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Colorectal Fellowship Scholarly Activity

Northside Hospital Colorectal Surgery fellows have multiple opportunities for scholarly activity and quality improvement activities within the system. Research activities are sponsored by the Northside Hospital Department of Research.

 

Selected resident scholarly activity works include:

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Publications

“Colorectal Surgery: From Bamboo to Robots” Ali A; Saidy MN; Ambroze WL Atlanta Medicine: Journal of the Medical Association of Atlanta 2016; 87(4); 14-15.

“Case Discussion of Turnbull-Cutait Procedure for Complex Ano-vaginal Fistula: Revival of the Delayed Coloanal Pull-through Procedure and Its Application for the Modern Surgeon” Saidy MN; Adewole AD; Ambroze WL; Schertzer ME; Armstrong DN; The American Surgeon 2016 Jul; Vol 82(7); 150-2.

“Anastomotic Leak is Increased with Clostridium difficile Infection After Colectomy: Machine Learning-Augmented Propensity Score Modified Analysis of 46 735 Patients” Baker SE; Monlezun DJ; Ambroze WL; Margolin DA; The American Surgeon 2020 Dec 24.

"Colorectal Cancer: New trends in demographics and treatment." Ambroze WL; Atlanta Magazine 2023, Vol 94(4); 20-21.

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Quality Improvement Projects

Members of Surgical Quality Oversight Committee (Ongoing)

Baker, S. & Al Fayyaddh, M. Quality Improvement Initiative to Review Current Process and Best Practices for Procedural Counts. Northside Hospital Quality Improvement (August, 2020).

Baker, S. & Al Fayyaddh, M. Quality Improvement Initiative to Review Current Process and Best Practices for Specimen Management. Northside Hospital Quality Improvement (August, 2020).

Finucan, M. & Sandhu, J. Patient Safety Culture Analysis. Georgia Colon and Rectal Assoc., Northside Hospital (November 2021).

Lam, J. & Gardner, I. FMEA Review- Ensuring prevention of retained objects from time room is set up for the patient to the time patient leaves procedure room. Northside Hospital Quality Improvement (January 2023).

Lam, J. & Gardner, I. Preventing light course-related burns from laparoscopy and arthroscopy. Northside Hospital Quality Improvement (April 2023).

Rosen, K. & Roper, M. Quality Improvement Initiative to Review Current Process and Best Practices for Correct Patient, Procedure, Site/Side Surgery. Northside Hospital Quality Improvement (September 2023).

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Conference Presentations

“Can a Non-formal Colorectal Robotics Program Achieve the Same Clinical Outcomes for Robotic Colon Surgery?” M. Schertzer, W.L. Ambroze, D. Choat, E. King. ASCRS Annual Scientific Meeting, Cleveland, OH. June 2019

“Transanal Hemorroidal Dearterialization is Safe and Effective for the Anticoagulated Population: A Single Center Prospective Study. C. Zhang, L. Anewenah, N. Pierre, M. Weaver, W.L. Ambroze, M. Schertzer. ASCRS Annual Scientific Meeting, Cleveland, OH. June 2019

"Colorectal Adenomas in Diagnostic Colonoscopies: A Retrospective Review in Younger Patient Population". M. Al Fayyadh, S. Baker, R. Czuprynski, E. Bevier-Rawls, W.L. Ambroze, M. Schertzer, E. King-Mullins. ASCRS Annual Scientific Meeting, Virtual. May 2021.

"Meckel's Diverticulum Causing Spontaneous Enterocutaneous Fistula". M. Al Fayyadh, S. Baker, M. Schertzer, W.L. Ambroze, M. Saidy. ASCRS Annual Scientific Meeting, Virtual. May 2021.

"Meckel's Stone Ileus". S. Baker, M. Al Fayyadh, M. Schertzer, W.L. Ambroze, M. Saidy. ASCRS Annual Scientific Meeting, Virtual. May 2021.

“Anal Paps in High Risk Women: A Single Institution Retrospective Review”. J. Sandhu, J. Fabien, M. Finucan, E. King-Mullins, M. Schertzer, W. Ambroze. ASCRS Annual Meeting, Tampa, FL. May 2022.

“Differences in PACU Narcotic Usage and Time to Discharge for Patients Receiving Liposomal Bupivacaine after THD”. J. Sandu, M. Finucan, E. King-Mullins, M. Schertzer, W. Ambroze. ASCRS Annual Meeting. Tampa, FL. May 2022.

"Urgent pelvic exenteration with liver resection for perforated rectal cancer with isolated liver metastasis". I. Gardner, J. Lam, M. Schertzer, T. Simon, C. Zhang, W. Ambroze. ASCRS Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA. June 2023.

"Posttransplant lymphoproliferative disorder of the ascending colon with coloduodenal fistula". I. Gardner, J. Lam, T. Simon, M. Schertzer, C. Zhang, W. Ambroze, M. Al Fayyadh. ASCRS Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA. June 2023.

"A rare case of rectal Rosai-Dorfman disease". I. Gardner, J. Lam, T. Simon, M. Al Fayyadh, W. Ambroze, C. Zhang. ASCRS Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA. June 2023.

Book Chapters

“Laparoscopic Total Proctocolectomy with Ileoanal Anastomosis” DN Armstrong; WL Ambroze. Atlas of Laparoscopic Surgery, Garth Ballantyne, Ed. WB Saunders, Philadelphia, PA. 2000.

“Laparoscopic Surgery of the Left Colon.” WL Ambroze Jr, Mastery of Endoscopic and Laparoscopic Surgery, WS Eubanks, LL Swanstrom, NJ Soper, Ed. Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, Philadelphia, PA. 2000.

"Pregnant Women with Inflammatory Bowel Disease" B.P. Champagne, W.L. Ambroze. Non-Obstetrics Surgery During Pregnancy- A Comprehensive Guide.” C.Nezhat. Springer, New York, NY 2018.