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Surgical Oncology

Lindsey Kuo, MD

  • Acevedo E Jr, Kuo LE. The Economics of Patient Surgical Safety. Surg Clin North Am. 2021 Feb;101(1):135-148. doi: 10.1016/j.suc.2020.09.005. Epub 2020 Nov 2.
  • Zmijewski P, Kuo LE.  Can less Be more in the treatment of cN1a papillary thyroid microcarcinoma? Am J Surg. 2021 Oct 20:S0002-9610(21)00598-5. doi: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2021.10.008. Online ahead of print.
  • APDS Task Force on Resident Transfers: Guidelines for Program Directors.  Cirincione E, Woods RJ, Kuo LE, Nelson PW, Patel K.  J Surg Educ. 2021 May-Jun;78(3):795-800. doi: 10.1016/j.jsurg.2020.08.040. Epub 2020 Sep 18.
    PMID: 32958419
  • Asian American and Pacific Islander Experiences and Challenges in Academic Surgery.  Kuo LE, Chu DI, Gao T, Brahmbhatt TS, Wang TS.  Am J Surg. 2021 Jul 31:S0002-9610(21)00453-0. doi: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2021.07.047. Online ahead of print.  
  • Representation of Women in Speaking Roles at Annual Surgical Society Meetings. Lu PW, Atkinson RB, Rouanet E, Cho NL, Melnitchouk N, Kuo LE.  Am J Surg. 2021 Sep;222(3):464-470. doi: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2020.12.019. Epub 2020 Dec 9.
  • Taylor GA, Fagenson AM, Kuo LE, Pitt HA, Lau KN. Predicting Operative Outcomes in Patients with Liver Disease: Albumin-Bilirubin Score vs Model for End-Stage Liver Disease-Sodium Score. J Am Coll Surg. 2021 Apr;232(4):470-480.e2. doi: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2020.11.020. Epub 2020 Dec 18.
  • Completion Thyroidectomy is Less Common Following Updated 2015 American Thyroid Association Guidelines.  Kuo LE, Angell TE, Pandian TK, Moore AL, Alexander EK, Barletta JA, Gawande AA, Lorch JH, Marqusee E, Moore FD Jr, Nehs MA, Doherty GM, Cho N. Ann Surg Oncol. 2021 Jan;28(1):484-491. doi: 10.1245/s10434-020-08709-x. Epub 2020 Jun 24.
  • Utility of Routine Preoperative Laboratory Testing for Low-Risk Patients in Ambulatory Gynecologic Surgery.  Mutter O, Taylor GA, Grebenyuk E, Kuo LE, Sanserino KA.   Minim Invasive Gynecol. 2021 May;28(5):1033-1040.e1. doi: 10.1016/j.jmig.2021.01.001. Epub 2021 Jan 8.
  • Preoperative LaboratoryTesting Among Low-Rsk Patients prior to Elective Ambulatory Endocrine Surgeries:  A Review of the 2015-2018 NSQIP Cohorts.  Taylor GA, Liu JC, Schmalbach CE, Kuo LE.Am J Surg. 2021 Sep;222(3):554-561. doi: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2021.01.001. Epub 2021 Jan 7.
  • Wachtel H, Roses RE, Kuo LE, Lindeman BM, Nehs MA, Tavakkoli A, Parangi S, Hodin RA, Fraker DL, James BC, Carr AA, Wang TS, Solórzano CC, Lubitz CC.  Adrenalectomy for Secondary Malignancy: Patients, Outcomes, and Indications. Ann Surg. 2021 Dec 1;274(6):1073-1080. doi: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000003876.
  • Professional Internet Presence Amongst Endocrine Surgeons in the United States.  Raman S, Patel T, Taylor G, Kling S, Kuo L.  J Surg Res. 2021 Sep 24;269:171-177. doi: 10.1016/j.jss.2021.08.017. Online ahead of print.
  • Assessment of Accuracy of a Physician Ratings Website in One Metropolitan Area.  Patel T, Raman S, Taylor G, Kling SM, Kuo LE.  J Surg Res. 2021 Aug 27;268:521-526. doi: 10.1016/j.jss.2021.07.039. Online ahead of print.
  • Four-Dimensional Computed Tomography (4D-CT) for Preoperative Parathyroid Localization:  A good study but are we using it?  Wrenn SM, Gartland RM, Kuo LE, Cho NL.  Surgery. 2021 Sep 28:S0039-6060(21)00797-2. doi: 10.1016/j.surg.2021.07.039. Online ahead of print.
  • Kling SM, Taylor GA, Philp MM, Poggio JL, Ross HM, Kuo LE.  Use of Preoperative Laboratory Testing Among Low-Risk Patients Undergoing Elective Anorectal Surgery. J Surg Res. 2022 Feb;270:421-429. doi: 10.1016/j.jss.2021.08.042. Epub 2021 Nov 15.
  • Wrenn SM, Gartland RM, Kuo LE, Cho NL.  The glass podium: Gender representation within the American Association of Endocrine Surgeons (AAES) from 2010 to 2019. Surgery. 2022 Jan;171(1):252-258. doi: 10.1016/j.surg.2021.07.039. Epub 2021 Sep 29.
  • Taylor GA, Oresanya LB, Kling SM, Saxena V, Mutter O, Raman S, Cho EY, Deitrick P, Philp MM, Sanserino K, Kuo LE.  Rethinking the routine: Preoperative laboratory testing among American Society of Anesthesiologists class 1 and 2 patients before low-risk ambulatory surgery in the 2017 National Surgical Quality Improvement Program cohort. Surgery. 2022 Feb;171(2):267-274. doi: 10.1016/j.surg.2021.07.036. Epub 2021 Aug 28.
  • The Economics of Patient Surgical Safety.  Acevedo E. Jr., Kuo LE.  Surg Clin North Am. 2021 Feb;101(1):135-148. doi: 10.1016/j.suc.2020.09.005. Epub 2020 Nov 2. PMID: 33212074 
  • APDS Task Force on Resident Transfers: Guidelines for Program Directors.  Cirincione E, Woods RJ, Kuo LE, Nelson PW, Patel K.  J Surg Educ. 2021 May-Jun;78(3):795-800. doi: 10.1016/j.jsurg.2020.08.040. Epub 2020 Sep 18. PMID: 32958419
  • Asian American and Pacific Islander Experiences and Challenges in Academic Surgery.  Kuo LE, Chu DI, Gao T, Brahmbhatt TS, Wang TS.  Am J Surg. 2021 Jul 31:S0002-9610(21)00453-0. doi: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2021.07.047. Online ahead of print. PMID: 34353621 
  • Representation of Women in Speaking Roles at Annual Surgical Society Meetings. Lu PW, Atkinson RB, Rouanet E, Cho NL, Melnitchouk N, Kuo LE.  Am J Surg. 2021 Sep;222(3):464-470. doi: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2020.12.019. Epub 2020 Dec 9. PMID: 33334570 
  • Completion Thyroidectomy is Less Common Following Updated 2015 American Thyroid Association Guidelines.  Kuo LE, Angell TE, Pandian TK, Moore AL, Alexander EK, Barletta JA, Gawande AA, Lorch JH, Marqusee E, Moore FD Jr, Nehs MA, Doherty GM, Cho N. Ann Surg Oncol. 2021 Jan;28(1):484-491. doi: 10.1245/s10434-020-08709-x. Epub 2020 Jun 24. PMID: 32583197
  • Utility of Routine Preoperative Laboratory Testing for Low-Risk Patients in Ambulatory Gynecologic Surgery.  Mutter O, Taylor GA, Grebenyuk E, Kuo LE, Sanserino KA.   Minim Invasive Gynecol. 2021 May;28(5):1033-1040.e1. doi: 10.1016/j.jmig.2021.01.001. Epub 2021 Jan 8. PMID: 33429058
  • Preoperative LaboratoryTesting Among Low-Rsk Patients prior to Elective Ambulatory Endocrine Surgeries:  A Review of the 2015-2018 NSQIP Cohorts.  Taylor GA, Liu JC, Schmalbach CE, Kuo LE.Am J Surg. 2021 Sep;222(3):554-561. doi: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2021.01.001. Epub 2021 Jan 7. PMID: 33485621
  • Predicting Operative Outcomes in Patients with Liver Disease: Albumin-Bilirubin Score vs Model for End-Stage Liver Disease-Sodim Score.  Taylor GA, Fagenson AM, Kuo LE, Pitt HA, Lau KN.  J Am Coll Surg. 2021 Apr;232(4):470-480.e2. doi: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2020.11.020. Epub 2020 Dec 18. PMID: 33346079
  • Professional Internet Presence Amongst Endocrine Surgeons in the United States.  Raman S, Patel T, Taylor G, Kling S, Kuo L.  J Surg Res. 2021 Sep 24;269:171-177. doi: 10.1016/j.jss.2021.08.017. Online ahead of print. PMID: 34571260
  • Assessment of Accuracy of a Physician Ratings Website in One Metropolitan Area.  Patel T, Raman S, Taylor G, Kling SM, Kuo LE.  J Surg Res. 2021 Aug 27;268:521-526. doi: 10.1016/j.jss.2021.07.039. Online ahead of print. PMID: 34461603
  • Four-Dimensional Computed Tomography (4D-CT) for Preoperative Parathyroid Localization:  A good study but are we using it?  Wrenn SM, Gartland RM, Kuo LE, Cho NL.  Surgery. 2021 Sep 28:S0039-6060(21)00797-2. doi: 10.1016/j.surg.2021.07.039. Online ahead of print. PMID: 34598776
  • Rethinking the routine: Preoperative laboratory testing among American Society of Anesthesiologists class 1 and 2 patients before low-risk ambulatory surgery in the 2017 National Surgical Quality Improvement Program cohort.  George A Taylor , Lawrence B Oresanya , Sarah M Kling , Vishal Saxena , Olga Mutter , Swathi Raman , Eric Y Cho , Paul Deitrick , Matthew M Philp , Kathryne Sanserino , Lindsay E Kuo 
  • Kuo, L. E., & Kelz, R. R. (2019). Procedure Mix-The Path to Pay Equity. JAMA surgery, 154(12), 1142. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamasurg.2019.3799​
  • Pandian, T. K., Lubitz, C. C., Bird, S. H., Kuo, L. E., & Stephen, A. E. (2020). Normocalcemic hyperparathyroidism: A Collaborative Endocrine Surgery Quality Improvement Program analysis. Surgery, 167(1), 168–172. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.surg.2019.06.043
  • Kuo, L. E., Lee, G. S., & Morris, J. B. (2019). Addressing Gaps in Modern Surgical Training-The Professional Development Course for Residents. JAMA surgery, 154(2), 170–171. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamasurg.2018.4869
  • Kuo, L. E., Parangi, S., & Cho, N. L. (2019). Diversity and inclusion in a surgical society: A longitudinal investigation. Surgery, 165(4), 808–813. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.surg.2018.10.027
  • Fieber, J. H., Kuo, L. E., Wirtalla, C., & Kelz, R. R. (2019). Variation in the utilization of robotic surgical operations. Journal of robotic surgery, 10.1007/s11701-019-01003-3. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11701-019-01003-3
  • Atkinson, R., Lu, P., Cho, N. L., Melnitchouk, N., & Kuo, L. E. (2019). Gender disparities in award recipients from surgical specialty societies. Surgery, 166(3), 423–428. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.surg.2019.04.021
  • Wachtel, H., Roses, R. E., Kuo, L. E., Lindeman, B. M., Nehs, M. A., Tavakkoli, A., Parangi, S., Hodin, R. A., Fraker, D. L., James, B. C., Carr, A. A., Wang, T. S., Solórzano, C. C., & Lubitz, C. C. (2020). Adrenalectomy for Secondary Malignancy: Patients, Outcomes, and Indications. Annals of surgery, 10.1097/SLA.0000000000003876. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1097/SLA.0000000000003876

Kathleen Reilly, MD

  • Pascarella, S., Maher, Z., Goldbach, A., Hava, S., Choksi, R., Schneider, C., Wagner, J., & Reilly, K. (2020). Giant phyllodes tumor of the breast. The breast journal, 26(3), 550–552. https://doi.org/10.1111/tbj.13564

Mary Pronovost, MD

  • Sinnott CJ, Pronovost MT, Persing SM, Wu R, Young AO. The Impact of Premastectomy Versus Postmastectomy Radiation Therapy on Outcomes in Prepectoral Implant-Based Breast Reconstruction. Ann Plast Surg. 2021 Jul 1;87(1s Suppl 1):S21-S27. doi: 10.1097/SAP.0000000000002801. 
  • The Impact of Premastectomy Versus Postmastectomy Radiation Therapy on Outcomes in Prepectoral Implant-Based Breast Reconstruction.  Sinnott CJ, Persing SM, Pronovost M, Hodyl C, McConnell D, Ott Young A.  Ann Surg Oncol. 2018 Oct;25(10):2899-2908. doi: 10.1245/s10434-018-6602-7. Epub 2018 Jul 5. PMID: 29978367
  • Impact of Postmastectomy Radiation Therapy in Prepectoral Versus Subpectoral Implant-Based Breast Reconstruction.  Sinnott CJ, Pronovost MT, Persing SM, Wu R, Young AO.  Ann Plast Surg. 2021 Jul 1;87(1s Suppl 1):S21-S27. doi: 10.1097/SAP.0000000000002801. PMID: 33833185