May 05, 2009
EVENTS
PRESENTATIONS
PUBLICATIONS
DEPARTMENT EVENTS
All Faculty Meeting, Thursday, May 21
5:30 p.m., PWB 11-157
All faculty (clinical and research faculty) should attend. Dr. Vickers will provide an update on the
Department.
John S. Najarian, M.D. Lecture, Tuesday, May 26
Location: Mayo Memorial Auditorium
Honorary Speaker: Sir Roy Y. Calne, F.R.S.
"Achievements and Future Prospects of Transplant Surgery"
The lecture will begin at 7:00 a.m. with a reception immediately following.
SAVE THE DATE:
Department of Surgery Graduation Ceremony and Reception
Tuesday, June 16, 6:30 p.m.
Walker Art Center
More information to be distributed soon.
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MEDICAL SCHOOL EVENTS
Microbiology Lecture, May 11, 12:15 p.m.
Location: Mayo Auditorium
The Department of Microbiology’s eleventh Winford P. Larson Lecture will be given by Rita R. Colwell,
Ph.D., in the Mayo Auditorium. Dr. Colwell’s work is focused on global infectious diseases, water, and
health, and she is currently developing an international network to address emerging infectious diseases
and water issues, including safe drinking water for both the developed and developing world. Her lecture is
entitled Climate, Oceans, Infectious Diseases, and Human Health: The Cholera Paradigm. More Info:
http://www.microbiology.med.umn.edu/microbiology/seminars/larsonlecture/colwell/home.html
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PRESENTATION
Richard W. Bianco, Associate Professor of Surgery and Director of Experimental Surgery will give the
Keynote address at the upcoming International Meeting of the Society of Heart Valve Disease in Berlin
Germany, June 27-30, 2009.
http://www.shvd.org/sections/2009_Biennial_Meetin/index.html.
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PUBLICATIONS
Akbari RP, Madoff RD, Parker SC, Hagerman G, Minami S, Bullard Dunn KM, Mellgren AF. Anastomotic
sinuses after ileoanal pouch construction: incidence, management, and outcome. Dis Colon Rectum. 2009
Mar;52(3):452-5.
Dunn KM, Lee PK, Wilson CM, Iida J, Wasiluk KR, Hugger M, McCarthy JB. Inhibition of hyaluronan
synthases decreases matrix metalloproteinase-7 (MMP-7) expression and activity. Surgery. 2009
Mar;145(3):322-9.
Meyer SR, Smith KM, Ravish IR, Saltzman DA, Shukla AR. Complex Cloacal Anomaly in Discordant
Monozygotic Twins. Urology. 2009 Mar;73(3):532-4. Epub 2008 Nov 26.
Buchwald H, Estok R, Fahrbach K, Banel D, Jensen MD, Pories WJ, Bantle JP, Sledge I. Weight and type
2 diabetes after bariatric surgery: systematic review and meta-analysis. Am J Med. 2009 Mar;122(3):248256.e5. Review.
Jordan KW, Nordenstam J, Lauwers GY, Rothenberger DA, Alavi K, Garwood M, Cheng LL. Metabolomic
characterization of human rectal adenocarcinoma with intact tissue magnetic resonance spectroscopy. Dis
Colon Rectum. 2009 Mar;52(3):520-5.
Baxter NN, Durham SB, Phillips KA, Habermann EB, Virning BA. Risk of dementia in older breast cancer
survivors: a population-based cohort study of the association with adjuvant chemotherapy. J Am Geriatr
Soc. 2009 Mar;57(3):403-11.
Dries DJ. Management of burn injuries - recent developments in resuscitation, infection control and
outcomes research. Scand J Trauma Resusc Emerg Med. 2009 Mar 11;17(1):14. [Epub ahead of print]
Singh VP, Bren GD, Algeciras-Schimnich A, Schnepple D, Navina S, Rizza SA, Dawra RK, Saluja AK,
Chari ST, Vege SS, Badley AD. Nelfinavir/Ritonavir Reduces Acinar Injury But Not Inflammation During
Mouse Caerulein Pancreatitis. Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol. 2009 Mar 12. [Epub ahead of print]
Tuttle TM. Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Contralateral Prophylactic Mastectomy: The "No Más" Effect?
Ann Surg Oncol. 2009 Mar 17. [Epub ahead of print]
Tuttle TM, Jarosek S, Habermann EB, Arrington A, Abraham A, Morris TJ, Virnig BA. Increasing Rates of
Contralateral Prophylactic Mastectomy Among Patients With Ductal Carcinoma In Situ. J Clin Oncol. 2009
Mar 20;27(9):1362-7. Epub 2009 Feb 17.
Strauss GM, Herndon JE 2nd, Maddaus MA, Schilsky RL, Vokes EE, Green MR. Reply to Katz and Saad.
J Clin Oncol. 2009 Mar 30. [Epub ahead of print]
Madoff RD. Rectal cancer: optimum treatment leads to optimum results. Lancet. 2009 Mar
7;373(9666):790-2.
Dries DJ. Key questions in ventilator management of the burn-injured patient (second of two parts). J Burn
Care Res. 2009 Mar-Apr;30(2):211-20. Review.
Ajmal M, Matas AJ, Kuskowski M, Cheng EY. Does statin usage reduce the risk of corticosteroid-related
osteonecrosis in renal transplant population? Orthop Clin North Am. 2009 Apr;40(2):235-9.
Ibrahim HN, Akkina SK, Leister E, Gillingham K, Cordner G, Guo H, Bailey R, Rogers T, Matas AJ.
Pregnancy outcomes after kidney donation. Am J Transplant. 2009 Apr;9(4):825-34.
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Etzioni DA, Beart RW Jr, Madoff RD, Ault GT. Impact of the aging population on the demand for colorectal
procedures. Dis Colon Rectum. 2009 Apr;52(4):583-90; discussion 590-1.
Antonoff MB, Hess DJ, Saltzman DA, Acton RD. Modified approach to laparoscopic gastrostomy tube
placement minimizes complications. Pediatr Surg Int. 2009 Apr;25(4):349-53. Epub 2009 Feb 28.
Byrnes MC, Beilman GJ. Adjunctive measures for treating surgical infections and sepsis. Surg Clin North
Am. 2009 Apr;89(2):349-63.
Christoforidis D, McNally MP, Jarosek SL, Madoff RD, Finne CO. Endocavitary contact radiation therapy
for ultrasonographically staged T1 N0 and T2 N0 rectal cancer. Br J Surg. 2009 Apr;96(4):430-6.
Buchwald H, Scopinaro N. Retiring the Learning Curve. Obes Surg. 2009 Apr 1. [Epub ahead of print]
Abecassis MM, Burke R, Klintmalm GB, Matas AJ, Merion RM, Millman D, Olthoff K, Roberts JP; on behalf
of the American Society of Transplant Surgeons. American Society of Transplant Surgeons Transplant
Center Outcomes Requirements-A Threat to Innovation. Am J Transplant. 2009 Apr 10. [Epub ahead of
print]
Buchwald H, Scopinaro N. Editors' Comment: Bariatrics and Diabetes Meta-Analysis. Obes Surg. 2009 Apr
15. [Epub ahead of print]
Sebasky M, Kukla A, Leister E, Guo H, Akkina SK, El-Shahawy Y, Matas AJ, Ibrahim HN. Appraisal of
GFR-Estimating Equations Following Kidney Donation. Am J Kidney Dis. 2009 Apr 24. [Epub ahead of print]
Quill JL, Hill AJ, Laske TG, Alfieri O, Iaizzo PA. Mitral leaflet anatomy revisited. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg.
2009 May;137(5):1077-81. Epub 2009 Feb 13.
Christoforidis D, Cho HM, Dixon MR, Mellgren AF, Madoff RD, Finne CO. Transanal endoscopic
microsurgery versus conventional transanal excision for patients with early rectal cancer. Ann Surg. 2009
May;249(5):776-82.
Beilman GJ, Blondet JJ, Nelson TR, Nathens AB, Moore FA, Rhee P, Puyana JC, Moore EE, Cohn SM.
Early hypothermia in severely injured trauma patients is a significant risk factor for multiple organ
dysfunction syndrome but not mortality. Ann Surg. 2009 May;249(5):845-50.
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For further information on research activities within the Department of Surgery, visit our website at
http://www.surg.umn.edu/surgery/Research.html.
The University of Minnesota Department of Surgery Update is sent to department faculty, fellows, residents,
and staff. To submit an item for publication in Update, email Giesel Arnold (arnol331@umn.edu). Past
issues of Update may be found online at http://www.surg.umn.edu/surgery/Surg_Pubs.html.
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