Robert Bennett, MD

Assistant Professor of Surgery, Surgery

Contact Info 5 Tampa General Circle
Harbourside Medical Tower, Suite 740
Tampa FL 33606

Academic Email: rbennet1@health.usf.edu

Education

Memberships

• Member (Florida Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons, 2021 - Present)
• Member (Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract, 2020 - Present)
• Member (Society for Robotic Surgery, 2020 - Present)
• Member (ACS-Florida Chapter, 2019 - Present)
• Member (Southeastern Surgical Congress, 2019 - Present)
• Member (Society of American GI and Endoscopic Surgeons, 2018 - Present)
• Member (Association for Academic Surgery, 2018 - Present)
• Member (American Society of Colon And Rectal Surgeons, 2017 - Present)
• Member (American College of Surgeons, 2015 - Present)

Recent Publications

• Reddy N, Bennett R Loop ileostomy for management of toxic C.difficile enteritis and bowel obstruction after restorative proctocolectomy. The American Surgeon. 0(0) : Online Only, 2021.
• Ysasi AY Bennett RD Wagner WL Valenzuela CD Servais A Tsuda A Pyne S Li S Grimsby J Pokharel P Livak KJ Ackermann M Blainey PC Mentzer S. Single-cell transcriptional profiling of cells derived from regenerating alveolar ducts Frontiers in Medicine-Pulmonary Medicine. 7(112) : 1-11, 2020.
• Sunderland M, Dakwar A, Rishi A, Bennett R Pneumoperitoneum, pneumoretroperitoneum, and pneumoscrotum following transanal excision of rectal polyp The American Surgeon. 0(0) : Online Only, 2020.
• Valenzuela CD Wagner WL Bennett RD Ysasi AB Belle JM Molter K Straub BK Wang D Chen Z Ackermann M Tsuda A Mentzer S. Extracellular assembly of the elastin cable line element in the developing lung Anatomical Record. 300(9) : 1670-1679, 2017.
• Fleming J Smith K Bennett RD Taitano . A case of primary gastrointestinal lymphoma presenting as colonic perforation Journal of Case Reports and Images in Surgery. 3: 29-34, 2017.
• Smith K Fleming J Bennett RD Taitano . A case of fatal internal jugular vein perforation during nasogastric tube insertion Journal of Surgical Case Reports. 7: 1-3, 2017.
• Ysasi AB Wagner WL Valenzuela CD Kienzle A Servais AB Bennett RD Tsuda A Ackermann M Mentzer S. Evidence for Pleural Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition in Murine Compensatory Lung Growth PLOSone. 12(5) , 2017.
• Bennett RD Ysasi AB Wagner WL Valenzuela CD Tsuda A Pyne S Li S Grimsby J Pokharel P Livak KJ Ackermann M Blainey P Mentzer S. Deformation-induced transitional myofibroblasts contribute to compensatory lung growth American Journal of Physiology-Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology. 312: 79-88, 2017.
• Bennett RD Velanovich . Endotherapies for Barrett esophagus Minverva Chirergica. 71(5) : 300-310, 2016.
• Wagner W Bennett RD Ackermann M Ysasi AB Belle JM Valenzuela CD Pabst A Tsuda A Konerding MA Mentzer S. Elastin cables define the axial connective tissue system in the murine lung Anatomical Record. 298(11) : 1960-1968, 2015.
• Ysasi AB Wagner WL Bennett RD Ackermann M Valenzuela CD Belle JM Tsuda A Konerding MA Mentzer S. Remodeling of alveolar septa after murine pneumonectomy American Journal of Physiology-Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology. 308: 1237-1244, 2015.
• Sati L Bennett D Janes M Huszar . Next day determination of ejaculatory sperm motility after overnight shipment of semen from remote locations Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics. 32: 117-125, 2015.
• Straughan DM Azoury SC Bennett RD Pimiento JM Fontaine JP Toloza E. Robotic-Assisted Esophageal Surgery Cancer Control. 22(3) : 335-339, 2015.
• Bennett RD Ysasi AB Belle JM Wagner WL Konerding MA Blainey PC Pyne S Mentzer S. Laser microdissection of the alveolar duct enables single-cell genomic analysis Frontiers in Oncology. 4(260) , 2014.
• Belle JM Ysasi AB Bennett RD Filipovic N Nejad MI Trumper DL Ackermann M Wagner W Tsuda A Konerding MA Mentzer S. Stretch-induced intususceptive and sprouting angiogenesis in the chick chorioallantoic membrane Microvascular Research. 95: 60-67, 2014.

Awards/Honors

• Resident of the Year (University of South Florida, Department of Surgery - 2017)
• Larry Carey Resident Research Award (University of South Florida, Department of Surgery - 2016)
• John A. Mannick Resident REsearch Award (Brigham & Women's Hospital/Harvard University School of Medicine, Department of Surgery - 2014)
• Resident of the Year (Tampa Bay Surgical Society - 2013)
• Research Honors (SUNY Buffalo Jacobs School of Medicine - 2010)