Mariela Rivera, M.D.

  1. Acute Care Surgeon
  2. General Surgeon
  3. Surgeon
  1. D'Angelo JD, Kapur N, Besonen C, Lund S, Rivera M, Cook DA, D'Angelo AD. Faculty Reflections on What Makes a Good Surgeon: "The operating Room is Often the Smallest Part of the Puzzle". J Surg Educ. 2024 Nov 16; 82 (1):103343 [Epub ahead of print]
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  2. Pollok F, Lund SB, Traynor MD Jr, Alva-Ruiz R, MacArthur TA, Watkins RD, Mahony CR, Woerster M, Yeh VJ, Matovu A, Clarke DL, Laack TA, Rivera M. Systematic Review of Procedural Skill Simulation in Health Care in Low- and Middle-Income Countries. Simul Healthc. 2024 Oct 1; 19 (5):309-318 Epub 2023 July 14
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  3. Baloul MS, Rivera M, Yeh VJ, Lund S, Piltin M, Farley D, D'Angelo JD. Emotional intelligence and LEGO-based communication assessments as indicators of peer evaluations. Surgery. 2024 Oct; 176 (4):1079-1082 Epub 2024 July 18
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  4. D'Angelo JD, Rivera M, Rasmussen TE, Nelson MH, Behm KT, Kelley SR, D'Angelo AD. Assessing the stops framework for coping with intraoperative errors: Evidence of efficacy, hints of hubris, and a bridge to abridging burnout. Surgery. 2024 Aug; 176(2):319-323. Epub 2024 May 18.
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  5. Garcia SI, Finch AS, Ridgeway JL, Beckman TJ, Montori VM, Rivera M, Gajic O, Kennedy CC, Kelm DJ. Understanding Team Dynamics and Culture of Safety Using Video Reflexive Ethnography during Real-Time Emergent Intubation. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2024 Jul; 21 (7):1065-1073
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  6. Lund S, Navarro S, D'Angelo JD, Park YS, Rivera M. Expanded Access to Video-Based Laparoscopic Skills Assessments: Ease, Reliability, and Accuracy. J Surg Educ. 2024 Jun; 81 (6):850-857 Epub 2024 Apr 24
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  7. Peters BJ, Kooda KJ, Brown CS, Miles TM, Kangas CA, Mara KC, Rivera M, Skrupky LP. Ketamine for Primary Analgosedation in Critically Ill Surgery and Trauma Patients Requiring Mechanical Ventilation. Crit Care Explor. 2024 Feb; 6 (2):e1041 Epub 2024 Jan 25
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  8. D'Angelo AD, Rivera M, Rasmussen TE, Nelson MH, Behm KT, Kelley SR, D'Angelo JD. Implementation of a Brief Evidence-Based Intraoperative Coping Curriculum. J Surg Educ. 2023 Dec; 80(12):1737-1740. Epub 2023 Sep 09.
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  9. D'Angelo AD, Kapur N, Kelley SR, Rivera M, Busch RA, Tevis SE, Hoedema RE, D'Angelo JD. The good, the bad, and the ugly: Operative staff perspectives of surgeon coping with intraoperative errors. Surgery. 2023 Aug; 174 (2):222-228 Epub 2023 May 13
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  10. Yeh V, Lund S, Baloul MS, Shaikh N, Farley DR, Rivera M, Kamphausen A, D’Angelo JD. A multi-institutional examination of sex differences in perceptions and actual performance in simulated assessments: further evidence of the male hubris, female humility effect in surgical education Global Surgical Education - Journal of the Association for Surgical Education. 2022; 1:71.
  11. Lund S, D'Angelo JD, Baloul M, Yeh VJ, Stulak J, Rivera M. Simulation as Soothsayer: Simulated Surgical Skills MMIs During Residency Interviews are Associated With First Year Residency Performance. J Surg Educ. 2022 Nov-Dec; 79 (6):e235-e241 Epub 2022 June 18
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  12. Baloul MS, Yeh VJ, Mukhtar F, Ramachandran D, Traynor MD Jr, Shaikh N, Rivera M, Farley DR. Video Commentary & Machine Learning: Tell Me What You See, I Tell You Who You Are. J Surg Educ. 2022 Nov-Dec; 79 (6):e263-e272 Epub 2020 Oct 16
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  13. Lund S, Cook DA, Shaikh N, Shagu A, Nelson M, Rivera M. Video feedback with error-focused or correct-focused examples in surgical skills distance learning: A randomized trial. Surgery. 2022 Nov; 172 (5):1346-1351 Epub 2022 Aug 19
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  14. Rivera M , Strajina , Ahmed AM , Miles TM . Chest x-ray indications and limitations in critical illness The SCORE Portal http://www.surgicalcore.org. August 2022.
  15. Mahony CR, Traynor MD Jr, Knight AW, Hughes JD, Hernandez MC, Finnesgard EJ, Musa J, Selby SL, Rivera M, Kim BD, Heller SF, Zielinski MD. Small bowel obstruction managed without hospital admission: A safe way to reduce both cost and time in the hospital? Surgery. 2022 Jun; 171 (6):1665-1670 Epub 2021 Nov 20
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  16. Traynor MD Jr, Lipsitz S, Schroeder TJ, Zielinski MD, Rivera M, Hernandez MC, Stephens DJ. Association of scooter-related injury and hospitalization with electronic scooter sharing systems in the United States. Am J Surg. 2022 Apr; 223 (4):780-786 Epub 2021 June 22
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  17. Lund S, D'Angelo J, D'Angelo AL, Heller S, Stulak J, Rivera M. New Heuristics to Stratify Applicants: Predictors of General Surgery Residency Applicant Step 1 Scores. J Surg Educ. 2022 Mar-Apr; 79 (2):349-354 Epub 2021 Nov 11
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  18. Lund S, Hinduja P, Doherty J, Rose S, Stulak J, Rivera M. Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Resident Physician Clinical and Educational Work Hours at a Large Sponsoring Institution. J Grad Med Educ. 2022 Feb; 14 (1):64-70
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  19. Smith TG, Lowndes BR, Schmida E, Lund SB, Linden AR, Rivera M, Gas BL, Hallbeck MS. Course Design and Learning Outcomes of a Practical Online Ergonomics Course for Surgical Residents. J Surg Educ. 2022 Nov-Dec; 79(6):1489-1499. Epub 2022 Jul 27.
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  20. Baloul MS, Lund S, D'Angelo J, Yeh VJ, Shaikh N, Rivera M. LEGO((R))-based communication assessment in virtual general surgery residency interviews. Global Surg Educ. 2022; 1 (1):22 Epub 2022 June 07
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  21. Szabo Yamashita T, Yeh VJH, Lund S, Rivera M, McKenzie TJ, Stulak JM, Heller SF, Jakub JW. The Lake Wobegon effect is real: All general surgery residents appear to be better than average. Surgery in Practice and Science. 2022; 11:100134
  22. Lund S, Shaikh N, Yeh VJ, Baloul M, de Azevedo R, Pena A, Becknell M, Que F, Stulak J, Rivera M. Conducting Virtual Simulated Skills Multiple Mini-Interviews for General Surgery Residency Interviews. J Surg Educ. 2021 Nov-Dec; 78 (6):1786-1790 Epub 2021 May 26
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  23. Lund S, Hinduja P, Stulak J, Elli E, Mishra N, Farres H, Rivera M. Impact of Elective Case Postponement Secondary to COVID-19 on General Surgery Residents' Experience: Operative Cases Logged at Three Academic Teaching Hospitals. J Surg Educ. 2021 Nov-Dec; 78 (6):1863-1867 Epub 2021 May 07
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  24. Traynor MD Jr, Owino J, Rivera M, Parker RK, White RE, Steffes BC, Chikoya L, Matsumoto JM, Moir CR. Surgical Simulation in East, Central, and Southern Africa: A Multinational Survey. J Surg Educ. 2021 Sep-Oct; 78 (5):1644-1654 Epub 2021 Jan 22
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  25. Rajesh A, Asaad M, AlJamal YN, Azevedo RU, Stulak JM, Heller SF, Rivera M, Farley DR. International Medical Graduates are Comparable to American Medical Graduates as General Surgery Interns. J Surg Res. 2021 Feb; 258:239-245 Epub 2020 Oct 07
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  26. Lund S, MacArthur T, Keune J, Enger T, Martinez-Jorge J, McKenzie T, Nelson M, Olson A, Que F, Stulak J, Rivera M. Showcasing a General Surgery Residency Program During the COVID-19 Pandemic. J Surg Educ. 2021 Nov-Dec; 78(6):e28-e34. Epub 2021 May 06.
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  27. Baloul MS, Yeh VJ, Mukhtar F, Ramachandran D, Farley DR, Rivera M. Video Commentary: Rapid-Fire Assessment of Surgical Cognitive Skills. J Surg Educ. 2021 Jan-Feb; 78 (1):351-355 Epub 2020 July 21
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  28. Yeh VJ, Mukhtar F, Rajesh A, Baloul MS, Chandra A, Shaikh N, Backstrom C, Rivera M, Asirvatham U, de Azevedo R, Farley DR. Inspiring Young Learners Toward a Career in Healthcare Using Simulation. Simul Healthc. 2020 Dec; 15 (6):404-408
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  29. Traynor MD Jr, Trelles M, Hernandez MC, Dominguez LB, Kushner AL, Rivera M, Zielinski MD, Moir CR. North American pediatric surgery fellows' preparedness for humanitarian surgery. J Pediatr Surg. 2020 Oct; 55 (10):2088-2093 Epub 2019 Nov 29
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  30. Traynor MD Jr, Laing GL, Bruce JL, Hernandez MC, Kong VY, Rivera M, Zielinski MD, Clarke DL. Mob Justice in South Africa: A comparison of blunt trauma secondary to community and non-community assaults. Injury. 2020 Aug; 51 (8):1791-1797 Epub 2020 May 22
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  31. AlJamal Y, Prabhakar N, Rivera M, McKenzie T, Stulak J, Heller S, Farley DR. A simulation-based selection process for trying to identify medical students who will become outstanding general surgery residents. Am J Surg. 2020 Jul; 220 (1):76-82 Epub 2019 Nov 09
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  32. Rajesh A, Asaad M, Chandra A, Rivera M, Stulak JM, Heller SF, Farley DR. What Do Former Residents Say About Their Nondesignated Preliminary Year? A Survey of Prelims' Experiences in a General Surgery Residency Program. J Surg Educ. 2020 Mar - Apr; 77 (2):281-290 Epub 2019 Oct 31
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  33. Vu TND, Junker MS, Kurjatko A, Albright RC Jr, Heller SF, Rivera M. Gastrointestinal Beriberi Mimicking a Surgical Emergency in a Well-Nourished Patient: A Case Report. Mayo Clin Proc Innov Qual Outcomes. 2019 Dec; 3 (4):506-509 Epub 2019 Nov 02
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  34. Rajesh A, Rivera M, Asaad M, Chandra A, Baloul MS, Backstrom CM, Shaikh N, deAzevedo RU, Farley DR. What Are We REALLY Looking for in a Letter of Recommendation? J Surg Educ. 2019 Nov - Dec; 76 (6):e118-e124 Epub 2019 July 11
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  35. Bannon MP, Heller SF, Rivera M, Leland AL, Schleck CD, Harmsen WS. Reconstructive operations for enteric and colonic fistulas: Low mortality and recurrence in a single-surgeon series with long follow-up. Surgery. 2019 Jun; 165 (6):1182-1192 Epub 2019 Mar 28
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  36. Hughes JD, Hernandez MC, Jenkins DH, Rivera M, Sawyer MD, Kreuter JD, Stubbs JR, Zielinski MD. Survey of medical center employees' willingness and availability to donate blood in support of a civilian warm fresh whole blood program. Am J Disaster Med. 2019 Spring; 14 (2):101-111
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  37. Buckarma E, Rivera M, Schiller H, Loomis E. Outcomes After the Implementation of Practice Management Guidelines for the Treatment of Cardiovascular Implantable Device Pocket Infections. J Surg Res. 2018 Dec; 232:643-646 Epub 2018 Aug 17
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  38. Crow SS, Ballinger BA, Rivera M, Tsibadze D, Gakhokidze N, Zavrashvili N, Ritter MJ, Arteaga GM. A "Fundamentals" Train-the-Trainer Approach to Building Pediatric Critical Care Expertise in the Developing World. Front Pediatr. 2018; 6:95 Epub 2018 Apr 27
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  39. Heller SF, Pochettino A, Rivera M, Schiller HJ. Amphotericin-impregnated polymethylmethacrylate beads as treatment for soft tissue mucormycosis. Surgery. 2017 Dec; 162 (6):1330-1331 Epub 2017 May 24
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  40. Choudhry AJ, Haddad NN, Rivera M, Morris DS, Zietlow SP, Schiller HJ, Jenkins DH, Chowdhury NM, Zielinski MD. Medical malpractice in the management of small bowel obstruction: A 33-year review of case law. Surgery. 2016 Oct; 160 (4):1017-1027 Epub 2016 Aug 16
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  41. Renew JR, Barbara DW, Hyder JA, Dearani JA, Rivera M, Pulido JN. Frequency and outcomes of severe hyperlactatemia after elective cardiac surgery. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2016 Mar; 151: (3)825-830.
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  42. Aho JM, Ruparel RK, Rowse PG, Brahmbhatt RD, Jenkins D, Rivera M. Tube Thoracostomy: A Structured Review of Case Reports and a Standardized Format for Reporting Complications. World J Surg. 2015 Nov; 39 (11):2691-706
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  43. Khasawneh MA, Zielinski MD, Jenkins DH, Zietlow SP, Schiller HJ, Rivera M. Low tissue oxygen saturation is associated with requirements for transfusion in the rural trauma population. World J Surg. 2014 Aug; 38 (8):1892-7
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  44. Bannon MP, Heller SF, Rivera M. Anatomic considerations for central venous cannulation. Risk Manag Healthc Policy. 2011; 4:27-39 Epub 2011 Apr 13
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  45. Lew JI, Rivera M, Irvin GL 3rd, Solorzano CC. Operative failure in the era of focused parathyroidectomy: a contemporary series of 845 patients. Arch Surg. 2010 Jul; 145(7):628-33.
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  46. Fernandez-Medero RL, Rivera M, Joglar F, Rodríguez P, Canario MQ, Pelet J, Rodríguez W. White lung: The effects of trauma. Critical Care and Shock. 2010; 13(2):61-6.