AFMR: Southern Regional Meeting 2009: Program and Abstracts

Only those sessions indicated as "CME certified" are available for AMA PRA Category 1 Credits^TM


SOUTHERN REGIONAL MEETING AT A GLANCE Hotel Inter-Continental, New Orleans, Louisiana February 12-14, 2009
TIME	ACTIVITY & LOCATION
	THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 2009
7:00 AM – 7:00 PM	Registration LaSalle C Foyer – Third Floor
8:00 AM – 11:00 AM	SSCI Council Meeting Acadian II – Third Floor
11:00 AM – 1:00 PM	Joint Societies Council Meeting Acadian II
11:00 AM – 2:00 PM	Cardiovascular Club Cabildo – First Floor
12:00 PM – 2:00 PM	SSGIM Registration Pelican Foyer – Third Floor
1:00 PM – 4:00 PM	Adult Clinical Case Symposium Pontalba – First Floor
1:00 PM – 4:00 PM	Pediatric Clinical Case Symposium Vieux Carre B
1:00 PM – 5:00 PM	Introduction to Statistical Genetics Workshop Vieux Carre A – First Floor View Slides
1:00 PM – 5:00 PM	Manuscript Preparation and Peer–Reviewed Publication Workshop Pelican I – Third Floor
1:00 PM – 5:00 PM	SSGIM Pre-course Patient Centered Medical Homes: Patient and Provider Implications Poydras – Third Floor
1:00 PM – 5:00 PM	Grant Writing Workshop Pelican II – Third Floor
2:00 PM – 5:00 PM	Case Reports in Cardiovascular Medicine Cabildo – First Floor
5:00 PM – 7:00 PM	JOINT POSTER SESSION LaSalle Ballroom – Third Floor Wine and Cheese Reception Adolescent Medicine and Pediatrics Adult Clinical Case Allergy, Immunology, and Rheumatology Cardiovascular Clinical Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine Endocrinology and Metabolism Gastroenterology and Clinical Nutrition Health Care Research Hematology and Oncology Infectious Diseases, HIV and AIDS Medical Education and Medical Ethics Pediatric Clinical Case Perinatal Medicine Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Renal, Electrolyte, and Hypertension
7:00 PM – 9:00 PM	Southern Blood Club Pelican I
7:00 PM – 9:00 PM	Southern Lung Club Pelican II – Third Floor
7:00 PM – 9:00 PM	Southern Renal Club Les Continents – Second Floor, Hotel Inter-Continental
7:00 PM – 10:00 PM	Southern Gut Club Dinner Symposium Poydras – Third Floor
	FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2009
7:00 AM – 6:00 PM	SSGIM Registration and Continental Breakfast Pelican Foyer – Third Floor
7:00 AM – 5:00 PM	Registration LaSalle C Foyer – Third Floor
7:00 AM – 8:00 AM	SSPR Council Meeting and Breakfast Pelican I – Third Floor
7:00 AM – 8:00 AM	Southern Chairs Meeting Pelican II – Third Floor
8:00 AM – 12:15 PM	SSCI and SAFMR Plenary Session LaSalle A – Third Floor
8:00 AM – 12:00 PM	SSPR Plenary Session LaSalle BC – Third Floor
8:00 AM – 5:00 PM	SSGIM Opening Session, Abstract Sessions, Clinical Vignettes, Panel Mentoring, and Workshops Fulton, Poydras, Magnolia, Acadian II, and Audubon Boardroom
9:00 AM – 12:00 PM	APA Workshop A Practical Approach to End of Life Discussions: How to Speak When You Don’t Know What to Say (all attendees welcome) Vieux Carre B – First Floor
11:00 AM – 2:00 PM	SSCI and the International Academy of Cardiovascular Sciences NA Chapter Joint Session I Cabildo – First Floor
12:00 PM – 1:30 PM	AMerican Journal of the Medical Sciences Editorial Board Meeting Les Continents – Second Floor
12:30 PM – 1:45 PM	SAFMR Regional Council Luncheon Cypress – Second Floor
2:00 PM – 5:00 PM	CONCURRENT SESSIONS Adolescent Medicine and Pediatrics – Pelican I, Third Floor Allergy, Immunology, and Rheumatology – Pelican II, Third Floor Cardiovascular I – Cabildo, First Floor Gastroenterology and Clinical Nutrition I – Vieux Carre B, First Floor Hematology and Oncology I – Vieux Carre A, First Floor Infectious Diseases I – Les Continents, Second Floor Medical Education and Ethics – Oak, Second Floor Perinatal Medicine I – LaSalle C, Third Floor Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine – Pontalba, First Floor Renal, Electrolyte, and Hypertension I – LaSalle B, Third Floor 2
5:00 PM – 5:30 PM	International Academy of Cardiovascular Sciences – NA Chapter Council Meeting Cabildo – First Floor
5:30 PM – 7:00 PM	SSGIM Poster Session LaSalle A – Third Floor
6:30 PM – 7:30 PM	SSCI Reception For New Members and Award Winners Ritz-Carlton
6:00 PM – 8:00 PM	AAP Perinatal Section Meeting Pontabala – First Floor
	SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 2009
7:00 AM – 12:00 PM	SSGIM Registration and Continental Breakfast Pelican Foyer – Third Floor
7:00 AM – 5:00 PM	Registration LaSalle C Foyer – Third Floor
7:30 AM – 8:30 AM	Chairs’ Residents’ Forum Breakfast Pelican II – Third Floor
8:00 AM – 9:00 AM	APA Breakfast Business Meeting Vieux Carre B – First Floor
8:00 AM – 12:30 PM	SSGIM Business Meeting, Plenary Abstracts, Panel Mentoring Sessions, Vignettes, and Workshops Fulton, Poydras, Magnolia, and Audubon Boardroom
8:45 AM – 11:30 AM	Joint Plenary Session Southern Society for Clinical Investigation Southern Section AMerican Federation for Medical Research Southern Society for Pediatric Research International Academy of Cardiovascular Sciences NA Chapter AMbulatory Pediatric Association Personalized Medicine: The DeveloPMent of Patient-Specific Therapeutics LaSalle BC – Third Floor
8:30 AM – 11:30 AM	SSCI and the International Academy of Cardiovascular Sciences NA Chapter Joint Session II Cabildo – First Floor
11:30 AM – 1:00 PM	JAZZ Luncheon (included in registration fee) (Tickets for guests and SSGIM members available for at the Registration Desk) LaSalle A/LeSalon – Third Floor
1:00 PM – 4:00 PM	CONCURRENT SESSIONS Clinical Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine – Vieux Carre A, First Floor (jointly sponsored with SSGIM) Endocrinology and Metabolism – Pelican I, Third Floor Gastroenterology and Clinical Nutrition II, Acadian II, Third Floor Health Care Research – Pelican II, Third Floor Hematology and Oncology II – Vieux Carre B, First Floor Infectious Diseases II – LaSalle B, Third Floor Perinatal Medicine II – Pontalba, First Floor Renal, Electrolyte, and Hypertension II – LaSalle C, Third Floor 3
4:00 PM – 6:00 PM	Joint Council Meeting Les Continents – Second Floor
	CME Certification Provided by the Center for Continuing Education Tulane University Health Sciences Center PROGRAM OBJECTIVES: At the conclusion of this educational activity, the participant should be better able to: 1: Translate new information and findings from basic and clinical research into professional skills and performance improvement as defined by the Core Competencies for Maintenance of Certification 2: Apply new scientific knowledge gained to identify areas of investigation that will inform research and to improve patient care and safety 3: Implement new tools for teaching and practicing medicine 4: Teach and educate caregivers to improve the outcomes for patients 5: Apply knowledge from career develoPMent workshops to writing grants and manuscripts, designing and analyzing trials. ACCREDITATION: This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essentials and Standards of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education through the joint sponsorship of Tulane University Health Sciences Center and the Southern Regional Societies. Tulane University Health Sciences Center is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. Tulane University Health Sciences Center designates this educational activity for a maximum of 21.25 AMA Physician's Recognition Award category 1 creditsTM. Each physician should claim only those hours of credit that he/she actually spent in the educational activity. Tulane University Health Sciences Center presents this activity for educational purposes only and does not endorse any product, content of presentation or exhibit. Participants are expected to use their own expertise and judgment while engaged in the practice of medicine. The content of the presentations is provided solely by presenters, who have been selected because of their recognized expertise. PROCEDURE FOR CME CREDIT: To receive the appropriate number of CME credits, it is important to do the following: • Upon arrival, pick up your verification form at the Registration Desk. • On your departure, turn in your completed verification form at the Registration Desk. A listing of the number of credits available each day will be included with the verification form. ProgrAM hours that run simultaneously or overlap are not included in the total credits available each day. DISCLOSURE: It is the policy of the Center for Continuing Education at Tulane University Health Sciences Center to plan and implement all of its educational activities in accordance with the ACCME's Essential Areas and Policies to ensure balance, independence, objectivity, and scientific rigor. In accordance with the ACCME’s 2004 Standards for Commercial Support, everyone who is in a position to control the content of an educational activity certified for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ is required to disclose all relevant financial relationships with any commercial interests within the past 12 months that create a real or apparent conflict of interest. Individuals who do not disclose are disqualified from participating in a CME activity. Individuals with potential for influence or control of CME content include planners and planning committee members, authors, teachers, educational activity directors, educational partners, and others who participate, for exAMple, facilitators and moderators. This disclosure pertains to relationships with pharmaceutical companies, biomedical device manufacturers, or other corporations whose products or services are related to the subject matter of the presentation topic. Any real or apparent conflicts of interest related to the content of the presentations must be resolved prior to the educational activity. Disclosure of off-label, experimental, or investigational use of drugs or devices must also be made known to the audience.
CARDIOVASCULAR CLUB *Jointly sponsored by* SOUTHERN SOCIETY FOR CLINICAL INVESTIGATION SOUTHERN SECTION AMERICAN FEDERATION FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH SOUTHERN SOCIETY FOR PEDIATRIC RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY OF CARDIOVASCULAR SCIENCES –NA CHAPTER AMBULATORY PEDIATRIC ASSOCIATION Thursday, February 12, 2009 11:00 AM – 2:00 PM Cabildo – First Floor Michael Hess, Presiding
STATE-OF-THE-ART LECTURES
11:00	MAGNESIUM DEFICIENCY. A PROINFLAMMATORY PHENOTYPE. WilliAM B. Weglicki, George Washington University Medical Center
11:30	COUPLED CALCIUM AND ZINC DYSHOMEOSTASIS AND OXIDATIVE STRESS. Karl T. Weber, University of Tennessee Health Science Center
12:00	LUNCH
MENTORED ORAL PRESENTATIONS Louis Dell’Italia, Presiding
12:30	PROTECTIVE ROLE OF CHRONIC ANGIOTENSIN CONVERTING ENZYME INHIBITOR (ACEI) THERAPY IN REDUCING PERI-PROCEDURAL MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION IN PATIENTS UNDERGOING PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION. D Bansal, S Aleti, R Sukhija, R Muppidi, J Mehta and R Sachdeva, Little Rock, AR. Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare Administration (SAFMR/SSCI Trainee Research Award Winner) (SAFMR)
12:40	DISCUSSANT: Daniel Villarreal, SUNY-Upstate Medical University
12:50	OVEREXPRESSION OF DOMINANT NEGATIVE TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR (TGF)-ß TYPE II RECEPTOR (DNTGFßRII) ATTENUATES PRESSURE OVERLOAD-INDUCED CARDIAC REMODELING AND DYSFUNCTION. 5 JA Lucas, AP Miller, Y Zhang, P Li, S Oparil and Y Chen, BirminghAM, AL. University of AlabAMa at BirminghAM (SAFMR/SSCI Student Research Award Winner) A Lucas, AP Miller, Y Zhang, P Li, S Oparil and Y Chen, BirminghAM, AL. University of AlabAMa at BirminghAM (SAFMR/SSCI Student Research Award Winner)
1:00	DISCUSSANT: Karl T. Weber, University of Tennessee Health Science Center
1:10	VE-CADHERIN IS ESSENTIAL FOR NORMAL CARDIAC DEVELOPMENT BUT NOT VASCULAR SPROUTING IN ZEBRAFISH. T Brown, I Mitchell, J AMatruda and F Nwariaku and, Dallas, TX. University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center (SAFMR/SSCI Student Research Award Winner)
1:20	DISCUSSANT: Patrice Delafontaine, Tulane University School of Medicine
1:30	ENDOGENOUS INTERLEUKIN-1 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST PROTECTS AGAINST APOPTOSIS & CARDIAC REMODELING AFTER ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION. A Varma, FN Salloum, NN Hoke, BW Van Tassell, A Abbate and GW Vetrovec, Richmond, VA. Virginia Commonwealth University Pauley Heart Center (SSCI Young Investigator Award Winner) (SAFMR)
1:40	DISCUSSANT: Jawahar L. Mehta, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
WORKSHOP SESSIONS SOUTHERN SOCIETY FOR CLINICAL INVESTIGATION SOUTHERN SECTION – AMERICAN FEDERATION FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH SOUTHERN SOCIETY FOR PEDIATRIC RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY OF CARDIOVASCULAR SCIENCES – NA CHAPTER AMBULATORY PEDIATRIC ASSOCIATION SOUTHERN SOCIETY OF GENERAL INTERNAL MEDICINE Thursday, February 12, 2009 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM Vieux Carre A – First Floor
INTRODUCTION TO STATISTICAL GENETICS WORKSHOP Workshop Leader: David B. Allison, Professor of Biostatistics, Head, Section on Statistical Genetics, Department of Biostatistics, University of AlabAMa at BirminghAM Hemant K. Tiwari, Department of Biostatistics, University of AlabAMa at BirminghAM This is an entry level interactive workshop on statistical genetics for scientists, targeting established investigators, post-doctoral fellows, and advanced graduate students. Topics will include genome-wide analysis, microRNA, epigenetics, gene expression analysis, and data mining. This course will offer an 6 interactive progrAM designed to enhance researchers’ ability to request and interpret sophisticated statistical genetic analysis performed by others. Data Mining: Functional Statistical Genetics & Bioinformatics ( 5,223kb) Laura Kelly Vaughan, Ph.D. Department of Biostatistics, University of Alabama at Birmingham Design and Analysis of Genome-Wide Association Studies ( 2,632kb) Tasha E. Fingerlin Departments of Epidemiology and Biostatistics & Informatics, Colorado School of Public Health, University of Colorado Denver Introduction to Epigenetics/Epigenomics ( 3,356kb) Xiangqin Cui Department of Biostatistics, University of Alabama at Birmingham Pathway Analysis Hypothesis ( 603kb) David B. Allison Department of Biostatistics, University of Alabama at Birmingham
1:00 PM – 5:00 PM Pelican I – Third Floor MANUSCRIPT PREPARATION AND PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATION Workshop Leader: Thomas R. Welch, Associate Editor, Journal of Pediatrics, SUNY Upstate Medical University This workshop will address multiple aspects of publication in scientific journals. Presenter will discuss preparation of materials, including the initial decision that the data are sufficient to justify publication. Issues related to manuscript writing will include length, focus, adherence to journal formats, and referencing. The editorial process from submission to publication will be described in-depth with particular attention to ways in which authors can interact with journal editors. Another section will cover ethical issues in publication including review boards, authorship, duplicate publication, intellectual property rights, and conflict of interest. There will be open discussion of sAMple cases and questions derived from the experiences of the participants.
1:00 PM – 5:00 PM Poydras – Third Floor SSGIM PRE-COURSE PATIENT CENTERED MEDICAL HOMES: PATIENT AND PROVIDER IMPLICATIONS Pre-course Leader: Gregg Talente, Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University This pre-course will provide physicians with the knowledge to develop an integral understanding of medical home initiatives from policy to implementation and subsequent evaluation. Current controversies regarding healthcare policy initiatives on funding for implementing medical homes, compensation of physicians and the Medicare Medical Home Demonstration project will also be addressed. Interactive sessions directed by faculty moderators will allow participants to engage in open dialogue with experts in the medical home field to solidify key concepts. This interactive precourse will challenge participants to develop a comprehensive and integrated understanding of Patient Centered Medical Home models and debate options for sustainable funding and compensation through policy discussion and illustrative real world exAMples.
1:00 PM – 5:00 PM Pelican II – Third Floor GRANT WRITING WORKSHOP Workshop Leader: Henrietta Bada, University of Kentucky, Lexington Nicolette Borek, National Institute on Drug Abuse This workshop is designed for trainees and Young Investigators interested in writing a successful grant application. The discussion will focus on overview of different institutes and priorities; the role of progrAM officer vs SRO and mechanisms (KIOSK) for grant support with recommendations for young investigators. The workshop will include the actual process of writing an grant application with emphasis on writing the various components. The process will also be discussed from the reviewer’s aspect giving the attendee information about members of the review panel and their approach to a successfully funded grant application.
ADULT CLINICAL CASE SYMPOSIUM *Jointly sponsored by* SOUTHERN SOCIETY FOR CLINICAL INVESTIGATION SOUTHERN SECTION AMERICAN FEDERATION FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH SOUTHERN SOCIETY FOR PEDIATRIC RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY OF CARDIOVASCULAR SCIENCES – NA CHAPTER AMBULATORY PEDIATRIC ASSOCIATION Thursday, February 12, 2009 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM Pontalba – First Floor John Arthur and Bruce Kone, Presiding
1:00	HEPATIC SICKLE CRISIS WITH ACUTE HEPATIC FAILURE AND SEQUESTRATION. BW Davis and EB Clyburn, Charleston, SC. Medical University of South Carolina (SAFMR/SSCI Trainee Research Award Winner) (SSGIM)
1:15	I’M NOT DRINKING THE WATER: A CASE REPORT INVOLVING SEVERE HYPERNATREMIA, RHABDOMYOLOSIS AND ACUTE KIDNEY INJURY. BM StathAM, S Kanikireddy and PF Bass, Shreveport, LA. Louisiana State University Health Science Center - Shreveport (SAFMR/SSCI Trainee Research Award Winner)
1:30	HYPERBARIC OXYGEN RELIEVES DIGITAL ISCHEMIA FROM ACCIDENTAL EPIPEN INJECTION. P Klemawesch and J El-Dahr, New Orleans, LA. Tulane University
1:45	WHEN GOOD IS BAD. TD Alford, S Kosseifi, E Celso, C Trabue, J Moorman and RD Smalligan, Johnson City, TN. East Tennessee State University (SAFMR)
2:00	DRUG-INDUCED LUPUS NEPHRITIS AFTER INFLIXIMAB TREATMENT FOR ULCERATIVE COLITIS. S Gates, R Ravenell and DL KAMen, Charleston, SC. Medical University of South Carolina (SAFMR/SSCI Student Research Award Winner) (SAFMR)
2:15	TREATMENT OF PROFOUND LACTIC ACIDOSIS IN A COCAINE INTOXICATED RESTRAINED PATIENT. HM Alshayeb, W Chishti, A Showkat and BM Wall, Memphis, TN. University of 8 Tennessee-Memphis (SSCI)
2:30 - 2:45	INTERMISSION
2:45	AN UNUSUAL CASE OF RESISTANT HYPOPHOSPHATEMIA WITH CHIARI MALFORMATION. OA Iznaola and SS Prabhakar, Lubbock, TX. Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (SAFMR/SSCI Trainee Research Award Winner) (SAFMR)
3:00	ISOLATED PITUITARY METASTASIS FROM SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER . A Aravapalli and E O'Bryan, Charleston, SC. Medical University of South Carolina
3:15	POSTERIOR REVERSIBLE ENCEPHALOPATHY SYNDROME IN A PATIENT WITH LUPUS NEPHRITIS. FS Pasha, A Bond, V Majithia and R McMurray, Jackson, MS. University of Mississippi (SAFMR/SSCI Trainee Research Award Winner)
3:30	RETINOIC ACID SYNDROME, A MEDICAL/ONCOLOGIC EMERGENCY . L Mirza and N Balouch, Oklahoma City and Tulsa, OK. University of Oklahoma
3:45	LOIN PAIN-HEMATURIA SYNDROME - A DIAGNOSTIC MYSTERY . S Kanikireddy and P Bass, Shreveport, LA. Louisiana State University Health Science Center
PEDIATRIC CLINICAL CASE SYMPOSIUM *Jointly sponsored by* SOUTHERN SOCIETY FOR CLINICAL INVESTIGATION SOUTHERN SECTION – AMERICAN FEDERATION FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH SOUTHERN SOCIETY FOR PEDIATRIC RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY OF CARDIOVASCULAR SCIENCES – NA CHAPTER AMBULATORY PEDIATRIC ASSOCIATION Thursday, February 12, 2009 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM Vieux Carre B – First Floor Michael P. Poirier and Kathy Monroe, Presiding
1:00	ACQUIRED COMPLETE HEART BLOCK SECONDARY TO TRAUMATIC SEPTAL TEAR. W Davis, K Hewett and W Lutin, Augusta, GA. Medical College of Georgia (SSPR)
1:15	AN UNUSUAL PRESENTATION OF WEGENER'S GRANULOMATOSIS IN A CHILD. L Toups, W Wells and B Swartz, Shreveport, LA. Louisiana State University Health Science Center Children's Hospita
1:30	MARATHON QUEST FOR CAUSE OF SPRINTER'S DYSAUTONOMIA. R Philip and RD Smalligan, Johnson City, TN. East Tennessee State University
1:45	EXERCISE STRESS TESTING IN PEDIATRIC PATIENTS WITH A STRUCTURALLY NORMAL HEART AND T WAVE INVERSION ON ELECTROCARDIOGRAM. C Snyder, New Orleans, LA. Ochsner University
2:00	SUCCESSFUL TREATMENT OF INTRACTABLE GASTROINTESTINAL BLEEDING IN HENOCH-SCHÖNLEIN PURPURA WITH RITUXIMAB: FIRST REPORTED CASE. SS Wright, J Nogueira, K ThAMe, P Atkinson, RQ Cron and S Saeed, BirminghAM, AL. University of AlabAMa at BirminghAM
2:15	HYPOTONIA AND AN APPARENT LIFE THREATENING EVENT IN AN INFANT WITH ACHONDROPLASIA. SE Joiner, J Picasso and L Crews, Mobile, AL. University of South AlabAMa
2:30 - 2:45	*Intermission*
2:45	IDIOPATHIC HYPERCALCEMIA OF INFANCY AS A CAUSE OF FAILURE TO THRIVE. M Cuevas, Mobile, AL. USA Children's and Women's Hospital
3:00	A CASE OF LETHAL PULMONARY HYPOPLASIA DUE TO MATERNAL ACE INHIBITOR USE. S Singh, HG Ginsberg and TW Young, New Orleans, LA. Tulane University
3:15	COMA IN A 20-MONTH OLD CHILD FROM AN INGESTION OF A TOY CONTAINING 1,4-BUTANEDIOL, A PRECURSOR OF .HYDROXYBUTYRATE. MW Jaeger, L Ortmann, L JAMes and S Schexnayder, Little Rock, AR. University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
3:30	ABDOMINAL PAIN AS THE PRESENTING SYMPTOM FOR DISKITIS. E Grezaffi and L Crews, Mobile, AL. University of South AlabAMa
3:45	AN INFANT WITH FIRST-TIME SEIZURE. N Frascogna, BirminghAM, AL. University of AlabAMa at BirminghAM (APA)
CASE REPORTS IN CARDIOVASCULAR MEDICINE *Jointly sponsored by* SOUTHERN SOCIETY FOR CLINICAL INVESTIGATION SOUTHERN SECTION – AMERICAN FEDERATION FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH SOUTHERN SOCIETY FOR PEDIATRIC RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY OF CARDIOVASCULAR SCIENCES – NA CHAPTER AMBULATORY PEDIATRIC ASSOCIATION Thursday, February 12, 2009 2:00 PM – 5:00 PM Cabildo – First Floor Kevin P. Newman and Daniel Villarreal, Presiding
2:00	A CASE OF CARDIAC DEVICE RELATED ENDOCARDITIS AND PERSISTENT SEPTIC ATRIAL THROMBUS. JF Rodriguez, M Celebi and RD Yount, New Orleans, LA. Louisiana State University (Cardiovascular Case Report Award Winner)
2:10	DISCUSSANT: JAMes B. Dale, University of Tennessee Health Science Center
2:20	SYSTOLIC DYSFUNCTION IN THE POST-LIVER TRANSPLANT PATIENT. RR Bayer, KC Hilty and J Peura, Charleston, SC. The Medical University of South Carolina (Cardiovascular Case Report Award Winner) (SSGIM)
2:30	Discussant: Kevin P. Newman, University of Tennessee Health Science Center
2:40	CONSEQUENCES OF SYSTEMIC VENOUS HYPERTENSION DUE TO DECOMPENSATED BIVENTRICULAR FAILURE. SS Zaidi, AU Shahbaz and KT Weber, Memphis, TN. University of Tennessee Health Science Center (Cardiovascular Case Report Award Winner)
2:50	DISCUSSANT: Daniel Villarreal, SUNY-Upstate Medical University
3:00-3:30	Intermission
3:30	UNEXPLAINED SPONTANEOUS LEFT MAIN CORONARY DISSECTION IN A 40 YEAR OLD FEMALE WITH NO MAJOR RISK FACTORS. J Martinez, C Kavasmaneck and P Kurnick, Philadelphia, PA. Hahnemann University Hospital (Cardiovascular Case Report Award Winner)
3:40	DISCUSSANT: K. B. RAManathan, University of Tennessee Health Science Center
3:50	SPONTANEOUS CORONARY ARTERY DISSECTION PRESENTING AS ACUTE ST-SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION. H Franqui-Rivera, RG Colacioppo-Saavedra, J Martinez-Toro and MR Garcia-Palmieri, Toa Alta, PR. University of Puerto Rico (Cardiovascular Case Report Award Winner)
4:00	DISCUSSANT: Brad S. Burlew, University of Utah Health Science Center
4:10	TOO OLD AND TOO FAST FOR TAKO-TSUBO? R Kadari, TZ Haddadin, R Brenya, SD Loyd and RD Smalligan, Johnson City, TN. East Tennessee State University (Cardiovascular Case Report Award Winner)
4:20	DISCUSSANT: Michael L. Hess, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine
4:30	OPEN DISCUSSION
POSTER SESSION Jointly sponsored by SOUTHERN SOCIETY FOR CLINICAL INVESTIGATION SOUTHERN SECTION – AMERICAN FEDERATION FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH SOUTHERN SOCIETY FOR PEDIATRIC RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY OF CARDIOVASCULAR SCIENCES – NA CHAPTER AMBULATORY PEDIATRIC ASSOCIATION Thursday, February 12, 2009 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM LaSalle Ballroom – Third Floor Adolescent Medicine and Pediatrics Adult Clinical Case Allergy, Immunology, and Rheumatology Cardiovascular Clinical Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine Endocrinology and Metabolism Gastroenterology and Clinical Nutrition Health Care Research Hematology and Oncology Infectious Diseases, HIV and AIDS Medical Education and Ethics Pediatric Clinical Case Perinatal Medicine Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Renal, Electrolyte and Hypertension Adolescent Medicine and Pediatrics
1	BREAST FEEDING DOES NOT PROTECT AGAINST URINARY TRACT INFECTION IN THE FIRST 3 MONTHS OF LIFE, BUT VITAMIN D SUPPLEMENTATION OF FORMULA FED INFANTS DOUBLES THE RISK. R Katikaneni, T PonnapakkAM, A PonnapakkAM and R Gensure, New Orleans, LA. Ochsner Clinic Foundation (SSPR/APA Trainee Travel Award Winner)
2	NEUROBLASTOMAS: THE UMC EXPERIENCE. VR Marlar, CA Koch and V Vijayakumar, Jackson, MS. University of Mississippi Medical Center (SSCI)
3	AN OBESITY PROGRAM FOR UNDER-SERVED PEDIATRIC PATIENTS: IS DIRECTIVE COUNSELING EFFECTIVE? 14 A Nash, T Duryea and A McDonald, Houston, TX. Baylor College of Medicine (APA) Nash, T Duryea and A McDonald, Houston, TX. Baylor College of Medicine (APA)
4	CYSTIC FIBROSIS-RELATED DIABETES: A CURRENT REVIEW OF SCREENING, DIAGNOSIS, AND TREATMENT. M Rayas, San Antonio, TX. University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio
Adult Clinical Case
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5	ESCHERICHIA COLI NECROTIZING FASCIITIS IN A TRANSPLANT PATIENT. TD Alford, G Teran, SP Mannem, RD Smalligan, R Kuriacose and W ShAMs, Johnson City, TN. East Tennessee State University
6	A CASE OF LEUCOCYTOCLASTIC VASCULITIS DUE TO GLARGINE INSULIN. H BhakthavatsalAM, JM Dungao, M Margulis and N SelvanayagAM, Brooklyn, NY. Coney Island Hospital
7	WANING IMMUNITY AND WANING STRENGTH. V Gangadharan, J Myers, P Patel and RD Smalligan, Johnson City, TN. East Tennessee State University
8	CLOPIDOGREL-INDUCED MIXED HEPATOCELLULAR AND CHOLESTATIC LIVER INJURY: AN UNUSUAL COMPLICATION. RK Goyal, New York, NY. Lenox Hill Hospital
9	HEPARIN-INDUCED ACUTE INTERSTITIAL NEPHRITIS: A CASE REPORT. S Sadhu and O Lenz, MiAMi, FL. University of MiAMi Miller School of Medicine
10	TWIDDLER SYNDROME - A RARE BUT POTENTIALLY LETHAL CLINCAL ENTITY. Y Yaqub, M Phy, J Suarez, A Perez-Verdia, K Nugent and P Sutthiwan, Lubbock, TX. Texas Tech University Health Science Center
11	INFLAMMATORY MYOFIBROBLASTIC TUMOR OF THE HEART. A CASE REPORT. AA Zia, S Alsafwah and A Munir, Memphis, TN. University of Tennessee Health Science Center 15 Allergy, Immunology, and Rheumatology
12	QUALITY OF LIFE IN PATIENTS WITH MIXED CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE USING SHORT FORM-36: COMPARISON TO A POPULATION WITH SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS. LE Ayala, M Acosta, M Perez, M Maldonado, RW Hoffman and CJ Lozada, MiAMi, FL. University of MiAMi/Jackson Memorial Medical Center
13	X-LINKED AGAMMAGLOBULINEMIA WITH ISOLATED IGM DEFICIENCY. MC Bell, TT Perry, AM Scurlock and SM Jones, Little Rock, AR. University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
14	ADULT-ONSET HENOCH-SCHONLEIN PURPURA WITH POSITIVE C-ANCA [ANTI-PROTEINASE 3]. ER Boulis, V Majithia and RW Mc Murray, Jackson, MS. University of Mississippi (APA)
15	ANAPHYLAXIS DUE TO GADOLINIUM: A CASE REPORT. A Fiorillo and P Kumar, New Orleans, LA. Louisiana State University
16	COMPLICATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH TOXOCARA CANIS INFECTION IN THREE PEDIATRIC PATIENTS. CL Freeman, AM Scurlock, SM Jones and TT Perry, Little Rock, AR. University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences/Arkansas Children's Hospital
17	HUMIDITY AS AN EXACERBATING FACTOR FOR ASTHMA. M Jhaveri, J Temprano, A Branscum and D Hayes, Lexington, KY. University of Kentucky
18	PARANEOPLASTIC LIVEDOID VASCULITIS AS THE FIRST MANIFESTATION OF A SEQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA OF THE PHARYNX. D Kadaria, H Alshayeb, F Abu Al Rub, C Clark and B Weber, Memphis, TN. University of Tennessee, COM Abstract 50
19	KELLEY-SEEGMILLER SYNDROME AND A THE EFFECTS OF A LATE DIAGNOSIS. KL McMullan and JD Wofford, Jackson, MS. University of Mississippi Medical Center (SAFMR/SSCI Trainee Research Award Winner) (SAFMR)
20	MYASTHENIA GRAVIS PRESENTING AS WEAKNESS IN A RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS PATIENT. A Singh and V Majithia, Jackson, MS. University of Mississippi
Cardiovascular
21	THE RELATION OF C-REACTIVE PROTEIN TO PERIPHERAL ARTERIAL DISEASE IN AFRICAN AMERICANS: (THE JACKSON HEART STUDY). K Agrawal, HA Taylor, JH Lee, EJ BenjAMin, HS Nagarajarao, TE SAMdarshi and ER Fox, Jackson, MS and Boston, MA. University of Mississippi Medical Center (SSCI) Abstract 53
22	LOWER INCIDENCE OF MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION AND STROKE IN THE METABOLIC SYNDROME IN A HISPANIC POPULATION. PI Altieri, Y Figueroa, N Escobales, M Crespo and HL Banchs, San Juan, PR. University of Puerto Rico, Medical Sciences CAMpus (SAFMR)
23	LONG TERM OUTCOMES OF PATIENTS RECEIVING DRUG ELUTING STENTS VS. BARE METAL STENTS. D Bansal, S Aleti, R Sukhija, M Marashdeh, J Mehta and R Sachdeva, Little Rock, AR. Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare Administration (SAFMR)
24	EFFECT OF RENAL DISEASE ON SURVIVAL IN PATIENTS WITH IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER DEFIBRILLATORS. J Bissett, Z Matin, M Leonardi and R Sachdev, Little Rock, AR. University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (SSCI)
25	ASSOCIATION OF BIRTH WEIGHT WITH HEART RATE, SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE AND THEIR PRODUCT BY GROWTH PERIODS: THE BOGALUSA HEART STUDY. W Chen, SR Srinivasan and GS Berenson, New Orleans, LA. Tulane University
26	BLOOD PRESSURE VARIABILITY DURING CHILDHOOD IS ASSOCIATED WITH ADULTHOOD HYPERTENSION IN BLACKS AND WHITES: THE BOGALUSA HEART STUDY. W Chen, SR Srinivasan, L Ruan and GS Berenson, New Orleans, LA. Tulane University
27	LONGER ADULTHOOD LEUKOCYTE TELOMERE LENGTH IS ASSOCIATED WITH HIGHER HIGH-DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL LEVELS MEASURED FROM CHILDHOOD TO ADULTHOOD: THE BOGALUSA HEART STUDY. W Chen, JP Gardner, M Kimura, X Cao, A Aviv and GS Berenson, New Orleans, LA and Newark, NJ. Tulane University 17
28	DID HURRICANE KATRINA AFFECT THE INCIDENCE OF ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROMES IN NEW ORLEANS? S GautAM, J Menachem, S Srivastav, P Delafontaine and A Irimpen, New Orleans, LA. Tulane University School of Medicine
29	ANOREXIA NERVOSA, EXTREME EXERCISE AND ABNORMAL CARDIAC INDICES. MA Grenier, JT Bricker and CM Cottrill, Lexington, KY. University of Kentucky
30	LEFT VENTRICULAR CHAMBER SIZE IN PATIENTS WITH DIASTOLIC HEART FAILURE. EB Hanna, DL Glancy and F Helmcke, New Orleans, LA. Louisiana State University
31	INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR-1 REGULATES GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE EXPRESSION AND ACTIVITY IN VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL CELLS. Y Higashi, AK Pandey and P Delafontaine, New Orleans, LA. Tulane University School of Medicine (SAFMR)
32	ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY REVEALS PROGRESSIVE CARDIAC DYSFUNCTION IN MG-DEFICIENT RATS. JH KrAMer, C Spurney, I Mak, M Iantorno, C Tziros and WB Weglicki, Washington, DC. The George Washington University Medical Center (SSCI) Abstract 64
33	ALL-TRANS RETINOIC ACID ENHANCES TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVITY AND EXPRESSION OF GUANYLYL CYCLASE/NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE RECEPTOR-A IN VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE CELLS. P Kumar and KN Pandey, New Orleans, LA. Tulane University Health Sciences Center and School of Medicine (SAFMR/SSCI Trainee Research Award Winner) (SAFMR) Unable to present
34	METABOLIC INTERVENTION IMPROVES MECHANICAL FUNCTION AND ATTENUATES ATP DEPLETION IN EX-VIVO STORED RAT HEARTS. A Markov, WS Bennett and TN Skelton, Jackson, MS. University of Mississippi Medical Center (SSCI)
35	A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE IMPACT OF MULTIPLE CARDIOVASCULAR RISK FACTORS ON THE FEMORAL AND CAROTID ARTERY INTIMA-MEDIA THICKNESS IN ASYMPTOMATIC YOUNG ADULTS: THE BOGALUSA HEART STUDY. T Paul, W Chen, S Srinivasan, J Rice, A Toprak, J He and G Berenson, New Orleans, LA. Tulane University (SAFMR) Abstract 67
36	ISCHEMIA-INDUCED REDUCTIONS IN ACTIVITY OF PROTEIN PHOSPHATASE 2A AS AN ENDOGENOUS CARDIOPROTECTIVE MECHANISM. TA PegrAM and P Hofmann, Memphis, TN. University of Tennessee Health Science Center (SAFMR/SSCI Student Research Award Winner)
37	PREVENTION OF MUSCLE WASTING IN RATS WITH ALDOSTERONISM. RESPONSE TO ZINC SUPPLEMENT AND INSULIN GROWTH FACTOR-1. WJ Reed, Y Sun, DB Thomason, SK Bhattacharya and KT Weber, Memphis, TN. University of Tennessee Health Science Center (SAFMR/SSCI Student Research Award Winner) Abstract 69
38	HOMOCYSTEINE IS ADVERSELY ASSOCIATED WITH ARTERIAL STIFFNESS IN BLACK AND WHITE YOUNG ADULTS: THE BOGALUSA HEART STUDY. L Ruan, W Chen, SR Srinivasan, J Xu, A Toprak and GS Berenson, New Orleans, LA and Xi’an, China. Tulane University
39	FETAL FOTOS. LE Sauley, J GrabhAM, WN O'Connor and CM Cottrill, Lexington, KY. University of Kentucky
40	SKELETAL MUSCLE-SPECIFIC OVEREXPRESSION OF INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR I DECREASES OXIDATIVE STRESS AND PREVENTS ANGIOTENSIN II-INDUCED SKELETAL MUSCLE WASTING: NOVEL POTENTIAL THERAPY TO TREAT CACHEXIA IN CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE. L Semprun-Prieto, S Sukhanov, T Yoshida, C Vaughn and P Delafontaine, New Orleans, LA. Tulane University
41	REVERSIBLE LYMPHOCYTOPENIA IN AFRICAN-AMERICANS WITH DECOMPENSATED BIVENTRICULAR FAILURE. AU Shahbaz, S Ali, MD Nelson, RC Davis and KT Weber, Memphis, TN. University of Tennessee Health Science Center
42	SKELETAL MUSCLE WASTING IN RATS WITH ALDOSTERONISM. RESPONSE TO TREATMENT WITH ZINC AND INSULIN GROWTH FACTOR 1. JN Sherrod, Y Sun, DB Thomason, SK Bhattacharya and KT Weber, Memphis, TN. N Sherrod, Y Sun, DB Thomason, SK Bhattacharya and KT Weber, Memphis, TN. University of Tennessee Health Science Center
43	THE ABSENCE OF HYPERGLYCEMIA ON ADMISSION IN NONDIABETIC PATIENTS HOSPITALIZED WITH OR WITHOUT DECOMPENSATED HEART FAILURE. MS Shook, H Zafarullah, MD Nelson, RC Davis and KT Weber, Memphis, TN. University of Tennessee Health Science Center (SAFMR/SSCI Trainee Research Award Winner)
44	INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR I DOWNREGULATES PROATHEROGENIC 12/15-LIPOXYGENASE IN VIVO AND IN VITRO. C Vaughn, S Sukhanov, Y Higashi, S Shai and P Delafontaine, New Orleans, LA. Tulane University
45	SECONDARY HYPERPARATHYROIDISM AND HYPOVITAMINOSIS D IN AFRICAN-AMERICAN PATIENTS HOSPITALIZED WITH DECOMPENSATED BIVENTRICULAR FAILURE. REPRODUCIBILITY AND SUMMER VERSUS WINTER MONTHS. AD Whitted, S Ali, AU Shahbaz, H Zafarullah, KP Newman, RC Davis and KT Weber, Memphis, TN. University of Tennessee Health Science Center (SAFMR/SSCI Trainee Research Award Winner)
46	THE THYMUS AND THYMULIN IN THE HYPERTENSION AND CARDIAC FIBROSIS FOUND IN RATS WITH ALDOSTERONISM. AC Wright, Y Sun, SK Bhattacharya and KT Weber, Memphis, TN. University of Tennessee Heath Science Center
47	ROLE OF EMOTIONAL STRESS IN TAKO-TSUBO CARDIOMYOPATHY. Y Yaqub, J Suarez, K Nugent and A Perez-Verdia, Lubbock, TX. Texas Tech University Health Science Center
48	DIFFERENTIAL REGULATION OF UBIQUITIN LIGASES ATROGIN-1 AND MURF-1 IN ANGIOTENSIN II-MEDIATED SKELETAL MUSCLE ATROPHY. T Yoshida, L Semprun-Prieto, S Sukhanov and P Delafontaine, New Orleans, LA. Tulane University School of Medicine
49	CORRECTION OF MARKED VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY IN AFRICANAMERICANS WITH HEART FAILURE. RESPONSE TO A LARGE-DOSE VITAMIN D SUPPLEMENT. A Zia, MD Nelson, RE Morrison, KP Newman and KT Weber, Memphis, TN. University of Tennessee Health Science Center 20
50	HYPOVITAMINOSIS D AND PARATHYROID HORMONE LEVELS IN PATIENTS WITH CORONARY ARTERY CALCIFICATION. AA Zia and A Munir, Memphis, TN. University of Tennessee Health Science Center (SAFMR/SSCI Trainee Research Award Winner)
51	PULMONARY VEIN SYNOVIAL SARCOMA CAUSING MITRAL VALVE OUTFLOW TRACT OBSTRUCTION AND LEFT LUNG INVASION. W Chokesuwattanaskul and L Jenkins, Lubbock, TX. Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
52	AN UNUSUAL CARDIAC DEFECT IN A PATIENT WITH CARDIOFACIOCUTANEOUS SYNDROME. HC DeSena, DM Niyazov, PE Parrino, VW Lucas and DS Moodie, New Orleans, LA. Ochsner Clinic Foundation
53	VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION IN A PATIENT WITH POMPE'S DISEASE. HC DeSena, CS Snyder, D Superneau and MR Brumund, New Orleans and Baton Rouge, LA. Ochsner Clinic Foundation Abstract 85
54	PROGRESSIVE THROMBOSIS OR A PORCINE AORTIC VALVE. BJ Rochon, New Orleans, LA. Louisiana State University Health Science Center (SSCI)
55	CHRONIC STRESS RESULTING IN BROKEN HEART SYNDROME. B Saeed, N Shahid and A Mutgi, Toledo, OH. University of Toledo Medical Center
56	PRIMARY HEPATIC SARCOMA EXTENDING INTO THE RIGHT ATRIUM. FE Wilklow, DL Glancy and N Jain, New Orleans, LA. Louisiana State University (SSCI)
Clinical Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine
57	RELATION OF GLUCOSE TOLERANCE AND INSULIN RESISTANCE TO LEFT VENTRICULAR STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION IN AFRICAN AMERICANS (FROM THE JACKSON HEART STUDY). JC Cook, HA Taylor, TE SAMdarshi, DF Sarpong and ER Fox, Jackson, MS. University of Mississippi School of Medicine (SSCI)
58	TEEN DRIVING RELATED EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT VISITS TO A URBAN PEDIATRIC EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT. A Edwards, WD King and K Monroe, BirminghAM, AL. University of AlabAMa Edwards, WD King and K Monroe, BirminghAM, AL. University of AlabAMa
59	ADIPOSITY IN CHILDHOOD AND RACE PREDICT C-REACTIVE PROTEIN AND ADIPONECTIN IN YOUNG ADULTHOOD: THE BOGALUSA HEART STUDY. D Toprak, A Toprak, W Chen, JH Xu, S Srinivasan and G Berenson, New Orleans, LA. Tulane Center for Cardiovascular Health
Endocrinology and Metabolism
60	INSULIN RESISTANCE IN DM2: ANALYSIS OF GENES IN THE TNF-a MODEL IDENTIFIES NEW TARGETS. D Carrigan, O Odunusi, G Majumdar, N Lenchik, I Gerling and S Solomon, Memphis, TN. University of Tennessee Health Science Center
61	CEREBRAL EDEMA BEFORE ONSET OF THERAPY IN NEWLY-DIAGNOSED TYPE 2 DIABERES. KA Daniels and AE Morales Pozzo, Little Rock, AR. University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
62	PRIMARY HYPERPARATHYROIDISM IN PREGNANCY PRESENTING AS ACUTE PANCREATITIS IN 3RD TRIMESTER – A CASE REPORT. AN Khan, MG Ganguli and S Dagogo-Jack, Memphis, TN. University of Tennessee
63	PANHYPOPITUITARISM CAUSED BY A HYPOTHALAMIC MASS: A CASE REPORT. AN Long, AN Khan and S Solomon, Memphis, TN. University of Tennessee Abstract 95
64	A CASE OF GRAVES’ DISEASE COMPLICATED BY PSYCHOSIS, THYROID STORM, AND THYROTOXIC PERIODIC PARALYSIS. D Malinowski and J Fisher, Memphis, TN. University of Tennessee Health Science Center (SSCI)
65	HYPERCALCEMIA OF 26.5: ISOLATED PARATHYROID MALIGNANCY OR HEREDITARY SYNDROME? CR McCollum, K Pitman, S Bigler, V Vijayakumar, M Flessner, J Jenkins, M Horn, A Arnold and CA Koch, Jackson, MS and Farmington, CT. University of Mississippi
66	RISK FACTORS FOR METABOLIC SYNDROME IN YOUNG HEALTHY SOUTH ASIANS. V Monteiro, S Chhabria, N Abbas, G Monteiro, Y Wu, R Sharma and LF AMorosa, New Brunswick, NJ. UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
67	NONINSULINOMA PANCREATOGENOUS HYPERINSULINEMIC HYPOGLYCEMIA SYNDROME IN AN 18 YEAR OLD POST GASTRIC BYPASS SURGERY. S Patel, C Koch and S Asnani, Jackson, MS and Neptune, NJ. University of Mississippi Medical Center
68	AN UNUSUAL CAUSE OF HIRSUITISM ASSOCIATED WITH VIRILIZATION CAUSED BY RARE OVARIAN NEOPLASM. S Patel, A Mathew, A Gandy, S Bigler, C Koch and G Uwaifo, Jackson, MS. University of Mississippi Medical Center
69	INSULIN ANALOGS VERSUS HUMAN INSULINS IN THE TREATMENT OF PATIENTS WITH DIABETIC KETOACIDOSIS (DKA). D Smiley, P Mulligan, A Temponi, D Umpierrez and G Umpierrez, Atlanta, GA. Emory University
70	HIGHLY OXIDIZED, GLYCATED LDL INDUCED APOPTOSIS IN HUMAN RETINAL CAPILLARY PERICYTES: OXIDATIVE STRESS, PROTEASOME INHIBITION AND MITOCHONDRIAL DYSFUNCTION. M Wu, Y Chen, K Wilson, ME Boulton, M Applegate, J Ma, LI Szweda and TJ Lyons, Oklahoma City, OK and Gainesville, FL. University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center (SSCI)
Gastroenterology/Clinical Nutrition
71	BASELINE INDICATORS OF DEATH IN PATIENTS WITH GASTROPARESIS. R Bhakta, R Humble, T Cutts, D Spree and TL Abell, Jackson, MS and Memphis, TN. University of Mississippi Medical Center
72	DRUG INDUCED CHOLESTASIS TRIGGERED BY QUETIAPINE. RM Cohen, J Scales, B Baskovich, J Judah and J Tantravahi, Gainesville, FL. University of Florida
73	ESOPHAGEAL CARCINOMA PRESENTING WITH POLYMYOSITIS. N Dbouk, I Obideen, M Harrison, J Massaad, K Obideen and M Wehbi, Atlanta, GA. Emory University School of Medicine (SSCI) 23
74	ATYPICAL GASTROINTESTINAL PRESENTATION OF T CELL LYMPHOMA. E Gupta, JE Rose and K Olden, Little Rock, AR. University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
75	POST-FUNDOPLICATION ACHALASIA, A CASE SERIES. RA Hejazi, S Sostarich and RW McCallum, Kansas City, KS. Kansas University Medical Center (SSCI)
76	GASTROINTESTINAL HISTOPLASMOSIS PRESENTING AS BOWEL PERFORATION IN A PATIENT WITH HIV/AIDS. D Kadaria, H Alshayeb, W Chishti and S Sinclair, Memphis, TN. University of Tennessee
77	ENDOSCOPIC RESECTION OF GRANULAR CELL TUMOR OF THE ESOPHAGUS PRESENTING WITH DYSPHAGIA AND ODYNOPHAGIA: A CASE REPORT. S NgAMruengphong, A Rakvit and S Parupudi, Lubbock, TX. Texas Tech University Health Science Center
78	A RARE PRESENTATION OF PROSTATE CANCER METASTATIC TO THE STOMACH. SS Sakaria, D Patel, M Wehbi, A Osunkoya and K Obideen, Decatur and Atlanta, GA. Emory University
79	IS THERE A CORRELATION BETWEEN HBA1C LEVELS AND GASTRIC EMPTYING TEST (GET) RESULTS IN DIABETICS PRESENTING WITH GASTROPARESIS AND DYSPEPSIA SYMPTOMS? I Sarosiek, R Hejazi, K Roeser, J Forester, J Sarosiek and RW McCallum, Kansas City, KS. Kansas University Medical Center (SSCI)
80	IS IT CHRONIC INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE OR CHRONIC INFECTIOUS COLITIS? H Shabaneh AlTAMimi, Lubbock, TX. Texas Tech University Health Science Center
Health Care Research
81	MOST FREQUENT AMBULATORY CARE SENSITIVE CONDITIONS AMONG PATIENTS ADMITTED TO THE USA MEDICAL CENTER, 2004-2007. AL Broadnax, FA MohAMmed, RD Foreman and MI Arrieta, Mobile, AL. University of South AlabAMa 24
82	THE ECOLOGY OF INTRAVENOUS ACCESS IN CHILDREN. PM Darden, ES O'Brien, KE ChAMberlain and KD Freeland, Charleston, SC. Medical University of South Carolina (APA)
83	ACADEMIC DEPARTMENT OF PEDIATRICS AS HEAD START (HS) GRANTEE- 10 YEAR EXPERIENCE. CR Feild, Little Rock, AR. University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (APA)
84	HOSPITALIZATIONS FOR AMBULATORY CARE SENSITIVE CONDITIONS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA MEDICAL CENTER, 2004-2007. A Gulati, FA MohAMmed and MI Arrieta, Mobile, AL. University of South AlabAMa
85	PRENATAL CARE UTILIZATION IN RURAL ECUADOR. NL Jones and RD Smalligan, Johnson City, TN. East Tennessee State University (SAFMR/SSCI Student Research Award Winner)
86	CLINICAL AND MEDICAL COST OUTCOMES OF DIABETES EDUCATION SERVICE IN SPECIALIZED COMMUNITY PHARMACY. SM Rashed, S Goldstien and J Wang, Memphis, TN. University of Tennessee Health Science Center (SSPR)
87	IMMUNIZATION PROCEDURES IN PEDIATRIC PRACTICES: A STUDY FROM THE SOUTH CAROLINA PEDIATRIC PRACTICE RESEARCH NETWORK (SCPPRN). JR Roberts, KD Freeland, JT McElligot, E O'Brien and PM Darden, Charleston, SC. Medical University of South Carolina (APA)
88	EFFICIENT USE OF PEDIATRIC EMERGENCY ROOMS. K Sudheimer, S Shah and J Roberts, Charleston, SC. Medical University of South Carolina
Hematology and Oncology
89	CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS OF A PANCOAST TUMOR. SJ Ayirookuzhi and GM Mills, Shreveport, LA. Louisiana State University Health Science Center
90	UNUSUAL PRESENTATION OF NEUROBLASTOMA IN THE VAGINAL WALL IN A 2 YEAR OLD CHILD. R BAMba, E Manci, T Standley and A Rao, Mobile, AL. University of South AlabAMa
91	MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION OF A DERMOID CYST OF THE OVARY: A CASE REPORT AND REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE. S Bostick, S Elkins and B Craft, Jackson, MS. University of Mississippi Medical Center (SSCI)
92	A CASE REPORT OF HEPARIN INDUCED THROMBOCYTOPENIA AND COLON CANCER. TT Buck and M Choi, Jackson, MS. University of Mississippi Medical Center (SSCI)
93	HEPATIC ADENOMA OF THE LIVER DEVELOPING AFTER CHEMOTHERAPY IN A CHILD WITH HIGH GRADE GLIOMA. S Chandra, E Manci, M DurhAM and A Rao, Mobile, AL and Atlanta, GA. University of South AlabAMa
94	CYCLOSPORINE INDUCED DIABETES MELLITUS IN A PATIENT WITH APLASTIC ANEMIA - A CASE REPORT. VR DAMerla, P SurAMpudi and H Safah, New Orleans, LA. Tulane University Medical Center (SSCI)
95	HODGKIN'S LYMPHOMA PRESENTING AS HEMATURIA. V Dembla, S Elkins and J Files, Jackson, MS. University of Mississippi Medical Center (SAFMR)
96	RETROSPECTIVE REVIEW OF ADJUVANT TREATMENT OF ADVANCED RENAL CELL CARCINOMA WITH ORAL TYROSINE KINASE INHIBITORS. J Frost and RD HAMilton, Jackson, MS. University of Mississippi Medical Center (SSCI)
97	ORBITAL METASTASIS FROM PROSTATE CANCER. N Koshy and A Mathew, Shreveport, LA. Feist Weiller Cancer Center
98	SPLENIC SEQUESTRATION IN AN ADULT WITH HBSS. N Koshy and A Mathew, Shreveport, LA. Feist Weiller Cancer Center Abstract 130
99	PERIPHERAL T-CELL LYMPHOMA (PTCL) IN A PEDIATRIC PATIENT WITH MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROME (MDS) . CA Morrison, M Luquette and L Yu, New Orleans, LA. Louisiana State University, Children's Hospital 26
100	AN UNUSUAL CASE OF PELVIC PLASMACYTOMA IN A PATIENT POST AUTOLOGOUS TRANSPLANT FOR MULTIPLE MYELOMA AND PLASMACYTOMA OF JAW AND SPINE. S Radhi, N D'Cunha and E Cobos, Lubbock, TX. Texas Tech University/Lubbock
101	AN UNUSUAL PRESENTATION OF SMALL CELL CARCINOMA OF THE LUNG. E Rickman, K Holt and J Stewart, Jackson, MS. University of Mississippi Medical Center (SAFMR)
102	HEPATIC SEQUESTRATION AND ELEVATED CA 19-9 IN A PATIENT WITH SICKLE CELL ANEMIA. ST Sarva, C Paba and RU Osarogiagbon, Memphis, TN. University of Tennessee Health Science Center
103	OVARIAN CANCER IN A MAN? AL Sumrall, L Puneky, S Bigler, S Elkins and T Thigpen, Jackson, MS. University of Mississippi Medical Center (SSCI)
Infectious Diseases, HIV, and AIDS
104	CHRONIC CANDIDA AND CRYPTOCOCCAL MENINGITIS IN HIV POSITIVE PATIENT. DF Hansen, H Alshayeb, Z Sharif, F Abu Alrub, B Abbasi, S Zaidi and SN Haider, Memphis, TN. University of Tennessee - Memphis
105	INCOMPLETE KAWASAKI DISEASE WITH REACTIVATION OF A BCG INOCULATION SITE. M Hollister, J Bocchini and Y Abe, Shreveport, LA. Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center
106	EMERGENCE OF LINEZOLID-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCCUS AUREUS IN CYSTIC FIBROSIS. A Inman, N Harik, T Beavers-May and H Maples, Little Rock, AR. University of Arkansas Medical Sciences College of Pharmacy
107	PRIMARY AMEBIC MENINGOENCEPHALITIS - A CASE REPORT IN THE SOUTH. JL Kennedy, SM Schexnayder, M Moss, M Tailounie, L Ortmann, J Byrnes and SH Stovall, Little Rock, AR. Arkansas Children's Hospital/University of Arkansas for
Medical Sciences
108	CHLAMYDIA PNEUMONIAE INFECTIVE ENDOCARDITIS. A Lacasse, R Odero and MS Gelfand, Memphis, TN. University of Tennessee Health Science Center Memphis
109	PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA SKULL BASE OSTEOMYELITIS WITHOUT OTITIS EXTERNA. A Lacasse, R Odero and MS Gelfand, Memphis, TN. University of Tennessee Health Science Center Memphis
110	PANCYTOPENIA AND AIDS: DISSEMINATED HISTOPLASMOSIS IN DISGUISE. CL Moll and R Johnson, New Orleans, LA. Louisiana State University Health Science Center
111	STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE ENDOCARDITIS IN AN INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSER. TA Nguyen and J Shellito, New Orleans, LA. Louisiana State University School of Medicine
112	PULMONARY HISTOPLASMOSIS IN A HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANT PATIENT. R Odero, K Cleveland and A Lacasse, Memphis, TN. University of Tennessee Abstract 144
113	BILATERAL, SYMMETRICAL HEMATOGENOUS OSTEOMYELITIS IN TWO PATIENTS. BM StathAM, L Hodges and F BeachAM, Shreveport, LA. Louisiana State University Health Science Center
114	VITAMIN D AS ADJUNCTIVE THERAPY IN REFRACTORY PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS. AV YAMshchikov, A Oladele, M Leonard and V Tangpricha, Atlanta and Decatur, GA. Emory University School of Medicine (SAFMR)
Medical Education and Medical Ethics
115	INSTRUCTOR DIRECTED LEARNING OF RHEUMATOLOGY IS SUPERIOR TO STUDENT SELF STUDY. PF Bass, SM Berney, C Mitchell, A Sittig and R Arora, Shreveport, LA and Colorado 28 Springs, CO. Louisiana State University Health Science Center - Shreveport (SAFMR)
116	ASSESSING RESIDENT KNOWLEDGE OF INJURY PREVENTION IN CHILDREN. TC Davis, M Nichols and K Monroe, BirminghAM, AL. University of AlabAMa
117	NOVEL PROFESSIONALISM CURRICULUM FOR A PEDIATRIC RESIDENCY PROGRAM. R Dawkins and S Fogarasi, New Orleans, LA. Louisiana State University (APA)
118	PEDIATRIC JUNIOR CLERKSHIP STUDENTS: DO THEY DO WHAT THEY DOCUMENT? DO THEY DOCUMENT WHAT THEY DO? A FOLLOW-UP REPORT. N Humphries, M Broussard and PF Bass, Shreveport, LA. Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center
119	PEDIATRIC PATIENTS ON CHRONIC HOME MEDICATIONS: HOW FREQUENTLY ARE CHRONIC HOME MEDICATIONS CORRECTLY IDENTIFIED AND ORDERED BY ADMITTING HOUSE OFFICERS IN A TEACHING HOSPITAL? A FOLLOW-UP REPORT. JL LeBlanc, K Green, M Broussard and PF Bass, Shreveport, LA. Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center
120	EVALUATING THE EFFECT OF AN INTENSE ORIENTATION SESSION ON RESIDENT ATTITUDES TOWARD CONTINUITY CLINIC TRAINING. SR Meenrajan, A Ketty, O Petrucelli and S Nahman, Jacksonville, FL. University of Florida
121	IMPLEMENTING A MENTORING PROGRAM IN A PEDIATRIC RESIDENCY. SH Mennito and JR Reigart, Charleston, SC. Medical University of South Carolina (APA)
122	ENHANCEMENTS TO THE EDUCATIONAL FORMAT OF PEDIATRIC MORNING REPORT AT THE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA (MUSC). S Pasala, D Mills and L Cousineau, Charleston, SC. Medical University of South Carolina
123	ROLE OF AN INTERDEPARTMENTAL TEACHING SEMINAR TO FACILITATE COMMUNICATION AND CLINICAL UNDERSTANDING IN PGY-1 RESIDENTS. OM Petrucelli, T Morrissey, S Meenrajan, V SeerAM, Z Goldman, C Dave and NS Nahman, Jacksonville, FL. University of Florida Nahman, Jacksonville, FL. University of Florida
124	DECISIONALLY IMPAIRED PATIENTS AS RESEARCH SUBJECTS: ETHICAL, LEGAL & SOCIAL IMPLICATIONS OF SURROGATE CONSENT. TH Stone, Tyler, TX. University of Texas Health Science Center (SAFMR)
Pediatric Clinical Case
125	ATP BINDING CASSETTE TRANSPORTER A3 (ABCA3) MUTATION AS A CONSIDERATION IN TERM RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME (RDS). L Barbiero and S Buchter, Atlanta, GA. Emory University (SSPR)
126	UNUSUAL CAUSE OF SUBDURAL EMPYEMA IN AN ADOLESCENT. K BradhAM and RA Connelly, Mobile, AL. University of South AlabAMa
127	DELUSIONS OF PARASITOSIS IN CHILDREN: A CASE REPORT AND REVIEW OF ETIOLOGY-BASED MANAGEMENT OPTIONS. JC Carlson, JM El-Dahr and MB Feibelman, New Orleans, LA. Tulane University
128	DIFFICULITIES IN DIAGNOSIS IN NOVERBAL, NONAMBULATORY CEREBRAL PALSY PATIENTS. TN Cauley and K Savells, Mobile, AL. University of South AlabAMa
129	DELETION OF CHROMASOME 22 WITH NEURONAL MIGRATIONAL DEFECT. CM Cottrill and S Green, Lexington, KY. University of Kentucky Abstract 161
130	CASE REPORT: A 17-YEAR-OLD MALE WITH PSEUDOTUMOR CEREBRI SECONDARY TO PERFORMANCE-ENHANCING STEROIDS TRIGGERING VENOUS THROMBOSIS IN THE BRAIN. AD DeSena and S Weimer, New Orleans, LA. Tulane University Hospital and Clinic
131	PROGRESSIVE ALTERED MENTAL STATUS. TM Galey and J Tilelli, BirminghAM, AL and Orlando, FL. University of AlabAMa at BirminghAM (SSPR)
132	DISSEMINATED BARTONELLA HENSALAE INFECTION PRESENTING AS HISTIOCYTOSIS X. E Grezaffi and B Estrada, Mobile, AL. University of South AlabAMa Grezaffi and B Estrada, Mobile, AL. University of South AlabAMa
133	SNORING AS A SIGN OF HEREDITARY ANGIOEDEMA. SE Joiner and B Estrada, Mobile, AL. University of South AlabAMa
134	SCIMITAR SYNDROME MASQUERADING AS LATE-ONSET PPHN IN A NEWBORN. H Mitchell, A Kirkpatrick, R Toms, R Romp, M Law and J Philips, BirminghAM, AL. University of AlabAMa at BirminghAM
135	“MY GENTLE GIANT”: GORLIN-GOTZ SYNDROME. CL Moll and G Yandle, New Orleans, LA. Louisiana State University Health Science Center
136	A TYPICAL HEADACHE IN AN ATYPICAL TUMOR. CL Moll and G Yandle, New Orleans, LA. Louisiana State University Health Science Center
137	FAVORABLE OUTCOME IN PEDIATRIC VICTIM OF BIHEMISPHERIC GUNSHOT TO THE BRAIN. J Niebauer, A Brooks and P Prabhakaran, BirminghAM, AL. University of AlabAMa at BirminghAM
138	THE TIP OF AN ICEBERG - EPIPHYSEAL OSTEOMYELITIS IN A TODDLER. R Philip, RD Smalligan and G BalasubrahmanyAM, Johnson City, TN. East Tennessee State University
139	FECOTHORAX, MECONIUM ILEUS-A CASE REVIEW. A RAMachandrappa and J Moore, Atlanta, GA. Emory University
140	TRANSFUSION RELATED ACUTE LUNG INJURY: CASE REPORT AND REVIEW. C Ranallo, D Becton, A Mian and D Blackall, Little Rock, AR. University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (SSPR)
141	BILATERAL CHYLOTHORACES IN A NEWBORN: A CONSEQUENCE OF ENTEROVIRAL INFECTION? D Reeves, X Garcia, S Schexnayder and S Jones, Little Rock, AR. University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences 31
142	EMPHYSEMATOUS CYSTITIS AND PYELONEPHRITIS IN AN INFANT. L Rhodes, S Quinney, R Toms and J Philips, BirminghAM, AL. University of AlabAMa at BirminghAM
143	FULMINATE NEONATAL CARDIORESPIRATORY COLLAPSE CAUSED BY COXSACKIEVIRUS B1 MYOCARDITIS. L Wall, L Tran, J Surcouf, A Sanzone, D Albrecht and R Craver, New Orleans, LA. Children's Hospital
144	OTITIS MEDIA GONE AWRY - LATERAL SINUS THROMBOSIS IN ACUTE OTOMASTOIDITIS. T Yohannan, G BalasubrahmanyAM and RD Smalligan, Johnson City, TN. East Tennessee State University Perinatal Medicine
Perinatal Medicine
145	A SPECTRUM OF PHENOTYPICAL EXPRESSION OF NEU-LAXOVA SYNDROME: THREE CASE REPORTS AND A REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE. W Coto-Puckett, E Gilbert-Barness, H Robinson, T Stuart and B Shehata, Atlanta, GA; TAMpa, FL and Akron, OH. Emory University
146	NEONATAL PAIN ASSOCIATED WITH CHEST TUBES: THE NEO-PACT STUDY. D Dannaway and A Aguirre, Oklahoma City, OK. Oklahoma University Health Sciences Center
147	HEAVY METALS IN BLOOD TRANSFUSIONS IN EXTREMELY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT INFANTS. M ElAbiad, Memphis, TN. University of Tennessee
148	DIFFERENCES IN PROPORTION OF DEATHS DURING WEEK DAYS VS. WEEKEND DAYS IN VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT INFANTS. M ElAbiad, A Talati and R Dhanireddy, Memphis, TN. University of Tennessee Health Science Center
149	OPIOID-DEPENDENT NEONATAL ICU PATIENTS: TAPERING WITH METHADONE. MA Gervase, AL Potts and BS Carter, DurhAM, NC and Nashville, TN. Duke University 32 Medical Center
150	COMPARISON OF A LARGE ENTEROCOLITIS CLUSTER TO NEC CASES FROM OUR LEVEL III REGIONAL NICU DATABASE REVEALS THAT NEC COMMONLY PRESENTS WITHIN LYMPHOCYTOSIS-ASSOCIATED CLUSTERS. PV Gordon, S Thibeau, C Pennier, H Ginsberg, V Lunyong and M Cortez, New Orleans, LA. Ochsner Clinic
151	USE OF PULSE OXIMETRY AS A SCREENING TOOL TO DETECT CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE IN ASYMPTOMATIC NEWBORNS. B Harden, T Wall, W Johnson and R Schelonka, BirminghAM, AL. University of AlabAMa at BirminghAM (SSPR)
152	WHAT'S WRONG WITH THIS BABY'S LIVER.... JC Hisey and A Gong, San Antonio, TX. University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio
153	FIRST DAY FATAL POMPE DISEASE . AC Mullins, LD Young-Gaylor and DR Shanklin, Memphis, TN. University of Tennessee, Memphis
154	CASE REPORT OF 17Q23.2 DELETION: A NEWBORN WITH SEVERE HYPOXEMIA. RM Patel and WR Sexson, Atlanta, GA. Emory University School of Medicine
155	SWALLOW-BREATH INTERACTIONS DURING NONNUTRITIVE SUCK AMONG LOW-RISK PRETERM INFANTS AND INFANTS WITH BRONCHOPULMONARY DYSPLASIA. E Reynolds, D Grider, R Charnigo, P Vijaygopal and A Patwardhan, Lexington, KY. University of Kentucky (SSPR)
156	THE EFFECTIVENESS OF NEONATAL RESUSCITATION PROGRAM (SPANISH VERSION) IN THE NEONATAL OUTCOME IN A LEVEL III NEONATAL INTENSIVE CARE UNIT IN PUERTO RICO. A Rivera, J Rivera, I Garcia, L Garcia and M Valcarcel, San Juan, PR. University of Puerto Rico, Medical Science CAMpus
157	PRETERM EXPOSURE PATTERN ALTERS IMMUNOLOGICAL PATTERN, AN INTERIM ANALYSIS; PRELIMINARY DATA. DS Shah, S Nandakumar, G BalasubrahmanyAM, S Chilakala, M DeVoe and U Kumaraguru, Johnson City, TN. East Tennessee State University S Shah, S Nandakumar, G BalasubrahmanyAM, S Chilakala, M DeVoe and U Kumaraguru, Johnson City, TN. East Tennessee State University
158	“WRAPPING INTERVENTION VS. MATTRESS FOR PREVENTION OF HYPOTHERMIA STUDY” - WIMPY STUDY. PL Simon, D Dannaway, L Krous, A Wlodaver, B Burks, C Thi, J MilAM and M Escobedo, Oklahoma City, OK. Oklahoma University Health Sciences Center (SSPR/APA Trainee Travel Award Winner)
159	“COATED-PLATELETS IN NEONATES”. P Simon, G Dale and K Saxena, Oklahoma City, OK. Oklahoma University Health Sciences Center
160	VEIN OF GALEN MALFORMATION PRESENTING AS PERSISTENT PULMONARY HYPERTENSION: CASE REPORT. J Surcouf, L Tran, J Ferry, B Barkemeyer and D Rivera, New Orleans, LA. Louisiana State University Health Science Center
161	MULTIPLE CONGENITAL ANOMALIES IN AN INFANT OF AN OBESE DIABETIC MOTHER: CASE REPORT. L Tran, J Surcouf, J Ferry and S Olister, New Orleans, LA. Louisiana State University Health Science Center
162	SPECTRAL ANALYSIS OF SUCK AND SWALLOW RHYTHMS DURING INFANT FEEDING. P Vijaygopal, A Patwardhan and E Reynolds, Lexington, KY. University of Kentucky
163	CLINICAL POTENTIAL OF FETAL NEOPLASMS. LD Young-Gaylor, AC Mullins and DR Shanklin, Memphis, TN. University of Tennessee, Memphis
Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
164	SOLUBLE CD40 LIGAND EFFECTS ON PULMONARY MICROVASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL CELL PROLIFERATION AND BARRIER INTEGRITY. J Baker and T Moore, Mobile, AL. University of South AlabAMa College of Medicine (SAFMR/SSCI Student Research Award Winner) Abstract 196
165	ROSIGLITAZONE ATTENUATES CHRONIC HYPOXIA-INDUCED PULMONARY HYPERTENSION AND LOWERS LUNG ENDOTHELIN-1 IN 34 MICE. A Gluzman, D Kleinhenz and C Hart, Atlanta, GA. Emory University
166	VIRAL STUDIES ON BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID. D Guerra, R Alalawi, R Raj and K Nugent, Lubbock, TX. Texas Tech University
167	SLEEP AND IMMUNITY: RELATIONSHIP OF LYMPHOCYTES AND APNEA HYPOPNEA INDEX. D Kadaria, LC Murillo, JC Yataco, JF Avecillas and AX Freire, Memphis, TN. University of Tennessee Health Science Center
168	CUFF-LEAK TEST: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW AND META-ANALYSIS OF CASE SERIES. Z Mulkey, D Guerra, C Jumper and K Nugent, Lubbock, TX. Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (SSCI)
169	MANAGEMENT OF BRONCHIOLITIS IN A PEDIATRIC EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT: A COMPARISON TO NATIONAL GUIDELINES. C Pruitt, K Monroe and W King, BirminghAM, AL. University of AlabAMa at BirminghAM (SSPR/APA Trainee Travel Award Winner) (SSPR)
170	CAN TONOMETRIC INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE MEASUREMENT IN CHILDREN WITH HEAD TRAUMA REPLACE THE NEED FOR INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE MONITORING? T Spentzas, J Henricksen, A Patters and E Chaum, Memphis, TN. University of Tennessee (SSPR) Abstract 202
171	ASSESSING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF HIGH-FLOW NASAL CANNULA IN CHILDREN WITH RESPIRATORY DISTRESS VIA THE COMFORT AND RESPIRATORY DISTRESS CLINICAL SCALES. IS GENERATION OF POSITIVE NASOPHARYNGEAL PRESSURE THE MECHANISM OF ACTION? T Spentzas, M Minarik, A Patters, B Vinson and G StidhAM, Memphis, TN. University of Tennessee (SSPR)
172	AMIODARONE INDUCED LOCULATED PLEURAL EFFUSION: CASE REPORT AND REVIEW OF LITERATURE. PV Uong, K Nugent, R Alalawi and R Raj, Lubbock, TX. Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center Lubbock
173	ROSIGLITAZONE ATTENUTATES HIF 1a UP-REGULATION IN HYPOXIA EXPOSED HUMAN PULMONARY ARTERY SMOOTH MUSCLE CELLS. HM Ward, A Gluzman, J Bland, D Kleinhenz and CM Hart, Atlanta, GA. Emory University (SAFMR)
174	ENDOBRONCHIAL EXTENSION OF ASPERGILLOMA. SJ Zaidi, A ElgAMal and AX Freire, Memphis, TN. University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis (SAFMR)
Renal, Electrolyte and Hypertension
175	MULTIPLE MYELOMA ASSOCIATED HYPERCALCEMIA: AN UNUSUAL CAUSE OF MILK ALKALI SYNDROME. HM Alshayeb, V Patel, T Mangold and BM Wall, Memphis, TN. University of Tennessee- Memphis
176	COMPARISON OF CLINICAL OUTCOMES IN AN AMERICAN AND EUROPEAN DIALYSIS UNIT. B Bean, M Zsom, S LAM, D Schmidt, L Zsom and C Wells, Jackson, MS and Baja, Hungary. University of Mississippi Medical Center (SSCI Nephrology Young Investigator Scholar Award Winner) (SSCI)
177	VARIABILITY OF INDIVIDUAL URINE PROTEINS ASSOCIATED WITH BLOOD PRESSURE AND MEDICATIONS DIFFERENCES IN DIABETIC NEPHROPATHY. M Mataria, A Bland, M Janech, E Lewis and J Arthur, Charleston, SC. Medical University of South Carolina (SSCI Nephrology Young Investigator Scholar Award Winner)
178	PROTEINURIA THE “TIP OF THE ICEBERG”: A CRITICAL FINDING IN HIV ASSOCIATED NEPHROPATHY. CL Moll and L Sicinschi, New Orleans, LA. Louisiana State University Health Science Center
179	PLASMA HOMOCYSTEINE IS ADERSELY ASSOCIATED WITH GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE IN BLACK AND WHITE YOUNG ADULTS: THE BOGALUSA HEART STUDY. L Ruan, W Chen, SR Srinivasan, J Xu, A Toprak and GS Berenson, New Orleans, LA and Xi'an, China. Tulane University Health Sciences Center
180	RENAL FAILURE DUE TO LEUKEMIC INFILTRATION IN CHRONIC LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA: A CASE REPORT. Z Soltani, Av Jack, MM Bouyarden and SA Morse, New Orleans, LA. Louisiana State University
181	DELAYED RENAL GRAFT FUNCTION DUE TO RECURRENT FSGS. C Straatmann, S Florman and V Vehaskari, New Orleans, LA. Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center
CLUBS THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 2009 SOUTHERN GUT CLUB DINNER SYMPOSIUM AND SAFMR GI SCHOLARS PROGRAM Poydras – Third Floor 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM Richard McCallum and Shanthi SitarAMan, Presiding
7:05	OPENING REMARKS Richard McCallum, University of Kansas Medical Center
7:10	INTRODUCTION OF THE GI SCHOLARS PROGRAM & PRESENTATION BY THE AWARDEES Shanthi SitarAMan, Emory University GI Scholar Awardees Narina Baburyan, University of Tennessee Health Science Center Risa Cohen, University of Florida Nader Dbouk, Emory University School of Medicine Ekta Gupta, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Reza Hejazi, Kansas University Medical Center Jason McNeese, University of Mississippi Medical Center Kaitlin Occhipinti, University of South AlabAMa Sonali Sakaria, Emory University Ankur Sheth, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Arianne Theiss, Emory University Jane-Claire WilliAMs, University of Mississippi Medical Center
NEW HORIZON'S IN GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX DISEASE Robert Bulat and JAMes Smith, Presiding
8:30	GI REFLUX IN CHILDREN ONLY INCREASING. Paul Hyman, Louisiana State University
8:50	THE NON-RESPONDER TO STANDARD MEDICAL THERAPY: NEW DATA ON PH AND IMPEDANCE. Ronnie Fass, University of Arizona
9:15	IS IT TIME FOR A NEW SURGICAL APPROACH? Richard McCallum, University of Kansas Medical Center
9:35	DISCUSSION
10:00	ADJOURN
SOUTHERN BLOOD CLUB Pelican I – Third Floor 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM IRON UPTAKE: NEW PLAYERS IN THE NEW MILLENNIUM Jonathan Glass, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center – Shreveport The Southern Blood Club gratefully acknowledges a generous donation in support of this progrAM. “In Memory of a Member’s Parents”
SOUTHERN LUNG CLUB Pelican II - Third Floor 7:00 – 9:00 PM SOLUBLE CD40 LIGAND IS A NOVEL REGULATOR OF PULMONARY MICROVASCULAR BARRIER FUNCTION. Tim Moore, Center for Lung Biology, University of South AlabAMa HISTONE DEACETYLASE 6 IN LUNG CANCER. Bin Shan, Tulane University Health Sciences Center SOUTHERN RENAL CLUB Les Continents – Second Floor 7:00 – 9:00 PM REGULATION OF ION TRANSPORT FROM THE LUMEN L. Lee HAMm, Tulane University Health Sciences Center SOUTHERN CHAIRS MEETING Pelican II – Third Floor 7:00 AM - 8:00 PM Friday February 13,2009
PLENARY SESSION SOUTHERN SOCIETY FOR CLINICAL INVESTIGATION AND SOUTHERN SECTION – AMERICAN FEDERATION FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH LaSalle A Ballroom – Third Floor 8:00 AM – 12:15 PM Friday, February 13, 2009 Bruce C. Kone, John Arthur, Jim Oates and Diane KAMen, Presiding
SSCI PRESIDENT ADDRESS
8:00 Bruce C. Kone, University of Florida
SSCI BUSINESS MEETING/AJMS REPORT
8:15 Jim Oates and David Ploth
TINSLEY HARRISON AWARD
8:25	CONTINUED SMOKING EXACERBATES BUT CESSATION AMELIORATES PROGRESSION OF EARLY TYPE 2 DIABETIC NEPHROPATHY Kantima Phisitkul, Texas Tech University Health Science Center
8:30	SAFMR/SSCI TRAINEE TRAVEL AWARDS SSCI PRESIDENTIAL SYMPOSIUM THE IMPACT OF GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGES ON HEALTH AND DISEASE
8:50	CLIMATE CHANGE AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES: A STORY OF VIBRIOS AND VECTORS? J. Glenn Morris, Jr., University of Florida
9:30	BREAK
9:45	CLIMATE CHANGE: THE PUBLIC HEALTH RESPONSE Michael A. McGeehin, National Center for Environmental Health, Centers for Disease Control
SSCI YOUNG INVESTIGATOR AWARDS
10:25	First Place Jun Li, University of AlabAMa at BirminghAM ANTI-HUMAN DEATH RECEPTOR 5 INDUCED APOPTOSIS IN MOUSE CELL LINES BY A NOVEL HUMAN-MOUSE CHIMERIC MOLECULE. Abstract 214 Second Place Faisal Ahmad, Emory University PEPSIN IN GASTRIC FLUID PROMOTES EPITHELIAL MESENCHYMAL TRANSFORMATION: IMPLICATIONS FOR UNDERSTANDING THE ROLE OF REFLUX IN PULMONARY FIBROSIS. Abstract 215 Third Place AMit Varma, Virginia Commonwealth University ENDOGENOUS INTERLEUKIN-1 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST PROTECTS AGAINST APOPTOSIS & CARDIAC REMODELING AFTER ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION. Abstract 216
10:35	SAFMR/SSCI YOUNG FACULTY AWARD Diane KAMen, Medical University of South Carolina
	SSCI FOUNDERS’ MEDAL
10:40	Presenter: Christopher Marino, University of Tennessee, Memphis
10:55	Recipient: Richard M. McCallum, University of Kansas Medical Center
11:00	BREAK
11:10	SAFMR/SSCI FACULTY RESEARCH AWARDEE PRESENTATION DIRECT PHARMACOLOGIC INHIBITION OF MYELOID DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR-88 AS A NOVEL THERAPEUTIC TARGET AFTER ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION. BW Van Tassell, FN Salloum, A Varma, NN Hoke and A Abbate, Richmond, VA. Virginia Commonwealth University Abstract 217
11:25	SAFMR/SSCI TRAINEE RESEARCH AWARDEE PRESENTATION PARATHYROIDECTOMY DECREASES SYSTOLIC AND DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE IN HYPERTENSIVE PATIENTS. AS Heyliger, J Sharma, C Weber and V Tangpricha, Atlanta, GA. Emory University Abstract 218
11:40	SAFMR/SSCI STUDENT RESEARCH AWARDS Diane KAMen, Medical University of South Carolina
11:50	SAFMR PRESIDENT ADDRESS John Arthur, Medical University of South Carolina
11:55	SAFMR BUSINESS Diane KAMen, Medical University of South Carolina
12:05	PUBLIC POLICY ADDRESS Sharma Prabhakar, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
12:10	PRESIDENTIAL AWARD PRESENTATION John Arthur, Medical, University of South Carolina and Vin Tangpricha, Emory University
SAFMR/SSCI TRAINEE RESEARCH AWARDS Carlos Acuna, University of Tennessee Health Science Center Sheharyar Ali, University of Tennessee Health Science Center Bashir Atteia, Tulane University Darpan Bansal, Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare Administration, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences David Battin, University of Tennessee Health Science Center George Blair, University of Mississippi Medical Center Cihan Cevik, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center Lionel Clement, University of AlabAMa at BirminghAM Carter Co, Emory University Rodney Daniel, Medical University of South Carolina Brian Davis, Medical University of South Carolina Prajwal Deshmukh, University of Tennessee Health Science Center Joseph Etienne, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Malay Gandhi, University of Tennessee Health Science Center Alexander Gluzman, Emory University Aidar Gosmanov, Emory University School of Medicine Kelly Green, University of Tennessee Health Science Center Fadi Hage, University of AlabAMa at BirminghAM Aliya Heyliger, Emory University Oscar Iznaola, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center German KAMalov, University of Tennessee Health Science Center Prerna Kumar, Tulane University Health Sciences Center and School of Medicine Jennie Law, Emory University School of Medicine Cara Litvin, Medical University of South Carolina Tran Ly, University of Mississippi Health Care Kathryn McMullan, University of Mississippi Medical Center Ashish Mehta, Atlanta VA and Emory University Bich-Thy Ngo, Texas Tech University-Health Science Center Scott Oberhoff, Tulane University Farrukh Pasha, University of Mississippi David Quintero, Atlanta VA and Emory University Roneka Ravenell, Medical University of South Carolina Laleh Razavi, University of Tennessee Health Science Center Jo Reed, University of Mississippi SanghAMitra Sadhu, University of MiAMi Miller School of Medicine, Jackson Memorial Hospital AManda Salanitro, BirminghAM VA Medical Center, University of AlabAMa at BirminghAM Xin Shi, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Marshall Shook, University of Tennessee Health Science Center Brandy StathAM, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center C. Blair Stowe, Medical University of South Carolina Helen Ward, Emory University, Atlanta VA Medical Center Anthony Whitted, University of Tennessee Health Science Center Mingyuan Wu, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center Ayhan Zia, University of Tennessee Health Science Center SAFMR/SSCI STUDENT RESEARCH AWARDS Jeffrey Baker, University of South AlabAMa College of Medicine Carissa Beatty, Emory University Rahul Bhakta, University of Mississippi Medical Center Mary Bocchini, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center - Shreveport Timothy Brown, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Kelly Combs, University of Kentucky Margaret DisselkAMp, University of Kentucky Shola Gates, Medical University of South Carolina Sarah HAMmond, University of Tennessee Robert Humble, University of Mississippi Medical Center Nathan Jones, East Tennessee State University Saiqa Khan, UT Southwestern Jason Lucas, University of AlabAMa at BirminghAM Christopher Maroules, UT Southwestern Medical Center Ahmad Mashmoushi, Medical University of South Carolina Glenda Montague, University of Mississippi Danielle Moye, UT Southwestern Medical Center Jennifer Olges, University of Kentucky Trey PegrAM, University of Tennessee Health Science Center WilliAM Reed, University of Tennessee Health Science Center Tyler Richard, University of South AlabAMa College of Medicine Laura Semprun-Prieto, Tulane University Kanwar Singh, UT Southwestern Oliver Sum-Ping, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas VA Medical Center Joshua Swan, University of Mississippi Health Care AdAM Weinberg, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center David Zhang, UT Southwestern
PLENARY SESSION SOUTHERN SOCIETY FOR PEDIATRIC RESEARCH LaSalle BC – Third Floor 8:00 AP – 12:00 PM Friday, February 13, 2009 Ajay Talati, Presiding
SSPR CLINICAL SCIENCE YOUNG INVESTIGATOR AWARD FINALISTS Judges: Marilyn Escobedo, BenjAMin Estrada, and Eric Reynolds
8:00	NIRS USED AS A TOOL TO EVALUATE SPLANCHNIC PERFUSION IN PRETERM INFANTS WITH NEC. J Moore, S Roark and T Nasr, Atlanta, GA and Phoenix, AZ. Emory University (SSPR) Abstract 219
8:15	EARLY USE OF AMINO TERMINAL PRO B-TYPE NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE IN DIAGNOSIS OF PATENT DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS IN VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT INFANTS. JK StAMps, V Joshi, G Wetzel, R Kudumula and A Talati, Memphis, TN. University of Tennessee Abstract 220
8:30	CORRELATION OF BRAIN TISSUE OXYGENATION WITH CEREBRAL NIRS AND SYSTEMIC SVO2 DURING VA ECMO IN A PORCINE MODEL. K Tyree, MM Tyree and R DiGeronimo, San Antonio, TX. Wilford Hall Medical Center Abstract 221 SSPR BASIC SCIENCE YOUNG INVESTIGATOR AWARD FINALISTS Judges: David Oelberg, AMir Khan, and Jay Kerecman
8:45	THE ONTOGENY OF INSULIN SIGNALING IN THE PREMATURE BABOON MODEL. C Blanco, R DeFronzo and N Musi, San Antonio, TX. University of Texas Health Science Center Abstract 222
9:00	ECMO-RELATED SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE IS ASSOCIATED WITH ENTEROCYTE INJURY AND INCREASED CIRCULATING BACTERIAL PRODUCTS. A Kurundkar, J Timpa, B McIlwain, C Killingsworth and A Maheshwari, BirminghAM, AL. University of AlabAMa at BirminghAM Abstract 223
9:15	REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES ARE INTEGRAL IN EPITHELIALMESENCHYMAL TRANSITION OF ALVEOLAR EPITHELIAL CELLS. S Vyas-Read, T Gauthier and L Brown, Atlanta, GA. Emory University Abstract 224 9:30 SSPR BUSINESS MEETING
10:15	SSPR FOUNDER’S AWARD PRESENTATION AND ADDRESS 2009 Recipient: Marilyn Escobedo, University of Oklahoma
10:45	ROSS PEDIATRIC EDUCATOR AWARD PRESENTATION 2009 Recipient: Jon Tyson, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
11:00	PRESENTATION OF SSPR YOUNG INVESTIGATOR AWARDS, INTRODUCTION OF NEW SSPR OFFICERS, AND RECOGNITION OF SSPR TRAINEE TRAVEL AWARD RECIPIENTS
11:15	BREAK
11:30	PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS
2009 SSPR YOUNG FACULTY AWARD RECIPIENTS Judges: David Oelberg, Ajay Talati, and Steven Seidner Donna Halloran, Saint Louis University Dennis Kuo, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Akhil Maheshwari, University of AlabAMa at BirminghAM Anna-Kathryn Rye, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Thitinart Sithisarn, University of Kentucky Andrea Willeitner, Oklahoma University Health Sciences Center 2009 SSPR/APA TRAINEE TRAVEL AWARD RECIPIENTS Judges: David Oelberg, Ajay Talati, and Steven Seidner Arebu Abdu, College of Medicine University of Kentucky Anas Bitar, Tulane University School of Medicine Pinar Bulut, Tulane University School of Medicine Kiesha Cooper, Spelman College AdAM Edwards, University of AlabAMa at BirminghAM Meredith Hitch, University of Louisville Venkat Kakkilaya, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Dorothy Kakoola, University of Tennessee Health Science Center Ranjitha Katikaneni, Ochsner Clinic Foundation John Kelleher, University of AlabAMa at BirminghAM Tae-Yoon Kim, University of AlabAMa at BirminghAM Ravi Kudumula, University of Tennessee Health Science Center Julie Mirpuri, Emory University Sowmya Mohan, Emory University Corey Montgomery, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences College of Medicine Tomas Murillo, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences College of Medicine Jessica Nichols, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences College of Medicine Madhusudhan Pabbathi, University of Tennessee Health Science Center Christopher Pruitt, University of AlabAMa at BirminghAM Parker Simon, Oklahoma University Health Sciences Center Philip Tatum, University of AlabAMa at BirminghAM Christopher Thrash, University of AlabAMa-BirminghAM Thomas VanBuren, Tulane University School of Medicine
WORKSHOP SESSION AMBULATORY PEDIATRIC ASSOCIATION Friday, February 13, 2009 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM Vieux Carre B – First Floor A PRACTICAL APPROACH TO END OF LIFE DISCUSSIONS: HOW TO SPEAK WHEN YOU DON’T KNOW WHAT TO SAY. Workshop Leader: Carrie M. Brown, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
SOUTHERN SOCIETY FOR CLINICAL INVESTIGATION INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY OF CARDIOVASCULAR SCIENCES NA CHAPTER JOINT SESSION I Friday, February 13, 2009 11:00 AM – 1:50 PM Cabildo – First Floor Suzanne Oparil, Presiding
STATE-OF-THE-ART LECTURES
11:00	VITAMIN D AND HEALTH IN THE 21ST CENTURY: AN UPDATE. Rebecca Costello, National Institutes of Health, Office of Dietary Supplements
11:30	VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY AND CARDIOVASCULAR RISK. Vin Tangpricha, Emory University School of Medicine
12:00	LUNCH
	YOUNG CLINICIAN SCIENTIST AWARD COMPETITION Patrice Delafontaine and Guy Reed, Presiding
12:30	C-REACTIVE PROTEIN DRIVES INFLAMMATORY MEDIATOR EXPRESSION IN ACUTE VASCULAR INJURY. F Hage, S Oparil, W Feng, D Xing, Y Zhang, M McCrory, Y Chen and A Szalai, B'hAM, AL. University of AlabAMa at BirminghAM (SAFMR/SSCI Trainee Research Award Winner) (SAFMR) Abstract 225
12:40	DISCUSSION
12:50	ZINC DYSHOMEOSTASIS IN RATS WITH CHRONIC ALDOSTERONISM. RESPONSE TO ZINC SUPPLEMENT. MS Gandhi, PA Deshmukh, G KAMalov, T Zhao, M Zhao, JR Tichy, SK Bhattacharya, RA Ahokas, Y Sun, IC Gerling and KT Weber, Memphis, TN. University of Tennessee Health Science Center (SAFMR/SSCI Trainee Research Award Winner) Abstract 226
1:00	DISCUSSION
1:10	BETA-LACTAM ALLERGY AND MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA (KOUNIS SYNDROME). C Cevik, M Ridella, S Bagdure and K Nugent, Lubbock, TX. Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (SAFMR/SSCI Trainee Research Award Winner) (SAFMR) 46 Abstract 227
1:20	DISCUSSION
1:30	DESENSITIZATION THERAPY IS ASSOCIATED WITH IMPROVED SURVIVAL TO TRANSPLANT IN SENSITIZED PATIENTS BRIDGED WITH LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE. K Singh, P Patel, C Ayers, E Seglem, C Fitzsimmons, P Kaiser, M DiMaio, S Ring, C Yancy, P MAMmen, D Meyer, M Drazner and D MarkhAM, Dallas, TX. UT Southwestern (SAFMR/SSCI Student Research Award Winner) Abstract 228
1:40	DISCUSSION
CONCURRENT SESSIONS Jointly sponsored by SOUTHERN SECTION – AMERICAN FEDERATION FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH SOUTHERN SOCIETY FOR CLINICAL INVESTIGATION SOUTHERN SOCIETY FOR PEDIATRIC RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY OF CARDIOVASCULAR SCIENCES – NA CHAPTER AMBULATORY PEDIATRIC ASSOCIATION Friday, February 13, 2009 Hotel Inter-Continental 2:00 PM – 5:00 PM Adolescent Medicine and Pediatrics....................................................................Pelican I – Third Floor Allergy, Immunology, and Rheumatology.........................................................Pelican II – Third Floor Cardiovascular I........................................................................................................Cabildo – First Floor Gastroenterology and Clinical Nutrition I...................................................Vieux Carre B – First Floor Hematology and Oncology I…......................................................................Vieux Carre A – First Floor Infectious Diseases I……………………………………………………………….…...….Les Continents Medical Education and Ethics.....................................................................................Oak – SecondFloor Perinatal Medicine I.............................................................................................LaSalle C – Third Floor Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine................................................................Pontalba – First Floor Renal, Electrolyte, and Hypertension I................................................................LaSalle B – First Floor Adolescent Medicine and Pediatrics Pelican I Charles Kantrow, Presiding
2:00	PAIN MEASUREMENT USING VIDEOTAPE REVIEW COMPARED TO PATIENT SELF-REPORT. A Turner, S Spanos, K Black, K Sikes, E Gracely and I Kim, Louisville, KY; Cincinnati, OH and Philadelphia, PA. University of Louisville
2:15	TRUST IN PEDIATRICIAN IMPROVES ANTICIPATORY GUIDANCE IN A PRIMARY CARE CLINIC. DZ Kuo and CS Minkovitz, Little Rock, AR and Baltimore, MD. University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (APA)
2:30	CALCIUM-CHANNEL BLOCKERS VS. ACE INHIBITORS FOR PEDIATRIC HYPERTENSION. TC Wall, J Beall and MR Benfield, BirminghAM, AL. University of AlabAMa at BirminghAM (APA)
2:45	CHILD HEALTH, FAMILY NEEDS, AND HEALTH CARE RESOURCE OUTCOMES OF FAMILY-CENTERED CARE FOR CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL HEALTH CARE NEEDS. DZ Kuo, TM Bird and JM Tilford, Little Rock, AR. University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (SSPR Young Faculty Award Winner) (APA)
3:00	DOES VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY LEAD TO AN INCREASE RISK OF FRACTURES, SLIPPED CAPITAL FEMORAL EPIPHYSIS, AND BLOUNT’S DISEASE IN OVERWEIGHT YOUTH? C Montgomery, K Young, M Ilyas, M Austen, C Jo and RD Blasier, Little Rock, AR. University of Arkansas (SSPR/APA Trainee Travel Award Winner) (APA)
3:15 - 3:30	Intermission
3:30	ASSESSMENT OF VENOUS ACCESS IN PEDIATRIC EMERGENCY CARE FACILITATED BY VEINLITE TECHNOLOGY WITH REDUCED PAIN AND TIME AND WITHOUT EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE. M Chinn and C Koerner, Houston, TX. University of Texas at Houston
3:45	ADOLESCENT PREVIOUSLY UNDIAGNOSED WITH ADVANCED AIDS PRESENTING TO THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT AS ODONTOPHAGIA. JW Steele, S Stovall and TM Thompson, Little Rock, AR. University of Arkansas Medical Sciences
4:00	CATCH-UP IMMUNIZATIONS AT 18 MONTHS OF AGE: IMPLICATIONS FOR INDIVIDUAL PRACTICES. A STUDY FROM THE SOUTH CAROLINA PEDIATRIC PRACTICE RESEARCH NETWORK (SCPPRN). JT McElligott, ES O'Brien, JR Roberts and PM Darden, Charleston, SC. Medical University of South Carolina (APA)
4:15	BLOOD CULTURES HAVE LITTLE UTILITY IN THE MANAGEMENT OF 48 PEDIATRIC COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA. V Davis, S Gupta and K Monroe, BirminghAM, AL. University of AlabAMa-BirminghAM
4:30	DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CURRICULUM IN RESIDENCY TRAINING-DOES IT CHANGE ATTITUDES AND SCREENING BEHAVIOR? SB Rizvi, K Franchek and T Duryea, Houston, TX and Salt Lake City, UT. Baylor College of Medicine
4:45	SUBACUTE BACK PAIN IN AN ADOLESCENT CAUSED BY EIKENELLA CORRODENS VERTEBRAL OSTEOMYELITIS: A CASE REPORT. S Chhabra, RE McCarthy and NS Harik, Little Rock, AR. University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Allergy, Immunology, and Rheumatology Pelican II Diane KAMen and Linda Myers, Presiding
2:00	ANTI-HUMAN DEATH RECEPTOR 5 INDUCED APOPTOSIS IN MOUSE CELL LINES BY A NOVEL HUMAN-MOUSE CHIMERIC MOLECULE. J Li, P Yang, H Hsu and J Mountz, BirminghAM, AL. University of AlabAMa at BirminghAM (SSCI Young Investigator Award Winner)
2:15	ASSESSMENT OF MECHANISMS BY WHICH APL-A12 SUPPRESSES ARTHRITIS WHEN ADMINISTERED ORALLY. SE HAMmond, DL Cullins, AH Kang and AE Postlethwaite, Memphis, TN. University of Tennessee (SAFMR/SSCI Student Research Award Winner) (SSCI)
2:30	PREDICTORS OF RESPONSE TO ANTI-TNF-a THERAPIES IN TWO UNIVERSITY POPULATIONS WITH RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS. RS Daniel, R Bourne, AN Simpson, KS O’Rourke and MB Bolster, Charleston, SC and Winston-Salem, NC. Medical University of South Carolina (SFMR/SSCI Trainee Research Award Winner)
2:45	IN VITRO IMMUNOMODULATORY EFFECTS OF STRESS HORMONES ON GENE EXPRESSION OF CYTOKINES AND COSTIMULATORY MOLECULES IN HUMAN PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELLS. L Xiang and GD Marshall, Jackson, MS. University of Mississippi Medical Center
3:00	SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY OF DIAGNOSTIC CRITERIA FOR ATROPHIC RHINOSINUSITIS. T Ly, R deShazo, J Olivier, S Stringer and C Stodard, Jackson, MS. University of 49 Mississippi Health Care (SAFMR/SSCI Trainee Research Award Winner) (SSCI)
3:15 - 3:30	Intermission
3:30	FOOD DEPENDANT EXERCISE INDUCED ANAPHYLAXIS TO WHEAT MAY BE DIAGNOSED USING WHEAT FLOUR. SW Oberhoff and J El-Dahr, New Orleans, LA. Tulane University (SAFMR/SSCI Trainee Research Award Winner)
3:45	COMPLEMENT DEFICIENCY IN A LARGE COHORT OF FAMILIAL SYSTEMIC ERYTHEMATOSUS. R Aggarwal, AL Sestak, B NAMjou and H Scofield, Oklahoma City, OK. Oklahoma University Health Sciences Center
4:00	SYSTEMATIC REVIEW AND META-ANALYSIS OF IMMUNOSUPPRESSANT THERAPY CLINICAL TRIALS IN MEMBRANOUS LUPUS NEPHRITIS. J Swan, V Majithia, D Riche and K Riche, Jackson, MS. University of Mississippi Health Care (SAFMR/SSCI Student Research Award Winner)
4:15	ROLE OF REACTIVE INTERMEDIATES IN LUPUS NEPHRITIS. AK Mashmoushi, AF Hofbauer, P Komlosi, PD Bell and JC Oates, Charleston, SC. Medical University of South Carolina (SAFMR/SSCI Student Research Award Winner) (SAFMR)
4:30	BIOMARKERS OF ATHEROSCLEROSIS IN SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS. RL Ravenell, S Shaftman, M Cappuccio, T Fleury, J Dononhue, H Zhu, D Spence, T Parker, L Ueberroth and J Oates, Charleston, SC and London, ON, Canada. Medical University of South Carolina (SAFMR) (SAFMR/SSCI Trainee Research Award Winner) Abstract 249
4:45	CLINICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF SARCOID RHINOSINUSITIS. JS Reed and R deShazo, Jackson, MS. University of Mississippi (SAFMR/SSCI Trainee Research Award Winner) 50 Cardiovascular I Cabildo WilliAM Weglicki, Presiding
2:00	RECOVERY FROM MUSCLE WASTING AND PREVENTION OF PROGRESSIVE CARDIAC FIBROSIS IN RATS WITH ALDOSTERONISM TREATED WITH EPLERENONE. KD Green, MS Gandhi, Y Sun and KT Weber, Memphis, TN. University of Tennessee Health Science Center (SAFMR/SSCI Trainee Research Award Winner) Abstract 251
2:15	CHRONIC LEFT-VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION INCREASES OXIDATIVE STRESS IN SKELETAL MUSCLE: POTENTIAL MECHANISM OF CACHEXIA IN CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE. L Semprun-Prieto, S Sukhanov, J Bhutto, J Titterington and P Delafontaine, New Orleans, LA. Tulane University (SAFMR/SSCI Student Research Award Winner)
2:30	CARDIOMYOCYTE EXPRESSION OF METAL RESPONSE ELEMENT TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR-1, METALLOTHIONEIN-1 AND ZINC TRANSPORTERS IN RATS WITH ALDOSTERONISM. RESPONSE TO SPIRONOLACTONE OR AMLODIPINE. PA Deshmukh, G KAMalov, N Baburyan, RA Ahokas, Y Sun, SK Bhattacharya, IC Gerling and KT Weber, Memphis, TN. University of Tennessee Health Science Center *(SAFMR/SSCI Trainee Research Award Winner)*
2:45	NECESSITY OF HOLTER MONITORING IN PACED PEDIATRIC PATIENTS. A Bitar, S Helmig and CS Snyder, New Orleans, LA. Tulane University School Of Medicine (SSPR/APA Trainee Travel Award Winner) (APA)
3:00	LYMPHOCYTOPENIA IN AFRICAN-AMERICANS WITH DECOMPENSATED HEART FAILURE. ROLE OF SPLANCHNIC CONGESTION. S Ali, AU Shahbaz, MD Nelson, A Munir, IA D'Cruz and KT Weber, Memphis, TN. University of Tennessee Health Science Center (SAFMR/SSCI Trainee Research Award Winner)
3:15 - 3:30	Intermission
3:30	MEASUREMENT OF IMPAIRED CORONARY VASCULAR REACTIVITY USING 3T MRI IN ASYMPTOMATIC WOMEN WITH TYPE 2 DIABETES. C Maroules, H Yadav, R Peshock and AY Chang, Dallas, TX. UT Southwestern Medical Center (SAFMR/SSCI Student Research Award Winner)
3:45	A PROTEIN-LOSING ENTEROPATHYIN PATIENTS WITH 51 DECOMPENSATED, BIVENTRICULAR FAILURE HAVING HYPOALBUMINEMIA. DL Battin, S Ali, AD Whitted, MD Nelson, RC Davis, JD Massie and KT Weber, Memphis, TN. University of Tennessee Health Science Center (SAFMR/SSCI Trainee Research Award Winner)
4:00	INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR I DOWNREGULATES LIPOPROTEIN LIPASE AND SUPPRESSES ATHEROSCLEROTIC FOAM CELL FORMATION IN VIVO AND IN VITRO. S Sukhanov, C Vaughn, Y Higashi, S Shai and P Delafontaine, New Orleans, LA. Tulane University (SSCI)
4:15	CARDIOMYOPATHY IN DIABETICS-HISPANIC POPULATION. PI Altieri, Y Figueroa, HL Banchs, M Crespo and N Escobales, San Juan, PR. University of Puerto Rico, Medical Sciences CAMpus (SAFMR)
4:30	CORRELATES OF COMMON CAROTID ARTERY LUMEN DIAMETER IN BLACK AND WHITE YOUNGER ADULTS: THE BOGALUSA HEART STUDY. L Ruan, W Chen, SR Srinivasan, A Toprak and GS Berenson, New Orleans, LA and Xi'an, China. Tulane University Health Sciences Center
4:45	HERITABILITY AND GENETIC LINKAGE OF LEFT VENTRICULAR MASS, SYSTOLIC AND DIASTOLIC FUNCTION IN HYPERTENSIVE AFRICAN AMERICANS (FROM THE GENOA STUDY). GJ Blair, KL Klos, AD Penman, BD Blossom, D Arnett, RB Devereux, T SAMdarshi, E Boerwinkle, TH Mosley and ER Fox, Jackson, MS; Houston, TX; BirminghAM, AL and New York, NY. University of Mississippi Medical Center (SAFMR/SSCI Trainee Research Award Winner)
Gastroenterology and Clinical Nutrition I Vieux Carre B, Thomas Abell, Presiding
2:00	EFFECT OF SPECIFIC TRIPLEX FORMING OLIGONUCLEOTIDES TO TYPE I COLLAGEN PROMOTER ON DMN-INDUCED LIVER FIBROSIS. N Baburyan, S Koilan, D HAMilton and R Guntaka, Memphis, TN. University of Tennessee Health Science Center (Gastroenterology Scholar Award Winner)
2:15	PROHIBITIN IS A NOVEL ANTIOXIDANT THAT ATTENUATES COLONIC INFLAMMATION IN MICE. AL Theiss, M Vijay-Kumar, TS Obertone, DP Jones, JM Hansen, AT Gewirtz, D Merlin 52 and SV SitarAMan, Atlanta, GA. Emory University (Gastroenterology Scholar Award Winner)
2:30	DIABETIC GASTROPARESIS: DO DELAYED DIABETICS DIE DIFFERENTIALLY? RC Humble, R Bhakta, D Spree, T Cutts, WD Johnson and TL Abell, Jackson, MS and Memphis, TN. University of Mississippi (SAFMR/SSCI Student Research Award Winner)
2:45	ZOLLINGER-ELLISON SYNDROME: PROSPECTIVE EVALUATION OF CLINICAL CHARACTERISTICS, RESPONSE TO THERAPY AND OUTCOME. CM Wilcox, J Arcury, T Seay and BI Hirschowitz, BirminghAM, AL. University of AlabAMa at BirminghAM (SSCI)
3:00	PROBIOTIC ESCHERICHIA COLI INDUCES INTERFERON-ALPHA A AND UP-REGULATES GUANYLATE BINDING PROTEIN-1 IN INTESTINAL EPITHELIUM. J Mirpuri, PW Lin and NA Louis, Atlanta, GA. Emory University (SSPR/APA Trainee Travel Award Winner) (SSPR)
3:15 - 3:30	Intermission
3:30	URINARY NITRATE AS A MARKER OF DISEASE ACTIVITY AND RESPONCE TO INFLIXIMAB THERAPY IN PATIENTS WITH CROHNS DISEASE. A Sheth, E Salvatiera, S Hussain, A Minocha, JS Alexander, P Jordan and K Manas, Shreveport, LA. Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center (Gastroenterology Scholar Award Winner)
3:45	IDENTIFICATION OF CFTR AND SLC26A6 IN THE ESOPHAGEAL SUBMUCOSAL GLANDS. S Abdulnour-Nakhoul, R Doetjes and N Nakhoul, New Orleans, LA. Southeast Louisiana Veterans Health Care System
4:00	SURVIVAL IN PATIENTS WITH GASTROPARESIS: GES DEVICES VS. CONTROL PATIENTS. R Bhakta, RC Humble, T Cutts, D Spree, WD Johnson and TL Abell, Jackson, MS and Memphis, TN. University of Mississippi Medical Center (SAFMR/SSCI Student Research Award Winner)
4:15	IMPORTANCE OF BASELINE MUCOSAL ELECTROGASTROGRAM IN CYCLIC VS. NONCYCLIC SYMPTOM PATTERNS IN GASTROPARETICS WITH GASTRIC ELECTRICAL STIMULATION. J WilliAMs, ES Weeks and TL Abell, Jackson, MS. University of Mississippi Medical Center (Gastroenterology Scholar Award Winner)
4:30	GASTRIC ELECTRICAL STIMULATION -10 YEARS EXPERIENCE WITH CLINICAL OUTCOME ANALYSIS BEYOND 5 YEARS OF ENTERRA THERAPY IN A DRUG-REFRACTORY GASTROPARESIS. I Sarosiek, R Hejazi, K Roeser, J Forester, J Sarosiek and RW McCallum, Kansas City, KS. Kansas University Medical Center (SSCI) Hematology and Oncology I Vieux Carre A Tyler J. Curiel, Presiding
2:00	RESPONSE OF ANAPLASTIC THYROID TUMORS TO VEGF-TRAP, AN ANTIANGIOGENIC AGENT. SI Khan, IT Rossi, IC Mitchell and FE Nwariaku, Dallas, TX. UT Southwestern (SAFMR/SSCI Student Research Award Winner)
2:15	NICOTINE STIMULATES PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR-ACTIVATED RECEPTOR BETA/DELTA GENE EXPRESSION IN HUMAN LUNG CARCINOMA CELLS THROUGH NICOTINIC ACETYLCHOLINE RECEPTOR-MEDIATED ACTIVATION OF MULTIPLE KINASE SIGNALING PATHWAYS AND REDUCTION OF ACTIVATION PROTEIN-2 ALPHA. S Han, X Sun, J Ritzenthaler, Y Zheng and J Roman, Atlanta, GA. Emory University (SSCI)
2:30	CHARACTERIZATION OF RADIATION-ARREST DEFECTIVE ZEBRAFISH MUTANT R612. D Zhang, D Verduzco and J AMatruda, Dallas, TX. UT Southwestern (SAFMR/SSCI Student Research Award Winner) Abstract 274
2:45	CHEMICAL GENETIC DISSECTION OF PRIMORDIAL GERM CELL MIGRATION. DM Moye, V DAMoulis and J AMatruda, Dallas, TX. UT Southwestern Medical Center (SAFMR/SSCI Student Research Award Winner)
3:00	MALIGNANT PERIPHERAL NERVE SHEATH TUMOR, A TARGETED 54 TREATMENT. BN Ngo, E Gilmore, E Cobos and R Tran, Lubbock, TX. Texas Tech University-Health Science Center (SAFMR/SSCI Trainee Research Award Winner) (SAFMR)
3:15 - 3:30	Intermission
3:30	State-of-the-Art Speaker REGULATORY T CELLS IN CANCER IMMUNOTHERAPY. Tyler J. Curiel, UT Health Science Center
4:00	SUCCESSFUL MANAGEMENT OF GELATINOUS TRANSFORMATION OF THE BONE MARROW IN ANOREXIA NERVOSA WITH HEMATOPOIETIC GROWTH FACTORS. RS Charania, W Kern, S Chakrabarty and J Holter, Oklahoma City, OK. Oklahoma University Health Sciences Center
4:15	SPONTANEOUS REGRESSION OF HEPATOCELLULAR CARCINOMA, A CASE REPORT AND LITERATURE REVIEW. BN Ngo and E Cobos, Lubbock, TX. Texas Tech University-Health Science Center (SAFMR)
4:30	EFFECT OF RITUXIMAB THERAPY ON NK AND T REGULATORY CELLS IN A PATIENT WITH ACQUIRED HEMOPHILIA A. R Kruse-Jarres, F GanapAMo and C Leissinger, New Orleans, LA. Tulane University
4:45	A TWO YEAR RETROSPECTIVE REVIEW OF THE PRESENTATION OF ANTERIOR MEDIASTINAL MASSES AND THE CONSEQUENCES OF DELAY IN THEIR DIAGNOSIS. B Watkins, A Mian and S Siddiqui, Little Rock, AR. Arkansas Children's Hospital (SSPR)
Infectious Diseases I Les Continents Stephanie H. Stovall and Sandy Arnold, Presiding
2:00	SERUM VITAMIN D LEVELS IN BURN PATIENTS. E Calderon, C Yongkuma, J Vande Waa, K Frye and A Luterman, Mobile, AL. University of South AlabAMa
2:15	DISCREPANCIES AMONG RAPID SCREENING, CULTURE, AND PCR FOR RSV AND INFLUENZA. MK Torres, M Broussard and PF Bass, Shreveport, LA. Louisiana State University - Shreveport 55
2:30	State-of-the-Art Speaker HARNESSING RNA INTERFERENCE TO DEVELOP AN RSV ANTIVIRAL: FROM NOBEL PRIZE WINNING DISCOVERY TO PROOF OF CONCEPT CLINICAL TRIALS. John DeVincenzo, University of Tennessee School of Medicine
3:15 - 3:30	Intermission
3:30	DAPTOMYCIN IS SUPERIOR TO PENICILLIN FOR TREATMENT OF MURINE SOFT TISSUE INFECTIONS CAUSED BY GROUP A STREPTOCOCCI (STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES). A Rye, R Kudumula, A Talati, EA Meals and K English, Memphis, TN and Columbia, SC. Children's Foundation Research Center at Le Bonheur Children's Medical Center (SSPR)
3:45	IMMUNIZATION WITH A MULTIVALENT M PROTEIN-BASED VACCINE AGAINST STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES PROTECTS AGAINST EXPERIMENTAL GAS SOFT TISSUE INFECTION IN MICE. A Rye, R Kudumula, EA Meals, A Talati, JB Dale and K English, Memphis, TN and Columbia, SC. Le Bonheur Children's Medical Center (SSPR Young Faculty Award Winner) (SSPR)
4:00	COMPARISON OF 3 VERSUS 4 DRUGS AS INITIAL HAART: UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY EXPERIENCE FROM 1998. MA Jhaveri, H Bush, RN Greenberg and SR Browning, Lexington, KY. University of Kentucky
4:15	DYSLIPIDEMIAS IN HIV-INFECTED CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS RECEIVING HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY. M Mancao and A AbesAMis, Mobile, AL. University of South AlabAMa College of Medicine (SSPR)
4:30	OUTCOMES OF PATIENTS WITH CRYPTOCOCCAL MENINGITIS IN ERA OF HAART. L Cverenkarova, JA Vande Waa, WK Green and CM Burke, Mobile, AL. University of South AlabAMa
4:45	MORTALITY AND RESOURCE UTILIZATION IN HOSPITILIZED HIV PATIENTS WITH ACUTE KIDNEY INJURY. R Canada, B Abbasi and K Huch, Memphis, TN. University of Tennessee Health Science 56 Center Medical Education and Medical Ethics Oak Teresa Duryea and Jennifer Takagishi, Presiding
2:00	INTERPRETING DNR ORDERS: THE NURSING PERSPECTIVE. K Combs, A Hunter, K Murphy, K Deep and J Wilson, Lexington, KY. University of Kentucky (SAFMR/SSCI Student Research Award Winner)
2:15	UNCOVERING THE POSITIVE INFLUENCES OF THE HIDDEN CURRICULUM. M DisselkAMp, E Erlandson, C Hustedde and D Rudy, Lexington, KY. University of Kentucky (SAFMR/SSCI Student Research Award Winner) (SSGIM)
2:30	PEDIATRIC RESIDENTS’ NEED FOR TRAINING IN DELIVERING A DIAGNOSIS OF DOWN SYNDROME. L CAMpbell, J Ferguson, H Kleinert and C Lunney, Lexington, KY. University of Kentucky
2:45	USE OF ADVANCE DIRECTIVES: IDENTIFYING PREDICTORS. CB Stowe, EG Hill and WP Moran, Charleston, SC. Medical University of South Carolina (SAFMR/SSCI Trainee Research Award Winner) (SAFMR)
3:00	IMPROVING TRAINEE PERFORMANCE OF THE NEWBORN PHYSICAL EXAMINATION. JA Petershack, AK Gong, MM Vasquez, JH Littlefield and M Manwell-Jackson, San Antonio, TX. University of Texas Health Science Center – San Antonio (APA)
3:15 - 3:30	Intermission
3:30	USING COGNITIVE MAPPING TO IDENTIFY FACULTY PERSPECTIVES FOR SUCCESSFUL WARD ATTENDING ROUNDS. AH Salanitro, A Castiglioni, LL Willett, RM Shewchuk, H Qu, GR Heudebert and RM Centor, BirminghAM, AL. BirminghAM Veterans Administration Medical Center (SAFMR/SSCI Trainee Research Award Winner) (SSGIM)
3:45	TEACHING CORE COMPETENCIES: A HOSPITAL-WIDE MORBIDITY/MORTALITY & IMPROVEMENT CONFERENCE. C Wiggleton, P Johnston, DH Arnold, PG Throop, JK Deshpande and BS Carter, Nashville, TN. Vanderbilt University Medical Center 57
4:00	ETHICS REVIEW COMMITTEES IN RURAL HOSPITALS. E Jackson and K Olive, Johnson City, TN. Quillen College of Medicine
4:15	HISPANIC CULTURE AND LANGUAGE FOR THE RESIDENT. J Gerwe, Louisville, KY. University of Louisville
4:30	SCREEN-BASED SIMULATION PROTOTYPE FOR TEACHING HYPOVOLEMIC SHOCK TO MEDICAL STUDENTS - A SUPPLEMENT TO IN VIVO LABS. A Hilton, V Kozmenko, V Rusnak, V Kiselov, A Kaye, M Levitzky, K McDonough and CW Hilton, New Orleans, LA. Louisiana State University School of Medicine
4:45	SURVEY OF PEDIATRIC RESIDENT ADVOCACY ATTITUDES, PRACTICE AND KNOWLEDGE. J Quigley, C Chen and K Northrip, Lexington, KY and Washington, DC. University of Kentucky Abstract 299 Perinatal Medicine I LaSalle C Eric Eichenwald and Arun PrAManik, Presiding
2:00	FATTY ACID ETHYL ESTERS AS A POTENTIAL BIOMARKER OF IN-UTERO ETHANOL EXPOSURE IN PRETERM GUINEA PIG PLACENTAS. SS Mohan, TW Gauthier, FL Harris and LS Brown, Atlanta, GA. Emory University (SSPR/APA Trainee Travel Award Winner) (SSPR)
2:15	EARLY BUBBLE CONTINUOUS POSITIVE AIRWAY PRESSURE WITH TARGETED OXYGEN SATURATION IMPROVES OUTCOMES IN PREMATURE INFANTS. V Kakkilaya, D Kurepa, D Johnson, L John, S Hussein, H Ibrahim, G Caldito and A PrAManik, Shreveport, LA. Louisiana State University Health Science Center (SSPR/APA Trainee Travel Award Winner) (SSPR)
2:30	HIGH FREQUENCY (HF) VENTILATOR TIDAL VOLUME (TV) DISTRIBUTION TO INHOMOGENEOUS LUNGS IN A NEONATAL TEST LUNG MODEL. R Gillette, San Antonio, TX. Wilford Hall Medical Center
2:45	EFFECT OF IMPLEMENTING GUIDELINES FOR OXYGEN SATURATION MONITORING ON THE INCIDENCE OF RETINOPATHY OF PREMATURITY (ROP) AND CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE (CLD). MR Pabbathi, AJ Talati and R Dhanireddy, Memphis, TN. University of Tennessee Health Science Center (SSPR/APA Trainee Travel Award Winner) Health Science Center (SSPR/APA Trainee Travel Award Winner)
3:00	DEVELOPMENT OF A HOSPITAL-BASED MEDICAL HOME PROGRAM FOR SPECIAL NEEDS CHILDREN: FOLLOW-UP OF NICU GRADUATES WITH COMPLEX BRONCHOPULMONARY DYSPLASIA. A Massey, A Breaux, K Burns, M Bird, J Robbins, P Casey and RE Lyle, Little Rock, AR and Arkadelphia, AR. Ouachita Baptist University Abstract 304
3:15 - 3:30	Intermission
3:30	EFFECT OF MATERNAL WEIGHT ON POSTTERM DELIVERY. DR Halloran, Y Cheng and AB Caughey, St Louis, MO and San Francisco, CA. Saint Louis University (SSPR Young Faculty Award Winner) (APA) Abstract 305
3:45	NEUTROPENIA AND THROMBOCYTOPENIA IN VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT INFANTS OF WOMEN WITH PREECLAMPSIA. N Claudio, L Garcia, I Garcia and M Valcarcel, San Juan, PR. University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine
4:00	WHY ARE MOTHER CHOOSING "LOS DOS", OR BOTH BREAST AND BOTTLE FEEDING FOR THEIR NEWBORN BABIES? E Ponce de Souza and AK Gong, San Antonio, TX. University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio
4:15	COMMUNITY VERSUS ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER CARING FOR LATE PRETERM INFANTS. N Ahmed, A Parish, S Edell, D Gillis and J Bhatia, Augusta, GA. Medical College of Georgia
4:30	UNNECESSARY WORKUP OF ASYMPTOMATIC TERM NEONATES IN THE ERA OF INTRAPARTUM ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS FOR GROUP B STREPTOCOCCUS? B Buckler, J Bell, J Bartley, W Cagle, N Ahmed, S Bell, C Allen, D Sutherland and J Bhatia, Augusta, GA. Medical College of Georgia
4:45	OCCURRENCES OF LATE INFECTION IN THE NEONATAL INTENSIVE CARE UNIT: A 10-YEAR EXPERIENCE. A Abdu, HS Bada, DT Granger, E Reynolds and M Mendiondo, Lexington, KY. College 59 of Medicine University of Kentucky (SSPR/APA Trainee Travel Award Winner) (SSPR) Pulmonary and Critical Care Pontalba Jesse Roman and Karen Fagan, Presiding
2:00	ZINC SUPPLEMENTATION IMPROVES SEVERITY OF KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE PNEUMONIA IN THE SETTING OF CHRONIC ALCOHOL INGESTION IN RATS. AJ Mehta, PC Joshi and DM Guidot, Atlanta, GA. Atlanta VA and Emory University (SAFMR/SSCI Trainee Research Award Winner)
2:15	CHRONIC ALCOHOL EXPOSURE MODULATES EXPRESSION OF RECEPTOR FOR ADVANCED GLYCATION END PRODUCTS IN THE RAT LUNG. D Quintero, A Pelaez, PO Mitchell and DM Guidot, Atlanta, GA. Atlanta VA and Emory University (SAFMR/SSCI Trainee Research Award Winner)
2:30	THE EFFECTS OF ALCOHOL ON MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL FUNCTION. C Co, M Rojas and J Roman, Atlanta, GA. Emory University (SAFMR/SSCI Trainee Research Award Winner)
2:45	ROLE OF INTERLEUKIN-23 IN HOST DEFENSE AGAINST PNEUMOCYSTIS CARINII INFECTION. X Rudner, S Ruan and J Shellito, New Orleans, LA. Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Abstract 314
3:00	ABSENCE OF PRO-APOPTOTIC BIM PROMOTES ACCUMULATION OF PULMONARY T-LYMPHOCYTES AND ENHANCES CLEARANCE OF PNEUMOCYSTIS CARINII IFECTION IN MICE. S Ruan, X Rudner and J Shellito, New Orleans, LA. Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center
3:15 - 3:30	Intermission
3:30	THE THYMOPOIETIC RESPONSE TO PNEUMOCYSTIS CARINII INFECTION. X Shi, JS Soblosky, P Zhang and JE Shellito, New Orleans, LA. Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center (SAFMR/SSCI Trainee Research Award Winner) Abstract 316
3:45	State-of-the-Art Speaker ROCK AND RHO: REGULATORS OF PULMONARY VASCULAR TONE. Karen Fagan, University of South AlabAMa
4:15	MMP-2, MMP-9, AND FIBRONECTIN EXPRESSION IN CHRONIC HYPOXIAINDUCED PULMONARY HYPERTENSION IN THE MOUSE. HM Ward, J Ritzenthaler, S Roser-Page, J Roman and CM Hart, Atlanta, GA. Emory University (SAFMR/SSCI Trainee Research Award Winner)
4:30	ANTIBODY-MEDIATED DEPLETION OF T-LYMPHOCYTES DOES NOT EXACERBATE HYPOXIA-INDUCED PULMONARY HYPERTENSION IN MICE. A Gluzman, D Kleinhenz, D Neujahr and C Hart, Atlanta, GA. Emory University (SAFMR/SSCI Trainee Research Award Winner)
4:45	PEPSIN IN GASTRIC FLUID PROMOTES EPITHELIAL MESENCHYMAL TRANSFORMATION: IMPLICATIONS FOR UNDERSTANDING THE ROLE OF REFLUX IN PULMONARY FIBROSIS. F Ahmad, J Ritzenthaler and J Roman, Atlanta, GA. Emory University (SSCI Young Investigator Award Winner) Renal, Electrolyte and Hypertension I LaSalle B Edgar Jaimes and Juan Carlos Velez, Presiding
2:00	MECHANISM OF PROTEASE EFFECTS ON SODIUM TRANSPORT IN CORTICAL COLLECTING DUCT CELLS. Z Feng, KS Hering-Smith and LL HAMm, New Orleans, LA. Tulane University
2:15	ATRIAL NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE INDUCED NATRIURESIS INVOLVES INHIBITION OF DISTAL NEPHRON FRACTIONAL SODIUM REABSORPTION. D Zhao and L Navar, New Orleans, LA. Tulane University School of Medicine (SSCI Nephrology Young Investigator Scholar Award Winner)
2:30	PITUITARY ADENYLATE CYCLASE-ACTIVATING POLYPEPTIDE (PACAP38) REDUCES APOPTOSIS AND RENAL TUBULAR DAMAGE IN CISPLATIN INDUCED AKI. S BalAMuthusAMy, M Li, EE Simon and V Batuman, New Orleans, LA. Tulane University Medical School (SSCI Nephrology Young Investigator Scholar Award Winner) Abstract 322
2:45	ANGIOTENSIN (ANG) II-INDUCED URETERIC BUD (UB) BRANCHING MORPHOGENESIS IS MEDIATED VIA EPIGENETIC MODIFICATION OF 61 THE GENOME. T VanBuren, R Song and IV Yosypiv, New Orleans, LA. Tulane University School of Medicine (SSPR/APA Trainee Travel Award Winner)
3:00	IMMUNOLOCALIZATION AND EXPRESSION OF BRADYKININ B1 RECEPTORS DURING NEPHROGENESIS. P Bulut, S Dipp and S El-Dahr, New Orleans, LA. Tulane University School of Medicine (SSPR/APA Trainee Travel Award Winner)
3:15 - 3:30	Intermission
3:30	IMBALANCE OF ANGIOGENIC FACTORS IN A RAT MODEL OF PREECLAMPSIA. E Agunanne, M Uddin, D Horvat and J Puschett, Temple, TX. Texas A & M Health Science Center /Scott & White (SSCI Nephrology Young Investigator Scholar Award Winner)
3:45	CLONE 1135 - RELATED PROTEIN IS A KEY SOLUBLE MEDIATOR OF PROTEINURIA IN MINIMAL CHANGE DISEASE. L Clement and S Chugh, BirminghAM, AL. University of AlabAMa at BirminghAM (SAFMR/SSCI Trainee Research Award Winner) (SSCI)
4:00	HIGH SALT EXACERBATES PROTEINURIA IN CHRONIC ANGIOTENSIN-II INFUSED RATS. BM Lowenburg, JA Planchard, VL Martin, PD Davis, FT Botros, L Navar, KD Mitchell and MC Prieto-Carrasquero, New Orleans, LA. Tulane University School of Medicine
4:15	INFLAMMATORY CASPASES ARE UPREGULATED IN RENAL FIBROSIS OF OBSTRUCTIVE KIDNEY DISEASE. N Swavely, P Gooz, R Visconti, S Sivritas, W Fitzgibbon and M Gooz, Charleston, SC. Medical University of South Carolina
4:30	State-of-the-Art Speaker SCIENTIFIC BASIS FOR THE RATIONAL USE OF ERYTHROPOIETIN. Abdullah K. Salahudeen, UT Houston
SOUTHERN SOCIETY FOR CLINICAL INVESTIGATION RECEPTION For New Members and Award Winners Ritz Carlton 6:30 PM – 7:30 PM Friday, February13, 2009
AAP PERINATAL SECTION, DISTRICT VII RED HOT “CHILI” TOPICS VI SYMPOSIUM Friday, February 13, 2009 Pontalba – First Floor 6:00 PM In conjunction with the Southern Society of Pediatric Research Meeting
6:00 WELCOME AND INTRODUCTION Robert Castro, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio AAP PERINATAL SECTION EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE REPORT Robert Castro, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio PULMONARY IMMUNE RESPONSES AND ALTERING INFECTIOUS PATHOGENESIS (FOR THE BETTER) Featured Speakers CLINICAL PATHOLOGICAL CONFERENCE: RSV LUNG INFECTION. Margarita M Vasquez, University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio TEACHING THE NEONATE TO RESPOND LIKE AN ADULT. Stephania A. Cormier, Louisiana State University Health Science Center
CHAIRS’ RESIDENTS’ FORUM Pelican II – Third Floor 7:30 AM – 8:30 AM Saturday, February 14, 2009
AMBULATORY PEDIATRIC ASSOCIATION BREAKFAST BUSINESS MEETING Vieux Carre B – First Floor 8:00 AM – 9:00 AM Saturday, February 14, 2009
JOINT PLENARY SESSION SOUTHERN SOCIETY FOR CLINICAL INVESTIGATION SOUTHERN SECTION – AMERICAN FEDERATION FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH SOUTHERN SOCIETY FOR PEDIATRIC RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY OF CARDIOVASCULAR SCIENCES – NA CHAPTER AMBULATORY PEDIATRIC ASSOCIATION Saturday, February 14, 2009 8:45 AM – 11:30 AM LaSalle BC – Third Floor John M. Arthur, Bruce C. Kone, and Ajay Talati, Presiding
PERSONALIZED MEDICINE: THE DEVELOPMENT OF PATIENT–SPECIFIC THERAPEUTICS
8:45	POTENTIAL FOR PERSONALIZED TREATMENT APPROACHES IN HYPERTENSION THROUGH PHARMACOGENETICS. Julie Johnson, University of Florida
9:35	REALIZING PERSONALIZED MEDICINE IN CLINICAL PRACTICE: TRANSLATION IN PROGRESS. AMalia M. Issa, University of Houston
10:25	BREAK
10:30	PERSPECTIVES FROM THE CLINIC: WILL THE AVERAGE PHYSICIAN EMBRACE PERSONALIZED MEDICINE? J. Hunter Young, Johns Hopkins University
11:20	PANEL DISCUSSION
11:30	JAZZ LUNCHEON
SOUTHERN SOCIETY FOR CLINICAL INVESTIGATION INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY OF CARDIOVASCULAR SCIENCES – NA CHAPTER JOINT SESSION II Saturday, February 14, 2009 8:30 AM – 11:30 AM Cabildo – First Floor JAMes D. Marsh, Presiding
STATE-OF-THE-ART LECTURES
8:30	ATRAUMATIC FRACTURES IN HEART FAILURE. Laura D. Carbone, University of Tennessee Health Science Center
9:00	FOLIC ACID AND CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE. Lydia A. Bazzano, Tulane University
BASIC SCIENCE AWARD COMPETITION Jawahar Mehta and Daniel Villarreal, Presiding
9:30	UPREGULATION OF GALECTIN-1 BY HOMOCYSTEINE IN VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE CELLS: A POTENTIAL NEW THERAPEUTIC TARGET FOR ATHEROSCLEROSIS. BM Atteia, P Delafontane and P Lucchesi, New Orleans, LA and Columbus, OH. Tulane University (SAFMR/SSCI Trainee Research Award Winner)
9:40	DISCUSSION
9:50	DIRECT PHARMACOLOGIC INHIBITION OF MYELOID DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR-88 AS A NOVEL THERAPEUTIC TARGET AFTER ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION. BW Van Tassell, FN Salloum, A Varma, NN Hoke and A Abbate, Richmond, VA. Virginia Commonwealth University (SAFMR/SSCI Young Faculty Award Winner)
10:00	DISCUSSION
10:10	OXIDATIVE STRESS IN CARDIAC MITOCHONDRIA HARVESTED FROM RATS WITH ALDOSTERONISM. RESPONSE TO SPIRONOLACTONE OR AMLODIPINE COTREATMENT. G KAMalov, PA Deshmukh, RA Ahokas, Y Sun, SK Bhattacharya, IC Gerling and KT Weber, Memphis, TN. University of Tennessee Health Science Center (SAFMR/SSCI Trainee Research Award Winner)
10:20	DISCUSSION
10:30	ESTROGEN INHIBITS NF-KB P65 BINDING TO THE PROMOTERS OF INFLAMMATORY GENES IN VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE CELLS. D Xing, S Nozell, Y Chen and S Oparil, BirminghAM, AL. University of AlabAMa at BirminghAM (SAFMR)
10:40	DISCUSSION
11:00	PRESENTATION OF YOUNG CLINICIAN SCIENTIST AWARD By: Patrice Delafontaine
11:15	PRESENTATION OF BASIC SCIENCE AWARD By: Jawahar L. Mehta
CONCURRENT SESSIONS Jointly sponsored by SOUTHERN SECTION – AMERICAN FEDERATION FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH SOUTHERN SOCIETY FOR CLINICAL INVESTIGATION SOUTHERN SOCIETY FOR PEDIATRIC RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY OF CARDIOVASCULAR SCIENCES – NA CHAPTER AMBULATORY PEDIATRIC ASSOCIATION Saturday, February 14, 2009 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM Hotel Inter-Continental Clinical Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine …………………………Vieux Carre A – First Floor (jointly with SSGIM) Endocrinology and Metabolism………………………………………......……Pelican I – Third Floor Gastroenterology and Clinical Nutrition II…………………………….…...Acadian II – Third Floor Health Care Research………………………………………......……………...Pelican II – Third Floor Hematology and Oncology II……..……………………......……………..Vieux Carre B – First Floor Infectious Diseases II…………………………………………………………..LaSalle B – Third Floor Perinatal Medicine II………………………………………................................Pontalba – First Floor Renal, Electrolyte, and Hypertension II………………………………….......LaSalle C – Third Floor
Clinical Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine Vieux Carre A Andrew R. Hoellein and Stephanie Rose, Presiding
1:00	BIRTH INJURIES IN POSTTERM INFANTS BORN TO OBESE WOMEN. DR Halloran, Y Cheng and AB Caughey, St Louis, MO and San Francisco, CA. Saint Louis University (APA) Abstract 333
1:15	THE PREVALENCE AND PREDICTORS OF EARLY CHILDHOOD CARIES IN YOUNG CHILDREN. A STUDY FROM THE SOUTH CAROLINA PEDIATRIC PRACTICE RESEARCH NETWORK (SCPPRN). CL Hipp, EJ McGee, LM Johnson, PJ Hletko and PM Darden, Charleston and Georgetown, SC. Medical University of South Carolina Abstract 334
1:30	RURAL PATIENTS’ KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDE AND BEHAVIOR ABOUT INITIAL AND REPEAT MAMMOGRAPHY. CL Arnold, A Rademaker, MV Bocchini, PF Bass, C Reynolds and TC Davis, Shreveport, LA and Chicago, IL. Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center (APA) Abstract 335
1:45	WHAT DO RURAL PATIENTS KNOW ABOUT COLORECTAL CANCER SCREENING? MV Bocchini, CL Arnold, A Rademaker, PF Bass, K Davis and T Davis, Shreveport, LA and Chicago, IL. Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center - Shreveport (SAFMR/SSCI Student Research Award Winner) (SAFMR) Abstract 336
2:00	CHARACTERISTICS OF ALL TERRAIN VEHICLE (ATV) INJURIES PRESENTING TO A CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL, A RETROSPECTIVE REVIEW. P Scalici, N Frascogna, M Nichols, W King and K Monroe, BhAM, AL. University of AlabAMa Abstract 337
2:15 - 2:30 Intermission
2:30	SURVEILLANCE OF PEDIATRIC MOTOR VEHICLE CRASH INJURIES AND CHILD PASSENGER SAFETY RESTRAINT USE IN ALABAMA. A Edwards, WD King and K Monroe, BirminghAM, AL. University of AlabAMa (SSPR/APA Trainee Travel Award Winner) Abstract 338
2:45	SPORTS INJURIES IN AN URBAN PEDIATRIC EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT. C Thrash, A Sorrentino, WD King and K Monroe, BirminghAM, AL. University of AlabAMa-BirminghAM (SSPR/APA Trainee Travel Award Winner) Abstract 339 67
3:00	FACTORS CONTRIBUTING TO POOR COMPLIANCE OF PALIVIZUMAB RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS PROPHYLAXIS. A Pareek, J DeVincenzo, H Rea, T PhAM, JP DeVincenzo and L Harrison, Memphis, TN. University of Tennessee (SSPR) Abstract 340 A Pareek, J DeVincenzo, H Rea, T PhAM, JP DeVincenzo and L Harrison, Memphis, TN. University of Tennessee (SSPR) Abstract 340
3:15	LOW ADHERENCE TO ANTIHYPERTENSIVE MEDICATION, STATINS AND ASPIRIN PRIOR TO PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTIONS. P Muntner, D Mann, S Robichaux, M Kim, C White, D Morisky and M Krousel-Wood, New York, NY; New Orleans, LA and Los Angeles, CA. Mount Sinai School of Medicine Abstract 341
3:30	DISTRIBUTION AND DETERMINANTS OF DOPPLER-DERIVED DIASTOLIC FLOW INDICES IN AFRICAN AMERICANS: THE JACKSON HEART STUDY. DQ Edwards, TE SAMdarshi, HA Taylor, PR Liebson, DF Sarpong, G Howard, RJ Garrison, SS Shreenivas and ER Fox, Jackson, MS; BirminghAM, AL; Chicago, IL and Philadelphia, PA. University of Mississippi School of Medicine (SSCI) Abstract 342
3:45	THE RELATION OF C-REACTIVE PROTEIN TO CAROTID INTIMA-MEDIA THICKNESS IN AFRICAN AMERICANS: (THE JACKSON HEART STUDY). HS Nagarajarao, HA Taylor, JH Lee, K Agrawal, EJ BenjAMin and ER Fox, Jackson, MS and Boston, MA. University of Mississippi Medical Center (SSCI) Abstract 343 Endocrinology and Metabolism Pelican I Fernando Ovalle, Vin Tangpricha and Robert Gensure, Presiding
1:00	DISCOVERY OF NEW BIOMARKERS OF PREDIABETES IN THE LEUKOCYTE MEMBRANE (LM) PROTEOME OF NON-OBESE DIABETIC (NOD) MICE. E CAMpbell, NI Lenchik and IC Gerling, Memphis, TN. University of Tennessee Health Science Center Abstract 344
1:15	DETERMINANTS OF MENTAL STATUS IN ADULTS PRESENTING WITH DIABETIC KETOACIDOSIS IN A CITY HOSPITAL. L Razavi, EA Nyenwe, A Khan, J Ahmed, S Bartakke, S Zaidi, O Radpour and AA Kitabchi, Memphis, TN. University of Tennessee Health Science Center (SAFMR/SSCI Trainee Research Award Winner) Abstract 345
1:30	CLINICAL AND MOLECULAR CHARACTERISTICS OF SUCCESSFUL THERAPY OF PATIENTS WITH NEW ONSET DIABETES MELLITUS PRESENTING IN HYPERGLYCEMIC CRISIS. A Gosmanov, D Smiley, G Robalino, I Gerling, D Thomason and G Umpierrez, Atlanta, GA and Memphis, TN. Emory University School of Medicine (SAFMR/SSCI Trainee 68 Research Award Winner) esearch Award Winner) Abstract 346
1:45	METABOLIC SYNDROME INCREASED RISK OF MICROALBUMINURIA IN BLACK AND WHITE YOUNG ADULTS: THE BOGALUSA HEART STUDY. L Ruan, W Chen, SR Srinivasan, J Xu and GS Berenson, New Orleans, LA and Xi’an, China. Tulane University Abstract 347
2:00	SKIN AUTOFLUORESCENCE IN PRE-DIABETES AND ITS CARDIOVASCULAR DYSFUNCTION. J Chen, JA Stoner, M Wu and TJ Lyons, Oklahoma City, OK. The University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center (SSCI) Abstract 348
2:15	GENE EXPRESSION ABNORMALITIES IN SPLEEN LEUKOCYTE TRANSCRIPTOME AND PROTEOME OF YOUNG NOD MICE. DN Kakoola, J Wu, NI Lenchik, A Curcio-Brint and II Gerling, Memphis, TN. University of Tennessee Health Science Center (SSPR/APA Trainee Travel Award Winner) (SAFMR) Abstract 349
2:30 - 2:45	Intermission
2:45	COMPARISON OF ALENDRONATE AND ZOLEDRONIC ACID IN TREATMENT OF OSTEOPOROTIC MEN. O Sum-Ping, A Fontenot, AY Chang and U Gruntmanis, Dallas, TX. UT Southwestern Medical Center (SAFMR/SSCI Student Research Award Winner) (SAFMR) Abstract 350
3:00	ADHERENCE TO THE NATIONAL KIDNEY FOUNDATION OUTCOMES QUALITY INITIATIVE GUIDELINES (K/DOQI) WITH RESPECT TO PTH AND VITAMIN D SCREENING IN CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE STAGE 3 PATIENTS. JH Law, Y Kantor, M Kumari, L Schlanger and V Tangpricha, Atlanta, GA. Emory University School of Medicine (SAFMR/SSCI Trainee Research Award Winner) (SAFMR) Abstract 351
3:15	PARATHYROIDECTOMY DECREASES SYSTOLIC AND DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE IN HYPERTENSIVE PATIENTS. AS Heyliger, J Sharma, C Weber and V Tangpricha, Atlanta, GA. Emory University (SAFMR/SSCI Trainee Research Award Winner) Abstract 352
3:30	OX-LDL IMMUNOCOMPLEXES ARE IMPLICATED IN DIABETIC RETINOPATHY. M Wu, Y Chen, SA Abdel-SAMie, K Wilson, ME Boulton, J Ma, G Virella, MF Lopes69 Virella and TJ Lyons, Oklahoma City, OK; Charleston, SC and Gainesville, FL. University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center (SAFMR/SSCI Trainee Research Award Winner) (SSCI) Abstract 353
3:45	HYPERGLYCEMIA DURING TOTAL PARENTERAL NUTRITION (TPN): AN IMPORTANT MARKER OF MORTALITY IN ICU AND NON-ICU PATIENTS. G Umpierrez, R Spiegelman, E Lin, C Gatcliffe, D Smiley and M Luo, Atlanta, GA. Emory University Abstract 354
Gastroenterology and Clinical Nutrition II Acadian II Lawrence Comerford and Shanthi V. SitarAMan, Presiding
1:00	ROLE OF INTERLEUKIN-8 RECEPTORS IN GUT MUCOSAL DEVELOPMENT. T Kim, J Kidd, RA Dimmitt, RK Singh and A Maheshwari, BirminghAM, AL and Omaha, NE. University of AlabAMa at BirminghAM (SSPR/APA Trainee Travel Award Winner) (SAFMR) Abstract 355
1:15	EARLY INTRODUCTION OF A DEFINED SET OF NON-PATHOGENIC BACTERIA PROMOTES VILLUS DEVELOPMENT IN GERM-FREE ANIMALS. A Maheshwari, D He, AR Kurundkar, TR Schoeb and SK Jain, BirminghAM, AL and Galveston, TX. University of AlabAMa at BirminghAM (SSPR Young Faculty Award Winner) (SAFMR) Abstract 356
1:30	PREVENTING COMPLICATIONS IN VLBWI IN THE NICU: SHOULD MOTHER’S OWN MILK ROUTINELY BE SCREENED FOR BACTERIA? A Willeitner, Oklahoma City, OK. Oklahoma University Health Sciences Center (SSPR Young Faculty Award Winner) Abstract 357
1:45	A SURVEY OF PROPOFOL CONSCIOUS SEDATION FOR GASTROINTESTINAL PROCEDURES. KE Occhipinti, SE Hendon and JA Di Palma, Mobile, AL. University of South AlabAMa Abstract 358
2:00 - 2:15	Intermission
2:15	FENOFIBRATE INDUCED HEPATIC TOXICITY: A CASE REPORT AND REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE. H Shabaneh AlTAMimi, Lubbock, TX. Texas Tech University Health Science Center Abstract 359
2:30	SEROSAL ELECTROGASTROGRAM DEMONSTRATES REPRODUCIBLE 70 PHYSIOLOGIC CHARACTERISTICS DURING ENDOSCOPIC MANEUVERS ON DRUG-REFRACTORY GASTROPARETICS. GL Montague, R Schmieg, C Lahr, D Spree, W Johnson and T Abell, Jackson, MS. University of Mississippi (SAFMR/SSCI Student Research Award Winner) Abstract 360
2:45	GASTRIC ELECTRICAL STIMULATION AND SACRAL ELECTRICAL STIMULATION: ARE 2 DEVICES BETTER THAN 1? JT McNeese, GL Montague, D Spree, CJ Lahr and TL Abell, Jackson, MS. University of Mississippi Medical Center (Gastroenterology Scholar Award Winner) (SAFMR) Abstract 361
3:00	PERMAMENT GATRIC ELECTRICAL STIMULATION IMPROVES SYMPTOMS OF POST-SURGICAL DISORDERED GASTRIC EMPTYING. RC Humble, RE Schmieg, JM Runnels and TL Abell, Jackson, MS. University of Mississippi Medical Center Abstract 363
Health Services Research Pelican II Caroline Powell and Roger Smalligan, Presiding
1:00	SHOULD A CARDIOLOGIST BE THE PRINICIPAL ATTENDING OR THE CONSULTANT FOR CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE ADMISSIONS? G Everett and N Uddin, Orlando, FL. Florida Hospital Medical Center Abstract 364
1:15	ASSESSMENT OF MEDICATION MONITORING ERRORS IN A PRACTICE BASED RESEARCH NETWORK. C Litvin, S Ornstein, A Wessell, R Jenkins, PJ Nietert, L Nemeth and H Rose, Charleston, SC. Medical University of South Carolina (SAFMR/SSCI Trainee Research Award Winner) Abstract 365
1:30	EFFICACY OF ERYTHROPOIETIN STIMULATING AGENT (ESA) ADMINISTRATION ALTERNATIVES IN MAINTAINING TARGET HEMOGLOBIN IN AN IMPOVERISHED NONCOMPLIANT HD POPULATION. S LAM and L Zsom, Jackson, MS. University of Mississippi Medical Center (SSCI Nephrology Young Investigator Scholar Award Winner) Abstract 366
1:45	ACCESS TO EARLY DENTAL CARE: AN INITIAL STEP TO DENTAL HEALTH. CK Mitchell, AY KAMdar, JA Theriot and SM Franco, Louisville, KY. University of Louisville (APA) 71 Abstract 367
2:00	EXPRESSED PREFERENCE FOR THE EMERGENCY ROOM AS PRIMARY SOURCE OF CARE IN AN UNDERSERVED POPULATION. RD Foreman, C Voelkel and MI Arrieta, Mobile, AL. University of South AlabAMa Abstract 368
2:15 - 2:30	Intermission
2:30	PEDIATRIC PALLIATIVE CARE STAFF KNOWLEDGE: CONTINUING ASSESSMENTS. A Brin, BS Carter, B Donaghey, J Mulder and M Gilmer, Nashville, TN and Grand Rapids, MI. Alive Hospice Abstract 369 Change author order on abstract file too 11/17/08
2:30	PSYCHOLOGICAL FUNCTIONING OF PARENTS WITH CHILDREN RECENTLY DIAGNOSED WITH AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDERS. T Richard, K Savells, and H Swingle, Mobile, AL. University of South AlabAMa College of Medicine (SAFMR/SSCI Student Research Award Winner) Abstract 370
3:00	FIXING A VERY BAD DAY: THE RETROACTIVE APPLICATION OF STRATEGIES INTENDED TO EXPEDITE PATIENT CARE IN A PEDIATRIC EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT. DJ McLario, Little Rock, AR. University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Abstract 371
3:15	CALCULATING POSITIVE PREDICTIVE VALUES OF SCREENING ALERTS FOR LOOK-ALIKE, SOUND-ALIKE DRUG SUBSTITUTIONS IN PEDIATRIC PRESCRIPTIONS WITH AND WITHOUT DIAGNOSTIC DATA. WT Basco, M Ebeling, TC Hulsey and K Simpson, Charleston, SC. Medical University of South Carolina (APA) Abstract 372
3:30	EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT OVERCROWDING PROLONGS TIME TO ANTIBIOTICS IN FEBRILE NEONATES. S Shirm, S Bowman, D McLario and J GrahAM, Little Rock, AR. University of Arkansas College of Medicine (SSPR) Abstract 373
3:45	TARGETING ATTENDANCE AT AN URBAN CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE CLINIC SERVING MINORITY POPULATIONS: A QUALITY ASSURANCE PROGRAM. S Sadhu, J Esquenazi, and O Lenz, MiAMi, FL. University of MiAMi Miller School of Medicine (SAFMR/SSCI Trainee Research Award Winner) Abstract 374
Hematology and Oncology II Vieux Carre B Jason Chesney, Presiding
1:00	CORRELATION OF SONOGRAPHIC FINDINGS WITH HISTOPATHOLOGY OF SUSPECTED TESTICULAR LESIONS IN ACUTE LEUKEMIA. A Qudeimat, F Wilson, H Imran, S Figarola, J Polski and A Rao, Mobile, AL. University of South AlabAMa Abstract 375
1:15	POLYCYTHEMIA, LEUKOCYTOSIS AND T-LYMPHOBLASTIC LYMPHOMA ASSOCIATED WITH A 46 XY T (8;13) (P12;Q12) KARYOTYPE. S Yellapragada, M Mims, M Lewis, C Jackson and M Udden, Houston, TX. Baylor College of Medicine Abstract 376
1:30	BCR-ABL FUSION GENE INVOLVING MAJOR BREAKPOINT CLUSTER REGION IN A CHILD WITH ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA. V NarayanaswAMy, MA Vasef and A Rao, Mobile, AL and Albuquerque, NM. University of South AlabAMa Abstract 377
1:45	CASE REPORT OF MYCOSIS FUNGOIDES EVOLVING INTO AN AGGRESSIVE CUTANEOUS T-CELL LYMPHOMA. JB Gatewood, C Bigelow and J LAM, Jackson, MS. University of Mississippi Medical Center Abstract 378
2:00	A CASE REPORT OF PULMONARY PAPILLOMATOSIS WITH PROGRESSION TO MULTIFOCAL SQUAMOUS CELL CANCER OF THE LUNG. BE Persing, JC WilliAMs, SL Elkins and VE Herrin, Jackson, MS. University of Mississippi Medical Center Abstract 379
2:15 - 2:30	Intermission
2:30	SUCCESSFUL TREATMENT OF HYPEREOSINOPHILIC SYNDROME WITH CYCLOSPORINE. C Donald and M Kahn, New Orleans, LA. Tulane University (SSCI) Abstract 380
2:45	MACROPHAGE ACTIVATION SYNDROME IN A CHILD WITH EHRLICHIA CHAFFEENSIS INFECTION. S Burns, R Saylors and M AMir, Little Rock, AR. University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Abstract 381
3:00	PSEUDOTHROMBOCYTOPENIA AND PLATELET DYSFUCNTION: A DIAGNOSTIC DILEMMA. KW Boyd, S Elkins and J Files, Jackson, MS. University of Mississippi Medical Center Abstract 382
3:15	AN UNUSUAL CASE OF HEMATOCHEZIA IN A PREVIOUSLY ASYMPTOMATIC 23-YEAR-OLD MALE. RG Argula and TE Dantzler, Charleston, SC. Medical University of South Carolina Abstract 383
3:30	REFRACTORY AIHA, BONE MARROW ERYTHROID HYPERPLASIA AND RETICULOCYTOPENIA WORKUP AND THERAPY: CASE REPORT AND REVIEW OF LITERATURE. R Fahed, New Orleans, LA. Tulane University (SSCI) Abstract 384
3:45	CATASTROPHIC ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME. Z Sharif, H Alshayeb, D Hansen, B Abbasi, S Zaidi, F Abu Alrub, W Nasser and S Haider, Memphis, TN. University of Tennessee – Memphis Abstract 385
Infectious Diseases II LaSalle B Stephanie H. Stovall and Sandy Arnold, Presiding
1:00	INTERFERON-GAMMA ENHANCES THE LIN-CKIT+SCA-1+ CELL RESPONSE TO ESCHERICHIA COLI BACTEREMIA. AD Weinberg, RW Siggins, GJ Bagby, S Nelson and P Zhang, New Orleans, LA. Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center (SAFMR/SSCI Student Research Award Winner) Abstract 386
1:15	DAPTOMYCIN THERAPY IS ASSOCIATED WITH LESS DERMONECROSIS COMPARED WITH VANCOMYCIN THERAPY IN A MURINE SOFT TISSUE INFECTION MODEL CAUSED BY COMMUNITY-ASSOCIATED ISOLATES OF STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS (CA-MRSA). R Kudumula, A Rye, AJ Talati, EA Meals and BK English, Memphis, TN. University of Tennessee Health Science Center (SSPR/APA Trainee Travel Award Winner) (SSPR) Abstract 387
1:30	ROLE OF DELTA TOXIN IN THE MACROPHAGE RESPONSE TO STRAINS OF COMMUNITY-ASSOCIATED METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS (CA-MRSA) EXPOSED TO EITHER VANCOMYCIN OR DAPTOMYCIN. C Acuna, T Spentzas, E Meals, R Kudumula, B Johnson and B English, Memphis, TN. University of Tennessee Health Science Center (SAFMR/SSCI Trainee Research Award Winner) Abstract 388
1:45	A MODEL FOR THE CONTROL OF METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS COLONIZATION AND INFECTION IN AN INTENSIVE CARE UNIT. JH Etienne, J Figueroa, E Bourque and C Scioneaux, New Orleans, LA. Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center (SAFMR/SSCI Trainee Research Award Winner) Abstract 389
2:00	CYSTIC FIBROSIS COLONIZATION WITH THE UNUSUAL PLANT PATHOGEN, RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER. D McCastlain, K Muldrew, T Beavers-May and H Maples, Little Rock, AR. University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences College of Medicine College of Pharmacy Abstract 390
2:15 - 2:30	Intermission
2:30	REGIONAL COMPARISON OF CAMPYLOBACTER EXPOSURES IN GEORGIA. C Beatty and M Tobin-D'Angelo, Atlanta, GA. Georgia Department of Human Resources (SAFMR/SSCI Student Research Award Winner) Abstract 391
2:45	PERIPHERAL BLOOD CULTURE CONTAMINATION FROM A PEDIATRIC EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT. T Murillo, TM Beavers-May, DL English, VJ Plummer and SH Stovall, Little Rock, AR. University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences College of Medicine (SSPR/APA Trainee Travel Award Winner) Abstract 392
3:00	PEDIATRIC INFECTIOUS DISEASE SPECIALISTS’ MANAGEMENT OF ACUTE STAPHYLOCOCCAL OSTEOMYELITIS IN CHILDREN: AN IDSA/EIN SURVEY. SR Arnold, PM Polgreen, SE Beekman and SC BuckinghAM, Memphis, TN and Iowa City, IA. University of Tennessee (SSPR) Abstract 393
3:15	VENTRICULAR SHUNT INFECTIONS: EFFECTS OF PERI-OPERATIVE ANTIMICROBIAL REGIMEN ON ETIOLOGY, SUSCEPTIBILITY AND RESPONSE TO TREATMENT. JR Nichols and SH Stovall, Little Rock, AR. University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (SSPR/APA Trainee Travel Award Winner) Abstract 394
3:30	FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH KNOWLEDGE OF HIV IN ECUADOR. JR Olges, BS Murphy, AR Hoellein, CM Hopenhayn and TL Young, Lexington, KY. University of Kentucky (SAFMR/SSCI Student Research Award Winner) (SSGIM) Abstract 395
Perinatal Medicine II Pontalba Lina Chalak and Nancy A. Louis, Presiding
1:00	State-of-the-Art Speaker THE CONUNDRUM OF NEC: THE ONE DISEASE THAT ISN'T. Phillip V. Gordon, Ochsner Health System
1:30	ESCHERICHIA COLI MAY REDUCE APOPTOSIS IN THE INTESTINES OF IMMATURE MICE. K Cooper, A Berardinelli, L Ray, A Neish and P Lin, Atlanta, GA. Spelman College (SSPR/APA Trainee Travel Award Winner) Abstract 396
1:45	THE ROLE OF TOLL-LIKE RECEPTORS 2 AND 4 IN POSTNATAL INTESTINAL DEVELOPMENT. P Tatum, E Staley, S Tanner, R Lorenz and R Dimmitt, BirminghAM, AL. University of AlabAMa at BirminghAM (SSPR/APA Trainee Travel Award Winner) Abstract 397
2:00	EIGHT YEAR REVIEW OF GASTROSCHISIS IN KY (1998-2005). PG Radmacher, Louisville, KY. University of Louisville (SSPR) Abstract 398 2:15 - 2:30 Intermission
2:30	TOTAL PARENTERAL NUTRITION-ASSOCIATED CHOLESTASIS IN EXTREMELY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT INFANTS. MC Hitch, P Radmacher and DH AdAMkin, Louisville, KY. University of Louisville (SSPR/APA Trainee Travel Award Winner) (APA) Abstract 399
2:45	THE EFFECT OF IMMUNE MODIFYING TREATMENT ON MORTALITY IN NEONATAL SEPTICAEMIA. JP Kelleher and RL Schelonka, BirminghAM, AL. University of AlabAMa at BirminghAM (SSPR/APA Trainee Travel Award Winner) Abstract 400
3:00	EFFECTS OF PRENATAL OXYCODONE EXPOSURE ON THE CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE TO ACUTE STRESS AND NEUROBEHAVIORAL OUTCOME IN THE OFFSPRING. T Sithisarn, S Barron, K Wellmann, S Legan, HS Bada, R Charnigo and DC Randall, Lexington, KY. University of Kentucky (SSPR Young Faculty Award Winner) Abstract 401
3:15	DEXAMETHASONE DECREASES INSULINE-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR-I AND -II IN THE NEONATAL RAT BRAIN. AJ Bhatt, Y Feng and PG Rhodes, Jackson, MS. University of Mississippi Medical Center (SSPR) Abstract 402
3:30	BIOMARKERS OF CEREBRAL INJURY IN A NEONATAL PIG MODEL OF CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS AND CIRCULATORY ARREST AT 18°C AND 25°C WITH AND WITHOUT SELECTIVE CEREBRAL PERFUSION. T Allibhai, R Digeronimo, J Whitin, T Yu, J Salazar, M Shoemaker, H Cohen, P Dixon and A Madan, San Antonio, TX; Palo Alto, CA and Houston, TX. Wilford Hall Medical Center Abstract 403 Renal, Electrolyte and Hypertension II LaSalle C Monnie Wasse and Juan Carlos Velez, Presiding
1:00	ATHEROGENIC LIPOPROTEIN ABNORMALITIES ASSOCIATED WITH MILD ELEVATIONS IN URINE ALBUMIN EXCRETION AND IMPAIRMENT IN KIDNEY FUNCTION IN TYPE 2 DIABETIC SUBJECTS. P RAMirez, H Al-Shahrouri, P Fanti, H Abboud, C Lorenzo and S Haffner, San Antonio, TX. University of Texas Health Science Center (SSCI Nephrology Young Investigator Scholar Award Winner) Abstract 404
1:15	TUBULO-INTERSTITIAL INJURY INDICATES INCREASED RISK FOR PROGRESSION OF MACROALBUMINURIC HYPERTENSIVE NEPHROPATHY. A Mahajan, H Rahjan, S Shearer, J Simoni and D Wesson, Temple and Lubbock, TX. Texas A&M College of Medicine (SSCI) (SSCI Nephrology Young Investigator Scholar Award Winner) Abstract 405
1:30	THE ASSOCIATION BETWEEN SILENT MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA AND KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION. A Almehmi, J Wetmore, M Broce and A Malas, Kansas City, KS and Charleston, WV. Kansas University (SSCI Nephrology Young Investigator Scholar Award Winner) Abstract 406
1:45	URINE CYTOKINES PREDICT THE FUTURE REQUIREMENT FOR RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY IN PATIENTS WITH ACUTE KIDNEY INJURY. E Lewis, T Powell, T Taylor, M Mataria, M Budisaljevic, M Janech and J Arthur, Charleston, SC. Medical University of South Carolina (SSCI Nephrology Young Investigator Scholar Award Winner) Abstract 407
2:00	EFFECT OF TIMING OF INITIATION OF CONTINUOUS RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY ON RENAL RECOVERY. R Shingarev and A Tolwani, BirminghAM, AL. University of AlabAMa at BirminghAM (SSCI Nephrology Young Investigator Scholar Award Winner) 77 Abstract 408
2:30	PREDICTORS OF CHF IN A MANAGED-CARE CKD POPULATION. M Kats, I Guessous and H Wasse, Atlanta, GA. Emory University (SSCI Nephrology Young Investigator Scholar Award Winner) Abstract 409
2:45	BACTEREMIA RATES IN HIV INFECTED HEMODIALYSIS PATIENTS: A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF 1996 AND 2004 USRDS DATASETS. H SakhAMuri, S Maddirala, S Elfayoumy, M Htike, P Wludyka, K Britt, C Masnita-Iusan, C Heilig and NS Nahman, Jacksonville, FL. University of Florida Jacksonville (SSCI Nephrology Young Investigator Scholar Award Winner) (SSCI) Abstract 410
3:00	IN VITRO CYTOTOXICITY OF GADOLINIM CONTRAST MEDIUM. T Qureshi, T Nguyen, NS Nahman, Jr and V Urquidi, Jacksonville, FL. University of Florida College of Medicine Jacksonville (SAFMR) Abstract 411
3:15	PHOSPHORYLATED AMP-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE DURING EARLY DIABETIC NEPHROPATHY. ML Lee, KW McMahon, V Sood, E Beale and SS Prabhakar, Lubbock and El Paso, TX. Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (SAFMR) Abstract 412
3:30	State-of-the-Art Speaker ANIMAL MODELS OF DIABETIC NEPHROPATHY. Sharma S. Prabhakhar, Texas Tech University
SOUTHERN SOCIETY OF GENERAL INTERNAL MEDICINE SCHEDULE AT A GLANCE February 12-14, 2009 Accreditation for SSGIM CME is offered through SGIM THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 2009
12:00 PM – 2:00 PM	Registration – Pelican Foyer – Third Floor
1:00 PM – 5:00 PM	SSGIM Precourse – Poydras – Third Floor
1:00 PM – 5:00 PM	Poydras – Third Floor
SSGIM PRECOURSE Patient Centered Medical Homes: Patient and Provider Implications Workshop Leaders: Gregg Talente, East Carolina This precourse will provide physicians with the knowledge to develop an integral understanding of medical home initiatives from policy to implementation and subsequent evaluation. Current controversies regarding healthcare policy initiatives on funding for implementing medical homes, compensation of physicians and the Medicare Medical Home Demonstration project will also be addressed. Interactive sessions directed by faculty moderators will allow participants to engage in open dialogue with experts in the medical home field to solidify key concepts. This interactive precourse will challenge participants to develop a comprehensive and integrated understanding of Patient Centered Medical Home models and debate options for sustainable funding and compensation through policy discussion and illustrative real world exAMples.
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2009
7:00 AM – 6:00 PM	Registration – Pelican Foyer – Third Floor
7:00 AM – 8:00 AM	Continental Breakfast – Third Floor
8:00 AM – 8:30 AM	Opening Session – Poydras – Third Floor
8:30 AM – 10:00 AM	Vignette Plenary Session – Poydras – Third Floor Workshop A1 – Fulton – Third Floor Resident Clinics and the 2009 ACGME ProgrAM Requirements: Practical Strategies for Clinic Redesign Workshop A2 – Magnolia – Second Floor (combined 2 workshops) Teaching Residents Quality Improvement in the AMbulatory Setting: Integrating Effective Quality Improvement and Educational Goals Abstract Session A – Acadian II – Third Floor
10:00 AM – 10:30 AM	Intermission
10:30 AM – 12:00 PM	Abstract Session B – Acadian II – Third Floor Clinical Vignette B – Poydras – Third Floor Mini-Workshops B1/B2 – Fulton – Third Floor B1 – Change for the Better: SGIM health policy and advocacy B2 – Increasing Federal Regulations: BEWARE of HACS and RACS Workshop B3 – Magnolia – Second Floor (Associates) Academic Generalist Fellowships: Opening doors for clinical investigators and clinician educators Panel Mentoring – Audubon – Second Floor
12:00 PM – 1:30 PM	Lunch Break
1:30 PM – 3:00 PM	Workshop C1 – Poydras – Third Floor Implementing and Sustaining a Resident AMbulatory Clinic- Based Curriculum: Pearls and Pitfalls based on a Decade of Experience Workshop C2 - Fulton – Third Floor Doubling Hospital Discharges before Noon: DreAMing or Doable? Mini-Workshops C1/C2 (Associates) – Magnolia – Second Floor C1 – Getting your vignette published in JGIM and other journals: A step by step approach C2 - Turn a Caterpillar into a Butterfly-Learn skills to improve your scientific oral presentations Abstract Session C – Acadian II – Third Floor Panel Mentoring – Audubon – Second Floor
3:00 PM – 3:30 PM	Intermission
3:30 PM – 5:00 PM	Vignette Session D1 – Acadian II – Third Floor Vignette Session D2 – Fulton – Third Floor Workshop D1 – Magnolia – Second Floor The Procedure OSCE Clinical Updates – Poydras – Third Floor Panel Mentoring – Audubon – Second Floor
5:30 PM – 7:00 PM	Poster Session – LaSalle A – Third Floor
RESEARCH ABSTRACT SESSION A Friday, February 13, 2009 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM Acadian II – Third Floor Caroline Powell and Kristy Deep Presiding
8:30	EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT UTILIZATION AND HOSPITALIZATION AMONG HIV INFECTED PATIENTS: RELATIONSHIP TO OUTPATIENT APPOINTMENT ADHERENCE. DA Morris and A LaRocco, Norfolk, VA. Eastern Virginia Medical School Abstract 413
8:40	ANALYSIS OF CONTENT MASTERY ON THE INTERNAL MEDICINE IN-TRAINING EXAMINATIONS. R Nugent, E Ayers, H Wang, M Phy and K Nugent, Pittsburgh, PA and Lubbock, TX. Carnegie Mellon University Abstract 414
8:50	FIRST YEAR MEDICAL STUDENT PERSPECTIVES ON THE TRANSITION FROM CLASS TO THE CLINIC. K McKinney, K Moe and J Wilson, Lexington, KY. University of Kentucky (SSGIM) Abstract 415
9:00	PREDICTORS OF CONCORDANCE BETWEEN PATIENTS AND CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS SCREENING. N Lerfald, M Blackwell, S Sun and I Modak, Morgantown, WV; Charlotte, NC; New York, NY and Dallas, TX. West Virginia University (SSGIM) Abstract 416
9:10	PERCEPTIONS OF THE INPATIENT TEAM: A QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS OF INPATIENT COMMENTS. JB Romond, DM Bhatt, MJ Lineberry, AR Hoellein, JF Wilson and CH Griffith, Lexington, KY. University of Kentucky (SSGIM) Abstract 417
9:20	WHAT IS THE DEMAND? INTERNET ACCESS TO A PRIMARY CARE OFFICE. S Gustafson, R Kuriacose, S Loyd and RD Smalligan, Johnson City, TN. East Tennessee State University Abstract 418
9:30	RELATION BETWEEN DEPRESSION AND TENSION TYPE HEADACHE IN PATIENTS OF RURAL EL SALVADOR. 81 G Valdez, F Aleman and RD Smalligan, Johnson City, TN and San Salvador, El Salvador. East Tennessee State University East Tennessee State University Abstract 419
9:40	GAIT SPEED VARIABILITY IN HEALTHY WORKERS. H Wang, R Alalawi, R Paige, K Nugent and R Raj, Lubbock, TX. Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center Abstract 420
9:50	FALLS AND CO-MORBID CONDITIONS AMONG NURSING HOME PATIENTS. C Caton, E Hill, Y Zhao and WP Moran, Charleston, SC. Medical University of South Carolina (SSGIM) Abstract 421
10:30AM – 12:00 PM	SSGIM RESEARCH ABSTRACT SESSION B Acadian II – Third Floor Kristy Deep and Caroline Powell, Presiding
10:30	RISK FACTORS FOR ANTIHYPERTENSIVE MEDICATION NONADHERENCE. MA Hajjar, MM Ray, J Tang, JY Wan and JE Bailey, Memphis, TN. University of Tennessee Health Science Center Abstract 422
10:40	INTERNSHIP 101: EVALUATION OF A NEW INTERDISCIPLINARY 4TH YEAR STUDENT ELECTIVE. E Brownfield, J Ondo, J Wong, L Manfred, B Bozarth and A Beddingfield, Charleston, SC. Medical University of South Carolina (SSGIM) Abstract 423
10:50	WHO YOU GONNA CALL? ETHNICITY-BASED VARIATION IN TRUSTED SOURCES OF HEALTH INFORMATION. CL Martin, RA Pope, TF Cutts, LR Sprabery and JE Bailey, Memphis, TN. University of Tennessee Health Science Center Abstract 424
11:00	USING VIDEO IMAGES FOR ADVANCE CARE PLANNING: WHAT PARTICIPANTS THINK. K Murphy, A Hunter, A Volandes and K Deep, Lexington, KY and CAMbridge, MA. University of Kentucky (SSGIM) Abstract 425 82
11:10	ARE CDC HIV SCREENING GUIDELINES OVERCOMING BARRIERS TO TESTING? S Holliday, N LaVine, J Morris, N Lerfald and M Landry, Columbus, OH; New York, NY; BirminghAM, AL; Morgantown, WV and New Orleans, LA. The Ohio State University (SSGIM) Abstract 426
11:20	UNDERSTANDING OF CLEAR LIQUID INSTRUCTIONS AS PART OF COLONOSCOPY PREPARATION. S Paranjape, N Nickl and L Selby, Lexington, KY. University of Kentucky (SSGIM) Abstract 427
11:30	LET’S BE POSITIVE: USING PATIENT CARE EXPERIENCES TO PROMOTE CHANGE. E Erlandson, D Bhatt, M Mendoza, J Pinnick, C Hustedde and D Rudy, Lexington, KY. University of Kentucky (SSGIM) Abstract 428
11:40	ACHIEVING UNIVERSAL HIV SCREENING-PREDICTORS OF WHAT INFLUENCES SCREENING. J Martinez, M Stefan, K Crawford, SW Su and I Modak, New York, NY; Springfield, MA; Greensboro, NC and Dallas, TX. Weill Cornell Medical Center Abstract 429
1:30PM – 3:00 PM	SSGIM RESEARCH ABSTRACT SESSION C Acadian II – Third Floor Caroline Powell and Kristy Deep, Presiding
1:30	WHAT DO PATIENTS WANT WHEN IT COMES TO HIV TESTING, AND ARE DOCTORS LISTENING? NA LaVine, JL Morris, S Holliday and J Martinez, New York, NY; BirminghAM, AL and Columbus, OH. St. Vincent's Medical Center Abstract 430
1:40	WEB-ANALYTICS: CHANGES OF PARTICIPATION MEASUREMENT. C Estrada, P KrishnAMoorthy, A Smith, L Staton and T Houston, BirminghAM, AL and Chattanooga, TN. BirminghAM Veterans Administration Medical Center (SSGIM) Abstract 431
1:50	INPATIENT SATISFACTION ON TEACHING TEAMS. AR Hoellein, MJ Lineberry, CA Feddock, JF Wilson and CH Griffith, Lexington, KY. University of Kentucky (SSGIM) Abstract 432 83
2:00	PREPARING FOR SCIENTIFIC PRESENTATIONS: HOW DO YOU PRACTICE? ED Snyder, A Castiglioni, A Salanitro and C Estrada, BirminghAM, AL. University of AlabAMa BirminghAM (SSGIM) Abstract 433
2:10	PREVALENCE OF VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY IN AN URBAN GENERAL INTERNAL MEDICINE ACADEMIC PRACTICE. MM Ray, AN Long, D Nandikanti, K LAMar, T Hughes, P AdAMs-Graves and B WilliAMs-Cleaves, Memphis, TN. University of Tennessee Health Science Center (SSGIM) Abstract 434
2:20	RESIDENT PHYSICIAN CENTRAL VENOUS LINE PLACEMENT TRAINING REDUCES CENTRAL VENOUS LINE ASSOCIATED BACTEREMIA AT PITT COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL. S Kraemer, K RAMsey, M Mazer and W Robey, Greenville, NC. East Carolina University Brody School of Medicine (SSGIM) Abstract 435
2:30	PATTERNS OF CERVICAL CANCER SCREENING AMONG INTERNAL MEDICINE RESIDENTS. P DePuy, A Cherrington, E Boohaker and E Snyder, BirminghAM, AL. University of AlabAMa at BirminghAM Abstract 436
2:40	PHYSICIAN KNOWLEDGE OF THE REVISED HIV SCREENING GUIDELINES. JL Morris, S Holliday, NA LaVine and M Stefan, BirminghAM, AL; Columbus, OH; New York, NY and Springfiled, MA. University of AlabAMa at BirminghAM (SSGIM) Abstract 437
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 2009
7:00 AM – 11:00 AM	Registration – Pelican Foyer – Third Floor
7:00 AM – 8:00 AM	Continental Breakfast – Third Floor
8:00 AM – 9:30 AM	Clinical Vignette Session E1 – Poydras – Third Floor Clinical Vignette Session E2 – Acadian II – Third Floor Mini Workshop E1/E2 – Magnolia – Second Floor E1 – Cryosurgery for the General Internist E2 - Effective Feedback: Mastering the Art!!! WorkshopE3 – Fulton – Third Floor Succeeding in academia as a general internist Panel Mentoring Sessions E – Audubon Boardroom – Second Floor
9:30 AM – 9:45 AM	Intermission – Third Floor
9:45 AM – 11:15 AM	Research Abstract Oral Plenary Session – Poydras – Third Floor Workshop F1 – Acadian II – Third Floor (Associates) Yikes, I AM a resident!: Strategies to become an Effective TeAM Leader
SSGIM RESEARCH ABSTRACT ORAL PLENARY SESSION Poydras – Third Floor Kristy Deep and Caroline Powell, Presiding
9:45	HEALTH HABITS OF PRIMARY CARE TRAINED PHYSICIANS. J Blair-Elortegui and L Sawyer, Mobile, AL. University of South AlabAMa (SSGIM) Abstract 438
9:57	MULTIPLE UNCONTROLLED COMORBID CONDITIONS AND MEDICATION INTENSIFICATION. AH Salanitro, E Funkhouser, JJ Allison, JH Halanych, TK Houston, MS Litaker, DA Levine and MM Safford, BirminghAM, AL and Columbus, OH. BirminghAM VA Medical Center (SSGIM) Abstract 439
10:09	PATIENTS’ HIV KNOWLEDGE IN 2008: PREDICTORS OF POOR KNOWLEDGE AND SUCCESS OF PUBLIC HEALTH EDUCATION EFFORTS. M Blackwell, N Lerfald, S Wu Sun and I Modak, Charlotte, NC; Morgantown, WV; New York, NY and Dallas, TX. Carolinas Medical Center (SSGIM) Abstract 440
10:21	FACTORS SURROUNDING PHYSICIAN-PATIENT DISCUSSIONS ABOUT HIV AND THE IMPACT ON TESTING. MR Crawford, M Stefan, J Martinez and M Blackwell, Greensboro, NC; Springfield, MA; New York, NY and Charlotte, NC. Moses Cone Health System (SSGIM) Abstract 441
10:33	MEDICAL STUDENTS AND PATIENT CARE TIME . EE LAMpson, MJ Swadley, MJ Lineberry, JF Wilson, CH Griffith and AR Hoellein, Lexington, KY. University of Kentucky (SSGIM) Abstract 442
10:45	EXPLORING THE PREFERENCES AND DECISION-MAKING OF PATIENTS USING VIDEO IMAGES OF ADVANCED DEMENTIA. A Hunter, K Murphy, A Volandes and K Deep, Lexington, KY and Boston, MA. University of Kentucky Abstract 443
10:57	HOSPITAL READMISSIONS WITHIN 30 DAYS AFTER DISCHARGE: A REVIEW OF ALL READMISSIONS TO HOSPITALISTS IN ONE YEAR. V JeevananthAM, G Jao, R VadlAMudi, B Gadi, M Eapen, S Stefanescu and P Agborbesong, Winston Salem, NC. Wake Forest University Abstract 444
11:55 AM– 11:20 AM	Break
11:20 AM– 12:30 PM	Business Meeting (Awards and Announcements) – Poydras – Third Floor
12:30 PM	Adjourn