On The Cutting Edge | May 2025

May 23, 2025

Happy Clinical Trials Day

May 20th was Clinical Trials Day. We want to express our gratitude to all clinical research professionals, including the outstanding individuals in the Department of Surgery whose dedication and hard work are advancing medicine and developing new treatment to help patients around the world!

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Faculty Mentorship/Student Help: The Division of Research has an established process for matching research residents and medical students with faculty members for research opportunities. These opportunities are to be strictly for volunteer work done by the student. Specifics on task work is completely up to the faculty member’s discretion. If you are interested in mentoring, please fill out this Qualtrics survey.
NIH Scientific Data Sharing Website: Whether you are involved in an NIH-funded project and want to understand which sharing policies apply to your research and how to comply, or you are a researcher looking to access scientific data from NIH-affiliated repositories, this site is for you. | More information
Department of Surgery Intranet Site: Funding Opportunities, Cultural Complications/Grand Rounds/Quality Minute presentations, Surgery Sparks of Gratitude, Global Surgical Programs, Finance/Reimbursement links, DOS Phone list, and resources for logos/fonts/templates. | More Information
Abstract Deadlines and Meeting List: List is updated weekly.| More Information

Faculty Feature

SurPASS Tip of the Month

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Pivot is a new library database of federal and foundation grant opportunities. Setup your account using the “Using my account credentials” option with your MCW email.

Pivot aggregates funding data from federal agencies, private foundations and international sponsors.

Identify funding for research, travel, fellowships, and training
Receive weekly funding alerts based on your research profile
Identify potential research collaborators at MCW and other institutions.

If the link above does not work, please go to the MCW Libraries site and click on Resources, then All Databases, and choose Pivot.

**Please reach out to Lynn Cummings, Grants Operations Coordinator, for assistance!**

Clinical Research Tip of the Month

MCW Defined Public Data Sets

Per 45 CFR 46.101, research using certain publicly available data sets does not involve “human subjects”. The data contained within these specific data sets are neither identifiable nor private and thus do not meet the federal definition of “human subject” as defined in 45 CFR 46.102. Therefore these research projects do not need to be reviewed and approved by the IRB. The MCW HRPP office has worked with a number of investigators to identify and classify numerous data sets as "publicly available data sets" or "restricted use data sets".

There are currently over 75 MCW Designated Public Data Sets. This list and information on the data set nomination process can be found here.

Staff Feature

GRANT$ Alert

Cardiovascular Research Center (CVRC) Pilot Awards
MPI: $30,000
MPI application deadline: June 1; if not awarded then Oct 1, 2025
JIT: $15,000
JIT application deadline (3 cycles offered): June 1 and Oct 1, 2025 and Feb 1, 2026

MPI Pilot for two PIs who have not been funded together yet or a collaboration in a new direct.
JIT Pilot for "near miss" applications from NIH (R01 or equivalent, R21, or K award) OR non-profit with total costs over $200,000/year. "Not discussed" applications are not eligible.

American College of Surgeons 2026-2028 Faculty Research Fellowship
$40,000/year for 2 years
GCO deadline: 5 business days prior to app due
Application due: September 2025, date TBD

New for 2025: Franklin H Martin Award and C. James Carrico Award for Trauma and Critical Care. For Fellows or Associate Fellows who have completed chief residency year or fellowship training within the preceding 5 years and have a faculty appointment. Minimum 50% effort toward research project.

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Budget commensurate with project
3 year award period
Rolling deadline - submit LOI then invited to submit full proposal

Evidence for Action - research to advance racial equity; Pioneering Ideas - build a culture of health

Abstracts Alert

Western Surgical Association (WSA) Annual Meeting
November 1-4, 2025 | Scottsdale, AZ
Abstract deadline: June 9, 2025

Presentation types: Oral, ePoster, Video

Southern Surgical Association (SSA) Annual Meeting
December 7-10, 2025 | Hot Springs, VA
Abstract deadline: June 30, 2025

More information can be found on the annual meeting page

Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma (EAST) Annual Scientific Assembly
January 20-23, 2026 | Atlanta, GA
Abstract deadline: July 1, 2025

Abstract categories: Basic Science, Clinical Science, and Injury Prevention*

Department of Surgery Recent Publications

Reutericyclin mitigates risperidone-induced suppression of anaerobic energy expenditure. American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative & Comparative Physiology. (Hadiono MA, Kazen AB, Aboulalazm FA, Burnett CML, Reho JJ, Kindel TL, Grobe JL, Kirby J)

A survey of long-term NICU developmental follow-up practices in gastroschisis patients. Journal of Perinatology. (Rundell MR, Miller LE, Warner BB, Wagner AJ)

Composition and Priorities of Multidisciplinary Pediatric Thyroid Programs: A Consensus Statement. [Review]. Thyroid. (Kothari R, Donner JR, Balakrishnan K, Hartman G, Alazraki A, Antal Z, Bauer A, Chelius D, Cherella C, Dahl JP, Dimachkieh A, Fox LA, Helmig S, Jiang W, Kazahaya K, Laetsch TW, Lodish M, Mahajan P, Parsons L, Prickett K, Quintanilla-Dieck L, Rastatter J, Rothstein D, Simons J, Sheyn A, Wagner A, Waguespack SG, Wasserman JD, Wassner AJ, Seeley H, Meister KD)

Comprehensive Review of the Management of Patients with Acute Cholecystitis Who Are Ineligible for Surgery. Annals of Surgery. (Baron TH, Jorge I, Husnain A, Benias PC, Reames BN, Bhanushali A, Docimo S Jr, Bloom M, Salem R, Murphy P, Singh H, Varadarajulu S, Riaz A)

Xenotransplantation: A Bibliometric Analysis of Current Trends. Xenotransplantation. (Alshahwan HF, Yamin S, Ababneh L, Alhalbouni A, Rommaneh M, Ismail O, Rawashdeh B)

Gluteal compartment syndrome: A rare complication following endovascular aneurysm repair and internal iliac coil embolization. Vascular. (Butak WJ, Dyer MR, Kugler NW)

Serum Copper Levels in Chronic Kidney Disease and Hemodialysis Patients: Insights from a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. [Review]. Biological Trace Element Research. (Aldalati AY, Hussein AM, Balbaa E, Alrabadi B, Albliwi M, Abuassi M, Rawashdeh B)

Advancing cell-free DNA as a biomarker of damage to heart caused by ionizing radiation. Journal of Radiation Research. (Wallisch E, Tomita-Mitchell A, Liang HL, Szabo A, Lenarczyk M, Kwitek A, Smith JR, Tutaj M, Baker JE)

Rethinking the Diagnosis and Management of Antibody-Mediated Rejection in Multidisciplinary Transplant Meetings: A Global Survey and Banff Working Group Recommendations. Clinical Transplantation. (Sapir-Pichhadze R, Askar M, Cooper M, Cornell LD, Cozzi E, Dadhania DM, Diekmann F, de Vries APJ, Schinstock CA, Carroll RP, Abdelrehim A, Gan G, Deng Y, Alasfar S, Bagnasco SM, Batal I, Budde K, Clahsen-van Groningen MC, Kung VL, Lower F, Seija M, Kraus E, Naesens M, Bow LM)

A qualitative study of micro and macroaggression experienced by Black surgical trainees through an anonymous reporting. American Journal of Surgery. (Nataliansyah MM, Alimi YR, Barry L, Campbell AR, Ubesie KV, Stewart J 4th, Pugh C, Watkins A, Hayes-Dixon A, Clarke CN)

The SAGES MASTERS Program: top 10 seminal articles for Heller myotomy and treatment of achalasia. Surgical Endoscopy. (Patel AD, Puri R, Nau P, Race A, McCormack L, Brown A, Khaitan L, Gould JC)

Acute Response of Hepatocyte MRP2 Internalization as an Indicator of Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury in Liver Transplantation. Transplantation. (Monti C, Hong SK, Lee A, Hong JC, Eriksen CM, Joshi A, Dash RK, Audi SH, Lee W, Kumar SN, Kim J)

The Landmark Series: Surgical Management of Functioning and Non-Functioning Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors. [Review]. Annals of Surgical Oncology. (Tobias J, Clarke CN, Gangi A, Keutgen XM)

The impact of socioeconomic factors on pancreatic cancer care utilization. PLoS ONE [Electronic Resource]. (Khani M, Assadi Shalmani M, Taleban A, Tsai S, Nataliansyah M, Aldakkak M, Luo J)

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