Disclosures: Nothing to disclose - 08/30/2023

VICTORIA LAI, M.D., M.S.

MedStar Washington Hospital Center

106 Irving Street, NW, POB North 2200

Washington, DC 20010

Phone: 202-877-2506

Fax: 202-877-3108

Email: Victoria.lai@medstar.net

APPOINTMENTS

Apr 2019-Present Surgeon: MedStar Washington Hospital Center. Washington, DC

Sept 2014-Apr 2019 Surgeon: Surgical Specialists, Virginia Hospital Center. Arlington, VA

Jan 2015-Present Assistant Professor of Surgery, Georgetown University Medical Center

SURGICAL TRAINING

2013-2014 Endocrine Surgery Fellow: Medical College of Wisconsin. Milwaukee, WI

2008-2013 Internship & Residency, General Surgery: Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Bronx, NY

EDUCATION

2016-2018 Georgetown-Howard Universities Center for Clinical Translational Science,

Georgetown University. Washington, D.C.

M.S. Clinical and Translational Research

2004-2008 Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Yeshiva University. Bronx, NY

M.D. with distinction in research

2000-2004 Yale College, Yale University. New Haven, CT

B.A. History

HONORS/AWARDS

2023-2025 MedStar Academic Investment Tail Funding Award Recipient

May 2012 Resident Research Day Poster Winner – Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein

June 2010 Resident Teaching Award—Albert Einstein College of Medicine

June 2008 Dean’s Recognition Award—Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Jun-Jul 2005 Travel Language Fellowship: Costa Rica—Albert Einstein College of Medicine

2002 & 2003 Leadership Award—Asian American Cultural Center & Yale College Dean’s Office

BOARD CERTIFICATION/LICENSES

2014 – Present Board Certification: American Board of Surgery

2014 – Present Virginia Board of Medicine Medical License

2019—Present District of Columbia Board of Medicine Medical License

2020—Present Maryland Board of Physicians Medical License

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

2015—2019 Arlington County Medical Society

2013—Present Association for Academic Surgery

2013—2015 Association of Women Surgeons

2012—Present American Association of Endocrine Surgeons

2016—Present American College of Surgeons, Fellow

2018—Present Society of Asian Academic Surgeons

2019—Present American Thyroid Association

PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS

Zheng H, Chou J, Lai V, Carroll NM, Rosen JE, Felger EA. Endocrine patient’s views on transoral endoscopic thyroidectomy via vestibular approach (TOETVA). Indian J Surg Oncol 2023. Accepted for publication.

Zheng H, Al-Refaie W, Chou J, Galli F, Lai V, Felger EA. Gender disparities in the earliest phase of academic medical training: an area for intervention. J Am Coll Surg. 2023. Accepted for publication.

Zheng H, Lai V, Lu J, Hu D, Kang JK, Burman KD, Wartofsky L, Rosen JE. Efficacy of machine learning to

identify clinical factors influencing levothyroxine dosage after total thyroidectomy. Am J Surg. 2022 Nov 21;S0002-9610. On-line ahead of print. PMID: 36464545.

Zheng H, Whitney JB, Lai V. Molecular testing results for indeterminate thyroid nodules and social habits.

J Surg Res. 2023 Jan 3;284:245-250. PMID 36603517.

Lai V, Wesley DB, Zheng H, Lu J, Graves K, Miller KM, Felger EA, Carroll NM, Rosen JE, Wang JH. Social determinants of health and quality of life in endocrine surgery patients. J Surg Res. 2023 mar;283:194-204. PMID: 36410236.

Lu J, Zheng H, Lai V. Pilot cross-sectional quality of life study of a diverse endocrine surgery patient population. J Surg Res. 2022;278:257-66. PMID 35636201.

Zheng H, Lai V, Lu J, Kang JK, Chou J, Burman KD, Wartofsky L, Rosen JE. Clinical factors predictive of lymph node metastasis in thyroid cancer patients – a multivariate analysis. J Am Coll Surg. 2022;234(4):691-700. PMID: 35290290.

Zheng H, Lai V, Lu J, Kang J, Felger E, Carroll N, Burman K, Wartofsky L, Rosen JE. Comparing the rate and extent of malignancy in surgically excised thyroid nodules across race and ethnicity. Am J Surg. 2021 Sep 29;S0002-9610(21)00544-4. PMID: 34600740.

Zheng H, Rosen JE, Bader NA, Lai V. Endocrine Surgery Patients' and Providers' Perceptions of Telemedicine in the COVID Era. J Surg Res. 2021;269:76-82. PMID: 34525429.

Crepeau PK, Kulkarni K, Martucci JM, Lai, V. Comparing surgical thoroughness and recurrence in thyroid cancer patients across race/ethnicity. Surgery. 2021;170:1099-1104. PMID: 34127303.

Kuo JH, Duh QY, Chen H, Lai V, Sorensen MJ, Chabot JA, Lee JA. The evolving practice patterns of academic endocrine surgeons: a cross-sectional analysis of the faculty practice solutions center database 2014 to 2017. Ann Surg. 2020 Jun;271(6):1156-64. PMID: 30407204

Lai V, Yen TW, Doffek K, Carr AA, Carroll TB, Fareau GG, Evans DB, Wang TS. Delayed calcium normalization after presumed curative parathyroidectomy is not associated with the development of persistent or recurrent primary hyperparathyroidism. Ann Surg Oncol. 2016;23(7):2310-4. PMID: 27006125

Lai V, Yen TW, Misustin S, Evans DB, Wang TS. The effect of thyroiditis on the yield of central compartment lymph nodes in patients with papillary thyroid cancer. Ann Surg Oncol. 2015;22(13):4181-6. PMID:25851341

OTHER PUBLICATIONS

Lai V, Evans DB, Wang TS. Central compartment lymph node dissection for differentiated thyroid cancer: review of the Literature. Int J Endo Oncol 2014; 1(1):41-8.

Lai V, Evans DB, Wang TS. Central lymph node dissection for thyroid cancer. In Atlas of Endocrine Surgery. Carty SE, ed. Philadelphia: JP Medical Publishers, 2013.

POSTERS/PRESENTATIONS

Sept 2023 Society of Asian Academic Surgeons Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD.

Lai V et al. Socioeconomic factors affecting patient-reported quality of life among endocrine surgery patients: a qualitative study of those with high and low postoperative quality of life.

Apr 2023 American Association of Endocrine Surgeons, Poster presentation. Birmingham, AL. Lai V, Sanghavi KK, Zheng H, Lu J et al. Quality of life and social determinants of health: a longitudinal study of a diverse cohort of endocrine surgery patients.

Dec 2022 Southern Surgical Association 2022 annual meeting. Oral presentation.

Zheng H, Al-Refaie W, Chou J, Galli F, Lai V, Felger EA. Gender disparities in the earliest phase of academic medical training: an area for intervention.

Sept 2022 Society of Asian Academic Surgeons Annual Meeting, Quickshot presentation. Hawaii, HI. Comparing voice outcomes between Black and White patients undergoing thyroidectomy and parathyroidectomy: results of a prospective study. Lai V, Rosen JE, Zheng H, Lu J, Brown F, Sathi S, Felger EA, Carroll NM, Wang JH.

May 2022 American Association of Endocrine Surgeons, Poster presentation. Cleveland/OH. Zheng H, Lai V, Lu J, Hu D, Lang JK, Burman KD, Wartofsky L, Rosen JE. Machine Learning Identified Clinical Factors Influencing the Dose of Levothyroxine After Total Thyroidectomy

Feb 2022 Academic Surgical Congress, 17th Annual meeting, 2022. Virtual. Quickshot presentation

Zheng H, Whitney J, Lai V. Molecular testing results for indeterminate thyroid nodules and social habits.

Feb 2022 Academic Surgical Congress, 17th Annual meeting, 2022. Virtual. Quickshot presentation

Lai V, Wesley DB, Zheng H, Lu J, Graves K, Miller KM, Carroll NM, Felger EA, Rosen JE, Wang JH. Social determinants of health, social vulnerability and quality of life in endocrine surgery patients.

Dec 2021 Southern Surgical Association 2021 annual meeting. Hot Springs, VA. Oral presentation.

Zheng H, Lai V, Lu J, Kang JK, Chou J, Burman KD, Wartofsky L, Rosen JE. Clinical factors predictive of lymph node metastasis in thyroid cancer patients – a multivariate analysis.

Sept 2021 American Thyroid Association annual meeting. Zheng H, Lai V, Lu J, Kang JK, Shobab L, Desale S, Chou C, Burman KD, Wartofsky L, Rosen JE. Female sex and Black race are independent protective factors for thyroid cancer diagnosis.

Sept 2021 Society of Asian Academic Surgeons. Chicago, IL. Quick-shot presentation.

Pilot cross-sectional quality of life study of a diverse endocrine surgery patient population.

Lu J, Zheng H, Lai V.

Apr 2021 American Association of Endocrine Surgeons, Poster Presentation. Virtual annual meeting. Comparing the rate and extent of malignancy in surgically excised thyroid nodules across race and ethnicity. Zheng H, Lai V, Lu J, Kang JK, Felger EA, Carroll NM, Burman KD, Wartofsky L, Rosen JE.

Feb 2021 Academic Surgical Congress, QuickShot Presentation. Virtual 16th Annual meeting

Comparing surgical thoroughness and recurrence in thyroid cancer patients across race/ethnicity. Crepeau P, Martucci M, Lai V.

Feb 2021 Academic Surgical Congress, QuickShot Presentation. Virtual 16th Annual meeting

Endocrine surgery patients’ and providers’ perceptions of telemedicine in the COVID era

Feb 2019 Academic Surgical Congress, QuickShot Presentation. Houston, TX

Primary hyperparathyroidism and Bone Density in Patients with a History of Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass.

Nov 2017 American Society for Metabolic & Bariatric Surgery, poster session. Does bougie size during laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy affect weight loss? Washington, DC. Abstract: Shao J, Lai V, David S, Salameh JR. Surg Obes Rel Dis. 2017;13(10S):S125.

Mar 2015 Society of Surgical Oncologists Cancer Symposium, Poster Session. Houston, TX

Implications of delayed normalization of serum calcium levels after presumed curative parathyroidectomy.

Jun 2014 Condon-Donegan Research Competition. Medical College of Wisconsin. Milwaukee, WI

Effect of thyroiditis on the yield of central compartment lymph nodes in patients with

papillary thyroid cancer.

Mar 2014 Society of Surgical Oncologists Cancer Symposium, Poster Session. Phoenix, AZ

The effect of thyroiditis on the yield of central compartment lymph nodes in patients with papillary thyroid cancer.

Mar 2012 Leo Davidoff Education Day: Poster session. Albert Einstein College of Medicine,

Bronx, NY. A third year surgical clerkship web-based didactic curriculum.

Jan 2012 New York Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons: Interesting Case Night

May 2008 Human Genome Variome Society Scientific Meeting: Poster session. Barcelona, Spain.

InSiGHT Panel provides a novel tool to facilitate a resource conserving analysis of the population frequency of pathogenic MMR alleles and their contribution to the HNPCC phenotype.

Mar 2008 Society of Surgical Oncologists Cancer Symposium, Parallel Session. Chicago, IL

A Q324H germline sequence variant of the MutY Homolog (MYH) gene is associated with increased risk of early age onset colorectal polyp formation among African Americans, independent of the Y165C and G382D mutations cited in European population studies.

Feb 2008 Academic Surgical Congress Annual meeting, Oncology Oral session II Huntington Beach, CA. Early age onset adenomatous colorectal polyp formation among African Americans is associated with a Q324H germline sequence variant of the MutY Homolog (MYH) gene.

RESEARCH GRANTS

Title: Financial counseling intervention in thyroid cancer: a randomized crossover pilot study

Source: Georgetown-Howard Universities Center for Clinical and Translational Science Pilot Award: Supplement Award

Role: PI

Dates: 4/1/2023-3/31/2024

Direct Funds: $9,943.00

Title: Financial counseling intervention in thyroid cancer: a randomized crossover pilot study

Source: Georgetown-Howard Universities Center for Clinical and Translational Science Pilot Award

Role: PI

Dates: 7/1/2022-3/31/2023

Direct Funds: $39,993.00

Title: Designing a financial services intervention for thyroid cancer patients

Source: MedStar Early Investigator Award

Role: PI

Dates: 4/1/2022-3/31/2023

Direct Funds: $20,000.00

Title: Diving deep into the social factors that affect outcomes and quality of life in endocrine surgery patients: a qualitative study of patients and clinicians

Source: Charles and Mary Latham Fund (Ella O. Latham Trust)

Role: PI

Dates: 1/2022 – 12/2022

Direct Funds: $15,000.00

Title: Addressing health disparities in thyroid cancer patients: a multidisciplinary approach

Source: Georgetown-Howard Universities Center for Clinical and Translational Science Pilot Award

Role: PI

Dates: 7/1/2021-3/31/2022

Direct funds: $9933.00

Title: Investigating parathyroidectomy delays and inequities: a quantitative and qualitative research proposal

Source: American Association of Endocrine Surgeons Crowdfund Research Award

Role: PI

Dates: 7/1/2021-6/30/2022

Direct funds: Crowdfunded

Title: Comparing patient-reported outcomes of quality of life of metropolitan Washington, DC endocrine surgery patients across time and race: a preliminary study

Source: Charles and Mary Latham Fund (Ella O. Latham Trust)

Role: PI

Dates: 2020-2021

Direct Funds: $14,764.00

Title: Quality of Life of endocrine surgery patients: a prospective study across time by ethnicity/race and social determinants of health

Source: Georgetown-Howard Universities Center for Clinical and Translational Science Pilot Award

Role: PI

Dates: 07/01/2020-03/31/2021

Direct Funds: $39,996.00

EDUCATION/TEACHING ACTIVITIES

Jun 2023 MedStar-Georgetown General Surgery Residency – Intern Bootcamp faculty proctor.

Washington, DC

May 2023 Mock Oral Boards Examiner: MedStar-Georgetown, Walter Reed, and Inova general surgery residency programs. Virtual.

Jan 2023 Metropolitan-DC Chapter of American College of Surgeons. Virtual ABSITE review. Endocrine Surgery.

Jun 2022 MedStar-Georgetown General Surgery Residency – Intern Bootcamp faculty proctor.

Washington, DC

Jan 2022 Metropolitan-DC Chapter of American College of Surgeons. Virtual ABSITE review. Endocrine Surgery.

Jun 2021 MedStar-Georgetown General Surgery Residency – Intern Bootcamp faculty proctor.

Washington, DC

Apr 2021 MedStar-Georgetown General Surgery Residency Teaching Conference. Washington, DC.

Mar 2021 MedStar-Georgetown General Surgery Residency – Faculty Proctor (PGY4s) – Mock Oral Boards. Washington, DC.

Nov 2020 Mock Oral Boards Examiner: MedStar-Georgetown, Walter Reed, and Inova general surgery residency programs. Virtual.

Oct 2020 MedStar-Georgetown General Surgery Residency - Simulation Lab Faculty Proctor (PGY1’s: Knot tying and Basic suturing). Washington, DC

Jun 2020 Georgetown General Surgery Residency – Intern Bootcamp faculty proctor.

Washington, DC

April 2020 MedStar-Georgetown General Surgery Residency: creation of adrenal video conference

Jan 2020 MedStar-Georgetown General Surgery Residency - Simulation Lab Faculty Proctor (Knot tying and Basic suturing). Washington, DC

Jul 2019 MedStar-Georgetown General Surgery Residency Teaching Conference. Washington, DC.

Jun 2019 Georgetown General Surgery Residency – Intern Bootcamp faculty proctor.

Washington, DC

May 2019 MedStar Health-Georgetown University Research Symposium – Poster Moderator. Bethesda, MD

Mar 2019 MedStar-Georgetown General Surgery Residency Teaching Conference. Washington, DC.

Mar 2019 Virginia Hospital Center Internal Medicine Residency Teaching Conference. Arlington, VA

Presentation topic: “Primary hyperparathyroidism”

May 2018 Georgetown General Surgery Residency – Mock Oral Boards Examiner. Washington, DC

Feb 2018 Georgetown General Surgery Residency - Simulation Lab Faculty Proctor (Advanced suturing). Washington, DC

Dec 2017 Georgetown General Surgery Residency – Mock Oral Boards Examiner. Washington, DC

Sept 2017 Georgetown General Surgery Residency - Simulation Lab Faculty Proctor (Laparoscopic suturing). Washington, DC

July 2017 Virginia Hospital Center Internal Medicine Residency Teaching Conference. Arlington, VA

Presentation topic: “Primary hyperparathyroidism: an update”

Jun 2017 Georgetown General Surgery Residency – Intern Bootcamp faculty proctor.

Washington, DC

Apr 2017 Georgetown University School of Medicine: 4th year student intern boot camp faculty proctor. Washington, DC

July 2016 Virginia Hospital Center Internal Medicine Residency Teaching Conference. Arlington, VA

Presentation topic: “Primary hyperparathyroidism”

Mar 2016 Georgetown General Surgery Residency – Mock Oral Boards Examiner. Washington, DC

Dec 2015 Georgetown General Surgery Residency – Mock Oral Boards Examiner. Washington, DC

Nov 2015 Virginia Hospital Center Internal Medicine Teaching Conference. Arlington, VA

Presentation topic: “Pheochromocytoma”

Sept 2015 Georgetown General Surgery Residency - Simulation Lab Faculty Proctor (Bedside skills)

Washington, DC

Jun 2015 Georgetown General Surgery Residency – Intern Bootcamp didactic session

Washington, DC

Mar 2015 Georgetown General Surgery Residency – Simulation Lab Faculty Proctor (Mock Orals)

Washington, DC

Feb 2015 Georgetown General Surgery Residency - Simulation Lab Faculty Proctor (Suturing)

Washington, DC

Nov 2014 Georgetown General Surgery Residency - Simulation Lab Faculty Proctor (FLS)

Washington, DC

Oct 2014 Virginia Hospital Center Internal Medicine Residency Teaching Conference. Arlington, VA

Presentation topic: “Pheochromocytoma”

May 2014 Medical College of Wisconsin General Surgery Residency – Mock Oral Boards Examiner

Milwaukee, WI

INVITED PRESENTATIONS

Mar 2021 UMD Grand Rounds. “Updates in primary hyperparathyroidism.” Washington, DC.

Feb 2021 MedStar-Georgetown Surgical Outcomes Research Center Seminars. Washington, DC

“Quality of life of Endocrine Surgery patients.”

Feb 2021 MedStar-Georgetown Department of Endocrinology Grand Rounds. Washington, DC

“Quality of life of Endocrine Surgery patients.”

Oct 2020 Scary Cases in Endocrine Surgery, MedStar Health CME event. “Case of the gene-test negative, clinically suspicious for Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia, Type 1 (MEN1) Patient.” Virtual

Nov 2019 Scary Cases in Endocrine Surgery, MedStar Health CME event. “Thyroid Cancer Persistence pearls: boys vs. girls.” McLean, VA

May 2018 Virginia Hospital Center - Bariatric Nursing Symposium CME event. Lecture: “Obesity and Endocrine Disorders.” Arlington, VA

Oct 2016 Women’s Health and Empowerment Circle, Virginia Hospital Center Foundation, Community education event, “Hormones: A Balancing Act.” Arlington, VA

Mar 2015 Virginia Hospital Center Department of Medicine Grand Rounds. Arlington, VA

Presentation topic: “Primary hyperaldosteronism.”

MENTORSHIP