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J. Matthias Walz MD

TitleChair and Professor
Endowed TitleUMass Memorial Kaur Chair in Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine
InstitutionUMass Chan Medical School
DepartmentAnesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine
AddressUMass Chan Medical School
55 Lake Avenue North
Worcester MA 01655
Phone508-856-6424
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    InstitutionT.H. Chan School of Medicine
    DepartmentAnesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine
    DivisionVascular Anesthesia

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    DepartmentNeuroNexus Institute

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    DepartmentSurgery

    InstitutionMorningside Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
    DepartmentMD/PhD Program


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    1. Bjerner J, Bratt O, Aas K, Albertsen PC, Foss? SD, Kv?le R, Lilja H, M?ller C, M?ller S, Stensvold A, Thomas O, R?e OD, Vickers A, Walz J, Carlsson SV, Oldenburg J. Baseline Serum Prostate-specific Antigen Value Predicts the Risk of Subsequent Prostate Cancer Death-Results from the Norwegian Prostate Cancer Consortium. Eur Urol. 2024 Jul; 86(1):20-26. PMID: 37169639.
      Citations:    
    2. Walz J. Re: Focal Boost to the Intraprostatic Tumor in External Beam Radiotherapy for Patients with Localized Prostate Cancer: Results from the FLAME Randomized Phase III Trial. Eur Urol. 2022 05; 81(5):544-545. PMID: 35105476.
      Citations: 1     Fields:    Translation:HumansCTClinical Trials
    3. Goldberg MA, Hochberg LR, Carpenter D, Walz JM. Development of a Manually Operated Communication System (MOCS) for patients in intensive care units. Augment Altern Commun. 2021 12; 37(4):261-273. PMID: 35023431.
      Citations:    Fields:    Translation:Humans
    4. Lannes F, Walz J, Maubon T, Rybikowski S, Fakhfakh S, Picini M, Tourret M, Brun C, Gravis G, Pignot G. Enhanced Recovery after Surgery for Radical Cystectomy Decreases Postoperative Complications at Different Times. Urol Int. 2022; 106(2):171-179. PMID: 34569540.
      Citations: 3     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    5. Scott JA, Heard SO, Zayaruzny M, Walz JM. Response. Chest. 2020 12; 158(6):2712. PMID: 33280766.
      Citations:    Fields:    Translation:Humans
    6. Scott JA, Heard SO, Zayaruzny M, Walz JM. Response. Chest. 2020 06; 157(6):1686-1687. PMID: 32505319.
      Citations:    Fields:    Translation:Humans
    7. de Rooij M, Isra?l B, Tummers M, Ahmed HU, Barrett T, Giganti F, Hamm B, L?gager V, Padhani A, Panebianco V, Puech P, Richenberg J, Rouvi?re O, Salomon G, Schoots I, Veltman J, Villeirs G, Walz J, Barentsz JO. ESUR/ESUI consensus statements on multi-parametric MRI for the detection of clinically significant prostate cancer: quality requirements for image acquisition, interpretation and radiologists' training. Eur Radiol. 2020 Oct; 30(10):5404-5416. PMID: 32424596.
      Citations: 76     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    8. Pignot G, Thiery-Vuillemin A, Walz J, Bigot P, Bensalah K, Gravis G, Barth?l?my P. Reply to Nirmish Singla and Vitaly Margulis's Letter to the Editor re: Geraldine Pignot, Antoine Thiery-Vuillemin, Jochen Walz, et al. Nephrectomy After Complete Response to Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors for Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma: A New Surgical Challenge? Eur Urol. In press. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eururo.2019.12.018. The Next Surgical Frontier in Kidney Cancer: Nephrectomy After Immune Checkpoint Inhibition: Nephrectomy After Immunotherapy: The Duration of Treatment Exposure is Probably Decisive. Eur Urol. 2020 08; 78(2):e81-e82. PMID: 32389444.
      Citations:    Fields:    Translation:Humans
    9. Alqaim M, Cosar E, Crawford AS, Robichaud DI, Walz JM, Schanzer A, Simons JP. Lumbar drain complications in patients undergoing fenestrated or branched endovascular aortic aneurysm repair: Development of an institutional protocol for lumbar drain management. J Vasc Surg. 2020 11; 72(5):1576-1583. PMID: 32249045.
      Citations: 3     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    10. Regnier P, DE Luca V, Brunelle S, Sfumato P, Walz J, Rybikowski S, Maubon T, Branger N, Fakhfakh S, Durand M, Gravis G, Pignot G. Impact of sarcopenia status of muscle-invasive bladder cancer patients on kidney function after neoadjuvant chemotherapy. Minerva Urol Nephrol. 2021 04; 73(2):215-224. PMID: 32083413.
      Citations: 4     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    11. Scott JA, Heard SO, Zayaruzny M, Walz JM. Airway Management in Critical Illness: An Update. Chest. 2020 04; 157(4):877-887. PMID: 31711987.
      Citations: 4     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    12. Civitarese AM, Ruggieri E, Walz JM, Mack DA, Heard SO, Mitchell M, Lilly CM, Landry KE, Ellison RT. RE: Preventability of hospital onset bacterermia and fungemia: A pilot study of potential healthcare-associated infection outcome measure, by Dantes et al (2019). Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2019 10; 40(10):1209-1210. PMID: 31340877.
      Citations:    Fields:    Translation:Humans
    13. Rosen MP, Walz JM. Opioid Use and Respiratory Compromise in the Interventional Suite: A Wake-up Call. Radiology. 2019 Sep; 292(3):711-712. PMID: 31268838.
      Citations:    Fields:    Translation:Humans
    14. Korpi-Steiner NL, Walz JM, Schanzer A, Rao LV. Comparison of Point-of-Care Activated Clotting Time Methods in Different Clinical Settings in a Large Academic Medical Center. J Appl Lab Med. 2017 Nov 01; 2(3):356-366. PMID: 33636841.
      Citations: 2     Fields:    
    15. Scott JA, Walz JM, Heard SO. Should the Ramped Position Be "Sniffed at" in the ICU? Chest. 2017 10; 152(4):693-694. PMID: 28991539.
      Citations: 1     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    16. Alexander B, Angaramo G, Walz JM, Kakouros N, Moiz Hafiz A, Walker J, Krapchev P. A Novel Approach to Managing Trans-Subclavian Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement With Regional Anesthesia. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2018 06; 32(3):1391-1393. PMID: 29128481.
      Citations: 2     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    17. Civitarese AM, Ruggieri E, Walz JM, Mack DA, Heard SO, Mitchell M, Lilly CM, Landry KE, Ellison RT. A 10-Year Review of Total Hospital-Onset ICU Bloodstream Infections at an Academic Medical Center. Chest. 2017 05; 151(5):1011-1017. PMID: 28215789.
      Citations: 3     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    18. Walz JM, Stundner O, Girardi FP, Barton BA, Koll-Desrosiers AR, Heard SO, Memtsoudis SG. Microvascular response to transfusion in elective spine surgery. World J Orthop. 2017 Jan 18; 8(1):49-56. PMID: 28144579.
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    19. Schaller SJ, Anstey M, Blobner M, Edrich T, Grabitz SD, Gradwohl-Matis I, Heim M, Houle T, Kurth T, Latronico N, Lee J, Meyer MJ, Peponis T, Talmor D, Velmahos GC, Waak K, Walz JM, Zafonte R, Eikermann M. Early, goal-directed mobilisation in the surgical intensive care unit: a randomised controlled trial. Lancet. 2016 Oct 01; 388(10052):1377-1388. PMID: 27707496.
      Citations: 196     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    20. Gravis G, Chanez B, Derosa L, Beuselinck B, Barthelemy P, Laguerre B, Brachet PE, Joly F, Escudier B, Harrison DJ, Laird A, Vasudev N, Ralph C, Larkin J, Lote H, Salem N, Walz J, Thomassin J, Sfumato P, Stewart GD, Boher JM. Effect of glandular metastases on overall survival of patients with metastatic clear cell renal cell carcinoma in the antiangiogenic therapy era. Urol Oncol. 2016 Apr; 34(4):167.e17-23. PMID: 26670200.
      Citations: 11     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    21. Walz JM, Ellison RT, Mack DA, Flaherty HM, McIlwaine JK, Whyte KG, Landry KE, Baker SP, Heard SO. The bundle "plus": the effect of a multidisciplinary team approach to eradicate central line-associated bloodstream infections. Anesth Analg. 2015 Apr; 120(4):868-76. PMID: 24149581.
      Citations: 9     Fields:    Translation:HumansCellsPHPublic Health
    22. Memtsoudis SG, Danninger T, Stundner O, Yoo D, Girardi FP, Boettner F, Kao I, Fields KG, Urban MK, Heard SO, Walz JM. Blood Transfusions May Have Limited Effect on Muscle Oxygenation After Total Knee Arthroplasty. HSS J. 2015 Jul; 11(2):136-42. PMID: 26140033.
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    23. Loch T, Carey B, Walz J, Fulgham PF. EAU standardised medical terminology for urologic imaging: a taxonomic approach. Eur Urol. 2015 May; 67(5):965-71. PMID: 25171904.
      Citations:    Fields:    Translation:Humans
    24. Suardi N, Larcher A, Haese A, Ficarra V, Govorov A, Buffi NM, Walz J, Rocco B, Borghesi M, Steuber T, Pini G, Briganti A, Mottrie AM, Guazzoni G, Montorsi F, Pushkar D, Van Der Poel H. Indication for and extension of pelvic lymph node dissection during robot-assisted radical prostatectomy: an analysis of five European institutions. Eur Urol. 2014 Oct; 66(4):635-43. PMID: 24411992.
      Citations: 16     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    25. Memtsoudis SG, Stundner O, Sun X, Chiu YL, Ma Y, Fleischut P, Kerr GE, Girardi FP, Walz JM. Critical care in patients undergoing lumbar spine fusion: a population-based study. J Intensive Care Med. 2014 Sep-Oct; 29(5):275-84. PMID: 23752318.
      Citations: 2     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    26. Walz JM. Rebuttal from Dr Walz. Chest. 2012 Dec; 142(6):1377-1378. PMID: 23208331.
      Citations:    Fields:    Translation:Humans
    27. Walz JM. Point: Should an anesthesiologist be the specialist of choice in managing the difficult airway in the ICU? Yes. Chest. 2012 Dec; 142(6):1372-1374. PMID: 23208329.
      Citations: 3     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    28. Memtsoudis SG, Bombardieri AM, Ma Y, Walz JM, Chiu YL, Mazumdar M. Mortality of patients with respiratory insufficiency and adult respiratory distress syndrome after surgery: the obesity paradox. J Intensive Care Med. 2012 Sep-Oct; 27(5):306-11. PMID: 21778465.
      Citations: 32     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    29. Memtsoudis S, Liu SS, Ma Y, Chiu YL, Walz JM, Gaber-Baylis LK, Mazumdar M. Perioperative pulmonary outcomes in patients with sleep apnea after noncardiac surgery. Anesth Analg. 2011 Jan; 112(1):113-21. PMID: 21081775.
      Citations: 88     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    30. Walz JM, Avelar RL, Longtine KJ, Carter KL, Mermel LA, Heard SO. Anti-infective external coating of central venous catheters: a randomized, noninferiority trial comparing 5-fluorouracil with chlorhexidine/silver sulfadiazine in preventing catheter colonization. Crit Care Med. 2010 Nov; 38(11):2095-102. PMID: 20711070.
      Citations: 29     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    31. Memtsoudis SG, Ma Y, Chiu YL, Walz JM, Voswinckel R, Mazumdar M. Perioperative mortality in patients with pulmonary hypertension undergoing major joint replacement. Anesth Analg. 2010 Nov; 111(5):1110-6. PMID: 20841415.
      Citations: 27     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    32. Matheos T, Walz JM, Adams JP, Johnson K, Longtine K, Longtine J, O'Neill M, Heard SO. Comparison of the duration of antimicrobial activity of 2 different antimicrobial central venous catheters. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2010 Mar; 31(3):295-7. PMID: 20100086.
      Citations:    Fields:    Translation:Cells
    33. Walz JM, Memtsoudis SG, Heard SO. Prevention of central venous catheter bloodstream infections. J Intensive Care Med. 2010 May-Jun; 25(3):131-8. PMID: 20089527.
      Citations: 22     Fields:    Translation:HumansPHPublic Health
    34. Walz J, Chun FK, Klein EA, Reuther A, Graefen M, Huland H, Karakiewicz PI. Risk-adjusted hazard rates of biochemical recurrence for prostate cancer patients after radical prostatectomy. Eur Urol. 2009 Feb; 55(2):412-19. PMID: 19027223.
      Citations: 7     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    35. Walz JM, Faris K, Heard SO. Who let the bugs in? Crit Care Med. 2008 Sep; 36(9):2689-90. PMID: 18728484.
      Citations: 1     Fields:    Translation:PHPublic Health
    36. Walz J, Shariat SF, Suardi N, Perrotte P, Lotan Y, Palapattu GS, Gupta A, Bastian PJ, Rogers CG, Vazina A, Amiel GE, Sagalowsky AI, Schoenberg M, Lerner SP, Karakiewicz PI. Adjuvant chemotherapy for bladder cancer does not alter cancer-specific survival after cystectomy in a matched case-control study. BJU Int. 2008 Jun; 101(11):1356-61. PMID: 18454792.
      Citations: 4     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    37. Walz J, Suardi N, Hutterer GC, Perrotte P, Gallina A, B?nard F, Valiquette L, McCormack M, Graefen M, Montorsi F, Karakiewicz PI. Lower urinary tract symptoms affect one-third of men in a prostate cancer screening population. J Endourol. 2008 Feb; 22(2):369-76. PMID: 18294044.
      Citations: 1     Fields:    Translation:HumansPHPublic Health
    38. Soller BR, Yang Y, Soyemi OO, Ryan KL, Rickards CA, Walz JM, Heard SO, Convertino VA. Noninvasively determined muscle oxygen saturation is an early indicator of central hypovolemia in humans. J Appl Physiol (1985). 2008 Feb; 104(2):475-81. PMID: 18006869.
      Citations: 25     Fields:    Translation:HumansCTClinical Trials
    39. Ahyai SA, Graefen M, Steuber T, Haese A, Schlomm T, Walz J, K?llermann J, Briganti A, Zacharias M, Friedrich MG, Karakiewicz PI, Montorsi F, Huland H, Chun FK. Contemporary prostate cancer prevalence among T1c biopsy-referred men with a prostate-specific antigen level < or = 4.0 ng per milliliter. Eur Urol. 2008 Apr; 53(4):750-7. PMID: 17964070.
      Citations: 10     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    40. Rades D, Walz J, Schild SE, Veninga T, Dunst J. Do bladder cancer patients with metastatic spinal cord compression benefit from radiotherapy alone? Urology. 2007 Jun; 69(6):1081-5. PMID: 17572191.
      Citations: 1     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    41. Walz J, Perrotte P, Gallina A, B?nard F, Valiquette L, McCormack M, Montorsi F, Karakiewicz PI. Ejaculatory disorders may affect screening for prostate cancer. J Urol. 2007 Jul; 178(1):232-7; discussion 237-8. PMID: 17499807.
      Citations: 4     Fields:    Translation:HumansPHPublic Health
    42. Soller BR, Hagan RD, Shear M, Walz JM, Landry M, Anunciacion D, Orquiola A, Heard SO. Comparison of intramuscular and venous blood pH, PCO(2) and PO(2) during rhythmic handgrip exercise. Physiol Meas. 2007 Jun; 28(6):639-49. PMID: 17664618.
      Citations: 5     Fields:    Translation:HumansCTClinical Trials
    43. Memtsoudis SG, Rosenberger P, Walz JM. Critical care issues in the patient after major joint replacement. J Intensive Care Med. 2007 Mar-Apr; 22(2):92-104. PMID: 17456729.
      Citations: 6     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    44. Walz JM, Zayaruzny M, Heard SO. Airway management in critical illness. Chest. 2007 Feb; 131(2):608-20. PMID: 17296669.
      Citations: 21     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    45. Gallina A, Jeldres C, Chun FK, Shariat SF, Briganti A, Walz J, Roehrborn CG, Saad F, Huland H, Graefen M, Montorsi F, Karakiewicz PI. Prediction of pathological stage is inaccurate in men with PSA values above 20 ng/mL. Eur Urol. 2007 Nov; 52(5):1374-80. PMID: 17174466.
      Citations: 4     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    46. Walz JM, Paterson CA, Seligowski JM, Heard SO. Surgical site infection following bowel surgery: a retrospective analysis of 1446 patients. Arch Surg. 2006 Oct; 141(10):1014-8; discussion 1018. PMID: 17043280.
      Citations: 30     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    47. Chun FK, Briganti A, Graefen M, Montorsi F, Porter C, Scattoni V, Gallina A, Walz J, Haese A, Steuber T, Erbersdobler A, Schlomm T, Ahyai SA, Currlin E, Valiquette L, Heinzer H, Rigatti P, Huland H, Karakiewicz PI. Development and external validation of an extended 10-core biopsy nomogram. Eur Urol. 2007 Aug; 52(2):436-44. PMID: 17010505.
      Citations: 32     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    48. Rades D, Walz J, Stalpers LJ, Veninga T, Schulte R, Obralic N, Wildfang I, Engenhart-Cabilic R, Hoskin PJ, Schild SE. Short-course radiotherapy (RT) for metastatic spinal cord compression (MSCC) due to renal cell carcinoma: results of a retrospective multi-center study. Eur Urol. 2006 May; 49(5):846-52; discussion 852. PMID: 16442206.
      Citations: 7     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    49. Walz JM, Heard SO. Making tracheal intubation safer in the critically ill patient. Crit Care Med. 2005 Nov; 33(11):2716-7. PMID: 16276220.
      Citations: 1     Fields:    Translation:HumansPHPublic Health
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