Volume 10, Issue 1, 2011-2012 - Department of Surgery - University ...

hand, or finger – cansignificantly impactquality of life. A lossof function in oneof these areas is adevastating blow torecovery and to anyhope of returning toa normal life.As members ofthe Division of Reconstructive andPlastic Surgery, Warren BreidenbachIII, MD, Tolga Turker, MD, and JiyaoZou, MD, specialize in microsurgicaltransfer of bone, tissue, and nerve, aswell as free or pedicled skin flaps torepair wounds, injuries, or defects tothe upper extremities and to restoresensation and movement. They also aretrained to perform composite tissue allotransplants(the transplantation of tissueor limbs from deceased donors).Whether their patients come inelectively or with trauma, these surgeonshave the combined skills of reconstructive,plastic, and vascular surgeons, eliminatingthe need for multiple providersand resulting in less duplicated care andshorter recovery time. They have particularexpertise in the treatment of all typesof hand surgeries, including transplantinghands and replanting severed digits.“Restoring function is our numberone priority,” said Dr. Zou. “After anaccident, we are able to save a patient’sthumb or finger by performing a replantation,which includes bone fixation andtendon, artery, and nerve repair.“We use a vein graft from the forearmin order to keep the length of thedigit. If the digit is not replantable, aswith a fingertip injury, we can salvagethe finger’s length usingdifferent kindsof flaps,” Dr. Zouexplained.Other types ofmiscrosurgical reconstructionon extremitiesperformed byDrs. Zou and Turkerinclude woundcoverage.“We can use both pedicled and freeflaps to cover the tissue defects. Flapcoverage can be successfully done andwill provide a better outcome with severeupper extremity injuries,” saidDr. Turker.Drs. Zou and Turker were broughton board by Dr. Breidenbach, the newchief of the Division of Reconstructiveand Plastic Surgery.Dr. Breidenbach came to the UA fromthe Christine M. Kleinert Institute forHand and Microsurgery in Louisville,Ky., where he performed the world’s firstsuccessful complete hand transplant. Heis interested in expanding the types oftransplants performed at the UA to otherareas of the body, including face transplants.“There’s always been a need forthis kind of specialized microsurgicalrestoration,” Dr. Breidenbach said. “Wenow have highly qualified hand surgeonsavailable 24/7.”Breast SurgeryUnlike some of the other areas of thebody where microsurgery techniques areused, form outweighs function in breastreconstruction.Ethan Larson, MD, in the Divisionof Reconstructive and Plastic Surgery,offers state-of-the-art microsurgery breastreconstruction techniquesafter mastectomy to helpwomen recovering frombreast cancer begin to feelwhole again.DIEP (deep inferiorepigastric perforator) andTUG (transverse uppergracilis) flap proceduresuse skin, tissue, and tinyblood vessels taken fromeither the patient’s abdomenor inner thigh areato form a new breast. The breast reconstructionflaps are much larger than mostother flaps used in other microsurgicalprocedures, but the technical aspects arenot so different from other areas of thebody, Dr. Larson said. These particularflaps are often made up of the patient’sown skin and fat, without the need tosacrifice a functional muscle.“The surgery itself is quite lengthy,so completing the dissection of the flapin a timely fashion is often the mostdifficult portion of the procedure, alongwith the added challenge of shaping anattractive breast from abdominal tissue– one that matches a remaining breast,”he said.Dr. Larson is one of the few surgeonsin Southern Arizona to offer microsurgicalfree-flap breast reconstruction. “I doall types of microsurgery, but breast reconstructionseems to answer the biggestneed,” he said.DIEP andTUG flapproceduresuse skin,tissue, andtiny bloodvesselstaken fromeither theabdomen orinner thighto form anew breast.3

Quality Patient CareSurgery Shows Its Strengths During Tucson’s TragedyIt’s been more than a year since theUA Department of Surgery, TheUniversity of Arizona Medical Center,and Tucson were thrust into theinternational spotlight after the Jan.8, 2011 shooting that killed six andinjured 13 others, including ArizonaCongresswoman Gabrielle Giffords.It was a day of sadness for the Tucsoncommunity and a day that tested ahospital’s preparedness for dealingwith an event that captured internationalattention.As Giffords clung to life onJan. 8, media from across the globedescended on the hospital, clamoringfor updates on the condition ofthe congresswoman, who’d been shotthrough the left side of her brain inan assassination attempt.For Peter Rhee, MD, chief of theDivision of Trauma, Critical Care,and Emergency Surgery and a Navycombat veteran who treated soldierswith battlefield injuries in Iraq andAfghanistan before coming to the UA,mass casualties and gunshot woundsMichael Lemole, MD, chief of neurosurgery,and Peter Rhee, MD, chief of traumaare a routine part of the job. Themedia frenzy that followed on Jan. 8was not.Although the circumstancesattracting the media attention weregrim, the event also provided the UADepartment of Surgery and the hos-UA Department of Surgery chairman Rainer W.G.Gruessner, MDpital with a unique opportunity to showthe public the high-caliber of the surgeonsand staff recruited to the UA andthe high quality of care available at TheUniversity of Arizona Medical Center.Southern Arizona’s Level ITrauma CenterIt’s hard to say how the aftermathof the Jan. 8 shooting might have beendifferent had Tucson not had a Level ITrauma Center to meet the shootingvictims’ needs.“In the past four years, the Universityof Arizona and The University ofArizona Medical Center have supportedand invested heavily in the Departmentof Surgery and in trauma, starting withmy hiring Dr. Rhee,” said Rainer W.G.Gruessner, MD, UA Department of Surgerychairman. “As a result, the surgerydepartment has grown since 2007 from35 faculty members to 87 faculty members.This robust expansion, rarely seentoday at public universities, permittedour instant and in-depth readiness formanaging such large-scale trauma.”“We let the world know that we areperforming at the same level as the bestin America in academic medicine,” saidMichael Lemole, MD, chief of the Divisionof Neurosurgery in the UA Departmentof Surgery. “People now understandthat this is a sophisticated town with anacademic medical center and surgery departmentthat are reputable on a nationallevel.”Today, Giffords continues herrecovery. In September, she hosted aspecial dinner in Tucson for a handfulof employees from The University ofArizona Medical Center – UniversityCampus. On the one-year anniversaryof the tragedy, she attended a vigil,which drew about 3,500 people, onthe UA main campus lawn.The Department of Surgery and“This is asophisticatedtown withan academicmedicalcenter anda surgerydepartmentthat arereputable ona nationallevel.”– Dr. Lemolethe trauma divisioncontinue togrow under theguidance ofDr. Gruessner andDr. Rhee, whosays he’s at aboutstage five of a10-stage expansionplan. Sincejoining the medicalcenter aboutfour years ago, Dr.Rhee has alreadygrown the divisionfrom two tonine trauma surgeons.Future plans include adding aburn unit, increasing trauma research,and building areas like the hospital’sextremity transplant and in-houserehabilitation programs.The effects of the media attentionhave been lasting. People fly into Tucsonnow for surgery from as far awayas Boston because of their confidencein the medical center. Both Dr. Rheeand Dr. Lemole continue to receiverequests to speak publicly about thehospital’s response to the tragedy, andDr. Rhee, a Korean-American, haseven been asked to help establish atrauma system in Korea modeled afterwhat’s in place at The University ofArizona Medical Center – UniversityCampus.“I think we are going to be recognizedfor this particular event for along period of time,” Dr. Rhee said.4

One Year, 100 Kidney TransplantsFelipe Pinedo, Jr.’s surgery Dec. 13,2011, marked the University ofArizona Transplant Program’s 100thkidney transplant for the year.Pinedo’s niece, Andrea Torres, 34,donated a kidney to her 57-year-olduncle, who suffered from end-stage renaldisease due to complications of diabetes.He had been on dialysis for about threeyears. Six days after the surgery, Pinedowas “raring to go,” refusing the wheelchairride to the lobby after his releasefrom the hospital.Performed at The University ofArizona Medical Center – UniversityCampus by Rainer W.G. Gruessner,MD, and Tun Jie, MD, the year’s 100thkidney transplant is the most the hospitalhas ever done in one year. Thetransplant program performed 90 kidneytransplants in 2010 and 80 in 2009. Thenumbers of lung, pediatric liver, andintestine transplants are projected to seeincreases as well.Since the program was revitalizedin 2007, about 400 kidney transplantshave been performed, 98 from livingdonors. Dr. Gruessner, chairman of theUA Department of Surgery and chief ofthe Division ofAbdominal Transplantation,andBruce Kaplan,MD, medicaldirector of theKidney TransplantProgram,attribute someof the growth tomore live donorkidneys,2011KIDNEY TRANSPLANTSrecent advances in immunology andtechnologies, and less invasive surgicalprocedures for the donor.“We have seen a substantial increasein living donated kidneys over the pastthree years,” said Dr. Gruessner. “Withmore people on transplant lists than everbefore, leading transplant teams like oursare turning more and more to live kidneydonation.“This is good news because the lifeexpectancy of a living donor kidneyis about 20 years on average, twice aslong as a kidney from a deceased donor.Deceased donor kidneys are in very shortsupply, and there are 90,000 people waitingfor kidney transplants.”Recent advances in immunologyand technologies have allowed centersto overcome blood type and immuneincompatibility. In the past, this incompatibilitywould rule out a donor and recipientpair. The UA transplant programhas particular expertise to offer therapiesto increase compatibility and reduce thepossibility of organ rejection.Also, new surgical techniques,including minimally invasive kidneyextraction, are making it easier to donateSince the Transplant Program was revitalizedin 2007, UA surgeons have performed about400 kidney transplants, 98 from living donors.One-year outcomes for adult kidney transplantsare higher than the national average.ComprehensiveTransplant CenterLast May, the UA Departmentof Surgery announcedthat the UA has one of themost comprehensive programsin all areas of adult and pediatrictransplants, including:• Solid-organ transplants,which include kidney,liver, pancreas, intestine,heart, and lung transplants• Cellular transplants,which use islet cellsto treat, or evenprevent,insulindependentdiabetes• Compositetissuetransplants,includinghandtransplantsand facetransplants,forpatientswhohavesuffered limb loss orextensive facialdisfigurementa kidney to someone in need.For patients like Pinedo, a transplantprovides a better quality of lifethan the grueling three-days-a-weekdialysis treatments. They can returnto work, travel, and spend time doingthe things they enjoy.“I run racing horses with mybrothers and before the transplantI couldn’t travel with them,” saidPinedo, a retired tire store owner.“Now I can go with them.”7

Cutting-Edge ResearchNew Technology Extends the Life of Donor Organsand Islet Cells for TransplantThe University of Arizona Department of Surgery and other highly specialized transplant centers aroundthe world are furthering the next generation of treatments for organ failure and for type 1 diabetes.New technology pioneered by researchersat the UA Department ofSurgery and small business collaboratorscould profoundly extend the viability oforgans and pancreatic islet cells, expandingthe global reach of transplant centersand allowing for more critically neededtransplants.Islet cell allotransplants involve collectingislets from a donor pancreas andinfusing them into the liver of a personwith life-threatening brittle diabetes mellitus.The cells produce insulin from theliver, often curing the patient’s diabetes.Getting a donated pancreas and itscells to the patient in time is challenging,as the organ and its islet cells candie during transportation. The longer thetransportation process takes, the moretissue dies. Surgeons race against time,especially in cases where the organ musttravel a great distance.Klearchos K. Papas, PhD, and histeam are evaluating a relatively simplemethod of preserving organs throughimproved oxygenation. They have createdthe tools necessary to preserve andtransport not only pancreata that are tobe used to isolate and purify islet cells,but also other organs.Klearchos K. Papas, PhD, developed technology toallow donor organs and islet cells to be transportedlonger distances.“For example, this technology couldextend the life of hearts, increasing thenumber of viable organs available fortransplant,’’ said Dr. Papas, professor ofsurgery in the Division of AbdominalTransplantation and scientific directorof the Institute for Cellular Transplantation.Dr. Papas believes the technologycan extend the life of a donated heart to12 hours or more, as opposed to the fourto six hours currently acceptable, allowingfor better matches, access to morepatients, and reduced cost.Dr. Papas and his team have advancedthe technology through fundingby the National Institutes of Health(NIH) Small Business InnovationResearch Program. Dr. Papas, an engineer,came to the UA in 2011 from theUniversity of Minnesota. He and his teamconducted early proof-of-conceptresearch through seed funding from privatedonations from the Iacocca FamilyFoundation, the Carol Olson MemorialResearch Fund and the Schott Foundation.That research led to NIH funding.Oxygen is the key in extending thelife of an organ, and scientists have useda variety of methods in an attempt to sufficientlyoxygenate tissues. “Traditionally,a pancreas or other organ is placed inwhat is effectively an ice bucket, obviouslynot an ideal method of transportingan organ,’’ Dr. Papas said.Dr. Papas tapped intoexisting technology used in theSea Wolf nuclear submarine to designa portable device that can createoxygen from a small amount of waterin order to pump humidified oxygenenrichedgas through the organ’svessels during transportation, atechnique known as persufflation.The use of persufflation in preservingorgans had been limited in the pastbecause a simple method for using itduring transportation – especially by air– was lacking. The new, portable technology,which eliminates the need for gascylinders, is ready for clinical translationand will be tested in pilot human trials inEurope in 2012, Dr. Papas said.The technology and tools developedby Dr. Papas and his team also couldaid in extending the life of organs fromdonors after cardiac death.“For instance, the vast majority ofhearts from donors after cardiac death arenot used for transplant because currentprotocols are not able to properly preservetheir viability,” said Dr. Papas.“The longer you wait, the more theorgan dies.’’Dr. Papas and his team, through agrant from the Diabetes Research WellnessFoundation, are working with theUniversity of Newcastle and King’s8

Athens-Geneva-Tucson ProjectKlearchos K. Papas, PhD, and his team are joining in an internationaleffort to expand islet transplants to patients in Europe with brittle diabetesmellitus.In what is known as the Athens-Geneva-Tucson Project, the UA is sendingtheir new tools, technologies, and staff to aid in an effort to bring islet transplantationto Athens.Theodore Karatzas, MD, a surgeon from Athens, hoped to provide islettransplants to his critically ill diabetic patients in Greece. However, Greece doesnot have an islet cell transplant center, which would cost millions of dollars tobuild and operate.Geneva has a very active and highly successful islet transplant program.Dr. Karatzas entered into an agreement with Dr. Thierry Berney, MD, whodirects the program at the University of Geneva, that when a donated pancreasbecomes available in Greece, it would be flown to Geneva, where the islet cellswould be isolated and flown back to Athens for transplantation.Twice an attempt was made, but twice the islet cells were of insufficientnumbers and quality after isolation in Geneva for a successful transplant, presumablybecause it took too long to get the pancreas to Geneva.Drs. Papas, Karatzas, and Berneyhave teamed up and are expected to usethe new technologies and tools to makeislet transplantation a reality in Athens.Technologies developed by Dr. Papasand his team, thanks to funds fromthe National Institutes of Health andJuvenile Diabetes Research Foundation,can better preserve the pancreas, transferislets more safely, and determine ifthe cells are viable before transplantation.A highly trained UA team is aidingin the project. Bill Scott, who is gettinghis PhD in biomedical engineering, willbe in Athens; he will board an airplanewith the equipment and the organ andCollege in London to determine whetherpersufflation can extend the viabilityof pancreata from donors after cardiacdeath. They also are examining whetherit could expand the viability of organs indonors over age 50.“The early data is very promising,’’Dr. Papas said.UA researchers test the persufflation device inthe U.S. in preparation for the Athens-Genevaproject.fly to Geneva. Kate Mueller, a UA research specialist, will be stationed in Genevaand will evaluate the islets. She will place them in specialized culture containersand fly with them back to Athens, where she will reevaluate them to determineif they remain viable for transplantation.The new technologies developed by Dr. Papas and his team are improvingeach step in the process, with the hope of successful long-distance transplantation.The goal is to create centers that can provide transplants using organsfrom thousands of miles away, expanding the number of successful proceduresthroughout the world.“The successfuldevelopment ofthis technologywill help savelives by increasingthe numberof patientsreceiving transplants.”– Horacio Rilo, MDIslet Transplants at UAIslet autotransplants (self-donated)currently are performed at The Universityof Arizona Medical Center to treatchronic pancreatitis. The UA Departmentof Surgery Comprehensive Center forChronic Pancreatitis, in conjunctionwith the Institute for Cellular Transplantation,under the direction of HoracioRilo, MD, has performed 30 isletautotransplants to date. The UA hopesto begin islet allotransplants for patientssuffering with type 1 diabetes mellitusin 2012.Islet transplants to treat patientswith type 1 diabetes mellitus are currentlyin Phase 3 clinical trials in the U.S.,sponsored by the National Institutesof Health.“The number of patients needingand waiting for a lifesaving transplantfar outpaces the supply of availableorgans,” said Dr. Rilo. “The successfuldevelopment of this technology will helpsave lives by increasing the number ofpatients receiving transplants.”Rainer W.G. Gruessner, MD, chiefof the Division of Abdominal Transplantationand chairman, UA Departmentof Surgery, added, “Both islet allotransplantsand pancreas transplants havebeen shown to be successful options forpatients with diabetes mellitus and itsadvanced secondary complications,such as metabolic control problems,end-stage renal disease, neuropathy,and gastropathy.“While results for pancreas transplantshave beensteadily improvingover the pastfour decades, withone-year patientsurvival rates ofmore than 95 percentand one-yeargraft survival ratesof more than 80percent, the resultsof islet transplantscontinue to trailthose of pancreastransplants,” Dr. Gruessner said.“Emphasizing islet allotransplants asa research focus within the UA Departmentof Surgery will establish the departmentas a national and internationalleader in transplant options for patientswith insulin-dependent diabetesmellitus.”9

Innovative Education12for a transplant surgery fellowship. Thetwo-year program will train one fellowevery year beginning July 2013.The fellow will be integrally involvedin all aspects of patient care:evaluation for a transplant, whether asan outpatient or under urgent inpatientcircumstances; operative and perioperativesurgical, medical, and immunosuppressivecare; and posttransplant inpatientand chronic outpatient follow-up.All applicants will have completeda general surgery residency program bythe time the fellowship begins.Minimally Invasive PostdoctorateResearch FellowshipThe Arizona Center for EndoscopicSurgery (ACES) in the UA Departmentof Surgery Section of MinimallyInvasive and Robotic Surgery now offersgeneral surgery residents an opportunityto participate in mentored research inthe field of minimally invasive surgery.The one-year postdoctoral scholar engagesin comprehensive research to helpevolve endoscopic surgery.Research can focus on robotic surgery,single-incision laparoscopic surgery(SILS), natural orifice translumenalendoscopic surgery (NOTES), metabolicsurgery procedures and outcomes, benignand malignant esophageal diseases,or evaluation of novel surgical devicesand procedures.The fellow participates in the surgicaleducation lab, teaching laparoscopicsurgical skills to residents and medicalstudents, and conducting researchin surgical education and minimallyinvasive surgery.ASTEC, first createdby the Department ofSurgery, has expandedto include all studentsand residents in theCollege of Medicine,as well as emergencypre-hospital health careprofessionals.Digital rendering of proposed ACES training lab, which will focus on teaching surgery residents newminimally invasive and robotic surgical procedures. The Department of Surgery is fundraising for the$350,000 needed to expand the state-of-the-art simulation lab to eight stations.Larger Space forState-of-the-ArtTraining LabsArizona Center for EndoscopicSurgery (ACES)The UA Department of Surgery’s AdvancedLaparoscopic/Robotic TrainingCourse has expanded to become theArizona Center for Endoscopic Surgery(ACES). Renovation will create a morecomprehensive program to develop andimprove surgical techniques throughanimate learning.The training center will featurestate-of-the-art facilities with the latestsimulation technologies and the mostmodern operating rooms that includerobotic, laparoscopic, and endoscopicequipment. Eight surgical stations willbe developed and will be available foruse on a year-round basis.A main focus of the center will beto provide participants with realistic andrelevant contexts in which to developtheir surgical understanding, knowledgeand competence. Medical students andsurgery residents will learn basicskills and rapidly adapt to a clinicalenvironment. The program also willserve as an interactive and dynamic wayto refine the minimally invasive and roboticsurgery skills of practiced surgeons.ACES has created successful partnershipswith industry to ensure theprogram’s sustainability. The center alsohas partnered with ASTEC (ArizonaSimulation Technology and EducationCenter) to provide a simulation-trainingmodel for instruction in minimally invasivesurgery.“The program’s expansion willlead to improved patient outcomes andrecovery and to the advancement of techniquesrequired for new types of minimallyinvasive surgical procedures,” saidCarlos Galvani, MD, associate professorand director, Minimally Invasive,Robotic and Bariatric Surgery.Arizona Simulation Technologyand Education CenterThe Arizona Simulation Technologyand Education Center (ASTEC) hasmoved to a larger space in the UA Collegeof Medicine. The expansion triplesthe size of the simulationtraining lab, which provideshigh-tech training forthousands of medical professionalseach year. ASTEChas been so successful sinceits opening in 2005 that itoutgrew its previous space.Simulation-based medicaleducation uses interactivetechnologies in realistichealth care settings tohelp participants developand refine specific diagnostic,cognitive, and surgicaltechniques in a safe setting– before caring for realpatients. Simulation-based

medical education is revolutionizing theway hospitals and medical schools traindoctors and nurses and is enhancingpatient safety at the same time.The new lab features a more openenvironment for training future surgeons,including additional space forlaparoscopic training for surgery residents.The center is equipped with fiveseparate training pods that can beindividualized for all College of Medicinedepartments and provide simultaneousinstruction intended to process an entireclass of medical students in one day.ASTEC offers training for all levelswithin the college and for regionalpre-hospital organizations. It now hasthe flexibility to transform the lab spaceto meet the needs of any size simulatedenvironment.“This is particularly beneficial forcritical trauma and/or OR simulatedevents that require multidisciplinaryteams, as well as for mass casualty exercisesthat occur in the field,” said AllanJ. Hamilton, MD, professor of surgeryin the Division of Neurosurgery andASTEC director.Twelve Residents and FellowsGraduate in 2011Former UA Surgery Chairman ReceivesDepartment’s Distinguished Leadership AwardThe UA Department of Surgeryhonored its former chairman,Bruce E. Jarrell, MD, with the 2011Distinguished Leadership Award. Theaward is presented annually to recognizeoutstanding leadership that has led toimproved surgical practices.Dr. Jarrell served as UA Departmentof Surgery chairman from 1990 to 1997.For four years he served as chair of theboard of the UA faculty practice plan. Hewas a founding member of the UA BiomedicalEngineering Program, a joint effortbetween the Department of Surgeryand the Department of Aerospace andMechanical Engineering that was fundedby a Whitaker Foundation SpecialOpportunity Award.Dr. Jarrell went to the University ofMaryland School of Medicine in 1997 asprofessor and chair of the Department ofSurgery and moved to the Dean’s Officein 2003 to serve as executive vice dean.General Surgery: James J.P. Rough, MD, accepted a fellowship in plasticand reconstructive surgery at the University of California, Los Angeles; BrianK. Madigan, MD, is staying at the UA to complete a cardiothoracic surgeryfellowship; Felipe Boff Maegawa, MD, is practicing general and hepatobiliarysurgery; Sarah M. Popek, MD, has begun a colorectal surgery fellowship at theUniversity of Southern California; Zachary C. Taylor, MD, is staying at the UA tocomplete a fellowship in vascular surgery; Norma T. Walks, MD, is now a generalsurgeon in Luverne, Minnesota.Neurosurgery: Benjamin J. Serxner, MD, started fellowship training in complexspine surgery in Colorado.Urology: Lipika R. McCauley, MD, entered private practice in Phoenix.Cardiothoracic Surgery: Aleem Siddique, MD, accepted a transplant fellowshipat Freeman Hospital in Newcastle, United Kingdom.Surgical Critical Care: Jorge Con, MD, is the first Acute Care Surgery fellow at theUniversity of Arizona.Vascular Surgery: Layla Corral Lucas, MD, is practicing vascular surgery inTucson with an emphasis on limb salvage.Podiatric Surgery: Brian D. Lepow, DPM, has joined his family’s private practicein Houston and plans to establish a limb salvage program at Texas Medical Center.Dr. Jarrellrecently was promotedto seniorvice president andchief academic andresearch officerat the Universityof Maryland. Healso is dean of theGraduate School.In his new role, Dr.Jarrell will be responsible for facilitatingthe research mission of the Universityof Maryland, as well as function as theuniversity’s provost in matters related tothe university’s Strategic Alliance.A graduate of the University of Delawarein chemical engineering, Dr. Jarrellreceived his medical degree from JeffersonMedical College in Philadelphia. Hecompleted residency training in generalsurgery at the Medical College of Virginiaand a fellowship in renal transplantationat McGuire Veterans Affairs Hospital.Since 1986, Dr. Jarrell has beenfunded by the National Institutes ofHealth, the National Science Foundation(NSF), the Department of Defense, andcorporate sources. He holds 22 patents.He served on the “Journey to Mars”committee cosponsored by the NationalAeronautics and Space Administration(NASA).He currently is a co-investigator onan NSF grant to develop a Web-basedhigh school curriculum to increase interestof women and minorities in science,technology, engineering, and mathematics(STEM). The author of two populartextbooks in surgery, he has receivednumerous teaching and alumni awards.“We chose Dr. Jarrell for this year’saward because of his past leadershipas department chair at the UA and forhis academic excellence shown in hiscurrent position as the new senior vicepresident at the University of Maryland,”said Rainer W.G. Gruessner, MD, UADepartment of Surgery chairman.13

Innovative EducationSurgery Residents and Fellows – PresentationsAngela Echeverria, MD, POSTGRADUATE YEAR (PGY) IISociety for Laparoendoscopic Surgeons, “Multipurpose InternalRetractor for Single Incision Surgery.”Evan Glazer, MD, PGY IIINational Podium Presentation: SWOG Cooperative Group SpringMeeting,“Prospective Validation of Karyometric Analysis ofCutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma,” April 2011.Society of Surgical Oncology Annual Cancer Symposium, PosterPresentation: “Karyometry of Cutaneous Squamous Cell CarcinomaDiscriminates between Aggressive and Nonaggressive Phenotypes,”2011.97th Annual Clinical Congress: American College of Surgeons, PosterPresentation, “A Hands-On Experience Improves Medical StudentTrauma-Related NBME Standardized Exam Scores,” 2011.SWOG Cooperative Group Meeting, Oral Presentation, “ProspectiveValidation of Karyometric Analysis of Cutaneous Squamous CellCarcinoma,” Oct 2011.Pantelis Hadjizacharia, MD, PGY IV“Prothrombin Complex Concentrate: An Effective Therapy inReversing the Coagulopathy of Traumatic Brain Injury” AmericanAssociation for the Surgery of Trauma, Sept 2011.Maria Michailidou, MD, PGY IAmerican Association for the Surgery of Trauma, “’BLUSH’ on CT:Often Unimportant!,” Sept 2011.Wood Trauma Competition, “Video Laryngoscopy vs. DirectLaryngoscopy Trauma Patients,” Nov 2011.Francisco Mora, MD, PGY IIPan American Society Conference, Asuncion, Paraguay, Nov 2011.David Ritsema, MD, PGY VIAUA Annual Meeting, “Reviewing Radiographic Images with Patients:Results of a Randomized Trial on Patient Preferences, Understanding,and Satisfaction,” May 2011.Arizona Urological Society Annual Meeting, “Systems-basedEvaluation of Sequential Compression Devices in Post-operativePatients,” April 2011.Bernardino Rocha, MD, PGY IAmerican Association for the Surgery of Trauma, Sept 2011:• “Evaluation of Multidetector Computed Tomography for NeckPenetrating Neck Injury: A Prospective Multicenter Study.”• “Prospective Evaluation of Selective Nonoperative Management ofTorso Gunshot Wounds: When is it Safe to Discharge?”• “Anemia and Transfusions on Traumatic Brain Injury.”• “The Impact of Admission Hyperfibrinolysis on Mortality in TraumaPatients.”• “Assessment of an Intervention Bundle for Traumatic Brain Injury:When Are Intracranial Pressure Monitors Necessary?”Cassandra Villegas, MD, PGY I“Does Trauma Center Volume for Penetrating Trauma ImproveSurvival among Patients with Penetrating Injuries?” AmericanAssociation for the Surgery of Trauma, Sept 2011.Luke X Zhan, MD, PGY IISociety of Vascular Surgery, “Comparison of Early Hemodynamicsafter Endovascular Therapy and Open Surgical Bypass in Patients withDiabetes and Critical Limb Ischemia: Does Mode of RevascularizationMatter?,” June 2011.Resident Awards & Recognition14Mohammad Khreiss, MD,fifth-year general surgeryresident, received The WendellB. Whitacre OutstandingSurgical Chief ResidentAward. Presenting the awardis Wendell Whitacre, MD, long-time supporter of the Departmentof Surgery. Dr. Whitacre, a retired surgeon, established theannual award to support resident education by recognizing andencouraging outstanding surgery residents.Ulises Garza, MD, post-doctoral research fellow in the Section ofMinimally Invasive and Robotic Surgery, was invited to representhis home country of Mexico at the 3rd biennial joint conference,Collaborating Across Borders III (CAB III), “InterprofessionalCollaboration: From Concept to Preparation to Practice,” inNovember.Maria Michailidou, MD, first-year general surgery resident, wonfirst place at the Arizona Committee on Trauma Competition inScottsdale. Her topic was “Use of a Videolaryngoscopy for TraumaPatients.”Francisco Mora, MD, second-year general surgery resident,received the International Trauma and Disaster Institute Scholarshipfrom Dr. Susan Briggs ofMassachusetts General Hospital.Dr. Mora also had theopportunity to participatein the Post Traumatic StressConference as an instructorin the PTS Basic TraumaCourse, training 20 localphysicians.

Surgery Residents and Fellows – PublicationsCristina Cueto, MD, PGY V“Disparities in Treatment and Survival of White and Native AmericanPatients with Colorectal Cancer: A SEER Analysis” Journal of theAmerican College of Surgeons, Oct 2011.Nazanin Ehsani-Chimeh, MD, PGY I“The Effect of Vitronectin on the Differentiation of Embryonic StemCells in a 3D Culture System” Biomaterials, Dec 2011.Evan Glazer, MD, PGY III“Karyometry of Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma Discriminatesbetween Aggressive and Nonaggressive Phenotypes” Ann Surg Onc,2011.“Long-term Survival after Radiofrequency Ablation for Cirrhoticswith Unresectable Hepatocellular Carcinoma” Ann Surg Onc, 2011.“Nuclear Morphometry Identifies a Distinct Aggressive CellularPhenotype in Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma,” Canc Prev Res,2011, Epub ahead of press.“Bioengineered Human Arginase I with Enhanced Activity and StabilityControls, Hepatocellular and Pancreatic Carcinoma Xenografts,”Transl Oncol, 2011;4(3):138-46.“Asymptomatic Lower Extremity Acrocyanosis: Report of Two Casesand Review of the Literature,” Vascular, 2011, 19(2):105-110.“The Ongoing History of Thermal Therapy for Cancer” Peer ReviewManuscripts: Surg Oncol Clin N Am, 2011 April, 20(2):229-35.“Nuclear Morphometry Identifies a Distinct Aggressive CellularPhenotype in Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma” MD/Linx.com,Nov 2011.Adam Hansen, Cardiothoracic Surgery Fellow“Robotic Reoperative Coronary Artery Bypass,” submitted to InteractCardiovasc and Thor Surg, Feb 2011.“Postpartum Rupture of the Posteromedial Papillary Muscle,” In PressJ Cardiac Surg, Nov 2011.Ioannis Konstantinidis, MD, PGY II“Twenty-three Years of the Warshaw Operation for Distal Pancreatectomywith Preservation of the Spleen,” Ann Surg, 253(6):1136-9,Jun 2011.“A Duodenal Duplication Cyst Causing Recurrent Pancreatitis in aYoung Patient,” Am Surg, 77(9):1267-9, Sept 2011.“Cytology Adds Value to Imging Studies for Risk Assessment of Malignancyin Pancreatic Mucinous Cysts,” Ann Surg, 254(6):977-83,Dec 2011.“Gallbladder Lesions Identified on Ultrasound. Lessons from the Last10 Years,” In Press: J Gastrointest Surg, Nov 2011.Bernardino Rocha, MD, PGY I“The Impact of the Duration of Platelet Storage in Critically illTrauma Patients,” J Trauma, 2011 Dec, 71(6):1766-1774.“Optimal Positioning for Emergent Needle Thoracostomy:A Cadaver Based Study,” J Trauma, 2011 Nov, 71(5):1099-1103.“Intracorporeal Use of Advanced Local Hemostatics in a DamageControl Swine Model of Grade IV Liver Injury: A RandomizedControlled Preclinical Trial,” J Trauma, 2011 Nov, 71(5):1312-8.“Incidence and Predictors for Fasciotomy after Extremity Trauma:A 10-year Review in a Mature Level I Trauma Center,” Injury, 2011 Oct,42(10):1157-63.“Vascular Trauma in Geriatric Trauma Patients: A National TraumaDatabank Review,” J Trauma, 2011 Oct, 71(4):909-16.“Penetrating Cardiac Injury: A Survivable Injury with a High PostDischarge Complication Rate,” Arch Surg, 2011 Sep, 146(9):1061-6.“Effect of Age on Cervical Spine Injury on Pediatric Population: A NationalTrauma Databank Review,” J Pediatr Surg, 2011 Sep, 46(09):1771-6.“The Accuracy of 64-Slice Computed Tomography in Detecting ClinicallySignificant Arterial Following Pelvic Fractures,” Am Surg, Sept2011, 77(9):1176-82.“Clinical Examination is Highly Sensitive in Detecting Clinically SignificantSpinal Injuries Following Gunshot Wounds,” J Trauma, Sept 2011,71(3):523-7.“The Presence of Distracting Injuries does not Affect the Initial ClinicalExamination of the Cervical Spine in Evaluable Blunt Trauma Patients:A Prospective Observational Study” J Trauma, 2011 Sep, 71(3):528-32.“Ten-Years of Mechanical Complications of Central Venous Catheterizationin Trauma Patients at a Level I Trauma Center,” In Print: AmSurg, 2011.“The Incidence of Neurogenic Shock After Spinal Cord Injury in PatientsAdmitted to a High-Volume Level I Trauma Center,” In Print: AmSurg, 2011.“The Impact of Early Hormonal Therapy in Catastrophic Brain InjuredPatients and its Effects on Organ Procurement,” In Print: Am Surg,2011.“The Need for Early Angiography in Patients with Penetrating RenalInjuries,” In Print: Eur J Trauma and Emerg Surg, 2011.Raghunandan Venkat, MD, PGY I“Predicting the Risk of Perioperative Mortality in Patients UndergoingPancreaticoduodenectomy: A Novel Scoring System,” Arch Surg,146(11):1277-84, Nov 2011.“Presence of Pancreatic Intraepithelial Neoplasia in the PancreaticTransection Margin does not Influence Outcome in Patients with R0Resected Pancreatic Cancer,” Ann Surg Oncol, 18(12):3493-9, Nov 2011.“The Role of Preoperative Neck Ultrasounds to Assess Lymph Nodesin Patients with Suspicious or Indeterminate Thyroid Nodules,” J SurgOncol, Oct 2011.15

What’s Up In SURGERYVillar Retires after 35 Years of Teaching, Research, ServiceAfter more than 35 years of dedicatedservice to the UA College ofMedicine and the Department of Surgery,Hugo Villar, MD, professor and chief,Division of SurgicalOncology, retired lastJuly. A UA Departmentof Surgery Scientific ResearchSession was heldin honor of Dr. Villarlast December.In 1977, Dr. Villarbecame a memberof the Arizona CancerCenter, founded thatyear at the UA, and later its surgicaldirector. In 1983, the dean of the UAHugo Villar, MD, and Rainer W.G.Gruessner, MDCollege of Medicine appointed Dr. Villarchief of the Division of Surgical Oncology.He was named the vice chairmanof the Department of Surgery in 2001,holding that position until 2004, whenhe was appointed the interim departmentchairman. After the recruitment ofRainer W.G. Gruessner, MD, to lead theDepartment of Surgeryin 2007, Dr. Villarwas again appointedthe vice chairman ofthe department. In2009, Dr. Villar wasnamed chief of generalsurgery at UniversityAmerican College of SurgeonsThe UA Department of Surgery hosted its annual reception for alumni and friendsduring the Clinical Congress of the American College of Surgeons in San Francisco lastOctober. Save the date – this year’s reception will be held Tuesday, Oct. 2, in Chicago.Randy Wong, Mindy Wong,Brian White, CandiceJensen, Thomas HarmonPhysicians HealthcareHospital (now TheUniversity of ArizonaMedical Center – South Campus).Dr. Villar has been the recipient ofnumerous prestigious appointments atthe UA, serving as director of IntraoperativeRadiation Therapy, as the associatedirector of the General Surgery ResidencyProgram, and as an elected memberof the Board of Directors of UniversityPhysicians Healthcare.In 2007, he was named the DistinguishedLatin American Surgeonin the United States for 2007 by theFederation of Latin American Surgeons(FELAC – Federación Latino Americanade Cirugía) for his leadership in surgicaleducation in Latin America. He helpeddevelop and implement the AmericanSociety of Clinical Oncology (ASCO)Multidisciplinary Cancer ManagementCourse in Latin America, whose purposeis to train physicians in developing countrieson a multidisciplinary approach tocancer care. He served as Chairmanof the Commission on Cancer and theInternational Relations Committee of theAmerican College of Surgeons.Rose Pedersen, Elizabeth Tourville, Rainer Gruessner,Parisa MalekzadehKari Schlachtenhaufen,RockwellJackson,Sarah JacksonDiBoiseAlbert Amini, Diane Amini16Mustapha Raoof,Terence O’Keeffe, BellalJoseph, John KettelleShane Peck, Jennifer Tittensor,Kimberly Peck

New FacultyChirag S. Desai, MD,assistant professor ofsurgery, Division ofAbdominal Transplantation,comes to the UAfrom Georgetown UniversityHospital in Washington,DC, where hecompleted a multiorgantransplant and hepatobiliary surgery fellowship.Dr. Desai is the first fellow in the UnitedStates to be certified by the American Societyof Transplant Surgeons (ASTS) for intestinetransplantation.With advanced expertise in solid-organtransplants of the liver, intestine, pancreas,and kidney, Dr. Desai also is a member of theUA Department of Surgery HepatoPancreaticoBiliary(HPB) Center team. This highlyspecialized service deals with all conditionsthat affect the liver, gallbladder, bile ducts,pancreas, and duodenum. The conditionsinclude benign and malignant tumors, inflammations,congenital abnormalities, and traumaticinjuries.Dr. Desai received his medical degreeand residency training at Seth G.S. MedicalCollege, King Edward Memorial Hospital, Universityof Mumbai, India. He served as a livertransplant associate (Visiting Physician Program)at Mt. Sinai Hospital in New York.His research interests focus on the outcomesof liver and intestine transplantationthrough clinical research. Dr. Desai has authoredseveral publications and articles inpeer-reviewed journals.Audrey Erman, MD, isassistant professor, Divisionof Otolaryngology– Head and NeckSurgery, and co-directorof the Head and NeckOncology Program.Specializing in the treatmentof head and neckmalignancies, (including melanoma and otherskin cancers, as well as salivary glands, thyroidand paratumors of the thyroid, tongue, lipsand oral cavity, larynx, pharynx, and sinuses),Dr. Erman brings to Arizona the latest microvasculartissue-transfer techniques for reconstructionfollowing surgery for head and neckcancer.Dr. Erman attended medical school atthe University of Michigan, where she waspresented the Furstenberg Award for exceptionalachievement in otolaryngology. Shecompleted her residency at the University ofMichigan, the preeminent otolaryngology –head and neck surgery training program inthe country.Dr. Erman pursued fellowship training inhead and neck surgical oncology at the MassachusettsEye and Ear Infirmary, a Harvardaffiliatedhospital. She received extensivetraining in both surgical oncology and advancedreconstructive surgery for defects ofthe head and neck.As a result of her research on the sentinellymph node biopsy technique, which testssome of the patient’s lymph nodes to evaluatefor cancer, Dr. Erman has published thelargest single-institution review of the procedurefor use in head and neck melanoma.She has presented her research at nationalmeetings.Thomas Gernon, MD,assistant professor,Division of Otolaryngology– Head andNeck Surgery, is afellowship-trained headand neck and microvascularreconstructivesurgeon specializing intransoral robotic surgery (TORS). Co-directorof the Head and Neck Oncology Program, Dr.Gernon provides treatment for patients withbenign and malignant masses of the headand neck, including tumors of the tongue,lips, oral cavity, larynx, pharynx, thyroid, andparathyroid.Dr. Gernon attended the University ofWashington Medical School, graduatingwith honors; he was elected to the AlphaOmega Alpha (AOA) medical honor society.He completed his residency training in otorhinolaryngology:head and neck surgery atthe University of Michigan with specializedtraining in the area of head and neck surgicaloncology.Following residency, Dr. Gernon completedthe head and neck surgical oncologyand microvascular reconstruction fellowshipat the University of Washington, wherehe worked with NealFutran, MD, one of theworld’s most renownedhead and neck oncologicand reconstructivesurgeons.U.S. Navy veteran Donald(D.J.) Green, MD,has been appointed associate professor ofsurgery in the Division of Trauma, CriticalCare, and Emergency Surgery and medicaldirector of trauma services at the University ofArizona Medical Center – South Campus.Dr. Green served as a general surgeon for10 years in the U.S. Navy, where he completedtours in Iraq and Afghanistan. He then spentsix years at the Navy Trauma Training Centerat the Los Angeles County Medical Center,preparing doctors, nurses, and other staffmembers to care for wounded soldiers in thetrauma centers in Iraq and Afghanistan.Dr. Green received his medical degree atthe University of Washington, and completedhis residency training at the University ofArizona. He completed a fellowship in surgicalcritical care at the University of SouthernCalifornia.He is a member of the American Collegeof Surgeons, the Association for Surgical Education,and the Special Operations MedicalAssociation. He has coauthored more than 38publications. His research focuses on injuryprevention.Lynn Gries, MD, hasbeen appointed assistantprofessor of surgeryin the Division ofTrauma, Critical Care,and Emergency Surgery.Dr. Gries receivedher medical degreefrom McGill University.She completed her general surgery residencytraining at the University of Colorado HealthSciences Center, Denver.She also completed a General SurgeryBasic Science Research Fellowship at DenverHealth Medical Center, University of ColoradoHealth Sciences Center, as well as a CriticalCare, Trauma, and Acute Care Surgery Fellowshipat Wake Forest University Baptist MedicalCenter, Winston-Salem, NC.Abraham Jacob, MD,has joined the Divisionof Otolaryngology– Head and NeckSurgery as associateprofessor of surgeryand director of the UAEar Institute. Dr. Jacobcomes to the UA fromthe Department of Otolaryngology – Headand Neck Surgery at Ohio State University inColumbus, where he served on the faculty forfive years.17

After receiving his medical degree fromthe University of Michigan, Dr. Jacob completedhis internship in general surgery andresidency training in otolaryngology at WashingtonUniversity School of Medicine andBarnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis. He subsequentlycompleted a fellowship in otology,neurotology, and cranial base surgery at OhioState University.Dr. Jacob specializes in the surgicalmanagement of diseases of the ear, facialnerve, and base of the skull. He is an expertin middle-ear surgery, cochlear implants,BAHA (bone-anchored hearing aid) hearingrestoration, surgically implantable hearingaids, acoustic neuromas (vestibular schwannomas),and facial nerve disorders.His ongoing research focuses on preclinicaldrug development for tumors associatedwith neurofibromatosis type 2, such as vestibularschwannomas and meningiomas, as wellas prevention and treatment of chemotherapy-inducedhearing loss (ototoxicity). Hisresearch is funded by the National Institutesof Health.Dr. Jacob has published extensively inpeer-reviewed journals and presented at bothnational and international meetings. He is amember of the Alpha Omega Alpha medicalhonor society and has received several otolaryngologyspecialty-specific awards, includingthe Nicholas Torok Award from the AmericanNeurotology Society and the George AdamsAward from the Triological Society.NEWS BRIEFUrology Moves toUniversity of ArizonaCancer Center – NorthCampusThe University of Arizona Cancer Center– North Campus, 3838 N. CampbellAve., is the new home of the Divisonof Urology. The new facility will allowfor more patient visits and shorterwaiting time, as well as centralize andconsolidate two multidisciplinaryclinics: Genitourinary Oncology(prostate, bladder, kidney, testis,adrenal, and penile cancers), PelvicFloor Disorders, and ReconstructiveUrology (a complex subspecialtythat requires multidisciplinary careand includes all facets of urinarydysfunction in men and women).Samuel Kim, MD, assistantprofessor, recentlyrecruited to the Divisionof CardiothoracicSurgery, is the onlysurgeon in SouthernArizona offering patientsless-invasive alternativesif they need lung tissueremoved: video-assisted thoracic surgery(VATS) and robot-assisted surgery.In traditional open-chest lung surgery,or thoracotomy, doctors cut a long incisionthrough muscle and spread apart the ribcage. VATS and robot-assisted surgery usingthe da Vinci surgical robot allow doctors toperform chest surgery through two to foursmall incisions, most less than an inch long.Patients who undergo minimally invasiveprocedures spend less time in the hospital,need less pain medication, have less scarring,and recover faster than those who undergoopen-chest surgery.Dr. Kim also specializes in minimally invasiveand robot-assisted procedures for benignand cancerous diseases of the esophagus, includingcomplex esophageal reconstruction,robot-assisted thymectomy, and trachealresection and reconstruction.Dr. Kim received his undergraduate degreewith honors in biophysics from JohnsHopkins University and his medical degreefrom Tufts University School of Medicine.He completed residency training in generalsurgery at the University of PennsylvaniaHospital and in cardiothoracic surgery at MassachusettsGeneral Hospital. In addition, hecompleted a minimally invasive esophagealsurgery training at the University ofPittsburgh and advanced thoracic surgerytraining at the Mayo Clinic.Author of several journal articles, Dr. Kimis interested in the investigation of geneticmarkers associated with improved clinicaloutcome in lung and esophageal cancerpatients and in the development of noveltargeted therapies.Ethan E. Larson, MD,has joined the Divisionof Reconstructive andPlastic Surgery as assistantprofessor. Dr.Larson performs all aspectsof plastic surgery,including reconstructionof traumatic, oncologic,or surgical defects, as well as breast reduction,body contouring, and cosmetic surgery.Dr. Larson has special expertise in microsurgicalreconstructive treatment optionsfor patients, including breast reconstructionfollowing mastectomy. He is one of the fewsurgeons in Southern Arizona to offer microsurgicalbreast reconstruction with a freeDIEP (deep inferior epigastric perforator) flap,which uses skin, tissue, and tiny blood vesselstaken from the patient’s abdomen to form anew breast, while preserving the abdominalmuscle.A native of Tucson, Dr. Larson attendedthe University of Arizona, graduating summacum laude with degrees in both microbiologyand psychology. He was the senior studentof the year and a NASA space-grant researchfellow. He attended the UA College of Medicineas a Dean’s Scholar. Dr. Larson completedhis internship and residency in plastic surgeryat Georgetown University in Washington, DC.He received fellowship training in microsurgeryand complex oncologic defect reconstructionunder world-famous microsurgeonPeter Neligan, MD, at the University ofWashington.Valentine N. Nfonsam,MD, a specialist in colonand rectal surgery,colorectal oncology,and complex pelvicfloor disorders, has beenappointed assistant professorin the Division ofSurgical Oncology.Dr. Nfonsam performs surgeries for inflammatorybowel disease, anorectal disease, andbenign and malignant colorectal diseases. Heis an expert in the surgical management ofpelvic floor disease, especially fecal incontinence.He also performs colonoscopies andendoscopic treatment of polyps. Dr. Nfonsamis one of just a few surgeons in the nationusing minimally invasive techniques for colonand rectal surgery, such as advanced laparoscopy,single-incision surgery, and robotassistedsurgery, which have been shown toreduce the patient’s wound infection rate,postoperative pain, length of stay in the hospital,and overall recovery time.A graduate of the University of IllinoisCollege of Medicine in Chicago, Dr. Nfonsamcompleted his surgery residency training atNorth Shore-Long Island Jewish Health Systemin New Hyde Park, NY. During his surgicaltraining, he completed a minimally invasivesurgery (MIS) research fellowship at theCleveland Clinic.Dr. Nfonsom comes to the UA from the18

Warren C. Breidenbach III, MD, has joined the UA Department ofSurgery as professor and chief of the Division of Reconstructiveand Plastic Surgery. He is the world leader in hand and compositetissue allotransplantation (CTA). He comes to the UA from the Universityof Louisville, where he led the team of surgeons to performthe nation’s first (and world’s first successful) hand transplant inJanuary 1999. He has since performed more hand transplants than any other surgeon inthe world. Additionally, based on his leadership and expertise in the field, he has trainedthe majority of the U.S. teams performing hand transplants.In addition to his leadership role as division chief, Dr. Breidenbach’s goal at theUniversity of Arizona is to establish an Institute for Composite Tissue Allotransplantationand Regenerative Surgery, including hands, face, legs, and feet – the first of its kind in thenation.Dr. Breidenbach’s clinical interests are extremity surgery, peripheral nerve compressionproblems, repetitive stress disorders, and reconstructive trauma surgery.He is extensively involved in cutting-edge immunosuppression research, which hastremendous potential for those in need of transplants. In addition to CTA, his researchinterests include peripheral nerve outcomes, management of extremity pain syndrome,and animal models of tolerance induction in CTA.A graduate of the University of Calgary, Dr. Breidenbach received his postgraduatetraining at McGill University, in plastic surgery. He completed a one-year microsurgeryfellowship at the Eastern Virginia Medical School in Norfolk, followed by one year as aChristine M. Kleinert Hand Fellow at the University of Louisville.Dr. Breidenbach was appointed the first Hand Scholar with the Christine M. KleinertInstitute for Hand and Microsurgery for two years. His work on vascularized nerve graftsearned him the American Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Clinical ResearchScholarship Award. He also received the Senior Award of the American Society of Plasticand Reconstructive Surgery for his work in blood flow to nerves.He has served as president of the International Hand and Composite TissueAllotransplantation Society and is founding president of the American Society ofReconstructive Transplant. He also served on several committees of the American Societyfor Surgery of the Hand and as secretary of the American Society for Peripheral Nerve.Dr. Breidenbach has received numerous awards and honors and has published morethan 80 papers and publications.University of South Florida, Tampa, where hecompleted a two-year fellowship in colon andrectal surgery. He has taught a course in totalmesorectal excision (TME) in rectal cancertreatment, which is an essential componentin the management of rectal cancer. Dr. Nfonsam’sresearch focuses on colorectal cancer inyoung patients, inflammatory bowel disease,and the management of pelvic floor disorders.He has published articles on his researchin peer-reviewed journals and has presentedat national and international meetings.Klearchos K. Papas,PhD, MS, BChE, is professorof surgery in theDivision of AbdominalTransplantation andscientific director of theInstitute for CellularTransplantation. In hisnew position, Dr. Papas directs new transplantresearch initiatives to treat patients withdiabetes.Dr. Papas is an internationally known experton retrieving, preserving, and assessinginsulin-producing islet cells. Islet transplantationinvolves extracting islet cells from thepancreas and transplanting them into theliver so they can continue to produce insulin.The loss of viable islets during the process ofislet manufacturing is a major challenge inthe field of islet transplantation.Dr. Papas previously served on the facultyat the University of Minnesota, where he wasan associate professor of surgery, holdingleadership positions as associate director ofthe Islet Transplant Program, director of IsletProcessing Research and Development, anddirector of the Islet Quality Assurance Core inthe Schulze Diabetes Institute.Dr. Papas came to the United States as aFulbright Scholar in 1986. He attended theGeorgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta,where he received his bachelor’s, master’s,and doctorate in chemical engineering, witha focus on tissue engineering for cell-basedinsulin replacement for the treatment ofdiabetes. He completed postdoctoral workwith Novartis Pharmaceuticals in Summit, NJ,in the area of metabolic diseases, analytics,and BioNMR (nuclear magnetic resonance).He subsequently held research positions atthe Massachusetts Institute of Technologyin the Department of Chemical Engineering,the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation(JDRF) Center for Islet Transplantation at HarvardMedical School, and the Howard HughesMedical Institute at Yale University.An editorial board member of the journalsCell Transplantation and Cell Medicine, Dr. Papashas published more than 50 articles (33in the past three years). He has been invitednationally and internationally to give numerouspresentations on his research studies onorgan preservation, quality assessment, andcell transplants to treat type 1 diabetes andpancreatitis.Jitesh A. Patel, MD, asurgeon specializingin minimally invasivecolon and rectal surgery,colorectal oncology, andcomplex pelvic floordisorders, has joined theDivision of SurgicalOncology as assistantprofessor. Dr. Patel treats a wide range of diseasesof the colon and rectum. He has specialexpertise in advanced minimally invasivetechniques, including transanal endoscopicmicrosurgery (TEMS) for rectal cancers andpolyps.TEMS makes it possible to excise polypsand some lesions high inside the rectumthrough the anus that otherwise would beaccessible only by major abdominal surgery.Patients who are ideal candidates for TEMSavoid a colostomy, a common fear amongthose diagnosed with rectal cancer.Dr. Patel also specializes in advanced laparoscopicsurgery for benign diseases, includinginflammatory bowel disease, diverticulitis,and other conditions of the colon, rectum,and anus, such as hemorrhoids and fissures.He also performs colon cancer screening, includingcolonoscopies.Dr. Patel received his medical degree fromthe University of Medicine and Dentistry ofNew Jersey – Robert Wood Johnson Medical19

Robert S. Poston, MD, nationally knownfor his work in the use of robotics for minimallyinvasive cardiac surgery, has beenappointed professor and chief of the Divisionof Cardiothoracic Surgery. In addition,he has been named the Jack G. CopelandEndowed Chair of CardiothoracicSurgery at the UA Sarver Heart Center.With his arrival, The University ofArizona Medical Center – UniversityCampus is the only hospital in Arizona, andone of only a handful in the nation, to offerrobot-assisted minimally invasive coronaryartery bypass surgery.Minimally invasive, robot-assistedbypass surgery allows physicians to gainaccess to the heart with several smallincisions (unlike conventional bypasssurgery, which requires the chest to beopened with an incision the length of thebreastbone, or sternum). With this newprocedure, the patient has smaller scars,fewer side effects and complications, lesspain, reduced risk of infection, and fasterrecovery than with conventional bypassgraft surgery. On average, hospital stay isreduced from six to three days.Dr. Poston previously served as chief ofcardiac surgery at Boston Medical Center;prior to that, he was an associate professor ofcardiac surgery at the University of MarylandSchool of Medicine. He succeeded JackCopeland, MD, who joined the University ofCalifornia, San Diego.“My aim for our division is to providedistinctive services that are highly valued bypatients and their families,” said Dr. Poston.“Robot-assisted heart surgery is a primeexample of this type of service. Similarly,our internationally renowned mechanicalassistprogram, the only one in Tucson, canimprove the quality of life for those with severecongestive heart failure.“We encourage patients who mightbe candidates to come to us for a secondopinion so they understand all their options.The emphasis on shared decision-makingwith patients by discussing these types ofinnovative options is a growing priority inhealth care.”Dr. Poston received his undergraduate degreein biology with highest honors from theUniversity of Texas at Austin and his medicaldegree from the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine,as a member ofthe Alpha OmegaAlpha (AOA) medicalhonor society. Hecompleted a generalsurgery residency atthe University of California-San Francisco; aresearch fellowship in the Department ofCardiothoracic Surgery, CardiothoracicTransplant Laboratory, at Stanford UniversitySchool of Medicine; and a cardiothoracicresidency at the University of PittsburghMedical Center.Dr. Poston has authored more than100 scientific papers and abstracts. Heis currently the principal investigator onseveral multicenter research studies. In afive-year initiative funded by the NationalInstitutes of Health (NIH), Dr. Poston isexploring the use of high-resolutionimaging technology during heart surgeryto identify the optimal bypass graft fora patient. In another ongoing study, heis investigating the ability of roboticsurgery to accelerate the return of exercisetolerance, as compared with traditionalsurgical techniques.20School. He completed his residency in generalsurgery at Allegheny General Hospitalin Pittsburgh. During his residency, Dr. Pateldedicated an additional year to basic scienceresearch at the University of Pittsburgh. Hewent on to complete a fellowship in colonand rectal surgery at Washington University/Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis.Dr. Patel has published more than 24 articles,is an invited reviewer for The AmericanSurgeon, and serves on the editorial boardof the World Journal of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy.His research interests include localexcision for the treatment of rectal cancer andinvestigation of molecular or genetic markersin determining the response to adjuvanttherapy.Dale Payne, MD, PhD,has joined the Divisionof Cardiothoracic Surgeryas surgical directorof the CardiothoracicIntensive Care Unit.Dr. Payne receivedhis doctorate and thenhis medical degree fromOhio State University. He completed generalsurgery residency training at the University ofCalifornia, Los Angeles and Davis, and cardiothoracicresidency training at the Universityof Pittsburgh.Following his residency training, Dr. Paynewas recruited to the University of North Carolinaat Chapel Hill, where he developed anddirected the first heart transplant program inthe state. He then was recruited by the LosAngeles Heart Institute at St. Vincent MedicalCenter to develop and direct its heart transplantprogram and also to direct the heartand lung transplant program at the Universityof California, Irvine. Dr. Payne returned tothe University of Pittsburgh to develop anddirect a new open-heart teaching program atWestmoreland Regional Medical Center nearthe University Hospital.After moving to Arizona in 2000, hedeveloped a successful cardiothoracic andvascular surgery private practice, serving severalmajor hospitals in Scottsdale, Mesa, andPhoenix. He joined the UA Department ofSurgery to return to teaching, research, andinvolvement in cutting-edge surgical proceduresas part of a major academic surgerydepartment.Dr. Payne has expertise in many areas ofcardiothoracic and vascular surgery, includingheart transplant and artificial heart devices.He has also been named director of the CardiothoracicSurgery Robotic Lab at the Universityof Arizona.Allen Raczkowski, MD,has joined the Divisionof CardiothoracicSurgery as assistantprofessor of surgery.Recognized as one of thepioneers in using the daVinci robot for minimallyinvasive coronary operations,Dr. Raczkowski performed hundredsof robot-assisted heart surgeries in Phoenixbefore joining the UA.Dr. Raczkowski’s practice focuses onrobot-assisted heart valve surgery, such asmitral valve repair or replacement and robotassistedaortic valve surgery. He was the firstsurgeon in the world to use the robot to donon-arrested mitral repairs in a human. Duringthis procedure, the heart continues tobeat while the valve is repaired. In Arizona, hewas the first to do endoscopic robotic mitralvalve replacement and repairs and the first todo a surgical maze procedure to treat atrial

fibrillation. During the maze surgery, thesurgeon uses small incisions, radio waves,freezing, or microwave or ultrasound energyto create scar tissue to block the abnormalelectrical signals causing the arrhythmia.The University of Arizona Medical Center– University Campus is the only hospital inArizona where mitral valve repair and replacement,aortic valve surgery, and coronary bypassprocedures are performed using theda Vinci surgical robot.Board-certified in surgery and thoracicsurgery, Dr. Raczkowski completed his generalsurgery residency and cardiothoracic surgeryfellowship at the University of Wisconsin inMadison.Sergio Rivero, MD, hasjoined the Division ofNeurosurgery as associateprofessor. Dr. Riverospecializes in complexneurosurgery of thebrain and spine, includingcervical, thoracic,and lumbar disorders;cervical and lumbar stenosis; cervical andlumbar disc herniations; tumors of the brainand spinal cord; and inclusion of spinal cordstimulation surgery and peripheral nerve surgery,including carpal tunnel surgery.Dr. Rivero attended medical school at theUniversidad Autónoma de Guadalajara, Mexico.He completed residency and fellowshiptraining at the UA College of Medicine, wherehe was one of the first residents to completethe UA’s Medical Sciences Graduate Programin Clinical Research.Dr. Rivero is a member of the AmericanAssociation of Neurological Surgeons and theCongress of Neurological Surgeons. His researchinterests focus on pain and the spine.Bruce E. Stewart, MD,has been appointedassistant professor inthe Division of Otolaryngology– Head andNeck Surgery. Withmore than 20 years ofexperience, Dr. Stewartoffers a full range ofmedical and surgical services for head andneck disorders and diseases to patients of allages, from newborn infants to seniors. His servicesinclude comprehensive care of patientswith sinonasal disorders, hearing loss andchronic ear disease, obstructive sleep apnea,and masses of the thyroid, head, and neck.A descendant of an Arizona pioneer family,Dr. Stewart was born and raised in Tucson. Hereceived both his bachelor’s degree in electricalengineering and his medical degree fromthe UA, where he also received the LangeAward for Academic Excellence. He completedresidency training in otolaryngology at theUniversity of Utah in Salt Lake City.He previously was in private practice inTucson, serving patients at Davis-Monthan AirForce Base.Dr. Stewart serves on the board of directorsof the Adult Loss of Hearing Association(ALOHA), a nonprofit support and advocacyorganization that provides hearing loss servicesfor hard-of-hearing or deaf adults. He isthe immediate past president of ALOHA andleads “Let’s Loop Tucson,” an ongoing projectto promote “looping,” a technology to helphearing aid users in public places.Sreekumar ”Kumar”Subramanian, MD, assistantprofessor, hasjoined the Division ofCardiothoracic Surgery.Dr. Subramanian’spractice includes a broadspectrum within adultcardiac surgery, rangingfrom on-pump and beating heart coronaryartery bypass surgery to minimally invasiveheart-valve operations, surgical treatment ofatrial fibrillation, and minimally invasive procedureson the aorta. While he offers patientsmultiple minimally invasive surgical options,Dr. Subramanian also developed special expertisein reoperative and high-risk reoperativecardiovascular surgery at the ClevelandClinic Foundation.Dr. Subramanian completed a seven-yearcombined program leading to a bachelor ofscience degree and medical degree at UnionCollege and Albany Medical College in NewYork. He joined the U.S. Air Force and completeda six-year general surgery residencyat David Grant Medical Center in California.Subsequently stationed at Spangdahlem AirBase in Germany, he deployed to Liberia andKazakhstan, and served as a combat traumasurgeon in Balad, Iraq. He then completed hiscardiothoracic surgical training at the ClevelandClinic.Dr. Subramanian received an ArizonaHeart Institute traveling fellowship and spenttwo years working as a cardiac surgeon at theHeart Center Leipzig while doing a fellowshipin percutaneous and minimally invasive heartvalve surgery and innovations.His clinical and research interests also includeaortic valve-preserving operations andaortic surgery, including the use of hybridoperations for the descending thoracic aorta.He has authored and coauthored about 60publications, which include articles, abstracts,and book chapters.Jess L. Thompson III,MD, MSc, a cardiothoracicsurgeon specializingin the repair ofcongenital heart defectsin children, has joinedthe Division of CardiothoracicSurgeryas assistant professor. Afourth-generation Arizona native, Dr. Thompsoncomes to the UA from Texas Children’sHospital in Houston, where he completed afellowship in congenital heart surgery. Hisclinical expertise includes repair of complexneonatal congenital heart disease and treatmentof adults with congenital heart disease.Dr. Thompson attended medical school atthe University of Southern California, Los Angeles,Keck School of Medicine. He completedhis general surgery residency training andcardiothoracic training at the Mayo Clinic inRochester, MN.While at the Mayo Clinic, Dr. Thompsonparticipated in a National Institutes of HealthClinical Investigator Program, receiving amaster’s degree in biomedical sciences:clinical research. His studies centered oncomplex heart-valve disease with a specificNEWS BRIEFTrauma CenterRe-verified as Level IThe Trauma Center at The Universityof Arizona Medical Center has beenre-verified by the American Collegeof Surgeons as a Level I TraumaCenter. The ACS survey team visitedthe Trauma Center in November.A Level I trauma certification isthe highest national designationa hospital can receive. The TraumaCenter at The University of ArizonaMedical Center is one of eightLevel I Trauma Centers in the state,and the only one serving all ofSouthern Arizona.21

22emphasis on novel anticoagulants andanticoagulation strategies, as well as minimallyinvasive heart-valve repair and replacementtechniques. Dr. Thompson has published hisresearch in scientific journals and presentedat both national and international meetings.In his role at the UA, Dr. Thompson willwork closely with Michael Teodori, MD, professorof surgery and director of Congenitaland Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, a renownedspecialist in surgical treatment of newbornsand children with highly complex heartproblems.Magdiel Trinidad-Hernandez, MD, hasjoined the Division ofVascular Surgery asassistant professor. Hespecializes in minimallyinvasive, endovasculartreatments for the managementof aortic aneurysmsand complex aortic reconstructions.Dr. Trinidad-Hernandez has trained in thelatest techniques of aortic stent grafting forendovascular repair of abdominal aortic aneurysms,other aortic abnormalities, and vascularconditions. He is an expert in advancedendovascular procedures, such as graftfenestration, hybrid operations, snorkel techniquesfor the treatment of complex aorticaneurysms, and bifurcated graft replacementfor the treatment of iliac artery aneurysms topreserve blood flow to the pelvis. In addition,Dr. Trinidad-Hernandez specializes in lowerextremitybypass and endovascular interventionsfor limb salvage as well as carotidsurgery and stenting.A native of Guadalajara, Mexico, Dr.Trinidad-Hernandez comes to the UA fromthe Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN, where hecompleted a fellowship in vascular and endovascularsurgery. He completed his generalsurgery residency at the Metropolitan GroupHospitals of the University of Illinois at Chicago,where he also spent one year dedicatedto clinical research in the noninvasive vascularlaboratory.Dr. Trinidad-Hernandez’s research interestsinclude advanced endovascular techniquesfor complex aortic aneurysms and the surgicaltreatment of lymphedema. He has presentedpapers at national and internationalmeetings and has a number of publicationsincluding abstracts, book chapters, and originalcontributions.Tolga Turker, MD, assistantprofessor in theDivision of Reconstructiveand PlasticSurgery, is speciallytrained to perform advancedfree or pedicledflap transfer (movingtissue from one site onthe body to another), bone and soft tissuereconstruction, and composite tissue allotransplants(transplanting tissue or limbs fromdeceased donors).In addition, Dr. Turker treats all types ofhand problems, including nerve compressionand degenerative diseases, and performs upper-extremityrepair and free-tissue transferfor trauma injuries and skin defects, vascularized-bonetransfer for fractures and deformities,and toe-to-hand transfer for thumb andfinger reconstruction.Dr. Turker earned his medical degree atIstanbul University in Turkey. After completingan orthopedic and trauma residency at CerrahpasaFaculty of Medicine Department ofOrthopedic and Traumatology, Istanbul,he served in the Turkish Army as an orthopedicsurgeon and practiced at the largest armyhospital in Turkey. During his time in the army,he performed numerous trauma, hand, andmicrosurgery cases.Dr. Turker completed a three-year handand microsurgery fellowship at the ChristineM. Kleinert Institute for Hand and Microsurgeryin Louisville, KY. While at the KleinertInstitute, he was part of the surgical team fortwo hand transplant operations performedunder the direction of Dr. Warren Breidenbach,now chief of the Division of ReconstructiveSurgery at the UA.Dr. Turker’s publications focus on studiesof tissue and oxygen-relation models, nerveregeneration, and microsurgery education.Rebecca KleinViscusi, MD, has joinedthe breast cancer teamas assistant professor inthe Division of SurgicalOncology. Dr. Viscusispecializes in surgicaltechniques that can helppatients facing a mastectomy(surgical removal of one or both breasts)have more natural-appearing reconstructedbreasts.An Arizona native, Dr. Viscusi receivedher bachelor’s degree from the UA and hermedical degree from Jefferson Medical Collegein Philadelphia. She returned to the UAto complete her general surgery residencytraining. Dr. Viscusi also completed a one-yearfellowship program in breast surgical oncologyat the University of Texas Southwesternin Dallas.Dr. Viscusi’s practice includes treatmentof both benign and malignant breast-careissues. Her clinical and research interestsinvolve the care of women at high risk fordeveloping breast cancer, specifically thosewith a BRCA mutation. She participates inthe High-Risk Cancer Clinic at the UA CancerCenter.Jiyao Zou, MD, assistantprofessor in the Divisionof Reconstructive andPlastic Surgery, offersspecialized expertise inthe transplantation andreplantation of severeddigits or extremities andin microsurgical reconstructionof damaged areas of the body frominjuries or cancer.He received his medical degree fromShandong Medical University in China. Hecompleted orthopedic surgery residencytraining at one of the largest orthopedic traumaand microsurgery centers in Shandong.He performed all types of microsurgery cases,including replantation as well as free-flap andvascularized tissue transfers.Dr. Zou recently finished an orthopedictrauma fellowship at the University of Louisvilleand a hand and microsurgery fellowshipat the Christine M. Kleinert Institute for Handand Microsurgery in Louisville. He participatedin two cases of hand transplantation inLouisville, including a bilateral (double) handtransplant.Dr. Zou’s research focus is on the anatomyand clinical studies of different kinds of tissueflaps, with an emphasis on local transfer andon decreasing donor morbidities.

Philanthropy NewsFund Honors‘Father of American Lithotripsy’Endowed fund to honor UA Urology Division founder George W. Drach, MDIn 40 years as a urologist, George W. steps by becoming a minister. It was aDrach, MD, has advanced the specialtyon an international level through ognized his talent with the scalpel andzoology professor at the UA who rec-his medical contributions. Dr. Drach, suggested he become a surgeon.who founded the Division of Urology at He received his medical degreethe UA Department of Surgery, is worldrenownedfor the development of tools to in 1961, and did surgical training atfrom (Case) Western Reserve Universitycombat kidney stones and for improved University Hospitals in Cleveland. Heurologic care for aging patients.was drawn to the field of urology afterTo honor this “boy from Arizona,” serving as chief medical officer in thethe UA established the George W. Navy on the USS Valley Forge during theDrach, MD, Endowed Chair for Urology,with the goal of raising $2 million. ogy residency and fellowship at WakeVietnam War. He later completed a urol-About $300,000 has been raised, much Forest University.from fraternity brothers, former residents,and patients of Dr. Drach. at the University of New Mexico, Dr.While receiving additional trainingInterest from the endowment would Drach yearned to return to Arizona. Hebenefit the division in perpetuity, supportingresearch, attracting top faculty, Here, he and his wife, Paula Drach, builtjoined the faculty at the UA in 1970.building pediatric urology, and more. the division together, providing a sense“The future is outstanding for urologybased on our aging population, and training.of family for students and residents inresearch has got to be supported so we Dr. Drach developed an interest incontinue to produce important bits of kidney stones early in his career, and becameknown as the “Father of Americanknowledge,’’ Dr. Drach said.A former UA student body president,Dr. Drach, with his affable smile lutionary device used to pulverize kidneyLithotripsy” for his research on the revo-and signature bola tie, initially planned stones with sound waves, eliminating theon following in his grandfather’s foot-continued on page 24DonationsRecognizing gifts of $1,000 ormore in 2011Advanced BioHealing Inc.Aesculap Inc.Jacqueline A. and Joe AgersAir Methods Corp.Monica A. AkyolAnonymous (2)Alice and Paul BakerDavid J. BerwickLaura and Arch BrownJohn J. CampoGinny L. Clements and Tom RogersJim Click Nissan, Inc.Shauna K. and Jerrold CohenTamara CrockettMaritza and Luis F. DabdoubDr. and Mrs. Sam DeFrancescoDonal J. DraynePeggy Duckett-DrachChristina ElgartLisa EricksonMegan A. Escobar and Doug PeeryEvents Made SpecialEvergreen MortuaryFidelity Charitable FundSusan and Randall Friese, MDMartha B. GerganoffJoseph A. GervasioDeeAnne and Gregg GibbonsNina and Nick GibsonGolden Eagle DistributorsMr. and Mrs. Joseph GootterHealthSouthDoby HillenbrandHydrite Chemical CompanyPam and Rockwell Jackson, MDDr. Bellal JosephBeth and I. Michael KasserDr. and Mrs. Daniel KlemmedsonDr. Narong KulvantunyouAllen LangerDr. and Mrs. Michael LemoleElaine LitvackLong Realty Cares FoundationElizabeth A. MacBethDr. Lori MackstallerMC Management LLC23

24Donations cont.Harold M. McNairMedEfficiency, Inc.Esther and Carlos MichanAlbert P. MichelbachRalph B. MillerDennis R. MinanoOmar MirelesDonald and Donna MositesFamily FoundationJohn Munic Enterprises Inc.Joan and John MurphyJudy and Ric MyersLaurie B. NelsonMr. and Mrs. Allan J. NorvilleNovadaq Corp.Dr. Terence O’KeeffeDr. and Mrs. Theron OvittBrian G. PrackoRaytheon Missile SystemsDr. and Mrs. Peter RheeNancy and James A. RodolphRosemont CopperRoyal Autmotive GroupSanta Cruz UrologyNeelam and Gulshan Sethi, MDHarriet A. SilvermanJudy and Vince SmedesSouthern Arizona RoadrunnersSouthern Arizona Trauma Network(SATNET)Robert and Sonia SteinbergDr. and Mrs. Andrew L. TangDrs. Janet and Michael TeodoriLouise and Al ThomasLucy ThomasTu NiditoDr. and Mrs. Evan C. UngerMarlene and Howard VolinCount and Countess FerdinandVon GalenDr. and Mrs. Ron WeinsteinAngela D. WeirWells Fargo FoundationJana and Frank WesterbekeDr. Wendell Whitacre andDr. Teresa CislerW.L. Gore & AssociatesWright Medical Technology Inc.Dr. Julie WynneAmy Zuckerman and Morey BrownZuckerman Family FoundationElizabeth J. ZukoskiLithotripsycontinued from page 23need for surgical incisions. It was one ofthe first minimally invasive technologiesand is used throughout the world today.His interest shifted in 1995 tourologic care for aging patients. Followingthe death of his wife and childhoodsweetheart, Dr. Drach served as visitingprofessor of urology at the University ofTexas Southwestern Medical School inDallas and directed the urology clinic atParkland Memorial Hospital in 1996-98. In 1998 he joined the University ofPennsylvania and now serves as professoremeritus of urology. He and hiswife second, Margaret Duckett-Drach,Inspired to Make a DifferenceDr. Jack and Rosemary Dunn create endowment in honor of Dr. Philip Carter.Inspired by the commitment of the UADepartment of Surgery Division ofNeurosurgery to research, teaching, andcompassionate patient care, neurosurgeonJack H. Dunn, MD, and his wife,Rosemary Dunn, have established theDunn Family Fund, with family andfriends supporting the effort.The endowment honors the lateDr. L. Philip Carter, a longtime UAneurosurgery faculty member and formerdivision chief who died in 2010. Itrecognizes the significant contributionsDr. Carter made in training neurosurgeonsand in the lives of his patients,Dr. Dunn said.“Dr. Carter’s personal and professionallife was about making a difference.The fund will continue his legacyand make a difference to future neurosurgeonsand to neurosurgery patientsand their families,” explained Dr. Dunn.Dr. Dunn, who joined the UA in2008 with a specialty in spinal injuriesand diseases, said he and his wife havesupported institutions that impactedtheir lives, including Yale, New YorkUniversity, and Wayne State University.Witnessing growth within the UADivision of Neurosurgery, under thedirection of division chief, G. MichaelLemole, Jr., MD, motivated the Dunnsto establish the endowment.“We wanted to build supportfrequently return to the UA, where hestill teaches.Dr. Drach has written more than 140journal articles and continues to inspirethe highest quality of urologic care. Herecently helped to develop surgical competenciesin the field of surgery, “somethingall surgical students and residentsshould know,’’ he said.“We are very proud of Dr. Drach,’’said Kari Schlachtenhaufen, director ofdevelopment for the UA Department ofSurgery. “He set us on a good path. It iscritical to have endowments within theDepartment of Surgery because that iswhere new surgery techniques are developed,and that research ultimately willgive patients with more complex conditionsgreater hope.’’for residents and faculty to take careof people in Arizona and around theworld,’’ Dr. Dunn said. “We train peopleto spread the knowledge they learn here.We feel this is a good place to support.’’Income from the endowment wasused most recently to support thetraining of neurosurgery residents. TheDunns will annually evaluate how fundscan best be used to support the department,through critically important research,travel to educational conferences,and other efforts.The Dunns are encouraging othersto start endowments to benefit neurosurgeryand other divisions at the UA inperpetuity.“Endowments are more valuablethan general donations,’’ Dr. Dunn said.“It’s important to put money into somethingthat makes a difference in Arizona.In neurosurgery, we are recruiting morepeople so we can provide superior neurosurgicalcare to Southern Arizona. Weare now able to do things that haven’tbeen done before in Arizona.“Our family will continue to supportthe efforts as much as we can,’’ Dr. Dunnadded.If you are interested in learning more aboutendowments at the University of Arizona,please contact Kari Schlachtenhaufen, JD,at 520-626-2222.

Raytheon MissileSystems Donates$100,000 to UATrauma DivisionRaytheon Missile Systems has donated$100,000 to the Division ofTrauma, Critical Care, and EmergencySurgery in the UA Department ofSurgery. The gift will fund research onthe treatment of wounded soldiers onthe battlefield and trauma victims hereat home.Potential advancements that canbe implemented the quickest will getthe highest priority. Specific researchareas will include developing devicesto detect and treat chest injuries, newhuman-based resuscitation fluids, andnew treatments to stop bleeding. Studiesalso will focus on traumatic brain injury,tissue transplantation, and suspendedanimation.“Advancement for warfighters alsowill have an immediate impact at home,as it will be just as applicable for civiliantrauma,” said Peter Rhee, MD, chief, UADivision of Trauma, Critical Care, andEmergency Surgery. “We are excited topartner with one of Tucson’s largest employersthrough their support in traumaresearch. Research is a systematic way ofimproving human life now and forever.”“Raytheon is proud to provide theUA trauma division with this donationto help further the world-class workthat is already under way there,” saidTaylor W. Lawrence, PhD, RaytheonMissile Systems president. “Because ourtwo organizations have a focus on thewarfighter, we see tremendous synergybetween Raytheon and the UA Traumateam in this area.”Ranked in the top five percentnationally, the Level I Trauma Center atThe University of Arizona Medical Centeris the busiest in Arizona.Raytheon, with 2010 sales of $25billion, is a technology and innovationleader specializing in defense, homelandsecurity, and other government marketsthroughout the world.Fundraising EventsM*A*S*H BashFollowing the tragic shootings onJan. 8, 2011, a group of Tucsonsupporters, recognizing the critical role aLevel I Trauma Center serves in the community,created the Friends of the Universityof Arizona Trauma Center. On Oct. 22, atthe Pima Air and Space Museum, the Friendshosted the first annual M*A*S*H Bash, afundraising event for the Level I traumacenter.The museum was transformed into a camouflaged mobile army surgicalhospital mimicking the M*A*S*H hit television series. Highlights includedspecial celebrity guests from the M*A*S*H television series Mike Farrell(B.J. Hunnicutt) and William Christopher (Father Mulcahy). Live entertainmentwas provided by a USO-style group, along with a Cab Calloway impersonatorand a “Rosie’s Bar,” serving specialty drinks in mini-canteens while the bandplayed music from WWII to the present. Guests were encouraged to dress inM*A*S*H-era or Asian-style clothing.More than 460 people attended the event. Proceeds will be used to supportan Endowed Chair in the Division of Trauma, Critical Care, and Emergency Surgery,and to purchase equipmentto support trauma research at theUniversity of Arizona.Since 2003, The Universityof Arizona Medical Center – UniversityCampus has been the onlyLevel I Trauma Center servingSouthern Arizona. The cost toprovide this critical communityservice is estimated at more thanDrs. Peter Rhee, Rainer W.G. Gruessner, and RichardCarmonaM*A*S*H Bash celebrity guestsMike Farrell and William Christopher$47 million a year.The long-term vision is tobuild a freestanding traumacenter near the hospital that houses additional operating suites, a traumaintensive care unit, neurologic rehabilitation services, a burn unit, and researchlaboratories.The next M*A*S*H Bash will be held Friday, Oct. 19, 2012.Sponsorship opportunities are available. For more information, contactKari Schlachtenhaufen, 520-626-2222 or karis@surgery.arizona.edu.Giving OnlineDonations can be made to each division and program in the UA Departmentof Surgery through the University of Arizona Foundation website(www.uafoundation.org) or through the Department of Surgery website(www.arizona.surgery.edu).If you would like more information on giving opportunities or need assistance, contactKari Schlachtenhaufen, 520-626-2222 or karis@surgery.arizona.edu.25

26Awards & RecognitionUA Surgeons Among ‘Best Doctors in America’More than 100 Tucson physicians affiliated with the Arizona Health Sciences Center areincluded in the latest Best Doctors in America database, including many from the UADepartment of Surgery: Alexander G. Chiu, Allan J. Hamilton, Michael F. Teodori,Khalid M. Khan, Hugo Villar, Jack H. Dunn, Mitchell H. Sokoloff, and Joseph L. Mills.Rainer W.G. Gruessner, MD, Michael Lemole,MD, and Peter Rhee, MD, were named 2011Pima Medical Society Physicians of the Year. (Seephoto.)David G. Armstrong, DPM, MD, PhD, won FirstPlace, Clinical Research Award, at the Symposiumfor the Advancement of Wound Care/WoundHealing Society: Armstrong DG, Marston WA,Reyzelman AM, Kirsner RS, “Comparative Effectivenessof Mechanically and Electrically PoweredNPWT Devices: A Multicenter RandomizedControlled Trial,” Washington, DC, October 2011.He also was placed on the Podiatry Management VIP List of Most Influential PodiatricPhysicians, 2011 (selected every 5 years). Dr. Armstrong was appointed chairman of theDiabetic Foot Commission of the International Podiatry Federation (FIP).Warren C. Breidenbach III, MD, was selected as one of America’s Top Doctors byCastle Connolly, 2011.Stephen A. Goldstein, MD, was honored as the recipient of the William K. WrightAward at the annual 2011 American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeryconference.D.J. Green, MD, has been named president of the Tucson Surgical Society, a 70-member,not-for-profit professional organization of physician surgeons.Allan J. Hamilton, MD, received the National Award for Excellence in Fire Service-Based EMS – Career Category, presented by the Medic-Alert Foundation and the CongressionalFire Services Institute, April 2011.Abraham Jacob, MD, has been awarded the 2011 Politzer Society Award for best basicscience paper: “AR42: A Novel Histone Deacetylase Inhibitor with High Clinical-TranslationalPotential as Treatment for NF2-Associated Tumors,” presented at the 2011 meetingin Athens, Greece. The Politzer Society represents a global consortium of leadingotologic/neurotologic surgeons. The society awards one basic science and one clinicalPolitzer Society Award every two years.Rifat Latifi, MD, received the Community Health Promotion Award from the URAC/Care Continuum Alliance International Health Promotion Awards (IHPA), Rome, Italy.He also received the 21st Century Achievement Award in Health by ComputerworldHonors Program, Washington, DC.Visit Us!Visit the UA Department of Surgery and learn about the latest advances in surgery,including our Class 10,000 Clean Room, the Institute for Cellular Transplantation, thePediatric Liver Transplant Program, and the HepatoPancreaticoBiliary (HPB) Centerfor the treatment of pancreatic and liver diseases. Tours are regularly available forsmall groups.Contact:Kari Schlactenhaufen, 520-626-2222 or karis@surgery.arizona.edu, to schedule a tour.Michael Lemole, MD, received a CongressionalCitation by the Friends of theNational Library of Medicine at the AnnualAwards Gala in November at the GreatHall of the Library of Congress JeffersonBuilding. He also received the ArizonaBusiness Magazine 4th Annual Health CareLeadership Award; was named HonoraryCommander by the 355th Medical Group,Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Tucson; andwas named Medscape Best Physician of theYear for 2011.Joseph L. Mills, MD, received the 8thAnnual Edward James Olmos Award forAdvocacy in Amputation Prevention, March2011.Mike M. Nguyen, MD, MPH, won BestPoster for the kidney stone session at theAmerican Urological Association AnnualMeeting, Washington, DC: “Internet SearchMetrics Can Provide Real-Time Data onKidney Stone Disease in the United States.”He also won the Best Poster Award for the58th Annual Kimbrough Seminar in Seattle:“Factors Influencing Fluid Intake Behaviorin Kidney Stone Formers.”Klearchos K. Papas, PhD, has been appointedpresident-elect of the Cell TransplantationSociety (Councillor).Peter Rhee, MD, was invited to the Stateof the Union address as Michelle Obama’sguest in January 2011. He also was invitedto the White House to attend a state dinnerin honor of South Korean President LeeMyung-Bak. He was named Grand Marshalfor the Tucson St. Patrick’s Day Parade andMedscape Best Physician of the Year for2011. He received the Arizona BusinessMagazine 4th Annual Health Care LeadershipAward; the Institute for Corean-AmericanStudies (ICAS) Liberty Award for 2011;the Distinguished Leadership Award, LegalCommunity Against Violence; a Resolutionof Proclamation by the Arizona IndianGaming Association; and a Proclamation bythe President of the United States: “Honoringthe Victims of the Tragedy in Tucson,Arizona.”Horacio Rilo, MD, was recognized for hiscutting-edge research at the Cure, Care &Commitment Awards Luncheon hostedby the American Diabetes Association inNovember 2011.Michael F. Teodori, MD, received the 2011Hon Kachina Volunteer Award for his commitmentto providing no-cost medical careand support for needy children sufferingfrom congenital heart defects.

PublicationsCopeland H, Jones M, Duran MA, Sozanski J,Poskus D, Beita O, Adamas-Rappaport WJ,“Teaching Medical Spanish on the SurgeryClerkship,” American Surgeon 77(12):1715-1717, Dec 2011.Stidd D, Polonski L, Anton R, Lemole GM Jr,“Transcranial Orbitotomy for Excision of OrbitalTumors: A Case Series”; Joe S, Lemole GM Jr,“Nasoseptal Flap Harvest After Previous TransnasalTransseptal Surgery,” North AmericanSkull Base Society, 21st Annual Meeting,Scottsdale, Feb 2011.Armstrong DG, editor, Up-To-Date ClinicalManagement, Wolters Kluwer Health, 2011.Lavery LA, Armstrong DG, “Clinical Examinationand Risk Classification of the DiabeticFoot,” in Veves A, Giurini J, and LoGerfo F, eds,The Diabetic Foot, 3rd ed, Totowa, New Jersey,Humana Medical Press, 2011.Rogers LC, Frykberg RG, Armstrong DG, BoultonAJM, Edmonds ME, Ha Van G, HartemannA, Game F, Jeffcoate W, Jirkovska A, Jude E,Morbach S, Morrison WB, Pinzur M, Pitocco D,Sanders L, Wukich D, Uccioli L, “The CharcotFoot in Diabetes,” J Amer Podiatr Med Assoc101:437-446, 2011.Armstrong DG, Cohen IK, Courric S, BhararaM, Marston W, “Diabetic Foot Ulcers and VascularInsufficiency: Our Population Has Changed,But Our Methods Have Not,” J Diabetes Sci Technol5:1591-1595, 2011.Rogers LC, Frykberg RG, Armstrong DG, BoultonAJM, Edmonds ME, Ha Van G, HartemannA, Game F, Jeffcoate W, Jirkovska A, Jude E,Morbach S, Morrison WB, Pinzur M, Pitocco D,Sanders L, Wukich D, Uccioli L, “The CharcotFoot in Diabetes,” Diabetes Care 34:2123-2129,2011.Rogers LC, Frykberg RG, Armstrong DG, BoultonAJM, Edmonds ME, Ha Van G, HartemannA, Game F, Jeffcoate W, Jirkovska A, Jude E,Morbach S, Morrison WB, Pinzur M, Pitocco D,Sanders L, Wukich D, Uccioli L, “The CharcotFoot in Diabetes,” J Amer Podiatr Med Assn101:437-446, 2011.Wrobel JS, Chagares W, Crews RC, Stuck R,Weaver F, Rapacki L, Paulson, R, ArmstrongDG, “Creating a Diabetes Foot Reminder-BasedRegistry Using the Electronic Health Record,”Informatics in Primary Care 18:283-287, 2011.Bhatnagar S, Bharara M, Armstrong DG, “Innovationsin Diabetic Foot Care: Prevention,Education and Treatment,” Treatment Strategies—Diabetes-CambridgeResearch Centre 3:1,62-65, 2011.Fleischer AE, Wrobel JS, Leonards A, Berg S,Evans DP, Baron RL, Armstrong DG, “Post-Treatment Leukocytosis Predicts an UnfavorableClinical Response in Patients with Moderateto Severe Diabetic Foot Infections,” J FootAnkle Surg, May 26, 2011, epub ahead of print.Armstrong DG, “An Overview of Foot Infectionsin Diabetes,” Diabetes Technology andTherapeutics, Jun 1, 2011, epub ahead of print.Armstrong DG, Giovinco N, Mills JL, RogersLC, “Facetime for Physicians: Using Real TimeMobile Phone-Based Videoconferencing toAugment Diagnosis and Care in Telemedicine,”ePlasty 11:212-217, 2011.Lepow BD, Downey M, Yurgelon J, Klassen L,Armstrong DG, “Bioengineered Tissues inWound Healing: A Progress Report,” Expert RevDermatology 6:255-262, 2011.Frykberg RG, Driver VR, Lavery LA, ArmstrongDG, Isenberg RA, “The Use of PulsedRadio Frequency Energy Therapy in TreatingLower Extremity Wounds: Data from the ProvantWound Registry,” Ostomy Wound Management57:22-29, 2011.Armstrong DG, Giovinco NC, “Diagnostics,Theragnostics, and the Personal Health Server:Fundamental Milestones in Technology withRevolutionary Changes in Diabetic Foot andWound Care to Come,” Foot Ankle Specialist4:54-60, 2011.Gabbay R, Kaul S, Ulbrecht J, Scheffler NM,Armstrong DG, “Motivational Interviewing byPodiatric Physicians: A Method for ImprovingPatient Self-care of the Diabetic Foot,” J AmerPodiatr Med Assn 101:78-84, 2011.Armstrong DG, Marston W, Reyzelman A,Kirsner R, “Comparison of Negative PressureWound Therapy with an Ultraportable Non-Electrically Powered Device vs. TraditionalElectrically Powered Device for the Treatmentof Chronic Lower Extremity Ulcers: A MulticenterRandomized Controlled Trial,” WoundRepair Regen 19:173-180, 2011.Armstrong DG, Fisher TK, Lepow BD, WhiteM, Mills JL, “The Diabetic Foot,” in Mechanismsof Vascular Disease: A Reference for VascularSpecialists, Fitridge R, Thompson M, eds,Cambridge University Press, 2nd ed, 2011.Armstrong DG, Mills JL, “Toward a Changein Syntax in Diabetic Foot Care: PreventionEquals Remission,” J Amer Podiatr Med Assn,2011.Bharara M, Armstrong DG, “Surrogate Markersfor Inflammation in the Diabetic Foot,”Treatment Strategies Diabetes, 2011.Kaufman CL, Breidenbach W, “World ExperienceAfter More Than a Decade of ClinicalHand Transplantation: Update from theLouisville Hand Transplant Program,” HandClinics 27 (4):417-21, vii-viii, Nov 2011.Foroohar A, Elliott RM, Kim TW, BreidenbachW, Shaked A, Levin LS, “The History and Evolutionof Hand Transplantation,” Hand Clinics27(4):405-9, vii, Nov 2011.Clarkson JH, Ozyurekoglu T, Mujadzic M, IyerV, Breidenbach WC, “An Evaluation of theInformation Gained from the Use of IntraoperativeNerve Recording in the Management ofSuspected Brachial Plexus Root Avulsion,” Plasticand Reconstructive Surgery 127(3):1237-43,Mar 2011. Chiu A, Co-Editor,Sinonasal Tumors,Jaypee BrothersMedical Publishers:www.jaypeebrothers.com.Ransom E, Lee J,Chiu AG, “EndoscopicTranscranialand Intracranial Resection:Case Seriesand Design of a PerioperativeManagement Protocol,” Skull Base21(1), Jan 2011.Becker SS, Chiu AG, “Prevention and Managementof Complications in Sinus and Skull BaseSurgery,” Otolaryngol Clin North Am 43(4),Aug 2010.Montone KT, Livolsi VA, Lanza DC, KennedyDW, Palmer J, Chiu AG, Feldman MD, LoevnerLA, Nachamkin I, “In Situ Hybridizationfor Specific Fungal Organisms in Acute InvasiveFungal Rhinosinusitis,” Am J Clin Pathol135(2), Feb 2011.Ramakrishnan VR, Suh JD, Chiu AG, PalmerJN, “Addition of a Minimally Invasive MedialOrbital Approach in the Endoscopic Managementof Advanced Sino-orbital Disease:Cadaver Study with Clinical Correlations,”Laryngoscope, 2011.Goldstein-Daruech N, Cope EK, Vukovic K,Kofonow J, Doghramji L, Gonzalez B, ChiuAG, et al, “Tobacco Smoke Mediated Inductionof Sinonasal Microbial Biofilms,” PLoS ONE6(1), Jan 2011.Zhang Z, Kofonow JM, Finkelman BS, DoghramjiL, Chiu AG et al, “Clinical Factors Associatedwith Bacterial Biofilm Formation inChronic Rhinosinusitis,” Otolaryngol Head NeckSurg 144(3), Mar 2011.Depoortere D, Kofonow JM, Chen B, Chiu AG,Cohen NA, “Murine Ciliotoxicity and RabbitSinus Mucosal Healing by Polyhydrated Ionogen,”Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg, Mar 2011.27

28Ransom E, Palmer JN, Kennedy DW, Chiu AG,“Assessing Risk/Benefit of Lumbar Drain Usefor Endoscopic Skull-Base Surgery,” Int ForumAll Rhinol 1(3), May/Jun 2011.Lee JM, Ransom E, Lee JY, Palmer JN, ChiuAG, “Endoscopic Anterior Skull Base Surgery:Intraoperative Considerations of the Crista Galli,”Skull Base 21(2), Mar 2011.Ramakrishnan VR, Suh JD, Chiu AG, PalmerJN, “Septal Disclocation for Endoscopic Accessof the Anterolateral Maxillary Sinus and InfratemporalFossa,” Am J Rhinol Allergy 25(2), Mar2011.Chiu AG, Chen B, Palmer JN, et al, “SafetyEvaluation of Sinus Surfactant Solution on RespiratoryCilia Function,” Int Forum All Rhinol1(4), Jul/Aug 2011.Smith TL, Kern RC, Palmer JN, Schlosser RJ,Chandra RK, Chiu AG, et al, “Medical Therapyvs. Surgery for Chronic Rhinosinusitis: A ProspectiveMulti-institutional Study,” Int ForumAll Rhinol 1(4), Jul/Aug 2011.Adappa ND, Lee JY, Chiu AG, et al, “OlfactoryGroove Meningioma,” Otolaryngol Clin NorthAm 44(4), Aug 2011.Montone KT, Livolsi VA, Landa DC, FeldmanMD, Kennedy DW, Palmer J, Chiu AG, et al,“Rapid In-situ Hybridization for DematiaceousFungi Using a Broad-Spectrum OligonucleotideDNA Probe,” Diagn Mol Pathol 20(3), Sep 2011.Suh JD, Ramakrihnan VR, Zhang PJ, Wu AW,Wang MB, Palmer JN and Chiu AG, “Diagnosisand Endoscopic Management of SinonasalSchwannomas,” ORL 73 (6): 308-312, Oct2011.Ramakrishnan V R, Suh JD, Chiu AG, PalmerJN, “Reliability of Preoperative Assessment ofCerebrospinal Fluid Pressure in the Managementof Spontaneous Cerebrospinal FluidLeaks and Encephaloceles,” International Forumof Allergy & Rhinology 1: 201-205, 2011.Cope EK, Goldstein-Daruech N, Kofonow JM,Christensen L, McDermott B, Monroy F, PalmerJN, Chiu AG, Shirtliff ME, Cohen NA, Leid JG,“Regulation of Virulence Gene Expression Resultingfrom Streptococcus Pneumonia andNontypeable Haemophilus Influenza Interactionsin Chronic Disease,” PLoS One 6(12):e28523, 2011.Aouad RK, Chiu AG, “State of the Art Treatmentof Nasal Polyps,” Am J Rhinol Allergy25(5): 291-298, Sep-Oct 2011.Suh JD, Ramakrishnan V, Chiu AG, “The Roleof Topical Therapies in the Treatment of ChronicRhinosinusitis,” Braz J Otorhinolaryngol77(6): 680-681, Dec 2011.Suh JD, Ramakrishnan VR, Tarjudeen B, RegerC, Kennedy DW, Chiu AG, “Identification andTreatment of Nontuberculosis MycobacteriumSinusitis,” Am J Rhinol Allergy 25(6): 421-424,Nov-Dec 2011.Kofonow JM, Bhuskute A, Doghramji L, PalmerJN, Cohen NA, Chiu AG, “One-way Valve BottleContamination Rates in the Immediate PostfunctionalEndoscopic Sinus Surgery Period,”Am J Rhinol Allergy 25(6): 393-396, Nov-Dec2011.Suh J, Chiu AG, “Acute and Chronic Rhinosinusitis,”Otolaryngology, Lalwani A (eds).Lange,2011.Desai CS, Gruessner AC, Khan KM, FishbeinTM, Jie T, Rodriguez Rilo HL, GruessnerRW, “Isolated Intestinal Transplants vs. Liver-Intestinal Transplants in Adult Patients in theUnited States: 22 yr of OPTN Data,” ClinicalTransplantation, Dec 2011, epub ahead of print.Desai CS, Stephenson D, Khan KM, Jie T,Gruessner AC, Rilo H, Gruessner RW, “NovelTechnique of Total Pancreatectomy before AutologousIslet Transplants in Chronic PancreatitisPatients,” Journal of American College of Surgeons213(6):e29-34, 2011.Desai CS, Gruessner AC, Khan KM, Jie T, CartonM, Gruessner RW, “Isolated IntestinalTransplant vs. Multivisceral Transplants amongPediatric Patients in United States,” PediatricTransplantation 15, Supp 1: 100, Aug 2011.Desai CS, Gruessner AC, Gruessner RW, JieT, Rilo H, Khan KM, “Liver Transplants forChildren with Cystic Fibrosis,” Pediatric Transplantation15, Supp 1: 95, Aug 2011.Desai CS, Maybury R, Cummings LS, JohnsonLB, Fishbein TM, Neville R, Melancon J, “Autotransplantationof Solitary Kidney with RenalArtery Aneurysm Treated with LaparoscopicNephrectomy and ex vivo Repair: A Case Report,”Transplant Proc 43(7):2789-91, Sep2011.Cummings LS, Hawksworth JS, Guerra JF, DesaiCS, Girlanda R, Matsumoto CS, FishbeinTM, Johnson LB, Melancon JK, “SuccessfulABO-Incompatible Kidney Transplant After anIsolated Intestinal Transplant,” Transplantation91(10): e73-4, May 2011.Melancon JK, Cummings LS, Graham J, Rosen-Bronson S, Light J, Desai CS, Girlanda R, GhasemianS, Africa J, Johnson LB, “Paired KidneyDonor Exchanges and Antibody ReductionTherapy: Novel Methods to Ameliorate DisparateAccess to Living Donor Kidney Transplantationin Ethnic Minorities,” J Am Coll Surg212(4):740-5, Apr 2011.Desai CS, Gruessner R, Gruessner A, Jie T,Rilo HL, Carton MM, Khan KM, “Liver Transplantsfor Cystic Fibrosis-Related Cirrhosis:Analysis of 22 Years of the UNOS Database,”American Journal of Transplantation 11, Supp S2:198, Apr 2011.Desai CS, Gruessner AC, Khan KM, Jie T,Gruessner WG, “Comparison of IntestinalTransplant (Tx) Alone (ITA) vs. Liver-Intestinaland Multiorgan Transplant (MVTx) Outcomes:An OPTN/SRTR Database Analysis,” AmericanJournal of Transplantation 11, Supp 2: 87,Jan 2011.Cummings LS, Melancon JK, Guerra JF, HawksworthJ, Desai CS, Johnson LB, Girlanda R,Fishbein TM, Light J, Africa J, Ghasemain R,Orquiza M, “Utilization of a Paired Kidney Exchange,ABO-Compatible and DesensitizationProgram Has Reduced Waiting Time for Boththe Individual Recipients and the Entire CadavericWaiting List in Washington DC,” AmericanJournal of Transplantation 11, Supp 2: 69,Jan 2011.Guerra JF, Cummings LS, Hawksworth JS, DesaiCS, Flanagan E, Girlanda R, Johnson LB,Melancon JK, “Use of a Desensitization Protocolin Highly Sensitized Yet ImmunocompromisedPatients Awaiting Kidney Transplantation,”American Journal of Transplantation 11, Supp 2:72, Jan 2011.Desai CS, Khan KM, Gruessner AC, Jie T,Rilo H, Carton MM, Gruessner R, “IntestinalRetransplantation in Adults: Analysis of 22Years of the UNOS Database,” American Journalof Transplantation 11, Supp S2: 133, Apr 2011.Cummings LS, Graham JA, Guerra J, HawksworthJS, Rosen-Bronson S, Girlanda R, DesaiCS, Johnson LB, Melancon JK, “Utilizing PairedKidney Exchange and Desensitization Programto Increase Living Donor Kidney Transplantationin African Americans,” American Journal ofTransplantation 11, Supp S2: 484, Apr 2011.Erman AB, Collar RM, Griffith KA, Lowe L,Sabel MS, Bichakjian CK, Wong SL, McLeanSA, Rees RS, Johnson TM, Bradford CR, “SentinelLymph Node Biopsy Is Accurate and Prognosticin Head and Neck Melanoma,” Cancer118(4):1040-7 DOI: 10.1002/cncr.26288,epub Jul 19 2011.Erman AB, Griffith KG, Rees RS, Johnson TM,Bradford CR, “Sentinel Lymph Node,” Biopsyfor Head and Neck Cutaneous Melanoma, 2011.Barmparas G, Inaba K, Georgiou C, HadjizachariaP, Chan L, Demetriades D, Friese R, RheeP, “Swan-Ganz Catheter Use in Trauma PatientsCan Be Reduced Without Negatively AffectingOutcomes,” World J Surgery 35(8):1809-17,2011.Galvani CA, Gallo, AS, Dylewski MR, “Robotic-AssistedHeller Myotomy for EsophagealAchalasia: Feasibility, Technique, and Short-Term Outcomes,” Journal of Robotic Surgery,2011, published online.Atunes M, Goldstein SA, “Surgical Approachto the Nasal Valves and the Midvault in Patientswith a Crooked Nose,” Facial Plastic Surgery 27(5): 422-436, Oct 2011.

Bloom J, Bleier B, Goldstein SA, Carniol PJ,Palmer JN, Cohen NA, “Laser Facial NerveWelding in a Rabbit Model,” Arch Facial PlastSurg14:52-58, Dec 2011.Atunes M, Goldstein SA, Chapter 4: “Anatomyof the Upper Face,” Manual of InjectableFillers, A Technical Guide to the VolumetricApproach to Whole Body Rejuvenation, 2011.Goldstein SA, Ransom E, Chapter 6: “Anatomyof the Midface,” Illustrated Manual of InjectableFillers, A Technical Guide to the VolumetricApproach to Whole Body Rejuvenation , 2011.Goldstein SA, Ransom E. Chapter 8: “Anatomyof the Lower Face,” Illustrated Manual ofInjectable Fillers, A Technical Guide to the VolumetricApproach to Whole Body Rejuvenation,2011.Goldstein SA, Facial Plastic Surgery: TheCrooked Nose, ed, 27 (5), Oct 2011.Talving P, Lustenberger T, Lam L, Inaba K,Mohseni S, Plurad D, Green DJ, DemetriadesD, “Coagulopathy After Isolated Severe TraumaticBrain Injury in Children,” J Trauma, 2011Mar 21.Plurad D, Talving P, Tang A, Green D, Lam L,Inaba K, Demetriades D, “Alcohol Ingestion IsIndependently Associated With ComplicationsAfter Work Place Injuries: A National TraumaData Bank Analysis of Injury Severity And Outcomes,”J Trauma, Apr 15 2011.DuBose JJ, Putty B, Teixeira PG, Recinos G,Shiflett A, Inaba K, Green DJ, Plurad D, DemetriadesD, Belzberg H, “The RelationshipBetween Post-traumatic Ventilator-associatedPneumonia Outcomes and American College ofSurgeons Trauma Center Designation,” Injury42(1):40-3, Jan 2011.Inaba K, Branco BC, Reddy S, Park JJ, GreenD, Plurad D, Talving P, Lam L, Demetriades D,“Prospective Evaluation of Multidetector ComputedTomography for Extremity VascularTrauma,” J Trauma 70(4):808-15, Apr 2011.Gruessner RW, Pugliese A, Reijonen HK,Gruessner S, Jie T, Desai C, Sutherland DER,Burke GW, “Development of Diabetes Mellitusin Living Pancreas Donors and Recipients,”Expert Rev Clin Immuno 7(4):543-51, Jul 2011.Chisholm-Burns MA,Erickson SR, SpiveyCA, GruessnerRWG, Kaplan B,“Concurrent Validityof Three Health-RelatedQuality of LifeInstruments in RenalTransplant Recipients.Patient Preference andAdherence,” DoveMedical Press 5:517-522, 2011.Gruessner, RWG, Pugliese A, Reijonen HK,Gruessner S, Jie T, Seaquist ER, SutherlandDA, Burke GW, “Development of Diabetes Mellitusin Living Pancreas Donors and Recipients,”Expert Rev of Clin Immunol7(4):543-51,Jul 2011.Beebe D, Singh H, Luikart JJ, Gruessner R,Gruessner A, Belani K, “Anesthetic ComplicationsIncluding Two Cases of PostoperativeRespiratory Depression in Living Donor Surgery,”J Anaesthesiol Clinic Pharmacol 27(3):362-366, 2011.Vriens MR, Weng J, Suh I, Huynh N, GuerreroMA, Shen WT, Duh QY, Clark OH, Kebebew E,“MicroRNA Expression Profiling is a PotentialDiagnostic Tool for Thyroid Cancer,” Cancer,2011.Guerrero MA, Clark OH, “Controversies in theManagement of Papillary Thyroid Cancer Revisited,”ISRN Oncol, Sep 16 2011.Guerrero MA, Lindsay S, Suh I, Vriens MR,Khanafshar E, Shen WT, Gosnell J, KebebewE, Duh QY, Clark OH, “Medullary ThyroidCancer: It Is a Pain in the Neck?” J Cancer,Apr 8 2011.Blakeley JO, Evans DG, Adler J, Brackmann D,Chen R, Ferner RE, Hanemann CO, Harris G,Huson SM, Jacob A, Kalamarides M, KarajannisMA, Korf BR, Mautner VF, McClatchey AI,Miao H, Plotkin SR, Slattery W 3rd, Stemmer-Rachamimov AO, Welling DB, Wen PY, WidemannB, Hunter-Schaedle K, Giovannini M,“Consensus Recommendations for CurrentTreatments and Accelerating Clinical Trials forPatients with Neurofibromatosis Type 2,” Am JMed Genet A, Dec 2 2011, epub ahead of print.Hurtuk A, Welling DB, Dodson EE, Dome C,Wolfe K, Jacob A, “Melatonin: Can It Stop theRinging?” Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol 120(7):433-440, Jul 2011.Bush ML, Oblinger J, Brendel V, Santarelli G,Huang J, Akhmametyeva EM, Burns SS, WheelerJ, Davis J, Chaudhury AR, Kulp S, Chen C-S,Yates CW, Chang L-S, Welling DB, Jacob A,“AR42, A Novel Histone Deacetylase Inhibitor,as a Potential Therapy for Vestibular Schwannomasand Meningiomas,” Neuro Oncol 13(9):983-999, Sep 2011.Jie T, Gruessner A, Khan K, Desai CS, KaplanB, Rilo H, Gruessner R, “Pancreas GraftShould Be Utilized for Transplantation WhenLiver/Intestine Are Procured from the SameDonor,” American Journal of Transplantation 11,Supp S2: 432, Apr 2011.Jie T, Gruessner A, Desai CS, Khan KM, RiloH, Kaplan B, Gruessner R, “Organs fromDonation after Cardiac Death (DCD) – ASource of Potential Growth in Pancreas Transplant,”American Journal of Transplantation 11,Supp S2: 71, Apr 2011.Joseph B, Kulvatunyou N, Tang A, O’KeeffeT, Wynne JL, Friese RS, Rhee P, Latifi R,“Total Parenteral Nutrition in Critically Ill andInjured Patients,” European Surgery 43(1): 19-23, 2011.Con J, Joseph B, Kulvatunyou N, Tang A,O’Keeffe T, Wynne JL, Friese RS, Rhee P,Latifi R, “Evidence-based Immune-modulatingNutritional Therapy in Critically Ill and InjuredPatients,” European Surgery 43(1):13-18, 2011.Raoof M, Joseph B, Friese RS, KulvatunyouN, O’Keeffe T, Tang A, Wynne J, Latifi R,Rhee P, “Organ Donation After Traumatic CardiopulmonaryArrest,” The American Journal ofSurgery 202(6): 701-705, 2011.Menaker J, Joseph B, Stein DM, Scalea TM,“Angiointervention: High Rates of Failure FollowingBlunt Renal Injuries,” World Journal ofSurgery 35(3):520-7, 2011.Khreiss M, Joseph B, “Packing of Liver Injurywith Damage Control Laparotomy, OperativeDictations in General and Vascular Surgery,”2nd ed, Springer; 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30Knatterud ME, Book Review, The Master ButchersSinging Club by Louise Erdrich, Wheat Ridge,CO: Science Editor,34(4), p e15, Oct-Dec 2011.Knatterud ME, Book Review, The A-Z of MedicalWriting by Tim Albert, Wheat Ridge, CO:Science Editor 34(4), pp e21-e22, Oct-Dec 2011.Knatterud ME, Book Review, Stylized: A SlightlyObsessive History of Strunk & White’s The Elementsof Style by Mark Garvey, Wheat Ridge,CO: Science Editor 34(4), p e22, Oct-Dec 2011.Hornbrook MC, Wendel CS, Coons SJ, Grant M,Herrinton LJ, Mohler MJ, Baldwin CM, McMullenCK, Green SB, Altschuler A, Rawl SM,Krouse RS, “Complications among ColorectalCancer Survivors: SF-6D Preference-WeightedQuality of Life Scores,” Med Care 49(3):321-326, Mar 2011.Glazer ES, Bartels PH, Prasad AR, Yozwiak ML,Bartels HG, Einspahr JG, Alberts DS, KrouseRS, “Nuclear Morphometry Identifies a DistinctAggressive Cellular Phenotype in CutaneousSquamous Cell Carcinoma,” Ca Prev Res4(11):1770-1777, Nov 2011.Badgwell BD, Contreras C, Askew RL, KrouseR, Feig B, Cormier JN, “Radiographic and ClinicalFactors Associated with Improved Outcomesin Advanced Cancer Patients with Bowel Obstruction,”J Palliat Med 14(9):990-996, Sep2011.Grant M, McMullen CK, Altschuler A, MohlerMJ, Hornbrook MC, Herrinton LJ, Wendel CS,Baldwin CM, Krouse RS, “Gender Differencesin Quality of Life among Long-term ColorectalCancer Survivors with Ostomies,” Onc Nurs Forum38(5):587-596, Sep 2011.McMullen CK, Wasserman J, Altschuler A,Grant M, Hornbrook MC, Liljestrand P, BriggsC, Krouse RS, “Untreated Peristomal Skin Disordersamong Colorectal Cancer Survivors withOstomies: Lessons from a Study of Family Caregiving,”Clin J Oncol Nurs 1;15(6):644-650,Dec 2011.Kulvatunyou N, Carter SN, Roberts PM, LeesJS, Bender JS, Albrecht RM, “Contrast-inducedNephropathy among Trauma Patients: Incidence,Risk Factors, and Clinical Outcome,”American Surgeon 78: 686-689, 2011.Kulvatunyou N, Albrecht RM, Bender JS, FrieseRS, Joseph B, Latifi R, O’Keeffe T, WynneJL, Rhee P, “Seatbelt Triad: Severe AbdominalWall Disruption, Hollow Viscus Injury, andMajor Vascular Injury,” American Surgeon 77; 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Muizelaar JP, Nanda A, Shaffrey M, Shah MV,Tew JM Jr, van Loveren HR, Weinand ME,White JA, Wilberger JE, “A Multicenter, Single-Blind, Prospective Randomized Trial to Evaluatethe Safety of a Polyethylene Glycol Hydrogel(Duraseal Dural Sealant System) as a DuralSealant in Cranial Surgery,” World Neurosurg,Dec 2011 epub ahead of print.Kanady JD, Dellinger MT, Munger SJ, WitteMH, Simon AM, “Connexin37 and Connexin43Deficiencies in Mice Disrupt LymphaticValve Development and Result in LymphaticDisorders Including Lymphedema and Chylothorax,”Developmental Biology 354: 253-266,2011.Witte M, Dellinger M, McDonald D, NathansonD, Boccardo F, Campisi C, Sleeman J, GershenwaldJ, “Lymphangiogenesis/Hemangiogenesis:Potential Targets for Therapy,” specialissue on Seminars in Surgical Oncology: The PivotalRole of the Lymphovascular System in CancerMetastasis, Leong S, guest ed, J Surg Oncol 103:489-500, 2011.Witte M, “Translational/Personalized Medicine,Pharmaco/Surgico/Radiogenomics, LymphaticSpread of Cancer, and Medical Ignoromes,”J Surg Oncol 103: 501-507, 2011.Leong SPL, Witte M, “Future Perspectives,Unanswered Questions and Research Agenda,”J Surg Oncol 103: 639-641, 2011.Shimoda H, Bernas MJ, Witte MH, “Dysmorphogenesisof Lymph Nodes in Foxc2 HaploinsufficientMice,” Histochem Cell Biol 135:603-613, 2011.Campisi C, Witte MH, Fulcheri E, Campisi C,Bellini C, Villa G, Campisi C, Santi PL, ParodiA, Murdaca G, Puppo F, Boccardo F, “GeneralSurgery, Translational Lymphology and LymphaticSurgery,” Int Angiol 30:504-521, 2011.Dellinger M, Bernas M, Witte M, “LymphaticBiology and Pathobiology,” in Venous and LymphaticDiseases, Chapter 3, New York: McGrawHill, pp 17-35, 2011.Campisi C, Boccardo F, Witte M, Bernas M,“Lymphatic Surgery and Surgery of LymphaticDisorders, ” in Venous and Lymphatic Diseases,Chapter 42, New York: McGraw Hill, pp 607-629, 2011.Jones KA, Witte MH, “Hereditary and FamilialLymphedema Syndromes,” in LYMPHEDEMA:A Concise Compendium of Theory and Practice,Chapter 3, London: Springer, pp 29-39, 2011.Williams W, O’Chart M, Bernas M, Witte CL,Witte MH, “Radionuclide Lymphoscintigraphy,”in LYMPHEDEMA: A Concise Compendiumof Theory and Practice, Chapter 19, London:Springer, pp 145-154, 2011.Douglas MJK, Flake N, Witte M, “ImprovedMethod for Chronic Cannulation of the RatThoracic Duct for Multiple Pool Kinetic Studies,”Western Student Medical Research Forum(WSMRF), Carmel, CA, Jan 27-29, 2011, J InvestMed 59:177-178, 2011.Witte MH, Crown P, Bernas M, Hall J, Daley S,Garcia F, “Balancing Medical Informatics andMedical ‘Ignoramics’,” Curriculum, Assessment,and the Virtual Clinical Research Center/Questionnarium, J Invest Med 59(4): 728, 2011.Chen L, Yuen D, Bernas M, Witte M, GrimaldoS, “Specific Role of Angiopoietin-2 in CornealLymphangiogenesis,” Association for Researchin Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) annualmeeting, Ft. Lauderdale, FL, May 1-5, 2011,Invest Ophthalmol Vis. Sci. 2011; 52:6385.Witte MH, “Overview of Biomarkers, Pathways,and Pathology in Lymphatic and CancerDevelopment,” 4th Annual International Symposiumon Cancer Metastasis and the LymphovascularSystem: Basis for Rational Therapy;Chair: SPL Leong; New York, May 12-14,2011. Abstract Booklet, p 55.PresentationsArmstrong D, “The Diabetic Foot,” SouthernArizona Musculoskeletal Radiology Society,Tucson, Dec 2011.Armstrong D, “Negative Pressure WoundTherapy: What’s New? What’s True?,” InternationalLimb Salvage Symposium / Stop theEruption of Amputations, Castellamare di Stabila,Naples, Italy, Dec 2011.Armstrong D, “On Entropy, Energy and Results:Making a Difference for the Native AmericanNations,” Indian Health Services NationalWound Advisory Meeting, Phoenix, Nov 2011.Armstrong D, “How to Live Forever” (expertpanelist), Pima County on Aging, University ofArizona College of Science, Loft Cinema Series,Tucson, Oct 2011.Armstrong D, Keynote Address (via video),“The Diabetic Foot: Demography and Destiny,”Belgian Society of Podiatrists, Brussels, Belgium,Oct 2011.Armstrong D, “Missionary vs. Mercenary: Innovation,Teamwork (and Industry?),” “BioengineeredTissue: Evidence for Regeneration?,”“The Neuroischemic Foot: Our Population HasChanged, But Our Options Haven’t,” GeorgetownUniversity Hospital Diabetic Limb SalvageSymposium, Washington, DC, Sep 2011.Armstrong D, “The Diabetic Foot in the Ageof Decay,” 10th Anniversary Orange CountyPodiatric Medical Society Surgical Symposium,Huntington Beach, CA, Sep 2011.Witte MH, “Ignorance University: A ParallelUniversity for a Parallel Universe,” 15th InternationalThinking Conference, Belfast, Ireland,Jun 20-24, 2011, Abstract Booklet, p 90.Witte MH, “Lymphology and the ISL in theReal, Virtual, and Imagined World of theFuture,”23rd International Congress on Lymphology,Malmö, Sweden, Sep 19-23, 2011,Abstract Booklet, KN-01, p 22.Daley SK, Bastidas E, Washington J, Bernas MJ,Witte MH, “Foxc2 Deficiency and MelanomaSpread in a Mouse Model,” 23rd InternationalCongress on Lymphology, Malmö, Sweden, Sep19-23, 2011, Abstract Booklet, P14.14, p 184.Cullinane DC, Schiller HJ, Zielinski MD, BilaniukJW, Collier BR, Como J, Holevar M, SabaterEA, Sems SA, Vassy WM, Wynne JL,“Eastern Association for the Surgery of TraumaPractice Management Guidelines for Hemorrhagein Pelvic Fracture—Update and SystematicReview,” Journal of Trauma 71(6):1850-68,Dec 2011.Armstrong D, “Diabetic Foot: A World View,”“Negative Pressure Wound Therapy: Predictionsand A Philosophy,” “The Toe and FlowModel of Amputation Prevention,” 8th AsiaPacific Burn and 3rd Asia Wound Healing AssociationConferences, Bangkok, Thailand,Sep 2011.Armstrong D, Visiting Professor, “The DiabeticFoot: Techniques and Teamwork,” Asan MedicalCenter, Department of Plastic and ReconstructiveSurgery, Seoul, Republic of Korea,Sep 2011.Armstrong D, “The Diabetic Foot,” Universityof Cardiff Visiting Professor Lecture Series,Masters of Science in Tissue Repair and WoundHealing, Cardiff, Wales (via video) Sep 2011.Armstrong D, Keynote Address, “DiabeticFoot, 2011: The Global State of Play,” 5th JapaneseNational Diabetic Foot Conference, Saga,Japan, Aug 2011.Armstrong D, “Offloading,” “Wound Classification,”“SALSA Team Approach,” Saga DiabeticFoot Symposium, Saga, Japan, Aug 2011.Armstrong D, “Diabetic Foot: The Global Stateof Play,” American Podiatric Medical AssociationScientific Symposium, Boston, Jul 2011.Armstrong D, “Wound Healing: What’s Next,”KCI/Lifecell Meet the Professor / Wound HealingLecture Series, Santa Barbara, CA, Jul 2011.33

34Armstrong D, Chair, Pecoraro Award Lectureand Oral Abstracts Session: Foot Care InterestGroup, 71st American Diabetes AssociationScientific Sessions, San Diego, Jun 2011.Armstrong D, “The Diabetic Foot: The GlobalState of Play in 2011,” “Diabetic Foot Surgery:Toward a Common Language,” Tornier Footand Ankle Surgery Course, Washington, DC,Jun 2011.Armstrong D, Keynote Lecture, “The Team:Who is On It and How to Make a Difference,”“Offloading and Debriding the Diabetic Foot:New Tools for New Times,” Mexican NationalDiabetic Foot Congress, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico,Jun 2011.Armstrong D, “Diabetic Foot and NPWT: TheState of Play in 2011,” Expert Committee onNegative Pressure Wound Therapy (WorldUnion of Wound Healing Societies), LomaLinda/Riverside, CA, May 2011.Armstrong D, “Diabetic Foot: Update, 2011,”Ontario Society of Chiropodists and Podiatrists(via video from Holland), Toronto, May 2011.Armstrong D, “Coming Events Cast TheirShadows Before: Quantifying Inflammation(Externally),” Co-Chair, “Surgical Reconstruction”Plenary, USA Delegate, Consensus DevelopmentConference, Noordwijkerhout, Netherlands,May 2011.Armstrong D, Royal Australian College of SurgeonsMasterclass, “Pathophysiology of DiabeticFoot Complications (and what to doabout it),” 6th International Working Groupon the Diabetic Foot, Adelaide, Australia (viavideo), May 2011.Armstrong D, Commencement Speaker, BarryUniversity School of Podiatric Medicine, MiamiShores, FL, Apr 2011.Armstrong D, “Making Prevention Pay,” Universityof Arizona Department of Surgery Innovation/ Intellectual Property Retreat, Tucson,Apr 2011.Armstrong D, Keynote Address, “The DiabeticFoot: Rise of the Toe and Flow,” Coney IslandHospital (via video), Brooklyn, Apr 2011.Armstrong D, Kinetic Concepts VisitingProfessor Series, “Bioengineered Tissues andRegeneration,” Boston, Apr 2011.Armstrong D, Kinetic Concepts VisitingProfessor Series, “Bioengineered Tissues andRegeneration,” Dallas, Apr 2011.Armstrong D, “Global Perspectives, LocalTreatment (Chair),” “Dancing the SALSA: KeepingRhythm with Outcomes, Teamwork, andHope in the U.S. Southwest,” “Breaking theNews without Breaking the Bank (Chair),”“Toepocalypse Now: Avoiding Toetastrophywith Technical and Timely Tips (Chair),”“Achilles Heel of the Diabetic Foot (Chair),”“I SPY Healing: Theragnostic Imaging for theOR?,” International Diabetic Foot Conference,2011 (DFCon11), Los Angeles, Mar 2011.Armstrong D, “Coordinated Use of AdvancedModalities in Healing Diabetic Foot Wounds,”Midwest Podiatry Symposium, Chicago,Mar 2011.Armstrong D, Healalliance Research Symposium:Toward a Cure (Chair), Los Angeles,Mar 2011.Armstrong D, Chair/Moderator, “DiabeticFoot: Scope of the Problem,” Macrocure MD-102 Protocol Investigator Meeting,Ft. Lauderdale, FL, Feb 2011.Armstrong D, “Charcot Neuroarthropathy Is aSyndrome: Neuropathic Inflammatory CharcotSyndrome (NICS),” Joint ADA/APMA TaskForce on Charcot Arthropathy, SalpetriereHospital, Paris, Jan 2011.Armstrong D, Keynote Speaker, “The Team:How to Heal Patients and Build Programs,”Connecticut Podiatric Medical AssociationAnnual Symposium, Hartford (via video),Jan 2011.Armstrong D, “The Diabetic Foot,” “DiabeticFoot Surgery,” Montana Podiatric Medical AssociationAnnual Symposium, Bozeman, MT,Jan 2011.Armstrong D, “Building a Team to PreventAmputations—Hows and Whys,” Meet theProfessor, Seattle, Jan 2011.Breidenbach W, Video Teleconference Presentationon Hand Transplantation, InternationalHand and Composite Tissue AllotransplantationSociety, Apr 2011.Breidenbach W, Presentation on Facial Transplantation,Association in Osteosynthesis NorthAmerica Symposium: Challenges and Advancesin the Management of Craniomaxillofacial Surgery(Focus: Microsurgery), Baltimore,May 2011.Breidenbach W, Presentation and Training onHand Transplantation Protocols, United Networkfor Organ Sharing (UNOS), Phoenix,Sep 2011.Breidenbach W, Presentation on CompositeTissue Allotransplantation, Reaching Consensusin Reconstructive Transplantation Symposium,American Society for ReconstructiveTransplantation, Baltimore, Nov 2011.Breidenbach W, Presentation on CompositeTissue Allotransplantation, Arizona Chapter,American College of Surgeons, Phoenix,Nov 2011.Chiu AG, Visiting Professor, Mexican ENTSociety 2011 Endoscopic Sinus and Skull BaseSurgery Course, Mexico City, Feb 2011.Chiu AG, Invited Faculty, “Management ofFESS Failures,” California Sinus CenterAdvanced Endoscopic Sinus Surgery Course,Scottsdale, Feb 2011.Chiu AG, “Nasal Polyposis,” North AmericanRhinology and Allergy Conference, San Juan,Puerto Rico, Feb 2011.Chiu AG, Invited Faculty, “Skull Base Reconstruction,Sinonasal Tumors,” Annual Meetingof the North American Skull Base Society,Scottsdale, Mar 2011.Chiu AG, Invited Guest Faculty, “FESS,” “TopicalMedications for CRS,” Penn InternationalRhinology and Skull Base Course, Philadelphia,Mar 2011.Chiu AG, Invited Guest Faculty, “Frontal SinusSurgery,” “Management of Recalcitrant ChronicRhinosinusitis,” Medical University of SouthCarolina FESS Course, Charleston, Mar 2011.Chiu AG, Invited Faculty, “Sinonasal Tumors,”University of Calgary Endoscopic SinusSurgery Course, Calgary, Jul 2011.Chiu AG, “Endoscopic Management of SinonasalMalignancies,” “Tips for FESS Failures,”Annual Meeting of the American Academy ofOtolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery, InstructionalCourse, San Francisco, Sep 2011.Chiu AG, Miniseminar Panelist, “Topical Therapiesfor CRS,” Annual Meeting of the AmericanAcademy of Otolaryngology – Head andNeck Surgery, San Francisco, Sep 2011.Chiu AG, Keynote Lecturer, “Endoscopic Managementof Benign and Malignant SinonasalLesions, FESS Failures, Tips to MaximizeFESS,” Fall Meeting of the Arizona OtolaryngologySociety, Scottsdale, Oct 2011.Chiu AG, Invited Faculty, “Sinonasal Tumors,”“Complications of FESS,” Western States ResidentSinus Course, Loma Linda University,Riverside, CA, Nov 2011.Chiu AG, Invited Speaker, “Chronic Rhinosinusitis,”Division of Pulmonary MedicineTeaching Conference, Tucson, Nov 2011.Desai CS, Gruessner AC, Gruessner RW,Khan K, “Effect of HLA Mismatch on Long-Term Outcome of Intestinal Transplantation,”“Outcomes of Intestinal Transplants for InflammatoryBowel Diseases,” XII InternationalSmall Bowel Transplant Symposium, Washington,DC, Sep 2011.Desai CS, Gruessner AC, Khan KM, Jie T,Carton M, Gruessner RW, “Isolated IntestinalTransplants vs. Multivisceral Transplantsamong Pediatric Patients in United States,”

6th Congress of the International PediatricTransplant Association, Montreal, Jun 2011.Desai CS, Gruessner AC, Gruessner RW, JieT, Rilo H, Khan KM, “Liver Transplants forChildren with Cystic Fibrosis,” 6th Congress ofthe International Pediatric Transplant Association,Montreal, Jun 2011.Desai CS, Khan KM, Gruessner AC, Jie T,Rilo H, Carton MM, Gruessner R, “IntestinalRetransplantation in Adults: Analysis of 22Years of the UNOS Database,” American TransplantCongress, Philadelphia, May 2011.Cummings LS, Graham JA, Guerra J, HawksworthJS, Rosen-Bronson S, Girlanda R, DesaiCS, Johnson LB, Melancon JK, “Utilizing PairedKidney Exchange and Desensitization Programto Increase Living Donor Kidney Transplantationin African Americans,” American TransplantCongress, Philadelphia, May 2011.Desai CS, Gruessner R, Gruessner A, Jie T,Rilo HL, Carton MM, Khan KM, “Liver Transplantsfor Cystic Fibrosis-Related Cirrhosis:Analysis of 22 Years of the UNOS Database,”American Transplant Congress, Philadelphia,May 2011.Desai CS, Gruessner AC, Khan KM, Jie T,Gruessner RWG, Poster Presentation, “Comparisonof Intestinal Transplant (Tx) Alone(ITA) vs. Liver-Intestinal and Multiorgan Transplant(MVTx) Outcomes: An OPTN/SRTR DatabaseAnalysis,” American Society of TransplantSurgeons 11th Annual State of the ArtWinter Symposium, Hollywood, FL, Jan 2011.Desai CS, Khan KM, Gruessner AC, Jie T,Rilo H, Carton MM, Gruessner RW, “IntestinalRetransplantation in Adults: Analysis of 22Years of the UNOS Database,” American TransplantCongress, Philadelphia, May 2011.Friese R, Bender J, O’Keeffe TA, Joseph BA,Wynne JL, Kulvatunyou N, Tang A, LatifiR, Rhee P, “Sleep Deprivation after Septic InsultTruncates Pro-Inflammatory Cytokine Releasein a Murine Model,” 41st Annual Meetingof the Western Trauma Association, Big Sky,MT, Mar 2011.Galvani C, “Advances in MIS: Single-IncisionGeneral and Bariatric Surgery,” Invited GrandRounds Speaker, UMDNJ-SOM, Department ofSurgery, Stratford, NJ,Mar 2011.Galvani C, “Medical Advancesin Weight Loss Surgery,”Invited Speaker,Sierra Vista Health Center,Sierra Vista, AZ, Mar 2011.Galvani C, “Single-IncisionLaparoscopic Cholecystectomy(SIL-C) Usinga Novel Technique for Retractionof the Gallbladder: Evaluation of theInitial Experience,” Poster Session, SAGES2011, San Antonio, Mar 2011.Galvani C, “Single-Incision Donor Nephrectomy,”2011 World Robotic General SurgerySymposium, Miami, Jun 2011.Galvani C, “Multipurpose Internal Retractorfor Single-Incision Surgery (SIS),” 20th SLSMeeting & Endo Expo, Los Angeles, Sep 2011.Galvani C, “Single-Incision Laparoscopic HiatalHernia Repair with Nissen Fundoplication,”American College of Surgeons 97th AnnualClinical Congress, San Francisco, Oct 2011.Galvani C, Invited Speaker, “Update of theIntracorporal Retraction Device—Experiencesin SPA,” 3rd International Round Table MeetingLaparoscopy, Freiburg-Lehen, Germany, Nov 2011.Green DJ, “Thoracic Trauma,” Guardian MedicalTransport; “Emergency Department Thoracotomy,”Trauma Grand Rounds; Flagstaff MedicalCenter, Flagstaff, AZ, Jul 2011.Green DJ, “Thoracic Trauma,” Pre-HospitalTrauma Update, Northwest Medical Center,Tucson, Aug 2011.Green DJ, “Thoracic Trauma,” Pre-HospitalTrauma Update, Tucson Fire Department, Tucson,Sep 2011.Green DJ “Trauma Update,” Rincon Valley FireDepartment, Vail, AZ, Sep 2011.Green DJ, “Pre-Hospital Trauma Day,” Director,Southwest Ambulance Service, Tucson, Oct2011.Green DJ, “Thoracic Trauma,” Pima CommunityCollege EMT Class, Tucson, Oct 2011.Green DJ, “Tension Pneumothorax—Treatmentin the Field, the ICU, and on the BigScreen,” Special Operations Medical OperationsSymposium, Tampa, Dec 2011.Green DJ, “Base Hospital EMS Trauma Update,”Davis-Monthan AFB, Tucson, Dec 2011.Gruessner RWG, “Current State of AbdominalTransplantation,” Texas Tech UniversityHealth Sciences Center Grand Rounds, El Paso,Feb 2011.Gruessner RWG, “Transplant Options for theTreatment or Prevention of Insulin-DependentDiabetes Mellitus,” 6th Scientific Session,Halsted Society Meeting, Baltimore, Sep 2011.Gruessner RWG, “Transplant CoverageCuts—How Arizona Provides an Example,”“Emerging Issues in Organ Transplantation:A Colloquium,” Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland,Oct 2011.Vijayasekaran A, Maegawa F, Gruessner A,Guerrero MA, “Parathyroid Gland Size Limitsthe Accuracy of Bilateral Internal Jugular VeinSampling of Parathyroid Hormone in the Localizationof Parathyroid Adenoma,” 63rd AnnualMeeting, Southwestern Surgical Congress, Honolulu,Apr 2011.Maegawa F, Vijayasekaran A, Guerrero MA,Poster Presentation, “A Rare Finding of an EctopicParathyroid Gland Within a Cervical ThymicCyst Presenting as a Lateral Neck Mass,”63rd Annual Meeting, Southwestern SurgicalCongress, Honolulu, Apr 2011.Hamilton A, Invited Speaker, “Lessons fromMedicine—Learned the Hard Way,” Chief ExecutivesRetreat, Canyon Ranch Resort, Tucson,Jan 2011.Hamilton A, Invited Speaker, “Neurochemistryand the Art of the Deal,” National Women’sBusiness Association, Tucson, Feb 2011.Hamilton A, Invited Speaker, “Code Blue: CanTechnology Save Us from a Tidal Wave of MedicalErrors?,” Healthcare Information and ManagementSystems Society, Elsevier Healthcare,Orlando, Feb 2011.Hamilton A, Keynote Speaker, “From HospitalBedside to Hollywood Set: The Importance ofthe Medical Narrative,” Elsevier Healthcare,Healthcare Information and Management SystemsSociety, Orlando, Feb 2011.Hamilton A, Keynote Address, “Ten SpiritualGuidelines That Can Make You a Better Neurosurgeon,”Mayfield Clinic-Cleveland ClinicWinter Clinics for Cranial & Spinal Surgery,Aspen, Mar 2011.Hamilton A, Invited Speaker, “Building a SimulationThink Tank to Improve RegionalHealthcare,” Mayfield Clinic-Cleveland ClinicWinter Clinics for Cranial & Spinal Surgery,Aspen, Mar 2011.Hamilton A, Invited Speaker, “How Am I EverGoing to Lose Weight If My Brain Makes MeEat?,” Canyon Ranch Resort, Tucson,Mar 2011.Hamilton A, Invited Speaker, “The Neurobiologyof Empathy, Compassion, and Love,” CanyonRanch Resort, Tucson, Mar 2011.35

Hamilton A, Invited Guest Speaker, “The DoctorSpeaks Out: A Primer for Where Medicine’sGoing Astray,” Saddlebrooke, AZ, Mar 2011.Hamilton A, Invited Speaker, “Lessons fromthe Edge: the Spiritual Side of Medicine andthe Medical Side of Spirituality,” Canyon RanchResort, Tucson, Apr 2011.Hamilton A, Keynote Speaker, “Innovation:the Biologic Efficacy of Magic,” 2nd AnnualConference on Medical Innovation, Washington,DC, Oct 2011.tion after Cardiac Death (DCD) Pancreas Transplant,”13th World Congress of InternationalPancreas & Islet Transplant Association,Prague, Czech Republic, Jun 2011.Mbaeyi C, Rance N, Manch R, Kaplan B, BamfordC, Echevarria L, Trivedi V, Brink J, Jie T,Viscusi C, Weiss J, Farnon E, Paddock C, daSilvaA, Roy S, Zaki S, Visvesvara G, Kuehnert M,“Balamuthia mandrillaris—An Emerging PathogenTransmissible in Organ Transplantation,”American Transplant Congress, Philadelphia,May 2011.Joseph B, Hadeed GJ, “Smart Technology forthe Management of Trauma and Critically IllPatients,” American Telemedicine AssociationFall Forum, Anchorage, Sep 2011.Joseph B, “Smart Phone and Handheld DeviceUse in Trauma Telemedicine: Applications andHIPAA Considerations,” Indian Health ServiceChief Medical Officer’s Rounds, WebEx Seminar,Sep 2011.Joseph B, “MusliArabAmer-I-Can,” Annual Reunionof Convention, Perrysberg, OH, Jul 2011.Hamilton A, Invited Speaker, “The Neuroscienceof Transcendence, ” 9th Annual AppliedBrilliance Conference, Four Seasons Hotel,Jackson Hole, WY, Oct 2011.Hamilton A, Invited Speaker, “The HumanMirror Neuron System,” Spirituality in Pediatrics2011, Texas Children’s Hospital, Houston,Oct 2011.Hamilton A, Keynote Speaker, “Simulation:Training for Moments When Humans BreakDown,” IIIrd Annual Conference CollaborationAcross Borders, Tucson, Nov 2011.Jacob A, “Conductive Hearing Loss,” MedCentralHealth System Hospital Grand Rounds,MedCentral Health System, Mansfield, OH, Jan2011.Burns SS, Akhmametyeva EM, Oblinger JL,Bush ML, Huang J, Senner V, Giovannini M,Chen C-S, Jacob A, “AR-42 and AR-12Potently Inhibit the Growth of NF2-DeficientHuman Meningiomas,” 2011 Children’s TumorFoundation/NF Conference, Jackson Hole, WY,Jun 2011.Jacob A, “AR42: A Novel Histone DeacetylaseInhibitor with High C Clinical-TranslationalPotential as Treatment for NF2-Associated Tumors,”28th Politzer Society Meeting, Athens,Greece, Sep 2011.Diven C, Lee E, Mahadevan D, Tsikitis V, Jie T,Ong E, Oral Presentation, “Laparoscopic HyperthermicIntraperitoneal Chemotherapy(HIPEC) for Malignant Ascites from GastrointestinalStromal Cell Tumor (GIST),” 6th InternationalSymposium on Regional Cancer Therapies,Incline Village, NV, Feb 2011.Rose J, Jie T, Ong E, Poster Presentation, “Pancreaticoduodenectomyfor Primary PancreaticLymphoma,” 63rd Annual Meeting, SouthwesternSurgical Congress, Honolulu, Apr 2011.Con J, Joseph B, “Can Trauma Patient AdmissionCharacteristics Predict Rehab Outcomes?,”MacDonald Wood Arizona ACS Competition,Southwest Trauma & Acute Care Symposium,Scottsdale, Nov 2011.Joseph BA, Friese RS, Kulvatunyou N,O’Keeffe T, Tang A, Wynne J, Latifi R, RheeP, Oral Presentation, “Continuous NoninvasiveHemoglobin Monitor from Pulse OX in CriticallyIll Trauma Patients,” International SurgicalWeek, International Society of Surgery, PacificoYokohama, Japan, Sep 2011.Raoof M, Joseph B, Friese R, Wynne J,O’Keeffe T, Kulvatanyou N, Tang A, RheeP, “Don’t Give Up: Predictors and Prevalence ofOrgan Donation After Traumatic CardiopulmonaryArrest,” 63rd Annual Meeting, SouthwesternSurgical Congress, Honolulu, Apr 2011.Joseph B, “Trauma and Domestic Abuse,” 10thAnnual Mother’s Day Luncheon, Emerge! CenterAgainst Domestic Abuse, Westin La Paloma,Tucson, May 2011.Joseph B, “Hemostasis and Resuscitation,”SWAT Medics Training, Tucson, Apr 2011.Joseph B, “U of A Trauma: Past, Present, & Future,”Green Valley 260 Club, Green Valley RecreationCenter, Green Valley, AZ, Jan 2011.Krouse RS, Invited Speaker, “Malignant BowelObstruction: A Clinical Conundrum”; Discussant,“Cancers of the Pancreas, Small Bowel, andHepatobiliary Tract Session,” 2011 GastrointestinalCancers Symposium, San Francisco,Jan 2011.Campesino M, Ruiz E, Uriri Glover J, Koithan M,Saenz D, Krouse R, Larkey L, Juarez G, PosterPresentation, “Communication Challenges inCancer Care Delivery: Perspectives from Latinaand African American Breast Cancer Survivors,”Oncology Nursing Society, Los Angeles,Feb 2011.McMullen CK, Grant M, Hornbrook MC,Krouse RS, Poster Presentation, “The SocialEcology of Cancer-Related Disability: Case Studiesof Caregiving for Rectal Cancer Survivors,”8th Annual Conference, American PsychosocialOncology Society, Anaheim, Feb 2011.36Jie T, Gruessner AC, Desai CS, Khan KM,Rilo H, Kaplan B, Gruessner RW, “Organsfrom Donation after Cardiac Death (DCD)—ASource of Potential Growth in Pancreas Transplant,”American Transplant Congress, Philadelphia,May 2011.Jie T, Gruessner AC, Khan KM, Desai CS,Kaplan B, Rilo H, Gruessner R, “PancreasGraft Should Be Utilized for TransplantationWhen Liver/Intestine Are Procured from theSame Donor,” American Transplant Congress,Philadelphia, May 2011.Jie T, Gruessner AC, Desai CS, Khan KM,Rilo H, Gruessner RW, “Simultaneous Procurementof Liver and Intestinal Grafts forTransplantation in the Same Donor Did NotNegatively Impact the Pancreas Graft Outcome,”“Equivalent Graft Outcomes BetweenDonation after Brain Death (DBD) and Dona-Raoof M, Joseph B, Friese RS, KulvatunyouN, O’Keeffe T, Tang A, Wynne JL, Latifi R,Rhee P, “Organ Donation Failure after TraumaticCardiopulmonary Arrest,” Poster Presentation,97th Annual Clinical Congress, AmericanCollege of Surgeons, San Francisco, Oct2011.Joseph B, Hadjizacharia P, Friese RS, KulvatunyouN, O’Keeffe T, Tang A, Wynne JL,Latifi R, Rhee P, “Prothrombin Complex Concentrate:An Effective Therapy in Reversing theCoagulopathy of Traumatic Brain Injury,” PosterPresentation, 70th Annual Meeting of theAmerican Association for the Surgery of Traumaand Clinical Congress of Acute Care Surgery,Chicago, Sep 2011.Joseph B, Rhee P, “Media Involvement AfterHigh Profile Injuries: Are Trauma Centers Prepared?,”Western Surgical Association, Tucson,Nov 2011.Krouse RS, Invited Speaker, Survivorship Research,CC&P Outreach Harry Hynes Symposium,Southwest Oncology Group (SWOG)Semiannual Group Meeting, San Francisco,Apr 2011.

Krouse RS, Invited Speaker, “SWOG S0820 ADouble-Blind Placebo-Controlled Trial of Eflornithineand Sulindac to Prevent Recurrence ofHigh-Risk Adenomas and Second PrimaryColorectal Cancers in Patients with Stage 0-IIIColon Cancer, Phase III,” American Society ofColon and Rectal Surgeons Research Foundation2011 Research Fair, ASCRS Annual Meeting,Vancouver, May 2011.Krouse RS, Invited Speaker, “Quality of Lifeamong Long-Term Cancer Survivors with anOstomy”’ Norma Gill Lecturer, “Wound, Ostomy,and Continence,” 43rd Annual Conference,Nurses Society, New Orleans, Jun 4-8,2011.Kulvatunyou N, Joseph B, Friese RS,O’Keeffe T, Wynne JL, Tang AL, Rhee P,Poster Presentation, “Pattern of Cervical SpineInjury in Blunt Assault: It’s Not How They’reHit, It’s How They Fall,” SCCM, San Diego,2011.Kulvatunyou N, Vijayasekaran V, Joseph B,Friese RS, O’Keeffe T, Wynne JL, Tang AL,Rhee P, Oral Presentation, “2-Year Experienceof Pigtail Catheter in the Management of TraumaticPneumothorax: A Changing Trend,”Western Trauma Association, Big Sky, MT, Feb-Mar 2011.Kulvatunyou N, “Tucson Shootings,” 11thAnnual Arizona EMS Odyssey Conference,Desert Will Conference, Phoenix, Jun 2011.Latifi R, Oral Presentation, “Global HealthInitiative to Strengthen Medical Systems inDeveloping Countries Using Telemedicine andAdvanced Technologies: A Sustainable Modelof Surgical Volunteerism,” “Telemedicine andTelepresence in Trauma and Surgery: The NewParadigm,” “Organ Donation Failure after TraumaticCardiopulmonary Arrest,” 97th AnnualClinical Congress, American College of Surgeons,San Francisco, Oct 2011.Latifi K, Lecaj I, Bekteshi F, Doarn CR, MerrellRC, Latifi R, Oral Presentation, “Cost-BenefitAnalysis of the Telemedicine Program of Kosova—ASustainable and Efficient Model to RebuildMedical Systems in Developing Countries,”American Telemedicine Association AnnualMeeting, May 2011.Latifi R, Invited Speaker (via video-telepresence),“Telemedicine Program for the BalkanArea,” 1st International Conference on E-Health and Telemedicine, Nicosia, North Cyprus,Oct 2011.Latifi R, Invited Speaker, “Initiate-Build-Operate-Transfer:A Strategy for Establishing SustainableTelemedicine Programs Not Only inthe Developing Countries,” ASEAN Rural ConnectivityConference for Education and Development,Hanoi, Vietnam, Sep 2011.Latifi R, Invited Speaker, “Telemedicine Programof Kosova and Albania: Live InteractivePresentation of 13 Telemedicine Sites,” “Teletraumaand Telepresence for Emergency Management,”ASEAN Rural Connectivity Conferencefor Education and Development, Hanoi,Vietnam, Sep 2011.Latifi R, Invited Speaker (via video-telepresence),“Initiate-Build-Operate-Transfer: A Strategyfor Establishing Sustainable TelemedicinePrograms Not Only in the Developing Countries,”Iraqi Medical Association: The 40th ScientificConference, Sulaimanya, Iraq, Sep 2011.Stidd D, Dunn JH, Lemole GM Jr, Anton R,“Traumatic Thoracolumbar Fractures Treatedwith Short-Segment Pedicle Instrumentation,”AANS/CNS Section on Disorders of the Spineand Peripheral Nerves, Annual Meeting,Phoenix, Mar 2011.Yudkowsky R, Luciano C, Banerjee P, Alaraj A,Lemole M, Schwartz A, Charbel F, MlinarevichN, Smith K, Gandhi S, Rizzi S, “A Library ofVirtual Brains for Ventriculostomy Practice on aVR/Haptic Simulator—Initial Validity Evidence,”International Meeting for Simulation inHealthcare (IMSH), 11th Annual InternationalMeeting, New Orleans, Jan 2011.Lemole GM Jr, “Neurotrauma Care: Under theMedia Microscope,” Advocate Injury InstituteSymposium, Lisle, IL, Nov 2011.Lemole GM Jr, “Living in the Limelight: ANeurosurgeon’s Perspective of the Tucson Tragedy,”Western Neurosurgical Society, 57thAnnual Meeting, Kauai, HI, Sep 2011.Lemole GM Jr, “Making a Difference,”Chestnut Hill Academy Cum Laude Society,Philadelphia, Apr 2011.Lemole GM Jr, “Living in the Limelight,”Association of Healthcare Journalists AnnualConference, Philadelphia, Apr 2011.Mills JL, “Occam’s Razor: Sometimes a Blade IsStill the Simplest Solution;” “The 8th AnnualEdward James Olmos Award for Advocacy inAmputation Prevention,” “Eschar-go: HealingHeel Ulcers (Even at a Snail’s Pace),” DFCon(Diabetic Foot Conference), Los Angeles,Mar 2011.Mills JL, “The Toe/Flow Team at Arizona:Vascular Surgery and Podiatry,” “A SignificantNumber of True CLI Patients Will UltimatelyNeed Bypass for Limb Salvage Preservation,”UCSF Vascular Symposium 2011, San Francisco,Apr 2011.Mills JL, “Toe and Flow: Teamwork for AmputationPrevention,” University of Florida Departmentof Surgery Grand Rounds, Apr 2011.Mills JL, “Catheter-Based Intervention for InfrainguinalOcclusive Disease: Techniques andResults,” 29th Annual UCLA Symposium: AComprehensive Review and Update of What’sNew in Vascular and Endovascular Surgery,Sep 2011.Mills JL, “What Is Critical Limb Ischemia andHow Should Outcomes Be Measured?,” PacificNorthwest Vascular Society, Nov 2011.Mills JL, “Selecting Patients for Revascularization:Should We Be Lesionologists or Physiologists?,”“What Are the Most Exciting New Developmentsin the Treatment of Lower ExtremityIschemia: Will More or Fewer LE Bypassesbe Required than in the 25-30 Percent of CLIPatients Estimated Last Year?,” “When Do AngiosomesMatter in CLI and What To Do AboutIt?,” Veith Symposium 2011, New York,Nov 2011.Nguyen MM, Ahmann FR, Nagle RB, HsuChiu-Hsieh, Tangrea JA, Parnes HL, SokoloffMH, Gretzer MB, Chow HH, “Randomized,Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial of PolyphenonE in Prostate Cancer Patients BeforeRadical Prostatectomy: Evaluation of PotentialChemopreventive Activities,” Western SectionAUA meeting, Vancouver, 2011.Willard SD, Nguyen MM, “Internet SearchMetrics Can Provide Real-Time Data on KidneyStone Disease in the United States,” AmericanUrological Association Annual Meeting, Washington,DC (Best Poster Award Winner), 2011.McCauley LR, Dyer AJ, Stern K, Hicks T,Nguyen MM, “Factors Influencing Fluid IntakeBehavior in Kidney Stone Formers,” 58th AnnualKimbrough Seminar, Seattle (Best PosterAward Winner), 2011.Nfonsam VN, “Advances in the Managementof Complex Anorectal Fistula,” Surgery GrandRounds, University of South Florida, Jun 2011.Nfonsam VN, Prather A, Mateka J, Frattini JC,Marcet JE, “Outcomes of the Surgical Managementof Acquired Rectourethral Fistulas: DoesTechnique Matter?,” Academic Surgical Congress,Huntington Beach, CA, 2011.Nfonsam VN, Prather A, Mateka J, Frattini JC,Marcet J, “Outcomes of Treatment of PerirectalFistulas with the Anal Fistula Plug,” AmericanCollege of Surgeons Clinical Congress, Sep2011, San Francisco, 2011.Nfonsam VN, Prather A, Mateka J, Frattini JC,Marcet J, “Initial Failure of Rectovaginal FistulaRepair Should Not Preclude Repeat Attempts atRepair,” University of South Florida, AmericanSociety of Colon and Rectal Surgeons AnnualMeeting (ASCRS), 2011.Davis D, Horne D, Mateka J, Nfonsam V, FrattiniJ, Marcet J, “Without Warning? Characteristicsof Young Colorectal Patients,” AmericanSociety of Colon and Rectal Surgeons AnnualMeeting (ASCRS), Vancouver, 2011.37

38Nfonsam VN, Prather A, Mateka J, Frattini JC,Marcet J, “Colorectal Cancer in Patients withInflammatory Bowel Disease,” Society of SurgicalOncology, San Antonio, 2011O’Keeffe T, “Keppra Prophylaxis for PosttraumaticBrain Injury Seizures Is Ineffective: APropensity Score Analysis,” EAST 24th AnnualScientific Assembly, Naples, FL, 2011.O’Keeffe T, “Pitfalls and Limitations,” FASTUltrasound Skills Course ICU PostgraduateCourse; “How to Implement a Massive TransfusionProtocol,” Introduction to Damage ControlResuscitation Symposium; 97th Annual ClinicalCongress of the American College of Surgeons,San Francisco, Oct 2011.Ong E, “Surgical Strategies to Successful Treatmentof Hepatic Tumors,” “Cytoreductive Surgeryand Hyperthermic Intraperitoneal Chemoperfusion(HIPEC) for Peritoneal Carcinomatosis;”1st Congress UCIMED International, SanJose, Costa Rica, Aug 2011.Banerjee B, Rouse A, Tiwari P, Kuczynski J,Risi M, Gavini H, Ong ES, Jie T, Gmitro AF,“Confocal Microscopy for the Confirmation ofTumor-Free Surgical Margins in PancreaticCancer,” Digestive Disease Week 2011,Chicago, May 2011.Glazer ES, Gustafson M, Ong E, Joseph B,Poskus D, Adamas-Rappaport W, “ImprovingMedical Student Trauma-Related NBMEStandardized Exam Scores: A Hands-on Experience,”Poster Presentation, 97th Annual ClinicalCongress, American College of Surgeons,San Francisco, Oct 2011.Taylor MJ, Baicu S, Weegman B, Papas KK,“Hypothermic Perfusion of Pancreas as an AidTowards Clinical Islet Transplantation,” HiltonHead Regenerative Medicine Workshop,Mar 2011.Balamurugan AN, Loganathan G, Bellin MD,Wilhelm JJ, Yuasa T, Tiwari M, Papas KK,Vickers S, Beilman GJ, Hering BJ, SutherlandDER, “Islet Isolation Outcome from MinimalChange Chronic Pancreatitis Is Comparablewith Clinical Grade Allograft Pancreases,”American Transplant Congress, Philadelphia,Apr-May 2011.Suszynski TM, Avgoustiniatos E, Stein SA, FaldeEJ, Hammer BE, Papas KK, “Assessment ofTissue-Engineered Islet Graft Viability by FluorineMagnetic Resonance Spectroscopy”; WeegmanBP, Taylor MJ, Baicu SC, Pongratz R,Mueller K, O’Brien TD, Cline G, Wilson J, PapasKK, “Biological Characterization of IsolatedJuvenile Porcine Islets as a PotentialSource of Tissue for Xenotransplantation”;Weegman BP, Taylor MJ, Baicu SC, Scott WEIII, Mueller KR, Kitzmann JP, Rizzari MD, PapasKK, “Hypothermic Perfusion Preservationof Pancreas for Islet Grafts: Validation Using aSplit-Lobe Porcine Model”; Scott WE III, RizzariMD, Stein SA, Avgoustiniatos ES, SuszynskiTM, Weegman BP, Tempelman LA, HammerBE, Papas KK, “Oxygen Persufflation of theHuman Pancreas Increases ATP Levels and ImprovesViable Islet Yields Compared with theTwo-Layer Method”; Abouaish J, Graham M,Pakala P, Loganathan G, Tiwari M, Yuasa T,Papas KK, Sutherland DER, McCarthy RC,Hering, BJ, Balamurugan AN, “A New PurifiedEnzyme Blend for Nonhuman Primate IsletIsolation”; Soltani SM, Loganathan G, BellinMD, Papas KK, Dunn TB, Vickers SM, BeilmanGJ, Hering BJ, Sutherland DER, BalamuruganAN, “Reducing the Transplantable TissueVolume for Human Islet Autotransplantation: AHigh-Density Purification Process Differentfrom Islet Allograft Purification”; LoganathanG, Dawra RK, Pugazhenthi S, Guo Z, SoltaniSM, Wiseman A, Sanders MA, Papas KK,Saluja AK, Sutherland DER, Hering BJ, BalamuruganAN, “Acinar Cell Proteases Reduce InsulinGranules of Human Islets In Vitro andDegrade Insulin After Transplantation: PreventiveEffect of Alpha 1-Antitrypsin”; Papas KK,“Oxygen Persufflation”—all at 13th WorldCongress of the International Pancreas and IsletTransplant Association, Prague, Czech Republic,Jun 2011.Papas KK, “Beta-Cell Replacement: An Engineer’sView Through the Lens of an Isletologist,”Brussels Free University, Brussels,Jun 2011.Balamurugan AN, Loganathan G, Bellin MD,Papas KK, Dunn T, Vickers SM, Beilman GJ,Hering BJ, Sutherland DER, “High Islet Yieldfrom Pre-Teenage Pediatric Patients UndergoingTotal Pancreatectomy and Islet Autotransplantationfor Chronic Pancreatitis Compared toTeenage and Adult Patients,” 71st ADA ScientificSessions, San Diego, Jun 2011.Rizzari M, Suszynski TM, Scott WE, WeegmanBP, Finger EB, O’Brien TD, Kidder LS, KandaswamyR, Sutherland DE, Avgoustiniatos ES,Papas KK, “Preservation via Anterograde PersufflationMay Decrease Renal Arterial Damagein a Porcine Kidney Transplant Model,” XII TTSBasic Science Symposium, Boston, Jun 2011.Weegman BP, Rizzari MD, Scott III WE, TaylorMJ, Baicu SC, Suszynski TM, AvgoustiniatosES, Loughnane MH, Papas KK, “Whole-OrganOxygen Consumption Rate (WOOCR):A Novel Tool for Organ Assessment Prior toTransplant,” XII TTS Basic Science Symposium,Boston, Jun 2011.Papas KK, Co-Organizer, International Workshop,“Islet Transplantation without Borders,”Athens, Greece, Dec 2011.Poston RS, “Injury Incurred During EndoscopicVeins Harvesting Is Associated withCompromised Vascular Remodeling,” SouthernThoracic Surgical Association, San Antonio,Nov 2011.Poston RS, “Cost of Implications Hybrid Therapy:Can We Afford It?,” Transcatheter CardiovascularTherapeutics, San Francisco,Nov 2011.Poston, RS, “Venous Grafts Procured Duringthe Learning Curve for Endoscopic Veins HarvestingShow Compromised Vascular Remodeling,”Society of Thoracic Surgeons, San Diego,Jan 2011.Rhee P, “Cardiac Arrest in Trauma: EmergencyPreservation and Resuscitation for Cardiac Arrestfrom Trauma,” “What’s New in ControllingHemorrhage in Trauma? New Horizons in Hemostatics,”“Incidence and Pattern of CervicalSpine Injury in Blunt Assault: It’s Not HowThey’re Hit, It’s How They Fall,” 40th CriticalCare Congress, San Diego, Jan 2011.Rhee P, “Ballistics in Arizona,” Surgical GrandRounds, Cedars Sinai, Los Angeles, Feb 2011.Rhee P, “Mass Casualty in Tucson and Ballistics,”Long Beach Trauma Symposium, LongBeach, CA, Feb 2011.Rhee P, “Mechanics of Tissue Injury,” SessionModerator; “Mechanics of Inducing Hypothermia,”“Hemorrhagic Shock and Arrest,” 2011NHLBI & DoD HYPOSTAT Workshop: Hypothermiain Trauma: A New Crossroads, NIHcampus, Bethesda, MD, Feb 2011.Rhee P, “Handling the Media After a Big Event,”Special Session, 41st Annual Meeting of theWestern Trauma Association, Big Sky, MT,Mar 2011.Rhee P, “Ballistics and Blast,” Keynote Speaker,Taiwan Surgical Society Annual Meeting,Formosa, Taiwan, Mar 2011.Rhee P, “Is There a Role for Hypertonic Solution?:IV Fluids: Which Type?,” “Polytrauma: ATutorial,” “Damage Control Surgery Is Overutilized:Polytrauma,” “Local Hemostatics, DoThey Work?: Massive Bleeding,” “Head Trauma,”Session Moderator, “Type of Intravenous Fluids:Where is the Evidence?,” 31st InternationalSymposium on Intensive Care and EmergencyMedicine, Brussels, Belgium, Mar 2011.Rhee P, “Ballistics: Myth and Facts,” SurgicalGrand Rounds, St. Raphael’s Hospital, NewHaven, CT, Mar 2011.Rhee P, “Cooling for Trauma,” 13th AnnualConnecticut Trauma Conference, Ledyard, CT,Mar 2011.Rhee P, “Biological and Chemical Hazards,”“Late-Breaking News—Tucson Story,” GroupFacilitator, “Triage,” Medical Disaster Response2011, Las Vegas, Apr 2011.Rhee P, “New Technology—Hot or Hype?,”“Debate—Pro: Damage Control Laparotomy IsPast Its Prime,” Trauma, Critical Care & AcuteCare Surgery 2011, Las Vegas, Apr 2011.

Rhee P, Keynote Speaker, “How To Be anIr-Repressible Surgeon,” 2011 Annual SpringLuncheon, Arizona’s Asian American Faculty,Staff, and Alumni Association (AAFSAA),Tucson, Apr 2011.Rhee P, Keynote Speaker, “Resuscitation HasChanged,” “Have Guns, Will Need TraumaSurgeons,” 25th Annual Midwest TraumaConference, Kansas City, May 2011.Rhee P, “Mass Casualty Incidents—The ArizonaExperience,” “Rheeopardy,” 18th AnnualUSC Trauma / Critical Care Symposium,Pasadena, CA, May 2011.Rhee P, “Care of Gunshot Injury in USA TraumaSystem,” 26th Annual Congress, KoreanSociety of Traumatology, Trauma Lecture, NationalMedical Center, Trauma Lecture, AsianMedical Center, Seoul, Korea, May-Jun 2011.Rhee P, Introduction and Welcome Address,Controversial Case Discussion, “Trauma in Tucson,”22nd Annual Southwest Regional TraumaConference, Tucson, Aug 2011.Rhee P, “Bleeding and Shock,” Tuba City, Ft.Defiance, Gallup Indian Medical Center, WhiteRiver & Summit Healthcare Regional MedicalCenter, Tour and Lectures to the Navajo IndianNation Hospitals, Aug-Sep 2011.Rhee P, “Ballistics Made Easy,” Arizona TraumaResearch Consortium Grand Rounds, Sep 2011.Rhee P, Address to the Annual Meeting of theAmerican College of Healthcare Executives,Arizona Chapter, Carefree, AZ, Oct 2011.Rhee P, Keynote Speaker, “The Tucson Tragedy,”“Stutter: What’s Right in Health Care,”Chicago, Oct 2011.Rhee P, “Penetrating Cardiac Injury: Techniques,”“New Concepts in Resuscitation,”“Call in the Gray Hairs,” American College ofSurgeons Annual Conference, San Francisco,Oct 2011.Rhee P, “Ballistics Made Easy: Myths andFacts,” Southwest Trauma and Acute CareSymposium, Scottsdale, Nov 2011.Rhee P, Lecturer, “Damage Control Is Overratedand Overused”; Moderator, “When theBleeding Gets Going, The Going Gets Rough”;Lecturer, “I Want It to Stick: Sealants andGlues”; Panelist, “Scope of Practice / FinancialModels / Training / Future Directions”; HarvardTrauma and Critical Care Symposium, Boston,Nov 2011.Rhee P, Keynote Speaker, “Leadership: What isit?,” American Academy of Medical Administrators,Scottsdale, Nov 2011.Rhee P, Invited Speaker, “Trauma Services,”El Tour De Tucson Dedication Dinner, Tucson,Nov 2011.Rhee P, Keynote Speaker, “Life, Liberty, andthe Pursuit of Happiness,” ICAS Annual LibertyAward Dinner, Caucus Room, Canyon Building,Capitol Hill, Washington, DC, Dec 2011.Rilo H, Vardanyan M, Gruessner C, Desai CS,Jie T, Gruessner RW, Khan KM, GruessnerA, “Continuous Glucose Monitoring (CGM): ANew Tool for Evaluation of -Cell Function inClinical Islet Autotransplantation,” 13th WorldCongress of International Pancreas & IsletTransplant Association, Prague, Czech Republic,Jun 2011.Nasser FS, Ritsema DF, Cheney S, Stern K, SokoloffM, Hu CC, Nguyen MM, “ReviewingRadiographic Images with Patients: A ProspectiveRandomized Controlled Trial on PatientSatisfaction, Understanding, and Preferences,”American Urological Association AnnualMeeting, Washington, DC, 2011.Leontyev S, Borger M, Trommer C, SubramanianS et al, “Early and Late Outcomes AfterAortic Valve Reconstruction in 127 Patients:A Single-Centre Experience,” Society of HeartValve Disease, Barcelona, Spain, June 2011.Subramanian S, Leontyev S, Borger MA et al,“David vs. Yacoub Valve-Sparing Root Reconstructionin Acute Type A Aortic Dissection,”Houston Aortic Symposium, Houston,Mar 2011.Tang A, Inaba K, et al, “Penetrating CardiacInjury: A Survivable Injury with a High Post-Discharge Complication Rate,” Oral Presentation,Pacific Coast Surgical Association, Scottsdale,Feb 2011.Con J, Tang A, et al, “Fall from Ladder—AgeMatters More than Height,” Quick Shot OralPresentation, 7th Annual Academic SurgicalCongress, Las Vegas, Feb 2011.Tang A, O’Keefe T, Branco B, Snyder K, FennellV, Magno A, Joseph B, Friese R, KulvatunyouN, Wynne J, Lemole M, Rhee P, “Assessmentof an Intervention Bundle for TraumaticBrain Injury: When Are Intracranial PressureMonitors Necessary?,” American Associationfor the Surgery of Trauma and ClinicalCongress of Acute Care Surgery, 70th AnnualMeeting, Chicago, Sep 2011.Thompson JL, Tucson Medical Center, SymposiumParticipant, 3rd Annual Cardio VascularSymposium, Tucson, Oct 2011.Waer A, Glazer E, Copeland H, Ong E, SozanskiJ, Doskocil B, Poskus D, Adamas-RappaportWJ, Podium Presentation, “A Comparisonof Unguided Versus Guided Case-based Instructionon the Surgery Clerkship,” Associationfor Surgical Education, Boston, Mar 2011.Walks NT, Warneke JA, “Soft Tissue Zebra:A Case Report of an Extraintestinal Malt Lymphoma,”Southwestern Surgical Congress,Honolulu, Apr 2011.Witte M, Poster Presentation, “K-12 VirtualClinical Research Center and Medical IgnoranceExploratorium,” NIH-NCRR-SEPA ProgramDirectors Conference, Seattle, May 2011.Witte M, Co-Chair, “New Paradigms for CancerTreatment Based on the Sentinel LymphNode Clinical Trials (Panel Discussion andQ&A),” “Overlap of Lymphatic Developmentand Neoplasia: Processes, Pathways, Biomarkers,and Syndromes,” Invited Lecturer: “Overviewand Minisymposium: Sentinel LymphNodes in Breast Cancer Management, Roundtables,Future Perspectives” with Stanley Leong;Fourth International Symposium on CancerMetastasis and the Lymphovascular System:Basis for Rational Therapy, New York,May 2011.Witte M, “Genetics of Lymphedema-AngiodysplasiaSyndromes and Translational Medicine,”10th Shanghai International Plastic SurgeryConference (SIPSC2011) honoring the 50thAnniversary of the Shanghai People’s HospitalDepartment of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgeryand 20th Anniversary of Operation Smile,Shanghai, China, Jun 2011.Witte M, Workshop Organizer and Leader:Ignorance University: A Parallel University for aParallel Universe, 15th International ThinkingConference, Belfast, Ireland, Jun 2011.Witte M, Invited Opening Lecturer, “Lymphologyand the ISL in the Real, Virtual, and ImaginedWorld of the Future,” 23rd InternationalCongress of Lymphology, Malmö, Sweden, Sep2011.Witte M, Invited Keynote Lecturer: “ ‘Lymphatomics’as a Modern and Integrated Approachfor a Comprehensive Knowledge of LymphaticDisorders,” Joint Symposium: “TranslationalLymphology: A Full-Immersion Update,” 21stAnnual Meeting of the Mediterranean League ofAngiology and Vascular Surgery (MLAVS),Genoa, Italy, Dec 2011.Gustafson MR, Chavez L, Wynne JL, JosephB, O’Keeffe T, Kulvatunyou N, Friese R,Tang A, Rhee P, Latifi R, Poster Presentation,“Biologic Mesh in the Repair of Complex AbdominalWall Defects in High-Infection-RiskPatients,” 63rd Annual Meeting, SouthwesternSurgical Congress, Honolulu, Apr 2011.Wynne JL, “Lighting and Electrical Injury—Hidden Damage, Underlying Trauma,” 22ndAnnual Southwest Regional Trauma Conference,Tucson, Aug 2011.39

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