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

    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. 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
    2. 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
    3. 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
    4. 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
    5. 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
    6. 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
    7. Fragmentation of Care-The Untold Story.
      Wybourn CA, Mendoza AE, Campbell AR| | PubMed
    8. 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
    9. Splenic abscess and infarct concealing pancreatic cancer.
      Mendoza AE, Wong A, Loganantharaj N, Marr A, Charles AG| | PubMed
    10. 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