CURRICULUM VITAE
March 2009
Name:
Saju Joseph, MD
Business Address:
1542 Tulane Avenue, Room 748A
New Orleans LA 70112
Business Telephone
and Telefax:
(504) 568-2159 fax (504) 568 4633
Business email Address:
sjose5@lsuhsc.edu
Citizenship:
USA citizen
Education
Undergraduate:
University of California, Irvine
Graduate/Medical:
Tufts University School of Medicine
Internship:
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Residency:
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Clinical Fellowships:
Hepato-pancreato-biliary and Transplant fellowship
University of Edinburgh, The Royal Infirmary of
Edinburgh
Certification:
Fundamentals of Laparoscopic Skills, CITI human
research
Licensure:
Louisiana license
Academic, Professional, and Research Appointments
Academic Appointment:
August 2008 – present
Assistant Professor of Surgery, LSU Health Sciences Center, Department
of Surgery, New Orleans, LA
Membership in Professional Organizations:
Member of American Hepato-Pancreatico-Biliary Surgeons Association
Member of Association of Academic Surgeons
Awards and Honors:
Saju Joseph, MD
University of Edinburgh School of Medicine Surgical Teaching Award
Harvard Medical School Housestaff and Fellows Teaching Award for
medical student education
Teaching Awards:
University of Edinburgh School of Medicine Surgical Teaching Award
Harvard Medical School Housestaff and Fellows Teaching Award for medical
student education
Grants and Contracts
Funded:
Tumor Angiogenesis assay co PI
Seminars and Invited Presentations:
Staging Laparoscopy for Cholangiocarcinoma. Concensus Conference on
Cholangiocarcinoma EHPBA Brussels Nov 2007
Actively managing length of stay: Edinburgh Postoperative Management Program.
Scottish National Executive Planned Care Improvement Conference. Glasgow UK 2007
Developing a structured approach to postoperative management. Edinburgh
Postoperative Recovery Program. Scottish HPB Annual Network Meeting. Dundee UK
2007
Is There Still a Role for Open Cholecystectomy? Keynote Address APHPB Association
Meeting March 2007
Cardiac Electrophysiologic Abnormalities in a Mouse Model of Idiopathic Dilated
Cardiomyopathy. American Heart Association Annual Meeting. Oral Presentation 2001
The Use of Activated Factor VII in Patients with Severe Sepsis. Grand Rounds
Presentation Jan 2005
Pre-Operative Risk Stratification in Surgical Patients. Grand Rounds Presentation March
2006
The Lost Art of Open Cholecystectomy. Grand Rounds Presentation August 2007
CME lectures:
Neuroendocrine Tumors: An Overview American Gastroenterology Society
Louisiana Chapter Meeting March 2009
Editorial Posts and Activities
Reviewer status:
Reviewer for Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Journal, Reviewer for Pancreas
University/Institutional Service
Hospital committees:
Saju Joseph, MD
Critical Care Committee Kenner Regional Medical Center, LSU Intern
Hospital Cancer Committee member
Special assignments: Operating Room Scheduling Ad Hoc Committee
Clinical Service
Call:
On call 24hrs/7 day for all hepatobiliary service at University Hospital. ¼
General Surgery call at Kenner Regional Medical Center, 1/3 wks for the NOLA
NET team, cross-cover once a month for the gastroenterology
department.
Book Chapters:
Pancreas. Mastery of Surgery Handbook 2008 Submitted for publication
Journal Publications
Refereed:
1. The Twelve Year Experience with Distal Pancreatectomy. HPB Journal.
Accepted for publication
2. Staging Laparoscopy for Cholangiocarcinoma. HPB Journal March 2008. In Print
3. POSSUM Accurately Predicts Morbidity for Pancreatic Resection. Surgery Jan
2008 143; (1) 8-19
4. Cardiac Electrophysiologic Abnormalities in the CREBA133 Transgenic Mouse
Model of Idiopathic Dilated Cardiomyopathy. Journal of Cardiovascular
Electrophysiology September 2003 p 982-989
5. Mouse Adenovirus Expression in Primary Human Endothelial Cells and
Generation of a Full Length Infectious Plasmid. Gene Therapy (1999) 6 1291- 97
6. Thoughts on Internship. Tufts University Medical School Online Newsletter. 2003
Abstracts:
1. The Twelve Year Experience with Distal Pancreatectomy. Association of
Surgeons of Great Britian and Ireland. Oral Presentation 2007
2. Possum Accurately Predicts Morbidity for Pancreatic Resective Surgery. Society
for Surgery on the Alimentary Tract Meeting. Oral Presentation 2007.
3. Possum Accurately Predicts Morbidity for Pancreatic Resective Surgery.
International Hepato-Pancreato-BiliaryAssociation Meeting Poster Presentation
2006.
4. The Cloning, Genetic Manipulation, and Efficient Propagation of Mouse
Adenovirus for Development into an Alternative System for Gene Therapy. DNA
Science Meeting Abstract 1998
5. Age Related Changes in AV Conduction in Connexin-40 Deficient Mice.
American College of Cardiology Annual Meeting. Oral Presentation 2001
6. In Vivo Monophasic Action Potential Recording in Mouse heart and its Relation to
the Ventricular Effective Refractory Period with and without Pharmacologic
Intervention. NASPE Presentation 2000
Saju Joseph, MD