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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

  • Impact of Systemic Anticoagulation During Traumatic Peripheral Arterial Repair on Re-Intervention and Amputation: An Analysis of 11 Years of PROOVIT Data. Am Surg. 2025 Oct; 91(10):1603-1612.. View in PubMed
  • Limb salvage marches on: re-evaluating the MESS threshold in modern trauma care. Trauma Surg Acute Care Open. 2025; 10(2):e001843.. View in PubMed
  • Risk of venous thromboembolic complications in pregnant trauma patients: A matched cohort study. World J Surg. 2025 03; 49(3):743-751.. View in PubMed
  • Resuscitative endovascular balloon occlusion of the aorta (REBOA) in penetrating abdominal vascular injuries is associated with worse outcomes. Am J Surg. 2025 Feb; 240:116122.. View in PubMed
  • Mentorship of Junior Surgical Faculty Across Academic Programs in Surgery. JAMA Surg. 2024 Nov 01; 159(11):1252-1260.. View in PubMed
  • Hyperfibrinolysis: a crucial phenotypic abnormality of posttraumatic fibrinolytic dysfunction. Res Pract Thromb Haemost. 2024 Oct; 8(7):102568.. View in PubMed
  • Sex-based utilization and outcomes of cold-stored whole blood for trauma resuscitation: Analysis of a prospective multicenter study. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2025 02 01; 98(2):263-270.. View in PubMed
  • Diagnostic approach to penetrating neck trauma: What you need to know. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2024 08 01; 97(2):175-182.. View in PubMed
  • Inadequate Venous Thromboembolism Chemoprophylaxis Is Associated With Higher Venous Thromboembolism Rates Among Trauma Patients With Epidurals. J Surg Res. 2023 11; 291:1-6.. View in PubMed
  • Logistics of managing a trauma whole blood inventory in a civilian level 1 trauma center. Transfusion. 2022 09; 62(9):1772-1778.. View in PubMed

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