Housestaff scholarly activity

Htyte, N. and L. White. A Case of D-Lactic Acidosis: High Gap Acidosis in Person with Short Bowel and ESRD, 4th Annual St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center Research Fair. May 14, 2010. New York, NY. (Won 1st prize for case report, annual research fair).

Hoskote SS, Devarapally SR, Mangunay K, Pokuri VK. Fatal pulmonary embolism complicating chylothorax after recent coronary artery bypass grafting. 4th Annual St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center Research Fair. May 14, 2010. New York, NY.

Devarapally SR, Hoskote SS. Heart failure in patients with HIV infection: an evolving clinical condition. European Society of Cardiology: Heart Failure 2010, Berlin, Germany. May 29 – June 1, 2010.

Devarapally SR, Hoskote SS, Mack T, Psevedos G, Sharp V. Evaluation of factors predisposing to recurrent hospitalization in HIV-infected patients with heart failure at St. Luke´s Roosevelt Hospital Center, New Nork, USA. AIDS 2010. XVIII International AIDS Conference. Vienna, Austria. July 18-23, 2010.

Hoskote SS, Devarapally SR, Pokuri VK. Hepatic sarcoidosis and nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH): A less recognized combination. NYACP 2010, New York, NY, USA. April 10, 2010.

Devarapally SR, Hoskote SS, Kotler D. Recurrent perirectal abscess facilitated by schistosomal infection. NYACP 2010. New York, NY, USA. April 10, 2010

Poster Presentation- Santhosh Reddy Devarapally, Franz H. Messerli, Hyunseok Kang. Dual Calcium Channel Blockade In Hypertension.American Society of Hypertension(ASH)Conference 2009.

Publication - Santhosh Reddy Devarapally, Franz H. Messerli, Hyunseok Kang. Dual Calcium Channel Blockade In Hypertension. Journal of Clinical Hypertension.2009 Apr;11(4):A25.

Title: Over a millon Creatine Kinase due to a heavy Work-out: a case report Pablo A Casares and Jorge Marull Cases Journal 2008, 1:173 (PubMed)

Neurobrucellosis mimicking migraine-like headache Maria Elena De Benedetti, Jin Suh,Erica Vero. Presented at NYACP

S Kumar and Kukin M. A Postpartum woman with dyspnea: Peripartum Cardiomyopathy (PPCM). Submitted to NY chapter of ACP Meeting 2009.
Kumar S and Mehta B. Panhypopituitarism- an unusual complication of Neuroendocrine Prostate Cancer. Submitted to NY Chapter of ACP Meeting 2009.

Khot A, Kumar S and Messerli F. Rickettsial infection presenting with electrocardiographic manifestations of Ventricular Bigeminy and Trigeminy. Submitted to NY Chapter of ACP Meeting 2009.

Kothari M, Sunil Kumar and Mehta B. 38 year old female with fever and bloody diarrhea-Is it Colorectal Cancer? Submitted to NY Chapter of ACP Meeting 2009.

Albany C. Disabling Osteomalacia and Myopathy as the Only Presenting Feature of Celiac Disease: A Case Report, Accepted at The New York Chapter ACP meeting. Rochester, NY 2008

Albany C, Sara G, Anti-Myelin-Associated Glycoprotein Peripheral Neuropathy as the only presentation of Large B-cell Lymphoma: case report, Submitted to ACP meeting, Philadelphia, 2009

Albany C, Psevdos G, Multicentric Castleman's Disease presenting with Urinary retention in HIV positive patient: a case report. Submitted to ACP meeting, Philadelphia, 2009

Albany C, Acute Myeloid Leukemia of Donor Cell Origin after Allogenic Bone Marrow Transplantation for T Cell Lymphoblastic Lymphoma: Case Report, presented at The Upstate New York Chapter ACP meeting. Rochester, NY
Original Articles
Kalra M., Pal P., Kaushal R., Amin R., Dolan L., Fitz K., Kumar S. , Sheng X., Mallik J., Deka R., Chakrabortry R. Association of ApoE Genetic Variants with Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Children. Sleep Med. 2008; Volume 9(3): 260-5.

Kalra M, Mannaa M, Fitz F, Kumar S, Chakraborty S, Sheng X and Inge T. Effect of Surgical Weight loss on Sleep Architecture in Adolescent with Severe Obesity. Obes Surg 2008. 2008; 18 (6):675-9.

Kumar S. and Kalra M. Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Obesity. Minerva Pneumologica 2007. Volume 46(No.03): 183-190

Kalra M., Kumar S. , Fitz K., Chakraborty R., Wilson K., Garcia V., Inge T. Association of Obstructive Sleep Apnea with Hyperinsulinemia in Adolescents with Severe Obesity.
Minerva Pneumologica 2007; Volume 46. (No. 03) September: 151-156.

M Kalra, Kalra M, Pal P, Amin RS, Dolan LM, Fitz K, Kumar S, Sheng X, Guha S, Deka R and Chakraborty R. Leptin tagSNPs is associated with pediatric sleep apnea (Manuscript under review at Human Genetics)

Dodell G, Bocchieri E, Albu J. Rapid Onset Diabetes or a Tipping Point? EndoTrends. 2008; Vol 15 (4) (in press).

Prevalence and demographics of patients with triple infections with HIV, hepatitis B and hepatitis C
J.H Kim, G Psevdos, J Park, T Robinson, J Suh, V Sharp
presented at XVII International AIDS conference, 3-8 August 2008, Mexico City, abstract number MOPE0385

Predictors of loss of hepatitis B surface antigen in HIV and hepatitis B virus co-infected patients
J.H Kim, G Psevdos, J Park, T Robinson, J Suh, V Sharp
presented at XVII International AIDS conference, 3-8 August 2008, Mexico City, abstract number WEPDB207

Factors influencing syphilis treatment failure/reinfection in HIV-infected individuals
J.H Kim, G Psevdos, J Suh, J Park, V Sharp
presented at XVII International AIDS conference, 3-8 August 2008, Mexico City, abstract number WEPE0192

Coinfection of hepatitis B and hepatitis C virus in HIV-infected patients in New York City, USA :Analysis of prevalence and demographic factors
Jong Hun Kim, George Psevdos Jr, Jin Suh, Victoria Lee Sharp
submitted to World Journal of Gastroenterology on 9/14/2008

Exploring the association between elevated body mass index and Barrett's esophagus: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Kamat P. , Wen S., Morris J., Anandasabapathy S., Annals of Thoracic Surgery, in press

Barrett’s esophagus: Evaluation and management.
Kamat P. , Anandasabapathy S., Journal of Clinical Outcomes Management. Aug 2008; Vol 15 No. 8

Gastrointestinal Toxicity Associated with Hepatic Artery Infusional Chemotherapy Is not Prevented by the Exclusion of Extrahepatic Perfusion as Demonstrated by Pre-therapy Arteriography and Nuclear Scintigraphy.
Kamat P, Murthy R, et al., Radiological Society of North America, Chicago, Illinois, 2007.

Body mass Index and the Risk of Barrett's Esophagus: A Systematic review and Meta-Analysis.
Kamat P, Wen S, Morris JS, Anandasabapathy S., Digestive Disease Week, San Diego, California, 2008.
Poster Presentation
Kumar S, Hussain S, Alina I, Jones J and Jean R. Cardiac Tamponade in a Patient
with Dengue Fever and Lupus Nephritis: Diagnostic Dilemma. NY Chapter of ACP Annual Scientific Meeting 2008.

Kumar S, Bhadada S and Jain S. Pulse Wave Velocity as an Index of Arterial Stiffness in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus without Arterial Stiffness. Columbia University College of Physician and Surgeons, St. Luke’s Roosevelt Hospital Centre, NY Housestaff Annual Research Meeting 2008.

Dodell G, Ionescu G, Engelson E, Gallagher D, Kotler D, Albu J. Intermuscular adipose tissue volumes and distribution in HIV+ versus HIV- men and women. Int J Body Comp Research. 2008; 2:91.

Dodell G, Bocchieri E, Albu J. Rapid Onset Diabetes or a Tipping Point. The Annals of the New York Academy of Science. 2008; Integrative Physiology Conference.

Kumar S, Fitz K, Rajagopal A, O’Brien K and Kalra M. Predictor of Visceral Abdominal Adiposity in Obese Adolescents. Presented at Annual Scientific Meeting of Obesity Society 2007 at New Orleans

Diane George1, Doruk Erkan Lisa Sammaritano Michael D. Lockshin2. 1St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center, New York, NY; 2Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY
High Titer ( > 80U) Anti-Beta2-Glycoprotein-I Antibody (aß2GPI) Positivity in Persistently High Titer ( > 80U) Anticardiolipin Antibody (aCL) Positive Patients: Does it Offer Additional Information? Poster at the ACR 2008

Doruk Erkan Diane George Lisa Sammaritano Silvia Pierangeli Robert Roubey Michael D. Lockshin1. 1Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY; 2St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center, New York, NY; 3 University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX; 4University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC
The Correlation Between Anticardiolipin and Anti-ß2-Glycoprotein-I (aß2GPI) Antibody Titers. Poster At the ACR 2008.
Scientific Abstracts
Shah A, Sarji S, Joshi R, Aziz E, Kumar S, Pudpud D, Balaram S, and Steinberg S and Chaudhry FA. Long term outcome after Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy: Comparison of Robotic Epicardial versus Endovascular Procedure. Circulation 2008 (In Press).

Kamath GS, Makani H, Enciso JS, Kumar S, Mittal S and Steinberg J. Pulmonary Vein Isolation Using Irrigated vs. Conventional 4-mm Tip Catheters- Do Short and Long-term Outcomes Differ? Circulation 2008 (In Press).

Crissali J, Kumar S, Chakraborty R, Dolan L, Fitz K and Kalra M. Ambulatory
Cardio-Respiratory Monitoring in Children: Use in Genetic Epidemiologic studies of Obstructive Sleep Apnea. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine (AJRCCM) 2008; 177(Supplement): A215

Bangalore B, Aziz E, Slowik N, Pranesh S, Kabbli G, Kumar S, Kuteyeva OK, Joshi S, Yao S and Chaudhry FA.
Risk Stratification and Prognosis of Obese Patients Unable to Exercise Referred for Stress Testing: Incremental Value of Dobutamine Stress Echocardiography. Journal of American College of the Cardiology (JACC) 2008; 51 (Supplement): A120

Bangalore S, Kabbli G, Cianci C, Balaram S, Kumar S, Koolae M, Joshi S, Boddepalli S, Yao S and Chaudhary FA. Risk Stratification and Prognosis of Patients with Prior Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery Referred for Stress Echocardiography. Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography (JASE) 2008; 21: 581.

Kumar S, Hussain S, Alina I, Jones J and Jean R. Cardiac Tamponade in a Patient with Dengue Fever and Lupus Nephritis: Diagnostic Dilemma. NY ACP Annual Scientific Meeting 2008 (http://www.nyacp.org/files/public/Final_Poster_Booklet.pdf).

Kumar S, Khot A, Hussain S, Gerolemou Land Sotelo A. Reversible Posterior Leukoencephalopathy in a HIV Patient with Severe Legionella Pneumonia. NY ACP Annual Scientific Meeting 2008 (http://www.nyacp.org/files/public/Final_Poster_Booklet.pdf).

Kumar S, Fitz K, Rajagopal A, O’Brien K and Kalra M. Predictor of Visceral Abdominal Adiposity in Obese Adolescents. Obesity 2007; Vol. 15: 624

Kalra M, Donnelly LF, Murugappan S, Gutmark E, Starr A, Kumar S, Fitz K, and Amin R. Airway Anatomic Characteristic in Obese Adolescents with OSA. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine (AJRCCM) 2007; Volume 175(Supplement): A38

Crisalli, J, Kelly, F, Kumar S and Kalra, M. Use of Overnight pulse oximetry to screen for OSA in overweight and obese children. SLEEP 2007 Vol. 30(Supplement): A97(0283)

Kumar S, Kabbli G and Musat D. Brugada Pattern on ECG unmasked by febrile Illness (Submitted to NYACP Abstract Competition 2009)

Kumar S, Bhadada S and Jain S. Pulse Wave Velocity fas an Index of Arterial Stiffness in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus without Arterial Stiffness. Columbia University of Physician and Surgeons Housestaff Research Meeting 2008

Shah AS, Suryadevara RS, Chiadhika S, Bangalore S, Ayub B, Pudpud D, Macmiillan-Morrotti D, Chaudhry FA: Systemic Endothelial Dysfunction by Flow Mediated Brachial Artery Dilatation is a Marker of Ischemia on Stress Echocardiogra

Abstract presented at ACC 2007 annual Meeting
Bangalore S, Aziz E, Silva J, Sawhney S, Shah A, Suryadevara RS, Pranesh S, Pudpud D, Imai N, Yao SS, Chaudhry FA: Prognostic Gender Differences During Stress Echocardiography

Right Ventricular Dysfunction is a Strong Predictor for developing Atrial Fibrillation in Acutely Decompensated Systolic Heart Failure Patients.
Emad F. Aziz, Marrick Kukin, Amjad Nader, Ajay Shah, Anshu Alok, Omar Wever-Pinzon, Maria Elena De Benedetti, Carlos Leon Alviar, Rishi Malhan, Rajan Garg, Deborah Tormey, Raja Singh, Farooq A. Chaudhry, Eyal Herzog. 09-A-61014-ACC

Z Servetnyk, E.B Shebani, K. Andersson, G.M. Roomans
Effect of corticosteroids and montelukast on desmosomes and ICAM-1 expression in epithelial cells
CHEST conference, Philadelphia, 2008

Incremental Prognostic Value of Stress Wall Motion Score Index over Rest Wall Motion Score Index: A Stress Echo Study. Sripal Bangalore, Gangadhara Kabbli, Olga Kristof-Kuteyeva, Zubair Malik, Bilal Ahmed, Vinay Pai, Waqas Shahid, Debbie Kim, Siu-Sun Yao, Farooq A Chaudhry. St Lukes-Roosevelt Hospital Center, New York, NY. Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography May 2008 Volume 21 Number 5 Page-576

Safety and Efficacy of Dofetilide for Atrial Tachyarrhythmia’s in Patients with Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy. Ganesh S. Kamath, MD, MPH, Gangadhara Kabbli, MD, Jorge Silva Enciso,MD, Emad F. Aziz, DO, MB ChB, Delia Cotiga, MD, Dan Musat, MD, Mark V. Sherrid, MD, Jonathan S. Steinberg, MD and Suneet Mittal, MD. St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital Center and Columbia University, New York, NY, Heart Rhythm Vol 5, No.5 May Supplement 2008 Page S154

Socio Economic Status and Risk of Mortality in Patients with Known Of Suspected Coronary Artery Disease Referred for Stress Echocardiography. Sripal Bangalore, Ganesh Kamath, Shruthi Pranesh, Siu-Sun Yao, Gangadhara Kabli, Donna MacMillan Marotti, Farooq A. Chaudhry, St Luke’s Roosevelt Hospital, New York, NY J. Am. Coll. Cardiol., March 11, 2008 A123

Inotropic Contractile Reserve by Dobutamine Predicts Post Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction and Volumes Author Block: Ajay S Shah, Gangadhara Kabbli, Rajeev Joshi, Rawa Sarji, Efftekhari Hossein, Bilal Ayub, Tseday Sirak, Danny Pudpud, Sandhya Balaram, Jonathan S Steinberg, Farooq A Chaudhry St Luke's Roosevelt Hospital, New York, NY American Society of Echocardiography Pub Status: Accepted.

Comparison of Native versus Upgraded Biventricular Pacemaker for Response to Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy
Ajay Shah, Bilal Ayub, Sunil Kumar, Ramya Smitha Suryadevara, Emad Aziz, Gangadhara Kabbli, Sandhya Balaram, Jonathan S. Steinberg, Farooq A. Chaudhry, St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center, New York, NY
Control/Tracking Number: 09-A-59233-ACC Activity: ACC.09 Abstract Current Date/Time: 11/3/2008 5:28:48 PM

Does Obesity impact Response to Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy?
Ajay Shah, Sunil Kumar, Ramya Smitha Suryadevara, Ganesh Kamath, Emad Aziz, Bilal Ayub, Gangadhara Kabbli, Sandhya Balaram, Jonathan Steinberg, Farooq A. Chaudhry, St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center, New York, NY
Control/Tracking Number: 09-A-59226-ACC Activity: ACC.09 Abstract Current Date/Time: 11/3/2008 5:30:07 PM

Emad F. Aziz, Dan Musat, Sripal Bangalore, Deborah Tormey, Joseph Mathew, Daniel Marrero, Jorge Silva, Sabrina Swahney, Olivier Frankenberger, Eyal Herzog. Overweight BMI Does Not Predict Adverse Effect In Patients Admitted with Acute Coronary Syndrome (ACS) and Carries a Lower Readmission Rate at 12 Month Follow-up. Submitted to ACC 2007

Emad F. Aziz, Eyal Herzog, Sripal Bangalore, Dan Musat, Daniel Marrero, Jorge Silva, Jaime Upegui, Karin Herzog, Olivier Frankenberger, Marrick Kukin. Time to First Diuretic Administration Predicts Length of Stay In Patients Treated For Acute Decompensated Heart Failure Using A Novel Pathway. Submitted to ACC 2007.

Emad F. Aziz, Sripal Bangalore, Dan Musat, Daniel Marrero, Jorge Silva, Raffy Khan, Olga Kuteyeva, Olivier Frankenberger, Marrick Kukin, Eyal Herzog. Admission B-type Natriuretic Peptide (BNP) Predicts Mortality and 30-days Readmission Rate in Patients Admitted With Acute Decompensated Congestive Heart Failure Using a Novel Pathway. Submitted to ACC 2007.

Andrew D. Choi, The George Washington Univ Medical Ctr, Washington, DC; Sandeep Joshi, Daniel Marrero, Farbod Raiszadeh, Apurva Badheka, Jonathan S. Steinberg, Suneet Mittal. A Strategy for Continuous ECG Recording in Patients Post Pulmonary Vein Isolation for Atrial Fibrillation. Submitted to AHA 6/1/2007

Sandeep Joshi, MD, Andrew D. Choi, BA*, Farbod Raiszadeh MD, Daniel Marrero MD, Apurva Badheka MBBS, Suneet Mittal MD and Jonathan S. Steinberg, MD. Prevalence, Predictors and Prognosis After Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation: Findings From 3 Months of Continuous Automatic ECG Loop Recordings. Manuscript for submission 2007

Daniel Marrero, Jayanthi Koneru, Olga Kuteyeva, Jorge Silva, Susan Phung, Shruthi Pranesh, Suneet Mittal, Jonathan Steinberg. The Utility of Device Interrogation in Pacemaker Patients Presenting with Syncope. Work in progress, 2007

Aslam Khan, Daniel Marrero, Madhuri Devabhaktuni, Suneet Mittal. Correlating Reverse Remodeling with PVI Outcomes in Patients Cardioverted from Atrial Fibrillation with Tikosyn. Work in progress, 2007