Professor of Surgery, University of Chicago Medicine
General Surgery
Dr. John C. Alverdy, MD
John C. Alverdy is an expert in the field of General Surgery. He has 4 awards "Regional Top Doctor", "CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification", "Fellow (FACS)" and "Super Doctor". Doctor John C. Alverdy, MD has written publications. He has 101 publications published with PubMed. The lastest publication is: 'Increased type 1 fimbrial expression among commensal Escherichia coli isolates in the murine cecum following catabolic stress.' John Alverdy accepts Medicare payments and is listed with Medicare.gov.
Publications
- The Shift of an Intestinal "Microbiome" to A "Pathobiome" Governs the Course and Outcome of Sepsis Following Surgical Injury.
- C. elegans and mutants with chronic nicotine exposure as a novel model of cancer phenotype.
- Pseudomonas aeruginosa wound infection involves activation of its iron acquisition system in response to fascial contact.
- The Opposing Forces of the Intestinal Microbiome and the Emerging Pathobiome.
- Proceedings of the First International Summit on Intestinal Anastomotic Leak, Chicago, Illinois, October 4-5, 2012.
- Commentary on: Valuable heartburn data that may be difficult to swallow.
- Phosphate-containing polyethylene glycol polymers prevent lethal sepsis by multidrug-resistant pathogens.
- Emergence of the P2 Phenotype in Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1 Strains Involves Various Mutations in mexT or mexF.
- Proceedings of the A.S.P.E.N.-Sponsored Workshop: The Interface Between Nutrition and the Gut Microbiome: Implications and Applications for Human Health.
- Localization of DING proteins on PstS-containing outer surface appendages of Pseudomonas aeruginosa.
- The Hospital Microbiome Project: Meeting report for the 2nd Hospital Microbiome Project, Chicago, USA, January 15(th), 2013.
- Do We Really Know Why Colorectal Anastomoses Leak?
- A catheter-based suture-free approach to bilioenteric anastomosis: a pilot study.
- The Hospital Microbiome Project: Meeting Report for the 1st Hospital Microbiome Project Workshop on sampling design and building science measurements, Chicago, USA, Ju...
- High molecular weight polyethylene glycol (PEG 15-20) maintains mucosal microbial barrier function during intestinal graft preservation.
- Predictors of unsuccessful laparoscopic resection of gastric submucosal neoplasms.
- Effect of Dietary Monosaccharides on Pseudomonas aeruginosa Virulence.
- Murine gut microbiota and transcriptome are diet dependent.
- The intestinal environment of surgical injury transforms Pseudomonas aeruginosa into a discrete hypervirulent morphotype capable of causing lethal peritonitis.
- Agent-based model of epithelial host-pathogen interactions in anastomotic leak.
- Integration of TGF-β- and EGFR-based signaling pathways using an agent-based model of epithelial restitution.
- Novel Model To Study Combined Effects of Microorganisms and Oxidants on Development of Intestinal Necrosis.
- Immature Oxidative Stress Management as a Unifying Principle in the Pathogenesis of Necrotizing Enterocolitis: Insights from an Agent-Based Model.
- Candida albicans Isolates from the Gut of Critically Ill Patients Respond to Phosphate Limitation by Expressing Filaments and a Lethal Phenotype.
- Pseudomonas aeruginosa potentiates the lethal effect of intestinal ischemia-reperfusion injury: the role of in vivo virulence activation.
- Pseudomonas aeruginosa Virulence Expression Is Directly Activated by Morphine and Is Capable of Causing Lethal Gut-Derived Sepsis in Mice During Chronic Morphine Admin...
- Prevention of siderophore- mediated gut-derived sepsis due to P. aeruginosa can be achieved without iron provision by maintaining local phosphate abundance: role of pH.
- Protective effects of nonionic tri-block copolymers on bile acid-mediated epithelial barrier disruption.
- Diverting Loop Ileostomy and Colonic Lavage: An Alternative to Total Abdominal Colectomy for the Treatment of Severe, Complicated Clostridium difficile Associated Dise...
- Contributions of intestinal bacteria to nutrition and metabolism in the critically ill.
- The human microbiome and surgical disease.
- History, Goals, and Technique of Laparoscopic Pancreatic Necrosectomy.
- High-molecular-weight polyethylene glycol protects cardiac myocytes from hypoxia- and reoxygenation-induced cell death and preserves ventricular function.
- The molecular Koch's postulates and surgical infection: a view forward.
- Avoiding colectomy during surgical management of fulminant Clostridium difficile colitis.
- Stapling and sleeve: science and myths.
- Diagnosis and treatment of atypical presentations of hiatal hernia following bariatric surgery.
- Duodenal switch provides superior resolution of metabolic comorbidities independent of weight loss in the super-obese (BMI > or = 50 kg/m2) compared with gastric by...
- Polymer therapeutics move into the sepsis space.
- Oral PEG 15-20 protects the intestine against radiation: role of lipid rafts.
- Duodenal switch gastric bypass surgery for morbid obesity: imaging of postsurgical anatomy and postoperative gastrointestinal complications.
- The role of malabsorption in bariatric surgery.
- Red death in Caenorhabditis elegans caused by Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1.
- Bariatric surgery: a history of empiricism, a future in science.
- Protective effects of high-molecular weight polyethylene glycol (PEG) in human lung endothelial cell barrier regulation: role of actin cytoskeletal rearrangement.
- Vitamin D deficiency in preoperative bariatric surgery patients.
- The re-emerging role of the intestinal microflora in critical illness and inflammation: why the gut hypothesis of sepsis syndrome will not go away.
- Structure-function aspects of PstS in multi-drug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa.
- Imaging findings in Roux-en-O and other misconstructions: rare but serious complications of Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery.
- NOTES: a surgeon's perspective.
- Safety, feasibility, and outcome of retrievable vena cava filters in high-risk surgical patients.
- Dynorphin activates quorum sensing quinolone signaling in Pseudomonas aeruginosa.
- Recognition of intestinal epithelial HIF-1alpha activation by Pseudomonas aeruginosa.
- Predictors of patient selection in bariatric surgery.
- Duodenal switch provides superior weight loss in the super-obese (BMI > or =50 kg/m2) compared with gastric bypass.
- Soluble factors from Lactobacillus GG activate MAPKs and induce cytoprotective heat shock proteins in intestinal epithelial cells.
- Who are today's bariatric surgeons and which ones join the ASBS?
- Recognition of host immune activation by Pseudomonas aeruginosa.
- Components of intestinal epithelial hypoxia activate the virulence circuitry of Pseudomonas.
- Surgical injury and metabolic stress enhance the virulence of the human opportunistic pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa.
- A differentiation-dependent splice variant of myosin light chain kinase, MLCK1, regulates epithelial tight junction permeability.
- High-molecular-weight polyethylene glycol prevents lethal sepsis due to intestinal Pseudomonas aeruginosa.
- Influence of the critically ill state on host-pathogen interactions within the intestine: gut-derived sepsis redefined.
- Microscopic analysis: morphotypes and cellular appendages.
- Membership and Behavior of Ultra-Low-Diversity Pathogen Communities Present in the Gut of Humans during Prolonged Critical Illness.
- Intestinal anastomotic injury alters spatially defined microbiome composition and function.
- Whole gut washout for severe sepsis: review of technique and preliminary results.
- Increased type 1 fimbrial expression among commensal Escherichia coli isolates in the murine cecum following catabolic stress.
- The key role of Pseudomonas aeruginosa PA-I lectin on experimental gut-derived sepsis.
- Perturbed bioelectrical properties of the mouse cecum following hepatectomy and starvation: the role of bacterial adherence.
- Surgical stress, bacteria, and mucosal immune function.
- Hepatitis prevalence in trauma patients.
- Effects of glutamine-supplemented diets on immunology of the gut.
- Temporary loss of limb function secondary to soft tissue calcification in a patient with rhabdomyolysis-induced acute renal failure.
- Carotid-esophageal fistula following a penetrating neck injury: case report.
- Effect of commercially available chemically defined liquid diets on the intestinal microflora and bacterial translocation from the gut.
- Glutamine-supplemented total parenteral nutrition improves gut immune function.
- Total parenteral nutrition promotes bacterial translocation from the gut.
- Does a localized intra-abdominal abscess produce a positive peritoneal lavage?
- Diagnostic peritoneal lavage in intra-abdominal sepsis.
- The effect of route of nutrient administration on the secretory immune system.
- Total parenteral nutrition: iatrogenic immunosuppression.
- The effect of dexamethasone and endotoxin administration on biliary IgA and bacterial adherence.
- Mortality in retroperitoneal hematoma.
- Causes and consequences of bacterial adherence to mucosal epithelia during critical illness.
- Characteristics of the intestinal epithelial barrier during dietary manipulation and glucocorticoid stress.
- Are physiological effects of sleep deprivation in the rat mediated by bacterial invasion?
- Depressed mood in class III obesity predicted by weight-related stigma.
- Pre-surgery binge eating status: effect on eating behavior and weight outcome after gastric bypass.
- The use of multidisciplinary teams to evaluate bariatric surgery patients: results from a national survey in the U.S.A.
- Chronic acid water feeding protects mice against lethal gut-derived sepsis due to Pseudomonas aeruginosa.
- Agent-based dynamic knowledge representation of Pseudomonas aeruginosa virulence activation in the stressed gut: Towards characterizing host-pathogen interactions in g...
- Identification of multi-drug resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa clinical isolates that are highly disruptive to the intestinal epithelial barrier.
- Laser capture microdissection and metagenomic analysis of intact mucosa-associated microbial communities of human colon.
- Changes in desired body shape after bariatric surgery.
- Gastroesophageal reflux disease and severe obesity: Fundoplication or bariatric surgery?
- Laparoscopic ileostomy in severe, obscure gastrointestinal hemorrhage: diagnostic laparoscopic ileostomy.
- Gut microbial gene expression in mother-fed and formula-fed piglets.
- Host stress and virulence expression in intestinal pathogens: development of therapeutic strategies using mice and C. elegans.
- Redefining the role of intestinal microbes in the pathogenesis of necrotizing enterocolitis.
Schools
Universidad Autonoma De Guadalajara Facultad De Medicina
Michael Reese Hospital
UCSF
Doctors Specialties
- Critical Care Surgery
- General Surgery
Accepted Insurances
Awards
- Regional Top Doctor
- CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification
- Fellow (FACS)
- Super Doctor
Education
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Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara
Hospital
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University of Chicago Medical Center
Helpful Reviews
Medicare Facts
| National Provider Identifier [NPI] | 1366507196 |
| Last Name Of The Provider | ALVERDY |
| First Name Of The Provider | JOHN |
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