April Mendoza, MD, MPH
Associate Professor
Surgery
School of Medicine

Awards

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• Joseph Susman Memorial Award, UCSF-East Bay, 2024

Education & Training

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• Trauma and Surgical Critical Care University of California San Francisco 07/2017
• General Surgery Louisiana State University Medical Center 06/2015
• MPH Health Care and Prevention University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 2012
• MD Medicine Loyola University of Chicago Stritch School of Medicine 06/2008
• BS Microbiology Xavier University of Louisiana 05/2004

Publications (95)

Top publication keywords:
Abdominal InjuriesWounds, NonpenetratingIntestinal FistulaHeparin, Low-Molecular-WeightSurgical Wound DehiscenceWounds, PenetratingBrain Injuries, TraumaticProfessional AutonomyEnteral NutritionSurgical Procedures, OperativeHeparinCutaneous FistulaAnticoagulantsCritical IllnessVenous Thromboembolism

• Is Repeat Computed Tomography Angiography for Asymptomatic Grade 1 Blunt Cerebrovascular Injuries Cost-Effective?
  The Journal of surgical research 2024 Susai CJ, Alcasid NJ, Banks KC, Mendoza AE, Jackson C, Aarabi S, Senekjian L, Victorino GP
• Current fistula management.
  Current opinion in critical care 2024 Vanzant E, Thompson A, Mendoza A, Yeh D
• Optimal dose of cryoprecipitate in massive transfusion following trauma.
  The journal of trauma and acute care surgery 2023 Dorken-Gallastegi A, Bokenkamp M, Argandykov D, Mendoza AE, Hwabejire JO, Saillant N, Fagenholz PJ, Kaafarani HMA, Velmahos GC, Parks JJ
• Angioembolization in Severe Pelvic Trauma is Associated with Venous Thromboembolism.
  The Journal of surgical research 2022 Bokenkamp M, Dorken Gallastegi A, Brown T, Hwabejire JO, Fawley J, Mendoza AE, Saillant NN, Fagenholz PJ, Kaafarani HMA, Velmahos GC, Parks JJ
• Thromboprophylaxis Timing After Blunt Solid Organ Injury: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.
  The Journal of surgical research 2022 Anteby R, Allar BG, Broekhuis JM, Patel PB, Marcaccio CL, Papageorge MV, Papatheodorou S, Mendoza AE

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• Trauma patients with limited English proficiency: Outcomes from two level one trauma centers.
  American journal of surgery 2022 Maurer LR, Eruchalu CN, Gaitanidis A, El Hechi M, Allar BG, EdM AR, Salim A, Velmahos GC, Perez NP, de Crescenzo C, Mendoza AE, Dey T, Kaafarani HM, Ortega G
• Prehospital extremity tourniquet placements-performance evaluation of non-EMS placement of a lifesaving device.
  European journal of trauma and emergency surgery : official publication of the European Trauma Society 2022 Mokhtari AK, Mikdad S, Luckhurst C, Hwabejire J, Fawley J, Parks JJ, Mendoza AE, Kaafarani HMA, Velmahos GC, Bloemers FW, Saillant NN
• Planning for the Next Pandemic: Trauma Injuries Require Pre-COVID-19 Levels of High-Intensity Resources.
  The American surgeon 2022 Mokhtari AK, Maurer LR, Wong YM, Hardman C, Hafiz S, Sharrah M, Soe-Lin H, Peralta R, Parks JJ, Rattan R, Butler C, Hwabejire JO, Fawley J, Fagenholz PJ, King DR, Kaafarani H, Velmahos GC, Lee J, …
• Hospital Academic Status and the Volume-Outcome Association in Postoperative Patients Requiring Intensive Care: Results of a Nationwide Analysis of Intensive Care Units in the United States.
  Journal of intensive care medicine 2022 Naar L, Maurer LR, Dorken Gallastegi A, El Hechi MW, Rao SR, Coughlin C, Ebrahim S, Kadambi A, Mendoza AE, Saillant NN, Renne BCB, Velmahos GC, Kaafarani HMA, Lee J
• Do not forget the platelets: The independent impact of red blood cell to platelet ratio on mortality in massively transfused trauma patients.
  The journal of trauma and acute care surgery 2022 Dorken Gallastegi A, Naar L, Gaitanidis A, Gebran A, Nederpelt CJ, Parks JJ, Hwabejire JO, Fawley J, Mendoza AE, Saillant NN, Fagenholz PJ, Velmahos GC, Kaafarani HMA
• Different Surgeon, Different Duration: Lack of Consensus on the Appropriate Duration of Antimicrobial Prophylaxis and Therapy in Surgical Practice.
  Surgical infections 2022 Delaplain PT, Kaafarani HMA, Benedict LAO, Guidry CA, Kim D, Loor MM, Machado-Aranda D, Mele TS, Mendoza AE, Morris-Stiff G, Rattan R, Upperman JS, Barie PS, Schubl SD, Scientific Studies Committee of…
• Enteral nutrition is associated with high rates of pneumonia in intensive care unit (ICU) patients with acute pancreatitis.
  Journal of critical care 2022 Gaitanidis A, Breen K, Mendoza A, Fawley J, Lee J, Parks J, Kaafarani HMA, Velmahos G, Fagenholz PJ
• Adding to the story, did penetrating trauma really increase? changes in trauma patterns during the COVID-19 pandemic: A multi-institutional, multi-region investigation.
  Injury 2022 Mokhtari AK, Maurer LR, Dezube M, Langeveld K, Wong YM, Hardman C, Hafiz S, Sharrah M, Soe-Lin H, Chapple KM, Peralta R, Rattan R, Butler C, Parks JJ, Mendoza AE, Velmahos GC, Saillant NN
• Risk factors for ischemic gastrointestinal complications in patients undergoing open cardiac surgical procedures: A single-center retrospective experience.
  Journal of cardiac surgery 2022 Naar L, Dorken Gallastegi A, Kongkaewpaisan N, Kokoroskos N, Tolis G, Melnitchouk S, Villavicencio-Theoduloz M, Mendoza AE, Velmahos GC, Kaafarani HMA, Jassar AS
• National adherence to the ASGE-SAGES guidelines for managing suspected choledocholithiasis: An EAST multicenter study.
  The journal of trauma and acute care surgery 2022 Tracy BM, Poulose BK, Paterson CW, Mendoza AE, Gaitanidis A, Saxe JM, Young AJ, Zielinski MD, Sims CA, Gelbard RB, EAST Retained Common Bile Duct Stones Study Group
• Prehospital end-tidal carbon dioxide is predictive of death and massive transfusion in injured patients: An Eastern Association for Surgery of Trauma multicenter trial.
  The journal of trauma and acute care surgery 2022 Campion EM, Cralley A, Sauaia A, Buchheit RC, Brown AT, Spalding MC, LaRiccia A, Moore S, Tann K, Leskovan J, Camazine M, Barnes SL, Otaibi B, Hazelton JP, Jacobson LE, Williams J, Castillo R, Stewart…
• Bowel Ischemia in COVID-19 Infection: One-Year Surgical Experience.
  The American surgeon 2021 Hwabejire JO, Kaafarani HMA, Mashbari H, Misdraji J, Fagenholz PJ, Gartland RM, Abraczinskas DR, Mehta RS, Paranjape CN, Eng G, Saillant NN, Parks J, Fawley JA, Lee J, King DR, Mendoza AE, Velmahos GC
• Early versus late enteral nutrition in critically ill patients receiving vasopressor support.
  JPEN. Journal of parenteral and enteral nutrition 2021 Dorken Gallastegi A, Gebran A, Gaitanidis A, Naar L, Hwabejire JO, Parks J, Lee J, Kaafarani HMA, Velmahos GC, Mendoza AE
• Association Between NEDD4L Variation and the Genetic Risk of Acute Appendicitis: A Multi-institutional Genome-Wide Association Study.
  JAMA surgery 2021 Gaitanidis A, Kaafarani HMA, Christensen MA, Breen K, Mendoza A, Fagenholz PJ, Velmahos GC, Farhat MR
• Low-Molecular Weight Heparin is Superior to Unfractionated Heparin for Elderly Trauma Patients.
  The Journal of surgical research 2021 Gaitanidis A, Breen KA, Christensen MA, Saillant NN, Kaafarani HMA, Velmahos GC, Mendoza AE
• Surgical Infections and the Future of Research: Re-Defining the Research Agenda for the Surgical Infection Society.
  Surgical infections 2021 Delaplain PT, Kaafarani HMA, Benedict LAO, Guidry CA, Kim D, Loor MM, Machado-Aranda D, Mele TS, Mendoza AE, Morris-Stiff G, Rattan R, Upperman JS, Barie PS, Schubl SD, Scientific Studies Committee of…
• Implications of the national Stop the Bleed campaign: The swinging pendulum of prehospital tourniquet application in civilian limb trauma.
  The journal of trauma and acute care surgery 2021 Mikdad S, Mokhtari AK, Luckhurst CM, Breen KA, Liu B, Kaafarani HMA, Velmahos G, Mendoza AE, Bloemers FW, Saillant N
• Study Designs in Clinical Research.
  Surgical infections 2021 Mendoza AE, Yeh DD
• Intensive Care Unit Volume of Sepsis Patients Does Not Affect Mortality: Results of a Nationwide Retrospective Analysis.
  Journal of intensive care medicine 2021 Naar L, Hechi MWE, Gallastegi AD, Renne BC, Fawley J, Parks JJ, Mendoza AE, Saillant NN, Velmahos GC, Kaafarani HMA, Lee J
• The Emergency Surgery Score is a powerful predictor of outcomes across multiple surgical specialties: Results of a retrospective nationwide analysis.
  Surgery 2021 AlSowaiegh R, Naar L, El Moheb M, Parks JJ, Fawley J, Mendoza AE, Saillant NN, Velmahos GC, Kaafarani HMA
• Abdominal Wall Thickness Predicts Surgical Site Infection in Emergency Colon Operations.
  The Journal of surgical research 2021 Narueponjirakul N, Breen KA, El Hechi MW, Kongkaewpaisan N, Velmahos G, King D, Fagenholz P, Saillant N, Tabrizi M, Mendoza AE, Kaafarani HMA, Rosenthal MG
• Deep immune profiling of whole blood to identify early immune signatures that correlate to patient outcome after major trauma.
  The journal of trauma and acute care surgery 2021 Mendoza AE, Raju Paul S, El Hechi M, Naar L, Nederpelt C, Mikdad S, van Erp I, Hess JM, Velmahos GC, Poznansky M, Reeves P
• Development of a field artificial intelligence triage tool: Confidence in the prediction of shock, transfusion, and definitive surgical therapy in patients with truncal gunshot wounds.
  The journal of trauma and acute care surgery 2021 Nederpelt CJ, Mokhtari AK, Alser O, Tsiligkaridis T, Roberts J, Cha M, Fawley JA, Parks JJ, Mendoza AE, Fagenholz PJ, Kaafarani HMA, King DR, Velmahos GC, Saillant N
• Multisystem outcomes and predictors of mortality in critically ill patients with COVID-19: Demographics and disease acuity matter more than comorbidities or treatment modalities.
  The journal of trauma and acute care surgery 2021 Alser O, Mokhtari A, Naar L, Langeveld K, Breen KA, El Moheb M, Kapoen C, Gaitanidis A, Christensen MA, Maurer LR, Mashbari H, Bankhead-Kendall B, Parks J, Fawley J, Saillant N, Mendoza A, Paranjape C…
• Modified Frailty Index-5 Score and Post-Operative Infectious Complications in Patients Undergoing Surgery for Intestinal-Cutaneous Fistula: A Nationwide Retrospective Cohort Analysis.
  Surgical infections 2021 Alser O, Gallastegi AD, Christensen MA, Mashbari H, Saillant N, Parks J, Mendoza A, Fagenholz P, King D, Hwabejire J, Kaafarani HMA, Velmahos GC, Fawley JA
• The Current Role of Interventional Radiology in the Management of Acute Trauma Patient.
  Seminars in interventional radiology 2021 Luckhurst CM, Mendoza AE
• Outcomes of same admission cholecystectomy and endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography for common bile duct stones: A post hoc analysis of an Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma multicenter study.
  The journal of trauma and acute care surgery 2021 Tracy BM, Paterson CW, Kwon E, Mlaver E, Mendoza A, Gaitanidis A, Rattan R, Mulder MB, Yeh DD, Gelbard RB, EAST Retained Common Bile Duct Stones Study Group
• Perceptions of differences in graduated autonomy between male and female surgical residents.
  Surgery 2021 Smith CB, Saillant NN, Mendoza AE
• The Role of Transaminases in Predicting Choledocholithiasis. A Novel Predictive Composite Score Development in a Cohort of 1089 Patients Undergoing Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy.
  The American surgeon 2021 Kokoroskos N, Peponis T, Lee JM, El Hechi M, Naar L, Nederpelt C, Gaitanidis A, Mendoza AE, Saillant N, Kaafarani H, King D, Velmahos G, Fagenholz P
• Peri-operative blood transfusion and risk of infectious complications following intestinal-cutaneous fistula surgical repair: A retrospective nationwide analysis.
  American journal of surgery 2021 Alser O, Christensen MA, Saillant N, Parks J, Mendoza A, Fagenholz P, King D, Kaafarani HMA, Velmahos GC, Fawley J
• Does the Emergency Surgery Score predict failure to discharge the patient home? A nationwide analysis.
  The journal of trauma and acute care surgery 2021 AlSowaiegh R, Naar L, Mokhtari A, Parks JJ, Fawley J, Mendoza AE, Saillant NN, Velmahos GC, Kaafarani HMA
• Low-molecular-weight heparin versus unfractionated heparin in pediatric traumatic brain injury.
  Journal of neurosurgery. Pediatrics 2021 van Erp IA, Gaitanidis A, El Moheb M, Kaafarani HMA, Saillant N, Duhaime AC, Mendoza AE
• Preoperative frailty predicts postoperative outcomes in intestinal-cutaneous fistula repair.
  Surgery 2021 Alser O, Naar L, Christensen MA, Saillant N, Parks J, Mendoza A, Fagenholz P, King D, Kaafarani HMA, Velmahos GC, Fawley J
• Timing of thromboprophylaxis in patients with blunt abdominal solid organ injuries undergoing nonoperative management.
  The journal of trauma and acute care surgery 2021 Gaitanidis A, Breen KA, Nederpelt C, Parks J, Saillant N, Kaafarani HMA, Velmahos GC, Mendoza AE
• Surgical Infection Society Research Priorities: A Narrative Review of Fourteen Years of Progress.
  Surgical infections 2020 Mele TS, Kaafarani HMA, Guidry CA, Loor MM, Machado-Aranda D, Mendoza AE, Morris-Stiff G, Rattan R, Schubl SD, Barie PS
• Systolic Blood Pressure <110 mm Hg as a Threshold of Hypotension in Patients with Isolated Traumatic Brain Injuries.
  Journal of neurotrauma 2020 Gaitanidis A, Breen KA, Maurer LR, Saillant NN, Kaafarani HMA, Velmahos GC, Mendoza AE
• Isolated rib cage fractures in the elderly: Do all patients belong to the intensive care unit? A retrospective nationwide analysis.
  The journal of trauma and acute care surgery 2020 Naar L, El Hechi MW, van Erp IA, Mashbari HNA, Fawley J, Parks JJ, Fagenholz PJ, King DR, Mendoza AE, Velmahos GC, Kaafarani HMA, Saillant NN
• Multi-Biomarker Prediction Models for Multiple Infection Episodes Following Blunt Trauma.
  iScience 2020 Tsurumi A, Flaherty PJ, Que YA, Ryan CM, Mendoza AE, Almpani M, Bandyopadhaya A, Ogura A, Dhole YV, Goodfield LF, Tompkins RG, Rahme LG
• Acute Kidney Injury in Critically-ill Patients With COVID-19: A Single-center Experience of 206 Consecutive Patients.
  Annals of surgery 2020 Naar L, Langeveld K, El Moheb M, El Hechi MW, Alser O, Kapoen C, Breen K, Christensen MA, Mokhtari A, Gaitanidis A, Maurer L, Luckhurst C, Hwabejire JO, Mashbari H, Bankhead-Kendall B, Lee J, Mendoza …
• Thirty-day outcomes in the operative management of intestinal-cutaneous fistulas: A NSQIP analysis.
  American journal of surgery 2020 Christensen MA, Gaitanidis A, Parks J, Mendoza A, Saillant N, Kaafarani HMA, Fagenholz P, Velmahos G, Fawley J
• Comparison of outcomes in non-head injured trauma patients using pre-injury warfarin or direct oral anticoagulant therapy.
  Injury 2020 van Erp IA, Mokhtari AK, Moheb ME, Bankhead-Kendall BK, Fawley J, Parks J, Fagenholz PJ, King DR, Mendoza AE, Velmahos GC, Kaafarani HM, Krijnen P, Schipper IB, Saillant NN
• Gastrointestinal Complications in Critically Ill Patients With COVID-19.
  Annals of surgery 2020 Kaafarani HMA, El Moheb M, Hwabejire JO, Naar L, Christensen MA, Breen K, Gaitanidis A, Alser O, Mashbari H, Bankhead-Kendall B, Mokhtari A, Maurer L, Kapoen C, Langeveld K, El Hechi MW, Lee J, …
• The Geriatric Nutritional Risk Index is a powerful predictor of adverse outcome in the elderly emergency surgery patient.
  The journal of trauma and acute care surgery 2020 Jia Z, El Moheb M, Nordestgaard A, Lee JM, Meier K, Kongkaewpaisan N, Han K, El Hechi MW, Mendoza A, King D, Fagenholz P, Saillant N, Rosenthal M, Velmahos G, Kaafarani HMA
• COVID-19, Ethics and Equity-What Is Our Role as Surgeons?
  Annals of surgery 2020 Zakrison TL, Martin M, Seamon M, Matthews J, Joseph B, Rattan R, Mendoza A, Bernard A, Gelbard R, Crandall M, Punch L, Joseph D, Bonne S, Mubang R, McCunn M, Rogers S, Turner P, Claridge J, Henry S, …
• Emergency Resuscitative Thoracotomy: A Nationwide Analysis of Outcomes and Predictors of Futility.
  The Journal of surgical research 2020 Panossian VS, Nederpelt CJ, El Hechi MW, Chang DC, Mendoza AE, Saillant NN, Velmahos GC, Kaafarani HMA
• Identification of a new genetic variant associated with cholecystitis: A multicenter genome-wide association study.
  The journal of trauma and acute care surgery 2020 Bonde A, Gaitanidis A, Breen K, El Hechi M, Nederpelt C, Christensen M, Kokoroskos N, Mendoza A, Velmahos G, Sillesen M, Farhat MR, Kaafarani HMA
• No news is good news? Three-year postdischarge mortality of octogenarian and nonagenarian patients following emergency general surgery.
  The journal of trauma and acute care surgery 2020 Narueponjirakul N, Hwabejire J, Kongwibulwut M, Lee JM, Kongkaewpaisan N, Velmahos G, King D, Fagenholz P, Saillant N, Mendoza A, Rosenthal M, Kaafarani HMA
• The dose-dependent relationship between blood transfusions and infections after trauma: A population-based study.
  The journal of trauma and acute care surgery 2020 Nederpelt CJ, El Hechi M, Parks J, Fawley J, Mendoza AE, Saillant N, King DR, Fagenholz PJ, Velmahos GC, Kaafarani HMA
• One-way-street revisited: Streamlined admission of critically-ill trauma patients.
  The American journal of emergency medicine 2020 Jaffe TA, Kim J, DePesa C, White B, Kaafarani HMA, Saillant N, Mendoza A, King D, Fagenholz P, Velmahos G, Lee J
• Pre-peritoneal pelvic packing for early hemorrhage control reduces mortality compared to resuscitative endovascular balloon occlusion of the aorta in severe blunt pelvic trauma patients: A nationwide analysis.
  Injury 2020 Mikdad S, van Erp IAM, Moheb ME, Fawley J, Saillant N, King DR, Kaafarani HMA, Velmahos G, Mendoza AE
• Interdisciplinary approach to enhance trauma residents education of Extended-Focused Assessment for Sonography in Trauma in the emergency department.
  ANZ journal of surgery 2020 Haney RM, Graglia S, Schleifer J, Mendoza A, Frasure SE, Shokoohi H, Huang C, Liteplo AS
• The Effect of Immunosuppression on Emergency Colectomy Outcomes: A Nationwide Retrospective Analysis.
  World journal of surgery 2020 El Hechi MW, Lee JM, Naar L, El Moheb M, Kokoroskos N, Velmahos GC, Saillant NN, Kaafarani HMA, Mendoza AE
• No place like home: A national study on firearm-related injuries in the American household.
  American journal of surgery 2020 Kongkaewpaisan N, El Hechi M, El Moheb M, Orlas CP, Ortega G, Mendoza MA, Parks J, Saillant NN, Kaafarani HMA, Mendoza AE
• Necrotizing Soft Tissue Infection: Time is Crucial, and the Admitting Service Matters.
  Surgical infections 2020 Kongkaewpaisan N, Hwabejire J, Lee JM, Narueponjirakul N, Meier K, Mendoza A, Saillant N, Rosenthal M, King D, Fagenholz P, Velmahos G, Kaafarani HMA
• Gallbladder wall thickness as a predictor of intraoperative events during laparoscopic cholecystectomy: A prospective study of 1089 patients.
  American journal of surgery 2020 Kokoroskos N, Peponis T, Lee JM, El Hechi M, Naar L, Elahad JA, Nederpelt C, Bonde A, Meier K, Mendoza A, King D, Fagenholz P, Kaafarani H, Velmahos G, Saillant N
• Can the Emergency Surgery Score (ESS) predict outcomes in emergency general surgery patients with missing data elements? A nationwide analysis.
  American journal of surgery 2020 Naar L, El Hechi M, Kokoroskos N, Parks J, Fawley J, Mendoza AE, Saillant N, Velmahos GC, Kaafarani HMA
• The Emergency Surgery Score (ESS) accurately predicts outcomes in elderly patients undergoing emergency general surgery.
  American journal of surgery 2020 Gaitanidis A, Mikdad S, Breen K, Kongkaewpaisan N, Mendoza A, Saillant N, Fawley J, Parks J, Velmahos G, Kaafarani H
• Bilateral internal iliac artery embolization for pelvic trauma: Effectiveness and safety.
  American journal of surgery 2019 Bonde A, Velmahos A, Kalva SP, Mendoza AE, Kaafarani HMA, Nederpelt CJ
• Fresh Frozen Plasma-to-Packed Red Blood Cell Ratio and Mortality in Traumatic Hemorrhage: Nationwide Analysis of 4,427 Patients.
  Journal of the American College of Surgeons 2019 Nederpelt CJ, El Hechi MW, Kongkaewpaisan N, Kokoroskos N, Mendoza AE, Saillant NN, Fagenholz PJ, King DR, Velmahos GC, Kaafarani HM
• Every minute counts: The impact of pre-hospital response time and scene time on mortality of penetrating trauma patients.
  American journal of surgery 2019 Nasser AAH, Nederpelt C, El Hechi M, Mendoza A, Saillant N, Fagenholz P, Velmahos G, Kaafarani HMA
• Contemporary management of penetrating renal trauma - A national analysis.
  Injury 2019 El Hechi MW, Nederpelt C, Kongkaewpaisan N, Bonde A, Kokoroskos N, Breen K, Nasser A, Saillant NN, Kaafarani HMA, Velmahos GC, Mendoza AE
• Most of the variation in length of stay in emergency general surgery is not related to clinical factors of patient care.
  The journal of trauma and acute care surgery 2019 Achanta A, Nordestgaard A, Kongkaewpaisan N, Han K, Mendoza A, Saillant N, Rosenthal M, Fagenholz P, Velmahos G, Kaafarani HMA
• Obesity as protective against, rather than a risk factor for, postoperative Clostridium difficile infection: A nationwide retrospective analysis of 1,426,807 surgical patients.
  The journal of trauma and acute care surgery 2019 Meier K, Nordestgaard AT, Eid AI, Kongkaewpaisan N, Lee JM, Kongwibulwut M, Han KR, Kokoroskos N, Mendoza AE, Saillant N, King DR, Velmahos GC, Kaafarani HMA
• Advances in nutrition for the surgical patient.
  Current problems in surgery 2019 Yeh DD, Martin M, Sakran JV, Meier K, Mendoza A, Grant AA, Parks J, Byerly S, Lee EE, McKinley WI, McClave SA, Miller K, Mazuski J, Taylor B, Luckhurst C, Fagenholz P
• Life after 90: Predictors of mortality and performance of the ACS-NSQIP risk calculator in 4,724 nonagenarian patients undergoing emergency general surgery.
  The journal of trauma and acute care surgery 2019 Kongwibulwut M, Chiang K, Lee JM, Eid AI, Kongkaewpaisan N, Han K, Nordestgaard AT, King D, Saillant N, Mendoza AE, Velmahos G, Kaafarani HMA
• Hartmann's Procedure vs Primary Anastomosis with Diverting Loop Ileostomy for Acute Diverticulitis: Nationwide Analysis of 2,729 Emergency Surgery Patients.
  Journal of the American College of Surgeons 2019 Lee JM, Bai P Chang J, El Hechi M, Kongkaewpaisan N, Bonde A, Mendoza AE, Saillant NN, Fagenholz PJ, Velmahos G, Kaafarani HM
• Emergency Surgery Score Accurately Predicts the Risk of Post-Operative Infection in Emergency General Surgery.
  Surgical infections 2018 Han K, Lee JM, Achanta A, Kongkaewpaisan N, Kongwibulwut M, Eid AI, Kokoroskos N, van Wijck S, Meier K, Nordestgaard A, Rodriguez G, Jia Z, Lee J, King D, Fagenholz P, Saillant N, Mendoza A, Rosenthal…
• Do Not Blame the Resident: the Impact of Surgeon and Surgical Trainee Experience on the Occurrence of Intraoperative Adverse Events (iAEs) in Abdominal Surgery.
  Journal of surgical education 2018 Wojcik BM, Lee JM, Peponis T, Amari N, Mendoza AE, Rosenthal MG, Saillant NN, Fagenholz PJ, King DR, Phitayakorn R, Velmahos G, Kaafarani HM
• Can the emergency surgery score (ESS) be used as a triage tool predicting the postoperative need for an ICU admission?
  American journal of surgery 2018 Kongkaewpaisan N, Lee JM, Eid AI, Kongwibulwut M, Han K, King D, Saillant N, Mendoza AE, Velmahos G, Kaafarani HMA
• Variation of Opioid Prescribing Patterns among Patients undergoing Similar Surgery on the Same Acute Care Surgery Service of the Same Institution: Time for Standardization?
  Surgery 2018 Eid AI, DePesa C, Nordestgaard AT, Kongkaewpaisan N, Lee JM, Kongwibulwut M, Han K, Mendoza A, Rosenthal M, Saillant N, Lee J, Fagenholz P, King D, Velmahos G, Kaafarani HMA
• Routine computed tomography after recent operative exploration for penetrating trauma: What injuries do we miss?
  The journal of trauma and acute care surgery 2017 Mendoza AE, Wybourn CA, Charles AG, Campbell AR, Cairns BA, Knudson MM
• Fragmentation of Care-The Untold Story.
  JAMA surgery 2017 Wybourn CA, Mendoza AE, Campbell AR
• Innate Immune Cell Recovery Is Positively Regulated by NLRP12 during Emergency Hematopoiesis.
  Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) 2017 Linz BM, Neely CJ, Kartchner LB, Mendoza AE, Khoury AL, Truax A, Sempowski G, Eitas T, Brickey J, Ting JP, Cairns BA, Maile R
• Splenic abscess and infarct concealing pancreatic cancer.
  The American surgeon 2015 Mendoza AE, Wong A, Loganantharaj N, Marr A, Charles AG
• Flagellin treatment prevents increased susceptibility to systemic bacterial infection after injury by inhibiting anti-inflammatory IL-10+ IL-12- neutrophil polarization.
  PloS one 2014 Neely CJ, Kartchner LB, Mendoza AE, Linz BM, Frelinger JA, Wolfgang MC, Maile R, Cairns BA
• Burn injury induces high levels of phosphorylated insulin-like growth factor binding protein-1.
  International journal of burns and trauma 2013 Mendoza AE, Maile LA, Cairns BA, Maile R
• Tracheostomy in the critically ill: the myth of dead space.
  Anaesthesia and intensive care 2013 Joseph MJ, Khoury A, Mendoza AE, Adams S, Short KA, Charles AG
• Radiation combined with thermal injury induces immature myeloid cells.
  Shock (Augusta, Ga.) 2012 Mendoza AE, Neely CJ, Charles AG, Kartchner LB, Brickey WJ, Khoury AL, Sempowski GD, Ting JP, Cairns BA, Maile R
• The natural history of Parkinson's disease in the province of Segovia: mortality in a longitudinal study (20-year follow-up).
  Acta neurologica Scandinavica 2012 Duarte J, García Olmos LM, Mendoza A, Clavería LE
• Cultural competence: why surgeons should care.
  Bulletin of the American College of Surgeons 2012 Khoury A, Mendoza A, Charles A
• A chemoattractant role for NT-3 in proprioceptive axon guidance.
  PLoS biology 2004 Genç B, Ozdinler PH, Mendoza AE, Erzurumlu RS
• Quality of life with well-differentiated thyroid cancer: treatment toxicities and their reduction.
  Thyroid : official journal of the American Thyroid Association 2004 Mendoza A, Shaffer B, Karakla D, Mason ME, Elkins D, Goffman TE
• Hepatitis C virus reinfection in orthotopic liver transplant patients with or without concomitant hepatitis B infection.
  Diagnostic molecular pathology : the American journal of surgical pathology, part B 1996 Loda M, Fiorentino M, Meckler J, Khettry U, Lewis D, Washburn K, Jenkins R, Mendoza AE, Samuelson J
• Multiple thromboses in a premature infant associated with maternal phospholipid antibody syndrome.
  Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association 1994 Tabbutt S, Griswold WR, Ogino MT, Mendoza AE, Allen JB, Reznik VM
• Colocalization of thrombospondin and syndecan during murine development.
  Developmental dynamics : an official publication of the American Association of Anatomists 1992 Corless CL, Mendoza A, Collins T, Lawler J
• Combined inguinal herniorrhaphy and transurethral prostatectomy.
  The British journal of surgery 1991 González-Ojeda A, Marquina M, Calva J, Mendoza A, de la Garza L
• Increased platelet-derived growth factor A-chain expression in human uterine smooth muscle cells during the physiologic hypertrophy of pregnancy.
  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 1990 Mendoza AE, Young R, Orkin SH, Collins T
• [Acute renal insufficiency caused by contrast media. Prospective study on incidence, predisposing factors and course of the disease].
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