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Andrea Bischoff, MD

Pediatric Surgeon, Colorectal Center for Children

Instructor, Division of Pediatric Surgery

Phone: 513-636-3240

Fax: 513-636-3248

Email: andrea.bischoff@cchmc.org

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Specialties

Colorectal surgery; pediatric surgery; anorectal malformation; Hirschsprung disease; total colonic aganglionosis; bowel management (fecal incontinence and idiopathic constipation).

Biography

Andrea Bischoff is a pediatric surgeon for the Colorectal Center at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center. She earned her medical degree at University of Brasilia – Brasilia, Brazil. Her general surgery residency and pediatric surgical fellowship were completed at Brasilia University Hospital - Brasilia, Brazil. On October 2007 she joined the Colorectal Center at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center for a two-year research fellowship followed by two years of clinical fellowship. In March 2012 she joined the staff as a full-time member of the Colorectal Center for Children.

Education and Training

MD: University of Brasilia, Brasilia, Brazil.

Residency: Brasilia University Hospital, Brasilia, Brazil.

Pediatric Surgery Fellowship: Brasilia University Hospital, Brasilia, Brazil.

Research and International Fellowship: Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH.

Publications

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Bischoff A, Calvo-Garcia MA, Baregamian N, Levitt MA, Lim FY, Hall J, Peña A. Prenatal Counseling for Cloaca and Cloacal Exstrophy – Challenges faced by Pediatric Surgeons. Pediatr Surg Intl. 2012;28:781-8.

Bischoff A, Levitt MA, Peña A. Total Colonic Aganglionosis: A Surgical Challenge. How to Avoid Complications?Pediatr Surg Int. 2011;27(10): 1047-52.

Peña A, Bischoff A, Levitt MA. The Transpubic Approach for Complex Anorectal and Urogenital Malformations. J Pediatr Surg. Dec 2011;46(12): 2316-20.

Bischoff A, Levitt MA, Peña A. Laparoscopy and its use in the Repair of Anorectal Malformations. J Pediatr Surg. 2011;46(8): 1609-17.

Levitt MA, Bischoff A, Peña A. Pitfalls and Challenges of Cloaca Repair; How to Reduce the Need for Reoperations. J Pediatr Surg. Jun 2011;46(6): 1250-1255.

Bischoff A, Levitt MA, Lawal TA, Peña A. Colostomy closure: how to avoid complications. Pediatr Surg Int. Nov 2010;26(11): 1087-92.

Bischoff A, Levitt MA, Breech L, Louden E, Peña A. Hydrocolpos in Cloacal Malformations. J Pediatr Surg. 2010;45(6): 1241-1245.

Peña A, Bischoff A, Breech L, Louden E, Levitt MA. Posterior Cloaca – Further Experience and Guidelines for the Treatment of an Unusual Anorectal Malformation. J Pediatr Surg. 2010;45(6): 1234-1240.

Bischoff A, Tovilla M. A Practical Approach to the Management of Pediatric Fecal Incontinence. Semin Pediatr Surg. 2012;19(2): 154-159.

Bischoff A, Levitt MA, Peña A. Bowel Management for the Treatment of Pediatric Fecal Incontinence. Pediatr Surg Int. 2009;25(12):1027-42.