Professor, Surgery, University of Texas Medical Branch SOM
General Surgery
Dr. Luca Cicalese, MD
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Luca Cicalese works in the field of General Surgery. He has 20 awards "Texas Super Doctors", "Selected as "one of the 10 most successful Italians in the US"", "Clinical Science Award (1st Place)", "CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification", "Third Place Abstract", "Basic Science Research Award", "Poster of Distion Award", ""One Of The Top Italian Health Researchers Working Abroad; Inaugural Member Of The Italian Network Of Health Research"", "Best of the Best Physician", "One of 200 Best Presentation Award", "Terry and Thelma Stergios Award", "Outstanding service in mentoring and training students in the biomedical sciences", "Young Investigator Award", "Class Act Award", "Travel Award", "Outstanding Researcher Status", "International Steering Committee Fellow Award", "Ross Resident and Fellow research Award", "Hesperis Scholarship" and "Fellow (FACS)". Luca Cicalese is also a published physician. He has 91 publication published. The most recent publication is: Intestinal transplantation in children after primary liver transplantation. Luca Cicalese accepts all Medicare patients.
Publications
- Transformation of primary human hepatocytes in hepatocellular carcinoma.
- Biomarker Discovery for Early Detection of Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC)in Hepatitis C (HCV) Infected Patients.
- Hepatitis A vaccination in healthcare personnel.
- [Surgical technique aspects in multiorgan transplantation: personal experience].
- Decreased mucosal IgA levels in ileum of patients with chronic ulcerative colitis.
- A new technique for isolating and culturing human hepatocytes from whole or split livers not used for transplantation.
- Oxygen free radical formation is related to mucosal injury during reperfusion after rat small bowel transplantation.
- Twenty-four-hour blood pressure monitoring in kidney-grafted patients with multiple renal arteries.
- Long-term culture of viable human pancreatic islets in pyruvate-rich medium.
- Mucosal perfusion and reactivity of the rat small intestinal allograft.
- Pyruvate prevents ischemia-reperfusion mucosal injury of rat small intestine.
- Oxygen free radical content and neutrophil infiltration are important determinants in mucosal injury after rat small bowel transplantation.
- CD8+ host cells infiltrate the intestinal mucosa after allogeneic small bowel transplantation even in the absence of acute rejection.
- Immunocyte infiltration of the graft muscularis and its effect on muscle function during acute rejection of rat small intestinal allografts.
- Use of CD14 and lipopolysaccharide binding protein mRNA expression as markers for acute rejection in rat small bowel transplantation.
- Acute rejection of small bowel allografts in rats: protection afforded by pyruvate.
- Effect of FK506 on the mucosal perfusion of the rat intestinal allograft.
- Mucosal reactivity of the intestinal allograft during acute rejection.
- Mucosal perfusion in the rat intestinal allograft during acute rejection.
- Pyruvate prevents mucosal reperfusion injury, oxygen free-radical production, and neutrophil infiltration after rat small bowel preservation and transplantation.
- Protection afforded by pyruvate during acute rejection of small-bowel allografts is mediated by inhibition of oxygen-free radicals and cytolytic activity (perforin and...
- Protective effect of pyruvate during acute rejection of intestinal allografts: accompanied by up-regulation of inducible nitric oxide synthase mRNA.
- Interaction between ischemia/reperfusion-induced leukocyte emigration and translocating bacterial enterotoxins on enteric muscle function.
- Phenotypic and functional characteristics of intestinal intraepithelial lymphocytes during acute rejection of small intestinal allografts.
- Role of phagocytes in causing dysmotility after each stage of small bowel transplantation.
- Intestinal transplantation in children after primary liver transplantation.
- Translocation of bacteria from the gastrointestinal tract: protection afforded by lisofylline.
- Prolonged survival of islet allografts following combined therapy with tacrolimus and leflunomide.
- Pyruvate inhibits the chronic damage which ensues after ischemia/reperfusion injury of kidneys.
- The role of laparotomy, gut manipulation and immunosuppression on bacterial translocation from the intestinal tract.
- Preservation injury and acute rejection of rat intestinal grafts: protection afforded by pyruvate.
- [Bacterial translocation and its surgical implications].
- Pancreatic transplantation: a review.
- Intestinal microvascular patterns during hemorrhagic shock.
- [Transplantation of the intestines and bacterial translocation].
- Living related small bowel transplantation: progressive functional adaptation of the graft.
- Bacterial translocation in clinical intestinal transplantation.
- Ischemia/reperfusion injury induces chronic changes in the small bowel.
- Low infectious complications in segmental living related small bowel transplantation in adults.
- Progressive functional adaptation of segmental bowel graft from living related donor.
- Mechanisms underlying the immunosuppressive activity of antitransferrin receptor monoclonal antibody.
- Prolongation of pancreatic islet graft survival by blocking transferrin receptor (CD71).
- Revascularization and remodeling of transplanted pancreatic islets.
- Isolated pancreatic islets: structural and ultrastructural analysis.
- Pyruvate prevents intestinal functional changes following ischemia-reperfusion injury.
- Segmental small bowel transplant from adult living-related donors.
- Infectious complications following living-related small bowel transplantation in adults.
- Successful simultaneous pancreas-kidney transplantation from well-matched living-related donors.
- Segmental living related small bowel transplantation in adults.
- Acute pancreatitis and bacterial translocation.
- Risk factors for failure to meet listing requirements in liver transplant candidates with alcoholic cirrhosis.
- Pyruvate in organ transplantation.
- Pyruvate inhibits hepatic ischemia-reperfusion injury in rats.
- Immunosuppression through blockade of transferrin receptor: mechanisms.
- Pyruvate improves pancreatic islet engraftment and functionality.
- Construction of an optimal facility for clinical pancreatic islet isolation.
- Cost-effectiveness of early living related segmental bowel transplantation as therapy for trauma-induced irreversible intestinal failure.
- Treatment of severe pneumonia in kidney transplant recipients.
- Corticosteroids enhance hepatic injury following ischemia-reperfusion.
- Early living related segmental intestinal transplantation for trauma-induced ultra-short gut syndrome.
- Morphologic adaptation following segmental living related intestinal transplantation.
- Mucosal morphologic changes of intestinal transplant recipients with severe cholestasis.
- Proposed protocol to reduce bacterial infectious complications in living related small bowel transplant recipients.
- Quality of life after living related small bowel transplantation.
- Intestinal ischemia/reperfusion injury produces chronic abnormalities of absorptive function.
- Effect of perioperative antioxidant therapy on suboptimal islet transplantation in rats.
- Successful incorporation of short-interfering RNA into islet cells by in situ perfusion.
- Images of interest. Hepatobiliary and pancreatic: biliary cast syndrome.
- Magnification endoscopy as a reliable tool for the early diagnosis of rejection in living related small bowel transplants: a case report.
- Intragraft gene expression profile during acute cellular rejection in clinical small bowel transplantation: a case report.
- Gene expression profiles characterize early graft response in living donor small bowel transplantation: a case report.
- Acellular dermal matrix provides a good option for abdominal wall closure following small bowel transplantation: a case report.
- A novel approach for intestinal elongation using acellular dermal matrix: an experimental study in rats.
- Morphological changes of isolated rat pancreatic islets: a structural, ultrastructural and morphometric study.
- Revascularization and remodelling of pancreatic islets grafted under the kidney capsule.
- Development of a bioartificial new intestinal segment using an acellular matrix scaffold.
- Successful long-term repair of hepatic artery pseudoaneurysm following liver transplantation with primary stent-grafting.
- Genetic expression profile during acute cellular rejection in clinical intestinal transplantation.
- Visualizing hepatitis C virus infections in human liver by two-photon microscopy.
- Chronic morpho-functional damage as a consequence of transient ischemia/reperfusion injury of the small bowel.
- Management of complex vascular access in intestinal transplantation: should we wait for it?
- Gene silencing in the endocrine pancreas mediated by short-interfering RNA.
- Impact of islet size on pancreatic islet transplantation and potential interventions to improve outcome.
- Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia following pancreatectomy and islet auto-transplantation.
- Small bowel transplantation and staged abdominal wall reconstruction after shotgun injury.
- Combined liver and (heart-)lung transplantation in liver transplant candidates with refractory portopulmonary hypertension.
- Predictors of weight gain and cardiovascular risk in a cohort of racially diverse kidney transplant recipients.
- Bacterial translocation and intestinal morphological findings in jaundiced rats.
- Robotic-assisted laparoscopic donor nephrectomy for kidney transplantation.
- New approaches to increase intestinal length: Methods used for intestinal regeneration and bioengineering.
Doctors Specialties
- General Surgery
- Transplant Surgery
Accepted Insurances
Awards
- Texas Super Doctors
- Selected as "one of the 10 most successful Italians in the US"
- Clinical Science Award (1st Place)
- CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification
- Third Place Abstract
- Basic Science Research Award
- Poster of Distion Award
- "One Of The Top Italian Health Researchers Working Abroad; Inaugural Member Of The Italian Network Of Health Research"
- Best of the Best Physician
- One of 200 Best Presentation Award
- Terry and Thelma Stergios Award
- Outstanding service in mentoring and training students in the biomedical sciences
- Young Investigator Award
- Class Act Award
- Travel Award
- Outstanding Researcher Status
- International Steering Committee Fellow Award
- Ross Resident and Fellow research Award
- Hesperis Scholarship
- Fellow (FACS)
Education
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University of Pittsburgh Medical Center -
Sapienza University of Rome
Drug Facts
| NPI NUMBER | 1245221472 | |
| NPPES Provider LastName | CICALESE | |
| NPPES Provider FirstName | LUCA | |
| NPPES Provider ZIPCode | 016550002 | |
| NPPES Provider State | MA | |
| Specialty Description | General Surgery | |
| Total Claim Count | 262.0 | |
| Distinct Opioid Count | 1.0 | |
| Opioid Claim Count | 29.0 | |
| Percent Opioid Claims | 11.07 |
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| National Provider Identifier [NPI] | 1245221472 |
| Last Name Of The Provider | CICALESE |
| First Name Of The Provider | LUCA |
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