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Recent Publications

  1.  Bar-Or D, Jarvis S, Acuna D, Berg G, Palacio C, McGuire E, Marshall G. Racial Disparities in Traumatic Injuries Sustained During Incarceration: A Multicenter Retrospective Cohort Study. American Journal of Emergency Medicine. 2026 [In Press]

  2. Bar-Or D, Williams J, Hausburg M, Thomas G and Bar-Or R. Beyond cartilage degeneration: osteoarthritis as a systems failure of inflammation regulation. Front. Med. 13:1843245. (2026) doi: 10.3389/fmed.2026.1843245.

  3. Groechel RC, Berg GM, Sliter RJ, Banton K, Mains C, Palacio Lascano CH, Zaw-Mon C, Bar-Or D. Mortality following Ground-Level Falls in Trauma Patients with Dementia. Trauma Surgery and Acute Care Open. 2026 Mar 23;11(1):e001941.

  4. Bar-Or D, Banton K, Acuna D, Williams J, Palacio CH, Zaw-Mon C, Garrett R, Crawley T, Paredes D. Lactylation as a metabolic–epigenetic switch: Mechanisms and roles in cancer, sepsis, trauma, inflammation, and tissue repair. Biochemistry and Biophysics Reports, Volume 45, 2026, 102507, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbrep.2026.102507.

  5. McGraw C, Crawley WT, Zaw-mon C, Palacio Lascano C, Sliter RJ, Banton K, Bar-Or D. Benzodiazepine-Related Polysubstance Use and Hospital Resource Utilization in Older Trauma Patients: A Retrospective Multicenter Study. Trauma Surgery and Acute Care Open. 2026 Feb 4;11(1):e002036. doi: 10.1136/tsaco-2025-002036.eCollection 2026.

 
 

Presentations

 

UPCOMING PRESENTATIONS

  1. Beyond Analgesia: The Immunosuppressive Effects Of Ketorolac On Reactive Ascites In Appendectomy Patients. Melissa Hausburg, Kaysie Banton, Christoper Cassidy, Robert Madayag, Carlos Palacio, Jason Williams, Gregory Thomas, David Bar-Or. Podium presentation. The 85th Annual meeting of the AAST and Clinical Congress of Acute Care Surgery. September 2026, Dallas Texas.

  2. Regional Variability In Pre-Hospital Blood Product Administration For Hemodynamically Unstable Trauma Transports: NEMSIS Study. William Tyler Crawley, Alex Knippenberg, Kristin Salottolo, Carlos Palacio, G. Drew Boisvert, Christopher Zaw-Mon, Kaysie Banton, David Bar-Or. Quickshot presentation. The 85th Annual meeting of the AAST and Clinical Congress of Acute Care Surgery. September 2026, Dallas Texas.

  3. Postoperative Bleeding After Fracture Fixation: The Role Of Sex And Chronic Aspirin Therapy. Kristin Salottolo, Chad Corrigan, Emmett McGuire, Carlos Palacio, Christopher Zaw-Mon, Michael Fisher, David Bar-Or. Poster presentation. The 85th Annual meeting of the AAST and Clinical Congress of Acute Care Surgery. September 2026, Dallas Texas.

  4. Characterizing Trauma Center Proliferation Across The United States. Renee Groechel, David Bar-Or, Christopher Zaw-mon, Gina Berg, Megan M Tidd, Darryl Auston, Steven Morgan, Ray Fulp, Carlos Palacio, David Acuna. Poster presentation. The 85th Annual meeting of the AAST and Clinical Congress of Acute Care Surgery. September 2026, Dallas Texas.

  5. Higher Levetiracetam Doses Are Associated with Increased Adverse Event Risk in Geriatric TBI Patients: A Multicenter Study. McGraw, C., Banton, K., McGuire, E., Knippenberg, A., Romo, E., Zaw-mon, C., Lascano, C.P., Sliter, R.J., Bar-Or, D. International Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics (IAGG). July 2026. Amsterdam, Netherlands.

  6. Utility Of Postoperative Hyperlactatemia For Hemodynamic Instability In Geriatric Femur Fractures. Salottolo K, Banton K, Fisher M, Backen T, Knippenberg A, Moody A, Bar-Or D. International Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics (IAGG). July 2026. Amsterdam, Netherlands.

RECENTLY presentED WORK

  1. An Examination of Mild GCS Scores Following Head Injury in Patients with and without Dementia. Groechel R.C., McGuire, E., Berg, G., Sliter, R.J., Zaw-mon, C., Lascano, C.P., Bar-Or D. Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM). March 2026. Chicago, IL.

  2. Investigating Tenecteplase vs Alteplase for Treatment of Acute Ischemic Stroke. Groechel RC, Handball O, Chalk V, Keoseyan P, Rankine I, Sandler S, Zuber T, Burrell C, Bartt R, Bar-Or D. American Academy of Neurology (AAN) April 2026, Chicago IL.

  3. Benzodiazepine-related polysubstance use in older trauma patients is associated with increased ICU burden.  McGraw C, Crawley WT, Zaw-mon C, Palacio Lascano C, Sliter RJ, Banton K, Bar-Or D. Australia and New Zealand Trauma Society (ANZTS), October 2025, Wellington, New Zealand.

 
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Publication and Presentation History

Published Manuscripts

Accepted Abstracts

 

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At the 45th SICOT Orthopedic World Congress meeting in 2025 in Madrid Spain, Kristin Salottolo receive the award for best oral presentation.

Dr. David Acuna presents a study examining racial disparities in police transport of trauma patientts at the 2023 AAST meeting in Anaheim, CA.

Dr. David Bassa presents his study entitled "The Effect of Circle of Willis Anatomy on Outcomes for Blunt Cerebrovascular Injuries" at the 2023 AAST meeting.

 
 
 

Kristin Salottolo presents her work on postoperative bleeding events in orthopedic fractures at the 2023 World Trauma Congress in Tokyo, Japan.

Dr. Melissa Hausburg presents her research examining endothelial cell response to reactive ascites at the 2022 AAST meeting in Chicago, IL.

Dr. Jason Williams presents his basic science research examining changes in reactive ascites proteins when cultured with mesothelial cells at the 2022 AAST meeting in Chicago, IL.

 
 

Stephanie Jarvis presents her work on anticoagulant reversal in geriatric hip fractures at the 2019 AAST annual meeting in Dallas, TX.

Constance McGraw discusses palliative care research at the 2018 AAST annual meeting in San Diego, CA.

Dr. Alessandro Orlando presents his seminal work on neurosurgical intervention prediction tools at the 2017 AAST meeting in Baltimore, MD.