General and Thoracic Surgery

Publications

Abdelhafeez, A; Loh, A; Harrison, D; Gonzales, G; Lezama-Del Valle, P; Kremer, V; Giménez-Salinas, LK; Pachl, M; Júnior, AG D C; Nightingale, M; Wijnen, M; Lobos, P; Qureshi, S; Abib, SD C. Development and Implementation of a Global Pediatric Oncology Surgery Fellowship Curriculum: A Consensus-Driven and Collaborative Effort to Address Workforce Challenges. Pediatric Blood and Cancer. 2025; 72:e31670.

Acker, SN; Ziogas, IA; Cost, N; Cooper, E; Farooqui, Z; Eason, CR; Vaughn, AE; Dawson-Gore, C; Somers, KM; Fineman, SL; Vangi, S; Carter, MM; Hartman, SJ; Kotagal, M. Association of Systemic Inflammatory Markers and Clinical Outcomes Among Children With Wilms Tumor. Pediatric Blood and Cancer. 2025; e31715.

Aubert, O; Amonkar, GM; Varelas, X; Tilston-Lunel, A; Lerou, PH; Zalieckas, JM; Buchmiller, TL; Varisco, B; Marotta, M; Peiro, JL; Ai, X. YAP Deficiency Drives NF-κB Hyperactivation to Disrupt Airway Epithelium Differentiation in Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia. American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology. 2025; 72:112-115.

Aye, JM; Xue, W; Gao, Z; Ladra, M; Indelicato, DJ; Sheyn, A; Dasgupta, R; Arnold, MA; Shenoy, A; Linardic, CM; Venkatramani, R. Nonorbital, Nonparameningeal Head and Neck Rhabdomyosarcoma: A Report From the Children's Oncology Group. Pediatric Blood and Cancer. 2025; 72:e31673.

Carter, M; Papastefan, ST; Tian, Y; Hartman, SJ; Elman, MS; Ungerleider, SG; Garrison, AP; Oyetunji, TA; Landman, MP; Raval, MV; Goldstein, SD; Lautz, TB. A Retrospective Nationwide Comparison of Laparoscopic vs Open Inguinal Hernia Repair in Children. Journal of Pediatric Surgery. 2025; 60:162056.

Childs, CJ; Poling, HM; Chen, K; Tsai, YH; Wu, A; Vallie, A; Eiken, MK; Huang, S; Sweet, CW; Schreiner, R; Helmrath, MA; Walton, KD; Rafii, S; Spence, JR. Coordinated differentiation of human intestinal organoids with functional enteric neurons and vasculature. Cell Stem Cell. 2025; 32:640-651.e9.

Devine, AJ; Smith, NJ; Joshi, R; Brooks-Patton, B; Dunham, J; Varisco, AN; Goodman, EM; Fan, Q; Zingarelli, B; Varisco, BM. KF4 Anti-Chymotrypsin-like Elastase 1 Antibody and Purified Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Have Similar but Not Additive Efficacy in Preventing Emphysema in Murine Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency. Chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases (Miami, Fla.). 2025; 12:12-22.

Dietz, MS; Al-Ibraheemi, A; Davis, JL; Hawkins, CM; Craig, BT; Dasgupta, R; Geller, DS; Shulman, DS; Cohen-Gogo, S; Gupta, A; Reed, D; Janeway, K; Roberts, RD; Bailey, KM. Optimizing Ewing Sarcoma and Osteosarcoma Biopsy Acquisition: A Children's Oncology Group Bone Tumor Committee Consensus Statement. Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network : JNCCN. 2025; 23:e247063.

Encisco, EM; Garza, R; McNinch, NL; Davis, C; Rosen, NG; Rymeski, B; Frischer, JS; Garrison, AP; Huntington, JT. What Happens Post-Malone? An Investigation of Long-Term Postoperative Management of Antegrade Continence Enemas. Journal of Pediatric Surgery. 2025; 60:161958.

Englum, BR; Sahoo, S; Laetsch, TW; Tiao, GM; Mayorga-Carlin, M; Hayssen, H; Yesha, Y; Sorkin, JD; Lal, BK. Temporal trends in pediatric cancer mortality: rare cancers lag behind more common cancers. Pediatric Hematology-Oncology (Informa). 2025; 42:1-13.

Farooqui, ZA; Hartman, SJ; Stetson, AE; Schepers, EJ; Speck, KE; Gadepalli, SK; Van Arendonk, KJ; Georgeades, C; Lal, DR; Deans, KJ; Markel, TA; Rymeski, B; Mullapudi, B; Tiao, GM. Real-world Multi-institutional Data From the Midwest Pediatric Surgery Consortium (MWPSC) to Assess the Effect of Delayed Kasai Procedure on Biliary Drainage in Patients With Biliary Atresia. Journal of Pediatric Surgery. 2025; 60:162250.

Fleifil, Y; Gulati, R; Jennings, K; Miethke, A; Bondoc, A; Tiao, G; Geller, JI; Karns, R; Timchenko, L; Timchenko, N. DNAJB1-PKAc Kinase Is Expressed in Young Patients with Pediatric Liver Cancers and Enhances Carcinogenic Pathways. Cancers. 2025; 17:83.

Gattini, D; Murphy, A; Belza, C; Avitzur, Y; Wales, PW. Are enteral devices risk factors for central line-associated bloodstream infections in children with intestinal failure?. Clinical Nutrition. 2025; 45:75-80.

Gil, LA; Asti, L; Chen, HF; Saito, JM; Pattisapu, P; Deans, KJ; Minneci, PC; Mak, GZ; Hirschl, RB; Gadepalli, S; Lal, DR; Landman, MP; Kabre, R; Fallat, ME. Cost-Effectiveness of Nonoperative Management vs Upfront Laparoscopic Appendectomy for Pediatric Uncomplicated Appendicitis for 1 Year. Journal of the American College of Surgeons. 2025; 240:288-298.

Glick, RD; Romao, RL P; Pachl, M; Kotagal, M; Buchanan, AF; Murphy, AJ; Tracy, ET; Pio, L; Cost, NG; Godzinski, J; Ehrlich, PF. Current surgical approaches to pediatric renal tumors. Pediatric Blood and Cancer. 2025; 72 Suppl 2:e31118.

Hall, AD; Hendricks, HA; Bowers, KA; Geller, JI; Bondoc, AJ; Tiao, GM; Taylor, AE; Otto, WR; Paulsen, GC; Danziger-Isakov, LA. Impact of Hepatoblastoma on Infectious Complications Following Pediatric Liver Transplantation. Pediatric Transplantation. 2025; 29:e70035.

Hall, AD; Kumar, JE; Mazur, JP; Bondoc, AJ; Giffin, BF; Bryant, WK. Dr. Allen Oldfather Whipple (1881-1963): Namesake of the pancreaticoduodenectomy. Journal of Medical Biography. 2025; 33:66-76.

Hartman, S; Carter, M; Bondoc, A; Evans, S; Tiao, G; Merola, J. Development and Validation of a Pediatric Donor Liver Risk Score (PeDLRS) to Predict 1-Year Graft Loss or Mortality in Pediatric Liver Transplant Recipients. American Journal of Transplantation. 2025; 25:s18-s19.

Hartman, SJ; Bondoc, AJ; Tiao, GM. Kasai Vs Primary Liver Transplantation: Optimizing the Surgical Approach for Patients Diagnosed with Biliary Atresia. Difficult Decisions in Pediatric Surgery. : Springer Nature; Springer Nature; 2025.

Jennings, K; Lindquist, D; Poonia, A; Schoser, B; Schneider-Gold, C; Timchenko, NA; Timchenko, L. The role of CNBP in brain atrophy and its targeting in myotonic dystrophy type 2. Human Molecular Genetics. 2025; 34:512-522.

Jurickova, I; Dreskin, BW; Angerman, E; Bonkowski, E; Nguyen, J; Villarreal, R; Tominaga, K; Iwasawa, K; Braun, T; Takebe, T; Helmrath, MA; Haberman, Y; Wells, JM; Denson, LA. Eicosatetraynoic Acid Regulates Profibrotic Pathways in an Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell-Derived Macrophage-Human Intestinal Organoid Model of Crohn's Disease. Journal of Crohn's and Colitis. 2025; 19:jjae139.

Kochis, M; Ahle, S; Danko, M; Meier, AH; Petrulla, M; Powell, D; Robertson, JO; Zendejas, B; Henry, MC; Frischer, J. (2025) Development and Evaluation of a Presenter Coaching Program at an Academic Surgical Conference. Elsevier BV. 82:103434.

Kus, NJ; Sahoo, S; Laetsch, TW; Tiao, GM; Mayorga-Carlin, M; Yesha, Y; Sorkin, JD; Lal, BK; Englum, BR. Racial and Ethnic Survival Disparities in Pediatric Oncology Over Time: An Analysis of the SEER Registry. Journal of Pediatric Surgery. 2025; 60:161953.

Kwasnicki, A; Stevenson, CB; Forde, B; Habli, M; McKinney, D; Goetz, E; Lim, FY; Peiro, JL. Cryopreserved decellularized human umbilical cord matrix allograft as duraplasty for fetoscopic prenatal spina bifida repair. Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics. 2025; 35:149-157.

Lotakis, D; Vernamonti, JP; Wright, TN; Van Arendonk, KJ; Minneci, PC; Leys, CM; Landman, MP; St. Peter, SD; Brown, RL; Mak, GZ; Abebe, TB; Speck, KE. Regional Anesthesia and Surgical Volume in Children Undergoing Nuss Repair: A Multicenter Review. Journal of Surgical Research. 2025; 305:190-196.

Lucchinetti, E; Lou, PH; Chakravarty, A; Marcolla, CS; Pauline, ML; Wizzard, PR; Field, CJ; Wine, E; Hersberger, M; Wales, PW; Turner, JM; Krämer, SD; Zaugg, M. The Novel Lipid Emulsion Vegaven Is Well Tolerated and Elicits Distinct Biological Actions Compared With a Mixed-Oil Lipid Emulsion Containing Fish Oil: A Parenteral Nutrition Trial in Piglets. The Journal of nutrition. 2025; 155:703-718.

Mansfield, SA; Kotagal, M; Hartman, SJ; Murphy, AJ; Davidoff, AM; Hogan, B; Ha, D; Anghelescu, DL; Mecoli, M; Cost, NG; Rove, KO. Enhanced Recovery After Surgery for Pediatric Abdominal Tumor Resections: A Prospective Multi-institution Study. Journal of Pediatric Surgery. 2025; 60:162046.

Moran-Lev, H; Kocoshis, SA; Córdova Amador, I; Mukasa, M; Oliveira, SB; Helmrath, M; Cole, CR. Factors associated with accelerated parenteral weaning in children with intestinal failure: A descriptive cohort study. Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition. 2025; 49:207-213.

Mulero-Russe, A; Mora-Boza, A; Marquez, EN; Ziegelski, M; Helmrath, M; García, AJ. Synthetic hydrogel substrate for human induced pluripotent stem cell definitive endoderm differentiation. Biomaterials. 2025; 315:122920.

Murray, A; Marquez, SP R; Krishnamurthy, M; Lopez-Nunez, O; Gurria, JP; Trout, AT; Almazan, S; Mutyala, K; Grisotti, G; Shah, A; Howell, J. Multifocal Insulinoma as the Unique Presenting Feature of Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Type 1 in an Adolescent. Hormone Research in Paediatrics: from developmental endocrinology to clinical research. 2025; 98:75-83.

Nofi, CP; Roberts, BK; Brown, EG; Rich, BS; Kotagal, M; Glick, RD. Social Determinants of Health Influence on Survival in Wilms Tumor, Neuroblastoma, and Hepatoblastoma. Journal of Pediatric Surgery. 2025; 60:162216.

Oyania, F; Stephens, CQ; Ullrich, S; Kotagal, M; Kisitu, D; Bajunirwe, F; Ozgediz, DE; Poenaru, D. Delays in Care for Children With Low Anorectal Malformations in Southwestern Uganda. Journal of Surgical Research. 2025; 305:156-162.

Ramjist, JK; Dubljevic, T; Lapidus-Krol, E; Grace, RF; Heeney, MM; Oni, MO; Towerman, A; Davidoff, A; Takemoto, C; Brown, RL; Nichols, S; Saadai, P; Carcao, M; Langer, JC. Correlation of Genetic Mutation With Outcomes in Children With Hereditary Spherocytosis Undergoing Partial Splenectomy: A Multicentre Study. Journal of Pediatric Surgery. 2025; 60:162229.

Reichert, MM; Rheaume, EM; Skoch, JM; Daugherty, MC; Beiting, SE; Bailey, AL; Brown, RL; Johnson, LH; Falcone, RA; Kotagal, M. Improving Cervical Spine Clearance Documentation in the Pediatric Trauma Patient: A Quality Improvement Project. Journal of trauma nursing : the official journal of the Society of Trauma Nurses. 2025; 32:108-113.

Reiter, AJ; Huang, L; Aldrink, JH; Craig, BT; Davidoff, AM; Talbot, LJ; Coggins, J; Smith, J; Bergus, KC; MacArthur, TA; Tirumani, A; Tracy, ET; Moya-Mendez, ME; Lautz, TB. Current management of pulmonary relapse in Ewing sarcoma: A report from the Pediatric Surgical Oncology Research Collaborative. Pediatric Hematology Oncology Journal. 2025; 10:20-23.

Riehle, KJ; Vasudevan, SA; Bondoc, A; Cuenca, AG; Garnier, H; Kastenberg, Z; Roach, J; Weldon, CB; Karpelowsky, J; Hishiki, T; Tiao, G. Surgical management of liver tumors. Pediatric Blood and Cancer. 2025; 72 Suppl 2:e31155.

Rogers, T; Schmidt, A; Buchanan, AF; Scharschmidt, T; Dasgupta, R; Onwuka, EA; Rodeberg, DA. Rhabdomyosarcoma Surgical Update. Pediatric Blood and Cancer. 2025; 72 Suppl 2:e31496.

Sánchez Margallo, FM; Pires Louça, LC; Abellán Rubio, E; Vuletín, F; Galindo, A; Arévalo, S; Peiró, JL. Surgical skills education and training in fetoscopy and fetal surgery. British Journal of Surgery. 2025; 112:znae322.018.

Schwartz, D; Tracy, ET; Naik-Mathuria, B; Glick, RD; Polites, SF; Mattei, P; Rodeberg, D; Espinoza, AF; Mansfield, SA; Lal, DR; Kotagal, M; Lautz, T; Aldrink, J; Rich, BS. Management of Pediatric Breast Masses for the Pediatric Surgeon: Expert Consensus Recommendations From the APSA Cancer Committee. Journal of Pediatric Surgery. 2025; 60:161916.

Srinivas, S; Smith, CA; Austin, K; Avansino, JR; Badillo, A; Calkins, CM; Crady, RC; Dickie, BH; Durham, MM; Frischer, JS; Saadai, P; Speck, KE; Wood, RJ; Halaweish, I. Child Opportunity Index is Not Associated With Cleanliness in Patients With Anorectal Malformations Treated at Pediatric Colorectal Centers: A Multi-Institutional Study. Journal of Pediatric Surgery. 2025; 60:162149.

Stetson, A; Bondoc, A; Tiao, G. Revision Kasai portoenterostomy: A review of indications and outcomes. Seminars in Pediatric Surgery. 2025; 33:151476.

Sullivan, TM; Kim, MS; Sippel, GJ; Gestrich-Thompson, WV; Melhado, CG; Griffin, KL; Moody, SM; Thakkar, RK; Kotagal, M; Jensen, AR; Burd, RS. Development and Validation of a Bayesian Network Predicting Intubation Following Hospital Arrival Among Injured Children. Journal of Pediatric Surgery. 2025; 60:161888.

Talbot, LJ; Schechter, A; Mothi, SS; Ragan, M; Aldrink, JH; Brungardt, J; Dasgupta, R; Lautz, TB; Rajeswaran, S; Moya-Mendez, ME; Tracy, ET; Temple, M; Davidoff, AM. Use of Palliative Site-Directed Ablation in Pediatric Oncology: A Retrospective Study From the Pediatric Surgical Oncology Research Collaborative. Pediatric Blood and Cancer. 2025; 72:e31453.

Teke, M; Rich, BS; Walther, A; Schwartz, D; McDuffie, LA; Butera, G; Roach, JP; Rothstein, DH; Lal, DR; Riehle, K; Rodeberg, D; Lautz, T; Aldrink, JH; Brown, EG. A Comparison of Commonly Utilized Diagnostic Biopsy Techniques for Pediatric Patients With Cancer: A Systematic Review by the APSA Cancer Committee. Journal of Pediatric Surgery. 2025; 60:161893.

Terwisscha van Scheltinga, S; Schoot, RA; Routh, JC; Seitz, G; Kao, SC; de Keizer, B; Shulkin, B; Ewijk, RV; McCarville, B; Casey, D; Vokuhl, C; Dasgupta, R; Birz, S; Rodeberg, D. Lymph Node Staging and Treatment in Pediatric Patients With Soft Tissue Sarcomas: A Consensus Opinion From the Children's Oncology Group, European paediatric Soft Tissue Sarcoma Study Group, and the Cooperative Weichteilsarkom Studiengruppe. Pediatric Blood and Cancer. 2025; 72:e31538.

Tominaga, K; Kechele, DO; Sanchez, JG; Vales, S; Jurickova, I; Roman, L; Asai, A; Enriquez, JR; McCauley, HA; Kishimoto, K; Zorn, AM; Helmrath, MA; Denson, LA; Wells, JM. Deriving Human Intestinal Organoids with Functional Tissue-Resident Macrophages All From Pluripotent Stem Cells. CMGH Cellular and Molecular Gastroenterology and Hepatology. 2025; 19:101444.

Trobaugh-Lotrario, AD; O'Neill, AF; Belmonte, KA; Malogolowkin, MH; Tiao, GM; Geller, JI. Characteristics of patients with liver tumors deemed ineligible for enrollment on Children's Oncology Group trial AHEP1531: An opportunity to expand inclusion criteria and improve outcome. Pediatric Blood and Cancer. 2025; 72:e31389.

Varela, MF; Oria, M; Poling, HM; Lopriore, E; Peiro, JL. Development and Validation of a Minimally Invasive Transuterine Experimental Model of Gastroschisis. Journal of Pediatric Surgery. 2025; 60:162163.

Vore, E; Cooke-Barber, J; Brungardt, J; Tiao, G; Hammill, A; Ricci, K; Patel, M; Dasgupta, R. Management, Trends, and Recommendations for Intra-abdominal Lymphatic Malformations: A Single-Center Retrospective Review. Journal of Pediatric Surgery. 2025; 60:162223.

Wassmer, T; Tulchinskaya, V; Morrison, A; Garrison, A; Breech, L. Distal vaginal agenesis reconstruction with interval buccal graft vaginoplasty followed by anastomosis to the upper vagina: A case report. Journal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reports. 2025; 117:103011.

Weisz-Hubshman, M; Burrage, LC; Jangam, SV; Rosenfeld, JA; von Hardenberg, S; Bergmann, A; Richter, MF; Rydzanicz, M; Ploski, R; Stembalska, A; Emrick, LT; Eng, CM; Esteves, C; Ezell, K. De novo variants in RYBP are associated with a severe neurodevelopmental disorder and congenital anomalies. Genetics in Medicine. 2025; 27:101369.

Zhu, B; Pitts, MG; Buoncristiani, MD; Bryant, LT; Lopez-Nunez, O; Gurria, JP; Shedlock, C; Ribas, R; Keohane, S; Liu, J; Allison, DB; Evers, BM; Sun, RC; Rellinger, EJ. GDP-mannose 4,6-dehydratase is a key driver of MYCN-amplified neuroblastoma core fucosylation and tumorigenesis. Oncogene: Including Oncogene Reviews. 2025; 44:1272-1283.