Resident Publications

List below are a selection of publications from our primary care residents. These publications reflect projects taken on at Cornell.

Alice Zhao, Current Resident, 2025 Graduate

• Barenbaum SR, Zhao AS, Saunders KH, Aronne LJ, Shukla AP. Management of Weight Regain Following Bariatric Surgery: Behavioral Intervention and Pharmacotherapy. Expert Rev Endocrinol Metab. 2022 Sep;17(5):405-414. doi: 10.1080/17446651.2022.2101993.

Simone Prather, Current Resident, 2025 Graduate

• Tiwari A, Park T, Parillon B, Prather S, Shalev D, Reid MC, Czaja S, Adelman R, Phongtankuel V. Understanding the Behavioral Health Needs of Hospice Patients and Their Family Caregivers: Perspectives of Hospice Medical Directors. Am J Hosp Palliat Care. 2024 Aug 2:10499091241268578. doi: 10.1177/10499091241268578.

Megan Creasman, 2023 graduate

• Brown M, Páez YD, Jabri A, Weiner J, Allen A, Syndnor-Campell T, Fritz S, Creasman M, Kasturi S, Safford M, Narravo-Millan I . Virtual training of rheumatoid arthritis peer coaches in motivational interviewing skills and concepts of cardiovascular disease. Contemp Clin Trials Commun. 2023;33:101130. Published 2023 Apr 5. doi:10.1016/j.conctc.2023.101130
• Meeks L, Creasman M. Dr. Megan Winkelman Creasman. Docs With Disabilities. 2022. https://docswithdisabilities.libsyn.com/episode-58-drmegan-winkelman-creasman
• Creasman MW. How Pregnancy Unmasked My Internalized Ableism. JAMA. 2021;326(24):2473-2474. doi:10.1001/jama.2021.22116

Kara Ryan, 2023 graduate

• Choi JJ, Gambina K, Liu MM, Navarro MJ, Ryan K, Pandya N. Implementing briefing and debriefing during rounds. The clinical teacher. E-pub 13 July 2023. https://doi.org/10.1111/tct.13600
• Ryan KM, Siegler E. Pyogenic brain abscess associated with an incidental pulmonary arteriovenous malformation. BMJ Case Rep. 2022;15(11):e252794. DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2022-252794
• Swed B, Ryan K, Gandarilla O, Shah MA, Brar G. Favorable response to second-line atezolizumab and bevacizumab following progression on nivolumab in advanced hepatocellular carcinoma: A case report demonstrating that anti-VEGF therapy overcomes resistance to checkpoint inhibition. Medicine (Baltimore). 2021;100(25):e26471. doi:10.1097/MD.0000000000026471

Brittany Toffey, 2023 graduate

• Cho J, Toffey B, Silva AF, et al. To care for them, we need to take care of ourselves: A Qualitative Study on the Health of Home Health Aides [published online ahead of print, 2023 Feb 23]. Health Serv Res. 2023;10.1111/1475-6773.14147. doi:10.1111/1475-6773.14147

Kerry Meltzer, 2022 graduate

• Meltzer K. Grieving in a Pandemic. N Engl J Med. 2022 Jul 21;387(3):201-203. doi: 10.1056/NEJMp2204888.
• Gonzalez CJ, Meltzer K, Jabri A, Zhu JJ, Lau JD, Pelzman F, Tung J. Development of a Practice-based Community Outreach Intervention to Prevent Inequities in COVID-19 Vaccinations. Am J Med Qual. 2022 Jul-Aug 01;37(4):348-355. doi: 10.1097/JMQ.0000000000000049.
• Meltzer K. “Vaccines Are Safe, No Matter What Robert Kennedy Jr Says.” The New York Times, 30 Dec 2020.

Xin Wang, 2022 graduate

• Wang XA, Duculan R, Mancuso CA. Coping Mechanisms Mitigate Psychological Stress in Patients With Rheumatologic Diseases During the COVID-19 Pandemic. J Clin Rheumatol. 2021 May 28. doi: 10.1097/RHU.0000000000001757.
• Wang X, Gkrouzman E, Barbhaiya M, Erkan D. Antiphospholipid syndrome and COVID-19: What you should know. Hospital for Special Surgery, 28 Sep 2020.

Shyam Sundaresh, 2021 graduate

Brittney Frankel, 2020 graduate

• Sinha S, Dillon J, Dargar SK, Archambault A, Martin P, Frankel BA, Lee JI, Carmel AS, Safford M. What to expect that you're not expecting: A pilot video education intervention to improve patient self-efficacy surrounding discharge medication barriers. Health Informatics J. 2019 Dec;25(4):1595-1605. doi: 10.1177/1460458218796644.
• Carmel AS, Cornelius-Schecter A, Frankel B, Jannat-Khah D, Sinha S, Pelzman F, Safford MM. Evaluation of the Patient Activated Learning System (PALS) to improve knowledge acquisition, retention, and medication decision making among hypertensive adults: Results of a pilot randomized controlled trial. Patient Educ Couns. 2019 Aug;102(8):1467-1474. doi: 10.1016/j.pec.2019.03.001.

Lauren Kelly, 2020 graduate

• Sanderasa U, Kelly L, Goss A. "We have to teach doctors about injustice." The BMJ Opinion. 12 Jun 2020.

Alexandra King, 2020 graduate

• King A., Ringel JB, Safford MM, Riffin C, Adelman R, Roth DL, Sterling MR. (2021). Association Between Caregiver Strain and Self-Care Among Caregivers With Diabetes. JAMA Network Open, 4(2), e2036676-e2036676. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.36676.

Shanna Tucker, 2020 graduate