Sinai-Grace Hospital Research Day, April 17, 2008

Oral Presentations
Case Report
Third Place: 
Zaid Al-Wahab – “Pregnancy Maintained by Mechanical Ventilator for 114 Days”

Clinical Research
First Place:
Sanjeev Kumar – “Second Neoplasms in Survivors of Endometrial Cancer:
Impact of Radiation Therapy"

ACOG Junior Fellow Research Day, Michigan Section, May 28, 2008

Dr. Sanjeev Kumar    Oral Presentation    First Place
“Oocyte Dysfunction in Diabetes Mellitus: Role of Nitric Oxide”

Dr. Anthony Imudia     Oral Presentation    Third Place
“Biophysical Profile in the Management of IUGR Fetuses Weighing Less Than 1000 Grams”

ACOG Donald F. Richardson Memorial Prize Paper Award

Anthony Imudia – “Retrieval of Trophoblastic Cells from the Cervical Canal for Prediction of Abnormal Pregnancy”

Published

Kaur S, Hanif F, Drennan K, Chadha R, Kruger M, Mari G.  Biophysical Profile in the Management of Intrauterine Growth-Restricted Fetuses With Birth Weights Less Than 1000 grams.  Proceedings, Society of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Dallas, TX.  Am J Obstet Gynecol 2007, 197(6)A625, S181

Mehta SH, Blackwell SC, Chadha R, Sokol RJ.  Shoulder Dystocia and the Next Delivery: Outcomes and Management.  J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med 2007 Oct;20 (10):729-33.

Presentations

Alpay, Zeynep, M.D.  Role of Natural Killer Lymphocyte NKG2D Receptor Pathyway in Adhesion Development.  Prsented at The 37th Global Congress of Minimally Invasive Gynecology Conference October 28-November 1, 2008.

Radwan Asaad, Waseem Khoder, Mohummed R. Khani, Soubhi Zitouni, S. Gene McNeeley, Elizabeth Puscheck and Michael P. Diamond.  Adenomyosis: None Surgical Risk Factors.  Presented at the SGI Annual Meeting 2008.

Anthony N. Imudia, M.D., Tarek Dbouk, M.D., Sanjeev Kumar, M.D., Marcos Cordoba, M.D., Awoniyi O. Awonuga, M.B., B.S., Michael P. Diamond, M.D., and Ray O. Bahado-Singh, M.D.  Incidence, Risk Factors, Indications and Complication Rates of Cesarean Hysterectomy.  Presented at The 37th Global Congress of Minimally Invasive Gynecology Conference, October 28-November 1, 2008.

Anthony N. Imudia, M.D., Sanjeev Kumar, M.D., Tarek Dbouk, M.D., Marcos Cordoba, M.D., Awoniyi O. Awonuga, MBBS, Michael P. Diamond, M.D. and Ray O. Bahado-Singh, M.D.,  Racial disparity in the clinical determinants of cesarean hysterectomy; a 17 year experience from a single institution.  Presented at NMA July 26-29, 2008.

Satinder Kaur, M.D.  Biophysical profile in the management of IUGR fetuses.  Presented at SMFM 2008.

Yi Li, M.D., Ph.D., Bernard Gonik, M.D.  The practicality of prolonged fetal monitoring on preterm premature rupture of membrane patients.  Presented at the ACOG 2008 Annual Meeting, May 3-7, 2008

Jason L. Picconi, M.D., Ph.D., Satinder Kaur, M.D.  Biophysical profile in the management of IUGR fetuses.  Presented at SMFM 200

Jason L. Picconi, M.D., Ph.D., Kathryn Drennan, M.D., Farhan Hanif, M.D., Giancarlo Mari, M.D.  Ductus Venosus Reversed Flow in IUGR Fetuses: Is It an Indication for Delivery at Less than 30 weeks Gestation?  Presented at the SMFM 28th Annual Meeting, January 27 – February 3, 200

Jason L. Picconi, M.D., Ph.D., Kathryn Drennan, M.D., Farhan Hanif, M.D., Michael Kruger, M.S., Giancarlo Mari, M.D.  Ductus Venosus SIA Index and A-Wave Reversed Flow in Severely Premature Growth-Restricted Fetuses.  Presented at the SGI Annual Meeting 2008.

Rouba Ali-Fehmi, MD, Robert T. Morris, MD, Christopher Steffes, MD, Madhu Prasad, MD, Donald Weaver, MD, Masood Shammas, PhD, Ramesh B. Batchu, PhD, Wayne State University / Karmanos Cancer Center, Detroit, MI.  SGO's 2008 Annual Meeting, The 39TH Annual Meeting on Women's CancerTM  March 9-12, 2008, Tampa Convention Center, Tampa, Florida.

Sanjeev Kumar, MD, Jay P. Shah, MD, Christopher S. Bryant, MD, Stacey N. Akers, MD, Agnieszka Vay, MD, Rouba Ali-Fehmi, MD, John M. Malone, MD, Robert T. Morris, MD, Veronica L. Schimp, DO, Wayne State Univeristy / Karmanos Cancer Center, Detroit, MI.  The Prevalence and Prognostic Impact of Lymph Node Metastasis in Malignant Germ Cell Tumors of the Ovary.  SGO's 2008 Annual Meeting, The 39TH Annual Meeting on Women's CancerTM  March 9-12, 2008, Tampa Convention Center, Tampa, Florida

Jay P. Shah, MD, Sanjeev Kumar, MD, Christopher S. Bryant, MD, Agnieszka Vay, MD, Leigh A. Solomon, MD, John M. Malone, MD, Rouba Ali-Fehmi, MD, Veronica L. Schimp, MD, Robert T. Morris, MD, Wayne State University/Karmanos Cancer Center, Detroit, MI.  An Analysis Of 788 Cases Of Yolk Sac Tumors In Males And Females: A Population Based Study.  SGO's 2008 Annual Meeting, The 39TH Annual Meeting on Women's CancerTM  March 9-12, 2008, Tampa Convention Center, Tampa, Florida

Sanjeev Kumar, MD, Christopher S. Bryant, MD, Aamer Qazi, PhD, Robert T. Morris, MD, Chris Steffes, MD, Madhu Prasad, MD, Donald Weaver, MD, Masood A. Shammas, PhD, Ramesh B. Batchu, PhD, Wayne State University/ Karmanos Cancer Institute, Detroit, MI.  Ritonavir Exhibits Antineoplastic Activity In Ovarian Cancer Cell Lines By Cell Cycle Arrest And Induction Of Apoptosis.  SGO's 2008 Annual Meeting, The 39TH Annual Meeting on Women's CancerTM  March 9-12, 2008, Tampa Convention Center, Tampa, Florida.

Agnieszka Vay, MD, Sanjeev Kumar, MD, Stacey Akers, MD, Veroinca L. Schimp, DO, Robert T. Morris, MD, Rouba Ali-Fehmi, MD.  Comparative Study of Maspin Expression in Type I and Type II Endometrial Carcinoma.  SGO's 2008 Annual Meeting, The 39TH Annual Meeting on Women's CancerTM  March 9-12, 2008, Tampa Convention Center, Tampa, Florida.

Sanjeev Kumar, MD, Christopher S Bryant, MD, Aamer Qazi, PhD, Robert T Morris, MD, Chris Steffes, MD, Madhu Prasad, MD, Donald Weaver, MD, Masood A Shammas, PhD and Ramesh B Batchu, PhD.  Ritonavir Inhibits Polycomb Group Protein -EZH2 Mediated Suppression of DNA Repair In Ovarian Cancer Cell Lines.  SGI 55th  Annual Scientific Meeting 2008, San Diego, California, March 26th through 29th, 2008.

Aamer Qazi, Christopher S Bryant, Sanjeev Kumar, Madhu Prasad, Christopher P Steffes, David G. Beer, Raj K Goyal, Donald W Weaver, &. Ramesh B Batchu, Masood A Shammas.  Sulforaphane, an antioxidant derived from Broccoli, induces apoptotic cell death in Barrett’s esophageal adenocarcinoma cells.  Digestive Disease Week (DDW), San Diego, California, May 17-22, 2008.

Masood A Shammas, Aamer Qazi, Ramesh B Batchu, Jason YY Wong, Manjula Y Rao, Christopher S Bryant, Sanjeev Kumar, Madhu Prasad, Christopher P Steffes, Immaculata De Vivo, David G. Beer, Donald W Weaver, & Raj K Goyal.  Telomerase Activity And Telomere Length In LCM Purified Barrett’s Esophageal Adenocarcinoma  Cells.  Digestive Disease Week (DDW), San Diego, California, May 17-22, 2008.

Aamer Qazi, Ph.D., Christopher S. Bryant, M.D., Sanjeev Kumar, M.D., Basil F. El-Rayes, M.D., Chris Steffes, M.D., Madhu Prasad, M.D., Donald Weaver, M.D., Masood Shammas, Ph.D., Ramesh B. Batchu, Ph.D.  Lentiviral shRNA mediated down modulation of E2F-1 augments ritonavir induced apoptosis in pancreatic adeno-carcinoma.  11th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Gene Therapy, May 28-June 1, 2008 Boston, Massachusetts

Sanjeev Kumar, M.D., Christopher S. Bryant, M.D., Aamer Qazi, Ph.D., Robert T. Morris, M.D., Chris Steffes, M.D., Madhu Prasad, M.D., Donald Weaver, M.D., Masood Shammas, Ph.D., Ramesh B. Batchu, Ph.D.  Ritonavir blocks Akt signaling and exhibits antineoplastic activity in ovarian cancer cell lines.  AACR (American Association of Cancer Research); Annual Meeting 2008, April 12-16, San Diego CA

Eleazar Soto, Roberto Romero, Karina Richani, Jimmy Espinoza, Tinnakorn Chaiworapongsa, Jyh Kae Nien, Sam Edwin, Yeon Mee Kim, Joon Seok Hong, Luis Goncalves, Moshe Mazor, M.D.  Preeclampsia and SGA Have Different Profiles of Complement Split Products.  Presented at the ISSHP World Congress September 2008.

Publications

Romero R, Nien JK, Espinoza J, Todem D, Fu W, Chung H, Kusanovic JP, Gotsch F, Erez O, Mazaki-Tovi S, Gomez R, Edwin S, Chaiworapongsa T, Levine RJ, Karumanchi SA.  A longitudinal study of angiogenic (placental growth factor) and anti-angiogenic (soluble endoglin and soluble vascular endothelial growth factor receptor-1) factors in normal pregnancy and patients destined to develop preeclampsia and deliver a small for gestational age neonate. J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med. 2008 Jan;21(1):9-23.

Chaiworapongsa T, Espinoza J, Gotsch F, Kim YM, Kim GJ, Goncalves LF, Edwin S, Kusanovic JP, Erez O, Than NG, Hassan SS, Romero R.  The maternal plasma soluble vascular endothelial growth factor receptor-1 concentration is elevated in SGA and the magnitude of the increase relates to Doppler abnormalities in the maternal and fetal circulation. J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med. 2008 Jan;21(1):25-40.

Chaiworapongsa T, Romero R, Gotsch F, Espinoza J, Nien JK, Goncalves L, Edwin S, Kim YM, Erez O, Kusanovic JP, Pineles BL, Papp Z, Hassan S.  Low maternal concentrations of soluble vascular endothelial growth factor receptor-2 in preeclampsia and small for gestational age. J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med. 2008 Jan;21(1):41-52.

Shavell, Valerie, M.D., Cellular Metabolism: Contribution to Postoperative Adhesion Development.  Reproductive Sciences (accepted for publication).

Shavell, Valerie, M.D.  Complete Septate Uterus, Obstructed Hemivagina, and Ipsilateral Renal Anomaly: Pregnancy Course Complicated by a Rare Urogenital Anomaly.  Archives in Gynecology and Obstetrics (accepted for publication).

Shavell, Valerie, M.D.  Ureterocele Misdiagnosed as Pelvic Inflammatory Disease in an Adolescent.  Obstetrics and Gynecology (accepted for publication).

Book Chapters

Berman JM and Shavell VI:  Office Hysteroscopy, in Mayeaux Jr, EJ (ed): Atlas of Primary Care Procedures Second Edition, 2n ed. Philadelphia, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2008.  Accepted for Publication.

Berman JM and Montgomery SE:  Paracervical Block, in Mayeaux Jr, EJ (ed): Atlas of Primary Care Procedures Second Edition, 2n ed. Philadelphia, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2008.  Accepted for Publication.