Residency Training in General Surgery

NON-PHYSICIAN RESEARCH FACULTY: SELECTED PUBLICATIONS 2000–2010


Note:  Names of faculty authors/editors appear in boldface.

Anthony TG, McDaniel BJ, Byerley RL, McGrath BC, Cavener DR, McNurlan MA, Wek RC. Preservation of liver protein synthesis during dietary leucine deprivation occurs at the expense of skeletal muscle mass in mice deleted for eIF2 kinase GCN2. J Biol Chem 2004;279:36553-61.

Anthony TG, McDaniel BJ, Knoll P, Bunpo P, Paul GL, McNurlan MA. Feeding meals containing soy or whey protein after exercise stimulates protein synthesis and translation initiation in the skeletal muscle of male rats. J Nutr 2007;137:357-62.

Barle H, Gamrin L, Essen P, McNurlan MA, Garlick PJ, Wernerman J. Growth hormone does not affect albumin synthesis in the critically ill. Intensive Care Med 2001;27:836-43.

Barle H, Hallstrom L, Essen P, Thorne A, McNurlan MA, Garlick PJ, Wernerman J. The synthesis rate of albumin decreases during laparoscopic surgery. Clin Physiol Funct Imaging 2004;24:91-5.

Barle H, Rahlen L, Essen P, McNurlan MA, Garlick PJ, Holgersson J, Wernerman J. Stimulation of human albumin synthesis and gene expression by growth hormone treatment. Clin Nutr 2001;20:59-67.

Bell ML, Grunwald GK, Baltz JH, McDonald GO, Bell MR, Grover FL, Shroyer AL. Does preoperative hemoglobin independently predict short-term outcomes after coronary artery bypass graft surgery? Ann Thorac Surg 2008;86:1415-23.

Benzo R, Farrell MH, Chang CC, Martinez FJ, Kaplan R, Reilly J, Criner G, Wise R, Make B, Luketich J, Fishman AP, Sciurba FC; NETT Research Group [Shroyer AL; member]. Integrating health status and survival data: the palliative effect of lung volume reduction surgery. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2009;180:239-46.

Braziuniene I, Garlick J, Mileva I, Desikan V, Wilson TA, McNurlan M. Effect of insulin with oral nutrients on whole-body protein metabolism in growing pubertal children with type 1 diabetes. Pediatr Res 2009;65:109-12.

Brown CD, Benditt JO, Sciurba FC, Lee SM, Criner GJ, Mosenifar Z, Shade DM, Slivka WA, Wise RA; National emphysema Treatment Trial Research Group [Shroyer AL; member]. Exercise testing in severe emphysema: association with quality of life and lung function. COPD 2008;5:117-24.

Caso G, Barry C, Patejunas G. Dysregulation of CXCL9 and reduced tumor growth in Egr-1 deficient mice. J Hematol Oncol 2009;2:7.

Caso G, Feiner J, Mileva I, Bryan LJ, Kelly P, Autio K, Gelato MC, McNurlan MA. Response of albumin synthesis to oral nutrients in young and elderly subjects. Am J Clin Nutr 2007;85:446-51.

Caso G, Ford GC, Nair KS, Garlick PJ, McNurlan MA. Aminoacyl-tRNA enrichment after a flood of labeled phenylalanine: insulin effect on muscle protein synthesis. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 2002;282:E1029-38.

Caso G, Ford GC, Nair KS, Vosswinkel JA, Garlick PJ, McNurlan MA. Increased concentration of trace affects estimates of muscle protein synthesis. Am J Physiol 2001;280:E937-46.

Caso G, Garlick PJ, Ballou LM, Vosswinkel JA, Gelato MC, McNurlan MA. The increase in human muscle protein synthesis induced by food intake is similar when assessed with the constant infusion and flooding techniques. J Nutr 2006;36:1504-10.

Caso G, Garlick PJ, Gelato MC, McNurlan MA. Lymphocyte protein synthesis is increased with the progression of HIV-associated disease to AIDS. Clin Sci (Lond) 2001;101:583-9.

Caso G, McNurlan MA. Effect of insulin on whole body protein metabolism in children with type 1 diabetes. Curr Opin Clin Nutr Metab Care 2010;13:93-6.

Caso G, McNurlan MA, McMillan ND, Eremin O, Garlick PJ. Tumour cell growth in culture: dependence on arginine. Clin Sci (Lond) 2004;107:371-9.

Caso G, Mileva I, Kelly P, Ahn H, Gelato MC, McNurlan MA. Feeding acutely stimulates fibrinogen synthesis in healthy young and elderly adults. J Nutr 2009;139:2032-6.

Caso G, Mileva I, McNurlan MA, Mynarcik DC, Darras F, Gelato MC. Effect of ritonavir and atazanavir on human subcutaneous preadipocyte proliferation and differentiation. Antiviral Res 2010;86:137-43.

Caso G, Scalfi L, Marra M, Covino A, Muscaritoli M, McNurlan MA, Garlick PJ, Contaldo F. Albumin synthesis is diminished in men consuming a predominantly vegetarian diet. J Nutr 2000;130:528-33.

Caso G, Vosswinkel JA, Garlick PJ, Barry MK, Bilfinger TV, McNurlan MA. Altered protein metabolism following coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery. Clin Sci (Lond) 2008;114:339-46.

Caso G, Vosswinkel JA, Garlick PJ, Mileva I, Gelato MC, McNurlan MA. Response of human muscle protein to feeding: a comparison of methods [abstract]. FASEB J 2006;20:A8.

Chatila WM, Hoffman EA, Gaughan J, Robinswood GB, Criner GJ; National Emphysema Treatment Trial Research Group [Shroyer AL; member]. Advanced emphysema in African-American and white patients: do differences exist? Chest 2006;130:108-18.

Covin R, O'Brien M, Grunwald G, Brimhall B, Sethi G, Walczak S, Reiquam W, Rajagopalan C, Shroyer AL. Factors affecting transfusion of fresh frozen plasma, platelets, and red blood cells during elective coronary artery bypass graft surgery. Arch Pathol Lab Med 2003;127:415-23.

Criner GJ, Belt P, Sternberg AL, Mosenifar Z, Make BJ, Utz JP, Sciurba F; National Emphysema Treatment Trial Research Group [Shroyer AL; member]. Effects of lung volume reduction surgery on gas exchange and breathing pattern during maximum exercise. Chest 2009;135:1268-79.

Criner GJ, Scharf SM, Falk JA, Gaughan JP, Sternberg AL, Patel NB, Fessler HE, Minai OA, Fishman AP; National Emphysema Treatment Trial Research Group [Shroyer AL; member]. Effect of lung volume reduction surgery on resting pulmonary hemodynamics in severe emphysema. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2007;176:253-60.

DeCamp MM, Blackstone EH, Naunheim KS, Krasna MJ, Wood DE, Meli YM, McKenna RJ Jr; NETT Research Group [Shroyer AL; member]. Patient and surgical factors influencing air leak after lung volume reduction surgery: lessons learned from the National Emphysema Treatment Trial. Ann Thorac Surg 2006;82:197-207.

Drummond MB, Blackford AL, Benditt JO, Make BJ, Sciurba FC, McCormack MC, Martinez FJ, Fessler HE, Fishman AP, Wise RA; NETT Investigators [Shroyer AL; CEA sub-committee member]. Continuous oxygen use in nonhypoxemic emphysema patients identifies a high-risk subset of patients: retrospective analysis of the National Emphysema Treatment Trial. Chest 2008;134:497-506.

Fan VS, Ramsey SD, Giardino ND, Make BJ, Emery CF, Diaz PT, Benditt JO, Mosenifar Z, McKenna R Jr, Curtis JL, Fishman AP, Martinez FJ; National Emphysema Treatment Trial (NETT) Research Group [Shroyer AL; member]. Sex, depression, and risk of hospitalization and mortality in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Arch Intern Med 2007;167:2345-53.

Feiner JJ, McNurlan MA, Ferris RE, Mynarcik DC, Gelato MC. Chromium picolinate for insulin resistance in subjects with HIV disease: a pilot study. Diabetes Obes Metab 2008;10:151-8.

Fishman A, Martinez F, Naunheim K, Piantadosi S, Wise R, Ries A, Weinmann G, Wood DE; National Emphysema Treatment Trial Research Group [Shroyer AL; member]. A randomized trial comparing lung-volume-reduction surgery with medical therapy for severe emphysema. N Engl J Med 2003;348:2059-73.

Gamrin L, Essen P, Hultman E, McNurlan MA, Garlick PJ, Wernerman J. Protein-sparing effect in skeletal muscle of growth hormone treatment in critically ill patients. Ann Surg 2000;231:577-86.

Gao D, Grunwald GK, Rumsfeld JS, Mackenzie T, Grover FL, Perlin JB, McDonald GO, Shroyer AL. Variation in mortality risk factors with time after coronary artery bypass graft operation. Ann Thorac Surg 2003;75:74-81.

Gao D, Grunwald GK, Rumsfeld JS, Schooley L, MacKenzie T, Shroyer AL. Time-varying risk factors for long-term mortality after coronary artery bypass graft surgery. Ann Thorac Surg 2006;81:793-9.

Gardner SC, Grunwald GK, Rumsfeld JS, Cleveland JC Jr, Schooley LM, Gao D, Grover FL, McDonald GO, Shroyer AL. Comparison of short-term mortality risk factors for valve replacement versus coronary artery bypass graft surgery. Ann Thorac Surg 2004;77:549-56.

Gavi S, Feiner JJ, Melendez MM, Mynarcik DC, Gelato MC, McNurlan MA. Limb fat to trunk fat ratio in elderly persons is a strong determinant of insulin resistance and adiponectin levels. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 2007;62:997-1001.

Gavi S, Qurashi S, Stuart LM, Lau R, Melendez MM, Mynarcik DC, McNurlan MA, Gelato MC. Influence of age on the association of retinol-binding protein 4 with metabolic syndrome. Obesity (Silver Spring) 2008;16:893-5.

Gavi S, Stuart LM, Kelly P, Melendez MM, Mynarcik DC, Gelato MC, McNurlan MA. Retinol-binding protein 4 is associated with insulin resistance and body fat distribution in nonobese subjects without type 2 diabetes. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2007;92:1886-90.

Geraci JM, Johnson ML, Gordon HS, Petersen NJ, Shroyer AL, Grover FL, Wray NP. Mortality after cardiac bypass surgery: prediction from administrative versus clinical data. Med Care 2005;43:149-58.

Gersch RP, Hadjiargyrou M. Mustn1 is expressed during chondrogenesis and is necessary for chondrocyte proliferation and differentiation in vitro. Bone 2009;45:330-8.

Gersch RP, Lombardo F, McGovern SC, Hadjiargyrou M. Reactivation of Hox gene expression during bone regeneration. J Orthop Res 2005;23:882-90.

Gibney EM, Casebeer AW, Schooley LM, Cunningham F, Grover FL, Bell MR, McDonald GO, Shroyer AL, Parikh CR. Cardiovascular medication use after coronary bypass surgery in patients with renal dysfunction: a national Veterans Administration study. Kidney Int 2005;68:826-32.

Gelato M, McNurlan M, Freedland E. Role of recombinant human growth hormone in HIV-associated wasting and cachexia: pathophysiology and rationale for treatment. Clin Ther 2007;29:2269-88.

Gelato MC, Mynarcik D, McNurlan MA. Soluble tumour necrosis factor alpha receptor 2, a serum marker of resistance to the anabolic actions of growth hormone in subjects with HIV disease. Clin Sci (Lond) 2002;102:85-90.

Godil MA, Wilson TA, Garlick PJ, McNurlan MA. Effect of insulin with concurrent amino acid infusion on protein metabolism in rapidly growing pubertal children with type 1 diabetes. Pediatr Res 2005;58:229-34.

Hall DA, Sheeder J, Box T, Shroyer AL. Clinical science training at the University of Colorado: a measurement of trainee satisfaction. J Investig Med 2007;55:181-6.

Hammarqvist F, Sandgren A, Andersson K, Essen P, McNurlan MA, Garlick PJ, Wernerman J. Growth hormone together with glutamine-containing total parenteral nutrition maintains muscle glutamine levels and results in a less negative nitrogen balance after surgical trauma. Surgery 2001;129:576-86.

Hasley JP, Ghosh B, Huggins J, Bell MR, Adler LE, Shroyer AL. A review of "suicidal intent" within the existing suicide literature. Suicide Life Threat Behav 2008;38:576-91.

Herpel LB, Kanner RE, Lee SM, Fessler HE, Sciurba FC, Connett JE, Wise RA; National Emphysema Treatment Trial Research Group [Shroyer AL; member]. Variability of spirometry in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: results from two clinical trials. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2006;173:1106-13.

Ho PM, Arciniegas DB, Grigsby J, McCarthy M Jr, McDonald GO, Moritz TE, Shroyer AL, Sethi GK, Henderson WG, London MJ, VillaNueva CB, Grover FL, Hammermeister KE. Predictors of cognitive decline following coronary artery bypass graft surgery. Ann Thorac Surg 2004;77:597-603.

Ho PM, Masoudi FA, Peterson PN, Shroyer AL, McCarthy M Jr, Grover FL, Hammermeister KE, Rumsfeld JS. Health-related quality of life predicts mortality in older but not younger patients following cardiac surgery. Am J Geriatr Cardiol 2005;14:176-82.

Ho PM, Masoudi FA, Spertus JA, Peterson PN, Shroyer AL, McCarthy M Jr, Grover FL, Hammermeister KE, Rumsfeld JS. Depression predicts mortality following cardiac valve surgery. Ann Thorac Surg 2005;79:1255-9.

Huang JV, Casebeer AW, Plomondon ME, Shroyer AL, McDonald GO, Fullerton D, Bell MR, Baltz J, Grover FL, Cunningham F. Prescription-filling rates for key medications in Veterans Affairs patients after coronary artery bypass grafting. Am J Health Syst Pharm 2004;61:1248-52.

Imoberdorf R, Bartsch P, Peheim E, Garlick PJ, McNurlan MA, Turgay M, Ballmer P. Plasma volume, albumin and fibrinogen synthesis during active and passive ascent to high altitude. J Appl Physiol 2001;90:528-37.

Imoberdorf R, Garlick PJ, McNurlan MA, Casella GA, Marini JC, Turgay M, Bartsch P, Ballmer PE. Skeletal muscle protein synthesis after active or passive ascent to high altitude. Med Sci Sports Exerc 2006;38:1082-7.

Januszkiewicz A, Essen P, McNurlan MA, Ringden O, Garlick PJ, Wernerman J. A combined stress hormone infusion decreases in vivo protein synthesis in human T lymphocytes in healthy volunteers. Metabolism 2001;50:1308-14.

Januszkiewicz A, Essen P, McNurlan MA, Ringden O, Garlick PJ, Wernerman J. Determination of in vivo protein synthesis in human T lymphocytes. Clin Nutr 2001;20:181-2.

Januszkiewicz A, Essen P, McNurlan MA, Ringden O, Wernerman J, Garlick PJ. In vivo protein synthesis of circulating human T lymphocytes does not respond to a cortisol challenge within 24 h. Acta Anaesthesiol Scand 2000;44:202-9.

Kaplan RM, Ries AL, Reilly J, Mohsenifar Z; National Emphysema Treatment Trial Research Group [Shroyer AL; member]. Measurement of health-related quality of life in the national emphysema treatment trial. Chest 2004;126:781-9.

Kim WJ, Silverman EK, Hoffman E, Criner GJ, Mosenifar Z, Sciurba FC, Make BJ, Carey V, Estépar RS, Diaz A, Reilly JJ, Martinez FJ, Washko GR; NETT Research Group [Shroyer AL; CEA sub-committee member]. CT metrics of airway disease and emphysema in severe COPD. Chest 2009;136:396-404.

Kleger GR, Turgay M, Imoberdorf R, McNurlan MA, Garlick PJ, Ballmer PE. Acute metabolic acidosis decreases muscle protein synthesis but not albumin synthesis in humans. Am J Kidney Dis 2001;38:1199-207.

Kleinschmidt-DeMasters BK, Heinz D, McCarthy PJ, Bobak JB, Lillehei KO, Shroyer AL, Shroyer KR. Survivin in glioblastomas. Protein and messenger RNA expression and comparison with telomerase levels. Arch Pathol Lab Med 2003;127:826-33.

Kozora E, Kongs S, Box T, Schooley L, Hampton M, Berkowitz S, Grover F, Shroyer AL. Training and management of a multisite neuropsychological testing protocol for the Department of Veterans Affairs cooperative study evaluating on- and off-pump coronary artery bypass graft procedures. Clin Neuropsychol 2007;21:653-62.

Lee SM, Wise R, Sternberg AL, Tonascia J, Piantadosi S; National Emphysema Treatment Trial Research Group [Shroyer AL; member]. Methodologic issues in terminating enrollment of a subgroup of patients in a multicenter randomized trial. Clin Trials 2004;1:326-38.

Liu C, Gersch RP, Hawke TJ, Hadjiargyrou M. Silencing of Mustn1 inhibits myogenic fusion and differentiation. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 2010;298:C1100-8.

Lydic ML, McNurlan M, Bembo S, Mitchell L, Komaroff E, Gelato M. Chromium picolinate improves insulin sensitivity in obese subjects with polycystic ovary syndrome. Fertil Steril 2006;86:243-6.

McNurlan MA, Anthony TC. Protein synthesis and degradation. In: Stipanuk MH, editor. Biochemical, Physiological and Molecular Aspects of Human Nutrition. 2nd ed. St. Louis: Saunders, 2006: 319-60.

McNurlan MA, Garlick PJ. Protein metabolism: overview and turnover. In: Stipanuk MH, editor. Biochemical and Physiological Aspects of Human Nutrition. Philadelphia: Saunders, 2000: 211-33.

Martinez FJ, Curtis JL, Sciurba F, Mumford J, Giardino ND, Weinmann G, Kazerooni E, Murray S, Criner GJ, Sin DD, Hogg J, Ries AL, Han M, Fishman AP, Make B, Hoffman EA, Mohsenifar Z, Wise R; National Emphysema Treatment Trial Research Group [Shroyer AL; member]. Sex differences in severe pulmonary emphysema. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2007;176:243-52.

Martinez FJ, Foster G, Curtis JL, Criner G, Weinmann G, Fishman A, DeCamp MM, Benditt J, Sciurba F, Make B, Mohsenifar Z, Diaz P, Hoffman E, Wise R; NETT Research Group [Shroyer AL; member]. Predictors of mortality in patients with emphysema and severe airflow obstruction. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2006;173:1326-34.

Martinez FJ, Han MK, Andrei AC, Wise R, Murray S, Curtis JL, Sternberg A, Criner G, Gay SE, Reilly J, Make B, Ries AL, Sciurba F, Weinmann G, Mosenifar Z, DeCamp M, Fishman AP, Celli BR; National Emphysema Treatment Trial Research Group [Shroyer AL; member]. Longitudinal change in the BODE index predicts mortality in severe emphysema. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2008;178:491-9.

Melendez MM, McNurlan MA, Mynarcik DC, Khan S, Gelato MC. Endothelial adhesion molecules are associated with inflammation in subjects with HIV disease. Clin Infect Dis 2008;46:775-80.

Melendez MM, Vosswinkel JA, Shapiro MJ, Gelato MC, Mynarcik D, Gavi S, Xu X, McNurlan M. Wall suction applied to needle muscle biopsy — a novel technique for increasing sample size. J Surg Res 2007;142:301-3.

Molina PE, Lang CH, McNurlan M, Bagby GJ, Nelson S. Chronic alcohol accentuates simian acquired immunodeficiency syndrome-associated wasting. Alcohol Clin Exp Res 2008;32:138-47.

Molina PE, McNurlan M, Rathmacher J, Lang CH, Zambell KL, Purcell J, Bohm RP, Zhang P, Bagby GJ, Nelson S. Chronic alcohol accentuates nutritional, metabolic, and immune alterations during asymptomatic simian immunodeficiency virus infection. Alcohol Clin Exp Res 2006;30:2065-78.

Mynarcik D, Wei LX, Komaroff E, Ferris R, McNurlan M, Gelato M. Chronic loss of subcutaneous adipose tissue in HIV-associated lipodystrophy may not be associated with accelerated apoptosis. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 2005;38:367-71.

Mynarcik D, Wei LX, Komaroff E, Ferris R, McNurlan M, Gelato M. Loss of subcutaneous adipose tissue in HIV-associated lipodystrophy is not due to accelerated apoptosis. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 2005;38:53-6.

Mynarcik DC, McNurlan MA, Steigbigel RT, Fuhrer J, Gelato MC. Association of severe insulin resistance with both loss of limb fat and elevated serum tumor necrosis factor receptor levels in HIV lipodystrophy. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 2000;25:312-21.

Naunheim KS, Wood DE, Krasna MJ, DeCamp MM Jr, Ginsburg ME, McKenna RJ Jr, Criner GJ, Hoffman EA, Sternberg AL, Deschamps C; National Emphysema Treatment Trial Research Group [Shroyer AL; member]. Predictors of operative mortality and cardiopulmonary morbidity in the National Emphysema Treatment Trial. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;131:43-53.

Naunheim KS, Wood DE, Mohsenifar Z, Sternberg AL, Criner GJ, DeCamp MM, Deschamps CC, Martinez FJ, Sciurba FC, Tonascia J, Fishman AP; National Emphysema Treatment Trial Research Group [Shroyer AL; member]. Long-term follow-up of patients receiving lung-volume-reduction surgery versus medical therapy for severe emphysema by the National Emphysema Treatment Trial Research Group. Ann Thorac Surg 2006;82:431-43.

Novitzky D, Shroyer AL, Collins JF, McDonald GO, Lucke J, Hattler B, Kozora E, Bradham DD, Baltz J, Grover FL; VA #517 Randomized On/Off Bypass (ROOBY) Study Group. A study design to assess the safety and efficacy of on-pump versus off-pump coronary bypass grafting: the ROOBY trial. Clin Trials 2007;4:81-91.

Nygren J, Thorell A, Brismar K, Essen P, Wernerman J, McNurlan MA, Garlick PJ, Ljungqvist O. Glucose flux is normalized by compensatory hyperinsulinaemia in growth hormone-induced insulin resistance in healthy subjects, while skeletal muscle protein synthesis remains unchanged. Clin Sci (Lond) 2002;102:457-64.

O'Brien MM, Shroyer AL, Moritz TE, London MJ, Grunwald GK, Villanueva CB, Thottapurathu LG, MaWhinney S, Marshall G, McCarthy M Jr, Henderson WG, Sethi GK, Grover FL, Hammermeister KE; VA Cooperative Study Group on Processes, Structures, and Outcomes of Care in Cardiac Surgery. Relationship between processes of care and coronary bypass operative mortality and morbidity. Med Care 2004;42:59-70.

Plomondon ME, Casebeer AW, Schooley LM, Wagner BD, Grunwald GK, McDonald GO, Grover FL, Shroyer AL. Exploring the volume-outcome relationship for off-pump coronary artery bypass graft procedures. Ann Thorac Surg 2006;81:547-53.

Plomondon ME, Rumsfeld JS, Humble CG, Meterko M, McDonald GO, Grover FL, Perlin JB, Shroyer AL. Factors influencing risk-adjusted patient satisfaction after coronary artery bypass grafting. Am J Cardiol 2003;92:206-8.

Qurashi S, Mynarcik DC, McNurlan MA, Ahn H, Ferris R, Gelato MC. Importance of the high molecular weight isoform of adiponectin in improved insulin sensitivity with rosiglitazone treatment in HIV disease. Clin Sci (Lond) 2008;115:197-202.

Ramsey SD, Berry K, Etzioni R, Kaplan RM, Sullivan SD, Wood DE; National Emphysema Treatment Trial Research Group [Shroyer AL; member]. Cost effectiveness of lung-volume-reduction surgery for patients with severe emphysema. N Engl J Med 2003;348:2092-102.

Ramsey SD, Shroyer AL, Sullivan SD, Wood DE. Updated evaluation of the cost-effectiveness of lung volume reduction surgery. Chest 2007;131:823-32.

Reinert RB, Oberle LM, Wek S, Bunpo P, Wang XP, Mileva I, Goodwin L, Aldrich CJ, Durden DL, McNurlan MA, Wek RC, Anthony TG. Role of glutamine depletion in directing tissue-specific nutrient stress responses to L-asparaginase. J Biol Chem 2006;281:31222-33.

Ries AL, Make BJ, Lee SM, Krasna MJ, Bartels M, Crouch R, Fishman AP; National Emphysema Treatment Trial Research Group [Shroyer AL; member]. The effects of pulmonary rehabilitation in the national emphysema treatment trial. Chest 2005;128:3799-809.

Ross ES, Krebs NF, Shroyer AL, Dickinson LM, Barrett PH, Johnson SL. Early growth faltering in healthy term infants predicts longitudinal growth. Early Hum Dev 2009;85:583-8.

Rumsfeld JS, Ho PM, Magid DJ, McCarthy M Jr, Shroyer AL, MaWhinney S, Grover FL, Hammermeister KE. Predictors of health-related quality of life after coronary artery bypass surgery. Ann Thorac Surg 2004;77:1508-13.

Shroyer AL, Bell MR, Grover FL, Wagner BD, Johnson R, Schade LM, Grunwald GK, McDonald GO, Evaluating the VA Continuous Improvement in Cardiac Surgery Program’s Effectiveness. Implement Sci. In press.

Shroyer AL, Coombs LP, Peterson ED, Eiken MC, DeLong ER, Chen A, Ferguson TB Jr, Grover FL, Edwards FH; Society of Thoracic Surgeons. The Society of Thoracic Surgeons: 30-day operative mortality and morbidity risk models. Ann Thorac Surg 2003;75:1856-65.

Shroyer AL, Grover FL, Hattler B, Collins JF, McDonald GO, Kozora E, Lucke JC, Baltz JH, Novitzky D; Veterans Affairs Randomized On/Off Bypass (ROOBY) Study Group. On-pump versus off-pump coronary-artery bypass surgery. N Engl J Med 2009;361:1827-37.

Shroyer AL, Grunwald GK. Invited commentary. Ann Thorac Surg 2009;87:473-4.

Shroyer AL, McDonald GO, Wagner BD, Johnson R, Schade LM, Bell MR, Grover FL. Improving quality of care in cardiac surgery: evaluating risk factors, processes of care, structures of care, and outcomes. Semin Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth 2008;12:140-52.

Shroyer AL. Invited commentary. Ann Thorac Surg 2007;84:1546-7.

Singh M, Bleile MJ, Shroyer AL, Heinz D, Jarboe EA, Shroyer KR. Analysis of survivin expression in a spectrum of benign to malignant lesions of the breast. Appl Immunohistochem Mol Morphol 2004;12:296-304.

Snyder ML, Goss CH, Neradilek B, Polissar NL, Mosenifar Z, Wise RA, Fishman AP, Benditt JO; National Emphysema Treatment Trial Research Group [Shroyer AL; member]. Changes in arterial oxygenation and self-reported oxygen use after lung volume reduction surgery. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2008;178:339-45.

Stoller JK, Gildea TR, Ries AL, Meli YM, Karafa MT; National Emphysema Treatment Trial Research Group [Shroyer AL; member]. Lung volume reduction surgery in patients with emphysema and alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency. Ann Thorac Surg 2007;83:241-51.

Tringler B, Gup CJ, Singh M, Groshong S, Shroyer AL, Heinz DE, Shroyer KR. Evaluation of p16INK4a and pRb expression in cervical squamous and glandular neoplasia. Hum Pathol 2004;35:689-96.

Tringler B, Lehner R, Shroyer AL, Shroyer KR. Immunohistochemical localization of survivin in serous tumors of the ovary. Appl Immunohistochem Mol Morphol 2004;12:40-3.

Wagner BD, Grunwald GK, Rumsfeld JS, Hill JO, Ho PM, Wyatt HR, Shroyer AL. Relationship of body mass index with outcomes after coronary artery bypass graft surgery. Ann Thorac Surg 2007;84:10-6.

Zhong N, Gersch RP, Hadjiargyrou M. Wnt signaling activation during bone regeneration and the role of Dishevelled in chondrocyte proliferation and differentiation. Bone 2006;39:5-16.



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