University of California San Francisco

Mendoza, April
April Mendoza, MD

Associate Professor of Surgery
Trauma and Surgical Critical Care
UCSF-East Bay Surgery Program
Trauma Medical Director, Alameda Health System

Address

35 Medical Center Way, #902D
San Francisco, CA 94143
United States

Email: [email protected]

ORCID: 0000-0002-9773-4515

Biography

Dr. Mendoza graduated from Loyola University Medical center with her MD in 2008. She went on to complete her general surgery residency at the Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center. 

Education

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

Awards & Honors

Award Conferred By Date
Joseph Susman Memorial Award UCSF-East Bay 2024

Publications

MOST RECENT PUBLICATIONS FROM A TOTAL OF 95
  1. Can the Emergency Surgery Score (ESS) predict outcomes in emergency general surgery patients with missing data elements? A nationwide analysis.
    Naar L, El Hechi M, Kokoroskos N, Parks J, Fawley J, Mendoza AE, Saillant N, Velmahos GC, Kaafarani HMA| | PubMed
  2. The Emergency Surgery Score (ESS) accurately predicts outcomes in elderly patients undergoing emergency general surgery.
    Gaitanidis A, Mikdad S, Breen K, Kongkaewpaisan N, Mendoza A, Saillant N, Fawley J, Parks J, Velmahos G, Kaafarani H| | PubMed
  3. Bilateral internal iliac artery embolization for pelvic trauma: Effectiveness and safety.
    Bonde A, Velmahos A, Kalva SP, Mendoza AE, Kaafarani HMA, Nederpelt CJ| | PubMed
  4. Fresh Frozen Plasma-to-Packed Red Blood Cell Ratio and Mortality in Traumatic Hemorrhage: Nationwide Analysis of 4,427 Patients.
    Nederpelt CJ, El Hechi MW, Kongkaewpaisan N, Kokoroskos N, Mendoza AE, Saillant NN, Fagenholz PJ, King DR, Velmahos GC, Kaafarani HM| | PubMed
  5. Every minute counts: The impact of pre-hospital response time and scene time on mortality of penetrating trauma patients.
    Nasser AAH, Nederpelt C, El Hechi M, Mendoza A, Saillant N, Fagenholz P, Velmahos G, Kaafarani HMA| | PubMed
  6. Contemporary management of penetrating renal trauma - A national analysis.
    El Hechi MW, Nederpelt C, Kongkaewpaisan N, Bonde A, Kokoroskos N, Breen K, Nasser A, Saillant NN, Kaafarani HMA, Velmahos GC, Mendoza AE| | PubMed
  7. Most of the variation in length of stay in emergency general surgery is not related to clinical factors of patient care.
    Achanta A, Nordestgaard A, Kongkaewpaisan N, Han K, Mendoza A, Saillant N, Rosenthal M, Fagenholz P, Velmahos G, Kaafarani HMA| | PubMed
  8. Obesity as protective against, rather than a risk factor for, postoperative Clostridium difficile infection: A nationwide retrospective analysis of 1,426,807 surgical patients.
    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| | PubMed
  9. Advances in nutrition for the surgical patient.
    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| | PubMed
  10. Life after 90: Predictors of mortality and performance of the ACS-NSQIP risk calculator in 4,724 nonagenarian patients undergoing emergency general surgery.
    Kongwibulwut M, Chiang K, Lee JM, Eid AI, Kongkaewpaisan N, Han K, Nordestgaard AT, King D, Saillant N, Mendoza AE, Velmahos G, Kaafarani HMA| | PubMed
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MOST RECENT PUBLICATIONS FROM A TOTAL OF 95
  1. Is Repeat Computed Tomography Angiography for Asymptomatic Grade 1 Blunt Cerebrovascular Injuries Cost-Effective?
    Susai CJ, Alcasid NJ, Banks KC, Mendoza AE, Jackson C, Aarabi S, Senekjian L, Victorino GP| | PubMed
  2. Current fistula management.
    Vanzant E, Thompson A, Mendoza A, Yeh D| | PubMed
  3. Optimal dose of cryoprecipitate in massive transfusion following trauma.
    Dorken-Gallastegi A, Bokenkamp M, Argandykov D, Mendoza AE, Hwabejire JO, Saillant N, Fagenholz PJ, Kaafarani HMA, Velmahos GC, Parks JJ| | PubMed
  4. Angioembolization in Severe Pelvic Trauma is Associated with Venous Thromboembolism.
    Bokenkamp M, Dorken Gallastegi A, Brown T, Hwabejire JO, Fawley J, Mendoza AE, Saillant NN, Fagenholz PJ, Kaafarani HMA, Velmahos GC, Parks JJ| | PubMed
  5. Thromboprophylaxis Timing After Blunt Solid Organ Injury: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.
    Anteby R, Allar BG, Broekhuis JM, Patel PB, Marcaccio CL, Papageorge MV, Papatheodorou S, Mendoza AE| | PubMed
  6. Trauma patients with limited English proficiency: Outcomes from two level one trauma centers.
    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| | PubMed
  7. Prehospital extremity tourniquet placements-performance evaluation of non-EMS placement of a lifesaving device.
    Mokhtari AK, Mikdad S, Luckhurst C, Hwabejire J, Fawley J, Parks JJ, Mendoza AE, Kaafarani HMA, Velmahos GC, Bloemers FW, Saillant NN| | PubMed
  8. Planning for the Next Pandemic: Trauma Injuries Require Pre-COVID-19 Levels of High-Intensity Resources.
    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, Mendoza AE, Saillant NN| | PubMed
  9. 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.
    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| | PubMed
  10. Do not forget the platelets: The independent impact of red blood cell to platelet ratio on mortality in massively transfused trauma patients.
    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| | PubMed
  11. Different Surgeon, Different Duration: Lack of Consensus on the Appropriate Duration of Antimicrobial Prophylaxis and Therapy in Surgical Practice.
    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 the Surgical Infection Society| | PubMed
  12. Enteral nutrition is associated with high rates of pneumonia in intensive care unit (ICU) patients with acute pancreatitis.
    Gaitanidis A, Breen K, Mendoza A, Fawley J, Lee J, Parks J, Kaafarani HMA, Velmahos G, Fagenholz PJ| | PubMed
  13. Adding to the story, did penetrating trauma really increase? changes in trauma patterns during the COVID-19 pandemic: A multi-institutional, multi-region investigation.
    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| | PubMed
  14. Risk factors for ischemic gastrointestinal complications in patients undergoing open cardiac surgical procedures: A single-center retrospective experience.
    Naar L, Dorken Gallastegi A, Kongkaewpaisan N, Kokoroskos N, Tolis G, Melnitchouk S, Villavicencio-Theoduloz M, Mendoza AE, Velmahos GC, Kaafarani HMA, Jassar AS| | PubMed
  15. National adherence to the ASGE-SAGES guidelines for managing suspected choledocholithiasis: An EAST multicenter study.
    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| | PubMed
  16. Prehospital end-tidal carbon dioxide is predictive of death and massive transfusion in injured patients: An Eastern Association for Surgery of Trauma multicenter trial.
    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 NJ, Elterman JB, Zier L, Goodman M, Elson N, Miner J, Hardman C, Kapoen C, Mendoza AE, Schellenberg M, Benjamin E, Wakam GK, Alam HB, Kornblith LZ, Callcut RA, Coleman LE, Shatz DV, Burruss S, Linn AC, Perea L, Morgan M, Schroeppel TJ, Stillman Z, Carrick MM, Gomez MF, Berne JD, McIntyre RC, Urban S, Nahmias J, Tay E, Cohen M, Moore EE, McVaney K, Burlew CC| | PubMed
  17. Bowel Ischemia in COVID-19 Infection: One-Year Surgical Experience.
    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| | PubMed
  18. Early versus late enteral nutrition in critically ill patients receiving vasopressor support.
    Dorken Gallastegi A, Gebran A, Gaitanidis A, Naar L, Hwabejire JO, Parks J, Lee J, Kaafarani HMA, Velmahos GC, Mendoza AE| | PubMed
  19. Association Between NEDD4L Variation and the Genetic Risk of Acute Appendicitis: A Multi-institutional Genome-Wide Association Study.
    Gaitanidis A, Kaafarani HMA, Christensen MA, Breen K, Mendoza A, Fagenholz PJ, Velmahos GC, Farhat MR| | PubMed
  20. Low-Molecular Weight Heparin is Superior to Unfractionated Heparin for Elderly Trauma Patients.
    Gaitanidis A, Breen KA, Christensen MA, Saillant NN, Kaafarani HMA, Velmahos GC, Mendoza AE| | PubMed
  21. Surgical Infections and the Future of Research: Re-Defining the Research Agenda for the Surgical Infection Society.
    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 the Surgical Infection Society| | PubMed
  22. Implications of the national Stop the Bleed campaign: The swinging pendulum of prehospital tourniquet application in civilian limb trauma.
    Mikdad S, Mokhtari AK, Luckhurst CM, Breen KA, Liu B, Kaafarani HMA, Velmahos G, Mendoza AE, Bloemers FW, Saillant N| | PubMed
  23. Study Designs in Clinical Research.
    Mendoza AE, Yeh DD| | PubMed
  24. Intensive Care Unit Volume of Sepsis Patients Does Not Affect Mortality: Results of a Nationwide Retrospective Analysis.
    Naar L, Hechi MWE, Gallastegi AD, Renne BC, Fawley J, Parks JJ, Mendoza AE, Saillant NN, Velmahos GC, Kaafarani HMA, Lee J| | PubMed
  25. The Emergency Surgery Score is a powerful predictor of outcomes across multiple surgical specialties: Results of a retrospective nationwide analysis.
    AlSowaiegh R, Naar L, El Moheb M, Parks JJ, Fawley J, Mendoza AE, Saillant NN, Velmahos GC, Kaafarani HMA| | PubMed
  26. Abdominal Wall Thickness Predicts Surgical Site Infection in Emergency Colon Operations.
    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| | PubMed
  27. Deep immune profiling of whole blood to identify early immune signatures that correlate to patient outcome after major trauma.
    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| | PubMed
  28. 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.
    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| | PubMed
  29. Multisystem outcomes and predictors of mortality in critically ill patients with COVID-19: Demographics and disease acuity matter more than comorbidities or treatment modalities.
    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, Fagenholz P, King D, Lee J, Farhat MR, Velmahos GC, Kaafarani HMA| | PubMed
  30. Modified Frailty Index-5 Score and Post-Operative Infectious Complications in Patients Undergoing Surgery for Intestinal-Cutaneous Fistula: A Nationwide Retrospective Cohort Analysis.
    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| | PubMed
  31. The Current Role of Interventional Radiology in the Management of Acute Trauma Patient.
    Luckhurst CM, Mendoza AE| | PubMed
  32. 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.
    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| | PubMed
  33. Perceptions of differences in graduated autonomy between male and female surgical residents.
    Smith CB, Saillant NN, Mendoza AE| | PubMed
  34. The Role of Transaminases in Predicting Choledocholithiasis. A Novel Predictive Composite Score Development in a Cohort of 1089 Patients Undergoing Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy.
    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| | PubMed
  35. Peri-operative blood transfusion and risk of infectious complications following intestinal-cutaneous fistula surgical repair: A retrospective nationwide analysis.
    Alser O, Christensen MA, Saillant N, Parks J, Mendoza A, Fagenholz P, King D, Kaafarani HMA, Velmahos GC, Fawley J| | PubMed
  36. Does the Emergency Surgery Score predict failure to discharge the patient home? A nationwide analysis.
    AlSowaiegh R, Naar L, Mokhtari A, Parks JJ, Fawley J, Mendoza AE, Saillant NN, Velmahos GC, Kaafarani HMA| | PubMed
  37. Low-molecular-weight heparin versus unfractionated heparin in pediatric traumatic brain injury.
    van Erp IA, Gaitanidis A, El Moheb M, Kaafarani HMA, Saillant N, Duhaime AC, Mendoza AE| | PubMed
  38. Preoperative frailty predicts postoperative outcomes in intestinal-cutaneous fistula repair.
    Alser O, Naar L, Christensen MA, Saillant N, Parks J, Mendoza A, Fagenholz P, King D, Kaafarani HMA, Velmahos GC, Fawley J| | PubMed
  39. Timing of thromboprophylaxis in patients with blunt abdominal solid organ injuries undergoing nonoperative management.
    Gaitanidis A, Breen KA, Nederpelt C, Parks J, Saillant N, Kaafarani HMA, Velmahos GC, Mendoza AE| | PubMed
  40. Surgical Infection Society Research Priorities: A Narrative Review of Fourteen Years of Progress.
    Mele TS, Kaafarani HMA, Guidry CA, Loor MM, Machado-Aranda D, Mendoza AE, Morris-Stiff G, Rattan R, Schubl SD, Barie PS| | PubMed
  41. Systolic Blood Pressure <110 mm Hg as a Threshold of Hypotension in Patients with Isolated Traumatic Brain Injuries.
    Gaitanidis A, Breen KA, Maurer LR, Saillant NN, Kaafarani HMA, Velmahos GC, Mendoza AE| | PubMed
  42. Isolated rib cage fractures in the elderly: Do all patients belong to the intensive care unit? A retrospective nationwide analysis.
    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| | PubMed
  43. Multi-Biomarker Prediction Models for Multiple Infection Episodes Following Blunt Trauma.
    Tsurumi A, Flaherty PJ, Que YA, Ryan CM, Mendoza AE, Almpani M, Bandyopadhaya A, Ogura A, Dhole YV, Goodfield LF, Tompkins RG, Rahme LG| | PubMed
  44. Acute Kidney Injury in Critically-ill Patients With COVID-19: A Single-center Experience of 206 Consecutive Patients.
    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 AE, Saillant NN, Parks J, Fawley J, King DR, Fagenholz PJ, Velmahos GC, Kaafarani HMA| | PubMed
  45. Thirty-day outcomes in the operative management of intestinal-cutaneous fistulas: A NSQIP analysis.
    Christensen MA, Gaitanidis A, Parks J, Mendoza A, Saillant N, Kaafarani HMA, Fagenholz P, Velmahos G, Fawley J| | PubMed
  46. Comparison of outcomes in non-head injured trauma patients using pre-injury warfarin or direct oral anticoagulant therapy.
    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| | PubMed
  47. Gastrointestinal Complications in Critically Ill Patients With COVID-19.
    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, Mendoza AE, Saillant NN, Parks J, Fawley J, King DR, Fagenholz PJ, Velmahos GC| | PubMed
  48. The Geriatric Nutritional Risk Index is a powerful predictor of adverse outcome in the elderly emergency surgery patient.
    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| | PubMed
  49. COVID-19, Ethics and Equity-What Is Our Role as Surgeons?
    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, de Moya M, Tseng E, Goulet N, Tung L, Kiselak E, Duncan T, Kaafarani H, Ferrada P, Foster S, Ding L, Santos A, Winfield RD, Weaver J, Angelos P| | PubMed
  50. Emergency Resuscitative Thoracotomy: A Nationwide Analysis of Outcomes and Predictors of Futility.
    Panossian VS, Nederpelt CJ, El Hechi MW, Chang DC, Mendoza AE, Saillant NN, Velmahos GC, Kaafarani HMA| | PubMed
  51. Identification of a new genetic variant associated with cholecystitis: A multicenter genome-wide association study.
    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| | PubMed
  52. No news is good news? Three-year postdischarge mortality of octogenarian and nonagenarian patients following emergency general surgery.
    Narueponjirakul N, Hwabejire J, Kongwibulwut M, Lee JM, Kongkaewpaisan N, Velmahos G, King D, Fagenholz P, Saillant N, Mendoza A, Rosenthal M, Kaafarani HMA| | PubMed
  53. The dose-dependent relationship between blood transfusions and infections after trauma: A population-based study.
    Nederpelt CJ, El Hechi M, Parks J, Fawley J, Mendoza AE, Saillant N, King DR, Fagenholz PJ, Velmahos GC, Kaafarani HMA| | PubMed
  54. One-way-street revisited: Streamlined admission of critically-ill trauma patients.
    Jaffe TA, Kim J, DePesa C, White B, Kaafarani HMA, Saillant N, Mendoza A, King D, Fagenholz P, Velmahos G, Lee J| | PubMed
  55. 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.
    Mikdad S, van Erp IAM, Moheb ME, Fawley J, Saillant N, King DR, Kaafarani HMA, Velmahos G, Mendoza AE| | PubMed
  56. Interdisciplinary approach to enhance trauma residents education of Extended-Focused Assessment for Sonography in Trauma in the emergency department.
    Haney RM, Graglia S, Schleifer J, Mendoza A, Frasure SE, Shokoohi H, Huang C, Liteplo AS| | PubMed
  57. The Effect of Immunosuppression on Emergency Colectomy Outcomes: A Nationwide Retrospective Analysis.
    El Hechi MW, Lee JM, Naar L, El Moheb M, Kokoroskos N, Velmahos GC, Saillant NN, Kaafarani HMA, Mendoza AE| | PubMed
  58. No place like home: A national study on firearm-related injuries in the American household.
    Kongkaewpaisan N, El Hechi M, El Moheb M, Orlas CP, Ortega G, Mendoza MA, Parks J, Saillant NN, Kaafarani HMA, Mendoza AE| | PubMed
  59. Necrotizing Soft Tissue Infection: Time is Crucial, and the Admitting Service Matters.
    Kongkaewpaisan N, Hwabejire J, Lee JM, Narueponjirakul N, Meier K, Mendoza A, Saillant N, Rosenthal M, King D, Fagenholz P, Velmahos G, Kaafarani HMA| | PubMed
  60. Gallbladder wall thickness as a predictor of intraoperative events during laparoscopic cholecystectomy: A prospective study of 1089 patients.
    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| | PubMed
  61. Can the Emergency Surgery Score (ESS) predict outcomes in emergency general surgery patients with missing data elements? A nationwide analysis.
    Naar L, El Hechi M, Kokoroskos N, Parks J, Fawley J, Mendoza AE, Saillant N, Velmahos GC, Kaafarani HMA| | PubMed
  62. The Emergency Surgery Score (ESS) accurately predicts outcomes in elderly patients undergoing emergency general surgery.
    Gaitanidis A, Mikdad S, Breen K, Kongkaewpaisan N, Mendoza A, Saillant N, Fawley J, Parks J, Velmahos G, Kaafarani H| | PubMed
  63. Bilateral internal iliac artery embolization for pelvic trauma: Effectiveness and safety.
    Bonde A, Velmahos A, Kalva SP, Mendoza AE, Kaafarani HMA, Nederpelt CJ| | PubMed
  64. Fresh Frozen Plasma-to-Packed Red Blood Cell Ratio and Mortality in Traumatic Hemorrhage: Nationwide Analysis of 4,427 Patients.
    Nederpelt CJ, El Hechi MW, Kongkaewpaisan N, Kokoroskos N, Mendoza AE, Saillant NN, Fagenholz PJ, King DR, Velmahos GC, Kaafarani HM| | PubMed
  65. Every minute counts: The impact of pre-hospital response time and scene time on mortality of penetrating trauma patients.
    Nasser AAH, Nederpelt C, El Hechi M, Mendoza A, Saillant N, Fagenholz P, Velmahos G, Kaafarani HMA| | PubMed
  66. Contemporary management of penetrating renal trauma - A national analysis.
    El Hechi MW, Nederpelt C, Kongkaewpaisan N, Bonde A, Kokoroskos N, Breen K, Nasser A, Saillant NN, Kaafarani HMA, Velmahos GC, Mendoza AE| | PubMed
  67. Most of the variation in length of stay in emergency general surgery is not related to clinical factors of patient care.
    Achanta A, Nordestgaard A, Kongkaewpaisan N, Han K, Mendoza A, Saillant N, Rosenthal M, Fagenholz P, Velmahos G, Kaafarani HMA| | PubMed
  68. Obesity as protective against, rather than a risk factor for, postoperative Clostridium difficile infection: A nationwide retrospective analysis of 1,426,807 surgical patients.
    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| | PubMed
  69. Advances in nutrition for the surgical patient.
    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| | PubMed
  70. Life after 90: Predictors of mortality and performance of the ACS-NSQIP risk calculator in 4,724 nonagenarian patients undergoing emergency general surgery.
    Kongwibulwut M, Chiang K, Lee JM, Eid AI, Kongkaewpaisan N, Han K, Nordestgaard AT, King D, Saillant N, Mendoza AE, Velmahos G, Kaafarani HMA| | PubMed
  71. Hartmann's Procedure vs Primary Anastomosis with Diverting Loop Ileostomy for Acute Diverticulitis: Nationwide Analysis of 2,729 Emergency Surgery Patients.
    Lee JM, Bai P Chang J, El Hechi M, Kongkaewpaisan N, Bonde A, Mendoza AE, Saillant NN, Fagenholz PJ, Velmahos G, Kaafarani HM| | PubMed
  72. Emergency Surgery Score Accurately Predicts the Risk of Post-Operative Infection in Emergency General Surgery.
    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 M, Velmahos G, Kaafarani HMA| | PubMed
  73. Do Not Blame the Resident: the Impact of Surgeon and Surgical Trainee Experience on the Occurrence of Intraoperative Adverse Events (iAEs) in Abdominal Surgery.
    Wojcik BM, Lee JM, Peponis T, Amari N, Mendoza AE, Rosenthal MG, Saillant NN, Fagenholz PJ, King DR, Phitayakorn R, Velmahos G, Kaafarani HM| | PubMed
  74. Can the emergency surgery score (ESS) be used as a triage tool predicting the postoperative need for an ICU admission?
    Kongkaewpaisan N, Lee JM, Eid AI, Kongwibulwut M, Han K, King D, Saillant N, Mendoza AE, Velmahos G, Kaafarani HMA| | PubMed
  75. Variation of Opioid Prescribing Patterns among Patients undergoing Similar Surgery on the Same Acute Care Surgery Service of the Same Institution: Time for Standardization?
    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| | PubMed
  76. Routine computed tomography after recent operative exploration for penetrating trauma: What injuries do we miss?
    Mendoza AE, Wybourn CA, Charles AG, Campbell AR, Cairns BA, Knudson MM| | PubMed
  77. Fragmentation of Care-The Untold Story.
    Wybourn CA, Mendoza AE, Campbell AR| | PubMed
  78. Innate Immune Cell Recovery Is Positively Regulated by NLRP12 during Emergency Hematopoiesis.
    Linz BM, Neely CJ, Kartchner LB, Mendoza AE, Khoury AL, Truax A, Sempowski G, Eitas T, Brickey J, Ting JP, Cairns BA, Maile R| | PubMed
  79. Splenic abscess and infarct concealing pancreatic cancer.
    Mendoza AE, Wong A, Loganantharaj N, Marr A, Charles AG| | PubMed
  80. Flagellin treatment prevents increased susceptibility to systemic bacterial infection after injury by inhibiting anti-inflammatory IL-10+ IL-12- neutrophil polarization.
    Neely CJ, Kartchner LB, Mendoza AE, Linz BM, Frelinger JA, Wolfgang MC, Maile R, Cairns BA| | PubMed
  81. Burn injury induces high levels of phosphorylated insulin-like growth factor binding protein-1.
    Mendoza AE, Maile LA, Cairns BA, Maile R| | PubMed
  82. Tracheostomy in the critically ill: the myth of dead space.
    Joseph MJ, Khoury A, Mendoza AE, Adams S, Short KA, Charles AG| | PubMed
  83. Radiation combined with thermal injury induces immature myeloid cells.
    Mendoza AE, Neely CJ, Charles AG, Kartchner LB, Brickey WJ, Khoury AL, Sempowski GD, Ting JP, Cairns BA, Maile R| | PubMed
  84. The natural history of Parkinson's disease in the province of Segovia: mortality in a longitudinal study (20-year follow-up).
    Duarte J, García Olmos LM, Mendoza A, Clavería LE| | PubMed
  85. Cultural competence: why surgeons should care.
    Khoury A, Mendoza A, Charles A| | PubMed
  86. A chemoattractant role for NT-3 in proprioceptive axon guidance.
    Genç B, Ozdinler PH, Mendoza AE, Erzurumlu RS| | PubMed
  87. Quality of life with well-differentiated thyroid cancer: treatment toxicities and their reduction.
    Mendoza A, Shaffer B, Karakla D, Mason ME, Elkins D, Goffman TE| | PubMed
  88. Hepatitis C virus reinfection in orthotopic liver transplant patients with or without concomitant hepatitis B infection.
    Loda M, Fiorentino M, Meckler J, Khettry U, Lewis D, Washburn K, Jenkins R, Mendoza AE, Samuelson J| | PubMed
  89. Multiple thromboses in a premature infant associated with maternal phospholipid antibody syndrome.
    Tabbutt S, Griswold WR, Ogino MT, Mendoza AE, Allen JB, Reznik VM| | PubMed
  90. Colocalization of thrombospondin and syndecan during murine development.
    Corless CL, Mendoza A, Collins T, Lawler J| | PubMed
  91. Combined inguinal herniorrhaphy and transurethral prostatectomy.
    González-Ojeda A, Marquina M, Calva J, Mendoza A, de la Garza L| | PubMed
  92. Increased platelet-derived growth factor A-chain expression in human uterine smooth muscle cells during the physiologic hypertrophy of pregnancy.
    Mendoza AE, Young R, Orkin SH, Collins T| | PubMed
  93. [Acute renal insufficiency caused by contrast media. Prospective study on incidence, predisposing factors and course of the disease].
    Gamba G, Arizpe D, Ferral H, Contreras AM, Cortés J, Mendoza A, Malé R, Viniegra L, Peña JC| | PubMed
  94. Sugiura procedure outside Japan. The Mexican experience.
    Orozco H, Juarez F, Uribe M, Hernandez J, Ordorica J, Armenta R, Aranceta M, Mercado MA, Santillan P, Mendoza A| | PubMed
  95. [Aneurysmatic dilatation of pulmonary veins (pulmonary varicose veins)].
    de los Arcos E, Charles AB, Idoate I, Mendoza A, Carmona JR| | PubMed