Jonathan I. Groner, MD

Medical School:

Northwestern University Hospital   MD   06/30/1984

Internship:

Medical College of Wisconsin   06/30/1985

Residency:

Medical College of Wisconsin   06/30/1987
Medical College of Wisconsin   06/30/1991

Fellowship:

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia   06/30/1989
Nationwide Children's Hospital   06/30/1993

Section:

General Pediatric Surgery   Click to learn about this department

Specialty:

Pediatric Surgery, Certified  
Surgery, Certified  

Gender:

Male

Languages Spoken:

English

Date of Appointment at
Children's Hospital:

05/17/1994

Academic Title:

Professor of Clinical Surgery

Clinical, Teaching & Research Interests*:

Jonathan I. Groner, MD, is the Trauma Medical Director of the Level 1 Trauma Program at Nationwide Children’s Hospital and a Professor of Clinical Surgery at The Ohio State University College of Medicine. Dr. Groner’s research interests include the impact of trauma on minority children, as well as firearm trauma, ATV injuries and child abuse. Dr. Groner is a past president and board member of the Central Ohio Trauma System and a member of the Ohio Emergency Medical Services Board. He is an internationally known expert on the topic of physician participation in capital punishment in the United States.

Publications*:

Groner JI, Covert J, Lowell WL, Hayes JR, Nwomeh BC, Caniano DA. The impact of managing moderately injured pediatric trauma patients without immediate surgeon presence. Journal of Pediatric Surgery 42(6): 1026-9; discussion 1029-30, 2007.

Mattix KD, Tataria M, Holmes J, Kristoffersen K, Brown R, Groner J, Scaife E, Mooney D, Nance M, Scherer L. Pediatric pancreatic trauma: predictors of nonoperative management failure and associated outcomes. Journal of Pediatric
Surgery 42: 340-4, 2007.

Awards and Honors*:

Teacher of the Year Award, Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Department of Pediatric Surgery

Presentations and
Teaching Activities*:

Lethal Injection on Trial, 3rd World Congress Against the Death Penalty, Cite Internationale Universitaire de Paris, Paris, France, February 1, 2007

Hazards of the Home: An Analysis of Pediatric Firearm Injuries, 14th Annual Trauma Symposium, Memorial Regional Medical Center, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, February 8, 2007

Pediatric Soft Tissue Trauma, 14th Annual Trauma Symposium, Memorial Regional Medical Center, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, February 9, 2007

Child Abuse: A Primer for Surgeons, 14th Annual Trauma Symposium, Memorial Regional Medical Center, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, February 10, 2007

Child Abuse – A Surgeon’s Perspective, 8th Annual Ohio Pediatric Trauma Symposium, Dayton, Ohio, April 20, 2007

Lethal Injection Ethics – A Surgeon’s Perspective, A Forum on Execution by Lethal Injection - The Eye of the Needle: Ethical Considerations in Medicine and Law, Widener University School of Law, Wilmington, Delaware, April 26, 2007

The Increasing Incidence of Snowboard-Related Trauma, 40th Annual Meeting of the Canadian Association of Pediatric Surgeons, St. Johns, Newfoundland, August 26, 2007

Using Multiple Imputation and Propensity Scores to Test the Effect of Car Seats and Seat Belt Usage on Injury Severity from Trauma Registry Data, 40th Annual Meeting of the
Canadian Association of Pediatric Surgeons, St. Johns, Newfoundland, August 26, 2007

*Physician publications, awards and honors, and presentations and teaching activities represent work completed in 2007 only.