Hagop Mekhjian, MD

Current OSU Appointments

Associate Vice President, Health Sciences Administration

Faculty Emeritus, COPH -College of Public Health

Faculty Emeritus, HRS - Health & Rehab Sciences

Faculty Emeritus, Gastro, Hepatology & Nutrition

Chief Medical Officer, Health System Administration

Physician, FGP-Gastro-Hepatology & Nutr'n

Journal Articles

Fisher J; Mekhjian H; Pritchett EL; Charme LS. "Polycystic liver disease: studies on the mechanisms of cyst fluid formation. A case report.." Gastroenterology. Vol. 66, no. 3. (March 1974.): 423-.

Fromkes J; Thomas FB; Mekhjian H; Caldwell JH; Johnson JC. "Esophageal intramural pseudodiverticulosis.." The American Journal Of Digestive Diseases. Vol. 22, no. 8. (August 1977.): 690-.

Hofmann AF; Grundy SM; Lachin JM; Lan SP; Baum RA; Hanson RF; Hersh T; Hightower NC Jr; Marks JW; Mekhjian H; Shaefer RA; Soloway RD; Thistle JL; Thomas FB; Tyor MP. "Pretreatment biliary lipid composition in white patients with radiolucent gallstones in the National Cooperative Gallstone Study.." Gastroenterology. Vol. 83, no. 4. (October 1982.): 738-.

Yovos JG; O'Dorisio TM; Pappas TN; Cataland S; Thomas FB; Mekhjian H; Carey LC. "Effects of amino acids and gastric inhibitory polypeptide on insulin release in dogs.." The American Journal Of Physiology. Vol. 242, no. 1. (January 1982.): E53-.

Luzar MJ; Caldwell JH; Mekhjian H; Thomas FB. "Yersinia enterocolitica infection presenting as chronic enteropathic arthritis.." Arthritis And Rheumatism. Vol. 26, no. 9. (September 1983.): 1163-.

Marks JW; Baum RA; Hanson RF; Hersh T; Hightower NC Jr; Mekhjian H; Schaefer RA; Soloway RD; Thistle JL; Thomas FB. "Additional chenodiol therapy after partial dissolution of gallstones with two years of treatment.." Annals Of Internal Medicine. Vol. 100, no. 3. (March 1984.): 382-.

Camisa C; Maceyko RF; O'Dorisio TM; Schacht GE; Mekhjian HS. "Treatment of psoriasis with long-term administration of somatostatin analog 201-995.." Journal Of The American Academy Of Dermatology. Vol. 21, no. 1. (July 1989.): 139-.

Kuwahara A; Cooke HJ; Carey HV; Mekhjian H; Ellison EC; McGregor B. "Effects of enteric neural stimulation on chloride transport in human left colon in vitro.." Digestive Diseases And Sciences. Vol. 34, no. 2. (February 1989.): 206-.

Camisa C; O'Dorisio TM; Maceyko RF; Schacht GE; Mekhjian HS; Howe BA. "Treatment of psoriasis with chronic subcutaneous administration of somatostatin analog 201-995 (sandostatin). I. An open-label pilot study.." Cleveland Clinic Journal Of Medicine. Vol. 57, no. 1. (January 1990.): 71-.

Gaginella TS; O'Dorisio TM; Fassler JE; Mekhjian HS. "Treatment of endocrine and nonendocrine secretory diarrheal states with Sandostatin.." Metabolism: Clinical And Experimental. Vol. 39, no. 9 Suppl 2. (September 1990.): 172-.

Fassler JE; O'Dorisio TM; Mekhjian HS; Gaginella TS. "Octreotide inhibits increases in short-circuit current induced in rat colon by VIP, substance P, serotonin and aminophylline.." Regulatory Peptides. Vol. 29, no. 2-3. (July 1990.): 189-.

Sutherland L; Singleton J; Sessions J; Hanauer S; Krawitt E; Rankin G; Summers R; Mekhjian H; Greenberger N; Kelly M. "Double blind, placebo controlled trial of metronidazole in Crohn's disease.." Gut. Vol. 32, no. 9. (September 1991.): 1071-.

Marshall MF; Schwenzer KJ; Orsina M; Fletcher JC; Durbin CG Jr. "Influence of political power, medical provincialism, and economic incentives on the rationing of surgical intensive care unit beds.." Critical Care Medicine. Vol. 20, no. 3. (March 1992.): 387-.

Sturgis TM; Thomas DB; Mekhjian HS; Fromkes JJ. "Anomalous pancreaticobiliary communication in a neurofibromatosis patient.." Gastrointestinal Endoscopy. Vol. 39, no. 1. (January 1993.): 92-.

Hammoudeh AJ; Kelly ME; Mekhjian H. "Congenital total absence of the pericardium: case report of a 72-year-old man and review of the literature.." The Journal Of Thoracic And Cardiovascular Surgery. Vol. 109, no. 4. (April 1995.): 805-.

Mekhjian H; Warisse J; Gailiun M; McCain T. "An Ohio telemedicine system for prison inmates: a case report.." Telemedicine Journal: The Official Journal Of The American Telemedicine Association. Vol. 2, no. 1. (March 1996.): 17-.

Warisse J; Mekhjian H; Gailiun M. "Caring for incarcerated patients.." Administrative Radiology Journal: AR. Vol. 15, no. 7. (July 1996.): 42-.

Reinbothe S; Reinbothe C; Neumann D; Apel K. "A plastid enzyme arrested in the step of precursor translocation in vivo.." Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America. Vol. 93, no. 21. (October 1996.): 12026-.

Bures J; Fenton AA; Kaminsky Y; Zinyuk L. "Place cells and place navigation.." Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America. Vol. 94, no. 1. (January 1997.): 343-.

Bruno CJ; Mekhjian HS. "The ubiquitous, yet invisible security system.." Healthcare Informatics: The Business Magazine For Information And Communication Systems. Vol. 14, no. 9. (September 1997.): 82-.

Casthely PA; Shah C; Mekhjian H; Swistel D; Yoganathan T; Komer C; Miguelino RA; Rosales R. "Left ventricular diastolic function after coronary artery bypass grafting: a correlative study with three different myocardial protection techniques.." The Journal Of Thoracic And Cardiovascular Surgery. Vol. 114, no. 2. (August 1997.): 254-.

Pacht ER; Turner JW; Gailiun M; Violi LA; Ralston D; Mekhjian HS; St John RC. "Effectiveness of telemedicine in the outpatient pulmonary clinic.." Telemedicine Journal: The Official Journal Of The American Telemedicine Association. Vol. 4, no. 4. (December 1998.): 287-.

Mekhjian H; Turner JW; Gailiun M; McCain TA. "Patient satisfaction with telemedicine in a prison environment.." Journal Of Telemedicine And Telecare. Vol. 5, no. 1. (January 1999.): 55-.

Neumann-Haefelin C; Schäfer U; Müller M; Koch HG. "SRP-dependent co-translational targeting and SecA-dependent translocation analyzed as individual steps in the export of a bacterial protein.." The EMBO Journal. Vol. 19, no. 23. (December 2000.): 6419-.

Ghose MK; Majee SR. "Sources of air pollution due to coal mining and their impacts in Jharia coalfield.." Environment International. Vol. 26, no. 1-2. (August 2000.): 81-.

Ahmad A; Teater P; Bentley TD; Kuehn L; Kumar RR; Thomas A; Mekhjian HS. "Key attributes of a successful physician order entry system implementation in a multi-hospital environment.." Journal Of The American Medical Informatics Association: JAMIA. Vol. 9, no. 1. (January 2002.): 16-.

Mekhjian HS; Kumar RR; Kuehn L; Bentley TD; Teater P; Thomas A; Payne B; Ahmad A. "Immediate benefits realized following implementation of physician order entry at an academic medical center.." Journal Of The American Medical Informatics Association: JAMIA. Vol. 9, no. 5. (September 2002.): 529-.

Kamal J; Rogers P; Saltz J; Mekhjian H. "Information warehouse as a tool to analyze Computerized Physician Order Entry order set utilization: opportunities for improvement.." AMIA ... Annual Symposium Proceedings / AMIA Symposium. AMIA Symposium. (January 2003.): 336-.

Mekhjian H; Saltz J; Rogers P; Kamal J. "Impact of CPOE order sets on lab orders.." AMIA ... Annual Symposium Proceedings / AMIA Symposium. AMIA Symposium. (January 2003.): 931-.

Mekhjian HS; Bentley TD; Ahmad A; Marsh G. "Development of a Web-based event reporting system in an academic environment.." Journal Of The American Medical Informatics Association: JAMIA. Vol. 11, no. 1. (January 2004.): 11-.

Cordero L; Kuehn L; Kumar RR; Mekhjian HS. "Impact of computerized physician order entry on clinical practice in a newborn intensive care unit.." Journal Of Perinatology: Official Journal Of The California Perinatal Association. Vol. 24, no. 2. (February 2004.): 88-.

Wong LS; Green HM; Feugate JE; Yadav M; Nothnagel EA; Martins-Green M. "Effects of "second-hand" smoke on structure and function of fibroblasts, cells that are critical for tissue repair and remodeling.." BMC Cell Biology. Vol. 5, (April 2004.): 13-.

Ali NA; Mekhjian HS; Kuehn PL; Bentley TD; Kumar R; Ferketich AK; Hoffmann SP. "Specificity of computerized physician order entry has a significant effect on the efficiency of workflow for critically ill patients.." Critical Care Medicine. Vol. 33, no. 1. (January 2005.): 110-.

Fernandez HH; Crucian GP; Okun MS; Price CC; Bowers D. "Mild cognitive impairment in Parkinson's disease: the challenge and the promise.." Neuropsychiatric Disease And Treatment. Vol. 1, no. 1. (March 2005.): 37-.

Kamal J; Pasuparthi K; Rogers P; Buskirk J; Mekhjian H. "Using an information warehouse to screen patients for clinical trials: a prototype.." AMIA ... Annual Symposium Proceedings / AMIA Symposium. AMIA Symposium. (January 2005.): 1004-.

Berim GO; Ruckenstein E. "Microscopic treatment of a barrel drop on fibers and nanofibers.." Journal Of Colloid And Interface Science. Vol. 286, no. 2. (June 2005.): 681-.

Akgoz M; Kalyanaraman V; Gautam N. "G protein betagamma complex translocation from plasma membrane to Golgi complex is influenced by receptor gamma subunit interaction.." Cellular Signalling. Vol. 18, no. 10. (October 2006.): 1758-.

Downes J; Sutcliffe IC; Booth V; Wade WG. "Prevotella maculosa sp. nov., isolated from the human oral cavity.." International Journal Of Systematic And Evolutionary Microbiology. Vol. 57, no. Pt 12. (December 2007.): 2936-.

Santangelo J; Rogers P; Buskirk J; Mekhjian HS; Liu J; Kamal J. "Using data mining tools to discover novel clinical laboratory test batteries.." AMIA ... Annual Symposium Proceedings / AMIA Symposium. AMIA Symposium. (January 2007.): 1101-.

Erdal S; Ding J; Osborn C; Mekhjian H; Kamal J. "ICD9 Code Assistant: A prototype.." AMIA ... Annual Symposium Proceedings / AMIA Symposium. AMIA Symposium. (January 2007.): 950-.

Liu J; Santangelo J; James R; Watters CD; Orsini A; Mekhjian H; Kamal J. "Predicting patient volume in cardiac catheterization laboratory to improve resource management.." AMIA ... Annual Symposium Proceedings / AMIA Symposium. AMIA Symposium. (January 2008.): 1028-.

Santangelo J; Erdal S; Wellington L; Mekhjian H; Kamal J. "Identification of potential surgical site infections leveraging an enterprise clinical information warehouse.." AMIA ... Annual Symposium Proceedings / AMIA Symposium. AMIA Symposium. (January 2008.): 941-.

Lundy J; Santangelo J; Rogers P; Kuehn L; Christensen S; Bournique J; Mekhjian H; Kamal J. "A comparative analysis of the dissemination of best practice measures for key populations.." AMIA ... Annual Symposium Proceedings / AMIA Symposium. AMIA Symposium. (January 2008.): 1032-.

Dong L; Meira LB; Hazra TK; Samson LD; Cao W. "Oxanine DNA glycosylase activities in mammalian systems.." DNA Repair. Vol. 7, no. 1. (January 2008.): 128-.

Mekhjian HS; Bentley,T. "Integrating systems requires balancing act.." Physician Executive. Vol. 34, no. 6. (November 2008.): 34-38.