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Tamarah J. Westmoreland, MD

Surgeon

¾Ã¾Ã¾Ã¾Ã¾Ã¾Ã¾Ã¾«Æ· Children's Hospital, Florida 6535 ¾Ã¾Ã¾Ã¾Ã¾Ã¾Ã¾Ã¾«Æ· Parkway Orlando, FL 32827

Fellowship

  • Surgical Research - Duke University Surgical Services, 2006
  • Pediatric Surgical Oncology - St Jude Childrens Research Hospital, 2011
  • Pediatric Surgery - University of Mississippi Medical Center, 2013

Internship

  • General Surgery - University of Florida College of Medicine, 2001

Residency

  • General Surgery - Duke University Medical Center, 2010

Education

  • M.D. - East Carolina University, 2000
  • PhD - Duke University, 2006

Board Certifications

  • American Board of Surgery
  • American Board of Surgery/Pediatric Surgery

  • The Oncolytic Activity of Zika Viral Therapy in Human Neuroblastoma In Vivo Models Confers a Major Survival Advantage in a CD24-dependent Manner.; Cancer research communications; (2024).

  • Concurrent dermoid and epidermoid cysts in an adolescent patient: a case report; Oxford Medical Case Reports; (2023).

  • CD24 Expression Dampens the Basal Antiviral State in Human Neuroblastoma Cells and Enhances Permissivity to Zika Virus Infection; Viruses; (2022).

  • Persistent Double Dorsal Aorta Surrounding Large Neuroenteric Cyst; Annals of Thoracic Surgery; (2022).

  • Chaperonin containing TCP-1 (CCT/TRiC) is a novel therapeutic and diagnostic target for neuroblastoma; Frontiers in Oncology; (2022).

  • The killing of human neuroblastoma cells by the small molecule JQ1 occurs in a p53-dependent manner; Anti-Cancer Agents in Medicinal Chemistry; (2020).

  • Pediatric renal mass or xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis?; Journal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reports; (2020).

  • Keystone Flap Reconstruction after Resection of a Large Paraspinal Venous Malformation in an Infant; Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery - Global Open; (2020).

  • Zika virus as an oncolytic treatment of human neuroblastoma cells requires CD24; PLoS ONE; (2018).

  • Nanoparticle delivery of curcumin induces cellular hypoxia and ROS-mediated apoptosis: Via modulation of Bcl-2/Bax in human neuroblastoma; Nanoscale; (2017).

  • The long non-coding RNA GAS5 differentially regulates cell cycle arrest and apoptosis through activation of BRCA1 and p53 in human neuroblastoma; Oncotarget; (2017).

  • Jejunogastric intussusception in a child: A case report; Journal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reports; (2014).

  • Gastric metastasis from an alveolar soft part sarcoma in a child: Case report and review of the literature; Journal of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology; (2014).

  • Esophageal diverticulum arising from a prolonged retained esophageal foreign body; Journal of Pediatric Surgery; (2013).

  • Endoscopic-assisted laparoscopic surgical removal of a gastric neurofibroma in a child; Journal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reports; (2013).

  • Pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors; Contemporary Surgical Management of Liver, Biliary Tract, and Pancreatic Disease; (2013).

  • Staged closure with negative pressure wound therapy for gastroschisis with liver herniation: A case report; Journal of Pediatric Surgery; (2013).

  • Resection of a giant hepatic adenoma in an eight-year-old girl; American Surgeon; (2013).

  • Bevacizumab-associated fistula formation in postoperative colorectal cancer patients; Journal of the American College of Surgeons; (2012).

  • Low volume is associated with worse patient outcomes for pediatric liver transplant centers; Journal of Pediatric Surgery; (2010).

  • Comparative genome-wide screening identifies a conserved doxorubicin repair network that is diploid specific in Saccharomyces cerevisiae; PLoS ONE; (2009).

  • Yeast screens identify the RNA polymerase II CTD and SPT5 as relevant targets of BRCA1 interaction; PLoS ONE; (2008).

  • Cell cycle progression in G<sub>1</sub> and S phases is CCR4 dependent following ionizing radiation or replication stress in Saccharomyces cerevisiae; Eukaryotic Cell; (2004).

  • DHH1 regulates the G1/S-checkpoint following DNA damage or BRCA1 expression in yeast; Journal of Surgical Research; (2003).

  • A double-strand break within a yeast artificial chromosome (YAC) containing human DNA can result in YAC loss, deletion, or cell lethality; Molecular and Cellular Biology; (1996).