Resident Research 

PGY4

Shilpa Agarwal, MD

Research Endeavors

Disparities in Bariatric Surgery, 2018-2020
Location/Institution: Temple University Hospital
Principle Investigator: Michael Edwards, MD

Global Surgery and Hernia Research in Ghana, 2018-2020
Location/Institution:  Temple University Hospital
Principle Investigator: Jessica Beard, MD, MPH

DEI Initiatives. 2020-Present
Location/Institution:  Temple University Hospital
Principle Investigator: Cherie Erkmen, MD

Publications

• Edwards MA, Agarwal S, Mazzei M.  Racial disparities in bariatric perioperative outcomes among the elderly.  Surg Obes Relat Dis. 2022 Jan;18(1):62-70. doi: 10.1016/j.soard.2021.09.012. Epub 2021 Sep 29.
  PMID: 34688570 
• Gillespie III, J. W., Pandya, J. K., Agarwal, S. M., Gassman, A. A., & Krakauer, M. (2018). Negative-pressure wound therapy for periocular necrotizing fasciitis. Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Global Open, 6(12).
• Agarwal, S., Bruff, A., Mazzei, M., Zhao, H., & Edwards, M. A. (2021). Exploring racial disparity in perioperative outcomes following revisional bariatric surgery: a case-control matched analysis. The American Journal of Surgery, 221(4), 741-748.
• Edwards, M. A., Mazzei, M., Agarwal, S., Rhodes, L., & Bruff, A. (2021). Exploring perioperative outcomes in metabolic and bariatric surgery amongst the elderly: an analysis of the 2015–2017 MBSAQIP database. Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases, 17(6), 1096-1106.
• Diversity and Inclusion Requirements SCORE Module (Approved for publication)
  Shilpa Agarwal, Aron Egelko, Cherie P. Erkmen
• Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: Evidence and the Status Quo (Approved for publication)
  Aron Egelko, Shilpa Agarwal, Cherie Erkmen

Presentations

• Agarwal, S., Bruff, A., Mazzei, M., Zhao, H., & Edwards, M. A. (2018). Exploring racial disparity in perioperative outcomes following revisional bariatric surgery: a case-control matched analysis. The Society for Black Academic Surgeons.
• Agarwal, S., Ohene-Yeboah, M., Löfgren, J., Yu, D., Tabiri, S., Amoako, J. K., ... & Beard, J. H. (2019). Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Inguinal Hernia Repair with Mesh Performed by Medical Officers and Surgeons in Ghana. Journal of the American College of Surgeons, 229(4), S127-S128.
• Edwards, M., Agarwal, S., & Mazzei, M. (2019). A147 Exploring racial disparities in metabolic and bariatric perioperative outcomes amongst the elderly: Is race independently predictive of perioperative outcomes?. Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases, 15(10), S32.
• Agarwal, S., Mazzei, M., & Edwards, M. (2019). A328 Exploring perioperative outcomes in metabolic and bariatric surgery amongst the elderly: An analysis of the 2015-2017 MBSAQIP database. Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases, 15(10), S134-S135.

Andrew Akcelik

Research Endeavors

2021-present: Endoscopic GERD surgeries, lung resections for cancer
Location/Institution: Temple University Hospital
Principle Investigator: Dr. Roman Petrov

Publications/Presentations

• Robotic-Assisted Thoracoscopic Right Upper Lobe Posteroapical Segmentectomy – Accepted for presentation at Eastern Cardiothoracic Surgical Society for 10/2021

Daniel Bent, MD 

• Bent DP Jr, Boova RS.  Minimally invasive mitral valve replacement after transcatheter edge-to-edge repair.  J Surg Case Rep. 2021 May 27;2021(5):rjab197. doi: 10.1093/jscr/rjab197. eCollection 2021 May.  PMID: 34055289 
• Bent DP, Nelson J, Kent DM, Jen HC. Population-Based Validation of a Clinical Prediction Model for Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernias. J Pediatr. 2018;201:160‐165.e1. doi:10.1016/j.jpeds.2018.05.027

Alexander Fagenson, MD

Research Endeavors

Surgical Research Fellow, June 2018-June 2020

• Division of Abdominal Organ Transplantation (Drs. Lau, Karhadkar, Di Carlo)
  • Clinical outcomes research
• Center for Metabolic Disease Research (Dr. Xiaofeng-Yang)
  • Liver Ischemia Reperfusion

Publications

• Taylor GA, Fagenson AM, Kuo LE, Pitt HA, Lau KN.  Predicting Operative Outcomes in Patients with Liver Disease: Albumin-Bilirubin Score vs Model for End-Stage Liver Disease-Sodium Score.  J Am Coll Surg. 2021 Apr;232(4):470-480.e2. doi: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2020.11.020. Epub 2020 Dec 18.  PMID: 33346079 
• Fagenson AM, Powers BD, Zorbas KA, Karhadkar S, Karachristos A, Di Carlo A, Lau KN.  Frailty Predicts Morbidity and Mortality After Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy for Acute Cholecystitis: An ACS-NSQIP Cohort Analysis. J Gastrointest Surg. 2021 Apr;25(4):932-940. doi: 10.1007/s11605-020-04570-1. Epub 2020 Mar 24.  PMID: 32212087 
• Moten AS, Fagenson AM, Pitt HA, Lau KN.  Recent Improvements in Racial Disparity in the Treatment of Hepatocellular Carcinoma: How Times Have Changed.  J Gastrointest Surg. 2021 Oct;25(10):2535-2544. doi: 10.1007/s11605-021-04912-7. Epub 2021 Feb 5. PMID: 33547582 
• Fagenson AM, Gleeson EM, Pitt HA, Lau KN.  Minimally Invasive Hepatectomy in North America: Laparoscopic Versus Robotic.  J Gastrointest Surg. 2021 Jan;25(1):85-93. doi: 10.1007/s11605-020-04703-6. Epub 2020 Jun 24.  PMID: 32583323 
• Fagenson AM, Pitt HA, Moten AS, Karhadkar SS, Di Carlo A, Lau KN.  Fatty liver: The metabolic syndrome increases major hepatectomy mortality.  Surgery. 2021 May;169(5):1054-1060. doi: 10.1016/j.surg.2020.11.021. Epub 2020 Dec 24.  PMID: 33358472 
• Fagenson AM, Pitt HA, Lau KN.  Perioperative Blood Transfusions or Operative Time: Which Drives Post-Hepatectomy Outcomes?  Am Surg. 2021 Mar 11:3134821998666. doi: 10.1177/0003134821998666. Online ahead of print. PMID: 33705247 
• Fagenson AM, Gleeson EM, Nabi F, Lau KN, Pitt HA.  When does a Pringle Maneuver cause harm?  HPB (Oxford). 2021 Apr;23(4):587-594. doi: 10.1016/j.hpb.2020.07.014. Epub 2020 Sep 12.  PMID: 32933844 
• Fagenson AM, Pitt HA, Karhadkar S, Di Carlo A, Lau KN. Fatty Liver: The Metabolic Syndrome Increases Major Hepatectomy Mortality. Surgery 2021. PMID: 33358472
• Fagenson AM, Lau KN, Pitt HA. Perioperative Transfusions or Operative Time: Which Drives Post-Hepatectomy Outcomes? Am Surg 2021. PMID: 33705247
• Taylor G^*, Fagenson AM^*, Kuo L, Pitt HA, Lau KN. Predicting Outcomes of Surgery in Patients With Liver Disease: Albumin-Bilirubin Score Versus Model for End-stage Liver Disease. J Am Coll Surg 2021. PMID: 33346079 ^*Co-first authorship
• Moten AS, Fagenson AM, Pitt HA, Lau KN. Racial Disparities in the treatment of Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Have Times Changed? J Gastointest Surg 2021. PMID: 3354758
• Fagenson AM, Gleeson EM, Nabi F, Lau KN, Pitt HA. When Does a Pringle Maneuver Cause Harm? HPB (Oxford) 2021. PMID: 32933844
• Fagenson AM, Zorbas K, Powers B, Karhadkar S, Karachristos A, Di Carlo A, Lau KN. Frailty predicts morbidity and mortality after laparoscopic cholecystectomy for acute cholecystitis: An ACS-NSQIP cohort analysis. J Gastrointest Surg 2021;24:1-9. PMID: 32212087
• Fagenson AM, Xu K, Saaoud F, Nanayakkara G, Jhala NC, Liu L, Drummer C, Sun Y, Lau KN, Di Carlo A, Jiang X, Wang H, Karhadkar SS, Yang X. Liver Ischemia Reperfusion Injury, Enhanced by Trained Immunity, Is Attenuated in Caspase 1/Caspase 11 Double Gene Knockout Mice. Pathogens 2020. PMID: 33114395
• Edwards MA, Fagenson AM, Mazzei M, Zhao H. Edwards MA. Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery in Prior Solid Organ Transplantation Patients: Is Race a Predictor of Adverse Outcomes? Obes Surg. 2020. PMID: 32617920
• Fagenson AM, Gleeson EM, Pitt HA, Lau KN. Minimally Invasive Hepatectomy in North America: Laparoscopic versus Robotic. J Gastrointest Surg 2021. PMID: 32583323
• Fagenson AM, Mazzei M, Edwards MA. Does Steroid Use in Transplant Patients Undergoing Bariatric Surgery Independently Impact Outcomes? J Surg Res. 2020;254:294-299. PMID: 32502779
• Fagenson AM, Mazzei M, Zhao H, Edwards MA. Bariatric Surgery in Post-Transplantation Patients; Does Diabetes Influence Outcomes? Surg Obes Rel Dis. 2020. PMID: 32473785
• Fagenson AM, Gleeson, EM, Karachristos A, Lau KN, Pitt HA. Early Drain Removal After Hepatectomy: An underutilized management Strategy. HPB (Oxford) 2020. PMID: 32220515
• Fagenson AM, Mazzei M, Zhao H, Lu X, Edwards MA. Bariatric surgery outcomes in patients with solid organ transplantation: An MBSAQIP analysis. Obes Surg. 2020;30:2313-2324. PMID: 32096014
• Fagenson AM, Gleeson EM, Pitt HA, Lau KN. Albumin-Bilirubin Score Versus Model for End Stage Liver Disease in Predicting Post-Hepatectomy Outcomes. J Am Coll Surg 2020;230:637-645 PMID: 31954813
• Fagenson AM, Grossi SM, Musgrove K, Solomon N, de la Vega PR, Castro G, Pitt HA Varella M, Zevallos J, Acuna J. Ethnic and racial disparities of pancreatic Adenocarcinoma in Florida. HPB (Oxford) 2020;22:735-743. PMID: 31601507
• Lai B, Wang J, Fagenson AM, Sun Y, Saredy J, Lu Y, Nanayakkara G, Yang WY, Yu D, Shao Y, Drummer C 4^th, Johnson C, Saaoud F, Zhang R, Yang Q, Xu K, Mastascusa K, Cueto R, Fu H, Wu S, Sun L, Zhu P, Qin X, Yu J, Fan D, Shen YH, Rogers T, Choi ET, Wang H, Yang X. Twenty novel disease group-specific and 12 new shared macrophage pathways have been identified in eight groups of 34 diseases including 24 inflammatory organ diseases and 10 types of tumors. Front. Immunol 2019;10:2612. PMID: 31824480
• Lujan HJ, Plasencia G, Rivera BX, Molano A, Fagenson A, Jane LA, Holguin D. Advantages of Robotic Right Colectomy with Intracorporeal Anastomosis. Surg Laparosc Endosc Percutan Tech 2018;28:36-41. PMID: 28319493
• Akerman KJ, Fagenson AM, Cyril V, Taylor M, Muller MT, Akerman MP, Munro OQ. Gold(III) Macrocycles: Nucleotide-Specific Unconventional Catalytic Inhibitors of Human Topoisomerase I. J Am Chem Soc 2014;136:5670-5682. PMID: 24694294
• Wilson CR, Fagenson AM, Ruangpradit W, Muller MT, Munro OQ. Gold(III) Complexes of Pyridyl- and Isoquinolylamido ligands: Structural, Spectroscopic and Biological Studies of a New Class of Dual Topoisomerase I and II Inhibitors. Inorg Chem 2013;52:7889-906. PMID: 23815163

Presentations

• Kling S, Taylor G, Fagenson AM, Pitt HA, Ross H, Philp MM, Poggio L, Lau KN. Colectomy in Patients with Liver Disease: Albumin-Bilirubin Score Accurately Predicts Outcomes. Virtual ACS Quality and Safety Conference 2021.
• Fagenson AM, Pitt HA, Moten AS Lau KN. Robotic Versus Open Hepatectomy in North America: Does the Robotic Approach Improve Outcomes. AHPBA 2021 Annual Meeting, August 2021.
• Fagenson AM, Pitt HA, Karhadkar S, Di Carlo A, Lau KN. Fatty Liver: The Metabolic Syndrome Increases Major Hepatectomy Mortality. Philadelphia Academy of Surgeons Research Meeting 2021.
• Kling S, Taylor G, Fagenson AM, Pitt HA, Ross H, Philp MM, Poggio L, Lau KN. Colectomy in Patients with Liver Disease: Albumin-Bilirubin Score Accurately Predicts Outcomes. American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons Annual Scientific Meeting, 2021.
• Fagenson AM, Mazzei M, Swaszek L, Edwards MA. Gastric Bypass vs. Sleeve Gastrectomy: Does procedure type impact morbidity in transplant patients. 16^th Annual Academic Surgical Congress, 2020
• Taylor G*, Fagenson AM*, Pitt HA, Kuo L, Lau KN. Predicting Outcomes of Surgery in Patients with Liver Disease: Albumin-Bilirubin Score Versus MELD. Accepted as an abstract for the Southern Surgical Association 132^st Annual Meeting, 2020. ^*Co-first author.
• Fagenson AM, Karhadkar SS, Di Carlo A, Pitt HA, Lau KN. Congested Liver: An Uncommon Entity Associated with Increased Post-Hepatectomy Morbidity. American College of Surgeons, Clinical Congress. October 2020, Chicago, IL.
• Fagenson AM, Karhadkar SS, Di Carlo A, Pitt HA, Lau KN. Fatty Liver is Associated with Worse Post-Hepatectomy Outcomes. American College of Surgeons, Clinical Congress. October 2020, Chicago, IL.
• Moten AS, Fagenson AM, Lau KN. Racial disparities in the treatment of Hepatocellular carcinoma: Have times changes? American College of Surgeons, Clinical Congress. October 2020, Chicago, IL.
• Fagenson AM, Gleeson EM, Nabi F, Lau KN, Pitt HA.When Does a Pringle Maneuver Cause Harm? International Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association, Melbourne, Australia, February 2020.
• Fagenson AM, Pitt HA, Lau KN. Minimally Invasive Hepatectomy in North America: Laparoscopic versus Robotic. Surgical Society of Alimentary Tract 61^st Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, May 2020.
• Fagenson AM, Gleeson EM, Nabi F, Pitt HA. When Does a Pringle Maneuver Cause Harm? Americas Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association, Miami, Fl, March, 2020.
• Fagenson AM, Nanayakkara G, Wang H, Lau KN, Di Carlo A, Karhadkar SS, Yang XF. Liver Ischemia Reperfusion Attenuated by a Caspase-1 Knockout Mouse. Harwick Resident Research Symposium, Philadelphia, PA, February 2020.
• Fagenson AM, Gleeson EM, Pitt HA, Lau KN. Albumin-Bilirubin Score Versus Model for End Stage Liver Disease in Predicting Post-Hepatectomy Outcomes. Philadelphia Academy of Surgeons Research Competition, Philadelphia, PA, February 2020.
• Falz M, Diamond A, Fagenson AM, Di Carlo A, Timofeeva O, Lau KN, Karhadkar S. Late De Novo Donor Specific Antibodies In Steroid Free Immunosuppression and Delayed Graft Function. 15^th Annual Academic Surgical Congress, Orlando, Fl, February 2020.
• Fagenson AM, Mazzei M, Edwards MA. Does Steroid Use in Transplant Patients Undergoing Bariatric Surgery Independently Impact Outcomes? 15^th Annual Academic Surgical Congress, Orlando, Fl, February 2020.
• Porebski M, Fagenson AM, Di Carlo A, Lau KN, Karhadkar S. Elevated Serum Homocysteine: A Predictor of Kidney Transplant Waitlist Morbidity and Mortality. 15^th Annual Academic Surgical Congress, Orlando, Fl, February 2020.
• Fagenson AM, Yang X, Wang H, Lau KN, DiCarlo A, Karhadkar SS. Protective effect of Renal Transplantation on Metabolic Derangement of Hyperhomocysteinemia in ESRD. 15^th Annual Academic Surgical Congress, Orlando, Fl, February 2020.
• Fagenson AM, Nanayakkara G, Wang H, Lau KN, Di Carlo A, Karhadkar SS, Yang XF. Liver Ischemia Reperfusion Attenuated by a Caspase-1 Knockout Mouse. American Society of Transplant Surgery Winter Symposium, Miami, FL, January 2020.
• Fagenson AM, Gleeson EM, Lau KN, Pitt HA. Albumin-Bilirubin Score Versus MELD in Predicting Post-Hepatectomy Mortality. Southern Surgical Association 131^st Annual Meeting, Hot Springs, VA, December 2019.
• Fagenson AM, Mazzei M, Zhao H, Edwards MA. Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery in Prior Solid Organ Transplantation Patients: Is Diabetes an Independent Predictor of Adverse Outcomes? 36^th Annual Meeting of American Society of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery at Obesity Week. November 2019, Las Vegas, NV.
• Fagenson AM, Mazzei M, Zhao H, Edwards MA. Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery in Prior Solid Organ Transplantation Patients: Is Race a Predictor of Adverse Outcomes? 36^th Annual Meeting of American Society of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery at Obesity Week. November 2019, Las Vegas, NV.
• Fagenson AM, Gleeson EM, Karhadkar SS, Di Carlo A, Pitt HA, Lau KN. Comparison of ALBI and MELD in Predicting Post-Hepatectomy Liver Failure. American College of Surgeons, Clinical Congress. October 2019, San Francisco, CA.
• Fagenson AM, Mazzei M, Zhao H, Lu X, Edwards MA. Bariatric Surgery Amongst Patients with Solid Organ Transplantation: Safe To Proceed? American College of Surgeons, Clinical Congress. October 2019, San Francisco, CA.
• Fagenson AM, Gleeson EM, Nabi F, Pitt HA. To Pringle or Not to Pringle?  American College of Surgeons, Clinical Congress. October 2019, San Francisco, CA.
• Greco L, Kaur S, Lau K, Fagenson A, Di Carlo A, Karhadkar S. Frailty and Causes of Morbidity and Mortality in Kidney Transplant Recipients. Am J Transplant. 2019; 19 (suppl 3).
• Fagenson AM, Biefeld C, Dioguardi V, Gleeson EM, Lau KN, Di Carlo AC, Karhadkar SS. Patient and Graft Survival Predicted by a New Novel Score Following Simultaneous Heart-Kidney Transplantation. Metropolitan Philadelphia Chapter of American College of Surgeons Annual Joint Dinner. May 2019, Philadelphia, PA.
• Fagenson AM, Gleeson EM, Nabi F, Pitt HA. To Pringle or Not to Pringle? Metropolitan Philadelphia Chapter of American College of Surgeons Annual Joint Dinner. May 2019, Philadelphia, PA.
• Fagenson AM, Mazzei M, Zhao H, Lu X, Edwards MA. Bariatric Surgery Amongst Patients with Solid Organ Transplantation: Safe To Proceed? Harwick Research Symposium at Temple University Hospital. April 2019, Philadelphia, PA
• Kevin Mastascusa, Bin Lai, Jiwei Wang, William Yang, Yu Sun, Alexander Fagenson, Daohai Yu, Fatma Saaoud, Ying Shao, Ramon Cueto, Susu Wu, Hangfei Fu, Hongland Li, Peiqian Zhu, Hon Wang, Xiaofeng Yang. BCL6 inhibits CD4+Foxp3+ regulatory T cell trans-differentiation into macrophage-like cells via modulation of chromatin long-range interactions. Experimental Biology meeting, FASEB Journal, Abstract No: 496.20, Vol 33. 1 April 2019, Orlando, Fl
• Fagenson AM, Gleeson, EM, Karachristos A, Pitt HA. Early Drain Removal After Hepatectomy: An Underutilized management Strategy. Americas Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary-Association. March 2019. Miami, Fl
• Fagenson AM, Gleeson, EM, Karachristos A, Pitt HA. Early Drain Removal After Hepatectomy: An Underutilized management Strategy. Philadelphia Academy of Surgeons Resident Research Competition. February 2019. Philadelphia PA
• Taylor N, Fagenson AM, Lau K, Di Carlo A, Karhadkar S. Steroid Minimization Protocol in Kidney Transplant Patients. Academic Surgical Congress, February 2019
• S.M. Grossi, K. Musgrove, A. Fagenson, J. Acuna, N. Solomon, P. Rodriguez de la Vega, G. Castro, J. Zavallos, M. Varella. Racial and Ethnic Disparities of Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma. Society of Surgical Oncology 71^st Annual Cancer Symposium. Ann Surg Oncol (2018) 25:S6-S230
• Shafran I, Burguner P, Fagenson A. Open label investigation of mucosal healing in patients with small bowel Crohn’s Disease treated with certolizumab Pegol assessed by Wireless Capsule Endoscopy. Shafran Gastroenterology Center, Winter Park, Fl
• 76^th Annual Scientific Meeting of the American College of Gastroenterology, published in the American Journal of Gastroenterology, Vol. 106, Supplement 2, October 2011
• Alexander M. Fagenson¹, Matthew P. Akerman², Orde Munro², and Mark T. Muller¹. A class of biometallo-organic compounds that target human topoisomerase IIa.
• Proceedings of the 102nd Annual Meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research; 2011 Apr 2-6; Orlando, FL. Published in Cancer Res 2011;71(8 Suppl):Abstract nr 2519. doi:10.1158/1538-7445.AM2011-2519

Romulo Fajardo, MD

• Petrov RV, Fajardo RA, Bakhos CT, Abbas AE.  Peroral endoscopic myotomy: techniques and outcomes.  Shanghai Chest. 2021 Apr;5:14. doi: 10.21037/shc.2020.02.02.  PMID: 34013165 
• Lindholm EB, D'Cruz R, Fajardo R, et al. Admission of Pediatric Concussion Injury Patients: Is It Necessary?. J Surg Res. 2019;244:107‐110. doi:10.1016/j.jss.2018.09.040
• Fajardo RA, Petrov RV, Bakhos CT, Abbas AE. Endoscopic and Surgical Treatments for Achalasia: Who to Treat and How? Gastroenterol Clin North Am. 2020 Sep;49(3):481-498. doi: 10.1016/j.gtc.2020.05.003. Epub 2020 Jun 26. PMID: 32718566; PMCID: PMC7387747.
• Fajardo R, Vaporciyan A, Starnes S, Erkmen CP. REPLY: CALL TO ACTION FOR INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT ON CARDIOTHORACIC SURGERY WELLNESS. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2020 Aug 28:S0022-5223(20)32371-0. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2020.07.114. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 32868047.

Meredith Gunder, MD 

• Panichella J, Curtis H, Nguyen K, Resweber C, Gunder M, Di Carlo A, Karhadkar S.  High and Low Frequency Domino Liver Transplantation Centers Demonstrate Similar Performance Outcomes.  J Surg Res. 2022 Jan;269:144-150. doi: 10.1016/j.jss.2021.08.016. Epub 2021 Sep 23.  PMID: 34563840 
• Gunder M, Lakhter V, Lau K, Karhadkar SS, Di Carlo A, Bashir R. Endovascular intervention for iliac vein thrombosis after simultaneous kidney-pancreas transplant. J Surg Case Rep. 2019;2019(4):rjz024. Published 2019 Apr 10. doi:10.1093/jscr/rjz024
• Donnally CJ 3rd, Lawrie CM, Sheu JI, Gunder MA, Quinnan SM. Primary Intra-Medullary Nailing of Open Tibia Fractures Caused by Low-Velocity Gunshots: Does Operative Debridement Increase Infection Rates?. Surg Infect (Larchmt). 2018;19(3):273‐277. doi:10.1089/sur.2017.211

Craig Profant, MD

Research Endeavors

2013:  Biomonitoring of mercury and persistent organic pollutants in Michigan urban anglers and association with fish consumption
Wayne State University, Detroit, MI
Principle Investigator: Wendy A. Wattigney

2013 – 2014: Exploring the role of the African American Church in Male Health-related Decision Making
Wayne State University, Detroit, MI
Principle Investigator: Craig Profant

2017 – 2018: Older Adult usage of Cellphones in the Home Environment: When do Cellphone-Owning Older Adults Ditch Their Devices?
Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine, Royal Oak, MI
Principle Investigator: Craig Profant, MD, Michael Maddens, MD

Publications

• Case Series: Bezoar-Induced Small Bowel Obstruction after Roux en Y Gastric Bypass
• Case Report: Revisional Roux en Y Gastric Bypass after Redo Single Lung Transplant

Presentations

• Poster: The Tale of Two Churches: The Process of Establishing and Maintaining Rapport with two Urban Churches
• Poster: Older Adult usage of Cellphones in the Home Environment: When do Cellphone-Owning Older Adults Ditch Their Devices?
• Case Presentations of Bezoar-Induced Small Bowel Obstruction Following Gastric Bypass
• Revisional Gastric Bypass and Hiatal Hernia Repair for treatment of GERD after Redo Single Lung Transplant

Book Chapters

• Pneumonectomy for Trauma. Operative Techniques in Surgery, 2E

Alexandra Schmidt, DO

Publications

• Schmidt, Alexandra R., et al., Seatbelt Use in Females of Childbearing Age at an Urban Safety-Net Level 1 Trauma Center, Journal of Surgical Research, 2019, Volume 243, 47-51

Presentations

• Scantling D, Schmidt A, Swaszek L, Saif A, Jankowski M. Seatbelt Use in Females of Childbearing Age at an Urban Safety-Net Level 1 Trauma Center. J Surg Res. 2019;243:47‐51. doi:10.1016/j.jss.2019.05.004
• Schmidt, Alexandra R. (2018, October). Seatbelt Use in Females of Childbearing Age at an Urban Safety-Net Level 1 Trauma Center. Poster session presented at Pennsylvania Medical Society House of Delegates Conference, October 27, 2018, Hershey, PA
• Schmidt, Alexandra R. (2018, October). Seatbelt Use in Females of Childbearing Age at an Urban Safety-Net Level 1 Trauma Center. Poster session presented at Drexel Discovery Day, October 23, 2018, Philadelphia, PA
• Profant, Craig, Schmidt, Alexandra, et al., Case Presentations of Bezoard Induced Small Bowel Obstruction Following Gastric Bypass, Poster presented at ASMBS June 2021
• Schmidt, Alexandra R., et al., Intussusception Following Roux-en-y Gastric Bypass, Poster session to be presented at SAGES August 2021

Luke Swaszek, MD 

• Scantling D, Schmidt A, Swaszek L, Saif A, Jankowski M. Seatbelt Use in Females of Childbearing Age at an Urban Safety-Net Level 1 Trauma Center. J Surg Res. 2019;243:47‐51. doi:10.1016/j.jss.2019.05.004