Research
The Division of Pediatric General and Thoracic Surgery continuously explores medical horizons through faculty involvement in clinical and basic laboratory research.
Clinical research includes:
- Richard Falcone, MD’s work in trauma epidemiology, education and prevention through funding from the state of Ohio, Cincinnati Children’s and Kohl’s
- Thomas Inge, MD’s leadership of national efforts to prospectively gather and publish evidence-based recommendations for use in weight loss surgery in adolescents
- Roshni Dasgupta, MD’s study of outcomes based on race and obesity in pediatric oncology patients
Basic science research in the Division includes:
- Sundeep Keswani, MD’s focus on the molecular mechanisms underlying the fetal regenerative wound healing prototype
- Michael Helmrath, MD’s research on the mechanisms of intestinal stem cell expansion following resection
- Jason Frischer, MD’s work to investigate how inhibiting blood vessel development can help treat pediatric solid organ cancers and inflammatory bowel disease
- Gregory Tiao, MD’s research on virus-induced intracellular signaling pathways and biliary atresia.
