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Medical Directors

Richard G. Azizkhan, MD
Surgeon-in-Chief; Lester W. Martin Chair of Pediatric Surgery

513-636-4576

richard.azizkhan@cchmc.org

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Richard G. Azizkhan, MD

Surgeon-in-Chief; Lester W. Martin Chair of Pediatric Surgery

Professor, Division of Pediatric Surgery

Phone: 513-636-4576

Fax: 513-636-7657

Email: richard.azizkhan@cchmc.org

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Specialties

Clinical Interests

Complex mediastinal airway disorders; surgical oncology; neonatal anomalies; chest wall deformities; vascular malformations; esophageal disorders; pediatric trauma; epidermolysis bullosa

Research Interests

Trauma systems; injury prevention; fetal lung development; vascular malformations; solid tumors in childhood

Biography

The first occupant of the Lester W. Martin Chair in pediatric surgery, Richard G. Azizkhan, MD, came to Cincinnati Children's Hosptial Medical Center from Children's Hospital of Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, where he had been surgeon-in-chief and director of the pediatric surgery training program.

Dr. Azizkhan serves on the Executive Committee of the American Academy of Pediatrics, Surgical Section, and is Program Chairman for Pediatric Surgery American College of Surgeons.

In addition to his clinical work, Azizkhan is deeply involved in research and has published prolifically in medical literature. He is currently working on a book titled, Operative Pediatric Surgery, with former surgeon-in-chief, Moritz Ziegler, MD. Azizkhan is the project coordinator for Cincinnati Children's International Medical Education Exchange Program with Bosnia (Tuzla) and Croatia (Zagreb Children's Hospital).

As a surgical educator, he is director of the Pediatric Surgery Training Program and responsible for all surgical educational programs at Cincinnati Children's.

Education and Training

MD: Doctor of Medicine, Milton S. Hershey Center of Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine Hershey, PA, 1972 to 1975.

Residency: Pediatric Surgery, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD; Surgery, University of Virginia Medical Center, Charlottesville, VA.

Fellowship: Department of Surgery, Children's Hospital Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.

Certification: General Surgery, 1984, recertified 1992; Pediatric Surgery, 1986, recertified 1993; Surgical Critical Care, 1989.

Anne W. Lucky, MD

513-636-4215

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Anne W. Lucky, MD

UC Department of Pediatrics

Volunteer Professor of Dermatology and Pediatrics

Phone: 513-636-4215

Fax: 513-636-5867

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Specialties

All aspects of pediatric dermatology, especially acne

Education and Training

BA: Pembroke College in Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, 1966.

MD: Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Conn., 1970.

Residency: Children's Hospital Medical Center, Boston, Mass., 1973; Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Conn., 1981.

Fellowship: Human Genetics and Pediatrics, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Conn., 1974; Clinical Associate (Endocrinology), Reproduction Research Branch of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Md., 1976.

Certification: Pediatrics, 1975; Pediatric Endocrinology, 1978; Dermatology, 1981.

Publications

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Hinze CH, Lucky AW, Bove KE, Marsh RA, Bleesing JH, Passo MH. Leukocyte adhesion deficiency type 1 presenting with recurrent pyoderma gangrenosum and flaccid scarring. Pediatr Dermatol. 2010 Sep-Oct;27(5):500-3.

Goldschneider K, Lucky AW, Mellerio JE, Palisson F, del Carmen Viñuela Miranda M, Azizkhan RG. Perioperative care of patients with epidermolysis bullosa: proceedings of the 5th international symposium on epidermolysis bullosa, Santiago Chile, December 4-6, 2008.Paediatr Anaesth. 2010 Sep;20(9):797-804.

Abdulla F, Sheth AP, Lucky AW. Hemorrhagic, bullous Henoch Schonlein purpura in a 16-year-old girl with previously undiagnosed dominant dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa. Pediatr Dermatol. 2010 Mar-Apr;27(2):203-4.

Goldschneider KR, Lucky AW. Pain management in epidermolysis bullosa. Dermatol Clin. 2010 Apr;28(2):273-82, ix. Review.

Lomenick JP, Reifschneider KL, Lucky AW, Adams D, Azizkhan RG, Woo JG, Backeljauw PF. Prevalence of adrenal insufficiency following systemic glucocorticoid therapy in infants with hemangiomas.Arch Dermatol. 2009 Mar;145(3):262-6.

Biro FM, Huang B, Daniels SR, Lucky AW. Pubarche as well as thelarche may be a marker for the onset of puberty.J Pediatr Adolesc Gynecol. 2008 Dec;21(6):323-8.

Lucky AW, Koltun W, Thiboutot D, Niknian M, Sampson-Landers C, Korner P, Marr J. A combined oral contraceptive containing 3-mg drospirenone/ 20-microg ethinyl estradiol in the treatment of acne vulgaris: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study evaluating lesion counts and participant self-assessment.Cutis. 2008 Aug;82(2):143-50.

Perman M, Sheth P, Lucky AW. Progressive macular hypomelanosis in a 16-year old. Pediatr Dermatol. 2008 Jan-Feb;25(1):63-5.

Gupta J, Grube E, Ericksen MB, Stevenson MD, Lucky AW, Sheth AP, Assa'ad AH, Khurana Hershey GK. Intrinsically defective skin barrier function in children with atopic dermatitis correlates with disease severity. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2008 Mar;121(3):725-730.e2.

Stehr W, Farrell MK, Lucky AW, Johnson ND, Racadio JM, Azizkhan RG. Non-endoscopic percutaneous gastrostomy placement in children with recessive dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa. Pediatr Surg Int. 2008 Mar;24(3):349-54.

EB Center Team

Denise M. Adams, MD
Medical Director, Comprehensive Hemangioma and Vascular Malformation Center

513-636-4266

denise.adams@cchmc.org

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Denise M. Adams, MD

Medical Director, Comprehensive Hemangioma and Vascular Malformation Center

Fellowship Director, Hematology / Oncology

Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

Phone: 513-636-4266

Fax: 513-636-3549

Email: denise.adams@cchmc.org

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Biography

Denise Adams, MD, is fellowship director of the Hematology / Oncology Fellowship Program and medical director of the Hemangioma and Vascular Malformations Center at Cincinnati Children’s. One of the vascular team’s main priorities has been establishing standards of care for patients with these diagnoses so they can follow outcome measures. Of key interest to Dr. Adams, as an oncologist, is the improvement in care of patients with kaposiform hemangioendotheliomas (KHE). The team of experts has established a clinical registry for these patients to gain insight into the clinical characteristics of KHE patients and the long term outcomes of these patients. They also have a phase II FDA funded trial for complicated vascular anomalies and KHE patients are included in this trial. These tumors are rare but have a very high mortality and morbidity rate. It is important that the group learn more about the clinical characteristics, phenotype, biomarkers which can lead to further investigations and clinical trials.

Education and Training

MD: Georgetown University School of Medicine, 1988.

Post-Graduate: Georgetown University, 1983.

BSN: Georgetown University, 1982.

Publications

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Fadell MF 2nd, Jones BV, Adams DM. Prenatal diagnosis and postnatal follow-up of rapidly involuting congenital hemangioma (RICH). Pediatr Radiol. 2011 Aug;41(8):1057-60.

Maugans T, Sheridan RM, Adams D, Gupta A. Cutaneous vascular anomalies associated with neural tube defects: nomenclature and pathology revisited. Neurosurgery. 2011 Jul;69(1):112-8.

Hammill AM, Wentzel M, Gupta A, Nelson S, Lucky A, Elluru R, Dasgupta R, Azizkhan RG, Adams DM. Sirolimus for the treatment of complicated vascular anomalies in children. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2011 Mar 28. Epub ahead of print.

Adams DM. Special considerations in vascular anomalies: hematologic management. Clin Plast Surg. 2011 Jan;38(1):153-60.

Duffy KJ, Runge-Samuelson C, Bayer ML, Friedland D, Sulman C, Chun R, Kerschner JE, Metry D, Adams D, Drolet BA. Association of hearing loss with PHACE syndrome. Arch Dermatol. 2010 Dec;146(12):1391-6.

Drolet BA, Chamlin SL, Garzon MC, Adams D, Baselga E, Haggstrom AN, Holland KE, Horii KA, Juern A, Lucky AW, Mancini AJ, McCuaig C, Metry DW, Morel KD, Newell BD, Nopper AJ, Powell J, Frieden IJ. Prospective study of spinal anomalies in children with infantile hemangiomas of the lumbosacral skin. J Pediatr. 2010 Nov;157(5):789-94.

Roganović J, Adams D. PHACES syndrome--case report and literature review. Coll Antropol. 2009 Mar;33(1):311-4.

Lomenick JP, Reifschneider KL, Lucky AW, Adams D, Azizkhan RG, Woo JG, Backeljauw PF. Prevalence of adrenal insufficiency following systemic glucocorticoid therapy in infants with hemangiomas. Arch Dermatol. 2009 Mar;145(3):262-6.

Dickie B, Dasgupta R, Nair R, Alonso MH, Ryckman FC, Tiao GM, Adams DM, Azizkhan RG. Spectrum of hepatic hemangiomas: management and outcome. J Pediatr Surg. 2009 Jan;44(1):125-33.

Adams DM. 50 Years Ago in the Journal of Pediatrics. Hemangioma with Thrombocytopenia. J Pediatrics. 2009;154(4):497.

Grants

Phase II Study of Rapamycin for Complicated Vascular Anomalies. Food and Drug Administration. Sep 2009 - Aug 2013. #R01 FD 003712.

Richard G. Azizkhan, MD
Surgeon-in-Chief; Lester W. Martin Chair of Pediatric Surgery

513-636-4576

richard.azizkhan@cchmc.org

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Richard G. Azizkhan, MD

Surgeon-in-Chief; Lester W. Martin Chair of Pediatric Surgery

Professor, Division of Pediatric Surgery

Phone: 513-636-4576

Fax: 513-636-7657

Email: richard.azizkhan@cchmc.org

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Specialties

Clinical Interests

Complex mediastinal airway disorders; surgical oncology; neonatal anomalies; chest wall deformities; vascular malformations; esophageal disorders; pediatric trauma; epidermolysis bullosa

Research Interests

Trauma systems; injury prevention; fetal lung development; vascular malformations; solid tumors in childhood

Biography

Dr. Azizkhan serves on the Executive Committee of the American Academy of Pediatrics, Surgical Section, and is Program Chairman for Pediatric Surgery American College of Surgeons.

As a surgical educator, he is director of the Pediatric Surgery Training Program and responsible for all surgical educational programs at Cincinnati Children's.

Education and Training

MD: Doctor of Medicine, Milton S. Hershey Center of Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine Hershey, PA, 1972 to 1975.

Residency: Pediatric Surgery, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD; Surgery, University of Virginia Medical Center, Charlottesville, VA.

Fellowship: Department of Surgery, Children's Hospital Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.

Certification: General Surgery, 1984, recertified 1992; Pediatric Surgery, 1986, recertified 1993; Surgical Critical Care, 1989.

Robert H. Beekman, III, MD

513-636-7072

rbeekman@cchmc.org

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Robert H. Beekman, III, MD

Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

Phone: 513-636-7072

Fax: 513-636-2410

Email: rbeekman@cchmc.org

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Specialties

Cardiac catheterization; intervention for congenital heart disease; quality improvement

Biography

Robert H. Beekman, III, MD, is currently Professor of Pediatric Cardiology at Children's Hospital Medical Center of Cincinnati, Ohio. Dr. Beekman's subspecialty interests involve cardiac catheterization and interventional cardiology, and clinical quality improvement.

A native of California, Dr. Beekman graduated from Occidental College in Los Angeles, and earned his MD from Duke University in Durham, NC. Dr. Beekman completed his pediatric internship and residency at UCLA Medical Center, and his pediatric cardiology fellowship at the University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, MI. Dr. Beekman also obtained a Master's Degree in Statistical Analysis and Research Design from the University of Michigan. From 1985 to 1996, Dr. Beekman was a member of the Division of Pediatric Cardiology at the University of Michigan School of Medicine. From 1996-2006 he was Director of Cardiology at Children's Hospital Medical Center of Cincinnati, and professor of Pediatrics at the University of Cincinnati School of Medicine.

Dr. Beekman's academic interests relate to cardiac catheterization, and he has made numerous scholarly contributions in the field of hemodynamic assessment and transcatheter intervention for congenital heart disease. He has published more than 170 manuscripts in cardiology journals.

Dr. Beekman has been active in the cardiology community, locally and nationally. He is Chair of the Section on Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery of the American Academy of Pediatrics. Beekman also is the Chair of the JCCHD National Quality Improvement Collaborative for pediatric cardiology. Dr. Beekman has been a member of the Executive Committee and the Training Committee of the AHA Council on Cardiovascular Disease in the Young, and of the Congenital Heart Committee of the ACC. He is currently on the editorial board of the Journal of Interventional Cardiology, a contributing editor of theHeart.org, an Internet cardiology journal, and an associate editor of Congenital Heart Disease.

Education and Training

MD: Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, 1976.

MS: Clinical Research Design and Statistics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 1986.

Residency: Pediatrics, UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, 1976 to 1979.

Fellowship: Pediatric Cardiology, CS Mott Children's Hospital, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 1979 to 1982.

Certification: Pediatrics, 1981; Pediatric Cardiology, 1983.

Publications

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Anderson JB, Beekman RH 3rd, Eghtesady P, Kalkwarf HJ, Uzark K, Kehl JE, Marino BS. Predictors of poor weight gain in infants with a single ventricle. J Pediatr. 2010 Sep;157(3):407-13, 413.e1.

Sutherell JS, Hirsch R, Beekman RH 3rd. Pediatric interventional cardiology in the United States is dependent on the off-label use of medical devices. Congenit Heart Dis. 2010 Jan;5(1):2-7.

Anderson JB, Beekman RH 3rd, Border WL, Kalkwarf HJ, Khoury PR, Uzark K, Eghtesady P, Marino BS. Lower weight-for-age z score adversely affects hospital length of stay after the bidirectional Glenn procedure in 100 infants with a single ventricle. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2009 Aug;138(2):397-404.e1.

Beekman RH 3rd, Duncan BW, Hagler DJ, Jones TK, Kugler JD, Moore JW, Jenkins KJ; Workgroup on Pediatric Cardiac Devices, Section on Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery, American Academy of Pediatrics. Pathways to approval of pediatric cardiac devices in the United States: challenges and solutions. Pediatrics. 2009 Jul;124(1):e155-62.

Bennett MR, Ravipati N, Ross G, Nguyen MT, Hirsch R, Beekman RH, Rovner L, Devarajan P. Using proteomics to identify preprocedural risk factors for contrast induced nephropathy.Proteomics Clin Appl. 2008;2(7-8):1058-1064.

Cooper DS, Jacobs JP, Chai PJ, Jaggers J, Barach P, Beekman RH, Krogman O, Manning P. Pulmonary complications associated with the treatment of patients with congenital heart disease: Consensus definitions from the Multi-Societal Database Committee for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease. Cardiology in the Young. 2008;18:215-221.

Jenkins KJ, Beekman RH, Bergersen LJ, Everett AD, Forbes TJ, Franklin RCG, Klitzner TS, Krogman ON, Martin GR, Webb CL. Databases for assessing the outcomes of the treatment of patients with congenital and paediatric cardiac disease: The perspective of cardiology. Cardiology in the Young. 2008;18:116-123, 2008.

Mays WA, Border WL, Knecht SK, Gerdes YM, Pfriem H, Claytor RP, Knilans TK, Hirsch R, Mone SM, Beekman RH. Exercise capacity improves after transcatheter closure of the Fontan fenestration in children. Congenital Heart Disease. 2008;3: 254-261.

Gudausky TM, Hirsch R, Khoury PR, Beekman RH: Comparison of two transcatheter device strategies for occlusion of the patent ductus arteriosus. Catheter Cardiovasc Interven. 2008;72: 675-680.

Gruenstein DH, Beekman RH, Spicer RL Ductal stent and cavo-atrial sac occlusion in an adult with profound cyanosis after palliated cyanotic congenital heart disease. residual superior vena caval-right atrial shunt in an adult with palliated complex congenital heart disease. J Invasive Cardiol. 2008;20: E41-43.

Benjamin S. Bolser, MD
Staff Physician

513-636-4506

benjamin.bolser@cchmc.org

Jena Burns
Child Life Specialist, Epidermolysis Bullosa Center

513-636-2288

jena.burns@cchmc.org

Carrie Cassis, BA
Business Director, Epidermolysis Bullosa Center

513-636-8796

carrie.cassis@cchmc.org

Beverly Connelly is Director of the Infection Control Program.

Beverly L. Connelly, MD
Director, Infection Control Program

513-636-8492

beverly.connelly@cchmc.org

Roger Cornwall, MD

513-636-4785

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Roger Cornwall, MD

Assistant Professor, Division of Pediatric Surgery

Phone: 513-636-4785

Fax: 513-636-3928

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Specialties

Clinical Interests

Brachial plexus birth palsy; pediatric hand and wrist trauma; congenital hand and upper extremity abnormalities; complex pediatric elbow trauma and deformities; gymnast wrist

Research Interests

brachial plexus injury and the growth and development of muscles; minimally invasive surgical treatment for shoulder contracture in brachial plexus birth palsy; nerve transfers for unreconstructable brachial plexus birth injuries; outcomes following surgical and nonsurgical treatment algorithms for pediatric hand fractures; outcomes of non-operative and operative treatment algorithms for chronic adolescent wrist pain

Education and Training

MD: Columbia University, New York, NY, 1997

Residency: Orthopaedic Surgery, Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, NY, 2002

Fellowship: Hand and Upper Extremity Surgery, Harvard University, Brigham and Womens Hospital, Massachusetts General Hospital, Children's Hospital Boston, Boston, MA, 2003

Fellowship: Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, 2004

Visiting Fellowship: Pediatric Orthopaedic and Hand Surgery, Groote Schuur Hospital and Red Cross Children's Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa, 2004

Visiting Fellowship: Pediatric Hand and Brachial Plexus Surgery, l'Institut de la Main, Paris, France, 2004.

Certification: American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery, 2006;Certificate of Added Qualifications in Surgery of the Hand,The American Board of Surgery, 2009.

Publications

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Cornwall R. Finger metacarpal fractures and dislocations in children. Hand Clinics. 2006 Feb;22(1):1-10. Review.

Cornwall R, Ricchetti ET. Pediatric phalanx fractures: unique challenges and pitfalls. Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2006 Apr;445:146-56. Review.

Cornwall R, Gilbert MS, Koval KJ, Strauss E, Siu AL. Functional outcomes and mortality vary among different types of hip fractures: a function of patient characteristics. Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2004 Aug;(425):64-71.

Book Chapters

Cornwall R. Hand Injuries. In Mattei P (ed.) Fundamentals of Pediatric Surgery. 2nd ed. New York: Springer, 2011.

Cornwall R. Pediatric trigger thumb release. In Flynn J, et al (Ed): Operative Techniques in Orthopaedic Surgery. Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, 2010.

Cornwall R, Frances, J. Pediatric radial neck fractures. In Flynn J, et al (Ed): Operative Techniques in Orthopaedic Surgery. Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, 2010.

Cornwall R. Congenital Hand Deformities. In Trumble T (ed.): Principles of Hand Surgery and Therapy. 2nd ed. Philadelphia: WB Saunders, 2009.

Cornwall R. The Upper Limb. In Kleigman R, Behrman R, Jenson H, Stanton B (ed.): Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics, Philadelphia: Elsevier; 2007.

Cornwall R, Dormans JP. Diseases of the Hematopoietic System. In Morrisy RT, Weinstein SL (ed.): Lovell and Winter's Pediatric Orthopaedics. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, 2006.

Ravindhra G. Elluru, MD, PhD

513-636-4355

ravi.elluru@cchmc.org

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Ravindhra G. Elluru, MD, PhD

Associate Professor, Division of Pediatric Surgery

Phone: 513-636-4355

Fax: 513-636-2886

Email: ravi.elluru@cchmc.org

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Specialties

Clinical Interests

General pediatric otolaryngology; airway reconstruction; head and neck tumors; hearing loss and otologic disease; plastic surgery; vascular malformations

Research Interests

Molecular genetics of upper respiratory tract anomalies

Biography

Dr. Ravi Elluru obtained his MD and PhD degrees from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, Texas and completed a residency in otolaryngology at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, Missouri.

After residency, Dr. Elluru completed an accredited fellowship in pediatric otolaryngology with an emphasis on treating children with disorders of the upper aerodigestive tract.

Dr. Elluru enjoys treating a broad variety of ear, nose, and throat conditions in children.

In addition to his clinical interests, one of Dr. Elluru's long-term research goals is to gain a better understanding of upper respiratory tract lesions and develop more efficacious treatment options.

Education and Training

MD - PhD: University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, 1996.

Residency: Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, 2001.

Fellowship: Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, 2003.

Certification: Otolaryngology, 2002.

Publications

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Sun GH, Elluru RG. Radiology quiz case 2. Allergic fungal rhinosinusitis (AFRS).Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2010 Mar;136(3):307, 308-9.

Morris LM, Lim FY, Elluru RG, Hopkin RJ, Jaekle RK, Polzin WJ, Crombleholme TM. Severe micrognathia: indications for EXIT-to-Airway. Fetal Diagn Ther. 2009;26(3):162-6.

Hom DB, Sun GH, Elluru RG. A contemporary review of wound healing in otolaryngology: current state and future promise. Laryngoscope. 2009 Nov;119(11):2099-110. Review.

Brehm SB, Weinrich B, Zieser M, Kelchner L, Middendorf J, Elluru R, de Alarcon A. Aerodynamic and acoustic assessment in children following airway reconstruction: an assessment of feasibility. Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol. 2009 Jul;73(7):1019-23.

Elluru RG, Thompson F, Reece A. Fibroblast growth factor 18 gives growth and directional cues to airway cartilage.Laryngoscope. 2009 Jun;119(6):1153-65.

Richter GT, Mehta D, Albert D, Elluru RG. A novel murine model for the examination of experimental subglottic stenosis.Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2009 Jan;135(1):45-52.

Kelchner LN, Brehm SB, Weinrich B, Middendorf J, deAlarcon A, Levin L, Elluru R. Perceptual evaluation of severe pediatric voice disorders: rater reliability using the consensus auditory perceptual evaluation of voice. J Voice. 2010 Jul;24(4):441-9.

Mihaescu M, Gutmark E, Murugappan S, Elluru R, Cohen A, Willging JP. Modeling flow in a compromised pediatric airway breathing air and heliox.Laryngoscope. 2009 Jan;119(1):145-51.

Mihaescu M, Gutmark E, Murugappan S, Elluru R, Cohen A, Willging JP. Modeling flow in a compromised pediatric airway breathing air and heliox. Laryngoscope. 2008 Dec;118(12):2205-11.

Dasgupta R, Adams D, Elluru R, Wentzel MS, Azizkhan RG. Noninterventional treatment of selected head and neck lymphatic malformations.J Pediatr Surg. 2008 May;43(5):869-73.

Donna J. Engels
Coordinator, Division of Dermatology

513-636-2009

donna.engels@cchmc.org

Michael K. Farrell, MD
Chief-of-Staff

513-636-4415

michael.farrell@cchmc.org

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Michael K. Farrell, MD

Chief-of-Staff

Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

Phone: 513-636-4415

Fax: 513-636-7805

Email: michael.farrell@cchmc.org

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Specialties

Gastroesophageal reflux; pancreatitis; inflammatory bowel disease; abdominal pain; pediatric nutrition

Education and Training

MD: Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, PA, 1970.

Internship: Harrisburg Polyclinic Hospital, Harrisburg, PA, 1970 to 1971.

Residency: Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, 1974 to 1976.

Fellowship: Ambulatory Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, 1976 to 1977.

Fellowship: Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH 1977 to 1979.

Publications

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Britto MT, Byczkowski TL, Anneken AM, Hausfeld J, Schoettker PJ, Farrell MK, Kotagal UR. Improving access to pediatric subspecialty care: initial failures and lessons learned. Qual Manag Health Care. 2008 Oct-Dec;17(4):320-9.

Stehr W, Farrell MK, Lucky AW, Johnson ND, Racadio JM, Azizkhan RG. Non-endoscopic percutaneous gastrostomy placement in children with recessive dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa. Pediatr Surg Int. 2008 Mar;24(3):349-54.

Azizkhan RG, Stehr W, Cohen AP, Wittkugel E, Farrell MK, Lucky AW, Hammelman BD, Johnson ND, Racadio JM. Esophageal strictures in children with recessive dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa: an 11-year experience with fluoroscopically guided balloon dilatation. J Pediatr Surg. 2006 Jan;41(1):55-60; discussion 55-60.

Noel RJ, Miles L, Putnam PE, Farrell MK. Clinical quiz: rectal prolapse. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2004 Nov;39(5):567, 575.

Pohl JF, Hughes C, Farrell MK. Pathology teach and tell: chronic-onset hereditary tyrosinemia type I. Pediatr Pathol Mol Med. 2001 May-Jun;20(3):241-4.

Perlstein PH, Kotagal UR, Schoettker PJ, Atherton HD, Farrell MK, Gerhardt WE, Alfaro MP. Sustaining the implementation of an evidence-based guideline for bronchiolitis. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2000 Oct;154(10):1001-7.

Perlstein PH, Kotagal UR, Bolling C, Steele R, Schoettker PJ, Atherton HD, Farrell MK. Evaluation of an evidence-based guideline for bronchiolitis. Pediatrics. 1999 Dec;104(6):1334-41.

Pohl JF, Murarka P, Farrell MK, Bezerra J. Insights. Pylephlebitis. J Pediatr. 1999 Oct;135(4):529.

Dellert SF, Farrell MK, Specker BL, Heubi JE. Bone mineral content in children with short bowel syndrome after discontinuation of parental nutrition. J Pediatr. 1998 Mar;132(3 Pt 1):516-9.

Dellert SF, Nowicki MJ, Farrell MK, Delente J, Heubi JE. The 13C-xylose breath test for the diagnosis of small bowel bacterial overgrowth in children. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 1997 Aug;25(2):153-8.

Kenneth R. Goldschneider, MD, FAAP
Director, Division of Pain Management

513-636-7768

kenneth.goldschneider@cchmc.org

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Kenneth R. Goldschneider, MD, FAAP

Director, Division of Pain Management

Associate Professor, Division of Pediatric Anesthesia

Phone: 513-636-7768

Fax: 513-636-2920

Email: kenneth.goldschneider@cchmc.org

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Specialties

Clinical Interests

Complex chronic pain conditions in infants, children and young adults, including those related to vascular malformations, epidermolysis bullosa and cancer.

Research Interests

Outcomes of pain treatment, with a focus on outpatient, chronic pain management.

Education and Training

MD: University of Connecticut Health Center School of Medicine, Farmington, CT, 1991.

Residency: Pediatrics, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, 1991 - 1994; Anesthesiology, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, 1994-1997.

Fellowship: Pediatric Anesthesia, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, 1997 - 1998; Pain Management, Longwood Combined Pain Fellowship, The Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, 1998 - 1999.

Certification: American Board of Pediatrics, 1994; American Board of Anesthesiology, 1998; ABA Pain Management, 2000.

Publications

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Lynch-Jordan AM, Kashikar-Zuck S, Goldschneider KR. Parent perceptions of adolescent pain expression: the adolescent pain behavior questionnaire. Pain. 2010 Dec;151(3):834-42.

Goldschneider KR, Lucky AW. Pain management in epidermolysis bullosa. Dermatol Clin. 2010 Apr;28(2):273-82, ix. Review.

Meyer MJ, Goldschneider KR, Bielefeldt K, Zeltzer L, Lackner J, Keefer L. Functional abdominal pain in adolescence: a biopsychosocial phenomenon. J Pain. 2008 Nov;9(11):984-90.

Hosu L, Meyer MJ, Goldschneider KR. Cerebrospinal fluid cutaneous fistula after epidural analgesia in a child. Reg Anesth Pain Med. 2008 Jan-Feb;33(1):74-6.

Goldschneider KR, Racadio JM, Weidner NJ. Celiac plexus blockade in children using a three-dimensional fluoroscopic reconstruction technique: case reports. Reg Anesth Pain Med. 2007 Nov-Dec;32(6):510-5.

Lynch AM, Kashikar-Zuck S, Goldschneider KR, Jones BA. Sex and age differences in coping styles among children with chronic pain. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2007 Feb;33(2):208-16.

Lynch AM, Kashikar-Zuck S, Goldschneider KR, Jones BA. Psychosocial risks for disability in children with chronic back pain. J Pain. 2006 Apr;7(4):244-51.

Kashikar-Zuck S, Vaught MH, Goldschneider KR, Graham TB, Miller JC. Depression, coping, and functional disability in juvenile primary fibromyalgia syndrome. J Pain. 2002 Oct;3(5):412-9.

Kashikar-Zuck S, Goldschneider KR, Powers SW, Vaught MH, Hershey AD. Depression and functional disability in chronic pediatric pain. Clin J Pain. 2001 Dec;17(4):341-9.

Kim M. Hazelbaker, RN, BSN
Clinical Care Specialist, Epidermolysis Bullosa Center

513-636-2009

kim.hazelbaker@cchmc.org

Kamberlyn Hines, MSW, LSW
Social Worker

513-803-2520

kamberlyn.hines@cchmc.org

Jill S. Huppert, MD, MPH
Associate Professor, Obstetrics & Gynecology, Pediatrics, and Pediatric Surgery

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Jill S. Huppert, MD, MPH

Associate Professor, Obstetrics & Gynecology, Pediatrics, and Pediatric Surgery

Director, Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology Fellowship Program

Associate Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

Associate Professor, University of Cincinnati Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology

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Specialties

Pediatric and adolescent gynecology; menstrual disorders; reproductive health of teens

Education and Training

MD: Washington University, St Louis, MO, 1985.

Residency: MetroHealth Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio 1989.

MPH: Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health, Baltimore, MD, 2001.

Certification: American Board of OBGYN: 1991.

Recertification, ABOG: 2001, 2002, 2003.

Publications

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Huppert JS. Lipschutz ulcers: evaluation and management of acute genital ulcers in women.Dermatol Ther. 2010 Sep-Oct;23(5):533-40.

Huppert JS, Hesse E, Kim G, Kim M, Agreda P, Quinn N, Gaydos C. Adolescent women can perform a point-of-care test for trichomoniasis as accurately as clinicians.Sex Transm Infect. 2010 Dec;86(7):514-9.

Reed JL, Simendinger L, Griffeth S, Kim HG, Huppert JS. Point-of-care testing for sexually transmitted infections increases awareness and short-term abstinence in adolescent women.J Adolesc Health. 2010 Mar;46(3):270-7.

Huppert JS. Trichomoniasis in teens: an update.Curr Opin Obstet Gynecol. 2009 Oct;21(5):371-8. Review.

Reed JL, Huppert JS. Predictors of adolescent participation in sexually transmitted infection research: brief report.J Adolesc Health. 2008 Aug;43(2):195-7.

Huppert JS, Mortensen JE, Reed JL, Kahn JA, Rich KD, Hobbs MM. Mycoplasma genitalium detected by transcription-mediated amplification is associated with Chlamydia trachomatis in adolescent women.Sex Transm Dis. 2008 Mar;35(3):250-4.

Malik AI, Huppert JS. Interval to treatment of sexually transmitted infections in adolescent females. J Pediatr Adolesc Gynecol. 2007 Oct;20(5):275-9.

Linam LE, Darolia R, Naffaa LN, Breech LL, O'hara SM, Hillard PJ, Huppert JS. US findings of adnexal torsion in children and adolescents: size really does matter.Pediatr Radiol. 2007 Oct;37(10):1013-9.

Huppert JS, Mortensen JE, Reed JL, Kahn JA, Rich KD, Miller WC, Hobbs MM. Rapid antigen testing compares favorably with transcription-mediated amplification assay for the detection of Trichomonas vaginalis in young women.Clin Infect Dis. 2007 Jul 15;45(2):194-8.

Reed JL, Thistlethwaite JM, Huppert JS. STI research: recruiting an unbiased sample.J Adolesc Health. 2007 Jul;41(1):14-8.

Grants

Center for Point-of-Care Technologies Research for Sexually Transmitted Diseases. Principal Investigator. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. Sept 2007 - Jun 2012. #1U54EB007958-01.

John Lynn Jefferies, MD, MPH, FAAP, FACC
Director, Advanced Heart Failure and Cardiomyopathy

513-803-1747

john.jefferies@cchmc.org

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John Lynn Jefferies, MD, MPH, FAAP, FACC

Director, Advanced Heart Failure and Cardiomyopathy

Co-Director, CV Genetics

Associate Director, HIRC

Associate Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

Phone: 513-803-1747

Email: john.jefferies@cchmc.org

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Specialties

Heritable causes of vascular disease, novel drug therapies for advanced heart failure, novel gene discovery in cardiomyopathy, characterization and management of left ventricular noncompaction (LVNC), and early diagnosis and management of chemotherapy induced cardiotoxicity.

Biography

Dr. Jefferies, an Associate Professor of Pediatric Cardiology and Adult Cardiovascular Diseases, is the Director of Advanced Heart Failure/Cardiomyopathy, Director of the Ventricular Assist Device Program, Co-Director of Cardiovascular Genetics, and Associate Director of the Heart Institute Research Core (HIRC) within the Heart Institute at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center.

He completed his combined Pediatric and Adult Cardiology training at the Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas at the Texas Children's Hospital and the Texas Heart Institute. He has authored numerous peer-reviewed manuscripts and book chapters on Cardiomyopathy, Cardiovascular Genetics, and Adults with Congenital Heart Disease.

His current research interests include heritable causes of vascular disease, novel drug therapies for advanced heart failure, novel gene discovery in cardiomyopathy, characterization and management of left ventricular noncompaction (LVNC), and early diagnosis and management of chemotherapy induced cardiotoxicity.

He is on the Editorial Board of the Texas Heart Institute Journal and is an active member of numerous professional organization including the Heart Failure Society of America, the American College of Cardiology, and the American Heart Association.

Education and Training

BS: University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, 1992.

MD: University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, 1996.

Residency: University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, 2000.

MPH: University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, 2001 Fellowship: Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, 2006.

Certification: Internal Medicine, 2000; Pediatrics, 2001

Publications

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Jefferies JL, Towbin JA. Dilated cardiomyopathy. Lancet. 2010 Feb;375(9716):752-62.

Breinholt JP, Moulik M, Dreyer WJ, Denfield SW, Kim JJ, Jefferies JL, Rossano JW, Gates CM, Clunie SK, Bowles KR, Kearney DL, Bowles NE, Towbin JA. Viral epidemiologic shift in inflammatory heart disease: the increasing involvement of parvovirus B19 in the myocardium of pediatric cardiac transplant patients. J Heart Lung Transplant. 2010 Jul;29(7):739-46.

Rossano JW, Morales DL, Zafar F, Denfield SW, Kim JJ, Jefferies JL, Dreyer WJ. Impact of antibodies against human leukocyte antigens on long-term outcome in pediatric heart transplant patients: An analysis of the United Network for Organ Sharing database. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2010 May 26.

Carlson P, Jefferies JL, Kearney D, Russell H. Refractory dilated cardiomyopathy associated with metastatic neuroblastoma. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2010 Jun 29.

Shah AM, Jefferies JL, Rossano JW, Decker JA, Cannon BC, Kim JJ. Electrocardiographic abnormalities and arrhythmias are strongly associated with the development of cardiomyopathy in muscular dystrophy.Heart Rhythm. 2010 Jun 18.

Moulik M, Breinholt JP, Dreyer WJ, Kearney DL, Price JF, Clunie SK, Moffett BS, Kim JJ, Rossano JW, Jefferies JL, Bowles KR, O'Brian Smith E, Bowles NE, Denfield SW, Towbin JA. Viral Endomyocardial Infection Is an Independent Predictor and Potentially Treatable Risk Factor for Graft Loss and Coronary Vasculopathy in Pediatric Cardiac Transplant Recipients. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2010 56:582-592.

Shchelochkov OA, Li FY, Wang J, Zhan H, Towbin JA, Jefferies JL, Wong LJ, Scaglia F. Milder Clinical Course of Type IV 3-Methylglutaconic Aciduria Due to a Novel Mutation in TMEM70. Mol Genet Metab. 2010 101:282-285.

Foerster SR, Canter CE, Cinar A, Sleeper LA, Webber SA, Pahl E, Kantor PF, Alvarez JA, Colan SD, Jefferies JL, Lamour JM, Margossian R, Messere JE, Rusconi PG, Shaddy RE, Towbin JA, Wilkinson JD, Lipshultz SE. Ventricular Remodeling and Survival are More Favorable for Myocarditis than for Idiopathic Dilated Cardiomyopathy in Childhood: An Outcomes Study from the Pediatric Cardiomyopathy Registry. Circ Heart Fail. 2010.

Jefferies JL, Price JF, Morales DL. Mechanical support in childhood heart failure. Heart Fail Clin. 2010 Oct;6(4):559-73.

Jefferies JL, Hoffman TM, Nelson DP. Heart failure treatment in the intensive care unit in children. Heart Fail Clin. 2010 Oct;6(4):531-58.

Anthony A. Kamp, DMD, MSD

513-636-5727

anthony.kamp@cchmc.org

Anne W. Lucky, MD

513-636-4215

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Anne W. Lucky, MD

UC Department of Pediatrics

Volunteer Professor of Dermatology and Pediatrics

Phone: 513-636-4215

Fax: 513-636-5867

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Specialties

All aspects of pediatric dermatology, especially acne

Education and Training

Publications

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Goldschneider KR, Lucky AW. Pain management in epidermolysis bullosa. Dermatol Clin. 2010 Apr;28(2):273-82, ix. Review.

Biro FM, Huang B, Daniels SR, Lucky AW. Pubarche as well as thelarche may be a marker for the onset of puberty.J Pediatr Adolesc Gynecol. 2008 Dec;21(6):323-8.

Perman M, Sheth P, Lucky AW. Progressive macular hypomelanosis in a 16-year old. Pediatr Dermatol. 2008 Jan-Feb;25(1):63-5.

Anne M. Lynch-Jordan, PhD
Psychologist

513-636-4336

anne.lynch-jordan@cchmc.org

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Anne M. Lynch-Jordan, PhD

Psychologist

Assistant Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

Phone: 513-636-4336

Fax: 513-636-7756

Email: anne.lynch-jordan@cchmc.org

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Specialties

Clinical Interests

Pediatric psychology; child and adolescent clinical psychology; behavioral pain management

Research Interests

Psychosocial factors associated with pediatric chronic pain; child pain behaviors; parenting behaviors

Biography

Anne M. Lynch-Jordan, PhD, is a clinical psychologist specializing in the assessment and treatment of pediatric chronic pain. She is the primary pain psychologist in Headache Center (named a Clinical Center of Excellence by Medical Economics in 2009), Epidermolysis Bullosa Center, and the Pain Management Clinic (named a Clinical Center of Excellence by the American Pain Society in 2007).

Dr. Lynch-Jordan is the associate director of the O'Grady Residency in Pediatric Psychology, and is a team leader in the Academic Collaborative, a hospital-wide initiative aimed at integrating quality improvement science into academic divisions at Cincinnati Children's.

Dr. Lynch-Jordan's current research interests include parenting behavior and illness behavior encouragement of children with chronic pain. Additionally, she is interested in pain expression and factors contributing to school attendance/absences in the pediatric chronic pain population. She is a study therapist for an NIH clinical trial investigating behavioral interventions for juvenile primary fibromyalgia syndrome.

Education and Training

PhD: Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, 2003.

Internship: University of Florida Health Sciences Center, Gainesville, FL, 2002-03.

Fellowship: Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, 2003-05.

Publications

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Kashikar-Zuck S, Flowers SR, Claar RL, Guite JW, Logan DE, Lynch-Jordan AM, Palermo TM, Wilson AC. Clinical utility and validity of the Functional Disability Inventory among a multicenter sample of youth with chronic pain. Pain. 2011 Jul;152(7):1600-7.

Lynch-Jordan AM, Kashikar-Zuck S, Goldschneider KR. Parent perceptions of adolescent pain expression: the adolescent pain behavior questionnaire. Pain. 2010 Dec;151(3):834-42.

Kashikar-Zuck S, Parkins IS, Ting TV, Verkamp E, Lynch-Jordan A, Passo M, Graham TB. Controlled follow-up study of physical and psychosocial functioning of adolescents with juvenile primary fibromyalgia syndrome. Rheumatology (Oxford). 2010 Nov;49(11):2204-9.

Kashikar-Zuck S, Flowers SR, Verkamp E, Ting TV, Lynch-Jordan AM, Graham TB, Passo M, Schikler KN, Hashkes PJ, Spalding S, Banez G, Richards MM, Powers SW, Arnold LM, Lovell D. Actigraphy-based physical activity monitoring in adolescents with juvenile primary fibromyalgia syndrome. J Pain. 2010 Sep;11(9):885-93.

Kashikar-Zuck S, Johnston M, Ting TV, Graham BT, Lynch-Jordan AM, Verkamp E, Passo M, Schikler KN, Hashkes PJ, Spalding S, Banez G, Richards MM, Powers SW, Arnold LM, Lovell D. Relationship between school absenteeism and depressive symptoms among adolescents with juvenile fibromyalgia. J Pediatr Psychol. 2010 Oct;35(9):996-1004.

Lynch-Jordan AM, Kashikar-Zuck S, Crosby LE, Lopez WL, Smolyansky BH, Parkins IS, Luzader CP, Hartman A, Guilfoyle SM, Powers SW. Applying quality improvement methods to implement a measurement system for chronic pain-related disability. J Pediatr Psychol. 2010 Jan-Feb;35(1):32-41.

Lynch-Jordan A, Kashikar-Zuck S, Flower S, Harding K, Wolf D, Paulford-Lecher N, Desai A, Szabova A, Goldschneider K. The relationship between adolescent pain behaviors and catastrophizing on parent catastrophizing about their adolescents’ pain. The Journal of Pain. 2010 11(4), (1 Suppl), 18.

Flowers S, Kashikar-Zuck S, Verkamp E, Lynch-Jordan A, Strotman D, Ting Schikler K, Spalding S, Hashkes P, Richards M, Banez G, Arnold L, Powers S, Lovell D. The relationship between pain catastrophizing, coping efficacy, and objectively measured physical activity in adolescents with Juvenile Primary Fibromyalgia Syndrome. The Journal of Pain. 2010 11(4), (1 Suppl), 16.

Zafar M, Kashikar-Zuck S, Slater S, Allen J, Flowers S, Verkamp E, Ting T, Lynch-Jordan A, Kabbouche M, Hershey A, Powers S. Childhood abuse in pediatric patients with juvenile fibromyalgia and chronic daily headache. The Journal of Pain. 2010 11(4), (1 Suppl), 13.

Kashikar-Zuck S, Lynch A, Slater S, Graham TB, Swain NF, Noll R. Family factors, emotional functioning, and functional impairment in juvenile fibromyalgia syndrome. Arthritis Care and Research. 2008 59(10),1392-98.

Grants

Longitudinal Determination of Outcomes of Adolescents with Fibromyalgia. Co-Investigator. National Institutes of Health. 2009 - 2014.

Eugene Minevich, MD, FACS, FAAP
Director, Stone Program

513-636-4975

Eugene Minevich, MD, FACS, FAAP

Director, Stone Program

Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

Phone: 513-636-4975

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Specialties

Complex genitourinary reconstruction; microscopic hypospadias; endoscopic treatment of vesico-ureteral reflux; urolithiasis; ESWL

Publications

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Ivancić V, Defoor W, Jackson E, Alam S, Minevich E, Reddy P, Sheldon C. Progression of renal insufficiency in children and adolescents with neuropathic bladder is not accelerated by lower urinary tract reconstruction.J Urol. 2010 Oct;184(4 Suppl):1768-74.

DeFoor WR, Jackson E, Minevich E, Caillat A, Reddy P, Sheldon C, Asplin J. The risk of recurrent urolithiasis in children is dependent on urinary calcium and citrate.Urology. 2010 Jul;76(1):242-5.

Traxel E, DeFoor W, Reddy P, Sheldon C, Minevich E. Risk factors for urinary tract infection after dextranomer/hyaluronic acid endoscopic injection.J Urol. 2009 Oct;182(4 Suppl):1708-12.

DeFoor WR, Heshmat S, Minevich E, Reddy P, Koyle M, Sheldon C. Long-term outcomes of the neobladder in pediatric continent urinary reconstruction.J Urol. 2009 Jun;181(6):2689-93; discussion 2693-4.

Minevich E. Genitourinary emergencies in children. Minerva Pediatr. 2009 Feb;61(1):53-65.

DeFoor W, Clark C, Jackson E, Reddy P, Minevich E, Sheldon C. Risk factors for end stage renal disease in children with posterior urethral valves.J Urol. 2008 Oct;180(4 Suppl):1705-8; discussion 1708.

Heshmat S, DeFoor W, Minevich E, Reddy P, Reeves D, Sheldon C. Use of customized MIC-KEY gastrostomy button for management of MACE stomal complications. Urology. 2008 Nov;72(5):1026-9.

DeFoor W, Minevich E, Jackson E, Reddy P, Clark C, Sheldon C, Asplin J. Urinary metabolic evaluations in solitary and recurrent stone forming children. J Urol. 2008 Jun;179(6):2369-72.

Kitchens DM, DeFoor W, Minevich E, Reddy P, Polsky E, McGregor A, Sheldon C. End cutaneous ureterostomy for the management of severe hydronephrosis.J Urol. 2007 Apr;177(4):1501-4.

Kitchens DM, Minevich E, DeFoor WR, Reddy PP, Wacksman J, Koyle MA, Sheldon CA. Incontinence following bladder neck reconstruction--is there a role for endoscopic management?J Urol. 2007 Jan;177(1):302-5; discussion 305-6.

Jennifer M. Phillips, MS, RD, LD
Clinical Dietitian, Epidermolysis Bullosa Center

513-636-6672

jenniferm.phillips@cchmc.org

Daniele P. Saltarelli, OD, FAAO
Pediatric Optometrist

513-636-4751

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Daniele P. Saltarelli, OD, FAAO

Pediatric Optometrist

Instructor

Instructor, UC Department of Ophthalmology

Phone: 513-636-4751

Fax: 513-636-7911

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Specialties

Pediatric Contact Lens (see instructional DVD).

Education and Training

BS: McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario 1995.

OD: New England College of Optometry, Boston, MA, 2000.

Residency: Primary Care Optometry / Ocular Disease, Illinois Eye Institute, Chicago, IL, 2000-2001.

Certification: National Board of Examiners in Optometry.

Fellow of the American Academy of Optometry, 2004.

Publications

Motley WW, Saltarelli DP. Ophthalmic manifestations of mosaic Down syndrome. JAAPOS 2011 Aug;15(4):362-6.

Saltarelli, D. Treating Pediatric Aphakia with Hypertransmissible GP Lenses. Horizons (North America). 2009;1(1):2-3.

Saltarelli DP. Hyper oxygen-permeable rigid contact lenses as an alternative for the treatment of pediatric aphakia. Eye Contact Lens. 2008 Mar;34(2):84-93.

Saltarelli D, Wildsoet C, Nickla D, Troilo D. Susceptibility to form-deprivation myopia in chicks is not altered by an early experience of axial myopia. Optom Vis Sci. 2004 Feb;81(2):119-26.

Kara N. Shah, MD, PhD
Director, Division of Dermatology

513-636-4215

kara.shah@cchmc.org

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Kara N. Shah, MD, PhD

Director, Division of Dermatology

Associate Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

Phone: 513-636-4215

Email: kara.shah@cchmc.org

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Specialties

Atopic dermatitis; psoriasis; genetic skin diseases (genodermatoses); hemangiomas and vascular malformations; neonatal dermatology; cutaneous lymphoma; hair and nail disorders; moles and pigmented lesions

Education and Training

MD: University of Maryland, 1992.

PhD: University of Maryland (Molecular and Cell Biology), 2000.

Residency: Pediatrics, Texas Children's Hospital, 2003; Dermatology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, 2006.

Fellowship: Clinical Fellow, Pediatric Dermatology, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, 2006-2007.

Certification: American Board of Pediatrics, 2003; American Board of Dermatology, 2006; Subspecialty Board in Pediatric Dermatology, American Board of Dermatology, 2008.

Publications

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Shah KN. The diagnostic and clinical significance of café-au-lait macules. Pediatr Clin North Am. 2010 Oct;57(5):1131-53.

Shah KN. The risk of melanoma and neurocutaneous melanosis associated with congenital melanocytic nevi. Semin Cutan Med Surg. 2010 Sep;29(3):159-64.

Yan AC, Honig PJ, Ming ME, Weber J, Shah KN. The safety and efficacy of pimecrolimus, 1%, cream for the treatment of Netherton syndrome: results from an exploratory study. Arch Dermatol. 2010 Jan;146(1):57-62.

Shah KN, Honig PJ, Yan AC. "Urticaria multiforme": a case series and review of acute annular urticarial hypersensitivity syndromes in children. Pediatrics. 2007 May;119(5):e1177-83.

Shah KN, Yan AC. Low but detectable serum levels of tacrolimus seen with the use of very dilute, extemporaneously compounded formulations of tacrolimus ointment in the treatment of patients with netherton syndrome. Arch Dermatol. 2006 Oct;142(10):1362-3.

Shah KN, Fried RG. Factitial dermatoses in children. Curr Opin Pediatr. 2006 Aug;18(4):403-9.

Yan AC, Smolinski KN. Melanocytic nevi: challenging clinical situations in pediatric dermatology. Adv Dermatol. 2005;21:65-80.

Smolinski KN, Yan AC. Hemangiomas of infancy: clinical and biological characteristics. Clin Pediatr (Phila). 2005 Nov-Dec;44(9):747-66.

Smolinski KN, Yan AC. How and when to treat molluscum contagiosum and warts in children. Pediatr Ann. 2005 Mar;34(3):211-21.

Smolinski KN, Shah SS, Honig PJ, Yan AC. Neonatal cutaneous fungal infections. Curr Opin Pediatr. 2005 Aug;17(4):486-93.

Kathleen Sheldon
Financial Services Representative, Epidermolysis Bullosa Center

513-803-1862

kathleen.sheldon@cchmc.org

Carrissa M. Shotwell, OTR/L, MEd
Occupational Therapist

carrissa.shotwell@cchmc.org

Kristina M. Steinau, PT
Physical Therapist II, Division of Occupational and Physical Therapy

513-803-5220

kristy.steinau@cchmc.org

Alexandra Szabova, MD

513-636-7768

alexandra.szabova@cchmc.org

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Alexandra Szabova, MD

Assistant Professor, Division of Pediatric Anesthesia

Phone: 513-636-7768

Fax: 513-636-2920

Email: alexandra.szabova@cchmc.org

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Specialties

Chronic pediatric pain managent; chronic pediatric and adolescent back and muskuloskeletal pain management; acute pain management; pediatric regional anesthesia techniques; interventional pain management; pediatric anesthesia

Biography

Alexandra Szabova, MD, joined the staff of Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center in 2006. She has worked as a pediatric anesthesiologist, but also became a team member of the multidisciplinary chronic pediatric pain clinic.

Dr. Szabova demonstrated strong interest in pediatric chronic pain management during her training.
She graduated from a combined pediatric and adult chronic pain management fellowship which was a result of close collaboration between the Cincinnati Children's and Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH.

Dr. Szabova received her medical degree from the Comenius University in Bratislava, Slovakia, and completed her residency in Anesthesia at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH.

Dr. Szabova completed her combined pediatric and adult chronic pain management at Cincinnati Children's and Cleveland Clinic Foundation where is served as a chief fellow. She graduated with The Pain Fellow of the Year Award. Dr. Szabova completed pediatric anesthesia fellowship at the Cincinnati Children's.

Dr. Szabova's interests include chronic pediatric pain management, muskuloskeletal pain in children and adolescents, acute pain management of surgical and non surgical pediatric patients, regional nerve blocks, and pediatric anesthesia.

Education and Training

MD: Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia, 1995.

Residency: Anesthesiology, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH.

Fellowship: Pain Management, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH; Pediatric Anesthesia, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH.

Certification: Anesthesiology, 2005; ABA Pain Medicine, 2005.

Jeffrey A. Towbin, MD, FAAP, FACC, FAHA
Executive Co-Director, The Heart Institute; Chief, Pediatric Cardiology

513-636-3049

jeffrey.towbin@cchmc.org

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Jeffrey A. Towbin, MD, FAAP, FACC, FAHA

Executive Co-Director, The Heart Institute; Chief, Pediatric Cardiology

UC Department of Pediatrics

Phone: 513-636-3049

Email: jeffrey.towbin@cchmc.org

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Education and Training

BS: Biology, University of Cincinnati, 1974.

MS: Cell Biology, University of Cincinnati, 1977.

MD: University of Cincinnati, 1982.

Residency: Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, 1985.

Fellowship: Pediatric Cardiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Children's Hospital, 1989.

Publications

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McBride KL, Zender GA, Fitzgerald-Butt SM, Seagraves NJ, Fernbach SD, Zapata G, Lewin M, Towbin JA, Belmont JW. Association of common variants in ERBB4 with congenital left ventricular outflow tract obstruction defects. Birth Defects Res A Clin Mol Teratol. 2011 Mar;91(3):162-8.

Fakhro KA, Choi M, Ware SM, Belmont JW, Towbin JA, Lifton RP, Khokha MK, Brueckner M. Rare copy number variations in congenital heart disease patients identify unique genes in left-right patterning. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2011 Feb 15;108(7):2915-20.

Goldenberg I, Horr S, Moss AJ, Lopes CM, Barsheshet A, McNitt S, Zareba W, Andrews ML, Robinson JL, Locati EH, Ackerman MJ, Benhorin J, Kaufman ES, Napolitano C, Platonov PG, Priori SG, Qi M, Schwartz PJ, Shimizu W, Towbin JA, Vincent GM, Wilde AA, Zhang L. Risk for life-threatening cardiac events in patients with genotype-confirmed long-QT syndrome and normal-range corrected QT intervals. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2010 Dec 28;57(1):51-9.

Towbin JA, Ware SM, Jefferies JL. Heart transplants in pediatric patients: viral infection as a loss predictor. Future Cardiol. 2010 Nov;6(6):735-41.

Foerster SR, Canter CE, Cinar A, Sleeper LA, Webber SA, Pahl E, Kantor PF, Alvarez JA, Colan SD, Jefferies JL, Lamour JM, Margossian R, Messere JE, Rusconi PG, Shaddy RE, Towbin JA, Wilkinson JD, Lipshultz SE. Ventricular remodeling and survival are more favorable for myocarditis than for idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy in childhood: an outcomes study from the Pediatric Cardiomyopathy Registry. Circ Heart Fail. 2010 Nov 1;3(6):689-97.

Purevjav E, Varela J, Morgado M, Kearney DL, Li H, Taylor MD, Arimura T, Moncman CL, McKenna W, Murphy RT, Labeit S, Vatta M, Bowles NE, Kimura A, Boriek AM, Towbin JA. Nebulette mutations are associated with dilated cardiomyopathy and endocardial fibroelastosis. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2010 Oct 26;56(18):1493-502.

Towbin JA. Left ventricular noncompaction: a new form of heart failure. Heart Fail Clin. 2010 Oct;6(4):453-69

Towbin JA. Preface: Heart failure in children. Heart Fail Clin. 2010 Oct;6(4):xvii-iii.

Wilkinson JD, Landy DC, Colan SD, Towbin JA, Sleeper LA, Orav EJ, Cox GF, Canter CE, Hsu DT, Webber SA, Lipshultz SE. The pediatric cardiomyopathy registry and heart failure: key results from the first 15 years. Heart Fail Clin. 2010 Oct;6(4):401-13

Towbin JA. Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Pacing Clin Electrophysiol. 2009 Jul;32 Suppl 2:S23-31.

Grants

Pediatric Cardiomyopathy Registry. Sub-Contract Principal Investigator. National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute. Sep 2006 - Aug 2011. #RO1 HL53392-06A1.

Eric J. Wall, MD
Faculty, Orthopaedic Surgery

513-636-4785

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Eric J. Wall, MD

Faculty, Orthopaedic Surgery

Director, Orthopaedic Sports Medicine

Director, Orthopaedic Fellowship

Professor, Division of Pediatric Surgery

Phone: 513-636-4785

Fax: 513-636-3928

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Specialties

Clinical Interests

Endoscopic non-fusion scoliosis correction with guided growth; sports growth plate arrest overuse syndromes; patella dislocations; anterior crucuate ligament (ACL) reconstruction in patients with open growth plates; osteochondritis dissecans treatment

Research Interests

Hip disorders; open pelvic osteotomy and endoscopic pelvic osteotomy

Biography

A professor of Pediatric Orthopaedics at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Eric J. Wall, MD, specializes in sports medicine and scoliosis treatment.

Dr. Wall completed his orthopaedic residency at the University of California, San Diego. He is fellowship trained in biomechanics and spine research at the University of California, San Diego, and pediatric orthopaedics at the Children’s Hospital in Los Angeles. In addition, Dr. Wall holds a certificate in Sports Medicine and is recognized as a national leader in pediatric sports medicine. Dr. Wall’s clinical interests include endoscopic pelvic surgery, osteochondritis dissecans, scoliosis, sports-related injuries, orthopaedic basic science research and orthopaedic management of myelomeningocele.

Eric Wall, M.D. has rapidly established himself in pediatric sports medicine, as well as endoscopic surgery. He has made important contributions to endoscopic surgery through his basic science research efforts in video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) and his innovative creation of an endoscopic pelvic osteotomy technique. Dr. Wall has developed new techniques for anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction, the treatment of patella dislocations and osteochondritis dissecans in young patients. He also co-founded Research in OsteoChondritis of the Knee (ROCK), the multidisciplinary OCD (osteochondritis dissecans) Study Group of North America.

Dr. Wall stepped down as the division director in August 2010. His focus will now be to concentrate on his revolutionary treatment of early onset scoliosis using spine staples, which were recently FDA approved and is the first and only approved by the FDA. The technique can eliminate extensive spinal fusion to correct an abnormal curvature by stapling together the growth plates on the actively growing side of the deformity to allow the other side of the spine to catch up.

Education and Training

MD: University of California, San Diego, Calif.,1986.

Residency: Orthopaedic Surgery, University of California, San Diego, Calif., 1986-1992.

Fellowship: Biomechanics/Spine Research, University of California, San Diego, Calif., 1988-89; Pediatric Orthopaedic Fellowship, Los Angeles Children's Hospital, Los Angeles, Calif., 1992-1993.

Certification: American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery, July 1995.

Publications

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Lippert WC, Owens RF, Wall EJ. Salter-Harris type III fractures of the distal femur: plain radiographs can be deceptive. J Pediatr Orthop. 2010 Sep;30(6):598-605.

Gammon SR, Mehlman CT, Chan W, Heifetz J, Durrett G, Wall EJ. A comparison of thoracolumbosacral orthoses and SpineCor treatment of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis patients using the Scoliosis Research Society standardized criteria. J Pediatr Orthop. 2010 Sep;30(6):531-8.

Quatman CE, Myer GD, Khoury J, Wall EJ, Hewett TE. Sex differences in "weightlifting" injuries presenting to United States emergency rooms. J Strength Cond Res. 2009 Oct;23(7):2061-7

Myer GD, Quatman CE, Khoury J, Wall EJ, Hewett TE. Youth versus adult "weightlifting" injuries presenting to United States emergency rooms: accidental versus nonaccidental injury mechanisms. J Strength Cond Res. 2009 Oct;23(7):2054-60.

Bylski-Austrow DI, Wall EJ, Glos DL, Ballard ET, Montgomery A, Crawford AH. Spinal hemiepiphysiodesis decreases the size of vertebral growth plate hypertrophic zone and cells. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2009 Mar 1;91(3):584-93.

Myer GD, Ford KR, Divine JG, Wall EJ, Kahanov L, Hewett TE. Longitudinal assessment of noncontact anterior cruciate ligament injury risk factors during maturation in a female athlete: a case report. J Athl Train. 2009 Jan-Feb;44(1):101-9.

Wall EJ, Vourazeris J, Myer GD, Emery KH, Divine JG, Nick TG, Hewett TE. The healing potential of stable juvenile osteochondritis dissecans knee lesions. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2008 Dec;90(12):2655-64.

Lippert WC, Wall EJ. Optimal intramuscular needle-penetration depth. Pediatrics. 2008 Sep;122(3):e556-63.

Wall EJ, Jain V, Vora V, Mehlman CT, Crawford AH. Complications of titanium and stainless steel elastic nail fixation of pediatric femoral fractures. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2008 Jun;90(6):1305-13.

Hébert KJ, Laor T, Divine JG, Emery KH, Wall EJ. MRI appearance of chronic stress injury of the iliac crest apophysis in adolescent athletes. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2008 Jun;190(6):1487-91.

Constance E. West, MD
Director, Pediatric Ophthalmology

513-636-4751

Constance E. West, MD

Director, Pediatric Ophthalmology

Associate Professor

Associate Professor, UC Department of Ophthalmology

Phone: 513-636-4751

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Specialties

Strabismus; optic pathway glioma in children; retinal hemorrhages in shaken baby syndrome; construction of a portable optics bench for use in teaching ophthalmic optics and refraction to ophthalmology residents

Education and Training

BS: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, 1980.

MD: University of Massachusetts Medical School, North Worcester, MA, 1986.

Internship: St. John's Mercy Medical Center, St. Louis, MO, 1986-1987.

Residency: Ophthalmology,Barnes Hospital, Washington University Medical Center, St. Louis, MO, 1987-1990.

Fellowship: Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus,Wilmer Ophthalmological Institute, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 1990-1991.

Publications

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Qu J, Wang Y, Tong Y, Zhou X, Zhao F, Yang L, Zhang S, Zhang J, West CE, Guan MX. Leber’s hereditary optic neuropathy affects only female matrilineal relatives in two Chinese Families. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2010; 51: 4906-12.

Motley WW 3rd, Vanderveen DK, West CE. Surgical management of infantile cataracts in dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa. J AAPOS. 2010 Jun;14(3):283-4.

Qu J, Zhou X, Zhang J, Zhao F, Sun YH, Tong Y, Wei QP, Cai W, Yang L, West CE. Extremely low penetrance of Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy in 8 Han Chinese families carrying the ND4 G11778A mutation. Ophthalmology. 2009;116:558-564 e3.

Bollinger KE, Kattouf V, Arthur B, Weiss AH, Kivlin J, Kerr N, West CE, Kipp M, Traboulsi EI. Hypermetropia and esotropia in myotonic dystrophy. J AAPOS. 2008; 12:69-71.

Li R, Qu J, Zhou X, Tong Y, Hu Y, Qian Y, Lu F, Mo JQ, West CE, Guan MX. The mitochondrial tRNA(Thr) A15951G mutation may influence the phenotypic expression of the LHON-associated ND4 G11778A mutation in a Chinese family. Gene. 2006 Jul 5;376(1):79-86.

Qu J, Li R, Zhou X, Tong Y, Lu F, Qian Y, Hu Y, Mo JQ, West CE, Guan M-X. The Novel A4435G Mutation in the Mitochondrial tRNAMet May Modulate the Phenotypic Expression of the LHON-Associated ND4 G11778A Mutation. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2006; 47: 475-483.

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