ATAMMC Third Annual Research Symposium 2024 Program

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Expanding the Boundaries of Military Medical Research May 16, 2024

General Program

Expanding the Boundaries of Military Medical Research

Alexander T. Augusta Military Medical Center

3rd Annual Research Symposium May 16, 2024

Day-at-a-Glance

8 to 8:45 a.m. ................................................................... Poster Judging

9 a.m. ............................................................................................... Welcome

10 to 11 a.m. .................................................... Morning Presentations

11 to 11:15 a.m. ..................................................................................... Break

11:15 to 11:45 a.m. ....................................2024 Research Showcase

11:45 a.m. to 12:45 p.m.................................................... Lunch Break Piano Performance, “Pershing’s Own” U.S. Army Band

12:45 to 2:15 p.m. ..................................... Afternoon Presentations

2:15 to 2:30 p.m. ................................................................................. Break

2:30 to 3 p.m..................................................... Closing Remarks and Award Presentations

Sequence of Events

9 a.m., Welcome

Master of Ceremony

Cmdr. Andrew O’Dea, NC, USN, Deputy Director, Department for Education, Training & Research (DETR)

Welcome

Michelle Johnson, PhD, Chief, Department of Research Programs

Greetings

Col. Elba Villacorta, DNP, RN, AN, USA, Director, ATAMMC

Keynote Speaker

Lt Col (Dr.) Brandon Tourtillott, Director of the Clinical Investigation Facility, 60th Medical Group, Travis Air Force Base, Calif.

Introduction of Symposium Judges

Ms. Diane Beaner, WRNMMC Human Protections Director (HPD), Certified IRB Professional (CIP)

Edward Kwon, MD, Faculty, NCC Family Medicine Residency, ATAMMC, Deptartment of Family Medicine

Cmdr. Jami Peterson, MD, Chief Medical Officer, ATAMMC

Research Symposium May 15, 2025

Poster Presentations

Margaret Case, MD; Matthew Nunnelley, MD; Daniel Bess, MD

Country Roads, then Taken Home

Andrew Magyan; Omar Cardonaa; Nathaniel Sanders; Afsoon Anvari

Shingles on Steroids: Acute Skin Necrosis in the Immunocompromised

Nicholas Reilly; Teonette Velasco; Chad Hulsopple; Kathryn Roberts; David Hoellen; Sean Wise; Caleb Dickison; Donald Goss; Jeffrey Leggit

Biomechanical Running Assessment of Active-Duty Service Members with Chronic Exertional Compartment Syndrome: Exploring the Efficacy of NonSurgical Treatments

Gumana A. Ali

Hearing loss and community reintegration in service members with combatrelated mild traumatic brain injury

Jocelyn Kilgore, MD; Andrea L. Blunt; Gioia Chilton

Teaching Physiological Resilience and Stress Management Through Practical Application of Polyvagal Theory in an Outpatient Group Setting

Ens. Brown; Ens. Francesco; 2nd Lt. Malazarte; 2nd Lt. McCullough

Where is the Wound Care? Automatic Wound Care Consults

Capt. Louis Kurcz, MD, USA, MC, NCC Family Medicine Residency, Fort Belvoir, Va.; 2nd Lt. David Pitts Jr., OMS-4, USAF, Virginia College of Osteopathic Medicine; Capt. Aaron P. Montgomery, MD, Faculty, USA, MC, NCC Family Medicine Residency, Fort Belvoir, Va.

The Heartache of Missed Diagnosis in Infective Endocarditis

Daniel Schoenherr; Andrew Magyan; Christine Lettieri, Family Medicine

Residency, National Capital Consortium - A.T. Augusta Military Medical Center, Fort Belvoir, Va.

Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis as initial presentation of systemic lupus erythematosus

Jesse L. Stutzman, MD, MPH; Sukhmani Dhaliwal, DO, MPH; Edward Y. Kwon, MD

Small Overdose with Big Consequence: Ibuprofen toxicity in an adolescent female

Maj. Giang Martinez, DNP, MPA, APRN, AGCNS-BC; Maj. Eleanor Gonzalez, DNP, APRN, AGACNP-BC, ACCNS-AG; Ashley Boatright, MSN, APRN, FNP-BC; Lt. Col. Andre Pacho, DNP, APRN, AGCNS-BC; Sheron Campbell, MSN, APRN, ACCNS-BC, ACNP-BC

Validating the United States Army Nurse Corps (ANC) Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN) Transition Program for the Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) in a Defense Health Agency (DHA) Military Treatment Facility (MTF)

Maj. Argelia Felix-Camacho, BSN, RN, AN; Maj. Adam C. Frazier, BSN, RN, AN; Maj. Andrew R. Hanson, BSN, RN, AN; Capt. Robert G. Nelson, BSN, RN, AN; Maj. David J. Romaka, BSN, RN, AN

Decision-Matrix for Location of External Cephalic Version

Varun Gopinath, MD; Alexandra Acquaviva, MD; and Matthew Nunnelley, MD

Thiamine Responsive Non-Alcoholic Lactic Acidosis

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Sequence Continued

10 a.m., Morning

Presentations

Maj. Zachary Skurski, DO, FACS

Influence of Universal Masking on Refractive Surgery Outcomes

Col. Liquori Etheridge, LCSW

Military Fathers’ Stress and Children’s Behavioral and Mental Health Outcomes

11 a.m., Break

11:15 a.m., 2024

Research Showcase

The Intrepid Spirit Center, Fort Belvoir, Va.

Gioia Chilton, PhD, ATR-BC, CSAC, Creative Art Therapist, Intrepid Spirit Center, Fort Belvoir, Alexander T. Augusta Military Medical Center

Investigating the Use of Art Therapy for Emotion Regulation Among Active-Duty Service Members and Veterans Who Have Experienced Trauma

Jessica Herman, MA, ATR-BC, Art Therapist, HJF, In support of Creative Forces: NEA Military Healing Arts Network at the Intrepid Spirit Center, ATAMMC

Art Therapy and Emotional Wellbeing in Military Populations with Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms

Stephanie Beauregard, PT

Incremental Velocity Error as a New Treatment in Vestibular Physical Therapy (INVENT VPT): Clinical Trial for Servicemembers with Mild Traumatic Brain Injury

Rebekah Baldwin, MT-BC

Music Therapy Longitudinal Outpatient Program Evaluation

Gumana Ali, BS CCRC and Alexis Robinson, BS

LIMBIC-CENC: LIMBIC-CENC Study 1: Prospective Longitudinal Study on Late Neurologic Effects of Combat

11:45 a.m., Lunch Break

Piano Performance Staff Sgt. James Collins, “Pershing’s Own” U.S. Army Band

12:45 p.m., Afternoon

Capt. Mathew R. Rusling

Presentations

Acute Trauma Induced Microbiome Changes are Sex Dependent in Rodent Models

Authors: James C. Demar; Matthew R. Rusling; R.M. Dennett; Allison V. Hoke; N.I. Crespo Rosales; S.R. Butler; A. Naderi; A.J. Han; K.T. Sharpes; L.P. Simmons; Emily M. Scott; R.M. Taylor; Emily G. Lowery-Gionta; Aarti Gautam; Rasha Hammamieh

Affiliations: Medical Readiness Systems Biology Branch; Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Springs, Md.; Behavioral Biology Branch/Performance Assessment and Chemical Evaluation Lab, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Springs, Md.

Olcay Y. Jones, MD, PhD, Pediatric Rheumatology, WRNMMC

Knowledge Through Children and Experiments of Nature

Capt. Zachary Kopelman, DO, WRNMMC

Disparities in clinical outcomes and molecular features in black and white patients with endometrioid endometrial carcinoma persist in real-world registries and randomized clinical trials.

2:15 p.m., Break

2:30 p.m., Closing Remarks and Award Presentations

Col. Charles “Scott” Hughes, USAF, Chief of Staff, ATAMMC

Poster — 1st, 2nd, 3rd place

Podium — 1st, 2nd, 3rd Place

Alexander T. Augusta Military Medical Center 2024, Peter J. Weina Researcher of the Year

Special Thanks

The ATAMMC Department of Research Programs wishes to thank:

Col. Elba M. Villacorta

Lt. Col. Brandon M. Tourtillott

Col. Charles “Scott” Hughes

Cmdr. Jennifer Eng-Kulawy

Cmdr. Andrew O’Dea

Ms. Diane Beaner

Cmdr. Jami Peterson

Dr. Edward Kwon

Medical Library Staff

Staff Sgt. James Collins, “Pershing’s Own” U.S. Army Band

ATAMMC Research Symposium 2024 Planning Team:

Mr. Larry Barnes

Ms. Careese Charles-Boughter

Mr. Reese Brown

Ms. Jessica Curtin

Ms. Sarah Glasow

Ms. Latonya Jackson

Dr. Michelle Johnson

Mr. Tobias Morelli

Staff Sgt. Ethan Sanger

Staff Sgt. John Witham