Academic Accomplishments

ABIM Initial Certification Examination Pass Rate: 100% since 2018

Peer-reviewed publications in last 2 years:

• Novoselova V, Lacasse A. A Case of Anti-VGKC Antibody Encephalitis and Prolonged Encephalopathy Despite Spontaneous Resolution of Imaging Abnormalities. J Community Hosp Intern Med Perspect. 2020, in press
• Novoselova, V, Lacasse A. Acute Diverticulitis Masquerading as Unilateral Sciatica-like Symptoms. J Community Hosp Intern Med Perspect. 2020, in press
• Ukemenam C, Lacasse A. Hugh-Stovin Syndrome: the "incomplete Behcet's Disease". A Case Study of a Young Adult with Recurrent Pulmonary Embolism and Pulmonary Arterial Aneurysms. J Community Hosp Intern Med Perspect. 2020, in press
• Lam H. Lacasse A. Combined Remdesivir, Corticosteroid, and Convalescent Plasma in Severe COVID-19 Disease in Periviable Pregnancy. Infect Dis Clin Pract 2020, in press
• Abbas S. Ahmad A. Lacasse A. COVID-19 infection and its deadly cytokine storm in a young obese adult. J Community Hosp Intern Med Perspect. 2020, in press
• Blackall D, Wulff S, Roettger T, Jacobs L, Lacasse A, Patri M, Zinser P, Pherez F, Jamkhana Z, Frey SE, Smith L, Goel R, Katz L Rapid Establishment of a COVID-19 Convalescent Plasma Program in a Regional Healthcare Delivery Network. Transfusion. 2020 Aug 4. doi: 10.1111/trf.16026. Online ahead of print. Transfusion. 2020. PMID: 32748963
• Shaikh S, Nwankwo C, Lacasse A, Cheng S. Acute Kidney Injury On Chronic Kidney Disease: From Congestive Heart Failure To Light Chain Deposition Disease And Cast Nephropathy In Multiple Myeloma. J Community Hosp Intern Med Perspect, 2019 Sep 5;9(4): 319-321.
• Shaikh S, Peña-Garcia JI, Lacasse A. Spirochetal diseases and 7^th nerves palsy: a clinical dilemma between syphilis and Lyme disease. Infect Dis Clin Pract. 2019, Jul 27 (4). 236-239.
• Halani V, Tazbaz D, Kumar V, Vaidyan V, Gardner M. A 5 Minute Tutorial on Sporadic Late-Onset Nemaline Myopathy (SLONM) with Respiratory Failure. Am J Resp and Crit Care Med, 2019; 199: A5525.
• Peña-Garcia JI, Shaikh S, Barakoti B, Lacasse A. Bone marrow involvement in sarcoidosis: an elusive extrapulmonary manifestation. J Community Hosp Intern Med Perspect. 2019, Apr 12;9(2):150-154.
• Peña-Garcia JI, Shaikh S, Lacasse A. J Community Hosp Intern Med Perspect. 2018 Apr 17; 8(2):76-79.

J Community Hosp Intern Med Perspect. 2018 Apr 17;8(2):76-79.

ACP poster competition winners in last decade:

• Prishchepova A, Levanos T, Kornblum H, Buchanan P, Farrag S. “The Show” Must Go On. Improving the No Show Rate in an Internal Medicine Resident Clinic through Continuous Quality Improvement Using Lean Methodology. ACP Missouri Chapter Meeting [Patient Safety and Quality], September 2019. 1^st Place
• Kamal S, Abbas S, Levanos T, Farrag S. Implementing a Quality Improvement Approach to Build a low-cost, Time-Effective Diabetes Education Tool. ACP Missouri Chapter meeting [Patient Safety and Quality], September 2018. 2^nd Place
• Halani V, Prishchepova A, Uppaluri C, Levanos T, Farrag S. “Sugar Talks”-Resident Driven Telecommunication in Diabetic Care. ACP Missouri Chapter meeting [Patient Safety and Quality], September 2018. 3rd place.
• Kapoor A, Uppaluri CR. Universal PHQ screening: a lowcost high impact tool. ACP Missouri Chapter meeting [Patient Safety and Quality], September 2017. 1^st Place
• Ipatii C, Sadashiv S, Lacasse A. Finding Neo. ACP Missouri Chapter Meeting [Clinical vignette] Sept 2014. 1^st Place.
• Gao W, Mathew J, Naidzionak U, Lacasse A. IgA nephropathy presenting as Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome. ACP Missouri Chapter Meeting [Clinical Vignette], Sept 2011. 2^nd Place.
• Thomas A, Mathew J, Lacasse A, Vaidyan P. ITP-associated splenectomy patients should be evaluated for Common Variable Immunodeficiency: A report of 2 cases. ACP Missouri Chapter Meeting [Clinical vignette], Sept 2010. 2^nd Place.

ACP poster competition participants in last 3 years:

• Temur S, Barakoti B, Kornblum H, Kakarla V, Farrag S. Improving Smoking Documentation and Lung Cancer Screening in the IM Resident Clinic. ACP Missouri Chapter Meeting [Patient Safety and Quality], September 2019.
• Larionova A, Obodozie J, Levanos T, Kakarla V, Kornblum H, Farrag S. Identifying Barriers Towards Healthy Dietary Habits at a lowincome Community Clinic in St. Louis. ACP Missouri Chapter Meeting [Patient Safety and Quality], September 2019.
• Barakoti B, Lacasse A, Farrag S. Whipple's Disease with Venous Thrombosis: A rare manifestation of a rare disease. ACP Missouri Chapter Meeting, September 2019.
• Abbas S, Ahmad A, Muppaneni S, Lacasse A, Farrag S. Vitamin B12 Deficiency-Related Hemolytic Anemia: Diagnostic Dilemma or Emerging Epidemic? ACP Missouri Chapter Meeting [Clinical Vignette], September 2019.
• Adam A, Levanos T, Farrag S. Awareness and Use of an Electronic Patient Portal (MyChart) by Underinsured Ethnic Minority Patients in an Internal Medicine Residency Clinic. ACP Missouri Chapter meeting [Patient Safety and Quality], September 2018.
• Joseph C, Tariq Z, Levanos T, Lacasse A. Impact of positive respiratory viral panel PCR testing of antimicrobial de-escalation in an urban community teaching hospital. ACP Missouri Chapter Meeting [Patient Safety and Quality], September 2018.
• Lele S, Lacasse A. Take your vitamins! A rare presentation of vitamin B12 deficiency causing microangiopathic hemolytic anemia. ACP Missouri Chapter Meeting [Clinical Vignette], September 2018.
• Hong HW, Gonzalez AZ, Gurram MK, Lacasse A. Is hypertension always the villain. The multiple faces of thrombotic microangiopathy. ACP Missouri Chapter Meeting [Clinical vignette], September 2018.
• Kamal S, Hong HW, Kornblum H, Thekkemuriyil D, Lacasse A. Chronic diarrhea: the answer is on the fingertips. ACP Missouri Chapter Meeting [Clinical Vignette], September 2017.
• Chelapareddy LR, Sen S, Uppaluri CR. RET proto-oncogene positive Pheochromocytoma presenting as recurrent syncope secondary to ventricular tachycardia.  ACP Missouri Chapter Meeting [Clinical Vignette], September 2017.
• Durling J, Allam T, Kinsella L, Uppaluri CR. A delicate dance: a case of nonketotic hyperglycemic hemichorea. ACP Missouri Chapter Meeting [Clinical Vignette], September 2017.
• Kanagala A, De D. Incidental visceral artery aneurysm – should I be worried? ACP Missouri Chapter Meeting [Clinical Vignette], Sept 2017.
• Pena JI. Uppaluri CR. Myelomatous meningitis: rearing its ugly head in a patient in remission for multiple myeloma. ACP Missouri Chapter Meeting [Clinical Vignette], September 2017.
• Subramanian V, Abramovitz A, Uppaluri CR. Propofol and priaprism; a rare but “critically” important association to recognize. ACP Missouri Chapter Meeting [Clinical Vignette], September 2017.

APDIM work shop & poster presentations in last decade:

• Kapoor A, Uppaluri C, Levanos T, Farrag S. No-show Rate in the Traditional Clinic Model versus the Block Model. APDIM Fall Conference Meeting 2018.
• Farrag S, Chacko A, Levanos T, Gardner M. Implementing A3 Thinking as a Quality Improvement Methodology into Residents’ Day to Day Practice. APDIM Fall Conference Meeting 2018.
• Uppaluri CR, Armbrecht E, Kornblum HS, Lacasse A, Gardner M. Resident Perception of Continuity in Block vs. Traditional Clinic Models. APDIM Spring Conference Meeting 2018.
• Dewar K, Sidney L, Uppaluri CR. Using protected time to improve th continuity clinic experience. ADPIM Spring Conference Meeting, April 2014.
• Uppaluri C, Ambrecht E, Lacasse A, Kapoor P, Patel R, Gardner M. Subspecialty Continuity Clinics as a unique way to meet the “130 clinic rule”, increase continuity of care and promote better communication. ADPIM Spring Conference Meeting, April 2011. 1^st Place.

Bolded names represent IM residents.