Research

2025-2026 Academic Year

Welton, L., Kohn, J., Vera, K., Wang, Q., Melton, G. B., Teoh, D., Welton, M. L., & Arsoniadis, E. G. (2025). Feasibility and Acceptability of an LGBTQ+ Community Event-Based Anal Cancer Screening Unit. JAMA surgery, e252821. Advance online publication.

Linden, B., Herz, H., Jarrah, M., et al. Diet-dependent modulation of energy balance by CB1 signaling in peripheral sensory neurons. iScience. 2025;28(8).

Nguyen, S.H., Peterson, E.K., Ikramuddin, S., Harmon, J., Lassiter, R.L. (2025). National Practice Variation and Disparities in Pediatric Umbilical Hernia Repair Under Five. Annals of Surgery.

Espinoza, C.M.; Myers, C.; Oppler, S.H.; Hocum Stone, L.; Seelig, D.; Rangarajan, P.; Ramachandran, S.; Graham, M.L. Minimally Invasive Subcutaneous Adipose Tissue Biopsy in a Nonhuman Primate Model: Approach and Outcomes. Surgeries 2025, 6, 106.

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Linden, B., Sinik, M., Wetjen, K., Hoogerwerf, P., Liao, J., Jennissen, C. National Study of Firearm Presence and Storage Practices in Homes of Rural Adolescents. West J Emerg Med. 2025;26(3):632-642. Published 2025 Mar 15.

Linden, B. M., Willging, A. M., Chainani, M., Koch, K., Galet, C., & McGonagill, P. W. (2025). Is Frailty Discouraging Surgeons From Performing Thoracolumbar Fusion?: A Retrospective Study. Spine, 50(9), 604–611. 

Troester, A., Parikh, R., Southwell, B., Ester, E., Sultan, S., Greeno, E., Arsoniadis, E., Church, T., Wilt, T., Butler, M., Goffredo, P. Treatment of Stages I-III Squamous Cell Anal Cancer: A Comparative Effectiveness Review. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2025;117(2):240-252.

Brandt, A., Leslie, Z., Ikramuddin, S., Wise, E. Morbidity of emergent versus elective HIATAL hernia repair: An analysis of the NIS database. Surgical Endoscopy, 9 May 2025.

Pereslete, A.M., Hughes, ME., Patterson, A., Files, J., Nguyen, K., Buckley, L., Patel, A., Moore, A., Winer, EP., Dillon, D., Tolaney, SM., Lin, NU., Sammons, S. (2024). Analysis of HER2 expression changes from breast primary to brain metastases including HER2 low and impact on overall survival. Neuro-Oncology.

Salan-Gomez, M., Fernandez, R., D’Silva, E., Camarena, B., Leon, A., Hills, E., Mattar, A., Elsenousi, A., Garcha, P., Loor, G.. (2025, Feb). Intercostal nerve cryoablation in lung transplantation: a single-center cohort study. JTCVS Open.

Mather, RV., Jack, J., Warren, KE., Comrie, C., Li, S., Liu, M., Lynn-Green, E., Moore, S.H., Oles, W., Saberi, S., Jarvie, E.J., Koka, A., McGuire, P., Barrevels, A., Connery, H., Griswold, T. Substance Use and Pain Curriculum Innovation: Establishing a Student-Faculty Partnership for Lasting Curricular Change. Academic Medicine. August 2024.

Rao, M., Jagadesh, N., Andrade, R. Surgical technique for subxiphoid-subcostal bilateral thoracoscopic thymectomy: how we do it. Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery. December 2024.

Saberi, S. & Moore, S. (2024) Systemized Approach to Equipping Medical Students with Naloxone: A Student-driven Initiative to Combat the Opioid Crisis. BMC Medical Education. 24(241).

Lundberg, R., Elftmann, A., Wilson, S.D., Gamblin, T.C. December 2023. The Connell Stitch: A Two-Generation Contribution to Gastrointestinal Surgery. The American Surgeon; 89(12): 6449-6451. 

Kabraji, S., Ni, J., Sammons, S., Pereslete, A.M., Anders, C., Hughes, M., Murthy, R., Raghavendra, A., Monroe, M., Hsu, L., Winer, E.P., Zhao, J.J., Lin, N.U. (2023) Preclinical and Clinical Efficacy of Trastuzumab Deruxtecan in Breast Cancer Brain Metastases (BCBM). Clin Cancer Res CCR 22-1138.

Zhang, A., Mernitz, K., Wu, C., Xiong, W., He, Y., Wang, G., Wang, X. 2021. ATP Drives Efficient Terpene Biosynthesis in Marine Thraustochytrids. mBio.

M. Peters, B. Asare, C. Whitaker, R. Rogers, H. Huetteman, C. M. Espinoza, C. Cortes. Medical Students as Mentors of Latinx Youth: A Model for Increasing Cultural Competence and Community Engagement in Medical Schools. Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement, March 31, 2021.