Research Opportunities

Scholarly activity is considered an integral part of the educational process for a general surgeon. By pursuing an area of knowledge in depth, the resident learns to read the scientific literature critically and collate information in a fashion that will serve him/her throughout his/her career. Residents in the Department of Surgery have presented papers and posters at numerous regional and national meetings.

Surgical residents have received awards for presentations at the Delaware Vascular Society, the Keystone Chapter of the American College of Surgeons, the Pennsylvania Committee on Trauma, American College of Surgeons Surgical Forum, and the Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma as well as other numerous national subspecialty meetings. The residents in surgery have also received numerous institutional monetary awards for their accomplishments in clinical research. A surgery resident has received the institution’s Bosanac Award of $1000 six times in the last eight years. This resident paper competition is open to all residents at Lehigh Valley Hospital.

The hospital’s research department consists of two doctoral-level statisticians, two research consultants, and clerical staff to help physicians and residents with research design, methods, data analysis and publication. Within the Department of Surgery we have a surgical editor, whose full-time responsibility is assisting with research conducted by surgical residents and faculty. The Multimedia Department has artists, photographers, and technical support staff to assist with PowerPoint and poster development for presentations.

Trauma Research meetings are held on the second and fourth Wednesday of each month. The status of current resident research projects is reviewed and new projects may be identified.

Research funding is obtained from private foundations and commercial supporters. Cooperative agreements with Lehigh University and other area colleges allow for bench research.

Dorothy Rider Pool Health Care Trust

The Dorothy Rider Pool Health Care Trust was founded in 1976 by the estate of Leonard Parker Pool and named for his wife. The Trust serves as a resource that enables Lehigh Valley Hospital and Health Network to be a superior regional hospital and improve the health of the citizens of the Lehigh Valley in Eastern Pennsylvania.

The Trust’s total assets are in excess of $100,000,000. The Trust’s grants, exceeding $12,000,000 in 1998, are intended to measurably improve the health of the citizens of the region. The Trust welcomes all proposals supportive of its mission.

Papers and presentations by residents in the 2003-2004

Publications
Dangleben D, Salim A, Sandhu R, Cipolle M, Pasquale M. Nonagenarians and Trauma: An Increasingly Common Combination. J Am Geriatrics Soc Letter to the Editor (In Press).

Kreitz K, Rovito PF. Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass in the “Megaobese.” Arch Surg 2003;138:707-709.

Lawrence DM, Pasquale MD, Wasser TE. Laparoscopic Versus Open Sigmoid Colectomy for Diverticulitis. Am Surgeo n 2003;69:499-504.

Lieberman JD, Pasquale MD, Garcia R, Cipolle MD, Li M, Wasser TE. Use of Admission Glasgow Coma Score, Pupil Size, and Pupil Reactivity to Determine Outcome for Trauma Patients. J Trauma 2003;55:437-443.

Lieberman J, Olenwine JA, Finley W, Nicholas GG. Residency Reform: Anticipated Effects of ACGME Guidelines On General Surgery and Internal Medicine Residency Programs. Curr Surg (In Press).

Lieberman J, Olenwine J, Nicholas GG, Finley W. Residency Reform: Anticipated Effect of ACGME Guidelines on General Surgery and Internal Medicine Residency Programs. J Am Coll Surg 2003;197:64-72.

Miles MG, Murphy RX Jr. Chronic, Nonhealing, Lower Extremity Ulcers Responsive to Splenectomy in a Patient with Thalassemia Major. Plast Recon Surg 2003;112:1734-1735.

Miller M, Pasquale M, Bromberg W, Wasser TE, Cox J. Not So FAST. J Trauma 2003;54:52-60.

Miller MT, White JA, Pasquale MD, Kurek S, Martin P, Bannon K, Li M, Wasser T. Initial Head Computed Tomography (CT) Characteristics Have Linear Relationship with Initial Intracranial Pressure (ICP) Post-Trauma. J Trauma 2004;56:967-973.

Singer RL, Dangleben DA, Salim A, Kurek SJ, Shah KT, Goodreau JJ, Shaff DI, Szydlowski GW. Missile Embolism to the Pulmonary Artery: Case Report and Pitfalls of Management. Ann Thorac Surg 2003;76:1722-1725.

Presentations
Dangleben D, Salim A, Sandhu R, Cipolle M, Pasquale M.
Nonagenarians and Trauma: An Increasingly Common Combination

• PA-Committee on Trauma, Harrisburg, PA, Oct. 31, 2003
• Keystone Chapter, American College of Surgeons (Keystone-ACS), Tannersville, PA, April 16-17, 2004

Grossman D, Dangleben D, Kurek S.
Use of the Wittmann Patch in the Management of the Open Abdomen

• Keystone-ACS, Tannersville, PA, April 16-17, 2004 (poster)

Guerra C, Salim A, Sandhu R, Cipolle M, Pasquale M.
Snowboarding Injuries: Not Just an Orthopedic Problem Anymore

• Keystone-ACS, Hershey, PA, Aug. 1, 2003
• PA-Committee on Trauma, Harrisburg, PA, Oct. 31, 2003
• Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma (EAST), Amelia Island, FL, Jan. 12-17, 2004 (poster)

Harrison D, Wojcik R, Leatham K, Salim A, Cipolle M, Pasquale M.
Outcomes of Blunt Thoracic Aortic Injury at a Single Institution

• PA-Committee on Trauma, Harrisburg, PA, Oct. 31, 2003
• Keystone-ACS, Tannersville, PA, April 16-17, 2004

Lawrence DM, Pasquale MD, Wasser TE.
Laparoscopic Versus Open Sigmoid Colectomy for Diverticulitis

• Southeastern Surgical Congress (SSC), Savannah, GA, Feb. 7-11, 2003

Lieberman J, Olenwine J, Nicholas GG.
Residency Reform: Initial Effects of ACGME Guidelines on a Surgical Residency Program

• Association for Academic Surgery (AAS), Houston, TX, Nov. 11-13, 2004

Lieberman J, Olenwine J, Nicholas GG, Finley W.
Residency Reform: Anticipated Effect of ACGME Guidelines on General Surgery and Internal Medicine Residency Programs

• Surgical Forum, American College of Surgeons (ACS), Chicago, IL, Oct. 22, 2003
• Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC), Washington DC, Nov. 7-12, 2003 (poster)

Lieberman J, Pasquale M, Cipolle M.
The Impact of Age on Trauma Recidivism

• American Association for the Surgery of Trauma (AAST), Maui, Sept. 29-Oct. 1, 2004 (poster)

Lieberman J, Pasquale MD, Garcia R, Cipolle MD, Li PM, Wasser TE.
Utilizing Admission GCS and Pupil Size/Reactivity to Determine Outcome in Trauma Patients

• EAST, Sanibel, FL, Jan. 14-17, 2003

Lieberman J, Sandhu R.
Blunt Traumatic Mitral Valve Injury

• Keystone-ACS, Tannersville, PA, April 16-17, 2004

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