In 2023, the MaineHealth Medical Group (MHMG) Academic Integration Committee (AIC) was tasked with exploring financial models that support the pursuit of academic aspirations of Physicians and Advanced Practice Providers (APPs) across MaineHealth. The Academic Pathway program was developed from recognition that clinicians at academic medical centers benefit from protected time to pursue scholarly work. The program's purpose is to develop the next generation of clinician investigators, educators, innovators, and leaders at MaineHealth.
The Academic Pathway was first piloted in 2023 with ten faculty. Since then, it has grown to include approximately forty faculty and continues to grow.
Submissions from 2026
Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment (CGA): Functional Status as a Key Driver of What Matters, Prognosis, and Care Planning, Emily L. Carter, Carolyne R. Falank, and Julianne Ontengco
Guidelines for prevention and management of complications of injection drug use: A WikiGuidelines group consensus statement, Nathanial S. Nolan, Jacqueline Sherbuk, Mira Maximos, Susan Egbert, and Kinna Thakarar
Patterns of Firearm Injury Across a Rural State: A 10-Year Single Center Experience, Lucero G. Paredes, Carolyne R. Falank, Bryan C. Morse, Julianne B. Ontengco, and Christopher G. Turner
Clinical guideline highlights for the hospitalist: Complicated urinary tract infection, Lesley B. Gordon, Kristina E. Rokas, Elizabeth L. Herrle, and Christina Yen
Early treatment with rasburicase and risk of kidney replacement therapy and death in adults with tumour lysis syndrome: emulated target trial, Tushar Shenoy, Daniel Sanchez-Almanzar, Julie-Alexia Dias, and Robert Hayden
Diagnostic reasoning with and without AI: automation bias in pre-clerkship medical students, Robert Hayden, Maria Blanco, Saradha Ramesh, and Scott Epstein
Results of the American Venous Forum research retreat on C2 disease confirms that the biology of varicose veins including etiology, progression, and novel therapeutics, as well as disparities, are top research priorities, Ulka Sachdev-Ost, Andrea Obi, Eri Fukaya, Cassius Ochoa Chaar, Scott Robinson, Limael Rodriquez, Khan Nguyen, Peter Henke, and Andre Van Rij
Updates in Hospital Medicine: Anticoagulation, Anastasia M. Tsomides, Wesley R. Zemrak, and Lesley B. Gordon
Looking beyond the frame: Storytelling, identity, and the illness narrative., Anna Maria Gramelspacher and Sam Woodworth MD
Mobile Phone Auscultation to Diagnose Influenza A in Patients Presenting to Three Different Emergency Departments, Caroline Emily Gosser, Martin Huecker, Haely Studebaker, Jarred Jeremy Thomas, Craig Ziegler, and Ryan M. Close
Imagine what we can do together: visual art as a catalyst for strengthening connections across the inpatient team, Sam Woodworth, Lisa Abia-Smith, and Elizabeth Lahti
Global evidence and clinical implications of spontaneous tumor lysis syndrome in older adults with solid tumors: a systematic review of reported cases, Samuel M. Pettit and Na Liu
Cause-specific long-term mortality after physician-modified branched/fenestrated endovascular aortic repair, Juliet Blakeslee-Carter, Scott Robinson, Salvatore T. Scali, Zdenek Novak, Zain Shahid, Thomas S. Huber, and Adam W. Beck
Shortage as a catalyst for high-value care: Evaluation of a blood culture stewardship intervention driven by supply chain disruption, Camille Ezran, Elizabeth Herrle, Christina F. Yen, Nicholas J. Mercuro, Daniel J. Diekema, and Lesley B. Gordon
Second Annual Academic Pathway Symposium Poster Session
Frequency of Inappropriate Endovenous Truncal Ablation Therapy within the VQI Varicose Vein Registry., Michael J Fassler, Andrea Góngora, Griffin Stinson, Dan Neal, Nicholas H Osborne, Scott T Robinson, Salvatore T Scali, and Benjamin N Jacobs
Feasibility of detecting aortic stenosis with mobile phone auscultation data: a pilot study, Ryan M. Close, Gregory L. Judson, Jacob Zhang, Kailey Kowalski, Destiny Martinez, Marco Diaz, and Martin Huecker
E-cigarette exposure impairs skeletal muscle mitochondrial function in male mice, Pavel Mazirka, Jaewon Choi, Samuel Alvarez, Pascual Jahuey, Kerri A. O'Malley, and Scott T. Robinson
The Optimizing Whiteboard Lectures (OWL) Checklist: Validation of a Novel "Chalk Talk" Assessment Tool, Ryan E. Nelson, Jason A. Freed, Tianyu Sissi Chen, Monica Thim, Sarah Olofsson, Stephen R. Pelletier, and Daniel N. Ricotta
Evaluation and Management of Aortoenteric Fistula, Salvatore T. Scali and Scott T. Robinson
Implementation of Project DHARMA and Future Directions, Francesca Piccolo, Jean Bessette, Anna McConnell, Zoe Brokos, Brian Townsend, Dasan Thamattoor, and Kinna Thakarar
Medicaid Expansion and Stage at Diagnosis, Timely Initiation and Receipt of Guideline-Concordant Treatment, and Survival Among People With Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer, Jingxuan Zhao, Ilana Graetz, David Howard, Xuesong Han, Lu Zhang, Xiao Hu, and K Robin Yabroff
Put us in, Coach: the case for recognizing the ID/Addiction workforce, L Madeline McCrary, Ellen F. Eaton, Ayako Wendy Fujita, Amesika N. Nyaku, M Elle Saine, Asher J. Schranz, and Kinna Thakarar
Mobile phone auscultation to delineate pneumonia from other respiratory conditions and controls: a prospective cohort study, Martin Huecker, Ryan Close, Jonathan Mattingly, Haely Studebaker, and Craig Zeigler
The Path to Nowhere: Undocumented Immigrants in Need of Bone Marrow Transplantation in the United States, Alexander Gorzewski, Pamela Egan, and Ari Pelcovits
Epidural Analgesia in Patients with Isolated Rib Fracture: The 24-Hour Effect on Pain and Pulmonary Function, Kristen Kelliher, Peter Kyros, Anna Meader, Carolyne Falank, Julianna Ontengo, Bryan Morse, and Forest Sheppard
Submissions from 2025
Softening, Lauren Kascak Toft
Factors Associated with COVID-19 Testing in Structurally Vulnerable Populations: An Exploratory Study in Southern Maine, Grace L Price, Kathleen M. Fairfield, Sumayo Awale, Renee Fay-LeBlanc, Caroline Fernandes, Ann Marie R. Hess, Elizabeth A. Jacobs, Donna Lawlor, David Ngandu, Leslie Nicoll, Kinna Thakarar, Ellyn Touchette, Andrew Volkers, and Gloria D. Sclar
Practicing Curiosity: An Art Museum-Based Course for Medical Students, Samuel Woodworth
The Impact of Interprofessional Harm Reduction Trainings on Clinician and Student Knowledge, Attitude, and Stigma., Hannah R Kazal, Allison Walker-Elders, Wendy Craig, Zoe Brokos, Marion Anderson, Kristen Silvia, Kris Hall, Michelle Cote, Shelley Cohen Konrad, and Kinna Thakarar
Plasma-based next generation sequencing in advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC): significance in diagnosis and treatment in Asian patients, Cherng-Horng Wu, Xia Wu, Xiao Hu, Alice Kennedy, and Lori Pai
Hospitalized Adults' Willingness to Use Mobile Apps for Air Quality and Heat Monitoring: A Survey-Based Study, Elizabeth Cerceo, Lydia Abbott, Roger Sheffmaker, Mariam Ansar, Jean-Sebastien Rachoin, and Katherine T. Liu
Translating the Value of Palliative Transfusions for Patients With Blood Cancers Into High-Quality End-of-Life Care, Pamela Egan and Dana Guyer
Beyond capacity: an EAST multicenter mixed-methods study exploring surgeon perceptions on patient ratios in acute care surgery, Danielle J. Wilson, Jaclyn A. Gellings, Jamie Coleman, Kaushik Mukherjee, Stephanie Bonne, Melissa Boltz, Jennifer L. Hartwell, Brandon Bruns, and Bryan Morse
Let's Make it Interesting: Practicing Curiosity in Internal Medicine, Sam Woodworth and C Christopher Smith
Inpatient addiction care is associated with increased vaccinations, medication for opioid use disorder and naloxone prescribing among patients with infective endocarditis in a rural state, Eva J. Farkas, Victoria Molina, Brittany Mohoney, Wendy Craig, Jessie Schaumberg, Amy McAuliffe, and Kinna Thakarar
Updates in Hospital Medicine: Antibacterial Stewardship and Infectious Diseases, Amy Courtney, Christina Yen, and Lesley B. Gordon
Understaffed and overworked: The stark reality of acute care surgeon staffing in the United States, an Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma multicenter study, Bryan C. Morse, Jamie J. Coleman, Danielle J. Wilson, Morgan Maring, Jaclyn Gellings, Elise Biesboer, Tovy H. Kamine, Kaushik Mukherjee, and Stephanie Bonne
A descriptive survey evaluating the implementation and outcomes of a training session highlighting concepts in antimicrobial management and harm reduction for hospital-based clinicians treating persons who use drugs., Michael P Madaio, Wendy Y Craig, Amy Eckland, Nichole Moore, Rattanaporn Mahatanan, Colleen M Kershaw, William Bradford, Ellen Eaton, Alison B Rapoport, Monica K Sikka, Hirofumi Yoshida, and Kinna Thakarar
Comparable peri-transplant mortality and incidence of febrile neutropenia after high-dose melphalan and autologous stem cell transplantation in patients with plasma cell dyscrasias treated as outpatient versus inpatient., Ana Maria Avila Rodriguez, Xiao Hu, Cindy Varga, Raymond Comenzo, Shayna Sarosiek, J Mark Sloan, Vaishali Sanchorawala, Gheorghe Doros, and Karen Quillen
Strategies to sustain emotional communication within the medical team in the presence of face masks, Sam Woodworth and Christopher Smith
Stage at Diagnosis for Common Cancers according to Rurality, Area Deprivation, and Insurance, 2017 to 2021., Kathleen M Fairfield, Kimberly Murray, Lise M Cloutier, John L Daggett, Benjamin R Felix, Christina A Kapala, Renee M Fay-Leblanc, Adriana E Nadeau, Bridget K Rauscher, Kathryn Rensenbrink, Debra A Rothenberg, and Kevin D Stein
Commentary on Anne and her Nurse, Sam Woodworth and Katie Florescu
Watching five colours become six, Sam Woodworth and Christopher Smith
Clinician Experiences and Comfort with Providing Harm Reduction Resources to People Who Use Drugs, Amanda Cahn, Melissa Calica, Erin Mooz, Malia Haddock, Wendy Craig, Tania Strout, and Kinna Thakarar
Mobile Phone Auscultation Accurately Diagnoses Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Using Nonlinear Respiratory Biofluid Dynamics, Caroline Emily Gosser, Luther Daniel, Martin Huecker, Rodrigo Cavallazzi, Hiram Rivas, Jarred Jeremy Thomas, and Ryan Close
Addiction Consultation and Medications for Substance Use Disorders Associated with Reduced 30-Day Readmission Rates, Michael Tozier MD
Ethical Management of Challenging Behaviors in Hospitalized People Who Use Drugs, Christina Yen, Kinna Thakarar, and Tim Lahey
Palliative and end-of-life care in Asian and White patients with metastatic lung cancer, Xiao Hu, John W. Melson, Stacey S. Pan, Yana V. Salei, Lori Pai, Susan K. Parsons, and Yu Cao
A preliminary ex vivo diffusion tensor imaging study of distinct aortic morphologies, B Tornifoglio, S T. Robinson, R E. Levey, A J. Stone, S Campisi, C Kerskens, G P. Duffy, S Avril, and C Lally
Real-world data of immune-related adverse events in lung cancer patients receiving immune-checkpoint inhibitors, Xiao Hu, Angie Mae Rodday, Anastasia Gurinovich, Stacey Pan, Yana V. Salei, and Jeffrey H. Lin
Exploration of Conserved Human Adipose Subpopulations Using Targeted Single-Nuclei RNA Sequencing Data Sets., Christian M Potts, Xuehui Yang, Matthew D Lynes, Kimberly Malka, and Lucy Liaw
Role of circulating tumor DNA in early-stage triple-negative breast cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis, Diana Zhang, Shayesteh Jahanfar, Judy B. Rabinowitz, Joshua Dower, Fei Song, Cherng-Horng Wu, Xiao Hu, Phillip Tracy, and Mark Basik
Hospitalist Use of Point-of-Care Ultrasound During the COVID-19 Pandemic at a Single Academic Tertiary Care Center, Emily Thunberg, Monica Thim, Kristen Barlett, and Matthew Buttarazzi
Updates in Hospital Medicine: Liver Disease, Alessandra Daskalakis, Matthew Clark, and Lesley B. Gordon
A composite vignette: xylazine, infectious complications and the importance of community-based drug checking services, Liam John, Nathaniel Flint, Francesca Piccolo, Katherine Hill, Michael Fletcher, Kristen Silvia, and Kinna Thakarar
A Curious Eye, Sam Woodworth
Submissions from 2024
The impact of climate change induced natural disasters on healthcare: Rethinking intravenous fluids, Elizabeth A. Cerceo, Katherine T. Liu, Evans K. Brown, and Catherine Chen
Resident Physicians Can Promote Environmental Health and Climate-Informed Health Care, Jacob Rha, Camille Ezran, Katherine T. Liu, and Lesley B. Gordon
A patient-centered textbook outcome measure effectively discriminates contemporary elective open abdominal aortic aneurysm repair quality, Amy Felsted, Adam W. Beck, Charles Adam Banks, Dan Neal, Jesse A. Columbo, Scott T. Robinson, David H. Stone, and Salvatore T. Scali
Root cause analysis of cases involving diagnosis, Mark L. Graber, Gerard M. Castro, Missy Danforth, Jean-Luc Tilly, Michael P. Tozier, and Robert Trowbridge Jr
Reaching Structurally Vulnerable Populations Using Low-Barrier COVID-19 Testing Clinics Co-Created with Community-Based Organizations., David Ngandu, Gloria D Sclar, Ambia Ahmed, Sumayo A Awale, Caroline Fernandes, Joshua Goldstein, Hina Hashmi, Grace Price, and Kathleen Fairfield
Cemiplimab for Kidney Transplant Recipients With Advanced Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma, Glenn J. Hanna, Harita Dharanesswaran, Anita Giobbie-Hurder, John J. Harran, Zixi Liao, Lori Pai, Vatche Tchekmedyian, Emily S. Ruiz, Abigail H. Waldman, and Chrysalyne D. Schmults
Academic productivity and content from social media influencers in vascular surgery compared to complementary specialties, Mirza Basil, Stinson Griffin, Brian Fazzone, Ahmed Rashid, Carlose Valdes, and Scott Robinson
Submissions from 2023
Hospitalists can learn from antimicrobial stewardship programs when it comes to environmentally conscious prescribing., Lesley B. Gordon, Katherine Liu, Minkey Wungwattana, and Dan Meyer
Assessing hospitalists' opinions regarding the role of environmental health within the practice of hospital medicine, Lesley B. Gordon, Katherine T. Liu, Nicole C. Hudak, and Andrew Auerbach
A Trip to the Museum, Sam Woodworth
