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Seema S. Sonnad, Ph.D.
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Current Research

Dr. Sonnad's current research includes studying patients’ attitudes toward medical innovation, physician preferences and knowledge concerning medical and surgical technologies, issues facing women in academic medicine, diffusion of effective and ineffective surgical technologies, patient outcomes following surgical interventions in trauma, transplant, surgical oncology, plastic surgery, and urology. Her overall research interests surround how patients, physicians and health-care systems make decisions about new medical technology and utilizes a range of methods including meta-analysis, survey research, database analysis, and clinical trials.

U01 HL088957-01 07//07 – 06/12
Title:
Cardiac surgery techniques to treat ventricular and aortic remodeling

Goal:
To provide definitive evidence that will guide the best approach to functional MR in heart failure.

Role:
Co-Investigator (PI: Acker)

R01-HL078834-02 04/06 - 03/11
Title:
Ventilator-Induced diaphragm dysfunction

Goal:
To determine if experimental diaphragms will exhibit an up-regulation of the ubiquitin-proteasome pathway for protein degradation.

Role:
Co-Investigator (Principal Investigator: Sanford Levine)

 
 

Recent Support

Co-Investigator
Impact of transfused red blood cell age on microcirculatory sublingual flow. McCabe Foundation. (PI:Sarani). 2006-2007.

Co-Investigator
Outcomes following Metopic reconstruction. Center for Human Appearance. (PI Serletti). 2006-2007.

Consultant
Better Decisions, Better Care: Advancing decision support to improve health care. AHRQ (#1R13HS016486-01). (PI:Col) 2006.

Principal Investigator
Attitudes towards innovation and new medical technology. AHRQ (#1 R01 HS 15709-01). 2005-2007.

Co-Investigator
University of Pennsylvania DEcIDE Research Center. AHRQ. 2005-present.

Recent Publications
Abbuhl S, Bristol MN, Ashfaq H, Scott P, Tuton LW, Cappola AR, Sonnad SS. Examining Faculty Awards for Gender Equity and Evolving Values. J Gen Intern Med. Epub 2009 Aug 29.

Canter D, Guzzo TJ, Resnick MJ, Bergey MR, Sonnad SS, Tomaszewski J, VanArsdalen K, Malkowicz SB. A thorough pelvic lymph node dissection in presence of positive margins associated with better clinical outcomes in radical cystectomy patients. Urology. 2009 Jul;74(1):161-5. Epub 2009 Apr 15.

Selber JC, Nelson JA, Ashana AO, Bergey MR, Bristol MN, Sonnad SS, Serletti JM, Wu LC. Breast Cancer Screening Prior to Cosmetic Breast Surgery: ASPS Members' Adherence to American Cancer Society Guidelines. Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (accepted for publication)

Tinti MS, Haut ER, Horan AD, Sonnad S, Reilly PM, Schwab CW, Gracias VH. Transition to a Semiclosed Surgical Intensive Care Unit (SICU) Leads to Improved Resident Job Satisfaction: A Prospective, Longitudinal Analysis. J Surg Educ. 2009 Jan-Feb;66(1):25-30.

Resnick MJ, Canter DJ, Guzzo TJ, Brucker BM, Bergey M, Sonnad SS, Wein AJ, Malkowicz SB. Does Race Affect Postoperative Outcomes in Patients With Low-Risk Prostate Cancer Who Undergo Radical Prostatectomy? Urology. 2008 Dec 17. [Epub ahead of print].

Paulson EC, N Mitra, S Sonnad, K Armstrong, C Wirtalla, R Rapaport-Kelz, NN Mahmoud. National Cancer Institute Designation Predicts Improved Outcomes in Colorectal Cancer Surgery. Ann Surg. 2008 Oct;248(4):675-86.

Gracias VH, Sicoutris CP, Stawicki SP, Meredith DM, Horan AD, Gupta R, Haut ER, Auerbach S, Sonnad S, Hanson CW 3rd, Schwab CW. Critical Care Nurse Practitioners Improve Compliance With Clinical Practice Guidelines in "Semiclosed" Surgical Intensive Care Unit. J Nurs Care Qual. 2008 May 29.

Morton MJ, Bristol MB, Atherton PH, Schwab CW, Sonnad SS. Improving the recruitment and hiring process for women faculty. J Am Coll Surg. 2008 Jun;206(3):1210-8. Epub 2008 Apr 24.

Stein SC, RW Hurst, SS. Sonnad.. Meta-Analysis of Cranial CT Scans in Children: A Mathematical Model to Predict Radiation-Induced Tumors. Pediatric Neurosurgery. 2008. 44:448-457.

Sarani, B, WJ Dunkman, L Dean, S Sonnad, JI Rohrbach, VH Gracias. 2008. Transfusion of fresh frozen plasma in critically ill surgical patients is associated with an increased risk of infection. Crit Care Med; 36:1114–1118.

Canter D, Guzzo T, Resnick M, Magerfleisch L, Sonnad S, Bergey M, Tomazewski J, Vaughn D, Van Arsdalen K, Malkowicz B. 2008. The presence of lymphovascular invasion in radical cystectomy specimens from patients with urothelial carcinoma portends a poor clinical prognosis. BJU Int. May 15.

Selber J, Samra R, Vega S, Sonnad S, Serletti J. A Head to Head Comparison Between the MS Free TRAM and the SIEA: Is the Rate of Flap Loss Worth the Gain in Abdominal Wall Function? Plast Reconst Surg. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2008 Aug;122(2):348-55.

Selber J, Reid R, McGinn D, Zackai E, Singh D, Sonnad S, Sutton L, Whitaker L, Bartlett S. The Changing Epidemiological Spectrum of the Single Suture Synostoses. Plast Reconst Surg. 2008 Aug;122(2):527-33.

Selber J, Brooks C, Kurichi J, Temen T, Sonnad S, Whitaker L. A Long-term results following fronto-orbital reconstruction in nonsyndromic unicoronal synostosis. Journal of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. 121(5):251-260e, 2008.

Bristol MN, SS Sonnad, C Guerra. 2008. Uninformed Complementary and Alternative Supplement Use: A risky Behavior for Cardiovascular Patients. Complementary Health Practice Review April: 13 (2): 100-109.

Bristol MN, S Abbuhl, A Cappola, SS Sonnad. Work-Life Policies for Faculty at the Top Ten Medical Schools. J Women’s Health 2008. 17(8): 1311-1320.



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