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Paul C. Kuo is affiliated with the University of South Florida in the United States and has contributed extensively to the field of medicine, with a particular focus on surgery. Their research spans multiple subfields including surgery, cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, emergency medicine, pulmonary and respiratory medicine, and oncology.

The scientist's work covers a range of main topics relevant to healthcare and surgical outcomes. These include:

  • Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes
  • Surgical Simulation and Training
  • Healthcare Policy and Management
  • Hernia repair and management
  • Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education
  • Emergency and Acute Care Studies
  • Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life

Paul C. Kuo has published regularly in several prominent journals, with frequent appearances in:

  • Surgery
  • The American Journal of Surgery
  • Journal of the American College of Surgeons
  • Surgery Open Science
  • Cureus

Some of their recent papers include the following:

  • Perceptions on gender disparity in surgery and surgical leadership: A multicenter mixed methods study, 2020, Surgery
  • The future surgical training paradigm: Virtual reality and machine learning in surgical education, 2020, Surgery
  • Executive summary of the artificial intelligence in surgery series, 2021, Surgery
  • Pain as the Fifth Vital Sign, 2020, Journal of the American College of Surgeons
  • The Impact of the Affordable Care Act Medicaid Expansion on Vascular Surgery, 2020, Annals of Vascular Surgery

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Haroon Janjua
  • Michael P. Rogers
  • Emily A. Grimsley
  • Meagan Read
  • Tyler Zander

Best Publications

  • The role of Osteopontin in tumor metastasis

    Philip Y. Wai;Paul C. Kuo

  • Osteopontin: regulation in tumor metastasis

    Philip Y. Wai;Paul C. Kuo

  • Predictive Indices of Morbidity and Mortality After Liver Resection

    Rebecca A. Schroeder;Carlos E. Marroquin;Barbara Phillips Bute;Shukri Khuri

  • The Emerging Multifaceted Roles of Nitric Oxide

    Paul C. Kuo;Rebecca A. Schroeder

  • Continuous intravenous infusion of epoprostenol for the treatment of portopulmonary hypertension.

    Paul C. Kuo;Lynt B. Johnson;Jeffrey S. Plotkin;Charles D. Howell

  • Osteopontin is induced by hedgehog pathway activation and promotes fibrosis progression in nonalcoholic steatohepatitis

    Wing Kin Syn;Wing Kin Syn;Steve S. Choi;Steve S. Choi;Evaggelia Liaskou;Gamze F. Karaca

  • NKT-associated hedgehog and osteopontin drive fibrogenesis in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease

    Wing Kin Syn;Wing Kin Syn;Wing Kin Syn;Kolade M. Agboola;Marzena Swiderska;Gregory A. Michelotti

  • The tumor microenvironment

    Cynthia E. Weber;Paul C. Kuo

  • Assessment of living renal donors with spiral CT.

    G D Rubin;E J Alfrey;M D Dake;C P Semba

  • Characterization of uptake and internalization of exosomes by bladder cancer cells.

    Carrie A. Franzen;Patricia E. Simms;Adam F. Van Huis;Kimberly E. Foreman

  • Epithelial-mesenchymal transition, the tumor microenvironment, and metastatic behavior of epithelial malignancies

    Lindsay J Talbot;Syamal D Bhattacharya;Paul C Kuo

  • Beneficial effect of plasmapheresis and intravenous immunoglobulin on renal allograft survival of patients with acute humoral rejection.

    Paulo N. Rocha;David W. Butterly;Arthur Greenberg;Donal N. Reddan

  • Osteopontin promotes CCL5-mesenchymal stromal cell-mediated breast cancer metastasis

    Zhiyong Mi;Syamal D. Bhattacharya;Victoria M. Kim;Hongtao Guo

  • One-year results with extended-release tacrolimus/MMF, tacrolimus/MMF and cyclosporine/MMF in de novo kidney transplant recipients.

    H. T. Silva;H. C. Yang;M. Abouljoud;P. C. Kuo

  • Osteopontin Mediates an MZF1-TGF-β1-Dependent Transformation of Mesenchymal Stem Cells into Cancer Associated Fibroblasts in Breast Cancer

    Cynthia E. Weber;Anai N. Kothari;Anai N. Kothari;Philip Y. Wai;Philip Y. Wai;Neill Y. Li;Neill Y. Li

  • A novel approach to the treatment of chronic allograft nephropathy.

    Matthew R. Weir;Leslie Anderson;Jeffrey C. Fink;Kennedy Gabregiorgish

  • Laparoscopic versus open donor nephrectomy: comparing ureteral complications in the recipients and improving the laparoscopic technique

    Benjamin Philosophe;Paul C. Kuo;Eugene J. Schweitzer;Alan C. Farney

  • RNA Aptamer Blockade of Osteopontin Inhibits Growth and Metastasis of MDA-MB231 Breast Cancer Cells

    Zhiyong Mi;Hongtao Guo;M Benjamin Russell;Yingmiao Liu

  • Distinctive Clinical Features of Portopulmonary Hypertension

    Paul C. Kuo;Jeffrey S. Plotkin;Lynt B. Johnson;Charles D. Howell

  • Intraoperative fluid management during orthotopic liver transplantation

    Rebecca A. Schroeder;Bradley H. Collins;Elizabeth Tuttle-Newhall;Kerri Robertson

Frequent Co-Authors

Theodore N. Pappas
Theodore N. Pappas Duke University
Matthew R. Weir
Matthew R. Weir University of Maryland, Baltimore
Anna Mae Diehl
Anna Mae Diehl Duke University
David H. Adams
David H. Adams Mount Sinai Hospital
Richard K. Sibley
Richard K. Sibley Stanford University
Andrew J. Muir
Andrew J. Muir Duke University
Lewis J. Rubin
Lewis J. Rubin University of California, San Diego
E. Steve Woodle
E. Steve Woodle University of Cincinnati Medical Center
Michael Horowitz
Michael Horowitz University of Adelaide
Joseph Loscalzo
Joseph Loscalzo Harvard Medical School

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