Congratulations to everybody who was published in May! Published faculty were Doctors Beaver, Beduschi, Bihorac, Bleiweis, Cooper, Duarte, Efron, Jeffrey Jacobs, Jeng, Larson, Loftus, Moldawer, Peek, Samir, Scali, Scarlet, Shah, Stukov, Janice Taylor, Upchurch, and Zarrinpar.
Annals of Thoracic Surgery
- Makkinejad A, Yang B. Nicks, manouguian, and Y-incision aortic annular enlargement: do all roads lead to Rome? Ann Thorac Surg. 2025 May 20:S0003-4975(25)00427-8. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2025.05.006. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 40403905.
Anticancer Research
- Popp K, Popp R, Bowers J, Ahmed SH, Shekouhi R, Bansal S, Sharan S, Manaise HK, Savaliy BP, Raikot SR, Jimenez PB, Mubarak F, Ekpeh EP, Sukniam KB, Kowkabany G, Aguayo A, Gabriel EM. Impact of surgery refusal on overall survival in Merkel cell carcinoma. Anticancer Res. 2025 Jun;45(6):2443-2451. doi: 10.21873/anticanres.17615. PMID: 40425358.
ASAIO Journal
- Becker TK, Bruno J, Jeng EI, Phillips J, Smith TN, Roberts DL, Carr CT, Cooper MA, Back MR, Anderson RD, Maybauer MO. Successful extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation despite aortic occlusion. ASAIO J. 2025 May 1;71(5):e81-e83. doi: 10.1097/MAT.0000000000002295. Epub 2025 Apr 27. PMID: 39116303.
BMC Global and Public Health
- McCoy LG, Bihorac A, Celi LA, Elmore M, Kewalramani D, Kwaga T, Martinez-Martin N, Prôa R, Schamroth J, Shaffer JD, Youssef A, Fiske A. Building health systems capable of leveraging AI: applying Paul Farmer’s 5S framework for equitable global health. BMC Glob Public Health. 2025 May 2;3(1):39. doi: 10.1186/s44263-025-00158-6. PMID: 40312417.
Circulation. Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes
- Manuel V, Jacobs JP, Edwin F. Building a sustainable cardiac surgery program in Sub-Saharan Africa: the case of Angola. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2025 May 29:e012261. doi: 10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.125.012261. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 40439663.
Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research
- Ottesen TD, Xiang L, Adler RR, Holly KE, Clark CJ, Sepucha K, Shah SK, Kim DH, Hsu J, Chen AF, Weissman JS, Schoenfeld AJ. Patients With moderate to severe dementia who undergo elective TKA face elevated risks of death, delirium, and intensive interventions: a large, propensity-weighted database study. Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2025 May 13. doi: 10.1097/CORR.0000000000003542. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 40359903.
Contemporary Clinical Trials
- McVay MA, Moore WS, Deceus D, Townsend SB, Rosenberg EI, Muenyi S, Lou X, Webb FJ, Diaz LD, Shankar MN, Ruiz J, Voils CI, Ross KM. A brief online tool to increase behavioral weight loss treatment initiation: protocol for a cluster randomized trial. Contemp Clin Trials. 2025 Jul;154:107948. doi: 10.1016/j.cct.2025.107948. Epub 2025 May 15. PMID: 40381908.
Critical Care Medicine
- Sunthankar SD, Hill KD, Jacobs JP, Baldwin HS, Jacobs ML, Li JS, Graham EM, Blasiole B, Husain SA, Bleiweis MS, Mettler B, Benscoter A, Wald E, Karamlou T, Van Bergen AH, Eghtesady P, Scott JP, Anderson BR, Alfieris G, Vener DF, Kannankeril PJ. Methylprednisolone for infant heart surgery: subpopulation analyses of a randomized controlled trial. Crit Care Med. 2025 May 21. doi: 10.1097/CCM.0000000000006721. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 40396812.
European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery
- Trimarchi S, Czerny M, Haulon S, van Herwaarden JA, de Kort JF, Roselli EE, Schermerhorn ML, Upchurch GR Jr, Wanhainen A; ESVS Guidelines Steering Committee. European Society for Vascular Surgery (ESVS) 2025 Clinical practice consensus statement on ascending thoracic endovascular aortic repair. Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg. 2025 May 21:S1078-5884(25)00409-5. doi: 10.1016/j.ejvs.2025.05.023. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 40409456.
Gland Surgery
- Smith JA, Sylvester S, Norez D, Kelly WD, Touze H, Crawford KM, Celso BG, Murray JD. Fluorescent intraoperative tissue angiography during breast reduction: a single institution, single surgeon study evaluating decrease in complication rates with acquired proficiency. Gland Surg. 2025 Apr 30;14(4):611-617. doi: 10.21037/gs-2024-532. Epub 2025 Apr 25. PMID: 40405949.
JAMA Surgery
- Kaufman EJ, Passman JE, Alur R, Smith R, Osborne A, Scarlet S, Sue K, Wright R, Maine R, Smith N, Holston N, Zhu E, Beard JH. Providing equitable surgical care to patients in law enforcement custody: a review. JAMA Surg. 2025 May 14. doi: 10.1001/jamasurg.2025.1129. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 40366700.
Journal of Burn Care & Research
- Greenhalgh DG, Hill DM, Velamuri R, Driscoll I, Gibson A, Foster K, Smith D, Chamberlain A, Bush K, Yu M. A randomized, controlled trial comparing PermeaDerm to Mepilex Ag for the treatment of adult and pediatric partial-thickness burns. J Burn Care Res. 2025 May 8:iraf013. doi: 10.1093/jbcr/iraf013. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 40341353.
Journal of Hand Surgery, European Volume
- Krijnen NA, Teunis T, Chim H. The potential for lead time bias in early peripheral nerve exploration. J Hand Surg Eur Vol. 2025 May 22:17531934251329292. doi: 10.1177/17531934251329292. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 40401567.
Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation
- Bilgili A, Williams IE, Sharaf OM, Jimenez Contreras F, Stukov Y, Peek GJ, Bleiweis MS, Jacobs JP, Beaver TM, Jeng EI. Optimal pretransplant duration with HeartMate III left ventricular assist device: a contemporary analysis. J Heart Lung Transplant. 2025 May 16:S1053-2498(25)01959-X. doi: 10.1016/j.healun.2025.04.025. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 40383209.
Journal of Surgical Education
- Astarita EM, Brinkley LM, Taylor JA. Developing a holistic rubric for surgery residency interview evaluations: a pilot study for interview use. J Surg Educ. 2025 Aug;82(8):103555. doi: 10.1016/j.jsurg.2025.103555. Epub 2025 May 24. PMID: 40414174.
Journal of Surgical Research
- Balch JA, Sebok-Syer SS, Marcotte K, Pradarelli AA, Moreci R, Shickel B, Krumm AE, Loftus TJ. The predictive value of basic laparoscopic evaluations on complex cases using the Society for Improving Medical Procedural Learning Database. J Surg Res. 2025 May 27;311:164-171. doi: 10.1016/j.jss.2025.04.041. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 40435878.
Journal of Vascular Surgery
- Shah SK. More than open versus endovascular: rethinking chronic limb-threatening ischemia care for patients with end-stage kidney disease. J Vasc Surg. 2025 Jun;81(6):1531. doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2025.02.021. PMID: 40414651.
- Vaddavalli VV, Zheng X, Mao J, Mendes BC, Scali ST, DeMartino RR. Outcomes associated with type II endoleaks after infrarenal endovascular aneurysm repair in the Vascular Quality Initiative linked to Medicare claims. J Vasc Surg. 2025 May 6:S0741-5214(25)01023-7. doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2025.04.061. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 40339998.
- Weise L, Darman L, Yirga E, Zaman F, Paraskevas KI, Stone D, Scali S, Blecha M. Cumulative risks for reoperation due to bleeding after carotid endarterectomy and the associated clinical impact of bleeding events. J Vasc Surg. 2025 Apr 29:S0741-5214(25)01001-8. doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2025.04.040. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 40311948.
Nature Communications
- Khong J, Lee M, Warren C, Kim UB, Duarte S, Andreoni KA, Shrestha S, Johnson MW, Battula NR, McKimmy DM, Beduschi T, Lee JH, Li DM, Ho CM, Zarrinpar A. Tacrolimus dosing in liver transplant recipients using phenotypic personalized medicine: a phase 2 randomized clinical trial. Nat Commun. 2025 May 16;16(1):4558. doi: 10.1038/s41467-025-59739-6. PMID: 40379675.
Pediatric Blood and Cancer
- Beckhorn CB, Malek MM, Lovvorn HN, Leraas HJ, McKay KG, Kontchou NT […] Thompson GR, et al. Contemporary biology, management, and outcomes of renal medullary carcinoma in children and adults: a pediatric surgical oncology research collaborative study. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2025 Aug;72(8):e31774. doi: 10.1002/pbc.31774. Epub 2025 May 20. PMID: 40394815.
Pediatric Cardiology
- Sunthankar SD, Hill KD, Jacobs JP, Baldwin HS, Jacobs ML, Li JS, Graham EM, Resheidat AM, Amula V, Bleiweis MS, Wald EL, Eghtesady P, Scott JP, Anderson BR, Swartz MF, Benscoter A, Ravekes W, Kannankeril PJ. Reexploring the STRESS Trial: subgroup postoperative outcomes following methylprednisolone for infant heart surgery. Pediatr Cardiol. 2025 May 2. doi: 10.1007/s00246-025-03875-9. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 40314766.
Pediatric Surgery International
- Thobani H, Dalton C, Ehresmann KR, Larson S, Khan FA, Islam S. Can we do less? A review of imaging practices for evaluating cervical spine injuries in pediatric blunt trauma patients. Pediatr Surg Int. 2025;41(1):147. Published 2025 May 28. doi:10.1007/s00383-025-06053-3
Progress in Neurobiology
- Vo Q, Nacionales DC, McFarland KN, Gorski C, Barrios EL, Park G, Moldawer LL, Casadesus G, Nagpal R, Efron PA, Chakrabarty P. Temporal impact of sepsis on Alzheimer’s disease pathology and neuroinflammation. Prog Neurobiol. 2025 Jul;250:102775. doi: 10.1016/j.pneurobio.2025.102775. Epub 2025 May 3. PMID: 40324581.
World Journal for Pediatric & Congenital Heart Surgery
- Esmaeil H, Jacobs JP, Bleiweis MS, St Louis JD, Parsons N, Kirklin JK, Overman DM, Vida VL, Kansy A, Maruszewski B, Tobota Z, Cattapan C, Ashfaq A, Al-Halees Z, Sarris GE, Jacobs ML, Tchervenkov CI. Transposition of the great arteries with intact ventricular septum and left ventricular outflow tract obstruction: an analysis of The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Congenital Heart Surgery Database (STS-CHSD). World J Pediatr Congenit Heart Surg. 2025 May 27:21501351251329911. doi: 10.1177/21501351251329911. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 40420779.