1. Healthcare

2015 Western
Regional Meeting
"Photo courtesy of CarmelCalifornia.com" January 29-31, 2015
Carmel, California
Participating Societies:
Western Section American Federation for Medical Research
Western Society for Clinical Investigation
Western Association of Physicians
Western Society for Pediatric Research
Western Student and Resident Medical Research Forum
California Thoracic Society
Save the Date for 2016 WRM: January 28‐30, 2016 TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page Number
6-7
Award Winners
WAP Symposium
8
Joint Plenary Session
20
Officers
40
Author Index (this is program/abstract number)
42-47
CME Disclosure Information on Authors
48-54
Maps of Area
55-57
INDEX TO ABSTRACTS
THURSDAY, JANUARY 29, 2015
Concurrent Sessions: 12:30 pm-2:30 pm
Cardiovascular I
Endocrinology and Metabolism I
Health Care Research I
Immunology and Rheumatology I
Abstract No.
Page No.
1-8
9-14
15-22
23-28
29-36
37-44
45-52
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Community Health
Endocrinology and Metabolism
General Internal Medicine and Aging
53-55
56-72A
73
74-76A
(pg 13)
(pg 13)
(pg 14)
(pg 14)
Concurrent Sessions: 3:30 pm-6:00 pm
Behavior and Development I
Cardiovascular II
Global Health
Hematology and Oncology I
Neonatal Pulmonary II
Neuroscience I
Pulmonary and Critical Care I
Surgery I
78-83
84-91
92-100
101-110
111-118
119-128
129-134
135-144
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(pg 16)
(pg 16)
(pg 17)
(pg 18)
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Student Subspecialty Award Poster Session and Reception
145-164
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Joint Plenary Session
165-168
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Concurrent Sessions: 12:30 pm-2:30 pm
Adolescent Medicine and General Pediatrics I
Cardiovascular III
Endocrinology and Metabolism II
Gastroenterology
Genetics
Neonatology – General II
Neonatology – Perinatal Biology I
Surgery II
169-176
177-183
186-191
192-197
198-205
206-213
214-219
220-227
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(pg 25)
Infectious Diseases I
Neonatal Pulmonary I
Neonatology – General I
Poster Session I: 2:30 pm-3:30 pm
Cardiovascular
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Poster Session II: 2:30 pm-3:30 pm
Pediatrics
Surgery
228-234
235-259
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260-266
267-274
275-282
283-291
292-298
299-306
307-311
312-321
322-331
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(pg 30)
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332-339
340-345
346-351
352-356
358-364
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Health Care Research
Hematology and Oncology
Immunology and Rheumatology
Infectious Diseases
365-379
380-388
392-394
395-399
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Concurrent Session: 11:00 am-12:30 pm
Adolescent Medicine and General Pediatrics III
Cardiovascular IV
Health Care Research III
Hematology and Oncology II
Immunology and Rheumatology II
Neonatology – General IV
Neuroscience III
400-405
406-411
412-417
418-423
424-429
430-435
436-439
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Concurrent Session: 3:30 pm-6:00 pm
Behavior and Development II
Community Health
Health Care Research II
Infectious Diseases II
Morphogenesis and Malformations
Neonatology – General III
Nephrology and Hypertension
Neuroscience II
Surgery III
SATURDAY, JANUARY 31, 2015
Concurrent Sessions: 8:00 am-10:00 am
Adolescent Medicine and General Pediatrics II
General Internal Medicine and Aging
Neonatology – Perinatal Biology II
Pulmonary and Critical Care II
Surgery IV
Poster Session III: 10:00 am-11:00 am
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Carmel, California
PROGRAM AT-A-GLANCE
January 29Y31, 2015
ACTIVITY & LOCATION
TIME
THURSDAY, JANUARY 29, 2015
8:00 am Y 5:00 pm
Registration
Sunset Center Y Entry Lobby
8:00 am Y 5:00 pm
Speaker Ready Room
Sunset Center
9:00 am Y 11:40 am
WAP Symposium
Aging: Emerging Insights
Sponsored by WAP
Studio 105
9:30 am Y 12:00 pm
WSPR Council Meeting
Sunset Center Y Bingham #3
11:30 am Y 12:30 pm
Investigator Workshop
(Intended for Fellows and Jr. Faculty Y Lunch included)
Making the Most of Your Mentor
Ellen Schur, MD, MS
University of Washington, Harborview Medical Center
Sunset Center Y Green Room
11:40 am Y 12:00 pm
WAP Business Meeting
Studio 105
12:30 pm Y 2:30 pm
Concurrent Sessions
Sunset Center
Cardiovascular I Y Promenade Lobby
Endocrinology and Metabolism I Y Bingham #3
Health Care Research I Y Babcock #6
Immunology and Rheumatology I Y Chapman #4
Infectious Diseases I Y Conductor’s Room
Neonatal Pulmonary I Y Rehearsal Room
Neonatology Y General I Y Studio 105
2:30 pm Y 3:30 pm
Break and Poster Session
Poster Session I
Carpenter Hall
(Presenters in attendance from 2:30 pm to 3:30 pm)
Cardiovascular
Community Health
Endocrinology and Metabolism
General Internal Medicine and Aging
3:30 pm Y 6:00 pm
Concurrent Sessions
Sunset Center
Behavior and Development I Y Babcock #6
Cardiovascular II Y Promenade Lobby
Global Health Y Conductor’s Room
Hematology and Oncology I Y Green Room
Neonatal Pulmonary II Y Rehearsal Room
Neuroscience I Y Chapman #4
Pulmonary and Critical Care I Y Studio 105
Surgery I Y Bingham Room #3
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Welcome Reception and Student Award Posters, Pizza, and Beer
Jointly sponsored by
WAFMR, WAP, WSCI, WSMRF, and WSPR
All welcome and encouraged to attend
Carmel Women’s Club
7:00 pm Y 9:00 pm
Abbott Nutrition WSPR Reception
Open to all WSPR members, trainees, and guests
Poseidon Room, La Playa Hotel
7:00 pm Y 9:00 pm
WAP Council Meeting
(by invitation only)
Pine Inn Y Il Fornaio
7:00 pm Y 9:00 pm
WAFMR Business Meeting
(by invitation only)
Forge in the Forest
FRIDAY, JANUARY 30, 2015
8:00 am Y 5:00 pm
Registration
Sunset Center Y Entry Lobby
8:00 am Y 5:00 pm
Speaker Ready Room
Sunset Center
8:00 am Y 11:15 am
Joint Plenary Session
Obesity
WAFMR, WSCI, WAP, and WSPR
Sunset Center Y Theater
WSCI Outstanding Investigator Award
WSPR Abbott Nutrition David W. Smith Pediatric Trainee Research Award
WSPR Abbott Nutrition Lowell Glasgow Student Research Award
WSPR Abbott Nutrition Young Investigator Research Award
E.E. Osgood Award
WAFMR Outstanding Investigator Award
WSPR Stanley Wright Lecture
WAP Distinguished Lecture
Mayo Soley Award Presentation
Award Presentations
11:15 am Y 12:00 pm
WSCI Society Business Meetings
Sunset Center Y Theater
11:15 am Y 12:00 pm
WSPR Business Meeting
Sunset Center Y Theater
11:15 am Y 12:00 pm
WSMRF Council Meeting
Sunset Center Y Conductor’s Room
11:30 am Y 12:30 pm
New Investigator Workshops
(Intended for Fellows and Jr. Faculty Y Lunch included)
Publishing without Perishing
Richard L. Kravitz, MD, MSPH
University of California Davis
Sunset Center Y Green Room
12:30 pm Y 2:30 pm
Concurrent Sessions
Sunset Center
Adolescent Medicine and General Pediatrics I Y Studio 105
Cardiovascular III Y Promenade Lobby
Endocrinology and Metabolism II Y Bingham #3
Gastroenterology Y Babcock #6
Genetics Y Rehearsal Room
Neonatology Y General II Y All Saints Church, Seacombe Hall
Neonatology Y Perinatal Biology I Y Chapman #4
Surgery II Y Conductor’s Room
1:00 pm Y 5:30 pm
California Thoracic Society Meeting
Quail Lodge
8205 Valley Greens Drive, Carmel, CA 93923
2:30 pm Y 3:30 pm
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Poster Session II
Carpenter Hall
(Presenters in attendance from 2:30 pm -- 3:30 pm)
Pediatrics
Surgery
3:30 pm Y 6:00 pm
Concurrent Sessions
Sunset Center
Behavior and Development II - Chapman #4
Community Health Y Promenade Lobby
Health Care Research II Y Babcock #6
Infectious Diseases II Y Bingham Room #3
Morphogenesis and Malformations Y Rehearsal Room
Neonatology Y General III Y All Saints Church, Seacombe Hall
Nephrology and Hypertension Y Green Room
Neuroscience II Y Conductor’s Room
Surgery III Y Studio 105
6:00 pm Y 8:00 pm
University of Washington Reception
All UW faculty, fellows, residents and students invited
Carmel Mission Ranch
6:15 pm Y 7:15 pm
6:30 pm Y 8:30 pm
Dysmorphology Club
Sunset Center Y Rehearsal Room
Western Respiratory Club Dinner
State of the Physician: How Physician’s Feelings Affect their Patients
Phil Gold
Quail Lodge
8205 Valley Greens Drive, Carmel, CA 93923
SATURDAY, JANUARY 31, 2015
8:00 am Y 12:00 pm
Speaker Ready Room
Sunset Center
8:00 am Y 10:00 am
Registration
Sunset Center Y Entry Lobby
8:00 am Y 10:00 am
Concurrent Sessions
Sunset Center
Adolescent Medicine and General Pediatrics II Y Rehearsal Room
General Internal Medicine and Aging Y Babcock #6
Neonatology Y Perinatal Biology II Y Studio 105
Pulmonary and Critical Care II Y Promenade Lobby
Surgery IV Y Green Room
10:00 am Y 11:00 am
Break and Poster Session
Poster Session III
Carpenter Hall
(Presenters in attendance 10:00 am -- 11:00 am)
Health Care Research
Hematology and Oncology
Immunology and Rheumatology
Infectious Diseases
11:00 am Y 12:30 pm
Concurrent Sessions
Sunset Center
Adolescent Medicine and General Pediatrics III Y Rehearsal Room
Cardiovascular IV Y Promenade Lobby
Health Care Research III Y Babcock #6
Hematology and Oncology II Y Green Room
Immunology and Rheumatology II Y Conductor’s Room
Neonatology Y General IV Y Bingham Room #3
Neuroscience III Y Chapman #4
11:30 am Y 5:30 pm
California Thoracic Society Meeting
Quail Lodge
12:30 pm Y 2:00 pm
Society Officers Planning Meeting
(by invitation only)
Sunset Center Y Studio 105
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CME CERTIFICATION
This Live activity, 2015 Western Regional Meeting, with a beginning date of 01/29/15, has been reviewed and is acceptable for up to
16.75 Prescribed credits by the American Academy of Family Physicians. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with
the extent of their participation in the activity.
AMA/AAFP Equivalency: AAFP Prescribed credit is accepted by the American Medical Association as equivalent to AMA PRA
Category 1 credit(s) toward the AMA Physician’s Recognition Award. When applying for the AMA PRA, Prescribed credit earned
must be reported as Prescribed, not as Category 1.
An Electronic Credit Request/Evaluation Survey Will Be Emailed To You After The Program. This electronic survey will allow
you to provide your evaluation of this educational activity in addition to requesting AMA PRA, Prescribed credit earned must be
reported as Prescribed, not as Category 1.
You will receive the link and instructions in your Email Inbox on Monday, February 2, 2015. If you do not receive your link to the
evaluation in your email inbox, please contact us at [email protected]. Original certificates for this conference may be claimed until
February 28, 2015. Duplicate certificates are available at any time.
We would also like to thank the following for reviewing the abstracts and to the Lead Reviewer’s for organizing the sessions:
Margaret Adam
Bradley Anawalt
Kathy Angkustsiri
Jorge Artaza
Edward Auyang
Michel Baudry
Arlin Blood
Laura Brown
Fred Buckner
Kara Calkins
Marie-Francois Chesselet
Michel Chonchol
Keith Colburn
Lloyd Damon
Samrat Das
Ian De Boer
Thomas Deloughery
Laurel Desnick
Sarah Dugan
Ravi Durvasula
Echezona Ezeanolue
Erika Fernandez
David Gilbert
Joshua Goldhaber
Meredith Greene
Subhas Gupta
Emil Heinze
Joseph Ix
Kenneth Izuora
Lisa Joss-Moore
John Kane
Russell Klein
Edward Lee
Henry Lee
W. Conrad Liles
Vedang Londhe
Philipe Montgrain
Jorge Nieva
Robin Ohls
Lee Pu
Thomas Quertermous
Fabiola Quintero-Rivera
Neda Rasouli
Gregory Roth
Paul Rozance
Michael Schivo
Donald Smith
Victoria Tan
Nicole Tartaglia
Sarika Thakur
Kristina Utzschneider
David Viskochil
Edward Wakil
Clyde Wright
Christian Yost
2015 Western Regional Meeting Award Winners
Name
Award
Amalia Aldredge
University of Washington
Abbott Subspecialty Award
Elizabeth Auld
University of Washington
WAFMR/WAP Student Subspecialty Award Winner
Joshua Benjamin
University of Colorado - Denver
WSPR Mead Johnson Travel Award Winner
Serhiy Chumachenko
University of Colorado
WAFMR/WAP Student Subspecialty Award Winner
Nasim Daoud
Loma Linda University
WSCI Travel Award Winner
Alanna De Mello
BC Children’s Hospital
WAFMR/WAP Student Subspecialty Award Winner
Nicole Duster
University of Washington
WAFMR/WAP Student Subspecialty Award Winner
Nwando Eze
Harbor UCLA Medical Center, CHOC Children’s
WSPR Abbott Nutrition David W. Smith Pediatric
Trainee Research Award Winner
Echezona Ezeanolue
University of Nevada School of Medicine
WSCI Travel Award Winner
Csilla Felsen
University of California, San Diego
E.E. Osgood Award Winner
Kazumichi Fujioka
Stanford University School of Medicine
WSPR Mead Johnson Travel Award Winner
Nicole Goldhaber
Stetson Powell Orthopedics and Sports Medicine
WSCI Travel Award Winner
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Amir Goldkorn
University of Southern California
WAFMR Outstanding Investigator Award Winner
Natalia Gomez-Ospina
Stanford Hospital
WSPR Mead Johnson Travel Award Winner
Abhinav Gupta
The University of Colorado, Anschutz
WAFMR/WAP Student Subspecialty Award Winner
Josiah Hanson
University of Washington
WAFMR/WAP Student Subspecialty Award Winner
Sai Iyer
University of California, San Diego
WSPR Mead Johnson Travel Award Winner
Caitlin Kaeppler
University of Utah
WSCI Travel Award Winner
Brooks Kuhn
University of California, Davis
California Thoracic Society Scholar Winner
Emily Kutzner
Loma Linda University
WAFMR/WAP Student Subspecialty Award Winner
Ashley Fischer
LAC+USC Medical Center and Keck School of Medicine
WSPR Mead Johnson Travel Award Winner
Francis Lam
University of California, Davis
WSCI Travel Award Winner
Edwin Li
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
WAFMR/WAP Student Subspecialty Award Winner
Debra Linfield
Stanford University School of Medicine
Abbott Subspecialty Award
Vivian Ma
University of British Columbia
WAFMR/WAP Student Subspecialty Award Winner
Kendra Morotti
VANCHCS
WSCI Travel Award Winner
Claudia Neugebauer
University of Utah
WSPR Mead Johnson Travel Award Winner
Andrea New
Mayo Clinic
WAFMR/WAP Outstanding Resident Award Winner
Brian Nuyen
University of California, San Diego
Abbott Subspecialty Award
Daniel Pak
University of Washington
WAFMR/WAP Student Subspecialty Award Winner
Amitabh Pandey
University of Arizona
WSCI Travel Award Winner
Esther Park
University of New Mexico
WSPR Mead Johnson Travel Award Winner
Liliya Parkman
UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital
Abbott Subspecialty Award
Anca Pasca
Stanford University
WSCI Travel Award Winner
Sina Rabi
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
WSPR Abbott Nutrition Lowell Glasgow Student
Research Award Winner
Douglas Rooke
University of Colorado
WAFMR/WAP Student Subspecialty Award Winner
Anthony Sainz
University of Utah
Abbott Subspecialty Award
Priya Shastry
LAC+USC Medical Center, Keck School of Medicine
Abbott Subspecialty Award
Christopher Shaw
University of Washington
Abbott Subspecialty Award
Elizabeth Wadhwa
Stanford University
WSPR Outstanding Resident Award Winner
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Magdalena Szkudlinska
University of Washington
WSCI Travel Award Winner
Kimeshia Thomas
University of Washington
WAFMR/WAP Student Subspecialty Award Winner
Sofya Tokman
University of California, San Francisco
California Thoracic Society Scholar Winner
Vincent Whelan
UCSF Fresno
WSCI Travel Award Winner
Daniel Yazdi
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
WAFMR/WAP Student Subspecialty Award Winner
SPECIALTY CLUB ANNOUNCEMENTS
Friday, January 30, 2015
DYSMORPHOLOGY CLUB
6:15 PM Y 7:15 PM
Rehearsal Room Y Sunset Center
Genetic Unknowns and Rare Knowns
Contact person: Joseph Shieh, and Jon Bernstein
WESTERN PERINATAL CLUB
Sponsored by the Perinatal Sections of AAP Districts VIII and IX
and
The California Association of Neonatologists LaPlaya Carmel Hotel
6:30 PM Y Reception
7:00 PM
Perinatal Briefing
EPIGENETICS-WHERE GENES AND ENVIRONMENT MEET
Featured Speaker: Judith G. Hall, OC, MD, FRSC, FCAHS UBC & Children’s and Women’s Health Centre of British Columbia
Supported by Mead Johnson Nutrition
WESTERN ASSOCIATION OF PHYSICIANS
AGING: EMERGING INSIGHTS
Thursday, January 29, 2015
9:00 AM Y 11:30 AM
Studio 105, Sunset Center
John Kane and Ravi Durvasula, Presiding
9:00
9:45
10:30
10:45
11:30
11:35
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UNDERSTANDING AND REVERSING THE AGING OF TISSUE STEM CELLS.
Irina Conboy, University of California, Berkeley
AGING & CHRONIC DISEASES - A VIEW FROM THE AGING SIDE
Brian Kennedy, The Buck Institute
BREAK
AGING, METABOLISM AND EPIGENETICS.
Eric Verdin, The Gladstone Institute, University of California, San Francisco
ADJOURN
WAP BUSINESS MEETING
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INVESTIGATOR WORKSHOP
Thursday, January 29, 2015
11:30 AM Y 12:30 PM
The American Federation for Medical Research and the Tri-Societies are pleased to sponsor a workshop for Fellows and Junior Faculty.
Lunch will be provided.
Making the Most of Your Mentor
Ellen Schur, MD, MS
University of Washington, Harborview Medical Center
Sunset Center Y Green Room
CONCURRENT SESSIONS
Thursday, January 29, 2015
12:30 PM Y 2:30 PM
Jointly sponsored by
WESTERN SECTION AMERICAN FEDERATION FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH
WESTERN SOCIETY FOR CLINICAL INVESTIGATION
WESTERN ASSOCIATION OF PHYSICIANS
WESTERN SOCIETY FOR PEDIATRIC RESEARCH
WESTERN STUDENT MEDICAL RESEARCH FORUM
Cardiovascular IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII...Promenade Lobby
Endocrinology and Metabolism IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII..Bingham #3
Health Care Research IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIBabcock #6
Immunology and Rheumatology IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIChapman #4
Infectious Diseases IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIConductor’s Room
Neonatal Pulmonary IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII.Rehearsal Room
Neonatology Y General IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIStudio 105
Cardiovascular I
Promenade Lobby (Sunset Center)
Kevin O’Brien, Presiding
12:30
12:45
1:00
1:15
1:30
MEDICATION THERAPY AT DISCHARGE FOR PATIENTS HOSPITALIZED WITH ACUTE
MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION.
E Bulley, A Cypro, D Bechtold, G Salvatierra and K Daratha, Seattle, WA and Spokane, WA.
University of Washington (WSMRF)
DYNAMICAL MODEL OF OSCILLATORY GENE EXPRESSION IN BMP-4/9 VASCULAR
ENDOTHELIAL CELL NETWORK.
D Yazdi, P Guihard, K Bostrom and A Garfinkel, Westwood, CA. David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
(WAFMR/WAP Student Subspecialty Award Winner) (WSMRF)
THE RELEVANCE OF DONOR SPECIFIC ANTI-HLA ANTIBODIES LATE AFTER HEART
TRANSPLANTATION.
A Fong, F Liou, S Siddiqui, M Hamilton and J Kobashigawa, Los Angeles, CA. Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
HISTONE DEACETYLASE INHIBITION ABROGATES HYPOXIA-INDUCED RIGHT
VENTRICULAR HYPERTROPHY.
S Payne, W Blakeslee, K Demos-Davies, CS Long, TA McKinsey and S Miyamoto, Aurora, CO
and Denver, CO. University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine (WSMRF)
DOES THE DEVELOPMENT OF BW4 AND BW6 ANTIBODIES CONFER POORER OUTCOMES
IN HEART TRANSPLANT PATIENTS?
N Assad, F Liou, S Siddiqui, M Hamilton and J Kobashigawa, Los Angeles, CA. Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
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THE ROLE OF HYPOTHERMIA AND CORONARY REPERFUSION IN MAXIMIZING
NEUROLOGICALLY INTACT SURVIVAL AFTER CARDIAC ARREST.
C Ellingson and KB Kern, Tucson, AZ. University of Arizona College of Medicine
CYLEX FAILS TO IMPROVE PREDICTIVE VALUE OF ALLOMAP FOR CARDIAC ALLOGRAFT
REJECTION.
M Luu, T Aintablian, F Liou, M Hamilton and J Kobashigawa, Los Angeles, CA. Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
THE LEFT GREATER SAPHENOUS VEIN IS THE PREFERRED CONDUIT FOR CORONARY
ARTERY BYPASS GRAFTING.
L Uhr, M Chen, JJ Wu, S Johnstone, J Chen and J Lee, Boston, MA and Honolulu, HI. Massachusetts Institute
of Technology
Abstract 6
Abstract 7
Abstract 8
2:30 pm Y 3:30 pm Break and Poster Session
Endocrinology and Metabolism I
Bingham Room #3 (Sunset Center)
Joshua Thaler and Stephanie T. Page, Presiding
12:30
1:00
1:15
1:30
1:45
2:00
2:15
State-of-the-Art Speaker
HYPOTHALAMIC MECHANISMS IN DIET-INDUCED OBESITY.
Joshua Thaler, University of Washington
DIMINISHED EXPRESSION OF CD40 BY ADIPOSE TISSUE MACROPHAGE CORRELATES WITH
BODY FAT IN HEALTHY NON-OBESE MEN.
JH Chao, ST Page, D Hagman, M Kratz and KB Rubinow, Seattle, WA. University of Washington (WAFMR)
EFFECTS OF MATERNAL ZINC DEFICIENCY ON OFFSPRING SATIETY, GLUCOSE HOMEOSTASIS
AND GROWTH.
JA Tzeng, AF Philipps and B Lonnerdal, Davis, CA and Sacramemto, CA. University of California Davis
HDL-MEDIATED ENOS ACTIVATION FALLS BEFORE THE ONSET OF T2DM IN OBESE
NON-HUMAN PRIMATES.
E Couzens and F Kim, Loma Linda, CA and Seattle, WA. Loma Linda University
TRIGLYCERIDE HYPERTOLERANCE IN PATIENTS ON PARENTERAL NUTRITION.
DT O’Keeffe, S Maraka, EM Nystrom, M McMahon and JM Miles, Rochester, MN. Mayo Clinic
ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION IN TYPE 1 DIABETIC ADOLESCENTS.
S Hegemann, A West, G Coe, M Cree-Green and K Nadeau, Aurora, CO. University of Colorado Denver
ASSOCIATION OF PASSIVE AND ACTIVE SMOKING WITH PREDIABETES RISK IN A
PREDOMINANTLY HISPANIC POPULATION.
AS Manshad, JE Camacho, JR Bucheli and MR Burge, Albuquerque, NM and Albuequerque, NM.
University of New Mexico Health Science Center
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Abstract 10
Abstract 11
Abstract 12
Abstract 13
Abstract 14
2:30 pm Y 3:30 pm Break and Poster Session
Health Care Research I
Babcock #6 (Sunset Center)
Laurel Desnick and Toby Keys, Presiding
12:30
12:45
1:00
1:15
1:30
1:45
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ACCURACY OF EMS FIELD INFORMATION RELATED TO PRE-EXISTING CHRONIC
HEALTH CONDITIONS AND MEDICATION TREATMENT IN OUT-OF-HOSPITAL
CARDIAC ARREST.
AA Foster, V Florea, C Fahrenbruch, J Blackwood and T Rea, Seattle, WA. University of Washington (WSMRF)
ADHERENCE AND PERSISTENCE TO STATIN THERAPY IN A VETERAN POPULATION.
K Morotti, J Lopez, M Harvey, V Vaupel, A Swislocki and D Siegel, Martinez, CA; Reno, NV
and Sacramento, CA. VANCHCS (WSCI Travel Award Winner)
RISK FACTORS FOR POSTPARTUM READMISSION FOR HYPERTENSIVE DISORDERS
AT A TERTIARY HOSPITAL CENTER.
K Thomas, J Lai, S Walker and T Benedetti, Seattle, WA. University of Washington School of Medicine
(WAFMR/WAP Student Subspecialty Award Winner) (WSMRF)
DIAGNOSTIC AGREEMENT AMONG PATHOLOGISTS ASSESSING FLAT EPITHELIAL ATYPIA
ON BREAST BIOPSY SPECIMENS.
L Samples, M Rendi, D Weaver, P Frederick, T Morgan and J Elmore, Seattle, WA and Burlington, VT.
University of Washington
POST IMPLEMENTATION EVALUATION OF TELEDERMATOLOGY IN A VA MEDICAL CENTER.
MM Roman and M Chiu, Loma Linda, CA and Los Angeles, CA. David Geffen School of Medicine at
UCLA (WSMRF)
CARDIAC SCREENING IN HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETES: THE IMPACT OF EXERCISE LEVEL ON
SYMPTOM RESPONSE RATES.
A Haruta, M Zigman and J Drezner, Seattle, WA. University of Washington (WSMRF)
CROWD SOURCED ASSESSMENT OF TECHNICAL SKILLS (CSATS): A SCALABLE ASSESSMENT
TOOL FOR THE NURSING WORKFORCE.
S Kirsch, B Comstock, J Warren, C Schaffhausen, T Kowalewski and T Lendvay, Seattle, WA
and Minneapolis, MN. University of Washington (WSMRF)
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MYMEDS: EVALUATING PATIENT AND PROVIDER PERSPECTIVES ON INTEGRATED CLINICAL
PHARMACY SERVICES.
S Lonowski, C Mangione, J Chon, J Fu and G Moreno, Los Angeles, CA. University of California, Los Angeles
Abstract 22
2:30 pm Y 3:30 pm Break and Poster Session
Immunology and Rheumatology I
Chapman #4 (Sunset Center)
Keith Colburn and Emil Heinze, Presiding
12:30
12:45
1:00
1:30
1:45
2:00
2:15
DO POST-TRANSCRIPTIONAL ELEMENTS CONTROLLING NLRP3 MRNA STABILITY DICTATE
INFLAMMATION?
SN Varela and S Ram, Seattle, WA. University of Washington (WSMRF)
IGM-MEDIATED PHAGOCYTOSIS OF STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS IN MICROGLIA IS
DEPENDENT ON COMPLEMENT RECEPTOR 3, BUT NOT COMPLEMENT FACTOR 3.
JF Hanson, Y Quan, L Colonna, T Moller and JR Weinstein, Seattle, WA. University of Washington
(WAFMR/WAP Student Subspecialty Award Winner) (WSMRF)
State-of-the-Art Speaker
TARGETING CANCER WITH LUPUS AUTOANTIBODIES.
James E. Hansen, Yale University
ENGINEERING OF DENDRITIC CELLS FOR STIMULATING GUT-HOMING IMMUNE CELLS.
C Chan, C Li, DJ Baylink, Y Xu, MH Walter, KW Lau, X Qin, E Carreon Berumen and X Tang,
Loma Linda, CA. Loma Linda University
ABSENCE OF CCL3 COMPROMISES RESOLUTION OF EXPERIMENTAL OTITIS MEDIA AND
IMPAIRS HOST DEFENSE OF THE MIDDLE EAR.
BA Nuyen, D Deniffel, K Pak and A Ryan, La Jolla, CA. University of California, San Diego School of Medicine
CHARACTERIZING THE ROLE OF THE ALTERNATIVE COMPLEMENT PATHWAY IN
VASCULAR REGRESSION IN A MOUSE MODEL OF RETINOPATHY.
D Diaz Aguilar, C Kim, H Sweigard and K Connor, Los Angeles, CA and Boston, MA. UCLA
SURFACE APRIL IS ELEVATED ON MYELOID CELLS AND IS ASSOCIATED WITH DISEASE
ACTIVITY IN RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS PATIENTS.
N Daoud, AJ Weldon, I Moldovan, M Cabling, E Hernandez, S Hsu, J Gonzalez, A Parra, A Benitez,
K Colburn and KJ Payne, Loma Linda, CA and Redlands, CA. Loma Linda University
(WSCI Travel Award Winner)
Abstract 23
Abstract 24
Abstract 25
Abstract 26
Abstract 27
Abstract 28
2:30 pm Y 3:30 pm Break and Poster Session
Infectious Diseases I
Conductor’s Room
Ravi Durvasula, Fred Buckner and David Gilbert, Presiding
12:30
PRECLINICAL DEVELOPMENT OF NOVEL ANTIBIOTICS AGAINST GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIA.
N Duster, S Creason, R Ranade, E Fan, Z Zhang and F Buckner, Seattle, WA. University of Washington
(WAFMR/WAP Student Subspecialty Award Winner)
12:45 THE SAE VIRULENCE SYSTEM PROMOTES INTERFERON-GAMMA TO ENHANCE
STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS SKIN DISEASE IN AN INTERLEUKIN-17 DEPENDENT MANNER.
C Addison, F Guerra, R Watkins and J Voyich, Seattle, WA and Bozeman, MT. University of
Washington (WSMRF)
1:00
PROCALCITONIN MEASUREMENTS IN COCCIDIOIDOMYCOSIS.
R Chahal, L Nesbit, C Strawter, E Oren, K Song and K Knox, Tucson, AZ. University of Arizona
College of Medicine
1:15
OPTIMIZING CHITOSAN NANOPARTICLES FOR THE TREATMENT OF SEPSIS.
CJ Stevick, A Crofton and W Kirsch, Loma Linda, CA. Loma Linda University
1:30
SOCIO-ECONOMIC, CLINICAL, AND BEHAVIORAL FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH STUDY
RETENTION AMONG TUBERCULOSIS PATIENTS IN BOTSWANA.
J Billings, L Allan-Blitz, M Ogopotse, O Fane, C Modongo, SS Shin, J Klausner and N Zetola,
Los Angeles, CA; Gaborone, Botswana and Philadelphia, PA. David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
1:45
FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS CULTURE RESULTS
IN PATIENTS DIAGNOSED WITH TUBERCULOSIS.
L Allan-Blitz, M Ogopotse, J Billings, O Fane, C Modongo, SS Shin, J Klausner and N Zetola,
Los Angeles, CA; Gaborone, Botswana and Philadelphia, PA. David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
2:00
DEMAND FOR ACUTE HIV TESTING IN HIGH-RISK MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN
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G Wandell, Y Molina, H Sanchez, AC Greer, C Bain, J Rı´os, P Segura, J Lama, J Sanchez and A Duerr,
Seattle, WA and Lima, Peru. University of Washington (WSMRF)
2:15
EFFECT OF COPING STYLE ON LINKAGE TO CARE AND MENTAL HEALTH AMONG
NEWLY DIAGNOSED HIV-INFECTED MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN AND TRANSGENDER
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WOMEN IN LIMA, PERU
AC Greer, Y Molina, G Wandell, H Sanchez, C Bain, K Konda, M Villaran, J Lama and A Duerr,
Seattle, WA; Lima, Peru and Los Angeles, CA. University of Washington
Abstract 29
Abstract 30
Abstract 31
Abstract 32
Abstract 33
Abstract 34
Abstract 35
Abstract 36
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Neonatal Pulmonary I
Rehearsal Room (Sunset Center)
Arlin Blood and Clyde Wright, Presiding
12:30 PROTEIN ABUNDANCE AND PHOSPHORYLATION LEVEL OF VASODILATOR-STIMULATED
PHOSPHOPROTEIN ARE AFFECTED BY VENTILATION MODE IN PRETERM LAMBS.
M Yoshigi, ZM Wang, K Yasuda, MJ Dahl and K Albertine, Salt Lake City, UT. University of Utah
12:45 ELEVATED IGF-1 LEADS TO ALVEOLAR SIMPLIFICATION IN THE LUNG AT 3 DAYS OF
VENTILATION OF PRETERM LAMBS.
MJ Dahl, C Bradford, K Summers, L Dong, ZM Wang, BA Yoder, DM Null and K Albertine, Salt Lake City, UT.
University of Utah (WSPR)
1:00 PERINATAL NICOTINE EXPOSURE’S EFFECTS ON LUNG FIBROBLAST DIFFERENTIATION
ARE EPIGENETICALLY MEDIATED.
M Gong, A Corre, N Murthy, R Sakurai and VK Rehan, Torrance, CA. Los Angeles Biomedical Research
Institute at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center
1:15 ACTIVATION OF L-TYPE CALCIUM CHANNELS INFLUENCES CALCIUM WAVES AFTER
LONG-TERM HYPOXIA AND MATURATION.
C Shen, M Romero, A Brunelle, A Dobyns, M Francis, M Taylor, LD Longo, CG Wilson and SM Wilson,
Loma Linda, CA and Mobile, AL. Loma Linda University (WSMRF)
1:30 MATERNAL TOBACCO SMOKE EXPOSURE ALTERS DEVELOPMENTALLY REGULATED
ELASTIN ALTERNATIVE SPLICING IN THE LUNG OF RAT PUPS.
AO Sainz, C Zou, J Zhao, Y Wang, K Albertine and L Joss-Moore, Salt Lake City, UT. University of Utah
(Abbott Subspecialty Award) (WAFMR)
1:45 PERINATAL NICOTINE EXPOSURE DISRUPTS PARACRINE COMMUNICATION BETWEEN
BONE MARROW-DERIVED MESENCHYMAL STEM CELLS AND ALVEOLAR TYPE II CELLS
TRANSGENERATIONALLY.
M Gong, J Liu, T Chou, R Sakurai and VK Rehan, Torrance, CA. Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute at
Harbor-UCLA Medical Center
2:00 LIMITED POSTNATAL FEEDING REDUCES THE PPARF-SETD8-H4K20ME1-WNT PATHWAY IN
THE LUNG OF PRETERM LAMBS.
S Hagen-Lillevik, L Dong, B Rao, B Moore, C Martin, MJ Dahl, BA Yoder, DM Null, K Albertine and L Joss-Moore,
Salt Lake City, UT and Cambridge, MA. University of Utah (WAFMR)
2:15
THE EFFECT OF ACUTE HYPOXIA ON RYR ACTIVITY IN HIGH ALTITUDE ACCLIMATIZED
FETAL AND ADULT SHEEP.
T Yoo, M Romero, J Puglisi, DM Bers, L Izu, LD Longo and SM Wilson, Loma Linda, CA and Davis, CA.
Loma Linda University School of Medicine
Abstract 37
Abstract 38
Abstract 39
Abstract 40
Abstract 41
Abstract 42
Abstract 43
Abstract 44
2:30 pm Y 3:30 pm Break and Poster Session
Neonatology - General I
Studio 105 (Sunset Center)
Henry Lee and Carlos Ramos, Presiding
12:30
CHORIOAMNIONITIS: OUTCOMES OF ASYMPTOMATIC LATE PRETERM AND TERM NEONATES
WITH NON-ROUTINE USE OF EMPIRIC ANTIBIOTICS.
A Jan, R Ramanathan and R Cayabyab, Los Angeles, CA. LAC+USC Medical Center
12:45 IMPACT OF STANDARDIZED COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUES ON ERRORS DURING
SIMULATED NEONATAL RESUSCITATION.
NK Yamada, JH Fuerch and LP Halamek, Palo Alto, CA. Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital at Stanford (WSPR)
1:00
THE INCIDENCE OF CEREBELLAR HEMORRHAGE IN EXTREMELY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT
INFANTS.
L Kim, M Shiroshi, S Cen, A Prosper, R Erickson, D Liu, O Boyko, L Vachon and R Cayabyab, Los Angeles, CA.
University of Southern California
1:15
HISTOLOGIC CHORIOAMNIONITIS ASSOCIATED WITH ANTIBIOTIC TREATMENT IN
ASYMPTOMATIC LATE PRETERM AND TERM NEONATES.
A Jan, R Ramanathan and R Cayabyab, Los Angeles, CA. LAC+USC Medical Center
1:30
SURVIVAL AND MORBIDITY IN INFANTS LESS THAN 500 GRAMS- A SINGLE CENTER
EXPERIENCE.
OP Jha, M Biniwale, R Ramanathan and L Barton, Los Angeles, CA. LAC+USC Medical Center
1:45
IMPROVING DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY & EFFICIENCY BY OPTIMIZATION OF BEDSIDE
DATA DISPLAY.
J Fuerch, NK Yamada and LP Halamek, Palo Alto, CA. Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital at Stanford
2:00
PALLIATIVE CARE FOR CRITICALLY ILL PREMATURE INFANTS: PROVIDERS’ TRAINING,
PERSPECTIVES, AND PRACTICES IN INTENSIVE CARE NURSERIES IN VIETNAM.
A Quach, HT Tran and JC Partridge, San Francisco, CA and Hanoi, Viet Nam. University of California,
San Francisco (WSMRF)
2:15
COST AWARENESS AMONG PHYSICIANS IN THE NEONATAL INTENSIVE CARE UNIT.
CL Osman, D Wei, A Lakshmanan, P Friedlich, S Chin, D Dukhovny and J Romley, Los Angeles, CA; Oakland,
CA and Boston, MA. Children’s Hospital Los Angeles / LAC+USC Medical Center
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Abstract 46
Abstract 47
Abstract 48
Abstract 49
Abstract 50
Abstract 51
Abstract 52
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POSTER SESSION I
Jointly sponsored by
WESTERN SECTION AMERICAN FEDERATION FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH
WESTERN SOCIETY FOR CLINICAL INVESTIGATION
WESTERN ASSOCIATION OF PHYSICIANS
WESTERN SOCIETY FOR PEDIATRIC RESEARCH
WESTERN STUDENT MEDICAL RESEARCH FORUM
Carpenter Hall
Thursday, January 29, 2015
12:30 PM Y 5:30 PM
(Presenters in attendance from 2:30 pm to 3:30 pm)
Cardiovascular
Community Health
Endocrinology and Metabolism
General Internal Medicine and Aging
Poster
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PEDIATRIC SWEET SYNDROME AND PULMONARY HYPERTENSION: A CASE REPORT.
B Castellanos and A Chang, New Orleans, LA and Orange, CA. Louisiana State University
CHANGE IN WEIGHT POST-TOTAL ARTIFICIAL HEART: IMPACT ON OUTCOME?
F Kim, F Liou, J Yabuno, M Hamilton and J Kobashigawa, Los Angeles, CA. Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
KAWASAKI DISEASE WITH ARTHRITIS IN AN 8 YEAR OLD GIRL.
R Zia and R Shah, Las Vegas, NV. University of Nevada School of Medicine
Community Health
BEAUTY IS IN THE EYE OF THE BEHOLDER: BODY SELF-IMAGE PERCEPTIONS OF URBAN
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS.
A Amaral, J Avila, M Andrade, A Mendoza, B Ordonez and R Kinman, Fresno, CA and Madera, CA.
Fresno High School
MAINTAINING INDEPENDENCE IN REXBURG IDAHO HOMEBOUND PATIENTS.
J Bell, Seattle, WA. University of Washington
WALKING CHEWELAH TO BETTER HEALTH: INCREASING THE PHYSICAL ACTIVITY OF
WOMEN IN CHEWELAH, WA THROUGH THE ORGANIZATION OF A WOMAN’S
WALKING CLUB.
L Coates, Seattle, WA. University of Washington School of Medicine (WSMRF)
TORRINGTON CONDOM AVAILABILITY PROGRAM: REDUCING RATES OF CHLAMYDIA.
AL Fluckiger, Seattle, WA. University of Washington (WSMRF)
EFFECTIVENESS OF EARLY EXPOSURE TO HANDS-ON DA VINCI ROBOTICS AND SUTURING
SIMULATIONS IN A PREMEDICAL SUMMER PROGRAM.
AJ Garcia, B Hwee, V Yacoubian, T Vashist, S Zarinafsar, P Jennings, T Yousuf and B Afghani, Irvine, CA
and LA, CA. University of California Irvine School of Medicine
SOBER MOTHERS, STRONG BABIES: ADDRESSING MATERNAL SUBSTANCE ABUSE IN
POLSON, MT.
C Gaul, Seattle, WA. University of Washington School of Medicine
DEVELOPING A COORDINATED NETWORK OF ADDICTION RECOVERY SERVICES FOR
PREGNANT WOMEN IN JUNEAU, ALASKA.
K Jorgensen, Seattle, WA. University of Washington School of Medicine (WSMRF)
IMPLEMENTING A NEEDLE EXCHANGE PROGRAM IN BILLINGS, MONTANA.
M Kennelly, Seattle, WA. University of Washington School of Medicine
SUN VALLEY YOUTH IMPROV PROGRAM: ADDRESSING ADOLESCENT MENTAL HEALTH
THROUGH A THEATER-BASED YOUTH DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM.
C Ma, Seattle, WA. Wayne State University (WSMRF)
TEACHING SEXUAL AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH THROUGH PEER EDUCATION.
K McMahon, Seattle, WA. University of Washington School of Medicine
THE IMPACT OF MATERNAL AGE AT MARRIAGE ON MALNUTRITION OF HOSPITALIZED
CHILDREN IN DHAKA, BANGLADESH.
D Huynh, T Bleakly, S Kache and MJ Chisti, Stanford, CA and Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Stanford University School of Medicine (WSMRF)
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Abstract 56
Abstract 57
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Abstract 59
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LGBT HEALTH ISSUES IMMERSION DAY: MEASURING THE IMPACT OF AN LGBT HEALTH
EDUCATION INTERVENTION.
BA Nuyen, R Scholz, RA Hernandez and N Graff, La Jolla, CA. University of California,
San Diego School of Medicine
HEALTH INSURANCE FOR THE UNINSURED IN TWIN FALLS, IDAHO.
DA Potts, Seattle, WA. University of Washington
HEALTHY EATING MADE EASY: BILINGUAL MEAL GUIDES SPECIALIZED FOR LOW
INCOME FAMILIES.
C Rieck, Seattle, WA. University of Washington (WSMRF)
DEVELOPING A PATHWAY TO PRIMARY HEALTHCARE AND ACUTE SERVICES FOR
INTRAVENOUS DRUG USERS IN A RURAL COMMUNITY.
R Smith, Seattle, WA. University of Washington School of Medicine (WSMRF)
FEASIBILITY OF USING VERBAL AUTOPSY TO ASSESS CAUSES OF INFANT DEATH IN
ENUGU NIGERIA.
CS Ugwu and E Ezeanolue, Tucson, AZ and Las Vegas, NV. University of Arizona
INCREASING PEDESTRIAN SAFETY ON MAIN STREET/HIGHWAY 287 IN ENNIS, MONTANA
WITH RECTANGULAR RAPID FLASH BEACONS AND ADVANCED WARNING SIGNS.
I Wilson, Seattle, WA. University of Washington (WSMRF)
PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS ASSOCIATED WITH PSYCHOLOGICAL SAFETY
AMONG RHEUMATOLOGY FELLOWS: FINDINGS FROM VETERANS AFFAIRS
LEARNERS’ PERCEPTION SURVEY. Cancelled
C Nguyen, K Torralba, J Gamboa, G Cannon, S Baz and M Kashner, Fontana, CA.
Loma Linda University Medical Center
Endocrinology and Metabolism
HEMATURIA AS A PRESENTING SYMPTOM IN NEW ONSET DIABETIC KETOACIDOSIS.
JE Camacho, C Wong and H Agarwal, Albuquerque, NM. University of New Mexico
General Internal Medicine and Aging
SUMATRIPTAN RESULTING IN TRANSIENT LACTIC ACIDOSIS.
RJ Andrews, S Showers and J Jernigan, Albuquerque, NM. University of New Mexico
DESIGNING A PALLIATIVE MEDICINE COURSE FOR FIRST YEAR WWAMI STUDENTS.
D Cornish, Seattle, WA. University of Washington
SEVERE OSTEOARTHRITIS ASSOCIATED WITH EARLY ONSET MENOPAUSE.
M Hughbanks and E Burger-Van der Walt, Aurora, CO. University of Colorado School of Medicine (WSMRF)
VOCAL CORD PARALYSIS AND CRICOARYTENOIDITIS IN AN ELDERLY WOMAN WITH
ANTI-DSDNA AND CCP ANTIBODIES.
M Ngo and K Torralba, Loma Linda, CA. Loma Linda University
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Abstract 68
Abstract 69
Abstract 70
Abstract 71
Abstract 72
Abstract 72A
Abstract 73
Abstract 74
Abstract 75
Abstract 76
Abstract 76A
CONCURRENT SESSIONS
Thursday, January 29, 2015
3:30 PM Y 6:00 PM
Jointly sponsored by
WESTERN SECTION AMERICAN FEDERATION FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH
WESTERN SOCIETY FOR CLINICAL INVESTIGATION
WESTERN ASSOCIATION OF PHYSICIANS
WESTERN SOCIETY FOR PEDIATRIC RESEARCH
WESTERN STUDENT MEDICAL RESEARCH FORUM
Behavior and Development IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII..Babcock #6
Cardiovascular IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII.Promenade Lobby
Global HealthIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII...Conductor’s Room
Hematology and Oncology IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII.Green Room
Neonatal Pulmonary IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII...Rehearsal Room
Neuroscience IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIChapman #4
Pulmonary and Critical Care IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIStudio 105
Surgery IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII...Bingham Room #3
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Behavior and Development I
Babcock #6 (Sunset Center)
Kathy Angkustsiri and Nicole Tartaglia, Presiding
3:30
WITHDREW
3:45
THE ASSOCIATION OF MATERNAL TOUCH WITH INFANT AFFECT AND COGNITION
AT 4 AND 9 MONTHS OF AGE.
CA Brooks, O Myers, C Arago´n, J Phillips, A Caprihan and J Lowe, Albuquerque, NM.
University of New Mexico
ADDRESSING BARRIERS TO EARLY SCREENING, DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF
AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER IN LATINO CHILDREN.
L Gist and S Gahagan, San Diego, CA. University of California San Diego
PREDICTIVE VALIDITY OF SOCIAL ENGAGEMENT AND ATYPICAL BEHAVIOR SCORES
ON THE SCREENING TOOL FOR AUTISM IN TODDLERS.
B Duffy, L Ibanez and W Stone, Seattle, WA. University of Washington (WSMRF)
State-of-the-Art Speaker
THINKING OUTSIDE THE BRAIN: MATERNAL AUTOANTIBODIES IN AUTISM.
Judy van de Water, University of California, Davis
FAMILIAL RATES OF PSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS IN CHILDREN WITH AUTISM
SPECTRUM DISORDERS ASSOCIATED WITH GENETIC MUTATIONS.
K Luhrs, R Bernier and C Hudac, Seattle, WA. University of Washington School of Medicine
EXPLORING SHARED DECISION-MAKING IN CHILDREN WITH NEURODEVELOPMENTAL
DISORDERS.
LM Hubner and LC Huffman, Palo Alto, CA. Stanford University Medical Center
COPY NUMBER VARIANTS AND DYSMORPHIC FINDINGS IN CHILDREN WITH AUTISM
SPECTRUM DISORDERS.
KA Kazlauskas, San Diego, CA. University of California San Diego School of Medicine
4:00
4:15
4:30
5:00
5:15
5:30
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Abstract 79
Abstract 80
Abstract 81
Abstract 82
Abstract 83
Cardiovascular II
Promenade Lobby (Sunset Center)
Michele Hamilton, Presiding
3:30
3:45
4:00
4:15
4:30
4:45
5:00
5:15
FAMILIES IN MOTION: AN INTERVENTION TO REDUCE CHILDREN’S SCREEN TIME AND
PROMOTE PHYSICAL ACTIVITY THROUGH A WIC CLINIC-BASED EDUCATIONAL
PROGRAM IN MONTPELIER, IDAHO.
CL Erley, Seattle, WA. University of Washington (WSMRF)
DEVELOPMENT OF A COMMUNITY-BASED EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM ON HYPERTENSION.
CA Harrington, Seattle, WA. University of Washington School of Medicine (WSMRF)
THE IMPACT OF BUILDING HEIGHT AND VOLUME ON CARDIAC ARREST RESPONSE TIME.
AB Conway, Seattle, WA. University of Washington School of Medicine (WSMRF)
ANTIBODY PRODUCTION DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE IMPORTANT IN TAH PATIENTS
DESPITE MORE BLOOD TRANSFUSIONS.
T Aintablian, F Liou, M Luu, M Hamilton and J Kobashigawa, Los Angeles, CA. Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
INCIDENCE OF POST-CONTRAST ACUTE KIDNEY INJURY IN SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH
SURVIVORS.
BJ Petek, PE Bravo, PJ Kudenchuk, F Kim, EA Gill, ML Gunn, D Carlbom and KR Branch, Seattle, WA.
University of Washington (WSMRF)
BENEFIT OF RENAL SPARING PROTOCOL ACROSS TIME POST HEART TRANSPLANTATION.
P Patel, F Liou, S Siddiqui, M Hamilton and J Kobashigawa, Los Angeles, CA. Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
THE TIME COURSE OF ANTI-HLA ANTIBODY DEVELOPMENT FOLLOWING HEART
TRANSPLANTATION.
R Shiozaki, F Liou, S Siddiqui, M Hamilton and J Kobashigawa, Los Angeles, CA. Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
PREVALENCE OF OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA IN CHILDREN WITH CARDIOMYOPATHY
AND CONGENITAL STRUCTURAL HEART DISEASE.
HN Truong, ML Chen, J Bufi and YM Law, Seattle, WA. University of Washington School of Medicine (WSMRF)
Abstract 84
Abstract 85
Abstract 86
Abstract 87
Abstract 88
Abstract 89
Abstract 90
Abstract 91
Global Health
Conductor’s Room
Meghan Johnston and Tom Nighswander, Presiding
3:30
CERVICAL CANCER PREVENTION SCREENING IN EL SALVADOR: AN ANALYSIS OF PATHOLOGY
RESULTS OF VIA POSITIVE PATIENTS SCREENED BY A TRAINED GENERAL PRACTITIONER.
SM Loredo and I Addis, Tucson, AZ. University of Arizona
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INCREASING EDUCATION ABOUT DIABETES AMONG COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS
IN NAIVASHA, KENYA.
N Lee, Seattle, WA. University of Washington School of Medicine (WSMRF)
ADVANCING AWARENESS OF DIABETES IN NEPAL THROUGH COMMUNITY EDUCATION.
EC Yount, Seattle, WA. University of Washington (WSMRF)
PREVALENCE OF ANEMIA IN INDIAN WOMEN GIVING BIRTH - A CROSS SECTIONAL STUDY.
C Kaeppler, M Kaeppler and B Fassl, Salt Lake City, UT. University of Utah (WSCI Travel Award Winner)
ASSESSMENT OF MALARIA TREATMENT AND PATIENT KNOWLEDGE IN THE GBEKE´
ˆ TE D’IVOIRE.
REGION OF CO
AE Kilgore, Spokane, WA. University of Washington School of Medicine (WSMRF)
INCREASING HYGIENE AWARENESS TO REDUCE HOSPITAL ACQUIRED INFECTIONS
AT THE UGANDA CANCER INSTITUTE.
R Enes, Seattle, WA and Kampala, Uganda. University of Washington (WSMRF)
EVALUATION OF A NEWBORN HOME VISITATION PROGRAM IN KENYA.
KK Sheak, M Baca, Z Hillman and A Tomedi, Albuquerque, NM. University of New Mexico
Moved to Poster
THE ASSOCIATION BETWEEN SCHOOL ATTENDED AND NUTRITIONAL STATUS
IN SCHOOLCHILDREN IN SOROTI, UGANDA.
V Ma, N O’Hara, D Duffy, E Skarsgard and S Innis, Vancouver, BC, Canada. University of
British Columbia (WAFMR/WAP Student Subspecialty Award Winner)
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Abstract 94
Abstract 95
Abstract 96
Abstract 97
Abstract 98
Abstract 100
Hematology and Oncology I
Green Room (Sunset Center)
Thomas Deloughery and Miriam Schwarz, Presiding
3:30
3:45
4:00
4:15
4:30
4:45
5:00
5:15
5:30
5:45
AN OPTIMIZED LUPUS AUTOANTIBODY FRAGMENT FOR TARGETED THERAPY OF DNA
REPAIR-DEFICIENT MALIGNANCIES.
P Noble, G Chan, M Young, R Weisbart and JE Hansen, New Haven, CT and Sepulveda, CA.
Yale School of Medicine
CHARACTERIZATION OF AN AGGRESSIVE TYPE OF MURINE BASAL CELL CARCINOMAS.
V Tang, J Angelo Dolorito, D Tucker, GY Wang and EH Epstein, Oakland, CA. Children’s
Hospital Oakland Research Institute
SPECTRUM OF COMMON VARIABLE IMMUNE DEFICIENCY.
HR Hill, N Augustine, J Hansen Rejali, KV Voelkerding and A Kumanovics, Salt Lake City, UT.
University of Utah (WSPR)
PREVALENCE OF SICKLE CELL TRAIT AMONG WHITES: RESULTS FROM NEVADA 2005-2012.
J Keane, AT Hunt, EE Ezeanolue, J Kvam, M Pennington and Y Mohamednur, Las Vegas, NV
and Carson City, NV. University of Nevada School of Medicine (WSCI Travel Award Winner) (WSPR)
ONCOGENIC POTENTIAL OF INTERLEUKIN-17 SIGNALING IN SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA.
W Olcott, M Qin and J Kim, Los Angeles, CA. David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA (WSMRF)
A PRECLINICAL XENOGRAFT MODEL TO IDENTIFY DISEASE MECHANISMS AND
THERAPIES FOR CRLF2 B CELL ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA.
P Shiraz, O Francis, I Baez, K Sacedo-Conception, K Mayagoitia, E Ginelli, T Milford, J Coats, R Fisher,
CL Morris, X zhang, R Su and KJ Payne, Loma Linda, CA. Loma Linda University
COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY IMAGING BIOMARKERS PREDICT EPIDERMAL GROWTH
FACTOR RECEPTOR TUMOR STATUS AND PROGRESSION FREE SURVIVAL IN PATIENTS
WITH NON-SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER.
S Lechner and M Kuo, Los Angeles, CA. David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA (WSMRF)
LIVER CANCER INTERNET INFORMATION: AN EVALUATION OF THE USAGE OF INTERNET
RESOURCES BY PATIENTS WITH LIVER CANCER AND THE QUALITY OF INFORMATION
AVAILABLE ON THE INTERNET.
J McLeod and P Ingledew, Vancouver, BC, Canada. University of British Columbia
IMAGING OF INFLAMMATION BY NON-INVASIVE QUANTITATIVE T2-MRI USING IRON
OXIDE NANOPARTICLES.
J Montejano, B Hammond, K Huber, V Borges, D Simberg, P Schedin and N Serkova, Denver, CO;
Phoenix, AZ and Portland, OR. University of Colorado (WAFMR)
CURCUMIN UPTAKE VIA EXOSOMES DECREASES PANCREATIC CANCER CELLVIABILITY.
JC Lynch, PD Leaf, CJ Diaz Osterman and NR Wall, Loma Linda, CA. Loma Linda University
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CHLORIDE CHANNEL PROTEIN ABUNDANCE IS PERSISTENTLY ELEVATED DURING
EVOLUTION OF NEONATAL CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE IN PRETERM LAMBS.
N Brewster, L Deneckere, MJ Dahl, L Dong, ZM Wang, DM Null, BA Yoder, DP Carlton and K Albertine,
Salt Lake City, UT; Chicago, UT; Appleton, WI and Atlanta, GA. Midwestern University (WSPR)
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NEBULIZED 1>,25(OH)2D3: A NOVEL APPROACH AGAINST HYPEROXIA-INDUCED NEONATAL
LUNG INJURY.
R Sakurai, S Taylor, M Gong, J Liu and VK Rehan, Torrance, CA. Los Angeles Biomedical Research
Institute at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center (WSPR)
ANTI-INFLAMMATORY EFFECTS OF BUDESONIDE IN HUMAN FETAL LUNG.
A Barrette, J Roberts and P Ballard, San Francisco, CA and Salt Lake City, UT. University
of California San Francisco
State-of-the-Art Speaker
PULMONARY HYPERTENSION: TRANSLATING SCIENCE TO DRUG DEVELOPMENT
Robin Steinhorn, University of California Davis Children’s Hospital
NFJB ACTIVATION REGULATES MACROPHAGE DERIVED ET1 EXPRESSION FOLLOWING
SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY STRESS.
S McKenna, M Gossling and C Wright, Aurora, CO. University of Colorado
SEROTONIN SIGNALING IS INCREASED IN A MODEL OF BRONCHOPULMONARY
DYSPLASIA AND PULMONARY ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION.
CA Delaney, C Woods, J Kailey and E Grayck, Denver, CO. University of Colorado (WSPR)
BLEOMYIN-INDUCED LUNG INJURY IN MICE EXPRESSING HUMAN CARCINOEMBRYONIC
ANTIGEN CELL ADHESION MOLECULE 6.
CJ Chapin, A Barrette, R Gonzalez, L Gonzales and P Ballard, San Francisco, CA and Philadelphia, PA.
University of California San Francisco
TERMINAL BRONCHIOLES HAVE PERSISTENT MUSCULARIZATION IN THE LUNG OF
FORMER PRETERM LAMBS.
J Orchard, H Emerson, MJ Dahl, L Dong, ZM Wang, DM Null, BA Yoder and K Albertine,
Salt Lake City, UT. University of Utah (WSPR)
PULMONARY ARTERIOLES HAVE PERSISTENT MUSCULARIZATION IN THE LUNG OF
FORMER PRETERM LAMBS.
H Emerson, J Orchard, MJ Dahl, L Dong, ZM Wang, DM Null, BA Yoder and K Albertine,
Salt Lake City, UT. University of Utah (WSPR)
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Abstract 118
Neuroscience I
Chapman #4 (Sunset Center)
Marie-Francois Chesselet, Presiding
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THE EFFECT OF INCREASED 5-HT6 RECEPTOR EXPRESSION IN THE NUCLEUS
ACCUMBENS ON COCAINE SELF-ADMINISTRATION.
AW Gibson, M Brodsky, S Nair and J Neumaier, Seattle, WA. University of Washington (WSMRF)
CHOLINERGIC MODULATION OF CORTICOSTRIATAL GLUTAMATE RELEASE.
J Ross and N Bamford, Seattle, WA. University of Washington (WSMRF)
BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER DISRUPTION AFTER MILD TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY IN
A CLOSED SKULL MODEL.
M Boyd, HJ Bream and W Banks, Seattle, WA. VA Puget Sound Health Care System (WSMRF)
DEVELOPMENT OF A CLOSED SKULL MODEL FOR MILD REPETITIVE TRAUMATIC
BRAIN INJURY.
HJ Bream, M Boyd and W Banks, Seattle, WA. University of Washington (WSMRF)
DECREASED ACUTE INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE AND MYOGENESIS DURING SKELETAL
MUSCLE RELOAD IN THE MOUSE MODEL OF LGMD2A.
J Torres, I Kramerova and M Spencer, Los Angeles, CA. University of California, Los Angeles
TEMOZOLOMIDE RECHALLENGE IS AN EFFECTIVE TREATMENT FOR FIRST TUMOR
RECURRENCE IN PATIENTS WITH GLIOBLASTOMA.
A Yu and P Nghiemphu, Los Angeles, CA. David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA (WSMRF)
BUILDING A HUMAN CORTEX IN A DISH: A NOVEL TOOL FOR STUDYING
NEURODEVELOPMENTAL DISORDERS.
AM Pasca, S Sloan, LE Clarke, Y Tian, K Nguyen, C Kim, J Park, NA O’Rourke, SJ Smith,
DH Geschwind, BA Barres and SP Pasca, Palo Alto, CA; Los Angeles, CA and Seoul,
Korea (the Republic of). Stanford University (WSCI Travel Award Winner) (WSMRF)
ADOLESCENT FEMALES WITH SEVERE SUBSTANCE AND CONDUCT PROBLEMS SHOW
HYPOACTIVITY OF THE RETROSPLENIAL CORTICAL REGION OF THE DEFAULT
MODE NETWORK.
S Chumachenko, MS Dalwani and JT Sakai, Boulder, CO. University of Colorado School of Medicine
(WAFMR/WAP Student Subspecialty Award Winner) (WSMRF)
THE OLIGOCLONAL BANDS IN MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS MAY BE IGG3-IGG1 IMMUNE COMPLEXES.
A Sundet and X Yu, Denver, CO. University of Colorado School of Medicine Cancelled
PROLONGED NEUROINFLAMMATION FOLLOWING A SINGLE CLOSED HEAD
INJURY (CHI) IN MICE.
A Blood, C Corser-Jensen and K Heidenreich, Denver, CO and Aurora, CO. University of
Colorado School of Medicine (WSMRF)
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Studio 105 (Sunset Center)
Michael Schivo and Jason Y. Adams, Presiding
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GRANULOMATOUS LYMPHOCYTIC INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEAES (GL-ILD) IN COMMON
VARIABLE IMMUNODEFICIENCY.
BT Kuhn and AA Zeki, Sacramento, CA. University of California Davis Medical Center
(California Thoracic Society Scholar Winner)
ABDOMINAL PAIN IN LUNG TRANSPLANT RECIPIENT WITH CYSTIC FIBROSIS.
S Tokman and M Kleinhenz, San Francisco, CA. University of California, San Francisco
LUNG TRANSPLANTATION FOR PATIENTS WITH TELOMERASE MUTATIONS.
S Tokman, J Singer and S Hays, San Francisco, CA. University of California, San Francisco
(California Thoracic Society Scholar Winner)
TO VALIDATE STANDARD MEASUREMENTS OF LUNG FUNCTION IN A USER-FRIENDLY
NOVEL SPIROMETER AND INVESTIGATE THE ACCURACY OF AN EXHALED BREATH GAS
SENSOR IN ASTHMATICS AND NON-ASTHMATICS.
LD Tan, C Davis, M Schivo, J Delplanque, A Fung, A Kwan and N Kenyon, Sacramento, CA; Mather, CA
and Davis, CA. University of California, Davis
VALIDATING ALCOHOL SCREENING QUESTIONNAIRES IN THE MEDICAL INTENSIVE CARE UNIT.
S Kalra, E Burnham, IS Douglas, M Moss and B Clark, Aurora, CO and Denver, CO.
University of Colorado School of Medicine (WSMRF)
INFLUENCE OF CHRONIC HYPOXIA AND OXIDATIVE STRESS ON CA2+ SPARKS IN
PULMONARY ARTERIAL MYOCYTES OF ADULT SHEEP.
E Moral, M Romero, J Puglisi, DM Bers, L Izu, LD Longo and SM Wilson, Loma Linda, CA
and Davis, CA. Loma Linda University
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Abstract 134
Surgery I
Bingham Room #3 (Sunset Center)
Daniel Doan and Subhas Gupta, Presiding
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THE IMPACT OF THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT ON PAYOR MIX IN AN ACADEMIC PLASTIC
SURGERY CENTER.
E Kutzner, P Lewis and S Gupta, Loma Linda, CA. Loma Linda University School of Medicine (WAFMR/WAP Abstract 135
Student Subspecialty Award Winner)
HIGHER NUMBER OF OSTEOPHYTES WITH HYPERGLYCEMIA IN A MOUSE MODEL
OF OSTEOARTHRITIS.
Abstract 136
MM McNulty, M Duran, W Schroeder, R Clark, A Berry, A Bucknell and K King, Aurora, CO
and Denver, CO. University of Colorado School of Medicine (WSMRF)
MAGNETIC RESONANCE ARTHROGRAPHY AND THE PREVALENCE OF ACETABULAR
LABRAL TEARS IN PATIENTS 50 YEARS OF AGE AND OLDER: IS IT REALLY INDICATED?
Abstract 137
R Jayakar, A Merz, B Plotkin, D Wang, L Seeger and S Hame, Los Angeles, CA. David Geffen School of
Medicine at UCLA (WSMRF)
WHAT IS THE BEST WAY TO TRACK SURGICAL COMPLICATIONS? COMPARING THE
NATIONAL SURGICAL QUALITY IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM VERSUS TRADITIONAL
MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY ROUNDS.
Abstract 138
JX Zhang, D Song, J Bedford, D Courtemanche, M Bucevska and J Arneja, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
British Columbia Children’s Hospital (WSMRF)
THE ‘‘JULY EFFECT’’: FACT OR FICTION IN A TEACHING HOSPITAL-BASED PLASTIC
SURGERY PRACTICE?
Abstract 139
D Korsich, N Biskup, J Dhillon and S Gupta, Loma Linda, CA. Loma Linda University
PERIORBITAL USES OF A SILK DERIVED BIOLOGICAL SCAFFOLD: A CASE SERIES OF A
NEW TECHNIQUE FOR SOFT TISSUE SUSPENSION.
Abstract 140
I Danci, R Ford, J Dhillon and S Gupta, Loma Linda, CA. Loma Linda University School of Medicine
BREAST RECONSTRUCTION REFERRALS, RATES, AND MANAGEMENT FOLLOWING MASTECTOMY.
Abstract 141
S Yang, P Lewis and S Gupta, Loma Linda, CA and Riverside, CA. Loma Linda University School of Medicine
BIOMECHANICAL ASSESSMENT OF THREE PATELLAR ADVANCEMENT PROCEDURES FOR
THE TREATMENT OF PATELLA ALTA.
Abstract 142
K Krughoff, J Shapiro, T Baldini, A Seidl and J Carollo, Denver, CO. University of Colorado
ADVERSE EVENTS BEFORE AND AFTER THE IMPLEMENTATION OF A MULTIMODAL
PERI-OPERATIVE PAIN CONTROL REGIMEN FOR TOTAL KNEE ARTHROPLASTY:
A RETROSPECTIVE STUDY.
A Vizcarra, M Nour and R Applegate, Loma Linda, CA. Loma Linda University School of Medicine
Abstract 143
A NOVEL IN VIVO MOUSE MODEL OF POSTOPERATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS
IMPLANT RELATED SPINE INFECTION.
Abstract 144
JE Manegold, AI Stavrakis, AH Loftin, Y Hu, SA Richman, EM Dworsky, AA Scaduto and
NM Bernthal, Los Angeles, CA. David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
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STUDENT SUBSPECIALTY AWARD POSTER SESSION AND RECEPTION
Jointly sponsored by
WESTERN SECTION AMERICAN FEDERATION FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH
WESTERN SOCIETY FOR CLINICAL INVESTIGATION
WESTERN ASSOCIATION OF PHYSICIANS
WESTERN SOCIETY FOR PEDIATRIC RESEARCH
WESTERN STUDENT MEDICAL RESEARCH FORUM
Carmel Women’s Club
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USING ELECTRONIC METHODS TO CURB IRRESPONSIBLE DRINKING IN BUTTE ADOLESCENTS.
A Aldredge, Seattle, WA. University of Washington School of Medicine (Abbott Subspecialty Award) (WSMRF)
EXCESSIVE DAYTIME SLEEPINESS AS AN INDICATOR OF DEPRESSION AMONG
HISPANIC AMERICANS.
BA Nuyen, RS Fox, VL Malcarne, SI Wachsman, K Banuelos and GR Sadler, La Jolla, CA and
San Diego, CA. University of California, San Diego School of Medicine (Abbott Subspecialty Award)
DYNAMICAL MODEL OF OSCILLATORY GENE EXPRESSION IN BMP-4/9 VASCULAR
ENDOTHELIAL CELL NETWORK.
D Yazdi, P Guihard, K Bostrom and A Garfinkel, Westwood, CA. David Geffen School of Medicine at
UCLA (WAFMR/WAP Student Subspecialty Award Winner) (WSMRF)
THE ASSOCIATION BETWEEN SCHOOL ATTENDED AND NUTRITIONAL STATUS IN
SCHOOLCHILDREN IN SOROTI, UGANDA.
V Ma, N O’Hara, D Duffy, E Skarsgard and S Innis, Vancouver, BC, Canada. University of British Columbia
(WAFMR/WAP Student Subspecialty Award Winner)
DECREASED MITOCHONDRIAL FUNCTION RELATED TO INSULIN RESISTANCE IN ADOLESCENT
GIRLS WITH TYPE 2 DIABETES.
A Gupta, M Cree-Green, G Coe, A West, M Brown, B Newcomer and K Nadeau, Aurora, CO and Birmingham,
AL. The University of Colorado, Anschutz (WAFMR/WAP Student Subspecialty Award Winner) (WSMRF)
DERIVATIVES OF NEOAMPHIMEDINE AS TOPOISOMERASE II ALPHA INHIBITORS.
D Rooke, D LaBarbera and W Messersmith, Aurora, CO. University of Colorado School of Medicine
(WAFMR/WAP Student Subspecialty Award Winner) (WSMRF)
HIV-INFECTION AND AGING: DOES HIV INFECTION LEAD TO SHORTENED TELOMERES?
E Auld, E Chang, J Lin, E Blackburn and L Huang, Seattle, WA and San Francisco, CA.
University of Washington (WAFMR/WAP Student Subspecialty Award Winner) (WSMRF)
ASSESSING PENETRANCE OF HEMOCHROMATOSIS IN AN UNSELECTED POPULATION OF
C282Y HOMOZYGOTES USING ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORDS.
C Shaw, C Gallego, A Burt and GP Jarvik, Seattle, WA. University of Washington School of Medicine
(Abbott Subspecialty Award)
RISK FACTORS FOR POSTPARTUM READMISSION FOR HYPERTENSIVE DISORDERS AT A
TERTIARY HOSPITAL CENTER.
K Thomas, J Lai, S Walker and T Benedetti, Seattle, WA. University of Washington School of Medicine
(WAFMR/WAP Student Subspecialty Award Winner) (WSMRF)
WITHDREW
IGM-MEDIATED PHAGOCYTOSIS OF STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS IN MICROGLIA IS DEPENDENT
ON COMPLEMENT RECEPTOR 3, BUT NOT COMPLEMENT FACTOR 3.
JF Hanson, Y Quan, L Colonna, T Moller and JR Weinstein, Seattle, WA. University of Washington
(WAFMR/WAP Student Subspecialty Award Winner) (WSMRF)
PRECLINICAL DEVELOPMENT OF NOVEL ANTIBIOTICS AGAINST GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIA.
N Duster, S Creason, R Ranade, E Fan, Z Zhang and F Buckner, Seattle, WA. University of Washington
(WAFMR/WAP Student Subspecialty Award Winner)
IDENTIFICATION OF A CANDIDATE LOCUS AT 8Q21 AMONG INFANTS WITH CONOTRUNCAL
HEART DEFECTS.
L Parkman, K Schultz, N Mohammed, C Parodi, K Osoegawa, GM Shaw and E Lammer, Oakland, CA
and Stanford, CA. UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital (Abbott Subspecialty Award)
MATERNAL TOBACCO SMOKE EXPOSURE ALTERS DEVELOPMENTALLY REGULATED ELASTIN
ALTERNATIVE SPLICING IN THE LUNG OF RAT PUPS.
AO Sainz, C Zou, J Zhao, Y Wang, K Albertine and L Joss-Moore, Salt Lake City, UT. University of Utah
(Abbott Subspecialty Award) (WAFMR)
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THE EFFECT OF HEMATOCRIT ON IN VITRO BILIRUBIN PHOTOALTERATION UNDER BLUE AND
BLUE-GREEN LIGHT.
DT Linfield, E Mei, AY Hwang, HJ Vreman, AA Lamola, RJ Wong and DK Stevenson, Stanford, CA.
Stanford University School of Medicine (Abbott Subspecialty Award)
ANTENATAL FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH CLOSURE OF PATENT DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS
IN EXTREMELY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT (ELBW) INFANTS.
P Shastry, S Vaikunth, R Cayabyab and S Bhombal, Los Angeles, CA. USC Division of Neonatal Medicine,
LAC+USC Medical Center, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
(Abbott Subspecialty Award)
EPIDEMIOLOGY OF CARDIAC SURGERY ASSOCIATED ACUTE KIDNEY INJURY IN NEONATES:
A PROSPECTIVE COHORT STUDY.
A De Mello, A Campbell, K Lee -Son, M Zappitelli, P Skippen, S Gandhi and C Mammen, Vancouver, BC,
Canada and Montreal, QC, Canada. BC Children’s Hospital (WAFMR/WAP Student Subspecialty Award Winner)
ADOLESCENT FEMALES WITH SEVERE SUBSTANCE AND CONDUCT PROBLEMS SHOW
HYPOACTIVITY OF THE RETROSPLENIAL CORTICAL REGION OF THE DEFAULT MODE NETWORK.
S Chumachenko, MS Dalwani and JT Sakai, Boulder, CO. University of Colorado School of Medicine
(WAFMR/WAP Student Subspecialty Award Winner) (WSMRF)
TRANSLATION OF SMALL MOLECULES THERAPIES FROM AN INDUCED PLURIPOTENT STEM
CELL MODEL OF IDIOPATHIC PULMONARY FIBROSIS TO THE BLEOMYCIN MOUSE MODEL.
E Li, P Vijjayaraj and B Gomperts, Los Angeles, CA. David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA (WAFMR/WAP
Student Subspecialty Award Winner)
THE IMPACT OF THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT ON PAYOR MIX IN AN ACADEMIC PLASTIC
SURGERY CENTER.
E Kutzner, P Lewis and S Gupta, Loma Linda, CA. Loma Linda University School of Medicine (WAFMR/WAP
Student Subspecialty Award Winner)
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JOINT PLENARY SESSION
OBESITY
WESTERN SECTION AMERICAN FEDERATION FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH
WESTERN SOCIETY FOR CLINICAL INVESTIGATION
WESTERN ASSOCIATION OF PHYSICIANS
WESTERN SOCIETY FOR PEDIATRIC RESEARCH
Sunset Center Theater
Friday, January 30, 2015
8:00 AM Y 11:15 AM
Kurt Albertine and Michael Schivo, Presiding
8:00 WSPR ABBOTT NUTRITION LOWELL GLASGOW STUDENT RESEARCH AWARD
DIFFERENTIAL GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING BETWEEN PRIMARY AND METASTATIC
CUTANEOUS SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA.
S Rabi, A Su, S Ra, X Li and S Binder, Los Angeles, CA and San Diego, CA. David Geffen School of
Medicine at UCLA (WSMRF)
8:15 WSPR ABBOTT NUTRITION DAVID W. SMITH PEDIATRIC TRAINEE RESEARCH AWARD
A PROSPECTIVE RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL COMPARING SPRINTING VERSUS
NON-SPRINTING APPROCH TO WEAN NASAL CONTINUOUS POSITIVE AIRWAY
PRESSURE SUPPORT IN PREMATURE INFANTS BORN AT G 30 WEEKS GESTATIONAL AGE.
N Eze, D Murphy, A Jacinto, Y Pak, M Morris, V Dhar and VK Rehan, Torrance, CA and Orange, CA.
Harbor UCLA Medical Center
8:30 E.E. OSGOOD AWARD
IN VIVO DETECTION OF LOCALIZED PROTEASE UPREGULATION IN MURINE ASTHMA.
C Felsen, E Savariar, M Whitney and R Tsien, La Jolla, CA. University of California San Diego (WSMRF)
8:45 WAFMR OUTSTANDING INVESTIGATOR AWARD
AXIN2 PREDICTS PROSTATE CANCER RECURRENCE AND PROMOTES AN INVASIVE,
CANCER STEM-LIKE PHENOTYPE.
B Hu, A Fairey, A Madhav, D Yang, M Li, C Stephens, D Quinn, S Martin, I Gill and A Goldkorn, Los Angeles, CA.
University of Southern California (WSCI)
9:00 WSPR ABBOTT NUTRITION YOUNG INVESTIGATOR RESEARCH AWARD DAMAGE CONTROL:
TARGETING THE NFJB INHIBITORY PROTEINS IJB> AND IJBA TO MODULATE
THE RESPONSE TO INFLAMMATORY STRESS IN THE DEVELOPING LUNG
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9:30 Y 9:45 am Intermission
John Kane and Stephanie Page, Presiding
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WSPR STANLEY WRIGHT MEMORIAL LECTURE
PRADER-WILLI SYNDROME: A GENETIC MODEL OF CHILDHOOD-ONSET OBESITY.
Suzanne Cassidy, University of California, San Francisco
WAP DISTINGUISHED LECTURESHIP
GENETIC AND EPIGENETIC REGULATION OF AGING.
Anne Brunet, Stanford University
WSCI MAYO SOLEY AWARD
Presenter: Stephanie Page, University of Washington
Recipient: Christina Wang, Harbor-UCLA
AWARD PRESENTATIONS
ADJOURN
WSPR BUSINESS MEETING
WSCI BUSINESS MEETING
INVESTIGATOR WORKSHOP
Friday, January 30, 2015
11:30 AM Y 12:30 PM
The American Federation for Medical Research and the Tri-Societies are pleased to sponsor a workshop for Fellows and Junior Faculty.
Lunch will be provided.
PUBLISHING WITHOUT PERISHING
Richard L. Kravitz, MD, MSPH
University of California Davis
Sunset Center Y Green Room
CONCURRENT SESSIONS
Friday, January 30, 2015
12:30 PM Y 2:30 PM
Jointly sponsored by
WESTERN SECTION AMERICAN FEDERATION FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH
WESTERN SOCIETY FOR CLINICAL INVESTIGATION
WESTERN ASSOCIATION OF PHYSICIANS
WESTERN SOCIETY FOR PEDIATRIC RESEARCH
WESTERN STUDENT MEDICAL RESEARCH FORUM
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GeneticsIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIRehearsal Room
Neonatology Y General IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIAll Saints Church, Seacombe Hall
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Adolescent Medicine and General Pediatrics I
Studio 105 (Sunset Center)
Samrat U. Das, Eche Ezeanolue, and Rita Shah, Presiding
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MEDICAL SIMULATION AS A TOOL FOR PEDIATRIC ACTIVE SHOOTER EDUCATION.
AJ Czynski, V Layel and TK Denmark, Loma Linda, CA and Redlands, CA. Loma Linda Children’s Hospital
LINEZOLID FOR TREATMENT OF OSTEOARTICULAR INFECTIONS IN THE PEDIATRIC
POPULATION: A REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE.
C Mercurio, M Nilkanth, K Walker, J Williams, S Thomas, J Minagar, M Paragas, M Mettler
and B Afghani, Irvine, CA. University of California Irvine
RENAL RECOVERY WITH ECULIZUMAB IN A CHILD WITH ATYPICAL HEMOLYTIC UREMIC
SYNDROME AND HOMOZYGOUS DELETIONS OF COMPLEMENT FACTOR H RELATED
PROTEINS 1 AND 3.
E Park, A Staples, JR Brandt, C Wong and C Joseph, Albuquerque, NM. University of New Mexico
(WSPR Mead Johnson Travel Award Winner)
SCREENING FOR MATERNAL POSTPARTUM DEPRESSION DURING INFANT HOSPITALIZATIONS.
C Man, E Casillas, K Molas-Torreblanca, H Sapir, S Schrager and M Trost, Los Angeles, CA.
USC Keck School of Medicine (WSPR)
PEDIATRIC MELANOMA IN BRITISH COLUMBIA.
P Dean, C Strahlendorf, M Bucevska and C Verchere, Kingston, ON, Canada and Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Queen’s University (WSMRF)
COMMUNICATION EFFECTIVENESS BETWEEN FAMILIES OF HOSPITALIZED CHILDREN AND
HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS.
T Kavafyan, K Archer and K Ngo, Redlands, CA. Loma Linda University (WSMRF)
HETEROTOPIC OSSIFICATION AFTER NON-OPERATIVE MANAGEMENT OF AN
ACROMIOCLAVICULAR SEPARATION: A CASE REPORT.
SM Palathumpat and JH Nielson, Las Vegas, NV. University of Nevada School of Medicine
A COMPARISON OF MIDAZOLAM AND ZOLPIDEM AS ORAL PREMEDICATION IN CHILDREN.
JP Everett, A Hanna and R Applegate, Loma Linda, CA. Loma Linda University
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Abstract 170
Abstract 171
Abstract 172
Abstract 173
Abstract 174
Abstract 175
Abstract 176
2:30 pm Y 3:30 pm Break and Poster Session
Cardiovascular III
Promenade Lobby (Sunset Center)
Joshua I. Goldhaber, Presiding
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12:45
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SERUM RESPONSE FACTOR IN PEDIATRIC HEART FAILURE.
M Cecil, K Dockstader and CC Sucharov, Boulder, CO and Aurora, CO. University of Colorado Boulder
DOES SWITCHING TO PROLIFERATION SIGNAL INHIBITORS DECREASE THE RISK OF
DEVELOPING SUBSEQUENT MALIGNANCIES IN HEART TRANSPLANT PATIENTS?
M Merchant, F Liou, S Siddiqui, M Hamilton and J Kobashigawa, Los Angeles, CA.
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
DO ABNORMAL REGADENOSON SCANS PREDICT SUBSEQUENT POOR OUTCOME?
D Wong, F Liou, S Siddiqui, M Hamilton and J Kobashigawa, Los Angeles, CA.
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
PERIOPERATIVE PROGNOSTIC FACTORS FOR FONTAN PATIENTS UNDERGOING ORTHOTOPIC
HEART TRANSPLANT.
CJ Berg, B Bauer, A Hageman and L Reardon, Los Angeles, CA. David Geffen School of Medicine
at UCLA (WSMRF)
HYPERTROPHY INDUCING FACTOR IN PEDIATRIC IDIOPATHIC DILATED
CARDIOMYOPATHY SERUM.
J Sucharov-Costa, CC Sucharov, BL Stauffer, S Miyamoto and L Walker, Boulder, CO; Denver, CO
and Aurora, CO. University of Colorado
CHARACTERISTICS & PREVALENCE OF ATRIAL FIBRILLATION IN ADULTS WITH CONGENITAL
HEART DISEASE.
E Malek, J Balakumar, D Do, J Aboulhosn and N Boyle, Los Angeles, CA. David Geffen School of Medicine
at UCLA (WSMRF)
PATIENTS WITH AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE: NOTA CONTRAINDICATION FOR HEART
TRANSPLANTATION.
J Yabuno, M Luu, F Liou, M Hamilton and J Kobashigawa, Los Angeles, CA. Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
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Bingham Room #3 (Sunset Center)
Kristina Utzschneider and Ellen Schur, Presiding
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PULMONARY HEMORRHAGE AS A FATAL COMPLICATION OF RADIOACTIVE IODINE
TREATMENT IN A PATIENT WITH METASTATIC DIFFERENTIATED THYROID CARCINOMA.
L Colip, J Fair, M Burge and P Kapsner, Albuquerque, NM. University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center
VITAMIN D INDUCES MUSCLE DIFFERENTIATION AND PROMOTES AN ANTIFIBROTIC
PHENOTYPE IN PRIMARY CULTURES OF SKELETAL MUSCLE SATELLITE CELLS
AND FIBROBLASTS.
JN Artaza, JR Contreras, SM Hlaing, LA Garcia, S Pervin and MG Ferrini, Los Angeles, CA.
Charles Drew University (WAFMR)
THE ANTIOXIDANT N-ACETYLCYSTEINE DOES NOT IMPROVE GLUCOSE TOLERANCE
OR A-CELL FUNCTION IN TYPE 2 DIABETES.
MA Szkudlinska, AD von Frankenberg and K Utzschneider, Seattle, WA. University of Washington
(WSCI Travel Award Winner) (WAFMR)
DECREASED MITOCHONDRIAL FUNCTION RELATED TO INSULIN RESISTANCE IN
ADOLESCENT GIRLS WITH TYPE 2 DIABETES.
A Gupta, M Cree-Green, G Coe, AWest, M Brown, B Newcomer and K Nadeau, Aurora, CO and Birmingham, AL.
The University of Colorado, Anschutz (WAFMR/WAP Student Subspecialty Award Winner) (WSMRF)
EFFECTS OF HIP2B ON PDX1 AND GRB2 EXPRESSION IN FETAL PANCREATIC
PROGENITOR CELLS.
MV Yao, S McConaghy and RK Ohls, Albuquerque, NM. University of New Mexico
ENERGY SUPPLY FROM CONTINUOUS VENOVENOUS HEMOFILTRATION IN CRITICALLY
ILL PATIENTS.
AM New, EM Nystrom, EN Frazee, KB Kashani, JJ Dillon and JM Miles, Rochester, MN. Mayo Clinic
(WAFMR/WAP Outstanding Resident Award Winner)
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Abstract 188
Abstract 189
Abstract 190
Abstract 191
2:30 pm Y 3:30 pm Break and Poster Session
Gastroenterology
Babcock #6 (Sunset Center)
Jay Erickson and Timothy Robinson, Presiding
12:30
12:45
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THE EFFECT OF FEEDING TIME ON RECURRENCE OF INTUSSUSCEPTION AFTER REDUCTION.
Y Arroyo Chora, J Chow, F Farsio, P French, J Lee, L Otarola, P Prasad and B Afghani, Irvine, CA; Orange,
CA and LA, CA. UC Irvine School of Medicine
DERIVATIVES OF NEOAMPHIMEDINE AS TOPOISOMERASE II ALPHA INHIBITORS.
D Rooke, D LaBarbera and W Messersmith, Aurora, CO. University of Colorado School of Medicine
(WAFMR/WAP Student Subspecialty Award Winner) (WSMRF)
ULTRASOUND: A POTENTIAL TOOL FOR THE DIAGNOSIS OF GASTRIC MOTILITY DISORDERS.
JR Albanese, G Hennig and S Tsuda, Reno, NVand Las Vegas, NV. University of Nevada School of Medicine (WSMRF)
LONG-TERM TRANSPLANT-FREE SURVIVAL AND LIVER FUNCTION IN CHILDREN
WITH INTESTINAL FAILURE ASSOCIATED LIVER DISEASE WHO RECEIVED SIX MONTHS
OF INTRAVENOUS FISH OIL AND RESUMED INTRAVENOUS SOYBEAN OIL.
KL Calkins, J Dunn, S Shew and R Venick, Los Angeles, CA. David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
A RARE CASE OF ATTENUATED FAMILIAL ADENOMATOUS POLYPOSIS.
C Rives, A Rahman and S Mittal, Johnson City, TN and Houston, TX. East Tennessee State University
A DISTAL ILEAL STRICTURE DUE TO A TUBULO-VILLOUS ADENOMA MIMICKING A
SMALL BOWEL TUMOR.
C Rives, P Patel and M Young, Johnson City, TN. East Tennessee State University
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Abstract 195
Abstract 196
Abstract 197
2:30 pm Y 3:30 pm Break and Poster Session
Genetics
Rehearsal Room (Sunset Center)
Margaret Adam and Fabiola Quintero-Rivera, Presiding
12:30
12:45
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DIFFERENTIAL GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING BETWEEN PRIMARY AND
METASTATIC CUTANEOUS SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA.
S Rabi, A Su, S Ra, X Li and S Binder, Los Angeles, CA and San Diego, CA. David Geffen School of
Medicine at UCLA (WSPR Abbott Nutrition Lowell Glasgow Student Research Award Winner) (WSMRF)
ASSESSING PENETRANCE OF HEMOCHROMATOSIS IN AN UNSELECTED POPULATION
OF C282Y HOMOZYGOTES USING ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORDS.
C Shaw, C Gallego, A Burt and GP Jarvik, Seattle, WA. University of Washington School of Medicine
(Abbott Subspecialty Award)
EFFECTS OF GROWTH HORMONE TREATMENT ON INTELLIGENCE TEST RESULTS AND
A CONSIDERATION OF MOLECULAR SUBTYPES IN PRADER WILLI SYNDROME.
J Gold, N Matthews, A Surampalli, M Wencel, S Cassidy and V Kimonis, Loma Linda, CA; Orange, CA
and San Francisco, CA. Loma Linda University
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CONGENITAL MYASTHENIA SYNDROME (CMS): UNIPARENTAL DISOMY OF CHROMOSOME
2 AND HOMOZYGOUS MUTATION OF GFPT1.
J Krate, KM Ramsey, S Rangasamy and V Narayanan, Tucson, AZ and Phoenix, AZ. University of Arizona
NOVEL FORM OF NEONATAL CHOLESTASIS DUE TO MUTATIONS IN THE FARNESOID
X RECEPTOR GENE NR1H4.
N Gomez-Ospina, GC Washignton and GM Enns, Stanford, CA. Stanford Hospital (WSPR Mead Johnson
Travel Award Winner)
BLURRING THE LINE BETWEEN DIAGNOSTIC AND PREDICTIVE TESTING - WDR45
RELATED DISEASE MAY PRESENT AS STATIC DEVELOPMENTAL DELAY WITH LATE
PROGRESSION TO NEURODEGENERATION.
A Ananth and J Bernstein, Palo Alto, CA. Stanford University School of Medicine
SCN11A GENE MUTATION AS THE CAUSE OF AUTOSOMAL-DOMINANT EPISODIC PAIN IN A
3-GENERATION FAMILY.
CF Macmurdo, P Gong, A Hanson-Kahn and J Bernstein, Stanford, CA. Stanford University School of Medicine
FEMALE CHILD WITH CANTu´ SYNDROME AND AORTECTASIA CAUSED BY A MUTATION
IN ABCC9, EXPANDING THE PHENOTYPE.
JJ Barea and L Bird, San Diego, CA. Rady Children’s Specialists of San Diego (WSPR)
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Abstract 205
2:30 pm Y 3:30 pm Break and Poster Session
Neonatology - General II
All Saints Church, Seacombe Hall
Christian Yost and Amy Kimball, Presiding
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THE EFFECT OF HEMATOCRIT ON IN VITRO BILIRUBIN PHOTOALTERATION UNDER
BLUE AND BLUE-GREEN LIGHT.
DT Linfield, E Mei, AY Hwang, HJ Vreman, AA Lamola, RJ Wong and DK Stevenson, Stanford, CA.
Stanford University School of Medicine (Abbott Subspecialty Award)
EFFECTS OF ERYTHROPOIESIS STIMULATING AGENTS ON CEREBRAL BLOOD FLOW IN
PRETERM, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT INFANTS.
CA Davidson, A Caprihan, J Phillips, DC Cannon and RK Ohls, Albuquerque, NM. University of New Mexico
NEONATAL EXTRACORPOREAL MEMBRANE OXYGENATION IS ASSOCIATED WITH
VISCERAL IRON OVERLOAD.
AJ Reitman, P Friedlich, R Chapman, J Wisnowski, R Ramanathan, TD Coates, M Nelson and JC Wood,
Los Angeles, CA. Children’s Hospital Los Angeles and LAC+USC Medical Center, Keck School of Medicine, USC
TRANSFUSION OF WASHED PACKED RED BLOOD CELLS AND NECROTIZING
ENTEROCOLITIS IN EXTREMELY PRETERM INFANTS.
A Joshi, R Ramanathan and R Cayabyab, Los Angeles, CA. LAC-USC Medical Center
SYSTEMIC TO PULMONARY COLLATERALS DETECTED BEYOND TWO MONTHS OF LIFE
IN EXTREMELY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT INFANTS: INCIDENCE, CLINICAL SIGNIFICANCE AND
HEMODYNAMIC FEATURES.
I Thompson, R Cayabyab, M Ebrahimi, R Ramanathan and B Siassi, Los Angeles, CA. University of Southern California
PERFUSION INDEX IN VERY PRETERM INFANTS ADMITTED TO THE NEONATAL INTENSIVE
CARE UNIT.
C Nicholas, R George, R Cayabyab, S Sardesai, M Durand and R Ramanathan, Los Angeles, CA.
LAC+USC Medical Center
EFFICACY AND SAFETY OF A NEW HEME FORMULATION FOR USE IN THE STUDY OF
SEVERE NEONATAL HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA.
DN Lin, M Wagner, RJ Wong and DK Stevenson, Stanford, CA. Stanford University School of Medicine
CEREBRAL LACTATE CONCENTRATION DURING AND AFTER THERAPEUTIC HYPOTHERMIA
IN NEONATES WITH HYPOXIC ISCHEMIC ENCEPHALOPATHY.
AJ Reitman, S Bluml, P Friedlich, T Wu, C McLean, E Ho and J Wisnowski, Los Angeles, CA; Linkou,
Taiwan (Province of China) and Pittsburg, PA. Center for Fetal and Neonatal Medicine, USC Division of
Neonatal Medicine, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles and LAC+USC Medical Center, Keck School of Medicine
of USC (WSPR)
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Abstract 210
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Abstract 212
Abstract 213
2:30 pm Y 3:30 pm Break and Poster Session
Neonatology - Perinatal Biology I
Chapman #4 (Sunset Center)
Cassidy A. Delaney and Lauren Jantzie, Presiding
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OF INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RESTRICTION.
A Chu, A Ganguly, M Wadehra and S Devaskar, Los Angeles, CA. David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
MOLECULAR & CELLULAR ANALYSIS OF TRACHEO-ESOPHAGEAL FISTULA RESULTING
FROM GENETIC MESODERMAL INTERRUPTION OF HEDGEHOG SIGNALING IN MICE.
A Fischer, S Li, C Li and P Minoo, Los Angeles, CA. LAC+USC Medical Center and Keck School
of Medicine, University of Southern California (WSPR Mead Johnson Travel Award Winner)
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ANTENATAL FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH CLOSURE OF PATENT DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS
IN EXTREMELY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT (ELBW) INFANTS.
P Shastry, S Vaikunth, R Cayabyab and S Bhombal, Los Angeles, CA. USC Division of Neonatal Medicine,
LAC+USC Medical Center, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California,
Los Angeles, CA, USA (Abbott Subspecialty Award)
A PROSPECTIVE RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL COMPARING SPRINTING VERSUS
NON-SPRINTING APPROCH TO WEAN NASAL CONTINUOUS POSITIVE AIRWAY
PRESSURE SUPPORT IN PREMATURE INFANTS BORN AT G 30 WEEKS GESTATIONAL AGE.
N Eze, D Murphy, A Jacinto, Y Pak, M Morris, V Dhar and VK Rehan, Torrance, CA and Orange, CA.
Harbor UCLA Medical Center (WSPR Abbott Nutrition David W. Smith Pediatric Trainee Research Award Winner)
DECREASE IN DELIVERY ROOM INTUBATION RATES AFTER RESUSCITATION USING
MODIFIED NASAL CANNULA IN VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT INFANTS.
M Biniwale, F Wertheimer, R Hernandez and R Ramanathan, Los Angeles, CA. University of Southern
California Keck School of Medicine
FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH LIMITED PARENTAL HEALTH LITERACY IN A LEVEL III
NICU IN CALIFORNIA’S CENTRAL VALLEY.
A Chadha, A Liang, E Chu and S Elliott, Fresno, CA. UCSF Fresno
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Abstract 219
2:30 pm Y 3:30 pm Break and Poster Session
Surgery II
Conductor’s Room
Subhas Gupta, Presiding
12:30 ACUTE KIDNEY INJURY FOLLOWING SPINAL INSTRUMENTATION SURGERY IN CHILDREN.
JJ Jo¨bsis, A Alabbas, R Milner, K Mulpuri, C Reilly and C Mammen, Blaricum, Netherlands; Edmonton,
AB, Canada and Vancouver, BC, Canada. Tergooi University
12:45 MORTALITY FOLLOWING ELECTIVE SURGERY: A RETROSPECTIVE AUTOPSY SERIES.
B Coffman, R Clark, S Lathrop, C Krinsky and I Paul, Albuquerque, NM. University of New Mexico
1:00 OUTCOMES OF CRANIOFACIAL MICROSOMIA TREATMENT: MICROTIA RECONSTRUCTION.
RS Mandelbaum, D Martins, E Dubina, S Park, A Ishiyama, JP Bradley and JC Lee, Los Angeles, CA.
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA (WSMRF)
1:15 UTILITY OF INTRAOPERATIVE NEUROLOGIC MONITORING DURING VEPTR
EXPANSION SURGERY.
J LaGreca, T Flynn and S Garg, Denver, CO; Aurora, CO and Valley Forge, PA. University of Colorado
School of Medicine
1:30 FACTORS INFLUENCING OPERATING ROOM TURNOVER TIME.
C Conceicao, A Lee, K Myklak, M Alsyouf and D Baldwin, Loma Linda, CA. Loma Linda University Medical Center
1:45 SUPERFICIAL CERVICAL PLEXUS BLOCK FOR IPSILATERAL SHOULDER PAIN AFTER
THORACOTOMY.
JD Hassebrock and S Jelacic, Lynnwood, WA. University of Washington (WSMRF)
2:00 BEYOND COMPUTER SIMULATION: A NOVEL ELECTROMECHANICAL PLATFORM FOR
TRAINING SURGEONS.
J Fernandez, P Benharash, P Frank and J Resnik, Los Angeles, CA. David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
2:15 THE EFFECT OF CLEAVE TECHNIQUE AND TIME ON LASER FIBER POWER OUTPUT.
B Peplinski, D Faaborg, M Alsyouf, E Miao, K Myklak and D Baldwin, Loma Linda, CA. Loma Linda University
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2:30 pm Y 3:30 pm Break and Poster Session
POSTER SESSION II
Jointly sponsored by
WESTERN SECTION AMERICAN FEDERATION FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH
WESTERN SOCIETY FOR CLINICAL INVESTIGATION
WESTERN ASSOCIATION OF PHYSICIANS
WESTERN SOCIETY FOR PEDIATRIC RESEARCH
WESTERN STUDENT MEDICAL RESEARCH FORUM
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PEDIATRIC RESIDENT PERCEPTIONS OF SPANISH INTERPRETER USE AND NEED FOR
SPANISH LANGUAGE TRAINING.
N Switchenko, V Wilkins and M Saidi, Salt Lake City, UT. University of Utah
IDENTIFICATION OF A NOVEL CHST6 MUTATION IN AN INDIVIDUAL WITH MACULAR
CORNEAL DYSTROPHY.
S Chiu, J Gee, R Frausto, D Chung and A Aldave, Los Angeles, CA. David Geffen School of Medicine
at UCLA (WSMRF)
MATERNAL-FETAL LEAD POISONING: 15 YEARS LATER.
LW Raymond and MD Ford, Charlotte, NC. Carolinas Poison Center (WAFMR)
PRE-OPERATIVE N-BUTYL-2-CYANOACRYLATE GLUE EMBOLIZATION PEDIATRIC HEAD
AND NECK VENOUS MALFORMATIONS: TECHNIQUE AND CLINICAL OUTCOMES.
J Verraich, G Shivaram, B Ghodke, S Vaidya, D Zopf and J Perkins, Seattle, WA. University of Washington
School of Medicine
MONITORED UTILIZATION OF PREVENTION BUNDLES TO DECREASE HOSPITAL-ACQUIRED
INFECTIONS IN A TERTIARY INTENSIVE CARE NURSERY IN VIETNAM.
D Hoffman, T Nguyen, N Le and JC Partridge, San Francisco, CA and Ha Noi, Viet Nam.
University of California, San Francisco
A CLOSER LOOK AT THE EFFECTS OF A PARTIAL DOSE OF ANTENATAL STEROIDS (ANS)
COMPARED TO NO DOSE ON PREMATURE INFANTS AT RISK FOR SEVERE IVH:
A META-ANALYSIS.
AO Ruvalcaba, C Chang, J Hong, D Jooryabi, D Pao, A Patel, C Wong and B Afghani, Irvine, CA
and Orange, CA. University of California, Irvine
ROLE OF L-TYPE CA2+ CHANNELS IN S-NITROSOTHIOL-MEDIATED VASODILATION OF
MESENTERIC AND FEMORAL ARTERIES OF ADULT SHEEP.
M Andaya, T Liu and A Blood, Loma Linda, CA. Loma Linda University (WSMRF)
Surgery
IS IT SAFE TO RE-ACCESS SODIUM BICARBONATE VIALS FOR USE IN MINOR SURGERY?
L Bjornson, L Willis, M Margach, P Tilley, M Bucevska and C Verchere, Kingston, ON, Canada
and Vancouver, BC, Canada. Queen’s University (WSMRF)
FACTORS AFFECTING SEXUAL FUNCTION AMONG AGING WOMEN WITH PELVIC FLOOR
DISORDERS.
JF Borok, K Eilber, C Bresee, L Wood, R Luu, A Hannemann and J Anger, Los Angeles, CA.
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
COMPLETE KELOID EXCISION AND DERMAL REGENERATION TEMPLATE APPLICATION
IN RECALCITRANT FACIAL KELOIDS: A NOVEL APPROACH TO TREATING.
I Danci, N Biskup, J Dhillon, W Wong and S Gupta, Loma Linda, CA. Loma Linda University School of Medicine
RETROSPECTIVE COMPARISON OF ARTERIAL VASCULAR CLOSURE DEVICES IN
INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY PROCEDURES.
M Elmasri and JP McWilliams, Los Angeles, CA. David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
CHITOSAN PROPERTIES AFTER DEPYROGENATION WITH NON-THERMAL NITROGEN
GAS PLASMA.
T Pender, A Crofton and W Kirsch, Loma Linda, CA. Loma Linda University (WSMRF)
ABDUCTOR FOOTPRINT LOSS WITH CEPHALOMEDULLARY NAIL REAMING.
ZR Hill, C Burke, S Inceoglu and G Botimer, Loma Linda, CA. Loma Linda University School of Medicine
DETERMINATION OF THE OPTIMAL GUIDEWIRE FOR SURGICAL URETERAL STENT
INSERTION USING AN EX VIVO PORCINE MODEL.
H Hodgson, K Myklak, M Alsyouf, J Arenas and D Baldwin, Loma Linda, CA. Loma Linda University
CONTENT EVALUATION AND REVIEW OF ACCESSBILITY FOR OPHTHALMOLOGY RESIDENCY
PROGRAM WEBSITES.
RE Jones, JZ Kartchner, NA Jones and M Wang, Tucson, AZ and Phoenix, AZ. University of Arizona
A NOVEL CLEAR BALLISTICS GEL PHANTOM FOR ULTRASOUND TRAINING.
JZ Kartchner, R Amini, L Stolz and S Adhikari, Tucson, AZ. University of Arizona
DIFFICULT INTRAVENOUS ACCESS IN THE PEDIATRIC PERIOPERATIVE ENVIRONMENT:
CREATION OF AN ALGORITHM FROM INTERVIEWS WITH ANESTHESIA PROVIDERS.
S Kelleher, N Sun, G Williams and D Char, Stanford, CA. Stanford University School of Medicine
APPLYING A STANDARDIZED, VALIDATED INSTRUMENT TO QUANTIFY PAIN BEFORE AND
AFTER REDUCTION MAMMOPLASTY.
E Kutzner, P Lewis, J Dhillon, N Biskup and S Gupta, Loma Linda, CA. Loma Linda University
School of Medicine
POSTERIOR CHAMBER PIOL IMPLANTATION AND THE INCIDENCE OF CATARACT
EXTRACTION OVER 14 YEARS: COMPARING FDA APPROVED TO OFF LABEL USE.
BM LeClair and H Gimbel, Loma Linda, CA. Loma Linda University
SUBFASCIAL JACKSON-PRATT DRAIN PLACEMENT FOR POST-DUROTOMY MANAGEMENT.
C Lee, D Lu, D Lau, D McArthur, D Chou and D Lu, Los Angeles, CA and San Francisco, CA.
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
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BIOMECHANICAL COMPARISON OF BICORTICAL SCREWS VERSUS LAG SCREWS IN
METACARPAL FIXATION.
P Lewis, S Inceoglu, J Dhillon and M Martin, Loma Linda, CA. Loma Linda University
THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH FUNDING AND
RESEARCH IMPACT IN ORTHOPAEDIC SURGERY.
AH Loftin, AI Stavrakis, A Patel, Z Burke, EM Dworsky, M Silva and NM Bernthal, Los Angeles, CA.
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
CLINICAL ASSESSMENT OF PES PLANUS IN CHILDREN WITH CEREBRAL PALSY.
NE Look and F Chang, Aurora, CO. University of Colorado (WSMRF)
THE EFFECT OF SURGEON EXPERIENCE AND PATIENT AGE ON FLOW DISRUPTIONS IN
ROBOTIC-ASSISTED UROGYNECOLOGY SURGERY.
R Luu, JF Borok, A Hannemann, R Avenido, K Catchpole and J Anger, Los Angeles, CA.
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
SPONTANEOUSLY RESOLVED MACROCYSTIC LYMPHATIC MALFORMATIONS.
M Phang, M Bucevska, C Malic, D Courtemanche and J Arneja, Vancouver, BC, Canada and Ottawa,
ON, Canada. University of British Columbia
TWO-PHOTON FLUORESCENCE IMAGING AND RETINAL TOXICITY IN BROWN NORWAY RATS.
MD Phelps, L Sung, Y Wu and JT Fan, Loma Linda, CA and Heidelberg, Germany. Loma Linda University
School of Medicine
RISK FACTORS CONTRIBUTING TO REVISION RATE IN BREAST RECONSTRUCTION PATIENTS.
W Pinette, J Dhillon, P Lewis, ME Hill and S Gupta, Loma Linda, CA. Loma Linda University
School of Medicine
BLOOD LOSS AND PERIOPERATIVE FLUID MANAGEMENT DURING CRANIOSYNOSTOSIS
SURGERY.
R Skocylas, M Bucevska, M Cassidy and D Courtemanche, Vancouver, BC, Canada. BC Children’s
Hospital (WSMRF)
TWO-PHOTON IMAGING OF ALBINO RABBIT RETINA.
L Sung, MD Phelps, Y Wu and JT Fan, Loma Linda, CA and Heidelberg, Germany. Loma Linda University
School of Medicine
ASSESSMENT OF FACTORS AFFECTING CLAMPING OF THE RENAL ARTERY DURING
NEPHRECTOMY: A BENCH TOP STUDY.
D Tryon, K Myklak, M Alsyouf, C Conceicao, B Peplinski, J Arenas, D Faaborg and D Baldwin,
Loma Linda, CA. Loma Linda University
EXPLANT ANALYSIS FROM A PATIENT WITH HYPERCOBALTEMIA AND ACCELERATION
OF PARKINSONISM FOLLOWING METAL-ON-METAL HIP ARTHROPLASTY.
E Woelber, D Van Citters, T Steck and S Tower, Seattle, WA and Hanover, NH. Univ. of Washington
USE OF RESORBABLE PLATES AND SCREWS IN PEDIATRIC FACIAL FRACTURES.
FK Wong, S Adams, T Coates and D Hudson, Los Angeles, CA and Cape Town, South Africa.
David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA
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Abstract 249
Abstract 250
Abstract 251
Abstract 252
Abstract 253
Abstract 254
Abstract 255
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WESTERN SOCIETY FOR CLINICAL INVESTIGATION
WESTERN ASSOCIATION OF PHYSICIANS
WESTERN SOCIETY FOR PEDIATRIC RESEARCH
WESTERN STUDENT MEDICAL RESEARCH FORUM
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Community HealthIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII...Promenade Lobby
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Nephrology and HypertensionIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII..Green Room
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Chapman #4 (Sunset Center)
Kathy Angkustsiri and Brian Tang, Presiding
3:30
3:45
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PRIMARY CARE SCREENING FOR EMERGENT LITERACY DELAYS IN PRESCHOOL CHILDREN.
SN Iyer, M Dawson, M Sawyer and R Needlman, San Diego, CA and Cleveland, OH. University of California,
San Diego (WSPR Mead Johnson Travel Award Winner)
EXCESSIVE DAYTIME SLEEPINESS AS AN INDICATOR OF DEPRESSION AMONG HISPANIC
AMERICANS.
BA Nuyen, RS Fox, VL Malcarne, SI Wachsman, K Banuelos and GR Sadler, La Jolla, CA and San Diego, CA.
University of California, San Diego School of Medicine (Abbott Subspecialty Award)
WHOLE BODY HYPERTHERMIA FOR MAJOR DEPRESSION.
LM Weinand, CL Raison and CH Janssen, Tucson, AZ. The University of Arizona
EQUINE ASSISTED THERAPY REDUCES SYMPTOMS IN VETERANS WITH POST-TRAUMATIC
STRESS DISORDER.
LE Burton and MR Burge, Albuquerque, NM. University of New Mexico Health Science Center
POWER OVER PILLS: A STRENGTHS-BASED APPROACH FOR EDUCATING ALTERNATIVE HIGH
SCHOOL STUDENTS ABOUT THE RISKS OF MISUSING PRESCRIPTION PAIN MEDICATION.
C Haselman, Seattle, WA. University of Washington (WSMRF)
ASSESSMENT OF DIARRHEAL RATES IN RELATION TO HAND WASHING AND DRINKING
SAFE WATER IN A POPULATION OF CHILDREN IN THE INDIAN HIMALAYAS:
A STUDENT LEAD INITIATIVE.
JM Roller, A Kim, J Madsen, T Brown-Bently, T Wu and V Kapoor, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
University of British Columbia
EVALUATING COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS’ NUTRITIONAL KNOWLEDGE AND
EDUCATION PRACTICES IN RURAL UGANDA.
S Ruscheinsky, B Schwartzentruber, R Jain, K Dewar, J Sewanyana, R Kalyesubula and V Kapoor,
Vancouver, BC, Canada and Nakaseke, Uganda. University of British Columbia
Abstract 260
Abstract 261
Abstract 262
Abstract 263
Abstract 264
Abstract 265
Abstract 266
Community Health
Promenade Lobby (Sunset Center)
Martin Teintze and Larry Kirven, Presiding
3:30
3:45
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4:15
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4:45
5:00
5:15
EMERGENCY SERVICES UTILIZATION OF ADULT HOMELESS PATIENTS IN A LARGE
PUBLIC HOSPITAL IN SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA.
D Hoover, P Glazer, D Betat, P Wu, R Holloway, B Howe, M Debay and M Neeki, Loma Linda, CA
and Colton, CA. Loma Linda University (WSMRF)
NOT ANOTHER FREAK ACCIDENT: PREVENTING AGRICULTURAL INJURIES IN
SOUTHEASTERN MONTANA.
KD Lackman, Seattle, WA. University of Washington School of Medicine
EDUCATIONAL IMPACT OF A PIPELINE PROGRAM ON UNDERREPRESENTED IN MEDICINE
(URM) STUDENTS: A FOLLOW-UP STUDY.
N Rezakahn Khajeh, M Vennat and B Afghani, Irvine, CA and Orange, CA. University of California, Irvine
LIBBY COMMUNITY GARDEN HORTICULTURE THERAPY: BUILDING COMMUNITY BELONGING
AND SELF-WORTH FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES IN LIBBY, MONTANA.
CL Pihl, Seattle, WA. University of Washington (WSMRF)
EVALUATING THE ENGAGEMENT OF MALE SEX WORKERS IN THE HIV-STI CONTINUUM
OF CARE IN HANOI, VIETNAM.
D Dinh, R Rawson and GL Minh, Los Angeles, CA and Hanoi, Viet Nam. David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
A CONVERSATION WORTH HAVING: PROMOTING ADVANCE DIRECTIVES IN PINEDALE, WYOMING.
E Kim, Seattle, WA. University of Washington (WSMRF)
FIGHT THE FLU: INCREASING STAFF COMPLIANCE WITH INFLUENZA VACCINATION.
S Haney, Seattle, WA. University of Washington School of Medicine (WSMRF)
DECREASING THE RATE OF SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS THROUGH OUTREACH
AND EDUCATION IN THE YAKIMA VALLEY MIGRANT FARMWORKER CAMPS.
E Shamp, Seattle, WA. University of Washington School of Medicine (WSMRF)
Abstract 267
Abstract 268
Abstract 269
Abstract 270
Abstract 271
Abstract 272
Abstract 273
Abstract 274
Health Care Research II
Babcock #6 (Sunset Center)
Edward S. Lee, Presiding
3:30
State-of-the-Art Speaker
ADDRESSING THE QUALITY GAP IN CARDIOVASCULAR CARE IN THE DEVELOPING WORLD.
Edward S. Lee, Keck School of Medicine of University of Southern California
4:00
SUCCESSES AND CHALLENGES OF CLINICAL AND SYSTEMS-BASED HIV/AIDS MENTORSHIP
IN NORTHERN AND CENTRAL MALAWI HEALTH FACILITIES.
E Chien, K Phiri, C Pfaff, A Schooley, P Jansen, J Hamilton, M Chivwala and R Hoffman,
Los Angeles, CA and Lilongwe, Malawi. David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
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THE DIAGNOSIS AND REFERRAL PROCESS FOR CHILDREN BORN WITH NEURAL TUBE
DEFECTS IN EASTERN CHINA.
A Campion, C Lee, N Bao and J Lazareff, Los Angeles, CA and Shanghai, China. David Geffen
School of Medicine at UCLA (WSMRF)
HEALTH OUTCOMES OF LOW BIRTH WEIGHT CHILDREN IN GUJARAT, INDIA.
TA Erickson, J Koncinsky, SM Folsom, S Schoenhals, J Leavy, M Patel, D Jha and B Fassl,
Salt Lake City, UT and Mota Fofalia, India. University of Utah School of Medicine
CHARACTERIZING EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT PRESENTATIONS FOLLOWING
NEUROSURGICAL DISCHARGE.
P Gupta, E Hernandez and E Parker, Los Angeles, CA. David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
PEDIATRIC VISITS TO COMMUNITY EMERGENCY DEPARTMENTS: OUTCOMES FROM
REFERRALS AND UNSCHEDULED RETURN VISITS TO A PEDIATRIC CENTER.
E Reiner, E Grafstein and Q Doan, Vancouver, BC, Canada. University of British Columbia
GEOGRAPHIC VARIATION IN TREATMENT AND OUTCOMES AMONG PATIENTS
HOSPITALIZED WITH ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION.
DA Bechtold, A Cypro, E Bulley, G Salvatierra and K Daratha, Seattle, WA and Spokane, WA.
University of Washington School of Medicine (WSMRF)
QUALITY OF NEWBORN CARE IN RURAL INDIAN HOSPITAL.
S Schoenhals, J Koncinsky, SM Folsom, TA Erickson, J Leavy, M Patel, D Jha and B Fassl,
Salt Lake City, UT and Motafofalia, India. University of Utah School of Medicine
ASSESSMENT OF HAND HYGIENE RESOURCES AND KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES
AND PRACTICES OF HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS AT A REGIONAL HOSPITAL IN
UGANDA USING WHO TOOLKIT.
T Jasinovic, N O’Hara, D Duffy, GK Blair, S Tino and S Ajiko, Vancouver, BC, Canada and Soroti, Uganda.
British Columbia Children’s Hospital
Abstract 276
Abstract 277
Abstract 278
Abstract 279
Abstract 280
Abstract 281
Abstract 282
Infectious Diseases II
Bingham Room #3 (Sunset Center)
Ravi Durvasula, Fred Buckner and David Gilbert, Presiding
3:30
3:45
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5:00
5:15
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ANTIBIOTICOGRAM FOR PERI-PROSTHETIC INFECTIONS: A TOOL FOR BETTER INFORMED
SELECTION OF EMPIRIC ANTIBIOTICS.
I Danci, J Dhillon, P Lewis, N Biskup, H Kim and S Gupta, Loma Linda, CA. Loma Linda University
School of Medicine
OVEREXPRESSION OF RV3488 IN MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS TO ASSESS GROWTH
INHIBITION.
N Pham and B Saviola, Pomona, CA. Western University of Health Sciences
MYCOPLASMA HOMINIS INFECTION STATUS OF TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS AFFECTS
CYTOKINE SECRETION FROM PRIMARY HUMAN MONOCYTES.
FI Diala, F Mercer and PJ Johnson, Los Angeles, CA. David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
LIPOSOMAL GLUTATHIONE SUPPLEMENTATION RESTORES APPROPRIATE CYTOKINE
RESPONSE TO INTRACELLULAR INFECTION IN HIV INFECTED INDIVIDUALS.
MK Singh, E Vera Tudela and V Venketaraman, Pomona, CA. Western University of Health Sciences (WSMRF)
TORQUE TENO VIRUS REVEALED BY DEEP DNA SEQUENCING OF OCULAR SURFACE DNA.
DJ Andersen, N Ko, R Van Gelder, A Lee, V Shestopalov and E Linardopoulou, Seattle, WA; London,
United Kingdom and Miami, FL. University of Washington (WSMRF)
CLINICAL AND MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY OF RESPIRATORY VIRAL INFECTIONS
AMONG CHILDREN IN RURAL NEPAL.
DS Huang, J Tielsch, J Katz, E Martin, J Kuypers, I Palileo, JE Englund and HY Chu, Seattle, WA
and Baltimore, MD. University of Washington (WSMRF)
CYTOMEGALOVIRUS EFFECTS ON INDUCED PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL- DERIVED
NEURAL PROGENITOR CELLS AND NEURONS.
L Jacobson and EA Fortunato, Seattle, WA and Moscow, ID. University of Washington (WSMRF)
HUMAN METAPNEUMOVIRUS IN HOSPITALIZED, HIGH-RISK PEDIATRIC POPULATION.
V Whelan, R Titapiwatanakun and M Tablizo, Fresno, CA and Madera, CA. UCSF Fresno
(WSCI Travel Award Winner)
RV3488 PROMOTER EXPRESSION IN PRESENCE OF SALICYLIC ACID IN MYCOBACTERIUM
SMEGMATIS.
W Yu and B Saviola, Pomona, CA. Western University of Health Sciences (WSMRF)
Abstract 283
Abstract 284
Abstract 285
Abstract 286
Abstract 287
Abstract 288
Abstract 289
Abstract 290
Abstract 291
Morphogenesis and Malformations
Rehearsal Room (Sunset Center)
Sarah Dugan and David Viskochil, Presiding
3:30 State-of-the-Art Speaker
THE GENETIC ENIGMA OF OCULO-AURICULAR-VERTEBRAL SPECTRUM (OAVS):
NEW CLUES FROM MOUSE MODELS.
Timothy Cox, University of Washington
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IDENTIFICATION OF A CANDIDATE LOCUS AT 8Q21 AMONG INFANTS WITH
CONOTRUNCAL HEART DEFECTS.
L Parkman, K Schultz, N Mohammed, C Parodi, K Osoegawa, GM Shaw and E Lammer, Oakland, CA
and Stanford, CA. UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital (Abbott Subspecialty Award)
EVALUATING A CANDIDATE LOCUS AT 12Q24 FOR CONOTRUNCAL HEART DEFECTS.
C Parodi, K Schultz, N Mohammed, K Osoegawa, GM Shaw and E Lammer, Oakland, CA
and Stanford, CA. UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland
LIPID SYNTHESIS IN MATURING MOUSE SPERMATOZOA.
W Muncey, Seattle, WA and Spokane, WA. University of Washington (WSMRF)
HEME OXYGENASE-1 PROMOTER POLYMORPHISMS AND RISK OF SPINA BIFIDA.
K Fujioka, W Yang, MB Wallenstein, H Zhao, RJ Wong, DK Stevenson and GM Shaw, Stanford, CA.
Stanford University School of Medicine (WSPR Mead Johnson Travel Award Winner)
PHENOTYPE CHARACTERIZATION OF EPIBULBAR DERMOIDS.
BA Walker, BS Saltzman, EP Herlihy and DV Luquetti, Seattle, WA. University Of Washington (WSMRF)
RATIONAL APPROACHES TO THE ASSESSMENT OF CLINICAL EVIDENCE IN THE
DETERMINATION OF TERATOGENICITY: METHIMAZOLE.
JC Carey, L Martinez, M Leen-Mitchell, AN Romeo and J Robertson, Salt Lake City, UT.
University of Utah (WSPR)
A SEVERE PHENOTYPE OF B3GAT3-RELATED LINKEROPATHY.
K Jones, U Schwarze, M Adam, P Byers and H Mefford, Seattle, WA. University of Washington
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Abstract 293
Abstract 294
Abstract 295
Abstract 296
Abstract 297
Abstract 298
Neonatology - General III
All Saints Church, Seacombe Hall
Paul Rozance and Kara L. Calkins, Presiding
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4:00
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JOAN HODGEMAN LECTURE:
DONOR MILK: RECENT RESEARCH, WHAT DO WE REALLY KNOW?
Tarah T. Colaizy, University of Iowa
GASTROSCHISIS AND MATERNAL INTAKE OF PHYTOESTROGENS.
EL Wadhwa, C Ma, GM Shaw and S Carmichael, Stanford, CA. Stanford Univ. (WSPR Outstanding
Resident Award Winner)
DONOR HUMAN MILK AVAILABILITY PROMOTES BREAST MILK FEEDING AND LOWERS
NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS IN VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT INFANTS.
J Wei, A Kantorowska, R Cohen, JB Gould, R Lawrence and H Lee, Berkeley, CA; Rochester, CA; Stanford, CA
and San Jose, CA. University of California, Berkeley
PH AND POTENTIAL RENAL SOLUTE LOAD VARY AMONG INFANT ENTERAL FEEDS.
S Malone Jenkins, K Braski and G Chan, Salt Lake City, UT. University of Utah
IMPROVING EFFICIENCY THROUGH NEONATAL TOTAL PARENTERAL NUTRITION MOBILE
APPLICATION.
T Jean, S Yu and L Smith, Torrance, CA. Harbor UCLA Medical Center (WSMRF)
BODY MASS INDEX CHANGE BETWEEN PREGNANCIES AND RISK OF SPONTANEOUS
PRETERM BIRTH.
K Riley, S Carmichael, J Mayo, BZ Shachar, A Girse´n, M Wallenstein, JB Gould, DK Stevenson and GM Shaw,
Stanford, CA. Stanford University
POPULATION-BASED, CASE-CONTROL STUDY DID NOT SHOW ASSOCIATION BETWEEN
MATERNAL FACTORS AND CONGENITAL DIAPHRAGMATIC HERNIA IN UTAH 1999-2011.
H Shanmugam, L Brunelli, S Krikov, L Botto and M Feldkamp, Saltlake city, UT. University of Utah
PREDICTING THE NEED FOR HOME OXYGEN THERAPY IN PRETERM INFANTS BORN
BEFORE 28 WEEKS GESTATION.
M Catenacci and RI Clyman, San Francisco, CA. University of California San Francisco
INTESTINAL ATRESIAS: FETAL ULTRASOUND FINDINGS AND DURATION OF PARENTERAL
NUTRITION.
N Weiss, R Keller, V Feldstein, KL Calkins and T MacKenzie, San Francisco, CA and Los Angeles, CA.
University of California San Francisco
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Abstract 300
Abstract 301
Abstract 302
Abstract 303
Abstract 303
Abstract 305
Abstract 306
Nephrology and Hypertension
Green Room (Sunset Center)
Charles Edelstein and Stanley Jordan, Presiding
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THE EFFECT OF CXCR2 KNOCKOUT ON CISPLATIN-INDUCED ACUTE KIDNEY INJURY (AKI)
USING A THERAPEUTICALLY RELEVANT DOSE OF CISPLATIN IN MICE WITH CANCER.
Q Wang, K Ravichandran, R Nemenoff, A Jani and C Edelstein, Aurora, CO. University of Colorado (WAP)
DIAGNOSTIC RELIABILITY OF ACUTE KIDNEY INJURY IN ADMINISTRATIVE RECORDS OF
HOSPITALIZED PATIENTS.
A Cypro, E Bulley, D Bechtold, G Salvatierra and K Daratha, Seattle, WA and Spokane, WA.
University of Washington School of Medicine (WSMRF)
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4:00 THE ROLE OF PURENIGERIC RECEPTORS IN LITHIUM-INDUCED RENAL MICROCYST
FORMATION.
S Reeder, M Romero-Aleshire, A Thompson, Y Gao and H Brooks, Tucson, AZ. University of Arizona
Abstract 309
4:15 EPIDEMIOLOGY OF CARDIAC SURGERY ASSOCIATED ACUTE KIDNEY INJURY IN NEONATES:
A PROSPECTIVE COHORT STUDY.
A De Mello, A Campbell, K Lee -Son, M Zappitelli, P Skippen, S Gandhi and C Mammen, Vancouver, BC, Canada Abstract 310
and Montreal, QC, Canada. BC Children’s Hospital (WAFMR/WAP Student Subspecialty Award Winner)
4:30 A CASE OF BK NEPHROPATHY IN NATIVE KIDNEYS POST LUNG TRANSPLANTATION.
P Arora, D Vigil, M Barry, A Tzamaloukas and K Servilla, Albuquerque, NM. University of New Mexico
Abstract 311
4:45 State-of-the-Art Speaker
CASPASES AND APOPTOSIS IN KIDNEY DISEASE.
Charles Edelstein, University of Colorado Denver
Neuroscience II
Conductor’s Room
Marie-Francois Chesselet, Presiding
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PREVALENCE OF TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY IN EARLY VERSUS LATE-ONSET ALZHEIMER’S
DISEASE.
J Zhang, A Lin, E Jimenez, P Paholpak, E Teng and M Mendez, Los Angeles, CA. David Geffen
School of Medicine at UCLA (WSMRF)
OPTIMIZATION OF EXOSOME ISOLATION FROM HUMAN SALIVA.
DJ No, A Crofton, J Baio and W Kirsch, Upland, CA. Loma Linda University
INCREASED IPSILATERAL CORTICAL AND DEEP CEREBRAL VENOUS SUSCEPTIBILITY IN
ADULT HYPERACUTE STROKE.
P Grigsby, P Kim, U Oyoyo and P Jacobson, Loma Linda, CA. Loma Linda University School of Medicine
THE KETOGENIC DIET IN THE TREATMENT OF HIGHLY REFRACTIVE INFANTILE SPASMS
AND LENNOX-GASTAUT SYNDROME.
EJ Shih, K Murata and S Hussain, Los Angeles, CA. David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA (WSMRF)
FATAL CEREBRAL EDEMA WITH CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM ANGIITIS: A HISTOLOGIC
EXAMINATION OF TWO CASES.
KH Terashima, DD Lo, S Tung, D Ng and HV Vinters, Los Angeles, CA. David Geffen School of
Medicine at UCLA
EYELID POSITION IN PATIENTS WITH FACIAL NERVE PALSY.
K Sinha, D Rootman, A Nobori, B Azizzadeh and R Goldberg, Los Angeles, CA; Pasadena, CA
and Beverly Hills, CA. David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA (WSMRF)
INVESTIGATION OF A MULTIPLEXED ASSAY FOR THREE BIOMARKERS ASSOCIATED WITH
THE DIAGNOSIS AND EARLY DETECTION OF ALZHEIMER DISEASE.
TB Martins, GS Rule, AL Rockwood, JA Sonnen, E Zamrini and HR Hill, Salt Lake City, UT. ARUP Institute
ASSOCIATION OF PROMINENT DEEP MEDULLARY VEINS ON SWI AND POOR NEUROLOGICAL
OUTCOMES IN NEONATES WITH CYANOTIC CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE.
E Glazener, Mission Viejo, CA. Loma Linda School of Medicine
RELATIONSHIP OF PROMINENCE OF VEIN TO QUANTITATIVE SUSCEPTIBILITY
MEASUREMENT (PPB) WITH HIGH PASS FILTER IN PEDIATRIC PATIENT WHO EXPERIENCED
HYPOXIC ISCHEMIC ENCEPHALOPATHY.
GK Russell, P Kim, U Oyoyo, D Kido and P Jacobson, Loma Linda, CA. Loma Linda University (WSMRF)
MASK VENTILATION BEFORE & AFTER NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKADE.
ES Donahue and A Joffe, Seattle, WA. University of Washington
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Abstract 320
Abstract 321
Surgery III
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Subhas Gupta, Presiding
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ADIPOSOPATHY IN PERIVASCULAR ADIPOSE TISSUE OF VASCULAR DISEASE PATIENTS.
D Yu, M Tao, A Longchamp, K Ding, W King, M Semel and CK Ozaki, Seattle, WA; Boston, MA
and Davidson, NC. University of Washington
PREVALENCE AND ETHNIC VARIATION OF PRE-AURICULAR SINUSES IN CHILDREN.
C Yu, K Khera, J Pauwels and NK Chadha, Vancouver, BC, Canada. BC Children’s Hospital (WSMRF)
THE FINANCIAL BURDEN OF ECMO OUTCOMES.
EB Pillado, R Kashani, H Wu, S Grant, C Hershey, R Shemin and P Benharash, Los Angeles, CA.
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
THE REALITY OF THE ANGELINA EFFECT: BILATERAL BREAST RECONSTRUCTION IN
PATIENTS WITH GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY, FAMILY HISTORY, CANCER PHOBIA.
S Yang, J Dhillon, H Kim and S Gupta, Loma Linda, CA and Riverside, CA. Loma Linda University
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REDUCING POST-OPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS IN BREAST RECONSTRUCTIONS BY
SELECTING NEW INCISION SITES: A PRELIMINARY CASE SERIES.
W Pinette, J Dhillon, P Lewis, S Gupta and ME Hill, Loma Linda, CA. Loma Linda University
School of Medicine
A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW OF SYSTEMIC COBALTISM FOLLOWING WEAR OR CORROSION
OF CHROME-COBALT HIP IMPLANTS.
E Woelber, B Gessner, T Steck and S Tower, Seattle, WA and Anchorage, AK. University of Washington
MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY FOR ADOLESCENT IDIOPATHIC SCOLIOSIS - TWO YEAR
FOLLOW UP: LESSONS LEARNED.
M Nitikman, S Desai and F Miyanji, Vancouver, BC, Canada. University of British Columbia
ANGLE-SUPPORTED PHAKIC INTRAOCULAR LENS FOR THE CORRECTION OF MYOPIA:
THREE-YEAR FOLLOW-UP.
NR Norton and H Gimbel, Loma Linda, CA. Loma Linda University
ASSESSMENT OF THE EFFICACY OF A NOVEL ANTIBIOTIC COATING IN DECREASING
PERIPROSTHETIC INFECTION USING AN ESTABLISHED IN VIVO MOUSE MODEL.
AH Loftin, S Zhu, AI Stavrakis, JE Manegold, SA Richman, T Segura and NM Bernthal, Los Angeles, CA.
UCLA Health
PREDICTING MAJOR COMPLICATIONS AFTER CYTOREDUCTIVE SURGERY AND
HYPERTHERMIC INTRAPERITONEAL CHEMOTHERAPY.
T Kwong, J Baumgartner, K Kelly, K Messer and A Lowy, La Jolla, CA. University of California,
San Diego School of Medicine
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Abstract 328
Abstract 329
Abstract 330
Abstract 331
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Saturday, January 31, 2015
8:00 AM Y 10:00 AM
Jointly sponsored by
WESTERN SECTION AMERICAN FEDERATION FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH
WESTERN SOCIETY FOR CLINICAL INVESTIGATION
WESTERN ASSOCIATION OF PHYSICIANS
WESTERN SOCIETY FOR PEDIATRIC RESEARCH
WESTERN STUDENT MEDICAL RESEARCH FORUM
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Adolescent Medicine and General Pediatrics II
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Samrat U. Das, Eche Ezeanolue, and Rita Shah, Presiding
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USING ELECTRONIC METHODS TO CURB IRRESPONSIBLE DRINKING IN BUTTE
ADOLESCENTS.
A Aldredge, Seattle, WA. University of Washington School of Medicine (Abbott Subspecialty Award)
(WSMRF)
PROMOTING HEALTH LITERACY OF URBAN UNDERSERVED TEENS: IS THERE A ROLE
FOR SOCIAL MEDIA?
M Bailey and S Uijtdehaage, Los Angeles, CA. David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
WALKING SCHOOL BUS: INCREASING PHYSICAL ACTIVITY OF CHILDREN IN ELLENSBURG,
WA BY ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION TO SCHOOL.
C Pigott, Seattle, WA. University of Washington (WSMRF)
IDENTIFYING FAMILIES’ MOST COMMON PSYCHOSOCIAL STRESSORS IN A PEDIATRIC
RESIDENT CLINIC IN FRESNO, CA: PHASE I OF A QI PROJECT TO PREVENT CHILDHOOD
MALTREATMENT.
A Azimi, C Santos and S Yang, Fresno, CA. UCSF-Fresno Graduate Medical Education
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9:00 A COMMUNITY TEACHING GARDEN FOR THE YOUNG PEOPLE OF CLE ELUM.
YY Elikh, Seattle, WA. University of Washington
9:15 FISH TO PRESCHOOLS: AN OBESITY INTERVENTION IN JUNEAU, ALASKA.
SW Sussman, Seattle, WA. University of Washington (WSMRF)
9:30 BROWNING/CHARLO HEALTH AND SCIENCE CLUB OF MONTANA WWAMI: SPARKING
CURIOSITY IN RURAL MONTANA HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS.
J Campbell, Seattle, WA. University of Washington (WSMRF)
9:45 RISK FACTORS AND OUTCOMES IN PEDIATRIC SUBPERIOSTEAL ABSCESSES.
J Johnston, H Davis and W Dehority, Albuquerque, NM. University of New Mexico School of Medicine
Abstract 336
Abstract 337
Abstract 338
Abstract 339
10:00 am Y 11:00 am Break and Poster Session
General Internal Medicine and Aging
Babcock #6 (Sunset Center)
Cameron Bass and Tyra Fainstad, Presiding
8:00 HEAD IMAGING IN THE PRIMARY CARE SETTING: AN ANALYSIS OF ORDERING PATTERNS,
COST, AND OUTCOMES FOR MINOR HEAD TRAUMA, HEADACHES, AND MIGRAINES.
J Fujimoto, D Karlin and J Ma, Los Angeles, CA. University of California, Los Angeles
8:15 DEPRESSION IN PATIENTS WITH CICATRICIAL AND NON-CICATRICIAL ALOPECIA.
SD Dreyer and C Goh, Los Angeles, CA. David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
8:30 CHARACTERIZATION OF FOOT STRIKE PATTERN AND INJURY IN ATHLETES COMPETING
IN A 7 DAY STAGED 200-KM ULTRAMARATHON.
DM Vandeleur and BJ Krabak, Seattle, WA. University of Washington (WSMRF)
8:45 HIV-INFECTION AND AGING: DOES HIV INFECTION LEAD TO SHORTENED TELOMERES?
E Auld, E Chang, J Lin, E Blackburn and L Huang, Seattle, WA and San Francisco, CA.
University of Washington (WAFMR/WAP Student Subspecialty Award Winner) (WSMRF)
9:00 ASSOCIATION BETWEEN OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME AND GLAUCOMA IN
MEDICARE BENEFICIARIES.
CH Kim, V Tseng, F Yu, F Lum and AL Coleman, Los Angeles, CA and San Francisco, CA.
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
9:15 EFFECTS OF IQMIK AND COPENHAGEN\ ON WOUND HEALING IN ORAL EPETHELIUM.
ME Warren and C Knall, Seattle, WA and Anchorage, AK. University of Washington (WSMRF)
9:30 State-of-the-Art Speaker
PREVENTING FALLS IN COMMUNITY-DWELLING OLDER ADULTS.
Elizabeth A. Phelan, University of Washington
Abstract 340
Abstract 341
Abstract 342
Abstract 343
Abstract 344
Abstract 345
10:00 am Y 11:00 am Break and Poster Session
Neonatology - Perinatal Biology II
Studio 105 (Sunset Center)
Laura Brown and Lisa Joss-Moore, Presiding
8:00
8:15
8:30
8:45
9:00
9:15
9:30
A MURINE MODEL OF ACUTE SUBCLINICAL MATERNAL INFLAMMATION IN LATE
PREGNANCY.
M Ozen, H Zhao, VD Winn, F Kalish, TD Palmer, RJ Wong and DK Stevenson, Stanford, CA.
Stanford University
IN UTERO HYPOXIA-ISCHEMIA AND LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE ADMINISTRATION IN
RATS INDUCES HISTOLOGICAL CHORIOAMNIONITIS.
J Maxwell, S Robinson and L Jantzie, Albuquerque, NM and Boston, MA. University of New Mexico
ATTENUATED GLUCOSE STIMULATED INSULIN SECRETION FOLLOWING CHRONIC
HYPOXEMIA IS DUE TO AN INTRINSIC ISLET DEFECT IN FETAL SHEEP.
JS Benjamin, CB Culpepper, L Brown, S Thorn, S Jonker, M Davis, S Limesand, R Wilkening, WW Hay and
P Rozance, Aurora, CO. University of Colorado - Denver (WSPR Mead Johnson Travel Award Winner) (WSPR)
MATERNAL NUTRITION RESTRICTION PERTURBS FETAL BRAIN CELLULAR PROFILE.
M Sondhi, B Shin, A Ganguly and S Devaskar, Los Angeles, CA. David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
CHRONIC HYPOXEMIA INDUCES HEPATIC GLUCOGENESIS IN FETAL SHEEP.
CB Culpepper, JS Benjamin, L Brown, S Thorn, S Jonker, R Wilkening, WW Hay and P Rozance, Denver, CO
and Portland, OR. University of Colorado (WSPR)
MYOBLASTS MAINTAIN PROLIFERATIVE CAPACITY DESPITE DECREASED MUSCLE GROWTH
IN THE INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RESTRICTED FETAL SHEEP.
A Blake, P Rozance, N Isenberg, S Thorn, WW Hay and L Brown, Aurora, CO. University of Colorado
State-of-the-Art Speaker
FETAL GLUCOSE METABOLISM IN INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RESTRICTION.
Meena Garg, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Abstract 346
Abstract 347
Abstract 348
Abstract 349
Abstract 350
Abstract 351
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Pulmonary and Critical Care II
Promenade Lobby (Sunset Center)
Philippe Montgrain and Amir A. Zeki, Presiding
8:00
8:15
8:30
8:45
9:00
9:15
ARTERIAL BLOOD CHANGES DURING EXERCISE IN HELIUM-OXYGEN DIVERS AT
10 ATMOSPHERES.
LW Raymond, Chapel Hill, NC. University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (WAFMR)
SAFETY AND CLINICAL UTILITY OF FIBEROPTIC BRONCHOSCOPIC CRYOEXTRACTION
IN PATIENTS WITH NON-NEOPLASM TRACHEOBRONCHIAL OBSTRUCTION:
A RETROSPECTIVE CHART REVIEW.
F Lam, N Sriratanaviriyakul, B Morrissey, N Stollenwerk and K Yoneda, Sacramento, CA and Mather, CA.
University of California, Davis (WSCI Travel Award Winner)
NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKADE IMPROVES FIRST ATTEMPT SUCCESS FOR INTUBATION IN
THE INTENSIVE CARE UNIT.
H Chopra, JM Mosier, JC Sackles, J Malo and JW Bloom, Tucson, AZ. University of Arizona
DEVELOPMENT OF A PIPELINE FOR AUTOMATED VENTILATOR WAVEFORM ANALYSIS.
MK Lieng, BT Kuhn, J Delplanque, NR Anderson and JY Adams, Sacramento, CA and Sacremento, CA.
University of California, Davis
TRANSLATION OF SMALL MOLECULES THERAPIES FROM AN INDUCED PLURIPOTENT
STEM CELL MODEL OF IDIOPATHIC PULMONARY FIBROSIS TO THE BLEOMYCIN
MOUSE MODEL.
E Li, P Vijjayaraj and B Gomperts, Los Angeles, CA. David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
(WAFMR/WAP Student Subspecialty Award Winner)
State-of-the-Art Speaker
SLEEP AND OBESITY.
Lisa Shives, University of California San Diego Health System
Abstract 352
Abstract 353
Abstract 354
Abstract 355
Abstract 356
10:00 am Y 11:00 am Break and Poster Session
Surgery IV
Green Room (Sunset Center)
Rachael Safyon and Toby Keys, Presiding
8:00
8:15
8:30
8:45
9:00
9:15
9:30
9:45
CANCELLED
MRI FINDINGS IN ASYMPTOMATIC ELITE OVERHEAD ATHLETES.
NH Goldhaber, C Lee, S Davis, J Wosmek, A Brock and W Stetson, Burbank, CA. Stetson Powell
Orthopedics and Sports Medicine (WSCI Travel Award Winner)
CLINICAL OUTCOMES OF MIDDLE FOSSA CRANIOTOMY FOR SUPERIOR SEMICIRCULAR
CANAL DEHISCENCE REPAIR.
LK Chung, N Ung, D Nagasawa, P Pelargos, K Thill, Q Gopen and I Yang, Los Angeles, CA.
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA (WSMRF)
CANCELLED
EFFICACY OF A MULTIFACETED PROGRAM TO REDUCE READMISSION AFTER
CARDIAC SURGERY.
I McElroy, H Wu, E Gee, N Satou, R Shemin and P Benharash, Los Angeles, CA. David Geffen School
of Medicine at UCLA
DEVELOPMENT OF A PATIENT SATISFACTION SURVEY AT BC CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL.
S Ghavimi, F Javadian, E Skarsgard, T Newlove and K Afshar, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
University of British Columbia
RELIABILITY OF DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING TRACTOGRAPHY FOR FACIAL NERVE
IMAGING IN PATIENTS WITH VESTIBULAR SCHWANNOMA.
N Ung, LK Chung, N Cremer, M Mathur, B Voth, K Thill, I Mathur and I Yang, Los Angeles, CA.
University of California, Los Angeles
AIRWAY MANAGEMENT IN PIERRE ROBIN SEQUENCE: THE VANCOUVER
CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM.
A Poon, W Li, D Courtemanche, C Verchere, S Robertson, C Malic, M Bucevska and J Arneja,
Winnipeg, MB, Canada; Vancouver, BC, Canada; Winnipeg, BC, Canada and Ottawa, ON, Canada.
University of Manitoba
Abstract 358
Abstract 359
Abstract 361
Abstract 362
Abstract 363
Abstract 364
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POSTER SESSION III
Jointly sponsored by
WESTERN SECTION AMERICAN FEDERATION FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH
WESTERN SOCIETY FOR CLINICAL INVESTIGATION
WESTERN ASSOCIATION OF PHYSICIANS
WESTERN SOCIETY FOR PEDIATRIC RESEARCH
WESTERN STUDENT MEDICAL RESEARCH FORUM
Carpenter Hall
Saturday, January 31, 2015
8:00 AM Y 12:30 PM
(Presenters in attendance from 10:00 am Y 11:00 am)
Health Care Research
Hematology and Oncology
Immunology and Rheumatology
Infectious Diseases
Poster
Number
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Health Care Research
A BASELINE QUALITY ASSESSEMENT OF DELIVERY CARE AT A RURAL KENYAN
HOSPITAL PRIOR TO PRONTO TRAINING.
K Bogaert, J Dettinger, M Kibore, O Gachuno, J Unger and D Walker, Seattle, WA;
Nairobi, Kenya and San Francisco, CA. University of Washington (WSMRF)
EFFECT OF COLLABORATIVE SIMULATION TRAINING FOR PEDIATRIC RESIDENTS
AND NURSING STUDENTS ON TEAMWORK SKILLS.
SU Das, J Doolen, CL Cross, S Rue, N Leland and G Guizado, Las Vegas, NV.
University of Nevada School of Medicine (WAFMR)
TRACH-SAFE EDUCATION AND SIMULATION CURRICULUM.
DJ Dudley and K Johnson, Seattle, WA. University of Washington School of Medicine
EVALUATION OF BIRTH ATTENDANT PERFORMANCE IN INDIAN HOSPITAL
DELIVERIES.
SM Folsom, TA Erickson, J Koncinsky, S Schoenhals, J Leavy, D Jha, M Patel, L Makwana
and B Fassl, Salt Lake City, UT and Mota Fofalia, India. University of Utah School of Medicine
IMPROVED PATIENTS SATISFACTION AT CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL OF NEVADA OF
UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER AFTER TARGETED INTERVENTION TO IMPROVE
INTERPRETER SERVICES.
SS Gill, K Jones and SU Das, Las Vegas, NV. University of Nevada School of Medicine
ALBUMINURIA AS A PREDICTOR OF FOOT ULCER DEVELOPMENT.
M Gobrial, M Gobrial, E Liu, C Ochoa, J Shapiro and E Barnes, Pomona, CA.
Western University of Health Sciences (WSMRF)
LOW BIRTH WEIGHT NEWBORN QUALITY MEASURES IN A RURAL INDIAN HOSPITAL;
ARE THEY BEING FOLLOWED?
J Koncinsky, S Schoenhals, J Levy, TA Erickson, SM Folsom, M Patel, R Bick, D Jha and B Fassl,
Salt Lake City, UT and Mota Fofalia, India. University of Utah
Cancelled COMPARISON OF TWO METHODS FOR SURFACE E-SELECTIN SITE
DENSITY DETERMINATION.
Q Li, J Zhang and Y Fang, Guangzhou, China. South China University of Technology
THE AMYLOIDOGENIC HEXAPEPTIDE, AMYLIN 28-33, AMELIORATES SEPSIS.
S Mahapatra, M Kurnellas, J Rothbard and L Steinman, Palo Alto, CA. Stanford University
Medical Center
FACTORS INFLUENCING THE STANDARDIZED TEST SCORES FOR COLLEGE
ENTRANCE AMONG PREHEALTH STUDENTS.
C Nikroo, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA and Irvine, CA. Santa Margarita Catholic High School
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Abstract 366
Abstract 367
Abstract 368
Abstract 369
Abstract 370
Abstract 371
Abstract 372
Abstract 373
Abstract 374
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PAPER VERSUS INTERNET ADMINISTRATION OF QUESTIONNAIRES IN AN ADOLESCENT
IDIOPATHIC SCOLIOSIS POPULATION: A RANDOMIZED CROSSOVER STUDY.
M Nitikman, K Mulpuri and C Reilly, Vancouver, BC, Canada. University of British Columbia
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IMPROVING CULTURAL COMPETENCY EARLY IN PREMEDICAL TRAINING.
J Roozbanian and B Afghani, Saugus, CA; Irvine, CA and Orange, CA. California State University Northridge
89
ASSESSING PRIOR AND POTENTIAL VOLUNTEER’S PERCEPTIONS FOR TELERADIOLOGY
RECRUITMENT AT A KENYAN MISSION HOSPITAL.
J Vaughan and L Oliver, Seattle, WA. University of Washington (WSMRF)
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PREDICTORS OF CONTROL PREFERENCES IN THE PRE-ANESTHESIA CLINIC.
A Xue, S Mincer, K Domino and K Posner, Seattle, WA. University of Washington School of
Medicine (WSMRF)
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PREDICTORS OF LOW APGAR SCORE FOLLOWING EMERGENCY CESAREAN
OBSTETRICAL CARE AT A REGIONAL REFERRAL HOSPITAL IN RURAL UGANDA.
N Zhygan, J Ekunait, N O’Hara, D Duffy, GK Blair and S Ajiko, Vancouver, BC, Canada and Soroti,
Uganda. BC Children’s Hospital
Hematology and Oncology
92
PRIMARY RENAL MYOEPITHELIAL CARCINOMA AND CRIZOTNIB THERAPY.
TV Desai and A Walsh, Las Vegas, NV. University of Nevada School of Medicine
93
ANTIBODY-MEDIATED ENCEPHALITIS: A RARE BUT IMPORTANT DIFFERENTIAL.
A Guiner, Las Vegas, NV. University of Nevada School of Medicine
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CANCELLED
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IMMUNE MONITORING OF SOLID TUMOR PATIENTS THAT RECEIVED INTRATUMORAL
INJECTION OF ACTIVATED DENDRITIC CELLS.
J Lin, JP Antonios, S Odesa, H Soto, L Liau and R Prins, Los Angeles, CA.
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA (WSMRF)
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PRIMARY ANAL SMALL CELL CARCINOMA IN THE SETTING OF HIV, PRIOR ANAL
SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA, AND RADIATION: LIGHTNING STRIKE, OR
HARBINGER OF THINGS TO COME?
BA Nuyen and B Cosman, La Jolla, CA and San Diego, CA. University of California,
San Diego School of Medicine
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98
GANGLIOSIDE GD2 EXPRESSION IS MAINTAINED UPON RECURRENCE IN PATIENTS
WITH OSTEOSARCOMA.
VI Poon, M Roth, S Piperdi, D Geller, J Gill, ER Ridzinski, DS Hawkins and R Gorlick, Vancouver, BC,
Canada; Bronx, NY and Seattle, WA. University of British Columbia
99
MINIMAL RESIDUAL DISEASE ASSOCIATED WITH MITOCHONDRIAL DNA IN
CHILDHOOD B-CELL LYMPHOMA.
M Ueoka, K Kaneta, C Nakamura, J Kuroda, M Agsalda-Garcia and B Shiramizu, Honolulu, HI.
University of Hawaii
100
FEASABLITY OF A RETROSPECTIVE ANALYSIS DETERMINING IF REDUCED SMAD4
EXPRESSION PREDICTS RESPONSIVENESS TO DNA TOPOISMOERASE INHIBITORS
IN LUNG CANCER.
MK Ziemke and S Malkoski, Aurora, CO and Denver, CO. University of Colorado School of Medicine
Immunology and Rheumatology
101
WITHDREW
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WITHDREW
103
WITHDREW
104
CHILD WITH THROMBOTIC THROMBOCYTOPENIA PURPURA SECONDARY TO
SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOUS.
A Chow, JM Lee, S Yang and E Arce-Hernandez, Fresno, CA and Madera, CA. UCSF Fresno
105
Moved
M Ngo and K Torralba, Loma Linda, CA. Loma Linda University
106
NOT YOUR TYPICAL MASTOIDITIS: 13 Y/O FEMALE WITH MASTOIDITIS, HEADACHE,
FEVER, HEMOPTYSIS, AND PETECHIAE.
S Solomon and D Wright, Madera, CA. UCSF Fresno Pediatrics
Infectious Diseases
107
IMPORTANCE OF RECOGNIZING MASTOIDITIS.
R Ambaram and P Patamasucon, Las Vegas, NV. University of Nevada, School of Medicine
108
DISSEMINATED NEONATAL HSV INFECTION RESULTING IN FATAL LIVER FAILURE.
HK Chandnani, B Wong and P Patamasucon, Las Vegas, NV. University of Nevada School of Medicine
109
GROUP C STREPTOCOCCUS CAUSING RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE IN A CHILD.
HK Chandnani, R Jain and P Patamasucon, Las Vegas, NV. University of Nevada School of Medicine
110
A PAIN IN THE BACK: GETTING TO THE BOTTOM OF THE GRANULOMA.
AC Pandey, JM Hanna and JP Ferreira, Tucson, AZ. University of Arizona (WAFMR)
MYCOBACTERIAL CERVICAL LYMPHADENITIS: CASE SERIES AND REVIEW OF
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THE LITERATURE.
S Pangonis and P Patamasucon, Las Vegas, NV. University of Nevada School of Medicine
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Abstract 376
Abstract 377
Abstract 378
Abstract 379
Abstract 380
Abstract 381
Abstract 383
Abstract 384
Abstract 386
Abstract 387
Abstract 388
Abstract 392
Abstract 393
Abstract 394
Abstract 395
Abstract 396
Abstract 397
Abstract 398
Abstract 399
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CONCURRENT SESSIONS
Saturday, January 31, 2015
11:00 AM Y 12:30 PM
Jointly sponsored by
WESTERN SECTION AMERICAN FEDERATION FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH
WESTERN SOCIETY FOR CLINICAL INVESTIGATION
WESTERN ASSOCIATION OF PHYSICIANS
WESTERN SOCIETY FOR PEDIATRIC RESEARCH
WESTERN STUDENT MEDICAL RESEARCH FORUM
Adolescent Medicine and General Pediatrics IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIRehearsal Room
Cardiovascular IVIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIPromenade Lobby
Health Care Research IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIBabcock #6
Hematology and Oncology II.IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII...IGreen Room
Immunology and Rheumatology IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIConductor’s Room
Neonatology Y General IVIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII. .IBingham Room #3
Neuroscience IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII .Chapman #4
Adolescent Medicine and General Pediatrics III
Rehearsal Room (Sunset Center)
Samrat U. Das, Eche Ezeanolue, and Rita Shah, Presiding
11:00
11:15
11:30
11:45
12:00
12:15
ACUTE RENAL FAILURE AND UROSEPSIS PRESENTING AS FAILURE TO THRIVE IN
A WELL APPEARING NEONATE.
S Rao, JR Brandt, A Staples and H Agarwal, Albuquerque, NM. University of New Mexico
WILLIS EKBOM DISEASE/RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME AND SENSORY PROCESSING
ABNORMALITIES: PRESENTATIONS AND INTERCONNECTIONS IN CHILDREN WITH
NEURODEVELOPMENTAL CONDITIONS.
S Dhalla, O Ipsiroglu, M Berger, N Beyzaie and J Garden, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
University of British Columbia (WSMRF)
IMPROVING IMMUNIZATION RATES AMONG ADOLESCENTS IN LAKE PEND
OREILLE SCHOOL DISTRICT IN IDAHO.
S McCreery, Seattle, WA. University of Washington (WSMRF)
THE IMPACT OF SMALL KIDNEYS.
D Cojocaru, E Matsell, A Eddy and DG Matsell, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
British Columbia Children’s Hospital (WSMRF)
EVALUATION OF NEONATAL RESUSCITATION TRAINING STATUS AT DELIVERY FACILITIES
IN THE BIBIANI-ANHWIASO-BEKWAI DISTRICT, GHANA.
CJ Gross, E Avis, S Gustafson, R Dudovitz and D RIckard, Los Angeles, CA and Bekwai, Ghana.
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
USE OF SCREENING, BRIEF INTERVENTION AND REFERRAL TO TREATMENT WITH
HIGH-RISK ADOLESCENTS.
RL Lum Ho, M Pugatch, L Scholl, S Levy and ER Weitzman, Seattle, WA and Boston, MA.
University of Washington School of Medicine (WSMRF)
Abstract 400
Abstract 401
Abstract 402
Abstract 403
Abstract 404
Abstract 405
Cardiovascular IV
Promenade Lobby (Sunset Center)
Kevin O’Brien, Presiding
11:00
11:15
11:30
FIBROSIS-RELATED GENE AND MICRORNA EXPRESSION IN PEDIATRIC
IDIOPATHIC DILATED CARDIOMYOPATHY.
H Nguyen, A Siomos, K Nunley, BL Stauffer, CC Sucharov and S Miyamoto, Aurora, CO and
Hartford, CT. University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine (WSMRF)
CELL BASED THERAPIES AND INFLAMMATION IN HEART FAILURE:
EXPRESSION OF INTERLEUKIN 1.
AC Pandey, J Lancaster, D Harris, S Goldman and E Juneman, Tucson, AZ. University of Arizona
(WSCI Travel Award Winner) (WAFMR)
DO PRIOR DRIVELINE INFECTIONS INCREASE THE RISK OF INFECTION
IN HEART TRANSPLANT PATIENTS TREATED WITH ATG INDUCTION THERAPY?
D Arman, F Liou, S Siddiqui, M Hamilton and J Kobashigawa, Los Angeles, CA.
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
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Abstract 407
Abstract 408
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CHILDREN WITH PRETRANSPLANT GLENN/FONTAN PHYSIOLOGY ARE AT
INCREASED RISK FOR POSTERIOR REVERSIBLE ENCEPHALOPATHY SYNDROME
AFTER HEART TRANSPLANTATION.
B Eilers and M Kemna, Seattle, WA. University of Washington
HLA ANTIBODY CLASS AFFECTS OUTCOMES AFTER HEART
TRANSPLANT.
F Liou, R Shiozaki, S Siddiqui, M Hamilton and J Kobashigawa, Los Angeles, CA.
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
SHORTER COLD ISCHEMIC TIME IN OLDER DONORS POST-HEART
TRANSPLANT APPEARS TO BE PROTECTIVE.
K Murayama, F Liou, J Yabuno, M Hamilton and J Kobashigawa, Los Angeles, CA.
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Abstract 409
Abstract 410
Abstract 411
Health Care Research III
Babcock #6 (Sunset Center)
Edward S. Lee, Presiding
11:00
11:15
11:30
11:45
12:00
12:15
MEDICAL STUDENTS’ PERCEPTIONS OF MEDICAL SCHOOL CULTURE:
A MAJORITY-MINORITY PERSPECTIVE.
JG Lee and ML Stuber, Los Angeles, CA. University of California, Los Angeles
EVOLVING PRACTICE PATTERNS IN IMAGING PREGNANT PATIENTS
WITH ABDOMINAL COMPLAINTS: A SURVEY OF THREE RADIOLOGICAL
SOCIETIES.
W Hansen, M Moshiri, D Katz, R Lamba and P Bhargava, Seattle, WA; Mineola, NY and Davis, CA.
University of Washington (WSMRF)
IMPROVING PNEUMOCOCCAL POLYSACCHARIDE (PNEUMOVAX) VACCINATION
RATES FOR SENIORS IN PRIMARY CARE CLINICS.
RL Citron, E Curcio and A Kuo, Los Angeles, CA. David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
CURRICULA INVENTORY ON AFRICAN AMERICAN HEALTH DISPARITIES
IN U.S. MEDICAL SCHOOLS.
JM Lemon and FC Overstreet, Seattle, WA. University of Washington (WSMRF)
IMPROVING NURSING CARE IN A CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL
IN RURAL INDIA.
J Leavy, J Janes, TA Erickson, SM Folsom, J Koncinsky, S Schoenhals and B Fassl,
Salt Lake City, UT. University of Utah School of Medicine
DRAMATIC REDUCTIONS IN MORTALITY IN HOSPITALIZED PATIENTS
WITH SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS IN WASHINGTON STATE
FROM 2003 TO 2011.
LB Goss, J Ortiz, DM Okamura, K Hayward and CH Goss, Seattle, WA.
Ingraham High School (WSMRF)
Abstract 412
Abstract 413
Abstract 414
Abstract 415
Abstract 416
Abstract 417
Hematology and Oncology II
Green Room (Sunset Center)
Thomas Deloughery and Jorge Nieva, Presiding
11:00
11:15
11:30
11:45
12:00
12:15
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IMPROVING UNDERSTANDING AND MANAGEMENT OF POLYOMAVIRUS-NEGATIVE
MERKEL CELL CARCINOMA.
A Moshiri, L Yelistratova, P Nghiem and R Doumani, Seattle, WA. University of Washington
School of Medicine (WSMRF)
PREDICTIVE IMAGING OF OROPHARYNGEAL SQUAMOUS CELL CANCER
WITH CONTRAST-ENHANCED MRI.
J Arzeno, RA Dumont, W Hsu and A Sepahdari, Los Angeles, CA.
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
INVESTIGATING THE EFFECTS OF ADIPOSE DERIVED STEM CELLS AND FETAL
LUNG FIBROBLASTS ON LUNG CANCER PROLIFERATION.
C Bae, H Li, X Zhang and L Zhong, Pomona, CA. Western University of Health Sciences (WSMRF)
COMBINATIONAL THERAPY ENHANCES ANTITUMOR ACTIVITY IN TUMORS
RESISTANT TO IRINOTECAN TREATMENT IN A PRECLINICAL CRC MODEL.
JL Greene, S Bagby, W Messersmith and J Aracaroli, Aurora, CO.
University of Colorado (WSMRF)
AN EVALUATION OF THE ROLE OF T790M MUTATIONS IN DISEASE
CHARACTERISTICS AND TREATMENT RESPONSE IN NON-SMALL CELL LUNG
CANCER (NSCLC).
D Gaut, B Wolf, P Abarca, D Pan, J Goldman and E Garon, Los Angeles, CA.
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
MAPPING AND CHARACTERIZING WNT PATHWAY DEPENDENCIES
IN NON-SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER.
H Scarborough, M Casas-Selves, B Helfrich and J DeGregori, Denver, CO.
University of Colorado Denver (WSMRF)
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Abstract 419
Abstract 420
Abstract 421
Abstract 422
Abstract 423
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Conductor’s Room
Kevin Deane and Emil Heinze, Presiding
11:00
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11:30
11:45
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12:15
BETA-2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR SIGNALING REGULATES TLR4-INDUCED
IL-12B, PTGS2, IL-6, AND CCL3 GENE EXPRESSION VIA NUCLEAR FACTOR
IL-3 (NFIL-3) TRANSCRIPTIONAL REPRESSION.
MM Karimzada, P Scumpia, G Botten and S Smale, Los Angeles, CA. David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
SERPINB2, TREM2 AND DAP12 AS BIOMARKERS FOR LEPROSY.
DM Pouldar, RM Teles and RL Modlin, Los Angeles, CA. David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
INVESTIGATING THE EFFICACY OF SIX CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS ON DOWN-REGULATION
OF TNF> PRODUCTION IN MACROPHAGES IN RESPONSE TO PROTEIN KINASE C
ACTIVATION BY PHORBOL MYRISTATE ACETATE.
N Gazy, H Li, X Zhang, S Fuchs, V Venketaraman, J Martin and L Zhong, Pomona, CA.
Western University of Health Sciences (WSMRF)
THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF PSORIASIS AT A SINGLE CENTER IN TORONTO, ONTARIO.
TA Gitter, V Chandran and D Gladman, Vancouver, BC, Canada and Toronto, ON, Canada.
University of British Columbia (WSMRF)
WESTERN ONTARIO AND MCMASTERS UNIVERSITIES OSTEOARTHRITIS INDEX PAIN
SCORE: CORRELATION WITH DAILY PAIN RATINGS OVER THE PRECEDING FIVE DAYS.
MH Nguyen, RE Yeasted and TJ Schnitzer, Seattle, WA and Chicago, IL.
University of Washington (WSMRF)
VORICONAZOLE DESENSITIZATION IN THE SETTING OF MULTIPLE DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY.
T Jean and K Kwong, Torrance, CA. Harbor UCLA Medical Center (WSMRF)
Abstract 424
Abstract 425
Abstract 426
Abstract 427
Abstract 428
Abstract 429
Neonatology General IV
Bingham Room #3 (Sunset Center)
Robin K. Ohls and Josephine Enciso, Presiding
11:00
11:15
11:30
11:45
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IN VIVO INHIBITION OF HEME OXYGENASE ACTIVITY IN THE HEME-LOADED NEWBORN
MOUSE USING A MICROPARTICLE FORMULATION OF ZINC PROTOPORPHYRIN.
K Fujioka, RJ Wong and DK Stevenson, Stanford, CA. Stanford University School of Medicine
PLASMA RENIN CONCENTRATION IS DIFFERENTIALLY AFFECTED BY
VENTILATION MODE IN PRETERM LAMBS.
A Blair, E Staub, MJ Dahl, BA Yoder, DM Null and K Albertine, Salt Lake City, UT. University of Utah
MATERNAL TOBACCO SMOKE EXPOSURE AFFECTS FATTY ACID TRANSPORTER
MRNA LEVELS IN THE PLACENTA OF MALE AND FEMALE RAT PUPS.
C Neugebauer, C Zou, D Requena, Y Wang and LO Joss-Moore, Salt Lake City, UT.
University of Utah (WSPR Mead Johnson Travel Award Winner)
BRAIN VASCULAR GROWTH FACTOR PROTEIN ABUNDANCE IS DIFFERENTLY
AFFECTED BY VENTILATION MODE IN PRETERM LAMBS.
A Clayton, A Havlicak, J Alvord, L Dong, ZM Wang, MJ Dahl, DM Null, BA Yoder and K Albertine,
Salt Lake City, UT. University of Utah (WSPR)
HISTONE MODIFICATIONS ARE DIFFERENTIALLY AFFECTED BY VENTILATION MODE IN
THE RENAL CORTEX OF PRETERM LAMBS.
A Blair, E Staub, L Dong, MJ Dahl, BA Yoder, DM Null and K Albertine, Salt Lake City, UT.
University of Utah
ONTOGENY OF HISTONE COVALENT MODIFICATIONS IN THE BRAIN OF LAMBS.
A Havlicak, K Rinehart, L Dong, MJ Dahl, ZM Wang, DM Null, BA Yoder and K Albertine,
Salt Lake City, UT and Appleton, WI. University of Utah (WSPR)
Abstract 430
Abstract 431
Abstract 432
Abstract 433
Abstract 434
Abstract 435
Neuroscience III
Chapman #4 (Sunset Center)
Marie-Francois Chesselet and Donald Smith, Presiding
11:00
11:15
11:30
11:45
12:00
OXYTOCIN ENHANCES SOCIAL ATTENTION IN MALE RHESUS MACAQUES.
S Gopalakrishnan, P Putnam, P Zimmerman and K Gothard, Tucson, AZ.
University of Arizona College of Medicine
THE EFFECT OF DIET ON THE RESPONSIVENESS OF THE HYPOTHALAMIC
FEEDING CIRCUITRY TO INSULIN.
S Seng and EJ Wagner, Pomona, CA. Western University of Health Sciences
IMMUNE-MODULATION THERAPY WITH GLATIRAMER ACETATE INDUCES EGR-1
EXPRESSION IN RODENT MODELS OF GLAUCOMA AND ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE.
M Pham, Y Koronyo, K Black and M Koronyo, Pomona, CA; Los Angels, CA and Los Angeles, CA.
Western University of Health Sciences (WSMRF)
THE ROLE OF PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL-3-KINASE IN THE RAPID ESTROGENIC
ATTENUATION OF CANNABINOID-INDUCED CHANGES IN ENERGY HOMEOSTASIS.
AP Vargas and EJ Wagner, Pomona, CA. Western University of Health Sciences
State-of-the-Art Speaker
THE ACHILLES’ HEEL OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH RESEARCH.
Donald Smith, University of California, Santa Cruz
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WESTERN ABSTRACTS AUTHOR INDEX
Western Abstracts Author Index
A
Bailey, M, 333
Bain, C, 35, 36
Baio, J, 313
Balakumar, J, 182
Baldini, T, 142
Baldwin, D, 224, 227, 241, 257
Ballard, P, 113, 116
Bamford, N, 120
Banks, W, 121, 122
Banuelos, K, 146, 261
Bao, N, 276
Barea, JJ, 205
Barnes, E, 370
Barres, BA, 125
Barrette, A, 113, 116
Barry, M, 311
Barton, L, 49
Bauer, B, 180
Baumgartner, J, 331
Baylink, DJ, 25
Baz, S, 72A
Bechtold, D, 1, 308
Bechtold, DA, 280
Bedford, J, 138
Bell, J, 57
Benedetti, T, 17, 153
Benharash, P, 226, 324, 361
Benitez, A, 28
Benjamin, JS, 348, 350
Berg, CJ, 180
Berger, M, 401
Bernier, R, 81
Bernstein, J, 203, 204
Bernthal, NM, 144, 249, 330
Berry, A, 136
Bers, DM, 44, 134
Betat, D, 267
Beyzaie, N, 401
Bhargava, P, 413
Bhombal, S, 160, 216
Bick, R, 371
Billings, J, 33, 34
Binder, S, 165, 198
Biniwale, M, 49, 218
Bird, L, 205
Biskup, N, 139, 237, 245, 283
Bjornson, L, 235
Black, K, 438
Blackburn, E, 151, 343
Blackwood, J, 15
Blair, A, 431, 434
Blair, GK, 282, 379
Blake, A, 351
Blakeslee, W, 4
Bleakly, T, 66
Blood, A, 128, 234
Bloom, JW, 354
Bluml, S, 213
Bogaert, K, 365
Borges, V, 109
Borok, JF, 236, 251
Bostrom, K, 2, 147
Botimer, G, 240
Botten, G, 424
Botto, L, 304
Boyd, M, 121, 122
Boyko, O, 47
Boyle, N, 182
Abarca, P, 422
Aboulhosn, J, 182
Adam, M, 298
Adams, JY, 355
Adams, S, 259
Addis, I, 92
Addison, C, 30
Adhikari, S, 243
Afghani, B, 60, 170, 192, 233,
269, 376
Afshar, K, 362
Agarwal, H, 73, 400
Agsalda-Garcia, M, 387
Aintablian, T, 7, 87
Ajiko, S, 282, 379
Alabbas, A, 220
Albanese, JR, 194
Albertine, K, 37, 38, 41, 43,
111, 117, 118, 158, 431,
433, 434, 435
Aldave, A, 229
Aldredge, A, 145, 332
Allan-Blitz, L, 33, 34
Alsyouf, M, 224, 227, 241, 257
Alvord, J, 433
Amaral, A, 56
Ambaram, R, 395
Amini, R, 243
Ananth, A, 203
Andaya, M, 234
Andersen, DJ, 287
Anderson, NR, 355
Andrade, M, 56
Andrews, RJ, 74
Angelo Dolorito, J, 102
Anger, J, 236, 251
Antonios, JP, 383
Applegate, R, 143, 176
Aracaroli, J, 421
Arago´n, C, 78
Arce-Hernandez, E, 392
Archer, K, 174
Arenas, J, 241, 257
Arman, D, 408
Arneja, J, 138, 252, 364
Arora, P, 311
Arroyo Chora, Y, 192
Artaza, JN, 187
Arzeno, J, 419
Assad, N, 5
Augustine, N, 103
Auld, E, 151, 343
Avenido, R, 251
Avila, J, 56
Avis, E, 404
Azimi, A, 335
Azizzadeh, B, 317
B
Baca, M, 98
Bae, C, 420
Baez, I, 106
Bagby, S, 421
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Bradford, C, 38
Bradley, JP, 222
Branch, KR, 88
Brandt, JR, 171, 400
Braski, K, 301
Bravo, PE, 88
Bream, HJ, 121, 122
Bresee, C, 236
Brewster, N, 111
Brock, A, 358
Brodsky, M, 119
Brooks, CA, 78
Brooks, H, 309
Brown, L, 348, 350, 351
Brown, M, 149, 189
Brown-Bently, T, 265
Brunelle, A, 40
Brunelli, L, 304
Bucevska, M, 138, 173, 235, 252,
255, 364
Bucheli, JR, 14
Bucknell, A, 136
Buckner, F, 29, 156
Bufi, J, 91
Bulley, E, 1, 280, 308
Burge, M, 186
Burge, MR, 14, 263
Burger-Van der Walt, E, 76
Burke, C, 240
Burke, Z, 249
Burnham, E, 133
Burt, A, 152, 199
Burton, LE, 263
Byers, P, 298
C
Cabling, M, 28
Calkins, KL, 195, 306
Camacho, JE, 14, 73
Campbell, A, 161, 310
Campbell, J, 338
Campion, A, 276
Cannon, DC, 207
Cannon, G, 72A
Cannon, GW, 389
Caprihan, A, 78, 207
Carey, JC, 297
Carlbom, D, 88
Carlton, DP, 111
Carmichael, S, 299, 303
Carollo, J, 142
Carreon Berumen, E, 25
Casas-Selves, M, 423
Casillas, E, 172
Cassidy, M, 255
Cassidy, S, 200
Castellanos, B, 53
Catchpole, K, 251
Catenacci, M, 305
Cayabyab, R, 45, 47, 48, 160, 209,
210, 211, 216
Cecil, M, 177
Cen, S, 47
Chadha, NK, 323
Chahal, R, 31
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Chan, C, 25
Chan, G, 101, 301
Chandnani, HK, 396, 397
Chandran, V, 427
Chang, A, 53
Chang, C, 233
Chang, E, 151, 343
Chang, F, 250
Chao, JH, 9
Chapin, CJ, 116
Chapman, R, 208
Char, D, 244
Chen, J, 8
Chen, M, 8
Chen, ML, 91
Chien, E, 275
Chin, S, 52
Chisti, MJ, 66
Chiu, M, 19
Chiu, S, 229
Chivwala, M, 275
Chon, J, 21
Chopra, H, 354
Chou, D, 247
Chou, T, 42
Chow, A, 392
Chow, J, 192
Chu, A, 214
Chu, E, 219
Chu, HY, 288
Chumachenko, S, 126, 162
Chung, D, 229
Chung, LK, 359, 363
Citron, RL, 414
Clark, B, 133
Clark, R, 136, 221
Clarke, LE, 125
Clayton, A, 433
Clyman, RI, 305
Coates, L, 58
Coates, T, 259
Coates, TD, 208
Coats, J, 106
Coe, G, 13, 149, 189
Coffman, B, 221
Cohen, R, 300
Cojocaru, D, 403
Colburn, K, 28, 390
Coleman, AL, 344
Colip, L, 186
Colonna, L, 24, 155
Comstock, B, 21
Conceicao, C, 224, 257
Connor, K, 27
Contreras, JR, 187
Conway, AB, 86
Cornish, D, 75
Corre, A, 39
Corser-Jensen, C, 128
Cosman, B, 384
Courtemanche, D, 138, 252,
255, 364
Couzens, E, 11
Creason, S, 29, 156
Cree-Green, M, 13, 149, 189
Cremer, N, 363
Crofton, A, 32, 239, 313
Cross, CL, 366
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Culpepper, CB, 348, 350
Curcio, E, 414
Cypro, A, 1, 280, 308
Czynski, AJ, 169
D
Dahl, MJ, 37, 38, 43, 111, 117,
118, 431, 433, 434, 435
Dalwani, MS, 126, 162
Danci, I, 140, 237, 283
Daoud, N, 28
Daratha, K, 1, 280, 308
Das, SU, 366, 369
Davidson, CA, 207
Davis, C, 132
Davis, H, 339
Davis, M, 348
Davis, S, 358
Dawson, M, 260
De Mello, A, 161, 310
Dean, P, 173
Debay, M, 267
DeGregori, J, 423
Dehority, W, 339
Delplanque, J, 132, 355
Demos-Davies, K, 4
Deneckere, L, 111
Deniffel, D, 26
Denmark, TK, 169
Desai, S, 328
Desai, TV, 380
Dettinger, J, 365
Devaskar, S, 214, 349
Dewar, K, 266
Dhalla, S, 401
Dhar, V, 166, 217
Dhillon, J, 139, 140, 237, 245,
248, 254, 283, 325, 326
Diala, FI, 285
Diaz Aguilar, D, 27
Diaz Osterman, CJ, 110
Dillon, JJ, 191
Ding, K, 322
Dinh, D, 271
Do, D, 182
Doan, Q, 279
Dobyns, A, 40
Dockstader, K, 177
Domino, K, 378
Donahue, ES, 321
Dong, L, 38, 43, 111, 117, 118,
433, 434, 435
Doolen, J, 366
Douglas, IS, 133
Doumani, R, 418
Dreyer, SD, 341
Drezner, J, 20
Dubina, E, 222
Dudley, DJ, 367
Dudovitz, R, 404
Duerr, A, 35, 36
Duffy, B, 80
Duffy, D, 100, 148, 282, 379
Dukhovny, D, 52
Dumont, RA, 419
Dunn, J, 195
Duran, M, 136
Durand, M, 211
Duster, N, 29, 156
Dworsky, EM, 144, 249
E
Fujimoto, J, 340
Fujioka, K, 295, 430
Fung, A, 132
Ebrahimi, M, 210
Eddy, A, 403
Edelstein, C, 307
Eilber, K, 236
Eilers, B, 409
Ekunait, J, 379
Elikh, YY, 336
Ellingson, C, 6
Elliott, S, 219
Elmasri, M, 238
Elmore, J, 18
Emerson, H, 117, 118
Enes, R, 97
Englund, JE, 288
Enns, GM, 202
Epstein, EH, 102
Erickson, R, 47
Erickson, TA, 277, 281, 368,
371, 416
Erley, CL, 84
Everett, JP, 176
Eze, N, 166, 217
Ezeanolue, E, 71
Ezeanolue, EE, 104
G
Gachuno, O, 365
Gahagan, S, 79
Gallego, C, 152, 199
Gamboa, J, 72A
Gandhi, S, 161, 310
Ganguly, A, 214, 349
Gao, Y, 309
Garcia, AJ, 60
Garcia, LA, 187
Garden, J, 401
Garfinkel, A, 2, 147
Garg, S, 223
Garon, E, 422
Gaul, C, 61
Gaut, D, 422
Gazy, N, 426
Gee, E, 361
Gee, J, 229
Geller, D, 386
George, R, 211
Geschwind, DH, 125
Gessner, B, 327
Ghavimi, S, 362
Ghodke, B, 231
Gibson, AW, 119
Gill, EA, 88
Gill, I, 168
Gill, J, 386
Gill, SS, 369
Gimbel, H, 246, 329
Ginelli, E, 106
Girse´n, A, 303
Gist, L, 79
Gitter, TA, 427
Gladman, D, 427
Glazener, E, 319
Glazer, P, 267
Gobrial, M, 370
Goh, C, 341
Gold, J, 200
Goldberg, R, 317
Goldhaber, NH, 358
Goldkorn, A, 168
Goldman, J, 422
Goldman, S, 407
Gomez-Ospina, N, 202
Gomperts, B, 163, 356
Gong, M, 39, 42, 112
Gong, P, 204
Gonzales, L, 116
Gonzalez, J, 28
Gonzalez, R, 116
Gopalakrishnan, S, 436
Gopen, Q, 359
Gorlick, R, 386
Goss, CH, 417
Goss, LB, 417
Gossling, M, 114
Gothard, K, 436
Gould, JB, 300, 303
Graff, N, 67
Grafstein, E, 279
Grant, S, 324
Grayck, E, 115
Greene, JL, 421
F
Faaborg, D, 227, 257
Fahrenbruch, C, 15
Fair, J, 186
Fairey, A, 168
Fan, E, 29, 156
Fan, JT, 253, 256
Fane, O, 33, 34
Fang, Y, 372
Farsio, F, 192
Fassl, B, 95, 277, 281, 368,
371, 416
Feldkamp, M, 304
Feldstein, V, 306
Felsen, C, 167
Fernandez, J, 226
Ferreira, JP, 398
Ferrini, MG, 187
Fischer, A, 215
Fisher, R, 106
Florea, V, 15
Fluckiger, AL, 59
Flynn, T, 223
Folsom, SM, 277, 281, 368,
371, 416
Fong, A, 3
Ford, MD, 230
Ford, R, 140
Fortunato, EA, 289
Foster, AA, 15
Fox, RS, 146, 261
Francis, M, 40
Francis, O, 106
Frank, P, 226
Frausto, R, 229
Frazee, EN, 191
Frederick, P, 18
French, P, 192
Friedlich, P, 52, 208, 213
Fu, J, 22
Fuchs, S, 426
Fuerch, J, 50
Fuerch, JH, 46
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Greer, AC, 35, 36
Grigsby, P, 314
Gross, CJ, 404
Guerra, F, 30
Guihard, P, 2, 147
Guiner, A, 381
Guizado, G, 366
Gunn, ML, 88
Gupta, A, 149, 189
Gupta, P, 278
Gupta, S, 135, 139, 140, 141,
164, 237, 245, 254, 283,
325, 326
Gustafson, S, 404
H
Hageman, A, 180
Hagen-Lillevik, S, 43
Hagman, D, 9
Halamek, LP, 46, 50
Hame, S, 137
Hamilton, J, 275
Hamilton, M, 3, 5, 7, 54, 87, 89, 90,
178, 179, 183, 408, 410, 411
Hammond, B, 109
Haney, S, 273
Hanna, A, 176
Hanna, JM, 398
Hannemann, A, 236, 251
Hansen Rejali, J, 103
Hansen, JE, 101
Hansen, W, 413
Hanson, JF, 24, 155
Hanson-Kahn, A, 204
Harrington, CA, 85
Harris, D, 407
Haruta, A, 20
Harvey, M, 16
Haselman, C, 264
Hassebrock, JD, 225
Hatti, KM, 390
Havlicak, A, 433, 435
Hawkins, DS, 386
Hay, WW, 348, 350, 351
Hays, S, 131
Hayward, K, 417
Hegemann, S, 13
Heidenreich, K, 128
Helfrich, B, 423
Hennig, G, 194
Herlihy, EP, 296
Hernandez, E, 28, 278
Hernandez, RA, 67, 218
Hershey, C, 324
Hill, HR, 103, 318
Hill, ME, 254, 326
Hill, ZR, 240
Hillman, Z, 98
Hlaing, SM, 187
Ho, E, 213
Hodgson, H, 241
Hoffman, D, 232
Hoffman, R, 275
Holloway, R, 267
Hong, J, 233
Hoover, D, 267
Howe, B, 267
Hsu, S, 28
Hsu, W, 419
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Hu, B, 168
Hu, Y, 144
Huang, DS, 288
Huang, L, 151, 343
Huber, K, 109
Hubner, LM, 82
Hudac, C, 81
Hudson, D, 259
Huffman, LC, 82
Hughbanks, M, 76
Hunt, AT, 104
Hussain, S, 315
Huynh, D, 66
Hwang, AY, 159, 206
Hwee, B, 60
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Ibanez, L, 80
Inceoglu, S, 240, 248
Ingledew, P, 108
Innis, S, 100, 148
Ipsiroglu, O, 401
Isenberg, N, 351
Ishiyama, A, 222
Iyer, SN, 260
Izu, L, 44, 134
J
Jacinto, A, 166, 217
Jacobson, L, 289
Jacobson, P, 314, 320
Jain, R, 266, 397
Jan, A, 45, 48
Janes, J, 416
Jani, A, 307
Jansen, P, 275
Janssen, CH, 262
Jantzie, L, 347
Jarvik, GP, 152, 199
Jasinovic, T, 282
Javadian, F, 362
Jayakar, R, 137
Jean, T, 302, 429
Jelacic, S, 225
Jennings, P, 60
Jernigan, J, 74
Jha, D, 277, 281, 368, 371
Jha, OP, 49
Jimenez, E, 312
Jo¨bsis, JJ, 220
Joffe, A, 321
Johnson, K, 367
Johnson, PJ, 285
Johnston, J, 339
Johnstone, S, 8
Jones, K, 298, 369
Jones, NA, 242
Jones, RE, 242
Jonker, S, 348, 350
Jooryabi, D, 233
Jorgensen, K, 62
Joseph, C, 171
Joshi, A, 209
Joss-Moore, L, 41, 43, 158
Joss-Moore, LO, 432
Juneman, E, 407
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K
Kache, S, 66
Kaeppler, C, 95
Kaeppler, M, 95
Kailey, J, 115
Kalish, F, 346
Kalra, S, 133
Kalyesubula, R, 266
Kaneta, K, 387
Kantorowska, A, 300
Kapoor, V, 265, 266
Kapsner, P, 186
Karimzada, MM, 424
Karlin, D, 340
Kartchner, JZ, 242, 243
Kashani, KB, 191
Kashner, M, 72A
Katz, D, 413
Katz, J, 288
Kavafyan, T, 174
Kazlauskas, KA, 83
Keane, J, 104
Kelleher, S, 244
Keller, R, 306
Kelly, K, 331
Kemna, M, 409
Kennelly, M, 63
Kenyon, N, 132
Kern, KB, 6
Khera, K, 323
Kibore, M, 365
Kido, D, 320
Kilgore, AE, 96
Kim, A, 265
Kim, C, 27, 125
Kim, CH, 344
Kim, E, 272
Kim, F, 11, 54, 88
Kim, H, 283, 325
Kim, J, 105
Kim, L, 47
Kim, P, 314, 320
Kimonis, V, 200
King, K, 136
King, W, 322
Kinman, R, 56
Kirsch, S, 21
Kirsch, W, 32, 239, 313
Klausner, J, 33, 34
Kleinhenz, M, 130
Knall, C, 345
Knox, K, 31
Ko, N, 287
Kobashigawa, J, 3, 5, 7, 54, 87,
89, 90, 178, 179, 183, 408,
410, 411
Koncinsky, J, 277, 281, 368,
371, 416
Konda, K, 36
Koronyo, M, 438
Koronyo, Y, 438
Korsich, D, 139
Kowalewski, T, 21
Krabak, BJ, 342
Kramerova, I, 123
Krate, J, 201
Kratz, M, 9
Krikov, S, 304
Krinsky, C, 221
Krughoff, K, 142
Western Abstracts Author Index
Kudenchuk, PJ, 88
Kuhn, BT, 129, 355
Kumanovics, A, 103
Kuo, A, 414
Kuo, M, 107
Kurnellas, M, 373
Kuroda, J, 387
Kutzner, E, 135, 164, 245
Kuypers, J, 288
Kvam, J, 104
Kwan, A, 132
Kwong, K, 429
Kwong, T, 331
L
LaBarbera, D, 150, 193
Lackman, KD, 268
LaGreca, J, 223
Lai, J, 17, 153
Lakshmanan, A, 52
Lam, F, 353
Lama, J, 35, 36
Lamba, R, 413
Lammer, E, 157, 292, 293
Lamola, AA, 159, 206
Lancaster, J, 407
Lathrop, S, 221
Lau, D, 247
Lau, KW, 25
Law, YM, 91
Lawrence, R, 300
Layel, V, 169
Lazareff, J, 276
Le, N, 232
Leaf, PD, 110
Leavy, J, 277, 281, 368, 416
Lechner, S, 107
LeClair, BM, 246
Lee -Son, K, 161, 310
Lee, A, 224, 287
Lee, C, 247, 276, 358
Lee, H, 300
Lee, J, 8, 192
Lee, JG, 412
Lee, N, 93
Leen-Mitchell, M, 297
Leland, N, 366
Lemon, JM, 415
Lendvay, T, 21
Levy, J, 371
Levy, S, 405
Lewis, P, 135, 141, 164, 245, 248,
254, 283, 326
Li, C, 25, 215
Li, E, 163, 356
Li, H, 420, 426
Li, M, 168
Li, Q, 372
Li, S, 215
Li, W, 364
Li, X, 165, 198
Liang, A, 219
Liau, L, 383
Lieng, MK, 355
Limesand, S, 348
Lin, A, 312
Lin, DN, 212
Lin, J, 151, 343, 383
Linardopoulou, E, 287
Linfield, DT, 159, 206
Liou, F, 3, 5, 7, 54, 87, 89, 90, 178,
179, 183, 408, 410, 411
Liu, D, 47
Liu, E, 370
Liu, J, 42, 112
Liu, T, 234
Lo, DD, 316
Loftin, AH, 144, 249, 330
Long, CS, 4
Longchamp, A, 322
Longo, LD, 40, 44, 134
Lonnerdal, B, 10
Lonowski, S, 22
Look, NE, 250
Lopez, J, 16
Loredo, SM, 92
Lowe, J, 78
Lowy, A, 331
Lu, D, 247
Luhrs, K, 81
Lum Ho, RL, 405
Lum, F, 344
Luquetti, DV, 296
Luu, M, 6, 87, 183
Luu, R, 236, 251
Lynch, JC, 110
M
Ma, C, 64, 299
Ma, J, 340
Ma, V, 100, 148
MacKenzie, T, 306
Macmurdo, CF, 204
Madhav, A, 168
Madsen, J, 265
Mahapatra, S, 373
Makwana, L, 368
Malcarne, VL, 146, 261
Malek, E, 182
Malic, C, 252, 364
Malkoski, S, 388
Malo, J, 354
Malone Jenkins, S, 301
Mammen, C, 161, 220, 310
Man, C, 172
Mandelbaum, RS, 222
Manegold, JE, 144, 330
Mangione, C, 22
Manshad, AS, 14
Maraka, S, 12
Margach, M, 235
Martin, C, 43
Martin, E, 288
Martin, J, 426
Martin, M, 248
Martin, S, 168
Martinez, L, 297
Martins, D, 222
Martins, TB, 318
Mathur, I, 363
Mathur, M, 363
Matsell, DG, 403
Matsell, E, 403
Matthews, N, 200
Maxwell, J, 347
Mayagoitia, K, 106
Mayo, J, 303
McArthur, D, 247
McConaghy, S, 190
McCreery, S, 402
219
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Western Abstracts Author Index
McElroy, I, 361
McKenna, S, 114
McKinsey, TA, 4
McLean, C, 213
McLeod, J, 108
McMahon, K, 65
McMahon, M, 12
McNulty, MM, 136
McWilliams, JP, 238
Mefford, H, 298
Mei, E, 159, 206
Mendez, M, 312
Mendoza, A, 56
Mercer, F, 285
Merchant, M, 178
Mercurio, C, 170
Merz, A, 137
Messer, K, 331
Messersmith, W, 150, 193, 421
Mettler, M, 170
Miao, E, 227
Miles, JM, 12, 191
Milford, T, 106
Milner, R, 220
Minagar, J, 170
Mincer, S, 378
Minh, GL, 271
Minoo, P, 215
Mittal, S, 196
Miyamoto, S, 4, 181, 406
Miyanji, F, 328
Modlin, RL, 425
Modongo, C, 33, 34
Mohamednur, Y, 104
Mohammed, N, 157, 292, 293
Molas-Torreblanca, K, 172
Moldovan, I, 28
Molina, Y, 35, 36
Moller, T, 24, 155
Montejano, J, 109
Moore, B, 43
Moral, E, 134
Moreno, G, 22
Morgan, T, 18
Morotti, K, 16
Morris, CL, 106
Morris, M, 166, 217
Morrissey, B, 353
Moshiri, A, 418
Moshiri, M, 413
Mosier, JM, 354
Moss, M, 133
Mulpuri, K, 220, 375
Muncey, W, 294
Murata, K, 315
Murayama, K, 411
Murphy, D, 166, 217
Murthy, N, 39
Myers, O, 78
Myklak, K, 224, 227, 241, 257
Nelson, M, 208
Nemenoff, R, 307
Nesbit, L, 31
Neugebauer, C, 432
Neumaier, J, 119
New, AM, 191
Newcomer, B, 149, 189
Newlove, T, 362
Ng, D, 316
Nghiem, P, 418
Nghiemphu, P, 124
Ngo, K, 174
Ngo, M, 76A
Nguyen, C, 72A
Nguyen, H, 406
Nguyen, K, 125
Nguyen, MH, 428
Nguyen, T, 2332
Nicholas, C, 211
Nielson, JH, 175
Nikroo, C, 374
Nilkanth, M, 170
Nitikman, M, 328, 375
No, DJ, 313
Noble, P, 101
Nobori, A, 317
Norton, NR, 329
Nour, M, 143
Null, DM, 38, 43, 111, 117, 118,
431, 433, 434, 435
Nunley, K, 406
Nuyen, BA, 26, 67, 146, 261, 384
Nystrom, EM, 12, 191
O
Ochoa, C, 370
Odesa, S, 383
Ogopotse, M, 33, 34
O’Hara, N, 100, 148, 282, 379
Ohls, RK, 190, 207
Okamura, DM, 417
O’Keeffe, DT, 12
Olcott, W, 105
Oliver, L, 377
Orchard, J, 117, 118
Ordonez, B, 56
Oren, E, 31
O’Rourke, NA, 125
Ortiz, J, 417
Osman, CL, 52
Osoegawa, K, 157, 292, 293
Otarola, L, 192
Overstreet, FC, 415
Oyoyo, U, 314, 320
Ozaki, CK, 322
Ozen, M, 346
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Pao, D, 233
Paragas, M, 170
Park, E, 171
Park, J, 125
Park, S, 222
Parker, E, 278
Parkman, L, 157, 292
Parodi, C, 157, 292, 293
Parra, A, 28
Partridge, JC, 51, 232
Pasca, AM, 125
Pasca, SP, 125
Patamasucon, P, 395, 396, 397, 399
Patel, A, 233, 249
Patel, M, 277, 281, 368, 371
Patel, P, 89, 197
Paul, I, 221
Pauwels, J, 323
Payne, KJ, 28, 106
Payne, S, 4
Pelargos, P, 359
Pender, T, 239
Pennington, M, 104
Peplinski, B, 227, 257
Perkins, J, 231
Pervin, S, 187
Petek, BJ, 88
Pfaff, C, 275
Pham, M, 438
Pham, N, 284
Phang, M, 252
Phelps, MD, 253, 256
Philipps, AF, 10
Phillips, J, 78, 207
Phiri, K, 275
Pigott, C, 334
Pihl, CL, 270
Pillado, EB, 324
Pinette, W, 254, 326
Piperdi, S, 386
Plotkin, B, 137
Poon, A, 364
Poon, VI, 386
Posner, K, 378
Potts, DA, 68
Pouldar, DM, 425
Prasad, P, 192
Prins, R, 383
Prosper, A, 47
Pugatch, M, 405
Puglisi, J, 44, 134
Putnam, P, 436
Ranade, R, 29, 156
Rangasamy, S, 201
Rao, B, 43
Rao, S, 400
Ravichandran, K, 307
Rawson, R, 271
Raymond, LW, 230, 352
Rea, T, 15
Reardon, L, 180
Reeder, S, 309
Rehan, VK, 39, 42, 112, 166, 217
Reilly, C, 220, 375
Reiner, E, 279
Reitman, AJ, 208, 213
Rendi, M, 18
Requena, D, 432
Resnik, J, 226
Rezakahn Khajeh, N, 269
Richman, SA, 144, 330
RIckard, D, 404
Ridzinski, ER, 386
Rieck, C, 69
Riley, K, 303
Rinehart, K, 435
Rı´os, J, 35
Rives, C, 196, 197
Roberts, J, 113
Robertson, J, 297
Robertson, S, 364
Robinson, S, 347
Rockwood, AL, 318
Roller, JM, 265
Roman, MM, 19
Romeo, AN, 297
Romero, M, 40, 44, 134
Romero-Aleshire, M, 309
Romley, J, 52
Rooke, D, 150, 193
Rootman, D, 317
Roozbanian, J, 376
Ross, J, 120
Roth, M, 386
Rothbard, J, 373
Rozance, P, 348, 350, 351
Rubinow, KB, 9
Rue, S, 366
Rule, GS, 318
Ruscheinsky, S, 266
Russell, GK, 320
Ruvalcaba, AO, 233
Ryan, A, 26
Q
S
Qin, M, 105
Qin, X, 25
Quach, A, 51
Quan, Y, 24, 155
Quinn, D, 168
P
N
Nadeau, K, 13, 149, 189
Nagasawa, D, 359
Nair, S, 119
Nakamura, C, 387
Narayanan, V, 201
Needlman, R, 260
Neeki, M, 267
Page, ST, 9
Paholpak, P, 312
Pak, K, 26
Pak, Y, 166, 217
Palathumpat, SM, 175
Palileo, I, 288
Palmer, TD, 346
Pan, D, 422
Pandey, AC, 398, 407
Pangonis, S, 399
R
Ra, S, 165, 198
Rabi, S, 165, 198
Rahman, A, 196
Raison, CL, 262
Ram, S, 23
Ramanathan, R, 45, 48, 49, 208,
209, 210, 211, 218
Ramsey, KM, 201
220
Sacedo-Conception, K, 106
Sackles, JC, 354
Sadler, GR, 146, 261
Saidi, M, 228
Sainz, AO, 41, 158
Sakai, JT, 126, 162
Sakurai, R, 39, 42, 112
Saltzman, BS, 296
Salvatierra, G, 1, 280, 308
Samples, L, 18
Sanchez, H, 35, 36
Sanchez, J, 35
Santos, C, 335
Sapir, H, 172
Sardesai, S, 211
Satou, N, 361
Savariar, E, 167
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Saviola, B, 284, 291
Sawyer, M, 260
Scaduto, AA, 144
Scarborough, H, 423
Schaffhausen, C, 21
Schedin, P, 109
Schivo, M, 132
Schnitzer, TJ, 428
Schoenhals, S, 277, 281, 368,
371, 416
Scholl, L, 405
Scholz, R, 67
Schooley, A, 275
Schrager, S, 172
Schroeder, W, 136
Schultz, K, 157, 292, 293
Schwartzentruber, B, 266
Schwarze, U, 298
Scumpia, P, 424
Seeger, L, 137
Segura, P, 35
Segura, T, 330
Seidl, A, 142
Semel, M, 322
Seng, S, 437
Sepahdari, A, 419
Serkova, N, 109
Servilla, K, 311
Sewanyana, J, 266
Shachar, BZ, 303
Shah, R, 55
Shamp, E, 274
Shanmugam, H, 304
Shapiro, J, 142, 370
Shastry, P, 160, 216
Shaw, C, 152, 199
Shaw, GM, 157, 292, 293, 295,
299, 303
Sheak, KK, 98
Shemin, R, 3, 324, 361
Shen, C, 40
Shestopalov, V, 287
Shew, S, 195
Shih, EJ, 315
Shin, B, 349
Shin, SS, 33, 34
Shiozaki, R, 90, 410
Shiramizu, B, 387
Shiraz, P, 106
Shiroshi, M, 47
Shivaram, G, 231
Showers, S, 74
Siassi, B, 210
Siddiqui, S, 3, 5, 89, 90, 178, 179,
408, 410
Siegel, D, 16
Silva, M, 249
Simberg, D, 109
Singer, J, 131
Singh, MK, 286
Sinha, K, 317
Siomos, A, 406
Skarsgard, E, 100, 148, 362
Skippen, P, 161, 310
Skocylas, R, 255
Sloan, S, 125
Smale, S, 424
Smith, L, 302
Smith, R, 70
Smith, SJ, 125
Solomon, S, 394
Sondhi, M, 349
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Song, D, 138
Song, K, 31
Sonnen, JA, 318
Soto, H, 383
Spencer, M, 123
Sriratanaviriyakul, N, 353
Staples, A, 171, 400
Staub, E, 431, 434
Stauffer, BL, 181, 406
Stavrakis, AI, 144, 249, 330
Steck, T, 258, 327
Steinman, L, 373
Stephens, C, 168
Stetson, W, 358
Stevenson, DK, 159, 206, 212, 295,
303, 346, 430
Stevick, CJ, 32
Stollenwerk, N, 353
Stolz, L, 243
Stone, W, 80
Strahlendorf, C, 173
Strawter, C, 31
Stuber, ML, 412
Su, A, 165, 198
Su, R, 106
Sucharov, CC, 177, 181, 406
Sucharov-Costa, J, 181
Summers, K, 38
Sun, N, 244
Sundet, A, 127
Sung, L, 253, 256
Surampalli, A, 200
Sussman, SW, 337
Sweigard, H, 27
Swislocki, A, 16
Switchenko, N, 228
Szkudlinska, MA, 188
T
Tablizo, M, 290
Tan, LD, 132
Tang, V, 102
Tang, X, 25
Tao, M, 322
Taylor, M, 40
Taylor, S, 112
Teles, RM, 425
Teng, E, 312
Terashima, KH, 316
Thill, K, 359, 363
Thomas, K, 17, 153
Thomas, S, 170
Thompson, A, 309
Thompson, I, 210
Thorn, S, 348, 350, 351
Tian, Y, 125
Tielsch, J, 288
Tilley, P, 235
Tino, S, 282
Titapiwatanakun, R, 290
Tokman, S, 130, 131
Tomedi, A, 98
Torralba, K, 72A, 76A
Torres, J, 123
Tower, S, 258, 327
Tran, HT, 51
Trost, M, 172
Truong, HN, 91
Tryon, D, 257
Tseng, V, 344
Tsien, R, 167
Western Abstracts Author Index
Tsuda, S, 194
Tucker, D, 102
Tung, S, 316
Tzamaloukas, A, 311
Tzeng, JA, 10
U
Ueoka, M, 387
Ugwu, CS, 71
Uhr, L, 8
Uijtdehaage, S, 333
Ung, N, 359, 363
Unger, J, 365
Utzschneider, K, 188
V
Vachon, L, 47
Vaidya, S, 231
Vaikunth, S, 160, 216
Van Citters, D, 258
Van Gelder, R, 287
Vandeleur, DM, 342
Varela, S, 23
Vargas, AP, 439
Vashist, T, 60
Vaughan, J, 377
Vaupel, V, 16
Venick, R, 195
Venketaraman, V, 286, 426
Vennat, M, 269
Vera Tudela, E, 286
Verchere, C, 173, 235, 364
Verraich, J, 231
Vigil, D, 311
Vijjayaraj, P, 163, 356
Villaran, M, 36
Vinters, HV, 316
Vizcarra, A, 143
Voelkerding, KV, 103
von Frankenberg, AD, 188
Voth, B, 363
Voyich, J, 30
Vreman, HJ, 159, 206
W
Wachsman, SI, 146, 261
Wadehra, M, 214
Wadhwa, EL, 299
Wagner, EJ, 437, 439
Wagner, M, 212
Walker, BA, 296
Walker, D, 365
Walker, K, 170
Walker, L, 181
Walker, S, 17, 153
Wall, NR, 110
Wallenstein, M, 303
Wallenstein, MB, 295
Walsh, A, 380
Walter, MH, 25
Wandell, G, 35, 36
Wang, D, 137
Wang, GY, 102
Wang, M, 242
Wang, Q, 307
Wang, Y, 41, 158, 432
Wang, ZM, 37, 38, 111, 117, 118,
433, 435
Warren, J, 21
Warren, ME, 345
Washignton, GC, 202
Watkins, R, 30
Weaver, D, 18
Wei, D, 52
Wei, J, 300
Weinand, LM, 262
Weinstein, JR, 24, 155
Weisbart, R, 101
Weiss, N, 306
Weitzman, ER, 405
Weldon, AJ, 28
Wencel, M, 200
Wertheimer, F, 218
West, A, 13, 149, 189
Whelan, V, 290
Whitney, M, 167
Wilkening, R, 348, 350
Wilkins, V, 228
Williams, G, 244
Williams, J, 170
Willis, L, 235
Wilson, CG, 40
Wilson, I, 72
Wilson, SM, 40, 44, 134
Winn, VD, 346
Wisnowski, J, 208, 213
Woelber, E, 258, 327
Wolf, B, 422
Wong, B, 396
Wong, C, 73, 171, 233
Wong, D, 179
Wong, FK, 259
Wong, RJ, 159, 206, 212, 295,
346, 430
Wong, W, 237
Wood, JC, 208
Wood, L, 236
Woods, C, 115
Wosmek, J, 358
Wright, C, 114
Wright, D, 394
Wu, H, 324, 361
Wu, JJ, 8
Wu, P, 267
Wu, T, 213, 265
Wu, Y, 253, 256
X
Xu, Y, 25
Xue, A, 378
Y
Yabuno, J, 54, 183, 411
Yacoubian, V, 60
Yamada, NK, 46, 50
Yang, D, 168
Yang, I, 359, 363
Yang, S, 141, 325, 335, 392
Yang, W, 295
Yao, MV, 190
Yasuda, K, 37
Yazdi, D, 2, 147
Yeasted, RE, 428
Yelistratova, L, 418
Yoder, BA, 38, 43, 111, 117, 118,
431, 433, 434, 435
Yoneda, K, 353
221
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Yoo, T, 44
Yoshigi, M, 37
Young, M, 101, 197
Yount, EC, 94
Yousuf, T, 60
Yu, A, 124
Yu, C, 323
Yu, D, 322
Yu, F, 344
Zeki, AA, 129
Zetola, N, 33, 34
Zhang, J, 312, 372
Zhang, JX, 138
Zhang, X, 106, 420, 426
Zhang, Z, 29, 156
Zhao, H, 295, 346
Zhao, J, 41, 158
Zhao, L, 382
Yu, S, 302
Yu, W, 291
Yu, X, 127
Z
Zamrini, E, 318
Zappitelli, M, 161, 310
Zarinafsar, S, 60
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Zhong, L, 420, 426
Zhu, S, 330
Zhygan, N, 379
Zia, R, 55
Ziemke, MK, 388
Zigman, M, 20
Zimmerman, P, 436
Zopf, D, 231
Zou, C, 41, 158, 432
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Incite:Development and presentation of CME material
Neotech:Consultant
Forest Laboratories, Inc:Research Support
Developer of measure of interest (STAT):Receives royalties as developer
of STAT
miRagen, Inc:Equity
Avelas Biosciences:Scientific Advisor
Consultant Pediatric Bioscience
NovaBay:Financial Support;Novartis:Financial Support
Canget Biotekpharma LLC:CEO (interim)
Avelas Biosciences:Scientific Advisor
Grant from Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Entelligence Young
Investigator Award
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The following presenters have documented that they have no financial relationships to disclose and no COIs
to resolve:
Phillip Abarca
Jamil Aboulhosn
Margaret Adam
Jason Adams
Ilana Addis
Conrad Addison
Behnoosh Afghani
Koroush Afshar
Yalda Afshar
Hemant Agarwal
Tamar Aintablian
Sr. Mary Margaret Ajiko
Abdullah Alabbas
Mostafa Al-Alusi
Jessica Albanese
Kurt Albertine
Amalia Aldredge
Lao-Tzu Allan-Blitz
Muhannad Alsyouf
J. Alvord
Amitha Ananth
Dallin Andersen
Nick Anderson
John Angelo Dolorito
Kathleen Angkustsiri
Richard Applegate
John Aracaroli
Crystal Aragón
Karisa Archer
Darian Arman
Jugpal Arneja
Prajit Arora
Yosselin Arroyo Chora
Jorge Artaza
Julia Arzeno
Nima Assad
Elizabeth Auld
Emily Avis
Aysun Azimi
Babak Azizzadeh
Marcus Baca
Chay Bae
Ineavely Baez
Stacey Bagby
Mariel Bailey
Carolyn Bain
Jon Baio
Jonathan Balakumar
Todd Baldini
Duane Baldwin
Philip Ballard
Nigel Bamford
William Banks
Karina Banuelos
Nan Bao
Jaime Barea
Ben Barres
Anne Marie Barrette
Marc Barry
Lorayne Barton
Cameron Bass
Brenton Bauer
Joel Baumgartner
David Baylink
Daniel Bechtold
Julie Bedford
Thomas Benedetti
Peyman Benharash
Abigail Benitez
Joshua Benjamin
Christopher Berg
Mai Berger
Raphael Bernier
Jonathan Bernstein
Nicholas Bernthal
Andrew Berry
Donald Bers
Daniel Betat
Nadia Beyzaie
Puneet Bhargava
Shazia Bhombal
Joshua Billings
Scott Binder
Manoj Biniwale
Lynne Bird
Nataliya Biskup
Keith Black
Elizabeth Blackburn
Jennifer Blackwood
A. Blair
Geoffrey Blair
Amy Blake
Weston Blakeslee
Teresa Bleakly
Alyssa Blood
Arlin Blood
John Bloom
Stefan Bluml
Virginia Borges
Kristina Bostrom
Giovanni Botten
Lorenzo Botto
Millie Boyd
Orest Boyko
Noel G. Boyle
C. Bradford
James Bradley
Kelley Branch
John Brandt
Katherine Braski
Paco Bravo
Holly Bream
N. Brewster
Aaron Brock
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Matthew Brodsky
Catherine Brooks
Heddwen Brooks
Laura Brown
Mark Brown
Tlell Brown-Bently
Alexander Brunelle
Luca Brunelli
Anne Brunet
Marija Bucevska
Jose Bucheli
Allan Bucknell
Fred Buckner
Janine Bufi
Emily Bulley
Mark Burge
E. Burnham
Amber Burt
L. Burton
Peter Byers
Marven Cabling
Kara Calkins
Jenny Camacho
Andrew Campbell
Julie Campbell
Andrew Campion
Daniel Cannon
Arvind Caprihan
John Carey
David Carlbom
D. Carlton
Suzan Carmichael
James Carollo
Edmundo Carreon Berumen
Matias Casas-Selves
Ernesto Casillas
Melissa Catenacci
Rowena Cayabyab
Mackenzie Cecil
Stephen Cen
Anita Chadha
Neil Chadha
Racquel Chahal
Christian Chan
Grace Chan
Emily Chang
Jing Chao
Cheryl Chapin
Rachel Chapman
John Chen
Maida Chen
Michael Chen
Marie-Francois Chesselet
Emily Chien
Steven Chin
Mohammod Chisti
Melvin Chiu
Mackenzie Chivwala
Janet Chon
Harsharon Chopra
Tsui-Fen Chou
Jeff Chow
Alison Chu
Elaine Chu
Helen Chu
Serhiy Chumachenko
Lawrance Chung
Rebecca Citron
B. Clark
Ross Clark
Ryan Clark
Laura Clarke
A. Clayton
Ronald Clyman
Thomas Coates
Jacqueline Coats
Gregory Coe
Brittany Coffman
Ronald Cohen
Dan Cojocaru
Tarah Colaizy
Keith Colburn
Anne Coleman
Leslie Colip
Lucrezia Colonna
Carol Conceicao
Kip Connor
Jaime Contreras
Anders Conway
Alana Corre
Chelsea Corser-Jensen
Douglas Courtemanche
Erica Couzens
Timothy Cox
Sharon Creason
Melanie Cree-Green
Nicole Cremer
Andrew Crofton
Christine Culpepper
Eric Curcio
Alexander Cypro
Adam Czynski
M. Dahl
Manish Dalwani
Ioana Danci
Nasim Daoud
Kenn Daratha
Samrat Das
Christina Davidson
Christina Davis
Herbert Davis
Melissa Davis
Shane Davis
Mathew Dawson
Nicole Dawson
Alanna De Mello
Paige Dean
Kevin Deane
Marc Debay
James DeGregori
Walter Dehority
Cassidy Delaney
Thomas DeLoughery
Jean Pierre Delplanque
Kimberly Demos-Davies
L. Deneckere
Dominik Deniffel
T. Denmark
Sameer Desai
Laurel Desnick
Sherin Devaskar
Krista Dewar
Sophia Dhalla
Vijay Dhar
Jane Dhillon
Fitz Gerald Diala
Daniel Diaz Aguilar
Carlos Diaz Osterman
John Dillon
Kui Ding
Doantrang Dinh
Duc Do
Daniel Doan
Quynh Doan
Abigail Dobyns
Karen Dockstader
Eric Donahue
L. Dong
I. Douglas
Ryan Doumani
Sean Dreyer
Jonathan Drezner
Emily Dubina
Rebecca Dudovitz
Ann Duerr
Brandon Duffy
Damian Duffy
Dmitry Dukhovny
Rebecca Dumont
James Dunn
Michael Duran
Manuel Durand
Ravi Durvasula
Nicole Duster
Erik Dworsky
Mahmood Ebrahimi
Allison Eddy
Charles Edelstein
Braiden Eilers
Yevgeniy Elikh
Carl Ellingson
Stephen Elliott
Joann Elmore
H. Emerson
Josephine Enciso
Roberta Enes
Janet Englund
Gregory Enns
Lori Ennis
Ervin Epstein
Rosanna Erickson
Jay Erickson
Tiffani Erickson
Christopher Erley
Tania Esakoff
Jo Everett
Nwando Eze
Echezona Ezeanolue
Daniel Faaborg
Carol Fahrenbruch
Tyra Fainstad
Joanna Fair
Adrian Fairey
Erkang Fan
Othusitse Fane
Farangis Farsio
Bernhard Fassl
Marcia Feldkamp
Vickie Feldstein
Csilla Felsen
Josue Fernandez
Monica Ferrini
Ashley Fischer
Ross Fisher
Victor Florea
Tara Flynn
Susan Folsom
Aaron Fong
Rachel Ford
Elizabeth Fortunato
Alexander Foster
Rina Fox
Michael Francis
Olivia Francis
Paul Frank
Erin Frazee
Paul Frederick
Picabo French
Philippe Friedlich
Jeffrey Fu
Sebastien Fuchs
Janene Fuerch
Jeffrey Fujimoto
Kazumichi Fujioka
Alexander Fung
Sheila Gahagan
Carlos Gallego
Sanjiv Gandhi
Amit Ganguly
Yang Gao
Leah Garcia
Jennifer Garden
Alan Garfinkel
Meena Garg
Sumeet Garg
Edward Garon
Daria Gaut
Nicky Gazy
Erica Gee
Ruby George
Daniel Geschwind
Bradford Gessner
Samrad Ghavimi
Alec Gibson
David Gilbert
Edward Gill
Inderbir Gill
Howard Gimbel
Elizabeth Ginelli
Anna Girsén
Lauren Gist
Ethan Glazener
Phoebe Glazer
Carolyn Goh
June-Anne Gold
Robert Goldberg
Joshua Goldhaber
Nicole Goldhaber
Amir Goldkorn
Steven Goldman
Natalia Gomez-Ospina
Brigitte Gomperts
Ming Gong
Linda Gonzales
Jennifer Gonzalez
Robert Gonzalez
Siddesh Gopalakrishnan
Quinton Gopen
Christopher Goss
Louisa Goss
Megan Gossling
Katalin Gothard
Jeffrey Gould
Eric Grafstein
Stuart Grant
Eva Grayck
Justin Greene
Anna Greer
Phillip Grigsby
Caroline Gross
Fermin Guerra
Pierre Guihard
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Martin Gunn
Abhinav Gupta
Prerna Gupta
Subhas Gupta
Sarah Gustafson
Abbie Hageman
S. Hagen Lillevik
Derek Hagman
Louis Halamek
Sharon Hame
John Hamilton
Michele Hamilton
Brandon Hammond
Sarah Haney
Amgad Hanna
James Hansen
Wendy Hansen
Josiah Hanson
Andrea Hanson-Kahn
Caitlin Harrington
David Harris
Alison Haruta
Michael Harvey
Cyrus Haselman
Jeffrey Hassebrock
A. Havlicak
William Hay
Steven Hays
Kristen Hayward
Shannon Hegemann
Kim Heidenreich
Emil Heinze
Barbera Helfrich
Grant Hennig
Erin Herlihy
Elvin Hernandez
Estebes Hernandez
Christina Hershey
Harry Hill
Michael Hill
Zachary Hillman
Su Hlaing
Eugenia Ho
Risa Hoffman
Rhonda Holloway
Daniel Hoover
Barry Howe
Sheri Hsu
William Hsu
Yan Hu
Brian Hu
Dandi Huang
Laurence Huang
Kendra Huber
Lauren Hubner
Caitlin Hudac
Lynne Huffman
Aaron Hunt
Shaun Hussain
Diana Huynh
Alexander Hwang
Lisa Ibanez
Paris-Ann Ingledew
Sheila Innis
Osman Ipsiroglu
Nicole Isenberg
Akira Ishiyama
Sai Iyer
Leighton Izu
Andrew Jacinto
Lauren Jacobson
Paul Jacobson
Radha Jain
Amanda Jan
Julie Janes
Alkesh Jani
Perry Jansen
Lauren Jantzie
Gail Jarvik
Tin Jasinovic
Farnaz Javadian
Rohit Jayakar
Tiffany Jean
Srdjan Jelacic
Devanand Jha
Om Jha
Elvira Jimenez
Jasper Jöbsis
Aaron Joffe
Patricia Johnson
Jennifer Johnston
Meghan Johnston
Shelley Johnstone
Kelly Jones
Sonnet Jonker
Stanley Jordan
Catherine Joseph
Ambrisha Joshi
Lisa Joss-Moore
Elizabeth Juneman
Saraswati Kache
Caitlin Kaeppler
Mark Kaeppler
Flora Kalish
Sean Kalra
Robert Kalyesubula
Agata Kantorowska
Videsh Kapoor
Patricia Kapsner
Mohammad Karimzada
Daniel Karlin
Kianoush Kashani
Rustin Kashani
Douglas Katz
Joanne Katz
Talar Kavafyan
Kristofer Kazlauskas
Justin Keane
Roberta Keller
Kaitlyn Kelly
Mariska Kemna
Brian Kennedy
Nicholas Kenyon
Karl Kern
Toby Keys
Kushal Khera
Daniel Kido
Ashton Kilgore
Alyssa Kim
Carole Kim
Chul-Hoon Kim
Clifford Kim
Elice Kim
Francis Kim
Hahns Kim
Lauren Kim
Paggie Kim
Amy Kimball
Virginia Kimonis
Karen King
William King
Sarah Kirsch
Wolff Kirsch
Larry Kirven
Jeffrey Klausner
Mary Ellen Kleinhenz
Cindy Knall
Kenneth Knox
Narae Ko
Jordan Koncinsky
Kelika Konda
Maya Koronyo
Yosef Koronyo
Damian Korsich
Timothy Kowalewski
Brian Krabak
Irina Kramerova
Jonida Krate
Mario Kratz
Sergey Krikov
Clarissa Krinsky
Kevin Krughoff
Peter Kudenchuk
Brooks Kuhn
Alice Kuo
Michael Kuo
Emily Kutzner
Jane Kuypers
Jay Kvam
Alice Kwan
Kenny Kwong
Thomas Kwong
Daniel LaBarbera
Kena Lackman
Jaren LaGreca
Jasmine Lai
Francis Lam
Javier Lama
Ramit Lamba
Edward Lammer
Angelo Lamola
Jordan Lancaster
Sarah Lathrop
Kin-Hing Lau
Yuk Law
Ruth Lawrence
Von Layel
Jorge Lazareff
Patrick Leaf
Jane Leavy
Sarah Lechner
Aaron Lee
Albert Lee
Christopher Lee
Clement Lee
Edward Lee
Henry Lee
Jin Sol Lee
John Lee
Justin Lee
Natasha Lee
Kathy Lee-Son
Marsha Leen-Mitchell
Jaclyn Lemon
Angela Leung
Sharon Levy
Priya Lewis
Changgong Li
Chih-Huang Li
Edwin Li
Hao Li
Meng Li
Ning Li
Sha Li
Wai Yee Li
Xinmin Li
An Na Liang
Monica Lieng
Sean Limesand
Andrew Lin
David Lin
Jue Lin
Elena Linardopoulou
Debra Linfield
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Frank Liou
Darren Liu
Jie Liu
Darrick Lo
Amanda Loftin
Carlin Long
Alban Longchamp
Lawrence Longo
Bo Lonnerdal
Sarah Lonowski
Julio Lopez
Salena Loredo
Jean Lowe
Andrew Lowy
Kyleen Luhrs
Flora Lum
Rachel Lum Ho
Daniela Luquetti
Minh Luu
James Lynch
Chen Ma
Janet Ma
Vivian Ma
Tippi MacKenzie
Colleen Macmurdo
Anisha Madhav
Jeanette Madsen
Vanessa Malcarne
Elmar Malek
Claudia Malic
Josh Malo
Sabrina Malone Jenkins
Cherry Mammen
Carol Man
Rachel Mandelbaum
Jennifer Manegold
Carol Mangione
Ahmad Manshad
Spyridoula Maraka
C. Martin
Emily Martin
James Martin
Sue Ellen Martin
Lynn Martinez
Deborah Martins
Thomas Martins
Ishani Mathur
Monica Mathur
Douglas Matsell
Eli Matsell
Naomi Matthews
Jessie Maxwell
Karina Mayagoitia
Jonathan Mayo
Suzanne McConaghy
Sierra McCreery
Imani McElroy
Sarah McKenna
Timothy McKinsey
Claire McLean
Jane McLeod
Molly McMahon
Mia McNulty
Heather Mefford
Edward Mei
Jenny Mei
Joseph Meltzer
Abie Mendelsohn
Mario Mendez
Frances Mercer
Madeleine Merchant
Cariza Mercurio
Alexa Merz
Karen Messer
Wells Messersmith
Megan Mettler
Edna Miao
John Miles
Terry-Ann Milford
Ruth Milner
Justin Minagar
Giang Minh
Parviz Minoo
Sahil Mittal
Shelley Miyamoto
Firoz Miyanji
Robert Modlin
Chawangwa Modongo
Yasmine Mohamednur
Nebil Mohammed
Kira Molas-Torreblanca
Ioana Moldovan
Yamile Molina
Thomas Moller
Julio Montejano
Philippe Montgrain
B. Moore
Elena Moral
Gerardo Moreno
Thomas Morgan
Kendra Morotti
Christopher Morris
Mindy Morris
Brian Morrissey
Ata Moshiri
Mariam Moshiri
Jarrod Mosier
M. Moss
Kishore Mulpuri
Wade Muncey
Kristina Murata
Kellee Murayama
Daniel Murphy
Nikhil Murthy
Orrin Myers
Kristene Myklak
Kristen Nadeau
Daniel Nagasawa
Sunila Nair
Vinodh Narayanan
Robert Needlman
Jaques Neelankavil
Marvin Nelson
Raphael Nemenoff
Lance Nesbit
Claudia Neugebauer
John Neumaier
Andrea New
Bradley Newcomer
Theresa Newlove
Denise Ng
Paul Nghiem
Phioanh (Leia) Nghiemphu
Khiet Ngo
Hieu Nguyen
Khoa Nguyen
Michael Nguyen
Courtney Nicholas
Jason Nielson
Thomas Nighswander
Mihir Nilkanth
Michael Nitikman
Daniel No
Philip Noble
Alex Nobori
Nicholas Norton
Mohamed Nour
D. Null
Karin Nunley
Brian Nuyen
Erin Nystrom
Matsiri Ogopotse
Kevin O’Brien
Nathan O'Hara
Robin Ohls
Daryl Okamura
Derek O'Keeffe
William Olcott
J. Orchard
Eyal Oren
Nancy O'Rourke
Justin Ortiz
Cecile Osman
Kazutoyo Osoegawa
Leeshiah Otarola
Frederica Overstreet
Udo Oyoyo
Maide Ozen
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Pongsatorn Paholpak
Daniel Pak
Youngju Pak
Sonya Palathumpat
Isabel Palileo
Theo Palmer
Darren Pan
Amitabh Pandey
Matthew Paragas
Esther Park
Jin-Young Park
Sarah Park
Elaine Parker
Liliya Parkman
Christina Parodi
Andrea Parra
John Partridge
Anca Pasca
Sergiu Pasca
Meghna Patel
Pareena Patel
Pranav Patel
Ian Paul
Julie Pauwels
Kimberly Payne
Samuel Payne
Panayiotis Pelargos
Mary Pennington
Brandon Peplinski
Shehla Pervin
Bradley Petek
Colin Pfaff
Michael Pham
Nam Pham
Elizabeth Phelan
Anthony Philipps
John Phillips
Khumbo Phiri
Christine Pigott
Caroline Pihl
Eric Pillado
William Pinette
Benjamin Plotkin
Alana Poon
Delila Pouldar
Priya Prasad
Ashley Prosper
Marianne Pugatch
Jose Puglisi
Phillip Putnam
Xuezhong Qin
Alekist Quach
Yi Quan
Fabiola Quintero-Rivera
David Quinn
Seong Ra
Sina Rabi
Ata Rahman
Savan Ram
Rangasamy Ramanathan
Carlos Ramos
Keri Ramsey
Ranae Ranade
Sampath Rangasamy
B. Rao
Sruti Rao
Kameswaran Ravichandran
Richard Rawson
Lawrence Raymond
Tom Rea
Leigh Reardon
Stephanie Reeder
Virender Rehan
Chris Reilly
Ethan Reiner
Aaron Reitman
Mara Rendi
Daniela Requena
Josh Resnik
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Sherif Richman
Diana Rickard
Kristin Riley
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Charles Rives
Jessica Roberts
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Sandra Robertson
Shenandoah Robinson
Timothy Robinson
Alan Rockwood
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Monica Romero
Melissa Romero-Aleshire
John Romley
Douglas Rooke
Dan Rootman
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Paul Rozance
Katya Rubinow
Geoffrey Rule
Stephanie Ruscheinsky
Gentry Russell
Allen Ryan
Katherine Sacedo-Conception
John Sackles
Georgia Sadler
Rachael Safyan
Anthony Sainz
Joseph Sakai
Reiko Sakurai
Babette Saltzman
Gg Salvatierra
Laura Samples
Hugo Sanchez
Jorge Sanchez
Christine Santos
Hoda Sapir
Smeeta Sardesai
Sohail Sareh
Nancy Satou
Elamprakash Savariar
Beatrice Saviola
Mark Sawyer
Anthony Scaduto
Hannah Scarborough
Cory Schaffhausen
Pepper Schedin
Michael Schivo
Thomas Schnitzer
Sarah Schoenhals
Lindsay Scholl
Alan Schooley
Sheree Schrager
William Schroeder
Kathleen Schultz
Ellen Schur
Bennet Schwartzentruber
Ulrike Schwarze
Philip Scumpia
Leanne Seeger
Patricia Segura
Tatiana Segura
Adam Seidl
Marcus Semel
Sakara Seng
Ali Sepahdari
Natalie Serkova
Karen Servilla
James Sewanyana
Bat Shachar
Rita Shah
Eric Shamp
Hari Priya Shanmugam
Joshua Shapiro
Priya Shastry
Christopher Shaw
Gary Shaw
Kenna Sheak
Richard Shemin
Christine Shen
Valery Shestopalov
Stephen Shew
Evan Shih
Bo-Chul Shin
Sanghyuk Shin
Ryan Shiozaki
Parveen Shiraz
Mark Shiroshi
Lisa Shives
Bijan Siassi
Saira Siddiqui
David Siegel
Dmitri Simberg
Jonathan Singer
Manpreet Singh
Kunal Sinha
Austine Siomos
Erik Skarsgard
Peter Skippen
Steven Sloan
Stephen Smale
Donald Smith
Lynne Smith
Stephen Smith
Monica Sondhi
Diana Song
Kyounga Song
Joshua Sonnen
Melissa Spencer
Narin Sriratanaviriyakul
Amy Staples
E. Staub
Brian Stauffer
Alexandra Stavrakis
Thomas Steck
Craig Stephens
William Stetson
David Stevenson
Casey Stevick
Nicholas Stollenwerk
Caron Strahlendorf
Christopher Strawter
Margaret Stuber
Albert Su
Ruijun Su
Carmen Sucharov
Juliana Sucharov-Costa
K. Summers
Alec Sundet
Abhilasha Surampalli
Samuel Sussman
Harry Sweigard
Arthur Swislocki
Magdalena Szkudlinska
Mary Anne Tablizo
Laren Tan
Brian Tang
Vanessa Tang
Xiaolei Tang
Ming Tao
Nicole Tartaglia
Mark Taylor
Sneha Taylor
Rosane Teles
Edmond Teng
Martin Teintze
Kevin Terashima
Joshua Thaler
Kimberly Thill
Kimeshia Thomas
Sarah Thomas
Ima Thompson
Austen Thompson
Stephanie Thorn
Yuan Tian
James Tielsch
Brian Till
Sr. Grace Tino
Ruetima Titapiwatanakun
Sofya Tokman
Angelo Tomedi
Jorge Torres
Stephen Tower
Hang Tran
Margaret Trost
Hai Quan Truong
Victoria Tseng
Shawn Tsuda
Danielle Tucker
Spencer Tung
Antonios Tzamaloukas
Joyce Tzeng
Lauren Uhr
Sebastian Uijtdehaage
Nolan Ung
Linda Vachon
Sumeet Vaikunth
Daron Vandeleur
Stephanie Varela
Amanda Vargas
Vanessa Vaupel
Robert Venick
Vishwanath Venketaraman
Maryjane Vennat
Enrique Vera Tudela
Cynthia Verchere
Eric Verdin
Darlene Vigil
Preethi Vijjayaraj
Natalie Villa
Manuel Villaran
Harry Vinters
David Viskochil
Andrew Vizcarra
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Anize von Frankenberg
Brittany Voth
Jovanka Voyich
Hendrik Vreman
Solenne Wachsman
Madhuri Wadehra
Elizabeth Wadhwa
Miyana Wagner
Brian Walker
Kristen Walker
Lori Walker
Suzan Walker
Matthew Wallenstein
Michael Walter
Grace Wandell
Dean Wang
Grace Wang
Qian Wang
Yan Wang
Z. Wang
Justin Warren
Michelle Warren
Gabriel Washignton
Robert Watkins
Donald Weaver
Daniel Wei
Julia Wei
Lauren Weinand
Jonathan Weinstein
Richard Weisbart
Nicole Weiss
Elissa Weitzman
Abby Weldon
Marie Wencel
Fiona Wertheimer
Amy West
Amy West
Vincent Whelan
Randall Wilkening
Joshua Williams
Chris Wilson
Sean Wilson
Virginia Winn
Jessica Wisnowski
Erik Woelber
Brian Wolf
Craig Wong
Derek Wong
Ronald Wong
John Wood
Crystal Woods
Jill Wosmek
Clyde Wright
Hoover Wu
Jeffrey Wu
Patrick Wu
Tai-Wei Wu
Ted Wu
Yi Xu
Jamie Yabuno
Nicole Yamada
Dongyun Yang
Isaac Yang
Sara Yang
Serena Yang
Wei Yang
Michael Yao
K. Yasuda
Daniel Yazdi
Renita Yeasted
Michael Yeh
Lola Yelistratova
B. Yoder
Ken Yoneda
Timothy Yoo
M. Yoshigi
Christian Yost
Mark Young
Melissa Young
Evan Yount
Andrew Yu
Charles Yu
Da Yu (David) Yu
Fei Yu
Samuel Yu
Wen Yuan Yu
Xiaoli Yu
Edward Zamrini
Michael Zappitelli
Amir Zeki
Nicola Zetola
Jacques Zhang
Jeannie Zhang
Xiaobing Zhang
Xufei Zhang
Zhongsheng Zhang
Hui Zhao
James Zhao
Li Zhong
Suwei Zhu
Monica Zigman
Prisca Zimmerman
Chang Jiang Zou
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Use in younger children
with Prader-Willi
syndrome
to enhance tissue repair
in the elderly
Suzanne
Cassidy
Growth hormone
Irina
Conboy
Pxytocin
Robin
Steinhorn
Pfizer, Ikaria (Occasional consultant, income was paid to
the University of California Davis for my consulting
services)
Sildenafil
Bosentan
Boehringer Ingelheim consultant
N-acetylcysteine
Kristina
Utzschneider
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pulmonary hypertension
off-label use and OTC
supplement
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