Anaar E. Siletz

Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery (Part-Time)

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Overview

Dr. Siletz joined our Acute Care Surgery and Critical Care team after completing a fellowship in Trauma and Surgical Critical Care at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles.

She earned both her MD and a PhD in Life Sciences at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine and then went on to complete her General Surgery residency and a research fellowship at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA.

Research Funding

  • Secondary Analysis of Existing Datasets to Define the Neutrophil Transcriptomic Response to Parenchymal Damage
    NIH · R21HL175493 · Sep 1, 2024 – May 31, 2026 · Role: Principal Investigator
  • Subantimicrobial Doxycycline Targeting Matrix Metalloproteinase Activity to Improve Outcome in Septic Shock
    NIH · F32HL134269 · Apr 1, 2017 – Mar 31, 2018 · Role: Principal Investigator

Publications

  • High utilization of early tracheostomy is associated with shortened ICU length-of-stay but not improved outcomes in pediatric TBI: A TQIP analysis. Am J Surg. 2026 Sep 25; 262:117255.. View in PubMed
  • Factors Associated With Surgical Faculty’s Desire to Leave or Stay at Their Jobs. JAMA Surg. 2026 Sep 23.. View in PubMed
  • Racial disparities in the rate of same-admission cholecystectomy following biliary pancreatitis. Surg Endosc. 2026 Sep 18.. View in PubMed
  • Survival after Resuscitative Thoracotomy in the Emergency Department: An Analysis of 487 Trauma Patients with Prehospital Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation. J Am Coll Surg. 2026 Aug 11.. View in PubMed
  • Faculty and Resident Perceptions of Learning Activities During Surgery Residency. JAMA Surg. 2026 Aug 05.. View in PubMed
  • Reevaluating Delayed Anastomosis for Traumatic Colon Injuries in Damage Control Laparotomy. Am Surg. 2026 Jul 29; 31348261472858.. View in PubMed
  • Impact of utilization of temporary vascular shunts on outcomes in traumatic peripheral artery repairs: An 11-year review of the PROOVIT registry. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2026 Jul 06.. View in PubMed
  • Long-Term Outcomes of Traumatic Neck Vascular Injury Repairs: A Prospective Observational Vascular Injury Treatment Registry Analysis. J Surg Res. 2026 Sep; 325:394-403.. View in PubMed
  • Postoperative outcomes of Morel-Lavallee injuries and predictive factors for wound complications: A Pacific Coast Surgical Association multicenter study. Surgery. 2026 Jul; 195:110207.. View in PubMed
  • The long road home: A WTA multicenter study of patient preferences and risk tolerance in the regionalization of acute care surgery. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2026 May 05.. View in PubMed