Curriculum Vitae
Donavon J. Hess, MD, PhD, MBA

Education and Training
Employment
Licensure and Certification
Professional Affiliations
Awards
Editorial Responsibilities
Journal Articles
Book Chapter
Abstracts and Presentations
Invited Presentations

EDUCATION AND TRAINING:

1992, Bachelor of Science, Biology
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

1992 - 1996
Doctor of Medicine
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

1996 - 2005
Surgical Resident
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

1999 - 2003
Surgical Infectious Disease Fellow
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

2000
Surgical Endoscopy Fellow
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

2000 - 2006
Graduate Student
Microbiology, Immunology, and Cancer Biology Program Microbiology Track
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

2003, Masters of Business Administration
University of St. Thomas, St. Paul

2006, Doctor of Philosophy
Microbiology, Immunology, and Cancer Biology, Microbiology Track
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
Thesis: Interactions of Staphylococcus aureus with the intestinal epithelium
Advisor: Carol L. Wells, Ph.D.

2005 - 2007
Pediatric Surgery Chief Resident
Women and Children’s Hospital of Buffalo, NY

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EMPLOYMENT:

1988 - 1992
Student Book Store
Minneapolis, MN

1991 - 1992
Teaching Assistant
Department of Biochemistry
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

2005 - 2007
Clinical Instructor in Surgery
SUNY Buffalo, NY

2007 - Present
Assistant Professor of Surgery
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

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LICENSURE AND CERTIFICATION:

Minnesota Medical License
New York Medical License - expired

American Board of Surgery, certification in Pediatric Surgery

Minnesota Emergency Medical Technician - expired
Minnesota Emergency Medical Technician, Intermediate - expired

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PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:

Minnesota Medical Association, 1992 - Present
Ramsey Medical Society, 1992 - Present
American College of Surgeons, Candidate and Associate Group, 1999 - Present
Association for Academic Surgery, 1996 - Present
Shock Society, 2002 - Present
American Society for Microbiology, 2002 - Present
Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract, 2003 - Present
Minnesota Surgical Society, 2003 - Present
Medical Society of the State of New York, 2005 - Present
Erie County Medical Society, 2005 - Present

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AWARDS:

1988 Eagle Scout, Boy Scouts of America
1992 Stanley Dagley Scholarship for Outstanding Student in Biochemistry
1996 Association for Academic Surgery Student Research Award
1999 Rhone Poulenc Roher Surgery Resident Scholarship
2000 Richard Varco Resident Research Award
2001 National Research Service Award, NIH, F32 AI49686-01, 3 years
2004 Henry Buchwald Award

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EDITORIAL RESPONSIBILITIES:

Ad Hoc Reviewer, Nutrition

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JOURNAL ARTICLES:

1. Tzanakakis, E, Hess, D, Sielaff, T, Hu, W. Extracorporeal Tissue Engineered Liver-Assist Devices, Annual Review of Biomedical Engineering 2: 607-632, 2000.

2. Hess, DJ, Henry-Stanley, MJ, Moore, EA, and Wells, CL. Integrin Expression, Enterocyte Maturation, and Bacterial Internalization,” Journal of Surgical Research 98: 116-122, 2001.

3. Wiesner, SM, Bendel, CM, Moore, EA, Hess, DJ, Erlandsen, SL, & Wells, CL. Adherence of Yeast and Filamentous Forms of Candida albicans to Cultured Enterocytes, Critical Care Medicine 30: 677- 683, 2002.

4. Kosari, K, Gomes, M, Hunter, D, Hess, DJ, Greeno, E, Sielaff, TD. Local, intrahepatic, and systemic recurrence patterns after radiofrequency ablation of hepatic malignancies. Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery 6(2): 255 – 263, 2002.

5. Hess, DJ, Henry-Stanley, MJ, Moore, EA, and Wells, CL. Effect of tumor necrosis factor–α, interferon-γ, and interleukin-4 on bacterial interactions with cultured enterocytes, Journal of Surgical Research 104: 88 – 94, 2002.

6. Hess, DJ, Humar, A, Sielaff, TD. Living related liver transplantation for recurrent hepatocellular carcinoma in a normal liver, Clinical Transplantation  16(3): 240–242, 2002.

7. Bendel, CM, Hess, DJ, Garni, RM, Henry-Stanley, MJ, Wells, CL.  Comparative virulence of Candida albicans yeast and filamentous forms in orally and intravenously inoculated mice.  Critical Care Medicine 31:  2003, In Press.

8. Henry-Stanley, MJ, Hess, DJ, Erickson, EA, Wells, CL., Role of heparan sulfate in interactions of Listeria monocytogenes with enterocytes. Medical Microbiology and Immunology  192: 107 – 115, 2003.

9. Wells CL, Hess DJ, Erlandsen SL. Impact of the indigenous flora in animal models of shock and sepsis.  Shock  22:562 – 568, 2004

10. Hess, DJ, Henry-Stanley, MJ, Erickson, EA, Garni, RM, Wells, CL.,  Intracellular survival of Staphylococcus aureus within cultured enterocytes.  Journal of Surgical Research  114:42 – 49, 2003.

11. Henry-Stanley, MJ, Hess, DJ, Erickson, EA, Garni, RM, Wells, CL., Effect of lipopolysaccharide on virulence of intestinal Candida albicans.  Journal of Surgical Research  113: 42 – 49, 2003.

12. Hess, DJ, Garni, RM, Henry-Stanley, MJ, Wells, CL, Escherichia coli modulates extraintestinal spread of Staphylococcus aureus.  Shock  24(4): 376 – 381, 2005.

13. Henry-Stanley, MJ, Hess, DJ, Erlandsen, SL, Wells, CL, Ability of the heparan sulfate proteoglycan syndecan-1 to participate in bacterial translocation across the intestinal epithelial barrier.  Shock  24(6): 571 – 576, 2005.

14. Hess DJ, Henry-Stanley MJ, Erlandsen SL, Wells CL. Heparan sulfate proteoglycans mediate Staphylococcus aureus interactions with intestinal epithelium.  Medical Microbiology and Immunology . In Press.

15. Lau ST, Lee YH, Hess DJ, Brisseau GF, Keleher GF, Caty MG.  Lawnmower Injuries in Children: A Ten Year Experience.  Pediatric Surgery International 33(3): 209 – 214, 2006.

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BOOK CHAPTER:

Abu-Absi, SF, Hess, DJ, Groehler, KE, Remmel, RP, Sielaff, TD, and Hu, W-S. Monitoring Metabolic Activity and Differentiated Function in a Bioartificial Liver Device. In A. Atala and R. Lanza (Eds.), Methods of Tissue Engineering, Academic Press, San Diego, CA, pp. 951 – 964, 2001.

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ABSTRACTS AND PRESENTATIONS:

1. Hess DJ, and Sielaff TD. A model of colon cancer metastasis to the liver, Annual meeting of the Minnesota Surgical Residents Society, Minneapolis, MN July 20, 2000.

2. Hess DJ, Feltis BA, Cromwell J, Garcia-Aguilar J, Wells CL.  Integrin expression alters internalization of enteric bacteria by cultured enterocytes, Annual meeting of the Association for Academic Surgery, Tampa, FL., November 2-4, 2000.

3. Kosari K, Hess DJ, Gomes M, Hunter D, Dietz C, Greeno E, Sielaff TD. A multidisciplinary approach to radiofrequency ablation of liver tumors, American Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association, Miami Beach, FL, February 22-25 2001.

4. Kosari K, Hess DJ, Wolfe R, Gomez M, Hunter D, Deitz C, Greeno E, Sielaff TD. A multidisciplinary approach to radiofrequency ablation of liver tumors, Annual meeting of the Minnesota Surgical Society, St. Paul, MN, April 27, 2001.

5. Hess DJ, Henry-Stanley MJ, Wells CL. Candida albicans adherence to cultured enterocytes, Meeting of the Minnesota Surgical Society, St. Paul, MN, April 27, 2001.

6. Hess DJ, Henry-Stanley MJ, Wiesner S, and Wells CL. Candida adherence to cultured enterocytes, Annual meeting of the Surgical Infection Society, Snowbird, UT, May 3-5, 2001.

7. Hess DJ, Henry-Stanley MJ, Wiesner SM, Wells CL. Mannose inhibits Candida albicans adherence to cultured enterocytes, Annual meeting of the Shock Society, Marco Island, FL, June 9-12, 2001.

8. Henry-Stanley MJ, Hess DJ, Wells CL. Syndecan-1 and bacterial adherence to enterocytes, Annual meeting of the Shock Society, Marco Island, FL, June 9-12, 2001.

9. Hess DJ, Henry-Stanley MJ, Moore EA, Wells CL. Cytokines modulate bacteria-enterocyte interactions, Annual meeting of the Association for Academic Surgery, Milwaukee, WI, November 15-17, 2001.

10. Hess DJ, Henry-Stanley MJ, Erickson EA, Wells CL. Potential role of heparan sulfate in Staphylococcus aureus internalization by HT-29 enterocytes, Annual meeting of the Shock Society, Big Sky, Montana, June 8-11, 2002.

11. Henry-Stanley MJ, Erickson EA, Hess DJ, Wells CL. Cytokine-mediated down-regulation of syndecan-1 correlates with decreased bacterial internalization by HT-29 enterocytes, Annual Meeting of the Shock Society, Big Sky, Montana, June 8-11, 2002.

12. Hess DJ, Henry-Stanley MJ, Wells CL, Bacteria-enterocyte interactions, Annual meeting of the Minnesota Surgical Residents Society, Minneapolis, MN, June 11, 2002.

13. Hess DJ, Wells CL. Staphylococcus aureus interactions with epithelial cells, Meeting of the Minnesota Surgical Society, Rochester, MN, September 27, 2002.

14. Hess DJ, Henry-Stanley MJ, Erickson EA, Wells CL. Enterocytes internalize Staphylococcus aureus, Surgical Forum, Clinical Congress of the American College of Surgeons, San Francisco, CA, October 6 – 10, 2002.  J Amer Coll Surg  195(S3): S77, 2002.

15. Hess DJ, Henry-Stanley MJ, Erickson EA, Garni RM, Wells CL. Intracellular survival of Staphylococcus aureus in Caco-2 enterocytes, 36th Annual Meeting of the Association for Academic Surgery, Boston, MA, November 7 – 9, 2002.

16. Henry-Stanley MJ, Hess DJ, Erickson EA, Wells CL. LPS inhibits Candida albicans interaction with intestinal epithelium, 36th annual meeting of the Association for Academic Surgery, Boston, MA, November 7 – 9, 2002.

17. Hess DJ, Kosari K, Ritchie RL, Solis SJ, Sielaff TD.  Heparin inhibits colon cancer adherence to hepatocyte spheroids, American Hepato-Pancreatico-Biliary Association 4th Americas Congress, Miami, FL, February 27 – March 2, 2003.

18. Hess DJ, Kosari K, Glessing B, Humar A, Sielaff TD.  Hepatic lobectomy for disease vs. donation for transplantation, Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract, Digestive Diseases Week, Orlando, FL, May 17 - 22, 2003.

19. Hess DJ, Henry-Stanley MJ, Garni RM, Erickson EA, Wells CL.  Lipopolysaccharide modulates Staphylococcus aureus interactions with intestinal epithelium, Annual Meeting of the Surgical Infection Society, San Antonio, TX, April 10 – 12, 2003, Surgical Infections 4: 107, 2003.

20. Henry-Stanley MJ, Erickson EA, Garni RM, Hess DJ, Wells CL.  LPS modulates expression of syndecan-1 by enterocytes, Annual Meeting of the Shock Society, Phoenix, AZ, June 7 – 10, 2003.  Shock 19: 91, 2003.

21. Hess DJ, Garni RM, Erickson EA, Henry-Stanley MJ, Wells CL.  Escherichia coli alters Staphylococcus aureus interactions with intestinal epithelium, Annual Meeting of the Shock Society, Phoenix, AZ, June 7 – 10, 2003.  Shock 19: 35, 2003.

22. Linden BC, Hess DJ, Anderson F, Cornfield DN.  Lipopolysaccharide directly decreases cytosolic calcium concentration in fetal distal pulmonary artery smooth muscle, Annual Meeting of the Shock Society, Phoenix, AZ, June 7 – 10, 2003.  Shock 19: 87 - 88, 2003.

23. Hess DJ, Wells CL.  Staphylococcus aureus pathogenesis: insights from the interactions of S. aureus with the intestinal epithelium.  Meeting of the Minnesota Surgical Society, St. Paul, MN, May 16, 2003.

24. Kosari K, Ritchie RL, Hess DJ, Hunter D, Sielaff TD.  Partial radiofrequency ablation causes increased local and remote hepatocellular cancer growth in a rat model.  Meeting of the Minnesota Surgical Society, St. Paul, MN, May 16, 2003.

25. Hess DJ, Henry-Stanley MJ, Wells CL.  Lipopolysaccharide alters Staphylococcus aureus internalization by cultured enterocytes.  Meeting of the Minnesota Surgical Residents Society, Minneapolis, MN, June 10, 2003.

26. Hess DJ, Kosari K, Glessing B, Humar A, Sielaff TD.  Hepatic lobectomy for underlying disease vs. for donation in living donor liver transplant, Ninth Annual International Liver Transplantation Society Congress, Barcelona, Spain, June 18 – 21, 2003.

27. Hess DJ, Henry-Stanley MJ, Erickson EA, Garni RM, Wells CL.  Fibronectin and intestinal pathogenesis of Staphylococcus aureus.  27th Annual Conference on Shock.  Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, June 5 – 8, 2004

28. Henry-Stanley MJ, Erickson EA, Garni RM, Hess DJ, Wells CL.  Syndecan-1, heparan sulfate and bacteria-enterocyte interactions.  27th Annual Conference on Shock.  Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, June 5 – 8, 2004

29. Hurley CA, Hess DJ, Lau ST, Lee Y, Zallen G, Caty MG.  Multidisciplinary Collaborative Rounds Improve Patient Satisfaction on a Pediatric Surgery Service. 15th Annual Meeting of the American Pediatric Surgical Nurses Association.  Hilton Head, SC, May 18 – 21, 2006

30. Loghmanee, CL, Hurley CA, Hess DJ, Caty MG.  Multidisciplinary Collaborative Rounds Improve Patient Satisfaction on a Pediatric Surgery Service. SUNY at Buffalo 9th Annual Resident Scholarly Exchange Day.  May 4, 2006

31. Loghmanee, CL, Hurley CA, Hess DJ, Caty MG.  Multidisciplinary Collaborative Rounds Improve Patient Satisfaction on a Pediatric Surgery Service. SUNY at Buffalo 2nd Annual Department of Surgery Research Day.  May 25, 2006

32. Hurley CA, Hess DJ, Caty MG.  Multidisciplinary Collaborative Rounds Improve Patient Satisfaction on a Pediatric Surgery Service.  Kaleida Health Nursing Research Day, May 19, 2006

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INVITED PRESENTATIONS:

1. Neonatal Intestinal Obstruction given to Pediatrics Department Grand Rounds, Women and Children’s Hospital of Buffalo, September 19, 2005

2. Community-Acquired MRSA given to Buffalo Pediatric Society, Williamsville, NY, January 5, 2006

3. Neonatal Chylothorax given to Intensive Care Nursery Grand Rounds, Women and Children’s Hospital of Buffalo, January 12, 2006

4. Pyloric Stenosis given to Pediatrics Training Program, Women and Children’s Hospital of Buffalo, August 3, 2006

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