ABS Journal Articles

2022

• Rowe VL, et. al. The Vascular Surgery In-Training Examination Predicts Performance on the Qualifying Examination. J Vasc Surg. 2022 Jul 18;S0741-5214(22)01934-6. doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2022.07.014. Epub ahead of print.
• Barry CL, Jones AT, Ibáñez B, Grambau M, Buyske J. The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on American Board of Surgery's Oral Certifying Exams (free access), Educational Management: Issues and Practice. 2022 Jan 27;41(1):42-45. doi: 10.1111/emip.12494.
• Jones AT, et. al. Association Between American Board of Surgery Initial Certification and Medical Malpractice Payments. Ann Surg. 2022 Aug;276(2):281-287. doi: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000005524.

2021

• Stain SC, Matthews JB, Ata A, Adams DB, Chen H, Potts JR. US Medical Licensing Exam Performance and American Board of Surgery Qualifying and Certifying Examinations. J Am Coll Surg. 2021 Dec;233(6):722-729. doi: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2021.08.674.
• Kearse LE, Schmiederer IS, Anderson TN, Dent DL, Payne DH, Korndorffer JR Jr. American Board of Surgery Entrustable Professional Activities (EPAs): Assessing Graduating Residents' Perception of Preoperative Entrustment. J Surg Educ. 2021 Nov-Dec;78(6):e183-e188. doi: 10.1016/j.jsurg.2021.09.004.
• Chen H, et. al. Outcomes of the First Virtual General Surgery Certifying Exam of the American Board of Surgery. Ann Surg. 2021 Sep 1;274(3):467-472. doi: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000004988.
• Buyske J, Barry CL, Ibáñez B. Commentary on "Hotel Room #1438". Ann Surg. 2021 Aug;274(2):231. doi: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000004938.
• Lindeman B, Brasel K, Minter RM, Buyske J, Grambau M, Sarosi G. A Phased Approach: The General Surgery Experience Adopting Entrustable Professional Activities in the United States. Acad Med. 2021 Jul 1;;96(7S):S9-S13. doi: 10.1097/ACM.0000000000004107.
• Abbott KL, et. al. Surgical Trainee Performance and Alignment With Surgical Program Director Expectations. Ann Surg. 2021 Jun 16. doi: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000004990. Epub ahead of print.
• Cortez AR, et. al. Are General Surgery Residencies Preparing Graduates for the Practice of Today's General Surgeon? An Analysis of American Board of Surgery Data from Applicants and Re-certifying Surgeons. Ann Surg. 2021 Jun 2. doi: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000004957. Epub ahead of print.
• Stewart JH, Butler PD, Tseng JF, Kennard AC, Mellinger JD, Buyske J. Acknowledgment, Reflection, and Action: The American Board of Surgery Leans into Antiracism. Ann Surg. 2021 Apr 1;273(4):619-22. doi: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000004684.
• Anderson TN, Payne DH, Dent DL, Kearse LE, Schmiederer IS, Korndorffer JR. Defining the Deficit in US Surgical Training: The Trainee's Perspective. J Am Coll Surg. 2021 Apr;232(4):623-627. doi: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2020.11.029.
• Jones AT, Barry CL, Ibáñez B, Buyske J. Using multiple modes of assessment in general surgery for board certification. Am J Surg. 2021 Mar 19;S0002-9610(21)00161-6. 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2021.03.026.
• Morse M, et. al. Revitalizing Graduate Medical Education in Global Settings: Lessons From Post-Earthquake Haiti. Acad Med. 2021 Mar 1;96(3):368-374. doi: 10.1097/ACM.0000000000003857.
• Jones AT, Barry CL, Ibáñez B, LaPlante M, Buyske J. The development of a virtual pilot for the American Board of Surgery Certifying examination. Am J Surg. 2021 Feb 3;S0002-9610(21)00067-2. doi: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2021.01.040.
• Arca MJ, et. al. American Board of Surgery Statement on Assessment and Robotic Surgery. Am J Surg. 2021 Feb;221(2):424-426. doi: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2020.09.039.

2020

• Jones AT, Kopp JP, Malangoni MA. Recertification Exam Performance in General Surgery is Associated With Subsequent Loss of License Actions. Ann Surg. 2020 Dec;272(6):1020-1024. doi: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000003330.
• Kendrick DE, et. al. Is Initial Board Certification Associated with Better Early-Career Surgical Outcomes?. Ann Surg. 2021 Aug 1;274(2):220-226. doi: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000004709.
• Abbott KL, et. al. How Many Attempts Are Needed to Achieve General Surgery Board Certification?. J Surg Educ.. 2020 Sep 16;S1931-7204(20)30347-0. doi: 10.1016/j.jsurg.2020.08.047.
• Brasel KJ, Kopp JP, Buyske J. Confidence and Competence in Volunteer Examiners of the American Board of Surgery. J Am Coll Surg. 2020 Jul;231(1):155-159.e1. doi: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2020.02.043.
• Fong ZV, et. al. Practical Implications of Novel Coronavirus COVID-19 on Hospital Operations, Board Certification, and Medical Education in Surgery in the USA. J Gastrointest Surg. 2020 Jun;24(6):1232-1236. doi: 10.1007/s11605-020-04596-5.
• Kopp JP, Ibáñez B, Jones AT. Association Between American Board of Surgery Initial Certification and Risk of Receiving Severe Disciplinary Actions Against Medical Licenses (free access). JAMA Surg. 2020 May 1;155(5):e200093. doi: 10.1001/jamasurg.2020.0093.
• Ellis RJ, Hu Y, Jones AT. Association Between Resident Physician Training Experience and Program-Level Performance on Board Examinations (free access). JAMA Surg. 2020 Feb 1;155(2):163-165. doi: 10.1001/jamasurg.2019.4464.

2019

• Yang AD, et. al. National Evaluation of Needlestick Events and Reporting Among Surgical Residents. J Am Coll Surg. 2019 Dec;229(6):609-620. doi: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2019.09.001.
• Hu YY, et. al. Discrimination, Abuse, Harassment, and Burnout in Surgical Residency Training. (free access) N Engl J Med. 2019 Oct 31;381(18):1741-1752. doi: 10.1056/NEJMsa1903759.
• Brasel KJ, et. al. Entrustable Professional Activities in General Surgery: Development and Implementation. J Surg Educ. Sep-Oct 2019;76(5):1174-1186. doi: 10.1016/j.jsurg.2019.04.003.
• Ellis RJ, et. al. An Empirical National Assessment of the Learning Environment and Factors Associated With Program Culture. Ann Surg. 2019 Oct;270(4):585-592. doi: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000003545.
• Ong TQ, Kopp JP, Jones AT, Malangoni MA. Is There Gender Bias on the American Board of Surgery General Surgery Certifying Examination? (free access). J Surg Res. 2019 May;237:131-135. doi: 10.1016/j.jss.2018.06.014.
• Ozaki CK, Perler BA, Mitchell ME, Gahtan V. The role of the Vascular Surgery Board in surgical education. Semin Vasc Surg. Mar-Jun 2019;32(1-2):5-10. doi: 10.1053/j.semvascsurg.2019.05.003.

2018

• Jones AT, Kopp JP, Malangoni MA. Association Between Maintaining Certification in General Surgery and Loss-of-License Actions (free access). JAMA. 2018;320(11):1195-96.
• Buyske J. The Tale of Barbara Stimson: #ilooklikeasurgeon. Ann Surg. 2018;267(6):1007-8.

2017

• Jones DB, et al. SAGES rebuttal. Gastrointest Endosc. 2017;86(4):751-54.
• Bilimoria KY, Hoyt DB, Lewis F. Perspective of the FIRST Trial investigators on Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education changes in resident work environment and duty hours. JAMA Surg. 2017;152(10):903-4.
  For the seven additional FIRST Trial studies published in February 2017, see www.thefirsttrial.org.

2016

• Napolitano LM, Biester TW, Jurkovich GJ, Buyske J, Malangoni MA, Lewis FR. General surgery resident rotations in surgical critical care, trauma, and burns: what is optimal for residency training?. Am J Surg. 2016;212(4):629-37.
• Malangoni MA. Maintenance of Certification. Adv Surg. 2016;50(1):105-14.
• Abdullah F, et al. Understanding the operative experience of the practicing pediatric surgeon. JAMA Surg. 2016;151(8):735-41
• Buyske J. Forks in the road: the assessment of surgeons from the American Board of Surgery perspective. Surg Clin North Am. 2016;96(1):139-46.
• FIRST Trial: Bilimoria KY, et al. National cluster-randomized trial of duty-hour flexibility in surgical training (free access). N Engl J Med. 2016;374:713-27.

2015

• Klingensmith ME, et al. Factors influencing the decision of surgery residency graduates to pursue general surgery practice versus fellowship. Ann Surg. 2015;262(3):449-55.
• Klingensmith ME, Cogbill TH, Samonte K, Jones A, Malangoni MA. Practice administration training needs of recent general surgery graduates. Surgery. 2015;158(3):773-6.
• Malangoni M. The American Board of Surgery Maintenance of Certification Program: building on past successes. JAMA Surg. 2015;150(8):697-8.
• Jones AT, Biester TW, Lewis FR Jr, Malangoni MA. Review courses for the American Board of Surgery certifying examination do not provide an advantage. Surgery. 2015;158(4):890-6.
• Cogbill TH, Klingensmith ME, Jones AT, Biester TW, Malangoni MA. Resident preparation for careers in general surgery: a survey of program directors. J Surg Educ. 2015;72(6):e251-7.
• Bilimoria KY, Hoyt DB, Lewis F. Making the case for investigating flexibility in duty hour limits for surgical residents. JAMA Surg. 2015;150(6):503-504.

2014

• Rajaram R, et al. Association of the 2011 ACGME resident duty hour reform with general surgery patient outcomes and with resident examination performance. JAMA. 2014;312(22):2374-84.
• American Board of Surgery; American College of Surgeons; Association of Program Directors in Surgery; Association for Surgical Education. Statement on surgical pre-residency preparatory courses (free access). J Am Coll Surg. 2014;219(5):851-2. Also in American Journal of Surgery, American Surgeon, Annals of Surgery, JAMA Surgery, Journal of Surgical Education, Surgery, and World Journal of Surgery
• Malangoni MA. Protecting patients while advancing education. J Am Coll Surg. 2014;219(4):787.
• Rikkers LF, Hoyt DB, Flum DR, Malangoni MA. Quality: the key to surgery's future. Ann Surg. 2014;260(4):567-76.
• Lewis FR. Commentary on "Resident work-hour restrictions and responsibilities to patients". Ann Surg. 2014;259(6):1054-5.
• Jones AT, Biester TW, Buyske J, Lewis FR, Malangoni MA. Using the American Board of Surgery In-Training Examination to predict board certification: a cautionary study. J Surg Educ. 2014 Nov-Dec;71(6):e144-8.
• Cogbill TH, Malangoni MA, Potts JR, Valentine RJ. The general surgery milestones project. J Am Coll Surg. 2014;218(5):1056-62.
• Klingensmith ME, Jones AT, Smiley W, Biester TW, Malangoni MA. Subscription to the SCORE web portal and qualifying examination performance. J Am Coll Surg. 2014;218(4):566-70.

2013

• Malangoni MA, Biester TW, Jones AT, Klingensmith ME, Lewis FR Jr. Operative experience of surgery residents: trends and challenges. J Surg Educ. 2013;70(6):783-8.
• Klingensmith ME, Malangoni MA. SCORE provides residents with web-based curriculum for developing key competencies. Bull Am Coll Surg. 2013;98(10):10-5.
• Valentine RJ, Rhodes RS, Jones AT, Biester TW, Members of the Vascular Surgery Board of the American Board of Surgery. Evolving patterns of vascular surgery care in the United States: a report from the American Board of Surgery. J Am Coll Surg. 2013;216(5):886-893.

2012

• Biester TW, Rubright JD, Jones AT, Malangoni MA. Does success on the American Board of Surgery general surgery qualifying examination guarantee certifying examination success? J Surg Educ. 2012;69(6):731-4.
• Lewis FR, Klingensmith ME. Issues in general surgery residency training-2012. Ann Surg. 2012;256(4):553-9.
• Malangoni MA, Jones AT, Rubright J, Biester TW, Buyske J, Lewis FR. Delay in taking the American Board of Surgery qualifying examination affects examination performance. Surgery. 2012;152(4):738-43.
• Borman KR, Jones AT, Shea JA. Duty hours, quality of care, and patient safety: general surgery resident perceptions. J Am Coll Surg. 2012;215(1):70-7.

2011

• Borman KR, Biester TW, Jones AT, Shea JA. Sleep, supervision, education, and service: views of junior and senior residents. J Surg Ed. 2011;68(6):495-501.
• Jones AT. Comparing methods for item analysis: the impact of different item selection statistics on test difficulty. Appl Psychol Meas. 2011;35(7):566-571.
• Hanks JB, et al. Feast or famine?: the variable impact of coexisting fellowships on general surgery resident operative volumes. Ann Surg. 2011;254(3):476-485.
• Valentine JR, Jones AT, Biester TW, Cogbill TH, Borman KR, Rhodes RS. General surgery workloads and practice patterns in the United States, 2007-2009: a 10-year update from the American Board of Surgery. Ann Surg. 2011;2 54(3):520-526.
• Rhodes RS. Invited commentary. J Vasc Surg. 2011;53(2):525-527.
• Schmitz CC, Risucci D, Plass J, Jones A, DaRosa DA. Preimplementation predictors of website use: preliminary findings from the SCORE Portal Pilot Study. Am J Surg. 2011;201:7-15.
• Lipner R, Song H, Biester T, Rhodes R. Factors that influence general internists' and surgeons' performance on maintenance of certification exams. Acad Med. 2011;86(1):53-58.
• Eidt JF, et al. Comparison of surgical operative experience of trainees and practicing vascular surgeons: a report from the Vascular Surgery Board of the American Board of Surgery. J Vasc Surg. 2011;53(4):1130-1139.
• Bucholz EM, Sue GR, Yeo H, Roman SA, Bell RH Jr, Sosa JA. Our trainees' confidence: results from a national survey of 4136 US general surgery residents. Arch Surg. 2011;146(8):907-914.
• Sue GR, et al. The vulnerable stage of dedicated research years of general surgery residency: results of a national survey. Arch Surg. 2011;146(6):653-658.
• Moalem J, et al. Incorporating the SCORE curriculum and web site into your residency. J Surg Ed. 2011;68(4):294-297.

2010

• Yeo H, et al. A national study of attrition in general surgery training: which residents leave and where do they go? Ann Surg. 2010;252(3):529-534.
• Stain SC, et al. Early tracking would improve the operative experience of general surgery residents. Ann Surg. 2010;252(3), 445-449.
• Borman KR, Biester TW, Rhodes RS. Motivations to pursue fellowships are gender neutral. Arch Surg. 2010;145(7):671-678.
• Buyske J. The baby with the bathwater. Arch Surg. 2010;145(6):577.
• Buyske J. The role of simulation in certification. Surg Clin North Am. 2010;90(3):619-621.
• Bell RH Jr. Keeping an open (surgery) mind. Ann Surg. 2010;251(2):213-214.

2009

• Pugh CM, et al. Surgical education in the internet era. J Surg Res. 2009;156(2):177-182.
• Buyske J. For the protection of the public and the good of the specialty: maintenance of certification. Arch Surg. 2009;144(2) :101-103.
• Bell RH Jr, et al. Operative experience of residents in US general surgery programs: a gap between expectation and experience. Ann Surg. 2009;249(5) :719-724.
• Yeo H, et al. Attitudes, training experiences, and professional expectations of US general surgery residents: a national survey. JAMA. 2009;302(12) :1301-1308.
• Bell RH Jr. Why Johnny cannot operate. Surgery. 2009;146(4) :533-542.
• Lewis FR Jr. Commentary. J Am Coll Surg. 2009;209(3) :404-405.
• Lewis FR. Comment of the American Board of Surgery on the recommendations of the Institute of Medicine Report, "Resident Duty Hours: Enhancing Sleep, Supervision, and Safety." Surgery. 2009;146(3):410-419.

2008

• Borman KR, Vick LR, Biester TW, Mitchell ME. Changing demographics of residents choosing fellowships: long-term data from the American Board of Surgery. J Am Coll Surg. 2008;206(5):782-788.
• Bell RH Jr. Graduate education in general surgery and its related specialties and subspecialties in the United States. World J Surg. 2008;32(10):2178-2184.
• Nussbaum M. Invited lecture: American Board of Surgery Maintenance of Certification explained. Am J Surg. 2008;195(3):284-287.

2007

• Rhodes RS. Maintenance of certification. Am Surg. 2007;73(2):143-147.
• Rhodes RS, Biester TW. Certification and maintenance of certification in surgery.Surg Clin North Am. 2007;87(4):825-836.
• Bell RH Jr, Banker MB, Rhodes RS, Biester TW, Lewis FR. Graduate medical education in surgery in the United States. Surg Clin North Am. 2007;87(4):811-823.
• Rhodes RS, Biester TW, Bell RH Jr, Lewis FR Jr. Assessing surgical knowledge: a primer on the examination policies of the American Board of Surgery. J Surg Ed. 2007;64(3):138-142.
• Sachdeva AK, Bell RH Jr, Britt LD, Tarpley JL, Blair PG, Tarpley MJ. National efforts to reform residency education in surgery. Acad Med. 2007;82(12):1200-1210.
• Bell RH. Surgical Council on Resident Education: a new organization devoted to graduate surgical education. J Am Coll Surg. 2007;204(3):341-346.

2006

• Lewis FR. Maintenance of Certification: American Board of Surgery goals. Am Surg. 2006;72(11):1092-1096.

2005

• Rhodes RS, Resnick A. Towards optimal surgical outcomes. Expert Rev Pharmacoecon Outcomes Res. 2005;5(6):741-749.
• Rhodes RS. Commentary. Weighing the evidence for expanding physician supply. Perspect Vasc Surg Endovasc Ther. 2005;17(3):267-268.

2004

• Rhodes RS. Defining general surgery and the core curriculum. Surg Clin North Am. 2004;84(6):1605-1619.
• Debas HT, Bass BL, Brennan MF, et al, for the American Surgical Association Blue Ribbon Committee. American Surgical Association Blue Ribbon Committee Report on Surgical Education: 2004. Ann Surg. 2004;241(1):1-8.

2003

• Rhodes RS, Biester TW, Ritchie WP, Malangoni MA. Continuing medical education activity and American Board of Surgery examination performance. J Am Coll Surg. 2003;196(4):604-609.
• Morris JB, Leibrandt TJ, Rhodes RS. Voluntary changes in surgery career paths: a survey of the program directors in surgery. J Am Coll Surg. 2003;196(4):611-616.
• Rhodes RS. Invited commentary: analyzing adverse medical events-it's the system! Surgery. 2003;133(6):624-626.
• Lewis FR Jr. Should we limit resident work hours? Ann Surg. 2003;237(4):458-459.

2002

• Rhodes RS. The SUS loan repayment program for surgeon/scientists: will it work? Surgery. 2002;132(5):785.
• Kwakwa F, Biester TW, Ritchie WP Jr, Jonasson O. Career pathways of graduates of general surgery residency programs: an analysis of graduates from 1983 to 1990. J Am Coll Surg. 2002;194(1):48-53.
• Lewis FR Jr. Surgical fellowships and specialization. Surgery. 2002;132(3):529-530.

2001

• Rhodes RS. Invited commentary: making a difference in quality. Surgery. 2001;129(2):143-145.
• Lewis FR Jr. Costs, competence, and consumerism: challenges to medicine in the new millennium. J Trauma. 2001;50(2):185-193.

1999 and Previous

• Ritchie WP Jr, Rhodes RS, Biester TW. Work loads and practice patterns of general surgeons in the United States, 1995-1997: a report from the American Board of Surgery. Ann Surg. 1999;230(4):533-542.
• DaRosa DA, Shuck JM, Biester TW, Folse R. What does the American Board of Surgery In-Training/Surgical Basic Science Examination tell us about graduate surgical education? Surgery. 1993;113(1):8-13.
• Urbaniak JR, Cruft GE, Biester TW. The initial examination for a Certificate of Added Qualifications in Surgery of the Hand. J Bone Joint Surg. 1990;72(5):639-642.
• Biester TW. The American Board of Surgery In-Training Examination as a predictor of success on the qualifying examination. Curr Surg. 1987;44(3):194-198.