RESEARCH ANALYSIS The Role of Music Therapy in Reducing Post-Operative Stress, Chronic Pain, and Potential Opioid Usage Amogh Nagol, BS...

RESEARCH ANALYSIS   Effects on Memory After a First-Time Opioid Overdose Compared to Multiple Opioid Overdoses   Kayla Yim, BS...

RESEARCH ANALYSIS Postpartum Opioid Prescribing Trends   KAYLA VALENTI, BS Drexel University College of Medicine   SUMMARY POINTS -      ...

RESEARCH ANALYSIS   Variability in Pain Management for Adolescent ACL Reconstruction Patients   KATHERINE JERAKIS, MS Drexel University...

RESEARCH ANALYSIS   Pain Management Strategies for Phantom Limb Pain   Tien Vu, BS Sidney Kimmel Medical School at Thomas Jefferson...

RESEARCH ANALYSIS   Prevalence and Risk Factors of Opioid Addiction in Athletes   ROMEO MAYS, MS Philadelphia College of Osteopathic...

RESEARCH ANALYSIS   Wide Awake Local Anesthesia No Tourniquet: An Alternative Approach to Carpal Tunnel Surgery   John J. Czarnecki, BS...

RESEARCH ANALYSIS   Best Practices for Opioid Use Disorder Treatment in Pregnant Individuals Jesse Devlin, BS Drexel University College...

RESEARCH ANALYSIS    Xylazine: Epidemiology, Pathophysiologic Manifestations, and Clinical Management   APURVA PULI, BS  Cooper Medical...

RESEARCH ANALYSIS   Using Psychedelics to Decrease Reliance of Opioids in Chronic Pain Management   Mona Zhang...

RESEARCH ANALYSIS The Hormonal Sexual Dimorphism of Pain   Emily Grieco, BS Drexel College of Medicine   SUMMARY POINTS -      ...

RESEARCH ANALYSIS Polypharmacy as a Predictor of Opioid Dependence and Misuse Post-Orthopaedic Surgery JACOB SPRING, BA Sidney Kimmel...

RESEARCH ANALYSIS The Effects of Dopamine Receptor Activation on Pain Mediation Byron Espinoza, BS Drexel University College of Medicine...

RESEARCH ANALYSIS Patient Barriers in Getting Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder   YACHANA PANCHAL, MPH Philadelphia College of...

RESEARCH ANALYSIS   Use of The Collaborative Care Model in Treating Concomitant Opioid Use Disorder (OUD) and Mental Illness   Tyler...

RESEARCH ANALYSIS   Predictive Analytics: A Potentially Key Tool in Mitigating Opioid Misuse in Orthopaedic Practice   SPENCER RASMUSSEN,...

Christie Okoye, BS, MHS Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine SUMMARY POINTS Race influences the treatments of opioid use...

MARGARET WESTPHAL, BA  Drexel University College of Medicine SUMMARY POINTS Endometriosis is a growth of endometrial tissue outside the...

SAKET GOHKALE, BS Sidney Kimmel Medical College SUMMARY POINTS Opioids are used preoperatively for a quarter of patients undergoing...

LIZA BECKER, BA Drexel University College of Medicine SUMMARY POINTS Incarcerated individuals face a significantly increased risk of...

Kazune J. Matsuoka, BA Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine SUMMARY POINTS Virtual Reality (VR) is an immersive and interactive...

KATHRYN FULTON, BS    Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Class of 2026 SUMMARY POINTS Early efforts in opioid withdrawal treatment focused on...

John L Gibbons, BS Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University   SUMMARY POINTS Ketamine is an NMDA receptor antagonist...

Grace Eddy Thomas Jefferson University SUMMARY POINTS In the climate of the opioid crisis, there is a need to determine factors...

JACOB HEILIZER, BS Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University SALONI SHARMA, MD Rothman Orthopaedic Institute at Thomas...

JESSICA THELEMAQUE, BS Temple Lewis Katz School of Medicine SUMMARY POINTS Opioid use disorder and mental health disorders are public...

EMMA LIPSCHUTZ, MS  Drexel University College of Medicine SUMMARY POINTS Opioid-sparing pain management strategies for patients following...

EMMA BOYAJIEFF, BS Drexel University College of Medicine SUMMARY POINTS A large number of plastic surgery procedures are performed each...

Daniel Doherty, BA Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University SUMMARY POINTS Safe Injection Sites are facilities that use harm...

Benjamin Joffe, BA Sidney Kimmel Medical College SUMMARY POINTS Urine drug tests (UDTs) are recommended for patients in opioid...

SUJAY DESHPANDE, BA Drexel University College of Medicine SUMMARY POINTS Intraoperative opioids have had a predominant role in anesthesia...

TAYLOR B. GOLDBERG, BS Drexel University College of Medicine SUMMARY POINTS Over half of all children experience at least one adverse...

AKINSHOLA JOLAOSO, BS Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine SUMMARY POINTS Lower back pain can present across widespread...

TEAGAN MCCARTHY, BS Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University SUMMARY POINTS  There are 1.2 million cesarean sections...

TAYLOR DILISI, MS Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine SUMMARY POINTS  Plastic surgery patients are overprescribed opioids, often...

NANCY IBRAHIM Lewis Katz School of Medicine SUMMARY POINTS Opioids are a poor treatment tool for chronic pain given their adverse risk...

Robert C. Juniewicz, BA Sidney Kimmel Medical College- Thomas Jefferson University SUMMARY POINTS Cannabis use is increasing in the...

SIMRAN F. SHAMITH, BS Drexel University College of Medicine DAVID I. PEDOWITZ, MD Rothman Orthopaedic Institute at Thomas Jefferson...

Neha Bhardwaj BS, PharmD  Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine SUMMARY POINTS Medical marijuana is an effective form of pain...

Mickey Heinbaugh, B.S. Drexel University College of Medicine SUMMARY POINTS The prevalence of Opioid Use Disorder in pregnancy has...

MICHAEL VO Sidney Kimmel Medical College SUMMARY POINTS There are a multitude of preoperative risk factors that are predictive of opioid...

NICHOLAS PIARULLI, BS DAVID S. STOLZENBERG, D.O. SUMMARY POINTS Fibromyalgia is a chronic pain disorder that is poorly understood....

JACOB BEIRIGER, BS ASIF ILYAS, MD, MBA, FACS SUMMARY POINTS Early treatment with NSAIDs or steroids leads to prolonged pain following...

TARA TRONETTI, BS SUMMARY POINTS Opioid-tolerant patients require thoughtful and active management during the perioperative period to...

Qudratullah S. Qadiri, BS SUMMARY POINTS In the last five years, there has been a significant decrease in the use of opioids for...

GASTON DAVIS, BS SUMMARY POINTS In response to the ongoing opioid epidemic, total joint arthroplasty surgery has embraced opioid...

Emily Baus, BS Summary Points ● Orthopedic surgeons are the third-highest prescribers of opioid medications amongst all medical...

HEE W. KIM, BS SUMMARY POINTS An average of 34 opioid pills are prescribed to patients following foot & ankle surgeries, with...

DAKOTA L. TAYLOR, BS, LAT, ATC SUMMARY POINTS Vitamin D can modulate the effects of ultraviolet radiation-induced β-endorphin and its...

ALICE WU, BA SUMMARY POINTS The use of medical cannabis has been shown to offer therapeutic effects to combat patients with opioid use...