Laleh Foroutani, MD
Postdoctoral Scholar
Surgery
School of Medicine

Education & Training

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• MCS Computer Science- Artificial Intelligence and Data Science Tracks University of Illinois Urbana Champaign 2028
• MD Medicine Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2023

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Publications (41)

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Robotic Surgical ProceduresHepatectomyPancreatic FistulaAppendiceal NeoplasmsLaparoscopyGastrointestinal Stromal TumorsAppendicitisNatural Orifice Endoscopic SurgeryLeiomyomaGlomus TumorStomach NeoplasmsPancreatectomyVideo RecordingEsophagogastric JunctionDuodenal Neoplasms

• Reply to the Letter to the Editor Regarding "True Incidence of Appendiceal Neoplasms in Patients Presenting with Complicated Appendicitis: A Call for a Revised Management Algorithm".
  Annals of surgical oncology 2026 Foroutani L, Li TM, Adam MA
• ASO Visual Abstract: Re-evaluating the Role of Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy in Early-Stage Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma: Unveiling the Impact of Immortal Time Bias on Survival.
  Annals of surgical oncology 2026 Ashraf A, Wang J, Hernandez S, Foroutani L, Hernandez FR, Hirose K, Nakakura E, Corvera C, Alseidi A, Adam MA
• Impact of adjuvant chemotherapy among pathologic complete responders with pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma.
  European journal of surgical oncology : the journal of the European Society of Surgical Oncology and the British Association of Surgical Oncology 2026 Elmankabadi S, Ashraf AG, Foroutani L, Li TM, Corvera C, Hirose K, Kirkwood K, Nakakura E, Alseidi A, Adam M
• ASO Author Reflection: Are Survival Gains with Neoadjuvant Therapy in Resectable PDAC Real? The Hidden Impact of Immortal Time Bias.
  Annals of surgical oncology 2026 Ashraf Ganjouei A, Foroutani L, Adam MA
• Video-based assessment identifies intraoperative predictors of clinically relevant POPF following minimally invasive distal pancreatectomy.
  Surgical endoscopy 2026 Foroutani L, Mascagni P, Ganjouei AA, Fotoohi N, Nakakura EK, Corvera C, Adam MA, Alseidi AA

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• Re-evaluating the Role of Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy in Early-Stage Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma: Unveiling the Impact of Immortal Time Bias on Survival.
  Annals of surgical oncology 2026 Ashraf Ganjouei A, Wang J, Hernandez S, Foroutani L, Hernandez FR, Hirose K, Nakakura E, Corvera C, Alseidi A, Adam MA
• ASO Visual Abstract: True Incidence of Appendiceal Neoplasms in Patients Presenting with Complicated Appendicitis: A Call for a Revised Management Algorithm.
  Annals of surgical oncology 2026 Foroutani L, Wang JJ, Kiran S, Yin H, Myszewski J, Ali S, Ganjouei AA, Hirose K, Corvera C, Nakakura E, Alseidi A, Adam MA
• A novel transoral extraction technique in robotic resection of gastroduodenal tumors: a case series.
  Langenbeck's archives of surgery 2026 Foroutani L, Aburayya BI, Gonzalez A, Ali S, Ganjouei AA, Wang JJ, Kirkwood K, Corvera C, Kouanda A, Alseidi A, Adam MA
• Integrating Video and Objective Performance Data: Development of VORTEX-SPV for Assessing Robotic Lobectomy Skills.
  Innovations (Philadelphia, Pa.) 2026 Murillo AD, Brian R, Gomes C, Foroutani L, Ganjouei AA, Chern H, O'Sullivan PS, Oh DS
• ASO Author Reflections: Oncologic Considerations in the Management of Complicated Appendicitis.
  Annals of surgical oncology 2026 Foroutani L, Adam MA
• Setting the Standard in Robotic Whipple Surgery: International Multicenter Benchmark Analysis.
  Annals of surgery 2026 Pfister M, Li Z, Abbassi F, Araujo RLC, Chaudhari VA, Cherif R, Foroutani L, Giannone F, Ginesini M, Iben-Khayat A, Lee B, Nunez R, Takishita C, Underwood PW, Vigia E, Vivian E, Watanabe Y, …
• True Incidence of Appendiceal Neoplasms in Patients Presenting with Complicated Appendicitis: A Call for a Revised Management Algorithm.
  Annals of surgical oncology 2026 Foroutani L, Wang JJ, Kiran S, Yin H, Myszewski J, Ali S, Ashraf Ganjouei A, Hirose K, Corvera C, Nakakura E, Alseidi A, Adam MA
• Comparison of intraoperative and postoperative metrics in robotic vs. laparoscopic liver resections by difficulty - Retrospective cohort analysis of a multi-institutional database.
  HPB : the official journal of the International Hepato Pancreato Biliary Association 2025 Lee MJ, Ashraf Ganjouei A, Wang J, Love TE, DeCicco J, Ganguli S, Foroutani L, Cadena-Semanate R, Cleary S, Serrano PE, Hogg M, Warner SG, Shah M, Helton S, Alseidi A, Kingham TP, Geller D, Sucandy I,…
• Biodegradable chitosan lactate/polyvinyl alcohol composite sponge for rapid hemostasis and antibacterial protection.
  Journal of biomaterials science. Polymer edition 2025 Ghelich R, Foroutani L, Sanjarari Pirayvatlou P, Sanjaripirayvatlou P, Fazeli MS, Behboudi B, Ahmadi Tafti SM
• Comparative analysis of three approaches for minimally invasive incision-dominant hepatectomy: a multi-center analysis of patients undergoing resection of segments VII and VIII in the AMILES registry.
  HPB : the official journal of the International Hepato Pancreato Biliary Association 2025 Yin H, Ganjouei AA, Wang JJ, Onkendi EO, Sucandy I, Shah M, Helton WS, Kamath A, Polanco PM, Simo K, Iannitti D, Hogg ME, Serrano PE, Geller D, Tohme S, Warner S, Cleary S, Adam MA, Alseidi A, AMILES …
• Minimally Invasive Distal Pancreatectomy as the Standard of Care in the US: Are We There Yet?
  Cancers 2025 Foroutani L, Gonzalez A, Wang JJ, Aburayya BI, Ganjouei AA, Feng J, Thornblade LW, Hirose K, Maker AV, Nakakura E, Corvera CU, Alseidi A, Adam MA
• Perioperative Systemic Therapy in Rare, Chemosensitive Subtypes of Retroperitoneal Sarcoma: A Hospital-Based Propensity Score-Matched Analysis.
  Cancers 2025 Wiesler B, Forountani L, Ganjouei AA, Studerus L, Kettelhack C, Krasniqi F, Kasenda B, Müller BP, Adam MA, Wilhelm A
• The therapeutic effect of Astaxanthin on drill-induced closed femoral fracture model in male Wistar rats.
  Tissue & cell 2025 Yousefi-Manesh H, Foroutani L, Yousefi A, Langroudi KA, Moradi SA, Azar PRS, Tavangar SM, Hadizadeh A, Sarzaeim M, Hadizadeh S, Kheirandish Y, Manayi A
• Mitochondrial DNA Copy Number as a Hidden Player in the Progression of Multiple Sclerosis: A Bidirectional Two-Sample Mendelian Randomization Study.
  Molecular neurobiology 2025 Sabaie H, Taghavi Rad A, Shabestari M, Habibi D, Saadattalab T, Seddiq S, Saeidian AH, Zahedi AS, Sanoie M, Vahidnezhad H, Zarkesh M, Foroutani L, Hakonarson H, Azizi F, Hedayati M, Daneshpour MS, …
• Multi-Institutional Analysis of Pancreaticoduodenectomy for Nonfamilial Periampullary Adenoma: A Novel Risk Score to Guide Shared Decision-Making.
  Journal of the American College of Surgeons 2025 Mavani PT, Sok C, Eng N, Marra A, Foroutani L, Alseidi A, Hariri H, Wilson G, Ahmad SA, Scoggins C, Hester C, Datta J, Merchant N, LeCompte M, Kim HJ, Sigler G, Zafar N, Weber S, Prela O, Carpizo D, …
• Ongoing Failure to Deliver Guideline-Concordant Care for Patients with Pancreatic Cancer.
  Cancers 2025 Ejie J, Ashraf Ganjouei A, Hernandez S, Wang JJ, Romero-Hernandez F, Foroutani L, Hirose K, Nakakura E, Corvera CU, Alseidi A, Adam MA
• Alginate-gelatin composite hydrogels loading zeolitic imidazolate framework-8 (ZIF-8) nanoparticles on gauze for burn wound healing: In vitro and in vivo studies.
  International journal of biological macromolecules 2024 Maghsoudi MAF, Asbagh RA, Tafti SMA, Aghdam RM, Najjari A, Pirayvatlou PS, Foroutani L, Fazeli AR
• ASO Author Reflections: Innovative Robot-Assisted Endoluminal Resection for Gastroesophageal Junction Leiomyomas.
  Annals of surgical oncology 2024 Foroutani L, Ashraf Ganjouei A, Wang JJ, Aburayya BI, Corvera C, Alseidi A, Adam MA
• Robotic-Assisted Endoluminal Resection of Gastroesophageal Junction Leiomyoma with Transoral Specimen Extraction: Technique, Outcome, and Safety.
  Annals of surgical oncology 2024 Foroutani L, Ashraf Ganjouei A, Wang J, Aburayya BI, Corvera C, Alseidi A, Adam MA
• A Computer Vision Algorithm to Predict Superior Mesenteric Artery Margin Status for Patients With Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma.
  Annals of surgery 2024 Wang J, Ashraf Ganjouei A, Romero-Hernandez F, Foroutani L, Bahceci D, Deranteriassian A, Casey M, Li PY, Houshmand S, Behr S, Jamshidi N, Majumdar S, Donahue T, Kim GE, Wang ZJ, Thornblade LW, Adam M…
• Perspectives on sustainability among surgeons: findings from the SAGES-EAES sustainability in surgical practice task force survey.
  Surgical endoscopy 2024 Sathe TS, Alseidi A, Bellato V, Ganjouei AA, Foroutani L, Hall RP, Potapov O, Bello RJ, Johnson SM, Marconi S, Francis N, Barach P, Sanchez-Casalongue M, Nijhawan S, Oslock WM, Miller B, Samreen S, …
• Evaluation of the effect of co-transplantation of collagen-hydroxyapatite bio-scaffold containing nanolycopene and human endometrial mesenchymal stem cell derived exosomes to regenerate bone in rat critical size calvarial defect.
  Regenerative therapy 2024 Einabadi M, Izadyari Aghmiuni A, Foroutani L, Ai A, Namini MS, Farzin A, Nahanmoghadam A, Shirian S, Kargar Jahromi H, Ai J
• 3D-printing of alginate/gelatin scaffold loading tannic acid@ZIF-8 for wound healing: In vitro and in vivo studies.
  International journal of biological macromolecules 2024 Maghsoudi MAF, Aghdam RM, Asbagh RA, Moghaddaszadeh A, Ghaee A, Tafti SMA, Foroutani L, Tafti SHA
• Characterization and in vivo evaluation of a fabricated absorbable poly(vinyl alcohol)-based hernia mesh.
  Heliyon 2023 Dorkhani E, Darzi B, Foroutani L, Ebrahim Soltani Z, Ahmadi Tafti SM
• Clinical features and outcomes of Myasthenia Gravis associated with COVID-19 vaccines: A systematic review and pooled analysis.
  Medicine 2023 Tayebi AH, Samimisedeh P, Jafari Afshar E, Ayati A, Ghalehnovi E, Foroutani L, Abbasi Khoshsirat N, Rastad H
• Development of preeclampsia in pregnant women with white-coat hypertension: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
  Archives of gynecology and obstetrics 2023 Hadizadeh S, Shahmohamadi E, Khezerlouy-Aghdam N, Heidary L, Tarafdari A, Hantoushzadeh S, Ayati A, Foroutani L, Ahmadi-Tafti H, Mohseni-Badalabadi R, Vahidi H, Hadizadeh A, Mousavi S
• Cilostazol pretreatment prevents PTSD-related anxiety behavior through reduction of hippocampal neuroinflammation.
  Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's archives of pharmacology 2023 Sadeghi MA, Hemmati S, Yousefi-Manesh H, Foroutani L, Nassireslami E, Yousefi Zoshk M, Hosseini Y, Abbasian K, Dehpour AR, Chamanara M
• Composite lipid indices in patients with obstructive sleep apnea: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
  Lipids in health and disease 2023 Behnoush AH, Bahiraie P, Shokri Varniab Z, Foroutani L, Khalaji A
• Evaluation of the Farsi-translated Hemorrhoidal Disease Symptom Score and Short Health Scale questionnaires in patients with hemorrhoid disease: A cross-sectional study.
  Health science reports 2023 Fallah Tafti SP, Foroutani L, Safari R, Hadizadeh A, Behboudi B, Ahmadi Tafti SM, Keramati MR, Fazeli MS, Keshvari A, Kazemeini A
• Assessment of the efficacy of Handmade Vacuum-Assisted Sponge Drain for Treatment of Anastomotic leakage after Low Anterior Rectal Resection.
  Updates in surgery 2023 Keshvari A, Mollamohammadi L, Keramati MR, Behboudi B, Fazeli MS, Kazemeini A, Naseri A, Shahmohammadi E, Foroutani L, Ayati A, Tayebi A, Sajjadian Z, Hadizadeh A, Ahmadi-Tafti SM
• Spermidine reduced neuropathic pain in chronic constriction injury-induced peripheral neuropathy in rats.
  Fundamental & clinical pharmacology 2023 Yousefi-Manesh H, Shirooie S, Noori T, Sheibani M, Tavangar SM, Hemmati S, Sadeghi MA, Akbarniakhaky H, Mohammadi Z, Foroutani L, Dehpour AR
• Simple Separate Sutures Versus Continuous Sutures on Hepatic Artery Anastomosis in Liver Transplant: A Prospective Study.
  Experimental and clinical transplantation : official journal of the Middle East Society for Organ Transplantation 2023 Salimi J, Jafarian A, Yousefi I, Foroutani L, Fakhar N, Moeini M, Behzadi M
• Neuronal nitric oxide synthase inhibition accelerated the removal of fluoxetine's anxiogenic activity in an animal model of PTSD.
  Behavioural brain research 2022 Sadeghi MA, Hemmati S, Yousefi-Manesh H, Fekrvand S, Foroutani L, Nassireslami E, Yousefi Zoshk M, Hosseini Y, Dehpour AR, Chamanara M
• Management of huge splenic artery aneurysm with new hybrid procedure including endovascular and open surgical approach: Case series.
  International journal of surgery case reports 2021 Salimi J, Foroutani L, Miratashi Yazdi SA
• Fabrication of chitosan-polyvinyl alcohol and silk electrospun fiber seeded with differentiated keratinocyte for skin tissue regeneration in animal wound model.
  Journal of biological engineering 2020 Fathi A, Khanmohammadi M, Goodarzi A, Foroutani L, Mobarakeh ZT, Saremi J, Arabpour Z, Ai J
• Protective Effects of Leukadherin1 in a Rat Model of Targeted Experimental Autoimmune Encephalomyelitis (EAE): Possible Role of P47phox and MDA Downregulation.
  Journal of inflammation research 2020 Hemmati S, Sadeghi MA, Yousefi-Manesh H, Eslamiyeh M, Vafaei A, Foroutani L, Donyadideh G, Dehpour A, Rezaei N