LucianoTastaldiMD

General Surgery • Galveston, TX

Resident - General Surgery

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Office
301 University Blvd
Galveston, TX 77550

Education & Training

University of Texas Medical Branch HospitalsResidency, Surgery, 2019 - 2024
Cleveland ClinicClinical Research Fellowship, 2016 - 2019
OtherClass of 2010, Pontifical Catholic University of Sao Paulo - PUC-SP

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Fruchaud Award Americas Hernia Society, 2018
Bassini Award Americas Hernia Society, 2018
Resident/Fellow Research Grant Award Americas Hernia Society Quality Collaborative - AHSQC, 2018

Clinical Trials

Biologic Mesh Versus Synthetic Mesh in Repair of Ventral Hernias Start of enrollment: 2015 Apr 01
Completed
Not Applicable
The Role of the Robotic Platform in Inguinal Hernia Repair Surgery Start of enrollment: 2016 May 01
Completed
Not Applicable
Heavy Weight Versus Medium Weight Mesh in Ventral Hernia Repair Start of enrollment: 2017 Mar 14
Completed
Not Applicable
Telescopic Dissection vs. Balloon Dissection During Laparoscopic TEP Inguinal Hernia Repair Start of enrollment: 2017 Aug 28
Completed
Not Applicable
Laparoscopic vs. Robotic Ventral Hernia Repair With IPOM Start of enrollment: 2017 Sep 11
Completed
Not Applicable
Exparel vs. Bupivacaine Hydrochloride vs. Placebo for Hernia Repair Start of enrollment: 2018 Jul 03
Completed
Phase 4
Urinary Retention After Laparoscopic Inguinal Hernia Repair: Comparing the Use of the Intraoperative Urinary Catheter Start of enrollment: 2019 Mar 07
Completed
Not Applicable
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

9 citations
Biologic versus synthetic mesh in open ventral hernia repair: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.
Sergio Mazzola Poli de Figueiredo, Luciano Tastaldi, Rui-Min Diana Mao, Diego Laurentino Lima, Li-Ching Huang
Surgery. 2023-04-01
6 citations
Capturing Surgical Data: Comparing a Quality Improvement Registry to Natural Language Processing and Manual Chart Review.
Benjamin T Miller, Aldo Fafaj, Luciano Tastaldi, Hemasat Alkhatib, Samuel Zolin
Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery. 2022-07-01
108 citations
Robotic Inguinal vs Transabdominal Laparoscopic Inguinal Hernia Repair: The RIVAL Randomized Clinical Trial.
Ajita S. Prabhu, Alfredo M. Carbonell, William W. Hope, Jeremy A. Warren, Rana M. Higgins
JAMA Surgery. 2020-05-01

Committees

Member, Residents Committee - Americas Hernia Society 2015 - Present