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  • Blinn P, Manueli Laos EG, Masrur MA. Hemobezoar after robotic gastric bypass surgery: a rare cause of small bowel obstruction. J Gastrointest Surg. 2024 Feb;28(2):188-190. doi: 10.1016/j.gassur.2023.11.004. Epub 2024 Feb 5.  
  • White B, Samer Naffouje, Grunvald M, Anurhada Bhama, Fadi Dahdaleh. Effect of prolonged operative time on short-term outcomes of open vs minimally invasive proctectomy. Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery. 2024;28(2):141-150. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gassur.2023.12.005  
  • Kim SE, Al Rahmani F, VanDruff R, Mesleh M, Lee JK. Pancreaticoduodenectomy for trauma in an adolescent female with complex pancreatic and duodenal injuries: Case report and review of the literature. Trauma Case Reports. 2024;51:101034. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tcr.2024.101034 
  • Mangano A, Valle V, Johnson C, Giulianotti P. Radical Right Colectomy with Complete Mesocolic Excision (CME). In: Giulianotti P, Benedetti E, Mangano A. eds. The Foundation and Art of Robotic Surgery. McGraw-Hill; 2024 
  • Scussiatto HC, Jiajun L, Aschebrook-Kilfoy B, Pinto JM, Bhayani MK. Genetic Susceptibility for Head and Neck Cancer Related to Air Pollution Exposure. AAO-HNSF 2024 Annual Meeting. Miami, Florida; September 29, 2024.  
  • Kim S, Steeno D, Lynch AP, Podbielski FJ. Spontaneous Pneumothorax Due to Ruptured Bulla of the Azygos Lobe. Annals of Thoracic Surgery Short Reports. September 2024. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atssr.2024.04.002 
  • Coogan A, Ritz E, Blinn P, O’Donoghue C. Impact of Demographic and Socioeconomic Factors on the Receipt of Immunotherapy for Stage III Melanoma. SSO Annual Meeting; Boston, Massachusetts; March 23, 2023.  
  • Kim SE, Lezama MM, Schlottmann F. Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease, Barrett’s Esophagus and Beyond. Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease. Published online 2023:147-158. doi:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-48241-0_15 
  • Quinteros F, Blinn P, Lyukesemburg V, Lufti R, Klingbeil L, Giovanetti A, Mitko J. Young At Heart: An Adult Case Of Idiopathic Colo-colonic Intussusception. SAGES Annual Meeting; Montreal, Quebec, Canada; April 1, 2023. (Video) 
  • Smith CJ, Raval MV, Simon MA, Marion C.W. Henry. Addressing pediatric surgical health inequities through quality improvement efforts. Seminars in Pediatric Surgery. 2023;32(2):151280-151280. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sempedsurg.2023.151280  
  • Sullivan GA, Sincavage J, Reiter AJ, Hu AJ, Rangel M, Smith CJ, Ritz EM, Shah AN, Gulack BC, Raval MV. Disparities in Utilization of Same-Day Discharge Following Appendectomy in Children. Journal of Surgical Research. 2023;288:1-9. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jss.2023.02.033  
  • Maramara T, Shridhar R, Blinn P, Huston J, Meredith K. Timing After Neoadjuvant Therapy Predicts Mortality in Patients Undergoing Esophagectomy: a Propensity Score-Matched Analysis. J Gastrointest Surg. 2023 Oct 17. doi: 10.1007/s11605-023-05851-1. Epub ahead of print.  
  • Kim S, Takhtehchian K. Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy After Liver Transplantation. European Society of Intensive Care Medicine Annual Conference. October 2023. 
  • Kim SE, Schlottmann F, Masrur MA. Management of Long-Segment Barrett’s Esophagus. Journal of laparoendoscopic & advanced surgical techniques Part A/Journal of laparoendoscopic & advanced surgical techniques. 2023;33(12):1201-1210. doi:https://doi.org/10.1089/lap.2023.0321 
  • Shridhar R, Blinn P, Huston J, Meredith KL. Outcomes of adjuvant radiation therapy after chemotherapy in resected extrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma: A National Cancer Database analysis. Cancer. 2022 Dec 21. doi: 10.1002/cncr.34625. Epub ahead of print.. 
  • Hassan C, Blinn P, Dreifuss N, Pavelko Y, Masrur M, Franceso B. Robotic Repair of Incarcerated Recurrent Ventral Hernia for Small Bowel Obstruction in a patient of BMI 92.5. CRSA Annual Meeting; Rome, Italy. December 10, 2022  
  • Takahashi C, Shridhar R, Huston J, Blinn P, Maramara T, Meredith K. Comparative outcomes of transthoracic versus transhiatal esophagectomy. Surgery. 2021 Jul;170(1):263-270.  
  • Blinn P, Shridhar R, Maramara T, Huston J, Meredith K. Multi-agent neoadjuvant chemotherapy improves response and survival in patients with resectable pancreatic cancer. J Gastrointest Oncol. 2020 Oct;11(5):1078-1089. PubMed Central  
  • Sigmon DF, An J. Nasogastric Tube. In: StatPearls. Treasure Island (FL): StatPearls Publishing; March 24, 2020.
  • Sigmon DF, Emmanuel B, Tuma F. Perianal Abscess. In: StatPearls. Treasure Island (FL): StatPearls Publishing; June 27, 2020.
  • Sigmon DF, Eovaldi BJ, Cohen HL. Duodenal Atresia And Stenosis. In: StatPearls. Treasure Island (FL): StatPearls Publishing; June 27, 2020.
  • Shaydakov ME, Sigmon DF, Blebea J. Thromboelastography (TEG). In: StatPearls. Treasure Island (FL): StatPearls Publishing; April 24, 2020.
  • Santiago-Rosado LM, Sigmon DF, Lewison CS. Tracheal Trauma. In: StatPearls. Treasure Island (FL): StatPearls Publishing; April 28, 2020.
  • Sigmon DF, Tuma F, Kamel BG, Cassaro S. Gastric Perforation. In: StatPearls. Treasure Island (FL): StatPearls Publishing; June 28, 2020.
  • Edgecombe L, Sigmon DF, Galuska MA, Angus LD. Thoracic Trauma. In: StatPearls. Treasure Island (FL): StatPearls Publishing; June 1, 2020.
  • Sigmon DF, Dayal N, Meseeha M. Biliary Colic. In: StatPearls. Treasure Island (FL): StatPearls Publishing; April 23, 2020.
  • Planas JH, Waseem M, Sigmon DF. Trauma Primary Survey. In: StatPearls. Treasure Island (FL): StatPearls Publishing; July 5, 2020.
  • Sigmon DF, Fatima S. Fine Needle Aspiration. In: StatPearls. Treasure Island (FL): StatPearls Publishing; April 18, 2020.
  • Mubang RN, Sigmon DF, Stawicki SP. Esophageal Trauma. In: StatPearls. Treasure Island (FL): StatPearls Publishing; April 27, 2020.
  • Yam J, Baldwin D, Ahmad SA. Esophageal Diverticula. In: StatPearls. Treasure Island (FL): StatPearls Publishing; May 27, 2020.
  • Baldwin D, Puckett Y. Esophageal Manometry. In: StatPearls. Treasure Island (FL): StatPearls Publishing; June 14, 2020.
  • Baldwin D, Gangemi A. Response to letter to editor entitled: Improvement of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease in ALT at ≥12 months after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass and sleeve gastrectomy, no effect in ALT and AST at 12 and ≤24 months after RYGB by Wang et al. Surg Obes Relat Dis. 2020;16(3):450-451. doi:10.1016/j.soard.2019.12.005
  • Kim S, Baldwin D, Duarte B. Appendiceal torsion in Ehlers-Danlos syndrome: A case report of a rare phenomenon in a rare disease [published online ahead of print, 2020 Jun 24]. Int J Surg Case Rep. 2020;73:207-209. doi:10.1016/j.ijscr.2020.06.084
  • Tully A, Nagalli S. Heart-Lung Transplantation. In: StatPearls. Treasure Island (FL): StatPearls Publishing; July 5, 2020.
  • Meredith KL, Maramara T, Blinn P, Lee D, Huston J, Shridhar R. Comparative Perioperative Outcomes by Esophagectomy Surgical Technique. J Gastrointest Surg. 2020;24(6):1261-1268. doi:10.1007/s11605-019-04269-y
  • Meredith K, Blinn P, Maramara T, Takahashi C, Huston J, Shridhar R. Comparative outcomes of minimally invasive and robotic-assisted esophagectomy. Surg Endosc. 2020;34(2):814-820. doi:10.1007/s00464-019-06834-7
  • Maas MB, Lizza BD, Abbott SM, et al. Factors Disrupting Melatonin Secretion Rhythms During Critical Illness. Crit Care Med. 2020;48(6):854-861. doi:10.1097/CCM.0000000000004333
  • Pera SJ, Huh N, Orcutt ST. Duplicate gallbladder: A case report of a patient with cholecystitis after cholecystectomy. Int J Surg Case Rep. 2019;65:156-160. doi:10.1016/j.ijscr.2019.10.075
  • Ripa M, Jabbehdari S, Yazdanpanah G, et al. The Role of Multisystem Disease in Composition of Autologous Serum tears and ocular surface symptom improvement. Ocul Surf. 2020;18(3):499-504. doi:10.1016/j.jtos.2020.02.011
  • Principe DR, Park A, Dorman MJ, et al. TGFβ Blockade Augments PD-1 Inhibition to Promote T-Cell-Mediated Regression of Pancreatic Cancer. Mol Cancer Ther. 2019;18(3):613-620. doi:10.1158/1535-7163.MCT-18-0850
  • Mangano A, Valle V, Bustos R, et al. Robotic resection of a large ovarian leiomyoma. Minerva Chir. 2020;75(2):121-124. doi:10.23736/S0026-4733.20.08253-X
  • Chow K, McElmeel D, Brown H, Tabriz M, Omi E – Invasive gastric mucormycosis: a case report of a deadly complication in an immunocompromised patient after penetrating trauma.
  • Baldwin, D., Chennakesavalu, M., Gangemi, A. (2019). Systematic review and meta-analysis of Roux-en-Y gastric bypass against laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy for amelioration of NAFLD using four criteria. Surg Obes Relat Dis., (19).
  • Baldwin D, Gangemi A. SOARD-19-601. Response to Letter to Editor Entitled: Improvement of Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease in ALT at ≥12 months after Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass (RYGB) and Sleeve Gastrectomy (SG), No effect in ALT and AST at 12, ≤24 months after RYGB by Wang et. al. Surg Obes Relat Dis.  2019 Dec 13.
  • Baldwin D, Mashbari H, Chow KL, Sarhan M. Ruptured Superficial Femoral Artery Anastomotic Pseudoaneurysm after 30 Years. Case Rep Vasc Med.
  • Baldwin D, Chow KL, Mashbari H, Omi E, Lee JK.  ”Case reports of atrial and pericardial rupture from blunt cardiac trauma”   J Cardiothorac Surg.,13(1), 71.
  • Baldwin, D. “Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass against Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy for Amelioration of NAFLD using Four Separate Criteria.” 24th IFSO World Congress. Madrid, Spain. Sept 3rd – 7th, 2019.
  • Robinson LA, Turco LM, Robinson B, Corsa JG, Mount M, Hamrick AV, Berne J, Mederos DR, McNickle AG, Chestovich PJ, Weinberger J, Grigorian A, Nahmias J, Lee JK, Chow KL, Olson EJ, Pascual JL, Solomon R, Pigneri DA, Ladhani HA, Fraifogl J, Claridge J, Curry T, Costantini TW, Kongwibulwut M, Kaafarani H, San Roman J, Schreiber C, Goldenberg-Sandau A, Hu P, Bosarge P, Uhlich R, Lunardi N, Usmani F, Sakran JV, Babcock JM, Quispe JC, Lottenberg L, Cabral D, Chang G, Gulmatico J, Parks JJ, Rattan R, Massetti J, Gurney O, Bruns B, Smith AA, Guidry C, Kutcher ME, Logan MS, Kincaid MY, Spalding C, Noorbaksh M, Philp FH, Cragun B, Winfield RD. (2019). Outcomes in patients with gunshot wounds to the brain. Trauma Surg. Acute Care Open, 4(1).
  • Esparza Monzavi, C.A., Peters, X., Spaggiari, M. (2019). Cholecystocolonic fistula: A rare case report of Mirizzi Syndrome. Int. J. Surg. Case Rep., 63, 97-100.
  • Naffouje, S.A., Salloum, R.H., Khalaf, Z., Salti, G.I. (2019). Outcomes of Open Versus Minimally Invasive Ivor-Lewis Esophagectomy for Cancer: A Propensity-Score Matched Analysis of NSQIP Database. Ann Surg Oncol, 26(7), 2001-2010.
  • Spaggiari M, Okoye O, Tulla K, Di Cocco P, Almario J, Benedetti E, Tzvetanov I. (2019). Geographic Disparities in Liver Allocation and Distribution in the United States: Where Are We Now? Transplant Proc., 51(10), 3205-3212.
  • Spaggiari M, Okoye O, Almario J, Tulla K, Di Cocco P, Benedetti E, Tzvetanov I. (2019). Simultaneous recipient external iliac endarterectomy and renal transplant – a propensity score matched analysis. Transpl. Int., Epub ahead of print.
  • Kahn, A.B., Tulla, K.A., Tzvetanov, I.G. (2019) Indications of Intestinal Transplantation. Gastroenterol. Clin. North Am., 48(4), 575-583.
  • Tzvetanov IG, Spaggiari M, Tulla KA, Di Bella C, Okoye O, Di Cocco P, Jeon H, Oberholzer J, Cristoforo Giulianotti P, Benedetti E. (2019) Robotic Kidney Transplantation in the Obese Patient: 10-year experience from a single center. Am. J. Transplant, Epub ahead of print.
  • Spaggiari M, Tulla KA, Okoye O, Di Bella C, Di Cocco P, Almario J, Ugwu-Dike P, Tzvetanov IG, Benedetti E. (2019). The Utility of Robotic Assisted Pancreas Transplants – A Single Center Retrospective Study. Transpl. Int., 32(11), 1173-1181.
  • Naffouje SA, Tulla KA, Khalaf Z, Salti GI. (2019).The impact of BMI extremes on disease-free survival and overall survival following cytoreductive surgery and hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy. J. Gastrointestinal Oncology, 10(2), 194-202.
  • Saini S, Sripada L, Tulla K, Qiao G, Kunda N, Maker AV, Prabhakar BS. (2019). MADD silencing enhances anti-tumor activity of TRAIL in anaplastic thyroid cancer. Endocr. Relat. Cancer, 26(6), 551-563.
  • Saini S, Sripada L, Tulla K, Kumar P, Yue F, Kunda N, Maker AV, Prabhakar BS. (2019). Loss of MADD expression inhibits cellular growth and metastasis in anaplastic thyroid cancer. Cell Death Dis., 10(20), 145.
  • Tully A, Anderson L, Adams W, Mosier MJ. Opioid creep in burn center discharge regimens: Doubled amounts and complexity of narcotic prescriptions over seven years. Burns. 2019;45(2):328-334. doi:10.1016/j.burns.2018.08.004
  • Zheng F, Tully A, Koss K, Zhang X, Wang J, Iorga M, Naved B, Ivancic D, Mathew J, Wertheim J, Zhang ZJ, Functional Characterization of Orthotopic Hind-Limb Transplants in Rats. American Transplant Congress, Boston, MA, 2019 (Accepted).
  • Zheng F, Tully A, Koss K, Zhang X, Wang J, Iorga M, Naved B, Ivancic D, Mathew J, Wertheim J, Zhang ZJ, Functional Characterization of Orthotopic Hind-Limb Transplants in Rats. Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine 15th Annual Lewis Landsberg Research Day, Chicago, IL, 2019.
  • Tully A, Anderson L, Adams W, Mosier MM. Double in Seven Years: the Persistence of Opioid Creep in Burn Center Discharge Regimens. Burns. Volume 45, Issue 2, March 2019, pp. 328-334.
  • Zheng F, Tully A, Koss K, Zhang X, Qiu L, Wang J, Naved B, Iorga M, Ivanic D, Matthew J, Wertheim J, Zhang ZJ. Taking the next step: a Neural Coaptation Orthotopic Hind Limb Transplant Model to Maximize Functional Recovery in Rat. Manuscript submitted for publication August 2019.
  • Tully A, Kramer KW, Poulakidas S. Immunonutrition and Supplementation: Pathways, Promise, and Pessimism in Surgical Metabolism—The Metabolic Care of the Surgical Patient, 2nd Edition. Accepted for publication April 2019.
  • Gharagozloo F, Atiquzzaman B, Tempesta B, Tolboom RC, Meyer M, Gruessner S. (2019). Long-term results of robotic modified Belsey (gastroesophageal valvuloplasty) fundoplication. Surg Technol. Int., 34, 121-127.
  • Gheza F, Esposito S, Gruessner S, Mangano A, Fernandes E, Giulianotti PC. (2019). Reasons for open conversion in robotic liver surgery: a systematic review with pooled analysis of more than 1000 patients. Int. J. Med Robot., 15(2).
  • Gharagozloo F, Meyer M, Tempesta B, Gruessner S. (2019). Robotic transthoracic first-rib reseaction for Paget-Schroetter syndrome. Eur. J. Cardiothoracic Surgery, 55(3), 4340439.
  • Borsuk DJ, Al-Khamis A, Geiser AJ, Zhou D, Warner C, Kochar K, Marecik SJ. (2019). S128: Active post discharge surveillance program as a part of enhanced recovery after surgery protocol decreases emergency department visits and readmissions in colorectal patients. Surg. Endosc., 33(11), 3816-3827.
  • Studniarek A, Kochar K, Warner C, et al. Findings on Colonoscopy after Diverticulitis: A Multicenter Review. Am Surg. 2019;85(12):1381-1385.
  • Gallagher S, Rahmani F, Russell A, Duquette S. (2019) A Drain-free technique for female-to-male gender affirmation chest surgery decreases morbidity; outcomes from 306 consecutive masculopasties. Ann. Plast. Surg., 83(1), 15-21.
  • Bell FE 3rd, Neuffer FH, Haddad TR, Epps JC, Kozik ME, Warren BC. (2019). Active Learning of the Floor of Mouth Anatomy with Ultrasound. Anat. Sci. Educ., 12(3), 310-316.
  • Salloum, R. The Role of Preoperative PVE and Other Predictors on Operative Outcomes in Major Hepatectomy for Metachronous CRC Liver Metastasis – American College of Surgeons meeting, San Francisco, 2019