Francois Luks, M.D., has been appointed pediatric surgeon - in - chief and division
chief of pediatric surgery at Hasbro Children's Hospital, the pediatric division of Rhode Island Hospital, effective July 1, 2017.
«This research is really exciting because it offers us a straightforward, elegant solution that makes fetal stem cell transplantation a reachable goal,» said senior author Tippi MacKenzie, MD, an assistant professor
of pediatric surgery at UCSF and fetal surgeon at UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital.
In addition, this new program focuses more on morbidity as a measure of surgical outcomes, rather than mortality, which Dr. Moss said better encompasses the specific
nature of pediatric surgery.
Thanks to the creativity and expertise of our team, we are able to utilize minimally invasive techniques for not just routine procedures, but for even the most complex procedures at a level rarely seen in the
field of pediatric surgery.
Veterinarians should discuss both the benefits and
risks of pediatric surgery with the client, evaluating each patient on an individual basis.
The study, published in the September issue of Annals of Surgery online, shows that providing pricing information upfront can influence patient choice of surgical procedures and potentially lead to cost savings in health care, a sector of the economy that accounts for more than 17 percent of the U.S. Gross Domestic Product, says Eric R. Scaife, M.D., senior author, associate professor of surgery and
chief of pediatric surgery at the University of Utah (U of U) School of Medicine.
Samuel M. Alaish, M.D., associate
professor of pediatric surgery, Department of Surgery, surgical director of the Center for Intestinal Rehabilitation and Cure Using Science at the Johns Hopkins Children's Center and director of Fellowship, Pediatric Surgery, is one of the 12 winners of the Hartwell Foundation's 2016 Individual Biomedical Research Award competition.
July 1, 2013 UChicago Medicine names new chief
of pediatric surgery Jessica Kandel, MD, has been named professor of surgery, section chief of pediatric surgery and surgeon - in - chief at the University of Chicago Medicine Comer Children's Hospital, effective Aug. 1, 2013.