HCA HealthONE/Sky Ridge Medical Center
Internal Medicine residency · Lone Tree, CO · Program website
- 22
- Faculty
- 0
- Trainees
- 14
- Papers
Roster may be incomplete: only leadership has been collected so far; most faculty couldn't be matched to publication records. 14 people are awaiting a match decision, so numbers may change.
Papers
By this program's faculty and trainees since 2022, 14 in all. Updated 2026-11-06.
- More Than a Scratch, Capnocytophaga Bacteremia Induced Severe Sepsis With Multi-Organ Failure With Occupational Dog Exposure: A Case ReportCristina Ha Na Lee et al. · IDCases · 2026
- Clinical outcomes of febrile neutropenia with colony stimulating factors: A multicenter retrospective analysis.SARAH HENDEE et al. · Journal of Clinical Oncology · 2026
- Case Report: Burkitt’s lymphoma with concurrent HIV, CMV encephalitis, and salmonella bacteremiaElinor R. Barsh et al. · Frontiers in Hematology · 2026
- Nontranslocation follicular lymphoma mimicking infectious mononucleosis: a diagnostic challenge in a 39-year-old maleElinor R. Barsh et al. · Oxford Medical Case Reports · 2026 · PubMed
- Complications and Management of Idiopathic Multicentric Castleman DiseaseKavanya Feustel et al. · HCA Healthcare Journal of Medicine · 2025 · PubMed · cited 3
- Acute Colonic Pseudo-Obstruction (ACPO): An Expanding Colon with Unusual Risk FactorsKelly Schulte et al. · Open Journal of Internal Medicine · 2024
- Newly Diagnosed Hypokalemic Periodic Paralysis Triggered by COVID-19Kelly Schulte et al. · Cureus · 2023 · PubMed · cited 4
- Probiotic-Associated Central Venous Catheter Bloodstream Infections Lead to Increased Mortality in the ICU*Scott Mayer et al. · Critical Care Medicine · 2023 · PubMed · cited 37
- PROBIOTIC ADMINISTRATION IS ASSOCIATED WITH INCREASED MORTALITY IN ICU PATIENTS WITH CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETERSScott Mayer et al. · CHEST Journal · 2022 · cited 3
- SARS-COV-2-INDUCED COAGULOPATHY DEMONSTRATING HEMORRHAGIC CARDIAC TAMPONADE: A TIGHT SQUEEZEDaniel Kissau et al. · CHEST Journal · 2022 · cited 1
Faculty detailsh-index, papers and author positions per person
Program leadership from the program's own pages, matched to publications. Leadership is mostly clinician-educators, so these numbers describe the teaching team, not the department's research. Works since 2022-01-01.
6 / 22
faculty matched
1.5 (0.25–2.75)
faculty h-index, median (IQR)
0.24
median FWCI (before 2025)
| Name | Research topics | h (lifetime) | Works | 1st | Last | Median FWCI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dmitriy Scherbak, DO | Central Venous Catheters and Hemodialysis; Viral-associated cancers and disorders | 6 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0.46 |
| M. Elizabeth Hicks, MD | Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Ryan Spilman, DO | COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies; Autoimmune and Inflammatory Disorders Research | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0.12 |
| Monet Meter, DO | Otorhinolaryngology | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Ahmad Alsaleem, MD (unresolved) | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Alexander Enurah, MD | Lymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | — |
| Aron Hull, DO (unresolved) | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Chris Phillips, DO (unresolved) | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Dawn Baker, MD (unresolved) | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Erik Klingbeil, DO (unresolved) | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| George Issa, MD (unresolved) | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Holli Barber, MD (unresolved) | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| James Hunt, MD (unresolved) | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Jennifer Griffith, MD (unresolved) | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Megan Burke, MD (unresolved) | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Michael Gruber, MD (unresolved) | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Nicole De La Garza, MD (unresolved) | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Nolan Crusat, DO (unresolved) | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Philippe Lopez, MD (unresolved) | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Scott Harshbarger, DO (unresolved) | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Surit Sharma, MD | Infectious Diseases | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Timothy Bedient, MD (unresolved) | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
About Sky Ridge Medical Centerinstitution-wide internal medicine research
Internal Medicine publications from Sky Ridge Medical Center and affiliated institutions, since 2022. Updated 2026-11-06; refreshed daily.
4
works per year
123rd of 129 internal medicine residency programs
-54.5%
2-year growth
128th of 129 internal medicine residency programs
few papers
in top 10% of field (works before 2025)
few papers
cited above world average
Works per year · * 2026 so far
Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine · 8Infectious Diseases · 4Oncology · 4Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine · 1Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism · 1
Internal Medicine research topics at Sky Ridge Medical Center
Papers in the window; each links to the list on OpenAlex.
Most cited at Sky Ridge Medical Center since 2024
All internal medicine papers there on OpenAlex
- Complications and Management of Idiopathic Multicentric Castleman DiseaseKavanya Feustel et al. · HCA Healthcare Journal of Medicine · 2025 · PubMed · cited 3
- Oncology Clinical Trials Targeting Members of the Cadherin Superfamily: A ReviewJacob Keeling et al. · Journal of Immunotherapy and Precision Oncology · 2024 · PubMed · cited 2
- Diagnostic challenges and individualized treatment of cervical adenocarcinoma metastases to the breast: A case reportAllison Akers et al. · World Journal of Clinical Cases · 2024 · PubMed · cited 2
- Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency in Patients With Cirrhosis in a US National CohortBinu John et al. · Clinical and Translational Gastroenterology · 2026 · PubMed · cited 1
- Multisystem Benefits of GLP-1 Microdosing: A Narrative ReviewMia A Panlilio et al. · Cureus · 2026 · PubMed
- Clinical outcomes of febrile neutropenia with colony stimulating factors: A multicenter retrospective analysis.SARAH HENDEE et al. · Journal of Clinical Oncology · 2026
- D107-23 Empyema Without Borders: A Rare Case of Methicillin-Susceptible Staphylococcus Aureus (MSSA) Empyema NecessitansS Choi et al. · American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine · 2026
- B35-26 Incidental Nephrocalcinosis Leading to the Diagnosis of Lymphocytic Interstitial Pneumonia and Sjogren’s SyndromeM X Wei et al. · American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine · 2026
- Case Report: Burkitt’s lymphoma with concurrent HIV, CMV encephalitis, and salmonella bacteremiaElinor R. Barsh et al. · Frontiers in Hematology · 2026
- 26-CCC-9861-ACC ACUTE COCCIDIOIDAL PERICARDITIS PRESENTING WITH CARDIAC TAMPONADE IN AN IMMUNOCOMPETENT TRAVELER COMPLICATED BY ACUTE PAROXYSMAL ATRIAL FIBRILLATION AND ACUTE KIDNEY INJURYJoseph Davis et al. · Journal of the American College of Cardiology · 2026