Robert Meguid, MD, MPH
Professor, Surgery-Cardiothoracic

Recognition & Awards

• Ben Eiseman Surgical Faculty Teaching Excellence Award, University of Colorado School of Medicine (2016)
• Clinical Excellence and Patient Safety Award, University of Colorado School of Medicine (2016)
• Certified, The American Board of Thoracic Surgery (2014)
  
• Fellow of the American College of Surgeons, The American College of Surgeons (2014)
  
• Nomination, the Golden Stethoscope Preceptor & Teaching Award, University of Colorado School of Medicine (2013)
  
• Certified, The American Board of Surgery (2011)
  
• Best Poster, Eastern Vascular Society (2008)
  Research Award for Best Poster, Eastern Vascular Society: Does Teaching Hospital Status Impact Survival from Ruptured Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair?
• G. Melville Williams Hero Award, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Dept of Surgery (2007)
  G. Melville Williams Hero Award for outstanding service to Department of Surgery
• J. Maxwell Chamberlain Memorial Award for Paper in General Thoracic Surgery, Society for Thoracic Surgeons (2007)
  J. Maxwell Chamberlain Memorial Award for Paper in General Thoracic Surgery, 43rd annual meeting of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons. San Diego, CA: Are Surgical Outcomes for Lung Cancer Resections Improved at Teaching Hospitals?
• TSDA Resident Research Award, Thoracic Surgery Directors Association (2007)
  
• Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award, National Institutes of Health (2007)
  

Research Interests

Teaching

Publications

• Dyas AR, Mungo B, Bronsert MR, Stuart CM, Mungo AH, Mitchell JD, Randhawa SK, David E, Stewart CL, McCarter MD, Meguid RA. National trends in technique use for esophagectomy: Does primary surgeon specialty matter?. Surgery. 2024 Feb;175(2):353-359. PubMed PMID: 38030524
• Dyas AR, Kelleher AD, Cumbler EU, Barker AR, McCabe KO, Bata KE, Abrams BA, Randhawa SK, Mitchell JD, Meguid RA. Quality Review Committee Audit Improves Thoracic Enhanced Recovery After Surgery Protocol Compliance. J Surg Res. 2024 Jan;293:144-151. PubMed PMID: 37774591
• Mason EM, Henderson WG, Bronsert MR, Colborn KL, Dyas AR, Madsen HJ, Lambert-Kerzner A, Meguid RA. Preoperative Prediction of Unplanned Reoperation in a Broad Surgical Population. J Surg Res. 2023 Jan 12;285:1-12. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 36640606
• Bronsert MR, Henderson WG, Colborn KL, Dyas AR, Madsen HJ, Zhuang Y, Lambert-Kerzner A, Meguid RA. Effect of Present at Time of Surgery on Unadjusted and Risk-Adjusted Postoperative Complication Rate. J Am Coll Surg. 2023 Jan 1;236(1):7-15. PubMed PMID: 36519901
• Stuart CM, Dyas AR, Bronsert MR, Abrams BA, Kelleher AD, Colborn KL, Randhawa SK, David EA, Mitchell JD, Meguid RA. Perioperative hypothermia in robotic-assisted thoracic surgery: Incidence, risk factors, and associations with postoperative outcomes. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2023 Oct 21. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 37865182
• Dyas AR, Carmichael H, Bronsert MR, Stuart CM, Garofalo DM, Henderson WG, Colborn KL, Schulick RD, Meguid RA, Velopulos CG. Social vulnerability is associated with higher risk-adjusted rates of postoperative complications in a broad surgical population. Am J Surg. 2023 Sep 23. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 37775458
• Stuart CM, Dyas AR, Bronsert MR, Velopulos CG, Randhawa SK, David EA, Mitchell JD, Meguid RA. The Effect of Social Vulnerability on Initial Stage and Treatment for Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer. Lung Cancer. 2023 Dec 23;188:107452. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 38176296
• Cain MT, Park SY, Schäfer M, Hay-Arthur E, Justison GA, Zhan QP, Campbell D, Mitchell JD, Randhawa SK, Meguid RA, David EA, Reece TB, Cleveland JC Jr, Hoffman JRH. Lung recovery utilizing thoracoabdominal normothermic regional perfusion during donation after circulatory death: The Colorado experience. JTCVS Tech. 2023 Dec;22:350-358. PubMed PMID: 38152164
• Stuart CM, Dyas AR, Byers S, Velopulos CG, Randhawa SK, David EA, Mitchell JD, Meguid RA. Social vulnerability is associated with post-operative morbidity following robotic-assisted lung resection. J Thorac Dis. 2023 Nov 30;15(11):5931-5941. PubMed PMID: 38090321
• 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. 2023 Nov 28. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 38018276
• 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. 2023 Nov 21. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 37981103
• Zhuang Y, Dyas A, Meguid RA, Henderson W, Bronsert M, Madsen H, Colborn K. Preoperative Prediction of Postoperative Infections Using Machine Learning and Electronic Health Record Data. Ann Surg. 2023 Sep 27. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 37753703
• 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
• 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
• Myers QWO, Lambert-Kerzner A, Colborn KL, Dyas AR, Henderson WG, Meguid RA. Formative evaluation of the development and implementation of the automated surveillance of postoperative infections tool. Surgery. 2023 Oct;174(4):886-892. PubMed PMID: 37481421
• Madsen HJ, Stuart CM, Wojcik BM, Dyas AR, Hunt A, Helmkamp LJ, Gergen AK, Weyant MJ, Randhawa SK, Mitchell JD, Meguid RA. Esophagram should be performed to diagnose esophageal perforation before inter-hospital transfer. J Thorac Dis. 2023 Jun 30;15(6):2984-2996. PubMed PMID: 37426131
• Dyas AR, Thomas MB, Bronsert MR, Madsen HJ, Colborn KL, Henderson WG, David EA, Velopulos CG, Meguid RA. Emergency thoracic surgery patients have worse risk-adjusted outcomes than non-emergency patients. Surgery. 2023 Oct;174(4):956-963. PubMed PMID: 37507304
• Yost CC, Bhagat R, Blitzer D, Louis C, Han J, Wilder FG, Meguid RA. A primer for the student joining the general thoracic surgery service tomorrow: Primer 2 of 7. JTCVS Open. 2023 Jun;14:293-313. PubMed PMID: 37425458
• Stuart CM, Kirsch MJ, Zhuang Y, Meguid CL, Sugawara T, Colborn KL, Messersmith W, Lieu C, Gleisner AL, Del Chiaro M, Schulick RD, Meguid RA. Pulmonary metastasectomy is associated with survival after lung-only recurrence in pancreatic cancer. Surgery. 2023 Sep;174(3):654-659. PubMed PMID: 37391327
• Gergen AK, Stuart CM, Byers S, Vigneshwar N, Madsen H, Johnson J, Oase K, Garduno N, Marsh M, Pratap A, Mitchell JD, David EA, Randhawa S, Meguid RA, McCarter MD, Stewart CL. ASO Visual Abstract: Prospective Evaluation of a Universally Applied Laparoscopic Gastric Ischemic Preconditioning Protocol Prior to Esophagectomy with Comparison to Historical Controls. Ann Surg Oncol. 2023 Sep;30(9):5828-5829. PubMed PMID: 37355517
• Stuart CM, Gergen AK, Byers S, Vigneshwar N, Madsen H, Johnson J, Oase K, Garduno N, Marsh M, Pratap A, Mitchell JD, David EA, Randhawa SK, Meguid RA, McCarter MD, Stewart CL. ASO Author Reflections: Gastric Ischemic Preconditioning Prior to Esophagectomy: Laparoscopic Gastric Ischemic Preconditioning. Ann Surg Oncol. 2023 Sep;30(9):5826-5827. PubMed PMID: 37294387
• Alder C, Bronsert MR, Meguid RA, Stuart CM, Dyas AR, Colborn KL, Henderson WG. Preoperative risk factors and postoperative complications associated with mortality after outpatient surgery in a broad surgical population: an analysis of 2.8 million ACS-NSQIP patients. Surgery. 2023 Sep;174(3):631-637. PubMed PMID: 37290998
• Gergen AK, Stuart CM, Byers S, Vigneshwar N, Madsen H, Johnson J, Oase K, Garduno N, Marsh M, Pratap A, Mitchell JD, David EA, Randhawa S, Meguid RA, McCarter MD, Stewart CL. Prospective Evaluation of a Universally Applied Laparoscopic Gastric Ischemic Preconditioning Protocol Prior to Esophagectomy with Comparison with Historical Controls. Ann Surg Oncol. 2023 Sep;30(9):5815-5825. PubMed PMID: 37285095
• Dyas AR, Bronsert MR, Henderson WG, Stuart CM, Pradhan N, Colborn KL, Cleveland JC Jr, Meguid RA. A comparison of the National Surgical Quality Improvement Program and the Society of Thoracic Surgery Cardiac Surgery preoperative risk models: a cohort study. Int J Surg. 2023 Aug 1;109(8):2334-2343. PubMed PMID: 37204450
• Hunt AR, Stuart CM, Gergen AK, Bang TJ, Reihman AE, Helmkamp LJ, Lin Y, Mitchell JD, Meguid RA, Scott CD, Wojcik BM. Long-Term Patient-Reported Symptom Improvement and Quality of Life after Transthoracic Diaphragm Plication in Adults. J Am Coll Surg. 2023 Sep 1;237(3):533-544. PubMed PMID: 37194947
• Iguidbashian JP, King RW, Carroll AM, Cotton JL, Stuart C, Fullerton DA, Meguid RA, Suarez-Pierre A. Conditional Survival in Lung Transplantation: An Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network Database Analysis. ASAIO J. 2023 Jul 1;69(7):e333-e341. PubMed PMID: 37191472
• Mason EM, Henderson WG, Bronsert MR, Colborn KL, Dyas AR, Lambert-Kerzner A, Meguid RA. Development and validation of a multivariable preoperative prediction model for postoperative length of stay in a broad inpatient surgical population. Surgery. 2023 Jul;174(1):66-74. PubMed PMID: 37149424
• Stuart CM, Dyas AR, Byers S, Velopulos C, Randhawa S, David EA, Pritap A, Stewart CL, Mitchell JD, McCarter MD, Meguid RA. Social vulnerability is associated with increased postoperative morbidity following esophagectomy. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2023 Oct;166(4):1254-1261. PubMed PMID: 37119966
• Phillips JD, Fay KA, Wakeam E, Graham NJ, Godfrey CM, Marmor HN, Grogan EL, Meguid RA, Madsen HJ, Stuart CM, Sachdeva UM, Wang D, Abou Chaar MK, Blackmon SH, Maeder ME, Emond JA, Hasson RM, Millington TM, Finley DJ. Food Deserts Increase Readmission After Esophagectomy for Cancer: A Multi-institutional Study. Ann Thorac Surg. 2023 Aug;116(2):246-253. PubMed PMID: 37080374
• Stuart CM, Wojcik BM, Gergen AK, Wilkinson DA, Helmkamp LJ, Volker EE, Mitchell JD, Weyant MJ, Meguid RA, Scott CD. A comparison of short-term outcomes following robotic-assisted vs. open transthoracic diaphragm plication. J Robot Surg. 2023 Aug;17(4):1787-1796. PubMed PMID: 37071233
• Dyas AR, Meguid RA, Bronsert MR, Madsen HJ, Colborn KL, Lambert-Kerzner A, Henderson WG. Does Work Relative Value Unit Measure Surgical Complexity for Risk Adjustment of Surgical Outcomes?. J Surg Res. 2023 Jul;287:176-185. PubMed PMID: 36934654
• Madsen HJ, Lambert-Kerzner A, Mucharsky E, Phillips JD, David EA, Odell DD, Dyas AR, Meguid RA. Lessons learned by thoracic surgeons during the COVID-19 pandemic. J Thorac Dis. 2023 Feb 28;15(2):507-515. PubMed PMID: 36910104
• Madsen HJ, Gillette RA, Colborn KL, Henderson WG, Dyas AR, Bronsert MR, Lambert-Kerzner A, Meguid RA. The association between obesity and postoperative outcomes in a broad surgical population: A 7-year American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement analysis. Surgery. 2023 May;173(5):1213-1219. PubMed PMID: 36872175
• Mason EM, Henderson WG, Bronsert MR, Colborn KL, Dyas AR, Madsen HJ, Lambert-Kerzner A, Meguid RA. Preoperative Prediction of Unplanned Reoperation in a Broad Surgical Population. J Surg Res. 2023 May;285:1-12. PubMed PMID: 36640606
• Dyas AR, Stuart CM, Bronsert MR, Schulick RD, McCarter MD, Meguid RA. Minimally invasive surgery is associated with decreased postoperative complications after esophagectomy. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2023 Jul;166(1):268-278. PubMed PMID: 36577613
• Bronsert MR, Henderson WG, Colborn KL, Dyas AR, Madsen HJ, Zhuang Y, Lambert-Kerzner A, Meguid RA. Effect of Present at Time of Surgery on Unadjusted and Risk-Adjusted Postoperative Complication Rate. J Am Coll Surg. 2023 Jan 1;236(1):7-15. PubMed PMID: 36519901
• Colborn KL, Zhuang Y, Dyas AR, Henderson WG, Madsen HJ, Bronsert MR, Matheny ME, Lambert-Kerzner A, Myers QWO, Meguid RA. Development and validation of models for detection of postoperative infections using structured electronic health records data and machine learning. Surgery. 2023 Feb;173(2):464-471. PubMed PMID: 36470694
• Madsen HJ, Lambert-Kerzner A, Mucharsky E, Gergen AK, Dyas AR, McCarter M, Stewart C, Pratap A, Mitchell J, Randhawa S, Meguid RA. Barriers and Facilitators in Implementation of an Esophagectomy Care Pathway: a Qualitative Analysis. J Gastrointest Surg. 2023 Feb;27(2):213-221. PubMed PMID: 36443554
• Madsen HJ, Henderson WG, Dyas AR, Bronsert MR, Colborn KL, Lambert-Kerzner A, Meguid RA. Inpatient Versus Outpatient Surgery: A Comparison of Postoperative Mortality and Morbidity in Elective Operations. World J Surg. 2023 Mar;47(3):627-639. PubMed PMID: 36380104
• Dyas AR, Stuart CM, Wojcik BM, R Bronsert M, Scott CD, Meguid RA. Evaluating the implementation of robotic thoracic surgery on a Veterans Administration Hospital. J Robot Surg. 2023 Apr;17(2):365-374. PubMed PMID: 35670989
• Dyas AR, Bronsert MR, Meguid RA, Colborn KL, Lambert-Kerzner A, Hammermeister KE, Rozeboom PD, Velopulos CG, Henderson WG. Using the Surgical Risk Preoperative Assessment System to Define the "High Risk" Surgical Patient. J Surg Res. 2022 Feb;270:394-404. PubMed PMID: 34749120
• Dyas AR, Stuart CM, Bronsert MR, Schulick RD, McCarter MD, Meguid RA. Minimally invasive surgery is associated with decreased postoperative complications after esophagectomy. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2022 Dec 5. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 36577613
• Colborn KL, Zhuang Y, Dyas AR, Henderson WG, Madsen HJ, Bronsert MR, Matheny ME, Lambert-Kerzner A, Myers QWO, Meguid RA. Development and validation of models for detection of postoperative infections using structured electronic health records data and machine learning. Surgery. 2022 Dec 2. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 36470694
• Madsen HJ, Lambert-Kerzner A, Mucharsky E, Gergen AK, Dyas AR, McCarter M, Stewart C, Pratap A, Mitchell J, Randhawa S, Meguid RA. Barriers and Facilitators in Implementation of an Esophagectomy Care Pathway: a Qualitative Analysis. J Gastrointest Surg. 2022 Nov 28;:1-9. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 36443554
• Pratap A, Li A, Westbrook L, Gergen AK, Mitra S, Chauhan A, Cheng L, Weyant MJ, McCarter M, Wani S, Meguid RA, Mitchell JD, Cohen M, Fullerton D, Meng X. Glypican 1 promotes proliferation and migration in esophagogastric adenocarcinoma via activating AKT/GSK/ß-catenin pathway. J Gastrointest Oncol. 2022 Oct;13(5):2082-2104. PubMed PMID: 36388647
• Madsen HJ, Henderson WG, Dyas AR, Bronsert MR, Colborn KL, Lambert-Kerzner A, Meguid RA. Inpatient Versus Outpatient Surgery: A Comparison of Postoperative Mortality and Morbidity in Elective Operations. World J Surg. 2022 Nov 15. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 36380104
• Dyas AR, Zhuang Y, Meguid RA, Henderson WG, Madsen HJ, Bronsert MR, Colborn KL. Development and validation of a model for surveillance of postoperative bleeding complications using structured electronic health records data. Surgery. 2022 Dec;172(6):1728-1732. PubMed PMID: 36150923
• Dyas AR, Kelleher AD, Erickson CJ, Voss JA, Cumbler EU, Lambert-Kerzner A, Vizena AS, Robinson-Chavez C, Kee BL, Barker AR, Fuller MS, Miller SA, McCabe KO, Cook KM, Randhawa SK, Mitchell JD, Meguid RA. Development of a universal thoracic enhanced recover after surgery protocol for implementation across a diverse multi-hospital health system. J Thorac Dis. 2022 Aug;14(8):2855-2863. PubMed PMID: 36071784
• Madsen HJ, Henderson WG, Bronsert MR, Dyas AR, Colborn KL, Lambert-Kerzner A, Meguid RA. Associations Between Preoperative Risk, Postoperative Complications, and 30-Day Mortality. World J Surg. 2022 Oct;46(10):2365-2376. PubMed PMID: 35778512
• Henderson WG, Rozeboom PD, Meguid RA. Biased Study Design and Statistical Analysis in a Need for Intensive Care Unit Admission Surgical Prediction Model-Reply. JAMA Surg. 2022 Sep 1;157(9):857-858. PubMed PMID: 35731543
• Dyas AR, Carmichael H, Bronsert MR, Henderson WG, Madsen HJ, Colborn KL, Velopulos CG, Meguid RA. Does Adding a Measure of Social Vulnerability to a Surgical Risk Calculator Improve Its Performance?. J Am Coll Surg. 2022 Jun 1;234(6):1137-1146. PubMed PMID: 35703812
• Dyas AR, Stuart CM, Wojcik BM, R Bronsert M, Scott CD, Meguid RA. Evaluating the implementation of robotic thoracic surgery on a Veterans Administration Hospital. J Robot Surg. 2022 Jun 7;:1-10. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 35670989
• Carmichael H, Dyas AR, Bronsert MR, Stearns D, Birnbaum EH, McIntyre RC, Meguid RA, Velopulos CG. Social vulnerability is associated with increased morbidity following colorectal surgery. Am J Surg. 2022 Jul;224(1 Pt A):100-105. PubMed PMID: 35337645
• Pradhan N, Dyas AR, Bronsert MR, Lambert-Kerzner A, Henderson WG, Qiu H, Colborn KL, Mason NJ, Meguid RA. Attitudes about use of preoperative risk assessment tools: a survey of surgeons and surgical residents in an academic health system. Patient Saf Surg. 2022 Mar 17;16(1):13. PubMed PMID: 35300719
• Iguidbashian J, Cotton J, King RW, Carroll AM, Gergen AK, Meguid RA, Fullerton DA, Suarez-Pierre A. Survival following lung transplantation: A population-based nested case-control study. J Card Surg. 2022 May;37(5):1153-1160. PubMed PMID: 35220624
• Dyas AR, Henderson WG, Madsen HJ, Bronsert MR, Colborn KL, Lambert-Kerzner A, McIntyre RC Jr, Meguid RA. Development and validation of a prediction model for conversion of outpatient to inpatient surgery. Surgery. 2022 Jul;172(1):249-256. PubMed PMID: 35216822
• Rozeboom PD, Henderson WG, Dyas AR, Bronsert MR, Colborn KL, Lambert-Kerzner A, Hammermeister KE, McIntyre RC Jr, Meguid RA. Development and Validation of a Multivariable Prediction Model for Postoperative Intensive Care Unit Stay in a Broad Surgical Population. JAMA Surg. 2022 Apr 1;157(4):344-352. PubMed PMID: 35171216
• Madsen HJ, Meguid RA, Bronsert MR, Dyas AR, Colborn KL, Lambert-Kerzner A, Henderson WG. Associations between preoperative risks of postoperative complications: Results of an analysis of 4.8 Million ACS-NSQIP patients. Am J Surg. 2022 Jun;223(6):1172-1178. PubMed PMID: 34876253
• Dyas AR, Colborn KL, Bronsert MR, Henderson WG, Mason NJ, Rozeboom PD, Pradhan N, Lambert-Kerzner A, Meguid RA. Comparison of Preoperative Surgical Risk Estimated by Thoracic Surgeons vs a Standardized Surgical Risk Prediction Tool. Semin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2022 Winter;34(4):1378-1385. PubMed PMID: 34785355
• Dyas AR, Bronsert MR, Meguid RA, Colborn KL, Lambert-Kerzner A, Hammermeister KE, Rozeboom PD, Velopulos CG, Henderson WG. Using the Surgical Risk Preoperative Assessment System to Define the "High Risk" Surgical Patient. J Surg Res. 2022 Feb;270:394-404. PubMed PMID: 34749120
• Gergen AK, Wojcik BM, White AM, Mitchell JD, Meguid RA, Scott CD, Weyant MJ. Introduction of robotic surgery does not negatively affect cardiothoracic surgery resident experience. J Robot Surg. 2022 Apr;16(2):393-400. PubMed PMID: 34024007
• Rozeboom PD, Bronsert MR, Henderson WG, Velopulos CG, Colborn KL, Lambert-Kerzner A, McIntyre RC Jr, Meguid RA. The preoperative risk tool SURPAS accurately predicts outcomes in emergency surgery. Am J Surg. 2021 Jan 8. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 33485618
• Gergen AK, White AM, Mitchell JD, Meguid RA, Fullerton DA, Scott CD, Weyant MJ. Introduction of robotic surgery leads to increased rate of segmentectomy in patients with lung cancer. J Thorac Dis. 2021 Feb;13(2):762-767. PubMed PMID: 33717548
• Gergen AK, Halpern AL, Helmkamp L, Torphy RJ, White AM, Mitchell JD, Meguid RA, Scott CD, Gleisner AL, McCarter MD, Weyant MJ. Outcomes After Converted Minimally Invasive to Open Esophagectomy in Patients With Esophageal Cancer. Ann Thorac Surg. 2021 Nov;112(5):1593-1599. PubMed PMID: 33333084
• Aasen DM, Bronsert MR, Rozeboom PD, Colborn KL, Henderson WG, Lambert-Kerzner A, Hammermeister KE, Meguid RA. Relationships between predischarge and postdischarge infectious complications, length of stay, and unplanned readmissions in the ACS NSQIP database. Surgery. 2021 Feb;169(2):325-332. PubMed PMID: 32933745
• Rozeboom PD, Bronsert MR, Henderson WG, Velopulos CG, Colborn KL, Lambert-Kerzner A, McIntyre RC Jr, Meguid RA. The preoperative risk tool SURPAS accurately predicts outcomes in emergency surgery. Am J Surg. 2021 Sep;222(3):643-649. PubMed PMID: 33485618
• Henderson WG, Rozeboom PD, Bronsert MR, Colborn KL, Hammermeister KE, Lambert-Kerzner A, Meguid RA. Accuracy of the surgical risk preoperative assessment system universal risk calculator in predicting risk for patients undergoing selected operations in 9 specialty areas. Surgery. 2021 Oct;170(4):1184-1194. PubMed PMID: 33867167
• Ho F, Torphy RJ, Friedman C, Leong S, Kim S, Wani S, Schefter T, Scott CD, Mitchell JD, Weyant MJ, Meguid RA, Gleisner AL, Goodman KA, McCarter MD. Induction Chemotherapy Plus Neoadjuvant Chemoradiation for Esophageal and Gastroesophageal Junction Adenocarcinoma. Ann Surg Oncol. 2021 Nov;28(12):7208-7218. PubMed PMID: 33884489
• Gergen AK, Wojcik BM, White AM, Mitchell JD, Meguid RA, Scott CD, Weyant MJ. Introduction of robotic surgery does not negatively affect cardiothoracic surgery resident experience. J Robot Surg. 2021 May 23. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 34024007
• Henderson WG, Meguid RA, Lambert-Kerzner A, Bronsert MR, Hammermeister KE. A Pilot Study of Patient-Reported Outcome Measures Across a Broad Sample of Surgical Patients. J Surg Res. 2021 Mar;259:342-349. PubMed PMID: 33268056
• Aasen DM, Bronsert MR, Rozeboom PD, Colborn KL, Henderson WG, Lambert-Kerzner A, Hammermeister KE, Meguid RA. Relationships between predischarge and postdischarge infectious complications, length of stay, and unplanned readmissions in the ACS NSQIP database. Surgery. 2021 Feb;169(2):325-332. PubMed PMID: 32933745
• Dyas AR, Colborn KL, Bronsert MR, Henderson WG, Mason NJ, Rozeboom PD, Pradhan N, Lambert-Kerzner A, Meguid RA. Comparison of Preoperative Surgical Risk Estimated by Thoracic Surgeons vs a Standardized Surgical Risk Prediction Tool. Semin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2021 Nov 13. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 34785355
• Gergen AK, Meguid RA, Reece TB, Aftab M. Endovascular aortic repair of Kommerell diverticulum associated with aberrant left subclavian artery. Ann Cardiothorac Surg. 2021 Nov;10(6):807-809. PubMed PMID: 34926187
• Madsen HJ, Meguid RA, Bronsert MR, Dyas AR, Colborn KL, Lambert-Kerzner A, Henderson WG. Associations between preoperative risks of postoperative complications: Results of an analysis of 4.8 Million ACS-NSQIP patients. Am J Surg. 2021 Dec 2. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 34876253
• Meguid RA. The opportunity to use electronic health record data for real-time improvement of inpatient care. Surgery. 2021 Sep;170(3):978. PubMed PMID: 33691938
• Kidane B, Wakeam E, Meguid RA, Odell DD. Administrative and clinical databases: General thoracic surgery perspective on approaches and pitfalls. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2021 Oct;162(4):1146-1153. PubMed PMID: 33892944
• Gergen AK, Halpern AL, Helmkamp L, Torphy RJ, White AM, Mitchell JD, Meguid RA, Scott CD, Gleisner AL, McCarter MD, Weyant MJ. Outcomes After Converted Minimally Invasive to Open Esophagectomy in Patients with Esophageal Cancer. Ann Thorac Surg. 2020 Dec 14. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 33333084
• Henderson WG, Meguid RA, Lambert-Kerzner A, Bronsert MR, Hammermeister KE. A Pilot Study of Patient-Reported Outcome Measures Across a Broad Sample of Surgical Patients. J Surg Res. 2020 Oct 22. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 33268056
• Hirji SA, Halpern AL, Helmkamp LJ, Roberts SH, Houk AK, Osho A, Okoh AK, Meguid RA, Seese L, Weyant MJ, Rinewalt DE. Geographic and temporal patterns of growth in the utilization of donation after circulatory death donors for lung transplantation in the United States. J Heart Lung Transplant. 2020 Aug 29. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 32921583
• Rozeboom PD, Bronsert MR, Velopulos CG, Henderson WG, Colborn KL, Hammermeister KE, Lambert-Kerzner A, Hall MG, McIntyre RC Jr, Meguid RA. A comparison of the new, parsimonious tool Surgical Risk Preoperative Assessment System (SURPAS) to the American College of Surgeons (ACS) risk calculator in emergency surgery. Surgery. 2020 Dec;168(6):1152-1159. PubMed PMID: 32900494
• Henderson WG, Meguid RA, Hammermeister KE, Colborn KL, Rozeboom PD, Bronsert MR, Lambert-Kerzner A. Letter to the Editor: How Accurate Are the Surgical Risk Preoperative Assessment System (SURPAS) Universal Calculators in Total Joint Arthroplasty?. Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2020 Aug;478(8):1946-1947. PubMed PMID: 32732581
• Bronsert MR, Lambert-Kerzner A, Henderson WG, Hammermeister KE, Atuanya C, Aasen DM, Singh AB, Meguid RA. The value of the "Surgical Risk Preoperative Assessment System" (SURPAS) in preoperative consultation for elective surgery: a pilot study. Patient Saf Surg. 2020;14:31. PubMed PMID: 32724336
• Antonoff M, Backhus L, Boffa DJ, Broderick SR, Brown LM, Carrott P, Clark JM, Cooke D, David E, Facktor M, Farjah F, Grogan E, Isbell J, Jones DR, Kidane B, Kim AW, Keshavjee S, Krantz S, Lui N, Martin L, Meguid RA, Meyerson SL, Mullett T, Nelson H, Odell DD, Phillips JD, Puri V, Rusch V, Shulman L, Varghese TK, Wakeam E, Wood DE. COVID-19 guidance for triage of operations for thoracic malignancies: A consensus statement from Thoracic Surgery Outcomes Research Network. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2020 Aug;160(2):601-605. PubMed PMID: 32689703
• Rozeboom PD, Dyas AR, Bronsert MR, Bhagat R, Meguid RA. Improving postoperative outcomes in esophagectomy for cancer-what is the role of institutional data?. J Thorac Dis. 2020 May;12(5):1750-1753. PubMed PMID: 32642077
• Abrams BA, Murray KA, Mahoney K, Raymond KM, McWilliams SK, Nichols S, Mahmoudi E, Mayes LM, Fernandez-Bustamante A, Mitchell JD, Meguid RA, Zanotti G, Bartels K. Postdischarge Pain Management After Thoracic Surgery: A Patient-Centered Approach. Ann Thorac Surg. 2020 Nov;110(5):1714-1721. PubMed PMID: 32497643
• Antonoff M, Backhus L, Boffa DJ, Broderick SR, Brown LM, Carrott P, Clark JM, Cooke D, David E, Facktor M, Farjah F, Grogan E, Isbell J, Jones DR, Kidane B, Kim AW, Keshavjee S, Krantz S, Lui N, Martin L, Meguid RA, Meyerson SL, Mullett T, Nelson H, Odell DD, Phillips JD, Puri V, Rusch V, Shulman L, Varghese TK, Wakeam E, Wood DE. COVID-19 Guidance for Triage of Operations for Thoracic Malignancies: A Consensus Statement From Thoracic Surgery Outcomes Research Network. Ann Thorac Surg. 2020 Aug;110(2):692-696. PubMed PMID: 32278755
• Wiesen BM, Bronsert MR, Aasen DM, Singh AB, Lambert-Kerzner A, Henderson WG, Hammermeister KE, Meguid RA. Use of Surgical Risk Preoperative Assessment System (SURPAS) and Patient Satisfaction During Informed Consent for Surgery. J Am Coll Surg. 2020 Jun;230(6):1025-1033.e1. PubMed PMID: 32251847
• Aasen DM, Wiesen BM, Singh AB, Piper C, Harnke B, Prochazka AV, Fink AS, Hammermeister KE, Meguid RA. Systematic Review of Preoperative Risk Discussion in Practice. J Surg Educ. 2020 Jul - Aug;77(4):911-920. PubMed PMID: 32192884
• Vogel JD, de Campos-Lobato LF, Chapman BC, Bronsert MR, Birnbaum EH, Meguid RA. Rectal prolapse surgery in males and females: An ACS NSQIP-based comparative analysis of over 12,000 patients. Am J Surg. 2020 Sep;220(3):697-705. PubMed PMID: 31987495
• Henderson WG, Meguid RA, Hammermeister KE, Singh AB. Reply: Accurate preoperative prediction of unplanned 30-day postoperative readmission using 8 predictor variables. Surgery. 2020 Mar;167(3):676. PubMed PMID: 31679796
• Singh AB, Bronsert MR, Henderson WG, Lambert-Kerzner A, Hammermeister KE, Meguid RA. Accurate Preoperative Prediction of Discharge Destination Using 8 Predictor Variables: A NSQIP Analysis. J Am Coll Surg. 2020 Jan;230(1):64-75.e2. PubMed PMID: 31672678
• Bronsert M, Singh AB, Henderson WG, Hammermeister K, Meguid RA, Colborn KL. Identification of postoperative complications using electronic health record data and machine learning. Am J Surg. 2020 Jul;220(1):114-119. PubMed PMID: 31635792
• Halpern AL, Friedman C, Torphy RJ, Al-Musawi MH, Mitchell JD, Scott CD, Meguid RA, McCarter MD, Weyant MJ, Gleisner AL. Conversion to open surgery during minimally invasive esophagectomy portends worse short-term outcomes: an analysis of the National Cancer Database. Surg Endosc. 2020 Aug;34(8):3470-3478. PubMed PMID: 31591657
• Bhagat R, Bronsert MR, Henderson WG, Scott CD, Weyant MJ, Mitchell JD, Fullerton DA, Meguid RA. Analysis of Discharge Destination After Open Versus Minimally Invasive Surgery for Lung Cancer. Ann Thorac Surg. 2020 Feb;109(2):375-382. PubMed PMID: 31580860
• Halpern AL, Boshier PR, White AM, Houk AK, Helmkamp L, Mitchell JD, Meguid RA, Low DE, Fullerton DA, Weyant MJ. A Comparison of Frailty Measures at Listing to Predict Outcomes After Lung Transplantation. Ann Thorac Surg. 2020 Jan;109(1):233-240. PubMed PMID: 31479636
• Khaneki S, Bronsert MR, Henderson WG, Yazdanfar M, Lambert-Kerzner A, Hammermeister KE, Meguid RA. Comparison of accuracy of prediction of postoperative mortality and morbidity between a new, parsimonious risk calculator (SURPAS) and the ACS Surgical Risk Calculator. Am J Surg. 2020 Jun;219(6):1065-1072. PubMed PMID: 31376949
• Colborn KL, Bronsert M, Hammermeister K, Henderson WG, Singh AB, Meguid RA. Identification of urinary tract infections using electronic health record data. Am J Infect Control. 2018 Dec 3. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 30522837
• Colborn KL, Bronsert M, Amioka E, Hammermeister K, Henderson WG, Meguid R. Identification of surgical site infections using electronic health record data. Am J Infect Control. 2018 Nov;46(11):1230-1235. PubMed PMID: 29907448
• Lambert-Kerzner A, Ford KL, Hammermeister KE, Henderson WG, Bronsert MR, Meguid RA. Assessment of attitudes towards future implementation of the "Surgical Risk Preoperative Assessment System" (SURPAS) tool: a pilot survey among patients, surgeons, and hospital administrators. Patient Saf Surg. 2018;12:12. PubMed PMID: 29881458
• Bhagat R, Bronsert MR, Juarez-Colunga E, Weyant MJ, Mitchell JD, Glebova NO, Henderson WG, Fullerton D, Meguid RA. Postoperative Complications Drive Unplanned Readmissions After Esophagectomy for Cancer. Ann Thorac Surg. 2018 May;105(5):1476-1482. PubMed PMID: 29373825
• Stokes WA, Bronsert MR, Meguid RA, Blum MG, Jones BL, Koshy M, Sher DJ, Louie AV, Palma DA, Senan S, Gaspar LE, Kavanagh BD, Rusthoven CG. Post-Treatment Mortality After Surgery and Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy for Early-Stage Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer. J Clin Oncol. 2018 Mar 1;36(7):642-651. PubMed PMID: 29346041
• Lin Y, Mukhopadhyay S, Meguid RA, Kuwayama DP. The Colorado Humanitarian Surgical Skills Workshop: A Cadaver-Based Workshop to Prepare Residents for Surgery in Austere Settings. J Surg Educ. 2018 Mar - Apr;75(2):383-391. PubMed PMID: 28864266
• Stewart CL, Wilson L, Hamm A, Bartsch C, Boniface M, Gleisner A, Mitchell JD, Weyant MJ, Meguid R, Gajdos C, Edil BH, McCarter M. Is Chemical Pyloroplasty Necessary for Minimally Invasive Esophagectomy?. Ann Surg Oncol. 2017 Jan 5. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 28058546
• Ryan CE, Paniccia A, Meguid RA, McCarter MD. Transthoracic Anastomotic Leak After Esophagectomy: Current Trends. Ann Surg Oncol. 2017 Jan;24(1):281-290. PubMed PMID: 27406098
• Ryan CE, Paniccia A, Meguid RA, McCarter MD. Transthoracic Anastomotic Leak After Esophagectomy: Current Trends. Ann Surg Oncol. 2017 Jan;24(1):281-290. PubMed PMID: 27406098
• Jones TS, Sullivan A, Damle S, Weyant MJ, Mitchell JD, Weitzel NS, Meguid RA. Assessment and Management of Post-Intubation Airway Injuries. Semin Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2017 Mar;21(1):99-104. PubMed PMID: 27166401
• Stewart CL, Wilson L, Hamm A, Bartsch C, Boniface M, Gleisner A, Mitchell JD, Weyant MJ, Meguid R, Gajdos C, Edil BH, McCarter M. Is Chemical Pyloroplasty Necessary for Minimally Invasive Esophagectomy?. Ann Surg Oncol. 2017 May;24(5):1414-1418. PubMed PMID: 28058546
• Bergeron EJ, Meguid RA, Mitchell JD. Chronic Infections of the Chest Wall. Thorac Surg Clin. 2017 May;27(2):87-97. PubMed PMID: 28363377
• Morabito J, Bell MT, Montenij LJ, Mayes LM, Pan Z, Dieleman JM, Meguid RA, Bartels K. Perioperative Considerations for Chylothorax. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2017 Dec;31(6):2277-2281. PubMed PMID: 28939323
• Lin Y, Meguid RA, Hosokawa PW, Henderson WG, Hammermeister KE, Schulick RD, Shelstad RC, Wild TT, McIntyre RC Jr. An institutional analysis of unplanned return to the operating room to identify areas for quality improvement. Am J Surg. 2017 Jul;214(1):1-6. PubMed PMID: 28057294
• Lin Y, Mukhopadhyay S, Meguid RA, Kuwayama DP. The Colorado Humanitarian Surgical Skills Workshop: A Cadaver-Based Workshop to Prepare Residents for Surgery in Austere Settings. J Surg Educ. 2017 Aug 29. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 28864266
• Bhagat R, Bronsert MR, Ward AN, Martin J, Juarez-Colunga E, Glebova NO, Henderson WG, Fullerton D, Weyant MJ, Mitchell JD, Meguid RA. National Analysis of Unplanned Readmissions After Thoracoscopic Versus Open Lung Cancer Resection. Ann Thorac Surg. 2017 Dec;104(6):1782-1790. PubMed PMID: 29102302
• Sriram K, Meguid RA, Meguid MM. Nutritional support in adults with chyle leaks. Nutrition. 2016 Feb;32(2):281-6. PubMed PMID: 26472113
• Lin Y, Meguid RA, Hosokawa PW, Henderson WG, Hammermeister KE, Schulick RD, Shelstad RC, Wild TT, McIntyre RC Jr. An institutional analysis of unplanned return to the operating room to identify areas for quality improvement. Am J Surg. 2016 Dec 13. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 28057294
• Meguid RA, Henderson WG, Juarez-Colunga E, Hammermeister KE, Bronsert MR. Reply to Letter: "Redesigning ACS-NSQIP Data Collection and Reports Will This Translate Into Better Outcomes?". Ann Surg. 2016 Jul 22. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 27455154
• Hammermeister KE, Henderson WG, Bronsert MR, Juarez-Colunga E, Meguid RA. Bringing Quantitative Risk Assessment Closer to the Patient and Surgeon: A Novel Approach to Improve Outcomes. Ann Surg. 2016 Jun;263(6):1039-41. PubMed PMID: 27167560
• Jones TS, Sullivan A, Damle S, Weyant MJ, Mitchell JD, Weitzel NS, Meguid RA. Assessment and Management of Postintubation Airway Injuries. Semin Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2016 May 10. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 27166401
• Meguid RA, Bronsert MR, Juarez-Colunga E, Hammermeister KE, Henderson WG. Surgical Risk Preoperative Assessment System (SURPAS): I. Parsimonious, Clinically Meaningful Groups of Postoperative Complications by Factor Analysis. Ann Surg. 2016 Jun;263(6):1042-8. PubMed PMID: 26954897
• Meguid RA, Bronsert MR, Juarez-Colunga E, Hammermeister KE, Henderson WG. Surgical Risk Preoperative Assessment System (SURPAS): II. Parsimonious Risk Models for Postoperative Adverse Outcomes Addressing Need for Laboratory Variables and Surgeon Specialty-specific Models. Ann Surg. 2016 Jul;264(1):10-22. PubMed PMID: 26945154
• Meguid RA, Bronsert MR, Juarez-Colunga E, Hammermeister KE, Henderson WG. Surgical Risk Preoperative Assessment System (SURPAS): III. Accurate Preoperative Prediction of 8 Adverse Outcomes Using 8 Predictor Variables. Ann Surg. 2016 Jul;264(1):23-31. PubMed PMID: 26928465
• Sriram K, Meguid RA, Meguid MM. Nutritional support in adults with chyle leaks. Nutrition. 2016 Feb;32(2):281-6. PubMed PMID: 26472113
• Moore HB, Juarez-Colunga E, Bronsert M, Hammermeister KE, Henderson WG, Moore EE, Meguid RA. Effect of Pregnancy on Adverse Outcomes After General Surgery. JAMA Surg. 2015 Jul;150(7):637-43. PubMed PMID: 25969946
• Bennett DT, Zamora M, Reece TB, Mitchell JD, Cleveland JC Jr, Grover FL, Babu AN, Meguid RA, Fullerton DA, Weyant MJ. Continued Utility of Single-Lung Transplantation in Select Populations: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. Ann Thorac Surg. 2015 Aug;100(2):437-42. PubMed PMID: 26141775
• Monk TG, Bronsert MR, Henderson WG, Mangione MP, Sum-Ping ST, Bentt DR, Nguyen JD, Richman JS, Meguid RA, Hammermeister KE. Association between Intraoperative Hypotension and Hypertension and 30-day Postoperative Mortality in Noncardiac Surgery. Anesthesiology. 2015 Aug;123(2):307-19. PubMed PMID: 26083768
• Bell MT, Kelmenson DA, Vargas D, Meguid RA. Spontaneous Pulmonary Torsion Secondary to Left Upper Lobe Malignancy. J Thorac Oncol. 2015 Nov;10(11):1653-4. PubMed PMID: 26536197
• Jelacic S, Meguid RA, Oxorn DC. Near total occlusion of the main pulmonary artery and destruction of pulmonary valve by leiomyosarcoma. Anesth Analg. 2013 Jan;116(1):53-6. PubMed PMID: 23223120
• Rozeboom, P.D., Henderson, W.G., Dyas, A.R., Bronsert, M.R., Colborn, K.L., Lambert-Kerzner, A., Hammermeister, K.E., McIntyre, R.C., Meguid, R.A.: Development and Validation of a Multivariable Prediction Model for Postoperative ICU Stay in a Broad Surgical Population. Accepted for publication in JAMA Surgery on December 10, 2021.
• Iguidbashian, J., King, R.W., Carroll, A., Cotton, J.L., Fullerton, D.A., Meguid, R.A., Suarez-Pierre, A.: Survival Following Lung Transplantation: A Population-based Nested Case Control Study. Accepted for publication in the Journal of Cardiac Surgery on November 15, 2021.

Professional Memberships

• Society of Thoracic Surgeons, Member
• American College of Surgeons (ACS), Fellow
• Association of Academic Surgery, Member
• Surgical Outcomes Club, Member
• The Johns Hopkins Medical and Surgical Association, Member
• General Thoracic Surgery Club, Member
• Denver Academy of Surgery, Member
• Surgical Outcomes and Applied Research Program, University of Colorado, Member
• Thoracic Outcomes Research Network (ThORN), Founding Member
• Western Thoracic Surgical Association, Active Member