Richard J Wood

Contact Information

Call us at: (614) 722-4086

Fax us at: (614) 355-6229

Pediatric Colorectal and Pelvic Reconstructive Surgery700 Childrens DrColumbus, OH 43205 (map)

Learn more about Richard J. Wood

Biography

Richard Wood, MBChB, FCPS(SA), serves as chief for the Department of Pediatric Colorectal & Pelvic Reconstructive Surgery and he is the Program director of our 3 fellowships, at Nationwide Children’s Hospital and Associate Professor of Surgery at The Ohio State University. Dr. Wood’s areas of clinical interest are complex pelvic reconstructive surgery including anorectal malformations, cloacal malformations, Hirschsprung disease and the surgical management of severe constipation. Dr. Wood’s surgical expertise is expansive – having performed more than 500 primary PSARPS and reoperations, 200 cloacal reconstructions, and more than 300 pull-through surgeries for Hirschsprung disease. He also has deep experience in re-operative colorectal surgery and surgical reconstructions resulting from the rarest of conditions, such as complex cloaca and complex vaginal reconstruction. Dr. Wood completed fellowship training at the Red Cross War Memorial Children’s Hospital in Cape Town, South Africa. This hospital serves as the national resource for the care of complex anorectal malformations and Hirschsprung disease. He ran the Colorectal Clinic and a weekly colorectal operating room, overseeing hundreds of cases. He has participated in numerous international colorectal mission trips, serves as a surgical partner on the Colorectal Team Overseas (CTO) where he performs surgeries in addition to training and educating international providers on complex colorectal care. He has been prolific in his academic productivity, publishing multiple peer reviewed journal articles as well as book chapters on cloacal malformations, anorectal malformations and Hirschsprung disease.

    “My passion is being able to help kids who have very complex problems. I love the direct contact with families and the relationships we can forge with them.”

Patient Care

Locations

Main Campus of Nationwide Children’s Hospital

Nationwide Children’s Hospital Toledo

Languages Spoken

English Afrikaans

Academic and Clinical Areas

Center for Colorectal and Pelvic Reconstruction

Chief

Pediatric Pelvic Reconstruction Fellowship

Associate Program Director

Pediatric Colorectal Fellowship

Associate Program Director

Pediatric Colorectal Research Fellowship

Associate Program Director

Motility

Surgeon Team

Pediatric Surgery

Surgeon Team

Surgical Critical Care Fellowship

Faculty

Pediatric Surgery Residency

Faculty

Gastroenterology Motility Fellowship

Affiliate Faculty

Primary Department

Pediatric Colorectal and Pelvic Reconstructive Surgery

Awards, Honors & Organizations

Quality Award for Value in Surgery, American Pediatric Surgical Association, 2017 Dr. Denis R. King Teacher of the Year, Nationwide Children’s Hospital, 2017 Chairman of Steering Committee, Pediatric Colorectal and Pelvic Learning Consortium Member, American Medical Association Member, International Pediatric Endosurgery Group (IPEG) Member, Colorectal Team Overseas (CTO) Member, Royal College of Surgeons of England Member, South African Association of Paediatric Surgeons Fellow, College of Paediatric Surgeons of South Africa Member, Pediatric Trauma Society Member, Advisory Board, Hirschsprung’s Disease Research Collaborative (HDRC) Member, British Association of Paediatric Surgeons (BAPS) Fellow, Royal Society of Medicine

Research

Dr. Wood’s research interests focus on clinical colorectal and outcomes research. He is also the chairperson of the Steering Committee of the Pediatric Colorectal and Pelvic Learning Consortium (PCPLC), an international consortium of surgeons performing multi-center research in this field. Publications

                  Liaqat N, Wood R, Fuchs M. Hypospadias and anorectal malformation: A difficult combination. J Pediatr Surg. 2022 Oct 21;  

                


                  Smith CA, Kwon EG, Nicassio L, Glazer D, Avansino J, Durham MM, Frischer J, Calkins C, Rentea RM, Ralls M, Saadai P, Badillo A, Fuller M, Wood RJ, Rollins MD, Van Leeuwen K, Reeder RW, Lewis KE, Rice-Townsend SE, Pediatric Colorectal and Pelvic Learning Consortium (PCPLC).. Fecal continence disparities in patients with idiopathic constipation treated at referral institutions for pediatric colorectal surgery. J Pediatr Surg. 2022 Sep 26;  

                


                  Knaus ME, Pendola G, Srinivas S, Wood RJ, Halaweish I. Social determinants of health and Hirschsprung-associated enterocolitis. J Pediatr Surg. 2022 Sep 30;  

                


                  Knaus ME, Ahmad H, Bourgeois T, Dajusta DG, Wood RJ, Fuchs ME. Improvement in bladder function in children with functional constipation after a bowel management program. Pediatr Surg Int. 2022 Aug 5;  

                


                  Baaleman DF, Hallagan A, Halleran DR, Orsagh-Yentis DK, Levitt MA, Wood RJ, Benninga MA, Bali N, Vaz KH, Yacob D, Di Lorenzo C, Lu PL. Anal Botulinum Toxin in Children with Hirschsprung Disease and Functional Constipation: A Prospective Cohort study. Eur J Pediatr Surg. 2022 Jul 19;  

                


                  Seidler GR, Knaus ME, Beyene TJ, Ahmad H, Lu PL, Gasior AC, Halaweish I, Wood RJ. Impact of Neurodevelopmental Disorders on Bowel Management Outcomes in Children with Functional Constipation. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2022 Jun 10;  

                


                  Ahmad H, Wood RJ, Avansino JR, Calkins CM, Dickie BH, Durham MM, Frischer J, Fuller M, Ralls M, Reeder RW, Rentea RM, Rollins MD, Saadai P, Oelschlager AEA, Breech LL, Hewitt GD, Kluivers K, van Leeuwen KD, McCracken KA. Does presence of a VACTERL anomaly predict an associated gynecologic anomaly in females with anorectal malformations?: A pediatric colorectal and pelvic learning consortium study. J Pediatr Surg. 2022 Jun 23;  

                


                  Short SS, Reeder RW, Lewis KE, Dickie B, Grabowski J, Sepuha T, Durham MM, Frischer J, Badillo A, Calkins CM, Rentea RM, Ralls M, Wood RJ, Fuller MK, van Leeuwen K, Avansino JR, Austin K, Rollins MD. The presence of a neurodiverse disorder is associated with increased use of antegrade enema therapy in children with severe constipation: A study from the Pediatric Colorectal and Pelvic Learning Consortium (PCPLC). J Pediatr Surg. 2022 Apr 25;  

                


                  Knaus ME, Beyene TJ, Thomas JL, Maloof ER, Jimenez ALN, Halaweish I, Wood RJ, Gasior AC. Pilot study of an adult bowel management program for fecal incontinence. J Pediatr Surg. 2022 Apr 22;  

                


                  Ahmad H, Knaus ME, Minneci PC, Wood RJ, Gasior AC. Transition of Care Barriers in Pediatric Patients with Anorectal Malformation. Dis Colon Rectum. 2022 Apr 27;  

                


                  Knaus ME, Lu PL, Lu A, Maloof ER, Ma J, Benedict J, Wood RJ, Halaweish I. Antegrade continence enemas in children with functional constipation and dyssynergic defecation: Go or no go? J Pediatr Surg. 2022 Apr 23;  

                


                  Wood RJ, Garrison AP. Total Colonic Aganglionosis in Hirschsprung disease. Semin Pediatr Surg. 2022 Apr; 31: 151165.

                


                  Svetanoff WJ, Lim-Beutal IIP, Wood RJ, Levitt MA, Rentea RM. The utilization of botulinum toxin for Hirschsprung disease. Semin Pediatr Surg. 2022 Apr; 31: 151161.

                


                  Ahmad H, Yacob D, Halleran DR, Gasior AC, Lorenzo CD, Wood RJ, Langer JC, Levitt MA. Evaluation and treatment of the post pull-through Hirschsprung patient who is not doing well; Update for 2022. Semin Pediatr Surg. 2022 Apr; 31: 151164.

                


                  Knaus ME, Kersey K, Ahmad H, Weaver L, Thomas JL, Metzger GA, Wood RJ, Gasior AC. Both sides of the screen: Provider and patient perspective on telemedicine in pediatric surgery. J Pediatr Surg. 2022 Mar 25;  

                


                  Rice-Townsend SE, Nicassio L, Glazer D, Avansino J, Durham MM, Calkins CM, Rentea RM, Ralls MW, Wood RJ, Rollins MD, Garvey EM, Lewis KE, Reeder R, Smith CA, Pediatric Colorectal and Pelvic Learning Consortium (PCPLC).. Characterizing the use of botulinum toxin in patients with Hirschsprung disease treated at referral institutions for pediatric colorectal surgery. J Pediatr Surg. 2022 Feb 13;  

                


                  Halleran DR, Coyle D, Kulaylat AN, Ahmad H, Langer JC, Gasior AC, Diefenbach KA, Wood RJ, Levitt MA. The cutback revisited - The posterior rectal advancement anoplasty for certain anorectal malformations with rectoperineal fistula. J Pediatr Surg. 2021 Dec 17;  

                


                  Ahmad H, Rentea RM, Knaus ME, Wilbur JG, Halaweish I, Langer JC, Levitt MA, Wood RJ. Routine botulinum toxin injection one month after a Swenson pull-through does not change the incidence of Hirschsprung associated enterocolitis. J Pediatr Surg. 2021 Dec 9;  

                


                  Versteegh HP, Gardner DS, Scriven L, Martens L, Kluivers K, Hewitt G, de Blaauw I, Wood RJ, Williams A, Sutcliffe J, MICRO Group.. Reconsidering Diagnosis, Treatment, and Postoperative Care in Children with Cloacal Malformations. J Pediatr Adolesc Gynecol. 2021 Dec; 34: 773-779.

                


                  Ahmad H, Levitt MA, Yacob D, Halleran DR, Gasior AC, Di Lorenzo C, Wood RJ, Langer JC. Evaluation and Management of Persistent Problems After Surgery for Hirschsprung Disease in a Child. Curr Gastroenterol Rep. 2021 Oct 11; 23: 18.

                


                  Zann A, Sebastiao Y, Ching CC, Fuchs M, Jayanthi VR, Wood RJ, Levitt MA, DaJusta D. Split appendix Mitrofanoffs have higher risk of complication than intact appendix or monti channels. J Pediatr Urol. 2021 Oct; 17: 700.e1-700.e6.

                


                  Loftus CJ, Ahn J, Rice-Townsend S, Avansino J, Schmidt J, Hagedorn JC, Wood R, Shnorhavorian M, Fuchs MD, McCracken KA, Hewitt G, Amies-Oelschlager AE, Merguerian P, Smith CA. Experiences and attitudes of young adults with congenital bowel and bladder conditions. J Pediatr Urol. 2021 Oct; 17: 701.e1-701.e8.

                


                  Wood RJ, Vilanova-Sanchez A, El-Gohary Y, Ahmad H, Halleran DR, Reck-Burneo CA, Rentea R, Sebastiao Y, Nash O, Booth K, Trimble C, Zahora P, Baxter C, Driesbach S, Halaweish I, Gasior AC, Levitt MA. One-year impact of a bowel management program in treating fecal incontinence in patients with anorectal malformations. J Pediatr Surg. 2021 Oct; 56: 1689-1693.

                


                  Ahn JJ, Rice-Townsend SE, Nicassio L, Glazer D, Avansino JR, Lewis KE, Durham MM, Frischer J, Calkins CM, Rentea RM, Ralls M, Fuller M, Wood RJ, Rollins MD, Lee J, Reeder RW, Dickie BH, Saadai P, Cain MP, Merguerian P, Smith CA, Pediatric Colorectal and Pelvic Learning Consortium (PCPLC).. Urinary continence disparities in patients with anorectal malformations. J Pediatr Surg. 2021 Sep 21;  

                


                  Knaus ME, Ahmad H, Metzger GA, Beyene TJ, Thomas JL, Weaver LJ, Gasior AC, Wood RJ, Halaweish I. Outcomes of a telemedicine bowel management program during COVID-19. J Pediatr Surg. 2021 Sep 20;  

                


                  Ahmad H, Halleran DR, Stanek JR, Thompson BP, Bates DG, Rusin JA, Minneci PC, Levitt MA, Wood RJ. Correlation between the lateral and anteroposterior sacral ratios in anorectal malformations. Pediatr Radiol. 2021 Sep; 51: 1867-1872.

                


                  Kastenberg ZJ, Taylor MA, Durham MM, Calkins CM, Rentea RM, Wood RJ, Avansino JR, Levitt MA, van Leeuwen KD, Lewis KE, Reeder RW, Rollins MD. Perioperative and long-term functional outcomes of neonatal versus delayed primary endorectal pull-through for children with Hirschsprung disease: A pediatric colorectal and pelvic learning consortium study. J Pediatr Surg. 2021 Aug; 56: 1465-1469.

                


                  Marenco CW, Rice-Townsend S, Rollins M, Wood RJ, Calkins C, Smith C, Durham MM, Rentea RM, Ralls M, Van Leeuwen K, Reeder RW, Avansino J, PCPLC.. 30-day postoperative outcomes of neonatal versus delayed anoplasty for perineal and vestibular fistulas. J Pediatr Surg. 2021 Aug; 56: 1454-1458.

                


                  Ahmad H, Skeritt C, Halleran DR, Rentea RM, Reck-Burneo CA, Vilanova-Sanchez A, Weaver L, Langer JC, Diefenbach KA, Gasior AC, Levitt MA, Wood RJ. Are routine postoperative dilations necessary after primary posterior sagittal anorectoplasty? A randomized controlled trial. J Pediatr Surg. 2021 Aug; 56: 1449-1453.

                


                  Wood RJ, Halleran DR, Ahmad H, Vilanova-Sanchez A, Rentea RM, Stallings P, Ganesh N, Gasior A, Levitt MA. Assessing the benefit of reoperations in patients who suffer from fecal incontinence after repair of their anorectal malformation. J Pediatr Surg. 2020 Jun 17;  

                


                  Ahmad H, Halleran DR, Maloof E, Baek J, Gasior AC, Langer JC, Levitt MA, Wood RJ. Redo posterior sagittal anorectoplasty for lateral mislocation in patients with anorectal malformations. J Pediatr Surg. 2020 Jun 1;  

                


                  Halleran DR, Smith CA, Fuller MK, Durhm MM, Dickie B, Avansino JR, Tirrell TF, Vandewalle R, Reeder R, Drake KR, Bates DG, Rollins MD, Levitt MA, Wood RJ, Pediatric Colorectal and Pelvic Learning Consortium.. Measure twice and cut once: Comparing endoscopy and 3D cloacagram for the common channel and urethral measurements in patients with cloacal malformations. J Pediatr Surg. 2020 Feb; 55: 257-260.

                


                  Vilanova-Sanchez A, Halleran DR, Reck CA, McCracken K, Hewitt G, Gasior AC, Weaver L, Ahmad H, Akers A, Jaggers J, Rentea RM, Levitt MA, Wood RJ. Factors predicting the need for vaginal replacement at the time of primary reconstruction of a cloacal malformation. J Pediatr Surg. 2020 Jan; 55: 71-74.

                


                  Halleran DR, Ahmad H, Maloof E, Paradiso M, Lehmkuhl H, Minneci PC, Levitt MA, Wood RJ. Does Hirschsprung-Associated Enterocolitis Differ in Children With and Without Down Syndrome? J Surg Res. 2020 Jan; 245: 564-568.

                


                  Halleran DR, Lu PL, Ahmad H, Paradiso MM, Lehmkuhl H, Akers A, Hallagan A, Bali N, Vaz K, Yacob D, Di Lorenzo C, Levitt MA, Wood RJ. Anal sphincter botulinum toxin injection in children with functional anorectal and colonic disorders: A large institutional study and review of the literature focusing on complications. J Pediatr Surg. 2019 Nov; 54: 2305-2310.

                


                  Sanchez AV, Ivanov M, Halleran DR, Wagner A, Reck-Burneo CA, Ruth B, FIsher M, Ahmad H, Weaver L, Nash O, Buker D, Rentea RM, Hoover E, Maloof T, Wood RJ, Levitt MA. Total Colonic Hirschsprung's Disease: The Hypermotility and Skin Rash Protocol. Eur J Pediatr Surg. 2019 Aug 20;  

                


                  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.

                


                  Halleran DR, Ahmad H, Bates DG, Vilanova-Sanchez A, Wood RJ, Levitt MA. A call to ARMs: Accurate identification of the anatomy of the rectourethral fistula in anorectal malformations. J Pediatr Surg. 2019 Apr 26;  

                


                  Reck-Burneo CA, Lane V, Bates DG, Hogan M, Thompson B, Gasior A, Weaver L, Dingemans AJM, Maloof T, Hoover E, Gagnon R, Wood R, Levitt M. The use of rotational fluoroscopy and 3-D reconstruction in the diagnosis and surgical planning for complex cloacal malformations. J Pediatr Surg. 2019 Apr 4;  

                


                  Halleran DR, Lane VA, Leonhart KL, Fischer B, Sebastiao Y, Chisolm DJ, Levitt MA, Wood RJ, Minneci PC, Deans KJ. Development of a Patient Reported Experience and Outcomes Measure in Pediatric Patients Undergoing Bowel Management for Constipation and Fecal Incontinence. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2019 Mar 26;  

                


                  Halleran DR, Thompson B, Fuchs M, Vilanova-Sanchez A, Rentea RM, Bates DG, McCracken K, Hewitt G, Ching C, DaJusta D, Levitt MA, Wood RJ. Urethral length in female infants and its relevance in the repair of cloaca. J Pediatr Surg. 2019 Feb; 54: 303-306.

                


                  Rentea RM, Halleran DR, Vilanova-Sanchez A, Lane VA, Reck CA, Weaver L, Booth K, DaJusta D, Ching C, Fuchs ME, Jayanthi RR, Levitt MA, Wood RJ. Diagnosis and management of a remnant of the original fistula (ROOF) in males following surgery for anorectal malformations. J Pediatr Surg. 2019 Feb 28;  

                


                  Halleran DR, Vilanova-Sanchez A, Rentea RM, Vriesman MH, Maloof T, Lu PL, Onwuka A, Weaver L, Vaz KK, Yacob D, Di Lorenzo C, Levitt MA, Wood RJ. A comparison of Malone appendicostomy and cecostomy for antegrade access as adjuncts to a bowel management program for patients with functional constipation or fecal incontinence. J Pediatr Surg. 2019 Jan; 54: 123-128.

                


                  Wood RJ, Reck-Burneo CA, Levitt MA. Cloacal Malformations: Technical Aspects of the Reconstruction and Factors Which Predict Surgical Complexity. Front Pediatr. 2019; 7: 240.

                


                  Ahmad H, Halleran DR, Dajusta D, McCracken K, Levitt MA, Wood RJ. Imperforate Anus and Rectourethral Fistula in a Female. European J Pediatr Surg Rep. 2019 Jan; 7: e36-e38.

                


                  Kapur RP, Arnold MA, Conces MR, Ambartsumyan L, Avansino J, Levitt M, Wood R, Mast KJ. Remodeling of Rectal Innervation After Pullthrough Surgery for Hirschsprung Disease: Relevance to Criteria for the Determination of Retained Transition Zone. Pediatr Dev Pathol. 2018 Dec 12;  1093526618817658.

                


                  Vilanova-Sanchez A, McCracken K, Halleran DR, Wood RJ, Reck-Burneo CA, Levitt MA, Hewitt G. Obstetrical outcomes in adult patients born with complex anorectal malformations and cloacal anomalies: a literature review. J Pediatr Adolesc Gynecol. 2018 Oct 24;  

                


                  Halleran DR, Sanchez AV, Rentea RM, Ahmad H, Weaver L, Reck C, Gasior AC, Levitt MA, Wood RJ. Assessment of the Heineke-Mikulicz anoplasty for skin level postoperative anal strictures and congenital anal stenosis. J Pediatr Surg. 2018 Oct 5;  

                


                  Gasior AC, Reck C, Lane V, Wood RJ, Patterson J, Strouse R, Lin S, Cooper J, Gregory Bates D, Levitt MA. Transcending Dimensions: a Comparative Analysis of Cloaca Imaging in Advancing the Surgeon's Understanding of Complex Anatomy. J Digit Imaging. 2018 Oct 22;  

                


                  Halleran DR, Ahmad H, Ching C, Gorra A, McCracken K, Wood RJ, Levitt MA. Acquired Urethrovaginal Fistula and Urethral Atresia in a Patient with a Sacrococcygeal Teratoma. J Pediatr Surg. 2018 Sep 22;  

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Education

Date of Appointment at Nationwide Children’s Hospital: 09/25/2015

Fellowship

Nationwide Children’s Hospital

Date Completed: 09/24/2015

Fellowship

Red Cross War Memorial Childrens Hospital

Date Completed: 07/31/2011

Residency

Groote Schuur Hospital

Date Completed: 07/31/2007

Residency

St. George’s Hospital London

Date Completed: 01/31/2006

Residency

University College London Hospital & Middlesex Hos

Date Completed: 01/31/2004

Residency

University College London Hospital & Middlesex Hos

Date Completed: 07/31/2003

Residency

North Middlesex University Hospital

Date Completed: 04/30/2003

Residency

Edendale Hospital Pietermaritzburg

Date Completed: 12/31/2002

Internship

Pietermaritzburg Hospital Complex

Date Completed: 12/31/2001

Medical School

University of Stellenbosch Medical School

Date Completed: 12/31/2000

Contact Information

Pediatric Colorectal and Pelvic Reconstructive Surgery

Call us at: (614) 722-4086

Fax us at: (614) 355-6229

                    700 Childrens DrColumbus, OH 43205 (map)

Request An Appointment

Speak with our Center for Colorectal and Pelvic Reconstruction Team

Contact Information

Call us at: (614) 722-4086

Fax us at: (614) 355-6229

Pediatric Colorectal and Pelvic Reconstructive Surgery700 Childrens DrColumbus, OH 43205 (map)

Learn more about Richard J. Wood

Biography

Richard Wood, MBChB, FCPS(SA), serves as chief for the Department of Pediatric Colorectal & Pelvic Reconstructive Surgery and he is the Program director of our 3 fellowships, at Nationwide Children’s Hospital and Associate Professor of Surgery at The Ohio State University. Dr. Wood’s areas of clinical interest are complex pelvic reconstructive surgery including anorectal malformations, cloacal malformations, Hirschsprung disease and the surgical management of severe constipation. Dr. Wood’s surgical expertise is expansive – having performed more than 500 primary PSARPS and reoperations, 200 cloacal reconstructions, and more than 300 pull-through surgeries for Hirschsprung disease. He also has deep experience in re-operative colorectal surgery and surgical reconstructions resulting from the rarest of conditions, such as complex cloaca and complex vaginal reconstruction. Dr. Wood completed fellowship training at the Red Cross War Memorial Children’s Hospital in Cape Town, South Africa. This hospital serves as the national resource for the care of complex anorectal malformations and Hirschsprung disease. He ran the Colorectal Clinic and a weekly colorectal operating room, overseeing hundreds of cases. He has participated in numerous international colorectal mission trips, serves as a surgical partner on the Colorectal Team Overseas (CTO) where he performs surgeries in addition to training and educating international providers on complex colorectal care. He has been prolific in his academic productivity, publishing multiple peer reviewed journal articles as well as book chapters on cloacal malformations, anorectal malformations and Hirschsprung disease.

    “My passion is being able to help kids who have very complex problems. I love the direct contact with families and the relationships we can forge with them.”

Patient Care

Locations

Main Campus of Nationwide Children’s Hospital

Nationwide Children’s Hospital Toledo

Languages Spoken

English Afrikaans

Academic and Clinical Areas

Center for Colorectal and Pelvic Reconstruction

Chief

Pediatric Pelvic Reconstruction Fellowship

Associate Program Director

Pediatric Colorectal Fellowship

Associate Program Director

Pediatric Colorectal Research Fellowship

Associate Program Director

Motility

Surgeon Team

Pediatric Surgery

Surgeon Team

Surgical Critical Care Fellowship

Faculty

Pediatric Surgery Residency

Faculty

Gastroenterology Motility Fellowship

Affiliate Faculty

Primary Department

Pediatric Colorectal and Pelvic Reconstructive Surgery

Awards, Honors & Organizations

Quality Award for Value in Surgery, American Pediatric Surgical Association, 2017 Dr. Denis R. King Teacher of the Year, Nationwide Children’s Hospital, 2017 Chairman of Steering Committee, Pediatric Colorectal and Pelvic Learning Consortium Member, American Medical Association Member, International Pediatric Endosurgery Group (IPEG) Member, Colorectal Team Overseas (CTO) Member, Royal College of Surgeons of England Member, South African Association of Paediatric Surgeons Fellow, College of Paediatric Surgeons of South Africa Member, Pediatric Trauma Society Member, Advisory Board, Hirschsprung’s Disease Research Collaborative (HDRC) Member, British Association of Paediatric Surgeons (BAPS) Fellow, Royal Society of Medicine

Research

Dr. Wood’s research interests focus on clinical colorectal and outcomes research. He is also the chairperson of the Steering Committee of the Pediatric Colorectal and Pelvic Learning Consortium (PCPLC), an international consortium of surgeons performing multi-center research in this field. Publications

                  Liaqat N, Wood R, Fuchs M. Hypospadias and anorectal malformation: A difficult combination. J Pediatr Surg. 2022 Oct 21;  

                


                  Smith CA, Kwon EG, Nicassio L, Glazer D, Avansino J, Durham MM, Frischer J, Calkins C, Rentea RM, Ralls M, Saadai P, Badillo A, Fuller M, Wood RJ, Rollins MD, Van Leeuwen K, Reeder RW, Lewis KE, Rice-Townsend SE, Pediatric Colorectal and Pelvic Learning Consortium (PCPLC).. Fecal continence disparities in patients with idiopathic constipation treated at referral institutions for pediatric colorectal surgery. J Pediatr Surg. 2022 Sep 26;  

                


                  Knaus ME, Pendola G, Srinivas S, Wood RJ, Halaweish I. Social determinants of health and Hirschsprung-associated enterocolitis. J Pediatr Surg. 2022 Sep 30;  

                


                  Knaus ME, Ahmad H, Bourgeois T, Dajusta DG, Wood RJ, Fuchs ME. Improvement in bladder function in children with functional constipation after a bowel management program. Pediatr Surg Int. 2022 Aug 5;  

                


                  Baaleman DF, Hallagan A, Halleran DR, Orsagh-Yentis DK, Levitt MA, Wood RJ, Benninga MA, Bali N, Vaz KH, Yacob D, Di Lorenzo C, Lu PL. Anal Botulinum Toxin in Children with Hirschsprung Disease and Functional Constipation: A Prospective Cohort study. Eur J Pediatr Surg. 2022 Jul 19;  

                


                  Seidler GR, Knaus ME, Beyene TJ, Ahmad H, Lu PL, Gasior AC, Halaweish I, Wood RJ. Impact of Neurodevelopmental Disorders on Bowel Management Outcomes in Children with Functional Constipation. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2022 Jun 10;  

                


                  Ahmad H, Wood RJ, Avansino JR, Calkins CM, Dickie BH, Durham MM, Frischer J, Fuller M, Ralls M, Reeder RW, Rentea RM, Rollins MD, Saadai P, Oelschlager AEA, Breech LL, Hewitt GD, Kluivers K, van Leeuwen KD, McCracken KA. Does presence of a VACTERL anomaly predict an associated gynecologic anomaly in females with anorectal malformations?: A pediatric colorectal and pelvic learning consortium study. J Pediatr Surg. 2022 Jun 23;  

                


                  Short SS, Reeder RW, Lewis KE, Dickie B, Grabowski J, Sepuha T, Durham MM, Frischer J, Badillo A, Calkins CM, Rentea RM, Ralls M, Wood RJ, Fuller MK, van Leeuwen K, Avansino JR, Austin K, Rollins MD. The presence of a neurodiverse disorder is associated with increased use of antegrade enema therapy in children with severe constipation: A study from the Pediatric Colorectal and Pelvic Learning Consortium (PCPLC). J Pediatr Surg. 2022 Apr 25;  

                


                  Knaus ME, Beyene TJ, Thomas JL, Maloof ER, Jimenez ALN, Halaweish I, Wood RJ, Gasior AC. Pilot study of an adult bowel management program for fecal incontinence. J Pediatr Surg. 2022 Apr 22;  

                


                  Ahmad H, Knaus ME, Minneci PC, Wood RJ, Gasior AC. Transition of Care Barriers in Pediatric Patients with Anorectal Malformation. Dis Colon Rectum. 2022 Apr 27;  

                


                  Knaus ME, Lu PL, Lu A, Maloof ER, Ma J, Benedict J, Wood RJ, Halaweish I. Antegrade continence enemas in children with functional constipation and dyssynergic defecation: Go or no go? J Pediatr Surg. 2022 Apr 23;  

                


                  Wood RJ, Garrison AP. Total Colonic Aganglionosis in Hirschsprung disease. Semin Pediatr Surg. 2022 Apr; 31: 151165.

                


                  Svetanoff WJ, Lim-Beutal IIP, Wood RJ, Levitt MA, Rentea RM. The utilization of botulinum toxin for Hirschsprung disease. Semin Pediatr Surg. 2022 Apr; 31: 151161.

                


                  Ahmad H, Yacob D, Halleran DR, Gasior AC, Lorenzo CD, Wood RJ, Langer JC, Levitt MA. Evaluation and treatment of the post pull-through Hirschsprung patient who is not doing well; Update for 2022. Semin Pediatr Surg. 2022 Apr; 31: 151164.

                


                  Knaus ME, Kersey K, Ahmad H, Weaver L, Thomas JL, Metzger GA, Wood RJ, Gasior AC. Both sides of the screen: Provider and patient perspective on telemedicine in pediatric surgery. J Pediatr Surg. 2022 Mar 25;  

                


                  Rice-Townsend SE, Nicassio L, Glazer D, Avansino J, Durham MM, Calkins CM, Rentea RM, Ralls MW, Wood RJ, Rollins MD, Garvey EM, Lewis KE, Reeder R, Smith CA, Pediatric Colorectal and Pelvic Learning Consortium (PCPLC).. Characterizing the use of botulinum toxin in patients with Hirschsprung disease treated at referral institutions for pediatric colorectal surgery. J Pediatr Surg. 2022 Feb 13;  

                


                  Halleran DR, Coyle D, Kulaylat AN, Ahmad H, Langer JC, Gasior AC, Diefenbach KA, Wood RJ, Levitt MA. The cutback revisited - The posterior rectal advancement anoplasty for certain anorectal malformations with rectoperineal fistula. J Pediatr Surg. 2021 Dec 17;  

                


                  Ahmad H, Rentea RM, Knaus ME, Wilbur JG, Halaweish I, Langer JC, Levitt MA, Wood RJ. Routine botulinum toxin injection one month after a Swenson pull-through does not change the incidence of Hirschsprung associated enterocolitis. J Pediatr Surg. 2021 Dec 9;  

                


                  Versteegh HP, Gardner DS, Scriven L, Martens L, Kluivers K, Hewitt G, de Blaauw I, Wood RJ, Williams A, Sutcliffe J, MICRO Group.. Reconsidering Diagnosis, Treatment, and Postoperative Care in Children with Cloacal Malformations. J Pediatr Adolesc Gynecol. 2021 Dec; 34: 773-779.

                


                  Ahmad H, Levitt MA, Yacob D, Halleran DR, Gasior AC, Di Lorenzo C, Wood RJ, Langer JC. Evaluation and Management of Persistent Problems After Surgery for Hirschsprung Disease in a Child. Curr Gastroenterol Rep. 2021 Oct 11; 23: 18.

                


                  Zann A, Sebastiao Y, Ching CC, Fuchs M, Jayanthi VR, Wood RJ, Levitt MA, DaJusta D. Split appendix Mitrofanoffs have higher risk of complication than intact appendix or monti channels. J Pediatr Urol. 2021 Oct; 17: 700.e1-700.e6.

                


                  Loftus CJ, Ahn J, Rice-Townsend S, Avansino J, Schmidt J, Hagedorn JC, Wood R, Shnorhavorian M, Fuchs MD, McCracken KA, Hewitt G, Amies-Oelschlager AE, Merguerian P, Smith CA. Experiences and attitudes of young adults with congenital bowel and bladder conditions. J Pediatr Urol. 2021 Oct; 17: 701.e1-701.e8.

                


                  Wood RJ, Vilanova-Sanchez A, El-Gohary Y, Ahmad H, Halleran DR, Reck-Burneo CA, Rentea R, Sebastiao Y, Nash O, Booth K, Trimble C, Zahora P, Baxter C, Driesbach S, Halaweish I, Gasior AC, Levitt MA. One-year impact of a bowel management program in treating fecal incontinence in patients with anorectal malformations. J Pediatr Surg. 2021 Oct; 56: 1689-1693.

                


                  Ahn JJ, Rice-Townsend SE, Nicassio L, Glazer D, Avansino JR, Lewis KE, Durham MM, Frischer J, Calkins CM, Rentea RM, Ralls M, Fuller M, Wood RJ, Rollins MD, Lee J, Reeder RW, Dickie BH, Saadai P, Cain MP, Merguerian P, Smith CA, Pediatric Colorectal and Pelvic Learning Consortium (PCPLC).. Urinary continence disparities in patients with anorectal malformations. J Pediatr Surg. 2021 Sep 21;  

                


                  Knaus ME, Ahmad H, Metzger GA, Beyene TJ, Thomas JL, Weaver LJ, Gasior AC, Wood RJ, Halaweish I. Outcomes of a telemedicine bowel management program during COVID-19. J Pediatr Surg. 2021 Sep 20;  

                


                  Ahmad H, Halleran DR, Stanek JR, Thompson BP, Bates DG, Rusin JA, Minneci PC, Levitt MA, Wood RJ. Correlation between the lateral and anteroposterior sacral ratios in anorectal malformations. Pediatr Radiol. 2021 Sep; 51: 1867-1872.

                


                  Kastenberg ZJ, Taylor MA, Durham MM, Calkins CM, Rentea RM, Wood RJ, Avansino JR, Levitt MA, van Leeuwen KD, Lewis KE, Reeder RW, Rollins MD. Perioperative and long-term functional outcomes of neonatal versus delayed primary endorectal pull-through for children with Hirschsprung disease: A pediatric colorectal and pelvic learning consortium study. J Pediatr Surg. 2021 Aug; 56: 1465-1469.

                


                  Marenco CW, Rice-Townsend S, Rollins M, Wood RJ, Calkins C, Smith C, Durham MM, Rentea RM, Ralls M, Van Leeuwen K, Reeder RW, Avansino J, PCPLC.. 30-day postoperative outcomes of neonatal versus delayed anoplasty for perineal and vestibular fistulas. J Pediatr Surg. 2021 Aug; 56: 1454-1458.

                


                  Ahmad H, Skeritt C, Halleran DR, Rentea RM, Reck-Burneo CA, Vilanova-Sanchez A, Weaver L, Langer JC, Diefenbach KA, Gasior AC, Levitt MA, Wood RJ. Are routine postoperative dilations necessary after primary posterior sagittal anorectoplasty? A randomized controlled trial. J Pediatr Surg. 2021 Aug; 56: 1449-1453.

                


                  Wood RJ, Halleran DR, Ahmad H, Vilanova-Sanchez A, Rentea RM, Stallings P, Ganesh N, Gasior A, Levitt MA. Assessing the benefit of reoperations in patients who suffer from fecal incontinence after repair of their anorectal malformation. J Pediatr Surg. 2020 Jun 17;  

                


                  Ahmad H, Halleran DR, Maloof E, Baek J, Gasior AC, Langer JC, Levitt MA, Wood RJ. Redo posterior sagittal anorectoplasty for lateral mislocation in patients with anorectal malformations. J Pediatr Surg. 2020 Jun 1;  

                


                  Halleran DR, Smith CA, Fuller MK, Durhm MM, Dickie B, Avansino JR, Tirrell TF, Vandewalle R, Reeder R, Drake KR, Bates DG, Rollins MD, Levitt MA, Wood RJ, Pediatric Colorectal and Pelvic Learning Consortium.. Measure twice and cut once: Comparing endoscopy and 3D cloacagram for the common channel and urethral measurements in patients with cloacal malformations. J Pediatr Surg. 2020 Feb; 55: 257-260.

                


                  Vilanova-Sanchez A, Halleran DR, Reck CA, McCracken K, Hewitt G, Gasior AC, Weaver L, Ahmad H, Akers A, Jaggers J, Rentea RM, Levitt MA, Wood RJ. Factors predicting the need for vaginal replacement at the time of primary reconstruction of a cloacal malformation. J Pediatr Surg. 2020 Jan; 55: 71-74.

                


                  Halleran DR, Ahmad H, Maloof E, Paradiso M, Lehmkuhl H, Minneci PC, Levitt MA, Wood RJ. Does Hirschsprung-Associated Enterocolitis Differ in Children With and Without Down Syndrome? J Surg Res. 2020 Jan; 245: 564-568.

                


                  Halleran DR, Lu PL, Ahmad H, Paradiso MM, Lehmkuhl H, Akers A, Hallagan A, Bali N, Vaz K, Yacob D, Di Lorenzo C, Levitt MA, Wood RJ. Anal sphincter botulinum toxin injection in children with functional anorectal and colonic disorders: A large institutional study and review of the literature focusing on complications. J Pediatr Surg. 2019 Nov; 54: 2305-2310.

                


                  Sanchez AV, Ivanov M, Halleran DR, Wagner A, Reck-Burneo CA, Ruth B, FIsher M, Ahmad H, Weaver L, Nash O, Buker D, Rentea RM, Hoover E, Maloof T, Wood RJ, Levitt MA. Total Colonic Hirschsprung's Disease: The Hypermotility and Skin Rash Protocol. Eur J Pediatr Surg. 2019 Aug 20;  

                


                  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.

                


                  Halleran DR, Ahmad H, Bates DG, Vilanova-Sanchez A, Wood RJ, Levitt MA. A call to ARMs: Accurate identification of the anatomy of the rectourethral fistula in anorectal malformations. J Pediatr Surg. 2019 Apr 26;  

                


                  Reck-Burneo CA, Lane V, Bates DG, Hogan M, Thompson B, Gasior A, Weaver L, Dingemans AJM, Maloof T, Hoover E, Gagnon R, Wood R, Levitt M. The use of rotational fluoroscopy and 3-D reconstruction in the diagnosis and surgical planning for complex cloacal malformations. J Pediatr Surg. 2019 Apr 4;  

                


                  Halleran DR, Lane VA, Leonhart KL, Fischer B, Sebastiao Y, Chisolm DJ, Levitt MA, Wood RJ, Minneci PC, Deans KJ. Development of a Patient Reported Experience and Outcomes Measure in Pediatric Patients Undergoing Bowel Management for Constipation and Fecal Incontinence. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2019 Mar 26;  

                


                  Halleran DR, Thompson B, Fuchs M, Vilanova-Sanchez A, Rentea RM, Bates DG, McCracken K, Hewitt G, Ching C, DaJusta D, Levitt MA, Wood RJ. Urethral length in female infants and its relevance in the repair of cloaca. J Pediatr Surg. 2019 Feb; 54: 303-306.

                


                  Rentea RM, Halleran DR, Vilanova-Sanchez A, Lane VA, Reck CA, Weaver L, Booth K, DaJusta D, Ching C, Fuchs ME, Jayanthi RR, Levitt MA, Wood RJ. Diagnosis and management of a remnant of the original fistula (ROOF) in males following surgery for anorectal malformations. J Pediatr Surg. 2019 Feb 28;  

                


                  Halleran DR, Vilanova-Sanchez A, Rentea RM, Vriesman MH, Maloof T, Lu PL, Onwuka A, Weaver L, Vaz KK, Yacob D, Di Lorenzo C, Levitt MA, Wood RJ. A comparison of Malone appendicostomy and cecostomy for antegrade access as adjuncts to a bowel management program for patients with functional constipation or fecal incontinence. J Pediatr Surg. 2019 Jan; 54: 123-128.

                


                  Wood RJ, Reck-Burneo CA, Levitt MA. Cloacal Malformations: Technical Aspects of the Reconstruction and Factors Which Predict Surgical Complexity. Front Pediatr. 2019; 7: 240.

                


                  Ahmad H, Halleran DR, Dajusta D, McCracken K, Levitt MA, Wood RJ. Imperforate Anus and Rectourethral Fistula in a Female. European J Pediatr Surg Rep. 2019 Jan; 7: e36-e38.

                


                  Kapur RP, Arnold MA, Conces MR, Ambartsumyan L, Avansino J, Levitt M, Wood R, Mast KJ. Remodeling of Rectal Innervation After Pullthrough Surgery for Hirschsprung Disease: Relevance to Criteria for the Determination of Retained Transition Zone. Pediatr Dev Pathol. 2018 Dec 12;  1093526618817658.

                


                  Vilanova-Sanchez A, McCracken K, Halleran DR, Wood RJ, Reck-Burneo CA, Levitt MA, Hewitt G. Obstetrical outcomes in adult patients born with complex anorectal malformations and cloacal anomalies: a literature review. J Pediatr Adolesc Gynecol. 2018 Oct 24;  

                


                  Halleran DR, Sanchez AV, Rentea RM, Ahmad H, Weaver L, Reck C, Gasior AC, Levitt MA, Wood RJ. Assessment of the Heineke-Mikulicz anoplasty for skin level postoperative anal strictures and congenital anal stenosis. J Pediatr Surg. 2018 Oct 5;  

                


                  Gasior AC, Reck C, Lane V, Wood RJ, Patterson J, Strouse R, Lin S, Cooper J, Gregory Bates D, Levitt MA. Transcending Dimensions: a Comparative Analysis of Cloaca Imaging in Advancing the Surgeon's Understanding of Complex Anatomy. J Digit Imaging. 2018 Oct 22;  

                


                  Halleran DR, Ahmad H, Ching C, Gorra A, McCracken K, Wood RJ, Levitt MA. Acquired Urethrovaginal Fistula and Urethral Atresia in a Patient with a Sacrococcygeal Teratoma. J Pediatr Surg. 2018 Sep 22;  

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Education

Date of Appointment at Nationwide Children’s Hospital: 09/25/2015

Fellowship

Nationwide Children’s Hospital

Date Completed: 09/24/2015

Fellowship

Red Cross War Memorial Childrens Hospital

Date Completed: 07/31/2011

Residency

Groote Schuur Hospital

Date Completed: 07/31/2007

Residency

St. George’s Hospital London

Date Completed: 01/31/2006

Residency

University College London Hospital & Middlesex Hos

Date Completed: 01/31/2004

Residency

University College London Hospital & Middlesex Hos

Date Completed: 07/31/2003

Residency

North Middlesex University Hospital

Date Completed: 04/30/2003

Residency

Edendale Hospital Pietermaritzburg

Date Completed: 12/31/2002

Internship

Pietermaritzburg Hospital Complex

Date Completed: 12/31/2001

Medical School

University of Stellenbosch Medical School

Date Completed: 12/31/2000

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• (614) 722-4086
• Fax us at:
• (614) 355-6229
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Learn more about Richard J. Wood

Biography

Richard Wood, MBChB, FCPS(SA), serves as chief for the Department of Pediatric Colorectal & Pelvic Reconstructive Surgery and he is the Program director of our 3 fellowships, at Nationwide Children’s Hospital and Associate Professor of Surgery at The Ohio State University. Dr. Wood’s areas of clinical interest are complex pelvic reconstructive surgery including anorectal malformations, cloacal malformations, Hirschsprung disease and the surgical management of severe constipation. Dr. Wood’s surgical expertise is expansive – having performed more than 500 primary PSARPS and reoperations, 200 cloacal reconstructions, and more than 300 pull-through surgeries for Hirschsprung disease. He also has deep experience in re-operative colorectal surgery and surgical reconstructions resulting from the rarest of conditions, such as complex cloaca and complex vaginal reconstruction. Dr. Wood completed fellowship training at the Red Cross War Memorial Children’s Hospital in Cape Town, South Africa. This hospital serves as the national resource for the care of complex anorectal malformations and Hirschsprung disease. He ran the Colorectal Clinic and a weekly colorectal operating room, overseeing hundreds of cases. He has participated in numerous international colorectal mission trips, serves as a surgical partner on the Colorectal Team Overseas (CTO) where he performs surgeries in addition to training and educating international providers on complex colorectal care. He has been prolific in his academic productivity, publishing multiple peer reviewed journal articles as well as book chapters on cloacal malformations, anorectal malformations and Hirschsprung disease.

Biography

Richard Wood, MBChB, FCPS(SA), serves as chief for the Department of Pediatric Colorectal & Pelvic Reconstructive Surgery and he is the Program director of our 3 fellowships, at Nationwide Children’s Hospital and Associate Professor of Surgery at The Ohio State University. Dr. Wood’s areas of clinical interest are complex pelvic reconstructive surgery including anorectal malformations, cloacal malformations, Hirschsprung disease and the surgical management of severe constipation. Dr. Wood’s surgical expertise is expansive – having performed more than 500 primary PSARPS and reoperations, 200 cloacal reconstructions, and more than 300 pull-through surgeries for Hirschsprung disease. He also has deep experience in re-operative colorectal surgery and surgical reconstructions resulting from the rarest of conditions, such as complex cloaca and complex vaginal reconstruction. Dr. Wood completed fellowship training at the Red Cross War Memorial Children’s Hospital in Cape Town, South Africa. This hospital serves as the national resource for the care of complex anorectal malformations and Hirschsprung disease. He ran the Colorectal Clinic and a weekly colorectal operating room, overseeing hundreds of cases. He has participated in numerous international colorectal mission trips, serves as a surgical partner on the Colorectal Team Overseas (CTO) where he performs surgeries in addition to training and educating international providers on complex colorectal care. He has been prolific in his academic productivity, publishing multiple peer reviewed journal articles as well as book chapters on cloacal malformations, anorectal malformations and Hirschsprung disease.

Biography

Richard Wood, MBChB, FCPS(SA), serves as chief for the Department of Pediatric Colorectal & Pelvic Reconstructive Surgery and he is the Program director of our 3 fellowships, at Nationwide Children’s Hospital and Associate Professor of Surgery at The Ohio State University. Dr. Wood’s areas of clinical interest are complex pelvic reconstructive surgery including anorectal malformations, cloacal malformations, Hirschsprung disease and the surgical management of severe constipation. Dr. Wood’s surgical expertise is expansive – having performed more than 500 primary PSARPS and reoperations, 200 cloacal reconstructions, and more than 300 pull-through surgeries for Hirschsprung disease. He also has deep experience in re-operative colorectal surgery and surgical reconstructions resulting from the rarest of conditions, such as complex cloaca and complex vaginal reconstruction. Dr. Wood completed fellowship training at the Red Cross War Memorial Children’s Hospital in Cape Town, South Africa. This hospital serves as the national resource for the care of complex anorectal malformations and Hirschsprung disease. He ran the Colorectal Clinic and a weekly colorectal operating room, overseeing hundreds of cases. He has participated in numerous international colorectal mission trips, serves as a surgical partner on the Colorectal Team Overseas (CTO) where he performs surgeries in addition to training and educating international providers on complex colorectal care. He has been prolific in his academic productivity, publishing multiple peer reviewed journal articles as well as book chapters on cloacal malformations, anorectal malformations and Hirschsprung disease.

Richard Wood, MBChB, FCPS(SA), serves as chief for the Department of Pediatric Colorectal & Pelvic Reconstructive Surgery and he is the Program director of our 3 fellowships, at Nationwide Children’s Hospital and Associate Professor of Surgery at The Ohio State University. Dr. Wood’s areas of clinical interest are complex pelvic reconstructive surgery including anorectal malformations, cloacal malformations, Hirschsprung disease and the surgical management of severe constipation. Dr. Wood’s surgical expertise is expansive – having performed more than 500 primary PSARPS and reoperations, 200 cloacal reconstructions, and more than 300 pull-through surgeries for Hirschsprung disease. He also has deep experience in re-operative colorectal surgery and surgical reconstructions resulting from the rarest of conditions, such as complex cloaca and complex vaginal reconstruction. Dr. Wood completed fellowship training at the Red Cross War Memorial Children’s Hospital in Cape Town, South Africa. This hospital serves as the national resource for the care of complex anorectal malformations and Hirschsprung disease. He ran the Colorectal Clinic and a weekly colorectal operating room, overseeing hundreds of cases. He has participated in numerous international colorectal mission trips, serves as a surgical partner on the Colorectal Team Overseas (CTO) where he performs surgeries in addition to training and educating international providers on complex colorectal care. He has been prolific in his academic productivity, publishing multiple peer reviewed journal articles as well as book chapters on cloacal malformations, anorectal malformations and Hirschsprung disease.

Richard Wood, MBChB, FCPS(SA), serves as chief for the Department of Pediatric Colorectal & Pelvic Reconstructive Surgery and he is the Program director of our 3 fellowships, at Nationwide Children’s Hospital and Associate Professor of Surgery at The Ohio State University. Dr. Wood’s areas of clinical interest are complex pelvic reconstructive surgery including anorectal malformations, cloacal malformations, Hirschsprung disease and the surgical management of severe constipation.

Dr. Wood’s surgical expertise is expansive – having performed more than 500 primary PSARPS and reoperations, 200 cloacal reconstructions, and more than 300 pull-through surgeries for Hirschsprung disease. He also has deep experience in re-operative colorectal surgery and surgical reconstructions resulting from the rarest of conditions, such as complex cloaca and complex vaginal reconstruction.

Dr. Wood completed fellowship training at the Red Cross War Memorial Children’s Hospital in Cape Town, South Africa. This hospital serves as the national resource for the care of complex anorectal malformations and Hirschsprung disease. He ran the Colorectal Clinic and a weekly colorectal operating room, overseeing hundreds of cases. He has participated in numerous international colorectal mission trips, serves as a surgical partner on the Colorectal Team Overseas (CTO) where he performs surgeries in addition to training and educating international providers on complex colorectal care.

He has been prolific in his academic productivity, publishing multiple peer reviewed journal articles as well as book chapters on cloacal malformations, anorectal malformations and Hirschsprung disease.

    “My passion is being able to help kids who have very complex problems. I love the direct contact with families and the relationships we can forge with them.”

Patient Care

Locations

Main Campus of Nationwide Children’s Hospital

Nationwide Children’s Hospital Toledo

Languages Spoken

English Afrikaans

Patient Care

Locations

Main Campus of Nationwide Children’s Hospital

Nationwide Children’s Hospital Toledo

Languages Spoken

English Afrikaans

Patient Care

Locations

Main Campus of Nationwide Children’s Hospital

Nationwide Children’s Hospital Toledo

Languages Spoken

English Afrikaans

Locations

Main Campus of Nationwide Children’s Hospital

Nationwide Children’s Hospital Toledo

Languages Spoken

English Afrikaans

Locations

Main Campus of Nationwide Children’s Hospital

Nationwide Children’s Hospital Toledo

Languages Spoken

English Afrikaans

Locations

Main Campus of Nationwide Children’s Hospital

Nationwide Children’s Hospital Toledo

Languages Spoken

English Afrikaans

• Main Campus of Nationwide Children’s Hospital

• Nationwide Children’s Hospital Toledo

• English

• Afrikaans

Academic and Clinical Areas

Center for Colorectal and Pelvic Reconstruction

Chief

Pediatric Pelvic Reconstruction Fellowship

Associate Program Director

Pediatric Colorectal Fellowship

Associate Program Director

Pediatric Colorectal Research Fellowship

Associate Program Director

Motility

Surgeon Team

Pediatric Surgery

Surgeon Team

Surgical Critical Care Fellowship

Faculty

Pediatric Surgery Residency

Faculty

Gastroenterology Motility Fellowship

Affiliate Faculty

Primary Department

Pediatric Colorectal and Pelvic Reconstructive Surgery

Academic and Clinical Areas

Center for Colorectal and Pelvic Reconstruction

Chief

Pediatric Pelvic Reconstruction Fellowship

Associate Program Director

Pediatric Colorectal Fellowship

Associate Program Director

Pediatric Colorectal Research Fellowship

Associate Program Director

Motility

Surgeon Team

Pediatric Surgery

Surgeon Team

Surgical Critical Care Fellowship

Faculty

Pediatric Surgery Residency

Faculty

Gastroenterology Motility Fellowship

Affiliate Faculty

Primary Department

Pediatric Colorectal and Pelvic Reconstructive Surgery

Academic and Clinical Areas

Center for Colorectal and Pelvic Reconstruction

Chief

Pediatric Pelvic Reconstruction Fellowship

Associate Program Director

Pediatric Colorectal Fellowship

Associate Program Director

Pediatric Colorectal Research Fellowship

Associate Program Director

Motility

Surgeon Team

Pediatric Surgery

Surgeon Team

Surgical Critical Care Fellowship

Faculty

Pediatric Surgery Residency

Faculty

Gastroenterology Motility Fellowship

Affiliate Faculty

Primary Department

Pediatric Colorectal and Pelvic Reconstructive Surgery

Center for Colorectal and Pelvic Reconstruction

Chief

Pediatric Pelvic Reconstruction Fellowship

Associate Program Director

Pediatric Colorectal Fellowship

Associate Program Director

Pediatric Colorectal Research Fellowship

Associate Program Director

Motility

Surgeon Team

Pediatric Surgery

Surgeon Team

Surgical Critical Care Fellowship

Faculty

Pediatric Surgery Residency

Faculty

Gastroenterology Motility Fellowship

Affiliate Faculty

Primary Department

Pediatric Colorectal and Pelvic Reconstructive Surgery

• Center for Colorectal and Pelvic Reconstruction
• Chief
• Pediatric Pelvic Reconstruction Fellowship
• Associate Program Director
• Pediatric Colorectal Fellowship
• Associate Program Director
• Pediatric Colorectal Research Fellowship
• Associate Program Director
• Motility
• Surgeon Team
• Pediatric Surgery
• Surgeon Team
• Surgical Critical Care Fellowship
• Faculty
• Pediatric Surgery Residency
• Faculty
• Gastroenterology Motility Fellowship
• Affiliate Faculty
• Primary Department
• Pediatric Colorectal and Pelvic Reconstructive Surgery

Awards, Honors & Organizations

Quality Award for Value in Surgery, American Pediatric Surgical Association, 2017 Dr. Denis R. King Teacher of the Year, Nationwide Children’s Hospital, 2017 Chairman of Steering Committee, Pediatric Colorectal and Pelvic Learning Consortium Member, American Medical Association Member, International Pediatric Endosurgery Group (IPEG) Member, Colorectal Team Overseas (CTO) Member, Royal College of Surgeons of England Member, South African Association of Paediatric Surgeons Fellow, College of Paediatric Surgeons of South Africa Member, Pediatric Trauma Society Member, Advisory Board, Hirschsprung’s Disease Research Collaborative (HDRC) Member, British Association of Paediatric Surgeons (BAPS) Fellow, Royal Society of Medicine

Awards, Honors & Organizations

Quality Award for Value in Surgery, American Pediatric Surgical Association, 2017 Dr. Denis R. King Teacher of the Year, Nationwide Children’s Hospital, 2017 Chairman of Steering Committee, Pediatric Colorectal and Pelvic Learning Consortium Member, American Medical Association Member, International Pediatric Endosurgery Group (IPEG) Member, Colorectal Team Overseas (CTO) Member, Royal College of Surgeons of England Member, South African Association of Paediatric Surgeons Fellow, College of Paediatric Surgeons of South Africa Member, Pediatric Trauma Society Member, Advisory Board, Hirschsprung’s Disease Research Collaborative (HDRC) Member, British Association of Paediatric Surgeons (BAPS) Fellow, Royal Society of Medicine

Awards, Honors & Organizations

Quality Award for Value in Surgery, American Pediatric Surgical Association, 2017 Dr. Denis R. King Teacher of the Year, Nationwide Children’s Hospital, 2017 Chairman of Steering Committee, Pediatric Colorectal and Pelvic Learning Consortium Member, American Medical Association Member, International Pediatric Endosurgery Group (IPEG) Member, Colorectal Team Overseas (CTO) Member, Royal College of Surgeons of England Member, South African Association of Paediatric Surgeons Fellow, College of Paediatric Surgeons of South Africa Member, Pediatric Trauma Society Member, Advisory Board, Hirschsprung’s Disease Research Collaborative (HDRC) Member, British Association of Paediatric Surgeons (BAPS) Fellow, Royal Society of Medicine

Quality Award for Value in Surgery, American Pediatric Surgical Association, 2017 Dr. Denis R. King Teacher of the Year, Nationwide Children’s Hospital, 2017 Chairman of Steering Committee, Pediatric Colorectal and Pelvic Learning Consortium Member, American Medical Association Member, International Pediatric Endosurgery Group (IPEG) Member, Colorectal Team Overseas (CTO) Member, Royal College of Surgeons of England Member, South African Association of Paediatric Surgeons Fellow, College of Paediatric Surgeons of South Africa Member, Pediatric Trauma Society Member, Advisory Board, Hirschsprung’s Disease Research Collaborative (HDRC) Member, British Association of Paediatric Surgeons (BAPS) Fellow, Royal Society of Medicine

• Quality Award for Value in Surgery, American Pediatric Surgical Association, 2017
• Dr. Denis R. King Teacher of the Year, Nationwide Children’s Hospital, 2017
• Chairman of Steering Committee, Pediatric Colorectal and Pelvic Learning Consortium
• Member, American Medical Association
• Member, International Pediatric Endosurgery Group (IPEG)
• Member, Colorectal Team Overseas (CTO)
• Member, Royal College of Surgeons of England
• Member, South African Association of Paediatric Surgeons
• Fellow, College of Paediatric Surgeons of South Africa
• Member, Pediatric Trauma Society
• Member, Advisory Board, Hirschsprung’s Disease Research Collaborative (HDRC)
• Member, British Association of Paediatric Surgeons (BAPS)
• Fellow, Royal Society of Medicine

Research

Dr. Wood’s research interests focus on clinical colorectal and outcomes research. He is also the chairperson of the Steering Committee of the Pediatric Colorectal and Pelvic Learning Consortium (PCPLC), an international consortium of surgeons performing multi-center research in this field. Publications

                  Liaqat N, Wood R, Fuchs M. Hypospadias and anorectal malformation: A difficult combination. J Pediatr Surg. 2022 Oct 21;  

                


                  Smith CA, Kwon EG, Nicassio L, Glazer D, Avansino J, Durham MM, Frischer J, Calkins C, Rentea RM, Ralls M, Saadai P, Badillo A, Fuller M, Wood RJ, Rollins MD, Van Leeuwen K, Reeder RW, Lewis KE, Rice-Townsend SE, Pediatric Colorectal and Pelvic Learning Consortium (PCPLC).. Fecal continence disparities in patients with idiopathic constipation treated at referral institutions for pediatric colorectal surgery. J Pediatr Surg. 2022 Sep 26;  

                


                  Knaus ME, Pendola G, Srinivas S, Wood RJ, Halaweish I. Social determinants of health and Hirschsprung-associated enterocolitis. J Pediatr Surg. 2022 Sep 30;  

                


                  Knaus ME, Ahmad H, Bourgeois T, Dajusta DG, Wood RJ, Fuchs ME. Improvement in bladder function in children with functional constipation after a bowel management program. Pediatr Surg Int. 2022 Aug 5;  

                


                  Baaleman DF, Hallagan A, Halleran DR, Orsagh-Yentis DK, Levitt MA, Wood RJ, Benninga MA, Bali N, Vaz KH, Yacob D, Di Lorenzo C, Lu PL. Anal Botulinum Toxin in Children with Hirschsprung Disease and Functional Constipation: A Prospective Cohort study. Eur J Pediatr Surg. 2022 Jul 19;  

                


                  Seidler GR, Knaus ME, Beyene TJ, Ahmad H, Lu PL, Gasior AC, Halaweish I, Wood RJ. Impact of Neurodevelopmental Disorders on Bowel Management Outcomes in Children with Functional Constipation. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2022 Jun 10;  

                


                  Ahmad H, Wood RJ, Avansino JR, Calkins CM, Dickie BH, Durham MM, Frischer J, Fuller M, Ralls M, Reeder RW, Rentea RM, Rollins MD, Saadai P, Oelschlager AEA, Breech LL, Hewitt GD, Kluivers K, van Leeuwen KD, McCracken KA. Does presence of a VACTERL anomaly predict an associated gynecologic anomaly in females with anorectal malformations?: A pediatric colorectal and pelvic learning consortium study. J Pediatr Surg. 2022 Jun 23;  

                


                  Short SS, Reeder RW, Lewis KE, Dickie B, Grabowski J, Sepuha T, Durham MM, Frischer J, Badillo A, Calkins CM, Rentea RM, Ralls M, Wood RJ, Fuller MK, van Leeuwen K, Avansino JR, Austin K, Rollins MD. The presence of a neurodiverse disorder is associated with increased use of antegrade enema therapy in children with severe constipation: A study from the Pediatric Colorectal and Pelvic Learning Consortium (PCPLC). J Pediatr Surg. 2022 Apr 25;  

                


                  Knaus ME, Beyene TJ, Thomas JL, Maloof ER, Jimenez ALN, Halaweish I, Wood RJ, Gasior AC. Pilot study of an adult bowel management program for fecal incontinence. J Pediatr Surg. 2022 Apr 22;  

                


                  Ahmad H, Knaus ME, Minneci PC, Wood RJ, Gasior AC. Transition of Care Barriers in Pediatric Patients with Anorectal Malformation. Dis Colon Rectum. 2022 Apr 27;  

                


                  Knaus ME, Lu PL, Lu A, Maloof ER, Ma J, Benedict J, Wood RJ, Halaweish I. Antegrade continence enemas in children with functional constipation and dyssynergic defecation: Go or no go? J Pediatr Surg. 2022 Apr 23;  

                


                  Wood RJ, Garrison AP. Total Colonic Aganglionosis in Hirschsprung disease. Semin Pediatr Surg. 2022 Apr; 31: 151165.

                


                  Svetanoff WJ, Lim-Beutal IIP, Wood RJ, Levitt MA, Rentea RM. The utilization of botulinum toxin for Hirschsprung disease. Semin Pediatr Surg. 2022 Apr; 31: 151161.

                


                  Ahmad H, Yacob D, Halleran DR, Gasior AC, Lorenzo CD, Wood RJ, Langer JC, Levitt MA. Evaluation and treatment of the post pull-through Hirschsprung patient who is not doing well; Update for 2022. Semin Pediatr Surg. 2022 Apr; 31: 151164.

                


                  Knaus ME, Kersey K, Ahmad H, Weaver L, Thomas JL, Metzger GA, Wood RJ, Gasior AC. Both sides of the screen: Provider and patient perspective on telemedicine in pediatric surgery. J Pediatr Surg. 2022 Mar 25;  

                


                  Rice-Townsend SE, Nicassio L, Glazer D, Avansino J, Durham MM, Calkins CM, Rentea RM, Ralls MW, Wood RJ, Rollins MD, Garvey EM, Lewis KE, Reeder R, Smith CA, Pediatric Colorectal and Pelvic Learning Consortium (PCPLC).. Characterizing the use of botulinum toxin in patients with Hirschsprung disease treated at referral institutions for pediatric colorectal surgery. J Pediatr Surg. 2022 Feb 13;  

                


                  Halleran DR, Coyle D, Kulaylat AN, Ahmad H, Langer JC, Gasior AC, Diefenbach KA, Wood RJ, Levitt MA. The cutback revisited - The posterior rectal advancement anoplasty for certain anorectal malformations with rectoperineal fistula. J Pediatr Surg. 2021 Dec 17;  

                


                  Ahmad H, Rentea RM, Knaus ME, Wilbur JG, Halaweish I, Langer JC, Levitt MA, Wood RJ. Routine botulinum toxin injection one month after a Swenson pull-through does not change the incidence of Hirschsprung associated enterocolitis. J Pediatr Surg. 2021 Dec 9;  

                


                  Versteegh HP, Gardner DS, Scriven L, Martens L, Kluivers K, Hewitt G, de Blaauw I, Wood RJ, Williams A, Sutcliffe J, MICRO Group.. Reconsidering Diagnosis, Treatment, and Postoperative Care in Children with Cloacal Malformations. J Pediatr Adolesc Gynecol. 2021 Dec; 34: 773-779.

                


                  Ahmad H, Levitt MA, Yacob D, Halleran DR, Gasior AC, Di Lorenzo C, Wood RJ, Langer JC. Evaluation and Management of Persistent Problems After Surgery for Hirschsprung Disease in a Child. Curr Gastroenterol Rep. 2021 Oct 11; 23: 18.

                


                  Zann A, Sebastiao Y, Ching CC, Fuchs M, Jayanthi VR, Wood RJ, Levitt MA, DaJusta D. Split appendix Mitrofanoffs have higher risk of complication than intact appendix or monti channels. J Pediatr Urol. 2021 Oct; 17: 700.e1-700.e6.

                


                  Loftus CJ, Ahn J, Rice-Townsend S, Avansino J, Schmidt J, Hagedorn JC, Wood R, Shnorhavorian M, Fuchs MD, McCracken KA, Hewitt G, Amies-Oelschlager AE, Merguerian P, Smith CA. Experiences and attitudes of young adults with congenital bowel and bladder conditions. J Pediatr Urol. 2021 Oct; 17: 701.e1-701.e8.

                


                  Wood RJ, Vilanova-Sanchez A, El-Gohary Y, Ahmad H, Halleran DR, Reck-Burneo CA, Rentea R, Sebastiao Y, Nash O, Booth K, Trimble C, Zahora P, Baxter C, Driesbach S, Halaweish I, Gasior AC, Levitt MA. One-year impact of a bowel management program in treating fecal incontinence in patients with anorectal malformations. J Pediatr Surg. 2021 Oct; 56: 1689-1693.

                


                  Ahn JJ, Rice-Townsend SE, Nicassio L, Glazer D, Avansino JR, Lewis KE, Durham MM, Frischer J, Calkins CM, Rentea RM, Ralls M, Fuller M, Wood RJ, Rollins MD, Lee J, Reeder RW, Dickie BH, Saadai P, Cain MP, Merguerian P, Smith CA, Pediatric Colorectal and Pelvic Learning Consortium (PCPLC).. Urinary continence disparities in patients with anorectal malformations. J Pediatr Surg. 2021 Sep 21;  

                


                  Knaus ME, Ahmad H, Metzger GA, Beyene TJ, Thomas JL, Weaver LJ, Gasior AC, Wood RJ, Halaweish I. Outcomes of a telemedicine bowel management program during COVID-19. J Pediatr Surg. 2021 Sep 20;  

                


                  Ahmad H, Halleran DR, Stanek JR, Thompson BP, Bates DG, Rusin JA, Minneci PC, Levitt MA, Wood RJ. Correlation between the lateral and anteroposterior sacral ratios in anorectal malformations. Pediatr Radiol. 2021 Sep; 51: 1867-1872.

                


                  Kastenberg ZJ, Taylor MA, Durham MM, Calkins CM, Rentea RM, Wood RJ, Avansino JR, Levitt MA, van Leeuwen KD, Lewis KE, Reeder RW, Rollins MD. Perioperative and long-term functional outcomes of neonatal versus delayed primary endorectal pull-through for children with Hirschsprung disease: A pediatric colorectal and pelvic learning consortium study. J Pediatr Surg. 2021 Aug; 56: 1465-1469.

                


                  Marenco CW, Rice-Townsend S, Rollins M, Wood RJ, Calkins C, Smith C, Durham MM, Rentea RM, Ralls M, Van Leeuwen K, Reeder RW, Avansino J, PCPLC.. 30-day postoperative outcomes of neonatal versus delayed anoplasty for perineal and vestibular fistulas. J Pediatr Surg. 2021 Aug; 56: 1454-1458.

                


                  Ahmad H, Skeritt C, Halleran DR, Rentea RM, Reck-Burneo CA, Vilanova-Sanchez A, Weaver L, Langer JC, Diefenbach KA, Gasior AC, Levitt MA, Wood RJ. Are routine postoperative dilations necessary after primary posterior sagittal anorectoplasty? A randomized controlled trial. J Pediatr Surg. 2021 Aug; 56: 1449-1453.

                


                  Wood RJ, Halleran DR, Ahmad H, Vilanova-Sanchez A, Rentea RM, Stallings P, Ganesh N, Gasior A, Levitt MA. Assessing the benefit of reoperations in patients who suffer from fecal incontinence after repair of their anorectal malformation. J Pediatr Surg. 2020 Jun 17;  

                


                  Ahmad H, Halleran DR, Maloof E, Baek J, Gasior AC, Langer JC, Levitt MA, Wood RJ. Redo posterior sagittal anorectoplasty for lateral mislocation in patients with anorectal malformations. J Pediatr Surg. 2020 Jun 1;  

                


                  Halleran DR, Smith CA, Fuller MK, Durhm MM, Dickie B, Avansino JR, Tirrell TF, Vandewalle R, Reeder R, Drake KR, Bates DG, Rollins MD, Levitt MA, Wood RJ, Pediatric Colorectal and Pelvic Learning Consortium.. Measure twice and cut once: Comparing endoscopy and 3D cloacagram for the common channel and urethral measurements in patients with cloacal malformations. J Pediatr Surg. 2020 Feb; 55: 257-260.

                


                  Vilanova-Sanchez A, Halleran DR, Reck CA, McCracken K, Hewitt G, Gasior AC, Weaver L, Ahmad H, Akers A, Jaggers J, Rentea RM, Levitt MA, Wood RJ. Factors predicting the need for vaginal replacement at the time of primary reconstruction of a cloacal malformation. J Pediatr Surg. 2020 Jan; 55: 71-74.

                


                  Halleran DR, Ahmad H, Maloof E, Paradiso M, Lehmkuhl H, Minneci PC, Levitt MA, Wood RJ. Does Hirschsprung-Associated Enterocolitis Differ in Children With and Without Down Syndrome? J Surg Res. 2020 Jan; 245: 564-568.

                


                  Halleran DR, Lu PL, Ahmad H, Paradiso MM, Lehmkuhl H, Akers A, Hallagan A, Bali N, Vaz K, Yacob D, Di Lorenzo C, Levitt MA, Wood RJ. Anal sphincter botulinum toxin injection in children with functional anorectal and colonic disorders: A large institutional study and review of the literature focusing on complications. J Pediatr Surg. 2019 Nov; 54: 2305-2310.

                


                  Sanchez AV, Ivanov M, Halleran DR, Wagner A, Reck-Burneo CA, Ruth B, FIsher M, Ahmad H, Weaver L, Nash O, Buker D, Rentea RM, Hoover E, Maloof T, Wood RJ, Levitt MA. Total Colonic Hirschsprung's Disease: The Hypermotility and Skin Rash Protocol. Eur J Pediatr Surg. 2019 Aug 20;  

                


                  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.

                


                  Halleran DR, Ahmad H, Bates DG, Vilanova-Sanchez A, Wood RJ, Levitt MA. A call to ARMs: Accurate identification of the anatomy of the rectourethral fistula in anorectal malformations. J Pediatr Surg. 2019 Apr 26;  

                


                  Reck-Burneo CA, Lane V, Bates DG, Hogan M, Thompson B, Gasior A, Weaver L, Dingemans AJM, Maloof T, Hoover E, Gagnon R, Wood R, Levitt M. The use of rotational fluoroscopy and 3-D reconstruction in the diagnosis and surgical planning for complex cloacal malformations. J Pediatr Surg. 2019 Apr 4;  

                


                  Halleran DR, Lane VA, Leonhart KL, Fischer B, Sebastiao Y, Chisolm DJ, Levitt MA, Wood RJ, Minneci PC, Deans KJ. Development of a Patient Reported Experience and Outcomes Measure in Pediatric Patients Undergoing Bowel Management for Constipation and Fecal Incontinence. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2019 Mar 26;  

                


                  Halleran DR, Thompson B, Fuchs M, Vilanova-Sanchez A, Rentea RM, Bates DG, McCracken K, Hewitt G, Ching C, DaJusta D, Levitt MA, Wood RJ. Urethral length in female infants and its relevance in the repair of cloaca. J Pediatr Surg. 2019 Feb; 54: 303-306.

                


                  Rentea RM, Halleran DR, Vilanova-Sanchez A, Lane VA, Reck CA, Weaver L, Booth K, DaJusta D, Ching C, Fuchs ME, Jayanthi RR, Levitt MA, Wood RJ. Diagnosis and management of a remnant of the original fistula (ROOF) in males following surgery for anorectal malformations. J Pediatr Surg. 2019 Feb 28;  

                


                  Halleran DR, Vilanova-Sanchez A, Rentea RM, Vriesman MH, Maloof T, Lu PL, Onwuka A, Weaver L, Vaz KK, Yacob D, Di Lorenzo C, Levitt MA, Wood RJ. A comparison of Malone appendicostomy and cecostomy for antegrade access as adjuncts to a bowel management program for patients with functional constipation or fecal incontinence. J Pediatr Surg. 2019 Jan; 54: 123-128.

                


                  Wood RJ, Reck-Burneo CA, Levitt MA. Cloacal Malformations: Technical Aspects of the Reconstruction and Factors Which Predict Surgical Complexity. Front Pediatr. 2019; 7: 240.

                


                  Ahmad H, Halleran DR, Dajusta D, McCracken K, Levitt MA, Wood RJ. Imperforate Anus and Rectourethral Fistula in a Female. European J Pediatr Surg Rep. 2019 Jan; 7: e36-e38.

                


                  Kapur RP, Arnold MA, Conces MR, Ambartsumyan L, Avansino J, Levitt M, Wood R, Mast KJ. Remodeling of Rectal Innervation After Pullthrough Surgery for Hirschsprung Disease: Relevance to Criteria for the Determination of Retained Transition Zone. Pediatr Dev Pathol. 2018 Dec 12;  1093526618817658.

                


                  Vilanova-Sanchez A, McCracken K, Halleran DR, Wood RJ, Reck-Burneo CA, Levitt MA, Hewitt G. Obstetrical outcomes in adult patients born with complex anorectal malformations and cloacal anomalies: a literature review. J Pediatr Adolesc Gynecol. 2018 Oct 24;  

                


                  Halleran DR, Sanchez AV, Rentea RM, Ahmad H, Weaver L, Reck C, Gasior AC, Levitt MA, Wood RJ. Assessment of the Heineke-Mikulicz anoplasty for skin level postoperative anal strictures and congenital anal stenosis. J Pediatr Surg. 2018 Oct 5;  

                


                  Gasior AC, Reck C, Lane V, Wood RJ, Patterson J, Strouse R, Lin S, Cooper J, Gregory Bates D, Levitt MA. Transcending Dimensions: a Comparative Analysis of Cloaca Imaging in Advancing the Surgeon's Understanding of Complex Anatomy. J Digit Imaging. 2018 Oct 22;  

                


                  Halleran DR, Ahmad H, Ching C, Gorra A, McCracken K, Wood RJ, Levitt MA. Acquired Urethrovaginal Fistula and Urethral Atresia in a Patient with a Sacrococcygeal Teratoma. J Pediatr Surg. 2018 Sep 22;  

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Research

Dr. Wood’s research interests focus on clinical colorectal and outcomes research. He is also the chairperson of the Steering Committee of the Pediatric Colorectal and Pelvic Learning Consortium (PCPLC), an international consortium of surgeons performing multi-center research in this field. Publications

                  Liaqat N, Wood R, Fuchs M. Hypospadias and anorectal malformation: A difficult combination. J Pediatr Surg. 2022 Oct 21;  

                


                  Smith CA, Kwon EG, Nicassio L, Glazer D, Avansino J, Durham MM, Frischer J, Calkins C, Rentea RM, Ralls M, Saadai P, Badillo A, Fuller M, Wood RJ, Rollins MD, Van Leeuwen K, Reeder RW, Lewis KE, Rice-Townsend SE, Pediatric Colorectal and Pelvic Learning Consortium (PCPLC).. Fecal continence disparities in patients with idiopathic constipation treated at referral institutions for pediatric colorectal surgery. J Pediatr Surg. 2022 Sep 26;  

                


                  Knaus ME, Pendola G, Srinivas S, Wood RJ, Halaweish I. Social determinants of health and Hirschsprung-associated enterocolitis. J Pediatr Surg. 2022 Sep 30;  

                


                  Knaus ME, Ahmad H, Bourgeois T, Dajusta DG, Wood RJ, Fuchs ME. Improvement in bladder function in children with functional constipation after a bowel management program. Pediatr Surg Int. 2022 Aug 5;  

                


                  Baaleman DF, Hallagan A, Halleran DR, Orsagh-Yentis DK, Levitt MA, Wood RJ, Benninga MA, Bali N, Vaz KH, Yacob D, Di Lorenzo C, Lu PL. Anal Botulinum Toxin in Children with Hirschsprung Disease and Functional Constipation: A Prospective Cohort study. Eur J Pediatr Surg. 2022 Jul 19;  

                


                  Seidler GR, Knaus ME, Beyene TJ, Ahmad H, Lu PL, Gasior AC, Halaweish I, Wood RJ. Impact of Neurodevelopmental Disorders on Bowel Management Outcomes in Children with Functional Constipation. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2022 Jun 10;  

                


                  Ahmad H, Wood RJ, Avansino JR, Calkins CM, Dickie BH, Durham MM, Frischer J, Fuller M, Ralls M, Reeder RW, Rentea RM, Rollins MD, Saadai P, Oelschlager AEA, Breech LL, Hewitt GD, Kluivers K, van Leeuwen KD, McCracken KA. Does presence of a VACTERL anomaly predict an associated gynecologic anomaly in females with anorectal malformations?: A pediatric colorectal and pelvic learning consortium study. J Pediatr Surg. 2022 Jun 23;  

                


                  Short SS, Reeder RW, Lewis KE, Dickie B, Grabowski J, Sepuha T, Durham MM, Frischer J, Badillo A, Calkins CM, Rentea RM, Ralls M, Wood RJ, Fuller MK, van Leeuwen K, Avansino JR, Austin K, Rollins MD. The presence of a neurodiverse disorder is associated with increased use of antegrade enema therapy in children with severe constipation: A study from the Pediatric Colorectal and Pelvic Learning Consortium (PCPLC). J Pediatr Surg. 2022 Apr 25;  

                


                  Knaus ME, Beyene TJ, Thomas JL, Maloof ER, Jimenez ALN, Halaweish I, Wood RJ, Gasior AC. Pilot study of an adult bowel management program for fecal incontinence. J Pediatr Surg. 2022 Apr 22;  

                


                  Ahmad H, Knaus ME, Minneci PC, Wood RJ, Gasior AC. Transition of Care Barriers in Pediatric Patients with Anorectal Malformation. Dis Colon Rectum. 2022 Apr 27;  

                


                  Knaus ME, Lu PL, Lu A, Maloof ER, Ma J, Benedict J, Wood RJ, Halaweish I. Antegrade continence enemas in children with functional constipation and dyssynergic defecation: Go or no go? J Pediatr Surg. 2022 Apr 23;  

                


                  Wood RJ, Garrison AP. Total Colonic Aganglionosis in Hirschsprung disease. Semin Pediatr Surg. 2022 Apr; 31: 151165.

                


                  Svetanoff WJ, Lim-Beutal IIP, Wood RJ, Levitt MA, Rentea RM. The utilization of botulinum toxin for Hirschsprung disease. Semin Pediatr Surg. 2022 Apr; 31: 151161.

                


                  Ahmad H, Yacob D, Halleran DR, Gasior AC, Lorenzo CD, Wood RJ, Langer JC, Levitt MA. Evaluation and treatment of the post pull-through Hirschsprung patient who is not doing well; Update for 2022. Semin Pediatr Surg. 2022 Apr; 31: 151164.

                


                  Knaus ME, Kersey K, Ahmad H, Weaver L, Thomas JL, Metzger GA, Wood RJ, Gasior AC. Both sides of the screen: Provider and patient perspective on telemedicine in pediatric surgery. J Pediatr Surg. 2022 Mar 25;  

                


                  Rice-Townsend SE, Nicassio L, Glazer D, Avansino J, Durham MM, Calkins CM, Rentea RM, Ralls MW, Wood RJ, Rollins MD, Garvey EM, Lewis KE, Reeder R, Smith CA, Pediatric Colorectal and Pelvic Learning Consortium (PCPLC).. Characterizing the use of botulinum toxin in patients with Hirschsprung disease treated at referral institutions for pediatric colorectal surgery. J Pediatr Surg. 2022 Feb 13;  

                


                  Halleran DR, Coyle D, Kulaylat AN, Ahmad H, Langer JC, Gasior AC, Diefenbach KA, Wood RJ, Levitt MA. The cutback revisited - The posterior rectal advancement anoplasty for certain anorectal malformations with rectoperineal fistula. J Pediatr Surg. 2021 Dec 17;  

                


                  Ahmad H, Rentea RM, Knaus ME, Wilbur JG, Halaweish I, Langer JC, Levitt MA, Wood RJ. Routine botulinum toxin injection one month after a Swenson pull-through does not change the incidence of Hirschsprung associated enterocolitis. J Pediatr Surg. 2021 Dec 9;  

                


                  Versteegh HP, Gardner DS, Scriven L, Martens L, Kluivers K, Hewitt G, de Blaauw I, Wood RJ, Williams A, Sutcliffe J, MICRO Group.. Reconsidering Diagnosis, Treatment, and Postoperative Care in Children with Cloacal Malformations. J Pediatr Adolesc Gynecol. 2021 Dec; 34: 773-779.

                


                  Ahmad H, Levitt MA, Yacob D, Halleran DR, Gasior AC, Di Lorenzo C, Wood RJ, Langer JC. Evaluation and Management of Persistent Problems After Surgery for Hirschsprung Disease in a Child. Curr Gastroenterol Rep. 2021 Oct 11; 23: 18.

                


                  Zann A, Sebastiao Y, Ching CC, Fuchs M, Jayanthi VR, Wood RJ, Levitt MA, DaJusta D. Split appendix Mitrofanoffs have higher risk of complication than intact appendix or monti channels. J Pediatr Urol. 2021 Oct; 17: 700.e1-700.e6.

                


                  Loftus CJ, Ahn J, Rice-Townsend S, Avansino J, Schmidt J, Hagedorn JC, Wood R, Shnorhavorian M, Fuchs MD, McCracken KA, Hewitt G, Amies-Oelschlager AE, Merguerian P, Smith CA. Experiences and attitudes of young adults with congenital bowel and bladder conditions. J Pediatr Urol. 2021 Oct; 17: 701.e1-701.e8.

                


                  Wood RJ, Vilanova-Sanchez A, El-Gohary Y, Ahmad H, Halleran DR, Reck-Burneo CA, Rentea R, Sebastiao Y, Nash O, Booth K, Trimble C, Zahora P, Baxter C, Driesbach S, Halaweish I, Gasior AC, Levitt MA. One-year impact of a bowel management program in treating fecal incontinence in patients with anorectal malformations. J Pediatr Surg. 2021 Oct; 56: 1689-1693.

                


                  Ahn JJ, Rice-Townsend SE, Nicassio L, Glazer D, Avansino JR, Lewis KE, Durham MM, Frischer J, Calkins CM, Rentea RM, Ralls M, Fuller M, Wood RJ, Rollins MD, Lee J, Reeder RW, Dickie BH, Saadai P, Cain MP, Merguerian P, Smith CA, Pediatric Colorectal and Pelvic Learning Consortium (PCPLC).. Urinary continence disparities in patients with anorectal malformations. J Pediatr Surg. 2021 Sep 21;  

                


                  Knaus ME, Ahmad H, Metzger GA, Beyene TJ, Thomas JL, Weaver LJ, Gasior AC, Wood RJ, Halaweish I. Outcomes of a telemedicine bowel management program during COVID-19. J Pediatr Surg. 2021 Sep 20;  

                


                  Ahmad H, Halleran DR, Stanek JR, Thompson BP, Bates DG, Rusin JA, Minneci PC, Levitt MA, Wood RJ. Correlation between the lateral and anteroposterior sacral ratios in anorectal malformations. Pediatr Radiol. 2021 Sep; 51: 1867-1872.

                


                  Kastenberg ZJ, Taylor MA, Durham MM, Calkins CM, Rentea RM, Wood RJ, Avansino JR, Levitt MA, van Leeuwen KD, Lewis KE, Reeder RW, Rollins MD. Perioperative and long-term functional outcomes of neonatal versus delayed primary endorectal pull-through for children with Hirschsprung disease: A pediatric colorectal and pelvic learning consortium study. J Pediatr Surg. 2021 Aug; 56: 1465-1469.

                


                  Marenco CW, Rice-Townsend S, Rollins M, Wood RJ, Calkins C, Smith C, Durham MM, Rentea RM, Ralls M, Van Leeuwen K, Reeder RW, Avansino J, PCPLC.. 30-day postoperative outcomes of neonatal versus delayed anoplasty for perineal and vestibular fistulas. J Pediatr Surg. 2021 Aug; 56: 1454-1458.

                


                  Ahmad H, Skeritt C, Halleran DR, Rentea RM, Reck-Burneo CA, Vilanova-Sanchez A, Weaver L, Langer JC, Diefenbach KA, Gasior AC, Levitt MA, Wood RJ. Are routine postoperative dilations necessary after primary posterior sagittal anorectoplasty? A randomized controlled trial. J Pediatr Surg. 2021 Aug; 56: 1449-1453.

                


                  Wood RJ, Halleran DR, Ahmad H, Vilanova-Sanchez A, Rentea RM, Stallings P, Ganesh N, Gasior A, Levitt MA. Assessing the benefit of reoperations in patients who suffer from fecal incontinence after repair of their anorectal malformation. J Pediatr Surg. 2020 Jun 17;  

                


                  Ahmad H, Halleran DR, Maloof E, Baek J, Gasior AC, Langer JC, Levitt MA, Wood RJ. Redo posterior sagittal anorectoplasty for lateral mislocation in patients with anorectal malformations. J Pediatr Surg. 2020 Jun 1;  

                


                  Halleran DR, Smith CA, Fuller MK, Durhm MM, Dickie B, Avansino JR, Tirrell TF, Vandewalle R, Reeder R, Drake KR, Bates DG, Rollins MD, Levitt MA, Wood RJ, Pediatric Colorectal and Pelvic Learning Consortium.. Measure twice and cut once: Comparing endoscopy and 3D cloacagram for the common channel and urethral measurements in patients with cloacal malformations. J Pediatr Surg. 2020 Feb; 55: 257-260.

                


                  Vilanova-Sanchez A, Halleran DR, Reck CA, McCracken K, Hewitt G, Gasior AC, Weaver L, Ahmad H, Akers A, Jaggers J, Rentea RM, Levitt MA, Wood RJ. Factors predicting the need for vaginal replacement at the time of primary reconstruction of a cloacal malformation. J Pediatr Surg. 2020 Jan; 55: 71-74.

                


                  Halleran DR, Ahmad H, Maloof E, Paradiso M, Lehmkuhl H, Minneci PC, Levitt MA, Wood RJ. Does Hirschsprung-Associated Enterocolitis Differ in Children With and Without Down Syndrome? J Surg Res. 2020 Jan; 245: 564-568.

                


                  Halleran DR, Lu PL, Ahmad H, Paradiso MM, Lehmkuhl H, Akers A, Hallagan A, Bali N, Vaz K, Yacob D, Di Lorenzo C, Levitt MA, Wood RJ. Anal sphincter botulinum toxin injection in children with functional anorectal and colonic disorders: A large institutional study and review of the literature focusing on complications. J Pediatr Surg. 2019 Nov; 54: 2305-2310.

                


                  Sanchez AV, Ivanov M, Halleran DR, Wagner A, Reck-Burneo CA, Ruth B, FIsher M, Ahmad H, Weaver L, Nash O, Buker D, Rentea RM, Hoover E, Maloof T, Wood RJ, Levitt MA. Total Colonic Hirschsprung's Disease: The Hypermotility and Skin Rash Protocol. Eur J Pediatr Surg. 2019 Aug 20;  

                


                  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.

                


                  Halleran DR, Ahmad H, Bates DG, Vilanova-Sanchez A, Wood RJ, Levitt MA. A call to ARMs: Accurate identification of the anatomy of the rectourethral fistula in anorectal malformations. J Pediatr Surg. 2019 Apr 26;  

                


                  Reck-Burneo CA, Lane V, Bates DG, Hogan M, Thompson B, Gasior A, Weaver L, Dingemans AJM, Maloof T, Hoover E, Gagnon R, Wood R, Levitt M. The use of rotational fluoroscopy and 3-D reconstruction in the diagnosis and surgical planning for complex cloacal malformations. J Pediatr Surg. 2019 Apr 4;  

                


                  Halleran DR, Lane VA, Leonhart KL, Fischer B, Sebastiao Y, Chisolm DJ, Levitt MA, Wood RJ, Minneci PC, Deans KJ. Development of a Patient Reported Experience and Outcomes Measure in Pediatric Patients Undergoing Bowel Management for Constipation and Fecal Incontinence. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2019 Mar 26;  

                


                  Halleran DR, Thompson B, Fuchs M, Vilanova-Sanchez A, Rentea RM, Bates DG, McCracken K, Hewitt G, Ching C, DaJusta D, Levitt MA, Wood RJ. Urethral length in female infants and its relevance in the repair of cloaca. J Pediatr Surg. 2019 Feb; 54: 303-306.

                


                  Rentea RM, Halleran DR, Vilanova-Sanchez A, Lane VA, Reck CA, Weaver L, Booth K, DaJusta D, Ching C, Fuchs ME, Jayanthi RR, Levitt MA, Wood RJ. Diagnosis and management of a remnant of the original fistula (ROOF) in males following surgery for anorectal malformations. J Pediatr Surg. 2019 Feb 28;  

                


                  Halleran DR, Vilanova-Sanchez A, Rentea RM, Vriesman MH, Maloof T, Lu PL, Onwuka A, Weaver L, Vaz KK, Yacob D, Di Lorenzo C, Levitt MA, Wood RJ. A comparison of Malone appendicostomy and cecostomy for antegrade access as adjuncts to a bowel management program for patients with functional constipation or fecal incontinence. J Pediatr Surg. 2019 Jan; 54: 123-128.

                


                  Wood RJ, Reck-Burneo CA, Levitt MA. Cloacal Malformations: Technical Aspects of the Reconstruction and Factors Which Predict Surgical Complexity. Front Pediatr. 2019; 7: 240.

                


                  Ahmad H, Halleran DR, Dajusta D, McCracken K, Levitt MA, Wood RJ. Imperforate Anus and Rectourethral Fistula in a Female. European J Pediatr Surg Rep. 2019 Jan; 7: e36-e38.

                


                  Kapur RP, Arnold MA, Conces MR, Ambartsumyan L, Avansino J, Levitt M, Wood R, Mast KJ. Remodeling of Rectal Innervation After Pullthrough Surgery for Hirschsprung Disease: Relevance to Criteria for the Determination of Retained Transition Zone. Pediatr Dev Pathol. 2018 Dec 12;  1093526618817658.

                


                  Vilanova-Sanchez A, McCracken K, Halleran DR, Wood RJ, Reck-Burneo CA, Levitt MA, Hewitt G. Obstetrical outcomes in adult patients born with complex anorectal malformations and cloacal anomalies: a literature review. J Pediatr Adolesc Gynecol. 2018 Oct 24;  

                


                  Halleran DR, Sanchez AV, Rentea RM, Ahmad H, Weaver L, Reck C, Gasior AC, Levitt MA, Wood RJ. Assessment of the Heineke-Mikulicz anoplasty for skin level postoperative anal strictures and congenital anal stenosis. J Pediatr Surg. 2018 Oct 5;  

                


                  Gasior AC, Reck C, Lane V, Wood RJ, Patterson J, Strouse R, Lin S, Cooper J, Gregory Bates D, Levitt MA. Transcending Dimensions: a Comparative Analysis of Cloaca Imaging in Advancing the Surgeon's Understanding of Complex Anatomy. J Digit Imaging. 2018 Oct 22;  

                


                  Halleran DR, Ahmad H, Ching C, Gorra A, McCracken K, Wood RJ, Levitt MA. Acquired Urethrovaginal Fistula and Urethral Atresia in a Patient with a Sacrococcygeal Teratoma. J Pediatr Surg. 2018 Sep 22;  

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Research

Dr. Wood’s research interests focus on clinical colorectal and outcomes research. He is also the chairperson of the Steering Committee of the Pediatric Colorectal and Pelvic Learning Consortium (PCPLC), an international consortium of surgeons performing multi-center research in this field. Publications

                  Liaqat N, Wood R, Fuchs M. Hypospadias and anorectal malformation: A difficult combination. J Pediatr Surg. 2022 Oct 21;  

                


                  Smith CA, Kwon EG, Nicassio L, Glazer D, Avansino J, Durham MM, Frischer J, Calkins C, Rentea RM, Ralls M, Saadai P, Badillo A, Fuller M, Wood RJ, Rollins MD, Van Leeuwen K, Reeder RW, Lewis KE, Rice-Townsend SE, Pediatric Colorectal and Pelvic Learning Consortium (PCPLC).. Fecal continence disparities in patients with idiopathic constipation treated at referral institutions for pediatric colorectal surgery. J Pediatr Surg. 2022 Sep 26;  

                


                  Knaus ME, Pendola G, Srinivas S, Wood RJ, Halaweish I. Social determinants of health and Hirschsprung-associated enterocolitis. J Pediatr Surg. 2022 Sep 30;  

                


                  Knaus ME, Ahmad H, Bourgeois T, Dajusta DG, Wood RJ, Fuchs ME. Improvement in bladder function in children with functional constipation after a bowel management program. Pediatr Surg Int. 2022 Aug 5;  

                


                  Baaleman DF, Hallagan A, Halleran DR, Orsagh-Yentis DK, Levitt MA, Wood RJ, Benninga MA, Bali N, Vaz KH, Yacob D, Di Lorenzo C, Lu PL. Anal Botulinum Toxin in Children with Hirschsprung Disease and Functional Constipation: A Prospective Cohort study. Eur J Pediatr Surg. 2022 Jul 19;  

                


                  Seidler GR, Knaus ME, Beyene TJ, Ahmad H, Lu PL, Gasior AC, Halaweish I, Wood RJ. Impact of Neurodevelopmental Disorders on Bowel Management Outcomes in Children with Functional Constipation. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2022 Jun 10;  

                


                  Ahmad H, Wood RJ, Avansino JR, Calkins CM, Dickie BH, Durham MM, Frischer J, Fuller M, Ralls M, Reeder RW, Rentea RM, Rollins MD, Saadai P, Oelschlager AEA, Breech LL, Hewitt GD, Kluivers K, van Leeuwen KD, McCracken KA. Does presence of a VACTERL anomaly predict an associated gynecologic anomaly in females with anorectal malformations?: A pediatric colorectal and pelvic learning consortium study. J Pediatr Surg. 2022 Jun 23;  

                


                  Short SS, Reeder RW, Lewis KE, Dickie B, Grabowski J, Sepuha T, Durham MM, Frischer J, Badillo A, Calkins CM, Rentea RM, Ralls M, Wood RJ, Fuller MK, van Leeuwen K, Avansino JR, Austin K, Rollins MD. The presence of a neurodiverse disorder is associated with increased use of antegrade enema therapy in children with severe constipation: A study from the Pediatric Colorectal and Pelvic Learning Consortium (PCPLC). J Pediatr Surg. 2022 Apr 25;  

                


                  Knaus ME, Beyene TJ, Thomas JL, Maloof ER, Jimenez ALN, Halaweish I, Wood RJ, Gasior AC. Pilot study of an adult bowel management program for fecal incontinence. J Pediatr Surg. 2022 Apr 22;  

                


                  Ahmad H, Knaus ME, Minneci PC, Wood RJ, Gasior AC. Transition of Care Barriers in Pediatric Patients with Anorectal Malformation. Dis Colon Rectum. 2022 Apr 27;  

                


                  Knaus ME, Lu PL, Lu A, Maloof ER, Ma J, Benedict J, Wood RJ, Halaweish I. Antegrade continence enemas in children with functional constipation and dyssynergic defecation: Go or no go? J Pediatr Surg. 2022 Apr 23;  

                


                  Wood RJ, Garrison AP. Total Colonic Aganglionosis in Hirschsprung disease. Semin Pediatr Surg. 2022 Apr; 31: 151165.

                


                  Svetanoff WJ, Lim-Beutal IIP, Wood RJ, Levitt MA, Rentea RM. The utilization of botulinum toxin for Hirschsprung disease. Semin Pediatr Surg. 2022 Apr; 31: 151161.

                


                  Ahmad H, Yacob D, Halleran DR, Gasior AC, Lorenzo CD, Wood RJ, Langer JC, Levitt MA. Evaluation and treatment of the post pull-through Hirschsprung patient who is not doing well; Update for 2022. Semin Pediatr Surg. 2022 Apr; 31: 151164.

                


                  Knaus ME, Kersey K, Ahmad H, Weaver L, Thomas JL, Metzger GA, Wood RJ, Gasior AC. Both sides of the screen: Provider and patient perspective on telemedicine in pediatric surgery. J Pediatr Surg. 2022 Mar 25;  

                


                  Rice-Townsend SE, Nicassio L, Glazer D, Avansino J, Durham MM, Calkins CM, Rentea RM, Ralls MW, Wood RJ, Rollins MD, Garvey EM, Lewis KE, Reeder R, Smith CA, Pediatric Colorectal and Pelvic Learning Consortium (PCPLC).. Characterizing the use of botulinum toxin in patients with Hirschsprung disease treated at referral institutions for pediatric colorectal surgery. J Pediatr Surg. 2022 Feb 13;  

                


                  Halleran DR, Coyle D, Kulaylat AN, Ahmad H, Langer JC, Gasior AC, Diefenbach KA, Wood RJ, Levitt MA. The cutback revisited - The posterior rectal advancement anoplasty for certain anorectal malformations with rectoperineal fistula. J Pediatr Surg. 2021 Dec 17;  

                


                  Ahmad H, Rentea RM, Knaus ME, Wilbur JG, Halaweish I, Langer JC, Levitt MA, Wood RJ. Routine botulinum toxin injection one month after a Swenson pull-through does not change the incidence of Hirschsprung associated enterocolitis. J Pediatr Surg. 2021 Dec 9;  

                


                  Versteegh HP, Gardner DS, Scriven L, Martens L, Kluivers K, Hewitt G, de Blaauw I, Wood RJ, Williams A, Sutcliffe J, MICRO Group.. Reconsidering Diagnosis, Treatment, and Postoperative Care in Children with Cloacal Malformations. J Pediatr Adolesc Gynecol. 2021 Dec; 34: 773-779.

                


                  Ahmad H, Levitt MA, Yacob D, Halleran DR, Gasior AC, Di Lorenzo C, Wood RJ, Langer JC. Evaluation and Management of Persistent Problems After Surgery for Hirschsprung Disease in a Child. Curr Gastroenterol Rep. 2021 Oct 11; 23: 18.

                


                  Zann A, Sebastiao Y, Ching CC, Fuchs M, Jayanthi VR, Wood RJ, Levitt MA, DaJusta D. Split appendix Mitrofanoffs have higher risk of complication than intact appendix or monti channels. J Pediatr Urol. 2021 Oct; 17: 700.e1-700.e6.

                


                  Loftus CJ, Ahn J, Rice-Townsend S, Avansino J, Schmidt J, Hagedorn JC, Wood R, Shnorhavorian M, Fuchs MD, McCracken KA, Hewitt G, Amies-Oelschlager AE, Merguerian P, Smith CA. Experiences and attitudes of young adults with congenital bowel and bladder conditions. J Pediatr Urol. 2021 Oct; 17: 701.e1-701.e8.

                


                  Wood RJ, Vilanova-Sanchez A, El-Gohary Y, Ahmad H, Halleran DR, Reck-Burneo CA, Rentea R, Sebastiao Y, Nash O, Booth K, Trimble C, Zahora P, Baxter C, Driesbach S, Halaweish I, Gasior AC, Levitt MA. One-year impact of a bowel management program in treating fecal incontinence in patients with anorectal malformations. J Pediatr Surg. 2021 Oct; 56: 1689-1693.

                


                  Ahn JJ, Rice-Townsend SE, Nicassio L, Glazer D, Avansino JR, Lewis KE, Durham MM, Frischer J, Calkins CM, Rentea RM, Ralls M, Fuller M, Wood RJ, Rollins MD, Lee J, Reeder RW, Dickie BH, Saadai P, Cain MP, Merguerian P, Smith CA, Pediatric Colorectal and Pelvic Learning Consortium (PCPLC).. Urinary continence disparities in patients with anorectal malformations. J Pediatr Surg. 2021 Sep 21;  

                


                  Knaus ME, Ahmad H, Metzger GA, Beyene TJ, Thomas JL, Weaver LJ, Gasior AC, Wood RJ, Halaweish I. Outcomes of a telemedicine bowel management program during COVID-19. J Pediatr Surg. 2021 Sep 20;  

                


                  Ahmad H, Halleran DR, Stanek JR, Thompson BP, Bates DG, Rusin JA, Minneci PC, Levitt MA, Wood RJ. Correlation between the lateral and anteroposterior sacral ratios in anorectal malformations. Pediatr Radiol. 2021 Sep; 51: 1867-1872.

                


                  Kastenberg ZJ, Taylor MA, Durham MM, Calkins CM, Rentea RM, Wood RJ, Avansino JR, Levitt MA, van Leeuwen KD, Lewis KE, Reeder RW, Rollins MD. Perioperative and long-term functional outcomes of neonatal versus delayed primary endorectal pull-through for children with Hirschsprung disease: A pediatric colorectal and pelvic learning consortium study. J Pediatr Surg. 2021 Aug; 56: 1465-1469.

                


                  Marenco CW, Rice-Townsend S, Rollins M, Wood RJ, Calkins C, Smith C, Durham MM, Rentea RM, Ralls M, Van Leeuwen K, Reeder RW, Avansino J, PCPLC.. 30-day postoperative outcomes of neonatal versus delayed anoplasty for perineal and vestibular fistulas. J Pediatr Surg. 2021 Aug; 56: 1454-1458.

                


                  Ahmad H, Skeritt C, Halleran DR, Rentea RM, Reck-Burneo CA, Vilanova-Sanchez A, Weaver L, Langer JC, Diefenbach KA, Gasior AC, Levitt MA, Wood RJ. Are routine postoperative dilations necessary after primary posterior sagittal anorectoplasty? A randomized controlled trial. J Pediatr Surg. 2021 Aug; 56: 1449-1453.

                


                  Wood RJ, Halleran DR, Ahmad H, Vilanova-Sanchez A, Rentea RM, Stallings P, Ganesh N, Gasior A, Levitt MA. Assessing the benefit of reoperations in patients who suffer from fecal incontinence after repair of their anorectal malformation. J Pediatr Surg. 2020 Jun 17;  

                


                  Ahmad H, Halleran DR, Maloof E, Baek J, Gasior AC, Langer JC, Levitt MA, Wood RJ. Redo posterior sagittal anorectoplasty for lateral mislocation in patients with anorectal malformations. J Pediatr Surg. 2020 Jun 1;  

                


                  Halleran DR, Smith CA, Fuller MK, Durhm MM, Dickie B, Avansino JR, Tirrell TF, Vandewalle R, Reeder R, Drake KR, Bates DG, Rollins MD, Levitt MA, Wood RJ, Pediatric Colorectal and Pelvic Learning Consortium.. Measure twice and cut once: Comparing endoscopy and 3D cloacagram for the common channel and urethral measurements in patients with cloacal malformations. J Pediatr Surg. 2020 Feb; 55: 257-260.

                


                  Vilanova-Sanchez A, Halleran DR, Reck CA, McCracken K, Hewitt G, Gasior AC, Weaver L, Ahmad H, Akers A, Jaggers J, Rentea RM, Levitt MA, Wood RJ. Factors predicting the need for vaginal replacement at the time of primary reconstruction of a cloacal malformation. J Pediatr Surg. 2020 Jan; 55: 71-74.

                


                  Halleran DR, Ahmad H, Maloof E, Paradiso M, Lehmkuhl H, Minneci PC, Levitt MA, Wood RJ. Does Hirschsprung-Associated Enterocolitis Differ in Children With and Without Down Syndrome? J Surg Res. 2020 Jan; 245: 564-568.

                


                  Halleran DR, Lu PL, Ahmad H, Paradiso MM, Lehmkuhl H, Akers A, Hallagan A, Bali N, Vaz K, Yacob D, Di Lorenzo C, Levitt MA, Wood RJ. Anal sphincter botulinum toxin injection in children with functional anorectal and colonic disorders: A large institutional study and review of the literature focusing on complications. J Pediatr Surg. 2019 Nov; 54: 2305-2310.

                


                  Sanchez AV, Ivanov M, Halleran DR, Wagner A, Reck-Burneo CA, Ruth B, FIsher M, Ahmad H, Weaver L, Nash O, Buker D, Rentea RM, Hoover E, Maloof T, Wood RJ, Levitt MA. Total Colonic Hirschsprung's Disease: The Hypermotility and Skin Rash Protocol. Eur J Pediatr Surg. 2019 Aug 20;  

                


                  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.

                


                  Halleran DR, Ahmad H, Bates DG, Vilanova-Sanchez A, Wood RJ, Levitt MA. A call to ARMs: Accurate identification of the anatomy of the rectourethral fistula in anorectal malformations. J Pediatr Surg. 2019 Apr 26;  

                


                  Reck-Burneo CA, Lane V, Bates DG, Hogan M, Thompson B, Gasior A, Weaver L, Dingemans AJM, Maloof T, Hoover E, Gagnon R, Wood R, Levitt M. The use of rotational fluoroscopy and 3-D reconstruction in the diagnosis and surgical planning for complex cloacal malformations. J Pediatr Surg. 2019 Apr 4;  

                


                  Halleran DR, Lane VA, Leonhart KL, Fischer B, Sebastiao Y, Chisolm DJ, Levitt MA, Wood RJ, Minneci PC, Deans KJ. Development of a Patient Reported Experience and Outcomes Measure in Pediatric Patients Undergoing Bowel Management for Constipation and Fecal Incontinence. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2019 Mar 26;  

                


                  Halleran DR, Thompson B, Fuchs M, Vilanova-Sanchez A, Rentea RM, Bates DG, McCracken K, Hewitt G, Ching C, DaJusta D, Levitt MA, Wood RJ. Urethral length in female infants and its relevance in the repair of cloaca. J Pediatr Surg. 2019 Feb; 54: 303-306.

                


                  Rentea RM, Halleran DR, Vilanova-Sanchez A, Lane VA, Reck CA, Weaver L, Booth K, DaJusta D, Ching C, Fuchs ME, Jayanthi RR, Levitt MA, Wood RJ. Diagnosis and management of a remnant of the original fistula (ROOF) in males following surgery for anorectal malformations. J Pediatr Surg. 2019 Feb 28;  

                


                  Halleran DR, Vilanova-Sanchez A, Rentea RM, Vriesman MH, Maloof T, Lu PL, Onwuka A, Weaver L, Vaz KK, Yacob D, Di Lorenzo C, Levitt MA, Wood RJ. A comparison of Malone appendicostomy and cecostomy for antegrade access as adjuncts to a bowel management program for patients with functional constipation or fecal incontinence. J Pediatr Surg. 2019 Jan; 54: 123-128.

                


                  Wood RJ, Reck-Burneo CA, Levitt MA. Cloacal Malformations: Technical Aspects of the Reconstruction and Factors Which Predict Surgical Complexity. Front Pediatr. 2019; 7: 240.

                


                  Ahmad H, Halleran DR, Dajusta D, McCracken K, Levitt MA, Wood RJ. Imperforate Anus and Rectourethral Fistula in a Female. European J Pediatr Surg Rep. 2019 Jan; 7: e36-e38.

                


                  Kapur RP, Arnold MA, Conces MR, Ambartsumyan L, Avansino J, Levitt M, Wood R, Mast KJ. Remodeling of Rectal Innervation After Pullthrough Surgery for Hirschsprung Disease: Relevance to Criteria for the Determination of Retained Transition Zone. Pediatr Dev Pathol. 2018 Dec 12;  1093526618817658.

                


                  Vilanova-Sanchez A, McCracken K, Halleran DR, Wood RJ, Reck-Burneo CA, Levitt MA, Hewitt G. Obstetrical outcomes in adult patients born with complex anorectal malformations and cloacal anomalies: a literature review. J Pediatr Adolesc Gynecol. 2018 Oct 24;  

                


                  Halleran DR, Sanchez AV, Rentea RM, Ahmad H, Weaver L, Reck C, Gasior AC, Levitt MA, Wood RJ. Assessment of the Heineke-Mikulicz anoplasty for skin level postoperative anal strictures and congenital anal stenosis. J Pediatr Surg. 2018 Oct 5;  

                


                  Gasior AC, Reck C, Lane V, Wood RJ, Patterson J, Strouse R, Lin S, Cooper J, Gregory Bates D, Levitt MA. Transcending Dimensions: a Comparative Analysis of Cloaca Imaging in Advancing the Surgeon's Understanding of Complex Anatomy. J Digit Imaging. 2018 Oct 22;  

                


                  Halleran DR, Ahmad H, Ching C, Gorra A, McCracken K, Wood RJ, Levitt MA. Acquired Urethrovaginal Fistula and Urethral Atresia in a Patient with a Sacrococcygeal Teratoma. J Pediatr Surg. 2018 Sep 22;  

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Dr. Wood’s research interests focus on clinical colorectal and outcomes research. He is also the chairperson of the Steering Committee of the Pediatric Colorectal and Pelvic Learning Consortium (PCPLC), an international consortium of surgeons performing multi-center research in this field. Publications

                  Liaqat N, Wood R, Fuchs M. Hypospadias and anorectal malformation: A difficult combination. J Pediatr Surg. 2022 Oct 21;  

                


                  Smith CA, Kwon EG, Nicassio L, Glazer D, Avansino J, Durham MM, Frischer J, Calkins C, Rentea RM, Ralls M, Saadai P, Badillo A, Fuller M, Wood RJ, Rollins MD, Van Leeuwen K, Reeder RW, Lewis KE, Rice-Townsend SE, Pediatric Colorectal and Pelvic Learning Consortium (PCPLC).. Fecal continence disparities in patients with idiopathic constipation treated at referral institutions for pediatric colorectal surgery. J Pediatr Surg. 2022 Sep 26;  

                


                  Knaus ME, Pendola G, Srinivas S, Wood RJ, Halaweish I. Social determinants of health and Hirschsprung-associated enterocolitis. J Pediatr Surg. 2022 Sep 30;  

                


                  Knaus ME, Ahmad H, Bourgeois T, Dajusta DG, Wood RJ, Fuchs ME. Improvement in bladder function in children with functional constipation after a bowel management program. Pediatr Surg Int. 2022 Aug 5;  

                


                  Baaleman DF, Hallagan A, Halleran DR, Orsagh-Yentis DK, Levitt MA, Wood RJ, Benninga MA, Bali N, Vaz KH, Yacob D, Di Lorenzo C, Lu PL. Anal Botulinum Toxin in Children with Hirschsprung Disease and Functional Constipation: A Prospective Cohort study. Eur J Pediatr Surg. 2022 Jul 19;  

                


                  Seidler GR, Knaus ME, Beyene TJ, Ahmad H, Lu PL, Gasior AC, Halaweish I, Wood RJ. Impact of Neurodevelopmental Disorders on Bowel Management Outcomes in Children with Functional Constipation. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2022 Jun 10;  

                


                  Ahmad H, Wood RJ, Avansino JR, Calkins CM, Dickie BH, Durham MM, Frischer J, Fuller M, Ralls M, Reeder RW, Rentea RM, Rollins MD, Saadai P, Oelschlager AEA, Breech LL, Hewitt GD, Kluivers K, van Leeuwen KD, McCracken KA. Does presence of a VACTERL anomaly predict an associated gynecologic anomaly in females with anorectal malformations?: A pediatric colorectal and pelvic learning consortium study. J Pediatr Surg. 2022 Jun 23;  

                


                  Short SS, Reeder RW, Lewis KE, Dickie B, Grabowski J, Sepuha T, Durham MM, Frischer J, Badillo A, Calkins CM, Rentea RM, Ralls M, Wood RJ, Fuller MK, van Leeuwen K, Avansino JR, Austin K, Rollins MD. The presence of a neurodiverse disorder is associated with increased use of antegrade enema therapy in children with severe constipation: A study from the Pediatric Colorectal and Pelvic Learning Consortium (PCPLC). J Pediatr Surg. 2022 Apr 25;  

                


                  Knaus ME, Beyene TJ, Thomas JL, Maloof ER, Jimenez ALN, Halaweish I, Wood RJ, Gasior AC. Pilot study of an adult bowel management program for fecal incontinence. J Pediatr Surg. 2022 Apr 22;  

                


                  Ahmad H, Knaus ME, Minneci PC, Wood RJ, Gasior AC. Transition of Care Barriers in Pediatric Patients with Anorectal Malformation. Dis Colon Rectum. 2022 Apr 27;  

                


                  Knaus ME, Lu PL, Lu A, Maloof ER, Ma J, Benedict J, Wood RJ, Halaweish I. Antegrade continence enemas in children with functional constipation and dyssynergic defecation: Go or no go? J Pediatr Surg. 2022 Apr 23;  

                


                  Wood RJ, Garrison AP. Total Colonic Aganglionosis in Hirschsprung disease. Semin Pediatr Surg. 2022 Apr; 31: 151165.

                


                  Svetanoff WJ, Lim-Beutal IIP, Wood RJ, Levitt MA, Rentea RM. The utilization of botulinum toxin for Hirschsprung disease. Semin Pediatr Surg. 2022 Apr; 31: 151161.

                


                  Ahmad H, Yacob D, Halleran DR, Gasior AC, Lorenzo CD, Wood RJ, Langer JC, Levitt MA. Evaluation and treatment of the post pull-through Hirschsprung patient who is not doing well; Update for 2022. Semin Pediatr Surg. 2022 Apr; 31: 151164.

                


                  Knaus ME, Kersey K, Ahmad H, Weaver L, Thomas JL, Metzger GA, Wood RJ, Gasior AC. Both sides of the screen: Provider and patient perspective on telemedicine in pediatric surgery. J Pediatr Surg. 2022 Mar 25;  

                


                  Rice-Townsend SE, Nicassio L, Glazer D, Avansino J, Durham MM, Calkins CM, Rentea RM, Ralls MW, Wood RJ, Rollins MD, Garvey EM, Lewis KE, Reeder R, Smith CA, Pediatric Colorectal and Pelvic Learning Consortium (PCPLC).. Characterizing the use of botulinum toxin in patients with Hirschsprung disease treated at referral institutions for pediatric colorectal surgery. J Pediatr Surg. 2022 Feb 13;  

                


                  Halleran DR, Coyle D, Kulaylat AN, Ahmad H, Langer JC, Gasior AC, Diefenbach KA, Wood RJ, Levitt MA. The cutback revisited - The posterior rectal advancement anoplasty for certain anorectal malformations with rectoperineal fistula. J Pediatr Surg. 2021 Dec 17;  

                


                  Ahmad H, Rentea RM, Knaus ME, Wilbur JG, Halaweish I, Langer JC, Levitt MA, Wood RJ. Routine botulinum toxin injection one month after a Swenson pull-through does not change the incidence of Hirschsprung associated enterocolitis. J Pediatr Surg. 2021 Dec 9;  

                


                  Versteegh HP, Gardner DS, Scriven L, Martens L, Kluivers K, Hewitt G, de Blaauw I, Wood RJ, Williams A, Sutcliffe J, MICRO Group.. Reconsidering Diagnosis, Treatment, and Postoperative Care in Children with Cloacal Malformations. J Pediatr Adolesc Gynecol. 2021 Dec; 34: 773-779.

                


                  Ahmad H, Levitt MA, Yacob D, Halleran DR, Gasior AC, Di Lorenzo C, Wood RJ, Langer JC. Evaluation and Management of Persistent Problems After Surgery for Hirschsprung Disease in a Child. Curr Gastroenterol Rep. 2021 Oct 11; 23: 18.

                


                  Zann A, Sebastiao Y, Ching CC, Fuchs M, Jayanthi VR, Wood RJ, Levitt MA, DaJusta D. Split appendix Mitrofanoffs have higher risk of complication than intact appendix or monti channels. J Pediatr Urol. 2021 Oct; 17: 700.e1-700.e6.

                


                  Loftus CJ, Ahn J, Rice-Townsend S, Avansino J, Schmidt J, Hagedorn JC, Wood R, Shnorhavorian M, Fuchs MD, McCracken KA, Hewitt G, Amies-Oelschlager AE, Merguerian P, Smith CA. Experiences and attitudes of young adults with congenital bowel and bladder conditions. J Pediatr Urol. 2021 Oct; 17: 701.e1-701.e8.

                


                  Wood RJ, Vilanova-Sanchez A, El-Gohary Y, Ahmad H, Halleran DR, Reck-Burneo CA, Rentea R, Sebastiao Y, Nash O, Booth K, Trimble C, Zahora P, Baxter C, Driesbach S, Halaweish I, Gasior AC, Levitt MA. One-year impact of a bowel management program in treating fecal incontinence in patients with anorectal malformations. J Pediatr Surg. 2021 Oct; 56: 1689-1693.

                


                  Ahn JJ, Rice-Townsend SE, Nicassio L, Glazer D, Avansino JR, Lewis KE, Durham MM, Frischer J, Calkins CM, Rentea RM, Ralls M, Fuller M, Wood RJ, Rollins MD, Lee J, Reeder RW, Dickie BH, Saadai P, Cain MP, Merguerian P, Smith CA, Pediatric Colorectal and Pelvic Learning Consortium (PCPLC).. Urinary continence disparities in patients with anorectal malformations. J Pediatr Surg. 2021 Sep 21;  

                


                  Knaus ME, Ahmad H, Metzger GA, Beyene TJ, Thomas JL, Weaver LJ, Gasior AC, Wood RJ, Halaweish I. Outcomes of a telemedicine bowel management program during COVID-19. J Pediatr Surg. 2021 Sep 20;  

                


                  Ahmad H, Halleran DR, Stanek JR, Thompson BP, Bates DG, Rusin JA, Minneci PC, Levitt MA, Wood RJ. Correlation between the lateral and anteroposterior sacral ratios in anorectal malformations. Pediatr Radiol. 2021 Sep; 51: 1867-1872.

                


                  Kastenberg ZJ, Taylor MA, Durham MM, Calkins CM, Rentea RM, Wood RJ, Avansino JR, Levitt MA, van Leeuwen KD, Lewis KE, Reeder RW, Rollins MD. Perioperative and long-term functional outcomes of neonatal versus delayed primary endorectal pull-through for children with Hirschsprung disease: A pediatric colorectal and pelvic learning consortium study. J Pediatr Surg. 2021 Aug; 56: 1465-1469.

                


                  Marenco CW, Rice-Townsend S, Rollins M, Wood RJ, Calkins C, Smith C, Durham MM, Rentea RM, Ralls M, Van Leeuwen K, Reeder RW, Avansino J, PCPLC.. 30-day postoperative outcomes of neonatal versus delayed anoplasty for perineal and vestibular fistulas. J Pediatr Surg. 2021 Aug; 56: 1454-1458.

                


                  Ahmad H, Skeritt C, Halleran DR, Rentea RM, Reck-Burneo CA, Vilanova-Sanchez A, Weaver L, Langer JC, Diefenbach KA, Gasior AC, Levitt MA, Wood RJ. Are routine postoperative dilations necessary after primary posterior sagittal anorectoplasty? A randomized controlled trial. J Pediatr Surg. 2021 Aug; 56: 1449-1453.

                


                  Wood RJ, Halleran DR, Ahmad H, Vilanova-Sanchez A, Rentea RM, Stallings P, Ganesh N, Gasior A, Levitt MA. Assessing the benefit of reoperations in patients who suffer from fecal incontinence after repair of their anorectal malformation. J Pediatr Surg. 2020 Jun 17;  

                


                  Ahmad H, Halleran DR, Maloof E, Baek J, Gasior AC, Langer JC, Levitt MA, Wood RJ. Redo posterior sagittal anorectoplasty for lateral mislocation in patients with anorectal malformations. J Pediatr Surg. 2020 Jun 1;  

                


                  Halleran DR, Smith CA, Fuller MK, Durhm MM, Dickie B, Avansino JR, Tirrell TF, Vandewalle R, Reeder R, Drake KR, Bates DG, Rollins MD, Levitt MA, Wood RJ, Pediatric Colorectal and Pelvic Learning Consortium.. Measure twice and cut once: Comparing endoscopy and 3D cloacagram for the common channel and urethral measurements in patients with cloacal malformations. J Pediatr Surg. 2020 Feb; 55: 257-260.

                


                  Vilanova-Sanchez A, Halleran DR, Reck CA, McCracken K, Hewitt G, Gasior AC, Weaver L, Ahmad H, Akers A, Jaggers J, Rentea RM, Levitt MA, Wood RJ. Factors predicting the need for vaginal replacement at the time of primary reconstruction of a cloacal malformation. J Pediatr Surg. 2020 Jan; 55: 71-74.

                


                  Halleran DR, Ahmad H, Maloof E, Paradiso M, Lehmkuhl H, Minneci PC, Levitt MA, Wood RJ. Does Hirschsprung-Associated Enterocolitis Differ in Children With and Without Down Syndrome? J Surg Res. 2020 Jan; 245: 564-568.

                


                  Halleran DR, Lu PL, Ahmad H, Paradiso MM, Lehmkuhl H, Akers A, Hallagan A, Bali N, Vaz K, Yacob D, Di Lorenzo C, Levitt MA, Wood RJ. Anal sphincter botulinum toxin injection in children with functional anorectal and colonic disorders: A large institutional study and review of the literature focusing on complications. J Pediatr Surg. 2019 Nov; 54: 2305-2310.

                


                  Sanchez AV, Ivanov M, Halleran DR, Wagner A, Reck-Burneo CA, Ruth B, FIsher M, Ahmad H, Weaver L, Nash O, Buker D, Rentea RM, Hoover E, Maloof T, Wood RJ, Levitt MA. Total Colonic Hirschsprung's Disease: The Hypermotility and Skin Rash Protocol. Eur J Pediatr Surg. 2019 Aug 20;  

                


                  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.

                


                  Halleran DR, Ahmad H, Bates DG, Vilanova-Sanchez A, Wood RJ, Levitt MA. A call to ARMs: Accurate identification of the anatomy of the rectourethral fistula in anorectal malformations. J Pediatr Surg. 2019 Apr 26;  

                


                  Reck-Burneo CA, Lane V, Bates DG, Hogan M, Thompson B, Gasior A, Weaver L, Dingemans AJM, Maloof T, Hoover E, Gagnon R, Wood R, Levitt M. The use of rotational fluoroscopy and 3-D reconstruction in the diagnosis and surgical planning for complex cloacal malformations. J Pediatr Surg. 2019 Apr 4;  

                


                  Halleran DR, Lane VA, Leonhart KL, Fischer B, Sebastiao Y, Chisolm DJ, Levitt MA, Wood RJ, Minneci PC, Deans KJ. Development of a Patient Reported Experience and Outcomes Measure in Pediatric Patients Undergoing Bowel Management for Constipation and Fecal Incontinence. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2019 Mar 26;  

                


                  Halleran DR, Thompson B, Fuchs M, Vilanova-Sanchez A, Rentea RM, Bates DG, McCracken K, Hewitt G, Ching C, DaJusta D, Levitt MA, Wood RJ. Urethral length in female infants and its relevance in the repair of cloaca. J Pediatr Surg. 2019 Feb; 54: 303-306.

                


                  Rentea RM, Halleran DR, Vilanova-Sanchez A, Lane VA, Reck CA, Weaver L, Booth K, DaJusta D, Ching C, Fuchs ME, Jayanthi RR, Levitt MA, Wood RJ. Diagnosis and management of a remnant of the original fistula (ROOF) in males following surgery for anorectal malformations. J Pediatr Surg. 2019 Feb 28;  

                


                  Halleran DR, Vilanova-Sanchez A, Rentea RM, Vriesman MH, Maloof T, Lu PL, Onwuka A, Weaver L, Vaz KK, Yacob D, Di Lorenzo C, Levitt MA, Wood RJ. A comparison of Malone appendicostomy and cecostomy for antegrade access as adjuncts to a bowel management program for patients with functional constipation or fecal incontinence. J Pediatr Surg. 2019 Jan; 54: 123-128.

                


                  Wood RJ, Reck-Burneo CA, Levitt MA. Cloacal Malformations: Technical Aspects of the Reconstruction and Factors Which Predict Surgical Complexity. Front Pediatr. 2019; 7: 240.

                


                  Ahmad H, Halleran DR, Dajusta D, McCracken K, Levitt MA, Wood RJ. Imperforate Anus and Rectourethral Fistula in a Female. European J Pediatr Surg Rep. 2019 Jan; 7: e36-e38.

                


                  Kapur RP, Arnold MA, Conces MR, Ambartsumyan L, Avansino J, Levitt M, Wood R, Mast KJ. Remodeling of Rectal Innervation After Pullthrough Surgery for Hirschsprung Disease: Relevance to Criteria for the Determination of Retained Transition Zone. Pediatr Dev Pathol. 2018 Dec 12;  1093526618817658.

                


                  Vilanova-Sanchez A, McCracken K, Halleran DR, Wood RJ, Reck-Burneo CA, Levitt MA, Hewitt G. Obstetrical outcomes in adult patients born with complex anorectal malformations and cloacal anomalies: a literature review. J Pediatr Adolesc Gynecol. 2018 Oct 24;  

                


                  Halleran DR, Sanchez AV, Rentea RM, Ahmad H, Weaver L, Reck C, Gasior AC, Levitt MA, Wood RJ. Assessment of the Heineke-Mikulicz anoplasty for skin level postoperative anal strictures and congenital anal stenosis. J Pediatr Surg. 2018 Oct 5;  

                


                  Gasior AC, Reck C, Lane V, Wood RJ, Patterson J, Strouse R, Lin S, Cooper J, Gregory Bates D, Levitt MA. Transcending Dimensions: a Comparative Analysis of Cloaca Imaging in Advancing the Surgeon's Understanding of Complex Anatomy. J Digit Imaging. 2018 Oct 22;  

                


                  Halleran DR, Ahmad H, Ching C, Gorra A, McCracken K, Wood RJ, Levitt MA. Acquired Urethrovaginal Fistula and Urethral Atresia in a Patient with a Sacrococcygeal Teratoma. J Pediatr Surg. 2018 Sep 22;  

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Dr. Wood’s research interests focus on clinical colorectal and outcomes research. He is also the chairperson of the Steering Committee of the Pediatric Colorectal and Pelvic Learning Consortium (PCPLC), an international consortium of surgeons performing multi-center research in this field.

                  Liaqat N, Wood R, Fuchs M. Hypospadias and anorectal malformation: A difficult combination. J Pediatr Surg. 2022 Oct 21;  

                


                  Smith CA, Kwon EG, Nicassio L, Glazer D, Avansino J, Durham MM, Frischer J, Calkins C, Rentea RM, Ralls M, Saadai P, Badillo A, Fuller M, Wood RJ, Rollins MD, Van Leeuwen K, Reeder RW, Lewis KE, Rice-Townsend SE, Pediatric Colorectal and Pelvic Learning Consortium (PCPLC).. Fecal continence disparities in patients with idiopathic constipation treated at referral institutions for pediatric colorectal surgery. J Pediatr Surg. 2022 Sep 26;  

                


                  Knaus ME, Pendola G, Srinivas S, Wood RJ, Halaweish I. Social determinants of health and Hirschsprung-associated enterocolitis. J Pediatr Surg. 2022 Sep 30;  

                


                  Knaus ME, Ahmad H, Bourgeois T, Dajusta DG, Wood RJ, Fuchs ME. Improvement in bladder function in children with functional constipation after a bowel management program. Pediatr Surg Int. 2022 Aug 5;  

                


                  Baaleman DF, Hallagan A, Halleran DR, Orsagh-Yentis DK, Levitt MA, Wood RJ, Benninga MA, Bali N, Vaz KH, Yacob D, Di Lorenzo C, Lu PL. Anal Botulinum Toxin in Children with Hirschsprung Disease and Functional Constipation: A Prospective Cohort study. Eur J Pediatr Surg. 2022 Jul 19;  

                


                  Seidler GR, Knaus ME, Beyene TJ, Ahmad H, Lu PL, Gasior AC, Halaweish I, Wood RJ. Impact of Neurodevelopmental Disorders on Bowel Management Outcomes in Children with Functional Constipation. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2022 Jun 10;  

                


                  Ahmad H, Wood RJ, Avansino JR, Calkins CM, Dickie BH, Durham MM, Frischer J, Fuller M, Ralls M, Reeder RW, Rentea RM, Rollins MD, Saadai P, Oelschlager AEA, Breech LL, Hewitt GD, Kluivers K, van Leeuwen KD, McCracken KA. Does presence of a VACTERL anomaly predict an associated gynecologic anomaly in females with anorectal malformations?: A pediatric colorectal and pelvic learning consortium study. J Pediatr Surg. 2022 Jun 23;  

                


                  Short SS, Reeder RW, Lewis KE, Dickie B, Grabowski J, Sepuha T, Durham MM, Frischer J, Badillo A, Calkins CM, Rentea RM, Ralls M, Wood RJ, Fuller MK, van Leeuwen K, Avansino JR, Austin K, Rollins MD. The presence of a neurodiverse disorder is associated with increased use of antegrade enema therapy in children with severe constipation: A study from the Pediatric Colorectal and Pelvic Learning Consortium (PCPLC). J Pediatr Surg. 2022 Apr 25;  

                


                  Knaus ME, Beyene TJ, Thomas JL, Maloof ER, Jimenez ALN, Halaweish I, Wood RJ, Gasior AC. Pilot study of an adult bowel management program for fecal incontinence. J Pediatr Surg. 2022 Apr 22;  

                


                  Ahmad H, Knaus ME, Minneci PC, Wood RJ, Gasior AC. Transition of Care Barriers in Pediatric Patients with Anorectal Malformation. Dis Colon Rectum. 2022 Apr 27;  

                


                  Knaus ME, Lu PL, Lu A, Maloof ER, Ma J, Benedict J, Wood RJ, Halaweish I. Antegrade continence enemas in children with functional constipation and dyssynergic defecation: Go or no go? J Pediatr Surg. 2022 Apr 23;  

                


                  Wood RJ, Garrison AP. Total Colonic Aganglionosis in Hirschsprung disease. Semin Pediatr Surg. 2022 Apr; 31: 151165.

                


                  Svetanoff WJ, Lim-Beutal IIP, Wood RJ, Levitt MA, Rentea RM. The utilization of botulinum toxin for Hirschsprung disease. Semin Pediatr Surg. 2022 Apr; 31: 151161.

                


                  Ahmad H, Yacob D, Halleran DR, Gasior AC, Lorenzo CD, Wood RJ, Langer JC, Levitt MA. Evaluation and treatment of the post pull-through Hirschsprung patient who is not doing well; Update for 2022. Semin Pediatr Surg. 2022 Apr; 31: 151164.

                


                  Knaus ME, Kersey K, Ahmad H, Weaver L, Thomas JL, Metzger GA, Wood RJ, Gasior AC. Both sides of the screen: Provider and patient perspective on telemedicine in pediatric surgery. J Pediatr Surg. 2022 Mar 25;  

                


                  Rice-Townsend SE, Nicassio L, Glazer D, Avansino J, Durham MM, Calkins CM, Rentea RM, Ralls MW, Wood RJ, Rollins MD, Garvey EM, Lewis KE, Reeder R, Smith CA, Pediatric Colorectal and Pelvic Learning Consortium (PCPLC).. Characterizing the use of botulinum toxin in patients with Hirschsprung disease treated at referral institutions for pediatric colorectal surgery. J Pediatr Surg. 2022 Feb 13;  

                


                  Halleran DR, Coyle D, Kulaylat AN, Ahmad H, Langer JC, Gasior AC, Diefenbach KA, Wood RJ, Levitt MA. The cutback revisited - The posterior rectal advancement anoplasty for certain anorectal malformations with rectoperineal fistula. J Pediatr Surg. 2021 Dec 17;  

                


                  Ahmad H, Rentea RM, Knaus ME, Wilbur JG, Halaweish I, Langer JC, Levitt MA, Wood RJ. Routine botulinum toxin injection one month after a Swenson pull-through does not change the incidence of Hirschsprung associated enterocolitis. J Pediatr Surg. 2021 Dec 9;  

                


                  Versteegh HP, Gardner DS, Scriven L, Martens L, Kluivers K, Hewitt G, de Blaauw I, Wood RJ, Williams A, Sutcliffe J, MICRO Group.. Reconsidering Diagnosis, Treatment, and Postoperative Care in Children with Cloacal Malformations. J Pediatr Adolesc Gynecol. 2021 Dec; 34: 773-779.

                


                  Ahmad H, Levitt MA, Yacob D, Halleran DR, Gasior AC, Di Lorenzo C, Wood RJ, Langer JC. Evaluation and Management of Persistent Problems After Surgery for Hirschsprung Disease in a Child. Curr Gastroenterol Rep. 2021 Oct 11; 23: 18.

                


                  Zann A, Sebastiao Y, Ching CC, Fuchs M, Jayanthi VR, Wood RJ, Levitt MA, DaJusta D. Split appendix Mitrofanoffs have higher risk of complication than intact appendix or monti channels. J Pediatr Urol. 2021 Oct; 17: 700.e1-700.e6.

                


                  Loftus CJ, Ahn J, Rice-Townsend S, Avansino J, Schmidt J, Hagedorn JC, Wood R, Shnorhavorian M, Fuchs MD, McCracken KA, Hewitt G, Amies-Oelschlager AE, Merguerian P, Smith CA. Experiences and attitudes of young adults with congenital bowel and bladder conditions. J Pediatr Urol. 2021 Oct; 17: 701.e1-701.e8.

                


                  Wood RJ, Vilanova-Sanchez A, El-Gohary Y, Ahmad H, Halleran DR, Reck-Burneo CA, Rentea R, Sebastiao Y, Nash O, Booth K, Trimble C, Zahora P, Baxter C, Driesbach S, Halaweish I, Gasior AC, Levitt MA. One-year impact of a bowel management program in treating fecal incontinence in patients with anorectal malformations. J Pediatr Surg. 2021 Oct; 56: 1689-1693.

                


                  Ahn JJ, Rice-Townsend SE, Nicassio L, Glazer D, Avansino JR, Lewis KE, Durham MM, Frischer J, Calkins CM, Rentea RM, Ralls M, Fuller M, Wood RJ, Rollins MD, Lee J, Reeder RW, Dickie BH, Saadai P, Cain MP, Merguerian P, Smith CA, Pediatric Colorectal and Pelvic Learning Consortium (PCPLC).. Urinary continence disparities in patients with anorectal malformations. J Pediatr Surg. 2021 Sep 21;  

                


                  Knaus ME, Ahmad H, Metzger GA, Beyene TJ, Thomas JL, Weaver LJ, Gasior AC, Wood RJ, Halaweish I. Outcomes of a telemedicine bowel management program during COVID-19. J Pediatr Surg. 2021 Sep 20;  

                


                  Ahmad H, Halleran DR, Stanek JR, Thompson BP, Bates DG, Rusin JA, Minneci PC, Levitt MA, Wood RJ. Correlation between the lateral and anteroposterior sacral ratios in anorectal malformations. Pediatr Radiol. 2021 Sep; 51: 1867-1872.

                


                  Kastenberg ZJ, Taylor MA, Durham MM, Calkins CM, Rentea RM, Wood RJ, Avansino JR, Levitt MA, van Leeuwen KD, Lewis KE, Reeder RW, Rollins MD. Perioperative and long-term functional outcomes of neonatal versus delayed primary endorectal pull-through for children with Hirschsprung disease: A pediatric colorectal and pelvic learning consortium study. J Pediatr Surg. 2021 Aug; 56: 1465-1469.

                


                  Marenco CW, Rice-Townsend S, Rollins M, Wood RJ, Calkins C, Smith C, Durham MM, Rentea RM, Ralls M, Van Leeuwen K, Reeder RW, Avansino J, PCPLC.. 30-day postoperative outcomes of neonatal versus delayed anoplasty for perineal and vestibular fistulas. J Pediatr Surg. 2021 Aug; 56: 1454-1458.

                


                  Ahmad H, Skeritt C, Halleran DR, Rentea RM, Reck-Burneo CA, Vilanova-Sanchez A, Weaver L, Langer JC, Diefenbach KA, Gasior AC, Levitt MA, Wood RJ. Are routine postoperative dilations necessary after primary posterior sagittal anorectoplasty? A randomized controlled trial. J Pediatr Surg. 2021 Aug; 56: 1449-1453.

                


                  Wood RJ, Halleran DR, Ahmad H, Vilanova-Sanchez A, Rentea RM, Stallings P, Ganesh N, Gasior A, Levitt MA. Assessing the benefit of reoperations in patients who suffer from fecal incontinence after repair of their anorectal malformation. J Pediatr Surg. 2020 Jun 17;  

                


                  Ahmad H, Halleran DR, Maloof E, Baek J, Gasior AC, Langer JC, Levitt MA, Wood RJ. Redo posterior sagittal anorectoplasty for lateral mislocation in patients with anorectal malformations. J Pediatr Surg. 2020 Jun 1;  

                


                  Halleran DR, Smith CA, Fuller MK, Durhm MM, Dickie B, Avansino JR, Tirrell TF, Vandewalle R, Reeder R, Drake KR, Bates DG, Rollins MD, Levitt MA, Wood RJ, Pediatric Colorectal and Pelvic Learning Consortium.. Measure twice and cut once: Comparing endoscopy and 3D cloacagram for the common channel and urethral measurements in patients with cloacal malformations. J Pediatr Surg. 2020 Feb; 55: 257-260.

                


                  Vilanova-Sanchez A, Halleran DR, Reck CA, McCracken K, Hewitt G, Gasior AC, Weaver L, Ahmad H, Akers A, Jaggers J, Rentea RM, Levitt MA, Wood RJ. Factors predicting the need for vaginal replacement at the time of primary reconstruction of a cloacal malformation. J Pediatr Surg. 2020 Jan; 55: 71-74.

                


                  Halleran DR, Ahmad H, Maloof E, Paradiso M, Lehmkuhl H, Minneci PC, Levitt MA, Wood RJ. Does Hirschsprung-Associated Enterocolitis Differ in Children With and Without Down Syndrome? J Surg Res. 2020 Jan; 245: 564-568.

                


                  Halleran DR, Lu PL, Ahmad H, Paradiso MM, Lehmkuhl H, Akers A, Hallagan A, Bali N, Vaz K, Yacob D, Di Lorenzo C, Levitt MA, Wood RJ. Anal sphincter botulinum toxin injection in children with functional anorectal and colonic disorders: A large institutional study and review of the literature focusing on complications. J Pediatr Surg. 2019 Nov; 54: 2305-2310.

                


                  Sanchez AV, Ivanov M, Halleran DR, Wagner A, Reck-Burneo CA, Ruth B, FIsher M, Ahmad H, Weaver L, Nash O, Buker D, Rentea RM, Hoover E, Maloof T, Wood RJ, Levitt MA. Total Colonic Hirschsprung's Disease: The Hypermotility and Skin Rash Protocol. Eur J Pediatr Surg. 2019 Aug 20;  

                


                  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.

                


                  Halleran DR, Ahmad H, Bates DG, Vilanova-Sanchez A, Wood RJ, Levitt MA. A call to ARMs: Accurate identification of the anatomy of the rectourethral fistula in anorectal malformations. J Pediatr Surg. 2019 Apr 26;  

                


                  Reck-Burneo CA, Lane V, Bates DG, Hogan M, Thompson B, Gasior A, Weaver L, Dingemans AJM, Maloof T, Hoover E, Gagnon R, Wood R, Levitt M. The use of rotational fluoroscopy and 3-D reconstruction in the diagnosis and surgical planning for complex cloacal malformations. J Pediatr Surg. 2019 Apr 4;  

                


                  Halleran DR, Lane VA, Leonhart KL, Fischer B, Sebastiao Y, Chisolm DJ, Levitt MA, Wood RJ, Minneci PC, Deans KJ. Development of a Patient Reported Experience and Outcomes Measure in Pediatric Patients Undergoing Bowel Management for Constipation and Fecal Incontinence. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2019 Mar 26;  

                


                  Halleran DR, Thompson B, Fuchs M, Vilanova-Sanchez A, Rentea RM, Bates DG, McCracken K, Hewitt G, Ching C, DaJusta D, Levitt MA, Wood RJ. Urethral length in female infants and its relevance in the repair of cloaca. J Pediatr Surg. 2019 Feb; 54: 303-306.

                


                  Rentea RM, Halleran DR, Vilanova-Sanchez A, Lane VA, Reck CA, Weaver L, Booth K, DaJusta D, Ching C, Fuchs ME, Jayanthi RR, Levitt MA, Wood RJ. Diagnosis and management of a remnant of the original fistula (ROOF) in males following surgery for anorectal malformations. J Pediatr Surg. 2019 Feb 28;  

                


                  Halleran DR, Vilanova-Sanchez A, Rentea RM, Vriesman MH, Maloof T, Lu PL, Onwuka A, Weaver L, Vaz KK, Yacob D, Di Lorenzo C, Levitt MA, Wood RJ. A comparison of Malone appendicostomy and cecostomy for antegrade access as adjuncts to a bowel management program for patients with functional constipation or fecal incontinence. J Pediatr Surg. 2019 Jan; 54: 123-128.

                


                  Wood RJ, Reck-Burneo CA, Levitt MA. Cloacal Malformations: Technical Aspects of the Reconstruction and Factors Which Predict Surgical Complexity. Front Pediatr. 2019; 7: 240.

                


                  Ahmad H, Halleran DR, Dajusta D, McCracken K, Levitt MA, Wood RJ. Imperforate Anus and Rectourethral Fistula in a Female. European J Pediatr Surg Rep. 2019 Jan; 7: e36-e38.

                


                  Kapur RP, Arnold MA, Conces MR, Ambartsumyan L, Avansino J, Levitt M, Wood R, Mast KJ. Remodeling of Rectal Innervation After Pullthrough Surgery for Hirschsprung Disease: Relevance to Criteria for the Determination of Retained Transition Zone. Pediatr Dev Pathol. 2018 Dec 12;  1093526618817658.

                


                  Vilanova-Sanchez A, McCracken K, Halleran DR, Wood RJ, Reck-Burneo CA, Levitt MA, Hewitt G. Obstetrical outcomes in adult patients born with complex anorectal malformations and cloacal anomalies: a literature review. J Pediatr Adolesc Gynecol. 2018 Oct 24;  

                


                  Halleran DR, Sanchez AV, Rentea RM, Ahmad H, Weaver L, Reck C, Gasior AC, Levitt MA, Wood RJ. Assessment of the Heineke-Mikulicz anoplasty for skin level postoperative anal strictures and congenital anal stenosis. J Pediatr Surg. 2018 Oct 5;  

                


                  Gasior AC, Reck C, Lane V, Wood RJ, Patterson J, Strouse R, Lin S, Cooper J, Gregory Bates D, Levitt MA. Transcending Dimensions: a Comparative Analysis of Cloaca Imaging in Advancing the Surgeon's Understanding of Complex Anatomy. J Digit Imaging. 2018 Oct 22;  

                


                  Halleran DR, Ahmad H, Ching C, Gorra A, McCracken K, Wood RJ, Levitt MA. Acquired Urethrovaginal Fistula and Urethral Atresia in a Patient with a Sacrococcygeal Teratoma. J Pediatr Surg. 2018 Sep 22;  

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• Liaqat N, Wood R, Fuchs M. Hypospadias and anorectal malformation: A difficult combination. J Pediatr Surg. 2022 Oct 21;
• Smith CA, Kwon EG, Nicassio L, Glazer D, Avansino J, Durham MM, Frischer J, Calkins C, Rentea RM, Ralls M, Saadai P, Badillo A, Fuller M, Wood RJ, Rollins MD, Van Leeuwen K, Reeder RW, Lewis KE, Rice-Townsend SE, Pediatric Colorectal and Pelvic Learning Consortium (PCPLC).. Fecal continence disparities in patients with idiopathic constipation treated at referral institutions for pediatric colorectal surgery. J Pediatr Surg. 2022 Sep 26;
• Knaus ME, Pendola G, Srinivas S, Wood RJ, Halaweish I. Social determinants of health and Hirschsprung-associated enterocolitis. J Pediatr Surg. 2022 Sep 30;
• Knaus ME, Ahmad H, Bourgeois T, Dajusta DG, Wood RJ, Fuchs ME. Improvement in bladder function in children with functional constipation after a bowel management program. Pediatr Surg Int. 2022 Aug 5;
• Baaleman DF, Hallagan A, Halleran DR, Orsagh-Yentis DK, Levitt MA, Wood RJ, Benninga MA, Bali N, Vaz KH, Yacob D, Di Lorenzo C, Lu PL. Anal Botulinum Toxin in Children with Hirschsprung Disease and Functional Constipation: A Prospective Cohort study. Eur J Pediatr Surg. 2022 Jul 19;
• Seidler GR, Knaus ME, Beyene TJ, Ahmad H, Lu PL, Gasior AC, Halaweish I, Wood RJ. Impact of Neurodevelopmental Disorders on Bowel Management Outcomes in Children with Functional Constipation. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2022 Jun 10;
• Ahmad H, Wood RJ, Avansino JR, Calkins CM, Dickie BH, Durham MM, Frischer J, Fuller M, Ralls M, Reeder RW, Rentea RM, Rollins MD, Saadai P, Oelschlager AEA, Breech LL, Hewitt GD, Kluivers K, van Leeuwen KD, McCracken KA. Does presence of a VACTERL anomaly predict an associated gynecologic anomaly in females with anorectal malformations?: A pediatric colorectal and pelvic learning consortium study. J Pediatr Surg. 2022 Jun 23;
• Short SS, Reeder RW, Lewis KE, Dickie B, Grabowski J, Sepuha T, Durham MM, Frischer J, Badillo A, Calkins CM, Rentea RM, Ralls M, Wood RJ, Fuller MK, van Leeuwen K, Avansino JR, Austin K, Rollins MD. The presence of a neurodiverse disorder is associated with increased use of antegrade enema therapy in children with severe constipation: A study from the Pediatric Colorectal and Pelvic Learning Consortium (PCPLC). J Pediatr Surg. 2022 Apr 25;
• Knaus ME, Beyene TJ, Thomas JL, Maloof ER, Jimenez ALN, Halaweish I, Wood RJ, Gasior AC. Pilot study of an adult bowel management program for fecal incontinence. J Pediatr Surg. 2022 Apr 22;
• Ahmad H, Knaus ME, Minneci PC, Wood RJ, Gasior AC. Transition of Care Barriers in Pediatric Patients with Anorectal Malformation. Dis Colon Rectum. 2022 Apr 27;
• Knaus ME, Lu PL, Lu A, Maloof ER, Ma J, Benedict J, Wood RJ, Halaweish I. Antegrade continence enemas in children with functional constipation and dyssynergic defecation: Go or no go? J Pediatr Surg. 2022 Apr 23;
• Wood RJ, Garrison AP. Total Colonic Aganglionosis in Hirschsprung disease. Semin Pediatr Surg. 2022 Apr; 31: 151165.
• Svetanoff WJ, Lim-Beutal IIP, Wood RJ, Levitt MA, Rentea RM. The utilization of botulinum toxin for Hirschsprung disease. Semin Pediatr Surg. 2022 Apr; 31: 151161.
• Ahmad H, Yacob D, Halleran DR, Gasior AC, Lorenzo CD, Wood RJ, Langer JC, Levitt MA. Evaluation and treatment of the post pull-through Hirschsprung patient who is not doing well; Update for 2022. Semin Pediatr Surg. 2022 Apr; 31: 151164.
• Knaus ME, Kersey K, Ahmad H, Weaver L, Thomas JL, Metzger GA, Wood RJ, Gasior AC. Both sides of the screen: Provider and patient perspective on telemedicine in pediatric surgery. J Pediatr Surg. 2022 Mar 25;
• Rice-Townsend SE, Nicassio L, Glazer D, Avansino J, Durham MM, Calkins CM, Rentea RM, Ralls MW, Wood RJ, Rollins MD, Garvey EM, Lewis KE, Reeder R, Smith CA, Pediatric Colorectal and Pelvic Learning Consortium (PCPLC).. Characterizing the use of botulinum toxin in patients with Hirschsprung disease treated at referral institutions for pediatric colorectal surgery. J Pediatr Surg. 2022 Feb 13;
• Halleran DR, Coyle D, Kulaylat AN, Ahmad H, Langer JC, Gasior AC, Diefenbach KA, Wood RJ, Levitt MA. The cutback revisited - The posterior rectal advancement anoplasty for certain anorectal malformations with rectoperineal fistula. J Pediatr Surg. 2021 Dec 17;
• Ahmad H, Rentea RM, Knaus ME, Wilbur JG, Halaweish I, Langer JC, Levitt MA, Wood RJ. Routine botulinum toxin injection one month after a Swenson pull-through does not change the incidence of Hirschsprung associated enterocolitis. J Pediatr Surg. 2021 Dec 9;
• Versteegh HP, Gardner DS, Scriven L, Martens L, Kluivers K, Hewitt G, de Blaauw I, Wood RJ, Williams A, Sutcliffe J, MICRO Group.. Reconsidering Diagnosis, Treatment, and Postoperative Care in Children with Cloacal Malformations. J Pediatr Adolesc Gynecol. 2021 Dec; 34: 773-779.
• Ahmad H, Levitt MA, Yacob D, Halleran DR, Gasior AC, Di Lorenzo C, Wood RJ, Langer JC. Evaluation and Management of Persistent Problems After Surgery for Hirschsprung Disease in a Child. Curr Gastroenterol Rep. 2021 Oct 11; 23: 18.
• Zann A, Sebastiao Y, Ching CC, Fuchs M, Jayanthi VR, Wood RJ, Levitt MA, DaJusta D. Split appendix Mitrofanoffs have higher risk of complication than intact appendix or monti channels. J Pediatr Urol. 2021 Oct; 17: 700.e1-700.e6.
• Loftus CJ, Ahn J, Rice-Townsend S, Avansino J, Schmidt J, Hagedorn JC, Wood R, Shnorhavorian M, Fuchs MD, McCracken KA, Hewitt G, Amies-Oelschlager AE, Merguerian P, Smith CA. Experiences and attitudes of young adults with congenital bowel and bladder conditions. J Pediatr Urol. 2021 Oct; 17: 701.e1-701.e8.
• Wood RJ, Vilanova-Sanchez A, El-Gohary Y, Ahmad H, Halleran DR, Reck-Burneo CA, Rentea R, Sebastiao Y, Nash O, Booth K, Trimble C, Zahora P, Baxter C, Driesbach S, Halaweish I, Gasior AC, Levitt MA. One-year impact of a bowel management program in treating fecal incontinence in patients with anorectal malformations. J Pediatr Surg. 2021 Oct; 56: 1689-1693.
• Ahn JJ, Rice-Townsend SE, Nicassio L, Glazer D, Avansino JR, Lewis KE, Durham MM, Frischer J, Calkins CM, Rentea RM, Ralls M, Fuller M, Wood RJ, Rollins MD, Lee J, Reeder RW, Dickie BH, Saadai P, Cain MP, Merguerian P, Smith CA, Pediatric Colorectal and Pelvic Learning Consortium (PCPLC).. Urinary continence disparities in patients with anorectal malformations. J Pediatr Surg. 2021 Sep 21;
• Knaus ME, Ahmad H, Metzger GA, Beyene TJ, Thomas JL, Weaver LJ, Gasior AC, Wood RJ, Halaweish I. Outcomes of a telemedicine bowel management program during COVID-19. J Pediatr Surg. 2021 Sep 20;
• Ahmad H, Halleran DR, Stanek JR, Thompson BP, Bates DG, Rusin JA, Minneci PC, Levitt MA, Wood RJ. Correlation between the lateral and anteroposterior sacral ratios in anorectal malformations. Pediatr Radiol. 2021 Sep; 51: 1867-1872.
• Kastenberg ZJ, Taylor MA, Durham MM, Calkins CM, Rentea RM, Wood RJ, Avansino JR, Levitt MA, van Leeuwen KD, Lewis KE, Reeder RW, Rollins MD. Perioperative and long-term functional outcomes of neonatal versus delayed primary endorectal pull-through for children with Hirschsprung disease: A pediatric colorectal and pelvic learning consortium study. J Pediatr Surg. 2021 Aug; 56: 1465-1469.
• Marenco CW, Rice-Townsend S, Rollins M, Wood RJ, Calkins C, Smith C, Durham MM, Rentea RM, Ralls M, Van Leeuwen K, Reeder RW, Avansino J, PCPLC.. 30-day postoperative outcomes of neonatal versus delayed anoplasty for perineal and vestibular fistulas. J Pediatr Surg. 2021 Aug; 56: 1454-1458.
• Ahmad H, Skeritt C, Halleran DR, Rentea RM, Reck-Burneo CA, Vilanova-Sanchez A, Weaver L, Langer JC, Diefenbach KA, Gasior AC, Levitt MA, Wood RJ. Are routine postoperative dilations necessary after primary posterior sagittal anorectoplasty? A randomized controlled trial. J Pediatr Surg. 2021 Aug; 56: 1449-1453.
• Wood RJ, Halleran DR, Ahmad H, Vilanova-Sanchez A, Rentea RM, Stallings P, Ganesh N, Gasior A, Levitt MA. Assessing the benefit of reoperations in patients who suffer from fecal incontinence after repair of their anorectal malformation. J Pediatr Surg. 2020 Jun 17;
• Ahmad H, Halleran DR, Maloof E, Baek J, Gasior AC, Langer JC, Levitt MA, Wood RJ. Redo posterior sagittal anorectoplasty for lateral mislocation in patients with anorectal malformations. J Pediatr Surg. 2020 Jun 1;
• Halleran DR, Smith CA, Fuller MK, Durhm MM, Dickie B, Avansino JR, Tirrell TF, Vandewalle R, Reeder R, Drake KR, Bates DG, Rollins MD, Levitt MA, Wood RJ, Pediatric Colorectal and Pelvic Learning Consortium.. Measure twice and cut once: Comparing endoscopy and 3D cloacagram for the common channel and urethral measurements in patients with cloacal malformations. J Pediatr Surg. 2020 Feb; 55: 257-260.
• Vilanova-Sanchez A, Halleran DR, Reck CA, McCracken K, Hewitt G, Gasior AC, Weaver L, Ahmad H, Akers A, Jaggers J, Rentea RM, Levitt MA, Wood RJ. Factors predicting the need for vaginal replacement at the time of primary reconstruction of a cloacal malformation. J Pediatr Surg. 2020 Jan; 55: 71-74.
• Halleran DR, Ahmad H, Maloof E, Paradiso M, Lehmkuhl H, Minneci PC, Levitt MA, Wood RJ. Does Hirschsprung-Associated Enterocolitis Differ in Children With and Without Down Syndrome? J Surg Res. 2020 Jan; 245: 564-568.
• Halleran DR, Lu PL, Ahmad H, Paradiso MM, Lehmkuhl H, Akers A, Hallagan A, Bali N, Vaz K, Yacob D, Di Lorenzo C, Levitt MA, Wood RJ. Anal sphincter botulinum toxin injection in children with functional anorectal and colonic disorders: A large institutional study and review of the literature focusing on complications. J Pediatr Surg. 2019 Nov; 54: 2305-2310.
• Sanchez AV, Ivanov M, Halleran DR, Wagner A, Reck-Burneo CA, Ruth B, FIsher M, Ahmad H, Weaver L, Nash O, Buker D, Rentea RM, Hoover E, Maloof T, Wood RJ, Levitt MA. Total Colonic Hirschsprung’s Disease: The Hypermotility and Skin Rash Protocol. Eur J Pediatr Surg. 2019 Aug 20;
• 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.
• Halleran DR, Ahmad H, Bates DG, Vilanova-Sanchez A, Wood RJ, Levitt MA. A call to ARMs: Accurate identification of the anatomy of the rectourethral fistula in anorectal malformations. J Pediatr Surg. 2019 Apr 26;
• Reck-Burneo CA, Lane V, Bates DG, Hogan M, Thompson B, Gasior A, Weaver L, Dingemans AJM, Maloof T, Hoover E, Gagnon R, Wood R, Levitt M. The use of rotational fluoroscopy and 3-D reconstruction in the diagnosis and surgical planning for complex cloacal malformations. J Pediatr Surg. 2019 Apr 4;
• Halleran DR, Lane VA, Leonhart KL, Fischer B, Sebastiao Y, Chisolm DJ, Levitt MA, Wood RJ, Minneci PC, Deans KJ. Development of a Patient Reported Experience and Outcomes Measure in Pediatric Patients Undergoing Bowel Management for Constipation and Fecal Incontinence. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2019 Mar 26;
• Halleran DR, Thompson B, Fuchs M, Vilanova-Sanchez A, Rentea RM, Bates DG, McCracken K, Hewitt G, Ching C, DaJusta D, Levitt MA, Wood RJ. Urethral length in female infants and its relevance in the repair of cloaca. J Pediatr Surg. 2019 Feb; 54: 303-306.
• Rentea RM, Halleran DR, Vilanova-Sanchez A, Lane VA, Reck CA, Weaver L, Booth K, DaJusta D, Ching C, Fuchs ME, Jayanthi RR, Levitt MA, Wood RJ. Diagnosis and management of a remnant of the original fistula (ROOF) in males following surgery for anorectal malformations. J Pediatr Surg. 2019 Feb 28;
• Halleran DR, Vilanova-Sanchez A, Rentea RM, Vriesman MH, Maloof T, Lu PL, Onwuka A, Weaver L, Vaz KK, Yacob D, Di Lorenzo C, Levitt MA, Wood RJ. A comparison of Malone appendicostomy and cecostomy for antegrade access as adjuncts to a bowel management program for patients with functional constipation or fecal incontinence. J Pediatr Surg. 2019 Jan; 54: 123-128.
• Wood RJ, Reck-Burneo CA, Levitt MA. Cloacal Malformations: Technical Aspects of the Reconstruction and Factors Which Predict Surgical Complexity. Front Pediatr. 2019; 7: 240.
• Ahmad H, Halleran DR, Dajusta D, McCracken K, Levitt MA, Wood RJ. Imperforate Anus and Rectourethral Fistula in a Female. European J Pediatr Surg Rep. 2019 Jan; 7: e36-e38.
• Kapur RP, Arnold MA, Conces MR, Ambartsumyan L, Avansino J, Levitt M, Wood R, Mast KJ. Remodeling of Rectal Innervation After Pullthrough Surgery for Hirschsprung Disease: Relevance to Criteria for the Determination of Retained Transition Zone. Pediatr Dev Pathol. 2018 Dec 12; 1093526618817658.
• Vilanova-Sanchez A, McCracken K, Halleran DR, Wood RJ, Reck-Burneo CA, Levitt MA, Hewitt G. Obstetrical outcomes in adult patients born with complex anorectal malformations and cloacal anomalies: a literature review. J Pediatr Adolesc Gynecol. 2018 Oct 24;
• Halleran DR, Sanchez AV, Rentea RM, Ahmad H, Weaver L, Reck C, Gasior AC, Levitt MA, Wood RJ. Assessment of the Heineke-Mikulicz anoplasty for skin level postoperative anal strictures and congenital anal stenosis. J Pediatr Surg. 2018 Oct 5;
• Gasior AC, Reck C, Lane V, Wood RJ, Patterson J, Strouse R, Lin S, Cooper J, Gregory Bates D, Levitt MA. Transcending Dimensions: a Comparative Analysis of Cloaca Imaging in Advancing the Surgeon’s Understanding of Complex Anatomy. J Digit Imaging. 2018 Oct 22;
• Halleran DR, Ahmad H, Ching C, Gorra A, McCracken K, Wood RJ, Levitt MA. Acquired Urethrovaginal Fistula and Urethral Atresia in a Patient with a Sacrococcygeal Teratoma. J Pediatr Surg. 2018 Sep 22;

Education

Date of Appointment at Nationwide Children’s Hospital: 09/25/2015

Fellowship

Nationwide Children’s Hospital

Date Completed: 09/24/2015

Fellowship

Red Cross War Memorial Childrens Hospital

Date Completed: 07/31/2011

Residency

Groote Schuur Hospital

Date Completed: 07/31/2007

Residency

St. George’s Hospital London

Date Completed: 01/31/2006

Residency

University College London Hospital & Middlesex Hos

Date Completed: 01/31/2004

Residency

University College London Hospital & Middlesex Hos

Date Completed: 07/31/2003

Residency

North Middlesex University Hospital

Date Completed: 04/30/2003

Residency

Edendale Hospital Pietermaritzburg

Date Completed: 12/31/2002

Internship

Pietermaritzburg Hospital Complex

Date Completed: 12/31/2001

Medical School

University of Stellenbosch Medical School

Date Completed: 12/31/2000

Education

Date of Appointment at Nationwide Children’s Hospital: 09/25/2015

Fellowship

Nationwide Children’s Hospital

Date Completed: 09/24/2015

Fellowship

Red Cross War Memorial Childrens Hospital

Date Completed: 07/31/2011

Residency

Groote Schuur Hospital

Date Completed: 07/31/2007

Residency

St. George’s Hospital London

Date Completed: 01/31/2006

Residency

University College London Hospital & Middlesex Hos

Date Completed: 01/31/2004

Residency

University College London Hospital & Middlesex Hos

Date Completed: 07/31/2003

Residency

North Middlesex University Hospital

Date Completed: 04/30/2003

Residency

Edendale Hospital Pietermaritzburg

Date Completed: 12/31/2002

Internship

Pietermaritzburg Hospital Complex

Date Completed: 12/31/2001

Medical School

University of Stellenbosch Medical School

Date Completed: 12/31/2000

Education

Date of Appointment at Nationwide Children’s Hospital: 09/25/2015

Fellowship

Nationwide Children’s Hospital

Date Completed: 09/24/2015

Fellowship

Red Cross War Memorial Childrens Hospital

Date Completed: 07/31/2011

Residency

Groote Schuur Hospital

Date Completed: 07/31/2007

Residency

St. George’s Hospital London

Date Completed: 01/31/2006

Residency

University College London Hospital & Middlesex Hos

Date Completed: 01/31/2004

Residency

University College London Hospital & Middlesex Hos

Date Completed: 07/31/2003

Residency

North Middlesex University Hospital

Date Completed: 04/30/2003

Residency

Edendale Hospital Pietermaritzburg

Date Completed: 12/31/2002

Internship

Pietermaritzburg Hospital Complex

Date Completed: 12/31/2001

Medical School

University of Stellenbosch Medical School

Date Completed: 12/31/2000

Date of Appointment at Nationwide Children’s Hospital: 09/25/2015

Fellowship

Nationwide Children’s Hospital

Date Completed: 09/24/2015

Fellowship

Red Cross War Memorial Childrens Hospital

Date Completed: 07/31/2011

Residency

Groote Schuur Hospital

Date Completed: 07/31/2007

Residency

St. George’s Hospital London

Date Completed: 01/31/2006

Residency

University College London Hospital & Middlesex Hos

Date Completed: 01/31/2004

Residency

University College London Hospital & Middlesex Hos

Date Completed: 07/31/2003

Residency

North Middlesex University Hospital

Date Completed: 04/30/2003

Residency

Edendale Hospital Pietermaritzburg

Date Completed: 12/31/2002

Internship

Pietermaritzburg Hospital Complex

Date Completed: 12/31/2001

Medical School

University of Stellenbosch Medical School

Date Completed: 12/31/2000

Date of Appointment at Nationwide Children’s Hospital: 09/25/2015

Fellowship

Nationwide Children’s Hospital

Date Completed: 09/24/2015

Fellowship

Red Cross War Memorial Childrens Hospital

Date Completed: 07/31/2011

Residency

Groote Schuur Hospital

Date Completed: 07/31/2007

Residency

St. George’s Hospital London

Date Completed: 01/31/2006

Residency

University College London Hospital & Middlesex Hos

Date Completed: 01/31/2004

Residency

University College London Hospital & Middlesex Hos

Date Completed: 07/31/2003

Residency

North Middlesex University Hospital

Date Completed: 04/30/2003

Residency

Edendale Hospital Pietermaritzburg

Date Completed: 12/31/2002

Internship

Pietermaritzburg Hospital Complex

Date Completed: 12/31/2001

Medical School

University of Stellenbosch Medical School

Date Completed: 12/31/2000

Contact Information

Pediatric Colorectal and Pelvic Reconstructive Surgery

Call us at: (614) 722-4086

Fax us at: (614) 355-6229

                    700 Childrens DrColumbus, OH 43205 (map)

Contact Information

Pediatric Colorectal and Pelvic Reconstructive Surgery

Call us at: (614) 722-4086

Fax us at: (614) 355-6229

                    700 Childrens DrColumbus, OH 43205 (map)

Contact Information

Pediatric Colorectal and Pelvic Reconstructive Surgery

Call us at: (614) 722-4086

Fax us at: (614) 355-6229

                    700 Childrens DrColumbus, OH 43205 (map)

Pediatric Colorectal and Pelvic Reconstructive Surgery

Call us at: (614) 722-4086

Fax us at: (614) 355-6229

                    700 Childrens DrColumbus, OH 43205 (map)

Call us at: (614) 722-4086

Fax us at: (614) 355-6229

                    700 Childrens DrColumbus, OH 43205 (map)

Call us at: (614) 722-4086

Fax us at: (614) 355-6229

                    700 Childrens DrColumbus, OH 43205 (map)

• Call us at:
• (614) 722-4086
• Fax us at:
• (614) 355-6229
• 700 Childrens DrColumbus, OH 43205 (map)

Request An Appointment

Speak with our Center for Colorectal and Pelvic Reconstruction Team

Request An Appointment

Speak with our Center for Colorectal and Pelvic Reconstruction Team

Speak with our Center for Colorectal and Pelvic Reconstruction Team