SURGERY RESEARCH INSIGHT
Summer 2024
Festschrift Celebrating the Illustrious Career of Professor Walter J. Pories MD
Dr. Walter J. Pories, MD, FACS, Professor of Surgery, Biochemistry and Kinesiology, was recently recognized by the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS) for his lifetime of dedication to medicine, surgery, and science. He embodies a remarkable blend of roles and achievements, throughout a career that spans over 60 years. He has excelled as a surgeon, clinical and basic scientist, nutrition expert, biochemist, educator, veteran of military service, musician, artist, and cartoonist. Throughout his life, Dr. Pories has left an indelible mark on the fields of medicine and surgery, touching countless lives personally and professionally.
His academic career includes time at the University of Rochester, Case Western Reserve, and East Carolina University, where he served as the founding Chairman of Surgery for an impressive 19 years. Dr. Pories’ clinical expertise spans pediatric and bariatric surgery, areas where his pioneering research has had a profound impact. His contributions are diverse and groundbreaking, ranging from identifying zinc’s required role in wound healing, developing animal feeds and the inclusion of trace elements to parenteral and alimentary formulations. Notably, he created the procedure Greenville Gastric Bypass, which is a standardized gastric bypass procedure today. He was the first to document the complete remission of type 2 diabetes following gastric bypass surgery, a breakthrough that has transformed diabetes management. He’s also worked to increase the knowledge and understanding of bariatric surgery and diabetes through his efforts as Principal Investigator for NIH/NIDDK studies, including the influential Longitudinal Assessment of Bariatric Surgery and other studies on the mechanisms of diabetes remission.
Dr. Pories has held presidencies in several esteemed professional societies and made significant contributions to scientific journals as editor in chief or as associate editor. His has received numerous research honors, including the Goldwater Award in Nutrition, the McGovern Award, the O. Max Joyner Award, and the ASMBS Foundation Outstanding Achievement Award, among others. His distinguished 24-year US Army Reserve as a Colonel career included in a Legion of Merit and a Presidential Citation for his unit’s exceptional performance in Operation Desert Shield/Storm.
Dr. Pories’ dedication to science and medicine has made enduring impacts across medicine, surgery, and beyond. His legacy as a scholar, innovator, and leader continues to inspire and enrich the medical and scientific community.
Welcome Tara Aliff to the Division of Surgical Research
Tara recently joined the Division as an Administrative Assistant in June. Tara was born in Wilson, NC, and has lived in multiple states throughout her life, which has given her a diverse perspective on different cultures and communities. Tara’s journey has been marked by a passion for helping others, which is evident in her career choices and personal interests. Her time as an ESL teacher not only allowed her to help students improve their English language skills but also gave her a unique insight into the challenges faced by non-native speakers. This experience has honed her skills in communication, empathy, and cultural sensitivity.
Tara began ECU in Nephrology, where she developed a deep interest in healthcare and research. She is excited about the numerous opportunities to learn and grow both professionally and personally in this field. Tara is always eager to expand her knowledge and skills, making her a valuable asset to any team.
In addition to her professional pursuits, Tara is an avid reader and enjoys exploring various genres, from historical fiction to scientific journals.
Tara’s curiosity and enthusiasm for life are infectious. Whether she’s at work, with her cats, or exploring new places, she brings a positive energy that inspires those around her. She is dedicated to continuous self-improvement and is always looking for ways to better herself and her surroundings.
If you are interested in obtaining links to view today’s and past presentations, please email surgeryresearch@ecu.edu
We’re pleased to welcome a new group of residents to Surgical Research for their research year. We’re hosting a series of modules to review how to successfully engage in the research process. These modules will be held throughout July and August and are open to everyone. If you’d like to attend, please contact Tara for details regarding dates and times.
| Conference | Conference Dates | Location | |||
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| Safe States | August 20, 2024 | Portland, OR | |||
| NC/SC - American College of Surgeons (ACS)- Annual Meeting | August 23, 2024 | Isle of Palms, SC | |||
| American Association for the Surgery of Trauma (AAST)(TACS) | September 11, 2024 | Las Vegas, NV | |||
| Society of Black Academic Surgeons (SBAS) | September 19, 2024 | Davis, CA | |||
| American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS) | September 26, 2024 | San Diego, CA | |||
| American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) | September 27, 2024 | Orlando, FL | |||
| CHEST Annual Meeting | October 6, 2024 | Boston, MA | |||
| Association of Women Surgeons (AWS) | October 18, 2024 | San Francisco, CA | |||
| American College of Surgeons (ACS) | October 19, 2024 | San Francisco, CA | |||
| Surgical Outcomes Club (SOC) | October 19, 2024 | San Francisco, CA | |||
| Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) | October 22, 2024 | Washington, D.C. | |||
| Kidney Week (ASN) | October 23, 2024 | San Diego, CA | |||
| Society of Immunotherapy of Cancer (SITC) | November 6, 2024 | Houston, TX | |||
| ACS TQIP | November 12, 2024 | Denver, CO | |||
| Southern Surgical Association (SSA) | December 8, 2024 | Palm Beach, FL | |||
| National Research Conference for the Prevention of Firearm Related Harms | December 9, 2024 | Seattle, WA | |||
| San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium | December, 10, 2024 | San Antonio, TX |
TREO Foundation’s 2024 Outstanding Lifetime Achievement Awarded to ECU’s Chair of Department of Surgery,
Eric DeMaria FASMS-1
Dr. Eric DeMaria was awarded the 2024 Treatment Research and Education to end Obesity (TREO) Foundation’s Outstanding Lifetime Achievement Award. The Outstanding Lifetime Achievement Award honors an ASMBS member who supports the goals and vision of the Foundation, has displayed a lasting impression and selfless commitment to the ASMBS organization and has made significant contributions to the field of metabolic and bariatric surgery.
Congratulations to ECU Surgery’s Associate Professor, Dr. Nicole Garcia, Inducted into the Southern Surgical Association’s Leadership Development Program Class of 2024
Dr. Garcia was selected from a pool of diverse and competitive applications and will be paired with an SSA member for long-term membership and networking. The program culminates at the 136th Annual Meeting this December in Palm Beach, Florida. Each scholar will showcase a reflection of their experience in the leadership program and discuss the impact it had upon their long-term goals as a surgical leader.
Association for Surgical Education appointed Surgery’s Rolanda Whiteford as thechair of the coordinators of Surgical Education Committee
As Chair, Rolanda will be a member of the Board of Directors and participate in board meetings (two of which she will lead), communicate with the Finance Committee and the Committee’s Executive Committee liaison on projects and initiatives, and work closely with the staff of ASE.
NIH Strong Awarded to the Center for Health Disparities
The purpose of the STRONG-RLI Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) is to invite applications to conduct biomedical research capacity needs assessments by Resource-Limited Institutions (RLIs) and then to use the results of the assessments to create action plans for meeting identified needs. The program’s goal is to increase competitiveness in the biomedical research enterprise and foster institutional environments conducive to research career development. Awards are intended to support RLIs in analyzing their institutional research capacity needs and strengths. Resource-Limited Institutions (RLIs) are defined for this NOFO as institutions with a mission to serve historically underrepresented populations in biomedical research that award degrees in the health professions or the sciences related to health.
The long-term Goal of this proposal is to form a transdisciplinary community of faculty and trainees united with shared expectations, goals, research foci, and strategic priorities in health disparities research, who will thrive in an environment conducive to career development and whose synergies will catalyze increased competitiveness for extramural biomedical research support. As such, we have chosen the title: ECU RACING AHEAD (“Research-focused Assessment of Capacity, Institutional Needs, and Growth strategies to Advance Health Equity and Address Disparities”):
The overall Objective is to conduct a needs assessment to identify institutional gaps in research capacity to address health disparities and develop an action plan to strategically expand capacity and effectively advance health equity in rural ENC. We will employ an integrated, rigorous mixed methods approach to assess the research capacity for health disparities research and to identify barriers and facilitators to research productivity. Efforts will span disciplines across ECU with potential to contribute to health disparities research. We will initially mine existing data to guide subsequent focus groups with faculty, staff, and trainees across campus. Consistent topics which emerge from focus groups will help inform a campus needs survey to further reveal systematic issues and opportunities for growth.
Applying an iterative approach, we will develop SMART objectives and a short- and long-term action plan to address identified needs with articulated metrics, milestones, and strategic priorities. Completion of this project will lead to an implementable action plan to build institutional capacity in biomedical research addressing health disparities. The action plan will leverage existing strengths, reduce identified barriers, and foster a transdisciplinary community and supportive environment – to increase extramural research funding to advance health equity in rural ENC.
Dr. Honaker Awarded Grant to Engage Patients in Addressing Barriers to Surgical Cancer Care in Eastern North Carolina
“A crucial aspect missing from our Data Platform is patient-derived, individual-level data on barriers to surgical cancer care.”
Research on disparities in surgical access has largely relied on retrospective databases and cross-sectional study designs, often limited to patients who have undergone a surgical procedure. However, this conventional approach has notable limitations. It tends to overlook the complex interrelationships among variables (e.g., financial, geographic, socioeconomic, structural, and provider-related) within the environment and healthcare system. This highlights the need for a more thorough and flexible approach to better understand the complexities of surgical access.
The Division of Surgical Research has developed a comprehensive Data Platform by integrating various public-use data sources such as the US Census, Health Cost & Utilization Project, Area Health Resource File, and Bureau of Labor Statistics. This innovative platform serves as a basis for advanced analytics and complex systems modeling, allowing us to delve into and comprehend dynamic interdependent relationships at multiple levels and their impact on access to surgical cancer care. Despite its richness, a crucial aspect missing from our Data Platform is patient-derived, individual-level data on barriers to surgical cancer care.
To enhance our understanding, we recognize the importance of engaging patients and stakeholders to gather their perspectives. The next step in advancing our Data Platform is the inclusion of individual-level data. This enhancement will enable us to conduct more nuanced and detailed analyses, ensuring that strategies for improving access to surgical cancer care are precisely targeted where they are most needed. However, to collect individual-level data, it is essential to identify specific data items deemed vital by both patients and stakeholders. Presently, this detailed level of data within the ENC region is not available.
To address this gap, Dr. Honaker was awarded a SPARC (Sponsored Activity and Research Catalyst Program) grant to
1) hold three focus groups composed of patients and caregivers to review a survey developed by the research team, aimed at comprehending barriers to surgical cancer care
2) administer the survey to patients in the Surgical Oncology Clinic within ECU Medical Center
3) analyze the responses from the in-clinic survey to assess the survey’s face validity and use this survey to obtain individual-level data to identify barriers in access to surgical cancer care that are important to patients with cancer.
Principle Investigator Michael D. Honaker, M.D. will lead the effort to recruit patients and care partners to gain insight into their experiences regarding access to surgical cancer care and to be actively involved in identifying individual-level-factors influencing surgical decision making to enhance our Data Platform and to be involved in patient-based participatory research.
The Focus Groups will be led by Dr. Ashley Burch from the Department of Health Services and Information Management and Amanda Landry MS from the Brody School of Medicine while response analysis, validation, and revision will include Dr William Irish and Dr. Jan Wong.
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation: Pioneering Ideas $300,000
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) has an active RFP on “Pioneering Ideas: Exploring the Future to Build a Culture of Health” for research and initiatives in health equity. The focus of the grant can fall in any of the following categories:
• Future of Evidence: Research to help identify the root causes of health disparities in America, and potential solutions to improve health, equity and well-being.
• Future of Social Interaction: How our social connections affect our mental and physical health as well as our community and civic well-being.
• Future of Food: Impact of where and how food is produced, sold, shared, consumed and disposed of impacts health equity, changes our diets, and could offer potential solutions to climate change.
• Future of Work: How changes to the nature and structure of work may impact health and well-being and how work policies can be shaped to advance health equity.
• Open Exploration: When the focus falls outside of the four identified areas but adheres to a different focal point under their defined Culture of Health initiative.
The ECU Foundation or the ECU Health Foundation can serve as the fiscal sponsor for applicants. There is no defined range for budget requests however the foundation’s average award for their most recent RFP was $300,000 (Pioneering Ideas for an Equitable Future). The indirect cost rate allowed is 12% for government agencies and universities.
This is a rolling deadline.
There is a full FAQ available on the RWJF website HERE.
Registration is OPEN for the 2024 Health Sciences Author Recognition Awards
Laupus Library created the awards program in 2005 to honor ECU’s Health Sciences faculty and staff for their published research and scholarly contributions to their area of study. This year’s eligibility criteria include editorially reviewed books, book chapters and peer-reviewed journal articles. Submissions must be published between July 1, 2022, through June 30, 2024, to qualify for recognition.
Registration will close September 1, 2024. The 2024 awards ceremony will be held in November. Additional event information will be communicated closer to November.
Click here to apply: Health Sciences Author Application
Revised IRB Fee Schedule NOW IN EFFECT as of July 1st
For new Industry-sponsored research studies approved after 7/1/2024, the Fee Schedule is as follows:
$2,500: Initial Reviews
$1,250: Continuing Reviews
$625: Sponsor-generated amendments requiring review by the convened IRB
$625: PI generated amendments (where there is sponsorship) requiring review by the convened IRB
$1500: External IRB applications
The fee for External IRB submissions is a one-time fee due upon initial UMCIRB office confirmation within ePIRATE. As with all required IRB fees, if the account from which fees will be paid is not established upon IRB approval or External IRB confirmation, the department should charge the fee to a non-sponsored account and the charge may be transferred to the sponsored fund, once the award has been established in the financial system. However, the fee cannot be charged to a different sponsored fund.
Please ensure industry sponsors are aware of the new fee schedule: UMCIRB Fees SOP (Effective 7-1-2024)
Please direct any questions to Suzanne Sparrow, sparrows@ecu.edu.
SURE Resources
If an idea is not working in isolation, contact us.
Who Can Help with What?
- Drs. Irish and Wong > Methodology, study design, analysis, scientific communication, and review
- Drs. Pories and Verbanac > Study development, scientific communication, and review
- Reba > DUA, CTA, budgets, invoicing, eTRACS
- Trisha > UMCIRB (ePirate) application review, compliance, workflow, feasibility
QUESTIONS? Email surgeryresearch@ecu.edu
Office of Clinical Research is Housing Resources on internal site.
The Office of Clinical Research (OCR) is in process of streamlining research areas. If you want to pursue a research initiative, please email surgeryresearch@ecu.edu for assistance in understanding these new processes.
Please refer to the most current updates and resources on the OCR intranet.
Congratulations to the graduating Acute Care Surgery Fellows.
Aaron Hudnall, DO Joining ECU Trauma Faculty
Owen Richardson, MD Lee Health in FL
Gary Zhang, MD. Alleghany Health in PA
CONGRATULATIONS to our Surgical Residents on their abstract submissions, presentations, education advancements and awards accomplished!
Joshua R. Aldridge, MDFellowship: Surgical Critical Care/Acute Care Surgery, ECU Health Medical Center, Greenville, NC
Scarlett B. Hao, MDFollowship: Colon and Rectal Surgery, Beaumont Hospital Royal Oak, Royal Oak, MI
Seth A. Quinn, MDFellowship: Acute Care Surgery, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX
Caitlin Takahashi, DOFellowship: Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
Ashley Wercholuk Quinn, MDFellowship: Breast Surgical Oncology, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX
Congrats to the 2024 ECU Health Medical Center Medical staff GME Research Day Surgery • Scarlett Hao, MD (General Surgery)
• SaeRam Oh, MD (General Surgery)
- Accepted to present an abstract via Oral Presentation at AAST in September entitled Traumatic Amputation: The Effect of Early Guillotine Amputation on Surgical Site Infection: Stephen Gregg, MD.
- Accepted to COT Paper Competition at SC/NC ACS meeting in August:
- Firearm Reinjury in a State Trauma System – Dr. Stephen Gregg
- Predictive Accuracy of the Complex 30-Day Model for Colon Surgical Site Infections After Penetrating Injury: Any Better than a Coin Flip? – Dr. Annmarie Butare
Welcome 2024-2025 Research Residents:
Annemarie Butare, DO
Research interests: Surgical Oncology, Surgical Education
Ambitions for the year: My ultimate goal is to match in surgical oncology. I’d like to publish manuscripts and/or present on a variety of topics in surgical oncology from immunotherapy to quality-of-life outcomes to disparities in cancer care. I’d also like to work with our surgical education department to strengthen our core curriculum and incorporate surgical ergonomics into our curriculum.
Zachary Fleming, MD
Research Interest: Vascular and Critical Care Surgery
Michael G. Konstantinidis, MD
Research Interest: Minimally Invasive and Robotic Surgery
Ambitions for the Year: Perform cutting edge research to advance the fields of Laparoscopic and Robotic Surgery.
SaeRam Oh, MD
Research Interest: Trauma, acute care surgery and critical care
Ambitions for the Year: I would like to learn the foundation of being an academic surgeon that will carry me through my career and hopefully become a successful, prolific surgeon. I am excited to be doing research in some of my favorite topics in gallbladder pathology and in trauma.
Brody Scholars Summer 2024
Michael Denning is originally from Garner, NC. He graduated from East Carolina University in 2019 with a BS in Public Health, Master of Business Administration, and a certificate in Healthcare Management. Thereafter, he attended Columbia University, where he obtained a Master of Public Health with a concentration in Epidemiology. Michael is now a M4 at the Brody School of Medicine and preparing to apply for General Surgery Residency this upcoming Fall! He is passionate about pediatric surgery, health equity, and community engagement. Currently, he is assisting in a study inquiring into the impacts of Zinc on tumor regression, Dr. Walter Pories (PI).
Julia Glass is working on a project examining environmental contributions to the rapid increase in diabetes cases in the US. Julia graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2020 with degrees in biology and English. Before medical school, she worked at a community clinic in downtown Raleigh and served as a scribe for multiple surgeons at UNC. She is now a rising M2 at Brody School of Medicine
Greg is a 4th year medical student who is the first in his family to pursue medicine. He is passionate about diabetes as well as providing the best care possible for his patients. He was intrigued about doing research and reached out for opportunities early this year. He has been receiving guidance from Dr. Pories on a project focused on improving medical education. Greg studied at UNC-Chapel Hill where he was a Pogue Scholar and he graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Chemistry: Biochemistry Track and Biology in 2016. He then pursued a Masters of Physiology at NC State University graduating from the program in 2018. He worked for two years at UNC-Hospitals as a per-diem nursing assistant where he floated across several departments from Emergency to Intensive Care. He is passionate about medicine and even though it’s getting close to ERAS submission he is divided in between General Surgery and Internal Medicine. His research interests are diabetes research and the improvement of medical education.
Wendy Wang is a rising M2 at the Brody School of Medicine. She’s a native from Wilmington and graduated from UNCW with a BS in Nursing. After completing undergraduate, Wendy worked for a year as a supplemental instructor at a community college where she discovered her passion for education. One of her current interests is the application of 3D printing in medical education. Throughout her first year, she explored various specialties and grew her love for research. Currently, she is involved in bariatric research with the Department of Surgery and is excited to expand her skills and expertise.
Medical Students interested in surgical research
The mission of the Division of Surgical
Research is to improve patient care, provide education in the pursuit of clinical and basic science investigations and health services research, and offer support to faculty, residents and students in the conduct, analysis and reporting of scientific inquiry.
If you are interested in getting involved in surgical research, contact surgeryresearch@ecu.edu
(January 2024 – July 2024)
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- Wong JH, Burch AE, DeMaria EJ, Pories WJ, Irish WD. Disparities in Access to Bariatric Surgery in North Carolina. Am Surg. 2024 Apr 23:31348241248807. doi: 10.1177/00031348241248807. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38652146.
- Honaker MD, Burch AE, Wong JH, Akram WM, Irish WD. A Novel Approach to Analyze Disparities in Colorectal Cancer Screening and Mortality. J Surg Res. 2024 Jun;298:347-354. doi: 10.1016/j.jss.2024.03.040. Epub 2024 Apr 24. PMID: 38663261.
- Larkins MC, Bhatt A, Irish W, Kennedy KN, Burke A, Armel K, Honaker MD. Squamous cell carcinoma of the colon: evaluation of treatment modalities and survival. J Gastrointest Surg. 2024 Jul;28(7):1122-1125. doi: 10.1016/j.gassur.2024.05.007. Epub 2024 May 7. PMID: 38723998.
- Romine MM, Leeser DB, Kennamer K, Nguyen C, Jones H, McLawhorn K, Kendrick S, Irish W. Early outcomes associated with de novo once-daily extended-release versus twice-daily immediate-release tacrolimus in a predominantly African American kidney transplant population: A single-center observational study. Clin Transplant. 2024 Mar;38(3):e15268. doi: 10.1111/ctr.15268. PMID: 38450751.
- Hao S, Quinn AW, Iasiello JA, Lea CS, Popowicz P, Fu Y, Irish W, Parikh AA, Snyder RA. Correlation of Patient-Reported Social Determinants of Health With Census Tract Measures of Socioeconomic Disadvantage in Patients With GI Cancers in Eastern North Carolina. JCO Oncol Pract. 2024 May 17:OP2300703. doi: 10.1200/OP.23.00703. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38759124.
- Miller ZC, Kang BK, Cooke SW, Ashley LW, Pories WJ. The Obesity Epidemic Is Not the Victims’ Fault. Obes Surg. 2024 Feb;34(2):688-689. doi: 10.1007/s11695-023-06978-5. Epub 2024 Jan PMID: 38194012.
- Broskey NT, Pories WJ, DeMaria EJ, Jones TE, Tanner CJ, Zheng D, Krassovskaia PM, Mitchell LA, Matarese LE, O’Brien KF, Cortright RN, Dohm GL, Houmard JA. Fasting plasma lactate as a possible early clinical marker for metabolic disease risk. Diabetes Metab Syndr. 2024 Feb;18(2):102955. doi: 10.1016/j.dsx.2024.102955. Epub 2024 Jan PMID: 38310736; PMCID: PMC10997452.
- Corden J, Khan K, Wong JH, Hodgin R, Serracino-Inglott F. An In-Vitro Comparison of Steady State Leakage Rates through Introducer Sheaths Used for Fenestrated Endovascular Aortic Aneurysm Repair. Ann Vasc Surg. 2024 Aug;105:67-76. doi: 10.1016/j.avsg.2024.01.021. Epub 2024 Apr PMID: 38582209.
- Whitehead PB, Haisch CE, Hankey MS, Mutcheson RB, Dewitt SA, Stewart CA, Stewart JD, Bath JL, Boone SM, Jileaeva I, Faulks ER, Musick DW. Studying moral distress and moral injury among inpatient and outpatient healthcare professionals during the COVID-19 pandemic. Int J Psychiatry Med. 2024 Jul;59(4):469-486. doi: 10.1177/00912174231205660. Epub 2023 Oct 9. PMID: 37807925.
- Clapp B, Lu L, Corbett J, Vahibe A, Mosleh KA, Salame M, Morton J, DeMaria EJ, Ghanem OM. MBSAQIP database: are the data reliable? Surg Obes Relat Dis. 2024 Feb;20(2):160-164. doi: 10.1016/j.soard.2023.08.018. Epub 2023 Sep 4. PMID: 37778942.
- Rickenbach ON, Aldridge J, Tumin D, Greene E, Ledoux M, Longshore S. Prehospital time and mortality in pediatric trauma. Pediatr Surg Int. 2024 Jun 20;40(1):159. doi: 10.1007/s00383-024-05742-9. PMID: 38900155; PMCID: PMC11190012.
- Babatunde T, Wolf S, Tumin D, Sarno L, Greene E, Longshore S. Association Between Congenital Heart Disease-Related Diagnosis Codes and Trauma Surgery Outcomes. Am Surg. 2024 May 22:31348241256081. doi: 10.1177/00031348241256081. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38775201.
- Ochs V, Saad B, Taha-Mehlitz S, Staubli S, Neumann K, Fischer L, Honaker MD, Lamm S, Rosenberg R, Taha A, Cattin PC. An analysis of virtual reality in abdominal surgery-A scoping review. Int J Med Robot. 2024 Feb;20(1):e2623. doi: 10.1002/rcs.2623. PMID: 38375774.
- Mehta CH, Tumin D, Regan KA, Honaker MD. Should the adenoma detection rate quality metric vary by age? J Gastrointest Surg. 2024 Jul;28(7):1172-1173. doi: 10.1016/j.gassur.2024.04.018. Epub 2024 Apr PMID: 38653338.
- Cathomas M, Saad B, Taha-Mehlitz S, Vankayalapati DK, Ghazal NE, Mourad MM, Ortlieb N, Than CA, Burri E, Glaser C, Heigl A, Neumann K, Honaker MD, Taha A, Rosenberg R. Safety and effectivity of Kono-S anastomosis in Crohn’s patients: a systematic review and Meta-analysis. Langenbecks Arch Surg. 2024 Jul 22;409(1):227. doi: 10.1007/s00423-024-03412-x. PMID: 39037448; PMCID: PMC11263246.
- Fitzgerald CA, Dumas RP, Cripps MW, Gurney JM, Davis KA, Knowlton LM. Managing career transitions in the profession of acute care surgery. Trauma Surg Acute Care Open. 2024 Apr 9;9(1):e001334. doi: 10.1136/tsaco-2023-001334. PMID: 38616786; PMCID: PMC11015232.
- Choron RL, Rallo M, Piplani C, Youssef S, Teichman AL, Bargoud CG, Sciarretta JD, Smith RN, Hanos DS, Afif IN, Beard JH, Dhillon NK, Zhang A, Ghneim M, Devasahayam RJ, Gunter OL, Smith AA, Sun BL, Cao C, Reynolds JK, Hilt LA, Holena D, Chang G, Jonikas M, Echeverria K, Fung N, Anderson A, Dumas RP, Fitzgerald CA, Levin J, Trankiem C, Yoon JJ, Blank J, Hazelton J, McLaughlin CJ, Al-Aref R, Kirsch JM, Howard DS, Scantling DR, Dellonte K, Vella M, Hopkins B, Shell C, Udekwu PO, Wong EG, Joseph BA, Lieberman H, Ramsey W, Stewart C, Alvarez C, Berne JD, Nahmias J, Puente I, Patton JP, Rakitin I, Perea LL, Pulido OR, Ahmed H, Keating J, Kodadek L, Wade J, Henry R, Schreiber M, Benjamin A, Khan A, Mann LK, Mentzer C, Mousafeiris V, Mulita F, Reid-Gruner S, Sais E, Foote C, Palacio-Lascano C, Argandykov D, Kaafarani H, Bover Manderski M, Narayan M, Seamon MJ. The impact of post-operative enteral nutrition on duodenal injury outcomes: A post hoc analysis of an EAST multicenter trial. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2024 May doi: 10.1097/TA.0000000000004303. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38745354.
- Aryan N, Grigorian A, Tay-Lasso E, Cripps M, Carmichael H, McIntyre R Jr, Urban S, Velopulos C, Cothren Burlew C, Ballow S, Dirks RC, LaRiccia A, Farrell MS, Stein DM, Truitt MS, Grossman Verner HM, Mentzer CJ, Mack TJ, Ball CG, Mukherjee K, Mladenov G, Haase DJ, Abdou H, Schroeppel TJ, Rodriquez J, Bala M, Keric N, Crigger M, Dhillon NK, Ley EJ, Egodage T, Williamson J, Cardenas TC, Eugene V, Patel K, Costello K, Bonne S, Elgammal FS, Dorlac W, Pederson C, Werner NL, Haan JM, Lightwine K, Semon G, Spoor K, Harmon LA, Samuels JM, Spalding MC, Nahmias J. High-grade liver injuries with contrast extravasation managed initially with interventional radiology versus observation: A secondary analysis of a WTA multicenter study. Am J Surg. 2024 Aug;234:105-111. doi: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2024.03.018. Epub 2024 Mar PMID: 38553335.
- Harrell KN, Grimes AD, Gill H, Reynolds JK, Ueland WR, Sciarretta JD, Todd SR, Trust MD, Ngoue M, Thomas BW, Ayuso SA, LaRiccia A, Spalding CM, Collins MJ, Collier BR, Karam BS, de Moya MA, Lieser MJ, Chipko JM Jr, Haan JM, Lightwine KL, Cullinane DC, Falank CR, Phillips RC, Kemp MT, Alam HB, Udekwu PO, Sanin GD, Hildreth AN, Biffl WL, Schaffer KB, Marshall G, Muttalib O, Nahmias J, Shahi N, Moulton SL, Maxwell RA. Bone Anchor Fixation in the Repair of Blunt Traumatic Abdominal Wall Hernias: A Western Trauma Association Multicenter Study. Am Surg. 2024 Jun;90(6):1161-1166. doi: 10.1177/00031348241227195. Epub 2024 Jan PMID: 38751046.
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