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Kevin Sexton

CredentialsAmerican Board of Surgery
ABPM Clinical Informatics
Arkansas State Medical Board
TitleAssociate Professor
InstitutionUniversity of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
DepartmentSurgery, College of Medicine
DivisionSurgery Trauma Surgery
Address324 UAMS Campus Dr.
Mail Slot # 831
Little Rock AR 72205
Phone501-526-6262
Email
ORCID ORCID Icon0000-0002-1460-9867 Additional info
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    TitleAssistant Professor
    InstitutionUniversity of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
    DepartmentBiomedical Informatics, College of Medicine


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    Dr. Sexton is a physician scientist interested in the physiologic response to injury and resuscitation. Dr. Sexton is a general surgeon that completed research fellowships in vascular and neurobiology as they pertain to injury. He completed surgical training at Vanderbilt University Medical Center and during his last year served as administrative chief resident. He is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Surgery, Division of Trauma, Critical Care, and Acute Care Surgery under the leadership of Dr. Ronald Robertson. His clinical focus is general surgery with a particular interest in hernia and laparoscopic surgery. Dr. Sexton's priorities are his marriage, family, excellent patient care, and the alleviation of suffering through scientific investigation.

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    General Surgeon

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    President, BioVentures, LLC the UAMS technology transfer office

    Associate Chief Clinical Informatics Officer for Research, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship

    Associate Director Institute for Digital Health & Innovation

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    University of KY, Lexington, KYMD05/2007Medicine
    Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN06/2015General Surgery

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    2R01GM111324     (Kevin W. Sexton)Sep 1, 2022 - Aug 30, 2026
    NIH/NIGMS
    TraumaInstitutionalPrioritiesandTeamsforOutcomeEfficacy(TIPTOE)
    Role: Principle Investigator
    4600046479     (ROBERTSON, RONALD)Jul 1, 2020 - Jun 30, 2021
    Arkansas Department of Health
    FY2021 Hospital’s Trauma Grant
    Role: Co-Investigator
    TL1TR003109     (RUSCH, NANCY)Jul 1, 2019 - Jun 30, 2024
    NIH/National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences
    Expanding Translational Research in Arkansas - TL1
    Role: Co-Investigator
    UL1TR003107     (JAMES, LAURA P)Jul 1, 2019 - Jun 30, 2024
    NIH
    Expanding Translational Research in Arkansas
    Role: Co-Investigator
    4600044979     (ROBERTSON, RONALD)Jul 1, 2019 - Jun 30, 2020
    Arkansas Department of Health
    Trauma System Grant
    Role: Co-Investigator
    ATB     (SEXTON, KEVIN)Jul 30, 2018
    Atox Bio, Ltd.
    Phase 2 Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Parallel-Group Study to Evaluate the Safety and Efficacy of Reltecimod as Compared to Placebo in Addition to Standard of Care in Patients with Sepsis-Associated Acute Kidney Injury (SA-AKI)
    Role: Principal Investigator
    ATB-203     (SEXTON, KEVIN)Jul 30, 2018
    Atox Bio, Ltd.
    Phase 2 Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Parallel-Group Study to Evaluate the Safety and Efficacy of Reltecimod as Compared to Placebo in Addition to Standard of Care in Patients with Sepsis-Associated Acute Kidney Injury (SA-AKI)
    Role: Principal Investigator
    4600042717     (ROBERTSON, RONALD)Jul 1, 2018 - Jun 30, 2019
    Arkansas Department of Health
    Trauma System Grant
    Role: Co-Investigator
    HHSO1002014000013C     (SEXTON, KEVIN)Jan 20, 2018
    DHHS - Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority - Pass Through: Atox Bio, Ltd.
    Phase III, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Parallel-Group, Study of AB103 as Compared to Placebo in Patients with Necrotizing Soft Tissue Infections (NSTI)
    Role: Principal Investigator
    4600040521     (ROBERTSON, RONALD)Jul 1, 2017 - Jun 30, 2018
    Arkansas Department of Health
    Trauma System Grant - Revision - Continuation
    Role: Co-Investigator
    Clinical Scientist Award-FY17     (SEXTON, KEVIN W)Jul 1, 2016 - Jun 30, 2019
    UAMS
    FY17 Clinical Scientist Award
    Role: Principal Investigator
    Clinical Scientist Award-FY18     (SEXTON, KEVIN W)Jul 1, 2016 - Jun 30, 2019
    UAMS
    FY17 Clinical Scientist Award
    Role: Principal Investigator
    Clinical Scientist Award-FY19     (SEXTON, KEVIN W)Jul 1, 2016 - Jun 30, 2019
    UAMS
    FY17 Clinical Scientist Award
    Role: Principal Investigator
    ClinicalScientistAward-FY17     (SEXTON, KEVIN W)Jul 1, 2016 - Jun 30, 2019
    UAMS
    FY17 Clinical Scientist Award
    Role: Principal Investigator
    ClinicalScientistAward-FY18     (SEXTON, KEVIN W)Jul 1, 2016 - Jun 30, 2019
    UAMS
    FY17 Clinical Scientist Award
    Role: Principal Investigator
    ClinicalScientistAward-FY19     (SEXTON, KEVIN W)Jul 1, 2016 - Jun 30, 2019
    UAMS
    FY17 Clinical Scientist Award
    Role: Principal Investigator
    4600034826     (ROBERTSON, RONALD D)Jul 6, 2015 - Jun 30, 2017
    Arkansas Department of Health
    Trauma System Grant - Revision
    Role: Co-Investigator

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    1. Norys JH, Sexton KW, Jensen HK, Deneke M, Priddy EE. Deep vein thrombosis causing abdominal wall varicosities. J Surg Case Rep. 2023 Feb; 2023(2):rjad004. PMID: 36778964.
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    2. Williams TB, Garza M, Lipchitz R, Powell T, Baghal A, Swindle T, Sexton KW. Cultivating informatics capacity for multimorbidity: A learning health systems use case. J Multimorb Comorb. 2022 Jan-Dec; 12:26335565221122017. PMID: 35990170.
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    3. Wong L, Hollaway M, Sanford J, Sexton K, Yu F, Jensen H. Elective operations delay and emergency department visits and inpatient admissions during COVID-19. Surg Pract Sci. 2022 Sep; 10:100111. PMID: 36540699.
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    4. Nigh J, Wade DJ, Rives GT, Karim SA, Bhavaraju A, Kimbrough MK, Reif RJ, Sexton KW, Jensen HK. Operative management of non-elective incisional hernia reduces readmission in a national database. Hernia. 2023 06; 27(3):541-547. PMID: 35764698.
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    5. Drolshagen H, Bhavaraju A, Kalkwarf KJ, Karim SA, Reif R, Sexton KW, Jensen HK. Correction to: Surgical and non-surgical treatment of inguinal hernia during non-elective admissions in the Nationwide Readmissions Database. Hernia. 2022 Feb; 26(1):383. PMID: 34313856.
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    6. Machine learning risk prediction of mortality for patients undergoing surgery with perioperative SARS-CoV-2: the COVIDSurg mortality score. Br J Surg. 2021 Nov 11; 108(11):1274-1292. PMID: 34227657.
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    7. Drolshagen H, Bhavaraju A, Kalkwarf KJ, Karim SA, Reif R, Sexton KW, Jensen HK. Surgical and non-surgical treatment of inguinal hernia during non-elective admissions in the Nationwide Readmissions Database. Hernia. 2021 10; 25(5):1259-1264. PMID: 34218347.
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    8. Ranney SE, Tsai MH, Breidenstein MW, Sexton KW, Malhotra AK. Using performance frontiers to differentiate elective and capacity-based surgical services. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2021 06 01; 90(6):935-941. PMID: 34016917.
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    9. Syed M, Al-Shukri S, Syed S, Sexton K, Greer ML, Zozus M, Bhattacharyya S, Prior F. DeIDNER Corpus: Annotation of Clinical Discharge Summary Notes for Named Entity Recognition Using BRAT Tool. Stud Health Technol Inform. 2021 May 27; 281:432-436. PMID: 34042780.
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    10. Syed M, Syed S, Sexton K, Greer ML, Zozus M, Bhattacharyya S, Syed F, Prior F. Deep Learning Methods to Predict Mortality in COVID-19 Patients: A Rapid Scoping Review. Stud Health Technol Inform. 2021 May 27; 281:799-803. PMID: 34042688.
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    11. Greer ML, Sample S, Jensen HK, McBain S, Lipschitz R, Sexton KW. COVID-19 Is Connected with Lower Health Literacy in Rural Areas. Stud Health Technol Inform. 2021 May 27; 281:804-808. PMID: 34042689.
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    12. Syed M, Syed S, Sexton K, Syeda HB, Garza M, Zozus M, Syed F, Begum S, Syed AU, Sanford J, Prior F. Application of Machine Learning in Intensive Care Unit (ICU) Settings Using MIMIC Dataset: Systematic Review. Informatics (MDPI). 2021 Mar; 8(1). PMID: 33981592.
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    13. Al-Alawi AZ, Henry KR, Crimmins LD, Bonasso PC, Hayat MA, Dassinger MS, Burford JM, Jensen HK, Sanford J, Wu J, Sexton KW, Jensen MO. Anesthetics affect peripheral venous pressure waveforms and the cross-talk with arterial pressure. J Clin Monit Comput. 2022 02; 36(1):147-159. PMID: 33606187.
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    14. Hyson P, Macauley R, Sexton K, Sanford J. Surgical Overlap: An Ethical Approach to Empirical Ambiguity. Int Anesthesiol Clin. 2019; 57(1):18-31. PMID: 30520746.
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    15. Greer JW, Reif R, Karim S, Beck WC, Bhavaraju A, Davis B, Taylor JR, Sexton KW. Is It Safe to Fly Patients with Penetrating Trauma in a Rural State? J Surg Res. 2019 03; 235:16-21. PMID: 30691789.
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    16. Duke M, Tatum D, Sexton K, Stuke L, Robertson R, Sutherland M, Tyroch A, Agrawal V, Duchesne J. When Minutes Fly by: What Is the True "Golden Hour" for Air Care? Am Surg. 2018 Jun 01; 84(6):862-867. PMID: 29981616.
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    17. Harris TJ, Beck WC, Bhavaraju A, Davis B, Kimbrough MK, Jensen JC, Privratsky A, Taylor JR, Sexton KW. Severe acute gallstone pancreatitis with diffuse hemorrhagic gastritis. J Surg Case Rep. 2018 Mar; 2018(3):rjy048. PMID: 29644032.
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    18. Hill JB, Sexton KW, Bartlett EL, Papillion PW, Del Corral GA, Patel A, Guillamondegui OD, Shack RB. The Clinical Role of Intraoperative Core Temperature in Free Tissue Transfer. Ann Plast Surg. 2015 Dec; 75(6):620-4. PMID: 25785374.
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    19. Boyer RB, Kelm ND, Riley DC, Sexton KW, Pollins AC, Shack RB, Dortch RD, Nanney LB, Does MD, Thayer WP. 4.7-T diffusion tensor imaging of acute traumatic peripheral nerve injury. Neurosurg Focus. 2015 Sep; 39(3):E9. PMID: 26323827.
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    20. Kensinger CD, McMaster WG, Vella MA, Sexton KW, Snyder RA, Terhune KP. Residents as Educators: A Modern Model. J Surg Educ. 2015 Sep-Oct; 72(5):949-56. PMID: 26143515.
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    21. Kensinger CD, Sexton KW, Baron CM, Lipnik AJ, Meranze SG, Gorden DL. Management of portal vein thrombosis after liver transplantation with a combined open and endovascular approach. Liver Transpl. 2015 Jan; 21(1):132-4. PMID: 25262999.
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    22. Sexton KW, Poteet SP, Hill JB, Schmidt A, Patel A, Del Corral GA, Axt J, Kelley MC, Thayer WP, Shack RB. Adjuvant radiation therapy increases disease-free survival in stage IB Merkel cell carcinoma. Ann Plast Surg. 2014 Nov; 73(5):531-4. PMID: 23657045.
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    23. Sexton KW, Spear M, Pollins AC, Nettey C, Greco JA, Shack RB, Hagan KF, Nanney LB. The correlation of matrix metalloproteinase 9-to-albumin ratio in wound fluid with postsurgical complications after body contouring. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2014 Oct; 134(4):530e-538e. PMID: 25357047.
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    24. Boyer RB, Sexton KW, Rodriguez-Feo CL, Nookala R, Pollins AC, Cardwell NL, Tisdale KY, Nanney LB, Shack RB, Thayer WP. Adjuvant neurotrophic factors in peripheral nerve repair with chondroitin sulfate proteoglycan-reduced acellular nerve allografts. J Surg Res. 2015 Feb; 193(2):969-77. PMID: 25438961.
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    25. Anthony JR, Poole VN, Sexton KW, Wang L, Mueller MA, Guillamondegui O, Shack RB, Thayer WP. Tennessee emergency hand care distributions and disparities: Emergent hand care disparities. Hand (N Y). 2013 Jun; 8(2):172-8. PMID: 24426914.
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    26. Rodriguez-Feo CL, Sexton KW, Boyer RB, Pollins AC, Cardwell NL, Nanney LB, Shack RB, Mikesh MA, McGill CH, Driscoll CW, Bittner GD, Thayer WP. Blocking the P2X7 receptor improves outcomes after axonal fusion. J Surg Res. 2013 Sep; 184(1):705-13. PMID: 23731685.
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    27. Hill JB, Patel A, Del Corral GA, Sexton KW, Ehrenfeld JM, Guillamondegui OD, Shack RB. Preoperative anemia predicts thrombosis and free flap failure in microvascular reconstruction. Ann Plast Surg. 2012 Oct; 69(4):364-7. PMID: 22964664.
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    28. Hill JB, Vogel JE, Sexton KW, Guillamondegui OD, Corral GA, Shack RB. Re-evaluating the paradigm of early free flap coverage in lower extremity trauma. Microsurgery. 2013 Jan; 33(1):9-13. PMID: 22730189.
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    29. Li FD, Sexton KW, Hocking KM, Osgood MJ, Eagle S, Cheung-Flynn J, Brophy CM, Komalavilas P. Intimal thickness associated with endothelial dysfunction in human vein grafts. J Surg Res. 2013 Mar; 180(1):e55-62. PMID: 22763213.
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    30. Mueller MA, Zaydfudim V, Sexton KW, Shack RB, Thayer WP. Lack of emergency hand surgery: discrepancy between elective and emergency hand care. Ann Plast Surg. 2012 May; 68(5):513-7. PMID: 22510897.
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    31. Sexton KW, Pollins AC, Cardwell NL, Del Corral GA, Bittner GD, Shack RB, Nanney LB, Thayer WP. Hydrophilic polymers enhance early functional outcomes after nerve autografting. J Surg Res. 2012 Oct; 177(2):392-400. PMID: 22521220.
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    32. Osgood MJ, Harrison DG, Sexton KW, Hocking KM, Voskresensky IV, Komalavilas P, Cheung-Flynn J, Guzman RJ, Brophy CM. Role of the renin-angiotensin system in the pathogenesis of intimal hyperplasia: therapeutic potential for prevention of vein graft failure? Ann Vasc Surg. 2012 Nov; 26(8):1130-44. PMID: 22445245.
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    33. Sexton KW, Hocking KM, Wise E, Osgood MJ, Cheung-Flynn J, Komalavilas P, Campbell KE, Dattilo JB, Brophy CM. Women in academic surgery: the pipeline is busted. J Surg Educ. 2012 Jan-Feb; 69(1):84-90. PMID: 22208838.
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    34. Mohiuddin MW, Resig PP, Sexton KW, Douglas WI. Two-day control of pulmonary blood flow with an adjustable systemic-pulmonary artery shunt. ASAIO J. 2011 May-Jun; 57(3):225-30. PMID: 21499076.
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