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Alexandra C. Istl MD, MPH

Assistant Professor

Institution: Medical College of Wisconsin
Department: Surgery
Division: Surgical Oncology

Publications (27)

  • Treatment patterns and outcomes for primary uterine leiomyosarcoma with synchronous isolated lung metastases: A National Cancer Database study of primary resection and metastasectomy. (Istl AC, Desravines N, Nudotor R, Stone R, Greer JB, Meyer CF, Johnston FM) Gynecol Oncol Rep 2024 Feb;51:101308 PMID: 38174328 PMCID: PMC10758710 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85180436484 01/04/2024    
  • PD-1 and PD-L1 inhibitors in cold colorectal cancer: challenges and strategies. (Lin KX, Istl AC, Quan D, Skaro A, Tang E, Zheng X) Cancer Immunol Immunother 2023 Dec;72(12):3875-3893 PMID: 37831146 PMCID: PMC10700246 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85174215652 10/13/2023       5 Citations
  • Skin in the Game: Surgical delays in our patients with melanoma. (Istl AC) Am J Surg 2024 Feb;228:299-300 PMID: 37743216 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85171898552 09/25/2023       1 Citation
  • Comparative In Silico Analysis of Ultra-Hypofractionated Intensity-Modulated Photon Radiotherapy (IMRT) Versus Intensity-Modulated Proton Therapy (IMPT) in the Pre-Operative Treatment of Retroperitoneal Sarcoma. (Gogineni E, Chen H, Istl AC, Johnston FM, Narang A, Deville C Jr) Cancers (Basel) 2023 Jul 04;15(13) PMID: 37444592 PMCID: PMC10341304 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85164955457 07/14/2023    
  • Pride & prejudice: A scoping review of LGBTQ + medical trainee experiences. (Sorgini A, Istl AC, Downie ML, Kirpalani A) Med Teach 2024 Jan;46(1):73-81 PMID: 37418565 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85164591641 07/07/2023       1 Citation
  • Impact of Frailty Upon Surgical Decision-Making for Left-Sided Colon Cancer. (Sibia US, Badve SB, Istl AC, Klune JR, Riker AI) Ochsner J 2023;23(2):120-128 PMID: 37323515 PMCID: PMC10262939 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85162804087 06/16/2023    
  • Across the Twitter-verse: Is Twitter an equitable tool in academic medicine? A scoping review. (Istl AC, Verma S, Jawa NA, Mackin R, Seemann NM, Kirpalani A) Adv Health Sci Educ Theory Pract 2023 Aug;28(3):997-1013 PMID: 36637702 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85146231241 01/14/2023       1 Citation
  • "Reduced to My Race Once Again": Perceptions about Underrepresented Minority Medical School Applicants in Canada and the United States. (Barootes HC, Huynh AC, Maracle M, Istl AC, Wang P, Kirpalani A) Teach Learn Med 2024;36(1):1-12 PMID: 36351290 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85142201719 11/10/2022       1 Citation
  • 2021 Canadian Surgery Forum: Virtual, online Sept. 21-24, 2021. (Johnson G, Vergis A, Unger B, Park J, Gillman L, Hickey K, Pace D, Azin A, Guidolin K, Lam-Tin-Cheung K, Chadi S, Quereshy F, Guidolin K, Catton J, Rubin B, Bell J, Marangos J, Heesters A, Stuart-McEwan T, Quereshy F, Shariff F, Wright F, Ahmed N, Nadler A, Hallet J, Gentles J, Chen L, Hwang H, Parapini M, Hirpara D, Sidhu R, Scott T, Karimuddin A, Guo R, Nguyen A, Osborn J, Wiseman S, Nabata K, Ertel E, Hwang H, Lenet T, Baker L, Park L, Vered M, Zahrai A, Shorr R, Davis A, McIsaac D, Tinmouth A, Fergusson D, Martel G, Nabata K, Rummel S, Stefic-Cubic M, Karimuddin A, Stewart M, Melck A, McKechnie T, Anpalagan T, Ichhpuniani S, Lee Y, Ramji K, Eskicioglu C, Zhu A, Deng S, Greene B, Tsang M, Palter V, Jayaraman S, McKechnie T, Mann A, Tittley J, Cadeddu M, Nguyen M, Madani A, Pasternak J, McKechnie T, Ramji K, Hong D, Qu L, Istl A, Tang E, Gray D, Zuckerman J, Coburn N, Callum J, McLeod R, Pearsall E, Lin Y, Turgeon A, Martel G, Hallet J, Mahar A, Kammili A, Kriviraltcheva-Kaneva P, Lee L, Cools-Lartigue J, Ferri L, Mueller C, Zuckerman J, Haas B, Tillman B, Guttman M, Chesney T, Zuk V, Mahar A, Hsu A, Chan W, Vasdev R, Coburn N, Hallet J, D'Souza K, Huynh C, Ling LCJ, Warburton R, Hwang H, Hameed M, Glass L, Williamson H, Murphy P, Tang E, Leslie K, Hawel J, Kerr L, Zablotny S, Roldan H, He W, Jiang X, Zheng B, Lee L, Fiore J Jr, Feldman L, Fried G, Mueller C, Valanci S, Balvardi S, Cipolla J, Kaneva P, Demyttenaere S, Boutros M, Lee L, Feldman L, Fiore J, Balvardi S, Alhashemi M, Cipolla J, Lee L, Fiore J Jr, Feldman L, Miles A, Purich K, Verhoeff K, Shapiro J, Bigam D, Kung J, Fecso A, Chesney T, Mosko J, Skubleny D, Hamilton P, Ghosh S, Widder S, Schiller D, Do U, El Kefraoui C, Pook M, Barone N, Balvardi S, Montgomery H, Nguyen-Powanda P, Rajabiyazdi F, Elhaj H, Lapointe-Gagner M, Olleik G, Kaneva P, Antoun A, Safa N, Di Lena E, Meterissian S, Meguerditchian A, Fried G, Alhashemi M, Lee F, Baldini G, Feldman L, Fiore J Jr, Serrano Aybar PE, Parpia S, Ruo L, Tywonek K, Lee S, O'Neill C, Faisal N, Alfayyadh A, Gundayao M, Meyers BM, Habashi R, Kruse C, McKechnie T, Levin M, Aldrich K, Grantcharov T, Langerman A, Forbes H, Anantha R, Fawcett V, Hetherington A, Pravong V, Gervais M, Rakovich G, Selvam R, Hu R, Musselman R, Raiche I, Moloo H, Liu R, Elnahas A, Alkhamesi N, Hawel J, Tang E, Alnumay A, Schlachta C, Walser E, Zhang C, Cristancho S, Ott M, Lee A, Niu B, Balaa F, Gawad N, Ren K, Qiu Y, Hamann K, How N, Leveille C, Davidson A, Eqbal A, Sardiwalla Y, Korostensky M, McKechnie T, Lee E, Yang I, Ren K, Muaddi H, Stukel T, de Mestral C, Nathens A, Karanicolas P, Frigault J, Lemieux S, Breton D, Bouchard P, Bouchard A, Grégoire R, Letarte F, Bouchard G, Drolet S, Frigault J, Avoine S, Drolet S, Letarte F, Bouchard A, Gagné J, Thibault C, Grégoire R, Jutras Bouthillette N, Gosselin M, Bouchard P, Rosenzveig A, Stuleanu T, Jarrar A, Kolozsvari N, Skelhorne-Gross G, Nenshi R, Jerath A, Gomez D, Singh K, Amir T, Liu E, Farquharson S, Mao R, Lan L, Yan J, Allard-Coutu A, Mierzwa A, Tin R, Brisebois R, Bradley N, Wigen R, Walser E, Hartford L, Van Koughnett J, Vogt K, Hilsden R, Parry N, Allen L, Leslie K, Raskin R, Jones J, Neumann K, Dwyer C, Strickland M, Bradley N, O'Dochartaigh D, Lobay K, Kabaroff A, Chang E, Widder S, Anantha R, Sun W, Beck J, Anantha R, Liu R, Davidson J, Jones S, Van Hooren T, Van Koughnett J, Ott M, Schmitz E, Raiche I, Sun W, El Hafid M, Dang J, Mocanu V, Lutzak G, Sultanian R, Wong C, Karmali S, Schmitz E, Petrera M, Pickell M, Auer R, Patro N, Li B, Lee Y, Wilson H, Mocanu V, Sun W, Dang J, Jogiat U, Kung J, Switzer N, Karmali S, Wong C, Li C, Al Hinai A, Cieply A, Hawes H, Joos E, Saleh A, Li C, Saleh A, Engels P, Drung J, Allen L, Leslie K, Pang G, Kwong M, Schlachta C, Alkhamesi N, Hawel J, Elnahas A, Guidolin K, Ellsmere J, Chadi S, Quereshy F, Chang D, Hutter M, Spence R, Abou Khalil M, Boutros M, Vasilevsky C, Morin N, Longtin Y, Liberman S, Demyttenaere S, Montpetit P, Poirier M, Mukherj) Can J Surg 2021;64(6 Suppl 2):S80-S159 PMID: 35483046 PMCID: PMC8677574 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85129780349 04/29/2022       1 Citation
  • Neoadjuvant Therapy for Primary Resectable Retroperitoneal Sarcomas-Looking Forward. (Istl AC, Gronchi A) Cancers (Basel) 2022 Apr 05;14(7) PMID: 35406603 PMCID: PMC8998126 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85127600971 04/13/2022       9 Citations
  • Good Bone Structure: A Call for Stronger Design and Methodology in Disparities Studies in Orthopedic Oncology. (Istl AC, Morris CD, Johnston FM) Ann Surg Oncol 2022 Apr 04 PMID: 35377062 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85127585351 04/05/2022       1 Citation
  • Role of Palliative Medicine Training in Surgical Oncology. (Istl AC, Johnston FM) Surg Oncol Clin N Am 2021 Jul;30(3):591-608 PMID: 34053671 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85106586527 06/01/2021       2 Citations
  • Increased Risk of Infections with Anti-TNF Agents in Patients with Crohn's Disease After Elective Surgery: Meta-Analysis. (Hanzel J, Almradi A, Istl AC, Yang ML, Fleshner KA, Parker CE, Guizzetti L, Ma C, Singh S, Jairath V) Dig Dis Sci 2022 Feb;67(2):646-660 PMID: 33634430 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85101751297 02/27/2021       5 Citations
  • Management of Low-Grade Appendiceal Mucinous Neoplasms (LAMN): An International Survey of Surgeons Performing CRS and HIPEC. (Istl AC, Gage MM, Esquivel J, Ahuja N, Greer JB, Johnston FM) Ann Surg Oncol 2021 Jul;28(7):3831-3837 PMID: 33393023 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85095822185 01/05/2021       5 Citations
  • ASO Author Reflections: Low-Grade Appendiceal Mucinous Neoplasms: An Appeal for Standardization and Collaborative Care. (Istl AC, Greer JB, Johnston FM) Ann Surg Oncol 2021 Jul;28(7):3838-3839 PMID: 33170458 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85095817183 11/11/2020    
  • Gender Disparities in Medical Student Surgical Skills Education. (Ryan JF, Istl AC, Luhoway JA, Davidson J, Christakis N, Bütter A, Mele TS) J Surg Educ 2021;78(3):850-857 PMID: 33020039 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85092013329 10/07/2020       6 Citations
  • Advance Care Planning in Cancer: Patient Preferences for Personnel and Timing. (Kubi B, Istl AC, Lee KT, Conca-Cheng A, Johnston FM) JCO Oncol Pract 2020 Sep;16(9):e875-e883 PMID: 32282265 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85090818580 04/14/2020       34 Citations
  • Letter: pre-operative anti-TNF therapy in Crohn's disease is not associated with increased complications following elective surgery. (Istl A, Yang ML, Fleshner KA, Parker CE, Guizzetti L, Singh S, Jairath V) Aliment Pharmacol Ther 2019 Aug;50(4):467-468 PMID: 31359469 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85069924800 07/31/2019       1 Citation
  • Perceived Barriers to the Development of Technical Skill Proficiency in Surgical Clerkship. (Luhoway JA, Ryan JF, Istl AC, Davidson J, Christakis N, Bütter A, Mele T) J Surg Educ 2019;76(5):1267-1277 PMID: 31003942 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85064256313 04/21/2019       15 Citations
  • Call for improved design and reporting in soft tissue sarcoma studies: A systematic review and meta-analysis of chemotherapy and survival outcomes in resectable STS. (Istl AC, Ruck JM, Morris CD, Levin AS, Meyer CF, Johnston FM) J Surg Oncol 2019 Jun;119(7):824-835 PMID: 30737793 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85061235303 02/10/2019       12 Citations
  • Canadian Surgery Forum 2018: St. John's, NL Sept. 13-15, 2018. (Jayaraman S, Lee L, Mata J, Droeser R, Kaneva P, Liberman S, Charlebois P, Stein B, Fried G, Feldman L, Schellenberg M, Inaba K, Cheng V, Bardes J, Lam L, Benjamin E, Matsushima K, Demetriades D, Schellenberg M, Inaba K, Cho J, Strumwasser A, Grabo D, Bir C, Eastman A, Demetriades D, Schellenberg M, Inaba K, Bardes J, Orozco N, Chen J, Park C, Kang T, Demetriades D, Jung J, Elfassy J, Grantcharov T, Jung J, Grantcharov T, Jung J, Grantcharov T, Taylor J, Stem M, Yu D, Chen S, Fang S, Gearhart S, Safar B, Efron J, Serrano P, Parpia S, McCarty D, Solis N, Valencia M, Jibrael S, Wei A, Gallinger S, Simunovic M, Hummadi A, Rabie M, Al Skaini M, Shamshad H, Shah S, Verhoeff K, Glen P, Taheri A, Min B, Tsang B, Fawcett V, Widder S, Yang M, Wanis K, Gilani O, Vogt K, Ott M, VanKoughnett J, Vinden C, Balvardi S, St Louis E, Yousef Y, Toobaie A, Guadagno E, Baird R, Poenaru D, Kleiman A, Mador B, Widder S, Serrano P, Moulton C, Lee E, Li C, Beyfuss K, Solomon H, Sela N, McAlister V, Ritter A, Gallinger S, Hallet J, Tsang M, Martel G, Jalink D, Husien M, Gu C, Levine M, Otiti S, Nginyangi J, Yeo C, Ring J, Holden M, Ungi T, Fichtinger G, Zevin B, Fang B, Dang J, Karmali S, Serrano P, Kim M, Zhang B, Duceppe E, Rieder S, Maeda A, Okrainec A, Jackson T, Kegel F, Lachance S, Landry T, Feldman L, Fried G, Mueller C, Lee L, Kegel F, Kegel F, Lachance S, Lee L, Joharifard S, Nyiemah E, Howe C, Dobboh C, Kortimai LG, Kabeto A, Beste J, Garraway N, Riviello R, Hameed S, Shinde S, Marcil G, Prasad S, Arminan J, Debru E, Church N, Gill R, Mitchell P, Delisle M, Chernos C, Park J, Hardy K, Vergis A, Guez M, Hong D, Guez M, Hong D, Koichopolos J, Hilsden R, Thompson D, Myslik F, Vandeline J, Leeper R, Doumouras A, Govind S, Hong D, Govind S, Valanci S, Alhassan N, Lee L, Feldman L, Fried G, Mueller C, Wong T, Nadkarni N, Chia S, Seow D, Carter D, Li C, Valencia M, Ruo L, Parpia S, Simunovic M, Levine O, Serrano P, Vogt K, Allen L, Murphy P, van Heest R, Saleh F, Widder S, Minor S, Engels P, Joos E, Wang C, Nenshi R, Meschino M, Laane C, Parry N, Hameed M, Lacoul A, Lee L, Chrystoja C, Ramjist J, Sutradhar R, Lix L, Simunovic M, Baxter N, Urbach D, Ahlin J, Patel S, Nanji S, Merchant S, Lajkosz K, Brogly S, Groome P, Sutherland J, Liu G, Crump T, Bair M, Karimuddin A, Sutherland J, Peterson A, Karimuddin A, Liu G, Crump T, Koichopolos J, Hawel J, Shlomovitz E, Habaz I, Elnahas A, Alkhamesi N, Schlachta C, Akhtar-Danesh G, Doumouras A, Hong D, Daodu T, Nguyen V, Dearden R, Datta I, Hampton L, Kirkpatrick A, McKee J, Regehr J, Brindley P, Martin D, LaPorta A, Park J, Vergis A, Gillman L, DeGirolamo K, Hameed M, D'Souza K, Hartford L, Gray D, Murphy P, Hilsden R, Clarke C, Vogt K, Wigen R, Allen L, Garcia-Ochoa C, Gray S, Maciver A, Parry N, Van Koughnett J, Leslie K, Zwiep T, Ahn S, Greenberg J, Balaa F, McIsaac D, Musselman R, Raiche I, Williams L, Moloo H, Nguyen M, Naidu D, Karanicolas P, Nadler A, Raskin R, Khokhotva V, Poirier R, Plourde C, Paré A, Marchand M, Leclair M, Deshaies J, Hebbard P, Ratnayake I, Decker K, MacIntosh E, Najarali Z, Valencia M, Zhang B, Alhusaini A, Solis N, Duceppe E, Parpia S, Ruo L, Simunovic M, Serrano P, Murphy P, Murphy P, McClure A, Dakouo M, Vogt K, Vinden C, Behman R, Nathens A, Hong NL, Pechlivanoglou P, Karanicolas P, Lung K, Leslie K, Parry N, Vogt K, Leeper R, Simone P, Leslie K, Schemitsch E, L. Code Orange Committee, Laane C, Chen L, Rosenkrantz L, Schuurman N, Hameed M, Joos E, George R, Shavit E, Pawliwec A, Rana Z, Laane C, Joos E, Evans D, Dawe P, Brown R, Hameed M, Lefebvre G, Devenny K, Héroux D, Bowman C, Mimeault R, Calder L, Baker L, Winter R, Cahill C, Fergusson D, Williams L, Schroeder T, Kahnamoui K, Elkheir S, Farrokhyar F, Wainman B, Hershorn O, Lim S, Hardy K, Vergis A, Arora A, Wright F, Nadler A, Escallon J, Gotlib L, Allen M, Gawad N, Raîche I, Jeyakumar G, Li D, Aarts M, Meschino M, Giles A, Dumitra T, Alam R, Fiore J, Mata J, Fried G, Vassiliou M, Mueller C, Lee L, Feldman L, Al Busa) Can J Surg 2018 Aug;61(4 Suppl 1):S94-S174 PMID: 35488393 PMCID: PMC6190926 08/01/2018    
  • Medical response to the declaration of the First World War: The case of Edwin Seaborn. (Istl AC, McAlister VC) J Med Biogr 2018 Nov;26(4):234-242 PMID: 29724148 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85055795098 05/05/2018    
  • Corticosteroid response predicts success of laparoscopic splenectomy in treating immune thrombocytopenia. (Istl AC, McCreery G, Allen LJ, Vogt K, Dubois L, Gray DK) Surgery 2018 Apr 23 PMID: 29699806 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85046147731 04/28/2018       2 Citations
  • Thirty-day complication rate of percutaneous gastrojejunostomy and gastrostomy tube insertion using a single-puncture, dual-anchor technique. (Zener R, Istl AC, Wanis KN, Hocking D, Kachura J, Alshehri S, Mujoomdar A, Latosinsky S, Wiseman D) Clin Imaging 2018;50:104-108 PMID: 29348052 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85040692420 01/20/2018       6 Citations
  • Western University (No. 10 Canadian Stationary Hospital and No. 14 Canadian General Hospital): a study of medical volunteerism in the First World War. (Istl AC, McAlister VC) Can J Surg 2016 Dec;59(6):371-373 PMID: 27827791 PMCID: PMC5125918 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85006371344 11/10/2016       1 Citation
  • Roscoe R. Graham: An enduring legacy in the 21st century. (Istl AC, Gray DK) J Trauma Acute Care Surg 2017 Jan;82(1):216-220 PMID: 27806000 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84994119280 11/03/2016       4 Citations
  • Fibrinogen Level and Bleeding Risk During Catheter-Directed Thrombolysis Using Tissue Plasminogen Activator. (Lee K, Istl A, Dubois L, DeRose G, Forbes TL, Wiseman D, Mujoomdar A, Kribs S, Power AH) Vasc Endovascular Surg 2015 Oct;49(7):175-9 PMID: 26462979 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84947269357 10/16/2015       21 Citations
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