KamalMfItaniMD

General Surgery • West Roxbury, MA

Lecturer on Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital

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Office
1400 Vfw Pkwy
West Roxbury, MA 02132
Phone+1 857-203-6205

Fax+1 857-202-5549
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Education & Training

Baylor College of MedicineResidency, Surgery, 1988 - 1993
Duke University HospitalResidency, Surgery, 1985 - 1988
American University of Beirut Faculty of MedicineClass of 1985

Certifications & Licensure

MA State Medical License 2004 - 2025
TX State Medical License 1993 - 2019
American Board of Surgery Surgery

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Regional Top Doctor Castle Connolly, 2014
Fellow (FACS) American College of Surgeons

Clinical Trials

A Study to Compare Ventral Incisional Hernia by Laparoscopic vs Open Repair With Mesh Start of enrollment: 2004 Feb 01
Completed
Not Applicable
Repair of Infected or Contaminated Hernias Start of enrollment: 2007 Sep 01
Completed
Not Applicable
Online Wound Electronic Medical Record (OWEMR) to Decrease Amputations in Diabetics Start of enrollment: 2011 Jul 01
Completed
Not Applicable

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Propensity Score-Weighted Analysis of Postoperative Infection in Patients With and Without Preoperative Urine Culture.
O'Brien, W., Schweizer, M., Beck, B., Au, V., Chan, J., Brown, M., Dukes, K., Walhof, J., Gupta, K., Strymish, J., Itani, K.> ;JAMA Network Open. 2024 Mar 4
Genetic and biologic risk factors associated with hernia formation: A review.
Ellen F Niu, Ellie Deianni, Laurie Smith, Maylene Qiu, Jared Torkington, Robyn B Broach, Chris Amro, Lillias H Maguire, Scott M Damrauer, Kamal Itani, John P Fischer> ;American Journal of Surgery. 2024 Feb 27
Practical Guide to Education Program Evaluation Research.
de Moya, M., Haukoos, J., Itani, K.> ;JAMA Surgery. 2024 Jan 3
2 citations
Estimated Risk of Adverse Surgical Outcomes Among Patients With Recent COVID-19 Infection Using Target Trial Emulation Methods.
William J O'Brien, Kalpana Gupta, Kamal M F Itani> ;JAMA Network Open. 2023 Mar 1
1 citations
Practical Guide to Statistical Considerations in Clinical Trials in Surgery.
Stijn W de Jonge, Amy H Kaji, Kamal M F Itani> ;JAMA Surgery. 2023 Jan 1
2 citations
Clinical Trials Design, Scientific Rigor, and Higher-Level Evidence in Surgery.
Kamal M F Itani, Melina R Kibbe> ;JAMA Surgery. 2022 Dec 1
Practical Guide to Ethical Considerations in Clinical Trials in Surgery.
Timothy M Pawlik, Todd A Schwartz, Kamal M F Itani> ;JAMA Surgery. 2023 Feb 1
Practical Guide to Design Choice of Randomized Clinical Trials in Surgery.
Marcel G W Dijkgraaf, Jason Haukoos, Kamal M F Itani> ;JAMA Surgery. 2022 Dec 1
1 citations
Association of Expanded Health Care Options for Community Care With Veterans' Surgical Outcomes.
Kamal M F Itani, Amy K Rosen> ;JAMA Surgery. 2022 Dec 1
Expert Consensus for Key Features of Operative Reports of Ventral Hernia.
Naila H Dhanani, Nicole B Lyons, Celia M Divino, Hobart Harris, Julie L Holihan, William Hope, Kamal Itani, Michele M Loor, Robert Martindale, Ajita Prabhu, Caroline R...> ;Journal of the American College of Surgeons. 2023 Jan 1
6 citations
Risk factors for adverse outcomes in emergency versus nonemergency open umbilical hernia repair and opportunities for elective repair in a national cohort of patients ...
Kay M Johnson, Kira L Newman, Kristin Berry, Kamal Itani, Peter Wu, Patrick S Kamath, Alex H S Harris, Paul B Cornia, Pamela K Green, Lauren A Beste, George N Ioannou> ;Surgery. 2022 Jul 1
3 citations
Events, care, and outcomes after hernia mesh explantation for infection.
Radwan Dipp Ramos, William J O'Brien, Kalpana Gupta, Kamal M F Itani> ;American Journal of Surgery. 2022 Jul 1
2 citations
Nailing the Coffin on Biological Mesh in Contaminated Ventral Hernias.
Allan E Stolarski, Kamal M F Itani> ;JAMA Surgery. 2022 Apr 1
Risk of Hernia Mesh Explantation following Early Versus Late Onset Skin and Soft Tissue Infection
William O’Brien, Radwan Dipp Ramos, Kalpana Gupta, Kamal M.F. Itani> ;Annals of Surgery Open. 2021 Dec 1
7 citations
The CONSORT Framework.
Ryan P. Merkow, Amy H. Kaji, Kamal M.F. Itani> ;JAMA Surgery. 2021 Sep 1
3 citations
Re-Infection after Explantation of Infected Hernia Mesh: Are the Same Micro-Organisms Involved?
Radwan Dipp Ramos, William O’Brien, Kalpana Gupta, Kamal M.F. Itani> ;Surgical Infections. 2021 Aug 12
6 citations
Psychosocial Determinants of Readmission After Surgery.
Laura A. Graham, Mary T. Hawn, Elise A. Dasinger, Samantha J. Baker, Brad S. Oriel, Tyler S. Wahl, Joshua S. Richman, Laurel A. Copeland, Kamal M.F. Itani, Edith Burns...> ;Medical Care. 2021 Jun 21
5 citations
Retired Surgeons as Mentors for Surgical Training Graduates Entering Practice: An Underutilized Resource.
Na Eun Kim, Jennifer M. Moseley, Patrick O'Neal, Edward E. Whang, Kamal M.F. Itani, Gentian Kristo> ;Annals of Surgery. 2021 Mar 1
11 citations
Incidence and Risk Factors for Long-Term Mesh Explantation Due to Infection in More than 100,000 Hernia Operation Patients
Radwan Dipp Ramos, William O’Brien, Kalpana Gupta, Kamal M.F. Itani> ;Journal of the American College of Surgeons. 2021 Feb 15
1 citations
Impact of Gastrointestinal Surgical Site Wound Complications on Long-term Healthcare Utilization
Tanmaya D. Sambare, Laura A. Graham, Kamal M.F. Itani, Melanie S. Morris, Shawn Moshrefi, Mary T. Hawn> ;Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery. 2021 Feb 1
5 citations
Sentinel Contributions of US Department of Veterans Affairs Surgeons in Shaping the Face of Health Care.
Kenneth A. Lipshy, Kamal M.F. Itani, Danny Chu, Anil Bahadursingh, Seth A. Spector, Kathleen Raman, Alan Dardik, Edith Tzeng, Garth H. Ballantyne, Preeti R John, Brian...> ;JAMA Surgery. 2021 Apr 1
9 citations
Association Between Postoperative Complications and Long-term Survival after Non-cardiac Surgery among Veterans.
Jorge I. Portuondo, Kamal M.F. Itani, Nader N. Massarweh> ;Annals of Surgery. 2021 Jan 15
4 citations
What Is the Primary Driver of Preoperative Vancomycin Use? It's Not Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus-or Allergy.
Judith Strymish, William O' Brien, Kamal M.F. Itani, Kalpana Gupta, Westyn Branch-Elliman> ;Clinical Infectious Diseases. 2020 Dec 17
3 citations
Neural Network Model to Detect Long-Term Skin and Soft Tissue Infection after Hernia Repair.
William O’Brien, Radwan Dipp Ramos, Kalpana Gupta, Kamal M.F. Itani> ;Surgical Infections. 2021 Aug 5
4 citations
Maximizing the US Department of Veterans Affairs' Reserve Role in National Health Care Emergency Preparedness-The Fourth Mission.
Nader N. Massarweh, Kamal M.F. Itani, Thomas C. Tsai> ;JAMA Surgery. 2020 Aug 18
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Journal Articles

Sentinel Contributions of US Department of Veterans Affairs Surgeons in Shaping the Face of Health Care
Kenneth A Lipshy, Kamal Itani, Seth Spector, Kathleen Raman, Alan Dardik, Edith Tzeng, Preeti R John, Brian Cmolik, Robert Kozol, JAMA Surgery
Association Between Preoperative Proteinuria and Postoperative Acute Kidney Injury and Readmission
Melanie S Morris, Caroline E Jones, Kamal M Itani, Mary T Hawn, Tyler S Wahl, Robert H Hollis, Gordon L Telford, Edith A Burns, JAMA