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Sharon Shiraga, MD

Clinical Associate Professor of Surgery (Practitioner)

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Publications

  • Impact of Obesity on Surgical Approach and Outcomes in Inguinal Herniorrhaphy: An ACS-NSQIP Analysis. Am Surg. 2026 Apr 24; 31348261443338.. View in PubMed
  • National Trends in Emergent Paraesophageal Hernia Repair Over 8 Years. Am Surg. 2026 Jan; 92(1):7-14.. View in PubMed
  • A Comparative Analysis of the Accuracy and Readability of Popular Artificial Intelligence-Chat Bots for Inguinal Hernia Management. Am Surg. 2025 Oct; 91(10):1729-1734.. View in PubMed
  • Gender, racial, and socioeconomic disparities in the management and survival of patients with locally advanced esophageal cancer: a SEER-based study. Surg Endosc. 2025 Aug; 39(8):5263-5268.. View in PubMed
  • Trends and predictors of laparoscopic compared with open emergent inguinal hernia repair. Surgery. 2024 12; 176(6):1661-1667.. View in PubMed
  • Utility of the mFI-5 as a predictor of post-operative outcomes following gastrectomy for gastric cancer: an ACS-NSQIP analysis. Surg Endosc. 2024 10; 38(10):5922-5928.. View in PubMed
  • A Path to High-Value Gastric Cancer Surgery Care Delivery. Ann Surg Open. 2024 Jun; 5(2):e408.. View in PubMed
  • Medicaid Expansion: the impact of health policy on bariatric surgery. Surg Obes Relat Dis. 2023 01; 19(1):20-26.. View in PubMed
  • Same-Day Home Recovery for Benign Foregut Surgery. JAMA Surg. 2022 Sep 14.. View in PubMed
  • Clinical Outcomes Following Regionalization of Gastric Cancer Care in a US Integrated Health Care System. J Clin Oncol. 2021 10 20; 39(30):3364-3376.. View in PubMed
  • Small Cell Lung Carcinoma and Synchronous Rectal Adenocarcinoma and Jejunal Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor Present in a Patient With History of Laryngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma. Anticancer Res. 2020 Dec; 40(12):7053-7056.. View in PubMed
  • Intraoperative assessment of the effects of laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy on the distensibility of the lower esophageal sphincter using impedance planimetry. Surg Endosc. 2016 11; 30(11):4904-4909.. View in PubMed
  • Possible influence of variant of the P-glycoprotein gene (MDR1/ABCB1) on clinical response to guanfacine in children with pervasive developmental disorders and hyperactivity. J Child Adolesc Psychopharmacol. 2010 Feb; 20(1):1-5.. View in PubMed
  • Pancreatic-pleural fistula is best managed by early operative intervention. Surgery. 2010 Jan; 147(1):154-9.. View in PubMed
  • External validation of the San Francisco Syncope Rule. Ann Emerg Med. 2007 Apr; 49(4):420-7, 427.e1-4.. View in PubMed
  • Gene variants of brain dopamine pathways and smoking-induced dopamine release in the ventral caudate/nucleus accumbens. Arch Gen Psychiatry. 2006 Jul; 63(7):808-16.. View in PubMed
  • Anti-recoverin antibodies induce an increase in intracellular calcium, leading to apoptosis in retinal cells. J Autoimmun. 2006 Mar; 26(2):146-53.. View in PubMed
  • Dasatinib (BMS-354825), a dual SRC/ABL kinase inhibitor, inhibits the kinase activity of wild-type, juxtamembrane, and activation loop mutant KIT isoforms associated with human malignancies. Cancer Res. 2006 Jan 01; 66(1):473-81.. View in PubMed
  • PDGFRA mutations in gastrointestinal stromal tumors: frequency, spectrum and in vitro sensitivity to imatinib. J Clin Oncol. 2005 Aug 10; 23(23):5357-64.. View in PubMed
  • Anti-apoptotic effects of CNTF gene transfer on photoreceptor degeneration in experimental antibody-induced retinopathy. J Autoimmun. 2003 Sep; 21(2):121-9.. View in PubMed
  • Mechanism of CAR syndrome: anti-recoverin antibodies are the inducers of retinal cell apoptotic death via the caspase 9- and caspase 3-dependent pathway. J Neuroimmunol. 2002 Nov; 132(1-2):72-82.. View in PubMed

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