Associate Professor of Surgery
Appointments and Affiliations
- Associate Professor of Surgery
- Associate Professor in the Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
Contact Information
- Office Location: DUMC 3247, 456E Seeley G. Mudd Bldg, Durham, NC 27710
- Email Address: sabino.zani@duke.edu
Education
- M.D. Albany Medical College, 2003
In the News
Representative Publications
- Tracy, Elisabeth T., Sabino Zani, Neetha P. Desai, Sylvain Anselme, and Christopher Derderian. “Clinical Utility of a Small Diameter Reload in Pediatric Appendectomies.” J Laparoendosc Adv Surg Tech A 36, no. 6 (June 2026): 472–76. https://doi.org/10.1177/10926429261427703.
- Oladokun, Olufemi, Kent K. Yamamoto, Danyi Chen, Layla Triplett, Shannon Barter, Cameron Reid, Tanner J. Zachem, Brian P. Mann, Katharine L. Jackson, and Sabino Zani. “Insufflatable Modular Abdominal Simulation Environment (MASE) for Surgical Training Simulation.” Surg Innov, May 8, 2026, 15533506261451392. https://doi.org/10.1177/15533506261451391.
- Lindstrom Haughey, Annika, Shannon Barter, Cameron Reid, Steven Thornton, Sabino Zani, Katharine Louise Jackson, and Brian Mann. “Quantitative assessment of laparoscopic camera navigation skill: a retrospective cross-sectional study.” Surg Endosc 40, no. 3 (March 2026): 2297–2303. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00464-025-12498-3.
- Liu, Mengyuan, Kenneth Seier, Mithat Gonen, Carlie Sigel, Joslyn Jung, Alex B. Blair, Thomas C. Howell, et al. “Genome-based classification of pancreatic acinar cell carcinoma reveals similarities to KRAS wild-type PDAC.” J Transl Med 23, no. 1 (December 24, 2025): 1422. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12967-025-07381-7.
- Barter, Shannon, Alex Bartholomew, Brittany Loomis, Susanna S. Hill, Julie K. Thacker, Sabino Zani, and Katharine L. Jackson. “Feasibility of Peer-To-Peer Surgeon Faculty Technical Skills Coaching in Robotic Colorectal Surgery.” J Surg Educ 82, no. 12 (December 2025): 103620. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsurg.2025.103620.