Associate Professor, Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine
General Surgery
Dr. Samir S. Awad, MD
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Dr. Samir S. Awad works in the field of General Surgery. He graduated from Jefferson Medical College. He received awards:"Fellow (FACS)". Samir Awad is also a published MD. He has 68 paper published. The most recent paper is: Effect of a Preoperative Decontamination Protocol on Surgical Site Infections in Patients Undergoing Elective Orthopedic Surgery With Hardware Implantation.
Publications
- Identification of Methicillin-Susceptible or Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Carrier Status Preoperatively Using Polymerase Chain Reaction in Patients Unde...
- Effect of a Preoperative Decontamination Protocol on Surgical Site Infections in Patients Undergoing Elective Orthopedic Surgery With Hardware Implantation.
- Sphincter Preservation Rates After Radical Resection for Rectal Cancer in the United States Veteran Population: Opportunity for Improvement in Early Disease.
- The Effect of a Regional Hepatopancreaticobiliary Surgical Program on Clinical Volume, Quality of Cancer Care, and Outcomes in the Veterans Affairs System.
- Mandated Self-reporting of Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia Bundle and Catheter-Related Bloodstream Infection Bundle Compliance and Infection Rates.
- A Phase 3 Randomized Double-blind Comparison of Ceftobiprole Medocaril Versus Ceftazidime plus Linezolid for the Treatment of Hospital-acquired Pneumonia.
- Patient Satisfaction, chronic pain, and functional status following laparoscopic ventral hernia repair.
- Outcomes and predictors of incisional surgical site infection in stoma reversal.
- Comparison of infectious complications with synthetic mesh in ventral hernia repair.
- Trans-cutaneous Closure of Central Defects (TCCD) in laparoscopic ventral hernia repairs (LVHR).
- Laparoscopic ventral hernia repair: Primary versus secondary hernias.
- Mesh shift following laparoscopic ventral hernia repair.
- Clinical outcomes of oncologic gastrointestinal resections in patients with cirrhosis.
- Predictors of relaparotomy after nontrauma emergency general surgery with initial fascial closure.
- Minimally invasive surgery in colon cancer patients leads to improved short-term outcomes and excellent oncologic results.
- True duplication of the vas deferens: a case report and review of literature.
- Elevated Interferon Gamma Signaling Contributes to Impaired Regeneration in the Aged Liver.
- Local variations in the epidemiology, microbiology, and outcome of necrotizing soft-tissue infections: a multicenter study.
- A Multidisciplinary Cancer Center Maximizes Surgeons' Impact.
- Outcomes of damage-control celiotomy in elderly nontrauma patients with intra-abdominal catastrophes.
- Perioperative atrial arrhythmias in noncardiothoracic patients: a review of risk factors and treatment strategies in the veteran population.
- Establishment of a minimally invasive surgery program leads to decreased inpatient cost of care in veterans with colon cancer.
- Improving comprehensive surgical resident training through use of the NEO Five-Factor Personality Inventory: results from a cohort-based trial.
- Chlorhexidine-Alcohol versus Povidone-Iodine for Surgical-Site Antisepsis.
- Management of recurrent inguinal hernias.
- AVAS Best Clinical Resident Award (Tied): management and outcomes of the open abdomen in nontrauma patients.
- Implementation of a methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) prevention bundle results in decreased MRSA surgical site infections.
- Abdominal wall repair using human acellular dermal matrix: a follow-up study.
- Rectal cancer patients benefit from implementation of a dedicated colorectal cancer center in a Veterans Affairs Medical Center.
- Microbiology of infected acellular dermal matrix (AlloDerm) in patients requiring complex abdominal closure after emergency surgery.
- More than 150 consecutive open umbilical hernia repairs in a major Veterans Administration Medical Center.
- Conflict resolution: practical principles for surgeons.
- Transformational, transactional, and passive-avoidant leadership characteristics of a surgical resident cohort: analysis using the multifactor leadership questionnaire...
- Impact of a novel education curriculum on surgical training within an academic training program.
- Hurricane Katrina: impact on cardiac surgery case volume and outcomes.
- Increasing incidence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus skin and soft-tissue infections: reconsideration of empiric antimicrobial therapy.
- Outcomes of Veterans Affairs patients older than age 80 after surgical procedures for colon malignancies.
- Assessment of communication skills of surgical residents using the Social Skills Inventory.
- Perioperative beta-blocker therapy and heart rate control during noncardiac surgery.
- Abdominal wall repair using human acellular dermis.
- Improved outcomes with the Prolene Hernia System mesh compared with the time-honored Lichtenstein onlay mesh repair for inguinal hernia repair.
- Polyethylene glycol versus sodium phosphate mechanical bowel preparation in elective colorectal surgery.
- Ertapenem versus cefotetan prophylaxis in elective colorectal surgery.
- Decellularized human cadaveric dermis provides a safe alternative for primary inguinal hernia repair in contaminated surgical fields.
- Education of the modern surgical resident: novel approaches to learning in the era of the 80-hour workweek.
- Bridging the communication gap in the operating room with medical team training.
- Length of human immunodeficiency virus disease and not immune status is a risk factor for development of anal carcinoma.
- Support for the acutely failing liver: a comprehensive review of historic and contemporary strategies.
- Rectus abdominus myonecrosis: an unrecognized complication of rectus sheath hematoma.
- Evidence-based approach to hernia surgery.
- Abdominal wall anatomy: the key to a successful inguinal hernia repair.
- Current approaches to inguinal hernia repair.
- Child-Turcotte-Pugh versus MELD score as a predictor of outcome after elective and emergent surgery in cirrhotic patients.
- Use of a predictive equation for diagnosis of acute gangrenous cholecystitis.
- The impact of a novel resident leadership training curriculum.
- Serum response factor is alternatively spliced in human colon cancer.
- A novel technique for the repair of lumbar hernias after iliac crest bone harvest.
- Management of complicated umbilical hernias in patients with end-stage liver disease and refractory ascites.
- Extracellular ATP activates c-jun N-terminal kinase signaling and cell cycle progression in hepatocytes.
- State-of-the-art therapy for severe sepsis and multisystem organ dysfunction.
- Prognostic factors for the development of gangrenous cholecystitis.
- Aging reduces proliferative capacities of liver by switching pathways of C/EBPalpha growth arrest.
- Parathyroid adenomas versus four-gland hyperplasia as the cause of primary hyperparathyroidism in patients with prolonged lithium therapy.
- Spider Bites Presenting with Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Soft Tissue Infection Require Early Aggressive Treatment.
- Preoperative evaluation of hepatic lesions for the staging of hepatocellular and metastatic liver carcinoma using endoscopic ultrasonography.
- Acute respiratory failure after pleurodesis with doxycycline.
- Partial liquid ventilation and positive end-expiratory pressure reduce ventilator-induced lung injury in an ovine model of acute respiratory failure.
Schools
Thomas Jefferson University
University Of Mi Hosps
Doctors Specialties
- Critical Care Surgery
- General Surgery
Accepted Insurances
Awards
- Fellow (FACS)
Education
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University of Michigan Hospitals and Health Centers -
Jefferson Medical College
Hospital
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Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center
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