Surgery, Surgical Oncology Division

Research Output

Research Output per year

1975 2021

• 705 Article
• 82 Review article
• 45 Comment/debate
• 43 Letter
• 82 More
  • 38 Chapter
  • 24 Editorial
  • 12 Short survey
  • 4 Book
  • 2 Conference contribution
  • 2 Conference article

Research Output per year

Research Output per year

Search results

• 2021

  A Mixed-Methods Evaluation of Clinician Education Modules on Reducing Surgical Opioid Prescribing

  Shallcross, M. L., Stulberg, J. J., Schäfer, W. L. A., Buckley, B. A., Huang, R., Bilimoria, K. Y. & Johnson, J. K., Jan 2021, In: Journal of Surgical Research. 257, p. 1-8 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Opioid Analgesics
  • Education
  • Patient Education
  • Intention
  • Power (Psychology)

• An evolving role for GRADE-trained methodologists in the American Thyroid Association Clinical Practice Guidelines Development Process

  American Thyroid Association Guidelines and Statements Committee, 2021, (Accepted/In press) In: Journal of Clinical Epidemiology.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter › peer-review

• A postdischarge venous thromboembolism risk calculator for inflammatory bowel disease surgery

  Schlick, C. J. R., Yuce, T. K., Yang, A. D., McGee, M. F., Bentrem, D. J., Bilimoria, K. Y. & Merkow, R. P., Feb 2021, In: Surgery (United States). 169, 2, p. 240-247 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Venous Thromboembolism
  • Inflammatory Bowel Diseases
  • Odds Ratio
  • Confidence Intervals
  • Chemoprevention

• Association for Academic Surgery Presidential Address—Fanning the Burnout Fire: How Our Misconceptions and Good Intentions Could Fail Tomorrow's Surgeons

  Bilimoria, K. Y., Jan 2021, In: Journal of Surgical Research. 257, p. A1-A11

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Psychological Burnout
  • Intention
  • Surgeons
  • Thinking
  • Charities
  1 Scopus citations

• Formative Evaluation of a Peer Video-Based Coaching Initiative

  Kreutzer, L., Hu, Y. Y., Stulberg, J., Greenberg, C. C., Bilimoria, K. Y. & Johnson, J. K., Jan 2021, In: Journal of Surgical Research. 257, p. 169-177 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Mentoring
  • Surgeons
  • Benchmarking
  • Interviews
  • Colectomy
• 2020

  A Comprehensive Estimation of the Costs of 30-Day Postoperative Complications Using Actual Costs from Multiple, Diverse Hospitals

  Merkow, R. P., Shan, Y., Gupta, A. R., Yang, A. D., Sama, P., Schumacher, M., Cooke, D., Barnard, C. & Bilimoria, K. Y., Oct 2020, In: Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety. 46, 10, p. 558-564 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Postoperative Complications
  • Costs and Cost Analysis
  • Confidence Intervals
  • Hospital Costs
  • Quality Improvement

• A comprehensive national survey on thoughts of leaving residency, alternative career paths, and reasons for staying in general surgery training

  Ellis, R. J., Holmstrom, A. L., Hewitt, D. B., Engelhardt, K. E., Yang, A. D., Merkow, R. P., Bilimoria, K. Y. & Hu, Y. Y., Feb 2020, In: American journal of surgery. 219, 2, p. 227-232 6 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Internship and Residency
  • Thinking
  • Medicine
  • Surgeons
  4 Scopus citations

• Addressing (over)prescribing of opioids in surgery

  Schäfer, W. L. A. & Stulberg, J. J., Oct 2020, In: American journal of surgery. 220, 4, p. 821-822 2 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial › peer-review

  Open Access
  1 Scopus citations

• Adequate Lymphadenectomy as a Quality Measure in Esophageal Cancer: Is there an Association with Treatment Approach?

  Schlick, C. J. R., Khorfan, R., Odell, D. D., Merkow, R. P. & Bentrem, D. J., Oct 1 2020, In: Annals of surgical oncology. 27, 11, p. 4443-4456 14 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Esophageal Neoplasms
  • Lymph Node Excision
  • Neoadjuvant Therapy
  • Esophagectomy
  • Odds Ratio
  2 Scopus citations

• Adrenalectomy for Primary Aldosteronism: Significant Variability in Work-Up Strategies and Low Guideline Adherence in Worldwide Daily Clinical Practice

  International CONNsortium*, Jun 1 2020, In: World journal of surgery. 44, 6, p. 1905-1915 11 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Guideline Adherence
  • Hyperaldosteronism
  • Adrenalectomy
  • Guidelines
  • Tomography
  2 Scopus citations

• A National Mixed-Methods Evaluation of Preparedness for General Surgery Residency and the Association with Resident Burnout

  Engelhardt, K. E., Bilimoria, K. Y., Johnson, J. K., Hewitt, D. B., Ellis, R. J., Hu, Y. Y., Chung, J. W., Kreutzer, L., Love, R., Blay, E. & Odell, D. D., Sep 2020, In: JAMA surgery. 155, 9, p. 851-859 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Psychological Burnout
  • Internship and Residency
  • Emotions
  • Medical Schools
  • Medical Students
  2 Scopus citations

• ASO Author Reflections: Achieving Adequate Lymphadenectomy in Esophageal Cancer Resection

  Schlick, C. J. R. & Bentrem, D. J., Oct 1 2020, In: Annals of surgical oncology. 27, 11, p. 4457-4458 2 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• ASO Author Reflections: Margin Positivity Following Esophageal Cancer Resection is Associated with Treatment Decisions

  Schlick, C. J. R. & Bentrem, D. J., May 1 2020, In: Annals of surgical oncology. 27, 5, p. 1508-1509 2 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate › peer-review

• ASO Author Reflections: Neoadjuvant Therapy for Pancreatic Cancer—Standard of Care or Still Worth Debating?

  Chawla, A. & Wang, J., Apr 1 2020, In: Annals of surgical oncology. 27, 4, p. 1201-1202 2 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate › peer-review

• Association between Implementing Comprehensive Learning Collaborative Strategies in a Statewide Collaborative and Changes in Hospital Safety Culture

  Bilimoria, K. Y., Yuce, T. K., Yang, A. D., Johnson, J. K., Odell, D. D., Love, R., Kreutzer, L., Schlick, C. J. R., Zambrano, M. I., Shan, Y., O'Leary, K. J., Halverson, A. & Bilimoria, K. Y., Oct 2020, In: JAMA surgery. 155, 10, p. 934-940 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Interdisciplinary Placement
  • Safety Management
  • Quality Improvement
  • Climate Change
  • Safety
  1 Scopus citations

• Association between Surgeon Technical Skills and Patient Outcomes

  Stulberg, J. J., Stulberg, J. J., Huang, R., Kreutzer, L., Ban, K., Champagne, B. J., Steele, S. R., Johnson, J. K., Holl, J. L., Greenberg, C. C. & Bilimoria, K. Y., Oct 2020, In: JAMA surgery. 155, 10, p. 960-968 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Surgeons
  • Colectomy
  • Quality Improvement
  • Reoperation
  • Morbidity
  5 Scopus citations

• Association between surgical approach and survival following resection of abdominopelvic malignancies

  Yuce, T. K., Ellis, R. J., Chung, J., Merkow, R. P., Yang, A. D., Soper, N. J., Tanner, E. J., Schaeffer, E. M., Bilimoria, K. Y. & Auffenberg, G. B., Mar 1 2020, In: Journal of surgical oncology. 121, 4, p. 620-629 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures
  • Survival
  • Uterine Cervical Neoplasms
  • Proctectomy
  • Colectomy

• Association between Surgical Technical Skill and Long-term Survival for Colon Cancer

  Brajcich, B. C., Stulberg, J. J., Palis, B. E., Chung, J. W., Huang, R., Nelson, H. & Bilimoria, K. Y., 2020, (Accepted/In press) In: JAMA Oncology.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter › peer-review

• Association of preoperative biliary drainage technique with postoperative outcomes among patients with resectable hepatobiliary malignancy

  Hu, Q. L., Liu, J. B., Ellis, R. J., Liu, J. Y., Yang, A. D., D'Angelica, M. I., Ko, C. Y. & Merkow, R. P., Feb 2020, In: HPB. 22, 2, p. 249-257 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Drainage
  • Propensity Score
  • Neoplasms
  • Morbidity
  • Logistic Models
  2 Scopus citations

• Association of State Certificate of Need Regulation with Procedural Volume, Market Share, and Outcomes among Medicare Beneficiaries

  Yuce, T. K., Chung, J. W., Barnard, C. & Bilimoria, K. Y., Nov 24 2020, In: JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association. 324, 20, p. 2058-2068 11 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Certificate of Need
  • Medicare
  • Formal Social Control
  • Esophagectomy
  • Surgical Wound Infection
  1 Scopus citations

• Association of Weekend Effect with Recovery after Surgery

  Liu, J. Y., Liu, J. Y., Merkow, R. P., Cohen, M. E., Bilimoria, K., Ko, C. Y., Sweeney, J. F. & Sharma, J., Oct 2020, In: JAMA surgery. 155, 10, p. 988-990 3 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter › peer-review

• A Survey of American Thyroid Association Members Regarding the 2015 Adult Thyroid Nodule and Differentiated Thyroid Cancer Clinical Practice Guidelines

  Sawka, A. M., Gagliardi, A. R., Haymart, M. R., Sturgeon, C., Bernet, V., Hoff, K., Angelos, P., Brito, J. P., Haugen, B. R., Kim, B., Kopp, P. A., Mandel, S. J., Ross, D. S., Samuels, M., Sarne, D., Sinclair, C. & Jonklaas, J., Jan 2020, In: Thyroid. 30, 1, p. 25-33 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Thyroid Nodule
  • Thyroid Neoplasms
  • Practice Guidelines
  • Thyroid Gland
  • Postal Service
  2 Scopus citations

• A Textbook Answer to the Debate About Medicare’s Prospective Payment System Exemption?

  Brajcich, B. C. & Merkow, R. P., Jun 1 2020, In: Annals of surgical oncology. 27, 6, p. 1730-1732 3 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial › peer-review

  Open Access

• Benefits of Cluster Randomization for Surgical Trials and Quality Improvement

  Chia, M. C. & Bilimoria, K. Y., Sep 2020, In: Journal of the American College of Surgeons. 231, 3, p. 400-402 3 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate › peer-review

• Clinical staging in pancreatic adenocarcinoma underestimates extent of disease

  Chawla, A., Wo, J., Castillo, C. F. D., Ferrone, C. R., Ryan, D. P., Hong, T. S., Blaszkowsky, L. S., Lillemoe, K. D. & Qadan, M., Jun 2020, In: Pancreatology. 20, 4, p. 691-697 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Adenocarcinoma
  • Hospital Distribution Systems
  • Pancreatic Neoplasms
  • Databases
  2 Scopus citations

• Communication between general practitioners and medical specialists in the referral process: A cross-sectional survey in 34 countries

  Scaioli, G., Schäfer, W. L. A., Boerma, W. G. W., Spreeuwenberg, P. M. M., Schellevis, F. G. & Groenewegen, P. P., Mar 17 2020, In: BMC Family Practice. 21, 1, 54.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • General Practitioners
  • Communication
  • Referral and Consultation
  • Cross-Sectional Studies
  • Primary Health Care
  2 Scopus citations

• Complications and Readmissions Associated with First Assistant Training Level Following Elective Bariatric Surgery

  Yuce, T. K., Holmstrom, A., Soper, N. J., Nagle, A. P., Hungness, E. S., Merkow, R. P. & Teitelbaum, E. N., 2020, (Accepted/In press) In: Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Bariatric Surgery
  • Bariatrics
  • Morbidity
  • Patient Readmission
  • Physician Assistants

• Constructing Learning Curves to Benchmark Operative Performance of General Surgery Residents Against a National Cohort of Peers

  Nicolas, J. D., Huang, R., Teitelbaum, E. N., Bilimoria, K. Y. & Hu, Y. Y., Nov 1 2020, In: Journal of Surgical Education. 77, 6, p. e94-e102

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Learning Curve
  • Benchmarking
  • surgery
  • resident
  • performance

• Cumulative Effect of Flexible Duty-hour Policies on Resident Outcomes: Long-term Follow-up Results From the FIRST Trial

  Khorfan, R., Yuce, T. K., Love, R., Yang, A. D., Chung, J., Hoyt, D. B., Lewis, F. R. & Bilimoria, K. Y., May 1 2020, In: Annals of surgery. 271, 5, p. 791-798 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access
  2 Scopus citations

• Describing the density of high-level trauma centers in the 15 largest US cities

  Stey, A. M., Byskosh, A., Etkin, C., Mackersie, R., Stein, D. M., Bilimoria, K. Y. & Crandall, M. L., Oct 9 2020, In: Trauma Surgery and Acute Care Open. 5, 1, e000562.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Trauma Centers
  • Social Determinants of Health
  • Violence
  • San Francisco
  • Unemployment

• Development and validation of a risk calculator for post-discharge venous thromboembolism following hepatectomy for malignancy

  Schlick, C. J. R., Ellis, R. J., Merkow, R. P., Yang, A. D. & Bentrem, D. J., 2020, (Accepted/In press) In: HPB.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Venous Thromboembolism
  • Hepatectomy
  • Neoplasms
  • Chemoprevention
  • Inpatients

• Development of a conceptual model for understanding the learning environment and surgical resident well-being

  Zhang, L. M., Cheung, E. O., Eng, J. S., Ma, M., Etkin, C. D., Agarwal, G., Shanafelt, T. D., Riall, T. S., Nasca, T., Bilimoria, K. Y., Hu, Y. Y. & Johnson, J. K., 2020, (Accepted/In press) In: American journal of surgery.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Anatomic Models
  • Statistical Factor Analysis
  • Learning
  • Value of Life
  • Physicians

• Diagnosis and Management of Primary Hyperparathyroidism

  Zhu, C. Y., Sturgeon, C. & Yeh, M. W., Mar 24 2020, In: JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association. 323, 12, p. 1186-1187 2 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate › peer-review

• Discrimination in US Surgical Training Programs-Reply

  Yuce, T. K., Bilimoria, K. Y. & Hu, Y. Y., Nov 2020, In: JAMA surgery. 155, 11, p. 1084-1085 2 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter › peer-review
  1 Scopus citations

• Disparities Research-Mitigating Inequities in Surgical Care

  Pitt, S. C. & Merkow, R. P., Nov 2020, In: JAMA surgery. 155, 11, p. 1012-1014 3 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate › peer-review
  1 Scopus citations

• Dissatisfaction with Medical and Surgical Residency Training Is Consistently Higher for Women than for Men

  Dine, C. J., Liu, M., Asch, D. A., Bellini, L. M., Bilimoria, K. Y., Desai, S. V. & Shea, J. A., Jan 1 2020, In: Journal of general internal medicine. 35, 1, p. 374-376 3 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Do Hospital Rankings Mislead Patients? Variability Among National Rating Systems for Orthopaedic Surgery

  Shah, R. F., Manning, D. W., Butler, B. A. & Bilimoria, K. Y., Sep 1 2020, In: The Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons. 28, 17, p. e766-e773

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Orthopedics
  • Logistic Models
  • Systems Analysis

• Duty Hour Reform and the Outcomes of Patients Treated by New Surgeons

  Kelz, R. R., Niknam, B. A., Sellers, M. M., Sharpe, J. E., Rosenbaum, P. R., Hill, A. S., Zhou, H., Hochman, L. L., Bilimoria, K. Y., Itani, K., Romano, P. S. & Silber, J. H., Apr 1 2020, In: Annals of surgery. 271, 4, p. 599-605 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Surgeons
  • Confidence Intervals
  • Odds Ratio
  • Mortality
  • Medicare
  2 Scopus citations

• Evaluating the Association of Multiple Burnout Definitions and Thresholds with Prevalence and Outcomes

  Hewitt, D. B., Ellis, R. J., Hu, Y. Y., Cheung, E. O., Moskowitz, J. T., Agarwal, G. & Bilimoria, K. Y., Nov 2020, In: JAMA surgery. 155, 11, p. 1043-1049 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Psychological Burnout
  • Thinking
  • Depersonalization
  • Statistics
  • Logistic Models
  4 Scopus citations

• Evaluation of Changes in Quality Improvement Knowledge Following a Formal Educational Curriculum Within a Statewide Learning Collaborative

  ISQIC Advisory Committee, Nov 1 2020, In: Journal of Surgical Education. 77, 6, p. 1534-1541 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Interdisciplinary Placement
  • Curriculum
  • Quality Improvement
  • curriculum
  • evaluation
  1 Scopus citations

• Failure to administer recommended chemotherapy: Acceptable variation or cancer care quality blind spot?

  Ellis, R. J., Schlick, C. J. R., Feinglass, J., Mulcahy, M. F., Benson, A. B., Kircher, S. M., Yang, T. D., Odell, D. D., Bilimoria, K. & Merkow, R. P., Feb 1 2020, In: BMJ Quality and Safety. 29, 2, p. 103-112 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Optic Disk
  • Quality of Health Care
  • Drug Therapy
  • Neoplasms
  • Lung Neoplasms
  1 Scopus citations

• Financial burden and quality of life among thyroid cancer survivors

  Mongelli, M. N., Giri, S., Peipert, B. J., Helenowski, I. B., Yount, S. E. & Sturgeon, C., Mar 2020, In: Surgery (United States). 167, 3, p. 631-637 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Cancer Survivors
  • Thyroid Neoplasms
  • Quality of Life
  • Patient Reported Outcome Measures
  • Fatigue
  3 Scopus citations

• Hospital variation in use of prophylactic drains following hepatectomy

  Ellis, R. J., Brajcich, B. C., Ko, C. Y., Cohen, M. E., Bilimoria, K. Y., Yopp, A. C., D'Angelica, M. I. & Merkow, R. P., Oct 2020, In: HPB. 22, 10, p. 1471-1479 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Hepatectomy
  • Odds Ratio
  • Drainage
  • Datasets
  • Cohort Studies

• Is there value in cancer center accreditation?

  Schlick, C. J. & Yang, A. D., Jul 2020, In: American journal of surgery. 220, 1, p. 27-28 2 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter › peer-review
  1 Scopus citations

• Kernwaarden van Nederlandse huisartsen in internationaal perspectief

  Groenewegen, P., Schäfer, W., Schellevis, F. & Boerma, W., Jul 1 2020, In: Huisarts en Wetenschap. 63, 7, p. 57-61 5 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Management of Cancer Surgery Cases During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Considerations

  for the Society of Surgical Oncology, Jun 1 2020, In: Annals of surgical oncology. 27, 6, p. 1717-1720 4 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial › peer-review

  Open Access
  59 Scopus citations

• Margin Positivity in Resectable Esophageal Cancer: Are there Modifiable Risk Factors?

  Schlick, C. J. R., Khorfan, R., Odell, D. D., Merkow, R. P. & Bentrem, D. J., May 1 2020, In: Annals of surgical oncology. 27, 5, p. 1496-1507 12 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Esophageal Neoplasms
  • Esophagectomy
  • Odds Ratio
  • Confidence Intervals
  • Neoadjuvant Therapy
  2 Scopus citations

• Mistreatment and Burnout in Surgical Residency Training. Reply

  Hu, Y. Y., Ellis, R. J. & Bilimoria, K. Y., Feb 6 2020, In: The New England journal of medicine. 382, 6, p. 582-583 2 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter › peer-review

• Multidisciplinary surgical treatment approach for dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans: an update

  Chappell, A. G., Doe, S. C., Worley, B., Yoo, S. S., Gerami, P., Alam, M., Buck, D. W., Kim, J. Y. S. & Wayne, J. D., 2020, (Accepted/In press) In: Archives of Dermatological Research.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Dermatofibrosarcoma
  • Surgeons
  • Recurrence
  • Mohs Surgery
  • Surgical Oncology

• Multi-institution evaluation of adherence to comprehensive postoperative VTE chemoprophylaxis

  Yang, A. D., Hewitt, D. B., Blay, E., Kreutzer, L. J., Quinn, C. M., Cradock, K. A., Prachand, V. & Bilimoria, K. Y., Jun 1 2020, In: Annals of surgery. 271, 6, p. 1072-1079 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Chemoprevention
  • Venous Thromboembolism
  • Process Assessment (Health Care)
  • Colectomy
  • Hospitalization
  2 Scopus citations