Current Appointments & Affiliations
Associate Professor of Surgery
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2019 - Present
Surgical Oncology,
Surgery
Chief of the Section of Colorectal Surgery
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2021 - Present
Surgical Oncology,
Surgery
Associate Professor in Medicine
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2021 - Present
Medicine, Gastroenterology,
Medicine
Member of the Duke Cancer Institute
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2008 - Present
Duke Cancer Institute,
Institutes and Centers
Recent Publications
Flow Cytometry Characterization of Cerebrospinal Fluid Monocytes in Patients With Postoperative Cognitive Dysfunction: A Pilot Study.
Journal Article Anesth Analg · November 2019 Animal models suggest postoperative cognitive dysfunction may be caused by brain monocyte influx. To study this in humans, we developed a flow cytometry panel to profile cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) samples collected before and after major noncardiac surgery ... Full text Open Access Link to item CiteAmerican Society for Enhanced Recovery and Perioperative Quality Initiative Joint Consensus Statement on Perioperative Management of Patients on Preoperative Opioid Therapy.
Journal Article Anesth Analg · August 2019 Enhanced recovery pathways have quickly become part of the standard of care for patients undergoing elective surgery, especially in North America and Europe. One of the central tenets of this multidisciplinary approach is the use of multimodal analgesia wi ... Full text Link to item CiteAmerican Society for Enhanced Recovery and Perioperative Quality Initiative-4 Joint Consensus Statement on Persistent Postoperative Opioid Use: Definition, Incidence, Risk Factors, and Health Care System Initiatives.
Journal Article Anesth Analg · August 2019 Persistent postoperative opioid use is thought to contribute to the ongoing opioid epidemic in the United States. However, efforts to study and address the issue have been stymied by the lack of a standard definition, which has also hampered efforts to mea ... Full text Link to item CiteRecent Grants
Technique to Standard Closure Techniques Plus Sylys Surgical Sealant
Clinical TrialPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Cohera Medical · 2017 - 2020Data Architecture for Duke Surgery Bio-repository
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by MedBlue Incubator, Inc. · 2018 - 2018View All Grants