 AM

Prostate Health Screening in Gender & Sexual Minorities

Brittney Pardinas
Leo Zheng
Pura Rodriguez de la Vega MPH
Grettel Castro MPH
Alan M. Nieder MD
Noël C. Barengo MD, PhD, MPH

11:45 AM

Public School Funding and Prevalence of Teenage Pregnancy in Florida

Daniel Orlan
Alec Schubert
Areeba Khan
Marcia Varella MD, MPH, PhD

11:45 AM

Racial & Ethnic Disparities in 30-Day Postoperative Hip Fracture Outcomes

Daniel Aloise
Brendan Condit
Nicolas Litardo
Mamun Al-Rashid MD
Juan C. Suarez, MD
Matthias Schurhoff MD
William Arguelles PhD
Juan Lozano MD, MSc

11:45 AM

Readability of Shoulder Arthroplasty Patient Educational Materials on Websites of The Top 100 Orthopedic Hospitals

Joshua Langberg
Amir Karimi
Michael Stone MD

11:45 AM

Sleep Alterations Following Elective Shoulder Surgery: A Systematic Review

Amir Karimi
Joshua Langberg
Michael Stone MD

11:45 AM

The association between participation in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children and infant mortality in low-birth-weight infants in the United States

Lindsey Stavola PhD
Xavier Jacques
Pura Rodriguez MPH
Juan Ruiz Pelaez MD

11:45 AM

The Association Between Race and the Frequency of Chest Computed Tomography in Patients who Present to the Emergency Department with Acute Chest Pain

Aarif Motorwala
Aqiyl Mills
Andrea Finessi
Pura Rodriguez MPH
Marcia Varella MD, MPH, PhD

11:45 AM

The Association between Social Determinants of Health and Self-Reported Diabetic Retinopathy: An Exploratory Analysis

Emily L. Silverberg
Trevor W. Sterling
Tyler H. Williams
Grettel Castro MPH
Pura Rodríguez de la Vega MPH
Noël C. Barengo MD, PhD, MPH

11:45 AM

The Association of Primary Tumor Site Laterality and Race on Breast Cancer Patients’ Survival in the United States during 1998-2016

Brenda Abreu Molnar
Allison Bautista
Shiran Dana
Noël C. Barengo MD, PhD, MPH
Pura Rodríguez de la Vega MPH
Grettel Castro MPH

11:45 AM

The Effect of Partisan State Politics on the Relation Between Sexual Orientation and Suicidal Ideation Among High School Students in the USA

Robert James
Brian Gross
Henry Wu
Grettel Castro MPH
Georgeta Vaidean M.D., MPH, PhD

11:45 AM

The Effects of Sociodemographic and Academic Factors on Student Performance in a Post Baccalaureate Pre-Medical Program

Bryan Cabrera
Javier Garcia
Javier Valdes
Noël C. Barengo MD
Tracey Weiler PhD

11:45 AM

The Impact of Financial Insecurity on Breastfeeding Duration

Sofia Portuondo Quirch
Ana Pinon
Rachel Wetstone MPH
Pura Rodriguez MPH
Marcia Varella MD, PhD

11:45 AM

The‌ ‌Association‌ ‌Between‌ ‌Race/Ethnicity‌ ‌and‌ ‌Vitamin‌ ‌K‌ ‌Intake‌ ‌Among‌ ‌Adults‌ ‌in‌ ‌the‌ ‌United‌ ‌States‌ ‌in‌ ‌2015-2016‌ ‌

Allison Chin
Allison K. Jacobs
Jorge Mora MD, MPH
Juan Lozano MD, MSc
Noël C. Barengo MD, MPH, PhD

11:45 AM