Kathleen D. Whitney

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Kathleen

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Whitney

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Jacqueline Weingarten-Arams

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Jacqueline

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Weingarten-Arams

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1558447409

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<p>Jacqueline Weingarten-Arams, MD, is an attending physician and Professor, Pediatrics at Montefiore Einstein. Dr. Weingarten-Arams&rsquo; pediatric critical care expertise focuses on cardiac critical care, acute hypoxemic respiratory failure, nutrition in critical illness and energy expenditure, cardiopulmonary resuscitation (quality CPR) and extracorporeal life support (ECMO).</p><p>After obtaining her Bachelor of Science in nutritional biochemistry at Cornell University in 1982, Dr. Weingarten-Arams earned her Doctor of Medicine at the same institution in 1986. She then completed her pediatric residency at Columbia University in 1990, where she was Chief Resident in her final year. Following this, Dr. Weingarten-Arams completed a fellowship in pediatric critical care medicine at New York Hospital Cornell University Medical College in 1996.</p><p>Dr. Weingarten-Arams research focus includes the use of deliberate simulated practice in improving outcomes in pediatric critical illness, pediatric resuscitation and pediatric airway management. Her other projects involve chronic critical illness, bioethics in pediatric critical care and oxidative injury in respiratory failure. She has been principal investigator and co-investigator on several research projects, and her work has been shared through numerous peer-reviewed publications and invited presentations.</p><p>Dr. Weingarten-Arams is a Diplomate of the National Board of Medical Examiners and the American Board of Pediatrics. She is a Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics and the American College of Chest Physicians. She is also a member of several professional organizations, including the American Medical Association, the Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Society and the Society of Critical Care Medicine. Dr. Weingarten-Arams has been named in Castle Connolly&rsquo;s &ldquo;Top Doctors: New York Metro Area&rdquo; for multiple years. In 2006, she was inducted into the Leo M. Davidoff Society and in 2019, Dr. Weingarten-Arams won the William Obrinsky Award for Excellence in Medical Student Education.</p>

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Esperanza Villanueva-Siles

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Esperanza

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Villanueva-Siles

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1518047018

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Joseph T. Vazzana

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Joseph

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Vazzana

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Henry Michael Ushay

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Henry

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Ushay

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Pediatric critical care medicine with a special emphasis on respiratory failure; shock resuscitation; cardiac intensive care; intensive care of pediatric oncology patients; extracorporeal support for children with respiratory and cardiovascular failure

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Leadership and direction of the 16-bed Pediatric Critical Care Unit of The Children&rsquo;s Hospital at Montefiore; improving medication safety; respiratory physiology; advances in the management of respiratory failure in children; shock; medical ethics

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<p>Dr. Ushay is Professor of Clinical Pediatrics in the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics as well as a Fellow of the American College of Critical Care Medicine. </p><p>After obtaining a PhD in Chemistry from Columbia University, Dr. Ushay received his MD from UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School and completed a Pediatrics residency in the Montefiore-Jacobi-Einstein program. After serving as Chief Resident and a Fellow in Pediatric Pulmonology at Montefiore, he completed a Pediatric Critical Care Fellowship at New York Hospital/Cornell Medical Center in 1993. He was a faculty member at NewYork-Presbyterian and Memorial Sloan-Kettering Hospitals from 1993 to 2005, and he served as Pediatric Critical Care Medicine Fellowship Program Director and Medical Director of the Pediatric Observation Unit at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. </p><p>In 2005 Dr. Ushay became Director of the Pediatric Critical Care Unit in The Children&rsquo;s Hospital at Montefiore. Dr. Ushay is involved in increasing pediatric ICU surge capacity through the New York City Pediatric Disaster Coalition, serving on its Central Leadership Council and teaching the Pediatric Fundamental Critical Care Support Course. Through the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Dr. Ushay works on employing medical countermeasures safely for children in the event of chemical, biological or radiological disaster. Sponsored by Surgeons of Hope and Children&rsquo;s HeartLink, Dr. Ushay has worked as a cardiac intensivist in Cambodia, Africa, China and Nicaragua. </p>

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Vlad A. Tomuta

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Vlad

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Tomuta

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1558537340

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Aaron Zev Tokayer

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Aaron

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Tokayer

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1336220755

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<p>Dr. Tokayer received his B.A. in from Yeshiva College and his M.D. from Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University. &nbsp;He completed an internship and residency at the Bronx Municipal Hospital Center and GI and Hepatology fellowship at Johns Hopkins Medical Center. He received an MHS degree in Clinical Epidemiology from Johns Hopkins School of Public Health. Dr. Tokayer then joined the Montefiore GI Faculty in 1992. He has been involved in the spectrum of clinical patient care, endoscopic interventions and teaching in the GI fellowship program. His areas of interest include clinical practice, patient care and education, endoscopic procedures and interventions, functional GI and motility disorders. He is Director of the GI Motility Lab where studies such as Esophageal Manometry,&nbsp; Esophageal Acid Monitoring and Impedance Testing, Ano-rectal Manometry and Defecatory Testing, Hydrogen Breath Testing for Bacterial overgrowth and Carbohydrate Maldigestion , and studies of gastric and intestinal transit. He works closely with colleagues of the Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine as well as the Department of Surgery in diagnosing and treating GI motility disorders.</p>

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Alecia M. Thompson

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Alecia

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Thompson

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1992930796

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Dr. Thompson-Branch's research has focused on the role of cytokines in bronchopulmonary dysplasia and use of ultrasound to diagnose necrotizing enterocolitis.

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<p>With an emphasis on general pediatrics and neonatology, Dr. Thompson completed her residency at NYU Medical Center in 2007 and fellowship at Yale-New Haven Hospital in 2010. During her fellowship, Dr. Thompson also audited the Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program, with an interest in performing clinical research. Her research has focused on the role of cytokines in bronchopulmonary dysplasia and use of ultrasound to diagnose necrotizing enterocolitis. She plans to conduct research on the use of near-infrared spectroscopy to delineate central nervous system pathology in preterm infants and predict short-term neurologic outcomes.</p>

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Melissa R. Stein

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Melissa

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Stein

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Prashanth V. Sreeramoju

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Prashanth

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Sreeramoju

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Dr. Hernia Sreeramoju's clinical focus is on Abdominal Wall Reconstruction (AWR), Abdominal Core Health, and Robotic Surgery.<br /><quillbot-extension-portal></quillbot-extension-portal>

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Hernia and Abdominal Wall Reconstruction; General Surgery<br />

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<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent: -.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><!-- [if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Lima DL, Nogueira R, Liu J, Claus C, Malcher F, Sreeramoju P, Cavazzola LT. How Appropriate Are Recommendations of Online Chat-Based Artificial Intelligence (ChatGPT) to Common Questions on Ventral Hernia Repair? J Laparoendosc Adv Surg Tech A. 2024 Feb 14. doi: 10.1089/lap.2023.0475. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38354285.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent: -.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><!-- [if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Lima DL, Nogueira R, Dominguez Profeta R, Huang LC, Cavazzola LT, Malcher F, Sreeramoju P. Current trends and outcomes for unilateral groin hernia repairs in the United States using the Abdominal Core Health Quality Collaborative database: A multicenter propensity score matching analysis of 30-day and 1-year outcomes. Surgery. 2024 Jan 12:S0039-6060(23)00899-1. doi: 10.1016/j.surg.2023.11.033. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38218685.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent: -.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><!-- [if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Lima DL, Nogueira R, Chin R, Claus C, Malcher F, Sreeramoju P, Cavazzola LT. Appropriateness of Online Chat-Based Artificial Intelligence (ChatGPT) Answers to Common Questions on Inguinal Hernia Repair. J Laparoendosc Adv Surg Tech A. 2024 Feb;34(2):141-143. doi: 10.1089/lap.2023.0403. Epub 2023 Dec 21. PMID: 38126878.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent: -.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><!-- [if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Lima DL, Viscarret V, Nogueira R, Kasakewitch JPG, Berk R, Sreeramoju P, Malcher F. Does the Weight Matter? Short-Term Outcomes of Lightweight Versus Heavyweight Three-Dimensional Anatomical Mesh in Minimally Invasive Inguinal Hernia Repair. J Laparoendosc Adv Surg Tech A. 2023 Oct;33(10):944-948. doi: 10.1089/lap.2023.0185. Epub 2023 Sep 19. PMID: 37722032.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent: -.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><!-- [if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Lima DL, de Figueiredo SMP, Pereira X, Murillo FR, Sreeramoju P, Malcher F, Damani T. Hiatal hernia repair with biosynthetic mesh reinforcement: a qualitative systematic review. Surg Endosc. 2023 Oct;37(10):7425-7436. doi: 10.1007/s00464-023-10379-1. Epub 2023 Sep 18. PMID: 37721592.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent: -.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><!-- [if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">6.<span style="font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Chin R, Tagerman D, Lima DL, Sreeramoju P. Twitter and surgery: how social media can impact surgical education. Minerva Surg. 2023 Dec;78(6):710-716. doi: 10.23736/S2724-5691.23.09898-2. Epub 2023 Sep 13. PMID: 37705390.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent: -.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><!-- [if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">7.<span style="font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Rodriguez-Quintero JH, Romero-Velez G, Mandujano C, Huang LC, Sreeramoju P, Malcher F. Slowly absorbable mesh in sublay ventral hernia repair in contaminated fields. Surg Endosc. 2023 Oct;37(10):8080-8090. doi: 10.1007/s00464-023-10362-w. Epub 2023 Sep 5. PMID: 37670192.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent: -.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><!-- [if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">8.<span style="font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Lima DL, Miranda LEC, Lima RNCL, Romero-Velez G, Chin R, Shadduck PP, Sreeramoju P. Factors Associated with Mortality after Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy. JSLS. 2023 Apr-Jun;27(2):e2023.00005. doi: 10.4293/JSLS.2023.00005.PMID: 3730492</span></p>
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<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent: -.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><!-- [if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">9.<span style="font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Pereira X, Lima DL, Huang LC, Salas-Parra R, Shah P, Malcher F, Sreeramoju P. Robotic versus open lateral abdominal hernia repair: a multicenter propensity score matched analysis of perioperative and 1-year outcomes. Hernia. 2023 Apr;27(2):293-304. doi: 10.1007/s10029-022-02713-8. Epub 2022 Nov 24.PMID: 36422725</span></p>
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<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent: -.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><!-- [if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">10.<span style="font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';">&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Rodriguez-Quintero JH, Romero-Velez G, Lima DL, Huang LC, Sreeramoju P, Malcher F. Permanent vs Absorbable Mesh for Ventral Hernia Repair in Contaminated Fields: Multicenter Propensity-Matched Analysis of 1-Year Outcomes Using the Abdominal Core Health Quality Collaborative Database J Am Coll Surg. 2023 Feb 1;236(2):374-386. doi: 10.1097/XCS.0000000000000433. Epub 2022 Sep 27.PMID: 36165495</span></p>
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<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent: -.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><!-- [if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">11.<span style="font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';">&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Lima DL, Salas-Parra R, Lima RNCL, Sreeramoju P, Camacho D, Malcher F. Robotic Intracorporeal Rectus Aponeuroplasty: Early Experience of a New Surgical Technique for Ventral Hernia Repair. J Laparoendosc Adv Surg Tech A. 2022 Oct;32(10):1092-1096. doi: 10.1089/lap.2022.0303. Epub 2022 Aug 25. PMID: 36036807</span></p>
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<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent: -.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><!-- [if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">12.<span style="font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';">&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Romero-Velez G, Lima DL, Pereira X, Farber BA, Friedmann P, Malcher F, Sreeramoju P. Risk Factors for Surgical Site Infection in the Undeserved Population After Ventral Hernia Repair: A 3936 Patient Single-Center Study Using National Surgical Quality Improvement Project. J Laparoendosc Adv Surg Tech A. 2022 Sep;32(9):948-954. doi: 10.1089/lap.2021.0856. Epub 2022 Mar 18.PMID: 35319294</span></p>
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<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent: -.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><!-- [if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">13.<span style="font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';">&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 12pt;">D Tagerman, X Pereira, D Lima, G Romero-Velez, P Friedman, Prashanth Sreeramoju, Flavio Malcher. Hernia Defect Closure With Barbed Suture: An Assessment of Patient-reported Outcomes in Extraperitoneal Robotic Ventral Hernia Repair.; Surgical Laparoscopy Endoscopy &amp; Percutaneous Techniques 32 (4), 494-500, 2022.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent: -.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><!-- [if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">14.<span style="font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';">&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 12pt;">DL Lima, A Estrada, X Pereira, A Alcabes, P Sreeramoju, F Malcher. VERSATILITY OF POLY-4-HYDROXYBUTYRATE (PHASIX&trade;) MESH IN ABDOMINAL WALL SURGERY. Arquivos de Gastroenterologia 59, 226-230, 2022.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent: -.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><!-- [if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">15.<span style="font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';">&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 12pt;">RL Chin, DL Lima, X Pereira, G Romero-Velez, P Friedmann, G Dawodu, Kaitlin Sterbenz, Jaclyn Yamada, Prashanth Sreeramoju, Vance Smith, Flavio Malcher. Assessing outcomes in laparoscopic vs open surgical management of adhesive small bowel obstruction. Surgical Endoscopy, 1-8, 2022</span></p>
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<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent: -.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><!-- [if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">16.<span style="font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';">&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 12pt;">G Romero-Velez, DL Lima, X Pereira, BA Farber, P Friedmann, F Malcher, Prashanth&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sreeramoju. Risk Factors for Surgical Site Infection in the Undeserved Population After Ventral Hernia Repair: A 3936 Patient Single-Center Study Using National Surgical Quality Improvement Project. Journal of Laparoendoscopic &amp; Advanced Surgical Techniques, 2022.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent: -.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><!-- [if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">17.<span style="font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';">&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 12pt;">DL Lima, X Pereira, LT Cavazzola, P Sreeramoju, Flavio Malcher. Robotic Inguinal Hernia Repair After Prostatectomy: How to Navigate Safely. RD Salas-Parra. Surgical Laparoscopy Endoscopy &amp; Percutaneous Techniques 32 (1), 66-72, 2022.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent: -.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><!-- [if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">18.<span style="font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';">&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Malcher F,&nbsp;&nbsp;Lima DL,&nbsp;&nbsp;Lima RNCL,&nbsp;&nbsp;Sreeramoju P. Robotic-assisted approach for complex inguinal hernias. Mini-invasive Surg 2021;5:31.&nbsp;</span><a style="color: #954f72; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://dx.doi.org/10.20517/2574-1225.2021.48"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">http://dx.doi.org/10.20517/2574-1225.2021.48</span></a><span style="font-size: 12pt;">.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent: -.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><!-- [if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">19.<span style="font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';">&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Malcher F, Lima DL, Lima RNCL, Cavazzola LT, Claus C, Dong CT, Sreeramoju P. Endoscopic onlay repair for ventral hernia and rectus abdominis diastasis repair: Why so many different names for the same procedure? A qualitative systematic review. Surg Endosc. 2021 May 24. doi: 10.1007/s00464-021-08560-5. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 34031740.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent: -.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><!-- [if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">20.<span style="font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';">&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Dong CT, Sreeramoju P, Pechman DM, Weithorn D, Camacho D, Malcher F. SubCutaneous OnLay endoscopic Approach (SCOLA) mesh repair for small midline ventral hernias with diastasis recti: An initial US experience. Surg Endosc. 2020 Nov 18.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent: -.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><!-- [if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">23.<span style="font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';">&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Ziqiang Yuan, Mohsin Ali, Joongho Shin, Kenneth Fordyce, Hyeja Kim, Sean Clearly, Prashanth Sreeramoju, Claire Cupples, Victoria Lai, Noam White, Steven Gallinger, Robert Bristow and Thomas Weber. A Q324H germline sequence variant of the MutY Homolog (MYH) gene is associated with increased risk of early age onset colorectal polyp formation among African Americans and is functionally significant.&nbsp;&nbsp;Cancer Res May 1 2008 (68) (9 Supplement) 4705.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent: -.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><!-- [if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">24.<span style="font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';">&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 12pt;">J. Shin, Z. Yuan, K. Fordyce, P. Sreeramoju, T. Kent, J. Kim, V. Wang, D. Schneyer, T. Weber.&nbsp;&nbsp;A del T poly T (8) mutation in the 3&rsquo; untranslated region (UTR) of the CDK2-AP1 gene is functionally significant causing decreased mRNA stability resulting in decreased CDK2-AP1 expression in human microsatellite unstable (MSI) colorectal cancer (CRC).&nbsp;&nbsp;Journal of Surgical Research, 2007; Volume 137, Issue 2, Pages 166-166.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent: -.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><!-- [if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">25.<span style="font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';">&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Ziqiang Yuan, MD, Prashanth Sreeramoju MD, Benjamin Legendre Jr., PhD, Christina Lowes, MS, Davis Reynolds, MS, Anna Bennett, MS, Tara Sotsky Kent, MD, Agnes Miller, MD, Jim Zhu, PhD, Thomas K. Weber, MD. A novel mutation detection technique for hMLH1 and hMSH2 genes for screening of colorectal cancer.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Cancer Epidemiology, 2006; Volume 30, Issue 4, Pages 333-340.</span></p>
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