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, 2024

Aluko O, Patel S, Gallagher T. “A Diagnostically Challenging Case of Ectopic ACTH Secreting Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumor Presenting with Cushing’s Syndrome” Poster presentation

Aluko O, Deshmukh, M. “Mystery of the Calcium; A Rare Case of Silicon Granulomatosis Presenting with Hypercalcemia in a Transgender Patient” Poster presentation

The Endocrine Society Annual Meeting, 2023

Chamakkala T, Gallagher T. “A Rare Case of Coexisting Acromegaly and Adrenal Cushing’s Syndrome” Poster presentation

Aluko O. Deshmukh M. “Rare Case of Ovarian Steroid Cell Tumor in a Patient with Known Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome” Poster presentation

Aluko O, Bhatt B. “Unusual Metastases of Differentiated Thyroid Carcinoma” Poster presentation

Bilbatua M, Deshmukh M. “An Interesting Case of Severe Osteoporosis in a Young Male” Poster presentation

Aluko O, Amori R. “A Rare Case of a Mediastinal Atypical Parathyroid Adenoma Resulting in Severe Hypercalcemia and Brown Tumor” Poster Presentation

Zare A, Bilbatua M, Deshmukh M. “Efficacy of 4D CT Scan and Rc-99m-MIBI-SPECT/CT for the Preoperative Localization of Abnormal Parathyroid Glans in Patients with Primary Hyperparathyroidism” Poster presentation

Other 2022 Scholarly Work

Meftali S. “Hypophysitis Misdiagnosed as Pituitary Macroadenoma in Pregnancy” Presentation at Pituitary Society meeting 2022

Meftali S, Bhatt B. “Cerebral Salt Wasting after Pituitary Surgery for Acromegaly: A Case Report”. Published in Neurosurgery Cases and Reviews. May 2022.

The Endocrine Society Annual Meeting, 2022

Bilbatua M, Amori R. “A Case of Spontaneous Atraumatic Unilateral Adrenal Hemorrhage”. Poster presentation

Zare A. “An Unusual Presentation of Glucagonoma Syndrome”. Poster presentation

Zare A. “Hypoglycemia as a Presenting Feature of McArdle’s Disease”. Poster presentation

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