Opportunities for research are varied and plentiful during residency at Rush. There is not a requirement for a research project. Basic or clinical research is carried out in all sections of the department. Residents have designed their own projects or joined a faculty member on an existing study.

Examples of recent abstracts, posters and publications by Rush pediatric residents include:

Gupta P, McDaniel L, Ohri A, Sharma G. The Need for a Multi-Disciplinary Approach for the Treatment of Potentially Modifiable Risk Factors for Pulmonary Morbidity in Sickle Cell Disease. American Thoracic Society; 2007; abstract.

Duncker K, Cortez E, Severin P, Kramer J, McNeal C. Assessing Pediatric Resident Confidence in Advance Life Support Skills (PALS) in a Training Curriculum Utilizing High-tech Patient Simulators. American Academy of Pediatrics Annual Meeting; 2007; poster.

Rubinshteyn M, Kent P. Sustained Remission of Chronic Immune Thrombocytopenic Purpura with Low Dose Hydroxyurea. Hemophilia and Thrombophilia Research Society; 2007; abstract.

Nguyen-Vermillion A, Kent P, Valentino L. Successful Treatment of Congenital TTP with Koate-DVI, an Intermediate Purity Plasma-Derived Factor VIII Concentrate. Hemophilia and Thrombophilia Research Society; 2007; abstract.

Green C, Volin B, Martin, Priti J, Scotellaro M. Homeless Children and Medicaid HMOs, Ambulatory Pediatric Society Annual Meeting; 2007; abstract.

Ishibashi K, Kwak J, Monahan-Estes S, Nguyen-Vermillion A, Stratbucker W. The Importance of a Medical Ethics Curriculum: A Survey of Pediatric Residents. Pediatric Academic Society Meeting Program; May 2006; abstract.

Goldman JR, Ishibashi KL, Patel AL, Engstrom JL, Meier PP, Kimura RE. Growth in Extremely Low Birth Weight Infants Receiving Different Doses of Fortified Human Milk. Pediatric Academic Society Meeting Program; May 2006; abstract

Khiani S, Kleinfeld J, Khiani K, Gewurz A, Skeletal Abnormalities Associated with DiGeorge Syndrome: Report of an Unusual Case, Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology 117:2. S175. February 2006

Stratbucker W, Green C, Injury Prevention, eMedicine, wwwemedicine.com/ped/topic3046.htm, May 2006

Chien, M, Kent P, Umbilical Cord Blood Banking: An Innovative Science Fraught with Potential for Use and Abuse, Chicago Medicine 108:16, 32-35, Fall 2005

Ishibashi KL, Patel AL, Engstrom JL, Meier PP, Kimura RE. Growth in Very Low Birth Weight Infants Receiving Different Doses of Fortified Human Milk. Pediatric Academic Society Meeting Program; May 2005; abstract

Fasano R, Kent P, Valentino L, Superior Vena Cava Thrombus Treated with Low-Dose, Peripherally Administered Recombinant Tissue Plasminogen Activator in a Child: Case Report and Review of the Literature, Journal of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, 27:12, 692-695, December 2005

Bansal, P, Marsh R, Patel B, Tobin M, Recognition, evaluation and treatment of anaphylaxis in the child care setting, Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology, 94:55-59, January, 2005