Shawn D. Safford

UPMC Central Pa — United States

Medicine · Health Sciences

23h-index2.5kcitations77works1.92yr avg
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Research Topics

Trauma and Emergency Care Studies(13), Surgical Simulation and Training(9), Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes(7), Trauma, Hemostasis, Coagulopathy, Resuscitation(6), Esophageal and GI Pathology(6)

Publications77 total

From gaze to proficiency: deep learning-driven prediction of novice performance in laparoscopic training using AOI-dependent metrics
Surgical Endoscopy·2025Open Access
Are we creating a hernia to fix a hernia: long-term hernia rates following robotic inguinal hernia repair
Surgical Endoscopy·2025· 1 cited
Visual attention and cognitive workload using different laparoscopic box trainers and mixed-reality feedback
Surgical Endoscopy·2025· 4 citedOpen Access
Jejunal trichobezoar causing small bowel perforations in a child: A case report
Journal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reports·2025Open Access
Pediatric Trauma—Not Just Little Adults—Part 1: Differences in Physiology and Injury Patterns
Current Surgery Reports·2024· 4 cited
Pediatric Trauma—Not Just Little Adults-Part 2: Differences in Radiographic Workup and Management
Current Surgery Reports·2024· 1 cited
Opportunistic dried blood spot sampling validates and optimizes a pediatric population pharmacokinetic model of metronidazole
Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy·2024· 4 citedOpen Access
Prevalence and outcomes of high versus low ratio plasma to red blood cell resuscitation in a multi-institutional cohort of severely injured children
The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care·2024· 1 cited
Alone Together: Is Strain Experienced Concurrently by Members of Operating Room Teams?: An Event-based Study
Annals of Surgery Open·2023· 1 citedOpen Access
Successful Endoscopic Vacuum Therapy for Esophageal Anastomotic Leak in an Infant
Videoscopy·2023
Crystalloid volume is associated with short-term morbidity in children with severe traumatic brain injury: An Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma multicenter trial post hoc analysis
The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care·2023· 6 cited
LAPAROSCOPIC TROCAR INSERTION FORCE SIMULATION
2023
An Extended Reality Simulator for Pulse Palpation Training
2023· 5 cited
Scene-dependent, feedforward eye gaze metrics can differentiate technical skill levels of trainees in laparoscopic surgery
Surgical Endoscopy·2022· 19 citedOpen Access
Predicting Laparoscopic Surgical Skills of Trainees with Eye Metrics Associated with Focused Attention and Workload
Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting·2022· 3 cited
An Extended Reality Simulator for Advanced Trauma Life Support Training
Lecture notes in computer science·2022· 4 cited
Gastric Injury
2022
Employment search, initial employment experience, and career preferences of recent pediatric surgical fellowship graduates: An APSA survey, part of the right child/right surgeon initiative
Journal of Pediatric Surgery·2021· 13 cited
Differentiating Laparoscopic Skills of Trainees with Computer Vision Based Metrics
Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting·2021· 9 citedOpen Access
Routine Repeat Imaging of Pediatric Blunt Solid Organ Injuries Is Not Necessary
The American Surgeon·2021· 4 cited
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Frequent Co-authors

Michael A. Skinner(8), Sarah Parker(7), Alex J. Freemerman(5), Kristine M. Safford(4), Henry E. Rice(4), Eric A. Elster(4), David G. Neschis(4), Michael A. Golden(4), Nathan Lau(4), Ryan M. Walk(3), Timothy F. Donahue(3), Shimae Fitzgibbons(3), Dominique Goyeau(3), Jacob Glaser(3), Jon P. Gockerman(2), Joseph O. Moore(2), Jerome M. Feldman(2), Douglas S. Tyler(2), John A. Olson(2), Ricardo Pietrobon(2)