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Curriculum Vitae
Eric Andrew Elster
3223 Geiger AveKensington, MD 20895(301) 949-1194 [email protected], Two children
Professor and ChairmanNorman M. Rich Department of SurgeryUniformed Services University4301 Jones Bridge RoadBethesda, MD 20814COM: (301) 295-3157E-mail: [email protected]
LICENSURE AND CERTIFICATIONFellow, American College of SurgeonsDiplomate, American Board of Surgery - 048557 (October, 2003)Fellow, Southeastern Surgical CongressState of Virginia - 0101056879 Advanced Cardiac Life SupportAdvanced Trauma Life Support (Instructor)
EDUCATIONUniversity of South Florida College of Medicine, MD................................................................................1991 - 1995University of South Florida (Honors Program), BA Interdisciplinary Studies..............................................1987 - 1991
POSTGRADUATE TRAININGNational Naval Medical Center, General Surgery. Program Director: John DeNobile MD.
Internship.............................................................................................................................................1995 - 1996Resident in General Surgery................................................................................................................1997 - 2001 Chief Resident, General Surgery...........................................................................................................2001 - 2002
National Institutes of Health, Organ Transplant Service. Program Director: Allan D. Kirk MD PhD.Transplant Fellow........................................................................................................................................2003 - 2005
FACULTY APPOINTMENTSProfessor of Surgery, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences. Bethesda, MD ......................2012 -Associate Professor of Surgery, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences. Bethesda, MD … 2009- 2012Assistant Professor of Surgery, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences. Bethesda, MD ......2003-2008 Teaching Fellow, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences. Bethesda, MD .............................1999-2003 Teaching Assistant for Anatomy and Surgery, University of South Florida College of Medicine. Tampa FL..........1995
AWARDS AND HONORSUSF Health Morsani College of Medicine Alumni Society Distinguished Physician Alumnus Award, 2015Outstanding Achievement Award (Health Sciences), Washington Academy of Sciences 2014Recipient, Baron Dominique Jean Larrey Award for Excellence in Military Surgery 2013Vice chair, Navy Medicine Committee for Healthcare Ethics Educational DevelopmentAssociate Editor, Chair Academic Review Committee, The Journal of Healthcare, Science, and the Humanities.
Appointed 2010Recipient, Advancing Force Health Protection Award, USN, 2010David C. Wherry Emerging Technology Award 2008Recipient, NIH Bench to Bedside Award, May 2004. Infrared and Near Infrared Image Guided Minimally Invasive
Assessment of Renal Perfusion during Donor Nephrectomies and Partial Nephrectomies for Renal Cell Cancer. First Place Basic Science, Resident’s Competitive Forum. American College of Surgeons, 2001Recipient, Zehner Traveling Fellowship. American College of Surgeons, 2000Recipient, Charles A. Hufnagel Residents Paper Competition. USU Department of Surgery, 2000 Traveling Fellowship, American Society of Transplant Physicians, 2000, 2001Outstanding Surgical Resident, 1999Armed Forces Health Professional Scholarship.USF Honors Surgery Course.
Zeta Beta Tau Fraternity Alumni Scholarship.Florida Scholars Program and USF Honors Scholarship.SOCIETY MEMBERSHIPSAmerican Society of TransplantationAmerican Society of Transplant SurgeonsAmerican College of Surgeons – FellowAmerican Board of Surgery – DiplomateAmerican Board of Surgery – Associate Examiner Southern Surgical Association United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) Halsted Society
Association for Academic SurgerySoutheastern Surgical CongressSociety of University SurgeonsSurgical Infection SocietyWashington Academy of SciencesAmerican Surgical Association
MILITARY EXPERIENCEBRANCH United States Navy RANK Captain (O6)STATUS Active UNIT Uniformed Services University
Assignments
Chairman, Norman M. Rich Department of Surgery, Uniformed Services University……………………… …………2012 -Deputy Department Head, Regenerative Medicine, NMRC............................................................…2005 – 2012Director Surgical Services/Chief of Surgery, Role 3 MMU Kandahar Afghanistan.......................…...2010 - 2011Division Chief, Transplant Division, General Surgery Department, NNMC.....................................…..2005 - 2011Assistant Program Director, General Surgery, NNMC.................................................................................2006 - 2008Attending Surgeon (General and Transplant), WNMMC............................................................................2003 - Senior Staff Scientist, Naval Medical Research Center, Bethesda, MD.....................................................2002 -2003 Ship’s Surgeon, USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63), Japan..........................................................................................2002 - 2003Attending Surgeon, NH Yokokuska, Japan..................................................................................................2002 - Surgical Resident, NNMC Bethesda MD......................................................................................................1997 - 2002Surgeon, 31st MEU (SOC) Okinawa, Japan..................................................................................................1996 - 1997Surgical Intern, NNMC Bethesda MD......................................................................................................….1995 - 1996Surgical Extern, NMC San Diego CA.......................................................................................................................1995Research Associate, Naval Aerospace Medical Research Laboratory....................................................................1992
Training and QualificationsSurface Warfare Qualifications, USS Ft. McHenry (LSD 43)...................................................................................1997Field Medical Service School, ...............................................................................................................................1996Combat Skills Training,................................................................................................................................1996, 2010Aviation Indoctrination,........................................................................................................................................1992
DecorationsMeritorious Service MedalNavy/Marine Corps Commendation Medal (x2)Navy/Marine Corps Achievement MedalGlobal War on Terrorism Service MedalGlobal War on Terrorism Expeditionary MedalArmed Forces Expeditionary MedalAfghanistan Campaign Medal
Sea Service Deployment Medal (x2)Navy/Marine Corps Overseas Service MedalFleet Marine Force MedalNaval Unit Commendation (x2)Meritorious Unit CommendationNATO ISAF MedalNational Defense Service Medal (x2)
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RESEARCH EXPERIENCESenior Staff Scientist and Program Director, Operational and Undersea Medicine Department,
Naval Medical Research Center..........................................................................................................2002 – Immune Cell Biology Program, NIDDK/Navy Transplant and Autoimmunity Branch,
Naval Medical Research Center. Director: Allan D. Kirk MD PhD........................................................1998 – 2003Wound Healing Program, USF Division of Plastic Surgery. Director: Thomas J. Krizek, MD.......................1994 – 1995
ACADEMIC PRESENTATIONS2015
Buxton Lecture. University of Maryland Department of Surgery. Baltimore, MD: June.A New Reality: Preparedness for Military Trauma Surgery. ABA. Chicago, IL: April.AOA Distinguished Professor Lecture. USF. Tampa, FL: April.Surgical Grand Rounds. Duke. Durham, NC: March.Surgical Grand Rounds. Philippine General Hospital. Manila, PI: March.
2014SC2I and the Response to Injury. ASGBI. Harrogate, UK: May.Preparedness for Military Trauma Surgery: the US perspective. ASGBI. Harrogate, UK: May.Understanding the Response to Injury. LIJ Grand Rounds. New Hyde Park, NY: January.Understanding the Response to Injury. ISR Research Seminar. San Antonio, TX: January.
2013New Reality in a Dangerous World. ACS Clinical Congress. Washington, DC: October.Dismounted Complex Blast Injuries. AAST. San Francisco, CA: September.Critical Skills Sustainment. AAST. San Francisco, CA: September.Advances in Combat Casualty Care. AVPACVS 2013 Critical Care Meeting. Long Island, NY: July.Technological Advances in the treatment of war wounded. Denver Health Grand Rounds. Denver, CO: May.Technological Advances in the treatment of war wounded. DARPA Biochronicity. Alexandria, VA: AprilBiomarker Driven Care. USFCOM Grand Rounds. Tampa, FL: October
2012Perineal Injuries. NEMTI. San Diego, CA: August.Systemic Response to Injury. USUHS Department of Medicine. Bethesda, MD: July.Pediatric Trauma: New Concepts and Controversies Case Western Reserve Medical School Webinar: February.
2011Battlefield to Bedside: Understanding the Role of Inflammation in Traumatic Injury IBMIPS, San Francisco, CA: June.
2010Heterotopic Ossifications: Research Approach TATRC Research Symposium, San Antonio, TX: JanuaryWound Biomarkers Military Medical Technology Summit, Washington, DC: AprilCombat Casualty Care: A Systems Biology Approach Navy Medicine Research Symposium, Landsdowne, VA: April.Wound Biomarkers: High Energy Penetrating War Injuries Royal Society of Medicine, Bethesda, MD: May.
2009International Research Strategies: Lessons from Transplantation Retrieving the Human Face of Science:
Understanding Ethics and Integrity in Healthcare, Medicine and Research, University of Botswana, Gaborone, Botswana: December
Combat Casualty Care: A Systems Biology Approach The Halsted Society 83rd Annual Meeting, Bethesda, MD: September
Systemic Response to Trauma Naval Medical Center San Diego Surgery Grand Rounds, San Diego, CA: MaySystemic Response to Trauma USU Research Week 2009, Bethesda, MD: MayWound Biomarkers SAWC 2009. Dallas, TX: April
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Systemic Response to Trauma Emory University Surgery Grand Rounds, Atlanta, GA: MarchWound Cytokine Project USAMRMC MIDRP W Wound conference, Silver Spring, MD: FebruarySystemic Response to Trauma Cornell University Surgery Grand Rounds, NYC: January
2008Military / Navy Research – A Translational Resource for Non-Military Medical Needs Society for Research
Administration, Washington, DC: OctoberThe Systemic Response to Combat Casualties USUHS Trauma Day. Bethesda, MD: AugustWound Biomarkers: High Energy Penetrating War Injuries ATACCC 2008. St. Petersburg, FL; AugustLymphocyte Depletion and Shock ATACCC 2008. St. Petersburg, FL; AugustApplying Multidisciplinary Care to the Acute Wound: The Military Approach First annual Wound Care SST
Conference. Chicago, IL: JulyWound Biomarkers: High Energy Penetrating War Injuries SWAC 2008. San Diego, CA: MayEnhanced Surgical Reality USUHS Emerging Technologies 2008. Hamburg, Germany: MayWound Biomarkers: High Energy Penetrating War Injuries Christiania Healthcare Systems Surgical Grand Rounds:
MarchMoving Towards Enhanced Surgical Reality ACS All Surgeon’s Day. Washington, DC: April 2008.Wound Biomarkers: High Energy Penetrating War Injuries IDGA Battlefield Health Care 2008. Washington, DC:
April
2007Biomarkers Associated with Wound Failure in Combat Wounded 8th Annual Wound Healing: Science and
Industry.St. Thomas, USVI. DecemberBiomarkers Associated with Wound Failure 2007 Advamed Meeting.Washington, DC. NovemberCombat Wound Initiative: A Programmatic Approach to Wound Care The Michael E. DeBakey, MD Cardiovascular
& Diabetes Healthcare Session. New Orleans, LA. SeptemberCombat Wound Initiative: Executive Summary 10th International Congress of the International Society for
Musculoskeletal Shockwave Therapy. Toronto, Canada. JuneRenal Transplantation: The Ethics of Clinical Trial Design National Naval Medical Center Ethics Grand Rounds,
Bethesda, MD. AprilAdvanced Operative Imaging: Use of IR and Near-IR to Evaluate Tissue Perfusion and Function UPMC Thomas E.
Starzl Transplantation Institute, Pittsburg, PA. MarchCytokine expression correlates with wound dehiscence in wartime extremity injuries 2nd Annual Meeting
Academic Surgical Congress, Phoenix, AZ. FebruaryShock Wave Therapy for Acute and Chronic Soft Tissue Wounds: A Phase II Clinical Trial 2nd Annual Meeting
Academic Surgical Congress, Phoenix, AZ. February
2006Trauma and the Immune Response: Strategies for Success San Antonio Trauma Symposium, San Antonio, TX,
SeptemberNon-invasive Renal Vessel Differentiation During Laparoscopic Donor Nephrectomies World Transplant Congress,
Boston MA, July
2005Imaging of Decreased Tissue Perfusion 2005 Medical Free Electron Laser Symposium, Stanford, CA: SeptemberFour Year Experience with Alemtuzumab Induction American Transplant Congress, Transplant 2005. Seattle, WA:
MayWound Regeneration and Stem Cell Plasticity IDGA Battlefield Health Care 2005. Washington, DC: MarchTransplantation Immunology Primer ACS Basic Science Review Course, Bethesda, MD: January
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2004IR Imaging and Shock 2004 Medical Free Electron Laser Symposium, Boston, MA: DecemberSteroids Have No Calories: Weight Gain Post Transplantation Is Not Prevented By Steroid Avoidance XX
International Congress of the Transplantation Society, Vienna, Austria: SeptemberCorrelation Of Renal Resistance Index And Biopsy Proven Chronic Allograft Nephropathy: A Part Of The General
Transplant Physical Exam XX International Congress of the Transplantation Society, Vienna, Austria: September
Skin Transplantation in Non-Human Primates AATCCC/NATO Conference 2004. St. Petersburg, FL: AugustSteroids Have No Calories: Weight Gain Post Transplantation Is Not Prevented By Steroid Avoidance American
Transplant Congress, Transplant 2004. Boston, MA: MayCorrelation Of Renal Resistance Index And Biopsy Proven Chronic Allograft Nephropathy: A Part Of The General
Transplant Physical Exam American Transplant Congress, Transplant 2004. Boston, MA: MayCorrelation Of Renal Resistance Index And Biopsy Proven Chronic Allograft Nephropathy: A Part Of The General
Transplant Physical Exam Transplant Fellows’ Conference, Dallas, TX: March
2002Moderator USU Department of Surgery: Surgical Forum. Bethesda, MD: JulyTurning Blood Into Kidney: A Model To Test The Capacity of Ex-vivo Expanded Hematopoietic Stem Cells To
Differentiate In Vivo Into Renal Epithelial Cells American Transplant Congress, Transplant 2002. Washington, DC: April
Basic Science Review: Immunology ACS All City Grand Rounds, Washington, DC: April Soft Tissue Sarcoma Uniformed Services University, Triservice Grand Rounds. Bethesda, MD: March
2001Long-term rejection-free survival in primate allotransplantation with costimulation blockade Resident’s
Competitive Forum, All Surgeons’ Day, American College of Surgeons. Bethesda MD: March.Turning Blood Into Liver: A Model To Test Whether Purified And Ex-Vivo Expanded Hematopoietic Stem Cells
Can Home, Engraft, And Differentiate In Vivo Into Hepatocytes American Transplant Congress. Chicago, IL: May
2000Tolerance and immunology National Naval Medical Center, Surgical Grand Rounds, Bethesda, MD: November Blunt carotid artery injury Washington Hospital Center, Washington Trauma Conference, Washington, DC:
November Long-term rejection-free survival in primate allotransplantation with costimulation blockade XVIII International
Congress of the Transplantation Society Rome, Italy: August Long-term rejection-free survival in primate allotransplantation with costimulation blockade Transplant 2000,
Annual Scientific Meeting, AST & ASTS, Chicago, IL: May Skin allograft acceptance with anti-CD154 in a non-human primate model 2000 USUHS Surgery USUHS, Bethesda,
MD: March
1999Adventitial Cystic Disease of the Axillary Artery 27th Annunal Vascular Surgery Seminar Society , USUHS, Bethesda,
MD: December Regulatory Genes Bcl-2 and Bax are Induced Immediately Following Ischemic/Reperfusion Injury Surgical Forum,
ACS, 1999 San Francisco, CA: October Apoptosis in Renal Ischemia/Repefusion Injury NNMC Research Forum, Bethesda, MD: July Primary Acinic Cell Carcinoma of the Breast Southeastern Surgical Congress, Tampa, FL: February
1998Unusual Breast Cancer Presentations NIH Oncology Grand Rounds, Bethesda, MD: December Genetic Testing for Breast Cancer ACS All City Grand Rounds, Washington, DC: September
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GRANTS (as PI)Grant: 0130-14-0003-00011 2013-2018 $45.74M totalSurgical Critical Care InitiativeStudy Goals: Develop Clinical Decision Support Tools
Grant: D_MIDARA_I_11_J2_490 5/2012-14 $600,000 totalIdentification and Enumeration of Bacteria/Fungal Infections in Wounded Warriors for Biomarkers.Study Goals: Develop 16/18S based bacterial assays
Grant No.: 6.4 RFI 10/2010-2013 DOD DMRDP, $1,120,000 total Effect of immunomodulatory agents on resuscitation of Non-Human Primates (Macaca fascicularis) after severe uncontrolled hemorrhage. Study Goals: Evaluate lymphocyte manipulation for shock
Grant No.: W00612_11_NM 10/2010-2013 DOD DMRDP, $691,000 total Systemic Response to Combat Injury and Wound Colonization Study Goals: Link bioburden with the inflammatory response.
Grant No.: D_I_AR_J 10/2010-2013 DOD DMRDP, $399,000 total Identification and development of endogenous antimicrobial peptides to combat wound infections Study Goals: Evaluate new anti-microbial strategy
Grant No.: OR090136 05/2010-2013 DOD CDMRP PRORP, $891,000 total Imaging for heterotopic ossification and infection Study Goals: Develop imaging driven diagnostics for combat wounds
Grant No.: Pending 03/2010-2013 DMRDP/ARATDA, $500,000 total Imaging for wound healing and infection Study Goals: Develop imaging driven diagnostics for combat wounds
Grant No.: 604771N.0933.001.A0604 2/2008- 2012 DOD BUMED 6.4/5 Program Grant, $500,000/yrVacuum Assisted Wound Closure Study Goals: Evaluate biomarkers for wound healing
Grant No.: Pending 2/2008- 2012 DOD BUMED 6.4/5 Program Grant, $500,000/yrHeterotopic Ossification (HO) Study Goals: Mechanisms and treatment of HO
Grant No.: Pending 2010 BUMED WWP, $220,000 totalVacuum Assisted Wound Closure Support Study Goals: Support for biomarker study
Grant No.: Pending 10/2009-2012 ONR ILIR Grant, $405,000 totalCharacterization of Mesenchymal Stem Cell Contribution to the Formation of HO Study Goals: Characterize stem cell formation of HO
Grant No.: 601153N.04508.5180.A0801 9/2007-2010 ONR Core Capability Grant, $300,000/yrSevere Trauma Alters Wound Healing and Tissue Reparative Responses Study Goals: Determine role of trauma in wound healing.
Grant No.: 602236N.42237.W160.A0806 10/2007-2011 DOD Office of Naval Research Grant, $400,000/yrExtracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy for Wound Repair: Mechanisms and Effects Study Goals: Determine mechanism of physical energy on wound healing.
Grant No.: 602715E.A0714 8/2007-2008 DARPA Program Grant, $400,000 totalEvaluation of Platelet Substitutes as Haemostatic Agents Study Goals: Evaluate infusible hemostatics
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Grant No.: 604771N.0933.001.A0708 8/2007-2008 DOD BUMED 6.4/5 Program Grant $550,000 totalEvaluation of Platelet Substitutes as Haemostatic Agents Study Goals: Evaluate infusible hemostatics
Grant No.: 604771N.0933.001.A0604 2/2006- 2008 DOD BUMED 6.4/5 Program Grant, $200,000/yrVacuum Assisted Wound Closure Study Goals: Evaluate biomarkers for wound healing
Grant No.: 602227D.0483.001.A0518 8/2005-2008 Medical Free Electron Laser Program Grant, $399,000/yrUse of Near-IR to Evaluate Tissue Perfusion and Function Following Ischemia and Trauma Study Goals: Transition of advanced surgical imaging to the clinic
Grant No.: 603729N.02914.W280.A0515 4/2005-2008 DOD Office of Naval Research Grant, $400,000/yr Lymphocyte Depletion in Hemorrhagic Shock Study Goals: Evaluate immunomodulation of shock
Grant No.: 602236N.04426.B26.A0505 1/2005-2008 DOD Office of Naval Research Core Capability Grant, $450,000/yr Repopulation of Composite Tissue and Solid Organ Transplants with Bone Marrow Derived Stem Cells Study Goals: Determine role of stem cell migration in wound healing
MENTORSHIP Jonathan Forsberg MD. Winner, Navy-Wide Research Competition, 2007Jason Hawkswoth MD. 2008 Diane S. Malcolm Research Award. Winner, Navy-Wide Research Competition, 2008.
Young Investigator Award, American Transplant Congress, 2008Trevor Brown PhD. Young Investigator Award, World Transplant Congress, 2008Korboi Evans MD. Founder’s Award, SOMOS, 2008. Recipient, Charles A. Hufnagel Award, USUHS, 2009. Winner,
Washington Orthopedic Association Resident Research Competition, 2009.Ted Utz MD. AOA Research Scholarship, 2008. Winner, AAS Outstanding Medical Student Award, 2009 Forest Sheppard MD. Finalist, SUS-Wyeth Faculty Development Award, 2009J Christopher Graybill MD. Recipient, Charles A. Hufnagel Award, USUHS, 2010Kristin Stevens MD. Recipient, Joseph H. Baugh Award, USUHS, 2010Fred O’Brien MD. Winner, Navy-Wide Research Competition, 2011 (with Thomas Davis)Allan Strawn MD. Winner, Navy-Wide Research Competition, 2011 (with Forest Sheppard and Douglas Tadaki)Mar Melindez MD. Winner, Sheikh Zayed Institute Award for Innovative Surgery, 2011 (with Shawn Safford)Christiaan Mamczak MD. Winner, Founder’s Award, SOMOS, 2011.Keith Alferi MD. Winner, WRNMMC Research Competition, 2012 (with Jonathan Forsberg)Jay Sexton. Winner, Military Research Competition, 2014 (with Tom Davis)
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35. Hawksworth JS, Graybill C, Gillern SM, Brown TS, Wallace SM, Davis TA, Elster EA, Tadaki DK. Lymphocyte depletion in experimental Hemorrhagic shock in Swine. J Inflamm (Lond). 2012 Sep 25;9(1):34. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 23009382.
36. Boynton B and Elster E. Translational Research: A Historical Overview and Contemporary Reflections on the Transformative Nature of Research. J Rsch Admin. 2012 Fall; 43(2): 15-28.
37. Maddox, JS, Elster E, McNally, Beckett CG. Advanced Dressings for Pilonidal Disease: A Randomized Trial of Two Dressings. WOUNDS. 2012 Sep (suppl): 21-22.
38. Lucas DJ, Dunne JR, Rodriguez CJ, Curry KM, Elster E, Vicente D, Malone DL. Dedicated tracking of patients with retrievable inferior vena cava filters improves retrieval rates. Am Surg. 2012 Aug;78(8):870-4. PubMed PMID: 22856494.
39. Benfield RJ, Mamczak CN, Vo KC, Smith T, Osborne L, Sheppard FR, Elster EA. Initial predictors associated with outcome in injured multiple traumatic limb amputations: A Kandahar-based combat hospital experience. Injury. 2012 Jul 25. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 22840556.
40. Evans KN, Forsberg JA, Potter BK, Hawksworth JS, Brown TS, Andersen R, Dunne JR, Tadaki D, Elster EA. Inflammatory Cytokine and Chemokine Expression is Associated with Heterotopic Ossification in High-Energy Penetrating War Injuries. J Orthop Trauma. 2012 May 14. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 22588530.
41. Hawksworth JS, Graybill JC, Brown TS, Wallace SM, Davis TA, Tadaki DK, Elster EA. (2012) Lymphocyte Modulation with FTY720 Improves Hemorrhagic Shock Survival in Swine. PLoS ONE 7(4): e34224. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0034224.
42. Crane NJ, Elster EA. Vibrational spectroscopy: a tool being developed for the noninvasive monitoring of wound healing. J Biomed Opt. 2012 Jan;17(1):010902. PubMed PMID: 22352634.
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43. Mamczak CN, Elster EA. Complex Dismounted IED Blast Injuries: The Initial Management of Bilateral Lower Extremity Amputations With and Without Pelvic and Perineal Involvement. J Surg Orthop Adv. 2012 Spring;21(1):8-14. PubMed PMID: 22381505.
44. Alfieri KA, Elster EA, Dunne J. Resuscitation and blood utilization guidelines for the multiply injured, multiple amputee. J Surg Orthop Adv. 2012 Spring;21(1):15-21. PubMed PMID: 22381506.
45. Cannon JW, Zonies DH, Benfield RJ, Elster EA, Wanek SM. Advanced en-route critical care during combat operations. Bull Am Coll Surg. 2011 May;96(5):21-9. PubMed PMID: 22312820.
46. Beckett A, Pelletier P, Mamczak C, Benfield R, Elster E. Multidisciplinary trauma team care in Kandahar, Afghanistan: Current injury patterns and care practices. Injury. 2012 Feb 2. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 22305587.
47. Millendez MB, Crane NJ, Elster EA, Safford SD. Evaluation of intestinal viability using 3-charge coupled device image enhancement technology in a pediatric laparoscopic appendectomy model. J Pediatr Surg. 2012 Jan;47(1):142-7. PubMed PMID: 22244407.
48. Brown TS, Hawksworth JS, Sheppard FR, Tadaki DK, Elster E. Inflammatory response is associated with critical colonization in combat wounds. Surg Infect (Larchmt). 2011 Oct;12(5):351-7. Epub 2011 Sep 21. PubMed PMID: 21936666.
49. Gillern SM, Sheppard FR, Evans KN, Graybill JC, Gage FA, Forsberg JA, Dunne JR, Tadaki DK, Elster EA. Incidence of pulmonary embolus in combat casualties with extremity amputations and fractures. J Trauma. 2011 Sep;71(3):607-12; discussion 612-3. PubMed PMID: 21908998.
50. Davis TA, O'Brien FP, Anam K, Grijalva S, Potter BK, Elster EA. Heterotopic ossification in complex orthopaedic combat wounds: quantification and characterization of osteogenic precursor cell activity in traumatized muscle. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2011 Jun 15;93(12):1122-31. PubMed PMID: 21776549.
51. P. Hwang, N. Porterfield, D. Pannell, T. Davis, E. Elster. Trauma is Danger. Journal of Translational Medicine 2011, 9:92. PMID: 21676213
52. Jindal RM, Rao PS, Elster EA, Salifu MO. Rebuttal: CON Position. Formal assessment of donor kidney function should be mandatory. Am J Nephrol. 2011;33(3):205-6. Epub 2011 Feb 18. PubMed PMID: 21335964.
53. Rao PS, Jindal RM, Elster EA, Salifu MO. Debate: CON Position. Formal assessment of donor kidney function should be mandatory. Am J Nephrol.2011;33(3):201-3. Epub 2011 Feb 18. PubMed PMID: 21335962.
54. N. Crane, F. O’Brien, J. Forsberg, B. Potter, E. Elster. Developing a toolbox for analysis of warrior wound biopsies: vibrational spectroscopy. Proc SPIE, 7895, 78950O (2011).
55. Health Policy for Renal Replacement Therapy in Developing Countries. Rahul M. Jindal, Edward M. Falta, Lyndsay S. Baines, Eric A. Elster. Journal of Healthcare, Science and the Humanities. Volume I, No. 1, 2011. 41 – 55.
56. Development of a prognostic naive bayesian classifier for successful treatment of nonunions.Stojadinovic A, Kyle Potter B, Eberhardt J, Shawen SB, Andersen RC, Forsberg JA, Shwery C, Elster EA, Schaden W. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2011 Jan;93(2):187-94
57. Advanced en-route care during combat operations. Cannon JW, Zonies DH, Benfield RJ, Elster EA, Wanek SM. Bulletin of the American College of Surgeons. 2011 May; 96(5): 21-29.
58. AS Stojadinovic, J Eberhardt. TS Brown, JS Hawksworth, F Gage, DK Tadaki, JA Forsberg, TA Davis, BK Potter, JR Dunne, EA Ester. Development of a Bayesian model to estimate health care outcomes in severely wounded. Journal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare. August 2010 , 2010:3; 125 - 135 DOI 10.2147/JMDH.S11537
59. Hahm G, Glaser JJ, Elster EA. Biomarkers to predict wound healing: the future of complex war wound management. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2011 Jan;127 Suppl 1:21S-26S.PMID: 21200268
60. Potter BK, Forsberg JA, Davis TA, Evans KN, Hawksworth JS, Tadaki D, Brown TS, Crane NJ, Burns TC, O'Brien FP, Elster EA. Heterotopic ossification following combat-related trauma. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2010 Dec;92 Suppl 2:74-89.
61. AS Stojadinovic, J Eberhardt. TS Brown, JS Hawksworth, F Gage, DK Tadaki, JA Forsberg, TA Davis, BK Potter, JR Dunne, EA Ester. Development of a Bayesian model to estimate health care outcomes in severely wounded. Journal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare. August 2010 , Volume 2010:3 Pages 125 - 135 DOI 10.2147/JMDH.S11537
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62. Hurst, Frank P., Jindal, Rahul M., Graham, Lindsey J, Falta, Edward M, Elster, Eric A., Stackhouse, George B., Agodoa, Lawrence Y., Lentine, Krista L., Salifu, Moro O., Abbott, Kevin C. Incidence, Predictors, Costs, and Outcome of Renal Cell Carcinoma After Kidney Transplantation: USRDS Experience Transplantation. 90(8):898-904, October 27, 2010.
63. FR Sheppard, P Keiser, DW Craft, F Gage, M Robson, TS Brown, K Petersen, S Sincock, M Kasper, J Hawksworth, D Tadaki, TA Davis, A Stojadinovic, E Elster. The majority of U.S. combat casualty soft tissue wounds are not infected or colonized upon arrival or during treatment at a continental United States military medical facility. Am J Surg. 2010 Oct;200(4):489-95.PMID: 20887842
64. Zins SR, Amare MF, Tadaki DK, Elster EA, Davis T., Comparative analysis of angiogenic gene expression in normal and impaired wound healing in diabetic mice: effects of extracorporeal shock wave therapy. Angiogenesis. 2010 Sep 17. PMID: 20848181
65. NJ Crane, SM Gillern, K Tajkarimi, IW Levin, PA Pinto, EA Elster. Visual enhancement of laparoscopic partial nephrectomy with three charge-coupled device camera: assessing intraoperative tissue perfusion and vascular anatomy using visible hemoglobin spectral response. J Urol. 2010 Oct;184(4):1279-85.PMID: 20723937.
66. Elster EA, Hawksworth J, Chang O, Leeser DB, Ring M, Tadaki DK, Kleiner DE, Brown TS, Mannon RB. Probabilistic (Bayesian) modeling of gene expression in transplant glomerulopathy. J Mol Diagn. 2010 Sep;12(5):653-63. Epub 2010 Aug 5.PMID: 20688906.
67. TS Brown, S Safford, J Caramanica, EA Elster. Biomarker use in tailored combat casualty care. Biomark Med. 2010 Jun;4(3):465-73.PMID: 20550480
68. NJ Crane, TS Brown, KN Evans, JS Hawksworth, S Hussey, DK Tadaki, EA Elster. Monitoring the healing of combat wounds using Raman spectroscopic mapping. Wound Repair Regen. 2010 Jun 8. PMID: 20546554
69. Zins SR, Amare M, Anam K, Elster E, Davis T. Wound trauma mediated inflammatory signaling attenuates a tissue regenerative response in MRL/MpJ mice. Journal of Inflammation. 2010, 7:25. PMID: 20500883
70. Hurst FP, Sajjad I, Elster EA, Falta EM, Patel P, Abbott KC, Agodoa LY, Jindal RM. Transplantation of A2 kidneys into B and O recipients leads to reduction in waiting time: USRDS experience. Transplantation. 2010 Mar 27. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 20354481
71. Alexander Stojadinovic, MD, Christina Eberhardt, Leonard Henry, MD, John Eberhardt, BA, Eric A. Elster, MD, George E. Peoples, MD, Aviram Nissan, MD, and Craig D. Shriver, MD Development of a Bayesian classifier for breast cancer risk stratification: a feasibility study. Eplasty. 01 Apr 2010.
72. Eric Elster, Alexander Stojadinovic, Jonathan Forsberg, Scott Shawen, Romney Anderson and Wolfgang Schaden. Extracorporeal shock wave therapy for nonunion of the tibia. J Orthop Trauma. 2010 Mar;24(3):133-41. PMID: 20182248.
73. Edward R Utz, Eric A Elster, Doug Tadaki, Frederick Gage, Philip W Perdue, Alexander Stojadinovic, Jason Hawksworth, Trevor S Brown. Matrix metalloprotease (MMP) expression is associated with wound failure in traumatic war injuries. J Surg Res. 2009 Sep 15.PMID 20056248
74. F Gage, D Leeser, J Hawksworth, R Jindal, D Tadaki, N Thai, E Elster. Room temperature pulsatile perfusion of renal allografts with Lifor compared to hypothermic machine pump solution. Transplant Proc. 2009 Nov;41(9):3571-4. PMID: 19917346
75. Weisbrod AB, Sheppard FR, Chernofsky MR, Blankenship CL, Gage F, Wind G, Elster EA, Liston WA Emergent management of postpartum hemorrhage for the general and acute care surgeon. World J Emerg Surg. 2009 Nov 25;4:43. PMID: 19939251
76. Jindal RM, Neff RT, Abbott KC, Hurst FP, Elster EA, Falta EM, Patel P, Cukor D. Association between depression and nonadherence in recipients of kidney transplants: analysis of the United States renal data system. Transplant Proc. 2009 Nov;41(9):3662-6.PMID: 19917363
77. Stojadinovic A, Peoples GE, Libutti SK, Henry LR, Eberhardt J,Howard RS, Gur D, Elster EA, Nissan A. Development of a clinical decision model for thyroid nodules. BMC Surg. 2009 Aug 10;9:12. PMID: 19664278
78. Elster EA, Pearl JP, Denobile JW, Perdue PW, Stojadinovic A, Liston WA, Dunne JR.Transforming an academic military treatment facility into a trauma center: lessons learned from operation Iraqi freedom. Eplasty. 2009 Jul 24;9:e31.PMID:19701449
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79. Hurst FP, Abbott KC, Neff RT, Elster EA, Falta EM, Lentine KL, Agodoa LY, Jindal RM.Incidence, Predictors and outcomes of transplant renal artery stenosis after kidney transplantation: analysis of USRDS. Am J Nephrol. 2009 Sep 24;30(5):459-467. PMID: 19776559
80. Hawksworth JS, Stojadinovic A, Gage F, Tadaki DK, Perdue PW, Forsberg J, Davis TS, Dunne JR, Denobile JW, Brown TS, Elster EA. Inflammatory biomarkers in combat wound healing. Annals of Surgery 2009 Sep;250(3):1-6. PMID: 19953718
81. Hawksworth JS, Elster EA, Fryer D, Morthole V, Tomori T, Bristol T, Krishnamurthy G, Brown TS, Tadaki DK. Evaluation of lyophilized platelets (Stasix) in experimental hemorrhagic shock. J Thromb Haemost. 2009 Jul 28. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 19656278
82. Glaser JJ, Sheppard FR, Gage FA, Kumar AR, Liston WA, Elster EA, Dunne JR, Blankenship CL. Warfare-related complex abdominal wall reconstruction using a bioprosthetic regenerate template and negative pressure therapy. Eplasty. 2009 May 16;9:e17. PMID: 19529754
83. Dunne JR, Hawksworth JS, Stojadinovic A, Gage F, Tadaki DK, Perdue PW, Forsberg J, Stojadinovic A, Elster EA. Perioperative blood transfusions in combat casualties: a pilot study. J Trauma 2009 Apr;66(4 Supp):S150-6. PMID 19359959.
84. JA Forsberg, JM Pepek, S Wagner, K Wilson, J Flint, R Andersen, D Tadaki, A Stojadinovic, EA Elster. Heterotopic ossification in high-energy wartime extremity injuries: incidence and risk factors. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2009 May;91(5):1084-1091. PMID 19411456.
85. Gorbach AM, Leeser DB, Wang H, Tadaki DK, Fernandez C, Destephano D, Hale D, Kirk AD, Gage FA, Elster EA. Assessment of cadaveric organ viability during pulsatile perfusion using infrared imaging. Transplantation 87 (8), 1163-1166 (2009). PMID 19384162.
86. Thomas A. Davis, Alexander Stojadinovic, Khairul Anam, Mihret Anam, Shruti Naik, George E. Peoples and Eric A. Elster. Extracorporeal shock wave therapy suppresses the acute early proinflammatory immune response to a severe cutaneous burn injury. Int Wound J. 2009 Feb; 6(1):11-21. PMID 19291111.
87. Hawksworth J.S., Leeser D., Jindal R.M., Falta E., Tadaki D., Elster, E.A. New directions for induction immunosuppression strategy in solid organ transplantation. Am J Surg. 2009 Apr;197(4):515-24. PMID 19249743.
88. Jindal RM, Das NP, Neff, RT, Hurst FP, Falta EM, Elster EA, Abbott KC. Outcomes in African-Americans vs. Caucasians using thymoglobulin or interleukin-2 receptor inhibitor induction: analysis of USRDS database. Am J Nephrol 29 (6), 501-508 (2009). PMID 19060477.
89. Stojadinovic A., E.A. Elster, K. Anam, D. Tadaki, M/Mihret, S. Zins, and T.A. Davis. Angiogenic repsonse to extracorporeal shock wave treatment in murine skin isografts. Angiogenesis. 2008;11(4):369-80. PMID 18998221.
90. Oliver JS, Neff RT, Leeser DB, Swanson SJ, Yuan CM, Falta EM, Elster E, Reinmuth B, Bohen EM, Jindal RM, Abbott KC. Influence of race on kidney transplantation in the Department of Defense Healthcare System. Am J Nephrol. 2008 Oct 10;29(4):327-333. PMID 18849603.
91. Alexander Stojadinovic , Jay W. Carlson, Gregory S. Schultz, Thomas A. Davis, Eric A. Elster. Topical advances in wound care. Gynecol Oncol. 2008 Nov;111(2 Suppl):S70-80. PMID 18793796.
92. M. Gorbach, H. Wang, E. Elster. Thermal oscillations in rat kidneys: an infrared imaging study. Philos Transact A Math Phys Eng Sci. 2008 Oct 13;366(1880):3633-47. PMID 18650199.
93. Barbara Hana, Alexander Gorbach, John S. Silva, Lynne G. Gillifan, Allan D. Kirk and Eric A. Elster. Intraoperative assessment of critical biliary structures with visible range/infrared image fusion. J Am Coll Surg. 2008 June;208(6): 1227-31. PMID 18501824.
94. Nicole J. Crane, Ben McHone, Jason Hawksworth, John Denobile, Jonathan Pearl, Doug Tadaki, Peter A. Pinto, Ira W. Levin, Eric A. Elster. Enhanced surgical reality: laparoscopic vessel identification and assessment of tissue oxygenation. J Am Coll Surg. 2008 June;2008(6): 1159-66. PMID 18501814.
95. A.Gorbach, H. Wang, M. Alemozaffar, F. Gage, N. Dhanani, N. Kansal, P. Pinto, P. Smith, D. Tadaki, A. Kirk, and E. Elster. Assessment of critical renal ischemia with real time infrared imaging. J Surg Res. 2008 Oct;149(2):310-8. PMID 18468641.
96. Nicole J. Crane, Peter A. Pinto, Douglas Hale, Gage, Fred, Doug Tadaki, Allan D. Kirk, Ira A. Levin, and Eric A. Elster. Assessing renal perfusion and oxygenation during pneumoperitoneum with use of the 3-ccd camera. BMC Surg. 2008 Apr 17;8:8. PMID 18419819.
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97. Jack J. Liu, Mehrdad Alemozaffar, Ben Mchone, Nadeem Dhanani, Fred Gage, Peter A. Pinto, Alexander M. Gorbach, Eric Elster. Evaluation of real-time infrared intraoperative cholangiography in a porcine model. Surg Endosc. 2008 Dec;22(12)2659-64. PMID 18347867.
98. Forsberg JA, Elster EA, Andersen RC, Nylen E, Brown TS, Rose MW, Stojadinovic A, Becker KL, McGuigan FX. Correlation of procalcitonin and cytokine expression with dehiscence of wartime extremity wounds. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2008 Mar;90(3):580-8. PMID 18310708.
99. Eric A. Elster, David B. Leeser, Craig Morrissette, Albin Quiko, Josh Pepeck, Douglas A. Hale, Christine Chamberlain, Christine Salaita, Allan D. Kirk and Roslyn B. Mannon.. Obesity following kidney transplantation and steroid avoidance immunosuppression. Clin Transplant. 2008 May-Jun;22(3): 534-9. PMID 18279417.
100. Wolfgang Schaden, Richard Thiele,C. Kölpl, Michael Pusch, Aviram Nissan, Christopher E. Attinger, Mary E. Maniscalco-Theberge,, George E. Peoples, Eric A. Elster, Alexander Stojadinovic. Shock wave therapy for acute and chronic soft tissue wounds: a phase II clinical trial. J Surg Res. 143:1-12 (2007). PMID 17904157.
101. Elster E. Trauma and the immune response: strategies for success. J Trauma. 2007 June; 62(6S):S54-56. PMID 17556974.
102. Nicole J. Crane, Neil S. Kansal, Nadeem Dhanani, Mehrdad Alemozaffarc Allan D. Kirk, Peter A. Pinto, Eric A. Elster, Scott W. Huffman and Ira W. Levin. Visual enhancement of laparoscopic nephrectomies through algorithms applied to the 3-CCD camera. SPIE Proceedings. Vol. 6081 2006.
103. Kirk AD, Hale DA, Ford E, Kleiner DE, Kampen RL, Elster EA, Swanson SJ, Cendales LC, Cropper T, Hale L, Jordan S, Koussis T, Peretti J, Sloane A, Salaita C, Ring M, Chamberlain C, Mannon RB. Solid organ transplantation at the National Institutes of Health: development of a research-based transplantation practice. Clin Transpl. 2005:131-44. PMID 17424731.
104. Jonathan P. Pearl, Michael McNally, Eric A. Elster, and John W. DeNobile. benign pneumoperitoneum after colonoscopy: a prospective pilot study. Mil Med. 2006 Jul;171(7):848-9. PMID 16895133.
105. Kirk AD, Mannon RB, Kleiner DE, Swanson JS, Kampen RL, Cendales LK, Elster EA, Wakefield T, Chamberlain C, Hoffmann SC, Hale DA. Results from a human renal allograft tolerance trial evaluating T-cell depletion with alemtuzumab combined with deoxyspergualin. Transplantation. 2005 Oct 27;80(8):1051-9. PMID 16278585.
106. Gaoxing Lou, Edward M. Falta and Eric A. Elster. Steroid-free immunosupression in organ transplantation. Curr Diab Rep. 2005 Aug;5(4):305-10. PMID 16033684.
107. Eric A. Elster, Douglas A. Hale, Roslyn B. Mannon, Linda C. Cendales, David Kleiner, S. John Swanson and Allan D. Kirk. The surgical transplant physical exam: correlation of renal resistance index and biopsy proven chronic allograft nephropathy. J Am Coll Surg. 2005 April; 200(4): 552-56. PMID 15804469.
108. Luo G, Peng D, Zheng J, Chen X, Wu J, Elster E, Tadaki D. The role of NO in macrophage dysfunction at early stage after burn injury. Burns. 2005 Mar;31(2):138-44. PMID 15683683.
109. Scott D. Segal, Dan S. Albrecht, Kris M. Belland and Eric A. Elster. Rare mesenteric location of meckel’s diverticulum: a forgotten entity: a case study aboard USS Kitty Hawk. Am Surg. 2004 Nov;70(11):985-8. PMID 15586511.
110. Eric Elster, Douglas A. Hale, Roslyn B. Mannon, Linda C. Cendales, S. John Swanson, and Allan D. Kirk. The road to tolerance: renal transplant tolerance induction in non-human primate studies and clinical trials. Transpl Immunol. 2004 Sep-Oct; 13(2):87-99. PMID 15380539.
111. Keiko Okumura, Richard Schroff, Rwanda Campbell, Lucas Nishioka, and Eric Elster. Group a streptococcal puerperal sepsis developing in a late postpartum woman. Am Surg. 2004 Aug;70(8):730-732. PMID 15328810.
112. Xu H, Elster EA, Blair PJ, Burkly LC, Tadaki DK, Harlan DM, Kirk AD. Effects of combined treatment with CD25- and CD154-specific monoclonal antibodies in non-human primate allotransplantation. Am J Transplant . 2003 Nov;3(11):1350-4. PMID 14525594.
113. Martin A. Makary, Paul D. Kiernan, Michael J. Sheridan, Glenn L. Tonnesen, Vivian Hetrick, Betty Vaughn, Paula Graling, Eric Elster. Multimodality treatment for esophageal cancer: the role of surgery and neoadjuvant therapy. Am Surg. 2003 Aug;69(8):693-700. PMID 12953828.
114. Paul D. Kiernan, Michael J. Sheridan, Eric Elster, John Rhee, Lucas Collazo, William D. Byrne, Thomas Fulcher, Vivian Hettrick, Betty Vaughan, Paula Graling. Thoracic esophageal perforations. South Med J. 2003 Feb; 96(2): 158-63. PMID 12630641.
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115. Elster, E.A., Markusic, J., Soballe, P., Ball, R., Clare, S. Primary acinic cell carcinoma of the breast. Am Surg. 2002; 68(11): 993-5. PMID 12455793.
116. Montgomery SP, Xu H, Tadaki DK, Celniker A, Burkly LC, Berning JD, Cruzata F, Elster EA, Gray G, Kampen RL, Swanson SJ, Harlan DM, Kirk AD. Combination induction therapy with monoclonal antibodies specific for cd80, cd86 and cd154 in non-human primate renal transplantation. Transplantation 2002 Nov 27;74(10): 1365-9. PMID 12451232.
117. Jonathan Pearl, Eric Elster, and Mario Golocovksy. Nonfunctioning islet cell carcinoma of the pancreas: case report. Am SurG. 2002; 68(10): 886-8. PMID 12412716.
118. Eric A. Elster, John Harrison, Susan D. Stasiewicz, Dennis Wang, and Mario Golocovsky. Malignant hyperthermia in a adult trauma patient. American Surgeon. 2002; 68(10): 883-5. PMID 12412715.
119. Xu, H., Tadaki, D., Elster, E.A., Burkly, L.C., Berning, J.D., Cruzata, F., Kampen, R.L., Montgomery, S.P., Patterson, N.B., Harlan, D.M., Kirk, A.D. Humanized anti-CD154 antibody for the treatment of allograft rejection in nonhuman primates. Transplantation 2002 Oct 15;74(7):940-3. PMID 12394834.
120. Elster, E., Hewlett, S., Georgia, J., Donovan, S., Ketron, G., and Yavorksi, C. adventitial cystic disease of the axillary artery. Ann Vasc Surg. 2002 Jan;16(1): 134-37. PMID 11904819.
121. Eric A. Elster, He Xu, Douglas K. Tadaki , Sean Montgomery, Linda C. Burkly , Justin D. Berning, Roxanne E. Baumgartner , Frank Cruzata , Richard Marx , David M. Harlan and Allan D. Kirk. Treatment with the humanized CD154-specific monoclonal antibody hu5C8 prevents acute rejection of primary skin allografts in non-human primates. Transplantation. 2001 Nov 15; 72(9): 1473-78. PMID 11707732.
122. Allan D. Kirk, Douglas Tadaki, Abbie Celniker, Gary Gray, D. Scott Batty , Justin D. Berning , John O. Colonna, Francis Cruzata, Eric A. Elster, John H. Fechner, Jr., Robert L. Kampen , Stuart J. Knechtle , Noelle B. Patterson , S. John Swanson, Douglas K. Tadaki , He Xu , David M. Harlan. Induction therapy with monoclonal antibodies specific for CD80 and CD86 delays the onset of acute renal allograft rejection in non-human primates. Transplantation 2001 Aug 15;72(3):377-84. PMID 11502964.
123. Elster, E.A., Xu, H., Tadaki, D.K., Burkly LC, Berning JD, Baumgartner RE, Cruzata F, Patterson NB, Harlan DM, Kirk AD. Primate skin allotransplantation with anti-CD154 monotherapy. Transplant Proc . 2001 Feb-Mar;33(1-2):675-6. PMID 11267012.
124. He Xu , Eric A. Elster , D. Scott Batty , Justin D. Berning , Linda C. Burkly, Robert L. Kampen, S. John Swanson, Douglas K. Tadaki, David M. Harlan, Allan D. Kirk. Effects of dose and duration of anti-CD154 antibody therapy in preventing renal allograft rejection in a nonhuman primate model. Transplant Proc. 2001 Feb-Mar; 33(1-2) 223-24. PMID 11266788.
125. Elster, E., Blair, P., Kirk, A. Potential of costimulation based therapies for composite tissue allotransplantation. Microsurgery. 2000; 20(8):430-434. PMID 11150995.
126. Elster, E.A., Kampden, R., Robson, K., Perdue, P., Tadaki, D., McCarron, R. Kirk, A. Apoptosis regulatory genes bcl-2 and bax are induced immediately following ischemic/reperfusion injury. Surgical Forum, ACS, 1999.
Book Chapters:
1. Juan A. Asensio, Patrizio Petrone, et al. Resuscitative Thoracotomy. Current Therapy of Trauma and Surgical Critical Care, 2nd Edition. Eds: Asensio and Trunkey.
2. First to Cut: Trauma Lessons Learned in the Combat Zone. Eric Elster, Editor. USAISR. 2012.3. Purav P. Patel, Maria Altieri, Tarun R. Jindal, Steven R. Guy, Edward M. Falta, Eric A. Elster, Frank P. Hurst,
Anton N. Sidawy, Rahul M. Jindal. Current Status of Synthetic and Biological Grafts for Hemodialysis. Chapter: 11/2011; ISBN: 978-953-307-315-6In book: Hemodialysis - Different Aspects.
4. Graybill C, Stojadinovic A, Crumbley D, Elster EA. , "Traumatic Wounds: Bullets, Blasts, and Vehicle Crashes. In .Acute & chronic wounds: current management concepts. Eds: Ruth A Bryant; Denise P Nix. Elsevier/Mosby, St. Louis, Mo. 2012
5. S Phinney, NJ Crane, FA Gage, AM Gorbach, E Elster. Use of optical imaging and spectroscopy in assessment of organ perfusion. In: Methods in Bioengineering: Organ Preservation and Reengineering. Eds: Korkut Uygun and Charles Y. Lee. Publisher: Artech, 2011. ISBN 978-1-60807-013-8.
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6. Purav P. Patel, Maria Altieri, Tarun R. Jindal, Steven R. Guy, Edward M. Falta, Eric A. Elster, Frank P. Hurst, Anton N. Sidawy and Rahul M. Jindal. Current Status of Synthetic and Biological Grafts for Hemodialysis. In Hemodialysis/ Book 4. Ed: Maria Goretti Penido. Publisher: InTech, 2011. ISBN 979-953-307-262-2
7. LS Baines, EM Falta, EA Elster and RM Jindal. Wounded warriors: an inclusive culture for all in the workplace. By. In: Managing Diversity in the Military: The value of inclusion in a culture of uniformity. Eds: Daniel P. McDonald (Editor), Kizzy M. Parks (Editor), Publisher: Routledge (December 25, 2010).
8. Pallavi Belur, Purav P. Patel, Stephen R. Guy, Tarun R. Jindal, Frank P. Hurst, Eric A. Elster and Rahul M. Jindal. New-onset Diabetes after Transplantation. Treatment Stratagies – Diabetes. Volume 3, Issue 1. American Diabetes Association, 2011.
9. Allan D. Kirk and Eric Elster. “Immunology of Transplantation.” Surgery: Basic Science and Clinical Evidence Eds. J.A. Norton, J.A.; Barie, P.S.; Bollinger, R.R.; Chang, A.E.; Lowry, S.F.; Mulvihill, S.J.; Pass, H.I.; Thompson, R.W. (Eds.) 2nd ed., 2008.
10. Allan D. Kirk and Eric A. Elster. Transplant Immunology. Surgery: Basic Science And Clinical Evidence. Norton, J.A.; Bollinger, R.R.; Chang, A.E.; Lowry, S.F.; Mulvihill, S.J.; Pass, H.I.; Thompson, R.W.; Li, M. (Eds.) New York, 2004.
11. Eric A. Elster, M.D., E. Darrin Cox, M.D., Allan D. Kirk, M.D., Ph.D. The Future of Transplantation. Clinical Management of the Transplant Patient. Rebecca A. Schroeder, Lynt B. Johnson, and Paul C. Kou, ed. London: Arnold, 2001.
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13. Eric Elster (Faculty reviewer/contributor). First Aid for the Basic Sciences. Tao Le and Kendall Krame, ed. Elizabethtown, KY: First Aid.
14. Jonathan Pearl, Eric Elster, and D. Mukerherjee. Femeropopliteal Disease. (Chapter – in press).
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