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  1. Strong AL, Syrjamaki JD, Kamdar N, Wilkins EG, Sears ED. Oncological Safety of Autologous Fat Grafting for Breast Reconstruction. Annals of Plastic Surgery. 2024 Jan 1; 92(1):21-27.
  2. Schaefer EJ, Thayer MK, Colon AF, Sanghavi KK, Sears ED, Giladi AM, Katz RD. Video-Based Assessment of Microsurgical Trainees: An Evaluation of Gender Bias. Journal of reconstructive microsurgery. 2023 Nov 3.
  3. Harris AHS, Finlay AK, Hagedorn HJ, Manfredi L, Jones G, Kamal RN, Sears ED, Hawn M, Eisenberg D, Pershing S, Mudumbai S. Identifying Strategies to Reduce Low-Value Preoperative Testing for Low-Risk Procedures: a Qualitative Study of Facilities with High or Recently Improved Levels of Testing. Journal of general internal medicine. 2023 Nov 1; 38(14):3209-3215.
  4. Bennett OM, Sears ED. The Impact of Reference Standard on Diagnostic Testing Characteristics for Carpal Tunnel Syndrome: A Systematic Review. Plastic and reconstructive surgery. Global open. 2023 Jul 1; 11(7):e5067.
  5. Billig JI, Bicket MC, Yazdanfar M, Gunaseelan V, Sears ED, Brummett CM, Waljee JF. Cohort study of new off-label gabapentin prescribing in chronic opioid users. Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine. 2023 Jun 27.
  6. Benedict MD, Hespe GE, Kumar NG, Xi AS, Myers PL, Sears ED. The Impact of Social Media on Applicants' Perceptions of Plastic Surgery Training Programs. Journal of surgical education. 2023 Aug 1; 80(8):1179-1187.
  7. Dodge JR, Youles B, Caldararo J, Sears ED, Caverly TJ, Michael Ho P, Shimada SL, Kaboli P, Albright K, Robinson SA, McNeal DM, Damschroder L, Saini SD, Adams MA. Engaging Operational Partners Is Critical for Successful Implementation of Research Products: a Coincidence Analysis of Access-Related Projects in the Veterans Affairs Healthcare System. Journal of general internal medicine. 2023 Jul 1; 38(Suppl 3):923-930.
  8. Sergesketter AR, Butler PD, Gosman AA, Leis A, Baynosa RC, Momeni A, Greives MR, Sears ED, Park JE, Butterworth JA, Janis JE, Rezak K, Patel A. Defining the Incidence of the Impostor Phenomenon in Academic Plastic Surgery: A Multi-Institutional Survey Study. Plastic and reconstructive surgery. 2023 Jun 12.
  9. Sharif-Askary B, Abdou SA, Charipova K, Sears ED, Giladi AM. Evaluating the Role of Mentorship in Career Advancement: A Survey of Women in Academic Hand Surgery. The Journal of hand surgery. 2023 Feb 23.
  10. Agbafe V, Sears ED. Getting Started in Patient Advocacy: A Practical Guide for Practicing Plastic Surgeons. [Editorial]. Annals of Plastic Surgery. 2022 Dec 1; 89(6):595-597.
  11. Sears ED, Evans R, Burns J, Chung KC, Hayward RA, Kerr EA. Carpal Tunnel Syndrome as a Test Case for Value Assessment During the Presurgical Period: The Impact of Structure and Processes of Care. Medical care. 2023 Jan 1; 61(1):36-44.
  12. Harris AHS, Bowe T, Kamal RN, Sears ED, Hawn M, Eisenberg D, Finlay AK, Hagedorn HJ, Mudumbai S. Frequency and costs of low-value preoperative tests for patients undergoing low-risk procedures in the veterans health administration. Perioperative medicine (London, England). 2022 Sep 13; 11(1):33.
  13. Billig JI, Sears ED. Nonsurgical Treatment of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome: A Survey of Hand Surgeons. Plastic and reconstructive surgery. Global open. 2022 Apr 1; 10(4):e4189.
  14. Harris AHS, Ding Q, Trickey AW, Finlay AK, Schmidt EM, Curtin CM, Sears ED, Yoshida R, Lashgari D, Nuckols TK, Kamal RN. Do Proposed Quality Measures for Carpal Tunnel Release Reveal Important Quality Gaps and Are They Reliable? Clinical orthopaedics and related research. 2022 Sep 1; 480(9):1743-1750.
  15. Coleman DM, Perrone EE, Dombrowski J, Dossett LA, Sears ED, Sandhu G, Telem DA, Waljee JF, Newman EA, Michigan Women's Surgical Collaborative. Overcoming COVID-19: Strategies to Mitigate the Perpetuated Gender Achievement Gap. Annals of surgery. 2022 Mar 1; 275(3):435-437.
  16. Billig JI, Gunaseelan V, Yazdanfar M, Sears ED, Iwashyna TJ, Chang T, Waljee JF. Gabapentinoid Prescribing for Carpal Tunnel Syndrome. Hand (New York, N.Y.). 2023 Jan 1; 18(1_suppl):106S-113S.
  17. Billig JI, Sears ED. Utilization of Diagnostic Testing for Carpal Tunnel Syndrome: A Survey of the American Society for Surgery of the Hand. The Journal of hand surgery. 2022 Jan 1; 47(1):11-18.
  18. Billig JI, Evans RR, Kerr EA, Hayward RA, Sears ED. The Impact of Community Care Referral on Time to Surgery for Veterans With Carpal Tunnel Syndrome. Medical care. 2021 Jun 1; 59(Suppl 3):S279-S285.
  19. Mudumbai SC, Pershing S, Bowe T, Kamal RN, Sears ED, Hawn MT, Eisenberg D, Finlay AK, Hagedorn H, Harris AHS. Variability and Costs of Low-Value Preoperative Testing for Cataract Surgery Within the Veterans Health Administration. JAMA Network Open. 2021 May 3; 4(5):e217470.
  20. Billig JI, Lu YT, Hayward RA, Sears ED. Surgical Timing for Carpal Tunnel Syndrome: A Comparison of Health Care Delivery in the Veterans Administration and Private Sector. The Journal of hand surgery. 2021 Jul 1; 46(7):544-551.
  21. Lu YT, Deol AK, Sears ED. The Association Between Electrodiagnostic Severity and Treatment Recommendations for Carpal Tunnel Syndrome. The Journal of hand surgery. 2021 Feb 1; 46(2):92-98.
  22. Billig JI, Nasser JS, Chen JS, Lu YT, Chung KC, Kuo CF, Sears ED. Comparison of Safety and Insurance Payments for Minor Hand Procedures Across Operative Settings. JAMA Network Open. 2020 Oct 1; 3(10):e2015951.
  23. Harris AHS, Meerwijk EL, Ding Q, Trickey AW, Finlay AK, Schmidt EM, Curtin CM, Sears ED, Nuckols TK, Kamal RN. Testing proposed quality measures for treatment of carpal tunnel syndrome: feasibility, magnitude of quality gaps, and reliability. BMC health services research. 2020 Sep 11; 20(1):861.
  24. Billig JI, Lan WC, Chung KC, Kuo CF, Sears ED. The Increasing Financial Burden of Outpatient Elective Surgery for the Privately Insured. Annals of surgery. 2020 Sep 1; 272(3):530-536.
  25. Billig JI, Sears ED. The Compounding Access Problem for Surgical Care: Innovations in the Post-COVID Era. Annals of surgery. 2020 Aug 1; 272(2):e47-e48.
  26. Billig JI, Chen JS, Lu YT, Chung KC, Sears ED. The Economic Burden of Out-of-Pocket Expenses for Plastic Surgery Procedures. Plastic and reconstructive surgery. 2020 Jun 1; 145(6):1541-1551.
  27. Billig JI, Sears ED, Gunaseelan V, Santosa KB, Iwashyna TJ, Englesbe MJ, Brummett CM, Waljee JF. Inappropriate Preoperative Gabapentinoid Use Among Patients With Carpal Tunnel Syndrome. The Journal of hand surgery. 2020 Aug 1; 45(8):677-689.e5.
  28. Morrell NT, Sears ED, Desai MJ, Forseth MJ, McClelland WB, Chang J, Kakar S. A Survey of Burnout Among Members of the American Society for Surgery of the Hand. The Journal of hand surgery. 2020 Jul 1; 45(7):573-581.e16.
  29. Santosa KB, Keane AM, Keller M, Olsen MA, Sears ED, Snyder-Warwick AK. Inpatient Versus Outpatient Management of Negative Pressure Wound Therapy in Pediatric Patients. The Journal of surgical research. 2020 Oct 1; 254:197-205.
  30. Ding Q, Trickey AW, Mudumbai S, Kamal RN, Sears ED, Harris AHS. Prevalence and Factors Associated With Low-Value Preoperative Testing for Patients Undergoing Carpal Tunnel Release at an Academic Medical Center. Hand (New York, N.Y.). 2022 Jan 1; 17(1):28-34.
  31. Billig JI, Lu YT, Kelley BP, Chung KC, Sears ED. Out-of-Pocket Spending for Thumb Carpometacarpal Arthritis: Capitation Matters. Hand (New York, N.Y.). 2021 Nov 1; 16(6):818-826.
  32. Mudumbai SC, Pershing S, Bowe T, Kamal RN, Sears ED, Finlay AK, Eisenberg D, Hawn MT, Weng Y, Trickey AW, Mariano ER, Harris AHS. Development and validation of a predictive model for American Society of Anesthesiologists Physical Status. BMC health services research. 2019 Nov 21; 19(1):859.
  33. Lu YT, Haase SC, Chung TT, Chung KC, Sears ED. The Impact of Pre-Referral Advanced Diagnostic Testing on Wait Time to See a Hand Surgeon for Common Upper-Extremity Conditions. The Journal of hand surgery. 2019 Dec 1; 44(12):1013-1020.e2.
  34. Billig JI, Sears ED, Travis BN, Waljee JF. Patient-Reported Outcomes: Understanding Surgical Efficacy and Quality from the Patient's Perspective. Annals of Surgical Oncology. 2020 Jan 1; 27(1):56-64.
  35. Harris AHS, Meerwijk EL, Kamal RN, Sears ED, Hawn M, Eisenberg D, Finlay AK, Hagedorn H, Mudumbai S. Variability and Costs of Low-Value Preoperative Testing for Carpal Tunnel Release Surgery. Anesthesia and analgesia. 2019 Sep 1; 129(3):804-811.
  36. Santosa KB, Larson EL, Vannucci B, Lapidus JB, Gast KM, Sears ED, Waljee JF, Suiter AM, Sarli CC, Mackinnon SE, Snyder-Warwick AK. Gender Imbalance at Academic Plastic Surgery Meetings. Plastic and reconstructive surgery. 2019 Jun 1; 143(6):1798-1806.
  37. Sears ED, Lu YT, Chung TT, Momoh AO, Chung KC. Pathology Evaluation of Reduction Mammaplasty Specimens and Subsequent Diagnosis of Malignant Breast Disease: A Claims-Based Analysis. World Journal of Surgery. 2019 Jun 1; 43(6):1546-1553.
  38. Sears ED, Hayward RA, Kerr EA. The presurgical episode: an untapped opportunity to improve value. The American journal of managed care. 2019 May 1; 25(5):219-220.
  39. Sears ED, Lu YT, Swiatek PR, Chung TT, Kerr EA, Chung KC. Use of Preoperative Mammography During Evaluation for Nononcologic Breast Reduction Surgery. JAMA surgery. 2019 Apr 1; 154(4):356-358.
  40. Harris AHS, Meerwijk EL, Kamal RN, Sears ED, Hawn M, Eisenberg D, Finlay AK, Hagedorn H, Marshall N, Mudumbai SC. Variation in Surgeons' Requests for General Anesthesia When Scheduling Carpal Tunnel Release. Hand (New York, N.Y.). 2020 Sep 1; 15(5):608-614.
  41. Sears ED, Meerwijk EL, Schmidt EM, Kerr EA, Chung KC, Kamal RN, Harris AHS. Variation in Nonsurgical Services for Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Across a Large Integrated Health Care System. The Journal of hand surgery. 2019 Feb 1; 44(2):85-92.e1.
  42. Tipirneni R, Kullgren JT, Ayanian JZ, Kieffer EC, Rosland AM, Chang T, Haggins AN, Clark SJ, Lee S, Solway E, Kirch MA, Mrukowicz C, Beathard E, Sears E, Goold SD. Changes in Health and Ability to Work Among Medicaid Expansion Enrollees: a Mixed Methods Study. Journal of general internal medicine. 2019 Feb 1; 34(2):272-280.
  43. Kelley BP, Chung KC, Chung TT, Bennett KG, Sacks G, Sears ED, Waljee JF. Postoperative Ketorolac in Breast and Body Contouring Procedures: A Nationwide Claims Analysis. Plastic and reconstructive surgery. 2018 Oct 1; 142(4):472e-480e.
  44. Sears ED, Momoh AO, Chung KC, Lu YT, Zhong L, Waljee JF. A National Study of the Impact of Delayed Flap Timing for Treatment of Patients with Deep Sternal Wound Infection. Plastic and reconstructive surgery. 2017 Aug 1; 140(2):390-400.
  45. Patel N, Srinivasa DR, Srinivasa RN, Gemmete JJ, Krishnamurthy V, Dasika N, Reddy SN, Osher ML, Sears ED, Chick JFB. Intra-arterial Thrombolysis for Extremity Frostbite Decreases Digital Amputation Rates and Hospital Length of Stay. Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiology. 2017 Dec 1; 40(12):1824-1831.
  46. Sears ED, Lu YT, Wood SM, Nasser JS, Hayward RA, Chung KC, Kerr EA. Diagnostic Testing Requested Before Surgical Evaluation for Carpal Tunnel Syndrome. The Journal of hand surgery. 2017 Aug 1; 42(8):623-629.e1.
  47. Aliu O, Zhong L, Chetta MD, Sears ED, Ballard T, Waljee JF, Chung KC, Momoh AO. Comparing Health Care Resource Use between Implant and Autologous Reconstruction of the Irradiated Breast: A National Claims-Based Assessment. Plastic and reconstructive surgery. 2017 Jun 1; 139(6):1224e-1231e.
  48. Chetta MD, Aliu O, Zhong L, Sears ED, Waljee JF, Chung KC, Momoh AO. Reconstruction of the Irradiated Breast: A National Claims-Based Assessment of Postoperative Morbidity. Plastic and reconstructive surgery. 2017 Apr 1; 139(4):783-792.
  49. Pet MA, Morrison SD, Mack JS, Sears ED, Wright T, Lussiez AD, Means KR, Higgins JP, Ko JH, Cederna PS, Kung TA. Comparison of patient-reported outcomes after traumatic upper extremity amputation: Replantation versus prosthetic rehabilitation. Injury. 2016 Dec 1; 47(12):2783-2788.
  50. Sears ED, Caverly TJ, Kullgren JT, Fagerlin A, Zikmund-Fisher BJ, Prenovost K, Kerr EA. Clinicians' Perceptions of Barriers to Avoiding Inappropriate Imaging for Low Back Pain-Knowing Is Not Enough. JAMA internal medicine. 2016 Dec 1; 176(12):1866-1868.
  51. Sears ED, Swiatek PR, Hou H, Chung KC. The Influence of Insurance Type on Management of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome: An Analysis of Nationwide Practice Trends. Plastic and reconstructive surgery. 2016 Nov 1; 138(5):1041-1049.
  52. Sears ED, Wu L, Waljee JF, Momoh AO, Zhong L, Chung KC. The Impact of Deep Sternal Wound Infection on Mortality and Resource Utilization: A Population-based Study. World Journal of Surgery. 2016 Nov 1; 40(11):2673-2680.
  53. Davis Sears E, Davis MM, Chung KC. Relationship between timing of emergency procedures and limb amputation in patients with open tibia fracture in the United States, 2003 to 2009. Plastic and reconstructive surgery. 2012 Aug 1; 130(2):369-78.
  54. Davis Sears E, Chung KC. A guide to interpreting a study of patient-reported outcomes. Plastic and reconstructive surgery. 2012 May 1; 129(5):1200-7.

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