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R. Cutler C. Quillin, MD

Associate Professor of Clinical

Surgery | College of Medicine

Education/Credentials
  • Fellowship: Columbia University (Abdominal Transplant and Hepatobiliary Surgery)
  • Residency: University of Cincinnati Department of Surgery (General Surgery )
  • Fellowship: University of Cincinnati Department of Surgery (Post Doctoral William Cooper Proctor Research Fellow)
  • Medical Degree: University of Cincinnati
  • Bachelor's Degree: Virginia Tech (Biological Systems Engineering)
Board Certifications & Licenses

American Board of Surgery (Certification Date: 2017-03-06)

Specialties

Surgery-Transplant

Contact Information

Clinical Interests

General Surgery

Hepatobiliary Surgery

Transplant Surgery

Abdominal Hernia

Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)

Acute Renal failure (Acute kidney failure)

Biliary Tract Liver Disease

Cholangitis

Cirrhosis

Groin Hernias

Hepatobiliary

Kidney Disease

Liver disease

Liver Failure

Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD)

Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH)

Obstructive Biliary Tract Liver Disease

Renal Artery Obstruction

Renal Artery Stenosis

Renal Cancer

Renal Cell Carcinoma

Adrenal Disease

Adrenal Gland Cancers

Adrenal Gland Disease

Adrenal Tumors

Bile Duct Cancer (Cholangiocarcinoma)

Bile Duct Disease

Biliary Cancer

Biliary disease

Cholangiocarcinoma

Colorectal Cancer

Gallbladder Cancer

Gallbladder Disease

Gallbladder Inflammation (Cholecystitis)

Hernia

Liver Cancer

Spleen Cancer

Peer Reviewed Publications

Panayotova, Guergana G; Lunsford, Keri E; Quillin, R Cutler; Rana, Abbas; Agopian, Vatche G; Lee-Riddle, Grace S; Markovic, Daniela; Paterno, Flavio; Griesemer, Adam D; Amin, Arpit; Alonso, Diane; Rocca, Juan P; Borja-Cacho, Daniel; Hernandez-Alejandro, Roberto; Fung, John J; Pelletier, Shawn J; Shah, Shimul A; Guarrera, James V 2024. Portable hypothermic oxygenated machine perfusion for organ preservation in liver transplantation: A randomized, open-label, clinical trial. Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.), 79 5, 1033-1047

Cortez, Alexander R; Winer, Leah K; Katsaros, Gianna D; Kassam, Al-Faraaz; Shah, Shimul A; Diwan, Tayyab S; Cutler Quillin, R 2020. Resident Operative Experience in Hepatopancreatobiliary Surgery: Exposing the Divide. Journal of gastrointestinal surgery : official journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract, 24 4, 796-803

Cortez, Alexander R; Dhar, Vikrom K; Sussman, Jeffrey J; Pritts, Timothy A; Edwards, Michael J; Quillin, R Cutler 2018. Not all operative experiences are created equal: a 19-year analysis of a single center's case logs. The Journal of surgical research, 229 , 127-133

Cortez, Alexander R; Katsaros, Gianna D; Dhar, Vikrom K; Drake, F Thurston; Pritts, Timothy A; Sussman, Jeffrey J; Edwards, Michael J; Quillin, R Cutler 2018. Narrowing of the surgical resident operative experience: A 27-year analysis of national ACGME case logs. Surgery, ,

Halazun, K J; Rana, A A; Fortune, B; Quillin, R C; Verna, E C; Samstein, B; Guarrera, J V; Kato, T; Griesemer, A D; Fox, A; Brown, R S; Emond, J C 2018. No country for old livers? Examining and optimizing the utilization of elderly liver grafts. American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons, 18 3, 669-678

Quillin, R Cutler; Guarrera, James V 2018. Hypothermic machine perfusion in liver transplantation. Liver transplantation : official publication of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the International Liver Transplantation Society, 24 2, 276-281

Quillin, Ralph C; Bongu, Advaith; Kasper, Vania; Vittorio, Jennifer M; Martinez, Mercedes; Lobritto, Steven J; Griesemer, Adam D; Guarrera, James V 2018. Roux-en-Y enterolith leading to obstruction and ischemic necrosis after pediatric orthotopic liver transplantation. Pediatric transplantation, 22 3, e13160

Halazun, Karim J; Quillin, Ralph C; Rosenblatt, Russel; Bongu, Advaith; Griesemer, Adam D; Kato, Tomoaki; Smith, Craig; Michelassi, Fabrizio; Guarrera, James V; Samstein, Benjamin; Brown, Robert S; Emond, Jean C 2017. Expanding the Margins: High Volume Utilization of Marginal Liver Grafts Among >2000 Liver Transplants at a Single Institution. Annals of surgery, 266 3, 441-449

Quillin, R Cutler; Guarrera, James V 2016. "In 10 years" of debate: Pro-machine perfusion for liver preservation will be universal. Liver transplantation : official publication of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the International Liver Transplantation Society, 22 S1, 25-28

Quillin, Ralph C; Cortez, Alexander R; Pritts, Timothy A; Hanseman, Dennis J; Edwards, Michael J; Davis, Bradley R 2016. Surgical resident learning styles have changed with work hours. The Journal of surgical research, 200 1, 39-45

Quillin, Ralph C; Cortez, Alexander R; Pritts, Timothy A; Hanseman, Dennis J; Edwards, Michael J; Davis, Bradley R 2016. Operative Variability Among Residents Has Increased Since Implementation of the 80-Hour Workweek. Journal of the American College of Surgeons, 222 6, 1201-10

Quillin, R Cutler; Wilson, Gregory C; Wima, Koffi; Hanseman, Dennis J; Sutton, Jeffrey M; Shaw, Joshua J; Cuffy, Madison C; Woodle, E Steve; Paquette, Ian; Abbott, Daniel E; Shah, Shimul A 2015. Independent effect of black recipient race on short-term outcomes after liver transplantation. Surgery, 157 4, 774-84

Quillin, Ralph C; Wilson, Gregory C; Nojima, Hiroyuki; Freeman, Christopher M; Wang, Jiang; Schuster, Rebecca M; Blanchard, John A; Edwards, Michael J; Gandhi, Chandrashekhar R; Gulbins, Erich; Lentsch, Alex B 2015. Inhibition of acidic sphingomyelinase reduces established hepatic fibrosis in mice. Hepatology research : the official journal of the Japan Society of Hepatology, 45 3, 305-14

Singhal, Ashish; Wilson, Gregory C; Wima, Koffi; Quillin, R Cutler; Cuffy, Madison; Anwar, Nadeem; Kaiser, Tiffany E; Paterno, Flavio; Diwan, Tayyab S; Woodle, E Steve; Abbott, Daniel E; Shah, Shimul A 2015. Impact of recipient morbid obesity on outcomes after liver transplantation. Transplant international : official journal of the European Society for Organ Transplantation, 28 2, 148-55

Singhal, Ashish; Wima, Koffi; Hoehn, Richard S; Quillin, R Cutler; Woodle, E Steve; Paquette, Ian M; Paterno, Flavio; Abbott, Daniel E; Shah, Shimul A 2015. Hospital Resource Use with Donation after Cardiac Death Allografts in Liver Transplantation: A Matched Controlled Analysis from 2007 to 2011. Journal of the American College of Surgeons, 220 5, 951-8

Sutton, Jeffrey M; Wilson, Gregory C; Wima, Koffi; Hoehn, Richard S; Cutler Quillin, R; Hanseman, Dennis J; Paquette, Ian M; Sussman, Jeffrey J; Ahmad, Syed A; Shah, Shimul A; Abbott, Daniel E 2015. Readmission After Pancreaticoduodenectomy: The Influence of the Volume Effect Beyond Mortality. Annals of surgical oncology, 22 12, 3785-92

Wilson, Gregory C; Cutler Quillin, R; Sutton, Jeffrey M; Wima, Koffi; Shaw, Joshua J; Hoehn, Richard S; Paquette, Ian M; Abbott, Daniel E; Shah, Shimul A 2015. Factors related to readmission after major elective surgery. Digestive diseases and sciences, 60 1, 47-53

Wilson, Gregory C; Freeman, Christopher M; Kuethe, Joshua W; Quillin, Ralph C; Nojima, Hiroyuki; Schuster, Rebecca; Blanchard, John; Edwards, Michael J; Caldwell, Charles C; Lentsch, Alex B 2015. CXC chemokine receptor-4 signaling limits hepatocyte proliferation after hepatic ischemia-reperfusion in mice. American journal of physiology. Gastrointestinal and liver physiology, 308 8, G702-9

Wilson, Gregory C; Hoehn, Richard S; Ertel, Audrey; Wima, Koffi; Quillin, R Cutler; Hohmann, Sam; Paterno, Flavio; Abbott, Daniel E; Shah, Shimul A 2015. Variation by center and economic burden of readmissions after liver transplantation. Liver transplantation : official publication of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the International Liver Transplantation Society, ,

Freeman, Christopher M; Quillin, Ralph C; Wilson, Gregory C; Nojima, Hiroyuki; Johnson, Bobby L; Sutton, Jeffrey M; Schuster, Rebecca M; Blanchard, John; Edwards, Michael J; Caldwell, Charles C; Lentsch, Alex B 2014. Characterization of microparticles after hepatic ischemia-reperfusion injury. PloS one, 9 5, e97945

Paterno, Flavio; Wilson, Gregory C; Wima, Koffi; Quillin, Ralph C; Abbott, Daniel E; Cuffy, Madison C; Diwan, Tayyab S; Kaiser, Tiffany; Woodle, E Steve; Shah, Shimul A 2014. Hospital utilization and consequences of readmissions after liver transplantation. Surgery, 156 4, 871-8

Quillin, R Cutler; Wilson, Gregory C; Sutton, Jeffrey M; Hanseman, Dennis J; Paterno, Flavio; Cuffy, Madison C; Paquette, Ian M; Diwan, Tayyab S; Woodle, E Steve; Abbott, Daniel E; Shah, Shimul A 2014. Increasing prevalence of nonalcoholic steatohepatitis as an indication for liver transplantation. Surgery, 156 4, 1049-56

Quillin, R Cutler; Wilson, Gregory C; Wima, Koffi; Hohmann, Samuel F; Sutton, Jeffrey M; Shaw, Joshua J; Paquette, Ian M; Woodle, E Steve; Abbott, Daniel E; Shah, Shimul A 2014. Neighborhood level effects of socioeconomic status on liver transplant selection and recipient survival. Clinical gastroenterology and hepatology : the official clinical practice journal of the American Gastroenterological Association, 12 11, 1934-41

Sutton, Jeffrey M; Hayes, Anthony J; Wilson, Gregory C; Quillin, Ralph C; Wima, Koffi; Hohmann, Samuel; Paquette, Ian M; Sussman, Jeffrey J; Ahmad, Syed A; Shah, Shimul A; Abbott, Daniel E 2014. Validation of the University HealthSystem Consortium administrative dataset: concordance and discordance with patient-level institutional data. The Journal of surgical research, 190 2, 484-90

Sutton, Jeffrey M; Wilson, Gregory C; Paquette, Ian M; Wima, Koffi; Hanseman, Dennis J; Quillin, R Cutler; Sussman, Jeffrey J; Edwards, Michael J; Ahmad, Syed A; Shah, Shimul A; Abbott, Daniel E 2014. Cost effectiveness after a pancreaticoduodenectomy: bolstering the volume argument. HPB : the official journal of the International Hepato Pancreato Biliary Association, 16 12, 1056-61

Wilson, Gregory C; Quillin, R Cutler; Wima, Koffi; Sutton, Jeffrey M; Hoehn, Richard S; Hanseman, Dennis J; Paquette, Ian M; Paterno, Flavio; Woodle, E Steve; Abbott, Daniel E; Shah, Shimul A 2014. Is liver transplantation safe and effective in elderly (?70 years) recipients? A case-controlled analysis. HPB : the official journal of the International Hepato Pancreato Biliary Association, 16 12, 1088-94

Quillin, Ralph C; Burns, Justin M; Pineda, Jaime A; Hanseman, Dennis; Rudich, Steven M; Edwards, Michael J; Tevar, Amit D 2013. Laparoscopic cholecystectomy in the cirrhotic patient: predictors of outcome. Surgery, 153 5, 634-40

Quillin, Ralph C; Pritts, Timothy A; Tevar, Amit D; Hanseman, Dennis J; Edwards, Michael J; Davis, Bradley R 2013. Students' expectations on the surgery clerkship exceed those of residents and faculty. The Journal of surgical research, 184 1, 495-500

Van Sweringen HL, Sakai N, Quillin RC III, Bailey J, Schuster R, Blanchard J, Goetzman H, Caldwell CC, Edwards MJ, Lentsch AB 2013. Roles of hepatocyte and myeloid CXC chemokine receptor-2 in liver recovery and regeneration after ischemia/reperfusion in mice Hepatology, 57 1, 331

Van Sweringen, Heather L; Sakai, Nozomu; Quillin, Ralph C; Bailey, Jeff; Schuster, Rebecca; Blanchard, John; Goetzman, Holly; Caldwell, Charles C; Edwards, Michael J; Lentsch, Alex B 2013. Roles of hepatocyte and myeloid CXC chemokine receptor-2 in liver recovery and regeneration after ischemia/reperfusion in mice. Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.), 57 1, 331-8

Wilson, Gregory C; Quillin, Ralph C; Hanseman, Dennis J; Lewis, Jaime D; Edwards, Michael J; Shaughnessy, Elizabeth A 2013. Incidence and predictors of neuropathic pain following breast surgery. Annals of surgical oncology, 20 10, 3330-4

Quillin RC III, Pritts TA, Davis BR, Hanseman D, Collins JM, Athota KP, Edwards MJ, Tevar AD 2012. Surgeons underestimate their influence on medical students entering surgery J Surg Res, 177 2, 201

Quillin, Ralph C; Pritts, Timothy A; Davis, Bradley R; Hanseman, Dennis; Collins, Jocelyn M; Athota, Krishna P; Edwards, Michael J; Tevar, Amit D 2012. Surgeons underestimate their influence on medical students entering surgery. The Journal of surgical research, 177 2, 201-6

Sakai N, Van Sweringen HL, Belizaire RM, Quillin RC III, Schuster R, Blanchard J, Burns JM, Tevar AD, Edwards MJ, Lentsch AB 2012. Interleukin-37 reduces liver inflammatory injury via effects on hepatocytes and non-parenchymal cells J Gastroenterol Hepatol, 27 10, 1609

Sakai N, Van Sweringen HL, Quillin RC III, Schuster R, Blanchard J, Burns JM, Tevar AD, Edwards MJ, Lentsch AB 2012. Interleukin-33 is hepatoprotective during liver ischemia/reperfusion in mice Hepatology, 56 4, 1468

Sakai, Nozomu; Van Sweringen, Heather L; Belizaire, Ritha M; Quillin, Ralph Cutler; Schuster, Rebecca; Blanchard, John; Burns, Justin M; Tevar, Amit D; Edwards, Michael J; Lentsch, Alex B 2012. Interleukin-37 reduces liver inflammatory injury via effects on hepatocytes and non-parenchymal cells. Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology, 27 10, 1609-16

Sakai, Nozomu; Van Sweringen, Heather L; Quillin, R Cutler; Schuster, Rebecca; Blanchard, John; Burns, Justin M; Tevar, Amit D; Edwards, Michael J; Lentsch, Alex B 2012. Interleukin-33 is hepatoprotective during liver ischemia/reperfusion in mice. Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.), 56 4, 1468-78

Cortez A.;Winer L.;Kassam A.;Hanseman D.;Kuethe J.;Quillin R.;Potts J. 11-01-2019. See None, Do Some, Teach None: An Analysis of the Contemporary Operative Experience as Nonprimary Su Journal of Surgical Education, 76 6, e92-e101

Winer L.;Cortez A.;Kassam A.;Quillin R.;Goodman M.;Makley A.;Sussman J.;Kuethe J. 11-01-2019. The Impact of a Comprehensive Resident Curriculum and Required Participation in “This Week in SCORE” Journal of Surgical Education, 76 6, e102-e109

Lee T.C.;Kaiser T.E.;Luckett K.;Wima K.;Winer L.K.;Morris M.C.;Kassam A.F.;Safdar K.;Bari K.;Anwar N.;Quillin R.C.;Shah S.A. 10-01-2019. Use, Safety, and Effectiveness of Viremic Hepatitis B Virus Donor Livers: A Potential Opportunity to Liver Transplantation, 25 10, 1581-1584

Quillin R.;Cortez A.;Garcia M.;Winer L.;Kassam A.;Kuethe J.;Pritts T. 10-01-2019. Gas off, room lights on: Shedding light on the surgical resident's experience in open and laparoscop Surgery (United States), 166 4, 460-468

Cortez A.;Winer L.;Kassam A.;Kuethe J.;Athota K.;Quillin R. 09-01-2019. The Impact of Medical Student Burnout on Surgery Clerkship Performance Journal of Surgical Education, 76 5, 1241-1247

Kassam A.F.;Cortez A.R.;Diwan T.S.;Bailey A.;Mirza A.;Sussman J.J.;Makley A.T.;Quillin R.C. 03-01-2020. Return to the Real World: A Novel Program to Improve Resident Readiness for the Transplant Surgery R Journal of Surgical Education, 77 2, 242-245

Winer L.K.;Vivero M.P.;Scully B.F.;Cortez A.R.;Kassam A.F.;Nowygrod R.;Griesemer A.D.;Emond J.C.;Quillin R.C. 03-01-2020. Exploring Medical Students’ Perceptions of Organ Procurement: Need for a Formalized Medical Student Journal of Surgical Education, 77 2, 329-336

Cortez A.;Winer L.;Kassam A.;Hanseman D.;Kuethe J.;Sussman J.;Quillin R. 02-01-2020. Exploring the relationship between burnout and grit during general surgery residency: A longitudinal American Journal of Surgery, 219 2, 322-327

Kassam A.;Cortez A.;Winer L.;Kuethe J.;Athota K.;Quillin R. 02-01-2020. The impact of medical student interest in surgery on clerkship performance and career choice American Journal of Surgery, 219 2, 359-365

Kassam A.;Mirza A.;Kim Y.;Hanseman D.;Woodle E.;Quillin R.;Johnson B.;Govil A.;Cardi M.;Schauer D.;Smith E.;Diwan T. 02-01-2020. Long-term outcomes in patients with obesity and renal disease after sleeve gastrectomy American Journal of Transplantation, 20 2, 422-429

Cortez A.;Winer L.;Kim Y.;Hanseman D.;Athota K.;Quillin R. 01-01-2019. Predictors of medical student success on the surgery clerkship American Journal of Surgery, 217 1, 169-174

Cortez A.R.;Morris M.C.;Brown N.G.;Winer L.K.;Safdar K.;Poreddy S.;Shah S.A.;Quillin R.C. 01-01-2019. Is Surgery Necessary? Endoscopic Management of Post-transplant Biliary Complications in the Modern E Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery, ,

Lee T.C.;Cortez A.R.;Kassam A.F.;Morris M.C.;Winer L.K.;Silski L.S.;Quillin R.C.;Cuffy M.C.;Jones C.R.;Diwan T.S.;Shah S.A. 01-01-2019. Outcomes of en bloc simultaneous liver-kidney transplantation compared to the traditional technique American Journal of Transplantation, ,

Quillin R.;Wilson G.;Nojima H.;Freeman C.;Wang J.;Schuster R.;Blanchard J.;Edwards M.;Gandhi C.;Gulbins E.;Lentsch A. 01-01-2015. Inhibition of acidic sphingomyelinase reduces established hepatic fibrosis in mice Hepatology Research, 45 3, 305-314

Quillin R.;Pritts T.;Tevar A.;Hanseman D.;Edwards M.;Davis B. 01-01-2013. Students' expectations on the surgery clerkship exceed those of residents and faculty Journal of Surgical Research, 184 1, 495-500

Sakai N.;Van Sweringen H.;Belizaire R.;Quillin R.;Schuster R.;Blanchard J.;Burns J.;Tevar A.;Edwards M.;Lentsch A. 01-01-2012. Interleukin-37 reduces liver inflammatory injury via effects on hepatocytes and non-parenchymal cell Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology (Australia), 27 10, 1609-1616

Quillin, Ralph C; Pritts, Timothy A; Hanseman, Dennis J; Edwards, Michael J; Davis, Bradley R . How residents learn predicts success in surgical residency. Journal of surgical education, 70 6, 725-30