Publications

2024

• Alexander M Zajichek, Gary L Grunkemeier, Statistical primer: propensity scores used as overlap weights provide exact covariate balance, European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, 2024;, ezae318, https://doi.org/10.1093/ejcts/ezae318 Accepted Manuscript

• Aminian A, Gasoyan H, Zajichek A, et al. Renoprotective Effects of Metabolic Surgery Versus GLP1 Receptor Agonists on Progression of Kidney Impairment in Patients with Established Kidney Disease. Ann Surg. Published online June 11, 2024. doi:10.1097/SLA.0000000000006379

• Maeve G. Macmurdo, Xinge Ji, Pratik Pimple, Amy L. Olson, Alex Milinovich, Blaine Martyn-Dow, Aman Pande, Alex Zajichek, Janine Bauman, Shaun Bender, Craig Conoscenti, David Sugano, Michael W. Kattan, Daniel A. Culver. Proportion and predictors of FVC decline in patients with interstitial lung disease. Respiratory Medicine. Volume 227. 2024. 107656. ISSN 0954-6111. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rmed.2024.107656

2023

• Xanthopoulos A, Skoularigis J, Briasoulis A, Magouliotis DE, Zajichek A, Milinovich A, Kattan MW, Triposkiadis F, Starling RC. Analysis of the Larissa Heart Failure Risk Score: Predictive Value in 9207 Patients Hospitalized for Heart Failure from a Single Center. Journal of Personalized Medicine. 2023; 13(12):1721. https://doi.org/10.3390/jpm13121721

2022

• Chindamporn, Pornprapa & Wang, Lu & Bena, James & Zajichek, Alexander & Milinovic, Alex & Kaw, Roop & Kashyap, Sangeeta & Cetin, Derrick & Aminian, Ali & Kempke, Nancy & Foldvary-Schaefer, Nancy & Aboussouan, Loutfi & Mehra, Reena. (2022). Obesity-associated sleep hypoventilation and increased adverse post-operative bariatric surgery outcomes in a large clinical retrospective cohort. Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine. 18. 10.5664/jcsm.10216.

• Altahawi, Faysal & Reinke, Emily & Briskin, Isaac & Cantrell, William & Flanigan, David & Fleming, Braden & Huston, Laura & Li, Xiaojuan & Oak, Sameer & Obuchowski, Nancy & Scaramuzza, Erica & Winalski, Carl & Zajichek, Alex & Spindler, Kurt & Jones, Morgan. (2022). Meniscal Treatment as a Predictor of Worse Articular Cartilage Damage on MRI at 2 Years After ACL Reconstruction: The MOON Nested Cohort. The American Journal of Sports Medicine. 50. 951-961. 10.1177/03635465221074662.

2021

• Salem, Hytham & Huston, Laura & Zajichek, Alexander & Mccarty, Eric & Vidal, Armando & Bravman, Jonathan & Spindler, Kurt & Frank, Rachel & Amendola, Annunziato & Andrish, Jack & Brophy, Robert & Jones, Morgan & Kaeding, Christopher & Marx, Robert & Matava, Matthew & Parker, Richard & Wolcott, Michelle & Wolf, Brian & Wright, Rick. (2021). Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction With Concomitant Meniscal Repair: Is Graft Choice Predictive of Meniscal Repair Success?. Orthopaedic Journal of Sports Medicine. 9. 232596712110335. 10.1177/23259671211033584.

• Aminian, Ali & Wilson, Rickesha & Zajichek, Alexander & Tu, Chao & Wolski, Kathy & Schauer, Philip & Kattan, Michael & Nissen, Steven & Brethauer, Stacy. (2021). Cardiovascular Outcomes in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes and Obesity: Comparison of Gastric Bypass, Sleeve Gastrectomy, and Usual Care. Diabetes Care. 44. dc203023. 10.2337/dc20-3023.

• Lynch, T. Sean & Oak, Sameer & Cossell, Charles & Strnad, Greg & Zajichek, Alexander & Goodwin, Ryan & Jones, Morgan & Spindler, Kurt & Rosneck, James. (2021). Effect of Baseline Mental Health on 1-Year Outcomes After Hip Arthroscopy: A Prospective Cohort Study. Orthopaedic Journal of Sports Medicine. 9. 232596712110255. 10.1177/23259671211025526.

2020

• Sahoo, Sambit & Derwin, Kathleen & Zajichek, Alexander & Entezari, Vahid & Imrey, Peter & Iannotti, Joseph & Ricchetti, Eric & Spindler, Kurt & Strnad, Greg & Seitz, William & Gilot, Gregory & Miniaci, Anthony & Evans, Peter & Sabesan, Vani & Ho, Jason & Turan, Alparslan & Jin, Yuxuan. (2020). Associations of preoperative patient mental health status, sociodemographic and clinical characteristics with baseline pain, function and satisfaction in patients undergoing primary shoulder arthroplasty. Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery. 30. 10.1016/j.jse.2020.08.003.

• Morita Sherman, Marcia & Louis, Shreya & vegh, deborah & Busch, Robyn & Ferguson, Lisa & Bingaman, Justin & Bulacio, Juan & Najm, Imad & Jones, Stephen & Zajichek, Alexander & Kattan, Michael & Hogue, Olivia & Blümcke, Ingmar & Cendes, Fernando & Jehi, Lara. (2020). Outcomes of resections that spare versus remove a MRI-Normal Hippocampus. Epilepsia. 61. 10.1111/epi.16694.

• Anis, Hiba & Emara, Ahmed & Klika, Alison & Barsoum, Wael & Bloomfield, Michael & Brooks, Peter & Higuera, Carlos & Kamath, Atul & Krebs, Viktor & Mesko, Nathan & Murray, Trevor & Muschler, George & Nickodem, Robert & Patel, Preetesh & Schaffer, Jonathan & Stearns, Kim & Strnad, Greg & Warren, Jared & Zajichek, Alexander & Piuzzi, Nicolas. (2020). The Potential Effects of Imposing a Body Mass Index Threshold on Patient-Reported Outcomes After Total Knee Arthroplasty. The Journal of arthroplasty. 36. 10.1016/j.arth.2020.08.060.

• Aminian, Ali & Zajichek, Alexander & Tu, Chao & Wolski, Kathy & Brethauer, Stacy & Schauer, Philip & Kattan, Michael & Nissen, Steven. (2020). How Much Weight Loss is Required for Cardiovascular Benefits? Insights From a Metabolic Surgery Matched-cohort Study. Annals of surgery. 272. 639-645. 10.1097/SLA.0000000000004369.

• Anis, Hiba & Strnad, Greg & Klika, Alison & Zajichek, Alexander & Spindler, Kurt & Barsoum, Wael & Higuera, Carlos & Piuzzi, Nicolas. (2020). Developing a personalized outcome prediction tool for knee arthroplasty. The Bone & Joint Journal. 102-B. 1183-1193. 10.1302/0301-620X.102B9.BJJ-2019-1642.R1.

• Sullivan, Jaron & Huston, Laura & Zajichek, Alexander & Reinke, Emily & Andrish, Jack & Brophy, Robert & Dunn, Warren & Flanigan, David & Kaeding, Christopher & Marx, Robert & Matava, Matthew & Mccarty, Eric & Parker, Richard & Vidal, Armando & Wolf, Brian & Wright, Rick & Spindler, Kurt. (2020). Incidence and Predictors of Subsequent Surgery After Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction: A 6-Year Follow-up Study. The American Journal of Sports Medicine. 48. 2418-2428. 10.1177/0363546520935867.

• Misra-Hebert, Anita & Milinovich, Alex & Zajichek, Alex & Ji, Xinge & Hobbs, Todd & Weng, Wayne & Petraro, Paul & Kong, Sheldon & Mocarski, Michelle & Ganguly, Rahul & Bauman, Janine & Pantalone, Kevin & Zimmerman, Robert & Kattan, Michael. (2020). Natural Language Processing Improves Detection of Nonsevere Hypoglycemia in Medical Records Versus Coding Alone in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes but Does Not Improve Prediction of Severe Hypoglycemia Events: An Analysis Using the Electronic Medical Record in a Large Health System. Diabetes Care. 43. dc191791. 10.2337/dc19-1791.

• Arnold, Nicholas & Anis, Hiba & Barsoum, Wael & Bloomfield, Michael & Brooks, Peter & Higuera, Carlos & Kamath, Atul & Klika, Alison & Krebs, Viktor & Mesko, Nathan & Molloy, Robert & Mont, Michael & Murray, Trevor & Patel, Preteesh & Strnad, Greg & Stearns, Kim & Warren, Jared & Zajichek, Alexander & Piuzzi, Nicolas. (2020). Preoperative cut-off values for body mass index deny patients clinically significant improvements in patient-reported outcomes after total hip arthroplasty. The Bone & Joint Journal. 102-B. 683-692. 10.1302/0301-620X.102B6.BJJ-2019-1644.R1.

• Li, Adrienne & Zajichek, Alex & Kattan, Michael & Ji, Xinge & Lo, Katherine & Lee, Patricia. (2020). Nomogram to Predict Risk of Postoperative Urinary Retention in Women Undergoing Pelvic Reconstructive Surgery. Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada. 42. 10.1016/j.jogc.2020.03.021.

• Aminian, Ali & Zajichek, Alexander & Arterburn, David & Wolski, Kathy & Brethauer, Stacy & Schauer, Philip & Nissen, Steven & Kattan, Michael. (2020). Predicting 10-Year Risk of End-Organ Complications of Type 2 Diabetes With and Without Metabolic Surgery: A Machine Learning Approach. Diabetes Care. 43. dc192057. 10.2337/dc19-2057.

• Spindler, Kurt & Huston, Laura & Zajichek, Alexander & Reinke, Emily & Amendola, Annunziato & Andrish, Jack & Brophy, Robert & Dunn, Warren & Flanigan, David & Jones, Morgan & Kaeding, Christopher & Marx, Robert & Matava, Matthew & Mccarty, Eric & Parker, Richard & Vidal, Armando & Wolcott, Michelle & Wolf, Brian & Wright, Rick. (2020). Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction in High School and College-Aged Athletes: Does Autograft Choice Influence Anterior Cruciate Ligament Revision Rates?. The American Journal of Sports Medicine. 48. 036354651989299. 10.1177/0363546519892991.

• OME Cleveland Clinic Orthopaedics. Value in Research: Achieving Validated Outcome Measurements While Mitigating Follow-up Cost. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2020 Mar 4;102(5):419-427. doi: 10.2106/JBJS.19.00531. PMID: 31868824.

2019

• Salem, Hytham & Huston, Laura & Zajichek, Alex & Wolcott, Michelle & Mccarty, Eric & Vidal, Armando & Bravman, Jonathan & Group, MOON & Spindler, Kurt & Frank, Rachel. (2019). Meniscal Repair with Concurrent Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction: Is ACL Graft Choice Predictive of Meniscal Repair Success?. Orthopaedic Journal of Sports Medicine. 7. 2325967119S0035. 10.1177/2325967119S00359.

• Chughtai, Morad & Schaffer, Jonathan & Barsoum, Wael & Bloomfield, Michael & Brooks, Peter & George, Joseph & Greene, Kenneth & Hampton, Robert & Higuera, Carlos & Kolczun, Michael & Krebs, Viktor & Mesko, Nathan & Molloy, Robert & Mont, Michael & Murray, Trevor & Muschler, George & Nickodem, Robert & Patel, Preetesh & Piuzzi, Nicolas & Kamath, Atul. (2019). No Evidence to Support Lowering Surgeon Reimbursement for Total Joint Arthroplasty Based on Operative Time: An Institutional Review of 12,567 Cases. The Journal of Arthroplasty. 34. 10.1016/j.arth.2019.06.028.

• Ward, Matthew & Lee, Nahyun & Caudell, Jimmy & Zajichek, Alexander & Awan, Musaddiq & Koyfman, Shlomo & Dunlap, Neal & Zakem, Sara & Hassanzadeh, Comron & Marcrom, Samuel & Boggs, Drexell & Isrow, Derek & Vargo, John & Heron, Dwight & Siddiqui, Farzan & Bonner, James & Beitler, Jonathan & Yao, Min & Trotti, Andy & Riaz, Nadeem. (2019). A competing risk nomogram to predict severe late toxicity after modern re-irradiation for squamous carcinoma of the head and neck. Oral Oncology. 90. 80-86. 10.1016/j.oraloncology.2019.01.022.

• Sahoo, Sambit & Ricchetti, Eric & Zajichek, Alexander & Evans, Peter & Farrow, Lutul & McCoy, Brett & Jones, Morgan & Miniaci, Anthony & Sabesan, Vani & Schickendantz, Mark & Seitz, William & Spindler, Kurt & Stearns, Kim & Strnad, Greg & Turan, Alparslan & Entezari, Vahid & Imrey, Peter & Iannotti, Joseph & Derwin, Kathleen. (2019). Associations of Preoperative Patient Mental Health and Sociodemographic and Clinical Characteristics With Baseline Pain, Function, and Satisfaction in Patients Undergoing Rotator Cuff Repairs. The American Journal of Sports Medicine. 48. 036354651989257. 10.1177/0363546519892570.

• Aminian, Ali & Zajichek, Alexander & Arterburn, David & Wolski, Kathy & Brethauer, Stacy & Schauer, Philip & Kattan, Michael & Nissen, Steven. (2019). Association of Metabolic Surgery With Major Adverse Cardiovascular Outcomes in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes and Obesity. JAMA. 322. 10.1001/jama.2019.14231.

• Jones, Morgan & Oak, Sameer & Andrish, Jack & Brophy, Robert & Cox, Charles & Dunn, Warren & Flanigan, David & Fleming, Braden & Huston, Laura & Kaeding, Christopher & Kolosky, Michael & Lynch, T. Sean & Magnussen, Robert & Matava, Matthew & Parker, Richard & Reinke, Emily & Scaramuzza, Erica & Smith, Matthew & Winalski, Carl & Spindler, Kurt. (2019). Predictors of Radiographic Osteoarthritis 2-3 Years after ACL Reconstruction: Data from MOON Onsite Nested Cohort. Orthopaedic Journal of Sports Medicine. 7. 2325967119S0034. 10.1177/2325967119S00348.

• Kaeding, Christopher & Spindler, Kurt & Huston, Laura & Zajichek, Alex. (2019). ACL Reconstruction In High School and College-aged Athletes: Does Autograft Choice Affect Recurrent ACL Revision Rates?. Orthopaedic Journal of Sports Medicine. 7. 2325967119S0028. 10.1177/2325967119S00282.

• Jones, Morgan & Reinke, Emily & Zajichek, Alexander & Kelley-Moore, JA & Khair, M. & Malcolm, Tennison & Spindler, Kurt & Amendola, Annunziato & Andrish, Jack & Brophy, Robert & Flanigan, David & Huston, Laura & Kaeding, Christopher & Marx, Robert & Matava, Matthew & Parker, Richard & Wolf, Brian & Wright, Rick. (2019). Neighborhood Socioeconomic Status Affects Patient-Reported Outcome 2 Years After ACL Reconstruction. Orthopaedic Journal of Sports Medicine. 7. 232596711985107. 10.1177/2325967119851073.

• Lynch, T. Sean & Cossell, Charles & Strnad, Greg & Zajichek, Alex & Pignolet, Isabel & Kattan, Michael & Jones, Morgan & Spindler, Kurt & Rosneck, James. (2019). The Influence of Patient Baseline Data and Mental Health in Predicting Outcomes after Hip Arthroscopy for Femoracetabular Impingement Syndrome: A Prospective Cohort Analysis. Orthopaedic Journal of Sports Medicine. 7. 2325967119S0026. 10.1177/2325967119S00267.

• Xanthopoulos, Andrew & Papamichalis, Michail & Zajichek, Alex & Milinovich, Alex & Kattan, Michael & Skoularigis, John & Starling, Randall & Triposkiadis, Filippos. (2019). In‐hospital red blood cell distribution width change in patients with heart failure. European Journal of Heart Failure. 21. 10.1002/ejhf.1546.

• Levey, Helen & Nascimento, Bruno & Miranda, Eduardo & Schofield, E. & Zajichek, A. & Kattan, Michael & Mulhall, Julia. (2019). 156 Development of Nomograms to Predict Erectile Function After Radiation Therapy. The Journal of Sexual Medicine. 16. S79-S80. 10.1016/j.jsxm.2019.01.164.

• Vakil, Nimish & Michalopoulos, Steven & Zajichek, Alexander & Wang, Tao & Bauman, Janine & Milinovich, Alex & Daly, Thomas & Pierz, Kerri & Storen, Jeff & Kattan, Michael. (2019). Su1266 – Helicobacter Pylori Testing and Treatment in a Large, Integrated Healthcare Delivery System in the United States. Gastroenterology. 156. S-524. 10.1016/S0016-5085(19)38191-0.

• Piuzzi, Nicolas & Strnad, Greg & Esa, Wael & Barsoum, Wael & Bloomfield, Michael & Brooks, Peter & Higuera, Carlos & Joyce, Michael & Kattan, Michael & Klika, Alison & Krebs, Viktor & Mesko, Nathan & Mont, Michael & Murray, Trevor & Muschler, George & Nickodem, Robert & Patel, Preetesh & Schaffer, Jonathan & Spindler, Kurt & Molloy, Robert. (2019). The Main Predictors of Length of Stay After Total Knee Arthroplasty: Patient-Related or Procedure-Related Risk Factors. The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. 101. 1093-1101. 10.2106/JBJS.18.00758.

• Brooks, Michael & Misra-Hebert, Anita & Zajichek, Alexander & Carlsson, Sigrid & Hugosson, Jonas & Kattan, Michael & Stephenson, Andrew. (2019). Prospective evaluation of a new patient decision aid to enhance prostate cancer screening decision-making. Journal of Clinical Oncology. 37. 87-87. 10.1200/JCO.2019.37.7_suppl.87.

• Salter, Carolyn & Zajichek, Alexander & Benfante, Nicole & Kattan, Michael & Mulhall, John. (2019). MP58-05 A NOMOGRAM PREDICTING TESTOSTERONE RESPONSE IN MEN ON CLOMIPHENE. Journal of Urology. 201. 10.1097/01.JU.0000556697.01769.d2.

2018

• Bernie, Helen & Nascimento, Bruno & Miranda, Eduardo & Schofield, Elizabeth & Jenkins, Lawrence & Zajichek, Alex & Kattan, Michael & Mulhall, John. (2018). PD27-12 DEVELOPMENT OF NOMOGRAMS TO PREDICT TESTOTERONE RECOVERY AFTER CESSATION OF ANDROGEN DEPRIVATION THERAPY IN MEN WITH PROSTATE CANCER. The Journal of Urology. 199. e562. 10.1016/j.juro.2018.02.1363.

• Juloori, A. & Zajichek, A. & Kattan, Michael & Mullen, D. & Samson, Pamela & Woody, N.M. & Roach, M.C. & Bradley, Jeffrey & Videtic, Gregory & Robinson, Cliff & Stephans, Kevin. (2018). An Externally Validated Nomogram for Predicting Distant Metastasis after Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy for Early-Stage Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: Implications for Adjuvant Systemic Therapy. International Journal of Radiation Oncology/Biology/Physics. 102. S11. 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2018.06.120.

• Derwin, Kathleen & Sahoo, Sambit & Zajichek, Alexander & Strnad, Greg & Spindler, Kurt & Iannotti, Joseph & Ricchetti, Eric. (2018). Tear characteristics and surgeon influence repair technique and suture anchor use in repair of superior-posterior rotator cuff tendon tears. Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery. 28. 10.1016/j.jse.2018.07.028.

• Brooks, Michael & Carlsson, Sigrid & Zajichek, Alexander & Chagin, Kevin & Hugosson, Jonas & Kattan, Michael & Stephenson, Andrew. (2018). Development of prostate-specific antigen (PSA) screening nomograms for 15-year prediction of prostate cancer diagnosis (PCDx), mortality (PCM), and all-cause mortality (ACM). Journal of Clinical Oncology. 36. 110-110. 10.1200/JCO.2018.36.6_suppl.110.