A5029329061- Thyroid and Parathyroid Surgery
- Adrenal and Paraganglionic Tumors
- Pituitary Gland Disorders and Treatments
- Thyroid Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment
- Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes
- Surgical Simulation and Training
- Diversity and Career in Medicine
- Hormonal Regulation and Hypertension
- Anatomy and Medical Technology
- Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout
- Dental Education, Practice, Research
- Parathyroid Disorders and Treatments
- Thyroid Disorders and Treatments
- Neuroendocrine Tumor Research Advances
- Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research
- Neuroblastoma Research and Treatments
- Innovations in Medical Education
- Head and Neck Anomalies
- Adrenal Hormones and Disorders
- Hospital Admissions and Outcomes
- Nerve Injury and Rehabilitation
- Sleep and Work-Related Fatigue
- Blood donation and transfusion practices
- Blood transfusion and management
- Case Reports on Hematomas
University of Alabama at Birmingham
2014-2023
American Board of Medical Specialties
2022
Society of Thoracic Surgeons
2022
Arab American Pharmacist Association
2016
University of Alabama
2013-2015
St. Vincent's Birmingham
2015
American College of Surgeons
2014
Birmingham VA Medical Center
2011
Mayo Clinic
2007-2010
Mayo Clinic in Arizona
2008-2009
Invasive differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC) is relatively frequent, yet there a paucity of specific guidelines devoted to its management. The Endocrine Committee the American Head and Neck Society (AHNS) convened panel provide clinical consensus statements based on review literature, synthesized with expert opinion group.An panel, selected from membership AHNS, constructed manuscript recommendations for management DTC invasion recurrent laryngeal nerve, trachea, esophagus, larynx, major...
To measure the implications of new Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education duty hour regulations education, well-being, and burnout.Longitudinal study.Eleven university-based general surgery residency programs from July 2011 to May 2012.Two hundred thirteen surgical interns.Perceptions impact hours on various aspects training, including 6 core competencies, were measured 3-point scales. Quality life, burnout, balance between personal professional career satisfaction using...
<h3>Objective</h3>To describe the perspectives of surgical interns regarding implications new Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) duty-hour regulations their training.<h3>Design</h3>We compared responses and surgery program directors on a survey about proposed ACGME mandates.<h3>Setting</h3>Eleven general residency programs.<h3>Participants</h3>Two hundred fifteen who were administered during summer 2011 previously surveyed national sample 134 directors.<h3>Main...
Background: The 2016 American Thyroid Association guidelines recommend that hyperthyroid patients should be euthyroid before thyroidectomy. This recommendation is based on low-quality evidence. In this retrospective cohort study, we compare peri- and post-operative outcomes of with hyperthyroidism who were controlled versus uncontrolled at the time Methods: A study was performed 275 a single institution from December 2015 to November 2022. Patients defined as if they had diagnosis least one...
A universal resident robotic surgery training pathway that maximizes proficiency and safety has not been defined by a consensus of surgical educators or societies. The objective the Robotic Surgery Education Working Group was to develop curriculum leverage digital tools support education.
Although blood transfusion is a common therapeutic intervention and mainstay of treating surgical loss, it may be perceived by patients their physicians as having associated risk adverse events. Practicing patient-centered care necessitates that clinicians have an understanding individual patient's perceptions practice incorporate this into shared medical decision-making.A paper survey was completed during routine outpatient preoperative evaluation. An online attending anesthesiologists...
Fever is one of the most common postoperative complications seen in medical and surgical settings. Clinicians taking care these patients need to be able differentiate between a normal physiologic response surgery that may pathologic. Pathologic causes should further separated into infectious noninfectious causes. A systematic approach febrile can help clinicians make better use resources, limit costly workups, improve patient outcomes.
There has been a major impetus for American health care to adopt learning systems1,2 "in which knowledge generation is so embedded into the core of practice medicine that it natural outgrowth and product delivery process leads continual improvement in care."3 The Society Anesthesiologists Perioperative Surgical Home Learning Collaborativea fostering such systems. An ethics framework systems proposed assess ethical utility their activities (Table 1).4,5Table 1: Health Care System Ethics...
Hemorrhage is a rare complication of acute cholecystitis. Patients who develop this often are receiving anticoagulation therapy or have pathologic coagulopathy. We present case an elderly patient developed hemorrhagic cholecystitis while taking aspirin and cilostazol, phosphodiesterase inhibitor. The underwent emergent abdominal exploration. A large, blood-filled gallbladder was found along with large hematoma between the liver gallbladder. also briefly review literature regarding...
Abstract: The unprecedented influx of technology into our operating rooms challenges surgical leaders and educators daily. Modern training programs are under appropriate strict oversight to ensure rigorous, coordinated learning opportunities that provide the trainee supervision graduated independence while maintaining safest high-quality care possible for patients. Within this structure residency there is a balance between traditional techniques, exposure new techniques use technologies....
Side air bags (SABs) have been introduced in an attempt to reduce the risk of injury near-side-impact motor vehicle collisions (MVCs). The impact SABs on MVC-related mortality and morbidity has yet be evaluated with a large population-based study. objective this study was assess effectiveness reducing or death MVCs.A retrospective investigated outboard front seat occupants involved police-reported, MVCs using data from General Estimates System (1997-2000). nonfatal fatal for vehicles without...