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Robert Andtbacka, MD
Andtbacka RH, Ng CS, Scaife CL, et al. Surgical resection of gastrointestinal stromal tumors after treatment with Imatinib. Ann Surg Oncol 2006; Oct 28 [Epub ahead of print].

Khanbolooki S, Nawrocki ST, Arumugam T, Andtbacka RH, et al. Nuclear factor-kappaB maintains TRAIL resistance in human pancreatic cancer cells. Mol Cancer Ther 2006; 5:2251-60.

Aloia TA, Gershenwald JE, Andtbacka RH, et al. Utility of computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging staging before completion lymphadenectomy in patients with sentinel lymph node-positive melanoma. J Clin Oncol 2006; 24:2858-65.

Andtbacka RH, Babiera G, Singletary SE, et al. Incidence and prevention of venous thromboembolism in patients undergoing breast cancer surgery and treated according to clinical pathways. Ann Surg 2006; 243:96-101.

Chen LL, Sabripour M, Andtbacka RH, et al. Imatinib resistance in gastrointestinal stromal tumors. Curr Oncol Rep 2005; 7:293-9.


Richard E. Black, MD
Black RE, Mayer T, Walker ML, Christison EL, Johnson DG, Matlak ME, Storrs B, Clark,P. (1982) Special Report: Air transport of pediatric emergency cases. N Engl  J Med, 307(23), 1465-1468.
Black RE, Choi KJ, Syme WC, Johnson DG, Matlak ME. (1984) Bronchoscopic removal of aspirated foreign bodies in children. Am J Surg, 148(6), 778-781.

Hendrickson M, Matlak ME, Jaffe RB, Johnson DJ, Black RE. (1990) Treatment of traumatic pancreatic pseudocysts in children:  the role of percutaneous drainage. Pediatr Surg Int, 5:347-349.

Black RE, Johnson DG, Matlak ME. (1994) Bronchoscopic removal of aspirated foreign bodies in children. J Pediatr Surg, 29(5),  682-684.

Fenton SJ, Torgenson M, Holsti M, Black RE.  (2007) Magnetic attraction leading to a small bowel obstruction in a child.  Pediatr Surg Int, Aug 12.
Earl C. Downey, MD

Downey EC, Catanzarro A, Ninneman JL, Peters RM, Shackford SR.  (1980) Long-term depressed immunocompetence of patients splenectomized for trauma. Surg Forum, 31, 41-44.

Downey EC, Maher DP, Thompson WR. (1995) Diagnostic pneumoperitoneum accurately predicts the presence of patent proccessus vaginalis. J Pediatr Surg, 30(9), 1271-72.

Rothenberg SS, Georgeson K, Decou JM, Downey EC, Lelli JL, Raschbaum G, Moores D. (2000) A clinical evaluation of the use of radially expandable laparoscopic access devices in the pediatric population. Pediatric Endosurgery & Innovative Techniques, 4(1), 7-11.

Cochran A, Scaife ES, Hansen KS, Downey EC. (2003) Hyperglycemia and outcomes from pediatric traumatic brain injury.  J Trauma, 55(6), 1035-1038.

Srivastava R, Downey EC, Feola P, Samore M, Coburn L, Holobkov R, Mundorff M, Nkoy F, Desroucher D, James BC, Rosenbaum P, Young PC, Dean JM, O’Gorman MO.  (2007) Quality of life of children with neurological impairment who receive a fundoplication for gastroesophageal reflux disease.  J Hosp Med, 2(3), 165-73.


Amalia Cochran, MD
Cochran A, Paukert JL, Scales EM, Neumayer LA. How medical students define surgical mentors. Am J Surg 2004;187:698-701.

Cochran A, Mann NC, Dean JM, Cook LJ, Barton RG. Resource utilization and its management in splenic trauma. Am J Surg 2004;187:713-9.

Cochan A, Morris SE, Edelman LS, Saffle JR. Burn patient characteristics and outcomes following resuscitation with albumin. Burns 2007; 33(1), 25-30

Cochran A, Edelman LS, Saffle JR, Morris SE. The relationship of serum lactate and base deficit in burn patients to mortality. J Burn Care Res 2007; 28(2), 231-40.

Bruen KJ, Ballard JR, Morris SE, Cochran A, Edelman LS, Saffle JR. Reduction of the incidence of amputation in frostbite injury with thrombolytic therapy. Arch Surg 2007; 142(6), 546-53. 

Cochran A, Scaife ER, Hansen KW, Downey EC.  Hyperglycemia and outcomes from pediatric traumatic brain injury.  J Trauma 2003;  55(6), 1035-8.


Matt Firpo, PhD
Firpo MA, Rollins M, Szabo A, et al. A conscious mouse model of gastric ileus using clinically relevant endpoints. BMC Gastroenterol 2005;5:18.

Hermanson B, Firpo MA, Cochran A, Neumayer L. Does the NBME surgery subtest level the playing filed? Am J Surg 2004;188:520-1.

Peattie R, Nayate A, Firpo MA, Shelby J, Fisher R, Prestwich G. Stimulation of in vivo angiogenesis by cytokine-loaded hyaluronic acid hydrogel implants and potential gene expression mechanisms for new vessel growth. Biomaterials 2004;25:2789-98.

Rollins, MD, Sudarshan, S, Firpo, MA, Etherington, BH, Hart, BJ, Jackson, HH, Jackson, JD, Emerson, LL, Yang, DT, Mulvihill, SJ, Glasgow, RE (2006) Anti-inflammatory effects of PPAR-gamma agonists directly correlate with PPAR-gamma expression during acute pancreatitis. J. Gastrointest. Surg 2006;(in press).



Robert Glasgow, MD
Glasgow RE, Adamson K, Mulvihill SJ. The benefits of a dedicated minimally invasive surgery program to academic general surgery practice. J Gastrointest Surg 2004;8:869-73.

Hatch K, Daily M, Christensen B, Glasgow RE. Failed fundoplications. Am J Surg 2004;188:786-91.

Granger S, Glasgow RE, Battaglia J, Scaife C, Shrieve D, Avrin D, Mulvihill SJ. Development of a dedicated hepatopancreaticobiliary program in a university hospital system. J Gastrointest Surg 2005;9:891-5.

Granger, S.R., Rollins, M.D., Mulvihill. S.F., Glasgow, R.E.. Lessons Learned from Laparoscopic Treatment of Esophageal and Gastric Stromal Tumors. Surgical Endoscopy 2006; 20(8): 1299-1304

Rollins, M.D., Firpo, M.A., Sudarshan S., Etherington, B.H., Hart, B.J., Jackson, H.H., ackson, J.D., Emerson, L.L, Yang, D.T., Mulvihill, S.J., Glasgow, R.E.. Anti-inflammatory effects of PPAR-gamma agonists directly correlate with PPAR-gamma expression during acute pancreatitis. Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery. 2006; 10(8):1120-30

Reuben, B.C., Stoddard, G., Glasgow, R.E., Neumayer, L.A.. Trends and predictors for vagotomy when performing oversew of acute bleeding duodenal ulcer in the United States. Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery. 2007; 11(1):22-9

Glasgow, R.E., Jackson, H.H., Neumayer, L., Schifftner, T.L., Khuri, S.F., Henderson, W.G., Mulvihill, S.J.. Morbidity and mortality of major pancreatic resection A comparison between the Veterans Administration and Private Sector Hospitals.. Journal of the American College of Surgeons. 2007; 204(6):1252-60


Dale G. Johnson, MD
Johnson DG. (1980) Treatment of Wilms' tumor in children. World J Surg, 4(1), 5-13.
Johnson DG. (1986) Presidential Address: Excellence in search of recognition. J Pediatr Surg, 21(12), 1019-1031.

Johnson DG, Condon VR. (1998)  Monograph:  Foreign bodies in the pediatric patient. Curr Probl Surg,   35(4), 271-378.

Johnson DG, Reid BS, Meyers RL, Fry MA, Nortmann CA, Jackson WD, Marty TL. (1998) Are scintiscans accurate in the selection of reflux patients for pyloroplasty? J Pediatr Surg, 33(4), 573-579.

Vernon DD, Furnival RA, Hansen KW, Diller EM, Bolte RG, Johnson DG, Dean JM. (1999) Effect of a pediatric trauma response team on emergency department treatment time and mortality of pediatric trauma victims. Pediatrics, 103(1), 20-24.

Johnson DJ. (2000) The past and present of anti-reflux surgery in children. Am J Surg, 180(5), 377-381.

Scaife ER, Johnson DJ,  Meyers RL, Johnson SM, Matlak ME. (2003) The split abdominal wall muscle flap:  A simple, mesh-free approach to repair large diaphragmatic hernia.  J Pediatr Surg, 38(12), 1748-1751.

Johnson DG, Gray S, Smith M, Kelly S.  (2004) Vocal fold paralysis and progressive cricopharyngeal stenosis reversed by cricopharyngeal myotomy.  J Pediatr Surg, 39(11), 1715-1718.



Edward J. Kimball, MD
Kimball EJ, Kim W, Cheatham ML, Malbrain ML, Clinical awareness of intra-abdominal hypertension and abdominal compartment syndrome. Acta Clin Belg 2007;1:66-73.

Kimball EJ, Mone MC, Wolfe TR, Baraghoshi JK, Alder SC, Reproducibility of bladder pressure measurements in critically ill patients. Intensive Cae Med 2007 33:1195-8.

Kimball EJ, Rollins MD, Mone MC, Hansen HJ, Baraghoshi GK, Johnston C, et al. Survey of ICU physicians on the recognition and management of intra-abdominal hypertension and abdominal compartment syndrome. Crit Care Med 2006; 34;2340-8.

Kimball EJ. Intra-abdominal hypertension and the abdominal compartment syndrome: 'ARDS' of the gut. Int J Intensive Care Spring 2006:31-9.


Michael E. Matlak, MD

Marty TL, Matlak ME, Hendrickson M, Black RE, Johnson DG. (1995) Unexpected death from enterocolitis after surgery for Hirschsprung’s disease. Pediatrics, 96(1 Pt 1), 118-21.

Florell SR, Bruggers CS, Matlak ME, Young RH, Lowichik A. (1999) Ovarian small cell carcinoma of the hypercalcemic type in a fourteen-month-old child: the youngest reported case. Med Pediatr Oncol, 32(4), 304-7.

Meyers RL, Matlak ME. (2002) Biliary tract anomalies in thoraco-omphalopagus conjoined twins.  J.Pediatr Surg, 37(12), 1716-1719.

Meyers RL, Book LS, O’Gorman, MA, Jackson WD, Black RE, Johnson DG, Matlak ME.  (2003) High dose steroids, ursodeoxycholic acid, and chronic intravenous antibiotics improve bile flow after Kasai procedure in infants with biliary atresia.  J Pediatr Surg, 38(3), 406-411.

Brant-Zawadzki PB, Fenton SJ, Nichol PF, Matlak ME, Scaife ER. (2007) The split abdominal wall muscle flap repair for large congenital diaphragmatic hernias on extracorporeal membrane oxygenation.  J Pediatr Surg, 42(6), 1047-1051.


James McGreevy, MD
McGreevy JM. Why volunteer to return to the Middle East? Surgery 2006;139:274-5.

McGreevy JM. The aviation paradigm and surgical education. J Am Coll Surg 2005;201:110-7.

McGreevy JM, Cannon MJ, Grissom CB. Minimally invasive lymphatic mapping using fluorescently labeled vitamin B12. J Surg Res 2003;111:38-44.

McGreevy JM. The other contributions of Alfred Blalock. Curr Surg 2003;60:160-3.

McGreevy JM, Wiebe D. A preliminary measurement of the surgical personality. Am J Surg 2002;184:121-5.

McGreevy J, Otten T, Poggi M, Robinson C, Castaneda D, Wade P. The challenge roles and improving surgical care now: crew resource management appraoach. American Surgeon 72:1082-1091, 2006.

McGreevy J. Notes from an Air Force hospital in Iraq. Surgery 140:830-831, 2006.

McGreevy J, Otten T. Briefing and debriefing in the operating room using fighter pilot crew resource management. J of the Am Coll of Surg, 205:169-176, 2007


Rebecka L. Meyers, MD
Meyers RL, Grua JR. (2000) Bilateral laparoscopic adrenalectomy: a new treatment for difficult cases of congenital adrenal hyperplasia. J Pediatr Surg, 35(11), 1586-90.

Johnson SM, Meyers RL.  (2001) Inherited thrombophilia: a possible cause of in utero vascular thrombosis in children with intestinal atresia.  J Pediatr Surg, 36(8), 1146-9.

Meyers RL, Matlak ME.  (2002) Biliary tract anomalies in thoraco-omphalopagus conjoined twins.  J Pediatr Surg, 37(12), 1716-1719.  

Meyers RL, Book LS, O’Gorman MA, Jackson WD, Black RE, Johnson DG, Matlak ME.  (2003) High-dose steroids, ursodeoxycholic acid, and chronic intravenous antibiotics improve bile flow after Kasai procedure in infants with biliary atresia.  J Pediatr Surg, 38(3), 406-411.

Meyers RL, Book LS, O’Gorman MA, White KW, Jaffe RB, Feola PG, Hedlund GL. (2004) Percutaneous cholecysto-cholangiography in the diagnosis of obstructive jaundice in infants.  J Pediatr Surg, 39(1), 16-18.

Hougland KT, Hanna AM, Meyers R, Null D. (2005) Increasing prevalence of gastroschisis in Utah. J Pediat Surg, 40(3), 535-540.

Bratton SL, Kolovos NS, Roach ES, McBride V, Geiger JL, Meyers RL. (2006) Pediatric organ transplanationa needs:  organ donation best practices.  Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med, 160(5), 468-72.

Meyers RL. (2007) Tumors of the liver in children. Surg Oncol, Aug 20.


Stephen Morris, MD F.A.C.S
Kirker KR, Luo Y, Morris SE, Shelby J, Prestwich GD. (2004)Glycosaminoglycan hydrogels as supplemental wound dressings for donor sites. J Burn Care Rehabil, 25(3), 276-86.

Chang EJ, Edelman LS, Morris SE, Saffle JR. (2005). Gender influences on burn outcomes in the elderly. Burns, 31(1), 31-5.

Cochran A, Morris SE, Edelman LS, Saffle JR. (2007). Burn patient characteristics and outcomes following resuscitation with albumin. Burns, 33(1), 25-30.

Cochran A, Edelman LS, Saffle JR, Morris SE. (2007). The relationship of serum lactate and base deficit in burn patients to mortality. J Burn Care Res, 28(2), 231-40

Bruen KJ, Ballard JR, Morris SE, Cochran A, Edelman LS, Saffle JR. (2007). Reduction of the incidence of amputation in frostbite injury with thrombolytic therapy. Arch Surg, 142(6), 546-53.


Sean Mulvihill, MD
Chapman WC, Abecassis M, Jarnagin W, Mulvihill S, Strasberg S. Bile duct injuries 12 years after introduction of laparoscopic cholecystectomy. J Gastrointest Surg 7(3):412-416, 2003.

Lightner A, Glasgow RE, Jordan T, Krassner A, Way L, Mulvihill SJ, Kirkwood K. Pancreatic resection in the elderly. J Am Coll Surg 2004;198:697-706.

Visser B, Muthusamay V, Mulvihill SJ, Coakley F. Diagnostic imaging of cystic pancreatic neoplasms. Surg Onc 2004;13:27-39.

Hutter M, Wick E, Day A, Maa J, Zerega E, Richmond A, Jordan T, Grady E, Mulvihill SJ, Bunnett N, Kirkwood K. Transient receptor potential vanilloid (TRPV-1) promotes neurogenic inflammation in the pancreas via activation of the neurokinin-1 receptor (NK-1R). Pancreas 2005;30:260-65.

Granger SR, Glasgow RE, Battaglia J, Lee RM, Scaife C, Shrieve DC, Avrin D, Mulvihill SJ. Development of a dedicated hepatopancreaticobiliary (HPB) program in a university hospital system. J Gastrointest Surg 2005;9:891-95.

Benson AB 3rd, Bekaii-Saab T, Ben-Josef E, Blumgart L, Clary BM, Curley SA, Davila R, Earle CC, Ensminger WD, Gibbs JF, Laheru D, Langnas AN, Mulvihill SJ, Nemeek AA Jr, Posey JA, Sigurdson ER, Sinanan M, Vauthey JN, Venook AP, Wagman LD, Yeatman TJ. Hepatobiliary cancers. J Natl Compr Canc Netw 4 (8):728-750, 2006.

Glasgow RE, Jackson HH, Neumayer L, Schifftner TL, Khuri SF, Henderson WG, Mulvihill SJ: Pancreatic Resection in Veterans Affairs and Selected University Medical Centers: Results of the Patient Safety in Surgery Study. J Am Coll Surg (204)6: 1252-1260, 2007.

Books
Norton JA, Bollinger RA, Chang AE, Lowry SF, Mulvihill SJ, Pass HI, Thompson RW (eds.)  Surgery:  Basic Science and Clinical Evidence.  New York, Springer-Verlag, Inc., 2000.

Dollinger M, Rosenbaum EH, Tempero M, Mulvihill SJ (eds.) Everyone’s Guide to Cancer Therapy, 4th edition. Kansas City, Andrews McMeel Publishing, 2002.

Norton JA, Bollinger RR, Chang AE, Lowry SF, Mulvihill SJ, Pass HI, Thompson RW (eds) Essential Practice of Surgery. New York, Springer-Verlag, Inc., 2003.

Norton JA, Bollinger RA, Chang AE, Lowry SF, Mulvihill SJ, Pass HI, Thompson RW (eds.) Surgery: Basic Science and Clinical Evidence, (2nd Edition). New York, Springer-Verlag, Inc., 2007.


Edward Nelson, MD
Bailey SH, Mone MC, Holman, JM, Nelson EW. Laparoscopic treatment of post renal transplant lymphoceles. Surg Endosc 2003;17:1896-99.

Privette A, Fenton S, Mone, MC, Kennedy A, Nelson EW. A case report of a desmoid chest wall tumor mimicking breast cancer. Breast J 2005;11:60-4.

Nolan K, Mone MC, Nelson EW. Plasma cell neoplasms: review of disease progression and report of a new variant. Surg Oncol 2005;14:85-90.

Hu Z, Fan C, Oh DS, Marron J, He X, Qaqish BF, et al. The molecular portraits of breast tumors are conserved across microarray platforms. BMC Genomics 2006; 7:96.

Perreard L, Fan C, Quackenbush JF, Mullins M, Gauthier NP, Nelson EW, et al. Classification and risk stratification of invasive breast carcinomas using a real-time quantitative RT-PCR assay. Breast Cancer Res 2006; 8:R23.

Buchanan C, Smith L, Corbett J, Nelson E, Shihab F. Retrospective Analysis of ezetimibe treatment in renal transplant recipients. Am J Transplant 2006; 6:770-774.

Books
Clement M, Caughey A, Foti J, Lyell D, McLoone J, Nelson E, Piatt J, Shinar B, Tran S. (eds.) Q&A for Step 2. Philadelphia, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2007.

Clement M, Caughey A, Foti J, Lyell D, McLoone J, Nelson E, Piatt J, Shinar B, Tran S. (eds.) Q&A for Step 3. Philadelphia, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2007.


Leigh Neumayer , MD
Neumayer L, Giobbie-Hurder A, Jonasson O, et al. Open mesh versus laparoscopic mesh repair of inguinal hernia. N Engl J Med 2004;350:1819-27.

Kaafarani H, Itani K, Giobbie-Hurder A, Gleysteen J, McCarthy M, Gibbs J, Neumayer L. Does surgeon frustration and satisfaction with the operation predict outcomes of open or laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair? J Am Coll Surg 2005;200:677-83.

Wilkiemeyer M, Pappas T, Giobbie-Hurder A, Itani K, Jonasson O, Neumayer L. Does resident post graduate year influence the outcomes of inguinal hernia repair? Ann Surg 2005;241:879-84.

Neumayer L, Gawande A, Wang J, et al. Proficiency of surgeons in inguinal hernia repair: Effect of experience and age. Ann Surg 2005;242:344-52.

Fitzgibbons R, Giobbie-Hurder A, Gibbs JO, Dunlop DD, Reda DJ, McCarthy M, Neumayer LA, et al. Watchful waiting vs repair of inguinal hernia in minimally symptomatic men: A randomized clinical trial. JAMA 2006;295:285-92.


Peter F. Nicol, MD, PhD
Nichol PF, Hayman A, Pryde P, Go LL, Lund DP. (2004) Meconium staining of amniotic fluid correlates with intestinal peel formation in gastroschisis.  Pediatr Surg Int, 20(3), 211-4. Epub 2004 Apr 09.

Adibe OO, Nichol PF, Flake AW, Mattei P. (2006) Comparison of outcomes after laparoscopic and open pyloromyotomy at a high-volume pediatric teaching hospital. J Pediatr Surg, 41(10), 1676-8. 

Adibe OO, Nichol PF, Lim FY, Mattei P.  (2007) Ad libitum feeds after laparoscopic pyloromyotomy:  a retrospective comparison with a standardized feeding regimen in 227 infants.  J Laparoendosc  Adv Surg Tech A, 17(2), 235-7. 

Fenton SJ, Dodgion CM, Meyers RL, Nichol PF, Scaife ER. (2007) Temporary abdominal vacuum-packing closure in the neonatal intensive care unit.  J Pediatr Surg, 42(6), 957-961. 

Brant-Zawadzki PB, Fenton SJ, Nichol PF, Matlak ME, Scaife ER.  (2007) The split abdominal wall muscle flap repair for large congenital diaphragmatic hernias on extracorporeal membrane oxygenation.  J Pediatr Surg, 42(6),1047-1051.
Michael D. Rollins, MD

Rollins MD, Chan KJ, Price RR.  (2004) Laparoscopy for appendicitis and cholelithiasis during pregnancy:  A new standard of care. Surgical Endoscopy, 18(2), 237-41.

Rollins MD, Meyers RL. (2004) Frey procedure for surgical management of chronic pancreatitis in children. J Pediatr Surg, 39(6), 817-20. 

Rollins MD, Koehler RP, Stevens MH, Walsh KJ, Doty DB, Price RS, Allen TL. (2005)   Traumatic Ventricular Septal Defect:  Case report and review of the English literature since 1970. J Trauma, 58(1), 175-80.

Firpo MA, Rollins MD, Szabo A, Gull JD, Jackson JD, Shao Y, Glasgow RE, Mulvihill SJ.  (2005)  A conscious mouse model of gastric ileus using clinically relevant endpoints. BMC Gastroenterology, 6;5(1), 18.

Rollins MD, Firpo MA, Sudarshan S, Hart BJ, Jackson HH, Jackson JD, Emerson L, Yang DT, Shao Y, Mulvihill SJ, Glasgow RE.  (2006) Anti-inflammatory effects of PPAR-? agonists directly correlate with PPAR-? expression during acute pancreatitis. J Gastrointestinal Surg, 10(8), 1120-30.


Raminder Nirula, MD
Nirula R, Allen B, Layman R, Falimirski ME, Somberg LB. (2006). Rib fracture stabilization in patinets sustaining blunt chest injury. Am Surg, 72(4), 307-9.

Nirula R, Brasel K. (2006). Determining and interpreting the accuracy of a test. Curr Surg, 63(3), 190-3.

Talmor D, Thompson KM, Legedza AT, Nirula R. (2006). Predicting severe head injury after light motor vehicle crashes: implications for automatic crash notification systems. Accid Anal Prev, 38(4), 767-71.

Nirula R, Brasel K. (2006). Do trauma centers improve functional outcomes: a national trauma databank analysis. J Trauma, 61(2), 268-71.

Nathans AB, Nester TA, Rubenfeld GD, Nirula R, Gernsheimer TB. (2006). The effects of leukoreduced blood transfusion on infection risk following injury: a randomized controlled trial. Shock, 26(4), 342-7.

Brasel K, Guse C, Gentiello LM, Nirula R. (2007). Heart rate: is it truly a vital sign? J Trauma, 62(4), 812-7

Books
Nirula R. (2005). High Yield Surgery (2nd). Baltimore: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.

Nirula R. (2007). High Yield Medicine (3rd). Baltimore: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.

Book Chapters
Nirula R, Waxman K. (2000). Drainage techniques of pleural effusion. In Webb AJ, Shapiro MJ, Singer M, Suter PM (Eds.), Oxford Textbook of Critical Care. New York: Oxford University Press.

Nirula R, Gentiello LM. (2002). Endpoints of resucitation in trauma. In Karmy-Jones K (Ed.), Thoracic Trauma and Critical Care.

Nirula R, Nathens A. (2002). Timing of managment of long bone fractures in thoracic trauma patients. In Karmay-Jones K (Ed.), Thoracic Trauma and Critical Care.

Nirula R. (2006). Reoperative Surgery in Trauma. IN Soper N (Ed.), Problems in General Surgery.


 R. Dirk Noyes, MD
Florell SR, Boucher KM, Garibotti G, Astle J, Kerber R, Mineau G, Wiggins C, Noyes RD, Tsodikov A, Cannon-Albright LA, Zone JJ, Samlowski WE, Leachman SA. A population-based analysis of prognostic factors and survival in familial melanoma. J Clin Onc 2005;23:7168-77.

Lewis TB, Robison JE, Bastien R, Milash B, Boucher K, Samlowski WE, Leachman SA, Noyes RD, Wittwer CT, Perreard L, Bernard PS. Molecular classification of melanoma using real-time quantitative RT-PCR. Cancer 2005;104:1678-86.

O'Connor JK, Sause WT, Hazard LJ, Belnap L, Noyes RD. Survival after attempted surgical resection and intraoperative radiation therapy for pancreatic and periampullary adenocarcinoma. Int J Rad Oncol Biol Phys 2005;63:1060-66.

Chagpar AB, Studts JL, Scoggins CR, Martin RC, Carlson DJ, Laidley AL, El-Eid SE, McGlothin TQ, Noyes RD, McMasters KM. Factors associated with breast cancer surgical options. Cancer 2006;106:1462-66.

Scoggins CR, Ross MJ, Reintgen DS, Noyes RD, Goydos JS, Beitsch PD, Urist MM, Ariyan S, Sussman JJ, Edwards MJ, Chagpar AB, Martin RCG, Stromberg AJ, Hagendoorn L, McMasters KM. Gender-related differences in outcome for melanoma patients. Ann Surg 2006;243;693-98.



Eric R. Scaife, MD
Scaife ER, Johnson DG, Meyers RL, Johnson SM, Matlak ME. (2003) The split abdominal wall muscle flap:  A simple, mesh-free approach to repair large diaphragmatic hernia.  J Pediatr Surg, 38(12), 1748-1751.

Fenton SJ, Hansen KW, Meyers RL, Vargo DJ, White KS, Firth SD, Scaife ER. (2004) CT scan and the pediatric trauma patient – Are we overdoing it?  J Pediatr Surg, 39(12), 1877-1881. 

Fenton SJ, Scaife ER, Meyers RL, Hansen KW, Firth SD.  (2005) The prevalence of driveway back-over injuries in the era of sports utility vehicles.  J Pediatr Surg, 40(12), 1964-1968.

Brant-Zawadzki PB, Fenton SJ, Nichol PF, Matlak ME, Scaife ER.  (2007)  The split abdominal wall muscle flap repair for large congenital diaphragmatic hernias on extracorporeal membrane oxygenation.  J Pediatr Surg, 42(6), 1047-1051.

Scaife ER, Connors R, Morris SE, Black RE, Matlak ME, Nichol PF, Hansen K, Bolte RG. (2007)  An established ECMO protocol promotes survival in extreme hypothermia.  J Pediatr Surg,( In Press Dec 2007)


Jason Schwartz, MD
Schwartz J, Stegall M, Kremers W, Gloor J. Complications, resource utilization, and cost of ABO-incompatible living-donor kidney transplantation. Transplantation 2006;82:(in press).



John Sorensen, MD
Sorensen JB, Grant WJ, Fuller TC, Belnap LP, Bond R. Transplantation of blood group A2 kidneys from living donors into non-A recipients. Am J Transplant 2001;1:296-9.

Vargo D, Sorensen JB, Barton RG. Repair of a grade VI hepatic injury: case report and literature review. J Trauma 2002;53:823-4.

Gonwa T, Johnson C, Ahsan N, Alfrey EJ, Halloran P, Stegall M, Hardy M, Metzger R, Shield C, Rocher L, Scandling J, Sorensen JB, Mulloy L, Light J, Corwin C, Danovitch G, Wachs M, VanVeldhuisen P, Leonhardt M, Fitzsimmons WE. Randomized trial of tacrolimus + mycophenolate mofetil or azathioprine versus cyclosporine + mycophenolate mofetil after cadaveric kidney transplantation: results at three years. Transplantation 2003;75:2048-53.

Staes CJ, Huff SM, Evans RS, Narus SP, Tilley C, Sorensen JB. Development of an information model for storing organ donor data within an electronic medical record. J Am Med Inform Assoc 2005;12:357-63.

Mark PJ, Baker K, Aguayo C, Sorensen JB. Experience with an organ procurement organization-based non-directed living kidney donation programme. Clin Transplant 2006;20:427-37.