Catherine Ronaghan
Catherine A. Ronaghan, M.D., F.A.C.S.
email: catherine.ronaghan@ttuhsc.edu
Professor, Department of Surgery
Director, 4th Year Surgical Clerkship
Vice Chair of the Department of Surgery, Strategic Growth Initiatives
Patient Appointments:
Surgery Clinic : 806-743-2373
Clinic Location:
Surgery Clinic: Texas Tech Physicians Pavilion, 4th floor
Biography:
Education/Certification:
Fellowship:
Residency:
General Surgery, The New York Hospital Cornell University Medical College, New York, New York, 1991
Medical School:
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, 1986
Certification:
American Board of Surgery,
American Board of Surgery, Added Qualifications in Surgical Critical Care
Basic Life Support
Advanced Cardiac Life Support
Research:
Principal Investigator, NSABP/BCPT-Breast Cancer Prevention Trial, A Clinical Trial to Determine the Worth of Tamoxifen for Preventing Breast Cancer.
Co-Principal Investigator, BCPTII “STAR”, A Clinical Trial to Determine the Worth of Tamoxifen versus Raloxifene for Preventing Breast Cancer.
Clinical Investigator, A Comparison of Fleroxicin (RO 23-6240) VS. Ceftazidime in the Intravenous Therapy of Bacterial Infections.
Clinical Investigator , A Multicenter Comparison of Cefoperazone/Sulbactam with Clindamycin plus Gentamicin for the Treatment of Intra-abdominal Infections of Bacterial Etiology in Adults.
Clinical Investigator , Protocol No. 0556. A study to Evaluate the Safety and Efficacy of Human Recombinant Interleukin-1 Receptor Antagonist (IL-1ra) in Increasing Survival in Patients with Severe Sepsis.
Clinical Investigator, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Trial of E5 Antiendotoxin Monoclonal Antibody in Patients with Severe Sepsis.
Clinical Investigator, Protocol BI-14’554. phase 11. Double-Blind, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Study to Evaluate the Safety and Efficacy of 3 Different Single Dose of RO 45-2081 (TNF Receptor Antibody, in the Treatment of Severe Sepsis/ Septic Shock).
Principal Investigator, Metastatic for Breast Cancer After Tamoxifen Chemotherapy, grant from Audrey B. Jones Cancer Fund.
Principal Investigator, St. Mary Hospital IRB-00209, effects of Tamoxifen of Estrogen on Blood Chemistry in Women.
Principal Investigator, A Multicenter Trial of Adjuvant Interferon Alfa-2B for Melanoma Patients with Early Lymph Node Metastasis Detected by Lymphatic Mapping and Sentinel Node Biopsy (Sunbelt Melanoma Trial).
Principal Investigator, Covenant Health System, Z0010/Z0011 Clinical Trial, Study of Sentinel Nose & Bone Marrow Micrometastases in Women with Clinical T1 or T2N0M0 Breast Cancer.
Principal Investigator, Development of a Comprehensive Tissue Bank of Normal and Malignant Human Breast Tissues and Cells in collaboration with Lauren Gollahon, Ph.D., Texas Tech University Department of Biological Sciences.
Principal Investigator, Mindfulness- Based Stress Reduction and Relaxation Training for Women with Breast Cancer in collaboration with Anna Tacon, Ph.D., Texas Tech University Department of Health, Physical Education & Recreation.
Arrington Comprehensive Breast Center Beta Test Site for Imagyn in the Development of the Site Select Breast Biopsy Device.
Principal Investigator, Imagyn Site Select Trial.
Principal Investigator, South Plains Oncology Consortium, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center.
In The News:
Recent Publications:
Puckett Y, Castaneda K, Leal A, Ronaghan C. Deployment of REBOA device in a case of gunshot wound injury to a horseshoe kidney. Journal of Case Reports in Medicine 2018;7(2):1-3.
Young DA, Jackson N, Ronaghan C, Brathwaite CE, Gilbert T. (2018). Retro-rectus Repair of Incisional Ventral Hernia with Urinary Bladder Matrix Reinforcement in a Long-Term Porcine Model. Regenerative Medicine. (Submitted March 5, 2018)
Ronaghan C, Tran V, Puckett Y, McReynolds S. Case Series of Successful Closures of Catastrophic Abdomen with Colorectal Cancer in Time for Adjuvant Therapy Utilizing Novel Technique. 2017.
Ronaghan, C., Akhtar, A., Ratra, A., Puckett, Y., Sheikh, A. B., (2017). Synchronous Uterine Metastases from Breast Cancer: Case Study and Literature Review. Cureus, 9(11), e1840, PubMed ID # 29344435.
Ronaghan, C., Tran, V., Puckett, Y., McReynolds, S., (2017). Case Series of Successful Closures of Catastrophic Abdomen with Colorectal Cancer in Time for Adjuvant Therapy Utilizing Novel Technique.
Puckett, Y., Pham, T., McReynolds, S., Ronaghan, CA, (2017). Porcine Urinary Bladder Matrix for Management of Infected Radiation Mastectomy Wound. Cureus, 9(7), e1451, PubMed ID # PMC5590770.
Ranario JS, Wolthoff AJ, Hope RH, Stetson CL, Ronaghan CA, (2016). Merkel cell carcinoma
in a vein graft donor site. Cutis, 97(5), 364-7, PubMed ID # 27274546.
Manuel of Trauma Surgery. Springer-Verlag New York, Inc. 1993. Chapters: Approach to the Traumatized Patient, Splenic Trauma, Pancreatic Trauma, Hepatic Trauma, Coon and Rectal Trauma, Stomach, Duodenal and Small Bowel Trauma, Extrahepatic Biliary Tract Trauma
May 19, 2018. ACell “Regenerative Medicine in Abdominal Wall Reconstruction, Hands-On Instructional Course with Matristem”. Atlanta, GA.
McCauley J, Ronaghan C. Use of Abra Dynamic Tissue System and Acell Matristem For Successful Closure Of Traumatic Complex Extremity and Trunk Soft Tissue Wounds, Wound Healing Society with the Symposium on Advanced Wound Care, Charlotte, NC, April 2018.
December 3-6, 2017. ACell. “Urinary Bladder Matrix Reapproximates Mechanical Strength of Native Abdominal Wall in a Long-Term Porcine Hernia Model”. TERMIS-Americas Conference. Oral presentation. Charlotte, NC.
October 17, 2017. ACell. “Regenerative Medicine in Abdominal Wall Reconstruction, Hands-On Instructional Course with Matristem”. Dinner Presentation. Norfolk, VA.
October 6-7, 2017. “Regenerative Medicine in Abdominal Wall Reconstruction, Hand-On Instructional Course with Matristem”. Didactics with Hands-On Cadaveric Lab Surgeon Training. Orlando, FL.
September 30, 2017. ACell. “Regenerative Medicine in Abdominal Wall Reconstruction, Hands-On Instructional Course with Matristem”. Didactics with Hands-On Cadaveric Lab Surgeon Training. Phoenix, AZ.
July 25, 2017. ACell. “Regenerative Medicine in Abdominal Wall Reconstruction”. Dinner Presentation. Kansas City, MO.
June 1, 2017. ACell. “Regenerative Medicine in Abdominal Wall Reconstruction”. Dinner Presentation.
Puckett Y, Estrada M, Ronaghan C. Successful Closure of Catastrophic Abdomen Utilizing Novel Technique Combining a Mechanical Closure System with Biologic Xenograft that Accelerates Wound Healing, 8th World Congress of the Abdominal Compartment, Banff, Alberta, Canada, June 2017.
April 28-30, 2017. ACell. “Regenerative Medicine in Abdominal Wall Reconstruction, Hands-On Instructional Course Utilizing Matristem”. Irving, CA. Axis Labs Didactic Presentation.
April 20-21, 2017. ACell. “Regenerative Medicine in Abdominal Wall Reconstruction, Hands-On Instructional Course Utilizing Matristem”. ACell Corporate Training Presentation.
April 2017. ACell. California. “Regenerative Medicine in Abdominal Wall Reconstruction, Hands-On Instructional Course Utilizing Matristem”. Axis Labs Didactic Presentations Lab.
February 2017. “Wellness Seminar for Staff Development”. Lubbock Independent School District.
September 2016. Texas Surgical Society.
October 23-24, 2015. ACell. New Orleans. “Regenerative Medicine in Abdominal Wall Reconstruction, Hands-On Instructional Course with Matristem”. Didactics with Hands-on Cadaveric Lab Surgeon Training.
October 7-8, 2015. ACell. Chicago. “Regenerative Medicine in Abdominal Wall Reconstruction, Hands-On Instructional Course with Matristem”. Didactics with Hands-on Cadaveric Lab Surgeon Training.
September 26, 2015. ACell, Las Vegas, NV. “Regenerative Medicine in Abdominal Wall Reconstruction, Hands-On Instructional Course with Matristem”. Didactics with Hands-on Cadaveric Lab.
September 19, 2015. The Inside Out Foundation, Women’s Health Symposium 2015, Keynote Speaker. “Healthy from the Inside Out!” Lubbock, TX.
April 18, 2015. Lubbock, TX. The Lubbock Chapter of the Texas Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. Dieticians Professional Staff Development, “Healthy from the Inside Out” Nutrition and Wellness Meeting.
April 16, 2015. ACell, Temple, TX. “Regenerative Medicine in Abdominal Wall Reconstruction, Hands-On Instructional Course with Matristem”.
April 13, 2015. Lubbock Independent School District, School Nurses and Health Coordinators Professional Staff Development, “Healthy from the Inside Out” Nutrition and Wellness Seminar.
March 20, 2015. ACell, Miami, FL. “Regenerative Medicine in Abdominal Wall Reconstruction, Hands-On Instructional Course with Matristem”.
February 26, 2015. ACell, San Antonio, TX. “Regenerative Medicine in Abdominal Wall Reconstruction, Hands-On Instructional Course with Matristem”.
January 19, 2015. Lubbock Independent School District, School Counselors Professional Staff Development, “Healthy from the Inside Out” Nutrition and Wellness Seminar.
January 9-10, 2015. . ACell, Las Vegas, NV. “Regenerative Medicine in Abdominal Wall Reconstruction, Hands-On Instructional Course with Matristem”.
November 21-22, 2014. ACell, Teaneck, NJ. “Regenerative Medicine in Abdominal Wall Reconstruction, Hands-On Instructional Course with Matristem”.
November 14-15, 2014. ACell, Las Vegas, NV. “Regenerative Medicine in Abdominal Wall Reconstruction, Hands-On Instructional Course with Matristem”.
November 7-8, 2014. ACell, Key Opinion Leaders Summit, Speaker’s Bureau. Las Vegas, NV. “Regenerative Medicine in Abdominal Wall Reconstruction, Hands-On Instructional Course with Matristem”.
October 11, 2014. Texas Surgical Society. Fall Meeting. Case Presentation and Literature Review: “Preoperative Progressive Pneumoperitoneum (PPP) for hernias with loss of domain”. Fort Worth, TX.
September 20, 2014. The Inside Out Foundation, Women’s Health Symposium, Keynote Speaker. “Healthy from the Inside Out!” Lubbock, TX.
September 19, 2014. Cogdell Memorial Hospital Breast Cancer Symposium, Keynote speaker. “Breast Cancer Awareness” Snyder, TX.
July 19, 2014. “Advances in Abdominal Wall Reconstruction: A Hands-On Instructional Course Details & Attendee Instructions”. Denver, CO.
June 23, 2014. “Advances in Abdominal Wall Reconstruction: A Hands-On Instructional Course Details & Attendee Instructions”. Fort Collins, CO.
April 24, 2014. “Advances in Abdominal Wall Reconstruction: A Hands-On Instructional Course Details & Attendee Instructions”. Dallas, TX.
March 21, 2014. “Advances in Abdominal Wall Reconstruction: A Hands-On Instructional Course Details & Attendee Instructions”. Houston, TX.
October, 18, 2013. Cogdell Memorial Hospital Breast Cancer Symposium, Keynote speaker. “Breast Cancer Awareness” Snyder, TX.
September 14, 2013. ACell Cadaver Lab, Instructor. Philadelphia, PA.
July 13, 2013. ACell Cadaver Lab, Instructor. Austin, TX.
June 22, 2013. ACell Cadaver Lab, Instructor. Las Vegas, NV.
June 21-22, 2013. “Advances in Abdominal Wall Reconstruction: A Hands-On Instructional Course.” Las Vegas, NV.
June 17, 2013. “Utilization of Genomics in Stage II and Stage III Colon Cancer. Llano Estacado Oncology Nurses Association Meeting. Lubbock, TX
June 06, 2013. “Complex Incisional Hernias with Loss of Domain: A Multimodality Approach Utilizing Preoperative Progressive Pneumoperitoneum, Biologics and Retromuscular Hernioplasty (Rives-Stoppa)”. Washington, D.C.
April 12-13, 2013. “Advances in Abdominal Wall Reconstruction: A Hands-On Instructional Course.” Las Vegas, NV.
March 29, 2013. Cancer Program. Shannon Health CME Dept. San Angelo, TX. “Personalized Medicine: Utilizing Genomic Profiling”.
February 22, 2013. Grand Rounds. Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Department of Surgery. “Rives-Stoppa Retromuscular Hernia Repair”.
November 29, 2012. “Cancer Update: Clinical Integration of Oncotype DX for Breast and Colon Cancer”. Genomic Health, Oncotype DX Cancer Assay. Lubbock, TX
October 19, 2012. Breast Cancer Awareness Symposium. Cogdell Memorial Hospital Community Outreach and Midland Permian Basin Area Health Education Center. “Breast Cancer Awareness Update”. Snyder, TX.
June 7, 2012. Texas AgriLife Extension, Lamb County. Friend to Friend, Staying Healthy Together. Breast Cancer Awareness Symposium. Littlefield, TX.
February 23, 2012. Case Presentation: ACell Regenerative Tissue. Massive Incisional Hernias. Midland, TX
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