Intestinal Adaptation Laboratory

Educational Opportunities
The Intestinal Adaptation Laboratory has educational opportunities at all educational levels — undergraduate, graduate and post-graduate, from summer projects to degree-granting programs. Surgery research residents who have completed one- to two-year fellowships in our laboratory are listed below.

Mark S. Chaet, M.D.
Department of Surgery, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, July 1993-June 1994.
Current: Private Practice, Pediatric Surgery, Orlando, FL

Wayne E. VanderKolk, M.D.
Department of Surgery, Butterworth Hospital Medical Center, Michigan State University, Grand Rapids MI, July 1994 - June 1995.
Current: Attending Surgeon, Butterworth Hospital, Grand Rapids, MI

Michael A. Helmrath, M.D.
Department of Surgery, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, July 1995 - June 1997.
Current: Assistant Professor, Pediatric Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston TX. Assistant Professor, Pediatric Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX

• Winner of Resident Research Award, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Department of Surgery, June 1996, 1997.
• Recipient of Ross Resident Research Award to attend the annual meeting of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract at Digestive Diseases Week, Washington D.C., May 1997.

Cathy E. Shin, M.D.
Department of Surgery, University of Chicago Medical Center, Chicago IL, July 1996 - June 1998.
Current: Assistant Professor, Pediatric Surgery, University of Southern California School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA

• Recipient of Ross Resident Research Award to attend the annual meeting of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract at Digestive Diseases Week, New Orleans LA, May 1998.

Richard A. Falcone, Jr., M.D.
Department of Surgery, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, July 1997 - June 1999.
Current: Assistant Professor, Pediatric Surgery, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH

• First Place Award for Oral Presentation — American Academy of Pediatrics — Surgical Section Annual Meeting, October 1998, San Francisco, CA

Lawrence A. Stern, M.D.
Department of Surgery, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, July 1998 - June 2000.
Current: Private Practice, Colon/Rectal Surgery, Washington, DC

• Recipient of National Research Service Award, National Institutes of Health (BW Warner – Mentor). Project Title: Enterocyte apoptosis and intestinal adaptation.

Frederick Huang, M.D.
Division of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati OH, July 1998 - June 2001.
Current: Assistant Professor, Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, University of Texas, Galveston, TX

• Recipient of American Cancer Society — Ohio Division, Inc., Cancer Research Fellowship (BW Warner – Mentor). Project Title: Role of EGF in chemotherapy-induced intestinal injury.
• 1st Place Award: Poster Presentation, “The benefits of epidermal growth factor are timing dependent in chemotherapy-induced intestinal injury.” Presented at the Joint Annual Meeting of the International Society of Paediatric Oncology and the American Society of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, September 13-18, 1999, Montreal, Canada.
• Recipient of Training Grant in Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition (T32 DK 07727; BW Warner – Mentor), Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, July 2000 - June 2001.

David P. O'Brien, M.D.
Department of Surgery, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati OH, July 1999 - June 2001.
Current: Assistant Professor, Colon and Rectal Surgery, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati OH

• Recipient of Training Grant “Host Response to Trauma Research Training Program” (5T32 GM 08478; BW Warner – Mentor), Department of Surgery, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati OH, July 2000 - June 2001.
• 1st Place Paper Presentation: Intestinal permeability and bacterial translocation are uncoupled after small bowel resection, Cincinnati Surgical Association Annual Competition 6/01.

Lindsey A. Nelson, M.D.
Department of Surgery, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati OH, July 2000 - June 2001.
Current: Assistant Professor, Anesthesiology, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati OH

• Recipient of Training Grant “Host Response to Trauma Research Training Program” (5T32 GM 08478; BW Warner – Mentor), Department of Surgery, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati OH, July 2000 - June 2001.

Kim Seeger, M.D.
Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati OH, July 2000-June 2002.
Current: Assistant Professor, Neonatology, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
Neonatology Fellow (Barbara Warner – Mentor)

Russell J. Juno, M.D.
Department of Surgery, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, July 2001 - June 2003.
Current: Private Practice, General Surgery, Texas

• Recipient of Training Grant “Host Response to Trauma Research Training Program” (5T32 GM 08478; BW Warner – Mentor), Department of Surgery, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati OH, July 2001 - June 2003.
• 1st Place Award – Oral Presentation “Characterization of small bowel resection and intestinal adaptation in germ free rats,” Ohio Chapter, American College of Surgeons Annual Meeting, May 9-10, 2003, Cincinnati, OH.

Andrew W. Knott, M.D.
Department of Surgery, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati OH, July 2001 - June 2003.
Current: Private Practice.

• Recipient of Training Grant “Host Response to Trauma Research Training Program” (5T32 GM 08478; BW Warner – Mentor), Department of Surgery, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati OH, July 2001 - June 2003.
• Recipient of Association for Academic Surgery/United States Surgical Corporation 2000 Research Fellowship Award, July 1, 2001 - June 30, 2003 (BW Warner – Mentor).
• 3rd Place, Basic Science Poster Presentation: Localization of epidermal growth factor receptor expression after intestinal resection using laser capture microdissection, Ohio Chapter of the American College of Surgeons, May 2002, Akron OH.
• Finalist, Resident Research Award: University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Department of Surgery, June 2002.
• 2nd Place, Cincinnati Surgical Association, May 2003.

Marcus D. Jarboe, M.D.
Department of Surgery, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati OH, July 2002 - June 2004.
Current: Pediatric Surgery Fellow, University of Michigan

• Finalist, Resident Research Award, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Department of Surgery, June 2004.
• Poster of Distinction: Digestive Diseases Week, May 2004, New Orleans LA

Ann Ladd, M.D.
Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati OH, July 2002 - June 2005.

•  Neonatology Fellow (Barbara Warner – Mentor)

Wolfgang Stehr, M.D.
Department of Surgery, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati OH, July 2003 - June 2005.
Current: Chief Surgery Resident, Department of Surgery, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH (Pediatric Surgery Fellow, DC Children's Hospital, July 2008)

• Recipient of Training Grant in Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition (T32 DK 07727; BW Warner - Mentor), Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati OH, July 2003 - June 2005
• Winner of Resident Research Award for Plenary Presentation at the 66th Annual Meeting of the Society of University Surgeons, February 2005, Nashville, TN

Nicole P. Bernal, M.D.
Department of Surgery, St. Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, July 2003 - June 2005.
Current: Chief Surgery Resident, Department of Surgery, St. Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO

• Recipient of Minority Research Supplemental Award (3R01DK059288-02S1; BW Warner – PI)
• First Place Award for Oral Presentation – American Academy of Pediatrics – Surgical Section Annual Meeting, October 2004, San Francisco, CA.
• Poster of Distinction, Digestive Diseases Week, May 2005, Chicago, IL

Kathryn Bernabe, M.D.
Chief Surgery Resident, Department of Surgery, Ochsner Clinic Foundation, New Orleans, LA, July 2004 - June 2006 (Pediatric Surgery Fellow, St. Louis Children's Hospital, July 2008)

George S. Sheng, M.D.
Senior Surgical Resident, Department of Surgery, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati OH, July 2004 - June 2007.

• Recipient of Training Grant “Research in Alimentary Tract Surgery” (T32 DK 064581; BW Warner – Mentor), Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, July 2004 - June 2007.

Janice Taylor, M.D.
Senior Surgical Resident, Department of Surgery, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, July 2005 - June 2007.

Raji Nair, M.D.
Surgery Resident, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, July 2006 - June 2008.

Shannon Longshore, M.D.
Surgery Resident, University of California-Davis School of Medicine, Sacramento, CA, July 2007-present.

Erin Perrone, M.D.
Surgery Resident, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI, July 2007-June 2008.

Mark McMellen, M.D.
Surgery Resident, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, July 2008-present.

Derek Wakeman, M.D.
Surgery Resident, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO July 2008-present..