University of California San Francisco

Mendoza, April
April Mendoza, MD

Associate Professor of Surgery
Trauma and Surgical Critical Care
UCSF-East Bay Surgery Program
Trauma Medical Director, Alameda Health System

Address

35 Medical Center Way, #902D
San Francisco, CA 94143
United States

    Biography

    Dr. Mendoza graduated from Loyola University Medical center with her MD in 2008. She went on to complete her general surgery residency at the Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center. 

    Education

    Institution Degree Dept or School End Date
    University of California San Francisco Trauma and Surgical Critical Care 07/2017
    Louisiana State University Medical Center General Surgery 06/2015
    University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill MPH Health Care and Prevention 2012
    Loyola University of Chicago Stritch School of Medicine MD Medicine 06/2008
    Xavier University of Louisiana BS Microbiology 05/2004

    Awards & Honors

    Award Conferred By Date
    Joseph Susman Memorial Award UCSF-East Bay 2024

    Publications

    MOST RECENT PUBLICATIONS FROM A TOTAL OF 95
    1. Different Surgeon, Different Duration: Lack of Consensus on the Appropriate Duration of Antimicrobial Prophylaxis and Therapy in Surgical Practice.
      Delaplain PT, Kaafarani HMA, Benedict LAO, Guidry CA, Kim D, Loor MM, Machado-Aranda D, Mele TS, Mendoza AE, Morris-Stiff G, Rattan R, Upperman JS, Barie PS, Schubl SD, Scientific Studies Committee of the Surgical Infection Society| | PubMed
    2. Enteral nutrition is associated with high rates of pneumonia in intensive care unit (ICU) patients with acute pancreatitis.
      Gaitanidis A, Breen K, Mendoza A, Fawley J, Lee J, Parks J, Kaafarani HMA, Velmahos G, Fagenholz PJ| | PubMed
    3. Adding to the story, did penetrating trauma really increase? changes in trauma patterns during the COVID-19 pandemic: A multi-institutional, multi-region investigation.
      Mokhtari AK, Maurer LR, Dezube M, Langeveld K, Wong YM, Hardman C, Hafiz S, Sharrah M, Soe-Lin H, Chapple KM, Peralta R, Rattan R, Butler C, Parks JJ, Mendoza AE, Velmahos GC, Saillant NN| | PubMed
    4. Risk factors for ischemic gastrointestinal complications in patients undergoing open cardiac surgical procedures: A single-center retrospective experience.
      Naar L, Dorken Gallastegi A, Kongkaewpaisan N, Kokoroskos N, Tolis G, Melnitchouk S, Villavicencio-Theoduloz M, Mendoza AE, Velmahos GC, Kaafarani HMA, Jassar AS| | PubMed
    5. National adherence to the ASGE-SAGES guidelines for managing suspected choledocholithiasis: An EAST multicenter study.
      Tracy BM, Poulose BK, Paterson CW, Mendoza AE, Gaitanidis A, Saxe JM, Young AJ, Zielinski MD, Sims CA, Gelbard RB, EAST Retained Common Bile Duct Stones Study Group| | PubMed
    6. Prehospital end-tidal carbon dioxide is predictive of death and massive transfusion in injured patients: An Eastern Association for Surgery of Trauma multicenter trial.
      Campion EM, Cralley A, Sauaia A, Buchheit RC, Brown AT, Spalding MC, LaRiccia A, Moore S, Tann K, Leskovan J, Camazine M, Barnes SL, Otaibi B, Hazelton JP, Jacobson LE, Williams J, Castillo R, Stewart NJ, Elterman JB, Zier L, Goodman M, Elson N, Miner J, Hardman C, Kapoen C, Mendoza AE, Schellenberg M, Benjamin E, Wakam GK, Alam HB, Kornblith LZ, Callcut RA, Coleman LE, Shatz DV, Burruss S, Linn AC, Perea L, Morgan M, Schroeppel TJ, Stillman Z, Carrick MM, Gomez MF, Berne JD, McIntyre RC, Urban S, Nahmias J, Tay E, Cohen M, Moore EE, McVaney K, Burlew CC| | PubMed
    7. Bowel Ischemia in COVID-19 Infection: One-Year Surgical Experience.
      Hwabejire JO, Kaafarani HMA, Mashbari H, Misdraji J, Fagenholz PJ, Gartland RM, Abraczinskas DR, Mehta RS, Paranjape CN, Eng G, Saillant NN, Parks J, Fawley JA, Lee J, King DR, Mendoza AE, Velmahos GC| | PubMed
    8. Early versus late enteral nutrition in critically ill patients receiving vasopressor support.
      Dorken Gallastegi A, Gebran A, Gaitanidis A, Naar L, Hwabejire JO, Parks J, Lee J, Kaafarani HMA, Velmahos GC, Mendoza AE| | PubMed
    9. Association Between NEDD4L Variation and the Genetic Risk of Acute Appendicitis: A Multi-institutional Genome-Wide Association Study.
      Gaitanidis A, Kaafarani HMA, Christensen MA, Breen K, Mendoza A, Fagenholz PJ, Velmahos GC, Farhat MR| | PubMed
    10. Low-Molecular Weight Heparin is Superior to Unfractionated Heparin for Elderly Trauma Patients.
      Gaitanidis A, Breen KA, Christensen MA, Saillant NN, Kaafarani HMA, Velmahos GC, Mendoza AE| | PubMed