A5012876094- Esophageal and GI Pathology
- Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
- Tracheal and airway disorders
- Species Distribution and Climate Change
- Hernia repair and management
- Intestinal Malrotation and Obstruction Disorders
- Congenital gastrointestinal and neural anomalies
- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
- Gastrointestinal disorders and treatments
- Appendicitis Diagnosis and Management
- Surgical Simulation and Training
- Dysphagia Assessment and Management
- Minimally Invasive Surgical Techniques
- Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Studies
- Pelvic and Acetabular Injuries
- Surgical site infection prevention
- Diverticular Disease and Complications
- Fish Ecology and Management Studies
- Streptococcal Infections and Treatments
- Foreign Body Medical Cases
- Water Quality and Pollution Assessment
- Pediatric Hepatobiliary Diseases and Treatments
- Underwater Acoustics Research
- Geophysical Methods and Applications
- Telemedicine and Telehealth Implementation
Children's Mercy Hospital
2021-2022
University of Missouri–Kansas City
2021
Cleveland Clinic
2015-2019
Akron Children's Hospital
2015-2018
Cornell Lab of Ornithology
2013-2017
Cornell University
2013-2017
Pediatric Oncology Group
2015
Boston Children's Hospital
2015
Rush University Medical Center
2010-2014
Conservation prioritization requires knowledge about organism distribution and density. This information is often inferred from models that estimate the probability of species occurrence rather than abundance, because abundance data are harder to obtain model. However, may not display similar patterns therefore development robust, scalable, critical ensuring scarce conservation resources applied where they can have greatest benefits. Motivated by a dynamic land program, we develop assess...
Citizen science, big data, and a habitat marketplace enable dynamic for migratory birds in California’s Central Valley.
Data from well-designed experiments provide the strongest evidence of causation in biodiversity studies. However, for many species collection these data is not scalable to spatial and temporal extents required understand patterns at population level. Only collected citizen science projects can gather sufficient quantities data, but volunteers are inherently noisy heterogeneous. Here we describe a ‘Big Data’ approach improve quality eBird, global project that gathers bird observations. First,...
Ecological systems are inherently complex. The processes that affect the distributions of animals and plants operate at multiple spatial temporal scales, presenting a unique challenge for development coordination effective conservation strategies, particularly wide‐ranging species. In order to study ecological across data must be collected fine resolutions broad extents. Crowdsourcing has emerged as an efficient way gather these by engaging large numbers people record observations. However,...
Although surgical residency training is a structured, regulated system for skill acquisition, after or fellowship, no good method exists practicing surgeons to learn new, developing techniques. Because 1-2-day simulation courses are probably inadequate teaching new technique and because it often unrealistic surgeon leave his her practice an extended period of time, telementoring may be solution by allowing expert support trained through the learning curve procedure while overcoming...
Purpose: Although recurrence remains one of the most feared complications following congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) repair, there are minimal data on optimal surgical approach to these complex situations. The purpose this study was survey international pediatric surgery community ascertain practice patterns for both minimally invasive (MIS) and open approaches recurrent CDH. Materials Methods: A e-mailed members an online surgeons. questionnaire elicited surgeons' clinical experience,...
In the face of global environmental change, importance protected areas in biological management and conservation is expected to grow. Birds have played an important role as indicators effectiveness areas, but with little consideration given where species occur outside breeding season. We estimated weekly probability occurrence for 308 bird throughout year within western contiguous USA using eBird data combined period 2004 2011. classified based on their annual patterns lands having...
Ciliated hepatic foregut cysts (CHFC) are rare congenital lesions derived from the embryonic foregut. Because of potential transformation to squamous cell carcinoma in adulthood, mainstay therapy is surgical resection. To our knowledge, we report first case CHFC a child that was successfully excised laparoscopically.We 4-year-old boy diagnosed with an asymptomatic 5-cm liver cyst. After surveillance for 3 years, cyst grew 7 cm at which time it resected laparoscopically. The pathology...
We previously developed a porcine model of long gap pure esophageal atresia (EA) to aid in the creation novel devices and techniques for treatment EA. Shortcomings included difficulty decompressing proximal pouch (leading recurrent aspiration) requirement gastrostomy tube (G-tube) feeds. Therefore, we sought create with bifurcated esophagus wherein one portion lumen retained patency other part mimicked EA.After G-tube placement, thoracotomy was performed subsequent partial stapled...
Background: Laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding (LAGB) is a proven method for achieving long-term weight loss, but there has been controversy regarding how pay status impacts outcomes after surgery. Objectives: To compare of LAGB with respect to percentage excess loss (%EWL), perioperative complications, and number band adjustments between insured self-financed patients. Methods: Retrospective analysis data (n=108) including demographics, comorbidities, operative %EWL 5 years...
While adult bowel anastomoses are typically performed with staplers, neonatal small have traditionally been in a hand-sewn manner due to the large size of surgical staplers. The purpose this study was compare stapled anastomosis using newly available, 5-mm laparoscopic stapler an open animal model.Twenty were by two general surgery residents (10 and 10 hand-sewn) New Zealand white rabbit. divided scalpel. Surgical technique alternated between single-layer anastomoses. Each resected for ex...