Research & Publications
The Department of Internal Medicine at Long Island College Hospital is an active participant in the Resident and fellow research symposiums, National and International conferences. Residents have been working on numerous case reports and research projects (both retrospective and prospective) and get an extremely high quality support from the Faculty. The annual graduation ceremony gives an opportunity for the department to reward the residents for the exceptional research work they have performed. Below is the list of work done by the residents and fellows of our department in past few years.
Awards (NY State level)
First Place for Poster Presentation at NYACP Upstate meeting, Syracuse, NY, October 2007
Initial Presentation of Pheochromocytoma with Tako-Tsubo Cardiomyopathy: A brief review of literature
Karthik R Gujja MD, MPH; AF Aslam MD; BC Vasavada MD, FACC; Furqan T MD, FACC; V Privman MD
Selected and Presented at ACP National Meeting in Washington DC, 2008
Presentations / Posters: Case Reports
Olanzapine induced hyperglycemic hyperosmolar nonketotic coma
Vinay Pai, Paramjeet Atwal, Sangeetha Ranganath, Robert Levey, Michael Bergman
AMA RFS Poster competition, Orlando, November 2008Idiopathic spontaneous pneumomediastinum in a young adult
Vinay Pai, Karthik Gujja, Natalia Rodriguez, San Sophie Wong
Submitted to NYACP Poster competition, May 2009, New YorkPericardial Lymphoma Mimicking Pericardial Effusion on Echocardiography — Unusual Presentation
Muhammad Chaudhry, MD; Ahmed Aslam, MD; Balendu Vasavada, MD
AMA National Research Meeting, 2008Olanzapine induced hyperglycemic hyperosmolar nonketotic coma
Vinay Pai, Paramjeet Atwal, Sangeetha Ranganath, Robert Levey, Michael Bergman
AMA RFS Poster competition, Orlando, November 2008Enteropathy type gamma/delta T-cell lymphoma of the small intestine
Sangeetha Ranganath, Vinay Pai, Robert Levey
NYACP Upstate Poster competition, Rochester, November 2008Papillary Fibroelastoma of the pulmonary valve — A common valvular tumor at an uncommon location
Vinay Pai, Sunil Chand, Hejmadi Prabhu, Yili Huang, Omid Kohani, Balendu Vasavada
AMA RFS Poster competition, Orlando, November 2008Vitamin C induced Acute Renal Failure as a part of DRESS syndrome
Vinay Pai, Priyanka Singh, Thein Myint, Jonathan Harris, Augustus Valmond, Zeyar Thet
MSSNY HOD Meeting, Rye Brook, Westchester, April 2008Severe Heart Failure: a rare manifestation of Crohn’s disease
Muhammad Chaudhry, MD; Balendu Vasavada, MD
NYACP Upstate Poster competition, Rochester, November 2008Cryptogenic Stroke with Patent Foramen Ovale
Muhammad Chaudhry, M.D; Miwa Fujiwara, MD; Balendu Vasavada, MD.
MSSNY Meeting, Rye Brook, Westchester, April 2008Atropine induced Polymorphic Ventricular Tachycardia: A Rare and Bygone Occurrence Revisited
Vinay Pai, Karthik Gujja, AF Aslam, C Saponieri, BC Vasavada
NYACP Downstate Meeting, Rye Brook, Westchester, March 2008Capecitabine Induced Hand and Foot Syndrome with Mucositis
Samer Agha, MD; Muhammad Chaudhry, MD; Kasia Gejdel, (D Pharm); Amer Rafiaa, M.D.
NYACP Downstate Meeting, Rye Brook, Westchester, March 2008Differential Electrocardiographic Artifact from Implanted Spinal Cord Stimulator
Vinay Pai, Sunil Chand, Balendu Vasavada
NYACP Downstate Meeting, Rye Brook, Westchester, March 2008Isolated Left Ventricular Noncompaction — an under diagnosed and potentially fatal cause of Syncope
Karthik Gujja MD, SK Mulpuru MD, MU Khan MD, BC Vasavada MD, O Dogan MD
Presented at AMA-RFS National Interim Meeting, Hawaii, November 2007An unusually rare presentation of extrapulmonary sarcoidosis
Vinay Pai, Tong Liu, Omid Kohani, William Kalafatic, Cesare Saponieri, Balendu Vasavada
Presented at AMA-RFS National Interim Meeting, Hawaii, November 2007Klebsiella pneumoniae Pacemaker Related Endocarditis: A Fatal Presentation
Karthik Gujja MD, S K Mulpuru MD, BC Vasavada MD, FACC
Presented at AMA-RFS National Interim Meeting, Hawaii, November 2007Paradoxical and Pulmonary embolism in a young patient
Vinay Pai, Ameeta Ahuja, Yilli Huang, Balendu Vasavada
Presented at AMA-RFS National Interim Meeting, Hawaii, November 9, 2007Moyamoya Disease in a Patient with HIV Infection
Muhammad Chaudhry, MD; Nasli Janjua, MD
AMA-RFS National Interim Meeting, Hawaii, November 2007Stress Cardiomyopathy/Broken Heart Syndrome — Description of a clinical case and review of literature.
Muhammad Chaudhry, MD; S Konka, MD; Balendu Vasavada, MD.
AMA-RFS National Interim Meeting, Hawaii, November 2007Acute Generalized Exanthematous Pustulosis
Kapupara Hitesh MD, Talati Sapan MD, Sheliya Rakesh MD, Thet Zayer
Presented at NYACP Upstate meeting 2007Aortic valve endocarditis in a patient with unusual presenting symptoms of vaginitis
Chrsitina Chen, Siva Mulpuru, Vinay Pai, Olga Badem, Balendu Vasavada
Presented at NYACP Upstate Meeting at Syracuse, October 2007Transesophageal Echocardiography Blues: Benzocaine induced Methemoglobinemia
Vinay Pai, Prakash Chand, Naresh Mori, Balendu Vasavada
Presented at NYACP Upstate Meeting at Syracuse, October 2007Pseudohyperbilirubinemia due to monoclonal Immunoglobulins meddling.
Muhammad Chaudhry, MD; Abrar Maqsood, MD; Kin Aung, MD.
NYACP Upstate Chapter Meeting; October 2007.Left Flank Pain: Atypical Presentation of Acute Pulmonary Embolism
Miwa Fujiwara, MD; Muhammad Chaudhry, MD; Eileen Rassi, MD.
Presented at ACP Upstate Chapter Meeting; October 2007.Acute Fulminant Hepatitis and Multiorgan Dysfunction Syndrome: A Potential Catastrophic Complication of Severe Sickle Cell Pain Crisis.
Vinay Pai, Siva Mulpuru, Hejmadi Prabhu, Michael Bergman
Presented at MSSNY Meeting, Rye Brook, Westchester, April 2007.An Unusual Cause of Paraparesis in Acquired Immuno Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) Patients: Primary Leptomeningeal Lymphoma
Vinay Pai, Siva Mulpuru, Hejmadi Prabhu, Douglas Sepkowitz
Presented at MSSNY HOD Meeting, Rye Brook, Westchester April 2007.Mitral Valve Fibroelastoma presenting as embolic stroke in a young female
Muhammad Chaudhry, MD; Pallav Kumar, MD; Balendu Vasavada, MD.
NYACP Upstate Chapter Meeting; October 2007.Oxcarbazepine Induced Hemolytic Anemia in a Geriatric Patient
Muhammad Chaudhry, MD; Concha Mendoza, MD.
ACP New York Chapter Meeting; March 2007.Moraxella lacunata sepsis with Acute renal failure: A rare and uncommon presentation
Karthik R. Gujja MD, Siva K Mulpuru MD, M Khan MD, M Bergman MD, O Badem MD
ACP Upstate meeting
Presentations / Posters: Review Article
Percutaneous Coronary Interventions for Saphanous Vein Graft Aneurysum: Review Article
Ahmed Aslam, MD; Muhammad Chaudhry, MD; John Fox, MD
Society of Cardiovascula Angiography and Intervention, 2009 Scientific Session.Management challenges in treating catheter associated right sided thrombi
Muhammad Chaudhry, MD; Ahmed Aslam, MD; Balendu Vasavada, MD
AMA National Research Meeting, Nov 2008.Initial Presentation of Pheochromocytoma with Tako-Tsubo Cardiomyopathy: A brief review of literature
Karthik R Gujja MD, Ahmed F Aslam MD, BC Vasavada MD, FACC, Furqan T MD, FACC, V Privman MD
Presented at ACP Upstate meeting October 2007 and ACP 2008 National Meeting
Presentations / Posters: Original Research
"Trends of Staphylococcus Aureus Endocarditis and Associated Complications in Patients Presenting to a Major Metropolitan Hospital" A Seven Year Retrospective Research Study
Karthik Gujja MD, Sapan Talati MD, Balendu Vasavada MD, DouglasSepkowitz
Accepted at International Congress of Chemotherapy (ICC) and Infection; Annual Conference 2009, Toronto, CanadaPrognostic Significance of Heart Rate Variability, Ventricular Arrhythmic Burden and a Novel Non-invasive Marker Score in Heart Failure Patients with Preserved Ejection Fraction
Karthik Gujja MD,MPH, Vinay Pai, MD, Moinakhtar Lala, MD, Mutahir Khan, MD, Darshan Patel, MD, Ameeta Ahuja, MD, Balendu Vasavada, MD, FACC
Submitted to Hear Failure Society of America, 13th Annual Scientific Meeting 2009, BostonHow wide is too wide: manifestation of hyperkalemia on QRS morphology of ventricular paced beats
Haidar Yassin, Vladmir Fridman, Yili Huang, Omid Kohani, Vinay Pai, Hiroshi Fujita, Naresh Mori, N El –sheriff, Ceasare Saponieri
5th Annual Congress of the European Cardiac Arrhythmia Society,
April 2009, ParisPrevalence of myocardial bridging and LVH in Chinese Americans
Yili Huang, Jennifer Chen, Michael Liou, Yumi Kanei, Felix Yang, Vladimir Fridman, Omid Kohani, Vinay Pai, Prashan Thiagarajah, Tak Kwan.
SCAI 32nd Annual Scientific Sessions, May 2009, LasVegas.The Associations of Positive Affect (PA) and Negative Affect (NA) Scores on Asthma Emergency Room (ER) Visits, Hospitalizations and Control
Payel Gupta MD, Karthik Gujja MD, R. Hung, A. Baxi, R. Lenhardt, H. Kravitz, Long Island College Hospital, New York, NY, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL.
Accepted and Presented at American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology Annual Scientific Meeting 2009Quality Review for Diabetes Mellitus in Hospitalized patients
Muhammad Chaudhry, MD; D. Dabaj, MD; Khadija Chaudhry, MD; Robert Levey, MD
Quality Improvement-Patient Safety Research Project. Retrospective analysis of 240 hospitalized patients.
National AMA research meeting, Nov 2008.Serum fructosamine (SF) and glycosylated hemoglobin (HBALC) as predictors of hospitalization and infection in diabetic hemodialysis patients (PTS)
Neal Mittman, M.D., Hiteshkumar Kapupara M.D., Namrita Baveja M.D., Irfan Fazil M.D., Brinda Desiraju, M.D., Morrell M. Avram, M.D.
Presented at National Kidney Foundation 2008Correlation Between Elevated D-Dimer levels and Cardiac Biomarkers in Various Medical Diagnoses
Muhammad Chaudhry, MD; Nikolas Wanahita, MD; Mutahir Khan, MD; Courtney K.Regan, MD; Furqan Tejani, MD; Balendu Vasavada, MD.
National AMA research meeting, Nov 2008.Accurate Diagnosis of Wide Complex Tachycardia
Sam Hanon, Jason Esses, Nikolas Wanahita, Seth Hurwitz, Jeffrey Berger, Vinay Pai, Paul Schweitzer
9th International Dead Sea Symposium, Tel Aviv, September 2008Prevalence of Obesity and Smoking in Non Ischemic Cardiomyopathy Patients
Muhammad Chaudhry, MD; Mutahir Khan, MD; Balendu Vasavada, MD
Annual scientific meeting of Medical Society of State of New York, March 2008Serum fructosamine (SF), is an independent predictor of morbidity and survival in non-diabetic (NDM) hemodialysis (HD) patients (PTS)
Namrita Baveja, MD, Neal Mittman, MD, Brinda Desiraju, MD, Muhammad A. Rafiq,MD, Hiteshkumar Kapupara, MD and Morrell M Avram, MD.
Presented at American Society of Nephrology 2007
Publications
Atropine induced Polymorphic Ventricular Tachycardia: A Rare and Bygone Occurrence Revisited
Karthik Gujja, Vinay Pai, AF Aslam, C Saponieri, BC Vasavada
Accepted in American Journal of Therapeutics 2009Initial Presentation of Pheochromocytoma with Tako-Tsubo Cardiomyopathy: A brief review of literature
Karthik R Gujja MD, Ahmed F Aslam MD, BC Vasavada MD, FACC, Furqan T MD, FACC, V Privman MD
Accepted in Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine 2009Paced QRS complex: How wide is too wide?
Yassin Haidar, Vladimir Fridman,Yili. Huang, Vinay Pai, Omid Kohani, Jonathan Rosman, Jennifer Chen, Balendu Vasavada, G. Turitto, N. El-Sherif, Cesare. Saponieri
Published in Giornale Italiano di Arithmologia e Cardiostimolazione, December 2008.Nicardipine-Induced Acute Hepatitis in an Intensive Care Unit Patient
Chaudhry M, Maqsood A, Diab-Agha S, Rosenberg J.
American Journal of Therapeutics, 2008 Dec 15.Moraxella lacunata Sepsis with Acute Renal Failure: A Rare and Uncommon Presentation
Karthik Gujja; Mulpuru, SK.; Dabaj, D; Khan, M ; Prabhu, H, ; Badem, O; Bergman, M
Infectious Diseases in Clinical Practice: September 2008 - Volume 16 - Issue 5 - pp 324-32659 year old man with chest pain for one day
Vinay Pai, Yili Huang, Sunil Chand, Hiroshi Fujita, Belur Chandrmouly, Furquan Tejani, Balendu Vasavada
Published as Case study, Noninvasive Cardiology in Cardiosource, September 10, 2008.A rare and unusual cause of PSA (prostate-specific antigen) elevation: sarcoidosis of the prostate
Karthik Gujja, Mulpuru SK, Pai VM, Chen CY, Levey RL.
American Journal of the Medical Sciences. 2008 Mar;335(3):246-8.Esophageal mucosal bridges associated with idiopathic esophageal ulcer treated with argon plasma coagulation
Mukherjee M, Oh J, Khdair A, Grosman I.
Gastrointest Endosc. 2008 Aug;68(2):387-9.Electrical storm and termination with propofol therapy: a case report
Mulpuru SK, Patel DV, Wilbur SL, Vasavada BC, Furqan T.
International Journal of Cardiology. 2008 Aug 1; 128(1):e6-8.Oxcarbazepine-induced hemolytic anemia in a geriatric patient
Chaudhry MM, Abrar M, Mutahir K, Mendoza C.
American journal of Therapeutics. 2008 Mar-Apr; 15(2):187-9.Cardiovocal syndrome: a systematic review
Mulpuru SK, Vasavada BC, Punukollu GK, Patel AG.
Heart Lung Circ. 2008 Feb; 17(1):1-4.Hepatosplenic T Cell Lymphoma Aggressive Lymphoma without lymphadenopathy — a case report
Muhammad Chaudhry, MD; Frank Dipillo, MD
Accepted for publication in “Blood”Leukopenia; a rare adverse effect of ciprofloxacin treatment — a case report
Muhammad Chaudhry, MD; Robert Levey, MD
Published in Ameican Journal of Therapeutics.Enrollment fluid status is independently associated with long-term survival of peritoneal dialysis patients
Fein P, Chattopadhyay J, Paluch MM, Borawski C, Matza B, Avram MM.
Adv Perit Dial. 2008;24:79-83.Unique wall motion abnormalities on stress echocardiogram associated with Wolff-Parkinson-White pattern electrocardiogram: a case report
Mulpuru SK, Vasavada BC, Hejmadi PS, Sahni G.
International Journal of Cardiology. 2007 Jul 10;119(2):e68-70Acute Retroviral syndrome
Muhammad Chaudhry, MD; Douglas Sepkowitz, MD
Published in Resident and Staff Physician, Sep 2007Modern milk alkali syndrome — a preventable serious condition
Shah BK, Gowda S, Prabhu H, Vieira J, Mahaseth HC.
N Z Med J. 2007 Sep 21; 120(1262):U2734.Pulmonary hypertension in peritoneal dialysis patients
Kumbar L, Fein PA, Rafiq MA, Borawski C, Chattopadhyay J, Avram MM.
Adv Perit Dial. 2007; 23:127-31.Life-threatening hematoma associated with paracentesis: a case report
Mulpuru SK, Mori NA, Levey RL, Leonardo R.
Blood Coagul Fibrinolysis. 2006 Sep;17(6):491-3.Clinical aspects of the Chagas' heart disease
Punukollu G, Gowda RM, Khan IA, Navarro VS, Vasavada BC.
International Journal of Cardiology. 2007 Feb 14; 115(3):279-83.Hypothermia: evaluation, electrocardiographic manifestations, and management
Aslam AF, Aslam AK, Vasavada BC, Khan IA.
American Journal of the Medical Sciences. 2006 Apr; 119(4):297-301. Review.Coronary artery fistulas: clinical and therapeutic considerations
Gowda RM, Vasavada BC, Khan IA.
International Journal of Cardiology. 2006 Feb 8; 107(1):7-10. Aug 24. Review