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Teresa S. Jones, MD
Title: Core Investigator
Associate Professor, University of Colorado School of Medicine
Contact: teresa.jones@va.gov
Location: Denver
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See Dr. Jones' Dimensions profile that includes: publications, grants, datasets, patents and clinical trials

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Recent Publications

2024

Choy K, Abbitt D, Kovar A, Jones TS, McCallum M, Thomas EA, Saxon DR, Wikiel KJ, Jones EL. Weighing your options-intragastric balloon versus semaglutide. Surg Endosc. 2024 Aug 13. doi: 10.1007/s00464-024-11169-z. Epub ahead of print.  
PMID: 39138683.

Abbitt D, Choy K, Kovar A, Jones TS, Wikiel KJ, Jones EL. Weight regain after intragastric balloon for pre-surgical weight loss. World J Gastrointest Surg. 2024 Jul 27;16(7):2040-2046. doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v16.i7.2040. PMCID: PMC11287690.

PMID: 39087112.

Abbitt D, Choy K, Cotton J, Jones TS, Robinson TN, Jones EL. Outpatient surgery postoperative ambulation and emergency department utilization. Surg Endosc. 2024 Feb;38(2):999-1004. doi: 10.1007/s00464-023-10575-z. Epub 2023 Nov 28.
PMID: 38017159.

Jones TS, Mckown L, Lane A, Horney C, Unruh M, Brown N, Sommerville-Henderson S, Jones EL, Albright K, Levy C, Robinson T. Patient Participation in Multidisciplinary High-Risk Surgery Discussions: A Pilot Study. J Palliat Med. 2024 Jul 8. doi: 10.1089/jpm.2023.0655. Epub ahead of print.
PMID: 38973547.

Abbitt D, Choy K, Robinson TN, Jones EL, Horney C, Sommerville S, Jones TS. Preoperative Risk Factors for Discharge to Facility After Surgery in Geriatric Patients. Am Surg. 2024 May 24:31348241256056. doi: 10.1177/00031348241256056. Epub ahead of print.
PMID: 38788760.

Choy K, Abbitt D, Moyer A, Moore JT, Wikiel KJ, Jones TS, Robinson TN, Jones EL. Feeding Tube Clinic Effect on Nutrition. Surg Laparosc Endosc Percutan Tech. 2024 May 9. doi: 10.1097/SLE.0000000000001277. Epub ahead of print.
PMID: 38722739.

Cotton JL, Netsanet A, Suarez-Pierre A, Abbitt D, Jones TS, Rove JY, Jones EL. Evaluation of veteran community care outcomes after coronary artery bypass grafting: a retrospective pilot cohort. J Cardiothorac Surg. 2024 Mar 26;19(1):154. doi: 10.1186/s13019-024-02644-8. PMCID: PMC10964589.
PMID: 38532514.
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Jones TS, Peters X, Robinson TN. Clin-STAR corner: Practice-changing advances at the interface of surgery and geriatrics. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2024 Jan 27. doi: 10.1111/jgs.18783. Epub ahead of print.
PMID: 38280226.
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2023

Abbitt D, Choy K, Castle R, Bollinger D, Jones TS, Wikiel KJ, Barnett CC, Moore JT, Robinson TN, Jones EL. Telehealth for general surgery postoperative care. Am J Surg. 2023 Dec 23:S0002-9610(23)00671-2. doi: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2023.12.025. Epub ahead of print.
PMID: 38158263.
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Abbitt D, Cotton J, Choy K, Jones TS, Wikiel KJ, Robinson TN, Jones EL. Residents and Fellows Forum: Impact on general surgery clinic after telehealth conversion at a Veteran Affairs medical center. Surgery. 2023 Dec 15:S0039-6060(23)00872-3. doi: 10.1016/j.surg.2023.11.017. Epub ahead of print.
PMID: 38103987.
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Wikiel KJ, Bollinger D, Montero PM, Jones TS, Robinson TN, Jones EL. Stray energy injury during robotic versus laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair: a randomized controlled trial. Surg Endosc. 2023 Nov;37(11):8771-8777. doi: 10.1007/s00464-023-10331-3. Epub 2023 Aug 14.
PMID: 37580577.
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Abbitt D, Netsanet A, Kovar A, Choy K, Jones TS, Cassell B, Hammad H, Reveille RM, Wikiel KJ, Jones EL. Losing weight to achieve joint or hernia surgery: is the intragastric balloon the answer? Surg Endosc. 2023 Sep;37(9):7212-7217. doi: 10.1007/s00464-023-10209-4. Epub 2023 Jun 26.
PMID: 37365392.
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Abbitt D, Choy K, Castle R, Jones TS, Wikiel KJ, Barnett CC, Moore JT, Robinson TN, Jones EL. Telehealth Follow-Up After Inguinal Hernia Repair in Veterans. J Surg Res. 2023 Jul;287:186-192. doi: 10.1016/j.jss.2023.02.030. Epub 2023 Mar 20.
PMID: 36940640.
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2022

Awadallah NS, Jones TS, Christian N, Fainstad T, Nyquist J, Schreiber J, Fung CC, Rumack CM, Nehler M, Jaiswal KR. Proactive Coaching in General Surgery Internship: Incorporating Well-being Practices into Resident Professional Life. J Surg Educ. 2023 Feb;80(2):177-184. doi: 10.1016/j.jsurg.2022.09.021. Epub 2022 Oct 13.
PMID: 36244927
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Billings JD, Huynh V, Leonard LD, Kovar A, Jones TS, Cumbler E, Christian N, Rojas KE, Meacham R, Tevis SE. Addressing an epidemic: Improving guideline-concordant opioid prescribing in surgical patients. Surgery. 2022 Nov;172(5):1407-1414. doi: 10.1016/j.surg.2022.06.033. Epub 2022 Sep 8.
PMID: 36088172

Abbitt D, Choy K, Castle R, Carmichael H, Jones TS, Wikiel KJ, Barnett CC, Moore JT, Robinson TN, Jones EL. Telehealth follow-up after cholecystectomy is safe in veterans. Surg Endosc. 2023 Apr;37(4):3201-3207. doi: 10.1007/s00464-022-09501-6. Epub 2022 Aug 16. PMCID: PMC9380680.
PMID: 35974252

Wikiel KJ, Powlan FJ, Jones TS, Robinson TN, Jones EL. Robotic stray energy with constant-voltage versus constant-power regulating electrosurgical generators. Surg Endosc. 2023 Jan;37(1):580-586. doi: 10.1007/s00464-022-09316-5. Epub 2022 May 25.
PMID: 35612638

Moyer AM, Abbitt D, Choy K, Jones TS, Morin TL, Wikiel KJ, Barnett CC, Moore JT, Robinson TN, Jones EL. A dedicated feeding tube clinic reduces emergency department utilization for gastrostomy tube complications. Surg Endosc. 2022 Sep;36(9):6969-6974. doi: 10.1007/s00464-022-09065-5. Epub 2022 Feb 7.
PMID: 35132448