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Dix Phillip Poppas, M.D., F.A.A.P., F.A.C.S.
Voted one of New York Magazine's Best Doctors, 2014
Recipient, Best of Manhattan Award in the Medical Office category, Manhattan Award Program, 2014
Dr. Dix Poppas - Department of Urology
Institute for Pediatric Urology, Department of Urology
Urology - Komansky Center for Children's Health
Center for Pediatric Transplant and Advanced Kidney and Urologic Diseases - Komansky Center for Children's Health
Dix P. Poppas, M.D. is Professor and Chief of the Institute for Pediatric Urology at the Komansky Center for Children's Health of New York -Presbyterian Hosptial Weill Cornell Medical Center. He is the Richard Rodgers Professor of Pediatric Urology in the James Buchanan Brady Department of Urology at Weill Cornell Medical College. Dr. Poppas holds joint appointments as Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Professor of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at Weill Cornell Medical College and Professor of Plastic and Reconstructive Sugery at Weill Cornell Medical College.
His practice is limited to pediatric urology with special interest in genital reconstruction, laparoscopic and robotic surgery, surgical aspects of disorders of sexual development and minimally invasive procedures for treating vesicoureteral reflux. Dr. Poppas has extensive experience in minimally invasive surgery and pediatric laparoscopy. He was chosen as one of the "Top One Hundred Minimally Invasive Surgeons in New York" and was the only pediatric urologist to be selected and is listed as one of New York's Top Doctors and Best Doctors in America.
He completed his residency in urology at New York Hospital-Cornell Medical School (1990-1994) and his fellowship in Pediatric Urology at Boston Children's Hospital-Harvard Medical School (1994-1996) He serves as co-director of the Laboratory for Minimally Invasive Urologic Surgery where his efforts are focused on developing advanced laparoscopic and Robotic surgical techniques for tissue reconstruction using novel tissue sealants to replace sutures and staples during surgery, as well as investigating the mechanisms and potential treatments for inhibiting and reversing fibrosis in the obstructed kidney using antibodies and gene therapy strategies. Dr. Poppas is a diplomate of The American Board of Urology, Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics and Fellow of the American College of Surgeons.
He has been awarded The E. Darracott Vaughan Young Investigator Award by the National Kidney Foundation, The Edwin Beer Award of The New York Academy of Medicine, and was selected as an American Foundation for Urologic Disease/National Kidney Foundation Research Scholar.
For more information:
Minimal Access Surgery Center
H.S. Diploma 1976
J.R. Tucker High School, Richmond, V.A.
Longwood College, Farmville, VA.
B.S. Biology (Honors) 1982
Minor Chemistry
Virginia Commonwealth University
Richmond, VA 1980-1982
Paramedic Degree 1984,Medical College of Virginia 1983-1984
M.D. 1988, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, VA., 1984-1988
Non degree program Health Care Executive Management Program, Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
Certificate of completion 2002
Non degree program, Advanced Executive Management Program, Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
Certificate of completion 2003
Non degree program The Wharton Executive Management Program for Academic Surgery Leaders. Leonard Davis Institute of Health Care Economics, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
Certificate of completion 2005
Intern in General Surgery
Eastern Virginia Graduate School of Medicine
Norfolk, VA 7/88 to 6/89
Resident in General Surgery
Eastern Virginia Graduate School of Medicine, Norfolk, VA 7/89 to 6/90
Assistant Urologist (Resident) New York Hospital, New York, NY 7/90 to 6/93
Urologist(Chief Resident)
New York Hospital, New York, NY 7/93 to 6/94
Fellow-in-Pediatric Urology (Surgery)Children#146;s Hospital-Harvard Medical School 7/94 to 6/96
Academic positions (teaching and research)
Visiting Fellow in Urology
Cornell University Medical Center, New York 7/94 to 6/96
Assistant Professor of Urology
Cornell University Medical Center, New York 7/96 to 11/01
The Richard Rodgers Family Assistant Professor of Pediatric Urology
Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, NY 1/97 to 11/01
Assistant Professor of Urology in Surgery (Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery)
Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, NY 10/97 to 6/04
Assistant Professor of Urology in Pediatrics (Department of Pediatrics)
Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, NY 4/99 to 11/01
Associate Professor of Urology
Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, NY 12/01 to present
Associate Professor of Urology in Pediatrics (Department of Pediatrics)
Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, NY 12/01 to present
The Richard Rodgers Family Associate Professor of Pediatric Urology
Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, NY 12/01 to present
Associate Professor of Urology in Surgery (Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery)
Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, NY 7/04 to present
Associate Professor of Urology in Obstetrics and Gynecology (Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology)
Weill Medical College of Cornell University
New York, NY 7/04 to present
Hospital Positions
Assistant Attending Urologist
New York Presbyterian Hospital 7/96 to 11/01
Associate Attending Urologist
New York Presbyterian Hospital 12/01 to present
Attending in Surgery
The New York Hospital Medical Center of Queens 1/02 to present
Employment (other than positions listed above)
Clinical Consultant Promethean Surgical Devices, LLC, Woburn, MA. 6/00 to present
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS (medical and scientific societies)
Member Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society 1988 to present
Member American Urologic Association 1990 to present
Fellow American Society for Laser Medicine and Surgery 1989 to 2001
Fellow American College of Surgeons 1998 to present
Member Sigma Xi Scientific Research Society 1990 to present
Member The New York Section American Urological Association 1996 to present
Member Society for Pediatric Urology 1996 to present
Member The Hellenic Medical Society of New York 1996 to present
Member Society for Fetal Urology 1997 to present
Member The New York Clinical Society 1998 to present
Fellow American Academy of Pediatrics 1998 to present
Diplomat American Board of Urology 1999 to present
Insurance Plans Accepted
The following represents most of the managed care plans accepted by this physician. If your insurance carrier does not appear here please contact the physician's office as they may have individual contracts not included on this site.
* indicates this physician is no longer accepting new patients with this insurance plan.
- Aetna - Weill Cornell [POS]
- Affinity Essential
- Affinity Health Plan
- Blue Priority Network
- Empire Blue Cross/Blue Shield [Pathway X Enhanced]
- Empire Blue Cross/Blue Shield [Pathway X]
- Empire Blue Cross/Blue Shield [HMO]
- Empire Blue Cross/Blue Shield [EPO]
- Empire Blue Cross/Blue Shield [PPO]
- Fidelis Care
- Health First
- Health Insurance Plan of NY (HIP) [Medicaid]
- Health Plus - Amerigroup [CHP]
- Health Plus - Amerigroup
- Health Republic
- Medicaid
- Medicare
- Oscar
- Oxford Health Plans [Freedom]
- Rockefeller University - CoreSource
- VNSNY CHOICE Medicare [HMO]
- Hubbard, J., Shirwany, T., Poppas, D., and Kalimi, M.: Rapid, High Temperature Glucocorticoid Receptor Exchange Assay. The Virginia Journal of Science, 138, June 1984.
- Kalimi, M., Hubbard, J., Poppas, D., and Shirwany,T.: Glucocorticoid Regulation of Hepatic Glucocorticoid Receptors In Vivo and its Relationship to Induction of Tyrosine Amino Transferase Activity. Published in The Proceedings of the 7th International Congress of Endocrinology, # 650,1984.
- Hubbard, J., Mattmueller, D., Steinberg, J., Poppas, D., and Sledge C.: Effect of Steroid Hormones on Endotoxin-mediated Cartilage Degradation. Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, 79: 31-37,1988.
- Poppas, D., Schlossberg, S., Richmond, I., Gilbert, D., and Devine, Jr., C.: Laser Welding in Urethral Surgery: Improved Results with a Protein Solder. J. Urology, 139:415-417, 1988.
- Ganesan, G., Poppas, D., Schlossberg, S., and Devine, JR., C.: Urethral Reconstruction Using the CO2 Laser: An Experimental Evaluation. J. of Urology, 142:1139-1141, 1989.
- Sosa, E. R., Weingram, J., Poppas, D., and Lyons, J.: Physiological Considerations in Laparoscopic Surgery in Urology. J. Endourology, Vol 6, No.2: 85-87, 1992.
- Poppas, D., Rooke, C., Schlossberg, S.: Optimal Parameters for CO2 Laser Reconstruction of Urethral Tissue Using a Protein Solder. J. of Urology, 148:220-224, 1992.
- Choma, T., Poppas, D., Rooke, C., Schlossberg, S.: Patch Graft Urethroplasty with the CO2 Laser in the Rabbit: A Pre-Clinical Study. Lasers Surg. Med., 12:639-644, 1992.
- Rooke, C., Poppas, D., Schlossberg, S.: Patch Graft Urethroplasty in the Rat Using a CO2 Laser. Urology, 41(6):585-589, 1993.
- Poppas, D., Mininberg, D., Spencer, J., Hyacinth, L., and Schlossberg, S.: Patch Graft Urethroplasty Using Dye Enhanced Laser Tissue Welding with a Human Protein Solder: A Pre-Clinical Canine Model. J. of Urology, 150:648-650, 1993.
- Poppas, D., Sutaria, P., Sosa, E., Mininberg, D., and Schlossberg, S.: Chromophore Enhanced Laser Welding of Canine Ureters In Vitro Using a Human Protein Solder: A Preliminary Step for Laparoscopic Tissue Welding. J. of Urology, 150:1052-1055, 1993
- Poppas, D., Choma, T., Rooke, C., Schlossberg, S.: Preparation of Human Albumin Solder for Laser Tissue Welding. Lasers Surg. Med., 13:577-580, 1993.
- Poppas, D.P., Sosa, R.E., and Schlossberg, S.M.: Can Lasers Deliver a Sutureless Anastomosis to Urology?. Contemporary Urology, Vol. 5, No. 10, October 1993.
- Poppas, D.P., Schlossberg, S.M.: Laser Tissue Welding in Urologic Surgery. Urology, 43, No 2:143-148, 1994.
- Klioze, S., Poppas, D., Rooke, C., Choma, T., and Schlossberg, S.: Development and Initial Application of a Real Time Thermal Control System for Laser Tissue Welding. J. of Urology, 152, 744-748, 1994.
- Gardner, T.A., Wei, J, Poppas, D.P., and Blaivas, J.G.: Volvulus of the Ileal Conduit: A Late Complication. J. Urology, 152:948-950, 1994.
- Uzzo, R., Poppas, D., Schuman, R., Vaughan, Jr., E.: An Unusual Cause of Duodenal Obstruction: Ureteropelvic Junction Obstruction and the Renoalimentary Relationship. Urology, 44, No.3:433-436, 1994.
- Lemack, GE., Poppas, DP., and Vaughan, Jr., ED.: Urologic Causes for Gynecomastia: Approach to Diagnosis and Treatment. Urology, 45:313-319, 1995.
- Poppas, D., Klioze, S., Uzzo, R., and Schlossberg, S.: Temperature Controlled Burst Strength Measurements of Various Sutures Used in Laser Tissue Welding. Urology, 45:253-257, 1995.
- Poppas, D., Uzzo, R., Retik, A.: Use of a Catheter Limiter During Intermittent Catheterization. Urology, 45:1049-1051, 1995.
- Britanisky, R., Poppas, D.P. Sosa, R.E., D.T. Mininberg.: Laparoscopic Laser Assisted Bladder Autoaugmentation. Urology, 46:31-35, 1995.
- Uzzo, R.G., Lemack G.E., and Poppas, D.P.: Genitourinary Reconstructive Surgery Utilizing Laser Tissue Welding. Tech. Urology, 2 (1): 1-18, 1995.
- Poppas, D., Lemack, G., and Mininberg, M.: Laparoscopic Orchiopexy: Clinical Experience and Description of Technique. J. Urology, 155:708-711, 1996.
- Poppas, D., Uzzo, R., Britanisky, R., Wright, J., Mininberg, D.: Laparoscopic Laser Assisted Autoaugmentation of the Pediatric Neurogenic Bladder: Early Experience with Urodynamic Follow- up. J. Urology, 155:1057-1060, 1996.
- Poppas, D, Stewart, B., Massicotte, M., Wolga, A., Kung, R., Retik, A. and Freeman, M.: Temperature Controlled Laser Photocoagulation of Soft Tissue: In Vivo Evaluation Using a Tissue Welding Model. Lasers Surg. Med., 18:335-344, 1996.
- Poppas, D.P., Gillis, L.A., and Retik, A.B.: Balloon-Wire Retrieval of a Migrated Urethral Stent in the Early Postoperative Period. Urology, 47:915-917, 1996.
- Poppas, D., Wright, E., Guthrie, P., and Schlossberg, S.: Human Albumin Solders for Clinical Application During Laser Tissue Welding. Lasers Surg Med., 19:2-8, 1996.
- Poppas, D., Massicotte, M., Stewart, R., Atala, A., Retik, A., and Freeman, M.: Human Albumin Solder Supplemented withTGF-1 Accelerates Healing Following Laser Welded Wound Closure. Lasers Surg. Med., 19:360-368, 1996.
- Wolf, S.J., Soble, J.J., Nakada, S.Y., Clayman, R.V., and Poppas, D.P.: Comparison of Fibrin Glue, Laser Weld, and Mechanical Suturing Device for the Laparoscopic Closure of Ureterotomy in a Porcine Model. J. Urology, 157:1487-1492, 1997
- Poppas, D, Uzzo, R, Bilsky, M.: Effect of Pneumoperitoneum on Intracranial Pressure During Pediatric Laparoscopic Surgery: Preliminary Experience. Urology, 49:753-757, 1997.
- Wright, EJ., Poppas, DP., and Schlossberg, SM.: Comparison of Multiple Laser Wavelengths and Human Albumin Solder for Laser Tissue Welding of the Ureter. Techniques in Urology 3(3):176- 181, 1997.
- Massicotte, M., Stewart, B., and Poppas, D.: Effects of Endogenous Absorption in Human Albumin Solder for Acute Laser Wound Closure. Lasers Surg Med., 23:18-24, 1998.
- Poppas, D., Folkman, J, Voest, E., Chen, X., Luster, A., Weingartner, C., and OÂDonnell, M.: Intravesical Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) Induces the Antiangiogenic Chemokine Interferon-Inducible Protein-10. Urology, 52(2): 268-276, 1998.
- Pavlovich, C.P., Gmyrek, G.A., Gardner, T.A., Poppas, D.P., and Mininberg, D.T.: Transinguinal Laparoscopy Using Flexible Scopes: Urologic Instruments to Assess the Contralateral Inguinal Ring. Techniques in Urology, 4:3, 141-144, 1998.
- Lauto A, Poppas DP, and Murrell GAC: Solubility Study of Albumin solders for Laser Tissue Welding. Lasers in Surgery and Medicine, 23:258-262, 1998.
- Phillips, ABM., Ginsburg, BY., Shin, SJ., Soslow, R., Ko, W., and Poppas, DP.: Laser Welding for Vascular Anastomosis Using Albumin Solder: An Approach for MID-CAB. Lasers in Surgery and Medicine, 24:264-268, 1999.
- Poppas, DP, Bleustein, CB, and Peters, CA: Box Stitch Modification of Hasson Technique for Pediatric Laparoscopy. J. Endourology, 13(6), 447-450, August 1999.
- Lauto, A., Kirman, I., Felsen, D., and Poppas, D.: Two-Layer Film as a Laser Soldering Device. Lasers in Surgery and Medicine, 25:250-256, 1999.
- Fung, L.C.T., Mingin, G.C., Massicotte, M., Felsen, D and Poppas, D.: Effects of Temperature on Tissue Thermal Injury and Wound Strength Following Photothermal Wound Closure. Lasers in Surgery and Medicine 25:285-290, 1999.
- Kirman, I., Lauto, A., Phillips, A., Hamawy, A., Heldman, Eli, Felsen, D., and Poppas, D.: Effect of Laser Welding with Human Albumin on Expression of P-Selectin on Platelets. Lasers in Surgery and Medicine, 25:438-444, 1999.
- Cuomo, BE., Lauto, A., Kirman, I., Felsen, D., and Poppas, D.: Assessment of the Degradation of Denatured Albumin Solder by Human Urine. J. Urology, 163:634-637, 2000.
- Bleustein, CB., Cuomo, B., Mingin, GC., Ohebshalom, M., Shin, SJ., Stewart, RB., Felsen, D., Soslow, RA., Sennett M., and Poppas, DP.: Laser-Assisted Demucosalized Gastrocystoplasty with Autoaugmentation in a Canine Model. Urology, 55 93 0:437-442, 2000.
- Bleustein CB, Felsen D, and Poppas DP: Welding Characteristics of Different Albumin Species With and Without Fatty Acids. Lasers in Surgery and Medicine, 27:82-86, 2000.
- Yao, D, and Poppas, D.: A Clinical Series of Laparoscopic Nephrectomy, Nephorureterectomy and Partial Nephrecotomy with Ureterectomy in the Pediatric Population: J. Urology, 163:1531-1535, 2000.
- Bleustein CB, Felsen, D and Poppas DP: Semi-Solid Albumin Solder for Laser Tissue Welding. Lasers in Medicine and Surgery, 27:140-146, 2000.
- Miyajima A, Chen J, Kirman I, Poppas DP, Vaughan ED Jr, and Felsen D.: Interaction of Nitric Oxide and Transforming Growth Factor-Ã -1 induced by Angiotensin II and Mechanical Stretch in Rat Renal Tubular Epithelial Cell. J. Urology, Vol. 164, 1729-1734, 2000.
- Poppas, DP and Wei, JT.: The Concealed Laparoscopic Orchidopexy. British Journal of Urology, 86: 138-139, 2000.
- Pavlovich, CP., Kralintg, BM., Stewart, RJ., Chen X., Bochner, BH., Luster, AD., Poppas, DP., and OÂDonnell, MA.: BCG-Induced Urinary Cytokines Inhibit Microvascular Endothelial Cell Proliferation. Journal of Urology. 163(6): 2014-21, 2000.
- Miyajima A, Chen J, Lawrence C, Ledbetter S, Pigato J, Lemer M, Stern J, Poppas DP, Vaughan ED Jr, Felsen, D. Antibody to TGF-beta Ameliorates Tubular Apoptosis In Unilateral Ureteral Obstruction. Kid Int. 58:23012313, 2000.
- Hochberg D., Johnson CW, Chen J, Cohen D, Stern J, Vaughan ED Jr, Poppas DP, Felsen D. Interstitial Fibrosis of Unilateral Ureteral Obstruction is Exacerbated in Kidneys of Mice Lacking the Gene for Inducible Nitric Oxide Synthase. Lab. Invest 80:1721-1728, 2000.
- Bleustein CB, Sennett M, Kung RTV, Felsen D, Poppas DP, and Stewart RB: Differential Scanning Calorimetry of Albumin Solders: Interspecies Differences and Fatty Acid Binding effects the Protein Denaturation. Lasers in Surgery and Medicine, 27:465-470, 2000.
- Rucker, GB., Scherr, DS., and Poppas, DP.: Laser Tissue Welding  Poised for the New Millennium. Surgical Technology International, 9:33-38, 2001.
- Esposito, MP., Bleustein, CB., Felsen,D, and Poppas, DP.: Mechanism of Healing Following Snodgrass Hypospadias Repair. J. Urology, 165:277-279, 2001.
- Lauto, A., Stewart, R., Ohebshalom, M., Felsen, D., and Poppas D.P.: The Impact of Moisture on Laser Tissue Soldering with Solid Albumin. Lasers in Surgery and Medicine, 28:44-49, 2001.
- Lauto, A, Hamawy, A.H., Phillips, A.B.M., Petratos, P.B., Raman, J., Felsen, D., Ko W. and Poppas, DP: Carotid Artery Anastomosis with Albumin Solder and Near Infrared Lasers: A comparative Study. Lasers in Surgery and Medicine, 28:50-55, 2001.
- Miyajima A, Chen J, Poppas DP, Vaughan ED Jr, and Felsen, D.: Role of Nitric Oxide in Renal Tubular Apoptosis of Unilateral Ureteral Obstruction. Kidney International, 59:1290-1303, 2001.
- Lauto A, Ohebshalom M, Esposito M. Mingin J. Li PS, Felsen D, Goldstein M and Poppas DP: Self-Expandable Chitosan Stent: Design and Preparation. Biomaterials 22(13): 1869-74, 2001.
- Talmor M, Bleustein C, and Poppas D: Laser Tissue Welding: A Biotechnological Advance For the Future. Arch of Facial Plastic Surgery, 3:207-213, 2001.
- Stewart RB, Bleustein CB, Petratos PB, Chin K, Poppas DP, and Kung RTV.: Highly Concentrated Autologous Serum : Biochemically Neutral Solders for Tissue Welding. Lasers in Surgery and Medicine, 29:336-342, 2001.
- Petratos P, Bleustein C, Baergen R, Felsen D, and Poppas D: Ex Vivo Evaluation of Human Fetal Membrane Closure Techniques. Lasers in Surgery and Medicine 30:48-53, 2002.
- Pareek G, Specht M, Lin D, Petratos P, Fahey T, Soslow R, Felsen D, and Poppas D: Hand-Assisted Demucosalized Gastrocystoplasty Comparing Different Tissue Closure. Urology, 58(4): 625-630, 2001.
- Petratos P, Rucker B, Soslow R, Felsen D, and Poppas D: Evaluation of Octylcyanoacrylate in Wound Repair of Clinical Circumcision and Human Skin Incisional Healing in a Nude Rat Model. J. Urology 167P677-679, 2002.
- Gmyrek, GA, New, MI, Sosa, RE, Poppas, DP: Bilateral Laparoscopic Adrenalectomy as a Treatment for Classic Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia Due to 21- Hydroxylase Deficiency. J. of Pediatrics, 109 (2):e29, 2002.
- Petratos P, Chen J, Felsen D, and Poppas D: Local Pharmaceutical Release from a New Hydrogel Implant. Journal of Surgical Research, 103,55-60, 2002.
- Rivera A, Walker BS, Bleustein CB, Felsen D, Sadelain M, and Poppas DP: Enhanced Adenoviral Vector Mediated Gene Transfer Human Serum Albumin Solder. Lasers in Surgery and Medicine 30:313-319, 2002.
- Petratos P, Ito K, Felsen D, and Poppas D: Cross Linked Matrix Tissue Sealant Protects Against Mortality and Hemorrhage in an Acute Renal Injury Model in Heparinized Rats. J. Urology 167: 222-2224, 2002.
- Specht M, Pareek G, Lin D, Bleustein C, Fahey T, Felsen D, and Poppas D: Hand-Assisted Laparoscopic Autoaugmentation Gastrocystoplasy. Surgical Endoscopy, July, 2002)
- Petratos P, Felsen D, McPherson J, and Poppas, D: Transforming Growth Factor-beta 2 (TGF-2) Reverses the Inhibitory Effects of Fibrin Sealant on Cutaneous Wound Repair in the Pig. Wound Repair and Regeneration 10 (4):252-258, 2002.
- Felsen D, Dardashti K, Ostad M, Lemer M, Gross S, Chen J, Vaughan E and Poppas D: Inducible Nitric Oxide Synthase (iNOS) Promotes Pathophysiological consequences of Experimental Bladder Outlet Obstruction. J. Urology 169:1569-1572, 2003.
- Petratos P, Bleustein C, Soslow R, Felsen D, and Poppas D: Full Thickness Human Foreskin Transplantation onto Nude Rats: As an In Vivo Model of Acute Human Wound Healing. J. Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, 111:No. 6, 1988-1997, 2003.
- Cilento B, Diamond D, Yeung C, Manzoni G, Poppas D, Hensle T: Laparoscopically Assisted Ureterocystoplasty. BJU 91, 526-527, 2003.
- Stahl P, Tash J and Poppas D: Deep Hemangioma of the Scrotum as a Rare Presentation of Scrotal Mass in Children. BJU International, 91.9cr, June 2003.
- Schnitzer JJ, Donahoe PK, Tash J, Poppas D: Single-Stage Surgical Reconstruction for Infants with Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia. The Endocrinologist, 13:No 3, 190-194, 2003.
- David S and Poppas D: Henoch-Schonlein Purpura Involving the Glans Penis. Urology 61:1035, 2003.
- Munver R, Del Pizzo J, Sosa E, Poppas D: Minimally Invasive Surgical Management of Ureteropelvic Junction Obstruction: Laparoscopic and Robot-Assisted Laparoscopic Pyeloplasty. J. Long Term Effects of Medical Implants, 13:367-384, 2003.
- Ito K, Chen J, Poppas DP, Vaughan ED, Jr., Seshan SV and Felsen D. Dietary L-arginine Supplementation Improves Both Glomerular Filtration Rate and Renal Blood Flow after 24 Hours of Unilateral Ureteral Obstruction in Rats. J. Urology 171, 926-930, 2004.
- Stern J, Stahl J, Felsen D, Poppas D. Effect of Testosterone on Angiogenesis in a Xenograft Model of Human Skin Healing. Urology 63: 999-1003, 2004.
- Ito K*, Chen J, El Chaar M, Stern J, Seshan S, Khodadadian J, Eaton C, Poppas D, Vaughan ED, Felsen D Liposome-mediated Transfer of Inducible Nitric Oxide Synthase Gene into the Kidney. Kidney International 66: 1365-75, 2004. [With cover photo].
- Ito K, Chen J, Tomohiko A, Vaughan ED Jr, Poppas DP, Hayakawa M, Felsen D. Liposome-mediated Gene Therapy in the Kidney. Human Cell 17:17-28, 2004.
- Ito K, Chen J, El Chaar M, Stern JM, Seshan SV,. Khodadadian JJ, Richardson I, Hyman MJ, Vaughan ED Jr, Poppas DP, Felsen D. Renal Damage Progresses Despite Improvement of Renal Function After Relief of Unilateral Ureteral Obstruction (UUO) in Adult Rats. Am J Physiol Renal 287: F1283F1293, 2004.
- Vaughan ED Jr, Marion D, Poppas DP, Felsen D. Pathophysiology of Unilateral Ureteral Obstruction: Studies from Charlottesville to New York. J. Urol, 172:6, 2563-2569, 2004.
- Stern J, Chen J, Silver RB, Poppas DP, Vaughan ED Jr, Felsen D. Effect of Unilateral Ureteral Obstruction on Dopamine1A Receptor Reveals a Link between Dopamine, Transforming Growth Factor-β and Nitric Oxide. American J. Physiol [Renal], 286: 509-515, 2004.
- David S, and Poppas D: Nerve Sparing Extravesical Ureteral Reimplantation: Description of Technique and Evaluation of Urinary Retention in Bilateral Cases. J. Urology, 2004.
- Schiff S, Kelly C, Goldstein M, Schlegel P and Poppas D: Managing varicoceles in children: results with microsurgical varicocelectomy. Urology 399-403, 2005.
- El Chaar M, Chen J, Stern JM, Seshan SV, Poppas DP, Vaughan ED Jr, Felsen D. Renal COX-2 in Unilateral Ureteral Obstruction (UUO): Pattern of Expression and Role in Interstitial Fibrosis. Journal of Urology. In Press, 2005.
- El Chaar MM, Attia E, Chen J, Hannafin J, Poppas DP, Felsen D. Effects of a Cyclooxygenase-2 Inhibitor on Matrix Synthesis in Stretched Fibroblasts. Submitted, Nephrology, 2004.
- Ito K, Chen J, Seshan SV, Khodadadian JJ, Gallagher R, El Chaar M, Vaughan ED Jr, Poppas DP, Felsen D. Dietary Arginine Supplementation Attenuates Renal Damage after Relief of Unilateral Ureteral Obstruction in Rats. Submitted, Kidney International, 2004.
- Poppas D, Chaar M, Kelly C and New M: Clitoral Sensitivity and Viability Following a Modified Reduction Clitoroplasty with Follow-up Evaluation in 23 Patients. (In Preparation, J. Urology, 2004)
- Kellner D*, Chen J, Seshan S, Poppas D, Vaughan ED, Felsen D. Losartan, an Angiotensin II (AII) Receptor Antagonist, Decreases Apoptosis and Macrophage Infiltration in Unilateral Ureteral Obstruction (UUO) in Rats. (In Preparation)
- Broadbelt NV. Stahl PJ. Chen J. Mizrahi M. Lal A. Bozkurt A. Poppas DP. Felsen D. Early upregulation of iNOS mRNA expression and increase in NO metabolites in pressurized renal epithelial cells. American Journal of Physiology - Renal Physiology. 293(6):F1877-88, 2007 Dec.
- Yang J. Felsen D. Poppas DP. Nerve sparing ventral clitoroplasty: analysis of clitoral sensitivity and viability. Journal of Urology. 178(4 Pt 2):1598-601, 2007 Oct.
- Poppas DP. Hochsztein AA. Baergen RN. Loyd E. Chen J. Felsen D. Nerve sparing ventral clitoroplasty preserves dorsal nerves in congenital adrenal hyperplasia. Journal of Urology. 178(4 Pt 2):1802-6; discussion 1806, 2007 Oct.
- El Chaar M. Chen J. Seshan SV. Jha S. Richardson I. Ledbetter SR. Vaughan ED Jr. Poppas DP. Felsen D. Effect of combination therapy with enalapril and the TGF-beta antagonist 1D11 in unilateral ureteral obstruction. American Journal of Physiology - Renal Physiology. 292(4):F1291-301, 2007
- Poppas DP and Felsen D. Editorial Comment. Urology 69: 564, 2007
- Biocompatibility and Assessment and InVivo Trial of Novel Synthetic Biometerial for Bladder Augmentation. American Urologic Association Meeting, Anaheim, CA. 2007.
- Feasibility of Biofeedback Therapy to Treat Discoordinate Voding in Children with Associated Developmental, Behavioral and/or Neurologic Disorders. American Urologic Association Meeting, Anaheim, CA. 2007.
- Dorsal Nerve Preservation in Modified Reduction Clitoroplasty in Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia (CAH). American Urologic Association Meeting, Anaheim, CA. 2007.
- Semi-disposable, Programmable, Pressurized Cell Culture System to Study iNOS mRNA Expression and NO Metabolites in Renal Epithelial Cells. Biomedical Engineering Society, Annual Meeting, Los Angeles, CA, 2007.
- Transforming Growth Factor (TGF)-beta Regulates the Fibrotic Phenotype in Human Vocal Fold Fibroblasts. The Voice Foundations 36th Annual Symposium: Care of the Professional Voice and The International Association of Phonosurgerys 8th International Symposium on Phonosurgery. Philadelphia, June 2007.
- Kalimi, M., Poppas, D., Shirwany, T., and Hubbard, J.:Cellular Antagonists of Glucocorticoid Receptor Binding, In: Adrenal Steroid Antagonism, Edited by M. K. Agarwal, Walter De Gruyter, Berlin, New York, 1984.
- Schlossberg, S., Poppas, D.: CO2 Laser Microsurgery and Welding, In: Lasers in Urologic Surgery, Second Edition, Edited by J. Smith, Year Book Medical Publishers, Inc., Chicago, 1988.
- Schlossberg, S., Poppas, D.: Tissue Welding with Lasers, In: Seminars in Urology, Edited by E.Darracott Vaughan, Jr. M.D., W. B. Saunders Co., Philadelphia, PA., Vol. 9, No. 3, August 1991.
- Sosa, R.E., Poppas, D.P., Schlegel, P.N., and Lyons, J.M.: Laparoscopic Surgery in Urology. In: Campbell's Urology Update, Edited by Patrick C. Walsh, M.D., et.al., W. B. Saunders Co., Philadelphia, PA, Update #2, July, 1992.
- Poppas, D.P., Gomella, L.G., and Sosa, E.R.: Basic Laparoscopy: Pneumoperitoneum and Trocar Placement. In Laparoscopic Urologic Surgery, Edited by Leonard G. Gomella, M.D., Raven Press, New York, NY., 1994.
- Mininberg, D.T., and Poppas, D.P.: Cryptorchidism. In: Current Therapy in Endocrinology and Metabolism, Fifth Edition, Edited by C. Wayne Bardin, Mosby-Year Book Co., 1994.
- Poppas, D.P., Schlegel P.N., and Sosa, R.E.: Varicocelectomy-Laparoscopic Approach. In: Surgery of Male Infertility, Edited by Marc Goldstein, M.D., W. B. Saunders Co., Philadelphia, PA., 1995.
- Poppas, D.P., Sosa, R.E., and Schlossberg, S.: Laparoscopic Laser Tissue Welding. In Controversies in Endourology, Edited by Arthur D. Smith, W. B. Saunders Co., Philadelphia, PA., 1995.
- Poppas, D.P.: Physiologic Changes and Complications in Pediatric Laparoscopic Surgery. Guest Editor: D.P. Poppas, M.D., Edited by Richard M. Ehrlich, M.D., Dialogues in Pediatric Urology.18(9):1-8, 1995.
- Poppas, D.P., and Sosa, R.E.: Tissue Approximation. In Textbook of Endourology, Edited by R.E. Sosa, M.D., W.B. Saunders Co., Philadelphia, PA., 1996.
- Poppas, D.P. and Bauer, S.B.: Urologic Management of the Myelodysplasic Child. American Urologic Association Update Series, Lesson 36 Volume XVI, 1997.
- Lemack, G.E., Uzzo, R.G., and Poppas, D.P.: The Effects of Stress on Male Reproductive Function. Edited by J.R. Hubbard, Ph.D., M.D., CRC Press, FL. 1997.
- Scherr, D.S. and Poppas, D.P.: Laser Tissue Welding. In: Technological Advances in Urology: Urology in the Twenty First Century. Urologic Clinics of North America. Edited by Loughlin, K.R., W.B. Saunders Co., Philadelphia, PA., 1998.
- Scherr, D.S. and Poppas, D.P.: Laser Tissue Welding in Urological Surgery. American Urologic Association Update Series. AUA Update Series, Lesson 22, vol. 17, 1998.
- Atlas of Clinical Urology: Volume IV, Pediatric Urology, Editors: D. Poppas and A Retik, Current Medicine, Philadelphia, PA., January, 2003.
- Rucker GB and Poppas DP. The Surgical Management of Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia. In: Renal & Adrenal Tumors, A Belldegrun, A Ritchie, R Figlin, R Oliver, ED Vaughan Jr. (Eds.) Oxford University Press, 2003, (Chapter 56, pp. 566-573).
- Poppas, D.: Restorative Surgical Options for the Female Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia Patient. In: Parent Guide to Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia, Edited by S. Rivkees. (In Press)
- Boorjian S, Schwartz M, Poppas D. Surgery of the Adrenal. In: Clinical Pediatric Urology, Fifth edition, Edited by S. Socimo, D. Canning and A. Khoury, (In Press)
- Poppas, D: Robotic Pyeloplasty. In: Textbook of Laparoscopc Urology, Edited by Gill I. (In Press)
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Falkensteiner Hotel Cristallo cleverly combines a refurbished original building with a recently built wing housing its family rooms, public areas and leisure facilities. Its contemporary interiors, are spacious and bright, contributing to a very relaxing environment. The hotel's location could not be better, literally on the slopes and opposite to an express chairlift, the ski school meeting point and nursery slopes and opposite the children's ski area which can be viewed by parents from the hotel's bar and terrace area.
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Katschberg village centre is nearby at 250m for a small selection of shops, bars and restaurants. There are also plenty of non-ski activities to try out including toboganning, ice skating, horse-drawn sleigh rides and torchlit walks.
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Availability & Restrictions
LS-DYNA is available to OSC users that have filled out the appropriate academic license agreement form found here.
Serial (smp -for single node jobs) and parallel (mpp -for multipe node jobs) versions of LS-DYNA solvers are installed at OSC. You may check the available versions on Oakley using
module avail dyna. (On Glenn, use
module avail lsdyna for smp solvers, and use
module avail mpp for mpp solvers.) In the module name, '_s' indicates single precision and '_d' indicates double precision. For example, mpp971_d_R5 is the mpp solver with double precision on Glenn. The following versions are currently available on OSC cluster systems (including smp/mpp, single/double precision):
Using LS-DYNA
LS-DYNA can be used via the batch system, by requesting the computing resources and launching solvers (smp/mpp) in a script file. See the following example.
Batch Usage
To use LS-DYNA via the batch system, here's what you need to do:
1) copy your input files (explorer.k in the example below) to your work directory at OSC
2) create a batch script, similar to the following file, saved as 'test.job':
#PBS -N plate_test #PBS -l walltime=5:00:00 #PBS -l nodes=2:ppn=8 #PBS -j oe #PBS -S /bin/csh # The following lines set up the LSDYNA environment module unload mpi module load mpp971_d_R5 # # Move to the directory where the input files are located # cd $PBS_O_WORKDIR # # Run LSDYNA (number of cpus > 1) # mpiexec mpp971 I=explorer.k NCPU=16
This example script uses the mpp solver for a parallel job (nodes>1) on Glenn.
- If you're running mpp on Oakley, you'll need to change the mpi loading due to the different system configuration. Essentially, you need the following command in your script:
module swap mvapich2/1.7 intelmpi
in place of
module unload mpi
in the above.
- If a smp solver is launched, a different executable should be used:
#PBS -l nodes=1:ppn=8 ... module load lsdyna971_d_R5 ... lsdyna I=explorer.k NCPU=8
3) submit the script to the batch queue with the command:
qsub test.job
when the job is finished, all the result files will be found in the directory where you submitted your job ($PBS_O_WORKDIR).
Alternatively, you can submit your job from the temporary directory ($TMPDIR), which is faster to access for the system and might be beneficial for bigger jobs. Note that $TMPDIR is uniquely associated with the job submitted and will be cleared when the job ends. So you need to copy your results back to your work directory at the end of your script. An example scrip should include the following lines:
... cd $TMPDIR cp $PBS_O_WORKDIR/explorer.k . ... #launch the solver and execute pbsdcp -g '*' $PBS_O_WORKDIR
Further Reading
- LSDYNA supports development of user defined material models. See this page for more information.
- The LSDYNA homepage
- The LSDYNA users manual (structural and keyword editions)
- The LSDYNA Theory Manual
- The LS-PREPOST Tutorial
See Also


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Rating: R. Running Time: 95 minutes
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An hour or so into Hyde Park on Hudson, during which the 1930s press corps happily ignores President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's physical disabilities as well as winks at his endless string of romantic dalliances, I kept imagining Bill Clinton sitting in the audience and doing a spit take with his Diet Coke.
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For reasons never quite made clear, the president summons Daisy to Hyde Park out of the blue and taps her to be his frequent companion and sometime lover. As Daisy, the ever-dependable Linney captures just right both the woman's sense of awe at finding herself seated at a center of global power — and her gnawing discomfort at the strange, seedy role she plays in the president's life.
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For generations reared on the mother's milk of "American exceptionalism," each day brings a new affront. China, on the rise, stubbornly refuses to end its currency manipulation, distorting Beijing's advantage in an international system of our making. Close allies in Europe and Japan slash defense budgets, further burdening Washington with the role of global police officer. In the face of repeated threats and sanctions, Iran still dares to build nuclear weapons and plot terrorist attacks on U.S. soil. Syria's despotic president lingers in power. Israelis and Palestinians blithely ignore presidential exhortations to make concessions for peace. A costly war in Afghanistan drags on toward … what, exactly?
Republicans lay the blame for those international woes on President Obama's doorstep. They object to his squishy multilateralism, his willingness to engage odious adversaries in diplomacy, and his apologies for past American mistakes. They see insufficient fealty to Israel, indecision in Afghanistan, and a refusal to lead—out front, the way they're accustomed to seeing—on Libya. They doubt Obama's conviction that America is a "shining city upon a hill" and a beacon to all free peoples. "As president of the United States, I will devote myself to an American Century, and I will never, ever apologize for America," Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney said during a recent foreign-policy speech. In it, he advanced the notion of America's singularity, its role as a bulwark against tyranny, and its leadership of the free (and, by extension, the entire) world. "America's strength rises from a strong economy, a strong defense, and the enduring strength of our values," he said. "Unfortunately, under this president, all three of those elements have been weakened."
Wait just a minute. Only three years ago, Obama and the Democrats blamed President Bush and his administration for failing to check China and deter Iran. They objected to Bush's swashbuckling unilateralism, his decision to ignore diplomacy with disagreeable countries, and his with-us-or-against-us triumphalism that alienated even close allies. They questioned his one-sided fealty to Israel and blamed him for a war in Iraq that was dragging toward … what, exactly? They charged that he tarnished the American beacon by endorsing torture and conflating the spread of democracy with regime change at the point of a gun.
Why did two presidents with such different foreign-policy instincts run up against—and, in many cases, get foiled by—the same international challenges? In "George W. Bush, Barack Obama, and the Future of U.S. Global Leadership," a recent article in International Affairs, James Lindsay wrote that presidents today, no matter their styles, must manage friends and foes who feel increasingly empowered to ignore or contest American dominance. "Americans have this ingrained notion that U.S. leadership and predominance is the natural state of world affairs, with Democrats thus concluding that gentle engagement will automatically cause countries to rally to our banner, and Republicans believing that firmness and consistency will have the same effect," Lindsay said in an interview. "They are both fundamentally misreading the geostrategic environment." The post-Cold War period was an era of victory that left the United States standing atop the global order—a superpower with unmatched military, economic, social, and diplomatic might. No wonder expectations are so high.
But things have changed. Brazil, India, Indonesia, Turkey, and especially China are clawing their way to the top of the international system, "insisting on all the privileges that come with their newly elevated status," as Lindsay puts it. Revolution is sweeping the Middle East, the world's energy basket. Revisionist powers (Russia) and perennial outliers (Iran, North Korea) sense opportunity and new room to maneuver. "If a unipolar moment ever really existed, it's not just passed, it's gone permanently," says Richard Haass, the former senior official in the first Bush White House who now runs the Council on Foreign Relations. Partly, that follows from two costly wars, a recession, and political dysfunction that blocks a long-term debt solution or a bipartisan foreign-policy consensus. More than that, though, it flows from globalization. "Power is simply too diffuse now, and the challenges we confront are complex, transnational, and they defy the efforts of any one nation," Haass says.
Americans can't advance their interests summarily in this new universe, even if that's what they're used to; other nations won't automatically fall in line. At the arguable height of American power, George H.W. Bush crafted a consensus at the United Nations and a military alliance of Western and Arab nations to liberate Kuwait in 1991; Russians acquiesced to NATO expansion. Little more than a decade later, George W. Bush had no hope for U.N. consensus, and he was lucky to have the support of even those few countries that joined his Iraq war coalition; Moscow invaded Georgia in 2008 rather than stomach the Westernization of Georgia and Ukraine. "We're the only country that can mobilize collective international action to confront the big global problems like terrorism, proliferation, climate change, and access to energy," says Brent Scowcroft, who was national-security adviser for George H.W. Bush. "But it will require a change of character in U.S. leadership.… We'll have to lead more by persuasion than coercion or dominance. That's an art, and I hope our strategic culture is still capable of it."
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Akron, OH -- Zac Dysert completed 34-of-49 passes for 519 yards and six touchdowns to lead the Miami-Ohio RedHawks to a thrilling, 56-49, victory over the Akron Zips in a Mid-American Conference shootout at InfoCision Stadium.
Dysert also ran for 108 yards, which helped him set a new MAC record with 624 yards of total offense. Dysert also set a new Miami (3-2, 2-0 MAC) record with six touchdown passes. Dawan Scott was Dysert's favorite target on his record setting day. Scott reeled in 11 receptions for 208 yards and two scores. Andy Cruse also had a very productive game with nine catches for 111 yards and a touchdown.
Akron (1-4, 0-1) put up a fight behind the leadership of its signal caller, Dalton Williams, who threw for 446 yards and four touchdowns on 32-of-42 passing. Marquelo Suel recorded a team-best eight catches for 105 yards and a score while Dee Frieson grabbed seven balls for 98 yards and two touchdowns. Jawon Chisholm gained 156 yards and two touchdowns on 21 carries.
The RedHawks jumped in front early as Dysert completed a 35-yard touchdown pass to Luke Swift only 39 seconds after kickoff. Dysert then completed a 5-yard pass to Cruse for a score with just under five minutes left in the first frame. Kaleb Patterson failed to make the extra point attempt, which left Miami ahead, 13-0.
Akron's hurry up offense answered with a pair of scores before the first quarter ended. Williams found Jerrod Dillard for a 56-yard touchdown pass to finish off a four-play, 92-yard drive for the Zips' first point. Then with 1:21 left in the opening quarter, Williams completed a 10-yard pass to Suel to give Akron a 14-13 lead.
Miami came right back in the second period. Dysert completed a 21-yard touchdown pass to Scott to finish off a drive that lasted less than two minutes. The RedHawks struck again as Dysert and Scott connected for a 33-yard pass play for a score. The Dysert-Scott added two more points with a successful two-conversion after the touchdown to make it 28-14 with just under 11 minutes left in the half.
The Zips battled back once again. Conor Hundley rushed four yards for a touchdown. Seven minutes later, Chisholm dashed three yards into the end zone to tie it up, 28-28.
Akron's defense then got to Dysert in the end zone to force a safety and give the Zips a 30-28 advantage with 1:15 left in the second quarter.
Dysert bounced back and led the RedHawks' offense down the field before completing a 12-yard touchdown pass to David Frazier, which gave Miami a 35-28 lead heading into halftime.
Akron wasted no time evening the score as Williams completed a 27-yard touchdown pass to Dee Frieson just over two minutes into the second half.
Miami built a 10-point lead with a 26-yard field goal by Patterson and a 19- yard touchdown pass from Dysert to Westbrook.
The scoring continued in the final quarter as Chisholm brought Akron within three points with a one-yard plunge into the end zone.
Patterson extended the lead to 48-42 with just over 10 minutes left with a 43- yard field goal.
Akron answered with a nine-play, 75-yard drive which was punctuated by a 18- yard touchdown pass from Williams to Frieson.
Dysert displayed some late game heroics as he engineered a 13-play, 89-yard drive with Miami trailing. Justin Semmes rushed three yards for a touchdown with just over a minute left to put the RedHawks ahead. Dysert completed a pass to Frazier for the two-point conversion to give Miami a 56-49 edge.
The Zips took the field with one last shot. Williams completed four passes to Frieson to drive into Miami's territory, but he was then intercepted by Brison Burris which clinched the win for the RedHawks.
Akron and Miami combined for 1,334 yards of total offense in the high scoring affair.
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It's surprisingly easy to guess which guys are headed through the mirrored door to the adult theater. Grandfatherly gentleman in a plaid shirt scurrying down the sidewalk like he's late for a dentist appointment? Yup. Giant cowboy hat? Oh yeah. Handlebar mustache and tiny track shorts? Hmm, maybe.
People-watching is a pleasant diversion at Cibo, the new Division Street Italian joint from Bastas chef-owner Marco Frattaroli. Frattaroli must have known that when he installed giant picture windows facing the Oregon Theater, along with vintage desk lamps, bar stools made from the ribs of old wine barrels and a tin-tiled bar. It's a plentiful source of delight at a restaurant that offers as many puzzled squints and frustrated furrows.
Why are we cutting our pizza with plastic-handled kitchen shears? Did we order an octopus salad? How did this fish benefit from being baked under a pile of salt? Why is everything on the menu that's not round—focaccia, steak, salad and fish, priced between $2 and $19—grouped together as "Etcetera"? And, wait, where is that guy in a red sweatshirt and jean shorts going?
First, what Cibo does well: round things. Cecinas—chickpea flour pancakes baked in an imported oven—are the reason to come. Otherwise unknown in Portland, these falafel-crepe hybrids come plain ($8) or with pesto ($10), eggplant ($10) or sausage ($12). The plain cecina, topped with a grind of black pepper and slightly charred, was my favorite. It's a simple and filling appetizer loaded with protein and fiber.
The pizza isn't worth waiting for, but it is solidly above average; like at Nostrana it's built on a crust thin enough to slice with scissors and kissed with smoke. Our sopressata ($12) was light on cheese but had a full sandwich worth of salami along with shavings of red onion and a few olives. I couldn't promise your pizza would look the same given young Cibo's inconsistency.
The Etcetera section of the menu is a minefield. Only the malfatti al ragu ($12), simple square pasta with a beefy tomato sauce, was up to the standard of the pizza and cecinas. The focaccia ($2) was a little soggy. The octopus ($9), which was advertised as coming with "blanched potatoes and arugula," is actually a large plate of arugula with several chewy, browned tentacles and a few small chunks of potato. Arancini ($6), two plum-sized fried balls of rice and mozzarella, begged for tomato sauce.
The salt-baked fish ($19) is a big miss. The dish is a fryer-size pompano covered in salt crystals and baked whole in the restaurant's oven, then wheeled out to the table on a cart. Our server was impressed with the fish as he scraped away the salt and skin: "Oh, this one looks good," he said. "They've been burning some of them." The show yielded two small fillets that, doused in a grassy olive oil, tasted exactly like fish baked in tin foil.
That fish dish belongs back in the pond. Cibo would be wise to toss it before facing competition from the Woodsman Tavern and Stumptown owner Duane Sorenson's upcoming Italian restaurant, which will sit two blocks away. Then again, it'll be hard to beat Cibo during trenchcoat season.
- Order this: Plain cecina ($8).
- Best deal: Sopressata pizza ($12).
- I'll pass: Salt-baked fish ($19).
EAT: Cibo, 3539 SE Division St., 719-5377, facebook.com/cibopdx. $$ Moderate.