Junkins A, Kempf MC, Burkeholder G, Ye Y, Chu DI, Wiener HW, Szychowski JM, Shrestha S. Sexual Risk Characteristics, Social vulnerability, and Anal Cancer Screening Uptake Among Men Living with HIV in the Deep South. AIDS Care. 2024 Jan 25:1-9. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38268443.
Weber TM, Sinojia S, Shao C, Chu DI, Kinard BE. What is Health Literacy Among Orthognathic Surgery Patients? J Oral Maxillofac Surg. 2024 Jan 6: S0278-2391(24)00004-1. PMID: 38280726.
Smith B, Smith BP, Hollis RH, Jones BA, Shao C, Katta M, Wood L, Bateman LB, Oates GR, Chu DI. Development of a Comprehensive Survey to Assess Key Sociological Determinants of Health. Surgery. 2023 Dec 28:S0039-6060(23)00866-8. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38158309.
Smith BP, Katta M, Hollis RH, Shao C, Jones B, McLeod MC, Tan TW, Chu DI. Understanding the Impact of Enhanced Recovery Programs on Social Vulnerability, Race, and Colorectal Surgery Outcomes. Dis Colon Rectum. 2023 Dec 11. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38084910.
Bazikian S, Urbina D, Hsu CH, Gonzalez KA, Rosario ER, Chu DI, Tsui J, Tan TW. Examining Health Care Access Disparities in Hispanic Populations with Peripheral Artery Disease and Diabetes. Vasc Med. 2023 Aug 29:1358863X231191546. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 37642640.
Amin K, Khan H, Hearld LR, Chu DI, Prete V, Mehari KR, Heslin MJ, Fonseca AL. Association between Rural Residence and Process of Care in Pancreatic Cancer Treatment. J Gastrointest Surg. 2023 Aug 8. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 37553515.
Rafaqat W, Chu DI, Kaafarani HM. AI and ChatGPT Meet Surgery: A World of Caution for Surgeon-Scientists. Ann Surg. 2023 Jul 20. Epub ahead of Print. PMID: 37470174.
Lucy AT, Rakestraw SL, Stringer C, Chu DI, Grams J, Stahl R, Mustian MN. Readability of Patient Education Materials for Bariatric Surgery. Surg Endosc. 2023 Jun 5. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 37277519.
Smith B, Rafaqat W, Hollis RH, Rubyan M, Shao CC, Katta MH, Wallace E, Chu DI. Patient Engagement Technology: A Valuable Yet Underutilized Tool. Am J Surg. 2023 May 18. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 37211460
Smithson MG, McLeod MC, Al-Obaidi M, Harmon C, Sawant A, Hardiman KM, Chu DI, Bhatia S, Williams GR, Hollis RH. Racial Differences in Again-Related Deficits Among Older Adults with Colorectal Cancer. Dis Colon Rectum. 2023 may 16. PMID: 37235857.
Smith BP, Jones BA, Cofer KD, Hollis RH, Shao CC, Gleason L, Waldrop MG, Katta MH, Wood L, McLeod MC, Morris MS, Chu DI. Racial Disparities in postoperative Outcomes Persist for Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease Under a Colorectal Enhanced Recovery Program. Am J Surg. 2023 Apr 24. PMID: 3720415.
Irfan A, Lever JMP, Shao CC, Fouad MN, Liang MI, Chu DI, Rose JB, Reddy s. Demographic Factors predict Decreased Technological Knowledge in Patients with Cancer. Biomedical Journal of Scientific and Tech Research. 2023 Apr 11: Vol 50, Iss 1. DOI: 10.26717/BJSTR.2023.50.007890
Smith BP, Girling I, Hollis RH, Rubyan M, Shao CC, jones B, Abbas A, Herbey I, Oates GR, Pisu M, Chu DI. A Socioecological Qualitative analysis of Barriers to Care in Colorectal Surgery. Surgery. 2023 Apr 21:S0039-6060(23)00131-9. PMID: 37088570.
Smith BP, Hollis RH, Shao CC, Gleason L, Wood L, McLeod MC, Kay DI, Oates GR, Pisu M, Chu DI. The Association of Social Vulnerability with Colorectal Enhanced Recovery Program Failure. Surg Open Sci. 2023 Mar 23;13:1-8. PMID: 37012979
Theiss LM, Wood L, Shao C, Marques I, Hollis R, Gunnells D, Hardiman K, Cannon J, Morris M, Kennedy G, Chu DI. Disparities in Perioperative Use of Patient Engagement Technologies – Not All Use is Equal. Annals of Surgery 277(1):p e218-e225, January 2023.
Smithson MG, McLeod MC, Al-Obaidi M, Harmon C, Arundhati S, Hardiman KM, Chu DI, Bhatia S, Williams GR, Hollis RH. Racial differences in aging-related deficits among older adults with colorectal cancer. Disease of Colon and Rectum 2022 (accepted 8.22.2022, in production).
Duong TA, Gleason LT, Kichler K, Kaplan ER, Shao CC, Dos Santos MArques IC, Chen CS, Smith B, Morris MS, Hollis RH, Chu DI. Improving Surgical Patient Education Materials Using Informational Design with Visual Elements. AM J Surg. 2022 Aug 28. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 36115704
Rague JT. Kim S, Hirsch J, Meyer T, Rosoklija I, Larson JE, Swaroop VT, Bowman R, Bowen DK, Cheng EY, Gordon EJ, Holmbeck G, Chu DI, Isakova T, Yerkes EB, Chu DI. The Association of Health Literacy with Health-Related Quality of Life in Youth and Yong Adults with Spina Bifida: A Cross-Sectional Study. J Pediatr. 2022 Aug 12. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 35970239
Park G, Kim DH, Shao C, Theiss LM, Smith B, Marques IC, Hollis RH, Chu DI. Organizational Assessment of Health Literacy within an Academic Medical Center. AM J Surg. 2022 Aug 12. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 35981910
Kraus AC, Gunnells DJ, Chu DI, Kennedy AE, Hughes TG, Chen H, Hollis RH, Porterfield JR, Stahl RD, Kennedy GD. The University of Alabama at Birmingham Surgery Community Network: Tackling the Challenges of Rural Surgery. AM Surg. 2022 Jun 21. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 35726516
Theiss LM, Lucy AT, Bergstresser SL, Chu DI, Kennedy GD, Hollis R, Kenzik KM. Disparities in Surgical Timing and Guideline-Adherent Staging Work-Up for Colon Cancer. Ann Surg Oncol. 2022 Jun 6. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 35666412
Rainey R, Theiss L, Lopez E, Wood T, Wood L, Marques I, Cannon JA, Kennedy GD, Morris MS, Hollis R, DAvis T, Chu DI. Characterizing the impact of verbal communication and helath literacy in the patient-surgeon encounter. Am J Surg. 2022 Apr 30. PMID: 35527045
Hollis RH, Chu DI, Healthcare Disparities and Colorectal Cancer. Surg Oncol Clin N Am. 2022 Apr; 31(2): 157-169. Epub 2022 Mar8. PMID:35351271
Shao CC, McLeod MC, Gleason LT, Dos Santos Marques IC, Chu DI, Wallace EL, Fouad MN, Reddy S. Inequity in telemedicine use among patients with cancer in the deep south during the COVID-19 pandemic. Oncologist. 2022 Mar 28. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 35348793
Theiss LM, Wood T, McLeod MC, Shao C, Santos Marques ID, Bajpai S, Lopez E, Duong AM, Hollis R, Morris MS, Chu DI. The association of health literacy and postoperative complications after colorectal surgery: A cohort study. AM J Surg. 2021 Oct 16. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 34728069
Smithson M, McLeod MC, Theiss L, Shao C, Kennedy G, Hollis R, Chu DI, Hardiman KM. Ileostomy patients using patient engagement technology experience decrease length of stay. J Gastrointest Surg. 2021 Oct 7. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 34618324
Irfan A, Lever JM, Fouad MN, Sleckman BP, Smith H, Chu DI, Rose JB, Wang TN, Reddy S. Does health literacy impact technological comfort in cancer patients? Am J Surg. 2021 Aug 8. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 34384588
Kuo LE, Chu DI, Gao T, Brahmbhatt TS, Wang TS. Asian American and Pacific Islander experiences and challenges in academic surgery. AM J Surg. 2021 Jul 31. PMID: 34353621
Rague JT, Kim S, Hirsch JA, Meyer T, Rosoklija I, Larson JE, Swaroop VT, Bowman RM, Bowen DK, Cheng EY, Gordon EJ, Chu DI, Isakova T, Yerkes EB, Chu DI. Assessment of health literacy and self-reported readiness for transition to adult care among adolescents and young adults with spina bifida. JAMA Netw Open. 2021 Sep 1;4(9):e2127034. PMID: 34581795
Theiss LM, Wood LN, Shao C, Marques I, Hollis R, Gunnells D, Hardiman K, Cannon J, Morris M, Kennedy G, Chu DI. Disparities in perioperative use of patient engagement technologies – not all use is equal. Annals of Surgery (accepted, in-production).
Dos Santos Marques IC, Herbey II, Theiss LM, Shao CC, Fouad IC, Chu DI. Understanding the surgical experience for Black and White patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD): The importance of health literacy. Am J Surg. 2021 Jun 9. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 34119329
Kim DH, O’Connor SJ, Williams JH, Opoku-Agyeman W, Chu DI, Choi SW. The effect of gastrointestinal patients’ health literacy levels on gastrointestinal patients’ health outcomes. Journal of Hospital Management and Health Policy. 2021.10.21037/jhmhp-20-134
Kim DH, O’Connor SJ, Williams JH, Opoku-Agyeman W, Chu DI, Choi SW. Health literacy: What we know and don’t know. A Literature Perspective. Journal of Hospital Administration (Accepted 12/2020)
Dos Santos Marques IC, Theiss LM, Wood LN, Gunnells DJ, Hollis RH, Hardiman KM, Cannon JA, Morris MS, Kennedy GD, Chu DI. Racial disparities exist in surgical outcomes for patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Am J Surg. 2020 Dec 7. PMID: 33309255
Dos Santos Marques IC, Theiss LM, Johnson CY, McLin E, Ruf BA, Vickers SM, Fouad MN, Scarinci IC, Chu DI. Implementation of virtual focus groups for qualitative data collection in a global pandemic. Am J Surg. 2020 Oct 12. PMID: 33070983.
Gleason F, Chu DI, Kennedy GD, Kenzik KM. Early Elective Surgery After Colon Cancer Diagnosis has Higher Risk of Readmission and Death. Ann Surg. 2020 Oct 19. PMID: 33086309.
Dos Santos Marques IC, Theiss LM, Baker SJ, Liwo A, Wood LN, Fouad M, Davis TC, Chu DI. Low health literacy is common in the inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) population and is especially prevalent among older African-Americans. Crohn’s and Colitis 360 2020 [published 10/12/2020]
Chang ME, Baker SJ, Dos Santos Marques IC, Liwo AN, Chung SK, Richman JS, Knight SJ, Fouad MN, Gakumo CA, Davis TC, Chu DI. Health Literacy in Surgery. Health Lit Res Pract. 2020 Feb 11;4(1): e46-e65. PubMed PMID: 32053207.
Dos Santos Marques IC, Herbey II, Theiss LM, Hollis RH, Knight SJ, Davis TC, Fouad M, Chu DI. Understanding the Surgical Experience for African-Americans and Caucasians with Enhanced Recovery. J Surg Res. 2020 Jan 31;250-12-22. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 32014697.
Wahl TS, Goss LE, Morris MS, Gullick AA, Richman JS, Kennedy GD, Cannon JA, Vickers SM, Knight SJ, Simmons JW, Chu DI. Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) Eliminates Racial Disparities in Postoperative Length of Stay After Colorectal Surgery. Ann Surg. 2018 Dec; 268(6): 1026-1035. PMID: 28594746.
Marques IC, Wahl TS, Chu DI. Enhanced Recovery After Surgery and Surgical Disparities. Surg Clin North Am. 2018 Dec; 98(6): 1223-1232. Epub 2018 Aug 21. Review. PubMed PMID: 30390854.
Gunnells DJ Jr, Wood LN, Goss L, Morris MS, Kennedy GD, Cannon JA, Chu DI. Racial Disparities After Stoma Construction Exist in Time to Closure After 1 Year but Not in Overall Stoma Reversal Rates. J Gastrointest Surg. 2017 Jul 28. PubMed PMID: 28755086.
Mulhern KC, Gullick AA, Goss L, Richman J, Kennedy GD, Chen H, Morris MS, Chu DI. Reduced disparities and improved surgical outcomes for Asian Americans with colorectal cancer. J Surg Res. 2017 Oct; 218:23-28. Epub 2017 May 15. PubMed PMID: 28985854.
Giglia MD, DeRussy A, Morris MS, Richman JS, Hawn MT, Vickers SM, Knight SJ, Chu, DI. Racial disparities in length-of-stay persists even with no postoperative complications. J Surg Res. 2017 Jun 15;214:14-22. doi:10.1016/j.jss.2017.02.063 Epub 2017 Mar 6. PubMed PMID: 28624035.
Walker CH, Arora SS, Colantonio LD, Kakati DD, Fitzmorris PS, Chu DI, Malik TA. Rate of hospitalization among African American and Caucasian American patients with Chron’s disease seen at a tertiary care center.
Gastroenterol Rep (Oxf). 2016 Dec 10. pii: gow036. PubMed PMID: 27940604.
Gunnells DJ, Morris MS, DeRussy A, Gullick AA, Malik T, Cannon JA, Hawn MT, Chu DI. Racial disparities in readmissions for patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) after colorectal surgery. Journal of GI Surgery 2016 May; 20(5) 985-93. Pubmed PMID: 26743885.
