Manuscripts, Book Chapters, Case Reports In Peer-Reviewed Journals / Books .
... Journal of General Internal Medicine (Oct/Nov 2009). ○ Chong L. “Pretibial ...
2011 – 2015 MANUSCRIPTS, BOOK CHAPTERS, CASE REPORTS IN PEER-REVIEWED JOURNALS/BOOKS
Scotto L, Honda Y, Weinberg M. “When Zebras Outrace Horses: Unifying Cushing’s Syndrome and Anterior Mediastinal Mass”. J Gen Intern Med online 2015 (publication pending).
Nguyen SM. CPMC Gastroenterology Residency Handbook, 1st Edition. 2015. (In process of editing, March 2015).
Settecase F, martin A, Lillaney P, Losey AD, Hetts SW. MR-guided passive catheter tracking for endovascular therapy. MR Clinics of North America 2015. BOOK CHAPTER (In press).
Maamari RN, Vemuri S, Tao JP. A modified action sports camera for high-quality and costeffective oculofacial surgical videography. Ophthalmic Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery Journal. (Accepted, in press).
Harris JP, Chang-Halpenny CN, Maxin PG, Quon A, Graves EE, Diehn M, Loo BW. Outcomes of modestly hypofractionated radiation for lung tumors: pre- and mid-treatment positron emission tomography-computed tomography metrics as prognostic factors. Clinical Lung Cancer. (In press).
Moftakhar P, Lillaney P, Losey AD, Cooke DL, Martin AJ, Thorne BRH, Arenson RL, Saeed M, Wilson MW, Hetts SW. New Generation laser lithographed dual axis magnetically assisted remote controlled endovascular catheter for interventional MRI imaging. In vitro multiplanar navigation at 1.5T and 3T versus X-ray fluoroscopy. Radiology. (In press).
Brezinski EA, Dhillon JS, Armstrong AW. Economic burden of psoriasis in the United States: A systematic review. JAMA Dermatol. 2015 Jan 7.
Georgesen C, McDonough P, Cruz P. Interstitial granulomatous dermatitis associated with gabapentin. Dermatitis. 2014 Nov-Dec;25(6):374-5.
Brezinski EA, Harskamp CT, Ledo L, Armstrong AW. Public perception of dermatologists and comparison with other medical specialties: Results from a national survey. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2014 Nov;71(5):875-81.
Merritt BA, Turin A, Markl M, Malaisrie SC, McCarthy PM, Carr JC. Association between leaflet fusion pattern and thoracic aorta morphology in patients with bicuspid aortic valve. J Magn Reson Inmaging. 2014 Aug;40(2):294-300.
Lui F, Downes K, Swenson SL. The Eight-Ball Eyeball: Grade IV Hyphema. J General Internal Medicine 2014 Jun;29(6):964-5.
Wong JM, Welles CC, Azarbal F, Whooley MA, Schiller NB, Turakhia MP. Association of left atrial dysfunction with ischemic stroke in coronary heart disease patients (from the Heart and Soul Study). Am J Card 2014;113(10):1679-84.
Wong JM, Sin N, Whooley MA. A comparison of Cook-Medley hostility subscales and mortality in patients with coronary heart disease: data from the Heart and Soul Study. Psychosomatic Medicine 2014;76(4):311-7.
Azarbal F, Welles CC, Wong JM, Whooley MA, Schiller NB, Turakhia MP. Association of CHADS2, CHADS2-VASc, R2CHADS2 scores with left atrial dysfunction in patients with coronary heart disease: findings from the Heart and Soul Study. Am J Card 2014;113(7):1166-72.
Chou C, Yimam K, Frederick RT, Swenson SL. . "A rare case of icteric acute hepatitis C infection acquired through intranasal methamphetamine use". ACG Case Rep J 2014;1(2):112–114. Also was a FINALIST, Clinical Vignette Competition, Regional Meeting, American College of Physicians, October 2013, San Jose, CA.
Gamson K, Ding Y, Aronowtiz P. Invasive aspergillosis. Journal of General Internal Medicine. (Epub ahead of print, Sept 2013).
Chou C, Holt EW, Aronowitz P, Holt EW, Verhille MS. “Predictors of Adverse Outcomes Among Patients with Upper Gastro-intestinal Bleeding.” American Journal of Gastroenterology. 2012;107(S1): S593-4.
Chick JFB, Chauhan NR, Lai J, Khurana B. Incarcerated Morgagni Hernia Mimicking Acute Cholecystitis. Intern Emergency Medicine. 2012; 7 (Suppl 2):169-71.
Tao CT, Scala LM, Gee H, Lim D, Padilla B, Rounsaville MC, Lee JW, Abendroth RE. Preoperative Chemoradiotherapy for Locally Advanced Rectal Adenocarcinoma: A Dosimetric Comparison of Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT) with Three-Dimensional Conformal Radiotherapy (3D-CRT). Journal of Clinical Oncology. 2011; 29(suppl 4): abstr 615. Poster presented at the 2011 Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium; January 20 – 22, 2011; San Francisco, CA.
Tao CT, Yang LX. Improved radiotherapy for primary and secondary liver cancer: stereotactic body radiation therapy. Anticancer Research. 2012;32(2): 649-55.
WEB IMAGES Journal of General Internal Medicine
Nguyen SM, Bhambani-Lal S, Edson R. Clinical Images: A rare cause of platypnea and atrial fibrillation. December 12, 2014. http://www.sgim.org/web-only/clinical-images/a-rare-cause-ofplatypnea-and-atrial-fibrillation
RESEARCH GRANTS
Scheibe M. Ephraim P. Engleman Endowed Resident Research Preceptorship, 2013, Awarded Through Rheumatology Research Fund.
AWARDS
Lui, F. American College of Gastroenterology Lawlor Resident Award, 2014.
CLINICAL VIGNETTE AND RESEARCH POSTER AND ORAL PRESENTATIONS American College of Gastroenterology, October 2015, Honolulu, HI
Nguyen, S., Chen, T., Shaw, RE, Snape W. A retrospective analysis of clinical factors and electrogastrographic characteristics in patients receiving gastric electrical stimulation for refractory gastroparesis. Chuong, Tran. Clinical Vignette poster Chen, Timothy Clinical Vignette poster Shalman, Dov Clinical Vignette poster Lui, Felix Research Poster
American Thoracic Society International Conference, May 2015, Denver, CO
Au, E., Hickey, N, Swenson, SL. A Rare Case of Coccidioidomycosis Presenting as a Spontaneous Pyopneumothorax. Also presented as clinical vignette poster at Regional Meeting of the American College of Physicians, San Francisco, CA, October 2014.
Digestive Diseases Week, American Society of Clinical Gastroenterology, May 2015, Washington, DC
Lui F, Shaw RE, Gerson LB. Impact of small bowel imaging on incidence and survival rates of small bowel tumors: Analysis on anatomical disparities. ORAL PRESENTATION.
Lui F, Lin-Gomez S, Wong RJ. The impact of nativity on gastric cancer incidence and survival in Asian subgroups.
Chen T, Snape W, Shaw R. Acute effects of botulinum toxin on pyloric pressure and distensibility in patients with pylorospasm.
Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, Annual Meeting, May 2015, Denver, CO
Sun CQ, Prajna NV, Lalitha P, Srinivasan M, Zegans ME, McLeod SD, Acharya NR, Lietman TM, Rose-Nussbaumer J. Effect of pretreatment with antifungals on clinical outcomes in the Mycotic Ulcer Treatment Trial I.
Society of General Internal Medicine, National Meeting, May 2015, Toronto, Canada
Chandra, M., Nuckton, T. SIPE: A Price for a Prize.
Chandra, M., Swenson, SL. Keep a “Lookout” for Syphilis.
Hung, AK, Guy, J, Behler, C. Anti-Erythropoietin Antibody Associated Red Cell Aplasia Resolved after Liver Transplantation.
Shalman D, Edson R. Polymicrobial feculent empyema: An unusual complication of colon cancer.
American College of Physicians (ACP), National Meeting, April/May 2015, Boston, MA
Chandra, M, Weinberg, M, Swenson, SL. Catecholamine Induced Peripartum Cardiomyopathy: A Rare Reversible Cause.
Nguyen, S, Gamson K, Garcia-Kennedy R, Holt EW. Wilson Disease Disguised as Drug Induced Liver Injury from Nitrofurantoin.
Park J, Sparks Y, So M. Road tripper arrives at a road block: Managing acute submassive pulmonary embolism with thrombolytic therapy.
The Endocrine Society, Annual Meeting & Expo, March 2015, San Diego, CA
Iwamoto SJ, Shaw R, Yin AY. A comparison of three sets of guidelines for ultrasound-guided fineneedle aspiration biopsy of thyroid nodules at an urban endocrinology clinic.
Society of Interventional Radiology, Annual Scientific Meeting, March 2015, Atlanta, GA
Losey AD, Lillaney P, Martin AJ, Wilson MW, Saeed M, Hetts SW. Renal artery embolization in vivo using a magnetically assisted remote controlled catheter under real-time MRI guidance. ORAL PRESENTATION Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology , Volume 26 , Issue 2 , S112.
Patel AS, Sze CH, Yang J, Saeed M, Losey AD, Chin AK, Wilson M, Hetts, SW. Development and validation of an endovascular chemotherapy filter device to enable high dose transarterial hepatic doxorubicin therapy: in vivo porcine study. J Vasc Interv Radiol. 2015;26(2): S17.
Mabray MC, Lillaney PV, Losey AD, Yang J, Sze C, Patel AS, Saeed M, Cooke D, Wilson M, Hetts SW. Capture of small iron oxide particles with a prototype magnetic filter designed for intravenous filtration of intra-arterially infused particles - the effects of particle type. J Vasc Interv Radiol. 2015;26(2): S163.
Society of General Internal Medicine, Regional Meeting, January 2015, Los Angeles, CA
Aronson JR, Quand-Dang, DU, Jacobson, DJ. A Different Kind of ‘Donut Hole’: Clues to a case of Granulomatous Hepatitis Caused by Acute Q Fever in a Patient without Obvious Exposure. THIRD PLACE, CLINICAL VIGNETTE COMPETITION.
Shalman D, Edson R. Polymicrobial feculent empyema: An unusual complication of colon cancer. ORAL PRESENTATION.
Association of University Professors of Ophthalmology, Annual Meeting, January 2015, Tuscon, AZ
Tao J, Maamari R, Vemuri S. A modified action sports camera for high-quality and cost-effective operating room videography.
American Society of Dermatopathology, National Meeting, November 2014, Chicago, IL
Georgesen C, Morrison G, DiMaio DJ, Kozel JA. Cutaneous collagenous vasculopathy: A report of two cases with additional evidence that fibrin thrombi may play a role in pathogenesis.
American College of Gastroenterology, National Meeting, October 2014, Philadelphia, PA
Lui F, Shaw RE, Gerson LB. Impact of small bowel imaging on the histological patters of small bowel tumors: Analysis with SEER database. ORAL PRESENTATION, PLENARY SESSION.
Lui F, Tuan B, Wong RJ. Sex-specific and race/ethnicity-specific disparities in cancer incidence and survival persist among both gastric cardia cancer and lower esophageal cancer patients.
Shalman D, Gerson LB. Risk of hemorrhage after colonoscopy with polypectomy associated with antithrombotic or anticoagulation therapy: Systematic review and meta-analysis.
Northern California Region American College of Physicians (ACP), October 2014, San Francisco, CA
Aronson, JR, Swenson, SL, Hsu E, Edson R. Pulmonary Sequestration Complicated by Necrotizing Pneumonia: An Atypical Presentation of Fusobacterium necrophorum Diagnosed by Broad Range PCR.
Au EH, Hickey NC, Swenson SL. A rare case of coccidioidomycosis presenting as a spontaneous pyopneumothorax.
Chen T, Battle L, Nguyen S. Transient intussusceptions, jejuno?
Guiness R, Campbell C, Edson R. Pott’s disease: the great masquerader.
Harbutt S, So M. Serious serous otitis media.
Hung AK, Sparks AY, Chin-Garcia C. Typical bronchial carcinoid: Cancer in slow motion.
Lee CY. An immunomodulation balancing act in a case of primary CNS post-transplant lymphoproliferative disease after renal transplantation.
Li JC, Iwamoto S, Schafhalter-Zappoth I. Diabetes management in an urban resident clinic: A QI project.
Lui FH, Shaw RE, Gerson LB. The impact of small bowel imaging on the histological patters of small bowel tumors.
Ng J, Iwamoto S, Holt EW. High fever in a post-liver transplant patient: Don’t forget the “Q”.
Nishimoto S, Sparks AY, Swenson SL. A Twist on the Terrible T’s: Large Mediastinal Nonseminomatous Germ Cell Tumor Presenting as Respiratory Failure and Hemoptysis.
Park G, Iwamoto S, So M. Burrito with the Works: Lateral medullary syndrome and cerebellar ischemia due to vertebral artery dissection.
Park J, Sparks Y, So M. Road tripper arrives at a road block: Managing acute submassive pulmonary embolism with thrombolytic therapy.
Shalman D, Iwamoto S, So M. Near-death by chocolate: A case of postprandial hypoglycemia 14 years after gastric bypass.
Sikder S, Kirkeby K. Panhypopituitarism in an HIV infected patient.
Tran, C, Levitt HK, Swenson SL. Fatal Engulfment: A Case of Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis.
Wong, JM, Sparks Y, Swenson, SL. Acute Flank Pain: Renal angiomyolipoma and the Wunderlich syndrome.
American Society of Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Fall Scientific Symposium, October 2014, Chicago, IL
Maamari R, Vemuri S, Tao J. A modified action camera for high-quality, cost-effective oculofacial surgical videography. ORAL PRESENTATION/PANEL DISCUSSION.
The Endocrine Society/International Conference of Endocrinology, June 2014, Chicago, IL
Iwamoto S, Clima JM, Earle KE. Suspected granuloma-induced severe hypercalcemia in the setting of poly(methyl methacrylate) injections: Two case reports.
Digestive Disease Week, International Meeting, May 2014, Chicago, IL
Lui F, Gerson LB. Impact of small bowel imaging on incidence and survival rates of small bowel cancer: Analysis with the SEER database. ORAL PRESENTATION.
Lui F, Wong RJ. Disparate outcomes of cardia vs. non-cardia gastric cancers: Results from a large tertiary care center from 2000-2012.
Society of General Internal Medicine, National Meeting, April 2014, San Diego, CA
Lui F, Swenson SL, Antoniucci D. AIDS sugar rush: Hyperglycemia in HIV. ORAL PRESENTATION. UNKNOWN CLINICAL VIGNETTE.
Li J, Swenson SL. Parasite Causing Acute Abdominal Pain.
Society of Hospital Medicine, National Conference, March 2014, Las Vegas, NV
Wong JM, Lahsaeizadeh S, Gamson K, Ristow B. Endocarditis, an uncommon complication in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
International Stroke Conference, February 2014, San Diego, CA
Wong JM, Lombardo D, Wong N, Fisher M. Left atrial septal pouch as a stroke risk factor: Association with cryptogenic stroke.
Society of General Internal Medicine, California-Hawaii Meeting, January 2014, Palo Alto, CA
Iwamoto S, Li J, Swenson SL. Cranial Nerve VII Palsy Uncovers Invasive Aspergillosis.
National Meeting, American College of Rheumatology, October 2013
Scheibe MM, Imboden JB, Schmajuk G, Margaretten M, Graf JD, Chen A, Yelin EH, Yazdany J. Efficiency Gains for Rheumatology Consultation From An Electronic Referral System in a Safety Net Health System. Oral Presentation
American College of Gastroenterology, 2013, San Diego, CA
Lui F, Tuan B, Wong RJ. Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Cardia (CAR) vs. Non-Cardia (NCAR) Gastric Cancer Incidence and Survival in the United States. ORAL PRESENTATION, PLENARY SESSION. Also presented at Northern California Region American College of Physicians (ACP) 2013, San Joe, CA.
Northern California Region American College of Physicians (ACP) 2013, San Jose, CA
Ames D, Swenson SL, Eiman T. Fibrosis is the Diagnosis.
Apter B, Young K, Swenson SL, Edson R. Don’t Call the Oncologist: Right Atrial and Anterior Mediastinal Mass. WINNER, SECOND PLACE, POSTER COMPETITION
Grant M, Tao C, Ling J. Bartonella clarridgeiae: A First Human Case of Culture Negative Bacterial Endocarditis.
Iwamoto SJ, Young KL, Jacobson DF. The Lesser of Two Evil Passages: A Case of an Indirect Carotid Cavernous Fistula.
Lee JM, Grant K, Swenson SL. Mantle Cell Lymphoma Presenting with Cord Compression: Diagnostic Clues in the Peripheral Smear.
Li J, Swenson SL. Parasite Causing Acute Abdominal Pain. (Abstract Accepted)
Nguyen, SM, Gamson K, Garcia-Kennedy R, Holt EW. Wilson Disease Disguised as Drug-Induced Liver Injury from Nitrofurantoin. FINALIST, POSTER COMPETITION
Scheibe MM, Clima J, Lee E. Not the Average Lump in Your Throat.
Sikder S, Swenson SL. Hypoglycemia: Getting the GIST of it.
Sparks AY, Gamson K. Listen to Your Heart: A Case of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Presenting as Cardiac Tamponade.
Tao, C, Hickey N, Young K. Shortness of Breath from the Treatment, Not the Disease:
Erlotinib-Induced Interstitial Lung Disease.
Tello TL, Au EH, Busch DF. Multiple Cutaneous Eschars and Systemic Illness in a Camping Couple: Rickettsia 364D (R. phillipi) Disease in Northern California.
Zhang L. Miliary Cervical Cancer. FINALIST, POSTER COMPETITION
American Neurogastroenterology and Motility Scientific Meeting, 2013, Huntingon Beach, CA
Carcamo-Molina D, Nguyen S, Snape W, Kennedy-Garcia R, Shetler K. Esophageal Peristalsis and Motility in Patients with Eosinophilic Esophagitis.
Digestive Diseases Week, May 2013. Orlando, FL.
Yimam K, Shaw RE, Wong C, Louie J, Holt EW, Lai J, Abel M, Verhille M, Chung TP. Survival Among Asians with Colorectal Cancer at A Multi-Racial Urban Center.
Yimam K, Shaw RE, Holt EW, Louie J, Wong C, Lai J, Verhille M, Chung TP, Abel M. Early-Onset Colorectal Cancer is Independently Associated with Shorter Overall Survival.
Society of General Internal Medicine, National Meeting, May 2013, Denver, CO
Iwamoto S, Tan S, Yin A, Swenson SL. Clomiphene-Induced Hypertriglyceridemia and Acute Pancreatitis. Also WINNER, CLINICAL VIGNETTE POSTER COMPETITION, Regional Meeting, Society of General Internal Medicine, February 2013.
Lui F, Swenson SL. More than Skin Deep: Pacemaker Associated Endocarditis caused by Staphylococcus Lugdunensis.
Scotto L, Honda Y, Tan S, Weinstein M, Swenson SL. Connecting the Dots: Cushing’s Syndrome and Anterior Mediastinal Mass
American College of Physicians (ACP) National Meeting, 2013, San Francisco, CA
Lee J, Tan S, Busch, D. Tick, Tick, Tick: Anaplasmosis in Northern California.
Northern California Region American College of Physicians (ACP) 2012, San Francisco, CA
Abrecht C, Tan S, Swenson SL. Papillary Fibroelastoma and Headache: An Uncommon Cause of an Everyday Complaint.
Ali F, Dokey A, Swenson SL. Optic Neuritis: A Diagnosis in the Eye of the Beholder.
Chou C, Yimam KK, Frederick RT. A rare case of acute icteric hepatitis C acquired through intranasal drug use.
Clima J, Swenson SL. Adrenals in Overdrive.
Gamson K, Ding Y, Aronowitz P. Little Cough, Big Trouble: Invasive Pulmonary Aspergillosis. FINALIST, POSTER COMPETITION
Honda Y, Ding Y, Swenson SL. Discovering a Giant in the Sella: Isolated Neurosarcoidosis.
Kamangar F. Methotrexate toxicity induced by ciprofloxacin leading to psoriatic plaque ulceration.
Lee J, Tan S, Busch D. Tick, tick, tick: Anaplasmosis in Northern California.
Lui F, Wong RJ. Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Gastric Cancer Incidence and Survival in the US. WINNER, RESEARCH POSTER COMPETITION
Nguyen SM, Tan S, Swenson SL. Pyogenic Liver Abscess from an Odontogenic Source: Fusobacterium Nucleatum Presenting with Intractable Singultus.
Sparks AY, Tan S, Gordon S. Love is blinding: A case of neurosyphilis presenting as optic neuritis.
Terawaki H, Minor D, Swenson SL. All That’s Cancer is Not Metastases: Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome from Bevacizumab.
Wa C, Aronowitz P, Swenson SL. Fulminant Eosinophilic Myocarditis: Rare Presentation of ChurgStrauss Syndrome.
Wong C, Levy T, Yimam K. Undiagnosed Wilson’s disease presenting as fulminant hepatic failure with a rare recovery without liver transplantation.
Zhang LM, Bennett N, Wei EK, Holt EW. Noninvasive measurement of skin carotenoid concentration is associated with metabolic syndrome.
Society of General Internal Medicine, National Meeting, May 2012, Orlando, FL
Clima J, Swenson SL. A Painful Reminder that Zebras Exist. J Gen Intern Med 2012; 27: Suppl 1. (Oral Presentation)
Detz A, Kanzaria H, Swenson SL. How Not to Get Lost In Translation: Assessing Barriers to Interpreter Utilization. J Gen Intern Med 2012; 27: Suppl 1.
Tsoi C, Yee P, Aronowitz P. A Case of Reversible Posterior Encephalopathy Syndrome in Ovarian Hyperstimulation Syndrome.
American College of Gastroenterology, 2012, Las Vegas, NV
Chou C, Aronowitz P, Holt EW, Verhille MS. Predictors of Adverse Outcomes Among Patients with Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding.
Northern California Region American College of Physicians (ACP) 2011, San Jose, CA
Browne WF, Busch D, Detz A. A “complex” case of meningococcemia.
Campbell C, Sharma R, Swenson SL, Lin M. Primary Achalasia: A Tough Diagnosis to Swallow
Chou C, Falk A, Swenson SL. A Twist in your Abdomen: Petersen’s Hernia after Roux-en-Y Surgery.
Gamson K, Ding Y, Jacobson D. Bubbles of Trouble: Celiac Disease Presenting as Pneumatosis Intestinalis.
Lai J, Yee P, Swenson SL. A Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing: A Rare Case of Ischemic Pontine Stroke Presenting as Bell’s Palsy.
Mani N, Ding Y, Jacobson D. Not your ordinary plaque rupture: Cholesterol embolization syndrome after cardiac catheterization.
Richardson D, Aronowitz P, Trilesskaya M. Listen to your patient, she is telling you the diagnosis: Acute STEMI with no electrocardiogram changes.
Scheibe MM, Antoniucci D, Aronowitz P. 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D Mediated Recurrent Hypercalcemia in Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome.
Singh H, Detz A. HELLP? Think again! Burkitt’s lymphoma.
Tan S, Jacobson D, Tong D, Busch D. Acute stroke—A rare presentation of acute HIV-1 infection.
Tandon S, Holt EW, Guy J, Frederick RT, Aronowitz P. Unpleasant Surprise: Unmasking of Portopulmonary Hypertension after Liver Transplantation for Hepatopulmonary Syndrome.
Vu-Holbrook L, Busch D, Jacobson D. Re-examining the diagnosis of Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia in non-HIV patients.
Wa C, Detz A, Swenson SL. Pericardial Effusion Due to Myxedema Coma.
Wong C, Yimam K, Aronowitz P, Frederick T. Asymptomatic constrictive pericarditis.
Society of General Internal Medicine, National Meeting, May 2011, Phoenix, AZ
Gamson K, Cooper L, Jacobson D. The Perils of Premature Closure: Thyrotoxic Periodic Paralysis Treated Initially as Guillain-Barre Syndrome. UNKNOWN CLINICAL VIGNETTE, ORAL PRESENTATION
