VahagnNikolianMD

General Surgery • Portland, OR

House Officer Department of Surgery University of Michigan Hospital System

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Office
3303 S Bond Ave
Portland, OR 97239
Phone+1 503-494-4373

Fax+1 503-418-4189

Education & Training

University of MichiganResidency, Surgery, 2012 - 2019
Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern CaliforniaClass of 2012

Certifications & Licensure

OR State Medical License 2020 - 2025
NY State Medical License 2019 - 2021
MI State Medical License 2016 - 2020
American Board of Surgery Surgery

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Postoperative outcomes among patients evaluated via telemedicine-based preoperative consultations for inguinal hernia care.
Zev Felix, Gustavo Salgado-Garza, Caroline G Porter, Nelly Nouboussi, Amber L O'Connor
Hernia. 2024-12-01
2 citations
Reducing the incidence of surgical site infection after ventral hernia repair: Outcomes from the RINSE randomized control trial.
Jeremy A Warren, Claiborne Lucas, Lucas R Beffa, Clayton C Petro, Ajita S Prabhu
American Journal of Surgery. 2024-06-01
Development and preliminary validation of a new task-based objective procedure-specific assessment of inguinal hernia repair procedural safety.
Vahagn C Nikolian, Diego Camacho, David Earle, Ryan Lehmann, Peter Nau
Surgical Endoscopy. 2024-03-01

Journal Articles

Valproic Acid Treatment Attenuates Degenerative Brain Lesions, Neuroinflammation, and Apoptosis in Long-Term Survival Model of Traumatic Brain Injury, Hemorrhagic Shoc...
Vahagn C Nikolian, Hasan B Alam, Journal of The American College of Surgeons
Association of Faculty Entrustment with Resident Autonomy in the Operating Room
Vahagn C Nikolian, Kaustubh A Prabhu, Danielle C Sutzko, Rebecca M Minter, JAMA

Authored Content

Valproic Acid Treatment Attenuates Degenerative Brain Lesions, Neuroinflammation, and Apoptosis in Long-Term Survival Model of Traumatic Brain Injury, Hemorrhagic Shock, and Polytrauma in SwineOctober 2018

Press Mentions

Clinical Challenges in Hernia Surgery: Specialization in Hernia and Abdominal Wall SurgeryApril 17th, 2023
Behind the Knife: The Surgery PodcastJuly 2nd, 2018
Behind the Knife: The Surgery PodcastJune 25th, 2018
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