surgical outcomes analysis & research soar type research founded worcester ma 2007 founder jennifer f. tseng md mph headquarters boston ma united states key people james r. rodrigue phd co director marc l. schermerhorn md co director jennifer f. tseng md mph co director website soar website surgical outcomes analysis & research soar is a research laboratory of the department of surgery at the beth israel deaconess medical center with expertise in outcomes research . soar investigates surgical diseases and perioperative outcomes . the group focuses on pancreatic cancer other gastrointestinal and hepatobiliary malignancies vascular disease and transplant surgery . soar s goal is to examine quality delivery and financing of care in order to have an immediate impact on patient care and system improvements . the group members utilize national health services and administrative databases as well as institutional databases to investigate and to address factors contributing to disease outcomes and healthcare disparities . the work in soar incorporates advanced statistical techniques including logistic regression prediction score and decision analysis modeling . contents 1 about outcomes research 2 about soar 2.1 research goals 2.2 about beth israel deaconess medical center 3 ongoing research 4 personnel 4.1 fellows 4.2 team members 4.3 former personnel 4.4 former team members 5 publications 5.1 publications 2014 5.2 publications 2013 5.3 publications 2012 5.4 publications 2011 5.5 publications 2010 5.6 publications 2009 5.7 publications 2008 5.8 publications 2007 6 see also 7 external links about outcomes research edit outcomes research evaluates the impact of health care on the health outcomes of patients and populations see ahrq for further details . this research may also include the evaluation of economic impacts linked to health outcomes such as cost effectiveness and cost utility . an emphasis is placed on disease oriented evaluations of care delivered in general real world settings . there are a wide range of outcomes to study including mortality morbidity functional status mental well being and other aspects of health related quality of life . outcomes research is a multidisciplinary field of inquiry that examines the use quality delivery and financing of health care services to increase knowledge and understanding of the structure processes and effects of health services for individuals and populations . outcomes research provides the data to help solve critical problems that are faced in everyday clinical practice . the information learned can have an immediate impact on patient care and system improvement . about soar edit soar was originally founded in 2007 and relocated to beth israel deaconess medical center and harvard medical school boston ma in 2012 . the mission of soar is to decrease perioperative morbidity and mortality address health care disparities and increase overall patient survival and quality of life . soar members hope as part of the surgical outcomes research community to improve overall outcomes for patients with surgical diseases . research goals edit pancreatic cancer and pancreatic disease other gastrointestinal and hepatobiliary malignancies vascular disease transplant surgery and transplant psychology investigating factors that affect surgical outcomes for diverse specialties including colorectal cardiovascular transplant plastic and reconstructive and minimally invasive surgery about beth israel deaconess medical center edit beth israel deaconess medical center bidmc in boston massachusetts is a teaching hospital of harvard medical school . it was formed out of the 1996 merger of beth israel hospital founded in 1916 and new england deaconess hospital founded in 1896 . see also beth israel deaconess medical center website ongoing research edit soar researchers use national health services and administrative databases as well as prospective institutional tissue linked databases to investigate factors contributing to disease outcomes for pancreatic cancer hepato biliary disease vascular disease colorectal disease plastic and reconstructive surgery and transplant medicine . these projects are under development with the use of the following databases ahrq nationwide inpatient sample nis national surgical quality improvement program nsqip surveillance epidemiology and end results seer seer medicare additionally individual research groups have access to and have expertise in disease and specialty specific databases . these include vascular study group of new england vsgne a regional vascular surgery database . vascular quality initiative vqi a national vascular surgery database . american society of thoracic surgery asts database national trauma data bank ntdb scientific registry of transplant recipients also soar researchers are conducting patient centered outcomes research designed to measure health related functional and other outcomes from the perspective of patients and their families develop decision aid tools and strategies to assist patients in making complex choices about their healthcare compare the effectiveness of surgical interventions on patient reported outcomes personnel edit james r. rodrigue phd soar co director ; director behavioral health services and research the transplant center beth israel deaconess medical center ; professor psychiatry harvard medical school marc l. schermerhorn md soar co director ; chief vascular and endovascular surgery beth israel deaconess medical center ; associate professor harvard medical school jennifer f. tseng md mph soar co director ; chief surgical oncology beth israel deaconess medical center ; associate professor surgery harvard medical school fellows edit james mcphee md 2005 2007 research fellow joshua hill md 2006 2007 research fellow melissa murphy md mph 2007 2009 evans pancreatic cancer research fellow jessica simons md 2007 2009 karen sweeney polkinghorn pancreatic cancer research fellow james carroll md 2008 2010 linda j. verville research fellow jillian smith md mph 2009 2011 william d. maney research fellow andrew burr do 2009 2011 research fellow elizaveta ragulin coyne md 2010 2012 linda j verville research fellow elan witkowski md 2010 2012 research fellow ruby lo md 2010 2012 research fellow rodney bensley md 2010 2012 research fellow zeling chau md mph 2011 2013 research fellow thomas curran md 2012 2014 research fellow tanya vishnevsky phd 2013 2014 research fellow dominique buck md 2013 2015 research fellow john jack mccallum md mph 2013 2015 research fellow lindsay bliss md mph 2013 2015 research fellow catherine yang mbchb mph 2013 2014 research fellow mariam eskander md 2014 2016 research fellow peter soden md 2014 2016 research fellow sara zetterval md 2014 2016 research fellow team members edit jodi ann dattadeen transplant surgery aaron fleishman transplant surgery alexa hiley transplant surgery maeve moore transplant surgery sucheta ravindran transplant surgery emily schapira harvard medical school student sing chau ng ms biostatistician jeremy darling ba research assistant vascular surgery former personnel edit giles whalen md surgical oncology ted mcdade md post doctoral research scientist shimul shah md transplant surgery karim alavi md colorectal surgery heena santry md trauma surgery frank zheng zhou md phd consultant mary sullivan np clinical trials and database management mary beth curnen research coordinator andreea bodnari computer science assistant elisabet manasanch md oncology former team members edit ed arous umass medical school student erin cooley md umass surgical resident charles psoinos umass medical school student maia sharuk umass medical school student josh shaw umass medical school student jason wiseman umass medical school student stephen skinner umass medical school student nikki burish university of wisconsin school of medicine student osman yousafzai king edward medical university student publications edit publications 2014 edit arous ej mcdade tp smith jk ng sc sullivan me zottola rj ranauro pj shah sa whalen gf tseng jf apr 2014 . electronic medical record research tool for pancreatic cancer . j surg res . 187 2 466 70 . bliss la yang cj chau z ng sc mcfadden dw kent ts moser aj callery mp tseng jf . patient selection and the volume effect in pancreatic surgery unequal benefits hpb oxford . 2014 jun 6 . buck db van herwaarden ja schermerhorn ml moll fl feb 2014 . endovascular treatment of abdominal aortic aneurysms . nat rev cardiol . 11 2 112 23 . doi 10.1038 nrcardio .2013.196 . chau z west jk zhou z mcdade t smith jk ng sc kent ts callery mp moser aj tseng jf jun 2014 . rankings versus reality in pancreatic cancer surgery a real world comparison . hpb oxford . 16 6 528 33 . doi 10.1111 hpb .12171 . fokkema m de borst gj nolan bw indes j buck db lo rc moll fl schermerhorn ml jan 2014 . clinical relevance of cranial nerve injury following carotid endarterectomy . eur j vasc endovasc surg . 47 1 2 7 . fokkema m de borst gj nolan bw lo rc cambria ra powell rj moll fl schermerhorn ml jan 2014 . carotid stenting versus endarterectomy in patients undergoing reintervention after prior carotid endarterectomy . j vasc surg . 59 1 8 15 . doi 10.1016 j.jvs .2013.06.070 . fokkema m hurks r curran t bensley rp hamdan ad wyers mc moll fl schermerhorn ml jan 2014 . the impact of the present on admission indicator on the accuracy of administrative data for carotid endarterectomy and stenting . j vasc surg . 59 1 32 8 . doi 10.1016 j.jvs .2013.07.006 . fokkema margriet ; et al. 2014 . carotid stenting versus endarterectomy in patients undergoing reintervention after prior carotid endarterectomy . journal of vascular surgery . 59 1 8 15 . doi 10.1016 j.jvs .2013.06.070 . fokkema margriet ; et al. 2014 . the impact of the present on admission indicator on the accuracy of administrative data for carotid endarterectomy and stenting . journal of vascular surgery . 59 1 32 38 . doi 10.1016 j.jvs .2013.07.006 . gilmore denis et al. endovascular management of critical limb ischemia in renal transplant patients . annals of vascular surgery 28.1 2014 159 163 . glazier ak heffernan k rodrigue jr. a framework for conducting deceased donor research in the u.s. transplantation . in press . kazley as jordan j simpson kn chavin k rodrigue j baliga p 2014 . development and testing of a disease specific health literacy measure in kidney transplant patients . prog transplant . 24 263 70 . doi 10.7182 pit2014958 . lapointe rudow d hays r baliga p cohen dj cooper m danovitch gm dew ma gordon ej mandelbrot da mcguire s milton j moore dr morgieivich m schold jd segev dl serur d steiner rw tan jc waterman ad zavala e rodrigue jr consensus conference on best practices in live kidney donation recommendations to optimize education access and care . am j transplant . in press . lo rc bensley rp dahlberg se matyal r hamdan ad wyers m chaikof el schermerhorn ml feb 2014 . presentation treatment and outcome differences between men and women undergoing revascularization or amputation for lower extremity peripheral arterial disease . j vasc surg . 59 2 409 418 . doi 10.1016 j.jvs .2013.07.114 . lo rc lu b fokkema mt conrad m patel vi fillinger m matyal r schermerhorn ml may 2014 . relative importance of aneurysm diameter and body size for predicting abdominal aortic aneurysm rupture in men and women . j vasc surg . 59 5 1209 16 . doi 10.1016 j.jvs .2013.10.104 . ragulin coyne e witkowski er chau z wemple d ng sc santry hp shah sa tseng jf mar 2014 . national trends in pancreaticoduodenal trauma interventions and outcomes . hpb oxford . 16 3 275 81 . doi 10.1111 hpb .12125 . rodrigue jr fleishman a vishnevsky t whiting j vella j garrison k moore d kayler l baliga p chavin k karp s mandelbrot da 2014 . development and validation of a questionnaire to assess fear of kidney failure following living donation . transpl int . 27 570 5 . doi 10.1111 tri .12299 . rodrigue jr paek m whiting j vella j garrison k pavlakis m mandelbrot da 2014 . trajectories of perceived benefits in living kidney donors association with donor characteristics and recipient outcomes . transplantation . 97 762 8 . doi 10.1097 01 . tp .0000437560.23588 . ef . rodrigue jr paek m egbuna o waterman ad schold jd pavlakis m mandelbrot da 2014 . readiness of wait listed black patients to pursue live donor kidney transplantation . prog transplant . 24 355 361 . doi 10.7182 pit2014337 . rodrigue jr fleishman a