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 1 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 2 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 3 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 5 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.