Biography
Elyse LeeVan is a research physician at MHRP. She attended Yale University where she received her Bachelor of Arts in Environmental Studies. Elyse then attended Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine where she received her MD and graduated with honors in research. She then completed residency in general surgery at Huntington Hospital and a fellowship in colorectal surgery at University of California Irvine. She served as a colorectal surgeon on a US naval base in Naples, Italy prior to joining the HJF team.
Selected Publications
LeeVan E, Ho BT, Seto S, Shen J. Use of MarginProbe as an adjunct to standard operating procedure does not significantly reduce re-excision rates in breast conserving surgery. Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2020 Aug;183(1):145-151. doi: 10.1007/s10549-020-05773-5. Epub 2020 Jul 1. PMID: 32607640.
LeeVan, E; Carmichael, J. Iatrogenic bowel injury (early vs delayed). Seminars in Colon and Rectal Surgery. 2019 Sep; 30(3). doi: 10.1016/j.scrs.2019.100688
LeeVan, E; Matsuoka, L. Cao, S; Groshen, S; Alexopoulos, S. Biliary-enteric drainage vs primary liver transplant as initial treatment for children with biliary atresia. JAMA Surgery. 2019 Jan 1;154(1):26-32. doi: 10.1001/jamasurg.2018.3180
Liu, RW; Streit, JJ; Weinberg, DS; Shaw, JD; LeeVan, E; Cooperman, DR. No relationship between mild limb length discrepancy and spine, hip, or knee degenerative disease in a large cadaveric collection. Orthopaedics & Traumatology Surgery Research. 2018 Sep; 104(5):603-607. doi: 10.1016/j.otsr.2017.11.025. Epub 2018 Apr 27
LeeVan, E; Zmora, O; Cazzulino, F; Burke, R; Zagory, J; Upperman, J. Management of pediatric blunt rental trauma: a systematic review. The Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery. 2016 Mar; 80(3):519-28. doi: 10.1097/TA.0000000000000950
Santiago, HC; LeeVan, E; Bennuru, S; Ribeiro-Gomes, F; Mueller, E; Wilson, M; Wynn, M; Garboczi, D; Urban, J; Mitre, E; Nutman, T. Molecular mimicry between cockroach and helminth glutathione S-transferases promotes cross-reactivity and cross-sensitization. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. 2012 Jul; 130(1):248-56.e9. doi: 10.1016/j.jaci.2012.02.045.