Alejandro Zulbaran y Rojas
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Alejandro Zulbaran y Rojas
Research Assistant II
Positions
- Research Assistant II
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Michael E DeBakey Department of Surgery, Division of Vascular Surgery
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas United States
Education
- MD from Universidad Popular Autonoma del Estado de Puebla
- 07/2018 - Puebla, Puebla Mexico
- Internship at Kansas State University
- 12/2015 - Manhattan, Kansas United States
- Clerkship at Texas Medical Center
- 06/2017 - Houston, Texas United States
Certifications
- Review Editor
- Frontiers in Surgery
- Credential Evaluation Equivalency for First Professional Degree in Medicine
- SpanTran
Honors & Awards
- Best Quick Oral Presentation Award - 11th BCM Surgery Research Day Symposium
- Baylor College of Medicine (06/2023)
- Runner up – 2022 Young Investigator Award – Spring 2022 Symposium on Advanced Wound Care
- Wound Healing Society (04/2022)
- Best Abstract Presentation - 1st Place - 2021 DFCon Annual Meeting
- Diabetic Foot Global Conference (10/2021)
- Best Outstanding Poster Abstract Award - 3rd Place - APMA Annual Meeting, The National
- American Podiatric Medical Association (07/2021)
- Best Quick Oral Presentation Award - 9th BCM Surgery Research Day Symposium
- Baylor College of Medicine (06/2021)
- Highest Scoring Poster Abstract - Symposium on Advanced Wound Care Fall 2020
- Wound Healing Society (11/2020)
- Best Poster Presentation - 2nd Place - 2020 DFCon Annual Meeting
- Diabetic Foot Global Conference (10/2020)
- 2020 Young Investigator Award - Symposium on Advanced Wound Care Spring 2020
- Wound Healing Society (07/2020)
- Best Quick Oral Presentation Award - 8th BCM Surgery Research Day Symposium
- Baylor College of Medicine (06/2020)
Professional Interests
- Technologies to provide care in surgery and clinical medicine
Websites
Videos
Selected Publications
- Zulbaran-Rojas A... Thompson A, Winocour S, Najafi B. "Optimizing Tissue Oxygenation in Reduction Mammoplasty: The Role of Continuous Diffusion of Oxygen: A Feasibility Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial." ; Pubmed PMID: 37611440
- Zulbaran-Rojas A, Najafi B, Arita N... Gilani R. "Utilization of Flexible-Wearable Sensors to Describe the Kinematics of Surgical Proficiency." ; Pubmed PMID: 33581385
- Zulbaran-Rojas A, Mishra R, Rodriguez N... Herlihy J, Siddique M, Najafi B. "Safety and efficacy of electrical stimulation for lower-extremity muscle weakness in intensive care unit 2019 Novel Coronavirus patients: A phase I double-blinded randomized controlled trial." ; Pubmed PMID: 36561714
- Zulbaran-Rojas A, Palivela N, Chung J... Burt B, Montero-Baker M "Safety and Efficacy of Robotic First Rib Resection With Adjuvant Endovascular Therapy for Venous Thoracic Outlet Syndrome." ;
- Zulbaran-Rojas A, Lee M... Fidaa Shaib, Bijan Najafi "Electrical stimulation to regain lower extremity muscle perfusion and endurance in patients with post-acute sequelae of SARS CoV-2: A randomized controlled trial." ; Pubmed PMID: 36905161
- Zulbaran-Rojas A, Mishra R, Pham A, Suliburk J, Najafi B. "Continuous Diffusion of Oxygen Adjunct Therapy to Improve Scar Reduction after Cervicotomy – A Proof of Concept Randomized Controlled Trial." ; Pubmed PMID: 34469858
- Zulbaran-Rojas A, Chung J, Helizondo H... Mills JL, Montero-Baker M. "Endovascular Therapy for CLTI Patients With Chronically Occluded Bypass Yield Similar Long-Term Outcomes as De Novo Endovascular Recanalization." ;
- Zulbaran-Rojas A, Park C, El-Rafaei N... Najafi B. "Home-Based Electrical Stimulation to Accelerate Wound Healing—A Double-Blinded Randomized Control Trial." ; Pubmed PMID: 34328024
- Zulbaran-Rojas A, Park C, Lepow B, Najafi B. "Effectiveness of Lower-Extremity Electrical Stimulation to Improve Skin Perfusion." ; Pubmed PMID: 33656524
- Boyajian G, Zulbaran-Rojas A... Rosengart TK, Ghanta RK. "Development of a Sensor Technology to Objectively Measure Dexterity for Cardiac Surgical Proficiency." ; Pubmed PMID: 37517533
- Lepow B, Zulbaran-Rojas A... Montero-Baker M. "Guillotine Transmetatarsal Amputations With Staged Closure Promote Early Ambulation and Limb Salvage in Patients With Advanced Chronic Limb-Threatening Ischemia." ; Pubmed PMID: 36565249
- Montero-Baker M, Zulbaran-Rojas A, Chung J... Mills JL "Endovascular therapy in an 'all-comers' risk group for chronic limb-threatening ischemia demonstrate safety and efficacy when compared to the established performance criteria proposed by the society for vascular surgery." ; Pubmed PMID: 32209405
- Najafi B, Veranyan N, Zulbaran-Rojas A... Armstrong DG, Rowe V "Association Between Wearable Device–Based Measures of Physical Frailty and Major Adverse Events Following Lower Extremity Revascularization." ; Pubmed PMID: 33211104
Projects
- Computer-vision assessment of surgical proficiency in cardiovascular surgeons
- Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine
- TX, United States
- Continuous diffusion of oxygen for reduction mammoplasty
- Division of Adult Plastic Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine
- TX, United States
- Neuromuscular electrical stimulation for lower extremity in lung transplant patients during ICU stay
- Division of Cardiothoracic Transplant & Circulatory Support, Baylor College of Medicine
- TX, United States
- Transcranial direct current stimulation for improvement of cognitive functioning, brain fog, and working memory
- Division of Vascular Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine
- TX, United States
Memberships
- Association for Academic Surgery (AAS)
- Cardiovascular Research Institute (CVRI)
- American Limb Preservation Society (ALPS)
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