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Submissions from 2023

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NATURAL HISTORY AND RISK FACTORS OF BEDSIDE PERCUTANEOUS ENDOSCOPIC GASTROSTOMY TUBES IN THE ICU, Michael Dix, Lucy Chau, Ryan Soheim, Nadia Obeid, Arielle H. Gupta, and Cletus Stanton

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COMPARING NERVE BLOCK PAIN PUMPS TO STANDARD OF CARE IN PATIENTS FOLLOWING CARDIOTHORACIC SURGERY, David W. Gutenschwager, Laura Hencken, Kristin M. Griebe, Victor Coba, Hassan Nemeh, and Long To

Submissions from 2022

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Right Ventricular Failure Following Left Ventricular Assist Device Implant: An Intermacs Analysis, Themistokles Chamogeorgakis, I Toumpoulis, David E. Lanfear, Celeste Williams, A Koliopoulou, S Adamopoulos, and Jennifer A. Cowger

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Surgical Specialization and Standardization of Care Improves Outcomes in Mechanical Circulatory Support: A Single Center Experience, Donald D. Chang, M. Giraldo-Grueso, S. Desai, K. Marz, A. Bansal, K. Webre, and P. Parrino

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Comparison of Outcomes in High Donation after Circulatory Death Liver Transplantation Usage Centers in the Acuity Circles Era, Lucy Chau, Kelly Collins, and Marwan S. Abouljoud

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Patient factors that affect pre-operative patient-reported outcomes in women undergoing breast cancer surgery, Wing L. Cheung, Cara E. Cannella, Yalei L. Chen, Sanjay Rama, Semar Yono, Isabela Romano, Jessica Bensenhaver, Daniel Yoho, and Dunya M. Atisha

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Patient and disease pre-operative factors influencing surgical procedure choice for breast cancer treatment, Wing L. Cheung, Cara E. Cannella, Yalei Chen, Sanjay Rama, S Yono, Isabela Romano, Jessica Bensenhaver, Daniel Yoho, and Dunya M. Atisha

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The Value of a Vascular Surgery Curriculum for Clinical Medical Students: Results of a National Survey of Nonvascular Educators, Chelsea Dorsey, Maria Paz, Jonathan Bath, Loay S. Kabbani, Cassius Iyad Ochoa Chaar, Angela Kokkosis, Murray L. Shames, Michael Malinowski, Bernadette Aulivola, Brigitte K. Smith, Kelly Kempe, and Dawn M. Coleman

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Cholecystectomy Is Risker in Male Patients, Camden W. Gardner, Ashley N. Ver Beek, Ilan S. Rubinfeld, and Jeffrey L. Johnson

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Immunotherapy before solid organ transplantation: an international transplant community-focused survey, Tommy Ivanics, Marco Claasen, David Al-Adra, and Gonzalo Sapisochin

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Evaluating the performance and external validity of machine learning-based prediction models in liver transplantation: an international study, Tommy Ivanics, D. So, M. Claasen, D. Wallace, M. Patel, A. Gravely, K. Walker, T. Cowling, L. Erdman, and G. Sapisochin

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Evaluating the predictive performance and transferability of machine learning-based prediction models using national liver transplant data registries, Tommy Ivanics, Delvin So, Marco Claasen, David Wallace, Madhukar Patel, Annabel Gravely, Kate Walker, Thomas Cowling, Lauren Erdman, and Gonzalo Sapisochin

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International multi-institutional comparison of liver transplantation for hepatocellular carcinoma: United States, United Kingdom and Canada, Tommy Ivanics, D. Wallace, M. Claasen, M. Patel, W. Jassem, K. Menon, A. Suddle, N. Heaton, N. Mehta, J. van der Meulen, and G. Sapisochin

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Treatment Patterns and Outcomes in Patients with Pancoast Tumors: A National Cancer Database Analysis, Hollis E. Johanson, J. Cox, and Ikenna Okereke

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Favorable waitlist and transplant outcomes in transplant centers with a rapid increase in center volume, Toshihiro Kitajima, Tommy Ivanics, Tayseer Shamaa, Shingo Shimada, Kelly Collins, Michael Rizzari, Atsushi Yoshida, Marwan S. Abouljoud, and Shunji Nagai

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Perception of Transplant Surgery and the Pursuit of a Career in Transplant Surgery Among US General Surgery Residents, Caitlin Loseth, Caroline Qin, Laura Zeiser, Dorry Segev, Leigh Anne Dageforde, Anthony Watkins, Kelly Collins, Jaime Glorioso, R. Cutler Quillin III, Jacqueline Garonzik-Wang, and Amit Tevar

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Cardiovascular Responses to Mild Lower Body Negative Pressure during Spaceflight, Jason R. Lytle, Brandon R. Macias, Stuart M. Lee, David Martin, Douglas J. Ebert, Alan R. Hargens, Scott A. Dulchavsky, Irina V. Alferova, Michael B. Stenger, and Steven S. Laurie

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Characterizing Outflow Graft Narrowing over Time, S. McCarthy, E. Molina, Hassan Nemeh, S. Chaudhry, S. Pinney, A. Srivastava, J. Grinstein, I. Hackett, and Jennifer A. Cowger

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Is nodal staging necessary for older patients with HER2-positive or triple-negative breast cancers?, Leslie M. McDonough, Lindsay Petersen, Anna Lehrberg, Jessica Bensenhaver, Omar Qutob, Laura L. Susick, Elisabeth Ekkel, Hemi Thaker, and Theresa Schwartz

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Thromboelastography and Liver Transplantation: A Target Group, Adhnan Mohamed, Toshihiro Kitajima, Santhalakshmi Angappan, Khortnal Delvecchio, Sirisha Yeddula, Mhd Tayseer Shamaa, Kelly Collins, Michael Rizzari, Atsushi Yoshida, Marwan S. Abouljoud, Jaber El-Bashir, and Shunji Nagai

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Long-term outcomes of donation after cardiac death and living donor liver transplant for primary sclerosing cholangitis, Dilip Moonka, Toshihiro Kitajima, Tommy Ivanics, Kelly Collins, Michael Rizzari, Atsushi Yoshida, Marwan S. Abouljoud, and Shunji Nagai

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Neutrophil/Lymphocyte Ratio as a Predictor of LongTerm Survival After Open Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair, Abdul Kader Natour, Keinnan Hares, Alexander D. Shepard, and Loay S. Kabbani

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Utilization Of Preoperative Vein Mapping In Patients Undergoing Infra-inguinal Bypass Is Associated With Increased Use Of Venous Conduits, Abdul Kader Natour, Alexander D. Shepard, Timothy Nypaver, Robert Cuff, Nicholas J. Mouawad, Mark Mattos, Peter Henke, and Loay S. Kabbani

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Impact of Preoperative Hemoglobin A1c in Patients Undergoing Open Distal Vascular Procedures, Abdul Kader Natour, Alexander D. Shepard, Mitchell R. Weaver, and Timothy Nypaver

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Impact Of Preoperative Hemoglobina1c In Patients Undergoing Open Distal Vascular Procedures, Abdul Kader Natour, Alexander D. Shepard, Mitchell R. Weaver, Timothy Nypaver, Peter Henke, and Loay S. Kabbani

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Left Subclavian Artery Revascularization May Not Influence the Incidence of Spinal Cord Ischemia in Elective Thoracic Endovascular Aortic Aneurysm Repair, Abdul Kader Natour, Alexander D. Shepard, Mitchell R. Weaver, Andi Peshkepija, Timothy Nypaver, and Loay S. Kabbani

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Re-vascularization Of Left Subclavian Artery May Not Influence The Incidence Of Spinal Cord Injury After Endovascular Repair Of Acute Type B Aortic Dissection, Abdul Kader Natour, Alexander D. Shepard, Mitchell R. Weaver, Andi Peshkepija, Timothy Nypaver, and Loay S. Kabbani

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The Relationship of Social Determinants and Distress in Newly Diagnosed Cancer Patients, B. Okeke, J. Jones, G. Obanigba, A. Obi, M. Nkansah, N. Odiase, K. Khanipov, and Ikenna Okereke

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Sentinel Lymph Node Positivity in Clinically Node Negative Breast Cancer Patients After Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy: Opportunities to Defer Intraoperative Frozen Section Analysis, Omar Qutob, Jessica Bensenhaver, Laura L. Susick, Lindsay Petersen, Anna Lehrberg, Fallon Dimaano, and Theresa Schwartz

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The effect of lymphatic microsurgical preventive healing approach (LYMPHA) on the development of upper-extremity lymphedema following axillary lymph node dissection in breast cancer patients, Omar Qutob, Sanjay Rama, Lisa Black, Michele Zubalik, Jessica Bensenhaver, Lindsay Petersen, Saul D. Nathanson, Donna G. Tepper, Daniel Yoho, Maristella S. Evangelista, and Dunya M. Atisha

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Disparity Outcomes in Patients Undergoing Pancreas Surgery at an Urban Tertiary Care Center, Mariam A. Saad, Kendyll J. Gartrelle, Rupen Shah, Julie Clark, Kyra Langley, Erin Field, Christopher P. Steffes, and David S. Kwon

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A single-center analysis of 30- and 90-day post-pancreatectomy complications in patients undergoing neoadjuvant radiation with EBRT versus MRI-guided SBRT, Mariam Saad, Julie Clark, Rupen A. Shah, Farzan Siddiqui, Parag J. Parikh, Kendyll J. Gartrelle, Abdul Kader Natour, Gazala Khan, and David Kwon

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Normothermic Ex Vivo Lung Perfusion (Novel) as an Assessment of Extended Criteria Donor Lungs: A Prospective Multi-Center Clinical Trial, P. G. Sanchez, E. G. Chan, R. D. Davis, M. Hartwig, T. Machuca, B. Whitson, M. Daneshmand, F. D. Ovidio, J. Dcunha, M. Weyant, M. Jessen, C. Bermudez, M. Mulligan, T. Wozniak, W. Lynch, Hassan Nemeh, C. Caldeira, T. Song, D. Kreisel, P. Camp, D. Ramzy, B. Griffith, and E. Cantu

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Evaluation of Practice Patterns and Outcomes after Implementing SMART for Pancreatic Cancer, Eric Schaff, Parag J. Parikh, Pin Li, Rupen Shah, Gazala Khan, Farzan Siddiqui, Benjamin Movsas, and David Kwon

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Measurement of physical activity and frailty in the early post-operative period after kidney transplant; Single-center prospective pilot study using Fitbit watch, Tayseer Shamaa, Lisa Allenspach, Toshihiro Kitajima, Omar Shamaa, Catherine Crombez, Omar Hage-Hassan, Shingo Shimada, Sirisha Yeddula, Iman Francis, Lauren Malinzak, Jason E. Denny, Dean Kim, Marwan S. Abouljoud, and Shunji Nagai

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The impact of pre-transplant treatment on post-transplant outcomes in liver transplant patients with hepatocellular carcinoma, Shingo Shimada, Toshihiro Kitajima, Tayseer Shamaa, Tommy Ivanics, Adhnan Mohamed, Dilip Moonka, Kelly Collins, Michael Rizzari, Atsushi Yoshida, Marwan S. Abouljoud, and Shunji Nagai

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8605 Gynecologic Laparoscopy in the Bariatric Patient: A Retrospective Review of Abdominal Access and Associated Complications, G. H. Shukr, M. Shukr, D. I. Eisenstein, Arthur M. Carlin, and Joelle Abood

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Risks and Outcomes Associated with Pleural Space Infections After Lung Transplantation, Jane Simanovski, Hassan Nemeh, Lisa Allenspach, L. L. Mei, Lisa Stagner, Julio Pinto Corrales, Kaitlin Olexsey, Domingo J. Franco-Palacios, and George Alangaden

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Association of Discontinuing Pre-Injury Beta-Adrenergic Blockade Medication with Mortality in Severe Blunt Traumatic Brian Injury, C. J. Tignanelli, S. Arbabi, G. A. P. Iskander, Kurt A. Kralovich, A. M. Ledgerwood, J. W. Scott, N. Sangji, and M. R. Hemmila

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Factors That Influence Discharge Opioid Prescribing among Bariatric Surgeons across Michigan, C. A. Vitous, A. L. Stricklen, R. A. Ross, A. A. Ghaferi, Arthur M. Carlin, and A. E. Ehlers

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Update on a pilot study: Flumeltbi peripheral blood HLAhaploidentical stem cell transplantation with post-transplant cyclophosphamide and bortezomib (Cy2Bor3), Sowjanya Vuyyala, Edward Peres, Klodiana Neme, Nancy Mikulandric, Susan M. Wautelet, Danielle L. Pelland, Nada Zagar, Mary A. Trapp, Scott R. Rohrer, Elizabeth A. Henne, Sarah Szymanski, Josephine Emole, Muneer H. Abidi, and Shatha Farhan

Submissions from 2021

Developing and validation of a liver transplantation donation after cardiac death risk index using the UNOS database, Lucy Chau, Khortnal Delvecchio, Adhnan Mohamed, Toshihiro Kitajima, Mei Lu, Sirisha Yeddula, Kelly Collins, Michael Rizzari, Atsushi Yoshida, Marwan S. Abouljoud, and Shunji Nagai

Extreme Hyponatremia as a Risk Factor for Early Mortality after Liver Transplantation in the MELD-Sodium Era, Tommy Ivanics, Shravan Leonard-Murali, Hassan Mouzaihem, Dilip Moonka, Toshihiro Kitajima, Sirisha Yeddula, T Shamaa, Michael Rizzari, Kelly Collins, Atsushi Yoshida, Marwan S. Abouljoud, and Shunji Nagai

Careful donor selection is key to improving post-liver transplant graft survival in older patients with acute-on-chronic liver failure, Toshihiro Kitajima, Y Kuno, Luisa Arevalo, Nicole Murray, Eric Lisznyai, T Shamaa, Tommy Ivanics, Kelly Collins, Michael Rizzari, Atsushi Yoshida, Marwan S. Abouljoud, and Shunji Nagai

Combined liver and lung transplantation with extended normothermic liver preservation using TransmedicsOrgan Care System (OCS)™ liver: A single center experience, Jonathan Konel, Mhd Tayseer Shamaa, Omar Shamaa, Ahmed Elsabbagh, Toshihiro Kitajima, Tommy Ivanics, Khortnal Delvecchio, Adhnan Mohamed, Sirisha Yeddula, Kelly Collins, Atsushi Yoshida, Marwan S. Abouljoud, Shunji Nagai, and Michael Rizzari

Predicting Right Ventricular Failure Following Left Ventricular Assist Device Support: A Derivation-Validation Multicenter Risk Score, C P. Kyriakopoulos, I Taleb, A G. Koliopoulou, N Ijaz, Zachary Demertzis, Adithya Peruri, E Dranow, O Wever-Pinzon, M Y. Yin, K S. Shah, L Kemeyou, T J. Richins, D G. Tang, Hassan W. Nemeh, J Stehlik, C H. Selzman, R Alharethi, W T. Caine, A G. Kfoury, J C. Fang, Jennifer A. Cowger, P Shah, and S G. Drakos

Pre-Transplant Prognostic Nutritional Index Predicts Short-Term Outcomes after Liver Transplantation, Eric Lisznyai, Toshihiro Kitajima, Khortnal Delvecchio, Adhnan Mohamed, Sirisha Yeddula, T Shamaa, Tommy Ivanics, Kelly Collins, Michael Rizzari, Atsushi Yoshida, Marwan S. Abouljoud, and Shunji Nagai

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The Effect of Neutrophil-lymphocyte Ratio on 10-year Survival Outcomes Following Elective Open and EVAR Procedures, Megan A. Mitchell, Abdul Kader Natour, Keinnan Hares, A H. King, Loay S. Kabbani, V S. Kashyap, and J S. Cho

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The Impact of Thromboelastography on Decreasing Blood Product Usage in Liver Transplantation, Adhnan Mohamed, Toshihiro Kitajima, Tayseer Shamaa, Ahmed M. Elsabbagh, Atsushi Yoshida, Marwan S. Abouljoud, and Shunji Nagai

Persistence of SARS-CoV-2 Virus in a Kidney Transplant Recipient, Adhnan Mohamed, Rohini Prashar, George Alangaden, Lauren Malinzak, Jason E. Denny, Khortnal Delvecchio, and Dean Kim

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Single-state Transcarotid Artery Revascularization Experience: Outcomes and Impact on Carotid Procedural and Operative Volumes, Farah Mohammad, Loay S. Kabbani, Peter Henke, Michael Battaglia, Nicolas Mouawad, Nick Osborne, Matt Corriere, and Timothy Nypaver

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Impact of Preoperative Anemia in Patients Undergoing Peripheral Vascular Intervention, Abdul Kader Natour, Alexander D. Shepard, Timothy Nypaver, Ali Rteil, Paul Corcoran, Amy Tang, and Loay S. Kabbani

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Socioeconomic Disparities Do Not Affect Outcomes in Acute Limb Ischemia, Abdul Kader Natour, Alexander D. Shepard, Timothy Nypaver, Mitchell R. Weaver, and Andi Peshkepija

Symptomatic Extracranial Carotid Disease in COVID-19 Patients Is Related to Thrombus Formation, Timothy Nypaver, Daniel J. Miller, Mitchell R. Weaver, Horia Marin, Alice Lee, Brent Griffith, Dee Dee Wang, and Loay S. Kabbani

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"Stronger but Not Faster": Flipped Classroom Teaching Significantly Improves Resident's Skills but Not Speed, Chinmayee Potti, Joshua J. Eby, Ali Rteil, Ann Woodward, Alexander D. Shepard, and Loay S. Kabbani

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Quality of trace mineral monitoring and replacement for patients on teduglutide for short bowel syndrome, Austin H. Qasawa, Nemie Beltran, Shunji Nagai, Yakir Muszkat, and Syed-Mohammed Jafri

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Bleeding Complications after Rubber Band Ligation of Internal Hemorrhoids in Anticoagulated Patients, Shahzad Qureshi, Madhu-Ashni Prasad, Surya Nalamati, Craig Reickert, and Edwin R. Itenberg

Variation of liver and kidney transplant practice and outcomes during public holidays in the United States, Mhd Tayseer Shamaa, Toshihiro Kitajima, Tommy Ivanics, Ahmed Elsabbagh, Mei Lu, Khortnal Delvecchio, Adhnan Mohamed, Sirisha Yeddula, Michael Rizzari, Kelly Collins, Atsushi Yoshida, Marwan S. Abouljoud, and Shunji Nagai

Variations in transplant rates and post-transplant outcomes in liver transplantation based on season and climate regions in the United States, Mhd Tayseer Shamaa, Toshihiro Kitajima, Tommy Ivanics, Ahmed Elsabbagh, Mei Lu, Khortnal Delvecchio, Adhnan Mohamed, Sirisha Yeddula, Michael Rizzari, Kelly Collins, Atsushi Yoshida, Marwan S. Abouljoud, and Shunji Nagai

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Effect of Season and Climate Regions on Liver Transplant Waitlist Outcomes, Mhd Tayseer Shamaa, Toshihiro Kitajima, Tommy Ivanics, Shingo Shimada, Adhnan Mohamed, Michael Rizzari, Kelly Collins, Atsushi Yoshida, Marwan S. Abouljoud, and Shunji Nagai

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Carotid Endarterectomy During Index Hospital Admission for Patients With Acute Mild to Moderate Stroke, Vicki Sharma and Sachinder Hans

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Improvements in Liver Transplantation Outcomes in Patients with Hepatitis C Virus/HIV Coinfection after the Introduction of Direct-Acting Antiviral Therapies, Shingo Shimada, Toshihiro Kitajima, Tayseer Shamaa, Tommy Ivanics, Kelly Collins, Michael Rizzari, Atsushi Yoshida, Marwan S. Abouljoud, Mei Lu, and Shunji Nagai

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Comparison of Common Minimally Invasive Operations Using Patient Safety Indicators (PSI), Amalia Stefanou, Camden Gardner, and Ilan S. Rubinfeld

Submissions from 2020

External validation of genomic classifier based risk-stratification tool to identify candidates for adjuvant radiation therapy in patients with prostate cancer, Firas Abdollah, M Shahait, Deepansh Dalela, Jenafer Kelly, N Vapiwala, and D Lee

Dynamic conformational changes of the left ventricular outflow tract compared to the aortic annulus and implications on transcatheter aortic valve selection and sizing, Ahmad O. Aljamal, Yusuf Alalwan, Nicholas Coriasso, Courtnay Hughes, Elsheikh Abdelrahim, James C. Lee, Dee Dee Wang, Milan Pantelic, Thomas Song, Marvin H. Eng, Tiberio M. Frisoli, Pedro Villablanca, and Janet F. Wyman

Indications for LVAD Explant and Predictors of Mortality after Explant in IMACS, Lindsey Aurora, Gillian Grafton, Hassan Nemeh, Themistokles Chamogeorgakis, Dimitrios Apostolou, Daizo Tanaka, and Jennifer A. Cowger

Mycotic Aneurysm After Metallic Foreign Body Ingestion, Scott Bendix, Ali Rteil, Chinmayee Potti, Themistokles Chamogeorgakis, Brian Lace, Ann Woodward, and Loay S. Kabbani

Poor Social Support Confers Worse Survival after MCS, Kelly Bryce, Imad Hariri, A Nemeh, Ginger St. John, and Jennifer A. Cowger

Racial Disparities Among Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma Patients: A Retrospective Survival Analysis of Non-Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer Patients, Kendyll J. Gartrelle, Eric M. Schaff, Celina Kirsch, David Kwon, Munther Ajlouni, Gazala Khan, Rupen Shah, Irina Dobrosotskaya, Parag J. Parikh, and Farzan Siddiqui

Percutaneous coronary revascularization is associated with higher exercise capacity after myocardial infarction, Sarah Gorgis, Zachary Demertzis, Kelly Malette, Georgi Fram, Kaitlyn Dobesh, Steven J. Keteyian, Khaldoon Alaswad, Mir B. Basir, and Clinton Brawner

Ventricular Assist Device Patient Phenotypes: What Attributes Describe Long Term Survival?, Imad Hariri, Bashar Hannawi, Gillian Grafton, Hassan Nemeh, Themistokles Chamogeorgakis, David E. Lanfear, Dimitrios Apostolou, Yelena Selektor, Celeste T. Williams, Cristina Tita, and Daizo Tanaka

A Novel Risk Score Predicts Early Right Ventricular Failure after Lvad: A Derivation-validation Multicenter Study, Naila Ijaz, Christos P. Kyriakopoulos, Zachary Demertzis, Adithya Peruri, Tyler J. Richins, Liz Dranow, Daniel Tang, Hassan Nemeh, Josef Stehlik, Antigone G. Koliopoulou, Craig H. Selzman, Rami Alharethi, Jennifer A. Cowger, Palak Shah, and Stavros G. Drakos

Contemporary Management of Chronic Indwelling Inferior Vena Cava Filters: A Single-Institution Experience, Tommy Ivanics, Paul Williams, Hassan Nasser, Shavran Leonard-Murali, and Scott Schwartz

Pre-Hospital Admission Adversely Affects Outcomes after Colorectal Cancer Surgery: An Analysis of the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (ACS NSQIP) Database, Richard Kalu, Amy Tang, and Amalia Stefanou

EFFECTS OF AGING AND ACUTE-ON-CHRONIC LIVER FAILURE ON LIVER TRANSPLANT WAITLIST MORTALITY, Toshihiro Kitajima, Yasutaka Kuno, Nicole Sukkarieh, Yukiko Suzuki, Shingo Shimada, Alexander Flores, Eric Lisznyai, Kelly Collins, Atsushi Yoshida, Michael Rizzari, Dilip Moonka, Marwan S. Abouljoud, and Shunji Nagai

Assessment of sarcopenia and obesity by bioelectrical impedance analysis in transplant and hepatobiliary populations, J Konel, Toshihiro Kitajima, L Arevalo, N Murray, Thomas Pietrowsky, Deepak Venkat, Humberto C. Gonzalez, Milagros Samaniego-Picota, Marwan S. Abouljoud, and Shunji Nagai

LIVER TRANSPLANTATION IN OLDER PATIENTS WITH ACUTE-ON-CHRONIC LIVER FAILURE: AN ANALYSIS OF UNOS REGISTRY, Yasutaka Kuno, Toshihiro Kitajima, Dilip Moonka, Nicole Sukkarieh, Alexander Flores, Eric Lisznyai, Shingo Shimada, Yukiko Suzuki, Kelly Collins, Michael Rizzari, Atsushi Yoshida, Marwan S. Abouljoud, and Shunji Nagai

Intraoperative nerve monitoring in thyroidectomies for malignancy: Does it matter?, Shavran Leonard-Murali, Tommy Ivanics, Hassan Nasser, Amy Tang, and Michael C. Singer

Where is It? Breast Cancer Location and Associations with Metastasis and Survival, Shravan Leonard-Murali, Charlotte Burmeister, Laura L. Susick, Patricia Baker, and Saul David Nathanson

Crossover Left Common Femoral to Right Superficial Femoral Artery Bypass Graft Using a Lateral Approach, Q P. Le, Ana Lozano, and Sachinder S. Hans

Robot-assisted laparoscopic placement of extravascular stent for nutcracker syndrome, Judith C. Lin, Buddima Ranasinghe, Amit Patel, and Craig G. Rogers

USE OF NEURAL NETWORK MODELS TO PREDICT MORTALITY/ SURVIVAL AMONG PATIENTS ON THE LIVER TRANSPLANT WAITLIST, Shunji Nagai, Anubhav Reddy Nallabasannagari, Dilip Moonka, Madhu Reddiboina, Michael Nanna, Lucy Chau, Sirisha Yeddula, Toshihiro Kitajima, Iman Bajjoka-Francis, and Marwan S. Abouljoud

Clinical Patterns, Predictors, and Results of Endograft Limb Occlusion After Endovascular Aneurysm Repair, Phillip Nahirniak, Kevin Morton, and Sachinder Hans

Breast cancer patients are interested in telemedicine, Hassan Nasser, Jessica Bensenhaver, L Antonelli, Laura L. Susick, George Divine, and Lindsay Petersen

Survival and Predictors of Mortality in Patients Undergoing RVAD Explant in IMACS., A Patel, Gillian Grafton, Cristina Tita, Bashar Hannawi, Yelena Selektor, Themistokles Chamogeorgakis, Dimitrios Apostolou, David E. Lanfear, Celeste T. Williams, Hassan W. Nemeh, and Jennifer A. Cowger

Effect of induction therapy on outcomes of de novo renal transplant recipients receiving everolimus with reduced-dose calcineurin inhibitor: 24-month results from transform study, V Pernin, C Legendre, M Büchler, R Oberbauer, F Vincenti, O Viklucky, U Huynh-Do, Dean Kim, P Narvekar, M P. Hernandez-Gutierrez, P Bernhardt, H Gharbi, and D Kuypers

The Effect of Oncoplastic Reduction on The Incidence of Post-Operative Lymphedema in Breast Cancer Patients Undergoing Lumpectomy, Sanjay Rama, Dunya M. Atisha, M Evangelista, Cara E. Cannella, Renee Barry, S Ghosh, Jenna Luker, Yalei Chen, S Zhu, Jessica Bensenhaver, Kenneth Levin, and Eleanor Walker

Laser Fenestration of Renal Artery in Fenestrated Endograft Repair of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm, Ali Rteil, Scott Bendix, Timothy Nypaver, Mitchell R. Weaver, and Loay S. Kabbani

Socioeconomic Status and Clinical Stage of Patients Presenting for Treatment of Varicose Veins, Ali Rteil, Judith Lin, Mitchell R. Weaver, Syed Ahsan, Alice Lee, and Loay S. Kabbani

Treatment of Acute Compartment Syndrome Is an Essential Part of Acute Limb Ischemia Management, Ali Rteil, J Palmer, Timothy Nypaver, Alexander D. Shepard, Mitchell R. Weaver, and Loay S. Kabbani

Long-Term Postoperative Outcomes after Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair, Ali Rteil, Mitchell R. Weaver, Alexander D. Shepard, Timothy J. Nypaver, Alice Lee, and Loay S. Kabbani

The NOVEL Study: A Multi-Center Clinical Trial Studying the Safety of Ex Vivo Lung Perfusion, P G. Sanchez, E Cantu, M Hartwig, F D'Ovidio, T Machuca, B Whitson, M Daneshmand, C Bermudez, M Mulligan, J D'Cunha, M Weyant, W Lynch, J Garcia, C Caldeira, Hassan Nemeh, T Song, D Kreisel, M Jessen, P Camp, D Ramzy, B Griffith, and D Davis

Magnetic Resonance Guided Stereotactic Ablative Radiation Therapy Versus External Beam RT with Chemotherapy For Pancreatic Cancer: Single Institution Toxicity Analysis Of Patients Treated In An Urban Academic Center, Eric Schaff, Kendyll J. Gartrelle, Celina Kirsch, Farzan Siddiqui, Munther Ajlouni, Jadranka Dragovic, Ibrahim Aref, Mira M. Shah, David Kwon, Irina Dobrosotskaya, Rupen Shah, Gazala Khan, and Parag J. Parikh

FATE OF LIVER AND KIDNEY TRANSPLANT CANDIDATES BEFORE AND AFTER SIMULTANEOUS LIVER-KIDNEY TRANSPLANT ALLOCATION POLICY CHANGE, Shingo Shimada, Toshihiro Kitajima, Eric Lisznyai, Yukiko Suzuki, Yasutaka Kuno, Alexander Flores, Nicole Sukkarieh, Kelly Collins, Michael Rizzari, Atsushi Yoshida, Marwan S. Abouljoud, and Shunji Nagai

PARADIGM CHANGE IN LIVER TRANSPLANT PRACTICE FOR PATIENTS WITH KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION AFTER THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE NEW LIVER-KIDNEY ALLOCATION POLICY, Yukiko Suzuki, Toshihiro Kitajima, Alexander Flores, Shingo Shimada, Yasutaka Kuno, Eric Lisznyai, Nicole Sukkarieh, Kelly Collins, Michael Rizzari, Atsushi Yoshida, Marwan S. Abouljoud, and Shunji Nagai

Am I on Track? Evaluating Patient-Specific Weight Loss after Bariatric Surgery Using an Outcomes Calculator, Oliver A. Varban, Aaron J. Bonham, Amanda Stricklen, Arthur M. Carlin, Jonathan F. Finks, and Amir A. Ghaferi

Factors Associated with Chronic Breast Lymphedema After Adjuvant Radiation in Women Undergoing Breast Conservation Therapy, Simeng Zhu, Dunya M. Atisha, Maristella S. Evangelista, Renee Barry, Sanjay Rama, S Ghosh, Cara E. Cannella, Yalei Chen, Jessica Bensenhaver, Kenneth J. Levin, and Eleanor M. Walker

Submissions from 2019

Surgeon Readiness for Entry into Practice: A Survey of Abdominal Transplant Surgeons in the United States, Marwan Abouljoud, R Hirose, Shunji Nagai, C Gordon, and D Farmer

A comparison between outcomes of simultaneous pancreas/ kidney transplantation performed on type 1 and type 2 diabetics, Abbas Al-Kurd, M Safwan, Marwan Abouljoud, and Shunji Nagai

Endothelial Cells Do Not Regulate Expression of CD46, CD55 and CD59 in the Presence of Anti-HLA Class I and II Antibodies, A Babu, T Pham, M Hamdorf, V Jucaud, M Everly, S Daga, and D Mitchell