I am a pediatric surgeon and a professor at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine. I obtained my medical degree at the University of Toronto and completed my residency at Massachusetts General Hospital at Harvard Medical School. I was a Rhodes Scholar at the University of Oxford in Oxford, England, and completed a Pediatric Surgery Fellowship at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, Canada. I also earned my Master of Public Health at the Harvard School of Public Health. My clinical interests are in surgical oncology and vascular anomalies.
I am currently the chair of the American Pediatric Surgical Association (APSA) Cancer Committee, the Pediatric Surgical Oncology Research Collaborative, and the Delivery of Surgical Care Committee at the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP). I have a significant interest in Quality Improvement and serve as the American College of Surgery National Surgery Quality Improvement Program (NSQIP) Surgical Champion. Additionally, I am the surgical director of the Vascular Anomalies Clinic and the surgical director of Quality Improvement for Pediatric Surgery.
MD: University of Toronto, Toronto Canada, 1996.
Residency: Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School 1996-2003.
Research Fellowship: University of Oxford, Oxford, England.
Fellowship: Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada.
MPH: Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, 2009.
Surgical oncology; vascular malformations; minimally invasive surgery; general pediatric surgery
Oncology and vascular malformations
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Utilization of Indocyanine Green for Augmentation of Pulmonary Metastases Resection in Pediatric, Adolescent, and Young Adult Sarcoma Patients. Pediatric Blood and Cancer. 2026; e70096.
Renal sarcomas in children and adolescents: a retrospective, multicenter cohort study. EClinicalMedicine. 2026; 91:103713.
ASO Visual Abstract: Surgical Management and Outcomes in Pediatric Adrenocortical Carcinoma: A Pediatric Surgical Oncology Research Collaborative Study. Annals of Surgical Oncology. 2025.
Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors: a report from children's oncology group study ARST0332. Journal of the National Cancer Institute. 2025.
Characteristics of Transfusion and Association With Oncologic Outcomes in Hepatoblastoma Resection. Pediatric Blood and Cancer. 2025; 72(12):e32029.
Surgical Management and Outcomes in Pediatric Adrenocortical Carcinoma: A Pediatric Surgical Oncology Research Collaborative Study. Annals of Surgical Oncology. 2025.
Ovarian neoplasms — the role of minimally invasive surgery. ecancermedicalscience. 2025; 19.
Early Postoperative Fever in Pediatric Oncology Patients Undergoing Solid Tumor Resection. Journal of Pediatric Surgery. 2025; 60(11):162629.
Interdisciplinary vascular reconstructive considerations for pediatric tumors. Journal of Vascular Surgery. 2025.
Single site metastatic rhabdomyosarcoma: An INternational Soft Tissue saRcoma ConsorTium (INSTRuCT) pooled analysis. European Journal of Cancer. 2025; 229:115793.
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