<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/education-training/fellowship-residency-programs/surgery/blog/2025/top_trial.html" dsn="blogs"><featured/><categories/><pubDate>11/30/2025 10:39:37 PM</pubDate><title>Panos Kougias, MD, MSc, FACS, and Sherene Sharath, PhD, MPH Publish Landmark TOP Trial in JAMA  </title><sub-title/><description>The Department of Surgery congratulates Panos Kougias, MD, MSc, FACS, and Sherene Sharath, PhD, MPH, on their landmark TOP trial study published in JAMA.</description><author/><image><img xmlns:ouc="http://omniupdate.com/XSL/Variables" src="/education-training/fellowship-residency-programs/surgery/_images/blog_photos_2025/combined_newsletter_portrait_kougias_sharath.png" alt="Dr. Kougias and Dr. Sharath"/></image><loc>/var/staging/oucampus/suny-downstate/downstate/education-training/fellowship-residency-programs/surgery/blog/2025/top_trial.xml</loc><categories/></item>