The Graduate Medical Education Research Journal (GMERJ) is a journal available in print and online. It provides a platform for residents and fellows to publish peer-reviewed, high quality scholarly work. GMERJ is affiliated with the Office of Graduate Medical Education at the University of Nebraska Medical Center and supports its mission to, “lead the world in transforming lives to create a healthy future for all individuals and communities through premier educational programs, innovative research, and extraordinary patient care.”
Current Issue: Volume 1, Issue 1 (2019)
Original Reports
Orthopaedic In-Training Examination (OITE) Preparation and Study Habits of Orthopaedic Residents: Revisited
Christopher F. Deans, Emmett J. Gannon, Joseph Morgan, Elizabeth Lyden, and Matthew Mormino
A Retrospective Study at Two Level One Trauma Centers on the Association of Internal Injuries with Femoral Fractures
Ryan E. Miller, Catherine Olinger, Leonid Grossman, Dennis Chakkalakal, Karl Bergmann, Elizabeth Lyden, and Justin Siebler
Perceptions of Safety and Support among High School Football Players Utilizing a Helmet Impact Detection System
Chris Snyder, Kailey Snyder, Alyssa Irby, Danae Dinkel, and Adam B. Rosen
Comprehensive Chronic Pain Treatment: Does Smoking Affect Outcomes?
Jamison Hofer, David Cates, Valerie K. Shostrom, Brendan Thelen, and Kimberley Haynes-Henson
Necrotizing Enterocolitis following Gastroschisis Repair: An Update
Rachel K. Schlueter, Shahab F. Abdessalam, Stephen C. Raynor, and Robert A. Cusick
Long Term Outcomes of Surgical and Clinical Symptoms Following Minimally Invasive Heller Myotomy: A Retrospective Clinical Database Review
Laura E. Flores, Priscila Rodrigues Armijo, Bhavani Pokala, Sarah Samreen, and Dmitry Oleynikov
An Overview of Neurology Residency Training in Epilepsy at the University Of Nebraska Medical Center
Daniel Crespo Artunduaga, Mohamed Taha, and Arun Swaminathan
The Financial Burden of the Urology Match: Room for improvement
Jinfeng Jiang, Joshua S. Engelsgjerd, Chad A. LaGrange, and Christopher M. Deibert
Case Reports
A Case of Parsonage-Turner Syndrome
Steven Embry and T. Jason Meredith
Sarcoidosis of the Mandibular Condyle: A Rare Disease That Can Mimic Malignancy
Chad Sloan, Ben LaCrosse, Lei Yu, Alexander Braun, Scott Lauer, Timothy Donovan, John Baker, and Jason Untrauer
Creative Work
Sunburnt at Lunchtime and Other Infrequent Things
Elizabeth Null
Conference Proceedings
Virtual Reality (VR) to Improve the Experience of the Mohs Patient: A Prospective Interventional Study
Shauna Higgins et al
A Performance Improvement Project in Antibiotic Administration for Open Fractures
Benjamin Ogden et al
The Effects of Stiff Stent-Grafts on Segmental Aortic Stiffness and Left Ventricular Mass: A Pilot Swine Model Study
Paul Aylward et al
A Comparative Analysis of Survival and Funding Discrepancies in Cancers with High Mortality
Bradley R. Hall et al
Synthetic Resorbable vs. Cellulose Bandage for Minor Hemorrhage in a Porcine Model
Ujwal R. Yanala et al
Renal Sympathetic Vasomotion Monitoring as a Novel Method for Intraprocedural Feedback for Renal Denervation
Peter Ricci Pellegrino et al
Different Strokes for Different Folks: Trends in Elective Surgery for Diverticular Disease
Rishi Batra et al
Delirium Assessment for Acute Ischemic Stroke Patients at UNMC
Haeyoung Baang et al
Genotype and Phenotype Correlation in Patients with Comorbid Epilepsy and Intellectual Disability
Mohamed Taha et al
Correlation of the Multi-Biomarker Disease Activity Score with Rheumatoid Arthritis Disease Activity Measures: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Tate Johnson et al
Without Name DAH
Ian Cormier et al
Burnout in Pediatric Residents: When is Burnout Most Likely to Occur during an Inpatient Service Month and What are its Associated Factors?
Maria Skorey et al
Adherence to Practice Guidelines for Treating Diabetic Foot Infections: An Opportunity for Syndromic Stewardship
Randy McCreery et al
Extraction Kinetics of Free Thyroxine with Therapeutic Plasma Exchange in the Treatment of Thyroid Storm in a Case of Antithyroid Induced Pancytopenia
Ameena Madan Paramasivan et al
Hepatitis B Vaccination in Advanced Chronic Kidney Disease: A Quality Improvement Project at a Veteran Affairs CKD Clinic
Faizan Syed et al
Pilot Project to Assess and Improve Neurosurgery Resident and Staff Perception and Feedback to Neurosurgery Residents for Self-Improvement Goal Formation
Steven Tenny et al
Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy versus Non-Radiotherapeutic Ablative Procedures for Early Stage Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
Michael J. Baine et al
Non Neurofibromatosis-1 Scalp Malignant Nerve Sheath Sarcoma with Non Confluent Parotid Metastasis: Rare Case and Review of Literature
Alejandro Wolf et al
Effectiveness of Advanced Pupil Simulator for Teaching Pupillary Abnormalities: A Pilot Study on Medical Students, Neurology, and Ophthalmology Residents
Jideofor K. Ndulue et al
When it's not Just Hypothyroidism
Preethi Polavarapu et al
Papillary Thyroid Cancer in the Ovaries? A Case of Struma Ovarii
Sapna Raghunathan et al
Risk of Sleep Disorders in Hospitalized Patients with Obstructive Lung Disease: An Observational Study
Nancy H. Stewart et al
A Case of Monocytic Pleocytosis in West Nile Neuroinvasive Disease
Brian Villafuerte Trisolini et al
University of Nebraska Medical Center Pressure Ulcer Prevention Initiative
Stephan Barrientos et al
Identifying Current Opioid Prescription Practice and Implementing Guidelines after Hand and Upper Extremity Surgery – A Project in Quality Improvement
Ryan E. Miller et al
Identifying Current Opioid Prescription Practice and Implementing Guidelines after Total Knee and Total Hip Arthroplasty
Gordon Roedel et al
An Immediate Weight Bearing Protocol versus Stress Radiography to Determine Ankle Stability in Patients with Isolated SER Distal Fibula Fractures
Phillip Thomas et al
Effect of Crystalloid Infusion Rate in a Noncompressible Hemorrhage Model
Ujwal R. Yanala et al
Renal Salvage after Stent Graft Placement after Acute Renal Artery Occlusion with Prolonged Time of Ischemia
Yue Gao et al
No Survival Advantage Exists for Patients Undergoing Loop Ileostomy for Clostridium Difficile Colitis
Bradley R. Hall et al
Advanced Pancreatic Cancer: A Meta-Analysis of Clinical Trials over Thirty Years
Bradley R. Hall et al
National Trends in Survival for Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma Based on Location of the Primary Lesion
Gautam K. Malhotra et al
Global Trends in Esophageal Cancer
Gautam K. Malhotra et al
Outcomes of Intragastric Balloon Placements: An Analysis of the 2016 MBSAQIP Database
Bhavani Pokala et al
Development of a Porcine Model of Severe Noncompressible Truncal Hemorrhage
Ujwal R. Yanala et al
Exogenous Testosterone Supplementation as Cause of Ischemic Stroke, Mediated Through Secondary Erythrocytosis
Fuad-al Ali et al
Pharmacological Treatment of Status Epilepticus at UNMC: Assessment of Seizure Outcomes
Hae Young Baang et al
A Clinical and Cost Effectiveness Comparison of Traditional VNS Therapy to Aspire Sr (106)
Krishna Galla et al
Diplopia and Vertical Gaze Palsy with Punctate Brain Stem Infarct
Jamison Hofer et al
Paroxysmal Autonomic Instability and Dystonia Following a Motor Vehicle Accident
Matthew V. Purbaugh et al
Diagnostic Challenges in the Radiographic Distinction between Demyelinating Lesions and Primary Brain Neoplasms
Erin Cameron Smith et al
Utilization of Brain Imaging in Evaluating Patients with Psychogenic Nonepileptic Spells
Dangmeng Wei et al
Disseminated Strongyloides Causing Diffuse Alveolar Hemmorrhage
Mollie K. Brittan et al
Was It the Beer or the Burgers?
Ian Cormier et al
A Cough May be Just the Tip of the Iceberg
Ian Cormier et al
Efficacy of Endoscopic Ultrasonography Guided Gastroenterostomy in Gastric Outlet Obstruction
Amaninder Dhaliwal et al
Environmental Exposures and Respiratory Health
Letisha J. Ferris et al
Assessment of Treatment Response Using the Multi-Biomarker Disease Activity Score in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients Initiating Methotrexate
Tate Johnson et al
Nonspecific Interstitial Pneumonia Development after Fire Extinguisher Dust Inhalation
Maureen C. McElligott et al
Improvement in Quality Metrics using Clinical Decision Support: Incorporating the Process in the Military Practice
Faraz Ghoddusi et al
Morbidity and Mortality Conference: Cultivating a Culture of Safety
Kaitlin Hahn et al
Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma within a Thyroglossal Duct Cyst
Madeline L. Jones-Ryan et al
Falsely Elevated Thyroglobulin in a Patient with Thyroid Cancer and Rheumatoid Arthritis after Adalimumab Therapy
Archana Purushothaman et al
A Rare Case of Lung Cancer Metastasis to Thyroid
Thiyagarajan Thangavelu et al
Cachexia Index: A Marker for Survival in Pancreatic Cancer?
Mridula Krishnan et al
Pseudo-Pseudotumor: A Cautionary Tale
Brian T. Westerhuis et al
Evaluation of a Midline Catheter Program and Effect on Central Line Associated Blood Stream Infections
Richard Hankins et al
Left Ventricular Assist Device (LVAD) Infections: A Single Center Experience
Rajendra Karnatak et al
An Unusual Presentation of Renal Cell Carcinoma with Tumor Thrombus
Joon S. Kim et al
Eculizumab for the Treatment of Recurrent C3 Glomerulonephritis Caused by C3 Gain of Function Mutation
Joon S. Kim et al
Timing and Sequence of Chemoradiation for Low-Grade Gliomas Meeting RTOG 9802 Criteria
Jeffrey M. Ryckman et al
Effect of Proximal Versus Distal 50% Enterectomy on Nutritional Parameters in Rats Preconditioned with a High-Fat Diet or Regular Chow
Ujwal R. Yanala et al
Effect of 75% Intestinal Resection on Body Composition in Lean vs. Obese Rats
Ujwal R. Yanala et al
Il-β (Interleukin-β) and Tnf-α (Tumor Necrosis Factor-α) Impact Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Formation by Differential Effects on Macrophage Polarization
Rishi Batra et al
Three Cases of Laryngeal Histoplasmosis in the Midwestern United States
Jonathan Blecha et al
Do Pre-operative Emotional and Mental Rand SF-36 Scores Predict Outcomes after Total Hip and Knee Arthroplasty?
Erik Bowman et al
BMI as a Risk Factor for Early Dislocation of Total Shoulder Arthroplasty
David J. Kusin et al
Patterns of Opiate Use and Prescription Practices in Isolated Orthopedic Trauma Injuries: Creating Guidelines
Matthew Mormino et al
Comparison of Post-Operative Outcomes of Ciprofloxacin Otic Suspension versus Ciprofloxacin-Dexamethasone Otic Drops in Myringotomy with Tube Placement
Andrew W. Logeman et al
Gender Difference in Glenoid Remodeling
Kent Rinehart et al
