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Alberto Pena, MD

Founding Director, Colorectal Center

Professor, Division of Pediatric Surgery

Phone: 513-636-3240

Fax: 513-636-3248

Email: alberto.pena@cchmc.org

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Specialties

Clinical research regarding colorectal problems in children

Biography

Alberto Peña, MD, director of the Colorectal Center, at Cincinnati Children's, received his medical degree at the Military Medical School in Mexico City, in 1962.

Dr. Peña trained in general surgery and medical pediatrics at the Central Military Hospital, finishing in 1968. From 1969 until December 1971, he trained at Boston Children's Hospital.

Dr. Peña moved back to Mexico City as the surgeon-in-chief of the National Institute of Pediatrics from January 1972 until June 1985.

Dr. Peña joined the full-time staff at Schneider Children's Hospital in July 1985 and was the chief of Pediatric Surgery and professor of Surgery at the Albert Einstein College of Surgeons.

In 1982, Dr. Peña described a new approach for the management of anorectal malformations: Posterior Sagittal Anoplasty / PSARP, also known as the Pull-Through Procedure.

Since 1982 until the present, Dr. Peña has been traveling all over the world, lecturing and operating on children affected by this particular malformation.

At the present time, Dr. Peña dedicates 80 percent of his time to the treatment of anorectal problems in children.

Seventy percent of the patients operated on by Dr. Peña at Cincinnati Children's come from other states and from all over the world.

Education and Training

MD: Military Medical School, Mexico City, Mexico, 1962.

Residency: Central Military Hospital, Mexico City, Mexico, 1966; Children's Hospital Medical Center, Boston, MA, 1969-1971.

Publications

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Lawal TA, Rangel SJ, Bischoff A, Peña A, Levitt MA. Laparoscopic-Assisted Malone Appendicostomy in the Management of Fecal Incontinence in Children. J Laparoendosc Adv Surg Tech A. 2011 Mar 2.

Lawal TA, Chatoorgoon K, Collins MH, Coe A, Peña A, Levitt MA. Redo pull-through in Hirschsprung's disease for obstructive symptoms due to residual aganglionosis and transition zone bowel. J Pediatr Surg. 2011 Feb;46(2):342-7.

Bischoff A, Levitt MA, Lim FY, Guimarães C, Peña A. Prenatal diagnosis of cloacal malformations. Pediatr Surg Int. 2010 Nov;26(11):1071-5.

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

Bischoff A, Levitt MA, Breech L, Louden E, Peña A. Hydrocolpos in cloacal malformations. J Pediatr Surg. 2010 Jun;45(6):1241-5.

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 Jun;45(6):1234-40.

Levitt MA, Kant A, Peña A. The morbidity of constipation in patients with anorectal malformations. J Pediatr Surg. 2010 Jun;45(6):1228-33.

Levitt MA, Peña A. Minimally invasive treatment of fecal incontinence and constipation in children. Minerva Chir. 2010 Apr;65(2):223-34. Review.

Levitt MA, Dickie B, Peña A. Evaluation and treatment of the patient with Hirschsprung disease who is not doing well after a pull-through procedure. Semin Pediatr Surg. 2010 May;19(2):146-53.

Levitt MA, Peña A. Cloacal malformations: lessons learned from 490 cases. Semin Pediatr Surg. 2010 May;19(2):128-38.