Resident Research

Research is an integral part of this residency program. Apart from research that is done by residents, which they present in local and national meetings, our major research activities include:

1. Two or three modules of research under faculty mentors
2. Seminars required by the University of Buffalo for graduation:

Ethics
Practice Based Learning and Improvement
Research and Statistics
Population Based Medicine

3. Research mandatory for graduation
4. Yearly program-sponsored research symposium
5. Mandatory oral presentations by PGY III
6. Poster presentations (optional for PGY I-II)
7. Performance Improvement Projects required in continuity clinic:

These projects are based on established clinical guidelines.
Residents complete one project per year.
A quarterly progress report is completed by housestaff and uploaded in the resident's electronic portfolio.
Mentoring and critical appraisal is performed by Ambulatory Clinic Attending and Program Director.

2009 Research

1. "Effect of Glucagon-Like Peptide-I (GLP-I) Analogue in Patients with Stable Coronary Artery Disease With Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction ≤ 40 %"

Wamiq Y. Banday. M.B.B.S
Howard Lippes, MD.
Benjamin G. Rueda, MD.
Aravind Herle, MD.

2. "A Randomized, Cross-over Study to Evaluate the Effect of Proton Pump Inhibitors on the Absorption of Two Different Calcium Formulations in Post Menopausal Women"

Linda M. Burns, DO
Joseph M. Grisanti, MD

3. "Effect of Helicobacter Pylori Infection on Non-steroidal Anti-inflammatory Drug (including Acetylsalicylic Acid) Induced Gastric Damage: A Protector or Disaster?"

JayaKrishna Chintanaboina, MBBS
Stanley J. Pietrak ,MD

4. "Post CABG Atrial Fibrillation/Flutter; Identification of the High Risk Patients and the Effectiveness of Prophylactic Beta Blocker Therapy in a Community Hospital Setting"

Muhammad Fahad Khan, MBBS
Muhammad Ali Khan, MBBS
Aravind Herle, MD
Khalid J. Qazi, MD

5. "Appropriate Antibiotics Use in CAP and HCAP at Sisters Hospital in 2008"

Syed Faraz Masood, MBBS
Nashat H. Rabadi, MD, FCCP

6. "A Multivariate Analysis of Risk Factors Leading to Acute Kidney Injury After Gastric Bypass Surgery"

Munis A. Mattu, MBBS
Khalid J. Qazi, MD, MACP
Joseph Caruana, MD

7. "Clinical Correlation of Vitamin D Deficiency and Stroke Subtypes: According to TOAST Criteria"

Varuna Nargunan
Peterkin Lee-Kwen, MD
Michael Merrill, MD

8. "Venous Thromboembolism Prophylaxis and Management in the Medical Patient at Sisters of Charity Hospital"

Jeffrey Parker, DO
Dr. Nashat Rabadi, MD, FCCP

9. "HRP-12: A Novel HSP; Its Distribution and Function"

Syed Muzamil H. Zaidi
S. Jayanth Samuel M.D., Ph.D