Gregory Victorino, MD
Professor
Surgery
School of Medicine

Education & Training

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• Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Champion Training University of California 2018

Grants and Projects

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• Post-Injury Dysregulation of Lipid Metabolism, NIH, 2007-2013

Publications (106)

Top publication keywords:
Injury Severity ScoreWounds, GunshotAnnexin A5Thoracic InjuriesTrauma CentersVenulesPlatelet Activating FactorWounds, PenetratingWounds and InjuriesMultiple TraumaWounds, NonpenetratingEndothelin-1PhosphatidylserinesEndothelium, VascularCapillary Permeability

• Thoracic irrigation for traumatic hemothorax: a cost-effective analysis.
  Injury 2026 Olivera Perez H, Huang Perez A, Gochi AM, Alcasid N, Thornblade L, Balan N, Victorino GP, Mendoza A, Gutierrez A, Beattie G
• Selective Preoperative Imaging Before Ostomy Reversal in Trauma Patients.
  The Journal of surgical research 2026 Gochi AM, Susai CJ, Jarrin-Lopez A, Aribo CA, Perez AH, Perez HO, Ryu M, Ho S, Victorino GP, Gutierrez A, Beattie G, Mendoza AE
• Prophylactic antibiotic use and infectious complications in open pelvic fractures with concomitant visceral injury.
  Injury 2026 Gochi AM, Patel S, Mathur T, Perez HO, Perez AH, Heximer A, Barrientos K, Gallo KG, Victorino GP, Balan N, Gutierrez A, Beattie G, Nicolaou D, Mendoza AE
• Challenges in Treatment of Low-Grade Blunt Cerebrovascular Injuries at a Safety-net Hospital.
  The Journal of surgical research 2026 Gochi AM, Ho S, Sumra S, Susai CJ, Alcasid NJ, Barrientos K, Gallo KG, Victorino GP, Gutierrez A, Jackson C, Beattie G, Mendoza AE
• Access to Surgical Cancer Care in the Safety-Net: A Survey of California Hospitals.
  Journal of surgical oncology 2026 Wong P, Alseidi A, Uche A, Victorino GP, Maker AV, Thornblade LW

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• Outcomes after isolated rib fractures in end-stage renal disease (ESRD) patients: A propensity matched analysis.
  American journal of surgery 2026 Balan N, Huang Perez A, Olivera Perez H, Gochi AM, Gutierrez A, Thornblade LW, Victorino GP, Mendoza A
• Trauma Activation Touchpoints as an Opportunity to Detect Undiagnosed Comorbidities in Vulnerable Populations.
  The Journal of emergency medicine 2025 Banks KC, Gochi AM, Alcasid NJ, Susai CJ, Victorino KC, Mendoza AE, Victorino GP
• Cost-effectiveness analysis of routine computed tomography angiography (CTA) for lower extremity penetrating trauma.
  The American journal of emergency medicine 2024 Alcasid NJ, Susai CJ, Banks KC, Senekjian L, Browder TD, Victorino GP
• Multiple Casualty Incidents at a Level I Trauma Center: A 15-year Analysis.
  The Journal of surgical research 2023 Susai CJ, Alcasid NJ, Banks KC, Victorino GP
• Early Abnormal Vital Signs Predict Poor Outcomes in Normotensive Patients Following Penetrating Trauma.
  The Journal of surgical research 2023 Alcasid NJ, Banks KC, Susai CJ, Victorino GP
• Impact of safety-net hospital burden on achievement of textbook oncologic outcomes following resection in for stage I-IV colorectal cancer.
  Journal of surgical oncology 2023 Wong P, Victorino GP, Miraflor E, Alseidi A, Maker AV, Thornblade LW
• Repeat computed tomography head scan is not indicated in trauma patients taking novel anticoagulation: A multicenter study.
  The journal of trauma and acute care surgery 2020 Cohan CM, Beattie G, Bowman JA, Galante JM, Kwok AM, Dirks RC, Kornblith LZ, Plevin R, Browder TD, Victorino GP
• Routine Repeat Head CT Does Not Change Management in Trauma Patients on Novel Anticoagulants.
  The Journal of surgical research 2020 Cohan CM, Beattie G, Dominguez DA, Glass M, Palmer B, Victorino GP
• Endothelial cell dysfunction during anoxia-reoxygenation is associated with a decrease in adenosine triphosphate levels, rearrangement in lipid bilayer phosphatidylserine asymmetry, and an increase in endothelial cell permeability.
  The journal of trauma and acute care surgery 2019 Sadjadi J, Strumwasser AM, Victorino GP
• Automatic acoustic gunshot sensor technology's impact on trauma care.
  The American journal of emergency medicine 2019 Beattie G, Cohan C, Brooke M, Kaplanes S, Victorino GP
• Rigid Sigmoidoscopy Is Superior to CT for Diagnosing Penetrating Rectal Injury.
  The American surgeon 2019 Chaudhary MJ, Smith RN, Victorino GP
• Protective Effect of Phosphatidylserine Blockade in Hemorrhagic Shock.
  The Journal of surgical research 2019 Cohan C, Beattie G, Brigode W, Yeung L, Miraflor E, Victorino GP
• Alcohol in Traumatic Brain Injury: Toxic or Therapeutic?
  The Journal of surgical research 2019 Brigode W, Cohan C, Beattie G, Victorino G
• Protective effect of phosphatidylserine blockade in sepsis induced organ dysfunction.
  Surgery 2019 Beattie G, Cohan C, Miraflor E, Brigode W, Victorino GP
• Preoperative epigenetic preparation of patients is a current reality.
  Surgery 2019 Chaudhary M, Goel VK, Victorino GP, Harken AH
• Attenuation of endothelial phosphatidylserine exposure decreases ischemia-reperfusion induced changes in microvascular permeability.
  The journal of trauma and acute care surgery 2018 Strumwasser A, Bhargava A, Victorino GP
• Shedding new light on rapidly resolving traumatic acute subdural hematomas.
  The Journal of surgical research 2017 Brooke M, Patel A, Castro-Moure F, Victorino GP
• Repeat computed tomography is highly sensitive in determining need for delayed exploration in blunt abdominal trauma.
  The Journal of surgical research 2017 Brooke M, Victorino GP
• Thoracic computed tomography is an effective screening modality in patients with penetrating injuries to the chest.
  Injury 2016 Strumwasser A, Chong V, Chu E, Victorino GP
• Lactate predicts massive transfusion in hemodynamically normal patients.
  The Journal of surgical research 2016 Brooke M, Yeung L, Miraflor E, Garcia A, Victorino GP
• Computed Tomographic Findings and Mortality in Patients With Pneumomediastinum From Blunt Trauma.
  JAMA surgery 2015 Lee WS, Chong VE, Victorino GP
• Fall Injuries in Nepal: A Countrywide Population-based Survey.
  Annals of global health 2015 Gupta S, Gupta SK, Devkota S, Ranjit A, Swaroop M, Kushner AL, Nwomeh BC, Victorino GP
• Neighborhood socioeconomic status is associated with violent reinjury.
  The Journal of surgical research 2015 Chong VE, Lee WS, Victorino GP
• Hospital-centered violence intervention programs: a cost-effectiveness analysis.
  American journal of surgery 2014 Chong VE, Smith R, Garcia A, Lee WS, Ashley L, Marks A, Liu TH, Victorino GP
• Pan computed tomography versus selective computed tomography in stable, young adults after blunt trauma with moderate mechanism: a cost-utility analysis.
  The journal of trauma and acute care surgery 2014 Lee WS, Parks NA, Garcia A, Palmer BJ, Liu TH, Victorino GP
• Potential disparities in trauma: the undocumented Latino immigrant.
  The Journal of surgical research 2014 Chong VE, Lee WS, Victorino GP
• Applying peripheral vascular injury guidelines to penetrating trauma.
  The Journal of surgical research 2014 Chong VE, Lee WS, Miraflor E, Victorino GP
• Cost-utility analysis of prehospital spine immobilization recommendations for penetrating trauma.
  The journal of trauma and acute care surgery 2014 Garcia A, Liu TH, Victorino GP
• Should uncooperative trauma patients with suspected head injury be intubated?
  The American surgeon 2013 Garcia A, Yeung LY, Miraflor EJ, Victorino GP
• Death or dialysis? The risk of dialysis-dependent chronic renal failure after trauma nephrectomy.
  The American surgeon 2013 Dozier KC, Yeung LY, Miranda MA, Miraflor EJ, Strumwasser AM, Victorino GP
• Effect of surgery resident change of shift on trauma resuscitations and outcomes.
  Journal of surgical education 2013 Yeung L, Miraflor E, Garcia A, Victorino GP
• Bedside thoracic ultrasonography of the fourth intercostal space reliably determines safe removal of tube thoracostomy after traumatic injury.
  The journal of trauma and acute care surgery 2012 Kwan RO, Miraflor E, Yeung L, Strumwasser A, Victorino GP
• Pediatric penetrating trauma: the epidemic continues.
  The journal of trauma and acute care surgery 2012 Schecter SC, Betts J, Schecter WP, Victorino GP
• Does gastric volume in trauma patients identify a population at risk for developing pneumonia and poor outcomes?
  The Journal of surgical research 2012 Yeung L, Miraflor E, Strumwasser A, Sadeghi P, Victorino GP
• The heart of the matter: utility of ultrasound of cardiac activity during traumatic arrest.
  The journal of trauma and acute care surgery 2012 Cureton EL, Yeung LY, Kwan RO, Miraflor EJ, Sadjadi J, Price DD, Victorino GP
• Emergency uncrossmatched transfusion effect on blood type alloantibodies.
  The journal of trauma and acute care surgery 2012 Miraflor E, Yeung L, Strumwasser A, Liu TH, Victorino GP
• Correlation between IVC dimensions and volume status on CT scan.
  The Journal of surgical research 2011 Miraflor E, Yeung L, Strumwasser A, Sadjadi J, Victorino GP
• Timing is everything: delayed intubation is associated with increased mortality in initially stable trauma patients.
  The Journal of surgical research 2011 Miraflor E, Chuang K, Miranda MA, Dryden W, Yeung L, Strumwasser A, Victorino GP
• A novel CT volume index score correlates with outcomes in polytrauma patients with pulmonary contusion.
  The Journal of surgical research 2011 Strumwasser A, Chu E, Yeung L, Miraflor E, Sadjadi J, Victorino GP
• Sonographic optic nerve sheath diameter as an estimate of intracranial pressure in adult trauma.
  The Journal of surgical research 2011 Strumwasser A, Kwan RO, Yeung L, Miraflor E, Ereso A, Castro-Moure F, Patel A, Sadjadi J, Victorino GP
• Endothelin-1 attenuates increases in hydraulic conductivity due to platelet-activating factor via prostacyclin release.
  Journal of applied physiology (Bethesda, Md. : 1985) 2010 Cureton EL, Strumwasser A, Kwan RO, Dozier KC, Curran B, Sadjadi J, Victorino GP
• Live transference of surgical subspecialty skills using telerobotic proctoring to remote general surgeons.
  Journal of the American College of Surgeons 2010 Ereso AQ, Garcia P, Tseng E, Gauger G, Kim H, Dua MM, Victorino GP, Guy TS
• Gender differences among recidivist trauma patients.
  The Journal of surgical research 2010 Kwan RO, Cureton EL, Dozier KC, Victorino GP
• Endothelin 1 and prostacyclin attenuate increases in hydraulic permeability caused by platelet-activating factor in rats.
  Shock (Augusta, Ga.) 2010 Cureton EL, Chong TJ, Kwan RO, Dozier KC, Sadjadi J, Curran B, Victorino GP
• Ghrelin decreases microvascular leak during inflammation.
  The Journal of trauma 2010 Kwan RO, Cureton E, Dozier K, Curran B, Sadjadi J, Victorino GP
• Chylomicrons combined with endotoxin moderate microvascular permeability.
  Innate immunity 2010 Spitzer AL, Chuang KI, Victorino GP, Kasravi B, Curran B, Lee D, Harris HW
• Insurance coverage is associated with mortality after gunshot trauma.
  Journal of the American College of Surgeons 2010 Dozier KC, Miranda MA, Kwan RO, Cureton EL, Sadjadi J, Victorino GP
• Expedited treatment of lower extremity gunshot wounds.
  Journal of the American College of Surgeons 2009 Sadjadi J, Cureton EL, Dozier KC, Kwan RO, Victorino GP
• Local secretion of urocortin 1 promotes microvascular permeability during lipopolysaccharide-induced inflammation.
  Endocrinology 2009 Cureton EL, Ereso AQ, Victorino GP, Curran B, Poole DP, Liao M, Harken AH, Bhargava A
• Single-contrast computed tomography for the triage of patients with penetrating torso trauma.
  The Journal of trauma 2009 Ramirez RM, Cureton EL, Ereso AQ, Kwan RO, Dozier KC, Sadjadi J, Bullard MK, Liu TH, Victorino GP
• Glucagon-like peptide-1 protects mesenteric endothelium from injury during inflammation.
  Peptides 2009 Dozier KC, Cureton EL, Kwan RO, Curran B, Sadjadi J, Victorino GP
• Usability of robotic platforms for remote surgical teleproctoring.
  Telemedicine journal and e-health : the official journal of the American Telemedicine Association 2009 Ereso AQ, Garcia P, Tseng E, Dua MM, Victorino GP, Guy LT
• A different view of lactate in trauma patients: protecting the injured brain.
  The Journal of surgical research 2009 Cureton EL, Kwan RO, Dozier KC, Sadjadi J, Pal JD, Victorino GP
• Despite the increasing use of nonoperative management of firearm trauma, shotgun injuries still require aggressive operative management.
  The Journal of surgical research 2009 Dozier KC, Miranda MA, Kwan RO, Cureton EL, Sadjadi J, Victorino GP
• Transfusion, not just injury severity, leads to posttrauma infection: a matched cohort study.
  The American surgeon 2009 Sadjadi J, Cureton EL, Twomey P, Victorino GP
• Lipoxin a(4) attenuates microvascular fluid leak during inflammation.
  The Journal of surgical research 2009 Ereso AQ, Cureton EL, Cripps MW, Sadjadi J, Dua MM, Curran B, Victorino GP
• The effect of hypoxia, reoxygenation, ischemia, and reperfusion on hydraulic permeability in rat mesenteric venules.
  Shock (Augusta, Ga.) 2009 Victorino GP, Chong TJ, Cripps MW, Ereso AQ, Cureton E, Curran B, Sadjadi J
• The number of gunshot wounds does not predict injury severity and mortality.
  The American surgeon 2009 Cripps MW, Ereso AQ, Sadjadi J, Harken AH, Victorino GP
• The necessity to assess anticoagulation status in elderly injured patients.
  The Journal of trauma 2008 Williams TM, Sadjadi J, Harken AH, Victorino GP
• Ischemia-reperfusion injury in rats affects hydraulic conductivity in two phases that are temporally and mechanistically separate.
  American journal of physiology. Heart and circulatory physiology 2008 Victorino GP, Ramirez RM, Chong TJ, Curran B, Sadjadi J
• Interhospital transfer occurs more slowly for elderly acute trauma patients.
  The Journal of emergency medicine 2007 Utter GH, Victorino GP, Wisner DH
• Angiotensin II type 2 receptor provides an endogenous brake during inflammation-induced microvascular fluid leak.
  Journal of the American College of Surgeons 2007 Ereso AQ, Ramirez RM, Sadjadi J, Cripps MW, Cureton EL, Curran B, Victorino GP
• Benefits of a hospital-based peer intervention program for violently injured youth.
  Journal of the American College of Surgeons 2007 Shibru D, Zahnd E, Becker M, Bekaert N, Calhoun D, Victorino GP
• Endothelin-1 reduces mesenteric microvascular hydraulic permeability via cyclic AMP and protein kinase A signal transduction.
  Peptides 2007 Chong TJ, Sadjadi J, Curran B, Victorino GP
• Angiotensin II type 2 receptor decreases ischemia reperfusion induced fluid leak.
  The Journal of surgical research 2007 Ramirez R, Chong T, Curran B, Sadjadi J, Victorino GP
• Angiotensin II effect on hydraulic permeability: interaction with endothelin-1, nitric oxide, and platelet activating factor.
  The Journal of surgical research 2006 Ramirez R, Chong T, Victorino GP
• Admission serum lactate levels do not predict mortality in the acutely injured patient.
  The Journal of trauma 2006 Pal JD, Victorino GP, Twomey P, Liu TH, Bullard MK, Harken AH
• Role of endothelin-1 and cyclic nucleotides in ischemia/reperfusion-mediated microvascular leak.
  The Journal of trauma 2006 Ramirez R, Chong T, Curran B, Victorino GP
• Repair of iatrogenic subclavian artery pseudoaneurysm with covered stent placement after vertebral artery transposition.
  Journal of vascular and interventional radiology : JVIR 2005 Aalami OO, Lisagor P, Victorino GP, McDaniel H, Nikolic B
• Hydrolysis of phosphatidylserine-exposing red blood cells by secretory phospholipase A2 generates lysophosphatidic acid and results in vascular dysfunction.
  The Journal of biological chemistry 2005 Neidlinger NA, Larkin SK, Bhagat A, Victorino GP, Kuypers FA
• Angiotensin II subtype AT1 and AT2 receptors regulate microvascular hydraulic permeability via cAMP and cGMP.
  The Journal of surgical research 2005 Chong TJ, Victorino GP
• Quantification of surgical resident stress "on call".
  Journal of the American College of Surgeons 2005 Tendulkar AP, Victorino GP, Chong TJ, Bullard MK, Liu TH, Harken AH
• Head computed tomography scans in trauma patients with seizure disorder: justifying routine use.
  Archives of surgery (Chicago, Ill. : 1960) 2005 Neidlinger NA, Pal JD, Victorino GP
• Cyclic nucleotide second messengers (cAMP and cGMP) play a central role in signal transduction and regulation of mesenteric postcapillary fluid leak.
  The Journal of trauma 2005 Chong TJ, Victorino GP
• Angiotensin II type 1 receptor activation increases microvascular permeability via a calcium dependent process.
  The Journal of surgical research 2005 Newton CR, Curran B, Victorino GP
• Albumin impacts the effects of tonicity on microvascular hydraulic permeability.
  The Journal of surgical research 2004 Victorino GP, Chong TJ, Curran B
• Angiotensin II type 1 receptor activation increases microvascular hydraulic permeability.
  Surgery 2004 Newton CR, Curran B, Victorino GP
• Endothelin-1 decreases postcapillary fluid efflux via prostacyclin release.
  Surgery 2004 Victorino GP, Chong TJ, Curran B
• Angiotensin II type 2 receptor effect on microvascular hydraulic permeability.
  The Journal of surgical research 2004 Newton CR, Curran B, Victorino GP
• CT diagnosis of postoperative intussusception after penetrating abdominal trauma.
  Journal of gastrointestinal surgery : official journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract 2004 Chong TJ, Victorino GP
• Endothelin-1 decreases microvessel permeability after endothelial activation.
  The Journal of trauma 2004 Victorino GP, Newton CR, Curran B
• Modulation of microvascular hydraulic permeability by platelet-activating factor.
  The Journal of trauma 2004 Victorino GP, Newton CR, Curran B
• Cardiac thromboemboli complicating a stab wound to the heart.
  Cardiovascular pathology : the official journal of the Society for Cardiovascular Pathology 2004 Neidlinger NA, Puzziferri N, Victorino GP, Ursic CM
• Trauma in the elderly patient.
  Archives of surgery (Chicago, Ill. : 1960) 2003 Victorino GP, Chong TJ, Pal JD
• Dose-dependent actions and temporal effects of angiotensin II on microvascular permeability.
  The Journal of trauma 2003 Victorino GP, Newton CR, Curran B
• Physician assistant influence on surgery residents.
  Archives of surgery (Chicago, Ill. : 1960) 2003 Victorino GP, Organ CH
• The impact of albumin on hydraulic permeability: comparison of isotonic and hypertonic solutions.
  Shock (Augusta, Ga.) 2003 Victorino GP, Newton CR, Curran B
• Effect of hypertonic saline on microvascular permeability in the activated endothelium.
  The Journal of surgical research 2003 Victorino GP, Newton CR, Curran B
• Does tachycardia correlate with hypotension after trauma?
  Journal of the American College of Surgeons 2003 Victorino GP, Battistella FD, Wisner DH
• Image of the month. Thoracic neurilemoma.
  Archives of surgery (Chicago, Ill. : 1960) 2003 Newton CR, Victorino GP
• Dextran modulates microvascular permeability: effect in isotonic and hypertonic solutions.
  Shock (Augusta, Ga.) 2003 Victorino GP, Newton CR, Curran B
• Defining the role of computed tomography in blunt abdominal trauma: use in the hemodynamically stable patient with a depressed level of consciousness.
  Archives of surgery (Chicago, Ill. : 1960) 2002 Pal JD, Victorino GP
• Effect of angiotensin II on microvascular permeability.
  The Journal of surgical research 2002 Victorino GP, Newton CR, Curran B
• The effect of tonicity and hypertonic solutions on microvascular permeability.
  The Journal of surgical research 2002 Victorino GP, Newton CR, Curran B
• Basal release of nitric oxide and its interaction with endothelin-1 on single vessel hydraulic permeability.
  The Journal of trauma 2001 Victorino GP, Wisner DH, Tucker VL
• Use of a gastric pull-up for delayed esophageal reconstruction in a patient with combined traumatic injuries of the trachea and esophagus.
  The Journal of trauma 2000 Victorino GP, Porter JM, Henderson VJ
• Basal release of endothelin-1 and the influence of the ETB receptor on single vessel hydraulic permeability.
  The Journal of trauma 2000 Victorino GP, Wisner DH, Tucker VL
• Direct actions of endothelin-1 on single vessel hydraulic permeability.
  The Journal of trauma 1999 Victorino GP, Wisner DH, Tucker VL
• Methods for studying microvascular barrier function in ischemia-reperfusion injury.
  Shock (Augusta, Ga.) 1997 Tucker VL, Victorino GP
• Jehovah's Witnesses: unique problems in a unique trauma population.
  Journal of the American College of Surgeons 1997 Victorino G, Wisner DH
• Left thoracotomy for emergent repair of ventricular rupture during mitral valve replacement.
  The Annals of thoracic surgery 1995 Victorino G, Young JN, DeCampli WM, Ennix CL