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Overview

Nathaniel J. Soper is affiliated with Northwestern University in the United States and focuses their research primarily within the field of Medicine. Their work encompasses several subfields including Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine, Emergency Medicine, Economics and Econometrics, Epidemiology, and General Health Professions.

Their research topics prominently include Nosocomial Infections in ICU, Emergency and Acute Care Studies, Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections, Healthcare cost, quality, practices, Healthcare Policy and Management, Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life, and Esophageal and GI Pathology.

They have published in multiple academic venues, with notable frequent publications in:

  • Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology
  • British Journal of Surgery
  • Open Forum Infectious Diseases
  • CHEST Critical Care

Their recent publications include:

  • Healthcare providers consistently overestimate the diagnostic probability of ventilator-associated pneumonia, 2023, Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology
  • Antibiotic overuse after discharge from medical short-stay units, 2021, Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology
  • Development of the ParaOesophageal hernia SympTom (POST) tool, 2022, British Journal of Surgery
  • ICE volume 44 issue 12 Cover and Front matter, 2023, Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology
  • 791. ICU Provider Overestimation of Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia Diagnostic Probability: An Opportunity for Diagnostic Stewardship, 2022, Open Forum Infectious Diseases

Frequent co-authors in their collaborative research efforts include:

  • Owen Albin
  • Valerie M. Vaughn
  • Abhinav J. Appukutty
  • David Paje
  • Lindsay A Petty

Best Publications

  • An analysis of the problem of biliary injury during laparoscopic cholecystectomy

    Strasberg Sm;Hertl M;Soper Nj

  • Laparoscopic Nephrectomy: Initial Case Report

    Ralph V. Clayman;Louis R. Kavoussi;Nathaniel J. Soper;Stephen M. Dierks

  • Proving the Value of Simulation in Laparoscopic Surgery

    Gerald M. Fried;Liane S. Feldman;Melina C. Vassiliou;Shannon A. Fraser

  • Training and simulation for patient safety

    Rajesh Aggarwal;Oliver T. Mytton;Milliard Derbrew;David Hananel

  • Development and validation of a comprehensive program of education and assessment of the basic fundamentals of laparoscopic surgery.

    Jeffrey H Peters;Gerald M Fried;Lee L Swanstrom;Nathaniel J Soper

  • Gallstones and Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy

    John L. Gollan;Gregory B. Bulkley;Anna Mae Diehl;Janet D. Elashoff

  • Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy The New 'Gold Standard'?

    Nathaniel J. Soper;Paul T. Stockmann;Deanna L. Dunnegan;Stanley W. Ashley;Stanley W. Ashley

  • Biologic prosthesis reduces recurrence after laparoscopic paraesophageal hernia repair: a multicenter, prospective, randomized trial.

    Brant K. Oelschlager;Carlos A. Pellegrini;John Hunter;Nathaniel Soper

  • Biologic prosthesis to prevent recurrence after laparoscopic paraesophageal hernia repair: long-term follow-up from a multicenter, prospective, randomized trial.

    Brant K. Oelschlager;Carlos A. Pellegrini;John G. Hunter;Michael L. Brunt

  • Laparoscopic general surgery.

    Nathaniel J. Soper;L. Michael Brunt;Kurt Kerbl

  • Laparoscopic adrenalectomy compared to open adrenalectomy for benign adrenal neoplasms.

    Brunt Lm;Doherty Gm;Norton Ja;Soper Nj

  • Laparoscopic Dor versus Toupet fundoplication following Heller myotomy for achalasia: results of a multicenter, prospective, randomized-controlled trial

    Arthur Rawlings;Nathaniel J. Soper;Brant Oelschlager;Lee Swanstrom

  • Anatomic Fundoplication Failure After Laparoscopic Antireflux Surgery

    Nathaniel J. Soper;Deanna Dunnegan

  • The 2018 ISDE achalasia guidelines

    G. Zaninotto;C. Bennett;G. Boeckxstaens;M. Costantini

  • Readiness of US General Surgery Residents for Independent Practice

    Brian C. George;Jordan D. Bohnen;Reed G. Williams;Shari L. Meyerson

  • Comparison of Perioperative Outcomes Between Peroral Esophageal Myotomy (POEM) and Laparoscopic Heller Myotomy

    Eric Hungness;Ezra Nathaniel Teitelbaum;Ezra Nathaniel Teitelbaum;Byron F. Santos;Fahd O. Arafat

  • Impact of pneumoperitoneum on trocar site implantation of colon cancer in hamster model

    Daniel B. Jones;Li Wu Guo;Mary K. Reinhard;Nathaniel J. Soper

  • The fundamentals of laparoscopic surgery: its time has come.

    Nathaniel J Soper;Gerald M Fried

  • A theory-based model for teaching and assessing residents in the operating room.

    Debra A. DaRosa;Joseph B. Zwischenberger;Shari L. Meyerson;Brian C. George

  • Single-incision laparoscopic cholecystectomy is associated with improved cosmesis scoring at the cost of significantly higher hernia rates: 1-year results of a prospective randomized, multicenter, single-blinded trial of traditional multiport laparoscopic cholecystectomy vs single-incision laparoscopic cholecystectomy.

    Jeffrey M. Marks;Melissa S. Phillips;Roberto Tacchino;Kurt Roberts

Frequent Co-Authors

John E. Pandolfino
John E. Pandolfino Northwestern University
Peter J. Kahrilas
Peter J. Kahrilas Northwestern University
Lee L. Swanstrom
Lee L. Swanstrom Institute of Image-Guided Surgery
John G. Hunter
John G. Hunter Oregon Health & Science University
Daniel B. Jones
Daniel B. Jones Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Ralph V. Clayman
Ralph V. Clayman University of California, Irvine
Steven M. Strasberg
Steven M. Strasberg Washington University in St. Louis
Karl Y. Bilimoria
Karl Y. Bilimoria Indiana University
Michael G. Sarr
Michael G. Sarr Mayo Clinic
Debra A. DaRosa
Debra A. DaRosa Northwestern University

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