There are many opportunities to pursue research opportunities and quality improvement projects throughout the med/peds residency experience at University Hospitals Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital. Mentoring resources are widely available at University Hospital, UH Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital, The Wade Park VA Hospital, and at Case Western Reserve University. At a minimum, each resident pursues at least one research project during the course of their residency training. Traditionally known as "The Senior Project", this experience gives our residents an opportunity to perform focused research projects in an area of interest with a faculty mentor. A research curriculum teaches the fundamentals of research design and there is support given for study design and data analysis. The culmination of these efforts is the presentation of these projects at Rainbow’s Science Day, an all day scientific symposium that has been a UH Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital tradition for over 30 years. Science Day provides a showcase for the research efforts of the residents and is a highpoint of the academic year for faculty and residents alike. The Department of Medicine has recently developed an annual research day to highlight resident and fellow research projects. All residents participate in formal quality improvement activities and develop a quality improvement project with a group of their peers.
In addition, the Departments of Medicine and Pediatrics have two programs for residents interested in a research-oriented career. A research-oriented senior year may include up to 3 months of laboratory research for those residents committed to a fellowship in the subsequent years. This is in accordance with the guidelines of the American Board of Pediatrics training qualifications.
The second program has been developed by the Department of Physiology and Biophysics at Case Western Reserve University in which research oriented MD's may qualify for an accelerated PhD in Cell Physiology. The program is an innovative and exciting one that was specifically designed for physicians interested in a career as an MD/scientist. It combines a vigorous course of study and research in cell physiology and regulation.
Previous Med/Peds Research Projects and Presentations:
- Babak Moini, MD
Moini B, Abernethy A, Solomon J. ”Cystic Fibrosis: Bench or Bedside Diagnosis?”. Poster Presentation at American Academy of Pediatrics 2011 Annual Conference, Boston, MA.
- Rotz, Seth, MD
Rotz S, Sopirala MM. Assessment beyond central line bundle: Audits for line necessity in infected central lines in a surgical intensive care unit. Am J Infect Control. 2011 Sept (epub ahead of print)
Rotz SR, Podas PV. Follow Up of cerebral vascular events in pediatric patients with Sickle Cell Disease after hematopoietic stem cell transplant: A review of the Literature.
Sickle Cell Disease Association of America Annual Convention, September 2011, Memphis, TN
- Vij, Navin, MD
Navin K. Vij, MD, Christopher C. Stryker, MD, Frank P. Esper, MD, Michael R. Jacobs, MD, PhD, and Blanca E. Gonzalez, MD Influenza A/H1N1/09-10 Infections in a NICU During the 2009 - 2010 H1N1 Pandemic Accepted for publication: PEDIATRICS Volume 128, Number 5, November 2011
- Kwei Akuete, MD
Akuete K, et al. “Ethnic Variability in Persistent Asthma after In Utero Tobacco Exposure.” Pediatrics 2011; 128:e623-e630.
- Mike Koniarczyk, MD
Koniarczyk M, Bacevice A. “Barriers to Sick Visits at a Primary Medical Home: A Survey of Non-emergent Pediatric Emergency Department Visits”. Slide presentation given at UH Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital Annual Science Day, June 2011
- Ted Mathew, MD
Akuete K, Mathew T, O’Riordan M, Campbell A, Bokar J. “A Survey of Pain Perception”. Slide presentation given at UH Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital Annual Science Day, June 2011
- Justin Uhl, MD
Uhl J, O’Riordan M, Fiutem J, Lai N, Ashwath R. “Evaluation of Exercise Capacity in Tetralogy of Fallot Using a Bruce Ramp Protocol”. Oral Presentation given at UH Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital Annual Science Day, June 2011
Uhl J, Solomon J. “Lost to Follow-Up: Heart Failure in Adult Congenital Heart Disease”. Poster Presentation at American Academy of Pediatrics 2009 Annual Conference, Washington, DC.
- Brian Chow, MD
Chow B, Esper F , "The Human Bocaviruses: A Review and Discussion of Their Role in Infection "; Clinics in Laboratory Medicine 2009;29(4): 695-713
Chow B, Ou Z, Esper F. Newly recognized bocaviruses (HBoV, HBoV2) in children and adults with gastrointestinal illness in the United States. Journal of Clinical Virology 2010;47(2):143-147
Chow, Brian, YT Huang, and FP Esper. Evidence of Human Bocavirus Circulating in Children and Adults, Cleveland, Ohio. Slide and poster presentation at St. Jude’s Pediatric Infectious Disease Society, Memphis, February 2008. Slide and poster presentation also given at UH Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital Annual Science Day, June 2008.
- Rajat Jain, MD
Jain R, Weiss-Kelly A, Briskin S, Right Hip Pain in a Teenage Runner Recovering From Chronic Illness, poster presentation at American Medical Society for Sports Medicine Annual Conference, March 2008, Las Vegas, NV
- Paras Khandhar, MD
Khandhar PB, Dearborn D, Smith PG. “Efficacy of Mechanical Ventilation and Steroids in the Treatment of Acute Idiopathic Pulmonary Hemorrhage of Infants (AIPHI)”. Poster presented at the American Thoracic Society Meeting, San Diego, May 2009. . Slide and poster presentation also given at UH Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital Annual Science Day, June 2009.
- Robin Kremsdorf
Kremsdorf, Robin, MA O’Riordan, and K Dell. Dyslipidemia and other cardiovascular risk factors in pediatric renal transplant patients. Slide and poster presentation at UH Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital Annual Science Day, June 2008.
- Alecia Nero, MD
Nero, Alecia, A. Villella, H. Gutin, and Brian Berman. Cardiac dysrhythmias in pediatric patients with sickle cell anemia. Poster presentation at National Sickle Cell Disease Conference, St. Jude’s Hospital, Memphis, 2005. Slide and poster presentation also given at UH Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital Annual Science Day, June 2008.
- Kenneth Remy MD
Cleveland and Violence Statistics: The CAVS Study on Youth Violence, Science Day Presentation, June 2008. Remy, Kenneth. Violence and children: a Cleveland epidemic? Presented at UH Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital Pediatric Grand Rounds, March 2008.
- Jeffrey Solomon MD
Solomon JD, O’Riordan MA, Furman L, “Family friendliness of pediatric residency programs.” Slide and poster presentation given at UH Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital Annual Science Day, June 2009.
- Carolyn Stickney, M.D.
Outcomes in Infants with Cardiac Dysfunction Associated with Bronchiolitis, Science Day Presentation, June 2008.