Our Surgeon

Steven C. Agle, MD

Dr. Agle is currently Chief of Surgery at Moore County Hospital District and is Board Certified by the American Board of Surgery and a fellow in Surgical Oncology and Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Surgery.

Dr. Agle joins us from Galveston, TX where he practiced at the University of Texas Medical Branch after completing his Categorical Surgical Residency at the East Carolina University, Brody School of Medicine.

Dr. Agle is a member of the American College of Surgeons, the Society for Vascular Surgery, the Southeastern Surgical Congress, the Christian Medical and Dental Associations, the Society of Surgical Oncology, the Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons, the Americas Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association, and many more professional and scientific societies.

While practicing at UTMC, Dr. Agle lectured on biliary disease, was a facilitator for the General Surgery Resident Teaching Conference and General Surgery Resident Workshops on Minimally Invasive Surgery and Bowel Anatomosis, and performed Regular OR and Clinical Teaching and Training for Residents and Medical Students.

Training

Experience

2006 – 2013 Categorical Surgical Resident East Carolina University, Brody School of Medicine, Greenville, NC

2008 – 2010 Research Fellowship – Surgical Oncology, Division of Surgical Oncology, Laboratory of Dr. Emmanuel Zervos, East Carolina University, Brody School of Medicine, Greenville, NC

2013 – 2015 Fellow – Surgical Oncology & Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Surgery, (2 Separate Fellowships), University of Louisville Department of Surgery, Louisville, KY

Experience

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

2015-2018 Assistant Professor

Department of Surgery

Division of Surgical Oncology

University of Texas Medical Branch

COMMITTEE RESPONSIBILITIES:

School – East Carolina University, Brody School of Medicine (Dept. of Surgery)

2008-2013 Member, GME Representative
2012-2013 Member, Chief Resident GME Committee
2012-2013 Member, Quality Improvement GME Committee

TEACHING RESPONSIBILITIES

TEACHING RESPONSIBILITIES AT UTMB:

Lecturer, Biliary Disease (Medical Students)
Facilitator, General Surgery Resident Teaching Conference
General Surgery Resident Workshops, Minimally Invasive Surgery and Bowel Anatomosis
Regular OR and Clinical Teaching/Training (Residents/Medical Students)

Scientific Society/ Professional Organization Memberships

1997-2001 Toastmaster International Member
2006-present American College of Surgeons
2007-present Society for Vascular Surgery
2009-present Southeastern Surgical Congress
2009-2013 General Surgery Resident Section Member
2012-present Christian Medical and Dental Associations
2013-present Society of Surgical Oncology
2013-present Americas Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association
2013-present Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons
2013-present Greater Louisville Medical Society
2013-present Walter J. Pories Society

Honors

Scientific Society/ Professional Organization Memberships

2004 Outstanding New Student Scholarship recipient for MD/MPH program
2005 National Institutes of Health R01 mock grant winner
2005 Featured in Texas Monthly for involvement in the Center for Health, Humanities and the Human Spirit at the University of Texas at Houston Health Science Center
2007 Society of Vascular Surgery Resident Scholarship
2009 2ndPlace, General Surgery Resident Research Competition, American College of Surgeons NC/SC Chapter
2010 Southern Medical Association Scholarship recipient for excellence in research
2010 Frederick A. Coller Surgical Society Traveling Fellowship, University of Texas at Houston School of Public Health
2010 Best Overall Research winner, East Carolina University Graduate Medical Education

Publications

ARTICLES IN PEER-REVIEWED JOURNALS:

1. Agle SC, Kao LS, Moore FA, Gonzalez EA, Vercruysse GA, Todd SR. Early predictors of prolonged mechanical ventilation in major torso trauma patients who require resuscitation. The American Journal of Surgery 2006;192(6):822-827.

2. Schenarts PJ, Phade SV, Goettler CE, Waibel BH, Agle SC, Bard MR, Rotondo MF. Impact of acute care general surgery coverage by trauma surgeons on the trauma patient. American Surgeon 2008;74(6):494-501.

3. Schenarts PJ, Love KM, Agle SC, Haisch CE. Comparison of surgical residency applicants from U.S. medical schools with U.S. born and foreign-born international medical school graduates. Journal of Surgical Education 2008;16(16):1741-1754.

4. Schenarts PJ, Phade SV, Agle SC, Goettler CE, Sagraves SG, Newell MA, Rotondo MF. Field hypotension in patients who arrive at the hospital normotensive: a marker of severe injury or crying wolf? North Carolina Medical Journal 2008;69(4):265-269.

5. Shafii AE, Agle SC, Zervos EE. Perforated gastric corpus in a strangulated paraesophageal hernia: a case report. Journal of Medical Case Reports 2009;3:6507.

6. Agle SC, Barchman MJ, Haisch CE, Stoner MC. Aortoiliac intervention with distal protection to salvage a heterotopic renal transplant. Renal Failure 2009;31(7).

7. McNally MM, Agle SC, Williams RF, Pofahl WE. A comparison of two methods of hemostasis in thyroidectomy. American Surgeon 2009;75(11):1073-6.

8. Schlitzkus LL, Agle SC, McNally MM, Schenarts KD, Schenarts PJ. What do surgical nurses know about surgical residents? Journal of Surgical Education 2009 66(6):383-391.

9. Zervos EE, Osborne D, Agle SC, McNally MM, Boe, B, Rosemurgy AS. Impact of hospital and surgeon volumes in the management of complicated portal hypertension: review of a statewide database in Florida. American Surgeon 2010;76(3):263-269.

10. Manwaring ML, Durham CA, McNally MM, Agle SC, Parker FM, Stoner SC. Correlation of cerebral oximetry with internal carotid artery stump pressure in carotid endarterectomy. Vascular and Endovascular Surgery 2010;44(4):252-256.

11. Zervos EE, Agle SC, Warren, AJ, Lang CG, Fitzgerald TL, Dar M, Rotondo MF, Pories WJ. Amelioration of insulin requirement in patients undergoing duodenal bypass for reasons other than obesity implicates foregut factors in the pathophysiology of type II diabetes. Journal of the American College of Surgeons 2010;210(5):564-572, 572-574.

12. Agle SC, McNally MM, Powell CS, Bogey WM, Parker FM, Stoner MC. The association of peri-procedural hypertension and adverse outcomes in patients undergoing catheter-directed thrombolysis. Annals of Vascular Surgery 2010;24(5):609-614.

13. McNally MM, Agle SC, Parker FM, Bogey WM, Powell CS, Stoner MC. Preoperative statin therapy is associated with improved outcomes and resource utilization in patients undergoing aortic aneurysm repair. Journal of Vascular Surgery 2010;51(6):1390-1396.

14. White MA, Agle SC, Fuhr HM, Mehaffey JH, Waibel BH, Zervos EE. Impact of pancreatic cancer and subsequent resection on glycemic control in diabetic and nondiabetic patients. American Surgeon 2011;77(8):1032-1037.

15. White MA, Agle SC, Padia RK, Zervos EE. Denver peritoneovenous shunts for the management of malignant ascites: a review of the literature in the post LeVeen era. American Surgeon 2011;77(8):1070-1075.

16. Hollowell KL, Agle SC, Zervos EE, Fitzgerald TL. Cutaneous apocrine adenocarcinoma: defining epidemiology, outcomes, and optimal therapy for a rare neoplasm. Journal of Surgical Oncology 2012;105(4):415-419.

17. Durham CA, Ehlert BA, Agle SC, Mays AC, Parker FM, Bogey WM, Powell, CS, Stoner MC. Role of statin therapy and angiotensin blockade in patients with asymptomatic moderate carotid artery stenosis. Annals of Vascular Surgery 2012;26(3):344-352.

18. Schlitzkus LL, Clark CJ, Agle SC, Schenarts PJ. A six-year head-to-head comparison of osteopathic and allopathic applicants to a university-based, allopathic general surgery residency. Winner of the Inaugural Resident Paper Award at the Association of Program Directors in Surgery Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, March 2012. Journal of Surgical Education 2012;69(6):699-704.

19. Love KM, White MA, Agle SC, Hoffman MS, Morgan S, Zervos EE. Universal application of colonoscopy mitigates unnecessary laparotomy in patients with pelvic tumors of unknown origin. Journal of Gynecologic Surgery 2012;28(2):94-100.

20. Kachare SD, Agle SC, Englert ZP, Zervos EE, Vohra NA, Wong JH, Fitzgerald TL. Malignant Blue Nevus: Melanoma Variant or Unique Clinical Entity? Presented at the 2013 Southeast Surgical Congress, Jacksonville, Florida, February 9, 2013. American Surgeon 2013;79(7):651-656.

21. Agle SC, Philips P, Martin RCG. Environmental Exposures, Tumor Heterogeneity, and Colorectal Cancer Outcomes. Curr Colorectal Cancer Rep 2014;10(2):189-194.

22. Kimbrough CW, Agle SC, Scoggins CR, Martin RC, Marvin MR, Davis EG, McMasters KM, Jones CM. Factors predictive of readmission after hepatic resection for hepatocellular carcinoma. Surgery. 2014;156(4):1039-1046.

23. Philips P, Dunki-Jacobs E, Agle SC, Scoggins CR, McMasters KM, Martin RC. The role of hepatic artery lymph node in pancreatic adenocarcinoma: Prognostic factor or a selection criterion for surgery. HPB. 2014;16(12):1051-1055.

24. Wehry J, Agle S, Philips P, Cannon R, Scoggins CR, Puffer L, McMasters KM, Martin RC: Restrictive blood transfusion protocol in malignant upper gastrointestinal and pancreatic resections patients reduces blood transfusions with no increase in patient morbidity. Am J Surg 2015, 210(6):1197-1204; discussion 1204-1195.

25. Doughtie CA, Edwards JD, Philips P, Agle SC, Scoggins CR, McMasters KM, Martin RC: Infectious complications in combined colon resection and ablation of colorectal liver metastases. Am J Surg 2015, 210(6):1185-1190; discussion 1190-1181.

26. Pandit H, Zhang W, Li Y, Agle SC, Li X, Li SP, Cui G, Li Y, Martin RC. Manganese Superoxide Dismutase (MnSOD) expression is negatively associated with microRNA-301a levels in human Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma (PDAC). J Cancer Gene Ther. 2015;22(10):481-486.

27. Bhutiani N, Agle S, Li Y, Li S, Martin RC, 2nd: Irreversible electroporation enhances delivery of gemcitabine to pancreatic adenocarcinoma. J Surg Oncol 2016, 114(2):181-186.

28. Zervos E, Agle S, Freistaedter AG, Jones GJ, Roper RL: Murine mesothelin: characterization, expression, and inhibition of tumor growth in a murine model of pancreatic cancer. J Exp Clin Cancer Res 2016, 35:39.

29. Mbah N, Agle SC, Philips P, Egger ME, Scoggins CR, McMasters KM, Martin RCG: Laparoscopic hepatectomy significantly shortens the time to postoperative chemotherapy in patients undergoing major hepatectomies. Am J Surg 2017, 213(6):1060-1064.

30. Martin RC, 2nd, Agle S, Schlegel M, Hayat T, Scoggins CR, McMasters KM, Philips P: Efficacy of preoperative immunonutrition in locally advanced pancreatic cancer undergoing irreversible electroporation (IRE). Eur J Surg Oncol 2017, 43(4):772-779.

BOOKS:

1. The Richard E. Dean ABSITE Review Manual, Junior Resident Edition, East Carolina University Press, Contributing Author 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010.

2. The Richard E. Dean ABSITE Review Manual, Senior Resident Edition, East Carolina University Press, Contributing Author 2011 and 2012.

3. The Richard E. Dean ABSITE Review Manual, Senior Resident Edition and Junior Resident Edition, East Carolina University Press, Co-editor 2013.

ABSTRACTS:

1. Schlitzkus LL, Toschlog EA, Allcron SH, Dennis CR, Agle SC, Allen JF, Goettler CE, Rotondo MF. Intensive glycemic control: not so sweet in the trauma Patient. Presented at the 38th Society of Critical Care Critical Care Congress, Nashville, TN, January 2009. Critical Care Medicine 36(12) Supplement: A45 (195), Dec 2008.

2. McNally MM, Agle SC, Hayes SA, Parker FM, Bogey WM, Powell CS, Stoner MC. Endoluminal infrarenal aortic aneurysm repair: a costly endeavor for low risk patients. Presented at the Society for Vascular Surgery 2009 Vascular Annual Meeting, Denver, CO, June 11-14, 2009. Journal of Vascular Surgery 2009;49(5) Supplement 1, May 2009, ppS33-S34.

3. McNally MM, Agle SC, Pories WJ, Parker FM, Bogey WM, Powell CS, Stoner MC. Chronic mesenteric ischemia: defining the role of percutaneous therapy. the society of surgery of the alimentary tract. Presented at Digestive Disease Week 2009, Chiago, Illinois, May 30 – June 4, 2009. Gastroenterology 2009; 136(5).

4. McNally MM, Agle SC, Hayes SA, Parker FM, Bogey WM, Powell CS, Stoner MC. The clinical and economic impact of preoperative risk optimization in patients undergoing elective aortic surgery. Presented at the American College of Surgeons 95th Annual Clinical Congress 64thAnnual Sessions of the Owen H Wangensteen Forum, Chicago, IL, October 11-15, 2009. Journal of the American College of Surgeons September 2009;209 (3):S103.

5. Agle SC, Carver M, McNally MM, Tracy RJ, Zervos EE. Induction of apoptosis improves efficacy of dendritic cell-based immunotherapy in a murine model of pancreatic cancer. Journal of Surgical Research 2010;158 (2):337-338.

6. McNally MM, Agle SC, Durham CA, Abdel-Raham AA, Stoner MC. Thoracic endovascular stenting is associated with paralysis and spinal cord nitric oxide production. Presented at the 5th Annual Academic Surgical Congress, San Antonio, TX, February 3-5, 2010. Journal of Surgical Research 2010;158(2):305.

7. Hollowell KL, Agle SC, Zervos EE, Fitzgerald TL. Better understanding of cutaneous apocrine adenocarcinoma using a national tumor registry. Presented at the Society of Surgical Oncology’s 63rd Annual Cancer Symposium, St. Louis, MO, March 3-7, 2010. Annals of Surgical Oncology 2010;17(Supplement 1):115.

8. Durham CA, Agle SC, McNally MM, Mays AC, Abdel-Rahman AA, Stoner MC. Paralysis following thoracic aortic stenting is associated with endothelial nitric oxide synthase phosphorylation and nitric oxide production. Presented at the American College of Surgeons 96th Annual Clinical Congress 65th Annual Sessions of the Owen H Wangensteen Forum, Washington, DC, October 3-7, 2010 Journal of the American College of Surgeons 2010:211(3S): 144.

9. Durham CA, Ehlert BA, Agle SC, Mays AC, Parker FM, Bogey WM, Powell CS, Stoner MC. The role of statin therapy and angiotensin blockade on asymptomatic carotid artery stenosis: a clinical and pharmoacoeconomic analysis. Presented at the 2010 Society of Vascular Surgery Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, June 10-13, 2010. Journal of Vascular Surgery 2010;52(6):1735.

10. Agle SC, White MA, Durham CA, McNally MM, Carver FM, Zervos EE. Addition of TNFα to dendritic cell based immunotherapy reduces tumor size and improves survival in mice with pancreatic cancer. Southern Medical Journal 2011:104(2): 163.

11. White MA, Roper RL, Agle SC, Carver FM, Lu J, and Zervos EE. Mesothelin overexpression decreases virulence of murine pancreatic cancer. Presented at the 6th Annual Academic Surgical Congress, Huntington Beach, CA, February 1-3, 2011. Journal of Surgical Research 2011;165(2):304.

12. White MA, Agle SC, Mehaffey JH, Fitzgerald TL, Ryan ST, and Zervos EE. Pancreatic failure following resection for cancer: incidence and coincidence of exocrine and endocrine insufficiency. Presented at the Society of Surgical Oncology 64th Annual Cancer Symposium, San Antonio, TX, March 2-5, 2011. Surgical Oncology 2011;18(S1):82.

13. Durham CA, Ehlert BA, Agle SC, Mays AC, Parker FM, Bogey WM, Powell CS, Stoner MC. The role of statin therapy and angiotensin blockade in patients with asymptomatic moderate carotid artery stenosis. Presented at the Southern Medical Association’s 2011 Annual Scientific Assembly, Williamsburg, VA, November 3-5, 2011. Southern Medical Journal.

14. Englert ZP, Carver FM, White MA, Agle SC, Zervos EE. Addition of Tumor-Lysate Pulsed Dendritic Cells to Chemoradiation Increases Complete Pathologic Response and Imparts Lasting Immunity in a Murine Model of Rectal Cancer. Presented at the American College of Surgeons 98th Annual Clinical Congress 67thAnnual Sessions of the Owen H Wangensteen Forum, Chicago, IL September 30th- October 3, 2012. Journal of the American College of Surgeons 2012:215(3S): 110.

PAPERS AND CONTINUING EDUCATION PROGRAMS PRESENTED:

1. Agle S, Moore F, Todd R. Predictors of prolonged mechanical ventilation in trauma patients. South Texas Chapter of the American College of Surgeons, Houston, TX, February 24-25, 2006.

2. Agle S, Kao L, Moore F, Todd R. Early predictors of prolonged mechanical ventilation in major torso trauma patients who require resuscitation. 58th Annual Meeting of the Southwestern Surgical Congress, Kauai, Hawaii, April 3-7, 2006.

3. Phade SV, Schenarts PJ, Goettler CE, Waibel BH, Agle SC, Bard MR, Rotondo MF. Impact of emergency general surgery coverage on the trauma patient. Presented at the 2007 Carolina Chapter of the American College of Surgeons, Ashville, NC, July 6, 2007.

4. Schenarts PJ, Phade SV, Goettler CE, Waibel BH, Agle SC, Bard MR, Rotondo MF. Impact of acute care general surgery coverage by trauma surgeons on the trauma patient. Presented at the Annnual Scientific Meeting and Posgraduate Course Program, Southeastern Surgical Congress, Birmingham, AL, February 9-12, 2008.

5. Schenarts PJ, Love K, Agle SC, Haisch CE. Comparison of surgical residency applicants from U.S. medical schools with U.S.-born and foreign-born international medical school graduates. Presented at the 2008 meeting of the Association of Program Directors in Surgery, Toronto Canada.

6. Agle SC, McNally MM, Stoner MC. A contemporary safety profile of catheter-directed thrombolysis. Southern Association for Vascular Surgery, Tucson, AZ, January 15-17, 2009.

7. McNally MM, Agle SC, Williams RF, Pofahl WE. A comparison of two methods of hemostasis in thyroidectomy. Presented at the 2009 Southeastern Surgical Congress, Atlanta, Georgia, February 7-10, 2009.

8. McNally MM, Agle SC, Parker FM, Bogey WM, Powell CS, Stoner MC. Financial implications of technological adaptation: the burden of endovascular aortic aneurysm repair device cost on hospital finances. Presented at the Society for Clinical Vascular Surgery, Fort Lauderdale, FL, March 18-24, 2009.

9. Agle SC, McNally MM, Stoner MC. Achieving the goal of below knee amputation: an argument for strict case selection. Society for Clinical Vascular Surgery, Fort Lauderdale, FL, March 18-24, 2009.

10. McNally MM, Agle SC, Stoner MC. Risk stratification in infrarenal aortic aneurysm patients: a case against EVAR in the lower risk patient. Presented at the North and South Carolina Vascular Surgical Society, 2009 Annual Meeting Grove Park Inn Asheville, NC July 17, 2009.

11. Agle SC, McNally MM, Carver FM, Zervos EE. Addition of TNFerade to dendritic cell-based immunotherapy reduces tumor size and improves survival in mice with pancreatic cancer. North and South Carolina Chapter of the American College of Surgeons, Asheville, NC, July 17-19, 2009. 2nd Best Research Paper/Presentation Winner.

12. McNally MM, Agle SC, Stoner MC. Paralysis following endovascular thoracic aortic repair: the early role of reactive oxygen species and potential therapeutic implications. Winner of the Best Oral Presentation at the North and South Carolina Chapter of the American College of Surgeons, Asheville, NC, July 17-19, 2009.

13. Schlitzkus LL, Agle SC, McNally MM, Schenarts KD, Schenarts PJ. What do surgical nurses know about surgical residents? Presented at the Association of Program Directors in Surgery Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT, May 2009.

14. Agle SC, McNally MM, Carver FM, Zervos EE. Addition of TNFerade to dendritic cell based immunotherapy reduces tumor size and improves survival in a murine model of pancreatic cancer. 19th Annual ECU Department of Surgery Residents Research Day, Greenville, NC, June 2009.

15. McNally MM, Agle SC, Parker FM, Bogey WM, Powell CS, Stoner MC. Preoperative statin therapy is associated with improved outcomes and lower resource utilization in patients undergoing open or endovascular aortic aneurysm repair. Presented at New England Society of Vascular Surgery, Boston, Massachusetts, October 2-4, 2009.

16. McNally MM, Agle SC, Durham CA, Stoner MC. Reactive oxygen species and cord paralysis in thoracic endovascular aortic repair. Presented at the Frederick A. Coller Surgical Society 55th Annual Meeting, Tampa, Florida, October 29 – November 1, 2009.

17. Agle SC, McNally MM, Carver FM, Zervos EE. Addition of TNFerade to DC based immunotherapy reduces tumor size and improves survival in mice with pancreatic cancer. Frederick A. Coller Surgical Society, Tampa, FL, October 29-November 1, 2009.

18. Stoner MC, Durham CA, McNally MM, Agle SC. A translational model of cord paralysis following thoracic aortic stenting. Presented at the 5th Annual Academic Surgical Congress, San Antonio, TX, February 3-5, 2010.

19. Agle SC, Carver M, Mcnally MM, Tracy RJ, Zervos EE. Induction of apoptosis improves efficacy of dendritic cell-based immunotherapy in a murine model of pancreatic cancer. 5th Annual Academic Surgical Congress, San Antonio, TX, February 3-5, 2010.

20. Warren A, Agle SC, Carver FM, Zervos EE. Novel TNF-alpha delivery system causes increased apoptosis in mice with pancreatic cancer without causing systemic toxicity. Winner of the Medical Student Poster Competition at the 2010 Annual Scientific Session of the North Carolina Chapter of the American College of Physicians, Durham, NC, March 5-6, 2010.

21. Agle SC, Carver FM, Durham CA, Zervos EE. The role of myeloid cells in the regression of pancreatic tumors using a novel adoptive immunotherapy strategy. 2010 Pitt County Memorial Hospital / Brody School of Medicine Graduate Medical Education Research Day, Greenville, NC, April 15, 2010.

22. Agle SC, Alkadhi R, Love KM, Durham CA, McNally MM, Warren, AJ, Zervos EE. Health care system point of entry impacts survival in rural patients with pancreatic cancer. 2010 Pitt County Memorial Hospital / Brody School of Medicine Graduate Medical Education Research Day, Greenville, NC, April 15, 2010.

23. Warren AJ, Agle SC, Carver FM, Zervos EE. Novel TNF-alpha delivery system causes increased apoptosis in mice with pancreatic cancer without causing systemic toxicity. Presented at the American College of Physicians 2010 Annual Meeting, Toronto, Canada, April 22-24, 2010.

24. Agle SC, Alkahdi R, Love KM, Durham CA, McNally MM, Zervos EE. Rich man – poor man: a study of cancer related outcomes in rural patients with pancreatic cancer. 20thAnnual ECU Department of Surgery Residents’ Research Day, Greenville, NC, June 2010.

25. Hollowell KL, Agle SC, Zervos EE, Fitzgerald TL. Defining surgical therapy for cutaneous apocrine adenocarcinoma. Presented at the 19thAnnual ECU Department of Surgery Residents Research Day, Greenville, NC, July 2, 2010.

26. Love KM, Agle SC, Morgan SA, White MA, Hoffman MS, Zervos EE. Preoperative colonoscopy may mitigate unnecessary laparotomy in patients with pelvic tumors of unknown origin. Presented at the 2010 Society of Pelvic Surgeons Annual Meeting, September 18, 2010.

27. Agle, SC, Alkadhi R, Love KM, White MA, Durham CA, McNally MM, Warren AJ, Zervos EE. Rich man – poor man: a study of cancer related outcomes in rural patients with pancreatic cancer. 2010 Fredrick A. Coller Surgical Society, Ann Arbor, MI, September 23-26, 2010.

28. Agle SC, White MA, Durham CA, McNally MM, Carver FM, Zervos EE. Addition of TNFα to dendritic cell based immunotherapy reduces tumor size and improves survival in mice with pancreatic cancer. Southern Medical Association’s Annual Scientific Assembly, Orlando, FL, November 4-6, 2010.

29. Durham CA, Ehlert BA, Agle SC, Parker FM, Bogey WM, Powell CS, Stoner MC. The role of statin therapy and angiotensin blockade on asymptomatic carotid artery stenosis: a clinical and pharmacoeconomic analysis. Presented at the Southern Association of Vascular Surgery 35th Annual Meeting, Naples, FL, January 19-22, 2011.

30. White MA, Agle SC, Mehaffey JH, Fitzgerald TL, Ryan ST, and Zervos EE. Pancreatic Failure Following Resection for Cancer: Incidence and Coincidence of Exocrine and Endocrine Insufficiency. Presented at the Society of Surgical Oncology, March, 2011.

31. White MA, Agle SC, Fuhr HM, Mehaffey JH, Ryan ST, Pories WJ, Zervos EE. Impact of pancreatic cancer and surgical treatment of pancreatic exocrine and endocrine function. Presented at the 2011 Pitt County Memorial Hospital / Brody School of Medicine Graduate Medical Education Research Day, Greenville, NC, May 20, 2011.

32. Durham CA, Ehlert BA, Agle SC, Parker FM, Bogey WM, Powell CS, Stoner MC. The role of statin therapy and angiotensin blockade in patients with asymptomatic moderate carotid artery stenosis. Winner of Best Overall Presenter and Southern Medical Association Scholarship recipient at the 2011 East Carolina University Graduate Medical Education Research Day, Greenville, NC, May 20, 2011.

33. Agle SC, White MA, Fitzgerald TL, Dar M, Rotondo MF, Pories WJ, Zervos EE. Amelioration of insulin requirement in patients undergoing duodenal bypass for reasons other than obesity implicates foregut factors in the pathophysiology of type II diabetes. 21st Annual ECU Department of Surgery Residents’ Research Day, Greenville, NC, June 2011.

34. White MA, Agle SC, Fuhr HM, Mehaffey JH, Ryan ST, Waibel BH and Zervos EE. Total Pancreatic Failure after Pancreatectomy for Cancer. Presented at the North and South Carolina Chapter of the American College of Surgeons Meeting, July, 2011.

35. Schenarts PJ, deWolfe MA, Agle SC. Caught in the cross fire: an analysis of trauma care for Afghan civilians & security forces in Eastern Afghanistan. Presented at the Southeastern Surgical Congress Annual Scientific Meeting, Birmingham, AL, February 11-14, 2012.

36. White MA, Englert ZE, Carver FC, Agle SC, Zervos EE. Addition of tumor-lysate pulsed dendritic cells to chemoradiation increases complete pathologic response and imparts lasting immunity in a murine model of rectal cancer. 2011 East Carolina University Graduate Medical Education Research Day, Greenville, NC, May 2012.

37. Kachare SD, Agle SC, Englert ZP, Zervos EE, Wong JH, and Fitzgerald TL. Clinical and Demographic Differences Between Malignant Blue Nevus and Melanoma in World’s Largest Cohort Study. Presented at the North and South Carolina Chapter of the American College of Surgeons Meeting, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, July 14, 2012.

38. SC Agle, P. Philips, T. VanMeter, B. Schultz, M. Scherer, C. Ramsey, P. Dumpuri, B. Neese, R. Martin Intra-operative navigation of a 3Dimensional needle localization system for precision of irreversible electroporation needles in locally advanced pancreatic cancer. 9th Annual Academic Surgical Congress, San Diego, CA, February 4-6, 2014.

39. SC Agle, P. Philips, M. E. Egger, C. R. Scoggins, K. M. McMasters, R. C. Martin. Laparoscopic Hepatectomyhsignificantly shortens the time to postoperative chemotherapy in obese patients undergoing major hepatiectomies. Americas Hepato-Pancreato Biliary Association 2014 Annual Meeting, Miami Beach, FL. February 19-23, 2014.

40. Agle SC, Scoggins CR, Martin RC. Drug eluting bead, irinotecan therapy of unresectable cholangiocarcinoma (DELTIC) with contaminant systemic gemcitabine and cisplatine (Gem-Cis). Americas Hepato-Pancreato Biliary Association 2014 Annual Meeting, Miami Beach, FL. February 19-23, 2014.

INVITED LECTURES AT SYMPOSIA AND CONFERENCES:

1. Agle SC. Personal achievement and team success: where is the balancing point? East Carolina University Department of Surgery Grand Rounds, Greenville, NC, June 28, 2006.

2. Agle SC. The past present and certifiable future of surgical oncology. East Carolina University Department of Surgery Grand Rounds, Greenville, NC, May 22, 2013