2025

1. Upcoming: Daly R, Tevis S, Leslie S, Muller E, Egan K, Wolff Lanie, Konig F, Duffy H, Armstrong C, Fears T. Baseline Lymphedema Screening in Breast Cancer Patients: A Quality Improvement Project in an Academic Medical Center. Office of Advanced Practice Annual APP Conference, September 2025; Aurora, CO, poster presentation
2. Upcoming: Leslie SE, Arkema A, Higgins M, Zimmaro L, Baurle E, Tevis S. Evaluation of the Pilot of an Embedded Sexual Health Clinic for Breast Cancer Patients: One-Year Outcomes and Utilization.  National Association of Nurse Practitioners in Women’s Health 28^th Annual Conference, October 2025. Las Vegas, NV, oral presentation
3. Canty G, Durden J, O’Brien E, Leslie SE, Higgins MG, Adams M, Vemuru S, Tevis S. Domain Specific Quality of Life Changes Before and Beyond Breast Cancer Treatment. Poster presentation at American College of Surgeons Clinical Congress. October 2025. Chicago, IL.
4. Chen D, Rodriguez Franco S, Higgins MG, Vemuru S, Durden J, Leslie S, Parks C, Baker D, Prystowsky J, May R, Glasheen J, Tevis S. (2025) The Impact of Perioperative Harm on Length of Stay and Inpatient Cost on a National Scale. American College of Surgeons Clinical Congress, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
5. Tsai E, Higgins MG, Adams M, Leslie S, Durden J, McLemore L, Wolverton D, Christian N, Tevis S. Comprehensive Perspectives of a Multidisciplinary Intraoperative Margin Assessment Protocol. American College of Surgeons Quality and Safety Conference. July 2025. San Diego, CA. Poster presentation. 
6. Chen D, Rodriguez Franco S, Higgins MG, Vemuru S, Durden J, Leslie S, Baker D, Parks C,  Prystowsky J, May R, Glasheen J, Tevis S. (2025) Incidence of Perioperative Harm by Procedure Type: A Nationwide Analysis. American College of Surgeons Quality and Safety Conference, San Diego, California, USA.
7. Chen D, Ludwigson A, Higgins MG, Leslie S, Durden J, Miles R, Taft N, Wolverton D, McLemore L, Baurle E, Tevis S. (2025) MedEd: An Innovative Approach to Enhance Patient Comprehension and Interpretation of a Sample Mammography Report. American College of Surgeons Quality and Safety Conference, San Diego, California, USA.
8. Grubel J, Leslie SE, Higgins M, Parris H, Kaoutzanis C, Egan K, Eckstein J, Vemuru S, Scherer L, Lee C, Matlock D, Tevis, S. Affective Forecasting in Breast Cancer Surgery: Assessing Patient Predictions of Quality of Life and Decision-making Between Breast-Conserving Therapy and Mastectomy. ASBrS Conference.  April 2025.  Las Vegas, NV.  Poster Presentation
9. Leslie SE, Bheemireddy S, Durden J, Burnet G, Aryanpour Z, Fong A, Higgins MG, Greenseid S, McLemore L, Li G, Miles R, Taft T, Tevis S. Evaluating the Accuracy and Relevance of ChatGPT-Simplified Breast Pathology Reports: A Study on Relevancy, Completeness, and Clinical Fidelity. ASBrS Conference.  April 2025.  Las Vegas, NV.  Poster Presentation
10. Nielsen A, Higgins MG, Adams M , Leslie SE, ZimmaroLA, BozzutoL, SpiveyT, RojasK, CortinaC, HeelanA, Coons H, Baurle E, TevisS. Identifying Oncologists’ Barriers to Discussing Sexual Health Concerns with Breast Cancer Patients. ASBrS Conference.  April 2025.  Las Vegas, NV.  Poster Presentation
11. Adams M, Durden J, Leslie SE, Vemuru S, Higgins MG, Matlock D, Tevis SE. IDECIDE Breast Surgery Patient Decision Aid: Development and Testing of a Quality of Life-Integrated Decision Support Tool. ASBrS Conference.  April 2025.  Las Vegas, NV.  Poster Presentation
12. Durden J, Burnet G, Leslie SE, Christian N, Tevis S. The Use of Chat GPT to generate surgical plans for patient-specific breast cancer scenarios. Society of Surgical Oncology Annual Meeting 2025.  March 2025. Tampa, FL. Poster Presentation.
13. Higgins MG, Vemuru S, Huynh V, Adams M, Leslie SE, Coons HL, Baurle E, Rojas KE, Arkema A, Bozzuto L, Zimmaro LA, Singer K, Tevis S. Online Sexual Health Educational Video Series for Breast Cancer Patients: Preliminary Acceptability, Appropriateness, and Feasibility. ISSWSH Annual Meeting. February 2025. Atlanta, GA. Poster presentation. 
14. Bheemireddy S, Leslie SE, Higgins MG, Durden JA, Adams M, Greenseid S, McLemore L, Li G, Miles R, Taft N, Tevis S. Developing and Testing AI Prompts to Improve Readability of Breast Pathology Reports. 2025 Academic Surgical Congress Annual Meeting. February 2025. Las Vegas, NV. Quickshot oral presentation.
15. AnnestG, Helmkamp L, Vemuru S, Adams M, Higgins MG, Leslie SE, Scherer LD, Baurle E, Matlock, Lee C, TevisS. Evaluation of Visual Displays to Share Quality of Life Changes with Breast Cancer Patients. 2025 Academic Surgical Congress Annual Meeting. February 2025. Las Vegas, NV. Quickshot oral presentation.
16. Higgins MG, VemuruS , HuynhV , AdamsM , Durden J , Leslie SE, CoonsHL , Baurle E , Rojas KE , ArkemaA , Bozzuto L , Zimmaro LA , TevisS. Feasibility of an Online Sexual Health Educational Video Series for Breast Cancer Patients. 2025 Academic Surgical Congress Annual Meeting. February 2025. Las Vegas, NV. Quickshot oral presentation.

2024

1. Verosky A, Vemuru S, Helmkamp L, Higgins M, May R, Glasheen J, Aftab M, Tevis S. A comprehensive analysis of postoperative acute kidney injury in general surgery: Risk factors and implications for care. American College of Surgeons Quality and Safety Conference; July 2024; Denver, CO, oral and poster presentation
2. Adams M, Huey M, Vemuru S, Huynh V, Coons H, Baurle E, Rojas K, Hampanda K, Arkema A, Bozzuto L, Fleagle E, Makela K, Tevis S.  Development of a sexual health educational video series for patients after a breast cancer diagnosis. American College of Surgeons Quality and Safety Conference; July 2024; Denver, CO, oral and poster presentation.
3. Higgins M, Adams M, Vemuru S, Del Chiaro V, Wolverton D, Hartwick A, Sams S, Berning A, McLemore L, Christian N, Tevis S.  Feasibility of real-time assessment of intraoperative margins in breast conserving surgery at a comprehensive breast center. American College of Surgeons Quality and Safety Conference; July 2024; Denver, CO, oral and poster presentation.
4. Higgins M, Ludwigson A, Helmkamp L, Adams M, Baurle E, Vemuru S, Huynh V, Colborn K, Coons H, Rojas K, Tevis S.  A critical gap in support: Understanding the relationship between practical concerns at diagnosis and sexual wellbeing during breast cancer treatment. American College of Surgeons Quality and Safety Conference; July 2024; Denver, CO, oral and poster presentation.
5. Khomiak A, Billings J, Huynh V, Leonard L, Abud V, Jones T, Roriguez Franco S, Ziogas I, Christian N, Del Chiaro M, Cumbler E, Tevis S. Long-term sustainability of QI interventions: Outcomes in opioid prescribing for postoperative care. American College of Surgeons Quality and Safety Conference; July 2024; Denver, CO, oral and poster presentation
6. KKhomiak A, Abud V, Johnson J, Lewis S, Hassel A, Thornton O, Cyriacks B, Jones C, Tevis S, Del Chiaro M, Schulick R, Cumbler E.  Patient-reported symptom tracking and intervention in real time after pancreatic surgery: A quality improvement project.  American College of Surgeons Quality and Safety Conference; July 2024; Denver, CO, oral and poster presentation
7. Annest, G., Helmkamp, L., Vemuru, S.R., Adams, M., Huey, M.G., Scherer, L., Baurle, E., Matlock, D., Kim, S., Lee, C., & Tevis, S. (2024, January). Data displays: assessing methods of sharing quality of life changes with breast cancer patients. Poster presentation at the annual meeting of the annual meeting of the Western Medical Research Conference, Carmel, CA.
8. Jeon, J., Adams, M., Huey, M.G., Vemuru, S.R, Parrish, H., Huynh, V., Baurle, E., Coons, H., Rojas, K., Matlock, D., Lee, C., Kim, S., Cumbler, E., & Tevis, S. (2024, February). Breast Cancer Surgery: A Qualitative Exploration of Distress over Time. Poster presentation at the annual meeting of the Academic Surgical Congress, Washington, DC.
9. Del Chiaro, V., Huey, M.G., Adams, M., Vemuru, S., Wolverton, D., Hartwick, A., Sams, S., Berning, A., McLemore, L., Christian, N., & Tevis, S. (2024, February). Preliminary Outcomes of a Real Time Assessment of Intraoperative Margins in Breast Conserving Surgery. Poster presentation at the annual meeting of the Academic Surgical Congress, Washington, DC.
10. Higgins, M.G., Ludwigson, A., Helmkamp, L., Adams, M., Baurle, E., Vemuru, S.R., Huynh, V., Colborn, K., Coons, H., Rojas, K.E., Tevis, S. (2024, February). Practical distress at diagnosis portends worse sexual well-being during breast cancer treatment. Poster presentation at the annual meeting of the International Society for the Study of Women’s Sexual Health, Long Beach, CA.
11. Vemuru, S.R., Helmkamp, L., Adams, M., Colborn, K., Parris, H., Huynh, V., Huey, M.G, Christian, N., Ahrendt, G., Lee, C., Kim, S., Matlock, D., & Tevis, S. (2024, March). Access to results of patient reported outcome surveys did not improve longitudinal patient reported outcomes in breast cancer patients. Poster presentation at the annual meeting of the annual meeting of the Society of Surgical Oncology, Atlanta, GA.
12. Vemuru, S.R., Richardson, V., Carey, E., Huynh, V., Huey, M.G., Adams, M., Christian, N., Ahrendt, G., Tamm-Daniels, I., Kaoutzanis, C., Cumbler, E., & Tevis, S. (2024, March). Implementation of Perioperative Analgesia Pathways Reduced Opioid Prescribing After Breast Surgery. Poster presentation at the annual meeting of the annual meeting of the Society of Surgical Oncology, Atlanta, GA.
13. Vemuru, S.R., Helmkamp, L., Adams, M., Colborn, K., Parris, H., Huynh, V., Higgins, M.G., Christian, N., Ahrendt, G., Baurle, E., Lee, C., Kim, S., Matlock, D., Cumbler, E. & Tevis, S.E. (2024, April). Longitudinal Trends in Patient Reported Outcomes in the First Year After Lumpectomy Versus Mastectomy. Poster presentation at the annual meeting of the annual meeting of The American Society of Breast Surgeons, Orlando, FL.
14. Foy, B., Ludwigson, A., Mott, N.M., Adams, M., Higgins, M.G., Vemuru, S.R., Wolverton, D., Yi, J., Sams, S., Lin, C.T., Miles, R., Taft, N., Baurle, E., Cumbler, E., & Tevis, S.E. (2024, April). Bridging the Information Gap in Breast Cancer Care: Assessing the Usability of a Patient Engagement Technology. Poster presentation at the annual meeting of the annual meeting of The American Society of Breast Surgeons, Orlando, FL.
15. Jeon, J.H., Adams, M., Higgins, M.G., Vemuru, S.R, Matlock, D., Kim, S., Lee, C., Tevis, S.E. (2024, April). Attitudes and Perspectives on Tools for Shared Decision Making Among Breast Surgical Oncologists. Poster presentation at the annual meeting of the annual meeting of The American Society of Breast Surgeons, Orlando, FL.

2023

1. Thomas MB, Quinn C, Leonard LD, Colburn K, Assumpcao L, Tevis S, Christian N, Heelan A, Ahrendt G, Gleisner AL. Multi-level factors drive non-utilization of sentinel lymph node biopsy in older women with early-stage breast cancer. Academic Surgical Congress; February 2023; Houston, TX, oral presentation.
2. O’Brien E, Vemuru S, Leonard L, Himelhoch B, Taft N, Jaiswal K, Cumbler E, Sams S, Wolverton D, Ahrendt G, Lin CT, Miles R, Hampanda K, Tevis S. Information transparency with immediate release: Oncology clinician and patient perceptions. Academic Surgical Congress; February 2023; Houston, TX, oral presentation.
3. Vemuru S, Colborn K, Ludwigson A, Huynh V, Ahrendt G, Christian N, Rojas K, Kaoutzanis C, Fisher C, Kim S, Tevis S. Factors associated with trends in chest physical wellbeing after breast surgery. Academic Surgical Congress; February 2023; Houston, TX, oral presentation.
4. McCranie A, Leonard L, Lee A, Meguid C, Huynh V, Vemuru S, Schulick R, Del Chiaro M, Tevis S. Exploration of patients seeking a second opinion for pancreatic cancer in a large healthcare system. Academic Surgical Congress; February 2023; Houston, TX, oral presentation.
5. Anantha S, Swafford E, Davis J, Draper A, Heath R, Tevis S, Crystal J, Kesmodel S, Rojas K. Quantifying postoperative opioid prescription after mastectomy by comparison to opioid prescription reduction laws. Academic Surgical Congress; February 2023; Houston, TX, oral presentation.
6. Vemuru S, Colborn K, Leonard L, Huynh V, Kaoutzanis C, Cohen J, Mathes D, Christian N, Ahrendt G, Fisher C, Kim S, Tevis S. Comparing Patient Reported Outcomes for Same-day Discharge and Inpatient Admission After Mastectomy. Society of Surgical Oncology International Conference on Surgical Cancer Care; March 2023; Boston, MA, poster presentation.
7. Vemuru S, Burke J, Leonard L, Taft N, Ahrendt G, Jaiswal K, Rojas K, Miles R, Tevis S. Disparities in digital literacy among breast surgical oncology patients at an urban safety net hospital. Society of Surgical Oncology International Conference on Surgical Cancer Care; March 2023; Boston, MA, poster presentation.
8. Foy B, Ludwigson A, Mott N, Vemuru S, Wolverton D, Yi J, Sams S, Jaiswal K, Lin CT, Miles R, Taft N, Baurle E, Cumbler E, Tevis S. The Usability of MedEd: A Novel Patient Engagement Technology. American Society of Breast Surgeons Annual Meeting; April 2023; Boston, MA, poster presentation.
9. Burke J, Vemuru S, Leonard L, Taft N, Ahrendt G, Jaiswal K, Rojas K, Miles R, Tevis S. Self-reported Health Literacy and Barriers to Accessing Care at a Safety Net Breast Surgical Oncology Clinic. American Society of Breast Surgeons Annual Meeting; April 2023; Boston, MA, poster presentation.