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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  Previous Appointments & Affiliations

  • 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 - 2022
• Publications & Artistic Works
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  Selected Publications

  • Academic Articles

    • Choi, Ashley Y., Jatin Anand, Muath Bishawi, Samantha E. Halpern, Fabian J. Contreras, Michelle A. Mendiola, Mani A. Daneshmand, et al. “Incidence and Diagnostic Challenges of Bowel Ischemia after Continuous-flow Left Ventricular Assist Device Therapy.” Asaio J 68, no. 5 (May 1, 2022): 676–82. https://doi.org/10.1097/MAT.0000000000001553.
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    • Ziogas, Ioannis A., Robin Schmitz, Dimitrios Moris, and Cory J. Vatsaas. “The Role of Surgery for Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors.” Anticancer Res 42, no. 2 (February 2022): 629–39. https://doi.org/10.21873/anticanres.15520.
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    • Freeman, Jennifer J., Sofya H. Asfaw, Cory J. Vatsaas, Brian K. Yorkgitis, Krista L. Haines, J Bracken Burns, Dennis Kim, et al. “Antibiotic prophylaxis for tube thoracostomy placement in trauma: a practice management guideline from the Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma.” Trauma Surg Acute Care Open 7, no. 1 (2022): e000886. https://doi.org/10.1136/tsaco-2022-000886.
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    • Thornton, Steven W., Diego Schaps, Harold J. Leraas, David C. Gordon, Zachary Ginsberg, Cory J. Vatsaas, Emily Greenwald, and Elisabeth T. Tracy. “Use of a Structured Observation Tool to Promote Medical Student Engagement in Trauma Resuscitations.” J Surg Educ 79, no. 6 (2022): 1422–25. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsurg.2022.05.017.
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    • Araujo-Gutierrez, Raquel, Jeffrey L. Van Eps, Jacob C. Scherba, Albert Thomas Anastasio, Fernando Cabrera, Cory J. Vatsaas, Keith Youker, and Joseph S. Fernandez Moure. “Platelet rich plasma concentration improves biologic mesh incorporation and decreases multinucleated giant cells in a dose dependent fashion.” J Tissue Eng Regen Med 15, no. 11 (November 2021): 1037–46. https://doi.org/10.1002/term.3247.
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    • Kasotakis, George, Brent Stanfield, Krista Haines, Cory Vatsaas, Amy Alger, Steven N. Vaslef, Kelli Brooks, and Suresh Agarwal. “Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) after trauma: Improving incidence, but increasing mortality.” Journal of Critical Care 64 (August 2021): 213–18. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcrc.2021.05.003.
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    • Fernandez-Moure, Joseph S., Jeffrey L. Van Eps, Jacob C. Scherba, Iman K. Yazdi, Andrew Robbins, Fernando Cabrera, Cory Vatsaas, Michael Moreno, Bradley K. Weiner, and Ennio Tasciotti. “Platelet-rich plasma enhances mechanical strength of strattice in rat model of ventral hernia repair.” J Tissue Eng Regen Med 15, no. 7 (July 2021): 634–47. https://doi.org/10.1002/term.3200.
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    • “Thromboelastography and rotational thromboelastometry in bleeding patients with coagulopathy: Practice management guideline from the Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma: Erratum.” J Trauma Acute Care Surg 90, no. 4 (April 1, 2021): 766–67. https://doi.org/10.1097/TA.0000000000003126.
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    • 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.” J Surg Res 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

    • Ohman, Kelsey, Bridgette Kram, Jennifer Schultheis, Jana Sigmon, Safa Kaleem, Zidanyue Yang, Hui-Jie Lee, Cory Vatsaas, and Jordan Komisarow. “Evaluation of Levetiracetam Dosing Strategies for Seizure Prophylaxis Following Traumatic Brain Injury.” In Neurocrit Care, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12028-022-01599-9.
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    • Bandarenko, Nicholas, Curtis Dunn, Lisa Clark Pickett, Cory Vatsaas, Nicole Guinn, Mary Lee Campbell, and Jessica L. Poisson. “A Comprehensive Strategy for an Emergency Action Plan to Support Patient Transfusion Needs During Extreme Blood Shortage.” In Transfusion, 62:223A-223A, 2022.
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    • 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. Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health), 2019. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2019.08.1330.
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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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    • 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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• Teaching & Mentoring
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  Recent Courses

  • SURGERY 205C: Surgery 2023
  • SURGERY 206C: Primary Care Leadership Track (PCLT) - Surgery 2023
  • SURGERY 209C: Longitudinal Integrated Curriculum - Surgery 2023
  • SURGERY 224C: Surgical Critical Care in the Modern Era 2023
  • SURGERY 230C: Trauma and Acute Care Surgery 2023
  • SURGERY 441C: Sub-Internship in Surgical Intensive Care 2023
  • SURGERY 443C: Trauma Service 2023
  • SURGERY 205C: Surgery 2022
  • SURGERY 206C: Primary Care Leadership Track (PCLT) - Surgery 2022
  • SURGERY 209C: Longitudinal Integrated Curriculum - Surgery 2022
  • SURGERY 224C: Surgical Critical Care in the Modern Era 2022
  • SURGERY 230C: Trauma and Acute Care Surgery 2022
  • SURGERY 441C: Sub-Internship in Surgical Intensive Care 2022
  • SURGERY 443C: Trauma Service 2022
  • 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
• Scholarly, Clinical, & Service Activities
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  Service to Duke

  • Transfusion Committee Chair. August 2017  2017

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