Education

Biography

Dr. Justin Sambol, Associate Professor in the Department of Surgery and a graduate of the NJMS Class of 1997, has been appointed to the position of Senior Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs.

Dr. Sambol graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1993.  He graduated from New Jersey Medical School in 1997.  Following his graduation, Dr. Sambol completed his residency in Surgery at NJMS in 2003 and then went on to complete a fellowship in Cardiothoracic Surgery at NJMS in 2005.  Dr. Sambol serves as Vice Chair of Surgery and Chief of Cardiothoracic Surgery.  As of January 1, 2015, Dr. Sambol began his term as President of the University Hospital Medical/Dental Staff.  In the past, he has served as Treasurer of UPA and President of the NJMS Faculty Organization.

In his role as Senior Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs, Dr. Sambol will be a member of the Dean’s Senior Management Team and have responsibility for the following:

• The overall clinical practice of New Jersey Medical School faculty;
• Adherence and monitoring of the Clinical Services Agreement with University Hospital;
• Negotiation and management of NJMS physician contracts with managed care companies;
• Management of the Staff of the Office of the Senior Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs.

Research Interest

• Cardiothoracic Surgery

Professional Activities:

Publications

1. Tortella B, Sambol JT, Lavery R, Cudihy K, Nadzem GA.   Comparison of Pediatric   and Adult Trauma Patients Transported by Helicopter and Ground EMS:  Managed-   Care Consideration.  Air Medical Journal, 1996 Jan; 15:24-28.
2. Lavery R, Livingston D, Tortella B, Sambol JT, Slomovitz, B, Siegel, J.    The Utility of Venous Lactate to Triage Injured Patients in the Trauma Center.   Journal of the American College of Surgeons, 2000 Jun; 190:656-664.
3. Sambol JT, Xu DZ, Adams CA Jr., Magnotti LJ, Deitch EA.   Mesenteric Lymph Duct Ligation Provides Long Term Protection Against Hemorrhagic Shock-Induced Lung Injury.  Shock, 2000, Sep; 14:416-420.
4. Anjaria DJ, Rameshwar P, Deitch EA, Xu DZ, Adams CA, Forsythe RM, Sambol JT, Hauser CJ, Livingston DH.    Hematopoietic Failure After Hemorrhagic Shock is Medicated Through Mesenteric Lymph.   Critical Care Medicine, 2001 Sep’ 29:1780-1785.
5. Adams CA, Sambol JT, Xu D, Lu Q, Granger N, Deitch EA.   Hemorrhagic Shock Induced Up-Regulation of P-Selectin Expression is Mediated by Factors in Mesenteric Lymph and Blunted by Mesenteric Lymph Duct Interruption.   Journal of Trauma, 2001 Oct; 51:625-632.
6. Sambol, JT, White J, Horton JW, Deitch EA.   Burn-induced Impairment of Cardiac Contractile Function is Due to Gut Derived Myocardial Depressant Factors.  Shock, 2002 Sep; 18:272-276.
7. Dayal SD, Hasko G, Lu Q, Xu D, Caruso JM, Sambol JT, Deitch EA.   Trauma/Hemorrhagic Shock Mesenteric Lymph Upregulates Adhesion Molecule Expression and IL-6 Production in Human Umbilical Vein Endothelial Cells.   Shock, 2002 June; 17:491-495.
8. Adams CA Jr., Hauser CJ, Adams JM, Fekete A, Xu DZ, Sambol JT, Deitch EA, Trauma-Hemorrhage-Induced Neurtophil Priming is Prevented by Mesenteric Lymph Duct Ligation.  Shock, 2002 Dec; 18:513-517.
9. Kawai K, Kawai T,  Sambol J, Xu D, Yuan Z, Caputo F,  Badami C, Deitch E, Yatani A, Cellular mechanisms of burn-related changes in contractility and its prevention by mesenteric lymph ligation. American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Physiology292: H2475-2484, 2007.
10. Lee M, Yatani A, Sambol J, Deitch E,.Role of Gut-Lymph Factors in the Induction of Burn-Induced and Trauma-Shock-Induced Acute Heart Failure. International Journal of Clinical and  Experimental Medicine (2008) 1, 171-180
11. Justin T. Sambol, Marlon A. Lee, Francis J. Caputo, Kentaro Kawai, Chirag Badami, Tomoko Kawai, Edwin A. Deitch and Atsuko Yatani. Mesenteric lymph duct ligation prevents trauma/hemorrhage shock-induced cardiac contractile dysfunction. Journal of  Applied  Physiology106: 57-65, 2009.
12. Sambol JT, Lee MA, Jiang M, Dosi G, Dong W, Deitch EA, Yatani A. Mesenteric lymph from rats with trauma-hemorrhagic shock causes abnormal cardiac myocyte function and induces myocardial contractile dysfunction. Journal of Applied Physiology 2011 Sep;111(3)799-807.
13. Justin Sambol MD, Edwin A Deitch MD, Koichi Takimoto PhD., GarimaDosi MD, Atsuko Yatani PhD. Cellular basis of burn-induced cardiac dysfunction and prevention by mesenteric lymph duct ligation. Journal of Surgical Research. 183 (August 2013) 678-685.
14. Chow OS, Huang JT, Sambol JT, Bolanowski PJ, Lovoulos CJ.  Innominate artery injury from disseminated tuberculosis.  Asian CardiovascThorac Ann 2015 Jul; 23(6):704-6
15. Raskin A, Castro0Dominguez Y, Mirani N, Sambol J, Waller AH, Ghesani N.  Incidental ectopic thyroid follicular adenoma on myocardial perfusion imaging.  J NuclCardiol.  2016 Feb; 23(1):153-4
16. Banker, MC, Sambol JT, Raina S.  Management of an Ascending Aortic Aneurysm with Coronary Artery Disease and Tracheal Compression from a Sub-sternal Goiter, Journal Cardiac Surgery, 2005; 20:177-179.
17. Sambol, J. Aggressive Surgery Helps Some Lung Cancer Patients. ADVANCE for Respiratory Care Practitioners, 2006; 19: 22-23.
18. Shikha Sharma, Daniel Tsyvine, Pierre Maldjian, Justin T Sambol, Konstantin Lovoulos, Gal Levy, Amin Maghari, Marc Klapholz, and MuhamedSaric. An Intriguing Co-Existence: Atrial Myxoma and Cerebral Cavernous Malformations: Case Report and Review of the Literature, J Am SocEchocardiogr, 2011 Jan; 24(1):110.e1-4.