HeatherLEvansMDMS, FACS

General Surgery • Charleston, SC

Trauma Surgery & Surgical Critical Care, Minimally Invasive Surgery

Professor of Surgery, Medical University of South Carolina

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Office
96 Jonathan Lucas Street
MSC 613/CSB 426
Charleston, SC 29425
Phone+1 843-792-3780
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Education & Training

University of WashingtonFellowship, Surgical Critical Care, 2007 - 2008
University of Virginia Medical CenterResidency, Surgery, 2000 - 2007
University of Rochester School of Medicine and DentistryClass of 1999

Certifications & Licensure

VA State Medical License 1999 - 2026
SC State Medical License 2018 - 2025
WA State Medical License 2008 - 2022
American Board of Surgery Surgery
American Board of Surgery Surgical Critical Care

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Junior Faculty Fellowship Award Surgical Infection Society Foundation, 2014-2016
Fellow American Association for the Surgery of Trauma (AAST)
Fellow (FACS) American College of Surgeons

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Healthcare team resilience during COVID-19: a qualitative study.
John W Ambrose, Ken Catchpole, Lynne S Nemeth, Diana M Layne, Michelle Nichols, Heather L Evans> ;BMC Health Services Research. 2024 Apr 12
Declaration on infection prevention and management in global surgery.
Sartelli, M., Coccolini, F., Ansaloni, L., Biffl, W., Blake, D., Boermeester, M., Coimbra, R., Evans, H., Ferrada, P., Gkiokas, G., Jeschke, M., Hardcastle, T., Hinson...> ;World Journal of Emergency Surgery. 2023 Dec 6
Rosalind Franklin Society Proudly Announces the 2022 Award Recipient for.
Heather Evans> ;Surgical Infections. 2023 Aug 1
1 citations
Impact of Digital Health upon the Surgical Patient Experience: The Patient as Consumer.
Heather L Evans, Joseph Scalea> ;The Surgical Clinics of North America. 2023 Apr 1
4 citations
Re-Aiming Equity Evaluation in Clinical Decision Support: A Scoping Review of Equity Assessments in Surgical Decision Support Systems.
Nicholas E Ingraham, Emma K Jones, Samantha King, James Dries, Michael Phillips, Tyler Loftus, Heather L Evans, Genevieve B Melton, Christopher J Tignanelli> ;Annals of Surgery. 2023 Mar 1
Pilot Implementation of a Post-Surgical Remote Wound Monitoring Program.
Hamill, C., Aiken, M., Catchpole, K., Nemeth, L., Evans, H.> ;AMIA ... Annual Symposium Proceedings. AMIA Symposium. 2023 Jan 1
5 citations
Analysis of Outcomes Associated With Outpatient Management of Nonoperatively Treated Patients With Appendicitis.
, Talan, D., Moran, G., Krishnadasan, A., Monsell, S., Faine, B., Uribe, L., Kaji, A., DeUgarte, D., Self, W., Shapiro, N., Cuschieri, J., Glaser, J., Park, P., Price,...> ;JAMA Network Open. 2022 Jul 1
4 citations
Patient and Provider Preferences for Monitoring Surgical Wounds Using an mHealth App: A Formative Qualitative Analysis.
Shilpa Sreedharan, Lynne S Nemeth, Jason Hirsch, Heather L Evans> ;Surgical Infections. 2022 Mar 1
4 citations
Major publications in the critical care pharmacotherapy literature: 2019.
Melanie Smith Condeni, Alyson T. Basting, Patrick Costello, Ashley DePriest, Evert A. Eriksson, Heather L. Evans, Kristie Hertel, Andre Holder, Alyssa N. Kester, Kinse...> ;Journal of Critical Care. 2021 Apr 1
13 citations
Surgery and the Smartphone: Can Technology Improve Equitable Access to Surgical Care?
Aaron P. Lesher, Yulia Gavrilova, Kenneth J. Ruggiero, Heather L. Evans> ;The Journal of Surgical Research. 2021 Feb 19
A Practical Decontamination Framework for COVID-19 Front-line Workers Returning Home
Chelsea A. Harris, Heather L. Evans, Dana A. Telem> ;Annals of Surgery. 2020 Aug 1
35 citations
Where did the patients go? Changes in acute appendicitis presentation and severity of illness during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic: A retrospective cohort study.
Miriam Y. Neufeld, Wayne Bauerle, Evert A. Eriksson, Faris K. Azar, Heather L. Evans, Meredith Johnson, Ryan A. Lawless, Lawrence Lottenberg, Sabrina E. Sanchez, Vlad ...> ;Surgery. 2021 Apr 1
12 citations
Development of a Sterile Personal Protective Equipment Donning and Doffing Procedure to Protect Surgical Teams from SARS-CoV-2 Exposure during the COVID-19 Pandemic.
Heather L. Evans, Christopher S Thomas, L Hannah Bell, Ashley B. Hink, Stephanie O’Driscoll, Catherine D Tobin, Cassandra D. Salgado> ;Surgical Infections. 2020 Sep 18
24 citations
How patient-generated health data and patient-reported outcomes affect patient-clinician relationships: A systematic review.
Ross J. Lordon, Sean P. Mikles, Laura Kneale, Heather L. Evans, Sean A. Munson, Uba Backonja, William B. Lober> ;Health Informatics Journal. 2020 Jun 20
36 citations
Surgical Infection Society Guidance for Operative and Peri-Operative Care of Adult Patients Infected by the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2).
Daithi S. Heffernan, Heather L. Evans, Jared M. Huston, Jeffrey A. Claridge, David P. Blake, Addison K. May, Greg S. Beilman, Philip S. Barie, Lewis J. Kaplan> ;Surgical Infections. 2020 Apr 30
9 citations
Sepsis 2019: What Surgeons Need to Know.
Vanessa P. Ho, Haytham M.A. Kaafarani, Rishi Rattan, Nicholas Namias, Heather L. Evans, Tanya L. Zakrison> ;Surgical Infections. 2020 Mar 19
8 citations
Wound Care Follow-Up From the Emergency Department Using a Mobile Application: A Pilot Study.
Molly L. Tolins, Daniel S. Hippe, Sophie C Morse, Heather L. Evans, William B. Lober, Marie C. Vrablik> ;The Journal of Emergency Medicine. 2019 Nov 1
7 citations
Identification of Important Features in Mobile Health Applications for Surgical Site Infection Surveillance
Sheri Chernetsky Tejedor, Joe Sharma, Danielle C. Lavallee, William B. Lober, Heather L. Evans> ;Surgical Infections. 2019 Sep 10
7 citations
Technological Advances in Clinical Definition and Surveillance Methodology for Surgical Site Infection Incorporating Surgical Site Imaging and Patient-Generated Health...
Robert G. Sawyer, Heather L. Evans, Traci L. Hedrick> ;Surgical Infections. 2019 Aug 28
5 citations
Artificial Intelligence Methods for Surgical Site Infection: Impacts on Detection, Monitoring, and Decision Making
Aven Samareh, Xiangyu Chang, William B. Lober, Heather L. Evans, Zhangyang Wang, Xiaoning Qian, Shuai Huang> ;Surgical Infections. 2019 Sep 10
9 citations
Engaging Patients in Co-Design of Mobile Health Tools for Surgical Site Infection Surveillance: Implications for Research and Implementation.
Danielle C. Lavallee, Jenney R Lee, John L. Semple, William B. Lober, Heather L. Evans> ;Surgical Infections. 2019 Sep 10
5 citations
Implementing Mobile Health Interventions to Capture Post-Operative Patient-Generated Health Data.
John L. Semple, Heather L. Evans, William B. Lober, Danielle C. Lavallee> ;Surgical Infections. 2019 Sep 10
13 citations
A Roadmap for Automatic Surgical Site Infection Detection and Evaluation Using User-Generated Incision Images
Ziyu Jiang, Randy Ardywibowo, Aven Samereh, Heather L. Evans, William B. Lober, Xiangyu Chang, Xiaoning Qian, Zhangyang Wang, Shuai Huang> ;Surgical Infections. 2019 Sep 10
8 citations
Patient-Generated Health Data in Surgical Site Infection: Changing Clinical Workflow and Care Delivery.
William B. Lober, Heather L. Evans> ;Surgical Infections. 2019 Sep 10
4 citations
A Stakeholder-Driven Framework for Evaluating Surgical Site Infection Surveillance Technologies
Heather L. Evans, William B. Lober, Danielle C. Lavallee, Assist Investigators> ;Surgical Infections. 2019 Sep 10
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Lectures

Infectious Disease
Seattle, WA - 10/29/2014

Press Mentions

UW Medicine Surgeons Prominent in Science ExhibitMay 22nd, 2017
Infection? Web App Piloted as Post-Op Communication ChannelJanuary 21st, 2016
UW Medicine Among 39 Systems in U.S. Plan to Transform CareSeptember 30th, 2015
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Grant Support

mPOWEr: piloting a mobile health app for post-discharge surgical site monitoringPatient Safety Innovation Program, UW Medicine2015–2016
Junior Faculty Fellowship AwardSurgical Infection Society2014–2016
Small Pilot Grant AwardUW Institute for Translational Health Sciences2013–2014