Pediatric Surgery Faculty and Fellows

Faculty

Donna Caniano, MD
Chief, Department of Pediatric Surgery
Donna A. Caniano, MD
Hometown:
Albany, New York

College:
Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY—1972

Medical School:
Albany Medical School, Albany, New York—1976

Fellowship:

  General Surgery: Albany Medical Center Hospital, Albany, New York—1981
  Fellowship: Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD Critical Care, 1978-1979
  Pediatric Surgery: Children's Hospital, Columbus, Ohio—1983

Appointment:
Professor of Surgery and Pediatrics
Surgeon-in-Chief and Chief of the Department of Pediatric Surgery
Program Director, Fellowship in Pediatric Surgery

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Program Director
Gail E. Besner, MD
Hometown:
Bronx, New York

College:
Cornell University, Ithaca, New York—1978

Medical School:
University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio—1982

Fellowship:

  General Surgery: Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts—1987
  Fellowship: The Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, Surgical Research—1989
  Pediatric Surgery: The Children's Hospital of Buffalo, Buffalo, New York—1991

Appointment:
Professor of Surgery and Pediatrics
Director, Pediatric Surgical Research
Director, Children's Hospital Burn Program

 

 
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Jennifer Aldrink, MD

Jennifer H. Aldrink, MD

Hometown:
Sanford, NC

College:
Wake Forest University; Winston-Salem, NC

Medical School:
Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University; Greenville, NC

Fellowship:

General Surgery: Duke University Medical Center; Durham, NC - 2007
Pediatric Surgery: The Ohio State University, Children's Hospital, Columbus, Ohio - 2009

Appointment:
Assistant Professor of Clinical Surgery
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David R. Brigstock, PhD
Hometown:
Leicester, England

College:
Brunel University, United Kingdom—1984

Medical School
Cambridge University, United Kingdom—1988

Post Doctorate:
Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts—1991

Appointment:
Associate Professor of Surgery
Associate Professor of Medical Biochemistry
Director, Pediatric Surgery Research Laboratory
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Jonathan I. Groner, M.D.
Hometown:
Chicago, Illinois

College:
Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois—1982

Medical School:
Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois— 1984

Fellowship:

  General Surgery: Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin—1991
  Pediatric Surgery: Children's Hospital, Columbus, Ohio—1993

Appointment:
Professor of Clinical Surgery
Trauma Medical Director
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Brian D. Kenney, MD, MPH
Hometown:
Toledo, Ohio

College:
B.A. - University of Notre Dame, South Bend, Indiana—1979

Medical School:
M.D. - Medical College of Ohio, Toledo, Ohio—1983

Fellowship:

  General Surgery: University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada —1989
  Fellowship: Harvard University School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts - M.P.H.—1990
  Pediatric Surgery: Université de Montreal, Montreal, Canada—1995

Appointment:
Assistant Professor of Clinical Surgery
Surgical Director, Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
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Denis R. King, MD
Hometown:
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

College:
University of Notre Dame, South Bend, Indiana—1965

Medical School:
Hahnemann Medical College, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania—1969

Fellowship:

  General Surgery: Ohio State University Hospital, Columbus, Ohio—1974
  Fellowship: The American Cancer Society, The Children's Hospital, Columbus, Ohio Pediatric Surgery, 1975
  Pediatric Surgery: Jackson Memorial Hospital, Miami, Florida—1976

Appointment:
Clinical Associate Professor of Surgery
Director, Nutritional Support Service
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Marc P. Michalsky, MD
Hometown:
New York, New York

College:
Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts—1988

Medical School:
UMDNJ - New Jersey Medical School, Newark, New Jersey—1992

Fellowship:

  General Surgery: UMDNJ - New Jersey Medical School, Newark, New Jersey—1999
  Pediatric Surgery: The Ohio State University, Children's Hospital, Columbus, Ohio—2002

Appointment:
Assistant Professor of Clinical Surgery
Surgical Director, Children's Hospital Obesity Center
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Benedict C. Nwomeh, MD
Hometown:
Ozalla, Enugu State, Nigeria

College:
Faculty of Science, University of Lagos, Nigeria—1981

Medical School:
College of Medicine, University of Lagos, Nigeria—1986

Fellowship:

  General Surgery: Medical College of Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia—2001
  Pediatric Surgery: Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania—2003

Appointments:
Assistant Professor of Clinical Surgery
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Steven Teich, MD
Hometown:
New York City, New York

College:
Rensselear Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York—1977

Medical School:
State University of New York at Buffalo School of Medicine, Buffalo, New York—1981

Fellowship:

  General Surgery: George Washington University Medical Center, Washington, DC—1987
  Fellowship: Naval Medical Research Institute, Bethesda, Maryland
Surgical Research, 1985
  Pediatric Surgery: Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania—1989

Appointments:
Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery
Surgical Director, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
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Renata Fabia, MD, PhD
Hometown:
Bielsko-Biala, Poland

Medical School:
Silesian University School of Medicine, Katowice, Poland—1985
PhD—Lund University, Sweden—1993

Fellowship:

  General Surgery: The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio—2003

Appointments:
Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery
Surgical Hospitalist
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Dorothy V. Rocourt, MD

Dorothy V. Rocourt, MD
Chief, Pediatric Surgery

College:
Dartmouth College; Hanover, NH-1995

Medical School:
University of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey; Newark, NJ-1999

Residency in General Surgery:
University of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey; Newark, NJ

Fellowships:
Research Fellow, Nationwide Children's Hospital; Columbus, OH
Minimally Invasive Fellow, George Washington University; Washington, D.C.

Appointment:
Chief, Pediatric Surgery
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Dr. Skarda

David E. Skarda, MD
Assistant Chief, Pediatric Surgery

College:
Brigham Young University, Provo, UT - 1997

Medical School:
Albert Einstein College of Medicine/Yeshiva University, Bronx, NY- 2001

Residency in General Surgery:
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN - 2008

Fellowships:
Minimally Invasive Surgery, University of Minnesota-2009

Appointment:
Assistant Chief, Pediatric Surgery
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Askegard-Giesmann, MD

Johanna R. Askegard-Giesmann, MD
Surgical Critical Care Fellow, Pediatric Surgery

College:
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN- 1999

Medical School:
Finch University of Health Sciences- The Chicago Medical School, North Chicago, IL -2004

Residency in General Surgery:
Mayo Graduate School of Medicine; Rochester, Minnesota

Appointment:
Surgical Critical Care Fellowship
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