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Research and publications

Fairfax physicians have participated in the following reserach efforts and published articles:

  • Bennet JA, Savoca PE, Lin T. Prusoff WH.  Comparative effects of 5’-amino-5”-deoxythmidine, a new antiviral agent and 5-iodo-2’-deoxyuridine on the
    immune response of mice.  Int. J. Immunopharmacol, 4(6):557-566, 1982
  • Ballantyne GH, Longo WE, Savoca PE, Adrian TE, Vukasin AP, Bilchik AJ, Sussman J., Modlin IM.  Deoxycholate-stimulated release of peptide YY from the isolated perfused Rabbit colon:  A specific and non-neurally mediated mechanism.
    Am. J. Physiol., 257:715-724m 1989
  • Savoca PE, Ballantyne GH, Adrian TE, Bilchik AJ, Modlin IM.  CAMP mediated release of PYY from the isolated perfused colon: Evidence for negative feedback modulation of Colonic secretion.  Surgical Forum, 40:177-79, 1989
  • Savoca PE, Longo WE, Pasternak B., Gusberg R.J.  Does visceral ischemia play a role in the pathogenesis of acute acalculous cholecystitis? J. Clin. Gastroenterol. 12(1):33-6,1990
  • Savoca PE, Ballantyne GH, Cahow CE. Gastrointestinal Malignancies in Crohn’s disease:  A twenty-year experience.  Dis. Colon Rectum,33(1):7-12, 1990
  • Savoca PE, Longo WE, Zucker KA, McMillen MA, Modlin IM. Acute acalculous cholecystitis in non-critically ill patients. Annals of Surgery, 211(4):433-437, 1990
  • Longo WE, Ballantyne GH, Savoca PE, Adrian TE, Bilchik AJ, Modlin IM. Short chain fatty acid-stimulated release of PYY from the isolated rabbit colon. Scand. J. Gastroenterol., 26(4):44-48, 1991
  • Ballantyne GH, Savoca PE, Flannery JT, Modlin IM.  Incidence and mortality of carcinoids of the colon.  Cancer 69(10):2400-2405, 1992
  • Savoca PE. Pelvic sepsis following hemorrhoidal banding. Selected Topics in Colon and Rectal Surgery, 5(1),:16-18, 1992
  • Ballantyne GH, Goldenring JR, Savoca PE, Kranz H, Adrian TE, Bilchik AJ, Modlin IM. CAMP-mediated release of PYY from the isolated perfused colon. Regulatory Peptides, 47(2):117-126, 1993
  • Savoca PE, Wong WD, Goldberg SM. Anal carcinoma: The American Experience. Acta Chirug. Austriaca, 6:393-398, 1994
  • Savoca PE, Goldberg SM. Hemorrhoids: What the diabetic should know. Diabetes Forecast, In Press
  • Savoca PE, Shenk I, Colvin DB. Successful restorative proctocolectomy for ulcerative colitis in a patient with fecal incontinence. Dis. Colon Rectum, Submitted
  • Savoca PE, Madoff RD, Goldberg SM. Recurrent rectal prolapse: Clinical features and management. Dis. Colon Rectum, Submitted

 

  • Carter DA, Mehelas TJ, Savolaine ER, Dougherty LS; J Trauma. 1998 Jan;44(1):230-5. Basal skull fracture with traumatic polycranial neuropathy and occluded left carotid: Significance of fractures along the course of the carotid artery.
  • Dougherty LS, Hull, T; Diseases of the Colon and Rectum. 2000 Aug;43(8):1157-60. Perineal endometriosis with anal sphincter involvement: report of a case.

 

  • Lawrence E. Stern, M.D., Richard A. Falcone, Jr., M.D., Christopher J. Kemp, B.S., Lorie A. Stuart, B.S., Christopher R. Erwin, Ph.D., Brad W. Warner, M.D.; Gastroenterology. 1999 Apr;116(4):S0268 Abstract. The effect of massive small bowel resection on the bax/bcl-w ratio and enterocyte apoptosis.
  • Richard A. Falcone, Jr., M.D., Lawrence E. Stern, M.D., Christopher J. Kemp, B.S., Cathy E. Shin, M.D., Christopher R. Erwin, Ph.D., Brad W. Warner, M.D.; Journal of Surgical Research. 1999 Jun 15;84(2):218-222. Apoptosis and the pattern of DNase I expression following massive small bowel resection.
  • Lawrence E. Stern, M.D., Richard J. Kagan, M.D.; Journal of Burn Care and Rehabilitation. 1999 Jul-Aug;20(4):303-306. Rhinocerebral mucormycosis in burn patients: A case report and review of the literature.
  • Christopher R. Erwin, Ph.D., Michael A. Helmrath, M.D., Cathy E. Shin, M.D., Richard A. Falcone, Jr., M.D., Lawrence E. Stern, M.D., Brad W. Warner, M.D.; American Journal of Physiology. 1999 Sep;277(3 Pt 1):G533-G540. Intestinal overexpression of EGF in transgenic mice enhances adaptation after small bowel resection.
  • Lawrence E. Stern, M.D., Richard A. Falcone, Jr., M.D., Lorie A. Stuart, B.S., Christopher R. Erwin, Ph.D., Brad W. Warner, M.D.; Surgical Forum. 1999 Oct;50:60-62. The pro-apoptotic bax protein is cleaved to its active form following massive small bowel resection.
  • Richard A. Falcone, Jr., M.D., Cathy E. Shin, M.D., Lawrence E. Stern, M.D., Z. Wang, Ph.D., Moonacher Soleimani, M.D., Christopher R. Erwin, Ph.D., Brad W. Warner, M.D.; Journal of Surgical Research. 1999 Oct;86(2):192-197. The differential expression of luminal Na+/H+ exchanger isoforms following massive intestinal resection.
  • Lawrence E. Stern, M.D., Richard A. Falcone, Jr., M.D., Christopher R. Erwin, Ph.D., Brad W. Warner, M.D. Journal of Surgical Research. 1999 Oct;86(2):270 Abstract. P21 (WAF1/CIP1) is required for the mitogenic response to intestinal adaptation.
  • Lawrence E. Stern, M.D., Richard A. Falcone, Jr., M.D., Christopher R. Erwin, Ph.D., Brad W. Warner, M.D. Journal of Surgical Research. 1999 Oct;86(2):295 Abstract. EGF enhances pro-survival gene expression following massive small bowel resection.
  • Lawrence E. Stern, M.D., Richard A. Falcone, Jr., M.D., Christopher J. Kemp, B.S., Lorie A. Stuart, B.S., Christopher R. Erwin, Ph.D., Brad W. Warner, M.D.; Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery. 2000 Jan;4(1):93-100. The effect of massive small bowel resection on the bax:bcl-w ratio and enterocyte apoptosis.
  • Richard A. Falcone, Jr., M.D., Lawrence E. Stern, M.D., Christopher J. Kemp, B.S., Christopher R. Erwin, Ph.D., Brad W. Warner, M.D.; Journal of Pediatric Surgery. 2000 Feb;35(2):365-370. Intestinal adaptation occurs independent of transforming growth factor-alpha.
  • Lawrence E. Stern, M.D., Richard A. Falcone, Jr., M.D. Christopher J. Kemp, B.S., Christopher R. Erwin, Ph.D., Brad W. Warner, M.D.; Journal of Surgical Research. 2000 May;90(1):45-50. P21 (WAF1/CIP1) is required for the mitogenic response to intestinal resection.
  • Lawrence E. Stern, M.D., Richard A. Falcone, Jr., M.D. Frederick Huang, M.D., Christopher J. Kemp, B.S., Christopher R. Erwin, Ph.D., Brad W. Warner, M.D.; Journal of Surgical Research. 2000 Jun;91(1):38-42. Epidermal growth factor alters the bax:bcl-w ratio in response to massive small bowel resection.
  • Lawrence E. Stern, M.D., Richard A. Falcone, Jr., M.D., Christopher J. Kemp, B.S., Margaret C. Braun, B.S., Christopher R. Erwin, Ph.D., Brad W. Warner, M.D.; American Journal of Physiology. 2000 Jun;278(6):G871-G877. Salivary epidermal growth factor and intestinal adaptation in male and female mice.
  • Lawrence E. Stern, M.D., Frederick Huang, M.D., Christopher J. Kemp, B.S., Richard A. Falcone, Jr., M.D., Christopher R. Erwin, Ph.D., Brad W. Warner, M.D.; Surgery. 2000 Aug;128(2):165-170. Bax is required for increased enterocyte apoptosis after massive small bowel resection.
  • Lawrence E. Stern, M.D., Christopher R. Erwin, Ph.D., David P. O'Brien, M.D., Frederick Huang, M.D., Brad W. Warner, M.D.; Microscopy Research and Technique. 2000 Oct;51(2):138-148. Epidermal growth factor is critical for intestinal adaptation following small bowel resection.
  • Lawrence E. Stern, M.D., David P. O’Brien, M.D, Jodi L. Williams, B.S., Christopher R. Erwin, Ph.D., Brad W. Warner, M.D.; Surgical Forum. 2000 Oct;51:54-55. A serum factor after massive small bowel resection enhances epidermal growth factor receptor expression.
  • Christopher R. Erwin, Ph.D., Richard A. Falcone, Jr., M.D., Lawrence E. Stern, M.D., Christopher J. Kemp, B.S., Brad W. Warner, M.D.; Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition. 2000 Nov-Dec:24(6):311-316. Analysis of intestinal adaptation gene expression by cDNA expression arrays.
  • Lawrence E. Stern, M.D., Christopher R. Erwin, Ph.D., David P. O’Brien, M.D., Frederick S. Huang, M.D., Brad W. Warner, M.D.; Journal of Pediatric Surgery. 2001 Jan;36(1):184-189. Serum from mice after small bowel resection enhances epithelial cell growth.
  • Lawrence E. Stern, M.D., Christopher R. Erwin, Ph.D., Richard A. Falcone, Jr., Frederick S. Huang, M.D., Christopher J. Kemp, B.S., Jodi L. Williams, B.S., Brad W. Warner, M.D.; Journal of Pediatric Surgery. 2001 Jan;36(1):190-195. cDNA microarray analysis of adapting bowel after intestinal resection.
  • David P. O'Brien, M.D., Lindsey A. Nelson, M.D., Lawrence E. Stern, M.D., Jodi L. Williams, B.S., Christopher J. Kemp, B.S., Quan Wang, Ph.D., Patrick Tso, Ph.D., Christopher R. Erwin, Ph.D., Per-Olaf Hasselgren, M.D., Brad W. Warner, M.D.; Journal of Surgical Research. 2001 May;97(1):65-70. Epithelial permeability is not increased in rats after small bowel resection.
  • Lawrence E. Stern, M.D., Michael S. Nussbaum, M.D., John G. Quinlan, M.D., Josef E. Fischer, M.D.; Surgery. 2001 Oct;130(4):774-780. Long-term evaluation of extended thymectomy with anterior mediastinal dissection for myasthenia gravis.
  • Frederick S. Huang, M.D., Theodore Zwerdling, M.D., Lawrence E. Stern, M.D., Edgar T. Ballard, M.D., Brad W. Warner, M.D.; Journal of Pediatric Hematology Oncology. 2001 Dec;23(9):609-611. Renal cell carcinoma as a secondary malignancy after treatment of acute promyelocytic leukemia.
  • Kevin G. Billingsley, M.D., Lawrence E. Stern, M.D., Andrew M. Lowy, M.D., Morton S. Kahlenberg, M.D., Charles R. Thomas, Jr., M.D.; Surgical Oncology Clinics of North America. Uncommon Anal Neoplasms. 2004 Apr;13(2):375-388.

 

  • The Malpositioned Greenfield Filter: Lessons Learned. Otchy DP, Elliot BM. Am Surg 1987; 53: 580-583.
  • Effect of Mass Screening Mammography on Staging of Carcinoma of the Breast in Women. Robertson FM, Romanow J, Otchy DP, Walters MJ.  Surg Obstet & Gyn 1990; 171: 55-58.
  • Intra-abdominal Palpation of a Nasogastric Tube in the Stomach Does Not Assure Appropriate Placement. Hecker RB, Harris S, Robert J, Otchy DP.  South Med J 1990; 83: 1223-1225.
  • Multiple, Giant Fibroadenoma. Musio F, Mozingo DW, Otchy DP. Am Surg 1991; 57: 438-441.
  • The Importance of Stablizing the Specimen Taken at Needle Localized Biopsy of the Breast for Microcalcifications.  Melanson G, Otchy DP, Walters MJ, Madsen J.  Surg, Gyn & Obstet 1992; 174: 376-378.
  • Properitoneal Synthetic Mesh Repair of Recurrent Hernias: Follow-up of 100 Repairs. Mozingo DW, Otchy DP, Walters MJ, Rosenthal D.  Surg Gyn &  Obstet 1992; 174: 33-35.
  • Radiation Injuries of the Colon and Rectum. Otchy DP, Nelson H. Surg Clin of N Am 1993; 73: 1017-1035.
  • Does the Avoidance of Nasogastric Decompression Following Elective Abdominal Colorectal Surgery Affect the Incidence ofIncisional Hernia? Results of a Randomized Prospective Trial. Otchy DP, Wolff BG, VanHeerden JA, et al. Dis Colon Rectum 1995; 38:604-608.
  • Metachronous Colon Cancer in Persons Who Have Had a Large Adenomatous Polyp. Otchy DP, Ransohoff DF, Wolff BG, et al. Am JGastroent 1996; 91:448-454.
  • Ileoanal Pouch in the Active Duty Population. Effect on a military career. Bamberger PK, Otchy DP. Dis Colon and Rectum 1997;40:60-66.
  • Is Restorative Proctocolectomy Compatible with Military Service? The AuthorsReply. Letter to the
    Editor Otchy DP,Bamberger PK. Dis Colon and rectum 1998;41:405-6.
  • The Timing of Computed Tomography in Acute Diverticulitis. Brengman ML, Otchy DP. Dis Colon and Rectum 1998;41:1023-8.
  • Learning Curve of Transrectal Ultrasound. Carmody B, Otchy DP. Dis Colon and Rectum 2000;43:193-7.
  • Sentinel lymph node is technically feasible and my improve staging in colorectal cancer. Cox ED, Kellicut D, Adair C, Marly K, Otchy DP, Peoples GE. Current Surgery 2002;59:301-6
  • Practice parameters for Ambulatory Anorectal Surgery. Place R, Hyman N, Simmang C, et al. Dis Colon and Rectum 2003;46:573-6.
  • Practice Parameters for the Surveillance and Follow-up of Patients with Colon and Rectal Cancer. Anthony T, Simman C, Hyman N, et al. Dis Colon and Rectum 2004;37:807-17.
  • Practice Parameters for Colon Cancer. Otchy DP, Hyman N, Simmang C, et al. Dis Colon and Rectum 2004;47:1269-84.
  • Practice parameters for the management of rectal cancer (revised). Tjandra JJ, Kilkenny JW, Buie WD, et al. Dis Colon and Rectum 2005; 48: 411-23.

 

  • Aortico-Pulmonary Paragangliomas, Case Report, and Literature Review with Ultrastructural Study. Cancer, 43; 269-277, 1979.
  • Freeze-Dried Canine Vena Cava Allografts as Mesocaval Shunts. Transplantation, 24;193-200, 1978
  • The Role of Naso-intestinal Intubation in Colon and Rectal Surgery. Diseases of the Colon and Rectum, 29(May); 295-299, 1986
  • Pelvic Arteriovenous Malformations. Diseases of the Colon and Rectum, 33 (April); 327-329, 1990.
  • Lithotomy Position in Colon and Rectal Surgery, Postoperative Complications, AORN, 55; 1029-1039, 1992.
  • The Role of Surgery Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Crohn’s and Colitis New Letter, March, 1992.
  • Surgical Treatment of Rectal Cancer:  A Colostomy is not always needed, Fairfax Cancer Leaflets, VI,#2,1992.