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We want to take the time to highlight the great success and published work our Division of Hospital Medicine faculty produces throughout the year. We've collected publications including research from Denver Health and the VA Medical Center from the past month. Please take a look at the links below!

Henry Kramer, MD
Blotske, K., Patel, T., Trujillo, T., Marlar, M., Lind, S., Kramer, H., Hassell, K., & Kiser, T. H. (2025). Evaluation of Rivaroxaban Exposure via Anti-Xa Levels During VTE Prophylaxis in Hospitalized Patients. Clinical and applied thrombosis/hemostasis : official journal of the International Academy of Clinical and Applied Thrombosis/Hemostasis, 31, 10760296251319961. https://doi.org/10.1177/10760296251319961
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39925048/

Philip Mehler, MD
Leach, K., Blalock, D. V., Oakes, J., Hebert, M., Foster, M., & Mehler, P. S. (2025). Zinc levels in severe eating disorders. Journal of eating disorders, 13(1), 17. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40337-025-01199-w
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39905453/

Elizabeth Gillespie, MD
Lemery J, O'Connor T, Gillespie E, Blackburn H, Demorest S, Philipsborn R, Chekuri B. Opportunities for Strengthening Climate Education for Clinical Health Professionals. NAM Perspect. 2024 Sep 23;2024:10.31478/202409b. doi: 10.31478/202409b. PMID: 39896746; PMCID: PMC11784527.
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11784527/

Tyra L. Fainstad, MD
Fainstad T. L. (2025). Secret Part-Time. JAMA, 333(10), 847. https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2024.28798
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39946116/

Vineet Chopra, MD, MBBS, MSc
Chopra V. (2025). Selecting a Venous Catheter for Medium- to Long-Term Use. JAMA, 10.1001/jama.2024.27640. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2024.27640
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39937463/

Andrew Berry, MD
Kamel, M., Harris, N., Berry, A., Warsavage, T., Bessesen, M. T., & Kon, S. E. (2025). Implementation of a nurse-driven protocol for indwelling urinary catheter removal and novel utilization dashboard: a pre/postintervention observational study. Therapeutic advances in infectious disease, 12, 20499361251317900. https://doi.org/10.1177/20499361251317900
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39935857/

Larry Haber, MD; Marisa Echaniz, MD
Haber, L. A., Tien, J., Echaniz, M., & Makam, A. N. (2025). Acute Medical Care by Nocturnists: A Narrative Review. Journal of general internal medicine, 10.1007/s11606-025-09403-y. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11606-025-09403-y
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39930159/

Eden Bernstein, MD
Bernstein, E. Y., Fu, C. X., Ayanian, J. Z., Curto, V. E., Anderson, T. S., & Landon, B. E. (2025). Association of Medicare Advantage vs Traditional Medicare with Clinical Outcomes Among Patients Hospitalized for Substance Use Disorders. Journal of general internal medicine, 10.1007/s11606-025-09413-w. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11606-025-09413-w
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39930156/

Marisha Burden, MD, MBA; Cat Callister, MD; Khoosh Dayton, MD; Angela Keniston, PhD, MSPH; Katie Raffel, MD
Weerahandi, H., Burden, M., Kopp, Z., Callister, C., Burke, J., Dayton, K., Keniston, A., Ledford, R., Raffel, K. E., Schnipper, J., & Auerbach, A. Clinician perspectives on electronic health record behavioral alerts and hospital workplace violence prevention: A mixed methods study at 20 organizations. Journal of Hospital Medicine. https://doi.org/10.1002/jhm.70018
https://shmpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jhm.70018?af=R

Adrienne Mann, MD; Tyra L. Fainstad, MD
Thibodeau, P., Bosma, G. N., Hochheimer, C. J., Syed, A., Dieujuste, N., Mann, A., & Fainstad, T. (2025). The Moderating Effects of Moral Injury and Discrimination Trauma on Women Physician Trainees' Well-Being. Journal of general internal medicine, 10.1007/s11606-025-09434-5. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11606-025-09434-5
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40000525/

Hemali Patel, MD
Sawyer, K., Saxon, D., Zane, R., Patel, H., McDermott, M., Singh, V., & Lawler, H. M. (2025). A successful remote patient monitoring program for diabetes. Frontiers in endocrinology, 16, 1524567. https://doi.org/10.3389/fendo.2025.1524567
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39996059/

Joseph Keach, MD
Keach, J. W., Prandi-Abrams, M., Sabel, A. S., Hasnain-Wynia, R., Mroch, J. M., & MacKenzie, T. D. (2025). Reducing Hospital Length of Stay: A Multimodal Prospective Quality Improvement Intervention. Joint Commission journal on quality and patient safety, S1553-7250(25)00054-6. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcjq.2025.01.012
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40023710/

Jennifer Santos, MD
Zelikson V, Gurumurthi A, Sawalha Y, Annunzio K, Saha A, Dong N, Qualls D, Amoozgar B, Kahl B, Baird J, Challa P, Huntington SF, Santos J, Bair S, Narkhede M, Li S, Frosch Z, Ho C, Smith SD, Winter A, Landsburg D, Furqan F, Hamadani M, Baird K, Romancik J, Alharthy H, Law J, Bojanini L, Advani R, Hu B, Johnson PC, Grover NS, Merril M, Crombie JL, Shafagati N, Sterling C, Nastoupil LJ, Epperla N, Ayers EC. Loncastuximab in high-risk and heavily pretreated relapsed/refractory diffuse large B-cell lymphoma: a realworld analysis from 21 US centers. Haematologica 2025;110(3):706-714; https://doi.org/10.3324/haematol.2024.285977.
https://haematologica.org/article/view/11820

Erin Bredenberg, MD
Erin Bredenberg, Heather Olsen, Michael Ladka, Kyle Beekman, Joshua C. Black, Matthew S Ellis, Andrew A. Monte, People Entering Opioid Substance Use Treatment Have Low Rates of Naloxone Knowledge and Possession, Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 2025, 112645, ISSN 0376-8716, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2025.112645. (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0376871625000985)