Evans, T.
CURRICULUM VITA
Tracy Lavern Evans, MD, FACS
LICENSES AND CERTIFICATIONS
State Licensures: 2000: New York State
2008: Virginia
2008: Pennsylvania
Board Certification: 2002: American Board of General Surgery
2010: Recertified in General Surgery
Subspecialty certification: 2006: Surgical Critical Care
Additional certifications: 2010: BLS, ACLS, PALS, ATLS (ATLS Instructor), FCCS
2012: FCCS Instructor
PROFESSIONAL AWARDS
Listed in the “Guide to America’s Top Surgeons 2007”
Fellow of the American College of Surgeons
PERSONAL
Work phone: (717) 544-1979
Date of Birth: information may be available upon request
Place of Birth: information may be available upon request
EDUCATION
Undergraduate: Xavier University of Louisiana
Degree: Bachelor of Science, June 1993
Major: Chemistry
Honors: Magna Cum Laude
Alpha Epsilon Delta Premedical Honor Society
Future Scientist Scholarship
Medical Education: New York University School of Medicine
Degree: M.D., May 1996
Student Activities:
Member of Black and Latino Student Association
Member of Student National Medical Association
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
Surgical Internship:
The Brooklyn Hospital Center
121 Dekalb Avenue
Brooklyn, New York 11201
Surgical Residency:
The Brooklyn Hospital Center
121 Dekalb Avenue
Brooklyn, New York 11201
Fellowship:
Thoracic Fellowship
The University of Mississippi Medical Center
Jackson, MS 39216
Staff Appointment:
Research Associate
West Virginia University
Department of Surgery
Morgantown, West Virginia 26506
Private Practice:
General Surgery
15 Jersey Avenue
Port Jervis, New York 12771
Fellowship:
Trauma/critical care fellowship
Department of Surgery
Westchester Medical Center
Valhalla, NY 10595
Staff Appointment:
Trauma / Critical Care Surgeon
555 North Duke Street
Lancaster, PA
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
Summer 1990: Toxoplasma antibodies in female serum of pregnant woman
Mentor: Fred Bakht, M.D.
Department of Family Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine
Summer 1991: Copy number changes of wild type and mutant plasmids at different
stages of growth, with and without rop gene
Mentor: Lynne Regan, PhD
Department of Molecular Biochemistry and Biophysics at Yale
University
Summer 1995: Piglet to newborn baboon cardiac xenotransplantation
Mentor: Robert E. Michler, M.D.
Cardiac Transplant Research Laboratory and Transgenic Facility at
The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University
1/03 – 12/03: (Title of research project may be provided if requested)
Mentor: Timothy S. Hall, M.D.
Director of Cardiovascular Institute
West Virginia University
MEMBERSHIPS
Societies: 1996 - present
American College of Surgeons
2002 - present
Diplomate of The American Board of Surgery
2012 – present
Fellow American College of Surgeons
COMMUNITY SERVICE
Public speaker: May 2003
Expanding Your Horizons in Mathematics and Science (non-profit organization dedicated to increasing the participation of women in mathematics and science)
Sponsor – West Virginia Chapter of the Association for Women in Science
INTRAMURAL GRANTS
Funding Source: West Virginia University / Research Development Grant
Title: (may be provided if requested)
Dates of Award: 6/01/03 – 6/01/04
% Effort: 100%
Total Direct Cost: $10,590.45
Role Co-I: Originated project and designed research protocol
RECENT PUBLICATIONS
L. Vona-Davis, K. Magabo, B. Jackson, T. Evans, D.Riggs, D. McFadden. Transcription Factor Profiling of Pancreatic Acinar Cells Following TNF-alpha Induction of Acute Pancreatitis. West Virginia University, Dept. Surgery, Morgantown, WV 26506. Shock, Phoenix, Arizona June 7-10, 2003.
Tracy Evans MD, Kristine Magabo BS, Linda Vona-Davis PhD, Barbara Jackson BS, Dale Riggs MS, David McFadden MD FACS. Activation of Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor Subtypes(PPAR a/g) in TNF-a Induced Acute Pancreatitis is Attenuated by Peptide YY (PYY). West Virginia University, Dept. Surgery, Morgantown WV 26506. Surg. Forum 2003.
Vona-Davis L, Yu A, Magabo K, Evans T, Jackson B, Riggs D, McFadden D. Peptide YY attenuates transcription factor activity in tumor necrosis factor-alpha-induced pancreatitis. J Am Coll Surg. 2004 Jul;199(1):87-95.
Rogers FB, Osler T, Lee JC, Sakorafas L, Wu D, Evans T, Edavettal M, Horst M. In a mature trauma system, there is no difference in outcome (survival) between Level I and Level II trauma centers. J Trauma. 2011 Jun;70(6):1354-7.
Rogers FB, Hammaker SJ, Miller JA, Lee JC, Chandler R, Edavettal MM, Sakorafas LU, Wu D, Evans T, Horn LA, Horst M. Does prehospital prolonged extrication (entrapment) place trauma patients at higher risk for venous thromboembolism?Am J Surg. 2011 Oct;202(4):382-6. doi: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2010.10.013. Epub 2011 Aug 3.
Rogers FB, Krasne M, Bradburn E, Rogers A, Lee J, Wu D, Evans T, Edavettal M, Horst MA, Osler T. Acute care and trauma surgeons: we can't get no satisfaction--what do satisfaction surveys measure? Am Surg. 2012 Jul;78(7):731-4.
SUBMITTED FOR PUBLICATION
Wu D, Rogers FB, Miller JA, Lee JC, Sakorafas LU, Edavettal MM, Evans TL, Horn LA. The Epidemic of Radiation Exposure in Medicine: Trauma Patients at Ground Zero. Submitted for publication J of Trauma
Lee JC, Rogers FB, Wu D, Sakorafas LU, Edavettal MM, Evans TL. Checklist-Styled Daily Sign-Out Rounds Improve Hospital Throughput In a Major Trauma Center. Submitted for publication J. of Trauma
Sakorafas LU, Chandler RL, Horn LA, Lee JC, Wu D, Evans TL, Edavettal MM, Rogers FB. Routine Chest Radiography After Chest Tube Removal in Asymptomatic Trauma Patients is not Cost Effective. Submitted for publication J. of Trauma
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