Dr. Barrett’s practice spans emergency general surgery, trauma surgery, and elective procedures, with a focus on hernia repairs, gallbladder removal, anti-reflux surgery, colon cancer, and small bowel disease. Dr. Barrett embraces the hands-on nature of general surgery and the opportunity to manage patients holistically. He and his family enjoy living and serving their local community.

• Smoking and GI cancer patients— is smoking cessation an attainable goal?, American
  Surgical Congress. Houston, 2018.
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• Poster Presentations:
• Appys and Beyond: Safety In Allowing Residents To Independently Perform
  Cholecystectomy, A Retrospective Review. American Association for the Surgery of
  Trauma, Chicago, IL 2022.
• Adjuvant Therapy Following Resection of Gastroenteropancreatic Neuroendocrine
  Tumors Provides no Recurrence or Survival Benefit, Society of Surgical Oncology, San
  Diego, 2019.
• A Surgical Discharge Smartphone App to Reduce Preventable Readmission, Simplify
  Discharge, and Improve Patient Outcomes, Bench2Bedside, Salt Lake City 2015.
• Hansen C. Protecting Public Health in a Social Media World: Policy Responses to Online
  Threats, Medicine 2.0, Palo Alto, 2011.
• There's an app for that: content analysis of paid health and fitness apps, Medicine 2.0,
  Palo Alto, 2011.
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• Publications:
• 1. Patient preferences for GI cancer surveillance and telemedical follow-up.
  Smith DT, Barrett J, Acher AW, Joachim A, Huynh B, Schreiter N, Stafford LC, Abbott DE, Alagoz
  E. Surg Oncol. 2021 Sep;38:101593. doi: 10.1016/j.suronc.2021.101593. Epub 2021 Apr 27.
  PMID: 33945960
• 2. Surgeon Variability Impacts Costs in Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy: the Volume-Cost
  Relationship. Stahl CC, Udani S, Schwartz PB, Aiken T, Acher AW, Barrett JR, Greenberg JA,
  Abbott DE. J Gastrointest Surg. 2021 Jan;25(1):195-200. doi: 10.1007/s11605-020-04814-0.
  Epub 2020 Oct 9. PMID: 33037553
• 3. Appendiceal Neuroendocrine Tumors: Does Colon Resection Improve Outcomes?
  Crown A, Simianu VV, Kennecke H, Lopez-Aguiar AG, Dillhoff M, Beal EW, Poultsides GA, Makris
  E, Idrees K, Smith PM, Nathan H, Beems M, Abbott D, Barrett J, Fields RC, Davidson J, Maithel
  SK, Rocha FG. J Gastrointest Surg. 2020 Sep;24(9):2121-2126. doi:
  10.1007/s11605-019-04431-6. Epub 2019 Nov 20. PMID: 31749094
• 4. Operative Delay in Adults with Appendicitis: Time is Money.
  Aiken T, Barrett J, Stahl CC, Schwartz PB, Udani S, Acher AW, Leverson G, Abbott D.
  J Surg Res. 2020 Sep;253:232-237. doi: 10.1016/j.jss.2020.03.038. Epub 2020 May 5.
  PMID: 32387570
• 5. A telephone-based surgical transitional care program with improved patient satisfaction
  scores and fiscal neutrality. Schreiter NA, Fisher A, Barrett JR, Acher A, Sell L, Edwards D,
  Leverson G, Joachim A, Weber SM, Abbott DE. Surgery. 2021 Feb;169(2):347-355. doi:
  10.1016/j.surg.2020.09.015. Epub 2020 Oct 20. PMID: 33092810
• 6. Sentinel lymph node biopsy is associated with increased cost in higher risk thin melanoma.
  Aiken TJ, Stahl CC, Schwartz PB, Barrett J, Acher AW, Lemaster D, Leverson G, Weber S, Neuman
  H, Abbott DE. J Surg Oncol. 2021 Jan;123(1):104-109. doi: 10.1002/jso.26225. Epub 2020 Sep
  16. PMID: 32939750.
• 7. Combined Proctectomy and Hepatectomy for Metastatic Rectal Cancer: Safe for the Fit and
  Able-But for Everyone? Barrett JR, Abbott DE. Ann Surg Oncol. 2019 Nov;26(12):3803-3804.
  doi: 10.1245/s10434-019-07500-x. Epub 2019 Jun 12. PMID: 31190208
• 8. Clinical and Cost Profile of Controlled Grade B Postoperative Pancreatic Fistula: Rationale for
  Their Consideration as Low Risk. Acher AW, Stahl C, Barrett JR, Schwartz PB, Aiken T,
  Ronnekleiv-Kelly S, Minter RM, Leverson G, Weber SM, Abbott DE. J Gastrointest Surg. 2021
  Sep;25(9):2336-2343. doi: 10.1007/s11605-021-04928-z. Epub 2021 Feb 8. PMID: 33555526
• 9. Patient and provider perceptions on utilizing a mobile technology platform to improve surgical
  outcomes in the perioperative setting. Huynh B, Barrett J, Joachim A, Smith D, Stafford LC,
  Abbott DE, Alagoz E. J Surg Oncol. 2021 Apr;123(5):1353-1360. doi: 10.1002/jso.26406. Epub
  2021 Feb 1. PMID: 33523484
• 10. Smoking and gastrointestinal cancer patients-is smoking cessation an attainable goal?
  Barrett JR, Cherney-Stafford L, Alagoz E, Piper ME, Cook J, Campbell-Flohr S, Weber SM,
  Winslow ER, Ronnkleiv-Kelly SM, Abbott DE. J Surg Oncol. 2019 Dec;120(8):1335-1340. doi:
  10.1002/jso.25749. Epub 2019 Oct 31. PMID: 31674041
• 11. Early vs Late Readmissions in Pancreaticoduodenectomy Patients: Recognizing Comprehensive
  Episodic Cost to Help Guide Bundled Payment Plans and Hospital Resource Allocation. Acher
  AW, Barrett JR, Schwartz PB, Stahl C, Aiken T, Ronnekleiv-Kelly S, Minter RM, Leverson G,
  Weber S, Abbott DE. J Gastrointest Surg. 2021 Jan;25(1):178-185. doi:
  10.1007/s11605-020-04714-3. Epub 2020 Jul 15. PMID: 32671797
• 12. Adjuvant therapy following resection of gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine tumors-There
  is hope, but more data are needed. Barrett JR, Abbott DE. J Surg Oncol. 2020 Sep;122(3):572.
  doi: 10.1002/jso.25972. Epub 2020 May 17. PMID: 32419171
• 13. What Drives High Costs of Cytoreductive Surgery and HIPEC: Patient, Provider or Tumor?
  Schwartz PB, Stahl CC, Vande Walle KA, Pokrzywa CJ, Cherney Stafford LM, Aiken T, Barrett J,
  Acher AW, Leverson G, Ronnekleiv-Kelly S, Weber SM, Abbott DE. Ann Surg Oncol. 2020
  Dec;27(13):4920-4928. doi: 10.1245/s10434-020-08583-7. Epub 2020 May 15.
  PMID: 32415351
• 14. Telephone Follow-Up for Emergency General Surgery Procedures: Safety and Implication for
  Health Resource Use. Carlock TC, Barrett JR, Kalvelage JP, Young JB, Nunez JM, Colonna AL,
  Enniss TM, Nirula R, McCrum ML. J Am Coll Surg. 2020 Feb;230(2):228-236. doi:
  10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2019.10.006. Epub 2019 Oct 22. PMID: 31654733
• 15. Adjuvant therapy following resection of gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine tumors
  provides no recurrence or survival benefit. Barrett JR, Rendell V, Pokrzywa C, Lopez-Aguiar AG,
  Cannon J, Poultsides GA, Rocha F, Crown A, Beal E, Michael Pawlik T, Fields R, Panni RZ, Smith P,
  Idrees K, Cho C, Beems M, Maithel S, Weber S, Erik Abbott D. J Surg Oncol. 2020
  Jun;121(7):1067-1073. doi: 10.1002/jso.25896. Epub 2020 Mar 9. PMID: 32153032
• 16. Summary perioperative risk metrics within the electronic medical record predict patient-level
  cost variation in pancreaticoduodenectomy. Stahl CC, Schwartz PB, Leverson GE, Barrett JR,
  Aiken T, Acher AW, Ronnekleiv-Kelly SM, Minter RM, Weber SM, Abbott DE. Surgery. 2020
  Aug;168(2):274-279. doi: 10.1016/j.surg.2020.03.003. Epub 2020 Apr 26. PMID: 32349869
• 17. Safety in Allowing Residents to Independently Perform Appendectomy: A Retrospective
  Review. Barrett JR, Drezdzon MK, Monawer AH, O'Rourke AP, Scarborough JE. J Am Coll Surg.
  2019 Dec;229(6):621-625. doi: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2019.07.013. Epub 2019 Aug 13.
  PMID: 31419496
• 18. Prognostic Role of Lymph Node Positivity and Number of Lymph Nodes Needed for Accurately
  Staging Small-Bowel Neuroendocrine Tumors. Zaidi MY, Lopez-Aguiar AG, Dillhoff M, Beal E,
  Poultsides G, Makris E, Rocha F, Crown A, Idrees K, Marincola Smith P, Nathan H, Beems M,
  Abbott D, Barrett JR, Fields RC, Davidson J, Cardona K, Maithel SK. JAMA Surg. 2019 Feb
  1;154(2):134-140. doi: 10.1001/jamasurg.2018.3865. PMID: 30383112
• 19. Evaluating the ACS-NSQIP Risk Calculator in Primary GI Neuroendocrine Tumor: Results from
  the United States Neuroendocrine Tumor Study Group. Armstrong EA, Beal EW, Lopez-Aguiar
  AG, Poultsides G, Cannon JG, Rocha F, Crown A, Barrett J, Ronnkleiv-Kelly S, Fields RC, Krasnick
  BA, Idrees K, Smith PM, Nathan H, Beems MV, Maithel SK, Schmidt CR, Pawlik TM, Dillhoff M.
  Am Surg. 2019 Dec 1;85(12):1334-1340. PMID: 31908214
• 20. Medically Smart, Fiscally Illiterate: Lack of Financial Education Leads to Poor Retirement
  Savings Strategies in Surgical Trainees. Barrett JR, Leonard LD, Kovar A, McCarthy DP, Harms B,
  Tevis S. Am Surg. 2022 May 4:31348221096579. doi: 10.1177/00031348221096579.
  PMID: 35506914
• 21. There's an app for that: content analysis of paid health and fitness apps.
  West JH, Hall PC, Hanson CL, Barnes MD, Giraud-Carrier C, Barrett J. J Med Internet Res. 2012
  May 14;14(3):e72. doi: 10.2196/jmir.1977. PMID: 22584372
• 22. Promoting patient engagement during care transitions after surgery using mobile technology:
  Lessons learned from the MobiMD pilot study. Diehl TM, Barrett JR, Van Doorn R, Cherney
  Stafford LM, Hanlon BM, Weber SM, Voils CI, Abbott DE. Surgery. 2022 Jul;172(1):219-225. doi:
  10.1016/j.surg.2021.12.018. Epub 2022 Jan 24. PMID: 35086727
• 23. Protocol for the MobiMD trial: A randomized controlled trial to evaluate the effect of a
  self-monitoring mobile app on hospital readmissions for complex surgical patients.
  Diehl TM, Barrett JR, Abbott DE, Cherney Stafford LM, Hanlon BM, Yang Q, Van Doorn R, Weber
  SM, Voils CI. Contemp Clin Trials. 2022 Feb;113:106658. doi: 10.1016/j.cct.2021.106658. Epub
  2021 Dec 22. PMID: 34954099
• 24. GI Cancer Patient Distress: How does it Change throughout the Perioperative Period
  Alexandra Acher, Taylor Genrich, Krystal Dautermann, Megan Draheim, Samira Barti, Kim
  Ingwell-Huie, Emily Reinstad, James R. Barrett, Daniel E. Abbott, Mary Beth Henry,
  Gastroenterology, Volume 158, Issue 6, Supplement 1,2020, Pages S-1561-S-1562, ISSN
  0016-5085, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0016-5085(20)34587-X.
• 25. COVIDSurg Collaborative. Elective Cancer Surgery in COVID-19-Free Surgical Pathways
  During the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic: An International, Multicenter, Comparative Cohort Study.
  Glasbey JC, Nepogodiev D, Simoes JFF, Omar O, Li E et al. J Clin Oncol. 2021 Jan
  1;39(1):66-78. doi: 10.1200/JCO.20.01933. Epub 2020 Oct 6. PMID: 33021869; PMCID:
• 26. PMC8189635.Protecting Public Health in a Social Media World: Policy Responses to Online Threats. Hanson
  CL, Barrett J, West JH, Barnes MD. The Internet Journal of Public Health. 2012;2(1).
  http://ispub.com/IJPH/2/1/14079

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