Robert Becher
MD, MS, FACS
Associate Professor of Surgery (General, Trauma & Surgical Critical Care); Assistant Professor of Surgery
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Selected Publications
- Population-Based Estimates of 1-Year Mortality After Major Surgery Among Community-Living Older US AdultsGill TM, Wyk B, Leo-Summers L, Murphy TE, Becher RD. Population-Based Estimates of 1-Year Mortality After Major Surgery Among Community-Living Older US Adults. JAMA Surgery 2022, 157: e225155. PMID: 36260323, PMCID: PMC9582971, DOI: 10.1001/jamasurg.2022.5155.
- Neoadjuvant vs Adjuvant Chemotherapy in Resected Ampullary Carcinoma: A Propensity-Matched Cohort AnalysisKerekes D, Frey A, Becher R, Khan S. Neoadjuvant vs Adjuvant Chemotherapy in Resected Ampullary Carcinoma: A Propensity-Matched Cohort Analysis. Journal Of The American College Of Surgeons 2022, 235: s248-s249. DOI: 10.1097/01.xcs.0000894956.83552.8d.
- Factors Associated With Days Away From Home in the Year After Major Surgery Among Community-living Older PersonsGill TM, Becher RD, Murphy TE, Gahbauer EA, Leo-Summers L, Han L. Factors Associated With Days Away From Home in the Year After Major Surgery Among Community-living Older Persons. Annals Of Surgery 2022, 278: e13-e19. PMID: 35837967, PMCID: PMC9840715, DOI: 10.1097/sla.0000000000005528.
- Geriatric vulnerability and the burden of disability after major surgeryGill TM, Murphy TE, Gahbauer EA, Leo‐Summers L, Becher RD. Geriatric vulnerability and the burden of disability after major surgery. Journal Of The American Geriatrics Society 2022, 70: 1471-1480. PMID: 35199332, PMCID: PMC9106872, DOI: 10.1111/jgs.17693.
- The Incidence and Cumulative Risk of Major Surgery in Older Persons in the United StatesBecher RD, Vander Wyk B, Leo-Summers L, Desai MM, Gill TM. The Incidence and Cumulative Risk of Major Surgery in Older Persons in the United States. Annals Of Surgery 2021, 277: 87-92. PMID: 34261884, PMCID: PMC8758792, DOI: 10.1097/sla.0000000000005077.
- Analysis of Hospital Resource Availability and COVID‐19 Mortality Across the United StatesJanke AT, Mei H, Rothenberg C, Becher RD, Lin Z, Venkatesh AK. Analysis of Hospital Resource Availability and COVID‐19 Mortality Across the United States. Journal Of Hospital Medicine 2021, 16: 211-214. PMID: 33496664, PMCID: PMC8025594, DOI: 10.12788/jhm.3539.
- Functional Effects of Intervening Illnesses and Injuries After Hospitalization for Major Surgery in Community-living Older PersonsGill TM, Han L, Gahbauer EA, Leo-Summers L, Murphy TE, Becher RD. Functional Effects of Intervening Illnesses and Injuries After Hospitalization for Major Surgery in Community-living Older Persons. Annals Of Surgery 2020, 273: 834-841. PMID: 33074902, PMCID: PMC8370041, DOI: 10.1097/sla.0000000000004438.
- Phenobarbital Monotherapy for the Management of Alcohol Withdrawal Syndrome in Surgical-Trauma PatientsAmmar MA, Ammar AA, Rosen J, Kassab HS, Becher RD. Phenobarbital Monotherapy for the Management of Alcohol Withdrawal Syndrome in Surgical-Trauma Patients. Annals Of Pharmacotherapy 2020, 55: 294-302. PMID: 32830517, DOI: 10.1177/1060028020949137.
- Geographic Variation in the Utilization of and Mortality After Emergency General Surgery Operations in the Northeastern and Southeastern United StatesBecher RD, Jin L, Warren JL, Gill TM, DeWane MP, Davis KA, Zhang Y. Geographic Variation in the Utilization of and Mortality After Emergency General Surgery Operations in the Northeastern and Southeastern United States. Annals Of Surgery 2020, 275: 340-347. PMID: 32516232, PMCID: PMC7726051, DOI: 10.1097/sla.0000000000003939.
- Survivors of gun violence and the experience of recovery.O'Neill KM, Vega C, Saint-Hilaire S, Jahad L, Violano P, Rosenthal MS, Maung AA, Becher RD, Dodington J. Survivors of gun violence and the experience of recovery. Journal Of Trauma And Acute Care Surgery 2020, 89: 29-35. PMID: 32118821, DOI: 10.1097/ta.0000000000002635.
- Hospital Variation in Geriatric Surgical Safety for Emergency OperationBecher RD, Sukumar N, DeWane MP, Stolar MJ, Gill TM, Schuster KM, Maung AA, Zogg CK, Davis KA. Hospital Variation in Geriatric Surgical Safety for Emergency Operation. Journal Of The American College Of Surgeons 2020, 230: 966-973.e10. PMID: 32032720, PMCID: PMC7409563, DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2019.10.018.
- Regionalization of emergency general surgery operations: A simulation study.Becher RD, Sukumar N, DeWane MP, Gill TM, Maung AA, Schuster KM, Stolar MJ, Davis KA. Regionalization of emergency general surgery operations: A simulation study. Journal Of Trauma And Acute Care Surgery 2019, 88: 366-371. PMID: 31804419, PMCID: PMC7472889, DOI: 10.1097/ta.0000000000002543.
- High-performance acute care hospitals: Excelling across multiple emergency general surgery operations in the geriatric patient.DeWane MP, Sukumar N, Stolar MJ, Gill TM, Maung AA, Schuster KM, Davis KA, Becher RD. High-performance acute care hospitals: Excelling across multiple emergency general surgery operations in the geriatric patient. Journal Of Trauma And Acute Care Surgery 2019, 87: 140-146. PMID: 31259872, PMCID: PMC7656193, DOI: 10.1097/ta.0000000000002273.
- Top-tier emergency general surgery hospitals: Good at one operation, good at them all.DeWane MP, Sukumar N, Stolar MJ, Gill TM, Maung AA, Schuster KM, Davis KA, Becher RD. Top-tier emergency general surgery hospitals: Good at one operation, good at them all. Journal Of Trauma And Acute Care Surgery 2019, 87: 289-296. PMID: 31349347, PMCID: PMC6771423, DOI: 10.1097/ta.0000000000002367.
- Hospital Operative Volume and Quality Indication for General Surgery Operations Performed Emergently in Geriatric PatientsBecher RD, DeWane MP, Sukumar N, Stolar MJ, Gill TM, Becher RM, Maung AA, Schuster KM, Davis KA. Hospital Operative Volume and Quality Indication for General Surgery Operations Performed Emergently in Geriatric Patients. Journal Of The American College Of Surgeons 2019, 228: 910-923. PMID: 31005629, PMCID: PMC6582986, DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2019.02.053.
- Evaluating mortality outlier hospitals to improve the quality of care in emergency general surgery.Becher RD, DeWane MP, Sukumar N, Stolar MJ, Gill TM, Maung AA, Schuster KM, Davis KA. Evaluating mortality outlier hospitals to improve the quality of care in emergency general surgery. Journal Of Trauma And Acute Care Surgery 2019, 87: 297-306. PMID: 30908450, PMCID: PMC6660354, DOI: 10.1097/ta.0000000000002271.
- Hospital Volume and Operative Mortality for General Surgery Operations Performed Emergently in AdultsBecher RD, DeWane MP, Sukumar N, Stolar MJ, Gill TM, Maung AA, Schuster KM, Davis KA. Hospital Volume and Operative Mortality for General Surgery Operations Performed Emergently in Adults. Annals Of Surgery 2019, Publish Ahead of Print: &na;. PMID: 32675542, PMCID: PMC6803029, DOI: 10.1097/sla.0000000000003232.
- Factors Associated With Functional Recovery Among Older Survivors of Major SurgeryBecher RD, Murphy TE, Gahbauer EA, Leo-Summers L, Stabenau HF, Gill TM. Factors Associated With Functional Recovery Among Older Survivors of Major Surgery. Annals Of Surgery 2019, Publish Ahead of Print: &na;. PMID: 30741734, PMCID: PMC6684864, DOI: 10.1097/sla.0000000000003233.
- Functional Trajectories Before and After Major Surgery in Older AdultsStabenau HF, Becher RD, Gahbauer EA, Leo-Summers L, Allore HG, Gill TM. Functional Trajectories Before and After Major Surgery in Older Adults. Annals Of Surgery 2018, 268: 911-917. PMID: 29356710, PMCID: PMC6521949, DOI: 10.1097/sla.0000000000002659.
- Ongoing Evolution of Emergency General Surgery as a Surgical SubspecialtyBecher RD, Davis KA, Rotondo MF, Coimbra R. Ongoing Evolution of Emergency General Surgery as a Surgical Subspecialty. Journal Of The American College Of Surgeons 2017, 226: 194-200. PMID: 29111417, DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2017.10.014.
- Acute care surgery: An evolving paradigmJurkovich GJ, Davis KA, Burlew CC, Dente CJ, Galante JM, Goodwin JS, Joseph B, de Moya M, Becher RD, Pandit V. Acute care surgery: An evolving paradigm. Current Problems In Surgery 2017, 54: 364-395. PMID: 28756821, DOI: 10.1067/j.cpsurg.2017.05.001.
- Damage control operations in non-trauma patients: defining criteria for the staged rapid source control laparotomy in emergency general surgeryBecher RD, Peitzman AB, Sperry JL, Gallaher JR, Neff LP, Sun Y, Miller PR, Chang MC. Damage control operations in non-trauma patients: defining criteria for the staged rapid source control laparotomy in emergency general surgery. World Journal Of Emergency Surgery 2016, 11: 10. PMID: 26913055, PMCID: PMC4765073, DOI: 10.1186/s13017-016-0067-4.
- An innovative approach to predict the development of adult respiratory distress syndrome in patients with blunt traumaBecher RD, Colonna AL, Enniss TM, Weaver AA, Crane DK, Martin RS, Mowery NT, Miller PR, Stitzel JD, Hoth JJ. An innovative approach to predict the development of adult respiratory distress syndrome in patients with blunt trauma. Journal Of Trauma And Acute Care Surgery 2012, 73: 1229-1235. PMID: 22914080, DOI: 10.1097/ta.0b013e31825b2124.
- Systemic inflammation worsens outcomes in emergency surgical patientsBecher RD, Hoth JJ, Miller PR, Meredith JW, Chang MC. Systemic inflammation worsens outcomes in emergency surgical patients. Journal Of Trauma And Acute Care Surgery 2012, 72: 1140-1149. PMID: 22673238, DOI: 10.1097/ta.0b013e3182516a97.
- A novel antireflux procedure: gastroplasty with restricted antrum to control emesis (GRACE)Neff LP, Becher RD, Blackham AU, Banks NA, Mitchell EL, Petty JK. A novel antireflux procedure: gastroplasty with restricted antrum to control emesis (GRACE). Journal Of Pediatric Surgery 2012, 47: 99-106. PMID: 22244400, DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2011.10.024.
- Creation and Implementation of an Emergency General Surgery Registry Modeled after the National Trauma Data BankBecher RD, Meredith JW, Chang MC, Hoth JJ, Beard HR, Miller PR. Creation and Implementation of an Emergency General Surgery Registry Modeled after the National Trauma Data Bank. Journal Of The American College Of Surgeons 2011, 214: 156-163. PMID: 22153352, DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2011.11.001.
- A Critical Assessment of Outcomes in Emergency versus Nonemergency General Surgery Using the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program DatabaseBecher RD, Hoth JJ, Miller PR, Mowery NT, Chang MC, Meredith JW. A Critical Assessment of Outcomes in Emergency versus Nonemergency General Surgery Using the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program Database. The American Surgeon 2011, 77: 951-959. PMID: 21944366, DOI: 10.1177/000313481107700738.
- Trauma systems: improving trauma outcomes in North Carolina.Becher RD, Meredith JW. Trauma systems: improving trauma outcomes in North Carolina. North Carolina Medical Journal 2010, 71: 574-8. PMID: 21500674, DOI: 10.18043/ncm.71.6.574.