Research
All residents must participate in scholarly activity during their training. Projects may involve basic or clinical research, case reviews, or epidemiological studies. One of Sinai�s most publicized research successes was the development of the automatic implantable cardioverter defibrillator. Basic research laboratories exist on campus in a variety of areas. All residents are assigned a mentor and can participate in research during dedicated block rotations as well as throughout their training. Preliminary residents can choose to do research as their year�s continuity experience. Residents are encouraged to present their research work at the regional American College of Physicians� Scientific Session and at national meetings.
Examples of recent scholarly resident activities
include:
- Pharmacologic Therapy for Osteoporosis in Hospitalized
Patients with Acute Fractures: A Comparative Study.
- High Altitude Illness, Free Water Deficit, and
Impaired Bicarbonate Secretion: Field Data from the Nepal Himalaya.
- Plasma and Tissue Measurement of Heat Shock Protein 70
in Patients with Pancreatitis, Pancreatic Cancer, and Control Subjects.
- Clinical Utility of Available Methods for Determining
Platelet Function.
- Monitoring Platelet Inhibition during Chronic Oral
Platelet Glycoprotein IIb/IIIa Blockade: Are We Missing Something?
- Atherectomy Catheter: A New Diagnostic Tool for
Histological Diagnosis of Biliary Tract Malignancy.
- Outpatient Renal Parenchymal Biopsy: An Algorithm for
Safe Performance � Analysis of 88 consecutive patients.
- Retrospective analysis of hiccups in patients at a
community hospital.
- Increased Expression of Telomerase Activity in
Esophageal Adenocarcinoma.
- Molecular Genetic Evidence Supporting the Appendiceal
Origin of Pseudomyxoma Peritonei in Women.
- ACAT Inhibition and Scavenger Receptor Activation.
- A Prospective Study of the Relationship among Fever,
Leukocytosis, Antibiotic Usage, and Outcomes in a Coronary Care Unit Setting.
- Platelet activation in myocardial ischemic syndromes.
- The platelet-related effects of tenecteplase vs.
altplase vs. reteplase.
- Clopidogrel loading with eptifibatide to arrest the
reactivity of platelets: results of the CLEAR PLATELETS study.
- The relation of dosing to clopidogrel responsiveness and the incidence of high post-stent platelet aggregation in patients undergoing coronary stenting.
