Department of Surgery Showcases Its Research

The following projects and researchers were recognized as best in the oral presentation category:

“Improving the Performance of the Revised Trauma Score (RTS) for Pediatric Trauma Patients Using Shock Index (SI) and Oxygen Saturation (SpO2) — a National Trauma Databank Study (NTDB) 2011-2015”

Presenter: Radu Filipescu, MD, pediatric surgery fellow

Other co-authors: Colin A. Powers, MD; Han Yu, MBBS, PhD; David H. Rothstein, MD, associate professor of surgery; Carroll M. Harmon, MD, John E. Fisher Chair in pediatric surgery and chief of pediatric surgery; Brian Clemency, DO, associate professor of emergency medicine; Weidun Alan Guo, MD, PhD, professor of clinical surgery; Kathryn Bass, MD, clinical associate professor of surgery

“Multisource Feedback Driven Intervention Improves Surgeon Leadership and Teamwork”

Presenter: Jinwei Hu, MD, clinical informatics fellow

Other co-authors: Robert Lee, MD, clinical assistant professor of anesthesiology; Sarah Mullin; Steven D. Schwaitzberg, MD, professor and chair of surgery; Larry Harmon, PhD; Paul Gregory, PhD; Peter L. Elkin, MD, professor and chair of biomedical informatics

“The Association of Nodal Upstaging with Surgical Approach and Its Impact on Long Term Survival After Resection of Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer”

Presenter: Luke DeGraaff, fourth-year medical student  

Other co-authors: Mark W. Hennon, MD, clinical associate professor of surgery; Adrienne Groman; Todd L. Demmy, MD, professor of surgery; Sai Yendamuri, MD, associate professor of surgery

Other oral presentations were:

• “Transplant Outcomes of Donation After Circulatory Death Kidneys Recovered With vs. Without Pre-Recovery Heparin Administration”
  Presenter: John Reinier F. Narvaez, MD, general surgery resident
  Other co-author: Liise K. Kayler, MD, clinical professor of surgery  
  
• “Improved Survival and Amputation-Free Survival with Angiotensin Converting Enzyme Inhibitors (ACEI) in Patients Undergoing Endovascular Interventions (EVI) For Critical Limb Ischemia (CLI)”
  Presenter: Sai M. Kottapalli, DO, vascular surgery integrated resident
  Other co-authors: Sikandar Z. Khan, MD, clinical assistant professor of surgery; Mollie O’Brien-Irr; Mariel Rivero, MD, clinical assistant professor of surgery; Raphael Blochle, MD, clinical assistant professor of surgery; Gregory Cherr, MD, associate professor of surgery; Maciej L. Dryjski, MD, PhD, professor of surgery; Hasan H. Dosluoglu, MD, associate professor of surgery; Vincent L. Rowe, MD; Linda M. Harris, MD, professor of surgery
• “Pedal Arch Patency Predicts Limb Salvage Independent of Tibial Vessel Complexity, WIfI Score or Global Anatomic Staging System (GLASS) Grade”
  Presenter: Brendon Reilly, MD, vascular surgery integrated resident
  Other co-authors: Mariel Rivero, MD, clinical assistant professor of surgery; Sikandar Z. Khan, MD, clinical assistant professor of surgery; Gregory Cherr, MD, associate professor of surgery; Linda M. Harris, MD, professor of surgery; Maciej L. Dryjski, MD, PhD, professor of surgery; Hasan H. Dosluoglu, MD, associate professor of surgery
• “Novel Arteriovenous Banding Technique for Treatment of Access Related Hand Ischemia (ARHI)”
  Presenter: Sai M. Kottapalli, DO, vascular surgery integrated resident
  Other co-authors: Richard Curl, MD; Linda M. Harris, MD, professor of surgery
• “Breast Cancer Late Recurrence is Associated with Pro-Cancerous Immune Cells in Primary Tumor”
  Presenter: Takashi Takeshita, MD, PhD
  Other co-authors: Li Yan, PhD; Kazuaki Takabe, MD, PhD, professor of surgery
  
• “Pediatric (PTC) vs. Adult Trauma Centers (ATC): Closing the Gap in Non-Operative Management (NOM) of Splenic Injuries (SI) — A National Trauma Data Bank Study (NTDB)”
  Presenter: Radu Filipescu, MD, pediatric surgery fellow
  Other co-authors: Colin A. Powers, MD; Han Yu, MBBS, PhD; David H. Rothstein, MD, associate professor of surgery; Carroll M. Harmon, MD, John E. Fisher Chair in pediatric surgery and chief of pediatric surgery; Brian Clemency, DO, associate professor of emergency medicine; Weidun Alan Guo, MD, PhD, professor of clinical surgery; Kathryn Bass, MD, clinical associate professor of surgery
• “Survival Benefit of Chest CT Over CXR in Trauma”
  Presenter: Katie Konesky, MD, general surgery resident
  Other co-authors: Jane Y. Zhao, MD, general surgery resident; Kabir Jalal, PhD; Jihnhee Yu, PhD; Weidun Alan Guo, MD, PhD, professor of clinical surgery
• “Gender Representation in Pediatric Surgical Authorship”
  Presenter: Alexandra Marrone, MD
  Other co-authors: Loren Berman, MD; David H. Rothstein, MD, associate professor of surgery
• “Association of Perioperative Red Blood Cell Transfusion with Postoperative Deep Venous Thrombosis in Pediatric Patients”
  Presenter: David H. Rothstein, MD, associate professor of surgery
  Other co-authors: Sarah B. Cairo, MD, clinical instructor of surgery; Beverly A. Schaefer, MD, clinical assistant professor of pediatrics; Timothy B. Lautz, MD
• “Preoperative Platelet Leukocyte Ratio as an Independent Risk Factor for Postoperative Outcomes in Colorectal Cancers”
  Presenter: Carrie Ryan, MD, general surgery resident
  Other co-authors: Csaba Gajdos, MD, clinical associate professor of surgery; Leili Pourafkari, MD, Catholic Health System resident; Nader D. Nader, MD, PhD, professor of anesthesiology
• “The Impact of Underlying Cardiac Comorbidity on Major Adverse Cardiac Events After Colorectal Surgery: An Analysis of 190,038 Patients”
  Presenter: Neha Lad, MD
  Other co-authors: Csaba Gajdos, MD, clinical associate professor of surgery; Nader D. Nader, MD, PhD, professor of anesthesiology
• “Association of Pre-Cannulation Metabolic Acidemia and Mortality in Pediatric Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation”
  Presenter: Ben Ham, MD
  Authors: Jane Y. Zhao, MD, general surgery resident; David H. Rothstein, MD, associate professor of surgery

“Teaching Surgery Novices and Trainees Advanced Laparoscopic Suturing: A Trial and Tribulations”

Authors: Arianne Train, DO, MPH, clinical assistant instructor of surgery; Jinwei Hu, MD, clinical informatics fellow; John Reinier F. Narvaez, MD, general surgery resident; L.M. Miller; Gregory E. Wilding, PhD; Lora Cavuoto, PhD; Ekaterina Noyes, PhD, MPH; Aaron B. Hoffman, MD, clinical associate professor of surgery; Steven D. Schwaitzberg, MD, professor and chair of surgery

“Reentry Devices at the Infra-Popliteal Level”

Authors: Elias N. Fakhoury, DO; Mariel Rivero, MD, clinical assistant professor of surgery; Sikandar Z. Khan, MD, clinical assistant professor of surgery; Gregory Cherr, MD, associate professor of surgery; Linda M. Harris, MD, professor of surgery; Maciej L. Dryjski, MD, PhD, professor of surgery; Hasan H. Dosluoglu, MD, associate professor of surgery

“Ex Vivo Perfusion of Tumor Containing Human Liver Specimens: A Novel Model for Malignancy”

Authors: Michael M. Wach, MD, general surgery resident; Samantha M. Ruff; Reed I. Ayabe; Mohammed Jafferji; Kirsten Remmert; Imani Alexander; Surajit Sinha; Alok Ranjan; James D. McDonald; Shreya Gupta; Maureen George; David Kleiner; Jeremy L. Davis; Jonathan M. Hernandez

“Fluorescent Cholangiography in Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy and the Use in Pediatric Patients”

Authors: Kristen A. Calabro, MD, pediatric surgery research fellow; Carroll M. Harmon, MD, John E. Fisher Chair in pediatric surgery and chief of pediatric surgery; Kaveh Vali, MD, clinical assistant professor of surgery

Other poster presentations in Group 1 were:

• “Genitourinary Foreign Bodies: An Underestimated and Serious Problem in the Prison Population”
  Authors: Tyler J. Maiers, MD, urology resident; David J. Abramowitz, urology resident; John J. Bodkin, MD, clinical assistant professor of urology
• “Surgical Delay in Peptic Ulcer Perforation Leads to Serious Adverse Outcomes”
  Authors: Jinwei Hu, MD, clinical informatics fellow; Rafael E. Perez, MD, general surgery resident; Kabir Jalal, PhD; Jihnhee Yu, PhD; Jeffrey M. Jordan, MD, PhD, assistant professor of surgery
• “Development of an Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) Protocol for Emergency General Surgery”
  Authors: Jinwei Hu, MD, clinical informatics fellow; Jeffrey M. Jordan MD, PhD, assistant professor of surgery
• “Radiologic Analysis of Vernix Caseosa Peritonitis: Report of Two Cases”
  Authors: M. Nadeem; J. Binns; J. Butsch; C. Chung
• “Characterizing the Learning Curve of a Virtual Intracorporeal Suturing Simulator (VBLAST-SS)”
  Authors: Yaoyu Fu; Lora Cavuoto, PhD, associate professor of surgery; Karthikeyan Panneerselvam; Venkata Sreekanth Arikatla; Andinet Enquobahrie; Suvranu De; Steven D. Schwaitzberg, MD, professor and chair of surgery
• “Electronic Scoring System for Medical Articles (ESSMA)”
  Author: Abdulraouf Lamoshi, MD, clinical assistant instructor of surgery
• “Maintaining Optimal Trauma Outcomes: Resilience in the Midst of an Electronic Health System Ransomware Attack”
  Authors: John Reinier F. Narvaez, MD, general surgery resident; Jane Y. Zhao, MD, general surgery resident; Jennifer L. Pugh, MD, clinical assistant professor of emergency medicine; Mandip Panesar, MD, clinical associate professor of medicine; Weidun Alan Guo, MD, PhD, professor of clinical surgery
• “Do Preoperative Multidisciplinary Meeting and Medical Optimization Improve the Outcome of High-Risk Patients Undergoing Non-Cardiac Surgeries?”
  Authors: Mir Ali Abbas-Khan, MD; Francis Chang, MD; Leili Pourafkari, MD, Catholic Health System resident; Mariel Rivero, MD, clinical assistant professor of surgery; Hasan H. Dosluoglu, MD, associate professor of surgery; Csaba Gajdos, MD, clinical associate professor of surgery; Nader D. Nader, MD, PhD, professor of anesthesiology
  

Other poster presentations in Group 2 were:

• “Foley Catheter Use in Endovascular Aneurysm Repair”
  Authors: Brittany Montross, MD, vascular surgery integrated resident; Monica O’Brien-Irr; Linda M. Harris, MD, professor of surgery; Hasan H. Dosluoglu, MD, associate professor of surgery; Maciej L. Dryjski, MD, PhD, professor of surgery
• “Endovascular Repair of Ascending Aortic Pseudoaneurysm Presenting with Hemoptysis”
  Authors: Brittany Montross, MD, vascular surgery integrated resident; Mariel Rivero, MD, clinical assistant professor of surgery; Hasan H. Dosluoglu, MD, associate professor of surgery
• “Minimally Invasive Surgery (MIS) Does Not Compromise Outcomes in NSCLC Patients With Clinical N1 Disease”
  Authors: Nick Scott; Sarah Rodwin; Bre Nelson; Najya Fayyaz; Rene J. Bouchard; Adrienne Groman; Sai Yendamuri, MD, associate professor of surgery
• “Impact of the Thoracic Multidisciplinary Cancer Conference on Cancer Care”
  Authors: A. Sykes; C. Gaudioso, MD, PhD; T. Demmy, MD; E. Dexter, MD; M. Hennon, MD; A. Picone, MD, PhD; S. Yendamuri, MD; P. Whalen, PhD; K. Attwood, PhD; C. Nwogu, MD, PhD
• “Functional ‘Hotness Score’ Predicts Not Only Patients’ Prognosis But Also Chemotherapy Sensitivity in Breast Cancer”
  Authors: Eriko Katsuta; Li Yan, PhD; Pawel Kalinski, MD, PhD; Kazuaki Takabe, MD, PhD, professor of surgery
  
• “Bilateral Chest Wall Tumors in an Infant”
  Authors: Kristen A. Calabro, MD, pediatric surgery research fellow; John R. McGrath, MD, clinical assistant professor of radiology; Elizabeth A. Bowdish, MD, clinical assistant professor of surgery
• “Retroperitoneoscopic Resection of a T11-L2 Right-Sided Ganglioneuroma”
  Authors: Phillip B. Ham, MD, pediatric surgery fellow; Clare J. Twist, MD, clinical professor of pediatrics; David H. Rothstein, MD, associate professor of surgery
• “Urine Drug Screening Positivity Rates in Patients from Chemical-Dependence Programs in Western New York State”
  Authors: Bing Su; Fazlollah Loghmanee, MD, clinical associate professor of pathology and anatomical sciences; Paul J. Kostyniak, PhD, professor of pharmacology and toxicology
  

Other poster presentations in Group 3 were:

• “Optimization of Brain Metastasis Orthotopic Patient-Derived Xenograft Mouse Model for Breast Cancer”
  Authors: Masanori Oshi; Maiko Okano; Aparna Mitai; Kazuaki Takabe, MD, PhD, professor of surgery
• “Comparison of PS785, a Photodynamic Therapy Photosensitizer, to Porfirmer Sodium (Photofrin) for the Treatment of Human Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Xenografts”
  Authors: A. Kloc; K. Attwood; F.A. Durrani; W. Bshara; R. Pandey; C. Nwogu
• “CBL0137 Regional Cancer Therapy for Murine Sarcoma Lung Metastases”
  Authors: Jennifer Loo; Claire Conrad; Daniel Fisher, PhD; Minhyung Kim, MD; Joseph Skitzki, MD, clinical assistant professor of surgery
• “Higher Gene Expression of APOBEC3C-H in Tumor Associates With Improved Survival in Breast Cancer”
  Authors: Mariko Asaoka; Santosh K. Patnaik, clinical assistant professor of surgery; Takashi Ishikawa; Kazuaki Takabe, MD, PhD, professor of surgery
  
• “Predictive Model for Early Tracheostomy Requirement in Pediatric Trauma Patients With Head Injury — A National Trauma Databank Study”
  Authors: Radu Filipescu, MD, pediatric surgery fellow; Colin A. Powers, MD; Han Yu, MBBS, PhD; David H. Rothstein, MD, associate professor of surgery; Carroll M. Harmon, MD, John E. Fisher Chair in pediatric surgery and chief of pediatric surgery; Weidun Alan Guo, MD, PhD, professor of clinical surgery; Kathryn Bass, MD, clinical associate professor of surgery
• “Incidence and Management of Urologic Complications in Renal Transplants”
  Authors: David Abramowitz, MD, urology resident; Liise K. Kayler, MD, clinical professor of surgery
• “Impact of Cold Ischemia Time on DCD Renal Transplant Outcomes”
  Authors: John Reinier F. Narvaez, MD, general surgery resident; Liise K. Kayler, MD, clinical professor of surgery
• “An Animated Video to Educate African Americans About Key Concepts of Kidney Allocation”
  Authors: John Reinier F. Narvaez, MD, general surgery resident; Beth Dolph, PhD; Thomas H. Feeley, PhD; Liise K. Kayler MD, clinical assistant professor of surgery

Other poster presentations in Group 4 were:

• “Predictive Model for Operative Intervention for Bowel Perforation After MVC Blunt Abdominal Trauma with Equivocal CT Scan in Children”
  Authors: A. Lamoshi; N. Wagner; L. Miller; T. Fibiano; G. Wildling; D. Rothstein
• “Early Tracheostomy in Severe Traumatic Brain Injury Reduces Incidence of Ventilator Associated Pneumonia”
  Authors: A. Nordin; C. Whitney; K. Jalal; J. Yu; J. Wilkins; J. Jordan
• “Does Timing of Tracheostomy in Severe Traumatic Brain Injured Patients Affect Development of Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia?”
  Authors: Crystal C. Whitney, MD; Andrew B. Nordin, general surgery resident; Chelsea Hoenes, general surgery resident; Briana DiGiore, MD; Kabir Jalal, PhD; Jeffrey M. Jordan, MD, PhD, assistant professor of surgery
• “Lower Urinary Tract Injury: Is Urology Consultation Necessary?”
  Authors: Michael Ernst, MD, urology resident; Amanda K. Sherman; Adam Klein, MD; Weidun Alan Guo, MD, PhD, professor of clinical surgery
• “Association of Anesthesia Type With Prolonged Post-Operative Intubation in Neonates Undergoing Inguinal Hernia Repair”
  Authors: A. Lamoshi; V. Elberson; J. Lerman; L. Miller; J. Dughayli; G. Wilding; D.H. Rothstein
• “Pancreaticoduodenectomy for the Treatment of Pancreatic Neoplasms in Children: A Pediatric Surgical Oncology Research Collaborative Study”
  Authors: S. Vasuvedin; D.H. Rothstein; R. Dasgupta
• “Provider Education Decreases Opioid Prescribing After Pediatric Umbilical Hernia Repair”
  Authors: K. Piper; K.J. Baxter; M. Wetzel; M. McCracken; C. Travers; S. Slater; S.B. Cairo; D. Rothstein; R. Cina; M. Dassinger; P. Bonasso; A.M. Lipskar; N. Denning; K.F. Heiss; M.V. Raval
• “Risk Factors for Inpatient Mortality in U.S. Patients Born With Gastroschisis in 2016”
  Author: A. Lamoshi; D. Rothstein

The event took place May 23 at the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences building.