Juan-Pablo Idrovo, MD

Associate Professor, Surgery-GI, Trauma, and Endocrine Surgery


FacultyPhoto
Medical School
  • MD, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador (2006)
Internship
  • North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System Program (2008)
Residency
  • North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System Program, Chief Resident, Surgery (2015)
Fellowships
  • University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Surgical Critical Care (2016)
  • University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Trauma and Acute Care Surgery (2017)
Languages
English, Spanish
Department
Surgery-GI, Trauma, and Endocrine Surgery

Professional Titles

  • Associate Professor of Surgery and Critical Care

Recognitions

  • Tuition merit scholarship, Department of pharmacology PUCE Medical School (2002)
  • NSLIJ Health System Academic Competition Award, Academic Competition Award (2011)
  • New Investigator Award, The Shock Society (First place) (2011)
  • Resident Research Award, NSLIJHS-Hofstra NSLIJ-School of Medicine (2011)
  • NSLIJ Health System Academic Competition Award, Academic Competition Award (2012)
  • New Investigator Travel Award, The Shock Society (2012)
  • Annual Research Day Award Hofstra School of Medicine, Hofstra NSLIJ-School of Medicine (First place) (2012)
  • Murry Friedman Resident Competition, NY Chapter of the ACS (First place) (2012)

Publications

  • Alcohol Intoxication and the Postburn Gastrointestinal Hormonal Response.
  • Idrovo JP, Shults JA, Curtis BJ, Chen MM, Kovacs EJ. Alcohol Intoxication and the Postburn Gastrointestinal Hormonal Response. J Burn Care Res. 2019 Oct 16;40(6):785-791. PubMed PMID: 31102437
  • Idrovo JP, Boe DM, Kaahui S, Yang WL, Kovacs EJ. Hepatic inflammation after burn injury is associated with necroptotic cell death signaling. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2020 Oct;89(4):768-774. PubMed PMID: 33017135
  • Pormohammad A, Ghorbani S, Khatami A, Razizadeh MH, Alborzi E, Zarei M, Idrovo JP, Turner RJ. Comparison of influenza type A and B with COVID-19: A global systematic review and meta-analysis on clinical, laboratory and radiographic findings. Rev Med Virol. 2020 Oct 9;:e2179. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 33035373
  • Pormohammad A, Ghorbani S, Baradaran B, Khatami A, J Turner R, Mansournia MA, Kyriacou DN, Idrovo JP, Bahr NC. Clinical characteristics, laboratory findings, radiographic signs and outcomes of 61,742 patients with confirmed COVID-19 infection: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Microb Pathog. 2020 Oct;147:104390. PubMed PMID: 32681968
  • Pormohammad A, Ghorbani S, Khatami A, Farzi R, Baradaran B, Turner DL, Turner RJ, Bahr NC, Idrovo JP. Comparison of confirmed COVID-19 with SARS and MERS cases - Clinical characteristics, laboratory findings, radiographic signs and outcomes: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Rev Med Virol. 2020 Jul;30(4):e2112. PubMed PMID: 32502331
  • Walrath T, Dyamenahalli KU, Hulsebus HJ, McCullough RL, Idrovo JP, Boe DM, McMahan RH, Kovacs EJ. Age-related changes in intestinal immunity and the microbiome. J Leukoc Biol. 2020 Oct 5. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 33020981
  • Idrovo JP, Boe DM, Kaahui S, Walrath T, McMahan RH, Kovacs EJ. Advanced age heightens hepatic damage in a murine model of scald burn injury. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2020 Dec 9. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 33306599
  • Dyamenahalli K, Choy K, Frank DN, Najarro K, Boe D, Colborn KL, Idrovo JP, Wagner AL, Wiktor AJ, Afshar M, Burnham EL, McMahan RH, Kovacs EJ. Age and injury size influence the magnitude of fecal dysbiosis in adult burn patients. J Burn Care Res. 2022 Jan 10. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 35020913
  • Najarro KM, Boe DM, Walrath TM, Mullen JE, Paul MT, Frankel JH, Hulsebus HJ, Idrovo JP, McMahan RH, Kovacs EJ. Advanced age exacerbates intestinal epithelial permeability after burn injury in mice. Exp Gerontol. 2022 Feb;158:111654. PubMed PMID: 34915110
  • . SARS-CoV-2 infection and venous thromboembolism after surgery: an international prospective cohort study. Anaesthesia. 2022 Jan;77(1):28-39. PubMed PMID: 34428858
  • . Effects of pre-operative isolation on postoperative pulmonary complications after elective surgery: an international prospective cohort study. Anaesthesia. 2021 Nov;76(11):1454-1464. PubMed PMID: 34371522
  • Carmichael H, Wright FL, McIntyre RC, Vogler T, Urban S, Jolley SE, Burnham EL, Firth W, Velopulos CG, Idrovo JP. Early ventilator liberation and decreased sedation needs after tracheostomy in patients with COVID-19 infection. Trauma Surg Acute Care Open. 2021;6(1):e000591. PubMed PMID: 34192162
  • Guo H, Idrovo JP, Cao J, Roychoudhury S, Navale P, Auguste LJ, Bhuiya T, Sheikh-Fayyaz S. Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Detection by Chromogenic In Situ Hybridization (CISH) and p16 Immunohistochemistry (IHC) in Breast Intraductal Papilloma and Breast Carcinoma. Clin Breast Cancer. 2021 Dec;21(6):e638-e646. PubMed PMID: 34059433
  • . SARS-CoV-2 vaccination modelling for safe surgery to save lives: data from an international prospective cohort study. Br J Surg. 2021 Sep 27;108(9):1056-1063. PubMed PMID: 33761533
  • . Timing of surgery following SARS-CoV-2 infection: an international prospective cohort study. Anaesthesia. 2021 Jun;76(6):748-758. PubMed PMID: 33690889
  • Idrovo JP, Boe DM, Kaahui S, Walrath T, McMahan RH, Kovacs EJ. Advanced age heightens hepatic damage in a murine model of scald burn injury. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2021 Apr 1;90(4):731-737. PubMed PMID: 33306599
  • Pormohammad A, Ghorbani S, Khatami A, Razizadeh MH, Alborzi E, Zarei M, Idrovo JP, Turner RJ. Comparison of influenza type A and B with COVID-19: A global systematic review and meta-analysis on clinical, laboratory and radiographic findings. Rev Med Virol. 2021 May;31(3):e2179. PubMed PMID: 33035373
  • Walrath T, Dyamenahalli KU, Hulsebus HJ, McCullough RL, Idrovo JP, Boe DM, McMahan RH, Kovacs EJ. Age-related changes in intestinal immunity and the microbiome. J Leukoc Biol. 2021 Jun;109(6):1045-1061. PubMed PMID: 33020981
  • Gergen AK, Hosokawa PW, Idrovo JP. Early Initiation of Parenteral Nutrition in Elderly Emergency General Surgery Patients. Journal of the American College of Surgeons. 2021 Nov 1;233(5):e46.
  • Walrath T, McMahan RH, Idrovo JP, Quillinan N, Kovacs EJ. Cutaneous burn injury induces neuroinflammation and reactive astrocyte activation in the hippocampus of aged mice. Exp Gerontol. 2022 Nov;169:111975. PubMed PMID: 36208823
  • Malachowska B, Yang WL, Qualman A, Muro I, Boe DM, Lampe JN, Kovacs EJ, Idrovo JP. Transcriptomics, metabolomics, and in-silico drug predictions for liver damage in young and aged burn victims. Commun Biol. 2023 Jun 2;6(1):597. PubMed PMID: 37268765
  • McMahan RH, Boe DM, Walrath TM, Idrovo JP, Kovacs EJ. Aging, Cutaneous Burn Injury and Multi-Organ Complications: The Role of the Gut. Adv Geriatr Med Res. 2022;4(2). PubMed PMID: 35913894
  • Choy K, Dyamenahalli KU, Khair S, Colborn KL, Wiktor AJ, Idrovo JP, McMahan RH, Burnham EL, Kovacs EJ. Aberrant inflammatory responses in intoxicated burn-injured patients parallel impaired cognitive function. Alcohol. 2023 Jun;109:35-41. PubMed PMID: 36690221
  • Muro I, Qualman AC, Kovacs EJ, Idrovo JP. Burn-Induced Apoptosis in the Livers of Aged Mice Is Associated With Caspase Cleavage of Bcl-xL. J Surg Res. 2023 Oct;290:147-155. PubMed PMID: 37267704
  • Pratap A, Qualman A, Garrett H, The E, Chauhan A, Idrovo JP, Cheng L, Wani S, Meguid RA, Meng X. Targeting Glypican-1 Reverses Resistance to 5-Fluorouracil in Esophageal Adenocarcinoma Cells. Anticancer Res. 2023 Aug;43(8):3411-3418. PubMed PMID: 37500147
  • Dyamenahalli K, Choy K, Frank DN, Najarro K, Boe D, Colborn KL, Idrovo JP, Wagner AL, Wiktor AJ, Afshar M, Burnham EL, McMahan RH, Kovacs EJ. Age and Injury Size Influence the Magnitude of Fecal Dysbiosis in Adult Burn Patients. J Burn Care Res. 2022 Sep 1;43(5):1145-1153. PubMed PMID: 35020913
  • Pratap A, Qualman A, Garrett H, Westbrook L, The E, Mitra S, Cordero M, Monge KM, Idrovo JP, Chauhan A, Cheng L, Cohen MJ, Mungo B, Wani S, Meguid RA, McCarter MD, Meng X. Silencing Glypican-1 enhances the antitumor effects of Pictilisib via downregulating PI3K/Akt/ERK signaling in chemo-resistant esophageal adenocarcinoma. Mol Cell Oncol. 2023;10(1):2238873. PubMed PMID: 37649964
  • Walrath T, Najarro KM, Giesy LE, Khair S, Frank DN, Robertson CE, Orlicky DJ, Quillinan N, Idrovo JP, McMahan RH, Kovacs EJ. REMOTE BURN INJURY IN AGED MICE INDUCES COLONIC LYMPHOID AGGREGATE EXPANSION AND DYSBIOSIS OF THE FECAL MICROBIOME WHICH CORRELATES WITH NEUROINFLAMMATION. Shock. 2023 Oct 1;60(4):585-593. PubMed PMID: 37548929
  • Najarro KM, Boe DM, Walrath TM, Mullen JE, Paul MT, Frankel JH, Hulsebus HJ, Idrovo JP, McMahan RH, Kovacs EJ. Advanced age exacerbates intestinal epithelial permeability after burn injury in mice. Exp Gerontol. 2022 Feb;158:111654. PubMed PMID: 34915110
  • Kovacs EJ, Boe DM, Frank D, Idrovo JP, McMahan RH, Walrath TM, Najarro KM. 40 Inflamm-aging, Burns and the Gut-lung Axis in Mice. J Burn Care Res. 2024 Apr 17;45(Suppl 1):39. doi: 10.1093/jbcr/irae036.040. PMCID: PMC11023276.
  • Meza-Monge K, Qualman AC, Pratap A, Rincon M, Kovacs EJ. Idrovo JP. Hepatic sirtuins expression in young and aged mice post-burn injury: insights into liver damage. ASC 2024
  • Meza-Monge K, Qualman AC, Pratap A, Rincon M, Kovacs EJ. Idrovo JP. Silencing Methylation-Controlled J Protein Mitigates Burn-Induced Mitochondrial Dysfunction in Alpha Mouse Liver-12 Cells. AAST 2024
  • Pratap A, Qualman AC, Meza-Monge K, Kovacs EJ. Idrovo JP. Role of methylation-controlled j protein in mitochondrial dysfunction and autophagy in burn-induced hepatocyte injury. Shock 2024
  • Qualman AC, Meza-Monge K, Pratap A, Rincon M, Kovacs EJ. Idrovo JP. Mitigating age-related apoptotic responses in burn-induced liver injury in mice. Shock 2024
  • Meza-Monge K, Qualman AC, Pratap A, Rincon M, Kovacs EJ. Idrovo JP.A Novel Approach to Burn-Induced Cardiac Damage: The Role of Hepatic FGF21 in Aged Mice Shock 2024
  • . SARS-CoV-2 infection and venous thromboembolism after surgery: an international prospective cohort study. Anaesthesia. 2022 Jan;77(1):28-39. PubMed PMID: 34428858
  • Malachowska B, Yang WL, Qualman A, Muro I, Boe D, Kovacs E, Idrovo JP. Transcriptomics, metabolomics, and in silico drug predictions to prevent or treat liver damage in young and aged burn victims.
  • Walrath TM, Najarro KM, McMahan RH, Idrovo JP, Quillinan N, Kovacs EJ. Burns are more than skin deep: Heightened neuroinflammation after cutaneous injury in aged mice. The Journal of Immunology. 2022 May 1;208(1_Supplement):114-06.

Professional Memberships

  • American College of Surgeons (ACS), Member
  • Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM), Member
  • Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma (EAST), Member
  • Association for Academic Surgery (AAS), Member
  • The Shock Society, Member
  • The American Association for the Surgery of Trauma (AAST), Member

Practice Locations

UCHealth University of Colorado Hospital Trauma Center
12505 E. 16th Avenue
Anschutz Inpatient Pavilion 2, First floor
Aurora, CO 80045
720-848-2711

Hospital Affiliation
  • University of Colorado Hospital

Specialty Information

Specialties
  • Surgical Critical Care, Board Certification (2016)
  • Surgery, Board Certification (2016)
  • Trauma and Acute Care Surgery (2017)
  • ATLS instructor, Certificate (2017)
  • ASSET instructor, Certificate (2017)
Conditions & Treatments
  • Critical Care
  • Digestive System
  • Digestive System - Biliary Surgery
  • Digestive System - Gastroenterology (Stomach, Bowel, General GI Problems)
  • Digestive System - Hernia
  • Digestive System - Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD): Crohn’s disease, ulcerative colitis, microscopic colitis
  • Failed Prior Surgery
  • Injuries and Wounds
  • Surgery - Laparoscopic Surgery
  • Surgery
  • Surgery - Trauma and Acute Care