VCOM 2025 Annual Report

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Jan. 1, 2025, through Dec. 31, 2025 VCOM Publications and Presentations (continued)

Field EM*, Dickens B . Suspected Familial Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy in a 13-Year Old Male From an Underserved Region of the Dominican Republic: A Case Report. Cureus. 2025 Jul 27;17(7):e88861. PMID: 40881522. Fincher SE*, Koniuk VM*, Benavidez MS*, Benefield MC*, Drew DL*, Hasan DM*, Minner N*, Prakash TC*, Parks MJ, Lindsey T . Efficacy of an Abdominal Surgery Simulator in Didactic Medical Training: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Cureus. 2025 Jan 24;17(1):e77935. PMID: 39996231. Ford PH*, Carlyle JS*, Kirby AN . An Assessment of the Nutritional Profile of Foods Accessible to Incarcerated Males in Alabama. J Correct Health Care. 2025 Feb;31(1):54-61. PMID: 39882668. Foushee JA , Everhart KM*, Stoner AM, Tjiattas-Saleski L, Redden D . Student correlates with interprofessional attitudes within undergraduate medical education. BMC Med Educ. 2025 Jan 2;25(1):13. PMID: 39748397. Frascella D*, Mallela MK, Cullen R, Hrubec TC . Maternal Immune Stimulation With Interferon-Gamma Limits Embryonic Valproic Acid Induced Apoptotic Gene Expression. Birth Defects Res. 2025 Nov;117(11):e2541. PMID: 41194526. Gengo EE*, Vanegas S*, Sahhar HS , Brown J. Unusual Presentation of Necrotizing Enterocolitis Presenting in a Term Infant. Cureus. 2025 Jul 13;17(7):e87829. PMID: 40799886. Gentile N*, Aghera C*, Smith H*, Mazzoleni S, Redden D, Tjiattas-Saleski L . Analysis of hepatitis B immunity in vaccinated medical students. J Osteopath Med. 2025 Dec 12. PMID: 41376563. Golder J*, Lagerberg E*, Flanagan W*, Blouin J*, Horn C*, Avanzato S*, Scagliarini R*, Stoner AM . Factors Influencing Mental Health Outcomes Amongst Senescent County Residents. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2025 Mar 18;22(3):451. PMID: 40238534. Gouhar SA, Abd Elmageed ZYA , El-Daly SM. Extracellular vesicles as dynamic biomarkers: Monitoring therapeutic responses and drug resistance in cancer. International Review of Cell and Molecular Biology. 2025 Feb 28.

Hagglund GH*, Tjiattas-Saleski L . A Case of When Splits Should be Left to Gymnasts. J Am Coll Emerg Physicians Open. 2025 May 22;6(4):100175. PMID: 40496772. Hay AN, Simon A, Ruger LN, Gannon J, Coutermarsh-Ott S, Vickers ER, Eward W, Neufeld NJ , Vlaisavljevich E, Tuohy J. Establishing Human and Canine Xenograft Murine Osteosarcoma Models for Application of Focused Ultrasound Ablation. Biomedicines. 2025 Aug 30;13(9):2122. PMID: 41007685. Horn C*, Tjiattas-Saleski L . A 3-Year-Old With Leg Pain After Visiting a Trampoline Park. J Am Coll Emerg Physicians Open. 2025 Jan 31;6(2):100053. PMID: 39981505. Huber FA, Gonzalez C, Kusko DA, Mickle A, Sibille KT, Redden DT , Azuero CB, Staud R, Fillingim RB, Goodin BR. Neighborhood Disadvantage and Knee Osteoarthritis Pain: Do Sleep and Catastrophizing Play a Role?. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2025 Jan;77(1):95-103. PMID: 39466997. Kang L, Michalak K, Varghese R, Anandakrishnan R , Dick EJ Jr, Abd Elmageed Z, Michalak P . Divergent evolution of hepatocellular carcinoma genomes in chimpanzees and humans. Evol Med Public Health. 2025 Dec 15;14(1):1-14. PMID: 41522204. Keiffer TR, DiGiuseppe S , Guion L, Bienkowska-Haba M, Zwolinska K, Siddiqa A, Kushwaha A, Sapp MJ. HPV16 entry requires dynein for minus-end transport and utilizes kinesin Kif11 for plus-end transport along microtubules during mitosis. J Virol. 2025 Jan 31;99(1):e0093724. PMID: 39629998. Kessler LE*, Sachdeva D, Singhal R, Wortman Ii KO, Lall R . Metformin-Associated Lactic Acidosis (MALA): When a Common Drug Turns Catastrophic. Cureus. 2025 Aug 3;17(8):e89292. PMID: 40904982. Khan A*, DiGiuseppe S , Mustafa M. Tertiary Syphilis-Induced Ocular Syphilis Complicated by Retinal Detachment. Cureus. 2025 Mar 26;17(3):e81240. PMID: 40291298.

Kirkpatrick ZA, Melin VE, Hrubec TC . Quaternary ammonium compound exposure causes infertility by altering endocrine signaling and gametogenesis. Reprod Toxicol. 2025 Mar;132:108817. PMID: 39653280. Knott M*, Lyashenko M*, Nguyen J*, Thurman S*, Vernace C*, Wofford M*, Adabanya U, Overturf MD . An Uncommon Anatomical Variation: Passage of the Ovarian Artery Through a Fenestrated Ovarian Vein in an Elderly Female Cadaver. Cureus. 2025 Jun 10;17(6):e85700. PMID: 40642727. Koniuk VM*, Fogleman BM*, Tjiattas-Saleski L . Play Turned Painful: A Teenager’s Tibial Pilon Fracture from A Simple Jump. Clin Pract Cases Emerg Med. 2025 Jan;9(1):102 104. PMID: 39903612. Kranzlein J*, Sharpe B*, Robinson M*, Burbank E*, Pearson WG Jr . Repurposing the anatomy lab: A developmental model for physician formation and human flourishing. Anat Sci Educ. 2025 Sep;18(9):897-904. PMID: 40717029. I have always been driven by a deep commitment to serve others and bring hope and healing in one’s life. As I look toward my future career, I am committed to making a meaningful difference in the lives of individuals and communities, especially those in underserved or healthcare-despaired areas. I am eager to pursue a career that integrates both clinical care and community service.”

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Josh VanGilder ’27 VCOM Virginia, New River Valley Health Foundation Endowed Scholarship

BOLD indicates Faculty; * ASTERISK indicates Student