Education/CredentialsFellowship: Emory University (Advanced GI Minimally Invasive Surgery)Residency: University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health (General Surgery)MS: University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health (Population Health)MD: University of Cincinnati College of MedicineBS: The Ohio State University (Biology) Board Certifications & LicensesAmerican Board of Surgery (Certification Date: 2023-03-14) Contact Information Surgical Research Unit Office 513-558-5661 Email imbusjr@ucmail.uc.edu Clinical Interests General SurgeryHerniaWeight Loss Peer Reviewed Publications Imbus, Joseph R; Jung, Andrew D; Davis, S; Oyefule, Omobolanle O; Patel, Ankit D; Serrot, Federico J; Stetler, Jamil L; Majumdar, Melissa C; Papandria, Dominic; Diller, Maggie L; Srinivasan, Jahnavi K; Lin, Edward; Hechenbleikner, Elizabeth M 2023. Extended postoperative venous thromboembolism prophylaxis after bariatric surgery: a comparison of existing risk-stratification tools and 5-year MBSAQIP analysis. Surgery for obesity and related diseases : official journal of the American Society for Bariatric Surgery, , Dedhia, Priya H; Chen, Kallie; Song, Yiqiang; LaRose, Eric; Imbus, Joseph R; Peissig, Peggy L; Mendonca, Eneida A; Schneider, David F 2022. Ambiguous and Incomplete: Natural Language Processing Reveals Problematic Reporting Styles in Thyroid Ultrasound Reports. Methods of information in medicine, 61 1-02, 11-18Zaborek, Nick A; Cheng, Andy; Imbus, Joseph R; Long, Kristin L; Pitt, Susan C; Sippel, Rebecca S; Schneider, David F 2022. Corrigendum to The optimal dosing scheme for levothyroxine after thyroidectomy: A comprehensive comparison and evaluation [Surgery. 2019 Jan;165(1):92-98.]. Surgery, 172 1, 477Chen, Kallie J; Dedhia, Priya H; Imbus, Joseph R; Schneider, David F 2020. Thyroid Ultrasound Reports: Will the Thyroid Imaging, Reporting, and Data System Improve Natural Language Processing Capture of Critical Thyroid Nodule Features? The Journal of surgical research, 256 , 557-563Janek, Kevin C; Bennett, Kyla M; Imbus, Joseph R; Danobeitia, Juan S; Philip, Jennifer L; Melnick, David M 2020. Patterns of opioid use in dialysis access procedures. Journal of vascular surgery, 72 3, 1018-1024Atruktsang, Tenzin S; Zaborek, Nick A; Imbus, Joseph R; Long, Kristin; Pitt, Susan C; Sippel, Rebecca S; Schneider, David F 2019. Identifying Predictors of Prolonged Levothyroxine Dose Adjustment After Thyroidectomy. The Journal of surgical research, 242 , 166-171Zaborek, Nick A; Cheng, Andy; Imbus, Joseph R; Long, Kristin L; Pitt, Susan C; Sippel, Rebecca S; Schneider, David F 2019. The optimal dosing scheme for levothyroxine after thyroidectomy: A comprehensive comparison and evaluation. Surgery, 165 1, 92-98Dhar, Vikrom K; Merchant, Nipun B; Patel, Sameer H; Edwards, Michael J; Wima, Koffi; Imbus, Joseph; Abbott, Daniel E; Weber, Sharon M; Louie, Raphael; Kim, Hong J; Martin, Robert C G; Scoggins, Charles R; Bentrem, David J; LeCompte, Michael T; Idrees, Kamran; Lopez-Aguiar, Alexandra G; Maithel, Shishir K; Kooby, David A; Franco, Daniel A; Yakoub, Danny; Ahmad, Syed A 2018. Does Surgical Margin Impact Recurrence in Noninvasive Intraductal Papillary Mucinous Neoplasms?: A Multi-institutional Study. Annals of surgery, 268 3, 469-478Imbus, Joseph R; Funk, Luke M 2018. Relationship Status After Bariatric Surgery: It's Complicated. JAMA surgery, 153 7, 661-662Imbus, Joseph R; Voils, Corrine I; Funk, Luke M 2018. Bariatric surgery barriers: a review using Andersen's Model of Health Services Use. Surgery for obesity and related diseases : official journal of the American Society for Bariatric Surgery, 14 3, 404-412Imbus, Joseph R; Funk, Luke M 2017. Commentary on Varban et al.: Far from Standardized: Using Surgical Videos to Identify Variation in Technique for Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy. Journal of laparoendoscopic & advanced surgical techniques. Part A, 27 8, 768-769Imbus, Joseph R; Randle, Reese W; Pitt, Susan C; Sippel, Rebecca S; Schneider, David F 2017. Machine learning to identify multigland disease in primary hyperparathyroidism. The Journal of surgical research, 219 , 173-179
Peer Reviewed Publications Imbus, Joseph R; Jung, Andrew D; Davis, S; Oyefule, Omobolanle O; Patel, Ankit D; Serrot, Federico J; Stetler, Jamil L; Majumdar, Melissa C; Papandria, Dominic; Diller, Maggie L; Srinivasan, Jahnavi K; Lin, Edward; Hechenbleikner, Elizabeth M 2023. Extended postoperative venous thromboembolism prophylaxis after bariatric surgery: a comparison of existing risk-stratification tools and 5-year MBSAQIP analysis. Surgery for obesity and related diseases : official journal of the American Society for Bariatric Surgery, , Dedhia, Priya H; Chen, Kallie; Song, Yiqiang; LaRose, Eric; Imbus, Joseph R; Peissig, Peggy L; Mendonca, Eneida A; Schneider, David F 2022. Ambiguous and Incomplete: Natural Language Processing Reveals Problematic Reporting Styles in Thyroid Ultrasound Reports. Methods of information in medicine, 61 1-02, 11-18Zaborek, Nick A; Cheng, Andy; Imbus, Joseph R; Long, Kristin L; Pitt, Susan C; Sippel, Rebecca S; Schneider, David F 2022. Corrigendum to The optimal dosing scheme for levothyroxine after thyroidectomy: A comprehensive comparison and evaluation [Surgery. 2019 Jan;165(1):92-98.]. Surgery, 172 1, 477Chen, Kallie J; Dedhia, Priya H; Imbus, Joseph R; Schneider, David F 2020. Thyroid Ultrasound Reports: Will the Thyroid Imaging, Reporting, and Data System Improve Natural Language Processing Capture of Critical Thyroid Nodule Features? The Journal of surgical research, 256 , 557-563Janek, Kevin C; Bennett, Kyla M; Imbus, Joseph R; Danobeitia, Juan S; Philip, Jennifer L; Melnick, David M 2020. Patterns of opioid use in dialysis access procedures. Journal of vascular surgery, 72 3, 1018-1024Atruktsang, Tenzin S; Zaborek, Nick A; Imbus, Joseph R; Long, Kristin; Pitt, Susan C; Sippel, Rebecca S; Schneider, David F 2019. Identifying Predictors of Prolonged Levothyroxine Dose Adjustment After Thyroidectomy. The Journal of surgical research, 242 , 166-171Zaborek, Nick A; Cheng, Andy; Imbus, Joseph R; Long, Kristin L; Pitt, Susan C; Sippel, Rebecca S; Schneider, David F 2019. The optimal dosing scheme for levothyroxine after thyroidectomy: A comprehensive comparison and evaluation. Surgery, 165 1, 92-98Dhar, Vikrom K; Merchant, Nipun B; Patel, Sameer H; Edwards, Michael J; Wima, Koffi; Imbus, Joseph; Abbott, Daniel E; Weber, Sharon M; Louie, Raphael; Kim, Hong J; Martin, Robert C G; Scoggins, Charles R; Bentrem, David J; LeCompte, Michael T; Idrees, Kamran; Lopez-Aguiar, Alexandra G; Maithel, Shishir K; Kooby, David A; Franco, Daniel A; Yakoub, Danny; Ahmad, Syed A 2018. Does Surgical Margin Impact Recurrence in Noninvasive Intraductal Papillary Mucinous Neoplasms?: A Multi-institutional Study. Annals of surgery, 268 3, 469-478Imbus, Joseph R; Funk, Luke M 2018. Relationship Status After Bariatric Surgery: It's Complicated. JAMA surgery, 153 7, 661-662Imbus, Joseph R; Voils, Corrine I; Funk, Luke M 2018. Bariatric surgery barriers: a review using Andersen's Model of Health Services Use. Surgery for obesity and related diseases : official journal of the American Society for Bariatric Surgery, 14 3, 404-412Imbus, Joseph R; Funk, Luke M 2017. Commentary on Varban et al.: Far from Standardized: Using Surgical Videos to Identify Variation in Technique for Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy. Journal of laparoendoscopic & advanced surgical techniques. Part A, 27 8, 768-769Imbus, Joseph R; Randle, Reese W; Pitt, Susan C; Sippel, Rebecca S; Schneider, David F 2017. Machine learning to identify multigland disease in primary hyperparathyroidism. The Journal of surgical research, 219 , 173-179
Imbus, Joseph R; Jung, Andrew D; Davis, S; Oyefule, Omobolanle O; Patel, Ankit D; Serrot, Federico J; Stetler, Jamil L; Majumdar, Melissa C; Papandria, Dominic; Diller, Maggie L; Srinivasan, Jahnavi K; Lin, Edward; Hechenbleikner, Elizabeth M 2023. Extended postoperative venous thromboembolism prophylaxis after bariatric surgery: a comparison of existing risk-stratification tools and 5-year MBSAQIP analysis. Surgery for obesity and related diseases : official journal of the American Society for Bariatric Surgery, , Dedhia, Priya H; Chen, Kallie; Song, Yiqiang; LaRose, Eric; Imbus, Joseph R; Peissig, Peggy L; Mendonca, Eneida A; Schneider, David F 2022. Ambiguous and Incomplete: Natural Language Processing Reveals Problematic Reporting Styles in Thyroid Ultrasound Reports. Methods of information in medicine, 61 1-02, 11-18Zaborek, Nick A; Cheng, Andy; Imbus, Joseph R; Long, Kristin L; Pitt, Susan C; Sippel, Rebecca S; Schneider, David F 2022. Corrigendum to The optimal dosing scheme for levothyroxine after thyroidectomy: A comprehensive comparison and evaluation [Surgery. 2019 Jan;165(1):92-98.]. Surgery, 172 1, 477Chen, Kallie J; Dedhia, Priya H; Imbus, Joseph R; Schneider, David F 2020. Thyroid Ultrasound Reports: Will the Thyroid Imaging, Reporting, and Data System Improve Natural Language Processing Capture of Critical Thyroid Nodule Features? The Journal of surgical research, 256 , 557-563Janek, Kevin C; Bennett, Kyla M; Imbus, Joseph R; Danobeitia, Juan S; Philip, Jennifer L; Melnick, David M 2020. Patterns of opioid use in dialysis access procedures. Journal of vascular surgery, 72 3, 1018-1024Atruktsang, Tenzin S; Zaborek, Nick A; Imbus, Joseph R; Long, Kristin; Pitt, Susan C; Sippel, Rebecca S; Schneider, David F 2019. Identifying Predictors of Prolonged Levothyroxine Dose Adjustment After Thyroidectomy. The Journal of surgical research, 242 , 166-171Zaborek, Nick A; Cheng, Andy; Imbus, Joseph R; Long, Kristin L; Pitt, Susan C; Sippel, Rebecca S; Schneider, David F 2019. The optimal dosing scheme for levothyroxine after thyroidectomy: A comprehensive comparison and evaluation. Surgery, 165 1, 92-98Dhar, Vikrom K; Merchant, Nipun B; Patel, Sameer H; Edwards, Michael J; Wima, Koffi; Imbus, Joseph; Abbott, Daniel E; Weber, Sharon M; Louie, Raphael; Kim, Hong J; Martin, Robert C G; Scoggins, Charles R; Bentrem, David J; LeCompte, Michael T; Idrees, Kamran; Lopez-Aguiar, Alexandra G; Maithel, Shishir K; Kooby, David A; Franco, Daniel A; Yakoub, Danny; Ahmad, Syed A 2018. Does Surgical Margin Impact Recurrence in Noninvasive Intraductal Papillary Mucinous Neoplasms?: A Multi-institutional Study. Annals of surgery, 268 3, 469-478Imbus, Joseph R; Funk, Luke M 2018. Relationship Status After Bariatric Surgery: It's Complicated. JAMA surgery, 153 7, 661-662Imbus, Joseph R; Voils, Corrine I; Funk, Luke M 2018. Bariatric surgery barriers: a review using Andersen's Model of Health Services Use. Surgery for obesity and related diseases : official journal of the American Society for Bariatric Surgery, 14 3, 404-412Imbus, Joseph R; Funk, Luke M 2017. Commentary on Varban et al.: Far from Standardized: Using Surgical Videos to Identify Variation in Technique for Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy. Journal of laparoendoscopic & advanced surgical techniques. Part A, 27 8, 768-769Imbus, Joseph R; Randle, Reese W; Pitt, Susan C; Sippel, Rebecca S; Schneider, David F 2017. Machine learning to identify multigland disease in primary hyperparathyroidism. The Journal of surgical research, 219 , 173-179