50 Studies Every Surgeon Should Know

50 Studies Every Surgeon Should Know presents key studies that have shaped the practice of surgery. Selected using a rigorous methodology, the studies cover topics including: vascular, colorectal, bariatric, abdominal, hernial, and endocrine surgery, surgical outcomes, surgical oncology, trauma and surgical critical care, and studies of historical interest. For each study, a concise summary is presented with an emphasis on the results and limitations of the study, and its implications for practice. An illustrative clinical case concludes each review, followed by brief information on other relevant studies. This book is a must-read for health care professionals and anyone who wants to learn more about the data behind clinical practice.

SreyRam Kuy, MD, MHS, FACS serves as Chief Medical Officer for Louisiana Medicaid where she leads the drive to improve healthcare quality in a $10.7 billion health system serving 1.6 million patients, and teaches as Associate Professor of Surgery at LSU-New Orleans. Dr. Kuy earned her master's in health policy and research at Yale as a Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholar and has published more than 40 articles on healthcare quality, surgical outcomes and patient safety. Dr. Kuy was selected as a Presidential Leadership Scholar, a joint leadership program by President Clinton and President Bush, Business Report's 40 Under 40 Award, the Ford Foundation's Community Service Award and the Early Career Achievement Award by Oregon Health & Sciences University. Dr. Kuy's writing has appeared in the Los Angeles Times, USA Today, the Washington Post, The Independent, the Huffington Post, and Salon.

Rachel J. Kwon is a graduate of Rush Medical College in Chicago. She trained in general surgery at Maimonides Medical Center in Brooklyn and was a clinical research fellow in evidence-based surgery at the University of Oxford. Currently, she is Chief Medical Consultant at MDCalc and is passionate about evidence-based medicine, physician wellness and furthering the advancement of the underrepresented in medicine, including women, ethnic minorities, and LGBTQ people.

Miguel A. Burch, MD is the Associate Director of Minimally Invasive Surgery and Director of the Minimally Invasive and Bariatric Surgery Fellowship in the Department of Surgery at Cedars Sinai. He has focused his surgical career on benign and malignant diseases that affect the stomach and upper intestinal tract. Dr. Burch is a principal investigator on clinical trials using innovative endoscopic platforms to treat reflux as well as diabetes and obesity.