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| Co-Director: Beth A. Virnig, Ph.D. Associate Professor Department of Health Policy and Management School of Public Health virni001@umn.edu |
Co-Director: Todd M. Tuttle, M.D. Associate Professor Chief, Division of Surgical Oncology Department of Surgery Medical School tuttl006@umn.edu |
Workgroup Member Access |
Purpose:
The Minnesota Surgical Outcomes Workgroup will provide research and training opportunities in outcomes investigation in order to promote evidence-based surgical practice. The Workgroup is a collaboration between the University of Minnesota Department of Surgery and the University of Minnesota School of Public Health.
Collaborators:
Research Associate:
Elizabeth B. Habermann
butz0030@umn.edu
Meetings:
The Minnesota Surgical Outcomes Workgroup meets every Tuesday at 11:00 a.m. Contact Dr. Beth Virnig if you would like to attend and/or have a project to present to the Workgroup.
Publications:
Ricciardi R, Virnig BA, Ogilvie JW, Dahlberg, PS, Selker HP, Baxter NN. Volume-outcome relationship for coronary artery bypass grafting in an era of decreasing volume. Archives of Surgery. In Press 2007.
Ricciardi R, Virnig BA, Madoff RD, Rothenberger DA, Baxter NN. The status of radical proctectomy and sphincter-sparing surgery in the United States. Dis Colon Rectum. 2007 Jun 14; [Epub ahead of print]
Lee PK, Jarosek SL, Virnig BA, Evasovich M, Tuttle TM. Trends in the incidence and treatment of parathyroid cancer in the United States. Cancer. 2007 May 1;109(9):1736-41.
Baxter NN, Hartman LK, Tepper JE, Ricciardi R, Durham SB, Virnig BA. Post-operative irradiation for rectal cancer increases the risk of small bowel obstruction after surgery. Ann Surg. 2007 Apr;245(4):553-9.
Baxter NN, Whitson BA, Tuttle TM. Trends in the treatment and outcome of pancreatic cancer in the United States. Ann Surg Oncol. 2007 Apr;14(4):1320-26. Epub 2007 Jan 17.
Baxter NN and Tuttle TM. Inadequacy of lymph node staging in gastric cancer patients: A population-based study. Ann Surg Oncol. 2005;12:1981-7.
Baxter NN, Tepper JE, Durham SB, Rothenberger DA, Virnig BA. Increased risk of rectal cancer after prostate radiation: A population-based study. Gastroenterology. 2005 Apr;128(4):819-24.
Baxter N, Virnig D, Rothenberger D, Morris A, Jessurun J, Virnig B. Lymph node evaluation in colorectal cancer patients: How and when will we get it right? J Natl Cancer Inst. 2005 Feb;97(3):219-25.
Baxter NN, Virnig BA, Durham SB, Tuttle TM. Trends in the treatment of ductal carcinoma in situ of the breast. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2004;96:443-8.
