University of California San Francisco

Cortez Alexander
Alexander
Cortez
MD

Senior Associate Consultant
Mayo Clinic (Rochester)

Address

35 Medical Center Way
San Francisco, CA 94143
United States

Email: [email protected]

ORCID: 0000-0002-9686-8052

Education

Institution Degree Dept or School End Date
General Surgery Residency, University of Cincinnati 06/2022
University of Cincinnati College of Medicine MD 05/2015
Calvin University BA 05/2011

Publications

MOST RECENT PUBLICATIONS FROM A TOTAL OF 64
  1. Sterility Cultures Following Pancreatectomy with Islet Autotransplantation in the Pediatric Population: Do They Matter?
    Cortez AR, Kassam AF, Lin TK, Paulsen GC, Brunner J, Jenkins TM, Danziger-Isakov LA, Ahmad SA, Abu-El-Haija M, Nathan JD| | PubMed
  2. Exploring Medical Students' Perceptions of Organ Procurement: Need for a Formalized Medical Student Curriculum.
    Winer LK, Vivero MP, Scully BF, Cortez AR, Kassam AF, Nowygrod R, Griesemer AD, Emond JC, Quillin RC| | PubMed
  3. Outcomes of en bloc simultaneous liver-kidney transplantation compared to the traditional technique.
    Lee TC, Cortez AR, Kassam AF, Morris MC, Winer LK, Silski LS, Quillin RC, Cuffy MC, Jones CR, Diwan TS, Shah SA| | PubMed
  4. The impact of medical student interest in surgery on clerkship performance and career choice.
    Kassam AF, Cortez AR, Winer LK, Kuethe JW, Athota KP, Quillin RC| | PubMed
  5. Exploring the relationship between burnout and grit during general surgery residency: A longitudinal, single-institution analysis.
    Cortez AR, Winer LK, Kassam AF, Hanseman DJ, Kuethe JW, Sussman JJ, Quillin RC| | PubMed
  6. Return to the Real World: A Novel Program to Improve Resident Readiness for the Transplant Surgery Rotation.
    Kassam AF, Cortez AR, Diwan TS, Bailey A, Mirza A, Sussman JJ, Makley AT, Quillin RC| | PubMed
  7. The Impact of a Comprehensive Resident Curriculum and Required Participation in "This Week in SCORE" on General Surgery ABSITE Performance and Well-Being.
    Winer LK, Cortez AR, Kassam AF, Quillin RC, Goodman MD, Makley AT, Sussman JJ, Kuethe JW| | PubMed
  8. The impact of preoperative opioid use on outcomes after elective colorectal surgery: A propensity-matched comparison study.
    Cortez AR, Freeman CM, Levinsky NC, Kassam AF, Wima K, Jung AD, Rafferty JF, Paquette IM| | PubMed
  9. Gas off, room lights on: Shedding light on the surgical resident's experience in open and laparoscopic surgery.
    Quillin RC, Cortez AR, Garcia MA, Winer LK, Kassam AF, Kuethe JW, Pritts TA| | PubMed
  10. The role of surgical shunts in the treatment of pediatric portal hypertension.
    Cortez AR, Kassam AF, Jenkins TM, Nathan CJ, Nathan JD, Alonso MH, Ryckman FC, Tiao GM, Bondoc AJ| | PubMed
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MOST RECENT PUBLICATIONS FROM A TOTAL OF 64
  1. Trends in Operative Case Logs of Chief Residents in Surgery by Sex and Race: A 5 - Year National Study.
    Zmijewski P, Park YS, Hogan S, Holmboe E, Klingensmith M, Cortez A, Lindeman B, Chen H, Smith B, Fazendin J| | PubMed
  2. Examining the Influence of a General Surgery Resident's Transplant Experience on Their Pursuit of Transplant Surgery Fellowship.
    Yilma M, Brown AE, Harvey J, Stahl CC, Quillin RC, Syed SM, Cortez AR, US Resident OPerative Experience (ROPE) Consortium| | PubMed
  3. Resident perspectives on the role of gender in operative experience during general surgery residency training: A mixed-methods study.
    Winer LK, Panzica N, Lynch K, Parker C, Lancaster R, Gillis A, Lindeman B, Chen H, Fazendin J, Cortez AR, Zmijewski P| | PubMed
  4. A multi-institutional study from the US ROPE consortium examining factors associated with endocrine surgery exposure for general surgery residents.
    Sisak S, Price AD, Foote DC, Montgomery KB, Lindeman B, Cho NL, Sheu NO, Postlewait LM, Smith SR, Markesbery KC, Meister KM, Kader S, Abelson JS, Anstadt MJ, Patel PP, Marks JA, Callahan ZM, Kimbrough MK, Byrd SE, Stopenski SJ, Nahmias JT, Patel JA, Wilt W, Dodwad SM, Adams SD, Willis RE, Farr D, Harvey J, Woeste MR, Martin RCG, Al Yafi M, Sutton JM, Cortez AR, Holm TM| | PubMed
  5. Defining the Disparity: A Multi-Institutional Analysis of Factors Associated With Decreased Resident Operative Experience.
    Price AD, Foote DC, Woeste MR, Winer LK, Montgomery KB, Al Yafi M, Nahmias JT, Postlewait LM, Sutton JM, Quillin RC, US ROPE Consortium, Cortez AR| | PubMed
  6. Disparities in the Operative Experience Between Female and Male General Surgery Residents: A Multi-institutional Study From the US ROPE Consortium.
    Winer LK, Kader S, Abelson JS, Hammaker AC, Eruchalu CN, Etheridge JC, Cho NL, Foote DC, Ivascu FA, Smith S, Postlewait LM, Greenwell K, Meister KM, Montgomery KB, Zmijewski P, Byrd SE, Kimbrough MK, Stopenski SJ, Nahmias JT, Harvey J, Farr D, Callahan ZM, Marks JA, Stahl CC, Al Yafi M, Sutton JM, Elsaadi A, Campbell SJ, Dodwad SM, Adams SD, Woeste MR, Martin RCG, Patel P, Anstadt MJ, Nasim BW, Willis RE, Patel JA, Newcomb MR, George BC, Quillin RC, Cortez AR| | PubMed
  7. Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Operative Experience Among General Surgery Residents: A Multi-Institutional Study from the US ROPE Consortium.
    Eruchalu CN, Etheridge JC, Hammaker AC, Kader S, Abelson JS, Harvey J, Farr D, Stopenski SJ, Nahmias JT, Elsaadi A, Campbell SJ, Foote DC, Ivascu FA, Montgomery KB, Zmijewski P, Byrd SE, Kimbrough MK, Smith S, Postlewait LM, Dodwad SM, Adams SD, Markesbery KC, Meister KM, Woeste MR, Martin RCG, Callahan ZM, Marks JA, Patel P, Anstadt MJ, Nasim BW, Willis RE, Patel JA, Newcomb MR, Stahl CC, Yafi MA, Sutton JM, George BC, Quillin RC, Cho NL, Cortez AR| | PubMed
  8. 10 Year Analysis of Pediatric Surgery Fellowship Match and Operative Experience: Concerning Trends?
    Farooqui Z, Cortez AR, PottsIII JR, Tiao GM, von Allmen D, Quillin RC, Bondoc AJ, Garrison AP| | PubMed
  9. Examining the transplant case composition of early-career transplant surgeons.
    Cortez AR, Delman AM, Quillin RC| | PubMed
  10. Biophysiological stress and sleep deprivation among abdominal transplant surgery fellows: A prospective multi-institutional study using a wearable device.
    Vaysburg DM, Delman AM, Sisak S, Turner KM, Ammann AM, Cortez AR, Shah SA, Quillin Iii RC| | PubMed
  11. Experience of surgical subspecialty residents on general surgery rotations.
    Sisak S, Salyer CE, Cortez AR, Vaysburg DM, Quillin RC, Van Haren RM| | PubMed
  12. Do General Surgery Residents Begin Specializing Before Fellowship? A Multi-Institutional Study from the US ROPE Consortium.
    Woeste MR, Salyer CE, Hammaker AC, Dodwad SJ, Foote DC, Nahmias JT, Callahan ZM, Quillin RC, Cortez AR, US Resident OPerative Experience (ROPE) Consortium| | PubMed
  13. Incidence of attrition among early-career abdominal transplant surgeons.
    Delman AM, Kassam AF, Turner KM, Ammann AM, Lynch C, Morris MC, Vaysburg DM, Cortez AR, Quillin RC| | PubMed
  14. A multi-institutional study from the US ROPE Consortium examining factors associated with directly entering practice upon residency graduation.
    Hammaker AC, Dodwad SM, Salyer CE, Adams SD, Foote DC, Ivascu FA, Kader S, Abelson JS, Al Yafi M, Sutton JM, Smith S, Postlewait LM, Stopenski SJ, Nahmias JT, Harvey J, Farr D, Callahan ZM, Marks JA, Elsaadi A, Campbell SJ, Stahl CC, Hanseman DJ, Patel P, Woeste MR, Martin RCG, Patel JA, Newcomb MR, Greenwell K, Meister KM, Etheridge JC, Cho NL, Thrush CR, Kimbrough MK, Nasim BW, Willis RE, George BC, Quillin RC, Cortez AR| | PubMed
  15. The volume-outcomes relationship in donation after circulatory death liver transplantation.
    Delman AM, Turner KM, Ammann AM, Schepers E, Vaysburg DM, Cortez AR, Van Haren RM, Wilson GC, Shah SA, Quillin RC| | PubMed
  16. Contemporary Practice of General Surgery in the US: Analysis of American Board of Surgery Diplomate Case Logs.
    Cortez AR, Ibáñez B, Jones AT, Valentine RJ, Potts JR| | PubMed
  17. The Transplant Surgery Pipeline.
    Quillin RC, Cortez AR| | PubMed
  18. Who is Committed to Education? An Analysis of Surgical Education Research Publications.
    Vaysburg DM, Morris C, Kassam AF, Delman AM, Ammann AM, Cortez AR, Van Haren RM, Quillin RC| | PubMed
  19. Relationship between burnout and mistreatment: Who plays a role?
    Baker S, Gleason F, Lovasik B, Sandhu G, Cortez A, Hildreth A, Cooper A, Simmons J, Delman KA, Lindeman B| | PubMed
  20. Examining the impact of COVID-19 restrictions on the operative volumes of US general surgery residents.
    Ammann AM, Cortez AR, Vaysburg DM, Winer LK, Sussman JJ, Potts JR, Van Haren R, Quillin RC| | PubMed
  21. Are General Surgery Residencies Preparing Graduates for the Practice of Today's General Surgeon? An Analysis of American Board of Surgery Data From Applicants and Re-certifying Surgeons.
    Cortez AR, Ibáñez B, Winer LK, Jones AT, Quillin RC, Valentine RJ, Potts JR| | PubMed
  22. Transplant Surgery Pipeline: A Report from the American Society of Transplant Surgeons Pipeline Taskforce.
    Quillin RC, Cortez AR, Dageforde LA, Watkins A, Collins KM, Garonzik-Wang J, Glorioso JM, Tevar AD, Emond JC, Segev DL| | PubMed
  23. Patient personalized translational tools in cystic fibrosis to transform data from bench to bed-side and back.
    Arora K, Yang F, Brewington J, McPhail G, Cortez AR, Sundaram N, Ramananda Y, Ogden H, Helmrath M, Clancy JP, Naren AP| | PubMed
  24. An analysis of applicant competitiveness to general surgery, surgical subspecialties, and integrated programs.
    Vaysburg DM, Cortez AR, Hanseman DJ, Delman AM, Morris C, Kassam AF, Kutz D, Lewis J, Van Haren RM, Quillin RC| | PubMed
  25. Resident Education in Biliary Operation: Beyond Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy.
    Cortez AR, Potts JR| | PubMed
  26. Impact of Integrated Thoracic Residency on General Surgery Residents' Thoracic Operative Volume.
    Vaysburg DM, Wells D, Lynch C, Kassam AF, Cortez AR, Potts JR, Starnes SL, Quillin RC, Van Haren RM| | PubMed
  27. Total pancreatectomy with islet autotransplantation reduces resource utilization in pediatric patients.
    Kassam AF, Cortez AR, Johnston ME, Zang H, Fei L, Lin TK, Abu-El-Haija M, Nathan JD| | PubMed
  28. Gender and ethnic diversity in academic general surgery department leadership.
    Kassam AF, Taylor M, Cortez AR, Winer LK, Quillin RC| | PubMed
  29. Opioid Dependence After Lung Cancer Resection: Institutional Analysis of State Prescription Drug Database.
    Levinsky NC, Byrne MM, Hanseman DJ, Cortez AR, Guitron J, Starnes SL, Van Haren RM| | PubMed
  30. Do Internal or External Characteristics More Reliably Predict Burnout in Resident Physicians: A Multi-institutional Study.
    Mullins CH, Gleason F, Wood T, Baker SJ, Cortez AR, Lovasik B, Sandhu G, Cooper A, Hildreth AN, Simmons JD, Delman KA, Lindeman B| | PubMed
  31. Evaluating the Impact of ESPAC-1 on Shifting the Paradigm of Pancreatic Cancer Treatment.
    Winer LK, Cortez AR, Ahmad SA, Wima K, Olowokure O, Latif T, Kharofa J, Patel SH| | PubMed
  32. Impact of side-to-side cavocavostomy versus traditional piggyback implantation in liver transplantation.
    Lee TC, Dhar VK, Cortez AR, Morris MC, Winer LK, Silski LS, Cuffy MC, Diwan TS, Quillin RC, Shah SA, Cincinnati Research on Outcomes and Safety in Surgery (CROSS)| | PubMed
  33. Natural Course of Pediatric Portal Hypertension.
    Kassam AF, Goddard GR, Johnston ME, Cortez AR, Trout AT, Jenkins TM, Miethke AG, Campbell KM, Bezerra JA, Balistreri WF, Nathan JD, Alonso MH, Tiao GM, Bondoc AJ| | PubMed
  34. Swipe right for surgical residency: Exploring the unconscious bias in resident selection.
    Kassam AF, Cortez AR, Winer LK, Baker JE, Hanseman DJ, Wells D, Yalamanchili S, Habashy E, Chausse S, Makley AT, Goodman MD, Sussman JJ, Quillin RC| | PubMed
  35. Where Has All the Complexity Gone? An Analysis of the Modern Surgical Resident Operative Experience.
    Kassam AF, Lynch CA, Cortez AR, Vaysburg D, Potts JR, Quillin RC| | PubMed
  36. Extinguishing burnout: National analysis of predictors and effects of burnout in abdominal transplant surgery fellows.
    Kassam AF, Cortez AR, Winer LK, Conzen KD, El-Hinnawi A, Jones CM, Matsuoka L, Watkins AC, Collins KM, Bhati C, Selzner M, Sonnenday CJ, Englesbe MJ, Diwan TS, Dick AAS, Quillin RC| | PubMed
  37. More of less: General Surgery Resident Experience in Biliary Surgery.
    Cortez AR, Potts JR| | PubMed
  38. Perioperative thrombelastography serves as an important assessment tool of transfusion requirements during liver transplantation.
    Graff JT, Cortez AR, Dhar VK, Wakefield C, Cuffy MC, Shah SA, Goodman MD| | PubMed
  39. Primary Placement of a Low-Profile Gastrostomy Button Is Safe and Associated With Improved Outcomes in Children.
    Cortez AR, Warren PW, Goddard GR, Jenkins TM, Sauser JA, Gerrein BT, Rymeski BA| | PubMed
  40. The impact of opioid use on human and health care costs in surgical patients.
    Kassam AF, Kim Y, Cortez AR, Dhar VK, Wima K, Shah SA| | PubMed
  41. Sterility Cultures Following Pancreatectomy with Islet Autotransplantation in the Pediatric Population: Do They Matter?
    Cortez AR, Kassam AF, Lin TK, Paulsen GC, Brunner J, Jenkins TM, Danziger-Isakov LA, Ahmad SA, Abu-El-Haija M, Nathan JD| | PubMed
  42. Exploring Medical Students' Perceptions of Organ Procurement: Need for a Formalized Medical Student Curriculum.
    Winer LK, Vivero MP, Scully BF, Cortez AR, Kassam AF, Nowygrod R, Griesemer AD, Emond JC, Quillin RC| | PubMed
  43. Outcomes of en bloc simultaneous liver-kidney transplantation compared to the traditional technique.
    Lee TC, Cortez AR, Kassam AF, Morris MC, Winer LK, Silski LS, Quillin RC, Cuffy MC, Jones CR, Diwan TS, Shah SA| | PubMed
  44. The impact of medical student interest in surgery on clerkship performance and career choice.
    Kassam AF, Cortez AR, Winer LK, Kuethe JW, Athota KP, Quillin RC| | PubMed
  45. Exploring the relationship between burnout and grit during general surgery residency: A longitudinal, single-institution analysis.
    Cortez AR, Winer LK, Kassam AF, Hanseman DJ, Kuethe JW, Sussman JJ, Quillin RC| | PubMed
  46. Return to the Real World: A Novel Program to Improve Resident Readiness for the Transplant Surgery Rotation.
    Kassam AF, Cortez AR, Diwan TS, Bailey A, Mirza A, Sussman JJ, Makley AT, Quillin RC| | PubMed
  47. The Impact of a Comprehensive Resident Curriculum and Required Participation in "This Week in SCORE" on General Surgery ABSITE Performance and Well-Being.
    Winer LK, Cortez AR, Kassam AF, Quillin RC, Goodman MD, Makley AT, Sussman JJ, Kuethe JW| | PubMed
  48. The impact of preoperative opioid use on outcomes after elective colorectal surgery: A propensity-matched comparison study.
    Cortez AR, Freeman CM, Levinsky NC, Kassam AF, Wima K, Jung AD, Rafferty JF, Paquette IM| | PubMed
  49. Gas off, room lights on: Shedding light on the surgical resident's experience in open and laparoscopic surgery.
    Quillin RC, Cortez AR, Garcia MA, Winer LK, Kassam AF, Kuethe JW, Pritts TA| | PubMed
  50. The role of surgical shunts in the treatment of pediatric portal hypertension.
    Cortez AR, Kassam AF, Jenkins TM, Nathan CJ, Nathan JD, Alonso MH, Ryckman FC, Tiao GM, Bondoc AJ| | PubMed
  51. Enhanced recovery protocol improves postoperative outcomes and minimizes narcotic use following resection for colon and rectal cancer.
    Cortez AR, Kassam AF, Levinsky NC, Jung AD, Daly MC, Shah SA, Rafferty JF, Paquette IM| | PubMed
  52. Is Surgery Necessary? Endoscopic Management of Post-transplant Biliary Complications in the Modern Era.
    Cortez AR, Morris MC, Brown NG, Winer LK, Safdar K, Poreddy S, Shah SA, Quillin RC| | PubMed
  53. See None, Do Some, Teach None: An Analysis of the Contemporary Operative Experience as Nonprimary Surgeon.
    Cortez AR, Winer LK, Kassam AF, Hanseman DJ, Kuethe JW, Quillin RC, Potts JR| | PubMed
  54. Resident Operative Experience in Hepatopancreatobiliary Surgery: Exposing the Divide.
    Cortez AR, Winer LK, Katsaros GD, Kassam AF, Shah SA, Diwan TS, Cutler Quillin R| | PubMed
  55. The Impact of Medical Student Burnout on Surgery Clerkship Performance.
    Cortez AR, Winer LK, Kassam AF, Kuethe JW, Athota KP, Quillin RC| | PubMed
  56. Predictors of medical student success on the surgery clerkship.
    Cortez AR, Winer LK, Kim Y, Hanseman DJ, Athota KP, Quillin RC| | PubMed
  57. Transplantation of human intestinal organoids into the mouse mesentery: A more physiologic and anatomic engraftment site.
    Cortez AR, Poling HM, Brown NE, Singh A, Mahe MM, Helmrath MA| | PubMed
  58. Narrowing of the surgical resident operative experience: A 27-year analysis of national ACGME case logs.
    Cortez AR, Katsaros GD, Dhar VK, Drake FT, Pritts TA, Sussman JJ, Edwards MJ, Quillin RC| | PubMed
  59. Not all operative experiences are created equal: a 19-year analysis of a single center's case logs.
    Cortez AR, Dhar VK, Sussman JJ, Pritts TA, Edwards MJ, Quillin RC| | PubMed
  60. Impact of Preoperative Opioid Use After Emergency General Surgery.
    Kim Y, Cortez AR, Wima K, Dhar VK, Athota KP, Schrager JJ, Pritts TA, Edwards MJ, Shah SA| | PubMed
  61. Metabolic syndrome in liver transplantation: A preoperative and postoperative concern.
    Chang AL, Cortez AR, Bondoc A, Schauer DP, Fitch A, Shah SA, Woodle SE, Diwan T| | PubMed
  62. Surgical outcomes, bowel habits and quality of life in young patients after ileoanal anastomosis for ulcerative colitis.
    Knod JL, Holder M, Cortez AR, Martinez-Leo B, Kern P, Saeed S, Warner B, Dickie B, Falcone RA, von Allmen D, Frischer JS| | PubMed
  63. Operative Variability Among Residents Has Increased Since Implementation of the 80-Hour Workweek.
    Quillin RC, Cortez AR, Pritts TA, Hanseman DJ, Edwards MJ, Davis BR| | PubMed
  64. Surgical resident learning styles have changed with work hours.
    Quillin RC, Cortez AR, Pritts TA, Hanseman DJ, Edwards MJ, Davis BR| | PubMed