Salvador Rodriguez Franco, MD

Assistant Research Professor, Surgery-Surgical Oncology

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Languages
English, Spanish
Department
Surgery-Surgical Oncology

Professional Titles

  • Assistant Professor Research

Publications

  • Soszyn N, Shorofsky M, Franco SR, Zablah JE, Morgan GJ. Computed tomography-derived normative values and z-scores of the pulmonary valve annulus and sino-tubular junction in the pediatric population. J Cardiovasc Comput Tomogr. 2024 Sep-Oct;18(5):489-493. PubMed PMID: 39043495
  • Soszyn N, Shorofsky M, Franco SR, Zablah JE, Morgan GJ. Corrigendum to 'Computed tomography-derived normative values and z-scores of the pulmonary valve annulus and sino-tubular junction in the pediatric population' [J Cardiovasc Comput Tomogr 18 (2024) 489-493]. J Cardiovasc Comput Tomogr. 2024 Nov-Dec;18(6):620. PubMed PMID: 39401934
  • Yee EJ, Torphy RJ, Myers EK, Meguid C, Franklin O, Sugawara T, Franco SR, Clark TJ, Mungo B, Ahrendt SA, Schulick RD, Del Chiaro M, McCarter MM. Dynamic Anthropometrics in Pancreatic Cancer: Associations Between Body Composition Changes During Neoadjuvant Therapy and Survival Outcomes After Resection. Ann Surg Oncol. 2024 Nov;31(12):8340-8351. PubMed PMID: 39120842
  • Sugawara T, Rodriguez Franco S, Sherman S, Torphy RJ, Colborn K, Franklin O, Ishida J, Grandi S, Al-Musawi MH, Gleisner A, Schulick RD, Del Chiaro M. Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy Versus Upfront Surgery for Resectable Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma: An Updated Nationwide Study. Ann Surg. 2024 Feb 1;279(2):331-339. PubMed PMID: 37226812
  • Gonzalez de Alba C, Zablah JE, Burkett D, Jone PN, Rodriguez SA, Morgan GJ. Use of Three-Dimensional Intracardiac Echocardiography Catheter in the Evaluation of Prosthetic Pulmonary Valves after Transcatheter Replacement. J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2024 Feb;37(2):226-236. PubMed PMID: 37839619
  • Sugawara T, Rodriguez Franco S, Sherman S, Kirsch MJ, Colborn K, Franklin O, Ishida J, Grandi S, Al-Musawi MH, Gleisner A, Schulick RD, Del Chiaro M. Characteristics and prognosis of patients with pancreatic adenocarcinoma not expressing CA19-9: Analysis of the National Cancer Database. Pancreatology. 2024 Dec;24(8):1340-1347. PubMed PMID: 39609173
  • Khomiak A, Ghaffar SA, Rodriguez Franco S, Ziogas IA, Cumbler E, Gleisner A, Del Chiaro M, Schulick RD, Mungo B. The impact of lymph node ratio on survival in gallbladder cancer: a national cancer database analysis. HPB (Oxford). 2024 Dec;26(12):1544-1552. PubMed PMID: 39353847
  • Kirsch MJ, Paglia H, Araujo T, Madsen H, Rodriguez Franco S, Hosokawa P, Hamermesh M, Weiss R, Gleisner A, Schulick RD, Del Chiaro M, Stewart C. Cannabis use and postoperative outcomes in patients undergoing hepatectomy. HPB (Oxford). 2024 Dec;26(12):1560-1563. PubMed PMID: 39322515
  • Khomiak A, Ghaffar S, Rodriguez Franco S, Ziogas IA, Yee EJ, Franklin O, Cumbler E, Chauhan A, McCarter MD, Gleisner AL, Ahrendt S, Del Chiaro M, Schulick RD, Mungo B. Survival Outcomes of Cytoreductive Surgery with HIPEC in Gastric Adenocarcinoma: A National Cancer Database Study. Ann Surg Oncol. 2024 Dec;31(13):8549-8559. PubMed PMID: 39237827
  • Schulick AC, Moore HB, Franco SR, Jiang JG, Edil BH, Schulick RD, Nydam TL, McCarter MD, Del Chiaro M, Gleisner A. Gaining a new angle on pancreas cancer: A pre-operative thrombelastographic parameter predicts recurrence and survival among patients with resected periampullary and pancreatic adenocarcinoma. Am J Surg. 2024 Dec;238:115820. PubMed PMID: 39059340
  • Franklin O, Sugawara T, Ross RB, Rodriguez Franco S, Colborn K, Karam S, Schulick RD, Del Chiaro M. Adjuvant Chemotherapy With or Without Radiotherapy for Resected Pancreatic Cancer After Multiagent Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy. Ann Surg Oncol. 2024 Aug;31(8):4966-4975. PubMed PMID: 38789615
  • Dyas AR, Bronsert MR, Stuart CM, Thomas MB, Schulick RD, Franco SR, Gleisner A, Randhawa SK, David EA, Mitchell JD, Meguid RA. Analyzing the impact of the Coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic on initial oncologic presentation and treatment of non-small cell lung cancer in the United States. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2024 Aug;168(2):378-390.e7. PubMed PMID: 37981103
  • Stuart CM, Meguid RA, Bronsert MR, Rodriguez Franco S, Mungo B, Schulick RD, Gleisner AL, McCarter MD, Mitchell JD, Dyas AR. The United States experience with diagnosing and treating esophageal cancer during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic: A retrospective cohort study. Int J Cancer. 2024 Apr 1;154(7):1204-1220. PubMed PMID: 38018276
  • Murray AP, Biscussi B, Cavallaro V, Donozo M, Rodriguez SA. Naturally Occurring Cholinesterase Inhibitors from Plants, Fungi, Algae, and Animals: A Review of the Most Effective Inhibitors Reported in 2012-2022. Curr Neuropharmacol. 2024;22(10):1621-1649. PubMed PMID: 37357520
  • Ishida H, Watanabe S, Rodriguez Franco S, Franklin O, Stoop TF, Kirsch MJ, Schulick RD, Del Chiaro M. Portomesenteric Venous Thrombosis after Pancreatic Cancer Surgery with Venous Resection and Reconstruction: Timing, Incidence, and Risk Factors. Ann Surg. 2024 Dec 16. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 39676646
  • Sugawara T, Rodriguez Franco S, Sherman S, Torphy RJ, Colborn K, Franklin O, Ishida J, Grandi S, Al-Musawi MH, Gleisner A, Schulick RD, Del Chiaro M. Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy Versus Upfront Surgery for Resectable Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma: An Updated Nationwide Study. Ann Surg. 2024 Feb 1;279(2):331-339. PubMed PMID: 37226812
  • Gonzalez de Alba C, Zablah JE, Burkett D, Jone PN, Rodriguez SA, Morgan GJ. Use of Three-Dimensional Intracardiac Echocardiography Catheter in the Evaluation of Prosthetic Pulmonary Valves after Transcatheter Replacement. J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2024 Feb;37(2):226-236. PubMed PMID: 37839619
  • Zablah JE, Than J, Browne LP, Rodriguez S, Morgan GJ. Patient Screening for Self-Expanding Percutaneous Pulmonary Valves Using Virtual Reality. J Am Heart Assoc. 2024 Mar 19;13(6):e033239. PubMed PMID: 38456473
  • Soszyn N, Schweigert J, Franco SR, Morgan GJ, Mitchell M, Zablah JE. Computed Tomography-Derived Normative Values of Right Ventricular Outflow Tract Structures in the Pediatric Population. Pediatr Cardiol. 2024 Mar 19. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 38502199
  • Stuart CM, Meguid RA, Bronsert MR, Rodriguez Franco S, Mungo B, Schulick RD, Gleisner AL, McCarter MD, Mitchell JD, Dyas AR. The United States experience with diagnosing and treating esophageal cancer during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic: A retrospective cohort study. Int J Cancer. 2024 Apr 1;154(7):1204-1220. PubMed PMID: 38018276
  • Franklin O, Sugawara T, Ross RB, Rodriguez Franco S, Colborn K, Karam S, Schulick RD, Del Chiaro M. Adjuvant Chemotherapy With or Without Radiotherapy for Resected Pancreatic Cancer After Multiagent Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy. Ann Surg Oncol. 2024 Aug;31(8):4966-4975. PubMed PMID: 38789615
  • Stoop TF, Oba A, Wu YHA, Beaty LE, Colborn KL, Janssen BV, Al-Musawi MH, Franco SR, Sugawara T, Franklin O, Jain A, Saiura A, Sauvanet A, Coppola A, Javed AA, Groot Koerkamp B, Miller BN, Mack CE, Hashimoto D, Caputo D, Kleive D, Sereni E, Belfiori G, Ichida H, van Dam JL, Dembinski J, Akahoshi K, Roberts KJ, Tanaka K, Labori KJ, Falconi M, House MG, Sugimoto M, Tanabe M, Gotohda N, Krohn PS, Burkhart RA, Thakkar RG, Pande R, Dokmak S, Hirano S, Burgdorf SK, Crippa S, van Roessel S, Satoi S, White SA, Hackert T, Nguyen TK, Yamamoto T, Nakamura T, Bachu V, Burns WR, Inoue Y, Takahashi Y, Ushida Y, Aslami ZV, Verbeke CS, Fariña A, He J, Wilmink JW, Messersmith W, Verheij J, Kaplan J, Schulick RD, Besselink MG, Del Chiaro M. Pathological Complete Response in Patients With Resected Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma After Preoperative Chemotherapy. JAMA Netw Open. 2024 Jun 3;7(6):e2417625. PubMed PMID: 38888920
  • Dyas AR, Bronsert MR, Stuart CM, Thomas MB, Schulick RD, Franco SR, Gleisner A, Randhawa SK, David EA, Mitchell JD, Meguid RA. Analyzing the impact of the Coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic on initial oncologic presentation and treatment of non-small cell lung cancer in the United States. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2024 Aug;168(2):378-390.e7. PubMed PMID: 37981103
  • Soszyn N, Shorofsky M, Franco SR, Zablah JE, Morgan GJ. Corrigendum to 'Computed tomography-derived normative values and z-scores of the pulmonary valve annulus and sino-tubular junction in the pediatric population' [J Cardiovasc Comput Tomogr 18 (2024) 489-493]. J Cardiovasc Comput Tomogr. 2024 Nov-Dec;18(6):620. PubMed PMID: 39401934
  • Yee EJ, Torphy RJ, Myers EK, Meguid C, Franklin O, Sugawara T, Franco SR, Clark TJ, Mungo B, Ahrendt SA, Schulick RD, Del Chiaro M, McCarter MM. Dynamic Anthropometrics in Pancreatic Cancer: Associations Between Body Composition Changes During Neoadjuvant Therapy and Survival Outcomes After Resection. Ann Surg Oncol. 2024 Nov;31(12):8340-8351. PubMed PMID: 39120842
  • Stoop TF, Augustinus S, Björnsson B, Tingstedt B, Andersson B, Wolfgang CL, Werner J, Johansen K, Stommel MWJ, Katz MHG, Ghadimi M, House MG, Ghorbani P, Molenaar IQ, de Wilde RF, Mieog JSD, Keck T, Wellner UF, Uhl W, Besselink MG, Pitt HA, Del Chiaro M. Surgical Outcome After Distal Pancreatectomy With and Without Portomesenteric Venous Resection in Patients with Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma: A Transatlantic Evaluation of Patients in North America, Germany, Sweden, and The Netherlands (GAPASURG). Ann Surg Oncol. 2024 Nov;31(12):8327-8339. PubMed PMID: 39120839
  • Stoop TF, Augustinus S, Björnsson B, Tingstedt B, Andersson B, Wolfgang CL, Werner J, Johansen K, Stommel MWJ, Katz MHG, Ghadimi M, House MG, Ghorbani P, Molenaar IQ, de Wilde RF, Mieog JSD, Keck T, Wellner UF, Uhl W, Besselink MG, Pitt HA, Del Chiaro M. ASO Visual Abstract: Surgical Outcome After Distal Pancreatectomy With and Without Portomesenteric Venous Resection in Patients with Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma : A Transatlantic Evaluation of Patients in North America, Germany, Sweden, and The Netherlands (GAPASURG). Ann Surg Oncol. 2024 Dec;31(13):8768-8769. PubMed PMID: 39402315
  • Stoop TF, Augustinus S, Andersson B, Ghorbani P, Wellner UF, Uhl W, Besselink MG, Pitt HA, Del Chiaro M. ASO Author Reflections: Distal Pancreatectomy With and Without Portomesenteric Venous Resection for Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma: A Transatlantic Evaluation of Patients in North America, Germany, Sweden, and The Netherlands (GAPASURG). Ann Surg Oncol. 2024 Nov;31(12):8354-8355. PubMed PMID: 39158637
  • Franco SR, Zablah JE, Soszyn N, Acevedo-Vargas C, Frank BS, Morgan GJ. Accurate prediction of systolic peak-to-peak gradient in children with pulmonary valve stenosis. Eur Heart J Cardiovasc Imaging. 2024 Nov 20. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 39565896
  • Kirsch MJ, Paglia H, Araujo T, Madsen H, Rodriguez Franco S, Hosokawa P, Hamermesh M, Weiss R, Gleisner A, Schulick RD, Del Chiaro M, Stewart C. Cannabis use and postoperative outcomes in patients undergoing hepatectomy. HPB (Oxford). 2024 Dec;26(12):1560-1563. PubMed PMID: 39322515
  • Khomiak A, Ghaffar SA, Rodriguez Franco S, Ziogas IA, Cumbler E, Gleisner A, Del Chiaro M, Schulick RD, Mungo B. The impact of lymph node ratio on survival in gallbladder cancer: a national cancer database analysis. HPB (Oxford). 2024 Dec;26(12):1544-1552. PubMed PMID: 39353847
  • Schulick AC, Moore HB, Franco SR, Jiang JG, Edil BH, Schulick RD, Nydam TL, McCarter MD, Del Chiaro M, Gleisner A. Gaining a new angle on pancreas cancer: A pre-operative thrombelastographic parameter predicts recurrence and survival among patients with resected periampullary and pancreatic adenocarcinoma. Am J Surg. 2024 Dec;238:115820. PubMed PMID: 39059340
  • Khomiak A, Ghaffar S, Rodriguez Franco S, Ziogas IA, Yee EJ, Franklin O, Cumbler E, Chauhan A, McCarter MD, Gleisner AL, Ahrendt S, Del Chiaro M, Schulick RD, Mungo B. Survival Outcomes of Cytoreductive Surgery with HIPEC in Gastric Adenocarcinoma: A National Cancer Database Study. Ann Surg Oncol. 2024 Dec;31(13):8549-8559. PubMed PMID: 39237827
  • Sugawara T, Rodriguez Franco S, Sherman S, Kirsch MJ, Colborn K, Franklin O, Ishida J, Grandi S, Al-Musawi MH, Gleisner A, Schulick RD, Del Chiaro M. Characteristics and prognosis of patients with pancreatic adenocarcinoma not expressing CA19-9: Analysis of the National Cancer Database. Pancreatology. 2024 Dec;24(8):1340-1347. PubMed PMID: 39609173
  • Hendriks TE, Balduzzi A, van Dieren S, Suurmeijer JA, Salvia R, Stoop TF, Del Chiaro M, Mieog SD, Nielen M, Zani S Jr, Nussbaum D, Hackert T, Izbicki JR, Javed AA, Hewitt DB, Koerkamp BG, de Wilde RF, Miao Y, Jiang K, Nakata K, Nakamura M, Jang JY, Lee M, Ferrone CR, Shrikhande SV, Chaudhari VA, Busch OR, Siriwardena AK, Strobel O, Werner J, Bonsing BA, Marchegiani G, Besselink MG. Interobserver Variability in the International Study Group for Pancreatic Surgery (ISGPS)-Defined Complications After Pancreatoduodenectomy: An International Cross-Sectional Multicenter Study. Ann Surg. 2024 Nov 1;280(5):728-733. PubMed PMID: 39087327
  • Rodriguez Franco S, Ghaffar SA, Jin Y, Weiss R, Hamermesh M, Khomiak A, Sugawara T, Franklin O, Leal AD, Lieu CH, Schulick RD, Del Chiaro M, Ahrendt S, McCarter MD, Gleisner AL. Pathological Features Associated with Lymph Node Disease in Patients with Appendiceal Neuroendocrine Tumors. Cancers (Basel). 2024 Aug 22;16(16). PubMed PMID: 39199692
  • Sugawara T, Franco SR, Ishida J, Kalra A, Saben JL, Gálvez KN, Kirsch MJ, Al-Musawi MH, Kaplan B, Pomfret EA, Schulick RD, Del Chiaro M. Prevalence and progression of intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms of the pancreas in solid organ transplant recipients: A systematic review. Am J Transplant. 2023 Mar;23(3):429-436. PubMed PMID: 36695699
  • Sugawara T, Rodriguez Franco S, Franklin O, Kirsch MJ, Colborn KL, Del Chiaro M, Schulick RD. Management of Localized Small- and Large-Cell Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Carcinoma in the National Cancer Database. J Am Coll Surg. 2023 Sep 1;237(3):515-524. PubMed PMID: 37146214
  • Pflüger MJ, Jamouss KT, Afghani E, Lim SJ, Rodriguez Franco S, Mayo H, Spann M, Wang H, Singhi A, Lennon AM, Wood LD. Predictive ability of pancreatic cyst fluid biomarkers: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Pancreatology. 2023 Nov;23(7):868-877. PubMed PMID: 37230894
  • Sugawara T, Rodriguez Franco S, Sherman S, Kirsch MJ, Colborn K, Ishida J, Grandi S, Al-Musawi MH, Gleisner A, Schulick RD, Del Chiaro M. Association of Adjuvant Chemotherapy in Patients With Resected Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma After Multiagent Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy. JAMA Oncol. 2023 Mar 1;9(3):316-323. PubMed PMID: 36480190
  • Sugawara T, Franco SR, Ishida J, Kalra A, Saben JL, Gálvez KN, Kirsch MJ, Al-Musawi MH, Kaplan B, Pomfret EA, Schulick RD, Del Chiaro M. Prevalence and progression of intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms of the pancreas in solid organ transplant recipients: A systematic review. Am J Transplant. 2023 Mar;23(3):429-436. PubMed PMID: 36695699
  • Leonard LD, Beaty L, Thomas M, Quinn C, Colborn KL, de Araujo TB, Torphy RJ, Assumpção LR, Olino K, Studts CR, Rodriguez Franco S, McCarter M, Stewart C, Gleisner AL. Unmeasured factors are associated with the use of completion lymph node dissection (CLND) in melanoma. J Surg Oncol. 2023 Mar;127(4):716-726. PubMed PMID: 36453464
  • Shorofsky MJ, Morgan GJ, Mejia E, Rodriguez SA, Greene M, Sheaks P, Ivy D, Zablah JE. Management of Complex Pulmonary Vein Stenosis at Altitude Combining Comprehensive Percutaneous Interventional Treatment with Sirolimus, Pulmonary Hypertension Medications and Intraluminal Imaging with Optical Coherence Tomography. Pediatr Cardiol. 2023 Jun;44(5):1125-1134. PubMed PMID: 36723625
  • Morgan GJ, Rodriguez SA, Leahy R, Randall J, Zablah JE. Baseline intracardiac echocardiography predicts haemodynamic changes and Doppler velocity patterns during follow-up after percutaneous pulmonary valve implantation. Cardiol Young. 2022 Mar;32(3):444-450. PubMed PMID: 34140059
  • Rodriguez SA, Morgan GJ, Lara C, Zablah JE. Baseline Values of the Compensatory Reserve Index in a Healthy Pediatric Population. Pediatr Cardiol. 2022 Feb;43(2):344-349. PubMed PMID: 34586457
  • Zablah JE, Rodriguez SA, Leahy R, Morgan GJ. Implementation of virtual reality for patient distraction during diagnostic cardiac catheterisation. Cardiol Young. 2022 Feb;32(2):323-327. PubMed PMID: 34304747
  • Morgan GJ, Rodriguez SA, Leahy R, Zablah JE. Coronary compression testing by balloon interrogation during pulmonary valve implantation: room for doubt?. Cardiol Young. 2021 Sep;31(9):1419-1425. PubMed PMID: 33563357
  • Zablah JE, Rodriguez SA, Leahy R, Morgan GJ. Novel Minimal Radiation Approach for Percutaneous Pulmonary Valve Implantation. Pediatr Cardiol. 2021 Apr;42(4):926-933. PubMed PMID: 33590323

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Hospital Affiliation
  • Children's Hospital Colorado
  • University of Colorado Hospital

Public Speaking
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