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Submissions from 2026 2026

Guidance for Documentation of Therapeutic Apheresis Interventions in the Medical Record: An American Society for Apheresis (ASFA) Practice Perspective, Chester Andrzejewski MD

Effect of Invasive Hemodynamic Monitoring on the Outcomes of Cardiogenic Shock in Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction, Rishard Abdul MD and Amir M. Lotfi MD

Effect of a Quality Improvement Project on Point-of-Care Ultrasound Utilization During Inpatient Cardiac Arrest, Christine Donat MD, Ayesha M. Zaidi MD, Vishali Ramsaroop MD, Richard Barus MD, and Mihaela Tiru MD

When Retrospective Studies Are the Only Option, Manage Immortal Time Bias, Andrew Goldsweig MD

Thinking louder: Teaching clinical reasoning in the hospital using structured frameworks, Harry Hoar MD

Beyond time to expand the use of adaptive servo-ventilation, Karin Johnson MD and Douglas M. Johnson MD

Cardiac Rehabilitation Continues to Win in Modern Times, Quinn Pack MD

Bi-allelic loss-of-function variants in JKAMP cause a neurodevelopmental syndrome associated with dysregulation of GPR37 trafficking, Mary-Alice Abbott MD

Convenience, rapport and skill: effective rural hepatitis C treatment, qualitative findings from a mobile harm reduction-informed tele-medicine intervention in Northern New England, 2022-2024, Lizbeth Del Toro-Mejias MD, Elyse M. Bianchet MD, Samuel Tarplin MD, Randall Hoskinson MD, and Peter Friedmann MD

Patient Perceptions of Palliative Care in Surgery: A Qualitative Study, Hiba Dhanani MD

Balloon-expandable versus self-expanding valves in severe aortic stenosis with small aortic annulus: an updated meta-analysis, Chidubem Ezenna MD

Disparities in diagnosis and management of hypertension by incarceration status for patients receiving care in the emergency department, Caitlin Farrell DO

Muscle strength, neuromuscular function, and functional measures across stages of chronic kidney disease, Michael Germain MD

Bias and Oversight in Clinical AI: A Review of Decision Support Tools and Equity Frameworks, Andrew Goldsweig MD

Effect of Age on Restrictive and Liberal Transfusion Outcomes in Patients with Anemia and Myocardial Infarction, Andrew Goldsweig MD

Effect of Age on Restrictive and Liberal Transfusion Outcomes in Patients with Anemia and Myocardial Infarction, Andrew Goldsweig MD

Recurrent Gastrointestinal Bleeding in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation Treated With Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion, Andrew Goldsweig MD

Recurrent Gastrointestinal Bleeding in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation Treated With Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion, Andrew Goldsweig MD

Editorial: Seeing clearly now: Imaging guidance modalities for left atrial appendage occlusion, Andrew Goldsweig MD and Khalid Sawalha MD

Editorial: Seeing clearly now: Imaging guidance modalities for left atrial appendage occlusion, Andrew Goldsweig MD and Khalid M. Sawalha MD

Novel perspectives on extracellular vesicles in autoimmune diseases: immunogenicity, inflammation, and immune surveillance, Yu Liu MD

Smart stents as self-powered guardians against restenosis, Amir Lotfi MD

The Experiences and Needs of Individuals with a Variant of Uncertain Significance on Genetic Tests for Hereditary Cancer Syndromes:A Grounded Theory Study, Grace Makari-Judson MD

Metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease and type 2 diabetes: Pathophysiology, diagnosis, and emerging therapeutic strategies, Safia Mohamed MD

Rapidly Progressive Necrotizing Soft Tissue Infection of the Chest Wall After Skeletal Muscle Injury in a Healthy Young Adult Leading to Death: A Case Report, Colin Rivet MD, Yamuna Carey MD, and Tovy Kamine MD

Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting After Acute Myocardial Infarction With Cardiogenic Shock: Analysis of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons Adult Cardiac Surgery Database, Siavash Saadat MD and Daniel Engelman MD

Ultrasonography of palpable masses in the pediatric head and neck, Georgios Sideris MD, Madeline M. Stever MD, Mansha Khubchandani MD, Ziyu Xian MD, and Joseph Makris MD

Protocol for a randomized trial of a scalable, interactive tool to support surrogate decision-makers of critically ill patients, Jay Steingrub MD

Accountable Care Organizations and the Colorectal Surgeon, Kelly Tyler MD

In reply, Lauren Westafer DO

The RAMS Hunt: A Multiyear Gamified Approach for Teaching Sex-Specific Medicine at a National Conference, Jeannette Wolfe MD

Glandular Crowding of the Endometrium: Clinical Outcomes of a Diagnostic Gray Zone, Anat Zeidel and Lisa Cole

EXPRESS: Nationwide Trends in Pneumonia-Associated Mortality and the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic, Mohammad Abdulelah MD, Julia Fischer DO, Sabah Sikandar DO, Dimitri Melki MD, and Chidubem Ezenna MD

"The 4D Approach"-An Effective Strategy to Improve Emergency Department Boarding and Operational Outcomes, Peter Antkowiak MD, Sarah M. Jamali MD, Ebrahim Barkoudah MD, Sam Skura, Linda Adwan, Carlo Reale RN, Joe Sills MD, Lucienne Lutfy-Clayton M.D., Niels Rathlev MD, and Seth Gemme MD

Incarceration history and HIV testing among people who inject drugs in the Boston metro area: a pooled cross-sectional study, Benjamin Bovell-Ammon MD

Continuity of Care and Patient Outcomes in Populations With Schizophrenia: A Systematic Review, Michael Cooper MD, Abigail Grimm, and Kimberley Geissler MD

Temporary Mechanical Circulatory Support and Shock Teams in High-Risk Cardiac Surgery: The Strategic Evolution of Protected Cardiac Surgery, Daniel Engelman MD

Mobile Telemedicine for Treating Chronic Hepatitis C Among Rural People Who Inject Drugs: A Randomized Clinical Trial, Peter Friedmann MD, Donna M. Wilson, Randall Hoskinson, Lizbeth Del Toro-Mejias, Elyse Bianchet, Patrick Dowd, and William Soares MD

Conscious Sedation Versus General Anesthesia for Percutaneous Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis, Andrew Goldsweig MD

Imaging and Clinical Outcomes with Sentinel Cerebral Embolic Protection During TAVR: A Meta-Analysis of Randomized Trials with Trial Sequential Analysis, Andrew Goldsweig MD

Outcomes of heart failure hospitalizations at urban teaching vs. Non-Teaching Hospitals: A Nationwide Propensity Score Matched Analysis in the United States, Andrew Goldsweig MD

From bench to bedside: the next frontier for biomarkers in COPD precision medicine, Dedeepya Gullapalli MD

Option C: Finding Stability and Peace in the Gray, Kathryn Jobbins DO

The effect of standard time to daylight-saving clock transition on sleep and migraine headaches, Karin Johnson MD

Isoquercetin and Zafirlukast Cooperatively Suppress Tumor Growth and Thromboinflammatory Signaling in a Xenograft Model of Ovarian Cancer, Daniel Kennedy MD

Digitally delivered, systemically challenged: A qualitative study of health system readiness for digital care, Peter Lindenauer MD

Virtual Mentored Implementation to Improve Care Transitions in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Protocol for a Pragmatic Implementation Study, Peter Lindenauer DO

Impact of frailty on outcomes following percutaneous coronary intervention for acute myocardial infarction: A propensity-score matched analysis of 45,362 pairs, Amir Lotfi MD and Andrew M. Goldsweig MD

Neighborhood Poverty and Rates of Witnessed Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest (OHCA), Timothy Mader MD

Social and Patient Factors Associated With Disposition Change in Pediatric Mental Health Boarding: A Retrospective Case-Control Study, Hannah Miller MD

Isolated Lateral Calf Compartment Syndrome from a Sports Injury: A Case Report and Review of the Literature, Vishali Ramsaroop MD

Outcomes of Pulsed Field Versus Cryoballoon Ablation in Atrial Fibrillation: A Comprehensive Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis, Khalid Sawalha MD and Mohamed M. Abdelazeem MD

A Recommendation for FLS Certification for General Surgery Residents By the End of the PGY-2 Year, Neal Seymour MD

Improving Pediatric Concussion Management in the Primary Care Setting, Amy Starmer MD

Differences in influenza vaccine effectiveness by sex among adults hospitalized with acute respiratory illness-IVY network, January 24, 2022-September 1, 2024, Jay Steingrub MD

Guideline-Concordant Sedative and Analgesia Use in Critically Ill Patients Receiving Sustained Neuromuscular Blockade, Allan Walkey MD

Submissions from 2025 2025

The relationship between hospital case mix, academic affiliation, program size, and American Board of Internal Medicine examination pass rates, Mohammad Abdulelah MD, Muhammad Khan MD, and Samia Nadeem MD

Perceived impacts of medications for opioid use disorder implementation on mental health services and substance use counseling in carceral settings: qualitative findings from 13 Massachusetts jails, Benjamin Bovell-Ammon

Is low molecular weight polyethylene glycol used for decontamination of dermal phenol exposures?, Andrew Chambers MD

Guideline-Concordant Care and Clinician and Clinic Characteristics for Patients With Schizophrenia, Annie Yu-An Chen and Kimberley Geissler MD

Correction: Testing a Machine Learning-Based Adaptive Motivational System for Socioeconomically Disadvantaged Smokers (Adapt2Quit): Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial, Julianna Eve DO and Peter Lindenauer DO

Outcomes of Adding Computed Tomography Angiography for Pre-procedural Planning of Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion: a Systematic Review and Meta-analysis, Chidubem Ezenna MD and Andrew Goldsweig MD

Trends in sex, racial, and ethnic disparities in cardiac arrest mortality in the United States: Insights from the CDC WONDER database 1999-2020, Chidubem Ezenna MD, Samia Nadeem MD, Herisha Shah DO, Prasana Ramesh MD, Jakob Hama MD, Shaber Seraj DO, Ramsha Abbas MD, Andrew Goldsweig MD, and Mohammad Abdulelah MD

Genomic surveillance uncovers regional variation in HCV transmission networks in rural United States, Peter Friedmann MD

Patterns of Felt Stigma Among Rural-Dwelling People Who Use Drugs: A Latent Class Analysis, Peter Friedmann MD

Influenza Vaccination Among Children with Asthma: Challenges and Future Directions, Kimberley Geissler MD, Kye Poronsky, Meng-Shiou Shieh, and Peter Lindenauer

Comparative outcomes of intracardiac versus transesophageal echocardiography for left atrial appendage occlusion, Andrew Goldsweig MD

Corrigendum to '2025 SCAI/HRS Clinical Practice Guidelines on Transcatheter Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion': [Journal of the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography & Interventions. Volume 4, Issue 9 (2025) 103783], Andrew Goldsweig MD

Outcomes of Adding Computed Tomography Angiography for Pre-procedural Planning of Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion: a Systematic Review and Meta-analysis, Andrew Goldsweig MD

Sodium-Glucose Cotransporter-2 Inhibitors Following Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement: A Meta-Analysis, Andrew Goldsweig MD

Global Emergency Medicine: A Scoping Review of the Literature From 2024, Jennifer Jones MD

The Role of Bariatric Surgery in the Era of GLP-1 Receptor Agonists, Eva Koeller MD and John Romanelli MD

Regional Variation in Early Kidney Transplant Access Across Dialysis Facilities in 4 US Regions, Kenneth McPartland MD

Pediatric Marfan Syndrome and Heart Transplantation: Insights From the PHIS Database, Matthew M. Mikulski MD

Aortic stenosis in cirrhosis: Pathophysiology and management in the context of liver transplantation, Amir Mohani MD

Negative social determinants of health are linked to lung cancer screening underutilization, Eduardo Nunez MD

Inpatient Tobacco Cessation Counseling and Treatment: A Survey of U.S.-Based Cardiologists, Quinn Pack MD

Outcome data for non-invasive prenatal testing suggestive of an atypical sex chromosome abnormality of fetal/placental origin, Matthew Rich, Salman Ali Jan MD, Courtney Fraser, Jane Waldron DO, and Mary-Alice Abbott MD

Outcome data for non-invasive prenatal testing suggestive of an atypical sex chromosome abnormality of fetal/placental origin, Matthew Rich, Salman Ali Jan MD, Courtney Fraser, Jane Waldron DO, and Mary-Alice Abbott MD

Catheter Ablation Versus Medical Therapy as First-Line Treatment for Ventricular Electrical Storm: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis, Khalid Sawalha MD and Andrew Goldsweig MD

Safety and Clinical Outcomes of Transvenous Lead Extraction for Cardiac Device Infections in the Very Elderly, Khalid Sawalha MD, John Marenco MD, Shayal Pundlik DO, Kyle Gobeil MD, Marshal Fox MD, and Fadi Chalhoub MD

Subclinical mastitis during lactation: a modifiable risk factor for breast cancer?, Sallie Schneider PhD

Marginal Dispositions and Shared Decision-Making Among Older Adults in the ED: A Prospective Cohort Study, Elizabeth Schoenfeld MD

Ultrasound evaluation of pediatric lymphadenopathies: diagnostic patterns and pitfalls, Georgios Sideris MD, Madeline Stever MD, Mansha Khubchandani MD, Ziyu Xian MD, and Joseph Makris MD

Presenteeism Among Health Care Personnel With COVID-19, Howard Smithline MD

Racial and ethnic disparities in environmental chemical exposures and hypertensive disorders of pregnancy: The ECHO-wide cohort study, Ruben Vaidya MD

Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 Receptor Agonist Use and Outcomes in Peripartum Cardiomyopathy: A Propensity-Score Matched Analysis, Gregory Valania MD, Colby Salerno DO, and Andrew Goldsweig MD

Physician Perspectives on Diagnostic Uncertainty in Radiographic Imaging Reports for Pulmonary Embolism: A Qualitative Study, Lauren Westafer DO, Patrick Walsh DO, and Natalie Strokes DO

Heart Failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction, Ebrahim Barkoudah MD

Research Mentorship Models in Hospital Medicine: A Narrative Review, Ebrahim Barkoudah MD

Inpatient Palliative Care and Post-operative Healthcare Utilization Among Older Surgical Patients, Hiba Dhanani MD and Elizabeth Lilley MD

D-Mannose for prevention of recurrent urinary tract infection in adult women: An updated systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials, Chidubem Ezenna MD

Improving Electronic Health Record Access for People Incarcerated in the United States, Caitlin Farrell DO

Parent-identified opportunities for improving asthma care for children insured by Medicaid following implementation of statewide Medicaid Accountable Care Organizations in Massachusetts, Kimberley Geissler MD

Clinical outcomes of transcatheter pulmonary valve replacement versus surgical pulmonary valve replacement: A meta-analysis, Andrew Goldsweig MD

Fractional Flow Reserve Versus Intravascular Imaging to Guide Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis, Andrew Goldsweig MD

Percutaneous micro-axial flow pump use during non-emergent high-risk PCI: Systematic review and meta-analysis, Andrew Goldsweig MD

Utilization and Outcomes of Structural Heart Disease Interventions in Patients With Prior Mediastinal Radiation, Andrew Goldsweig MD

Fractional flow reserve versus intravascular ultrasound to guide percutaneous coronary intervention: A systematic review and meta-analysis, Andrew M. Goldsweig MD

Statin-Induced Immune-Mediated Necrotizing Myopathy: A Case Report of a Rare and Underrecognized Cause of Progressive Weakness, Dedeepya Gullapalli MD