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Specialties
- Critical Care
- Trauma Surgery
- Hernia Surgery (open, laparoscopic and robotic)
- Hernia Surgery (open and laparoscopic)
- Surgery, General
- Acute Care Surgery
- Surgical Critical Care
Board Certification
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American Board of Surgery (Sub: Surgical Critical Care)
American Board of Surgery (Sub: General Surgery)
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Patient Rating
Patients consistently praise Dr. Nirula and his team for clinical expertise, thorough explanations, compassionate bedside manner, and attention to patient questions and concerns; several noted that the team’s care was life‑saving and confidence‑inspiring. Reviewers frequently commended the whole care team, including nurses and assistants, for being friendly, efficient, and keeping families informed. A minority of comments raised concerns about post‑visit follow‑up, longer wait times, occasional unhelpful interactions, and hesitancy to complete certain forms or prescriptions. Overall feedback is strongly positive about clinical skill and patient rapport, with some opportunities to improve communication and administrative responsiveness.
Generated via Patient Reviews
5.0
/5
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19 reviews
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The patient rating score is an average of all responses on our patient experience survey. The rating averages scores for all questions about care from our providers. The scale on which responses are measured is 1 to 5 with 5 being the best score.
Patient comments are gathered from our patient experience survey and displayed in their entirety. For the convenience of our visitors, some patient comments have been translated from their original language into English while preserving their original meaning as accurately as possible. Patients are de-identified for confidentiality and patient privacy.
Board Certification and Academic Information
| Academic Departments |
Surgery
-Professor |
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| Academic Divisions |
General Surgery
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| Board Certification |
American Board of Surgery (Sub: Surgical Critical Care)
American Board of Surgery (Sub: General Surgery)
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Education history
| Undergraduate | Life Sciences - Queen's University, Kingston | B.A. |
|---|---|---|
| Professional Medical | Medicine - University of Manitoba | M.D. |
| Internship | General Surgery - Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital | Intern |
| Residency | General Surgery - Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital | Resident |
| Graduate Training | University of Washington | M.P.H. |
| Fellowship | Surgical Critical Care - University of Washington Harborview Medical Center | Fellow |
Selected Publications
Journal Article
- Gruen DS, Matuk J, Guyette FX, Brown JB, Leeper CM, Eastridge BJ, Nirula R, Vercruysse GA, O'Keeffe T, Joseph B, Wisniewski S, Neal MD, Sperry J (2026). Bayesian Statistics to Reanalyze Data From the STAAMP Trial. JAMA network open, 9(3), e262112.
- Empey R, Nirula R, Lombardo (2025). Outcomes following hepatic angioembolization for patients with traumatic liver injury. Trauma surgery & acute care open, 10(1), e001627.
- Mazzei M, Donohue JK, Schreiber M, Rowell S, Guyette FX, Cotton B, Eastridge BJ, Nirula R, Vercruysse GA, O'Keeffe T, Joseph B, Brown JB, Neal MD, Sperry J (2024). Prehospital tranexamic acid is associated with a survival benefit without an increase in complications: results of two harmonized randomized clinical trials. The journal of trauma and acute care surgery,
- Donohue JK, Iyanna N, Lorence JM, Brown JB, Guyette FX, Eastridge BJ, Nirula R, Vercruysse GA, O'Keeffe T, Joseph B, Neal MD, Sperry J (2024). Missingness matters: a secondary analysis of thromboelastography measurements from a recent prehospital randomized tranexamic acid clinical trial. Trauma surgery & acute care open, 9(1), e001346.
- Lombardo S, McCrum M, Knudson MM, Moore EE, Kornblith L, Brakenridge S, Bruns B, Cipolle MD, Costantini TW, Crookes B, Haut ER, Kerwin AJ, Kiraly LN, Knowlton LM, Martin MJ, McNutt MK, Milia DJ, Mohr A, Rogers F, Scalea T, Sixta S, Spain D, Wade CE, Velmahos GC, Nirula R, Nunez (2024). Weight-based enoxaparin thromboprophylaxis in young trauma patients: analysis of the CLOTT-1 registry. Trauma surgery & acute care open, 9(1), e001230.
- Donohue JK, Gruen DS, Iyanna N, Lorence JM, Brown JB, Guyette FX, Daley BJ, Eastridge BJ, Miller RS, Nirula R, Harbrecht BG, Claridge JA, Phelan HA, Vercruysse GA, O'Keeffe T, Joseph B, Neal MD, Billiar TR, Sperry J (2024). Mechanism matters: mortality and endothelial cell damage marker differences between blunt and penetrating traumatic injuries across three prehospital clinical trials. Scientific reports, 14(1), 2747.
- Matta R, Keihani S, Hebert K, Horns JJ, Nirula R, McCrum M, McCormick BJ, Gross JA, Joyce RP, Rogers DM, Wang SS, Hagedorn JC, Selph JP, Sensenig RL, Moses RA, Dodgion CM, Gupta S, Mukherjee K, Majercik S, Broghammer JA, Schwartz I, Elliott SP, Breyer BN, Baradaran N, Zakaluzny S, Erickson BA, Miller BD, Askari R, Carrick MM, Burks FN, Norwood S, Myers JB, in conjunction with the Trauma and Urologic Reconstruction Network of Surgeon (2024). PROPOSED REVISION OF THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR SURGERY OF TRAUMA RENAL TRAUMA ORGAN INJURY SCALE: SECONDARY ANALYSIS OF THE MULTI-INSTITUTIONAL GENITOURINARY TRAUMA STUDY. The journal of trauma and acute care surgery, 97(2), 205-212.
- Iyanna N, Donohue JK, Lorence JM, Guyette FX, Gimbel E, Brown JB, Daley BJ, Eastridge BJ, Miller RS, Nirula R, Harbrecht BG, Claridge JA, Phelan HA, Vercruysse GA, O'Keefe T, Joseph B, Shutter LA, Sperry J (2024). Early Glasgow Coma Scale Score and Prediction of Traumatic Brain Injury: A Secondary Analysis of Three Harmonized Prehospital Randomized Clinical Trials. Prehospital emergency care, 1-9.
- Lorence JM, Donohue JK, Iyanna N, Guyette FX, Gimbel E, Brown JB, Daley BJ, Eastridge BJ, Miller RS, Nirula R, Harbrecht BG, Claridge JA, Phelan HA, Vercruysse G, O'Keeffe T, Joseph B, Neal MD, Sperry J (2024). Characterization of adverse events in injured patients at risk of hemorrhagic shock: a secondary analysis of three harmonized prehospital randomized clinical trials. Trauma surgery & acute care open, 9(1), e001465.
- Empey R, Ko H, Nirula (2024). Clinical utility of routine postoperative labs in emergency general surgery patients. Trauma surgery & acute care open, 9(1), e001568.
- Deeb AP, Guyette FX, Daley BJ, Miller RS, Harbrecht BG, Claridge JA, Phelan HA, Eastridge BJ, Joseph B, Nirula R, Vercruysse GA, Sperry JL, Brown J (2023). Time to early resuscitative intervention association with mortality in trauma patients at risk for hemorrhage. The journal of trauma and acute care surgery, 94(4), 504-512.
- Mukherjee K, Schubl SD, Tominaga G, Cantrell S, Kim B, Haines KL, Kaups KL, Barraco R, Staudenmayer K, Knowlton LM, Shiroff AM, Bauman ZM, Brooks SE, Kaafarani H, Crandall M, Nirula R, Agarwal SK Jr, Como JJ, Haut ER, Kasotakis (2023). Non-surgical management and analgesia strategies for older adults with multiple rib fractures: A systematic review, meta-analysis, and practice management guideline from the Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma. The journal of trauma and acute care surgery, 94(3), 398-407.
- Campwala I, Guyette FX, Brown JB, Yazer MH, Daley BJ, Miller RS, Harbrecht BG, Claridge JA, Phelan HA, Eastridge B, Nirula R, Vercruysse GA, O'Keeffe T, Joseph B, Neal MD, Zuckerbraun BS, Sperry J (2023). Evaluation of critical care burden following traumatic injury from two randomized controlled trials. Scientific reports, 13(1), 1106.
- Gruen DS, Brown JB, Guyette FX, Johansson PI, Stensballe J, Li SR, Leeper CM, Eastridge BJ, Nirula R, Vercruysse GA, O'Keeffe T, Joseph B, Neal MD, Sperry J (2023). Prehospital tranexamic acid is associated with a dose-dependent decrease in syndecan-1 after trauma: A secondary analysis of a prospective randomized trial. The journal of trauma and acute care surgery,
- Albert RK, Jurkovich GJ, Connett J, Helgeson ES, Keniston A, Voelker H, Lindberg S, Proper JL, Bochicchio G, Stein DM, Cain C, Tesoriero R, Brown CVR, Davis J, Napolitano L, Carver T, Cipolle M, Cardenas L, Minei J, Nirula R, Doucet J, Miller PR, Johnson J, Inaba K, Kao (2023). Sigh Ventilation in Patients With Trauma: The SiVent Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA,
- Colonna AL, Robbins R, Stefanucci J, Creem-Regeh S, Patterson B, Engel BT, Fischer A, Nirula (2022). Trauma Bay Virtual Reality - A Game Changer for ATLS Instruction and Assessment. The journal of trauma and acute care surgery, 93, 353-359.
- Place A, McCrum M, Bell T, Nirula (2022). EGS plus: Predicting futility in LVAD patients with emergency surgical disease. American journal of surgery, 224(6), 1421-1425.
- Emigh B, Kobayashi L, Kopp M, Daley M, Teal L, Haan J, Burlew CC, Nirula R, Moore F, Burruss S, Kaminski S, Dunn J, Carrick M, Schroeppel T, Thurston B, Quick J, Bosarge P, Brown C (2021). The AAST prospective observational multicenter study of the initial experience with reversal of direct oral anticoagulants in trauma patients. American journal of surgery, 222(2), 264-269.
- Walker HR, Evans E, Nirula R, Hyngstrom J, Matsen C, Nelson E, Pickron B, Zurbuchen E, Morrow E (2021). "I need to have a fulfilling job": A qualitative study of surgeon well-being and professional fulfillment. American journal of surgery, 223(1), 6-11.
- Li SR, Guyette F, Brown J, Zenati M, Reitz KM, Eastridge B, Nirula R, Vercruysse GA, O'Keeffe T, Joseph B, Neal MD, Zuckerbraun BS, Sperry J (2021). Early Prehospital Tranexamic Acid Following Injury Is Associated With a 30-day Survival Benefit: A Secondary Analysis of a Randomized Clinical Trial. Annals of surgery, 274(3), 419-426.
- Brecha FS, Ozanne EM, Esplin J, Stoddard GJ, Nirula R, Huang LC, Cohan J (2021). Patient Willingness to Accept Antibiotic Side Effects to Reduce Surgical Site Infection After Colorectal Surgery. The Journal of surgical research, 261, 417-422.
- Keihani S, Gross JA, Joyce RP, Wang SS, Rogers DM, Fang E, Hagedorn JC, Voelzke BB, Nocera AP, Selph JP, Rezaee ME, Moses RA, Arya CS, Sensenig RL, Glavin K, Broghammer JA, Higgins MM, Gupta S, Castillejo Becerra CM, Baradaran N, Kozar RA, Nirula R, Myers J (2021). The American Association for the Surgery of Trauma Renal Grading System-Should Segmental Kidney Infarction be Classified as a Grade IV Injury?. The Journal of urology, 205(1), 165-173.
- McCormick BJ, Horns JJ, Das R, Paudel N, Hanson HA, McCrum M, Nirula R, Myers J (2021). Nephrectomy Is Not Associated with Increased Risk of Mortality or Acute Kidney Injury After High-Grade Renal Trauma: A Propensity Score Analysis of the Trauma Quality Improvement Program (TQIP). The Journal of urology, 207(2), 101097JU0000000000002253.
- Armas-Phan M, Keihani S, Agochukwu-Mmonu N, Cohen AJ, Rogers DM, Wang SS, Gross JA, Joyce RP, Hagedorn JC, Voelzke B, Moses RA, Sensenig RL, Selph JP, Gupta S, Baradaran N, Erickson BA, Schwartz I, Elliott SP, Mukherjee K, Smith BP, Santucci RA, Burks FN, Dodgion CM, Carrick MM, Askari R, Majercik S, Nirula R, Myers JB, Breyer B (2021). Clinical and Radiographic Factors Associated With Failed Renal Angioembolization: Results From the Multi-institutional Genitourinary Trauma Study (Mi-GUTS). Urology, 148, 287-291.
- Heiner SM, Keihani S, McCormick BJ, Fang E, Hagedorn JC, Voelzke B, Nocera AP, Selph JP, Arya CS, Sensenig RL, Rezaee ME, Moses RA, Dodgion CM, Higgins MM, Gupta S, Mukherjee K, Majercik S, Smith BP, Glavin K, Broghammer JA, Schwartz I, Elliott SP, Breyer BN, Becerra CMC, Baradaran N, DeSoucy E, Zakaluzny S, Erickson BA, Miller BD, Santucci RA, Askari R, Carrick MM, Burks FN, Norwood S, Nirula R, Myers JB, in conjunction with the Trauma and Urologic Reconstruction Network of Surgeons (2021). Nephrectomy After High-Grade Renal Trauma is Associated With Higher Mortality: Results From the Multi-Institutional Genitourinary Trauma Study (MiGUTS). Urology, 157, 246-252.
- Keihani S, Wang SS, Joyce RP, Rogers DM, Gross JA, Nocera AP, Selph JP, Fang E, Hagedorn JC, Voelzke BB, Rezaee ME, Moses RA, Arya CS, Sensenig RL, Glavin K, Broghammer JA, Higgins MM, Gupta S, Castillejo Becerra CM, Baradaran N, Zhang C, Presson AP, Nirula R, Myers JB, in conjunction with the Trauma and Urologic Reconstruction Network of Surgeons (2021). External validation of a nomogram predicting risk of bleeding control interventions after high-grade renal trauma: The Multi-institutional Genito-Urinary Trauma Study. The journal of trauma and acute care surgery, 90(2), 249-256.
- McCrum ML, Wan N, Lizotte SL, Han J, Varghese T, Nirula (2021). Use of the spatial access ratio to measure geospatial access to emergency general surgery services in California. The journal of trauma and acute care surgery, 90(5), 853-860.
- Knudson MM, Moore EE, Kornblith LZ, Shui AM, Brakenridge S, Bruns BR, Cipolle MD, Costantini TW, Crookes BA, Haut ER, Kerwin AJ, Kiraly LN, Knowlton LM, Martin MJ, McNutt MK, Milia DJ, Mohr A, Nirula R, Rogers FB, Scalea TM, Sixta SL, Spain DA, Wade CE, Velmahos G (2021). Challenging Traditional Paradigms in Posttraumatic Pulmonary Thromboembolism. JAMA surgery, 157, e216356.
- Anderson RE, Keihani S, Moses RA, Nocera AP, Selph JP, Castillejo Becerra CM, Baradaran N, Glavin K, Broghammer JA, Arya CS, Sensenig RL, Rezaee ME, Morris BJ, Majercik S, Hewitt T, Burks FN, Schwartz I, Elliott SP, Luo-Owen X, Mukherjee K, Thomsen PB, Erickson BA, Miller BD, Santucci RA, Allen L, Norwood S, Fick CN, Smith BP, Piotrowski J, Dodgion CM, DeSoucy ES, Zakaluzny S, Kim DY, Breyer BN, Okafor BU, Askari R, Lucas JW, Simhan J, Khabiri SS, Nirula R, Myers J (2020). Current Management of Extraperitoneal Bladder Injuries: Results from the Multi-Institutional Genito-Urinary Trauma Study (MiGUTS). The Journal of urology, 204(3), 538-544.
- Carlock TC, Barrett JR, Kalvelage JP, Young JB, Nunez JM, Colonna AL, Enniss TM, Nirula R, McCrum M (2020). Telephone Follow-Up for Emergency General Surgery Procedures: Safety and Implication for Health Resource Use. Journal of the American College of Surgeons, 230(2), 228-236.
- McCrum ML, Zhang C, Presson AP, Nirula (2020). Readmissions after nonoperative trauma: Increased mortality and costs with delayed intervention. The journal of trauma and acute care surgery, 88(2), 219-229.
- Doucet JJ, Ferrada P, Murthi S, Nirula R, Edwards S, Cantrell E, Han J, Haase D, Singleton A, Birkas Y, Casola G, Coimbra R, AAST Multi-Institutional Trials Committee (2020). Ultrasonographic inferior vena cava diameter response to trauma resuscitation after 1 hour predicts 24-hour fluid requirement. The journal of trauma and acute care surgery, 88(1), 70-79.
- Keihani S, Rogers DM, Putbrese BE, Anderson RE, Stoddard GJ, Nirula R, Luo-Owen X, Mukherjee K, Morris BJ, Majercik S, Piotrowski J, Dodgion CM, Schwartz I, Elliott SP, DeSoucy ES, Zakaluzny S, Sherwood BG, Erickson BA, Baradaran N, Breyer BN, Fick CN, Smith BP, Okafor BU, Askari R, Miller BD, Santucci RA, Carrick MM, Allen L, Norwood S, Hewitt T, Burks FN, Heilbrun ME, Gross JA, Myers JB, in conjunction with the Trauma and Urologic Reconstruction Network of Surgeons (2020). The American Association for the Surgery of Trauma renal injury grading scale: Implications of the 2018 revisions for injury reclassification and predicting bleeding interventions. The journal of trauma and acute care surgery, 88(3), 357-365.
- Senekjian L, Birkas Y, Buhavac M, Dayal S, Mukherjee K, Nygaard R, Pierce S, Buaza G, Sperry J, Eriksson E, Leon SM, Kopelman T, Spadafore P, Kopatsis A, Moore F, Taylor A, Colonna A, Enniss T, McCrum M, Nunez J, Young J, Nirula (2020). Stop flailing: The impact of bicortically displaced rib fractures on pulmonary outcomes in patients with chest trauma - an American Association for the Surgery of Trauma multi-institutional study. The journal of trauma and acute care surgery, 89(4), 658-664.
- Guyette FX, Brown JB, Zenati MS, Early-Young BJ, Adams PW, Eastridge BJ, Nirula R, Vercruysse GA, O'Keeffe T, Joseph B, Alarcon LH, Callaway CW, Zuckerbraun BS, Neal MD, Forsythe RM, Rosengart MR, Billiar TR, Yealy DM, Peitzman AB, Sperry JL, STAAMP Study Group (2020). Tranexamic Acid During Prehospital Transport in Patients at Risk for Hemorrhage After Injury: A Double-blind, Placebo-Controlled, Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA surgery,
- Harvin JA, Zarzaur BL, Nirula R, King BT, Malhotra A (2020). Alternative clinical trial designs. Trauma surgery & acute care open, 5(1), e000420.
- Colonna AL, Bellows BK, Enniss TM, Young JB, McCrum M, Nunez JM, Nirula R, Nelson R (2020). Reducing the pain: A cost-effectiveness analysis of transversus abdominis plane block using liposomal bupivacaine for outpatient laparoscopic ventral hernia repair. Surgery open science, 2(2), 75-80.
- Colonna AL, Griffiths TM, Robison DC, Enniss TM, Young JB, McCrum ML, Nunez JM, Nirula R, Hardman R (2019). Cholecystostomy: Are we using it correctly?. American journal of surgery, 217(6), 1010-1015.
- Keihani S, Putbrese BE, Rogers DM, Zhang C, Nirula R, Luo-Owen X, Mukherjee K, Morris BJ, Majercik S, Piotrowski J, Dodgion CM, Schwartz I, Elliott SP, DeSoucy ES, Zakaluzny S, Sherwood BG, Erickson BA, Baradaran N, Breyer BN, Fick CN, Smith BP, Okafor BU, Askari R, Miller B, Santucci RA, Carrick MM, Kocik JF, Hewitt T, Burks FN, Heilbrun ME, Myers JB, in conjunction with the Trauma and Urologic Reconstruction Network of Surgeons (2019). The Associations Between Initial Radiographic Findings and Interventions for Renal Hemorrhage After High-Grade Renal Trauma: Results from the Multi-institutional Genito-Urinary Trauma Study (MiGUTS). The journal of trauma and acute care surgery,
- Keihani S, Rogers DM, Putbrese BE, Moses RA, Zhang C, Presson AP, Hotaling JM, Nirula R, Luo-Owen X, Mukherjee K, Morris BJ, Majercik S, Piotrowski J, Dodgion CM, Schwartz I, Elliott SP, DeSoucy ES, Zakaluzny S, Sherwood BG, Erickson BA, Baradaran N, Breyer BN, Smith BP, Okafor BU, Askari R, Miller B, Santucci RA, Carrick MM, Kocik JF, Hewitt T, Burks FN, Heilbrun ME, Myers JB, in conjunction with the Trauma and Urologic Reconstruction Network of Surgeons (2019). A nomogram predicting the need for bleeding interventions after high-grade renal trauma: Results from the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma Multi-institutional Genito-Urinary Trauma Study (MiGUTS). The journal of trauma and acute care surgery, 86(5), 774-782.
- Keihani S, Putbrese BE, Rogers DM, Patel DP, Stoddard GJ, Hotaling JM, Nirula R, Luo-Owen X, Mukherjee K, Morris BJ, Majercik S, Piotrowski J, Dodgion CM, Schwartz I, Elliott SP, DeSoucy ES, Zakaluzny S, Sherwood BG, Erickson BA, Baradaran N, Breyer BN, Fick CN, Smith BP, Okafor BU, Askari R, Miller B, Santucci RA, Carrick MM, Kocik JF, Hewitt T, Burks FN, Heilbrun ME, Myers JB, in conjunction with the Trauma and Urologic Reconstruction Network of Surgeons (2019). Optimal timing of delayed excretory phase computed tomography scan for diagnosis of urinary extravasation after high-grade renal trauma. The journal of trauma and acute care surgery, 86(2), 274-281.
- Keihani S, Putbrese BE, Rogers DM, Zhang C, Nirula R, Luo-Owen X, Mukherjee K, Morris BJ, Majercik S, Piotrowski J, Dodgion CM, Schwartz I, Elliott SP, DeSoucy ES, Zakaluzny S, Sherwood BG, Erickson BA, Baradaran N, Breyer BN, Fick CN, Smith BP, Okafor BU, Askari R, Miller B, Santucci RA, Carrick MM, Kocik JF, Hewitt T, Burks FN, Heilbrun ME, Myers JB, in conjunction with the Trauma and Urologic Reconstruction Network of Surgeons (2019). The associations between initial radiographic findings and interventions for renal hemorrhage after high-grade renal trauma: Results from the Multi-Institutional Genitourinary Trauma Study. The journal of trauma and acute care surgery, 86(6), 974-982.
- Moses RA, Anderson RE, Keihani S, Hotaling JM, Nirula R, Vargo DJ, Myers J (2019). High grade renal trauma management: a survey of practice patterns and the perceived need for a prospective management trial. Translational andrology and urology, 8(4), 297-306.
- Tonna JE, Johnson J, Presson A, Zhang C, Noren C, Lohse B, Bento H, Barton RG, Nirula R, Mone M, Marcus (2019). Short-Term Clinical and Quality Outcomes Have Inconsistent Changes From a Quality Improvement Initiative to Increase Access to Physical Therapy in the Cardiovascular and Surgical ICU. Critical care explorations, 1(10), e0055.
- Morrow EH, Chen J, Patel R, Bellows B, Nirula R, Glasgow R, Nelson R (2018). Watchful waiting versus elective repair for asymptomatic and minimally symptomatic paraesophageal hernias: A cost-effectiveness analysis. American journal of surgery, 216(4), 760-763.
- Hirschi R, Rommel C, Letsinger J, Nirula R, Hawryluk GW (2018). Brain Trauma Foundation Guideline Compliance: Results of a Multidisciplinary, International Survey. World neurosurgery, 116, e399-e405.
- Keihani S, Xu Y, Presson AP, Hotaling JM, Nirula R, Piotrowski J, Dodgion CM, Black CM, Mukherjee K, Morris BJ, Majercik S, Smith BP, Schwartz I, Elliott SP, DeSoucy ES, Zakaluzny S, Thomsen PB, Erickson BA, Baradaran N, Breyer BN, Miller B, Santucci RA, Carrick MM, Hewitt T, Burks FN, Kocik JF, Askari R, Myers JB, Genito-Urinary Trauma Study Group (2018). Contemporary management of high-grade renal trauma: Results from the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma Genitourinary Trauma study. The journal of trauma and acute care surgery, 84(3), 418-425.
- Ley EJ, Leonard SD, Barmparas G, Dhillon NK, Inaba K, Salim A, O'Bosky KR, Tatum D, Azmi H, Ball CG, Engels PT, Dunn JA, Carrick MM, Meizoso JP, Lombardo S, Cotton BA, Schroeppel TJ, Rizoli S, Chang DSJ, de León LA, Rezende-Neto J, Jacome T, Xiao J, Mallory G, Rao K, Widdel L, Godin S, Coates A, Benedict LA, Nirula R, Kaul S, Li T, Beta Blockers TBI Study Group Collaborators (2018). Beta blockers in critically ill patients with traumatic brain injury: Results from a multicenter, prospective, observational American Association for the Surgery of Trauma study. The journal of trauma and acute care surgery, 84(2), 234-244.
- Kobayashi LM, Brito A, Barmparas G, Bosarge P, Brown CV, Bukur M, Carrick MM, Catalano RD, Holly-Nicolas J, Inaba K, Kaminski S, Klein AL, Kopelman T, Ley EJ, Martinez EM, Moore FO, Murry J, Nirula R, Paul D, Quick J, Rivera O, Schreiber M, Coimbra (2018). Laboratory measures of coagulation among trauma patients on NOAs: results of the AAST-MIT. Trauma surgery & acute care open, 3(1), e000231.
- Lombardo S, Millar D, Jurkovich GJ, Coimbra R, Nirula (2018). Factor VIIa administration in traumatic brain injury: an AAST-MITC propensity score analysis. Trauma surgery & acute care open, 3(1), e000134.
- Lombardo S, Scalea T, Sperry J, Coimbra R, Vercruysse G, Enniss T, Jurkovich GJ, Nirula (2017). Neuro, trauma, or med/surg intensive care unit: Does it matter where multiple injuries patients with traumatic brain injury are admitted? Secondary analysis of the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma Multi-Institutional Trials Committee decompressive craniectomy study. The journal of trauma and acute care surgery, 82(3), 489-496.
- Chabot E, Nirula (2017). Open abdomen critical care management principles: resuscitation, fluid balance, nutrition, and ventilator management. Trauma surgery & acute care open, 2(1), e000063.
- de Moya M, Nirula R, Biffl (2017). Rib fixation: Who, What, When?. Trauma surgery & acute care open, 2(1), e000059.
- Brasel KJ, Lim HJ, Nirula R, Weigelt J (2007). Length of stay: an appropriate quality measure?. Archives of surgery (Chicago, Ill., 142(5), 461-5; discussion 465-6.
- Karmy-Jones R, Jurkovich GJ, Velmahos GC, Burdick T, Spaniolas K, Todd SR, McNally M, Jacoby RC, Link D, Janczyk RJ, Ivascu FA, McCann M, Obeid F, Hoff WS, McQuay N Jr, Tieu BH, Schreiber MA, Nirula R, Brasel K, Dunn JA, Gambrell D, Huckfeldt R, Harper J, Schaffer KB, Tominaga GT, Vinces FY, Sperling D, Hoyt D, Coimbra R, Rosengart MR, Forsythe R, Cothren C, Moore EE, Haut ER, Hayanga AJ, Hird L, White C, Grossman J, Nagy K, Livaudais W, Wood R, Zengerink I, Kortbeek J (2007). Practice patterns and outcomes of retrievable vena cava filters in trauma patients: an AAST multicenter study. The Journal of trauma, 62(1), 17-24; discussion 24-5.
- Brasel KJ, Guse C, Gentilello LM, Nirula (2007). Heart rate: is it truly a vital sign?. The Journal of trauma, 62(4), 812-7.
- Parsons T, Spendlove I, Nirula R, Writer M, Carter G, Carr F, Durrant L (2004). A novel CEA vaccine stimulates T cell proliferation, gammaIFN secretion and CEA specific CTL responses. Vaccine, 22(25-26), 3487-94.
Other
- Deeb AP, Hoteit L, Li S, Guyette FX, Eastridge BJ, Nirula R, Vercruysse GA, O'Keeffe T, Joseph B, Neal MD, Sperry JL, Brown J (2022). Prehospital synergy: Tranexamic acid and blood transfusion in patients at risk for hemorrhage. The journal of trauma and acute care surgery, 93(1), 52-58.
A very knowledgeable physician.
Ram is excellent. I absolutely trust him with my care
His assistant were great.
Dr. Nirula is very thorough and obviously cares about his patients, demonstrated by his treatment and attention.
Dr. Nirula provides precise information in a way that the patient can understand. He takes time with the patient.
Dr Nirula was very professional, provided viable options and obviously takes his role seriously and cares for his patients.
First rate physician.
I do not like to be sitting in an office thirty minutes Waiting for the doctor
I was very pleased to finally speak with a surgeon who was willing to help me. He actually listened to me and believed me! I am very pleased.
Friendly had lots of confidence gave me confidence
Awesome I'm elated maybe temporaryly if the operation is a no go
Dr is knowledgeable and very respectful.
Very patient with the patient and his wife was the doctor.
The Dr. Told me he would contact mt with his decision once imageing was available to him. No body has called, It has ben about 2 weeks.
Dr. Nirula was fantastic. He was extremely knowledgeable and was able to answer my questions about my rare health conditions. He was thorough and patient and made sure all of my questions and concerns were addressed before leaving.
Excellent!!!!
Dr. Nirula and his team quite literally saved my life. In this post-op visit they had the utmost concern for me and my recovery. They took the time to answer all my questions with compassion and encouragement. It is plain to me that all members of the care team exhibit a high degree of dedication to their field and level of concern for their patients.
I appreciated the clear discussion of possible complications and did not feel rushed or dismissed about questions.