UPDATE
January 27, 2010
HONORS
NEW HIRE
NEWS
PRESENTATIONS
PUBLICATIONS
HONORS
Jonathan D'Cunha, M.D., Ph.D., became a member of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons at the 46th
Annual Meeting in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
Congratulations to all Department of Surgery Faculty Members who were listed as Top Docs in Mpls.
St. Paul Magazine. These physicians were nominated by their peers as being among the best healthcare providers in the Twin Cities.
Rafael S. Andrade, M.D.
Daniel A. Saltzman, M.D., Ph.D.
David A. Rothenberger, M.D.
Robert D. Madoff, M.D.
Michael A. Maddaus, M.D.
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NEW HIRE
Zhiyuan (Zack) Xu
Appointment: Information Tech Professional
Office: Transplant Information Services
Phone: 612-624-0302
Email: zxu@umn.edu
Start Date: 01/14/10
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NEWS
Todd M. Tuttle, M.D., M.S., was quoted in an article on Colorado’s kdvr.com about his research which
found that many women diagnosed with cancer in one breast are opting for double mastectomies.
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PRESENTATIONS
Kandaswamy R. Establishing a Successful Islet Program – Regulatory, Financial, and Allocation
Issues. American Society of Transplant Surgeons 10th Annual State of the Art Winter Symposium, Fort
Lauderdale, FL. January 15-17, 2010.
Andrade RS, Rueth NM, Groth SS, D’Cunha J, Maddaus MA. Technical Pearls of Laparoscopic
Diaphragm Plication. The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Annual Meeting, Fort Lauderdale, FL. January
2010
Groth SS, Rueth NM, Habermann EB, Andrade RS, D’Cunha J, Maddaus MA. Conditional Survival
Analysis Comparing Cancer-Specific Survival and Cardiovascular Disease-Specific Survival After
Lobectomy for Stage I Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: Data from the Surveillance Epidemiology and EndResults Database. The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Annual Meeting, Fort Lauderdale, FL. January
2010.
Dunn TB. Moderator: Oral Abstracts. American Society of Transplant Surgeons 10th Annual State of
the Art Winter Symposium: The Cutting Edge of Transplant Surgery, Ft. Lauderdale, FL. January 17,
2010.
Dunn TB. Moderator: Database Research. American Society of Transplant Surgeons 10th Annual
State of the Art Winter Symposium: The Cutting Edge of Transplant Surgery, Ft. Lauderdale, FL.
January 15, 2010.
Torres GM , Serrot FJ, Bernlohr DA, Swan TW, Foncea RE, Slusarek BM, Ikramuddin S. Effect of RouxEn Y Gastric Bypass on Oral Glucos Tolerance In Animals With Impaired Insulin Responsiveness To
Glucose. 5th Annual Academic Surgical Congress, San Antonio, TX. February 3-5, 2010.
Steffen RJ, Krosch K, Foker JE. A repair technique and patch material designed to reduce
recurrence of congenital diaphragmatic hernia. at the 5th Annual Academic Surgical Congress, San
Antonio, Texas. February 3-5, 2010.
Lata C, Thoreson AA, Santilli SM, Reil TD, Golzarian J. Hypogastric coil embolization prior to
endovascular abdominal aortic aneurysm repair: Increased claudication in an elderly population.
Society of Interventional Radiology 35th Annual Scientific Meeting, Tampa FL. March 13-18, 2010.
Le HC, Reil TD, Santilli SM, Myers JW, Wong J, Golzarian J. Endovascular repair of popliteal artery
aneurysms with Gore Viabahn stent-graft: Early results. Society of Interventional Radiology 35th Annual
Scientific Meeting, Tampa FL. March 13-18, 2010.
Kirchner VA, Suszynski TM, Radosevich DM, Humar A, Dunn TB, Finger EB, Sutherland DER,
Kandaswamy R. Daclizumab (DAC) maintenance as an alternative to calcineurin inhibitors (CNI) in
pancreas (Px) transplantation (Tx). American Transplant Congress, San Diego, California. May 1-5,
2010.
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POSTERS
Dunn TB, Ozturk OG, Noreen H, Maurer D, Gillingham K, Bray RA, Matas AJ, Gebel HM. Impact of flow
XM results on kidney transplant outcomes for recipients with donor specific antibody (DSA). American
Transplant Congress, San Francisco, California. May 1-5, 2010.
Dunn TB, Noreen HJ, Maurer D, Ozturk OG, Gillingham K, Bray R, Gebel H, Matas AJ. Impact of
desensitization on donor sensitized, AHG XM negative kidney transplants. American Transplant Congress,
San Francisco, California. May 1-5, 2010.
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PUBLICATIONS
D’Cunha J and Maddaus MA. The use of genetic science in thoracic disease. In Sabiston DC, Jr. and
Spencer FC (eds.), Surgery of the Chest (8th Edition), Philadelphia: WB Saunders, 2010:669-680.
Antonoff MB, Marquez TT, Saltzman DA. Newborn Physiology. In Ashcraft’s Pediatric Surgery, 5th
Edition. Holcomb GW III, Murphy JP (eds). Philadelphia: Saunders Publishing; 2009:3-18.
Al-Refaie WB, Rothenberger DA. Body Mass Index and Major Cancer Surgery Outcomes: Lack of
Association or Need for Alternative Measurements of Obesity? ASO-2009-12-1520.R1
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