Capital Health Surgical Group
Two Capital Way, Suite 356
Pennington, NJ 08534
Tel: 609-537-6000
Fax: 609-537-6002
Education
| 1997 - 2001 | B.S. | Temple University, College of Sciences and Technology, Philadelphia, PA Summa cum laude (Biology) |
| 2001 - 2005 | M.D. | Temple University School of Medicine |
Postgraduate training and fellowship appointments
| 2005 - 2011 | Resident in General Surgery, Cooper University Medical Center/University of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ), Camden, NJ |
| 2011 - 2012 | Fellowship, Surgical Critical Care, Hartford Hospital, University of Connecticut, Hartford, CT |
Board certification
| 2011 | General Surgery, American Board of Surgery |
Certifications
| 2005 | Fundamental Critical Care Support Course |
| 2009 | Basic Life Support Recertification |
| 2009 | Advanced Cardiac Life Support Certification |
| 2009 | Advanced Trauma Life Support Re-Certification |
| 2007 | Advanced Trauma Life Support Instructor Certification |
| 2009 | Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES) Basic Residents' Workshop - Minimally Invasive GERD/Bariatric Surgery Course, Cincinnati, OH |
| 2010 | Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES) Advanced Laparoscopic Hernia Surgery Resident Course |
| 2011 | Advanced Trauma Operative Management (ATOM) Course, Hartford, CT |
Experimental research
| 2007 - 2008 | Co-Investigator (Protocol #107-079-7); (P.1. M. Matthews) Pre-transplant donor hyperbaric oxygenation and small bowel transplantation. |
| 2007 | Co-Investigator (Protocol # 106-018-2); (P.I.: C.J. Salgado) Investigation of the effects of hyperbaric oxygen on an accelerated rate of mandibular distraction osteogenesis in a healthy rabbit model |
| 2007 - 2008 | Co-Investigator (Protocol #107-025-2); (P.I. C.J. Salgado) Effects of hyperbaric oxygen therapy on the inflammatory response in rats following partial hepatectomy |
Peer-reviewed publications
| Rojavin Y, Seamon MJ, Tripathi RS, Papadimos TJ, Galwankar S, Kman N, Cipolla J, Grossman MD, Marchigiani R, Stawicki SP. Civilian nuclear incidents: An overview of historical, medical, and scientific aspects. J Emerg Trauma Shock 20 II Apr;4(2):260-72. |
| Chad R Gordon, D.O.; Yuri Rojavin, MD; Mitul Patel, MD; Generosa Grana, MD; Brian Kann, MD; Robert Simons, MD; Umur Atabek, MD. A review on bevacizumab (Avastin) and surgical wound healing: An important warning to all surgeons. Ann Plast Surg. 2009 Jun;62(6):707-9. |
| Salgado CJ, Raju A, Licata L, Patel M, Rojavin Y, Wasielewski S, Diarra C, Gordon A, Norcross A, Kent KA. Effects of hyperbaric oxygen therapy on an accelerated rate of mandibular distraction osteogenesis. J Plast Reconstr Aesthet Surg, 2009 Feb 4. |
| Patel, M., Rojavin, Y., Jamali A.A., Wasielewski S.1., Salgado, C.J. Animal models for the study of osteomyelitis, Seminars in Plastic Surgery 2009; 23(2): 148-154 |
| Rojavin, Y., Hsu, P.W., Aikins, J.K., Liu, J., and Salgado, C.J. The surgical management of vulvar lichen sclerosus refractory to medical management.. J Plast Reconstr Aesthet Surg. 2008 Apr 23. |
Abstracts published
| Lauren Licata, Yuri Rojavin, Mitul Patel, Chau Tai, Louise Strande, Martha Matthews, and Charles Hewitt. Vascularized bone marrow transplant (VBMT) serves as a novel surgical approach to stem cell transplantation and stimulates normal repopulation oflymphocytes in the spleens of irradiated (XRT) rat hosts FASEB J 2008; 22:862.28. |
National presentations
| Rojavin Y., Licata L., Patel M., Strande L.F., Hewitt C.W., Matthews M.S. A new rat model describing extraperitoneal small bowel transplant, American Transplant Congress, Toronto, Canada, June 1-4, 2008 |
| Licata L., Rojavin Y., Patel M., Tai C., Matthews M., Hewitt C.W.. Vascularized Bone Marrow Transplant (VBMT) Serves As A Novel Surgical Approach To Stem Cell Transplantation And Stimulates Normal Repopulation Of Lymphocytes In The Spleens Of Irradiated (XRT) Rat Hosts, Experimental Biology, San Diego, California, April 6, 2008 |
| Rojavin, Y., Hsu, P.W., Aikins, J.K., Liu, J., and Salgado, C.J. The surgical management of vulvar lichen sclerosus refractory to medical management. Southeastern Surgical Congress, Birmingham, Alabama, February 9-12, 2008. |
Local/regional presentations
| Rojavin Y., Ross S.E., Analysis and risk stratification of unplanned reoperations in trauma at Cooper University Hospital, a retrospective study. 18th Annual Resident Research Day, Camishion Surgical Society, Cooper University Hospital, June Ii\2010. |
| Rojavin Y., Patel M., Raju A., Licata L., Diarra C; Gordon A., Sagado CJ. Effects of hyperbaric oxygen therapy on an accelerated rate of mandibular distraction osteogenesis. lih Annual Research Poster Contest at Cooper University Hospital UMDNJ, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Camden, NJ, April 23, 2010 - 2nd place award in Basic Research Category (published data) |
| Rojavin Y., Patel M., Joseph D., Licata L., Raju A., Salgado c.J. HMGB-l as a Marker of Surgical Stress in a Rat Hepatectomy Model and the Effects of Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy on its Levels, I i h annual Resident Research Day, Camishion Surgical Society, Cooper University Hospital, June 18th,2009. Best in Basic Research Award |
| Rojavin Y., Licata L., Patel M., Strande L.F., Hewitt C.W., Matthews M.S. A new rat model describing extraperitoneal small bowel transplant, 16th annual Resident Research Day, Camishion Surgical Society, Cooper University Hospital, June 19th, 2008. |
| Rojavin Y, Patel M, Gordon CR, Grana G, Atabek U. A review on Bevacizumab (AvastinrM) and surgical wound healing: an important warning to all surgeons, the Oncology Society of New Jersey, May 1, 2008, Clinical Cancer Research in New Jersey Meeting |
| Patel M, Rojavin Y, Eydelman R, Licata L, Raju A, Joseph D, Salgado CJ. Effect of hyperbaric oxygen therapy on Interleukin-6 levels following partial hepatectomy, io" Annual Research Poster Contest at Cooper University Hospital UMDNJ, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School Camden, NJ, April 24, 2008 - 2nd place award in Basic Research Category |
| Licata L., Rojavin Y., Patel M., Tai C., Matthews M., Hewitt C.W. Vascularized Bone Marrow Transplant (VBMT) Serves As A Novel Surgical Approach To Stem Cell Transplantation And Stimulates Normal Repopulation Of Lymphocytes In The Spleens Of Irradiated (XRT) Rat Hosts, Annual Research Poster Contest at Cooper University Hospital UMDNJ, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School Camden, NJ, April 24, 2008 |
| Rojavin Y., Licata L., Patel M., Strande L.F., Hewitt C.W., Matthews M.S. A new rat model describing extraperitoneal small bowel transplant, American Transplant Congress, 1 SOM Day, UMDNJ, School of Osteopathic Medicine, Stratford, NJ, March 20th, 2008 |
| Licata L., Rojavin Y., Patel M., Tai c., Matthews M., Hewitt C.W. Vascularized Bone Marrow Transplant (VBMT) Serves As A Novel Surgical Approach To Stern Cell Transplantation And Stimulates Normal Repopulation Of Lymphocytes In The Spleens Of Irradiated (XRT) Rat Hosts, 12th Annual SOM Research Day, UMDNJ, School of Osteopathic Medicine, Stratford, NJ, March 20th, 2008 |
| Rojavin, Y.; Kann, B, Retrospective Analysis of Surgical Cases of Toxic Colitis at Cooper University Hospital, 15th Annual Resident Research Day, Camishion Surgical Society, Cooper University Hospital, June 14th, 2007. |
| Rojavin, Y., Hsu, P.W., Aikins, J.K., Liu, J, Salgado, C.J. The surgical management of vulvar lichen sc1erosus refractory to medical therapy, 9th Annual Research Poster Contest at Cooper University Hospital UMDNJ, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School Camden, NJ, April 2007 |
Grand rounds
| Central Cord Syndrome, U Conn, Hartford Hospital, Department of Surgical Critical Care, Hartford, CT, September 21, 2011 |
| VEGF Inhibitors in the Treatment of Metastatic Colorectal, Breast and Lung Cancer, UMDNJ, Department of General Surgery, Camden, NJ, March 17, 2009 |
| Radiation Sickness and Management of the Combined Injury Syndrome (CIS), UMDNJ, Department of General Surgery, Camden, NJ, January 29, 2008 |
| Adrenal Insufficiency, UMDNJ, Department of General Surgery, Camden, NJ, May 22, 2007 |
| Fluids and Electrolytes in a Surgical Patient, UMDNJ, Department of General Surgery, Camden, NJ, May 3, 2006 |
Honors, awards, society memberships
| 2010 - 2011 | Chief Resident, General Surgery Residency, Cooper University Medical Center, UMDNJ, Camden, NJ |
| 2010 - Present | American College of Surgeons, resident member |
| 2009 - Present | Society for American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons, Candidate Member |
| 2001 - Present | Phi Beta Kappa Honors Society |
| 2000 - Present | Golden Key Society, member, since 2000 |
| 2001 - 2003 | Babcock Surgical Society, Member |