JamesSuliburkMD

General Surgery • Houston, TX

Endocrine, Surgical Oncology (Other than Breast)

Associate Professor of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine

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Office
1 Baylor Plz
# 390
Houston, TX 77030
Phone+1 713-873-4381

Summary

Board certified in general surgery with fellowship training in endocrine surgery. I also have Extensive experience in high acuity emergency general surgery and trauma working in very high volume urban level 1 trauma centers. My elective practice focusses on surgery of the parathyroid, thyroid and adrenal glands. I have a special interest in the application of minimally invasive techniques of surgery and patient centered care design. I also have a robust research and administrative experience in patient safety, surgical quality assessment, outcomes assessment and design of optimal care pathways for surgical patients using mobile technology.

Education & Training

University of Texas Health Science Center at HoustonResidency, Surgery, 2008
University of Texas Health Science Center at HoustonInternship, Surgery, 2001 - 2002
University of Oklahoma College of MedicineClass of 2001
University of OklahomaBS, biochemistry, cum laude, 1993 - 1997
University of OklahomaBS, Chemistry, 1993 - 1997

Certifications & Licensure

TX State Medical License 2003 - 2025
American Board of Surgery Surgery
University of SydneyCertificate of Endocrine Surgery Fellowship

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Member American Association of Endocrine Surgery
Fellow (FACS) American College of Surgeons
National Governing Council Young Fellows Association American College of Surgery
Member American Thyroid Association
Institutional Award �Rising Star Faculty� for excellence in clinical care, leadership and promotion of the college mission Baylor College of Medicine, 2016
Fulbright and Jaworski L.L.P. Faculty Excellence Award for Teaching and Evaluation Baylor College of Medicine, 2016
General Surgery Chief Resident Award - Outstanding Faculty Member Baylor College of Medicine, 2015
Outstanding Clinical Outcomes Research Award American College of Surgeons-South Texas Chapter, 2014
Research Award in Clinical Outcomes, Patient Safety and Quality American College of Surgeons National Surgical Forum, 2013
AOA National Medical Honor Society 2008
Outstanding Basic Science Research Award American College of Surgeons-South Texas Chapter, 2005
Extramural Research Loan Repayment Program Award NIH, 2003
University Dean�s List University of Oklahoma, 1993
�That�s The Way Award,� for exemplary clinical performance in patient experience evaluation Baylor Faculty Clinical Practice
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

3 citations
Intraoperative Evaluation of Breast Tissues During Breast Cancer Operations Using the MasSpec Pen.
Kyana Y Garza, Mary E King, Chandandeep Nagi, Rachel J DeHoog, Jialing Zhang
JAMA Network Open. 2024-03-04
Objectively measured cognitive dysfunction in patients with primary hyperparathyroidism improves after parathyroidectomy.
William R Lightle, Feibi Zheng, Konstantinos I Makris, Raymon Grogan, James Suliburk
Surgery. 2024-01-01
9 citations
Intraoperative Identification of Thyroid and Parathyroid Tissues During Human Endocrine Surgery Using the MasSpec Pen.
Rachel J DeHoog, Mary E King, Michael F Keating, Jialing Zhang, Marta Sans
JAMA Surgery. 2023-10-01

Journal Articles

�Use of Game Theory to model patient engagement after surgery: a qualitative analysis�
Castellanos SA, Buentello G, Gutierrez-Meza D, Forgues A, Haubert L, Artinyan A, Macdonald CL, Suliburk JW, J Surg Res., 1/1/2018
�Constructing post-surgical discharge instructions through a Delphi consensus methodology�
Scott AR, Sanderson CJ, Rush AJ 3rd, Alore EA, Naik AD, Berger DH, Suliburk JW, Patient Educ Couns., 1/1/2018
"Detection of Metastatic Breast and Thyroid Cancer in Lymph Nodes by Desoprtion Electrospray Ionization Mass Spectrometry Imaging�
Zhang J, Feider CL, Nagi C, Yu W, Carter SA, Suliburk J, Cao HS, Eberlin LS, J Am Soc Mass Spectrom, 1/28/2017
�Mixed-Methods Analysis of Factors Impacting Use of a Postoperative mHealth App"
Scott AR, Alore EA, Naik AD, Berger DH, Suliburk JW, JMIR Mhealth Uhealth, 1/8/2017
�Cardiolipins Are Biomarkers of Mitochrondria-Rich Thyroid Oncocytic Tumors�
Zhang J, Yu W, Ryu SW, Lin J, Buentello G, Tibshirani R, Suliburk J, Eberlin LS., Cancer Res, 1/22/2016
�PulseCam: High resolution blodd perfusion imaging using a camera and pulse oximeter�
Kumar M, Suliburk J, Veeraraghavan A, Sabharwal A, Conf Proc IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc., 1/1/2016
�Will ambient ionization mass spectrometry become an integral technology in the operating room of the future?�
Zhang J, Yu W, Suliburk J, Eberlin LS, Clin Chem., 1/1/2016
�The surgeon and social media: Twitter as a tool for practicing surgeons�
Ferrada P, Suliburk JW, Bryczkowski SB, Selby LV, Lee EE, Torres M, Kothari AN, Kulaylat AN, Bull Am Coll Surg., 1/1/2016
�Intraoperative hypertensive resuscitation for patients undergoing laparotomy or thoracotomy for trauma: Early termination of a randomized prospective clinical trial�
Carrick MM, Morrison CA, Tapia NM, Leonard J, Suliburk JW, Norman MA, Welsh FJ, Scott BG, Liscum KR, Raty SR, Wall MJ Jr, Mattox KL, J Trauma Acute Care Surg., 1/1/2016
Endovascular management of traumatic peripheral arterial injuries
Scott AR, Gilani R, Tapia NM, Mattox KL, Wall MJ, Suliburk JW, J Surg Res., 1/1/2015
�Human Adipose Tissue as a Resevoir for Memory CD+ T Cells and HIV�
Couturier J, Suliburk JW, Brown JM, Luke DJ, Agarwal N, Yu X, Nguyen C, Iyer D, Kozinetz CA, Overbeek PA, Metzker ML, Balasubramanyam A, Lewis DE., AIDS, 1/1/2015
�Fewer Adverse Events after reoperative parathyroidectomy associated with initial minimally invasive parathyroidectomy�
Morris LF, Lee S, Warneke CL, Abadin SS, Suliburk JW, Romero Arenas MA, Lee JE, Grubbs EG, Perrier ND, Am J Surg., 1/11/2014
�Laparoscopic repair reduces incidence of Surgical Site Infections for All Ventral Hernias�
Arita NA, Nguyen MT, Nguyen DH, Berger RL, Lew DF, Suliburk JW, Askenassy EP, Kao LS, Liang MK, Surg Endosc., 1/8/2014
�Current Opinion on Catheter-Based Hemorrhage Control in Trauma Patients�
Holcomb JB, Fox EE, Scalea TM, Napolitano LM, Albarado R, Gill B, et al., J Trauma Acute Care Surg., 1/1/2014
�Use of Twitter to Document the Academic Surgical Congress�
Cochran A, Suliburk JW, Gusani N, Kao LS, Nwomeh B, J Surg Res., 1/1/2014
�PACT Project: Standardized Resident Handoff Implementation Improves Handoff Quality�
Tapia, NM, Fallon SC, Correa JA, Brandt ML, Scott BG Suliburk JW, American College of Surgeons Clinical Congress, 1/1/2013
�Readmission following open ventral hernia repair: incidence, indications, and predictors�
Nguyen MT, Li LT, Hicks SC, Davila JA, Suliburk JW, Leong M, Kao LS, Berger DH, Liang MK, Am J Surg, 1/1/2013
�The initial trauma center fluid management of penetrating injury: a systematic review�
Tapia NM, Suliburk J, Mattox KL, Clin Orthop Relat Res., 1/1/2013
�Differentiation of ileostomy from colostomy procedures: assessing the accuracy of current procedural terminology codes and the utility of natural language processing�
Vo E, Davila JA, Hou J, Hodge K, Li LT, Suliburk JW, Kao LS, Berger DH, Liang MK, Surgery, 1/1/2013
�Thyroid lobectomy for indeterminate FNA: not without consequences�
Balentine, CJ, Domingo, RP, Patel R, Laucirica R, Suliburk JW, J Surg Res, 1/1/2013
�Assessment and Standardization of Resident Handoff Practices: PACT Project�
Tapia, NM, Fallon SC, Brandt ML, Scott BG, Suliburk JW, J Surg Res, 1/1/2013
�TEG-guided Resuscitation is Superior to Standardized MTP Resuscitation in Massively Transfused penetrating trauma patients�
Tapia NM, Chang A, Norman M, Welsh F, Scott B, Wall MJ Jr, Mattox KL, Suliburk JW, J Trauma Acute Care Surg., 1/1/2013
�A multicenter, randomized controlled trial of immediate total-body CT scanning in trauma patients (REACT-2)�
Sierink JC, Saltzherr TP, Beenen LF, Luitse JS, Hollmann MW, Reitsma JB, Edwards MJ, Hohmann J, Beuker BJ, Patka P, Suliburk JW, Dijkgraaf MG, Goslings JC, BMC Emerg Med., 1/30/2012
�Complications of Emergency Center Thoracotomy�
Suliburk JW, Tex Heart Inst J., 1/1/2012
�Bilateral transversus abdominis plane block does not decrease postoperative pain after laparoscopic cholecystectomy when compared with local anesthetic infiltration o...
Ortiz J, Suliburk JW, Wu K, Bailard NS, Mason C, Minard CG, Palvadi RR., Reg Anesth Pain Med., 1/1/2012
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Books/Book Chapters

Operative Technieques of General Surgery
Chapter: Open Appendcetomy.
Suliburk, J and Berger DEditors: Albo D.Edition 1st,2013
Endocrine Surgery Handbook
Chapter: Thyroid Nodule.
Suliburk, J and Delbridge LEditors: Zeiger M.McGraw HillEdition 1st,2009
Shackelford�s Surgery of the Alimentary Tract
Chapter: Anatomy and Physiology of the Stomach.
Suliburk, J and Mercer, DWEditors: Yeo CJ.Saunders, Philadelphia, PAEdition 6th,2007

Abstracts/Posters

Patient-Centered Costs Disproportionately Impact Low Income Patients.
A. R. Scott1,3, A. J. Rush1, C. J. Balentine2, D. H. Berger1,3, A. D. Naik1,3, J. W. Suliburk1 1Baylor College Of Medicine,Houston, TX, USA2University Of Wisconsin,Mad..., Academic Surgical Congress, 1/1/2015
Utility of Routine Postoperative Visit Following Appendectomy and Evaluation of Mobile Technology Access in an Urban Safety Net Population.
D.W. Chen, C.J. Balentine, R.W. Davis, A.R. Scott, Y. Gao, N.M. Tapia, J.W. Suliburk, Academic Surgical Congress, 1/1/2014
Questioning the Significance of the Routine Post-Operative Visit After Emergency Admission for Cholecystectomy: Possibility for Mobile Technology Follow-Up.
R.W. Davis, C.J. Balentine, D.W. Chen, Y. Gao, A.R. Scott, N.M. Tapia, J.W. Suliburk, Academic Surgical Congress, 1/1/2014
Use of Twitter to Document the Academic Surgical Congress.
Cochran, JW, Suliburk, NJ Gusani, LS Kao, BC Nwomeh, Academic Surgical Congress, 1/1/2014
Operating Room Angio-embolization Allows for Care of More Severely Injured Patients with Unstable Pelvis Fracture.
N.M. Tapia, R. Gilani, A.R. Scott, M.A. Norman, F.J. Welsh, B.G. Scott, P.I. Tsai, M.J. Wall, K.L. Mattox, J.W. Suliburk, Academic Surgical Congress, 1/1/2014
Laparoscopic Repair of Primary Ventral Hernias Does Not Decrease Hernia Recurrence Rates: A systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
N. A. Arita,1 , M. T. Nguyen,1 , R. L. Berger,1 , S. C. Hicks,2 , J. W. Suliburk,1 , L. S. Kao,3 , M. K. Liang,1,3, Academic Surgical Congress, 1/1/2014
Feasibility of Endovascular Repair of Traumatic Peripheral Arterial Injuries.
A. R. Scott,1 , R. Gilani,1 , N. M. Tapia,1 , M. A. Norman,1 , F. J. Welsh,1 , B. G. Scott,1 , P. I. Tsai,1 , K. L. Mattox,1 , M. J. Wall,1 , J. W. Suliburk,1, Academic Surgical Congress, 1/1/2014
Assessment and standardization of resident handoff practices: PACT project.
Tapia NM, Fallon SC, Brandt ML, Scott BG, Suliburk JW, Journal of Surgical Research, 1/1/2013
�Thyroid lobectomy for indeterminate FNA: not without consequences.�
Balentine, CJ, Domingo, RP, Patel R, Laucirica R, Suliburk JW, J Surg Res., 1/1/2013
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Lectures

�Ultrasound Guided FNA.�
Department of Pathology, BCM, Houston, TX, 2012, 2013 - 1/1/2013
�Endocrine Inicdenaloma�
1/1/2013
�Practical Approaches to Parathyroid Surgery�
Austin, TX - 1/1/2012
�Hemorrhage Shock Resuscitation.�
Houston, TX - 1/1/2011
�Face and Neck Trauma."
Houston, TX - 1/1/2011
"Hot Topics in General Surgery.�
Houston, TX - 1/1/2011
�Endocrine Emergencies � it�s not DKA!�
Houston, TX - 1/1/2011
�Neuroendocrine Tumors of the Pancreas.�
Austin, TX - 1/1/2010
�Ectopic Parathyroid Hormone Production.�
Houston, TX - 1/1/2010
�Surgical Safari�
Houston, TX - 1/1/2008
�Translational Surgical Research"
Sydney, Australia - 1/1/2008
�Role of Heme-Oxygenase-1 (HO-1) in Ketamine induced Hepatoprotection.�
San Francisco, CA - 1/1/2005
"Ketamine Induced Organ Protection During Endotoxemia.�
Houston, TX - 1/1/2005
�Medical Applications for Handheld Computers"
Baltimore, MD - 1/3/2002
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