Faculty Publications Nov. 13-20

This week’s edition of Faculty Publications includes Cedars-Sinai studies that were published Nov. 13-20. If you have a published paper from this period that does not appear on this list, please contact Sue Marone.

Cedars-Sinai in the News

Reverend Jesse Jackson Hospitalized for Rare Brain Disorder | NBC 4 Los Angeles
Sarah Kremen, MD

Doctor Discusses Epilepsy in Children and Treatment Options | CBS News Los Angeles
Deborah Holder, MD

Armed With AI and Virtual Care, K Health Thinks it Can Make Primary Care More Accessible | STAT News
Caroline Goldzweig, MD

Astronauts Working on Cure for Motor Neurone Disease From Space | The Telegraph
Clive Svendsen, PhD

AHA Scientific Sessions 2025: Breakthroughs in Cholesterol Control and Vitamin D3 to Prevent Second Heart Attacks | HealthDay
Joanna Chikwe, MD

Crohn's Disease and Constipation: What is the Relationship? | WebMD
Shervin Rabizadeh, MD

Noninvasive Imaging Test Provides Answers in Angina With no Obstructive Arteries | Medpage Today
Janet Wei, MD

Cedars-Sinai Bets on AI to Expand Behavioral Healthcare | Becker’s Health IT
Itai Danovitch, MD

Faculty Publications

Anesthesiology

Opioid-Free Anesthesia: A Scoping Review of Efficacy, Safety, and Implementation Challenges. Pershad, Amogh, Ofelia Loani Elvir Lazo, and Robert Wong. Frontiers in Anesthesiology 4 (November).

Biomedical Sciences

Hippo Signaling Pathway in Cervical Cancer: Insights Into Mechanisms and Therapeutic Potential. Sun, Yanmei, Fei Zhou, Xiuhong Zhong, Xiatong Lv, Yue Liu, Yi Zhang, Ryan D. Fine, and Mingguang Li. Frontiers in Oncology 15: 1662499.

Classifying Retinal Degeneration Using OCT and Histological Images in a Rodent Model for Retinal Degeneration by Deep Learning. Wu, Tinghui, Jason Chetsawang, Bin Lu, Christian J. Fabiana, Kylie Yant, Nika Jalali, Xiuzhen Huang, Zijun Zhang, and Shaomei Wang. Experimental Eye Research, November, 110748.

Predictive Value of Plaque Features Quantified by Coronary CT Angiography for Periprocedural Myocardial Infarction in Non-ST-Segment Elevation Acute Coronary Syndrome. Lu, Zhong-Fei, Yijun Cao, Sameer Abrol, Wei-Hua Yin, Bin Zhang, Ziang Li, Aluo Wang, Jinxing Liu, Zhicheng Xiao, Debiao Li, and Bin Lu. The International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging, November.

Translational Insights Into Myocardial Deformation and Fibrosis in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Using Diffusion Tensor MRI. Laghzali, Oumaima, Danielle Kara, Shi Chen, Siqin Liu, Shahriar Shalikar, Mara-Camelia Rusu, Fatimunnisa Qadri, Lucie Carrier, Hsin-Jung Yang, Thoralf Niendorf, Min-Chi Ku, and Christopher Nguyen. JACC. Advances 4 (12 Pt 2): 102337.

Decontrasted Image Registration Improves Quantification of Extracellular Volume and Fractional Myocardial Blood Volume. Lu, Meng, Mostafa Mahmoudi, Kim-Lien Nguyen, and Yibin Xie. NMR in Biomedicine 38 (12): e70179.

Cardiology

Focal Adhesion Kinase Promotes Calcification of Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells via Regulation of Histone Deacetylase 4 and 5. Tian, Wenjie, Kuldeep Singh, Lova P. Kajuluri, Jing Lu, Sujin Lee, Kangsan Roh, Christopher J. Nicholson, Wanlin Jiang, Hanna J. Barnes, Tadatoshi Sato, Sophie Boerboom, Katrina Ostrom, Rebecca Li, Claire Birchenough, Elizabeth Moore, Helena Tattersfield, Haakon H. Sigurslid, Mohammed S. Mahamdeh, Jose V. Mosquera, Chani J. Hodonsky, Adam L. Johnson, Elizabeth L. Chou, Sagar Nigwekar, Mark E. Lindsay, Donald B. Bloch, Christian L. Lino Cardenas, Fumito Ichinose, Clint L. Miller, Marc N. Wein, and Rajeev Malhotra. Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology 0 (0).

The Efficacy of Biodegradable Polymer Everolimus-Eluting Stents in Patients With Cardiac Allograft Vasculopathy. Tsuji, Masaki, Michelle M. Kittleson, David H. Chang, Evan P. Kransdorf, Andriana P. Nikolova, Lily K. Stern, Babak Azarbal, and Jon A. Kobashigawa. JHLT Open 10 (November): 100408.

Choosing Advanced Therapies in the Elderly - the Quest for Therapeutic Equipoise. Nikolova, Andriana, and Jon A. Kobashigawa. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, November, S0003-4975(25)01110-5.

Clinical Use and Effectiveness of Colchicine for Secondary Prevention Following Acute Myocardial Infarction. Marano, Paul, Susan Cheng, Tzu Yu Huang, Jesse Navarrette, Patrick Botting, and Joseph E. Ebinger. The American Journal of Cardiology, November, S0002-9149(25)00674-5.

Live Opera Performances on Veteran Recovery From Homelessness and Post Traumatic Stress: Post- Discussion Qualitative Analysis. Skrine Jeffers, Kia, Tiffany Dzou, Robert M. Bilder, Joseph D. Mango, Jose Pila, and Kenneth Wells. Community Mental Health Journal, November.

Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation With the Trilogy Valve for Symptomatic Native Aortic Regurgitation (ALIGN-AR): A Pivotal, Multicentre, Single-Arm, Investigational Device Exemption Study. Makkar, Raj R., Vinod H. Thourani, Torsten P. Vahl, Pradeep K. Yadav, James M. McCabe, Isaac George, Lowell Satler, Stan Chetcuti, David V. Daniels, Thomas Waggoner, Brian Whisenant, Mark Russo, Matthew Summers, Santiago Garcia, Tiberio Frisoli, Ravi K. Ramana, Curtiss Stinis, Harsh Golwala, Firas Zahr, Adam Greenbaum, Joshua Rovin, Carlos Sanchez, Molly Szerlip, George Michael Deeb, Nicholas Amoroso, Dhairya Patel, Martin Fahy, Lauren S. Ranard, Aakriti Gupta, Tarun Chakravarty, Sabah Skaf, Michael Chuang, Susheel K. Kodali, Hans R. Figulla, Hendrik Treede, Stephan Baldus, Duane S. Pinto, Martin B. Leon, and ALIGN-AR Investigators. Lancet (London, England), November, S0140-6736(25)02215-9.

Artificial Intelligence Prediction of Age From Echocardiography as a Marker for Cardiovascular Disease. Rawlani, Meenal, Hirotaka Ieki, Christina Binder, Victoria Yuan, I.-Min Chiu, Ankeet Bhatt, Joseph E. Ebinger, Yuki Sahashi, Andrew P. Ambrosy, Hiroki Usuku, Kenichi Tsujita, Paul Cheng, Alan C. Kwan, Susan Cheng, and David Ouyang. NPJ Digital Medicine 8 (1): 688.

Computational Biomedicine

Integrative Multi-Omics Approaches Identify Molecular Pathways and Improve Alzheimer’s Disease Risk Prediction. Venkatesh, Rasika, Katie M. Cardone, Yuki Bradford, Anni K. Moore, Rachit Kumar, Jason H. Moore, Li Shen, Dokyoon Kim, and Marylyn D. Ritchie. Alzheimer’s & Dementia: The Journal of the Alzheimer’s Association 21 (11): e70886.

Clinical Outcomes Comparing Mini Versus Standard PCNL Without Postoperative Nephrostomy Tube: A Multi-Institutional Randomized Controlled Trial From the EDGE Consortium. Sheetz, Tyler, Jamie L. Finegan, Sri Sivalingam, Ben H. Chew, Connor M. Forbes, Ryan F. Paterson, Ryan S. Hsi, Nicole L. Miller, Bodo E. Knudsen, Michael W. Sourial, Matthew S. Lee, Victor K. F. Wong, Catherine Bresee, Kevin M. Wymer, Roger L. Sur, Manoj Monga, and Seth K. Bechis. Urology, November, S0090-4295(25)01309-3.

From Prompt Engineering to Agent Engineering: Expanding the AI Toolbox With Autonomous Agentic AI Collaborators for Biomedical Discovery. Moore, Jason H., and Nicholas P. Tatonetti. BioData Mining 18 (1): 78.

Contralateral Breast Cancer After Radiotherapy and Hormone Therapy in Two Cohorts of US Breast Cancer Survivors. Veiga, Lene H. S., Gretchen L. Gierach, Susan A. Smith, Rebecca M. Howell, Matthew M. Mille, Monjoy Saha, Rochelle E. Curtis, Cody Ramin, Clara Bodelon, Heather Spencer Feigelson, Erin J. Aiello Bowles, Diana S. M. Buist, Sheila Weinmann, Jacqueline B. Vo, Choonsik Lee, and Amy Berrington de Gonzalez. British Journal of Cancer, November.

PREDICT Breast v4.0: An Update to the PREDICT Breast Prognostic Model. Pharoah, Paul D. P., Yi-Wen Hsiao, Gordon C. Wishart, and Pei-Chen Peng. BMC Research Notes 18 (1): 482.

A Bayesian Design for Dual-Agent Dose Optimization With Targeted Therapies. Jiménez, José L., and Mourad Tighiouart. Journal of Biopharmaceutical Statistics, November, 1–16.

Pediatric Developmental Safety Assessment: Are We Ready for the Next Thalidomide? Burckart, Gilbert J., Susan M. Abdel-Rahman, Gelareh Abulwerdi, Sherbet Samuels, Rebecca Racz, Mohamed A. Mohamoud, and Nicholas P. Tatonetti. Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, November.

Medicine

Monocytes and Macrophage-Derived Mediators Influence the Behavior of Squamous Cell Carcinoma Cell Lines. Perri, Graziela, Raíssa Gabrieli Candido, Luiz Henrique Camargo Soares, Rafael Carneiro Ortiz, Izabel de Camargo, Maria Renata Sales Nogueira, Edgard José Franco Mello Júnior, Ana Lucia Coelho, Edwin M. Posadas, Cory Hogaboam, Karen A. Cavassani, and Ana Paula Campanelli. Journal of Applied Oral Science: Revista FOB 33: e20250380.

Disease Modifying Biomaterials for Modulating Mechanical Allodynia in a Preclinical Model of Rheumatoid Arthritis. Dolmat, Maksim, Julia Borges Paes Lemes, Wade T. Johnson, Elizabeth L. Wilkinson, Tony L. Yaksh, Nunzio Bottini, and Nisarg J. Shah. Bioengineering & Translational Medicine 10 (6): e70054.

Enhanced Transoral Outlet Reduction Using Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection and Zipper-Type Suture Technique After Roux-En-Y Gastric Bypass. Buttar, Davekaran, Mayank Goyal, Ashwariya Ohri, and Barham K. Abu Dayyeh. VideoGIE: 10 (11): 561–64.

End-of-Life Care for Older Adults With Dementia by Race and Ethnicity and Physicians’ Role. Oyeyemi, Deborah M., Ryo Ikesu, Debra Saliba, Anne M. Walling, Utibe R. Essien, Keith C. Norris, Alexandra Klomhaus, Haiyong Xu, Hiroshi Gotanda, and Yusuke Tsugawa. JAMA Health Forum 6 (11): e254235.

Serum Soluble Fms-like Tyrosine Kinase and Placental Growth Factor Ratio on Elecsys Immunoassay Platform Predicts Preeclampsia With Severe Features in Hospitalized Women With Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy. Berg, Anders H., Vinicius F. Calsavara, Martin Hund, Guo Ge, Sarosh Rana, Maged M. Costantine, Jimmy Espinoza, Kim Boggess, Blair J. Wylie, Tiffany A. Moore Simas, Judette M. Louis, Stephanie L. Gaw, Amy Murtha, Samantha Wiegand, Yvonne Gollin, Deepjot Singh, Robert M. Silver, Danielle E. Durie, Britta Panda, Errol R. Norwitz, Irina Burd, Beth Plunkett, Rachel K. Scott, Martha Bautista, Elizabeth Lemoine, Sarah Kilpatrick, Ravi Thadhani, and S. Ananth Karumanchi. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, November, S0002-9378(25)00828-2.

Gene Expression Profiling Reveals Enhanced Nutrient and Drug Metabolism and Maturation of hiPSC-Derived Intestine-on-Chip Relative to Organoids and Transwells. Moerkens, Renée, Joram Mooiweer, Eline Smits, Marijn Berg, Aarón D. Ramírez-Sánchez, Rutger Modderman, Jens Puschhof, Cayetano Pleguezuelos-Manzano, Robert J. Barrett, Cisca Wijmenga, Iris H. Jonkers, and Sebo Withoff. Stem Cell Reports, November, 102715.

Impact of Inhaled Nitric Oxide on Clinical Outcomes in Severe Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome With Associated Right Ventricular Dysfunction. Fritzmann, Emily A., Alexander D. Yuen, Antonina Caudill, Michael I. Lewis, and Yuri Matusov. Respiratory Medicine 250 (November): 108507.

Long COVID Trajectories in the Prospectively Followed RECOVER-Adult US Cohort. Thaweethai, Tanayott, Sarah E. Donohue, Jeffrey N. Martin, Mady Hornig, Jarrod M. Mosier, Daniel J. Shinnick, Hassan Ashktorab, Ornina Atieh, Andra Blomkalns, Hassan Brim, Yu Chen, Melissa M. Cortez, RECOVER-Adult Consortium, et al. Nature Communications 16 (1): 9557.

Phase 1a/b Multi-Center Study of BPM31510IV Targeting Mitochondrial Metabolism/Warburg Effect as Monotherapy and Combination Chemotherapy in Solid Tumor Patients. Subbiah, Vivek, Peter P. Yu, Rangaprasad Sarangarajan, Michael A. Kiebish, Leonardo O. Rodrigues, Gregory M. Miller, Viatcheslav R. Akmaev, Shen Luan, John P. McCook, Nikunj Tanna, Tracey Reilly, Emily Chen, Valerie Bussberg, Shobha Ravipaty, Vivek K. Vishnudas, Stephane Gesta, David Lucius, Can Bruce, Suwagmani Hazarika, Arianne Lyng, Allison Klotz, Vladimir Tolstikov, Janice Stevens, Victoria S. Chua, Elder Granger, Poornima K. Tekumalla, Ely Benaim, Vijay Modur, Marc S. Rudoltz, Paul Y. Song, Scott T. Tagawa, Andrew Hendifer, Sant P. Chawla, Manish A. Shah, David S. Hong, Ralph Zinner, Niven R. Narain, and Madappa N. Kundranda. Cancer Research Communications, November.

Postoperative Ileum Transcriptomics Implicate Sex-Biased Mechanisms in Crohn’s Disease Recurrence. Gettler, Kyle, Sini Nagpal, Savannah Washburn, Christopher Tastad, Jiayu Zhang, Ksenija Sabic, Mark Lazarev, Alain Bitton, Rita Cohen, Marc B. Schwartz, Arthur Barrie, Philip Gu, Philip Fleshner, Michelle Bao, Cristian Hernández-Rocha, Jacob McCauley, Maria Abreu, Subra Kugathasan, Dermot P. McGovern, Steven R. Brant, Richard H. Duerr, Mark S. Silverberg, John D. Rioux, Greg Gibson, and Judy H. Cho. Gastroenterology, November, S0016-5085(25)05983-9.

Understanding the Link Between Patient Symptoms and Provider Goals for Mucosal Healing in IBD: Insights From the IBD Qorus Survey. Troia, Angela, Sarah Harvey, Angela Wu, Sara Kiparizoska, Alandra Weaver, Ridhima Oberai, Gil Y. Melmed, Corey A. Siegel, Siddharth Singh, and Mark C. Mattar. Digestive Diseases and Sciences, November.

Dynamic Frame-by-Frame Motion Correction for 18F-Flurpiridaz PET-MPI Using Convolution Neural Network. Urs, Meghana, Aditya Killekar, Valerie Builoff, Mark Lemley, Chih-Chun Wei, Giselle Ramirez, Paul Kavanagh, Christopher Buckley, and Piotr J. Slomka. European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, November.

Neurology

Gliadel Use in a Pregnant Patient With Malignant Glioma: A Case Report. Venkitasubramony, Vishnu, Meghan Tahbaz, Kian A. Huang, Mary A. Cain, Charles Preuss, and Nam D. Tran. Frontiers in Oncology 15: 1700845.

An International 20 Country Patient and Physician Survey of the Usability and Acceptability of Stepped Care Pathway in Parkinson’s Disease. Poplawska-Domaszewicz, K., C. Rodriguez-Blazquez, I. Boura, L. Batzu, V. Metta, V. Leta, Kit Wu, A. Shalash, M. Chengjiei, H. S. Dafsari, W. Jost, J. Chacko, A. Rekik, C. Padmakumar, Y. H. Lau, C. Falup Pecurariu, T. Loney, Hani T. S. Benamer, D. Urso, G. Logroscino, C. Spanaki, W. Kozubski, S. Michalak, A. Pisani, R. van Coller, D. Trivedi, J. Slawek, A. Sauerbier, D. Koziorowski, S. Gangadharan, K. L. Koh, C. Lazcano-Ocampo, P. Odin, Y. Tsuboi, M. G. Kramberger, N. Mostyn, V. Goyal, R. Mridula, S. Muzerengi, S. Ben Amor, L. K. Prashanth, A. Antonini, I. Subramanian, M. Rodriguez-Violante, M. Tagliati, S. Desai, C. S. Sankhla, R. Borgohain, P. Martinez-Martin, and K. Ray Chaudhuri. Scientific Reports 15 (1): 39774.

Neurosurgery

Staged Management of Chronic Atlantoaxial Rotatory Subluxation With Halo-Gravity Traction and Cervical Fusion: A Case Report. Gausper, Adeesya, Vivien Chan, Kenneth Illingworth, and Corey Walker. JBJS Case Connector 15 (4).

New-Onset Psychiatric Disorders After Lumbar Fusion: Predictors, Timing, and Risk Stratification. Ballatori, Alexander M., Shane Shahrestani, Andy Ton, Xiao T. Chen, Zorica Buser, and Jeffrey Wang. Global Spine Journal, November, 21925682251400284.

Nursing

My Reflections on the Future of Wound, Ostomy, and Continence (WOC) Nursing in the Philippines: A View From Here. Ocampo, Annielyn. Journal of Wound, Ostomy, and Continence Nursing, 52 (6): 446–47.

Orthopaedics 

Longer Operative Time Is Associated With Higher Risk of Adverse Outcomes in Pediatric Idiopathic Scoliosis Surgery. Chan, Vivien, Andy M. Liu, Adeesya Gausper, Suhas Etigunta, Andrew Chan-Tai-Kong, Kenneth D. Illingworth, Firoz Miyaji, and David L. Skaggs. Spine Deformity, November.

Bone Transport With Balanced Cable Transport. Quinnan, Stephen M., and Geoffrey Marecek. Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma 39 (12S): S32–36.

Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Image of the Month: Ulcerated Ileal Mass in an 11-Year-Old Male. Long-Vanstrum, Rebecca, Blake Rosenthal, Regina Lee, Quin Liu, Eugene Kim, Aviv Oren, Bonnie Balzer, and Tanaz Danialifar. JPGN Reports 6 (4): 556–59.

Optical Genome Mapping in Pediatric Hematologic Malignancies: High Diagnostic Yield and Unique Insights Across Leukemia Subtypes. Smith, Travis H., Jeffrey Jean, Stephen Phan, Alexandra E. Kovach, Karin Miller, Jennifer Han, Katherine Ma, Cindy Fong, Andrew Doan, Deepa Bhojwani, and Gordana Raca. Modern Pathology, November, 100937.

Inhibition of the Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme N-Terminal Catalytic Domain Prevents Endogenous Opioid Degradation in Brain Tissue. Hanak, Filip, Jessica L. Swanson, Krzysztof Felczak, Prakashkumar Dobariya, Ursula Ch Girdwood, Kenneth E. Bernstein, Swati S. More, and Patrick E. Rothwell. JCI Insight, November, e194624.

Regional Disparities in Blood Pressure Control After Hypertension Treatment Initiation in Japan: A Real-World Data Analysis. Iwabe, Yutaro, Michihiro Satoh, Hiroki Nobayashi, Seiya Izumi, Takahisa Murakami, Maya Toyama, Takahito Yagihashi, Yuya Suzuki, Tomoko Muroya, Shingo Nakayama, Takayoshi Ohkubo, and Hirohito Metoki. Hypertension Research, November.

Pediatrics

Esophageal Hyperkeratosis in a Teenager With Asthma and Chronic Cough Complicated by Nontuberculous Mycobacteria Pulmonary Infection. Saito, Naoko, Irina Dralyuk, Priya R. Soni, Shazia Lutfeali, Maha Guindi, and Laura J. Wozniak. SAGE Open Medical Case Reports 13: 2050313X251388723.

Nasal Intermittent Positive Pressure Ventilation in Neonates With Grade 3 Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia. Weems, Mark F., Vineet Lamba, Sandeep Chilakala, L. Brooke Murdock, Divya Rana, Rishika Sakaria, Parul Zaveri, Rangasamy Ramanathan, and Le Bonheur NICU Center for Lung Development. Journal of Perinatology, November.

Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation

Health Behavior Performance After a Personalized Occupational Therapy Intervention in Cancer Survivors. Sleight, Alix G., Yoko E. Fukumura, Sandy C. Takata, Alexandra E. Feldman, Pamela S. Roberts, Kara Bissell, L. J. Amaral, and Kathleen D. Lyons. OTJR: Occupation, Participation and Health, November, 15394492251388033.

Surgery

Beyond Capacity: An EAST Multicenter Mixed-Methods Study Exploring Surgeon Perceptions on Patient Ratios in Acute Care Surgery. Wilson, Danielle J., Jaclyn A. Gellings, Jamie Coleman, Kaushik Mukherjee, Stephanie Bonne, Melissa Boltz, Jennifer L. Hartwell, Brandon Bruns, Jason Kurle, Moustafa Hassan, Samuel Rob Todd, Baila Maqbool, Bryan C. Morse, Michael W. Cripps, Mayur Patel, Daniel R. Margulies, Jordan T. Lilienstein, Negaar Aryan, Ben L. Zarzaur, Charles V. Bayouth, John Porter, Kristan Staudenmayer, Dalier R. Mederos, Charles Fasanya, Kyle Leneweaver, Lewis E. Jacobson, Michael Steven Farrell, Scott Norwood, John David Cull, Jason Hoth, Tovy Kamine, Kartik Prabhakaran, Ilya Rakitin, Michael S. Englehart, Taylor Fusco-Ruiz, Benoit Blondeau, Charles A. Adams, Katherine McKenzie, Gerrit Holleman, Marjorie R. Liggett, Kyle Cunningham, Marc DeMoya, Patrick B. Murphy, and ACS Staffing Authorship Group. Trauma Surgery & Acute Care Open 10 (4): e001937.

Patient Education Series: Understanding Trauma and Emergency Surgical Conditions - Understanding Surgical Intensive Care Units (SICU). Strada, Anthony, and Tejal S. Brahmbhatt. Trauma Surgery & Acute Care Open 10 (4): e001762.

2025 Eerie ENT Cases Course Co-Directors’ Introduction. Barbu, Anca M., and Martin L. Hopp. Ear, Nose, & Throat Journal 104 (3_suppl): 5S.

Ovine Forestomach Matrix Graft Reduces Surgical Dehiscence in Fasciocutaneous Flap-Based Closure of Pilonidal Disease: A Comparative Study. Nasseri, Yosef, Kimberly Oka, Kristina La, Rachel Ma, Christopher Frampton, Jessica Simon, Adam Young, and Moshe Barnajian. Cureus 17 (11): e96775.

Importance of Workplace Support for Surgeon Parents: A Mixed-Methods Analysis of Challenges and Their Impact on the Surgical Workforce. Koelliker, Ekaterina L., Atziri Rubio-Chavez, Manuel Castillo-Angeles, Sarah J. Halix, Emma Askew, Nikita Roy, Eugene S. Kim, Michael J. Sutherland, Susan E. Pories, and Erika L. Rangel. Journal of the American College of Surgeons, November.

Contemporary Practices and Limb Outcomes in Peripheral Veno-Arterial Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation at a High-Volume Single Institution. Matthews, Robert, Adam Surti, Donna Bahroloomi, Cassra N. Arbabi, NavYash Gupta, Donald T. Baril, Ali Azizzadeh, Tyler M. Gunn, and Elizabeth L. Chou. Journal of Vascular Surgery, November, S0741-5214(25)01962-7.

Public Perception of Facial Vascularized Composite Allotransplants-Insights From a Cross-Sectional Survey of Healthy Individuals in the USA. Knoedler, Leonard, Thomas Schaschinger, Raffaele Aguglia, Curtis L. Cetrulo, Max Heiland, Carsten Rendenbach, Rakan Saadoun, Felix J. Klimitz, Martin Kauke-Navarro, Bohdan Pomahac, Jakob Fenske, and Alexandre G. Lellouch. JPRAS Open, November.

Evaluating Facelift Outcomes and Technique Trends in the United States. Pak, Kaitlynne Y., Parsa P. Salehi, and Babak Azizzadeh. The Journal of Craniofacial Surgery, November.

Evaluating Severity and Trends of Nasal Obstruction Following Mohs Reconstruction of Nasal Subunits. Pak, Kaitlynne Y., Alberto Nunez, Amanda Rosenthal, Geena Conde, Nima M. Gharavi, and Matthew K. Lee. The Journal of Craniofacial Surgery, November.

Uncovering Latent Failures Using Human Factors Approach as a Diagnostic Tool for Quality Improvement in Orthopedic Surgery. Khan, Asfandyar, Tara Cohen, Scott A. Shappell, and Albert J. Boquet. American Journal of Medical Quality, 40 (6): 255–60.

Ulcerative Colitis. Spence, Samara, and Karen Zaghiyan. The Surgical Clinics of North America 106 (1): 121–32.

The Role of Gender in Blunt Thoracic Aortic Injuries. D’Alessio, Ilenia, Nicola Monzio-Compagnoni, Greta Salinetti, Joseph DuBose, Benjamin W. Starnes, Elina Quiroga, Davide Benasconi, Mario D’Oria, Sandro Lepidi, Pierantonio Rimoldi, Valerio Stefano Tolva, Naveed Saqib, Mara Fanelli, et al. Annals of Vascular Surgery 123 (February): 64–73.

Urology

Racial Differences in Adverse Events After Androgen Deprivation in Veterans With Prostate Cancer. Friedrich, Nadine A., Jessica L. Janes, Joshua Parrish, Amanda M. De Hoedt, Kiranbir Josan, Nicholas P. Tatonetti, and Stephen J. Freedland. JAMA Network Open 8 (11): e2545705.

Redirecting Microglia Phenotype via Inhibition of NFAT1 Ameliorates Deficits in Mouse Model of Synucleinopathies. Iba, Michiyo, Yeon-Joo Lee, Somin Kwon, Liam Horan-Portelance, Katherine Chang, Minhyung Kim, Natalie Landeck, Robert A. Rissman, Seung-Jae Lee, Sungyong You, and Changyoun Kim. Experimental & Molecular Medicine, November.

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