Areas of Expertise

• Chest Wall Injury
• Surgical Stabilization of Rib and Sternal Fractures
• Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation
• Flexible Endoscopy of the Treatment of General Surgical Conditions

Education

• Fellowship: Surgical Ethics, Center for Humanism and Ethics in Surgical Specialties, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO
• Fellowship: Acute Care Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO
• Fellowship: Surgical Critical Care, Barnes Jewish Hospital-Washington University, St Louis, MO
• Residency: General Surgery, Wellspan York Hospital, York, PA
• D.O., University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey School of Osteopathic Medicine, Stratford, NJ
• B.S., Biology, The College of New Jersey, Ewing, NJ

Publications

• ASES Complications of RSA Research Group, Puzzitiello R, Glass EA, et. al. "Low Success Rate of Closed Reductions when Treating Dislocations after Reverse Shoulder Arthroplasty: A Study by the ASES Complications of RSA Multicenter Research Group." Journal of shoulder and elbow surgery, (), (2024) . pii: S1058-2746(24)00805-X. doi: 10.1016/j.jse.2024.09.016
• Kirsch JM, Fakhry SM, Bernard A, et. al. "Documentation and coding for trauma and surgical critical care: updates and tips." Trauma surgery & acute care open, 9(1), (2024) e001532. doi: 10.1136/tsaco-2024-001532
• Zangbar B, Rafieezadeh A, Rodriguez G, et. al. "Geriatric falls: an enormous economic burden compared to firearms." Trauma surgery & acute care open, 9(1), (2024) e001492. doi: 10.1136/tsaco-2024-001492
• Cull J, Pellizzeri K, Cullinane DC, et. al. "Wound infection rate after skin closure of damage control laparotomy with wicks or incisional negative wound therapy: An EAST multi-center trial." Injury, 55(11), (2024) 111906. doi: 10.1016/j.injury.2024.111906
• Slutske WS, Kirsch JM, Piasecki TM, et. al. "Correlates of improved outcomes in patients with COVID-19 treated in US emergency departments." The American journal of emergency medicine, 86(), (2024) 11-20. doi: 10.1016/j.ajem.2024.09.035
• Avant-Garde Health and Codman Shoulder Society Value-Based Care Group, Khan AZ, Liu HH, et. al. "Revision Shoulder Arthroplasty: Predictors of Subsequent Revision Surgery and Economic Burden amongst Medicare Beneficiaries." Journal of shoulder and elbow surgery, (), (2024) . pii: S1058-2746(24)00626-8. doi: 10.1016/j.jse.2024.07.033
• Fares MY, Liu HH, da Silva Etges APB, et. al. "Utility of Machine Learning, Natural Language Processing, and Artificial Intelligence in Predicting Hospital Readmissions After Orthopaedic Surgery: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis." JBJS reviews, 12(8), (2024) . doi: e24.00075

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Memberships and Affiliations

• American College of Surgeons
• American Association for the Surgery of Trauma
• Chest Wall Injury Society
• Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma
• Extracorporeal Life Support Organization
• Society of Critical Care Medicine