Selected Publications
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- Don't chase the adenoma: A probabilistic approach to imaging before parathyroidectomy.. Surgery. 175:1299-1304. 2024
- The risks of failed nonoperative management of appendicitis in older adults.. American journal of surgery. 112-117. 2024
- Is nonoperative management of appendicitis safe and effective in multi-morbid patients?. Surgery. 175:258-264. 2023
- Assessing a Structured Mental Fitness Program for Academic Acute Care Surgeons: A Pilot Study.. The Journal of surgical research. 9-18. 2023
- Can We Improve the Quality of Quality Improvement?. JAMA surgery. 158:-. 2023
- Determining the Power Required for Comparing Lobectomy vs Total Thyroidectomy for Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma.. JAMA surgery. 158:983-984. 2023
- Reassessing surgical guidelines for papillary thyroid cancer impact on survival: Expanding indications for lobectomy.. Surgery. 174:542-548. 2023
- Outcomes of Nonoperative vs Operative Management of Acute Appendicitis in Older Adults in the US.. JAMA surgery. 158:625-632. 2023
- Hospital Performance on Failure to Rescue Correlates With Likelihood of Home Discharge.. The Journal of surgical research. 107-116. 2023
- Comparison of Postoperative Outcomes of Laparoscopic vs Open Inguinal Hernia Repair.. JAMA surgery. 158:172-180. 2023
- Chief Residents Can Safely Operate on Older and Frail Patients.. The Journal of surgical research. 121-128. 2023
- Age is associated with increased morbidity after laparoscopic appendectomy.. Surgery. 172:488-493. 2022
- Resident Involvement in Inguinal Hernia Repair Is Safe but Associated With Increased Operative Time.. The Journal of surgical research. 305-313. 2022
- Machine Learning Improves Prediction Over Logistic Regression on Resected Colon Cancer Patients.. The Journal of surgical research. 181-193. 2022
- Provider Perception of Time During Trauma Resuscitation: A Prospective Quantitative Trauma Video Review Analysis.. The Journal of surgical research. 207-212. 2022
- Nativity Status is an Important Social Determinant of Health for Hispanic Patients with Gastric Cancer in Texas.. Annals of surgical oncology. 29:3113-3121. 2022
- Use of local anesthesia for inguinal hernia repair has decreased over time in the VA system.. Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery. 26:1069-1075. 2021
- How We Did It: Implementing a Trainee-Focused Surgical Research Curriculum and Infrastructure.. Journal of surgical education. 79:35-39. 2021
- Informed Consent and Informed Decision-Making in High-Risk Surgery: A Quantitative Analysis.. Journal of the American College of Surgeons. 233:337-345. 2021
- Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Access to Local Anesthesia for Inguinal Hernia Repair.. The Journal of surgical research. 366-372. 2021
- Local Anesthesia is Associated with Fewer Complications in Umbilical Hernia Repair in Frail Veterans.. The Journal of surgical research. 88-95. 2021
- Using local rather than general anesthesia for inguinal hernia repair may significantly reduce complications for frail Veterans.. American journal of surgery. 222:619-624. 2021
- An Implementation Assessment of the Virtual Acute Care for Elders Program From the Perspective of Key Stakeholders.. Annals of surgery. 275:e752-e758. 2020
- Using Local Anesthesia for Inguinal Hernia Repair Reduces Complications in Older Patients.. The Journal of surgical research. 64-72. 2020
- Using local rather than general anesthesia for inguinal hernia repair is associated with shorter operative time and enhanced postoperative recovery.. American journal of surgery. 221:902-907. 2020
- ASO Author Reflections: Race and Gender Disparities in Access to Parathyroidectomy: A Need to Change Processes for Diagnosis and Referral to Surgeons.. Annals of surgical oncology. 27:785-786. 2020
- Race and Gender Disparities in Access to Parathyroidectomy: A Need to Change Processes for Diagnosis and Referral to Surgeons.. Annals of surgical oncology. 28:476-483. 2020
- Feasibility of a Local Anesthesia Program for Inguinal Hernia Repair at a Veteran Affairs Hospital.. The Journal of surgical research. 1-8. 2020
- Prospective, multicenter, pairwise analysis of robotic-assisted inguinal hernia repair with open and laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair: early results from the Prospective Hernia Study.. Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery. 24:1069-1081. 2020
- Is the American College of Surgeons Online Communities a safe and useful venue to ask for surgical advice?. Surgical endoscopy. 34:5041-5045. 2020
- Successful Mentor-Mentee Relationship.. The Journal of surgical research. 332-334. 2019
- Gender and Racial Disparities in Survival After Surgery Among Papillary and Patients With Follicular Thyroid Cancer: A 45-Year Experience.. Clinical medicine insights. Endocrinology and diabetes. -. 2019
- Diagnosis and Management of Primary Hyperparathyroidism Across the Veterans Affairs Health Care System.. JAMA internal medicine. 179:1220-1227. 2019
- Intraoperative Decision Making in Parathyroid Surgery.. The Surgical clinics of North America. 99:681-691. 2019
- Failure to Diagnose and Treat Hyperparathyroidism Among Patients with Hypercalcemia: Opportunities for Intervention at the Patient and Physician Level to Increase Surgical Referral.. The oncologist. 24:e828-e834. 2019
- A Surgeon's Guide to Treating Older Patients with Colorectal Cancer.. Current colorectal cancer reports. 15:1-7. 2019
- The Effect of Financial Conflict of Interest, Disclosure Status, and Relevance on Medical Research from the United States.. Journal of general internal medicine. 34:429-434. 2019
- Why Is Hyperparathyroidism Underdiagnosed and Undertreated in Older Adults?. Clinical medicine insights. Endocrinology and diabetes. -. 2018
- Post-Acute Care among Older Adults with Stage I to III Colorectal Cancer.. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 67:937-944. 2018
- Growing Human Parathyroids in a Microphysiological System: A Novel Approach to Understanding and Developing New Treatments for Hyperparathyroidism.. Cells, tissues, organs. 206:54-61. 2018
- Hyperthyroidism is Underdiagnosed and Undertreated in 3336 Patients: An Opportunity for Improvement and Intervention.. Annals of surgery. 268:506-512. 2018
- Can imaging studies be omitted in patients with sporadic primary hyperparathyroidism?. The Journal of surgical research. 257-262. 2018
- Variation in postacute care utilization after complex surgery.. The Journal of surgical research. 61-70. 2018
- Planning post-discharge destination for gastrointestinal surgery patients: Room for improvement?. American journal of surgery. 216:912-918. 2018
- Reducing cost and improving operating room efficiency: examination of surgical instrument processing.. The Journal of surgical research. 15-19. 2018
- New-Onset Cardiovascular Morbidity in Older Adults With Stage I to III Colorectal Cancer.. Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology. 36:609-616. 2018
- Hyperthyroidism is Underdiagnosed and Undertreated in 3336 Patients: An Opportunity for Improvement and Intervention.. Annals of surgery. 268:506-512. 2018
- New-Onset Cardiovascular Morbidity in Older Adults With Stage I to III Colorectal Cancer.. Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology. 36:609-616. 2018
- Wide variation in cost of surgical care for parathyroidectomy: is there a need for standardization of practice?. Surgery. 163:638-642. 2017
- Cost-effectiveness of lobectomy versus genetic testing (Afirma®) for indeterminate thyroid nodules: Considering the costs of surveillance.. Surgery. 163:88-96. 2017
- Cost-effectiveness of lobectomy versus genetic testing (Afirma®) for indeterminate thyroid nodules: Considering the costs of surveillance.. Surgery. 163:88-96. 2017
- Editorial: The phantom menace: implications of polyclonality for surgical treatment of primary hyperparathyroidism.. Surgery. 163:15-16. 2017
- Failure to Diagnose Hyperparathyroidism in 10,432 Patients With Hypercalcemia: Opportunities for System-level Intervention to Increase Surgical Referrals and Cure.. Annals of surgery. 266:632-640. 2017
- Racial disparities in the cost of surgical care for parathyroidectomy.. The Journal of surgical research. 216-221. 2017
- Papillary Thyroid Cancer: The Good and Bad of the "Good Cancer".. Thyroid : official journal of the American Thyroid Association. 27:902-907. 2017
- Postacute Care and Recovery After Cancer Surgery: Still a Long Way to Go.. Annals of surgery. 265:993-999. 2017
- Expression of pattern recognition receptor genes and mortality in patients with colorectal adenocarcinoma.. International journal of molecular epidemiology and genetics. 8:8-18. 2017
- Optimizing Outpatient Pain Management After Thyroid and Parathyroid Surgery: A Two-Institution Experience.. Annals of surgical oncology. 24:1951-1957. 2017
- GAUGING THE EXTENT OF THYROIDECTOMY FOR INDETERMINATE THYROID NODULES: AN ONCOLOGIC PERSPECTIVE.. Endocrine practice : official journal of the American College of Endocrinology and the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists. 23:442-450. 2017
- How long should we follow patients after apparently curative parathyroidectomy?. Surgery. 161:54-61. 2016
- Trends in the presentation, treatment, and survival of patients with medullary thyroid cancer over the past 30 years.. Surgery. 161:137-146. 2016
- Selective Versus Non-selective α-Blockade Prior to Laparoscopic Adrenalectomy for Pheochromocytoma.. Annals of surgical oncology. 24:244-250. 2016
- Postacute Care After Major Abdominal Surgery in Elderly Patients: Intersection of Age, Functional Status, and Postoperative Complications.. JAMA surgery. 151:759-66. 2016
- Should vitamin D deficiency be corrected before parathyroidectomy?. The Journal of surgical research. 204:94-100. 2016
- Use of the gamma probe to identify multigland disease in primary hyperparathyroidism.. International journal of endocrine oncology. 3:13-19. 2016
- When patients call their surgeon's office: an opportunity to improve the quality of surgical care and prevent readmissions.. American journal of surgery. 211:599-604. 2015
- Ninety-day readmission after colorectal cancer surgery in a Veterans Affairs cohort.. The Journal of surgical research. 201:370-7. 2015
- Outpatient Thyroidectomy: Is it Safe?. Surgical oncology clinics of North America. 25:61-75. 2015
- Postoperative transitional care needs in the elderly: an outcome of recovery associated with worse long-term survival.. Annals of surgery. 261:695-701. 2015
- Does levothyroxine administration impact parathyroid localization?. The Journal of surgical research. 198:360-5. 2015
- Chasing calcitonin: reoperations for medullary thyroid carcinoma.. Annals of surgical oncology. 22:7-8. 2014
- Utility of routine postoperative visit after appendectomy and cholecystectomy with evaluation of mobile technology access in an urban safety net population.. The Journal of surgical research. 190:478-83. 2014
- Association of high-volume hospitals with greater likelihood of discharge to home following colorectal surgery.. JAMA surgery. 149:244-51. 2014
- Laparoscopic versus robotic rectal resection for rectal cancer in a veteran population.. American journal of surgery. 206:509-17. 2013
- Thyroid lobectomy for indeterminate FNA: not without consequences.. The Journal of surgical research. 184:189-92. 2013
- Disparities in the use of minimally invasive surgery for colorectal disease.. Journal of gastrointestinal surgery : official journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract. 16:897-903; discussion 903-4. 2012
- Hand-assisted laparoscopy leads to efficient colorectal cancer surgery.. The Journal of surgical research. 177:e53-8. 2012
- Use of a Pfannenstiel incision in minimally invasive colorectal cancer surgery is associated with a lower risk of wound complications.. Techniques in coloproctology. 16:127-32. 2012
- Clinical outcomes of oncologic gastrointestinal resections in patients with cirrhosis.. Cancer. 118:3494-500. 2011
- Predictors of relaparotomy after nontrauma emergency general surgery with initial fascial closure.. American journal of surgery. 202:549-52. 2011
- Minimally invasive surgery in colon cancer patients leads to improved short-term outcomes and excellent oncologic results.. American journal of surgery. 202:528-31. 2011
- Defining the cancer master switch.. World journal of surgery. 35:1738-45. 2011
- Depression is associated with prolonged and complicated recovery following colorectal surgery.. Journal of gastrointestinal surgery : official journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract. 15:1712-7. 2011
- Obesity does not increase complications following pancreatic surgery.. The Journal of surgical research. 170:220-5. 2011
- Minimally invasive surgery is underutilized for colon cancer.. Annals of surgical oncology. 18:1412-8. 2011
- A multidisciplinary cancer center maximizes surgeons' impact.. The Journal of surgical research. 171:15-22. 2011
- Minimally invasive surgery improves short-term outcomes in elderly colorectal cancer patients.. The Journal of surgical research. 166:182-8. 2010
- Outcomes of damage-control celiotomy in elderly nontrauma patients with intra-abdominal catastrophes.. American journal of surgery. 200:783-8; discussion 788-9. 2010
- Establishment of a minimally invasive surgery program leads to decreased inpatient cost of care in veterans with colon cancer.. American journal of surgery. 200:632-5. 2010
- Ethnic disparities are reduced in VA colon cancer patients.. American journal of surgery. 200:636-9. 2010
- The patient-physician relationship in surgical students.. American journal of surgery. 200:624-7. 2010
- Waist circumference predicts increased complications in rectal cancer surgery.. Journal of gastrointestinal surgery : official journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract. 14:1669-79. 2010
- Intra-abdominal fat predicts survival in pancreatic cancer.. Journal of gastrointestinal surgery : official journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract. 14:1832-7. 2010
- Role of the VA in training surgical scientists.. Surgery. 148:171-7. 2010
- Validating quantitative obesity measurements in colorectal cancer patients.. The Journal of surgical research. 164:18-22. 2010
- Obese patients benefit from minimally invasive colorectal cancer surgery.. The Journal of surgical research. 163:29-34. 2010
- Obesity increases wound complications in rectal cancer surgery.. The Journal of surgical research. 163:35-9. 2010
- AVAS Best Clinical Resident Award (Tied): management and outcomes of the open abdomen in nontrauma patients.. American journal of surgery. 198:588-92. 2009
- Establishment of a minimally invasive program at a Veterans' Affairs Medical Center leads to improved care in colorectal cancer patients.. American journal of surgery. 198:685-92. 2009
- Selective application of the pediatric Ross procedure minimizes autograft failure.. Congenital heart disease. 3:404-10. 2008
- Human and murine CD4 T cell reactivity to a complex antigen: recognition of the synthetic random polypeptide glatiramer acetate.. Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950). 165:7300-7. 2000