McLaughlin Professor and Chairman
Department of Surgery
University of Nebraska Medical Center
983280 Nebraska Medical Center
Omaha, NE 68198-3280, USA
Phone: 402-559-8272
Fax: 402-559-6749
Graduate:
University of Wisconsin-Madison Medical School, Madison, WI
Residency:
Temple University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA
Fellowship:
Research Fellowship, Temple University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA
Board Certification:
American Board of Surgery General Surgery
Academic Appointment:
Professor of Surgery
Other Appointments:
Chairman, Department of Surgery
Sub-Specialty:
General Surgery & Trauma
Research Interests:
Role of Gut in Pathogenesis of MOF
Publications:
- Jawa RS, Quist E, Boyer CW, Shostrom VK, Mercer DW. Mesenteric ischemia-reperfusion injury up-regulates certain CC, CXC, and XC chemokines and results in multi-organ injury in a time-dependent manner. Eur Cytokine Netw. 2013 Oct-Dec;24(4):148-56. Abstract
- Varan AK, Mercer DW, Stein MS, Spaulding AC. Hepatitis C seroprevalence among prison inmates since 2001: still high but declining. Public Health Rep. 2014 Mar-Apr;129(2):187-95. Abstract
- Ellis SJ, Newland MC, Simonson JA, Peters KR, Romberger DJ, Mercer DW, Tinker JH, Harter RL, Kindscher JD, Qiu F, Lisco SJ. Anesthesia-related cardiac arrest. Anesthesiology. 2014 Apr;120(4):829-38. Abstract
- Jawa RS, Young DH, Stothert JC, Yetter D, Dumond R, Shostrom VK, Cemaj S, Rautiainen RH, Mercer DW. Farm machinery injuries: the 15-year experience at an urban joint trauma center system in a rural state. J Agromedicine. 2013;18(2):98-106. Abstract
- Jawa RS, Heir JS, Cancelada D, Young DH, Mercer DW. A quick primer for setting up and maintaining surgical intensive care in an austere environment: practical tips from volunteers in a mass disaster. Am J Disaster Med. 2012 Summer;7(3):223-9. Abstract
- Jawa RS, Mercer DW. Clostridium difficile-associated infection: a disease of varying severity. Am J Surg. 2012 Dec;204(6):836-42. Abstract
- McGuire MF, Sriram Iyengar M, Mercer DW. Data driven linear algebraic methods for analysis of molecular pathways: application to disease progression in shock/trauma. J Biomed Inform. 2012 Apr;45(2):372-87. Abstract
- Carson JS, Smith L, Are M, Edney J, Azarow K, Mercer DW, Thompson JS, Are C. National trends in minimally invasive and open operative experience of graduating general surgery residents: implications for surgical skills curricula development? Am J Surg. 2011 Dec;202(6):720-6; discussion 726. Abstract
- Jawa RS, Young DH, Wagner M, Yetter D, Shostrom V, Cemaj S, Nelson L, Ramey R, Sorensen M, Schwedhelm M, Mercer DW, Stothert J. Two hospitals with 1 trauma system: a joint approach to the care of the injured patient. Am J Surg. 2012 Apr;203(4):454-60. Abstract
- Ward JL, Harting MT, Cox CS Jr., Mercer DW. Effects of ketamine on endotoxin and traumatic brain injury induced production in the rat. J Trauma. 6/2011: 1471-9 Abstract
- McGuire MF, Iyengar MS, Mercer DW. Computational approaches for translational clinical research in disease progression. J Investig Med. 2011 Aug;59(6):893-903. Abstract
- Ward JL, Adams SD, Delano BA, Clarke C, Radhakrishnan RS, Weisbrodt NW, Mercer DW. Ketamine suppresses LPS-induced bile reflux and gastric bleeding in the rat. J Trauma. 2010 Jan;68(1):69-75. Abstract
- Jastrow KM 3rd, Gonzalez EA, McGuire MF, Suliburk JW, Kozar RA, Iyengar S, Motschall DA, McKinley BA, Moore FA, Mercer DW. Early cytokine production risk stratifies trauma patients for multiple organ failure. J Am Coll Surg. 2009 Sep;209(3):320-31. Abstract
- Ward JL, Delano BA, Adams SD, Mercer EE, Mercer DW. Laparotomy attenuates lipopolysaccharide-induced gastric bleeding in the rat. Dig Dis Sci. 2010 Apr;55(4):902-10. Abstract
- Suliburk JW, Ward JL, Helmer KS, Adams SD, Zuckerbraun BS, Mercer DW. Ketamine-induced hepatoprotection: the role of heme oxygenase-1. Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol. 2009 Jun;296(6):G1360-9. Abstract
For full collection of articles: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=%22Mercer+DW%22