Alexander Schwed • UCLA Profiles (original) (raw)

  1. Under the lens: utilizing trauma video review for performance improvement, quality improvement and resident and fellow education. Trauma Surg Acute Care Open. 2026; 11(1):e002204. Fitzgerald CA, Schwed AC, Holena D, Maiga AW, Meyer C, Dumas RP. PMID: 41810413; PMCID: PMC12970041.
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  2. Outcomes after early vs interval cholecystectomy for perforated Cholecystitis:A multicenter cohort study. Am J Surg. 2025 Dec; 250:116532. Cyprich J, Sandigo-Saballos I, Neville A, Schwed AC, Garcia L, Keeley JA. PMID: 40712252.
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  3. Prehospital CPR for Traumatic Arrest: Can Prehospital Variables Help Identify Futile Transport? Am Surg. 2025 Oct; 91(10):1792-1797. Garcia L, Kim HKE, Kaji AH, Keeley JA, Schwed AC. PMID: 40638374.
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  4. Modern vascular trauma and preparing tomorrow's workforce. Trauma Surg Acute Care Open. 2025; 10(2):e001842. Dhillon NK, Schwed AC, Kundi R, Savage SA, Brenner M, Scalea TM. PMID: 40557261; PMCID: PMC12186040.
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  5. Early identification of surgery residents at-risk for attrition, remediation, and board exam failure. Am J Surg. 2025 Dec; 250:116463. Garcia L, Schwed AC, DeVirgilio C, Tolles J, Purdy A, Lamberton T, Smith B, Joppru KT, Calhoun KE, Mayank R, Dickinson K, Han A, Salcedo E, Frey ES, Prasad Poola V, Arnell T, Cryer C, Wu E, Amersi F. PMID: 40617796.
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  6. Antibiotic Prophylaxis for Surgical Site Infection After Traumatic Hollow Viscus Injury. JAMA Surg. 2024 Dec 01; 159(12):1438-1440. Cyprich J, Kaji AH, Moulton A, Kim HKE, Schwed AC, Keeley JA. PMID: 39320877; PMCID: PMC11425191.
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  7. Invited Commentary: Separate Spheres: Increasing Resident Wellness with Protected Time. J Am Coll Surg. 2024 Dec 01; 239(6):526-527. Schwed AC, Amersi F, de Virgilio C. PMID: 38958277.
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  8. Practice variation in venous thromboembolism prophylaxis in adolescent trauma patients: A comparative analysis of pediatric, adult, and mixed trauma centers. Am J Surg. 2024 Dec; 238:115994. Cyprich J, Kaji AH, Singer GA, Schwed AC, Keeley JA. PMID: 39366202.
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  9. Towards a truly multimodal pain regimen: putting locoregional analgesia in the acute care surgeon's toolkit. Trauma Surg Acute Care Open. 2024; 9(1):e001456. Schwed AC. PMID: 38881830; PMCID: PMC11177767.
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  10. Preserving and Enhancing Resident Autonomy-Strategies for Surgical Educators. JAMA Surg. 2024 01 01; 159(1):9-10. Schwed AC, Chen KT, de Virgilio CM. PMID: 37851454.
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  11. Implications of Using Chatbots for Future Surgical Education. JAMA Surg. 2023 11 01; 158(11):1220-1222. Grigorian A, Shipley J, Nahmias J, Nguyen N, Schwed AC, Petrie BA, de Virgilio C. PMID: 37728910; PMCID: PMC11981636.
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  12. Reply to "Is Focused Assessment with Sonography for Trauma useful in patients with pelvic fractures?" J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2021 07 01; 91(1):e36-e37. Schwed AC, Burlew CC. PMID: 33797482.
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  13. Trust the FAST: Confirmation that the FAST examination is highly specific for intra-abdominal hemorrhage in over 1,200 patients with pelvic fractures. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2021 01 01; 90(1):137-142. Schwed AC, Wagenaar A, Reppert AE, Gore AV, Pieracci FM, Platnick KB, Lawless RA, Campion EM, Coleman JJ, Cohen MJ, Moore EE, Burlew CC. PMID: 32976327.
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  14. Association of Fundamentals of Laparoscopic Surgery Certification With Outcomes of Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy Performed by Surgical Residents. JAMA Surg. 2018 12 01; 153(12):1158-1160. Dubina ED, Pham XD, Schwed AC, Wu H, McElroy I, Kaji AH, de Virgilio C. PMID: 30167648; PMCID: PMC6583007.
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  15. Association of General Surgery Resident Remediation and Program Director Attitudes With Resident Attrition. JAMA Surg. 2017 Dec 01; 152(12):1134-1140. Schwed AC, Lee SL, Salcedo ES, Reeves ME, Inaba K, Sidwell RA, Amersi F, Are C, Arnell TD, Damewood RB, Dent DL, Donahue T, Gauvin J, Hartranft T, Jacobsen GR, Jarman BT, Melcher ML, Mellinger JD, Morris JB, Nehler M, Smith BR, Wolfe M, Kaji AH, de Virgilio C. PMID: 28813585; PMCID: PMC5831434.
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  16. Mandatory Operative Re-Exploration after Initial Debridement of Necrotizing Soft Tissue Infections: Is it Mandatory? Am Surg. 2017 Oct 01; 83(10):1117-1121. Spence LH, Yan H, Moazzez A, Schwed A, Keeley J, Karimzada M, Allison M, Neville A, Plurad D, Putnam B, de Virgilio C, Kim D. PMID: 29391107.
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  17. Status of Resident Attrition From Surgical Residency in the Past, Present, and Future Outlook. J Surg Educ. 2018 Mar - Apr; 75(2):254-262. Shweikeh F, Schwed AC, Hsu CH, Nfonsam VN. PMID: 28760500.
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  18. Association of Admission Laboratory Values and the Timing of Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography With Clinical Outcomes in Acute Cholangitis. JAMA Surg. 2016 11 01; 151(11):1039-1045. Schwed AC, Boggs MM, Pham XD, Watanabe DM, Bermudez MC, Kaji AH, Kim DY, Plurad DS, Saltzman DJ, de Virgilio C. PMID: 27557050.
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  19. Admission Variables Associated with a Favorable Outcome after Mild Traumatic Brain Injury. Am Surg. 2016 Oct; 82(10):898-902. Schwed AC, Boggs MM, Watanabe D, Plurad DS, Putnam BA, Kim DY. PMID: 27779969.
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  20. Routine intraoperative cholangiography is unnecessary in patients with mild gallstone pancreatitis and normalizing bilirubin levels. Am J Surg. 2016 Dec; 212(6):1047-1053. Pham XD, de Virgilio C, Al-Khouja L, Bermudez MC, Schwed AC, Kaji AH, Plurad DS, Lee SL, Bennion RS, Saltzman DJ, Kim DY. PMID: 27780559.
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  21. 30-Day Readmission Rate-A Blunt Instrument That Needs Honing. JAMA Surg. 2016 09 01; 151(9):861. Schwed AC, de Virgilio C. PMID: 27305507.
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  22. Targeting Future Health Care Expenditure Reductions. JAMA Surg. 2016 08 01; 151(8):725. Schwed AC, de Virgilio C. PMID: 26914681.
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  23. Abdominal hollow viscus injuries are associated with spine and neurologic infections after penetrating spinal cord injuries. Am Surg. 2014 Oct; 80(10):966-9. Schwed AC, Plurad DS, Bricker S, Neville A, Bongard F, Putnam B, Kim DY. PMID: 25264640.
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  24. Thromboelastography of patients after fontan compared with healthy children. Pediatr Cardiol. 2009 Aug; 30(6):771-6. Raffini L, Schwed A, Zheng XL, Tanzer M, Nicolson S, Gaynor JW, Jobes D. PMID: 19357907; PMCID: PMC5310944.
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