Publications Print Cross A, Yonkus J, Turay D, Schiller HJ, Heller S. Reduction en masse of incarcerated inguinal hernia: A case report. Int J Surg Case Rep. 2024 Oct; 123:110222 Epub 2024 Aug 29 View PubMed MacArthur TA, Goswami J, Ramachandran D, Price-Troska TL, Lundell KA, Ballinger BA, Loomis EA, Heller SF, Stephens D, Hurt RT, Salonen BR, Ganesh R, Spears GM, Bailey KR, Chaudry IH, Park MS. Estradiol and Dihydrotestosterone Levels in COVID-19 Patients. Mayo Clin Proc. 2023 Apr; 98 (4):559-568 Epub 2023 Jan 17 View PubMed 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 View PubMed 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 View PubMed 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 Lund S, Yan M, D'Angelo J, Wang T, Hallbeck MS, Heller S, Zielinski M. NASA-TLX assessment of workload in resident physicians and faculty surgeons covering trauma, surgical intensive care unit, and emergency general surgery services. Am J Surg. 2021 Dec; 222 (6):1158-1162 Epub 2021 Oct 19 View PubMed Goswami J, MacArthur TA, Sridharan M, Tange J, Kirmse AJ, Lundell KA, Chen D, Auton MT, Chon TY, Hurt RT, Salonen BR, Ganesh R, Erben YM, Marquez CP, Dong JF, Kozar RA, Heller SF, Loomis EA, Johnstone AL, Bailey KR, Spears GM, Park MS. Biomarkers of thromboinflammation correlate to COVID-19 infection and admission status in emergency department patients. Thromb Update. 2021 Dec; 5:100090 Epub 2021 Nov 19 View PubMed Mohan AT, Banuelos J, Cespedes-Gomez O, Kapoor T, Moran SL, Heller SF, Dozois EJ, Nelson H, Stulak JM, Martinez-Jorge J. Diversity Matters: A 21-Year Review of Trends in Resident Recruitment into Surgical Specialties. Ann Surg Open. 2021 Dec; 2 (4):e100 Epub 2021 Oct 12 View PubMed Goswami J, MacArthur T, Bailey K, Spears G, Kozar RA, Auton M, Dong JF, Key NS, Heller S, Loomis E, Hall NW, Johnstone AL, Park MS. Neutrophil Extracellular Trap Formation and Syndecan-1 Shedding Are Increased After Trauma. Shock. 2021 Sep 1; 56 (3):433-439 View PubMed Valencia Morales DJ, Stewart BR, Heller SF, Sprung J, Schroeder DR, Ghanem OM, Weingarten TN. Urinary Retention Following Inguinal Herniorrhaphy: Role of Neuromuscular Blockade Reversal. Surg Laparosc Endosc Percutan Tech. 2021 May 24; 31 (5):613-617 View PubMed Ferrara MJ, MacArthur TA, Butenas S, Mann KG, Immermann JM, Spears GM, Bailey KR, Kozar RA, Heller SF, Loomis EA, Stephens D, Park MS. Exploring the utility of a novel point-of-care whole blood thrombin generation assay following trauma: A pilot study. Res Pract Thromb Haemost. 2021 Mar; 5 (3):395-402 Epub 2021 Mar 08 View PubMed 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 View PubMed Lowndes BR, Forsyth KL, Blocker RC, Dean PG, Truty MJ, Heller SF, Blackmon S, Hallbeck MS, Nelson H. NASA-TLX Assessment of Surgeon Workload Variation Across Specialties. Ann Surg. 2020 Apr; 271 (4):686-692 View PubMed 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 View PubMed Junker MS, Kurjatko A, Hernandez MC, Heller SF, Kim BD, Schiller HJ. Salvage of rib stabilization hardware with antibiotic beads. Am J Surg. 2019 Nov; 218 (5):869-875 Epub 2019 Feb 28 View PubMed 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 View PubMed Choudhry AJ, Younis M, Ray-Zack MD, Glasgow AE, Haddad NN, Habermann EB, Jenkins DH, Heller SF, Schiller HJ, Zielinski MD. Enhanced readability of discharge summaries decreases provider telephone calls and patient readmissions in the posthospital setting. Surgery. 2019 Apr; 165 (4):789-794 Epub 2018 Nov 19 View PubMed Ramos GP, Kamboj AK, Mahmoud O, Huffman B, Heller SF, Kattah AG. Gastrointestinal Bleeding Secondary to Iliac Artery Pseudoaneurysm in a Patient With Remote Pancreas Transplant: A Case Report. Transplant Proc. 2018 Dec; 50 (10):4087-4089 Epub 2018 May 29 View PubMed Abdelsattar JM, AlJamal YN, Ruparel RK, Rowse PG, Heller SF, Farley DR. Correlation of Objective Assessment Data With General Surgery Resident In-Training Evaluation Reports and Operative Volumes. J Surg Educ. 2018 Nov; 75 (6):1430-1436 Epub 2018 Nov 05 View PubMed 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 View PubMed Naik ND, Abbott EF, Aho JM, Pandian TK, Thiels CA, Heller SF, Farley DR. The ACGME Case Log System May Not Accurately Represent Operative Experience Among General Surgery Interns. J Surg Educ. 2017 Nov - Dec; 74 (6):e106-e110 Epub 2017 Oct 18 View PubMed Cardenas Lara F, Naik ND, Pandian TK, Gas BL, Strubel S, Cadelina R, Heller SF, Farley DR. A Comparison of Objective Assessment Data for the United States and International Medical Graduates in a General Surgery Residency. J Surg Educ. 2017 Nov - Dec; 74 (6):e1-e7 Epub 2017 Aug 30 View PubMed Pandian TK, Buckarma EH, Mohan M, Gas BL, Naik ND, Abbott EF, Jyot A, Zeb MH, Heller SF, Farley DR. At Home Preresidency Preparation for General Surgery Internship: A Pilot Study. J Surg Educ. 2017 Nov - Dec; 74 (6):952-957 Epub 2017 June 27 View PubMed Hernandez MC, Zeb MH, Heller SF, Zielinski MD, Aho JM. Tube Thoracostomy Complications Increase Cost. World J Surg. 2017 Jun; 41 (6):1482-1487 View PubMed Finnesgard EJ, Zendejas B, Heller SF. A 21-year-old woman with right lower quadrant abdominal pain. Surgery. 2017 May; 161 (5):1459-1460 Epub 2016 Apr 06 View PubMed Al Fayyadh MJ, Heller SF, Rajab TK, Gardner AK, Bloom JP, Rawlings JA, Mullen JT, Smink DS, Farley DR, Willis RE, Dent DL. Predicting Success of Preliminary Surgical Residents: A Multi-Institutional Study. J Surg Educ. 2016 Nov - Dec; 73 (6):e77-e83 Epub 2016 July 06 View PubMed Schmitz CC, Braman JP, Turner N, Heller S, Radosevich DM, Yan Y, Miller J, Chipman JG. Learning by (video) example: a randomized study of communication skills training for end-of-life and error disclosure family care conferences. Am J Surg. 2016 Nov; 212: (5)996-1004. View PubMed Thiels CA, Hanson KT, Hanson KT, Heller SF, Zielinski MD, Habermann EB. Assessment of Patient-Reported Experiences of Hospital Care and the July Phenomenon. JAMA Surg. 2016 Sep 1; 151 (9):879-80 View PubMed Tescher AN, Rindflesch AB, Youdas JW, Terman RW, Jacobson TM, Douglas LL, Miers AG, Austin CM, Delgado AM, Zins SM, Lahr BD, Pichelmann MA, Heller SF, Huddleston PM 3rd. Comparison of Cervical Range-of-Motion Restriction and Craniofacial Tissue-Interface Pressure With 2 Adjustable and 2 Standard Cervical Collars. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2016 Mar; 41 (6):E304-12 View PubMed Choudhry AJ, Baghdadi YM, Wagie AE, Habermann EB, Heller SF, Jenkins DH, Cullinane DC, Zielinski MD. Readability of discharge summaries: with what level of information are we dismissing our patients? Am J Surg. 2016 Mar; 211 (3):631-6 Epub 2015 Dec 28 View PubMed AlJamal YN, Zendejas B, Gas BL, Ali SM, Heller SF, Kendrick ML, Farley DR. Annual Surgeon Volume and Patient Outcomes Following Laparoscopic Totally Extraperitoneal Inguinal Hernia Repairs. J Laparoendosc Adv Surg Tech A. 2016 Feb; 26 (2):92-8 Epub 2016 Jan 28 View PubMed Abdelsattar JM, Pandian TK, Finnesgard EJ, El Khatib MM, Rowse PG, Buckarma EH, Gas BL, Heller SF, Farley DR. Do You See What I See? How We Use Video as an Adjunct to General Surgery Resident Education. J Surg Educ. 2015 Nov-Dec; 72: (6)e145-50. View PubMed Chock MM, Aho J, Naik N, Clarke M, Heller S, Oderich GS. Endovascular treatment of distal thoracic aortic transection associated with severe thoracolumbar spinal fracture. Vascular. 2015 Oct; 23: (5)550-2. View PubMed Aho JM, Ruparel RK, Graham E, Zendejas-Mummert B, Heller SF, Farley DR, Bingener J. Mentor-guided self-directed learning affects resident practice. J Surg Educ. 2015 Jul-Aug; 72 (4):674-9 Epub 2015 Mar 26 View PubMed Aho JM, Thiels CA, AlJamal YN, Ruparel RK, Rowse PG, Heller SF, Farley DR. Every surgical resident should know how to perform a cricothyrotomy: an inexpensive cricothyrotomy task trainer for teaching and assessing surgical trainees. J Surg Educ. 2015 Jul-Aug; 72 (4):658-61 Epub 2015 Feb 18 View PubMed Eid JJ, Zendejas B, Heller SF, Farley DR. Differences in duty hours and their relationship with academic parameters between preliminary and categorical general surgery residents. J Surg Educ. 2015 Jul-Aug; 72: (4)636-40. View PubMed Khasawneh MA, Shamp A, Heller S, Zielinski MD, Jenkins DH, Osborn JB, Morris DS. Successful laparoscopic cholecystectomy after percutaneous cholecystostomy tube placement. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2015 Jan; 78(1):100-4. View PubMed Rowse PG, Ruparel RK, AlJamal YN, Abdelsattar JM, Heller SF, Farley DR. Catering to millennial learners: assessing and improving fine-needle aspiration performance. J Surg Educ. 2014 Nov-Dec; 71 (6):e53-8 View PubMed Antiel RM, Van Arendonk KJ, Reed DA, Terhune KP, Tarpley JL, Porterfield JR, Hall DE, Joyce DL, Wightman SC, Horvath KD, Heller SF, Farley DR. Surgical training, duty-hour restrictions, and implications for meeting the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education core competencies: views of surgical interns compared with program directors. Arch Surg. 2012 Jun; 147(6):536-41. View PubMed Nasir BS, Zendejas B, Ali SM, Groenewald CB, Heller SF, Farley DR. Obturator hernia: the Mayo Clinic experience. Hernia. 2012 Jun; 16 (3):315-9 Epub 2011 Dec 03 View PubMed Zielinski MD, Merchea A, Heller SF, You YN. Emergency management of perforated colon cancers: how aggressive should we be? J Gastrointest Surg. 2011 Dec; 15 (12):2232-8 Epub 2011 Sept 13 View PubMed Zielinski MD, Eiken PW, Heller SF, Lohse CM, Huebner M, Sarr MG, Bannon MP. Prospective, observational validation of a multivariate small-bowel obstruction model to predict the need for operative intervention. J Am Coll Surg. 2011 Jun; 212 (6):1068-76 Epub 2011 Mar 31 View PubMed Chipman JG, Webb TP, Shabahang M, Heller SF, vanCamp JM, Waer AL, Luxenberg MG, Christenson M, Schmitz CC. A multi-institutional study of the Family Conference Objective Structured Clinical Exam: a reliable assessment of professional communication. Am J Surg. 2011 Apr; 201(4):492-7. Epub 2010 Sep 20. View PubMed Bannon MP, Heller SF, Rivera M. Anatomic considerations for central venous cannulation. Risk Manag Healthc Policy. 2011; 4:27-39 Epub 2011 Apr 13 View PubMed Zielinski MD, Eiken PW, Bannon MP, Heller SF, Lohse CM, Huebner M, Sarr MG. Small bowel obstruction-who needs an operation? A multivariate prediction model. World J Surg. 2010 May; 34 (5):910-9 View PubMed Merchea A, Zielinski MD, Heller SF, You YN. Long-term outcomes after rectal cancer perforation. J Surg Res. 2010 Feb; 158(2):273. Smoot RL, Heller SF, Kock CA, Sabater EA, Cullinane DC, Bannon MP, Thomsen KM, Harmsen WS, Baerga-Varela Y, Schiller HS. IVC Filters in Trauma Patients: Efficacy, Morbidity, and Retrievability. Accepted for publication Journal of Trauma. 2010. Donnelly SF, Foster SM, Bannon MP. 5 Steps to Prevent CVC-Related Infections. Cont Surgery. 2007 Dec; 63(12):600-604. Nesset EM, Donnelly SF, Que FG. NPO after midnight. Surgery. 2007 Jun; 141: (6)826-7. View PubMed Hassan I, Chua HK, Wolff BG, Donnelly SF, Donnelly SF, Dozois RR, Larson DR, Schleck CD, Nelson H. Quality of life after ileal pouch-anal anastomosis and ileorectal anastomosis in patients with familial adenomatous polyposis. Dis Colon Rectum. 2005 Nov; 48 (11):2032-7 View PubMed PST-20225749 Home Publications