Recent Publications
Endogenous endophthalmitis secondary to subclinical pyelonephritis. Riya N Soni, Ariadna Perez-Sanchez, Robert Nathanson. Journal of Hospital Medicine, 2026 April.
Advancing Knowledge Translation Through Cultural Adaptation of an Intervention for Latino Family Caregivers of Persons Living With Dementia Using Participatory Action Research. Carole L White, Bianca Shieu, Kimberly S Peacock, Roxana E Delgado, Daria B Neidre, Luis P Luy. International Journal of Nursing Research, 2026 April.
Nodding Syndrome: Shifting the Focus from Cause to Treatment. Matthew D Myers, Torie P Hagin, Sanjana Ramchandran, Sally M Yan, Riya N Soni, Emmanuel Latim, Nilam J Soni. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2026 March.
Balance Versus Bias: Correcting Misinformation About the 2025 ATS Community-Acquired Pneumonia Guidelines. Julio A Ramirez, Barbara E Jones, Eyal Oren, Nilam J Soni, Marcos I Restrepo, Daniel M Musher, Brian L Erstad, Chiagozie Pickens, Scott A Helgeson, Kristina Crothers, Joshua P Metlay, Britany Bissell, Bin Cao, James D Chalmers, Charles S Dela Cruz, Stephen Y Liang, Grant W Waterer, Marilynn Paine, Conall Hawkins, Kevin Wilson. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 2026 March.
Perspectives on increasing corporate ownership and unionization in hospital medicine: An exploratory mixed methods study. Marisha Burden, Angela Keniston, Gopi Astik, Catherine Callister, Thomas Frederickson, Michael Hendricks, Kirsten N Kangelaris, Anna Maw, Samantha Murray-Bainer, Rachel J Peterson, Luci K Leykum, Workforce Emerging Trends Work Group (Khooshbu Dayton, Sally Falkner, Lauren McBeth, Kendall Rogers, Romil Chadha, Ankur Segon, Sara Westergaard). Journal of Hospital Medicine, 2026 March.
Career choices of ambulatory chief residents: A 20-year, multicenter study. Paul B Cornia, Helene Starks, Whitney E Harrington, Joyce Akwe, Nazima Allaudeen, Joel C Boggan, Marie A Carlson, Jonathan Chun, LeeAnn Cox, Erik Ehlers, Samer Ein Alshaeba, Joel Elzweig, Kristen E Fletcher, Megha Garg, Arturo Gasga, Patrick O Godwin, Minh Tuan Hang, Anand D Jagannath, Casey Kaneshiro, Brian Kwan, Jung-Hyun Park, Elizabeth Schackmann, Raj Sehgal, Noelle Sinex, Andrea Smeraglio, Matthew Tuck, William Turbyfill, Jaclyn Vargas, Tyler J Albert. American Journal of Medicine, 2026 March.
Development and validity evidence of a multiple-choice electrocardiogram test for undergraduate clerkship medical students. John M Cunningham, Cason Pierce, Andrew Faber, Reem M Hanna, Jennifer E Adams, Tai M Lockspeiser, Rachael J Tan. Journal of Electrocardiology. 2026 March.
Big Data and Predictive Analytics for Ambulatory and Inpatient Medicine: Utilizing Analytics for Population Health Management and Risk Stratification for Hospitalized Patients. Amith Skandhan, MD, SFHM, FACP, Edward Sankary, Peter McCaffrey. Medical Clinics of North America, March 2026.
Anti-Hu paraneoplastic syndrome with gastrointestinal dysmotility associated with nasopharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma and small bowel adenocarcinoma. Jason N Chen, Eric Chi Ho Leung, Kevin Jiang, John M Cunningham. BMJ Case Reports, 2026 March.
Hypertension Knowledge and Teach-Back Education at a Student-Led Clinic in a Medically Underserved Community. Jacobo Nieto, Ernesto Robinson, Sofia Gonzalez Higgins, Kingsley Dah. Journal of Community Health, 2026 March.
A Review of Well-being Assessment Instruments in Hospital Medicine. Ashwini Niranjan-Azadi, Krishna Chokshi, Kanapa Kornsawad, Ruby Marr, Andrew W Schram, James Clements, Elizabeth Murphy. Journal of General Internal Medicine, 2026 March.
Current Practices and Challenges Associated with Student Remediation: Results of a National Survey of Clerkship Directors. Mary W Montgomery, Dana G Callahan, Elizabeth M Petersen, Temple Ratcliffe, Michael Kisielewski, Edward Krupat, Nora Y Osman, Amy R Weinstein. Academic Medicine, 2026 March.
EBM BLS: Tirzepatide Remains Effective for Obesity Treatment and Diabetes Prevention at 3 Years of Follow-up. John M Cunningham, Eric Nolan, Carlos Palacio. Journal of General Internal Medicine. 2026 February.
Cultural Adaptation of a Web-Based Ostomy Care Intervention for Hispanic Patients With Cancer and Caregivers: Mixed Methods Study. Xiaomeng Wang, Lixin Song, Amy Vondenberger, Fei Yu, Jia Liu, Roxana Delgado, Robert Svatek, Natalia Villegas Rodriguez, Lurheinna Rosado Rivera, Mark Bonnen. JMIR Cancer, 2026 February.
Recurrent Intestinal Obstruction Secondary to Crohn’s Disease in Dextrocardia With Situs Inversus Totalis: A Case Report. Muhammad Furqan Ubaid, Tamer Zahdeh, Akhila Sai Sree Cherukuri, Mahmoud El Hajj, Aiswarya Nair, Ahmed Irtaza, Michelle N. Ritota, Hany H. Abdallah, S. Elissa Altin. Cureus Jounral of Medical Science, 2026 February.
Defining minimum image quality criteria for common diagnostic point-of-care ultrasound images: A position statement of the Society of Hospital Medicine. James Anstey, Ajay Bhasin, Ricardo Franco-Sadud, Anna Maw, Benji K Mathews, Ria Dancel, David M Tierney, Elizabeth K Haro, Joel Cho, Christopher Schott, Brandon Boesch, Gigi Y Liu, Kreegan Reierson, Trevor P Jensen, Robert Nathanson, Carolina Candotti, Gordon Johnson, Tanping Wong, Gerard Salame, Benjamin Galen, Gregory Mints, Renee Dversdal, Jason Williams, Linda Kurian, Charles M LoPresti, Jeremy S Boyd, Ernest Fischer, Summer L Kaplan, Amer M Johri, Luyao Shen, Rob Arntfield, Mangala Narasimhan, Paul Mayo, Nilam J Soni. Journal of Hospital Medicine, 2026 February.
Updates in Hospital Medicine 2025: Evidence shaping inpatient care in South Texas. Amith Skandhan, MD, SFHM, FACP, Elena Jimenez-Gutierrez, MD, MSc, FACP, Jack Badawy MD, SFHM. San Antonio Medicine, January 2026.
Win Ratio Method for Hierarchical Composite Outcomes in Randomized Clinical Trials. John Cunningham, MD, FHM, FACP, Stephen Fuest, MD, Harry Burke, MD, PhD. JAMA, 28 January 2026.
Do I Belong? A Multivariable Analysis of Impostor Syndrome and Associated Factors in Female Physician Trainees. Kanapa Kornsawad, Ami Shah, James Yan, Aesha Aboueisha, Maria A. Woodward, Adrienne Mann, Tyra Fainstad. Journal of General Internal Medicine. 2025 November.
A Case Report of Spontaneous Bladder Rupture: An Uncommon Cause of Ascites. Caio Heleno; Helena Miranda; Nico Gotera; Goetz Kloecker. Karger Case Reports in Oncology. 2025.
Toxicity at Home: Toluene and Formaldehyde Exposure as a Cause of Neuropathy. Lara Voigt, MD, Angel Padilla, MD, Samuele Cicconetti, Alex Wilkins, Christopher Yopp. Journal of Hospital Medicine. 2025.
Murine Typhus in My Tylenol Intoxication: A Case of Murine Typhus Admitted as Acute Acetaminophen Toxicity. Angel Padilla, MD, John Cunningham, MD, FHM, FACP. Journal of Hospital Medicine. 2025.
Cognitive Load in Hospital Medicine: Implications for Teachers, Learners, and Programs. Erica M. Levine, MD, Andrew P. J. Olson, MD, Temple Ratcliffe, MD, MS-HPEd, Elexis McBee DO, MPH. Journal of Hospital Medicine. 2025.
Structured Exercise After Adjuvant Chemotherapy for Colon Cancer. Naga Venkata Rama Krishna Vura, MD, FACP. The Hospitalist. 31 July 2025.
A Rare Case of Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia in Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma. Soniya Abraham, Sana Sultana, Jay Parekh. International Journal of Hematology-Oncology and Stem Cell Research. 2025 July.
Carvedilol Versus Propranolol for the Prevention of Decompensation and Mortality in Patients with Compensated and Decompensated Cirrhosis. Naga Venkata Rama Krishna Vura, MD, FACP. The Hospitalist. 31 July 2025.
Use of dermatologic ultrasound for diagnosis and surgical planning of a cutaneous arteriovenous malformation of the supratrochlear artery: A case report. Aaron Cheng, Pavela Bambekova, Brooke A Burgess, Nilam J Soni, Joshua L Owen. JAAD Case Reports. 2025 June.
Internal Medicine Residency Point-of-Care Ultrasound (POCUS) Consensus Recommendations for Core Indications and Applications. Charles M LoPresti, Kevin J Murray, Ria Dancel, Cameron Baston, Brandon Boesch, David Brennan, Apostolos P Dallas, Renee Dversdal, Timothy Flynn, Ricardo A Franco Sadud, Trevor P Jensen, Benji K Mathews, Nilam J Soni, Kang Zhang, David M Tierney.
Multispecialty comparison of point-of-care-ultrasound use, training, and barriers: a national survey of VA medical centers. Dana M. Resop, Brian Bales, Rebecca G. Theophanous, Jessica Koehler, Jeremy S. Boyd, Michael J. Mader, Jason P. Williams, Robert Nathanson, Zahir Basrai, Elizabeth K. Haro, Rahul Khosla, Erin Wetherbee, Harald Sauthoff, Nilam J. Soni, Christopher K. Schott. The Ultrasound Journal. 2025 May 21.
Accelerated Aging in Cancer and Cancer Treatment: Current Status of Biomarkers. Soniya Abraham, Jay Parekh, Seohyuk Lee, Humayra Afrin, Mariya Rozenblit, Kim R. M. Blenman, Rachel J. Perry, Leah M. Ferrucci, Jessica Liu, Melinda L. Irwin, Maryam Lustberg. Cancer Medicine. 2025 May 5.
Abdominal Aortic Occlusion from Left Atrial Myxoma Embolism. Chirag A Buch, Nilam J Soni. New England Journal of Medicine. 2025 May 1.
The 15-Year Survival Advantage: Immune Resilience as a Salutogenic Force in Healthy Aging. Muthu Saravanan Manoharan, Grace C. Lee, Nathan Harper, Justin A. Meunier, Marcos I. Restrepo, Fabio Jimenez, Sreenath Karekatt, Anne P. Branum, Alvaro A. Gaitan, Kian Andampour, Alisha M. Smith, Michael Mader, Michelle Noronha, Devjit Tripathy, Nu Zhang, Alvaro G. Moreira, Lavanya Pandranki, South Texas Veterans Health Care System (STVHCS) COVID-19 Clinical team (David Schmit, Joseph Agnew, Saleem Ali, Scott DePaul, Megan Freeman, Joshua Hanson, Tony Ho, Robert Nathanson, Nilam Soni, Jacqueline Pugh, Temple Ratcliffe, Raj Sehgal, Kevin Schindler, Sadie Trammell-Velasquez, Lauren Villegas), STVHCS COVID-19 Vaccine team, STVHCS COVID-19 Convalescent care team, STVHCS Center for Personalized Medicine, Sandra Sanchez-Reilly, Hanh D. Trinh, Clea Barnett, Luis Angel, Leopoldo N. Segal, Susannah Nicholson, Robert A. Clark, Weijing He, Jason F. Okulicz, Sunil K. Ahuja. Aging Cell. 2025 April 23.
Internal Medicine Clerkship Directors’ Roles and Experiences as Specialty Advisors: Results From a National Survey. Nicholas S Duca, Irene Alexandraki, Nora Y Osman, Reeni Abraham, Chavon Onumah, Amber T Pincavage, Temple A Ratcliffe, Mai A Mahmoud, Bruce L Henschen, Michael Kisielewski, Cindy J Lai. Journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges. 2025 May 22.
A multi-institutional multi-methods analysis of jeopardy systems in academic hospital medicine. Kirsten N Kangelaris, Angela Keniston, Andrew D Auerbach, Gregory Bowling, Marisha Burden, Shradha A Kulkarni, Luci K Leykum, Anne S Linker, Matthew Sakumoto, Jeffrey Schnipper, Gopi Astik. Journal of Hospital Medicine. 2025 April 14.
Improving Promptness and Quality of Hospitalist and Consultant Interactions at an Academic Teaching Hospital. John Cunningham, MD, Ankur Segon, MD, MPH, MEd, Philip Minor, MS, Nathan Sevigny, Robert Leverence, MD. Journal of Hospital Medicine. Abstract. 2025 April.
Collaborative research: The power of multi-organizational affinity groups and adaptive research methods. Anne S Linker, Gopi J Astik, Gregory Bowling, Kirsten N Kangelaris, Areeba Kara, Angela Keniston, Shradha A Kulkarni , Matthew Sakumoto, Natalie Schwatka, Sara Westergaard, Luci K Leykum, Andrew Auerbach , Marisha Burden. Journal of Hospital Medicine. 2025 February.
Structures and Processes of Grading Committees in Internal Medicine Clerkships: Results of a National Survey. Irene Alexandraki, Nora Osman, Temple Ratcliffe, Wendy Simon, Elexis McBee, Michael Kisielewski, Cindy J Lai. Journal of the Association of the American Medical Colleges. 2025 January 1.
The Support Hospital Opioid Use Disorder Treatment (SHOUT) Texas program implementation strategy for expanding treatment for hospitalized adults with opioid use disorder. Christopher Moriates, Alanna Boulton, Richard Bottner, John Weems, Nicholaus Christian, Taylor Bazajou, Daniela I. Olmos, Carma Deem Bolton, Tara E. Karns-Wright, Holly J. Lanham, Erin P. Finley, Jennifer S. Potter. Journal of Substance Use Addict Treatment. 2025 January.
Point-of-Care Ultrasound in Gastroenterology and Hepatology. Nagasri Shankar, Lily Kuo, Noa Krugliak Cleveland, Benjamin Galen, Nicholas S. Samel, Ariadna Perez-Sanchez, Robert Nathanson, Elizabeth Coss, Juan Echavarria, David T. Rubin, Nilam J. Soni. Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology. 2025 January 8.
The Role of Ultrasound in Bedside Procedures. Brandon Fainstad, Manpreet Malik, Lara Voigt. The Medical Clinics of North America. 2025 January.
Predictors of persistent symptoms in eosinophilic esophagitis after remission: fibrostenosis, eosinophilia, anxiety, and depression. Clair A. Beveridge, Christina Hermanns, Shivani Thanawala, Arjun Chatterjee, Neha Sharma, Naga Venkata Rama Krishna Vura, Qijun Yang, Yi Qin, Prashanthi Thota, Matthew Hoscheit, J. Mark Brown, Andrei I. Ivanov, Anthony Lembo, Scott Gabbard, Florian Rieder. International Society for Diseases of the Esophagus. 2025 January 7.
Posters presented at the 2026 Society of Hospital Medicine Converge Conference in Nashville, TN
– “Hospitalists perspectives on consultation process: a qualitative analysis guide innovation” by Giuseppe Annunziata, MD, FACP, Gouthami Nalakonda, MD, and Ankur Segon, MD, MPH, MEd, FACP, SFHM
– “A rare case of inflammatory myositis associated with durvalumab plus tremelimumab in HCC” by Soniya Abraham, MD
– “Exploring hospitalist experiences using different rounding styles” by Jack Badawy, MD, SFHM
– “A multi-site qualitative assessment of patient provider communication practices across institutions” by Jack Badawy, MD, SFHM
– “Implementation of a nurse navigator and growth of a bedside procedure service” by Lara Voigt, MD, FACP, James Saca, MD, FACP, and Ankur Segon, MD, MPH, MEd, FACP, SFHM
– “Streamlining AFB collection: A quality improvement project” by Gregory Bowling, MD, SFHM, FACP, and Ankur Segon, MD, MPH, MEd, FACP, SFHM
– “Reducing Time for AFB Collections at UH” by Gregory Bowling, MD, SFHM, FACP, Ankur Segon, MD, MPH, MEd, FACP, SFHM, and Umar Siddiqui, DO
Talks given at the 2026 Society of Hospital Medicine Converge Conference in Nashville, TN
– “To stick or not to stick- a guide to ultrasound guided procedural safety” by John Cunningham, MD, FHM, FACP and Lara Voigt, MD, FACP
– “Advanced practice provider transition and its impact on length of stay” by Saket Kottewar, MD, MPH, MHA, FACP
– “A rare case off inflammatory myositis associated with durvalumab plus tremelimumab in HCC” by Soniya Abraham, MD