CURRICULUM VITAE

SCOTT IRA REZNIK, M.D.

1. EDUCATIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL HISTORY

1.  EDUCATION

POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION

CERTIFICATION

American Board of Surgery, 2003, recertification 2012, #48532

American Board of Thoracic Surgery 2006, recertification 2015, expiration 12/31/2026  #7230

LICENSURE

Texas, permanent, September 15, 2005, M2459 (expires 11/30/17)

Missouri, permanent, February 6, 1997, 108601 (expires 1/13/18)

Ohio, permanent, June 7, 2002, 81248 (expires date 4/01/2018)

1. PROFESSIONAL AND ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS

2005-2008         Senior Staff, Thoracic Surgeon, Department of Surgery/Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Scott and White Memorial Hospital and Clinic, Temple, TX

2005-2014         Staff, Thoracic Surgeon, Department of Surgery, Central Texas Veterans Administration Medical Center

2008-2013         Chief, Section of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery/Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Scott and White Memorial Hospital and Clinic, Temple, TX

2005-2014         Assistant Professor, Surgery, Texas A&M University Health Science Center College of Medicine, Temple, TX

2013-2014         Interim Director, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery/Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Scott and White Memorial Hospital and Clinic, Temple, TX

2014-2014         Associate Professor, Surgery, Texas A&M University Health Science Center College of Medicine, Temple, TX

2014                 Associate Professor, Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX

2014                 Medical Director, Thoracic Surgery, Parkland Memorial Hospital, Dallas, TX

2014-2017         Associate Program Director, Thoracic Surgery Residency, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX

2014-                Staff, Thoracic Surgeon, William Clements University Hospital, Dallas, TX

2014-                Staff, Thoracic Surgeon, Parkland Memorial Hospital, Dallas, TX

2014-                Staff, Thoracic Surgeon, Dallas Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Dallas, TX

2014-                Associate Staff, Children’s Medical Center, Dallas, TX

2017                 Program Director, Thoracic Surgery Residency, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

2006-                Society of Thoracic Surgeons

2008-                Association for Academic Surgery

2008-                American College of Surgeons

2012-                General Thoracic Surgical Club

1.  HONORS AND AWARDS

1988-1991         Dean’s List, Duke University

1989-1991         Golden Key National Honor Society

1989-1991         Phi Lambda Upsilon Honorary Chemical Society

1990-1991         Dean’s List with Distinction, Duke University

1992                 Student Travel Award, American College of Rheumatology

1998-1999         Samuel A Wells, Jr Resident Research Award, Washington University School of Medicine

1999-2000         Samuel A Wells, Jr Resident Research Award, Washington University School of Medicine

1. TEACHING

1.  LECTURES

2010                 Minimally Invasive thoracic Surgery, Less is More, Scott and White Continuing Medical Education, Crested Butte, CO February 15, 2010

2014                 Electronic Chest Tube Drainage Systems, Society of Thoracic Surgeons, Orlando, FL January 26, 2014

2014                 Clinical Therapy of Malignant Mesothelioma, Center for Cell Death and Differentiation Symposium on Mesothelioma, Temple, TX May 10, 2014

2014                 “Benign esophageal disease excluding reflux and perforation”, UTSW CME Cardiothoracic Didactic Conference, February 18, 2015

2017                 Thoracic Malignancy, UTSW General Surgery Resident Conference, May 31, 2017

2018                 Thoracic Staging Procedures, UTSW General Surgery Resident Conference, April 18, 2018

2018                 Thoracic Surgery for the General Surgery Boards, May 16, 2018

2018                 Thoracic Outlet Syndrome, UTSW Combined Hand Conference, May 24, 2018

2018                 Fatigue Identification and Management for Surgeons, UTSW CME Cardiothoracic Didactic Conference, August 1, 2018

2018                 Civility and Conflict Resolution in Medicine, UTSW CME Cardiothoracic Didactic Conference, August 29, 2018

1. COMMITTEE SERVICE

2008-2014         Surgical Site Infection Committee

2012-2014         Robotic Surgery Committee Scott & White Memorial Hospital

2006-2014         Transfusion/Blood Bank Committee, Scott & White Memorial Hospital

2008-2012         Infection Control Committee, Scott & White Memorial Hospital

2011-2014         Laboratory Services Committee, Scott & White Memorial Hospital

2013-2014         Root Cause Analysis-Peer Review and Oversight Committee, Baylor Scott and White Healthcare

2014-15             Medical Executive Committee, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX

2014-                Physician Peer Reviewer for the Medical Staff Professional Services and Regulatory Affairs office for Patient Safety and Quality Management Plan, Parkland Memorial Hospital, Dallas, TX

1. MEDICAL STUDENT TEACHING

2008-2014         Lecturer M3 Surgical Clerkship

2010-2014         Mentor M3 Surgery Clerkship

2010                 M1 Anatomy Preceptor

2012-2014         Clinical Preceptor M2 Introduction to Clinical Medicine

1. RESIDENT AND FELLOW TEACHING

2005-2014         Director, General Surgery Resident Thoracic Surgery Rotation Scott & White

2005-2014         Lecturer, General Surgery Resident Lecture Series, Scott & White

2005-2014         Lecturer, Gastroenterology Fellow Lecture Series, Scott & White

2006-2014         General Surgery Anatomy Lab Instructor, Scott & White

2008                 Lecturer, Medical Oncology Lecture Series, Scott & White

2017                 Lecturer, General Surgery Resident Conference, UT Southwestern Medical Center

1. CONTINUING MEDICAL EDUCATION
   2009-2014         Director, Multi-disciplinary lung cancer tumor board
   2013-2014         Director, Cardiovascular Surgery Morbidity and Mortality Conference

2014-2018         Instructor, STS University, VATS Lobectomy Course

III. SCHOLARSHIP

1. PUBLICATIONS OR CREATIVE WORKS

PEER REVIEWED PAPERS

1. Nath R, B Kwon, S Mackinnon, J Jensen, S Reznik, and S Boutros. (1998). Antibody to transforming growth factor beta-1 reduces collagen production in injured peripheral nerve. Plas Recons Sur. 102, 1100-1106.
2. Reznik S, A Jaramillo, L Zhang, G Patterson, J Cooper, and T Mohanakumar. (2000). Anti-HLA antibody binding to HLA class I molecules induces proliferation of airway epithelial cells: A potential mechanism for bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome. J Thor Cardiovasc Sur. 119, 39-45.
3. Jaramillo A, B Naziruddin, L Zhang, S Reznik, M Smith, A Aloush, E Trulock, G Patterson, and T Mohanakumar. (2001). Activation of human airway epithelial cells by non-HLA antibodies developed after lung transplantation: A potential etiologic factor for bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome. Transplantation 71, 966-976
4. Reznik S, A Jaramillo, K SivaSai, K Womer, M Sayegh, E Trulock, G Patterson, and T Monhanakumar. (2001). Indirect Allorecognition of Mismatched Donor HLA Class II Peptides in Lung Transplant Recipients with Bronchiolitis Obliterans Syndrome.  Am J Transplantation 1, 228-335
5. Reznik S, T Rice, S Murthy, D Mason, C Apperson-Hanson, and E Blackstone. (2007). Assessment of a pathophysiology-directed treatment for symptomatic epiphrenic diverticulum. Dis Esophagus. 20, 320-327.
6. Rice T, J Goldblum, M Yearsley, S Shay, S Reznik, S Murthy, D Mason, and Blackstone EH. (2009). Myenteric plexus abnormalities associated with epiphrenic diverticula. Eur J Cardiothor Surg. 35, 22-27
7. Murthy S, S Reznik, U Ogwudu, C Farver, A Arrossi, L Batizy, E Nowicki, T Mekhail, D Mason, T Rice, and E Blackstone. (2010). Winning the battle, losing the war: the non-curative “curative resection for stage I adenocarcinoma of the lung. Ann Thor Surg 90,1067-1074
8. Merritt R, S Reznik, M DaSilva, D Sugarbaker, R Whyte, D Donahue, C Hoang, W Smythe, and J Shrager. (2011). Benign emptying of the postpneumonectomy space. Ann Thor Surg. 92, 1076-1081
9. Singhal S, S Hasan, D Cohen, T Pfanner, S Reznik, and S Duddempudi. (2013). Multi-disciplinary approach for management of refractory benign occlusive esophageal strictures.  Ther Adv Gastro.  6(5):365-370.
10. Papaconstantinou H, W Smythe, S Reznik, S Sibbitt and Wehbe-Janek H. (2013) Surgical safety checklist and operating room efficiency: results from a large multispecialty teriary care hospital. Am J Surg 206, 853-860
11. Papaconstantinou H, J ChanHee, S Reznik, W Smythe, MD, and H Wehbe-Janek (2013). Implementation of a surgical safety checklist: Impact on surgical team perspectives. Ochsner Journal. 13, 299-309.
12. Dixon J, H. Papaconstantinou, B. Hodges, R. Korsmo, D. Jupiter, J. Shake, B. Sareyyupoglu, P. Rascoe, S. Reznik (2015) Redundancy and variability in quality and outcome reporting for cardiac and thoracic surgery Proc Bayl Univ Med Center 28(1), 14-17.
13. Dixon J, H Papaconstantinou, J Pruszynski , P Rascoe, S. Reznik (2015). Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Colonization and Empyema: Does it Matter? Surg Infect (Larchmt) Oct: 16(5): 583-7doi: 10.1089/sur.2014.050. Epub 2015 Sep 8.PMID:26348359.
14. Dixon JL, L Copeland, J Zeber, A MacCarthy, S Reznik, W Smythe, P Rascoe (2015). Association between diabetes and esophageal cancer, independent of obesity, in the United States Veterans Affairs population. Dis Esophagus. 2016 Oct 29(7):7474-751.
15. Mokdad AA, AC Yoop, PM Polanco, JC Mansour, SI Reznik, DF Heitjan, MA Choti, RR Minter, SC Wang, MR Porembka (2017) Adjuvant chemotherapy versus postoperative observation following preoperative chemoradiotherapy and resection in gastroesophageal cancer. A propensity score-matched analysis. JAMA  Oncol. 2018 Jan1;4(1):31-38

CHAPTERS and REVIEWS

1. Reznik S and C Cronin. Management of surgical tubes and drains. In: Doherty G, J Olson, G Peplinski, and J Meko (eds).  (1999). Washington University Manual of Surgery, Second edition, Lippencott, Philadelphia, pp. 131-141
2. Reznik S, A Jaramillo, and T Mohanakumar. Induction of transplant immunity:  An overview of the initial immune events after allotransplantation. In: Duquesnoy  R and Y Li (eds).  Clinical Transplantation Immunology, Peoples Republic of China
3. Reznik S and R Battafarano. General thoracic surgery. In: Doherty G, J Lowney, J Mason, S Reznik, and M Smith (eds). (2001). Washington University Manual of Surgery, Third edition, Lippencott, Philadelphia, pp. 619-636
4. Roselli E, S Reznik, and N Smedira. (2005). Surgical advances in donor selection and management for heart and lung transplantation. Curr Opin in Organ Transpl 10, 110-115.
5. Smythe W, and S Reznik. (2008).  Optimal exposure of the thoracic inlet vascular structures: transmanubrial approach. Sem Vasc Surg 21, 21-24.
6. Smythe W, S Reznik, and J Putnam. Lung (including pulmonary embolism and thoracic outlet syndrome). In: Townsend C, R Beauchamp, B Evers and K Mattox (eds). (2008). Sabiston Textbook of Surgery: The biological basis of modern surgical practice, 18th Edition, Saunders Philadelphia
7. Rascoe P, S Reznik, W Smythe. (2011). Chrondroscarcoma of the thorax. Sarcoma 2011:342879
8. Reznik S and W Smythe. Limited resection procedures for lung cancer. In: Yang S and D Cameron (eds). (2014) Current therapy in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Saunders, Philadelphia in press
9. Reznik SI and Smythe WR. Surgical Treatment of Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer. In Fishman’s Pulmonary Diseases and Disorders, Fifth Edition. Grippi M, Fishman J, Pack A, Elias J, Kotloff R, and Senior R. McGraw Hill, 2015 April 14 Chp 113  n. pag. AccessMedicine  ISBN:  0071807284 / 9780071807289
10. Reznik S. Searching for Light at Dusk. Semin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. Spring;28(1):158-9 2016
11. Reznik SI. From tennis balls to pearls: Bridging the communication gap to surgical trainees. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2017 Sep; 154(3): 1013-1014.
12. Reznik S. Invited Commentary on Incidence and Treatment of Symptomatic Diaphragmatic Hernia after Esophagectomy for Cancer. Ann Thorac Surg 2018 Jul;106(1):206

BOOKS

1.  Doherty G, J Lowney, J Mason, S Reznik,  and M Smith (eds). (2001). Washington University Manual of Surgery, Third edition, Lippencott, Philadelphia

CASE REPORTS

1. Dixon J, W Smythe, P Rascoe and S Reznik (2013). Surgical resection of giant fibrous dysplasia for near respiratory collapse. Ann Thor Surg 95, e135-137
2. Dixon J, S Borgaonkar, A Patel, S Reznik, W Smythe, and P Rascoe (2013). Thymic neuroendocrine carcinoma producing ectopic ACTH and Cushing’s syndrome. Ann Thor Surg. 96, e81-3
3. Clarke NS, Reznik SI, Jessen ME, Murthy R. Coxiella burnetti-associated thoracic endovascular stent graft infection. J Card Surg. 2017 Aug; 32(8):506-507.

PRESENTATIONS AND POSTERS:

1. Reznik S, Jaramillo A, Zhang W, Patterson G, Cooper J. and Mohanakumar T. Proliferation of Airway Epithelial Cells Secondary to Anti-HLA Antibodies:  A Potential Mechanism for Bronchiolitis Obliterans Syndrome.  79^th Annual Meeting of the American Association for Thoracic Surgery, New Orleans, LA. April 21, 1999
2. Reznik S, Jaramillo A, Patterson G, Cooper J. and Mohanakumar T.  Indirect Allorecognition of HLA Class II Allopeptides in Lung Allograft Recipients.  Nineteenth Annual Meeting and Scientific Sessions of the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation, San Francisco, CA April 23, 1999
3. Reznik S, Jaramillo A, Sayegh M, Patterson G, and Mohanakumar T. Sensitization Against Donor Mismatched HLA Class II Peptides in Lung Transplant Recipients with Bronchiolitis Obliterans Syndrome.  18^th Scientific Meeting of the American Society of Transplantation, Chicago, IL May18, 1999.
4. Reznik S, Jaramillo A, Zhang W, Nazirrudin B, Patterson G, and Mohanakumar T. Anti-HLA Antibodies Induce Calcium Flux and the Expression of Growth Factors in Lung Epithelium:  A Possible Mechanism for Chronic Lung Allograft Rejection. 85^th Clinical Congress of the American College of Surgeons, San Francisco, CA October 13, 1999.
5. Arrossi AV, Reznik S, Murthy S, Rice T, Farver C.  Stage I Adenocarcinomas of the Lung: Evaluation of the 1999 WHO Classification in a Single Institution Study of 169 Patients.  United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology Annual Meeting, Vancouver, BC March 2004.
6. Beyer EA, Reiter CG, and Reznik S.  Thoracoscopic Pulmonary Vein Isolation and Left Atrial Appendage Resection.  New Era Cardiac Surgery, Newport Beach CA January 7, 2006.
7. Rice TW, Yearsley MM,,  Reznik SI, Shay SS, Mason DP Murthy SC, Goldblum JR.  Epiphrenic Diverticulum: A Clinical and Pathologic Study. 16^th European Conference on General Thoracic Surgery, Bologna, Italy, June 10, 2008.         
8. Reznik SI and Smythe WR. Surgical Rescue of Respiratory Failure Secondary to Massive Fibrous Dysplasia of the Chest Wall.  45^th Annual Meeting of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons, San Francisco, CA January 26, 2009.
9. R. E. Merritt, R. I. Whyte, T. A. D’Amico, S. I. Reznik, D. M. Donahue, J. B. Shrager.  Benign Emptying of the Postpneumonectomy Space. 47^th Annual Meeting of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons, San Diego, CA January 31, 2011.
10. Harry T. Papaconstantinou, MD, ChanHee Jo, PhD, Scott I. Reznik, MD, W. Roy Smythe, MD, and Hania Wehbe-Janek, PhD. Implementation of a Surgical Safety Checklist: Impact on Providers’ Perspectives of Surgical Safety.  Alliance of Independent Academic Medical Centers, Tucson AZ March 30, 2012.
11. JL Dixon, MD, HT Papaconstantinou, MD, D Jupiter, PhD, PA Rascoe, MD, and SI Reznik, MD. Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus Colonization and Empyema. Does it Matter? Western Thoracic Surgical Association, Coeur d’Alene, ID  June 29, 2013.
12. Dixon J, H Papaconstantinou, B Hodges, R Korsmo, D Jupiter, J Shake, B Sareyyupoglu, P Rascoe, S Reznik. Apples to Apples? Redundancy and Variability in Quality and Outcome Reporting for Cardiac and Thoracic Surgery (2014). 50^th Annual Meeting of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons, Orlando, FL. January 28, 2014.
13. EA Spradley, MM Mrdutt, CJ Newton, CN Shaver,TC Lairmore, PA Rascoe, SI Reznik. Feeding Jejunostomy Tube Site Metastases: A Potential Problem With Aggressive Esophageal Cancer Nutritional Support During Induction Therapy. North& South Texas Chapter, American College of Surgeons, Austin, TX February 23-25, 2017.
14. Raghav A. Murthy, MBBS, Harrell Lightfoot, Scott Reznik, MD, Muhanned Abu-Hijleh, MD, Kemp Kernstine, MD. Robotic-Assisted Management of Chyloptysis 17^th Annual Scientific Meeting of the International Society for Minimally Invasive Cardiothoracic Surgery, Rome, Italy June 7-10, 2017.
15. Ali Mokdad, MD MS Adjuvant Chemotherapy After Preoperative Chemoradiotherapy and Resection Is Associated with Prolonged Survival in Gastroesophageal Cancer, American College of Surgeons 2017 Clinical Congress, San Diego CA, October 22-26, 2017.
16. MM Mrdutt, EA Spradley, CJ Newton, CN Shaver,TC Lairmore, PA Rascoe, SI Reznik. Feeding Jejunostomy Tube Site Metastases: A Potential Problem With Aggressive Esophageal Cancer Nutritional Support During Induction Therapy. International Society for Minimally Invasive Cardiothoracic Surgery Annual Meeting, Vancouver, BC, Canada June 13-16, 2018
     

RESEARCH SUPPORT

1. Grantor: Scott &White’s Risk Management Grant Oversight Committee
   Title: Improvement of Perioperative Processes including Informed Consent, Surgical Safety Checklist, and Simulation Education.
   Role: Co-investigator
   Award:  $66,943, 2011
2. Grantor: MedImmune
   LCSS-Meso Project # A-12783-000 A Qualitative Interview Study to Assess the Content Validity of the Lung Cancer Symptom Scale –Mesothelioma. .
   Role: Primary Investigator.
   Award: $13,356. January 7, 2013-

1. SERVICE

AD HOC REVIEWER

2011-                Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

2011-                Innovations:  Technology and Techniques in Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery

2011-                Annals of Thoracic Surgery

2014-                Member Editorial Board, Innovations:  Technology and Techniques in Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery

DEPARTMENTAL, COLLEGIATE, UNIVERSITY AND NATIONAL COMMITTEES

2008-2017         Regional Alumni Admissions Interview Program, Duke University

2012-2013         Regional Chairman, Alumni Admissions Interview Program, Duke University

            2017-                Member Public Relations Subcommitte, Esophageal Cancer Education Foundation

          UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER

          2014-                Associate Program Director, Thoracic Surgery Residency

          2014-                Medical Director, Thoracic Surgery Parkland Memorial Hospital

          2014-                Peri-Operative Value Analysis Committee, Parkland Memorial Hospital

          2015                 Medical Executive Committee, UT Southwestern Medical Center

            2015                 Parkland Surgical Chiefs Committee

2015                 Parkland Ambulatory PIC