Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
• Evaluated outside and internal prostate biopsy reports to identify diagnostic discordance rates. • Analyzed potential effects of secondary pathology review on clinical management and cost savings. • First author manuscript currently in submission.
• Analyzed effect of hyperbilirubinemia on patient safety in Whipple surgery and determined preoperative bilirubin threshold that predicts worse outcomes. First author publication in Annals of Surgical Oncology and oral presentation. • Analyzed effect of various post-operative analgesic medications on distal pancreatectomy complications • Used Epic Systems, Medview, and Sunrise Clinical Manager to review charts of 250 patients
• Mapped a novel neuronal circuit that mediates anxiety using viral tracing • Performed techniques such as stereotaxic surgery, perfusion fixation, cryosectioning, and fluorescent microscopy imaging • Created schematic figure of mouse brain for grant proposal