Research Vision:

My research focuses on surgical and critical care outcomes, surgical education, and identifying immune responses to infection.

Research Areas:

• Surgical Outcomes

• Surgical Education

• Immune Responses to Viral Infection

Research Publications:

1. Lusczek ER, Ingraham NE, Karam BS, Proper J, Siegel L, Helgeson ES, Lotfi-Emran S, Zolfaghari EJ, Jones E, Usher MG, Chipman JG, Dudley RA, Benson B, Melton GB, Charles A, Lupei MI, Tignanelli CJ. Characterizing COVID-19 clinical phenotypes and associated comorbidities and complication profiles. PLoS One. 2021 Mar 31;16(3):e0248956. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0248956. PMID: 33788884; PMCID: PMC8011766.

2. Robbins AJ, Ingraham NE, Sheka AC, Pendleton KM, Morris R, Rix A, Vakayil V, Chipman JG, Charles A, Tignanelli CJ. Discordant Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Code Status at Death. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2021 Apr;61(4):770-780.e1. doi: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2020.09.015. Epub 2020 Sep 17. PMID: 32949762; PMCID: PMC8052631.

3. Vakayil V, Ingraham NE, Robbins AJ, Freese R, Northrop EF, Brunsvold ME, Pendleton KM, Charles A, Chipman JG, Tignanelli CJ. Epidemiological trends of surgical admissions to the intensive care unit in the United States. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2020 Aug;89(2):279-288. doi: 10.1097/TA.0000000000002768. PMID: 32384370; PMCID: PMC7799916.

4. Tignanelli C, Ingraham NE, Sparks MA, Reilkoff R, Bezdicek T, Benson B, Schacker T, Chipman JG, Puskarich MA. Antihypertensive drugs and risk of COVID-19? The Lancet Respiratory Medicine. 2020;8(5), E30-E31. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/S2213-2600(20)30153-3. PMID: 32222166.

5. Bobel MC, Kemp SE, Wagner WA, Ramaswamy A, Chipman JG. Undergraduate, Nonmedical Students can Pass the FLS Manual Skills Exam With Minimal Practice. J Surg Educ. 2020 Mar-Apr;77(2):485-490. doi: 10.1016/j.jsurg.2019.11.013. Epub 2019 Dec 25. PMID: 31882238.