SabhaGanaiMDPhD, MPH, FACS, FSSO(She/Her)

PubMed

• 28 citations
  Investigation of the essential role of platelet-tumor cell interactions in metastasis progression using an agent-based model
  Abhineet Uppal, Sean C. Wightman, Sabha Ganai, Ralph R. Weichselbaum, Gary An
  Theoretical Biology & Medical Modelling. 2014-04-12
• 5 citations
  Determinants of 90-day readmission following ventral hernia repair with and without myocutaneous flap reconstruction: a National Readmissions Database analysis.
  James W. Feimster, Sabha Ganai, Steven L. Scaife, John D. Mellinger
  Surgical Endoscopy. 2020-10-01
• 127 citations
  In tumors Salmonella migrate away from vasculature toward the transition zone and induce apoptosis
  Sabha Ganai, Richard B. Arenas, Jeremy Sauer, Brooke Bentley, Neil S. Forbes
  Cancer Gene Therapy. 2011-03-25

Books/Book Chapters

• Ethics in Surgery 
  Chapter: Informed Consent and Disclosure of Surgical Experience 
  Ganai S2019
• Ethical Issues in Anesthesia and Surgery 
  Chapter: Informed Consent and Disclosure of Surgical Experience. 
  Chastain LK, Ganai S.Springer2015
• Difficult Decisions in Thoracic Surgery: An Evidence-Based Approach. 
  Chapter: Optimal Surgical Approach to Esophagectomy for Distal Esophageal Adenocarcinoma. 
  Ganai SEditors: Ferguson MK.SpringerEdition 3,
• Targeting Bacteriolytic Therapy of Solid Tumors with Attenuated Salmonella typhimurium 
  Page 1 - 200Ganai SUniversity of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts
• SCORE General Surgery Resident Curriculum Module 
  Chapter: Esophagectomy 
  Ganai S, Posner MCAmerican College of Surgeons
• Expert Clinical Perspective: Controversies and Uncertainties in Diagnosis and Management of Center 
  Chapter: Surgical Oncology Consult: Upper Gastrointestinal Cancers 
  Ganai S, Posner MCEditors: Abutalib S.Wiley-Blackwell Health Sciences
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Abstracts/Posters

• Attenuated Salmonella typhimurium effectively targets breast cancer metastases.
  Ganai S, Arenas RB, Sauer JP, Bentley B, Forbes NS, Annals of Surgical Oncology, 2009; 16(S1): S18-19
• Celiac Node Status as Determined by Laparoscopic Gastric Ischemic Preconditioning is Prognostic in Locally-Advanced Esophageal Cancer and May Determine Necessity for C...
  24. Ganai S, Ujiki MB, Talamonti MS, Linn JG, Yetasook A, Carbray J, Zahedi M, Kim KW, Howington JA., Gastroenterology, 2013; 144: S1075-6.
• Determinants of Tumor Metastatic Potential in a Syngeneic Murine Melanoma Model
  23. Ganai S, Khan SA, Uppal A, Wightman S, Khodarev NN, Posner MC, Weichselbaum RR., Ann Surg Oncol, 2013; 20: S101.
• Identifying Constraints on a Set of Putative Mechanisms Affecting the Dynamics of Oligo- Versus Poly-metastases Using Agent-based Modeling.
  Uppal A, Wightman S, Ganai S, Khodarev NN, Posner MC, Weichselbaum RR., J Surg Research, 2013; 19(2): 341.
• Mapping the Rectum: Spatial Analysis of Transanal Endoscopic Microsurgical Outcomes using Geographic Information System (GIS) Technology.
  Ganai S, Garb JL, Kanumuri P, Rao RS, Alexander AI, Wait RB, MEDi 2005, BEACON Biomedical Technology Conference, Hartford, Connecticut
• Chemopreventative strategies in a murine mammary gland explant model.
  Lee MH, Ganai S, Arenas RB, Susan B. Komen Foundation, 8th Annual Mission Conference, Washington, D.C.
• Mapping the Rectum: Spatial Analysis of Transanal Endoscopic Microsurgical Outcomes using Geographic Information System (GIS) Technology.
  Ganai S, Garb JL, Kanumuri P, Rao RS, Alexander AI, Wait RB, The Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract, Digestive Disease Week, Chicago, Illinois
• Local Recurrence following Transanal Endoscopic Microsurgery for Rectal Polyps and Early Cancers.
  Ganai S, Kanumuri P, Rao RS, Alexander AI, Society of Surgical Oncology, 58 th Annual Cancer Symposium, Atlanta, Georgia.
• Implications of Lymph Node Involvement in pT1b Esophageal Cancer.
  Ziesat MC, Ganai S, Posner MC, Patti MG, Prachand VN, Siddiqui U, Konda V, Waxman I, Ferguson MK, Diseases of the Esophagus, 2012; 25(S1): 111A
• Venous Thromboembolic Events and Esophagectomy: Implications for DVT Prophylaxis in the Perioperative Management of Esophageal Cancer.
  Ganai S, Ziesat MC, Posner MC, Patti MG, Prachand VN, Villaflor VM, Malik R, Ferguson MK, Diseases of the Esophagus, 2012; 25(S1): 81A
• Pathologic Response to Induction Therapy Predicts Survival after Resection in Locally-Advanced Esophageal Cancer.
  Ganai S, Ziesat MC, Posner MC, Patti MG, Prachand VN, Villaflor VM, Malik R, Ferguson MK, Diseases of the Esophagus, 2012; 25(S1): 79A
• Outcomes of multivisceral resection of gastric gastrointestinal stromal tumors.
  Ganai S, Posner MC, Prachand VN, Alverdy JC, Choi EA, Waxman I, Patti MG, Roggin KK, Journal of Clinical Oncology, 2012; 30(15S): 10090
• Laparoscopic Ischemic Conditioning as a Modality to Reduce Gastric Conduit Morbidity Following Esophagectomy.
  Zahedi M, Ganai S, Yetasook AK, Talamonti MS, Ujiki MB, Carbray J, Howington J, Gastroenterology, 2012; 142: S1094
• Outcomes of multivisceral resection of gastric gastrointestinal stromal tumors.
  Ganai S, Posner MC, Prachand VN, Alverdy JC, Choi EA, Waxman I, Patti MG, Roggin KK, Journal of Clinical Oncology, 2012; 30(4S): 91
• Resident and Attending Attitudes Toward the Eighty-Hour Workweek
  Ganai S, St. Louis M, Wait RB, Coe NP, Proceedings of the 85th Annual Meeting of the New England Surgical Society, 2004; 85: 102, Montreal, Canada
• Tumor-targeting attenuated Salmonella typhimurium accumulates within therapeutically-resistant microenvironments adjacent to tumor necrosis.
  Ganai S, Arenas RB, Sauer JP, Bentley B, Forbes NS, Journal of the American College of Surgeons, 2008; 207(3S): S101-102. 14.
• Clinical Assessment of the Axillary Sentinel Lymph Node for Breast Cancer Metastasis By The Surgeon: A Study of One Institution’s Voluntary Policy Change.
  Meyer JE, Ganai S, Goulart RA, Mason HS, Proceedings of the American Society of Breast Surgeons, 2008; 9: 64
• Suture Survival in an Acidic Environment: Implications for Natural Orifice Transgastric Endolumenal Surgery (NOTES).
  Wohaibi EM, Ganai S, Wait RB, Romanelli JR, Surgical Endoscopy, 2008; 22(S1): S238
• Tumor-Targeted Delivery of TRAIL Using Salmonella typhimurium Enhances Breast Cancer Survival.
  Ganai S, Arenas RB, Forbes NS, Annals of Surgical Oncology, 2008; 15(S2): S64
• Performance of Intraoperative Axillary Sentinel Lymph Node Touch Prep Evaluation: Effect of Surgical Submission of “Suspicious” Sentinel Lymph Nodes.
  Meyer J, Mason H, Ganai S, Hornish A, Crisi GM, Goulart RA, Modern Pathology, 2008; 21(S1): 46A
• Virtual Reality and Computer-Enhanced Skills Training Devices are Equally Effective in Building Complex Surgical Skills in Novices.
  Kanumuri P, Ganai S, Wohaibi EM, Bush RW, Grow DR, Seymour NE, Proceedings of Surgical Education Week,
• Targeting Bacteriolytic Therapy of Solid Tumors Using Salmonella typhimurium.
  Ganai S, Arenas RB, Bentley B, Forbes NS, Annals of Surgical Oncology, 2007; 14(S2): S71
• Induction of apoptosis in the absence of p53: implications for chemoprevention for ER-negative breast cancer.
  Lee MH, Ganai S, Barnard ZR, Mason HS, Arenas RB, Breast Cancer Research and Treatment, 2005; 94(S1): S174.
• Mapping the Rectum: Spatial Analysis of Transanal Endoscopic Microsurgical Outcomes using Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Technology.
  Ganai S, Garb JL, Kanumuri P, Rao RS, Alexander AI, Wait RB, Proceedings of the 46 th Annual Meeting of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract, 2005; 2
• Mapping the Rectum: Spatial Analysis of Transanal Endoscopic Microsurgical Outcomes using Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Technology.
  Ganai S, Garb JL, Kanumuri P, Rao RS, Alexander AI, Wait RB, Gastroenterology, 2005; 128(4): A798
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Lectures

• Molecular Biology and the General Surgeon. 
  Surgical Grand Rounds, Baystate Medical Center, Springfield, Massachusetts
• Clinical Management of Breast Cancer. 
  Breast Cancer Research Group, University of Massachusetts Amherst.
• Targeting Bacteriolytic Therapy of Solid Tumors. 
  Breast Cancer Research Group, University of Massachusetts Amherst.
• Targeting Bacteriolytic Therapy of Solid Tumors Using Attenuated Salmonella typhimurium. 
  Pioneer Valley Life Sciences Institute, Springfield, Massachusetts.
• Patient Presentation: Locally-advanced Distal Esophageal Cancer. 
  Controversies in the Management of Complex GI Cancer Patients. The Ritz Carlton Hotel, Chicago, Il
• The Ethics of Trauma and Triage. 
  The MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics
• Palliative Care and Surgical Oncology 
  The MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics
• An Exploration of Nontherapeutic Laparotomy 
  The MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics
• Nonmaleficience and the Surgeon: The Aviation Paradigm 
  The MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics
• #HCSM and the Doctor-Patient Relationship 
  Pritzker School of Medicine, University of Chicago
• The Surgical Ethics Consortium 
  Association for Surgical Education, Surgical Education Week, Orlando, FL
• Virtual-Reality Training Improves Angled Telescope Skills in Novice Laparoscopists 
  Association for Surgical Education, 2005 Surgical Education Week
• Mapping the Rectum: Spatial Analysis of Transanal Endoscopic Microsurgical Outcomes Using GIS Technology 
  American College of Surgeons, Massachusetts Chapter
• Tumor-targeting attenuated Salmonella typhimurium accumulates within therapeutically-resistant microenvironments adjacent to tumor necrosis. 
  American College of Surgeons 97th Annual Clinical Congress, San Francisco, California
• Attenuated Salmonella typhimurium effectively targets breast cancer metastases 
  Society of Surgical Oncology, 62nd Annual Cancer Symposium, Phoenix, AZ
• Predictors of Unsuccessful Laparoscopic Resection of Gastric Submucosal Neoplasms 
  Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract, 53rd Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA
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Other

• A Teacher, Not Forgotten 
  Ganai S, Bulletin of Am College Surgeons
  http://bulletin.facs.org/2018/10/a-teacher-not-forgotten/
  Bulletin Am College Surgeons - 10/2018
• Timing of Therapies for Resectable Hepatic Colorectal Metastases 
  Ganai S, Thirunavukarasu P, Aloia T, Choti MA, ASCO Connection
  https://connection.asco.org/magazine/current-controversies-oncology/timing-therapies-patients-resectable-hepatic-colorectal
  ASCO Connection - 5/1/2015
• Neoadjuvant Therapy for Resectable Pancreatic Cancer 
  Ganai S, Crane C, Tempero M, ASCO Connection
  http://connection.asco.org/Magazine/Article/id/3804/Neoadjuvant-Therapy-for-Resectable-Pancreatic-Cancer.aspx
  Page 22-25 - 2/25/2014
• Entropy and the Future of Medical Education. 
  Ganai S, A video response to the 2012 Academic Medicine Question of the Year
  http://youtu.be/iCVxlmCaJ70
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