Lecturer on Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital

General Surgery

Kamal M. Itani works in the field of General Surgery. He went to Baylor College of Medicine. He over the years received 2 awards: "Regional Top Doctor" and "Fellow (FACS)". Kamal M. Itani has written publications. He has 33 publications published with PubMed. The lastest paper is: 'Measuring readmissions after surgery: do different methods tell the same story?'

Publications

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• Blood Transfusion and 30-Day Mortality in Patients With Coronary Artery Disease and Anemia Following Noncardiac Surgery.
• Measuring readmissions after surgery: do different methods tell the same story?
• Skin preparation before surgery: options and evidence.
• Using clinical variables to guide surgical site infection detection: A novel surveillance strategy.
• The incremental risk of noncardiac surgery on adverse cardiac events following coronary stenting.
• Improved Adverse Postoperative Outcomes With Revised American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Guidelines for Patients With Cardiac Stents.
• Using a Composite Readmission Measure to Assess Surgical Quality in the Veterans Health Administration: How Well Does It Correlate With Established Surgical Measures?
• Measuring Surgical Quality: Which Measure Should We Trust?
• Improved Outcomes Associated With a Revised Quality Measure for Continuing Perioperative β-Blockade.
• Using Estimated True Safety Event Rates versus Flagged Safety Event Rates: Does It Change Hospital Profiling and Payment?
• Patient Perceptions of Surgical Informed Consent: Is Repeat Back Helpful or Harmful?
• Detecting adverse events in surgery: comparing events detected by the Veterans Health Administration Surgical Quality Improvement Program and the Patient Safety Indica...
• Risk of major adverse cardiac events following noncardiac surgery in patients with coronary stents.
• Choice of Intravenous Antibiotic Prophylaxis for ColoRectal Surgery Does Matter.
• This Is Not Your Father's VA.
• Timing of surgical antibiotic prophylaxis and the risk of surgical site infection.
• Coronary stents and subsequent surgery: reported provider attitudes and practice patterns.
• Teaching Hospital Five-Year Mortality Trends in the Wake of Duty Hour Reforms.
• Improving the identification of Postoperative Wound Dehiscence missed by the Patient Safety Indicator algorithm.
• Development and Testing of Tools to Detect Ambulatory Surgical Adverse Events.
• A Clinical History of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Is a Poor Predictor of Preoperative Colonization Status and Postoperative Infections.
• Is development of postoperative venous thromboembolism related to thromboprophylaxis use? A case-control study in the Veterans Health Administration.
• Clinical Efficacy of Oral Linezolid Compared With Intravenous Vancomycin for the Treatment of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus-Complicated Skin and Soft Tis...
• Individual surgical decision-making and comparative effectiveness research.
• How does patient safety culture in the operating room and post-anesthesia care unit compare to the rest of the hospital?
• Surgical site infection prevention: the importance of operative duration and blood transfusion--results of the first American College of Surgeons-National Surgical Qua...
• Association of timely administration of prophylactic antibiotics for major surgical procedures and surgical site infection.
• Assessing the quality of surgical care.
• Timely administration of prophylactic antibiotics for major surgical procedures.
• Randomized, open-label, comparative study of piperacillin-tazobactam administered by continuous infusion versus intermittent infusion for treatment of hospitalized pat...
• Patient-reported outcomes after Inguinal herniorrhaphy.
• Impact of linezolid on economic outcomes and determinants of cost in a clinical trial evaluating patients with MRSA complicated skin and soft-tissue infections.

Schools

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• American University of Beirut Faculty of Medicine

• Baylor

• Duke University

Procedures Preformed

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• Colectomy
• Excision, Shaving, or Destruction of Skin and Subcutaneous Tissue (incl. Mohs Micrographic Surgery), Tissue Transfer
• Gallbladder Removal (Cholecystectomy), Laparoscopic
• Inguinal Hernia Repair, Open
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Conditions Treated

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• Anal and Rectal Cancer
• Cholecystitis and Gallstones
• ColoRectal Cancer
• Hemorrhoids
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Doctors Specialties

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• General Surgery

Accepted Insurances

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Awards

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• Regional Top Doctor
• Fellow (FACS)

Education

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• Baylor College of Medicine
• Duke University Hospital
• American University of Beirut Faculty of Medicine

Hospital

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• Brigham and Women's Hospital

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