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Cory Joseph Vatsaas

Assistant Professor of Surgery
Trauma, Acute, and Critical Care Surgery
DUMC 2837, Durham, NC 27710
1217 Pinehurst Drive, Chapel Hill, NC 27517

Current Appointments & Affiliations


Assistant Professor of Surgery · 2021 - Present Trauma, Acute, and Critical Care Surgery, Surgery

Recent Publications


A Scoping Review of Validated Echocardiographic Methods for Grading Right Ventricular Dysfunction: Proposal for an Evidence-Based Multiparametric Framework.

Journal Article J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth · June 6, 2025 Assessing the severity of right ventricular (RV) dysfunction using echocardiography (echo) remains subjective, in part because current guidelines do not recommend how to synthesize various echo parameters to form a global assessment of RV dysfunction. To a ... Full text Link to item Cite

Impact of a Surgical Skills Curriculum on Medical Student Procedural Experience and Confidence.

Journal Article J Surg Res · June 2025 INTRODUCTION: There is a documented decline in formal procedural skill training in undergraduate medical education. We evaluated a simulation-based skills curriculum before the core surgical clerkship at a large academic institution on its concordance with ... Full text Link to item Cite

Lower Extremity Penetrating Trauma Care Associated With Race and Income in the United States of America.

Journal Article J Surg Res · February 2025 INTRODUCTION: For lower extremity penetrating traumas (LEPT), the impact of race and insurance status, as a surrogate of socioeconomic status, is still not fully elucidated. This study aims to explore the relationship between these variables and the likeli ... Full text Link to item Cite
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Education, Training & Certifications


University of Minnesota, Twin Cities · 2008 M.D.