published a study on outcomes of different treatment regimens for hospital patients with ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm, an injury with short-term survival rate of less than 58% in one hospital study. The study found that the survivability rate increases when patients with different injury characterics are placed into corresponding treatment regimens such as endovascular aneurysm repair, open surgery, or palliative care. In 2012, Starnes was an author of research providing a classification system for patients with blunt thoracic aortic injuries. The system is intended to guide therapy based on probable patient outcomes given the type of injuries. In 2017, Starnes published clinical trial results for an emerging type of treatment for patients with juxtarenal aortic aneurysms. Starnes tested the efficacy of endovascular grafts made by a physician specifically for the patient, instead of grafts manufactured beforehand. The research found that physician-modified grafts were successful long-term for 94% of patients in the trial of 59 people. To develop further guidelines for medical decisions on vascular surgery, Starnes and colleagues in 2018 studied mortality rates of ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm hospital patients, examining which factors before surgery predict mortality. He and his colleagues developed a scoring system based on age, systolic blood pressure, and creatinine concentration values. They found that higher scores predicted low survival rates and thus low benefits of surgery. Starnes is among the primary authors of the official guidelines for diagnosis and management of aortic disease adopted by the American College of Cardiology and American Heart Association Personal life Starnes is married to Marjorie Starnes. They have two daughters. References Living people 1966 births Thomas Jefferson University alumni Albright College alumni Vascular surgeons American medical academics United States Army Medical Corps officers University of Washington faculty