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Learn more about Jennifer H. Aldrink

Biography

Jennifer Aldrink, MD’s surgical interests focus on pediatric and adolescent surgical oncology, including chest and abdominal solid tumors such as neuroblastoma, Wilms tumor, ovarian tumors, sarcoma, melanoma, thyroid cancer, and metastatic disease. She is the director of Surgical Oncology, a member of the Thyroid Disease team and the Pigmented Skin Lesion team. She is a graduate of the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University and completed her general surgery residency at Duke University Medical Center. Dr. Aldrink completed a fellowship in pediatric surgery at Nationwide Children’s Hospital. Dr. Aldrink is a member of the Children’s Oncology Group (COG), and participates actively on the Renal Tumor Committee, Surgical Committee, and Rare Tumor Committee. She is a member of the Society of Surgical Oncology, International Society of Pediatric Surgical Oncology, the Pediatric Surgical Oncology Research Collaborative, and the Cancer Committee of the American Pediatric Surgical Association. She is also a member of The American College of Surgeons, The Society of University Surgeons, American Academy of Pediatrics and American Pediatric Surgical Association.

Patient Care

Locations

Main Campus of Nationwide Children’s Hospital

Nationwide Children’s Hospital Toledo

Academic and Clinical Areas

Surgical Oncology Clinic

Co-Director

Melanoma & Pigmented Lesion Clinic

Physician Lead

Pediatric Surgery

Surgeon Team

Pediatric Thyroid Program

Surgeon Team

Trauma

Surgeon Team

Surgical Critical Care Fellowship

Faculty

Pediatric Surgery Residency

Faculty

Primary Department

General Pediatric Surgery

Awards, Honors & Organizations

Top Doctor, Castle Connolly, 2022 Exceptional Women in Medicine Award, Castle Connolly, 2022 Golden Apple Teaching Award, 2021 Golden Apple Teaching Award, 2020 Bruce P. Meyer Family Art of Medicine Award, Nationwide Children’s Hospital, 2020 Denis R. King Teacher of the Year Award, 2018 Best Scientific Poster Of Merit Award, American College of Surgeons, 2016 Member, Society of University Surgeons, 2018 - Present Surgical Section Publications Committee, American Academy of Pediatrics, 2018 - 2020 Cancer Committee, American Pediatric Surgical Association, 2017 - 2020 Program Committee, American Pediatric Surgical Association, 2015 - 2017 Surgical Section Program Committee, American Academy of Pediatrics, 2015 - 2017 Surgical Critical Care Committee, American Pediatric Surgical Association, 2015 - 2018 Hodgkin Lymphoma Committee, Children’s Oncology Group, 2014 - Present Renal Tumor Committee, Children’s Oncology Group, 2014 - Present Member, International Society of Paediatric Surgical Oncology, 2012 - Present Member, International Society of Paediatric Oncology, 2012 - Present Fellow, American College of Surgeons, 2011 - Present Member, Association for Academic Surgery, 2011 - Present Rare Tumor Committee, Children’s Oncology Group, 2011 - Present Cancer Committee, American Pediatric Surgical Association, 2011 - 2014 Specialty Fellow, American Academy of Pediatrics, Section of Surgery, 2010 - Present Surgery Committee, Children’s Oncology Group, 2010 - Present Institution Representative, Children’s Oncology Group, 2009 - Present Member, The Society of Surgical Oncology, 2009 - Present Member, American Pediatric Surgical Association, 2007 - Present Member, Alpha Omega Alpha, 1999 - Present

Research

Publications

                  Fleming MA 2nd, Head WT, Aldrink JH, Michalsky MP, Diefenbach KA. Robotic-assisted splenectomy in pediatric patients. Semin Pediatr Surg. 2023 Jan 26; 32: 151260.

                


                  Fialkowski E, Sudour-Bonnange H, Vujanic GM, Shamberger RC, Chowdhury T, Aldrink JH, Davick J, Sandberg J, Furtwaengler R, Mullen E. The varied spectrum of nephroblastomatosis, nephrogenic rests, and Wilms tumors: Review of current definitions and challenges of the field. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2022 Dec 22;  e30162.

                


                  Gil LA, Lutz CM, Dillon PA, Downard CD, Ehrlich PF, Fallat ME, Fraser JD, Grabowski JE, Helmrath MA, Hertweck SP, Hirschl RB, Kabre R, Lal DR, Landman MP, Lawrence AE, Leys CM, Mak GZ, Markel TA, Raiji MT, Rymeski B, Saito JM, Sato TT, St Peter SD, Stafford LMC, Deans KJ, Minneci PC, Hewitt GD, Aldrink JH, Midwest Pediatric Surgery Consortium.. Use and accuracy of intraoperative frozen section analysis for ovarian masses in children and adolescents. J Pediatr Adolesc Gynecol. 2022 Oct 6;  

                


                  Al-Hadidi A, Rinehardt HN, Sutthatarn P, Talbot LJ, Murphy AJ, Whitlock R, Condon S, Naik-Mathuria B, Utria AF, Rothstein DH, Chen SY, Wong-Michalak S, Kim ES, Short SS, Meyers RL, Kastenberg ZJ, Johnston ME 2nd, Zens T, Dasgupta R, Malek MM, Calabro K, Piché N, Callas H, Lautz TB, McKay K, Lovvorn HN, Commander SJ, Tracy ET, Lund SB, Polites SF, Davidson J, Dhooma J, Seemann NM, Marquart JP, Gainer H, Lal DR, Rich BS, Glick RD, Maloney L, Radu S, Fialkowski EA, Kwok PE, Romao RL, Rubalcava N, Ehrlich PF, Newman E, Diehl T, Le HD, Polcz V, Petroze RT, Stanek J, Aldrink JH. Incidence and Management of Pleural Effusions in Patients with Wilms Tumor: A Pediatric Surgical Oncology Research Collaborative Study. Int J Cancer. 2022 Jun 24;  

                


                  Short SS, Kastenberg ZJ, Wei G, Bondoc A, Dasgupta R, Tiao GM, Watters E, Heaton TE, Lotakis D, La Quaglia MP, Murphy AJ, Davidoff AM, Mansfield SA, Langham MR, Lautz TB, Superina RA, Ott KC, Malek MM, Morgan KM, Kim ES, Zamora A, Lascano D, Roach J, Murphy JT, Rothstein DH, Vasudevan SA, Whitlock R, Lal DR, Hallis B, Bütter A, Baertschiger RM, Lapidus-Krol E, Putra J, Tracy ER, Aldrink JH, Apfeld J, Le HD, Park KY, Rich BS, Glick RD, Fialkowski EA, Utria AF, Meyers RL, Riehle KJ. Histologic type predicts disparate outcomes in pediatric hepatocellular neoplasms: A Pediatric Surgical Oncology Research Collaborative study. Cancer. 2022 May 13;  

                


                  Knaus ME, Onwuka AJ, Afrazi A, Breech L, Corkum KS, Dillon PA, Ehrlich PF, Fallat ME, Fraser JD, Gadepalli SK, Grabowski JE, Hertweck SP, Kabre R, Lal DR, Landman MP, Lawrence AE, Leys CM, Mak GZ, Markel TA, Merchant N, Overman RE, Rademacher BL, Raiji MT, Rymeski B, Sato TT, Scannel M, Schikler AG, Sujka JA, Wright T, Aldrink JH, Hewitt GD, Minneci PC, Deans KJ, Midwest Pediatric Surgery Consortium.. Multi-Institutional Review of the Preoperative Diagnostic Accuracy for Pediatric Ovarian Mature Cystic Teratomas. J Pediatr Adolesc Gynecol. 2022 Feb 3;  

                


                  Baliga S, Matsui J, Klamer B, Cetnar A, Ewing A, Cadieux C, Gupta A, Setty BA, Roberts RD, Olshefski RS, Cripe TP, Scharschmidt TJ, Aldrink J, Mardis E, Yeager ND, Palmer JD. Clinical outcomes and efficacy of stereotactic body radiation therapy in children, adolescents, and young adults with metastatic solid tumors. Br J Radiol. 2022 Feb 10;  20211088.

                


                  Morgan KM, Anderson KT, Johnston ME, Dasgupta R, Crowley JJ, Fahy AS, Lapidus-Krol E, Baertschiger RM, Lautz TB, Many BT, Marquart JP, Gainer H, Lal DR, Rich BS, Glick RD, MacArthur TA, Polites SF, Kastenberg ZJ, Short SS, Meyers RL, Talbot L, Abdelhafeez A, Prajapati H, Davidoff AM, Rubaclava N, Newman E, Ehrlich PF, Rothstein DH, Roach JP, Ladd P, Janek KC, Le HD, Leraas HJ, Tracy ET, Bisset L, Mora MC, Warren P, Aldrink JH, Malek MM. Interhospital variability in localization techniques for small pulmonary nodules in children: A pediatric surgical oncology research collaborative study. J Pediatr Surg. 2022 Feb 23;  

                


                  Knaus ME, Onwuka AJ, Afrazi A, Breech L, Corkum KS, Dillon PA, Ehrlich PF, Fallat ME, Fraser JD, Gadepalli SK, Grabowski JE, Hertweck SP, Kabre R, Lal DR, Landman MP, Lawrence AE, Leys CM, Mak GZ, Markel TA, Merchant N, Elliott Overman R, Rademacher BL, Raiji MT, Rymeski B, Sato TT, Scannell M, Schikler AG, Sujka JA, Wright T, Aldrink JH, Hewitt GD, Minneci PC, Deans KJ, Midwest Pediatric Surgery Consortium.. Laparoscopy versus laparotomy for pediatric ovarian dermoids. J Pediatr Surg. 2022 Feb 12;  

                


                  Halsey JN, Faith EF, Logan SJ, Shenoy A, Schieffer KM, Cottrell CE, Lillis AP, Aldrink JH, Setty BA, Pearson GD. Syringocystadenocarcinoma Papilliferum in a Fifteen-Year-Old Girl: A Case Report and Review of the Literature. Case Rep Dermatol Med. 2022; 2022: 8076649.

                


                  Patterson KN, Lawrence AE, Beyene TJ, Aldrink JH, Michalsky M, Minneci PC. Recurrence Rates After Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery for Spontaneous Pneumothorax. J Laparoendosc Adv Surg Tech A. 2021 Dec; 31: 1424-1430.

                


                  Lautz TB, Fahy AS, Helenowski I, Wayne JD, Baertschiger RM, Aldrink JH. Higher rates of regional disease but improved outcomes in pediatric versus adult melanoma. J Pediatr Surg. 2021 Nov 10;  

                


                  Clark M, Aldrink JH, Richards B, Corbitt R, Stiver C, Cua CL. Usefulness of Postnatal Echocardiograms in Patients with Omphaloceles Who Previously Had a Normal Fetal Echocardiogram. Cardiol Ther. 2021 Oct 30;  

                


                  Kulaylat AN, Richards H, Yada K, Coyle D, Shelby R, Onwuka AJ, Aldrink JH, Diefenbach KA, Michalsky MP. Comparative analysis of robotic-assisted versus laparoscopic cholecystectomy in pediatric patients. J Pediatr Surg. 2021 Oct; 56: 1876-1880.

                


                  Koo SC, LaHaye S, Kovari BP, Schieffer KM, Ranalli MA, Aldrink JH, Michalsky MP, Colace S, Miller KE, Bedrosian TA, Leraas KM, Voytovich K, Wheeler G, Brennan P, Fitch J, Kelly BJ, McGrath SD, Miller AR, White P, Magrini V, Wilson RK, Mardis ER, Lauwers GY, Baker PB, Cottrell CE. Gastroblastoma with a novel EWSR1-CTBP1 fusion presenting in adolescence. Genes Chromosomes Cancer. 2021 Sep; 60: 640-646.

                


                  Grant CN, Rhee D, Tracy ET, Aldrink JH, Baertschiger RM, Lautz TB, Glick RD, Rodeberg DA, Ehrlich PF, Christison-Lagay E. Pediatric solid tumors and associated cancer predisposition syndromes: Workup, management, and surveillance. A summary from the APSA cancer committee. J Pediatr Surg. 2021 Aug 24;  

                


                  Lawrence AE, Fallat ME, Hewitt G, Hertweck P, Onwuka A, Afrazi A, Aldrink JH, Bence C, Burns RC, Corkum KS, Dillon PA, Ehrlich PF, Fraser JD, Gonzalez DO, Grabowski JE, Kabre R, Lal DR, Landman MP, Leys CM, Mak GZ, Rademacher BL, Raiji MT, Sato TT, Scannell M, Sujka JA, Wright TN, Minneci PC, Deans KJ, Midwest Pediatric Surgery Consortium.. Factors Associated with Torsion in Pediatric Patients with Ovarian Masses. J Surg Res. 2021 Jul; 263: 110-115.

                


                  Ahmad H, Al-Hadidi A, Bobbey A, Shah S, Stanek J, Nicol K, Hoffman RP, Aldrink JH. Pediatric adaptions are needed to improve the diagnostic accuracy of thyroid ultrasound using TI-RADS. J Pediatr Surg. 2021 Jun; 56: 1120-1125.

                


                  Ahmad H, Halleran DR, Vardanyan J, Mathieu W, Stanek J, Ranalli M, Levitt MA, Wood RJ, Aldrink JH. Functional fecal and urinary outcomes after sacrococcygeal mass resection in pediatric patients. J Pediatr Surg. 2021 Jun; 56: 1142-1147.

                


                  Shelby R, Kulaylat AN, Villella A, Michalsky MP, Diefenbach KA, Aldrink JH. A comparison of robotic-assisted splenectomy and laparoscopic splenectomy for children with hematologic disorders. J Pediatr Surg. 2021 May; 56: 1047-1050.

                


                  Aldrink JH, Glick RD, Baertschiger RM, Kulaylat AN, Lautz TB, Christison-Lagay E, Grant CN, Tracy E, Dasgupta R, Brown EG, Mattei P, Rothstein DH, Rodeberg DA, Ehrlich PF. Update on pediatric testicular germ cell tumors. J Pediatr Surg. 2021 Apr 15;  

                


                  Aldrink JH, Polites SF, Austin M. Pediatric Melanoma-Diagnosis, Management, and Anticipated Outcomes. Surg Oncol Clin N Am. 2021 Apr; 30: 373-388.

                


                  Lautz TB, Farooqui Z, Jenkins T, Heaton TE, Doski JJ, Cooke-Barber J, Murphy AJ, Davidoff AM, Mansfield SA, Kim ES, Zuber S, Goodhue C, Vasudevan SA, LaQuaglia MP, Piche N, Le-Nguyen A, Aldrink JH, Malek MM, Siow VS, Glick RD, Rich BS, Meyers RL, Short SS, Butter A, Baertschiger RM, Fialkowski EA, Dasgupta R. Thoracoscopy vs thoracotomy for the management of metastatic osteosarcoma: A Pediatric Surgical Oncology Research Collaborative Study. Int J Cancer. 2021 Mar 1; 148: 1164-1171.

                


                  Many BT, Lautz TB, Dobrozsi S, Wilkinson KH, Rossoff J, Le-Nguyen A, Dakhallah N, Piche N, Weinschenk W, Cooke-Barker J, Goodhue C, Zamora A, Kim ES, Talbot LJ, Quevedo OG, Murphy AJ, Commander SJ, Tracy ET, Short SS, Meyers RL, Rinehardt HN, Aldrink JH, Heaton TE, Ortiz MV, Baertschiger R, Wong KE, Lapidus-Krol E, Butter A, Davidson J, Stark R, Ramaraj A, Malek M, Mastropolo R, Morgan K, Murphy JT, Janek K, Le HD, Dasgupta R, Lal DR, PEDIATRIC SURGICAL ONCOLOGY RESEARCH COLLABORATIVE.. Appendectomy Versus Observation for Appendicitis in Neutropenic Children With Cancer. Pediatrics. 2021 Feb; 147: 

                


                  Mpody C, Arends J, Aldrink JH, Olutoye OO, Tobias JD, Nafiu OO. Prognostic profiling of children with serious post-operative complications: A novel probability model for failure to rescue. J Pediatr Surg. 2021 Feb; 56: 207-212.

                


                  Grant CN, Aldrink J, Lautz TB, Tracy ET, Rhee DS, Baertschiger RM, Dasgupta R, Ehrlich PF, Rodeberg DA. Lymphadenopathy in children: A streamlined approach for the surgeon - A report from the APSA Cancer Committee. J Pediatr Surg. 2021 Feb; 56: 274-281.

                


                  Gibbs H, Sethia R, McConnell PI, Aldrink JH, Shinoka T, Williams K, Jatana KR. Survival of Toddler with Aortoesophageal Fistula after Button Battery Ingestion. Case Rep Otolaryngol. 2021; 2021: 5557054.

                


                  Lawrence AE, Huntington JT, Savoie K, Dykes M, Aldrink JH, Richards H, Besner GE, Kenney B, Fisher J, Minneci PC, Michalsky MP. Improving care through standardized treatment of spontaneous pneumothorax. J Pediatr Surg. 2021 Jan; 56: 55-60.

                


                  Orr A, Liu H, Mariani R, Aldrink JH, Setty BA, Koo S. Bilateral Lung Metastases From a Phalangeal Giant Cell Tumor of Bone. Pediatr Dev Pathol. 2021 Jan-Feb; 24: 51-55.

                


                  Harris CJ, Helenowski I, Murphy AJ, Mansfield SA, LaQuaglia MP, Heaton TE, Cavalli M, Murphy JT, Newman E, Overmen RE, Kartal TT, Cooke-Barber J, Donaher A, Malek MM, Kalsi R, Kim ES, Zobel MJ, Goodhue CJ, Naik-Mathuria BJ, Jefferson IN, Roach JP, Mata C, Piché N, Joharifard S, Sultan S, Short SS, Meyers RL, Bleicher J, Le HD, Janek K, Bütter A, Davidson J, Aldrink JH, Richards HW, Tracy ET, Commander SJ, Fialkowski EA, Troutt M, Dasgupta R, Lautz TB. Implications of Tumor Characteristics and Treatment Modality on Local Recurrence and Functional Outcomes in Children with Chest Wall Sarcoma: A Pediatric Surgical Oncology Research Collaborative Study. Ann Surg. 2020 Nov 4;  

                


                  Mansfield SA, Lamb MG, Stanek JR, Arnold MA, Ranalli M, Aldrink JH. Renal Tumors in Children and Young Adults Older Than 5 Years of Age. J Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 2020 May; 42: 287-291.

                


                  Overman RE, Kartal TT, Cunningham AJ, Fialkowski EA, Naik-Mathuria BJ, Vasudevan SA, Malek MM, Kalsi R, Le HD, Stafford LC, Lautz TB, Many BT, Jones RE, Bütter A, Davidson J, Williams A, Dasgupta R, Lewis J, Troutt M, Aldrink JH, Mansfield SA, Lal DR, Xiao J, Meyers RL, Short SS, Newman EA. Optimization of percutaneous biopsy for diagnosis and pretreatment risk assessment of neuroblastoma. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2020 May; 67: e28153.

                


                  Christison-Lagay ER, Baertschiger RM, Dinauer C, Francis GL, Malek MM, Lautz TB, Aldrink JH, Grant C, Rhee DS, Ehrlich P, Dasgupta R, Abdessalam S, APSA Cancer Committee.. Pediatric differentiated thyroid carcinoma: An update from the APSA Cancer Committee. J Pediatr Surg. 2020 May 11;  

                


                  Gurria JP, Malek MM, Heaton TE, Gehred A, Lautz TB, Rhee DS, Tracy ET, Grant CN, Baertshiger RM, Bruny J, Christison-Lagay ER, Rodeberg DA, Ehrlich PF, Dasgupta R, Aldrink JH. Minimally invasive surgery for abdominal and thoracic neuroblastic tumors: A systematic review by the APSA Cancer committee. J Pediatr Surg. 2020 Feb 20;  

                


                  Lawrence AE, Fallat ME, Hewitt G, Hertweck P, Onwuka A, Afrazi A, Bence C, Burns RC, Corkum KS, Dillon PA, Ehrlich PF, Fraser JD, Gonzalez DO, Grabowski JE, Kabre R, Lal DR, Landman MP, Leys CM, Mak GZ, Overman RE, Rademacher BL, Raiji MT, Sato TT, Scannell M, Sujka JA, Wright T, Minneci PC, Deans KJ, Aldrink JH, Midwest Pediatric Surgery Consortium.. Understanding the Value of Tumor Markers in Pediatric Ovarian Neoplasms. J Pediatr Surg. 2020 Jan; 55: 122-125.

                


                  Halleran DR, Vilanova-Sanchez A, Reck CA, Maloof T, Weaver L, Stanek J, Levitt MA, Wood RJ, Aldrink JH. Presacral masses and sacrococcygeal teratomas in patients with and without anorectal malformations: A single institution comparative study. J Pediatr Surg. 2019 Jul; 54: 1372-1378.

                


                  Saltzman AF, Smith DE, Gao D, Ghosh D, Amini A, Aldrink JH, Dasgupta R, Gow KW, Glick RD, Ehrlich PF, Cost NG. How Many Lymph Nodes Are Enough? Assessing the Adequacy of Lymph Node Yield for Staging in Favorable Histology Wilms Tumor. J Pediatr Surg. 2019 Jun 20;  

                


                  Lawrence AE, Gonzalez DO, Fallat ME, Aldrink JH, Hewitt GD, Hertweck SP, Onwuka A, Bence C, Burns RC, Dillon PA, Ehrlich PF, Fraser JD, Grabowski JE, Hirschl RB, Kabre R, Kohler JE, Lal DR, Landman MP, Leys CM, Mak GZ, Sato TT, Scannell M, Sujka JA, Minneci PC, Deans KJ. Factors Associated With Management of Pediatric Ovarian Neoplasms. Pediatrics. 2019 Jun 4;  

                


                  Drews JD, Cooper JN, Onwuka EA, Minneci PC, Aldrink JH. The relationships of surgeon volume and specialty with outcomes following pediatric thyroidectomy. J Pediatr Surg. 2019 Jun; 54: 1226-1232.

                


                  Newman EA, Abdessalam S, Aldrink JH, Austin M, Heaton TE, Bruny J, Ehrlich P, Dasgupta R, Baertschiger RM, Lautz TB, Rhee DS, Langham MR Jr, Malek MM, Meyers RL, Nathan JD, Weil BR, Polites S, Madonna MB, APSA Cancer committee.. Update on neuroblastoma. J Pediatr Surg. 2019 Mar; 54: 383-389.

                


                  Corkum KS, Rhee DS, Wafford QE, Demeestere I, Dasgupta R, Baertschiger R, Malek MM, Aldrink JH, Heaton TE, Weil BR, Madonna MB, Lautz TB. Fertility and hormone preservation and restoration for female children and adolescents receiving gonadotoxic cancer treatments: A systematic review. J Pediatr Surg. 2019 Jan 22;  

                


                  Aldrink JH, Heaton TE, Dasgupta R, Lautz TB, Malek MM, Abdessalam SF, Weil BR, Rhee DS, Baertschiger R, Ehrlich PF, American Pediatric Surgical Association Cancer Committee.. Summary article: Update on Wilms tumor. J Pediatr Surg. 2018 Sep 19;  

                


                  Aldrink JH, Appel B, Kaplan JA, Hutchison RE, Schwartz CL, Kelly KM, McCarten K, Ehrlich PF. Surgeon Concordance in the Assessment of Resectability for Stage IA Nodular Lymphocyte Predominant Hodgkin Lymphoma. J Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 2018 Apr; 40: 246-247.

                


                  Cost NG, Aldrink JH, Saltzman AF, Dasgupta R, Gow KW, Glick R, Ehrlich PF. Current state of renal tumor surgery among pediatric surgeons and pediatric urologists: A survey of American Pediatric Surgical Association (APSA) and Society for Pediatric Urology (SPU) members. J Pediatr Urol. 2018 Apr; 14: 168.e1-168.e8.

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Education

Date of Appointment at Nationwide Children’s Hospital: 07/01/2009

Board Certifications

Pediatric Surgery Surgery

Fellowship

Nationwide Children’s Hospital

Date Completed: 06/30/2009

Residency

Duke Children’s Hospital and Health Center

Date Completed: 06/30/2007

Medical School

Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina Univers

Date Completed: 05/13/2000

Contact Information

General Pediatric Surgery

Call us at: (614) 722-3900

Fax us at: (614) 722-3903

                    Pediatric Surgery700 Children's DrColumbus, OH 43205 (map)

Contact Information

Call us at: (614) 722-3900

Fax us at: (614) 722-3903

General Pediatric SurgeryPediatric Surgery700 Children’s DrColumbus, OH 43205 (map)

Learn more about Jennifer H. Aldrink

Biography

Jennifer Aldrink, MD’s surgical interests focus on pediatric and adolescent surgical oncology, including chest and abdominal solid tumors such as neuroblastoma, Wilms tumor, ovarian tumors, sarcoma, melanoma, thyroid cancer, and metastatic disease. She is the director of Surgical Oncology, a member of the Thyroid Disease team and the Pigmented Skin Lesion team. She is a graduate of the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University and completed her general surgery residency at Duke University Medical Center. Dr. Aldrink completed a fellowship in pediatric surgery at Nationwide Children’s Hospital. Dr. Aldrink is a member of the Children’s Oncology Group (COG), and participates actively on the Renal Tumor Committee, Surgical Committee, and Rare Tumor Committee. She is a member of the Society of Surgical Oncology, International Society of Pediatric Surgical Oncology, the Pediatric Surgical Oncology Research Collaborative, and the Cancer Committee of the American Pediatric Surgical Association. She is also a member of The American College of Surgeons, The Society of University Surgeons, American Academy of Pediatrics and American Pediatric Surgical Association.

Patient Care

Locations

Main Campus of Nationwide Children’s Hospital

Nationwide Children’s Hospital Toledo

Academic and Clinical Areas

Surgical Oncology Clinic

Co-Director

Melanoma & Pigmented Lesion Clinic

Physician Lead

Pediatric Surgery

Surgeon Team

Pediatric Thyroid Program

Surgeon Team

Trauma

Surgeon Team

Surgical Critical Care Fellowship

Faculty

Pediatric Surgery Residency

Faculty

Primary Department

General Pediatric Surgery

Awards, Honors & Organizations

Top Doctor, Castle Connolly, 2022 Exceptional Women in Medicine Award, Castle Connolly, 2022 Golden Apple Teaching Award, 2021 Golden Apple Teaching Award, 2020 Bruce P. Meyer Family Art of Medicine Award, Nationwide Children’s Hospital, 2020 Denis R. King Teacher of the Year Award, 2018 Best Scientific Poster Of Merit Award, American College of Surgeons, 2016 Member, Society of University Surgeons, 2018 - Present Surgical Section Publications Committee, American Academy of Pediatrics, 2018 - 2020 Cancer Committee, American Pediatric Surgical Association, 2017 - 2020 Program Committee, American Pediatric Surgical Association, 2015 - 2017 Surgical Section Program Committee, American Academy of Pediatrics, 2015 - 2017 Surgical Critical Care Committee, American Pediatric Surgical Association, 2015 - 2018 Hodgkin Lymphoma Committee, Children’s Oncology Group, 2014 - Present Renal Tumor Committee, Children’s Oncology Group, 2014 - Present Member, International Society of Paediatric Surgical Oncology, 2012 - Present Member, International Society of Paediatric Oncology, 2012 - Present Fellow, American College of Surgeons, 2011 - Present Member, Association for Academic Surgery, 2011 - Present Rare Tumor Committee, Children’s Oncology Group, 2011 - Present Cancer Committee, American Pediatric Surgical Association, 2011 - 2014 Specialty Fellow, American Academy of Pediatrics, Section of Surgery, 2010 - Present Surgery Committee, Children’s Oncology Group, 2010 - Present Institution Representative, Children’s Oncology Group, 2009 - Present Member, The Society of Surgical Oncology, 2009 - Present Member, American Pediatric Surgical Association, 2007 - Present Member, Alpha Omega Alpha, 1999 - Present

Research

Publications

                  Fleming MA 2nd, Head WT, Aldrink JH, Michalsky MP, Diefenbach KA. Robotic-assisted splenectomy in pediatric patients. Semin Pediatr Surg. 2023 Jan 26; 32: 151260.

                


                  Fialkowski E, Sudour-Bonnange H, Vujanic GM, Shamberger RC, Chowdhury T, Aldrink JH, Davick J, Sandberg J, Furtwaengler R, Mullen E. The varied spectrum of nephroblastomatosis, nephrogenic rests, and Wilms tumors: Review of current definitions and challenges of the field. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2022 Dec 22;  e30162.

                


                  Gil LA, Lutz CM, Dillon PA, Downard CD, Ehrlich PF, Fallat ME, Fraser JD, Grabowski JE, Helmrath MA, Hertweck SP, Hirschl RB, Kabre R, Lal DR, Landman MP, Lawrence AE, Leys CM, Mak GZ, Markel TA, Raiji MT, Rymeski B, Saito JM, Sato TT, St Peter SD, Stafford LMC, Deans KJ, Minneci PC, Hewitt GD, Aldrink JH, Midwest Pediatric Surgery Consortium.. Use and accuracy of intraoperative frozen section analysis for ovarian masses in children and adolescents. J Pediatr Adolesc Gynecol. 2022 Oct 6;  

                


                  Al-Hadidi A, Rinehardt HN, Sutthatarn P, Talbot LJ, Murphy AJ, Whitlock R, Condon S, Naik-Mathuria B, Utria AF, Rothstein DH, Chen SY, Wong-Michalak S, Kim ES, Short SS, Meyers RL, Kastenberg ZJ, Johnston ME 2nd, Zens T, Dasgupta R, Malek MM, Calabro K, Piché N, Callas H, Lautz TB, McKay K, Lovvorn HN, Commander SJ, Tracy ET, Lund SB, Polites SF, Davidson J, Dhooma J, Seemann NM, Marquart JP, Gainer H, Lal DR, Rich BS, Glick RD, Maloney L, Radu S, Fialkowski EA, Kwok PE, Romao RL, Rubalcava N, Ehrlich PF, Newman E, Diehl T, Le HD, Polcz V, Petroze RT, Stanek J, Aldrink JH. Incidence and Management of Pleural Effusions in Patients with Wilms Tumor: A Pediatric Surgical Oncology Research Collaborative Study. Int J Cancer. 2022 Jun 24;  

                


                  Short SS, Kastenberg ZJ, Wei G, Bondoc A, Dasgupta R, Tiao GM, Watters E, Heaton TE, Lotakis D, La Quaglia MP, Murphy AJ, Davidoff AM, Mansfield SA, Langham MR, Lautz TB, Superina RA, Ott KC, Malek MM, Morgan KM, Kim ES, Zamora A, Lascano D, Roach J, Murphy JT, Rothstein DH, Vasudevan SA, Whitlock R, Lal DR, Hallis B, Bütter A, Baertschiger RM, Lapidus-Krol E, Putra J, Tracy ER, Aldrink JH, Apfeld J, Le HD, Park KY, Rich BS, Glick RD, Fialkowski EA, Utria AF, Meyers RL, Riehle KJ. Histologic type predicts disparate outcomes in pediatric hepatocellular neoplasms: A Pediatric Surgical Oncology Research Collaborative study. Cancer. 2022 May 13;  

                


                  Knaus ME, Onwuka AJ, Afrazi A, Breech L, Corkum KS, Dillon PA, Ehrlich PF, Fallat ME, Fraser JD, Gadepalli SK, Grabowski JE, Hertweck SP, Kabre R, Lal DR, Landman MP, Lawrence AE, Leys CM, Mak GZ, Markel TA, Merchant N, Overman RE, Rademacher BL, Raiji MT, Rymeski B, Sato TT, Scannel M, Schikler AG, Sujka JA, Wright T, Aldrink JH, Hewitt GD, Minneci PC, Deans KJ, Midwest Pediatric Surgery Consortium.. Multi-Institutional Review of the Preoperative Diagnostic Accuracy for Pediatric Ovarian Mature Cystic Teratomas. J Pediatr Adolesc Gynecol. 2022 Feb 3;  

                


                  Baliga S, Matsui J, Klamer B, Cetnar A, Ewing A, Cadieux C, Gupta A, Setty BA, Roberts RD, Olshefski RS, Cripe TP, Scharschmidt TJ, Aldrink J, Mardis E, Yeager ND, Palmer JD. Clinical outcomes and efficacy of stereotactic body radiation therapy in children, adolescents, and young adults with metastatic solid tumors. Br J Radiol. 2022 Feb 10;  20211088.

                


                  Morgan KM, Anderson KT, Johnston ME, Dasgupta R, Crowley JJ, Fahy AS, Lapidus-Krol E, Baertschiger RM, Lautz TB, Many BT, Marquart JP, Gainer H, Lal DR, Rich BS, Glick RD, MacArthur TA, Polites SF, Kastenberg ZJ, Short SS, Meyers RL, Talbot L, Abdelhafeez A, Prajapati H, Davidoff AM, Rubaclava N, Newman E, Ehrlich PF, Rothstein DH, Roach JP, Ladd P, Janek KC, Le HD, Leraas HJ, Tracy ET, Bisset L, Mora MC, Warren P, Aldrink JH, Malek MM. Interhospital variability in localization techniques for small pulmonary nodules in children: A pediatric surgical oncology research collaborative study. J Pediatr Surg. 2022 Feb 23;  

                


                  Knaus ME, Onwuka AJ, Afrazi A, Breech L, Corkum KS, Dillon PA, Ehrlich PF, Fallat ME, Fraser JD, Gadepalli SK, Grabowski JE, Hertweck SP, Kabre R, Lal DR, Landman MP, Lawrence AE, Leys CM, Mak GZ, Markel TA, Merchant N, Elliott Overman R, Rademacher BL, Raiji MT, Rymeski B, Sato TT, Scannell M, Schikler AG, Sujka JA, Wright T, Aldrink JH, Hewitt GD, Minneci PC, Deans KJ, Midwest Pediatric Surgery Consortium.. Laparoscopy versus laparotomy for pediatric ovarian dermoids. J Pediatr Surg. 2022 Feb 12;  

                


                  Halsey JN, Faith EF, Logan SJ, Shenoy A, Schieffer KM, Cottrell CE, Lillis AP, Aldrink JH, Setty BA, Pearson GD. Syringocystadenocarcinoma Papilliferum in a Fifteen-Year-Old Girl: A Case Report and Review of the Literature. Case Rep Dermatol Med. 2022; 2022: 8076649.

                


                  Patterson KN, Lawrence AE, Beyene TJ, Aldrink JH, Michalsky M, Minneci PC. Recurrence Rates After Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery for Spontaneous Pneumothorax. J Laparoendosc Adv Surg Tech A. 2021 Dec; 31: 1424-1430.

                


                  Lautz TB, Fahy AS, Helenowski I, Wayne JD, Baertschiger RM, Aldrink JH. Higher rates of regional disease but improved outcomes in pediatric versus adult melanoma. J Pediatr Surg. 2021 Nov 10;  

                


                  Clark M, Aldrink JH, Richards B, Corbitt R, Stiver C, Cua CL. Usefulness of Postnatal Echocardiograms in Patients with Omphaloceles Who Previously Had a Normal Fetal Echocardiogram. Cardiol Ther. 2021 Oct 30;  

                


                  Kulaylat AN, Richards H, Yada K, Coyle D, Shelby R, Onwuka AJ, Aldrink JH, Diefenbach KA, Michalsky MP. Comparative analysis of robotic-assisted versus laparoscopic cholecystectomy in pediatric patients. J Pediatr Surg. 2021 Oct; 56: 1876-1880.

                


                  Koo SC, LaHaye S, Kovari BP, Schieffer KM, Ranalli MA, Aldrink JH, Michalsky MP, Colace S, Miller KE, Bedrosian TA, Leraas KM, Voytovich K, Wheeler G, Brennan P, Fitch J, Kelly BJ, McGrath SD, Miller AR, White P, Magrini V, Wilson RK, Mardis ER, Lauwers GY, Baker PB, Cottrell CE. Gastroblastoma with a novel EWSR1-CTBP1 fusion presenting in adolescence. Genes Chromosomes Cancer. 2021 Sep; 60: 640-646.

                


                  Grant CN, Rhee D, Tracy ET, Aldrink JH, Baertschiger RM, Lautz TB, Glick RD, Rodeberg DA, Ehrlich PF, Christison-Lagay E. Pediatric solid tumors and associated cancer predisposition syndromes: Workup, management, and surveillance. A summary from the APSA cancer committee. J Pediatr Surg. 2021 Aug 24;  

                


                  Lawrence AE, Fallat ME, Hewitt G, Hertweck P, Onwuka A, Afrazi A, Aldrink JH, Bence C, Burns RC, Corkum KS, Dillon PA, Ehrlich PF, Fraser JD, Gonzalez DO, Grabowski JE, Kabre R, Lal DR, Landman MP, Leys CM, Mak GZ, Rademacher BL, Raiji MT, Sato TT, Scannell M, Sujka JA, Wright TN, Minneci PC, Deans KJ, Midwest Pediatric Surgery Consortium.. Factors Associated with Torsion in Pediatric Patients with Ovarian Masses. J Surg Res. 2021 Jul; 263: 110-115.

                


                  Ahmad H, Al-Hadidi A, Bobbey A, Shah S, Stanek J, Nicol K, Hoffman RP, Aldrink JH. Pediatric adaptions are needed to improve the diagnostic accuracy of thyroid ultrasound using TI-RADS. J Pediatr Surg. 2021 Jun; 56: 1120-1125.

                


                  Ahmad H, Halleran DR, Vardanyan J, Mathieu W, Stanek J, Ranalli M, Levitt MA, Wood RJ, Aldrink JH. Functional fecal and urinary outcomes after sacrococcygeal mass resection in pediatric patients. J Pediatr Surg. 2021 Jun; 56: 1142-1147.

                


                  Shelby R, Kulaylat AN, Villella A, Michalsky MP, Diefenbach KA, Aldrink JH. A comparison of robotic-assisted splenectomy and laparoscopic splenectomy for children with hematologic disorders. J Pediatr Surg. 2021 May; 56: 1047-1050.

                


                  Aldrink JH, Glick RD, Baertschiger RM, Kulaylat AN, Lautz TB, Christison-Lagay E, Grant CN, Tracy E, Dasgupta R, Brown EG, Mattei P, Rothstein DH, Rodeberg DA, Ehrlich PF. Update on pediatric testicular germ cell tumors. J Pediatr Surg. 2021 Apr 15;  

                


                  Aldrink JH, Polites SF, Austin M. Pediatric Melanoma-Diagnosis, Management, and Anticipated Outcomes. Surg Oncol Clin N Am. 2021 Apr; 30: 373-388.

                


                  Lautz TB, Farooqui Z, Jenkins T, Heaton TE, Doski JJ, Cooke-Barber J, Murphy AJ, Davidoff AM, Mansfield SA, Kim ES, Zuber S, Goodhue C, Vasudevan SA, LaQuaglia MP, Piche N, Le-Nguyen A, Aldrink JH, Malek MM, Siow VS, Glick RD, Rich BS, Meyers RL, Short SS, Butter A, Baertschiger RM, Fialkowski EA, Dasgupta R. Thoracoscopy vs thoracotomy for the management of metastatic osteosarcoma: A Pediatric Surgical Oncology Research Collaborative Study. Int J Cancer. 2021 Mar 1; 148: 1164-1171.

                


                  Many BT, Lautz TB, Dobrozsi S, Wilkinson KH, Rossoff J, Le-Nguyen A, Dakhallah N, Piche N, Weinschenk W, Cooke-Barker J, Goodhue C, Zamora A, Kim ES, Talbot LJ, Quevedo OG, Murphy AJ, Commander SJ, Tracy ET, Short SS, Meyers RL, Rinehardt HN, Aldrink JH, Heaton TE, Ortiz MV, Baertschiger R, Wong KE, Lapidus-Krol E, Butter A, Davidson J, Stark R, Ramaraj A, Malek M, Mastropolo R, Morgan K, Murphy JT, Janek K, Le HD, Dasgupta R, Lal DR, PEDIATRIC SURGICAL ONCOLOGY RESEARCH COLLABORATIVE.. Appendectomy Versus Observation for Appendicitis in Neutropenic Children With Cancer. Pediatrics. 2021 Feb; 147: 

                


                  Mpody C, Arends J, Aldrink JH, Olutoye OO, Tobias JD, Nafiu OO. Prognostic profiling of children with serious post-operative complications: A novel probability model for failure to rescue. J Pediatr Surg. 2021 Feb; 56: 207-212.

                


                  Grant CN, Aldrink J, Lautz TB, Tracy ET, Rhee DS, Baertschiger RM, Dasgupta R, Ehrlich PF, Rodeberg DA. Lymphadenopathy in children: A streamlined approach for the surgeon - A report from the APSA Cancer Committee. J Pediatr Surg. 2021 Feb; 56: 274-281.

                


                  Gibbs H, Sethia R, McConnell PI, Aldrink JH, Shinoka T, Williams K, Jatana KR. Survival of Toddler with Aortoesophageal Fistula after Button Battery Ingestion. Case Rep Otolaryngol. 2021; 2021: 5557054.

                


                  Lawrence AE, Huntington JT, Savoie K, Dykes M, Aldrink JH, Richards H, Besner GE, Kenney B, Fisher J, Minneci PC, Michalsky MP. Improving care through standardized treatment of spontaneous pneumothorax. J Pediatr Surg. 2021 Jan; 56: 55-60.

                


                  Orr A, Liu H, Mariani R, Aldrink JH, Setty BA, Koo S. Bilateral Lung Metastases From a Phalangeal Giant Cell Tumor of Bone. Pediatr Dev Pathol. 2021 Jan-Feb; 24: 51-55.

                


                  Harris CJ, Helenowski I, Murphy AJ, Mansfield SA, LaQuaglia MP, Heaton TE, Cavalli M, Murphy JT, Newman E, Overmen RE, Kartal TT, Cooke-Barber J, Donaher A, Malek MM, Kalsi R, Kim ES, Zobel MJ, Goodhue CJ, Naik-Mathuria BJ, Jefferson IN, Roach JP, Mata C, Piché N, Joharifard S, Sultan S, Short SS, Meyers RL, Bleicher J, Le HD, Janek K, Bütter A, Davidson J, Aldrink JH, Richards HW, Tracy ET, Commander SJ, Fialkowski EA, Troutt M, Dasgupta R, Lautz TB. Implications of Tumor Characteristics and Treatment Modality on Local Recurrence and Functional Outcomes in Children with Chest Wall Sarcoma: A Pediatric Surgical Oncology Research Collaborative Study. Ann Surg. 2020 Nov 4;  

                


                  Mansfield SA, Lamb MG, Stanek JR, Arnold MA, Ranalli M, Aldrink JH. Renal Tumors in Children and Young Adults Older Than 5 Years of Age. J Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 2020 May; 42: 287-291.

                


                  Overman RE, Kartal TT, Cunningham AJ, Fialkowski EA, Naik-Mathuria BJ, Vasudevan SA, Malek MM, Kalsi R, Le HD, Stafford LC, Lautz TB, Many BT, Jones RE, Bütter A, Davidson J, Williams A, Dasgupta R, Lewis J, Troutt M, Aldrink JH, Mansfield SA, Lal DR, Xiao J, Meyers RL, Short SS, Newman EA. Optimization of percutaneous biopsy for diagnosis and pretreatment risk assessment of neuroblastoma. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2020 May; 67: e28153.

                


                  Christison-Lagay ER, Baertschiger RM, Dinauer C, Francis GL, Malek MM, Lautz TB, Aldrink JH, Grant C, Rhee DS, Ehrlich P, Dasgupta R, Abdessalam S, APSA Cancer Committee.. Pediatric differentiated thyroid carcinoma: An update from the APSA Cancer Committee. J Pediatr Surg. 2020 May 11;  

                


                  Gurria JP, Malek MM, Heaton TE, Gehred A, Lautz TB, Rhee DS, Tracy ET, Grant CN, Baertshiger RM, Bruny J, Christison-Lagay ER, Rodeberg DA, Ehrlich PF, Dasgupta R, Aldrink JH. Minimally invasive surgery for abdominal and thoracic neuroblastic tumors: A systematic review by the APSA Cancer committee. J Pediatr Surg. 2020 Feb 20;  

                


                  Lawrence AE, Fallat ME, Hewitt G, Hertweck P, Onwuka A, Afrazi A, Bence C, Burns RC, Corkum KS, Dillon PA, Ehrlich PF, Fraser JD, Gonzalez DO, Grabowski JE, Kabre R, Lal DR, Landman MP, Leys CM, Mak GZ, Overman RE, Rademacher BL, Raiji MT, Sato TT, Scannell M, Sujka JA, Wright T, Minneci PC, Deans KJ, Aldrink JH, Midwest Pediatric Surgery Consortium.. Understanding the Value of Tumor Markers in Pediatric Ovarian Neoplasms. J Pediatr Surg. 2020 Jan; 55: 122-125.

                


                  Halleran DR, Vilanova-Sanchez A, Reck CA, Maloof T, Weaver L, Stanek J, Levitt MA, Wood RJ, Aldrink JH. Presacral masses and sacrococcygeal teratomas in patients with and without anorectal malformations: A single institution comparative study. J Pediatr Surg. 2019 Jul; 54: 1372-1378.

                


                  Saltzman AF, Smith DE, Gao D, Ghosh D, Amini A, Aldrink JH, Dasgupta R, Gow KW, Glick RD, Ehrlich PF, Cost NG. How Many Lymph Nodes Are Enough? Assessing the Adequacy of Lymph Node Yield for Staging in Favorable Histology Wilms Tumor. J Pediatr Surg. 2019 Jun 20;  

                


                  Lawrence AE, Gonzalez DO, Fallat ME, Aldrink JH, Hewitt GD, Hertweck SP, Onwuka A, Bence C, Burns RC, Dillon PA, Ehrlich PF, Fraser JD, Grabowski JE, Hirschl RB, Kabre R, Kohler JE, Lal DR, Landman MP, Leys CM, Mak GZ, Sato TT, Scannell M, Sujka JA, Minneci PC, Deans KJ. Factors Associated With Management of Pediatric Ovarian Neoplasms. Pediatrics. 2019 Jun 4;  

                


                  Drews JD, Cooper JN, Onwuka EA, Minneci PC, Aldrink JH. The relationships of surgeon volume and specialty with outcomes following pediatric thyroidectomy. J Pediatr Surg. 2019 Jun; 54: 1226-1232.

                


                  Newman EA, Abdessalam S, Aldrink JH, Austin M, Heaton TE, Bruny J, Ehrlich P, Dasgupta R, Baertschiger RM, Lautz TB, Rhee DS, Langham MR Jr, Malek MM, Meyers RL, Nathan JD, Weil BR, Polites S, Madonna MB, APSA Cancer committee.. Update on neuroblastoma. J Pediatr Surg. 2019 Mar; 54: 383-389.

                


                  Corkum KS, Rhee DS, Wafford QE, Demeestere I, Dasgupta R, Baertschiger R, Malek MM, Aldrink JH, Heaton TE, Weil BR, Madonna MB, Lautz TB. Fertility and hormone preservation and restoration for female children and adolescents receiving gonadotoxic cancer treatments: A systematic review. J Pediatr Surg. 2019 Jan 22;  

                


                  Aldrink JH, Heaton TE, Dasgupta R, Lautz TB, Malek MM, Abdessalam SF, Weil BR, Rhee DS, Baertschiger R, Ehrlich PF, American Pediatric Surgical Association Cancer Committee.. Summary article: Update on Wilms tumor. J Pediatr Surg. 2018 Sep 19;  

                


                  Aldrink JH, Appel B, Kaplan JA, Hutchison RE, Schwartz CL, Kelly KM, McCarten K, Ehrlich PF. Surgeon Concordance in the Assessment of Resectability for Stage IA Nodular Lymphocyte Predominant Hodgkin Lymphoma. J Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 2018 Apr; 40: 246-247.

                


                  Cost NG, Aldrink JH, Saltzman AF, Dasgupta R, Gow KW, Glick R, Ehrlich PF. Current state of renal tumor surgery among pediatric surgeons and pediatric urologists: A survey of American Pediatric Surgical Association (APSA) and Society for Pediatric Urology (SPU) members. J Pediatr Urol. 2018 Apr; 14: 168.e1-168.e8.

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Education

Date of Appointment at Nationwide Children’s Hospital: 07/01/2009

Board Certifications

Pediatric Surgery Surgery

Fellowship

Nationwide Children’s Hospital

Date Completed: 06/30/2009

Residency

Duke Children’s Hospital and Health Center

Date Completed: 06/30/2007

Medical School

Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina Univers

Date Completed: 05/13/2000

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Call us at: (614) 722-3900

Fax us at: (614) 722-3903

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Learn more about Jennifer H. Aldrink

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Learn more about Jennifer H. Aldrink

Biography

Jennifer Aldrink, MD’s surgical interests focus on pediatric and adolescent surgical oncology, including chest and abdominal solid tumors such as neuroblastoma, Wilms tumor, ovarian tumors, sarcoma, melanoma, thyroid cancer, and metastatic disease. She is the director of Surgical Oncology, a member of the Thyroid Disease team and the Pigmented Skin Lesion team. She is a graduate of the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University and completed her general surgery residency at Duke University Medical Center. Dr. Aldrink completed a fellowship in pediatric surgery at Nationwide Children’s Hospital. Dr. Aldrink is a member of the Children’s Oncology Group (COG), and participates actively on the Renal Tumor Committee, Surgical Committee, and Rare Tumor Committee. She is a member of the Society of Surgical Oncology, International Society of Pediatric Surgical Oncology, the Pediatric Surgical Oncology Research Collaborative, and the Cancer Committee of the American Pediatric Surgical Association. She is also a member of The American College of Surgeons, The Society of University Surgeons, American Academy of Pediatrics and American Pediatric Surgical Association.

Biography

Jennifer Aldrink, MD’s surgical interests focus on pediatric and adolescent surgical oncology, including chest and abdominal solid tumors such as neuroblastoma, Wilms tumor, ovarian tumors, sarcoma, melanoma, thyroid cancer, and metastatic disease. She is the director of Surgical Oncology, a member of the Thyroid Disease team and the Pigmented Skin Lesion team. She is a graduate of the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University and completed her general surgery residency at Duke University Medical Center. Dr. Aldrink completed a fellowship in pediatric surgery at Nationwide Children’s Hospital. Dr. Aldrink is a member of the Children’s Oncology Group (COG), and participates actively on the Renal Tumor Committee, Surgical Committee, and Rare Tumor Committee. She is a member of the Society of Surgical Oncology, International Society of Pediatric Surgical Oncology, the Pediatric Surgical Oncology Research Collaborative, and the Cancer Committee of the American Pediatric Surgical Association. She is also a member of The American College of Surgeons, The Society of University Surgeons, American Academy of Pediatrics and American Pediatric Surgical Association.

Biography

Jennifer Aldrink, MD’s surgical interests focus on pediatric and adolescent surgical oncology, including chest and abdominal solid tumors such as neuroblastoma, Wilms tumor, ovarian tumors, sarcoma, melanoma, thyroid cancer, and metastatic disease. She is the director of Surgical Oncology, a member of the Thyroid Disease team and the Pigmented Skin Lesion team. She is a graduate of the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University and completed her general surgery residency at Duke University Medical Center. Dr. Aldrink completed a fellowship in pediatric surgery at Nationwide Children’s Hospital. Dr. Aldrink is a member of the Children’s Oncology Group (COG), and participates actively on the Renal Tumor Committee, Surgical Committee, and Rare Tumor Committee. She is a member of the Society of Surgical Oncology, International Society of Pediatric Surgical Oncology, the Pediatric Surgical Oncology Research Collaborative, and the Cancer Committee of the American Pediatric Surgical Association. She is also a member of The American College of Surgeons, The Society of University Surgeons, American Academy of Pediatrics and American Pediatric Surgical Association.

Jennifer Aldrink, MD’s surgical interests focus on pediatric and adolescent surgical oncology, including chest and abdominal solid tumors such as neuroblastoma, Wilms tumor, ovarian tumors, sarcoma, melanoma, thyroid cancer, and metastatic disease. She is the director of Surgical Oncology, a member of the Thyroid Disease team and the Pigmented Skin Lesion team. She is a graduate of the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University and completed her general surgery residency at Duke University Medical Center. Dr. Aldrink completed a fellowship in pediatric surgery at Nationwide Children’s Hospital. Dr. Aldrink is a member of the Children’s Oncology Group (COG), and participates actively on the Renal Tumor Committee, Surgical Committee, and Rare Tumor Committee. She is a member of the Society of Surgical Oncology, International Society of Pediatric Surgical Oncology, the Pediatric Surgical Oncology Research Collaborative, and the Cancer Committee of the American Pediatric Surgical Association. She is also a member of The American College of Surgeons, The Society of University Surgeons, American Academy of Pediatrics and American Pediatric Surgical Association.

Jennifer Aldrink, MD’s surgical interests focus on pediatric and adolescent surgical oncology, including chest and abdominal solid tumors such as neuroblastoma, Wilms tumor, ovarian tumors, sarcoma, melanoma, thyroid cancer, and metastatic disease. She is the director of Surgical Oncology, a member of the Thyroid Disease team and the Pigmented Skin Lesion team. She is a graduate of the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University and completed her general surgery residency at Duke University Medical Center. Dr. Aldrink completed a fellowship in pediatric surgery at Nationwide Children’s Hospital.

Dr. Aldrink is a member of the Children’s Oncology Group (COG), and participates actively on the Renal Tumor Committee, Surgical Committee, and Rare Tumor Committee. She is a member of the Society of Surgical Oncology, International Society of Pediatric Surgical Oncology, the Pediatric Surgical Oncology Research Collaborative, and the Cancer Committee of the American Pediatric Surgical Association. She is also a member of The American College of Surgeons, The Society of University Surgeons, American Academy of Pediatrics and American Pediatric Surgical Association.

Patient Care

Locations

Main Campus of Nationwide Children’s Hospital

Nationwide Children’s Hospital Toledo

Patient Care

Locations

Main Campus of Nationwide Children’s Hospital

Nationwide Children’s Hospital Toledo

Patient Care

Locations

Main Campus of Nationwide Children’s Hospital

Nationwide Children’s Hospital Toledo

Locations

Main Campus of Nationwide Children’s Hospital

Nationwide Children’s Hospital Toledo

Locations

Main Campus of Nationwide Children’s Hospital

Nationwide Children’s Hospital Toledo

Locations

Main Campus of Nationwide Children’s Hospital

Nationwide Children’s Hospital Toledo

  • Main Campus of Nationwide Children’s Hospital
  • Nationwide Children’s Hospital Toledo

Academic and Clinical Areas

Surgical Oncology Clinic

Co-Director

Melanoma & Pigmented Lesion Clinic

Physician Lead

Pediatric Surgery

Surgeon Team

Pediatric Thyroid Program

Surgeon Team

Trauma

Surgeon Team

Surgical Critical Care Fellowship

Faculty

Pediatric Surgery Residency

Faculty

Primary Department

General Pediatric Surgery

Academic and Clinical Areas

Surgical Oncology Clinic

Co-Director

Melanoma & Pigmented Lesion Clinic

Physician Lead

Pediatric Surgery

Surgeon Team

Pediatric Thyroid Program

Surgeon Team

Trauma

Surgeon Team

Surgical Critical Care Fellowship

Faculty

Pediatric Surgery Residency

Faculty

Primary Department

General Pediatric Surgery

Academic and Clinical Areas

Surgical Oncology Clinic

Co-Director

Melanoma & Pigmented Lesion Clinic

Physician Lead

Pediatric Surgery

Surgeon Team

Pediatric Thyroid Program

Surgeon Team

Trauma

Surgeon Team

Surgical Critical Care Fellowship

Faculty

Pediatric Surgery Residency

Faculty

Primary Department

General Pediatric Surgery

Surgical Oncology Clinic

Co-Director

Melanoma & Pigmented Lesion Clinic

Physician Lead

Pediatric Surgery

Surgeon Team

Pediatric Thyroid Program

Surgeon Team

Trauma

Surgeon Team

Surgical Critical Care Fellowship

Faculty

Pediatric Surgery Residency

Faculty

Primary Department

General Pediatric Surgery

  • Surgical Oncology Clinic
  • Co-Director
  • Melanoma & Pigmented Lesion Clinic
  • Physician Lead
  • Pediatric Surgery
  • Surgeon Team
  • Pediatric Thyroid Program
  • Surgeon Team
  • Trauma
  • Surgeon Team
  • Surgical Critical Care Fellowship
  • Faculty
  • Pediatric Surgery Residency
  • Faculty
  • Primary Department
  • General Pediatric Surgery

Awards, Honors & Organizations

Top Doctor, Castle Connolly, 2022 Exceptional Women in Medicine Award, Castle Connolly, 2022 Golden Apple Teaching Award, 2021 Golden Apple Teaching Award, 2020 Bruce P. Meyer Family Art of Medicine Award, Nationwide Children’s Hospital, 2020 Denis R. King Teacher of the Year Award, 2018 Best Scientific Poster Of Merit Award, American College of Surgeons, 2016 Member, Society of University Surgeons, 2018 - Present Surgical Section Publications Committee, American Academy of Pediatrics, 2018 - 2020 Cancer Committee, American Pediatric Surgical Association, 2017 - 2020 Program Committee, American Pediatric Surgical Association, 2015 - 2017 Surgical Section Program Committee, American Academy of Pediatrics, 2015 - 2017 Surgical Critical Care Committee, American Pediatric Surgical Association, 2015 - 2018 Hodgkin Lymphoma Committee, Children’s Oncology Group, 2014 - Present Renal Tumor Committee, Children’s Oncology Group, 2014 - Present Member, International Society of Paediatric Surgical Oncology, 2012 - Present Member, International Society of Paediatric Oncology, 2012 - Present Fellow, American College of Surgeons, 2011 - Present Member, Association for Academic Surgery, 2011 - Present Rare Tumor Committee, Children’s Oncology Group, 2011 - Present Cancer Committee, American Pediatric Surgical Association, 2011 - 2014 Specialty Fellow, American Academy of Pediatrics, Section of Surgery, 2010 - Present Surgery Committee, Children’s Oncology Group, 2010 - Present Institution Representative, Children’s Oncology Group, 2009 - Present Member, The Society of Surgical Oncology, 2009 - Present Member, American Pediatric Surgical Association, 2007 - Present Member, Alpha Omega Alpha, 1999 - Present

Awards, Honors & Organizations

Top Doctor, Castle Connolly, 2022 Exceptional Women in Medicine Award, Castle Connolly, 2022 Golden Apple Teaching Award, 2021 Golden Apple Teaching Award, 2020 Bruce P. Meyer Family Art of Medicine Award, Nationwide Children’s Hospital, 2020 Denis R. King Teacher of the Year Award, 2018 Best Scientific Poster Of Merit Award, American College of Surgeons, 2016 Member, Society of University Surgeons, 2018 - Present Surgical Section Publications Committee, American Academy of Pediatrics, 2018 - 2020 Cancer Committee, American Pediatric Surgical Association, 2017 - 2020 Program Committee, American Pediatric Surgical Association, 2015 - 2017 Surgical Section Program Committee, American Academy of Pediatrics, 2015 - 2017 Surgical Critical Care Committee, American Pediatric Surgical Association, 2015 - 2018 Hodgkin Lymphoma Committee, Children’s Oncology Group, 2014 - Present Renal Tumor Committee, Children’s Oncology Group, 2014 - Present Member, International Society of Paediatric Surgical Oncology, 2012 - Present Member, International Society of Paediatric Oncology, 2012 - Present Fellow, American College of Surgeons, 2011 - Present Member, Association for Academic Surgery, 2011 - Present Rare Tumor Committee, Children’s Oncology Group, 2011 - Present Cancer Committee, American Pediatric Surgical Association, 2011 - 2014 Specialty Fellow, American Academy of Pediatrics, Section of Surgery, 2010 - Present Surgery Committee, Children’s Oncology Group, 2010 - Present Institution Representative, Children’s Oncology Group, 2009 - Present Member, The Society of Surgical Oncology, 2009 - Present Member, American Pediatric Surgical Association, 2007 - Present Member, Alpha Omega Alpha, 1999 - Present

Awards, Honors & Organizations

Top Doctor, Castle Connolly, 2022 Exceptional Women in Medicine Award, Castle Connolly, 2022 Golden Apple Teaching Award, 2021 Golden Apple Teaching Award, 2020 Bruce P. Meyer Family Art of Medicine Award, Nationwide Children’s Hospital, 2020 Denis R. King Teacher of the Year Award, 2018 Best Scientific Poster Of Merit Award, American College of Surgeons, 2016 Member, Society of University Surgeons, 2018 - Present Surgical Section Publications Committee, American Academy of Pediatrics, 2018 - 2020 Cancer Committee, American Pediatric Surgical Association, 2017 - 2020 Program Committee, American Pediatric Surgical Association, 2015 - 2017 Surgical Section Program Committee, American Academy of Pediatrics, 2015 - 2017 Surgical Critical Care Committee, American Pediatric Surgical Association, 2015 - 2018 Hodgkin Lymphoma Committee, Children’s Oncology Group, 2014 - Present Renal Tumor Committee, Children’s Oncology Group, 2014 - Present Member, International Society of Paediatric Surgical Oncology, 2012 - Present Member, International Society of Paediatric Oncology, 2012 - Present Fellow, American College of Surgeons, 2011 - Present Member, Association for Academic Surgery, 2011 - Present Rare Tumor Committee, Children’s Oncology Group, 2011 - Present Cancer Committee, American Pediatric Surgical Association, 2011 - 2014 Specialty Fellow, American Academy of Pediatrics, Section of Surgery, 2010 - Present Surgery Committee, Children’s Oncology Group, 2010 - Present Institution Representative, Children’s Oncology Group, 2009 - Present Member, The Society of Surgical Oncology, 2009 - Present Member, American Pediatric Surgical Association, 2007 - Present Member, Alpha Omega Alpha, 1999 - Present

Top Doctor, Castle Connolly, 2022 Exceptional Women in Medicine Award, Castle Connolly, 2022 Golden Apple Teaching Award, 2021 Golden Apple Teaching Award, 2020 Bruce P. Meyer Family Art of Medicine Award, Nationwide Children’s Hospital, 2020 Denis R. King Teacher of the Year Award, 2018 Best Scientific Poster Of Merit Award, American College of Surgeons, 2016 Member, Society of University Surgeons, 2018 - Present Surgical Section Publications Committee, American Academy of Pediatrics, 2018 - 2020 Cancer Committee, American Pediatric Surgical Association, 2017 - 2020 Program Committee, American Pediatric Surgical Association, 2015 - 2017 Surgical Section Program Committee, American Academy of Pediatrics, 2015 - 2017 Surgical Critical Care Committee, American Pediatric Surgical Association, 2015 - 2018 Hodgkin Lymphoma Committee, Children’s Oncology Group, 2014 - Present Renal Tumor Committee, Children’s Oncology Group, 2014 - Present Member, International Society of Paediatric Surgical Oncology, 2012 - Present Member, International Society of Paediatric Oncology, 2012 - Present Fellow, American College of Surgeons, 2011 - Present Member, Association for Academic Surgery, 2011 - Present Rare Tumor Committee, Children’s Oncology Group, 2011 - Present Cancer Committee, American Pediatric Surgical Association, 2011 - 2014 Specialty Fellow, American Academy of Pediatrics, Section of Surgery, 2010 - Present Surgery Committee, Children’s Oncology Group, 2010 - Present Institution Representative, Children’s Oncology Group, 2009 - Present Member, The Society of Surgical Oncology, 2009 - Present Member, American Pediatric Surgical Association, 2007 - Present Member, Alpha Omega Alpha, 1999 - Present

  • Top Doctor, Castle Connolly, 2022
  • Exceptional Women in Medicine Award, Castle Connolly, 2022
  • Golden Apple Teaching Award, 2021
  • Golden Apple Teaching Award, 2020
  • Bruce P. Meyer Family Art of Medicine Award, Nationwide Children’s Hospital, 2020
  • Denis R. King Teacher of the Year Award, 2018
  • Best Scientific Poster Of Merit Award, American College of Surgeons, 2016
  • Member, Society of University Surgeons, 2018 - Present
  • Surgical Section Publications Committee, American Academy of Pediatrics, 2018 - 2020
  • Cancer Committee, American Pediatric Surgical Association, 2017 - 2020
  • Program Committee, American Pediatric Surgical Association, 2015 - 2017
  • Surgical Section Program Committee, American Academy of Pediatrics, 2015 - 2017
  • Surgical Critical Care Committee, American Pediatric Surgical Association, 2015 - 2018
  • Hodgkin Lymphoma Committee, Children’s Oncology Group, 2014 - Present
  • Renal Tumor Committee, Children’s Oncology Group, 2014 - Present
  • Member, International Society of Paediatric Surgical Oncology, 2012 - Present
  • Member, International Society of Paediatric Oncology, 2012 - Present
  • Fellow, American College of Surgeons, 2011 - Present
  • Member, Association for Academic Surgery, 2011 - Present
  • Rare Tumor Committee, Children’s Oncology Group, 2011 - Present
  • Cancer Committee, American Pediatric Surgical Association, 2011 - 2014
  • Specialty Fellow, American Academy of Pediatrics, Section of Surgery, 2010 - Present
  • Surgery Committee, Children’s Oncology Group, 2010 - Present
  • Institution Representative, Children’s Oncology Group, 2009 - Present
  • Member, The Society of Surgical Oncology, 2009 - Present
  • Member, American Pediatric Surgical Association, 2007 - Present
  • Member, Alpha Omega Alpha, 1999 - Present

Research

Publications

                  Fleming MA 2nd, Head WT, Aldrink JH, Michalsky MP, Diefenbach KA. Robotic-assisted splenectomy in pediatric patients. Semin Pediatr Surg. 2023 Jan 26; 32: 151260.

                


                  Fialkowski E, Sudour-Bonnange H, Vujanic GM, Shamberger RC, Chowdhury T, Aldrink JH, Davick J, Sandberg J, Furtwaengler R, Mullen E. The varied spectrum of nephroblastomatosis, nephrogenic rests, and Wilms tumors: Review of current definitions and challenges of the field. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2022 Dec 22;  e30162.

                


                  Gil LA, Lutz CM, Dillon PA, Downard CD, Ehrlich PF, Fallat ME, Fraser JD, Grabowski JE, Helmrath MA, Hertweck SP, Hirschl RB, Kabre R, Lal DR, Landman MP, Lawrence AE, Leys CM, Mak GZ, Markel TA, Raiji MT, Rymeski B, Saito JM, Sato TT, St Peter SD, Stafford LMC, Deans KJ, Minneci PC, Hewitt GD, Aldrink JH, Midwest Pediatric Surgery Consortium.. Use and accuracy of intraoperative frozen section analysis for ovarian masses in children and adolescents. J Pediatr Adolesc Gynecol. 2022 Oct 6;  

                


                  Al-Hadidi A, Rinehardt HN, Sutthatarn P, Talbot LJ, Murphy AJ, Whitlock R, Condon S, Naik-Mathuria B, Utria AF, Rothstein DH, Chen SY, Wong-Michalak S, Kim ES, Short SS, Meyers RL, Kastenberg ZJ, Johnston ME 2nd, Zens T, Dasgupta R, Malek MM, Calabro K, Piché N, Callas H, Lautz TB, McKay K, Lovvorn HN, Commander SJ, Tracy ET, Lund SB, Polites SF, Davidson J, Dhooma J, Seemann NM, Marquart JP, Gainer H, Lal DR, Rich BS, Glick RD, Maloney L, Radu S, Fialkowski EA, Kwok PE, Romao RL, Rubalcava N, Ehrlich PF, Newman E, Diehl T, Le HD, Polcz V, Petroze RT, Stanek J, Aldrink JH. Incidence and Management of Pleural Effusions in Patients with Wilms Tumor: A Pediatric Surgical Oncology Research Collaborative Study. Int J Cancer. 2022 Jun 24;  

                


                  Short SS, Kastenberg ZJ, Wei G, Bondoc A, Dasgupta R, Tiao GM, Watters E, Heaton TE, Lotakis D, La Quaglia MP, Murphy AJ, Davidoff AM, Mansfield SA, Langham MR, Lautz TB, Superina RA, Ott KC, Malek MM, Morgan KM, Kim ES, Zamora A, Lascano D, Roach J, Murphy JT, Rothstein DH, Vasudevan SA, Whitlock R, Lal DR, Hallis B, Bütter A, Baertschiger RM, Lapidus-Krol E, Putra J, Tracy ER, Aldrink JH, Apfeld J, Le HD, Park KY, Rich BS, Glick RD, Fialkowski EA, Utria AF, Meyers RL, Riehle KJ. Histologic type predicts disparate outcomes in pediatric hepatocellular neoplasms: A Pediatric Surgical Oncology Research Collaborative study. Cancer. 2022 May 13;  

                


                  Knaus ME, Onwuka AJ, Afrazi A, Breech L, Corkum KS, Dillon PA, Ehrlich PF, Fallat ME, Fraser JD, Gadepalli SK, Grabowski JE, Hertweck SP, Kabre R, Lal DR, Landman MP, Lawrence AE, Leys CM, Mak GZ, Markel TA, Merchant N, Overman RE, Rademacher BL, Raiji MT, Rymeski B, Sato TT, Scannel M, Schikler AG, Sujka JA, Wright T, Aldrink JH, Hewitt GD, Minneci PC, Deans KJ, Midwest Pediatric Surgery Consortium.. Multi-Institutional Review of the Preoperative Diagnostic Accuracy for Pediatric Ovarian Mature Cystic Teratomas. J Pediatr Adolesc Gynecol. 2022 Feb 3;  

                


                  Baliga S, Matsui J, Klamer B, Cetnar A, Ewing A, Cadieux C, Gupta A, Setty BA, Roberts RD, Olshefski RS, Cripe TP, Scharschmidt TJ, Aldrink J, Mardis E, Yeager ND, Palmer JD. Clinical outcomes and efficacy of stereotactic body radiation therapy in children, adolescents, and young adults with metastatic solid tumors. Br J Radiol. 2022 Feb 10;  20211088.

                


                  Morgan KM, Anderson KT, Johnston ME, Dasgupta R, Crowley JJ, Fahy AS, Lapidus-Krol E, Baertschiger RM, Lautz TB, Many BT, Marquart JP, Gainer H, Lal DR, Rich BS, Glick RD, MacArthur TA, Polites SF, Kastenberg ZJ, Short SS, Meyers RL, Talbot L, Abdelhafeez A, Prajapati H, Davidoff AM, Rubaclava N, Newman E, Ehrlich PF, Rothstein DH, Roach JP, Ladd P, Janek KC, Le HD, Leraas HJ, Tracy ET, Bisset L, Mora MC, Warren P, Aldrink JH, Malek MM. Interhospital variability in localization techniques for small pulmonary nodules in children: A pediatric surgical oncology research collaborative study. J Pediatr Surg. 2022 Feb 23;  

                


                  Knaus ME, Onwuka AJ, Afrazi A, Breech L, Corkum KS, Dillon PA, Ehrlich PF, Fallat ME, Fraser JD, Gadepalli SK, Grabowski JE, Hertweck SP, Kabre R, Lal DR, Landman MP, Lawrence AE, Leys CM, Mak GZ, Markel TA, Merchant N, Elliott Overman R, Rademacher BL, Raiji MT, Rymeski B, Sato TT, Scannell M, Schikler AG, Sujka JA, Wright T, Aldrink JH, Hewitt GD, Minneci PC, Deans KJ, Midwest Pediatric Surgery Consortium.. Laparoscopy versus laparotomy for pediatric ovarian dermoids. J Pediatr Surg. 2022 Feb 12;  

                


                  Halsey JN, Faith EF, Logan SJ, Shenoy A, Schieffer KM, Cottrell CE, Lillis AP, Aldrink JH, Setty BA, Pearson GD. Syringocystadenocarcinoma Papilliferum in a Fifteen-Year-Old Girl: A Case Report and Review of the Literature. Case Rep Dermatol Med. 2022; 2022: 8076649.

                


                  Patterson KN, Lawrence AE, Beyene TJ, Aldrink JH, Michalsky M, Minneci PC. Recurrence Rates After Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery for Spontaneous Pneumothorax. J Laparoendosc Adv Surg Tech A. 2021 Dec; 31: 1424-1430.

                


                  Lautz TB, Fahy AS, Helenowski I, Wayne JD, Baertschiger RM, Aldrink JH. Higher rates of regional disease but improved outcomes in pediatric versus adult melanoma. J Pediatr Surg. 2021 Nov 10;  

                


                  Clark M, Aldrink JH, Richards B, Corbitt R, Stiver C, Cua CL. Usefulness of Postnatal Echocardiograms in Patients with Omphaloceles Who Previously Had a Normal Fetal Echocardiogram. Cardiol Ther. 2021 Oct 30;  

                


                  Kulaylat AN, Richards H, Yada K, Coyle D, Shelby R, Onwuka AJ, Aldrink JH, Diefenbach KA, Michalsky MP. Comparative analysis of robotic-assisted versus laparoscopic cholecystectomy in pediatric patients. J Pediatr Surg. 2021 Oct; 56: 1876-1880.

                


                  Koo SC, LaHaye S, Kovari BP, Schieffer KM, Ranalli MA, Aldrink JH, Michalsky MP, Colace S, Miller KE, Bedrosian TA, Leraas KM, Voytovich K, Wheeler G, Brennan P, Fitch J, Kelly BJ, McGrath SD, Miller AR, White P, Magrini V, Wilson RK, Mardis ER, Lauwers GY, Baker PB, Cottrell CE. Gastroblastoma with a novel EWSR1-CTBP1 fusion presenting in adolescence. Genes Chromosomes Cancer. 2021 Sep; 60: 640-646.

                


                  Grant CN, Rhee D, Tracy ET, Aldrink JH, Baertschiger RM, Lautz TB, Glick RD, Rodeberg DA, Ehrlich PF, Christison-Lagay E. Pediatric solid tumors and associated cancer predisposition syndromes: Workup, management, and surveillance. A summary from the APSA cancer committee. J Pediatr Surg. 2021 Aug 24;  

                


                  Lawrence AE, Fallat ME, Hewitt G, Hertweck P, Onwuka A, Afrazi A, Aldrink JH, Bence C, Burns RC, Corkum KS, Dillon PA, Ehrlich PF, Fraser JD, Gonzalez DO, Grabowski JE, Kabre R, Lal DR, Landman MP, Leys CM, Mak GZ, Rademacher BL, Raiji MT, Sato TT, Scannell M, Sujka JA, Wright TN, Minneci PC, Deans KJ, Midwest Pediatric Surgery Consortium.. Factors Associated with Torsion in Pediatric Patients with Ovarian Masses. J Surg Res. 2021 Jul; 263: 110-115.

                


                  Ahmad H, Al-Hadidi A, Bobbey A, Shah S, Stanek J, Nicol K, Hoffman RP, Aldrink JH. Pediatric adaptions are needed to improve the diagnostic accuracy of thyroid ultrasound using TI-RADS. J Pediatr Surg. 2021 Jun; 56: 1120-1125.

                


                  Ahmad H, Halleran DR, Vardanyan J, Mathieu W, Stanek J, Ranalli M, Levitt MA, Wood RJ, Aldrink JH. Functional fecal and urinary outcomes after sacrococcygeal mass resection in pediatric patients. J Pediatr Surg. 2021 Jun; 56: 1142-1147.

                


                  Shelby R, Kulaylat AN, Villella A, Michalsky MP, Diefenbach KA, Aldrink JH. A comparison of robotic-assisted splenectomy and laparoscopic splenectomy for children with hematologic disorders. J Pediatr Surg. 2021 May; 56: 1047-1050.

                


                  Aldrink JH, Glick RD, Baertschiger RM, Kulaylat AN, Lautz TB, Christison-Lagay E, Grant CN, Tracy E, Dasgupta R, Brown EG, Mattei P, Rothstein DH, Rodeberg DA, Ehrlich PF. Update on pediatric testicular germ cell tumors. J Pediatr Surg. 2021 Apr 15;  

                


                  Aldrink JH, Polites SF, Austin M. Pediatric Melanoma-Diagnosis, Management, and Anticipated Outcomes. Surg Oncol Clin N Am. 2021 Apr; 30: 373-388.

                


                  Lautz TB, Farooqui Z, Jenkins T, Heaton TE, Doski JJ, Cooke-Barber J, Murphy AJ, Davidoff AM, Mansfield SA, Kim ES, Zuber S, Goodhue C, Vasudevan SA, LaQuaglia MP, Piche N, Le-Nguyen A, Aldrink JH, Malek MM, Siow VS, Glick RD, Rich BS, Meyers RL, Short SS, Butter A, Baertschiger RM, Fialkowski EA, Dasgupta R. Thoracoscopy vs thoracotomy for the management of metastatic osteosarcoma: A Pediatric Surgical Oncology Research Collaborative Study. Int J Cancer. 2021 Mar 1; 148: 1164-1171.

                


                  Many BT, Lautz TB, Dobrozsi S, Wilkinson KH, Rossoff J, Le-Nguyen A, Dakhallah N, Piche N, Weinschenk W, Cooke-Barker J, Goodhue C, Zamora A, Kim ES, Talbot LJ, Quevedo OG, Murphy AJ, Commander SJ, Tracy ET, Short SS, Meyers RL, Rinehardt HN, Aldrink JH, Heaton TE, Ortiz MV, Baertschiger R, Wong KE, Lapidus-Krol E, Butter A, Davidson J, Stark R, Ramaraj A, Malek M, Mastropolo R, Morgan K, Murphy JT, Janek K, Le HD, Dasgupta R, Lal DR, PEDIATRIC SURGICAL ONCOLOGY RESEARCH COLLABORATIVE.. Appendectomy Versus Observation for Appendicitis in Neutropenic Children With Cancer. Pediatrics. 2021 Feb; 147: 

                


                  Mpody C, Arends J, Aldrink JH, Olutoye OO, Tobias JD, Nafiu OO. Prognostic profiling of children with serious post-operative complications: A novel probability model for failure to rescue. J Pediatr Surg. 2021 Feb; 56: 207-212.

                


                  Grant CN, Aldrink J, Lautz TB, Tracy ET, Rhee DS, Baertschiger RM, Dasgupta R, Ehrlich PF, Rodeberg DA. Lymphadenopathy in children: A streamlined approach for the surgeon - A report from the APSA Cancer Committee. J Pediatr Surg. 2021 Feb; 56: 274-281.

                


                  Gibbs H, Sethia R, McConnell PI, Aldrink JH, Shinoka T, Williams K, Jatana KR. Survival of Toddler with Aortoesophageal Fistula after Button Battery Ingestion. Case Rep Otolaryngol. 2021; 2021: 5557054.

                


                  Lawrence AE, Huntington JT, Savoie K, Dykes M, Aldrink JH, Richards H, Besner GE, Kenney B, Fisher J, Minneci PC, Michalsky MP. Improving care through standardized treatment of spontaneous pneumothorax. J Pediatr Surg. 2021 Jan; 56: 55-60.

                


                  Orr A, Liu H, Mariani R, Aldrink JH, Setty BA, Koo S. Bilateral Lung Metastases From a Phalangeal Giant Cell Tumor of Bone. Pediatr Dev Pathol. 2021 Jan-Feb; 24: 51-55.

                


                  Harris CJ, Helenowski I, Murphy AJ, Mansfield SA, LaQuaglia MP, Heaton TE, Cavalli M, Murphy JT, Newman E, Overmen RE, Kartal TT, Cooke-Barber J, Donaher A, Malek MM, Kalsi R, Kim ES, Zobel MJ, Goodhue CJ, Naik-Mathuria BJ, Jefferson IN, Roach JP, Mata C, Piché N, Joharifard S, Sultan S, Short SS, Meyers RL, Bleicher J, Le HD, Janek K, Bütter A, Davidson J, Aldrink JH, Richards HW, Tracy ET, Commander SJ, Fialkowski EA, Troutt M, Dasgupta R, Lautz TB. Implications of Tumor Characteristics and Treatment Modality on Local Recurrence and Functional Outcomes in Children with Chest Wall Sarcoma: A Pediatric Surgical Oncology Research Collaborative Study. Ann Surg. 2020 Nov 4;  

                


                  Mansfield SA, Lamb MG, Stanek JR, Arnold MA, Ranalli M, Aldrink JH. Renal Tumors in Children and Young Adults Older Than 5 Years of Age. J Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 2020 May; 42: 287-291.

                


                  Overman RE, Kartal TT, Cunningham AJ, Fialkowski EA, Naik-Mathuria BJ, Vasudevan SA, Malek MM, Kalsi R, Le HD, Stafford LC, Lautz TB, Many BT, Jones RE, Bütter A, Davidson J, Williams A, Dasgupta R, Lewis J, Troutt M, Aldrink JH, Mansfield SA, Lal DR, Xiao J, Meyers RL, Short SS, Newman EA. Optimization of percutaneous biopsy for diagnosis and pretreatment risk assessment of neuroblastoma. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2020 May; 67: e28153.

                


                  Christison-Lagay ER, Baertschiger RM, Dinauer C, Francis GL, Malek MM, Lautz TB, Aldrink JH, Grant C, Rhee DS, Ehrlich P, Dasgupta R, Abdessalam S, APSA Cancer Committee.. Pediatric differentiated thyroid carcinoma: An update from the APSA Cancer Committee. J Pediatr Surg. 2020 May 11;  

                


                  Gurria JP, Malek MM, Heaton TE, Gehred A, Lautz TB, Rhee DS, Tracy ET, Grant CN, Baertshiger RM, Bruny J, Christison-Lagay ER, Rodeberg DA, Ehrlich PF, Dasgupta R, Aldrink JH. Minimally invasive surgery for abdominal and thoracic neuroblastic tumors: A systematic review by the APSA Cancer committee. J Pediatr Surg. 2020 Feb 20;  

                


                  Lawrence AE, Fallat ME, Hewitt G, Hertweck P, Onwuka A, Afrazi A, Bence C, Burns RC, Corkum KS, Dillon PA, Ehrlich PF, Fraser JD, Gonzalez DO, Grabowski JE, Kabre R, Lal DR, Landman MP, Leys CM, Mak GZ, Overman RE, Rademacher BL, Raiji MT, Sato TT, Scannell M, Sujka JA, Wright T, Minneci PC, Deans KJ, Aldrink JH, Midwest Pediatric Surgery Consortium.. Understanding the Value of Tumor Markers in Pediatric Ovarian Neoplasms. J Pediatr Surg. 2020 Jan; 55: 122-125.

                


                  Halleran DR, Vilanova-Sanchez A, Reck CA, Maloof T, Weaver L, Stanek J, Levitt MA, Wood RJ, Aldrink JH. Presacral masses and sacrococcygeal teratomas in patients with and without anorectal malformations: A single institution comparative study. J Pediatr Surg. 2019 Jul; 54: 1372-1378.

                


                  Saltzman AF, Smith DE, Gao D, Ghosh D, Amini A, Aldrink JH, Dasgupta R, Gow KW, Glick RD, Ehrlich PF, Cost NG. How Many Lymph Nodes Are Enough? Assessing the Adequacy of Lymph Node Yield for Staging in Favorable Histology Wilms Tumor. J Pediatr Surg. 2019 Jun 20;  

                


                  Lawrence AE, Gonzalez DO, Fallat ME, Aldrink JH, Hewitt GD, Hertweck SP, Onwuka A, Bence C, Burns RC, Dillon PA, Ehrlich PF, Fraser JD, Grabowski JE, Hirschl RB, Kabre R, Kohler JE, Lal DR, Landman MP, Leys CM, Mak GZ, Sato TT, Scannell M, Sujka JA, Minneci PC, Deans KJ. Factors Associated With Management of Pediatric Ovarian Neoplasms. Pediatrics. 2019 Jun 4;  

                


                  Drews JD, Cooper JN, Onwuka EA, Minneci PC, Aldrink JH. The relationships of surgeon volume and specialty with outcomes following pediatric thyroidectomy. J Pediatr Surg. 2019 Jun; 54: 1226-1232.

                


                  Newman EA, Abdessalam S, Aldrink JH, Austin M, Heaton TE, Bruny J, Ehrlich P, Dasgupta R, Baertschiger RM, Lautz TB, Rhee DS, Langham MR Jr, Malek MM, Meyers RL, Nathan JD, Weil BR, Polites S, Madonna MB, APSA Cancer committee.. Update on neuroblastoma. J Pediatr Surg. 2019 Mar; 54: 383-389.

                


                  Corkum KS, Rhee DS, Wafford QE, Demeestere I, Dasgupta R, Baertschiger R, Malek MM, Aldrink JH, Heaton TE, Weil BR, Madonna MB, Lautz TB. Fertility and hormone preservation and restoration for female children and adolescents receiving gonadotoxic cancer treatments: A systematic review. J Pediatr Surg. 2019 Jan 22;  

                


                  Aldrink JH, Heaton TE, Dasgupta R, Lautz TB, Malek MM, Abdessalam SF, Weil BR, Rhee DS, Baertschiger R, Ehrlich PF, American Pediatric Surgical Association Cancer Committee.. Summary article: Update on Wilms tumor. J Pediatr Surg. 2018 Sep 19;  

                


                  Aldrink JH, Appel B, Kaplan JA, Hutchison RE, Schwartz CL, Kelly KM, McCarten K, Ehrlich PF. Surgeon Concordance in the Assessment of Resectability for Stage IA Nodular Lymphocyte Predominant Hodgkin Lymphoma. J Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 2018 Apr; 40: 246-247.

                


                  Cost NG, Aldrink JH, Saltzman AF, Dasgupta R, Gow KW, Glick R, Ehrlich PF. Current state of renal tumor surgery among pediatric surgeons and pediatric urologists: A survey of American Pediatric Surgical Association (APSA) and Society for Pediatric Urology (SPU) members. J Pediatr Urol. 2018 Apr; 14: 168.e1-168.e8.

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                  Fleming MA 2nd, Head WT, Aldrink JH, Michalsky MP, Diefenbach KA. Robotic-assisted splenectomy in pediatric patients. Semin Pediatr Surg. 2023 Jan 26; 32: 151260.

                


                  Fialkowski E, Sudour-Bonnange H, Vujanic GM, Shamberger RC, Chowdhury T, Aldrink JH, Davick J, Sandberg J, Furtwaengler R, Mullen E. The varied spectrum of nephroblastomatosis, nephrogenic rests, and Wilms tumors: Review of current definitions and challenges of the field. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2022 Dec 22;  e30162.

                


                  Gil LA, Lutz CM, Dillon PA, Downard CD, Ehrlich PF, Fallat ME, Fraser JD, Grabowski JE, Helmrath MA, Hertweck SP, Hirschl RB, Kabre R, Lal DR, Landman MP, Lawrence AE, Leys CM, Mak GZ, Markel TA, Raiji MT, Rymeski B, Saito JM, Sato TT, St Peter SD, Stafford LMC, Deans KJ, Minneci PC, Hewitt GD, Aldrink JH, Midwest Pediatric Surgery Consortium.. Use and accuracy of intraoperative frozen section analysis for ovarian masses in children and adolescents. J Pediatr Adolesc Gynecol. 2022 Oct 6;  

                


                  Al-Hadidi A, Rinehardt HN, Sutthatarn P, Talbot LJ, Murphy AJ, Whitlock R, Condon S, Naik-Mathuria B, Utria AF, Rothstein DH, Chen SY, Wong-Michalak S, Kim ES, Short SS, Meyers RL, Kastenberg ZJ, Johnston ME 2nd, Zens T, Dasgupta R, Malek MM, Calabro K, Piché N, Callas H, Lautz TB, McKay K, Lovvorn HN, Commander SJ, Tracy ET, Lund SB, Polites SF, Davidson J, Dhooma J, Seemann NM, Marquart JP, Gainer H, Lal DR, Rich BS, Glick RD, Maloney L, Radu S, Fialkowski EA, Kwok PE, Romao RL, Rubalcava N, Ehrlich PF, Newman E, Diehl T, Le HD, Polcz V, Petroze RT, Stanek J, Aldrink JH. Incidence and Management of Pleural Effusions in Patients with Wilms Tumor: A Pediatric Surgical Oncology Research Collaborative Study. Int J Cancer. 2022 Jun 24;  

                


                  Short SS, Kastenberg ZJ, Wei G, Bondoc A, Dasgupta R, Tiao GM, Watters E, Heaton TE, Lotakis D, La Quaglia MP, Murphy AJ, Davidoff AM, Mansfield SA, Langham MR, Lautz TB, Superina RA, Ott KC, Malek MM, Morgan KM, Kim ES, Zamora A, Lascano D, Roach J, Murphy JT, Rothstein DH, Vasudevan SA, Whitlock R, Lal DR, Hallis B, Bütter A, Baertschiger RM, Lapidus-Krol E, Putra J, Tracy ER, Aldrink JH, Apfeld J, Le HD, Park KY, Rich BS, Glick RD, Fialkowski EA, Utria AF, Meyers RL, Riehle KJ. Histologic type predicts disparate outcomes in pediatric hepatocellular neoplasms: A Pediatric Surgical Oncology Research Collaborative study. Cancer. 2022 May 13;  

                


                  Knaus ME, Onwuka AJ, Afrazi A, Breech L, Corkum KS, Dillon PA, Ehrlich PF, Fallat ME, Fraser JD, Gadepalli SK, Grabowski JE, Hertweck SP, Kabre R, Lal DR, Landman MP, Lawrence AE, Leys CM, Mak GZ, Markel TA, Merchant N, Overman RE, Rademacher BL, Raiji MT, Rymeski B, Sato TT, Scannel M, Schikler AG, Sujka JA, Wright T, Aldrink JH, Hewitt GD, Minneci PC, Deans KJ, Midwest Pediatric Surgery Consortium.. Multi-Institutional Review of the Preoperative Diagnostic Accuracy for Pediatric Ovarian Mature Cystic Teratomas. J Pediatr Adolesc Gynecol. 2022 Feb 3;  

                


                  Baliga S, Matsui J, Klamer B, Cetnar A, Ewing A, Cadieux C, Gupta A, Setty BA, Roberts RD, Olshefski RS, Cripe TP, Scharschmidt TJ, Aldrink J, Mardis E, Yeager ND, Palmer JD. Clinical outcomes and efficacy of stereotactic body radiation therapy in children, adolescents, and young adults with metastatic solid tumors. Br J Radiol. 2022 Feb 10;  20211088.

                


                  Morgan KM, Anderson KT, Johnston ME, Dasgupta R, Crowley JJ, Fahy AS, Lapidus-Krol E, Baertschiger RM, Lautz TB, Many BT, Marquart JP, Gainer H, Lal DR, Rich BS, Glick RD, MacArthur TA, Polites SF, Kastenberg ZJ, Short SS, Meyers RL, Talbot L, Abdelhafeez A, Prajapati H, Davidoff AM, Rubaclava N, Newman E, Ehrlich PF, Rothstein DH, Roach JP, Ladd P, Janek KC, Le HD, Leraas HJ, Tracy ET, Bisset L, Mora MC, Warren P, Aldrink JH, Malek MM. Interhospital variability in localization techniques for small pulmonary nodules in children: A pediatric surgical oncology research collaborative study. J Pediatr Surg. 2022 Feb 23;  

                


                  Knaus ME, Onwuka AJ, Afrazi A, Breech L, Corkum KS, Dillon PA, Ehrlich PF, Fallat ME, Fraser JD, Gadepalli SK, Grabowski JE, Hertweck SP, Kabre R, Lal DR, Landman MP, Lawrence AE, Leys CM, Mak GZ, Markel TA, Merchant N, Elliott Overman R, Rademacher BL, Raiji MT, Rymeski B, Sato TT, Scannell M, Schikler AG, Sujka JA, Wright T, Aldrink JH, Hewitt GD, Minneci PC, Deans KJ, Midwest Pediatric Surgery Consortium.. Laparoscopy versus laparotomy for pediatric ovarian dermoids. J Pediatr Surg. 2022 Feb 12;  

                


                  Halsey JN, Faith EF, Logan SJ, Shenoy A, Schieffer KM, Cottrell CE, Lillis AP, Aldrink JH, Setty BA, Pearson GD. Syringocystadenocarcinoma Papilliferum in a Fifteen-Year-Old Girl: A Case Report and Review of the Literature. Case Rep Dermatol Med. 2022; 2022: 8076649.

                


                  Patterson KN, Lawrence AE, Beyene TJ, Aldrink JH, Michalsky M, Minneci PC. Recurrence Rates After Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery for Spontaneous Pneumothorax. J Laparoendosc Adv Surg Tech A. 2021 Dec; 31: 1424-1430.

                


                  Lautz TB, Fahy AS, Helenowski I, Wayne JD, Baertschiger RM, Aldrink JH. Higher rates of regional disease but improved outcomes in pediatric versus adult melanoma. J Pediatr Surg. 2021 Nov 10;  

                


                  Clark M, Aldrink JH, Richards B, Corbitt R, Stiver C, Cua CL. Usefulness of Postnatal Echocardiograms in Patients with Omphaloceles Who Previously Had a Normal Fetal Echocardiogram. Cardiol Ther. 2021 Oct 30;  

                


                  Kulaylat AN, Richards H, Yada K, Coyle D, Shelby R, Onwuka AJ, Aldrink JH, Diefenbach KA, Michalsky MP. Comparative analysis of robotic-assisted versus laparoscopic cholecystectomy in pediatric patients. J Pediatr Surg. 2021 Oct; 56: 1876-1880.

                


                  Koo SC, LaHaye S, Kovari BP, Schieffer KM, Ranalli MA, Aldrink JH, Michalsky MP, Colace S, Miller KE, Bedrosian TA, Leraas KM, Voytovich K, Wheeler G, Brennan P, Fitch J, Kelly BJ, McGrath SD, Miller AR, White P, Magrini V, Wilson RK, Mardis ER, Lauwers GY, Baker PB, Cottrell CE. Gastroblastoma with a novel EWSR1-CTBP1 fusion presenting in adolescence. Genes Chromosomes Cancer. 2021 Sep; 60: 640-646.

                


                  Grant CN, Rhee D, Tracy ET, Aldrink JH, Baertschiger RM, Lautz TB, Glick RD, Rodeberg DA, Ehrlich PF, Christison-Lagay E. Pediatric solid tumors and associated cancer predisposition syndromes: Workup, management, and surveillance. A summary from the APSA cancer committee. J Pediatr Surg. 2021 Aug 24;  

                


                  Lawrence AE, Fallat ME, Hewitt G, Hertweck P, Onwuka A, Afrazi A, Aldrink JH, Bence C, Burns RC, Corkum KS, Dillon PA, Ehrlich PF, Fraser JD, Gonzalez DO, Grabowski JE, Kabre R, Lal DR, Landman MP, Leys CM, Mak GZ, Rademacher BL, Raiji MT, Sato TT, Scannell M, Sujka JA, Wright TN, Minneci PC, Deans KJ, Midwest Pediatric Surgery Consortium.. Factors Associated with Torsion in Pediatric Patients with Ovarian Masses. J Surg Res. 2021 Jul; 263: 110-115.

                


                  Ahmad H, Al-Hadidi A, Bobbey A, Shah S, Stanek J, Nicol K, Hoffman RP, Aldrink JH. Pediatric adaptions are needed to improve the diagnostic accuracy of thyroid ultrasound using TI-RADS. J Pediatr Surg. 2021 Jun; 56: 1120-1125.

                


                  Ahmad H, Halleran DR, Vardanyan J, Mathieu W, Stanek J, Ranalli M, Levitt MA, Wood RJ, Aldrink JH. Functional fecal and urinary outcomes after sacrococcygeal mass resection in pediatric patients. J Pediatr Surg. 2021 Jun; 56: 1142-1147.

                


                  Shelby R, Kulaylat AN, Villella A, Michalsky MP, Diefenbach KA, Aldrink JH. A comparison of robotic-assisted splenectomy and laparoscopic splenectomy for children with hematologic disorders. J Pediatr Surg. 2021 May; 56: 1047-1050.

                


                  Aldrink JH, Glick RD, Baertschiger RM, Kulaylat AN, Lautz TB, Christison-Lagay E, Grant CN, Tracy E, Dasgupta R, Brown EG, Mattei P, Rothstein DH, Rodeberg DA, Ehrlich PF. Update on pediatric testicular germ cell tumors. J Pediatr Surg. 2021 Apr 15;  

                


                  Aldrink JH, Polites SF, Austin M. Pediatric Melanoma-Diagnosis, Management, and Anticipated Outcomes. Surg Oncol Clin N Am. 2021 Apr; 30: 373-388.

                


                  Lautz TB, Farooqui Z, Jenkins T, Heaton TE, Doski JJ, Cooke-Barber J, Murphy AJ, Davidoff AM, Mansfield SA, Kim ES, Zuber S, Goodhue C, Vasudevan SA, LaQuaglia MP, Piche N, Le-Nguyen A, Aldrink JH, Malek MM, Siow VS, Glick RD, Rich BS, Meyers RL, Short SS, Butter A, Baertschiger RM, Fialkowski EA, Dasgupta R. Thoracoscopy vs thoracotomy for the management of metastatic osteosarcoma: A Pediatric Surgical Oncology Research Collaborative Study. Int J Cancer. 2021 Mar 1; 148: 1164-1171.

                


                  Many BT, Lautz TB, Dobrozsi S, Wilkinson KH, Rossoff J, Le-Nguyen A, Dakhallah N, Piche N, Weinschenk W, Cooke-Barker J, Goodhue C, Zamora A, Kim ES, Talbot LJ, Quevedo OG, Murphy AJ, Commander SJ, Tracy ET, Short SS, Meyers RL, Rinehardt HN, Aldrink JH, Heaton TE, Ortiz MV, Baertschiger R, Wong KE, Lapidus-Krol E, Butter A, Davidson J, Stark R, Ramaraj A, Malek M, Mastropolo R, Morgan K, Murphy JT, Janek K, Le HD, Dasgupta R, Lal DR, PEDIATRIC SURGICAL ONCOLOGY RESEARCH COLLABORATIVE.. Appendectomy Versus Observation for Appendicitis in Neutropenic Children With Cancer. Pediatrics. 2021 Feb; 147: 

                


                  Mpody C, Arends J, Aldrink JH, Olutoye OO, Tobias JD, Nafiu OO. Prognostic profiling of children with serious post-operative complications: A novel probability model for failure to rescue. J Pediatr Surg. 2021 Feb; 56: 207-212.

                


                  Grant CN, Aldrink J, Lautz TB, Tracy ET, Rhee DS, Baertschiger RM, Dasgupta R, Ehrlich PF, Rodeberg DA. Lymphadenopathy in children: A streamlined approach for the surgeon - A report from the APSA Cancer Committee. J Pediatr Surg. 2021 Feb; 56: 274-281.

                


                  Gibbs H, Sethia R, McConnell PI, Aldrink JH, Shinoka T, Williams K, Jatana KR. Survival of Toddler with Aortoesophageal Fistula after Button Battery Ingestion. Case Rep Otolaryngol. 2021; 2021: 5557054.

                


                  Lawrence AE, Huntington JT, Savoie K, Dykes M, Aldrink JH, Richards H, Besner GE, Kenney B, Fisher J, Minneci PC, Michalsky MP. Improving care through standardized treatment of spontaneous pneumothorax. J Pediatr Surg. 2021 Jan; 56: 55-60.

                


                  Orr A, Liu H, Mariani R, Aldrink JH, Setty BA, Koo S. Bilateral Lung Metastases From a Phalangeal Giant Cell Tumor of Bone. Pediatr Dev Pathol. 2021 Jan-Feb; 24: 51-55.

                


                  Harris CJ, Helenowski I, Murphy AJ, Mansfield SA, LaQuaglia MP, Heaton TE, Cavalli M, Murphy JT, Newman E, Overmen RE, Kartal TT, Cooke-Barber J, Donaher A, Malek MM, Kalsi R, Kim ES, Zobel MJ, Goodhue CJ, Naik-Mathuria BJ, Jefferson IN, Roach JP, Mata C, Piché N, Joharifard S, Sultan S, Short SS, Meyers RL, Bleicher J, Le HD, Janek K, Bütter A, Davidson J, Aldrink JH, Richards HW, Tracy ET, Commander SJ, Fialkowski EA, Troutt M, Dasgupta R, Lautz TB. Implications of Tumor Characteristics and Treatment Modality on Local Recurrence and Functional Outcomes in Children with Chest Wall Sarcoma: A Pediatric Surgical Oncology Research Collaborative Study. Ann Surg. 2020 Nov 4;  

                


                  Mansfield SA, Lamb MG, Stanek JR, Arnold MA, Ranalli M, Aldrink JH. Renal Tumors in Children and Young Adults Older Than 5 Years of Age. J Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 2020 May; 42: 287-291.

                


                  Overman RE, Kartal TT, Cunningham AJ, Fialkowski EA, Naik-Mathuria BJ, Vasudevan SA, Malek MM, Kalsi R, Le HD, Stafford LC, Lautz TB, Many BT, Jones RE, Bütter A, Davidson J, Williams A, Dasgupta R, Lewis J, Troutt M, Aldrink JH, Mansfield SA, Lal DR, Xiao J, Meyers RL, Short SS, Newman EA. Optimization of percutaneous biopsy for diagnosis and pretreatment risk assessment of neuroblastoma. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2020 May; 67: e28153.

                


                  Christison-Lagay ER, Baertschiger RM, Dinauer C, Francis GL, Malek MM, Lautz TB, Aldrink JH, Grant C, Rhee DS, Ehrlich P, Dasgupta R, Abdessalam S, APSA Cancer Committee.. Pediatric differentiated thyroid carcinoma: An update from the APSA Cancer Committee. J Pediatr Surg. 2020 May 11;  

                


                  Gurria JP, Malek MM, Heaton TE, Gehred A, Lautz TB, Rhee DS, Tracy ET, Grant CN, Baertshiger RM, Bruny J, Christison-Lagay ER, Rodeberg DA, Ehrlich PF, Dasgupta R, Aldrink JH. Minimally invasive surgery for abdominal and thoracic neuroblastic tumors: A systematic review by the APSA Cancer committee. J Pediatr Surg. 2020 Feb 20;  

                


                  Lawrence AE, Fallat ME, Hewitt G, Hertweck P, Onwuka A, Afrazi A, Bence C, Burns RC, Corkum KS, Dillon PA, Ehrlich PF, Fraser JD, Gonzalez DO, Grabowski JE, Kabre R, Lal DR, Landman MP, Leys CM, Mak GZ, Overman RE, Rademacher BL, Raiji MT, Sato TT, Scannell M, Sujka JA, Wright T, Minneci PC, Deans KJ, Aldrink JH, Midwest Pediatric Surgery Consortium.. Understanding the Value of Tumor Markers in Pediatric Ovarian Neoplasms. J Pediatr Surg. 2020 Jan; 55: 122-125.

                


                  Halleran DR, Vilanova-Sanchez A, Reck CA, Maloof T, Weaver L, Stanek J, Levitt MA, Wood RJ, Aldrink JH. Presacral masses and sacrococcygeal teratomas in patients with and without anorectal malformations: A single institution comparative study. J Pediatr Surg. 2019 Jul; 54: 1372-1378.

                


                  Saltzman AF, Smith DE, Gao D, Ghosh D, Amini A, Aldrink JH, Dasgupta R, Gow KW, Glick RD, Ehrlich PF, Cost NG. How Many Lymph Nodes Are Enough? Assessing the Adequacy of Lymph Node Yield for Staging in Favorable Histology Wilms Tumor. J Pediatr Surg. 2019 Jun 20;  

                


                  Lawrence AE, Gonzalez DO, Fallat ME, Aldrink JH, Hewitt GD, Hertweck SP, Onwuka A, Bence C, Burns RC, Dillon PA, Ehrlich PF, Fraser JD, Grabowski JE, Hirschl RB, Kabre R, Kohler JE, Lal DR, Landman MP, Leys CM, Mak GZ, Sato TT, Scannell M, Sujka JA, Minneci PC, Deans KJ. Factors Associated With Management of Pediatric Ovarian Neoplasms. Pediatrics. 2019 Jun 4;  

                


                  Drews JD, Cooper JN, Onwuka EA, Minneci PC, Aldrink JH. The relationships of surgeon volume and specialty with outcomes following pediatric thyroidectomy. J Pediatr Surg. 2019 Jun; 54: 1226-1232.

                


                  Newman EA, Abdessalam S, Aldrink JH, Austin M, Heaton TE, Bruny J, Ehrlich P, Dasgupta R, Baertschiger RM, Lautz TB, Rhee DS, Langham MR Jr, Malek MM, Meyers RL, Nathan JD, Weil BR, Polites S, Madonna MB, APSA Cancer committee.. Update on neuroblastoma. J Pediatr Surg. 2019 Mar; 54: 383-389.

                


                  Corkum KS, Rhee DS, Wafford QE, Demeestere I, Dasgupta R, Baertschiger R, Malek MM, Aldrink JH, Heaton TE, Weil BR, Madonna MB, Lautz TB. Fertility and hormone preservation and restoration for female children and adolescents receiving gonadotoxic cancer treatments: A systematic review. J Pediatr Surg. 2019 Jan 22;  

                


                  Aldrink JH, Heaton TE, Dasgupta R, Lautz TB, Malek MM, Abdessalam SF, Weil BR, Rhee DS, Baertschiger R, Ehrlich PF, American Pediatric Surgical Association Cancer Committee.. Summary article: Update on Wilms tumor. J Pediatr Surg. 2018 Sep 19;  

                


                  Aldrink JH, Appel B, Kaplan JA, Hutchison RE, Schwartz CL, Kelly KM, McCarten K, Ehrlich PF. Surgeon Concordance in the Assessment of Resectability for Stage IA Nodular Lymphocyte Predominant Hodgkin Lymphoma. J Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 2018 Apr; 40: 246-247.

                


                  Cost NG, Aldrink JH, Saltzman AF, Dasgupta R, Gow KW, Glick R, Ehrlich PF. Current state of renal tumor surgery among pediatric surgeons and pediatric urologists: A survey of American Pediatric Surgical Association (APSA) and Society for Pediatric Urology (SPU) members. J Pediatr Urol. 2018 Apr; 14: 168.e1-168.e8.

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Publications

                  Fleming MA 2nd, Head WT, Aldrink JH, Michalsky MP, Diefenbach KA. Robotic-assisted splenectomy in pediatric patients. Semin Pediatr Surg. 2023 Jan 26; 32: 151260.

                


                  Fialkowski E, Sudour-Bonnange H, Vujanic GM, Shamberger RC, Chowdhury T, Aldrink JH, Davick J, Sandberg J, Furtwaengler R, Mullen E. The varied spectrum of nephroblastomatosis, nephrogenic rests, and Wilms tumors: Review of current definitions and challenges of the field. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2022 Dec 22;  e30162.

                


                  Gil LA, Lutz CM, Dillon PA, Downard CD, Ehrlich PF, Fallat ME, Fraser JD, Grabowski JE, Helmrath MA, Hertweck SP, Hirschl RB, Kabre R, Lal DR, Landman MP, Lawrence AE, Leys CM, Mak GZ, Markel TA, Raiji MT, Rymeski B, Saito JM, Sato TT, St Peter SD, Stafford LMC, Deans KJ, Minneci PC, Hewitt GD, Aldrink JH, Midwest Pediatric Surgery Consortium.. Use and accuracy of intraoperative frozen section analysis for ovarian masses in children and adolescents. J Pediatr Adolesc Gynecol. 2022 Oct 6;  

                


                  Al-Hadidi A, Rinehardt HN, Sutthatarn P, Talbot LJ, Murphy AJ, Whitlock R, Condon S, Naik-Mathuria B, Utria AF, Rothstein DH, Chen SY, Wong-Michalak S, Kim ES, Short SS, Meyers RL, Kastenberg ZJ, Johnston ME 2nd, Zens T, Dasgupta R, Malek MM, Calabro K, Piché N, Callas H, Lautz TB, McKay K, Lovvorn HN, Commander SJ, Tracy ET, Lund SB, Polites SF, Davidson J, Dhooma J, Seemann NM, Marquart JP, Gainer H, Lal DR, Rich BS, Glick RD, Maloney L, Radu S, Fialkowski EA, Kwok PE, Romao RL, Rubalcava N, Ehrlich PF, Newman E, Diehl T, Le HD, Polcz V, Petroze RT, Stanek J, Aldrink JH. Incidence and Management of Pleural Effusions in Patients with Wilms Tumor: A Pediatric Surgical Oncology Research Collaborative Study. Int J Cancer. 2022 Jun 24;  

                


                  Short SS, Kastenberg ZJ, Wei G, Bondoc A, Dasgupta R, Tiao GM, Watters E, Heaton TE, Lotakis D, La Quaglia MP, Murphy AJ, Davidoff AM, Mansfield SA, Langham MR, Lautz TB, Superina RA, Ott KC, Malek MM, Morgan KM, Kim ES, Zamora A, Lascano D, Roach J, Murphy JT, Rothstein DH, Vasudevan SA, Whitlock R, Lal DR, Hallis B, Bütter A, Baertschiger RM, Lapidus-Krol E, Putra J, Tracy ER, Aldrink JH, Apfeld J, Le HD, Park KY, Rich BS, Glick RD, Fialkowski EA, Utria AF, Meyers RL, Riehle KJ. Histologic type predicts disparate outcomes in pediatric hepatocellular neoplasms: A Pediatric Surgical Oncology Research Collaborative study. Cancer. 2022 May 13;  

                


                  Knaus ME, Onwuka AJ, Afrazi A, Breech L, Corkum KS, Dillon PA, Ehrlich PF, Fallat ME, Fraser JD, Gadepalli SK, Grabowski JE, Hertweck SP, Kabre R, Lal DR, Landman MP, Lawrence AE, Leys CM, Mak GZ, Markel TA, Merchant N, Overman RE, Rademacher BL, Raiji MT, Rymeski B, Sato TT, Scannel M, Schikler AG, Sujka JA, Wright T, Aldrink JH, Hewitt GD, Minneci PC, Deans KJ, Midwest Pediatric Surgery Consortium.. Multi-Institutional Review of the Preoperative Diagnostic Accuracy for Pediatric Ovarian Mature Cystic Teratomas. J Pediatr Adolesc Gynecol. 2022 Feb 3;  

                


                  Baliga S, Matsui J, Klamer B, Cetnar A, Ewing A, Cadieux C, Gupta A, Setty BA, Roberts RD, Olshefski RS, Cripe TP, Scharschmidt TJ, Aldrink J, Mardis E, Yeager ND, Palmer JD. Clinical outcomes and efficacy of stereotactic body radiation therapy in children, adolescents, and young adults with metastatic solid tumors. Br J Radiol. 2022 Feb 10;  20211088.

                


                  Morgan KM, Anderson KT, Johnston ME, Dasgupta R, Crowley JJ, Fahy AS, Lapidus-Krol E, Baertschiger RM, Lautz TB, Many BT, Marquart JP, Gainer H, Lal DR, Rich BS, Glick RD, MacArthur TA, Polites SF, Kastenberg ZJ, Short SS, Meyers RL, Talbot L, Abdelhafeez A, Prajapati H, Davidoff AM, Rubaclava N, Newman E, Ehrlich PF, Rothstein DH, Roach JP, Ladd P, Janek KC, Le HD, Leraas HJ, Tracy ET, Bisset L, Mora MC, Warren P, Aldrink JH, Malek MM. Interhospital variability in localization techniques for small pulmonary nodules in children: A pediatric surgical oncology research collaborative study. J Pediatr Surg. 2022 Feb 23;  

                


                  Knaus ME, Onwuka AJ, Afrazi A, Breech L, Corkum KS, Dillon PA, Ehrlich PF, Fallat ME, Fraser JD, Gadepalli SK, Grabowski JE, Hertweck SP, Kabre R, Lal DR, Landman MP, Lawrence AE, Leys CM, Mak GZ, Markel TA, Merchant N, Elliott Overman R, Rademacher BL, Raiji MT, Rymeski B, Sato TT, Scannell M, Schikler AG, Sujka JA, Wright T, Aldrink JH, Hewitt GD, Minneci PC, Deans KJ, Midwest Pediatric Surgery Consortium.. Laparoscopy versus laparotomy for pediatric ovarian dermoids. J Pediatr Surg. 2022 Feb 12;  

                


                  Halsey JN, Faith EF, Logan SJ, Shenoy A, Schieffer KM, Cottrell CE, Lillis AP, Aldrink JH, Setty BA, Pearson GD. Syringocystadenocarcinoma Papilliferum in a Fifteen-Year-Old Girl: A Case Report and Review of the Literature. Case Rep Dermatol Med. 2022; 2022: 8076649.

                


                  Patterson KN, Lawrence AE, Beyene TJ, Aldrink JH, Michalsky M, Minneci PC. Recurrence Rates After Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery for Spontaneous Pneumothorax. J Laparoendosc Adv Surg Tech A. 2021 Dec; 31: 1424-1430.

                


                  Lautz TB, Fahy AS, Helenowski I, Wayne JD, Baertschiger RM, Aldrink JH. Higher rates of regional disease but improved outcomes in pediatric versus adult melanoma. J Pediatr Surg. 2021 Nov 10;  

                


                  Clark M, Aldrink JH, Richards B, Corbitt R, Stiver C, Cua CL. Usefulness of Postnatal Echocardiograms in Patients with Omphaloceles Who Previously Had a Normal Fetal Echocardiogram. Cardiol Ther. 2021 Oct 30;  

                


                  Kulaylat AN, Richards H, Yada K, Coyle D, Shelby R, Onwuka AJ, Aldrink JH, Diefenbach KA, Michalsky MP. Comparative analysis of robotic-assisted versus laparoscopic cholecystectomy in pediatric patients. J Pediatr Surg. 2021 Oct; 56: 1876-1880.

                


                  Koo SC, LaHaye S, Kovari BP, Schieffer KM, Ranalli MA, Aldrink JH, Michalsky MP, Colace S, Miller KE, Bedrosian TA, Leraas KM, Voytovich K, Wheeler G, Brennan P, Fitch J, Kelly BJ, McGrath SD, Miller AR, White P, Magrini V, Wilson RK, Mardis ER, Lauwers GY, Baker PB, Cottrell CE. Gastroblastoma with a novel EWSR1-CTBP1 fusion presenting in adolescence. Genes Chromosomes Cancer. 2021 Sep; 60: 640-646.

                


                  Grant CN, Rhee D, Tracy ET, Aldrink JH, Baertschiger RM, Lautz TB, Glick RD, Rodeberg DA, Ehrlich PF, Christison-Lagay E. Pediatric solid tumors and associated cancer predisposition syndromes: Workup, management, and surveillance. A summary from the APSA cancer committee. J Pediatr Surg. 2021 Aug 24;  

                


                  Lawrence AE, Fallat ME, Hewitt G, Hertweck P, Onwuka A, Afrazi A, Aldrink JH, Bence C, Burns RC, Corkum KS, Dillon PA, Ehrlich PF, Fraser JD, Gonzalez DO, Grabowski JE, Kabre R, Lal DR, Landman MP, Leys CM, Mak GZ, Rademacher BL, Raiji MT, Sato TT, Scannell M, Sujka JA, Wright TN, Minneci PC, Deans KJ, Midwest Pediatric Surgery Consortium.. Factors Associated with Torsion in Pediatric Patients with Ovarian Masses. J Surg Res. 2021 Jul; 263: 110-115.

                


                  Ahmad H, Al-Hadidi A, Bobbey A, Shah S, Stanek J, Nicol K, Hoffman RP, Aldrink JH. Pediatric adaptions are needed to improve the diagnostic accuracy of thyroid ultrasound using TI-RADS. J Pediatr Surg. 2021 Jun; 56: 1120-1125.

                


                  Ahmad H, Halleran DR, Vardanyan J, Mathieu W, Stanek J, Ranalli M, Levitt MA, Wood RJ, Aldrink JH. Functional fecal and urinary outcomes after sacrococcygeal mass resection in pediatric patients. J Pediatr Surg. 2021 Jun; 56: 1142-1147.

                


                  Shelby R, Kulaylat AN, Villella A, Michalsky MP, Diefenbach KA, Aldrink JH. A comparison of robotic-assisted splenectomy and laparoscopic splenectomy for children with hematologic disorders. J Pediatr Surg. 2021 May; 56: 1047-1050.

                


                  Aldrink JH, Glick RD, Baertschiger RM, Kulaylat AN, Lautz TB, Christison-Lagay E, Grant CN, Tracy E, Dasgupta R, Brown EG, Mattei P, Rothstein DH, Rodeberg DA, Ehrlich PF. Update on pediatric testicular germ cell tumors. J Pediatr Surg. 2021 Apr 15;  

                


                  Aldrink JH, Polites SF, Austin M. Pediatric Melanoma-Diagnosis, Management, and Anticipated Outcomes. Surg Oncol Clin N Am. 2021 Apr; 30: 373-388.

                


                  Lautz TB, Farooqui Z, Jenkins T, Heaton TE, Doski JJ, Cooke-Barber J, Murphy AJ, Davidoff AM, Mansfield SA, Kim ES, Zuber S, Goodhue C, Vasudevan SA, LaQuaglia MP, Piche N, Le-Nguyen A, Aldrink JH, Malek MM, Siow VS, Glick RD, Rich BS, Meyers RL, Short SS, Butter A, Baertschiger RM, Fialkowski EA, Dasgupta R. Thoracoscopy vs thoracotomy for the management of metastatic osteosarcoma: A Pediatric Surgical Oncology Research Collaborative Study. Int J Cancer. 2021 Mar 1; 148: 1164-1171.

                


                  Many BT, Lautz TB, Dobrozsi S, Wilkinson KH, Rossoff J, Le-Nguyen A, Dakhallah N, Piche N, Weinschenk W, Cooke-Barker J, Goodhue C, Zamora A, Kim ES, Talbot LJ, Quevedo OG, Murphy AJ, Commander SJ, Tracy ET, Short SS, Meyers RL, Rinehardt HN, Aldrink JH, Heaton TE, Ortiz MV, Baertschiger R, Wong KE, Lapidus-Krol E, Butter A, Davidson J, Stark R, Ramaraj A, Malek M, Mastropolo R, Morgan K, Murphy JT, Janek K, Le HD, Dasgupta R, Lal DR, PEDIATRIC SURGICAL ONCOLOGY RESEARCH COLLABORATIVE.. Appendectomy Versus Observation for Appendicitis in Neutropenic Children With Cancer. Pediatrics. 2021 Feb; 147: 

                


                  Mpody C, Arends J, Aldrink JH, Olutoye OO, Tobias JD, Nafiu OO. Prognostic profiling of children with serious post-operative complications: A novel probability model for failure to rescue. J Pediatr Surg. 2021 Feb; 56: 207-212.

                


                  Grant CN, Aldrink J, Lautz TB, Tracy ET, Rhee DS, Baertschiger RM, Dasgupta R, Ehrlich PF, Rodeberg DA. Lymphadenopathy in children: A streamlined approach for the surgeon - A report from the APSA Cancer Committee. J Pediatr Surg. 2021 Feb; 56: 274-281.

                


                  Gibbs H, Sethia R, McConnell PI, Aldrink JH, Shinoka T, Williams K, Jatana KR. Survival of Toddler with Aortoesophageal Fistula after Button Battery Ingestion. Case Rep Otolaryngol. 2021; 2021: 5557054.

                


                  Lawrence AE, Huntington JT, Savoie K, Dykes M, Aldrink JH, Richards H, Besner GE, Kenney B, Fisher J, Minneci PC, Michalsky MP. Improving care through standardized treatment of spontaneous pneumothorax. J Pediatr Surg. 2021 Jan; 56: 55-60.

                


                  Orr A, Liu H, Mariani R, Aldrink JH, Setty BA, Koo S. Bilateral Lung Metastases From a Phalangeal Giant Cell Tumor of Bone. Pediatr Dev Pathol. 2021 Jan-Feb; 24: 51-55.

                


                  Harris CJ, Helenowski I, Murphy AJ, Mansfield SA, LaQuaglia MP, Heaton TE, Cavalli M, Murphy JT, Newman E, Overmen RE, Kartal TT, Cooke-Barber J, Donaher A, Malek MM, Kalsi R, Kim ES, Zobel MJ, Goodhue CJ, Naik-Mathuria BJ, Jefferson IN, Roach JP, Mata C, Piché N, Joharifard S, Sultan S, Short SS, Meyers RL, Bleicher J, Le HD, Janek K, Bütter A, Davidson J, Aldrink JH, Richards HW, Tracy ET, Commander SJ, Fialkowski EA, Troutt M, Dasgupta R, Lautz TB. Implications of Tumor Characteristics and Treatment Modality on Local Recurrence and Functional Outcomes in Children with Chest Wall Sarcoma: A Pediatric Surgical Oncology Research Collaborative Study. Ann Surg. 2020 Nov 4;  

                


                  Mansfield SA, Lamb MG, Stanek JR, Arnold MA, Ranalli M, Aldrink JH. Renal Tumors in Children and Young Adults Older Than 5 Years of Age. J Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 2020 May; 42: 287-291.

                


                  Overman RE, Kartal TT, Cunningham AJ, Fialkowski EA, Naik-Mathuria BJ, Vasudevan SA, Malek MM, Kalsi R, Le HD, Stafford LC, Lautz TB, Many BT, Jones RE, Bütter A, Davidson J, Williams A, Dasgupta R, Lewis J, Troutt M, Aldrink JH, Mansfield SA, Lal DR, Xiao J, Meyers RL, Short SS, Newman EA. Optimization of percutaneous biopsy for diagnosis and pretreatment risk assessment of neuroblastoma. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2020 May; 67: e28153.

                


                  Christison-Lagay ER, Baertschiger RM, Dinauer C, Francis GL, Malek MM, Lautz TB, Aldrink JH, Grant C, Rhee DS, Ehrlich P, Dasgupta R, Abdessalam S, APSA Cancer Committee.. Pediatric differentiated thyroid carcinoma: An update from the APSA Cancer Committee. J Pediatr Surg. 2020 May 11;  

                


                  Gurria JP, Malek MM, Heaton TE, Gehred A, Lautz TB, Rhee DS, Tracy ET, Grant CN, Baertshiger RM, Bruny J, Christison-Lagay ER, Rodeberg DA, Ehrlich PF, Dasgupta R, Aldrink JH. Minimally invasive surgery for abdominal and thoracic neuroblastic tumors: A systematic review by the APSA Cancer committee. J Pediatr Surg. 2020 Feb 20;  

                


                  Lawrence AE, Fallat ME, Hewitt G, Hertweck P, Onwuka A, Afrazi A, Bence C, Burns RC, Corkum KS, Dillon PA, Ehrlich PF, Fraser JD, Gonzalez DO, Grabowski JE, Kabre R, Lal DR, Landman MP, Leys CM, Mak GZ, Overman RE, Rademacher BL, Raiji MT, Sato TT, Scannell M, Sujka JA, Wright T, Minneci PC, Deans KJ, Aldrink JH, Midwest Pediatric Surgery Consortium.. Understanding the Value of Tumor Markers in Pediatric Ovarian Neoplasms. J Pediatr Surg. 2020 Jan; 55: 122-125.

                


                  Halleran DR, Vilanova-Sanchez A, Reck CA, Maloof T, Weaver L, Stanek J, Levitt MA, Wood RJ, Aldrink JH. Presacral masses and sacrococcygeal teratomas in patients with and without anorectal malformations: A single institution comparative study. J Pediatr Surg. 2019 Jul; 54: 1372-1378.

                


                  Saltzman AF, Smith DE, Gao D, Ghosh D, Amini A, Aldrink JH, Dasgupta R, Gow KW, Glick RD, Ehrlich PF, Cost NG. How Many Lymph Nodes Are Enough? Assessing the Adequacy of Lymph Node Yield for Staging in Favorable Histology Wilms Tumor. J Pediatr Surg. 2019 Jun 20;  

                


                  Lawrence AE, Gonzalez DO, Fallat ME, Aldrink JH, Hewitt GD, Hertweck SP, Onwuka A, Bence C, Burns RC, Dillon PA, Ehrlich PF, Fraser JD, Grabowski JE, Hirschl RB, Kabre R, Kohler JE, Lal DR, Landman MP, Leys CM, Mak GZ, Sato TT, Scannell M, Sujka JA, Minneci PC, Deans KJ. Factors Associated With Management of Pediatric Ovarian Neoplasms. Pediatrics. 2019 Jun 4;  

                


                  Drews JD, Cooper JN, Onwuka EA, Minneci PC, Aldrink JH. The relationships of surgeon volume and specialty with outcomes following pediatric thyroidectomy. J Pediatr Surg. 2019 Jun; 54: 1226-1232.

                


                  Newman EA, Abdessalam S, Aldrink JH, Austin M, Heaton TE, Bruny J, Ehrlich P, Dasgupta R, Baertschiger RM, Lautz TB, Rhee DS, Langham MR Jr, Malek MM, Meyers RL, Nathan JD, Weil BR, Polites S, Madonna MB, APSA Cancer committee.. Update on neuroblastoma. J Pediatr Surg. 2019 Mar; 54: 383-389.

                


                  Corkum KS, Rhee DS, Wafford QE, Demeestere I, Dasgupta R, Baertschiger R, Malek MM, Aldrink JH, Heaton TE, Weil BR, Madonna MB, Lautz TB. Fertility and hormone preservation and restoration for female children and adolescents receiving gonadotoxic cancer treatments: A systematic review. J Pediatr Surg. 2019 Jan 22;  

                


                  Aldrink JH, Heaton TE, Dasgupta R, Lautz TB, Malek MM, Abdessalam SF, Weil BR, Rhee DS, Baertschiger R, Ehrlich PF, American Pediatric Surgical Association Cancer Committee.. Summary article: Update on Wilms tumor. J Pediatr Surg. 2018 Sep 19;  

                


                  Aldrink JH, Appel B, Kaplan JA, Hutchison RE, Schwartz CL, Kelly KM, McCarten K, Ehrlich PF. Surgeon Concordance in the Assessment of Resectability for Stage IA Nodular Lymphocyte Predominant Hodgkin Lymphoma. J Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 2018 Apr; 40: 246-247.

                


                  Cost NG, Aldrink JH, Saltzman AF, Dasgupta R, Gow KW, Glick R, Ehrlich PF. Current state of renal tumor surgery among pediatric surgeons and pediatric urologists: A survey of American Pediatric Surgical Association (APSA) and Society for Pediatric Urology (SPU) members. J Pediatr Urol. 2018 Apr; 14: 168.e1-168.e8.

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                  Fleming MA 2nd, Head WT, Aldrink JH, Michalsky MP, Diefenbach KA. Robotic-assisted splenectomy in pediatric patients. Semin Pediatr Surg. 2023 Jan 26; 32: 151260.

                


                  Fialkowski E, Sudour-Bonnange H, Vujanic GM, Shamberger RC, Chowdhury T, Aldrink JH, Davick J, Sandberg J, Furtwaengler R, Mullen E. The varied spectrum of nephroblastomatosis, nephrogenic rests, and Wilms tumors: Review of current definitions and challenges of the field. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2022 Dec 22;  e30162.

                


                  Gil LA, Lutz CM, Dillon PA, Downard CD, Ehrlich PF, Fallat ME, Fraser JD, Grabowski JE, Helmrath MA, Hertweck SP, Hirschl RB, Kabre R, Lal DR, Landman MP, Lawrence AE, Leys CM, Mak GZ, Markel TA, Raiji MT, Rymeski B, Saito JM, Sato TT, St Peter SD, Stafford LMC, Deans KJ, Minneci PC, Hewitt GD, Aldrink JH, Midwest Pediatric Surgery Consortium.. Use and accuracy of intraoperative frozen section analysis for ovarian masses in children and adolescents. J Pediatr Adolesc Gynecol. 2022 Oct 6;  

                


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                  Short SS, Kastenberg ZJ, Wei G, Bondoc A, Dasgupta R, Tiao GM, Watters E, Heaton TE, Lotakis D, La Quaglia MP, Murphy AJ, Davidoff AM, Mansfield SA, Langham MR, Lautz TB, Superina RA, Ott KC, Malek MM, Morgan KM, Kim ES, Zamora A, Lascano D, Roach J, Murphy JT, Rothstein DH, Vasudevan SA, Whitlock R, Lal DR, Hallis B, Bütter A, Baertschiger RM, Lapidus-Krol E, Putra J, Tracy ER, Aldrink JH, Apfeld J, Le HD, Park KY, Rich BS, Glick RD, Fialkowski EA, Utria AF, Meyers RL, Riehle KJ. Histologic type predicts disparate outcomes in pediatric hepatocellular neoplasms: A Pediatric Surgical Oncology Research Collaborative study. Cancer. 2022 May 13;  

                


                  Knaus ME, Onwuka AJ, Afrazi A, Breech L, Corkum KS, Dillon PA, Ehrlich PF, Fallat ME, Fraser JD, Gadepalli SK, Grabowski JE, Hertweck SP, Kabre R, Lal DR, Landman MP, Lawrence AE, Leys CM, Mak GZ, Markel TA, Merchant N, Overman RE, Rademacher BL, Raiji MT, Rymeski B, Sato TT, Scannel M, Schikler AG, Sujka JA, Wright T, Aldrink JH, Hewitt GD, Minneci PC, Deans KJ, Midwest Pediatric Surgery Consortium.. Multi-Institutional Review of the Preoperative Diagnostic Accuracy for Pediatric Ovarian Mature Cystic Teratomas. J Pediatr Adolesc Gynecol. 2022 Feb 3;  

                


                  Baliga S, Matsui J, Klamer B, Cetnar A, Ewing A, Cadieux C, Gupta A, Setty BA, Roberts RD, Olshefski RS, Cripe TP, Scharschmidt TJ, Aldrink J, Mardis E, Yeager ND, Palmer JD. Clinical outcomes and efficacy of stereotactic body radiation therapy in children, adolescents, and young adults with metastatic solid tumors. Br J Radiol. 2022 Feb 10;  20211088.

                


                  Morgan KM, Anderson KT, Johnston ME, Dasgupta R, Crowley JJ, Fahy AS, Lapidus-Krol E, Baertschiger RM, Lautz TB, Many BT, Marquart JP, Gainer H, Lal DR, Rich BS, Glick RD, MacArthur TA, Polites SF, Kastenberg ZJ, Short SS, Meyers RL, Talbot L, Abdelhafeez A, Prajapati H, Davidoff AM, Rubaclava N, Newman E, Ehrlich PF, Rothstein DH, Roach JP, Ladd P, Janek KC, Le HD, Leraas HJ, Tracy ET, Bisset L, Mora MC, Warren P, Aldrink JH, Malek MM. Interhospital variability in localization techniques for small pulmonary nodules in children: A pediatric surgical oncology research collaborative study. J Pediatr Surg. 2022 Feb 23;  

                


                  Knaus ME, Onwuka AJ, Afrazi A, Breech L, Corkum KS, Dillon PA, Ehrlich PF, Fallat ME, Fraser JD, Gadepalli SK, Grabowski JE, Hertweck SP, Kabre R, Lal DR, Landman MP, Lawrence AE, Leys CM, Mak GZ, Markel TA, Merchant N, Elliott Overman R, Rademacher BL, Raiji MT, Rymeski B, Sato TT, Scannell M, Schikler AG, Sujka JA, Wright T, Aldrink JH, Hewitt GD, Minneci PC, Deans KJ, Midwest Pediatric Surgery Consortium.. Laparoscopy versus laparotomy for pediatric ovarian dermoids. J Pediatr Surg. 2022 Feb 12;  

                


                  Halsey JN, Faith EF, Logan SJ, Shenoy A, Schieffer KM, Cottrell CE, Lillis AP, Aldrink JH, Setty BA, Pearson GD. Syringocystadenocarcinoma Papilliferum in a Fifteen-Year-Old Girl: A Case Report and Review of the Literature. Case Rep Dermatol Med. 2022; 2022: 8076649.

                


                  Patterson KN, Lawrence AE, Beyene TJ, Aldrink JH, Michalsky M, Minneci PC. Recurrence Rates After Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery for Spontaneous Pneumothorax. J Laparoendosc Adv Surg Tech A. 2021 Dec; 31: 1424-1430.

                


                  Lautz TB, Fahy AS, Helenowski I, Wayne JD, Baertschiger RM, Aldrink JH. Higher rates of regional disease but improved outcomes in pediatric versus adult melanoma. J Pediatr Surg. 2021 Nov 10;  

                


                  Clark M, Aldrink JH, Richards B, Corbitt R, Stiver C, Cua CL. Usefulness of Postnatal Echocardiograms in Patients with Omphaloceles Who Previously Had a Normal Fetal Echocardiogram. Cardiol Ther. 2021 Oct 30;  

                


                  Kulaylat AN, Richards H, Yada K, Coyle D, Shelby R, Onwuka AJ, Aldrink JH, Diefenbach KA, Michalsky MP. Comparative analysis of robotic-assisted versus laparoscopic cholecystectomy in pediatric patients. J Pediatr Surg. 2021 Oct; 56: 1876-1880.

                


                  Koo SC, LaHaye S, Kovari BP, Schieffer KM, Ranalli MA, Aldrink JH, Michalsky MP, Colace S, Miller KE, Bedrosian TA, Leraas KM, Voytovich K, Wheeler G, Brennan P, Fitch J, Kelly BJ, McGrath SD, Miller AR, White P, Magrini V, Wilson RK, Mardis ER, Lauwers GY, Baker PB, Cottrell CE. Gastroblastoma with a novel EWSR1-CTBP1 fusion presenting in adolescence. Genes Chromosomes Cancer. 2021 Sep; 60: 640-646.

                


                  Grant CN, Rhee D, Tracy ET, Aldrink JH, Baertschiger RM, Lautz TB, Glick RD, Rodeberg DA, Ehrlich PF, Christison-Lagay E. Pediatric solid tumors and associated cancer predisposition syndromes: Workup, management, and surveillance. A summary from the APSA cancer committee. J Pediatr Surg. 2021 Aug 24;  

                


                  Lawrence AE, Fallat ME, Hewitt G, Hertweck P, Onwuka A, Afrazi A, Aldrink JH, Bence C, Burns RC, Corkum KS, Dillon PA, Ehrlich PF, Fraser JD, Gonzalez DO, Grabowski JE, Kabre R, Lal DR, Landman MP, Leys CM, Mak GZ, Rademacher BL, Raiji MT, Sato TT, Scannell M, Sujka JA, Wright TN, Minneci PC, Deans KJ, Midwest Pediatric Surgery Consortium.. Factors Associated with Torsion in Pediatric Patients with Ovarian Masses. J Surg Res. 2021 Jul; 263: 110-115.

                


                  Ahmad H, Al-Hadidi A, Bobbey A, Shah S, Stanek J, Nicol K, Hoffman RP, Aldrink JH. Pediatric adaptions are needed to improve the diagnostic accuracy of thyroid ultrasound using TI-RADS. J Pediatr Surg. 2021 Jun; 56: 1120-1125.

                


                  Ahmad H, Halleran DR, Vardanyan J, Mathieu W, Stanek J, Ranalli M, Levitt MA, Wood RJ, Aldrink JH. Functional fecal and urinary outcomes after sacrococcygeal mass resection in pediatric patients. J Pediatr Surg. 2021 Jun; 56: 1142-1147.

                


                  Shelby R, Kulaylat AN, Villella A, Michalsky MP, Diefenbach KA, Aldrink JH. A comparison of robotic-assisted splenectomy and laparoscopic splenectomy for children with hematologic disorders. J Pediatr Surg. 2021 May; 56: 1047-1050.

                


                  Aldrink JH, Glick RD, Baertschiger RM, Kulaylat AN, Lautz TB, Christison-Lagay E, Grant CN, Tracy E, Dasgupta R, Brown EG, Mattei P, Rothstein DH, Rodeberg DA, Ehrlich PF. Update on pediatric testicular germ cell tumors. J Pediatr Surg. 2021 Apr 15;  

                


                  Aldrink JH, Polites SF, Austin M. Pediatric Melanoma-Diagnosis, Management, and Anticipated Outcomes. Surg Oncol Clin N Am. 2021 Apr; 30: 373-388.

                


                  Lautz TB, Farooqui Z, Jenkins T, Heaton TE, Doski JJ, Cooke-Barber J, Murphy AJ, Davidoff AM, Mansfield SA, Kim ES, Zuber S, Goodhue C, Vasudevan SA, LaQuaglia MP, Piche N, Le-Nguyen A, Aldrink JH, Malek MM, Siow VS, Glick RD, Rich BS, Meyers RL, Short SS, Butter A, Baertschiger RM, Fialkowski EA, Dasgupta R. Thoracoscopy vs thoracotomy for the management of metastatic osteosarcoma: A Pediatric Surgical Oncology Research Collaborative Study. Int J Cancer. 2021 Mar 1; 148: 1164-1171.

                


                  Many BT, Lautz TB, Dobrozsi S, Wilkinson KH, Rossoff J, Le-Nguyen A, Dakhallah N, Piche N, Weinschenk W, Cooke-Barker J, Goodhue C, Zamora A, Kim ES, Talbot LJ, Quevedo OG, Murphy AJ, Commander SJ, Tracy ET, Short SS, Meyers RL, Rinehardt HN, Aldrink JH, Heaton TE, Ortiz MV, Baertschiger R, Wong KE, Lapidus-Krol E, Butter A, Davidson J, Stark R, Ramaraj A, Malek M, Mastropolo R, Morgan K, Murphy JT, Janek K, Le HD, Dasgupta R, Lal DR, PEDIATRIC SURGICAL ONCOLOGY RESEARCH COLLABORATIVE.. Appendectomy Versus Observation for Appendicitis in Neutropenic Children With Cancer. Pediatrics. 2021 Feb; 147: 

                


                  Mpody C, Arends J, Aldrink JH, Olutoye OO, Tobias JD, Nafiu OO. Prognostic profiling of children with serious post-operative complications: A novel probability model for failure to rescue. J Pediatr Surg. 2021 Feb; 56: 207-212.

                


                  Grant CN, Aldrink J, Lautz TB, Tracy ET, Rhee DS, Baertschiger RM, Dasgupta R, Ehrlich PF, Rodeberg DA. Lymphadenopathy in children: A streamlined approach for the surgeon - A report from the APSA Cancer Committee. J Pediatr Surg. 2021 Feb; 56: 274-281.

                


                  Gibbs H, Sethia R, McConnell PI, Aldrink JH, Shinoka T, Williams K, Jatana KR. Survival of Toddler with Aortoesophageal Fistula after Button Battery Ingestion. Case Rep Otolaryngol. 2021; 2021: 5557054.

                


                  Lawrence AE, Huntington JT, Savoie K, Dykes M, Aldrink JH, Richards H, Besner GE, Kenney B, Fisher J, Minneci PC, Michalsky MP. Improving care through standardized treatment of spontaneous pneumothorax. J Pediatr Surg. 2021 Jan; 56: 55-60.

                


                  Orr A, Liu H, Mariani R, Aldrink JH, Setty BA, Koo S. Bilateral Lung Metastases From a Phalangeal Giant Cell Tumor of Bone. Pediatr Dev Pathol. 2021 Jan-Feb; 24: 51-55.

                


                  Harris CJ, Helenowski I, Murphy AJ, Mansfield SA, LaQuaglia MP, Heaton TE, Cavalli M, Murphy JT, Newman E, Overmen RE, Kartal TT, Cooke-Barber J, Donaher A, Malek MM, Kalsi R, Kim ES, Zobel MJ, Goodhue CJ, Naik-Mathuria BJ, Jefferson IN, Roach JP, Mata C, Piché N, Joharifard S, Sultan S, Short SS, Meyers RL, Bleicher J, Le HD, Janek K, Bütter A, Davidson J, Aldrink JH, Richards HW, Tracy ET, Commander SJ, Fialkowski EA, Troutt M, Dasgupta R, Lautz TB. Implications of Tumor Characteristics and Treatment Modality on Local Recurrence and Functional Outcomes in Children with Chest Wall Sarcoma: A Pediatric Surgical Oncology Research Collaborative Study. Ann Surg. 2020 Nov 4;  

                


                  Mansfield SA, Lamb MG, Stanek JR, Arnold MA, Ranalli M, Aldrink JH. Renal Tumors in Children and Young Adults Older Than 5 Years of Age. J Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 2020 May; 42: 287-291.

                


                  Overman RE, Kartal TT, Cunningham AJ, Fialkowski EA, Naik-Mathuria BJ, Vasudevan SA, Malek MM, Kalsi R, Le HD, Stafford LC, Lautz TB, Many BT, Jones RE, Bütter A, Davidson J, Williams A, Dasgupta R, Lewis J, Troutt M, Aldrink JH, Mansfield SA, Lal DR, Xiao J, Meyers RL, Short SS, Newman EA. Optimization of percutaneous biopsy for diagnosis and pretreatment risk assessment of neuroblastoma. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2020 May; 67: e28153.

                


                  Christison-Lagay ER, Baertschiger RM, Dinauer C, Francis GL, Malek MM, Lautz TB, Aldrink JH, Grant C, Rhee DS, Ehrlich P, Dasgupta R, Abdessalam S, APSA Cancer Committee.. Pediatric differentiated thyroid carcinoma: An update from the APSA Cancer Committee. J Pediatr Surg. 2020 May 11;  

                


                  Gurria JP, Malek MM, Heaton TE, Gehred A, Lautz TB, Rhee DS, Tracy ET, Grant CN, Baertshiger RM, Bruny J, Christison-Lagay ER, Rodeberg DA, Ehrlich PF, Dasgupta R, Aldrink JH. Minimally invasive surgery for abdominal and thoracic neuroblastic tumors: A systematic review by the APSA Cancer committee. J Pediatr Surg. 2020 Feb 20;  

                


                  Lawrence AE, Fallat ME, Hewitt G, Hertweck P, Onwuka A, Afrazi A, Bence C, Burns RC, Corkum KS, Dillon PA, Ehrlich PF, Fraser JD, Gonzalez DO, Grabowski JE, Kabre R, Lal DR, Landman MP, Leys CM, Mak GZ, Overman RE, Rademacher BL, Raiji MT, Sato TT, Scannell M, Sujka JA, Wright T, Minneci PC, Deans KJ, Aldrink JH, Midwest Pediatric Surgery Consortium.. Understanding the Value of Tumor Markers in Pediatric Ovarian Neoplasms. J Pediatr Surg. 2020 Jan; 55: 122-125.

                


                  Halleran DR, Vilanova-Sanchez A, Reck CA, Maloof T, Weaver L, Stanek J, Levitt MA, Wood RJ, Aldrink JH. Presacral masses and sacrococcygeal teratomas in patients with and without anorectal malformations: A single institution comparative study. J Pediatr Surg. 2019 Jul; 54: 1372-1378.

                


                  Saltzman AF, Smith DE, Gao D, Ghosh D, Amini A, Aldrink JH, Dasgupta R, Gow KW, Glick RD, Ehrlich PF, Cost NG. How Many Lymph Nodes Are Enough? Assessing the Adequacy of Lymph Node Yield for Staging in Favorable Histology Wilms Tumor. J Pediatr Surg. 2019 Jun 20;  

                


                  Lawrence AE, Gonzalez DO, Fallat ME, Aldrink JH, Hewitt GD, Hertweck SP, Onwuka A, Bence C, Burns RC, Dillon PA, Ehrlich PF, Fraser JD, Grabowski JE, Hirschl RB, Kabre R, Kohler JE, Lal DR, Landman MP, Leys CM, Mak GZ, Sato TT, Scannell M, Sujka JA, Minneci PC, Deans KJ. Factors Associated With Management of Pediatric Ovarian Neoplasms. Pediatrics. 2019 Jun 4;  

                


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                  Newman EA, Abdessalam S, Aldrink JH, Austin M, Heaton TE, Bruny J, Ehrlich P, Dasgupta R, Baertschiger RM, Lautz TB, Rhee DS, Langham MR Jr, Malek MM, Meyers RL, Nathan JD, Weil BR, Polites S, Madonna MB, APSA Cancer committee.. Update on neuroblastoma. J Pediatr Surg. 2019 Mar; 54: 383-389.

                


                  Corkum KS, Rhee DS, Wafford QE, Demeestere I, Dasgupta R, Baertschiger R, Malek MM, Aldrink JH, Heaton TE, Weil BR, Madonna MB, Lautz TB. Fertility and hormone preservation and restoration for female children and adolescents receiving gonadotoxic cancer treatments: A systematic review. J Pediatr Surg. 2019 Jan 22;  

                


                  Aldrink JH, Heaton TE, Dasgupta R, Lautz TB, Malek MM, Abdessalam SF, Weil BR, Rhee DS, Baertschiger R, Ehrlich PF, American Pediatric Surgical Association Cancer Committee.. Summary article: Update on Wilms tumor. J Pediatr Surg. 2018 Sep 19;  

                


                  Aldrink JH, Appel B, Kaplan JA, Hutchison RE, Schwartz CL, Kelly KM, McCarten K, Ehrlich PF. Surgeon Concordance in the Assessment of Resectability for Stage IA Nodular Lymphocyte Predominant Hodgkin Lymphoma. J Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 2018 Apr; 40: 246-247.

                


                  Cost NG, Aldrink JH, Saltzman AF, Dasgupta R, Gow KW, Glick R, Ehrlich PF. Current state of renal tumor surgery among pediatric surgeons and pediatric urologists: A survey of American Pediatric Surgical Association (APSA) and Society for Pediatric Urology (SPU) members. J Pediatr Urol. 2018 Apr; 14: 168.e1-168.e8.

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                  Lautz TB, Farooqui Z, Jenkins T, Heaton TE, Doski JJ, Cooke-Barber J, Murphy AJ, Davidoff AM, Mansfield SA, Kim ES, Zuber S, Goodhue C, Vasudevan SA, LaQuaglia MP, Piche N, Le-Nguyen A, Aldrink JH, Malek MM, Siow VS, Glick RD, Rich BS, Meyers RL, Short SS, Butter A, Baertschiger RM, Fialkowski EA, Dasgupta R. Thoracoscopy vs thoracotomy for the management of metastatic osteosarcoma: A Pediatric Surgical Oncology Research Collaborative Study. Int J Cancer. 2021 Mar 1; 148: 1164-1171.

                


                  Many BT, Lautz TB, Dobrozsi S, Wilkinson KH, Rossoff J, Le-Nguyen A, Dakhallah N, Piche N, Weinschenk W, Cooke-Barker J, Goodhue C, Zamora A, Kim ES, Talbot LJ, Quevedo OG, Murphy AJ, Commander SJ, Tracy ET, Short SS, Meyers RL, Rinehardt HN, Aldrink JH, Heaton TE, Ortiz MV, Baertschiger R, Wong KE, Lapidus-Krol E, Butter A, Davidson J, Stark R, Ramaraj A, Malek M, Mastropolo R, Morgan K, Murphy JT, Janek K, Le HD, Dasgupta R, Lal DR, PEDIATRIC SURGICAL ONCOLOGY RESEARCH COLLABORATIVE.. Appendectomy Versus Observation for Appendicitis in Neutropenic Children With Cancer. Pediatrics. 2021 Feb; 147: 

                


                  Mpody C, Arends J, Aldrink JH, Olutoye OO, Tobias JD, Nafiu OO. Prognostic profiling of children with serious post-operative complications: A novel probability model for failure to rescue. J Pediatr Surg. 2021 Feb; 56: 207-212.

                


                  Grant CN, Aldrink J, Lautz TB, Tracy ET, Rhee DS, Baertschiger RM, Dasgupta R, Ehrlich PF, Rodeberg DA. Lymphadenopathy in children: A streamlined approach for the surgeon - A report from the APSA Cancer Committee. J Pediatr Surg. 2021 Feb; 56: 274-281.

                


                  Gibbs H, Sethia R, McConnell PI, Aldrink JH, Shinoka T, Williams K, Jatana KR. Survival of Toddler with Aortoesophageal Fistula after Button Battery Ingestion. Case Rep Otolaryngol. 2021; 2021: 5557054.

                


                  Lawrence AE, Huntington JT, Savoie K, Dykes M, Aldrink JH, Richards H, Besner GE, Kenney B, Fisher J, Minneci PC, Michalsky MP. Improving care through standardized treatment of spontaneous pneumothorax. J Pediatr Surg. 2021 Jan; 56: 55-60.

                


                  Orr A, Liu H, Mariani R, Aldrink JH, Setty BA, Koo S. Bilateral Lung Metastases From a Phalangeal Giant Cell Tumor of Bone. Pediatr Dev Pathol. 2021 Jan-Feb; 24: 51-55.

                


                  Harris CJ, Helenowski I, Murphy AJ, Mansfield SA, LaQuaglia MP, Heaton TE, Cavalli M, Murphy JT, Newman E, Overmen RE, Kartal TT, Cooke-Barber J, Donaher A, Malek MM, Kalsi R, Kim ES, Zobel MJ, Goodhue CJ, Naik-Mathuria BJ, Jefferson IN, Roach JP, Mata C, Piché N, Joharifard S, Sultan S, Short SS, Meyers RL, Bleicher J, Le HD, Janek K, Bütter A, Davidson J, Aldrink JH, Richards HW, Tracy ET, Commander SJ, Fialkowski EA, Troutt M, Dasgupta R, Lautz TB. Implications of Tumor Characteristics and Treatment Modality on Local Recurrence and Functional Outcomes in Children with Chest Wall Sarcoma: A Pediatric Surgical Oncology Research Collaborative Study. Ann Surg. 2020 Nov 4;  

                


                  Mansfield SA, Lamb MG, Stanek JR, Arnold MA, Ranalli M, Aldrink JH. Renal Tumors in Children and Young Adults Older Than 5 Years of Age. J Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 2020 May; 42: 287-291.

                


                  Overman RE, Kartal TT, Cunningham AJ, Fialkowski EA, Naik-Mathuria BJ, Vasudevan SA, Malek MM, Kalsi R, Le HD, Stafford LC, Lautz TB, Many BT, Jones RE, Bütter A, Davidson J, Williams A, Dasgupta R, Lewis J, Troutt M, Aldrink JH, Mansfield SA, Lal DR, Xiao J, Meyers RL, Short SS, Newman EA. Optimization of percutaneous biopsy for diagnosis and pretreatment risk assessment of neuroblastoma. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2020 May; 67: e28153.

                


                  Christison-Lagay ER, Baertschiger RM, Dinauer C, Francis GL, Malek MM, Lautz TB, Aldrink JH, Grant C, Rhee DS, Ehrlich P, Dasgupta R, Abdessalam S, APSA Cancer Committee.. Pediatric differentiated thyroid carcinoma: An update from the APSA Cancer Committee. J Pediatr Surg. 2020 May 11;  

                


                  Gurria JP, Malek MM, Heaton TE, Gehred A, Lautz TB, Rhee DS, Tracy ET, Grant CN, Baertshiger RM, Bruny J, Christison-Lagay ER, Rodeberg DA, Ehrlich PF, Dasgupta R, Aldrink JH. Minimally invasive surgery for abdominal and thoracic neuroblastic tumors: A systematic review by the APSA Cancer committee. J Pediatr Surg. 2020 Feb 20;  

                


                  Lawrence AE, Fallat ME, Hewitt G, Hertweck P, Onwuka A, Afrazi A, Bence C, Burns RC, Corkum KS, Dillon PA, Ehrlich PF, Fraser JD, Gonzalez DO, Grabowski JE, Kabre R, Lal DR, Landman MP, Leys CM, Mak GZ, Overman RE, Rademacher BL, Raiji MT, Sato TT, Scannell M, Sujka JA, Wright T, Minneci PC, Deans KJ, Aldrink JH, Midwest Pediatric Surgery Consortium.. Understanding the Value of Tumor Markers in Pediatric Ovarian Neoplasms. J Pediatr Surg. 2020 Jan; 55: 122-125.

                


                  Halleran DR, Vilanova-Sanchez A, Reck CA, Maloof T, Weaver L, Stanek J, Levitt MA, Wood RJ, Aldrink JH. Presacral masses and sacrococcygeal teratomas in patients with and without anorectal malformations: A single institution comparative study. J Pediatr Surg. 2019 Jul; 54: 1372-1378.

                


                  Saltzman AF, Smith DE, Gao D, Ghosh D, Amini A, Aldrink JH, Dasgupta R, Gow KW, Glick RD, Ehrlich PF, Cost NG. How Many Lymph Nodes Are Enough? Assessing the Adequacy of Lymph Node Yield for Staging in Favorable Histology Wilms Tumor. J Pediatr Surg. 2019 Jun 20;  

                


                  Lawrence AE, Gonzalez DO, Fallat ME, Aldrink JH, Hewitt GD, Hertweck SP, Onwuka A, Bence C, Burns RC, Dillon PA, Ehrlich PF, Fraser JD, Grabowski JE, Hirschl RB, Kabre R, Kohler JE, Lal DR, Landman MP, Leys CM, Mak GZ, Sato TT, Scannell M, Sujka JA, Minneci PC, Deans KJ. Factors Associated With Management of Pediatric Ovarian Neoplasms. Pediatrics. 2019 Jun 4;  

                


                  Drews JD, Cooper JN, Onwuka EA, Minneci PC, Aldrink JH. The relationships of surgeon volume and specialty with outcomes following pediatric thyroidectomy. J Pediatr Surg. 2019 Jun; 54: 1226-1232.

                


                  Newman EA, Abdessalam S, Aldrink JH, Austin M, Heaton TE, Bruny J, Ehrlich P, Dasgupta R, Baertschiger RM, Lautz TB, Rhee DS, Langham MR Jr, Malek MM, Meyers RL, Nathan JD, Weil BR, Polites S, Madonna MB, APSA Cancer committee.. Update on neuroblastoma. J Pediatr Surg. 2019 Mar; 54: 383-389.

                


                  Corkum KS, Rhee DS, Wafford QE, Demeestere I, Dasgupta R, Baertschiger R, Malek MM, Aldrink JH, Heaton TE, Weil BR, Madonna MB, Lautz TB. Fertility and hormone preservation and restoration for female children and adolescents receiving gonadotoxic cancer treatments: A systematic review. J Pediatr Surg. 2019 Jan 22;  

                


                  Aldrink JH, Heaton TE, Dasgupta R, Lautz TB, Malek MM, Abdessalam SF, Weil BR, Rhee DS, Baertschiger R, Ehrlich PF, American Pediatric Surgical Association Cancer Committee.. Summary article: Update on Wilms tumor. J Pediatr Surg. 2018 Sep 19;  

                


                  Aldrink JH, Appel B, Kaplan JA, Hutchison RE, Schwartz CL, Kelly KM, McCarten K, Ehrlich PF. Surgeon Concordance in the Assessment of Resectability for Stage IA Nodular Lymphocyte Predominant Hodgkin Lymphoma. J Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 2018 Apr; 40: 246-247.

                


                  Cost NG, Aldrink JH, Saltzman AF, Dasgupta R, Gow KW, Glick R, Ehrlich PF. Current state of renal tumor surgery among pediatric surgeons and pediatric urologists: A survey of American Pediatric Surgical Association (APSA) and Society for Pediatric Urology (SPU) members. J Pediatr Urol. 2018 Apr; 14: 168.e1-168.e8.

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  • Baliga S, Matsui J, Klamer B, Cetnar A, Ewing A, Cadieux C, Gupta A, Setty BA, Roberts RD, Olshefski RS, Cripe TP, Scharschmidt TJ, Aldrink J, Mardis E, Yeager ND, Palmer JD. Clinical outcomes and efficacy of stereotactic body radiation therapy in children, adolescents, and young adults with metastatic solid tumors. Br J Radiol. 2022 Feb 10; 20211088.
  • Morgan KM, Anderson KT, Johnston ME, Dasgupta R, Crowley JJ, Fahy AS, Lapidus-Krol E, Baertschiger RM, Lautz TB, Many BT, Marquart JP, Gainer H, Lal DR, Rich BS, Glick RD, MacArthur TA, Polites SF, Kastenberg ZJ, Short SS, Meyers RL, Talbot L, Abdelhafeez A, Prajapati H, Davidoff AM, Rubaclava N, Newman E, Ehrlich PF, Rothstein DH, Roach JP, Ladd P, Janek KC, Le HD, Leraas HJ, Tracy ET, Bisset L, Mora MC, Warren P, Aldrink JH, Malek MM. Interhospital variability in localization techniques for small pulmonary nodules in children: A pediatric surgical oncology research collaborative study. J Pediatr Surg. 2022 Feb 23;
  • Knaus ME, Onwuka AJ, Afrazi A, Breech L, Corkum KS, Dillon PA, Ehrlich PF, Fallat ME, Fraser JD, Gadepalli SK, Grabowski JE, Hertweck SP, Kabre R, Lal DR, Landman MP, Lawrence AE, Leys CM, Mak GZ, Markel TA, Merchant N, Elliott Overman R, Rademacher BL, Raiji MT, Rymeski B, Sato TT, Scannell M, Schikler AG, Sujka JA, Wright T, Aldrink JH, Hewitt GD, Minneci PC, Deans KJ, Midwest Pediatric Surgery Consortium.. Laparoscopy versus laparotomy for pediatric ovarian dermoids. J Pediatr Surg. 2022 Feb 12;
  • Halsey JN, Faith EF, Logan SJ, Shenoy A, Schieffer KM, Cottrell CE, Lillis AP, Aldrink JH, Setty BA, Pearson GD. Syringocystadenocarcinoma Papilliferum in a Fifteen-Year-Old Girl: A Case Report and Review of the Literature. Case Rep Dermatol Med. 2022; 2022: 8076649.
  • Patterson KN, Lawrence AE, Beyene TJ, Aldrink JH, Michalsky M, Minneci PC. Recurrence Rates After Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery for Spontaneous Pneumothorax. J Laparoendosc Adv Surg Tech A. 2021 Dec; 31: 1424-1430.
  • Lautz TB, Fahy AS, Helenowski I, Wayne JD, Baertschiger RM, Aldrink JH. Higher rates of regional disease but improved outcomes in pediatric versus adult melanoma. J Pediatr Surg. 2021 Nov 10;
  • Clark M, Aldrink JH, Richards B, Corbitt R, Stiver C, Cua CL. Usefulness of Postnatal Echocardiograms in Patients with Omphaloceles Who Previously Had a Normal Fetal Echocardiogram. Cardiol Ther. 2021 Oct 30;
  • Kulaylat AN, Richards H, Yada K, Coyle D, Shelby R, Onwuka AJ, Aldrink JH, Diefenbach KA, Michalsky MP. Comparative analysis of robotic-assisted versus laparoscopic cholecystectomy in pediatric patients. J Pediatr Surg. 2021 Oct; 56: 1876-1880.
  • Koo SC, LaHaye S, Kovari BP, Schieffer KM, Ranalli MA, Aldrink JH, Michalsky MP, Colace S, Miller KE, Bedrosian TA, Leraas KM, Voytovich K, Wheeler G, Brennan P, Fitch J, Kelly BJ, McGrath SD, Miller AR, White P, Magrini V, Wilson RK, Mardis ER, Lauwers GY, Baker PB, Cottrell CE. Gastroblastoma with a novel EWSR1-CTBP1 fusion presenting in adolescence. Genes Chromosomes Cancer. 2021 Sep; 60: 640-646.
  • Grant CN, Rhee D, Tracy ET, Aldrink JH, Baertschiger RM, Lautz TB, Glick RD, Rodeberg DA, Ehrlich PF, Christison-Lagay E. Pediatric solid tumors and associated cancer predisposition syndromes: Workup, management, and surveillance. A summary from the APSA cancer committee. J Pediatr Surg. 2021 Aug 24;
  • Lawrence AE, Fallat ME, Hewitt G, Hertweck P, Onwuka A, Afrazi A, Aldrink JH, Bence C, Burns RC, Corkum KS, Dillon PA, Ehrlich PF, Fraser JD, Gonzalez DO, Grabowski JE, Kabre R, Lal DR, Landman MP, Leys CM, Mak GZ, Rademacher BL, Raiji MT, Sato TT, Scannell M, Sujka JA, Wright TN, Minneci PC, Deans KJ, Midwest Pediatric Surgery Consortium.. Factors Associated with Torsion in Pediatric Patients with Ovarian Masses. J Surg Res. 2021 Jul; 263: 110-115.
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  • Aldrink JH, Glick RD, Baertschiger RM, Kulaylat AN, Lautz TB, Christison-Lagay E, Grant CN, Tracy E, Dasgupta R, Brown EG, Mattei P, Rothstein DH, Rodeberg DA, Ehrlich PF. Update on pediatric testicular germ cell tumors. J Pediatr Surg. 2021 Apr 15;
  • Aldrink JH, Polites SF, Austin M. Pediatric Melanoma-Diagnosis, Management, and Anticipated Outcomes. Surg Oncol Clin N Am. 2021 Apr; 30: 373-388.
  • Lautz TB, Farooqui Z, Jenkins T, Heaton TE, Doski JJ, Cooke-Barber J, Murphy AJ, Davidoff AM, Mansfield SA, Kim ES, Zuber S, Goodhue C, Vasudevan SA, LaQuaglia MP, Piche N, Le-Nguyen A, Aldrink JH, Malek MM, Siow VS, Glick RD, Rich BS, Meyers RL, Short SS, Butter A, Baertschiger RM, Fialkowski EA, Dasgupta R. Thoracoscopy vs thoracotomy for the management of metastatic osteosarcoma: A Pediatric Surgical Oncology Research Collaborative Study. Int J Cancer. 2021 Mar 1; 148: 1164-1171.
  • Many BT, Lautz TB, Dobrozsi S, Wilkinson KH, Rossoff J, Le-Nguyen A, Dakhallah N, Piche N, Weinschenk W, Cooke-Barker J, Goodhue C, Zamora A, Kim ES, Talbot LJ, Quevedo OG, Murphy AJ, Commander SJ, Tracy ET, Short SS, Meyers RL, Rinehardt HN, Aldrink JH, Heaton TE, Ortiz MV, Baertschiger R, Wong KE, Lapidus-Krol E, Butter A, Davidson J, Stark R, Ramaraj A, Malek M, Mastropolo R, Morgan K, Murphy JT, Janek K, Le HD, Dasgupta R, Lal DR, PEDIATRIC SURGICAL ONCOLOGY RESEARCH COLLABORATIVE.. Appendectomy Versus Observation for Appendicitis in Neutropenic Children With Cancer. Pediatrics. 2021 Feb; 147:
  • Mpody C, Arends J, Aldrink JH, Olutoye OO, Tobias JD, Nafiu OO. Prognostic profiling of children with serious post-operative complications: A novel probability model for failure to rescue. J Pediatr Surg. 2021 Feb; 56: 207-212.
  • Grant CN, Aldrink J, Lautz TB, Tracy ET, Rhee DS, Baertschiger RM, Dasgupta R, Ehrlich PF, Rodeberg DA. Lymphadenopathy in children: A streamlined approach for the surgeon - A report from the APSA Cancer Committee. J Pediatr Surg. 2021 Feb; 56: 274-281.
  • Gibbs H, Sethia R, McConnell PI, Aldrink JH, Shinoka T, Williams K, Jatana KR. Survival of Toddler with Aortoesophageal Fistula after Button Battery Ingestion. Case Rep Otolaryngol. 2021; 2021: 5557054.
  • Lawrence AE, Huntington JT, Savoie K, Dykes M, Aldrink JH, Richards H, Besner GE, Kenney B, Fisher J, Minneci PC, Michalsky MP. Improving care through standardized treatment of spontaneous pneumothorax. J Pediatr Surg. 2021 Jan; 56: 55-60.
  • Orr A, Liu H, Mariani R, Aldrink JH, Setty BA, Koo S. Bilateral Lung Metastases From a Phalangeal Giant Cell Tumor of Bone. Pediatr Dev Pathol. 2021 Jan-Feb; 24: 51-55.
  • Harris CJ, Helenowski I, Murphy AJ, Mansfield SA, LaQuaglia MP, Heaton TE, Cavalli M, Murphy JT, Newman E, Overmen RE, Kartal TT, Cooke-Barber J, Donaher A, Malek MM, Kalsi R, Kim ES, Zobel MJ, Goodhue CJ, Naik-Mathuria BJ, Jefferson IN, Roach JP, Mata C, Piché N, Joharifard S, Sultan S, Short SS, Meyers RL, Bleicher J, Le HD, Janek K, Bütter A, Davidson J, Aldrink JH, Richards HW, Tracy ET, Commander SJ, Fialkowski EA, Troutt M, Dasgupta R, Lautz TB. Implications of Tumor Characteristics and Treatment Modality on Local Recurrence and Functional Outcomes in Children with Chest Wall Sarcoma: A Pediatric Surgical Oncology Research Collaborative Study. Ann Surg. 2020 Nov 4;
  • Mansfield SA, Lamb MG, Stanek JR, Arnold MA, Ranalli M, Aldrink JH. Renal Tumors in Children and Young Adults Older Than 5 Years of Age. J Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 2020 May; 42: 287-291.
  • Overman RE, Kartal TT, Cunningham AJ, Fialkowski EA, Naik-Mathuria BJ, Vasudevan SA, Malek MM, Kalsi R, Le HD, Stafford LC, Lautz TB, Many BT, Jones RE, Bütter A, Davidson J, Williams A, Dasgupta R, Lewis J, Troutt M, Aldrink JH, Mansfield SA, Lal DR, Xiao J, Meyers RL, Short SS, Newman EA. Optimization of percutaneous biopsy for diagnosis and pretreatment risk assessment of neuroblastoma. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2020 May; 67: e28153.
  • Christison-Lagay ER, Baertschiger RM, Dinauer C, Francis GL, Malek MM, Lautz TB, Aldrink JH, Grant C, Rhee DS, Ehrlich P, Dasgupta R, Abdessalam S, APSA Cancer Committee.. Pediatric differentiated thyroid carcinoma: An update from the APSA Cancer Committee. J Pediatr Surg. 2020 May 11;
  • Gurria JP, Malek MM, Heaton TE, Gehred A, Lautz TB, Rhee DS, Tracy ET, Grant CN, Baertshiger RM, Bruny J, Christison-Lagay ER, Rodeberg DA, Ehrlich PF, Dasgupta R, Aldrink JH. Minimally invasive surgery for abdominal and thoracic neuroblastic tumors: A systematic review by the APSA Cancer committee. J Pediatr Surg. 2020 Feb 20;
  • Lawrence AE, Fallat ME, Hewitt G, Hertweck P, Onwuka A, Afrazi A, Bence C, Burns RC, Corkum KS, Dillon PA, Ehrlich PF, Fraser JD, Gonzalez DO, Grabowski JE, Kabre R, Lal DR, Landman MP, Leys CM, Mak GZ, Overman RE, Rademacher BL, Raiji MT, Sato TT, Scannell M, Sujka JA, Wright T, Minneci PC, Deans KJ, Aldrink JH, Midwest Pediatric Surgery Consortium.. Understanding the Value of Tumor Markers in Pediatric Ovarian Neoplasms. J Pediatr Surg. 2020 Jan; 55: 122-125.
  • Halleran DR, Vilanova-Sanchez A, Reck CA, Maloof T, Weaver L, Stanek J, Levitt MA, Wood RJ, Aldrink JH. Presacral masses and sacrococcygeal teratomas in patients with and without anorectal malformations: A single institution comparative study. J Pediatr Surg. 2019 Jul; 54: 1372-1378.
  • Saltzman AF, Smith DE, Gao D, Ghosh D, Amini A, Aldrink JH, Dasgupta R, Gow KW, Glick RD, Ehrlich PF, Cost NG. How Many Lymph Nodes Are Enough? Assessing the Adequacy of Lymph Node Yield for Staging in Favorable Histology Wilms Tumor. J Pediatr Surg. 2019 Jun 20;
  • Lawrence AE, Gonzalez DO, Fallat ME, Aldrink JH, Hewitt GD, Hertweck SP, Onwuka A, Bence C, Burns RC, Dillon PA, Ehrlich PF, Fraser JD, Grabowski JE, Hirschl RB, Kabre R, Kohler JE, Lal DR, Landman MP, Leys CM, Mak GZ, Sato TT, Scannell M, Sujka JA, Minneci PC, Deans KJ. Factors Associated With Management of Pediatric Ovarian Neoplasms. Pediatrics. 2019 Jun 4;
  • Drews JD, Cooper JN, Onwuka EA, Minneci PC, Aldrink JH. The relationships of surgeon volume and specialty with outcomes following pediatric thyroidectomy. J Pediatr Surg. 2019 Jun; 54: 1226-1232.
  • Newman EA, Abdessalam S, Aldrink JH, Austin M, Heaton TE, Bruny J, Ehrlich P, Dasgupta R, Baertschiger RM, Lautz TB, Rhee DS, Langham MR Jr, Malek MM, Meyers RL, Nathan JD, Weil BR, Polites S, Madonna MB, APSA Cancer committee.. Update on neuroblastoma. J Pediatr Surg. 2019 Mar; 54: 383-389.
  • Corkum KS, Rhee DS, Wafford QE, Demeestere I, Dasgupta R, Baertschiger R, Malek MM, Aldrink JH, Heaton TE, Weil BR, Madonna MB, Lautz TB. Fertility and hormone preservation and restoration for female children and adolescents receiving gonadotoxic cancer treatments: A systematic review. J Pediatr Surg. 2019 Jan 22;
  • Aldrink JH, Heaton TE, Dasgupta R, Lautz TB, Malek MM, Abdessalam SF, Weil BR, Rhee DS, Baertschiger R, Ehrlich PF, American Pediatric Surgical Association Cancer Committee.. Summary article: Update on Wilms tumor. J Pediatr Surg. 2018 Sep 19;
  • Aldrink JH, Appel B, Kaplan JA, Hutchison RE, Schwartz CL, Kelly KM, McCarten K, Ehrlich PF. Surgeon Concordance in the Assessment of Resectability for Stage IA Nodular Lymphocyte Predominant Hodgkin Lymphoma. J Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 2018 Apr; 40: 246-247.
  • Cost NG, Aldrink JH, Saltzman AF, Dasgupta R, Gow KW, Glick R, Ehrlich PF. Current state of renal tumor surgery among pediatric surgeons and pediatric urologists: A survey of American Pediatric Surgical Association (APSA) and Society for Pediatric Urology (SPU) members. J Pediatr Urol. 2018 Apr; 14: 168.e1-168.e8.

Education

Date of Appointment at Nationwide Children’s Hospital: 07/01/2009

Board Certifications

Pediatric Surgery Surgery

Fellowship

Nationwide Children’s Hospital

Date Completed: 06/30/2009

Residency

Duke Children’s Hospital and Health Center

Date Completed: 06/30/2007

Medical School

Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina Univers

Date Completed: 05/13/2000

Education

Date of Appointment at Nationwide Children’s Hospital: 07/01/2009

Board Certifications

Pediatric Surgery Surgery

Fellowship

Nationwide Children’s Hospital

Date Completed: 06/30/2009

Residency

Duke Children’s Hospital and Health Center

Date Completed: 06/30/2007

Medical School

Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina Univers

Date Completed: 05/13/2000

Education

Date of Appointment at Nationwide Children’s Hospital: 07/01/2009

Board Certifications

Pediatric Surgery Surgery

Fellowship

Nationwide Children’s Hospital

Date Completed: 06/30/2009

Residency

Duke Children’s Hospital and Health Center

Date Completed: 06/30/2007

Medical School

Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina Univers

Date Completed: 05/13/2000

Date of Appointment at Nationwide Children’s Hospital: 07/01/2009

Board Certifications

Pediatric Surgery Surgery

Fellowship

Nationwide Children’s Hospital

Date Completed: 06/30/2009

Residency

Duke Children’s Hospital and Health Center

Date Completed: 06/30/2007

Medical School

Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina Univers

Date Completed: 05/13/2000

Date of Appointment at Nationwide Children’s Hospital: 07/01/2009

Board Certifications

Pediatric Surgery Surgery

Fellowship

Nationwide Children’s Hospital

Date Completed: 06/30/2009

Residency

Duke Children’s Hospital and Health Center

Date Completed: 06/30/2007

Medical School

Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina Univers

Date Completed: 05/13/2000

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General Pediatric Surgery

Call us at: (614) 722-3900

Fax us at: (614) 722-3903

                    Pediatric Surgery700 Children's DrColumbus, OH 43205 (map)

General Pediatric Surgery

Call us at: (614) 722-3900

Fax us at: (614) 722-3903

                    Pediatric Surgery700 Children's DrColumbus, OH 43205 (map)

Call us at: (614) 722-3900

Fax us at: (614) 722-3903

                    Pediatric Surgery700 Children's DrColumbus, OH 43205 (map)

Call us at: (614) 722-3900

Fax us at: (614) 722-3903

                    Pediatric Surgery700 Children's DrColumbus, OH 43205 (map)
  • Call us at:
  • (614) 722-3900
  • Fax us at:
  • (614) 722-3903
  • Pediatric Surgery700 Children’s DrColumbus, OH 43205 (map)