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Research Programs

Research Nurse Coordinator
Karen Taylor, RN, BSN

There are a number of ongoing research protocols within the section of General Surgery.  Some of the current grant funded programs that our doctors are involved in are listed below.

FUNDED GRANTS

07/01/04-06/30/05 Corrigan McBride, MD $30,000
  American Society for Bariatric Surgery
  Alterations in Glomerular Filtration and Urinary Protein Excretion in Bariatric Surgery Patients and Response to Weight Reduction
09/01/03-08/30/04 Dmitry Oleynikov, MD $60,000
  United States Surgical
  Annual Fellowship in Minimally Invasive Surgery (MIS)
07/17/03 - 06/30/05 Joseph C. Stothert, MD $29,270
  PharmaNet, Inc.
  A Multicenter, Open-Label, Randomized Study to Compare the Safety and Efficacy of Once Daily Levofloxacin Along with Once Daily Metronidazole Vs. Piperacillin/Tazobactam in the Treatment of Complicated Appendicitis
07/01/03 - 06/30/05 Aaron Sasson, MD $7160
  American College of Surgeons Oncology Group
(Sub-contract under a NIH Award to Duke University)
  A Prospective Study of the Prognostic Significance of Microsatellite Instability in Patients with Early Age-of-Onset Colorectal Cancer 
04/01/03 -03/31/08  James A. Edney, MD $5,656,344
  Department of Defense
  Breast Cancer Center Of Excellence Grant
Co-Investigator
08/01/02 – 03/31/04 Thomas G. Lynch, MD      $30,768
  National Center for Information and Technology Education (NCITE) – seed grant
  Development of a Critical Thinking Tool for Third Year Medical Students to Enhance Patient History Taking Skills.
Principal Investigator.
09/01/01 – 08/31/05  Mark A. Carlson, MD  $419,215
  National Institutes of Health         
  Regulation of Fibroblast Survival in the Collagen Matrix
Principal Investigator
(Mentored Clinical Scientist Development Award)
07/01/01-06/30/05  Jason Johanning, MD $1,664,323
  Donald W. Reynolds Foundation   
  A comprehensive program to strengthen physicians training in geriatrics in Nebraska
Co-Investigator
09/30/99-09/30/04  Jon S. Thompson, MD $111, 689
  Agency for Health Care Policy and Research       
  Inguinal Hernia Management:  Watchful Waiting versus Operation
Co-Investigator 
(Subcontract with Creighton University)  

 

Research Studies

Mark Carlson, MD
Principal Investigator		 Regulation of Fibroblast Survival in the Collagen Matrix
Jon S. Thompson, MD
Co-Investigator		 Enterra Therapy for Gastroparesis (John DiBaise, MD, P.I.)
Jon S. Thompson, MD
Co-Investigator                 (subcontracted with Creighton)		 Inguinal Hernia Management:  Watchful Waiting versus Operation
Aaron Sasson, MD
Principal Investigator		 The Specificity of MUC4 in the Diagnosis of Pancreatic
Cancer
Jon S. Thompson, MD
Principal Investigator		 Smell Acuity in Morbidly Obese Individual UndergoingBariatric Procedures.
Aaron Sasson, MD
Principal Investigator 		 Postmortem Tissue Donation from Pancreatic Cancer
(Jane Potter, MD
Primary Investigator)
Jon S. Thompson, MD Co-Investigator		 Comprehensive Program to Strengthen Physicians Training
in Geriatrics in Nebraska
Jason Johanning, MD
Principal Investigator		 Utilization of Nitrite/Nitrate Levels and Endogenous Proteolysis For Screening of Abdominal Aortic Anuerysyms (also submitted to the VA)
Iraklis Pipinos, MD
Principal Investigator		 Etiology of Mitochondrial Dysfunction in the Skeletal Muscle of Patients with Severe Peripheral Arterial Occlusive Disease (also submitted to the VA)
Aaron Sasson, MD
Principal Investigator		 Feasibility Study of Sentinel Lymph Node Staging for Colon  Cancer (CALGB 80001)
Jason Johanning, MD
Principal Investigator		 Role of Thrombus in the Pathogenesis of Aortic AneurysmFormation
 Iraklis Pipinos, MD
Principal Investigator		 IGF-1 Receptors, Apoptosis, and Plaque Stability
Aaron Sasson, MD
Principal Investigator		 Pilot Trial of Adjuvant Floxuridine (FUDR) Administered by  Hepatic Arterial Infusion Following Surgical Resection of Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma
Aaron Sasson, MD
 Principal Investigator		 A Prospective Study of the Prognostic Significance of Microsatellite Instability in Patients with Early Age-of-Onset Colorectal Cancer
Joseph Stothert, MD
Principal Investigator		 A Multicenter, Open-Label, Randomized Study to Compare the Safety and Efficacy of Once Daily Levofloxacin Along With Once Daily Metronidazole Versus Piperacillin/Tazobactam in the Treatment of Complicated Appendicitis
Jason Johanning, MD
Principal Investigator		 Comparison of Lower Extremity Venous Hemodynamics in the Morbidly Obese Utilizing Calf vs. Plantar Plexus Intermittent Pneumatic Compression Devices
Dmitry Oleynikov, MD
Principal Investigator		 Miniature In Vitro Robots to Support Laparoscopic Surgery
Corrigan McBride, MD
Principal Investigator		 Bariatric Surgery as a Means of Achieving Acceptable Weight in the Organ Transplant Patient
Corrigan McBride, MD
Principal Investigator		 Outcomes of Bariatric Surgery as a Function of Surgical Technique
Corrigan McBride, MD
Principal Investigator		 Gastrointestinal Dysfunction as a Result of Bariatric Surgery
(Elizabeth Koller, MD
Principal Investigator)
Corrigan McBride, MD
Co-Investigator		 Renal Dysfunction Prevalence in Bariatric Surgery Patients and Response to Weight Reduction 

Contact Information:

Research Coordinator - Karen Taylor, RN:      (402) 559-3935