Submissions from 2020
Obstetrics & Birthing During COVID-19, Katherine H. Campbell, MD, MPH; Dena Goffman, MD, FACOG; Christian Pettker, MD; Blair Wylie, MD, MPH; and Mary R. Cooper, MD, JD
The Roles of GRKs in Hemostasis and Thrombosis, Xi Chen, Xuefei Zhao, Matthew Cooper, and Peisong Ma
Managing Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) in the Setting of the COVID-19 Patient Surge, Alan Kliger, Renee Garrick, Leslie Wong, David Chartyan, George Coritsidis, Jeffrey Silberzweig, and Savneek Chugh
Full Issue: Volume 15, Number 1 - Summer 2020
30-Year Jefferson Patient Honors Vascular Surgeon
Researchers Adapt to Telework, Grant Recipients Announced
The Doctor Is ‘On’: Telemedicine Takes Off During COVID-19
The Research Agenda, Charles J. Yeo, MD, FACS
Adapting a Teaching Hospital to a COVID Environment
Meta-analysis of outcomes of patients with COVID-19 infection with versus without gastrointestinal symptoms., Fahad Gul, Kevin Bryan Lo, Julie Peterson, Peter A McCullough, Abhinav Goyal, and Janani Rangaswami
CD4 Deficiency Causes Poliomyelitis and Axonal Blebbing in Murine Coronavirus-Induced Neuroinflammation., Debanjana Chakravarty, Fareeha Saadi, Soumya Kundu, Abhishek Bose, Reas Khan, Kimberly Dine, Lawrence C Kenyon, Kenneth S Shindler, and Jayasri Das Sarma
Jefferson Digital Commons quarterly report: April-June 2020, Kelsey Duinkerken, MSI and Larissa Gordon, MSLIS, MEd, MA
Crisis (Pandemic) management playbook for assisted living, Daniel Haimowitz and Richard G. Stefanacci
Calculating Life and Death in a Time of Covid, Larry Hirschhorn, PhD
Lymphocyte-to-C-Reactive Protein Ratio: A Novel Predictor of Adverse Outcomes in COVID-19., Waqas Ullah, Bikash Basyal, Shafaq Tariq, Talal Almas, Rehan Saeed, Sohaib Roomi, Shujaul Haq, John Madara, Margot Boigon, Donald C Haas, and David L Fischman
Impact of COVID 19 on Telehealth- A Rapid Review, Sahil Panyda and Kristin Rising Rising, MD, MSHP
Investigating the efficacy of insecticide-treated window screens and eaves against malaria-carrying mosquitoes, Beverly I. Anaele, MPH(c); Rosemary Frasso, PhD, CPH; and Amy Leader, DrPH, MPH
Treating Hematologic Malignancies During a Pandemic: Utilizing Telehealth and Digital Technology to Optimize Care, Adam Binder, Nathan Handley, Lindsay Wilde, Neil D. Palmisiano, and Ana Maria Lopez
Investigating the Effectiveness of Telehealth as an Intervention to Supplement Traditional Care of Cardiovascular Disease, Andrew Rahe; Rosemary Frasso, PhD, CPH; and Amy Leader, DrPH, MPH
COVID 19: What’s Next? Do Your Part, David B. Nash, MD, MBA; Rosemary Frasso, PhD, CPH; and Ami Patel, PhD, MPH
Intubation Training During the COVID-19 Pandemic, Daniel Casey, DO, MPH; Anna Rabinowitz, MD; and Rosemary Frasso, PhD, CPH
How do Public Health Programs Adapts in Real Time During a Global Pandemic? The Impact of COVID-19 on a Youth Refugee Mental Health Program, Asha Chintala, MPH; Rosemary Frasso, PhD, CPH; and Amy H. Riley, DrPH
Telehealth Use in Oncology: Patient Perspectives on Video Visits, Rachel Granberg, MD/MPH(c); Arianna Heyer, MD/MPH(c); Adam Binder, MD; Nathan Handley, MD, MPH; Alexzandra Gentsch, MSW; Kristin Rising, MD, MSHP; and Rosemary Frasso, PhD, CPH
Social Distancing and Mental Health, Stephen DiDonato, PhD, LPC, NCC
COVID-19 medical papers have fewer women first authors than expected., Jens Peter Andersen, Mathias Wullum Nielsen, Nicole L Simone, Resa E Lewiss, and Reshma Jagsi
What’s the Value of Virtual Care?, Mitchell A. Kaminski, MD, MBA and Colleen I. Baum, MD, MMM, FAAPL
Journal Club, Zeynep Uzumcu, MD
Ethical Foundations for Fair Allocation of Scarce Critical Care Resources During the COVID-19 Pandemic, Barbara Bennett Jacobs, MPH, PhD, RN, HEC-C
Leadership Doctorates Newsletter: Volume 6, Number 2, Larry Starr, PhD
Zooming-out COVID-19: Virtual clinical experiences in an emergency medicine clerkship., Shruti Chandra, Chaiya Laoteppitaks, Nina Mingioni, and Dimitrios Papanagnou
Telemedicine for the Spine Surgeon in the Age of COVID-19: Multicenter Experiences of Feasibility and Implementation Strategies., Daniel Franco, Thiago Montenegro, Glenn A Gonzalez, Kevin Hines, Aria Mahtabfar, Melvin D Helgeson, Rakesh Patel, and James Harrop
Vulnerable and Marginalized Communities During COVID-19: A Focus on Children, Lauren VonHoltz, MD, MPH
Artificial Intelligence-Powered Search Tools and Resources in the Fight Against COVID-19., Larry J Kricka, Sergei Polevikov, Jason Y Park, Paolo Fortina, Sergio Bernardini, Daniel Satchkov, Valentin Kolesov, and Maxim Grishkov
As the COVID-19 pandemic drags on, where have all the STEMIs gone?, Waqas Ullah, Yasar Sattar, Rehan Saeed, Asrar Ahmad, Margot I. Boigon, Donald C. Haas, and M. Chadi Alraies
Screening Tool to Ensure Optimal Patient Care and Function Post COVID Diagnosis, Nethra Ankam, MD; Shannon Ames, PT, DPT, MBA; Tiffany Prince-Kandrakota, PT, DPT, OCS; Erica Rao, PT, DPT; Namrata Grampurohit, PhD, OTR/L; and Catherine Piersol, PhD, OTR/L
Use of Mobility and Exercise Videos during COVID-19 to Minimize Deconditioning, Nethra Ankam, MD; Tulasi Gude, MD; Courtney Back, PT; Monina Florendo, PT; Elizabeth Hearn, PT; Morgan Miller, PT; and Kristen Stout, PT
Ensure Follow-up for Functional Issues Post COVID-19, Nethra Ankam, MD; Tulasi Gude, MD; Kristofer Feeko, DO; Shannon Ames, PT; Catherine Piersol, OT; Tiffany Prince-Kandrakota, PT; Erica Rao, PT; Kristen Stout, PT; and Monina Florendo, PT
#Team-based approach to sedation management in patients with SARS CoV-2 aka COVID-19 in the medical ICU, Hadiatou Barry, MD, MPH; Franklin Thelmo, DO; and Atsoufi Amewuame-Kpehor, MD
Expanding Care Coordination Scope to Support Covid-19 Population, Kate Behan, CPHO; Laura Gontz, RN; Shawn Thurber, RN; and Christin Kyriss, RN
SARS-COV-2 Testing Guidelines for Patients Admitted to MRH for Inpatient Rehabilitation, Deborah Cassidy, DO; Roger Liu, DO; Malav Shah, MD; Kyle Hummerston, DO; and Jeanne Doherty, MD
Training new Providers Dobhoff Tube Insertion during COVID-19: Rapid training and a novel “opt in” approach to learning, Michele DeCastro, MSN, CRNP; Heather M. Etzl, MSN, RN, CBC; and Jacqueline E. Crawford, MS, RN, ACCNS-P
Nursing and Provider Safety Checklist for Covid-19 Patients, Michele DeCastro, MSN, CRNP; Jennifer Zak, BS, RN, PCCN; Andrew Thum, MSN, ML, RN-CC, CCCTM; and Kristine Meagher, RN, MSN, ACNS-BC
Twilighter Role to Support Primary Team Patient Care, Workflow Efficiency, and Physician Wellbeing, Jesse Edwards, René Daniel, and Catriona Harrop
Intelligence Reporting in the Face of COVID-19: Informing Our Response Efforts, Jamie D. Garden
Ventilator Decision and Allocation Pathway for Surge Conditions, Bridget Gekas, Jerin Juby, Monica Purcell, John Smith, Laura Fantazzi, and Raymond Malloy
Virtual Community Health Workers: Outreach Calls During COVID-19, Geoffrey Hayden, MD; Paula Ostroff, RN, MS; Emily Romano, BS; Imani Gray-Taylor; Carl Johnson, BS; Angelique Miller; Sharla Thomas, BA; Gina McCoy, BS; and Deborah Ziring, MD
Response to rapidly changing healthcare information regarding COVID-19 with virtual journal club, Kelly Hughes, MD; Rachel Redfield, MD; Jetmir Vojnika, MD; Mark Mallozzi, MD; R. Benson Jones, MD; Reem Aoun, MD; and Dianna Cheney-Peters, MD
The TJUH Hospital Medicine COVID19 Emergency Taskforce: A guiding light during the surge of spring 2020, Rebecca Jaffe, MD; Alan Kubey, MD; Gretchen Diemer, MD; Michele DeCastro; Lily Ackermann, MD; Christopher Haines, MD; Jesse Edwards, MD; René Daniel; Catriona Harrop, MD; Jonathan Woo, MD; and Jack Stewart, MD
Organizing a System-Wide Effort on Ventilator Supply Management during COVID-19, Jerin Juby, Raymond Malloy, Bridget Gekas, Laura Fantazzi, Monica Purcell, John Smith, Kathryn Sebastian, Lauren Diduch, Melissa Brancolassi, Megan Hennessy, and James Fields
Expansion and Conversion of Family Medicine and Neurohospitalist Services into COVID-19 Services, Zachary Klock, MD; Aimee McMullin, MD; Jesse Edwards, MD; and Christopher Haines, MD
Avoid, Delay, Shorten. Results of Radiation Oncology’s COVID19 Patient Exposure Risk Mitigation Guidelines, Alex Kubli, MS; Lilya Babinski, BS; Angelia Landers, PhD; Christian Fernandez, MD; and Amy Harrison, PhD
Telemedicine Certified Recovery Specialists for Patients with Opioid Use Disorders in the Emergency Department in COVID-19, Kory S. London, MD
Progression of Patient Cohorting in Response to COVID-19 at the Jefferson Methodist Emergency Department, Kory S. London, MD and Efrat Kean, MD
Progression of Patient Cohorting in Response to COVID-19 at the Jefferson Methodist Emergency Department, Kory S. London, MD and Efrat Kean, MD
A Telehealth Clinical Workflow for Academic Radiation Oncology Programs During the COVID19 Pandemic, Gregor Manukian, MD, PhD; Christian Fernandez, MD; Paul Forrest; Adam Dicker, MD, PhD; and Mark D. Hurwitz, MD
Home Telemonitoring of COVID Patients by Medical Students at the Christiana Care Virtual Practice, Thomas Marconi, Jr and Chelsea Richards
Meeting the Critical Need for Ventilators in Treatment of COVID-19 Patients, Alessandro Naopli, Nicholas Satterthwaite, Lawrence Husick, Dietrich Gravenstein, Jerin Juby, Monica Purcell, Bridget Gekas, Zvi Grunwald, Mae West, Bon Ku, Chip Malloy, Michael Mahla, and Mijail Serruya
QR-Code Based Just-In-Time Platform for Perioperative COVID Guidelines, David F. Nelson, MD, MBA and Anna L. Rabinowitz, MD
Development and Implementation of a COVID-19 Specific Peri-Operative Workflow for Anesthesia Providers, Alexander Olson, David Maguire, David Gratch, Dietrich Gravenstein, Michael Mahla, and Anna Rabinowitz
Disposable Equipment for Efficient Home Sleep Apnea Testing and Minimizing Human Handling at the Sleep Laboratory, Abigail Quintos, Robert Tavella, and Karl Doghramji
Initiatives in Anesthesia Workspace Hygiene During COVID-19: The Gray Airway Basin and the Epic Hand Hygiene Event, Anna Rabinowitz, Kent Berg, Daniel Casey, and Dietrich Gravenstein
Anesthesiologist-led COVID-19 Airway Training Skills Session to teach novel team approach and workflow, Anna Rabinowitz, Daniel Casey, and Elaine Kilmartin
Creation of a Dedicated Anesthesia Airway Cart For Use in High-Volume COVID-19 Airway Management, Anna Rabinowitz, Alexander M. Olson, Daniel Casey, and Elaine Kilmartin
Safer Ambu-Bag Manual Ventilation through Addition of a Second High Efficiency Particulate Air (HEPA) Filter, Robert Ries; Morgan Hutchinson, MD; Robert Pugliese, PharmD; Bon Ku, MD, MPP; and Matt Fields, MD
A Web-Based Application to Simulate Manual Bag-Valve-Tube Ventilation, Robert Ries; Erin Jennings; Dylan Kenna; Logan May; Robert Pugliese, PharmD; and Matt Fields, MD
A Strategy for Deploying Large-Scale Volunteer Continuous Bag Valve Tube (BVT) Ventilation, Robert Ries; Erin Jennings; Michael Velez; Caroline Komlo; Morgan Hutchinson, MD; Robert Pugliese, PharmD; Bon Ku, MD, MPP; and Matt Fields, MD
Repairing a Damaged Powered Air-Purifying Respirator (PAPR) Battery Component Component with 3-D Printing, Robert Ries; Dante Varotsis; Michelle Ho; Kathryn Linder; Jordan Kurzum; Bon Ku, MD, MPP; Matt Fields, MD; Robert Pugliese, PharmD; and Morgan Hutchinson, MD
JOHN COVID-19 Employee Exposure Tracking, Michael Saris
Scrubs Tracking, Michael Saris
COVID: decoded - A Website, Blog, and Social Media Page with Resources and Information for the Public, Jessica Smith; Taylor Jones; Madeline Norris; Benjamin Meyers; and Christopher Haines, MD
Irradiation of N95 Masks for their Sterilization and Reuse During the COVID19 Pandemic, Tara Tyson, PhD; Alex Kubli, MS; Matthew Mistro, MS; Karen Mooney, PhD; Amy Harrison, PhD; and Adam Dicker, MD, PhD
COVID-19 Student Telehealth Support Initiative, Yash Varma, Mary White, and Alexandra Leto
Maintaining Powered Air-Purifying Respirator (PAPR) Supply through Repair of Damaged Hose Units by 3D Printing, Dante Varotsis; Robert Ries; Michelle Ho; Kathryn Linder; Jordan Kurzum; Robert Pugliese, PharmD; Bon Ku, MD, MPP; Matt Fields, MD; and Morgan Hutchinson, MD
Jefferson Internal Medicine Associates (JIMA) Patient Triage Initiative, Mary White; Alexandra Leto; and Barry Ziring, MD
Increasing POLST Documentation for Patient Transfers from Long Term Care Facilities, Jennifer White, MD; Mari Siegel; Chris Haines; Chris Pitsch; Heather Peiritsch; and Erica Westlake
Lessons from Italy, Vittorio Maio, PharmD, MS, MSPH
The 2019-2020 Novel Coronavirus (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2) Pandemic: A Joint American College of Academic International Medicine-World Academic Council of Emergency Medicine Multidisciplinary COVID-19 Working Group Consensus Paper., Stanislaw P. Stawicki, Rebecca Jeanmonod, Andrew C. Miller, Lorenzo Paladino, David F. Gaieski, Anna Q. Yaffee, Annelies De Wulf, Joydeep Grover, Thomas J. Papadimos, Christina Bloem, Sagar C. Galwankar, Vivek Chauhan, Michael S. Firstenberg, Salvatore Di Somma, Donald Jeanmonod, Sona M. Garg, Veronica Tucci, Harry L. Anderson, Lateef Fatimah, Tamara J. Worlton, Siddharth P Dubhashi, Krystal S. Glaze, Sagar Sinha, Ijeoma Nnodim Opara, Vikas Yellapu, Dhanashree Kelkar, Ayman El-Menyar, Vimal Krishnan, S. Venkataramanaiah, Yan Leyfman, Hassan Ali Saoud Al Thani, Prabath Wb Nanayakkara, Sudip Nanda, Eric Cioè-Peña, Indrani Sardesai, Shruti Chandra, Aruna Munasinghe, Vibha Dutta, Silvana Teixeira Dal Ponte, Ricardo Izurieta, Juan A. Asensio, and Manish Garg
Telemedicine and COVID-19, Aditi Joshi, MD
COVID-19: Pharmaceutical Vaccine Development – General Process & Focus on a DNA-based Vaccine, Timothy Herring, MPH
A Rare Presentation of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Induced Viral Myositis With Subsequent Rhabdomyolysis., Qian Zhang, Khine S. Shan, Artem Minalyan, Conor O'Sullivan, and Travis Nace
Every Response is Local: Inside the Philadelphia Response to COVID-19, Jessica Caum, MA, MPH, CPH
Anosmia and Ageusia as the Only Indicators of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), Qian Zhang, Khine S. Shan, Shahrzad Abdollahi, and Travis C. Nace
COVID-19: Transmission Models that Inform Policy, Gary Smith, MA, MA, DPhil, PGCE
COVID-19: Impact on Our Healthcare System, Drew A. Harris, DPM, MPH
Critical Care Ultrasonography and Its Application for COVID-19, Xi Liu, MD; Yang Hai, MD; Bin Ma, MD; Weelic Chong, MD; and Ji-Bin Liu, MD
Chinese Expert Consensus on Critical Care Ultrasound Applications at COVID-19 Pandemic, Faqin Lv, MD; Jinrui Wang, MD; Xing Yu, MD; Aiping Yang, MD; Ji-Bin Liu, MD; Linxue Qian, MD; Huixiong Xu, MD; Ligang Cui, MD; Mingxing Xie, MD; Xi Liu, MD; Chengzhong Peng, MD; Yi Huang, MD; Haiyan Kou, MD; Shengzheng Wu, MD; Xi Yang, MD; Bin Tu, MD; Huaping Jia, MD; Qingyi Meng, MD; Je Liu, MD; and Ruizhong Ye, MD
Insights from immuno-oncology: the Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer Statement on access to IL-6-targeting therapies for COVID-19., Paolo Antonio Ascierto, Bernard Fox, Walter Urba, Ana Carrizosa Anderson, Michael B Atkins, Ernest C Borden, Julie Brahmer, Lisa H Butterfield, Alessandra Cesano, Daniel Chen, Tanja de Gruijl, Robert O Dillman, Charles G Drake, Leisha A Emens, Thomas F Gajewski, James L Gulley, F Stephen Hodi, Patrick Hwu, David Kaufman, Howard Kaufman, Michael Lotze, Douglas G McNeel, Kim Margolin, Francesco Marincola, Michael J Mastrangelo, Marcela V Maus, David R Parkinson, Pedro J Romero, Paul M Sondel, Stefani Spranger, Mario Sznol, George J Weiner, Jon M Wiggington, and Jeffrey S Weber
Behavioral Health Integration in Primary Care Pediatrics: A Pilot Utilizing a Collaborative Care Model, Lynette M. Wachholz, MN, ARNP, CPHQ and Mitch Kaminski, MD, MBA
COVID-19: What Can Epidemiology Tell Us?, Ami Patel, PhD, MPH
A Crisis is a Terrible Thing to Waste: Recovering a Sense of Agency in Coronavirus Times, Steven F. Freeman
How do counselors support clients during the coronavirus pandemic?, Yoon Suh Moh and Katharine Sperandio
Vaccine Policy & Practice in the Age of COVID-19, Paul A. Offit, MD
Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) in Disguise, Qian Zhang, Annyella Douglas, Zain U. Abideen, Shristi Khanal, and Stephanie Tzarnas
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital COVID-19 Clinical Questions with EBM Answers, Reem Aoun, MD; Dianna Cheney-Peters, MD; Kashyap Chauhan; Ben Claxton; Abdul Kazi; and Sean Reilly
Jefferson Digital Commons quarterly report: January-March 2020, Kelsey Duinkerken, MSI; James Copeland, LIBT; and Larissa Gordon, MSLIS, MEd, MA
Systems View of Coronavirus, Sung Won Paek and Larry M. Starr
Our Multi-Pandemic, Larry M. Starr
Pandemic lockdown must fail: Save lives without crippling the economy, Larry Hirschhorn, PhD
