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- Name
- James Lau
- Degree
- M.D.
- Rank
- Professor
- Primary Department
- Surgery
- Education
- Medical School
- Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine
- Residencies
- Indiana University School of Medicine General Surgery
- Fellowships
- Stanford University School of Medicine Minimally Invasive Surgery and Bariatric Surgery
- Publications
- Lau, JN We don't really know our residents as well as we think. Trait characteristic recognition by faculty in autonomy needs more attention. But does it matter? American Journal of Surgery ;
- Hafer, A; Kearse, L; Pucher, P; Lau, J; Rege, R; Johnson, K; Sormalis, C; Lee, G; Sachdeva, AK A review of the American College of Surgeons accredited education institutes' assessment practices for learners, faculty, and continuous program improvement. Global surgical education : journal of the Association for Surgical Education ; 2 1
- Ariel, D; Lau, J; Osterberg, L; Gesundheit, N; Brar, K; Merrell, SB The Student Guidance Program: Applying an Executive Coaching Model to Medical Student Remediation. Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges ; 97 11S
- Foote, DC; Donkersloot, JN; Sandhu, G; Ziegler, K; Lau, J Identifying institutional factors in general surgery resident wellness and burnout. American Journal of Surgery ;
- Podboy AJ, Hwang JH, Rivas H, Azagury D, Hawn M, Lau JN, Kamal A, Friedland S, Triadafilopoulos G, Zikos T, Clarke JO Per-Oral Endoscopic Myotomy Produces Better Long Term Outcomes in Type III Achalasia Compared to Laparoscopic Heller Myotomy: A Single Center Experience Surgical endoscopy ; 35(2) 792-801
- Wong BO, Blythe JA, Batten JN, Turner BE, Lau JN, Hosamani P, Hanks WF, Magnus D Recognizing the Role of Language in the “Hidden Curriculum” of Undergraduate Medical Education: Implications for Equity in Medical Training Academic Medicine ; 96(6) 842-847
- Zanley E, Shah ND, Craig C, Lau JN, Rivas H, McLaughlin T Guidelines for Gastrostomy Tube Placement and Enteral Nutrition in Patients with Severe, Refractory Hypoglycemia after Gastric Bypass Surgery for Obesity & Related Diseases ; 17(*2) 456-465
- Anderson TN, Hasty BN, Schmiederer IS, Miller SE, Shi R, Aalami L, Huffman EM, and Choi JN, and Lau JN A Generalizable Multimodal Scrub Training Curriculum in Surgical Sterile Technique MedEdPORTAL ;
- Gros E, Shi R, Hasty B, Anderson T, Schmiederer I, Roman-Micek T, Bereknyei-Merrell S, Lau JN In Situ Interprofessional Operating Room Simulations: Empowering Learners in Crisis Resource Management Principles. Surgery ; Epub ahead of print
- Anderson TN, Kaba A, Gros E, Schmiederer IS, Shi R, Aalami LR, Lin DT, and Lau JN. A Novel Blended Curriculum for Communication of Informed Consent with Surgical Interns. Journal of graduate medical education ; Jun; 13(3) 411-416
- Schmiederer IS, Kearse LE, Lin DT, Anderson TN, Lau JN, Korndorffer JR. Isolating Steps Instead of Learners: Use of Deliberate Practice and Validity Evidence in Coronavirus Disease (COVID) – Era Procedural Assessment. Surgery ; Epub ahead of print
- Anderson, TN, Lau JN, Shi R, Sapp RW, Aalami LR, Lee EW, Tekian A, Park YS. The Utility of Peers and Trained Raters in Technical Skill-based Assessments a Generalizability Theory Study. Journal of surgical education ; Epub ahead of print
- Park, KM; Rashidian, N; Anderson, C; Brian, R; Calthorpe, LM; Gee, D; Hernandez, S; Lau, J; Nepomnayshy, D; Patel, NM; Pei, K; Reddy, RM; Roman, SA; Scott, DJ; Alseidi, A Evidence-based Guidelines on the Use of Virtual Surgical Education Pertaining to the Domains of Cognition and Curriculum, Psychomotor Skills Training, and Faculty Development and Mentorship. Annals of Surgery ;
- Kearse, LE; Zeineddin, A; Schmiederer, IS; Korndorffer, JR; Lau, JN A 20-year review of surgical training case logs: Is general surgery still general? Surgery ;
- Wise CE, Bereknyei Merrell S, Sasnal M, Forrester JD, Hawn MT, Lau JN, Lin DT, Schmiederer IS, SPain DA, Nassar AK, Knowlton LM. COVID-19 Impact on Surgical Resident Education and Coping Journal of Surgical Research ; 264 534-543
- Steinberg JR, Bryant TS, Carroll AL, Marin-Nevarez P, Lee EW, Bereknyei Merrell S, Lau JN Service Through Surgery: A quasi-experimental comparison trial on the impact of a seminar course on diverse mentorship and attitudes towards the underserved American Journal of Surgery ; 219(6) 918-925
- Anderson TN, Aalami LR, Lee EW, Merrell SB, Sgroi MD, Lin DT, Lau JN Perception and confidence of medical students in informed consent: A core EPA Surgery ; 167(4) 712-716
- Titan, A, Baiu I, Church K, Lee EW, Lau JN Glycemic Control in Surgery Patients: A Cross-Specialty Educational Intervention for Residents MEDEDPUBLISH ; https://doi.org/10.15694/mep.2020.000090.1
- Anderson TN, Miller SE, Schmiederer IS, Hasty BN, Lee EW, Lau JN Pre-Clinical Surgical Preparatory Course and the NRMP Match: Early Exposure and Surgical Recruitment a 10-year follow-up Journal of surgical education ; 77(6) e103-e109
- Bryant TS, Carroll AL, Steinberg JR, Marin-Nevarez P, Anderson TN, Merrell SB, Lau JN Implementation and Evaluation of an Educational Program for Increasing Diversity and Inclusion in Surgery for Preclinical Students JAMA network open ; 3(9)
- Carroll AL, Chan A, Steinberg JR, Bryant TS, Marin-Nevarez P, Anderson TN, Bereknyei Merrell S, Lau JN Medical Student Values Inform Career Plans in Service and Surgery-A Qualitative Focus Group Analysis Journal of Surgical Research ; 256 636-644
- Shi R, Marin-Nevrez P, Hasty B, Roman-Micek T, Hirx S, Anderson T, Schmiederer I, Fanning R, Goldhaber-Fiebert S, Austin N, Lau J Operating Room In Situ Interprofessional Simulation for Improving Communication and Teamwork Journal of Surgical Research ; 260 237-244
- Korndorffer JR, Hawn MT, Spain DA, Knowlton LM, Azagury DE, Nassar AK, Lau JN, Arnow KD, Trickey AW, Pugh CM Situating Artificial Intelligence in Surgery: A Focus on Disease Severity Annals of Surgery ; 272(3) 523-528
- Schmiederer IS, Anderson T, Shi R, Huffman E, Phares A, Naples R, Choi J, Lin D, Lau J Interns on the Internet for Resident Readiness: A Successful Option Journal of the American College of Surgeons ; 231(4) S250-S251
- Anand A, Choi J, Jaramillo JD, Lau J Concurrent large bowel obstruction secondary to idiopathic mesenteroaxial gastric volvulus Trauma surgery & acute care open ;
- Hasty, BN; Lau, JN; Tekian, A; Miller, SE; Shipper, ES; Bereknyei Merrell, S; Lee, EW; Park, YS Validity Evidence for a Knowledge Assessment Tool for a Mastery Learning Scrub Training Curriculum. Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges ; 95 1
- Lau, JN A commentary on teaching and learning styles as fueled by 'how learning preferences and teaching styles influence effectiveness of surgical educators' by Dickenson KJ, Bass BL, Graviss EA, Nguyen DT, and Pei KY. American Journal of Surgery ;
- Baiu, I., Lau, J What Is a Paraesophageal Hernia? JAMA ; 322(21) 2146
- Baiu, I., Lau, J Paraesophageal Hernia Repair and Fundoplication JAMA ; 322(24) 2450
- Kumar J, Butzmann A, Wu S, Easly S, Zehnder JL, Warnke RA, Bangs CD, Jangam D, Cherry A, Lau J, Nybakken G, and Ohgami RA Indolent In Situ B-Cell Neoplasms With MYC Rearrangements Show Somatic Mutations in MYC and TNFRSF14 by Next-generation Sequencing American Journal of Surgical Pathology ; 43(12) 1720-1725
- Gardner AK, Ritter ME, Dunkin BJ, Smink DS, Lau JN, Paige JT, Phitayakorn R, Acton RD, Stefanidis D, Gee DW Leaders by Example: Best Practices and Advice on Establishing a State-of-the Art Surgical Simulation Center that Optimizes Available Resources American Journal of Surgery ; 215(2) 259-265
- Hasty B, Miller SM, Shipper E, Merrell SB, Lin D, Lau JN Medical Student Perceptions of a Mistreatment Program During the Surgery Clerkship American Journal of Surgery ; 215(4) 761-766
- Shipper E, Miller S. Hasty B, Lin D, De La Cruz M, Bereknyei Merrell S, Lau JN Determining the Educational Value of a Technical and Non-Technical Skills Medical Student Curriculum Journal of Surgical Research ; 225 157-165
- Hoang N and Lau JN A call for mixed-methods in Competency-Based Medical Education (CBME): How we can prevent the overfitting of curriculum and assessment Academic Medicine ; 93(7) 996-1001
- Mazer LM, Merrell SB, Hasty BN, Stave C, Lau JN Assessment of Programs Aimed to Decrease or Prevent Mistreatment in Medical Trainees JAMA network open ; 1(3)
- Salles A, Wright RC, Milam L, Panni RZ, Liebert CA, Lau JN, Lin DT, Mueller CM. Social Belonging as a Predictor of Surgical Resident Well-being and Attrition Journal of surgical education ; 76(2) 370-377
- Miller SE, Shipper ES, Hasty BN, Lee E, Lin DT, Bereknyei Merrell, S, Lau JN Introductory Surgical Skills Course: Technical Training and Preparation for the Surgical Environment MedEdPORTAL ; https://www.mededportal.org/publication/10775/
- Lau JN, Mazer LM, Liebert CA, Merrell SB, Lin DT, Harris IB. A Mixed-Methods Analysis of a Novel Mistreatment Program for the Surgery Core Clerkship Academic Medicine ; 92 7 1028-1034