Melissa Boltz, DO - Penn State Cancer Institute
Researcher Profile

Melissa Boltz, DO
Associate Professor, Department of Surgery
Division of Trauma, Acute Care and Critical Care Surgery
Division of Trauma, Acute Care and Critical Care Surgery
Disease Teams:
Cancer Institute, Head and Neck Cancer Team
Research Interests
- Costs and Cost Analysis
- Elderly
- Length of Stay
- Mortality
- Surgical Wound Infection
- Thyroid Neoplasms
- Population
- Hematoma
- Quality Improvement
- Kidney
- Wounds and Injuries
- Neoplasms
Recent Publications
2022
Byerly, S, Nahmias, J, Stein, DM, Haut, ER, Smith, JW, Gelbard, R, Ziesmann, M, Boltz, M, Zarzaur, BL, Bala, M, Bernard, A, Brakenridge, S, Brohi, K, Collier, B, Burlew, CC, Cripps, M, Crookes, B, DIaz, JJ, Duchesne, J, Harvin, JA, Inaba, K, Ivatury, R, Kasten, K, Kerby, JD, Lauerman, M, Loftus, T, Miller, PR, Scalea, T & Yeh, DD 2022, 'A core outcome set for damage control laparotomy via modified Delphi method', Trauma Surgery and Acute Care Open, vol. 7, no. 1, e000821. https://doi.org/10.1136/tsaco-2021-000821
Nahmias, J, Byerly, S, Stein, D, Haut, ER, Smith, JW, Gelbard, R, Ziesmann, M, Boltz, M, Zarzaur, B, Biffl, WL, Brenner, M, DuBose, J, Fox, C, Galante, J, Martin, M, Moore, EE, Moore, L, Morrison, J, Norii, T, Scalea, T & Yeh, DD 2022, 'A core outcome set for resuscitative endovascular balloon occlusion of the aorta: A consensus based approach using a modified Delphi method', Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, vol. 92, no. 1, pp. 144-151. https://doi.org/10.1097/TA.0000000000003405