Department of Surgery

Nine Residents Present at ASC 2017

Nine General Surgery residents represented our department at the 12th Annual Academic Surgical Congress, February 7 - 9, 2017 in Las Vegas, NV, presenting the following work:

  • Shaun Siow: Mitochondrial DNA Promotes a Pro-Inflammatory Profile in Intestinal Epithelial Cells.
  • Dirk Van Der Windt: Targeting Neutrophil Extracellular Traps (NETs) prevents HCC in a mouse model of NASH.
  • Christine Leeper: Putting the Pieces Together: A Principal Component Analysis of Acute Traumatic Coagulopathy in Kids.
  • Anthony Lewis: The Rapamycin Analog Temsirolimus Ameliorates Systemic Inflammation after Cecal Ligation and Puncture in Mice.
  • Sara Berkey: Cancer-Associated Plastic IL17+Foxp3+ and ex-Th17 Foxp3+ Cells are Immunosuppressive.
  • Mitchell Dyer: Release of HMGB1 by Platelets Promotes DVT Formation.
  • Julie Goswami: Immunothrombosis and organ injury after liver ischemia/ reperfusion.
  • Andrew Yeh: Monitoring the Skin Microbiota of Colorectal Surgery Patients to Predict Surgical Site Infections.
  • Vernissia Tam: Practical Adherence to the Step-Up Approach for Pancreatic Necrosis: An Institutional Review.