Board Certifications
American Board of Surgery 2001

Research and Clinical Interests
Trauma and Emergency Surgery
Telemedicine, telepresence and teleteaching
Establishment of telemedicine in rural America and developing countries
Nutrition support in critically ill and trauma patients
Distance learning
Reoperative surgery

Selected Publications

Peer-Reviewed Articles

• Malhotra AK, Ivatury RR, Latifi R. Blunt abdominal trauma: Evaluation and indications for laparotomy. Scand J Surg; 90:1-6, 2002
• Fields C, Latifi R, Ivatury RR. Brachial and forearm vessel injuries, Surg Clin North Am, 82;105-114, 2002
• Rodas EB, Latifi R, S Cone, T.J. Broderick, CR Doarn, and RC Merrell. Telesurgical Presence and Consultation for Open Surgery, Arch Surg; 137:1360-1363, 2002
• Malhotra AK, Latifi R , Fabian TC, Ivatury RR, Dhage S, Bee, TK, Miller PR, Croce MA, Yelon JA. Multiplicity of Solid Organ Injury: Influence on Management and Outcomes after Blunt Abdominal Trauma. Journal of Trauma-Injury Infection & Critical Care. 54(5):925-929, 2003
• Lumpkin MF, Williams MD, Judkins D, Porter JM, Latifi R. Overcrowded Motor Vehicle Trauma from the Smuggling of Illegal Immigrants in the Southwestern Desert. Am Surg, 70(12):1078-1082, 2004
• Latifi R . Instead of a Prologue. Establishing Telemedicine in the Balkans: From Berlin to Prishtina via Mars—A Personal Journey, Stud Health Technol Inform ,   8-21, IOS Press, 2004
• Latifi R , Muja SH, Bekteshi F, Reinicke M. Use of Information Technology to Improve Quality of Healthcare: Kosova's Telemedicine Project and International Virtual e-Hospital as an Example, Stud Health Technol Inform ,   159-168, IOS Press, 2004
• Latifi R , Peck K, Porter JM, Poropatich R, Geare T III, Nassi R. T elepresence and Telemedicine in Trauma and Emergency Care Management. Stud Health Technol Inform , 193-199, IOS Press, 2004
• Latifi R , Peck K, Satava R, Anvari M. Telepresence and Telementoring in Surgery, Stud Health Technol Inform , 200-206, IOS Press, 2004
• Latifi R. Epilogue, Stud Health Technol Inform ,   229, IOS Press, 2004
• Dario C, Dunbar A, Feliciani F, Garcia-Barbero M, Giovannetti S, Graschew G, Güel A, Horsch A, Jenssen M, Kleinebreil L, Latifi R , Lleo M, Mancini P, Mohr MTJ, Ortiz Garcia P, Pedersen S, Perez-Sastre JM, Rey A. Opportunities and Challenges of eHealth and Telemedicine via Satellite. Eur J Res, Supplement 10(1), 2005
• Latifi R. Editorial. Eur Surg. Volume 37, Number 5:267-269, 2005, SpringerWein, New York.
• Latifi R, Ong CA, Peck KA, Porter, JM, Williams MD. Telepresence and telemedicine in trauma and emergency care management. Eur Surg. Volume 37, Number 5:293-297, 2005, SpringerWein, New York.

Books

• Latifi R (ed.) Amino Acids in Critically Ill and Cancer Patients. R.G. Landes Publishing Company, CRC Press, l994.
• Latifi R, Dudrick SJ (eds.) Surgical Nutrition: Strategies in Critically Ill. Springer-Verlag, R.G. Landes, 1995
• Latifi R, Dudrick SJ (eds.) Current Surgical Nutrition. R.G. Landes and Chapman & Hall, 1996
• Latifi R, Merrell RC (eds.) Nutrition Support in Cancer and Transplant patients. Georgetown , Texas : RG Landes, 2001
• De Maria EJ , Latifi R, Sugerman HJ (eds.) Laparoscopic Bariatric Surgery: Techniques and Outcomes. Eureka . Com, 2002
• Latifi R , Dudrick SJ (eds.) The Biology and Practice of Current Nutrition Support. 2 nd Edition. Georgetown , Texas : Landes Bioscience and Eurekah.com, 2003
• Latifi R . (ed.) Establishing Telemedicine in Developing Countries: From Inception to Implementation. Publisher IOS, Amsterdam , July, 2004