

William G. Cioffi, MD, FACS
J. Murray Beardsley Professor and Chairman, Warren Alpert Medical School at Brown University
Department of Surgery Surgeon-in-Chief, Rhode Island Hospital and The Miriam Hospital
President, Brown Surgical Associates
Accepting New Patients
William G. Cioffi, MD, FACS, is the surgeon-in-chief at the Miriam and Rhode Island hospitals. He is also the J. Murray Beardsley Professor and chairman of the department of surgery at The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University. Previously he was the chief of the burn study branch at the Institute of Surgical Research at Fort Sam Houston, Texas. He received his medical degree from the University of Vermont College of Medicine and completed his residency in general surgery at the Medical Center Hospital of Vermont.
He serves on various hospital, university and national committees dedicated to improving patient care for critically ill surgical patients. He is the past president of the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma, the International Surgical Group, the Surgical Critical Care Program Directors Society, the Society of University Surgeons and the North American Burn Society.
Dr. Cioffi is currently the treasurer of the American College of Surgeons and the International Society of Burn Injuries and secretary of the American Burn Association. He is on the Executive Committee of the Board of Governors of the American College of Surgeons and serves on multiple other committees for the college and is a member of The Halsted Society, American Surgical Association, Association for Academic Surgery, and Southern Surgical Association. Cioffi has also served on the editorial boards of such journals as Shock, Journal of Trauma, and Surgery and the American Journal of Surgery.
A board-certified general surgeon with added qualifications in surgical critical care, Cioffi’s clinical expertise and research interests are in the areas of pancreatic, oncologic, colorectal and trauma surgery. He has authored or co-authored more than 460 articles, book chapters and abstracts and continues to lecture nationally and internationally in his field.
Specialties
- Trauma / Surgical Critical Care
- Hepatobiliary & Pancreatic Surgery
- Surgical Oncology
- General Surgery
- Hernia Repair
Board Certification: American Board of Surgery (General Surgery, Surgical Critical Care)
Education: The Robert Larner MD College of Medicine at the University of Vermont, Burlington, VT
Residency: General Surgery - University of Vermont Medical Center, Burlington, VT
Fellowship: Surgical Critical Care - Brook Army Medical Center,San Antonio,TX
Memberships in Societies:
Fellow - American College of Surgeons (FACS)
American Association for the Surgery of Trauma
American Burn Association; North American Burn Society
International Society for Burn Injuries
Association for Academic Surgery
American Surgical Association
Coalition for National Trauma Care
Shock Society
Society of Critical Care Medicine
International Association for Surgical Metabolism and Nutrition
International Society of Surgery
International Surgical Group
Surgical Infection Society
Society of University Surgeons
The Halsted Society
John H. David Surgical Society
New England Surgical Society
Rhode Island Medical Society
Providence Surgical Society
Boston Surgical Society
Southern Surgical Association
Hospital Affiliations:
The Miriam Hospital
Rhode Island Hospital
- Cioffi WG, Ashikaga T, Gamelli RL: Probability of surviving postoperative acute renal failure: Development of a prognostic index. Ann Surg 200:205-211, 1984.
- Cioffi WG, Hebert JC, Gamelli RL, Foster RS: The quantity and function of pulmonary alveolar macrophages after splenectomy and C. parvum. J Trauma 25:405-409, 1985.
- Cioffi WG, Gamelli RL, DeMeules JE: The effect of thermal injury on in vitro cardiac function in rats. J Trauma 26:638-642, 1986.
- Cioffi WG, DeMeules JE, Wait RB: Renal vascular reactivity in jaundice. Surg 100:356-362, 1986.
- Graves TA, Cioffi WG, McManus WF, Mason AD, Pruitt BA: Fluid resuscitation of infants and children with massive thermal injury. J Trauma 28:1656-1659, 1988.
- Cioffi WG, DeMeules JE, Gamelli RC: Vascular reactivity in thermal injury. Circ Shock 25:309-317, 1988.
- Cioffi WG, Graves TA, McManus WF, Pruitt BA: High-frequency percussive ventilation in patients with inhalation injury. J Trauma 29:350-354, 1989.
- Graves TA, Cioffi WG, Mason AD, McManus WF, Pruitt BA: Relationship of transfusion and infection in a burn population. J Trauma 29:948-954, 1989.
- Cioffi WG, Pruitt BA: Aeromedical transport of the thermally injured patient. Medical Corps International 4:23-27, 1989.
- Luster SH, Patterson PE, Cioffi WG, et al: An evaluation device for quantifying joint stiffness in the burned hand. J of Burn Care & Rehabilitation 11:312-317, 1990.
- Pruitt BA, Cioffi WG, Shimazu T, Ikeuchi H, Mason AD: Evaluation and management of patients with inhalation injury. J Trauma 30:S63-S68, 1990.
- Cioffi WG, Burleson DG, Jordan BS, Becker WK, McManus WF, Mason AD, Pruitt BA: Effects of granulocyte macrophage colony-stimulating factor on burned patients. Arch Surg 126:74-79, 1991.
- Becker WK, Cioffi WG, McManus WF, et al.: Fungal burn wound infection: A 10-year experience. Arch Surg 126:44-48, 1991.
- Carlson DE, Cioffi WG, Mason AD, et al: Evaluation of serum visceral protein levels as indicators of nitrogen balance in the thermally injured patient. JPEN 15:440-444, 1991.
- Cioffi WG, Rue LW, Graves TA, McManus WF, Mason AD, Pruitt BA: Prophylactic use of high-frequency ventilators in patients with inhalation injury. Ann Surg 213:575-582, 1991.
- Cioffi WG, Vaughan GM, Heironimus JD, Jordan BS, Mason AD, Pruitt BA: Dissociation of blood volume and flow in regulation of salt and water balance in burn patients. Ann Surg 214:213-220, 1991.
- Cioffi WG, Rue LW: Resuscitation of thermally injured patients. Critical Care Nursing Clinics of North America 3:181-189, 1991.
- LeVoyer T, Cioffi WG, Pratt L, Shippee R, McManus WF, Mason AD, Pruitt BA: Alterations in intestinal permeability after thermal injury. Arch Surg 127:26-30, 1992.
- Lynch TJ, Possidente CJ, Cioffi WG, Hebert JC: Multidisciplinary protocol for determining aminoglycoside dosage. Am J Hosp Pharm 49:109-115, 1992.
- Carlson DE, Cioffi WG, Mason AD, McManus WF, Pruitt BA: Resting energy expenditure in patients with thermal injuries. Surg Gynecol Obstet 174:270-276, 1992.
- Shippee RL, Johnson AA, Cioffi WG, Lasko J, LeVoyer TE, Jordan BS: Simultaneous determination of lactulose and mannitol in urine of burn patients by gas-liquid chromatography. Clin Chem 38:343-345, 1992.
- Rue LW, Sheridan RL, Cioffi WG, Rush R, McManus WF, Pruitt BA: Thromboembolic complications in thermally injured patients. World J Surg 16:1151-5, 1992.
- Cioffi WG, Burleson DG, Jordan BS, Mason AD, Pruitt BA: Granulocyte oxidative activity following thermal injury. Surgery 112:860-5, 1992.
- Drost A, Burleson DG, Cioffi WG, Mason AD: Plasma cytokines following thermal injury and their relationship to infection. Ann Surg 218:74-78, 1993.
- Graves TA, Cioffi WG, Vaughan GM, Pratt L, Heironimus J D, McManus WF, Pruitt BA: The renal effects of low dose dopamine in thermally injured patients. J Trauma 35:97-102, discussion: 102-103, 1993.
- Rue LW III, Cioffi WG, Mason AD, McManus WF, Pruitt BA: Improved survival of burn patients with inhalation injury. Arch Surg 128:772-780, 1993.
- Rue LW, Cioffi WG, McManus WF, Pruitt BA: Wound closure and outcome in extensively burned patients treated with cultured autologous keratinocytes. J Trauma 34:662-668, 1993.
- Driscoll DM, Cioffi WG, Molter NC, McManus WF, Mason AD, Pruitt BA: Intragastric pH monitoring. J Burn Care Rehab 14:517-524, 1993.
- Drost A, Burleson DG, Cioffi WG, Jordan BS, Mason AD, Pruitt BA: Plasma cytokines following thermal injury and their relationship with patient mortality, burn size, and time post-burn. J Trauma 35:335-339, 1993.
- Milner EA, Cioffi WG, Mason AD, McManus WF, Pruitt BA: Accuracy of urinary urea nitrogen for predicting total urinary nitrogen in thermally injured patients. JPEN 17:414-416, 1993.
- Cioffi WG, deLemos RA, Coalson JJ, Gerstmann DA, Pruitt BA: Decreased pulmonary damage in primates with inhalation injury treated with high-frequency ventilation. Ann Surg 218:328-335, discussion 335-337, 1993.
- Cioffi WG, Burleson DG, Pruitt BA: Leukocyte responses to injury. Arch Surg 128:1260-1267, 1993.
- Barillo DJ, Cioffi WG, McManus WF, Pruitt BA: Vehicle-related burn injuries. Proceedings of the Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine. 37:209-218, 1993.
- Milner EA, Cioffi WG, McManus WF, Pruitt BA: Superior mesenteric artery syndrome in a burn patient. Nutr Clin Pract 8:264-266, 1993.
- Ogura H, Cioffi WG, Okerberg CV, Johnson AA, Guzman RF, Mason AD, Pruitt BA: The effects of pentoxifylline on pulmonary function following smoke inhalation. J Surg Res 56:242-250, 1994.
- Cioffi WG, McManus A, Rue LW III, Mason AD, McManus WF, Pruitt BA: Comparison of acid-neutralizing and non-acid neutralizing stress ulcer prophylaxis in thermally injured patients. J Trauma 36:544-547, 1994.
- Ogura H, Cioffi WG, Jordan BS, Okerberg CV, Johnson AA, Mason AD, Pruitt BA: The effect of inhaled nitric oxide on smoke inhalation injury in an ovine model. J Trauma 37:294-302, 1994.
- Fitzpatrick JC, Cioffi WG, Cheu HW, Pruitt BA: Predicting ventilation failure in children with inhalation injury. J Pediatric Surg 29:1122-1126, 1994.
- Ogura H, Cioffi WG, Offner PJ, Jordan BS, Johnson AA, Pruitt BA: The effect of inhaled nitric oxide on pulmonary function after sepsis in a swine model. Surg 116:313-321, 1994.
- Milner EA, Cioffi WG, Mason AD, McManus WF, Pruitt BA: A longitudinal study of resting energy expenditure in thermally injured patients. J Trauma 37:167-170, 1994.
- Cioffi WG, Gore DC, Rue LW III, Carrougher G, Guler HP, McManus WF, Pruitt BA: Insulin-like growth factor-1 lowers protein oxidation in patients with thermal injury. Ann Surg 220:310-316, 1994.
- Ogura H, Saitoh D, Johnson AA, Mason AD, Pruitt BA, Cioffi WG: The effect of inhaled nitric oxide on pulmonary ventilation-perfusion matching following smoke inhalation injury. J Trauma 37:893-898, 1994.
- Ogura H, Offner PJ, Saitoh D, Jordan BS, Johnson AA, Pruitt BA, Cioffi WG: The pulmonary effect of nitric oxide synthase inhibition following sepsis in a swine model. Arch Surg 129:1233-1239, 1994.
- Burleson DG, Cioffi WG, Mason AD, Pruitt BA: Antigen expression of lymphoid-cells in burned and toxic epidermal necrolysis (TEN) patients. The FASEB J 8: 752, 1994.
- Kelemen JJ, Cioffi WG, McManus WF, Mason AD, Pruitt BA: Burn center care for patients with toxic epidermal necrolysis. J Am Coll Surg 180:273-278, 1995.
- Cioffi WG, Ogura H: Inhaled nitric oxide in acute lung disease. New Horizons 3:73-85, 1995.
- Mozingo DW, Cioffi WG, McManus WF, Pruitt BA: Peritoneal lavage in the diagnosis of acute surgical abdomen following thermal injury. J Trauma 38:5-7, 1995.
- Rue LW III, Cioffi WG, Mason AD, McManus WF, Pruitt BA: Risk of pneumonia in thermally injured patients requiring ventilatory support. J Burn Care Rehab 16:262-268, 1995.
- Offner PJ, Ogura H, Jordan BS, Pruitt BA, Cioffi WG: Effects of inhaled nitric oxide on right ventricular function in endotoxin shock. J Trauma 39:179-185, 1995.
- Barillo DJ, Cioffi WG, McManus WF, Pruitt BA: Thermal trauma resulting from motor vehicle operation or maintenance. Accident Analysis and Prevention 27:829-833, 1995.
- Pruitt BA, Cioffi WG: Diagnosis and treatment of smoke inhalation. J Int Care Med 10:115-125, 1995.
- Barillo DJ, McManus AT, Cioffi WG, McManus WF, Kim SH, Pruitt BA: Aeromonas bacteremia in burn patients. Burns 22:48-52, 1996.
- Davis KA, Brody JM, Cioffi WG: Computer tomography in blunt hepatic trauma. Arch Surg 31:255-260, 1996.
- Harvey KD, Barillo DJ, Hobbs CL, Mozingo DW, Fitzpatrick JC, Cioffi WG, McManus WF, Pruitt BA: Computer-assisted evaluation of hand and arm function following thermal injury. J Burn Care Rehab 17:176-180, 1996.
- Cioffi WG. The efficacy of inhaled nitric oxide in ARDS. Trauma Quarterly 12;237-255, 1996.
- Kelemen JJ, Cioffi WG, Mason AD, Mozingo DW, McManus WF, Pruitt BA: Effect of ambient temperature on metabolic rate after thermal injury. Ann Surg 223:406-412, 1996.
- Offner PJ, Ogura H, Jordan BS, Pruitt BA, Cioffi WG: Cardiopulmonary effects of combined nitric oxide inhibition and inhaled nitric oxide in porcine endotoxic shock. J Trauma 41:641-646, 1996.
- Walsh DS, Thavichaigarn P, Dheeradhada C, Jiarakul N, Pearce FC, Wiesmann WP, Cioffi WG, Webster HK: Prolonged alteration in gut permeability following nonthermal injury. Injury 27:491-4, 1996.
- Fitzpatrick JC, Cioffi WG: Ventilatory support following burns and smoke inhalation injury. Respiratory Care Clinics of North America. 3:21-49, 1997.
- Xu Y, Wichmann MW, Ayala A, Cioffi WG, Chaudry IH: Trauma-hemorrhage induces increased thymic apoptosis while decreasing IL-3 release and increasing GM-CSF. J Surg Res 68:24-30, 1997.
- Fitzpatrick JC, Jordan BS, Salman N, Williams J, Cioffi WG, Pruitt BA: The use of perfluorocarbon-associated gas exchange to improve ventilation and decrease mortality after inhalation injury in a neonatal swine model. J Pediatric Surg 32:192-6, 1997.
- Barillo DJ, Dickerson EE, Cioffi WG, Mozingo DW, Pruitt BA: Pressure-controlled ventilation for the long-range aeromedical transport of patients with burns. J Burn Care Rehab 18:200-205, 1997.
- Xu YX, Ayala A, Monfils B, Cioffi WG, Chaudry IH: Mechanism of intestinal mucosa I immune dysfunction following trauma-hemorrhage: Increased apoptosis associated with elevated Fas expression in Peyer’s Patches. J Surg Res 70:55-60, 1997.
- Wichmann MW, Angele MK, Ayala A, Cioffi WG, Chaudry IH: Flutamide: A novel agent for restoring the depressed cell-mediated immunity following soft-tissue trauma and hemorrhagic shock. Shock 8:242-248, 1997.
- Tasaki O, Goodwin CW, Saitoh D, Mozingo DW, Ishihara S, Brinkley WW, Cioffi WG, Pruitt BA: Effects of burns on inhalation injury. J Trauma 43:603-607, 1997.
- Angele MK, Wichmann MW, Ayala A, Cioffi WG, Chaudry IH: Testosterone receptor blockade after hemorrhage in males: Restoration of the depressed immune functions and improved survival following subsequent sepsis. Arch Surg 132:1201-14, 1997.
- Barillo DJ, Harvey KD, Hobbs CL, Mozingo DW, Cioffi WG, Pruitt BA: Prospective outcome analysis of a protocol for the surgical and rehabilitative management of burns to the hands. Plast Reconstr Surg 100:1442-51, 1997.
- Remmers DE, Wang P, Cioffi WG, Bland KI, Chaudry IH: Testosterone receptor blockade after trauma-hemorrhage improves cardiac and hepatic functions in males. Am J Physio/ 273: H2919-2925, 1997.
- Smail N, Wang P, Cioffi WG, Bland KI, Chaudry IH: What constitutes better resuscitation following trauma and hemorrhage: Rapid or slower rate of fluid administration? Surg Forum 8:125-127,1997.
- Wang P, Ba ZF, Cioffi WG, Chaudry IH: Factors responsible for producing the transition from the hyperdynamic to hypodynamic stage of sepsis: Role of a novel vasodilatory peptide, Adrenomedullin. Surg Forum 48:122-124, 1997.
- Angele MK, Xu YX, Ayala A, Catania RA, Cioffi WG, Bland KI, Chaudry IH: Gender differences in immune responses: Increased thymocyte apoptosis occurs only in males but not in females after hemorrhage. Surg Forum 48:95-97, 1997.
- Angele MK, Ayala A, Monfils BA, Cioffi WG, Bland KI, Chaudry IH: Testosterone and/or low estradiol: Normally required but harmful immunologically for males after trauma-hemorrhage. J Trauma 44:78-85, 1998.
- Remmers DE, Wang P, Cioffi WG, Bland KI, Chaudry IH: Chronic resuscitation after traumahemorrhage and acute fluid resuscitation improves hepatocellular function and cardiac output. Ann Surg 227:112-119, 1998.
- Smail N, Wang P, Cioffi WG, Bland KI, Chaudry IH: Resuscitation following uncontrolled venous hemorrhage: Does increased resuscitation volume improve regional perfusion? J Trauma 44:701-708, 1998.
- Wang P, Ba ZF, Cioffi WG, Bland KI, Chaudry IH: Is gut the “motor” for producing hepatocellular dysfunction after trauma and hemorrhagic shock? J Surg Res 74:141-148, 1998.
- Remmers DE, Bland KI, Cioffi WG, Wang P, Angele MK, Chaudry IH: Testosterone: The crucial hormone responsible for depressing myocardial function in males after trauma-hemorrhage. Ann Surg 227:790-799, 1998.
- Smail N, Catania RA, Wang P, Cioffi WG, Bland KI, Chaudry IH: Gut and liver: The organs responsible for increased nitric oxide production after trauma-hemorrhage and resuscitation. Arch Surg 133:399-405, 1998.
- Tasaki O, Mozingo DW, Ishihara S, Brinkley WW, Johnson AA, Smith RH, Srivastava O, Mason AD, Pruitt BA, Cioffi WG: Effect of Sulfo Lewis C on smoke inhalation injury in an ovine model. Crit Care Med 26:1238-1243, 1998.
- Angele MK, Smail N, Wang P, Cioffi WG, Bland KI, Chaudry IH: L-arginine restores the depressed cardiac output and regional perfusion after trauma-hemorrhage. Surgery 124:394-401, 1998.
- Wang P, Zhou M, Ba ZF, Cioffi WG, Chaudry IH: Upregulation of a novel potent vasodilatory peptide, adrenomedullin, during polymicrobial sepsis. Shock 10:118-122, 1998.
- Angele MK, Ayala A, Cioffi WG, Bland KI, Chaudry IH: Testosterone: The culprit for producing splenocyte immune depression following trauma-hemorrhage. Am J Physiol 274:C1530-C1536, 1998.
- Cioffi WG: Empiric treatment of potential fungal infections should be routine. Surgical Infections Forum 2:2-6, 1998.
- Angele MK, Knoferl MW, Ayala A, Cioffi WG, Bland KI, Chaudry IH: Male and female sex steroids: Do they produce deleterious or beneficial effects on immune responses following trauma-hemorrhage? Surg Forum 49:43-45, 1998.
- Catania RA, Angele MK, Ayala A, Cioffi WG, Bland KI, Chaudry IH: Dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA): A novel steroid hormone therapy for restoring T-lymphocyte function following trauma and hemorrhage. Surg Forum 49:27-29, 1998.
- Safran H, Cioffi WG, Iannitti D, Mega A, Akerman P: Paclitaxel and concurrent radiation for locally advanced pancreatic carcinoma. Frontiers in Bioscience 3, e204-206, November 1, 1998.
- Mizushima Y, Wang P, Cioffi WG, Bland KI, Chaudry IH: Should body temperature be maintained at normothermia or hypothermia during resuscitation following trauma and hemorrhage? Surg Forum 49:45-48, 1998.
- Wang P, Ba ZF, Cioffi WG, Bland KI, Chaudry IH: Hepatocellular dysfunction after severe hypotension in the absence of blood loss is associated with increased IL-6 and PGE2. J Surg Res 80:136-142, 1998.
- Knoferl MW, Angele MK, Ayala A, Cioffi WG, Bland KI, Chaudry IH: Do different rates of fluid resuscitation adversely or beneficially influence immune responses following trauma-hemorrhage? J Trauma 46:23-33, 1999.
- Angele MK, Smail N, Ayala A, Cioffi WG, Bland KI, Chaudry IH: L-arginine: A unique amino acid for restoring the depressed immune functions following trauma-hemorrhage. J Trauma 46:34-41, 1999.
- Ghorra S, Reinert SE, Cioffi WG, Buczko G, Simms HH: Analysis of the effect of conversion from open to closed surgical intensive care unit. Ann Surg 229:163-171, 1999.
- Wang P, Ba ZF, Cioffi WG, Bland KI, Chaudry IH: The pivotal role of adrenomedullin in producing hyperdynamic circulation during the early stages of sepsis. Arch Surg 133:1298-1304, 1999.
- Angele MK, Catania RA, Ayala A, Cioffi WG, Bland KI, Chaudry IH: Dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA): An inexpensive steroid hormone that decreases the mortality due to sepsis following trauma-induced hemorrhage. Arch Surg 133:1281-1288, 1999.
- Angele MK, Smail N, Knoferl MW, Ayala A, Cioffi WG, Chaudry IH: L-arginine restores splenocyte functions after trauma-hemorrhage potentially by improving splenic blood flow. Am J Physiol 276:C145-C151, 1999.
- Samy TS, Schwacha MG, Chung C-S, Cioffi WG, Bland KI, Chaudry IH: Proteasome participates in the alteration of signal transduction in T and B lymphocytes following trauma-hemorrhage. Biochim Biophys Acta 1453:92-104, 1999.
- Angele, MK, Knoferl MW, Schwacha MG, Ayala A, Bland KI, Cioffi WG, Josephson SL, Chaudry IH: Hemorrhage decreases macrophage inflammatory protein 2 and interleukin-6 release: A possible mechanism for increased wound infection. Ann Surg 229: 651-661, 1999.
- Safran H, Akerman P, Cioffi WG, Gaissert H, Joseph P, King T, Hesketh PJ, Wanebo H: Paclitaxel and concurrent radiation therapy for locally advanced adenocarcinomas of the pancreas, stomach, and gastroesophageal junction. Sem Rad Onco/ 9(suppl 1):53-57, 1999.
- Wang P, Ba ZF, Jarrar D, Cioffi WG, Bland KI, Chaudry IH: Mechanism of adrenal insufficiency following trauma and severe hemorrhage: Role of hepatic 11f3-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase. Arch Surg 134:394-401, 1999.
- Wang P, Ba ZF, Cioffi WG, Bland KI, Chaudry IH: Salutary effects of ATP-MgCh on the depressed vascular endothelial cell function during hyperdynamic sepsis. Critical Care Med 27:959-964, 1999.
- Catania RA, Angele MK, Ayala A, Cioffi WG, Bland KI, Chaudry IH: Dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) restores immune function following trauma-hemorrhage by a direct effect on T-lymphocytes. Cytokine 11:443-450, 1999.
- Angele MK, Schwacha MG, Smail RA, Catania RA, Ayala A, Cioffi WG, Chaudry IH: Hypoxemia in the absence of blood loss upregulates inducible nitric oxide synthase expression and activity in macrophages. Am J Physiol 276:C285-C290, 1999.
- Catania RA, Schwacha MG, Cioffi WG, Bland KI, Chaudry IH: Does uninjured skin release proinflammatory cytokines following trauma and hemorrhage? Arch Surg 134:368-374, 1999.
- Tasaki O, Goodwin C, Mozingo DW, Cioffi WG, Ishihara S, Brinkley WW, Dubick MA, Smith RA, Srivastava O, Pruitt BA: Selectin blockade worsened lipopolysaccharide-induced lung injury in a swine model. J Trauma 46:1089-1095, 1999.
- Wang P, Yoo P, Zhou M, Cioffi WG, Ba ZF, Chaudry I H: Reduction in vascular responsiveness to adrenomedullin during sepsis. J Surg Res 85:59-65, 1999.
- Angele MK, Knoferl MW, Ayala A, Albina JE, Cioffi WG, Bland KI, Chaudry IH: Trauma-hemorrhage delays wound healing potentially by increasing proinflammatory cytokines at the wound site. Surgery 126:279-285, 1999.
- Cioffi WG: Society of University Surgeons Presidential address: SUS mentorship in Y2K – Passion, leadership, perspective. Surgery 126:101-111, 1999.
- Angele M, Knoferl MW, Schwacha MG, Ayala A, Cioffi WG, Bland KI, Chaudry IH: Sex steroids regulate pro- and anti-inflammatory cytokine release by macrophages after trauma-hemorrhage. Am J Physiol 277:C35-42, 1999.
- Schwacha MG, Ayala A, Cioffi WG, Bland KI, Chaudry IH: Role of protein kinase C in cyclic AMP mediated suppression of T-lymphocyte activation following burn injury. Biochim Biophys Acta 1455:45-53, 1999.
- Koo DJ, Zhou M, Jackman D, Cioffi WG, Bland KI, Chaudry IH, Wang P: Is gut the major source of proinflammatory cytokine release during polymicrobial sepsis? Biochim Biophys Acta 1454:289-295, 1999.
- Yang S, Cioffi WG, Bland KI, Chaudry IH, Wang P: Differential alterations in systemic and regional oxygen delivery and consumption during the early and late stages of sepsis. J Trauma 47:706-712, 1999.
- Angele MK, Xu YX, Ayala A, Schwacha MG, Catania RK, Cioffi WG, Bland KI, Chaudry IH: Gender dimorphism in trauma-hemorrhage induced thymocyte apoptosis. Shock 12:316-322, 1999.
- Angele MK, Knoferl M, Song GY, Schwacha MG, Ayala A, Cioffi WG, Bland KI, Chaudry IH: Gender dimorphism in the immune response following trauma hemorrhage: Involvement of p38 MAP kinase signal transduction pathways. Surg Forum 50:278-280, 1999.
- Knoferl M, Angele MK, Diodato MD, Ayala A, Cioffi WG, Bland KI, Chaudry IH: Surgical ovariectomy produces immunosuppression following trauma-hemorrhage and increases mortality from subsequent sepsis. Surg Forum 50:235-237, 1999.
- Wang P, Ba ZF, Cioffi WG, Bland KI, Chaudry IH: Does chronic resuscitation after trauma-hemorrhage and acute fluid replacement produce any salutary effects on cardiovascular function and inflammatory cytokine and inflammatory cytokine release? The FASEB J 13:A756, 1999.
- Mizushima Y, Wang P, Cioffi WG, Bland KI, Chaudry IH: Should normothermia be restored and maintained after trauma and hemorrhage? J Trauma 48:58-65, 2000.
- Mizushima Y, Wang P, Cioffi WG, Bland KI, Chaudry IH: Preinduction of heat shock proteins protects cardiac and hepatic functions following trauma and hemorrhage. Am J Physio/ 278: R352-R359, 2000.
- Angele MK, Knoferl M, Schwacha MG, Ayala A, Cioffi WG, Bland KI, Chaudry IH: Impairment of wound healing following hemorrhage is associated with decreased collagen deposition. Crit Care & Shock 3:49-56, 2000.
- Kahlke V. Angele MK, Ayala A, Schwacha MG, Cioffi WG, Bland KI, Chaudry IH: Immune dysfunction following trauma-hemorrhage: Influence of gender and age. Cytokine 12:69-77, 2000.
- Jarrar D, Wang P, Song GY, Knoferl MW, Cioffi WG, Bland KI, Chaudry IH: Metoclopramide: A novel adjunct for improving cardiac and hepatocellular functions following trauma-hemorrhage and resuscitation. Am J Physiol 278:E90-E96, 2000.
- Mizushima Y, Wang P, Cioffi WG, Bland KI, Chaudry IH: Restoration of body temperature to normothermia during resuscitation following trauma-hemorrhage improves the depressed cardiovascular and hepatocellular functions. Arch Surg 135:175-181, 2000.
- Mizushima Y, Wang P, Cioffi WG, Bland KI, Chaudry IH: Should body temperature be maintained at normothermia during resuscitation following trauma and hemorrhage? J Trauma 48:58-65, 2000.
- Safran H, Wanebo HJ, Hesketh PJ, Akerman P, Iannitti D, Cioffi WG, DiPetrillo T, Wolf B, Koness J, McAnaw R, Moore T, Chen M, Keane KR: Paclitaxel and concurrent radiation for gastric cancer. Int J Radiation Oncology Biol Phys 46:889-894, 2000.
- Wang P, Zhou M, Cioffi WG, Bland KI, Ba ZF, Chaudry IH: Is prostacyclin responsible for producing the hyperdynamic response during early sepsis? Critical Care Medicine 28:1534-1539, 2000.
- Koo DJ, Yoo P, Cioffi WG, Bland KI, Chaudry IH, Wang P: Mechanism of the beneficial effects of pentoxifylline during sepsis: Maintenance of adrenomedullin responsiveness and downregulation of proinflammatory cytokines. J Surg Res 91:70-76, 2000.
- Knoferl MW, Angele MK, Ayala A, Cioffi WG, Bland KI, Chaudry IH: Insight into the mechanism by which Metoclopramide improves immune functions after trauma-hemorrhage. Amer J Physiol Ce/1 Physiol 279:C72-80, 2000.
- Jarrar D. Wang P, Song GY, Cioffi WG, Bland KI, Chaudry IH: Inhibition of tyrosine kinase signaling following trauma-hemorrhage: A novel approach to improving organ function and decreasing susceptibility to subsequent sepsis. Ann Surg 231:399-407, 2000.
- Jarrar D, Wang P, Cioffi WG, Bland KI, Chaudry IH: Mechanisms of the salutary effects of dehydroepiandrosterone after trauma-hemorrhage: Direct or indirect effects on cardiac and hepatocellular functions? Arch Surg 135:416-22, 2000.
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- Safran H, DiPetrillo T, Nadeem A, Steinhoff M, Tantravahi U, Rathore H, Rathore R, Wanebo H, Hughes M, Maia C, Tsai JY, Pasquariello T, Pepper JR, Cioffi WG, et. al. Trastuzumab, paclitaxel, cisplatin, and radiation for adenocarcinoma of the esophagus: a phase I study. Cancer Investigations 22(5) :670-7, 2004.
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- Harrington DT, Biffl WL, Cioffi WG. The station nightclub fire. Journal of Burn Care Rehabilitation 26(2):141-3, March 2005.
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- Iannitti DI, Dipetrillo T, Akerman P, Barnett JM, Maia-Acuna C, Cruff D, Miner TJ, Martel D, Cioffi WG, Remis M, Kennedy T, Safran H. Erlotinib and chemoradiation followed by maintenance erlotinib for locally advanced pancreatic cancer: a phase I study. Amer J Clin Oncol 2005; 28(6):570-575.
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- Brunetti-Pierri N, Ng T, Iannitti DA, Palmer DJ, Beaudet AL, Finegold MJ, Carey KD, Cioffi WG. Improved hepatic transduction, reduced systemic vector dissemination, and long-term transgene expression by delivering helper-dependent adenoviral vectors into the surgically isolated liver of nonhuman primates. Human Gene Therapy 2006 Apr; 17:391-404.
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- Heffernan DS, Monaghan SF, Thakkar RK, Tran ML, Chung CS, Gregory SH, Cioffi WG, Ayala A. Inflammatory mechanisms in sepsis: elevated invariant natural killer T-cell numbers in mouse and their modulary effect on macrophage. Shock. 2013 Aug;40(2):122-8.
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- Cioffi WG, Harrington DT. A multi-institutional benchmark of burn outcomes as a spur to further improvements in burn care. Ann Surg. 2014 May; 259(5):842-3. PMID: 24717373
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- Vidri RJ, Blakely AM, Kulkarni SS, Vaghjiani RG, Heffernan DS, Harrington DT, Cioffi WG, Miner TJ. American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program as a quality measurement tool for advanced cancer patients. Ann Palliat Med. 2015 Oct;4(4):200-6. PMID: 26541399
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