NYMC Faculty Publications are combined annually with the research of the entire Touro College & University System to produce the 2020 Faculty Publications Book.
Deposits from 2020
Hybrid Surgical Management for Massive Splenomegaly in a Septuagenarian for Chronic Myelofibrosis, James Choi, Shekhar Gogna, Grigory Rozenblit, and Rifat Latifi (Case Report)
Body Mass Index and Mortality in Blunt Trauma: The Right BMI can be Protective, James Choi, Abbas Smiley, Rifat Latifi, Shekhar Gogna, Kartik Prabhakaran, Jorge Con, Patrice Anderson, Anthony Policastro, Malk Beydoun, and Peter Rhee (Article)
Differences Between Mid-Urethral Sling Outcomes in Diabetic and Nondiabetic Women, Doreen E. Chung, Danielle D. Antosh, Denise Umpierrez, Zonia Barbosa, Ladin Yurteri-Kaplan, and Cara L. Grimes (Article)
Obinutuzumab (GA101) vs. Rituximab Significantly Enhances Cell Death, Antibody-Dependent Cytotoxicity and Improves Overall Survival Against CD20+ Primary Mediastinal B-cell Lymphoma (PMBL) in a Xenograft NOD-Scid IL2Rgnull (NSG) Mouse Model: A Potential Targeted Agent in the Treatment of PMBL, Yaya Chu, Aradhana Awasthi, Sanghoon Lee, Dina Edani, Changhong Yin, Jessica Hochberg, Tishi Shah, Tae-Hoon Chung, Janet Ayello, Carmella van de Ven, Christian Klein, Dean Lee, and Mitchell S. Cairo (Article)
Novel Cytokine-Antibody Fusion Protein, N-820, to Enhance the Functions of Ex Vivo Expanded Natural Killer Cells Against Burkitt Lymphoma, Yaya Chu, Gaurav Nayyar, Nang Kham Su, Jeremy M. Rosenblum, Patrick Soon-Shiong, John Lee, Jeffrey T. Safrit, Matthew Barth, Dean Lee, and Mitchell S. Cairo (Article)
Targeting Cardiac Stem Cell Senescence to Treat Cardiac Aging and Disease, Eleonora Cianflone, Michele Torella, Flavia Biamonte, Antonella De Angelis, Konrad Urbanek, Francesco S. Costanzo, Marcello Rota, Georgina M. Ellison-Hughes, and Daniele Torella (Review Article)
Release of Updated International Dysphagia Diet Standardisation Initiative Framework (IDDSI 2.0), Julie AY Cichero, Peter TL Lam, Jianshe Chen, Roberto O. Dantas, Janice Duivestein, Ben Hanson, Jun Kayashita, Mershen Pillay, Luis F. Riquelme, Catriona M. Steele, and Jan Vanderwegen (Article)
Discharge and Role of GABA Pontomesencephalic Neurons in Cortical Activity and Sleep-Wake States Examined by Optogenetics and Juxtacellular Recordings in Mice, Youssouf Cissé, Masaru Ishibashi, Josefa Jost, Hanieh Toossi, Lynda Mainville, Antoine Adamantidis, Christopher S. Leonard, and Barbara E. Jones (Article)
Consider Clinical Therapeutics for Your Next Psychiatry Submission, Leslie Citrome (Editorial)
Food and Drug Administration-Approved Treatments for Acute Bipolar Depression: What We Have and What We Need, Leslie Citrome (Editorial)
Appraising Esketamine Nasal Spray for the Management of Treatment-Resistant Depression in Adults: Number Needed to Treat, Number Needed to Harm, and Likelihood to be Helped or Harmed, Leslie Citrome, Allitia DiBernardo, and Jaskaran Singh (Article)
Medication Options and Clinical Strategies for Treating Tardive Dyskinesia, Leslie L. Citrome (Article)
Revisiting Tardive Dyskinesia: Focusing on the Basics of Identification and Treatment, Leslie Citrome and Stephen R. Saklad (Article)
Efficacy and Safety of HP-3070, an Asenapine Transdermal System, in Patients With Schizophrenia: A Phase 3, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Study, Leslie Citrome, David P. Walling, Courtney M. Zeni, Brittney R. Starling, Takaaki Terahara, Masaaki Kuriki, Alexandra S. Park, and Marina Komaroff (Article)
Rhythm Dynamics of the Aging Heart: an Experimental Study Using Conscious, Restrained Mice, Martina Comelli, Marianna Meo, Daniel O. Cervantes, Emanuele Pizzo, Aaron Plosker, Peter J. Mohler, Thomas J. Hund, Jason T. Jacobson, Olivier Meste, and Marcello Rota (Article)
Lack of Diversity in Simulation Technology: An Educational Limitation?, Rosemarie L. Conigliaro, Kerstin D. Peterson, and Terry D. Stratton (Article)
A Novel Tool to Evaluate Bias in Literature on Use of Biologic Mesh in Abdominal Wall Herrnia Repair, Jorge Con, Shekhar Gogna, David J. Samson, Kartik Prabhakaran, Saranda Gashi, Elizabeth Tilley, and Rifat Latifi (Article)
Getting Ready for the Next Phase of the COVID-19 Pandemic, George W. Contreras (Editorial)
Nueve Meses Después de la Declaración de la OMS; la Experiencia del COVID-19 en la Ciudad de Nueva York [Nine Months after the WHO Declaration: The New York City COVID-19 Experience], George W. Contreras (Article)
COVID-19 en Nueva York: Un Paramédico Reflexiona Desde Primera Línea, George W. Contreras (Commentary)
Getting Ready for the Next Pandemic COVID-19: Why We Need to be More Prepared and Less Scared, George W. Contreras (Article)
EEUU: La Educacion Sanitaria Durante el COVID-19, George W. Contreras and Lenel Caze (Article)
New York Medical College School of Health Science and Practice's Response to COVID-19, George W. Contreras and Mark J. Kittleson (Article)
Recommendations for Physician White Coats and Clothing Practices for Prevention of COVID-19 Transmission, Jade Conway and Shari R. Lipner (Letter to the Editor)
Guidance on Hand Jewelry for Prevention of COVID-19 Transmission in Healthcare Settings, Jade Conway, Albert G. Wu, and Shari R. Lipner (Letter to the Editor)
In Defense of our Patients: Indirect Negative Neurological Consequences of SARS-CoV-2 in the New York Epicenter., Jared B. Cooper, Anubhav G. Amin, Michael G. Kim, Alan A. Stein, Jose Dominquez, Krishna Amuluru, Rachana Tyagi, Stephan Mayer, Chirag D. Ghandi, and Fawaz Al-Mufti (Letter to the Editor)
Decompressive Craniectomy with Scalp Expansion Graft Using a Temporary Synthetic Skin Substitute in the Pediatric Population: Case Series and Review of the Literature, Jared B. Cooper, Michael G. Kim, Avinash Mohan, and Michael E. Tobias (Review Article)
Precision Medicine in Cardiac Electrophysiology: Where we are and Where we Need to Go, Ashish Correa, Syed Waqas Haider, and Wilbert S. Aronow (Article)
Current Pharmacotherapeutic Strategies for Cardiac Arrhythmias in Heart Failure, Ashish Correa, Yogita Rochlani, and Wilbert S. Aronow (Review Article)
Prostaglandin E2, a Postulated Mediator of Neurovascular Coupling, at Low Concentrations Dilates Whereas at Higher Concentrations Constricts Human Cerebral Parenchymal Arterioles, Andras Czigler, Luca Toth, Nikolett Szarka, Krisztina Szilágyi, Zoltan Kellermayer, Alexandra Harci, Monika Vecsernyes, Zoltan Ungvari, Alex Szolics, Akos Koller, Andras Buki, and Peter Toth (Article)
L-Arginine-Nitric Oxide-Asymmetric Dimethylarginine Pathway and the Coronary Circulation: Translation of Basic Science Results to Clinical Practice, Attila Cziráki, Zsófia Lenkey, Endre Sulyok, István Szokodi, and Akos Koller (Article)
Reversible cerebral vasoconstriction syndrome and dissection in the setting of COVID-19 infection., Katarina Dakay, Gurmeen Kaur, Edwin Gulko, Justin Santarelli, Christian Bowers, Stephan A. Mayer, Chirag D. Gandhi, and Fawaz Al-Mufti (Case Report)
Cerebral Herniation Secondary to Stroke-Associated Hemorrhagic Transformation, Fulminant Cerebral Edema in Setting of COVID-19 Associated ARDS and Active Malignancy, Katarina Dakay, Gurmeen Kaur, Stephan A. Mayer, Justin Santarelli, Chirag Gandhi, and Fawaz Al-Mufti (Case Report)
Body Mass Index and Overall Outcome Following Subarachnoid Hemorrhage: An Obesity Paradox?, Nitesh Damodara, Krishna Amuluru, Rolla Nuoman, Christian A. Bowers, Priyank Khandelwal, Sydney Moseley, Hussein Al-Shammari, Mohammad El-Ghanem, Chirag D. Gandhi, and Fawaz Al-Mufti (Article)
40 Years of My Venture with CYTOMETRY, Zbigniew Darzynkiewicz (Editorial)
Hormonal Biophysiology of the Uterus, Liane Deligdisch-Schor and Angelica Mareş Miceli (Review Article)
Pralatrexate-Based Therapy Induced Response in an Adolescent with Refractory Hepatosplenic T-Cell Lymphoma, Aditi Dhir, Benjamin Hill, Emily S. Waite, Mitchell S. Cairo, and Ana C. Xavier (Case Report)
Taking Care of the Puerto Rican Patient: Historical Perspectives, Health Status, and Health Care Access., Débora H Silva Díaz, Glenn Garcia, Camille A. Clare, Julia Su, Erica Friedman, Renee Williams, Juan Vazquez, and John Paul Sánchez (Article)
A Meta-Analysis of the Potential Antidepressant Effects of Buprenorphine Versus Placebo as an Adjunctive Pharmacotherapy for Treatment-Resistant Depression, Adam Dinoff, Sean T. Lynch, Nitin Sekhri, and Lidia Klepacz (Review Article)
Diagnosis and Treatment of Acute Appendicitis: 2020 Update of the WSES Jerusalem Guidelines, Salomone Di Saverio, Rifat Latifi, and Fausto Catena (Review Article)
Coronavirus Disease 2019 and Stroke: Clinical Manifestations and Pathophysiological Insights, Afshin A. Divani, Sasan Andalib, Mario Di Napoli, Simona Lattanzi, M Shazam Hussain, José Biller, Louise D. McCullough, M. Reza Azarpazhooh, Alina Seletska, Stephan A. Mayer, and Michel Torbey (Article)
The Magnitude of Blood Pressure Reduction Predicts Poor In-Hospital Outcome in Acute Intracerebral Hemorrhage, Afshin A. Divani, Xi Liu, Alexander Petersen, Simona Lattanzi, Craig S. Anderson, Wendy Ziai, Michel T. Torbey, Tom J. Moullaali, Michael L. James, Alibay Jafarli, Stephan A. Mayer, Jose I. Suarez, J Claude Hemphill, and Mario Di Napoli (Article)
Bioethics and COVID-19: the Tension of Quarantine and Civil Liberties, Jeffrey H. Dobken (Editorial)
Factors Impacting Physical Therapy Utilization for Patients With Nonspecific Low Back Pain: Retrospective Analysis of a Clinical Data Set, Janet Dolot, Matthew Hyland, Qiuhu Shi, Hae-Young Kim, Deborah Viola, and Christopher Hoekstra (Article)
Medicaid Payer Status and Other Factors Associated with Hospital Length of Stay in Patients Undergoing Primary Lumbar Spine Surgery, Jose F. Dominguez, Piyush Kalakoti, Xintong Chen, Kaisen Yao, Nam K. Lee, Smit Shah, Meic Schmidt, Chad Cole, Chirag Gandhi, Fawaz Al-Mufti, and Christian A. Bowers (Article)
Correlation of Total Body Photography Frequency and Invasive Melanoma Depth, Elizabeth D. Drugge, Rebecca M. Sarac, Dirk M. Elston, and Rhett J. Drugge (Article)
Intestinal Pathophysiological and Microbial Changes in Sickle Cell Disease: Potential Targets for Therapeutic Intervention, Dibyendu Dutta, Amandeep Aujla, Bettina M. Knoll, and Seah H. Lim (Review Article)
Rifaximin on Intestinally-Related Pathologic Changes in Sickle Cell Disease, Dibyendu Dutta, Kelvin Li, Barbara Methe, and Seah H. Lim (Article)
Bidirectional Interaction Between Intestinal Microbiome and Cancer: Opportunities for Therapeutic Interventions, Dibyendu Dutta and Seah H. Lim (Review Article)
In Vitro susceptibility of Treponema Pallidum Subsp. Pallidum to Doxycycline, Diane G. Edmondson, Gary P. Wormser, and Steven J. Norris (Article)
Three-Plane Model to Standardize Laparoscopic Right Hemicolectomy with Extended D3 Lymph Node Dissection, Sergey K. Efetov, Arcangelo Picciariello, Inna A. Tulina, Lyudmila V. Sidorova, Karina A. Kochneva, Roberto Bergamaschi, and Petr V. Tsarkov (Article)
Isolated Chordal Shortening: A Novel Mechanism of Functional Mitral Regurgitation, Evann Eisenberg, Ayesha Salahuddin, Neena Passi, Waddy Gonzalez, Daniel Schwartz, Wilbert Aronow, and Daniel M. Spevack (Article)
Mandatory Neuroendovascular Evolution: Meeting the New Demands, Mohammad El-Ghanem, Francisco E. Gomez, Prateeka Koul, Rolla Nuoman, Justin G. Santarelli, Krishna Amuluru, Chirag D. Gandhi, Eric R. Cohen, Philip Meyers, and Fawaz Al-Mufti (Review Article)
Management of Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children Associated With COVID-19: A Survey From the International Kawasaki Disease Registry, Matthew D. Elias, Brian W. McCrindle, Guillermo Larios, Nadine F. Choueiter, Nagib Dahdah, Ashraf S. Harahsheh, Supriya Jain, Cedric Manlhiot, Michael A. Portman, Geetha Raghuveer, Therese M. Giglia, and Audrey Dionne (Article)
Intrauterine Transmission of COVID-19 in Pregnancy: Case Report and Review of Literature, Deena Elkafrawi, Julie Joseph, Antonio Schiattarella, Brian Rodriguez, and Giovanni Sisti (Case Report)
Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Surgical Training and Learner Well-Being: Report of a Survey of General Surgery and Other Surgical Specialty Educators, E. Christopher Ellison, Kathryn Spanknebel, Steven C. Stain, Mohsen M. Shabahang, Jeffrey B. Matthews, Haile T. Debas, Alisa Nagler, Patrice Gabler Blair, Timothy J. Eberlein, Diana L. Farmer, Richard Sloane, L. D. Britt, and Ajit K. Sachdeva (Article)
Destructive Domino: Subcutaneous Self-Implanted Penile Foreign Body Implicated in Rule-Out Penile Fracture, Jason Elyaguov, Gerald Matthews, and John L. Phillips (Case Report)
Impact of Failure of Noninvasive Ventilation on the Safety of Pediatric Tracheal Intubation, Guillaume Emeriaud, Simon Li, Matt Pinto, and National Emergency Airway Registry for Children (NEAR4KIDS) Investigators and Pediatric Acute Lung Injury and Sepsis Investigators (PALISI) (Article)
Autopsy Findings and Venous Thromboembolism in Patients With COVID-19, Oleg Epelbaum (Response or Comment)
In Defence of Extrapolation but not Improvisation in SARS-CoV-2 Lung Disease, Oleg Epelbaum and Irene Galperin (Editorial)
Intravenous Brexanolone for Postpartum Depression: What it is, how well does it work, and will it be used?, Justin Faden and Leslie Citrome (Review Article)
Genetic Polymorphisms Complicate COVID-19 Therapy: Pivotal Role of HO-1 in Cytokine Storm, Eddie W. Fakhouri, Stephen J. Peterson, Janish Kothari, Ragin Alex, Joseph I. Shapiro, and Nader G. Abraham (Article)
Unconventional Estrogen Signaling in Health and Disease, Christina L. Faltas, Kira A. LeBron, and Marina K. Holz (Review Article)
Perioperative outcomes of laparoscopic, robotic, and open approaches to pheochromocytoma., Andrew M. Fang, Jennifer Rosen, Ava Saidian, Sejong Bae, Fabio Y. Tanno, Jose L. Chambo, Jonathan Bloom, Jennifer Gordetsky, Victor Srougi, John L. Phillips, and Soroush Rais-Bahrami (Article)
A Rare Case of Co-Occurrence of Pulmonary Embolism and Left Ventricular Thrombus in a Patient with COVID-19., Iyad Farouji, Kok Hoe Chan, Rushdy Abanoub, Gunwant Guron, Jihad Slim, and Addi Suleiman (Case Report)
Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in U.S. Children and Adolescents, Leora R. Feldstein, Aalok R. Singh, Simon Li, and Adrienne G. Randolph (Article)
Considerations on Robotic Colorectal Surgery During a COVID-19 Pandemic, Daniel M. Felsenreich, Mahir Gachabayov, Xiang D. Dong, Fabio Cianchi, and Roberto Bergamaschi (Editorial)
Stercoraceous Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 (Coronavirus), Daniel M. Felsenreich, Hanjoo Lee, Mahir Gachabayov, Anila Kumar, and Roberto Bergamaschi (Editorial)
Robotic Retrogastric Cystogastrostomy for Pancreatic Pseudocyst - A Video Vignette, Daniel M M. Felsenreich, Luis A. Quinterro, Donna C. Koo, Mahir Gachabayov, Sara Matsumoto, and Xiang Eric D Dong (Case Report)
Meta-Analysis of Postoperative Mortality and Morbidity After Total Abdominal Colectomy Versus Loop Ileostomy With Colonic Lavage for Fulminant Clostridium Difficile Colitis, Daniel Moritz Felsenreich, Mahir Gachabayov, Aram Rojas, Rifat Latifi, and Roberto Bergamaschi (Article)
Robotic Resection of Hepatic Echinococcal Cysts: A Video Vignette, Daniel Moritz Felsenreich, Aram Rojas, Mahir Gachabayov, Luis Quintero, and Xiang Da Eric Dong (Letter to the Editor)
COVID-19 Psychosis: A Potential New Neuropsychiatric Condition Triggered by Novel Coronavirus Infection and the Inflammatory Response?, Stephen J. Ferrando, Lidia Klepacz, Sean Lynch, Mohammad Tavakkoli, Rhea Dornbush, Reena Baharani, Yvette Smolin, and Abraham Bartell (Case Report)
Asymmetric, Dynamic Adaptation in Prefrontal Cortex During Dichotic Listening Tasks, Jonathan A.N. Fisher, Iryna Gumenchuk, Ora S. Rogovin, Arjun G. Yodh, and David R. Busch (Article)
Host Metabolic Response in Early Lyme Disease, Bryna L. Fitzgerald, Gary P. Wormser, and John T. Belisle (Article)
Parents ASSIST (Advancing Supportive and Sexuality-Inclusive Sex Talks): Iterative Development of a Sex Communication Video Series for Parents of Gay, Bisexual, and Queer Male Adolescents, Dalmacio D. Flores, Andre A. Rosario, Keosha T. Bond, Antonia M. Villarruel, and Jose A. Bauermeister (Article)
Attitudes Toward and Barriers to Acetaminophen Use in the Chronic Pain Population: A Cross-Sectional Study, R Marcus C Foo, Chantal Hoff, Nitin K. Sekhri, and Garret Weber (Article)
Role for Risk Factor Treatment in the Management of Atrial Fibrillation, Daniel Frenkel and Wilbert S. Aronow (Article)
Electrocardiographic QT Intervals in Infants Exposed to Hydroxychloroquine Throughout Gestation., Deborah M. Friedman, Mimi Kim, Nathalie Costedoat-Chalumeau, Robert Clancy, Joshua Copel, Colin K. Phoon, Bettina F. Cuneo, Rebecca Cohen, Mala Masson, Benjamin J. Wainwright, Noel Zahr, Amit Saxena, Peter M. Izmirly, and Jill P. Buyon (Article)
Mechanism of Fully Reversible, pH-Sensitive Inhibition of Human Glutamine Synthetase by Tyrosine Nitration, Benedikt Frieg, Boris Görg, Natalia Qvartskhava, Thomas Jeitner, Nadine Homeyer, Dieter Häussinger, and Holger Gohlke (Article)
Ten Obligations that Come with Wearing the White Coat, William H. Frishman (Editorial)
The 11th Trial of a Cardiovascular Clinical Trialist: Coronavirus-2: Part 1, William H. Frishman (Editorial)
The 11th Trial of a Cardiovascular Clinical Trialist: Coronavirus-2: Part 2, William H. Frishman (Editorial)
The 11th Trial of a Cardiovascular Clinical Trialist-Coronavirus-2, Part 3, William H. Frishman (Editorial)
The 11th Trial of a Cardiovascular Clinical Trialist: Coronavirus-2: Part 1, William H. Frishman (Editorial)
The 11th Trial of a Cardiovascular Clinical Trialist : Coronavirus-2: Part 2, William H. Frishman (Editorial)
The 11th Trial of a Cardiovascular Clinical Trialist-Coronavirus-2, Part 3, William H. Frishman (Editorial)
Twenty Common Mistakes Made in Daily Clinical Practice, William H. Frishman and Joseph S. Alpert (Editorial)
The Contribution of Chymase-Dependent Formation of ANG II to Cardiac Dysfunction in Metabolic Syndrome of Young Rats: Roles of Fructose and EETs, Ghezal Froogh, Sharath Kandhi, Sharath Kandhi, Roopa Duvvi, Yicong Le, Zan Weng, Norah Alruwaili, Jonathan O. Ashe, Dong Sun, and An Huang (Article)
COVID-19 and HELLP: Overlapping Clinical Pictures in Two Gravid Patients, Itamar Futterman, Miriam Toaff, Liel Navi, and Camille A. Clare (Case Report)
A Multicenter Prospective Non-Randomized Study Comparing Ferguson Hemorrhoidectomy and Transanal Hemorrhoidal Dearterialization for Prolapsed, Nonincarcerated, Reducible Hemorrhoids: A Study Protocol, Mahir Gachabayov, George Angelos, Geena George, Agon Kajmolli, Matthew McGuirk, and Roberto Bergamaschi (Article)
Right Colon Resection: Evolution and Surgical Technique, Mahir Gachabayov, Ryan Bendl, Rifat Latifi, and Roberto Bergamaschi (Review Article)
Considerations on Colorectal Cancer Care in a COVID-19 Pandemic Epicenter, Mahir Gachabayov, Xiang Da Dong, Rifat Latifi, and Roberto Bergamaschi (Editorial)
Does Computed Tomography Scan Add Any Diagnostic Value to the Evaluation of Stab Wounds of the Anterior Abdominal Wall? A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis, Mahir Gachabayov, Shekhar Gogna, David Samson, and Rifat Latifi (Article)
Impact of Robotic Learning Curve on Histopathology in Rectal Cancer: A Pooled Analysis, Mahir Gachabayov, Seon-Hahn Kim, Rosa Jimenez-Rodriguez, Li-Jen Kuo, Fabio Cianchi, Inna Tulina, Petr Tsarkov, and Roberto Bergamaschi (Article)
Current State and Future Perspectives of Telemedicine Use in Surgery During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Scoping Review Protocol, Mahir Gachabayov, Lulejeta A. Latifi, Afshin Parsikia, and Rifat Latifi (Article)
Authors' Reply: A Rule of Thumb Heuristic in the Evaluation of Diagnostic Value, Mahir Gachabayov and Rifat Latifi (Response or Comment)
Use of Biologic Mesh for the Treatment and Prevention of Parastomal Hernias, Mahir Gachabayov, Lala Orujova, Lulejeta A. Latifi, and Rifat Latifi (Article)
Is Case Sequence Analysis an Objective Assessment of Learning Curve?, Mahir Gachabayov, Aram Rojas, and Roberto Bergamaschi (Response or Comment)
Does an Ileostomy Rod Prevent Stoma Retraction? A Meta-analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials, Mahir Gachabayov, Inna Tulina, Peter Tsarkov, Jacqueline Weber, Hanjoo Lee, Agon Kajmolli, and Roberto Bergamaschi (Article)
Recurrence of Infection and Hernia Following Partial Versus Complete Removal of Infected Hernia Mesh: a Systematic Review and Cohort Meta-Analysis, M Gachabayov, S Gogna, Geena George, David J. Samson, and R Latifi (Article)
