Publications

• Daniel R Rutz, Malcolm H Squires, Shishir K Maithel, Juan M Sarmiento, Joanna W Etra, Sebastian D Perez, William Knechtle, Kenneth Cardona, Maria C Russell, Charles A Staley, John F Sweeney, David A Kooby: Cost comparison analysis of open versus laparoscopic distal pancreatectomy HPB : the official journal of the International Hepato Pancreato Biliary Association. 06/2014;
• Thomas M Hagopian, Gerardo A Vitiello, Alexandra M Hart, Sebastian D Perez, Barbara J Pettitt, John F Sweeney: Do Medical Students in the Operating Room Affect Patient Care? An Analysis of One Institution's Experience Over the Past Five Years Journal of Surgical Education 06/2014;
• Rachel L Medbery, Sebastian D Perez, Seth D Force, Theresa W Gillespie, Allan Pickens, Daniel L Miller, Felix G Fernandez: Video-assisted thoracic surgery lobectomy cost variability: implications for a bundled payment era The Annals of thoracic surgery 05/2014; 97(5):1686-93.
• H Xu, S D Perez, J Cheeseman, A K Mehta, A D Kirk: The allo- and viral-specific immunosuppressive effect of belatacept, but not tacrolimus, attenuates with progressive T cell maturation American Journal of Transplantation 02/2014; 14(2):319-32.
• Ankit Patel, Meghna Patel, Nathaniel Lytle, Juan P Toro, Rachel L Medbery, Sheryl Bluestein, Sebastian D Perez, John F Sweeney, S Scott Davis, Edward Lin: Can we become better robot surgeons through simulator practice? Surgical Endoscopy 10/2013;
• Nikolaos Tsilimparis, James G Reeves, Anand Dayama, Sebastian D Perez, E Sebastian Debus, Joseph J Ricotta: Endovascular vs Open Repair of Renal Artery Aneurysms: Outcomes of Repair and Long-Term Renal Function Journal of the American College of Surgeons 06/2013;
• Ifeanyichukwu O Onor, Sarah B Todd, Erika Meredith, Sebastian D Perez, Aneesh K Mehta, G Marshall Lyon, Stuart J Knechtle, Steven I Hanish: Evaluation of clinical outcomes of prophylactic versus preemptive cytomegalovirus strategy in liver transplant recipients Transplant International 04/2013;
• Owen RM, Perez SD, Lytle N, Patel A, Davis SS, Lin E, Sweeney JF: Impact of Operative Duration on Postoperative Pulmonary Complications in Laparoscopic vs. Open Colectomy Surgical Endoscopy 04/2013;
• Rachel M Owen, Sebastian D Perez, Nathan Lytle, Ankit Patel, S S Davis, Edward Lin, John F Sweeney: Impact of operative duration on postoperative pulmonary complications in laparoscopic versus open colectomy Surgical Endoscopy 04/2013;
• Nikolaos Tsilimparis, Joseph J Ricotta, Anand Dayama, James G Reeves, Sebastian Perez, John F Sweeney: The effect of recent chemotherapy in aorto-iliac aneurysm repair Vascular 03/2013;
• N Tsilimparis, A Dayama, S Perez, J J Ricotta: Iliac Conduits for Endovascular Repair of Aortic Pathologies European journal of vascular and endovascular surgery: the official journal of the European Society for Vascular Surgery 03/2013;
• Nikolaos Tsilimparis, Sebastian Perez, Anand Dayama, Joseph J Ricotta: Endovascular Repair With Fenestrated-Branched Stent Grafts Improves 30-Day Outcomes for Complex Aortic Aneurysms Compared With Open Repair Annals of Vascular Surgery 02/2013;
• Rachel M Owen, Timothy P Love, Sebastian D Perez, Jahnavi K Srinivasan, Jyotirmay Sharma, Jonathan D Pollock, Carla I Haack, John F Sweeney, John R Galloway: Definitive surgical treatment of enterocutaneous fistula: outcomes of a 23-year experience JAMA surgery. 02/2013; 148(2):118-26.
• S. S. Davis, F. A. Husain, E. Lin, K. C. Nandipati, S. Perez, J. F. Sweeney: Resident participation in index laparoscopic general surgical cases: impact of the learning environment on surgical outcomes Journal of the American College of Surgeons 01/2013; 216(1):96-104.
• Perez SD, Owen RM, Sweeney JF: The Increased Impact of the National Surgical Quality Improvement Program on Surgical Research Journal of Surgical Research 01/2013; 179(2):223-224(abstract).
• Kalyana Nandipati, Edward Lin, Farah Husain, Sebastian Perez, Jahnavi Srinivasan, John F Sweeney, S Scott Davis: Factors predicting the increased risk for return to the operating room in bariatric patients: a NSQIP database study Surgical Endoscopy 10/2012;
• Rachel M Owen, Sebastian D Perez, William A Bornstein, John F Sweeney: Impact of surgical care improvement project inf-9 on postoperative urinary tract infections: do exemptions interfere with quality patient care? Archives of surgery (Chicago, Ill.: 1960) 10/2012; 147(10):946-53.
• Nikolaos Tsilimparis, Christina Bockelmann, Wieland Raue, Charalambos Menenakos, Sebastian Perez, Beate Rau, Jens Hartmann: Quality of Life in Patients after Cytoreductive Surgery and Hyperthermic Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy: Is It Worth the Risk? Annals of Surgical Oncology 08/2012;
• Nikolaos Tsilimparis, Sebastian Perez, Anand Dayama, Joseph J Ricotta: Age-stratified results from 20,095 aortoiliac aneurysm repairs: should we approach octogenarians and nonagenarians differently? Journal of the American College of Surgeons 08/2012; 215(5):690-701.
• Michael T Kassin, Rachel M Owen, Sebastian D Perez, Ira Leeds, James C Cox, Kurt Schnier, Vjollca Sadiraj, John F Sweeney: Risk factors for 30-day hospital readmission among general surgery patients Journal of the American College of Surgeons 06/2012; 215(3):322-30.
• Sharla Gayle Patterson, Paige Teller, Radha Iyengar, Grant W Carlson, Sheryl G A Gabram-Mendola, Albert Losken, Toncred Styblo, Mylin Torres, William C Wood, Sebastian D Perez, Marina Mosunjac, Monica Rizzo: Locoregional recurrence after mastectomy with immediate transverse rectus abdominis myocutaneous (TRAM) flap reconstruction Annals of Surgical Oncology 04/2012; 19(8):2679-84.
• Nicole A Turgeon, Sebastian Perez, Max Mondestin, S Scott Davis, Edward Lin, Sudha Tata, Allan D Kirk, Christian P Larsen, Thomas C Pearson, John F Sweeney: The impact of renal function on outcomes of bariatric surgery.. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology 03/2012; 23(5):885-94.
• D C Neujahr, S D Perez, A Mohammed, O Ulukpo, E C Lawrence, F Fernandez, A Pickens, S D Force, M Song, C P Larsen, A D Kirk: Cumulative exposure to gamma interferon-dependent chemokines CXCL9 and CXCL10 correlates with worse outcome after lung transplant American Journal of Transplantation 12/2011; 12(2):438-46.
• Anne C Spaulding, Sebastian D Perez, Ryan M Seals, Madhura A Hallman, Ravi Kavasery, Paul S Weiss: Diversity of release patterns for jail detainees: implications for public health interventions American Journal of Public Health 12/2011; 101 Suppl 1:S347-52.
• Huan Yan, Jyotirmay Sharma, Collin J Weber, Robert A Guyton, Sebastian Perez, Vinod H Thourani: Elevated parathyroid hormone predicts mortality in dialysis patients undergoing valve surgery Surgery 12/2011; 150(6):1095-101.
• J A Jackson, E J Kim, B Begley, J Cheeseman, T Harden, S D Perez, S Thomas, B Warshaw, A D Kirk: Urinary chemokines CXCL9 and CXCL10 are noninvasive markers of renal allograft rejection and BK viral infection American Journal of Transplantation 08/2011; 11(10):2228-34.
• Anne C Spaulding, Ryan M Seals, Victoria A McCallum, Sebastian D Perez, Amanda K Brzozowski, N Kyle Steenland: Prisoner survival inside and outside of the institution: implications for health-care planning American journal of epidemiology 01/2011; 173(5):479-87.
• Andrew J Page, Jonathan D Pollock, Sebastian Perez, S Scott Davis, Edward Lin, John F Sweeney: Laparoscopic versus open appendectomy: an analysis of outcomes in 17,199 patients using ACS/NSQIP Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery 12/2010; 14(12):1955-62.
• Anne C Spaulding, Anitra R Sumbry, Amanda K Brzozowski, Kevin L Ramos, Sebastian D Perez, David M Maggio, Ryan M Seals, Gina M Wingood: Pairing HIV-positive prisoners with volunteer life coaches to maintain health-promoting behavior upon release: a mixed-methods needs analysis and pilot study AIDS education and prevention: official publication of the International Society for AIDS Education 12/2009; 21(6):552-69. Patents

Conference Proceedings

• Sebastian D Perez: Using Heatmaps and Trend Charts to Visualize Kidney Recipients’ Post-Transplant Hospitalizations SESUG 2013, St Pete, Fl; 10/2013