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Resident Research

Resident Research Activities

There are numerous Research opportunities for Medicine residents to engage in at Augusta University. In addition to the research track, residents can opt to participate in a variety of research projects which may include basic, clinical, and translational investigation.

MCG Department of Medicine Research

  • 2nd among 49 US medical schools in NIH funding with fewer than 700 faculty.
  • 68th among US medical schoolswith nearly $62 million in National Institutes of Health funding. 
  • 62nd among Medicine Departments
  • MCG Centers & Institutes

 

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Medicine Departments within 10 positions of DoM
University of Nebraska 57 $18.5
Rush Medical Center 58

$17.3

University of UConn 59 $16.8
University of Louisville 60 $16.2
University of Cincinnati 61 $15.5
Augusta University 62 $13.5
Penn State 63 $13.2
University of New Mexico 64 $12.4
University of Kentucky 65 $11.6
University of Hawaii 66 $11.5
VCU 67 $11.3

 

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The Translational Research Program of the Department offers support for mentor identification, project design, ancillary support (study coordinators and statistics), and research funding. Many residents use this pathway for getting involved in a meaningful project, but it is by no means the only option. Individual faculty are always amenable to working with motivated residents and also provide a rewarding research experience. 

 

 

 

Resident's Publications:

2023-2024

 

  • Platt AP, Bradley BT, Nasir N, Stein SR, Ramelli SC, Ramos-Benitez MJ, Dickey JM, Purcell M, Singireddy S, Hays N, et al. Pulmonary Co-Infections Detected Premortem Underestimate Postmortem Findings in a COVID-19 Autopsy Case Series. Pathogens. 2023; 12(7):932. https://doi.org/10.3390/pathogens12070932
  • Sen HN, Vannella KM, Wang Y, Chung JY, Kodati S, Ramelli SC, Lee JW, Perez P, Stein SR, Grazioli A, Dickey JM, et al. Histopathology and SARS-CoV-2 Cellular Localization in Eye Tissues of COVID-19 Autopsies. Am J Pathol. 2023 Mar 22:S0002-9440(23)00086-X. doi: 10.1016/j.ajpath.2023.02.016. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 36963628; PMCID: PMC10032059.
  • Stein SR, Ramelli SC, Grazioli A, Chung JY, Singh M, Kwe Yinda CK, Winkler C, Sun J, Dickey JM, et al. SARS-CoV-2 infection and persistence in the human body and brain at autopsy. Nature. Dec 2022;612(7941):758-763. doi:10.1038/s41586-022-05542-y
  • Dickey J, Perrot V. Adjunct phage treatment enhances the effectiveness of low antibiotic concentration against Staphylococcus aureus biofilms in vitro. PLoS One. 2019;14(1):e0209390. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0209390
  • American College of CHEST Physicians Annual Meeting Davies A, Sulaiman Z, Islam S, Chao A, Hoy S, Vazquez J. “Multidisciplinary Approach in Managing Invasive Rhinopulmonary Mucormycosis”. CHEST Journal Chest Infections, October 2023, Volume 164. Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, GA https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chest.2023.07.864
  • Mycoses Study Group Education and Research Consortium: DoctorFungus.org Davies A, Sharma D, Vazquez J. “Invasive Mucormycosis and the Dilemma of Combination Therapy: A Triple Threat Case Report – Influenza A Pneumonia, Bacterial Co-infection, and Invasive Mold disease”. Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, GA 
  • Southern Regional Meeting Davies A, Spandorfer M. “An Uncommon Disease born from a Common Habit: Pulmonary Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis”. American Journal of the Medical Sciences, Pulmonary & Critical Care I, Volume 365. Roper St. Francis, Charleston, SC https://doi.org/10.1016/S0002-9629(23)00618-3
  • Shah A, Sinnott B. Newly Diagnosed Hypoparathyroidism as the Initial Presentation of DiGeorge Syndrome in a 26-Year-Old Man. AACE Clin Case Rep. 2022 Feb 7;8(4):181-182. doi: 10.1016/j.aace.2022.02.001. PMID: 35959083; PMCID: PMC9363511.
  • Anvay Shah, Anne Barnett, Ghada Elshimy, SAT255 Dual Cause Of Hypercalcemia: Can Both Multiple Myeloma and Paraneoplastic Parathyroid-related Hormone Production Occur Simultaneously? Journal of the Endocrine Society, Volume 7, Issue Supplement_1, October-November 2023, bvad114.551, https://doi.org/10.1210/jendso/bvad114.551
  • Anvay Shah, Bridget Sinnott, PSAT224 Endocrine Manifestations in Diamond Blackfan Anemia, Journal of the Endocrine Society, Volume 6, Issue Supplement_1, November-December 2022, Pages A219–A220, https://doi.org/10.1210/jendso/bvac150.451
  • Shah, Anvay & Kota, Vamsi & Casey, Mycal & Odhiambo, Lorriane & Shah, Vishrut & Islam, KM & Jillella, Anand & Bryan, Locke & Keruakous, Amany & Chauhan, Ayushi & Cortes, Jorge. (2023). Are Pivotal CART Trials Representative of Population at Risk?. Blood. 142. 5884-5884. 10.1182/blood-2023-191122.
  • Shah, Anvay & Ghani, Nabil & Bradshaw, Danielle & Jillella, Anand & Kota, Vamsi & Cortes, Jorge & Dalgetty, Mark & Branham, Zachery & Yerraguntla, Sandeep & Bryan, Locke & Keruakous, Amany & Chauhan, Ayushi. (2023). Outcomes of Regimented Weight Monitoring on Morbidity and Mortality during AML Induction. Blood. 142. 5875-5875. 10.1182/blood-2023-190979.
  • Dalgetty, Mark & Shoukier, Mahran & Bradshaw, Danielle & Boghani, Faizan & Athota, Sruthi & Shah, Anvay & Standridge, Meaghan & Stokes, Michael & Mian, Mohammad & Chauhan, Ayushi & Keruakous, Amany & Bryan, Locke & Cortes, Jorge & Jillella, Anand & Kota, Vamsi. (2023). Financial Trends of AML Patients over the Past Decade. Blood. 142. 5876-5876. 10.1182/blood-2023-191103.
  • Dalgetty, Mark & Kota, Vamsi & Jillella, Anand & Bryan, Locke & Shah, Anvay & Dontu, Sruthi & Nain, Priyanshu & Pavkov, Isabela. (2023). Early death (ED) in elderly acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL) patients treated with lower induction doses of all-trans retinoic acid (ATRA).. Journal of Clinical Oncology. 41. e19012-e19012. 10.1200/JCO.2023.41.16_suppl.e19012.
  • Desai, Shreya & Shah, Anvay & Stokes, Michael & Bradshaw, Danielle & Mian, Mohammad & Chauhan, Ayushi & Keruakous, Amany & Bryan, Locke & Cortes, Jorge & Kota, Vamsi & Jillella, Anand. (2023). Improving Clinical Outcomes in APL: Weight Maintenance Strategies to Reduce Complications during Induction Therapy. Blood. 142. 5873-5873. 10.1182/blood-2023-190745.
  • Weeks, Charles & Bradshaw, Danielle & Mian, Mohammad & Shah, Anvay & Kim, Katherine & Abbagoni, Sujith & Jillella, Anand & Kota, Vamsi. (2024). Elevated Ferritin Prior to Collection and Mobilization May Predict Low Stem Cell Yield. Transplantation and Cellular Therapy. 30. S155-S156. 10.1016/j.jtct.2023.12.198.
  • Diana Alejandra Rios MD, Christopher Walker DO. Bronchocutaneous Fistula After Chemotherapy-Induced Cavitation of Primary Lung Malignancy. CHEST Annual Meeting, Submitted. Boston, Massachusetts 2024.
  •  Diana Alejandra Rios MD, Cassandra Voong MD, Jared Mullins MD, Lisa Dyke MD, Pascha Schafer MD, Deepak Kapoor MD, Preston Conger MD. The Shocking Effect of Echocardiographic Contrast. American Society of Echocardiography Annual Poster Presentation, National Harbor, Maryland 2023.
  • Diana Alejandra Rios, MD. MSSA Endocarditis involving Three Valves leading to Multi-Organ Septic Emboli. Infectious Disease Grand Rounds, Augusta, Georgia 2023.
  • Brendan Kemple MD, Connor Hamilton MD, James Ballard MS4, Kyaw Min Thein MBBS, Nitin Narayan Rao MBBS, George Thomas MD, Diana Rios MD, James Dickey MD, Joshua Fakess MD, Adonis Imam MD. Tragic Loss: The Devastating Effects of Mercury Poisoning. Georgia American College of Physicians Abstract competition. 2023 August.
  • Okiye, P., Schwade, M., Rios, D., Patel, M., Bista, A., Schultz, A., Okereke, C., Stokes M. Leurinda,C., Kennedy, R., Garcia, D. Improve Collection of Daily Weights in Heart Failure Patients Being Diuresed on 6 North. Quality Improvement Symposium, Augusta GA 2023
  •  Alyse Ragauskas, MS, Diana Rios, MS, John Polites, MS, and Larry Nichols, MD.  What’s Common is Not Always Common: Challenges Illustrating Disease Pathology for Medical Education.  Group for Research in Pathology Education Conference, San Antonio, TX 2020.
  • Stokes M, Bradshaw D, Reategui Y, Pavkov I, Mian M, Bryan L, Keruakous A, Chauhan A, Cortes J, Jillela A, Kota V; HiDAC Consolidation Cycles May Impede Stem Cell Transplant Planning for High-Risk Acute Myeloid Leukemia Patients. Blood 2023; 142 (Supplement 1): 5854. doi: https://doi.org/10.1182/blood-2023-191220
  • Desai S, Shah A, Stokes M, Bradshaw D, Mian M, Chauhan A, Keruakous A, Bryan L, Cortes J, Kota V, Jillela A; Improving Clinical Outcomes in APL: Weight Maintenance Strategies to Reduce Complications During Induction Therapy. Blood 2023; 142 (Supplement 1): 5873. doi: https://doi.org/10.1182/blood-2023-190745
  • Pavkov I, Shoukier M, Mian M, Stokes M, Reategui Y, Nian P, Bradshaw D, Jillella A, Kota V; Blood Product Support in Multiple Myeloma Patients Undergoing Autologous Bone Marrow Transplantation May Predict Improved Outcome. Transplantation and Cellular Therapy, Volume 30, Issue 2, Supplement, 2024, Page S393, ISSN 2666-6367, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtct.2023.12.551
  • Goldenberg, David1; Wasanwala, Huzaifa2; Stokes, Michael3; Agrawal, Avni4; Erickson, Stephanie2; Lessans, Spencer2; Snyder, Samantha1; Hernandez, Christian1; Ruiz, Arnaldo Lopez5. 645: SEVERE SICKLE CELL CRISIS COMPLICATED BY THROMBOTIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA. Critical Care Medicine 50(1):p 315, January 2022. | DOI: 10.1097/01.ccm.0000808904.46442.a3
  • Lessans, Spencer1; Erickson, Stephanie1; Agrawal, Avni2; Wasanwala, Huzaifa1; Stokes, Michael3; Leeds, William4; Obando, Manuel4; Lopez Ruiz, Arnaldo5. 428: VA ECMO AS A BRIDGING THERAPY FOR REFRACTORY VENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA SECONDARY TO BRUGADA SYNDROME. Critical Care Medicine 50(1):p 204, January 2022. | DOI: 10.1097/01.ccm.0000808036.43397.b3
  • Stokes M, Bradshaw D, Reategui Y, Pavkov I, Mian M, Bryan L, Keruakous A, Chauhan A, Cortes J, Jillela A, Kota V; HiDAC Consolidation Cycles May Impede Stem Cell Transplant Planning for High-Risk Acute Myeloid Leukemia Patients. Blood 2023; 142 (Supplement 1): 5854. doi: https://doi.org/10.1182/blood-2023-191220
  • Desai S, Shah A, Stokes M, Bradshaw D, Mian M, Chauhan A, Keruakous A, Bryan L, Cortes J, Kota V, Jillela A; Improving Clinical Outcomes in APL: Weight Maintenance Strategies to Reduce Complications During Induction Therapy. Blood 2023; 142 (Supplement 1): 5873. doi: https://doi.org/10.1182/blood-2023-190745
  • Pavkov I, Shoukier M, Mian M, Stokes M, Reategui Y, Nian P, Bradshaw D, Jillella A, Kota V; Blood Product Support in Multiple Myeloma Patients Undergoing Autologous Bone Marrow Transplantation May Predict Improved Outcome. Transplantation and Cellular Therapy, Volume 30, Issue 2, Supplement, 2024, Page S393, ISSN 2666-6367, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtct.2023.12.551
  • Goldenberg, David1; Wasanwala, Huzaifa2; Stokes, Michael3; Agrawal, Avni4; Erickson, Stephanie2; Lessans, Spencer2; Snyder, Samantha1; Hernandez, Christian1; Ruiz, Arnaldo Lopez5. 645: SEVERE SICKLE CELL CRISIS COMPLICATED BY THROMBOTIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA. Critical Care Medicine 50(1):p 315, January 2022. | DOI: 10.1097/01.ccm.0000808904.46442.a3
  • Lessans, Spencer1; Erickson, Stephanie1; Agrawal, Avni2; Wasanwala, Huzaifa1; Stokes, Michael3; Leeds, William4; Obando, Manuel4; Lopez Ruiz, Arnaldo5. 428: VA ECMO AS A BRIDGING THERAPY FOR REFRACTORY VENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA SECONDARY TO BRUGADA SYNDROME. Critical Care Medicine 50(1):p 204, January 2022. | DOI: 10.1097/01.ccm.0000808036.43397.b3
  • IRB Proposal Submission Underway: Social determinants of health in heart failure management: Single-center study to determine heart failure related 30-day and 1-year readmission rate and follow-up care among heart failure patients with adverse social determinants of health. Fakhra Sultan MD, Alexander Warner MD, Laura Provost PharmD, Monique Bethel MD, MPH.
  • Complex Clinical Case Presented at ACC 2024: Weight Loss supplement induced hypokalemia: A Trigger for malignant arrhythmia, Himax Patel MD, Fakhra T. Sultan MD, Walker Barmore MD, Phong Nguyen DO, Sean Javaheri DO, FACP, FACC, FSCAI.
  • Case Report: Abstract accepted to CSI America 2023 titled Plugging the hole: A PVL closure case, Musa Sharkawi, MD; Akshat Mehta MD; Fakhra Sultan MD.
  • Case Report: GAS-lighting the central nervous system: an unusual case of Streptococcus pyogenes meningitis and James Dickey MD, Reinaldo Perez-Moux MD, Fakhra Sultan MD, Andrew Chao MD.
  • Case Report submitted to AME Case Repots: Electrical Storm Caused By Sertraline Overdose, Vraj Patel, BS, Mina Rismani, MD, Fakhra Sultan, MD, Amr Essa, MD, Pascha Schafer, MD.
  • Quality Improvement Project to improve housestaff competency in ultrasound-guided lumbar puncture: A Three-Pronged Fakhra Sultan MD, Isaac Fordjour MD, David Cromer MD, Brenden Kemple MD, Dallace Saturdevant MD, Melanie McCown MD, Sean Thomas MD, Thinn San MD, Rasmita Jalla MD, Alexis Wallace MD, Kathryn Humes MD.
  • Quality Improvement Project to improve resident guided medical student learning during clinical rotations. Michael Butler MD, Fakhra Sultan MD, Casey Capp MD.
  • Research Assistant and Data Analyst at Mercer university School of Medicine, of Biochemistry, Macon, GA, Spring 2016-April 2018. Worked with Dr. Thomas L. Selby PhD to analyze primary research lab data and conducted experiments to characterize the properties of FRET pair, Clover and mRuby2, and protease enzymes assays. Presented findings at two research conferences 
  • Student Research Assistant at Medical College of Georgia, Dept. of Neurology, Augusta, GA, November 2020-August 2021. In collaboration with Dr. Elizabeth Rutkowski, neurologist at AU- Health, and other research coordinators, recruited Georgia patients who were positive for COVID-19 using saliva or nasal PCR test to track the development of symptoms after recovery from COVID-19. Participated extensively in the recruitment process.
  • Standridge M, et al. 2023. Therapy related multiple myeloma: A distinct entity. Blood,142 (supplement 1): 6657. https://doi.org/10.1182/blood-2023-190298

  • Standridge M, et al. 2023. Prephase Cyclophosphamide: A advantage bridge to definitive therapy. Blood, 142 (supplement 1): 6316. http://doi.org/10.1182/blood-2023-190805

  • Desai S, Standridge M, et al. 2023. Eliminating racial disparities among transplant patients in multiple myeloma after referral to a tertiary center. Blood, 142 (supplement 1): 6659. http://doi.org/10.1182/blood- 2023-190828

  • Matosz S, Standridge M, et al. 2023. Outcomes in acute lymphoid leukemia patients with incomplete hyper-CVAD cycles. Blood, 142 (supplement 1): 5887. http://doi.org/10.1182/blood-2023-190334

  • Dickey J, Standridge M et al. 2023. The overuse of C. difficile testing among autologous transplant patients with melphalan conditioning: a single center experience. Blood, 142 (supplement 1): 7065. http://doi.org/10.1182/blood-2023-191226

  • Standridge M, Desai S, Yerraguntla S, Bradshaw D, Mian M, Shah A, Kota V, Jillela A, Cortex J, Chauhan A, Kerakous A, and Bryan L. 2023. “Prephase Cyclophosphamide: A advantage bridge to definitive therapy.” 

  • Desai S, Standridge M, Bradshaw D, Mian M, Shah A, Kota V, Bryan L, Cortex J, Chauhan A, Kerakous A, and Jillela A. 2023. Eliminating racial disparities among transplant patients in multiple myeloma after referral to a tertiary center. GCC/UGA Cancer Retreat 2023
  • Rojek A, McCormick B, Cwykiel J, Odetola O, Abaza Y, Achar R, Shallis R, Bradshaw D, Standridge M, Kota V, Badar T, and Patel A. 2023. “Treatment patterns among patients with relapsed/refractory core-binding factor acute myeloid leukemia after intensive induction chemotherapy.” ASH
  • Rojek A, McCormick B, Cwykiel J, Odetola O, Abaza Y, Achar R, Shallis R, Bradshaw D, Standridge M, Kota V, Badar T, and Patel A. 2023. Treatment patterns among patients with relapsed/refractory core-binding factor acute myeloid leukemia after intensive induction chemotherapy. ASH
  • Brown C, Liu C, OToole S, Standridge M, Davis A, Patel H, Manzo M. 2023. “Evaluating improvement in appropriate telemetry utilization via education and system wide electronic medical record changes.” AU Health Quality Improvement Symposium
  • Standridge, M, Tjiattas-Saleski, L. 2020. “Thoracocervicofacial petechiae: A case report.” VCOM Research Day, Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine-Carolinas
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