Resident Scholarship

• 100% of residents participated in scholarship during their residency.
• Residents have had 27+ peer reviewed publications in the past four years (37% clinical research, 4% basic and translational research, 11% medical education research, 11% quality improvement, patient safety, and advocacy research, and 37% case reports.
• Residents have presented 49+ abstracts in the past four years (57% at regional conferences, 43% at national conferences).
• Residents have more than four dedicated weeks to pursue scholarly activity throughout residency.

View an infographic highlighting the research accomplishments of recent residents.

Residents are each expected to complete a scholarly project during their residency at BCM-CHofSA. The resident scholarship curriculum is a longitudinal curriculum that spans multiple years of training and includes a minimum of four weeks protected time to conduct scholarly projects. Core content includes education in appraisal of literature, qualities of effective scholarship, survey design, effective presentation skills, quality improvement methodology, human subjects protections, and scholarly writing.

Individualized resident scholarship may take the form of research studies, quality improvement/patient safety initiatives, advocacy projects, and educational interventions. Each resident selects a domain of scholarship, project idea, and mentor based on individual goals and interests. Our faculty provide guidance in topic selection and encourage projects to be completed and disseminated in the form of local, regional, and national abstract presentations, as well as in the form of published products.

Our residents and chief residents have published many of their studies and case reports in the peer-reviewed literature. Below is a selection of publications from some of our current residents and recent graduates, with names of resident authors bolded.

Cruz AT, Greenfield BW, Lowery BM, Starke HE, Mayorquin L, Stanford C, Camp E. Frequency of serious bacterial infection in young infants with and without viral respiratory infections. Pediatrics. March 2021, 147 (3 MeetingAbstract) 483-48. DOI.

Domecq JP, Lal A, Sheldrick CR, et al, on behalf of Society of Critical Care Medicine Discovery Viral Infection and Respiratory Illness Universal Study (VIRUS): COVID-19 Registry Investigator Group.* Outcomes of patients with coronavirus disease 2019 receiving organ support therapies: the international viral infection and respiratory illness universal study registry. Crit Care Med. 2021; 49(3):437–48. PMID: 33555777. *Including resident Morgan Beebe, M.D.

Keating EM, Orth RC, Bisset GS, Starke HE, Cruz AT. Utility of Computed Tomography Overreading and Abdominal Ultrasound in Children With Suspected Appendicitis and Nondiagnostic Computed Tomography at Community Hospitals. Pediatr Emerg Care. 2020 36(12):564­–70. PMID: 33136834

Kirkup C, Pawlowski C, Puranik A, et al, on behalf of Society of Critical Care Medicine Discovery Viral Infection and Respiratory Illness Universal Study (VIRUS): COVID-19 Registry Investigator Group.*. Healthcare disparities among anticoagulation therapies for severe COVID-19 patients in the multi-site VIRUS registry. J Med Virol. 2021; 93(7):4303-4318. PMID: 33666246 *Including resident Morgan Beebe, M.D.

O'Neil ER, Devaraj S, Mayorquin L, Starke HE, Buffone GJ, Loftis LL, Arikan AA, Cruz AT. Defining pediatric community-acquired acute kidney injury: an observational study. Pediatr Res. 2020; 87(3):564–8. PMID: 31537011

Sabroske EM, Payne DH, Stine CN, Kathen CM, Sollohub HM, Kohlleppel KL, Lorbieski PL, Carney JE, Motta CL, Pierce MR, Ahmad KA. Effect on metabolic bone disease markers in the neonatal intensive care unit with implementation of a practice guideline. J Perinatol. 2020 40(8):1267–72. PMID: 32439955

Sattler M, Crews JD. Challenges in the diagnosis and management of recurrent and severe Clostridioides difficile infection in children. J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc. (In press.)

Stewart J, McCallin T, Martinez J, Chacko S, Yusuf S. Hyperlipidemia. Pediatr Rev. 2020;41(8):393-402.PMID: 32737252

El Demellawy D, Cundiff CA, Nasr A, Ozolek JA, Elawabdeh N, Caltharp SA, Masoudian P, Sullivan KJ, de Nanassy J, Shehata BM Congenital mesoblastic nephroma: a study of 19 cases using immunohistochemistry and ETV6-NTRK3 fusion gene rearrangement. Pathology. 2016; 48(1): 47–50. PMID: 27020209

Blumberg JS, Barajaz M, Roberts D, Clary C, Kumar S. Call Me Maybe… A Simulation Based Curriculum for Telephone Triage Education in a Pediatric Residency. Front Pediatr. 2020 23;8:283. PMID: 32656163

Clary C, Lambarth L, Kaushik R. Locked and (un)-loaded discussions: a pediatric resident safe firearm storage counseling curriculum. MedEdPORTAL. 2020 Dec 4;16:11028. PMID: 33324744

Moresco BL, Banales J, Harline M, Phan A, Ramirez D, Sadovsky L, Villarreal D, Barajaz MD, Denniston SF, Wolfe AD. Reflections on year one of a new residency program: Lessons for future leaders from residents and educators. MedEdPublish 2020; 9(1):94. DOI

Moresco BL, Woosley C, Sauter M, Bhalala U. Poor compliance with sepsis guidelines in a tertiary care children's hospital emergency room. Front Pediatr. 2018 Apr 5;6:53. PMID: PMC5895651

Quini E, Kaushik R. Is managed care better care? The effects of Medicaid managed care on children withmedical complexity. Hosp Pediatr. 2020; 10(8):709-11. PMID: 32669284

Rubenstein J, Kaplow J, Moresco B. et al. Impact of natural disasters on children receiving palliative care lessons learned from Hurricane Harvey. Curr Pediatr Rep 6, 158–165 (2018). DOI

Gellman SR, Milera A, DeNapoli TS, Buckmiller LM, Castagnini LA. Actinomyces mastoiditis in a 5-year-old male. Clin Pediatr (Phila). 2019;58(14):1534–7. PMID: 31496263

Gellman SR, Ng YT. Transient corpus callosal lesion presenting with alien hand syndrome. Pediatr Neurol. 2018 89:66–7. PMID: 30389110

Lambarth L, Stahl M. Refractory nasal polyposis treated with omalizumab in a child. Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology (2018);121(5):S129. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anai.2018.09.428

Mojica AM, Elizalde A. GATA2 deficiency in a pediatric patient. J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract. 2019;7(6):2021-2022. PMID: 30894283

Mojica AM, Wolfe AD. A case of myelofibrosis and myelodysplasia identified following exposure to isotretinoin. J Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 2021;43(1):e136-e137. PMID: 31789784 

Moresco BL, Svoboda MD, Ng YT. A quiet disease with loud manifestations. Semin Pediatr Neurol. 2018;26:88–91. PMID: 29961530

Pillai R, Nugent K, Wolfe AD, Voeller J. Acute right arm swelling in a 6 month old girl. Pediatr Review. (In press.)

Sabroske E, Svoboda MD, Ng YT. Passing the newborn hearing screen does not always exclude acquired hearing loss due to congenital infection. Pediatr Neurol. 2018;83:60–61. PMID: 29622487

Sagar M, Marshall AS, Clary CW, Qureshi AM. Paediatric case of ductal origin of right pulmonary artery presenting with exertional dyspnoea and mimicking asthma and primary ciliary dyskinesia. BMJ Case Rep. 2017:bcr2016218885. PMID: PMC5652349

Sattler M, Crews JD. Visual diagnosis: fever and moribilliform rash in an international adoptee with HIV infection. Pediatr Rev. (In press.)

Awadhare P, Patel R, Starke H, Jackson K, McCallin T, Bhalala U. Assessment Of Fluid Status And Responsiveness Using Non-Invasive Monitor In Critically Ill Children With Shock In The Emergency Department (ED). Poster presented at the Children’s Hospital of San Antonio Annual Research Symposium. 2020 Oct 2; San Antonio, TX.

Ali S, Bhamidipati VA, Estes A, Tang NM, Vacek M. Quality improvement to streamline early childhood intervention referrals in the pediatric primary care clinic. Poster presented at the Children's Hospital of San Antonio Research Symposium. 2019 Oct 4; San Antonio, TX.

Annamalai M, Crume M, Gill K, Gledhill A, Rodriguez, R, Sattler M, Stewart J, Williams M. A quality improvement initiative to standardize constipation management in a pediatric primary care clinic. Poster presented at: Fifth Annual Children’s Hospital of San Antonio Research Symposium. 2019 Oct 4; San Antonio, TX.

Babu M, Milera A, Gabriel L, Kaushik R. Evaluation of a legislative advocacy alerts (LAAs) intervention to improve Texas pediatric resident legislative advocacy (LA) participation. Poster presented at the Children’s Hospital of San Antonio Annual Research Symposium, San Antonio, September 20198.

Beebe ME. A crooked smile. Poster presented at the Children’s Hospital of San Antonio 2019 Research Symposium, San Antonio, TX, October 4, 2019.

Beebe ME, Kuehne JT, Garcia MM, Herrera H, Tolopka TC, Ejike O, Paudyal B, Bhalala US. Acute kidney injury in children hospitalized with COVID-19: a single-center experience. Poster presented at Texas Children’s Hospital 2021 Pediatric Research Symposium, Houston, TX, April 20, 2021.

Beebe ME, Mota-Martinez SL, Paudyal B. Palpable purpura in a 10-year-old girl. Virtual Oral Poster presented at the Children’s Hospital of San Antonio 2020 Research Symposium, San Antonio, TX, October 2, 2020.

Clary C, Lambarth L, Kaushik R. Locked and (un)-loaded discussions: a pediatric resident safe firearm storage counseling curriculum. Poster presentation to be given at Pediatric Academic Societies meeting, Philadelphia, PA, May, 2020. Conference canceled due to COVID-19 concerns.

Clary C, Lambarth L, Kaushik R. Locked and (un)-loaded discussions: a pediatric resident safe firearm storage counseling curriculum. Workshop presentation to be given at Association of Pediatric Program Directors meeting, San Diego, CA, April, 2020. Conference canceled due to COVID-19 concerns.

Crume M, Sattler M, Donovan S. Don’t go breaking my heart: complicated infective endocarditis of a pulmonary homograft. Poster presented at: Sixth Annual Children’s Hospital of San Antonio Research Symposium. 2020 Oct 2; San Antonio, TX.

Echartea J, Pham T, Hachem J. A rare case of hepatitis and severe aplastic anemia. Poster presented at NASPHGAN Teaching for Tomorrow series 2020.

Garcia MM, Kuehne JT, Beebe ME, Tolopka TC, Crews J, Castagnini L, Donovan S, Bhalala US. Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children - A Children’s Hospital of San Antonio Analysis. Poster presented at the Children’s Hospital of San Antonio 2020 Research Symposium, San Antonio, TX, October 2, 2020.

Gellman SR, Huston R, Rivera-Santiago H. Increasing postpartum depression screening and intervention in a pediatric resident clinic. Poster presentation given at American Academy of Pediatrics national meeting, New Orleans, LA, October 2019.

Gellman SR, Huston R, Rivera-Santiago H. Increasing postpartum depression screening and intervention in a pediatric resident clinic. Poster presentation given at Children’s Hospital of San Antonio Annual Research Symposium, San Antonio, TX, October 2019

Gellman SR, Gabriel L, Barajaz M. Implementation of the Children’s Initiative for Mental Health Education (CHIME) quality improvement project in a pediatric primary care resident clinic. Poster presented at Pediatric Academic Societies meeting, Baltimore, MD, April 2019.

Greenfield BW, Lowery BM, Starke HE, Mayorquin L, Stanford C, Camp EA, Cruz AT. Frequency of serious bacterial infection in young infants with and without viral respiratory infections. AAP 2020 Virtual National Conference. October 2020. 

Hachem J, Panchoo A, Echartea J, Wolfe AD. A case of worsening protein losing enteropathy in a 32-month-old with multi-organism gastroenteritis. Poster presented NASPGHAN 2021 annual meeting.

Kuehne JT, Beebe ME, Garcia MM, Tolopka TC, Herrera H, Bhalala US. Pediatric COVID-19: a descriptive report of children admitted to the Children’s Hospital of San Antonio. Poster presented at the Children’s Hospital of San Antonio 2020 Research Symposium, San Antonio, TX, October 2, 2020.

Kjolhede L, Zavala P, Ponzio T, Elawabdeh N, Msigwa J, Barajaz M, Davenport C. Food insecurity screening in the pediatric clinic – a quality improvement project. Poster presented at the The Children’s Hospital of San Antonio Annual Research Symposium, San Antonio, TX, September 2017.

Kjolhede L, Wells A, Paudyal-Nepal B, McLoughlin L, DeNapoli T, Ruiz, M, Wolfe A. Ascites, lytic lesions and a localized lymphatic malformation. Poster presented at the Children’s Hospital of San Antonio Annual Research Symposium, San Antonio, TX, September 2017.

Kjolhede L, Crume M, Power E, Flores A. Tongue in cheek and a pain in the neck.” Poster presented at the Children’s Hospital of San Antonio Annual Research Symposium, San Antonio, TX, September 2018.

Lambarth L, Cuda SE. Effectiveness of a teaching kitchen on a population of severely obese children. Overcoming Obesity conference, Washington, DC, September 2018.

Lehane O, Roberts D, Gonzalez E, Wells A, Mojica AM, Davenport C. Improving pediatric obesity screening and documentation in resident continuity clinic.” Poster presented at the Children’s Hospital of San Antonio Annual Research Symposium, San Antonio, TX, September 2017.

Lorio E, Hachem J, Michaud KM. Risk factors for success and complications in pediatric ERCP: a 17-year, multicenter experience. Poster presented at the American College of Gastroenterology 2021 Annual Scientific Meeting.

Michaud KM, Torres E., Monagas J. Rapid development of abdominal compartment syndrome in acute pancreatitis: a pediatric case report. Poster presented at: North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, & Nutrition (NASPGHAN) 2020 Annual Meeting: Nov 2020; Virtual. 

Milera A, Vaughan K, Davis E, McCallin T, Davila-Alcala A, Davenport C. Effect of implementing a nurse lead position on emergency department boarding time of admitted patients. Poster presented at the Children’s Hospital of San Antonio Annual Research Symposium, San Antonio, TX, September 2019.

Monagas J, Hachem J. Non-surgical management of anomalous pancreaticobiliary junctions associated with biliary dilatation: a case series. Poster presented at NASPGHAN Teaching for Tomorrow 2020 series.

Mojica AM, DeNapoli T MD, Wolfe AD. A case of cytopenia, myelodysplasia, and myelofibrosis: Is isotretinoin the missing link? Poster presented at the Children’s Hospital of San Antonio Annual Research Symposium, San Antonio, TX, September 2017.

Panchoo A, Hachem J. Duodenal mesenteric heterotopic pancreatitis in a young male. Poster presented at NASPGHAN 2021 annual meeting.

Patel R, Awadhare P, Starke H, Jackson K, Bhalala U, McCallin T^. Assessment of Cardiac Output Parameters Using Non-Invasive Monitor in Critically Ill Children with Shock in the Emergency Department (ED). Poster presented at the Children’s Hospital of San Antonio Annual Research Symposium. 2020 Oct 2; San Antonio, TX.

Pillai R, Palomares JA, Ahmad S, Kjolhede L. Down in a puff of smoke. Poster presentated at the Children’s Hospital of San Antonio Research Symposium. San Antonio, TX 2020 October 2.

Razeq A, Swizer K, Voeller J, Mohammed S. Acute cardiogenic shock requiring ECMO secondary to catecholamine secreting paraganglioma. Poster presented at he Children’s Hospital of San Antonio AnnualResearch Symposium. 2020 Oct 2; San Antonio.

Roberts D, Clary C, Blumberg J, Barajaz M. Call me maybe… effectiveness of a simulation based curriculum for telephone triage education in a pediatric residency. Poster presentation at Pediatric Academic Societies meeting, Baltimore, MD, May, 2019.

Sabroske EM. Congenital CMV (cytomegalovirus): an under-recognized persistent common cause of delayed sensorineural hearing loss and dramatic leukoencephalopathy. Poster presented at the Children’s Hospital of San Antonio Annual Research Symposium, San Antonio, TX, September 2018.

Sabroske EM. The effect of implementing a practice guideline for metabolic bone disease. Poster presented at the Children’s Hospital of San Antonio Annual Research Symposium, San Antonio, TX, September 2018.

Sabroske EM. The effect of implementing a practice guideline for metabolic bone disease. Poster presented at the Southern Regional Meetings. February 2019.

Sabroske EM. Congenital CMV (cytomegalovirus): an under-recognized persistent common cause of delayed sensorineural hearing loss and dramatic leukoencephalopathy. Poster presented at the Sothern Pediatric Neurological Society meeting. October 2019.

Sabroske EM. The effect of implementing a practice guideline for metabolic bone disease. Poster presented at the American Academy of Pediatrics national meeting. February 2019.

Sattler M, Estes A, Donovan S, Castagnini L. Assessing the impact of an educational session on resident confidence relating to appropriate empiric antibiotic utilization. Poster presented at: Sixth Annual Children’s Hospital of San Antonio Research Symposium. 2020 Oct 2; San Antonio, TX.

Sattler M, Michaud K, Sandoval M. Varicella-Zoster virus encephalitis in a fully immunized, immunocompetent adolescent. Poster presented at: Sixth Annual Children’s Hospital of San Antonio Research Symposium. 2020 Oct 2; San Antonio, TX.

Starke HE, O’Brien ME, McCallin ME, Ficak L. Croup as a presenting symptom of COVID-19 infection. Poster presented at the Children’s Hospital of San Antonio Annual Research Symposium. 2020 Oct 2; San Antonio, TX.

Starke HE, Vacek M, Crume M, Mojica AM, Kjolhede L, Wolfe AD, Kaushik R. Advocacy during the pandemic: using a self-determination theory framework to convert coronavirus cancellations into silver-linings of service. Poster presented at the Children’s Hospital of San Antonio Annual Research Symposium. 2020 Oct 2; San Antonio, TX.

Swizer K, Razeq A, Mohammed S MD. Acute cardiogenic shock requiring ECMO secondary to catecholamine secreting paraganglioma. Poster to be presented at the 32nd ELSO Annual Conference. 2021 Oct 1; Virtual Conference.

Starke HE, Vacek M, Crume MT, Mojica AM, Kjolhede L, Wolfe AD, Kaushik R. Advocacy During the Pandemic: Using Self-Determination to Convert Coronavirus Cancel-Culture and Substitute Service. Texas Pediatric Society E-poster. June 2020.

Tang NM, Ali S, Gledhill A, Gill K, Gogu S, Klein S, Kaushik R. Design and evaluation of a high school student health navigation curriculum. Poster presented at Pediatric Academic Societies 2021 Virtual Conference.

Tiberio N. Assessing family transition readiness in a pediatric primary care clinic. Poster presented at the National Healthcare Transition Research Consortium, Houston, TX, October 2019.

Tiberio N. Improvement in sharing a transition policy in a pediatric primary care clinic utilizing a less frequently implemented HER. Poster presented at the National Healthcare Transition Research Consortium, Houston, TX, October 2019.

Tiberio N. Assessing family transition readiness in a pediatric primary care clinic. Poster presented at the Children’s Hospital of San Antonio Annual Research Symposium, San Antonio, TX, October 2019.

Tolopka TC, Kuehne JT, Beebe ME, Garcia MM, Bhalala US. The role of underlying childhood obesity in acute presentation and outcomes of hospitalized COVID-19 patients at the Children’s Hospital of San Antonio. Poster presented at the Discovery Fall Clinical Investigator Meeting, Society of Critical Care Medicine, Mount Prospect, IL, October 26, 2020.