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SER 2025 Annual Meeting | June 2025

  • Rajvong W, Hirth JM, Nguyen J, Robinson W, Walther C, Zoorob R. The effects of flooding on access to healthcare in Houston.

Family and Community Medicine (FCM) Grand Rounds | June 2025

  • Ataei H. Functional gastrointestinal disorders (FGIDs).

2025 AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting | June 2025

  • Rajvong W, Nguyen J, Sarkar A, Rode R, Gutierrez J, Zoorob R, Hirth J. The implementation of declarative statements and strong recommendations to increase COVID and flu vaccination rates in a community safety-net primary care clinic.
  • Hirth JM, Rajvong W, Gutierrez J, Sidani M, Zoorob R. Expansion of a primary-care led lung cancer screening program in East Texas.
  • Collazo A, Ramsey D, Grigoryan L, Hernandez R, Pesikoff J, Donnelly JP, Stevens VW, Naik AD, Trautner BW. Comparative effectiveness of two implementation strategies for a nationwide antibiotic stewardship program.
  • Collazo A, Grigoryan L, Zoorob R, Trautner BW, Skelton F. Physiologic differences in vital signs and urine tests in spinal cord injury and the effects on urinary tract infection diagnosis.
  • Collazo A, Amenta E, Olmeda K, Zoorob R, Trautner BW, Grigoryan L. Effectiveness of bi-directional patient-provider communication tools aimed at changing patient medication behavior in the outpatient setting: A scoping review.
  • Kim-Vences SH, Nguyen J, Keough C, Suen K, Hirth JM, Zoorob R, Kowalchuk A. Changes in buprenorphine prescribing at academic centers after X-waiver elimination.

2025 APA Annual Meeting | May 2025

  • Ai D, Seaborn L, Aggarwal A. Coming home: Fostering community among LGBTQ+ youth with a medical student-led support group.

2025 SGIM Annual Meeting | May 2025

  • Kim-Vences SH, Hirth JM, Zoorob RJ, Lee TH. Comparison of thirty-day re-admissions and mortality by insurance status among patients with cirrhosis.

Harris Health/Baylor College of Medicine Research Day 2025 | May 2025

  • Sarkar A, Orr J, Ras E, Escoto S, Walker D, Wright R, Khan FM, Danek LC. Improving hypertension control in a community health center through dedicated appointments.
  • Collazo A, Rodriguez JL, Wermuth P, Olmeda K, Mancera A, Zoorob R, Trautner BW, Grigoryan L. "In Texas, everybody wants antibiotics": Managing expectations with a provider-patient communication tool for safe antibiotic use.
  • Akhter ZN, Broussard M, Gutierrez JA, Zoorob R, Hirth JM. The role of cultural humility in current clinical approaches towards culturally diverse patients in chronic disease management in the Houston metro area.
  • Guo S, Kim-Vences SH, Khotta N, et al. Mapping buprenorphine access at Harris County pharmacies.
  • Haykal M, Sampathkumar K, Alobaidi A, Sanchez R, Hirth JM, Shah A, Moukaddam N. Characterization of patients accessing services at the Houston Recovery Center.
  • Haykal M, Hirth JM, Sampathkumar K, Alobaidi A, Sanchez R, Shah A, Moukaddam N. Assessment of a psychiatry program to increase patient access to mental health treatment at the Houston Recovery Center.
  • Miranda B, Kowalchuk A, Zoorob RJ, Hirth JM. Evaluation of integrate primary care services at a women's substance use recovery and treatment center.

Family and Community Medicine (FCM) Grand Rounds | May 2025

  • Joshi B. Immigrants and refugees health: Physicians role in clinical care and advocacy.

Baylor College of Medicine 11th Annual Quality Improvement and Patient Safety Conference | May 2025

  • Mehrotra N, Ghael P, Nambi P, Lee E, Khoury S, Mujahid A, Ali A, Bansal K, Aguilar M, Sodipo A, Cortez E, Valenzuela R, Aguilera A, Hirth JM, Juneja M. Improving diabetic foot exam (DFE) rates by framing DFE as a procedure requiring patient consent and shared engagement.
  • Ghael P, Mehrotra N, Lee E, Khoury S, Khera D, Khera N, Hirth J, Juneja M. Empowering women: A quality improvement initiative to increase HPV vaccine education and uptake in adults aged 18–45.
  • Ju J, Kim-Vences SH, Cohen S, et al. Assessment of buprenorphine availability in Harris County chain pharmacies.

2025 STFM Annual Spring Conference | May 2025

  • Ly K, Ojo I, Aggarwal A, Rode R, Sidani M. Procedural workshop with simulations for family medicine residents.
  • McCurry V, Juneja M. Can empathy be taught? Furthermore can it be measured? Challenges with health equity curriculum implementation.
  • Juneja M, Sarkar A, Zoorob R. Competency, context, career and communities of practice: The emerging evidence for collaboration in faculty development.
  • Franks R, Clark D. Evaluation of a preclinical elective focused on the care of unhoused patients.
  • Caldwell M, He C, Gonzalez C, Choi N, Aggarwal A. Medical student perceptions and expectations of community preceptors.
  • Hirth JM, Gonzalez S, Zoorob R, Kowalchuk A. Rural/urban clinician differences in knowledge about alcohol and other substance use disorders and treatment.
  • Levine R, Hirth JM, Ostovar-Kermani T. Deaths of despair: A major and increasing contributor to US deaths among females of childbearing age (1999–2022).
  • Bui R, Xie M, Juneja M. Precision learning: Just-in-time clinical education and resource management.
  • Mendonca C, Sarkar A, Rode R. Implementing "CaMP" counselors for individualized FM resident plans.
  • Mahmood H, Juneja M, Varadarajan S, Rode R, Zoorob R, Bell J, Oglesbee J, Licato L. Enhancing team dynamics: Exploring leadership styles in residency training.
  • Varadarajan S, Juneja M. Early is on time: Introducing health system science in medical education.
  • Rode R, Sarkar A, Mendonca C. Enhancing feedback and evaluation processes in family medicine residency: Implementing objective criteria and structured mentoring.
  • Collazo A, Amenta E, Olmeda K, Valentine-King M, Laytner L, Mancera A, Zoorob R, Paasche-Orlow MK, Street RL Jr, Trautner BW, Grigoryan L. A screening question to assess risk of using antibiotics without a prescription: A diagnostic study. *Selected as a Blue Ribbon Award Winner
  • Arpas MKD, Yarlagadda S, Yang D. Early detection of fatty liver in obese patients: The role of point-of-care ultrasound.
  • Mendonca A, Tawbi U. Lost opportunity: Is the Medicare wellness visit changing the trajectory of patients' mental health.
  • Crumbley C, Khoury S, Mendonca A, Juneja S, Hirth JM, Mendonca C, Rode R. Are we being culturally sensitive? Assessing disparities in cervical cancer screening timeliness.
  • Khan H, Jose J, Rode R. Impact of educational interventions for resident physicians on sleep-wake disorder management.
  • Hadley T, Davlapur J, Holmes W. Enhancing clinical performance through deliberate practice: A quality improvement initiative.
  • Jose J, Everett T, Beldin J, Shakhawat R, Rahman S, Nguyen T, Rode R. Introduction to dermoscopy and the integration of dermoscopy into e-consults.
  • Kuncharapu I, Hirth JM. Outcomes of diabetic retinopathy screening in family medicine community safety net clinic patients. *Selected as a Blue Ribbon Award Winner
  • Mehrotra N, Atwal D, Lee E, Bansal K, Juneja M. Retraining preceptors to assimilate emerging concepts in medical education into the clinical learning environment.
  • Frank A, Mahajan M, Rode R, Villegas J. Cross-generational teamwork: Leading to make the dream work.

2025 Joint SGEA/SGSA/SOSR Regional Conference | April 2025

  • Crumbley C, Szauter K, Karnath B, Sonstein L, Belalcazar LM, Qureshi S. The impact of a department intervention on medical student performance evaluation (MSPE) narratives. *Crumbley C. was Presented with the 2025 Medical Education Scholarship Award for Outstanding Presentation by a Trainee

SHEA Spring 2025 Conference: Science Guiding Prevention | April 2025

  • Collazo A, Trautner B, Campbell R, Mancera A, Olmeda K, Faustinella F, Sidani M, Danek L, Barning K, Paasche-Orlow M, Zoorob R, Grigoryan L. Patient perceptions of an educational intervention to reduce urine sample contamination.

2025 Regional Family Medicine Research Symposium | April 2025

  • Crumbley C, Khoury S, Mendonca A, Juneja S, Hirth J, Mendonca C, Rode R. Are we being culturally sensitive? Assessing disparities in cervical cancer screening timeliness. *First Place Blue Ribbon Award

2025 Housestaff Virtual Research Symposium | April 2025

  • Brehm TJ, Grigoryan L, Dillon L, Haltom TM, Trautner BW. Urinary tract infections in outpatient men: An analysis of clinicians' diagnostic and treatment patterns.
  • Kotta N, Kim-Vences SH, Ju J, Guo S, Bagwell N, Nguyen J, Coehn AS, Champagne-Langabeer T, Hirth J, Zoorob R, Keough C. Assessment of buprenorphine availability in Harris County pharmacies. *Second Place in Quality Improvement and Patient Safety (QIPS)

Third Annual Opioid Use Disorder Conference | April 2025

  • Kowalchuk A. Santa Maria Hostel: Providing community-based, specialized SUD treatment for women and their families.

Pri-Med Southwest Primary Care CME/CE Conference & Expo | April 2025

  • Uzamere Y. Women's health in focus: Current trends and clinical advances in peri-menopause and beyond.

66th Annual National Student Research Forum | April 2025

  • Ju J, Kim-Vences SH, Nguyen J, Hirth JM, Zoorob RJ. Uptake in buprenorphine prescribing after X-waiver elimination: Results from a nationwide, multispecialty survey.
  • Sewell T, Ehondor J, Rode R, Hirth JM. Vaccine hesitancy in adults.
  • Vasu V, Ren M, Hirth JM. Assessing caregiver stress: Identifying risk factors and effective interventions in primary care settings.
  • Juneja S, Zoorob RJ, Kincaid L, Gonzalez S, Hirth JM, Kowalchuk AA. Evaluation of a substance use disorder recovery program.
  • Zoorob EG, Gutierrez J, Broussard M, Olvera A, Hirth JM. Mental health access and mental health symptoms among migrant communities in the Houston region.

Fifth International Conference on Future of Preventive Medicine and Public Health | March 2025

  • Hirth JM, Rode R, Sarkar A, Gutierrez J, Rajvong W, Nguyen J, Rosen JS, Zoorob RJ. Use of declarative statements and strong recommendation to increase COVID and flu vaccination in a community safety-net primary care clinic.

Family and Community Medicine (FCM) Grand Rounds | March 2025

  • Khan H. Management of insomnia in primary care setting.

25th Annual Henry J.N. Taub & James K. Alexander Medical Student Research Symposium | March 2025

  • Caceres I, Ruml A, Zhu H, Aggarwal A. Socioeconomic and demographic disparities in atopic dermatitis: Insights from the All of Us database.
  • Buranosky B, Dotson L, Franks R, Morales J, Young A, Rode R, Aggarwal A. Assessing hurricane preparedness among primary care providers in the Gulf Coast hurricane region.
  • Bandlapalli N, Cao A, May M, Aggarwal A. Teaching pediatric emotional development to mothers undergoing substance use disorder treatment through the film Inside Out. *Second Place Award in Community Based/Health Science Research
  • Fontana S, Babalola D, Snellman L, He C, Moran G, Aggarwal A. Reproductive education and awareness for Texas at-risk young adults.
  • Bagwell N, Guo S, Kim-Vences SH, Nguyen J, Keough C, Suen K, Hirth J, Zoorob R, Kowalchuk A. Uptake in buprenorphine prescribing for opioid use disorder after X-waiver elimination.
  • Cua M, Fontana E, Aggarwal A. Identifying physician educational gaps and biases regarding prisoner healthcare and their consequences.
  • Ofori K, Rasool R, Rosa M, Aggarwal A. From clinic to community: Creating a local resource database.
  • Sewell T, Ehondor J, Juneja M, Hirth J, Mahmood H, Mendonca C, Lee E, Nguyen S, Atwal D, Mehrotra N, Rode R. Understanding hesitancy towards vaccines for respiratory illnesses in underserved patient population. *Third Place Award in Community Based/Health Science Research
  • Juneja S, Mendonca C, Mendonca A, Khoury S, Hirth J, Rode R. Assessing disparities in cervical cancer screening timeliness.
  • Grant S, Brock D, Engebretson H, Kamepalli S, Kumar A, Khan Z, Peoples N, Clark D. Relationship on volunteering at a student-run free clinic and matching into primary care specialties: A decade-long retrospective analysis. *First Place Award in Educational Research
  • Galbraith T, Vasu V, Sarkar A, Hirth JM. Student perceptions of a clinical reasoning workplace-based assessment.
  • Valdez K, Martinez A, Hernandez PG, Mitra S, Aggarwal A, Cauthen L. Enhancing medical student knowledge through didactic seminar focused on diabetic foot wound management.
  • Caldwell M, Gonzalez C, He C, Choi N, Aggarwal A. Medical student perceptions and expectations of community preceptors.
  • Jain S, Wu AX, Ram B, Rode R, Aggarwal A. The impact of an end-of-life care and pain management seminar on medical students' knowledge and confidence: An interventional study.
  • Franks R, Clark D. Evaluation of a preclinical elective focused on the care of unhoused patients.
  • Ehondor J, Rode R, Aggarwal A. Assessing and improving medical student knowledge on Houston's socio-demographic history and its implications on present day SDOH challenges.
  • Seaborn L, Ai D, Aggarwal A. The impact of pride coalition on social belonging and life skills among LGBTQIA+ individuals experiencing homelessness. *Second Place Award in Quality Improvement

2025 NCEAS Annual Conference | February 2025

  • Valdez K, Caceres I, Aggarwal A. Assessing health literacy among Hispanic adolescents on probation: A study of understanding and awareness.

FCM Fifth Annual Research Day | February 2025

Educational Research

  • Galbraith T, Vasu V, Sarkar A, Hirth J. Student perceptions of a clinical reasoning workplace based assessment. *Blue Ribbon Area of Excellence: Significance
  • Ojo I, Ly K, Aggarwal A, Rode R, Sidani M. Procedural workshop with simulations for family medicine residents.
  • Wendt E. Pilot to support early relational health during well child visits.
  • Crew A, Mahmood H, Juneja M. Enhancing midterm feedback in family medicine clerkships: Integrating the WOOP exercise for meaningful student development.

Completed Research

  • Duong C, Patterson D, Zottarelli L, Jones A. Miscarriage incidents and maternal depression: Examining the mediating psychosocial variables.
  • Nguyen J, Kim-Vences SH, Keough C, Suen K, Hirth JM, Zoorob R, Kowalchuk A. Effect of training exposure on buprenorphine prescribing after X-waiver elimination. *First Place Overall: Medical Student
  • Robinson WL, Rajvong W, Walther C, Zoorob R, Hirth JM. The effects of COVID-19 on access to healthcare in Houston.
  • Olmeda K, Brehm T, Grigoryan L, Mancera A, Zoorob R, Sidani M, Laytner L, Adams M, Trautner B. Pilot testing of a stakeholder-driven, patient education intervention in primary care to reduce use of antibiotics without a prescription.

Quality Improvement Completed

  • Jose J, Khan H, Rode R. Impact of educational interventions for resident physicians on sleep-wake disorder management. *Blue Ribbon Area of Excellence: Impact
  • Ali A, Afzalpurkar R, Mehrotra N, Nambi P, Mujahid A. Overcoming access, workflow and physician factors to improve cardiovascular outcomes in T2DM patients.
  • Afzalpurkar R, Juneja M, Zoorob R. Microalbuminuria screening needs integrated EMRs and efficient workflows.

Case Reports

  • Faustinella F, Ugarte C. Oral pathology in adults: Cases from the same day clinic. *Blue Ribbon Area of Excellence: Approach
  • Kotta N, Goli K, Ortiz E, Rueda J. Hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia: When AVMs cause stroke and hypoxemia.

Research Work in Progress

  • Collazo A, Trautner B, Campbell R, Mancera A, Olmeda K, Faustinella F, Sidani M, Danek L, Barning K, Paasche-Orlow MK, Zoorob R, Grigoryan L. Patient perceptions of an educational intervention to reduce urine sample contamination. *Third Place Overall: Fellow
  • Corriveau M, Hirth JM. Employee acceptance of a psychiatry program to increase client access to mental health treatment during the substance use withdrawal period: A qualitative program evaluation.
  • Miranda BL, Kowalchuk A, Zoorob R, Hirth JM. Evaluation of integrated primary care services at a women's substance use recovery and treatment center. *Blue Ribbon Area of Excellence: Innovation

Quality Improvement Work in Progress

  • Crumbley C, Khoury S, Mendonca A, Juneja S, Hirth JM, Mendonca C, Rode R. Are we being culturally sensitive? Assessing disparities in cervical cancer screening timeliness. *Second Place Overall: Resident
  • Ali A, Mehrotra N, Mujahid A, Afzalpurkar R, Nambi P. Beyond prescriptions: Impact of personalized after visit summaries and scheduled follow ups in uncontrolled diabetes patients.
  • Waqar A, Villatoro EE, Thomas J, Rome AC, Atkinson J. Group education for hypertension management at a community-based county clinic.
  • Joshi B, Bhattarai S. Weight management service in community clinic – A primary care perspective.
  • Mehrotra N, Ghael P, Khoury S, Lee E, Nambi P, Ali A, Mujahid A, Bansal K, Juneja M. Optimizing diabetic foot care: Enhancing examination rates with provider reminder cards.
  • Ghael P, Mehrotra N, Lee E, Khoury S, Khera D, Khera N, Hirth JM, Juneja M. Empowering women: A quality improvement initiative to increase HPV vaccine education and uptake in adults aged 18–45. *Fourth Place Overall: FCM Faculty
  • Fields-Gilmore JAR. Impact of regularly scheduled continuity of care on quality improvement outcomes.
  • Beldin J, Everett T, Jose J. Introduction to dermoscopy and the integration of dermoscopy into e-consults. *Second Place Overall: Resident

2025 APSA South Regional Meeting | February 2025

  • Nguyen J, Kim-Vences SH, Keough C, Suen K, Hirth JM, Zoorob R, Kowalchuk A. Effect of training exposure on buprenorphine prescribing after X-waiver elimination.

2025 Shine Academy Innovations in Health Science Education Conference | February 2025

  • Crumbley C, Szauter K, Karnath B, Sonstein L, Belalcazar LM, Qureshi S. The impact of a department intervention on medical student performance evaluation (MSPE) narratives.

ADFM 2025 Annual Conference | February 2025

  • Catinella P, Zoorob R, Koopman R. 2025 Chairs' skills workshop – Blueprints for success: Strategic planning and culture building for new chairs.

Family and Community Medicine (FCM) Grand Rounds | February 2025

  • Nambi P. Missed opportunities.

2025 STFM Conference on Medical Student Education | January – February 2025

  • Juneja M, Sarkar A, Atwal D, Bansal K. Emergence of competency- and skills-based assessment tools for medical students.
  • Sarkar A, Boedeker P, Keyes S, Corriveau M, Aggarwal A, Porter-Tucci L. Overcoming barriers in motivating preceptors to perform workplace-based assessments.
  • Sarkar A, Chartash D, Boulahouache L, May M, Crumbley C, Heidelbaugh J. Empowering preceptors to better discern reasoning deficits from knowledge gaps.
  • Mahmood H, Rode R, Juneja M, Bell J. Empowering growth: The role of coaching in medical education and leadership development.
  • Rode R, Joshi B, Waqar A, Aggarwal A, Bhattarai S, Danek L, Juneja S. Integrating procedural skills into medical school curricula to bolster interest in primary care.
  • May M, DeCuir J, Nadella M, Mercado A, Juneja M. Impact of a first year service elective on medical student interest in primary care.
  • Huang W, Barning K, Atkinson J. Handling a student mistreatment concern: Do I stop using the faculty preceptor or is it appropriate to offer remediation?
  • Aggarwal A, Zoorob R, Rode R, Sarkar A, Nadella M, Cerda L, Osterlund N, Miranda B, Huang W. Educating and enhancing the ability of medical students to provide for and communicate with underserved populations.
  • Juneja M, McCurry V, Cantu A. Can empathy be taught? Challenges in teaching health equity curriculum to medical students.
  • Kim J, Sewell T, Prabakaran N, Motakef M, Waqar A, Joshi B, Lee E, Danek L, Mehrotra N, Pirzada N, Rode R, Bhattarai S, Zoorob R, Aggarwal A. Addressing gaps in preclerkship students' procedural skills: A workshop series with simulations.

Eighth Annual Texas Medical Center Antimicrobial Resistance and Stewardship Conference | January 2025

  • Collazo A, Trautner B, Campbell R, Mancera A, Olmeda K, Faustinella F, Sidani M, Danek L, Barning K, Paasche-Orlow MK, Zoorob R, Grigoryan L. Patient perceptions of an educational intervention to reduce urine sample contamination.

BCM Medical Student Research Presentation Monthly Sessions | January 2025

  • Valdez K, Caceres I, Aggarwal A. Assessing health literacy among Hispanic adolescents on probation: A study of understanding and awareness.
  • Ehondor J, Rode R, Aggarwal A. Assessing and improving medical student knowledge on Houston's socio-demographic history and its implications on present day social determinants of health (SDoH) challenges.

Family and Community Medicine Grand Rounds | December 2024

  • Wendt E. Improving ECG analysis in the outpatient clinic.

Academy for Professionalism in Health Care's International Virtual Conference – Enhancing Professionalism through Effective Communication: From In-Person to AI | November 2024

  • Sarkar A, Langley A, Bullerwell M. Yes, no, maybe? Establishing boundaries between educators and adult learners.

52nd NAPCRG Annual Meeting | November 2024

  • Rode R, Hirth J, Juneja M, Lee E, Mehrotra N, Atwal D, Nguyen S, Mahmood H, Mendonca C, Sewell T, Ehondor J, Zoorob R. Understanding hesitancy towards vaccines for respiratory illnesses in underserved patient population.
  • Mendonca C, Khoury S, Mendonca A, Crumbley C, Juneja S, Hirth J, Rode R. Are we being culturally sensitive? Assessing disparities in cervical cancer screening timeliness.

American Heart Association's 2024 Scientific Sessions | November 2024

  • Goyal A, Saeed H, Maheshwari S, Abdullah, Jain H, Shamim U, Bansal K. Trends and disparities in mortality among patients with hypertensive heart disease and congestive heart failure in the United States from 1999 to 2020.
  • Goyal A, Saeed H, Maheshwari S, Abdullah, Naeem I, Zafar A, Ahmad B, Islam TU, Rizvi SS, Kumari N, Kirmani SGA, Mansoor F, Hasan A, Raja A, Bansal K. Demographic trends and disparities in mortality related to coexisting heart failure and diabetes mellitus among older adults in United States: A large database analysis from 1999 to 2020.

AAAP 35th Annual Meeting and Scientific Symposium | November 2024

  • Hirth JM, Zoorob RJ, Kowalchuk AA. Six-month differences in knowledge, confidence, and intention to implement substance use prevention and treatment among primary care clinicians who participated in online modules.

AMERSA's 48th Annual National Conference | November 2024

  • Kowalchuk A, Kim-Vences SI, Hirth JM, Schaper K, Grigoryan L, Gonzalez S, Zoorob R. Asynchronous online training increased knowledge, confidence, and intent among primary care clinicians to prevent and treat substance use disorders.

TAFP 2024 Annual Session and Primary Care Summit | November 2024

  • Grigoryan L, Olmeda K, Mancera A, Zoorob R, Sidani M, Brehm T, Trautner BW. Reducing use of antibiotics without a prescription in Texas.

2024 Annual Primary Care Update Conference | October 2024

  • Rode R. Track 1 – Skill building: Point of care ultrasound hands-on training.
  • Juneja M, Sarkar A, Hirth J. Track 2 – Faculty development: Inception to submission scholarship and advancement.

IDWeek 2024 | October 2024

  • Brehm T, Grigoryan L, Olmeda K, Mancera A, Zoorob R, Sidani M, Laytner L, Adams M, Trautner B. Pilot testing of a stakeholder-driven, patient education intervention in primary care to reduce use of antibiotics without a prescription.

2024 PAEA Education Forum | October 2024

  • Salahshor S, Thorpe C, Atkinson J. Equity in practice: Addressing legislative concerns and accreditation standards in the PA profession.

National Medical Fellowships Alumni | October 2024

  • Torres B, Fagbemi S. The Seeding Excellence series.

Physician Enrichment Program Specialty Grand Rounds | October 2024

  • McCurry V. Post-hospital discharge care: Spotlight on high-needs communities.

Learning Communities Institute Annual Meeting LCI 2024 | September 2024

  • Lee E, MacGinnis C, Morrison A, Eacker A. LC faculty: Best practices for recruitment, selection and retention.
  • Kugler J, Hong T, Len K, Lee E, Tran C, Basaviah P. A tale of three learning communities: Experiences across the UME continuum.
  • Scholle T, Lee E, Tran C. Advising the advisors: Faculty development for learning community advisors.

2024 STFM Conference on Practice and Quality Improvement | September 2024

  • Mahmood H, Nambi P, Khan F, Varadarajan S, Rode R. Impacting change: Empowering primary care providers with the latest 2023 Type 2 diabetes management guidelines.

Baylor's 2024 Annual Academy of Distinguished Educators Showcase of Educational Scholarship | September 2024

  • Kim J, Sewell T, Prabakaran N, Motakef M, Waqar A, Joshi B, Lee E, Danek L, Mehrotra N, Pirzada N, Rode R, Bhattarai S, Zoorob R, Aggarwal A. Addressing gaps in preclerkship students' procedural skills: A workshop series with simulations. *Selected as a Showcase Finalist in the Trainee Category

Ubuntu 2024 | September 2024

  • Atkinson J, Alarcon L, Magzoub A. Workshop 66: Optimizing (mis)treatment.

Family and Community Medicine Grand Rounds | September 2024

  • Atwal D. A practical approach to managing patients with testosterone deficiency.

TNP's 2024 Annual Conference | September 2024

  • Noor B, Benton K, Vazquez C. Promoting provider adherence to American Diabetes Association guidelines with a diabetes care bundle.

Physician Enrichment Program Specialty Grand Rounds | September 2024

  • Furo H. Pain management in addiction medicine.

Family and Community Medicine Grand Rounds | August 2024

  • Juneja M, Sarkar A. Academic medicine as a community of practice.

2024 AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting | June – July 2024

  • Gutierrez JA, Hirth JM, Broussard M, Akhter Z, Zoorob R. Healthcare access and health status among immigrants and refugees in Texas.
  • Kim-Vences S, Zoorob R, Hirth J. Role of educational attainment on the racial disparities in alcohol use disorder.
  • Kim-Vences S, Zoorob R, Hirth JM, Schaper K, Grigoryan L, Gonzalez S, Kowalchuk A. Asynchronous online training increased knowledge, confidence, and intent to screen and treat substance use disorders among primary care clinicians.
  • Ostovar-Kermani TG, Olvera A, Gutierrez J, Broussard M, Pallares Perez M, Akhter Z, Alzate MM, Mejia MC, Zoorob R, Hirth JM. Contraceptive use and perceived access among immigrant populations in a large metropolitan area: A community health survey.

The 28th Annual Conference of the International Association of Medical Science Educators | June 2024 

  • Keyes S, Atkinson J. Choose your own adventure: A guided exploration of professional self-determination.

Family and Community Medicine Grand Rounds | June 2024

  • Okoh J. A primary care approach to arthritis.

Doctors for America 2024 National Leadership Conference, Copello Health Policy Fellow Capstone Project | June 2024

  • Faustinella F. Medicaid expansion advocacy in Texas: A daunting task.

Harris Health/Baylor College of Medicine Research Day 2024 | May 2024

  • Afroze A, Mehrotra N, Pirzada N, Joshi B, Afzalpurkar R, Khoury S, Nair N, Vinod D, Thomas S, Reyes S, Segne MC, Juneja M, Nambi P. Improving hypertension management at clinic level: A QI project.
  • Kim-Vences S, Hirth JM, Kuncharapu I. Assessing potential benefit for routine visual impairment screenings in adults: Perspectives from Harris Health primary care clinics.
  • Mancera A, Brehm T, Grigoryan L, Olmeda K, Zoorob R, Sidani M, Laytner L, Adams M, Trautner B. Pilot testing of a stakeholder-driven, patient education intervention in primary care to reduce use of antibiotics without a prescription.
  • Olmeda K, Braund S, Zoorob R, Laytner LA, Amenta E, Mancera A, Trautner BW, Grigoryan L. Beyond the prescription pad–Finding a window of opportunity to prevent antibiotic diversion and non-prescription use.
  • Tan MC, Juarez L, Brown J, Antono M, Dinarvand P, Devalaraju SS, Chatterjee R, Fatima A, Danek LC, Orr JS, Nambi PV, Pirzada NF, Nguyen S, Garcia J, Graham DY, El-Serag HB, Thrift AP. Agreement between stomach biopsy culture and stool next-generation sequencing for determining Helicobacter pylori antibiotic susceptibility profiles in a screening predominantly Hispanic U.S. population.

BCM Menninger Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences' Annual Global Mental Health Conference | May 2024

  • Giambra VS, Barrera M, Hasse E, Alzate MM. Panel: Promoting belonging through holistic immigrant services.

2024 Regional Family Medicine Research Symposium | May 2022

  • Rahman S, Shakhawat R, Nguyen T. Using dermatoscope to enhance dermatology e-consults. *Third Place Poster

Family and Community Medicine Grand Rounds | May 2024

  • Faustinella F. History of Medicine.

BCM Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy & Center for Professionalism's Baylor Health Policy Symposium 2024 | May 2022

  • Olvera A, Ostovar-Kermani TG, Snellman L, Alzate MM. Navigating the legal maze: Examining the impact of limited medical exemptions in state abortion bans using case studies.

2024 Virtual Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Geriatrics Society | May 2024

  • Nasto K, Kuncharapu I, Hirth JM. Assessing potential benefit for routine visual impairment screenings in adults: Perspectives from a large primary care health center.

2024 STFM Annual Spring Conference | May 2024

  • Mahmood H, Rode R, Juneja M, Zoorob R. Shaping future family medicine leaders: Implementing a leadership skills track in residency training.
  • Ali A, Nambi P, Joshi B, Khoury S, Afzalpurkar R. Hypertension control quality metric: Exceeding expectations in a large community care clinic.
  • Juneja M, Pirzada N, Ibarra M, Zoorob R, Khera D. Building bridges: Enhancing resource visibility and healthcare navigation for underserved communities.
  • Juneja S, Rode R. Assessing impact of an obstetrics skills workshop in enhancing medical student interest and engagement.
  • Nambi P, Juneja M, Rode R, Mahmood H, Varadarajan S, Bansal K. Guideline bulletins: Disseminating monthly guideline updates to providers in academic practice.
  • Rode R, Juneja M, Lee E, Zoorob R. Assessing behaviors, beliefs, attitudes and trust towards vaccine preventable lung diseases in adults.
  • Juneja M, Zoorob R, Varadarajan S. Can QI and service count as much as a publication? The paradigm, perspectives and potential for clinical faculty promotions.
  • Mahmood H, Anyakorah I, McColloster P, Fatima A, Puga C, Lateef M. Enhancing colorectal cancer screening in a safety net healthcare facility: A comprehensive patient-centered approach.
  • Juneja M, Varadarajan S, Zoorob R, Joshi B, Pirzada N, Mujahid A. Can patient education influence patient perceptions of their visit and thereby impact patient satisfaction scores?
  • Juneja S, Bui R, May M, Xie M, Lee E. A just-in-time, clinical learning resource to build SDOH competencies in learners for underserved care.
  • Varadarajan S, Bansal K. Build confidence and clinical skills early with a teaching assistant program for first-year medical students.
  • Juneja M, Zoorob R. Creating a faculty development learning community for building competencies and collaborative scholarship.
  • Goldstein S, Rianon N, Juneja M, Des Bordes J, Varadarajan S, Adkison J. Multi-institutional promotion of QI for residents and faculty through a handy QI road map.
  • Hirth JM, Gonzalez S, Zoorob R, Kowalchuk A. Project REACH: Effectiveness evaluation of an intervention to reduce substance use among high-risk populations in Texas.
  • Harris J, Zoorob R, Gonzalez S, Grigoryan L, Hirth JM. 25 Years of primary care research fellowship: Achievements and challenges in creating a pipeline of independent investigators.

2024 APA Annual Meeting | May 2024

  • Gutierrez J, Levine R, Hirth JM, Zoorob RJ. Disparities in unintentional drug and alcohol overdose deaths preceding and during the COVID-19 pandemic.

TEACH-S Educational Symposium 2024 | May 2024

  • Sarkar A, Dang, B, Goldstein S, Swails J. Mind the gap – Unmet UME faculty needs within CBME.

Second Annual Opioid Use Disorder Conference | April 2024

  • Zoorob R. Substance use in pregnancy: An overview.

ACPM Preventive Medicine | April 2024

  • Gutierrez JA, Hirth J, Mejia MC, Levine R, Zoorob R. Opposite trends in colon and rectal/rectal-sigmoid cancer mortality rates among persons 25 to 64 years of age in the United States. 1999-2020.
  • Mejia M, Levine RS, Hennkens CH, Kitsantas P. Deaths of despair: A major and increasing contributor to US deaths.
  • Ostovar-Kermani TG, Hirth JM, Mejia MC, Stafford IA, Zoorob R, Levine RS. Hypertension mortality among females of childbearing age in the United States.
  • Ostovar-Kermani TG, Hirth JM, Zoorob R, Levine RS. Mortality in females of childbearing age in rural United States according to amenability to healthcare.
  • Ostovar-Kermani TG, Spooner KK, Zoorob R, Hirth JM. Racial/ethnic disparities in cardiovascular disease among women of reproductive age.

ACP Internal Medicine Meeting 2024 | April 2024

  • Faustinella F. Antibiotic stewardship and health equity.

SHEA Spring 2024 Conference: Science Guiding Prevention | April 2024

  • Laytner LA, Trautner BW, Nash S, Zoorob R, Olmeda K, Paasche-Orlow MK, Grigoryan L. Situations predisposing primary care patients to use antibiotics without a prescription in the United States.
  • Olmeda K, Braund S, Zoorob R, Laytner L, Amenta E, Mancera A, Trautner BW, Grigoryan L. Beyond the prescription pad—Finding a window of opportunity to prevent antibiotic diversion and non-prescription use.

SGEA 2024 Annual Conference | April 2024

  • Sarkar A, Heidelbaugh JJ, Appelbaum N. Fairness in clinical assessments and grading – A study of family medicine clerkship directors.
  • Caloudas S, Gosselin K, Ren M, Kamdar A, Bergemann A, Toussant R, Vallejo J, Ismail N, Stolar A. Assessing impact of a pilot pre-matriculation program: Medical student perspectives and experience.
  • Huang WY, Zhou Y, Atkinson J, Barning K, Keen M, Purkiss J. Remediation of faculty with mistreatment concerns: Results of a survey of U. S. and Canadian family medicine clerkship directors and implications for medical schools.
  • Bansal K, Varadarajan S, McArthur R, Crew A, Sargsyan Z. Starting with the "survey" physical exam: Feasibility of learning a multi-system examination in the first month of medical school.
  • Varadarajan S, Sargsyan Z, McArthur R, Crew A, Bansal K. Learning and teaching in parallel: A peer-teaching assistant program in a first-year medical school clinical skills course.
  • McArthur R, Varadarajan S, Crew A, Bansal K, Sargsyan Z. Use of 3-2-1 reflections as a learning and session feedback tool in an interactive medical school curriculum.
  • Sargsyan Z, Varadarajan S, Bansal K, Kowalchuk A, McArthur R, Crew A. Beyond the new-symptom HPI: Teaching the "History of Chronic Illness" in preparation for clinical preceptorship of first-year medical students.

XULA-COP 17th Health Disparities Conference | April 2024

  • Kelly DA, Ostovar-Kermani TG. Systematic literature review of disseminating health information to BIPOC communities.

UTHealth Houston School of Public Health's Research Day 2024 | April 2024

  • Olvera A, Ostovar-Kermani TG, Hirth J, Alzate MM, Mendez Martinez Y, Zoorob R. Perspectives of sexual and reproductive healthcare providers in immigrant and refugee populations.

Child Advocates of Fort Bend's Annual Trauma Informed Care Conference | March 2024

  • Alzate, MM. What does trauma look like? Understanding the impact of adverse childhood experiences and how to prevent it.

49th Annual Regional Anesthesiology and Acute Pain Medicine Meeting | March 2024

  • Nguyen ML, Lee C, Dang JT, Rainer C, Clark DL, Wilkes DM. The nalox-own project: Expanding naloxone education and distribution amongst Houston’s unhoused population.

Family and Community Medicine Grand Rounds | March 2024

  • Shah N, Porter T. Long COVID.

Texas Medicaid Expansion Advocacy Training | March 2024

  • Faustinella F. Advocacy strategies: How can we make a difference?

2024 SACME Annual Meeting | March 2024

  • Fordis M, Balasubramanyam AK, Sarkar A, et al. Developing a template for longitudinal system-integrated CME applications using traditional and novel tools to improve care across multiple settings.

24th Annual Henry J.N. Taub & James K. Alexander Medical Student Research Symposium | March 2024

  • Berrier A, Valenzuela-Flores C, Aggarwal A. Application of pediatric nutrition educational interventions on health professionals and student learners. *Third Place Award in Educational Research
  • Blasingame K, Buell J, Varghese V, Rode R, Aggarwal A. Pediatric psychiatric resources for health professions in the Houston area. *Second Place Award in Educational Research and Most Popular Poster Award
  • Nnyagu A, Macnojia A, Davis N, Aggarwal A, Atkinson J. Patienteducation@harrishealth.org: Provider use of patient education video in a county community-based health center.
  • Ruml A, Godfrey C, Gedeon F, Maduka C, Toguem M, Rode R, Aggarwal A. The EMBRACE Project (Empowering Marginalized Backgrounds by Reframing Adolescent Sexual Health Education).
  • Wang E, DiLeo M, Tiong J, Uribe M, Rode R, Lin D, Aggarwal A. Residents' perceived barriers to discharging patients who are unhoused.
  • Benitez S, Lee T, Camarena B, Catania V, Aggarwal A. Exploration of the social determinants of health affecting formerly incarcerated women in transitional housing.
  • Juneja S, Gutierrez JA, Kincaid L, Kowalchuk A, Zoorob R, Hirth JM. Longitudinal evaluation of participants engaged in substance use disorder recovery with Project REACH.
  • Juneja S, Zoorob RJ, Kowalchuk A, Gonzalez S, Hirth JM. Effectiveness evaluation of an intervention to reduce substance use among high-risk populations in Texas.

Family and Community Medicine Fourth Annual Research Day | February 2024

Educational Research

  • Nambi P, Bansal K, Rode R, Mahmood H, Juneja M, Varadarajan S. Guideline bulletins: Disseminating monthly guideline updates to providers in academic practice.
  • Rode R, Mendonca C, Mahmood H, Juneja M. Creating a leadership track for family medicine residency.
  • Bansal K, Varadarajan S, Juneja M, Sarkar A. Evaluating community preceptors' perspective and comprehension of workplace based assessment (WBA).
  • Bui R, May M, Xie M, Lee E. A just-in-time, clinical learning resource to build SDOH competencies in learners for underserved care.

Completed Research

  • Laytner L, Trautner B, Nash S, Zoorob R, Okoh J, Amenta E, Olmeda K, Salinas J, Paasche-Orlow M, Grigoryan L. Lack of knowledge of antibiotic risks contributes to primary care patients’ expectations of antibiotics for common symptoms.
  • Kim-Vences S, Hirth JM, Kuncharapu I. Assessing potential benefit for routine visual impairment screenings in adults: Perspectives from Harris Health primary care clinics.
  • Juneja S, Gutierrez JA, Lopez J, Shorter D, Hirth JM, Zoorob R, Levine R, Mejia MC. Disparities in unintentional drug and alcohol overdose deaths preceding and during the COVID-19 pandemic.
  • Kim-Vences S, Hirth JM, Zoorob RJ. Impact of education on racial disparities in alcohol use disorder.

Case Reports

  • Faustinella F. Neck masses in adults; A case from same day clinic.
  • Afzalpurkar R. A case study of renal cell carcinoma diagnosis and management.

Research Work in Progress

  • Broussard M, Hughes S. TECH Study – Cohort study for influence of screen use on sleep, learning and memory, and weight status in preschoolers.
  • Atwal D, Saffati G, Orozco-Rendon D, Khera M. Optimizing patient education in an underserved patient population suffering from erectile dysfunction.
  • Ali A, Mehrotra N, Nambi P. Beyond prescriptions; Investigating the role of increased medication adherence through personalized medication information and increased frequency of office visit in the management of patient with uncontrolled diabetes.
  • Kamepalli S, Busse E, Clark D. Evaluating the efficacy of HOMES Clinic in meeting the needs of patients and volunteers through a prospective satisfaction survey.
  • Abraham C, Yang D. Screening for fatty liver in obese patient using point of care ultrasound.
  • Akhter Z, Hirth JM, Gutierrez JA. The role of cultural humility in current clinical approaches towards culturally diverse patients in chronic disease management in the Houston metro area.
  • Olvera A, Ostovar-Kermani TG, Hirth JM, Alzate M, Mendez Martinez Y, Zoorob R. Perspectives of sexual and reproductive health providers: Healthcare for immigrants and refugees.

QI Work in Progress

  • Joshi B, Bhattarai S. Improving access to office-based procedures in community clinic.
  • Bhattarai S, Joshi B. Patient insights of obesity as a risk for chronic disease.
  • Pirzada N, Mujahid A, Joshi B, Khan F. Can patient education influence patient perceptions of their visit and thereby impact patient satisfaction scores?

2024 CoE EHD Research Annual Meeting | February 2024

  • Spooner KK, Ostovar-Kermani TG, Guffey D, Rode R, Greely JT, Butler AM, Hamilton WJ. Assessing the role of environmental and social factors on the health of the black maternal-fetal dyad during pregnancy: A pilot.

Family and Community Medicine Grand Rounds | February 2024

  • Afzalpurkar R, Mehrotra N. Case presentations: Missed opportunities.

2024 STFM Conference on Medical Student Education | February 2024

  • Juneja M, Rode R, Mahmood H. Building a faculty learning community for development and advancement.
  • Alarcon L, Sarkar A, Saucier A, Clithero-Eridon A, Chartash D, George A. Developing a shared language among family medicine educators around competency-based medical education.
  • Juneja M, Sarkar A, Bui R, Barning K, DeCuir J, May M, Nadella M. Can concept maps assist in organizing information and active learning during clinical case-based discussions?
  • Sarkar A, Ren M, Barning K, Smith K, Keisler B. Incorporating workplace-based assessments into medical student performance evaluation.
  • Atkinson J, Alarcon L, Blair E, Clithero-Eridon A, Clark C, Nickolich S, Chartash D, Goldstein S, Cantone R, Shepherd D, George A, Luzarraga J. Optimizing (mis)treatment.
  • Rode R, Aggarwal A, Zoorob R, Danek L. Sharing an experience with creating a procedure in primary care elective for medical students (for students).
  • Juneja M, Greely J, May M. Studying the influence of extra-curricular and sociocultural influences on implicit bias perceptions of medical students.
  • Aggarwal A, Zoorob R, Rode R, Huang E, Gugala Z Jr, Benitez S, Huang W. Teaching and enhancing research opportunities for medical students (for students).
  • May M, DeCuir J, Nadella M, Mercado A, Juneja M. The effect of early volunteerism on medical student specialty choice and career intentions (for students). *STFM Special Recognition Blue Ribbon
  • Joshi B, Aggarwal A. Increasing medical student knowledge and competency in care of refugee and immigrant population (for students).
  • McDowell Takahashi K, Agrons K, Aggarwal A. Assessing and addressing medical student knowledge gaps in telehealth.
  • Juneja M, Sarkar A, Mahmood H, Zoorob R, Ismail N, McCurry V. Undergraduate medical education: Are classrooms truly becoming obsolete?

Seventh Annual Texas Medical Center Antimicrobial Resistance & Stewardship Conference | January 2024

  • Amenta E, Grigoryan L, Olmeda K, Laytner L, Paasche-Orlow M, Trautner BW. Sociodemographic factors associated with knowledge of antibiotic risks among an outpatient population.
  • Braund S, Amenta E, Grigoryan L, Trautner BW. Organizational readiness assessment for a national antimicrobial stewardship intervention.
  • Laytner LA, Trautner BW, Nash S, Zoorob R, Olmeda K, Paasche-Orlow MK, Grigoryan L. Situations predisposing primary care patients to use antibiotics without a prescription in the United States.