Scholars@Duke

• Background
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  Education, Training, & Certifications

  • M.P.H., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 2011
  • M.D., Drexel University 1992
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  Duke Appointment History

  • Associate Professor of Surgery, Surgery, Vascular Surgery, Surgery 2011 - 2017
  • Assistant Professor of Surgery, Surgery, Clinical Science Departments 2007 - 2011
• Research
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  Selected Grants

  • IPA for Tracey Taylor awarded by Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center 2018 - 2020
  • PSA for Tracey Taylor awarded by Institute for Medical Research, Inc. 2018 - 2020
  • Evaluation of the GORE EXCLUDER Iliac Branch Endoprosthesis awarded by W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. 2013 - 2019
  • Melissa Wagner PSA awarded by Institute for Medical Research, Inc. 2017 - 2019
  • IPA for Donna Marshall awarded by Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center 2017 - 2018
  • What Are the Health Economics of Vascular Access Creation and Management? awarded by Humacyte, Inc. 2015
• Publications & Artistic Works
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  Selected Publications

  • Academic Articles

    • McCracken, EKE, Mureebe, L, and Blazer, DG. "Minimally invasive surgical site infection in procedure-targeted ACS NSQIP pancreaticoduodenectomies(Accepted)." Journal of Surgical Research 233 (January 1, 2019): 183-191.  Full Text
    • Adkar, SS, Turner, MC, Leraas, HJ, Gilmore, BF, Nag, U, Turley, RS, Shortell, CK, and Mureebe, L. "Low mortality rates after endovascular aortic repair expand use to high-risk patients." Journal of Vascular Surgery 67, no. 2 (February 2018): 424-432.e1.  Full Text
    • Ranney, DN, Benrashid, E, Meza, JM, Keenan, JE, Bonadonna, D, Mureebe, L, Cox, MW, and Daneshmand, MA. "Vascular Complications and Use of a Distal Perfusion Cannula in Femorally Cannulated Patients on Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation." ASAIO journal (American Society for Artificial Internal Organs : 1992) (September 7, 2017).  Full Text
    • Writing Committee Members, , Gerhard-Herman, MD, Gornik, HL, Barrett, C, Barshes, NR, Corriere, MA, Drachman, DE, Fleisher, LA, Fowkes, FGR, Hamburg, NM, Kinlay, S, Lookstein, R, Misra, S, Mureebe, L, Olin, JW, Patel, RAG, Regensteiner, JG, Schanzer, A, Shishehbor, MH, Stewart, KJ, Treat-Jacobson, D, Walsh, ME, ACC/AHA Task Force Members, , Halperin, JL, Levine, GN, Al-Khatib, SM, Birtcher, KK, Bozkurt, B, Brindis, RG, Cigarroa, JE, Curtis, LH, Gentile, F, Gidding, S, Hlatky, MA, Ikonomidis, J, Joglar, J, Pressler, SJ, and Wijeysundera, DN. "2016 AHA/ACC Guideline on the Management of Patients with Lower Extremity Peripheral Artery Disease: Executive Summary." Vascular Medicine (London, England) 22, no. 3 (June 2017): NP1-NP43. (Review)  Full Text
    • Schechter, MA, Pascarella, L, Thomas, S, McCann, RL, and Mureebe, L. "Endovascular and Open Repair of Ruptured Infrarenal Aortic Aneurysms at a Tertiary Care Center." Annals of vascular surgery 41 (May 2017): 83-88.  Full Text
    • Gerhard-Herman, MD, Gornik, HL, Barrett, C, Barshes, NR, Corriere, MA, Drachman, DE, Fleisher, LA, Fowkes, FGR, Hamburg, NM, Kinlay, S, Lookstein, R, Misra, S, Mureebe, L, Olin, JW, Patel, RAG, Regensteiner, JG, Schanzer, A, Shishehbor, MH, Stewart, KJ, Treat-Jacobson, D, and Walsh, ME. "2016 AHA/ACC Guideline on the Management of Patients With Lower Extremity Peripheral Artery Disease: Executive Summary: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Clinical Practice Guidelines (vol 69, pg 1465, 2017)." JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY 69, no. 11 (March 21, 2017): 1520-1521.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Gerhard-Herman, MD, Gornik, HL, Barrett, C, Barshes, NR, Corriere, MA, Drachman, DE, Fleisher, LA, Fowkes, FGR, Hamburg, NM, Kinlay, S, Lookstein, R, Misra, S, Mureebe, L, Olin, JW, Patel, RAG, Regensteiner, JG, Schanzer, A, Shishehbor, MH, Stewart, KJ, Treat-Jacobson, D, and Walsh, ME. "2016 AHA/ACC Guideline on the Management of Patients With Lower Extremity Peripheral Artery Disease: Executive Summary: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Clinical Practice Guidelines." Journal of the American College of Cardiology 69, no. 11 (March 2017): 1465-1508.  Full Text
    • Gerhard-Herman, MD, Gornik, HL, Barrett, C, Barshes, NR, Corriere, MA, Drachman, DE, Fleisher, LA, Fowkes, FGR, Hamburg, NM, Kinlay, S, Lookstein, R, Misra, S, Mureebe, L, Olin, JW, Patel, RAG, Regensteiner, JG, Schanzer, A, Shishehbor, MH, Stewart, KJ, Treat-Jacobson, D, and Walsh, ME. "2016 AHA/ACC Guideline on the Management of Patients With Lower Extremity Peripheral Artery Disease: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Clinical Practice Guidelines." Journal of the American College of Cardiology 69, no. 11 (March 2017): e71-e126.  Full Text
    • Gerhard-Herman, MD, Gornik, HL, Barrett, C, Barshes, NR, Corriere, MA, Drachman, DE, Fleisher, LA, Fowkes, FGR, Hamburg, NM, Kinlay, S, Lookstein, R, Misra, S, Mureebe, L, Olin, JW, Patel, RAG, Regensteiner, JG, Schanzer, A, Shishehbor, MH, Stewart, KJ, Treat-Jacobson, D, and Walsh, ME. "2016 AHA/ACC Guideline on the Management of Patients With Lower Extremity Peripheral Artery Disease: Executive Summary: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Clinical Practice Guidelines." Circulation 135, no. 12 (March 2017): e686-e725. (Review)  Full Text
    • Gerhard-Herman, MD, Gornik, HL, Barrett, C, Barshes, NR, Corriere, MA, Drachman, DE, Fleisher, LA, Fowkes, FGR, Hamburg, NM, Kinlay, S, Lookstein, R, Misra, S, Mureebe, L, Olin, JW, Patel, RAG, Regensteiner, JG, Schanzer, A, Shishehbor, MH, Stewart, KJ, Treat-Jacobson, D, and Walsh, ME. "2016 AHA/ACC Guideline on the Management of Patients With Lower Extremity Peripheral Artery Disease: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Clinical Practice Guidelines." Circulation 135, no. 12 (March 2017): e726-e779. (Review)  Full Text
    • Adkar, SS, Turley, RS, Benrashid, E, Cox, MW, Mureebe, L, and Shortell, CK. "Laparotomy during endovascular repair of ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysms increases mortality." Journal of vascular surgery 65, no. 2 (February 2017): 356-361.  Full Text
    • Adkar, SS, Turley, RS, Benrashid, E, Lagoo, S, Shortell, CK, and Mureebe, L. "Perioperative Optimization of Geriatric Lower Extremity Bypass in the Era of Increased Performance Accountability." Annals of vascular surgery 38 (January 2017): 248-254.  Full Text
    • Benrashid, E, Youngwirth, LM, Mureebe, L, and Lawson, JH. "Operative and perioperative management of infected arteriovenous grafts." The journal of vascular access 18, no. 1 (January 2017): 13-21. (Review)  Full Text
    • McGinigle, KL, Pascarella, L, Shortell, CK, Cox, MW, McCann, RL, and Mureebe, L. "Spliced arm vein grafts are a durable conduit for lower extremity bypass." Annals of vascular surgery 29, no. 4 (January 28, 2015): 716-721.  Full Text
    • Speicher, PJ, Barbas, AS, and Mureebe, L. "Open versus endovascular repair of ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysms." Annals of vascular surgery 28, no. 5 (July 2014): 1249-1257.  Full Text
    • Harris, L, Desai, T, Chaar, C, Von Ristow, A, Kashyap, V, Mureebe, L, and Mitchell, M. "Complications of indwelling retrievable versus permanent inferior vena cava filters DISCUSSION." JOURNAL OF VASCULAR SURGERY-VENOUS AND LYMPHATIC DISORDERS 2, no. 2 (April 2014): 173-173.  Link to Item
    • Scarborough, JE, Cox, MW, Mureebe, L, Pappas, TN, and Shortell, CK. "A novel scoring system for predicting postoperative venous thromboembolic complications in patients after open aortic surgery." J Am Coll Surg 214, no. 4 (April 2012): 620-626.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • O'Brien, PJ, and Mureebe, L. "Direct thrombin inhibitors." J Cardiovasc Pharmacol Ther 17, no. 1 (March 2012): 5-11. (Review)  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Rialon, KL, Ceppa, EP, and Mureebe, L. "A 53-Year-Old female with lower abdominal pain." Journal of Surgical Radiology 2, no. 3 (2011): 304-309.
    • Mureebe, L, Egorova, N, McKinsey, JF, and Kent, KC. "Gender trends in the repair of ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysms and outcomes." J Vasc Surg 51, no. 4 Suppl (April 2010): 9S-13S.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Birk, DM, Barbato, J, Mureebe, L, and Chaer, RA. "Current insights on the biology and clinical aspects of VEGF regulation." Vascular and Endovascular Surgery 42, no. 6 (December 2008): 517-530. (Review)  Full Text
    • Mureebe, L, Egorova, N, Giacovelli, JK, Gelijns, A, Kent, KC, and McKinsey, JF. "National trends in the repair of ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysms." J Vasc Surg 48, no. 5 (November 2008): 1101-1107.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Bush, RL, Mureebe, L, Bohannon, WT, and Rutherford, RB. "The impact of recent European trials on abdominal aortic aneurysm repair: is a paradigm shift warranted?." J Surg Res 148, no. 2 (August 2008): 264-271. (Review)  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Rhee-Moore, SJ, DeRubertis, BG, Lam, RC, Hynecek, RL, Lee, L, McKinsey, JF, Morrissey, NJ, Karwowski, J, Mureebe, L, Kent, KC, and Faries, PL. "Periprocedural complication rates are equivalent between symptomatic and asymptomatic patients undergoing carotid angioplasty and stenting." Ann Vasc Surg 22, no. 2 (March 2008): 233-237.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Mureebe, L, Graham, JA, Bush, RL, and Silver, D. "Risk of heparin-induced thrombocytopenia from heparin-bonded vascular prostheses." Ann Vasc Surg 21, no. 6 (November 2007): 719-722.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Mureebe, L. "Direct thrombin inhibitors: alternatives to heparin." Vascular 15, no. 6 (November 2007): 372-375. (Review)  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Mureebe, L, and McKinsey, JF. "Infrainguinal arterial intervention: is there a role for an atherectomy device?." Vascular 14, no. 5 (September 2006): 313-318. (Review)  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Chaer, RA, Graham, JA, and Mureebe, L. "Platelet function and pharmacologic inhibition." Vasc Endovascular Surg 40, no. 4 (August 2006): 261-267. (Review)  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Ryer, EJ, Trocciola, SM, DeRubertis, B, Lam, R, Hynecek, RL, Karwowski, J, Bush, HL, Mureebe, L, McKinsey, JF, Morrissey, NJ, Kent, KC, and Faries, PL. "Analysis of outcomes following failed endovascular treatment of chronic limb ischemia." Ann Vasc Surg 20, no. 4 (July 2006): 440-446.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Lin, SC, Trocciola, SM, Rhee, J, Dayal, R, Chaer, R, Morrissey, NJ, Mureebe, L, McKinsey, JF, Kent, KC, and Faries, PL. "Analysis of anatomic factors and age in patients undergoing carotid angioplasty and stenting." Ann Vasc Surg 19, no. 6 (November 2005): 798-804.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Bush, RL, Lin, PH, Mureebe, L, Zhou, W, Peden, EK, and Lumsden, AB. "Routine bivalirudin use in percutaneous carotid interventions." J Endovasc Ther 12, no. 4 (August 2005): 521-522. (Letter)  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Dyke, PC, Russo, P, Mureebe, L, Russo, J, and Tobias, JD. "Argatroban for anticoagulation during cardiopulmonary bypass in an infant." Paediatr Anaesth 15, no. 4 (April 2005): 328-333.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Frost, J, Mureebe, L, Russo, P, Russo, J, and Tobias, JD. "Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia in the pediatric intensive care unit population." Pediatr Crit Care Med 6, no. 2 (March 2005): 216-219.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Johnson, CM, Mureebe, L, and Silver, D. "Hypercoagulable states: a review." Vasc Endovascular Surg 39, no. 2 (March 2005): 123-133. (Review)  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Bush, RL, Lin, PH, Bates, JT, Mureebe, L, Zhou, W, and Lumsden, AB. "Pharmacomechanical thrombectomy for treatment of symptomatic lower extremity deep venous thrombosis: safety and feasibility study." Journal of Vascular Surgery 40, no. 5 (November 2004): 965-970.  Full Text
    • Mureebe, L, Coats, RD, Silliman, WR, Shuster, TA, Nichols, WK, and Silver, D. "Heparin-associated antiplatelet antibodies increase morbidity and mortality in hemodialysis patients." Surgery 136, no. 4 (October 2004): 848-853.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Mureebe, L, Turnquist, SE, and Silver, D. "Inhibition of intimal hyperplasia by direct thrombin inhibitors in an animal vein bypass model." Ann Vasc Surg 18, no. 2 (March 2004): 147-150.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Pierre-Paul, D, Mureebe, L, Gahtan, V, and Kerstein, MD. "Role of race and sex in diagnosis and one-year follow up of deep venous thrombosis." Surg Technol Int 13 (2004): 215-218.  Link to Item
    • Shuster, TA, Silliman, WR, Coats, RD, Mureebe, L, and Silver, D. "Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia: twenty-nine years later." J Vasc Surg 38, no. 6 (December 2003): 1316-1322.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Mureebe, L, and Silver, D. "Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia: pathophysiology and management." Vasc Endovascular Surg 36, no. 3 (May 2002): 163-170. (Review)  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Mureebe, L, Moy, M, Balfour, E, Blume, P, and Gahtan, V. "Calciphylaxis: a poor prognostic indicator for limb salvage." J Vasc Surg 33, no. 6 (June 2001): 1275-1279.  Link to Item
    • O'Brien, SP, Mureebe, L, Lossing, A, and Kerstein, MD. "Epidemiology, risk factors, and management of peripheral vascular disease." Ostomy Wound Manage 44, no. 9 (September 1998): 68-75. (Review)  Link to Item
    • Mureebe, L, and Kerstein, MD. "Wound infection: a physician's perspective." Ostomy Wound Manage 44, no. 8 (August 1998): 56-63. (Review)  Link to Item
    • Goldstein, DR, Vogel, KM, Mureebe, L, and Kerstein, MD. "Differential diagnosis: Assessment of the lower-extremity ulcer - Is it arterial, venous, neuropathic?." Wounds 10, no. 4 (1998): 125-131.
    • Nelson, PR, Yamamura, S, Mureebe, L, Itoh, H, and Kent, KC. "Smooth muscle cell migration and proliferation are mediated by distinct phases of activation of the intracellular messenger mitogen-activated protein kinase." Journal of Vascular Surgery 27, no. 1 (January 1998): 117-125.  Full Text
    • Mureebe, L, Nelson, PR, Yamamura, S, Lawitts, J, and Kent, KC. "Activation of pp60c-src is necessary for human vascular smooth muscle cell migration." Surgery 122, no. 2 (August 1997): 138-144.  Link to Item
    • Itoh, H, Nelson, PR, Mureebe, L, Horowitz, A, and Kent, KC. "The role of integrins in saphenous vein vascular smooth muscle cell migration." J Vasc Surg 25, no. 6 (June 1997): 1061-1069.  Link to Item
    • Jiang, B, Yamamura, S, Nelson, PR, Mureebe, L, and Kent, KC. "Differential effects of platelet-derived growth factor isotypes on human smooth muscle cell proliferation and migration are mediated by distinct signaling pathways." Surgery 120, no. 2 (August 1996): 427-431.  Link to Item
    • Mureebe, L, Gahtan, V, Kahn, MB, Kerstein, MD, and Roberts, AB. "Popliteal artery injury after total knee arthroplasty." Am Surg 62, no. 5 (May 1996): 366-368.  Link to Item

  • Book Sections

    • Turner, M, and Mureebe, L. "Urgent workup of lower gastrointestinal bleeding." In Gastrointestinal Bleeding: A Practical Approach to Diagnosis and Management, Second Edition, 123-133. January 1, 2016.  Full Text
    • Emick, DM, and Mureebe, L. "Urgent workup of lower GI bleeding." In Gastrointestinal Bleeding: A Practical Approach to Diagnosis and Management, 121-132. December 1, 2010.  Full Text
    • Mureebe, L, Johnson, CM, and Chen, C. "Pharmacotherapy in Endovascular Interventions." In Endovascular Therapy: Principles of Peripheral Interventions, 38-52. January 28, 2008.  Full Text
    • Silver, D, Shuster, TA, and Mureebe, L. "Hypercoagulable states and arterial ischemia." 25-35. 2003.  Link to Item

  • Other Articles

    • Mureebe, L. "Reply." Journal of Vascular Surgery 53, no. 1 (2011): 263--.  Full Text
    • Reed, AB, Brown, K, Bush, R, Halpern, V, Kibbe, M, Killewich, L, Mureebe, L, Ozsvath, K, Rzucidlo, E, and Starr, J. "Regarding "predicted shortage of vascular surgeons in the United States: population and workload analysis"." Journal of Vascular Surgery 51, no. 4 (April 2010): 1076-1077. (Letter)  Full Text
    • Matsumura, JS, Mureebe, L, DeBord, JR, Schwarcz, TH, and Tefera, . "Endovascular aortic repair or minimal incision aortic surgery: Which procedure to choose for treatment of high-risk aneurysms? Discussion." SURGERY 136, no. 4 (October 2004): 752-753.  Link to Item
    • Babson, W, Mureebe, L, and Skudder, P. "Calciphylaxis: A poor prognostic indicator for limb salvage - Discussion." JOURNAL OF VASCULAR SURGERY 33, no. 6 (June 2001): 1279-1279.  Link to Item
    • Brophy, CM, Mureebe, L, Yeatman, TJ, and Alexander, JJ. "Activation of pp60(c-src) is necessary for human vascular smooth muscle cell migration - Discussion." SURGERY 122, no. 2 (August 1997): 144-145.  Link to Item

  • Conference Papers

    • Nag, U, Turner, M, Gilmore, B, Leraas, H, Mureebe, L, and Shortell, C. "SS21. Foam Sclerotherapy for Low-Flow Vascular Malformations Is Safe and Effective in Children." June 2018.  Full Text
    • Turner, MC, Adkar, S, Leraas, HJ, Nag, U, Gilmore, BF, Turley, RS, Shortell, C, and Mureebe, L. "PC012 Contemporary Mortality Rates After Endovascular Aortic Repair in Patients Unfit for Open Aortic Surgery: Is It Time to Revisit Endovascular Aortic Repair-2 Trial?." June 2017.  Full Text
    • McCracken, EK, Mureebe, L, and Blazer, DG. "Are Surgical Site Infections Reduced with Minimally Invasive Approaches to Pancreaticoduodenectomy? A Nationwide Perspective from the Procedure-Targeted NSQIP Database." April 2017.  Full Text
    • Mureebe, L, Turley, R, Benrashid, E, Freischlag, K, and Shortell, CK. "Contralateral Carotid Occlusion Is a Different Disease Than Carotid Stenosis." October 2016.  Full Text
    • Benrashid, E, Turley, RS, Mureebe, L, and Shortell, CK. "Gonadal Vein Transposition in the Treatment of Nutcracker Syndrome." September 2016.  Full Text
    • McGinigle, KL, Adkar, S, Shortell, CK, and Mureebe, L. "Eversion Versus Conventional Carotid Endarterectomy: Both Winners." June 2015.  Full Text
    • McGinigle, KL, Leese, PJ, Trani, J, and Mureebe, L. "PC20. The SAAAVE Act Has Yet to Realize Its Promise in the Reduction of Ruptured Aneurysms." June 2015.  Full Text
    • Pascarella, L, McCann, R, Schechter, MA, and Mureebe, L. "Endovascular and Open Repair of Ruptured Infrarenal Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Experience in a US Tertiary Care Center." May 2013.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Pascarella, L, Mureebe, L, Cox, MW, and McCann, RL. "Spliced Arm Vein Grafts for Critical Lower Limb Ischemia." December 2012.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Unger, J, Geersen, D, Payne, N, Laws, L-A, Stillwagon, MJ, Mureebe, L, and Shortell, C. "Reduction in Hospital Length of Stay for Patients Requiring Lower Extremity Amputation." September 2012.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Seaman, D, Kauffman, C, Dorsey, C, Raman, R, Mureebe, L, and Fleischmann, D. "Abdominal Aortic Endovascular Repair: A Review of Various Stent Grafts and Their Appearance at CT Angiography." May 2012.  Link to Item
    • Trocciola, SM, Ryer, EJ, Lin, SC, Chaer, RA, DeRubertis, B, Pierce, M, Christos, P, Mureebe, L, Faries, PL, and Kent, KC. "Abdominal aortic aneurysm in women: Should they be screened?." February 2006.  Link to Item

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