2002 Research Report
2001 - 2002 research overview from the Chair [218 KB pdf]
Research Report articles by Division and Faculty Member[all are in Adobe Acrobat PDF format. Alert: if you are on a dial-up connection, many of these reports will take several minutes to download]:
Cardiothoracic Surgery
Gabriel S. Aldea, MD Minimizing morbidity of
cardiopulmonary bypass [1 MB]
Brian W. Duncan, MD
Angiogenesis
in children with congenital heart disease [4 MB]
Michael S. Mulligan, MDCytokines
and chemokines in direct ischemia reperfusion injury of lung and cardiothoracic
transplant rejection [223 KB]
Edward D. Verrier, MD
Cellular and molecular mechanisms of ischemia-reperfusion
injury [2.8 MB]
HMC / Trauma Surgery
Eileen Bulger, MD Immunomodulation of the alveolar
macrophage. Also:
The Cytokine Profile of Burn Patients Receiving Plasmapheresis
Pre-hospital Management of the Difficult Airway
Rib Fracture Management
Variations in the Care of Head Injured Patients
The use of Anabolic Steroids in the Chronically Ventilated
Surgical Patient [88 KB]
Nicole Gibran, MD Burn
wound repair. Also:
Cytokine response to thermal injury
Neuroinflammatory response to wound repair
Genetic approach to hypertrophic scar [233 KB]
Gregory J. Jurkovich, MD
National Study on Costs and Effectiveness
of Trauma Care. Also:
Functional Outcomes Following Blunt Head and Extremity
Injury
Prospective, Randomized Study of Elderly Rib Fracture
Management
Impact of Trauma System on Acute Care in Rural Hospitals
Randomized Comparison of Ultrasound with DPL in the
Initial Evaluation of Blunt Trauma
Washington State Trauma Registry and Central Region
CQI [245 KB]
Ronald V. Maier, MD Harborview
Injury Prevention and Research Center. Also:
Clinical Trials in the Surgical Intensive Care Unit
at Harborview Medical Center
Modulation of the Excessive Inflammatory Response to
Biomaterials
Modulation of the Trauma-Related Macrophage Inflammatory
Response to Prevent ARDS, MOFS, and Death [91 KB]
Avery B. Nathens, MD, PhD, MPH Effect
of organized systems of trauma care on motor-vehicle crash mortality.
Also:
Relationship between trauma center volume and outcome
Trauma patient in an urban county hospital: Benefit
or burden?
Effect of Pre-Hospital Triage to a Level I Trauma Center
vs. a Level III/IV Trauma Center
Prospective randomized controlled trial of antioxidant
therapy in critically ill surgical patients [213 KB]
Timothy Pohlman, MD Cellular
and molecular mechanisms of ischemia-reperfusion injury [2.8
MB]
Robert K.Winn, Ph.D. Ischemia-Reperfusion
Injury: Sepsis (overwhelming infection)
Adult Respiratory Distress Syndrome [239 KB]
UWMC / General Surgery
Flum, David R. M.D. Advancing the clinical
science of surgery using outcomes research tools [177 KB]
Brant K. Oelschlager, MD GERD
and Airway Disease Also:
Ineffective Peristalsis [329 KB]
Carlos A. Pellegrini, MD GERD
and Airway Disease Also:
Ineffective Peristalsis [329 KB]
Mika N. Sinanan, MD, PhD
Center for Videoendoscopic Surgery [1.4
MB]
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Loren H. Engrav, MD Outcomes of Early Excision
and Grafting of Face Burn. Also:
UW Burn Injury Rehabilitation Model System
Hypertrophic Scarring
A Pig Model of Hypertrophic Scarring [218 KB]
F. Frank Isik, MD Wound
Healing [743 KB]
Transplant Service
Christian S. Kuhr, MD Identification of genes
responsible for immunologic tolerance Also:
Immunologic tolerance in a large animal model
Lymphocyte development and differentiation: The role
of the Notch gene [732 KB]
Christopher L. Marsh, MD Immunologic
tolerance [237 KB]
Perkins, James D. M.D. The
Role of the Liver, Dendritic Cells, and Cytokine Regulation on Organ Transplant
Tolerance Induction and Maintenance [517 KB]
Veterans Affairs PSHCS / General Surgery
Kevin G. Billingsley, MD Surgical Oncology
at VAPSHCS: Overview Also:
Northern Alliance Cancer Center at VA Puget Sound Health
Care System
Study of Combined Modality Treatment of Esophageal Cancer
in the VA System
Hepatic Malignancies
Clinical Studies in Colorectal Cancer
Colorectal Cancer Care Among Vulnerable Patient Groups
[259 KB]
Ted R. Kohler, MD Endovascular
therapy Also:
Effect of blood flow on intimal hyperplasia and access
graft failure
Dialysis access grafts [513 KB]
Charles Mock, MD Strengthening
Trauma Systems in Developing Countries Also:
Crash injury research and engineering network (CIREN)
[251 KB]
Matthias Stelzner, M.D. Stem
Cell Transplantation as Treatment of Bile Acid Malabsorption [179
KB]
Vascular Surgery
Kirk W. Beach, PhD Tissue Pulsatility Imaging
for the Detection of Solid Tumors Also:
Ultrasound Refraction in Breast Imaging
Ultrasound Transducer Filter for Harmonic Imaging in
High Intensity Focussed Ultrasound
Ultrasound Attenuation Imaging
Ultrasound Lateral Coherence Imaging
The Effect of Doppler Angle on Doppler Velocity Waveforms
at the Femoral Bifurcation
Arterial Velocity and Bruit Frequency [5.4 MB]
Alexander W. Clowes, MD
Regulation of vascular smooth muscle cell growth
[674 KB]
Gunter Daum, PhD Modulation
of Growth Factor Signaling in Vascular SMCs by Oxidative Stress [475
KB]
Thomas Hatsukami, MD
Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the High-Risk
Atherosclerotic Plaque [2.3 MB]
Daniel F. Leotta, Ph.D. Vein
Graft Surveillance using 3D Ultrasound Imaging Also:
Measurement of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm with 3D Ultrasound
Tumor Measurement and Localization with 3D Imaging [2.2
MB]
Pediatric Surgery
Robert S. Sawin, M.D. Neuroblastoma in the pediatric patient [218 KB]