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  • 2018 - Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM)

Overview

Martin A. Makary is affiliated with Johns Hopkins University in the United States and has a prominent research career primarily focused on medicine, with specific contributions in surgery, pulmonary and respiratory medicine, ophthalmology, economics and econometrics, and infectious diseases.

Their work includes research in key topics such as:

  • Peripheral Artery Disease Management
  • Vascular Procedures and Complications
  • Ocular Infections and Treatments
  • Cerebrovascular and Carotid Artery Diseases
  • Healthcare Policy and Management
  • Healthcare cost, quality, practices
  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research

Makary has published extensively, with notable papers including:

  • "Inpatient COVID-19 outcomes in solid organ transplant recipients compared to non-solid organ transplant patients: A retrospective cohort" (2020) in American Journal of Transplantation
  • "Perioperative Outcomes of Robotic Pancreaticoduodenectomy: a Propensity-Matched Analysis to Open and Laparoscopic Pancreaticoduodenectomy" (2020) in Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery
  • "Vaccine-Induced Intratumoral Lymphoid Aggregates Correlate with Survival Following Treatment with a Neoadjuvant and Adjuvant Vaccine in Patients with Resectable Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma" (2020) in Clinical Cancer Research
  • "Prevalence and Durability of SARS-CoV-2 Antibodies Among Unvaccinated US Adults by History of COVID-19" (2022) in JAMA
  • "Use of Atherectomy During Index Peripheral Vascular Interventions" (2021) in JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions

The frequent coauthors collaborating with Makary include:

  • Chen Dun
  • Caitlin W. Hicks
  • James H. Black
  • Christi Walsh
  • Christopher J. Abularrage

Makary contributes to various publication venues, with multiple papers appearing in:

  • Journal of Vascular Surgery (24 publications)
  • JAMA (9 publications)
  • Annals of Vascular Surgery (8 publications)
  • Ophthalmology (5 publications)
  • Cornea (5 publications)

In 2018, Makary was recognized as a Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM), highlighting their role within the medical research community.

Best Publications

  • Medical error—the third leading cause of death in the US

    Martin A Makary;Michael Daniel

  • Frailty as a Predictor of Surgical Outcomes in Older Patients

    Martin A. Makary;Dorry L. Segev;Peter J. Pronovost;Dora Syin

  • Operating Room Teamwork among Physicians and Nurses: Teamwork in the Eye of the Beholder

    Martin A. Makary;Martin A. Makary;J. Bryan Sexton;J. Bryan Sexton;Julie A. Freischlag;Christine G. Holzmueller;Christine G. Holzmueller

  • Needlestick Injuries among Surgeons in Training

    Martin A. Makary;Ali Al-Attar;Christine G. Holzmueller;J. Bryan Sexton

  • Laparoscopic distal pancreatectomy is associated with significantly less overall morbidity compared to the open technique: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

    Raghunandan Venkat;Barish H. Edil;Richard D. Schulick;Anne O. Lidor

  • Creating High Reliability in Health Care Organizations

    Peter J. Pronovost;Sean M. Berenholtz;Christine A. Goeschel;Dale M. Needham

  • Impact of Sarcopenia on Outcomes Following Resection of Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma

    Peter Peng;Omar Hyder;Amin Firoozmand;Peter Kneuertz

  • Combined circulating tumor DNA and protein biomarker-based liquid biopsy for the earlier detection of pancreatic cancers

    Joshua D. Cohen;Ammar A. Javed;Christopher Thoburn;Fay Wong

  • Débridement and closed packing for the treatment of necrotizing pancreatitis.

    C. Fernandez-Del Castillo;D. W. Rattner;Martin A Makary;A. Mostafavi

  • A Combination of Molecular Markers and Clinical Features Improve the Classification of Pancreatic Cysts

    Simeon Springer;Yuxuan Wang;Marco Dal Molin;David L. Masica

  • Sarcopenia negatively impacts short-term outcomes in patients undergoing hepatic resection for colorectal liver metastasis

    Peter D. Peng;Mark G. van Vledder;Susan Tsai;Mechteld C. de Jong

  • Teamwork in the operating room: Frontline perspectives among hospitals and operating room personnel

    J Bryan Sexton;Martin A. Makary;Anthony R. Tersigni;David Pryor

  • 25-Year summary of US malpractice claims for diagnostic errors 1986–2010: an analysis from the National Practitioner Data Bank

    Ali S. Saber Tehrani;Hee Won Lee;Simon C. Mathews;Andrew Shore

  • Readmission rates and cost following colorectal surgery.

    Elizabeth C. Wick;Andrew D. Shore;Kenzo Hirose;Andrew M. Ibrahim

  • Opioid-Prescribing Guidelines for Common Surgical Procedures: An Expert Panel Consensus

    Heidi N. Overton;Marie N. Hanna;William E. Bruhn;Susan Hutfless

  • Operating Room Briefings and Wrong-Site Surgery

    Martin A. Makary;Arnab Mukherjee;Arnab Mukherjee;J. Bryan Sexton;Dora Syin

  • Overtreatment in the United States.

    Heather Lyu;Tim Xu;Daniel Brotman;Brandan Mayer-Blackwell

  • 2564 resected periampullary adenocarcinomas at a single institution: trends over three decades

    Jin He;Nita Ahuja;Martin A. Makary;John L. Cameron

  • An evaluation of surgical site infections by wound classification system using the ACS-NSQIP

    Gezzer Ortega;Daniel S. Rhee;Dominic J. Papandria;Jessica Yang

  • Patient Satisfaction as a Possible Indicator of Quality Surgical Care

    Heather Lyu;Elizabeth C. Wick;Michael Housman;Julie Ann Freischlag

Frequent Co-Authors

Christopher L. Wolfgang
Christopher L. Wolfgang New York University
Matthew J. Weiss
Matthew J. Weiss Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Timothy M. Pawlik
Timothy M. Pawlik The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center
Peter J. Pronovost
Peter J. Pronovost Case Western Reserve University
John L. Cameron
John L. Cameron Johns Hopkins University
Ralph H. Hruban
Ralph H. Hruban Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Mouen A. Khashab
Mouen A. Khashab Johns Hopkins University
Richard D. Schulick
Richard D. Schulick University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Michael A. Choti
Michael A. Choti The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Joseph M. Herman
Joseph M. Herman National Cancer Institute

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