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Kevin W. Sexton
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Federal Grant PI
High Impact
Associate Professor
22 h-index
162 pubs
2,061 cited
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Biography and Research Information
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Kevin W. Sexton's research focuses on critical aspects of trauma care, surgical outcomes, and the application of advanced analytical methods in healthcare. He has co-led the NIH-funded "Trauma Institutional Priorities and Teams for Outcome Efficacy (TIPTOE)" project, which received $454,259 from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences, aiming to improve trauma care outcomes. Sexton also served as PI on an NIH/National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences grant totaling $348,898 for training purposes.
His scholarly work includes investigating factors that predict adverse outcomes in surgical patients, such as preoperative anemia and its link to thrombosis and free flap failure. Sexton has also explored the definition and assessment of major trauma, examining the efficacy of different scoring systems in identifying the need for trauma intervention. Furthermore, his research has delved into the use of machine learning for analyzing healthcare data, including systematic reviews on its application in Intensive Care Units and in addressing the COVID-19 crisis. His publication record demonstrates a breadth of interest, including work on women in academic surgery and novel therapies for nerve regeneration.
Sexton's scholarship metrics indicate a significant research impact, with an h-index of 22, 162 total publications, and over 2,000 citations. He actively collaborates with researchers across institutions, notably with Hanna Jensen at the University of Arkansas, and within the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences with Kyle J. Kalkwarf, Joseph A. Sanford, and Tremaine B. Williams. He leads a research group and has been recognized as a highly cited, federal grant principal investigator.
Metrics
- h-index: 22
- Publications: 162
- Citations: 2,061
Positions
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Professor 2024–presentVanderbilt University Medical Center Surgery ORCID
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Associate ProfessorUniversity of Arkansas for Medical Sciences ORCID
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Associate Professor 2015–2024University of Arkansas Medical Center Surgery ORCID
Selected Publications
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The Importance of a Continuously Changing Heart Rate in Venous and Arterial Pressure Analysis (2025)
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Exploring Racial Disparities in Chronic Pain Management (2025)
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Corrigendum to “Weight-Based Dosing for Venous Thromboembolism Prophylaxis in Spinal Trauma Patients Appears Safe” [Journal of Surgical Research 2023, Volume 290, October 2023, Pages 209-214] (2025)
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A Qualitative Study of Social Processes, HPV Vaccine Attitudes, and Vaccination Behavior Among Hesitant Adopter Parents (2025)
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Expanding the Ontology of Organizational Structures of Trauma Centers and Trauma Systems. (2024)PubMed OpenAlex
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The Representational Challenge of Integration and Interoperability in Transformed Health Ecosystems (2024)
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The association of workforce configurations with length of stay and charges in hospitalized patients with congestive heart failure (2024)
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Intensive Care Unit Readmissions in a Level I Trauma Center (2024)
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PT41 Comparative Analysis of Reintervention Rates in Mesh Versus No Mesh Hernia Repair Using Electronic Health Records (2024)
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EPH169 Integrating Structured and Unstructured Data in Total Hip Arthroplasty Evaluation: A Comprehensive Analysis for Enhanced Device Safety (2024)
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Resident level is associated with operative time in laparoscopic cholecystectomy (2024)
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Readmissions After Traumatic Brain Injury in the Nationwide Readmissions Database (2024)
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A closed surgical intensive care unit organization improves cardiac surgical patient outcomes (2024)
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Partnership in Cancer Research (PCAR) Program Increases Medical Student Knowledge and Confidence to Perform Cancer Research (2023)
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The Association of Implemented Care Team Configuration Models with Length of Stay and Charges in Hospitalized Patients with Congestive Heart Failure: A Retrospective Analysis of EHR Data (2023)
Federal Grants 2 $803,157 total
NIH
Contact PI
Jul 2019 - Aug 2024
NIH
Co-PI
Mar 2015 - May 2027
Trauma Institutional Priorities and Teams for Outcome Efficacy (TIPTOE)
Collaboration Network
Top Collaborators
Hanna Jensen
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
32 shared publications
In database
- COVID-19 Is Connected with Lower Health Literacy in Rural Areas
- Hemorrhage-Control Training in Medical Education
- Percutaneous Cholecystostomy Tubes versus Medical Management for Acute Cholecystitis
- ROTEM as a Predictor of Mortality in Patients With Severe Trauma
- Increases in Violence and Changes in Trauma Admissions During the COVID Quarantine
Showing 5 of 32 shared publications
Avi Bhavaraju
University of Arkansas Medical Center (US)
21 shared publications
- Characterization of acidosis in trauma patient
- Hemorrhage-Control Training in Medical Education
- Percutaneous Cholecystostomy Tubes versus Medical Management for Acute Cholecystitis
- ROTEM as a Predictor of Mortality in Patients With Severe Trauma
- Defining severe traumatic brain injury readmission rates and reasons in a rural state
Showing 5 of 21 shared publications
Mary K. Kimbrough
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
14 shared publications
In database
- Are Surgical Milestone Assessments Predictive of In-Training Examination Scores?
- Hemorrhage-Control Training in Medical Education
- ROTEM as a Predictor of Mortality in Patients With Severe Trauma
- Defining severe traumatic brain injury readmission rates and reasons in a rural state
- Right external iliac artery thrombus following the use of resuscitative endovascular balloon occlusion of the aorta for placenta accreta
Showing 5 of 14 shared publications
Saleema A. Karim
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (US)
14 shared publications
- Percutaneous Cholecystostomy Tubes versus Medical Management for Acute Cholecystitis
- ROTEM as a Predictor of Mortality in Patients With Severe Trauma
- Association of Insurance Status With Treatment and Outcomes in Pediatric Patients With Severe Traumatic Brain Injury
- Demographics, Treatment, and Cost of Periprosthetic Femur Fractures: Fixation Versus Revision
- Defining severe traumatic brain injury readmission rates and reasons in a rural state
Showing 5 of 14 shared publications
Rebecca Reif
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
12 shared publications
In database
- ROTEM as a Predictor of Mortality in Patients With Severe Trauma
- Demographics, Treatment, and Cost of Periprosthetic Femur Fractures: Fixation Versus Revision
- Resident level is associated with operative time in laparoscopic cholecystectomy
- National Readmissions Database characterization of post-cholecystectomy care for inpatients: Readmissions and bile duct repair
- Incidence of Red Cell Antibody Formation Following Massive Transfusion Protocol: Experience of a Single Institution
Showing 5 of 12 shared publications
Kyle J. Kalkwarf
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
12 shared publications
In database
- Percutaneous Cholecystostomy Tubes versus Medical Management for Acute Cholecystitis
- Increases in Violence and Changes in Trauma Admissions During the COVID Quarantine
- Retrospective study on rib fractures: smoking and alcohol matter for mortality and complications
- Surgical and non-surgical treatment of inguinal hernia during non-elective admissions in the Nationwide Readmissions Database
- The Impact of Palliative Medicine Consultation on Readmission Rates and Hospital Costs in Surgical Patients Requiring Prolonged Mechanical Ventilation
Showing 5 of 12 shared publications
William C. Beck
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
11 shared publications
In database
- Rethinking the definition of major trauma: The need for trauma intervention outperforms Injury Severity Score and Revised Trauma Score in 38 adult and pediatric trauma centers
- The Use of Telemedicine Decreases Unnecessary Hand Trauma Transfers
- Avoiding Cribari gridlock 2: The standardized triage assessment tool outperforms the Cribari matrix method in 38 adult and pediatric trauma centers
- Hemorrhage-Control Training in Medical Education
- ROTEM as a Predictor of Mortality in Patients With Severe Trauma
Showing 5 of 11 shared publications
Morten Ø. Jensen
University of Arkansas at Fayetteville
9 shared publications
In database
- Venous Physiology Predicts Dehydration in the Pediatric Population
- Optimizing peripheral venous pressure waveforms in an awake pediatric patient by decreasing signal interference
- Anesthetics affect peripheral venous pressure waveforms and the cross-talk with arterial pressure
- Unsupervised anomaly detection in peripheral venous pressure signals with hidden Markov models
- Venous Physiology Predicts Anesthetic Induced Hypotension in Infants
Showing 5 of 9 shared publications
Joseph A. Sanford
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
9 shared publications
In database
- Application of Machine Learning in Intensive Care Unit (ICU) Settings Using MIMIC Dataset: Systematic Review
- Anesthetics affect peripheral venous pressure waveforms and the cross-talk with arterial pressure
- Surgical Overlap: An Ethical Approach to Empirical Ambiguity
- 474 Innovative solutions to streamline data collection, exchange, and utilization in translational research
- Modeling peripheral arterial and venous pressure signals with integral pulse frequency modulation
Showing 5 of 9 shared publications
Shorabuddin Syed
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (US)
9 shared publications
- Role of Machine Learning Techniques to Tackle the COVID-19 Crisis: Systematic Review
- Application of Machine Learning in Intensive Care Unit (ICU) Settings Using MIMIC Dataset: Systematic Review
- Chest imaging representing a COVID-19 positive rural U.S. population
- The Role of Machine Learning Techniques to Tackle COVID-19 Crisis: A Systematic Review
- Toolkit to Compute Time-Based Elixhauser Comorbidity Indices and Extension to Common Data Models
Showing 5 of 9 shared publications
Fred Prior
9 shared publications
In database
- Role of Machine Learning Techniques to Tackle the COVID-19 Crisis: Systematic Review
- Application of Machine Learning in Intensive Care Unit (ICU) Settings Using MIMIC Dataset: Systematic Review
- Chest imaging representing a COVID-19 positive rural U.S. population
- Toolkit to Compute Time-Based Elixhauser Comorbidity Indices and Extension to Common Data Models
- DeIDNER Corpus: Annotation of Clinical Discharge Summary Notes for Named Entity Recognition Using BRAT Tool
Showing 5 of 9 shared publications
Ben Davis
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (US)
8 shared publications
- Hemorrhage-Control Training in Medical Education
- Defining severe traumatic brain injury readmission rates and reasons in a rural state
- Right external iliac artery thrombus following the use of resuscitative endovascular balloon occlusion of the aorta for placenta accreta
- Morning report decreases length of stay in trauma patients
- Readmissions After Traumatic Brain Injury in the Nationwide Readmissions Database
Showing 5 of 8 shared publications
John R. Taylor
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (US)
8 shared publications
- ROTEM as a Predictor of Mortality in Patients With Severe Trauma
- Defining severe traumatic brain injury readmission rates and reasons in a rural state
- Right external iliac artery thrombus following the use of resuscitative endovascular balloon occlusion of the aorta for placenta accreta
- Does Gender Matter: A Multi-Institutional Analysis of Viscoelastic Profiles for 1565 Trauma Patients With Severe Hemorrhage
- Morning report decreases length of stay in trauma patients
Showing 5 of 8 shared publications
Jingxian Wu
University of Arkansas at Fayetteville
8 shared publications
In database
- Venous Physiology Predicts Dehydration in the Pediatric Population
- Anesthetics affect peripheral venous pressure waveforms and the cross-talk with arterial pressure
- Unsupervised anomaly detection in peripheral venous pressure signals with hidden Markov models
- Venous Physiology Predicts Anesthetic Induced Hypotension in Infants
- Lessons learned measuring peripheral venous pressure waveforms in an anesthetized pediatric population
Showing 5 of 8 shared publications
Maryam Y. Garza
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (US)
8 shared publications
- Application of Machine Learning in Intensive Care Unit (ICU) Settings Using MIMIC Dataset: Systematic Review
- Toolkit to Compute Time-Based Elixhauser Comorbidity Indices and Extension to Common Data Models
- Cultivating informatics capacity for multimorbidity: A learning health systems use case
- Care delivery team composition effect on hospitalization risk in African Americans with congestive heart failure
- 474 Innovative solutions to streamline data collection, exchange, and utilization in translational research
Showing 5 of 8 shared publications
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