Clinical Interests

Pediatric injury prevention and outcomes; trauma education; management of colorectal disorders; inflammatory bowel disease; minimally invasive surgery; surgical oncology; extracorporeal life support (ECLS)

Research Interests

Injury prevention; health disparities; pediatric colorectal disorders; use of simulation to improve teamwork and safety
 

Garcia V. Comment on: Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass versus laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding: five years of follow-up. Surg Obes Relat Dis. 2010 Sep-Oct;6(5):475-6.

Chatoorgoon K, Huezo K, Rangel E, François N, Schweer L, Daugherty M, Koehn M, Ricketts C, Brown RL, Garcia VF, Falcone RA Jr. Unnecessary imaging, not hospital distance, or transportation mode impacts delays in the transfer of injured children. Pediatr Emerg Care. 2010 Jul;26(7):481-6.

Martin CA, Care M, Rangel EL, Brown RL, Garcia VF, Falcone RA Jr. Severity of head computed tomography scan findings fail to explain racial differences in mortality following child abuse. Am J Surg. 2010 Feb;199(2):210-5.

Inge TH, Jenkins TM, Zeller M, Dolan L, Daniels SR, Garcia VF, Brandt ML, Bean J, Gamm K, Xanthakos SA. Baseline BMI is a strong predictor of nadir BMI after adolescent gastric bypass. J Pediatr. 2010 Jan;156(1):103-108.e1.

Inge TH, Miyano G, Bean J, Helmrath M, Courcoulas A, Harmon CM, Chen MK, Wilson K, Daniels SR, Garcia VF, Brandt ML, Dolan LM. Reversal of type 2 diabetes mellitus and improvements in cardiovascular risk factors after surgical weight loss in adolescents. Pediatrics. 2009 Jan;123(1):214-22.

Falcone RA Jr, Martin C, Brown RL, Garcia VF. Despite overall low pediatric head injury mortality, disparities exist between races. J Pediatr Surg. 2008 Oct;43(10):1858-64.

Falcone RA Jr, Daugherty M, Schweer L, Patterson M, Brown RL, Garcia VF. Multidisciplinary pediatric trauma team training using high-fidelity trauma simulation. J Pediatr Surg. 2008 Jun;43(6):1065-71.

Ippisch HM, Inge TH, Daniels SR, Wang B, Khoury PR, Witt SA, Glascock BJ, Garcia VF, Kimball TR. Reversibility of cardiac abnormalities in morbidly obese adolescents. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2008 Apr 8; \51(14):1342-8.

Rangel SJ, Martin CA, Brown RL, Garcia VF, Falcone RA Jr. Alarming trends in the improper use of motor vehicle restraints in children: implications for public policy and the development of race-based strategies for improving compliance. J Pediatr Surg. 2008 Jan;43(1):200-7.

Falcone RA Jr, Brown RL, Garcia VF. Disparities in child abuse mortality are not explained by injury severity. J Pediatr Surg. 2007 Jun;42(6):1031-6; discussion 1036-7.

Clinical Interests

General pediatric surgery; trauma; injury prevention; Hirschsprung's disease; minimally invasive surgery; necrotizing enterocolitis

Research Interests

Pediatric trauma

MD: University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, N.M., 1990.

Residency: General Surgery, University of Cincinnati Hospital, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1997.

Fellowship: Shriners Burns Institute, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1992-1994; ECMO, Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1993-1994; Pediatric Surgery Fellow, Children's Hospital of Buffalo, Buffalo, N.Y., 1997-1999.

Certification: Board-certified General Surgery, 1998; board-certified, Pediatric Surgery.

Trauma system development; pediatric trauma

BSN: The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, 1981

MSN: Trauma Critical Care, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1986

PNP: University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, 2001

Certification: Pediatric Nurse Practitioners and Nurse

Schweer L, Cook BS, Biven K, Van Kuiken D, Garcia VF, Falcone RA. Family Perception: Quality of Life Following a Child's Traumatic Injury. Journal of Trauma Nursing. 2006;13 (1): 6-14.

Fanta K, Cook B, Falcone RA, Ricketts C, Schweer L, Brown RL, Garcia VF. Pediatric Trauma Nurse Practitioners provide excellent care with superior patient satisfaction for injured children. Journal of Pediatric Surgery. 2006;41(1) 277-81.

Fanta K, Cook B, Falcone RA, Ricketts C, Schweer L, Brown RL, Garcia VF. Pediatric Trauma Nurse Practitioners increase bedside Nurses' satisfaction with pediatric trauma patient. Journal of Trauma Nursing 2006;13(2):66-70.

Cook RS, Schweer L, Fanta-Shebesta K, Hartjes K, Falcone RA. Mild traumatic brain injury in children: Just another bump on the head? Journal of Trauma Nursing 2006;13(2):58-65.

Schweer L, Cook, BS, Fanta KB. Trauma Nurse Practitioner: Front Line Approach to Management of the Pediatric Trauma Patient in an Academic Program. Journal of Trauma Nursing. 2005;11(4): 157-63.

Fanta, K, Cook BS, Schweer L. Traumatic Injury to the Pancreas: The Challenges of Care in the Pediatric Patient. Journal of Trauma Nursing. 2003;10(3): 72-8.

Cook BS, Fanta K, Schweer L (2003). Pediatric Cervical Spine Clearance: Implications for Nursing Practice. Journal of Emergency Nursing. 2003;29 (4): 1-4.

Rangel EL, Cook BS, Bennett BL, Shebesta K, Ying J, Falcone RA. Eliminating disparity in evaluation for abuse in infants with head injury: use of a screening guideline. J Pediatr Surg. 2009 Jun;44(6):1229-34.

Cook BS, Ricketts CD, Brown RL, Garcia VF, Falcone RA Jr. Effect of safety education on classmates of injured children: a prospective clinical trial. J Trauma Nurs. 2006 Jul-Sep;13(3):96-101. 

Schweer LH, Cook BS, Bivens K, Van Kuiken D, Garcia VF, Falcone Jr RA. Family perception: Quality of life following a child's traumatic injury. J Trauma Nurs. 2006 Jan-Mar;13(1):6-14.

Cook RS, Schweer L, Shebesta KF, Hartjes K, Falcone RA Jr. Mild traumatic brain injury in children: Just another bump on the head?J Trauma Nurs. 2006 Apr-Jun;13(2):1-5.

Shebesta KF, Cook B, Rickets C, Schweer L, Brown RL, Garcia VF, Falcone RA Jr. Pediatric trauma nurse practitioners increase bedside nurses' satisfaction with pediatric trauma patient care. J Trauma Nurs. 2006 Apr-Jun;13(2):14-19.

Fanta K, Cook B, Falcone RA Jr, Rickets C, Schweer L, Brown RL, Garcia VF. Pediatric nurse practitioners provide excellent care with superior patient satisfaction for injured children. J Pediatr Surg. 2006 Jan; 41:277-281.

BSN, RN: University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, 1992.

MSN, CPNP: University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, 2002.

Rangel EL, Cook BS, Bennett BL, Shebesta K, Ying J, Falcone RA. Eliminating disparity in evaluation for abuse in infants with head injury: use of a screening guideline. J Pediatr Surg. 2009 Jun;44(6):1229-34

Shebesta KF, Cook B, Rickets C, Schweer L, Brown RL, Garcia VF, Falcone RA Jr. Pediatric trauma nurse practitioners increase bedside nurses' satisfaction with pediatric trauma patient care. J Trauma Nurs. 2006 Apr-Jun;13(2):66-9.

Cook RS, Schweer L, Shebesta KF, Hartjes K, Falcone RA Jr. Mild traumatic brain injury in children: just another bump on the head? J Trauma Nurs. 2006 Apr-Jun;13(2):58-65.

Fanta K, Cook B, Falcone RA Jr, Rickets C, Schweer L, Brown RL, Garcia VF. Pediatric trauma nurse practitioners provide excellent care with superior patient satisfaction for injured children. J Pediatr Surg. 2006 Jan;41(1):277-81. 

Schweer LH, Cook BS, Fanta KB. Trauma nurse practitioner: front line approach to management of the pediatric trauma patient in an academic program. J Trauma Nurs. 2005;11(4):157-163. 

Fanta K, Cook BS, Schweer L. Traumatic injury to the pancreas: the challenges of care in the pediatric patient. J Trauma Nurs. 2003 Jul-Sep;10(3):72-8.

Cook BS, Fanta K, Schweer L. Pediatric cervical spine clearance: implications for nursing practice. J Emerg Nurs. 2003 Aug;29(4):383-6.