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Congratulations to the following individuals for publication of their work in respective journals from May 1, 2021 - July 1, 2021 as reported to The Pulse. 

This list is compiled from submissions by faculty and staff - it is only as complete as the information we receive. Please let us know about your publication by emailing Denise at dflock@lsuhsc.edu.

Anesthesia

Richard Pino, MD, PhD, department head of anesthesiology, is the senior editor of Clinical Anesthesia Procedures of the Massachusetts General Hospital, Tenth Edition. The textbook, which is newly released and available on Amazon.com, was written by residents and attendings at Massachusetts General Hospital Department of Anesthesia. Amazon's website describes the book as a “current, comprehensive, and concise guidelines on all facets of anesthesia, perioperative care, critical care, and pain management. Emphasizing the clinical fundamentals necessary for patient safety and optimal outcomes, this trusted guide provides fast answers to the most frequent problems encountered in daily anesthetic practice, making it an invaluable resource for practicing anesthesiologists and residents as well as nurse anesthetist trainees and practitioners.”

 

Cell Biology and Anatomy

Casey GP. Anatomical characterization of acupoint large intestine 4. Anat Rec (Hoboken). 2021 May 22. doi: 10.1002/ar.24681. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 34021732.

Radermacher VJ, Fernandez V, Schachner ER, Butler RJ, Bordy EM, de Klerk WJ, Chapelle KEJ, Choiniere JN. 2021. A new Heterodontosaurus specimen elucidates the unique ventilatory macroevolution of ornithischian dinosaurs. eLife 2021; 10:e66036

 

Internal Medicine

Dr. Stephen Lim and LSU Emergency Department faculty and residents recently published on Project PREVENT about COVID vaccine effectiveness. The CDC Director noted, “This report provided the most compelling information to date that COVID-19 vaccines were performing as expected in the real world.” 

Dr. Stephanie N. Taylor (Infectious Diseases) served as lead author for the “Infection with Neisseria gonorrhoeae” chapter in the recently published 2nd edition of Netter's Infectious Diseases. 

 

Microbiology, Immunology and Parasitology

Rosario-Colon J, Eberle K, Adams A, Courville E, Xin H. Candida Cell-Surface-Specific Monoclonal Antibodies Protect Mice against Candida auris Invasive Infection. Int J Mol Sci. 2021 Jun 7;22(11):6162. doi: 10.3390/ijms22116162. PMID: 34200478
 
Adams AL, Eberle K, Colón JR, Courville E, Xin H. Synthetic conjugate peptide Fba-Met6 (MP12) induces complement-mediated resistance against disseminated Candida albicans. Vaccine. 2021 Jul 5;39(30):4099-4107. doi 10.1016/j.vaccine.2021.06.001. Epub 2021 Jun 12. PMID: 34127293
 
Perez-Alamino, R., Cuchacovich, R., Espinoza, LR., Porretta, CP., Zea, A.H. Role of Inflammasome Activation in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: Are Innate Immune Cells Activated? Reumatol Clin. 17(4):187-191. 2021. PMID: 31917141
 
Sims, Z., Cousin, L., Suppiah, V., Stanley, N., Li, J., Quinn, G., Martinez, U., Zea, A.H., Simmons, VN. Meade, CD., Tsien, F, Gwede, CK. Improving Multi-site Interaction Through Remote Learning Technology: Report from a Training Program to Increase Underrepresented Undergraduate and Medical Students in Health Disparities Research. J Cancer Educ. 2021. Online ahead of print. PMID: 33860443

Garrido C, Curtis AD, Dennis M, Pathak SH, Gao H, Montefiori D, Tomai M, Fox CB, Kozlowski PA, Scobey T, Munt JE, Mallroy ML, Saha PT, Hudgens MG, Lindesmith LC, Baric RS, Abiona OM, Graham B, Corbett KS, Edwards D, Carfi A, Fouda G, Van Rompay KKA, De Paris, and Permar SR. SARS-CoV-2 vaccines elicit durable immune responses in infant rhesus macaques. Sci Immunol 2021;6(60):eabj3684.
 
Velarde de la Cruz E, Wang L, Bose D, Gangadhara, Wilson RL, Amara RR, Kozlowski PA & Aldovini A. Oral vaccination approaches for anti-SHIV immunity. Frontiers in Immunology 2021;12:702705.
 
Camp JV, Wilson RL, Singletary M, Blanchard JL, Aldovini A, Kaminski RW, Oaks EV & Kozlowski PA. Invaplex functions as an intranasal adjuvant for subunit and DNA vaccines co-delivered in the nasal cavity of nonhuman primates. Vaccine X 2021;8:100105.
 
Pino M, Abid T, Ribeiro SP, Edara VV, Floyd K, Smith JC, Latif MB, Pacheco-Sanchez G, Dutta D, Wang S, Gumber S, Kirejczyk S, Cohen J, Stammen RL, Jean SM, Wood JS, Connor-Stroud F, Pollet J, Chen W-H, Wei J, Zhan B, Lee J, Liu Z, Strych U, Shenvi N, Easley K, Weiskopf D, Sette A, Pollara J, Mielke D, Gao H, LeBranche CC, Shen X, Ferrari G, Tomaras GD, Montefiori DC, Sekaly RP, Vanderford TH, Tomai MA, Fox CB, Suthar MS, Kozlowski PA, Hotez PJ, Paiardini M, Bottazzi ME & Kasturi SP. A yeast expressed RBD based SARS-CoV-2 vaccine formulated with alum+3M-052, a TLR-7/8 targeted adjuvant, promotes robust immunogenicity and protective efficacy in non-human primates. Sci Immunol 2021:6(61):eabh3634.
 
Pincus SH, Craig RB, Weachter L, LaBranche CC, Nabi R, Watt C, Raymond M, Peters T, Song K, Maresh GA, Montefiori DC & Kozlowski PA. Bispecific anti-HIV immunoadhesins that bind to gp120 and gp41 have broad and potent HIV-neutralizing activity. Vaccines 2021;9:774.

 

Ophthalmology

Gemayel, Michael, Neiweem, Ashley, Aebi, Brent, Bracha, Peter Ciulla, Thomas: Microbial Spectrum and Antibacterial Susceptibility of Endophthalmitis Cultures in a Tertiary Referral Center in the Midwestern United States: An Analysis from 295 Patients. Journal of Vitreoretinal Diseases Volume: 5 issue: 3: 216-220, 2021.

Sohani Amarasekera, Mallika Doss, Touka Banaee, Regis P. Kowalski, and Andrew W. Eller: Endogenous Endophthalmitis: Recommendation for Empiric Dual Antibacterial and Antifungal Therapy. Journal of Vitreoretinal Diseases Volume: 5 issue: 3: 208-215, 2021.


Otolaryngology

Ikuma T, McWhorter AJ, Adkins L, Kunduk M. Development of Parameters towards Voice Bifurcations. Applied Sciences. 2021; 11(12):5469. https://doi.org/10.3390/app11125469

Online publication on Tanning Beds and Skin Cancer on the American Head and Neck Society Website by Dr. Ashley Mays on June 24, 2021: https://www.ahns.info/tanning-beds-and-skin-cancer/

McElwee TJ, Poche JN, Sowder JC, Hetzler LT. Management of Acute Facial Nerve and Parotid Injuries. Facial plastic surgery: FPS. 2021;37(4):490-499. doi:10.1055/s-0041-1725129

 

Pediatrics

The Journal of ExtraCorporeal Technology recently accepted Dr. Hannah Bauer's article titled ECMO Support in Pre-B-Cell All for Disseminated Legionnaire's Disease: A Case Report for publication. M Malone served as a second author.

Dr. Regina Zambrano was recently published in Nature. She served as an author on the article titled "UBA2 Variants Underlie a Recognizable Syndrome with Variable Aplasia Cutis Congenita and Ectrodactyly" which was published on May 26. You can view the full article here.

An article written by Stefanie Cheang, MD and Stefani Samples, MD from the cardiology division entitled "Congenital Solitary Left Atrial Mass” was accepted for publication in the World Journal for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery.

Cynthia Laviolette, PA-C, Jason Turner, MD, LaTasha Lewis, MD, Song-Gui Yang, MD, Tim Pettitt, MD, Kurt D. Piggott, MD from the cardiology division collaborated on their article entitled “Occlusive Pulmonary Artery Thrombosis in a Healthy Neonate With No Identifiable Risk Factors” in Journal of the American College of Cardiology.