Alex David Michaels
Medical Instructor in the Department of Surgery
Current Appointments & Affiliations
- Medical Instructor in the Department of Surgery, Surgery, Minimally Invasive Surgery, Surgery 2022
Contact Information
- Background
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Education, Training, & Certifications
- Foregut, Bariatric, Advanced Gastrointestinal/Minimally Invasive Surgery Fellow, Surgery, Wake Forest University School Of Medicine 2020 - 2021
- General Surgery Residency, Surgery, University of Virginia School of Medicine 2013 - 2020
- Surgical Oncology Research Fellow, Surgery, University of Virginia School of Medicine 2015 - 2017
- M.D., University of Virginia School of Medicine 2013
- B.S., Johns Hopkins University 2008
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Previous Appointments & Affiliations
- Medical Instructor in the Department of Surgery, Surgical Oncology, Surgery 2021 - 2022
- Publications & Artistic Works
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Selected Publications
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Academic Articles
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Hu, Yinin, Alex D. Michaels, Rachita Khot, Worthington G. Schenk, John B. Hanks, and Philip W. Smith. “A Novel Thyroid Ultrasound Proficiency Metric Designed Through a Multidisciplinary Delphi Approach.” The American Surgeon 89, no. 2 (February 2023): 261–66. https://doi.org/10.1177/00031348211011151.Full Text
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Michaels, Alex D., Max O. Meneveau, Robert B. Hawkins, Eric J. Charles, and J Hunter Mehaffey. “Socioeconomic risk-adjustment with the Area Deprivation Index predicts surgical morbidity and cost.” Surgery 170, no. 5 (November 2021): 1495–1500. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.surg.2021.02.016.Full Text
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Michaels, Alex D., J Hunter Mehaffey, Robert B. Hawkins, John A. Kern, Bruce D. Schirmer, and Peter T. Hallowell. “Bariatric surgery reduces long-term rates of cardiac events and need for coronary revascularization: a propensity-matched analysis.” Surgical Endoscopy 34, no. 6 (June 2020): 2638–43. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00464-019-07036-x.Full Text
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Nagdas, Sarbajeet, Jennifer A. Kashatus, Aldo Nascimento, Syed S. Hussain, Riley E. Trainor, Sarah R. Pollock, Sara J. Adair, et al. “Drp1 Promotes KRas-Driven Metabolic Changes to Drive Pancreatic Tumor Growth.” Cell Reports 28, no. 7 (August 2019): 1845-1859.e5. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.celrep.2019.07.031.Full Text
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Szlachta, Karol, Cem Kuscu, Turan Tufan, Sara J. Adair, Stephen Shang, Alex D. Michaels, Matthew G. Mullen, et al. “CRISPR knockout screening identifies combinatorial drug targets in pancreatic cancer and models cellular drug response.” Nature Communications 9, no. 1 (October 15, 2018). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-06676-2.Full Text
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Michaels, Alex D., J Hunter Mehaffey, Robert B. Hawkins, Max O. Meneveau, Bruce D. Schirmer, and Peter T. Hallowell. “Ten-year outcomes of Roux-en-Y gastric bypass are equivalent in patients with Medicare disability and non-Medicare patients.” Surgery 164, no. 4 (October 2018): 905–8. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.surg.2018.05.041.Full Text
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Knisely, Anne T., Alex D. Michaels, J Hunter Mehaffey, Taryn E. Hassinger, Elizabeth D. Krebs, David R. Brenin, Anneke T. Schroen, and Shayna L. Showalter. “Race is associated with completion of neoadjuvant chemotherapy for breast cancer.” Surgery 164, no. 2 (August 2018): 195–200. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.surg.2018.03.011.Full Text
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Hassinger, Taryn E., J Hunter Mehaffey, Matthew G. Mullen, Alex D. Michaels, Nathan R. Elwood, Shoshana T. Levi, Traci L. Hedrick, and Charles M. Friel. “Ureteral stents increase risk of postoperative acute kidney injury following colorectal surgery.” Surgical Endoscopy 32, no. 7 (July 2018): 3342–48. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00464-018-6054-y.Full Text
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Michaels, Alex D., Timothy E. Newhook, Sara J. Adair, Sho Morioka, Bernadette J. Goudreau, Sarbajeet Nagdas, Matthew G. Mullen, et al. “CD47 Blockade as an Adjuvant Immunotherapy for Resectable Pancreatic Cancer.” Clinical Cancer Research 24, no. 6 (March 15, 2018): 1415–25. https://doi.org/10.1158/1078-0432.ccr-17-2283.Full Text
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Mehaffey, J Hunter, Alex D. Michaels, Mathew G. Mullen, Max O. Meneveau, John R. Pender, and Peter T. Hallowell. “Patient travel for bariatric surgery: does distance matter?” Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases 13, no. 12 (December 2017): 2027–31. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soard.2016.12.025.Full Text
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Michaels, Alex D., Matthew G. Mullen, Christopher A. Guidry, Elizabeth D. Krebs, Florence E. Turrentine, Traci L. Hedrick, and Charles M. Friel. “Unplanned Reoperation Following Colorectal Surgery: Indications and Operations.” Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery 21, no. 9 (September 2017): 1480–85. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11605-017-3447-5.Full Text
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Mullen, Matthew G., Hunter J. Mehaffey, Kenan W. Yount, Alex D. Michaels, Max O. Meneveau, Bruce D. Schirmer, and Charles M. Friel. “Adoption of Robotics in a General Surgery Residency Program: At What Cost?” Journal of the American College of Surgeons 223, no. 4 (October 2016): S106–S106. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2016.06.218.Full Text
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Michaels, Alex, J Hunter Mehaffey, W Brenton French, Matthew Mullen, Bruce Schirmer, Jennifer Kirby, and Peter Hallowell. “Post-Bariatric Surgery Hypoglycemia: Our Thirty Year Experience.” Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases 12, no. 7 (August 2016): S2–3. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soard.2016.08.032.Full Text
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Mullen, Matthew, J Hunter Mehaffey, Max Meneveau, Alex Michaels, Florence Turrentine, Bruce Schirmer, John Pender, and Peter Hallowell. “Patient travel for bariatric surgery: Does distance matter?” Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases 12, no. 7 (August 2016): S61–S61. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soard.2016.08.466.Full Text
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Mullen, Matthew G., Elise P. Salerno, Alex D. Michaels, Traci L. Hedrick, Min-Woong Sohn, Philip W. Smith, Bruce D. Schirmer, and Charles M. Friel. “Declining Operative Experience for Junior-Level Residents: Is This an Unintended Consequence of Minimally Invasive Surgery?” Journal of Surgical Education 73, no. 4 (July 2016): 609–15. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsurg.2016.02.010.Full Text
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Mullen, Matthew G., J Michael Cullen, Alex D. Michaels, Traci L. Hedrick, and Charles M. Friel. “Ileal J-Pouch Volvulus Following Total Proctocolectomy for Ulcerative Colitis.” Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery 20, no. 5 (May 2016): 1072–73. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11605-015-3038-2.Full Text
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Gillen, Jacob R., James M. Isbell, Alex D. Michaels, Christine L. Lau, and Robert G. Sawyer. “Risk Factors for Urinary Tract Infections in Cardiac Surgical Patients.” Surgical Infections 16, no. 5 (October 2015): 504–8. https://doi.org/10.1089/sur.2013.115.Full Text
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Puthenedam, Manjula, Feng Wu, Alysha Shetye, Alex Michaels, Ki-Jong Rhee, and John H. Kwon. “Matrilysin-1 (MMP7) cleaves galectin-3 and inhibits wound healing in intestinal epithelial cells.” Inflammatory Bowel Diseases 17, no. 1 (January 2011): 260–67. https://doi.org/10.1002/ibd.21443.Full Text
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