School of Medicine

Graduates of the CRSP Master's Program and Their Theses

2010

Kumaraswamy Budur, MD, MS Prevalence and Correlates of Alpha-Delta Sleep in Major Depressive Disorders

David Kemp, MD, MS Use of Insulin Sensitizers in the Treatment of Major Depression Accompanied by Abdominal Obesity

Julian Kim, MD, MS Effect of Radiation Therapy on Survival in Patients with Resected Merkel Cell Carcinoma: a Population-based Analysis of the SEER Database

2009

Paul Drawz, MD, MS Cardiovascular Risk Assessment - Addition of Chronic Kidney Disease and Race to the Framingham Equation http://etd.ohiolink.edu/view.cgi?acc_num=case1247274312

Thomas Gildea, MD, MS An Analysis of Post Lung Transplant FEV1 Change in Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency http://etd.ohiolink.edu/view.cgi?acc_num=case1247086953

Katarina Greer, MD, MS The Role of the Insulin Growth Factor Family in Development of Barrett's Esophagus: A Case-Control Study http://etd.ohiolink.edu/view.cgi?acc_num=case1244125383

Angelle LaBeaud, MD, MS New Understanding of the Epidemiology of Rift Valley Fever Virus in Kenya http://etd.ohiolink.edu/view.cgi?acc_num=case1237579750

Florian Rader, MD, MS Quantitative Electrocardiography for Prediction of Postoperative Atrial Fibrillation after Cardiac Surgery http://etd.ohiolink.edu/view.cgi?acc_num=case1260380041

Richard Wilson, MD, MS A Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Methods of Screening for Dysphagia After Stroke http://etd.ohiolink.edu/view.cgi?acc_num=case1238084939

2008

Jeffrey Claridge, MD, MS, FACS The Development of SIC-IR© to Assist with Diagnosing Infections in Critically Ill Trauma Patients: Moving Beyond the Fever Workup http://etd.ohiolink.edu/view.cgi?acc_num=case1213634730

Mazen Elyan, MD, MS The Effectiveness and Safety of Mycophenolate Mofetil in Lupus Nephritis http://etd.ohiolink.edu/view.cgi?acc_num=case1207614029

Eamonn Molloy, MD, MS Cardiovascular Outcomes and In-Hospital Mortality in Giant Cell Arteritis http://etd.ohiolink.edu/view.cgi?acc_num=case1212093974

Svetlana Pundik, MD, MS Effect of Older Age on the Risk of Hemorrhagic Complications After Intravenous And/or Intra-Arterial Thrombolysis for Acute Ischemic Stroke http://etd.ohiolink.edu/view.cgi?acc_num=case1207236995

Lisabeth Scalzi, MD, MS Subclinical Atherosclerosis in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus http://etd.ohiolink.edu/view.cgi?acc_num=case1212695307

2007

Amer Alshekhlee, MD, MS Hospital mortality and utilization in Guillain Barre Syndrome

Eric Blum, MD, MS Transplantation for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in the U.S. from 1995-2005: outcomes and risk factors from the UNOS database

Linda Cummings, MD, MS Laparoscopic versus open colectomy for colon cancer: a population-based study

Natasha Frost, MD, MS The relationship of retinal nerve fiber layer thinning to subjective visual symptoms and visual function following optic neuritis

Layla Hajjafar, MD, MS The cost-effectiveness of transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt vs. repeated large volume paracentesis in the treatment  of refactory ascites

Robert Kalayjian, MD, MS The association between viral suppression and renal function changes in HIV-1 infected subjects on highly active antiretroviral therapy

Curry Koening, MD, MS Renal graft survival and patient mortality in Wegener's granulomatosis: a case/control study

Tyler Stevens, MD, MS The validation of endoscopic ultrasound criteria for diagnosis of chronic pancreatitis using pancreatic function testing as reference standard

2006

John Carey, MD, MS Reliability of dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry generated Z-scores in young adults

Gary Falk, MD, MS Genomic profiling of nondysplastic Barrett's esophagus: progressors versus nonprogressors to esophageal cancer

Myla Goldman, MD, MS A study of a motor fatigue outcome measure in multiple sclerosis patients

Evelyn Mentari, MD, MS Paying for quality: Medicare policy and the nephrologist

Thomas P., Stern, MD, MS Computerized decision support for the treatment of asthma

Biju, Thomas, MD, MS Methionine metabolism in the newborn infant

2005

Richard Del Rio, MD, MBA, MS The cost-effectiveness of epoetin alpha for anemia occurring during hepatitis C combination therapy

Chad, Jacobsen, MD, MS CXCR2 expression in oligodendrogliomas: a clinicopathologic correlation study

Bryan Kapella, MD, MS The utility of gram stains and cultures of endocervical swabs in the era of DNA amplification technology

Loreto, Sulit, MD, MS Identification of optimal polysomnography indices for OSA related outcomes

2004

Krishnapriya Anchala, MD, MS Predictors, patterns and outcomes associated with use of written pediatric asthma treatment plans

Reena Mehra, MD, MS Association of nocturnal cardiac arrhythmias with sleep-disordered breathing: Sleep Heart Health Study-2

Sigal Peter-Wohl, MD, MS Total parenteral nutrition cycling in premature infants

2003

Robert Fox, MD, MS The short-term effects of intravenous Methylprednisolone on brain MRS measures in Multiple Sclerosis

Tina Rodrigue, MD, MS Early outcome following spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage in adults: risk factors and treatment effects

Osama Zaidat, MD, MS Reliability and validity of multi-slice electrocardiogram-gated spiral computerized tomography and transesophageal echocardiography in evaluating aortic atheroma in acute ischemic stroke patients

*Theses from 2003 to 2007 were not submitted digitally. To obtain a hard copy through interlibrary loan please contact your local library.