Scholars@Duke

• Background
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  Education, Training, & Certifications

  • Surgical Critical Care Fellow, Surgery, University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill 2012 - 2013
  • Trauma Surgery Fellow, Surgry, University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill 1996 - 1998
  • General Surgery Resident, Surgery, University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill 1991 - 1996
  • M.D., University of California, Los Angeles, David Geffen School of Medicine 1991
  • B.S., University of California, Los Angeles, David Geffen School of Medicine 1987
• Publications & Artistic Works
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  Selected Publications

  • Academic Articles

    • Etheridge, James C., Devon Evans, Lily Zhao, Nourah Ibrahim, Elizabeth C. Wick, Julie A. Freischlag, and Michelle R. Brownstein. “Trends in Surgeon Burnout in the US and Canada: Systematic Review and Meta-Regression Analysis.” J Am Coll Surg 236, no. 1 (January 1, 2023): 253–65. https://doi.org/10.1097/XCS.0000000000000402.
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    • Mahoney, Stephen T., and Michelle R. Brownstein. “Survey Regarding Academic vs Private Practice Surgeons-A Gold Mine of Information-Reply.” Jama Surg 156, no. 10 (October 1, 2021): 990. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamasurg.2021.2322.
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    • Johnson, Helen M., Abigail P. Josef, and Michelle R. Brownstein. “Associations of Various Subspecialties in Surgery With Career Satisfaction and Personal Life Among Surgeons by Gender-Reply.” Jama Surg 156, no. 3 (March 1, 2021): 292–93. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamasurg.2020.5649.
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    • Mahoney, Stephen T., William Irish, Paula D. Strassle, Anneke T. Schroen, Julie A. Freischlag, JE Betsy Tuttle-Newhall, and Michelle R. Brownstein. “Practice Characteristics and Job Satisfaction of Private Practice and Academic Surgeons.” Jama Surg 156, no. 3 (March 1, 2021): 247–54. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamasurg.2020.5670.
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    • Wong, Jan H., William D. Irish, Eric J. DeMaria, Nasreen A. Vohra, Walter J. Pories, Michelle R. Brownstein, Maria S. Altieri, et al. “Development and Assessment of a Systematic Approach for Detecting Disparities in Surgical Access.” Jama Surg 156, no. 3 (March 1, 2021): 239–45. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamasurg.2020.5668.
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    • Titan, Ashley L., Jihane Jadi, Jake G. Prigoff, Jaime D. Lewis, Sasha Adams, and Michelle Brownstein. “Navigating the Infinite Number of Educational Resources: The Development of a Publicly Available Surgical Educational Digital Resource Library.” J Surg Educ 78, no. 6 (2021): 1796–1802. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsurg.2021.04.019.
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    • Portelli Tremont, Jaclyn N., Brian Orleans, Paula D. Strassle, Elizabeth B. Dreesen, and Michelle R. Brownstein. “Hypertension in the Young Adult Trauma Population: Rethinking the Traditional "Incidentaloma".” J Surg Res 256 (December 2020): 439–48. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jss.2020.07.013.
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    • Johnson, Helen M., William Irish, Paula D. Strassle, Stephen T. Mahoney, Anneke T. Schroen, Abigail P. Josef, Julie A. Freischlag, Janet E. Tuttle, and Michelle R. Brownstein. “Associations Between Career Satisfaction, Personal Life Factors, and Work-Life Integration Practices Among US Surgeons by Gender.” Jama Surg 155, no. 8 (August 1, 2020): 742–50. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamasurg.2020.1332.
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    • Kratzke, Ian M., Paula D. Strassle, Sharon E. Schiro, Anthony A. Meyer, and Michelle R. Brownstein. “Risks and Realities of Delayed Splenic Bleeding.” Am Surg 85, no. 8 (August 1, 2019): 904–8.
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    • Fakhry, Samir M., Ahmed Allawi, Pamela L. Ferguson, Christopher P. Michetti, Anna B. Newcomb, Chang Liu, Michelle R. Brownstein, and Michelle R. EAST small bowel perforation (SBP) Multi-Center Study Group. “Blunt small bowel perforation (SBP): An Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma multicenter update 15 years later.” J Trauma Acute Care Surg 86, no. 4 (April 2019): 642–50. https://doi.org/10.1097/TA.0000000000002176.
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    • Puzio, Thaddeus, Sabrina Mangat, Paula Strassle, Edward Sredzienski, Trista Reid, and Michelle Brownstein. “Lidocaine Infusion as an Adjunct to Narcotics in Trauma Patients with Rib Fractures-A Pilot Study.” Am Surg 85, no. 4 (April 1, 2019): e187–88.
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    • Brownstein, Michelle R., Mary R. Shen, Paula D. Strassle, and Michael O. Meyers. “Variation of surgery clerkship grades in US medical schools.” Am J Surg 217, no. 2 (February 2019): 329–34. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amjsurg.2018.09.024.
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    • Shah, Mansi, Sharon Schiro, Jason N. Katz, Anthony A. Meyer, and Michelle Brownstein. “Incidence, Management, and Outcomes of Trauma in Patients with a Left Ventricular Assist Device in North Carolina.” Am Surg 84, no. 11 (November 1, 2018): e467–69.
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    • Brownstein, M. “A 2e Parent’s Journey Persistence, Partnership, and the Provision of Unconditional Love.” Gifted Child Today 38, no. 4 (October 1, 2015): 223–25. https://doi.org/10.1177/1076217515597279.
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    • Schroen, A. T., M. R. Brownstein, and G. F. Sheldon. “Women in Academic General Surgery.” Academic Medicine 79, no. 4 (January 1, 2004): 310–18. https://doi.org/10.1097/00001888-200404000-00006.
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    • Schroen, Anneke T., Michelle R. Brownstein, and George F. Sheldon. “Comparison of private versus academic practice for general surgeons: a guide for medical students and residents.” J Am Coll Surg 197, no. 6 (December 2003): 1000–1011. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2003.07.004.
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    • Hunt, J. P., C. T. Hunter, M. R. Brownstein, J. Ku, L. Roberts, R. T. Currin, J. J. Lemasters, and C. C. Baker. “Alteration in Kupffer cell function after mild hemorrhagic shock.” Shock 15, no. 5 (May 2001): 403–7. https://doi.org/10.1097/00024382-200115050-00012.
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    • Manning, J. E., L. M. Katz, M. R. Brownstein, L. B. Pearce, M. S. Gawryl, and C. C. Baker. “Bovine hemoglobin-based oxygen carrier (HBOC-201) for resuscitation of uncontrolled, exsanguinating liver injury in swine. Carolina Resuscitation Research Group.” Shock 13, no. 2 (February 2000): 152–59. https://doi.org/10.1097/00024382-200013020-00010.
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    • Behrns, K. E., A. P. Kircher, J. A. Galanko, M. R. Brownstein, and M. J. Koruda. “Prospective randomized trial of early initiation and hospital discharge on a liquid diet following elective intestinal surgery.” J Gastrointest Surg 4, no. 2 (2000): 217–21. https://doi.org/10.1016/s1091-255x(00)80059-1.
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    • Hunt, J. P., C. T. Hunter, M. R. Brownstein, A. Giannopoulos, C. S. Hultman, S. deSerres, L. Bracey, J. Frelinger, and A. A. Meyer. “The effector component of the cytotoxic T-lymphocyte response has a biphasic pattern after burn injury.” J Surg Res 80, no. 2 (December 1998): 243–51. https://doi.org/10.1006/jsre.1998.5488.
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    • Frank, E., M. Brownstein, K. Ephgrave, and L. Neumayer. “Characteristics of women surgeons in the United States.” Am J Surg 176, no. 3 (September 1998): 244–50. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0002-9610(98)00152-4.
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  • Conference Papers

    • Mahoney, Stephen T., Paula D. Strassle, Anneke T. Schroen, Robert P. Agans, Patricia L. Turner, Anthony A. Meyer, Julie A. Freischlag, and Michelle R. Brownstein. “Survey of the US Surgeon Workforce: Practice Characteristics, Job Satisfaction, and Reasons for Leaving Surgery.” In J Am Coll Surg, 230:283-293.e1, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2019.12.003.
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    • Brownstein, M. R., T. Bunting, A. A. Meyer, and S. M. Fakhry. “Diagnosis and management of blunt small bowel injury: a survey of the membership of the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma.” In J Trauma, 48:402–7, 2000. https://doi.org/10.1097/00005373-200003000-00006.
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    • Fakhry, S. M., M. Brownstein, D. D. Watts, C. C. Baker, and D. Oller. “Relatively short diagnostic delays (<8 hours) produce morbidity and mortality in blunt small bowel injury: an analysis of time to operative intervention in 198 patients from a multicenter experience.” In J Trauma, 48:408–14, 2000. https://doi.org/10.1097/00005373-200003000-00007.
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    • Hunt, J. P., C. T. Hunter, M. Brownstein, C. S. Hultman, S. deSerres, L. Bracey, J. Frelinger, and A. A. Meyer. “Host priming, not target antigen type, decides rejection rate in mice primed with MHC II "knockout" cultured keratinocytes.” In J Surg Res, 76:32–36, 1998. https://doi.org/10.1006/jsre.1998.5278.
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