Division of Thoracic Surgery

Presentations:

Huffman LC, Pandalai PK, Boulton BJ, Reed MF, Starnes SL, Howington JA, James L, Nussbaum MS: “Robotic Heller myotomy: A safe operation with higher postoperative quality of life indices.” Central Surgical Association, Chicago, IL, March 2007.

Lewis JD, Howington JA, Starnes SL, Pritts TA, Reed MF: “Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery for acute thoracic trauma.” Ohio Chapter, American College of Surgeons 2007 Annual Meeting, Columbus, OH, May 2007.

Reed MF, Lucia MW, Starnes SL, Merrill WH, Howington JA: “Thoracoscopic lobectomy: Introduction of a new technique into a thoracic surgery training program.” Western Thoracic Surgical Association, Santa Ana Pueble, NM, June 2007.

Starnes SL: “Non-small cell lung cancer.” Otolaryngology Grand Rounds, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, September 2006.

Starnes SL: “Preoperative evaluation of non-small cell lung cancer.” Sixth Annual Lung Cancer Symposium, Cincinnati, OH, October 2006.

Starnes SL: “Invasive mediastinal staging in non-small cell lung cancer.” Thoracic Tumor Board, St. Luke East Cancer Center, Fort Thomas, KY, April 2007.

Starnes SL: “Anterior mediastinal tumors.” 2007 Cardiothoracic technology symposium, Cincinnati, OH, April 2007.

Starnes SL. “Mediastinal tumors.” Radiation Oncology Grand Rounds, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, June 2007.

Starnes SL. “Current approaches to lung cancer and mediastinal tumors.” University of Cincinnati Department of Surgery CME Symposium, Mason, OH, September 15, 2007.

Zagorski WA, Knudsen ES, Reed MF: “Role of RB in lung cancer chemotherapeutic response.” Academic Surgical Congress, Phoenix, AZ, February 6-9, 2007.

Publications:

Braden WA, Lenihan JM, Lan Z, Luce KS, Zagorski W, Bosco E, Reed MF, Cook JG, Knudsen ES. Distinct action of the retinoblastoma pathway on the DNA replication machinery defines specific roles for cyclin-dependent kinase complexes in pre-replication complex assembly and S-phase progression. Molecular Cellular Biol 26:7667-7681, 2006.

Huffman LC, Reed MF, Howington JA. Video-assisted thoracoscopic sympathectomy for pain control in chronic pancreatitis. Innovations, in press.

Huffman LC, Pandalai PK, Boulton BJ, Starnes SL, Reed MF, Howington JA, James L, Nussbaum MS. Robotic Heller myotomy: A safe operation with high postoperative quality of life indices. Surgery, in press.

Lowy AM, Firdaus I, Roychowdhury D, Redmond K, Howington JA, Sussman JJ, Safa M, Ahmad SA, Reed MF, Rose P, James L, Jazieh AR. A phase II study of sequential neoadjuvant gemcitabine and paclitaxel, radiation therapy with cisplatin and 5-fluorouracil and surgery in locally advanced esophageal carcinoma. Am J Clin Oncol 29:555-561, 2006.

Reed MF, Zagorski WA, Howington JA, Zilfou JT, Knudsen ES. Inhibition of retinoblastoma tumor suppressor activity by RNA interference in lung cancer lines. Ann Thorac Surg 82:249-253, 2006.

Reed MF, Lyons JM, Luchette FA, Neu JA, Howington JA. Preliminary report of a prospective, randomized trial of underwater seal for spontaneous and iatrogenic pneumothorax. J Am Coll Surg 204:84-90, 2007.

Reed MF, Lewis JD. Thoracoscopic mediastinal repositioning for postpneumonectomy syndrome.       J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 133:264-265, 2007.

Robb BW, Reed MF. Congenital diaphragmatic hernia presenting as splenic rupture in an adult.   Ann Thoracic Surg 81:e9-e10, 2006.

Vagal A, Starnes S, Bakkar R, Meyer C. Semi-invasive aspergillosis with chest wall and spinal involvement: A case report and discussion. Infectious Diseases in Clinical Practice, Volume 14: 369-372, 2006.