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 Chicago Stritch School of Medicine 2008
  • B.A., Kalamazoo College 2004
• Publications & Artistic Works
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  Selected Publications

  • Academic Articles

    • 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..” Journal of Surgical Oncology 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..” Journal of Surgical Oncology 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..” Journal of the National Cancer Institute 106, no. 7 (July 16, 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..” Journal of Surgical Oncology 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..” Medical 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..” Journal of Oncology Practice 9, no. 4 (July 2013): e154–63. https://doi.org/10.1200/JOP.2012.000738.
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    • Sherman, K. L., and D. J. Bentrem. “To ablate or not to ablate?.” Jama Surgery 148, no. 7 (July 1, 2013). https://doi.org/10.1001/jamasurg.2013.1447.
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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 Surgery 148, no. 7 (July 2013). 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..” Annals of Surgical Oncology 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 Surgery 148, no. 7 (July 2013). 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..” Journal of the American College of Surgeons 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?.” Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery : Official Journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract 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..” Annals of Surgical Oncology 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..” Archives of Surgery (Chicago, Ill. : 1960) 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..” Journal of the American College of Surgeons 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..” International Journal of Dermatology 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..” The American Surgeon 75, no. 1 (January 2009): 61–65.

  • 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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