Denis de la Flor, MD

Postgraduate Year 1

Biography

Hometown: Chelmsford, MA

Undergraduate Institution: The University of Connecticut

Medical School: Drexel University College of Medicine

Other degrees: N/A

Future plans:  Academic Surgery

Why UMASS?: Genuinely happy residents, leadership who is invested in the program, and close to home

Favorite thing to do in Worcester?: Fish at Wachusett Reservoir 

Recent abstracts, posters, or publications:

Kim, E., de la Flor, D., Ngo, B., Katz, L. V., & Fam, J. W. (2022). Esophagogastroduodenoscopy Before Bariatric Surgery: Do Results from Preoperative Esophagogastroduodenoscopy Change Operative Management in Bariatric Patients?. Journal of the American College of Surgeons, 235(5), S20-S21.

Yonker LM, Marand A, Muldur S, Hopke A, Leung HM, De La Flor D, Park G, Pinsky H, Guthrie LB, Tearney GJ, Irimia D, Hurley BP. Neutrophil dysfunction in cystic fibrosis. J Cyst Fibros. 2021 Nov;20(6):1062-1071. doi: 10.1016/j.jcf.2021.01.012. Epub 2021 Feb 13. PMID: 33589340; PMCID: PMC8568301.

Edlow AG, Li JZ, Collier AY, Atyeo C, James KE, Boatin AA, Gray KJ, Bordt EA, Shook LL, Yonker LM, Fasano A, Diouf K, Croul N, Devane S, Yockey LJ, Lima R, Shui J, Matute JD, Lerou PH, Akinwunmi BO, Schmidt A, Feldman J, Hauser BM, Caradonna TM, De la Flor D, D'Avino P, Regan J, Corry H, Coxen K, Fajnzylber J, Pepin D, Seaman MS, Barouch DH, Walker BD, Yu XG, Kaimal AJ, Roberts DJ, Alter G. Assessment of Maternal and Neonatal SARS-CoV-2 Viral Load, Transplacental Antibody Transfer, and Placental Pathology in Pregnancies During the COVID-19 Pandemic. JAMA Netw Open. 2020 Dec 1;3(12):e2030455. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.30455. PMID: 33351086; PMCID: PMC7756241.

Lima R, Gootkind EF, De la Flor D, Yockey LJ, Bordt EA, D'Avino P, Ning S, Heath K, Harding K, Zois J, Park G, Hardcastle M, Grinke KA, Grimmel S, Davidson SP, Forde PJ, Hall KE, Neilan AM, Matute JD, Lerou PH, Fasano A, Shui JE, Edlow AG, Yonker LM. Establishment of a pediatric COVID-19 biorepository: unique considerations and opportunities for studying the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on children. BMC Med Res Methodol. 2020 Sep 11;20(1):228. doi: 10.1186/s12874-020-01110-y. PMID: 32917141; PMCID: PMC7483494.

Yonker LM, Neilan AM, Bartsch Y, Patel AB, Regan J, Arya P, Gootkind E, Park G, Hardcastle M, St John A, Appleman L, Chiu ML, Fialkowski A, De la Flor D, Lima R, Bordt EA, Yockey LJ, D'Avino P, Fischinger S, Shui JE, Lerou PH, Bonventre JV, Yu XG, Ryan ET, Bassett IV, Irimia D, Edlow AG, Alter G, Li JZ, Fasano A. Pediatric Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2): Clinical Presentation, Infectivity, and Immune Responses. J Pediatr. 2020 Dec;227:45-52.e5. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2020.08.037. Epub 2020 Aug 20. PMID: 32827525; PMCID: PMC7438214.

Feldman MB, Dutko RA, Wood MA, Ward RA, Leung HM, Snow RF, De La Flor DJ, Yonker LM, Reedy JL, Tearney GJ, Mou H, Hurley BP, Vyas JM. Aspergillus fumigatus Cell Wall Promotes Apical Airway Epithelial Recruitment of Human Neutrophils. Infect Immun. 2020 Jan 22;88(2):e00813-19. doi: 10.1128/IAI.00813-19. PMID: 31767773; PMCID: PMC6977131.

Baker MA, Nandivada P, Mitchell PD, Fell GL, Pan A, Cho BS, De La Flor DJ, Anez-Bustillos L, Dao DT, Nosé V, Puder M. Omega-3 fatty acids are protective in hepatic ischemia reperfusion injury in the absence of GPR120 signaling. J Pediatr Surg. 2019 Nov;54(11):2392-2397. doi: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2019.04.003. Epub 2019 Apr 12. PMID: 31036368; PMCID: PMC6790164.