Thomas H. Inge, MD, PhD
Title
Surgical Director, Surgical Weight Loss Program for Teens
Director, Center for Bariatric Research and Innovation
Attending Surgeon, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
Appointment
Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics and Surgery
Email
thomas.inge@cchmc.org
Phone
513-636-4371
Fax
513-636-7657
Bio
Thomas H. Inge, MD, PhD, is a Virginia native who grew up in a rural, farming community in Dinwiddie County. He received his BS in Biology at the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, VA, in 1987. Dr. Inge entered the Medical College of Virginia in Richmond, VA, in the Medical Scientist Training Program, and pursued degrees in Microbiology / Immunology and Medicine. He graduated with MD and PhD degrees in 1993.
Dr. Inge received his surgical training at Stanford University Hospital in Palo Alto, CA, where he developed an interest in pediatric surgery. At the completion of his chief resident year in 1998, he moved to Birmingham, AL, for specialty training in pediatric surgery at the Children's Hospital of Alabama, with an emphasis on pediatric minimally invasive surgery. Dr. Inge became a full-time member of the surgical staff at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center and faculty member of the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Department of Surgery, Division of Pediatric Surgery, in July 2000.
In addition to general pediatric surgical practice, Dr. Inge's clinical research focus is related to bariatric surgery in adolescents. He is the surgical director of the Comprehensive Weight Management Center and the Surgical Weight Loss Program for Teens, offering surgery for overweight adolescents with complications from their excess weight. He has served as a consultant to the Food and Drug Administration for projects related to device treatment of pediatric obesity. He is also the Principal Investigator of two research projects funded by National Institutes of Health (NIH) and co-investigator of another NIH funded project examining the role of surgery for management of adolescent obesity. He currently serves as Study Chairman of Teen-LABS, a multicenter research consortium examining outcomes of adolescent bariatric surgery.
Dr. Inge has given over 50 invited lectures nationally and internationally over the past four years, has mentored more than a dozen fellows and students, and has authored more than 70 published chapters and manuscripts.
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Credentials
BS: College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA, 1987.
MD: Medical College of Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, 1993.
PhD: Department of Immunology and Microbiology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, 1993.
Residency: General Surgery, Stanford University Hospital, Stanford, CA, 1998.
Fellowship: Pediatric Surgery, Children's Hospital of Alabama, Birmingham, AL, 2000.
Board Certification:
- Diplomate of the American Board of Surgery, December 1999.
- Certification in Pediatric Surgery, American Board of Surgery, March 2002.
Position History
Associate Professor, Division of General and Thoracic Surgery, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical, 2006 - present.
Assistant Professor, Division of General and Thoracic Surgery , Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, 2000 - 2006.
Surgical Director, Comprehensive Weight Management Center, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, 2004 - present.
Awards and Honors
Best Doctors in America, 2008
Research
Presentations
Visiting Professor, Pediatric Grand Rounds, The Children's Hospital of Toledo, "Adolescent Bariatric Surgery." December 12, 2007, Toledo, OH.
Invited International Speaker, "Adolescent Bariatric Surgery: the U.S. Perspective." Saudi Scientific Pediatric Surgery Society, 3rd Annual Meeting, King Fahd Hospital; November 28, 2007, Dammam, Saudi Arabia.
Invited International Panelist, "Training in Pediatric Surgery: the U.S. Experience," Saudi Scientific Pediatric Surgery Society, 3rd Annual Meeting, King Fahd Hospital; November 27, 2007, Dammam, Saudi Arabia.
Invited Faculty, Hands-on Pediatric MIS course, Saudi Scientific Pediatric Surgery Society, 3rd Annual Meeting, King Fahd Hospital; November 26, 2007, Dammam, Saudi Arabia.
Invited Speaker, Pediatric MIS course, "Technique of Laparoscopic Roux en Y Gastric Bypass; Saudi Scientific Pediatric Surgery Society, 3rd Annual Meeting, King Fahd Hospital; November 26, 2007, Dammam, Saudi Arabia.
Invited Chairman, Bariatric Surgery Plenary Session, The Obesity Society; October 21, 2007, New Orleans, Louisiana.
Invited Plenary Speaker, Mexican Society of Pediatric Surgery International Congress, Topic: Surgical Management of Adolescent Morbid Obesity; September 13, 2007, Merida, Mexico.
Invited Speaker, Mexican Society of Pediatric Surgery International Congress, Topic: Surgical Management of Pediatric Gastroesophageal Reflux; September 12, 2007, Merida, Mexico.
Invited Speaker, Mexican Society of Pediatric Surgery International Congress, Topic: Pediatric Obesity and Patient Safety; September 12, 2007, Merida, Mexico.
Invited Panelist and Speaker, World Federation of Associations of Pediatric Surgery Topic: Bracing for Pectus Carinatum; September 9, 2007, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Invited Panelist and Speaker, World Federation of Associations of Pediatric Surgery, Topic: New Standards in Bariatric Surgery in Adolescents; September 9, 2007, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Invited Speaker, St. Elizabeth's Medical Center, Topic: Adolescent Bariatric Surgery; CME event for housestaff, July 18, 2007, Florens, KY.
Invited Faculty Speaker, Monterey Obesity Symposium. Topics: Anatomy of an Adolescent Weight Management Program; Lessons Learned during Bariatric Care of Teenagers. Invited by Dr. Mark Vierra, Monterey, CA, May 10, 2007.
Invited Speaker, Digestive Disease Research Center, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center. Invited by Dr. Mitchell Cohen, May 3, 2007.
Visiting Professor, Department of Surgery, Duke University, Durham NC, March 30, 2007.
Invited Faculty: Obesity Treatment and Prevention Contemporary Symposia, Pediatric Obesity. Las Vegas, NV, March 3, 2007.
Invited Faculty Speaker, California Childhood Obesity Conference. Bariatric Surgery for Adolescents. Anaheim, CA, January 24, 2007.
Invited Faculty Speaker, EMBRACE Symposium, Organized by North American Association for the Study of Obesity (NAASO). Title: Bariatric Care for Adolescents. Atlanta, GA, December 3, 2006.
Visiting Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Denver Children's Hospital. Title: Adolescent Bariatrics: A Clinical Update and Research Directions. Invited by Dr. Stephen Daniels, November 3, 2006.
Visiting Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Denver Children's Hospital. Title: Pediatric Obesity: Patient Safety Issues. Invited by Drs. Nancy Krebs. Denver, CO, November 2, 2006.
Invited Speaker, North American Association for the Study of Obesity, October 21, 2006.
Invited Speaker, American Academy of Pediatrics, Section on Adolescent Medicine. Title: "Bariatric Surgery for Adolescents." Invited by Dr. Cavenaugh, Section on Adolescent Medicine. Atlanta, GA, October 9, 2006.
Invited Speaker, American Academy of Pediatrics, Plenary Session. Title: "Slim for Life? Current Indications for Bariatric Surgery in Adolescents." Invited by Dr. Marleta Reynolds, Program Committee. Atlanta, GA, October 9, 2006.
Invited Speaker, NIDDK Clinical Obesity Research Panel (CORP). Topic: "Adolescent Obesity Surgery: The known, the knowledge gaps, and research plans." Invited by Dr. Susan Yanovski, Executive Director. Bethesda, MD, September 19, 2006.
Invited Faculty Speaker, Bariatric Summit 2006. Topic: "Adolescent bariatric surgery: Should we or shouldn't we?" Invited by Drs. Scott Shikora and Kenneth MacDonald, Course Chairmen. Amelia Island Plantation, Amelia Island, FL, September 17, 2006.
Pediatric Update-Live Teleconference-Satellite Downlink: When nutritional and activity changes are not enough. Sponsored by University of Alabama Birmingham and the Maternal and Child Health Bureau. Invited by Dr. Bonnie Spear, June 7, 2006.
Invited Faculty Speaker, Pediatric Grand Rounds, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center. Surgery for Adolescent Obesity: Lessons learned from the last half decade and blueprint for the future. Invited by Dr. Thomas Boat, May 30, 2006.
Thomas Inge, Shelley Kirk, Kim Wilson, Kimberly Gamm, Victor Garcia, Stephen Daniels. Preferential Loss of Central Obesity in Adolescents After Gastric Bypass. Presented at American Society for Bariatric Surgery, San Francisco, CA, June 2006.
Thomas Inge, MD, PhD, Michael Chen, MD, Michael Helmrath, MD, Kimberly Wilson, MS, Judy Bean, PhD, Victor Garcia, MD, Mac Harmon, MD, PhD, Stephen Daniels, MD, PhD, Lawrence Dolan, MD. Reversal of type 2 diabetes and improvement in dyslipidemia and blood pressure following surgical weight loss in adolescents: A multicenter study from the pediatric bariatric study group. Oral presentation at the American Pediatric Surgical Association Annual Meeting, Hilton Head Island, May 23, 2006.
Thomas H. Inge, MD, PhD. Danger zones following laparoscopic gastric bypass surgery. Video presentation at IPEG / SAGES annual meeting. Dallas, Texas, April 2006
Thomas H. Inge, MD, PhD. Challenges in postoperative care of adolescents after bariatric surgery. Presenter and Symposium Moderator, IPEG / SAGES annual meeting. Dallas, Texas, April 2006
Invited Speaker, Pediatric Grand Rounds, St. Vincent's Children's Hospital. Invited by Dr. David Zipe, April 12, 2006, Indianapolis, Indiana.
Invited Videoconference Faculty, Healthcare Professional Education & Training Conference of Saudi Aramco, Saudi Arabia, Multidisciplinary Approach for Obese Adolescents Treatment & Surgery. Invited by Dr. Saad AlMulhim, December 20, 2005, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Invited Faculty, National Cooperative Growth Study annual meeting, The skinny on bariatirc surgery, November 4, 2005, San Francisco, CA.
Invited Faculty, Post Graduate Course, North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition (NASPGHAN). Invited by Dr. B.U. Li, October 20, 2005, Salt Lake City, UT.
Visiting Professor, Children's Hospital of British Columbia. Invited by Dr. Erik Skarsgard, October 19, 2005, Vancouver, British Columbia.
Invited Panelist, Pediatric MIS Video Session, American College of Surgeons annual meeting. Invited by Dr. John Waldhausen, October 2005, San Francisco.
Invited Faculty, Patient Safety in Obesity Surgery-Defining Best Practices Course, sponsored by Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School. Invited by Dr. George Blackburn, July 2005, Boston, MA.
Symposium Chairman, Adolescent Bariatric Symposium of the International Pediatric Endosurgery Group (IPEG). Invited by Society President Dr. Klaas Bax, June 2005, Venice, Italy.
Invited Speaker, Annual Meeting of the American Pediatric Surgical Association Educational Symposium on Bariatric Surgery. Invited by organizer, Dr. Keith Oldham, May 2005, Phoenix, AZ.
Invited Lecturer, Clinical Nutrition Elective for 4th-year Medical Students, University of Cincinnati. Topic: Obesity & Weight Loss Methods. May 4, 2005.
Invited Speaker, Post Anesthesia Care Unit Nurses Conference, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center. Topic: Postoperative Care of the Adolescent Bariatric Patient. April 27, 2005.
Invited Speaker, Great Lakes Regional Conference on Child Health. Topic: Psychosocial Aspects of Bariatric Surgery in Adolescence. Columbus, OH, April 23, 2005.
Invited Faculty and Speaker, Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES), Advanced Course in Minimally Invasive Pediatric Surgery for Pediatric Surgery Fellows, Hollywood, FL, April 13-14, 2005.
Invited Speaker, Ethicon Endosurgery Scientific Advisory Board for Bariatric Surgery, March 18-20, 2005, Tucson, AZ.
Invited Speaker, Saudi Pediatric Surgical Symposium, King Faisal Specialty Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Topic: Pediatric Obesity and Bariatric Surgical options and considerations. Invited by Talal Al-MAlki, MD, FRCSC, DPS, Consultant Pediatric Surgeon, College of Medicine & Medical Sciences, Taif University, Taif, Saudi Arabia; March 8-9, 2005.
Invited Speaker, Annual Meeting of the Society for Pediatric Anesthesiology, February 25, 2005, Miami Beach, FL. Invited by Dr. Dean Kurth.
Special Lecture for Division of Emergency Medicine and Radiology at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center: Clinical Assessment of Bariatric Patients in the Emergency Department, January 19, 2005.
Invited Speaker, Annual Meeting of the American Heart Association, November 7, 2004, New Orleans, LA. Invited by Dr. Stephen Daniels.
Visiting Professor, Minimally Invasive Pediatric Surgery Course, Buffalo, NY, November 5, 2004.
Invited Speaker, ACS Postgraduate Course, Issues in Adolescent Bariatric Surgery, October 12, 2004. Invited by Dr. Victor Garcia.
Invited Speaker / Panelist, American Dietetic Association Annual Meeting, Adolescent Bariatric Symposium, October 7, 2004, Anaheim, CA.
Invited Speaker, National Institutes of Health, NIDDK, Clinical Obesity Research Panel Meeting, Bethesda, MD, September 21, 2004. Invited by Dr. Susan Yanovski, Director, Obesity and Eating Disorders Program, NIDDK, Bethesda, MD.
Visiting Professor, Sapient Capital Annual Meeting; Pediatric obesity treatment; Jackson Hole, WY, September 9, 2004. Invited by Mr. Mitch Dann.
Invited Speaker, Kaplan Lectureship in Pediatric Cardiology, August 27, 2004, Sabin Auditorium, Cincinnati Children's, Cincinnati, OH. Topic: Bariatric Surgery. Invited by Dr. Stephen Daniels.
Invited discussion leader, APSA Outcomes Committee Meeting, May 2004. Multicenter research considerations in pediatric bariatric surgery. Invited by Dr. Peter Dillon, MD, Penn State, Hershey, PA.
Invited speaker and Director, Animate Lab, Memphis, TN: Advanced Laparoscopy for Pediatric Surgery Fellows. Invited by Professor Thom Lobe, MD, University of TN, Memphis, May 2004.
Invited Speaker, ASBS Consensus Conference on Surgical Therapy for Obesity, Washington, DC. Invited by Dr. Henry Buchwald, May 6, 2004.
Visiting Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Overlook Hospital, Summit, NJ. Title: Adolescent Bariatric Surgery. Invited by Dr. Susan Brill, MD, April 30, 2004.
Visiting Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Morristown Memorial Hospital, Morristown, NJ. Title: Adolescent Bariatric Surgery. Invited by Dr. Susan Brill, MD, April 29, 2004.
Invited Speaker and Panelist, American College of Surgeons Spring Meeting. Panel discussion participant. Lecture topic: Inguinal Hernia Repair in Premature Infants. Invited by Richard Azizkhan, MD. Boston, MA, April 26, 2004.
Invited Speaker, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Department of Endocrinology seminar speaker. Title: Advances in the Surgical Treatment of Type II Diabetes: Clinical and Research Considerations. Invited by Deborah Elder, MD, April 20, 2004.
Invited Speaker, Ethicon Endosurgery Scientific Advisory Board for Bariatric Surgery, March 25-26, 2004, Phoenix, AZ.
Invited Speaker, Ohio Nurses Association / Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center Outpatient Department Nursing Educational Council, Invited Lecture on Childhood Obesity, March 19, 2004.
Invited Speaker, American Heart Association 44th Annual Conference on Cardiovascular Disease Epidemiology and Prevention, L. J. Filer Symposium on Prevention of Overweight and its Consequences Beginning in Youth, March 2004.
Visiting Professor, Obesity Surgery: The Pediatric Issues Lecture, presented at the MCV Bariatric Surgery Course with hands on laboratory. Invited by Eric DeMaria, MD, Course Director; Medical College of Virginia, Richmond, VA; March 15-16, 2004.
Invited Speaker, Adolescent Bariatric Surgery Lecture, presented at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center: Minimally Invasive Course. Invited by Phil Schauer, MD, Course Director; Vancouver, British Columbia, February 18-21, 2004.
Invited Speaker, Cincinnati Children's Pediatric Anesthesia Grand Rounds: Update on the Treatment of Morbid Obesity. Invited by Dr. Paul Samuels, moderator; January 14, 2004.
Visiting Professor, Annual meeting of the Mexican Association of Pediatric Surgeons. Invited by President of the Association, Dr. Hector Manuel Azuara Fernandez, September 16, 2003.
Invited Speaker, Ethicon Endosurgery Scientific Advisory Board for Bariatric Surgery, July 31-August 1, 2003, Aspen, CO.
Publications, Most Recent
Inge TH, Zeller M, Harmon C, Helmrath M, Bean J, Modi A, Horlick M, Kalra M, Xanthakos S, Miller R, Akers R, Courcoulas A. Teen-Longitudinal Assessment of Bariatric Surgery: methodological features of the first prospective multicenter study of adolescent bariatric surgery. J Pediatr Surg. 2007 Nov;42(11):1969-71.
Miller RJ, Xanthakos SA, Hillard PJ, Inge TH. Bariatric surgery and adolescent gynecology.Curr Opin Obstet Gynecol. 2007 Oct;19(5):427-33.
Helmut R. Roehrig, PhD, Stavra A. Xanthakos, MD, Jenny Sweeney, RN, MSN, CPNP, Meg H. Zeller, PhD, Thomas H. Inge, MD, PhD. Pregnancy After Gastric By-Pass Surgery in Adolescents. Obesity Surgery, 17:873-877, 2007
William E. Wehrman, Christopher Tangren, and Thomas H. Inge. Cost Analysis of Ligature vs. Stapling Techniques of Laparoscopic Appendectomy in Children. Journal of Laparoendoscopic and Advanced Surgical Techniques 2007 Jun;17(3):371-4.
Thomas H. Inge, Paul Pfluger, Meg Zeller, Susan R. Rose, Lukas Burget, Sumana Sundararajan, Stephen R. Daniels and Matthias H. Tschöp. Gastric Bypass for Treatment of Hypothalamic Obesity after Craniopharyngioma Therapy. Nature Clinical Practice Endocrinology and Metabolism 2007 Aug;3(8):606-9.
Christopher M. Tangren, Linda Cripe, Robert H. Beekman, III, and Thomas H. Inge. Gastric bypass and balloon valvuloplasty in the management of critical aortic stenosis in a morbidly obese adolescent. Journal of Pediatric Surgery 2007 Aug;42(8):1443-5.
Thomas H. Inge, Kimberly Wilson, Kim Gamm, Shelley Kirk, Victor F. Garcia, Stephen R. Daniels. Preferential Loss of Central (Trunk) Adiposity in Adolescents after Laparoscopic Gastric Bypass. Surgery for Obesity and Related Metabolic Diseases 2007 Mar-Apr;3(2):153-8.
Tsai WS, Inge TH, Burd RS. Bariatric surgery in adolescents: recent national trends in use and in-hospital outcome. Archives of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine. 2007 Mar;161(3):217-21.
Inge TH, Wulkan M. Is open or laparoscopic pyloromyotomy better for hypertrophic pyloric stenosis?Nat Clin Pract Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2007 Feb 27.
Xanthakos SA, Inge TH. Extreme pediatric obesity: weighing the health dangers. J Pediatr. 2007 Jan;150(1):3-5.
Inge TH, Xanthakos SA, Zeller MH. Bariatric surgery for pediatric extreme obesity: now or later? Int J Obes (Lond). 2007 Jan;31(1):1-14.
Xanthakos SA, Daniels SR, Inge TH. Bariatric surgery in adolescents: an update. Adolesc Med Clin 17(3):589-612; 2006.
Kalra M, Inge T. Effect of bariatric surgery on obstructive sleep apnea in adolescents. Paediatr Respir Rev. 2006 Dec;7(4):260-7.
Ori Eyal, Sumana Sundararajan, Thomas Inge, Susan R. Rose. Obesity in patients with craniopharyngioma.The Endocrinologist. 2006 16:286.
Inge TH: Bariatric surgery for morbidly obese adolescents: Is there a rationale for early intervention?Growth Hormone & IGF Research 2006 May 2006 Jul;16S:15-19
Xanthakos S, Inge T: Nutritional Consequences of Bariatric Surgery. Current Opinion in Clinical Nutrition and Metabolic Care. 2006 9(4):489-496
Helmrath MA, Brandt ML, Inge TH: Adolescent obesity and bariatric surgery. Surg Clin North Am. 2006 Apr;86(2):441-54.
Meg H. Zeller, Helmut R. Roehrig, Avani C. Modi, Stephen R. Daniels, Thomas H. Inge: Adolescents Seeking Bariatric Surgery: An Examination of Health-Related Quality of Life and Depressive Symptoms. Pediatrics 2006 Apr;117(4):1155-61.
Allen S, Ignacio R, Falcone R, Alonso M, Brown R, Garcia V, Inge T, Ryckman F, Warner B, Azizkhan R, Tiao G: The effect of a right-sided aortic arch on outcome in children with tracheo-esophageal fistula and esophageal atresia. Journal of Pediatric Surgery, 2006 Mar;41(3):479-83.
Ala S. Frey, MD; Victor F. Garcia, MD; Rebeccah L. Brown, MD; Thomas H. Inge, MD, PhD; Frederick C. Ryckman, MD; Aliza P. Cohen, MA; Greg Durrett; Richard G. Azizkhan, MD: Nonoperative Management of Pectus Carinatum. Journal of Pediatric Surgery, 2006; 41(1):40-5; discussion 40-5.
Lawson L, Harmon C, Chen M, Loux T, Kirk S, Garcia V, Daniels S, Inge T: One-Year Outcomes of Roux en Y Gastric Bypass in Adolescents: A multicenter report from the Pediatric Bariatric Study Group. Journal of Pediatric Surgery, 2006. 41(1):137-43; discussion 137-43.
This paper is the first multicenter study providing a detailed description of metabolic changes seen in adolescents undergoing laparoscopic gastric bypass at pediatric medical centers.
Xanthakos S, Miles L, Bucuvalas J, Daniels S, Garcia V, Inge T: Histologic Spectrum of NASH in Morbidly Obese Adolescents Differs from Adults.Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology, 2006 Feb;4(2):226-32.
Kalra M, Inge T, Garcia V, Daniels S, Lawson L, Curti B, Cohen A, Amin R: Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Morbidly Obese Adolescents: Effect of Bariatric Surgical Intervention. Obesity Research, 2005; 13:1175-1179. This paper is the first description of baseline severity of obstructive sleep apnea in morbidly obese teenagers and the dramatic response to surgical weight loss.
Kirk S, Inge TH, Daniels SR: Gastric Bypass Surgery for Severely Obese Adolescents: Nutritional Considerations.Pediatric Nutrition -- A Building Block for Life, a Publication of the Pediatric Nutrition Proactice Group, American Dietetics Association, Volume 24; No. 4, Fall 2005.
Nghia-Jack Vo MD, John M. Racadio MD, R. Nicholas Trane MD, Thomas Inge MD: Transluminal Interventional Radiology Technique to Treat Obstructing Membrane Following Esophageal Atresia Repair. Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology, 2005. Oct;16(10):1401-5.
Allen S, Lawson L, Garcia V, Inge T: Attitudes of ASBS members concerning adolescent bariatric surgery. Obesity Surgery, 2005; Sep;15(8):1192-5.
Inge TH, Zeller M, Lawson L, Daniels SR: Critical Appraisal of the Evidence Supporting Bariatric Surgery for Weight Management in Adolescence. Journal of Pediatrics, 2005. 147(1):10-19. This paper discusses the important scientific evidence justifying consideration of bariatric surgery for adolescents and outlines important research issues for younger patients.
Inge TH, Lawson L: Treatment Considerations for Severe Adolescent Obesity, Surgery for Obesity and Related Metabolic Diseases. 2005 1:133-139. This paper succinctly reviews our current understanding of the challenges facing physicians who are engaged in treatment of severely obese adolescents.
Inge TH, Donnelly LF, Vierra M, Cohen A, Daniels SR, Garcia VF: Managing Bariatric Patients In a Children's Hospital: Radiologic Considerations and Limitations. Journal of Pediatric Surgery, 2005; 40:609-617.
Inge TH, Zeller M, Garcia V, Daniels S: Surgical Approach to Adolescent Severe Obesity. Adolescent Medicine Clinics, 2004; 15:429-453. This paper presents an overview of adolescent bariatric patient management considerations for practicing pediatricians.
Inge TH, Harris NH, Azizkhan RG, Priebe W: WP744 is a novel anthracycline with enhanced activity against neuroblastoma. Journal of Surgical Research, 2004; 121:187-196.
Wu J, Harris NH, Azizkhan RG, Priebe W, Inge TH: Activation of the transcriptional activity and DNA binding of nuclear factor-kappa B by doxorubicin analog WP744 in SH-SY5Y neuroblastoma cells. Journal of Surgical Research, 2004; 122(2):231-9.
Towbin A, Inge TH, Garcia VF, Roerig HR, Clements RH, Harmon CM, Daniels SR: Beriberi after gastric bypass surgery. Journal of Pediatrics, 2004; 145(2):263-267. This paper discusses the risks of thiamine deficiency after adolescent bariatric surgery.
Inge T, Krebs N, Garcia V, Skelton J, Guice K, Strauss R, Albanese C, Brandt M, Donovan E, Hammer L, Harmon C, Kane T, Klish W, Oldham K, Rudolph C, Daniels S: Bariatric Surgery for Severely Overweight Adolescents: Concerns and Recommendations. Pediatrics, 2004; 114: 217-223. This paper authored by a group of experts for the first time discusses special guidelines for use of bariatric surgery in the adolescent population
Inge TH, Garcia VF, Daniels SR, et al: A Multidisciplinary Approach to the Adolescent Bariatric Surgical Patient. Journal of Pediatric Surgery, 2004; 39:442-447. This paper establishes guidelines for pediatric institutional preparations necessary for adolescent bariatric surgical program development.
Garcia VF, Langford L, Inge TH: Application of Laparoscopy for Bariatric Surgery in Adolescents. Current Opinions in Pediatrics 2003; 15:248-255. This paper discusses the importance of minimally invasive approaches to adolescent bariatric surgery
Inge T, Blewett C, Baldwin C, Cain W, Georgeson K: Thoracoscopically assisted minimally invasive pectus excavatum repair. Surgical Endoscopy, 2003; 17(10):1609-13.
Professional Organization Memberships
Service to National Organizations
- American Academy of Pediatrics Task Force on Obesity, 2003-2006
- Chairman, Adolescent Bariatric Committee of the American Society for Bariatric Surgery 2003-2004
- Member, Research Committee of the American Society for Bariatric Surgery, 2003-present
- Member, Pediatric Surgery Committee of SAGES, 2002-present
- Member, Membership Committee of SAGES, 2002-2005
- Member, Publications Committee of the American Pediatric Surgery Association, 2004-present
- Subject Matter Expert and Coauthor of American Academy of Pediatrics Pedialink Obesity Module, Spring 2005
- Chairman, Steering Committee for Follow-up of Adolescent Bariatric Surgery (FABS) Multicenter Study, March 2005-present
- Member, Bariatric Committee of SAGES, 2005-present
- Co-Chairman, Research Committee of the American Society for Bariatric Surgery, June 2006-June 2007
- Member, Bariatric Review Committee of Surgical Review Corporation June 2005-Present
- Member, Bariatric Review Committee of the American College of Surgeons, September 2007-present
- Expert Panel Member, Safety Issues in Bariatric Surgery: Expert Panel Meeting; Sponsored by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), Rockville, MD; Invited by Dr. Carolyn Clancy, Director of AHRQ; October 14, 2004
- Consultant, Gastroenterology and Urology Therapy Device Panel of the Medical Devices Advisory Committee, Center for Devices and Radiological Health, Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Rockville, MD; Invited by Dr. Aaron Yusted; November 16-17 2005 to current
- Invited External Peer Reviewer, Obesity Research Merit Review for the State of Pennsylvania Department of Health, Invited by Ms. Margaret Lyday, Project Manager, ORAU Performance Systems; January 18, 2006
- Invited Panel Member, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Workshop on Research Directions in Childhood Obesity; August 21-22, 2007
Service to International Organizations
- Treasurer, International Pediatric Endosurgical Group (IPEG), 2005 to 2008
- Member, Executive Committee of IPEG, 2005-208
- Member, Development Committee of IPEG, 2005-present
- Member, Program Committee of IPEG, 2005-present
- Co-Chair, Program Committee of IPEG 2007-2008
Special Interests
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