Luilly Vargas, MS2

Medical Student, Orthopaedics

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Luilly.vargas@icahn.mssm.edu

Hometown
New York City, New York

Education

Post-baccalaureate Premedical Program, Columbia University

BS in Nursing, New York University

Research
My research focuses on quality improvement following spinal surgery, using big data and meta-analysis to provide answers to the questions that will improve our patient’s outcome.

Other Interests

Outside of medicine my major interests include playing basketball, reading , and mentoring.

Future Plans
I’m interested in pursuing a surgical specialty, in particular orthopedics. I intend to weave research with my clinical practice, through the vehicle of research I want to drive the knowledge base that will influence the way we practice medicine.

Publications

Kim J, Merrill R, Arvind V, Kaji D, Pasik S, Nwachukwu C, Vargas L, Osman N, Oermann E, Caridi J, Cho S. “Examining the Ability of Artificial Neural Networks Machine Learning Models to Accurately Predict Complications Following Posterior Lumbar Spine Fusion” Accepted to Spine Journal. September 2017.

Poster Presentation

Vargas L, Hussain A, Vig K, Lee N, Kothari P, Jacobs S, Kim J, Cho S. “Age as a Risk Factor for Perioperative Morbidity and Mortality in Patients Undergoing Excisional Laminectomy for Extradural Cervical and Thoracic Tumors”. Poster at 2017 American College of Surgeons Quality and Safety Conference. New York, NY. July 2017.

Kaji D, Hussain A, Vig K, Arvind V, Vargas L, Ukogu C, Kim J, Cho S. “Risk Factors for Short Term Mortality In Patients with Intra-spinal Extradural Tumors Undergoing Laminectomy and Posterior Spinal Fusion”. Poster at 2017 American College of Surgeons Quality and Safety Conference. New York, NY. July 2017.

Samantha Jacobs S, Ranson W, Ukogu C, Kim J, Di Capua J, Somani S, Vargas L, Cho S. “Resident Involvement as a Risk Factor in Anterior Lumbar Fusion Outcomes”. Presentation at 2017 Annual Meeting for the Lumbar Spine Research Society. Chicago, IL. April 2017.

Fukuhara S, Takeda K, Han J, Vargas L, Li B, Yuzefpolskaya M, Mancini D, Colombo P, Topkara V, Kurlansky P, Takayama H, Naka Y. “Concomitant Aortic Valve Repair in Patients Undergoing Continuous-flow Left Ventricular Assist Device Placement: A 10-year Experience and Clinical Implications.” Presentation at American Association for Thoracic Surgery 2015 Annual Meeting. Seattle, WA, April 2015.

Li B, Truby L, Fujita K, Ikeda S, Fukuhara S, Vargas L, Hart S, Naka Y, Takayama H. “Feasibility of Long Term Use of External Continuous Flow Ventricular Assist Device.” Presentation at International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation 2015 Annual Meeting and Scientific Sessions. Nice, France, April 2015.

Fukuhara S, Truby L, Vargas L, Hart S, Mancini D, Kurlansky P, Topkara V, Yuzefpolskaya M, Takeda K, Naka Y, Takayama H. “The Impact of Acute Kidney Injury in Patients With Postcardiotomy Cardiogenic Shock Requiring Mechanical Circulatory Support.” Presentation at International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation 2015 Annual Meeting and Scientific Sessions. Nice, France, April 2015.

Abadeer A.I., Truby L, Fujita K, Vargas L, Hart S, Yuzefpolskaya M, Colombo P, Takeda K, Mancini D, Topkara V, Kurlansky P, Naka Y, Takayama H.  “High Mortality With Acute Kidney Injury After Mechanical Support for Cardiogenic Shock.” Presentation at International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation 2015 Annual Meeting and Scientific Sessions. Nice, France, April 2015.

Spoken Languages

English

Spanish

Written Language

English

Spanish