It is an expectation for faculty and residents to be academically active. This may encompass research in clinical science, basic science, patient safety, or system-based practice. View our Department Pages to explore the current and previous academic activity of our team.

  1. Age-Adjusted Modified Frailty Index: Association With Hip Fracture Discharge Functional Dependence. Luck T, Zaki PG, Slotkin EM, Michels R, Ong A, Butts CA. Age-Adjusted Modified Frailty Index: Association With Hip Fracture Discharge Functional Dependence. J Surg Res. 2024 Mar;295:214-221. doi: 10.1016/j.jss.2023.10.021. Epub 2023 Nov 30. PMID: 38039726.
  2. A Core Outcome Set for Appendicitis: A Consensus Approach Utilizing Modified Delphi Methodology. Butts CA, Byerly S, Nahmias J, Gelbard R, Ziesmann M, Bruns B, Davidson GH, Di Saverio S, Esposito TJ, Fischkoff K, Joseph B, Kaafarani H, Mentula P, Podda M, Sakran JV, Salminen P, Sammalkorpi H, Sawyer RG, Skeete D, Tesoriero R, Yeh DD. A core outcome set for appendicitis: A consensus approach utilizing modified Delphi methodology. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2024 Mar 1;96(3):487-492. doi: 10.1097/TA.0000000000004144. Epub 2023 Sep 26. PMID: 37751156.
  3. Geriatric Motorcycle-Related Outcomes: A Pennsylvania Multicenter Study. Shin H, Pulido OR, Sullivan MC, Perea LL, Dammann K, To JQ, Braverman M, Wasser T, Muller A, Ong A, Butts CA. Geriatric Motorcycle-Related Outcomes: A Pennsylvania Multicenter Study. J Surg Res. 2024 Apr;296:249-255. doi: 10.1016/j.jss.2023.12.017. Epub 2024 Jan 30. PMID: 38295712.
  4. Body Mass Index Does Not Predict Injury Pattern or Outcome After Motorcycle Crash. Allsbrook A, To JQ, Pulido OR, Morgan ME, Perea LL, Shin H, Muller A, Ong A, Butts CA, Braverman MA. Body Mass Index Does Not Predict Injury Pattern or Outcome After Motorcycle Crash. J Surg Res. 2024 Apr;296:88-92. doi: 10.1016/j.jss.2023.12.010. Epub 2024 Jan 18. PMID: 38241772.
  5. Early Pharmacologic Therapy in Patients With Blunt Cerebrovascular Injury and TBI: Is It Safe and Effective? An EAST Multicenter Study. Kelley W, Zreik K, Gergen A, Williams J, Jacobson LE, Nahmias J, Tatar A, Murry J, Grigorian A, Ong A, Stein DM, Scalea TM, Lauerman MH. Early Pharmacologic Therapy in Patients With Blunt Cerebrovascular Injury and TBI: Is it Safe and Effective? An EAST Multicenter Study. Am Surg. 2024 Jun;90(6):1330-1337. doi: 10.1177/00031348241230094. Epub 2024 Jan 22. PMID: 38253324.
  6. Randomized Controlled Trial of Enhanced Recovery After Surgery Protocols in Live Kidney Donors: ERASKT Study. Saks J, Yoon U, Neiswinter N, Schwenk ES, Goldberg S, Nguyen L, Torjman MC, Elia E, Shah A. Randomized Controlled Trial of Enhanced Recovery After Surgery Protocols in Live Kidney Donors: ERASKT Study. Transplant Direct. 2024 Jun 26;10(7):e1663. doi: 10.1097/TXD.0000000000001663. PMID: 38953038.
  7. Complete Pathologic Response to Gemcitabine and Oxaliplatin Chemotherapy After Prior Therapies in a Patient With Hepatocellular Carcinoma and Peritoneal Metastases Undergoing Cytoreductive Surgery and Hyperthermic Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy. Majeed A, Alaparthi S, Halegoua-DeMarzio D, Eberle-Singh J, Jiang W, Anne PR, Shah AP, Bowne WB, Lin D. Complete Pathologic Response to Gemcitabine and Oxaliplatin Chemotherapy After Prior Therapies in a Patient With Hepatocellular Carcinoma and Peritoneal Metastases Undergoing Cytoreductive Surgery and Hyperthermic Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy. World J Oncol. 2024 Jun;15(3):511-520. doi: 10.14740/wjon1840. Epub 2024 May 7. PMID: 38751709.
  8. Opioid Use in Pelvic Fractures: The Impact of Opioid Prescribing Laws in Pennsylvania. Villa NAE, Shum K, Atkinson A, Ong A, Muller A, Espiridion E. Opioid Use in Pelvic Fractures: The Impact of Opioid Prescribing Laws in Pennsylvania. Am Surg. 2024 Jul;90(7):1937-1939. doi: 10.1177/00031348241241644. Epub 2024 Mar 22. PMID: 38516756.
  9. Intracranial Pressure Monitoring After Open Cranial Procedures: Does It Improve Outcome? Aziz P, Muller A, Butts C, Reilly EF, Martin A, Lawson C, Geng TA, Ong AW. Is Intracranial Pressure Monitoring After Open Cranial Procedures Associated With Outcome? J Surg Res. 2025 Feb;306:344-349. doi: 10.1016/j.jss.2024.12.045. Epub 2025 Jan 21. PMID: 39842048.
  10. Scanning the Aged to Minimize Missed Injury: An EAST Multicenter Study. Ho VP, Kishawi SK, Hill H, O'Brien J, Ratnasekera A, Seng SS, Ton TH, Butts CA, Muller A, Diaz BF Jr, Baltazar GA, Petrone P, Pacheco TBS, Morrissey S, Chung T, Biller J, Jacobson LE, Williams JM, Nebughr CS, Udekwu PO, Tann K, Piehl C, Veatch JM, Capasso TJ, Kuncir EJ, Kodadek LM, Miller SM, Altan D, Mentzer C, Damiano N, Burke R, Earley A, Doris S, Villa E, Wilkinson MC, Dixon JK, Wu E, Moncrief ML, Palmer B, Herzing K, Egodage T, Williams J, Haan J, Lightwine K, Colling KP, Harry ML, Nahmias J, Tay-Lasso E, Cuschieri J, Hinojosa CJ, Claridge JA. Scanning the aged to minimize missed injury: An EAST multicenter study. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2024 May 27. doi: 10.1097/TA.0000000000004390. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38797882.
  11. Implementation and Cost Analysis of a Whole Blood Program at a Community Level 1 Trauma Center. McNicholas A, Ong A, Muller A, Reilly E, Martin A, Butts C. Implementation and Cost Analysis of a Whole Blood Program at a Community Level 1 Trauma Center. Crit Care Med. 2025 Jan;53(1). doi: 10.1097/01.CCM.0001105644.94766.55.
  12. Trauma in Pregnancy: A Systematic Review, Meta-Analysis, and Practice Management Guideline From the Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma. Appelbaum RD, Yorkgitis B, Rosen J, Butts CA, To J, Knight AW, Zhang J, Kirsch JM, Levin JH, Riera KM, Kelley KM, Carter KT, Sawhney JS, Mukherjee K, Metz TD, Fiorentino MN, Cantrell S, Sapp A, Potgieter CJ, Kasotakis G, Como JJ, Freeman J. Trauma in pregnancy: A systematic review, meta-analysis, and practice management guideline from the Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2025 May 30. doi: 10.1097/TA.0000000000004661. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 40454982.
  13. Intracranial Pressure Monitor Insertion in Isolated Traumatic Brain Injury: Does Timing Matter? Gaziano MD, Aziz P, Muller A, Martin A, Lawson HC, Reilly EF, Butts CA, Geng TA, Ong AW. Intracranial Pressure Monitor Insertion in Isolated Traumatic Brain Injury: Does Timing Matter? Am Surg. 2025 Nov;91(11):1845-1850. doi: 10.1177/00031348251363504. Epub 2025 Aug 1. PMID: 40747734.
  14. Hypotension in the Emergency Department and Contrast Extravasation on Computerized Tomography Predict Blood Transfusion in Low-Energy Pelvic Fractures. Viswanathan A, Na HY, Breckenridge L, Muller A, Butts C, Reilly E, Geng T, Sigal A, Michels R, Ong A. Hypotension in the Emergency Department and Contrast Extravasation on Computerized Tomography Predict Blood Transfusion in Low-Energy Pelvic Fractures. J Surg Res. 2024 Apr;296:310-315. doi: 10.1016/j.jss.2024.01.001. Epub 2024 Feb 1. PMID: 38306936
  15. Small Hemothoraces Not Drained on Admission: Initial Volume Predicts Need for Intervention. Na H, Kim EJ, Muller A, Butts C, Reilly E, Geng T, Romeo M, Ong A. Small Hemothoraces Not Drained on Admission: Initial Volume Predicts Need for Intervention. Am Surg. 2024 May 23:31348241256087. doi: 10.1177/00031348241256087. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38780449
  16. Take Two: Second Systolic Blood Pressure Provides Prognostic Information in Trauma. Kim, Esther J.; Winston, Marquis1; Muller, Alison L.; Martin, Anthony P.; Butts, Christopher A.; Reilly, Eugene F.; Geng, Thomas A.; Sigal, Adam P.2; Ong, Adrian W.. Take Two: Second Systolic Blood Pressure Provides Prognostic Information in Trauma. Journal of Emergencies, Trauma, and Shock ():10.4103/jets.jets_62_24, November 05, 2024. | DOI: 10.4103/jets.jets_62_24
  17. Traumatic Amputation From a Rollover Farming Incident in a 16-Year-Old. Esther J. Kim, Ryan Michels, Herbert Schiffer, Michael Musso, Adrian Ong, Thomas A Geng Jr, and Christopher A. Butts (Article)
  18. Acute Colonic Pseudo-Obstruction: Colonoscopy versus Neostigmine First? Sigrid Williamson, Alison Muller, Christopher Butts, Thomas A Geng, and Adrian Ong (Article)
  19. Posterior Approach to the Popliteal to Peroneal Bypass. Sigrid Williamson, Bernice Yu, and Robert Luo (Article)
  20. Large Traumatic Lumbar Hernia: A Difficult and Uncommon Problem. Elise Heidorn, Margaret Costa, Abigail Coots, Adrian Ong, and Christopher Butts (Article)
  21. Negative Splenic Angiography in Blunt Trauma: Does Embolization Affect Splenic Salvage? Rachel Yoo, Davin Evanson, Michael Gaziano, Alison Muller, Anthony Martin, Nikunj Chauhan, Christopher Butts, Vicente Cortes, Eugene Reilly, Kurt Bamberger, Thomas A Geng, and Adrian Ong (Article)
  22. Distal Pancreatic Necrosis After Splenic Angioembolization. Rachel Yoo, Michael D Gaziano, Vicente Cortes, Nikunj Chauhan, Kurt Bamberger, Eugene Reilly, Thomas A Geng, Christopher Butts, and Adrian Ong (Article)
  23. Resection for Chronic Hepatic Abscess due to Infected Embolization Coils After Liver Injury. Elise Heidorn, Gary Xiao, David Sacks, and Filip Moshkovsky (Article)
  24. Percutaneous Retrieval of Retained Gallstones. Saudia McCarley, Bernice Yu, Robert Guay, Adrian Ong, David Sacks, and Christopher Butts (Article)
  25. Spontaneous Intramural Small Bowel Hematoma in an Elderly Man with Multiple Myeloma. Sigrid Williamson, Aishwarya Suresh, and Adrian Ong (Article)
  26. Acute Colonic Pseudo-Obstruction: Colonoscopy versus Neostigmine First? Sigrid Williamson, Alison Muller, Christopher A Butts, Thomas A Geng, and Adrian W Ong (Article)
  27. Negative Splenic Angiography in Blunt Trauma: Does Embolization Affect Splenic Salvage? Rachel Yoo, Davin Evanson, Michael Gaziano, Alison Muller, Anthony Martin, Nikunj Chauhan, Christopher Butts, Vicente Cortes, Eugene Reilly, Peter K Bamberger, Thomas A Geng, and Adrian Ong (Article)
  28. Management of intussusception in children: A systematic review. Lorraine I Kelley-Quon, L Grier Arthur, Regan F Williams, Adam B Goldin, Shawn D St Peter, Alana L Beres, Yue-Yung Hu, Elizabeth J Renaud, Robert Ricca, Mark B Slidell, Amy Taylor, Caitlin A Smith, Doug Miniati, Juan E Sola, Patricia Valusek, Loren Berman, Mehul V Raval, Ankush Gosain, Matthew B Dellinger, Stig Sømme, Cynthia D Downard, Jarod P McAteer, Akemi Kawaguchi. J Pediatr Surg 2021 Mar. PMID: 33158508
  29. Measuring the effectiveness of a car seat program in an urban, level one pediatric trauma center. Ross Budziszewski, Rochelle Thompson, Thomas Lucido, Janelle Walker, Loreen K Meyer, L Grier Arthur, Harsh Grewal. Inj Epidemiol 2021 Sep 13. PMID: 34517909
  30. Pediatric Train Injuries: A 10-Year Review From the Pennsylvania Trauma Outcomes Study Database. Christopher Pennell, Erika Lindholm, Jacob Latreille, Shreeja Kadakia, Autumn Nanassy, Sean Ciullo, L Grier Arthur, Harsh Grewal, Rajeev Prasad Pediatr Emerg Care 2022 Feb 1. PMID: 34618417
  31. The impact of COVID-19 infection on outcomes after injury in a state trauma system. Elinore J Kaufman, Adrian W Ong, Mark D Cipolle, Gregory Whitehorn, Asanthi Ratnasekera, Stanislaw P Stawicki, Niels D Martin J Trauma Acute Care Surg 2021 Sep 1;91. PMID: 34074996
  32. Open Abdomen after Two Trauma Laparotomies: Do Diuretics Help? Sigrid Williamson, Anas Qatanani, Alison Muller, Anthony Martin, Thomas A Geng, Adrian W Ong. Am Surg 2022 Apr. PMID: 34734535
  33. Noncontiguous Spine Injury: Is the Risk Increased in Low-Energy Falls? Georgia P Hill, Tameka Dean, Alison Muller, Anthony P Martin, Adam P Sigal, Forrest B Fernandez, Adrian W Ong. Am Surg 2021. PMID: 32683943
  34. Factors associated with stroke formation in blunt cerebrovascular injury: An EAST multicenter study. Emily C Esposito, Joseph A Kufera, Timothy W Wolff, M Chance Spalding, Joshua Simpson, Julie A Dunn, Linda Zier, Sigrid Burruss, Paul Kim, Lewis E Jacobson, Jamie Williams, Jeffry Nahmias, Areg Grigorian, Laura Harmon, Anna Gergen, Matthew Chatoor, Rishi Rattan, Andrew J Young, Jose L Pascual, Jason Murry, Adrian W Ong, Alison Muller, Rovinder S Sandhu, Rachel Appelbaum, Nikolay Bugaev, Antony Tatar, Khaled Zreik, Leah Hustad, Mark J Lieser, Deborah M Stein, Thomas M Scalea, Margaret H Lauerman J Trauma Acute Care Surg 2022 Feb 1. PMID: 34739003
  35. A Rare Case of Total Rectal and Urethral Disruption After Blunt Trauma. Danielle L Hashmi, Chelsea Spector, Adrian Ong, Shannon M Foster, Michael Musso, Filip Moshkovsky. Am Surg 2021 Jan. PMID: 32870027
  36. Recurrent Bleeding From a Hepatic Artery Pseudoaneurysm After Successful Transarterial Embolization. Georgia P Hill, Danielle Hashmi, David Sacks, Samy Dhurairaj, Sarah Mathew, Filip Moshkovsky, Forrest B Fernandez, Adrian W Ong. Am Surg 2022 Jun. PMID: 32866041
  37. Resection for Chronic Hepatic Abscess due to Infected Embolization Coils After Liver Injury. Elise F Heidorn, Gary Xiao, David Sacks, Filip Moshkovsky.  Am Surg 2022 Apr 28. PMID: 35483376
  38. Bilateral Lower Extremity Compartment Syndrome Secondary to COVID-19 Myositis in a Young Vaccinated Woman. K Brod, DO, J Wohl, DO, CA Butts, DO Ph.D., EF Reilly, MD MHIC. The American Surgeon March 2022
  39. Is Clinical Axillary Staging Alone Accurate in Older Women with Early Breast Cancer. Saudia McCarley, Michael Brown. 2020 Annual Meeting Official Proceedings, American Society of Breast Surgery Vol XXI. Annals of Surgical Oncology 2020.
  40. Use of the Hybrid Operating Room for Pelvic Angiography. Ong, A., Reilly, E., Muller, A., Martin, A., Sacks, D., Butts, C., Chauhan, N., Geng, T., Yoo, R. Presented at: 25th Annual PTSF Fall conference; Oct 2021

In addition to PMED, our residents participate in national and local presentations, abstracts, case reports, and online journals.