Research Publications/Presentations
by NIH Training Fellows

RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS:  The following presentations/ manuscripts have been submitted by the NIH Training Fellows during year 2006-2008.

1. Bruns, B; Maass, D; Barber, R; Horton, J; Carlson, D. Alterations in the Cardiac Inflammatory Response to Burn Trauma in Mice Lacking a Functional Toll-Like Receptor 4 Gene. Shock. In press.
   
   
2. Bruns B et al. Hemoglobin Drops Within Minutes of Injuries and Predicts Need for an Intervention to Stop Hemorrhage. The Journal of Trauma. 2007;63:312-315.
   
   
3. Koch J., Miles DK, Gilley, JA, Yang C-P and S. Kernie.  Brief exposure to hyperoxia depletes the glial progenitor pool and impairs functional recovery following hypoxic-ischemic brain injury. J of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism. Submitted, 2007.
   
   
4. Nahari D, Satchi-Fainaro R, Chen M, Mitchell I, Task LB, Liu Z, Kihneman J, Carroll AB, Terada LS, Nwariaku FE. Tumor cytotoxicity and endothelial Rac inhibition induced by TNP-470 in anaplastic thyroid cancer. Mol Cancer Ther. 2007 Apr;6(4):1329-37.
   
   
5. Mitchell IC, Nwariaku FE. Adrenal masses in the cancer patient: surveillance or excision. Oncologist. 2007 Feb;12(2):168-74.
   
   
6. Mitchell IC, Auchus RJ, Juneja K, Chang AY, Holt SA, Snyder WH 3rd, Nwariaku FE.“Subclinical Cushing’s Syndrome” Is Not Subclinical: Improvement After Adrenalectomy in Nine Patients Surgery, 2007 (in press).
   
   
7. Mitchell IC, Livingston EH, Chang AY, Holt SA, Snyder WH 3rd, Lingvay I, Nwariaku FE Trends in Thyroid Cancer Demographics and Surgical Therapy in the United States Surgery 2007 (in press).

NATIONAL PRESENTATIONS:

1. Bruns, Brandon; Elliot, A; Gentilello, L; Shafi, S. Pre-Hospital Hypotension Redefined. Trauma Association of Canada - April 3-5 2008 - Whistler, BC (oral presentation)
   
   
2. Bruns, Brandon. Hemogloblin Drops Within Minutes of Injury and Predicts Need for an Intervention to Stop Hemorrhage. American Association for the Surgery of Trauma, New Orleans, LA , 2006.
   
   
3. Bruns, Brandon.  The Toll/IL-1 Signal Transduction Pathway Modulates Myocardial Inflammation After Thermal Injury. 30^th Annual Conference on Shock, Baltimore, MD, June 2007.
   
   
4. Koch, Joshua. Hyperoxia and its effect on the developing brain after hypoxic-ischemic injury.  Society of Pediatric Research, May 2007.
   
   
5. Mitchell IC, Nahari D, Liu Z, Ingle C, Terada LS, Nwariaku FE. Specific tyrosine residue of VE-Cadherin mediate endothelial cell migration: A role in angiogenesis. Presented at the Surgical Forum, Pediatric Surgery Section, at the 93^rd Annual Clinical Congress of the American College of Surgeons, October 7-11^th 2007, New Orleans LA.
   
   
6. Mitchell IC, Nahari D, Liu Z, Ingle C, Task LB, Terada LS, Amatruda JF, Nwariaku FE. The cytoplasmic domain of VE-Cadherin regulates endothelial junction morphology. Presented at the 38^th Annual Meeting of the American Pediatric Surgical Association, Orlando FL, April 29^th- May 3^rd 2007.
   
   
7. Mitchell IC,  Nahari D, Carroll AB, Kinheman J, Task LB, Brekken R, Nwariaku, FE. Changes in angiogenesis markers induced by hypoxia in thyroid cancer. Presented at the 2^nd Annual Academic Surgical Congress, Phoenix AZ, Feb 6-9 2007.

LOCAL PRESENTATIONS: 

1.  Bruns, Brandon. The Toll/IL-1 Signal Transduction Pathway Modulates Myocardial Inflammation After Thermal Injury. 9th Annual UT Southwestern Department of Surgery Surgical Forum. Honoring C. James Carrico, M.D., Dallas, TX  June 2007.
   
   
2. Mitchell, Ian. Demographic Trends in Thyroid Cancer Incidence and Surgical Therapy in the United Sates.  9th Annual UT Southwestern Department of Surgery Surgical Forum. Honoring C. James Carrico, M.D., Dallas, TX  June 2007.

AWARDS/RECOGNITION:

1. Bruns, Brandon --   1^st Place Best Basic Science Talk.   9^th Annual UT Southwestern Department        Surgery Surgical Forum, Honoring C. James Carrico, M.D., June 2007
   
   
2. Bruns, Brandon -- Shock Society Travel Award Recipient, Baltimore, MD., June 2007.

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RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS PUBLISHED BY FORMER TRAINEES:  The following manuscripts have been submitted by the NIH Training Fellows during year 2003-2005.

DAVID ROSENBAUM: 

Publications

1. Khwaja S., Rosenbaum D., Paul M., Bhojani R., Wait M., DiMaio J. M.  Surgical Treatment of Thoracic Empyema in HIV Infected Patients - Severity and Treatment Modality is Associated with CD4 Count Status.  Chest. 2005 Jul;128(1):246-9.
   
   
2. Bhojani R., Rosenbaum D., Dikmen E,. Paul M., Atkins Z., Zonies D., Estrera A., Wait M., Meyer D., Jessen M., DiMaio J. M.  Contemporary Assessment of Laryngotracheal Trauma.  J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2005 Aug;130(2):426-32.
   
   
3. Wheatley G., Rosenbaum D., Paul M., Dine A., Wait M., Meyer D., Jessen M., Ring W. S., DiMaio J. M.  Improved Pain Management Outcomes Using a Continuous Infusion of a Local Anesthetic Following Thoracotomy.  J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2005 Aug;130(2):464-8.
   
   
4. Rosenbaum D., Bhojani R., Dikmen E., Kaiser P., Paul M., Wait M., Meyer D., Jessen M., Yancy C., Ring W.S., DiMaio J.M.  Routine Chest CT Screening in High Risk Cardiac Transplant Recipients May Improve Survival.  J Heart Lung Transplant. 2005 Dec;24(12):2043-7
   
   
5. Rosenbaum DH, Adams BC, Mitchell JD, Kaiser PA, Paul MC, Meyer DM, Jessen ME, Wait MA, Drazner MH, Yancy CW, Ring WS, DiMaio JM.  Early Steroid Withdrawal Improves Late Survival after Heart Transplantation.  Annals of Thoracic Surgery.  Submitted, November 2005.
   
   
6. Lubahn JG, Sagalowsky AI, Rosenbaum DH, Dikmen E,  Bhojani RA, Paul MC, Dolmatch BL, Josephs SC, Benaim E, Levinson BS, Hamilton TT, Wait MA, Ring WS, DiMaio JM. Contemporary techniques improving the safety of surgical management of tumor thrombi in renal cell carcinoma. Accepted for publication in the Journal of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery.
   
   
7. Rosenbaum D, Mitchell J, Adams B, Paul M, Kaiser P, Meyer D, Jessen M, Wait M, Rosenberg P, Drazner M, Yancy C, Ring WS, DiMaio JM.  Does Basiliximab Decrease Acute Rejection and Improve Renal Function in Cardiac Transplant Recipients at Mid-Term Follow-Up?  In Progress.
   
   

ALEXANDER EASTMAN:


Publications

1. Eastman AL, Lindberg GM, Erdman WA, Purdue GF, Hunt JL and Fleming JB.  Sentinel lymph node biopsy identifies occult nodal metastases in patients with Marjolin’s ulcer.   Journal of Burn Care and Rehabilitation 25(3):241-5, 2004.
   
   
2. Fowler RL, Pepe PE, Melville DM, and Eastman AL.  Non transport of EMS Patients: Identification of individual paramedic crew behaviors through system-wide automated audit mechanisms.  Prehospital Emergency Care,  2004.