DevashishJ.AnjariaMDFACS

General Surgery • East Orange, NJ

Trauma Surgery & Surgical Critical Care

Associate Professor, Surgery, Rutgers - New Jersey Medical School

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Office
385 Tremont Ave
Room 2-114
East Orange, NJ 07018
Phone+1 973-676-1000
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Education & Training

University of California (San Diego) Medical CenterFellowship, Surgical Critical Care, 2003 - 2005
Rutgers Health/New Jersey Medical SchoolResidency, Surgery, 1997 - 2003
University of Maryland School of MedicineClass of 1997

Certifications & Licensure

NJ State Medical License 1999 - 2025
CA State Medical License 2003 - 2008
American Board of Surgery Surgery
American Board of Surgery Surgical Critical Care

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Academy of Master Surgeon Educators American College of Surgeons, 2022
Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society New Jersey Medical School, 2021
Golden Apple Teaching Award Rutgers - New Jersey Medical School, 2014-2016, 2019
New Jersey Health Foundation Excellence in Teaching Award New Jersey Health Foundation, 2017
Best Off-Service Attending Teaching Award NJMS Emergency Medicine Residents, 2017
Excellence in Teaching Award UMDNJ - NJMS Surgery Chief Residents, 2013
Best Off-Service Attending Teaching Award UMDNJ NJMS Emergency Medicine Residents, 2010
Resolution to Honor Union County Board of Chosen Freeholders, 2009
Golden Apple Teaching Award UMDNJ - New Jersey Medical School, 2009
Physician Champion New Jersey Organ and Tissue Sharing Network, 2006
Fellow (FACS) American College of Surgeons
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Did Residents Stop Operating During COVID? Impact of COVID-19 Across VA Teaching Hospitals on Surgical Resident Education.
Grace O Tsui, Anastasia Kunac, Joseph B Oliver, Shyamin Mehra, Devashish J Anjaria> ;The American Surgeon. 2024 May 1
Why Not This Case? Differences Between Resident and Attending Operative Cases at Teaching Hospitals.
Grace O Tsui, Anastasia Kunac, Joseph B Oliver, Shyamin Mehra, Devashish J Anjaria> ;The Journal of Surgical Research. 2024 Mar 1
Cross-Specialty Training: An Opportunity to Expand the General Surgery Resident's Operative Repertoire.
Shyamin Mehra, Joseph B Oliver, Anastasia Kunac, Grace O Tsui, Devashish J Anjaria> ;Current Problems in Surgery. 2023 Nov 1
1 citations
Surgical resident operative autonomy on nights and weekends: What happens to surgical education during off-hours?
Devashish J Anjaria, Joseph B Oliver, Yasong Yu, Grace Tsui, Anastasia Kunac, David H Livingston> ;The Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery. 2023 May 1
2 citations
Declining Surgical Resident Operative Autonomy-All Trainees Are Not Created Equal.
Yasong Yu, Joseph B Oliver, Anastasia Kunac, Alvand J Sehat, Devashish J Anjaria> ;The Journal of Surgical Research. 2023 Dec 1
Advancing Urology Resident Surgical Autonomy.
Anh T Nguyen, Devashish J Anjaria, Hossein Sadeghi-Nejad> ;Current Urology Reports. 2023 Jun 1
1 citations
Anterior Abdominal Varicosities Due to Unilateral Common and External Iliac Vein Occlusion Five Decades Post-Injury.
Yasong Yu, Anastasia Kunac, Grace Tsui, Joseph B Oliver, Devashish Anjaria, Frank T Padberg Jr, Nemeh, C.> ;The American Surgeon. 2023 Aug 1
6 citations
Declining Resident Surgical Autonomy and Improving Surgical Outcomes: Correlation Does Not Equal Causality.
Joseph B Oliver, Jamal L McFarlane, Anastasia Kunac, Devashish J Anjaria> ;Journal of Surgical Education. 2023 Mar 1
6 citations
Declining Surgical Resident Operative Autonomy in Acute Care Surgical Cases.
Alvand J Sehat, Joseph B Oliver, Yasong Yu, Anastasia Kunac, Devashish J Anjaria> ;The Journal of Surgical Research. 2023 Jan 1
Patient inequities in affording surgical resident operative autonomy at Veterans Affairs teaching hospitals, does it extend to female patients?
Grace O Tsui, Gianna Duncan, Yasong Yu, Joseph B Oliver, Devashish J Anjaria, Anastasia Kunac> ;American Journal of Surgery. 2023 Jan 1
4 citations
General Surgery Resident Complement and Operative Autonomy - Size Matters.
Yasong Yu, Anastasia Kunac, Joseph B Oliver, Alvand J Sehat, Devashish J Anjaria> ;Journal of Surgical Education. 2022 Oct 15
28 citations
Association Between Operative Autonomy of Surgical Residents and Patient Outcomes.
Joseph B Oliver, Anastasia Kunac, Jamal L McFarlane, Devashish J Anjaria> ;JAMA Surgery. 2022 Mar 1
Operative Autonomy of Surgical Residents and Patient Outcomes-Reply.
Joseph B Oliver, Anastasia Kunac, Devashish J Anjaria> ;JAMA Surgery. 2022 Jul 1
5 citations
Increasing volume but declining resident autonomy in laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair: an inverse relationship.
Alvand J Sehat, Joseph B Oliver, Yasong Yu, Anastasia Kunac, Devashish J Anjaria> ;Surgical Endoscopy. 2023 Apr 1
Sigmoid Colectomy for Sigmoid Volvulus Through a Limited Left Lower Quadrant Transverse Laparotomy Incision Without Laparoscopy.
Philip R Lettieri, Anastasia Kunac, Joseph B Oliver, Devashish J Anjaria> ;The American Surgeon. 2022 Sep 1
21 citations
A 15-Year Analysis of Surgical Resident Operative Autonomy Across All Surgical Specialties in Veterans Affairs Hospitals.
Devashish J. Anjaria, Anastasia Kunac, Jamal L. McFarlane, Joseph B. Oliver> ;JAMA Surgery. 2021 Nov 17
25 citations
General Surgical Resident Operative Autonomy vs Patient Outcomes: Are we Compromising Training without Net Benefit to Hospitals or Patients?
Anastasia Kunac, Joseph B. Oliver, Jamal L. McFarlane, Devashish J. Anjaria> ;Journal of Surgical Education. 2021 Oct 23
9 citations
Integrating the Bleeding Control Basic course into medical school curriculum.
Brad Chernock, Devashish J. Anjaria, Christin Traba, Sophia Chen, Wissam Nasser, Adam D. Fox, Bart Holland, Sangeeta Lamba> ;American Journal of Surgery. 2020 Apr 1
1 citations
Development and Validation of an Affordable, Nonperishable Suturing Simulator.
Neil King, Anastasia Kunac, Aziz M. Merchant, Devashish J. Anjaria> ;The American Surgeon. 2017 Feb 1
3 citations
Nonoperative Management of a Penetrating Injury to the Retrohepatic Inferior Vena Cava.
Christopher M. McGreevy, Devashish J. Anjaria, Anastasia Kunac> ;The American Surgeon. 2016 Aug 1
20 citations
Management of colonic injuries in the setting of damage-control laparotomy: one shot to get it right.
Devashish J. Anjaria, Timothy M. Ullmann, Robert F. Lavery, David H. Livingston> ;The Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery. 2014 Mar 1
10 citations
Acute splenic syndrome in an African-American male with sickle cell trait on a commercial airplane flight.
Tiffany Murano, Adam D. Fox, Devashish Anjaria> ;The Journal of Emergency Medicine. 2013 Nov 1
17 citations
Obesity does not increase morbidity and mortality after laparotomy for trauma.
David H. Livingston, Robert F. Lavery, Anne N'Kanza, Devashish J. Anjaria, Ziad C. Sifri, Alicia M. Mohr, Anne C. Mosenthal> ;The American Surgeon. 2013 Mar 1
19 citations
Treatment of recurrent Rapunzel syndrome and trichotillomania: case report and literature review.
Guy C. Jones, Karl Coutinho, Devashish J. Anjaria, Najeeb Hussain, Rashesh Dholakia> ;Psychosomatics. 2010 Sep 1
8 citations
Gender differences in glucose variability after severe trauma.
Alicia M. Mohr, Robert F. Lavery, Ziad C. Sifri, Devashish J. Anjaria, Robert Koernig, Edwin A. Deitch, David H. Livingston> ;The American Surgeon. 2010 Aug 1
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Professional Memberships

American College of Surgeons - ACS
Fellow
Southeastern Surgical Congress
Fellow
American Medical Association - AMA
Member
American College of Critical Care Medicine - SCCM
Member
Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma
Member
Association for Surgical Education
Member
American Association for the Surgery of Trauma
Fellow

Other Languages

Gujarati

Hospital Affiliations

University HospitalNewark, New Jersey