Southwest Healthcare Medical Education Consortium Surgery

Topics

• Aortic Disease and Treatment Approaches 11
• Health Literacy and Information Accessibility 9
• Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments 4
• Gastrointestinal disorders and treatments 4
• Infectious Aortic and Vascular Conditions 4
• Thyroid Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment 4
• Connexins and lens biology 3
• Central Venous Catheters and Hemodialysis 2
• Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection 2
• Gallbladder and Bile Duct Disorders 2
• Hernia repair and management 2
• Patient-Provider Communication in Healthcare 2

Most cited

1. New Frontiers in Health Literacy: Using ChatGPT to Simplify Health Information for People in the Community.

   Journal of general internal medicine · 2024 · 79 citations · Olivia Mac

2. Clinical Outcomes of Laparoscopic vs Robotic-Assisted Cholecystectomy in Acute Care Surgery.

   JAMA surgery · 2025 · 24 citations · Nathnael Woldehana

3. Comparison of Readability Scores for Written Health Information Across Formulas Using Automated vs Manual Measures.

   JAMA network open · 2022 · 60 citations · Olivia Mac

4. Online Plain Language Tool and Health Information Quality: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

   JAMA network open · 2024 · 24 citations · Olivia Mac

5. Addressing Health Literacy in Patient Decision Aids: An Update from the International Patient Decision Aid Standards.

   Medical decision making : an international journal of the Society for Medical Decision Making · 2021 · 78 citations · Olivia Mac

6. Long-term outcomes with the pulmonary autograft inclusion technique in adults with bicuspid aortic valves undergoing the Ross procedure.

   The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery · 2023 · 41 citations · Ramsey Elsayed