Felicitas L. Koller, MD
Associate Professor
Department:
SOM-Surgery-Transplant
Email:
fkoller@umc.edu
Work Phone:
(601) 984-2911
Education
| Vanderbilt University, Nashville TN, MD, Residency, General Surgery | 2012 |
| University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, MD, MD | 2005 |
| University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, BS, Bilology and English | 2000 |
| Vanderbilt University, Nashville TN, MD, General Surgery | |
| Northwestern Memorial Hospital, MD, Fellowship, Mulit-Organ Abdominal Transplant | |
| Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, MD, Residency, General Surgery | |
| Vanderbilt University, MD, T-32 Surgical Oncology Research Fellowship |
Specialty Certification Licensure
| Certification, Bleeding Control Instructor, American College of Surgeons | 04/2018 - Present |
| Licensure, Mississippi Medical License | 08/2017 - 06/2018 |
| Licensure, Indiana Medical License | 2015 - 10/2017 |
| Certification, Abdominal Organ Transplant Certification--Kidney, Liver and Pancreas, American Society of Transplant Surgeons | 06/2014 - Present |
| Certification, Diplomat, American Board of Surgery, American Board of Surgery | 04/2013 - 12/2023 |
| Licensure, Illinois Medical License | 05/2012 - 07/2017 |
| Certification, Fundamentals of Laparoscopic Surgery (SAGES/ACS), Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons | 2011 - Present |
| Licensure, Tennessee Medical License | 06/2008 - 06/2017 |
| Certification, Advanced Trauma Life Support Instructor, American College of Surgeons | 07/2007 - 07/2014 |
| Certification, Advanced Trauma Life Support, American College of Surgeons | 06/2006 - Present |
Current Positions
| Assistant Professor, School of Medicine, Department of Surgery | 08/2017 - Present |
| The University of Mississippi Medical Center Jackson, Mississippi 39216 | |
Academic Appointments or Other Previous Appointments
| Assistant Professor, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, School of Medicine, Department of Surgery | 2014 - 07/2017 |
Sponsored Program Funding
| Extramural, “Utilization of a Large, Multi – organizational Database for Clinical Monitoring and Prognostication: Donor and Recipient Impact of Multi – Drug Resistant Organisms in Transplant,”, Gift of Hope Illinois | 06/2013 - 06/2014 |
| Intramural, August 2010: GIVME (Great Ideas for Vanderbilt Medical Education) Grant “Micro – networks: A Novel Model to Promote Core Competency Based Mentorship", Vanderbilt University | 08/2010 - 08/2011 |
Publications
Invited Publication | |
| Baker T, Koller F, Caicedo JC. Minimally Invasive Living Donor Hepatectomy Current Transplantation Reports. Epub Dec 2013 | 2013 |
| Koller FL, Geevarghese SK, Gorden DL. Transplantation for Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Current Role and Future Opportunities. Curr Pharm Des. 2007;13(32):3265-73. | 2007 |
Journal Article | |
| Simhadri PK, Koller F, Matemavi P, Earl MT, Chandramohan D, Vaitla PK, Successful Kidney Transplant from Donors with Sickle Cell Disease: A Case Series of Six Transplants. Kidney medicine, 2024 Sep;6(9):100875 | 2024 |
| Littlejohn JB, Pace RL, Curtis KL, Jones-Carr ME, Koller FL, A Current View of SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine Policies Amongst Pediatric Renal Transplant Centers and Relationships to State Policy. The American surgeon, 2023 Aug;89(8):3594-3596 | 2023 |
| Goodman A, Grenn EE, Koller FL, Petrasek J, Acute Liver Failure Triggered by Therapeutic Dose of Acetaminophen in a Patient with Cystic Fibrosis. The American surgeon, 2023 Apr;89(4):767-768 | 2023 |
| Vaitla PK, Thongprayoon C, Hansrivijit P, Kanduri SR, Kovvuru K, Rivera FHC, Cato LD, Garla V, Watthanasuntorn K, Wijarnpreecha K, Chewcharat A, Aeddula NR, Bathini T, Koller FL, Matemavi P, Cheungpasitporn W, Epidemiology of cannabis use and associated outcomes among kidney transplant recipients: A meta-analysis. Journal of evidence-based medicine, 2021 May;14(2):90-96 | 2021 |
| Han D, Mishra A, Batson S, Koller F, Iwuchukwu C, Management of a Penetrating Retrohepatic Vena Cava Injury. The American surgeon, 2020 Nov;86(11):1573-1574 | 2020 |
| Cheungpasitporn W, Thongprayoon C, Vaitla PK, Chewcharat A, Hansrivijit P, Koller FL, Mao MA, Bathini T, Salim SA, Katari S, Cummings LS, Island E, Forster J, Leeaphorn N, Degree of Glomerulosclerosis in Procurement Kidney Biopsies from Marginal Donor Kidneys and Their Implications in Predicting Graft Outcomes. Journal of clinical medicine, 2020 May 14;9(5) | 2020 |
| King DC, Neill JC, Anderson CD, Earl TM, Koller FL, Combined Liver and Kidney Transplantation in a Patient with Situs Inversus. The American surgeon, 2019 Jul 1;85(7):e328-e329 | 2019 |
| Curtis K, Anderson C, Seawright A, Koller F, Wynn J, Henderson D, Earl T, One Hundred Fifty Liver Transplants at a New Program in the Modern Era: The University of Mississippi Experience. The American surgeon, 2019 Sep 1;85(9):1025-1027 | 2019 |
| Panchal R, Carter KT, Shepherd B, de Delva P, Koller F, Copeland H, Mediastinal Pancreatic Pseudocyst: A Rare Cause of New Onset Dysphagia. The American surgeon, 2019 Aug 1;85(8):e400-e402 | 2019 |
| Thongprayoon C, Chokesuwattanaskul R, Bathini T, Khoury NJ, Sharma K, Ungprasert P, Prasitlumkum N, Aeddula NR, Watthanasuntorn K, Salim SA, Kaewput W, Koller FL, Cheungpasitporn W, Epidemiology and Prognostic Importance of Atrial Fibrillation in Kidney Transplant Recipients: A Meta-Analysis. Journal of clinical medicine, 2018 Oct 19;7(10) | 2018 |
| Salem R, Vouche M, Baker T, Herrero JI, Caicedo JC, Fryer J, Hickey R, Habib A, Abecassis M, Koller F, Vogelzang R, Desai K, Thornburg B, Hohlastos E, Resnick S, Lewandowski RJ, Sato K, Ryu RK, Ganger D, Kulik L, Pretransplant Portal Vein Recanalization-Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt in Patients With Complete Obliterative Portal Vein Thrombosis. Transplantation, 2015 Nov;99(11):2347-55 | 2015 |
| McElroy LM, Collins KM, Koller FL, Khorzad R, Abecassis MM, Holl JL, Ladner DP, Operating room to intensive care unit handoffs and the risks of patient harm. Surgery, 2015 Sep;158(3):588-94 | 2015 |
| Koller FL, Dozier EA, Nam KT, Swee M, Birkland TP, Parks WC, Fingleton B, Lack of MMP10 exacerbates experimental colitis and promotes development of inflammation-associated colonic dysplasia. Laboratory investigation; a journal of technical methods and pathology, 2012 Dec;92(12):1749-59 | 2012 |
| Koller FL, Hwang DG, Dozier EA, Fingleton B, Epithelial interleukin-4 receptor expression promotes colon tumor growth. Carcinogenesis, 2010 Jun;31(6):1010-7 | 2010 |
| Terhune KP, Shelton J, Koller F, Surgical Intern Olympics: skills assessment. Medical education, 2009 Nov;43(11):1104-5 | 2009 |
Book Chapter | |
| Koller FL, Woodside K. Advances in Vascular Access. In Technological Advances in Whole Organ Transplant Springerbook. Submitted for Publication | 2018 |
Presentations
| Regional Invited Seminars/Lectures, Dialysis Access Emergencies for the Non-Vascular Surgeon, Alabama/Mississippi Combined ACS, Gulf Shores, Alabama | 07/2024 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Acute Care Surgery in Patients with Liver Dysfunction/Ascites, Mississippi ACS, Virtual | 03/2024 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Pancreas Transplant, UMMC Transplant, Flowood Mississippi | 08/2023 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, "Pancreas Transplant for Type 2 Diabetes", UMMC Transplant Symposium, Jackson, Mississippi | 10/2019 |
| National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, “ Two for the Price of One: The Explosion of Combined Heart – Kidneys and Lung – Kidneys” Luncheon Workshop American Transplant Congress 2019, ATS, Boston MA | 06/2019 |
| National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Technical Challenges - Kidney/Pancreas, American Society of Transplant Surgeons, Miami Beach, FL | 01/2019 |
| National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Surgical Education Lab Meeting (SELM): Surgical Education Training Ground, Association for Surgical Education | |
| National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, MMP‐10 is protective in Ulcerative Colitis, Association for Academic Surgery | |
| Poster Presentation, One of the Good Guys: a Protective Role for Matrix Metalloproteinase‐10 in Ulcerative Colitis, 2009 Digestive Diseases Week | |
| Poster Presentation, Interleukin‐4 Promotes Colon Cancer Growth and Development, American Association for Cancer Research | |
| Poster Presentation, Current Management of Pyogenic Abscesses of the Liver, Southeastern Surgical Conference | |
| National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Creating a Surgical Education Website: What Is Important to the General Surgery Applicant?, American College of Surgeons Clinical Congress | |
| Panel Discussion, Around the Horn: Train Great – Less Fellows?, Winter Symposium | |
| Academic Debates, Is it ethical to deny transplantation for patients with AAH?, American Liver Foundation-Great Lakes Division | |
| Grand Rounds, Surgeons, Surgical Residents, and the Affordable Care Act, Vanderbilt University, Department of Surgery |
Honors, Awards, and Recognition
| UMMC Trailblazer Award for Medical Education, UMMC Faculty | 2424 |
| Fred Rushton Faculty Teaching Award, UMMC Graduating Surgery Residents | 2024 |
| Gold Humanisim Award, UMMC Gold Humanisim Honor Society--Jeanette Pullen Chapter | 2021 |
| Dr. Sally Abston Association of Women Surgeons Distinguished Member Award, Association of Women Surgeons | 2021 |
| 2021 Teacher of the Year, UMMC Medical Students | 2021 |
| Rising Star Award, GWIMS | 2019 |
| Gerald Ujiki, MD Excellence in Teaching Award, Northwestern University, Department of Surgery | 2016 |
| Gerald Ujiki, MD Excellence in Teaching Award, Northwestern University, Department of Surgery | 2015 |
| Fellow as Teacher Award, Northwestern University, Department of Surgery | 2014 |
| Fellow as Teacher Award, Northwestern University, Department of Surgery | 2013 |
| Joseph W. & Bonnie Graves Award in Surgery, Vanderbilt Medical Center, Department of Surgery | 2012 |
| Edward Randall Award for Best Surgical Student, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston | 2005 |
| Alpha Omega Alpha, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston | 2005 |
| Curtis W. Lambright Memorial Scholarship, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston | 2004 |
| Reynold's Award for Best Novice Investigator, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston | 2002 |
Professional Membership and Service
| Mississippi Organ Recovery Advisory Board, Member | 2024 - Present |
| Mississippi ACS, Officer, Treasurer | 2023 - Present |
| Mississippi State Medical Association, Member | 2019 - Present |
| Mississippi American College of Surgeons (ACS), State Champion, Mississippi Stop the Bleed | 2019 - Present |
| Association of Surgical Education, Research Fellowship, Surgical Education Research Fellowship (SERF) | 2019 - Present |
| Mississippi Kidney Foundation Medical Board, Member | 2017 - 2023 |
| Association of Women Surgeons, Member, Annual Meeting Program Committee 2019-Present Faculty Sponsor UMMC Chapter 2017-Present | 2017 - Present |
| ESRD Network 10, Medical Advisory Board | 2015 - 2017 |
| American Society of Transplant Surgeons, Member, Fellowship Curriculum Committee 2015-2018 Resident Liaison to Education Committee 2009-2012 | 2012 - Present |
| Association for Surgical Education, Member | 2009 - Present |
| Association for Academic Surgeons, Member | 2008 - Present |
| American College of Surgeons, Member | 2005 - Present |
Committee Service
| SCHOOL OF MEDICINE-ADMISSIONS INTERVIEW, Member | 2019 - Present |
| SCHOOL OF MEDICINE-CURRICULUM, Task Force Member | 2019 - 2022 |
| Faculty Onboarding Committee, Member | 2018 - 2018 |
| SCHOOL OF MEDICINE-CURRICULUM, Member | 2018 - Present |
| SCHOOL OF MEDICINE-CURRICULUM, Member | 2018 - Present |
| Department Of Surgery Education Committee, Member | 2017 - Present |
| Vanderbilt Institutional Critical Care Committee, Resident Representative | 2009 - 2010 |
| Vanderbilt House Staff Advisory Council, General Surgery Representative | 2009 - 2010 |
Community Service
| Monthly Food Mission Work, Member | 05/2022 - Present |
| Mississippi Kidney Foundation, Board Member | 09/2017 - Present |
Other Service
| NBME Question Reviewer, Helpred with Standard Setting for NBME Subject Exam Questions | 09/2021 - 09/2021 |
Teaching Experience
| SOM 614, Medicine, Lab, Facilitator, Stop The Bleed Clinical Workshop | Winter 2024 |
| CONJ 612, Medicine, Small Group, Facilitator, Introduction ot Medical Profession | Fall 2023 - 2023 |
| Medicine, Small Group, Facilitator, April 2022 Mock Orals | Spring 2022 |
| Medicine, Course, Attending, April 2022 IMP | Fall 2022 |
| Medicine, Course, Course Director, Surgical Scholars | Summer 2021-2024 |
| Medicine, Lecture, Facilitator, Careers In Medicine Noon Talks-Surgery | Annual 2021 |
| Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Careers in Academic Medicine | Annual 2020 |
| SURG 631, Medicine, Course, Course Director, Surgery Clerkship | Annual 2019 |
| Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer | Spring 2019 - 2019 |
| Medicine, Lecture, Guest Presenter, Career Development Series | Fall 2019 - 2019 |
| Medicine, Course, Preceptor, Medical Student OSCE | Spring 2018 |
| SURG 669, Medicine, Course, Assistant Course Director, Surgery Resident Prep Course | Spring 2018 - 2018 |
| SURG 631, Medicine, Course, Associate Clerkship Director, Surgery Clerkship | Annual 2018 - 2019 |
| Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Surgical Aspects of Peritoneal Dialysis | Fall 2018 - 2018 |
| SURG 669, Medicine, Course, Assistant Course Director, Surgery Resident Prep Course | Spring 2017 - 2017 |
| SURG 631, Medicine, Course, Associate Course Director, Surgery Clerkship | Annual 2017 - 2018 |
Directed Student Learning
| Supervised Teaching Activity, Advised: 2021: Brittany Corder, Anna DIckson, Torrye Evans, Abigail McCoy, Richard Malone, Mollie Merril, Seema Murugan, Robert Parker, Gabriella Reyes, Scott Weathersby, Emory Wills , 2022: Blake Boleware, Rush Butler, Carlton Miller, Charles COleman, Coleman Kilorin, Elizabeth McKee, Sydney Mitchell, COlton Necaise, Rachel Rocray, Kayla Ryan, Matthew Sink, Ashley Williams , 2023: Evan Bowen, Ann Boydstun, Dustin Bishop, Bradley Hathaway, Melanie Henderson, Mary McMinn, Shailyn Miller, Lauren Storm, Ashton Swader, Clay Thames , 2024: Royce Swayze, Print Chouteau, Grant Garner, Jasmine Callisette, Lillian Sisson, Megan Walker, Edward Facundus, Anna Bullock, Woody Vowell | 2021 - Present |
| Medical Students Mentored, Advised: Abdullah Shahen, Abigail Arcement, Ana Gayle Christian, AnnaLeigh Coleman, Seth Warren, Dennis Sanders, Skylar Rogers, Samantha Whitwell, Alexa Engel, Adam Goodman, Andrew Hopkins, Camille Azar, Chad Ross, Hayley Schrock, Kever Lewis, Khoula Saleem, Mark Lewis, Kallye Baggett, Aubrey Smyley, Gabrielle Chamoun, Hali Peterson, Jon Beyeler, Luci Makamson, Yasmeen Abdo, Seema Murugan, Rachel Pace, Hunter King, Graham Grogan, Ali Siddiqi, Allena Wilson | 2017 - Present |
Residency Training
| UMMC General Surgery, Advisor | 2017 - Present |
| General Surgery, Assoc. Program Director | 2016 - 06/2017 |
| UMMC General Surgery, Advisor | |
| UMMC General Surgery, Advisor |