Holubar Lab

Research Toolkit

Journal Acceptance·Literature RAG·Surgical Outcomes

Tools

v1 — Now in beta
Journal Acceptance Calculator
Upload a manuscript and receive a concierge journal-acceptance recommendation reviewed by Stefan Holubar, MD and the lab's Odin retrieval system. Two-stage workflow: instant heuristic brief, then a full Sonnet-grade analysis with PMID-grounded venue picks.
Stage 1 · Instant Upload .docx → heuristic brief in ~5 seconds. Title detected, abstract length, top-3 heuristic venue guesses.
Stage 2 · Reviewed SDH + Odin run a full 36-journal analysis with PMID-badged citations. Full report by email within ~24 hours.
Upload manuscript Upload form opens here once Phase-1 backend ships.
Coming v2
ZotPilot Search
RAG search across SDH's curated Zotero library. Semantic + BM25 hybrid retrieval.
Coming v2
CORS RAG
CCF colorectal-surgery literature interface — 866 papers, 28 surgeons indexed.
Coming v3
Pouchology
Provider-facing IPAA literature RAG with full-text, scoring, and decision-tier filtering.
Coming v2
CEA Pipeline
Cost-effectiveness analysis scaffolding — Markov, decision tree, Drummond + CHEERS 2022.

About the Lab

Stefan D. Holubar, MD, MS, FACS, FASCRS

The Holubar Lab is the research arm of Stefan D. Holubar, MD, MS, FACS, FASCRS — Professor of Surgery at Cleveland Clinic and Director of Research, Department of Colon & Rectal Surgery. The lab focuses on IBD surgery, ileal pouch outcomes, surgical quality improvement, and clinical AI tools.

This site is the lab's research toolkit — hosted versions of the analysis and decision-support tools we build in-house: journal-acceptance recommendation, literature RAG search across our curated corpora, and cost-effectiveness analysis scaffolding. Fellows, collaborators, and select colleagues are welcome to use them.

For broader context: holubarconsulting.com (full bio + consulting), iPouch Consortium, Pouchology.org, Pouchy.org, and NSQIP IBD Collaborative.

300+ peer-reviewed publications
225+ IBD-focused articles
4 patient/provider RAG platforms
ACS NSQIP IBD Collaborative
ASCRS IBD Committee

Get in Touch

For toolkit access, manuscript submissions, fellow inquiries, or research collaboration — reach out directly. We respond personally.