Viren P. Punja, MBBS

Department

Surgery

Position

Associate Professor

Articles

• Biosurgicals - The Next Frontier in Operative Approaches [Working Title]
  A. Aucar John, Punja Viren, A. Asensio Juan, Biosurgicals and Trauma [Book Chapter] 2020

Publications

• Urology (Ridgewood, N.J.)
  Palencia Peter S, Dilsaver Danielle B, Wieland Clare M, Cheung Richard A, Hu Robert W, Narveson Joel R, Flores Adrian, Vivekanandan Renuga, Punja Viren P, Delto Joan C, Demographics, Complications, and Management of Genitourinary Gunshot Wounds: National Trauma Data Bank Analysis 2025
• JU open plus
  Stokes Laura, Arnzen Grady, Richie Charlotte, Li Zhao, Narverson Joel, Delto Joan C., Punja Viren, Management of a Colorenal Fistula After Percutaneous Cryoablation for Renal Cell Carcinoma
  2:11 2024
• The American surgeon
  Ward Katherine, Narveson Joel R., Hinchman-Dominguez Daniela, Stokes Laura, Norton Elizabeth L., Punja Viren P., A Systematic Review of Mortality Associations in Patients who Develop Tracheoinnominate Artery Fistula Following Tracheostomy
  90:6, p. 1648 - 1656 2024
• The Surgical clinics of North America
  Punja Viren Premnath, Schenarts Paul J., Emergency General Surgery
  103:6, p. i - i 2023
• The Surgical clinics of North America
  Punja Viren Premnath, Schenarts Paul J., The Tides of Change: Emergencies in General Surgery
  103:6, p. XVII - XVIII 2023
• Journal of vascular surgery
  Ward Katherine, Hinchman-Dominguez Daniela, Stokes Laura, Norton Elizabeth, Narveson Joel, Punja Viren, Tracheoinnominate Artery Fistula After Tracheostomy: A Systematic Literature Review of Associations With Mortality
  77:6, p. e164 - e164 2023
• The American surgeon
  Veatch Jessica M., Narveson Joel R., Walters Ryan W., Patel Neil D., Punja Viren P., Fernandez Carlos A., Ewing Kaily L., Aucar John A., Kuncir Eric J., The Relationship Between an Individual's Birthday and Admission for Traumatic Injury, p. 31348231175456 - 31348231175456 2023
• The American surgeon
  Punja Viren, Capasso Thomas, Stokes Laura, Ray Kelley, Narveson Joel R., Walters Ryan W., Fernandez Carlos, Patel Neil D., Ewing Kaily, Kuncir Eric, The Impact of Relocating a Trauma Center: Retrospective Observations on Payer Demographics and Cost-Analysis, p. 313482311754 - 31348231175482 2023
• The journal of trauma and acute care surgery
  Fernandez Carlos A., Niu Fang, Norton Elizabeth, Kuncir Eric, Brown Emily C., Punja Viren, Veatch Jessica M., Capasso Thomas, Patel Neil D., Ewing Kaily, Narveson Joel R., In-hospital outcomes of intercostal nerve cryoablation and surgical stabilization of rib fractures
  93:5, p. 695 - 701 2022
• Curēus (Palo Alto, CA)
  Punja Viren, Capasso Thomas, Ray Kelley M, Stokes Laura, Ewing Kaily, Fernandez Carlos A, Veatch Jessica, Narveson Joel, Niu Fang, Kuncir Eirc, Patel Neil D, The Impact of Relocating a Trauma Center: Observations on Patient Injury Demographics and Resident Volumes
  14:10, p. e30256 - e30256 2022
• Curēus (Palo Alto, CA)
  Fernandez Carlos A, Veatch Jessica M, Ewing Kaily L, Capasso Thomas J, Punja Viren P, Kuncir Eirc J, Narveson Joel R, Walters Ryan W, Patel Neil D, Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy and Trauma: The Role of Injuries as Physical Stressors
  14:7, p. e27411 - e27411 2022

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