Journal of Surgical Research
Volume 138, Issue 2 , Pages 189-197 , April 2007

Exporting Excellence for Whipple Resection to Refine the Leapfrog Initiative

Presented at the 1st Annual Academic Surgical Congress (Association for Academic Surgery), San Diego, CA, February 7–11, 2006.

  • John Maa, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco, California
    • Department of General Surgery, San Mateo Medical Center, San Mateo, California
    • Corresponding Author InformationTo whom correspondence and reprint requests should be addressed at Department of General Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, 1600 Divisadero, Room C-322D, Box 1674, San Francisco, CA 94103.
    • ,
  • Jessica E. Gosnell, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco, California
    • Department of General Surgery, San Mateo Medical Center, San Mateo, California
    • ,
  • Verna C. Gibbs, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco, California
    • Department of General Surgery, San Mateo Medical Center, San Mateo, California
    • ,
  • Hobart W. Harris, M.D., M.P.H.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco, California
    • Department of General Surgery, San Mateo Medical Center, San Mateo, California

Received 10 January 2006

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PII: S0022-4804(06)00498-7

doi: 10.1016/j.jss.2006.09.023

Journal of Surgical Research
Volume 138, Issue 2 , Pages 189-197 , April 2007

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