Scholars@Duke

• Background
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  Education, Training, & Certifications

  • General Surgery Resident, Mayo School of Health Sciences 2008 - 2014
  • Surgical Critical Care Fellow, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 2011 - 2012
  • M.D., University of Minnesota, Twin Cities 2008
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  Duke Appointment History

  • Assistant Professor of Surgery, Trauma, Acute, and Critical Care Surgery, Surgery 2015 - 2020
• Research
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  Selected Grants

  • A Phase II Study of Inhaled Carbon Monoxide for the Treatment of ARDS awarded by Weill Medical College of Cornell University 2018 - 2021
• Publications & Artistic Works
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  Selected Publications

  • Academic Articles

    • Fernandez-Moure, Joseph S., Jeffrey L. Van Eps, Jacob C. Scherba, Iman K. Yazdi, Andrew Robbins, Fernando Cabrera, Cory J. Vatsaas, Michael Moreno, Bradley K. Weiner, and Ennio Tasciotti. “Addition of platelet-rich plasma supports immune modulation and improved mechanical integrity in Alloderm mesh for ventral hernia repair in a rat model.” J Tissue Eng Regen Med 15, no. 1 (January 2021): 3–13. https://doi.org/10.1002/term.3156.
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    • Bugaev, Nikolay, John J. Como, Guy Golani, Jennifer J. Freeman, Jaswin S. Sawhney, Cory J. Vatsaas, Brian K. Yorkgitis, et al. “Thromboelastography and rotational thromboelastometry in bleeding patients with coagulopathy: Practice management guideline from the Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma.” J Trauma Acute Care Surg 89, no. 6 (December 2020): 999–1017. https://doi.org/10.1097/TA.0000000000002944.
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    • Haines, Krista L., Lauren M. Woldanski, Tiffany Zens, Cory Vatsaas, Amy Alger, Kelli Brooks, George Kasotakis, and Suresh Agarwal. “The Impact of Race and Socioeconomic Status on Treatment and Outcomes of Blunt Splenic Injury.” J Surg Res 240 (August 2019): 60–69. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jss.2019.02.040.
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    • Reed, Christopher R., Hannah Williamson, Cory Vatsaas, Reed Kamyszek, Harold J. Leraas, Candice Ray, James Otto, Tamara Fitzgerald, Suresh Agarwal, and Elisabeth T. Tracy. “Higher mortality in pediatric and adult trauma patients with traumatic coagulopathy, using age-adjusted diagnostic criteria.” Surgery 165, no. 6 (June 2019): 1108–15. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.surg.2019.03.003.
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    • Haines, Krista L., Benjamin P. Nguyen, Cory Vatsaas, Amy Alger, Kelli Brooks, and Suresh K. Agarwal. “Socioeconomic Status Affects Outcomes After Severity-Stratified Traumatic Brain Injury.” The Journal of Surgical Research 235 (March 2019): 131–40. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jss.2018.09.072.
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    • Tignanelli, Christopher J., Arek J. Wiktor, Cory J. Vatsaas, Gaurav Sachdev, Michael Heung, Pauline K. Park, Krishnan Raghavendran, and Lena M. Napolitano. “Outcomes of Acute Kidney Injury in Patients With Severe ARDS Due to Influenza A(H1N1) pdm09 Virus.” Am J Crit Care 27, no. 1 (January 2018): 67–73. https://doi.org/10.4037/ajcc2018901.
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  • Conference Papers

    • Haines, Krista, George Kasotakis, Cory J. Vatsaas, and Suresh Agarwal. “Are Octogenarians and Older Adult Trauma Patients Equivalent.” In Journal of the American College of Surgeons, 229:e220–e220. Elsevier BV, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2019.08.1330.
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    • Haines, Krista, Christopher Reed, Clayton Rust, Amy Alger, Cory Vatsaas, Kelli Brooks, Sean Montgomery, Steven Vaslef, and Suresh Agarwal. “THE SOCIOECONOMIC AND RACIAL DISPARITIES OF PULMONARY COMORBIDITIES IN TRAUMA PATIENTS.” In Critical Care Medicine, Vol. 47. LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS, 2019.
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    • Ray, Candice, Reed Kamyszek, James Otto, Victoria Robinson, Harold Leraas, Uttara Nag, Hannah Williamson, et al. “AGE-RELATED CHANGES IN HEMOSTASIS OBSERVED BY USE OF ROTEM IN PEDIATRIC TRAUMA PATIENTS.” In Critical Care Medicine, Vol. 47. LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS, 2019.
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    • Ray, Candice, Reed Kamyszek, Victoria Robinson, Jacob Benton, Harold Leraas, Uttara Nag, Carolyn Foley, et al. “ROTEM IN PEDIATRIC MASSIVE TRANSFUSION COULD LEAD TO BALANCED TRANSFUSION RATIOS AND LOWER MORTALITY.” In Critical Care Medicine, Vol. 47. LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS, 2019.
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• Teaching & Mentoring
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  Recent Courses

  • SURGERY 205C: Surgery 2021
  • SURGERY 206C: Primary Care Leadership Track (PCLT) - Surgery 2021
  • SURGERY 209C: Longitudinal Integrated Curriculum - Surgery 2021
  • SURGERY 224C: Surgical Critical Care in the Modern Era 2021
  • SURGERY 230C: Trauma and Acute Care Surgery 2021
  • SURGERY 441C: Sub-Internship in Surgical Intensive Care 2021
  • SURGERY 443C: Trauma Service 2021
  • SURGERY 205C: Surgery 2020
  • SURGERY 206C: Primary Care Leadership Track (PCLT) - Surgery 2020
  • SURGERY 209C: Longitudinal Integrated Curriculum - Surgery 2020
  • SURGERY 224C: Surgical Critical Care in the Modern Era 2020
  • SURGERY 230C: Trauma and Acute Care Surgery 2020
  • SURGERY 441C: Sub-Internship in Surgical Intensive Care 2020
  • SURGERY 443C: Trauma Service 2020
  • SURGERY 205C: Surgery 2019
  • SURGERY 206C: Primary Care Leadership Track (PCLT) - Surgery 2019
  • SURGERY 209C: Longitudinal Integrated Curriculum - Surgery 2019
  • SURGERY 224C: Surgical Critical Care in the Modern Era 2019
  • SURGERY 230C: Trauma and Acute Care Surgery 2019
  • SURGERY 441C: Sub-Internship in Surgical Intensive Care 2019
  • SURGERY 443C: Trauma Service 2019
• Scholarly, Clinical, & Service Activities
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  Service to Duke

  • Transfusion Committee Chair. August 2017  2017

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