Department of Internal Medicine Academic Department Clinical Department
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- Aziz, Muhammad, Associate Professor
- Berkman, Aron, Associate Professor
- Coronel-Couto, Gloria, Associate Professor
- Fernandez De La Vara, Aymara, Assistant Professor
- Holder, Cheryl, Professor
- Lamour, Daniella, Assistant Professor
- Landa Galindez, Amalia, Associate Professor
- Lefevre, Frank, Associate Professor
- Muniz, Jose, Associate Professor
- Rabassa, Carla, Assistant Professor
- Ratzan, Ruth, Associate Professor
- Thangarasu, Sudhagar, Associate Professor
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2026Structural, Spectroscopic, Quantum Chemical and Molecular Docking Studies on 2-Aminopyridinium Dihydrogen Phosphate: A Potential Multi-Target Bioactive Molecule1. Asian Journal of Chemistry. 38:2205-2214.Full Text via DOI: 10.14233/ajchem.2026.36392
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2026Herb-Induced Liver Injury (HILI) Associated With Asowosi (Momordica charantia): A Case Report.. CUREUS. 18:e101682.Full Text via DOI: 10.7759/cureus.101682
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2026In Situ Growth of Biodegradable Chitosan-Encapsulated Zeolite-Structured MOFs: A Potential Therapeutic Drug for Triple-Negative Breast Cancer. Journal of Nanotechnology. 2026.Full Text via DOI: 10.1155/jnt/6618411 Web of Science: 001773007600001
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2025Active Learning Using Virtual Escape Rooms to Enhance Patient Safety Education During the Medicine Clerkship. Medical Science Educator. 35:2963-2971.Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s40670-025-02502-9 Web of Science: 001564864600001
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2025Gaps in Osteoporosis Management in a Predominantly Hispanic Population.. CUREUS. 17:e96704.Full Text via DOI: 10.7759/cureus.96704
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2025Neutrophilic Urticarial Dermatosis With Angioedema: A Diagnostic and Therapeutic Challenge.. CUREUS. 17:e91490.Full Text via DOI: 10.7759/cureus.91490
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2025Online Interest in Colorectal Cancer Screening in Florida. SOUTHERN MEDICAL JOURNAL. 118:365-369.Full Text via DOI: 10.14423/SMJ.0000000000001846 Web of Science: 001528156900005
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2025Developing culturally competent physicians: Empathy, inclusivity, moral distress training and ethical reflections during the Medicine Clerkship. MEDICAL TEACHER. 47:835-841.Full Text via DOI: 10.1080/0142159X.2024.2374943 Web of Science: 001268793600001
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2025Heat Illness and Extreme Weather Health Literacy: Communication Preferences and Effectiveness for Patients Living in Climate-Change-Vulnerable Communities. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH. 22.Full Text via DOI: 10.3390/ijerph22030434
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2025Rectal Lymphogranuloma Venereum Mass Mimicking Colorectal Cancer.. CUREUS. 17:e78516.Full Text via DOI: 10.7759/cureus.78516
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2025Lush Ice High: A Rare Case of Nicotine E-Liquid-Induced Toxic Encephalopathy.. CUREUS. 17:e77486.Full Text via DOI: 10.7759/cureus.77486
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2024The Enigma of Retroperitoneal Fibrosis: Clinical Implications and Diagnostic and Therapeutic Challenges.. CUREUS. 16:e74499.Full Text via DOI: 10.7759/cureus.74499
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2024Preliminary Development of the Climate and Racial Justice Scale. Environmental Justice. 17:328-336.Full Text via DOI: 10.1089/env.2023.0025 Web of Science: 001187319000001
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2024An Incidental Diagnosis of Conjoined Nerve Root After a Work-Related Back Injury: A Case Report. CUREUS. 16.Full Text via DOI: 10.7759/cureus.68436 Web of Science: 001309938700013
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2024From Botox Party to Botulism: A Case Report and Public Health Warning on Adulterated Botulinum Toxin Injection. CUREUS. 16.Full Text via DOI: 10.7759/cureus.68016 Web of Science: 001304987500002
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2024Posterior Urethral Valves in a Healthy-Appearing Athletic Adult: A Case Report. CUREUS. 16.Full Text via DOI: 10.7759/cureus.66514 Web of Science: 001294997300023
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2024Unraveling the Clinical Complexity of Thyrotoxic Periodic Paralysis: A Case Report. CUREUS. 16.Full Text via DOI: 10.7759/cureus.66195 Web of Science: 001288553600003
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2024Need for Structured Pain Management Curriculum and Competency-Based Evaluation in GME: An Observational Study in One Internal Medicine Residency Program. Journal of Medical Education and Curricular Development. 11.Full Text via DOI: 10.1177/23821205241298353 Web of Science: 001354551400001
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2024Un Puente Digital: Comparación de la Comprensibilidad y Accesibilidad de Sitios Web sobre Apoplejía en Español e Inglés. American Journal of Non-Communicable Diseases. 1.Full Text via DOI: 10.25148/ajncd.1.2.2
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2023Refractory Arrhythmias as a Potential Indicator of Underlying Cardiac Amyloidosis: A Case Report. CUREUS. 15.Full Text via DOI: 10.7759/cureus.41760 Web of Science: 001047595700023
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2023A short, animated storytelling video about sodium intake as a major cardiovascular risk factor and recommendations for a healthy diet: an online, randomized, controlled trial. TRIALS. 24.Full Text via DOI: 10.1186/s13063-023-07418-6 Web of Science: 001004000500001
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2023Transforming Medical Education to Provide Gender-Affirming Care for Transgender and Gender-Diverse Patients: A Policy Brief. Annals of Family Medicine. 21:S92-S94.Full Text via DOI: 10.1370/afm.2926 Web of Science: 001093198700015
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2023Implementation of the I-PASS handoff program in diverse clinical environments: A multicenter prospective effectiveness implementation study. JOURNAL OF HOSPITAL MEDICINE. 18:5-14.Full Text via DOI: 10.1002/jhm.12979 Web of Science: 000878196300001
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2022Time Does Matter: Reduced Internal Medicine Clerkship Clinical Experiences Due to COVID-19. CUREUS. 14.Full Text via DOI: 10.7759/cureus.32445 Web of Science: 000936117900019
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2022Online interactive genetics education during internal medicine clinical clerkship. Genetics in Medicine. 24:1362-1371.Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.gim.2022.02.015 Web of Science: 000806512700019
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2022A Rare Case of Balo Concentric Sclerosis, a Subtype of Tumefactive Multiple Sclerosis, in a 40-Year-Old Male: Case Report. CUREUS. 14.Full Text via DOI: 10.7759/cureus.24033 Web of Science: 000788119500023
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2022Providing Care with Cultural, Racial, and Ethnic Humility: the Framework for an Additional Entrustable Professional Activity. Medical Science Educator. 32:283-285.Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s40670-022-01513-0 Web of Science: 000749472500001
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2022Engagement in Care and Housing Instability Influence HIV Screening Among Transgender Individuals in South Florida. Transgender Health. 7:52-60.Full Text via DOI: 10.1089/trgh.2020.0066 Web of Science: 000760780700006
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2022Reducing the health impacts of ambient air pollution. The BMJ. 379.Full Text via DOI: 10.1136/bmj-2021-069487
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2021Climate Change and the Local Environment: Communicating with Your Patients about Health Impacts. American Family Physician. 104:526-530.
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2021A System for Resilience Learning: Developing a Community-Driven, Multi-Sector Research Approach for Greater Preparedness and Resilience to Long-Term Climate Stressors and Extreme Events in the Miami Metropolitan Region. Journal of Extreme Events. 08:2150019.Full Text via DOI: 10.1142/s2345737621500196
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2021Ruthless Utilitarianism? COVID-19 State Triage Protocols May Subject Patients to Racial Discrimination and Providers to Legal Liability. American Journal of Law and Medicine. 47:264-290.Full Text via DOI: 10.1017/amj.2021.17 Web of Science: 000685843700007
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2021Concurrent Bilateral Central Retinal Artery Occlusion Secondary to Sickle Cell Crisis. JOURNAL OF INVESTIGATIVE MEDICINE HIGH IMPACT CASE REPORTS. 9.Full Text via DOI: 10.1177/23247096211028392 Web of Science: 000668130400001
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2021May Measurement Month 2019: an analysis of blood pressure screening results from Jamaica. European Heart Journal, Supplement. 23:B82-B85.Full Text via DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/suab036 Web of Science: 000706855500025
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2021A Simple Hemorrhagic Hepatic Cyst: Warfarin Mediated. ACG CASE REPORTS JOURNAL. 8.Full Text via DOI: 10.14309/crj.0000000000000567 Web of Science: 000711685500015
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2021Empathy Can Be Taught, and Patients Teach it Best. Journal of Medical Education and Curricular Development. 8.Full Text via DOI: 10.1177/23821205211000346 Web of Science: 000630384500001
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2021Atraumatic Splenic Rupture in a Patient on Apixaban and Dual Antiplatelet Therapy. JOURNAL OF INVESTIGATIVE MEDICINE HIGH IMPACT CASE REPORTS. 9.Full Text via DOI: 10.1177/23247096211026492
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2020Patient With Penile and Scrotal Strangulation Due to Prolonged Use of a Metal Ring Device. CUREUS. 12.Full Text via DOI: 10.7759/cureus.11928 Web of Science: 000595831500016
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2020Hispanic Patients with Primary Biliary Cholangitis Have Decreased Access to Care Compared to Non-Hispanics.. Journal of Clinical and Translational Hepatology. 8:391-396.Full Text via DOI: 10.14218/jcth.2020.00006
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2020Tension Bullae With Peripheral Pneumothorax. JOURNAL OF INVESTIGATIVE MEDICINE HIGH IMPACT CASE REPORTS. 8.Full Text via DOI: 10.1177/2324709620963646 Web of Science: 000582192400001
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2020A case of spontaneous heterotopic pregnancy in natural conception complicated with hemoperitoneum. HELIYON. 6.Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2020.e03373 Web of Science: 000518367800077
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2019Blood Pressure Screening Campaign in Jamaica: May Measurement Month 2017. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF HYPERTENSION. 32:1186-1191.Full Text via DOI: 10.1093/ajh/hpz117 Web of Science: 000501727400008
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2019Disparities of HIV risk and PrEP use among transgender women of color in South Florida. JOURNAL OF THE NATIONAL MEDICAL ASSOCIATION. 111:625-632.Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.jnma.2019.08.001 Web of Science: 000503376500008
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2018Let's Talk About Sex: The Social Determinants of Sexual and Reproductive Health for Second-Year Medical Students. MedEdPORTAL. 14:10772.Full Text via DOI: 10.15766/mep_2374-8265.10772
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2018Embolizing Massive Right Atrial Thrombus in a HIV-Infected Patient. JOURNAL OF INVESTIGATIVE MEDICINE HIGH IMPACT CASE REPORTS. 6.Full Text via DOI: 10.1177/2324709618802871 Web of Science: 000453081500002
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2018Impact of culturally based medicine on patient decision-making. Progress in Palliative Care. 26:223-226.Full Text via DOI: 10.1080/09699260.2019.1581461 Web of Science: 000469966900001
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2017Integrating Research, Quality Improvement, and Medical Education for Better Handoffs and Safer Care: Disseminating, Adapting, and Implementing the I-PASS Program. Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety. 43:319-329.Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.jcjq.2017.04.001 Web of Science: 000424164300002
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2017Abstract 111: Effect of Thyroxin Treatment on Carotid Intima Media Thickness (CIMT) Reduction in Patients With Subclinical Hypothyroidism (SCH)-A Meta-Analysis of Randomized Clinical Trials. ARTERIOSCLEROSIS THROMBOSIS AND VASCULAR BIOLOGY. 37.Full Text via DOI: 10.1161/atvb.37.suppl_1.111
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2017Abstract 301: Association of Short and Long Sleep Duration With Carotid Intima-Media Thickness, the Baptist Employee Healthy Heart Study (Behhs). ARTERIOSCLEROSIS THROMBOSIS AND VASCULAR BIOLOGY. 37.Full Text via DOI: 10.1161/atvb.37.suppl_1.301
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2016Sa1578 Environmental Risk Factors and Socioeconomic Disparity in Hispanic Versus Non-Hispanic Patients With PBC. Gastroenterology. 150:s1073.Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/s0016-5085(16)33621-6
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2016Abstract P003: Comparison of Ideal Cardiovascular Health Status Across National Representative Cohorts: A Systematic Review. CIRCULATION. 133.Full Text via DOI: 10.1161/circ.133.suppl_1.p003
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2015Abstract 262: Association of Lipoprotein Subclasses with Arterial Stiffness in a High Risk Working Population: The Baptist Employee Healthy Heart Study (BEHHS). ARTERIOSCLEROSIS THROMBOSIS AND VASCULAR BIOLOGY. 35.Full Text via DOI: 10.1161/atvb.35.suppl_1.262
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2015Abstract 684: Principal Component Analysis Identifies Lipoprotein Subfractions Associated with Coronary Artery Calcification in a Young High Cardiometabolic Risk Population: The Baptist Employee Healthy Heart Study. ARTERIOSCLEROSIS THROMBOSIS AND VASCULAR BIOLOGY. 35.Full Text via DOI: 10.1161/atvb.35.suppl_1.684
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2015Abstract P003: Distribution of Ideal Cardiovascular Health Metrics in US and Non-US populations: A Meta-Analysis of Proportions. CIRCULATION. 131.Full Text via DOI: 10.1161/circ.131.suppl_1.p003
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2014Abstract 18572: Sleep Duration is Associated with Degree of Insulin Resistance in a High Risk Population: the Baptist Employee Healthy Heart Study. CIRCULATION. 130.Full Text via DOI: 10.1161/circ.130.suppl_2.18572
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2011Complexation of Arsenite with Humic Acid in the Presence of Ferric Iron. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY. 45:3210-3216.Full Text via DOI: 10.1021/es102931p Web of Science: 000289341300005
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2011Brief Interventions for Alcohol Misuse. PRIMARY CARE. 38:105-+.Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.pop.2010.11.008 Web of Science: 000288972300010
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2011A protocol for the emergency department management of acute undifferentiated febrile illness in India. International Journal of Emergency Medicine. 4.Full Text via DOI: 10.1186/1865-1380-4-57 Web of Science: 000215041000057
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2002Necrotizing granulomas in B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia/small lymphocytic lymphoma.. Annals of Diagnostic Pathology. 6:216-221.Full Text via DOI: 10.1053/adpa.2002.34730
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1990MALIGNANT MESOTHELIOMA WITH BONE METASTASES. Pediatric Blood and Cancer. 18:165-168.Full Text via DOI: 10.1002/mpo.2950180215 Web of Science: A1990CQ34900014
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1985AN INVITRO PREDICTIVE TEST FOR GRAFT VERSUS HOST-DISEASE IN PATIENTS WITH GENOTYPIC HLA-IDENTICAL BONE-MARROW TRANSPLANTS. NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE. 313:645-650.Full Text via DOI: 10.1056/NEJM198509123131101 Web of Science: A1985AQH0100001
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1985INTENSIVE ALTERNATING CHEMOTHERAPY REGIMEN IN SMALL CELL-CARCINOMA OF THE LUNG. Cancer Treatment Reports. 69:161-166.Web of Science: A1985ACL0200003
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1984Platelet-associated IgG in patients with lymphoma. BLOOD. 63:944-948.Full Text via DOI: 10.1182/blood.v63.4.944.944
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1984PLATELET-ASSOCIATED IGG IN PATIENTS WITH LYMPHOMA. BLOOD. 63:944-948.Web of Science: A1984SM51200031
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1983SERIAL DETERMINATIONS OF ANTI-PLATELET ANTIBODIES IN A PATIENT WITH HODGKINS-DISEASE AND AUTOIMMUNE THROMBOCYTOPENIA. CANCER. 51:2057-2060.Full Text via DOI: 10.1002/1097-0142(19830601)51:11<2057::AID-CNCR2820511117>3.0.CO;2-P Web of Science: A1983QR26800016
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1982TRANSITIONAL CELL-CARCINOMA OF THE BLADDER METASTATIC TO THE BREAST. Pediatric Blood and Cancer. 10:141-144.Full Text via DOI: 10.1002/mpo.2950100204 Web of Science: A1982NN36400003
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1975Characteristics of Rat Chloroma Cells in Permanent Suspension Culture. CANCER RESEARCH. 35:337-337.
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1974Effect of chloramphenicol and thiamphenicol on the in vitro colony-forming cell.. BLOOD. 43:363-369.Full Text via DOI: 10.1182/blood.v43.3.363.363
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1973Osteogenic potential of leukemic marrow.. Experimental Biology and Medicine. 143:391-394.Full Text via DOI: 10.3181/00379727-143-37328
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1973Studies on regeneration of heterotopic splenic autotransplants.. BLOOD. 41:701-709.Full Text via DOI: 10.1182/blood.v41.5.701.701
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An assessment of opinion of Indian physicians about emergency medicine in India. National Medical Journal of India. 25:146-147.Web of Science: 000307488100005
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Volumetric Single-Beat Coronary Computed Tomography Angiography: Relationship of Image Quality, Heart Rate, and Body Mass Index. Initial Patient Experience With a New Computed Tomography Scanner. Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography. 40:763-772.Full Text via DOI: 10.1097/RCT.0000000000000428 Web of Science: 000385372300015
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2018EFFECT OF SHORT AND LONG SLEEP DURATION IN PREDICTING OBESITY AMONG VARIOUS RACIAL GROUPS OF A LARGE MULTI-ETHNIC ORGANIZATION. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY. 1850-1850.Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/S0735-1097(18)32391-X Web of Science: 000429659703500
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2018EXTRAOSSEOUS EWING'S SARCOMA PRESENTING AS A SCROTAL MASS. JOURNAL OF INVESTIGATIVE MEDICINE. 248-249.Full Text via DOI: 10.1136/jim-2017-000663.439 Web of Science: 000432007400448
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2016SYSTEMATIC REVIEW AND META-ANALYSIS: PREVALENCE OF CORONARY PLAQUE HIGH-RISK FEATURES (LOW ATTENUATION, ENLARGED DIAMETER OR POSITIVE REMODELING, NAPKIN RING, AND SPOTTY CALCIFICATION (LENS) IN ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME AS ASSESSED BY CORONARY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY (CTA). JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY. 1736-1736.Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/S0735-1097(16)31737-5 Web of Science: 000375188702582
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2015"Helpless," "Frustrated and "Indignant:" Medical Student Language as an Indicator of Moral Distress in Caring for the Elderly. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN GERIATRICS SOCIETY. S106-S107.Web of Science: 000352578900299
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2015"How does one decide?"- Students' Perceptions of Ethical Dilemmas in Caring for Elderly Patients. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN GERIATRICS SOCIETY. S43-S44.Web of Science: 000352578900120
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1982INTENSIVE ALTERNATING NON-CROSS RESISTANT CHEMOTHERAPY + RADIOTHERAPY FOR SMALL CELL CARCINOMA(SCC). PROCEEDINGS OF THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR CANCER RESEARCH. 147-147.Web of Science: A1982NT42100578
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Letter
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2019Hoofbeats, horses, and genetic red flags. MEDICAL TEACHER. 847-848.Full Text via DOI: 10.1080/0142159X.2018.1533244 Web of Science: 000478103600023
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FINE-NEEDLE ASPIRATION DIAGNOSIS OF BENIGN METASTASIZING LEIOMYOMA OF THE LUNG - A CASE-REPORT. Acta Cytologica. 398-402.Web of Science: A1994NN31500019
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2025Supporting Women in Academic Medicine and Science: A Pilot Survey of Wellness, Passion Fatigue, and Burnout. SOUTHERN MEDICAL JOURNAL. 740-741.Full Text via DOI: 10.14423/SMJ.0000000000001892 Web of Science: 001623282300011
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2022A large, painless bulla on the right foot. Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine. 10-12.Full Text via DOI: 10.3949/ccjm.89a.21051 Web of Science: 000756103500003
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Review
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2023Affirming and Inclusive Care Training for Medical Students and Residents to Reducing Health Disparities Experienced by Sexual and Gender Minorities: A Systematic Review. Transgender Health. 307-327.Full Text via DOI: 10.1089/trgh.2021.0148 Web of Science: 000774065600001
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2017Association Between Coronary Artery Disease and MicroRNA: Literature Review and Clinical Perspective. CUREUS.Full Text via DOI: 10.7759/cureus.1188 Web of Science: 000453620700059
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1996Case report: paclitaxel-induced myocardial ischemia.. Maryland medicine : MM : a publication of MEDCHI, the Maryland State Medical Society. 41-43.
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