Resident Research Activities
There are numerous Research opportunities for Medicine residents to engage in at Augusta
University. In addition to the research track, residents can opt to participate in
a variety of research projects which may include basic, clinical, and translational
investigation.
View the Medical College of Georgia Department of Medicine Research page
The Translational Research Program of the Department offers support for mentor identification, project design, ancillary support (study
coordinators and statistics), and research funding. Many residents use this pathway
for getting involved in a meaningful project, but it is by no means the only option.
Individual faculty are always amenable to working with motivated residents and also
provide a rewarding research experience.
Resident's publications 2020-2022:
- Sharma A, Herekar A, Yan Y, Karunaratne T, Rao SSC. Dyssynergic Defecation and Other Evacuation Disorders.
Gastroenterol Clin North Am. 2022 Mar;51(1):55-69. doi: 10.1016/j.gtc.2021.10.004.
Epub 2022 Jan 7. PMID: 35135665.
- Fox, A.D., Ullah, A., Vemavarapu, L.K., Bustamante, F., & . (2022, Apr). Prolonged Response
of Metastatic Programmed Death-Ligand 1 (PD-L1) Negative Basaloid Squamous Cell Carcinoma
of the Lung to Maintenance Immunotherapy. Cureus, 14(4), e24396. PMID: 35619841.
- Azam M, Hudgi A, Uy PP, Makhija J, Yap JEL. Safety of endoscopy in patients undergoing treatments
with antiangiogenic agents: A 5-year retrospective review. World J Gastrointest Endosc
2022; 14(7): 416-423
- Okereke, C., Fox, A.D., Le, T., Abbagoni, S., Jillella, A.P., Bryan, L.J., Anwar, T., Mian, M.A. & Kota,
V.. (2021, Nov). The Increased Use of Diagnostic Studies over Time in Acute Myelogenous
Leukemia Patients. Blood, 138(Supplement 1), 4979.
- Yan Y, Sharma A, Herekar AA, Jimenez E, Hudgi AR, Gu QG, Rao SSC. Translumbosacral Anorectal Magnetic Stimulation
Test for Fecal Incontinence. Dis Colon Rectum. 2022 Jan 1;65(1):83-92. doi: 10.1097/DCR.0000000000002152.
PMID: 34670958; PMCID: PMC8665062.
- Coles M, Cox K, Chao A. Candida haemulonii: An emerging opportunistic pathogen in the United States? IDCases. 2020 Jul 2;21:e00900.
doi: 10.1016/j.idcr.2020.e00900. PMID: 32685371; PMCID: PMC7358735.
- Yan Y, Sharma A, Herekar AA, Jimenez E, Hudgi AR, Gu QG, Rao SSC. Translumbosacral Anorectal Magnetic Stimulation Test for Fecal Incontinence.
Dis Colon Rectum. 2022 Jan 1;65(1):83-92. doi: 10.1097/DCR.0000000000002152. PMID:
34670958; PMCID: PMC8665062.
- Carbone LD, Ortiz Kaemena MF, Elam RE. Heart failure and osteoporosis: an association that merits further study.
Pol Arch Intern Med. 2020 Nov 30;130(11):928-929. doi: 10.20452/pamw.15691. Epub 2020
Nov 30. PMID: 33252209.
- Fox, A.D., Okereke, C., Le, T., Jillella, A.P., Bryan, L.J., Anwar, T., Mian, M.A., Bradshaw, D., Kolhe,
R., Savage, N.M., Ajebo, G., Padala, S., Abbagoni, S., & Kota, V.. (2021, Nov). Serum
Albumin As a Prognostic Factor for Overall Survival at 6-Months in Acute Myeloid Leukemia
(AML). Blood, 138(Supplement 1), 1226.
- Abbagoni, S., Le, T., Bryan, L.J., Mian, M.A., Bradshaw, D., Fox, A.D., Jillella, A.P., Okereke, C., Kolhe, R., Savage, N.M. & Kota, V.. (2021, Nov). Central Line Associated Bloodstream
Infection Rate Among Hematologic Malignant Patients Who Received Antimicrobial Prophylaxis
in the Inpatient Setting. Blood, 138(Supplement 1), 4390.
- Asfari MM, Sarmini MT, Kendrick K, Hudgi A, Uy P, Sridhar S, Sifuentes H. Association between Inflammatory Bowel Disease and
Lactose Intolerance: Fact or Fiction. Korean J Gastroenterol. 2020 Oct 25;76(4):185-190.
doi: 10.4166/kjg.2020.76.4.185. PMID: 33100313.
- Coles M, Madray V, Cox K, Uy P, Sharma A. More than Just a Hole in the Wall: Evolving Management and Treatment
Paradigms of Suppurative Gastritis. Dig Dis Sci. 2020 Aug;65(8):2203-2209. doi: 10.1007/s10620-020-06356-6.
PMID: 32533540.
- Pulliam, S., Madwani, K., Fox, A.D., El-Hachoum N., Ullah, A., Patel, N., & Karim, N.A.. (2022, Jun). Metastatic Malignant
Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumor (MPNST) in Neurofibromatosis Type I: Challenges in Diagnosis
and Management. Cureus, 14(6), e26140. PMID: 35891854.
- Coles MJ, Masood M, Crowley MM, Hudgi A, Okereke C, Klein J. It Ain't Over 'Til It's Over: SARS CoV-2 and Post-infectious Gastrointestinal
Dysmotility. Dig Dis Sci. 2022 Mar 30:1–9. doi: 10.1007/s10620-022-07480-1. Epub ahead
of print. PMID: 35357608; PMCID: PMC8968095.
- Chahin, M., Branham, Z., Fox, A., Leurinda, C., & Keruakous, A.R.. (2022, May). Clinical Considerations for Immunoparesis in Multiple
Myeloma. Cancers, 14(9), 2278. PMID: 35565407.
- Hudgi AR, Coles MJ, Perry I, Vega KJ. Spontaneous duodenal fistulisation from walled-off pancreatic
necrosis. BMJ Case Rep. 2022 Feb 28;15(2):e246422. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2021-246422. PMID:
35228225; PMCID: PMC8886370.
- Hudgi AR, Peng H, Sridhar S, Yap JE. Iatrogenic biloma: a rare and delayed complication of
a life-saving transarterial hepatic embolisation. BMJ Case Rep. 2021 Aug 19;14(8):e244814.
doi: 10.1136/bcr-2021-244814. PMID: 34413048; PMCID: PMC8378345.
- Hudgi AR, Coles MJ, Perry I, Vega KJ. Spontaneous duodenal fistulisation from walled-off pancreatic
necrosis. BMJ Case Rep. 2022 Feb 28;15(2):e246422. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2021-246422. PMID:
35228225; PMCID: PMC8886370.
- Masood M, Uy P, Yap JE. When hiccups mean something more than just a nuisance: A rare presentation
of pyogenic liver abscess. JGH Open. 2021 Jun 22;5(7):837-838. doi: 10.1002/jgh3.12591.
PMID: 34263083; PMCID: PMC8264243.
- Yan Y, Sharma A, Herekar AA, Jimenez E, Hudgi AR, Gu QG, Rao SSC. Translumbosacral Anorectal Magnetic Stimulation Test for Fecal Incontinence.
Dis Colon Rectum. 2022 Jan 1;65(1):83-92. doi: 10.1097/DCR.0000000000002152. PMID:
34670958; PMCID: PMC8665062.
- Masood M. Autoimmune pancreatitis: What we know so far. JGH Open. 2021 Dec 10;6(1):3-10. doi:
10.1002/jgh3.12688. PMID: 35071782; PMCID: PMC8762623.
- Diskin JB, Walker CB, Oberle MD, Diskin CJ. Use of the Fractional Excretion of Urea in an Azotemic Nonoliguric
State: Type 1 Cardiorenal Syndrome. Ther Apher Dial. 2018 Aug;22(4):319-324. doi:
10.1111/1744-9987.12661. Epub 2018 Jan 26. PMID: 29377609.
- Hudgi AR, Azam M, Masood M, Arshad HMS, Yap JEL. The GIST of It: A Rare Presentation of Neurofibromatosis Type
I. Cureus. 2021 Jun 29;13(6):e16034. doi: 10.7759/cureus.16034. PMID: 34336521; PMCID:
PMC8319233.
- Hudgi A, Cartelle A L, Ahmed A, et al. (July 31, 2022) Tokyo Guidelines (TG18) for Acute Cholangitis Provide Improved
Specificity and Accuracy Compared to Fellow Assessment. Cureus 14(7): e27527. doi:10.7759/cureus.27527
- Casey M, Odhiambo L, Aggarwal N, Shoukier M, Garner J, Islam KM, Cortes JE. Are Pivotal Clinical
Trials for Drugs Approved for Leukemias and Multiple Myeloma Representative of the
Population at Risk? J Clin Oncol. 2022 Aug 9:JCO2200504. doi: 10.1200/JCO.22.00504.
Epub ahead of print. PMID: 35944216.
- Coles MJ, Masood M, Crowley MM, Hudgi A, Okereke C, Klein J. It Ain't Over 'Til It's Over: SARS CoV-2 and Post-infectious Gastrointestinal
Dysmotility. Dig Dis Sci. 2022 Mar 30:1–9. doi: 10.1007/s10620-022-07480-1. Epub ahead
of print. PMID: 35357608; PMCID: PMC8968095.
- Masood M. Intentional Foreign Body Ingestions: A Complex, Recurrent and Costly Issue. Am J
Case Rep. 2021 Nov 15;22:e934164. doi: 10.12659/AJCR.934164. PMID: 34780394; PMCID:
PMC8607049.
- Hamilton CA, Ayyala D, Walsh D, Bramwell C, Walker C, Wilson Dib R, Gosse J, Ladak A, Morissette P, Rao A, Chao A, Vazquez J. Small Towns, Big Cities: Rural and Urban Disparities Among
Hospitalized Patients With COVID-19 in the Central Savannah River Area. Open Forum
Infect Dis. 2022 Feb 2;9(3):ofac050. doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofac050. PMID: 35198652; PMCID:
PMC8860164.
- Abbagoni, S., Malik, S., Fox, A.D., Mian, M.A., Anwar, T., Bradshaw, D., Bryan, L.J., Jillella, A.P., Kolhe, R., Savage,
N.M., Padala, S., & Kota, V.. (2021, Nov). Rates of Neutropenic Fever in Patients
with Hematologic Malignant Diseases with Central Venous Access. Blood, 138(Supplement
1), 4953.
