ChristyChaiIMDFACS, FSSO(She/Her)

General Surgery • Houston, TX

Surgical Oncology (Other than Breast)

Chief, Section of General Surgery & Surgical Oncology

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Office
2002 Holcombe blvd
Houston, TX 77030
Phone+1 713-794-7524
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Education & Training

University of South Florida MorsaniFellowship, Complex General Surgical Oncology, 2009 - 2011
Baylor College of MedicineResidency, Surgery, 2001 - 2006
Loma Linda University School of MedicineClass of 2001

Certifications & Licensure

TX State Medical License 2012 - 2025
VA State Medical License 2006 - 2016
FL State Medical License 2009 - 2013
IL State Medical License 2006 - 2008
American Board of Surgery Surgery

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Fellow American College of Surgeons

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Robotic Rectus Abdominis Harvest for Pelvic Reconstruction after Abdominoperineal Resection.
Appel, R., Bay, C., Shih, L., Gimenez, A., Chai, C., Maricevich, M.> ;Seminars in Plastic Surgery. 2023 Aug 1
Factors associated with inability to return to intended oncologic treatment in pancreatic cancer.
T Alston Mickel, Onur C Kutlu, Eric J Silberfein, Cary Hsu, Christy Y Chai, William E Fisher, George Van Buren 2nd, E Ramsay Camp> ;American Journal of Surgery. 2022 Jul 1
9 citations
Malnutrition in elective surgery: How traditional markers might be failing surgeons and patients
Jorge I. Portuondo, Lauren Probstfeld, Nader N. Massarweh, Lilyann Le, Qi Wei, Christy Chai, Jennifer M. Taylor, Samir S. Awad, Hop S. Tran Cao> ;Surgery. 2020 Sep 10
4 citations
Variation in surgical management of primary hyperparathyroidism in the US Department of Veterans Affairs healthcare system: A 15-year observational study
Elizabeth A. Alore, Nader N. Massarweh, David Ramsey, Liang Chen, Christy Chai, Hardeep Singh, Konstantinos I. Makris> ;Surgery. 2020 Jul 19
8 citations
Reallocating ventilators during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic: Is it ethical?
Quyen D. Chu, Ricardo Correa, Tracey L. Henry, Kyle A. McGregor, Hanni Stoklosa, Loren Robinson, Sachin Jha, Alagappan Annamalai, Benson S Hsu, Rohit Gupta, Desmond Up...> ;Surgery. 2020 May 8
16 citations
Use of Indocyanine Green for Intraoperative Ureteral Identification in Nonurologic Surgery
Christy Y. Chai, Jennifer Taylor> ;JAMA Surgery. 2020 Jun 1
11 citations
Nodal downstaging as a treatment goal for node-positive pancreatic cancer.
Jorge I. Portuondo, Nader N. Massarweh, Qianzi Zhang, Christy Chai, Hop S. Tran Cao> ;Surgery. 2019 Feb 10
17 citations
National Failure of Surgical Staging for T1b Gallbladder Cancer.
Elaine Vo, Steven A Curley, Christy Y Chai, Nader N. Massarweh, Hop S. Tran Cao> ;Annals of Surgical Oncology. 2019 Feb 1
15 citations
Understaging of clinical stage I pancreatic cancer and the impact of multimodality therapy.
Katherine A. Baugh, Hop S. Tran Cao, George Van Buren, Eric J. Silberfein, Cary Hsu, Christy Chai, Omar Barakat, William E. Fisher, Nader N. Massarweh> ;Surgery. 2019 Feb 1
Non-operative management of iatrogenic colonic perforation after percutaneous cholecystotomy.
Tashinga Musonza, Christy Chai> ;Journal of Surgical Case Reports. 2018 Dec 1
13 citations
Robotic port-site hernias after general surgical procedures.
Ramon Diez-Barroso, Carlos H. Palacio, Julian A. Martinez, Konstantinos I. Makris, Nader N. Massarweh, Christy Chai, Samir S. Awad, Hop S. Tran Cao> ;The Journal of Surgical Research. 2018 Oct 1
Limitations of the National Cancer Data Base to Evaluate Early-Stage Anal Cancer Treatment Outcomes-Reply.
Christy Chai, Hop S. Tran Cao, Nader N. Massarweh> ;JAMA Surgery. 2018 Jul 1
12 citations
National Quality Forum Colon Cancer Quality Metric Performance: How Are Hospitals Measuring Up?
Meredith C. Mason, George J. Chang, Laura A. Petersen, Yvonne H. Sada, Hop S. Tran Cao, Christy Chai, David H. Berger, Nader N. Massarweh> ;Annals of Surgery. 2017 Dec 1
Pre-SN Ultrasound-FNAC for Lymph Node Metastases in Melanoma Patients: A Reply.
Christy Chai, Margaret M. Szabunio, Christopher E Cook, Jonathan S. Zager, Jane L. Messina, Alec Chau, Vernon K. Sondak> ;Annals of Surgical Oncology. 2017 Nov 13
41 citations
Management of Stage I Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Anal Canal.
Christy Chai, Hop S. Tran Cao, Samir S. Awad, Nader N. Massarweh> ;JAMA Surgery. 2017 Oct 18
25 citations
Association of the Addition of Oral Antibiotics to Mechanical Bowel Preparation for Left Colon and Rectal Cancer Resections With Reduction of Surgical Site Infections
Elaine Vo, Nader N. Massarweh, Christy Y. Chai, Hop S. Tran Cao, Nader Zamani, Sherry Abraham, Kafayat Adigun, Samir S. Awad> ;JAMA Surgery. 2017 Oct 18
29 citations
Value of lymph node positivity in treatment planning for early stage pancreatic cancer
Hop S. Tran Cao, Qianzi Zhang, Yvonne H. Sada, Eric J. Silberfein, Cary Hsu, George Van Buren, Christy Chai, Matthew H.G. Katz, William E. Fisher, Nader N. Massarweh> ;Surgery. 2017 Sep 1
85 citations
A Prospective Randomized Multicenter Trial of Distal Pancreatectomy With and Without Routine Intraperitoneal Drainage.
George Van Buren, Mark Bloomston, Carl Schmidt, Stephen W. Behrman, Nicholas J. Zyromski, Chad G. Ball, Katherine A. Morgan, Steven J. Hughes, Paul J. Karanicolas, Joh...> ;Annals of Surgery. 2017 Sep 1
47 citations
The role of surgery and adjuvant therapy in lymph node-positive cancers of the gallbladder and intrahepatic bile ducts.
Hop S. Tran Cao, Qianzi Zhang, Yvonne H. Sada, Christy Chai, Steven A. Curley, Nader N. Massarweh> ;Cancer. 2018 Jan 1
17 citations
Other primary malignancies in breast cancer patients treated with breast conserving surgery and radiation therapy.
Min Yi, Janice N. Cormier, Yan Xing, Sharon H. Giordano, Christy Chai, Funda Meric-Bernstam, Georges Vlastos, Henry Mark Kuerer, Nadeem Q. Mirza, Thomas A. Buchholz, K...> ;Annals of Surgical Oncology. 2013 May 1
27 citations
A Multi-institutional Experience of Repeat Regional Chemotherapy for Recurrent Melanoma of Extremities
Christy Chai, Jeremiah L. Deneve, Georgia M. Beasley, Suroosh S. Marzban, Y. Ann Chen, Bhupendra Rawal, Stephen R. Grobmyer, Steven N. Hochwald, Douglas S. Tyler, Jona...> ;Annals of Surgical Oncology. 2012 May 1
24 citations
Preoperative Ultrasound is Not Useful for Identifying Nodal Metastasis in Melanoma Patients Undergoing Sentinel Node Biopsy: Preoperative Ultrasound in Clinically Node...
Christy Y. Chai, Jonathan S. Zager, Margaret M. Szabunio, Suroosh S. Marzban, Alec Chau, Robert M. Rossi, Vernon K. Sondak> ;Annals of Surgical Oncology. 2012 Apr 1
44 citations
Effect of BioGlue® on the Incidence of Pancreatic Fistula Following Pancreas Resection
William E. Fisher, Christy Chai, Sally E. Hodges, Meng-Fen Wu, Susan G. Hilsenbeck, F. Charles Brunicardi> ;Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery. 2008 Feb 14
18 citations
Aortic endograft thrombosis after colorectal surgery in lithotomy position.
Christy Chai, Peter H. Lin, Ruth L. Bush, Alan B. Lumsden> ;Journal of Vascular Surgery. 2004 May 1
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Journal Articles

Association of the Addition of Oral Antibiotics to Mechanical Bowel Preparation for Left Colon and Rectal Cancer Resections with Reduction of Surgical Site Infections
Nader Massarweh, Elaine Vo, Christy Chai, JAMA