Research & Scholarly Activity

Involvement in research and other scholarly activities throughout fellowship training is expected. St. Luke’s-Anderson Endocrinology fellows are required to create a research project and quality improvement project which will last through both years of training. Planning for this project begins in the first few months of the first year and will continue throughout their two years of training under the guidance of a mentor until completion prior to graduation. Fellows will meet at least quarterly with their project mentor until completion.

Scholarly activities can be pursued in areas outside of the endocrinology department such as surgery, pediatric endocrinology, reproductive endocrinology, genetics, internal medicine, family medicine, cardiology, etc. In addition, fellows are encouraged to present and publish their findings in the form of case reports, poster presentations, original articles, etc. at national conferences and in peer- reviewed publications.

Additional information about research at St Luke’s University Health Network can be found here: https://www.slhn.org/research

Recent St. Luke’s-Anderson Endocrinology Fellow Scholarly Activity

The Endocrine Society Annual Meeting, 2021

Havranova J, Gallagher T, Arastu M. “An Unusual Form of Type 1 Diabetes with an Elevated Proinsulin Level.” Virtual poster

Meftali S, Unterborn R, Gifford A, Bhatt B. “Occult Carcinoid Causes Cushing’s Syndrome.” Virtual poster

Zare A and S Choudhry. “Bilateral Basal Ganglia Calcification: An unusual presentation of pseudohypoparathyroidism.” Virtual Poster

American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists Meeting and Scientific Sessions, 2021

Meftali A and M Deshmukh. “Cushing's syndrome: a secondary cause of obesity and weight regain after bariatric surgery.” Virtual poster

Silparshetty A and B Bhatt. “Type 1 diabetes, Adrenal insufficiency and Preeclampsia: A case report” Virtual poster

The Endocrine Society Annual Meeting, 2020

Silparshetty, S and Bhatt B “Breast Cancer Treatment Causes Diabetes” Published abstract

American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists Meeting and Scientific Sessions, 2020

Havranova J and Deshmukh M. “Thymic Hyperplasia Presenting as Anterior Mediastinal Mass in a Patient with Graves’ Disease” Published abstract