Dr. Mazen S. Zenati, MD, MPH, Ph.D.:  Publications and Grants
Publications:

1. Joel E. Barbato MD, Jang Yong Kim MD, Mazen Zenati MD, PhD, Ghassan Abu-Hamad MD,
Robert Y. Rhee MD, Michel S. Makaroun MD and Jae-Sung Cho MD. contemporary results of
open repair of ruptured descending thoracic and thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysms, J Vasc
Surg. 2007 Apr;45(4):667-76.

2. Harbrecht BG, Zenati MS, Ochoa JB, Puyana JC, Alarcon LH, Peitzman AB. Evaluation of a 15-
year experience with splenic injuries in a state trauma system. Surgery. 2007 Feb;141(2):229-38.

3. Watson GA, Rosengart MR, Zenati MS, Tsung A, Forsythe RM, Peitzman AB, Harbrecht BG.
Nonoperative management of severe blunt splenic injury: are we getting better?
J Trauma. 2006 Nov;61(5):1113-8; discussion 1118-9

4. Raman KG, Barbato JE, Ifedigbo E, Ozanich BA, Zenati MS, Otterbein LE, Tzeng E.  Inhaled
carbon monoxide inhibits intimal hyperplasia and provides added benefit with nitric oxide.
J Vasc Surg. 2006 Jul;44(1):151-8.

5.  Harbrecht BG, Zenati MS, Alarcon LH, Ochoa JB, Puyana JC, Schuchert VD, Peitzman AB.  Is
outcome after blunt splenic injury in adults better in high-volume trauma centers? Am Surg. 2005
Nov;71(11):942-8; discussion 948-9.

6.  Harbrecht BG, Frye RF, Zenati MS, Branch RA, Peitzman AB.  Cytochrome P-450 activity is
differentially altered in severely injured patients. Crit Care Med. 2005 Mar;33(3):541-6.

7.  Harbrecht BG, Zenati MS, Ochoa JB, Townsend RN, Puyana JC, Wilson MA, Peitzman AB.
Management of adult blunt splenic injuries: comparison between level I and level II trauma centers.
J Am Coll Surg. 2004 Feb;198(2):232-9.

8  Harbrecht BG, Zenati MS, Doyle HR, McMichael J, Townsend RN, Clancy KD, Peitzman AB.
Hepatic dysfunction increases length of stay and risk of death after injury. J Trauma. 2002 Sep;53
(3):517-23.

9.  Zenati MS, Billiar TR, Townsend RN, Peitzman AB, Harbrecht BG.  A brief episode of
hypotension increases mortality in critically ill trauma patients. J Trauma. 2002 Aug;53(2):232-6;
discussion 236-7.


Grants:

Past Grants:
  1. NIH Grant, University of Pittsburgh Trauma Center: Research fellowship 100% effort   1999
    – 2002  (three years) $40,000 a year

Submitted & under consideration:
  1. CDC Grant ”The effect of Injury Prevention Intervention on Changing Risky Behavior in
    Adult Discharged Trauma Patients”                                                                             
    Principle Investigator (one year) $100.000.
  2. CDC Grant “Early Continuous Temperature Monitoring and Hypothermia Intervention in   
    the Acutely Injured Patients”                                                                                         
    Principle Investigator (Three year) $380,000 a year.