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clinical research:
​PROBING THE DEPTHS OF OUR being​

Select Peer-Reviewed Publications and Presentations
  • Identifying and Addressing the Challenges of the Virtual Match: A Student Perspective. Academic Medicine. (2023)
  • Clinical outcomes following ultra-early cranioplasty using craniectomy contour classification as a patient selection criterion. Operative Neurosurgery (2023) 
  • Epidemiology of Valvular Heart Disease, Medical Sciences (2022)
  • Glioblastoma with Deep Supratentorial Extension is Associated with a Worse Overall Survival, Journal of Clinical Neuroscience (2021)
  • Trends in Adjuvant Therapy After Surgery for Oropharyngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma, The Laryngoscope (2021)
  • Epidemiology, Staging and Management of Multiple Myeloma. Medical Sciences (2021)
  • Epidemiology of Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma. Medical Sciences (2021)
  • Epidemiology of Lung Cancer. Contemporary Oncology (2021) 
  • Epidemiology of Melanoma. Medical Sciences (2021)
  • Epidemiology of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and risk of hepatocellular carcinoma progression. Clinical and Experimental Hepatology (2021)
  • Chemical Risk Factors of Primary Liver Cancer: An Update. Hepatic Medicine (2020)  
  • Epidemiology of Renal Cell Carcinoma. World Journal of Oncology (2020)
  • Prostate Cancer Epidemiology, Staging and Management, Medical Sciences (2020)
  • Neoadjuvant therapy outcomes in locally advanced pancreatic adenocarcinoma, Jefferson Alpha Omega Alpha Research Symposium (2020), awarded "best in division"
  • Performance of neoadjuvant therapy in locally advanced adenocarcinoma of the pancreas: a single large volume center experience, ​Journal of Clinical Oncology (Abstract, 2020)
  • Epidemiology of Renal Cell Carcinoma, World Journal of Oncology (2020)
  • Raising Wages for A Hospital’s Unsung Heroes, Johns Hopkins University Journal of Healthcare for the Poor & Underserved (2020) 
  • Epidemiology of Bladder Cancer,  Medical Sciences (2020)
  • Targeted Therapies and Immunotherapies in the Treatment of Esophageal Cancers, Medical Science (2019), featured on journal cover, cited in Nature
  • Immunotherapies and Targeted Therapies in the Treatment of Metastatic Colorectal Cancer, Medical Sciences (2019)
  • Epidemiology of Cholangiocarcinima, ​Experimental and Clinical Hepatology (2019)
  • Transcription-Coupled Nucleotide Excision Repair in Telomere Preservation, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory International Telomere Conference (2019)
  • ​Epidemiology of Small Bowel Cancer, Medical Sciences (2019)
  • ​Epidemiology of Colorectal Cancer, Gastroenteorology Review  (2019)
  • Epidemiology of Gastric Cancer, Gastroenteorology Review (2018)
  • Effects of Nucleotide Excision Repair on Telomere Preservation, UPMC Hillman Cancer Center Symposium (2018), awarded "excellence in basic science"
 Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center
Clinical Research Assistant (2019-present)
  • Dean's and Lavine Research Awards
  • Allegheny County Medical Society Medical Student Scholarship
  • Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Student Honor Society, Junior Member
  • Hobart Amory Hare Internal Medicine Honor Society 
  • ​Department of Surgery McClellan Honor Society
  • Investigating glioblastoma treatment modalities and survival
    • ​Presenter at the 2021 and 2022 American Academy of Neurological Surgery National Conference
  • Investigating the role of neoadjuvant chemotherapy in pancreatic and small bowel adenocarcinoma
    • ​Abstract presented as the 2019 American Society of Clinical Oncology National Conference
  • ​Investigating the adjuvant chemotherapy efficacy in head and neck cancer
  • ​Investigating the efficacy of bisphosphonates in prevention of multiple myeloma skeletal complications
    • ​Abstract presented at the 2019 American Society of Hematology National Conference
View my Google Scholar profile
University of Pittsburgh
Senior Research Assistant in Cancer and Aging  (2015-2019)
  • Presenter at the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory International Telomere Conference (2019)
  • Hillman Cancer Center Director's Award for Scientific Excellence in the Basic Sciences (2018)
  • ​Hillman Cancer Center Basic Sciences Seminar Speaker (2018)
  • UPCI Academy Award for Best Poster (2015)
  • Findings were featured in SciShow (see below)
Hillman Cancer Center Academy (2015)
Recognized as Best Research Project
Dr. Bruce Armitage's laboratory at Carnegie Mellon University (2014-2015)
Intern at the Allegheny General Hospital Gene Therapy Department (2013-2014)

Healthcare & Culture:
sustaining That which sustain us

Quiet quitting and corporate culture
The Wall Street Journal, 2022
The case against lifting COVID mask mandates
The Wall Street Journal, 2022
What threatens American Jews?
​The Wall Street Journal, 2022
Mask and vaccine mandates secure personal liberty
In-Training, 2021
Coronavirus reveals urgent need for FDA reform
Washington Examiner, 2020
Smoking out the hysteria around vaping
The Wall Street Journal, 2019
'Medicare for All' may be our last choice in healthcare
The Federalist, 2019
To those inspired by synagogue shootings: there is no American without Jews
Washington Examiner, 2019
Poetry: Is it man or is it flesh?
In-Training, 2019
Comedian running for president in Ukraine challenges culture of corruption
National Interest, Yahoo News, 2019
Our broken immigration system prevents immigrant doctors from saving American lives
​Townhall, 2019
New Zealand Massacre Reminds Me of Pittsburgh Synagogue: Lessons on Unifying After Tragedy
Fox News, 2019
Harris' Medicare-for-All would mean quality healthcare for none
Foundation of Economic Education, 2019
Obamacare cannot stand without its mandate
Washington Examiner, 2019
I Prayed at the Pittsburgh Tree of Life Synagogue
Fox News, 2018
Bernie Sanders' Medicare-For-All Won't Work: Here's Why
DailyCaller, 2018
How Obamacare Is Making The U.S. Health-Care System Run Like Netflix
​The Federalist, 2018
There Is No Such Thing as a Free Pharma Lunch (Anymore) 
Reason Magazine, 2018
Meet the Ukrainian Victims of the US's Proxy War with Russia
The Federalist, 2018
Markets Run Healthcare Better Than Government Mandates 
​Foundation for Economic Education, Personal Liberty, 2017
Students Still Live and Suffer in Sandusky's Long Shadow
Newsweek, 2017
Single Payer Healthcare is Anything But
Foundation for Economic Education, 2017
Doctors of Policy: Discussion on ACA, AHCA, and BCRA
In-Training, 2017
Doctors of Medicine must become Doctors of Policy
In-Training, 2017

Interviews AND Books:

I spoke with FOX5 DC about the lessons learned after the shooting at the Pittsburgh Synagogue I attended. Can we learn to set aside politics and unite in the face of tragedy? Watch below:
My take on single-payer healthcare was featured in McGraw-Hill Education's new textbook Taking Sides: Clashing Views in Health and Society (2019).

Get the book here!
I spoke with the award-winning Coffee Shop Philosophy Podcast on the writings of Soviet escapees like Ayn Rand, and the implications they have for politics and culture today (2019).

Listen here!

Igniting LIberty:
Voices for Freedom around the world

Igniting Liberty is a best-selling collection of essays by professionals, journalists and politicians from around the globe. Overflowing with powerful statistics and unique, compelling arguments, Igniting Liberty is a must have for political enthusiasts and freedom fighters (2018).

Buy the book on Amazon today! Like the Facebook page for exclusive excerpts. 
"In the jungles of Cambodia, one can find the remains of Angkor Thom, the once largest city in the world and capital of the Khmer empire. Many have never heard of the Khmer, because, over but a few generations, their awesome temples were lost to the entropy of the forest. Their symbols, such as the seven-headed snake, ominously adorn the tombs and sparse structures of present-day Cambodia. Imagine a future where the United States Bald Eagle is but a relic of a long-forgotten past, serving as a reminder of the frailty of civilization. Freedom, education and culture are man's best defense against the ceaseless march of chaos.”

Igniting Liberty
Best-Seller on Amazon