Our Providers

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.