Viren P. Punja, MBBS

Department

Surgery

Position

Associate Professor

Books

• Aucar, J. , Punja, V., & Asensio, J. (2019). Biosurgicals and Trauma. In M. S. Firstenberg, & S. P. Stawicki (Eds.), Contemporary Applications of Biologic Hemostatic Agents across Surgical Specialties – The Next Frontier in Operative Approaches. Volume 1. https://doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.90739 2019

Articles

• Journal of Trauma Acute Care Surg.
  Fernandez, CA, Narveson, J. R., Niu, F., Norton, E., Brown, E. C., Punja, V., Veatch, J. M., Capasso, T., Patel, N. D., Ewing, K., & Kuncir, E. (2022). In-hospital outcomes of intercostal nerve cryoablation and surgical stabilization of rib fractures. 10.1097/TA.0000000000003623. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1097/TA.0000000000003623 2022
• IntechOpen - Book Chapter – Biosurgicals and Trauma – Aucar, John, Punja, Viren, Asensio, Juan. Chapter Title: Biosurgicals – The Next Frontier in Operative Approaches. 2019
• BJS
  Punja, V., GlobalSurg Collaborative (2019). Global variation in anastomosis and end colostomy formation following left-sided colorectal resection. https://doi.org/10.1002/bjs5.50138
  3(3), p. 403-414 2019
• British Journal of Surgery
  Punja, V., GlobalSurg Collaborative (2019). Pooled analysis of WHO Surgical Safety Checklist use and mortality after emergency laparotomy. https://doi.org/10.1002/bjs.11051
  106(2), p. e103-e112 2019
• Surg Endosc
  Punja, V., GlobalSurg Collaborative (2018). Laparoscopy in management of appendicitis in high-, middle-, and low-income countries: a multicenter, prospective, cohort study. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00464-018-6064-9
  32(8), p. 3450-3466 2018
• BMJ Global Health
  Punja, V. , GlobalSurg Collaborative (2016). Determinants of morbidity and mortality following emergency abdominal surgery in children in low-income and middle-income countries. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2016-000091
  1(4) 2016
• Open Forum Infectious Diseases
  New Method of Marine-to-Human Parasitic Transmission ; Shweiki E, Rittenhouse DA, Ochoa JE, Punja vp, Zubair MH, BaliffJP 2014
• Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery
  Pucci, M.J., Johnson, C. M., Punja, V., Siddiqui, A. A., Lopez, K., Winter, J. M., Lavu, H., & Yeo, C. J. (2014). Intraoperative pancreatoscopy: a valuable tool for pancreatic surgeons? https://doi.org/10.1007/s11605-014-2501-9 Oral presentation: 8th Annual Academic Surgical, 2013 Poster distinction: Pancreas Club, 2013.
  18(6), p. 1100-1107 2014
• Open Forum Infectious Diseases
  Shweiki, E. , Rittenhouse, D., Ochoa, J., Punja, V., Zubair, M., & Baliff, J. (2014). Acute small-bowel obstruction from intestinal anisakiasis after the ingestion of raw clams; documenting a new method of marine-to-human parasitic transmission. https://doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofu087
  1(2) 2014

Presentations

• Poster presented at: American Association for the Surgery of Trauma (AAST) 82nd Annual Meeting 2023
• Monkemeyer, N., Dull, S., Veatch, J., Fuji, K., Punja, V. (2021) Incidence of acute kidney injury in patients that have an open long bone fracture and receive aminoglycoside therapy. Poster presentation at the ACCP Virtual Poster Symposium. 2021
• Omaha Area trauma Symposium - Creighton University 2021
• Trauma Service Orientation Lecture 2021
• Monkemeyer, N., Dull, S., Veatch, J., Fuji, K., Punja, V. (2021) Retrospective evaluation of suspected augmented renal clearance in the trauma intensive care unit. Virtual poster presentation at the ASHP Midyear Clinical Meeting and Exhibition. 2021
• Lecture on Penetrating Thoracic & Abdominal Trauma EMS & Omaha Fire Department 2020
• Creighton University Surgery Grand Rounds Lecture Management and Fixation of Traumatic Rib Fractures 2020
• ICU Lecture Series Residents on Trauma Service 2020
• Miljkovic, S., Dabestani, P., Wenzl, F., Kessler, J., Kutaru, T., Fernandez, C., Cornell, D., Punja, V., Voigt, C., Asensio, J., Kalamchi, L. (2020). Arteriovenous fistulas resulting from penetrating trauma: a collective review. Poster presentation for the 48th Annual Symposium: The Society for Clinical Vascular Surgery. 2020
• American College of Surgeons Nebraska Chapter 2019
• Omaha Area Trauma Symposium - Creighton University 2019
• AAST San Diego, CA 2018
• Critical Care Congress Honolulu, HI 2017
• Trauma Symposium Hawaiian Islands 2016