Research & Innovation Month
A showcase of how curiosity leads to ways to improve patient care; of how ideas spark collaboration; and how results foster innovation.
“Through research, NGMC is able to offer cutting-edge treatment options to our patients. In addition to providing outstanding care, improving access to clinical trials and supporting research helps us to improve the health of our community in all we do.”
Carol Burrell, President & CEO of Northeast Georgia Health System
NGHS Scholarly Activity by Department
Click on each drop-down to learn about highlighted research and innovation activities happening across our organization.
Our mission is to improve the health of our community through an engaged community of physician researchers who actively build evidence for the practices and processes of medicine.
GME Research at Northeast Georgia Medical Center aligns our departmental values to the system Core Values. Building on these institutional values, GME research values guide our responses and processes:
- Research Must Matter to Our Community
We advance our knowledge of patient care through compassionate identification of the most pressing health, social and economic concerns of our constituents. This situates our research goals and evidence of scientific merit. - Perspective Matters
We strive to understand our research through the lens of all stakeholders through open dialogue, peer review, ethical recruitment of participants and consideration of research impact on our community. This acknowledgement of understanding how we make meaning of knowledge as a social construct enriches our research agenda. - Intentional Focus Matters
We focus our resources and scholarship intentionally, building expertise in areas which honor our patients, our residents and the community-based focus of our health-system. Together, we will progress toward our community goals. - Ethical Rigor is Critical
We focus on quality not quantity of scholarship. We pursue rigorous design and implementation as more impactful on our community than number of publications, and more advantageous to our residents as they learn foundational research skills.
Posters & Articles
- Developing Guidelines to Risk Stratify Patients that Would Benefit from VTE Prophylaxis Upon Discharge
Elaine Lelli, MD | General Surgery Resident - The Sequelae of Lynch Syndrome
Rahul Patel, DO | Internal Medicine Resident - TB or not TB – The Many Masks of Esophageal Cancer
Sana Ahmed, MD | Internal Medicine Resident - Searching for the Lost Volatile Alcohol
Aleksandros Mihilli, MD | Internal Medicine Resident - SGLT2 Inhibitors a Potential cause of Hyponatremia
O’Connell Penrose, MD | Internal Medicine Resident - Who “SIADH” Malaria Doesn’t Cause Hyponatremia?
Sandus Khan, MD | Internal Medicine Resident - Elective Over Emergency: The Role of Precise Diagnosis in Managing Giant Bullae in COPD Patients
Mena Louis, DO | General Surgery Resident - A Rare Case of a T2D patient with Hemitongue Atrophy
Ghosh A, Toledo D, Wilson-Patino C, Singh H and Jones L. - A Rare Case of Idiopathic Reversible Cerebral Vasoconstriction Syndrome
Muhamed S, Sehapovic V, Singh H and Jones L - A Case Study of on a Differential Diagnosis of a Restrictive Cardiomyopathy
Valdovinos J, Toledo D, Strike A, Singh H and Jones L. - Case Report: A Novel Presentation of Diplopia in Tianeptine and Phenibut Abuse
Silverstein HA, Oliver EG, Jones L, Singh H and Vemuri PK.
Publications
- Palacios, Franco, Jacob, Jeffrey, Hoxhaj, Rudiona, Thigpin, Catlyn, Saberi, Asif, Bhatnagar, Atul et al. “Outcomes of patients with COVID-19 requiring extracorporeal membrane oxygenation and continuous renal replacement therapy in the United States.” Acute and Critical Care, vol. 38, no. 3, 2023, pp. 308–314.
- Louis, M., Gibson, B., Jones, L., & Singh, H. (2023). Mechanical Small Bowel Obstruction Due to Gallstone Ileus Diagnostic Challenges and Surgical Management. Cureus, 15(8).
- Ketcham E, Glass OM, Hermida AP. Electroconvulsive Therapy in Heart Transplant Patients: To Avoid or Embrace? J ECT. 2023 Aug 3. doi: 10.1097/YCT.0000000000000954. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 37561916.
- Dodoo SN, Kwapong YA, Agyemang-Sarpong A, Amoran E, Egolum UO, Ghasemzadeh N, Ramadan R, Henry G, Samady H. Comparative Healthcare Resource Utilization of percutaneous mechanical circulatory support using Impella versus intra-aortic balloon pump use for Patients with Acute Coronary syndrome and Cardiogenic Shock Undergoing Percutaneous Coronary Interventions: Insights from National Inpatient Sample. Current problems in cardiology. 2023, August. PMID: 37640173.
- Mori M, Parsons N, Krane M, Guy TS, Grossi EA, Dearani JA, Habib RH, Badhwar V, Geirsson A. Robotic Mitral Valve Repair for Degenerative Mitral Regurgitation. Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 2023, August. PMID: 37595861.
- Dodoo, S. N., Moyine, C. Y., Agyemang‐Sarpong, A., Ismail, A., Le, N., Patel, F., … & Parastatidis, I. (2023). The role of multidetector CT scan in the management of prosthetic aortic valve thrombosis: A case report. Clinical Case Reports, 11(9).
“Zora Neale Hurston once said, Research is formalized curiosity; It is poking and prying with a purpose. As librarian, it is my job to support that informational and educational purpose of discovery. The library serves as a purposeful avenue to research and life-long learning.”
Shannon Glover, MLIS, AHIP, Coordinator of Health Sciences Library
“When I used to work with first-year college students, I explained that it’s called REsearch because you need to keep asking, searching, evaluating, and revisiting the matter over and over again. Librarians are primarily involved in the searching phase–connecting researchers to the highest quality evidence available–but we also perform original research, and I look forward to engaging the process more.”
Tanisha Mills, MLIS, AHIP, Medical Librarian
Library Team
- Shannon Glover, MLIS, AHIP
- Tanisha N. Mills, MLIS, AHIP
Publications
- Mills, T. N. (2022). Research Capacity of Hospital Librarians Serving Graduate Medical Education Programs: An Initial Report. Journal of Hospital Librarianship, 22(3), 179-189.
Resources
Videos
The Cancer Center at NGMC has been participating in cancer clinical trials since 1996, and we partner with a variety of nationally recognized research networks across the U.S. Our oncology research program was recognized in 2018 as a Top 5 Accruing Site for numbers of patients enrolled in clinical trials by SWOG (the Southwest Cancer Chemotherapy Study Group).
Our expert physicians specialize in medical, surgical, radiation and gynecologic oncology and offer cutting-edge clinical trial opportunities to our patients. Our portfolio includes trials for chemotherapy, radiation therapy and surgery for virtually all tumor sites including breast, lung and prostate cancers, three of the cancer types most often diagnosed. By offering clinical trials to patients, physicians and clinical staff in the Cancer Center are able to provide a variety of treatment options using state-of-the-art technology and resources.
Posters
Oncology Clinical Trial Research Team
- Trena Davis, BSN, RN, CCRC Research Nurse Manager
- Danielle Newman, BS, Clinical Research Coordinator
- Marcia Bradley, BSN, RN, Clinical Research Nurse Coordinator
- Elisha Curry, BSN, RN, CCRC, Clinical Research Nurse Coordinator
- Jessica Hunt, BSN, RN, CPN, Clinical Research Nurse Coordinator
- Natalie Macy, BS, Research Data Coordinator
- Stephany Park, BS, Research Regulatory Specialist
“Research in pharmacy practice is important for many reasons! The research conducted in pharmacy over the years has highlighted novel pharmacotherapeutic ideas, formulary management practices, validation of pharmacy services, and quality/safety improvements, just to name a few. This information has been presented at the local, state, and national levels in an effort to share work from which others may benefit. The Department of Pharmacy is delighted to showcase the great work that is done by our team! ”
Melissa Frank, PharmD
Director of Pharmacy
Posters
- Haley Peters, PharmD; Peyton Moon Kurtz, PharmD; Madalyn Motes, PharmD, BCCCP. Evaluating the Use of Dexmedetomidine in Critically Ill Patients at a Community Teaching Hospital; NGHS, 2022. View Poster
Publications
- Kurtz PM, VanLandingham J, Cormican M, Gibson K, Roebuck L. Evaluating the Effect of a Dosing and Titration Protocol on… : Journal of Trauma Nursing | JTN (lww.com) J Trauma Nurs 2023; 30:158-163
- Mohorn PL, Roebuck LD, Raybon-Rojas E, Duncan C. C1 esterase inhibitor for angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor-induced angioedema at a community teaching health system: A brief retrospective propensity-matched cohort study – PubMed (nih.gov) Am J Emerg Med 2021; 49:6-9.
- Co D, Roebuck L, VanLandingham. Evaluation of Oritavancin Use at a Community Hospital – PubMed (nih.gov) Hosp Pharm 2018; 53:272-276.
Videos
Research Team
- Barry Barns, PharmD, BCIDP
- Sophia Braun, PharmD, BCPS
- Ryan Collier, Pharmacy Technician
- Cristy Gaddy, PharmD, BCPS
- Tanya Glosson, PharmD
- Amy Goss, PharmD
- Emily Harman, PharmD, BCCCP
- Amy Knauss, PharmD, BCPS
- Shannon McAtee, RPh
- Phillip Mohorn, PharmD, BCCCP
- Madalyn Motes, PharmD, BCCCP
- Jennifer Parker, PharmD, BCPS
- Leslie Roebuck, PharmD
- Alix Schnibben, PharmD, BCACP, CTTS
- Kyle Whitley, PharmD
- Jason VanLandingham, PharmD, BCPS
Office of Research Administration
ResearchOffice@nghs.com
770-219-9010
www.nghs.com/research
GME Research Department
GMEResearch@nghs.com
770-219-8622
www.ngmcgme.org