James Iannuzzi, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor
Surgery
School of Medicine

Dr. Iannuzzi was the inaugural research fellow at the Surgical Health Outcomes and Research Enterprise at University of Rochester. In 2018, Dr. Iannuzzi completed a clinical and research fellowship in vascular and endovascular surgery at Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School.

Dr. Iannuzzi has authored numerous peer-reviewed publications in leading journals spanning multiple areas of surgery.

• Readability of Spanish-Language Online Patient Educational Materials for Peripheral Artery Disease Do Not Meet Recommended Standards and Represent a Literacy Barrier to Care.
  Annals of vascular surgery 2023 Ramirez JL, Wang K, Sung E, Hernandez S, Le M, Avra TD, Talutis S, Iannuzzi JC, Ulloa JG
• Risk factors and associated outcomes of postoperative delirium after open abdominal aortic aneurysm repair.
  Journal of vascular surgery 2023 Gutierrez RD, Smith EJT, Matthay ZA, Gasper WJ, Hiramoto JS, Conte MS, Finlayson E, Walter LC, Iannuzzi JC
• Measurement of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Strain Using MR Deformable Image Registration: Accuracy and Relationship to Recent Aneurysm Progression.
  Investigative radiology 2023 Dong H, Leach JR, Kao E, Zhou A, Chitiboi T, Zhu C, Ballweber M, Jiang F, Lee YJ, Iannuzzi J, Gasper W, Saloner D, Hope MD, Mitsouras D
• Development and Validation of a Novel Preoperative Risk Score to Identify Patients at Risk for Nonhome Discharge after Elective Endovascular Aortic Aneurysm Repair (EVAR).
  Annals of vascular surgery 2023 Ramirez JL, Sung E, Jaramillo E, Gasper WJ, Conte MS, Boitano L, Iannuzzi JC
• Decreasing prevalence of centers meeting the Society for Vascular Surgery abdominal aortic aneurysm guidelines in the United States.
  Journal of vascular surgery 2023 Ramirez JL, Matthay ZA, Lancaster E, Smith EJT, Gasper WJ, Zarkowsky DS, Doyle AJ, Patel VI, Schanzer A, Conte MS, Iannuzzi JC
• Guideline Compliant Minimum Asymptomatic Carotid Endarterectomy Surgeon and Hospital Volume Cutoffs.
  Annals of vascular surgery 2023 Geiger JT, Fleming F, Iannuzzi JC, Stoner M, Doyle A
• Proximal Instructions for Use Violations in Elective Endovascular Aneurysm Repair in the Vascular Quality Initiative: Retrospective Analysis.
  Journal of the American College of Surgeons 2023 Ramirez JL, Govsyeyev N, Sorber R, Iannuzzi JC, Schanzer AS, Hicks CW, Malas MB, Zarkowsky DS
• Low-volume surgeons can have better outcomes at certain hospital settings for open abdominal aortic repairs.
  Journal of vascular surgery 2023 Mehta A, Patel P, Elmously A, Iannuzzi J, Garg K, Siracuse J, Takayama H, Schermerhorn ML, O'Donnell TFX, Patel VI
• High-Risk Characteristics for Clinical Failure after Isolated Femoropopliteal Peripheral Vascular Interventions.
  Annals of vascular surgery 2023 Kim TI, Schneider PA, Iannuzzi J, Ochoa Chaar CI
• Dynamic Contrast-Enhanced MRI in Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms as a Potential Marker for Disease Progression.
  Journal of magnetic resonance imaging : JMRI 2023 Zhou A, Leach JR, Zhu C, Dong H, Jiang F, Lee YJ, Iannuzzi J, Gasper W, Saloner D, Hope MD, Mitsouras D
• Structured discharge documentation reduces sex-based disparities in statin prescription in vascular surgery patients.
  Journal of vascular surgery 2023 Sanders KM, Nacario JH, Smith EJT, Jaramillo EA, Lancaster EM, Hiramoto JS, Conte MS, Iannuzzi JC
• Cognitive Impairment is Common in a Veterans Affairs Population with Peripheral Arterial Disease.
  Annals of vascular surgery 2022 Smith EJT, Gasper WJ, Schneider PA, Finlayson E, Walter LC, Covinsky KE, Conte MS, Iannuzzi JC
• Open revascularization approach is associated with healing and ambulation after transmetatarsal amputation in patients with chronic limb threatening ischemia.
  Journal of vascular surgery 2022 Gomez-Sanchez C, Werlin E, Sorrentino T, El Khoury R, Lancaster E, Parks C, Goodman B, Dini M, Iannuzzi J, Reyzelman A, Conte MS, Gasper W
• Applying cognitive task analysis to health services research.
  Health services research 2022 Graham LA, Gray C, Wagner TH, Illarmo S, Hawn MT, Wren SM, Iannuzzi J, Harris AHS
• Racial and ethnic disparities in major adverse limb events persist for chronic limb threatening ischemia despite presenting limb threat severity after peripheral vascular intervention.
  Journal of vascular surgery 2022 Jaramillo EA, Smith EJT, Matthay ZA, Sanders KM, Hiramoto JS, Gasper WJ, Conte MS, Iannuzzi JC
• Anemia is associated with higher mortality and morbidity after thoracic endovascular aortic repair.
  Journal of vascular surgery 2022 Yin K, Willie-Permor D, Zarrintan S, Dakour-Aridi H, Ramirez JL, Iannuzzi JC, Naazie I, Malas MB
• Association of Intraoperative and Perioperative Transfusions with Postoperative Cardiovascular Events and Mortality After Infrainguinal Revascularization.
  Annals of vascular surgery 2022 Matthay ZA, Smith EJ, Flanagan CP, Wu B, Malas MB, Hiramoto JS, Conte MS, Iannuzzi JC
• Clinical Predictors and Outcomes Associated with Postoperative Delirium Following Infrainguinal Bypass Surgery.
  Annals of vascular surgery 2022 Gutierrez RD, Matthay ZA, Smith EJT, Linderman K, Gasper WJ, Hiramoto JS, Conte MS, Iannuzzi JC
• Capturing the complexity of open abdominal aortic surgery in the endovascular era.
  Journal of vascular surgery 2022 Woodford C, El Khoury R, Ramirez JL, Liu IH, Lancaster EM, Nacario J, Hiramoto JS, Eichler CM, Reilly LM, Iannuzzi JC, Conte MS
• Endovascular treatment of high-risk peripheral vascular occlusive lesions: a review of current evidence and emerging applications of intravascular lithotripsy, atherectomy, and paclitaxel-coated devices.
  Seminars in vascular surgery 2021 Sanders KM, Schneider PA, Conte MS, Iannuzzi JC
• Risk factors for venous thromboembolism after vascular surgery and implications for chemoprophylaxis strategies.
  Journal of vascular surgery. Venous and lymphatic disorders 2021 Matthay ZA, Flanagan CP, Sanders K, Smith EJ, Lancaster EM, Gasper WJ, Kornblith LZ, Hiramoto JS, Conte MS, Iannuzzi JC
• Racial Disparities Associated With Reinterventions After Elective Endovascular Aortic Aneurysm Repair.
  The Journal of surgical research 2021 Vervoort D, Canner JK, Haut ER, Black JH, Abularrage CJ, Zarkowsky DS, Iannuzzi JC, Hicks CW
• Aortic Neck IFU Violations During EVAR for Ruptured Infrarenal Aortic Aneurysms are Associated with Increased In-Hospital Mortality.
  Annals of vascular surgery 2021 Zarkowsky DS, Sorber R, Ramirez JL, Goodney PP, Iannuzzi JC, Wohlauer M, Hicks CW
• Understanding value and patient complexity among common inpatient vascular surgery procedures.
  Journal of vascular surgery 2021 Ramirez JL, Lopez J, Sanders K, Schneider PA, Gasper WJ, Conte MS, Sosa JA, Iannuzzi JC
• Closure device use for common femoral artery antegrade access is higher risk than retrograde access.
  Annals of vascular surgery 2021 Ramirez JL, Smith EJT, Zarkowsky DS, Lopez J, Hicks CW, Schneider PA, Conte MS, Iannuzzi JC
• Depression Predicts Non-Home Discharge After Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair.
  Annals of vascular surgery 2021 Ramirez JL, Zarkowsky DS, Ramirez FD, Gasper WJ, Cohen BE, Conte MS, Grenon SM, Iannuzzi JC
• Patients with depression are less likely to go home after critical limb revascularization.
  Journal of vascular surgery 2020 Ramirez JL, Zahner GJ, Arya S, Grenon SM, Gasper WJ, Sosa JA, Conte MS, Iannuzzi JC
• A novel preoperative risk score for nonhome discharge after elective thoracic endovascular aortic repair.
  Journal of vascular surgery 2020 Ramirez JL, Zarkowsky DS, Boitano LT, Conrad MF, Arya S, Gasper WJ, Conte MS, Iannuzzi JC
• Impact of the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic on an academic vascular practice and a multidisciplinary limb preservation program.
  Journal of vascular surgery 2020 Lancaster EM, Wu B, Iannuzzi J, Oskowitz A, Gasper W, Vartanian S, Wick E, Hiramoto J, Eichler C, Lobo E, Reyzelman A, Reilly L, Sosa JA, Conte MS
• Living in a Food Desert is Associated with 30-day Readmission after Revascularization for Chronic Limb-Threatening Ischemia.
  Annals of vascular surgery 2020 Smith EJT, Ramirez JL, Wu B, Zarkowsky DS, Gasper WJ, Finlayson E, Conte MS, Iannuzzi JC
• One-year patient survival correlates with surgeon volume after elective open abdominal aortic surgery.
  Journal of vascular surgery 2020 Geiger JT, Aquina CT, Esce A, Zhao P, Glocker R, Fleming F, Iannuzzi J, Stoner M, Doyle A
• Patient complexity by surgical specialty does not correlate with work relative value units.
  Surgery 2020 Ramirez JL, Gasper WJ, Seib CD, Finlayson E, Conte MS, Sosa JA, Iannuzzi JC
• Antegrade common femoral artery closure device use is associated with decreased complications.
  Journal of vascular surgery 2020 Ramirez JL, Zarkowsky DS, Sorrentino TA, Hicks CW, Vartanian SM, Gasper WJ, Conte MS, Iannuzzi JC
• Incidence of and risk factors for postoperative urinary retention in men after carotid endarterectomy.
  Journal of vascular surgery 2020 Boitano LT, DeBono M, Tanious A, Iannuzzi JC, Clouse WD, Eagleton MJ, LaMuraglia GM, Conrad MF
• Risk score for nonhome discharge after lower extremity bypass.
  Journal of vascular surgery 2019 Iannuzzi JC, Boitano LT, Cooper MA, Watkins MT, Eagleton MJ, Clouse WD, Conte MS, Conrad MF
• Preoperative Predictors of Discharge Destination after Endovascular Repair of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms.
  Annals of vascular surgery 2019 Boitano LT, Iannuzzi JC, Tanious A, Mohebali J, Schwartz SI, Chang DC, Clouse WD, Conrad MF
• Predicting Postoperative Destination Through Preoperative Evaluation in Elective Open Aortic Aneurysm Repair.
  The Journal of surgical research 2018 Boitano LT, Iannuzzi JC, Tanious A, Mohebali J, Schwartz SI, Clouse WD, Conrad MF
• A Regional Experience with Carotid Endarterectomy in Patients with a History of Neck Radiation.
  Annals of vascular surgery 2018 Boitano LT, Ergul EA, Tanious A, Iannuzzi JC, Cooper MA, Stone DH, Clouse WD, Conrad MF
• Favorable impact of thoracic endovascular aortic repair on survival of patients with acute uncomplicated type B aortic dissection.
  Journal of vascular surgery 2018 Iannuzzi JC, Stapleton SM, Bababekov YJ, Chang D, Lancaster RT, Conrad MF, Cambria RP, Patel VI
• The Authors Reply.
  Diseases of the colon and rectum 2016 Iannuzzi JC, Fleming FJ
• Patients With Adhesive Small Bowel Obstruction Should Be Primarily Managed by a Surgical Team.
  Annals of surgery 2016 Aquina CT, Becerra AZ, Probst CP, Xu Z, Hensley BJ, Iannuzzi JC, Noyes K, Monson JR, Fleming FJ
• The impact of surgeon volume on colostomy reversal outcomes after Hartmann's procedure for diverticulitis.
  Surgery 2016 Aquina CT, Probst CP, Becerra AZ, Hensley BJ, Iannuzzi JC, Noyes K, Monson JR, Fleming FJ
• Missed Opportunity: Laparoscopic Colorectal Resection Is Associated With Lower Incidence of Small Bowel Obstruction Compared to an Open Approach.
  Annals of surgery 2016 Aquina CT, Probst CP, Becerra AZ, Iannuzzi JC, Hensley BJ, Noyes K, Monson JR, Fleming FJ
• Cost Drivers After Surgical Management of Proximal Humerus Fractures in Medicare Patients.
  Journal of orthopaedic trauma 2016 Thorsness R, Shields E, Iannuzzi JC, Zhang L, Noyes K, Voloshin I
• High Variability in Nosocomial Clostridium difficile Infection Rates Across Hospitals After Colorectal Resection.
  Diseases of the colon and rectum 2016 Aquina CT, Probst CP, Becerra AZ, Hensley BJ, Iannuzzi JC, Noyes K, Monson JR, Fleming FJ
• Risk Factors for Postdischarge Venothromboembolism After Colorectal Resection.
  Diseases of the colon and rectum 2016 Iannuzzi JC, Aquina CT, Rickles AS, Hensley BJ, Probst CP, Noyes K, Monson JR, Fleming FJ
• Reply to: "Groin hernia repair, surgeon volume and patient reported outcome measures (PROMs)".
  Surgery 2015 Aquina CT, Probst CP, Kelly KN, Iannuzzi JC, Noyes K, Fleming FJ, Monson JR
• High volume improves outcomes: The argument for centralization of rectal cancer surgery.
  Surgery 2015 Aquina CT, Probst CP, Becerra AZ, Iannuzzi JC, Kelly KN, Hensley BJ, Rickles AS, Noyes K, Fleming FJ, Monson JR
• Significant Variation in Blood Transfusion Practice Persists following Upper GI Cancer Resection.
  Journal of gastrointestinal surgery : official journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract 2015 Aquina CT, Blumberg N, Probst CP, Becerra AZ, Hensley BJ, Iannuzzi JC, Gonzalez MG, Deeb AP, Noyes K, Monson JR, Fleming FJ
• Employment Satisfaction in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and Its Influence on Graduating Residents in an Evolving Health Care Climate.
  Plastic and reconstructive surgery 2015 Koltz PF, Frey JD, Sbitany H, Bell DE, Iannuzzi JC, Song DH, Langstein HN
• The pitfalls of inguinal herniorrhaphy: Surgeon volume matters.
  Surgery 2015 Aquina CT, Probst CP, Kelly KN, Iannuzzi JC, Noyes K, Fleming FJ, Monson JR
• Measuring satisfaction: factors that drive hospital consumer assessment of healthcare providers and systems survey responses in a trauma and acute care surgery population.
  The American surgeon 2015 Kahn SA, Iannuzzi JC, Stassen NA, Bankey PE, Gestring M
• Getting satisfaction: drivers of surgical Hospital Consumer Assessment of Health care Providers and Systems survey scores.
  The Journal of surgical research 2015 Iannuzzi JC, Kahn SA, Zhang L, Gestring ML, Noyes K, Monson JR
• Comparing Hospitalist-Resident to Hospitalist-Midlevel Practitioner Team Performance on Length of Stay and Direct Patient Care Cost.
  Journal of graduate medical education 2015 Iannuzzi MC, Iannuzzi JC, Holtsbery A, Wright SM, Knohl SJ
• Timing of discharge: a key to understanding the reason for readmission after colorectal surgery.
  Journal of gastrointestinal surgery : official journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract 2014 Kelly KN, Iannuzzi JC, Aquina CT, Probst CP, Noyes K, Monson JR, Fleming FJ
• Parastomal hernia: a growing problem with new solutions.
  Digestive surgery 2014 Aquina CT, Iannuzzi JC, Probst CP, Kelly KN, Noyes K, Fleming FJ, Monson JR
• Risk scoring can predict readmission after endocrine surgery.
  Surgery 2014 Iannuzzi JC, Fleming FJ, Kelly KN, Ruan DT, Monson JR, Moalem J
• Postoperative Morbidity by Procedure and Patient Factors Influencing Major Complications Within 30 Days Following Shoulder Surgery.
  Orthopaedic journal of sports medicine 2014 Shields E, Iannuzzi JC, Thorsness R, Noyes K, Voloshin I
• Surgeon volume plays a significant role in outcomes and cost following open incisional hernia repair.
  Journal of gastrointestinal surgery : official journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract 2014 Aquina CT, Kelly KN, Probst CP, Iannuzzi JC, Noyes K, Langstein HN, Monson JR, Fleming FJ
• Open reduction and internal fixation versus hemiarthroplasty in the management of proximal humerus fractures.
  Geriatric orthopaedic surgery & rehabilitation 2014 Thorsness R, Iannuzzi J, Noyes K, Kates S, Voloshin I
• Perioperative complications after hemiarthroplasty and total shoulder arthroplasty are equivalent.
  Journal of shoulder and elbow surgery 2014 Shields E, Iannuzzi JC, Thorsness R, Noyes K, Voloshin I
• Risk score for unplanned vascular readmissions.
  Journal of vascular surgery 2014 Iannuzzi JC, Chandra A, Kelly KN, Rickles AS, Monson JR, Fleming FJ
• Perioperative pleiotropic statin effects in general surgery.
  Surgery 2013 Iannuzzi JC, Rickles AS, Kelly KN, Rusheen AE, Dolan JG, Noyes K, Monson JR, Fleming FJ
• Defining high risk: cost-effectiveness of extended-duration thromboprophylaxis following major oncologic abdominal surgery.
  Journal of gastrointestinal surgery : official journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract 2013 Iannuzzi JC, Rickles AS, Kelly KN, Fleming FJ, Dolan JG, Monson JR, Noyes K
• Anastomotic leak or organ space surgical site infection: What are we missing in our quality improvement programs?
  Surgery 2013 Rickles AS, Iannuzzi JC, Kelly KN, Cooney RN, Brown DA, Davidson M, Hellenthal N, Max C, Johnson J, DeTraglia J, McGurrin M, Kimball R, DiBenedetto A, Galyon D, Esposito SL, Noyes K, Monson JR, …
• Risk factors associated with 30-day postoperative readmissions in major gastrointestinal resections.
  Journal of gastrointestinal surgery : official journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract 2013 Kelly KN, Iannuzzi JC, Rickles AS, Monson JR, Fleming FJ
• Laparotomy for small-bowel obstruction: first choice or last resort for adhesiolysis? A laparoscopic approach for small-bowel obstruction reduces 30-day complications.
  Surgical endoscopy 2013 Kelly KN, Iannuzzi JC, Rickles AS, Garimella V, Monson JR, Fleming FJ
• Tobacco smoking and postoperative outcomes after colorectal surgery.
  Annals of surgery 2013 Sharma A, Deeb AP, Iannuzzi JC, Rickles AS, Monson JR, Fleming FJ
• Colorectal surgery training and patient safety: dissonance in an era of quality reporting.
  Colorectal disease : the official journal of the Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain and Ireland 2013 Monson JR, Fleming FJ, Iannuzzi JC
• Reply to Clark regarding "surgeon beware: many patients referred for parathyroidectomy are misdiagnosed with primary hyperparathyroidism".
  Surgery 2013 Iannuzzi JC, Moalem J
• Resident involvement is associated with worse outcomes after major lower extremity amputation.
  Journal of vascular surgery 2013 Iannuzzi JC, Chandra A, Rickles AS, Kumar NG, Kelly KN, Gillespie DL, Monson JR, Fleming FJ
• Prediction of postdischarge venous thromboembolism using a risk assessment model.
  Journal of vascular surgery 2013 Iannuzzi JC, Young KC, Kim MJ, Gillespie DL, Monson JR, Fleming FJ
• Closure of defunctioning loop ileostomy is associated with considerable morbidity.
  Colorectal disease : the official journal of the Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain and Ireland 2013 Sharma A, Deeb AP, Rickles AS, Iannuzzi JC, Monson JR, Fleming FJ
• Outcomes associated with resident involvement in partial colectomy.
  Diseases of the colon and rectum 2013 Iannuzzi JC, Rickles AS, Deeb AP, Sharma A, Fleming FJ, Monson JR
• Visceral obesity and colorectal cancer: are we missing the boat with BMI?
  Journal of gastrointestinal surgery : official journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract 2012 Rickles AS, Iannuzzi JC, Mironov O, Deeb AP, Sharma A, Fleming FJ, Monson JR
• Surgeon beware: many patients referred for parathyroidectomy are misdiagnosed with primary hyperparathyroidism.
  Surgery 2012 Iannuzzi JC, Choi DX, Farkas RL, Ruan DT, Peacock JL, Moalem J
• Recognizing risk: bowel resection in the chronic renal failure population.
  Journal of gastrointestinal surgery : official journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract 2012 Iannuzzi JC, Deeb AP, Rickles AS, Sharma A, Fleming FJ, Monson JR
• Emphysematous gastritis: A young diabetic's recovery.
  International journal of surgery case reports 2011 Iannuzzi J, Watson TJ, Litle VR
• FDG-PET and MRI imaging of the effects of sertindole and haloperidol in the prefrontal lobe in schizophrenia.
  Schizophrenia research 2009 Buchsbaum MS, Haznedar M, Newmark RE, Chu KW, Dusi N, Entis JJ, Goldstein KE, Goodman CR, Gupta A, Hazlett E, Iannuzzi J, Torosjan Y, Zhang J, Wolkin A