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Catherine Pratt, MD

Medical Resident/Fellow

Surgery | College of Medicine

Education/Credentials
  • Medical Degree: University of Vermont
  • Undergraduate Degree: New York University (Global Public Health)
Contact Information

Peer Reviewed Publications

Griffith, Azante; Pratt, Catherine G; Whitrock, Jenna N; Moore, Allison N; Waits, Brandy; Kapur, Sangita; Starnes, Sandra L; Van Haren, Robert M 2026. Achieving Equitable Care for Racial Minority Patients With a Lung Cancer Screening Program. The Annals of thoracic surgery, 121 4, 830-837

Haugen, Christine E; Pratt, Catherine G; Kelty, Catherine; Guillory, Devin J; Chang, Alex L; Guarrera, James V; Shah, Shimul A; Gerber, David A; Quillin, Ralph C 2026. Improved Outcomes with Hypothermic Machine Perfusion in Donation after Circulatory Death Liver Transplantation. Journal of the American College of Surgeons, 242 4, 775-781

Johnson, Keilan; Pratt, Catherine G; Viana, Sofia W; Whitrock, Jenna N; Topalian, Alique; Kovacic, Melinda Butsch; Kues, Jack; Pinkston, Christina; Pan, Jianmin; Rai, Shesh; Van Haren, Robert M 2026. Factors Associated With Optimal Patient-Clinician Communication Among Cancer Survivors. Cancer medicine, 15 7, e72073

Kim, Hannah; Viana, Sofia Wagemaker; Pinkston, Christina; Pratt, Catherine G; Rai, Shesh; Haugen, Christine E; Quillin, Ralph C; Starnes, Sandra L; Van Haren, Robert M 2026. Impact of Smoking Status on Morbidity and Mortality after Lung Cancer Resection: An Analysis of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons General Thoracic Surgery Database. Journal of the American College of Surgeons, ,

Moore, Allison N; Pratt, Catherine G; Whitrock, Jenna N; Noriega, Nicolas; Delman, Aaron M; Lemon, Kristina H; Haugen, Christine E; Quillin, Ralph C; Shah, Shimul A 2026. Geographic Distance of Liver Allografts: Post Transplant Outcomes Following Broader Sharing Policies. The Journal of surgical research, 322 , 326-332

Pratt, Catherine G; Noriega, Nicolas; Whitrock, Jenna N; Carter, Michela M; Moore, Allison N; Kaiser, Tiffany E; Lemon, Kristina H; Luckett, Keith; Schoech, Michael; Bari, Khurram; Quillin, Ralph C; Shah, Shimul A 2026. Follow up and safety of use of hepatitis C virus discordant liver transplants. HPB : the official journal of the International Hepato Pancreato Biliary Association, 28 4, 524-533

Reagan, Anna M; Montgomery, Kelsey B; Woeste, Matthew R; Sutton, Jeffrey M; Smith, Savannah R; Postlewait, Lauren M; Farr, Deborah; Abelson, Jonathan S; Cho, Nancy L; Foote, Darci C; Meister, Katherine M; Lindeman, Brenessa; Kimbrough, Mary K; Nahmias, Jeffry; Callahan, Zachary M; Marks, Joshua A; Elsaadi, Ali; Burton, Erin; Richmond, Robyn; Dodwad, Shah-Jahan M; Adams, Sasha D; Buonpane, Christie L; Patel, Purvi; Anstadt, Michael J; Nasim, Bilal Waqar; Layne, Desmond; Jung, Sarah; Pratt, Catherine G; Quillin, Ralph C; Kim, Joseph; Patel, Jitesh A; Cortez, Alexander R; Winer, Leah K 2026. ASO Visual Abstract: Defining the Surgical Oncology Experience During General Surgery Residency: A Multi-Institutional Study from the US ROPE Consortium. Annals of surgical oncology, 33 3, 2373-2374

Reagan, Anna M; Montgomery, Kelsey B; Woeste, Matthew R; Sutton, Jeffrey M; Smith, Savannah R; Postlewait, Lauren M; Farr, Deborah; Abelson, Jonathan S; Cho, Nancy L; Foote, Darci C; Meister, Katherine M; Lindeman, Brenessa; Kimbrough, Mary K; Nahmias, Jeffry; Callahan, Zachary M; Marks, Joshua A; Elsaadi, Ali; Burton, Erin; Richmond, Robyn; Dodwad, Shah-Jahan M; Adams, Sasha D; Buonpane, Christie L; Patel, Purvi; Anstadt, Michael J; Nasim, Bilal Waqar; Layne, Desmond; Jung, Sarah; Pratt, Catherine G; Quillin, Ralph C; Kim, Joseph; Patel, Jitesh A; Cortez, Alexander R; Winer, Leah K 2026. Defining the Surgical Oncology Experience during General Surgery Residency: A Multi-Institutional Study from the US ROPE Consortium. Annals of surgical oncology, 33 3, 2346-2355

Van Haren, Robert M; Topalian, Alique; Kovacic, Melinda Butsch; Viana, Sofia W; Moore, Allison; Pratt, Catherine G; Rai, Shesh; Kues, John 2026. Oncologic outcomes after declining lung cancer surgery: mixed methods analysis of a prospective pilot cohort. Journal of thoracic disease, 18 4, 293

Agler, Clayton J; Pratt, Catherine G; Whitrock, Jenna N; Pan, Jianmin; Rai, Jayesh P; Rai, Shesh N; Shah, Shimul A; Starnes, Sandra L; Van Haren, Robert M 2025. What Happens After Declining Recommended Surgery? Analysis of Early-Stage Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer. Annals of thoracic surgery short reports, 3 4, 829-833

Becker, Ellen R; Pratt, Catherine G; Whitrock, Jenna N; Price, Adam D; Rubadeux, Derek W; Wetmore, Gregory C; Goodman, Michael D 2025. Early Hypercalcemia Is Associated With Mortality in Critically Ill, Transfused Trauma Patients. The Journal of surgical research, 315 , 991-996

Hariri, Hussein M; Wahab, Shaun A; Johnston, Michael E; Surapaneni, Sweya; Pratt, Catherine G; Szu-Aun, Long; Hanseman, Dennis J; Ahmad, Syed A; Patel, Sameer H; Wilson, Gregory C 2025. Analysis of CT-based pancreatic volumetrics and postoperative endocrine and exocrine dysfunction: A retrospective cohort study. American journal of surgery, 247 , 116482

Moore, Allison N; Mathur, Meera; Pratt, Catherine G; Pinkston, Christy; Rai, Shesh; Quillin, Ralph C; Van Haren, Robert M 2025. Does Smoking Status Have an Impact on Postoperative Complications After Lung Cancer Resection? An Analysis of the National Lung Screening Trial. Annals of thoracic surgery short reports, 3 4, 834-838

Pratt, Catherine G; Chae, Ryan C; Sisak, Stephanie; Xu, Catherine T; D'Ambrosio, Nicholas; Vaysburg, Dennis M; Moore, Allison N; Whitrock, Jenna N; Shah, Shimul A; Quillin, Ralph C 2025. A Pilot Study Examining Sleep Deprivation Among Liver Transplant Surgeons. Are Patient Outcomes at Risk? Clinical transplantation, 39 10, e70350

Pratt, Catherine G; Cheon, Soyoung; Whitrock, Jenna N; Moore, Allison N; Wima, Koffi; Budde, Bradley; Starnes, Sandra L; Van Haren, Robert M 2025. Enhanced Recovery After Thoracic Surgery: Postoperative Opioid Use by Preoperative Use Status and Risk Factors for New Persistent Opioid Use. The Annals of thoracic surgery, 120 4, 749-757

Pratt, Catherine G; Long, Szu-Aun; Whitrock, Jenna N; Holm, Tammy M 2025. "Thanks, but no thanks": Factors associated with patients who decline surgical intervention for thyroid cancer. Surgery, 179 , 108900

Pratt, Catherine G; McClelland, Paul H; Long, Szu-Aun; Moore, Allison N; Lewis, Jaime D; Heelan, Alicia A 2025. The Metaplastic Conundrum: A National Cancer Database Analysis of Metaplastic versus Triple-Negative Ductal Breast Cancer. Annals of surgical oncology, 32 11, 8448-8460

Pratt, Catherine G; Noriega, Nicolas; Delman, Aaron M; Moore, Allison N; Bari, Khurram; Luckett, Keith; Kaiser, Tiffany E; Quillin, Ralph C; Cuffy, Madison C; Shah, Shimul A 2025. Friend or Foe? Safety and Efficacy of Hepatitis B Viremic Solid Organ Allograft into Seronegative Recipients. Journal of the American College of Surgeons, 240 4, 449-459

Reagan, Anna M; Jones, V Morgan; Ibrahim-Zada, Irada; Smith, Savannah R; Postlewait, Lauren M; Farr, Deborah; Abelson, Jonathan S; Cho, Nancy L; Foote, Darci C; Meister, Katherine M; Montgomery, Kelsey B; Lindeman, Brenessa; Kimbrough, Mary K; Nahmias, Jeffry; Callahan, Zachary M; Marks, Joshua A; Sutton, Jeffrey M; Elsaadi, Ali; Burton, Erin; Richmond, Robyn; Dodwad, Shah-Jahan M; Adams, Sasha D; Woeste, Matthew R; Buonpane, Christie L; Patel, Purvi; Anstadt, Michael J; Nasim, Bilal W; Layne, Desmond; Jung, Sarah; Pratt, Catherine G; Quillin, Ralph C; Kim, Joseph; Patel, Jitesh A; Cortez, Alexander R; Winer, Leah K 2025. Characterizing the General Surgery Experience of Future Breast Surgeons: A Multi-institutional Study from the US ROPE Consortium. Annals of surgical oncology, 32 11, 8340-8348

Van Haren, Robert M; Mathur, Meera; Topalian, Alique G; Moore, Allison N; Pratt, Catherine G; Rai, Shesh; Kovacic, Melinda Butsch; Kues, John 2025. Reducing barriers to care in the treatment of lung cancer: a narrative review. Journal of thoracic disease, 17 5, 3410-3418

Whitrock, Jenna N; Pratt, Catherine G; Kinzer, Alexandra B; Delman, Aaron M; Price, Adam D; Xie, Changchun; Cuffy, Madison C; Silski, Latifa S; Quillin, Ralph C; Shah, Shimul A 2025. Importance of social deprivation by neighborhood on the pathway from referral to kidney transplantation. Surgery, 184 , 109459

Ammann, Allison M; Pratt, Catherine G; Lewis, Jaime D; Ahmad, Syed A; Shaughnessy, Elizabeth; Heelan, Alicia A 2024. Breast infections: A review of current literature. American journal of surgery, 228 , 78-82

Becker, Ellen R; Xu, Catherine T; Pratt, Catherine G; Whitrock, Jenna N; Frasier, Lane L; Van Haren, Robert M; Quillin, Ralph C 2024. Examining the Aftermath of Virtual Interviewing on Surgical Residency Matches. The Journal of surgical research, 301 , 492-498

Carter, Michela M; Whitrock, Jenna N; Pratt, Catherine G; Shaughnessy, Elizabeth A; Meier, Teresa M; Barrord, Michelle F; Hanseman, Dennis J; Reyna, Chantal R; Heelan, Alicia A; Lewis, Jaime D 2024. Nationwide Analysis of Locoregional Management for Ductal Carcinoma In Situ in Males: An NCDB Analysis of the Surgical Approach to DCIS in Males. Annals of surgical oncology, 31 3, 1599-1607

Pratt, Catherine G; Van Haren, Robert M 2024. Three Tenets of Surgeon Quality: Medically Fit Patient, Surgically Resectable Tumor, and Oncologic Benefit from Resection. Annals of surgical oncology, 31 2, 691-693

Pratt, Catherine G; Whitrock, Jenna N; Carter, Michela M; Long, Szu-Aun; Lewis, Jaime D; Heelan, Alicia A 2024. Implementation of Choosing Wisely® Recommendations for Lymph Node Surgery in Male Breast Cancer. Annals of surgical oncology, 31 11, 7641-7653

Pratt, Catherine G; Whitrock, Jenna N; Shah, Shimul A; Fong, Zhi Ven 2024. How to Determine Unresectability in Hilar Cholangiocarcinoma. The Surgical clinics of North America, 104 1, 197-214

Van Haren, Robert M; Kovacic, Melinda Butsch; Delman, Aaron M; Pratt, Catherine G; Griffith, Azante; Arbili, Lana; Harvey, Krysten; Kohli, Eshika; Pai, Ahna; Topalian, Alique; Rai, Shesh N; Shah, Shimul A; Kues, John 2024. Disparities Associated with Decision to Undergo Oncologic Surgery: A Prospective Mixed-Methods Analysis. Annals of surgical oncology, 31 9, 5757-5764

Whitrock, Jenna N; Carter, Michela M; Pratt, Catherine G; Brokamp, Cole; Harvey, Krysten; Pan, Jianmin; Rai, Shesh; Salfity, Hai; Starnes, Sandra L; Van Haren, Robert M 2024. The Role of Environmental Exposures on Survival After Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Resection. Annals of thoracic surgery short reports, 2 4, 618-623

Whitrock, Jenna N; Cheon, Soyoung; Sisak, Stephanie; Pratt, Catherine G; Chae, Ryan C; Quillin, Ralph C; Justiniano, Carla F; Shah, Shimul A 2024. Perceptions of the White Coat: Generational, Regional, and Gender Differences Among Surgeons. The Journal of surgical research, 302 , 376-384

Whitrock, Jenna N; Pratt, Catherine G; Carter, Michela M; Chae, Ryan C; Price, Adam D; Justiniano, Carla F; Van Haren, Robert M; Silski, Latifa S; Quillin, Ralph C; Shah, Shimul A 2024. Does using artificial intelligence take the person out of personal statements? We can't tell. Surgery, ,

Whitrock, Jenna N; Pratt, Catherine G; Long, Szu-Aun; Carter, Michela M; Lewis, Jaime D; Heelan, Alicia A 2024. Implementation of Choosing Wisely guidelines: Omission of lymph node surgery. Surgery, ,

Whitrock, Jenna N; Pratt, Catherine G; Shah, Shimul A 2024. Expanding MELD exceptions for colorectal liver metastasis: data and policy. Current opinion in organ transplantation, 29 3, 195-199

Whitrock, Jenna N; Price, Adam D; Delman, Aaron M; Pratt, Catherine G; Silski, Latifa S; Lemon, Kristina H; Chang, Alex L; Cuffy, Madison C; Quillin, Ralph C; Shah, Shimul A 2024. Safety and use of late-turndown liver allografts to increase rate of transplantation. HPB : the official journal of the International Hepato Pancreato Biliary Association, 26 9, 1148-1154

Whitrock, Jenna N; Sisak, Stephanie; Pratt, Catherine G; Delman, Aaron M; Price, Adam D; Wima, Koffi; Shah, Shimul A; Quillin, Ralph Cutler 2024. Primary Team Versus Local Recovery in Liver Transplantation in the Modern Era: A National Analysis of the United Network for Organ Sharing Database. Clinical transplantation, 38 8, e15418