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  Selected Grants

  • Vertical Integration of Specialty Physician Practices and the Association with Private Equity Acquisition of Short-term Acute Care Hospitals 2022
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  Selected Publications

  • Academic Articles

    • Esposito, Andrew C., William D. Laird, Yuqi Zhang, Marcelo Cerullo, Andrew X. Li, Nathan A. Coppersmith, Vikram Reddy, et al. “Do You Get What You Pay For? The Relationship of Price and Quality in Hospital Provided Procedures.” The Journal of Surgical Research 278 (October 2022): 140–48. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jss.2022.04.035.
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    • Commander, Sarah Jane, Marcelo Cerullo, Neha Arjunji, Harold J. Leraas, Steven Thornton, Kadiyala Ravindra, and Elisabeth T. Tracy. “Improved survival and higher rates of surgical resection associated with hepatocellular carcinoma in children as compared to young adults.” Int J Cancer, July 16, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1002/ijc.34215.
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    • Landa, Karenia, Robin Schmitz, Norma E. Farrow, Christel Rushing, Donna Niedzwiecki, Marcelo Cerullo, Garth S. Herbert, et al. “Surgical resection is associated with improved long-term survival of patients with resectable pancreatic head cancer compared to multiagent chemotherapy.” Hpb (Oxford) 24, no. 7 (July 2022): 1153–61. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hpb.2021.12.007.
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    • Cerullo, Marcelo, Hui-Jie Lee, Christopher Kelsey, Norma E. Farrow, Charles D. Scales, and Betty C. Tong. “Surgical Evaluation in Patients Undergoing Radiation Therapy for Early-Stage Lung Cancer.” Ann Thorac Surg, May 21, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.athoracsur.2022.04.055.
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    • Cerullo, Marcelo, Kelly Yang, Karen E. Joynt Maddox, Ryan C. McDevitt, James W. Roberts, and Anaeze C. Offodile. “Association Between Hospital Private Equity Acquisition and Outcomes of Acute Medical Conditions Among Medicare Beneficiaries.” Jama Network Open 5, no. 4 (April 2022): e229581. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.9581.
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    • Cerullo, Marcelo, Yu-Li Lin, Jose Alejandro Rauh-Hain, Vivian Ho, and Anaeze C. Offodile. “Financial Impacts And Operational Implications Of Private Equity Acquisition Of US Hospitals.” Health Affairs (Project Hope) 41, no. 4 (April 2022): 523–30. https://doi.org/10.1377/hlthaff.2021.01284.
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    • Cerullo, Marcelo. “Commentary: Measures of relevance from relevant measurements: Pulmonary artery size on computed tomography as predictor of postlobectomy complications.” The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 163, no. 4 (April 2022): 1532–33. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtcvs.2021.03.003.
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    • Cerullo, Marcelo. “Commentary: Cutoffs and Tradeoffs: Predicting Prolonged Length of Stay After Routine Cardiac Surgery.” Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 34, no. 1 (March 2022): 180–81. https://doi.org/10.1053/j.semtcvs.2021.03.019.
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    • Moris, Dimitrios, Jenny J. Lim, Marcelo Cerullo, Robin Schmitz, Kevin N. Shah, Dan G. Blazer, Michael E. Lidsky, Peter J. Allen, and Sabino Zani. “Empiric nasogastric decompression after pancreaticoduodenectomy is not necessary.” Hpb (Oxford) 23, no. 12 (December 2021): 1906–13. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hpb.2021.05.004.
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    • Cerullo, Marcelo, Kelly Kaili Yang, James Roberts, Ryan C. McDevitt, and Anaeze C. Offodile. “Private Equity Acquisition And Responsiveness To Service-Line Profitability At Short-Term Acute Care Hospitals.” Health Affairs (Project Hope) 40, no. 11 (November 2021): 1697–1705. https://doi.org/10.1377/hlthaff.2021.00541.
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    • Kang, Lillian, and Marcelo Cerullo. “Commentary: All Grown Up - del Nido Cardioplegia Shows Promise in Complex Adult Aortic Surgery.” Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, November 2021, S1043-0679(21)00478-0. https://doi.org/10.1053/j.semtcvs.2021.11.003.
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    • Moris, Dimitrios, and Marcelo Cerullo. “Comment on "Direct Oral Feeding After Minimally Invasive Esophagectomy (NUTRIENT II trial): An International, Multicenter, Open-label Randomized Controlled Trial".” Annals of Surgery 274, no. 2 (August 2021): e196. https://doi.org/10.1097/sla.0000000000003686.
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    • Commander, Sarah Jane, Marcelo Cerullo, Harold J. Leraas, Christopher R. Reed, Meredith A. Achey, Lucas P. Wachsmuth, Gary R. Schooler, and Elisabeth T. Tracy. “Hepatic vascular malignancies in children are associated with increased rates of surgical resection and improved overall survival compared with adults.” Pediatr Blood Cancer 68, no. 5 (May 2021): e28864. https://doi.org/10.1002/pbc.28864.
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    • Offodile, Anaeze C., Marcelo Cerullo, Mohini Bindal, Jose Alejandro Rauh-Hain, and Vivian Ho. “Private Equity Investments In Health Care: An Overview Of Hospital And Health System Leveraged Buyouts, 2003-17.” Health Affairs (Project Hope) 40, no. 5 (May 2021): 719–26. https://doi.org/10.1377/hlthaff.2020.01535.
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    • Kang, Lillian, and Marcelo Cerullo. “Commentary: DO2 you believe in magic? Promising oxygen delivery-based perfusion strategy for minimizing mild kidney injury in patients undergoing routine cardiac surgery.” The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, March 2021, S0022-5223(21)00557-2. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtcvs.2021.03.076.
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    • Kesseli, Samuel J., Mariya L. Samoylova, John Yerxa, Carrie B. Moore, Marcelo Cerullo, Qimeng Gao, Nader Abraham, et al. “Donor-Recipient Height Mismatch Is Associated With Decreased Survival in Pediatric-to-Adult Liver Transplant Recipients.” Liver Transpl 27, no. 3 (February 2021): 425–33. https://doi.org/10.1002/lt.25937.
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    • Giannis, Dimitrios, Marcelo Cerullo, Dimitrios Moris, Kevin N. Shah, Garth Herbert, Sabino Zani, Dan G. Blazer, Peter J. Allen, and Michael E. Lidsky. “Validation of the 8th Edition American Joint Commission on Cancer (AJCC) Gallbladder Cancer Staging System: Prognostic Discrimination and Identification of Key Predictive Factors.” Cancers (Basel) 13, no. 3 (February 1, 2021). https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers13030547.
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    • Goldstein, Benjamin A., Marcelo Cerullo, Vijay Krishnamoorthy, Jeanna Blitz, Leila Mureebe, Wendy Webster, Felicia Dunston, Andrew Stirling, Jennifer Gagnon, and Charles D. Scales. “Development and Performance of a Clinical Decision Support Tool to Inform Resource Utilization for Elective Operations.” Jama Netw Open 3, no. 11 (November 2, 2020): e2023547. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.23547.
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    • Merath, Katiuscha, Marcelo Cerullo, Ayesha Farooq, Joseph K. Canner, Jen He, Diamantis I. Tsilimigras, Rittal Mehta, et al. “Routine Intensive Care Unit Admission Following Liver Resection: What Is the Value Proposition?” Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery : Official Journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract 24, no. 11 (November 2020): 2491–99. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11605-019-04408-5.
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    • Turner, Megan C., Sabran J. Masoud, Marcelo Cerullo, Mohamed A. Adam, Kevin N. Shah, Dan G. Blazer, James L. Abbruzzese, and Sabino Zani. “Improved overall survival is still observed in patients receiving delayed adjuvant chemotherapy after pancreaticoduodenectomy for pancreatic adenocarcinoma.” Hpb (Oxford) 22, no. 11 (November 2020): 1542–48. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hpb.2020.03.006.
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    • Lazarides, Alexander L., Marcelo Cerullo, Dimitrios Moris, Brian E. Brigman, Dan G. Blazer, and William C. Eward. “Defining a textbook surgical outcome for patients undergoing surgical resection of intermediate and high-grade soft tissue sarcomas of the extremities.” J Surg Oncol 122, no. 5 (October 2020): 884–96. https://doi.org/10.1002/jso.26087.
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    • Hyer, J Madison, Anghela Z. Paredes, Marcelo Cerullo, Diamantis I. Tsilimigras, Susan White, Aslam Ejaz, and Timothy M. Pawlik. “Assessing post-discharge costs of hepatopancreatic surgery: an evaluation of Medicare expenditure.” Surgery 167, no. 6 (June 2020): 978–84. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.surg.2020.02.010.
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    • Moris, Dimitrios, Marcelo Cerullo, Daniel P. Nussbaum, and Dan G. Blazer. “Textbook Outcomes Among Patients Undergoing Retroperitoneal Sarcoma Resection.” Anticancer Res 40, no. 4 (April 2020): 2107–15. https://doi.org/10.21873/anticanres.14169.
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    • Noje, Corina, Eric M. Jackson, Isam W. Nasr, Philomena M. Costabile, Marcelo Cerullo, Katherine Hoops, Lindsey Rasmussen, et al. “Trauma Bay Disposition of Infants and Young Children With Mild Traumatic Brain Injury and Positive Head Imaging.” Pediatric Critical Care Medicine : A Journal of the Society of Critical Care Medicine and the World Federation of Pediatric Intensive and Critical Care Societies 20, no. 11 (November 2019): 1061–68. https://doi.org/10.1097/pcc.0000000000002033.
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    • Cerullo, Marcelo, Clifford C. Sheckter, Joseph K. Canner, Selwyn O. Rogers, and Anaeze C. Offodile. “Is Bigger Better?: The Effect of Hospital Consolidation on Index Hospitalization Costs and Outcomes Among Privately Insured Recipients of Immediate Breast Reconstruction.” Annals of Surgery 270, no. 4 (October 2019): 681–91. https://doi.org/10.1097/sla.0000000000003481.
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    • Gani, Faiz, Marcelo Cerullo, Aslam Ejaz, Pranjal B. Gupta, Vincent M. Demario, Fabian M. Johnston, Steven M. Frank, and Timothy M. Pawlik. “Implementation of a Blood Management Program at a Tertiary Care Hospital: Effect on Transfusion Practices and Clinical Outcomes Among Patients Undergoing Surgery.” Annals of Surgery 269, no. 6 (June 2019): 1073–79. https://doi.org/10.1097/sla.0000000000002585.
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    • Cerullo, Marcelo, Faiz Gani, Sophia Y. Chen, Joseph K. Canner, Mary Dillhoff, Jordan Cloyd, and Timothy M. Pawlik. “Routine intensive care unit admission among patients undergoing major pancreatic surgery for cancer: No effect on failure to rescue.” Surgery 165, no. 4 (April 2019): 741–46. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.surg.2018.11.005.
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    • Moris, Dimitrios, Diamantis I. Tsilimigras, Nikolaos Machairas, Katiuscha Merath, Marcelo Cerullo, Natasha Hasemaki, Anastasia Prodromidou, Jordan M. Cloyd, and Timothy M. Pawlik. “Laparoscopic synchronous resection of colorectal cancer and liver metastases: A systematic review.” Journal of Surgical Oncology 119, no. 1 (January 2019): 30–39. https://doi.org/10.1002/jso.25313.
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    • Cerullo, Marcelo, Sophia Y. Chen, Faiz Gani, Jay Idrees, Mary Dillhoff, Carl Schmidt, Joseph K. Canner, Jordan Cloyd, and Timothy M. Pawlik. “The relationship of hospital market concentration, costs, and quality for major surgical procedures.” American Journal of Surgery 216, no. 6 (December 2018): 1037–45. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amjsurg.2018.07.042.
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    • Chen, Sophia Y., Miloslawa Stem, Marcelo Cerullo, Joseph K. Canner, Susan L. Gearhart, Bashar Safar, Sandy H. Fang, and Jonathan E. Efron. “Predicting the Risk of Readmission From Dehydration After Ileostomy Formation: The Dehydration Readmission After Ileostomy Prediction Score.” Diseases of the Colon and Rectum 61, no. 12 (December 2018): 1410–17. https://doi.org/10.1097/dcr.0000000000001217.
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    • Cerullo, Marcelo, Clara Lee, and Anaeze C. Offodile. “Effect of Regional Hospital Market Competition on Use Patterns of Free Flap Breast Reconstruction.” Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery 142, no. 6 (December 2018): 1438–46. https://doi.org/10.1097/prs.0000000000004991.
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    • Moris, Dimitrios, Marcelo Cerullo, and Alfredo D. Guerron. “Letter by Moris et al Regarding Article, "Effects of Bariatric Surgery in Obese Patients With Hypertension: The GATEWAY Randomized Trial (Gastric Bypass to Treat Obese Patients With Steady Hypertension)".” Circulation 138, no. 14 (October 2018): 1490–91. https://doi.org/10.1161/circulationaha.118.035353.
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    • DiBrito, Sandra R., Marcelo Cerullo, Seth D. Goldstein, Susan Ziegfeld, Dylan Stewart, and Isam W. Nasr. “Reliability of Glasgow Coma Score in pediatric trauma patients.” Journal of Pediatric Surgery 53, no. 9 (September 2018): 1789–94. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2017.12.027.
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    • Cerullo, Marcelo, Sophia Y. Chen, Mary Dillhoff, Carl R. Schmidt, Joseph K. Canner, and Timothy M. Pawlik. “Variation in markup of general surgical procedures by hospital market concentration.” American Journal of Surgery 215, no. 4 (April 2018): 549–56. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amjsurg.2017.10.028.
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    • Chen, Sophia Y., Miloslawa Stem, Marcelo Cerullo, Susan L. Gearhart, Bashar Safar, Sandy H. Fang, Matthew J. Weiss, Jin He, and Jonathan E. Efron. “The Effect of Frailty Index on Early Outcomes after Combined Colorectal and Liver Resections.” Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery : Official Journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract 22, no. 4 (April 2018): 640–49. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11605-017-3641-5.
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    • Cerullo, Marcelo, Faiz Gani, Sophia Y. Chen, Joseph K. Canner, Joseph M. Herman, Daniel Laheru, and Timothy M. Pawlik. “Assessing the Financial Burden Associated With Treatment Options for Resectable Pancreatic Cancer.” Annals of Surgery 267, no. 3 (March 2018): 544–51. https://doi.org/10.1097/sla.0000000000002069.
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    • Lwin, Albert Thein, Thein Lwin, Phyu Naing, Yee Oo, David Kidd, Marcelo Cerullo, Joshua Posen, et al. “Self-Directed Interactive Video-Based Instruction Versus Instructor-Led Teaching for Myanmar House Surgeons: A Randomized, Noninferiority Trial.” Journal of Surgical Education 75, no. 1 (January 2018): 238–46. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsurg.2017.06.004.
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    • Gani, Faiz, Marcelo Cerullo, Joseph K. Canner, Alison Conca-Cheng, Alan E. Harzman, Syed G. Husain, William C. Cirocco, et al. “Defining payments associated with the treatment of colorectal cancer.” The Journal of Surgical Research 220 (December 2017): 284–92. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jss.2017.07.021.
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    • Gani, Faiz, Marcelo Cerullo, XuFeng Zhang, Joseph K. Canner, Alison Conca-Cheng, Alan E. Hartzman, Syed G. Husain, et al. “Effect of surgeon "experience" with laparoscopy on postoperative outcomes after colorectal surgery.” Surgery 162, no. 4 (October 2017): 880–90. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.surg.2017.06.018.
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    • Cerullo, Marcelo, Faiz Gani, Sophia Y. Chen, Joseph K. Canner, and Timothy M. Pawlik. “Impact of Angiotensin Receptor Blocker Use on Overall Survival Among Patients Undergoing Resection for Pancreatic Cancer.” World Journal of Surgery 41, no. 9 (September 2017): 2361–70. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00268-017-4021-8.
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    • Gani, Faiz, Fabian M. Johnston, Howard Nelson-Williams, Marcelo Cerullo, Mary E. Dillhoff, Carl R. Schmidt, and Timothy M. Pawlik. “Hospital Volume and the Costs Associated with Surgery for Pancreatic Cancer.” Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery : Official Journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract 21, no. 9 (September 2017): 1411–19. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11605-017-3479-x.
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    • Cerullo, Marcelo, Sophia Y. Chen, Mary Dillhoff, Carl Schmidt, Joseph K. Canner, and Timothy M. Pawlik. “Association of Hospital Market Concentration With Costs of Complex Hepatopancreaticobiliary Surgery.” Jama Surgery 152, no. 9 (September 2017): e172158. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamasurg.2017.2158.
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    • Cerullo, Marcelo, Faiz Gani, Sophia Y. Chen, Joseph K. Canner, William W. Yang, Steven M. Frank, and Timothy M. Pawlik. “Physiologic correlates of intraoperative blood transfusion among patients undergoing major gastrointestinal operations.” Surgery 162, no. 2 (August 2017): 211–22. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.surg.2017.03.026.
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    • Cerullo, Marcelo, and Pamela A. Lipsett. “Assessing the Magnitude of a Surgical Career Through His Trainees: The John L. Cameron Legacy Factor.” Annals of Surgery 265, no. 5 (May 2017): 866–68. https://doi.org/10.1097/sla.0000000000002105.
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    • Gani, Faiz, Marcelo Cerullo, Neda Amini, Stefan Buettner, Georgios A. Margonis, Kazunari Sasaki, Yuhree Kim, and Timothy M. Pawlik. “Frailty as a Risk Predictor of Morbidity and Mortality Following Liver Surgery.” Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery : Official Journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract 21, no. 5 (May 2017): 822–30. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11605-017-3373-6.
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    • Cerullo, Marcelo, Faiz Gani, Sophia Y. Chen, Joseph K. Canner, and Timothy M. Pawlik. “Readmission after major surgery: effect of the postdischarge environment.” The Journal of Surgical Research 205, no. 2 (October 2016): 318–26. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jss.2016.06.080.
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    • Cerullo, Marcelo, Faiz Gani, Sophia Y. Chen, Joe Canner, and Timothy M. Pawlik. “Metformin Use Is Associated with Improved Survival in Patients Undergoing Resection for Pancreatic Cancer.” Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery : Official Journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract 20, no. 9 (September 2016): 1572–80. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11605-016-3173-4.
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    • Britton, Breanne V., Neeraja Nagarajan, Cheryl K. Zogg, Shalini Selvarajah, Alexander J. Schupper, A Gatebe Kironji, Albert T. Lwin, Marcelo Cerullo, Ali Salim, and Adil H. Haider. “Awareness of racial/ethnic disparities in surgical outcomes and care: factors affecting acknowledgment and action.” American Journal of Surgery 212, no. 1 (July 2016): 102-108.e2. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amjsurg.2015.07.022.
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  • Conference Papers

    • Turner, Megan C., Marcelo Cerullo, Mohamed Adam, Kevin N. Shah, Dan G. Blazer, James L. Abbruzzese, and Sabino Zani. “Adjuvant Chemotherapy Should Follow Pancreaticoduodenectomy for Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma, Despite Delays.” In Journal of the American College of Surgeons, 227:S169–S169. Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health), 2018. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2018.07.359.
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    • Chen, S., I. Leeds, M. Cerullo, J. Jones, J. Efron, S. Gearhart, B. Safar, and S. Fang. “ANAL CANCER SCREENING KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, AND PRACTICES AMONG HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS.” In Diseases of the Colon & Rectum, 60:E223–24. LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS, 2017.
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    • Noje, Corina, Eric Jackson, Isam Nasr, Philomena Costabile, Eric Henderson, Marcelo Cerullo, Katherine Hoops, and Courtney Robertson. “DISPOSITION OF CHILDREN WITH MILD TO MODERATE TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY AND POSITIVE HEAD IMAGING.” In Critical Care Medicine, Vol. 44. LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS, 2016.
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    • Cerullo, Marcelo, Faiz Gani, Joseph K. Canner, and Timothy M. Pawlik. “1032 Improved Survival Following Pancreatic Cancer Among Patients Receiving Metformin.” In Gastroenterology, 150:S1202–S1202. Elsevier BV, 2016. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0016-5085(16)34064-1.
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    • Cerullo, Marcelo, Faiz Gani, Joseph K. Canner, and Timothy M. Pawlik. “1024 Assessing the Financial Toxicity Associated With Treatment Options for Resectable Pancreatic Cancer.” In Gastroenterology, 150:S1200–S1200. Elsevier BV, 2016. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0016-5085(16)34057-4.
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    • Gani, Faiz, Marcelo Cerullo, Neda Amini, Stefan Buettner, Georgios A. Margonis, Kazunari Sasaki, Yuhree Kim, and Timothy M. Pawlik. “Su1528 Frailty As a Predictor of Morbidity and Mortality Following Liver Surgery.” In Gastroenterology, 150:S1216–S1216. Elsevier BV, 2016. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0016-5085(16)34115-4.
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• Teaching & Mentoring
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  Recent Courses

  • HLTHPOL 396T: Bass Connections Health Policy & Innovation Research Team 2022
  • HLTHPOL 796T: Bass Connections Health Policy & Innovation Research Team 2022
  • HLTHPOL 395T: Health Policy & Innovation Research Team 2021
  • HLTHPOL 795T: Bass Connections Health Policy & Innovation Research Team 2021
• Scholarly, Clinical, & Service Activities
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  Outreach & Engaged Scholarship

  • Bass Connections Team Leader. Understanding Variations in Hospital Costs in Support of Value-Based Care Decisions. 2021 - 2022  2021 - 2022

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