Amy L. Lightner

1.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
35 papers, 545 citations indexed

About

Amy L. Lightner is a scholar working on Surgery, Genetics and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Amy L. Lightner has authored 35 papers receiving a total of 545 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Surgery, 21 papers in Genetics and 11 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Recurrent topics in Amy L. Lightner's work include Inflammatory Bowel Disease (21 papers), Diverticular Disease and Complications (10 papers) and Colorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments (8 papers). Amy L. Lightner is often cited by papers focused on Inflammatory Bowel Disease (21 papers), Diverticular Disease and Complications (10 papers) and Colorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments (8 papers). Amy L. Lightner collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and South Korea. Amy L. Lightner's co-authors include Daniel L. Feingold, Ian M. Paquette, Jon D. Vogel, Alexander T. Hawkins, Amy J. Thorsen, Sean J. Langenfeld, Seth Felder, George J. Chang, Anuradha R. Bhama and Martin R. Weiser and has published in prestigious journals such as Gastroenterology, The American Journal of Gastroenterology and American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Physiology.

In The Last Decade

Amy L. Lightner

33 papers receiving 535 citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

The American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Management of Colon Cancer

2021 181 citations Seth Felder, Anuradha R. Bhama et al. Diseases of the Colon & Rectum profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Amy L. Lightner United States	11	241	190	166	151	107	35	545
Henrik Baymler Pedersen Denmark	15	372 1.5×	144 0.8×	65 0.4×	74 0.5×	42 0.4×	23	621
Ryan H. Belcher United States	12	191 0.8×	90 0.5×	61 0.4×	49 0.3×	83 0.8×	44	437
Kazunori Oda Japan	10	218 0.9×	31 0.2×	128 0.8×	135 0.9×	69 0.6×	27	469
Paolo Giovenali Italy	14	154 0.6×	109 0.6×	52 0.3×	201 1.3×	50 0.5×	25	620
Joanna Szymkiewicz–Dangel Poland	10	135 0.6×	68 0.4×	71 0.4×	201 1.3×	87 0.8×	49	659
Ignacio Tagarro Spain	13	240 1.0×	74 0.4×	79 0.5×	56 0.4×	38 0.4×	21	647
L. Caserta Italy	11	84 0.3×	85 0.4×	81 0.5×	50 0.3×	85 0.8×	26	288
Stefan Janik Austria	15	221 0.9×	154 0.8×	21 0.1×	71 0.5×	101 0.9×	60	620
Jan G. Post Netherlands	13	91 0.4×	115 0.6×	132 0.8×	87 0.6×	96 0.9×	26	785
Artur Pasternak Poland	14	337 1.4×	91 0.5×	29 0.2×	65 0.4×	156 1.5×	85	649

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20 of 20 papers shown

Lee, Joseph H. & Amy L. Lightner. (2025). Management and Treatment of Perianal Fistulizing Crohn’s Disease. Clinical and Experimental Gastroenterology. Volume 18. 291–303.

Schwartz, David A., et al.. (2024). Better Together: Implementing a Multidisciplinary Approach to Optimizing Diagnosis and Management of Crohn’s Perianal Fistulas. Gastroenterology. 168(4). 640–644.e1. 3 indexed citations

Poylin, Vitaliy, Virginia Shaffer, Seth Felder, et al.. (2023). The American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Management of Inherited Adenomatous Polyposis Syndromes. Diseases of the Colon & Rectum. 67(2). 213–227. 1 indexed citations

Lightner, Amy L., et al.. (2023). 65: Mesenchymal stem cell-derived exosomes for the treatment of acute rejection in pediatric and adult bowel transplant. Transplantation. 107(7S). 38–38. 1 indexed citations

Syal, Gaurav, Miles Sparrow, Fernando Velayos, et al.. (2022). Appropriateness of Medical and Surgical Treatments for Chronic Pouchitis Using RAND/UCLA Appropriateness Methodology. Digestive Diseases and Sciences. 67(10). 4687–4694. 1 indexed citations

Leeds, Ira L., Bradford Sklow, Emre Görgün, et al.. (2022). Cost-Effectiveness of Aspirin for Extended Venous Thromboembolism Prophylaxis After Major Surgery for Inflammatory Bowel Disease. Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery. 26(6). 1275–1285. 4 indexed citations

Wood, Hadley, Jeremy M. Lipman, Amy L. Lightner, et al.. (2022). S127 Long-Term Outcomes After Radical Prostatectomy in the Setting of Prior Ileal Pouch Anal Anastomosis. The American Journal of Gastroenterology. 117(12S). S32–S33. 1 indexed citations

Lightner, Amy L., Neda Dadgar, Anil Vaidya, et al.. (2022). Mesenchymal stem cells: A novel treatment option for primary sclerosing cholangitis. Cell Biology International. 47(2). 467–479. 6 indexed citations

Vitello, Dominic, Ipek Sapci, Xue Jia, et al.. (2021). Can Enteric Fistulae in Patients with Crohn’s Disease Occur in Isolation: Findings from 500 Consecutive Operative Cases. Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery. 26(3). 643–651. 4 indexed citations

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Bachour, Salam, Ravi S. Shah, Ruishen Lyu, et al.. (2021). S699 Isolated Anastomotic Lesions Do Not Increase Risk for Severe Endoscopic Disease Progression in Postoperative Crohn’s Disease. The American Journal of Gastroenterology. 116(1). S316–S317. 1 indexed citations

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Bemelman, Willem A., Christianne J. Buskens, G R D'Haens, et al.. (2021). Mesenteric SParIng versus extensive mesentereCtomY in primary ileocolic resection for ileocaecal Crohn’s disease (SPICY): study protocol for randomized controlled trial. BJS Open. 6(1). 9 indexed citations

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Lightner, Amy L., Stefan D. Holubar, Janindra Warusavitarne, et al.. (2021). Perioperative safety of tofacitinib in surgical ulcerative colitis patients. Colorectal Disease. 23(8). 2085–2090. 22 indexed citations

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Li, Yan, Jessica Altemus, & Amy L. Lightner. (2020). Mesenchymal stem cells and acellular products attenuate murine induced colitis. Stem Cell Research & Therapy. 11(1). 515–515. 32 indexed citations

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Kim, Jeong Yeon, Karen Zaghiyan, Amy L. Lightner, & Phillip Fleshner. (2020). Risk of postoperative complications among ulcerative colitis patients treated preoperatively with vedolizumab: a matched case-control study. BMC Surgery. 20(1). 46–46. 15 indexed citations

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Yamamoto, Takayuki, Amy L. Lightner, Antonino Spinelli, & Paulo Gustavo Kotze. (2020). Perioperative management of ileocecal Crohn’s disease in the current era. Expert Review of Gastroenterology & Hepatology. 14(9). 843–855. 9 indexed citations

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Kelley, Scott R., Dorin Colibaseanu, Kellie L. Mathis, et al.. (2019). Factors Influencing Colon and Rectal Surgery Residency Program Selection. Journal of Surgical Research. 238. 137–143. 5 indexed citations

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Lightner, Amy L., Zeji Du, Timothy E. Peterson, et al.. (2019). Commonly Used Immunosuppressives Affect Mesenchymal Stem Cell Viability and Function: Should We Rethinking Clinical Trial Inclusion and Exclusion Criteria?. Crohn s & Colitis 360. 1(3). 1 indexed citations

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Lightner, Amy L., et al.. (2016). Su1163 Early Results Using an Adipose Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells Coated Fistula Plug for the Treatment of Refractory Perianal Fistulizing Crohns Disease. Gastroenterology. 150(4). S483–S484. 8 indexed citations

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Cheng, Christopher P., Robert J. Herfkens, Amy L. Lightner, Charles A. Taylor, & Jeffrey A. Feinstein. (2004). Blood flow conditions in the proximal pulmonary arteries and vena cavae: healthy children during upright cycling exercise. American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Physiology. 287(2). H921–H926. 37 indexed citations

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Cook, Ian A., Andrew F. Leuchter, Melinda Morgan, et al.. (2002). Cognitive and Physiologic Correlates of Subclinical Structural Brain Disease in Elderly Healthy Control Subjects. Archives of Neurology. 59(10). 1612–1612. 54 indexed citations

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