Mika N. Sinanan, M.D., Ph.D., F.A.C.S.
Patient Services:Surgical Specialties Center at UWMC
Academic Office:Phone: (206) 543-5247 E-mail: Fax: (206) 543-8136 Address: |
Professor
Faculty Appointments:
University of Washington Physicians, President, 2008 - present.
University of Washington, Professor, 2003 - present.
University of Washington, Associate Professor, 1996 - 2003.
University of Washington, Assistant Professor, 1990-96.
University of Washington, Acting Assistant Professor, 1988-90.
Education:
Ph.D. Degree: University of British Columbia, 1991.
Residency: University of Washington, 1980-83.
M.D. Degree: Johns Hopkins University, 1980.
Board Certified: General Surgery, 1989;
recertified, 1999, 2008.
Clinical Interests:
- Gastrointestinal surgery with special emphasis on gastrointestinal oncology
- Inflammatory bowel disease
- Diseases of the colon and rectum
Research Interests:
Videoendoscopic surgery: basic science, instrument and clinical aspects, application of surgical simulation to training of surgeons in advanced surgical skills, applications of GI function testing to surgical treatment of inflammatory bowel disease, advanced surgical technology and surgical robotics.
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See also: 
Institute for Simulation and Interprofessional Studies (ISIS)
Selected Publications:
Fried MP, Satava R, Weghorst S, Gallagher, A, Sasaki C, Ross D, Sinanan M, Cuellar H, Uribe JI, Zeltsan M, Arara H. The use of surgical simulator to reduce errors. in Advances in Patient Safety: From Research to Implementation. Vol 1-4, AHRQ Publications Nos. 050021 (1-4) Feb 2005.
Lum MJ*, Warden D, Rosen J, Sinanan MN, Hannaford B. Hybrid analysis of a spherical mechanism for a minimally invasive surgical (MIS) robot--design concepts for multiple optimizations. Stud Health Technol Inform. 2006;119:349-54.
Benson AB 3rd, Bekaii-Saab T, Ben-Josef E, Blumgart L, Clary BM, Curley SA, Davila R, Earle CC, Ensminger WD, Gibbs JF, Laheru D, Langnas AN, Mulvihill SJ, Nemcek AA Jr, Posey JA, Sigurdson ER, Sinanan M, Vauthey JN, Venook AP, Wagman LD, Yeatman TJ; National Comprehensive Cancer Network. Hepatobiliary cancers. Clinical practice guidelines in oncology. J Natl Compr Canc Netw. 2006 Sep;4(8):728-50.
Rosen J, Brown JD, Chang L, Sinanan MN, Hannaford B. Generalized approach for modeling minimally invasive surgery as a stochastic process using a discrete markov model. IEEE Trans Biomed Eng. 2006. Mar;53(3):399-413.
Chang L, Hogle NJ, Moore BB, Graham MJ, Sinanan MN, Bailey R, Fowler DL. Reliable assessment of laparoscopic performance in the operating room using videotape analysis. Surg Innov, 2007 June 14(2): 122-6.
reviewed 9/08