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Download Entire Issue: Gibbon Surgical Review, Volume 2, Issue 1, 2019

Gibbon Surgical Review

Table of Contents

4 - The Gibbon Surgical Externship: A Student’s Perspective

6 - Invited Article: The PCOM Wisely Surgical Association and the Philadelphia Surgery Conference

8 - Interview With Thomas Jefferson Cardiothoracic Surgeon, H. Todd Massey, MD

12 - The Life of a Rwandan Surgical Resident

14 - Role Of Technological Advancement In The Context Of Surgical Planning And Execution: Perspective Of Jefferson Surgical Faculty

16 - Interview with William B. Hughes, MD, Director of the Thomas Jefferson University Hospital Burn Center

19 - Women in Surgery: An Interview with Dr. Karen Chojnacki, Vice Chair of Surgical Education at …

Utilizing Livers From Donors Older Than 65: A Single Center Experience, Krishnaraj Mahendraraj, Jorge H. Castro, Sean Devitt, Chad Gorn, Cataldo Doria, Adam Frank, Warren Maley, Carlo G. Ramirez

Adam M. Franks, MD

Conclusions:

Use of liver grafts from older donors presents similar survival outcomes as grafts from younger donor age. Therefore, it offers a viable option to expand the donor pool and increase number of OLTs.

However, there is higher incidence of retransplantation due to primary graft non-function, and longer hospital length of stay observed in the older donor age group.

Further studies using larger patient populations are needed to validate our results.

Racial Disparities In Head And Neck Cancers In An Urban Hospital, Jessica Kraus-Lavy, Charnita Zeigler-Johnson, Scott W Keith, Frances Guiles, David Cognetti, Voichita Bar-Ad, Rita S. Axelrod, Md

Phase 1

Introduction: Head and neck cancer incidence rates are higher for white residents in Philadelphia, while related mortality rates are highest for black residents. It is unclear how risk factors like HPV and smoking contribute to these disparities. The goal of this study is to determine which factors are associated with head and neck cancers in a diverse patient population from a Philadelphia hospital.

Methods: Cancer registry data from Thomas Jefferson University was used to obtain records from 922 head and neck cancer patients. One patient of other race was excluded. Twenty in-situ cancer cases were excluded. Chi-square tests were used …