Center for Surgery and Public Health

MERITAS

Mentored Research Training in Aging and Surgery

Research Publications

Morton, C.R., Cooper, Z., Bleday, R, Fanning, J.E., Steinberg, J., Zeng, C., Pusic, A., Liu, J.B. Brief Report: Relationships of Frailty and Age with Nonresponse to Patient Reported Outcome Measures. Accepted in Advances in Patient-Reported Outcomes Sept 2, 2025. Read here

Bloch RA, Brooks ES, Nguyen LL. Out-of-pocket health care spending among patients with acute limb ischemia stratified by income. J Vasc Surg. 2025 Aug;82(2):665-672. doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2025.03.483. Epub 2025 Apr 28. PMID: 40306595. Read here

Myers, S*, Morton, C*, Bain, P, Obeng-Gyasi, S, Paskett, E, McAlearney, A, Greenup, R, Minami, C, Mittendorf, E, King, T. Impact of age on financial toxicity among breast cancer patients with resectable invasive breast cancer: A Systematic Review.  J Cancer Surviv. 2025 Aug 30. doi: 10.1007/s11764-025-01881-7. *Co-first authors. Read here

Morton CR, Raymond-King L, Brackett A, Cooper ZR, Liu JB. Measures to evaluate clinician communication in the intensive care unit: A systematic review of measurement properties. Patient Educ Couns. 2025 Jul 16;140:109266. doi: 10.1016/j.pec.2025.109266. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 40712401. Read here

Lorentzen, E. H., Chen, Y., Morton, C., King, T., Mittendorf, E.A., Minami, C.A. Frailty and Postoperative Complications in Older Adults with Non-Metastatic Breast Cancer. JAMA Network Open (2025). Accepted July 18, 2025. Read here

Farber ON, Reich AJ, Williams K, Cooper Z, Mack JW, Zhang GQ, Ramos T, Lilley EJ. “What’s a Win”: A Qualitative Study Exploring Surgeon Perspectives on Operative Intent in Non-curative Cancer Surgery. Ann Surg. 2025 May 22. doi: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000006763. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 40401395. Read here

Morton, C, Lorentzen, E, Minami, C. Survivorship Issues in Older Adults with Breast Cancer. Accepted for publication in Current Breast Cancer Reports May 12, 2025. Read here

Morton, C, Minami, C. Surgical Treatment of Breast Cancer: Early-Stage Disease, locally advanced. Breast Surgery Clerkship: A Guide for Senior Medical Students. Springer 2025. Read here

Williams KM, Banks KC, Velotta JB. Novel neoadjuvant immunotherapy treatment and surveillance strategies in resectable esophageal cancer: innovation leads to improved outcomes. J Thorac Dis 2025. doi: 10.21037/jtd-24-1867 Read here

Hoffman DI, Williams KM, Bernacki RE, Ortega G. Beyond Survival: Patient-Centered Outcomes and Predicting Postoperative Recovery Trajectories in Older Adults. J Am Coll Surg. 2025 Oct 6. doi: 10.1097/XCS.0000000000001630. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 41051089. Read here

Brooks ES, Cho NL. How I Do It: Improving Resident Led Medical Student Education With Premade Chalk Talks. J Surg Educ. 2025 Aug;82(8):103551. doi: 10.1016/j.jsurg.2025.103551. Epub 2025 May 24. PMID: 40414178. Read here

Liebowitz A, Posawatz D, Wiener D. Lung Malignancies. Thorac Surg Clin. 2025 Nov;35(4):449-459. doi: 10.1016/j.thorsurg.2025.07.011. PMID: 41167932. Read here