CURRICULIUM VITAE
OFFICE:
Professor of Surgery, Tenured
Vice Chair Quality and Safety
Department of Surgery
Chief, Division Acute Care Surgery
Program Director Acute Care Surgery Fellowship
Program in Trauma
R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center
University of Maryland School of Medicine
22 South Greene Street, Room S4D07
Baltimore, MD 21201
Office: (410) 328-7611
Fax: (410) 328-0687
Email: jdiaz@umm.edu
Foreign Languages: Spanish – fluent
EDUCATION:
COLLEGE EDUCATION
Houston Baptist University, Houston, Texas 77074
Bachelor of Science Biology and Chemistry, May 20, 1988
MEDICAL EDUCATION
The University of Texas Medical School, Houston, Texas 77225
Doctor of Medicine, June 5, 1992
POSTGRADUATE TRAINING
Internship
The University of Kentucky Albert B. Chandler Medical Center
Lexington, Kentucky
Surgery Internship, July 1, 1992-June 30, 1993
Residency
Huron Hospital - Cleveland Clinic Foundation Affiliated Health Systems
Cleveland, Ohio 44112
General Surgery, July 1, 1993 – June 30, 1998
Fellowship
Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37212
Fellowship in Trauma / Surgical Critical Care
July 1, 1998 – June 30, 1999
ADDITIONAL TRAINING
Management Principles for Health Care
Owen Graduate School of Management
Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
October 26, 1999 – February 29, 2000
Leadership Development for Physician in Academic Health Center
Harvard School of Public Health
Boston, Massachusetts
November 7-19, 2010
CERTIFICATIONS
The American Board of Surgery
Board Certified – Surgery December 14, 1999
Recertification December 4, 2009
Certification in Surgical Critical Care October 10, 2000
Recertification September 25, 2009
The American College of Nutrition
Certification Board of Nutrition Specialist March 27, 2002
Recertification December 31, 2008 – December 31, 2013
December 31, 2021
American College of Surgeons – Committee on Trauma (ATLS ID# 20255)
Advance Trauma Life Support (ATLS) Provider (active)
Advance Trauma Life Support (ATLS) Instructor (active)
Advance Trauma Life Support (ATLS) Director (active)
Advance Trauma Operative Management (ATOM) Provider (active)
Advanced Surgical Skills Exposure in Trauma (ASSET) (active)
Advanced Surgical Skills Exposure in Trauma (ASSET) Instructor (active)
American Heart Association
Basic Life Support (BLS) Provider (active)
Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) Provider (active)
Society of Critical Care Medicine
Fundamental Critical Care Support Course – Instructor (active)
MEDICAL LICENSE
Texas (November 20, 1993) (active)
Ohio (June 1, 1994) (inactive)
Tennessee (May 27, 1998) (inactive)
Maryland (July 2011) (active)
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
• Vanderbilt University Medical Center
School of Medicine
Instructor in Surgery 1999 - 2000
Assistant Professor of Surgery 2000 - 2004
Assistant Professor of Medicine 2000 - 2004
Associate Professor of Surgery 2004 - 2011
Associate Professor of Medicine 2004 - 2011
School of Nursing
Clinical Assistant Professor in Nursing 2002 – 2003
Clinical Associate Professor in Nursing 2003 - 2011
• University of Maryland School of Medicine
Visiting Clinical Assistant Professor 2011 - 2011
Professor of Surgery 2011 – 2015
Professor of Surgery – Tenured 2015 - present
HOSPITAL APPOINTMENTS:
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Vanderbilt University Hospital 1999 - 2011
Vanderbilt Children’s Hospital 1999 - 2011
Vanderbilt Stallworth Rehabilitation Hospital 1999 - 2011
Select Specialty Hospital (Consultant) 2008 – 2011
University of Maryland School of Medicine
University of Maryland Medical Center / 2011 - Present
R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center
University of Maryland - Midtown Hospital
Baltimore VA Hospital 2013 - Present
PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY MEMBERSHIPS (Past & Present)
1993 American Medical Association
1997 Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons
1998 Society of Critical Care Medicine
1999 Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma
1999 American Society for Parental & Enteral Nutrition
2000 H. William Scott, Jr. Society
2000 Southern Medical Association
2000 American College of Chest Physician
2001 Southeastern Surgical Congress - Fellow
2002 American College of Nutrition
2002 American College of Surgeons – Fellow
2003 Surgical Infection Society
2003 Western Surgical Association
2004 American Association for the Surgery of Trauma
2006 American College of Critical Care Medicine
2007 Association of Academic Surgery
2007 Pan American Trauma Society
2009 American Hernia Society
2009 Nashville Surgical Association
2009 Southern Surgical Association
2015 The Halsted Society
2017 The World Society of Emergency Surgery
HONORS AND AWARDS
Under-Graduate
1986 National Dean's List (Jr. & Sr. year).
1987 Alpha Epsilon Delta (National Premedical Honor Society)
1987 Awarded - Medical School Familiarization Program – The University of Texas, Medical Branch, Galveston, TX
Medical School
1989 March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation award for medical student’s summer research, Dept. of Obstetrics, Gynecology, & Reproductive Sciences
1989 Outstanding Academic Achievement 1989 University of Texas Medical School at Houston Summer Research Program
Post-Graduate Training
1993-1994 Outstanding Resident Award in Surgery
Meridia Huron Hospital, The Medical Staff,
1993-1994 Outstanding Surgical Resident Award
Meridia Huron Hospital, Department of Surgery,
1994, 1995 Elected member Sterling Who's Who
1994-1995 Outstanding Resident Award in Surgery
Meridia Huron Hospital, The Medical Staff
1997-1998 Outstanding Resident Award in Surgery
Meridia Huron Hospital, The Medical Staff
1998-1999 Outstanding Service Trauma and Surgical Critical Care Fellowship Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
2004 - Perioperative Innovation Center
Honors – For Excellence in Perioperative Innovation
2006 – Perioperative Innovation Award Recipient – Acute Operative Services Team Service: Trauma & Surgical Critical Care
2007 - Perioperative Innovation Center
Honors – For Excellence in Perioperative Innovation
University of Maryland Medical Center
2011-2012 Senior Faculty Teaching Award, Department of Surgery
2012-2013 Senior Faculty Teaching Award, Department of Surgery
2013-2014 Senior Faculty Teaching Award, Department of Surgery
National Awards / Recognition
1998 – 2001 American Medical Association, Physician Recognition Award in Continuing Medical Education
2005 – 2006 American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition
Certificate of Appreciation for Distinguished Service on the Abstract Review Committee
2007 – 2008 American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition
Certificate of Appreciation for Distinguished Service on the Abstract Review Committee
2012 Society of Critical Care Medicine, Presidential Citation for outstanding contributions to the Society of Critical Care Medicine
2014 Society of Critical Care Medicine, Presidential Citation for outstanding contributions to the Society of Critical Care Medicine
2017 Society of Critical Care Medicine, Presidential Citation for outstanding contributions to the Society of Critical Care Medicine
2017 Top Docs by Baltimore Magazine
CLINICAL ACTIVITIES
• Acute Care Surgery: Trauma, Emergency General Surgery, and Surgical Critical Care, Chest Wall Injury
• Abdominal Wall Reconstruction / Complex Ventral Hernia Repair / Reoperative General Surgery
• Adult Nutrition Support & Endoscopic G.I. Access
ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICE:
Institutional Service
• Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Administrative
1999 – 2008 Co-Director of Adult Nutritional Support Services
2007 – 2008 Medical Director, Trauma / Emergency General Surgery Clinics
2006 – 2010 Medical Director, ACNP Program of the Division of Trauma
Emergency General Surgery
2007 – 2010 Medical Director, Acute Operative Service Pod -
Main Operating Room
2001 – 2010 Director, Emergency General Surgery
Committees
1999 – 2000 Bio-Medical, Internal Review Board
1999 – 2004 Blood Utilization Committees
2003 – 2008 Main Operating Room Committees
2003 – 2007 Bed Management Committees
2003 – 2005 Joint Practice Committees
2002 – 2007 Pharmaceuticals and Therapeutics Committee
2002 – 2005 Subcommittee on Antibiotics
2003 – 2007 Subcommittee Adult Nutrition Support
2007 – 2008 Faculty Advisory Council, Executive Committee
2006 – 2011 Patient Care Committees
2004 – 2011 Patient Complaint Monitoring Committee
2004 – 2011 Medical School Admissions Committee
2004 – 2011 Executive Peri-Operative Committees
2004 – 2011 Surgical Critical Care Platform Committee
2004 – 2011 Multidisciplinary Surgical Critical Care Committee
Institutional Service
• University of Maryland Medical Center / R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center / University of Maryland Medical System
Administrative
2016 – Present Vice-Chair Quality & Safety, Department of Surgery, and the Surgical Quality & Safety Officer, University of Maryland Medical Center / R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center
[Leadership over the Divisions of Surgery (Cardiac, General Surgery, Surgical Oncology, Plastics, Thoracic Transplant Vascular, Urology) and Shock Trauma (Acute Care Emergency Surgery, Trauma General, Trauma Plastics)
2017 – Present Chair Surgical Quality and Safety Council
2011 – Present Chief Division Acute Care Surgery
2012 – Present Program Director Acute Care Surgery Fellowship Program
2014 – 2016 Co-Chair - Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee
2012 – 2013 Medical Director Surgical Transition Unit
Committees
2011 - Present General Surgery Quality Improvement
2011 – Present Shock Trauma Center OR Committee
2011 – Present Critical Care Ops Committee
2012 – Present Claims Risk Management Committee
2012 – Present Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee
2012 – Present Department of Surgery - Appointments, Promotion and Tenure Committee
2013 – Present School of Medicine Council
2013 – Present Shock Trauma Research Committee
2014 – Present Colon SSI Committee
2015 – Present Executive Surgical Infection Committee
2016 – Present Quality, Safety and Performance Improvement Steering Committee
2016 – Present Medical Executive Committee
2016 – Present School of Medicine- Appointments, Promotion and Tenure (APT) Committee
2016 – Present Performance Improvement Steering Committee (PISC)
2017 – Present Transfusion Committee
2013 – 2016 UMMC EPIC Order-set Review Group
Local and National Service
Local
2006 - 2011 Member, Subcommittee PI / Outcomes / Outreach, TCAC / Tennessee Committee on Trauma
Regional
Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma
1998 Member, Practice Management Guidelines for Trauma
2005-2007 Member, Membership Committee
2009 Member, Future of Trauma Surgery as a Career
2011 Member, Acute Care Surgery Ad hoc Committee
2013 Member, Publications Committee
2014 Member, Program Committee
2015 Member, Seniors Committee
Southeastern Surgical Congress
2017 – Present Council Representative to Executive Committee
2015 – Present Chair - Surgical Practice Committee
2012 - 2015 Councilor Maryland
National
American College of Surgeons
2015 – Present The Coalition for Quality in Geriatric Surgery Project – Delegate for the Society of Critical Care Medicine
2015 – Present Trauma Coding and Reimbursement Committee, Committee on Trauma
American Association for the Surgery of Trauma
2008 – 2011 Acute Care Surgery Committee
2012 – Present Acute Care Surgery Program Directors Subcommittee
2014 – Present Liaison to PanAmerican Trauma Society
2014 – 2015 Scholarship and Awards Committee
2015 – 2017 Reimbursement/Coding Committee
2016 – 2019 Education Development/MOC Committee
American Society of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition
2004 – 2008 Member, Abstract Committee
Surgical Infection Society
2005 – 2007 Member, By-Laws Committee
2014 – 2017 Member, Therapeutics and Guidelines Committee
Society of Critical Care Medicine
Elected Office
2016 – 2017 Past Chair – Surgery Section
2015 – 2016 Chair – Surgery Section
2014 – 2015 Chair-elect – Surgery Section
2013 – 2014 Secretary/Treasurer - Surgery Section
Committee
2016 – 2018 Member ACCM Awards Committee
2015 – Present Surgery Section Steering Committee
2014 – Present Delegate to the American College of Surgeons – Geriatric Surgery Project
2015 – Present Research Network Task Force
2015 – Present Member, Research Section
2008 – Present Member, Post Graduate and Fellowship Education Committee
2008 – 2009 Member, Abstract Committee
International
Pan American Trauma Society
2015 – Present Publications Committee
2017 – Present Abstract Committee
Editorial Boards
• Conventional
2010 Injury – International Journal of the Care of the Injured
2016 Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery
• Online Journals
2010, ISRN Surgery ()
2011, Clinical Medicine Insights: Trauma and Intensive Medicine
()
Ad hoc Manuscript Review
1999 Critical Care Medicine
2004 Surgical Infection
2005 The Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery
2006 The Journal of Surgical Research
2006 The Journal of the American College of Surgeons
2008 Annals of Surgery
2009 American Journal of Infection Control
2010 The American Journal of Surgery
2013 Critical Care
2015 Surgery
2015 World Journal of Emergency Surgery
2015 Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases
2016 Trauma Surgery and Acute Care Open
2016 Panamerican Journal of Trauma, Critical Care & Emergency Surgery
TEACHING SERVICES
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
Medical School – Medical Students
1999 Oral Examiner
General Surgery Rotation
3rd year medical students
2000 – 2006 Faculty Lecturer
Course Human Nutrition
Adult Critical Care Nutrition
2nd year medical students
2003 – 2004 Faculty Mentor
Introduction to Basic Research / Clinical Surgical Research
1st & 2nd year medical students, - 1 hour per week during the semester
2003 Director / Attending
Emergency General Surgery Rotation
4th & 3rd year medical students
2004 – 2005 Course Sponsor and lecturer
Advanced Spanish in Medicine
1st & 2nd year medical students
2005 Faculty lecturer,
Surgery Rotation Lecture series
3rd year medical students, (4) Lectures / year “Perioperative Care”
3rd year clinical surgery rotation
4th year elective surgery rotation
Clinical Teaching
• Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
General Surgery Residency Training Programs
1999 Attending Physician / Faculty / Instructor
American College of Surgeon – Advance Trauma Life Support Course
07/16/1999 – 07/17/1999 Instructor Candidate
07/14/2000 – 07/15/2000 Instructor
07/20/2001 – 07/21/2001 Instructor
07/26/2002 – 07/27/2002 Instructor
03/28/2003 – 03/29/2003 Instructor
04/11/2003 – 04/12/2003 Instructor
08/01/2003 – 08/02/2003 Instructor
10/27/2003 – 10/28/2003 Instructor
11/07/2003 – 11/08/2003 Instructor
03/26/2004 – 03/27/2004 Instructor
04/22/2004 – 04/23/2004 Instructor
08/12/2005 – 08/13/2005 Instructor
06/16/2006 – 06/17/2006 Instructor
08/17/2007 – 08/18/2007 Instructor
11/02/2007 – 11/03/2007 Instructor
07/25/2008 – 07/26/2008 Instructor
07/10/2009 – 07/11/2009 Instructor
10/23/2009 – 10/24/2009 Instructor
03/05/2010 – 03/06/2010 Instructor
07/16/2010 – 07/17/2010 Student Course Director Candidate
(Residents, fellows, and physicians in practice)
05/05/2011 – 05/06/2011 Director
1999. Faculty Lecture
Advanced Trauma Operative Management (ATOM) Course
Surgical Critical Care / Acute Care Surgery Fellows
Once per year
1999 Faculty lecturer / Moderator
Basic Science Lecture Series / General Surgery Residency
Surgical Nutrition
1999 Faculty Moderator
Morbidity and Mortality Conference
1999 Faculty Examiner
Mock Oral Boards in General Surgery Residency
PGY4 and 5
1999 Attending Physician Adult TPN Consult Service
Gastroenterology Residency – Faculty
(Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition)
1 Clinical Fellow 1 month/year, 3 hours / week
1999 Attending Physician SICU Consult Service
3 interns, 1 PGY-2, 1 Surgical Critical Care or Anesthesia Critical Care Fellow
8+ hours / day, 6 weeks / year
1999 Attending Physician Trauma ICU and In-patient service
2 PGY2, 2 PGY4, 1 Surgical Critical Care fellow, 2 Acute Care Surgery fellows
2001 Attending Physician and Medical Director
Emergency General Surgery In-patient service
3 interns, PGY2/3, PGY4, PGY5, Acute Care Surgery Fellow
8+ hours/day, 12 weeks per year
2005 Faulty Lecture
Fundamental Critical Care Support Course
Interns during SICU, Trauma ICU, Burn ICU, Neuro ICU rotations
1 hour/ week, 6 weeks per year
2007 Director - Acute Care Surgery Conference
Target audience: 2nd year Acute Care Fellows, EGS chief residents
Faculty Advisor – Supervise the curriculum for the 2nd year Acute Care Surgery / trauma / surgical critical care fellows
Multidisciplinary Surgical Critical Care Lecture Series Lectures have been given in multiple critical care topics
• Vanderbilt Medical Center - Allied Health Personnel
1999. Attending Adult TPN Consult Service
Department of Nutrition Service – Faculty
Register Dietitian – Internship, 4 hours / week, 1 week/month
1999 Attending Adult TPN Consult Service
Department of Pharmacology - Faculty Clinical Pharmacist – Internship and Adult Nutrition Fellows 4 hours / week, 1 week/month
• Vanderbilt University - School of Nursing
2000 Attending In-patient Trauma / Emergency General Surgery / Surgical Critical Care services
Acute Care Nurse Practitioner Preceptorship
Clinical Preceptor
(1) 2nd year ACNP student, 6 weeks/year
• University of Maryland School of Medicine
Medical School – Medical Students
2011 – Present Course Director Acute Care and Emergency Surgery Service (Clinical Teaching)
• 3rd year surgical rotation
• 4th year sub-internships
2014 – Present Surgical Booth Camp
▪ 4th year medical Students entering surgery residency
2011 – Present Fundamental Critical Care Support Course
(3rd & 4th yr. medical students, surgical & anesthesia residents)
General Surgery Residency Training Programs
2011 – Present Director Acute Care and Emergency Surgery Service
2012 – Present Course Director Annual “Chief Academy” [prepare chief residents for administrative responsibilities]
Additional Non-CME Post-Graduate Training Courses
▪ October 19, 2013 Chest Wall Stabilization Workshop, R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center, University of Maryland Medical Center
▪ October 22, 2016 Chest Wall Stabilization Workshop, R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center, University of Maryland Medical Center
▪ October 14, 2017 Chest Wall Stabilization Workshop, R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center, University of Maryland Medical Center
CME – Courses:
▪ American College of Surgeon – Advance Trauma Life Support Course
12/08/2011 – 12/09/2011 Instructor
12/07/2012 – 12/08/2012 Instructor
05/15/2014 – 05/16/2014 Instructor
08/14/2015 – 08-04-2015 Instructor
▪ American College of Surgeon – ASSET Course
02/2016 ASSET Course – Phoenix, AZ
04/2017 ASSET Course – Baltimore, MD
Research Supervision -
Faculty Mentor for clinical research which included all of the following areas: project development, IRB application / approval, study design, database design, data analysis, abstract and manuscript preparation (initial and revisions), preparation and prepping for oral or poster presentation (local, regional, national)
• Vanderbilt University – School of Medicine
Medical Students
1. Allison Newman (2002 - 2003) (MSII, VUMC)
2. Brian W. Gray, (2002 - 2003) (MSII, VUMC)
a. Published and present for National Presentation
3. Jean M Dobson (2002 - 2003) (MSII, VUMC)
a. Published and present for National Presentation
4. Casey Wilford, (2002 - 2003) (MSII, VUMC)
5. Steve Humm, (2002 - 2003) (MSII, VUMC)
6. Ty K Subhawong, (2002 - 2003) (MSII, VUMC)
a. Published and present for National Presentation
7. Andrea Proctor, (2002 - 2003) (MSII, VUMC)
a. Published and present for National Presentation
8. Raimy R. Amasha (2004) (MSII, VUMC)
9. Rebecca Forbes (2004) (MS IV, VUMC)
a. Published and present for National Presentation
10. Marschall Berkes (2005-6) (MS II VUMC)
a. Published and present for National Presentation
11. Gerard Pierre Jenkins (2007-2008) (MS III VUMC)
a. Access Database Development – EGS Service
Residents
1. Cyril Gillman, MD (Emergency Medicine Resident) July 2001- June 2002
a. Private Practice: Emergency Medicine Baltimore, Maryland
2. Eric Grogan, MD (Quality Scholars Fellow, General Surgery Resident) April 2003
a. September 2003; Research Fellow, VUMC, Nashville, TN
b. Faculty Department of Thoracic Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
3. Mary Austin, MD (General Surgical Resident) July 2003 – present,
a. Research Fellow, VUMC, Nashville, TN
b. Faculty Department of Pediatric Surgery, University of Texas Medical School at Houston
4. Christopher Roman, MD (Radiology Resident, VUMC) July 2003- 2004
a. Radiology, Private Practice, Jacksonville, FL
5. Christopher Kuzniak, MD (General Surgery Resident) July 2006-2007 –
a. Critical Care Research Fellow
b. General Surgery, Private practice, Atlanta, GA
6. Juan Pratt, MD (General Surgery Resident) February 2007
7. Lesly Dossett, MD (General Surgery Resident) July 2006- June 2008
a. US Navy
8. Kaushik Mukherjee, MD (General Surgery Resident) February 2009
a. Research Fellow
Surgical Critical Care / Acute Care Surgery Fellows
1. Paul J. “PJ” Schenarts, MD (2000 – 2001)
a. Fellow Trauma and Surgical Critical Care, VUMC, Nashville, TN
b. Faculty - Department of Surgery
ECU Brody School of Medicine, Greenville, NC.
c. Vice Chief / Program Director General Surgery, Department of Surgery, Nebraska University, Omaha, NE
2. Adel Mauer, MD (2000 – 2002)
a. Fellow Trauma and Surgical Critical Care, VUMC, Nashville, TN
b. Pathology Resident VUMC, Nashville, TN
c. Forensic Pathologist, Davidson County, Nashville, TN
3. Patrick J. “PJ” O'Neill PhD MD, (2003-2004)
a. Fellow Trauma and Surgical Critical Care, VUMC, Nashville, TN
b. Faculty Position at Department of Surgery, Maricopa Medical Center, Phoenix, AZ
4. Bryan Collier, DO (2003 – 2005)
a. Fellow Trauma and Surgical Critical Care, VUMC, Nashville, TN
b. Faculty Division of Trauma & Surgical Critical Care, Department of Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
c. Chief of Trauma, Virginia Tech Carillion School of Medicine, Roanoke, VA
5. Vicente Mejia, MD (2003 – 2005)
a. Fellow Trauma and Surgical Critical Care, VUMC, Nashville, TN
b. Faculty Department of Surgery, Erlanger Medical Center, University of Tennessee – Chattanooga Unit, Chattanooga, TN
6. Todd Vogel, MD, MPH (2004 – 2005)
a. Fellow Trauma and Surgical Critical Care, VUMC, Nashville, TN
b. Faculty Department of Surgery (Vascular & Trauma / Surgical Critical Care) University of Washington, Seattle, WA
c. Faculty UMDNJ-RWJ Medical School, New Brunswick, NJ
d. Chief of the division of vascular surgery at the University of Missouri School of Medicine.
7. Oliver Gunter, MD (2005 – 2007)
a. Fellow Trauma and Surgical Critical Care, VUMC, Nashville, TN
b. Faculty Department of Surgery (Acute Care Surgery Division) Washington University Medical Center, St. Louis, MO
c. Chief Emergency General Surgery, Division of Trauma, and Surgical Critical Care, Department of Surgery, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
8. Gary Marshall, MD (2005 – 2007)
a. Fellow Trauma and Surgical Critical Care, VUMC, Nashville, TN
b. Faculty, Department of Surgery, Division of Trauma / Critical Care, University of Pittsburg, Pittsburg, PA
c. Faculty, department of Surgery New York School of Medicine Langone Medical Center
9. Ann Conquest, MD (2005 – 2007)
a. Fellow Trauma and Surgical Critical Care, VUMC, Nashville, TN
b. Mission Trauma Surgeon Services, Ashville, NC
10. Nathan T. Mowery, MD (2006 – 2008)
a. Fellow Trauma and Surgical Critical Care, VUMC, Nashville, TN
b. Faculty, Department of Surgery, Wake Forest University Medical Center, Winston – Salem, NC
11. Brian Kim, MD (2007-2008)
a. Fellow Trauma and Surgical Critical Care, VUMC, Nashville, TN
b. Faculty, Department of Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, WI
12. William Dutton, MD (2008 – 2010)
a. Fellow Trauma and Surgical Critical Care, VUMC, Nashville, TN
b. US Navy, San Diego, CA
c. Private Practice Lakeside, CA
13. Mickey Ott, MD (2009 – 2010)
a. Fellow Acute Care Surgery, VUMC, Nashville, TN
b. Faculty Vanderbilt Medical Center, Nashville, TN
14. George “Hart” Tyson, MD (2010 – present)
a. Fellow Acute Care Surgery, VUMC, Nashville, TN
b. Faculty, Division of Acute Care Surgery, University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Houston, TX
c. TriCare, Nashville, TN
15. Mayur Patel, MD (2011-present)
a. Fellow Acute Care Surgery, VUMC, Nashville, TN
b. Faculty, Division of Trauma and Surgical Critical Care, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
c.
• University of Maryland – School of Medicine
Medical Students
1. Zil Patel (2014-2015)
1. Neil M. Vranis (2014-2015)
2. A. Craig Sadler (2014-2015)
3. Harsh Desai (2014-2015)
Surgery Resident
1. Donald Harris, MD (2013 – Present)
a. Surgery research fellow
2. Sarwat Ahmed, MD (2013- Present)
a. Surgery research fellow
3. Adam Weltz, MD (2014-present)
a. Surgery resident
4. Michael Maragakis, MD
a. Surgery resident (2014-present)
5. Srikant Sivaraman, MD
a. Surgery resident, (2014 – present)
Graduate Students / Surgical Critical Care / Acute Care Surgery Fellows
1. Khanjan Nagarsheth, MD (2012 – 2013)
a. Fellow Acute Care Surgery, University of Maryland School of Medicine
b. Vascular Surgery Fellow
2. Margaret Lauerman, MD (2013 – 2014)
a. Fellow Acute Care Surgery, University of Maryland School of Medicine
b. Assistant Professor Surgery, Program in Trauma, University of Maryland School of Medicine
3. Molly Deane, MD (2015-2016)
a. Acute Care Surgery Fellow, University of Maryland School of Medicine
4. Carrie Valdez, MD (2015-2016)
a. Acute Care Surgery Fellow, University of Maryland School of Medicine
5. Cherisse Berry, MD (2015-2017)
a. Acute Care Surgery Fellow, University of Maryland School of Medicine
b. Research Fellow, University of Maryland School of Medicine
6. Anthony V. Herrera, MS (2015-2017)
a. Acute Care Surgery – Epidemiology
7. Jacques Mather, MD (2015-2017)
a. Surgical Critical Care / Trauma, & Acute Care Surgery Fellowship
8. Zachary Englert, DO (2015-2017)
a. Surgical Critical Care / Trauma, & Acute Care Surgery Fellowship
GRANT SUPPORT
Active Grants:
1. 2/23/2017 – Present PI: Diaz
a. Educational Grant – Acute Care Surgery Fellowship, R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center / University of Maryland Medical School
b. Acelity two years, at $61,500 per year
c. Total: $ 123,000.00
2. 01/2016 – present PI: Diaz
a. ACES Biorepository (HP-00064478)
b. Shock Trauma Anesthesia Research (STAR) / R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center / University of Maryland Medical School
c. Internal Grant: $27,000
3. 2016 – 2017 Educational Grant – Acute Care Surgery Fellowship, R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center / University of Maryland Medical School
a. Cook Inc. ($5,000.00)
Completed Grants
1. 10/28/2011 – 2017 (Co-Investigator) PI: Peter Rock
a. Modifying the Impact of ICU-Induced Neurological Dysfunction MIND-USA (HP-00048670)
b. NIH Grant # 1R01-AG035117-01A1 NIA
2. October 14, 2017 (PI - Diaz)
a. Educational Grant – Chest Wall Stabilization Workshop, R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center, University of Maryland Medical Center
b. KLS, Zimmer BioMet, DePuy Synthes and Acute Innovations
c. Total Direct Cost: $15,000.00
3. 07/2015-2016 – Present PI: Diaz
a. Educational Grant – Acute Care Surgery Fellowship, R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center / University of Maryland Medical School
b. Acelity ($50,000.00)
4. October 19, 2013 (PI - Diaz)
b. Educational Grant – Chest Wall Stabilization Workshop, R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center, University of Maryland Medical Center
c. Zimmer BioMet, DePuy Synthes and Acute Innovations
d. Total Direct Cost: $12,235
5. October 19, 2013 (PI - Diaz)
a. Educational Grant – Chest Wall Stabilization Workshop, R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center, University of Maryland Medical Center
b. Synthes and Acute Innovations
c. Total Direct Cost: $10,000.
6. 05/2007- 2011 (Co-Investigator) PI - A. May
a. Efficacy and Mechanisms of GLN Dipeptide in the SICU, (The “GLND” Trial)
b. NIH/NIDDK U01 DK069322-01
c. Annual Direct Cost: $49,914
d. Total Direct Cost: $49,914
7. 04/2002 – 05/2008 (Co-Investigator) PI - A. May (Vanderbilt)
a. Impact of Gender on Infection in Hospitalized Patients.
b. NIH Grant #1 ROI A149989-01, NIAID
c. Annual Direct Cost: $96,463
d. Total Direct Cost: $578,777
8. 08/2009 – 08/2010 (PI - Diaz) (Vanderbilt)
a. Chest Wall Stabilization for Traumatic Chest Wall Injuries: An Observational Study (Grant – Acute Innovations)
e. Annual Direct Cost: $70,790
b. Total Direct Cost: $70,790
CONTRACT RESEARCH
• Vanderbilt University Medical Center
(Primary Investigator)
1. A Comparison of Omeprazole Sodium Bicarbonate-Immediate Release Powder for Suspension to Cimetidine for the Prevention of Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding due to Stress-Related Mucosal Damage (Santarus Pharmaceuticals).
a. Actual Scholarship Amount: $43,586 (4/2002 – 10/2003)
2. A Randomized, Open-label, Comparative Study of Zosyn (Piperacillin / Tazobactam[12g/1.5g]) Administered by Daily 24 hr Continuous Infusion vs. Zosyn (Piperacillin/Tazobactam [3g/0.375g]) q6h for the Treatment of Hospitalized Patients with Complicated Intra-abdominal Infection. (Wyeth)
a. Actual Scholarship Amount : $11,098 (06/2003 – 4/2004)
3. A Multicenter, Open-label, Randomized Study to Compare the Safety and Efficacy of Once Daily Levofloxacin along with Once Daily Metronidazole Versus Piperacillin/Tazobactam in the Treatment of Complicated Appendicitis (Ortho-McNeill Pharmaceutical, Inc)
a. Actual Scholarship Amount: $48,990 (09/2003 – 01/2005)
4. Multicenter, Randomized, Open-Label Phase 3 Study to Compare the Safety and Efficacy of Intravenous Doripenem with that of Intravenous Imipenem in Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia (Dori-10) (Peninsula Pharmaceuticals, Inc)
a. Actual Scholarship Amount : $ 410,944 (11/2004 – 10/2006)
5. Multicenter, Randomized, Open-Label Phase 3 Study to Compare the Safety and Efficacy of Intravenous Doripenem with that of Intravenous Imipenem in Intra-abdominal Infection (Dori-07) (Peninsula Pharmaceuticals, Inc)
a. Actual Scholarship Amount: $13,835 (01/2005 – 3/2006)
6. An Open-Label, Exploratory Trial to Assess Gastric Acid Control in Critically III Subjects Receiving Nexium IV (esomeprazole sodium) 40 mg BID for up to 72 hours (AstraZeneca).
a. Actual Scholarship Amount: $ 8,040 (11/2006 – 6/2007)
7. A Multicenter, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Parallel-Group Study of Intravenous Methylnaltrexone (MOA-728) for the Treatment of Post-Operative Ileus (Wyeth Pharmaceutical).
a. Actual Scholarship Amount: $ 21,345 (6/2007–3/2008)
8. A Phase 2, Open-Label, Non-Comparative Study of Doripenem in the Treatment of Nosocomial and Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia in Hospitals where Pseudomonas Aeruginosa may be a Prevalent Pathogen (Dori-ini 2002) (Ortho-McNeill)
a. Actual Scholarship Amount: $ 767,985 (6/2007– 10/2008)
9. A Multicenter, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Parallel-Group Study of Intravenous Methylnaltrexone (MOA-728) for the Treatment of Post-Operative Ileus after Ventral Hernia Repair (Wyeth Pharmaceuticals)
a. Actual Scholarship Amount: $ 49,737 (9/2007– 4/2009 )
10. A Randomized, Open-Label, Multicenter Study to Assess the Safety and Tolerability of Doripenem Compared with Imipenem in the Treatment of Subjects with Complicated Intra-Abdominal Infections or Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia (Dori-NOS 2001) (Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceutical Research)
a. Actual Scholarship Amount: $ 31,666 (10/2007– 10/2008)
11. A Prospective, Randomized, Double-Blind, Double-Dummy, Multicenter Study to Assess the Safety and Efficacy of Doripenem Compared With Imipenem-Cilastatin in the Treatment of Subjects with Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia (DORINOS-3008) (Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceutical Research)
a. Actual Scholarship Amount: (7/2010 – 6/2011)
• University of Maryland Medical Center / R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center
(Active)
1. A Phase IV, multicenter, prospective, randomized, controlled clinical study to compare the IrriSept system versus Standard of Care (SoC) on the prevalence of Surgical Site Infection (SSI) in patients with abdominal trauma or acute surgical abdomen (IrriMax® Corporation).
1. A Phase IIa open-label, randomized study to compare the safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetics (PK) and pharmacodynamics (PD) of NM-IL-12 (rHuIL-12) to standard of care in subjects with open surgical wounds following colostomy takedown allowed to heal by secondary intention (Neumedicines Inc.)
2. A Post-Market, Prospective, Multicenter, Single-Arm Trial of XenMatrix™ AB Surgical Graft in All CDC Wound Class Ventral or Incisional Midline Hernias (XenMatrix™ AB Surgical Mesh Study Plan Davol, Inc.)
(Completed)
1. A Phase II, Randomized, Active Comparator-Controlled Clinical Trial to Study the Safety, Tolerability, and Efficacy of MK-7655 + Imipenem/Cilastatin Versus Imipenem/Cilastatin Alone in Patients with Complicated Intra-Abdominal Infection [cIAI] (Merck)
a. Actual Scholarship Amount: Current trial 10/2012 – 2014
2. A MULTICENTER, OPEN-LABEL, RANDOMIZED STUDY TO COMPARE THE SAFETY AND EFFICACY OF INTRAVENOUS CEFTOLOZANE/TAZOBACTAM WITH THAT OF PIPERACILLIN/TAZOBACTAM IN VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA [INC VAP Study] (Cubist Pharmaceuticals, Inc.)
a. Actual Scholarship Amount: Current trial 4/18/2013 – 2015
3. The Angel® Catheter Clinical Trial: Prevention of Pulmonary Embolism in High Risk Subjects. (bio2medical)
a. Award: $ 204,943.69 Current trial: 2015
4. A Prospective, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Multicenter Study to Evaluate the Safety and Efficacy of BAY 41-6551 as Adjunctive Therapy in Intubated and Mechanically-Ventilated Patients with Gram-Negative Pneumonia [BAY 41-6551] (Bayer HealthCare AG)
a. Actual Scholarship Amount: Current trial 06/12/2013
5. Medically Ill Patient Assessment of Rivaroxaban Versus Placebo IN Reducing Post-Discharge Venous Thrombo-Embolism Risk (MARINER) [Janssen Research & Development, LLC (Janssen Research & Development, LLC is a pharmaceutical company of Johnson & Johnson)]
a. 2015
(Sub-Investigator)
• Vanderbilt University Medical Center
1. Open-label Randomized, Multicenter Phase III Study of Intravenous Synercid 7.5 mg/kg q 8 hours plus Aztreonam 2g q 8 hours versus Standard Therapy in the Treatment of 190 Adult Evaluable Hospitalized Patients with Nosocomial Pneumonia Due, at Least in Par (Aventis Pharmaceuticals)
a. Actual Scholarship Amount: $6,000 (11/1997-2/2000)
2. A Multicenter Phase III Study to Assess the Safety and Efficacy of Bactericidal/Permeability-Increasing Protein (rBPI21) in Patients with Hemorrhage Due to Trauma (XOMA)
a. Actual Scholarship Amount: $626, 331 (3/1998-2/2000)
3. A Double-Blind, Placebo Controlled, Multicenter Study to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of a Single Intravenous Dose of CP-101,606 in Subjects with Severe Head Injury (Pfizer)
a. Actual Scholarship Amount: $314,025 (3/1999-6/2001)
4. A Phase llb Study to Evaluate the Safety and Efficacy of Recombinant Platelet Factor Activating Factor Acetylhydrolase (rPAF-AH) for the Prevention of Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) in Patients with Severe Sepsis or Traumatic Injuries (ICOS Corporation)
a. Actual Scholarship Amount: $116,472 (6/1999-6/2000)
5. A Multicenter, Randomized, Open Label Study to Compare the Safety and Efficacy of Levofloxacin with that of Imipenem/Cilastatin in the Treatment of Nosocomial Pneumonia (Ortho-McNeil)
a. Actual Scholarship Amount: $25,800 (12/1999-6/2001)
6. Multicenter, Double Blind, Placebo Controlled, Randomized, Phase 3 Study of tifacogin [Recombinant Tissue Factor Pathway Inhibitor (rTFPI/SC-59735)] in Severe Sepsis (Chiron Corporation)
a. Actual Scholarship Amount: $2,790 (3/2000-1/2001)
7. A Phase II, Multicenter, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Parallel-Group, Dose-Ranging Evaluation of the Safety and Efficacy of (-hANP Infusion (Carperitide for Injection: SUN 4936) in Patients with Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) (Suntory Pharmaceuticals)
a. Actual Scholarship Amount: $554, 380 (3/2000-8/2003)
8. A Multi-centre, Randomized, Open Pilot Study to Compare the Efficacy and Safety of Albumin (Human) 5% plus Ringer's Lactate versus Ringer's Lactate Alone for Patients Suffering from Thermal Injury (Bayer, Inc.)
a. Actual Scholarship Amount: $69,400 (5/2000-7/2001)
9. A Randomized, Open-Label, Pilot Assessment of the Effect of Protonix IV (Pantoprazole Sodium) on Gastric pH in ICU Patients (Wyeth-Ayerst Pharmaceuticals)
a. Actual Scholarship Amount: $644,969 (9/2000-2/2002)
10. A Phase 3, Multi-center, Randomized, Placebo Controlled Study of PHP when Administered by Continuous Infusion in Patients with Shock Associated with Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome (SIRS) (APEX Bioscience)
a. Actual Scholarship Amount: $3,000 (6/2001-5/2002)
11. A Phase 3 Study to Demonstrate the Safety and Efficacy of Recombinant Platelet Activating Factor Acetyl hydrolase (rPAF-AH) for Reducing 28 Day All Cause Mortality in Patients with Severe Sepsis (ICOS Corporation)
a. Actual Scholarship Amount: $112,000 (6/2001-3/2003)
12. A Phase 2 Study to Determine the Efficacy and Safety of Sivelestat in Subjects with Acute Lung Injury (Eli Lilly)
a. Actual Scholarship Amount: $115,541 (6/2001-2/2003)
13. Linezolid vs Vancomycin for the treatment of complicated skin and soft tissue infections suspected of being due to a methicillin resistant gram-positive bacterial pathogen (Pharmacia Corporation)
a. Actual Scholarship Amount: $12,200 (2/2002-4/2003)
14. A Prospective Observational Study of Acute Major Organ System Failure in Septic Patients (GlaxoSmithKline)
a. Actual Scholarship Amount: $62,313 (4/2002-6/2003)
15. A Prospective, Multicenter, Double-Blind with In-House Blinding, Randomized, Comparative Study to Evaluate the Efficacy, Safety, and Tolerability of Ertapenem Sodium Versus Piperacillin/Tazobactam in the Treatment of Complicated Intra-Abdominal Infections (Merck)
a. Actual Scholarship Amount: $3,100 (5/2002-10/2003)
16. A Randomized, Open label, Multi-center Clinical trial, Comparing Microbiologic Response to Linezolid and Vancomycin in Ventilator-associated Pneumonia (VAP) due to Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) (Pfizer)
a. Actual Scholarship Amount: $72,950 (7/2002-12/2004)
17. Efficacy and Safety of Drotrecogin Alfa (Activated) in Adult Patients with Early Stage Severe Sepsis (Eli Lilly)
a. Actual Scholarship Amount: $168,462 (4/2003-2/2004)
18. A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Study to Determine the Efficacy and Safety of Epoetin Alfa in Critically Ill Subjects (Johnson & Johnson)
a. Actual Scholarship Amount: $957,360 (9/2003-8/2006)
19. A Prospective, Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo Controlled, Dose Ranging, Multi-Center Study of the Safety and Efficacy of Three Days Continuous Intravenous Infusion of GR270773 in the Treatment of Suspected or Confirmed Gram-negative Severe Sepsis in Adults (GlaxoSmithKline)
a. Actual Scholarship Amount: $23,242 (3/2005-6/2006)
20. A Multi Centre Observational Study to Evaluate the Incidence and Magnitude of Hemorrhagic Progression of Cerebral Contusions and the Identification of Important Safety Issues Following Traumatic Brain Injury (NovoNordisk)
a. Actual Scholarship Amount: $6,250 (5/2005-11/2005)
21. Linezolid in the Treatment of Subjects with Nosocomial Pneumonia Proven to be due to Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (Pfizer)
a. Actual Scholarship Amount: $77,333 (8/2005-6/2008)
22. A Pivotal, Multicenter, Multinational, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Study to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of TAK-242 in Adults with Severe Sepsis (Takeda Global)
a. Actual Scholarship Amount: $125,829 (2/2006-5/2007)
23. A Multi-center, Randomized, Double-Blind, Parallel Group, Placebo Controlled Trial to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of Activated Recombinant Factor VII (rFVIIa/ NovoSeven®/ NiaStase®) in Severely Injured Trauma Patients with Bleeding Refractory to Standard Treatment (Novo Nordisk)
a. Actual Scholarship Amount: $28,076 (3/2006-9/2008)
24. ACCESS: A Controlled Comparison of Eritoran Tetrasodium and Placebo in Patients with Severe Sepsis (Eisai)
a. Actual Scholarship Amount: $28,401 (6/2007-10/2008)
25. A Placebo-controlled, Double-blind, Dose-escalation Study to Assess the Safety, Tolerability, and Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics of the Single and Multiple Intravenous Infusions of Cytofab (AZD9773) in Patients With Severe Sepsis (AstraZeneca)
a. Actual Scholarship Amount: $54,479 (12/2007- 12/2009)
26. A randomized, double blind, placebo-controlled, dose-escalation study to assess the anti-inflammatory activity, efficacy, and safety of intravenous SB-681323 in subjects at risk for development of actue lung injury or ARDS (GlaxoSmithKline)
a. Actual Scholarship Amount: Current trial (4/2010- 6/2011)
27. Randomized, Open-label, Efficacy and Safety Study of Octaplex and Fresh Frozen Plasma (FFP) in Patients under Vitamin K Antagonist Therapy with the need for Urgent Surgery or Invasive Procedures (Octopharma)
a. Actual Scholarship Amount: $28,680 (7/2010-2011)
28. A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Phase 3 Study to Investigate the Efficacy and Safety of Progesterone in Patients with Severe Traumatic Brain Injury (BHR Pharma, LLC)
a. Actual Scholarship Amount: Current trial (12/2010- 6/2011)
• University of Maryland Medical Center / R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center
1. Diaphragm Pacing System (HP-00043237HUD)
a. Deborah Stein (PI) (10/24/2011- Present)
2. A Sample Collection Study to Validate the Astute Medical NephroCheck Test in Critically Ill Subjects at Risk for Acute Kidney Injury
a. Matthew Lissauer (PI 2012)
b. Protocol AST-113
3. A Multi-Center, Randomized, Controlled, Pivotal Study to Assess the Safety and Efficacy of a Selective Cytopheric Device (SCD) in Patients with Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) V 1.8
a. Daniel Herr (PI) 10/10/2013
4. Randomized, Multi-Center, Controlled Clinical Study on the Effect of S.A.F.E. Therapy on Disease Severity and Inflammation in Mechanically-Ventilated Subjects due to Severe Sepsis [SAFE Trial] (SAFE bt, Inc.)
a. Herr , Daniel / Matthew Lissauer (PI) 12/17/2012
5. A Phase III, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Study of the Efficacy, Safety, and Tolerability of a Single Infusion of MK-6072 (Human Monoclonal Antibody to C. difficile toxin B), and MK-3415A (Human Monoclonal Antibodies to C. difficile toxin A and B) in Patients Receiving Antibiotic Therapy for C. difficile Infection (MODIFY II) (002-00) (Merck)
a. Daniel Herr (PI) 07/08/2013
6. A RANDOMIZED, DOUBLE-BLIND, PLACEBO-CONTROLLED, PHASE 3 STUDY TO ASSESS THE SAFETY AND EFFICACY OF ART-123 IN SUBJECTS WITH SEVERE SEPSIS AND COAGULOPATHY [ART-123] (Asahi Kasei Pharma America Corporation)
a. Matthew Lissauer (PI) 07/12/2013
7. AST-109: Identification and Validation of Biomarkers of Acute Kidney Injury Recovery [Ruby] (Astute Medical Inc.)
a. Matthew Lissauer (PI) 07/10/2013
PUBLICATIONS
Peer – Reviewed Journal Articles
1. Diaz JJ. Eisenstat M. Chung R. Laparoscopic Resection of Accessory Spleen for Recurrent Immune Thrombocytopenic Purpura 19 years after Splenectomy. J LAP SURG 6;5;1996.
2. Diaz JJ. Eisenstat M. Chung R. A Case Controlled Study of Laparoscopic Splenectomy. AM J SURG. 1997; 173:348-350.
3. Chung R. Verghese J. Diaz JJ. Eisenstat M. One-On-One Mentor-Resident Rotation for Improving Continuity of Care in a Surgical Training Program. J Research 69, 1997.
4. Chung R. Diaz JJ Chari V. Efficacy of routine laparoscopy for the acute abdomen. Surg Endosc 1998 Mar; 12(3): 219-22.
5. Chung R. Diaz JJ. Li P. A Method of Teaching Clinical Research in a Community Hospital Residency Program. Am J Surg. 1999; 177:83-85.
6. Chung R. Rowland D. Li P., Diaz JJ A Meta-analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials of Laparoscopic versus Conventional Appendectomy. Am J Surg. 1999; 177:250-256.
7. Schenarts PJ; Diaz JJ; Kaiser C; Eddy V, Carrillo Y, Guy J, Morris JA, Prospective Comparison of Admission CT Scan and Plain Films of the Cervical Spine in Trauma Patients with Altered Mental Status. J Trauma. 2001 Oct;51(4):663-8.
8. Diaz JJ, MD, Gillman, C, Morris JA, May AK, Carrillo YM, Guy J. Are 5 View Plain Films Of The Cervical Spine Unreliable? Prospective Evaluation In Blunt Trauma Patient With Altered Mental Status. J Trauma 2003; 55:658-664.
9. Guy JS, Miller R, Morris JA, M.D., Diaz JJ, May AK, Smith PW, Carrillo YM. Early One-Stage Closure in Patients with Abdominal Compartment Syndrome: Fascial Replacement with Human Acellular Dermis and Bipedicle Flaps. Am Surgeon, 2003; 69; 12: 1025-1029.
10. Diaz JJ, Mauer A, May AK, Miller R, Guy JS, Morris JA, Bedside Laparotomy for Trauma: Are there Risk? Surg Inf 2004:5;1:15-20.
11. Diaz JJ, Gray BW, Dobson JM, Grogan EL, May AK, O'Neill PJ, Guy J, Morris JA. Repair of Giant Abdominal Hernias: Does the type of prosthesis matter? Am Surgeon, 2004; 70; 5: 396-402.
12. Diaz JJ, Aulino J, Collier B, Roman C, May AK, Miller RS, Guillamondegui O, Morris JA, The early work-up for Isolated Ligamentous Injury of the Cervical Spine: Does CT-scan have a role? J Trauma. 2005 Oct;59(4):897-903.
13. Miller RS, Morris JA, Diaz JJ, Herring MA, May AM, Damage Control & the Morbidity of the Open Abdomen: Complications Are Related To Timing & Method of Closure. J Trauma. 2005 Dec;59(6):1365-71.
14. Grogan EL, Morris JA, Dittus RS, Moore DE, Poulose BK, Diaz JJ, Speroff T, Cervical Spine Evaluation in Urban Trauma Centers: Lowering Institutional Costs and Complications Through Helical CT Scan, J Am Coll Surg. 2005 Feb;200(2):160-5.
15. Austin MT, Diaz JJ, Feurer ID, Miller RS, May AK, Guillamondegui O, Pinson CW, Morris JA, "Creating an Emergency General Surgery Service Enhances Productivity of Trauma Surgeons, General Surgeons and the Hospital" J Trauma. 2005 May:58(5): 906-10.
16. Collier B, Diaz JJ, Forbes R, Morris J May AK, Guy J, Ozdas A, Dupont W, Miller R, Jensen G. The Impact of a Normoglycemic Management Protocol on Clinical Outcomes in the Trauma Intensive Care Unit. J Parenter Enteral Nutr. 2005 Sep-Oct;29(5):353-8.
17. Diaz JJ, Mejia V, Proctor A, Subhawong T, Miller RS, O’Neill PJ, Morris JA, Protocol for Bedside Laparotomy in Trauma and Emergency General Surgery: A Low Return to the Operating Room. Am Surg. 2005 Nov;71(11):986-91.
18. Guy JS, Dolinak J, Dougherty WR, Diaz JJ. Nonburn centers uniformly overestimate burn size and provide inappropriate resuscitation of burn patients prior to burn center admission. J Burn Care Rehabil 2005; 26(2): S47.
19. Guy JS, Dolinak J, Dougherty WR, Diaz JJ, Use of CDC Guidelines for Intravascular Catheters Result in an Increase of Blood Stream Infections in the Burn Population. J Burn Care Rehabil 2005; 26(2): S135.
20. May AK, Fleming, Miller R, Diaz JJ, Guillamondegui O, Morris JA, Broad Spectrum ICP Prophylaxis’ Impact on Resistance Rates. Surg Infect (Larchmt). 2006 Oct;7(5):409-17.
21. Vogel T, Diaz JJ, Miller R, May AK, Guy J, Guillamondegui O, Morris JA. The Open Abdomen in Trauma: Do Septic Complications Affect Primary Abdominal Closure. Surg Infect (Larchmt). 2006 Oct;7(5):433-41.
22. Diaz JJ, Guy J, Berkes M, Guillamondegui O, Miller, R. Acellular Dermal Matrix in the Repair of Ventral Hernia in the Compromised Surgical Field. Am Surg. 2006 Dec;72(12):1181-7.
23. Diaz JJ, Cullinane DC, Altman DT, Bokhari F, Cheng JS, Como J, Gunter O, Holevar M, Jerome R, Kurek SJ Jr, Lorenzo M, Mejia V, Miglietta M, O'Neill PJ, Rhee P, Sing R, Streib E, Vaslef S; EAST Practice Management Guideline Committee. Practice Management Guideline for the Screening for Thoracolumbar Spine Fracture, J Trauma. 2007 Sep;63(3):709-18.
24. Diaz, JJ, Miller, RS, May AK, Morris, JA Acute Care Surgery: A Functioning Program and Fellowship Training. Surgery, 141, Issue 3, March 2007, 310-316.
25. Diaz JJ, Norris PR, Collier BR, Berkes MB, Ozdas A, May AK, Miller RS, Morris JA. Morbid obesity is not a risk factor for mortality in critically ill trauma patients. J Trauma. 2009 Jan;66(1):226-31.
26. Collier B, Guillamondegui O, Cotton B, Donahue R, Conrad A, Groh K, Richman J, Vogel T, Miller R, Diaz JJ. Feeding the Open Abdomen. JPEN 2007 Sep-Oct;31(5):410-5.
27. Gunter OL, Guillamondegui O, May AK, Diaz JJ, Outcomes of Necrotizing Skin and Soft Tissue Infections. Surg Infect (Larchmt). 2008 Aug;9(4):443-50.
28. Diaz JJ, Bokhari F, Mowery NT, Acosta JA, Block EF, Bromberg WJ, Collier BR, Cullinane DC, Dwyer KM, Griffen MM, Mayberry JC, Jerome R. Practice Management Guideline for Small Bowel Obstruction, J Trauma. 2008 Jun;64(6):1651-64.
29. Riordan WP, Idowu R, Austin MT, Diaz JJ Laparoendoscopic evaluation and treatment of massive pneumoperitoneum occurring 1 year after gastrostomy tube removal. Surg Laparosc Endosc Percutan Tech. 2008 Dec;18(6):601-3.
30. Collier B, Dossett LA, May AK, Diaz JJ. Glucose Control and the Inflammatory Response. Nutr Clin Pract. 2008 Feb;23(1):3-15.
31. Dossett LA, Heffeman D, Collier B, Diaz JJ, Lightfoot M, Sawyer R, May AK. Obesity and Pulmonary Complications in Critical Injured Adults. Chest. 2008 Nov;134(5):974-80. Epub 2008 Aug 21.
32. Dossett LA, Collier B, Donahue R, Mowery NT, Dortch MJ, Guillamondegui O, Diaz JJ and May AK. Intensive Insulin Therapy in Practice: Can we do it? JPEN J Parenter Enteral Nutr. 2009 Jan-Feb;33(1):14-20.
33. Nirula R, Diaz JJ, Trunkey D, Mayberry J. Rib Fracture Repair: Indications Technical Issues, and Future Directions. World J Surg. 2009 Jan;33(1):14-22.
34. Diaz JJ, Conquest A, Ferzoco S, Vargo D, Miller P, Wu Y, Donahue R. Multi-Institutional Experience using Human Acellular Dermal Matrix for Ventral Hernia Repair in a Compromised Surgical Field. Arch Surg. 2009 Mar;144(3):209-15.
35. Como J, Diaz JJ, Dunham M, Chiu WC, Duane TM, CAPELLA jm, Holevar MR, Khwaja KA, Mayglothling JA, Shapiro MB, Winston ES. Practice management guidelines for identification of cervical spine injuries following trauma - update from the Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma Practice Management Guidelines Committee. J Trauma. 2009 Sep;67(3):651-9.
36. Pousman R, Pepper C, Pandharipande P, Ayers GD, Mills B, Diaz JJ, Collier B, Miller RS, Jensen G. Feasibility of Implementing a reduced fasting protocol for critically ill trauma patients undergoing operative and non-operative procedures. JPEN J Parenter Enteral Nutr. 2009 Mar-Apr;33(2):176-80.
37. Mowery NT, Dortch MJ, Dossett LA, Norris PR, Diaz JJ , Morris JA Jr, May AK. Insulin resistance despite tight glucose control is associated with mortality in critically ill surgical patients. J Intensive Care Med. 2009 Jul-Aug;24(4):242-51.
38. Diaz JJ, Norris PR, May AK, Miller RS, Rodriguez WA, Riordan WP, Collier BR, Morris JA. Acute Care Surgery Program: Mentoring Fellows and Patient Outcomes. J Surg Res. 2009 May 26.
39. Collier B, Dossett L. Mann M, Cotton B, Guillamondegui O, Diaz, J, Fleming S, May A, Morris J Vasopressin use is associated with death in acute trauma patients with shock. J Crit Care. 2010 Mar;25(1):173.e9-14.
40. Mowery NT, Guillamondegui OD, Gunter OL, Diaz JJ, Collier BC, Dossett LA, Dortch MJ, May AK. Severe Hypoglycemia while on intensive Insulin therapy is not an independent predictor of death after trauma. J Trauma. 2010 Feb;68(2):342-7.
41. Diaz JJ, Cullinane DC, Dutton W, Jerome R, Bagdonas R, Bilaniuk JO, Collier B, Como JJ, Cumming J, Griffen M, Gunter O, Kirby J, Lottenburg L, Mowery N, Martin N, Platz J, Stassen N, Winston ES. The Management of the Open Abdomen in Trauma and Emergency General Surgery: Part 1 “Damage Control” J Trauma. 2010 Jun;68(6):1425-38
42. Mowery NT, May AK, Collier B, Dossett L, Gunter O, Dortch M, Diaz JJ. Glucose metabolism, not obesity, predicts mortality in critically ill surgical patients. Am Surg. 2010 Dec;76(12):1377-83.
43. Mukherjee K, Pichert JW, Cornett MB, Yan G, Hickson GW, Diaz JJ. All Trauma Surgeons are not created equal: Asymmetric distribution of malpractice claims risk. J Trauma. 2010 Sep;69(3):549-54; discussion 554-6.
44. Diaz JJ, Norris P, Gunter O, Collier B, Riordan W, Morris JA. Triaging to a regional Acute Care Surgery Center: Distance is critical. J Trauma. 2011 Jan;70(1):116-9.
45. Dutton WD, Diaz JJ, Miller RS. Critical Care Issues in Managing the Complex Open Abdomen. J Intensive Care Med. 2011 Mar 24.
46. Mowery NT, Gunter OL, Collier BR, Diaz JJ, Haut E, Hildreth A, Holevar M, Mayberry J, Streib E. EAST Practice Management Guidelines for Management of Hemothorax and Occult Pneumothorax, J Trauma. 2011 Feb;70(2):510-8.
47. Mowery NT, Gunter OL, May AK, Dossett LA, Dortch MJ, and Morris JA, Diaz JJ. Failure to Achieve Euglycemia Despite Aggressive Insulin Control Signals Abnormal Physiologic Response to Trauma. J Crit Care. 2011 Jan 19.
48. Ott MM, Norris P, Diaz JJ, Collier RC, Jenkins J, Morris JA. Colon anastomosis after damage control laparotomy: recommendations from 174 trauma colectomies. J Trauma. 2011 Mar;70(3):595-602.
49. Kauffmann RM, Hayes RM, Jenkins JM, Norris RN, Diaz JJ, May AK, Collier B. Provision of Balanced Nutrition Protects Against Hypoglycemia in the Surgically Critically Ill. JPEN J Parenter Enteral Nutr. 2011 Nov;35(6):686-94.
50. Diaz JJ, Norris PR, Gunter OL, Collier BR, Riordan WR, Morris JA. Does Regionalization of Acute Care Surgery Decrease Mortality? J Trauma. 2011 Aug;71(2):442-6.
51. Diaz JJ, Dutton WD, Ott MM, Cullinane DC, Alouidor R, Armen SB, Bilanuik JW, Collier BR, Gunter OL, Jawa R, Jerome R, Kerwin AJ, Kirby JP, Lambert AL, Riordan WP, Wohltmann CDCD, Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma Review of the Management for the Open Abdomen - Part 2 “Management of the Open Abdomen” J Trauma. 2011 Aug;71(2):502-12
52. Mowery NT, Gunter OL, Kauffmann RM, Diaz JJ, Collier BC, May AK. Duration of time on intensive insulin therapy predicts severe hypoglycemia in the surgically critically ill population. World J Surg. 2012 Feb;36(2):270-7.
53. Patel MB, Guillamondegui, OD, May AK, Diaz JJ. Twenty-Year Analysis Of Surgical Resident Operative Trauma Experiences, J Surg Res. 2012 May 16.
54. Morris JA, Fildes J, May A, Diaz JJ, Britt LD, Meredith JW. A research agenda for emergency general surgery: Health Policy & Basic Science. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2013 Jan; 74(1):322-8.
55. Morris JA, Diaz JJ, Fildes J, May A, Britt LD, Meredith JW, A research agenda for emergency general surgery: clinical trials. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2013 Jan;74(1):329-33.
56. Lissauer ME, Diaz JJ, Narayan M, Shah P, Hanna N. Surgical Intensive Care Unit Admission Variables Predict Subsequent Readmission. Am Surg. 2013 Jun;79(6):583-8.
57. Diaz JJ, Cullinane DC, Khwaja KA, Tyson GH, Ott M, Jerome R, Kerwin AJ, Collier BR, Pappas PA, Sangosanya AT, Como JT, Bokhari F, Hautt ER, Smith LM, Winston ES, Bilaniuk JW, Tally CL, Silverman R, Croce MA. Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma - The Open Abdomen Part III: A Review of “Abdominal Wall Reconstruction” J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2013 Sep;75(3):376-86.
58. Lissauer ME, Galvangno SM, Rock P, Narayan M, Shah P, Spencer H, Hong C, Diaz JJ. Increased Intensive Care Unit resource Needs for an Academic non-trauma Acute Care Surgery Service. Crit Care Med. 2014 Apr;42(4):910-7.
59. Harris D, Koo G, McCrone M, Scalea T, Chiu W, Diaz JJ, Lissauer ME. Recurrent Acute Kidney Injury is Associated with Worse Outcomes in Critically Ill Surgical Patients. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2014 Jun;76(6):1397-401.
60. Harris DG, McCrone MP, Koo G, Weltz AS, Chiu WC, Scalea TM, Diaz JJ, Lissauer ME. Epidemiology and outcomes of acute kidney injury in critically ill surgical patients. J Crit Care. 2014 Aug 6.
61. Kauffmann RM, Hayes RM, VanLaeken AH, Norris PR, Diaz JJ, May AK, Collier BR. Hypocaloric enteral nutrition protects against hypoglycemia associated with intensive insulin therapy better than intravenous dextrose. Am Surg. 2014 Nov;80(11):1106-11.
62. Bruns BR, DuBose J, Pasley J, Kheirbek T, Chouliaras K, Riggle A, Frank M, Phelan H, Holena D, Inaba K, Diaz JJ, Scalea T. Morbidity After Loop Versus End Colostomy Reversal: Has Anything Changed? European J Trauma and Emergency Surgery, 04 Sept 2014
63. Narayan M, Tesoriero R, Bruns BR, Klyushnenkova EN, Chen H, Diaz JJ, Acute Care Surgery: Defining Mortality in Emergency General Surgery in the State of Maryland, J Am Coll Surg. 2015 Apr;220(4):762-70. doi: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2014.12.051. Epub 2015 Jan 22 .
64. Harris DH, Koo G, McCrone MP, Weltz AS, Chiu WC, Sarkar R, Scalea TM, Diaz JJ, Lissauer ME, Crawford RS. Acute Kidney Injury in Critically Ill Vascular Surgery Patients is Common and Associated with Increased Mortality. Front Surg. 2015 Mar 9;2:8.
65. Bruns B, Lissauer M, Tesoriero R, Narayan M, Buchanan L, Galvangno S, Diaz JJ. Infectious complications and mortality in an American acute care surgical service. European Journal of Trauma and Emergency Surgery 2015.
66. Weltz AS, Harris DG, O’Neill NA, O’Meara LB, Brenner ML, Diaz JJ. The use of resuscitative endovascular balloon occlusion of the aorta to control hemorrhagic shock during video-assisted retroperitoneal debridement or infected necrotizing pancreatitis. Int J Surg Case Rep. 2015 May 30;13:15-18.
67. Bruns BR, Tesoriero R, Narayan M, Klyushnenkova EN, Chen H, Scalea TM, Diaz JJ. Emergency General Surgery: Defining Burden of Disease in the State of Maryland. Am Surg. 2015 Aug;81(8):829-34.
68. Bruns B, Diaz JJ. Early and Persistent Hemothorax and Pneumothorax. Current Trauma Reports 19 Sept 2015. 1-6
69. Sartelli M, Abu-Zidan FM, Ansaloni L, Bala M, Beltrán MA, Biffl WL, Catena F, Chiara O, Coccolini F, Coimbra R, Demetrashvili Z, Demetriades D, Diaz JJ, Di Saverio S, Fraga GP, Ghnnam W, Griffiths EA, Gupta S, Hecker A, Karamarkovic A, Kong VY, Kafka-Ritsch R, Kluger Y, Latifi R, Leppaniemi A, Lee JG, McFarlane M, Marwah S, Moore FA, Ordonez CA, Pereira GA, Plaudis H, Shelat VG, Ulrych J, Zachariah SK, Zielinski MD, Garcia MP, Moore EE. The role of the open abdomen procedure in managing severe abdominal sepsis: WSES position paper. World J Emerg Surg. 2015 Aug 12;10:35
70. Sarani B, Schulte L, Diaz JJ. Pitfalls Associated with Open Reduction and Internal Fixation of Fractured Ribs. Injury. 2015 Dec;46(12):2335-40.
71. Lindsay O'Meara, Sarwat Ahmad, Elena Klyushnenkova, JJ Diaz, Brandon R. Bruns. Outcomes of Primary Fascial Closure After Open Abdomen for Non-Trauma Emergency General Surgery Patients. Am J Surg. 2015 Dec;210(6):1126-31.
72. Wise E, Gadomski S, Ilg A, Noguera B, Chan E, Izmaylov M, Gridely S, Kaczmarek J, Melancon Ahmand S, Kavic S, Diaz JJ. Independent pre-operative predictors of prolonged length of stay after laparoscopic appendectomy in patients over thirty years of age: experience from a single institution Am Surg. 2016 Nov 1;82(11):1092-1097. PMID: 28206936
73. Crawford RS, Harris DG, Klyushnenkova EN, Tesoriero RT, Sarkar R, Rabin J, Chen H, Diaz JJ. A Statewide Analysis of the Incidence and Outcomes of Acute Mesenteric Ischemia in Maryland, 2009 – 2013. Front Surg. 2016 Apr 14;3:22. doi: 10.3389/fsurg.2016.00022. eCollection 2016.
74. Bruns BR, Ahmad SA, O'Meara L, Tesoriero R, Lauerman M, Klyushnenkova E, Kozar R, Scalea TM, Diaz JJ. Non-Trauma Open Abdomens: A Prospective Observational Study. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2016 Apr;80(4):631-6. doi: 10.1097/TA.0000000000000958. PMID: 26808023
75. Bruns BR, Tesoriero RB, Narayan M, O'Meara L, Lauerman MH, Eaton B, Herrera AV, Scalea TM, Diaz JJ. Acute care surgery and emergency general surgery: Addition by subtraction. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2016 Feb 17.
76. Wise E, Hocking KM, Weltz A, Uebele A, Diaz JJ, Kavic S, Kligman M,. Red cell distribution width is a novel biomarker that predicts excess body-mass index loss one year after laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass. Surg Endosc. 2016 Feb 22.
77. Narayan M, Bruns B, Tesoriero R, Klyushnenkova E, Chen H, Diaz JJ. Acute Care Surgery: Defining the Economic Burden of Emergency General Surgery. J Am Coll Surg. 2016 Apr;222(4):691-9. doi: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2016.01.054.
PMID: 27016997
78. Crawford RS, Harris DG , Klyushnenkova E, Tesoriero RB, Rabin J, Chen H, Diaz JJ. A Statewide Analysis of the Incidence and Outcomes of Acute Mesenteric Ischemia in Maryland from 2009 – 2013. Front Surg. 2016 Apr 14;3:22. doi: 10.3389/fsurg.2016.00022. PMID: 27148538
79. Harris D, Klyushnenkova E, Kalsi R, Garrido D, Bhardwaj A, Rabin J, Toursavadkohi S, Diaz J, Crawford R. Non-White Race is an Independent Risk Factor for Hospitalization for Aortic Dissection. Ethn Dis. 2016 Jul 21;26(3):363-8.
80. Ahmad S, Turner K, Shah P, Diaz J. Using a Bedside Video-assisted Test Tube Test to Assess Stoma Viability: A Report of 4 Cases. Ostomy Wound Manage. 2016 Jul;62(7):44-9. PMID: 27428565
81. Sartelli M, Weber DG, Ruppé E, Bassetti M, Wright BJ, Ansaloni L, Catena F, Coccolini F, Abu-Zidan FM, Coimbra R, Moore EE, Moore FA, Maier RV, De Waele JJ, Kirkpatrick AW, Griffiths EA, Eckmann C, Brink AJ, Mazuski JE, May AK, Sawyer RG, Mertz D, Montravers P, Kumar A, Roberts JA, Vincent JL, Watkins RR, Lowman W, Spellberg B, Abbott IJ, Adesunkanmi AK, Al-Dahir S, Al-Hasan MN, Agresta F, Althani AA, Ansari S, Ansumana R, Augustin G, Bala M, Balogh ZJ, Baraket O, Bhangu A, Beltrán MA, Bernhard M, Biffl WL, Boermeester MA, Brecher SM, Cherry-Bukowiec JR, Buyne OR, Cainzos MA, Cairns KA, Camacho-Ortiz A, Chandy SJ, Che Jusoh A, Chichom-Mefire A, Colijn C, Corcione F, Cui Y, Curcio D, Delibegovic S, Demetrashvili Z, De Simone B, Dhingra S, Diaz JJ, Di Carlo I, Dillip A, Di Saverio S, Doyle MP, Dorj G, Dogjani A, Dupont H, Eachempati SR, Enani MA, Egiev VN, Elmangory MM, Ferrada P, Fitchett JR, Fraga GP, Guessennd N, Giamarellou H, Ghnnam W, Gkiokas G, Goldberg SR, Gomes CA, Gomi H, Guzmán-Blanco M, Haque M, Hansen S, Hecker A, Heizmann WR, Herzog T, Hodonou AM, Hong SK, Kafka-Ritsch R, Kaplan LJ, Kapoor G, Karamarkovic A, Kees MG, Kenig J, Kiguba R, Kim PK, Kluger Y, Khokha V, Koike K, Kok KY, Kong V, Knox MC, Inaba K, Isik A, Iskandar K, Ivatury RR, Labbate M, Labricciosa FM, Laterre PF, Latifi R, Lee JG, Lee YR, Leone M, Leppaniemi A, Li Y, Liang SY, Loho T, Maegele M, Malama S, Marei HE, Martin-Loeches I, Marwah S, Massele A, McFarlane M, Melo RB, Negoi I, Nicolau DP, Nord CE, Ofori-Asenso R, Omari AH, Ordonez CA, Ouadii M, Pereira Júnior GA, Piazza D, Pupelis G, Rawson TM, Rems M, Rizoli S, Rocha C, Sakakhushev B, Sanchez-Garcia M, Sato N, Segovia Lohse HA, Sganga G, Siribumrungwong B, Shelat VG, Soreide K, Soto R, Talving P, Tilsed JV, Timsit JF, Trueba G, Trung NT, Ulrych J, van Goor H, Vereczkei A, Vohra RS, Wani I, Uhl W, Xiao Y, Yuan KC, Zachariah SK, Zahar JR, Zakrison TL, Corcione A, Melotti RM, Viscoli C, Viale P. Antimicrobials: a global alliance for optimizing their rational use in intra-abdominal infections (AGORA). World J Emerg Surg. 2016 Jul 15;11:33. doi: 10.1186/s13017-016-0089-y. eCollection 2016. Review. PMID: 27429642
82. Lauerman MH, Dubose JJ, Stein DM, Galvagno SM, Bradley MJ, Diaz J, Scalea TM. Evolution of Fascial Closure Optimization in Damage Control Laparotomy. Am Surg. 2016 Dec 1;82(12):1178-1182. PMID: 28234181
83. Lauerman M, Cunningham K, Bradley M, DuBose J, Diaz JJ, Scalea TM. Delayed Interventions and Mortality in Trauma Damage Control Laparotomy. Surgery. 2016 Dec;160(6):1568-1575. doi: 10.1016/j.surg.2016.05.044. PMID: 27499147
84. Harris D, Klyushnenkova E, Kalsi R, Garrido D, Bhardwaj A, Rabin J, Toursavadkohi S, Diaz J, Crawford R. Non-White Race is an Independent Risk Factor for Hospitalization for Aortic Dissection. Ethn Dis. 2016 Jul 21;26(3):363-8. doi: 10.18865/ed.26.3.363. PMID: 27440976
85. Bruns BR, Morris DS, Zielinski M, Mowery NT, Miller PR, Arnold K, Phelan HA, Murry J, Turay D, Fam J, Oh JS, Gunter OL, Enniss T, Love JD, Skarupa D, Benns M, Fathalizadeh A, Leung PS, Carrick MM, Jewett B, Sakran J, O'Meara L, Herrera AV, Chen H, Scalea TM, Diaz JJ. Stapled versus handsewn: A prospective emergency surgery study (SHAPES). An American Association for the Surgery of Trauma multi-institutional studyJ Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2016 Dec 23. doi: 10.1097/TA.0000000000001354. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 28030492
86. Richert ME, Hosier H, Weltz AS, Wise ES, Joshi M, Diaz JJ. Acute Transverse Myelitis Associated with Salmonella Bacteremia: A Case Report. Am J Case Rep. 2016 Dec 8;17:929-933. PMID: 27928148
87. Mazuski JE, Tessier JM, May AK, Sawyer RG, Nadler EP, Rosengart MR, Chang PK, O'Neill PJ, Mollen KP, Huston JM, Diaz JJ Jr, Prince JM. . The Surgical Infection Society Revised Guidelines on the Management of Intra-Abdominal Infection. Surg Infect (Larchmt). 2017 Jan;18(1):1-76. doi: 10.1089/sur.2016.261. PMID: 28085573
88. Cocanour CS, Chang P, Huston JM, Adams CA Jr, Diaz JJ, Wessel CB, Falcione BA1, Bauza GM1, Forsythe RA1, Rosengart MR1. Management and Novel Adjuncts of Necrotizing Soft Tissue Infections. Surg Infect (Larchmt). 2017 Apr;18(3):250-272. doi: 10.1089/sur.2016.200. Epub 2017 Apr 4. PMID: 28375805
89. Huston JM, Kao LS, Chang PK, Sanders JM, Buckman S, Adams CA, Cocanour CS, Parli SE, Grabowski J, Diaz J, Tessier JM, Duane TM. Antibiotics vs. Appendectomy for Acute Uncomplicated Appendicitis in Adults: Review of the Evidence and Future Directions. Surg Infect (Larchmt). 2017 Jun 14. doi: 10.1089/sur.2017.073. PMID: 28624703
90. Harris DG, Herrera A, Drucker CB, Kalsi R, Menon N, Toursavadkohi S, Diaz JJ, Crawford RS. Defining the burden, scope, and future of vascular acute care surgery. J Vasc Surg. 2017 Jun 26. PMID: 28662926
91. Sartelli M, Chichom-Mefire A, Labricciosa FM, Hardcastle T, Abu-Zidan FM, Adesunkanmi AK, Ansaloni L, Bala M, Balogh ZJ, Beltrán MA, Ben-Ishay O, Biffl WL, Birindelli A, Cainzos MA, Catalini G, Ceresoli M, Che Jusoh A, Chiara O, Coccolini F, Coimbra R, Cortese F, Demetrashvili Z, Di Saverio S, Diaz JJ, Egiev VN, Ferrada P, Fraga GP, Ghnnam WM, Lee JG, Gomes CA, Hecker A, Herzog T, Kim JI, Inaba K, Isik A, Karamarkovic A, Kashuk J, Khokha V, Kirkpatrick AW, Kluger Y, Koike K, Kong VY, Leppaniemi A, Machain GM, Maier RV, Marwah S, McFarlane ME, Montori G, Moore EE, Negoi I, Olaoye I, Omari AH, Ordonez CA, Pereira BM, Pereira Júnior GA, Pupelis G, Reis T, Sakakhushev B, Sato N, Segovia Lohse HA, Shelat VG, Søreide K, Uhl W, Ulrych J, Van Goor H, Velmahos GC, Yuan KC, Wani I, Weber DG, Zachariah SK, Catena F. The management of intra-abdominal infections from a global perspective: 2017 WSES guidelines for management of intra-abdominal infections. World J Emerg Surg. 2017 Jul 10;12:29. PMID: 28702076
92. Wandling MW, Ko CY, Bankey PE, Cribari C, Cryer HG, Diaz JJ, Duane TM, Hameed SM, Hutter MM, Metzler MH 3rd, Regner JL, Reilly PM, Reines HD, Sperry JL, Staudenmayer KL, Utter GH, Crandall ML, Bilimoria KY, Nathens AB. Expanding the Scope of Quality Measurement in Surgery to Include Non-Operative Care: Results from the ACS NSQIP Emergency General Surgery Pilot. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2017 Aug 12. doi: PMID: 28806283
93. Haddad NN1, Bruns BR, Enniss TM, Turay D, Sakran JV, Fathalizadeh A, Arnold K, Murry JS, Carrick MM, Hernandez MC, Lauerman MH, Choudhry AJ, Morris DS, Diaz JJ, Phelan HA, Zielinski MD; NSAIDs SHAPES Workgroup. Perioperative use of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and the risk of anastomotic failure in emergency general surgery. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2017 Oct;83(4):657-661. PMID: 28930958
94. Brenner M, Teeter W, Hoehn M, Pasley J, Hu P, Yang S, Romagnoli A, Diaz J, Stein D, Scalea T. Use of Resuscitative Endovascular Balloon Occlusion of the Aorta for Proximal Aortic Control in Patients With Severe Hemorrhage and Arrest. JAMA Surg. 2017 Sep 27. PMID: 28973104
95. Harris D, Klyushnenkova E, Chen H, Rabin J, Crawford R, Diaz JJ. Incidence and Outcomes of Thoracic Aortic Injuries with Regionalized Care in a Mature Trauma System. (Accepted for publication Trauma 2017).
96. M Lauerman, A Herrera, E Klyushnenkova, H Chen, M Narayan, B Bruns, R Tesoriero, L Buchanan, JJ Diaz. Racial Disparities in ICU Resource Utilization in Emergency General Surgery. (Submit to Critical Care 2016).
97. Donald G. Harris, Robert S. Crawford, Joseph Rabin, Elena N. Klyushnenkova, Charles B. Drucker, Hegang Chen, Thomas M. Scalea, Jose J. Diaz, Incidence and Outcomes of Thoracic Aortic Injuries with Regionalized Care in a Mature Trauma System. (Submitted to Injury 2016).
98. Haac B, Henry S, Diaz JJ, Scalea TM, Stein D . Early Enteral Nutrition is Associated with Reduced Morbidity in Critically Ill Soft Tissue Patients (Submitted to J Trauma 2016)
99. Hansraj N, Harris DG, Pasley A, Diaz JJ, Bruns BR. “Second-Look” Laparotomy: Warranted, or Contributor to Excessive Open Abdomens? (submitted to J Surg Res 2017)
100. AM Pasley, BR Bruns, M Brenner, JD Pasley, AV Herrera, N Hansraj, IC Botwinick, LB O’Meara, JJ Diaz, Antibiotic use in Open Abdomens? (Submitted to American Surgeon 2017)
101. Harris D, Richa K, Diaz JJ, Crawford. Regionalization of Vascular Acute Care Surgery Improves Patient Outcomes. (Submitted to JVS 2017).
102. Harris D, Richa K, Diaz JJ, Crawford R. Early Triage to a Vascular Center Improves Outcomes for Acute Limb Ischemia (Submitted to JVS 2017)
103. B.E. Haac , R. Van Besien , R. Jenkins , A. Geyer , J. Diaz , D. Stein . Current Nutritional Practices and Associated Outcomes in Critically-Ill Trauma Patients. (Submitted to AAS 2017).
104. Pasley AM, Hansraj N, Pasley JD, Diaz, JJ, Scalea TM, Bruns B What comes first, the spleen or the valve? Management of Splenic Abscess Complicating Infective Endocarditis: A single center case series. (Submitted Pan-American J Trauma 2017).
Books
1. Abdominal Wall Defects: Prevalence, Surgical Strategies, and Clinical Care Outcomes. Editor: Diaz JJ, New York, Nova Science Publishers, Inc. (2013)
2. Complications in Acute Care Surgery: The Management of Difficult Clinical Scenarios. Editors: Diaz JJ and Efron DT. Springer Nature, Scientific Publishing Services (P) Ltd., (2017)
3. Minimally Invasive Acute Care Surgery. Editors: Khwaja K and Diaz JJ. Springer Nature, Scientific Publishing Services (P) Ltd., (In publication 2017)
Book Chapters
1. Diaz JJ, Guillamondegui O, Morris JA Chapter: Emergency General Surgery: The Vanderbilt Model. In: Britt LD, Trunkey DD, Organ C, Feliciano DV, editors. Acute Care Surgery: Principles and Practice, New York: SPRINGER-VERLAG NEW YORK, INC. February 2007
2. May AK. Diaz JJ, Chapter: Bedside Surgical Procedures. In: CM Townsend, RD eds. Beauchamp, BM Evans, KL Mattox: Sabiston Text Book of Surgery. 18th Edition, W.B Saunders Company. February 2008.
3. Diaz JJ and Riordan W. Ventral Hernia Repair in the Compromised Surgical Field. ACS Multimedia Atlas of Surgery: Hernia Surgery Volume. Dr. Horacio Asbun and Dr. Steven Schwaitzberg, the editors ( ) 2009
4. Diaz JJ. Chapter: Human Acellular Dermal Matrix for Ventral Hernia Repair in the Compromised Surgical Field. In V. Schumpelick, RJ Fitzgibbons: Hernia Repair Sequelae. Springer-Verlag Berlin Hedelberg New York 2010.
5. Diaz JJ, Dutton W, Miller RS. Chapter 19: The Difficult Abdominal Wall. In: CM Townsend, RD eds. Beauchamp, BM Evans, KL Mattox: Sabiston Text Book of Surgery. 19th Edition, W.B Saunders Company. 2012
6. Gunter O, Diaz, JJ, May AK. Chapter 24: Bedside Surgical Procedures. In: CM Townsend, RD eds. Beauchamp, BM Evans, KL Mattox: Sabiston Text Book of Surgery. 19th Edition, W.B Saunders Company. 2012
7. Ott MM, Diaz JJ. Chapter 24: What is a Complex Abdominal Wall? Edited by Dr. Brian Jacob and Dr. Bruce Ramshaw, SAGES Manual of Hernia Repair. Springer. 2013, XXI
8. Diaz JJ, Chapter 1: A Brief Historical Review of Surgical Treatment of Hernia Advances in Laparoscopy of the Abdominal Wall Hernia edited by Juan Manuel Suares Grau, MD and Juan Antonio Bellido Luque, MD, Springer-Verlag London 2014
9. Lauerman M, Diaz JJ, Damage Control Laparotomy and Management of the Open Abdomen. Surgical Council on Resident Education (Score Module), March 2015
10. Buchanan L, Diaz JJ. Chapter 9, Part IV Gastrointestinal Disorders, National Medical Series for Independent Study. 5th edition. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; Fifth edition Edited Bruce E. Jarrell, R Anthony Carabasi, III (April 18, 2007)
11. Lauerman M, Diaz JJ, Chapter: Indication and Techniques for Trauma Exploration: Chest (Thoracotomy and VATS). The Shock Trauma Manual of Operative Techniques. Springer Nature, Scientific Publishing Services (P) Ltd Editor: Scalea T 2015 Edition
12. Uzcategui M, Diaz JJ. Chapter 26: Acute Pancreatitis for Critical Care Emergency Medicine, Second Edition edited by Dr. Farcy, Dr. Chiu, Dr. Marshall and Dr. Osborn. McGraw-Hill Education / Medical; (In production 2015)
13. Tesoeriero R, Diaz, JJ, Chapter 18 Pancreatitis, Principles of Adult Surgical Critical Care, Editors: Drs. Niels D. Martin and Lewis J. Kaplan, Springer International Publishing (2017)
14. Diaz JJ, Alam H. Persistent Pneumothorax. American Association for the Surgery of Trauma – Acute Care Surgery SCORE Project 2015 ()
15. Deane M, Diaz JJ. Chapter 11. General surgery approach to DC: decision making and indications. Damage Control Management in the Polytrauma Patient. Editors: HC Pape, A Peitzman, M.Rotondo, P.Giannoudis (2017 Springer International Publishing AG)
16. Diaz JJ, Sternal Fractures. American Association for the Surgery of Trauma – Acute Care Surgery SCORE Project 2016 (In publication)
17. Berry C, Diaz JJ. Chapter: Enteral and Parenteral Nutritional Support. Critical Care of the Surgical Patient. Scientific America Editors: DA Spain, FA Luchette, SA Tisherman, AJ Patterson. (In Publication 2016)
18. Mather J, Diaz JJ. Chapter: Minimally Invasive Techniques in Acute Pancreatitis: Video-Assisted Retroperitoneal Debridement (VARD), Minimally Invasive Acute Care Surgery Editor Kosar Khwaja and Jose Diaz, Springer Nature, Scientific Publishing Services (P) Ltd (In publication)
19. Englert Z, Diaz JJ, Chapter 17: Laparoscopic Exploration for Trauma. Minimally Invasive Acute Care Surgery. Editor Kosar Khwaja and Jose Diaz. Springer Nature, Scientific Publishing Services (P) Ltd (In publication)
20. Mario Napoleón Mendez Rivera, Thomas M. Scalea, Jose J. Diaz, Chapter: Control de danos. Panamerican Trauma Society: Trauma, Emergency Surgery and Critical Care 3rd Edition. Senior Editors: Aurelio Rodriguez, & Ricardo Ferrada (In publication 2017)
21. Mather J, Diaz JJ. Chapter: Blunt and Penetrating Neck Injury. Acute Care Surgery, 2nd ed., edited by L.D. Britt, Andrew Peitzman, Philip S. Barie, and Gregory J. Jurkovich. (In publication 2017).
Editorial Activities
2015 to present: Section Editor, Trauma Surgery, Current Surgery Reports (published 12x/year; Springer Nature) ()
1. Rishi Rattan, Keith M. Jones, Nicholas Namias. “Management of Lower Extremity Vascular Injuries: State of the Art” Section Editor J. Diaz, Trauma Surgery, Current Surgery Reports. Springer Link, November 2015, 3:35
2. Margaret H. Lauerman, Deborah M. Stein. “Decompressive Craniectomy: An Update” Section Editor J. Diaz, Trauma Surgery, Current Surgery Reports. Springer Link, December 2015, 3:36
3. Bellal Joseph, Ahmed Hassan “Geriatric Trauma Patients: What is the Difference?” Section Editor J. Diaz, Trauma Surgery, Current Surgery Reports. Springer Link, January 2016, 4:1
4. Phillip M. Kemp Bohan, John D. Yonge, Martin A. Schreiber. “Update on the Massive Transfusion Guidelines on Hemorrhagic Shock: After the Wars” Section Editor J. Diaz, Trauma Surgery, Current Surgery Reports. Springer Link, May 2016, 4:16
5. Charles A. Adams Jr. “Renal Trauma: When to Embolize?” Section Editor J. Diaz, Trauma Surgery, Current Surgery Reports. Springer Link, July 2016, 4:23
6. Jeremy L. Holzmacher, Babak Sarani “Surgical Stabilization of Rib Fractures” Section Editor J. Diaz, Trauma Surgery, Current Surgery Reports. Springer Link, September 2017, 5:22
7. Jacob Glaser, Megan Brenner “The Current Status of REBOA in Traumatic Shock” Section Editor J. Diaz, Trauma Surgery, Current Surgery Reports. Springer Link, October 2017, 5:23
8. Muhammad Khan, Bellal Joseph “Frailty in Trauma Patients: An Emerging Geriatric Syndrome” Section Editor J. Diaz, Trauma Surgery, Current Surgery Reports. Springer Link, November 2017, 5:30
9. Brandon Robert Bruns. “Bowel Anastomosis in Acute Care Surgery” Section Editor J. Diaz, Trauma Surgery, Current Surgery Reports. Springer Link, November 2017, 5:29
10. Muhammad Khan, Bellal Joseph. “Frailty in Trauma Patients: An Emerging Geriatric Syndrome “Section Editor J. Diaz, Trauma Surgery, Current Surgery Reports. Springer Link, November 2017, 5:30|
Abstracts
1. Diaz JJ. Eisenstat M. Chung R. The Efficacy of Laparoscopic Splenectomy. SURG ENDOSC 1996; 10:229
2. Diaz JJ. Eisenstat M. Chung R. The Efficacy of Laparoscopic Splenectomy. ANNAL RESIDENT ESSAY COMPETITION, Cleveland Surgical Society, Cleveland, OH 4/2/96
3. Chung R. Diaz JJ. Routine use of Laparoscopy in the Management of the Acute Abdomen. SURG. ENDOSC 1997;
4. Chung R. Rowling DY. Li P. Diaz JJ. Is Laparoscopic Appendectomy Better? A Meta-Analysis. SURG. ENDOSC. 1998; 12:S26
5. Chung R. Rowland DY. Diaz JJ. Is Laparoscopic Hernia Better? A Meta-Analysis. SURG ENDOSC. 1998; 12:S2
6. Chung R. Diaz J. Laparoscopic Surgery of the Small Bowel. SURG ENDOSC. 1998; 12:S24
7. Schenarts PJ; Diaz JJ; Kaiser C; Eddy V, Carrillo Y, Guy J, Morris JA, Prospective Comparison of Admission CT Scan and Plain Films of the Cervical Spine in Trauma Patients with Altered Mental Status. J Trauma 7/1/2000
8. Diaz JJ, MD, Gillman, C, Morris JA, May AK, Carrillo YM, Guy J. Are 5 View Plain Films Of The Cervical Spine Unreliable? Prospective Evaluation In Blunt Trauma Patient With Altered Mental Status J Trauma 2003
9. Guy JS, Miller R, Morris JA, M.D., Diaz JJ, May AK, Smith PW, Carrillo YM. Early One-Stage Closure in Patients with Abdominal Compartment Syndrome: Fascial Replacement with Human Acellular Dermis and Bipedicle Flaps. American Surgeon 2003
10. Mills B, Berg MB, Binkley JF, Diaz JJ, Jensen JL. Development of Computerized Documentation Template for Nutrition Support Consultations. JPEN 2003
11. Diaz JJ, Mauer A, May AK, Miller R, Guy JS, Morris JA, Bedside Laparotomy for Trauma: Does it carry a Higher Risk of Intra-abdominal Infections? Surg Infections Vol4:1 Spring 2003
12. Diaz JJ , Gray BW, Dobson JM, Grogan EL, May AK, O'Neill PJ, Guy J, Morris JA, Repair of Giant Abdominal Hernias: Does the type of prosthesis matter? American Surgeon 2003
13. Mills B, Roy M, Diaz JJ, Binkley J, Jensen GJ, Spurious Labs From Improper Sampling of TPN Lines (JPEN - 2004)
14. Miller RS, Morris JA, Diaz JJ, Herring MA, May AM, Damage Control & the Morbidity of the Open Abdomen: Complications Are Related To Timing & Method of Closure. J Trauma 57(2) 57(2):436, August 2004.
15. Grogan E, Moore D, Speroff T, Diaz JJ, Dittus R, Morris JA, Cervical Plain Films should be Eliminated in the high risk patient: Results from Decision Analysis using an Institutional Cost Perspective. JACS Sept 2004 199(3):77
16. Austin MT, Diaz JJ, Feurer I, Morris JA, Pinson CW, A New Surgical Service: Emergency General Surgery. JACS Sept 2004 199(3):
17. Austin MT, Diaz JJ, Feurer ID, Miller RS, May AK, Guillamondegui O, Pinson CW, Morris JA, Creating an Emergency General Surgery Service Enhances Productivity of Trauma Surgeons, General Surgeons and the Hospital (J Trauma 2004)
18. Diaz JJ, Aulino J, Collier B, Roman C, May AK, Miller RS, Guillamondegui O, Morris JA, The early work-up for Isolated Ligamentous Injury of the Cervical Spine: Does CT-scan have a role? J Trauma 57(2):453, August 2004.
19. Diaz JJ, Mejia V, Proctor A, Subhawong T, Miller RS, O’Neill PJ, Morris JA, Protocol for Bedside Laparotomy in Trauma and Emergency General Surgery: A Low Return to the Operating Room Am Surg. 2005 Nov;71(11):986-91
20. Mejia VA, Diaz JJ, Guy J, Miller R, May AK, Guillamondegui O, Morris JA, Plain Films vs. Helical CT for Thoracolumbar Spine Clearance. J Trauma December 2004; 24;57;6
21. Collier B, Diaz JJ, Forbes R, Morris J May AK, Guy J, Ozdas A, Jensen G. Protocol-Driven Normol-Glycemic Management of Trauma Patients: Does it affect outcome? (JPEN- 2005)
22. Guy JS, Dolinak J, Dougherty WR, Diaz JJ, Use of CDC Guidelines for Intravascular Catheters Result in an Increase of Blood Stream Infections in the Burn Population (Presented – poster - ABA 2005)
23. Guy JS, Dolinak J, Dougherty WR, Diaz JJ, Nonburn Centers Uniformly Overestimate Burn Size and Provide Inappropriate Resuscitation of Burn Patients Prior to Burn Center Admission. (Presented ABA 2005)
24. Vogel T, Diaz JJ, Miller R, May AK, Guy J, Guillamondegui O, Morris JA. The Open Abdomen in Trauma: Do Septic Complications Affect Primary Abdominal Closure. Surg Inf. Mar 2005, Vol. 6, No. 1:103-176
25. May AK, Fleming, Miller R, Diaz JJ, Guillamondegui G, Morris JA, Broad Spectrum ICP Prophylaxis’ Impact on Resistance Rates. Surg Inf Mar 2005, Vol. 6, No. 1:103-176
26. Diaz JJ, May AK, Williams A, Guillamondegui O, Cotton B, Miller R and Morris JA. Damage Control vs. Re-Operation on Demand in Emergency General Surgery. (113th Annual Scientific Session, Western Surgical Association – Presented November 2005).
27. Diaz, JJ, May AK, Miller, RS, Morris, JA Acute Care Surgery Fellowship: The Skill Set. (Presented First Annual Academic Surgical Congress, San Diego, Ca Feb 2006)
28. Guillamondegui, OD, Patel, SH, Fleming, SB, Cotton, BA, Diaz, JJ, May, AK, Miller, RS, Morris, JA. Acute Adrenal Insufficiency May Affect Outcome in the Trauma Patient, CCM Dec 2005 33;12
29. Pousman RM, Pepper C, Mills B, Pandharipande P, Diaz JJ, Collier B, Miller, RS, Jensen G. Reduced Fasting Protocol for Critically Ill Trauma Patients Undergoing Procedures (American Society of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition – 2006)
30. Diaz JJ, Guy J, Berkes M, Guillamondegui O, Miller, R. Acellular Dermal Matrix in the Repair of Ventral Hernia in the Compromised Surgical Field. (Southeastern Surgical Congress – Presented 2006)
31. Diaz JJ, Berkes MB, Norris PR, Collier BR, Ozdas A, May AK, Miller RS, Morris JA. Morbidly Obese Trauma Patients in the era of Intense Glucose Control: Do they still have a higher risk of death? (American College of Surgeons – JACS 2006)
32. Gunter O, Guillamondegui O, May AK, Diaz JJ. Outcomes in Necrotizing Fasciitis: a protocol review. Surg. Inf. Apr 2007. 8;2:294
33. Collier B, Guillamondegui O, Cotton B, Donahue R, Conrad A, Groh K, Richman J, Vogel T, Miller R, Diaz JJ. Feeding the Open Abdomen is associated with less fistulae and earlier abdominal closures. (World Society of Abdominal Compartment Syndrome, March 22-26, 2007, Antwerp, Belgium)
34. Conquest A, Diaz JJ, Ferzoco S, Vargo D, Miller P, Wu Y, Donahue R. Multi-Institutional Experience using Human Acellular Dermal Matrix for Ventral Hernia Repair in a Compromised Surgical Field (Western Surgical Association – Presented at the annual meeting 2007)
35. Mowery NT, Diaz JJ, Morris JA, May AK, Failure to Achieve Euglycemia Despite Aggressive Insulin Control predicts Mortality in Critically Ill Trauma Patients, (Accepted for presentation – SCCM 2008)
36. Riordan W, Gunter O, Conquest A, Morris, JA, Diaz JJ Traumatic Gastric Injury: An Analysis of 275 Cases ( Presented at the Annual Southeastern Surgical Congress 2008)
37. Dossett LA, Heffernan D, Lightfoot MA, Collier B, Diaz JJ, Sawyer RG and May AK. Obesity and Pulmonary Outcomes in Critically Injured adults: A prospective Study. (Presented at the Annual SCCM 2008)
38. Mowery N, Diaz JJ, Dossett L, Guillamondegui O, Gunter O, Dortch M, Collier B, May AK. Duration on protocol predicts severe hypoglycemia while on intensive insulin therapy in the surgically critically ill population. (Accepted for presentation at the Annual ACS 2008)
39. Diaz JJ, Norris P, Miller RS, Rodriguez A, Riordan W, Collier B, May AK, Morris JA. Acute Care Surgery Program Mentoring Fellows and Patient Outcomes. (Submitted to AAS 2008)
40. Mowery N, Guillamondegui O, Gunter O, Diaz JJ, Dossett L, Collier B, May AK. Severe Hypoglycemia while on Intensive Insulin therapy is not an independent predictor of death in the trauma population. (Submitted to the Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma 2008)
41. Diaz, J Riordan W, Collier B, Rodriguez PA, Guillamondegui O, May AK, Miller RS, Morris JA. Emergency Colectomy: Does the Surgical Specialty Affect Outcome: A Study of 91 Consecutive Patients and Two Services. (Accepted for presentation at the AAST 2008)
42. Riordan W, Smith F, Diaz JJ Operative Management of Severe Chest Wall Injury (Video) (Accepted for presentation to the Southeastern Surgical Congress 2008)
43. Collier B, Canter JA, Norris PR, Jenkins JM, Williams AE, Diaz JJ, Morris JA. Toll – like receptor 4 polymorphism T3991 predicts early hyperglycemia: A study of over 1000 trauma patients. (Presented at Nutrition Week / ASPEN 2009)
44. Mukherjee K, Pichert J, Diaz JJ All Trauma Surgeons are not created equal: asymmetric distribution of malpractice claims risk. (Accepted for presentation AAST 2009)
45. Diaz JJ, Norris PR, Collier B, Riordan W. Improving outcomes in patients requiring an emergency colectomy: The Acute Care Surgery Model (Accepted for Presentation AAST 2009)
46. Diaz JJ, Norris P, Gunter O, Collier B, Riordan W, Morris, JA. Acute Care Surgery: Regionalization and Decreasing Mortality in the face of increasing severity of illness. (Submitted to the Southern Surgical Association 2009)
47. Diaz JJ, Norris P, Gunter O, Collier B, Riordan W, Morris, JA. Triaging to a Regional Acute Care Surgery Center: Distance is critical. (Accepted for presentation to EAST 2009)
48. Dortch M, Collier B, Diaz JJ, Gunter O, Hart, May AK. Erythromycin as a promotility agent is associated with increased healthcare-associated infections in the critical care setting. (Accepted for presentation to ASPEN 2009)
49. Webb, Dortch, Miller, Diaz, Dutton, O’Brien, Norris. CLOSURE OF THE TRAUMA OPEN ABDOMEN: DOES FUROSEMIDE DRIPS PLAY A ROLE? (Submitted to WTA 2009)
50. Diaz JJ, Norris P, Gunter O, Collier B, Riordan W, Morris, JA. Acute Care Surgery. Regionalization of Acute Care Surgery Can decrease Mortality. (Accepted for presentation to American Association for the Surgery of Trauma 2010).
51. Ott M, Gunter OL, Dutton WD, Miller RS, Diaz JJ., Novel management of an entero-atmospheric fistula, (Accepted for presentation Video Submission – American College of Surgeons 2010)
52. Ott M, Norris P, Collier B, Gunter O, Riordan W, Diaz JJ. Damage Control Trauma laparotomy and an open abdomen: Is there an increase the risk of colonic anastomotic leak? (Accepted for presentation to the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma 2010)
53. Ott M, Norris P, Gunter O, Collier B, Riordan W, Diaz JJ. Socioeconomic factors and their effect on outcomes at a regionalized emergency general surgery referral center. (Submitted to the American College of Surgeon 2010)
54. Kumpf VJ, Oleis J, Kauffmann RM, Collier B, Slaughter JC, Bell P, Diaz JJ, May AK, Seidner DL. Intravenous Fat Emulsion Is Associated with Negative Outcomes in Critically Ill Surgical Patients: A Retrospective Review, (Accepted for presentation to ASPEN 2010)
55. Kauffmann RM, Hayes RM, Jenkins JM, Norris RN, Diaz JJ, May AK, Collier B. Provision of Balanced Nutrition Protects Against Hypoglycemia in the Surgically Critically Ill (Presented ASPEN 2010)
56. Diaz JJ, Ott M, Gunter O, Riordan W, Collier B, Norris P. Does Payer Mix affect outcomes in a regional acute care surgery center? (Presented SESC 2011)
57. Kauffmann RM, Hayes RM, Norris PR, Diaz JJ, May AK. Hypocaloric Enteral Nutrition Protects Against Hypoglycemia in the Surgical ICU (Presented to ESPEN 2011)
58. Patel MB, Guillamondegui, OD, May AK, Diaz JJ A National Twenty Year Analysis of Resident Operative Trauma Experience: Pre& Post Work Hours (Presented Annual Academic Surgical Congress 2012)
59. Lissauer ME, Galvagno SM, Rock P, Narayan M, Shah P, Spencer H, Hong C, Diaz JJ. Increased Intensive Care Unit Resources needs for an academic non-trauma acute care surgery service. Presented at SCCM 2013
60. Lissauer, ME, Diaz JJ, Narayan M, Shah P, Hanna N. Surgical Intensive Care Unit Admission Variables Predict Subsequent readmission. Presented at the Southeastern Surgical Congress 2013.
61. Punch L, Diaz JJ, Lissauer ME, Scalea T. Salvage Pancreatic Necrosectomy. After Laparotomy Using a Videoscopic Assisted Retroperitoneal Approach. Presented at the Southeastern Surgical Congress 2013.
62. Harris DG, Scalea J, Lueckel S, Rosenblatt P, Zimrin AB, Hess JR, Narayan M, Diaz JJ. Acquired Autoimmune Factor VIII Deficiency Requiring Emergent Surgical Intervention: A Clinical Conundrum. (Submitted to J Trauma 2013)
63. Harris D, Diaz JJ, Chiu WC, Scalea T, Lissauer ME. Incidence, Risk Factors, Kinetics and Outcomes of Recurrent Acute Kidney Injury. (Accepted for presentation 2013 American College of Surgeons)
64. Ahmad S, Turner K, Shah PK, Diaz JJ. Video-Assisted Test Tube Test to Assess Stomal Necrosis: Case Series (Accepted for Presentation to SESC 2014).
65. Harris D, Koo G, McCrone M, Scalea T, Chiu W, Diaz JJ, Lissauer ME. Recurrent Acute Kidney Injury is Associated with Worse Outcomes in Critically Ill Surgical Patients. (Accepted for presentation SCCM 2014)
66. Bruns BR, DuBose J, Pasley J, Kheirbek T, Chouliaras K, Riggle A, Frank M, Phelan H, Holena D, Inaba K, Diaz JJ, Scalea T. Morbidity After Loop Versus End Colostomy Reversal: Has Anything Changed? (Accepted for Presentation AAS 2014)
67. Harris DG, Koo G, McCrone MP, Chiu CW, Scalea TM, Diaz JJ, Lissauer ME. Acute Kidney Injury in Critically Ill Surgical Patients: a Cohort Study. (Accepted for Presentation AAS 2014)
68. Bruns B, Lissauer M, Tesoriero R, Narayan M, Buchanan L, Galvangno S, Diaz JJ. Acute Care Surgery – Infectious Complications and Mortality. (Presented SIS presentation 2014).
69. Harris DG, Koo G, McCrone MP, Sarkar R, Chiu CW, Scalea TM, Diaz JJ, Lissauer ME, Crawford RS. Acute Kidney Injury in Critically Ill Vascular Surgery Patients is Associated With Increased Mortality Regardless of Severity and Type of Index Procedure. (Presented at SVS 2014)
70. Narayan M, Tesoriero R, Bruns BR, Klyushnenkova EN, Chen H, Diaz JJ. Acute Care Surgery: Defining Mortality in Emergency General Surgery in the State of Maryland. (Presented at Southern Surgical Association 2014).
71. Bruns B, Tesoriero R, Narayan M, Lauerman M, Klyushnenkova EN, Chen H, Scalea TM, Diaz JJ. Emergency General Surgery: Defining Burden Of Disease In The State Of Maryland (Presented at the Southeastern Surgical Congress 2014)
72. S.Ahmad, L O’Meara, JJ Diaz, Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for ARDS in necrotizing pancreatitis with a completely transected pancreatic duct. (Presented at the Southeastern Surgical Congress 2014)
73. S. Ahmad, L. O'Meara, E. Klyushnenkova, T. M. Scalea, JJ. Diaz, B. R. Bruns. Prospective Analysis of Mortality in Non-Trauma Patients Managed With Open Abdomen. (Presented to Academic Surgical Congress 2014)
74. Lindsay O'Meara, Sarwat Ahmad, Elena Klyushnenkova, JJ Diaz, Brandon R. Bruns. Success of fascial closure after open abdomen in emergency general surgery patients: a prospective analysis. Accepted SWSC 2014
75. Barbara Eaton, Lindsay O’Meara, Ronald B. Tesoriero, JJ Diaz Early Enteral Feeding Facilitated Independence from Parenteral Nutrition in Short Bowel Syndrome: A Case Study Accepted SWSC 2014
76. O’Meara L, Eaton B, Diaz JJ, Bruns, B. A Dedicated, Non-Trauma, Acute Care Surgery Team – An American Model (Presented at WSC 2015)
77. Patel Z, Heil E, Leekha S, Diaz JJ. Time of onset of bacterial versus fungal infections complications in severe acute pancreatitis (Presented at SIS 2015)
78. Harris D, Klyushnenkova E, Rabin J, Crawford R, Chen H, Diaz JJ. A Statewide Analysis of the Incidence and Outcomes of Mesenteric Ischemia in the State of Maryland, 2009 – 2013. (Accepted to EVS 2015)
79. Harris D, Klyushnenkova E, Chen H, Rabin J, Crawford R, Diaz JJ. Incidence and Outcomes of Thoracic Aortic Injuries with Regionalized Care in a Mature Trauma System. (Accepted to ACS 2015)
80. Magarakis M, Vranis NM, Bruns BR, Tesoriero RB, Sivaraman S, Sadler CA, Desai H, Diaz JJ, MD Predicting The Need For Surgical Intervention in Acute Pancreatitis (Submitted to WSA 2015)
81. Bruns B, Tesoriero RB, Narayan M, Klyushnenkova E, Chen H Incidence and Diaz JJ. Are Safety Net Hospitals Performing Adequately in Emergency General Surgery? (Presented at the 2015)
82. Magarakis M, Vranis MN, Sivaraman S, Tesoriero R, Bruns B, Narayan M, Lauerman M, Diaz JJ. From Acute Pancreatitis to Pancreatic Pseudocysts: Timing and Interventions. (Presented at the AAS 2015)
83. Narayan N, Bruns BR, Tesoriero R, Kyushnenkova E, Chen H, Diaz JJ. Acute Care Surgery: Defining the Economic Burden of Emergency General Surgery. (Presented at the Southern Surgical Association 2015).
84. Lauerman M, Herrera A, Klyushnenkova E, Narayan M, Bruns B, Tesoriero R, Buchanan L, Diaz JJ. Racial Disparities in ICU Resource Utilization in Emergency General Surgery (Presented at the SCCM 2016)
85. Srikant Sivaraman MD; Michael Magarakis MD; Neil M Vranis BA; Ronald Tesoriero MD; Brandon Bruns MD; Mayur Narayan MD; Margaret Lauerman MD; Jose Diaz MD, Acute Care Surgery: Redefining Management of the Pancreatic Pseudocyst (Presented at the SESC 2016).
86. Tesoriero R Herrera AV Brandon Bruns, Margaret Lauerman Hegang Chen, and Jose Diaz, Emergency General Surgery: Causes of death in the State of Maryland, (Presented at the SIS 2016)
87. Wise E, Gadomski S, Ilg A, Noguera B, Chan E, Izmaylov M, Gridely S, Kaczmarek J, Melancon Ahmand S, Kavic S, Diaz JJ. Independent Preoperative Predictors of Prolonged Length of Stay After Laparoscopic Appendectomy in Patients Over Thirty Years of Age: Experience from a Single Institution (Presented SESC 2016)
88. Weltz A, Wise E, , Kavic S, Kligman M, Hocking Diaz JJ. K Red cell distribution width: a novel biomarker for the prediction of one-year excess body-mass index loss following laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (Presented SAGES 2016)
89. O’Maera L, Eaton B, Bruns B, Ahmand S, Diaz JJ. ENTERIC FISTULAE READMISSIONS: NOT WHAT YOU WOULD EXPECT (Presented SWSC 2016).
90. Barbara Eaton, Katherine Jones, Brandon Bruns, MD; Jose Diaz, MD RHABDOMYOLYSIS AND COMPARTMENT SYNDROME IN THE SETTING OF HYPOTHYROIDISM (Presented SWSC 2016)
91. Brandon R. Bruns MD, David S. Morris MD, Toby M. Ennis MD, Alisan Fathalizadeh MD,MPH, Joseph Sakran MD,MPH, Kristen Arnold MD, Nathan M. Mowery* MD, Xian Luo-Owen Ph.D., Jason Murry MD, Oliver L. Gunter* MD,MPH, Joseph D. Love DO, Matthew Carrick MD, David Skarupa MD, Anthony Herrera, Jose J. Diaz* MD, STAPLED VS HANDSEWN : A PROSPECTIVE EMERGENCY SURGERY STUDY (SHAPES) (Accepted to AAST 2016)
92. P Jenkins, P Miller, T Pohlman, S Shafi, G Utter, S Fakhry, J Claridge, J Diaz, G Rozycki, and R L Reed The Impact of ICD-10-CM on Trauma Surgeons: A Report from the AAST Committee on Coding and Reimbursement. (Submitted to AAST 2016)
93. Michael W. Wandling, MD; Clifford Y. Ko, MD MS MSHS; Paul E. Bankey, MD PhD; Chris Cribari, MD; H. Gill Cryer, MD PhD; Jose J. Diaz, MD; Therese M. Duane, MD MBA; S. Morad Hameed, MD MPH; Matthew M. Hutter, MD MPH; Michael H. Metzler III, MD; Justin L. Regner, MD; Patrick M. Reilly, MD; H. David Reines, MD; Jason L. Sperry, MD MPH; Kristan L. Staudenmayer, MD; Garth H. Utter, MD MSc; Marie L. Crandall, MD MPH; Karl Y. Bilimoria, MD MS; Avery B. Nathens, MD PhD. Expanding the Scope of Quality Measurement in Surgery to Include Non-Operative Care: Results from the ACS NSQIP Emergency General Surgery Pilot. (accepted for presentation AAST 2016)
94. Haac B Stein D, Diaz J, Scalea T, Henry s. EARLY ENTERAL NUTRITION IS ASSOCIATED WITH REDUCED MORBIDITY IN CRITICALLY ILL SOFT TISSUE PATIENTS (Accepted EAST 2016).
95. Wise, MD; JE Wergin, BS; JA Kallos, MS; WE Muhlestein, BScb; NJ Shelburne, BS; KM Hocking, PhD; CM Brophy, MD; JJ Diaz, RJ Guzman, Upper Extremity Preoperative Pulse Pressure Predicts Amputation-Free Survival After Lower Extremity Bypass. (Presented SESC 2016)
96. Pasley A, Bruns B, Herrera A, Brenner M, Pasley J, Lauerman M, Diaz JJ. Antibiotic use in Open Abdomens. (Presented to SESC 2016).
97. Lauerman L, Herrera A, Chen H, Buchanan L, Bruns B, Tesoriero R, Scalea T, Diaz JJ. Double Jeopardy? Transfers, Readmissions and Charges in Emergency General Surgery ICU Patients. (Presented SCCM 2016).
98. N.Z. Hansraj , M.R. Hoehn , S. Cox , M.L. Brenner , A. Pasley , J.J. Diaz , T.M. Scalea. Resuscitative Endovascular Balloon Occlusion of the Aorta for Non-Traumatic Abdominal Hemorrhage. (Presented ASC 2016).
99. N.Z. Hansraj , A. Pasley, D.G. Harris, J.J. Diaz, B. Bruns, "Second-Look” Laparotomy: Warranted, or Contributor to Excessive Open Abdomens? (Presented ASC 2016)
100. MC. Hernandez, BR. Bruns, M Lauerman, N Haddad, JM. Aho, MD Zielinski, DS Morris, H Phelan, JJ Diaz, TM. Scalea, T Enniss, D Turay, M Carrick, J Fam, JS Oh. RESHAPES: Increasing AAST ANATOMIC SEVERITY GRADE influences bowel anastomosis type (Accepted for presentation AAST 2017)
101. Emily Heil, Bharathi Sivasailam, SoEun Park, Jose Diaz, Erik Von Rosenvinge, Kimberly Claeys, Teri Hopkins, Surbhi Leekha, Impact of a Multi-disciplinary C. difficile Action team. (Accepted to ID Week 2017)
Proceedings (Oral and Poster)
1. Diaz JJ. Eisenstat M. Chung R. The Efficacy of Laparoscopic Splenectomy. (Poster Presentation & Special Session) – Meet the Experts, SAGES 1996 Annual Meeting & 5th WORLD CONGRESS of ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY, Philadelphia, PA. 3/13-17/96
2. Diaz JJ. Eisenstat M. Chung R. The Efficacy of Laparoscopic Splenectomy, Annual Resident Essay Presentations, Cleveland Surgical Society, Cleveland, OH 4/2/96
3. Chung R. Diaz JJ. Routine use of Laparoscopy in the Management of the Acute Abdomen. SAGES 1997, San Diego, CA 3/21/97
4. Chung R. Rowling DY. Li P. Diaz J. “Is Laparoscopic Appendectomy Better? A Meta-Analysis, SAGES 1998 (Poster), Seattle, WA. 4/3/98
5. Chung R. Diaz JJ. Laparoscopic Surgery of the Small Bowel. SAGES 1998 Annual Meeting (Poster), Seattle, WA. 4/3/98
6. Schenarts PJ; Diaz JJ; Kaiser C; Eddy V, Carrillo Y, Guy J, Morris JA, Prospective Comparison of Admission CT Scan and Plain Films of the Cervical Spine in Trauma Patients with Altered Mental Status. Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma, 1/2001
7. Kurek, S, Bjerke, HS, Chesnut, R, Cipolle, MD, Diaz, JJ, Luchette, FA Nayduch, D, Reed L, and Tisherman, S. Practice Management Guidelines for VTE Prophylaxis in the Head Injured Patient. EAST Practice Parameter Workgroup for DVT Prophylaxis in the Head Injured Patient. Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma 1/2001
8. Adele Maurer, MD, Jose J. Diaz, MD, Ysela M. Carrillo, MD, P. J. Schenarts, MD, John A. Morris, Jr., MD, Bedside Celiotomy: An Adjunct to Damage Control? William H. Scott Society, Nashville, TN 4/2001
9. Adele Maurer, MD, Jose J. Diaz, MD, Ysela M. Carrillo, MD, John A. Morris, Jr., MD. 95 Consecutive Bedside Laparotomies for Trauma: Mortality and Septic Complications? TN Chapter, ACS Trauma Resident Paper Competition, July, 26, 2002
10. Diaz JJ, MD, Gillman, C, Morris JA, May AK, Carrillo YM, Guy J. Are 5 View Plain Films Of The Cervical Spine Unreliable? Prospective Evaluation In Blunt Trauma Patient With Altered Mental Status. Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma, Sanibel, FL, Jan 2003
11. EAST Practice Parameter Workgroup for Hypothermia, PRACTICE MANAGEMENT GUIDELINES FOR TREATMENT OF HYPOTHERMIA IN TRAUMA PATIENTS: A Preliminary Review, Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma, Sanibel, FL, Jan 2003
12. Diaz JJ, Mauer A, May AK, Miller R, Guy JS, Morris JA, Bedside Laparotomy for Trauma: Does it carry a Higher Risk of Intra-abdominal Infections? Surgical Infection Society – Europe 2003, Como, Italy, May 2003
13. Diaz JJ, Gray BW, Dobson JM, Grogan EL, May AK, O'Neill PJ, Guy J, Morris JA. Repair of Giant Abdominal Hernias: Does the type of prosthesis matter? Southeastern Surgical Congress, Annual Meeting, Atlanta Jan 31 – Feb 3, 2004,
14. B Mills, M Roy, JJ Diaz, JF Binkley, GL. Jensen, Spurious Labs From Improper Sampling of TPN Lines. Nutrition Week / Annual Meeting - American Society of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition, Las Vagus Feb 9-12, 2004 (Poster)
15. Diaz JJ, Aulino J, Collier B, Roman C, May AK, Miller RS, Guillamondegui O, Morris JA, “The early work-up for Isolated Ligamentous Injury of the Cervical Spine: Does CT-scan have a role?” American Association for the Surgery of Trauma, Maui, HI, Sept 2004
16. Austin MT, Diaz JJ, Feurer ID, Miller RS, May AK, Guillamondegui O, Pinson CW, Morris JA, "Creating an Emergency General Surgery Service Enhances Productivity of Trauma Surgeons, General Surgeons and the Hospital" American Association for the Surgery of Trauma, Maui, HI, Sept 2004 (Poster)
17. Miller RS, Morris JA, Diaz JJ, Herring MA, May AK, Damage Control & the Morbidity of the Open Abdomen: Complications Are Related To Timing & Method of Closure. American Association for the Surgery of Trauma, Maui, HI, Sept 2004
18. Austin MT, Diaz JJ, Feurer I, Morris JA, Pinson CW, A New Surgical Service: Emergency General Surgery. American College of Surgeons, New Orleans, LA 2004
19. Grogan E, Moore D, Speroff T, Diaz JJ, Dittus R, Morris JA, Cervical Plain Films should be Eliminated in the high risk patient: Results from Decision Analysis using an Institutional Cost Perspective. American College of Surgeons, New Orleans, LA 2004
20. Mejia VA, Diaz JJ, Guy J, Miller R, May AK, Guillamondegui O, Morris JA, Plain Films vs. Helical CT for Thoracolumbar Spine Clearance. Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma, Ft. Lauderdale, FL 2005
21. Collier B, Diaz JJ, Forbes R, Morris J, May AK, Guy J, Ozdas, Miller R, Dupont A, Jensen G. Protocol-Driven Normol-Glycemic Management of Trauma Patients: Does it affect outcome? Premier Scientific Paper Session, Nutrition Week, American Society of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition, Orlando, FL 2005
22. Diaz JJ, Mejia V, Proctor A, Subhawong T, Miller RS, O’Neill PJ, Morris JA, Protocol for Bedside Laparotomy in Trauma and Emergency General Surgery: A Low Return to the Operating Room. Southeastern Surgical Congress Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, February 2005
23. Guy JS, Dolinak J, Dougherty WR, Diaz JJ, Nonburn Centers Uniformly Overestimate Burn Size and Provide Inappropriate Resuscitation of Burn Patients Prior to Burn Center Admission. Annual Meeting American Burn Association, Chicago, IL 2005
24. Guy JS, Dolinak J, Dougherty WR, Diaz JJ, Use of CDC Guidelines for Intravascular Catheters Result in an Increase of Blood Stream Infections in the Burn Population. Annual Meeting American Burn Association, Chicago, IL 2005 (Poster)
25. Vogel T, Diaz JJ, Miller R, May AK, Guy J, Guillamondegui O, Morris JA. The Open Abdomen in Trauma: Do Septic Complications Affect Primary Abdominal Closure. 2nd Combined Meeting Surgical Infection Society and Surgical Infection Society - Europe, Miami Beach, May 2005
26. May AK, Fleming, Miller R, Diaz JJ, Guillamondegui G, Morris JA, Broad Spectrum ICP Prophylaxis’ Impact on Resistance Rates. 2nd Combined Meeting Surgical Infection Society and Surgical Infection Society - Europe, Miami Beach, May 2005
27. Diaz JJ, May AK, Williams A, Guillamondegui O, Cotton B, Miller R. and Morris JA. Damage Control vs. Re-Operation on Demand in Emergency General Surgery. 113th Annual Scientific Session, Western Surgical Association, Rancho Mirage, CA, November 8, 2005.
28. Guillamondegui, OD, Patel, SH, Fleming, SB, Cotton, BA, Diaz, JJ, May, AK, Miller, RS, Morris, JA. Acute Adrenal Insufficiency May Affect Outcome in the Trauma Patient, Society of Critical Care Medicine, January 2006, San Francisco, California. (Poster)
29. Diaz J, et al Practice Management Guideline for the Screening for Thoracolumbar Spine Fracture, Plenary Session, Annual Meeting, Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma, Orlando, FL.2006
30. Diaz, JJ, May AK, Miller, RS, Morris, JA Acute Care Surgery Fellowship: The Skill Set. 1st Annual Academic Surgical Congress, San Diego, Feb 2006, (Oral Poster)
31. Pousman RM, Pepper C, Mills B, Pandharipande P, Diaz JJ, Collier B, Miller, RS, Jensen G. Reduced Fasting Protocol for Critically Ill Trauma Patients Undergoing Procedures, Clinical Nutrition Week, American Society of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition, Dallas, TX, February 12-15, 2006
32. Diaz JJ, Guy J, Berkes M, Guillamondegui O, Miller, R. Acellular Dermal Matrix in the Repair of Ventral Hernia in the Compromised Surgical Field. Annual Scientific Meeting – Southeastern Surgical Congress, Orlando, FL Feb 18-21, 2006
33. Diaz JJ, Berkes MB, Norris PR, Collier BR, Ozdas A, May AK, Miller RS, Morris JA. Morbidly Obese Trauma Patients in the era of Intense Glucose Control: Do they still have a higher risk of death? - American College of Surgeons, Chicago, IL, Oct. 2006
34. Diaz JJ, Bokhari F, Griffen M, Acosta J, Mayberry J, Block E, Collier BR, Dwyer K, Bromberg W, Cullinane DC, Mowery N, Jerome R Practice Management Guideline for Small Bowel Obstruction, Plenary Session Practice Management Guidelines, Annual Meeting EAST, Sanibel, FL 2007
35. Collier B, Guillamondegui O, Cotton B, Donahue R, Conrad A, Groh K, Richman J, Vogel T, Miller R, Diaz JJ. Feeding the Open Abdomen is associated with less fistulae and earlier abdominal closures. World Society of Abdominal Compartment Syndrome, March 22-26, 2007, Antwerp, Belgium
36. Gunter O, Guillamondegui O, May AK, Diaz JJ. Necrotizing skin and soft tissue infections on an emergency general surgery service: a protocol review. Annual meeting of the Surgical Infection Society, Toronto, Canada, April 2007 (poster)
37. Diaz JJ, Conquest A, Ferzoco S, Vargo D, Miller P, Wu Y, Donahue R. Multi-Institutional Experience using Human Acellular Dermal Matrix for Ventral Hernia Repair in a Compromised Surgical Field. Annual Meeting Western Surgical Colorado Springs, CO November 2007.
38. Mowery NT, Diaz JJ, Morris JA, May AK, Failure to Achieve Euglycemia Despite Aggressive Insulin Control predicts Mortality in Critically Ill Trauma Patients, 37th Annual Meeting of SCCM, Honolulu, HI, February 2008
39. Dossett LA, Heffernan D, Lightfoot MA, Collier B, Diaz JJ, Sawyer RG and May AK. Obesity and Pulmonary Outcomes in Critically Injured adults: A prospective Study. 37th Annual Meeting of SCCM, Honolulu, HI, February 2008. (Poster)
40. Riordan W, Gunter O, Conquest A, Morris, JA, Diaz JJ. Traumatic Gastric Injury: An Analysis of 275 Cases. Presented at the Annual Southeastern Surgical Congress, Birmingham, AL, February 9-12, 2008 (Poster)
41. Diaz JJ, Norris P, Miller RS, Rodriguez A, Riordan W, Collier B, May AK, Morris JA. Acute Care Surgery: Does Clinical Experience affect outcomes? Presented at the 4th Academic Surgical Congress, February 3-6, 2009, Sanibel Harbor, FL.
42. Diaz JJ, Norris PR, Collier B, Riordan W. Improving outcomes in patients requiring an emergency colectomy: The Acute Care Surgery Model. Presented at the annual AAST meeting, Pittsburg, PA October 1, 2009 (Poster)
43. Diaz, JJ, Norris P, Gunter O, Collier B, Riordan W, Morris JA. Triaging to a regional Acute Care Surgery Center: Distance is Critical. Presented 23 annual meeting of Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma, Phoenix, AZ January 20-25, 2010. (Poster)
44. Ott MM (presenter), Norris P, Diaz JJ, Collier RC, Jenkins J, Morris JA. Damage Control laparotomy and the open abdomen: Is there an increased risk of colonic anastomosis. Presented at the annual meeting AAST, Boston, MA 2010
45. Diaz JJ, Norris PR, Gunter OL, Collier BR, Riordan WR, Morris JA. Regionalization of Acute Care Surgery can Decrease Mortality. Presented at the annual meeting AAST 2010, Boston, MA (poster)
46. Diaz JJ, Tyson GH The Open Abdomen in Trauma and Emergency General Surgery: Part III: Definitive Closure of the Open Abdomen - Open Abdomen Study Group for The Practice Management Guidelines Committee of Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma. Plenary Session Practice Management Guidelines, Annual Meeting EAST January 29, 2011
47. Kauffmann RM, Hayes RH, Jenkins JM, Norris PR, Diaz JJ, May AK, Collier B, Provision of Balanced Nutrition Protects Against Hypoglycemia in the Critically Ill Surgical Patient. Annual Meeting ASPEN, Nutrition Week, January 29-febuary 1, 2011, Vancouver, BC, Canada
48. Kumpf VJ, Oleis J, Kauffmann RM, Collier B, Slaughter JC, Bell P, Diaz JJ, May AK, Seidner. Intravenous Fat Emulsion Is Associated with Negative Outcomes in Critically Ill Surgical Patients: A Retrospective Review. Annual Meeting ASPEN, Nutrition Week, January 29-febuary 1, 2011, Vancouver, BC, Canada
49. Diaz JJ, Ott M, Gunter O, Riordan W, Collier B, Norris P. Does Payer Mix affect outcomes in a regional acute care surgery center? Annual Meeting Southeastern Surgical Congress, February 12-15, 2011, Chattanooga, TN (poster)
50. Patel MB, Guillamondegui, OD, May AK, Diaz JJ A National Twenty Year Analysis of Resident Operative Trauma Experience: Pre& Post Work Hours Annual Academic Surgical Congress, February 2012, Las Vegas, NV
51. Harris D, Diaz JJ, Chiu WC, Scalea T, Lissauer ME. Incidence, Risk Factors, Kinetics and Outcomes of Recurrent Acute Kidney Injury. 100th Annual Clinical Congress of the American College of Surgeons, Washington, D.C. 2013.
52. Narayan M, Tesoriero R, Bruns BR, Klyushnenkova EN, Chen H, Diaz JJ. Acute Care Surgery: Defining Mortality in Emergency General Surgery in the State of Maryland. Presented at 126th Annual Meeting Southern Surgical Association, Palm Beach, FL December 2014. (Oral)
53. Bruns B, Tesoriero R, Narayan M, Lauerman M, Klyushnenkova EN, Chen H, Scalea TM, Diaz JJ. Emergency General Surgery: Defining Burden Of Disease In The State Of Maryland. Presented at the Southeastern Surgical Congress 2014, Chattanooga, TN Feb 2015. (Poster)
54. S.Ahmad, L O’Meara, JJ Diaz, Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for ARDS in necrotizing pancreatitis with a completely transected pancreatic duct. Presented at the Southeastern Surgical Congress, Chattanooga, TN Feb 2015 (Poster)
55. S. Ahmad, L. O'Meara, E. Klyushnenkova, T. M. Scalea, JJ. Diaz, B. R. Bruns. Prospective Analysis of Mortality in Non-Trauma Patients Managed With Open Abdomen. Presented at the Academic Surgical Congress 2015, Las Vegas Feb 2-6, 2015 (Quick Shot)
56. Patel Z, Heil E, Leekha S, Diaz JJ. Time of onset of bacterial versus fungal infectious complications in severe acute pancreatitis. Presented Annual Meeting SIS 2015, Westlake, CA April 15-18, 2015. (Poster)
57. Eaton BC, O/Meara, LE, Tesoriero R, Diaz JJ. Early Enteral Feeding Facilitated Independence from Parenteral Nutrition in Short Bowel Syndrome: A Case Report. (Accepted for Presentation 2015 SWSC)
58. Narayan N, Bruns BR, Tesoriero R, Kyushnenkova E, Chen H, Diaz JJ. Acute Care Surgery: Defining the Economic Burden of Emergency General Surgery. Presented Annual 2015 Southern Surgical Association Meeting, The Homestead, VA.
Editorial Reviews
1. Diaz JJ. Certified Acute Care Surgery Programs Improve Outcomes in Patients undergoing Emergency Surgery: A National Analysis. (J Trauma and Acute Care Surgery 2015)
Published Book Reviews
1. Diaz JJ. Core Principles of Acute Neurology: Providing Acute Care by Eelco F.M. Wijdicks" Critical Care Medicine 2015 43(9). 402.
Letter to the Editor
1. Binkley JF, Mills B, Roy MA, Diaz JJ, Jensen GJ. Spurious Labs from Improper Sampling of Parenteral Nutrition. Nutr Clin Pract. 2004 Oct;19(5):540-1.
News Reports
1. Diaz JJ, Gasparri M, Gracias VH, Lottenberg L, Shiroff A. Integrating Surgical Rib Fixation into Clinical Practice: A Report From the Rib Fracture Consensus Summit. Editor Katherine Reider, MPH General Surgery News (Published 2013)
Published Multimedia
1. Diaz JJ and Riordan W. Ventral Hernia Repair in the Compromised Surgical Field. ACS Multimedia Atlas of Surgery: Hernia Surgery Volume. Dr. Horacio Asbun and Dr. Steven Schwaitzberg, the editors ( ) 2009
2. Diaz JJ, Alam H. Persistent Pneumothorax. American Association for the Surgery of Trauma – Acute Care Surgery SCORE Project 2015 ()
Major Invited Speeches – (Continued Medical Education)
Local
1. January 14, 1999, Department of Emergence Medicine, Grand Rounds, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
• Emergency Department Thoracotomy: Who, Why, Why Not?
2. October 8, 1999, Section of Surgical Science, Surgery Grand Rounds, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
• Surgical Nutrition.
3. March 22, 2002, Department of Anesthesia, Grand Rounds, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
• Intra-Abdominal Hypertension and Abdominal Compartment Syndrome
4. April 26, 2002, Section of Surgical Science, Surgery Grand Rounds, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
• Abdominal Compartment Syndrome and the Open Abdomen.
5. October 2, 2002, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Critical Care Fellows Conference, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN,
• The Acute Abdomen in the ICU Patient: Approach and Management.
6. June 17, 2003, Division of Trauma and Surgical Critical Care, Critical Care Fellows Conference, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
• Critical Care Nutrition.
7. September 25, 2003, Division of Trauma and Surgical Critical Care, Critical Care Fellows Conference, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
• The Acute Abdomen in the ICU Patient: Approach and Management.
8. April 2004, Division of Trauma and Surgical Critical Care, Critical Care Fellows Conference, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
• Nutrition Support In the ICU: TPN?
9. November 2004, Division of Trauma and Surgical Critical Care, Critical Care Fellows Conference, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
• Acute Abdomen in the ICU Patient.
10. December 17, 2004, Section of Surgical Science, Surgery Grand Rounds, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
• Surgical Nutrition: Update on Immune Enhancing Diets
11. October 13, 2006, Section of Surgical Science, Surgery Grand Rounds, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN,
• Acute Care Surgery: The Evolution of Trauma and Surgical Critical Care.
12. April 24, 2008, Division of Trauma and Surgical Critical Care, Acute Operative Conference, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
• E&M Clinic Coding
13. May 20, 2008, Division of Trauma and Surgical Critical Care, Critical Care Fellows Conference, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
• Acute Abdomen in the ICU – Management
14. October 2, 2008, Division of Trauma, Emergency General Surgery and Surgical Critical Care, Critical Care Fellows Conference, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
• Acute Care Surgery: Where are we now?
15. February 2009, Nashville Surgical Association, Nashville, TN
• Acute Care Surgery: What is it & where is it going?
16. September 11, 2009, Annual Vanderbilt Digestive Disease GI/Liver update course, Nashville, TN
• Management of Nutrition in the ICU patient
17. October 15, 2010, Section of Surgical Science, Surgery Grand Rounds, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
• The Management of the Open Abdomen in Trauma and Emergency General Surgery: Update.
18. May 17, 2011, Acute Care Surgery Conference, Division of Trauma and Surgical Critical Care, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
• The Complex Ventral Hernia: What is it and where did it come from?
19. November 23, 2011, Critical Care Fellows Conference, University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, MD
• Acute Abdomen in the SICU
20. April 26, 2012, General Surgery Residency Lecture Series, University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, MD
• Acute Cholecystitis
21. May 10, 2012, General Surgery Residency Lecture Series, University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, MD
• Acute Abdomen in the ICU
22. May 17, 2012, Grand Rounds Department of Surgery, University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, MD
• The Open Abdomen and there after…,
23. September 25, 2012, Special Topics in Trauma 2012, University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, MD
• Managing the Open Abdomen
24. January 10, 2013, Grand Rounds, Department of Surgery, University of Maryland School of Medicine
• The Acute Abdomen
25. May 27, 2013, Emergency Medicine / Critical Care 2nd Annual Symposium, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
• Abdominal Compartment Syndrome: What every Emergency Medicine / Intensivist should know.
26. November 7, 2013, Grand Rounds, Department of Surgery, University of Maryland School of Medicine
• Surgical Nutrition - Specifics Nutrients in Critical Care
27. January 23, 2014, Grand Rounds, Department of Surgery, University of Maryland School of Medicine
• Laparoscopy for Acute Care Surgery
28. May 18, 2017, Grand Rounds, Department of Surgery, University of Maryland School of Medicine
• Surgical Perspectives on Quality and Safety
National
1. January 25,2000, American Society for Parental and Enteral Nutrition: 24th Clinical Congress, Roundtable Discussion, Nashville, TN,
• Nutritional Assessment of the Trauma Patient
2. March 30, 2000, Grand Rounds & Visiting Professor, Huron Hospital, Cleveland Clinic Foundation Affiliate Health System, Cleveland, OH,
• Trauma Celiotomy: in extremis – one step short from death.
3. December 2000, American Society of Health-Systems Pharmacists (ASHP) Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, NV
• Hypo-caloric Feedings in Critically Ill Patients
4. September 29, 2001, 7th Annual Trauma Symposium Selected Topics in Trauma Care, Huron Hospital, Cleveland Clinic Heath System, Cleveland OH
• Abdominal Compartment Syndrome and the Open Abdomen
5. May 26, 2004, Trauma / Surgical Critical Care Grand Rounds, Department of Surgery, University of Louisville Medical Center, KY
• Planned Ventral Hernia After Trauma: When should we use tissue implants?
6. June 4, 2004, Grand Rounds Department of Surgery, West Virginia University - Charleston Division, Charleston, WV
• Complicated Intra-abdominal Infections.
7. September 7, 2004, Grand Rounds & Visiting Professor, Department of Surgery, Cooper University Medical Center, University of Medicine and Dentistry/ Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Camden, NJ
• Planned Ventral Hernia after Trauma and Emergency General Surgery: When is tissue implants indicated?
8. January 2005 Research Program, Nutrition Week, American Society of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition, Orlando, FL
• Protocol-Driven Normal-Glycemic Management of Trauma Patients: Does it affect outcome?
9. March 31, 2005. Visiting Professor and Department of Surgery Grand Rounds, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, The Open Abdomen in Trauma and Emergency General Surgery: Planned or Unplanned?
10. April 7, 2005, Visiting Professor and Department of Surgery Grand Rounds, University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Houston, TX
• Acute Care Surgery and the Open Abdomen: Trauma and Emergency General Surgery,
11. May 25, 2005, Visiting Professor and Department of Surgery Grand Rounds, Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, TX
• The Open Abdomen in Trauma and Emergency General Surgery
12. October 18, 2005, 91st Annual Clinical Congress, American College of Surgeons, San Francisco, CA
• Emergency General Surgery: A Component of Acute Care Surgery. PG 10 – Emergency Abdominal Surgery in the Modern Era
13. November 5, 2005, Huron Hospital 11th Annual Trauma Symposium, Cleveland, OH
• Damage Control in Abdominal Vascular Trauma
14. January 2006, Annual Meeting Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma, Orlando, FL, Emergency General Surgery: The Good. Plenary Session on Emergency General Surgery.
15. January 2006, Annual Meeting Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma, , Orlando, FL
• Emergency Surgery #1 – Complex Wounds, Innovative Solutions,
16. February 28, 2006, Visiting Professor, Center for Osteopathic Research and Education, Ohio University College of Osteopathic Medicine, Columbus, OH
• Complicate Intra-abdominal Infections & Skin and Soft Tissue Infections: A Difficult Surgical Dilemma.
17. April 19, 2006, Trauma Conference, Department of Surgery, Greenville Hospital System, University Medical Center, Greenville, SC
• The Complicated Ventral Hernia Repair in Trauma and Emergency General Surgery.
18. September 20, 2007, Visiting Professor and Department of Surgery Grand Rounds, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN
• The Current Management of Complex Intra-Abdominal Infections.
19. October 2007, 93rd Annual Clinical Congress, American College of Surgeons, San Francisco, CA
• Acute Care Surgery in a University Setting
20. June 26, 2008, Division of Acute Care Surgery, University of Florida Medical School – Gainesville, Gainesville, FL
• A new paradigm for decision making in the management of complex abdominal wall hernia defects.
21. September 2008, Annual Meeting American Association for the Surgery of Trauma, Maui, HI
• Acute Care Surgery: Pro v Con.
22. October 2008, Annual Clinical Congress, American College of Surgeons, Chicago, IL,
• Video Presentation: Complex Ventral Hernia Repair in a contaminated surgical field.
23. November 14, 2008, Annual Meeting of the Virginia Chapter of the American Society of Enteral and Parental Nutrition, Virginia
• Nutrition Support of the SIRS/Septic Critically Ill Patient,
24. September 12, 2009, Huron/Fairview Hospitals, Annual Trauma Symposium, Cleveland Clinic Health Systems, Cleveland, OH
• Managing the Open Abdomen in Trauma/Emergency General Surgery
25. January 13, 2010, Annual Meeting of the Society of Critical Care Medicine. Miami, FL,
• Enteral Feeding: Yes, No Maybe? Way past the South Beach Diet.
26. January 20, 2010, 23rd Annual Meeting East Association for the Surgery of Trauma, meeting Phoenix, AZ
• Chest Wall Stabilization: Indications Sunrise session#2: Flail Chest Repair: Indications and Techniques
27. February 8-12, 2010, Clinical Nutrition Week 2010, American Society of Enteral and Parental Nutrition, Las Vegas, NV,
• Specific Nutrients in Critical Care: Fish Oils, Arginine, Glutamine, Nucleic Acids, Trace Minerals, and Antioxidants. Postgraduate Course: Update in Critical Care Nutrition — Are We Really Changing the Outcome? (PG2),
28. October 29, 2010, 18th Annual Trauma/Surgical Critical Care Symposium, Wishard Hospital / Indiana University School of Medicine – Department of Surgery, Division of Trauma, Surgical Critical Care and Emergency Surgical Services, Indianapolis, IN
• The Current Indications and Management of the Open Abdomen,
29. January 26, 2011, Annual Meeting of the Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma, Naples FL
• Plenary Session – Presented by the EAST Program Committee Clinical Measures: Are You Better Than They Say You Are? Emergency General Surgery.
30. January 28, 2011, Annual Meeting of the Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma , Naples FL
• Sunrise Session 13 – Presented by the EAST Program Committee - Building an Emergency General Surgery Registry: Current Benchmarking and Future Directions.
31. January 10, 2012, Annual Meeting of the Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma
• Maintenance of Certification Pre-Meeting Course – Presented by the Ad hoc Acute Care Surgery Committee - A Review of Acute Cholecystitis for the Acute Care Surgeon
32. June 11-13, 2012 - Point / Counter Point Acute Care Surgery XXXII– American College of Surgeon, Washington, D.C.
• Con: Should we perform laparoscopic appendectomy in the non-obese male, given the increased cost & absence of proven benefit?
• Pro: Non-operative management of splenic injuries in patients with closed head injuries-a bad decision?
33. June 14-17, 2012 – Abdominal Wall Reconstruction, MedStar Georgetown University Hospital
• The Principles of Hernia Formation
• Management of the Enterocutaneous Fistula: What's New
34. September 12-15, 2012 – Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma and the Clinical Congress of Acute Care Surgery, Kauai, HI
• Complex Ventral Hernia
• AAST ACS Research Plenary Session
35. June 2-5, 2013, 32nd Point Counter Point Acute Care Surgery Conference – American College of Surgeons, Washington DC
• Type II (paraesophageal) hiatal hernia: Is there a need for urgent intervention? Con
• Damage control management and the open abdomen: Do we need more strict criteria? Pro
36. September 18-21, 2013, Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma and Clinical Congress of Acute Care Surgery, San Francisco, CA
• Lunch Session: Acute Pancreatitis
37. October 6-10, 2013, Clinical Congress of the American College of Surgeons
• Subjected-Oriented Symposium IV: ACS Video Atlas Showcase, Washington, D.C.
i. Ventral Hernia Repair in the Compromised Surgical Field
38. October 16, 2013, American Association for the Surgery of Trauma – Grand Rounds – Web-based educational series
• Laparoscopy for Acute Care Surgery
39. October 31, 2013, University of Buffalo – SUNY Department of Surgery, Grand Rounds and Visiting Professor
• The Acute Care Surgeon and the Acute Abdomen
40. April 4, 2014, SAGES, Panel: MIS for Acute Care Surgeon, Salt Lake City, Utah
• Laparoscopic Exploration for Penetrating Trauma
41. April 10, 2014, Maryland Committee on Trauma-"Trauma Care 2014: from field to bedside, advances in care", Baltimore, MD
• Review of Complex Chest Wall Injury
42. May 5, 2014, Surgical Infection Society, Baltimore, MD
• Update symposia 1: GI Fistulae, Anastomotic Leak, and other Abdominal Catastrophes - Closing the Infected Abdomen: If, When, How?
43. June 2-4, 2014, 33nd Point Counter Point Acute Care Surgery Conference – American College of Surgeons, Washington DC
• Colonoscopy-induced splenic injuries: Is the non-operative management protocol applicable in this cohort of patients? CON
• Perforated duodenal ulcer in the 40 year-old businessman with documented history of peptic ulcer diathesis (negative history of H. pylori): Omental patch plus acid-reduction surgery (Patient is hemodynamically normal and no gross contamination)? CON
44. June 8-9, 2015, 34th Point Counter Point Acute Care Surgery Conference – American College of Surgeons, Baltimore, Maryland
• PRO: Management of penetrating abdominal trauma in the community hospital.
• CON: Acute obstructing colorectal malignancy
45. September 9-12, 2015, Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma and the Clinical Congress of Acute Care Surgery
• Maintenance of Certification - Abdominal Wall Reconstruction in Acute Care Surgery
• Unusual Visceral Perforations: Dilemmas for the Acute Care Surgeon
46. September 4-8, 2015, Clinical Congress 2015, American College of Surgeons, Chicago, Ill
• PS122: Holes in Places They Shouldn’t Be: Approaches to the Acute Abdomen (10/5/2015)
• PS231-Challenging Emergency Surgery Cases : Lessons From the Experts (Moderator: 10/6/2015)
47. November 18, 2015 Grand Rounds Department of Surgery, Upstate Medical Center, SUNY, Syracuse, NY
• Chief Academy
48. February 18-24, 2016, Annual Meeting, Society of Critical Care Medicine
• I Don't Need a Stinking Operating Room: Safety of Surgery at the Bedside
• Year in Review: Surgery
49. Rib Fixation Colloquium, Intermountain Healthcare, Newpark Resort, Park City, Utah, March 19-20, 2016
• The Elusive Randomized Trial
50. April 21-22, 2016 Surgery Grand Rounds, Virginia Tech Medical School / Clarion Medical Center, Roanoke, VA
• Traumatic Rib Fractures and Chest Wall Stabilization: A Literature Review
• The Gilbert Invited Lecture: Unusual Visceral Perforations: Dilemmas for the Acute Care Surgeon
51. June 5-8, 2016 35th Point Counter Point Acute Care Surgery Conference – American College of Surgeons, Baltimore, Maryland
• CON: City/Statewide system development: Should it mirror the trauma network?
• CON: Protocolized delivery of care for acute, uncomplicated cholecystitis: Practical utility?
• PRO: The evolution of computed tomography: Are we relying too much on this diagnostic modality?
52. September 7-10, 2016 Halsted Society, Denver CO
• Emergency General Surgery: A population based analysis of the disease
53. October 16-19, 2016 Annual Clinical Congress American College of Surgeons, Washington, D.C.
• PS109: Challenging Emergency Surgery Cases: Lessons from the Experts , 10/17/2016
• PS200: A Night on Emergency General Surgery Call, 10/18/2016
• PS312: Trauma: Challenge the Experts-Case Discussion, 10/19/2016
54. May 11-12, 2017 36th Point Counter Point Acute Care Surgery Conference – American College of Surgeons, Baltimore, Maryland
• Operative Fixation of Rib Fractures Improves Outcomes; PRO
55. June 6, 2017 Trauma Symposium Creighton University, Omaha, NE
• "What happens after Damage Control- The Open Abdomen Challenges in Abdominal Wall reconstruction
56. September 13-16, 2017. Annual meeting of the AAST and the Clinical Congress of Acute Care Surgery, Baltimore, MD
• MOC: It’s got a drain in it what now? Cholecystitis, Appendiceal Abscess, Diverticular Abscess
• Lunch Session: Fistula Rescue: Acute Care Surgery and Fistulas in 2017: Intestinal Fistulae
57. October 21 – 26, 2017, Clinical Congress of the American College of Surgeons
• Emergency General Surgery: Annual Update
i. Chair of course
• Contemporary Management of Acute Pancreatitis
• Evidence-Based Treatment of Incisional Hernia (Lunch Session)
International
1. July 1-5, 2008, 5th Suvretta Meeting 2008 Hernia Repair Sequelae, St. Moritz, Switzerland
• Acellular dermal allografts for ventral hernia repair in the compromised surgical field
2. November 11-14, 2015, 28th Pan American Trauma Society Congress Santa Cruz, Bolivia
• Laparoscopy in Acute Care Surgery
• Application of the Step-up approach in Necrotizing Pancreatitis
3. November 8-12, 2016, XXIX Panamerican Congress of Trauma, Critical Care and Emergency Surgery, Maceio, Brazil
• Coagulation Trauma Case Discussion
4. November 27-30, 2016, LXXXIX CONGRESO CHILENO DE CIRUGIA (Chilean Surgical Congress), La Serena, Chile
• New concepts in resuscitation in trauma patients
• Management in colitis for clostridium difficile
• Innovations in the management of acute pancreatitis
• Acute management of extensive defects in the abdominal and thoracic walls
• Portal vein and SMV injuries treatment
Proffered Communications
Industry Sponsored
1. March 2000, Pfizer. Nashville, TN
• Fungal Infections: A Critical Care Perspective
2. December 2000, Pfizer. Nashville, TN
• Fungal Infections: A Critical Care Perspective
3. July 2001, Merck, Nashville, TN
• Surgical Infections
4. August 2001, Merck, Nashville, TN
• Surgical Infections
5. September 2001, Merck, Bowling Green, KY
• Surgical Infections, KY
6. February 2002, Merck, Huntsville, AL
• Complicated Intra-Abdominal Infections
7. April 2002, Merck, Drexel Hill, PA,
• An Update in the Management of Complicated Intra- Abdominal Infections
8. November 2002, Merck, Nashville, TN
• Complicated Intra-Abdominal Infections: Management
9. December 2002, Merck, Chattanooga, TN
• Intra-Abdominal Infections: Open v Percutaneous Drainage
10. January 2003, Merck, Jackson, TN
• Intra-Abdominal Infections: Open v Percutaneous Drainage
11. March 2003, Merck, Nashville, TN
• Up-Dated Surgical Fungal Infections, ,
12. March 2003, Merck, Tampa, FL
• Skin and Soft Tissue Infection Up-Date
13. April 2003, Merck, Philadelphia, PA
• Intra-Abdominal Infections: Open v Percutaneous Drainage
14. April 2003, Merck, Dallas, TX
• Intra-Abdominal Infections: Open v Percutaneous Drainage
15. January 2004, Merck, Pulaski, TN
• Complicated Intra-abdominal Infection
16. March 2004, Merck, Nashville, TN
• Skin and Soft Tissue Infection Up-Date
17. May 2004, Merck, Paducah, KY
• Complicated Intra-abdominal Infections: Updated
18. May 2004, LifeCell, Louisville, KY
• AlloDerm: Uses In General Surgery
19. July 19, 2004, LifeCell, Washington, DC
• Planned Ventral Hernia after Trauma and Emergency General Surgery: When should we use tissue implants?
20. August 4, 2004, LifeCell, Wichita, KS
• Planned Ventral Hernia after Trauma and Emergency General Surgery: When are tissue implants indicated?
21. December 7, 2004, Merck, Cincinnati, OH
• Complicated Intra-Abdominal Infection,
22. December 14, 2005, Merck, Columbus, OH
• Complicated Intra-Abdominal Infection
23. February 16, 2006, Merck, Oklahoma City, OK
• Complicated Intra-Abdominal Infection
24. February 27, 2006, Merck, Columbus, OH
• An Up-date in the Management of Complicate Intra-abdominal Infections
25. May 18, 2006, LifeCell, Lafayette, LA
• Complicated Ventral Hernia Repairs
26. June, 2006, LifeCell, Huntsville, AL
• Complicated Ventral Hernia Repairs
27. August 30, 2006, Merck, Nashville, TN
• Complicated Intra-abdominal Infections
28. November 15,2006, Merck, Nashville, TN
• An update on Complicated Intra-Abdominal Infections
29. November 16, 2006, LifeCell, Nashville, TN
• Complicated Ventral Hernia Repairs in Trauma and Emergency General Surgery
30. January 31, 2007, Merck, Nashville, TN
• An update on Complicated Intra-abdominal Infections
31. March 27, 2007, Merck, Columbia, TN
• Complicated Intra-abdominal Infections
32. May 16, 2007, LifeCell, St. Louis, MO
• Complicated Ventral Hernia Repairs
33. June 12, 2007, LifeCell, Huntsville, AL
• The etiology and management of complex ventral hernias
34. August 1, 2007, Merck, St. Louis, MO
• The management of complicated intra-abdominal infections
35. August 21, 2007, LifeCell, Nashville, TN
• The etiology and management of complex ventral hernias
36. August 30, 2007, Merck, Houston, TX
• The management of complicated intra-abdominal infections
37. August 30, 2007, Merck, Nashville, TN
• The management of complicated intra-abdominal infections
38. September 26, 2007, Acute Innovations, Las Vegas, NV
• Review of Case Series of Chest Wall Stabilization, ,
39. February 21, 2008, Merck, Highpoint, NC
• The management of complicated intra-abdominal infections
40. April 2, 2008, LifeCell, Paducah, KY
• A New Paradigm in the management of complex ventral wall defects
41. April 10, 2008, LifeCell, Nashville, TN
• Complex abdominal wall defects
42. June 3, 2008, Merck, Fort Worth, TX
• The management of Complicated Intra-abdominal Infections
43. June 26, 2008, LifeCell, Jacksonville, FL
• A new paradigm in the management of complex abdominal wall hernia defects
44. June 13, 2013 Depuy Synthes, Providence, RI
• Traumatic Rib Fractures and Chest Wall Stabilization: A Literature Review
45. September 19, 2013 Depuy Synthes, During the 2013 Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma and Clinical Congress of Acute Care Surgery, San Francisco, CA
• Traumatic Rib Fractures and Chest Wall Stabilization: A Literature Review
46. April 4, 2017, Acute Innovations, Miami Anatomy Research Center (MARC)
• ACUTE National BioSkills
47. October 19-20, 2017. International Guest, (Turkey, Ireland, German) Acelity, San Antonio, TX
• Negative Pressure Wound Therapy in Trauma & Emergency General Surgery,
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