University of California San Francisco

Highet Alexandra
Alexandra Highet, MD, MSc

Resident (PGY-3) 
General Surgery

    Awards & Honors

    Award Conferred By Date
    Krevans Award University of California San Francisco 2022/2022
    Woolliscroft Scholarship University of Michigan Medical School 2018/2021
    Fulbright Fellowship 2015/2016

    Education

    Institution Degree Dept or School End Date
    University of Michigan Medical School MD Medicine 06/2021
    University of Michigan School of Public Health MSc Clinical Research 08/2020
    Williams College BA Art History, French 06/2013

    Publications

    MOST RECENT PUBLICATIONS FROM A TOTAL OF 19
    1. Effect of medial stabilizer chest position on pectus bar dislocation.
      Melhado C, Highet A, Mukherjee N, Ozgediz D, Idowu O, Kim S| | PubMed
    2. Neighborhood-level Disparities in Achievement of Social Continence Among School-aged Children With Anorectal Malformations: A Single-center Retrospective Study.
      Highet A, Mai T, Klarich MK, Vu L| | PubMed
    3. Artificial intelligence based real-time video ergonomic assessment and training improves resident ergonomics.
      Hamilton BC, Dairywala MI, Highet A, Nguyen TC, O'Sullivan P, Chern H, Soriano IS| | PubMed
    4. Pragmatic Mentoring Strategies for the Busy Surgeon Scientist.
      Highet A, Kendrick DE, Bandeh-Ahmadi H, Vitous A, Yang K, Ernst C, George BC| | PubMed
    5. Graft Survival and Segment Discards Among Split-Liver and Reduced-Size Transplantations in the United States From 2008 to 2018.
      Montgomery JR, Highet A, Brown CS, Waits SA, Englesbe MJ, Sonnenday CJ| | PubMed
    6. Training Experiences of American Society of Transplant Surgeons Fellows in Deceased Donor Organ Procurement.
      Connelly CR, Quillin RC, Biesterveld BE, Highet A, Schenk AD, Syed S, Bongu A, Waits SA| | PubMed
    7. Microlearning and Social Media: A Novel Approach to Video-Based Learning and Surgical Education.
      Palmon I, Brown CS, Highet A, Kulick AA, Barrett ME, Cassidy DE, Herman AE, Gomez-Rexrode AE, O'Reggio R, Sonnenday C, Waits SA, Wakam GK| | PubMed
    8. Cost-effectiveness of Staple Line Reinforcement in Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy.
      Highet A, Johnson EH, Bonham AJ, Hutton DW, Zhou S, Thalji AS, Ghaferi AA| | PubMed
    9. Unacknowledged Alternate Determinants of Medicine Subject Exam Performance.
      Kurtz JB, Spadafore M, Highet A| | PubMed
    10. Every Emergency General Surgery Patient Deserves Pathway-Driven Care.
      Eton RE, Highet A, Englesbe MJ| | PubMed
    11. Introduction to the Best-Case/Worst-Case Framework Within Transplantation Surgery to Improve Decision-Making for Increased Risk Donor Organ Offers.
      Highet A, Cassidy DE, Gomez-Rexrode AE, Kirsch MJ, Eton R, Brown CS, Waits SA, Englesbe MJ| | PubMed
    12. Fostering Passion and Skills in Surgical Research Across the Medical Education Continuum: The Transplant Research, Education, and Engagement Group.
      Highet A, Gomez-Rexrode AE, Barrett M, Santos-Parker KS, Santos-Parker JR, Cassidy DE, Herman AE, Kulick AA, Brown CS, Montgomery JR, Wakam GK, Englesbe MJ, Waits SA| | PubMed
    13. Knowing Your Team: Rapid Assessment of Residents and Fellows for Effective Horizontal Care Delivery in Emergency Events.
      Dennis B, Highet A, Kendrick D, Mazer L, Loiselle S, Bandeh-Ahmadi H, Gupta T, Abbott K, Lea J, Dang T, Ramey M, George B, Terhune K| | PubMed
    14. Practice change amidst the COVID-19 pandemic: Harnessing the momentum for expanding telehealth in transplant.
      Santos-Parker KS, Santos-Parker JR, Highet A, Montgomery JR, Wakam GK, Sonnenday CJ, Waits SA| | PubMed
    15. Going the distance for procurement of donation after circulatory death livers for transplantation-Does reimbursement reflect reality?
      Montgomery JR, Highet A, Hobeika MJ, Englesbe MJ, McElroy LM| | PubMed
    16. Competency Committees in Undergraduate Medical Education: Approaching Tensions Using a Polarity Management Framework.
      Monrad SU, Mangrulkar RS, Woolliscroft JO, Daniel MM, Hartley SE, Gay TL, Highet A, Vijayakumar N, Santen SA| | PubMed
    17. True to Reality or True to Ourselves? Rationalism vs Idealism for Matching Medical Students.
      Highet A, Kurtz JB, Spadafore M| | PubMed
    18. Characterizing Pediatric Tuberculosis with and without Human Immunodeficiency Virus Coinfection in Harare, Zimbabwe.
      Earley M, Chirenda J, Highet A, Mujuru HA, Yang Z| | PubMed
    19. Human cord blood-derived unrestricted somatic stem cells promote wound healing and have therapeutic potential for patients with recessive dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa.
      Liao Y, Itoh M, Yang A, Zhu H, Roberts S, Highet AM, Latshaw S, Mitchell K, van de Ven C, Christiano A, Cairo MS| | PubMed