Ronnie Shammas | Scholars@Duke

Ronnie Shammas
House Staff

Current Appointments & Affiliations

House Staff, Surgery, Clinical Science Departments

Contact Information

ronnie.shammas@duke.edu +1 919 684 8111

Publications & Artistic Works
Selected Publications
- Academic Articles
  - Sergesketter, AR, Lubkin, DT, Shammas, RL, Krucoff, KB, Peskoe, SB, Risoli, T, Endres, K, and Hollenbeck, ST. "The Impact of Ergonomics on Recruitment to Surgical Fields: A Multi-Institutional Survey Study." The Journal of Surgical Research 236 (April 2019): 238-246. Full Text
  - Orr, JP, Shammas, RL, Thomas, AB, Truong, T, Cho, EH, Kuchibhatla, M, and Hollenbeck, ST. "Bleeding After Free Flap-Based Breast Reconstruction: A NSQIP Analysis." Journal of Reconstructive Microsurgery (January 7, 2019). Full Text
  - Sergesketter, AR, Thomas, SM, Lane, WO, Shammas, RL, Greenup, RA, and Hollenbeck, ST. "The Influence of Marital Status on Contemporary Patterns of Postmastectomy Breast Reconstruction." Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery : Jpras (December 15, 2018). Full Text
  - Shammas, RL, Mundy, LR, Truong, T, Weber, JM, Grier, AJ, Cho, EH, Peskoe, SB, Gage, MJ, and Hollenbeck, ST. "Identifying Predictors of Time to Soft-Tissue Reconstruction following Open Tibia Fractures." Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery 142, no. 6 (December 2018): 1620-1628. Full Text
  - Cho, EH, Shammas, RL, and Hollenbeck, ST. "Reply: The Impact of Autologous Breast Reconstruction on Body Mass Index Patterns in Breast Cancer Patients: A Propensity-Matched Analysis." Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery 142, no. 2 (August 2018): 235e-null. (Letter) Full Text
  - Krucoff, KB, Shammas, RL, Stoecker, M, and Tolnitch, LA. "Rare breast metastasis from adenoid cystic carcinoma of the submandibular gland." Bmj Case Reports 2018 (August 2018). Full Text
  - Avashia, YJ, Shammas, RL, Poveromo, LP, Dekker, TJ, Brubacher, JW, Richard, MJ, Ruch, DS, and Mithani, SK. "Forearm-Based Turnover Muscle Flaps for Elbow Soft-Tissue Reconstruction: A Comparison of Regional Coverage Based on Distal Flap Perfusion." Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery 142, no. 1 (July 2018): 152-157. Full Text
  - Shammas, RL, Mela, N, Wallace, S, Tong, BC, Huber, J, and Mithani, SK. "Conjoint Analysis of Treatment Preferences for Nondisplaced Scaphoid Fractures." The Journal of Hand Surgery 43, no. 7 (July 2018): 678.e1-678.e9. Full Text
  - Adogwa, O, Elsamadicy, AA, Sergesketter, AR, Shammas, RL, Vatsia, S, Vuong, VD, Khalid, S, Cheng, J, Bagley, CA, and Karikari, IO. "Post-operative drain use in patients undergoing decompression and fusion: incidence of complications and symptomatic hematoma." Journal of Spine Surgery (Hong Kong) 4, no. 2 (June 2018): 220-226. Full Text
  - Carpenter, D, Shammas, R, Honeybrook, A, Brown, CS, Chapurin, N, and Woodard, CR. "The Role of Postoperative Imaging after Orbital Floor Fracture Repair." Craniomaxillofacial Trauma & Reconstruction 11, no. 2 (June 2018): 96-101. Full Text
  - Cho, EH, Shammas, RL, Carney, MJ, Weissler, JM, Bauder, AR, Glener, AD, Kovach, SJ, Hollenbeck, ST, and Levin, LS. "Muscle versus Fasciocutaneous Free Flaps in Lower Extremity Traumatic Reconstruction: A Multicenter Outcomes Analysis." Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery 141, no. 1 (January 2018): 191-199. Full Text
  - Aibel, KR, Truong, T, Shammas, RL, Cho, EH, Buretta, KJ, Pomann, G-M, and Hollenbeck, ST. "Assessing the effort associated with teaching residents." Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery : Jpras 70, no. 12 (December 2017): 1725-1731. Full Text
  - Cho, EH, Shammas, RL, Glener, AD, Greenup, RA, Hwang, ES, and Hollenbeck, ST. "The Impact of Autologous Breast Reconstruction on Body Mass Index Patterns in Breast Cancer Patients: A Propensity-Matched Analysis." Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery 140, no. 6 (December 2017): 1121-1131. Full Text
  - Shammas, RL, Cho, EH, Glener, AD, Poveromo, LP, Mundy, LR, Greenup, RA, Blackwell, KL, and Hollenbeck, ST. "Association Between Targeted HER-2 Therapy and Breast Reconstruction Outcomes: A Propensity Score-Matched Analysis." Journal of the American College of Surgeons 225, no. 6 (December 2017): 731-739.e1. Full Text
  - Cornejo, A, Shammas, RL, Poveromo, LP, Lee, H-J, and Hollenbeck, ST. "Institutional Outcomes of Leech Therapy for Venous Congestion in 87 Patients." Journal of Reconstructive Microsurgery 33, no. 9 (November 2017): 612-618. Full Text
  - Mundy, LR, Truong, T, Shammas, RL, Gage, MJ, Pomann, G-M, and Hollenbeck, ST. "Acute Treatment Patterns for Lower Extremity Trauma in the United States: Flaps versus Amputation." Journal of Reconstructive Microsurgery 33, no. 8 (October 2017): 563-570. Full Text
  - Shammas, RL, Hwang, BH, Levin, LS, Richard, MJ, Ruch, DS, and Mithani, SK. "Outcomes of sympathectomy and vascular bypass for digital ischaemia in connective tissue disorders." The Journal of Hand Surgery, European Volume 42, no. 8 (October 2017): 823-826. Full Text
  - Carlson, AR, Shammas, RL, Allori, AC, and Powers, DB. "A Technique for Reduction of Edentulous Fractures Using Dentures and SMARTLock Hybrid Fixation System." Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. Global Open 5, no. 9 (September 5, 2017): e1473-null. Full Text
  - Glener, AD, Allori, AC, Shammas, RL, Farjat, AE, and Marcus, JR. "Post-Surgical Relapse in Metopic Synostosis and Limitations of the Interfrontal Angle as an Outcome Measure." The Journal of Craniofacial Surgery 28, no. 5 (July 2017): e494-e500. Full Text
  - Glener, AD, Allori, AC, Shammas, RL, Carlson, AR, Pien, IJ, Aylsworth, AS, Meyer, R, Pimenta, L, Strauss, R, Watkins, S, and Marcus, JR. "A Population-Based Exploration of the Social Implications Associated with Cleft Lip and/or Palate." Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. Global Open 5, no. 6 (June 29, 2017): e1373-null. Full Text
  - Avashia, YJ, Shammas, RL, Mithani, SK, and Parekh, SG. "Soft Tissue Reconstruction After Total Ankle Arthroplasty." Foot and Ankle Clinics 22, no. 2 (June 2017): 391-404. (Review) Full Text
  - Cho, EH, Shammas, RL, Phillips, BT, Greenup, RA, Hwang, ES, and Hollenbeck, ST. "Breast Cancer after Augmentation: Oncologic and Reconstructive Considerations among Women Undergoing Mastectomy." Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery 139, no. 6 (June 2017): 1240e-1249e. Full Text
  - Elsamadicy, AA, Adogwa, O, Warwick, H, Sergesketter, A, Lydon, E, Shammas, RL, Mehta, AI, Vasquez, RA, Cheng, J, Bagley, CA, and Karikari, IO. "Increased 30-Day Complication Rates Associated with Laminectomy in 874 Adult Patients with Spinal Deformity Undergoing Elective Spinal Fusion: A Single Institutional Study." World Neurosurgery 102 (June 2017): 370-375. Full Text
  - Shammas, RL, Avashia, YJ, Farjat, AE, Catanzano, AA, Levin, LS, Eward, WC, Brigman, BE, and Erdmann, D. "Vascularized Fibula-Based Physis Transfer: A Follow-Up Study of Longitudinal Bone Growth and Complications." Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. Global Open 5, no. 5 (May 25, 2017): e1352-null. Full Text
  - Shammas, RL, Fales, AM, Crawford, BM, Wisdom, AJ, Devi, GR, Brown, DA, Vo-Dinh, T, and Hollenbeck, ST. "Human Adipose-Derived Stem Cells Labeled with Plasmonic Gold Nanostars for Cellular Tracking and Photothermal Cancer Cell Ablation." Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery 139, no. 4 (April 2017): 900e-910e. Full Text
  - Cho, EH, Bauder, AR, Centkowski, S, Shammas, RL, Mundy, L, Kovach, SJ, Levin, LS, and Hollenbeck, ST. "Preoperative Platelet Count Predicts Lower Extremity Free Flap Thrombosis: A Multi-Institutional Experience." Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery 139, no. 1 (January 2017): 220-230. Full Text
  - Crawford, BM, Shammas, RL, Fales, AM, Brown, DA, Hollenbeck, ST, Vo-Dinh, T, and Devi, GR. "Photothermal ablation of inflammatory breast cancer tumor emboli using plasmonic gold nanostars." International Journal of Nanomedicine 12 (January 2017): 6259-6272. Full Text
  - Wang, TY, Martin, JR, Loriaux, DB, Desai, R, Shammas, RL, Adogwa, O, Moreno, J, Kuchibhatla, M, Bagley, CA, Karikari, IO, and Gottfried, ON. "Risk Assessment and Characterization of 30-Day Perioperative Myocardial Infarction Following Spine Surgery: A Retrospective Analysis of 1346 Consecutive Adult Patients." Spine 41, no. 5 (March 2016): 438-444. Full Text
- Conference Papers
  - Shammas, R, Fales, A, Crawford, B, Hollenbeck, S, Vo-Dinh, T, and Devi, G. "Abstract P3-16-02: Nanotheranostics using plasmonic gold nanostars to target inflammatory breast cancer cells and tumor emboli." February 15, 2017. Full Text
  - Blau, JA, Cornejo, A, Thomas, AB, Shammas, RL, Aibel, K, and Hollenbeck, ST. "Practice Makes Perfect: Surgical Efficiency During Free Flap Breast Reconstruction Is Associated with Improved Outcomes." October 2016. Full Text
  - Blau, JA, Shammas, RL, Buretta, KJ, Anolik, RA, Avashia, YJ, and Zenn, MR. "Synthetic Skin vs Human Tissue for Medical Student Suture Education: A Randomized Controlled Trial." October 2016. Full Text
  - Blau, JA, Shammas, RL, Carlson, AR, Anolik, RA, Buretta, KJ, and Hollenbeck, ST. "Comparison of Single vs Double Free Flap Breast Reconstruction: 30-Day Outcomes from the American College of Surgeons NSQIP Dataset." October 2016. Full Text
  - Shammas, RL, Cornejo, A, Poveromo, LP, Glener, AD, and Hollenbeck, ST. "Outcomes of Leech Therapy for Venous Congestion after Reconstructive Surgery." : ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC, October 1, 2016. Link to Item
  - Shammas, RL, Fales, AM, Crawford, BM, Klitzman, B, Hollenbeck, ST, and Tuan, V. "Plasmonic Gold-Nanostars for Tracking of Adult Stem Cells and for Selective Photothermal Ablation." : ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC, October 1, 2016. Link to Item
  - Thomas, AB, Shammas, RL, Glener, AD, Aibel, K, and Hollenbeck, ST. "Analysis of Bleeding Complications in Plastic Surgery." October 2016. Full Text

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Selected Publications

Academic Articles

Conference Papers