In Memoriam
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Seema S Sonnad, PhD
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Director, Outcomes Research, Department of Surgery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
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Director, Penn-SCORE
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Senior Fellow , Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
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Associate Scholar, Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
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Core Faculty , Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
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Senior Fellow , Center for Public Health Initiatives, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
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Department: Surgery
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University of Pennsylvania
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15 4 Silverstein
3a 3400 Spruce Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104-4283
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15 4 Silverstein
3a 3400 Spruce Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104-4283
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Office: 215-662-4464
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seema.sonnad@uphs.upenn.edu
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seema.sonnad@uphs.upenn.edu
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Education:
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2c Stanford University, 1984.
21 9 M.S. 14 (Geology) c
39 University of Washington/Seattle, 1988.
21 9 M.S. 17 (Statistics) c
2c Stanford University, 1992.
21 8 PhD 30 (Health Services and Policy Analysis) c
88 University of California, Berkeley. Disseration: Control Mechanisms for Implementing Medical Practice Guidlines, 1997.
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Permanent link21 9 B.S. 20 (Biology and Geology) c
2c Stanford University, 1984.
21 9 M.S. 14 (Geology) c
39 University of Washington/Seattle, 1988.
21 9 M.S. 17 (Statistics) c
2c Stanford University, 1992.
21 8 PhD 30 (Health Services and Policy Analysis) c
88 University of California, Berkeley. Disseration: Control Mechanisms for Implementing Medical Practice Guidlines, 1997.
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Description of Research Expertise
2c outcomes research (surgery)22 women in academic medicine
15 meta-analysis
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106 Groeneveld PW., Sonnad SS., Lee AK., Asch DA., Shea JE.: Racial differences in attitudes toward innovative medical technology. Journal of General Internal Medicine 21(6): 559-63, June 2006.
ff Selber JC., Kurichi JE., Vega SJ., Sonnad SS., Serletti JM.: Risk factors and complications in free TRAM flap breast reconstruction. Annals of Plastic Surgery 56(5): 492-7, May 2006.
13b Wang Y., Kurichi JE., Blumenthal NP., Ahya VN., Christie JD., Pochettino A., Kaiser LR., Sonnad SS., Pollak ES.: Multiple variables affecting blood usage in lung transplantation. Journal of Heart & Lung Transplantation 25(5): 533-8, May 2006.
15f Porrett PM., Peterman H., Rosen M., Sonnad S., Soulen M., Markmann JF., Shaked A., Furth E., Reddy KR., Olthoff K.: Lack of benefit of pre-transplant locoregional hepatic therapy for hepatocellular cancer in the current MELD era. Liver Transplantation 12(4): 665-73, April 2006.
d9 Kurichi JE., Sonnad SS.: Statistical methods in the surgical literature. Journal of the American College of Surgeons 202(3): 476-84, March 2006.
1ab Haut ER., Sicoutris CP., Meredith DM., Sonnad SS., Reilly PM., Schwab CW., Hanson CW., Gracias VH.: Improved nurse job satisfaction and job retention with the transition from a "mandatory consultation" model to a "semiclosed" surgical intensive care unit: a 1-year prospective evaluation.[see comment] Critical Care Medicine 34(2): 387-95, February 2006.
d3 Sonnad SS., Matuszewski K.: Control mechanisms for guideline implementation. Quality Management in Health Care 15(1): 15-26, Jan-Mar 2006.
c3 Kurichi JE., Kelz RR., Sonnad SS.: Women authors of surgical research. Archives of Surgery 140(11): 1074-7, November 2005.
fe Burnett MG., Stein SC., Sonnad SS., Zager EL.: Cost-effectiveness of intraoperative imaging in carotid endarterectomy. Neurosurgery 57(3): 478-85; discussion 478-85, September 2005.
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Selected Publications
16f Martin KE., Helvie MA., Zhou C., Roubidoux MA., Bailey JE., Paramagul C., Blane CE., Klein KA., Sonnad SS., Chan HP.: Mammographic density measured with quantitative computer-aided method: comparison with radiologists' estimates and BI-RADS categories. Radiology 240(3): 656-65, September 2006.106 Groeneveld PW., Sonnad SS., Lee AK., Asch DA., Shea JE.: Racial differences in attitudes toward innovative medical technology. Journal of General Internal Medicine 21(6): 559-63, June 2006.
ff Selber JC., Kurichi JE., Vega SJ., Sonnad SS., Serletti JM.: Risk factors and complications in free TRAM flap breast reconstruction. Annals of Plastic Surgery 56(5): 492-7, May 2006.
13b Wang Y., Kurichi JE., Blumenthal NP., Ahya VN., Christie JD., Pochettino A., Kaiser LR., Sonnad SS., Pollak ES.: Multiple variables affecting blood usage in lung transplantation. Journal of Heart & Lung Transplantation 25(5): 533-8, May 2006.
15f Porrett PM., Peterman H., Rosen M., Sonnad S., Soulen M., Markmann JF., Shaked A., Furth E., Reddy KR., Olthoff K.: Lack of benefit of pre-transplant locoregional hepatic therapy for hepatocellular cancer in the current MELD era. Liver Transplantation 12(4): 665-73, April 2006.
d9 Kurichi JE., Sonnad SS.: Statistical methods in the surgical literature. Journal of the American College of Surgeons 202(3): 476-84, March 2006.
1ab Haut ER., Sicoutris CP., Meredith DM., Sonnad SS., Reilly PM., Schwab CW., Hanson CW., Gracias VH.: Improved nurse job satisfaction and job retention with the transition from a "mandatory consultation" model to a "semiclosed" surgical intensive care unit: a 1-year prospective evaluation.[see comment] Critical Care Medicine 34(2): 387-95, February 2006.
d3 Sonnad SS., Matuszewski K.: Control mechanisms for guideline implementation. Quality Management in Health Care 15(1): 15-26, Jan-Mar 2006.
c3 Kurichi JE., Kelz RR., Sonnad SS.: Women authors of surgical research. Archives of Surgery 140(11): 1074-7, November 2005.
fe Burnett MG., Stein SC., Sonnad SS., Zager EL.: Cost-effectiveness of intraoperative imaging in carotid endarterectomy. Neurosurgery 57(3): 478-85; discussion 478-85, September 2005.
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