
PUBLICATIONS
Impact of the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic on surgical research and lessons for the future.
Keswani SG, Parikh UM, Gosain A, Ghaferi AA, Thomas JS, Dudeja V, Kim ES, Zuckerbraun BS, Goldstein AM.
Surgery. 2021
Ehlers AP, Thumma JR, Finks JF, Carlin AM, Ghaferi AA, Varban OA (2020) Ann Surg.
Peer Assessment of Operative Videos with Sleeve Gastrectomy to Determine Optimal Operative Technique
Varban OA, Thumma JR, Carlin AM, Finks JF, Ghaferi AA, Dimick JB (2020) J Am Coll Surg.
Nasser H, Ivanics T, Varban OA, Finks JF, Bonham A, Ghaferi AA, Carlin AM (2020) Surg Endosc.
Considering Surgeon Skill in Randomized Clinical Trials
Ghaferi AA, Dimick JB (2020) JAMA Surg.
Rozier MD, Ghaferi AA, Rose AM, Simon NJ, Birkmeyer NJ, Prosser LA (2020) Surg Obes Relat Dis.
Massarweh NN, Ghaferi AA, Kelz RR (2020) JAMA Surg.
An algorithmic approach to an impactful specific aims page
Goldstein AM, Balaji S, Ghaferi AA, Gosain A, Maggard-Gibbons M, Zuckerbraun B, Keswani SG (2020) Surgery
Association Between Surgeon Practice Knowledge and Venous Thromboembolism
de Meireles A, Carlin AM, Cain-Nielsen A, Stricklen A, Ross R, Finks JF, Varban OA, Ghaferi AA (2020) Obes Surg.
Practical Guide to Meta-analysis
Arya S, Schwartz TA, Ghaferi AA (2020) JAMA Surg.
Practical Guide to Qualitative Analysis
Schwarze ML, Kaji AH, Ghaferi AA (2020) JAMA Surg.
Maximizing the Impact of Surgical Health Services Research: The Methodology Toolbox
Ghaferi AA, Haider AH, Kibbe MR (2020) JAMA Surg.
Bariatric Surgery Is Safe and It Works
Ehlers AP, Ghaferi AA (2020) JAMA Surg.
Understanding the Long-term Effects of Bariatric Surgery: From Weight Loss to Bone Health
Smith ME, Ghaferi AA (2019) JAMA Surg.
Strieder-Barboza C, Baker NA, Flesher CG, Karmakar M, Neeley CK, Polsinelli D, Dimick JB, Finks JF, Ghaferi AA, Varban OA, Lumeng CN, O'Rourke RW (2019) Sci Rep.
Varban OA, Bonham AJ, Finks JF, Telem DA, Obeid NR, Ghaferi AA (2019) Surg Obes Relat Dis.
Bariatric surgery among patients with end-stage kidney disease: improving access to transplantation
Montgomery JR, Ghaferi AA, Waits SA (2019) Surg Obes Relat Dis.
Financial impact of improving patient care setting selection after bariatric surgery
Smith ME, Bonham AJ, Varban OA, Finks JF, Carlin AM, Ghaferi AA (2019) Surg Obes Relat Dis.
Randomized Trial of Medical versus Surgical Treatment for Refractory Heartburn
Spechler SJ, Hunter JG, Jones KM, Lee R, Smith BR, Mashimo H, Sanchez VM, Dunbar KB, Pham TH, Murthy UK, Kim T, Jackson CS, Wallen JM, von Rosenvinge EC, Pearl JP, Laine L, Kim AW, Kaz AM, Tatum RP, Gellad ZF, Lagoo-Deenadayalan S, Rubenstein JH, Ghaferi AA, Lo WK, Fernando RS, Chan BS, Paski SC, Provenzale D, Castell DO, Lieberman D, Souza RF, Chey WD, Warren SR, Davis-Karim A, Melton SD, Genta RM, Serpi T, Biswas K, Huang GD (2019) N Engl J Med.
Smith ME, Bacal D, Bonham AJ, Varban OA, Carlin AM, Ghaferi AA, Finks JF (2019) Surg Obes Relat Dis.
Understanding Interpersonal and Organizational Dynamics Among Providers Responding to Crisis
McGovern KM, Wells EE, Landstrom GL, Ghaferi AA (2019) Qual Health Res.
Surgical Hot Spotting: Who Becomes a Super-Utilizer After Surgery?
Chhabra KR, Ghaferi AA, Nathan H (2019) JAMA Surg.
Fry BT, Smith ME, Thumma JR, Ghaferi AA, Dimick JB (2019) Ann Surg.
Surgeon variation in severity of reflux symptoms after sleeve gastrectomy
Varban OA, Thumma JR, Telem DA, Obeid NR, Finks JF, Ghaferi AA, Dimick JB (2019) Surg Endosc.
Varban OA, Thumma JR, Finks JF, Carlin AM, Ghaferi AA, Dimick JB (2019) Ann Surg.
Using Incident Reports to Assess Communication Failures and Patient Outcomes
Umberfield E, Ghaferi AA, Krein SL, Manojlovich M (2019) Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf.
Association of Race With Bariatric Surgery Outcomes
Wood MH, Carlin AM, Ghaferi AA, Varban OA, Hawasli A, Bonham AJ, Birkmeyer NJ, Finks JF (2019) JAMA Surg.
Developing minimally invasive procedure quality metrics: one step at a time
Aloia TA, Jackson T, Ghaferi A, Dort J, Schwarz E, Romanelli J (2019) Surg Endosc.
Varban OA, Thumma JR, Finks JF, Carlin AM, Kemmeter PR, Ghaferi AA, Dimick JB (2019) Surg Endosc.
deMeireles A, Ross R, Ghaferi AA (2019) Mhealth.
Considering Bariatric Surgery in Patients With Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis-Worth the Risk
Waits SA, Sheetz KH, Ghaferi AA (2019) JAMA Netw Open.
deMeireles AJ, Carlin AM, Bonham AJ, Cassidy R, Ross R, Stricklen A, Finks J, Ghaferi AA (2019) Ann Surg.
Rozier MD, Ghaferi AA, Rose A, Simon NJ, Birkmeyer N, Prosser LA (2019) JAMA Surg.
Excising the "surgeon ego" to accelerate progress in the culture of surgery
Myers CG, Lu-Myers Y, Ghaferi AA (2018) BMJ.
Kelsall AC, Cassidy R, Ghaferi AA (2018) Ann Surg.
Griauzde DH, Ibrahim AM, Fisher N, Stricklen A, Ross R, Ghaferi AA (2018) BMC Obes.
Interpersonal And Organizational Dynamics Are Key Drivers Of Failure To Rescue
Smith ME, Wells EE, Friese CR, Krein SL, Ghaferi AA (2018) Health Aff (Millwood).
Understanding the Benefits of Bariatric Surgery: How Much Evidence Is Enough?
Smith ME, Ghaferi AA (2018) JAMA Surg.
Smith ME, Lee JS, Bonham A, Varban OA, Finks JF, Carlin AM, Ghaferi AA (2018) Surg Endosc.
New onset alcohol use disorder following bariatric surgery
Ibrahim N, Alameddine M, Brennan J, Sessine M, Holliday C, Ghaferi AA (2018) Surg Endosc.
Ghaferi AA, Varban OA (2018) JAMA.
Surgical Collaboratives for Quality Improvement
Ghaferi AA (2018) Surg Oncol Clin N Am.
Potentially Avoidable Emergency Department Use: When Policy Expects Patients to be Physicians
Jaffe TA, Kocher KE, Ghaferi AA (2018) Ann Emerg Med.
Brooke BS, Smith AB, Ghaferi AA (2018) JAMA Surg.
Clinical versus patient-reported measures of depression in bariatric surgery
Srivatsan S, Guduguntla V, Young KZ, Arastu A, Strong CR, Cassidy R, Ghaferi AA (2018) Surg Endosc.
Practical Guide to Surgical Data Sets: Medicare Claims Data
Ghaferi AA, Dimick JB (2018) JAMA Surg.
Factors Associated With Long Wait Times for Bariatric Surgery
Alvarez R, Bonham AJ, Buda CM, Carlin AM, Ghaferi AA, Varban OA (2018) Ann Surg.
Patient perspectives on emergency department self-referral after bariatric surgery
Stevens H, Wells E, Ross R, Stricklen A, Ghaferi AA (2018) Surg Obes Relat Dis.
Effect of Surgeon Age on Bariatric Surgery Outcomes
Stevens H, Carlin AM, Ross R, Stricklen A, Wood MH, Ghaferi AA (2018) Ann Surg.
Site-specific Approach to Reducing Emergency Department Visits Following Surgery
Abdel Khalik H, Stevens H, Carlin AM, Stricklen A, Ross R, Pesta C, Finks JF, Ibrahim A, Ghaferi AA (2018) Ann Surg.
Association Between Hospital Staffing Models and Failure to Rescue
Ward ST, Dimick JB, Zhang W, Campbell DA, Ghaferi AA (2018) Ann Surg.
Physiologic and psychological gender differences in bariatric surgery
Kochkodan J, Telem DA, Ghaferi AA (2018) Surg Endosc.
Educational content and the use of social media at US departments of surgery
Nikolian VC, Barrett M, Valbuena VS, Ibrahim AM, Eidy H, Ghandour MH, Ghaferi AA (2018) Surgery.
Social Media as a Platform for Surgical Learning: Use and Engagement Patterns Among Robotic Surgeons
Myers CG, Kudsi OY, Ghaferi AA (2018) Ann Surg.
Effect of patient-reported smoking status on short-term bariatric surgery outcomes
Inadomi M, Iyengar R, Fischer I, Chen X, Flagler E, Ghaferi AA (2018) Surg Endosc.
Factors Associated With Achieving a Body Mass Index of Less Than 30 After Bariatric Surgery
Varban OA, Cassidy RB, Bonham A, Carlin AM, Ghaferi A, Finks JF (2017) JAMA Surg.
Spertus JA, Ghaferi AA (2017) JAMA Surg.
Varban OA, Niemann A, Stricklen A, Ross R, Ghaferi AA, Finks JF, Dimick JB (2017) J Laparoendosc Adv Surg Tech A.
Cutting-edge Efforts in Surgical Patient Safety
Varghese TK Jr, Ghaferi AA (2017) JAMA Surg.
Diabetes-Specific Regulation of Adipocyte Metabolism by the Adipose Tissue Extracellular Matrix
Baker NA, Muir LA, Washabaugh AR, Neeley CK, Chen SY, Flesher CG, Vorwald J, Finks JF, GhaferiAA, Mulholland MW, Varban OA, Lumeng CN, O'Rourke RW (2017) J Clin Endocrinol Metab.
Adipocyte hypertrophy-hyperplasia balance contributes to weight loss after bariatric surgery
Muir LA, Baker NA, Washabaugh AR, Neeley CK, Flesher CG, DelProposto JB, Geletka LM, GhaferiAA, Finks JF, Singer K, Varban OA, Lumeng CN, O'Rourke RW (2017) Adipocyte.
Variation in Outcomes at Bariatric Surgery Centers of Excellence
Ibrahim, AM, Ghaferi AA, Thumma JR, Dimick JB (2017) JAMA Surgery.
Site-Specific Approach to Reducing Emergency Department Visits Following Surgery
Hassaan, A.K., Stevens, H., Carlin, A.M., Stricklen, A., Ross, R., Pesta, C., Finks, J.F., Ibrahim, A., Ghaferi, A.A. (2017). Annals of Surgery.
Variation in readmission expenditures after high-risk surgery
Jacobs, B.L., He, C., Li, B.Y., Helfand, A., Krishnan, N., Borza, T., Ghaferi, A.A., Hollenbeck, B.K., Helm, J.E., Lavieri, M.S., Skolarus, T.A. (2017). Journal of Surgical Research.
Using Video Analysis to Understand and Improve Technical Quality in Bariatric Surgery
Varban, O.A., Ghaferi, A.A., Dimick, J.B. (2017) Current Surgery Reports, 5(6).
Evaluating organizational factors associated with postoperative bariatric surgery readmissions
Macht, R., Cassidy, R., Cabral, H., Kazis, L., Ghaferi, A.A. (2017). Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases.
Working on Yourself: Intangibles of a Successful Surgery Resident
Ghaferi, Amir A. (2017) A How To Guide For Medical Students. Springer International Publishing, 45-49.
Surgical skill in bariatric surgery: Does skill in one procedure predict outcomes for another?
Varban O.A., Greenberg C.C., Schram J, Ghaferi A.A., Thumma J.R., Carlin A.M., Dimick J.B. (2016). Surgery,160(5):1172-1181.
Selby, L.V., Ganai, S., Shirley, L.A., Wright, A.S., Harzman, A.E., Ghaferi, A.A, Matthews, J.B. (2016). Journal of the American College of Surgeons, 223(4), 130.
Review of ‘‘Impact of Hospital Characteristics on Failure to Rescue Following Major Surgery
Sheetz K, Dimick JB, Ghaferi AA. (2016). Ann Surg 263:692–697.
Variation in Medicare Expenditures for Treating Perioperative Complications: The Cost of Rescue
Pradarelli, J.C., Healy, M.A., Osborne, N.H., Ghaferi, A.A., Dimick, J.B. (2016) JAMA Surg.
Waljee, J.F., Ghaferi, A.A., Cassidy, R, Varban, O., Finks, J., Chung, K., Carlozzi, N., Dimick, J.B. (2016) Annals of Surgery, 264(4), 682-689.
Hospital Quality and Medicare Expenditures for Bariatric Surgery in the United States
Ibrahim A.M., Ghaferi A.A., Thumma J.R., Dimick J.B. (2016) Ann Surg.
Colon cancer operations at high- and low-mortality hospitals
Healy, M.A., Grenda, T.R., Suwanabol, P.A., Yin, H., Ghaferi, A.A., Birkmeyer, J.D., Wong, S.L. (2016) Surgery, 160(2), 359-365.
The Next Wave of Hospital Innovation to Make Patients Safer
Ghaferi, A.A., Myers, C.G., Sutcliffe, K.M., & Pronovost, P.J. (2016) Harvard Business Review.
The Behavior and Biology Behind Bariatric Surgery Outcomes
Ghaferi, A.A., Woodruff, M., & Arnould, J. (2016) JAMA Surg.
Hospital variation in perioperative complications for laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy in Michigan
Pradarelli, J. C., Varban, O. A., Ghaferi, A. A., Weiner, M., Carlin, A. M., & Dimick, J. B. (2016). Surgery.
Mortality Among Older Adults Before Versus After Hospital Transition to Intensivist Staffing
Nagendran, M., Dimick, J. B., Gonzalez, A. A., Birkmeyer, J. D., & Ghaferi, A. A. (2016). Med Care, 54(1), 67-73.
Revisiting Nursing's Effect on Surgical Quality and Cost
Ghaferi, A. A., & Friese, C. R. (2016). JAMA Surg.
Impact of Hospital Characteristics on Failure to Rescue Following Major Surgery
Sheetz, K. H., Dimick, J. B., & Ghaferi, A. A. (2016). Ann Surg.
Importance of teamwork, communication and culture on failure-to-rescue in the elderly
Ghaferi, A. A., & Dimick, J. B. (2016). Br J Surg, 103(2), e47-51.
Bariatric Surgery-More Than Just an Operation
Ghaferi, A. A., & Lindsay-Westphal, C. (2016). JAMA Surg, 1.
Variation in Patient-reported Outcomes Across Hospitals Following Surgery
Waljee, J. F., Ghaferi, A., Finks, J. F., Cassidy, R., Varban, O., Carlin, A., Carlozzi, N., & Dimick, J. (2015). Med Care, 53(11), 960-966.
Effect of Preoperative Hemoglobin A1c on Bariatric Surgery Outcomes
Syed, S., Finks, J., Wood, M., Carlin, A., Wohaibi, E., Kole, K., Ringley, C., & Ghaferi, A. (2015). Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases, 11(6), S43-S44.
Short-Term Outcomes Following Conversion of Adjustable Gastric Banding
Poplawski, S., Kemmeter, P., Carlin, A., Weiner, M., Varban, O., Ghaferi, A., Cassidy, R., & Finks, J. (2015). Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases, 11(6), S4.
Bariatric Surgery Outcomes In Patients With Prior Fundoplication
Krause, K., Finks, J., Stricklen, A., Ross, R., Hoerauf, P., Carlin, A., & Ghaferi, A. (2015). Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases, 11(6), S25.
Postoperative Readmission Time Interval and Model Performance: Implications for Hospital Profiling
Gonzalez, A. A., Ejaz, A., Osborne, N. H., & Ghaferi, A. A. (2015). J Am Coll Surg, 221(4), S131.
Time-to-readmission and Mortality After High-risk Surgery
Gonzalez, A. A., Abdelsattar, Z. M., Dimick, J. B., Dev, S., Birkmeyer, J. D., & Ghaferi, A. A. (2015). Ann Surg, 262(1), 53-59.
Understanding failure to rescue and improving safety culture
Ghaferi, A. A., & Dimick, J. B. (2015). Ann Surg, 261(5), 839-840.
Friese, C. R., Xia, R., Ghaferi, A., Birkmeyer, J. D., & Banerjee, M. (2015). Health Aff (Millwood), 34(6), 986-992.
Hospital readmission as a quality measure in surgery
Dimick, J. B., & Ghaferi, A. A. (2015). Jama, 313(5), 512-513.
Failure to rescue and mortality following repair of abdominal aortic aneurysm
Waits, S. A., Sheetz, K. H., Campbell, D. A., Ghaferi, A. A., Englesbe, M. J., Eliason, J. L., & Henke, P. K. (2014). J Vasc Surg, 59(4), 909-914.e901.
Sheetz, K. H., Krell, R. W., Englesbe, M. J., Birkmeyer, J. D., Campbell, D. A., Jr., & Ghaferi, A. A. (2014). J Am Coll Surg, 219(3), 365-370.
Improving the care of elderly adults undergoing surgery in Michigan
Sheetz, K. H., Guy, K., Allison, J. H., Barnhart, K. A., Hawken, S. R., Hayden, E. L., Starr, J. B., Terjimanian, M. N., Waits, S. A., Mullard, A. J., Krapohl, G., Ghaferi, A. A., Campbell, D. A., Jr., & Englesbe, M. J. (2014). J Am Geriatr Soc, 62(2), 352-357.
Is More Always Better?: The Association Between Hospital Care Intensity and Surgical Outcomes
Sheetz, K.H., Dimick, J.B., & Ghaferi, A.A . (2014). Journal of Surgical Research, 186(2), 497.
The association between hospital care intensity and surgical outcomes in medicare patients
Sheetz, K.H., Dimick, J.B., & Ghaferi, A.A . (2014). JAMA Surg, 149(12), 1254-1259.
Hospital volume and operative mortality in the modern era
Reames, B.N., Ghaferi, A.A ., Birkmeyer, J.D., & Dimick, J. B. (2014). Ann Surg, 260(2), 244-251.
Socioeconomic disparities in mortality after cancer surgery: failure to rescue
Reames, B.N., Birkmeyer, N.J., Dimick, J.B., & Ghaferi, A.A . (2014). JAMA Surg, 149(5), 475-481.
Explaining racial disparities in outcomes after cardiac surgery: the role of hospital quality
Rangrass, G., Ghaferi, A.A ., & Dimick, J.B. (2014). JAMA Surg, 149(3), 223-227.
Using same-hospital readmission rates to estimate all-hospital readmission rates
Gonzalez, A.A., Shih, T., Dimick, J.B., & Ghaferi, A.A . (2014). J Am Coll Surg, 219(4), 656-663.
Gonzalez, A.A., & Ghaferi, A.A . (2014). RR23. J Vasc Surg, 59(6), 104S-105S.
Hospital Safety Scores: do grades really matter?
Gonzalez, A.A., & Ghaferi, A.A . (2014). JAMA Surg, 149(5), 413-414.
A Longitudinal Analysis of Mortality, Complications, and Failure to Rescue After Cardiac Surgery
Gonzalez, A.A., Dimick, J.D., Birkmeyer, J.D., & Ghaferi, A.A. (2014). Journal of Surgical Research, 186(2), 613-614.
Understanding the volume-outcome effect in cardiovascular surgery: the role of failure to rescue
Gonzalez, A.A., Dimick, J.B., Birkmeyer, J. D., & Ghafer i, A.A . (2014). JAMA Surg, 149(2), 119-123.
A Longitudinal Analysis of Disparities in Mortality After High-Risk General Surgery
Gonzalez, A.A., Birkmeyer, J.D., Dimick, J. B., & Ghaferi, A.A. (2014). Journal of Surgical Research, 186(2), 497.
Correlation Between Readmission Interval and Post-Discharge Mortality
Gonzalez, A.A., Birkmeyer, J. D., Dimick, J. B., & Ghaferi, A.A. (2014). Journal of Surgical Research, 186(2), 526-527.
Gonzalez, A.A., Birkmeyer, J.D., Dimick, J.B., & Ghaferi, A.A. (2014). Journal of Surgical Research, 186(2), 676.
Ghaferi, A. A, & Gonzalez, A.A. (2014). JAMA Surg, 149(7), 748-749.
Sheetz, K. H., Waits, S. A., Krell, R. W., Campbell, D. A., Jr., Englesbe, M.J., & Ghaferi, A.A. (2013). Ann Surg, 258(4), 614-617; discussion 617-618.
Sheetz, K.H., Krell, R.W., Campbell, D.A., Jr., Englesbe, M. J., & Ghaferi, A.A. (2013). J Am Coll Surg, 217(3), S59-S60.
Searching for the Optimal Surgical Quality Indicator: Failure to Rescue Vs. Readmissions
Reames, B.N., & Ghaferi, A.A. (2013). Journal of Surgical Research, 179(2), 295.
Failure to rescue: the impact of multiple sentinel complications
Krell, R., Sheetz, K., Nagendran, M., Mullard, A. J., & Ghaferi, A.A. (2013). J Am Coll Surg, 217(3), S106.
Effect of Failure to Rescue on Hospital Volume-Mortality Relationships in Cardiovascular Surgery
Gonzalez, A.A., Dimick, J.B., Birkmeyer, J.D., & Ghaferi, A. A. (2013). Journal of Surgical Research, 179(2), 291-292.
Does same-hospital readmission rate correlate with all-hospital readmission rate?
Gonzalez, A., Shih, T., Dimick, J. B., & Ghaferi, A. A. (2013). J Am Coll Surg, 217(3), S105.
Patient Deconditioning and Failure to Rescue from Surgical Complications
Ghaferi, A.A., Sonnenday, C.J., Birkmeyer, J.D., & Dimick, J. B. (2012). Journal of Surgical Research, 172(2), 189.
Variation in mortality after high-risk cancer surgery: failure to rescue
Ghaferi, A.A., & Dimick, J. B. (2012). Surg Oncol Clin N Am, 21(3), 389-395, vii.
Reliability adjustment for reporting hospital outcomes with surgery
Dimick, J.B., Ghaferi, A.A., Osborne, N. H., Ko, C. Y., & Hall, B. L. (2012). Ann Surg, 255(4), 703-707.
Ramachandran, S.K., Nafiu, O.O., Ghaferi, A.A., Tremper, K.K., Shanks, A., & Kheterpal, S. (2011). Anesthesiology, 115(1), 44-53.
Evaluating popular media and internet-based hospital quality ratings for cancer surgery
Osborne, N.H., Ghaferi, A.A., Nicholas, L.H., Dimick, J. B., & Mph, M. (2011). Arch Surg, 146(5), 600-604.
Reliability of superficial surgical site infections as a hospital quality measure
Kao, L.S., Ghaferi, A.A., Ko, C.Y., & Dimick, J.B. (2011). J Am Coll Surg, 213(2), 231-235.
Evaluating A New Technique For Improving The Reliability Of Surgical Outcomes Measurement
Ghaferi, A.A., Ko, C. Y., & Dimick, J. B. (2011). Journal of Surgical Research, 165(2), 196.
Hospital volume and failure to rescue with high-risk surgery
Ghaferi, A.A., Birkmeyer, J. D., & Dimick, J. B. (2011). Med Care, 49(12), 1076-1081.
Osborne, N.H., Nicholas, L.H., Ghaferi, A. A., Upchurch, G. R., Jr., & Dimick, J. B. (2010). J Am Coll Surg, 210(1), 87-92.
Surgical outcomes in medicare patients at NSQIP and non-NSQIP hospitals
Osborne, N.H., Ghaferi, A.A., Birkmeyer, J. D., & Dimick, J. B. (2010). J Am Coll Surg, 211(3), S101-S102.
Mathur, A.K., Osborne, N.H., Lynch, R.J., Ghaferi, A.A., Dimick, J.B., & Sonnenday, C.J. (2010). Arch Surg, 145(12), 1158-1163.
Mathur, A.K., Ghaferi, A.A., Sell, K., Sonnenday, C.J., Englesbe, M.J., & Welling, T.H. (2010). J Gastrointest Surg, 14(5), 849-857.
Body mass index and adverse perioperative outcomes following hepatic resection
Mathur, A.K., Ghaferi, A.A., Osborne, N.H., Pawlik, T.M., Campbell, D.A., Englesbe, M. J., & Welling, T. H. (2010). J Gastrointest Surg, 14(8), 1285-1291.
Does voluntary reporting bias hospital quality rankings?
Ghaferi, A.A., Osborne, N.H., & Dimick, J.B. (2010). J Surg Res, 161(2), 190-194.
Hospital characteristics associated with failure to rescue from complications after pancreatectomy
Ghaferi, A.A., Osborne, N.H., Birkmeyer, J.D., & Dimick, J.B. (2010). J Am Coll Surg, 211(3), 325-330.
Adverse outcomes in patients with chronic liver disease undergoing colorectal surgery
Ghaferi, A.A., Mathur, A.K., Sonnenday, C.J., & Dimick, J.B. (2010). Ann Surg, 252(2), 345-350.
Intensive Care Unit Staffing and Failure to Rescue with Major Surgery
Ghaferi, A.A., Birkmeyer, J.D., & Dimick, J.B. (2010). Journal of Surgical Research, 158(2), 310.
Bending the cost curve in the United States: the role of comparative effectiveness research
Ghaferi, A.A. (2010). Crit Care, 14(3), 168.
Prognostic significance of a positive nonsentinel lymph node in cutaneous melanoma
Ghaferi, A.A., Wong, S.L., Johnson, T.M., Lowe, L., Chang, A.E., Cimmino, V.M., Bradford, C.R., Rees, R.S., & Sabel, M.S. (2009). Ann Surg Oncol, 16(11), 2978-2984.
Understanding Variations in Hospital Mortality with Major Surgery
Ghaferi, A.A., Wong, S.L., Birkmeyer, J.D., & Dimick, J.B. (2009). 137. Journal of Surgical Research, 151(2), 237.
Ghaferi, A.A., Birkmeyer, J.D., & Dimick, J.B. (2009). J Am Coll Surg, 209(3), S95.
Variation in hospital mortality associated with inpatient surgery
Ghaferi, A.A., Birkmeyer, J.D., & Dimick, J.B. (2009). N Engl J Med, 361(14), 1368-1375.
Complications, failure to rescue, and mortality with major inpatient surgery in medicare patients
Ghaferi, A.A., Birkmeyer, J.D., & Dimick, J.B. (2009). Ann Surg, 250(6), 1029-1034.
Outcomes after Laparoscopic Colon and Rectal Surgery
Ghaferi, A.A., & Finlayson, E. (2008). Seminars in Colon and Rectal Surgery, 19(1), 48-52.
Pancreatic VIPomas: subject review and one institutional experience
Ghaferi, A.A., Chojnacki, K.A., Long, W.D., Cameron, J.L., & Yeo, C.J. (2008). J Gastrointest Surg, 12(2), 382-393.
Ghaferi, A.A., & Hutchins, G.M. (2005). J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg, 129(6), 1348-1352.