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Wehbe E, Abou Antoun S. Grievous disease. Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology 2009, Jul 1.

Wehbe E, Abou Antoun S, Peery WH. An unusual complication of sickle cell trait: Intraureter thrombus. International Urology and Nephrology 2009; May 19.

Antoun SA, Wehbe E. Pleural effusion from a candy wrapper. Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine 2009; 76:639-640.

Wehbe E, Antoun SA. Bad dental hygiene: Don’t let it go to your head. Internal Medicine Journal 2990; 39:702-703.

El-Osta H, Reddy P, Deutsch JM. Acquired factor VIII inhibitors: Case reports of paclitaxel and penicillin-induced entities. Blood Coagulation and Fibrinolysis 2009, Vol 20.

Saliba W, El-Haddad B. Secondary hyperparathyroidism: Pathophysiology and treatment. Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine 1990; 22:274-581.

Wehbe E, Saad D, Delgado F, Ta H, Antoun SA.. Reversible hepatic decerebration: a case report and review of the literature. Eur J Gastroenterol Hepatol 2009.

El Fakih R, Delgado F, Harstine L. Marked thyroid enlargement secondary to renal cell carcinoma metastasis with acute respiratory failure. Thyroid 2009;

Mortada R, El Fakih R, Saliba W, Moore TA. Skin lesions in a returning traveler. Infectious Diseases in Clinical Practice 2009; 17:108-110.

El Fakih R, Hastings G. The electronic medical record: Wagging the dog.. Poster presentation at the Internal Medicine 2009 meeting of the American College of Physicians, Philadelphia, PA, 2009

Mortada R, Michael B. Hashimoto’s encephalopathy: A misnomer of a real disease. Poster presentation at the 18th Annual Meeting of the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists, Houston, TX, 2009.

El Fakih R, Hastings G. The electronic medical record: Wagging the dog.. Poster presentation at the Internal Medicine 2009 meeting of the American College of Physicians, Philadelphia, PA, 2009.

Deutsch J, Reddy P. Penicillin-induced acquired hemophilia Poster presentation at the Internal Medicine 2009 meeting of the American College of Physicians, Philadelphia, PA, 2009.

El Fakih R, Saliba W, Mortada R. Kidney failure, gross hematuria, and hemoptysis in a diabetic man undergoing treatment for non-Hodgkin lymphoma. American Journal of Kidney Diseases 2009; 53:A37-A39.

Kusuma B, Schulz TK. Acute disseminated intravascular coagulation. Hospital Physician 2009; 45:35-40.

El Fakih RO, Chehab BM, Mortada RA, Assi M. Can Tuberculosis Mimic Cancer? Medical Journal of Australia 2009: 190:340-341.

Maalouf R, Mosley M, Kallail KJ, Kramer KM, Kumar G. A comparison of salicylic acid levels in normal subjects after rectal versus oral dosing. Academic Emergency Medicine 2009; 16:157-161. Feb 09 issue.

El Fakih R, Blair AM, Pallempati S. Wernicke encephalopathy. Consultant Live 2009; 49(2).
http://www.consultantlive.com/display/article/10162/1376766

El-Osta H, Salyers WJ. Delayed splenic rupture: A myth or a reality. Annals of Internal Medicine 2009; 150:224-225.

El-Osta HE, Yammine YS, Chehab BM, Fields AS, Moore Jr, DF, Mattar BI. Unexplained hemopericardium as a presenting feature of primary cardiac angiosarcoma: A case report and a review of the diagnostic dilemma. Journal of Thoracic Oncology 2008; 3:800-802.

El-Osta H, El-Haddad P, Nabbout N. Lung carcinoma associated with excessive eosinophilia. Journal of Clinical Oncology 2008:26:34563457.

El-Fakih R, Chehab BM, Shaver T. Thionamide-induced vasculitis: A case of alveolar haemorrhage secondary to propylthiouracil. (Letter.) Journal of Internal Medicine 2008.

Congratulations to Boutrous El-Haddad, MD and Hazem El-Osta, MD for their recent publication:
El-Haddad B, El-Osta H, Nabbout, N. Lung Carcinoma Associated With Excessive Eosinophilia. JCO Jul 10 2008: 3456-3457.

Congratulations to Raid El Fakih, MD on his poster presentation: Chehab BM, El Fakih R, Kallail KJ, Minns GO.  Preliminary comparisons of QuantiFERON-TB Gold and the TB skin test in pregnant women.  Poster presentation at the 16th Annual KUSM-W Research Forum, Wichita, 2008.

Congratulations to Edgard Wehbe, MD on his recent publication:  Wehbe E, Raffi S, Osborne D. Spontaneous splenic rupture precipitated by cough: a case report and a review of the literature. Scand J Gastroenterol. 2008;43(5):634-7. PMID: 18415760 [PubMed - in process]

Congratulations to Riad El Fakih, MD on his poster presentation at ENDO 2008 with The Endocrine Society in San Francisco.  “Aggressive Prolactin – Secreting Pituitary Tumor: Adenoma or Carcinoma” – Riad El Fakih.

Congratulations to Bassem Chehab, MD who coauthored Chehab BM, Schulz TK, Nassif II. Adult Burkitt-like lymphoma of the colon: a case report and a review of the literature. Gastrointestinal Endoscopy 2008.

Congratulations to Bassem Chehab, MD who coauthored Chehab BM, Dakhi, SR, Nassif II, Melanoma metastatic to the duodenum presenting as upper GI bleed: 2 cases and a review of the literature. Gastrointestinal Endoscopy 2008.

Congratulations to Edgard Wehbe, MD who coauthored Wehbe E, Grant ME. Severe hyponatremia and Schmidt’s syndrome. Clinical and Experimental Nephrology 2008.

Congratulations to Edgard Wehbe, MD who coauthored, S Abou Antoun, B El Haddad, E Wehbe, T Schulz. Lysis and thrombosis: Manifestation of the same disease; American Journal of Hematology; 2008 Feb 1; [Epub ahead of print] PMID:18246543

Congratulations to Edgard Wehbe, MD who coauthored, Wehbe E, Nassif I. Honeycombing of the abdomen. Clinical Gastroenterology Hepatology; 2008 Jan 30; [Epub ahead of print]. PMID:18242147

Congratulations to Edgard Wehbe, MD who coauthored, Wehbe E, Peery W. From Macrocytosis to incomplete autoimmune polyglandular syndrome type  2: a poorly known entity. Journal of Internal Medicine; 2008 Jan 16; [Epub ahead of print] PMID:18205764

Congratulations to Edgard Wehbe who coauthored Wehbe E, Voboril RJ, Brumfield EJ.  A spilled gallstone.  Medical Journal of Australia 2007; 187:397.

Congratulations to Bassem Chehab, MD who co-authored the article Chehab BM, Dakhil SR. Von Meyenberg complexes simulating diffuse liver metastasis in rectal carcinoma. Medical Journal of Australia 2007; 187:205.
Congratulations on another publication - Salyers WJ, Mansour A, El-Haddad B, Golbeck AL, Kallail KJ. Lifestyle modification counseling in patients with gastroesophageal reflux disease. Gastroenterology Nursing 2007;30:302-304.

Congratulations to Ali Mansour, MD who co-authored the article Salyers Jr WJ, Mansour A. Portal venous gas following colonoscopy and small bowel follow-through in a patient with Crohn's disease. Endoscopy. 2007 Jul 9; [Epub ahead of print]. http://www.thieme-connect.com/ejournals/pdf/endoscopy/doi/10.1055/s-2007-966368.pdf
Congratulations to Nathan Tofteland, MD who co-authored the article Subarachnoid hemorrhage; Salyers WJ Jr. Hospital Physician 2007; 43:31-41.

Congratulations to Samer Antonios, MD who co-authored the article Salame E, Neemtallah R, Azar R, Antonios S, Jazra C, Kassab R; Sensitization of tilt-table testing for syncope of unknown etiology: which drug to use?; Ann Cardiol Angeiol (Paris). 2006 Jun; 55 (3):135-9.

Congratulations to Dr. Samer Antonios (PGY1) who co-authored the article, Chaotic atrial tachycardia-induced cardiomyopathy: an out of the ordinary case; Salame E, Osta H, Antonios S, Abdel-Massih T, Gerbaka B, Kassab R. Related Articles, Ann Cardiol Angeiol (Paris). 2005 Sep;54(5):292-5. French.
PMID: 16237921 [PubMed - in process]. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=16237921&query_hl=1

Congratulations to Peter El-Haddad, Ali Mansour, Benny Kusuma and Muhamad El-Kurdi for their poster presentations at the American College of Gastroenterology 2006 Annual Scientific Meeting In Las Vegas:

  • "Ascites Can Still Be Challenging" - Boutros EL-HADDAD, Ali MANSOUR, Benny KUSSUMA, Muhamad EL KURDI, Estephan ZAYAT.
  • "Intestinal Spirochetosis: Treatment with a Single Dose Penicillin" - Boutros EL-HADDAD, Ali MANSOUR, Benny KUSSUMA, Muhamad EL KURDI, Estephan ZAYAT.
  • "Non-Microscopic Microscopic Colitis: A Call For Change in Nomenclature" - Boutros EL-HADDAD, Ali MANSOUR, Benny KUSSUMA, Muhamad EL KURDI, Estephan ZAYAT.