Resident Scholarship

• 100% of residents participated in scholarship during their residency.
• Residents have had 28+ peer-reviewed publications in the past four years (46% clinical research, 11% medical education research, 11% quality improvement, patient safety, and advocacy research, and 32% case reports.)
• Residents have presented 49+ posters or abstracts in the past 4 years (53% at regional conferences, 47% at national conferences)
• Residents have protected time to pursue dedicated scholarly activity longitudinally throughout their second and third years of residency as part of their Continuity Experience

Residents are each expected to complete a scholarly project during their residency at BCM-CHRISTUS Children’s. The resident scholarship curriculum is a longitudinal curriculum that spans multiple years of training and includes a minimum of four weeks protected time to conduct scholarly projects. Core content includes education in appraisal of literature, qualities of effective scholarship, survey design, effective presentation skills, quality improvement methodology, human subjects protections, and scholarly writing.

Individualized resident scholarship may take the form of research studies, quality improvement/patient safety initiatives, advocacy projects, and educational interventions. Each resident selects a domain of scholarship, project idea, and mentor based on individual goals and interests. Our faculty provide guidance in topic selection and encourage projects to be completed and disseminated in the form of local, regional, and national abstract presentations, as well as in the form of published products.

Our residents and chief residents have published many of their studies and case reports in the peer-reviewed literature. Below is a selection of publications from some of our current residents and recent graduates, with names of resident authors bolded.

Cruz AT, Greenfield BW, Lowery BM, Starke HE, Mayorquin L, Stanford C, Camp E. Frequency of serious bacterial infection in young infants with and without viral respiratory infections. Pediatrics. March 2021, 147 (3 MeetingAbstract) 483-48. DOI. 

Dickson C, Ramsay J, VandeBurgh J. Barriers for Ethnic Minorities and Low Socioeconomic Status Pediatric Patients for Behavioral Health Services and Benefits of an Integrated Behavioral Health Model. Pediatr Clin North Am. 2021 Jun;68(3):651-658. doi: 10.1016/j.pcl.2021.02.013. PMID: 34044991.  

Domecq JP, Lal A, Sheldrick CR, et al, on behalf of Society of Critical Care Medicine Discovery Viral Infection and Respiratory Illness Universal Study (VIRUS): COVID-19 Registry Investigator Group.* Outcomes of patients with coronavirus disease 2019 receiving organ support therapies: the international viral infection and respiratory illness universal study registry. Crit Care Med. 2021; 49(3):437–48. PMID: 33555777. *Including resident Morgan Beebe, M.D.

Garcini LM, Kanzler KE, Daly R, Abraham C, Hernandez L, Romero R, Rosenfeld J. Mind the gap: Identifying training needs of community health workers to address mental health in U.S. Latino communities during and beyond the COVID-19 pandemic. Front Public Health. 2022 Sep 12;10:928575.  PMID: 36172210; PMCID: PMC9510658. 

Han S.M., Knell J, Henry O, Hong C.R., Han G.Y., Staffa S.J., Modi B.P., Jaksic T. Long-Term Outcomes and Disease Burden of Neonatal Onset Short Bowel Syndrome. Journal of Pediatric Surgery. 2020 Jan;55(1):164-168. PMID: 31679769. 

Keating EM, Orth RC, Bisset GS, Starke HE, Cruz AT. Utility of Computed Tomography Overreading and Abdominal Ultrasound in Children With Suspected Appendicitis and Nondiagnostic Computed Tomography at Community Hospitals. Pediatr Emerg Care. 2020 36(12):564­–70. PMID: 33136834. 

Kirkup C, Pawlowski C, Puranik A, et al, on behalf of Society of Critical Care Medicine Discovery Viral Infection and Respiratory Illness Universal Study (VIRUS): COVID-19 Registry Investigator Group.*. Healthcare disparities among anticoagulation therapies for severe COVID-19 patients in the multi-site VIRUS registry. J Med Virol. 2021; 93(7):4303-4318. PMID: 33666246. *Including resident Morgan Beebe, M.D. 

Lorio E, Moreau C, Hernandez B, Rabbani T, Michaud K, Hachem J, Aggarwal P, Stolow E, Brown L, Michalek JE, Patel S. Pediatric ERCP: Factors for Success and Complication A 17-Year, Multisite Experience. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2023 Jul 4. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 37399144.

O'Neil ER, Devaraj S, Mayorquin L, Starke HE, Buffone GJ, Loftis LL, Arikan AA, Cruz AT. Defining pediatric community-acquired acute kidney injury: an observational study. Pediatr Res. 2020; 87(3):564–8. PMID: 31537011. 

Rossi NA, French KR, Evans CL, Ohlstein JF, Neve LD, Daram S, Young DL, McKinnon BJ, Pine HS. Trending Tubes: A Social Media Analysis of Tympanostomy Tubes in Children. OTO Open. 2022 Mar 31;6(1):2473974X221086964. doi: 10.1177/2473974X221086964. PMID: 35387357; PMCID: PMC8977724.

Sabroske EM, Payne DH, Stine CN, Kathen CM, Sollohub HM, Kohlleppel KL, Lorbieski PL, Carney JE, Motta CL, Pierce MR, Ahmad KA. Effect on metabolic bone disease markers in the neonatal intensive care unit with implementation of a practice guideline. J Perinatol. 2020 40(8):1267–72. PMID: 32439955.

Sattler MM, Crews JD. Challenges in the diagnosis and management of recurrent and severe clostridioides difficile infection in children. J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc. 2021 Nov 17;10(Supplement_3):S27-S33.PMID: 34791399. 

Stewart J, McCallin T, Martinez J, Chacko S, Yusuf S. Hyperlipidemia. Pediatr Rev. 2020;41(8):393-402.PMID: 32737252. 

El Demellawy D, Cundiff CA, Nasr A, Ozolek JA, Elawabdeh N, Caltharp SA, Masoudian P, Sullivan KJ, de Nanassy J, Shehata BM Congenital mesoblastic nephroma: a study of 19 cases using immunohistochemistry and ETV6-NTRK3 fusion gene rearrangement. Pathology. 2016; 48(1): 47–50. PMID: 27020209

Blumberg JS, Barajaz M, Roberts D, Clary C, Kumar S. Call Me Maybe… A Simulation Based Curriculum for Telephone Triage Education in a Pediatric Residency. Front Pediatr. 2020 23;8:283. PMID: 32656163

Clary C, Lambarth L, Kaushik R. Locked and (un)-loaded discussions: a pediatric resident safe firearm storage counseling curriculum. MedEdPORTAL. 2020 Dec 4;16:11028. PMID: 33324744

Moresco BL, Banales J, Harline M, Phan A, Ramirez D, Sadovsky L, Villarreal D, Barajaz MD, Denniston SF, Wolfe AD. Reflections on year one of a new residency program: Lessons for future leaders from residents and educators. MedEdPublish 2020; 9(1):94. DOI
Quality Improvement/Patient Safety 

Awadhare P, Barot K, Frydson I, Balakumar N, Doerr D, Bhalala U. Impact of Quality Improvement Bundle on Compliance with Resuscitation Guidelines during In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest in Children. Crit Care Res Pract. 2023 Mar 9;2023:6875754. doi: 10.1155/2023/6875754. PMID: 36937742; PMCID: PMC10019965. 

Gupta S, Winckler B, Lopez MA, Costilla M, McCarthy J, Wagner J, Broderick A, French K, Le B, Lo HY. A Quality Improvement Initiative To Improve Postdischarge Antimicrobial Adherence. Pediatrics. 2021 Jan;147(1):e20192413. doi: 10.1542/peds.2019-2413. Epub 2020 Dec 3. PMID: 33273010.

Quini E, Kaushik R. Is managed care better care? The effects of Medicaid managed care on children with medical complexity. Hosp Pediatr. 2020; 10(8):709-11. PMID: 32669284.

Moresco BL, Woosley C, Sauter M, Bhalala U. Poor compliance with sepsis guidelines in a tertiary care children's hospital emergency room. Front Pediatr. 2018 Apr 5;6:53. PMID: PMC5895651

Quini E, Kaushik R. Is managed care better care? The effects of Medicaid managed care on children withmedical complexity. Hosp Pediatr. 2020; 10(8):709-11. PMID: 32669284

Rubenstein J, Kaplow J, Moresco B. et al. Impact of natural disasters on children receiving palliative care lessons learned from Hurricane Harvey. Curr Pediatr Rep 6, 158–165 (2018). DOI

Blegen (Michaud) K, Ortiz-Romero SE, Juarez O, Voeller J. Clinical impact of selumetinib on pediatric elephantiasis neuromatosa. Pediatr Dermatol. 2022 Sep;39(5):764-766. doi: 10.1111/pde.15044. Epub 2022 Jun 23. PMID: 35739628; PMCID: PMC9796138.

Frydson I, Avula S, Ahmad SF. A Case of a Seven-Year-old boy with Epilepsy with Myoclonic Absence: Importance of Seizure Semiology, Genetic Etiology, and Electroencephalogram Correlation for Timely Intervention. Child Neurol Open. 2022 Oct 18;9:2329048X221131738. doi: 10.1177/2329048X221131738. PMID: 36277851; PMCID: PMC9585556. 

Henriquez-Lopez CJ, McLean S. Hashitoxicosis in a patient with Nicolaides-Baraitser Syndrome: a case report. Clin Dysmorphol. 2023 Apr 1;32(2):77-79. doi: 10.1097/MCD.0000000000000446. Epub 2023 Feb 2. PMID: 36779796. 

Henriquez-Lopez C, Samiya AS. Myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein antibody-associated disease and an incidental thyroid nodule. Child Neurology Open. (In press).

Mojica AM, Wolfe AD. A case of myelofibrosis and myelodysplasia identified following exposure to isotretinoin. J Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 2021;43(1):e136-e137. PMID: 31789784 

Okonek E, Harper B, Parikh P. Index of Suspicion in the Nursery: Rare cause of Non-immune Hydrops and Severe Liver Dysfunction. NeoReviews. (In press).

Pillai R, Nugent K, Wolfe AD, Voeller J. Acute right arm swelling in a 6-month-old girl. Pediatr Review. 2022 Sep 1;43(9):517-520. PMID: 36045153 

Sattler MM, Crews JD. Fever and Morbilliform Rash in an International Adoptee with Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection. Pediatr Rev. 2022 Nov 1;43(11):e31-e35. PMID: 36316267. 

Swizer KN, Beebe M, Garcia MB. Successful first-line treatment of hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis with ruxolitinib in a pediatric patient with trisomy 21. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2023 Jun;70(6):e30241. doi: 10.1002/pbc.30241. Epub 2023 Feb 3. PMID: 36734403.

Ali S, Bhamidipati VA, Estes A, Tang NM, Vacek M. Quality improvement to streamline early childhood intervention referrals in the pediatric primary care clinic. Poster presented at the CHRISTUS Children's Annual Research Symposium. 2019 Oct 4. San Antonio, TX. 

Annamalai M, Crume M, Gill K, Gledhill A, Rodriguez, R, Sattler M, Stewart J, Williams M. A quality improvement initiative to standardize constipation management in a pediatric primary care clinic. Poster presented at the CHRISTUS Children's Annual Research Symposium. 2019 Oct 4; San Antonio, TX. 

Awadhare P, Patel R, Starke H, Jackson K, McCallin T, Bhalala U. Assessment Of Fluid Status And Responsiveness Using Non-Invasive Monitor In Critically Ill Children With Shock In The Emergency Department (ED). Poster presented at the CHRISTUS Children's Annual Research Symposium. 2020 Oct 2; San Antonio, TX. 

Beebe ME. A crooked smile. Poster presented at the CHRISTUS Children's Annual Research Symposium. 2019 Oct 4. San Antonio, TX.

Beebe ME, Kuehne JT, Garcia MM, Herrera H, Tolopka TC, Ejike O, Paudyal B, Bhalala US. Acute kidney injury in children hospitalized with COVID-19: a single-center experience. Poster presented at Texas Children's Hospital 2021 Pediatric Research Symposium. 2021 April 20.  Houston, TX. 

Beebe ME, Mota-Martinez SL, Paudyal B. Palpable purpura in a 10-year-old girl. Virtual Oral Poster presented at the CHRISTUS Children's Annual Research Symposium. 2020 Oct 2. San Antonio, TX. 

Clary C, Lambarth L, Kaushik R. Locked and (un)-loaded discussions: a pediatric resident safe firearm storage counseling curriculum. Poster presentation to be given at Pediatric Academic Societies meeting, Philadelphia, PA, May, 2020. Conference canceled due to COVID-19 concerns. 

Clary C, Lambarth L, Kaushik R. Locked and (un)-loaded discussions: a pediatric resident safe firearm storage counseling curriculum. Workshop presentation to be given at Association of Pediatric Program Directors meeting, San Diego, CA, April, 2020. Conference canceled due to COVID-19 concerns. 

Crume M, Sattler M, Donovan S. Don't go breaking my heart: complicated infective endocarditis of a pulmonary homograft. Poster presented at the CHRISTUS Children's Annual Research Symposium. 2020 Oct 2; San Antonio, TX. 

Desai Y, Marroquin A, Hong Zhu P, Frydson I, Silva-Gburek J, Fogarty T, Shekerdemian L, Coss-Bu J. Malnutrition, race, and socioeconomic indicators in critically ill children. Pediatric Critical Care Medicine: March 2021 - Volume 22 - Issue Supplement 1 3S - p 98. doi: 10.1097/01.pcc.0000738908.51183.19

Echartea J, Pham T, Hachem J. A rare case of hepatitis and severe aplastic anemia. Poster presented at NASPHGAN Teaching for Tomorrow series 2020.

French K, Pillai R, Kjolhede L. Non-weight Bearing with Enthesitis and Bone Marrow Edema". Presented at the CHRISTUS Children's Annual Research Symposium. 2020 Oct 2020. San Antonio, TX. 

Frydson I, Hachem J, Akella D, Christodoulou A, Henley K. Refeeding Syndrome in Pediatric Patients: Needs Assessment for a Standardized Protocol in a Tertiary Center.  Poster presented at the CHRISTUS Children's Annual Research Symposium. 2022 Oct 14. San Antonio, Tx

Frydson I, Kaushik R, Statzer H. Creation of a resident palliative care curriculum based on needs assessment. Poster presented at the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine Annual Assembly of Hospice and Palliative Care. 2023 March. Montreal, Canada.

Frydson I, Statzer H, Kaushik R. Design and Evaluation of a Pediatric Hospice/Palliative Medicine Curriculum. Poster presented at the Pediatric Academic Societies Meeting. 2023 April. Washington DC. 

Garcia MM, Kuehne JT, Beebe ME, Tolopka TC, Crews J, Castagnini L, Donovan S, Bhalala US. Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children - A CHRISTUS Children's Analysis. Poster presented at the CHRISTUS Children's 2020 Research Symposium. 2020 Oct 2. San Antonio, TX. 

Greenfield BW, Lowery BM, Starke HE, Mayorquin L, Stanford C, Camp EA, Cruz AT. Frequency of serious bacterial infection in young infants with and without viral respiratory infections. Poster presented at AAP 2020 Virtual National Conference. 2020 Oct. 

Hachem J, Panchoo A, Echartea J, Wolfe AD. A case of worsening protein losing enteropathy in a 32-month-old with multi-organism gastroenteritis. Poster presented at the virtual NASPGHAN Annual Meeting.  2021 Dec.

Hanson, FK. Implementing an Evidence-Based Postpartum Depression Prevention Program Within an Existing Prenatal Yoga Curriculum. Poster presented virtually at the American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting. 2022 May 21-25. New Orleans, LA. 

Harper B, Svojsik M. Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in a Pediatric Patient. Poster presented at the CHRISTUS Children's Annual Research Symposium. 2021 Oct 1. San Antonio, TX.

Henriquez C, Ahmad S, Wolfe A. Look Deep into his Eyes: working up intracranial hypertension. Poster presented at New England Pediatric Hospital Medicine Conference. 2022 June. Boston, MA. 

Henriquez C, Frydson l, Henson C. Hashitoxicosis in a Patient with Nicolaides-Baraitser Syndrome: a case report. Presented at the CHRISTUS Children's Annual Research Symposium. 2021 Oct. San Antonio, TX.   

Henriquez C, Griffin T. Mechanical thrombolysis in massive deep vein thrombosis and may-thurner syndrome: a case series. Presented at the CHRISTUS Children's Annual Research Symposium. 2022 Oct. San Antonio, TX.   

Henriquez C, Vu J, Morin J, Kjolhede L. Collateral Damage – Hitting a Nerve. Poster presentation at New England Pediatric Hospital Medicine Conference. 2022 June. Boston, MA. 

Kuehne JT, Beebe ME, Garcia MM, Tolopka TC, Herrera H, Bhalala US. Pediatric COVID-19: a descriptive report of children admitted to the Children's Hospital of San Antonio. Poster presented at the CHRISTUS Children's Annual Research Symposium. 2020 Oct 2. San Antonio, TX. 

Lorio E, Hachem J, Michaud KM. Risk factors for success and complications in pediatric ERCP: a 17-year, multicenter experience. Poster presented at the American College of Gastroenterology 2021 Annual Scientific Meeting. 2021 Oct 22-27. Las Vegas, NV.

Michaud KM, Torres E., Monagas J. Rapid development of abdominal compartment syndrome in acute pancreatitis: a pediatric case report. Poster presented at the North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, & Nutrition (NASPGHAN) 2020 Annual Meeting. 2020 Nov; Virtual. 

Monagas J, Hachem J. Non-surgical management of anomalous pancreaticobiliary junctions associated with biliary dilatation: a case series. Poster presented at NASPGHAN Teaching for Tomorrow 2020 series.

Panchoo A, Hachem J. Duodenal mesenteric heterotopic pancreatitis in a young male. Poster presented at virtual NASPGHAN Annual Meeting.  2021 Dec.

Patel R, Awadhare P, Starke H, Jackson K, Bhalala U, McCallin T. Assessment of Cardiac Output Parameters Using Non-Invasive Monitor in Critically Ill Children with Shock in the Emergency Department (ED). Poster presented at the CHRISTUS Children's Annual Research Symposium. 2020 Oct 2. San Antonio, TX. 

Pillai R, Palomares JA, Ahmad S, Kjolhede L. Down in a puff of smoke. Poster presented at the CHRISTUS Children's Research Symposium. 2020 Oct 2. San Antonio, TX.

Razeq A, Swizer K, Voeller J, Mohammed S. Acute cardiogenic shock requiring ECMO secondary to catecholamine secreting paraganglioma. Poster presented at the CHRISTUS Children's Annual Research Symposium. 2020 Oct 2. San Antonio. 

Rossi N, French K, Evans C, Ohlstein J, Neve L, Daram S, Young D, McKinnon B, Pine H. Trending Tubes: A Social Media Analysis of Tympanostomy Tubes in Children. Poster presented at Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery. 2021 Oct. Los Angeles, CA.

Russell LE, Schall J. Unilateral Facial Swelling in a Four Month Old Boy. Poster presented at the CHRISTUS Children's Annual Research Symposium. 2022 Oct. San Antonio, TX 

Sattler M, Estes A, Donovan S, Castagnini L. Assessing the impact of an educational session on resident confidence relating to appropriate empiric antibiotic utilization. Poster presented at the CHRISTUS Children's Annual Research Symposium. 2020 Oct 2. San Antonio, TX. 

Sattler M, Michaud K, Sandoval M. Varicella-Zoster virus encephalitis in a fully immunized, immunocompetent adolescent. Poster presented at: Sixth Annual CHRISTUS Children's Research Symposium. 2020 Oct 2; San Antonio, TX. 

Starke HE, O'Brien ME, McCallin ME, Ficak L. Croup as a presenting symptom of COVID-19 infection. Poster presented at the CHRISTUS Children's Annual Research Symposium. 2020 Oct 2; San Antonio, TX.

Starke HE, Vacek M, Crume MT, Mojica AM, Kjolhede L, Wolfe AD, Kaushik R. Advocacy During the Pandemic: Using Self-Determination to Convert Coronavirus Cancel-Culture and Substitute Service. Texas Pediatric Society E-poster. June 2020. 

Starke HE, Vacek M, Crume M, Mojica AM, Kjolhede L, Wolfe AD, Kaushik R. Advocacy during the pandemic: using a self-determination theory framework to convert coronavirus cancellations into silver-linings of service. Poster presented at the CHRISTUS Children's Annual Research Symposium. 2020 Oct 2. San Antonio, TX. 

Statzer H, Frydson I, Kaushik R. Results of a pediatric resident hospice/palliative medicine curriculum needs assessment. Poster presented at Medicine Research Day, UT Health San Antonio. 2022 Dec 6. San Antonio, TX. 

Statzer H, Frydson I, Kaushik R. Results of a Pediatric Resident Hospice/Palliative Medicine Curriculum Needs Assessment. Poster presented at the Pediatric Academic Societies Meeting. 2023 April. Washington DC.   

Statzer H, Quini E, Henley K, Mitchell I, Patel A. Acute massive gastric dilatation resulting in total gastrectomy. Poster presented at the CHRISTUS Children's Annual Research Symposium. 2021 Oct. San Antonio, TX.

Swizer K, Razeq A, Mohammed S MD. Acute cardiogenic shock requiring ECMO secondary to catecholamine secreting paraganglioma. Poster to be presented at the 32nd ELSO Annual Conference. 2021 Oct 1; Virtual Conference. 

Tang NM, Ali S, Gledhill A, Gill K, Gogu S, Klein S, Kaushik R. Design and evaluation of a high school student health navigation curriculum. Poster presented at Pediatric Academic Societies 2021 Virtual Conference. 

Tolopka TC, Kuehne JT, Beebe ME, Garcia MM, Bhalala US. The role of underlying childhood obesity in acute presentation and outcomes of hospitalized COVID-19 patients at the CHRISTUS Children's. Poster presented at the Discovery Fall Clinical Investigator Meeting, Society of Critical Care Medicine. 2020 Oct 26. Mount Prospect, IL.

Vidaurri D, Schall J, French K, Raynor M, Vu J. Improving Efficiency of Hospital Stay in Pediatric New-onset Diabetes Mellitus. Poster presented at the CHRISTUS Children's Annual Research Symposium. 2021 Oct. San Anontio, TX. 

Winckler B, Gupta S, Broderick A, French K, Le B, Lo HY, Lopez M. Meds to Beds: A Quality Improvement Initiative to Improve Adherence to Prescribed Antimicrobial Regimens after Hospital Discharge. Presented at the Annual Texas Children's Hospital Research Symposium. 2019. Houston, TX. 

Zuspan K, Hanson FK,  Aleman S, Sandoval M, Svojsik M. Malignant Catatonia in Phelan-McDermid Syndrome: A Rare Genetic Condition. Poster presented at the CHRISTUS Children's Annual Research Symposium. 2022 Oct 14. San Antonio, TX.