University of Cincinnati Department of Pediatrics

Victor F. Garcia, MD

Title

Director, Trauma Services, and Associate Surgical Director, Comprehensive Weight Management Center

Appointment

Professor of Surgery

Email

victor.garcia@cchmc.org

Phone

513-636-4371

Fax

513-636-7657

Bio

Pediatric Surgeon Victor Garcia, MD, is director of Trauma Services at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center Trauma Services and is the associate surgical director for the Cincinnati Children's Comprehensive Weight Management Center.

Credentials

MD: University of Pennsylvania, School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, 1974.

Residency: Surgery, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, DC, 1978.

Fellowship: Pediatric Surgery, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA.

Certification: Surgery, 1979; Pediatric Surgery, 1982; Surgical Critical Care, 1991.

Awards and Honors

Best Doctors in America, 2008
Awarded "2005 Best Doctors"
Awarded "2004 Best Doctors"
Martin Luther King Humanitarian Award, as a "Trailblazer" In Children's Hospital Medical Center's Mission To "Building And Strengthening Multi-Cultural Relations" 1999
Certificate of Appreciation for Involvement in the Urban League's African-American Leadership Development Program, Jan. 2001
Martin Luther King Humanitarian Award, Jan. 2002
The American Academy of Pediatrics Citation, June 2003. Section Member of the Committee on Injury, Violence and Poison Prevention.

Research Grants and Contracts

Garcia VF, Principal Investigator, Youth Injury Prevention: An African-American Initiative Program. The Greater Cincinnati Health Foundation, July 2002 to June 2005.

Garcia VF, Principal Investigator, Reducing Injury Among High-Risk Preschool Children. Bureau of Maternal and Child Health, Jan. 2002 to Dec. 2004.

Garcia VF, Principal Investigator, Save Our Little Ones Now… It's our Responsibility. Fire Prevention Grant from Safe Kids Coalition, June 2002 to Feb. 2004.

Garcia VF, Principal Investigator, African-American Faith-based Passenger Safety Program. Ohio Department of Public Safety, Oct. 2002 to Sept. 2003.

Garcia VF, Principal Investigator, Regional Child Passenger Safety Coordinators Program. Ohio Department of Public Safety, Oct. 2002 to Sept. 2003.

Glass T, Principal Investigator. Co-Investigators: Luria JW, Brown RL, Amburn P, Garcia VF. Intelligent Patient Monitor to Predict Hemorrhagic Shock in Trauma. Children's Hospital Research Foundation: Trustee Grant Program, July 2001 to July 2003.

Garcia VF, Principal Investigator, Pediatric Office Booster Seat Education Program. Ohio Department of Public Safety, July 2002 to June 2003.

Garcia VF, Principal Investigator, African-American Faith-based Passenger Safety Program. Ohio Department of Public Safety, Oct. 2001 to Sept. 2002.

Garcia VF, Principal Investigator, Evaluation of Ride With Pride Bicycle Safety Program. Meijer Department Stores, Jan. 2001 to Dec. 2001.

Garcia VF, Principal Investigator, African-American Church-based Family Passenger Safety Program. Ohio Office of the Governor's Highway Safety Representative, Mar. 2001 to Sept. 2001.

Garcia VF, Principal Investigator, Prevention of Home Injuries Among High Risk Infants and Toddlers. Foundation for Healthy Communities, Oct. 2000 to Sept. 2001.

Garcia VF, Principal Investigator, Promoting Child Passenger Safety Through Fitting Stations. Office of the Governor's Highway Safety Representative, Oct. 2000 to Sept. 2001.

Garcia VF, Principal Investigator, Increasing Safety Seat use Among Preschoolers. Maternal Child Health Bureau (R40 MC00116), Sept. 1998 to July 2001.

Publications, Most Recent

Grisoni ER, Pillai SB, Volsko TA, Mutabagani K, Garcia VF, Haley K, Schweer L, Marsh E, Cooney D. Pediatric airbag injuries: the Ohio experience.Journal of Pediatric Surgery, 35(2):160-63, Feb 2000.

Mehlman CT, Scott KA, Koch BL, Garcia VF, J. Orthopaedic Injuries in Children Secondary to Airbag Deployment.Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery, 82(6): 895-8, 2000.

Brown RL, Brunn M, Garcia VF. Cervical spine injuries in children: A review of 103 patients treated consecutively at a Level 1 Pediatric Trauma Center.Journal of Pediatric Surgery, 36(8):1107-1114, Aug 2001.

Connors JM, Ruddy RM, Mccall J, Garcia VF, J. Delayed diagnosis in pediatric blunt trauma.Pediatric Emergency Care, 17(1):1-4, 2001.

Emery KH, McAneney CM, Racadio JM, Johnson ND, Evora DK, Garcia VF. Absent peritoneal fluid on screening trauma ultrasonography in children: A prospective comparison with computed tomography.Journal of Pediatric Surgery, 36(4):565-9, 2001.

Grisoni E, Stallion A, Nance ML, Lelli JL Jr, Garcia VF, Marsh E. The New Injury Severity Score and the Evaluation of Pediatric Trauma. J Trauma, 50(6);1106-10, 2001.

Bull M, Agran P, Laraque D, Pollack SH, Smith GA, Spivak HR, Tenenbein M, Gardner HG, Newland H, Brenner RA, Bryn S, Neverman C, Schieber RA, Stanwick R, Tinsworth D, Tanz R, Garcia VF, Katcher ML. American Academy of Pediatrics. Committee on Injury and Poison Prevention. Lawn mower-related injuries to children.Pediatrics, Vol 107(6):1480-1, June 2001.

Bull M, Agran P, Laraque D, Pollack SH, Smith GA, Spivak HR, Tenenbein M, Tully SB, Brenner RA, Bryn S, Neverman C, Schieber RA, Stanwick R, Tinsworth D, Tanz R, Garcia VF, Newland H, Gardner HG. American Academy of Pediatrics. Committee on Injury and Poison Prevention. Fireworks-Related Injuries to Children. Pediatrics, Vol 108(1):190-1, July 2001.

Bull M, Agran P, Laraque D, Pollack SH, Smith GA, Spivak HR, Tenenbein M, Tully SB, Brenner RA, Bryn S, Neverman C, Schieber RA, Stanwick R, Tinsworth D, Tanz R, Garcia VF, Katcher ML. American Academy of Pediatrics. Committee on Injury and Poison Prevention. Injuries Associated with Infant Walkers. Pediatrics, Vol 108(3):790-2, Sept. 2001.

Cushman JG, Agarwal N, Fabian T, Garcia VF, Nagy K, Pasquale M, Salotto A. Practice Management Guidelines for the Management of Mild Traumatic Brian Injury: The EAST Practice Management Guidelines Work Group.Journal of Trauma, Nov;51: 1016-1026, 2001.

Fein H, Naseem S, Witte DP, Garcia VF, Lucky A, Staat MA. Tungiasis in North America: A report of 2 cases in internationally adopted children.Journal of Pediatrics, Nov;139(5); 744-745, 2001.

Stylianos S, and the APSA Liver / Spleen Trauma Study Group. Compliance with Evidence-Based Guidelines in Children With Isolated Spleen or Liver Injury: A Prospective Study. Journal of Pediatric Surgery, Vol 37(3) (March), 453-456, 2002.

Brown RL, Koepplinger ME, Mehlman CT, Gittelman M, Garcia VF. All-Terrain Vehicle and Bicycle Crashes in Children: Epidemiology and comparison of injury severity.Journal of Pediatric Surgery, Vol 37(3) (March), 375-380, 2002.

Garcia VF, Langford L, Inge TH. Application of Laparoscopy for Bariatric Surgery in Adolescents. Current Opinion in Pediatrics, Vol. 15, 248-255, 2003.

Garcia VF, Brown RL. Pediatric Trauma Beyond the Brain. Critical Care Clinics, Vol 19 (July), 551-561, 2003.

Chapters

Tuchfarber B, Garcia VF, Zins J. Preventing Unintentional Injuries in Adolescence, chapter in The Encyclopedia of Primary Prevention and Health Promotion, (eds). Gullotta T, Bloom M Kluwer Academic / Plenum. New London, CT; 2001, pp 621-627. Jan. 2003.

Garcia VF. (In preparation) Pediatric trauma resuscitation. Chapter in: Surgical Directives: Pediatric Surgery, Mattei P(ed). Philadelphia, Lippincott, W&W, 2001.

Garcia VF. (In preparation) Penetrating neck injuries. Chapter in: Surgical Directives: Pediatric Surgery, Mattei P (ed). Philadelphia, Lippincott, W&W, 2001.

Professional Organization Memberships

North American Association for the Study of Obesity
American Academy of Pediatrics
American College of Surgeons, Fellow
American Obesity Association
American Pediatric Surgical Association
American Public Health Association
American Society for Bariatric Surgery
American Trauma Society
Cincinnati Medical Association
Cincinnati Pediatric Society
Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma
Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons
Society of Critical Care Medicine
Society of Medical Consultants to the Armed Forces
University of Cincinnati Graduate Surgical Society

Appointments

Board Member, Discover Health of Greater Cincinnati, 1998 to present
Member, The Cincinnatus Association, 2000 to present
Member, Ohio State Trauma Committee, 2000 to 2001
Member, Hospital Sub-committee, Ohio State Trauma Committee, 2001
Member, Tri-State Trauma Coalition, 1999 to present
Executive Committee, Tri-State Trauma Coalition, 1999 to present
Advisory Council, 4C for Children, 2001

Special Interests

Pediatric injury research and control
Chest-wall deformities
Minimally invasive surgery (use of the laparoscope and thoracoscope to diagnose and treat surgical diseases)
Surgical weight loss
Minority health care

Presentations, Most Recent:

Giss SR, Dobrilovic N, and Garcia VF. Comprehensive Review of Nonoperative Management of Pediatric Blunt hepatic Injury: Presentation, Complications, Surveillance, and Treatment. Poster Presentation at the SouthEastern Surgical Congress in Nashville, TN, Feb. 2002.

Laurence SC, Garcia VF, Brown RL, Jones KV. Boosting the CPS Message Through Pediatric Grand Rounds. Abstract submitted to: 2002 / 2001 International Child Passenger Safety Technical Conference, Sacramento, CA, Apr. 20 to 24, 2002.

Jones KL, Brown RL, Tuchfarber B, Garcia VF (Sponsored by Joe W Luria). Effectiveness of "Ride with Pride, Wear a Helmet" Bicycle Safety Education Curriculum for Elementary School Children. Abstract submitted to: Pediatric Academic Societies Annual Conference, Baltimore, MD, May 3 to 7, 2002.

Jones KL, Brown RL, Tuchfarber B, Garcia VF (Sponsored by Joe W Luria). Effectiveness of "Ride with Pride, Wear a Helmet" Bicycle Safety Education Curriculum for Elementary School Children. Poster Presentation at the APHA conference in Philadelphia, PA, Nov. 9 to 13, 2002.

Haut ER, Nance ML, Keller MS, Groner JI, Ford HR, Kuhn A, Tuchfarber B, Garcia VF, Schwab CW, Stafford PW. Management of Penetrating Colorectal Injuries in the Pediatric Population. Poster Presentation at American Society Colon Rect Surg in Philadelphia, PA, Aug. 2003.

Recent Protocols

Inhibition of ischemia / reperfusion injury to the rabbits ear by pentoxifylline. PI: Richard Royal, MD. Co-investigators: Moritz Ziegler, MD; Victor F. Garcia, MD; Gajra Arya, MS; Jeff Drasnin; Dan Gruppo; J. Brandt.

Effect of lipid emulsions on TNF production by macrophages. PI: Victor F. Garcia, MD. Co-investigator: David Vazquez, MD.

Role of nitric oxide in multi-system organ failure. PI: Mark Chaet, MD. Co-investigators: Moritz Ziegler, MD; Victor F. Garcia, MD; Gajra Arya, MS.

Inhibition of nitric oxide synthesis reduces the severity of ARDS. PI: Mark Chaet, MD. Co-investigators: Victor F. Garcia, MD; Moritz Ziegler, MD.

In-vivo effects of hypoxia on activated macrophages. PI: Victor F. Garcia, MD. Co-investigator: Gajra Arya, MS.

Pediatric Airbag Injuries: The Ohio Experience. PI: Srikumar B. Pillai, MD. Co-investigators: Enrique Grisoni, MD; Anthony Stallion, MD; Victor F. Garcia, MD.