Curriculum Vitae

NAME: Oscar Alejandro Olavarria

PRESENT TITLE: Post-doctoral research fellow

MAILING ADDRESS: 5951 South Loop East. Unit 42 Houston TX, 77033 United States. PHONE NUMBER: (832) 690 8611 EMAIL ADDRESS: [email protected] / [email protected]

CITIZENSHIP: US Citizen & Venezuelan

UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION

2002-2007 Bachelor of Science Unidad Educativa Colegio Champagnat Caracas, Venezuela

GRADUATE EDUCATION

2012-2013 Internship Domingo Luciani Hospital Caracas, Venezuela

2007-2013 Doctor of Medicine Universidad Central de Venezuela, School of Medicine “Luis Razetti” Caracas, Venezuela

2018-2020 (exp) Master of Science (Clinical Research)

POSTGRADUATE TRAINING

2016-2023 (exp) Residency in General Surgery University of Texas Health Science Center Houston, TX

2018-2020 (exp) Fellowship in Clinical Research Center for Surgical Trials and Evidence-based Practice (C-STEP) McGovern Medical School, University of Texas Health Science Center Houston, TX

LICENSURE 2013 - Present Venezuelan Full Medical License 2016 - Present ECFMG Certified: #09424797 ● USMLE STEP #1: 247 points in first attempt ● USMLE STEP #2 CS: pass in first attempt ● USMLE STEP #2 CK: 236 points in first attempt ● USMLE STEP #3: 220 points in first attempt 2018 - Present Texas Medical Board - Full Medical License

CERTIFICATION 2013 - Present Basic Life Support 2013 - Present Advanced Cardiac Life Support 2016 - Present Advanced Trauma Life Support 2019 Fundamentals of Laparoscopic Surgery 2020 Fundamentals of Endoscopic Surgery

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS ● American College of Surgeons - Resident Member ● American College of Surgeons, South Texas Chapter ● American Medical Association - Resident Member ● Association for Academic Surgery ● Surgical Infection Society ● Americas Hernia Society ● Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons ● Texas Medical Association ● Medical College of Venezuela ● Medical Federation of Venezuela

HONORS AND AWARDS

2008 Anatomy High Academic Performance Award Universidad Central de Venezuela, School of Medicine “Dr. Luis Razetti” Caracas, Venezuela

2008 Biochemistry High Academic Performance Award Universidad Central de Venezuela, School of Medicine “Dr. Luis Razetti” Caracas, Venezuela

2013 Medical School Student Merit Award Universidad Central de Venezuela, School of Medicine “Dr. Luis Razetti” Caracas, Venezuela

2017 General Surgery Residency Intern of the year (PGY-1) University of Texas Health and Science Center Houston, TX

2018 Americas Hernia Society Fruchard Award - Best submitted poster Americas Hernia Society Conference Las Vegas, NV

2019 NIDDK/National Hispanic Medical Association Travel Award

2019 ABSITE High Performance (>90% percentile) Award University of Texas Health and Science Center Houston, TX

2019 American College of Surgeons Resident Member Scholarship Award

2020 ABSITE High Performance (>90% percentile) Award University of Texas Health and Science Center Houston, TX

2020 First place - Best oral presentation South Texas Chapter - American College of Surgeons Houston, TX

AWARDS MENTEE

2019 Best Poster Presentation (Lyons NB, Olavarria OA) American College of Surgeons South Texas Chapter Annual Meeting Austin, TX

EDITORIAL POSITIONS

2019 British Medical Journal - Ad hoc reviewer

COMMITTEE SERVICE

2017 - Present University of Texas Health Science Center House Staff Senate Representative

2019 - Present American College of Surgeons South Texas Chapter Resident Committee Representative

COMMUNITY SERVICE

2005 - 2007 “Domingo Luciani” Hospital Emergency Medicine Department High school student volunteer Caracas, Venezuela

2010 - 2011 University Hospital of Caracas Emergency Medicine Volunteer medical student Caracas, Venezuela

2012 - 2013 Public Health Department - Alcaldia Metropolitana de Caracas Volunteer medical student Caracas, Venezuela

2013 Maniapure Project Volunteer physician Bolivar, Venezuela

2015 - Present American Red Cross Disaster Relief Volunteer Houston, Texas

WORK EXPERIENCE

2007 Venezuelan Red Cross First Aids course assistant Caracas, Venezuela.

2011 - 2012 “Shangrila” Children Summer Camp Medical Staff Caracas, Venezuela

2012 “QID Ambulatory Services Company” Night-float Paramedic Supervisor Caracas, Venezuela

2012 - 2013 “Domingo Luciani” Hospital - Laparoscopic Surgical Skills Training Lab Founding Member & Director of Basic Laparoscopic Training Caracas, Venezuela.

2013 Kamarata´s Rural Hospital (Native Village) Physician (General Practice) Bolívar, Venezuela 4

2013 - 2014 Caracas Medical Center, Bariatric Surgery Hands-on professional trainee in bariatric surgery Caracas, Venezuela

2013 - 2014 Caracas Medical Center, Anesthesiology Obese patient airway management trainee Caracas, Venezuela

2013 - 2014 Ernesto Regener Hospital Physician (General Practice) Rio Chico, Venezuela

2018 - Present PRI Locum Tenens Physicians. Harris County Sheriff Office Physician (General Practice) Houston, TX

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

2009 Universidad Central de Venezuela, Respiratory physiology and physiopathology research lab Research medical student Caracas, Venezuela

2010 - 2011 Universidad Central de Venezuela, Public Health Department. Research Medical Student Caracas, Venezuela

Smoking tobacco products as a predictor factor for bladder cancer in Caracas. Anselmi, L. Olavarria, O., Borregales, L., Medina, A., Nunez, M., Dittmar, D. (Not published)

2010 - 2011 Instituto Clínico La Floresta - Plastic Surgery Department. Research Medical Student Caracas, Venezuela

Effectiveness of biocellulose wound dressing for 2nd and 3rd degree skin burn treatment. De Abaffi, A., Olavarria, O. (Not published)

2012 - 2013 “Domingo Luciani” Hospital - Laparoscopic Surgical Skills Training Lab

Founding Member & Director of Basic Laparoscopic Training Caracas, Venezuela.

Short-term impact in laparoscopic skills of surgery residents with practice patterns on inanimate models. Olavarria, O., Medina, A. (Not published)

2015 - Present Post-Doctoral Research Fellow - General surgery research program McGovern Medical School, University of Texas Health Science Center Houston, TX (Mentor: Mike Liang MD) PUBLICATIONS

1. Olavarria OA, Holihan JL, Cherla D, Perez CA, Kao LS, Ko TC, Liang MK. Comparison of Conflicts of Interest among Published Hernia Researchers Self-Reported with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Open Payments Database. J Am Coll Surg. 2017 May;224(5):800-804. doi: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2017.01.052. Epub 2017 Feb 4. PubMed PMID: 28167228. 2. Cherla DV, Olavarria OA, Holihan JL, Viso CP, Hannon C, Kao LS, Ko TC, Liang MK. Discordance of conflict of interest self-disclosure and the Centers of Medicare and Medicaid Services. J Surg Res. 2017 Oct;218:18-22. doi: 10.1016/j.jss.2017.05.037. Epub 2017 May 15. PubMed PMID: 28985847; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5643021. 3. Cherla DV, Viso CP, Olavarria OA, Bernardi K, Holihan JL, Mueck KM, Flores-Gonzalez J, Liang MK, Adams SD. The Impact of Financial Conflict of Interest on Surgical Research: An Observational Study of Published Manuscripts. World J Surg. 2018 Feb 9. doi: 10.1007/s00268-018-4532-y. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 29426969. 4. Cherla DV, Olavarria OA, Bernardi K, Viso CP, Moses ML, Holihan JL, Ko TC, Kao LS, Liang MK. Investigation of Financial Conflict of Interest among Published Ventral Hernia Research. J Am Coll Surg. 2018 Mar;226(3):230-234. doi: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2017.12.009. Epub 2017 Dec 21. PubMed PMID: 29274839. 5. Holihan JL, Hannon C, Goodenough C, Flores-Gonzalez JR, Itani KM, Olavarria O, Mo J, Ko TC, Kao LS, Liang MK. Ventral Hernia Repair: A Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials. Surg Infect (Larchmt). 2017 Aug/Sep;18(6):647-658. doi: 10.1089/sur.2017.029. Epub 2017 May 30. Review. PubMed PMID: 28557648. 6. Cherla DV, Viso CP, Holihan JL,Bernardi K, Moses ML, Mueck KM, Olavarria OA, Flores-Gonzalez JR, Balentine CJ, Ko TC, Adams SD, Pedroza C, Kao LS, Liang MK.. The Effect of Financial Conflict of Interest, Disclosure Status, and Relevance on Medical Research from the United States. J Gen Intern Med. 2019;34(3):429-434. 7. Olavarria OA, Kress RL, Shah SK, Agarwal AK. Novel technique for anastomotic salvage using transanal minimally invasive surgery: A case report. World J Gastrointest Surg. 2019;11(5):271-278. 8. Bernardi K, Olavarria OA, Holihan JL, et al. Primary Fascial Closure During Laparoscopic Ventral Hernia Repair Improves Patient Quality of Life: A Multicenter, Blinded Randomized Controlled Trial (NCT02363790). Ann Surg. 2019; 9. Olavarria OA, Shah P, Bernardi K, Lyons NB, Holihan JL, Ko TC, Kao LS, Liang MK. Lack of Regulations and Conflict of Interest Transparency of New Hernia Surgery Technologies. J Surg Res. 2019 Oct 23;. doi: 10.1016/j.jss.2019.09.061. [Epub ahead of 6

print] Review. PubMed PMID: 31668430. 10. Bernardi K, Martin AC, Holihan JL, Olavarria OA, Flores-Gonzalez JR, Cherla DV, Lyons NB, Shah P, Kao LS, Ko TC, Liang MK. Is non-operative management warranted in ventral hernia patients with comorbidities? A case-matched, prospective 3 year follow- up, patient-centered study. Am J Surg. 2019; 11. Bernardi K, Lyons NB, Huang L, Holihan JL, Olavarria OA, Martin AC, Milton AN, Loor MM, Zheng F, Tyson JE, Ko TC, Liang MK. Gender Disparity in Authorship of Peer- Reviewed Medical Publications. Am J Med Sci. 2019 Nov 25;. doi: 10.1016/j.amjms.2019.11.005. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 31955814. 12. Bernardi K, Olavarria OA, Liang MK. Primary Fascial Closure During Minimally Invasive Ventral Hernia Repair. JAMA Surg. 2019 Dec 26;. doi: 10.1001/jamasurg.2019.5088. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 31877208. 13. Bernardi K, Lyons NB, Huang L, Holihan JL, Olavarria OA, Loor MM, Ko TC, Liang MK. Gender Disparity Among Surgical Peer-Reviewed Literature. J Surg Res. 2019 Dec 26;248:117-122. doi: 10.1016/j.jss.2019.11.007. [Epub ahead of print] Review. PubMed PMID: 31884175 14. Bernardi K, Shah P, Lyons NB, Olavarria OA, Alawadi ZM, Leal IM, Holihan JL, Bass BL, Jakey CE, Kao LS, Ko TC, Kuo PC, Loor MM, Zheng F, Liang MK. Perceptions on gender disparity in surgery and surgical leadership: A multicenter mixed methods study. Surgery. 2020 Jan 21;. doi: 10.1016/j.surg.2019.12.004. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 31980138.

ORAL PRESENTATIONS

1. "Effectiveness of biocellulose wound dressing for 2nd and 3rd degree skin burn treatment". De Abaffi, A., Olavarria, OA. International Confederation for Plastic Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery. Vancouver, Canada. 2011 2. “A comparison of self-reported conflict of interest among published hernia researchers to the open payments database” Olavarria, OA., Liang M., Kao, L. Ko, T., Holihan, J., Cherla, D., Chen, J. American College of Surgeons – Clinical Congress. Washington D.C., USA. 2016 3. “Is Non-operative Management of Patients with Comorbidities and Ventral Hernias Safe And Effective?” Olavarria, OA., Bernardi, K., Holihan, J., Cherla, D., Flores, J., Lyons, N., Kao, L. Ko, T., Liang M. Abdominal Wall Reconstruction Conference. Washington D.C., USA. 2018 4. “Prevalence and Impact on Quality of Life of Hernias Among Patients Undergoing Computed Tomography”. Olavarria, OA., Bernardi, K., Holihan, J., Lyons, N. Shah, P., Ko, T., Kao, L., Liang M. Academic Surgical Congress. Houston, TX, USA. 2019 5. “Patient Related Factor Associated With Lower Abdominal Wall Quality of Life”. Olavarria, OA., Bernardi, K., Milton, A., Cherla, D., Ko, T., Kao, L., Liang M. South Texas American College of Surgeons Conference. Austin, TX, USA. 2019 6. “Prevalence of Occult Hernias Among Patients Undergoing Computed Tomography and Their Impact on Quality of Life”. Olavarria, OA., Bernardi, K., Milton, A., Lyons, N., Shah, P., Kao, L., Ko, T., Liang, M. Americas Hernia Society Conference. Las Vegas, NV, USA. 2019 7. “Impact of Self-Awareness of Hernias on Abdominal Wall Quality of Life”. Olavarria, OA., Bernardi, Holihan, J., Milton, A., Cherla, D., Ko, T., Liang, M. Southwestern Surgical Congress. Huntington Beach, CA, USA. 2019 7

8. “Safety and Feasibility of Robotic Surgery in a County Hospital” Olavarria, OA., Bernardi, K., Idiaghe, A., Wilson, T., Wray, C., Shah, S., Ko, T., Kao, L., Liang, MK. Digestive Disease Week. San Diego, CA, USA. 2019 9. “Robotic versus Laparoscopic Ventral Hernia Repair: A Multicenter, Blinded Randomized Controlled Trial”. Olavarria, OA., Bernardi, K., Idiaghe, A., Wilson, T., Wray, C., Shah, S., Ko, T., Kao, L., Liang, MK. American College of Surgeons Clinical Congress, Late- Breaking Clinical Trials. San Francisco, CA, USA. 2019 10. “A Multicenter, Blinded, Randomized Controlled Trial of the Impact of Robotic vs Laparoscopic Ventral Hernia Repair on Patient Centered Outcomes and Healthcare Economics”. Olavarria, OA., Bernardi K., Shah SK., Wilson TD., Wei S., Pedroza C., Avritscher EB., Loor MM., Ko TC., Kao LS., Liang MK. Intuitive Surgical Research Symposium. Sunnyvale, CA, USA. 2020 11. “Rethinking Sample Sizes: A Secondary Analysis of Multiple Randomized Controlled Trials”. Olavarria, OA., Pedroza, C., Harvin, JA., Bernardi, K., Wei, S., Mueck, KM., Dhanani, NH., Miller, CC., Tyson, JE., Wade, CE., Holcomb, JB., Ko TC., Kao LS., Liang MK. Academic Surgical Congress. Orlando, FL, USA. 2020 12. “A Multicenter Blinded Randomized Controlled Trial of Robotic Versus Laparoscopic Ventral Hernia Repair”. Olavarria, OA., Bernardi K., Shah SK., Wilson TD., Wei S., Pedroza C., Avritscher EB., Loor MM., Ko TC., Kao LS., Liang MK. South Texas Chapter of the American College of Surgeons. Houston, TX, USA. 2020

POSTER PRESENTATIONS

1. “Impact of Financial Conflict of Interest in Surgical Research”. Olavarria, OA., Bernardi, K., Cherla, DV., Ko, TC., Kao, LS., Liang, MK. McGovern Medical School Research Retreat. Houston, TX, USA. 2018 2. “Is Robotic Surgery Safe and Feasible in a County Hospital”. Olavarria, OA., Bernardi, K., Idiaghe, A., Wilson, T., Wray, C., Shah, S., Ko, T., Kao, L., Liang, M. Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgery Conference. Baltimore, MD, USA. 2019 3. “Preventing Port-Site (Lateral) Hernias After Laparoscopic Ventral Hernia Repair” Olavarria, OA., Bernardi, K., Lyons, N., Shah, P., Milton, A., Shah, S., Kao, L., Ko, T., Liang, M. Digestive Disease Week. San Diego, CA, USA. 2019 4. “Safety and Feasibility of Robotic Surgery in a County Hospital” Olavarria, OA., Bernardi, K., Idiaghe, A., Wilson, T., Wray, C., Shah, S., Ko, T., Kao, L., Liang, M. San Diego, CA, USA. 2019 5. “Primary Fascial Closure During Laparoscopic Ventral Hernia Repair: A Multi-Center, Randomized Controlled Trial. Olavarria, OA., Bernardi, K., Holihan, JL., Roth JS., Tsuda, S., Varizi, K., Ko, TC., Kao, LS., Liang, MK. McGovern/Memorial Hermann Annual Quality Forum. Houston, TX, USA. 2019

CONTINUING MEDICAL EDUCATION

2007 First Aid Course Venezuelan Red Cross Caracas, Venezuela

2007 Cadaver Dissection and Preservation of Anatomical Material workshop Universidad Central de Venezuela, School of Medicine “Dr. Luis Razetti” Caracas, Venezuela

2011 - 2012 Integral Management of polytrauma patients “Domingo Luciani” Hospital Caracas, Venezuela

2013 Suturing and Surgical Protocol course “Domingo Luciani” Hospital Caracas, Venezuela

2013 Basic Principles of Laparoscopy. Theorical-Practical workshop “Domingo Luciani” Hospital Caracas, Venezuela

2013 Naso-Alveolar Molding Workshop New York University – Institute of Reconstructive Plastic Surgery New York, NY

2014 - 2015 USMLE Step1, 2CS and 2CK Student Kaplan Test Prep and Admissions Houston, TX

2015 - 2016 General Surgery Observership University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, TX

LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY

Spanish: Native language. English: Advanced proficiency, spoken and written