Organization profile
Organization profile
Since its establishment by Dr. John Waldhausen in 1969, the Department of Surgery has been dedicated to providing the highest quality surgical care possible.
The department consists of both clinical divisions and sections as well as research divisions providing state-of-the-art care and scholarly activity in all of the specialty disciplines.
Together, they offer a wide range of high-quality services and procedures to referring physicians and their patients using state of the art diagnostic procedures and surgical techniques.
The department believes that multidisciplinary collaboration involving physicians, nurses and other health care professionals assures that patients receive the best care possible in both inpatient and outpatient settings. In concert with referring physicians, the department is dedicated to providing the highest quality, most state-of-the-art, most patient-centered care possible.
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
Profiles
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Alireza Aminsharifi, MD
- Department of Urology - Associate Professor
- Department of Surgery - Associate Professor
Person: Academic
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Scott Armen, MD
- Department of Surgery - Charlene J. Smith Professor and Vice Chair for Patient Safety and Quality
- Division of Trauma, Acute Care and Critical Care Surgery - Chief
- Department of Neurosurgery - Professor
Person: Academic
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Faisal Aziz, MD
- Department of Surgery - Professor and Gilbert and Elsie H. Sealfon Faculty Fellow in Vascular Research and Treatment
- Division of Vascular Surgery - Chief
- Division of Cardiac Surgery
- Department of Medicine - Professor
- Division of Cardiology
- Penn State Heart and Vascular Institute
Person: Academic
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Arthur Berg, PhD
- Department of Public Health Sciences - Professor
- Division of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics
- Department of Surgery - Professor
- Department of Neurosurgery - Professor
- Department of Family and Community Medicine - Professor
- Statistics - Professor
- Penn State Cancer Institute
- Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences
- Cancer Institute, Cancer Control
Person: Academic
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Melissa Boltz, DO
- Department of Surgery - Associate Professor
- Division of Trauma, Acute Care and Critical Care Surgery
- Penn State Cancer Institute
Person: Academic
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Rushin Brahmbhatt, MD
- Department of Surgery - Assistant Professor
- Division of General Surgery Specialties and Surgical Oncology
Person: Academic
Research output
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30-Day Readmission Following Inpatient Total Shoulder Arthroplasty in Pennsylvania: A Statewide Analysis
Johnson, B. J., Armstrong, A. D. & Hollenbeak, C. S., Feb 11 2026, In: JBJS Open Access. 11, 1, e25.00206.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Acquired Lesions of the Lung and Pleura
Kulaylat, A. N., Lucas, D. J., Speck, E. K. & Baerg, J., Jan 1 2026, Holcomb and Ashcraft's Pediatric Surgery. Elsevier, p. 328-343.e3Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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ACR Appropriateness Criteria® Ingested or Aspirated Foreign Body-Child
Expert Panel on Pediatric Imaging:, Apr 2026, In: Journal of the American College of Radiology. 23, 4, p. 732-747 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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ACR Appropriateness Criteria® Ingested or Aspirated Foreign Body-Child
Expert Panel on Pediatric Imaging:, Jan 1 2026, In: Journal of the American College of Radiology : JACR. 23, 1, p. 143-158 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A history of the collaborative group of the Americas on inherited gastrointestinal cancer (CGA-IGC): 1995–2025
Dudley, B., Boman, B. M., Greenblatt, M. S., Erdman, S. H., Wise, P. E., Brand, R. E., Burke, C. A., Guillem, J. G., Hall, M. J., Hampel, H., Heald, B., Kalady, M. F., Katona, B. W., Kupfer, S. S., Lynch, P. M., Patel, S. G., Stanich, P. P., Stoffel, E. M., Yurgelun, M. B. & Church, J., Mar 2026, In: Familial Cancer. 25, 1, 15.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery systematic review of literature surrounding support groups and metabolic and bariatric surgery
Rigby, A., Peterson, N. D., Craggs-Dino, L., McGarrity, L. A. & Aylward, L., Feb 2026, In: Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases. 22, 2, p. 189-197 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Anastomotic Leak Following Colorectal Surgery
Ziegler, O. & Kulaylat, A. S., Jan 1 2026, In: Clinics in Colon and Rectal Surgery. 39, 1, p. 24-36 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
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Angelica herbal supplement AGN-Cogni.Q acute dose safety and pharmacokinetics (PK) dose-response in prostate cancer patients.
Joshi, M., Fan, T., Schell, T. D., Liu, X., Perimbeti, S., Wheelden, M., Sun, D., Desai, D., Shank, D., Strong, A. L., Raman, J. D., Liao, J., Jiang, C. & Lu, J., Mar 2026, In: Journal of Clinical Oncology. 44, p. 372 1 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Anti-Biofilm Properties of Polyurethane Biomaterials Tethered With Small Molecules via Polyethylene Glycol Linker
Liu, J., Chen, C., Booth, J. L., Lanza, M., Sun, D., Allcock, H. R., Siedlecki, C. A. & Xu, L. C., Apr 2026, In: Journal of Biomedical Materials Research - Part A. 114, 4, e70069.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A Rating Scale for Obtaining Specific, Actionable Evaluations of Nasolabial Aesthetics after Unilateral Cleft Lip Repair
Sitzman, T. J., Samson, T. D., Tse, R. W., Matic, D. B., Fisher, D. M., Beals, S. P., Allori, A. C., Marcus, J. R., Bezuhly, M. & Hanna, H., May 1 2026, In: Plastic and reconstructive surgery. 157, 5, p. 891-898 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access
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Development of a Small, Durable, Hemocompatible Centrifugal Blood Pump for Children
Jhun, C.-S. (PI)
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
9/1/25 → 6/30/26
Project: Research project
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3D Printing of Air: An Intangible Ink for Fabrication of Vascularized Tissues
Ozbolat, I. T. (PI) & Ravnic, D. (CoPI)
National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering
7/9/24 → 4/30/27
Project: Research project
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Collaborative Research: From Cornerstone to Capstone and Beyond: Transforming Engineering Teaming to Support a Diverse and Empowered Engineering Community
Miller, S. R. (PI) & Sxm40@psuedu, S. J. S. (CoPI)
7/1/24 → 6/30/29
Project: Research project
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Antimicrobial Biomaterials that Interfere with Bacterial Nucleotide Messenger Signaling
Xu, L. (PI)
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
6/1/24 → 4/30/27
Project: Research project
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Collaborative Research: Multimodal Mapping of Gene Isoforms by Electromicrofluidic Manipulation
Wong, P. K. (PI)
7/1/23 → 6/30/27
Project: Research project
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Collaborative Research: Leveraging Crowd-AI Teams for Scalable Novelty Ratings of Heterogeneous Design Representations
Miller, S. R. (PI) & Fjt5064@psuedu, F. T. (CoPI)
7/1/23 → 6/30/27
Project: Research project
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Advanced Colonoscopy Training Developed Through Manikin Sensorization and Computational Optimization Modeling
Moore, J. Z. (PI) & Miller, S. R. (CoPI)
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
7/1/23 → 4/30/27
Project: Research project
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Manipulation of Host Tissue to Induce a Hierarchical Microvasculature
Sheikhi, A. (PI) & Ravnic, D. (CoPI)
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
5/1/23 → 4/30/27
Project: Research project
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Multimeric Structural Degradation of vWF in Turbulent Flows
Jhun, C.-S. (PI)
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
1/5/23 → 11/30/26
Project: Research project
Activities
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Craniocervical instability in Ehlers-Danlos syndrome: a retrospective study
Schubart, J. R. (Invited speaker) & Henderson, F. (Speaker)
Aug 21 2021Activity: Talk types › Invited talk
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Use of prescription opioid and other drugs among a cohort of patients with Ehlers-Danlos Syndromes: A retrospective case control study
Schubart, J. R. (Invited speaker), Schilling, A. (Speaker), Schaefer, E. (Speaker), Bascom, R. (Speaker) & Francomano, C. (Speaker)
Sep 26 2018 → Sep 29 2018Activity: Talk types › Invited talk
Prizes
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Best Doctors in America
Clebak, K. (Recipient), Juliano, P. (Recipient) & McGinn, J. (Recipient), 2017
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Best Doctors in America
Petrovic-Dovat, L. (Recipient), Juliano, P. (Recipient) & McGinn, J. (Recipient), 2009
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Best Doctors in America
Clebak, K. (Recipient), Juliano, P. (Recipient) & McGinn, J. (Recipient), 2018
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