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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

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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

http://www.brimr.org/NIH_Awards/NIH_Awards.htm

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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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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)

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Drs. Dan Popowich, John Linn, Laleh Melstrom, Nathaniel Soper,

Karl Bilmoria, Daniel Abbott

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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

http://www.ctsnet.org/sections/residents/programprofiles/article-6.html

http://www.ctsnet.org/sections/residents/programprofiles/article-6.html

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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

Issue 5

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

Issue 5

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

Issue 5

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.

Issue 5

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

mailto:[email protected]

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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


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


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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


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

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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


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


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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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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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


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


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

Eskandari 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

Eskandari Medtronic Vascular

Prot# IP#118: Evaluation of the Clinical Performance

of the Valiant Thoracic Stent Graft with the Captvia De-

livery System for the Treatment of Acute, Complicated

Type B Aortic Dissections

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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



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)


coagulation: inherited and acquired disorders

of coagulation. Multimedia module (in press for

the American Board of Surgery SCORE curricu-

lum)


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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)


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,



A Clinical Curriculum Evaluation System That

Promotes Ownership, Accountability, and Quality

Improvements. John Coyle, MD, Mary Schuller,

MSEd, Ed Wang, PhD, Debra DaRosa, PhD,



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;

Chapter 12

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-

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20338355








The Surgical Scope

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



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



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-



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.


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




Versus Non-tapered Stents: Associated

Neurologic Complications and Restenosis

Rates. J Vasc Surg 2009;23:439-445





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.


Naughton PA, Garcia-Toca M, Eskandari MK.

Endovascular repair of complicated

type B aortic dissection following coronary artery

bypass grafting.





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


The Surgical Scope

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


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.


Yao JS, eds. People‘s Medical Publishing

House, in press 2009

Monge M, Eskandari MK. Hybrid Procedure for

Supra-Aortic Trunk Lesions.


Yao JS, eds. People‘s Medical


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.


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-











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

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov.ezproxy.galter.northwestern.edu/pubmed/19923884?itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_RVDocSum&ordinalpos=1




The Surgical Scope

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



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


The Surgical Scope

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



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







445





J Vasc Surg 2010;51:1145-51




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


The Surgical Scope

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



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



plating system after failure of Talon device. Ann

Thorac Surg. April 2010, In Press


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


rum. Tricuspid Regurgitation: Leave It or Not?

Tokyo, Japan, February 2009


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-


The Surgical Scope

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


ciation for Thoracic Surgery. Complex Myxoma-

tous MV Repair. Tokyo, Japan, June 2009


ciation for Thoracic Surgery. Should Functional

Mitral Regurgitation in Heart Failure Patients be

Repaired? Tokyo, Japan, June 2009


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


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



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



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







445





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




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


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



Rodriguez HE, Pearce WH.

8-Year Institutional Review of Carotid Artery


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)


J, Liu K, Ferrucci L, Criqui MH, Guralnik JM,


The Surgical Scope


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




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





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




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



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


The Surgical Scope

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


J, Liu K, Ferrucci L, Criqui MH, Guralnik, JM,


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

Issue 5

“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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