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

  • Emergency department length of stay in critical nonoperative trauma. J Surg Res. 2017 06 15; 214:102-108.. View in PubMed
  • Dynamic transcription factor networks in epithelial-mesenchymal transition in breast cancer models. PLoS One. 2013; 8(4):e57180.. View in PubMed
  • Transcription factor networks in invasion-promoting breast carcinoma-associated fibroblasts. Cancer Microenviron. 2013 Apr; 6(1):91-107.. View in PubMed
  • Gene expression in mouse ovarian follicle development in vivo versus an ex vivo alginate culture system. Reproduction. 2011 Aug; 142(2):309-18.. View in PubMed