Patricia A. Valusek, MD

Clinic Locations:

• Children’s Hospital and Clinics – Minneapolis
• Children’s Hospital and Clinics – St. Paul
• Children’s Hospital and Clinics – West

Board Certifications:

• Surgery
• Pediatric Surgery

Education and Training:

• Medical School: University of Minnesota Medical School
• Internship:  Hennepin County Medical Center
• Residency in General Surgery: Hennepin County Medical Center
• Residency in Pediatric Surgery: University of Missouri
• Fellowship in Pediatric Surgery: Children’s Mercy Hospital – Kansas City, MO

Memberships:

• American Academy of Pediatrics, Surgery Section
• American Pediatric Surgical Association
• Hitchcock Surgical Society
• American College of Surgeons, Resident and Associate Section
• American Medical Association, Resident and Fellow Section
• American Medical Association, Medical Student Section
• Minnesota Medical Association, Resident and Fellow Section
• Minnesota Medical Association, Medical Student Section
• Hennepin County Medical Society

Professional Interests:

• Minimally Invasive Surgery
• Surgical Outcomes Research
• Patient Safety/Quality Initiatives
• Resident and Medical Student Education
• Healthcare Policy

Publications:

• Safety culture among pediatric surgeons: A national survey of attitudes and perceptions of patient safety.
• Reply: Serum microRNA screening for DICER1-associated pleuropulmonary blastoma.
• Judicious DICER1 testing and surveillance imaging facilitates early diagnosis and cure of pleuropulmonary blastoma.
• Laparoscopic excision of a giant splenic vascular tumor.
• Epidural vs patient-controlled analgesia for postoperative pain after pectus excavatum repair: a prospective, randomized trial.
• The utility of computed tomography in the management of patients with spontaneous pneumothorax.
• Laparoscopic adrenalectomy in children: a multicenter experience.
• Giant ossifying malignant thymoma in a child.
• Does an upper gastrointestinal study change operative management for gastroesophageal reflux?
• Traumatic lumbar hernia in a child.
• Management of pediatric acute appendicitis in the computed tomographic era.
• Does routine nasogastric tube placement after an operation for perforated appendicitis make a difference?
• Laparoscopic duodenal atresia repair using surgical U-clips: a novel technique.
• The use of fundoplication for prevention of apparent life-threatening events.
• Adhesive small bowel obstruction after appendectomy in children: comparison between the laparoscopic and open approach.
• Abdominal complications related to type of repair for congenital diaphragmatic hernia.
• A comparison of chest tubes versus bulb-suction drains in pediatric thoracic surgery.
• VACTERL anomalies in patients with esophageal atresia: an updated delineation of the spectrum and review of the literature.
• Laparoscopic evaluation for contralateral patent processus vaginalis in children with unilateral inguinal hernia.
• Use of esophagocrural sutures and minimal esophageal dissection reduces the incidence of postoperative transmigration of laparoscopic Nissen fundoplication wrap.