Carl Westcott
Wake Forest University
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Clinical Transplantation | 2009
A. Reeves-Daniel; Patricia L. Adams; K. Daniel; Dean G. Assimos; Carl Westcott; S.G. Alcorn; Jeffrey Rogers; Alan C. Farney; Robert J. Stratta; E.L. Hartmann
Abstract: Background: African Americans (AA) and women are less likely to receive a live kidney donor (LKD) transplant than Caucasians or men. Reasons for non‐donation are poorly understood.
Clinical Transplantation | 2011
A. Reeves-Daniel; A. Bailey; Dean G. Assimos; Carl Westcott; Patricia L. Adams; E. L. Hartmann; Jeffrey Rogers; Alan C. Farney; Robert J. Stratta; K. Daniel; Barry I. Freedman
Reeves‐Daniel A, Bailey A, Assimos D, Westcott C, Adams PL, Hartmann EL, Rogers J, Farney AC, Stratta RJ, Daniel K, Freedman BI. Donor–recipient relationships in African American vs. Caucasian live kidney donors. Clin Transplant 2011: 25: E487–E490.
Clinical Transplantation | 2013
A. Reeves-Daniel; Alan C. Farney; Alison J. Fletcher; Dean G. Assimos; Carl Westcott; Jeffrey Rogers; Robert J. Stratta; Michael V. Rocco; Barry I. Freedman
Relationships between race/ethnicity, recipient medical insurance, and living donor kidney transplantation (LKT) are incompletely described.
Clinical Transplantation | 2010
A. Reeves-Daniel; Barry I. Freedman; Dean G. Assimos; E.L. Hartmann; A. Bleyer; Patricia L. Adams; Carl Westcott; Robert J. Stratta; Jeffrey Rogers; Alan C. Farney; K. Daniel
Reeves‐Daniel A, Freedman BI, Assimos D, Hartmann EL, Bleyer A, Adams PL, Westcott C, Stratta RJ, Rogers J, Farney AC, Daniel KR. Short‐term renal outcomes in African American and Caucasian donors following live kidney donation. Clin Transplant 2009 DOI: 10.1111/j.1399‐0012.2009.01170.x © 2009 John Wiley & Sons A/S.
JAMA Surgery | 2017
Jessica L. Sparks; Dustin L. Crouch; Kathryn Sobba; Douglas Fennell Evans; Jing Zhang; James E. Johnson; Ian Saunders; John Thomas; Sarah Bodin; A. Tonidandel; Jeff Carter; Carl Westcott; R. Shayn Martin; Amy N. Hildreth
Importance The human patient simulators that are currently used in multidisciplinary operating room team training scenarios cannot simulate surgical tasks because they lack a realistic surgical anatomy. Thus, they eliminate the surgeon’s primary task in the operating room. The surgical trainee is presented with a significant barrier when he or she attempts to suspend disbelief and engage in the scenario. Objective To develop and test a simulation-based operating room team training strategy that challenges the communication abilities and teamwork competencies of surgeons while they are engaged in realistic operative maneuvers. Design, Setting, and Participants This pre-post educational intervention pilot study compared the gains in teamwork skills for midlevel surgical residents at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center after they participated in a standardized multidisciplinary team training scenario with 3 possible levels of surgical realism: (1) SimMan (Laerdal) (control group, no surgical anatomy); (2) “synthetic anatomy for surgical tasks” mannequin (medium-fidelity anatomy), and (3) a patient simulated by a deceased donor (high-fidelity anatomy). Interventions Participation in the simulation scenario and the subsequent debriefing. Main Outcomes and Measures Teamwork competency was assessed using several instruments with extensive validity evidence, including the Nontechnical Skills assessment, the Trauma Management Skills scoring system, the Crisis Resource Management checklist, and a self-efficacy survey instrument. Participant satisfaction was assessed with a Likert-scale questionnaire. Results Scenario participants included midlevel surgical residents, anesthesia providers, scrub nurses, and circulating nurses. Statistical models showed that surgical residents exposed to medium-fidelity simulation (synthetic anatomy for surgical tasks) team training scenarios demonstrated greater gains in teamwork skills compared with control groups (SimMan) (Nontechnical Skills video score: 95% CI, 1.06-16.41; Trauma Management Skills video score: 95% CI, 0.61-2.90) and equivalent gains in teamwork skills compared with high-fidelity simulations (deceased donor) (Nontechnical Skills video score: 95% CI, −8.51 to 6.71; Trauma Management Skills video score: 95% CI, −1.70 to 0.49). Conclusions and Relevance Including a surgical task in operating room team training significantly enhanced the acquisition of teamwork skills among midlevel surgical residents. Incorporating relatively inexpensive, medium-fidelity synthetic anatomy in human patient simulators was as effective as using high-fidelity anatomies from deceased donors for promoting teamwork skills in this learning group.
World Journal of Surgery | 1999
Carl Westcott; Theodore N. Pappas
Since its inception laparoscopy has been a valuable tool for diagnosis, and more recently it has become widely accepted as a medium for surgical intervention. In this light, the addition of minimally invasive techniques to the management of peripancreatic cancer has gained notable attention. Although most practitioners agree that there is some role for minimally invasive therapy, opinions vary as to the extent and significance these applications carry to the overall management of peripancreatic malignancies.
Journal of Obesity | 2018
Katherine Habenicht Yancey; Lauren Katherine McCormack; Stephen S. McNatt; Powell Ms; Adolfo Z. Fernandez; Carl Westcott
Background Laparoscopic-assisted transgastric endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (LAERCP) is used for treatment in patients after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB), where transoral access to the biliary tree is not possible. We describe our technique and experience with this procedure. Methods Electronic medical record search was performed from September 2012 to January 2016, identifying patients who underwent LAERCP per operative records. Charts were reviewed for demographic, clinical, and outcomes data. Results Sixteen patients were identified. Average time since bypass was 6.9 years, and length of stay was 3.7 days. Five patients underwent simultaneous cholecystectomy. Eleven patients, or 43%, had cholecystectomy more than 2 years previously. ERCP with sphincterotomy was completed in 15 of 16 patients (94%). Our technique involves access to the bypassed stomach via a laparoscopically placed 15 mm port. We observed one major complication of post-ERCP necrotizing pancreatitis. No minor complications nor mortalities were seen in our series. Conclusion Biliary obstruction can occur many years after RYGB and cholecystectomy. Our findings suggest that RYGB patients may be at a higher risk of primary CBD stone formation. LAERCP is a reliable option for common bile duct (CBD) clearance; our technique of LAERCP is technically simple and associated with low complication rate, making it appealing to surgeons not trained in advanced laparoscopy.
Journal of The American College of Surgeons | 2004
Carl Westcott; M. Benjamin Hopkins; Kevin K. Bach; Gregory N. Postma; Peter C. Belafsky; James A. Koufman
Journal of Surgical Oncology | 2003
Perry Shen; Shawn H. Fleming; Carl Westcott; Venkat R. Challa
Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery | 2011
Oliver A. Varban; Thomas P. McCoy; Carl Westcott