James William Suliburk, M.D.

 

Home Address:                                                                                     H 713.728.9613

4634 Kinglet                                                                                          C 832.724.6382

Houston, TX 77035                                                                                P 713.605.8989x24406

                                                                                                                        jsuliburk@yahoo.com

                                                                                                            james.w.suliburk@uth.tmc.edu

 

 

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

 

                       

UNDERGRADUATE:

                       

1/97 – 5/97        UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA DEPT OF CHEMISTRY AND BIOCHEMISTRY

                                    Molecular Biology Research Assistant                            Michelle Hana Ph.D.

 

4/96 – 4/97        UNIVERSTIY OF OKLAHOMA DEPT. OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING

                                    Research Assistant                                                        E.A. O’Rear Ph.D.

 

8/93 – 5/97        UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA Norman, OK

Bachelor of Science, Chemistry with Emphasis in Biochemistry

University Dean’s List

 

GRADUATE:

 

8/97 – 6/01        UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HSC Oklahoma City, OK

Doctor of Medicine

 

 

POSTGRADUATE:

 

7/01 – 6/02        Internship General Surgery                                             John Potts, M.D.

                                    University of Texas Medical School at Houston              Program Director

                                    Houston, TX

 

7/02 – Present   General Surgery Residency                                            John Potts, M.D.

                                    University of Texas Medical School at Houston              Program Director

                                    Houston, TX

 

7/03 – 6/05        NIH T-32 Trauma Research Center Research Fellow         David Mercer, M.D.

                                    University of Texas Medical School at Houston              Fred Moore, M.D.

                                    Houston, TX                                                                  Norm Weisbrodt, Ph.D.

 

 

 

 

CERTIFICATION AND LICENSURE

 

 

MEDICAL:        ACLS, ATLS, Texas State Medical License, Texas DPS, Federal DEA

 

 

 

HONORS AND AWARDS

 

 

7/03 – 6/05        Recipient of NIH Extramural Research Loan Repayment Program Award

 

2/2005                 Outstanding Basic Science Research Award

South Texas Chapter of the American College of Surgery

 

 

 

 

SERVICE AND COMMITTEES

 

 

6/93 – 1/96        St. John Hospital Emergency Dept

Tulsa, OK

                                    Patient Care Technician

 

9/93 - 2001        Volunteer for Habitat for Humanity

 

5/99 -7/01             Started own business, Handheldmed.com (http://www.handheldmed.com). 

 

1/03 - 5/05         Member Internal Review Executive Committee

                                    University of Texas Medical School at Houston

 

7/04 - 7/05         Association for Surgical Education

AAMC National Organization of Resident Representatives

 

 

 

 

EXTRAMURAL FUNDING

 

 

7/05 – 8/06        NIH Sponsored CReFF Fund Award $10,000

“Role of Early Cytokine and Chemokine Expression in Multi-system Trauma Patients.”

UCRC # M01RR002558.

 

 

 

 

 

ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPTS

 

 

1.  Suliburk JW.  “Which Handheld Should I Buy.”  Current Surgery 2003 ; 60 (1) 5 – 76.

 

2.  Suliburk JW.  “Handheld Medicine - Handheld Software to Ease the Day and Improve Patient Care.”  Current Surgery 2003; 60 (2) 176 – 177.

 

3.  Suliburk JW, Ware DN, Balogh  Z, McKinley BA, Cocanour CS, Kozar RA, Moore FA.  “Vacuum-Assisted Wound Closure Achieves Early Fascial Closure of Open Abdomens after Severe Trauma”  Journal of Trauma. 55(6):1155-1160.

 

4.  Suliburk JW, Gonzalez EA, Kennison SD, Helmer KS, Mercer DW.  “Differential Effects of Anesthetics on Endotoxin Induced Liver Injury.”  Journal of Trauma.  2005 Apr; 58 (4): 711 – 6.

 

5.  Suliburk JW, Gonzalez EA, Moore-Olufemi SD, Weisbrodt N, Moore FA, Mercer DW.  “Ketamine inhibits lipopolysacharide (LPS) induced gastric luminal fluid accumulation.”  Journal of Surgical Research 2005.  Aug; 127 (2): 203 – 7.

 

6.  Suliburk JW, Helmer KS, Kennison SD, Robinson EK, Mercer DW.  “Time Dependent Aggravation of Lipopolysacharide Induced Gastric Injury by Nitric Oxide Synthase Inhibition.”  Journal of Surgical Research.  2005 Jul 15.

 

7.  Suliburk JW, Helmer KS, Gonzalez EA, Robinson EK, Mercer DW.  “Ketamine attenuates liver injury attributed to endotoxemia:  Role of Cyclo-oxygenase-2.”  Surgery.  2005 Aug; 138 (2): 134-40.

 

8.  Robinson EK, Kennison SD, Suliburk JW, Mercer DW.  “Rat Gastric Injury after Lipopolysacharide:  Role of Inducible Nitric Oxide Synthase”  Surgery.  2005 Sept; 138 (3): 523-529.

 

9.  Gonzalez EA, Kozar RA, Suliburk JW, Weisbrodt NW, Mercer DW,    Moore FA.  “Hypertonic saline resuscitation after mesenteric ischemia/reperfusion induces ileal apoptosis.”J Trauma. 2005 Nov;59(5):1092-8.

 

10.  West SD, Suliburk JW, Smith GS, Mercer DW.  “Effects of Lipopolysacharide on Gastric Stasis:  Role of Cycloxygenase.”  Digestive Dig Dis Sci. 2006 Apr;51(4):754-65.

 

11. Robinson EK, Seaworth CM, Suliburk JW, Adams SD, Kao LS, and Mercer DW.  “Effect of NOS inhibition on rat gastric matrix metalloproteinase production during endotoxemia.”Shock. 2006 May;25(5):507-14.

 

12. Gonzalez EA, Kozar RA, Suliburk JW, Weisbrodt NW, Mercer DW, Moore FA.  “Conventional dose hypertonic saline provides optimal gut protection and limits remote organ injury after gut ischemia reperfusion.”  J Trauma. 2006 Jul;61(1):66.

 

13.Helmer KH, Suliburk JW, Mercer DW “Ketamine-Induced Gastroprotection During Endotoxemia:  Role of Heme-Oxygenase-1.”  Dig Dis Sci. 2006 Sep;51(9):1571-81.

 

14. Suliburk JW, Mercer DW.  “Ketamine attenuates lipopolysacharide induced fluid accumulation:  Role of phosphoproteins.”  J Trauma. 2007, Feb; 62; 2 316 – 19.

 

15. Suliburk, JW, Helmer KH, Mercer DW.  “The Gut in SIRS and Sepis:  Enzyme Systems Battling Between Recovery and Multiple Organ Failure.”  European Journal of Surgical Research. (in press).

 

16.   Suliburk JW, Perrier ND.  “Primary Hyperparathyroidism.”  The Oncologist.  June 2007.

 

17.   West SD, Suliburk JW, Helmer KS, Mercer DW.  “Cycoloxygenase-1 Suppresses Lipopolysacharide Induced Changes in Rat Gastric Inducible Nitric Oxide Synthase.”  Critical Care Medicine (in press).

 

18.   Suliburk JW, Kao LS, Kozar RA, Mercer DW.  “Training Future Surgical Scientists:  Realities and Recommendations.”  Annals of Surgery (In Press).

 

 

 

PUBLISHED ABSTRACTS

 

 

1.  Suliburk JW, Ware DN, Balogh  Z, McKinley BA, Cocanour CS, Kozar RA, Moore FA.  “Vacuum-Assisted Wound Closure Achieves Early Fascial Closure of Open Abdomens after Severe Trauma.”  Journal of Trauma.  54 (1): 207.  2003.

                       

2. Gonzalez EA, Kozar RA, Suliburk JW, Mercer DW, Moore FA.  “Presence of D-Lactate Increases Ileal Mucosal Injury after Mesenteric Ischemia/Reperfusion.”  Shock 21 (S2): 58.2004.

 

3. Suliburk JW,  Helmer KS, Chang L, Shipley G, Mercer DW.  “Ketamine Preserves Gastric Heme-Oxygenase 1 (HO-1) Following Endotoxin.”  Shock 21 (S2): 37 – 38.  2004.

 

4. Robinson EK, Gonzalez EA, Suliburk JW, Cui Y, Mercer DW.  “Induction of Matrix Metalloproteinases in the Intestine Following Ischemia/Reperfusion.”  Shock 21 (S2): 62.  2004.

 

5. Suliburk JW, Helmer KS, Mercer DW.  “Ketamine Attenuates Endotoxin Induced Liver Injury:  Role of Heme-Oxygenase 1(HO-1)”.  Journal of Trauma.  57 (2): 447.  2004.

 

6. Robinson EK, Suliburk JW, Mercer DW.  “Effects of Long Term Exposure to Lipopolysacharide on Gastric Injury and iNOS Production.”  JACS 199 (3S):  S22. 2004.

 

7. Suliburk JW, West SD,  Mercer DW.  “Lipopolysacharide (LPS) Induced iNOS expression and Gastric Injury:  Role for Prostaglandins (PGs).”  JACS 199 (3S): S23. 2004.

 

8. Gonzalez EA, Kozar RA, Suliburk JW, Moore FA, Mercer DW.  “The Isomeric Composition of Lactated Ringer’s has no Differential Effect on Gastric Dysfunction after Mesenteric Ischemia/Reperfusion.”  Journal of Surgical Research.  121 (2): 334. 2004.

 

9. Robinson EK, Suliburk JW, Chang L, Cui Y, Mercer DW.  “NOS Inhibitors Modulate LPS Induced Gastric MMP and TIMP Production.”  Journal of Surgical Research.  121 (2): 332 – 333. 2004.

 

10.  Suliburk JW, Gonzalez EA, Moore-Olufemi SD, Weisbrodt NW, Mercer DW.  “Ketamine does not Reverse Lipopolysacharide (LPS) Induced Ileus.”  Journal of Surgical Research.  121 (2): 333.  2004.

 

11.  Suliburk JW, Gonzalez EA, Kennison SA,  Robinson EK, Mercer DW.  “Role of Heme-Oxygenase-1 (HO-1) in Ketamine induced Hepatoprotection.”  JACS 201 (3): S30 – S31 2005.

 

12.  Adams SD, Suliburk JW, Mercer DW.  Fasting enhances liver susceptibility to injury from LPS. Clinical Nutrition Week 2007, JPEN 3/2007 in press.

 

 

 

 

 

 

BOOK CHAPTERS

 

 

1. Mercer, DW and Suliburk JW.  Anatomy and Physiology of the Stomach.  In:  Shackelford’s Surgery of the Alimentary Tract 6th Edition.  Yeo CJ (ed).  Philadelphia, PA, Saunders.  2007

 

 

 

PRESENTATIONS

 

 

1.  “Handheld Medicine – An Introduction to the Use of PDA’s in Clinical Medicine” presented at the 5th Annual Houston Conference in Health Informatics, 6/07/2001, Houston TX.

 

2.  “Handheld Medicine Revisited – Bringing PDA’s to Clinical Practice.”  Grand Rounds UT Houston Dept of Surgery 11/15/2001, Houston, TX.

 

3.  “Medical Applications for Handheld Computers” presented at the Association for Program Directors in Surgery annual meeting 4/03/2002, Baltimore, MD.

 

4.  “Vacuum-Assisted Wound Closure Achieves Early Fascial Closure of Open Abdomens after Severe Trauma.”  Western Trauma Association, Snowbird, UT, 2/2002.

 

5.   “Ketamine Preserves Gastric Heme-Oxygenase 1 (HO-1) Following Endotoxin.”  27th Annual Conference on Shock, Halifax, Nova Scotia, 6/2004.

 

6.  “Lipopolysacharide (LPS) Induced iNOS expression and Gastric Injury:  Role for Prostaglandins (PGs).”  South Texas Chapter of the American College of Surgery, Houston, TX 3/2004.

 

7.  “Ketamine Attenuates Endotoxin Induced Liver Injury:  Role of Heme-Oxygenase 1(HO-1)”.  American Association for the Surgery of Trauma 63rd Annual Meeting, 9/30/04 Maui, HI.

 

8.  “Lipopolysacharide (LPS) Induced iNOS expression and Gastric Injury:  Role for Prostaglandins (PGs).”  American College of Surgery Surgical Forum, October 2004, New Orleans, LA.

 

 

9.  “Ketamine does not Reverse Lipopolysacharide (LPS) Induced Ileus.”  Association for Academic Surgery Annual Meeting November 2004 Houston, TX.

 

10. “Role of Heme-Oxygenase-1 (HO-1) in Ketamine induced Hepatoprotection.”  American College of Surgery Surgical Forum, October 2005, San Francisco, CA.

 

11. “Ketamine Induced Organ Protection During Endotoxemia.”  Grand Rounds UT Houston Dept of Surgery, Houston, TX September 2005.

 

 

 

 

PROFESSIONAL MEMERSHIPS AND SOCIETIES

                                               

 

Resident and Associate Society of the American College of Surgeons

Resident Member Association for Academic Surgery

Texas Medical Association

Harris County Medical Society

American Medical Association

 

 

 

PERSONAL INTERESTS

 

 

Golf, fitness, cycling