Specialties
Education
- MD, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
- MPH, University of Texas at Houston, Houston, TX
- Residency, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
- Fellowship, Research, Houston Center for Quality of Care & Utilization, Houston, TX
- Fellowship, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Endocrine Surgery
- Implementation Science Certificate Program, University of California-San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
Clinical Specialties
Dr. Balentine is a board-certified endocrine surgeon specializing in hernia repairs, dialysis outcomes, and endocrine surgery for veterans.
Research Interests
Dr. Balentine’s research is focused on inguinal hernia surgery in older adults and acute care for the elderly and veterans.
Dr. Balentine and Dr. Ganesh Sankaranarayanan, Associate Professor of Surgery and Biomedical Engineering at the University of Texas Southwestern, were recently awarded at four-year, $1.6 million R01 from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. Read more here.
Recent Publications
Equivalent Pain and Opioid Use Between Transabdominal and Retroperitoneal Adrenalectomy.
Haskins L, Tobin N, Reineman E, Sippel R, Schneider D, Long K, Elfenbein D, Balentine C, Chiu A
J Surg Res 2024 Dec; 304: 173-180
[PubMed ID: 39549505]Patient Neighborhood Adversity Associated With Access Not Wait Time to Parathyroidectomy.
Schears M, Balentine C, Sippel R, Schneider D, Elfenbein D, Long K, Kind A, Chiu A
J Surg Res 2024 Nov; 303: 439-445
[PubMed ID: 39426053]Potential risks of nonoperative management of appendicitis in high-risk patients.
Lunardi N, Thornton M, Zarzaur BL, Agarwal S, Berger M, Sharath S, Kougias P, Bhat S, Frank K, Pham TH, Balentine CJ
Surgery 2024 Dec; 176(6): 1568-1575
[PubMed ID: 39327128]Variation in Long-Term Postoperative Mortality Risk by Race/Ethnicity After Major Non-cardiac Surgeries in the Veterans Health Administration.
Sharath SE, Balentine CJ, Berger DH, Zhan M, Zamani N, Choi JC, Kougias P
J Racial Ethn Health Disparities 2024 Sep 12;
[PubMed ID: 39264540]Hospital resource index, race/ethnicity, and postoperative venous thromboembolism risk: A causal mediation analysis.
Sharath SE, Shadid G, Choi JC, Balentine C, Kougias P
Am J Surg 2024 Nov; 237: 115909
[PubMed ID: 39213783]