Scholars@Duke

• Background
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  Education, Training, & Certifications

  • General Surgery Chief Resident, Surgery, Northwestern University 2013 - 2015
  • Surgical Outcomes Research Fellow, Surgery, Northwestern University 2011 - 2013
  • M.Sc., Northwestern University 2013
  • General Surgery Resident, Surgery, Northwestern University 2008 - 2011
  • M.D., Loyola University of Chicago, Stritch School of Medicine 2008
  • B.A., Kalamazoo College 2004
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  Previous Appointments & Affiliations

  • Assistant Professor of Surgery, Surgical Oncology, Surgery 2016 - 2020
• Publications & Artistic Works
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  Selected Publications

  • Academic Articles

    • Bhama, Anuradha R., Marco Bertucci Zoccali, Brandon C. Chapman, Jennifer S. Davids, Samuel Eisenstein, Daniel R. Fish, Karen L. Sherman, Vlad V. Simianu, and Karen N. Zaghiyan. “Practice Variations in Chemodenervation for Anal Fissure Among American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons Members.” Dis Colon Rectum 64, no. 10 (October 1, 2021): 1167–71. https://doi.org/10.1097/DCR.0000000000002194.
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    • Bhama, A. R., N. Melnitchouk, J. S. Mizell, K. L. Sherman, and K. Zaghiyan. “Evaluation of practice patterns of chemodenervation for anal fissure of the ASCRS young surgeons.” Tech Coloproctol 24, no. 6 (June 2020): 611–12. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10151-020-02195-9.
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    • Sherman, Karen L., Emily Steinhagen, Justin T. Brady, Jason S. Mizell, and Sharon L. Stein. “Landing Your First Colorectal Surgery Job: How to Find It and What to Expect.” Dis Colon Rectum 62, no. 5 (May 2019): 529–36. https://doi.org/10.1097/DCR.0000000000001341.
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    • Turner, M. C., M. D. Talbott, C. Reed, Z. Sun, M. L. Cox, B. Ezekian, K. L. Sherman, C. R. Mantyh, and J. Migaly. “Disparities in colostomy reversal after Hartmann's procedure for diverticulitis.” Tech Coloproctol 23, no. 5 (May 2019): 445–51. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10151-019-01995-y.
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    • Sherman, K. L., and S. D. Wexner. “Considerations in Stoma Reversal.” Clinics in Colon and Rectal Surgery 30, no. 3 (July 1, 2017): 172–77. https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0037-1598157.
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    • Sherman, Karen L., Christine V. Kinnier, Domenico A. Farina, Jeffrey D. Wayne, William B. Laskin, Mark Agulnik, Samer Attar, John P. Hayes, Terrance Peabody, and Karl Y. Bilimoria. “Examination of national lymph node evaluation practices for adult extremity soft tissue sarcoma.” J Surg Oncol 110, no. 6 (November 2014): 682–88. https://doi.org/10.1002/jso.23687.
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    • Baker, Marshall S., Karen L. Sherman, Susan J. Stocker, Amanda V. Hayman, David J. Bentrem, Richard A. Prinz, and Mark S. Talamonti. “Using a modification of the Clavien-Dindo system accounting for readmissions and multiple interventions: defining quality for pancreaticoduodenectomy.” J Surg Oncol 110, no. 4 (September 2014): 400–406. https://doi.org/10.1002/jso.23663.
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    • Merkow, Ryan P., Karl Y. Bilimoria, Rajesh N. Keswani, Jeanette Chung, Karen L. Sherman, Lawrence M. Knab, Mitchell C. Posner, and David J. Bentrem. “Treatment trends, risk of lymph node metastasis, and outcomes for localized esophageal cancer.” J Natl Cancer Inst 106, no. 7 (July 2014). https://doi.org/10.1093/jnci/dju133.
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    • Sherman, Karen L., Jeffrey D. Wayne, Jeanette Chung, Mark Agulnik, Samer Attar, John P. Hayes, William B. Laskin, et al. “Assessment of multimodality therapy use for extremity sarcoma in the United States.” J Surg Oncol 109, no. 5 (April 2014): 395–404. https://doi.org/10.1002/jso.23520.
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    • Sherman, Karen L., Elisa J. Gordon, David M. Mahvi, Jeanette Chung, David J. Bentrem, Jane L. Holl, and Karl Y. Bilimoria. “Surgeons' perceptions of public reporting of hospital and individual surgeon quality.” Med Care 51, no. 12 (December 2013): 1069–75. https://doi.org/10.1097/MLR.0000000000000013.
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    • Merkow, Ryan P., Karl Y. Bilimoria, Karen L. Sherman, Martin D. McCarter, Howard S. Gordon, and David J. Bentrem. “Efficiency of colorectal cancer care among veterans: analysis of treatment wait times at Veterans Affairs Medical Centers.” J Oncol Pract 9, no. 4 (July 2013): e154–63. https://doi.org/10.1200/JOP.2012.000738.
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    • Sherman, Karen L., Jeffrey D. Wayne, and Karl Y. Bilimoria. “Overcoming specialty bias: another important reason for multidisciplinary management of soft tissue sarcoma.” Jama Surg 148, no. 7 (July 2013): 640. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamasurg.2013.143.
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    • Sherman, Karen L., Ryan P. Merkow, Anuj M. Shah, C Edward Wang, Karl Y. Bilimoria, and David J. Bentrem. “Assessment of advanced gastric cancer management in the United States.” Ann Surg Oncol 20, no. 7 (July 2013): 2124–31. https://doi.org/10.1245/s10434-013-2953-2.
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    • Sherman, Karen L., and David J. Bentrem. “To ablate or not to ablate?: that is the question.” Jama Surg 148, no. 7 (July 2013): 601. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamasurg.2013.1447.
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    • Sellers, Morgan M., Kristi Hanson, Mary Schuller, Karen Sherman, Rachel R. Kelz, Jonathan Fryer, Debra DaRosa, and Karl Y. Bilimoria. “Development and participant assessment of a practical quality improvement educational initiative for surgical residents.” J Am Coll Surg 216, no. 6 (June 2013): 1207-1213.e1. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2013.01.065.
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    • Baker, Marshall S., Karen L. Sherman, Susan Stocker, Amanda V. Hayman, David J. Bentrem, Richard A. Prinz, and Mark S. Talamonti. “Defining quality for distal pancreatectomy: does the laparoscopic approach protect patients from poor quality outcomes?” J Gastrointest Surg 17, no. 2 (February 2013): 273–80. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11605-012-2104-2.
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    • Sherman, Karen L., Ryan P. Merkow, Karl Y. Bilimoria, C Edward Wang, Mary F. Mulcahy, Al B. Benson, and David J. Bentrem. “Treatment trends and predictors of adjuvant and neoadjuvant therapy for gastric adenocarcinoma in the United States.” Ann Surg Oncol 20, no. 2 (February 2013): 362–70. https://doi.org/10.1245/s10434-012-2552-7.
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    • Merkow, Ryan P., Karl Y. Bilimoria, Martin D. McCarter, Joseph D. Phillips, Malcolm M. DeCamp, Karen L. Sherman, Clifford Y. Ko, and David J. Bentrem. “Short-term outcomes after esophagectomy at 164 American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program hospitals: effect of operative approach and hospital-level variation.” Arch Surg 147, no. 11 (November 2012): 1009–16. https://doi.org/10.1001/2013.jamasurg.96.
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    • Phillips, Joseph D., Ryan P. Merkow, Karen L. Sherman, Malcolm M. DeCamp, David J. Bentrem, and Karl Y. Bilimoria. “Factors affecting selection of operative approach and subsequent short-term outcomes after anatomic resection for lung cancer.” J Am Coll Surg 215, no. 2 (August 2012): 206–15. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2012.04.016.
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    • Sobol, Urszula A., Karen L. Sherman, Jason Smith, Suneel N. Nagda, Kenneth Micetich, Brian J. Nickoloff, and Margo C. Shoup. “Sweet's syndrome with neurologic manifestations in a patient with esophageal adenocarcinoma: case report and review of the literature.” Int J Dermatol 48, no. 10 (October 2009): 1062–65. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-4632.2009.04138.x.
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    • Sherman, Karen L., Shawn H. Obi, Gerard V. Aranha, Katherine A. Yao, and Margo C. Shoup. “Heparin-coated stents do not protect cancer patients from cardiac complications after noncardiac surgery.” Am Surg 75, no. 1 (January 2009): 61–65.
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  • Book Sections

    • Sherman, K. L., and D. M. Mahvi. “Liver Metastases.” In Abeloff’s Clinical Oncology: Fifth Edition, 778–93, 2013. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-1-4557-2865-7.00053-9.
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