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We would like to take a moment to highlight the outstanding accomplishments and published work our Division of Hospital Medicine faculty achieve 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!

Lily Cervantes, MD
Kim, J. G., Cervantes, L., Wong, G., Jones, S., Walker, C., Boatright, D., & Tipene-Leach, D. (2026). Uprooting inequity: cultivating a flourishing and socially accountable nephrologist workforce for Indigenous peoples. Nature reviews. Nephrology, 10.1038/s41581-026-01133-6. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41581-026-01133-6
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42745065/

Feinstein JA, Huebschmann AG, Glasgow RE, Cervantes L. On Becoming a Gold Standard Scientist—The Importance of Pilot Clinical Trials. JAMA. Published online September 24, 2026. doi:10.1001/jama.2026.19315
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2854581?utm_source=researchgate.net&utm_medium=article

PREPRINT: Deringto, C. G., Cervantes, L., Allen, L. A., Trinkley, K. E., Huebschmann, A. G., & Ho, P. M. (2026). Clinical Trial Components of NIH Career Development Awards: Supporting the Nation's Future Trialists. medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences, 2026.09.18.26363419. https://doi.org/10.64898/2026.09.18.26363419
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42779996/

Jason Persoff, MD
Persoff, J., Devereaux, A., Maves, R., Mehta, A. B., Burry, L., Chakravarti, A., Levy, D., Feldman, H. J., Baez, A. A., Felzer, J. R., Baum, K. D., Dries, D. J., Mukherjee, V., Persson, D., Conrad, T. S., Hossain, T., Ghazipura, M., Anesi, G. L., Ornoff, D., Freels, N., … Dichter, J. R. (2026). Social Media and Crisis Care Principles During Pandemics and Disasters: A Consensus Report From a Subgroup of the Task Force for Mass Critical Care. Chest, S0012-3692(26)06569-4. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chest.2026.08.049
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42744113/

Amiran Baduashvili, MD; Dagan Hammar, MD; Carolina Ortiz-Lopez, MD; Michelle Fleshner, MD
Baduashvili, A., Chockalingam, L., Hammar, D., Ortiz-Lopez, C., & Fleshner, M. (2026). Developing Point-of-Care Ultrasound Curricula for Internal Medicine Residency Programs. Annals of internal medicine, 179(9), 1366–1367. https://doi.org/10.7326/ANNALS-26-02316
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42735416/

Mel Anderson, MD
Merchant NB, Boggan JC, Nemeth A, Logan J, Anderson ML, Smeraglio A. Hospital medicine in the Veterans Health Administration: strengths, opportunities, and future directions. J Hosp Med. 2026; 1-4. doi:10.1002/jhm.70475
https://shmpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jhm.70475

Rattray, N. A., Flanagan, M. E., Donnelly, C. E., Myers, J. L., Madrigal, C. B., Schubert, C. C., Schwartzkopf, A. L., Myers, L. J., Jindal, S. K., Burke, R. E., Leykum, L. K., Anderson, M. L., Hartronft, S. R., & Bravata, D. M. (2026). Role clarity and organizational capacity as prerequisites for reducing readmissions: Comparing high- and low-performing VA facilities. Journal of hospital medicine, 10.1002/jhm.70447. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1002/jhm.70447
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42720105/

Eden Bernstein, MD, MPH
Bernstein, E.Y. What is the Relationship Between Addiction Medications and Healthcare Utilization?. J GEN INTERN MED (2026). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11606-026-10885-7
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11606-026-10885-7#citeas

Jay Canarick, MD
Fischer, B. G., & Canarick, J. (2026). Soluble Transferrin Receptor and the sTfR/Log Ferritin Index May Not Be Better Than Ferritin Alone for Diagnosis of Anemia of Chronic Disease and Iron Deficiency Anemia. American journal of hematology, 10.1002/ajh.70513. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajh.70513
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42816117/

Marisha Burden, MD, MBA
Smith, S. E., Henry, K. R., Heavner, M. S., Chen, Z., Chen, X., Devlin, J. W., Murphy, D. J., Martin, G. S., Burden, M., Murray, B., & Sikora, A. (2026). Optimization of Pharmacist Medication Management and Mortality in the Intensive Care Unit. Chest, S0012-3692(26)06717-6. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chest.2026.09.027

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42810430/

Adrienne Mann, MD

Training through trauma: A multivariate analysis of burnout and associated factors among physician trainees in Guatemala
https://www.lifescience.net/publications/2226738/training-through-trauma-a-multivariate-analysis-of/

Joseph Simonetti, MD
Haasz, M., & Simonetti, J. (2026). Looking Beyond the Pandemic to Understand the Epidemiology of Pediatric Firearm Injuries. Pediatrics, 158(4), e2026077055. https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2026-077055
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42732895/

Trujeque, J., Simonetti, J. A., Ortiz, I., Ingraham, N. E., Mesfin, N., Yeung, J., Zhang, R., Brenner, L. A., & Dudley, R. A. (2026). Natural Language Processing Identification of Nonprescribed Fentanyl Use in Electronic Health Records: Algorithm Development and Validation Study. Journal of medical Internet research, 28, e97485. https://doi.org/10.2196/97485
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42715406/

DeBeer, B. B., Blessing, A., Matthieu, M., Simonetti, J., Borah, E., Karras-Pilato, E., Mealer, M., Mignogna, J., & Morissette, S. B. (2026). Involving Concerned Significant Others in Firearm Suicide Prevention: Development of the Family FireArms Secure Storage Training Intervention. Federal practitioner : for the health care professionals of the VA, DoD, and PHS, 43(suppl1), S1–S7. https://doi.org/10.12788/fp.0695
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42713582/

Lucas Zarling, MD
Zarling LC, Markovitz AA, Panchanathan RS, Cullinan K, Liu TT. Health Care Corporate Sponsorships in North American Professional Sports Leagues. JAMA Netw Open. 2026;9(9):e2632961. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2026.32961
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2853858

Philip Angelides, MD; Carolina Ortiz-Lopez, MD; Michelle Fleshner, MD; Angeline Sawaya, MD; Reem Hanna, MD
Angelides, P. K., León, R., Stelmach, A., Ortiz-López, C., Sánchez, H. A. H., Bolaños, G., Fleshner, M., Sawaya, A., Gamboa, J. E., Hanna, R. M., & Olson, D. (2026). POCUS for the People: A Rounds-Integrated Point-of-Care Ultrasound Curriculum for Medical Students at a Guatemalan Public Hospital. Journal of general internal medicine, 10.1007/s11606-026-10797-6. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11606-026-10797-6
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42711514/

Eden Bernstein, MD, MPH; Susan Calcaterra, MD, MPH, MS; Vineet Chopra, MD, MBBS, MSc
Bernstein, E. Y., Hills-Dunlap, K., Challapalli, A., Bero, L., Calcaterra, S. L., Edelman, E. J., Kruse, G. R., Harnke, B., & Chopra, V. (2026). Interventions to Improve Outpatient Follow-up for Hospitalized Patients With Alcohol Use Disorder : A Systematic Review. Annals of internal medicine, 10.7326/ANNALS-26-01312. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.7326/ANNALS-26-01312
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42704903/

Erin Bredenberg, MD, MPH; Susan Calcaterra, MD, MPH, MS; Angela Keniston, MSPH, PhD
Erin Bredenberg, Ingrid Binswanger, Susan L. Calcaterra, Angela Keniston, Christine M. Steeger, Gina Kruse, Nicotine Vaping and Conventional Tobacco Product Use among Adults in the United States Stratified by Substance Use Disorder Severity: A Cross-Sectional Analysis, Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 2026.
Nicotine Vaping and Conventional Tobacco Product Use among Adults in the United States Stratified by Substance Use Disorder Severity: A Cross-Sectional Analysis - ScienceDirect

Angela Keniston, PhD, MSPH; Katie Raffel, MD
Keniston, A., Klein, R. M., Tozier, M., Auerbach, A., Barish, P., Kantor, M. A., Patel, D., Raffel, K., Ranji, S., Schnipper, J., & ADEPT Research Group (2026). From frameworks to the frontline: Hospitalist perspectives on diagnostic excellence programs. Journal of hospital medicine, 10.1002/jhm.70453. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1002/jhm.70453
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42703931/

Vineet Chopra, MD, MBBS, MSc
Chopra, V., Greene, M.T., Engle, J.M. et al. Correction: Mentorship in General Internal Medicine: Results from a National Survey. J GEN INTERN MED (2026). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11606-026-10818-4
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11606-026-10818-4#citeas

Elizabeth Gillespie, MD
Feasibility of Tidal Volume Strategies in Subacute Cervical Spinal Cord Injury: A Pilot Randomized Trial
https://tscir.kglmeridian.com/view/journals/tscr/32/4/article-p1.xml

Jackson Turbyfill, MD; Daniel Heppe, MD; Megha Garg, MD, MPH"Coming soon in Journal of Hospital Medicine: Medically ready for discharge: A multicenter Veterans Health Administration assessment of hospitalized patients.