Research and Publications

Research

Masiakos PT, Chéry CM, Gardner R, Gordon E. Transforming Narratives of Gun Violence. N Engl J Med. 2024 Aug 22;391(8):673-675. doi: 10.1056/NEJMp2408294. Epub 2024 Aug 17. PMID: 39158139.

March M, Zackoff M, Fleck J, Meisman A, Humphrey K, MacDougall MC, Ehrlich S, Griggs C, Sacks C, Masiakos P, Klein M, Real F. A Randomized Trial of a Virtual Reality Training to Improve Firearm Safety Counseling Skills. Acad Pediatr. 2024 Aug 9:S1876-2859(24)00323-1. doi: 10.1016/j.acap.2024.08.005. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39128562.

Lee LK, Laraque-Arena D, Fleegler EW. The Updated Haddon Matrix for Pediatric Firearm Injuries. JAMA Surg. 2024 Sep 11. doi: 10.1001/jamasurg.2024.2753. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39259531.

Chaudhary S, Hoffmann JA, Pulcini CD, Zamani M, Hall M, Jeffries KN, Myers R, Fein J, Zima BT, Ehrlich PF, Alpern ER, Hargarten S, Sheehan KM, Fleegler EW, Goyal MK; Children’s Hospital Association Research in Gun Related Events (CHARGE) Collaborative. Youth Suicide and Preceding Mental Health Diagnosis. JAMA Netw Open. 2024 Jul 1;7(7):e2423996. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.23996. PMID: 39078631; PMCID: PMC11289695.

Savarino JR, Rubin E, Masiakos PT, McLellan R, Rolle ML, Nanda P, Stapleton CJ, Sacks CA. The Experience of Survivors of Firearm Suicide Attempts: A Retrospective Case Series. Ann Surg Open. 2024 Apr 1;5(2):e418. doi: 10.1097/AS9.0000000000000418. PMID: 38911645; PMCID: PMC11191906.

Dholakia A, Burdick KJ, Kreatsoulas C, Monuteaux MC, Tsai J, Subramanian SV, Fleegler EW. Historical Redlining and Present-Day Nonsuicide Firearm Fatalities. Ann Intern Med. 2024 May;177(5):592-597. doi: 10.7326/M23-2496. Epub 2024 Apr 23. PMID: 38648643.

Klerman EB, Affouf M, Robbins R, Iyer JM, Griggs C, Masiakos PT, Sacks CA. Characterizing Gun Violence by Time, Day of the Week, Holidays, and Month in 6 US Cities, 2015-2021. J Biol Rhythms. 2024 Feb;39(1):100-108. doi: 10.1177/07487304231208469. Epub 2023 Nov 18. PMID: 37978837; PMCID: PMC10842407.

Robbins R, Affouf M, Masiakos PT, Iyer JM, Griggs C, Klerman EB, Sacks CA. Estimating Community Disruption from Nighttime Gunshots in 6 U.S. Cities, 2015 to 2021. J Gen Intern Med. 2024 Apr 2. doi: 10.1007/s11606-024-08707-9. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38565768.

Henry MC, Ehrlich PF, Flynn O'Brien KT, Griggs C, Hartman HA, Kotagal M, Masiakos P, Naik-Mathuri B, Sathya C, Stevens J, Thomas A, Trinidad S, Williams R, Campbell BT. Pediatric Surgery Firearm Injury Collaborative Symposium. J Pediatr Surg. 2024 Jan;59(1):68-73. doi: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2023.09.031. Epub 2023 Sep 27. PMID: 37875380.

Donelan K, Guzikowski S, Buonomo G, Galls A, Sacks CA, Masiakos PT. Where Are the Questions About Firearms?: An Analysis of US Federal Public Health Survey Data Infrastructure. Ann Surg. 2023 Aug 1;278(2):297-300. doi: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000005686. Epub 2022 Aug 25. PMID: 36005288.

Song Z, Zubizarreta JR, Giuriato M, Koh KA, Sacks CA. Firearm Injuries In Children and Adolescents: Health And Economic Consequences Among Survivors and Family Members. Health Aff (Millwood). 2023 Nov;42(11):1541-1550. doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.2023.00587. PMID: 37931194.

Knod JL, Sathya C, Griggs CL, Henry MC, Froehlich M, Zallen G, Coakley BA, Masiakos PT, Gow KW, Naik-Mathuria B; APSA/AAP Advocacy Committee. Promoting Firearm Injury Prevention and Advocacy as Pediatric Surgeons: A Call to Action From the APSA/AAP Advocacy Committee. J Pediatr Surg. 2024 Jun;59(6):1135-1141. doi: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2023.11.013. Epub 2023 Dec 5. PMID: 38160188.

Ordoobadi AJ, Wickard A, Heindel P, Raykar N, Masiakos PT, Anderson GA. Quantifying Pediatric Gun Violence by Location, Time of Day, and Day of Week. J Pediatr Surg. 2024 May;59(5):1003-1008. doi: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2023.11.002. Epub 2023 Nov 7. PMID: 38030529.

Smith Sheppard K, Griffith CA, Suschana E, Gettings E, Rudolph M, Mancuso J, Brumfield S, Hall KE, Sipe MH. Assessing Firearm Access and Providing Safe Gun Storage Education. MEDSURG Nursing, Vol 32 No 4. July-Aug 2023.

Roberts B, Masiakos PT, Vacek J, Sathya C. Firearm Injury and Mortality Prevention in Pediatric Health-care Settings. Pediatr Rev. 2022 Apr 1;43(4):212-221. doi: 10.1542/pir.2020-001305. PMID: 35362027.

Rickert CG, Felopulos G, Shoults B, Hathi S, Scott-Vernaglia SE, Currier P, Masiakos PT, Sacks CA. Development and Implementation of a Novel Case-Based Gun Violence Prevention Training Program for First-Year Residents. Academic Medicine. March 2022.

Rolle ML, McLellan RM, Nanda P, Patel AB, Sacks CA, Masiakos PT, Stapleton CJ. Racial and Social Determinants of Civilian Gunshot Wounds to the Head. The Neurohospitalist. March 2022.

Naureckas Li C, Sacks CA, Masiakos PT, Flaherty MR. Updates in Firearms Access Screening. Acad Pediatr. Jan-Feb 2022.

Hsu YT, Chen YW, Chang DC, Perez NP, Westfal ML, Hung YC, Kelleher CM, Masiakos PT, Sacks CA. Annual Incidence of Hospitalization for Nonfatal Firearm-Related Injuries in New York From 2005 to 2016. JAMA Netw Open. Jul 2021.

Naureckas Li C, Sacks CA, Cummings BM, Samuels-Kalow M, Masiakos PT, Flaherty MR. Improving Pediatric Residents' Screening for Access to Firearms in High-Risk Patients Presenting to the Emergency Department. Acad Pediatr. May-Jun 2021.

Sheppard KS, Hall K, Carney J, Griffith C, Rudolph M, Zelinsky M, Gettings E. Original Research: Nurses' Knowledge and Comfort with Assessing Inpatients' Firearm Access and Providing Education on Safe Gun Storage. Am J Nurs. Sep 2020.

Powell RE, Sacks CA. “A National Research Strategy to Reduce Firearm-Related Injury and Death: Recommendations from the Health Policy Research Subcommittee of the Society of General Internal Medicine (SGIM).” J Gen Intern Med. Jul 2020.

Hsu YT, Chang DC, Perez NP, Westfal ML, Kelleher CM, Sacks CA, Masiakos PT. “Civilian Firearm-related Injuries: How Often is a Tourniquet Beneficial?” Ann Surg. Feb 2020.

Naureckas Li C, Sacks CA, McGregor KA, Masiakos PT, Flaherty MR. Screening for Access to Firearms by Pediatric Trainees in High-Risk Patients. Acad Pediatr. Aug 2019.

Kuhls DA, Campbell BT, Burke PA, Allee L, Hink A, Letton RW, Masiakos PT, Coburn M, Alvi M, Lerer TJ, Gaines BA, Nance ML, Schuerer DJE, Palmieri TL, Davis JW, Geehan DM, Elsey JK, Sutton BH, McAndrew MP, Gross RI, Reed DN Jr, Van Boerum DH, Esposito TJ, Albrecht RM, Sarani B, Shapiro DS, Wiggins-Dohlvik K, Stewart RM; American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma. “Survey of American College of Surgeons Committee on trauma members on firearm injury: Consensus and opportunities.” J Trauma Acute Care Surg. May 2017.

Kaafarani HMA, Raybould T, Lee J, Masiakos PT; Trauma Injury Prevention & Outreach Program (TIPOP) team. “Injury Prevention as an Integral Part of Health System Reform Efforts: Lessons Learned from Recently Enacted Massachusetts Laws.” Health Syst Reform. May 2015.

Lee J, Quraishi SA, Bhatnagar S, Zafonte RD, Masiakos PT. The economic cost of firearm-related injuries in the United States from 2006 to 2010. Surgery. 2014 May;155(5):894-8. doi: 10.1016/j.surg.2014.02.011. Epub 2014 Feb 22. PMID: 24684950.

Editorials

Abaya R, Betz E, Kincaid C, McKay S, Sacks CA, Shahoud J, Suters TL, Taichman D, Van de Water K, Williams R. Reducing Harm - Having Conversations about Firearm Storage. N Engl J Med. 2023 Nov 2;389(18):e36. doi: 10.1056/NEJMp2310000. PMID: 37913504.

Jones VS, Stylianos S, Jones R, Griggs CL, Masiakos PT. Firearm Injury Prevention: Moving from General Recommendations to Specific Interventions. J Am Coll Surg. 2023 Aug 1;237(2):383. doi: 10.1097/XCS.0000000000000733. Epub 2023 May 1. PMID: 37125753.

Maa J, Masiakos PT. Amplifying the Recommendations of the American College of Surgeons 2022 Medical Summit on Firearm Injury: The Call for a Surgeon General's Report on Firearm Violence Prevention. J Am Coll Surg. 2023 Aug 1;237(2):387-388. doi: 10.1097/XCS.0000000000000750. Epub 2023 May 9. PMID: 37158469.

Sacks CA, Ingelfinger JR, Taichman DB, Morrissey S, Malina D, Phimister EG, Stern KL, Duff EMC, Hogan JW, Rubin EJ. Nineteen Days in America. N Engl J Med. Jun 2022.

Masiakos PT, Sacks CA. “Moving beyond descriptions-developing a strategy to prevent gun violence.” Surgery. Sep 2020.

Sacks CA, Bartels SJ. “Reconsidering Risks of Gun Ownership and Suicide in Unprecedented Times.” N Engl J Med. Jun 2020.

Sacks CA, Masiakos PT. “Confronting Moral Obligations in an Active Shooter Incident: A Reminder to Focus on Prevention.” J Law Med Ethics. Jun 2020.

Kuhls DA, Falcone RA Jr, Bonne S, Bulger EM, Campbell BT, Cooper Z, Dicker RA, Duncan TK, Kuncir EJ, Lamis DA, Letton RW Jr, Masiakos PT, Stewart RM, Knudson MM. “Prevention of firearm injuries: It all begins with a conversation.” J Trauma Acute Care Surg. Feb 2020.

Gondi S, Pomerantz AG, Sacks CA. “Extreme Risk Protection Orders: An Opportunity to Improve Gun Violence Prevention Training.” Acad Med. Nov 2019.

McLaren JR, Masiakos PT. “Doctors Need to Speak Up More.” Pediatrics. Jan 2019.

Masiakos PT, Warshaw AL. “Addressing the Public Health Epidemic of Firearm-related Violence in America.” Ann Surg. Jul 2018.

Masiakos PT, Warshaw AL. “Advocating for a Sensible Firearm Injury Prevention Plan.” Ann Surg. May 2018.

Maa, J., Masiakos, P. T., Elsey, J. K., and Warshaw, A. L. “Prevent the bleed: How surgeons can lead the national conversation about firearm safety forward.” Ann Surg. Mar 2018.

Hill-Evans, K., Mitton, J., and Sacks, C. A. “Stop Posturing and Start Problem Solving: A Call for Research to Prevent Gun Violence.” AMA J Ethics. Jan 2018.

Campion EW, Morrissey S, Malina D, Sacks CA, Drazen JM. “After the Mass Shooting in Las Vegas - Finding Common Ground on Gun Control.” N Engl J Med. Oct 2017.

Masiakos, P. T. and Griggs, C. “The Quiet Room.” NEJM. Dec 2017.

Masiakos PT, Warshaw AL. “Stopping the Bleeding Is Not Enough.” Ann Surg. Jan 2017. Sacks CA. “The Role of Physicians in Preventing Firearm Suicides.” JAMA Intern Med. Jan 2017.

Sacks CA, Malina D, Morrissey S, Campion EW, Hamel MB, Drazen JM. In the Wake of Orlando - Taking Steps against Gun Violence. N Engl J Med. 2016 Sep 1;375(9):e19. doi: 10.1056/NEJMe1608173. Epub 2016 Jun 22. PMID: 27376581.

Masiakos PT. “Advocating for state injury prevention laws.” Bull Am Coll Surg. Feb 2011. Sacks CA. In memory of Daniel--reviving research to prevent gun violence. N Engl J Med. 2015 Feb 26;372(9):800-1. doi: 10.1056/NEJMp1415128. PMID: 25714158.

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