Biography
Dr. Zachary Dietch completed his residency in General Surgery at the University of Virginia and is currently an Abdominal Transplant Fellow at the University of California, San Francisco.
Education
University of Pennsylvania, B.A., Philosophy, Politics and Economics, 2004
George Washington School of Medicine and Health Sciences, M.D., 2011
University of Virginia Darden School of Business, M.B.A., 2015
University of Virginia, General Surgery Residency, 2011-2018
Book Chapters
Dietch ZC, Shah PM, Sawyer RG. “Intra-abdominal infection.” Critical Care. Scientific American Surgery. Ashley SW, Ed. Decker Intellectual Properties, Hamilton, ON, 2016. http://www.sciamsurgery.com, January 2016.
Shah PM, Dietch ZC, Sawyer RG. “The Inflammatory Response.” Sabiston Textbook of Surgery. Ed. Townsend, Courtney M. Philadelphia: Elsevier Saunders, 2017. 25-43. Print.
Dietch ZC, Sawyer RG. Management of Renal Trauma – A 10-year Experience, University of Virginia Department of Surgery Resident Research Day, Charlottesville, VA, Poster presentation, April 2012
Dietch ZC, et al. Impact of In-Hospital Reoperation On Mortality, Morbidity and Resource Utilization By Surgical Specialty, Virginia Surgical Society Annual Meeting, Virginia Beach, VA, Oral presentation, May 2013
Dietch ZC, Guidry CA, Davies SA, Sawyer RG. Hypoalbuminemia Is Disproportionately Associated with Adverse Outcomes in Obese Elective Surgical Patients. University of Virginia Department of Surgery Resident Research Day, Charlottesville, VA, Poster presentation, April 2014
Dietch ZC, Guidry CA, Davies SA, Sawyer RG. Hypoalbuminemia Is Disproportionately Associated with Adverse Outcomes in Obese Elective Surgical Patients. Surgical Infection Society Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD, Oral presentation, May 2014
Dietch ZC, Edwards B, Thames M, Shah P, Williams MD, Sawyer RG. Lower Extremity DVT Screening is Not Associated with Improved Outcomes in Trauma Patients. Academic Surgical Congress Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, NV, Oral Presentation, February 2015
Dietch ZC, Bodily S, Schirmer B, Sawyer RG. Research Training During Residency May Cost General Surgeons at least 6.3% of Lifetime Wealth. Academic Surgical Congress Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, NV, Oral Presentation, February 2015
Dietch ZC, Edwards B, Guidry CA, Davies SW, Sawyer RG. Preoperative Hypoalbuminemia is Associated with Increased Hospital Costs in Elective Surgical Patients. Southeastern Surgical Congress Annual Meeting, Chattanooga, TN, Poster Presentation, February 2015
Dietch ZC, Petroze R, Thames M, Willis R, Sawyer RG, Williams MD. The “High-Risk” DVT Screening Protocol for Trauma Patients – Is it practical? Earl Young Presentation at the Western Trauma Association Annual Meeting, Telluride, CO, Oral Presentation, March 2015
Dietch ZC, Edwards BL, Shah PM, Guidry CA, Davies SW, Willis RN, Sawyer RG. Obesity is not associated with antimicrobial treatment failure for intra-abdominal infection. Surgical Infection Society Annual Meeting Plenary Session, Westlake Village, CA, Oral Presentation, May 2015
Dietch ZC, Will JM, Lichtendahl KC, Jones RS, Grushka-Cockayne Y, Sawyer RG. Machine Learning and Cloud Computing For Enhanced Surgical Risk Prediction. Academic Surgical Congress Annual Meeting, Jacksonville, FL, Oral Presentation, February 2016.
Dietch ZC, Will JM, Lichtendahl KC, Jones RS, Grushka-Cockayne Y, Sawyer RG. Machine Learning and Cloud Computing For Enhanced Surgical Risk Prediction. University of Virginia Department of Surgery Resident Research Day, Charlottesville, VA, Oral Presentation, April 2016.
Dietch ZC, Guidry CA, Davies SW, Shah PM, Sawyer RG. Machine Learning and Cloud Computing Enable Enhanced Prediction of Surgical Site Infection. Surgical Infection Society Annual Meeting, Palm Beach, FL, Oral Presentation, May 2016.
Dietch ZC, Hallowell PT. Simultaneous Conversion of Gastric Band to Sleeve Gastrectomy is Associated with Increased Postoperative Complications: An Analysis of the American College of Surgeons NSQIP. SAGES Annual Meeting, Houston, TX, Oral Presentation, March 2017.
Elwood NR, Dietch ZC, Guidry CA, Shah PM, Sawyer RG. Locoregional Anesthesia is Associated with Reduced Infectious and Overall Complications in Open Inguinal Hernia Repair. Surgical Infection Society Annual Meeting, St. Louis, MO, Oral Presentation, May 2017.
Dietch ZC, Shahbazov R, Nickkholgh A, Agarwal A, Maluf DG, Brayman KL, Pelletier SJ. Locoregional Anesthesia is Associated with Reduced Complications in Patients with Cirrhosis Undergoing Open Inguinal Hernia Repair. 2017 Joint International Congress of ILTS, ELITA & LICAGE, Prague, Czech Republic, Oral Presentation, May 2017.
Dietch ZC, Elwood NR, Krebs ED, Hassinger TE, Popovsky K, Hedrick T, Sawyer RG. Obtaining Cultures in Community-Acquired Intra-abdominal Infection is not Associated with Outcome. University of Virginia Department of Surgery Resident Research Day, Charlottesville, VA, Poster Presentation, April 2018.