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Research

Research in the Division of General Surgery has grown tremendously over the past several years. Our portfolio of research grants has become even more diversified with the addition of several new productive faculty members with laboratory research programs. Our clinical and basic science research programs are investigating causes and treatments for various cancers including colorectal, endocrine, hepatic, and thyroid. In addition, novel treatments and nutrition for trauma patients, intimal hyperplasia, and pulmonary edema represent other current research initiatives.

The Division of General Surgery is also home to two NIH-funded institutional training grants, offering research training opportunities for post-doctoral fellows in the field of surgical oncology, as well as short-term summer research opportunities for medical students in programs related to diabetes, digestive diseases, and kidney diseases.

Research Labs

Active Funding/Grants

Active Clinical Trials
  • An Open-Label, Controlled, Randomized, Multicenter, Dose Escalation Study Evaluating the Safety and Efficacy of StrataGraft® Skin Tissue in Promoting the Healing of the Deep Partial-Thickness Component of Complex Skin Defects as an Alternative to Autografting
    Principal Investigator(s): Lee D Faucher, MD
    Status: Recruiting
    [ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT01437852]
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  • A Phase III Multicenter Randomized Trial of Sentinel Lymphadenectomy and Complete Lymph Node Dissection Versus Sentinel Lymphadenectomy Alone in Cutaneous Melanoma Patients With Molecular or Histopathological Evidence of Metastases in the Sentinel Node
    Principal Investigator(s): Heather B Neuman, MD, MS
    Status: Recruiting
    [ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT00297895]
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  • A Phase III Prospective Randomized Trial Comparing Laparoscopic-assisted Resection Versus Open Resection for Rectal Cancer
    Principal Investigator(s): Gregory D Kennedy, MD, PhD
    Status: Recruiting
    [ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT00726622]
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  • A Phase III Study of Chemotherapy and Chemoradiotherapy With or Without HyperAcute®-Pancreas (Algenpantucel-L) Immunotherapy in Subjects With Surgically Resected Pancreatic Cancer
    Principal Investigator(s): Clifford S Cho, MD
    Status: Recruiting
    [ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT01072981]
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  • A Phase II Study of Preoperative Gemcitabine and Erlotinib Plus Pancreatectomy and Postoperative Gemcitabine and Erlotinib for Patients With Operable Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma
    Principal Investigator(s): Sharon M Weber, MD
    Status: Recruiting
    [ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT00733746]
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  • A Prognostic Study of Sentinel Node and Bone Marrow Micrometastases in Women With Clinical T1-2 N0 Breast Cancer
    Principal Investigator(s): Sharon M Weber, MD
    Status: Active, not recruiting
    [ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT00003854]
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  • A Randomized, Open Label, Parallel-group, Multi-center Trial to Compare the Efficacy and Safety of TachoSil® Versus Surgicel® Original for the Secondary Treatment of Local Bleeding in Adult and Pediatric Patients Undergoing Hepatic Resection Surgery
    Principal Investigator(s): Sharon M Weber, MD
    Status: Recruiting
    [ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT01192022]
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  • A Randomized Trial of Axillary Node Dissection in Women With Clinical T1-2 N0-1 M0 Breast Cancer Who Have a Positive Sentinel Node
    Principal Investigator(s): Sharon M Weber, MD
    Status: Active, not recruiting
    [ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT00003855]
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  • Phase III Study on the Efficacy of Glutamine Dipeptide-Supplemented Parenteral Nutrition in Surgical ICU Patients
    Principal Investigator(s): Kenneth Allan Kudsk, MD
    Status: Active, not recruiting
    [ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT00248638]
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