Surgical Research Conference – 2011-2012 Presentations
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Thursdays at 11 am, 2.022 (under the Library/Subway)
Location can vary – please check this page for up-to-date location info.
Thursday, May 17, 2012
Salvador Sordo, MD, UT General Surgery Resident
Topic: Evaluation of efficacy and financial impact of an alternative
technique for laparoscopic appendectomy
Resident profile |
More about Dr. Sordo's research
Research Residents – Past Presentations
Thursday, May 10, 2012
Carole M. Villamaria, MD, UT General Surgery Resident
Topic: Microvascular porcine model for the optimization of
vascularized composite tissue transplantation
Abstract |
Resident profile |
More about Dr. Villamaria's research
Thursday, May 3, 2012 — No Research Conference
Thursday, April 26, 2012 — No Research Conference
Thursday, April 19, 2012
Please note change in location for this date only — 221E (Johnson Center for Surgical Innovation)
Heather Hancock, MD, UT General Surgery Resident
Topic: Summary of research experiences
Resident profile |
More about Dr. Hancock's research
Thursday, April 12, 2012 — No Research Conference
Thursday, April 5, 2012
Johanna Bayer, MD, UT General Surgery Resident
Topic: Effect of inhaled tacrolimus on cytokines & other indicators of
eschemia reperfusion injury in a rat lung transplant model
Abstract |
Resident profile |
More about Dr. Bayer's research
Thursday, March 29, 2012
Heather Brandfellner, DO, UT General Surgery Resident
Topic: Oxidized linoleic acid metabolites and their role as endo-capsaicins
in pain
Abstract |
Resident profile |
More about Dr. Brandfellner's research
Thursday, March 22, 2012
Travis Holloway, MD, UT General Surgery Resident
Topic: The Th-17 cytokine response and pulmonary complications in the ICU
Abstract |
Resident profile |
More about Dr. Holloway's research
Thursday, March 15, 2012
Carole M. Villamaria, MD, UT General Surgery Resident
Topic: Reperfusion injury in composite tissue autotransplantation
Abstract |
Journal Article - Therapeutic metabolic inhibition |
Journal Article - HS reduces intestinal IRI
Resident profile |
More about Dr. Villamaria's research
Thursday, March 1, 2012
Please note change in location for this date only — 409L
Salvador Sordo, MD, UT General Surgery Resident
Topic: Continuous monitoring of pulmonary function utilizing thoracic impedance
in patients with blunt chest trauma
Abstract |
Resident profile |
More about Dr. Sordo's research
Thursday, February 23, 2012
Heather Hancock, MD, UT General Surgery Resident
Topic: Aging does not affect muscle regenerative capacity in mice
Abstract |
Resident profile |
More about Dr. Hancock's research
Thursday, February 9, 2012
Heather Brandfellner, DO, UT General Surgery Resident
Topic: Oxidized linoleic acid metabolites and their role as
endo-capsaicins in pain
Abstract | Resident profile |
More about Dr. Brandfellner's research
Thursday, February 2, 2012
Christopher Louden, MS, Biostatistician
UTHSCSA Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Topic: Data mining techniques |
Abstract
Thursday, January 26, 2012
Travis Holloway, MD, UT General Surgery Resident
Topic: IL-17 producing Gamma Delta T-cells in Pathophysiology of Sepsis and ARDS
Abstract |
Resident profile |
More about Dr. Holloway's research
Thursday, January 19, 2012
Salvador Sordo, MD, UT General Surgery Resident
Topic: Loss of salivary cortisol diurnal variability in
critically injured patients
Abstract |
Resident profile |
More about Dr. Sordo's research
Thursday, January 12, 2012
Carole M. Villamaria, MD, UT General Surgery Resident
Topic: Microvascular porcine model for the optimization of composite
tissue autotransplantation
Abstract |
Resident profile |
More about Dr. Villamaria's research
Thursday, January 5, 2012
Johanna Bayer, MD, UT General Surgery Resident
Topic: Effect of inhaled tacrolimus on cytokines & other indicators
of ischemia reperfusion injury in a rat lung transplant model
Abstract |
Resident profile |
More about Dr. Bayer's research
Thursday, December 29, 2011 — Winter Break — No presentation
Thursday, December 22, 2011 — University Holiday — No presentation
Thursday, December 15, 2011
Martin Schwacha, PhD, Professor of Trauma Surgery
Director, Trauma Immunopathology Research Laboratory
Topic: Who wrote this paper anyway? — "The ethics of scientific authorship"
More about Dr. Schwacha |
Trauma Immunopathology Research Laboratory
Thursday, December 8, 2011
Resident profile |
Heather Brandfellner, DO, UT General Surgery Resident
Topic: Oxidized linoleic acid metabolites and their role as endo-capsaicins in pain
Abstract |
Resident profile |
More about Dr. Brandfellner's research
Thursday, December 1, 2011
Heather Hancock, MD, UT General Surgery Resident
Topic: Despite sarcopenia, aging does not affect myofiber regenerative capacity in mice
Abstract |
Resident profile |
More about Dr. Hancock's research
Thursday, November 24, 2011 — University Holiday — No presentation
Thursday, February 16, 2012
Johanna Bayer, MD, UT General Surgery Resident
Topic: Effect of inhaled tacrolimus on cytokines and other indicators
of ischemia reperfusion injury in a rat lung transplant model
Abstract |
Resident profile |
More about Dr. Bayer's research
Thursday, November 17, 2011
Travis Holloway, MD, UT General Surgery Resident
Topic: The Th-17 cytokine response and pulmonary complications in the ICU
Abstract |
Resident profile |
More about Dr. Holloway's research
Thursday, November 10, 2011
Johanna Bayer, MD, UT General Surgery Resident
Topic: Does pre-treatment with Aprotinin decrease ischemia reperfusion injury? A comparison
of different study designs.
Avlonitis et al article |
Eren et al article |
Resident profile |
More about Dr. Bayer's research
Thursday, November 3, 2011
Salvador Sordo, MD, UT General Surgery Resident
Topic: Thoracic bioimpedance as a tool for pulmonary function monitoring
Seppa article |
Ernst article |
Resident profile |
More about Dr. Sordo's research
Thursday, October 27, 2011
Heather Hancock, MD, UT General Surgery Resident
Topic: Aging and muscle regeneration: A discussion on causation
Edstrom et al article |
Lexell et al article |
Resident profile |
More about Dr. Hancock's research
Thursday, October 20, 2011
Carole M. Villamaria, MD, UT General Surgery Resident
Topic: Comparison of pediatric and adult vascular injuries in wartime Iraq
and Afghanistan
Peck et al article |
White et al article |
Resident profile |
More about Dr. Villamaria's research
Thursday, October 13, 2011
Faculty Presentation - Joel Michalek, PhD
Professor & Vice Chairman, Dept of Epidemiology & Biostatistics and Professor of Surgery
Topic: A wavelet analysis of serial glucose in the Trauma ICU
Thursday, October 6, 2011
Travis Holloway, MD, UT General Surgery Resident
Topic: Epigenetic expression and outcomes following trauma
Frangen et al article |
Doe et al article |
Resident profile |
More about Dr. Holloway's research
Thursday, September 29, 2011
Topic: Linoleic acid - Activation or inhibition of TRPV1?
Heather Brandfellner, DO, UT General Surgery Resident
Journal article-Pro |
Journal article-Con |
Resident profile |
More about Dr. Brandfellner's research
Location Change This Date Only – 2.020 (below library)
Thursday, September 22, 2011
Heather Hancock, MD, UT General Surgery Resident
Topic: Skeletal muscle regeneration in a parabiosis model
Read abstract |
Resident profile |
More about Dr. Hancock's research
Thursday, September 15, 2011
Carole M. Villamaria, MD, UT General Surgery Resident
Topic: The epidemiology of pediatric vascular injury in
the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan: 2002-2011
Read abstract |
Resident profile |
More about Dr. Villamaria's research
Location Change This Date Only – 2.020 (below library)
Thursday, September 8, 2011
Johanna Bayer, MD, UT General Surgery Resident
Topic: Effect of inhaled tacrolimus on cytokines and other indicators
of ischemia reperfusion in jury in rat lung transplant model
Read abstract |
Resident profile |
More about Dr. Bayer's research
Thursday, September 1, 2011
Salvador Sordo, MD, UT General Surgery Resident
Topic: Detection of pulmonary insufficiency with thoracic impedance in patients
with rib fractures
Read abstract |
Resident profile |
More about Dr. Sordo's research
Location Change This Date Only – 2.020 (below library)
Thursday, August 25, 2011
Heather Brandfellner, DO, UT General Surgery Resident
Topic: Oxidized linoleic acid metabolites and their role as endo-capsaicins in pain – An introduction
Read abstract |
Resident profile |
More about Dr. Brandfellner's research
Thursday, August 18, 2011 — No Conference
Thursday, August 11, 2011
Presenters – undergraduate students working with Dr. Chris White at Brooke Army Medical Center.
Tara Hutchinson, Brooke Army Medical Center (pictured right)
Topic: Porcine model of trauma with non-compressible hemorrhage for
pre-hospital survival studies |
View abstract
Kelly Sanders, Brooke Army Medical Center
Topic: Assessing balance and quantifying traumatic brain injury (TBI) |
View abstract
Thursday, August 4, 2011
Travis Holloway, MD, UT General Surgery Resident
Topic: The Th-17 cytokine response and pulmonary
complications in the ICU – An introduction
Resident profile |
More about Dr. Holloway's research

