NYMC Faculty Publications are combined annually with the research of the entire Touro College & University System to produce the 2018 Faculty Publications Book.
Letters to the Editor
The Reply, William H. Frishman, Joseph S. Alpert, and Thomas Killip (Letter to the Editor)
A Succinct Critical Appraisal of Indications to Transanal Total Mesorectal Excision, Mahir Gachabayov, Alexandra Chudner, and Roberto Bergamaschi (Letter to the Editor)
Reply, Denis Hadjiliadis, Alexander Khoruts, Ann G. Zauber, Sarah E. Hempstead, Patrick Maisonneuve, and Albert B. Lowenfels (Letter to the Editor)
All Eye Complaints are not Created Equal: The Value of Hand-held Retina Camera in the Emergency Department, Getaw Hassen, Roger Chirurgi, Jean-Paul Menoscal, and Hossein Kalantari (Letter to the Editor)
Effect of Law Enforcement Action on K2 Abuse Trends, Getaw Hassen, Asha Roy, Thara Amilineni, Roger Chirurgi, Gregory Almond, and Hossein Kalantari (Letter to the Editor)
Analysis of K2 Products Sold as Incense, Getaw Hassen, Asha Roy, Denise Fernandez, Norma Dunn, Andrea Bulbena-Cabre, Roger Chirurgi, Lingyun Li, Mark Dittmar, Kenneth M. Aldous, and Mark Su (Letter to the Editor)
Concussion Awareness Among Children and Their Care Givers, Getaw Hassen, Nicholas Tinnesz, Michelle Popkin, Jovan Mirkovic, Aabhishek Pingle, Christine Umandap, Visalakshi Sethuraman, Richard Warren, Jorge A. C. Villa, and Hossein Kalantari (Letter to the Editor)
How Gaps in Policy Implementation Cause Public Health Malpractice, Joyce Javier, Heather L. Brumberg, Lee Sanders, Tamara S. Hannon, Shetal Shah, and Society for Pediatric Research Advocacy Committee (Letter to the Editor)
Adducts as Biomarkers of Effect of DNA-Reactive Carcinogens, Tetyana Kobets and Gary M. Williams (Letter to the Editor)
Applicability of and Potential Barriers Preventing Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplant in Sickle Cell Patients Treated Outside a Sickle Cell Program, Arun Kumar, Jibran Ahmed, Asad Anwar, Michael Fanucchi, and Seah H. Lim (Letter to the Editor)
The Coroner Does Not Know!, Hanjoo Lee, Mahir Gachabayov, and Roberto Bergamaschi (Letter to the Editor)
The Risks of Using Herbal Supplements for Sexual Dysfunction Associated With Psychotropic Medications: A Case Report of ExtenZe Use and Priapism, Jooyeon Lee, Joe Hong, Norma R. Dunn, Richard Jay Gersh, and Ronnie Swift (Letter to the Editor)
Intestinal Microbiome Analysis Revealed Dysbiosis in Sickle Cell Disease, Seah H. Lim, Alison Morris, Kelvin Li, Adam C. Fitch, Loren Fast, Laura Goldberg, Matthew Quesenberry, Philippa Sprinz, and Barbara Methe (Letter to the Editor)
Cardiac Tamponade: An Unusual Presentation of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, Persio D. Lopez, Rachna Valvani, Ferdinand Visco, Savi Mushiyev, and Gerald Pekler (Letter to the Editor)
Esophageal Cancer: Long-term Survival and Day of Surgery, Albert B. Lowenfels and Patrick Maisonneuve (Letter to the Editor)
Gastrointestinal Cancers in Patients with Cystic Fibrosis, Patrick Maisonneuve, Albert B. Lowenfels, Denis Hadjiliadis, Alexander Khoruts, and Bruce C. Marshall (Letter to the Editor)
Possible Contribution of Decreased Phytoprostanes to Diet-Induced Improvements in Aspirin Exacerbated Respiratory Disease, Jeffrey D. Miller (Letter to the Editor)
Ziprasidone for the Treatment of Stuttering, Sahil Munjal, Gary Schultheis, and Stephen Ferrando (Letter to the Editor)
Myocarditis Presenting as Variant Angina: A Rare Presentation, Amole Ojo, Chhaya A. Gupta, Anthon Fuisz, Prakash Harikrishnan, Howard A. Cooper, Julio A. Panza, and Wilbert S. Aronow (Letter to the Editor)
Increased Mortality Associated with Low Cholesterol Does Not Reflect Reverse Causality, But Causes It, Uffe Ravnskov, Kilmer S. McCully, and Paul J. Rosch (Letter to the Editor)
History of Chronic Pulmonary Insufficiency of Prematurity, Robert L. Stavis and Edmund F. La Gamma (Letter to the Editor)
Myocarditis Due to Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Associated with Cardiogenic Shock, Sohaib Tariq, Anjali Garg, Alan Gass, and Wilbert S. Aronow (Letter to the Editor)
Giant Endometrial Polyps: Does Size Matter?, Brittany van Staalduinen, Andrew Stahler, Catherine Abied, Rita Shats, and Nisha A. Lakhi (Letter to the Editor)
Reply to: Systolic Blood Pressure and Mortality: Role of Reverse Causation, Chenkai Wu, Carmen A. Peralta, and Michelle C. Odden (Letter to the Editor)
Responses or Comments
Nearly Complete TME Quality Conundrum, Artem Dyatlov, Mahir Gachabayov, and Roberto Bergamaschi (Response or Comment)
Editorial Comment on: Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing Three Different Modalities of Lithotrites for Intracorporeal Lithotripsy in Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy by York et al. (From: York NE, Borofsky MS, Chew BH, et al. J Endourol 2017;31:1145-1151), Michael Grasso (Response or Comment)
Best Interests or Harm to Reverse Parental Decisions: Each in Its Own Domain, Allan J. Jacobs (Response or Comment)
Making a Business Case for a Model of Regionalization with Neonatologist availability at all Facilities: One Institution's Financial Tell-All, Edmund F. La Gamma, Heather L. Brumberg, David Aboudi, and Shetal Shah (Response or Comment)
Variation of the Age at Onset of Pancreatic Cancer According to Tobacco Smoking and Family History, Patrick Maisonneuve and Albert B. Lowenfels (Response or Comment)
Controversies About Lyme Disease-Reply, Eugene D. Shapiro and Gary P. Wormser (Response or Comment)
Editorial Comment, Michael Stern and John L. Phillips (Response or Comment)
A New Guideline for Diagnosis and Treatment of Syncope in Children and Adolescents That Stimulates Further Thought and Discussion, Julian M. Stewart (Response or Comment)
Intrafissural Fat Mimicking Pulmonary Embolism!, Soheila Talebi, Ahmadreza Moradi, Hans Alexi Reyes, Gerald Pekler, and Getaw Worku Hassen (Response or Comment)
In Reply, Nergesh Tejani (Response or Comment)
