Publications

2024

Ashraf Ganjouei A, Romero-Hernandez F, Wang JJ, et al. A machine learning approach for predicting textbook outcome after cytoreductive surgery and hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy. World J Surg. Published online April 23, 2024. doi:10.1002/wjs.12184 

Ashraf Ganjouei A, Wang J, Alseidi A, Adam MA. Reply to: Letter to Editor Regarding Article "A Machine Learning Approach to Predict Postoperative Pancreatic Fistula after Pancreaticoduodenectomy Using Only Preoperatively Known Data" by Yang, Yanfei et al. Ann Surg Oncol. Published online April 3, 2024. doi:10.1245/s10434-024-15240-w 

Wang J, Tozzi F, Ashraf Ganjouei A, et al. Machine learning improves prediction of postoperative outcomes after gastrointestinal surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis. J Gastrointest Surg. Published online March 12, 2024. doi:10.1016/j.gassur.2024.03.006 

Yin H, Ganjouei AA, Wang JJ, et al. Robotic-assisted endoluminal gastric leiomyoma resection: a novel surgical technique for benign gastroesophageal junction tumors. Chin Clin Oncol. 2024;13(1):6. doi:10.21037/cco-23-112 

2023

Ashraf Ganjouei A, Romero-Hernandez F, Conroy PC, et al. A Novel Machine Learning Approach to Predict Textbook Outcome in Colectomy [published online ahead of print, 2023 Oct 10]. Dis Colon Rectum. 2023;10.1097/DCR.0000000000003084. doi:10.1097/DCR.0000000000003084 

Zambeli-Ljepović, A, Hoffman, D, Barnes, K, Romero-Hernandez, F, Ashraf Ganjouei, A, Adam, M, Sarin, A. Inadequate Lymph Node Yield: An Inadequate Indication for Adjuvant Chemotherapy in Stage II Colon Cancer. Ann Surg. December 2023. DOI: 10.1097/AS9.0000000000000338  

Ashraf Ganjouei A, Wang JJ, Romero-Hernandez F, Alseidi A, Adam MA. ASO Author Reflections: Machine Learning-Based Preoperative Prediction of Pancreatic Fistula after Pancreaticoduodenectomy. Ann Surg Oncol. 2023;30(12):7764-7765. doi:10.1245/s10434-023-14152-5 

Ashraf Ganjouei A, Romero-Hernandez F, Wang JJ, Casey M, Frye W, Hoffman D, Hirose K, Nakakura E, Corvera C, Maker AV, Kirkwood KS, Alseidi A, Adam MA. A Machine Learning Approach to Predict Postoperative Pancreatic Fistula After Pancreaticoduodenectomy Using Only Preoperatively Known Data. Ann Surg Oncol. 2023 Aug 7. doi: 10.1245/s10434-023-14041-x. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 37550449. 

Adam MA, Zhou H, Byrd J, Greenberg AL, Kelly YM, Hall L, Jones HL, Pingpank JF, Lipton ZC, Bartlett DL, Choudry HM. Predicting Severe Complications from Cytoreductive Surgery with Hyperthermic Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy: A Data-Driven, Machine Learning Approach to Augment Clinical Judgment. Ann Surg Oncol. 2023 Jun 2. doi: 10.1245/s10434-023-13657-3. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 37266808. 

Wang JJ, Feng J, Gomes C, Calthorpe L, Ashraf Ganjouei A, Romero-Hernandez F, Benedetti Cacciaguerra A, Hibi T, Abdelgadir Adam M, Alseidi A, Abu Hilal M, Rashidian N; International Post-Hepatectomy Liver Failure Study Group. Development and Validation of Prediction Models and Risk Calculators for Post-Hepatectomy Liver Failure and Postoperative Complications using a Diverse International Cohort of Major Hepatectomies. Ann Surg. 2023 May 25. doi: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000005916. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 37226846.

Calthorpe L, Rashidian N, Cacciaguerra AB, Conroy PC, Hibi T, Hilal MA, Hoffman D, Park KM, Wang J, Adam MA, Alseidi A; International Post-Hepatectomy Liver Failure Study Group. Using the Comprehensive Complication Index to Rethink the ISGLS Criteria for Post-hepatectomy Liver Failure in an International Cohort of Major Hepatectomies. Ann Surg. 2023 Mar 1;277(3):e592-e596. doi: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000005338. Epub 2021 Dec 14. PMID: 34913896; PMCID: PMC9308484.

Lin JJ, Conroy PC, Romero-Hernandez F, Yilma M, Feng J, Hirose K, Nakakura E, Maker AV, Corvera C, Kirkwood K, Alseidi A, Adam MA. Hypertension Requiring Medication Use: a Silent Predictor of Poor Outcomes After Pancreaticoduodenectomy. J Gastrointest Surg. 2023 Feb;27(2):328-336. doi: 10.1007/s11605-022-05577-6. Epub 2023 Jan 9. PMID: 36624324.

2022

Calthorpe L, Romero-Hernandez F, Miller P, Conroy PC, Hirose K, Kim A, Kirkwood K, Nakakura E, Corvera C, Maker AV, Alseidi A, Adam MA. Contemporary Trends in Malignant Peritoneal Mesothelioma: Incidence and Survival in the United States. Cancers (Basel). 2022 Dec 30;15(1):229. doi: 10.3390/cancers15010229. PMID: 36612225; PMCID: PMC9818958.

Hughes D, Romero Hernandez F, Miller P, Warner S, Babicky M, Visser B, Alseidi A; AHPBA SWOT Taskforce. The job market for HPB surgeons: leadership perspectives on surgeon skillsets, training pathways, and hiring. HPB (Oxford). 2022 Dec;24(12):2072-2081. doi: 10.1016/j.hpb.2022.09.017. Epub 2022 Oct 3. PMID: 36307255.

Miller PN, Romero-Hernandez F, Conroy P, Calthorpe L, Yilma M, Mohamedaly S, Kelly YM, Feng J, Hirose K, Kirkwood K, Maker AV, Corvera C, Nakakura E, Alseidi A, Adam MA. Hand-Assisted Versus Pure Minimally-Invasive Distal Pancreatectomy: Is There a Downside to Lending a Hand? World J Surg. 2023 Mar;47(3):750-758. doi: 10.1007/s00268-022-06835-z. Epub 2022 Nov 19. PMID: 36402918.

Romero-Hernandez F, Mohamedaly S, Miller P, Rodriguez N, Calthorpe L, Conroy PC, Ganjouei AA, Hirose K, Maker AV, Nakakura E, Corvera C, Kirkwood KS, Alseidi A, Adam MA. Minimally Invasive Distal Pancreatectomy Techniques: A Contemporary Analysis Exploring Trends, Similarities, and Differences to Open Surgery. Cancers (Basel). 2022 Nov 16;14(22):5625. doi: 10.3390/cancers14225625. PMID: 36428717; PMCID: PMC9688336.

Miller P, Romero-Hernandez F, Mora RV, Hughes D, Babicky M, Warner S, Alseidi A, Visser B; AHPBA SWOT Taskforce. AHPBA senior leaders' assessments of strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats facing fellowship training in HPB surgery: "We need to standardize our training experiences". HPB (Oxford). 2022 Dec;24(12):2054-2062. doi: 10.1016/j.hpb.2022.09.014. Epub 2022 Oct 1. PMID: 36270938.

Romero-Hernandez F, Miller P, Mora RV, Hughes D, Warner S, Alseidi A, Visser B, Babicky M; AHPBA SWOT Taskforce. AHPBA graduated fellows' assessments of strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats facing fellowship training in HPB surgery: "HPB training excellence means volume, knowledge, and mentorship". HPB (Oxford). 2022 Dec;24(12):2063-2071. doi: 10.1016/j.hpb.2022.09.015. Epub 2022 Oct 1. PMID: 36333230.