- Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research
- Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes
- Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues
- Health disparities and outcomes
- Economic and Financial Impacts of Cancer
- Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis
- Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment
- Cancer survivorship and care
- Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes
- Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection
- Global Cancer Incidence and Screening
- Cholangiocarcinoma and Gallbladder Cancer Studies
- Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
- Global Health Workforce Issues
- Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations
- COVID-19 and healthcare impacts
- Frailty in Older Adults
- Gallbladder and Bile Duct Disorders
- Innovations in Medical Education
- Telemedicine and Telehealth Implementation
- Liver Disease and Transplantation
- Gastrointestinal Tumor Research and Treatment
- Pancreatitis Pathology and Treatment
- Healthcare Policy and Management
- Colorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments
The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center
2021-2022
The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center – Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute
2021-2022
Stanford University
2022
University of Verona
2022
Cleveland Clinic
2022
Institutul Clinic Fundeni
2022
The Ohio State University
2021
Objective: The objective of the current study was to characterize role patient social vulnerability relative hospital racial/ethnic integration on postoperative outcomes among patients undergoing pancreatectomy. Background: interplay between patient- and community-level factors after complex surgery has not been well-examined. Methods: Medicare beneficiaries who underwent a pancreatectomy 2013 2017 were identified utilizing 100% inpatient files. P-SVI determined using Centers for Disease...
Composite measures are increasingly used to assess quality of care in surgical oncology. We sought define the incidence "textbook oncologic outcome" (TOO) following resection gastric adenocarcinoma among a large, international cohort patients.Gastric patients undergoing between 2000 and 2020 were identified from an database. TOO was defined as margin-negative resection, examination ≥16 lymph nodes, no prolonged length-of-stay (LOS), 30-day mortality, stage-appropriate receipt...
We sought to assess the overall benefit of laparoscopic versus open hepatectomy for treatment colorectal liver metastases (CRLMs) using win ratio, a novel methodological approach.CRLM patients undergoing curative-intent resection in 2001-2018 were identified from an international multi-institutional database. Patients paired and matched based on age, number size lesions, lymph node status receipt preoperative chemotherapy. The ratio was calculated margin status, severity postoperative...
Determining the impact of county-level upward economic mobility on stage at diagnosis and receipt treatment among Medicare beneficiaries with pancreatic adenocarcinoma.The extent to which contributes socioeconomic disparities in health outcomes remains largely unknown.Pancreatic adenocarcinoma patients diagnosed 2004-2015 were identified from SEER-Medicare linked database. Information countylevel was obtained Opportunity Atlas. Its early-stage (stage I or II), as well chemotherapy surgery...
Abstract Background The objective of the current study was to define trends in postoperative surveillance imaging following liver‐directed treatment hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), and characterize impact high‐intensity on long‐term survival. Methods Patients who underwent liver‐ directed therapy for HCC between 2004 2016 were identified using SEER‐Medicare database. Trends intensity over time, factors associated with high outcomes examined. Results Utilization abdominal (≥6 scans 2 years)...