Internal Medicine at Kaiser Santa Clara

Resident Research

All of our categorical residents complete a clinical research project before graduating. Each Spring, the program sponsors an Annual Resident Research Symposium, where residents present their research projects to the faculty. The faculty judges evaluate projects and awards are given at graduation. Our program is well-represented in the Western Regional American College of Physicians (ACP) Resident Poster presentations. Our residents typically present four to five different posters.

Recent Publications

2006

Predictors of Hepatitis C Treatment in HIV and Hepatitis C Co-infected Patients. H Alex Wen D.O., Gina Chen M.D., Joanna Ready M.D., Michael Horberg M.D., Stanford Shoor M.D. Abstract submitted to the American College of Physicians Northern California Conference.

Infectious Complications of TNF Inhibitor Therapy in Inflammatory Arthritis
Randall Camantigue M.D., Divjot Sandhu, M.D., Lisa Shostakovich M.D.

Benefit of Angioplasty and Stent in Renal Artery Stenosis Thai Nguyen M.D., Christina Le M.D.

2005

Gender Bias in the Use of Lipid-Lowering Therapy, Reena Bhargava MD, Gagandeep Sandhu MD, Maryanne Armstrong MS, Hekmat Nasiri MD, Aditi Sah, Eleanor Levin MD. Poster presented at the American College of Cardiology, Dallas, Texas 11/2005

Chronic Kidney Disease and Lipid Control in Patients with Coronary Artery Disease, Hekmat Nasiri MD, Maryanne Armstrong MD, Gagandeep Sandhu MD, Eleanor Levin MD, Reena Bhargava MD. Published in J Am Soc of Nephrol. Volume: 16, Pages: 897A, 11/2005

The Other Pulmonary Renal Syndrome: Leptospirosis, Hekmat Nasiri MD, John P.T. Higgins MD, Jonathan Blum MD, Steve S. Guest MD. Poster presented at American College of Physicians Northern California Conference 10/2005

Myocardial Infarcation in Asian Indians
Jyoti Rau, M.D., Bhanu Bhaskar, M.D., Natalie Johnsen, M.D.

Thromboembolism and Intravenous Catheters in Cancer Patients
Jeffrey McLeroy, M.D., Alen Mirzaian, M.D.

Diabetes Case Management
Anand Nagrani, M.D., Jasminder Momi, M.D., Andy Yang, M.D.

Pulmonary Hypertension in Patients Referred for Echocardiograms
Uma Mohanasundaram, M.D., Tejas Patel, M.D., Marcel Reichert, M.D.

Special Award for Health Services/Psychosocial Research:
An Educational Video to Reduce Teen Pregnancy: Preliminary Report on the Blossom Project
Flora Chen, M.D., Katy Serventi, M.D.

2004

The Accuracy of Heel Ultrasound in Low Risk Post-Menopausal Women
Milton Chan, D.O., Sayeed Khan, M.D., Sudhir Sunderrajan, M.D.

Is Hydroxychloroquine Protective Against Cardiovascular Disease
Manjula Bobbala, M.D., Meenu Kwatra, M.D., Neelakshi Patel, M.D.

Hypertension Group Visits: Is there a Benefit?
Mahsa Esfahani, M.D., Renata Jue, M.D., Subbu Lakshmi, M.D.

2003

The Potential Role of Acid Reflex Contributing to Cardiac Arrythmia
Premjit Chahal, M.D., Jennifer Juhn, M.D.

Incidence Relative Risk and Predictors of Type II Diabetes in Women with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome
Darien Heron, M.D., Marta Murawski, M.D.

2002

Bone Marrow Bx
Steven Cha, M.D., Jennifer Dykes, M.D., Shan Zhu, M.D.

Ace Inhibitors and Anemia
Jane Chung, M.D., Zineb Daoudi, M.D. Dat Do, M.D.

Cardiac Enzymes and Atypical Chest Pain
Poonam Kapadia, M.D., Minh Le, M.D. Lana Safaei, M.D.

Screening for Alcoholism
Divya Satia, M.D., Hemali Sudhalkar, M.D.

Staph Aureus bacteremia
Shailaja Kirti, M.D., Savitha Sunderaraj, M.D.

Cancer as a Cause of Lbp
Alpana Verma-Alag, M.D., Uma Zamver, M.D.

CK Rise/Fall with Thrombolytics Determines Outcome
Tom Cheng, M.D., Arthur Sung, M.D., Julie Wu, M.D.