Surgery Research Opportunities
Research Opportunities in the Surgery Department
Attending/Department | Project | Project type | Status | Students |
Dr. Aucar | Telemedicine applications for initial trauma evaluation | Review | In progress | Ragul Yuvara |
Dr. Aucar and Dt. Clyde | Effect of anticoagualation reversal on head injury | lit reveiew+Chart review | In progress | Eddie Martinez, Patrick Maarta |
Dr. Fitzgibbons | Novel understanding of high mobility group box-1 in the immunopathogenesis of incisional hernias | Review | Published in Expert Review of Clinical Immunology | Nick Larsen and Matt Reilly |
| A Review of Shared Molecular Pathways in Patient Related Factors and Incisional Hernia Development | Review | Submitting to JAMA Surgery; Pending |
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| HMGB-1 Mediated Activation of NLRP3 Inflammasome in the Pathogenesis of Incisional Hernia - A Pilot Study | Basic Science | Data Analysis and Manuscript Preparation; Presented at AHS, MSBRF, ACS - Omaha, Surgery Grand Rounds |
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| Biomarker expression and heterogeneous fibroblast phenotypes associated with incisional hernia | Basic Science | Submitted to Connective Tissue Research; Pending; Presented at MSBRF, ACS - Omaha, Surgery Grand Rounds |
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| Increased incidence of Incisional Hernia in patients undergoing repair of Diverticular disease and Abdominal aortic aneurysm | Review | In progress | Neil Haley, Nick Larsen, Matt Reilly |
Dr. Balters | Pulmonary Atypical Adenomatous Hyperplasia: Diagnostic and Therapeutic Implications | Case Report | Submitted to Cureus; Published | Nick Larsen |
| Partial Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Return in a Patient Undergoing Left Upper Lobectomy | Case Report | Submitted, pending | Xander Jacobson, Vincent Nicch |
| Malignant Degeneration of Hamartoma to Chondrosarcoma | Case Report | Submitted, pending | Charles Altfillisch and Janice Chung |
| ERAS in Thoracic Surgery | Clinical | Protocol written; working with anesthesia and nursing staff for implementation | Charlie Oertli |
| Strong for Surgery | Clinical | IRB Writing | Lexi Sughroue |
Dr. Campbell | Is there a link between melanoma and PTC? SEER database | Clinical | In Progress | Adam Bergh, Anna White, and Ashlyn Glann |
| SEER for patterns in recurrent PTC | Clinical | In Progress | Adam Bergh, Anna White, and Ashlyn Glann |
| What is the effect of hypoparathyroidism s/p thyroidectomy? | Clinical | In Progress | Adam Bergh, Anna White, and Ashlyn Glann |
| Papillary thyroid cancer with SEER | Clinical | In Progress | Bailey Kent and Luke Kiefer |
Dr. Sandin | Benefits of mTBI clinic for trauma concussion patients |
| In Progress | Christina Case |
Dr. Nandipati | Obesity is Associated with Significantly More Anastomotic Leaks after Minimally Invasive Esophagectomy: A NSQIP Database Study | Retrospective | published in ASO | Patrick McBee |
| The Role of Microbiota in EAC Pathogenesis | Review | In Progress | Megan Gillespie |
| Biomolecular Pathophysiology of EAC in Obese Patients | Basic Science | In Progress | Megan Gillespie |
| Outcomes of Bariatric Surgery in CIH with LOD | Retrospective | Presented orally at 2019 ASMBS, manuscript pending IRB adjustments | Ben Branigan |
Dr. Krishnamurty | Calcified Pilonidal Cyst | Case Report | Potential write up, JAMA surgery | Xander Jacobson |
Cardiac UNMC | Contemporary management of intra-cardiac thrombi | Manuscript | Submitted to JTCVS | Sam Brown PGY5 |
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Dr. Dilisio | Percutaneous Plating of Displaced Proximal Humerus Fractures Without Calcar Screws | Clinical | Submitting for publication | Kevin Lang |
Dr. Patil | 1)stereotactic aneurysm coiling-feasibliity study completed awaiting clinical study 2) interspinal distraction stabilization for lumbar spine-clinical study, paper written ready for submission for publication 3) Effect of chymopapain on cartilage-in-vitro study competed, awaiting cadaver study 4) development of interspinal distraction fixation system for cervical spine-in progress 5) development of new vagal nerve stimulator system-in progress | stereotactic aneurysm coiling-feasibliity study completed awaiting clinical study | Podium presented at CNS annual meeting2019, paper sent for publication |
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Dr. Loggie/Dr. Thomas/Dr. GV | Curcumin/Turmeric as a Treatment for Inflammation in Peritoneal Surface Malignancies | Review |
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Dr. Parks | Amyand Hernia 2/2 Alcoholic Cirrhosis | Case report | ACS Case Review Series Journal: Peer review |
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