Scholars@Duke

• Background
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  Education, Training, & Certifications

  • Breast Surgical Oncology Fellow, Surgery, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center 2015 - 2016
  • General Surgery Resident, Surgery, University of Virginia School of Medicine 2008 - 2015
  • M.D., Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University 2008
  • B.S., Eastern Mennonite University 2003
• Publications & Artistic Works
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  Selected Publications

  • Academic Articles

    • Plichta, JK, Ren, Y, Thomas, SM, Greenup, RA, Fayanju, OM, Rosenberger, LH, Hyslop, T, and Hwang, ES. "Implications for Breast Cancer Restaging Based on the 8th Edition AJCC Staging Manual." Annals of Surgery (October 11, 2018).  Full Text
    • Fayanju, OM, Ren, Y, Thomas, SM, Greenup, RA, Plichta, JK, Rosenberger, LH, Tamirisa, N, Force, J, Boughey, JC, Hyslop, T, and Hwang, ES. "The Clinical Significance of Breast-only and Node-only Pathologic Complete Response (pCR) After Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy (NACT): A Review of 20,000 Breast Cancer Patients in the National Cancer Data Base (NCDB).(Accepted)" Annals of Surgery 268, no. 4 (October 2018): 591-601.  Full Text
    • Park, TS, Thomas, SM, Rosenberger, LH, Fayanju, OM, Plichta, JK, Blitzblau, RC, Ong, CT, Hyslop, T, Hwang, ES, and Greenup, RA. "The Association of Extent of Axillary Surgery and Survival in Women with N2-3 Invasive Breast Cancer." Annals of Surgical Oncology 25, no. 10 (October 2018): 3019-3029.  Full Text
    • Tamirisa, N, Thomas, SM, Fayanju, OM, Greenup, RA, Rosenberger, LH, Hyslop, T, Hwang, ES, and Plichta, JK. "Axillary Nodal Evaluation in Elderly Breast Cancer Patients: Potential Effects on Treatment Decisions and Survival." Annals of Surgical Oncology 25, no. 10 (October 1, 2018): 2890-2898.  Full Text
    • Ong, CT, Campbell, BM, Thomas, SM, Greenup, RA, Plichta, JK, Rosenberger, LH, Force, J, Hall, A, Hyslop, T, Hwang, ES, and Fayanju, OM. "Metaplastic Breast Cancer Treatment and Outcomes in 2500 Patients: A Retrospective Analysis of a National Oncology Database." Annals of Surgical Oncology 25, no. 8 (August 2018): 2249-2260.  Full Text
    • Leraas, HJ, Rosenberger, LH, Ren, Y, Ezekian, B, Nag, UP, Reed, CR, Thomas, SM, Hwang, E-SS, and Tracy, ET. "Pediatric phyllodes tumors: A review of the National Cancer Data Base and adherence to NCCN guidelines for phyllodes tumor treatment." Journal of Pediatric Surgery 53, no. 6 (June 2018): 1123-1128.  Full Text
    • Lane, WO, Thomas, SM, Blitzblau, RC, Plichta, JK, Rosenberger, LH, Fayanju, OM, Hyslop, T, Hwang, ES, and Greenup, RA. "Surgical Resection of the Primary Tumor in Women With De Novo Stage IV Breast Cancer: Contemporary Practice Patterns and Survival Analysis." Annals of surgery (December 7, 2017).  Full Text
    • Ong, CT, Thomas, SM, Blitzblau, RC, Fayanju, OM, Park, TS, Plichta, JK, Rosenberger, LH, Hyslop, T, Shelley Hwang, E, and Greenup, RA. "Patient Age and Tumor Subtype Predict the Extent of Axillary Surgery Among Breast Cancer Patients Eligible for the American College of Surgeons Oncology Group Trial Z0011." Annals of Surgical Oncology 24, no. 12 (November 2017): 3559-3566.  Full Text
    • Rosenberger, LH, Weber, R, Sjoberg, D, Vickers, AJ, Mangino, DA, Morrow, M, and Pilewskie, ML. "Impact of self-reported data on the acquisition of multi-generational family history and lifestyle factors among women seen in a high-risk breast screening program: a focus on modifiable risk factors and genetic referral." Breast cancer research and treatment 162, no. 2 (April 2017): 275-282.  Full Text
    • Rosenberger, LH, Mamtani, A, Fuzesi, S, Stempel, M, Eaton, A, Morrow, M, and Gemignani, ML. "Early Adoption of the SSO-ASTRO Consensus Guidelines on Margins for Breast-Conserving Surgery with Whole-Breast Irradiation in Stage I and II Invasive Breast Cancer: Initial Experience from Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center." Annals of Surgical Oncology 23, no. 10 (October 2016): 3239-3246.  Full Text
    • Hawkins, RB, Rosenberger, LH, Swanson, JC, Gangemi, JJ, and McGahren, ED. "Excision of an intrapericardial immature teratoma in a 26-week premature neonate." Journal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reports 10 (July 2016): 29-31.  Full Text
    • Rosenberger, LH, Guidry, CA, Davis, JP, Hranjec, T, Johnston, VK, Wages, NA, Watson, CM, and Sawyer, RG. "Reducing Accidental Dislodgement of the Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy: A Prospective Trial of the "SafetyBreak" Device." Surgical innovation 23, no. 1 (February 2016): 62-69.  Full Text
    • Turza, KC, Politano, AD, Rosenberger, LH, Riccio, LM, McLeod, M, and Sawyer, RG. "De-Escalation of Antibiotics Does Not Increase Mortality in Critically Ill Surgical Patients." Surgical infections 17, no. 1 (February 2016): 48-52.  Full Text
    • Guidry, CA, Rosenberger, LH, Petroze, RT, Davies, SW, Hranjec, T, McLeod, MD, Politano, AD, Riccio, LM, and Sawyer, RG. "Temporal Trends in Blood Stream Infection Isolates from Surgical Patients." Surgical infections 16, no. 4 (August 2015): 388-395.  Full Text
    • Charles, EJ, Petroze, RT, Metzger, R, Hranjec, T, Rosenberger, LH, Riccio, LM, McLeod, MD, Guidry, CA, Stukenborg, GJ, Swenson, BR, Willcutts, KF, O'Donnell, KB, and Sawyer, RG. "Hypocaloric compared with eucaloric nutritional support and its effect on infection rates in a surgical intensive care unit: a randomized controlled trial." The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 100, no. 5 (November 2014): 1337-1343.  Full Text
    • Guidry, CA, Mallicote, MU, Petroze, RT, Hranjec, T, Rosenberger, LH, Davies, SW, and Sawyer, RG. "Influence of bronchoscopy on the diagnosis of and outcomes from ventilator-associated pneumonia." Surgical infections 15, no. 5 (October 2014): 527-532.  Full Text
    • Riccio, LM, Popovsky, KA, Hranjec, T, Politano, AD, Rosenberger, LH, Tura, KC, and Sawyer, RG. "Association of excessive duration of antibiotic therapy for intra-abdominal infection with subsequent extra-abdominal infection and death: a study of 2,552 consecutive infections." Surgical Infections 15, no. 4 (August 2014): 417-424.  Full Text
    • Davies, S, Guidry, C, Politano, A, Rosenberger, L, McLeod, M, Hranjec, T, and Sawyer, R. "Aspergillus infections in transplant and non-transplant surgical patients." Surgical infections 15, no. 3 (June 2014): 207-212.  Full Text
    • Rosenberger, LH, Gillen, JR, Hranjec, T, Stokes, JB, Brayman, KL, Kumer, SC, Schmitt, TM, and Sawyer, RG. "Donor risk index predicts graft failure reliably but not post-transplant infections." Surgical infections 15, no. 2 (April 2014): 94-98.  Full Text
    • Rosenberger, LH, Shada, A, Ritter, LA, Mauro, DM, Mentrikoski, MJ, Feldman, SH, and Kleiner, DE. "Delayed endoluminal vacuum therapy for rectal anastomotic leaks after rectal resection in a swine model: a new treatment option." Clinical and translational science 7, no. 2 (April 2014): 121-126.  Full Text
    • Shada, AL, Rosenberger, LH, Mentrikoski, MJ, Silva, MA, Feldman, SH, and Kleiner, DE. "Endoluminal negative-pressure therapy for preventing rectal anastomotic leaks: a pilot study in a pig model." Surgical infections 15, no. 2 (April 2014): 123-130.  Full Text
    • Politano, AD, Campbell, KT, Rosenberger, LH, and Sawyer, RG. "Use of silver in the prevention and treatment of infections: silver review." Surgical Infections 14, no. 1 (February 28, 2013): 8-20. (Review)  Full Text
    • Rosenberger, LH, Hranjec, T, McLeod, MD, Politano, AD, Guidry, CA, Davies, S, and Sawyer, RG. "Improvements in pulmonary and general critical care reduces mortality following ventilator-associated pneumonia." The Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery 74, no. 2 (February 2013): 568-574.  Full Text
    • Rosenberger, LH, Mauro, DM, Parker, AM, Taylor, MD, Sawyer, RG, and Bauer, TW. "Duodenal diverticulum perforation following jejunal feeding tube advancement." Journal of Surgical Radiology 4, no. 1 (January 1, 2013): 42-43.
    • Turza, KC, Campbell, CA, Rosenberger, LH, Politano, AD, Davies, SW, Riccio, LM, and Sawyer, RG. "Options for closure of the infected abdomen." Surgical Infections 13, no. 6 (December 10, 2012): 343-351. (Review)  Full Text
    • Hranjec, T, Rosenberger, LH, Swenson, B, Metzger, R, Flohr, TR, Politano, AD, Riccio, LM, Popovsky, KA, and Sawyer, RG. "Aggressive versus conservative initiation of antimicrobial treatment in critically ill surgical patients with suspected intensive-care-unit-acquired infection: a quasi-experimental, before and after observational cohort study." The Lancet. Infectious Diseases 12, no. 10 (October 2012): 774-780.  Full Text
    • Rosenberger, LH, Hu, Y, Yang, Z, and Sawyer, RG. "Gastropexy using the Carter-Thomason device in lieu of T-fasteners in a critically ill, severely obese patient: an innovative technique." Surgical Laparoscopy, Endoscopy & Percutaneous Techniques 22, no. 5 (October 2012): e316-e318.  Full Text
    • Rosenberger, LH, Mauro, DM, and Sawyer, RG. "Profound pressure necrosis: the culprit in delayed small-bowel perforations from jejunal tube extensions." Gastrointestinal endoscopy 76, no. 3 (September 2012): 697-698. (Letter)  Full Text
    • Rosenberger, LH, LaPar, DJ, and Sawyer, RG. "Infections caused by multidrug resistant organisms are not associated with overall, all-cause mortality in the surgical intensive care unit: the 20,000 foot view." Journal of the American College of Surgeons 214, no. 5 (May 2012): 747-755.  Full Text
    • LaPar, DJ, Rosenberger, LH, Walters, DM, Hedrick, TL, Swenson, BR, Young, JS, Dossett, LA, May, AK, and Sawyer, RG. "Severe traumatic head injury affects systemic cytokine expression." Journal of the American College of Surgeons 214, no. 4 (April 2012): 478-486.  Full Text
    • Rosenberger, LH, Riccio, LM, Campbell, KT, Politano, AD, and Sawyer, RG. "Quarantine, isolation, and cohorting: from cholera to Klebsiella." Surgical infections 13, no. 2 (April 2012): 69-73. (Review)  Full Text
    • Rosenberger, LH, Stein, LH, Witkiewicz, AK, Kennedy, EP, and Yeo, CJ. "Intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm (IPMN) with extra-pancreatic mucin: a case series and review of the literature." Journal of gastrointestinal surgery : official journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract 16, no. 4 (April 2012): 762-770. (Review)  Full Text
    • Rosenberger, LH, Newhook, T, Mauro, DM, Hennessy, SA, and Sawyer, RG. "Jejunal tube extensions via percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy and delayed small-bowel perforations: a case series." Gastrointestinal endoscopy 75, no. 3 (March 2012): 683-687.  Full Text
    • Rosenberger, LH, Adams, JD, Kern, JA, Tracci, MC, Angle, JF, and Cherry, KJ. "Complicated postpartum type B aortic dissection and endovascular repair." Obstetrics and Gynecology 119, no. 2 Pt 2 (February 2012): 480-483.  Full Text
    • Rosenberger, LH, Hranjec, T, Politano, AD, Swenson, BR, Metzger, R, Bonatti, H, and Sawyer, RG. "Effective cohorting and "superisolation" in a single intensive care unit in response to an outbreak of diverse multi-drug-resistant organisms." Surgical Infections 12, no. 5 (October 2011): 345-350.  Full Text
    • Rosenberger, LH, Newhook, T, Schirmer, B, and Sawyer, RG. "Late accidental dislodgement of a percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy tube: an underestimated burden on patients and the health care system." Surgical Endoscopy 25, no. 10 (October 2011): 3307-3311.  Full Text
    • Rittenhouse, DW, Kennedy, EP, Mascaro, AA, Brumbaugh, JL, Stein, LH, Rosenberger, LH, Sauter, PK, Yeo, CJ, and Lavu, H. "The novel triad of dorsal agenesis of the pancreas with concurrent pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma and nonalcoholic chronic calcific pancreatitis: a case series and review of the literature." Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery : Official Journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract 15, no. 9 (September 2011): 1643-1649. (Review)  Full Text
    • Politano, AD, Hranjec, T, Rosenberger, LH, Sawyer, RG, and Tache Leon, CA. "Differences in morbidity and mortality with percutaneous versus open surgical drainage of postoperative intra-abdominal infections: a review of 686 cases." The American Surgeon 77, no. 7 (July 2011): 862-867.
    • Rosenberger, LH, Smith, PW, and Sawyer, RG. "Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia: an increasingly common cause of bilateral adrenal hemorrhage." Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 59, no. 6 (June 2011): 1157-1158. (Letter)  Full Text
    • Rosenberger, LH, Smith, PW, Sawyer, RG, Hanks, JB, Adams, RB, and Hedrick, TL. "Bilateral adrenal hemorrhage: the unrecognized cause of hemodynamic collapse associated with heparin-induced thrombocytopenia." Critical Care Medicine 39, no. 4 (April 2011): 833-838. (Review)  Full Text

  • Book Sections

    • Turza Campbell, K, Rosenberger, LH, Politano, AD, Hranjec, T, and Sawyer, RG. "Management of Infectious Complications in the Critically Ill Obese Patient." In Critical Care Management of the Obese Patient, 83-92. April 19, 2012.  Full Text

  • Conference Papers

    • Tamirisa, N, Thomas, SM, Fayanju, OM, Greenup, RA, Rosenberger, LH, Hyslop, T, Hwang, ES, and Plichta, JK. "Axillary Nodal Evaluation in Elderly Breast Cancer Patients: Potential Effects on Treatment Decisions and Survival." October 2018.  Full Text
    • Lane, W, Thomas, S, Plichta, J, Rosenberger, L, Fayanju, O, Hyslop, T, Hwang, ES, and Greenup, R. "Extent of axillary surgery in women with Stage IV breast cancer." 19th Annual Meeting of the American-Society-of-Breast-Surgeons. Orlando, FL. May 2, 2018 - May 6, 2018.: SPRINGER, June 1, 2018.  Link to Item
    • Plichta, JK, Thomas, SM, Sergesketter, AR, Fayanju, OM, Greenup, RA, and Rosenberger, LH. "Restaging de novo metastatic breast cancer to refine prognostic estimates." : AMER SOC CLINICAL ONCOLOGY, May 20, 2018.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Plichta, JK, Thomas, SM, Greenup, RA, Fayanju, OM, Rosenberger, LH, Tamirisa, N, Hyslop, T, and Hwang, ES. "Clinical and Pathologic Stage Discordance is Associated with Breast Cancer Prognosis." 71st Annual Cancer Symposium of the Society-of-Surgical-Oncology. Chicago, IL. March 21, 2018 - March 24, 2018.: SPRINGER, February 1, 2018.  Link to Item
    • Rosenberger, LH, Thomas, SM, Youngwirth, LM, Plichta, JK, Fayanju, OM, Greenup, RA, and Hwang, ES. "Decreasing Rates of Axillary Lymph Node Dissections Over Time: Implications for Surgical Trainee Exposure and Operative Skills Development." 71st Annual Cancer Symposium of the Society-of-Surgical-Oncology. Chicago, IL. March 21, 2018 - March 24, 2018.: SPRINGER, February 1, 2018.  Link to Item
    • Thomas, SM, Fayanju, OM, Plichta, JK, Rosenberger, LH, Force, J, Hyslop, T, Hwang, ES, and Greenup, RA. "Treatment Patterns and Outcomes for Breast Cancer with Isolated Supraclavicular Metastases." 71st Annual Cancer Symposium of the Society-of-Surgical-Oncology. Chicago, IL. March 21, 2018 - March 24, 2018.: SPRINGER, February 1, 2018.  Link to Item
    • Campbell, BM, Thomas, SM, Ong, CT, Greenup, RA, Plichta, JK, Rosenberger, LH, Force, JM, Hyslop, T, Hwang, E-SS, and Fayanju, OM. "The epidemiology of metaplastic breast cancer: A review of 2,500 cases from the national cancer database." May 20, 2017.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Ong, CT, Thomas, SM, Campbell, BM, Greenup, RA, Plichta, JK, Rosenberger, LH, Force, JM, Hyslop, T, Hwang, E-SS, and Fayanju, OM. "A population-based analysis of treatment and outcomes in 2,500 meta plastic breast cancer patients." May 20, 2017.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Plichta, JK, Thomas, SM, Fayanju, OM, Rosenberger, LH, Park, TS, Hyslop, T, Greenup, RA, and Hwang, E-SS. "Temporal associations between prognostic indicators and overall survival after breast cancer." May 20, 2017.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Rosenberger, LH, Politano, AD, and Sawyer, RG. "The surgical care improvement project and prevention of post-operative infection, including surgical site infection." June 2011.  Full Text

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