Scholars@Duke

• Background
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  Education, Training, & Certifications

  • Trauma/Critical Care Fellow, Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine 2006 - 2008
  • Surgery Resident, Surgery, Walter Reed Army Medical Center 1997 - 2003
  • M.D., Duke University School of Medicine 1997
  • B.A., Johns Hopkins University 1993
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  Previous Appointments & Affiliations

  • Assistant Professor of Surgery, Trauma, Acute, and Critical Care Surgery, Surgery 2021 - 2022
  • Assistant Professor of Surgery, Trauma, Acute, and Critical Care Surgery, Surgery 2017 - 2020
• Expertise
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  Subject Headings

  • Muser Mentor
• Research
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  Selected Grants

  • Personalized Targeted Nutrition via StructurEd Nutrition Delivery Pathway to Improve Recovery of Physical Function in Trauma - SeND Home awarded by Department of Defense 2022 - 2026
  • Field Detection of Acute Subdural Hematomas Requiring Urgent, Life-Saving Treatment in Severe TBI Patients awarded by Kitware Inc. 2019 - 2024
  • Artificial Intelligence for point of care ultrasound awarded by Kitware Inc. 2021 - 2023
  • Slicer+PLUS: Collaborative, Open-Source Software for Ultrasound Analysis awarded by Kitware Inc. 2017 - 2022
  • Development and Evaluation of a Solid State Head CT awarded by University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill 2018 - 2021
• Publications & Artistic Works
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  Selected Publications

  • Academic Articles

    • Montgomery, Sean, Forrest Li, Christopher Funk, Erica Peethumangsin, Michael Morris, Jess T. Anderson, Andrew M. Hersh, and Stephen Aylward. “Detection of pneumothorax on ultrasound using artificial intelligence.” J Trauma Acute Care Surg 94, no. 3 (March 1, 2023): 379–84. https://doi.org/10.1097/TA.0000000000003845.
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    • Economopoulos, Konstantinos P., Paul Fearis, W Neal Simmons, Eric S. Richardson, and Sean P. Montgomery. “A Portable Negative Pressure Isolation System as a Solution to Minimize Exposure of Health Care Providers to Infectious Pathogens.” Am Surg 88, no. 8 (August 2022): 1901–3. https://doi.org/10.1177/00031348221086783.
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    • Barr, Justin, Deborah Blythe Doroshow, and Sean P. Montgomery. “War and pandemics: Catalysts for medical advancement.” J Trauma Acute Care Surg 89, no. 4 (October 2020): e95–96. https://doi.org/10.1097/TA.0000000000002832.
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    • Haines, Krista, Jennifer Freeman, Cory Vastaas, Clay Rust, Christopher Cox, George Kasotakis, Matthew Fuller, et al. “"I'm Leaving": Factors That Impact Against Medical Advice Disposition Post-Trauma.” J Emerg Med 58, no. 4 (April 2020): 691–97. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jemermed.2019.12.023.
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    • Michael, Nicholas, David Ranney, Andrew Vekstein, and Sean Montgomery. “Cholecystocolonic Fistula in the Setting of Sigmoid Perforation from Gallstone.” Am Surg 85, no. 12 (December 1, 2019): e608–10.
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    • Barr, Justin, and Sean Montgomery. “Helicopter medical evacuation in the Korean War: Did it matter?” J Trauma Acute Care Surg 87, no. 1S Suppl 1 (July 2019): S10–13. https://doi.org/10.1097/TA.0000000000002218.
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    • Grudziak, J., B. Herndon, R. D. Dancel, H. Arora, C. J. Tignanelli, M. R. Phillips, J. R. Crowner, et al. “Standardized, Interdepartmental, Simulation-Based Central Line Insertion Course Closes an Educational Gap and Improves Intern Comfort with the Procedure (The American Surgeon, 2017).” American Surgeon 83, no. 9 (September 1, 2017): 1018. https://doi.org/10.1177/000313481708300941.
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    • Brown, Rebecca F., Christopher Tignanelli, Joanna Grudziak, Shelley Summerlin-Long, Jeffrey Laux, Andy Kiser, and Sean P. Montgomery. “A comparison of a homemade central line simulator to commercial models.” J Surg Res 214 (June 15, 2017): 203–8. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jss.2017.02.071.
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    • Hulett, Cidney S., Vikas Pathak, Jason N. Katz, Sean P. Montgomery, and Lydia H. Chang. “Development and preliminary assessment of a critical care ultrasound course in an adult pulmonary and critical care fellowship program.” Ann Am Thorac Soc 11, no. 5 (June 2014): 784–88. https://doi.org/10.1513/AnnalsATS.201312-459BC.
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    • Ball, Chad G., Pradeep Navsaria, Andrew W. Kirkpatrick, Christian Vercler, Elijah Dixon, John Zink, Kevin B. Laupland, et al. “The impact of country and culture on end-of-life care for injured patients: results from an international survey.” J Trauma 69, no. 6 (December 2010): 1323–33. https://doi.org/10.1097/TA.0b013e3181f66878.
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    • Lockwood, A. M., K. N. Wyatt, P. Abraham, S. P. Montgomery, and J. Macleod. “Candida guilliermondii fungemia in a critically ill trauma patient.” Journal of Pharmacy Technology 26, no. 1 (January 1, 2010): 27–30. https://doi.org/10.1177/875512251002600106.
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    • Rajani, Ravi R., Chad G. Ball, Sean P. Montgomery, Amy D. Wyrzykowski, and David V. Feliciano. “Airway management for victims of penetrating trauma: analysis of 50,000 cases.” Am J Surg 198, no. 6 (December 2009): 863–67. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amjsurg.2009.08.013.
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    • Montgomery, Sean P., Christopher W. Swiecki, and Craig D. Shriver. “The evaluation of casualties from Operation Iraqi Freedom on return to the continental United States from March to June 2003.” J Am Coll Surg 201, no. 1 (July 2005): 7–12. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2005.03.038.
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    • Trunkey, D. D., and S. P. Montgomery. “The evaluation of casualties from operation Iraqi freedom on return to the continental United States from March to June 2003: Invited Commentary.” Journal of the American College of Surgeons 201, no. 1 (July 1, 2005): 12–13. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2005.03.039.
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    • Xu, He, Sean P. Montgomery, Edwin H. Preston, Douglas K. Tadaki, Douglas A. Hale, David M. Harlan, and Allan D. Kirk. “Studies investigating pretransplant donor-specific blood transfusion, rapamycin, and the CD154-specific antibody IDEC-131 in a nonhuman primate model of skin allotransplantation.” J Immunol 170, no. 5 (March 1, 2003): 2776–82. https://doi.org/10.4049/jimmunol.170.5.2776.
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    • Montgomery, Sean P., He Xu, Douglas K. Tadaki, Abbie Celniker, Linda C. Burkly, Justin D. Berning, Francis Cruzata, et al. “Combination induction therapy with monoclonal antibodies specific for CD80, CD86, and CD154 in nonhuman primate renal transplantation.” Transplantation 74, no. 10 (November 27, 2002): 1365–69. https://doi.org/10.1097/00007890-200211270-00002.
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    • Xu, He, Douglas K. Tadaki, Eric A. Elster, Linda C. Burkly, Justin D. Berning, Francis Cruzata, Robert L. Kampen, et al. “Humanized anti-CD154 antibody therapy for the treatment of allograft rejection in nonhuman primates.” Transplantation 74, no. 7 (October 15, 2002): 940–43. https://doi.org/10.1097/00007890-200210150-00007.
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    • Hirshberg, Boaz, Sean Montgomery, Michael G. Wysoki, He Xu, Doug Tadaki, Janet Lee, Kenneth Hines, et al. “Pancreatic islet transplantation using the nonhuman primate (rhesus) model predicts that the portal vein is superior to the celiac artery as the islet infusion site.” Diabetes 51, no. 7 (July 2002): 2135–40. https://doi.org/10.2337/diabetes.51.7.2135.
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    • Montgomery, Sean P., Steven R. Mog, He Xu, Douglas K. Tadaki, Boaz Hirshberg, Justin D. Berning, John Leconte, David M. Harlan, Douglas Hale, and Allan D. Kirk. “Efficacy and toxicity of a protocol using sirolimus, tacrolimus and daclizumab in a nonhuman primate renal allotransplant model.” Am J Transplant 2, no. 4 (April 2002): 381–85. https://doi.org/10.1034/j.1600-6143.2002.20415.x.
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    • Elster, E. A., H. Xu, D. K. Tadaki, S. Montgomery, L. C. Burkly, J. D. Berning, R. E. Baumgartner, et al. “Treatment with the humanized CD154-specific monoclonal antibody, hu5C8, prevents acute rejection of primary skin allografts in nonhuman primates.” Transplantation 72, no. 9 (November 15, 2001): 1473–78. https://doi.org/10.1097/00007890-200111150-00001.
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    • Montgomery, S. P., D. A. Hale, B. Hirshberg, D. M. Harlan, and A. D. Kirk. “Preclinical evaluation of tolerance induction protocols and islet transplantation in non-human primates.” Immunol Rev 183 (October 2001): 214–22. https://doi.org/10.1034/j.1600-065x.2001.1830117.x.
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    • Staats, H. F., S. P. Montgomery, and T. J. Palker. “Intranasal immunization is superior to vaginal, gastric, or rectal immunization for the induction of systemic and mucosal anti-HIV antibody responses.” Aids Res Hum Retroviruses 13, no. 11 (July 20, 1997): 945–52. https://doi.org/10.1089/aid.1997.13.945.
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    • Antonescu, Ioana, Brad Moore, Erica Peethumnongsin MD PhD, and Sean Paul Montgomery. “Velocity Changes in Femoral Vessel Ultrasound with Doppler in Porcine Hemorrhagic Shock,” n.d.

  • Conference Papers

    • Moore, B. T., S. P. Montgomery, M. Niethammer, H. Greer, and S. R. Aylward. “Automatic Optic Nerve Sheath Measurement in Point-of-Care Ultrasound.” In Lecture Notes in Computer Science (Including Subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), 12437 LNCS:23–32, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-60334-2_3.
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    • Gerber, Samuel, Maeliss Jallais, Hastings Greer, Matt McCormick, Sean Montgomery, Bradley Freeman, Deborah Kane, Deepak Chittajallu, Neal Siekierski, and Stephen Aylward. “Automatic Estimation of the Optic Nerve Sheath Diameter from Ultrasound Images.” In Imaging for Patient Customized Simulations and Systems for Point of Care Ultrasound : International Workshops, Bivpcs 2017 and Pocus 2017, Held in Conjunction With Miccai 2017, Quebec City, Qc, Canada, September 14, 2017, Proceedings. B..., 10549:113–20, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-67552-7_14.
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    • Grudziak, Joanna, Blair Herndon, Ria D. Dancel, Harendra Arora, Christopher J. Tignanelli, Michael R. Phillips, Jason R. Crowner, et al. “Standardized, Interdepartmental, Simulation-Based Central Line Insertion Course Closes an Educational Gap and Improves Intern Comfort with the Procedure.” In Am Surg, 83:536–40, 2017.
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