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Issue 5
Issue 5 www.surgery.northwestern.edu September 2010
The Surgical Scope “Safer Surgery Today, Better Surgery Tomorrow”
A newsletter for the faculty, staff, friends and alumni of the Department of Surgery
Please Welcome
Malcolm DeCamp, MD
Chief of Thoracic Surgery
Join us in supporting him as
he builds the Division of Tho-
racic Surgery into a world-
class center for the treat-
ment of diseases of the
chest.
Malcolm DeCamp, MD
Dr. DeCamp joined the faculty of Northwestern in
December 2009 with a vision to pull together teams
of surgeons and physicians with expertise in various
areas of thoracic disease. The strategy culminates
with the goal of providing lung transplants at North-
western in the next few years. With a strong back-
ground fostered at the Cleveland Clinic, Brigham
and Women‘s Hospital and Beth Israel Deaconess
Medical Center, Dr. DeCamp comes to Northwestern
with the academic, educational, surgical and organ-
izational skills to make this a reality very quickly.
The opportunities for thoracic surgery to flourish
here are enormous. Dr. DeCamp has begun the
process by meeting with key referring physicians
here at Northwestern, at Children‘s Memorial, at
Northwestern Lake Forest and a variety of other
communities in the Chicago area. He is working
with NMH to develop a comprehensive marketing
campaign tailored to highlight the depth and
breadth of Thoracic Surgery.
While the division is currently a faculty of just two;
that number will shortly be enhanced by a recruit-
ment Dr. DeCamp expects to finalize soon via the
addition of a pulmonary interventionalist. He is also
recruiting a thoracic surgical oncologist to anchor a
multi-disciplinary thoracic oncology program and a
thoracic surgeon-scientist to establish a transla-
tional laboratory effort to utilize archived tissues as
a bridge between investigational observations and
clinical innovation. Dr. DeCamp looks forward to
building on collaborative efforts with other scientists
in the Lurie Cancer Center. With a solid (human)
tissue bank available, he sees the opportunity to
elevate current programs with outcomes to benefit
patients suffering from thoracic cancers.
The future will likely bring Northwestern‘s name to
the forefront with the educational advances Dr. De-
Camp has in mind. He envisions ―VATS‖ (video-
assisted thoracic surgery) and advanced therapeutic
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bronchoscopy courses that could be offered here in our N-CASE laboratory. He sees the potential to
offer clinical services to the North Shore and the VA; Dr. DeCamp looks forward to offering ad-
vanced training in general thoracic surgery and he is anxious to add lung transplantation to the
Northwestern transplant portfolio.
Academically, his plans include mentoring Dr. Alberto de Hoyos, whose work in minimally invasive
surgery, advanced therapeutic endoscopy and robot-assisted procedures is further enhanced by his
advanced training in both pulmonary medicine and thoracic surgery. The division will continue to
provide individualized treatment plans emphasizing minimally invasive surgery. Bringing this poten-
tial to fruition will be a natural outcome of Dr. DeCamp‘s proven ability to build the kind of patient-
focused, multi-disciplinary teams necessary to provide world-class care for those with thoracic can-
cers, swallowing disorders, complex airway diseases and advanced lung disease.
With the development of these programs, Dr. DeCamp will make Northwestern the only academic
medical center in our geographic area with comprehensive and integrated research, educational
and clinical programs providing diagnostic, staging and therapeutic interventions which will meet
our patients‘ and referring physicians‘ needs in a culture of investigation and innovation.
Written By Victoria F. Elliott
Continued from cover page
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Message From the Chair:
Nathanial J. Soper, MD Loyal and Edith Davis Professor and Chair
Department of Surgery
Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine
September 1st ushers in the new fiscal year, so
this date marks a good time to look back on the
doings of the previous year and discuss plans
for the one to follow. I will therefore highlight
some of the notable happenings in the Depart-
ment of Surgery and medical center.
The Northwestern medical institutional partners
have moved into the implementation phase of
developing a truly great academic medical cen-
ter—now trademarked as ‗Northwestern Medi-
cine‘. The aim is to achieve top 10 status for
both the medical school and hospital by the
year 2020. Although ‗surgery‘ is not a specific
field recognized in the published rankings, de-
partmental members have had a major impact
on our profile. This year‘s U.S. News and World
Report rankings demonstrated a huge improve-
ment in the rank of the cardiology and heart
surgery service to #14, the highest rated heart
program in Chicago history. Digestive disorders
moved up to #22 in the U.S. after being un-
ranked the prior year. Although these are indi-
cations of progress, there is a long way to go in
achieving our goals.
Northwestern Memorial Hospital has been
bursting at the seams with high patient census
for the past several months. Several initiatives
are underway to address this capacity issue.
Demolition work has begun on four floors of the
Galter Pavilion to create additional inpatient
beds and a new ICU. Capital has been approved
to build 3 new O.R.s on the 5th floor of the
Feinberg Pavilion. Plans are being developed to
build a new ambulatory care facility across Erie
St. from the emergency department, which will
include a new suite of outpatient operating
rooms. These building programs should help
increase capacity on-site for the next few years
prior to the anticipated construction of a new
med/surg pavilion at the site of the old Lakeside
V.A. Hospital.
Early in 2010 Northwestern Memorial Hospital
and Lake Forest Hospital merged, creating
Northwestern Lake Forest Hospital as an entity
within Northwestern Memorial Health Care.
Ultimately, there will be opportunities to expand
the footprint of the Department of Surgery to the
north; the Division of Vascular Surgery has al-
ready established an outpatient and limited
inpatient service at NLFH, and other specialties
are assessing the possibilities for expansion and
partnering with our north campus to enhance
patient access to Northwestern surgical exper-
tise.
The central focus for any department of surgery
is to deliver exceptional patient care. The recruit-
ment of Dr. Mac DeCamp heralds the gearing-up
of Thoracic Surgery at the medical center. He
recently hired a mid-level academic surgeon, Dr.
Shari Meyerson, who will be joining us in Octo-
ber. Her areas of expertise revolve around the
treatment of thoracic cancer, video-assisted
thoracic surgery and surgical simulation. The
next planned recruitment is a surgeon-scientist
to coordinate and advance translational re-
search within the division. Initial efforts of the
division will be directed at strengthening tho-
racic oncology, but ultimately programs in be-
nign disease, including lung transplantation, will
follow.
Other notable events of this past year include
the resignations of two long-standing division
chiefs. Bill Pearce in Vascular Surgery and Tom
Mustoe in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
will relinquish their administrative roles, but
remain active clinically and academically. We
thank them for their many years of outstanding
leadership in the department. Searches are
underway to appoint strong individuals to lead
these very successful divisions into the future.
Surgical education continues to be a strength at
Northwestern. All five of last year‘s graduating
chief residents matched at strong fellowships.
This year‘s intern class is absolutely stellar, and
will undoubtedly continue the trend of top-notch
trainees. The general surgery residency was
evaluated by the RRC and received reaccredita-
tion for four years. The new affiliation with
MacNeal Hospital has been a resounding suc-
cess for our residents and medical students.
New educational initiatives include introducing
‗Just in Time Teaching‘ techniques to our didac-
tic conferences and initiating a research pro-
gram assessing the optimal techniques for intra-
operative procedural teaching, the ‗holy grail‘ of
education in surgical specialties.
The research program in the Department of
Surgery continues to flourish. Over the past 3
years our research awards have doubled, and
the department now ranks 19th among all surgi-
cal departments in the U.S., up from #38 just
three years ago. In addition to basic science
pursuits, departmental faculty have become
very involved in outcomes research and trialing
novel devices and techniques. Programs in natu-
ral orifice surgery, percutaneous heart valves,
and endovascular therapy are but examples of
the many minimally invasive procedures being
performed at the medical center. We believe
that surgical innovation is a key attribute of our
group as we strive to achieve our motto, ―Safer
Surgery Today, Better Surgery Tomorrow‖.
Kudos to several faculty members: Melina Kibbe
was awarded the Presidential Early Career
Award for Scientists and Engineers at a White
House ceremony in January. The following fac-
ulty were promoted during the academic year:
Drs. Carla Pugh, Julia Corcoran and Marie Cran-
dall became Associate Professors, Anat Roitberg
-Tambur was promoted to Research Professor,
and Mark Morasch became a Professor of Sur-
gery. Congratulations to these individuals and
the rest of our outstanding faculty who continue
to pursue excellence in patient care, education,
and research.
Given the impending changes in U.S. healthcare,
we are anticipating many challenges moving
forward. My strong belief is that by keeping the
patients‘ interests foremost in all of our activi-
ties, we will be able to move forward in a ra-
tional manner. We live in interesting times and
will need to be able to move nimbly as we react
to upcoming changes in the healthcare environ-
ment. However, this past year has seen many
positive developments in the Department of
Surgery, giving us every reason to be optimistic
about our future.
Respectfully submitted,
Nathaniel J. Soper
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For detailed award information, please see
pages 19-21
Our goal three years ago was to increase federal awards by 50% over a 5-year timeline and advance the Feinberg Department
of Surgery into the top 20 on a national level. Over the past 3 years, federal research awards have increased 100% among our
faculty members. According to the Blue Ridge Institute for Medical Research of released rankings of medical schools according
to NIH funding (March 2010 http://www.brimr.org/NIH_Awards/NIH_Awards.htm), for the last three federal fiscal years
Feinberg School of Medicine Department of Surgery rose to a rank of 38th in 2007, and to the 27th position in 2008, and just
last year rose to 19th in the United States.
The research enterprise within the Department of Surgery has had its most productive year ever. For the period of 9/1/09 –
6/15/10, the Department of Surgery submitted 63 new proposals valued at over $49 million total costs. During the same
period, the Department of Surgery received 26 new awards (federal, non-federal and industry), totaling $6.528 million, includ-
ing $5.43M in federal awards. This will further enhance our research ranking in 2010. The department has also received new
funding on 27 clinical trials and industry agreements.
Federal Awards: 14
Total Direct Costs awarded FY10 = $5,434,550
Non-Federal Awards: 12
Total Costs awarded FY10 = $1,094,326
Total Awards: $6,528,876
Resident involvement in research has been very strong. Melissa Hogg, MD, Matthew Stouch, MD, and Edward Auyang, MD
were this year‘s Kanavel Surgical Scholar Awardees for their exemplary research activity. The PGY-3 residents (and faculty
mentor) who began their 2-year laboratory experiences July 2010 are: Jessica Naiditch (Marybeth Madonna, MD), Akhil Seth
(Robert Galiano, MD), Ashley Hardy (Jackie Jeruss, MD, PhD), and Joseph Phillips (David Bentrem, MD).
Research Update
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Surgical Education Update
Medical Student Programs
The first year of the newly designed clerkship was very well received by both students and faculty. Under the leadership of
Dr. Julia Corcoran, Clerkship Director, and Susan Santacaterina, MHPE, Associate Director, the clerkship now offers addi-
tional clinical sites and rotations, as well as an increase in faculty. Clinical sites now include inpatient and outpatient rota-
tions at MacNeal Hospital, the VA Hospital and Children‘s Memorial Hospital. Faculty within Cardiothoracic, Transplant,
and Plastics have begun working with students. Students have thoroughly enjoyed these new experiences, one student
remarked, ―MacNeal was a great rotation, a busy service with opportunities to be very involved in patient care and learn a
lot about general surgery.‖ Another student said that the best part of the surgery clerkship was, ―General Surgery at the
Veteran's Hospital - I loved working with the patient population and felt like I had a great opportunity to get involved with
the team.‖
The clerkship was well represented at the annual Association for Surgical Education conference this year. Dr. Nabil Issa
and Dr. Julia Corcoran each had studies accepted for presentations. Also, Dr. Corcoran won the 2010 Phillip J. Wolfson
Outstanding Teaching Award.
Jeffrey Hotaling was the recipient of the 2009 Julius Conn Award, an annual award given to the best performing surgery
clerkship student.
New 4th Year Boot Camp: Dr. Nabil Issa, Dr. Julia Corcoran, and Susan Santacaterina developed a new curriculum for a
fourth year surgical elective described as ―Surgical Boot Camp‖. This course is designed to prepare the 4th year student
for the rigors of the surgical internship. Examples of learning activities include ―Simulated OR Patient Pages,‖ patient
management challenges typically encountered by PGY-1 residents and technical skills development in the N-Case labora-
tory. The course was approved by the NUFSCOM Curriculum Committee and will be offered as a Spring elective in 2011.
Resident Programs
Edelstone-Bendix Day
The 2010 Edelstone-Bendix Residents‘ Day was held on Friday, June 18th, 2010. The day‘s events featured presentations by
residents and fellows and showcased their outstanding work in both clinical and basic science research. This year‘s guest lec-
turer and scientific paper judge was David L. Dunn, M.D, Ph.D., Vice President for Health Sciences, Professor of Surgery, Micro-
biology and Immunology at the University at Buffalo, SUNY. The Edelstone-Bendix Day concluded with the graduation dinner
held at the Omni Chicago Hotel on Michigan Avenue. Approximately 160 of the Department of Surgery‘s faculty, fellows and
residents attended the annual dinner which honors the Department‘s graduating fellows and residents.
The following graduates were the guests of honor at the dinner:
Pediatric Surgery: Alexander Dzakovic, MD
Transplant Surgery: Nitin Katarija, MD & Martin Wijkstrom, MD
Breast Surgery: Firas Eladoumikdachi, MD & Claudia Perez, DO
Surgical Critical Care: Jane Lee, MD & Mamta Swaroop, MD
Vascular Surgery: Manuel Garcia-Toca, MD & Peter Naughton, MD
Plastic Surgery: Peter Kim, MD & Clark Schierle, MD
General Surgery: Daniel Abbott, MD Laleh Melstrom, MD
Karl Bilimoria, MD Daniel Popowich, MD
John Linn, MD
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Surgical Education Update continued on page 7
A number of awards were given to fellows and residents for outstanding performance. We congratulate the following recipi-
ents for their hard work and dedication:
Edward Auyang, MD, Melissa Hogg, MD, and Matthew Strouch, MD were this year‘s Kanaval Surgical Scholar awardees. Along
with presenting their research earlier in the day, they were also awarded a monetary prize of $1000.
There were three open competitions for research excellence. The winners received monetary awards for winning in their re-
spective categories. The winners were as follows:
Fellow Open Competition: Manuel Garcia-Toca, MD
Resident Clinical Research Competition: Colleen Jay, MD
Resident Basic Science Competition: Ashley Vavra, MD
The Chief Resident Presentation award, which was based on the graduating residents‘ Edelstone-Bendix Residents‘ Day pres-
entations, was awarded this year to Daniel Popowich, MD.
Introduced this year was the Fellow as Teacher Award which goes hand-in-hand with the Resident as Teacher Award. These
awards are given to those Department of Surgery fellows and residents who meet a series of eligibility criteria. Awardees are
regarded as excellent role models as physicians and learners to their peers, students and other health professionals. They
were noted to make teaching a purposeful activity in their daily efforts and reliably participate in Department of Surgery educa-
tion-related activities and reporting systems.
This year, we are pleased that the following fellows are the recipients of the Fellow as Teacher Award:
Alexander Dzakovic, MD Pediatric Surgery Fellow
Manuel Garcia-Toca, MD Vascular Surgery Fellow
Nitin Katarija, MD Transplant Surgery Fellow
Jane Kayle Lee, MD Critical Care Fellow
Sachin Phade, MD Vascular Surgery Fellow
Juan Rocca, MD Transplant Surgery Fellow
The following residents are the recipients of the Resident as Teacher Award:
Daniel Abbott, MD (PGY5) Akhil Seth, MD (PGY3)
John Linn, MD (PGY5) Daniel McCarthy, MD (PGY2)
Marco Ellis, MD (PGY4) Jason Souza, MD (PGY2)
Jessica Naiditch, MD (PGY3)
...continued...Surgical Education Update
Drs. Dan Popowich, John Linn, Laleh Melstrom, Nathaniel Soper,
Karl Bilmoria, Daniel Abbott
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Continued….. Surgical Education Update
An award was presented to the two 2009-2010 General Surgery Administrative Chief residents for their leadership and
commitment to the general surgery residents. Drs. Daniel Abbott and Laleh Melstrom
crystal awards in recognition of their hard work and dedication.
We wish a warm welcome to the new PGY-1 Department of Surgery Residents and Fellows:
General Surgery: Brett Duncan, Carlie Kennedy, Jacqueline Lee, Ran Bill Luo and Ravi Rajaram
Preliminary Surgery: Mor Ben Barak, Dilraj Grewal, Laura Moreno, Ahsun Riaz and Colin Rock
Vascular Surgery: Courtney Daly, Gregory Feldman and CJ Lee
Plastic Surgery: Michael Gart and Sumanas Jordan
Breast Surgery: Valerie Brutus
Cardiac Surgery: Ramesh Pamula and Koji Takeda
Critical Care: Adel Abuzeid
Pediatric Surgery: Rashmi Kabre Swanson
Transplant Surgery: Bishwajit Bhattacharya and Alex Dzakovic
The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching
published the famous Flexner Report entitled ―Medical Education
in the United States and Canada‖ in 1910. What is considered the
New Flexner Report was released this month by the same Carne-
gie Foundation – the report is entitled ―Educating Physicians: A
Call for Reform of Medical School and Residency‖ and was written
by Molly Cooke, David Irby and Bridge O‘Brien. The report (in book
format) describes the current status of medical education, high-
lights innovations and advancements practiced at various medical
schools, and recommends future directions. We are proud to state
that the authors chose only two surgery programs to visit and ob-
serve their work, and our department of surgery was one of the two. The authors, having spent two
days in our department, highlighted in the book a) innovations such as the surgery clerkship‘s longitu-
dinal outpatient clinic format, b) our apprenticeships, and c) describes the role of our department‘s
educator. They also referenced one of our educational research publications. It is a positive reflec-
tion on our department‘s educational programs to have innovative features acknowledged in the
―Flexner Report 2010‖.
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Breast Surgery Center Update
Education: This year, two Breast Fellows completed their training in the Breast Center; Claudia B. Perez, DO who will be
going to Loyola Medical Center in Maywood, Illinois and Firas Eladoumikdachi, MD who will be going to Ohio to help es-
tablish a local breast center.
This coming academic year, two new fellows will join the Breast Center, Elizabeth Revesz, MD and Valerie Brutus, MD. Dr.
Revesz completed her residency at Saint Joseph Hospital, Chicago, Illinois and Dr. Brutus completed her residency at
Brooklyn Hospital Center, Brooklyn New York.
Clinical: The Lynn Sage Comprehensive Breast Center under the direction of Dr. Nora M. Hansen has been awarded the
National Accreditation Program for Breast Centers Certification Award from the American College of Surgeons. Addition-
ally, the Breast Surgery Clinic has become part of the new Women‘s Cancer Program of the Robert H. Lurie Comprehen-
sive Cancer Center. Dr. Hansen notes that by being a part of the Women‘s Cancer Program patients will benefit by the
integration of services of the Breast Surgery Center, Medical Oncology and Gynecological Oncology. The Prentice Hospital
4th floor space previously occupied solely by the Breast Center has been renovated and is now named the Maggie Daley
Center for Women‘s Cancer Care in honor of the wife of Mayor Richard Daley. Also, a brand new section of supportive
oncology care has been established in new space on the 5th floor of the Prentice Building. This section offers patient sup-
port in the areas of health information, fertility preservation, nutrition, rehabilitative needs, integrative medicine and emo-
tional and practical life issues.
Research: Please see detailed information in the Newly Funded Projects section on page 19.
From left to right: Dr. Nora Hansen, Dr. Jackie Jeruss, Dr. Seema Khan
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Cardiac Surgery Update
Research: Drs. McCarthy (PI) and Malaisrie (Co-I) are participating in the Edwards Lifesciences PARTNER Trial (Placement of Aortic Tran-
scatheter Valve) for patients with severe aortic stenosis who are either inoperable or very high risk for conventional aortic valve replace-
ment.
Dr. McGee (PI) is participating in the HeartWare® Ventricular Assist System (VAS) for Destination Therapy of Advanced Heart Failure Trial to
evaluate a new heart assist device as a treatment for end stage heart failure patients who are not candidates for a heart transplant.
Dr. McGee (PI) is also participating in the HeartWare® Ventricular Assist System for the Treatment of Advanced Heart Failure to evaluate a
new heart assist device as a treatment for end stage heart failure patients who require circulatory assistance while waiting for a heart trans-
plant.
Education: The 4th Annual CT Surgery Alumni and Graduation Day took place on June 18th, 2010. Dr. Marc Gillinov, the Judith Dion Pyle
Chair in Heart Valve Research at Cleveland Clinic, was our honored guest.
Dr. McCarthy both directed the course entitled ―Minimally Invasive Surgical Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation‖ at the Society of Thoracic Sur-
geons (STS) University and served as the moderator for the Parallel Surgical Forum III: Adult Cardiac I Session at the STS Annual Meeting in
January 2010.
Dr. Edwin McGee directed the course entitled ―Mechanical Circulatory Support for Cardiogenic Shock‖ at STS University in January 2010.
Dr. Richard Lee both served as a faculty member for the course entitled ―Pacemaker Lead Removal/Electrophysiology for the Cardiac Sur-
geon‖ at STS University and presented ―Changing Outcome Characteristics of Multiple Valve Surgery: A 15‐Year Perspective‖ at the STS
Annual Meeting in January 2010.
Drs. Edwin McGee and S. Chris Malaisrie presented ―Should patients with atrial fibrillation requiring aortic valve replacement receive a bio-
prosthetic valve?‖ and ―Mitral Valve Repair for Ischemic Mitral Regurgitation: Midterm Clinical and Echocardiographic Results after Restric-
tive Complete Annuloplasty‖, respectively, at the Annual Joint Meeting of the Heart Valve Society of America and Society of Heart Valve Dis-
eases in April 2010.
Dr. Lee presented ―Perioperative Statin Therapy Reduces Mortality in Normolipidemic Patients Undergoing Cardiac Surgery‖ and ―The Surgi-
cal Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation Restores Expected Survival in Patients Undergoing Valve Surgery‖ at the Annual Meeting of the Western
Thoracic Surgical Association in June 2010.
The BCVI Summer Student Program, directed by Dr. Lee, Anna Huskin, and Michael Yensel, kicked-off its fourth year in June with over 20
medical students participating. The students learned about careers in cardiac surgery through shadowing clinical rotations, observing in the
OR, and attending weekly journal clubs and lectures. One of the students, Caleb Hsieh, was one only 29 students nationwide to be awarded
a Summer Intern Scholarship from AATS.
Muthiah Vaduganathan, an alumnus of the 2009 BCVI Summer Student Program, presented ―Midterm benefits of perioperative statin ther-
apy in patients undergoing isolated valvular heart surgery: 5-year surgical experience‖ at the Annual Scientific Session of the American Col-
lege of Cardiology in March 2010.
The BCVI physician shadowing program for Northwestern University undergraduate students, co-directed by Dr. Lee, Michael Yensel, and
Susan Fox, has introduced over 150 students to the field of medicine since the program‘s inception in Fall 2008. Students have the oppor-
tunity to shadow a physician in a variety of 19 disciplines.
Clinical Care: The Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute (BCVI) is proud to announce that it is now ranked among the nation‘s most elite heart and
heart surgery programs in the 2010 edition of U.S. News & World Report’s ―America‘s Best Hospitals.‖ The #14 ranking makes the BCVI the
highest rated heart program in Chicago history.
Reflecting the growing success of the BCVI, the program was recently featured on the Cardiothoracic Surgery Network (CTSNet). The article
details the ascent of the program under the leadership of Dr. Patrick McCarthy, and is available at the following link: http://www.ctsnet.org/
sections/residents/programprofiles/article-6.html
From left to right:
Dr. Chris Malaisrie, Dr.
Edwin McGee, Dr. Pat
McCarthy, Dr. Rick Lee
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GI/Oncologic Surgery Update
Research: Dr. Carla Pugh has received a $2 million grant by the National Institutes of Health and will begin a 5 year study that
will help doctors define the proper techniques of breast examination with the use of simulators. Dr. Pugh was also awarded
an ‗Excellence in Academic Medicine‘ grant by the State of Illinois for the ‗Use of Decision-Based Surgical Simulators to As-
sess Intra-Operative Performance: A Focus on Operating Room Efficiency, Patient Safety & Team Communication‖.
Education: Dr. David Mahvi was invited as a ‗visiting professor‘ at Methodist Hospital in Houston, Texas, the University of
Iowa, Iowa City, and at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, where he presented the talk ―Translating Academic Pursuits into
Medical Innovations‖.
Carla Pugh MD, PhD, was an invited speaker at this year‘s CASE celebration at the Museum of Science & Industry. The Center
for the Advancement of Science Education (CASE) was created by the museum to encourage and inspire children in the study
of science, technology, medicine and engineering. The event is held to honor the achievements of students and teachers who
participate in the Center‘s programs.
Clinical Care: The new Women‘s Pelvic Health Center opened its doors in February of this year. Created to provide compre-
hensive care for women with pelvic floor disorders, the center is comprised of urologists, urogynecologists, colon and rectal
surgeons. Our Divisions own Anne-Marie Boller MD and Amy Halverson MD make up part of the Northwestern team that is
committed to the development and success of this important center. The center is unique in that it houses specialists under
one roof so patients do not have to travel to different locations. It is located in the Arkes Family Pavilion at 676 N. St. Clair
Street in Suite 950.
News & Events: Dr. Alex Nagle participated in the March trip to Guatemala through ‗Faith in Practice‘, a charitable organiza-
tion that provides medical care to the poor. Mission teams travel to the most remote and poorest parts of Guatemala to pro-
vide medical, surgical, dental care and referrals to hospitals throughout Guatemala. Founded in 1992 the first surgical team
consisted of 12 members. Now with more than 800 volunteers they served more than 17,000 patients in 2008. The group‘s
mission is to improve physical, spiritual and economical conditions for the people.
Honors/Awards: Congratulations to our Division Chief, Dr. David Mahvi. He has received the 2010 Physician Clinical Excel-
lence Award for Clinical Collaboration from the Northwestern Medical Faculty Foundation.
Remi Love, Administrative Assistant to Drs. Halverson and Wayne was nominated in the category of Service Excellence/
Administrative Role within the Northwestern Medical Faculty Foundation. Remi has been with the Department of Oncologic
Surgery for 10 years. The Division would like to thank Remi for her hard work and dedication.
Top row left to right: Dr. Eric Hungness, Dr. Dina Elaraj, Dr. David Mahvi, Dr. Cord Sturgeon, Dr. Amy Halverson, Dr. Alex Nagle
Bottom row left to right: Dr. Anne-Marie Boller, Dr. Jeff Wayne, Dr. Nathaniel Soper, Dr. Carla Pugh, Dr. David Bentrem
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Organ Transplantation Surgery Update Late 2009 and early 2010 have been very productive in all aspects for the Division of Organ Transplantation. Grant funding has contin-
ued to grow dramatically, existing collaborations such as NUTORC are experiencing significant success, and new collaborations and
proposals are off to promising starts. Additionally, the clinical, administrative, and clinical research staff have relocated to a new
24,000 square foot space. With ever-growing basic, clinical, and translational research, a leading clinical program in volume, out-
comes, and innovation, top fellowships, and a new space to support further growth, transplant at Northwestern continues to shore up
its position among the top few academic transplant centers in the world.
Research: Last year, transplant faculty received four major (>$1M in total funding) grants. Work has begun on all four. First, Drs. Mi-
chael Abecassis, Daniela Ladner, and Talia Baker have successfully renewed Northwestern‘s Adult-to-Adult Living Donor Liver (A2ALL)
consortium grant. Only nine transplant centers were funded by NIH for this consortium, which has decided to focus its second five-year
cycle in part on patient safety and quality of life issues, which align perfectly with the Northwestern University Transplant Outcomes
Research Consortium (NUTORC) in the Comprehensive Transplant Center. Dr. Ladner is co-chairing the committees on safety and qual-
ity of life, assuring Northwestern will be a leader in key aspects of this consortium. Additionally, Drs. Abecassis, John Friedewald, and
Josh Levitsky were funded by NIH to lead a consortium in the CTOT renewal (Northwestern was a participating consortium site in the
first round of funding.). In collaboration with the Scripps Research Institute and industry, the grant focuses on genomic and proteomic
markers of acute rejection and chronic kidney injury (CAN/IFTA). Dr. Dixon Kaufman was awarded a grant as a lead site on the NIH
clinical islet transplantation consortium, where Northwestern has performed the most transplants and achieved the greatest number
of insulin-independent patients. Last, Dr. Abecassis, Dr. Bing Ho, and Luke Preczewski were funded by a pharmaceutical company to
develop software in collaboration with the EDW and NUBIC for integrating transplant data. In addition to these four grants of more than
$1M, the division received many small and medium-sized grants, and continues to rapidly expand its research enterprise. The division
is wrapping up a joint recruitment with the center for genetic medicine of a computational biologist from a leading center to start in
August. This will allow expansion of the division‘s genomics research.
Education: The division continues its efforts both to run top clinical fellowships at Northwestern and to shape the national curriculum
for transplant surgery. Additionally, the program recruited two new post-doctoral fellows to its NIH-funded T32 training program. One
will work with Dr. Zeeshan Butt in quality of life research in transplant patients and the other will work with Dr. Xunrong Luo in trans-
plant immunology. Colleen Jay, MD, the first graduate of our T32 outcomes research fellowship returned to the clinical residency slot
having established an impressive record of peer-reviewed publication. Our surgical fellowship matched two fellows for the 2011 aca-
demic year. Nationally, more than half the transplant surgery fellowship slots went unfilled, so the fact that our program matched both
slots speaks to the excellent reputation it has earned.
Clinical Care: The division continued its tremendous clinical success, drawing press attention for its successful performance of an eight
-way domino living donor kidney transplant, the largest ever at a single center. And in May, the program relocated to a new 24,000
square foot clinic and administrative space. This move brought together clinicians and clinical researchers from six different locations
on campus to consolidate care, and it significantly expanded the clinical capacity to allow for growth. The clinical program has main-
tained its status as the top program in Illinois for all organs and a top-five program nationally in terms of volume, while maintaining
excellent outcomes. The living donor liver transplantation program has been reinvigorated since Dr. Talia Baker took over leadership
and has returned to being one of the top two programs nationally by volume. Aligned with the A2ALL research effort and in light of the
challenges of organ availability in Illinois, we expect careful growth in this area of the program to make this available to carefully se-
lected patients with end-stage liver disease.
From left to right: Dr. Michael Abecassis, Dr. Joe Leventhal, Dr. Anton Skaro, Dr. Juan
Caicedo, Dr. Daniela Ladner, Dr. Jonathon Fryer, Dr. Talia Baker, Dr. Dixon Kaufman
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Plastic Surgery Update
Plastic surgery has had an active year. Dr. Mustoe is stepping down as Chief after 19 years but will continue to be involved in
clinical and academic activities within the department.
Research: On the research front, Dr. Mustoe has been awarded a one year grant totaling $300,000 from the Department of
Defense to look at the behavior of stem cells in wound healing, with an anticipated second year of funding. Dr. Jordan
Steinberg, a third year resident won a national competition to receive one of three $50,000 grants from the Plastic Surgery
Education Foundation. His proposal is to study stem cells as a potential therapy for ischemia reperfusion injury in a rabbit ear
model. Dr. Galiano continues his clinical wound healing efforts with grant support from Excaliard totaling $600,000. Dr. John
Kim has received an unrestricted grant totaling $35,000 to perform clinical studies on dermal matrix in breast reconstruction
and industry grants form Covidien and Mentor totaling $100,000. Grant submissions on scarring as part of a NIH P50 have
also been submitted.
Education: On the education side, the rotation at the Veterans Administration Hospital has been a success under the leader-
ship of Dr. Gregory Dumanian. Already, there is a several month backlog for reconstructive hand, limb, and body surgery. Drs.
John Kim and Thomas Mustoe will also begin to work there in the late summer of 2010. The junior residents have been more
integrated within the structure of the residency this year, with a new microsurgery skills course and a lecture series designed
for them. The match successfully concluded with the addition of Michael Gart from Brown University and Jordan Sumanas
from Emory University and Georgia Tech where she completed a PhD in Biomedical Engineering. We are extremely enthusias-
tic about both as they excelled in medical school and were highly recruited candidates from programs around the country.
Clinical: From a clinical perspective, the Division has rebounded substantially from the economic downturn in 2009 and is hav-
ing a solid year. At Childrens Hospital a search is underway for a new Chief, and the service remains robust as a result of the
work by Drs. Julia Corcoran and Frank Vicari.
Dr. John Kim, Dr. Thomas Mustoe, Dr. Robert Galiano, Dr. Greg Dumanian
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Thoracic Surgery Update
Thoracic Surgery enjoyed several notable achievements in the past year. Most significant was the recruitment of Dr. Malcolm
DeCamp as Chief of the newly created Division of Thoracic Surgery. Dr. DeCamp joined Northwestern after most recently serv-
ing as Visiting Associate Professor of Surgery at Harvard Medical School and Chief of Cardiothoracic Surgery at Beth Israel
Deaconess Medical Center in Boston. Dr. DeCamp is focused on elevating the program through development of multidiscipli-
nary programs in thoracic oncology, swallowing disorders and advanced lung diseases (see lead story).
Research: Northwestern was selected as one of eight U.S. institutions to participate in the American College of Surgeons (ACS)
Commission on Cancer/Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) ProvenCare Lung Cancer Collaborative. This pilot trial aims to de-
fine evidence-based best practices in lung cancer care and to examine whether reliably adhering to these standards results in
improved outcomes and lower cost.
Education: Thoracic Surgery provided unique educational offerings such as the first Dilational Percutaneous Tracheostomy
Course in Chicago, regional hands-on training in VATS Lobectomy and CME training in Aerodigestive Endoscopic Interventions
to a national audience during the STS annual meeting.
The annual Shields Lectureship was held in May 2010. The guest lecturer, Dr. Richard Feins from UNC Chapel Hill, spoke on
strategies to incorporate simulation into surgical education.
The 6th Annual Thoracic Surgical Oncology Nursing Conference was held in May 2010.
Dr. DeCamp was invested as the Fowler McCormick Professor of Surgery in June 2010.
Clinical Care: Thoracic Surgery was awarded the Excellence in Academic Medicine Award from the Illinois Department of
Healthcare and Family Services for their proposal to develop an integrated thoracic oncology program at Northwestern.
In collaboration with Dr. Eric Hungness, and for the first time in Illinois, Dr. Alberto de Hoyos achieved successful placement of
diaphragmatic pacemakers in four ventilator dependent patients.
Thoracic Surgery is pursuing a mid-career thoracic surgeon to replace Dr. Matt Blum (after his departure in February), a tho-
racic surgeon-scientist to establish a translational research laboratory, and other key recruits in Pulmonary Medicine, Radia-
tion Oncology, Medical Oncology and Pathology to develop the thoracic disease programs.
Dr. Alberto de Hoyos, Dr. Malcolm DeCamp, Dr. Robert Vanecko
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Trauma and Critical Care Update
The division remains extremely busy in support of its mission to provide clinical excellence, outstanding scientific citizenship
and exemplary teaching.
Research: The division faculty continues activity in diverse research areas. Dr. Gary An‘s program of computational biology,
funded by the National Science Foundation, has been extraordinarily productive with numerous papers and presentations na-
tionally and internationally. Support for Dr. Marie Crandall‘s investigation of behavioral patterns in trauma was renewed by the
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. As an outgrowth of this the division is looking to participate as a sponsoring center with
CeaseFire, a national organization that intervenes locally to reduce retaliation and recidivism in violent injury. Dr. Nabil Issa‘s
research in paradigms of learning was presented at the Association for Surgical Education, and Dr. Issa continues his collabo-
ration with Debra DaRosa, PhD, in Surgical Education. Dr. Michael Shapiro remains active in the NIGMS Glue Grant Program
investigating genomic responses in inflammation and sepsis. Faculty is well represented in the working and scientific commit-
tees of local and national organizations in trauma and critical illness.
Education: The Surgical Critical Care Fellowship completed its first year this June and graduated two fellows. Dr. Adel Abuzeid
will begin the program in July. Division faculty are responsible for the educational content of three resident rotations: trauma
and emergency surgery, surgical critical care, and night float. The faculty has consistently received accolades from residents
and students for their commitment and excellence in teaching. Dr. Issa has assumed a leadership role in the medical students
Surgery Rotation Curriculum. The division offers an elective rotation in Trauma and Emergency Surgery that has proven ex-
tremely popular with fourth year students, both locally and abroad.
Clinical Care: Clinical volumes and acuity in our core areas of trauma, acute care surgery and surgical critical care have per-
sisted at extremely high levels. The trauma program remains a level I center in the state of Illinois. Faculty undertakes rigorous
review of practice and outcomes to assure provision of the highest quality of care. Dr. Shapiro serves as Co-Chair of the hospi-
tal based Leadership Committee, which has worked to optimize patient care across customary boundaries and partnership
with leaders from Anesthesia, Pulmonary Medicine, and Neurology.
Top row left to right: Dr. Marie Crandall, Dr. Carla Pugh, Dr. Mamta Swaroop, Dr. Michael Shapiro
Bottom row left to right: Christine Schilling, RN, Dr. Nabil Issa
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Vascular Surgery Update Dr. Pearce recently announced that he was stepping down as chief of the division. He will maintain an active practice
while splitting his time among NMH, the VA and Northwestern NLFH.
Research: At the annual meeting of the Society for Vascular Surgery (June 10-12, 2010), Dr. Melina Kibbe was presented the
SVS Women‘s Leadership Training Grant. The purpose of the grant is to provide opportunities for training in leadership skills to
women at the beginning of their vascular surgery careers.
Dr. Melina R. Kibbe was among 100 researchers to receive the Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers
(PECASE), the highest honor bestowed by the United States Government on young professionals in the early stages of their inde-
pendent research careers. Awardees were selected on the basis of their ―pursuit of innovative research at the frontiers of sci-
ence and technology and a commitment to community service as demonstrated through scientific leadership, public education,
or community outreach.‖ The awards were presented January 13, 2010, at a White House ceremony.
Education: The 34th annual Northwestern vascular symposium (Vascular Surgery—A Manual for Survival) was held in Chicago, IL,
December 10-13, 2009. The symposium focused on assessment and treatment of various vascular diseases. Sixty-four world-
renowned physicians presented on their areas of expertise. One-hundred-sixty-five registered attendees represented the United
States, Ireland, Mexico, and Germany. A book (Vascular Surgery: Therapeutic Strategies) edited by Drs. Eskandari, Morasch,
Pearce, and Yao was published in conjunction with the symposium and contains summaries of the presentations.
The second trainee for the Vascular Surgery Scientist Training Program (T32 grant) started on April 19. Michael S. Park, MD will
work with Dr. Mark Eskandari and Dr. Min-Woong Sohn in the area of outcomes research. Two additional trainees, Elaine Greg-
ory and Monica Rodriguez, started work in Dr. Kibbe‘s basic science laboratory on July 1.
At the Edelstone-Bendix dinner on June 18, Drs. Manuel Garcia-Toca and Sachin Phade, Vascular Surgery fellows, received the
Department‘s Fellowship Teaching Award. This award is presented to fellows based on evaluations of their teaching techniques
by residents.
Clinical Care: Drs. Pearce, Morasch, Eskandari, and Rodriguez have been granted privileges at the Rehabilitation Institute of
Chicago. Drs. Pearce and Eskandari have initiated a satellite vascular surgery program at NLFH.
With Gratitude
The Division of Vascular Surgery received a generous donation from the estate of Mrs. Marjorie Lanterman in memory of her hus-
band Mr. Joseph Lanterman, who preceded her in death. Mr. and Mrs. Lanterman were longtime patients and friends of the Divi-
sion. A portion of the funds was used to create two endowed chairs in the Division: The James S. T. Yao, MD, PhD, Professorship
of Education in Vascular Surgery and the John F. Marquardt, MD, Clinical Research Professorship of Vascular Surgery. Dr. Mark
Eskandari was named to the Yao professorship and Dr. Mark Morasch was named to the Marquardt professorship.
Dr. Melina Kibbe, Dr. Mark Morasch, Dr. William Pearce, Dr. Mark Eskandari, Dr. Heron Rodriguez
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IS Update
Surgery Information Systems Expands Services
Overview: Beginning this Spring, Surgery IS took on a series of projects connecting Surgery to other Departments within the
Greater Northwestern Community. These involve video-conferencing of clinical procedures as well as more conventional re-
broadcast of ―classroom-style‖ presentations. Each project brings new technology to the Department of Surgery and helps
Surgery IS support its role as a partner within the Department.
Projects include:
Emergency Department (ED) re-design to take advantage of NU standard tools. ED and Surgery IS are piloting desktop,
―network-friendly‖ video-conferencing to facilitate education on and off campus. The tools involved are low-cost and take ad-
vantage of web-based communication. Any location that can open a browser and see the web can participate in a full two-way
session with picture and audio. Likewise, a remote user at home or on the road, connected by an average DSL network can
connect and join the conference.
Gastroenterology (GI) procedure room re-design for conferencing and training. The GI Division together with Surgery IS is de-
signing new procedure rooms to afford physicians three dedicated means of connecting: 1.) room to room video communica-
tion for intra-procedure discussion; 2.) video-conferencing to the outside world for education/training; and 3.) dedicated video
conferencing to the DoS video facility in the Arkes Pavilion. Arkes Pavilion video-conferencing is done over a closed fiber net-
work offering High Definition presentation of three simultaneous streams of information: field, scope, and instruments. Proce-
dure video and stills will also be captured for research as well as for clinical review by members of the Department of Surgery.
Other Department notes:
Tom Kmiecik was named co-author on ―Hormonal Criteria for Assessment of Menopause: Role of Anti-Mullerian Hormone‖ -- a
paper for the 33rd Annual San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium.
Phil Poland completed the first of two Cisco CNA certification exams, and is now certified as a CCENT.
Children’s Memorial Hospital Update
Construction of the Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children‘s Hospital continues on-time toward completion in 2012. We anticipate nu-
merous improvements at Lurie Children‘s including increased space, better facilities and adjacency to the Feinberg School as
well as Northwestern Memorial and Prentice Women‘s hospitals.
Research: Sunjay Kaushal, MD, PhD, is researching Cardioprotective Effects of Celastrol Against Toxicity Induced by Doxorubi-
cin. MaryBeth Madonna, MD continues lab research of drug resistance and response to growth factors in neuroblastoma.
Education: Under the leadership of Julia Corcoran, MD, Clerkship Director for the Department of Surgery, the department now
has 3rd-year medical students from Feinberg rotating through ambulatory and inpatient surgical services at CMH. Dr. Corcoran
received the Philip J. Wolfson Outstanding Teacher Award from the Association of Surgical Education in April. Marleta Rey-
nolds, MD, Surgeon-in-Chief, completed the Program for Chiefs of Clinical Services at the Harvard School of Public Health in
January, 2010. Dr. Reynolds also presented to the Northwestern Medicine Leadership in March regarding the transition to
Lurie Children‘s. The presentation outlined the academic and clinical relationships between Northwestern and Children‘s Me-
morial and the possibilities for greater collaboration upon our move downtown. In March, Katherine Barsness, MD, hosted the
Advanced Minimally-Invasive Surgery Workshop for pediatric surgeons at N-CASE. Marybeth Browne, MD, has been invited to
sit on the Program Committee for the Association of Academic Surgery for 2010-12.
Clinical Care: The ECMO Program received the ELSO Excellence designation from the Extracorporeal Life Support Organiza-
tion. The award is given to ECMO centers demonstrating excellence in all aspects of extracorporeal life support including edu-
cation, training, quality assurance, and other categories.
Carl Backer, MD, has been certified in Congenital Heart Surgery by the American Board of Thoracic Surgery through 2019. Dr.
Backer was also appointed Chair of the Membership Committee for the American Association for Thoracic Surgery. Marybeth
Browne, MD, and Erin Rowell, MD, earned Board Certification in Pediatric Surgery in March.
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Philanthropy Spotlight
A Most Fitting Honor
To serve on the faculty at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine is a great opportunity, one which
represents the chance to be a part of an inclusive, diverse and excellent academic community. Gerald Ujiki, MD,
joined the Northwestern community in 1955, earning his bachelor‘s degree from the Weinberg College of Arts and
Sciences. He continued at Northwestern University, earning his doctorate degree and completing his residency at
the medical school before joining the faculty of the Department of Surgery, where he remains today as associate
professor of clinical surgery. Over the last 40 years, Dr. Ujiki has cultivated an enduring bond with the department
and University, and so, it was most fitting when Dr. Soper proposed that he be honored with an endowed lectureship
fund.
The Gerald Ujiki, MD, Lectureship Fund will honor Dr. Ujiki‘s leadership and teaching excellence by focusing on excit-
ing advances in surgical education. The annual lectures will bring leading surgical educators from around the world
to present at Northwestern University, interact with students and faculty members, and provide input into ongoing
studies.
Thanks to the generosity of colleagues—such as the Northwestern Surgical Associates—fellow alumni, and grateful
patients, the Gerald Ujiki, MD, Lectureship Fund has received contributions and commitments to permanently en-
dow the fund.
Endowed lectures exist in perpetuity, forever advancing education as they honor the legacy of those for and by
whom they are named. To learn more about the Gerald Ujiki, MD, Lectureship Fund or to discuss options for honor-
ing individuals with your philanthropic support, please contact Courtney Weeks
at (312) 503-3080 or [email protected].
Gerald Ujiki, MD
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VA Update
JESSE BROWN VETERAN AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER (JBVAMC)
The Surgical Service at JBVAMC is affiliated both with Northwestern University and University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC).
Clinical care and residency education are provided in General Surgery, Peripheral Vascular Surgery, Orthopaedics, Ophthal-
mology, Optometry, Podiatry, Urology, Otolaryngology and Thoracic Surgery.
In 2009, JBVAMC opened a new inpatient pavilion that includes 180 beds, 20 ICU beds, and eight operating rooms. In FY
2009, 20,148 individual veterans were evaluated and/or treated on an outpatient basis by Surgical Service that included
a total of 84,238 patient visits. In FY 2010, we are on track to perform ~3,200 operative procedures that is a >20% in-
crease in surgical volume over the past five years.
Research: The research program at JBVAMC has enjoyed a very productive year with Drs. David Bentrem, Melina Kibbe
and Joshua Miller serving as our principal faculty investigators. The highlight of our year has been the recognition of Dr.
Melina Kibbe at the White House as a Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE). PECASE
is the highest honor given by the U.S. government to outstanding scientists and engineers who are in the early stages
of their independent research careers.
Education: For the past several years, two NU residents have been funded annually by the VA to conduct research un-
der the supervision of Drs. Bentrem and Kibbe. At the 2010 Association of VA Surgeons meeting, residents in Drs. Ben-
trem and Kibbe‘s labs swept all of the awards for best presentations in both basic and clinical arenas, highlighted by
the Best Presentation Award to Dr. Amanda Hayman.
Clinical: New programs in Bariatric Surgery and Plastic Surgery have been established within the past year. The addition of
a Plastic Surgery resident under the supervision of Dr. Greg Dumanian has been an especially valuable addition to the
repertoire of clinical service provided at JBVAMC. Provisional approval for a Renal Transplant Center has been obtained
and we currently await final approval from VA Central Office in Washington. Planning is currently underway to add Neuro-
surgery to the clinical service.
In summary, Surgical Service at JBVAMC has enjoyed a successful year in its mission of education, research, and clinical
service.
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Department of Surgery Newly Funded Projects, Fiscal Year 2010
DIVISION SPONSOR TITLE
BUDGET
PERIOD AMOUNT
BREAST
Jeruss NCI
The Oncogenic Significance of Cyclin Overexpres-
sion and Smad 3 Tumor Suppression 7/1/10 6/30/13 $ 173,411
Total Direct Costs
Federal $ 173,411
Khan Avon Foundation
Gene Methylation and estradiol levels in random
FNA samples as biomarkers for breast cancer risk 4/1/10 3/31/11 $ 149,928
Khan Komen for the Cure
Transdermal Drug Delivery for Breast Cancer Pre-
vention Using Combinations Between Drugs and
Dendrimer Nanoparticles 4/1/10 3/31/13 $ 196,961
Total Costs Non Fed-
eral $ 346,889
TOTAL NEW: $ 520,300
GI/ENDO
Pugh NIH
Validation of Sensoized Breast Models for High-
Stakes Clinical Skills Assessment 9/30/09 9/29/14 $ 247,286
Total Direct Costs
Federal $ 247,286
Hungness Ethicon Endo-Surgery
Endoscopic Management of Introperative Hemor-
rhage During Notes Procedures 2/2/10 12/31/11 $ 40,046
Hungness NOSCAR
Transrectal Natural Orifice Translumenal Endo-
scopic Surgery (NOTES) appendectomy: A Feasi-
bility Study 2/1/10 1/31/11 $ 70,000
Total Costs Non Fed-
eral $ 110,046
TOTAL NEW: $ 357,332
PLASTIC
Mustoe DOD
Stem Cell Therapy for Healing Wounded Skin and
Soft Tissues 5/1/10 4/30/12 $ 200,000
Total Direct Costs
Federal $ 200,000
TOTAL NEW: $ 200,000
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Department of Surgery Newly Funded Projects, Fiscal Year 2010
SURG/ONC
Wayne NCI
NU JW07MI - Multicenter Selective Lymphadenec-
tomy for Melanoma Trial II (MSLT-II): A Phase III
Multicenter Randomized Trial of Sentinel Lym-
phadenectomy and Complete Lymph Node Dissec-
tion versus Sentinel Lymphadenectomy Alone in
Cutaneous Melanoma Patients 9/30/09 6/30/10 $ 80,328
Total Direct
Costs Fed- $ 80,328
Bentrem
Association for Academic
Surgery
The Role of Snail in Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarci-
noma Local Invasion and Disease Progression 7/1/09 6/30/10 $ 5,000
Total Costs
Non Federal $ 5,000
TOTAL NEW: $ 85,328
TRANSPLANT
Kaufman NIAID Clinical Islet Transplantation at Northwestern 9/30/09 7/31/12 $ 1,527,823
Abecassis NIDDKD Living Donor Liver Transplant - Predictive Models 9/30/09 8/31/14 $ 242,118
Abecassis NIAID Proteogenomics for Organ Transplant 9/21/09 8/31/14 $ 1,906,565
Abecassis NIAID
Role of Toll-like Receptors in Transplant-Induced
Reactivation pf Cytomgegalovirus 8/15/09 7/31/11 $ 150,000
Abecassis NIDDKD
ARRA Administrative Supplement: A2ALL Long-
Term Donor Follow Up Study 3/17/09 1/31/11 $ 200,000
Kaufman NIDDKD Integrated Islet Distribution Program (NIDDK/ICR) 2/11/10 8/26/14 $ 59,016
Miller VA Medical Center IPA or Li Chen 2/1/10 8/21/10 $ 37,598
Leventhal DOD
Induction of Donor Specific Tolerance in Recipients
of Living Kidney Allografts by Donor Stem Cell Infu-
sion (DOD OAR#R/NFCTR) 7/1/10 6/30/12 $ 119,536
Ison NIAID
CASG 301 Influenz Natural History DMID #09-
0037 9/1/09 7/31/10 $ 163,000
Total Direct
Costs Fed- $ 4,405,656
DIVISION SPONSOR TITLE BUDGET PERIOD AMOUNT
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Department of Surgery Newly Funded Projects, Fiscal Year 2010 DIVISION SPONSOR TITLE BUDGET PERIOD AMOUNT
TRANSPLANT CONTINUED….
Kaufman JDRF Intn'l Chicago Islet Consortium ICR at Northwestern 7/2/08 6/30/09 $ 222,000
Kaufman JDRF Intn'l Chicago Islet Consortium ICR at Northwestern 7/2/08 6/30/09 $ 439
Kaufman CSL Behring LLC Alpha-1-antitrpsin effects on human islet cells
for transplantation 5/1/10 4/30/10 $ 109,192
Ladner NMF Dixon Comprehensive Risk Assessment to Improve
Safety Processes in Kidney Transplantation 1/1/10 12/31/10 $ 50,000
Leventhal
National Foundation
to Support Cell
Transplant Research
Induction of Donor Specific Tolerance in Re-
cipients of Living Kidney Allografts by Donor
Stem Infusion
1/1/10 12/31/10 $ 53,440
Leventhal
Foundation of the
American Society of
Transplant Surgeons
2010 ASTS-Wyeth Collaborative Scientist
Award 7/1/10 6/30/12 $ 50,000
Total Costs
Non Federal $ 485,071
TOTAL NEW: $ 4,890,727
VASCULAR
Kibbe/Ameer NHLBI A Revolutionary Therapy for Atheroscloerosis:
Liquid Cast Arterial Stents 9/30/09 9/29/11 $ 327,869
Total Direct
Costs Federal $ 327,869
Eskandari Cordis Corporation Northwestern University Vascular Surgery Fel-
lowship Grant 2/11/10 2/10/11 $ 35,000
Kibbe NMF An Innovative Therapy for the Treatment of
Atherosclerosis 1/1/10 12/31/12 $ 112,320
Total Costs
Non Federal $ 147,320
TOTAL NEW: $ 475,189
SUMMARY
Total New Fed-
eral (Direct
Costs) 14
$ 5,434,550
Total New Non
Federal (Total
Costs) 12
$ 1,094,326
Total New
Awards FY10
as of
6/14/2010
26
$ 6,528,876
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Industry Active Projects
Please send an email to:
contact 312.926.8060 with your questions,
suggestions or requests to be added
to the distribution list.
The table on the last page of this newsletter is a reference for all future newsletters. If you would like the Department of
Surgery to include your recent presentation/article/book chapter, upcoming events, etc. in the next issue, please send
the information (in CV-format) to [email protected] by the due date listed in the table (located on the last page of this
newsletter).
DIVISION SPONSOR Project Description Project Pe-riod
GI/ENDO
Sturgeon Veracyte, Inc.
Prot#: VERA001: Molecular Profiling of Indeterminate
Thyroid Nodule Fine Need Aspirates to Determine Pat-
terns Predictive of Benign or Malignant Disease
11/1/09 11/1/12
PLASTIC
Galiano HemCon Medical
Prot#: HC-NU-2009-01: An Evaluation of th eUse of
Chitosan Based Dressings t Facilitate Safe, Effective
Debridement of Chronic Wounds in the Operating Room
and Inpatient Ward Settings and the Minimize Bacterial
Re-Colonization of Wounds
10/20/09 10/19/12
Galiano Excaliard Pharm
EXC001-201: A phase 2, randomized, double-blind,
within-subject, controlled, dose-ranging study to evalu-
ate efficacy and safety of EXC001 for the treatment of
incision scars in pannus of subjects undergoing an elec-
tive abdmoinoplasty
12/15/09 12/15/12
Galiano Excaliard Pharm
EXC001-202: A phase 2, Randomized, Double-Blind,
Within-Subject Controlled Study to Evaluate Efficacy
and Safety of EXC001 for the Amelioration of Scarring
of the Surgical Incision in Subjects Undergoing an Elec-
tive Abdmminoplasty
12/16/09 12/15/12
Galiano Excaliard Pharm
EXC001-203: A Phase 2, Randomized, Double-Blind,
Within-Subject Controlled Study to Evaluate Efficacy
and Safety of EXC001 for the Amelioration of Scarring
Following Revision of Medial Scars Resulting from Prior
Breast Reduction or Mastopexy Surgery in A
10/20/09 10/19/12
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Industry Active Projects
DIVISION SPONSOR Project Description Project
Period
TRANSPLANT
Abecassis Novartis Pharm Integrated Transplant Database Proposal 3/2/10 3/1/12
Levitsky Wyeth
Prot#: 0468E6-4559: The Gernation of Regula-
tory T-Cells in Mixed Lymphocyte Reactions After
Conversion from Tacrollimus to Sirolimus in Liver
Transplant Recipients
8/3/09 8/3/12
Friedewald Alexion Pharmaceuticals
Prot #C09-001R: A Retrospective, Observa-
tional, Non-Interventional Tria to Assess Eculizu-
mab Treatment Effect in Patients with Atypical
eHemolytic Uremic Syndrome (AHUS)
3/24/10 3/23/13
Gallon Wyeth
Prot#: 0468E8-4500-WW: Planned Transition
to Sirolimus-based Therapy Versus Continued
Tacrolimus-based Therapy in Ranal Allogrants
Recipients
2/18/10 2/17/13
Ison BioCryst
Prot#: BCX1812-303: A Phase 3, Open-Label,
Randominzied Study of the Antiviral Activity,
Safety, and Tolerability of theIntravenous
Peramivir in Adult and Adolescent Hospitalized
Subjects with Confirmed or Suspected Influenza
Infection
9/28/09 9/27/12
Kaufman CLS Behring
Determining the Beneficial Effects of Alpha-1-
Antitrypsin on the Function and Survival of Hu-
man Islets
4/16/10 4/15/11
Kaufman Bristol Myers Squibb
Prot# IM103027: Belatacept Evaluation of
Nephroprotection and Efficacy as First-Line Im-
munosuppression Trial -- Extended Criteria Do-
nors (BENEFIT-EXT) {Phase 3, Randomized Par-
tially-Blinded, Active-Controlled, Parallel-Group,
Multicenter Clinical Trial
6/15/05 1/1/00
Leventhal Pfizer, Inc
Prot# A3921021: Mltctr, Phase 2, Opn-Lbl, Con-
trolled, Extension Study for Stage 1 Subjects of
Study A3921009 to Evaluate Long-Term Safety
& Efficacy of CP-690, 550 vs. Tacrolimus, When
Co-Administered w/Mycophenolate Mofetil in
Renal Allogrant Recipients
12/12/05 1/1/00
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Industry Active Projects
DIVISION SPONSOR Project Description
Project
Period
VASCULAR
Morasch W.L. Gore and Assoc
Prot#: TAG 08-01: Evaluation of the GORE Conformable
TAG Thoracic Endoprosthesis for Treatment of Acute
Complicated Type B Aortic Dissection
11/18/09 11/17/12
Morasch W.L. Gore and Assoc
Prot#: TAG 08-03: Evaluation of the GORE Conformable
TAG Thoracic Endoprosthesis for the Primary Treat-
ment of Aneurysm of the Descending Thoraic Aorta TAG
08-03
11/18/09 11/17/12
Morasch Endologix, Inc
Prot # CP-0001: Prospective, Multicentern, Random-
ized Controlled Trial of Endovascular Aneurysm Repair
Using a Bilateral Percutaneous Approach (PEVAR) vs.
Standand Vascular Approach (SEVAR) Using the In-
tuiTrakEndovascular AAA Delivery System and the Pros
3/25/10 3/24/13
Morasch W.L. Gore and Assoc
Prot #TAG 08-13: Evalution of the GORE Conformable
TAG Thoracic Endoprosthesis for the Primary Treatment
of Aneurysm of the Descending Thoracic Aorta TAG 08-
03
11/18/09 11/17/12
Eskandari Medtronic Vascular Edurant Stent Grant System US Clinical Study 10/21/08 10/21/11
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Backer, Carl, MD
Awards/Honors
Appointed Chair, American Association for Tho-
racic Surgery Membership Committee,
2010-2012
Nominated by the American Medical Association
Board of Trustees to Residency Review Commit-
tee for Thoracic Surgery
Appointed to Executive Committee: Thoracic
Surgery Directors Association; Congenital Pro-
gram Director Representative
Presentations
Speaker, 2nd Annual Congenital Heart Disease
in the Adult Symposium. Cardiac
Transplantation for Patients with Adult
Congenital Heart Disease. Cleveland Clinic
Foundation, Cleveland, OH, October 9, 2009
Speaker, Annual meeting of the
Congenital Heart Surgeon‘s Society,
The Arterial Switch Operation: A 25-year
Experience with 258 Patients.,
Chicago, IL, November 1-2, 2009
Speaker, 10th Annual International
Symposium on Congenital Heart Disease,
Surgery for Congenital Tracheal
Stenosis: the Chicago Approach.
All Children‘s Hospital,
St. Petersburg, FL, February 9, 2010
Speaker, Society for Thoracic Surgical
Education, Anomalous Aortic Origin of
Coronary Arteries from the Wrong
Sinus of Valsalva. Influence of
Ostial Orifice, Intramural Length, and
Coronary Dominance., Sedona, AZ,
March 13, 2010
Keynote Lecture. The American Society of
Echocardiography 2010 Chicago
Sonographer Update: Post-Operative
Congenital Heart Disease-Pathology and
Echocardiography Review. The Fontan
Procedure: Historical Overview from a Surgeon‘s
Perspective. Oak Brook, IL. April 24, 2010
Speaker, 90th Annual Meeting of the
American Association for Thoracic Surgery
Congenital Skills Course: Slide
Tracheoplasty, Toronto, Ontario, Canada,
May 1, 2010
Speaker, 90th Annual Meeting of the
American Association for Thoracic Surgery,
AATS/STS Congenital Heart Disease
Symposium, Extracardiac versus Intra-Atrial
Lateral Tunnel: Fontan Extracardiac is Better.
Toronto, Ontario, Canada, May 2, 2010
Publications
Paul MA, Backer CL, Binns HJ, Mavroudis C,
Webb CL, Yogev R, Franklin WH. B-type
natriuretic peptide and heart failure in
patients with ventricular septal defect: a
pilot study. Pediatr Cardiol 2009;
30:1094-1097
Dearani JA, Mavroudis C, Quintessenza J, Deal
BJ, Backer CL, Fitzgerald P, Connolly HM, Jacobs
JP. Surgical advances in the treatment of adults
with congenital heart disease. Curr Opin Pediatr
2009; 21:565-572
Kaushal S, Jacobs JP, Gossett JG, Steele A,
Steele P, Davis CR, Pahl E, Vijayan K,
Asante-Korang A, Boucek RJ, Backer CL,
Wold LE. Innovation in basic science: stem cells
and their role in the treatment of pediatric
cardiac failure–opportunities and challenges.
Cardiol Young 2009;19(Suppl 2):74-84
Kelle AM, Young L, Kaushal S, Duffy CE, Ander-
son RH, Backer CL. The Gerbode defect: the
significance of a left ventricular to right atrial
shunt. Cardiol Young 2009;19(Suppl. 2):96-99
Kaushal S, Backer CL, Patel JN, Patel SK,
Walker BL, Weigel TJ, Randolph G, Wax D, Mav-
roudis C. Coarctation of the aorta: midterm out-
comes of resection with extended end-to-end
anastomosis. Ann Thorac Surg 2009;88:1932-
1938
MacIver RH, Stewart RD, Backer CL, Tsao S,
Harrington DA, Mavroudis C. An improved in vivo
method for atrioventricular node ablation via
thoracotomy. Braz J Med Biol Res 2010; 43:206
-210
Vande Kappelle RP, Gambetta K, Deal BJ,
Backer CL, Sullivan CL, Pahl E. Late sinus and
atrial tachycardia after pediatric heart transplan-
tation might predict poor outcome. Pediatr Car-
diol 2010 Feb 18 [Epub ahead of print]
Kelle AM, Backer CL, Gossett JG, Kaushal S,
Mavroudis C. Total anomalous pulmonary ve-
nous connection: results of surgical repair of
100 patients at a single institution. J Thorac
Cardiovasc Surg 2010; 139:1387-1394
Kaushal S, Backer CL, Patel S, Gossett JG, Mav-
roudis C. Midterm outcomes in supravalvular
aortic stenosis demonstrate the superiority of
multi-sinus aortoplasty. Ann Thorac Surg
2010;89:1371-1377
Patel A, Hickey E, Mavroudis C, Jacobs JP, Ja-
cobs ML, Backer CL, Gevitz M,
Mavroudis CD. Impact of noncardiac congenital
and genetic abnormalities on outcomes in hy-
poplastic left heart syndrome. Ann Thorac Surg
2010;89:1805-1814
Barsness, Katherine, MD
Presentations
Presentation, ―Expensive Olives – Does Hospital
Type Affect Pyloromyotomy Outcomes? An Analy-
sis of the Kids‘ Inpatient Database‖ Academic
Surgical Congress. February 2010. San Antonio,
TX
Presentation, ―Single Site Laparoscopic Chole-
cystectomy.‖ Society of American Gastrointesti-
nal and Endoscopic Surgeons. April 2010.
Washington, D.C.
Presentation, ―Postoperative Tube-related Com-
plications after Gastrostomy Placement in Chil-
dren‖ International Pediatric Endosurgery
Group. June 2010. Waikoloa, Hawaii
Presentation, ―Single Site Laparoscopic Ileo-
cecectomy for Recurrent Intussusception‖ Inter-
national Pediatric Endosurgery Group. June
2010. Waikoloa, Hawaii
Lecture, Single Site Laparoscopic Surgery, Intro-
ducing a New Technique for Minimally Invasive
Surgery Illinois Surgical Society. September
2009. Cape Cod, MA
Lecture, Neonatal Minimally Invasive Surgery.
On-line CME course. Children's Memorial Hospi-
tal. October 2009. Chicago, IL
Lecture, Single Site Laparoscopic Surgery. First
Year Fellow‘s Course in Minimal Access Surgery.
October 2009. Chicago, IL.
Lecture, Single Site Laparoscopic Surgery: Intro-
ducing a New Technique. Chicago Surgical Soci-
ety. January 2010. Chicago, IL.
Lecture, Minimally Invasive Surgery for Congeni-
tal Anomalies. Northwestern University Depart-
ment of Surgery Grand Rounds. January 2010.
Chicago, IL.
Lecture, Thoracoscopic Repair of Congenital
Diaphragmatic Hernia. International Pediatric
Endosurgery Group (IPEG) Advanced Pediatric
Minimally Invasive Surgery Workshop. March
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2010. Chicago, IL
Lecture, Minimally Invasive Surgery: Postopera-
tive Care. Nurse Education Day. Children's
Memorial Hospital. March 2010. Chicago, IL
Lecture, Inflammatory Bowel Disease: A Sur-
geon‘s Perspective. Crohn‘s and Colitis Founda-
tion of America, Illinois Chapter, Inflammatory
Bowel Disease Symposium. March 2010. Chi-
cago, IL.
Lecture, Single Site Laparoscopic Surgery.
Panel Discussion. Society of American Gastroin-
testinal and Endoscopic Surgeons. April 2010.
Washington, D.C.
Lecture, Necrotizing Entercolitis: Indications
and Timing of Surgical Intervention. Web Sym-
posium Necrotizing Entercolitis: Controversies
and Evolving Therapies. June 2010. Cleveland,
OH
Publications
Jangannathan, N; Sohn, L; Sawardekar, A; Am-
brosy, A; Hagerty, J; Chin, A; Barsness, K;
Suresh, S. ―Unilateral Groin Surgery in Children:
Will the Addition of an Ultrasound-guided Ilioin-
guinal Nerve Block Enhance the Duration of
Analgesia of a Single-shot Caudal Block?‖ Paedi-
atr Anaesth. Sept. 2009;19(9):892-8
Marecek, G; Barsness, KA; Sarwark, J. ―Relief of
Superior Mesenteric Artery Syndrome with Cor-
rection of Multiplanar spinal Deformity by Poste-
rior Spinal Fusion.‖ Orthopedics. Accepted May
2010
Raval, MV; Cohen, ME; Barsness, KA; Bentrem,
DJ; Phillips, D; Reynolds, M. ―Expensive Olives –
Does Hospital Type Affect Pyloromyotomy Out-
comes? An Analysis of the Kids‘ Inpatient Data-
base‖ Surgery
Barsness, KA; Raval, MV; Lautz, T. ―Increasing
National Burden of Skin and Soft Tissue Infec-
tions in Children.‖ Annals of Surgery. Submitted
May 2010
Naiditch, J; Lautz, T; Barsness, KA.
―Postoperative Complications in Children
undergoing Gastrostomy Tube Placement.‖
JSLS. Submitted May 2010
Bentrem, David, MD
Awards/Honors
―Best Oncologists in America‖2009-2010
―Best Doctors in America‖ 2009-2010
Presentations
Lewandowski RJ, Eifler AC, Bentrem DJ, Ryu RK,
Salem R, Larson AC, Omary RA. Functional mag-
netic resonance imaging in an animal model of
pancreatic cancer. 2009 Cardiovascular and
Interventional Radiological Society of Europe
Annual Meeting, Lisbon, Portugal, Sept, 2009
Raval MV, Bilimoria KY, Stewart AK, Bentrem DJ,
Ko CY, Reynolds M. Impact of nodal evaluation
on survival in Wilm‘s tumor. forum, American
College of Surgeons. Oct 22, 2009 (Chicago, IL)
Bilimoria KY, Bentrem DJ, Hall BL, Richards K,
Ingraham A, Russell T, and Cohen M. Are we
measuring surgical quality correctly? The role of
post-discharge complications in hospital surgical
quality assessments. Clinical Congress, Ameri-
can College of Surgeons October 22, 2009
(Chicago, IL)
Cheon E, Strouch MJ, Krantz S, Heiferman M,
Blatner N,Khazaie K, and Bentrem DJ. Genetic
deletion of 5-lipoxygenase suppresses intestinal
polyposis in APC knockout mice. Surgical Forum,
Clinical Congress, American College of Surgeons
October 22, 2009 (Chicago, IL) and Academic
Surgical Congress February 4, 2010 (San Anto-
nio, TX)
Raval M, Cohen M, Barsness K, Bentrem DJ,
Phillips D, and Reynolds M. Expensive ―olives‖-
does hospital type affect pyloromyotomy out-
comes? Analysis of the KIDS‘ inpatient data-
base. Academic Surgical Congress February 5,
2010 (San Antonia, TX)
Krantz S, Strouch M, Cheon E, Heiferman M,
Munshi H, Khazaie K, and Bentrem DJ. Mast
cells can mediate increased invasion in pancre-
atic cancer cell lines. Academic Surgical Con-
gress February 5, 2010 (San Antonio, TX)
Raval M, Dzakovic, Bentrem DJ, Reynolds M,
and Superina R. Trends in age for hepatopor-
toenterostomy in the United States: Analysis of
the KIDS Inpatient Database. Central Surgical
Association March 12, 2010 (Chicago, IL)
Shields MA, Dangi-Garimella S, Krantz S, Ben-
trem DJ, and Munshi HG. Collagen regulation of
Snail expression in pancreatic cancer involves
TGF-b1 signaling. American Association for Can-
cer Research (poster presentation), April 4,
2010 (Washington, D.C.)
Cheon E, Strouch MJ, Krantz S, Heiferman M,
Blatner N, Khazaie K, and Bentrem DJ. Genetic
deletion of 5-lipoxygenase suppresses intestinal
polyposis in APC knockout mice. SSAT May 1,
2010 (New Orleans, LA)
Bidari K, Bentrem DJ, Mahvi D, Wayne J, Koman-
duri S. Role of preoperative risk stratification in
patients undergoing endoscopic ultrasound for
incidental cystic lesions in the pancreas. DDW
May 1, 2010 (New Orleans, LA)
Bilimoria KY, Cohen ME, Merkow RP, Bentrem
DJ, Hall BL, and Ko CY. Are you calling me a poor
performer? Comparison of outlier identification
methods in hospital surgical quality improve-
ment programs SSAT May 1, 2010 (New Or-
leans, LA)
Hayman A, Prystowsky J, Molokie R, Fischer M,
and Bentrem DJ. From Worst to first: improving
colorectal cancer care at the VA. Association of
VA Surgeons May 7, 2010 (Indianapolis IN)
Krantz SB, Dangi-Garimella S, Shields MA,
Grippo PJ, Bentrem DJ and Munshi HG. MT1-
MMP cooperates with Kras to generate invasive
pancreatic tumors with pronounced fibrosis.
Pancreas Club May 1, 2010 (New Orleans, LA) &
ASCO, May 31,2010 (Chicago, IL)
Publications
Strouch MJ, Adrian K, Cheon EC, Barron MR,
Bentrem DJ, Pasche B, Grippo PJ. Tgfbr1 Hap-
loinsufficiency Inhibits the Development of Mur-
ine Mutant Kras-Induced Pancreatic Precancer.
Cancer Research 2009;69(24)9169-74
Weber S, Cho C, Bentrem DJ, Nakeeb A, Schmidt
M, Merchant N, Parikh A, Martin RC, Scoggins
CR, Ahmad S, Kim HJ, Hawkins W, Kooby D.
Laparoscopic distal pancreatectomy: complica-
tion risk score predicts morbidity and risk for
pancreatic fistula. ASO 2009;16(10):2825-
2833
Bilimoria K, Raval MV, Bentrem DJ, Balch CM,
Wayne JD, and Ko CY. National assessment of
melanoma care using formally developed quality
indicators. J Clin Oncol 2010;28(4):708
Fronza J, Bentrem DJ, Baker M, Talamonti M,
Ujiki M. Laparoscopic distal pancreatectomy
using radiofrequency energy. Am J Surgery
2010;199(3):401-404
Raval MV, Bilimoria KY, Bentrem DJ, Stewart AK,
Winchester DP, Ko CY, Reynolds M. Nodal
evaluation in Wilms‘ tumors: Analysis of the
National Cancer Database. Annals of Surgery
2010;251(3):559-65
Small W, Mulcahy M, Rademaker A, Bentrem DJ,
Benson AB, Weitner S, Talamonti MS. A Phase II
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trial of full-dose gemcitabine and bevacizumab
in combination with attenuated three-
dimensional conformal radiotherapy in patients
with localized pancreatic cancer. International
Journal of Radiation Oncology (In press)
Blatner N, Bonertz A, Beckhove P, Cheon E,
Strouch M, Krantz S, Weitz J, Koch M, Halverson
A, Bentrem DJ, and Khazaie K. In colorectal
cancer mast cells contribute to systemic regula-
tory T cell dysfunction. PNAS 2010;10:1073
Bilimoria KY, Cohen ME, Merkow RP, Wang X,
Bentrem DJ, Ingraham A, Hall BL, Ko CY. Com-
parison of outlier identification methods in hos-
pital surgical quality improvement programs. J of
Gastrointestinal Surgery (In press)
Chin, Anthony, MD
Presentations
Naiditch J, Rigsby C, Chin A. Utility of delayed
repeated enema and avoidance of negative
laparotomies in patients with intussusception.
39th International Symposium of Pediatric Sur-
gery, Obergurgl, Austria, April 2010
Zekas L, Chin AC. Use of ‗Purse-string‖ Sutures
for Gastroschisis Closure Following Silo Reduc-
tion. 19th Annual American Pediatric Surgery
Nurses Association Conference, Orlando, FL,
May 2010
Gander, JW, Cowles RA, Middleworth W, Zitsman
JL, Chin A, Rothenberg S. Laparoscopic Excision
of Choledochal Cysts with Total Intracorporeal
Reconstruction. 19th Annual Congress of the
International Pediatric Endosurgery Group An-
nual Meeting. Waikaloa, HI June 2010
Rothenberg SS, Chin A. Laparoscopic Collis-
Nissen for recurrent severe reflux in pediatric
patients with esophageal atresia and recurrent
hiatal hernia. 19th Annual Congress of the Inter-
national Pediatric Endosurgery Group Annual
Meeting. Waikaloa, HI June 2010
Corcoran, Julia, MD
Honors/ Awards
Association for Surgical Education Philip J. Wolf-
son Outstanding Teaching Award
Presentations
Can Students at Risk of Failing a Surgery Clerk-
ship be Indentified at Midterm? Julia Corcoran,
MD, MHPE, Nancy Schindler, MD, Steven Down-
ing, PhD, Debra DaRosa, PhD. Surgical Educa-
tion Week, Antonio, TX. April 2010
Composite Score Validity in Clerkship Grading.
Julia Corcoran, MD, MHPE1, Debra A. DaRosa,
PhD1, Steven M. Downing, PhD2 Ara Tekian,
PhD, MHPE2 1 Northwestern University, Chicago,
IL, 2University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL
Research in Medical Education at the Associa-
tion of American Medical Colleges Annual Meet-
ing, Boston, MA, November, 2009
How to Succeed in Surgical Education, Women
in Surgery: A Career Development Seminar,
University of Maryland. May 2010
Publications
Corcoran J, Downing S, Tekian A, DaRosa D.
Composite score validity in clerkship grading.
Acad Med. 2009 Oct;84(10 Suppl):S120-3
Crandall, Marie, MD
Awards/Honors
Promotion to Associate Professor as of 9/1/10
Appointed Vice Chair, Academic Practice Com-
mittee, Association of Women Surgeons
Acting Chair, Committee on Research Related
Issues, Eastern Association for the Surgery of
Trauma
Appointed to the Injury Prevention Committee,
American Association for the Surgery of Trauma
Outstanding Teaching Award, Medical Student
Surgery Rotation 2009
Presentations
Sridharan L, Crandall M. Disadvantaged chil-
dren are at high risk for injury, but risk factors
change over time. American Association for the
Surgery of Trauma September 2010
Crandall M, Zollman F. Insurance status, not
persistent symptoms, determines follow up after
mild traumatic brain injury. American Associa-
tion for the Surgery of Trauma September
2010
Periyanayagam U, Crandall M Pregnancy and
Maternal Trauma: Predictors of High Risk Be-
haviors and Assault Society of Academic Emer-
gency Medicine Phoenix, AZ June 2010
Crandall M, Anderson B, Idakoji I, Rajasekhar A,
Haider A, Brasel K, Winthrop A, Esposito T
Does insurance status or race impact patient
satisfaction among hospitalized trauma pa-
tients? Eastern Association for the Surgery of
Trauma Phoenix, AZ January 2010
Crandall M, Zolnick E. Chicago trauma deserts:
a comparison of gunshot wounds in the city of
Chicago Building and Sustaining Partnerships to
Address Health Disparities: Chicago CTSAs for
Community Engagement Chicago, IL October
2009
Crandall M, Zolnick E. Patterns of violent
trauma and resilience: a comparison of two
neighborhoods Building and Sustaining Partner-
ships to Address Health Disparities: Chicago
CTSAs for Community Engagement Chicago, IL
October 2009
Crandall M, Anderson B, Idakoji I, Rajasekhar A,
Brasel K, Winthrop A, Esposito T Construction
and validation of a Trauma Patient Satisfaction
Survey American College of Surgeons Scientific
Session Chicago, IL October 2009
Kim L, Crandall M Asian-Americans and
trauma: unexamined disparities Association
for Academic Surgery San Antonio, TX Febru-
ary 2010
Publications
Kubasiak J, Linn L, Crandall M. Image of the
Month (in press for Archives of Surgery)
Crandall M. Transfusion and disorders of anti-
coagulation: normal mechanisms of hemostasis
and coagulation. Multimedia module (in press
for the American Board of Surgery SCORE cur-
riculum)
Crandall M. Transfusion and disorders of anti-
coagulation: inherited and acquired disorders
of coagulation. Multimedia module (in press for
the American Board of Surgery SCORE curricu-
lum)
Crandall M. Transfusion and disorders of anti-
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coagulation: approach to the patient with ongo-
ing bleeding and laboratory assessment of co-
agulation. Multimedia module (in press for the
American Board of Surgery SCORE curriculum)
Crandall M. Transfusion and disorders of anti-
coagulation: transfusion—indications, risks,
type and crossmatch, component therapy, ethi-
cal issues. Multimedia module (in press for the
American Board of Surgery SCORE curriculum)
Crandall M, Sridharan L, Schermer CS. Depres-
sion and thoughts of death among disadvan-
taged mothers: risk factors and impact on ma-
ternal and child health (in press for Archives of
Suicide Research)
Crandall M, Esposito T, Reed RL, Gamelli R,
Luchette F. Were rules made to be broken?
Analysis of compliance and outcomes in a
trauma system with a two-hour transfer rule (in
press for Archives of Surgery)
Crandall M, Sridharan L, Schermer CS. Injury
and health among toddlers in vulnerable fami-
lies Journal of Trauma 2010;68(5):1128-33
Hayman A, Crandall M. Deadly partners: inter-
dependence of alcohol and trauma Interna-
tional Journal of Environmental Research and
Public Health 2009;6(12):3097-3104
Crandall M, Schwab J, Sheehan K, Esposito T.
Illinois trauma centers and intimate partner
violence: are we doing our share? Journal of
Interpersonal Violence 2009;24(12):2096-108
DaRosa, Debra, PhD
Presentations
How to Effectively Integrate the SCORE Curricu-
lum and Portal in Your Residency Pro-
gram. Debra A. DaRosa, PhD1, Donald Risucci,
PhD2, 1Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, 2New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY. Surgi-
cal Education Week, Antonio, TX. April 2010
Enhancing Educational Quality and Continuity of
Care in a Surgical Residency Program Using
Industrial Engineering Methods. Heron Rodri-
guez, MD, Jonathan Turner, MS, Paul Speicher,
BS, Mark Daskin, PhD, Debra DaRosa, PhD,
Northwestern University, Chicago, IL. Surgical
Education Week, Antonio, TX. April 2010
Pre-Implementation Predictors of Website Use:
Preliminary Findings from the SCORE Portal
Study. Connie C. Schmitz, PhD, University of
Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, Donald D. Risucci,
PhD, New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY,
Jan Plass, PhD, New York University, New York,
NY, Andrew Jones, PhD, American Board of Sur-
gery, Philadelphia, PA, Debra DaRosa, PhD,
Northwestern University, Chicago, IL. Surgical
Education Week, Antonio, TX. April 2010
A Clinical Curriculum Evaluation System That
Promotes Ownership, Accountability, and Quality
Improvements. John Coyle, MD, Mary Schuller,
MSEd, Ed Wang, PhD, Debra DaRosa, PhD,
Northwestern University, Chicago, IL. Surgical
Education Week, Antonio, TX. April 2010
Changing Resident Training Paradigms: New
Options for the Medical Student and Surgical
Residents. Karl Illig, MD, FACS, University of
Rochester, NY, Jeffrey Wayne, MD, FACS, North-
western University, Chicago, IL Thomas J. Nasca,
MD, MACP, Accreditation Council for Graduate
Medical Education , Chicago, IL, Debra DaRosa,
PhD, Chicago, IL Northwestern University, Chi-
cago, IL , Richard H. Bell Jr., MD, FACS, Ameri-
can Board of Surgery, Philadelphia, PA, Ameri-
can College of Surgeons 95th Annual Clinical
Congress, Chicago, IL, October 2009
A Cheap and Effective Way to Improve Medical
Student‘s Learning. Nabil Issa, MD, Mary
Schuller, MSEd, Edward Wang, PhD, Michael
Shapiro, MD, Debra DaRosa, PhD, Northwestern
University, Chicago, IL. Surgical Education Week,
Antonio, TX. April 2010
Publications
Rogers D, DaRosa D, Williams R, Hauge L, Dun-
nington G. Using cognitive task analysis to de-
velop a surgical procedural curriculum. In: Park
A, Klein RV, editors. Minimally invasive surgery
training: theories, methods, outcomes [Internet].
Washington: Department of Health & Human
Services (US), National Institutes of Health,
National Library of Medicine; 2010 January;
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DaRosa, D., Schenarts K, Corcoran, J. How to
Survive and Excel in a Surgery Clerkship. In
Lawrence PF Ed. Essentials of General Surgery,
4th Edition, (Pending Publication)
Bell, R. Hauge, L., DaRosa, D. Reading Effec-
tively to Attain Proficiency in Surgery. In
Greenfield‘s Surgery: Scientific Principles and
Practice. (5th Edition) (In Press)
DeCamp, Malcolm, MD
Awards/Honors
Appointed Chief, Division of Thoracic Surgery,
Northwestern Memorial Hospital, 2009
Appointed Professor of Surgery, Feinberg School
of Medicine, Northwestern University, 2009
Appointed Fowler McCormick Professor of
Surgery, Feinberg School of Medicine, 2010
Excellence in Academic Medicine Award from
Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family
Services (IDHFS) and NMH for
development of the Thoracic Oncology Program,
2010
Presentations
Course Director/Lead Faculty, Thoracic Surgery
Director‘s Association (TSDA) Boot Camp,
Chapel Hill, NC Flexible and Rigid
―Bronchoscopy and Mediastinoscopy‖, 2009
Course Director, Overholt Symposium : Learning
from 75 years of advancement in the treatment
of lung cancer, emphysema and the struggle
against smoking. Boston, MA, 2009
Speaker, Overholt Symposium : Learning from
75 years of advancement in the treatment of
lung cancer, emphysema and the struggle
against smoking. Boston, MA, 2009
―Lecture: LVRS: What Happened?‖
Speaker, EBUS- An Interdisciplinary Trainin-
Course, Harvard Medical School CME,
Boston, MA, 2009
―Mediastinal staging: Why is it Important?‖
Invited speaker, VATS 2009
The 7th International Symposium on Video-
Assisted Thoracic Surgery, New York, NY
―Bronchoscopic Treatment of Emphysema‖,
2009
Speaker, Northeast Thoracic Summit (NETS),
Mashantucket, CT ―A stage-based approach
to esophageal cancer‖, 2009
Speaker, Pulmonary Update: 2009 New England
Chapter American College of Chest
Physicians, Boston, MA
―LVRS: Where is the Evidence‖, 2009
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Invited Speaker, Society of Thoracic Surgeons
45th Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA
―Lung volume reduction surgery: What hap-
pened?‖ 2009
Speaker, Cyberknife Robotic Radiosurgery
Course, Chicago, IL ―Stereotactic
Radiosurgery for Medically Inoperable NSCLC ―,
2009
Invited lectures (2), Multidisciplinary Manage-
ment of Lung Cancer, Emphysema and
Benign Airway Disease, Penn Medicine CME,
Philadelphia, PA
―Stage IIIA Lung Cancer: Who is a surgical candi-
date?‖ ‖Tracheobronchomalacia:
The Emperor‘s New Clothes?‖ 2009
Invited lectures (4), 70th Meeting La Sociedad
Mexicana de Neumologia y Cirugia de Torax ,
Veracruz, Mexico
―Lung Transplantation:Results from the USA‖
―New Techniques of Pulmonary Parenchymal
Preservation (VATS, RFA, SRS)‖
―Complex Surgery of the Airways‖
―NETT: What Happened?‖ 2009
Invited lecture, European Society of Thoracic
Surgeons 17th European Conference on General
Thoracic Surgery, Krakow, Poland
―Thoracic Database: the US Experience‖, 2009
Poster presentation, Society of Thoracic Sur-
geons 46th Annual Mtg, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
―Acute changes in right ventricular function after
lung isolation predict postoperative arrhyth-
mias‖, 2010
Hematology/Oncology Grand Rounds, Robert H.
Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center, Chicago, IL
―The Solitary Pulmonary Nodule : Diagnosis and
Treatment‖, 2010
Paper presentation, American Association for
Thoracic Surgery 90th Annual Meeting,
Toronto, ON, Canada ―Lobectomy leads to
optimal survival in early-stage small cell lung
cancer‖, 2010
Invited speaker, American Association for Tho-
racic Surgery 90th Annual Meeting, Toronto, ON,
Canada, Controversies in the Utilization of New
Technologies ―Management of Clinical Stage I
NSCLC : Radiofrequency Ablation and Stereotac-
tic Body Radiotherapy‖, 2010
Publications
Varlotto JM, Recht A, Flickinger JC, Medford-
Davis LN, Dyer AM, DeCamp MM. Factors asso-
ciated with local and distant recurrence and
survival in patients with resected nonsmall cell
lung cancer. Cancer. 2009; 115(5):1059-69
Varlotto JM, Recht A, Nikolov M, Flickinger JC,
DeCamp MM. Extent of lymphadenectomy and
outcome for patients with stage I nonsmall cell
lung cancer. Cancer. 2009 Feb; 115(4): 851-8
Okereke IC, Gangadharan SP, Kent MS, Nicotera
SP, Shen C, DeCamp MM. Standard uptake
value predicts survival in non-small cell lung
cancer. Ann Thorac Surg. 2009 Sept; 88(3):911-
5; discussion 915-6
Ye C, Masterman JR, Huberman MS, Gangadha-
ran SP, McDonald DC, Kent MS, DeCamp MM.
Subdivision of the T1 size descriptor for stage I
non-small cell lung cancer has prognostic value:
a single institution experience. Chest. 2009
Sept; 136(3):710-5
Lai P, Cohen D, DeCamp M, Fazio S, Roberts D.
A 40-year-old woman with an asymptomatic
cystic lesion in her right lung. Chest. 2009; 136
(2):622-7
Shrager J, DeCamp M, Murthy S. Intraoperative
and postoperative management of air leaks in
patients with emphysema. Thorac Surg Clin.
2009; 19(2):223-31, ix.
Siracuse JJ, DeCamp MM Jr. Surgical mediasti-
nal lymph node sampling for staging of non-
small cell lung cancer. Op Techniques in Thorac
and Cardiovasc Surg. 2009; 14(2): 112-23
Tsukada H, Ernst A, Gangadharan S, Ashiku S,
Garland R, Litmanovich D, DeCamp M. Tracheal
replacement with a silicone-stented, fresh aortic
allograft in sheep. Ann Thorac Surg. 2010;
89:253-258
Washko GR, Martinez FJ, Hoffman EA, Loring
SH, Estepar RS, Diaz A, Sciurba FC, Silverman
EK, Han M, DeCamp MM, Reilly JJ, Research
Group N. Physiologic and computed tomo-
graphic predictors of outcome from lung volume
reduction surgery. Am J Respir Crit Care Med
2010, Vol 181:494-500
Nicotera SP, Miller EC, Nghiem FT, DeCamp MM,
Michaud G, Kent MS. Bronchopulmonary carci-
noid tumor presenting with polymyositis. Ann
Thorac Surg. 2010 Apr;89(4):1276-8
Varlotto JM, Recht A, Flickinger JC, Medford-
Davis LN, Dyer AM, DeCamp MM. Varying recur-
rence rates and risk factors associated with
different definitions of local recurrence in pa-
tients with surgically resected, stage I nonsmall
cell lung cancer. Cancer. 2010 May 15;116
(10):2390-400
Nicotera, SP, DeCamp MM. Special situations:
Air leak after lung volume reduction surgery and
in ventilated patients. Thorac Surg Clin. 2010 (in
press)
Tsukada H, O'Donnell C, Garland R, Herth FJF,
DeCamp MM, Ernst A. A novel animal model
for hyperdynamic airway collapse. CHEST 2010
(in press)
Matyal R, Mahmood F, Hess P, Zhao X, Mitchell
J, Maslow A, Gangadharan SP, DeCamp MM.
Right ventricular echocardiographic predictors
of postoperative supraventricular arrhythmias
after thoracic surgery (A Pilot Study). Ann Thorac
Surg 2010 (in press)
Varlotto J, Medford-Davis LN, Recht A, Flickinger
J, Schaefer E, DeCamp MM. Local and Distal
Failure Rates and Pattern of Recurrence in Sur-
gically-Resected N1 Non-Small Cell Lung Can-
cer. International Journal of Radiation Oncology,
Biology, Physics 2010 (in press)
Gangadharan SP, DeCamp MM. Mediastinal
Masses. In: General Surgery:Principles and In-
ternational Practice 2nd Edition, Bland KI, Sarr
MG, Buchler MW, et al (eds) Springer-Verlag,
London, 2009. p 1409-1418
Fell SC, DeCamp MM Jr. Technical Aspects of
Lobectomy. In: General Thoracic Surgery 7th
Edition, Lociciero J (editor). Lippincott Williams
& Wilkins, Philadelphia, PA 2009. p 421-444
DeCamp MM Jr., Fell SC. Pneumonectomy and
its Modifications. In: General Thoracic Surgery
7th Edition, Lociciero J (editor). Lippincott Wil-
liams & Wilkins, Philadelphia, PA 2009. p 457-
470
Ashiku SA, DeCamp MM. Resection of the Ca-
rina. In: Adult Chest Surgery:
Concepts and Procedures, DJ Sugarbaker
(editor) McGraw Hill, New York 2009. p 473-483
O‘Dell D, Gangadharan SP, DeCamp MM. Belsey
Mark IV Fundoplication/Collis Gastroplasty. In:
Adult Chest Surgery: Concepts and Procedures,
DJ Sugarbaker (editor) McGraw Hill, New York
2009. p 271-277
de Hoyos, Alberto, MD
Presentations
Thoracic Malignancies, Jackson Hospital,
Oct 2009.
History of Tracheostomy. Percutaneous Tracheo-
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stomy Hands-On Seminar. Sept 2009
Patient selection, indications, contraindications.
Percutaneous Tracheostomy
Hands-On Seminar, Sept 2009
Tracheobronchial Interventions. New Tools for
the Thoracic Surgeon. Introduction.
Society of Thoracic Surgeons. Fort Lauderdale,
Feb. 2010
Tracheobronchial Interventions. New Tools for
the Thoracic Surgeon.Hot and Cold
Therapies, Microdebridement. Society of Tho-
racic Surgeons. Fort Lauderdale, Feb. 2010
Assessment and Management of Airway Ob-
struction. Hands-On Seminar. Salt Lake City,
April, 2010
Airway Stenting. Hands-On Seminar. Salt Lake
City, April, 2010
Publications
Kapadia MR, de Hoyos A, Blum MG. Acute Su-
perior Vena Cava Occlusion after Stenting of
Tracheoesophageal Fistula. Ann Thorac Surg.
2009 Apr;87(4):1260-2
Phillips JD, Yeldandi A, Blum MG, de Hoyos A.
Bronchial carcinoid secreating insulin-like
growth factor-I with acromegalic features. Ann
Thorac Surg. 2009;88:1350-2
MacIver RH, Sundaresan S, de Hoyos A, Sisco
M, Blum MG. Mucosal tube technique for crea-
tion of esophageal anastomosis after
esophagectomy. Ann Thorac Surg.
2009;87:1703-7
Blum MG, de Hoyos A. Surgical approach to
small detected lung nodules. Accepted for publi-
cation in Clinical Pulmonary Medicine, 2009
McCarthy DP, de Hoyos A, Blum MG. The role of
a ―removable‖ hybrid stent in the treatment of
esophageal disease. Submitted for publication
in the Annals of Surgery, 2009
de Hoyos A, Blum M. Morgagni Hernia. In
Shields TW, LoCicero, III J, Reed CE, Feins RH.
General Thoracic Surgery, Seventh Edition.
Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, 2009; 719-724
de Hoyos A, Blum M. Video-Assisted Thoracic
Surgery for Diseases within the Mediastinum. In
Shields TW, LoCicero, III J, Reed CE, Feins RH.
General Thoracic Surgery, Seventh Edition.
Lippincott Williams and Wilkins,
2157-2176, 2009
de Hoyos A, Fry W. Pneumothorax. In Shields
TW, LoCicero, III J, Reed CE, Feins RH. General
Thoracic Surgery, Seventh Edition. Lippincott
Williams and Wilkins.739-762, 2009
de Hoyos A, Blum M. Instruments and Tech-
niques of Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery. In
Shields TW, LoCicero, III J, Reed CE, Feins RH.
General Thoracic Surgery, Seventh Edition.
Lippincott Williams and Wilkins. 487-508.2009
de Hoyos A, Backer C. Vascular Masses of the
Mediastinum. In Shields TW, LoCicero, III J,
Reed CE, Feins RH. General Thoracic Surgery,
Seventh Edition. Lippincott Williams and Wil-
kins.2223-2246, 2009
Blum M, de Hoyos A. Primary Pneumomediasti-
num. In Shields TW, LoCicero, III J, Reed CE,
Feins RH. General Thoracic Surgery, Seventh
Edition. Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, 2009,
pages 2177-2180
de Hoyos A, Blum MG, Landreneau R. Video-
Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery (VATS) for the
General Surgeon. In Soper NJ, Swanstrom LL,
Eubanks WS Mastery of Endoscopic and Laparo-
scopic Surgery, third edition. Lippincott Williams
& Wilkins, 564-576. 2009
de Hoyos A. Complications of pleural operations
and procedures. In Little A, Complications in
Cardiothoracic Surgery; Avoidance and Treat-
ment. Wiley-Blackwell, 2010
de Hoyos A, DeCamp M. Tracheostomy. In
Soper N, Kauffman D. Northwestern Handbook
of Surgical Procedures, Second Edition. Landes
Bioscience, 2010
de Hoyos A. DeCamp M. Pulmonary Lobectomy.
In Soper N, Kauffman D. Northwestern Hand-
book of Surgical Procedures, Second Edition.
Landes Bioscience, 2010
de Hoyos A, DeCamp M. Cricothyrotomy. In
Soper N, Kauffman D. Northwestern Handbook
of Surgical Procedures, Second Edition. Landes
Bioscience, 2010
de Hoyos A, DeCamp M. Transhiatal Esophagec-
tomy. In Soper N, Kauffman D. Northwestern
Handbook of Surgical Procedures, Second Edi-
tion. Landes Bioscience, 2010
de Hoyos A, DeCamp M. Ivor Lewis Esophagec-
tomy. In Soper N, Kauffman D. Northwestern
Handbook of Surgical Procedures, Second Edi-
tion. Landes Bioscience, 2010
de Hoyos A, DeCamp M. Left Transthoracic
Esophagectomy. In Soper N, Kauffman D.
Northwestern Handbook of Surgical Procedures,
Second Edition. Landes Bioscience, 2010
de Hoyos A, DeCamp M. Esophageal Perforation.
In Soper N, Kauffman D. Northwestern Hand-
book of Surgical Procedures, Second Edition.
Landes Bioscience, 2010
Eskandari, Mark, MD
Awards/Honors
James S. T. Yao, MD, PhD, Professor of
Education in Vascular Surgery
Presentations
―Indications and Techniques of Left Subclavian
Revascularization with TEVAR.‖ International
Endovascular Symposium – Thoracic Aortic
Summit, Sydney, Australia, September 30, 2009
Lecturer, ―TEVAR for Blunt Aortic Transection:
Meta-Analysis of Death, Stroke, and Paraplegia
Rates.‖ International Endovascular Symposium
– Thoracic Aortic Summit, Sydney, Australia,
September 30, 2009
Keynote Speaker, ―Overcoming Difficult TEVAR
Access: Percutaneous Closure and Endocon-
duits.‖ Vascular 2009 Innovation in Interven-
tion, Sydney, Australia, October 3, 2009
Keynote Speaker, ―Supra-Aortic Trunk Stenting
Outcomes: Fractures and Late Stent Failures.‖
Vascular 2009 Innovation in Intervention, Syd-
ney, Australia, October 3, 2009
Keynote Speaker, ―Non-Neurologic, Preventable
Complications of Carotid Stenting.‖
Vascular 2009 Innovation in Intervention,
Sydney, Australia, October 3, 2009
Lecturer, ―Extreme Treatment for CLI: Surgical
Outer Limits.‖ VIVA 2009, Las Vegas,NV,
October 20, 2009
Lecturer, ―Does Stent Geometry Matter.‖ VIVA
2009, Las Vegas, NV, October 20, 2009
Lecturer, ―Carotid Stents and EPDs.‖ 34th An-
nual Northwestern Vascular Symposium:
Vascular Surgery-A Manual for Survival,
Chicago, IL, December 10-13, 2009
Lecturer, ―Current Treatment of Aortic
Dissection.‖ 34th Annual Northwestern Vascular
Symposium: Vascular Surgery-A Manual for
Survival, Chicago, IL, December 10-13, 2009
Lecturer, ―Role of EVAR for Ruptured Aneu-
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rysms.‖ 34th Annual Northwestern Vascular
Symposium: Vascular Surgery-A Manual for
Survival, Chicago, IL, December 10-13, 2009
Lecturer, ―Vena Cava Thrombectomy and Pri-
mary Repair After Radical Nephrectomy for Re-
nal Cell Carcinoma: Single Center Experience.‖
Peripheral Vascular Surgery Society 20th Annual
Winter Meeting, Vail, CO, January 30, 2010
Lecturer, ―Management of Carotid Disease – A
Surgeon‘s Perspective‖ Fifth Annual SIR Fellows
Spring Practicum 2010, Evanston, IL, April 22,
2010
Lecturer, ―AAA Repair – A Surgeon‘s Perspec-
tive‖ Fifth Annual SIR Fellows Spring Practicum
2010, Evanston, IL, April 22, 2010
Publications
Adel JG, Morasch MD, Eskandari MK. An
uncommon cause for carotid artery stenosis
after carotid stenting. Ann Vasc Surg 2009;
23(2):258.e9-12
Bilimoria KY, Kmiecik TE, DaRosa DA, Halverson
A, Eskandari MK, Bell RH, Soper NJ,
Wayne JD. Development of an Online Morbidity,
Mortality, and Near-Miss Reporting
System to Identify Patterns of Adverse Events in
Surgical Patients. Arch Surg 2009;
144(4):305-11; discussion 311.
Brown KE, Usman AA, Kibbe MR, Morasch MD,
Matsumura JS, Pearce WH, Amaranto DJ,
Eskandari MK. Carotid Stenting Using Tapered
Versus Non-tapered Stents:
Associated Neurologic Complications and
Restenosis Rates. J Vasc Surg 2009;23:439-
445
Eskandari MK, Usman AA, Garcia-Toca M, Ma-
tsumura JS, Kibbe MR, Morasch MD,
Rodriguez HE, Pearce WH. 8-Year Institutional
Review of Carotid Artery Stenting.
J Vasc Surg 2010;51:1145-51
Garcia-Toca M, Usman AA, Matsumura JS, Kibbe
MR, Morasch MD, Rodriguez HE,
Amaranto DJ, Pearce WH, Eskandari MK. 8-Year
Institutional Review of Carotid Artery
Stenting. J Vasc Surg 2010;51:1145-51
Heyer K, Tang GL, Resnick SA, Eskandari MK.
Hybrid thoracoabdominal aortic
aneurysm repair: visceral revascularization com-
bined with EVAR and TEVAR.
J Vasc Intervent Rad 2010;21(5):735-7
Naughton PA, Garcia-Toca M, Eskandari MK.
Endovascular repair of complicated
type B aortic dissection following coronary artery
bypass grafting.
J Vasc Intervent Rad 2010;21(3):403-5
Tang GL, Matsumura JS, Morasch MD, Pearce
WH, Nguyen A, Amaranto D, Eskandari MK.
Carotid angioplasty and stenting vs. carotid
endarterectomy for asymptomatic disease
:single center experience. Arch Surg; 2008;143
(7):1-6
Usman AA, Tang GL, Eskandari MK. Meta-
Analysis of Procedural Stroke and
Death among Octogenarians: Carotid Stenting
versus Carotid Endarterectomy.
J Am Coll Surg 2009;208(6):1124-31
Adel JG, Morasch MD, Eskandari MK. An uncom-
mon cause for carotid artery stenosis
after carotid stenting. Ann Vasc Surg 2009;23
(2):258.e9-12
Bilimoria KY, Kmiecik TE, DaRosa DA, Halverson
A, Eskandari MK, Bell RH, Soper NJ,
Wayne JD. Development of an Online Morbidity,
Mortality, and Near-Miss Reporting System
to Identify Patterns of Adverse Events in Surgical
Patients. Arch Surg 2009;
144(4):305-11; discussion 311
Brown KE, Usman AA, Kibbe MR, Morasch MD,
Matsumura JS, Pearce WH, Amaranto DJ,
Eskandari MK. Carotid Stenting Using Tapered
Versus Non-tapered Stents: Associated
Neurologic Complications and Restenosis
Rates. J Vasc Surg 2009;23:439-445
Eskandari MK, Usman AA, Garcia-Toca M, Ma-
tsumura JS, Kibbe MR, Morasch MD,
Rodriguez HE, Pearce WH. 8-Year Institutional
Review of Carotid Artery Stenting.
J Vasc Surg 2010;51:1145-51
Garcia-Toca M, Usman AA, Matsumura JS, Kibbe
MR, Morasch MD, Rodriguez HE,
Amaranto DJ, Pearce WH, Eskandari MK. 8-Year
Institutional Review of Carotid Artery
Stenting. J Vasc Surg 2010;51:1145-51
Heyer K, Tang GL, Resnick SA, Eskandari MK.
Hybrid thoracoabdominal aortic
aneurysm repair: visceral revascularization
combined with EVAR and TEVAR.
J Vasc Intervent Rad 2010;21(5):735-7
Naughton PA, Garcia-Toca M, Eskandari MK.
Endovascular repair of complicated
type B aortic dissection following coronary artery
bypass grafting.
J Vasc Intervent Rad 2010;21(3):403-5
Tang GL, Matsumura JS, Morasch MD, Pearce
WH, Nguyen A, Amaranto D, Eskandari MK.
Carotid angioplasty and stenting vs. carotid
endarterectomy for asymptomatic disease:
single center experience. Arch Surg; 2008;143
(7):1-6
Usman AA, Tang GL, Eskandari MK. Meta-
Analysis of Procedural Stroke and Death
among Octogenarians: Carotid Stenting versus
Carotid Endarterectomy.
J Am Coll Surg 2009;208(6):1124-31
Xu DS, Abruzzo TA, Albuquerque FC, Dabus G,
Eskandari MK, Guterman LR, Hage ZA,
Hurley MC, Hanel RA, Levy EI, Nichols CW,
Ringer AJ, Batjer HH, Bendock BR.
External carotid artery stenting to treat patients
with symptomatic ipsilateral internal
carotid artery occlusion: a multicenter case
series. Neurosurgery 2010; in press
Brown KE, Eskandari MK. Preventable
Complications of Carotid Stenting.
In Carotid Artery Disease, Kibbe MR, Pearce WH,
Yao JS, eds. People‘s Medical
Publishing House, in press 2009
Eskandari MK. Current Status of Carotid
Stenting in the Treatment of
Symptomatic and Asymptomatic Carotid Steno-
sis. In Carotid Artery Disease,
Kibbe MR, Pearce WH, Yao JS, eds. People‘s
Medical Publishing House, in press 2009
Eskandari MK. Carotid Angioplasty and Stent-
ing. In ACS Surgery: Principles and Practice.
Jurkovich GJ, Kaiser LR, Pearce WH, Pemberton
JH, Soper NJ, Souba WW, eds.
BC Decker, Philadelphia, PA, 2009
Eskandari MK. Carotid Stents and Embolic
Protection Devices. In Trends and Outcomes
in Endovascular Surgery, Matsumura JS, Mo-
rasch MD, Pearce WH, Yao JST, eds
Evanston IL, Greenwood Academic Press, 2009
Eskandari MK. Current Treatment of Type B
Thoracic Aortic Dissections. In Trends
and Outcomes in Endovascular Surgery, Matsu-
mura JS, Morasch MD, Pearce WH, Yao JST,
eds. Evanston IL, Greenwood Academic Press,
2009
Eskandari MK. Endovascular Treatment of
Aortic Arch Vessels, Subclavian, and Axillary
Artery. In Atlas of Vascular Surgery and En-
dovascular Therapy, Chaikof EL, Cambria RP,
eds
Elsevier Science, Philadelphia. In progress
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Eskandari MK. Occupational Vascular Prob-
lems. In Vascular Surgery,7th ed.
Rutherford RB, ed. Elsevier Science, Philadel-
phia, PA, 2010
Eskandari MK. Role of EVAR for Ruptured Ab-
dominal Aortic Aneurysms. In Trends and
Outcomes in Endovascular Surgery, Matsumura
JS, Morasch MD, Pearce WH,
Yao JST, eds. Evanston IL, Greenwood Academic
Press, 2009
Eskandari MK. Techniques for Carotid Artery
Stenting. In Carotid Artery Disease,
Kibbe MR, Pearce WH, Yao JS, eds. People‘s
Medical Publishing House, in press 2009
Eskandari MK. Venous Reconstruction in Renal
Cancer Patients. In Venous Disorders
-New Findings and Treatment, Kibbe MR, Pearce
WH, Yao JS, eds. People‘s Medical
Publishing House, in press 2009
Heyer KS, Eskandari MK. Current status
of carotid artery stenting.
In Angioplasty Research Progress, Layton KG,
Percelle RA, eds. Nova Science
Publishers, Hauppauge NY, 2009
Longo GM, Eskandari MK. Single Center Experi-
ence in Carotid Artery Stenting.
In Carotid Artery Disease, Kibbe MR, Pearce WH,
Yao JS, eds. People‘s Medical Publishing
House, in press 2009
Monge M, Eskandari MK. Hybrid Procedure for
Supra-Aortic Trunk Lesions.
In Carotid Artery Disease, Kibbe MR, Pearce WH,
Yao JS, eds. People‘s Medical
Publishing House, in press 2009
Peterson BG, Eskandari MK, Morasch MD.
Endovascular stent-graft placement f
or emergent traumatic thoracic aortic disrup-
tion. In Surgery of the Aorta and Its
Body Branches, Morasch MD, Pearce WH, Yao
JS, eds. People‘s Medical Publishing House,
2010
Rodriguez HE, Eskandari MK. Histopathologic
Changes After Stent Implantation.
In Carotid Artery Disease, Kibbe MR, Pearce WH,
Yao JS, eds. People‘s Medical Publishing
House, in press 2009
Xu DS, Abruzzo TA, Albuquerque FC, Dabus G,
Eskandari MK, Guterman LR, Hage ZA,
Hurley MC, Hanel RA, Levy EI, Nichols CW,
Ringer AJ, Batjer HH, Bendock BR. External
carotid artery stenting to treat patients
with symptomatic ipsilateral internal carotid
artery occlusion: a multicenter
case series. Neurosurgery 2010; in press
Fryer, Jonathon, MD
Presentations
Transplantation Fellowships Favorably Impact
Surgical Resident Perceptions of Transplant
Surgery Experience. James G. Bittner IV, Jona-
than P. Fryer, Joseph B. Cofer, John D. Mellinger,
George M. Fuhrman, Karen R. Borman, James J.
Wynn. ATC, San Diego, CA. May 2010
The Perceived Impact of Resident Travel on
Transplant Surgery Experience During General
Surgery Residency Training: A Survey of Program
Directors in Surgery James G. Bittner IV, MD1,
Jonathan P. Fryer, MD2, Joseph B. Cofer, MD3,
John D. Mellinger, MD1,James J. Wynn,
MD1,George M. Fuhrman, MD4, Karen R. Bor-
man, MD5, 1Medical College of Georgia, Au-
gusta, GA; 2Northwestern University,Chicago, IL; 3University of Tennessee, Chattanooga, TN; 4At-
lanta Medical Center, Atlanta, GA; 5University of
Central Florida,Orlando, FL. Surgical Education
Week, Antonio, TX. April 2010
Educating Across a Values and Perceptual Di-
vide? Duty-hour Restrictions after Six Years: A
Multi-institutional Study of Surgical Faculty and
Residents. Coverdill, James E., Alfredo M. Car-
bonell, Thomas H. Cogbill, Jonathan Fryer,
George M. Fuhrman, Kristi Harold, Jonathan R.
Hiatt, Richard A. Moore, Don K. Nakayama, M.
Timothy Nelson, Marc Schlatter, Richard A.
Sidwell, John L. Tarpley, Paula M. Termuhlen,
Christopher Wohltmann, and John D. Mellin-
ger. Surgical Education Week, Antonio, TX. April
2010
Improving the Resident Experience on Trans-
plant Surgery: Surgical Residents on Transplant
Surgery: An Endangered Species. ASTS 10th
Annual State of the Art Winter Symposium, ‗The
Cutting Edge of Transplant Surgery‘ Fort Lauder-
dale, FL. January 2010
Educating Residents & Students: What‘s at
Stake? ASTS 3rd Annual Surgical Fellows Sym-
posium, ASTS Program Planning Committee
member, Scottsdale, AZ. November 2009
Publications
Coverdill, J., Carbonell, A., Fryer, JFuhrman, G.,
Harold,K., Hiatt, J., Jarman, B., Moore, R.,
Nakayama, D., Nelson, M., Schlatter, M.,
Sidwell, R., Tarpley, J.,. Termuhlen, P.,
Wohltmann, C., and Mellinger, J. A New Profes-
sionalism? Surgical Residents, Duty-hour Re-
strictions, and Shift Transitions. Academic Medi-
cine (in press).(Also presented at the Annual
Meeting of the Association of American Medical
Colleges, Research in Medical Education [RIME],
Washington, DC, November 2010.)
Coverdill, J., Carbonell, A., Cogbill, T., Fryer, J.,
Fuhrman, G., Harold, K., Hiatt, J., Moore, R.,
Nakayama, D., Nelson, M., Schlatter, M.,
Sidwell,R., Tarpley, J., Termuhlen,P.,
Wohltmann, C., and Mellinger, J. Professional
Values, Value Conflicts, and Assessments of the
Duty-hour Restrictions after Six Years: A Multi-
institutional Study of Surgical Faculty and Resi-
dents. American Journal of Surgery (in press)
Fryer J, Corcoran N, DaRosa D. Use of the Surgi-
cal Council on Resident Education (SCORE)
curriculum as a template for evaluating and
planning a program's clinical curriculum. J Surg
Educ. 2010 Jan-Feb;67(1):52-7
Fryer J, DaRosa D, Wang E, Han L, Axelrod D,
Ishitani M, Baker T, Knight R, Sung R, Magee J,
Pomfret EA; ASTS National Transplant Surgery
Curriculum Committee. What defines a trans-
plant surgeon? A needs assessment for curricu-
lar development in transplant surgery fellowship
training. Am J Transplant. 2010 Mar;10(3):664-
74. Epub 2010 Jan 5
Grady, Kathleen, PhD
Awards/Honors
Appointed Co-Chair – AHA Editorial Board, Heart
Insights, Healthy Living for Patients, their Fami-
lies & Caregivers
Appointed Chair, AHA Council Operations Com-
mittee
Appointed to the School Transportation Task
Force, state of Illinois by Governor Pat Quinn
Presentations
Speaker, Heart Transplantation and Ventricular
Assist Device Implantation in 2009. Heart Fail-
ure Symposium, Memorial Heart and Vascular
Institute. Springfield, IL.
Speaker, Ventricular Assist Device Certifica-
tion: Are you Prepared? American Heart Asso-
ciation 2009 Scientific Sessions. Orlando, FL.
Speaker, Stage D Heart Failure: Quality of Life
Outcomes after Transplant and Mechanical
Support Fifth Annual Heart Failure Holiday Sym-
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posium. The Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute,
Center for Heart Failure and Feinberg School of
Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
Speaker, Evidence Based Practice of Self-Care
Management in the Adult Mechanical
Circulatory Support and Transplant Patient: Is
your Transplant Program Evidence Based.
International Society for Heart and Lung
Transplantation 30th Anniversary
Meeting and Scientific Sessions. Chicago, IL
Speaker, Stage D Heart Failure: Quality of Life
Outcomes after Transplant and Mechanical
Support. Brigham and Womens‘ Hospital. Bos-
ton, MA.
Publications
Grady K, Wang E, Higgins R, Heroux A, Ry-
barczyk B, Young JB, Pelegrin D, Czerr J, Ko-
bashigawa J, Chait J, Naftel DC,
White-Williams C, Myers S, Kirklin J. Symptom
Frequency and Distress from 5 to 10 years
after Heart Transplantation. Journal of Heart
and Lung Transplantation. 28:759-68, 2009
Riegel B, Moser D, Anker S, Appel L, Dunbar S,
Grady K, Gurvitz M, Havranek E, Lee C, Lin-
denfeld J, Peterson P, Pressler S,
Schocken D, Whellan D. State of the Science:
Promoting self-care in persons with heart fail-
ure. A Statement from the American
Heart Association. Circulation. 120:1141-
1163, 2009
Hsich, EM, Naftel DC, Myers SL, Grady KL,
Schuml D, Ulisney KL, Young JB. Sex-specific
differences in outcomes and adverse events
with primary left ventricular assist device sup-
port using the INTERMACS database. J Heart
Lung Transplant 29:2S S41, 2010
White-Williams C, Grady KL, Wang E, Naftel DC,
Kirklin JK, Myers S, Rybarczyk B, Young JB, Czerr
J, Pelegrin D, Kobashigawa J, Chait J, Heroux A,
Higgins R. The relationships among satisfaction
with heart transplant on quality of life outcomes
5 to 10 years after heart transplantation. J
Heart Lung Transplant 29:2S S59, 2010
Grady KL, Wang E, White-Williams C, Naftel DC,
Myers S, Kirklin JK, Young JB, Pelegrin D, Czerr
J, Kobashigawa J, Chait J, Rybarczyk B, Heroux
A, Higgins A. Patterns and predictors of stress
and coping from 5 to 10 years after heart trans-
plantation. J Heart Lung Transplant 29:2S S77,
2010
Rhee JK, McGee E, Subacius H, Grady KL, Fer-
guson G, O‘Leary JL, Schupbach E, Shao E,
Kansal P, Tambur AR, Klein L, Cotts WG. The
impact of virtual crossmatch on cardiac allograft
vasculopathy in heart transplant recipients. J
Heart Lung Transplant 29:2S S153, 2010
Halverson, Amy, MD
Awards/Honors
Excellence in Teaching Award, Dept. of Surgery,
Northwestern University Feinberg School of
Medicine 2008-09
Director, Nora Institute for Surgical Patient
Safety, American College of Surgeons
Editor, Quality and Patient Safety Web Portal,
American College of Surgeons
Editorial Board for Selected Readings in General
Surgery
American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons
Committee for Quality and Patient Safety
Vice-President, Metropolitan Chicago Chapter,
American College of Surgeons
Presentations
Missouri College of Surgeons 42nd Annual Meet-
ing-Communication in the OR, June 13, 2009
Hansen, Nora, MD
Awards/Honors
Accreditation Certification Award from the Na-
tional Accreditation Program for Breast Centers,
American College of Surgeons January 2010
Presentations
Local therapy of inflammatory cancer. Lynn
Sage Breast Cancer Symposium, Chicago, Illi-
nois. October 2, 2009
Decision making regarding primary
(neoadjuvant therapy) in patients with operable
and locally advanced breast cancer, Moderator,
Lynn Sage Breast Cancer Symposium, Chicago,
Illinois. October 3, 2009
Multidiciplinary Tumor Board: Case reviews.
Panelist Lynn Sage Breast Cancer Symposium,
Chicago, Illinois. October 3, 2009
The promises and myths of breast cancer re-
search, Town Hall meeting – Panelist Lynn Sage
Breast Cancer Symposium, Chicago, Illinois.
October 4, 2009
Breast Imaging: Do We Need It? American Col-
lege of Surgeons 95th Annual Clinical Congress,
Chicago, Illinois. October 15, 2009
Nipple sparing mastectomy and management of
the high-risk patient. Annual Clinical Assembly of
Osteopathic Surgeons. Chicago, Illinois. Novem-
ber 1, 2009
Imaging, staging, surgical and radio therapeutic
considerations in the setting of neo-adjuvant
systemic therapy for advanced breast cancer.
Breast Boost Course, RSNA 95th Scientific As-
sembly and Annual Meeting. Chicago, Illinois.
November 30, 2009
Nipple sparing mastectomy. TEAM UP in On-
coplastic Surgery, Nashville Tennessee, January
28, 2010
Breast Health for the Adolescent s a kick-off for
fundraiser for the Avon Walk for Breast Cancer
2010, Hinsdale Middle School, Hinsdale, Illinois,
April 9, 2010
The Multidisciplinary Approach to Breast Cancer
Management, Gilda‘s Clun, Chicago, Illinois April
15, 2010
Publications
Abbott DE, Margaryan NV, Jeruss JS, Khan S,
Kaklamani V, Winchester D, Hansen N, Rade-
maker A, Khalkhali-Ellis Z, Hendrix MJ. Reevalu-
ating cathepsin D as a biomarker for breast
cancer: Serum activity levels versus histopathol-
ogy. Cancer Biol Ther. 2010 Jan 15;9(1). PMID:
19923884
Manget A, Hansen NM,. The Clinical Breast Can-
cer Team. Carol Scott-Conner, Fred Dirbas
(eds.) In Breast Surgery: Office Management
and Surgical Technique. Springer-Verlag New
York, (Submitted)
Hansen NM, Introduction / Multidisciplinary
Training for Breast Surgical Oncology. In
Kuerer‘s Breast Surgical Oncology. McGraw-Hill
New York, (in Process)
Hansen, NM, Paget‘s Disease. Harris JR,
Lippman ME, Morrow, M, Osborne CK, (eds.) in
Diseases of the Breast 4th Ed. Lippincott, Wil-
liams & Wilkins, 2009
Hummel, Mary, PhD
Publications
Liu, X.F., Yan, S., Abecassis, M. and Hummel, M.
(2010) ―Biphasic recruitment of transcriptional
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repressors to the MCMV major immediate early
promoter during the course of infection in vivo‖,
J. Virol. 84(7):3631-3643.
PMCID: PMC2838119
Hungness, Eric, MD
Awards/Honors
SSAT Maintenance of Certification Committee
Olympus Millennium Program Participant, Tokyo,
Japan.
Winner, NOSCAR Research Grant - Transrectal
NOTES appendectomy - $70,000
Winner, SAGES Research Grant - Laparoscopic
Common Bile Duct Exploration:
Simulator Development‖ - $9,996
Presentations
Panelist - American College of Surgeons Surgical
Congress, Subject-Oriented Symposium III:
NOTES and Single Port Access Surgery -, Chi-
cago, October 15, 2009
Speaker, Grand Rounds. Northwestern Univer-
sity - Bariatric Surgery Update, Chicago, October
22, 2009
Speaker, Annual Clinical Assembly of Osteo-
pathic Surgeons - NOTES, Chicago, November 2,
2009
FLS Course Instructor and Lecturer – Chicago,
IL, November 14, 2010
Speaker, Transgastric Cholecystectomy. 3rd
UCSD Hands-On NOTES and Single Site Surgery
Symposium, San Diego, November 20, 2009
Speaker, SAGES NOTES Symposium - NOTES:
Steady Progress Has Been Made, Washington
DC, April 16, 2010
Session Chair, Surgical and Endoscopic Man-
agement of Obesity. AGA Research Forum, Di-
gestive Disease Week, New Orleans, May 3,
2010
Publications
Rooney DE, Pugh C, Auyang EA, Hungness ES,
and DaRosa D. Administrative Considerations
When Implementing ACS Skills Curriculum. Sur-
gery 2009 Dec 30. [Epub ahead of print]
Malladi P, Hungness ES and Nagle AP. Single
Access Laparoscopic Splenectomy: A Novel
Minimally Invasive Surgical Approach. JSLS,
2009 13(4):601-604
Pugh C, Plachta S, Auyang EA, Pryor A and Hung-
ness ES. Outcome Measures for Surgical Simu-
lators: Is the Focus on Technical Skills the Best
Approach. Surgery – In Press
Fronza JS, Linn JG, Nagle AP, Soper NJ and
Hungness ES. A Single Institution‘s Experience
with SILS Cholecystectomy Compared to Stan-
dard Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy. Surgery –
In Press
Soper NJ and Hungness ES. Laparoscopic anti-
reflux surgery. In Fischer JE, Bland KI (eds):
Mastery of Surgery, 6th edition. Philadelphia,
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2010. In Press
Speaker, American College of Surgeons Surgical
Congress, Subject-Oriented Symposium III:
NOTES and Single Port Access Surgery - NOTES
Cholecystectomy, Chicago, October 15, 2009
Speaker, Society for Surgery of the Alimentary
Tract Video Session III: Emerging Technologies
in Minimal Access GI Surgery - Hybrid Transvagi-
nal NOTES Cholecystectomy Using a Novel Flexi-
ble Toolbox and Internal Retraction System, New
Orleans, May 4, 2010
Jeruss, Jacqueline, MD, PhD
Awards/Honors
NEW FUNDING:
Principal Investigator, Association of Women
Surgeons Foundation and Ethicon Endo-Surgery
Fellowship Grant, ―Novel Cell Array to Determine
Impact of CDK Inhibition of SMAD Signaling of
Cyclin Over-expressing Breast Cancer‖, 8/1/09-
12/31/10, $25,000
Principal Investigator, National Institutes of
Health, 1K22CA138776-01A1, ―The Oncogenic
Significance of Cyclin Overexpression and
Smad3 Tumor Suppression‖, 7/1/10-6/31/13,
$521,780
Co-Investigator, Department of Defense, Breast
Cancer Research Program Concept Award,
―Identification of a PARP Inhibitor Sensitivity
Signature in Breast Cancer Using A Novel Tran-
scription Factor Activity Array‖, 8/1/10-
8/31/11, $75,000
Presentations
Cooley AE, Matthews L, Ukeje C, Zelivianski S,
Jeruss JS. Effects of Fertility Treatment Regi-
mens and Pregnancy Related Hormones on
Breast Cell Proliferation. Poster Presentation at
the 2009 Annual Oncofertility Consortium Con-
ference, Chicago, IL, September 15, 2009
Speaker, The 11th Annual Lynn Sage Breast
Cancer Symposium, ―Management of Recurrent
Breast Cancer After Initial Lumpectomy Sentinal
Node Biopsy, and Whole Breast Radiation Ther-
apy‖, October 1, 2009
Chair, Controversies in Breast Cancer Manage-
ment, 11th Annual Lynn Sage Breast Cancer
Symposium, Chicago, IL October 4, 2009
Speaker, American Society for Bioethics and
Humanities (ASBH), ―Discussing Fertility Preser-
vation with Breast Cancer Patients‖, Washing-
ton, DC, October 17, 2009
Zelivianski S, Cooley AE, Kall R, Jerusss JS.
CDK4 Phosphorylation Regulates Smad3 Activity
in Cyclin D1 Overexpressing Breast Cancer Cells.
Poster Presentation at the 32nd Annual San
Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium, San Antonio,
TX, December 11, 2009
Moderator, Academic Surgical Congress, Inte-
grated Oral Session II: Oncology 5: Cancer Biol-
ogy. San Antonio, TX. February 5, 2010
Plenary Speaker, Society of Surgical Oncology,
―Update on DCIS Outcomes from the American
Society of Breast Surgeons Accelerated Partial
Breast Irradiation Clinical Trial Registry‖, St.
Louis, MO, March 5, 2010
Publications
Abbott DE, Margaryan NV, Jeruss JS, Khan S,
Kaklamani V, Winchester DJ, Hansen N, Rade-
maker F, Khalkhali-Ellis Z, Hendrix MJC. Re-
evaluating Cathepsin D as a biomarker for
breast cancer: Serum activity levels versus
histopathology. Cancer Biol Ther. 2010 Jan;9
(1):23-30. Epub 2010 Jan 15
Gardino S, Jeruss JS, Woodruff TK. Using Deci-
sion Trees to Enhance Interdisciplinary Team
Work: The Case of Oncofertility. J Assist Reprod
Genet 2010; Apr 13. Epub ahead of print. PMID:
20386978
Hulvat MC, Jeruss JS. Fertility Preservation Op-
tions for Patients with Cancer. European Oncol-
ogy, 2010;6(1):31–4
Redig AJ, Brannigan R, Stryker S, Woodruff TK,
Jeruss JS. Incorporating Fertility Preservation
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The Surgical Scope The Surgical Scope
into the Care of Young Oncology Patients. Can-
cer. In Press
Bellis A, Bernabe BP, Weiss M, Yarrington M,
Barbolina M, Pannier A, Jeruss JS, Broadbelt L,
Shea LD. Large-scale Analysis of Transcription
Factor Activity using Bioluminescence Imaging.
In Press
Jeruss JS, Kuerer HM, Beitsch PD, Vicini FA,
Keisch M. Update on DCIS Outcomes from the
American Society of Breast Surgeons
MammoSite® Clinical Registry Trial. Annals of
Surg Onc. In Press
Kaufman, Dixon, MD, PhD
Awards/Honors
Deputy Director, Comprehensive Transplant
Center, Feinberg School of Medicine
2009 Best Doctors in America
Program Review Committee, OB-GYN, 2009
United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS), Pan-
creas Committee, Region 7, Chair, 2009-11
American Diabetes Association, Program Com-
mittee, 2009
Principle Investigator, National Institutes of
Health, "Clinical Islet Transplantation at North-
western" 1 U01AI089316-01
Presentations
Speaker: Northwestern Surgery Grand Rounds
(11/19), "Advances in Islet Transplantation".
Speaker: American Transplant Congress:
2010. Pancreas Transplantation: Current Con-
troversies Controversies in Allocation of Pan-
creas-Kidney Grafts
Speaker: American Transplant Congress:
2010. Revisiting Old friends: Management of
Current Immunosuppression: Alemtuzu-
mab: Sensible and Effective or Madness?
Publications
Ison, MG, Parker M, Stosor V, Kaufman DB.
2009. Development of BK nephropathy in recipi-
ents of simultaneous pancreas-kidney trans-
plantation. Transplantation. 87:525-30
Freeman RB, Matas AT, Henry M, Segev DL,
Kaufman DB, Robert JP. 2009. Moving kidney
allocation forward: the ASTS perspective. Ameri-
can J Transplantation. 9: 1501-6
Chen X, Zhang X, Fei C, Larson CS, Wang L-J,
Kaufman DB. 2009. Comparative study of re-
generative potential of beta cells from young
and aged donor mice using a novel islet trans-
plantation model. Transplantation. 88:496-
503
Stendahl JC, Kaufman DB, Stupp
SI. 2009. Extracellular matrix in pancreatic
islets: relevance to transplantation. Cell Trans-
plantation 18:1-12
Chen X, Kaufman DB. Bioluminescent imaging
of transplanted islets. Methods in molecular
biology (Clifton, N.J.) 2009; 574:75-85
Tambur AR, Ramon DS, Kaufman DB, Friede-
wald J, Luo X, Ho B, Skaro A, Caicedo J, Ladner
D, Baker T, Fryer J, Gallon L, Miller J, Abecassis
MM, Leventhal J. Perception Versus Reality?:
Virtual Crossmatch-How to Overcome Some of
the Technical and Logistic Limitations.
American journal of transplantation : official
journal of the American Society of Transplanta-
tion and the American Society of Transplant
Surgeons 2009 Jun 26
Kissler .J, Niland JC, Olack B, Ricordi C, Hering
B, Naji A, Faoud K, Oberholzer J, Fernandez L,
Contreras J, Stiller T, Sowinski J, Kaufman
DB. 2009. Validation of Methodologies for
Quantifying Isolated Human Islets: an Islet Cell
Resources Study. Clinical Transplantation (in
press)
Brubaker CE, Kissler H, Ling-jia Wang, L-J, Kauf-
man DB, Messersmith PB. 2010. Biocompatibil-
ity of mussel-inspired adhesive in murine extra-
hepatic beta-islet transplantation. Biomaterials
31:420-7
Su J, Hu BH, Lowe, WL, Kaufman DB, Mess-
ersmith PB. 2010.Anti-Inflammatory Peptide
Functionalized Hydrogels for Insulin-Secreting
Cell Encapsulation. Biomaterials 31:308-14
Kaufman DB. Editorial. 2010. Pancreas-after-
kidney transplantation: To have and not have
not. Clinical Transplantation 23:435-6
Chen X, Larson CS, West J, Zhang X, Kaufman
DB. 2010. In Vivo Detection of Extrapancreatic
Insulin Gene Expression in Diabetic Mice by
Bioluminescence Imaging. PLoS ONE 5(2):
e9397. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0009397
Kaushal,Sunjay, MD
Awards/Honors
Principal Investigator K08/National Institutes
of Health:Mentored Clinical Scientist
Development Award Characterization of
Cardiac Stem Cells in Congenital Heart Patients
Presentations
Speaker, Characterization of human cardiac
progenitor populations derived from young
congenital heart patients. Congenital Heart
Surgeons Society 2009 Annual Meeting,
Chicago, IL, November 1-2, 2009
Speaker, Mid-term outcomes in supravalvular
aortic stenosis demonstrate the superiority
of multi-sinus aortoplasty. Southern Thoracic
Surgical Association 56th Annual Meeting,
Marco Island, FL, November 4-7, 2009
Speaker, Tissue engineering the heart organ
with cardiac progenitor cells. 2010
Meeting of Medical Fellows, Research Scholars,
and Physician-Scientist Early
Career Awardees. Howard Hughes Medical Insti-
tute, Chevy Chase, MD, May 25, 2010
Speaker, The utility of a bioresorbable polymeric
film and expanded polytetrafluoroethylene
to prevent pericardial adhesions and provide a
protective barrier after cardiac surgery.
Western Thoracic Surgical Association 36th An-
nual Meeting, Ojai, CA, June 25, 2010
Publications
Kaushal S, Backer CL, Patel JN, Patel S, Walker
BL, Weigel TJ, Randolph G, Wax D,
Mavroudis C. Coarctation of the aorta: midterm
outcomes of resection with extended
end-to-end anastomosis. Ann Thorac Surg
2009;88:1932-1938
Bai W, Kaushal S, Malviya S, Griffith K, Ohye RG.
Anesthetic management for resection of cor
triatriatum during the second trimester of preg-
nancy. Int J Obstet Anesth 2010;19:103-106
Kaushal S, Backer CL, Patel S, Gossett JG, Mav-
roudis C. Midterm outcomes in supravalvular
aortic stenosis demonstrate the superiority of
multi-sinus aortoplasty. Ann Thorac Surg
2010;89:1371-1377
Kelle AM, Backer CL, Gossett JG, Kaushal S,
Mavroudis C. Total anomalous pulmonary ve-
nous connection: results of surgical repair of
100 patients at a single institution. J Thorac
Cardiovasc Surg 2010; 139:1387-1394
Kelle AM, Young L, Kaushal S, Duffy CE, Ander-
son RH, Backer CL. The Gerbode defect: the
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significance of a left ventricular to right atrial
shunt. Cardiol Young 2009;19(Suppl 2):96-99
Kaushal S, Jacobs JP, Gossett JG, Steele A,
Steele P, Davis CR, Pahl E, Vijayan K, Asante-
Korang A, Boucek RJ, Backer CL, Wold LE. Inno-
vation in basic science: stem cells and their role
in the treatment of paediatric cardiac failure-
opportunities and challenges. Cardiol Young
2009; 19(Suppl 2):74-84
Khan, Seema, MD
Awards/Honors
The Early Detection Research Network (EDRN):
Clinical Validation Centers Review Committee,
March 17, 2010
Department of Defense Breast Cancer Research
Program Integration Panel Programmatic Re-
view, March 10-11, 2010
American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO)
2010 Scientific Program Committee, March 1-2,
2010
Komen Promise Grant 2010 Scientific Peer
Review, February 22-23, 2010
Presentations
Invited Speaker, 11th Annual Lynn Sage Breast
Cancer Symposium, Unusual Breast Problems
Panel Discussions, ―Management of Supraclavi-
cular Nodal Metastases‖, Chicago, IL, October 1,
2009
Invited Speaker, 11th Annual Lynn Sage Breast
Cancer Symposium, ―Is Age a Selection Factor
for Mastectomy?‖, Chicago, IL, October 3, 2009
Invited Speaker, American College of Surgeons
95th Annual Clinical Congress 2009, "Evidence-
based Surveillance of Patients with Breast Can-
cer‖, Chicago, IL, October 14, 2009
Invited Speaker, The 15th Annual Multidiscipli-
nary Symposium on Breast Disease & The 1st
Annual International Breast Health Education
Program, ―Mastectomy for Patients with Metas-
tatic Breast Cancer‖. Cairo, Egypt, October 26,
2009
Invited Speaker, University of Washington
School of Medicine‘s Current Concepts and
Challenges in Breast Cancer Course, ―De Novo
Metastatic Disease‖, Seattle, WA, October 30,
2009
Invited Speaker, National Comprehensive Can-
cer Network (NCCN) 2010 Congress Series,
"Genetics, Risk Assessment, and Screening for
Breast Cancer", Chicago, IL, January 28, 2010
Invited Speaker, National Consortium of Breast
Centers 20th Annual National Interdisciplinary
Breast Center Conference, ―Con: T1cN1 Tumors
Are Appropriate Candidates for Neoadjuvant
Treatment Regardless of Operability‖, Las Ve-
gas, NV, March 22-23, 2010
Invited Speaker, Dow Graduate Association of
North America‘s Annual Dow Alumni Retreat
2010, ―Surgical Management in Breast Cancer‖,
St. Louis, MO, April 24, 2010
Publications
Bevers TB, Anderson BO, Bonaccio E, Buys S,
Daly MB, Dempsey PJ, Farrar WB, Fleming I,
Garber JE, Harris RE, Heerdt AS, Helvie M, Huff
JG, Khakpour N, Khan SA, Krontiras H, Lyman G,
Rafferty E, Shaw S, Smith ML, Tsangaris TN,
Williams C, Yaneeklov T. NCCN Clinical Practice
Guidelines in Oncology: Breast Cancer Screen-
ing and Diagnosis. J Natl Comp Canc Netw.
2009 Nov;7(10):1060-96. PMID: 19930975.
Consensus Statement
Khan SA. Axillary reverse mapping to prevent
lymphedema after breast cancer surgery: defin-
ing the limits of the concept. J Clin Oncol. 2009
Nov 20;27(33):5494-6. Epub 2009 Oct 13.
Invited Editorial
Chatterton RT Jr, Khan SA, Heinz R, Ivancic D,
Lee O. Patterns of sex steroid hormones in nip-
ple aspirate fluid during the menstrual cycle and
after menopause in relation to serum concentra-
tions. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2010
Jan; 19(1):275-9
Abbott DE, Margaryan NV, Jeruss JS, Khan SA,
Kaklamani V, Winchester DJ, Hansen N, Rade-
maker F, Khalkhali-Ellis Z, Hendrix MJC. Re-
evaluating Cathepsin D as a biomarker for
breast cancer: Serum activity levels versus
histopathology. Cancer Bio Ther 2010; Jan 1:9
(1). Epub ahead of print
Heyer K, Buck DW 2nd, Kato C, Khan SA, Alam
M, Kim JY. Reversed acellular dermis: failure of
graft incorporation n primary tissue expander
breast reconstruction resulting in recurrent
breast cellulitis. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2010 Feb;
125(2):66e-8e
Khan, SA. Primary Site Therapy in de Novo Stage
IV Breast Cancer: The Need for Unbiased Data.
Breast Diseases: A Year Book Quarterly. Apr-Jun
2010; 21(1):16-19
Morrow, M, Chatterton RT, Rademaker AW, Hou
N, Jordan VC, Hendrick RE, Khan SA. A Prospec-
tive Study of Variability in Mammographic Den-
sity During the Menstrual Cycle. Breast Cancer
Res Treat. 2010 Jun: 121(3):565-574
Kibbe, Melina, MD
Awards /Honors
Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists
and Engineers (PECASE)
Joost Award nominee, Northwestern University,
Feinberg School of Medicine
Women‘s Leadership Award, Society for Vascu-
lar Surgery
Presentations
Critical Limb Ischemia and Future Stem
Cell Treatment, 23rd Annual Nursing
Conference on Selected Topics in
Vascular Disease, Northwestern Memorial
Hospital, Chicago, IL. October 2, 2009
Submitting and Revising Your Manuscript,
Association for Academic Surgery
Fundamentals of Surgical Research
Course, Chicago, IL. October 9, 2009
Getting It Done!, Managing Information Overload
(PS56), 95th Annual Clinical Congress,
American College of Surgeons, Chicago, IL, Octo-
ber 13, 2009
Isolated Gastrocnemius and Soleal Vein Throm-
bosis: To Treat or Not to Treat.
The Arthur C Nielsen Jr. Vascular Conference,
Northwestern Memorial Hospital,
Chicago, IL, October 28, 2009
Will NO-eluting Therapies Inhibit Neointimal
Hyperplasia in all Patients? Research Seminar,
University of Chicago, Department of Surgery,
Chicago, IL, December 8, 2009
Isolated Gastrocnemius and Soleal Vein Throm-
bosis - Should these Patients Be
Anticoagulated? Vascular Surgery
-A Manual for Survival, 34th Annual Northwest-
ern Vascular Surgery Symposium,
Chicago, IL, December 12, 2009
Insights into the Efficacy of Nitric Oxide-based
Therapies for Vascular Disease.
Research Seminar, Jesse Brown VA Medical
Center, Chicago, IL, January 8, 2010.
Nitric Oxide-Based Vascular Therapies: Will They
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The Surgical Scope The Surgical Scope
Work? Research Seminar, Institute for
BioNanotechnology in Medicine, Northwestern
University, Chicago, IL, March 9, 2010
Insights into the Efficacy of Nitric Oxide-Based
Therapies for Vascular Disease.
Cardiology Grand Rounds, Northwestern Univer-
sity Feinberg School of Medicine,
Chicago, IL, March 12, 2010
How to Get Funding for Research, State Univer-
sity of New York at Buffalo,
School of Medicine, Faculty Retreat for Depart-
ment of Surgery, Buffalo,
NY, March 20, 2010
How to Better Manage your Time – Using Sup-
port Staff, Faculty Retreat for
Department of Surgery, State University of New
York at Buffalo, School of Medicine,
Buffalo, NY, March 20, 2010
Exciting new approaches to managing critical
limb ischemia, Grand Rounds,
University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia, April 30,
2010
Submitting and Revising Your Manuscript Includ-
ing Abstracts. Developing a Career in
Academic Surgery Course, Association of Aca-
demic Surgery and Section of Academic
Surgeons of Royal Australasian College of Sur-
geons, Perth, Australia, May 3, 2010
Gene and Cell-based therapies. Vascular Sur-
gery Section, Annual Scientific Congress,
Royal Australasian College of Surgeons, Perth,
Australia, May 5, 2010
Financing Your Research: Pilot Grants, Founda-
tions, Career Development Awards.
Association of VA Surgeons‘ 34th Annual Meet-
ing, Indianapolis, IN, May 9, 2010
Publications
Amaranto D, Abbas F, Krantz S, Pearce WH,
Wang E, Kibbe MR. An Evaluation of Gender and
Racial Bias in the Surgical Treatment of Arterial
Disease. J Vasc Surg 2009, 50(6):1340-7
Brown KE, Usman AA, Kibbe MR, Morasch MD,
Matsumura JS, Pearce WH, Amaranto DJ,
Eskandari MK. Carotid Stenting Using Tapered
Versus Non-tapered Stents:
Associated Neurologic Complications and
Restenosis Rates. J Vasc Surg 2009;23:439-
445
Eskandari MK, Usman AA, Garcia-Toca M, Ma-
tsumura JS, Kibbe MR, Morasch MD,
Rodriguez HE, Pearce WH. 8-Year Institutional
Review of Carotid Artery Stenting.
J Vasc Surg 2010;51:1145-51
Garcia-Toca M, Usman AA, Matsumura JS, Kibbe
MR, Morasch MD, Rodriguez HE,
Amaranto DJ, Pearce WH, Eskandari MK. 8-Year
Institutional Review of Carotid Artery Stenting.
J Vasc Surg 2010;51:1145-51
Kibbe MR, Martinez J, Popowich DA, Kapadia
MR, Ahanchi SS, Aalami OO, Jiang Q, Webb AR,
Yang J,
Carroll T, Ameer GA. Citric Acid-Based Elastom-
ers Provide a Biocompatible Interface for Vascu-
lar Grafts.
JBMR Part A. 2010; 93(1):314-24
Lautz TB, Abbas F, Novis Walsh SJ, Chow C,
Amaranto DJ, Wang E, Blackburn D, Pearce WH,
Kibbe MR. Isolated Gastrocnemius and Soleal
Vein Thrombosis (IGSVT): Should these
Patients Receive Therapeutic Anticoagulation?
Ann Surg. 2009 Oct 24 (Epub ahead of print,
PMID 19858700)
McDermott MM, Domanchuk K, Dyer A, Ades P,
Kibbe MR, Criqui MH. Recruiting Participants
with
Peripheral Arterial Disease for Clinical Trials:
Experience from the Study to Improve Leg
Circulation (SILC). J Vasc Surg, 2009, 49(3):653
-659
McDermott MM, Mazor KM, Reed G, Pagoto S,
Graff R, Merriam P, Kibbe M, Greenland P,
Ockene J, Olendzki B, Tao H, Ockene I.
Attitudes and Behaviors of Peripheral Arterial
Disease toward Influencing their
Physician‘s Prescription of Cholesterol-lowering
Medication. Vasc Med 2010
(Epub ahead of print PMID 20118170)
Novis Walsh SJ, Ostrowski D, Levin B, Blum-Eisa
L, Prystowsky JB, Kibbe MR.
Prevention of Thromboembolic Events in Surgi-
cal Patients through the Creation and
Implementation of a Computerized Risk Assess-
ment Program. J Vasc Surg. 2010; 51(3):648-54
Payvandi L, Dyer A, McPherson D, Ades P, Stein
J, Liu K, Ferrucci L, Criqui MH, Guralnik JM,
Lloyd-Jones D, Kibbe MR, Liang ST, Kane B,
Pearce WH, Verta M, McCarthy WJ, Schneider
JR, Shroff A, McDermott MM. Physical
Activity during Daily Life and Brachial Artery
Flow-mediated Dilation in Peripheral
Arterial Disease. Vasc Med. 2009,
14(3):193-201.
Varu VN, Hogg ME, Kibbe MR. Critical
Limb Ischemia. J Vasc Surg, 2010, 51:230-241
Varu VN, Tshilis ND, Kibbe MR. Basic
Science Review: Nitric Oxide-Releasing
Prosthetic Materials. Vasc Endovasc
Surg 2009, 43(2):121-31
Zhao H, Serrano MC, Popowich D, Kibbe MR,
Ameer GA. Biodegradable Nitric Oxide-releasing
Poly(diol citrate) Elastomers. JBMR
Part A. 2010l;93(1):356-63
Ladner, Daniela, MD
Awards/ Honors
Abstract with Distinction-Chosen for Press Re-
lease: ―The Impact of Physician Years since
graduation on Patient Referrals for Preemptive
Living Donor Kidney Transplantation‖
D Ladner, et al; ASN 2009
Stuart Altman Fellowship in Health Policy
Leadership Program in Health Policy and Man-
agement The Heller School for
Social Policy and Management
Dixon Innovation Grant (PI: Ladner)
Comprehensive Risk Assessment to Improve
Safety Processes in Kidney Transplantation
Sponsor: Northwestern Memorial Founda-
tion
Publications
A Review of Quality of Life Instruments Used in
Liver C Jay, Z Butt, DP Ladner, A Skaro,
M Abecassis.
Journal of Hepatology, 2009 Nov;51(5):949-59
Laparoscopic versus open donor hepatectomy
T Baker, C Jay, D Ladner, M Abecassis
Surgery, 2009 Oct;146(4):817-23;
Quality of Life in Actual Living Liver Donors Ver-
sus Potential Living Liver Donors
Z Butt, D Ladner, N Parikh
Liver Transplantation, 2010; In Press
Meta-analysis: Liver transplant recipients of
donation after cardiac death
D Ladner, M Abecassis
Ann Surgery; In Press
Disparities in kidney transplant outcomes: A
review EJ Gordon, DP Ladner, JC Caicedo,
J Franklin Seminars in
Nephrology, 2010 Jan;30(1):81-9
Lee, Richard, MD
Presentations
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Lee R, Li S, Rankin JS, O‘Brien S, Gammie JS,
McCarthy PM, Edwards FH. Changing Outcome
Characteristics of Multiple Valve Surgery: A 15-
Year Perspective. Society of Thoracic Surgeons
– 46th Annual Meeting, Fort Lauderdale, Florida,
January 2010
Vaduganathan M, Stone NJ, Ramakrishna S, Lev
EI, Lee R, McGee EC, Malaisrie SC, Silverberg
RA, McCarthy PM. Midterm benefits of pe-
rioperative statin therapy in patients undergoing
isolated valvular heart surgery: 5-year surgical
experience. American College of Cardiology –
59th Annual Scientific Session. Atlanta, Georgia,
March 14, 2010
Ballapuram K, Ansari AH, Zhao Q, Spirano D,
Lee R, Maganti K. Left Atrial Volume Index As-
sessment: Is There a Difference Between the
Proposed 2D Methodologies? American Society
of Echocardiography - 21st Annual Scientific
Sessions, San Diego, California, June 12-15,
2010
Vaduganathan M, Stone N, Lee R, McGee E,
Malaisrie SC, Silverberg R, McCarthy PM. Pe-
rioperative Statin Therapy Reduces Mortality in
Normolipidemic Patients Undergoing Cardiac
Surgery. Western Thoracic Surgical Association
– 32nd Annual Meeting, Ojai, California, June 24-
26, 2010
Lee R, McCarthy PM, Wang EC, Vaduganathan
M, Kruse J, Malaisrie CM, McGee EC. The Surgi-
cal Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation Restores Ex-
pected Survival in Patients Undergoing Valve
Surgery. Western Thoracic Surgical Association
– 32nd Annual Meeting, Ojai, California, June 24-
26, 2010
Publications
Malaisrie SC, McCarthy PM, McGee EC, Lee R,
Rigolin VH, Davidson CJ, Beohar N, Lapin B,
Subacius H, Bonow RO. Contemporary preop-
erative results of isolated aortic valve replace-
ment for aortic stenosis. Ann Thorac Surg
2010;89:751-7
McCarthy PM, Kruse J, Shalli S, Ilkhanoff L,
Goldberger JJ, Kadish AH, Arora R, Lee R.
Where does atrial fibrillation surgery fail?:
Implications for increasing AF ablation effective-
ness. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2010;139
(4):860-7
McCarthy PM, Lee R, Foley JF, Phillips L, Kanay-
inkal T, Francischelli DE. Occlusion of canine
atrial appendage using an expandable
silicone band. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg.
February 2010, In Press
Hirsch EM, Atoui R, McCarthy PM, McGee EC,
Malaisrie SC, Lee R. Sternal salvage with rigid
plating system after failure of Talon
device. Ann Thorac Surg. February 2010, In
Press
Gheorghiade M, Flaherty J, Fonarow G, Desai R,
Lee R, McGiffin D, Love T, Aban I, Eichhorn E,
Bonow R, Ahmed A. Coronary artery
disease, coronary revascularization, and out-
comes in chronic advanced systolic
heart failure. Int J Cardiol. April 2010, In Press
Lewis Jr., Victor, MD
Awards/ Honors
AO Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery Instructor Panel,
2009
Chair Section Council Plastic, Reconstructive
and Maxillofacial Surgery AMA House of
Delegates
ACGME Board of Appeals Panel Member for
Plastic Surgery , 2010
CPT Editorial Panel Member for Plastic Surgery,
2010
Presentations
Instructor Craniomaxillofacial Trauma and Re-
constructive course. Oakbrook, IL August 2009
Panelist Pressure Sores as a Never Event,
American College of Surgeons, Chicago, IL No-
vember 2009
Buck, D., Goucher, H., V.L.Jr.: Incidence of Me-
thicellin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus in
Pressure Sores, Midwest Association of Plastic
Surgeons Chicago, IL May 2010
Silver, A., Lewis V.L. Jr.: Utility of the fragility
Index to predict complications after Pressure
Ulcer Reconstruction. Midwest Association of
Plastic Surgeons Chicago, IL May 2010
Publications
Buck, D.W., Heyer, K., Lewis, V.L. Jr.: Recon-
struction of the zygomatic arch using a man-
dibular adaptionplate. J. Carniomaxillofacial
Surg. 20:1193-6, July 2009
Buck, D.W., Lewis, V.L. Jr.: The Use of Argon
Beam Coagulation in Pressure Sore Reconstruc-
tion. J. Plast. Recon. And Aesthetic Surg.
62:1684-1687, August, 2009
Mahvi, David, MD
Awards/Honors
Visiting Professor, Methodist Hospital, Houston,
TX, 2010
Visiting Professor, University of Wisconsin, Madi-
son, WI, 2010
Visiting Professor, University of Iowa, Iowa City,
IA, 2010
Northwestern Medical Faculty foundation award
for excellence in collaboration, 2010
Presentations
Moderator/ organizer- ―Who needs an operation
for appendicitis?‖ ACS clinical congress Chicago
Oct 2009
"Surgical innovation and entrepreneurship" AAS
career development course Chicago Oct 2009
Moderator: Hepatobiliary Surgery Papers ses-
sion ACS clinical congress Chicago Oct 2009
Speaker: ―Is appendicitis still a surgical disease‖
International surgical forum, International Asso-
ciation of Surgeons, gastroenterologists and
Oncologists, Khon Kaen, Thailand, November
2009
Speaker: ―Ablation in liver surgery.‖ Interna-
tional surgical forum, International Association
of Surgeons, Gastroenterologists and Oncolo-
gists, Khon Kaen, Thailand, November 2009
Speaker: ―Surgical septic shock.‖ International
surgical forum, International Association of Sur-
geons, Gastroenterologists and Oncologists,
Khon Kaen, Thailand, November 2009
―Current management of HCC.‖ International
surgical forum, International Association of Sur-
geons, Gastroenterologists and Oncologists,
Khon Kaen, Thailand, November 2009
Panel presentation- Pancreatic Surgery - Central
Surgical Association Chicago, IL 2010
―Who needs and operation for appendicitis?‖
MUSC Postgraduate course Charleston, SC
2010
―The Development of New Technology for Liver
Resection‖ MUSC Postgraduate course Charles-
ton, SC 2010
―Bile Duct Strictures‖ MUSC Postgraduate
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The Surgical Scope The Surgical Scope
course Charleston, SC 2010
Organizer and moderator SSAT Postgraduate
course. New Orleans 2010
Zen and the Art of Surgery: How to make Johnny
a surgeon. SSAT presidential address New Or-
leans 2010
Publications
Krantz Seth, Mahvi DM. The Stomach In: Sabis-
ton‘s textbook of Surgery 2010
Strigel RM, Schutt DJ, Webster JG, Mahvi DM,
Haemmerich D. An Electrode Array for Limiting
Blood Loss During Liver Resection: Optimization
via Mathematical Modeling Open Biomed Eng J
2010; 4: 39-46
Contreras CM, Stanelle E J, Mansour JJ, Hin-
shaw L, Rikkers LF, Rettammel R, Mahvi DM,
Cho CS, Weber SM. Staging Laparoscopy En-
hances the Detection of Occult Metastases in
Patients with Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma. J
Surg Oncology In press 2009
O‘Connor ES, Foley EF, Lund D, Mahvi, DM,
McDonald R, Developing a Problem-Based
Learning and Improvement Curriculum for an
Academic General Surgery Residency in press
JACS 2010
Mahvi DM. Zen and the art of surgery: How to
make Johnny a surgeon submitted- JOGS 2010
Malaisrie, Chris, MD
Awards/Honors
Recipient of the Eleanor Wood Prince Grant Initia-
tive; A Project of
The Woman‘s Board of Northwestern Memorial
Hospital, 2009
Presentations
Management of the Distal Ascending Aorta during
Aortic Root Replacement. American Association
for Thoracic Surgery – Aortic Symposium 2010.
New York, NY
Should patients with atrial fibrillation requiring
aortic valve replacement receive a
bioprosthetic valve? Valves in the Heart of the Big
Apple VI: Evaluation & Management of
Valvular Heart Disease 2010. New York, NY
Aortic valve repair and percutaneous valve re-
placement. Are new treatment options better
than the standard? Thai Physicians Association of
America - Annual Convention.
Chiang Rai, Thailand, 2010
Percutaneous Non-Coronary Interventions: Atrium,
Valves and Septum. Oral presentation.
American Heart Association. 2009 Scientific
Sessions. Orlando, FL
LVADs and Complex Aortic Repairs. Baxter
BioSurgery New Hire Sales Training.
BioSurgery/MarCam. Chicago, IL, 2010
Will Percutaneous AVR Affect Referrals for AS?:
The Problem of
Unoperated AS. St. James Hospital Grand
Rounds. Olympia Fields, IL, 2010
Update on the Partners Trial. Center for Heart
Valve Disease Meeting.
Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute. Northwestern
Memorial Hospital. Chicago, IL
Publications
McCarthy PM, Malaisrie SC. Mitral valve repair
and replacement, including associated
atrial fibrillation and tricuspid regurgitation. In:
Otto CM, Bonow RO, eds. Valvular heart
disease: a companion to Braunwald's heart
disease. 3rd ed. Philadelphia, PA:
Saunders/Elsevier; Aug 2009
Hirsch EM, Atoui R, McCarthy PM, McGee EC,
Malaisrie SC, Lee R. Sternal salvage with rigid
plating system after failure of Talon device. Ann
Thorac Surg. April 2010, In Press
Malaisrie SC, McCarthy PM, McGee EC, Lee R,
Rigolin V, Davidson CJ, Beohar N, Lapin B, Suba-
cius H, Bonow R.
Contemporary preoperative results of isolated
aortic valve replacement for aortic stenosis:
Implications for referral of patients for valve
replacement. Ann Thorac Surg. 2010;89:751-7
McCarthy, Patrick, MD
Awards/Honors
Named Director of the Bluhm Cardiovascular
Institute (formerly served as Co-Director
Presentations
Speaker, Kaiser Permanente Hospital. Cardiac
Grand Rounds, Surgical Management of Heart
Failure. Los Angeles, CA, February 2009
Speaker, Edwards Heart Valve Treatment Fo-
rum. Surgical Treatment Update: Etiology Based
Strategy. Tokyo, Japan, February 2009
Speaker, Edwards Heart Valve Treatment Fo-
rum. Tricuspid Regurgitation: Leave It or Not?
Tokyo, Japan, February 2009
Speaker, Edwards Heart Valve Treatment Fo-
rum. Tissue Valve – Tissue Valve Replacement
Benefit. Tokyo, Japan, February 2009
Speaker, 12th Annual Society of Cardiovascular
Anesthesiologists Comprehensive Review &
Update of Perioperative Echo Meeting. Surgical
Repair of the Mitral Valve. San Diego, CA, Feb-
ruary 2009
Discussant, 12th Annual Society of Cardiovascu-
lar Anesthesiologists Comprehensive Review &
Update of Perioperative Echo Meeting. Case
Discussion: Mitral Valve Surgery. San Diego, CA,
February 2009
Speaker, 12th Annual Society of Cardiovascular
Anesthesiologists Comprehensive Review &
Update of Perioperative Echo Meeting. Tricus-
pid: The Rodney Dangerfield Valve. San Diego,
CA, February 2009
Speaker, Providence St. Joseph Medical Center.
Treatment Advances for Congestive Heart Fail-
ure Patients with Mitral Valve Disease Dinner
Symposium. Advances in Treatment for Conges-
tive Heart Failure Patients with Mitral Valve
Disease. Burbank, CA, February 2009
Speaker, Edwards Global Heart Valve Disease
Summit 2009. Surgery for Ischemic Mitral Re-
gurgitation: State-of-the-Art. Atlanta, GA, March
2009
Speaker, American College of Cardiology 58th
Annual Scientific Session. Treatment and Out-
comes of Patients with Tricuspid Valve Disease.
Orlando, FL, March 2009
Speaker, American College of Cardiology 58th
Annual Scientific Session. Tricuspid Valve
2009. Orlando, FL, March 2009
Speaker, Dallas-Leipzig International Valve Con-
gress. Debate of Techniques of Mitral Repair:
Anterior Leaflet Repair is Not More Difficult.
Dallas, TX, April 2009
Speaker, Dallas-Leipzig International Valve Con-
gress. Top Ten Tricks and Tips For Mitral Valve
Repair; How Not to Fail! Dallas, TX, April 2009.
Moderator, Dallas-Leipzig International Valve
Congress. Management of Mitral Valve Disease.
Dallas, TX, April 2009
Speaker, Illinois Chapter of the American Col-
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lege of Cardiology, AHA, Midwest Affiliate. 3rd
Midwest Fellows Forum. To Stent or to Sew: That
is the Question. Chicago, IL, April 2009
Speaker, Northwestern Memorial Foundation
Professional Council for Philanthropy. NUven-
tion. Chicago, IL, May 2009
Speaker, 89th Annual American Association for
Thoracic Surgery Meeting. Should Functional
Mitral Regurgitation in Heart Failure Patients Be
Repaired? Boston, MA, May 2009
Speaker, 89th Annual American Association for
Thoracic Surgery Meeting. Where Does Atrial
Fibrillation Surgery Fail?: Implications for In-
creasing AF Ablation Effectiveness. Boston, MA,
May 2009
Speaker, The 5th Annual Dartmouth Conference
on Advances in Heart Failure: Heart Failure –
From Prevention to Intervention. Valvular Heart
Disease: Surgical Perspective of Aortic and Mi-
tral Disease. Lebanon, New Hampshire, May
2009
Discussant, The 5th Annual Dartmouth Confer-
ence on Advances in Heart Failure: Heart Failure
– From Prevention to Intervention. Faculty Up-
dates on Current Research Interests. Lebanon,
New Hampshire, May 2009
Speaker, The 5th Annual Dartmouth Conference
on Advances in Heart Failure: Heart Failure –
From Prevention to Intervention. Advanced
Surgical Techniques: Choosing When and What
To Do. Lebanon, New Hampshire, May 2009
Speaker, 52nd Annual Meeting of Kansai Asso-
ciation for Thoracic Surgery. Surgery for IMR
and TR. Tokyo, Japan, June 2009
Speaker, 52nd Annual Meeting of Kansai Asso-
ciation for Thoracic Surgery. Complex Myxoma-
tous MV Repair. Tokyo, Japan, June 2009
Speaker, 52nd Annual Meeting of Kansai Asso-
ciation for Thoracic Surgery. Should Functional
Mitral Regurgitation in Heart Failure Patients be
Repaired? Tokyo, Japan, June 2009
Speaker, 52nd Annual Meeting of Kansai Asso-
ciation for Thoracic Surgery. Tricuspid Valve
Surgery: New Information No Longer the Forgot-
ten Valve. Tokyo, Japan, June 2009
Speaker, Edwards Global Mitral & Tricuspid
Valve Summit: A Multidisciplinary Practical Up-
date for the Practicing Physician. Challenging
Case Studies in Ischemic MR: Case 1: Annular
Dilation. Chicago, Illinois, June 2009
Speaker, Edwards Global Mitral & Tricuspid
Valve Summit: A Multidisciplinary Practical Up-
date for the Practicing Physician. Challenging
Case Studies in Ischemic MR: Case 2: Cord
Sparing Mitral Valve Replacement. Chicago,
Illinois, June 2009
Speaker/Discussant, Edwards Global Mitral &
Tricuspid Valve Summit: A Multidisciplinary Prac-
tical Update for the Practicing Physician. Surgi-
cal Intervention of Mitral Disease. Chicago,
Illinois, June 2009
Speaker, BCVI Summer Student Program. Over-
view of Cardiac Surgery. Chicago, Illinois, July
2009
Speaker, Northwestern University Feinberg
School of Medicine. CVD Fellowship Core Cur-
riculum for Cardiology Grand Rounds. Cardiac
Surgery 2009: What the Cardiology Fellows
Need to Know. Chicago, Illinois, July 2009
Speaker, St. James Hospital. CME Lecture.
Cardiac Surgery in ‘09 and Beyond. Olympia
Fields, Illinois, August 2009
Publications
Wierup P, Egeblad H, Nielsen SL, Schersten H,
Kimblad PO, Bech-Hansen O, Roijer A, Nilsson F,
McCarthy PM, Bouchard D, Jacobsen J, Paaske
Johnsen S, Hvitfeldt Poulsen S, Mølgaard H.
Moderate mitral regurgitation in patients under-
going CABG – the MoMIC trial. Scand Cardio-
vasc J 2009;43(1):50-6
McCarthy, PM. When is your Surgeon Good
Enough? When Do You Need a ―Referent Sur-
geon?‖ Current Cardiology Reports
2009;11:107-113
Navia JL, Doi K, Garcia M, Atik FA, Fukamachi K,
Xu X, Kamohara K, Kopcak M, Gonzalez-
Stawinski GV, McCarthy PM, Lytle B. Implanta-
tion technique and early echocardiographic
performance of newly designed stentless mitral
bioprosthesis. J Card Surg, 2009 (In Press)
McGee, Jr. Edwin, MD
Awards/Honors
Recipient - The Clinical Leadership Award, North-
western Medical Faculty
Foundation, 2009
Presentations
McGee EC: ―Mechanical Circulatory Support for
Cardiogenic Shock – Adult‖.
Course Chair. Presented at the Society of Tho-
racic Surgeons 46th Annual Meeting. January
2010
McGee EC: ―Mitral Valve Repair for Ischemic
Mitral Regurgitation: Midterm Clinical
and Echocardiographic Results after Restrictive
Complete Annuloplasty‖. Abstract Presentation.
2nd Annual Joint Meeting of the Heart Valve
Society of America and Society of Heart Valve
Diseases. April 2010
McGee, EC: ―Tricuspid Valve Repair at the Time
of Left Ventricular Assist Device Implantation:
Is it Warranted?‖ Presented at the International
Heart and Lung Transplantation 29th
Annual Meeting and Scientific Sessions. April
2010
McGee EC: Illinois Chapter of the American
College of Cardiology, 2nd Annual Cardiac Care
Associate Symposium. ―Mechanical Assistance
for Stage D Heart Failure‖. Chicago, IL. October
2009
Publications
Malaisrie SC, McCarthy PM, McGee EC, Lee R,
Rigolin VH, Davidson CJ, Beohar N, Lapin B,
Subacius H, Bonow RO. Contemporary preop-
erative results of isolated aortic valve replace-
ment for aortic stenosis. Ann Thorac Surg 2010
Mar;89(3):751-7
Hirsch EM, Atoui R, McCarthy PM, McGee EC,
Malaisrie SC, Lee R. Sternal salvage with rigid
plating system after failure of Talon device. Ann
Thorac Surg. April 2010, In Press
McGee EC, Atoui R, Olsen E, Lapin B, Barlieau G,
Kruse J, Malaisrie C, Lee R, McCarthy P, Mikati I.
Mitral Valve Repair for Ischemic Mitral Regurgi-
tation: Midterm Clinical and Echocardiographic
Results after Restrictive Complete Annuloplasty.
Cardiology 2010;115:251-293. In Press
Morasch, Mark, MD
Awards/Honors
John F. Marquardt, MD, Clinical Research Pro-
fessorship of Vascular Surgery
Presentations
Management of Vertebrobasilar Disease. Inter-
national Symposium on Vascular Diseases,
Abano Terme, Italy, October 10, 2009
Percutaneous Treatment of Aortic Aneurysms.
International Symposium on Vascular
Diseases, Abano Terme, Italy, October 10, 2009
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The Surgical Scope The Surgical Scope
Treatment of Aortic Infections. International
Symposium on Vascular Diseases,
Abano Terme, Italy, October 10, 2009
What are the Results and Complications with
the TAG Endograft when it is Used More Widely
and Not Only in Centers of Excellence (The Post-
Marketing Approval Trial)? VEITH
Symposium 2009, New York, NY, November 22,
2009
Update on TEVAR-Early Results from Post-
Marketing Trial. 34th Annual Northwestern
Vascular Symposium: Vascular Surgery-A Man-
ual for Survival, Chicago, IL, December 12,
2009
Mesenteric Revascularization. Leading Innova-
tive Vascular Education (LIVE) 2010,
Corfu, Greece, May 27, 2010
Splachnic Arterial Aneurysms. Leading Innova-
tive Vascular Education (LIVE) 2010,
Corfu, Greece, May 27, 2010
Current Concepts in the Treatment of Mesen-
teric Ischemia. Leading Innovative Vascular
Education (LIVE) 2010, Corfu, Greece, May 27,
2010
Vertebrovascular Disease: When is Intervention
Needed and What is the Place of Stenting?
Leading Innovative Vascular Education (LIVE)
2010, Corfu, Greece, May 27, 2010
Treatment of Innominate and Subclavian Artery
Occlusive Disease: When, Why and How?
Leading Innovative Vascular Education (LIVE)
2010, Corfu, Greece, May 27, 2010
Publications
Adel JG, Morasch MD, Eskandari MK. An uncom-
mon cause for carotid artery stenosis
after carotid stenting. Ann Vasc Surg 2009;23
(2):258.e9-12
Brown KE, Usman AA, Kibbe MR, Morasch MD,
Matsumura JS, Pearce WH, Amaranto DJ,
Eskandari MK. Carotid Stenting Using Tapered
Versus Non-tapered Stents:
Associated Neurologic Complications and
Restenosis Rates. J Vasc Surg 2009;23:439-
445
Eskandari MK, Usman AA, Garcia-Toca M, Ma-
tsumura JS, Kibbe MR, Morasch MD,
Rodriguez HE, Pearce WH. 8-Year Institutional
Review of Carotid Artery Stenting.
J Vasc Surg 2010;51:1145-51
Garcia-Toca M, Usman AA, Matsumura JS, Kibbe
MR, Morasch MD, Rodriguez HE,
Amaranto DJ, Pearce WH, Eskandari MK. 8-Year
Institutional Review of Carotid Artery
Stenting. J Vasc Surg 2010;51:1145-51
Leon LR, Mills JL, Jordan WD, Morasch MD,
Becker GJ, Kovacs ME, Arslan B, Dake MD,
Katzen BT. The risks of celiac artery coverage
during endoluminal repair of thoracic
and thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysms.. Vasc
Endovasc Surg 2009 Feb-Mar;43(1):51-60
Tang GL, Matsumura JS, Morasch MD, Pearce
WH, Nguyen A, Amaranto D, Eskandari MK.
Carotid angioplasty and stenting vs. carotid
endarterectomy for asymptomatic disease
: single center experience. Arch Surg; 2008;143
(7):1-6
Vaziri K, Bhanot P, Prystowski J, Morasch M,
Hungness ES and Nagle AP. Retrievable Inferior
Vena Cava Filters in High Risk Patients Undergo-
ing Bariatric Surgery.
Surgical Endoscopy, 2009;23(10):2203-7
Pearce, William, MD
Presentations
―Ask the Expert.‖ Northwestern Memorial
Hospital‘s 23rd Nursing Conference on Selected
Topics in Vascular Disease, Chicago, IL,
October 2, 2009
―Carotid IMT: Is It Useful?‖ Echo
Northwestern 2009. Chicago, IL, October
17-19, 2009
Moderator, ―Neurogenic Thoracic Outlet
Syndrome: Surgical Treatment.‖ Thoracic Outlet
Syndrome: Challenges, Controversies, and
Consensus, St. Louis, MO,
October 23-24, 2009
―Subclavian and Axillary Artery Lesions.‖
Thoracic Outlet Syndrome: Challenges,
Controversies, and Consensus, St. Louis,
MO, October 23-24, 2009.
―Vascular Assessment of the Diabetic Patient.‖
The Arthur C. Nielsen, Jr. Vascular Conference:
Frontiers in the Diagnosis and Treatment of
Vascular Disease, Chicago, IL, October 28, 2009
Moderator, ―Issues in Vascular Surgery.‖ Vascu-
lar Surgery—A Manual for Survival, Chicago, IL,
December 10-13, 2009
―Vascular Book of Business.‖ Vascular Sur-
gery—A Manual for Survival, Chicago, IL, Decem-
ber 10-13, 2009
―Subclavian Artery Aneurysm.‖ Vascular Sur-
gery—A Manual for Survival, Chicago, IL, Decem-
ber 10-13, 2009
―TOS-Which Way?‖ Vascular Surgery—A Manual
for Survival, Chicago, IL, December 10-13, 2009
Moderator, ―Essentials of Coding.‖ Vascular
Surgery—A Manual for Survival, Chicago, IL,
December 10-13, 2009
Moderator, ―Vascular Lab.‖ Vascular Surgery—A
Manual for Survival, Chicago, IL, December 10-
13, 2009
Publications
Amaranto D, Abbas F, Krantz S, Pearce WH,
Wang E, Kibbe MR. An Evaluation of Gender and
Racial Bias in the Surgical Treatment of Arterial
Disease. J Vasc Surg 2009, 50(6):1340-7
Brown KE, Usman AA, Kibbe MR, Morasch MD,
Matsumura JS, Pearce WH, Amaranto DJ, E
skandari MK. Carotid Stenting Using Tapered
Versus Non-tapered Stents: Associated
Neurologic Complications and Restenosis Rates.
J Vasc Surg 2009;23:439-445
Eskandari MK, Usman AA, Garcia-Toca M, Ma-
tsumura JS, Kibbe MR, Morasch MD,
Rodriguez HE, Pearce WH.
8-Year Institutional Review of Carotid Artery
Stenting. J Vasc Surg 2010;51:1145-51
Feinglass J, Sohn MW, Rodriguez H, Martin GJ,
Pearce WH. Perioperative outcomes and
amputation-free survival after lower extremity
bypass surgery in California hospitals, 1996-
1999, with follow-up through 2004. J Vasc
Surg 2009;50:776-783
Garcia-Toca M, Usman AA, Matsumura JS,
Kibbe MR, Morasch MD, Rodriguez HE,
Amaranto DJ, Pearce WH, Eskandari MK.
8-Year Institutional Review of Carotid Artery
Stenting.
J Vasc Surg 2010;51:1145-51
Lautz TB, Abbas F, Novis Walsh SJ, Chow C,
Amaranto DJ, Wang E, Blackburn D, Pearce WH,
Kibbe MR. Isolated Gastrocnemius and Soleal
Vein Thrombosis (IGSVT): Should these Patients
Receive Therapeutic Anticoagulation? Ann Surg.
2009 Oct 24 (Epub ahead of print, PMID
19858700)
Payvandi L, Dyer A, McPherson D, Ades P, Stein
J, Liu K, Ferrucci L, Criqui MH, Guralnik JM,
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Lloyd-Jones D, Kibbe MR, Liang ST, Kane B,
Pearce WH, Verta M, McCarthy WJ, Schneider
JR, Shroff A, McDermott MM. Physical Activity
during Daily Life and Brachial Artery Flow-
mediated Dilation in Peripheral
Arterial Disease. Vasc Med. 2009, 14(3):193-
201
Tang GL, Matsumura JS, Morasch MD, Pearce
WH, Nguyen A, Amaranto D, Eskandari MK.
Carotid angioplasty and stenting vs. carotid
endarterectomy for asymptomatic disease:
single center experience. Arch Surg; 2008;143
(7):1-6
Eskandari MK, Morasch MD, Pearce WH, Yao
JST, eds. Vascular Surgery: Therapeutic Strate-
gies. Shelton, CT: People‘s Medical Publishing
House—USA, 2010
Eskandari MK, Pearce WH, Yao JST, eds.
Carotid Artery Disease. Shelton, CT: People‘s
Medical Publishing House, 2010
Morasch MD, Pearce WH, Yao JST, eds. Surgery
of the Aorta and Its Body Branches. Shelton,
CT: People‘s Medical Publishing House, 2010
Pugh, Carla, MD, PhD
Awards/ Honors
Excellence in Academic Medicine Grant - Use of
Decision-Based Surgical Simulators to Assess
Intra-Operative Performance: A Focus on Operat-
ing Room Efficiency, Patient Safety &
Team Communication 3 Years $260,817.00
Outstanding Women in Technology Award –
Circuit Court of Cook County, 2009
Chosen as a Chicago Visionary – Chicago Public
Radio and Chicago Matters, 2009
Achievement Award – African American
Women‘s Business and Career Group, 2009
Presentations
Presenter: Simulation and Assessment: Surgical
Training and Credentialing Reconsidered.
Northwestern University Department of Surgery
Grand Rounds. 2009
Presenter: Simulation Technology @ Northwest-
ern, NUvention Board Meeting, 2009
Presenter: Making Sense of Haptic Data. North-
western Conference on Simulation Technology
in Health Professions Education, 2009
Paper Discussant: Surgical Education Session,
American College of Surgeon‘s Clinical
Congress General Session, October 2009
Presenter: Time Management, Weekly Fellows
Conference, University of Michigan, 2009
Women in Surgery: A Career Development Semi-
nar, ―How to Suceed in Surgical Education‖
University of Maryland – May, 2009
Rodriguez, Heron, MD
Presentations
Infectious Aortitis, 34th Northwestern Vascular
Symposium, Visceral Vessels Session, Chicago,
IL, December 11, 2009
Popliteal Pathology, 34th Northwestern Vascular
Symposium, Lower Extremity Session, , Chicago,
IL, December 11, 2009
Enhancing Educational Quality and Continuity
of Care in a Surgical Residency Program using
Industrial Engineering Methods, 2010 Joint
Annual Meeting of APDS, ASE and ARCS, San
Antonio, TX,
April 21, 2010
Publications
Eskandari MK, Usman AA, Garcia-Toca M, Ma-
tsumura JS, Kibbe MR, Morasch MD,
Rodriguez HE, Pearce WH. 8-Year Institutional
Review of Carotid Artery Stenting.
J Vasc Surg 2010;51:1145-51
Feinglass J, Sohn MW, Rodriguez H, Martin GJ,
Pearce WH. Perioperative outcomes and
amputation-free survival after lower extremity
bypass surgery in California hospitals,
1996-1999, with follow-up through 2004. J
Vasc Surg 2009;50:776-783
Garcia-Toca M, Usman AA, Matsumura JS, Kibbe
MR, Morasch MD, Rodriguez HE,
Amaranto DJ, Pearce WH, Eskandari MK. 8-Year
Institutional Review
Rothstein, David, MD
Presentations
Current management of pilonidal disease in the
pediatric population. Illinois Surgical Society,
Annual Meeting, Chatham, Mass., September
17, 2009
International volunteerism in surgery: Global
burden of surgical disease and some things we
can do about it. Surgical Grand Rounds, Chil-
dren‘s Memorial Hospital, March 22, 2010
Latest thoughts on etiology and management of
pilonidal disease: plugs, hairs, pits and lifts.
Surgical Grand Rounds, Northwestern Memorial
Hospital, April 15, 2010
Publications
Lipskar AM, Rothstein DH, Soffer SZ, Edelman
M, Glick RD. 2009. Intrathoracic glial implants
in a child with gliomatosis peritonei. J Ped Surg
44:1817-1820
Rothstein DH, Reynolds M. 2009. Congenital
Anomalies of the Esophagus, in Shields TW,
LoCicero J, Reed CE, Feins RH (Eds). General
Thoracic Surgery (7th ed.), Philadelphia: Lippin-
cott Williams & Wilkins, 1867-1880
Russell, Hyde, MD
Presentations
Speaker, Common Arterial Trunk: Is Valvular
Insufficiency Really an Indicator of Adverse Out-
come? Midwest Pediatric Cardiology Society,
Pittsburgh, PA, Oct. 7, 2009
Speaker, Vacuum Assisted Clsure of Pediatric
Sternal Wounds. Congenital Heart Surgeons‘
Society Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, Nov. 2,
2009
Shapiro, Michael, MD
Awards/Honors
Associate Examiner, American Board of Surgery
Certifying Examination, Chicago, IL, April 2010
Publications
Evans HL, Cuschieri J, Moore EE, Shapiro MB,
Nathens AB, Johnson JL, Harbrecht BG, Minei J,
Bankey PE, Maier RV, West MA. Inflammation
and the host response to injury, a Large-Scale
Collaborative Project: patient-oriented research
core standard operating procedures for clinical
care IX. Definitions for complications of clinical
care of critically injured patients. Journal of
Trauma, 2009;67:384-388
Cobb JP, Moore EE, Hayden DL, Minei JP, Har-
brecht BG, Moore EE, Cuscheiri J, Maier RV, Billiar TR, Peitzman, AB, Yung J, Hennesey L, Tomp-
kins RG, The Inflammation and the Host Response
to Injury Collaborative Research Program (Shapiro
MB). Validation of the riboleukogram to detect
ventilator-associated pneumonia. Annals
of Surgery, 08/27/2009;Epub ahead of print
Neal MD, Cushieri J, Rosengart MR, Alarcon LH,
Moore EE, Maier RV, Minei JP, Billiar TR, Peitzman
AB, Sperry JL, The Inflammation and the Host Re-
sponse to Injury Collaborative Research Program
(Shapiro MB). Preinjury statin use is associated
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with a higher risk of multiple organ failure after
injury: a propensity score adjusted analysis. Journal
of Trauma, 2009;67:476-82
Kotz KT, Xiao W, Miller-Graziano C, Qian WJ, Rosen-
back AE, Russom A, Moldawer LL, De A, Bankey PE,
Petritis BO, Camp DG, Goverman J, Fagan SP,
Brownstein BH, Irimia D, Wilhelmy J, Mindrinos MN,
Smith RD, Davis RW, Tompkins RG, Toner M, The
Inflammation and the Host Response to Injury
Collaborative Research Program (Shapiro MB).
Clinical Microfluidics for Neutrophil Genomics and
Proteomics. Nature-Methods, 2010, in press
Zhou B, Xu W, Herndon DN, Tompkins RG, Davis R,
Xiao W, Wong WH, The Inflammation and the Host
Response to Injury Collaborative Research Program
(Shapiro MB). Analysis of factorial time course
microarrays with application to a clinical study or
burn injury. PNAS, 2010, in press
De AK, Miller-Graziano CL, Hayden DL, Maier RV,
Bankey PE, Nathans AB, Minei JP, Moldawer LL,
Tompkins RG, The Inflammation and the Host Re-
sponse to Injury Investigators (Shapiro MB). Post
injury alterations in leukocyte and cytokine expres-
sion reflect both clinical outcome and initial sever-
ity. Critical Care Medicine, 2010, in press
Finnerty CC, Qian WJ, Kaushal A, Jeschke MG, Xiao
W, Liu T, Gritsendko MA, Moore RJ, Camp DG, Kulp
G, Moldawer LL, Elson C, Schoenfeld D, Gamelli R,
Gibran N, Klein M, Arnoldo B, Remick D, Smith RD,
Davis R, Herndon DN, Tompkin RG, The Inflamma-
tion and the Host Response to Injury Collaborative
Research Program (Shapiro MB). Determination of
burn patient outcome by large scale quantitative
discovery proteomics. Journal of Clinical Investiga-
tion, 2010, in press
Shapiro MB. Splenorrhaphy, Open. In Soper NJ,
Kaufman DB (eds). Northwestern Handbook of
Surgical Procedures, 2nd Edition. Landes Biosci-
ences, 2010, in press
Shapiro MB. Major Hepatic Laceration: Open Re-
pair. In Soper NJ, Kaufman DB (eds). Northwestern
Handbook of Surgical Procedures, 2nd Edition.
Landes Biosciences, 2010, in press
Soper, Nathaniel, MD
Awards/ Honors
Named Secretary of the Central Surgical Associa-
tion, 2009
Named Vice President for Chicago Surgical Society,
2009
SAGES Distinguished Service Award, 2010
Named to American College of Surgeons‘
Committee on Surgical Infections and
Environmental Risks as a Member, 2010
Named to American Board of Surgery‘s Gastrointes-
tinal Advisory Council as a Member, 2010
Visiting Professor, Methodist Hospital,
Houston, TX, 2010
Visiting Professor, 23rd Annual Joel W.
Baker Lecturer, Virginia Mason Medical Center,
Seattle, WA, 2010
Visiting Professor, 2010 Dallas B. Phemister Lec-
turer, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 2010
Presentations
Invited Lecturer for International Surgery of the
Digestive Disease : Laparoscopic
fundoplication for Barrett‘s: outcomes‖, Adelaide,
Australia, September 7, 2009
Invited Lecturer for International Surgery of the
Digestive Disease,: ―Latest on transgastric
and transvaginal procedures‖, Adelaide, Australia,
September 9, 2009
Invited Lecturer: American College of Surgeons
95th Clinical Congress, Introduction and
Rationale for Fundamentals of Laparoscopic Sur-
gery, Chicago, Illinois, October 11, 2009
Invited Lecturer: American College of Surgeons 95th
Clinical Congress, Video on Laparoscopic
Nissen Fundoplication, Chicago, Illinois, October
13, 2009
Invited Lecturer: American College of Surgeons
95th Clinical Congress, Single Incision
Surgery, Defining the critical view and CBD injury,
Chicago, Illinois, October 13, 2009
Invited Speaker: Northwestern University Feinberg
School of Medicine Sesquicentennial
Symposium, ―Non-Invasive Surgery‖, Chicago, Illi-
nois, October 26, 2009
Invited Speaker: Northwestern University Feinberg
School of Medicine‘s Workshop;
Fundamentals of Laparoscopic Surgery (FLS) Train
the Proctors:
―Background / Validation / Content / Overview,
Chicago, Illinois November 14, 2009
Invited Speaker: Japan Society of Endoscopic Sur-
gery, ―Current Status of NOTES‖,
Tokyo, Japan, Dec. 4, 2009
Invited Speaker: Academic Surgical Congress,
State-of-the-Art Lecture:
―NOTES® - Where is it Going?, Feb 4, 2010
Invited Lecturer: Methodist Hospital, Grand
Rounds, Minimally Invasive GI Surgery:
Past, Present and (?) Future, Houston, Texas, Feb-
ruary 24, 2010
Invited Chair and Educator: SAGES ―FLS Hands-On
Course, ―FLS FAQs - Who, When, Where,
and How‖, National Harbor, Maryland, April 15,
2010
Invited Co-Moderator: SAGES Presidential De-
bates, National Harbor, Maryland, April 16, 2010
Invited Moderator: SSAT Postgraduate Course on
Multidisciplinary Management of
Gastrointestinal Disease: ―Multimodal Manage-
ment of Reflux‖, New Orleans, Louisiana, May 2,
2010
Invited Lecturer: Virginia Mason Medical Center,
23rd Annual Joel W. Baker, M.D. Lecture in
Surgery: ―Minimally Invasive GI Surgery: Past,
Present and (?) Future‖, Seattle, Washington, May
21, 2010
Visiting Professor, 2010 Dallas B. Phemister Lec-
turer: ―Minimally Invasive GI Surgery: Past,
Present and (?) Future‖, University of Chicago,
Chicago, IL, June 1, 2010
Invited Speaker: 74th Annual University of Minne-
sota Surgery Course: Advances in Hepatic,
Biliary and Pancreatic Surgery, ―The Current Status
of NOTES‖, Minneapolis, Minnesota, June 3, 2010
Invited Speaker: 74th Annual University of Minne-
sota Surgery Course: Advances in Hepatic,
Biliary and Pancreatic Surgery, ―The Difficult
Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy‖,
Minneapolis, Minnesota, June 3, 2010
Publications
Kwiatek MA, Kahrilas PJ, Soper NJ, Bulsiewicz WJ,
McMahon BP, Gregerson H, Pandolfino JE (2010)
Esophagogastric junction distensibility after fun-
doplication assessed with a novel functional lu-
minal imaging probe. J Gastrointest Surg,
13:12:2219-2225 (February 2010)
Scherer JR, Kwiatek MA, Soper NJ, Pandolfino JE,
Kahrilas PJ (2009) Functional Esophagogastric
Junction Obstruction with Intact peristalsis: A Het-
erogeneous Syndrome Sometimes Akin to
Achalasia. J Gastrointest Surg, 13:12.2219-2225
(December 2009)
Aggarwal R, Mytton OT, Derbrew M, Hananel D,
Heydenburg M, Issenberg B, MacAulay C, Mancini
ME, Morimoto T, Soper N, Ziv A, Reznick R (2010)
Training and simulation for patient safety. Quality
and Safety in Health Care in press
Onders R, Khansarinia S, Weiser T, Chin C, Hung-
ness ES, Soper N, de Hoyos A, Cole T, Ducko C.
Multi-center analysis of cardiac interactions with
diaphragm pacing for ventilation: positive impli-
cations for ventilator weaning in intensive care
units. Surgery – In Press
Fronza JS, Linn JG, Nagle AP, Soper NJ and
Hungness ES. A Single Institution‘s Experience
with SILS Cholecystectomy Compared to Stan-
dard Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy. Surgery –
In Press
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Sturgeon, Cord, MD
Publications
Morris LF, Zanocco K, Ituarte P, Ro K, Duh, QY,
STURGEON C, and Yeh MW. The value of
intraoperative parathyroid hormone monitoring in
localized primary hyperparathyroidism: A cost
analysis.
Ann Surg Onc. Mar 17(3): pp 679-85. 2010
Udelsman R, Pasieka J, STURGEON C, Young J,
and Clark OH. Surgery for asymptomatic
primary hyperparathyroidism: proceedings of the
third international workshop. JCEM 94(2):366-72.
2009
Elaraj DM and STURGEON C. Adequate surgery
for papillary thyroid cancer. Surgeon. Oct: 7(5): pp
286-9. 2009
STURGEON C and Elaraj D. Modified Radical Neck
Dissection. In. Chen, H ed. Illustrative Handbook
of General Surgery.
1st Ed. Springer 2010. pp 17-22
Elaraj D and STURGEON C. Central neck dissec-
tion. Illustrative Handbook of General Surgery.
1st Ed. Springer 2010. Pp 11-16
Elaraj D and STURGEON C. Papillary thyroid carci-
noma. In Morita S, Dackiw A, and Zeiger M. eds.
Endocrine Surgery. McGraw-Hill 2010. pp 47-64
McGill J, STURGEON C, and Angelos P. Metastatic
struma ovarii treated with total thyroidectomy and
radioiodine ablation. Endocrine Practice. 15
(2):167-73. 2009
Weinberg G, Hiller D, Zheng S, and STURGEON
C. Physical examination trumps mediastinoscopy
in diagnosing mafucci syndrome: a rare cause of
mediastinal mass. Anesthesiology 111(2):441-2.
2009
Tambur, Anat, PhD
Awards/Honors
ASHI annual meetingNovember 2009, Presi-
dent‘s choice poster award ("Adding affinity to
the equation"; Ramon, D; Brain, A and Tambur,
AR)
Presentations
Speaker, ASHI annual conference November
2009: XM-One, The Northwestern Experience.
Speaker. One Lambda Advanced Technical
Workshop, March 2010: Clinical Relevance of
HLA Antibodies in Transplantation
Speaker. European Federation of Immunogenet-
ics,May 2010: Anti-Endothelial Antibodies.
Frequency and Polymorphism
Speaker. European Federation of Immunogenet-
ics, May 2010: The role of non-HLA antibodies in
organ transplantation
Publications
Tambur AR, Ramon DS, Kaufman DB, Friede-
wald J, Luo X, Ho B, Skaro A, Caicedo J, Ladner
D, Baker T, Fryer J, Gallon L, Miller J, Abecassis
MM, Leventhal J. Perception vs. reality? Virtual
crossmatch – how to overcome some of the
technical and logistic limitations. American
Journal of Transplantation. 2009; 9:1886-93
Levitsky J, Miller J, Leventhal J, Huang X, Flaa C,
Wang E, Tambur A, Burt RK, Gallon L, Mathew J.
The human ―Treg MLR‖‖ Immune monitoring for
FOXP3+ T regulatory cell generation. Transplan-
tation. 2009; 88:1303-11
Vazquez, Richard, MD
Presentations
Masters Class Series, The Society of Laparo-
scopic Surgeons, Boston, Mass.
The Joint Sages Course, Fundamentals Make
Masters Michael Kavic, MD, Course Director
Topic Presented:
"Ultrasound Based Operations and the Surgeon"
November 30, 2009 Invited visiting professor:
The Department of Surgery, Fukuoka University,
Fukuoka, Japan Surgical Grand Rounds
Topic Presented: Laparoscopic Cholecystec-
tomy: The Place of The Critical View of Safety
Technique
December 5, 2009: Tokyo Japan Keynote Ad-
dress: The 20th Clinical Congress of the Japa-
nese Society of Endoscopic Surgery Patient
Safety Panel: Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy
"Common Sense and Common Bile Duct Injury
(CBDI): CBDI-Have multiple sequential
paradigm shifts contributed?"
Verta, Michael, MD
Presentations
―Types of EMR Products, Costs, and Sources of
Information‖ at the Vascular Annual Meeting in
Boston June 11, 2010
Publications
Schneider JR, Oskin SI, Verta MJ. Superficial
femoral vein graft interposition in-situ repair for
femoral mycotic aneurysm. Annals of Vascular
Surgery 2009; 23:147-49
Payvandi L, Dyer A, McPherson D, Ades P, Stein
J, Liu K, Ferrucci L, Criqui MH, Guralnik, JM,
Lloyd-Jones D, Kibbe MR, Liang ST, Kane B,
Pearce WH, Verta M, et al. Physical activity dur-
ing daily life and brachial artery flow-mediated
dilation in peripheral arterial disease. Vasc Med
2009; 14(3):193-201
Schneider JR, Oskin SI, Verta MJ. Traitement in
situ d‘anévrysmes infectieux fémoraux par
interposition d‘une greffe veineuse fémorale
superficielle. Ann Chir Vasc 2009; 23:160-62
Wayne, Jeff, MD
Awards/Honors
Carol and Tom R. DeMeester Traveling Fellow-
ship, Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract,
2010
Publications
Bilimoria KY, Raval MV, Bentrem DJ, Wayne JD,
Balch CM, and Ko CY. National assessment of
melanoma care using formally developed quality
indicators. Journal of Clinical Oncology 2009;
27(32):5445-51. Epub 2009 Oct 13
Demetri GD. von Mehren M. Antonescu CR.
DeMatteo RP. Ganjoo KN. Maki RG. Pisters PW.
Raut CP. Riedel RF. Schuetze S. Sundar HM.
Trent JC. Wayne JD. NCCN Task Force report:
update on the management of patients with
gastrointestinal stromal tumors. Journal of the
National Comprehensive Cancer Network. 8
Suppl 2:S1-41; quiz S42-4, 2010 Apr
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“Safer Surgery Today, Better Surgery Tomorrow”
Grand Rounds
(Thursdays/7am-8am/676 N. St. Clair / Suite 650)
September 16: QA Presentations, Ashley Hardy,MD,
Jessica Naditch, MD, Joe Phillips, MD, Melissa
Pilewskie, MD, Akhil Seth, MD
September 23: Intraoperative Teaching and As-
sessment, Jon Fryer, MD
September 30: Statistical Process Control and Sur-
gical Outcomes, Donald Fry, MD
October 14: Method Lectureship, John Tarpley, MD
October 21: Educational Grand Rounds, Adrian
Parks, MD
October 28: TBA, Marleta Reynolds, MD
November 11: NU Transplant Outcomes Research
Collaberative, Daniela Ladner, MD
November 18: Breast Reconstruction: Impact of Ra-
diation on the Decision to Reconstruct, Neil Fine,
MD
December 9: Interventions for Emphysema, Mal-
colm DeCamp, MD
December 16: Appendicitis: Still a Surgical Disease,
David Mahvi, MD
December 23: Revisional Bariatric Surgery at North-
western, Jeff Fronza, MD
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