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Section on Surgery
AAP Policy authored by the Section on Surgery
From the American Academy of Pediatrics Policy Statement
Benson Hsu, MD, MBA, FAAP, FCCM; Alexander Bondoc, MD, FAAP; Alex G. Cuenca, MD, PhD; Kristin Hittle Gigli, PhD, RN, CPNP-AC; Naomi Laventhal, MD, MA, HEC-C, FAAP; Thomas Nakagawa, MD, FAAP, FCCM; COMMITTEE ON HOSPITAL CARE; Daniel Rauch, MD, FAAP; Tania Fontánez Nieves, MD, FAAP; Samantha House, DO, FAAP; Charles Vinocur, MD, FAAP; Nicole Webb, MD, FAAP; Benson Hsu, MD, MBA, FAAP; Melissa Mauro-Small, MD, FAAP; Karen Castleberry; Quinn Franklin, PhD, CCLS; Michael Leonard, MD, FAAP; Kristin Hittle Gigli, PhD, RN, CPNP-AC, CCRN; Nancy Hanson; S. Niccole Alexander, MPP; SECTION ON CRITICAL CARE; Benson Hsu, MD, MBA, FAAP, FCCM; Nicholas Ettinger, MD, PhD, CMQ, CPPS, FAAP, FCCM; Steven Loscalzo, MD, FAAP; Lia Lowrie, MD, FAAP; Elizbeth Mack, MD, MS, FAAP, FCCM; Margaret Satchell, MD, FAAP; Linda Siegel, MD, FAAP, FAAHPM; Vijay Srinivasan, MBBS, MD, FAAP; Benson Hsu, MD, MBA, FAAP, FCCM; Elizabeth Mack, MD, MS, FAAP, FCCM; Shilpa Balikai, DO, FAAP; Steven Loscalzo, MD, FAAP; Melanie Kitagawa, MD, MHA, FAAP; Vijay Srinivasan, MBBS, MD, FAAP; Samir Gadepalli, MS, MD, MBA, FAAP; Tessie October, MD, MPH, FAAP; Robert Francis Tamburro, Jr, MD, FAAP; Michael Agus, MD, FAAP; Mark Hall, MD, FCCM; Nicholas Ettinger, MD, PhD, CMQ, CPPS, FAAP, FCCM; Sue Tellez; SECTION ON SURGERY; Cynthia D. Downard, MD, FAAP; Kenneth William Gow, MD, FAAP; Elizabeth Beierle, MD, FAAP; Marybeth Browne, MD, FAAP; Barbara Gaines, MD, FAAP; Saleem Islam, MD, MPH, FAAP; Katherine Flynn-O’Brien, MD, FAAP; Danielle Walsh, MD, FAAP; Regan Frances Williams, MD, FAAP; Vivian Thorne; COMMITTEE ON BIOETHICS; Naomi Tricot Laventhal, MD, FAAP; Gina Marie Geis, MD, MS, FAAP; Deborah Loeff, MD, FAAP; Kelly N. Michelson, MD, MPH, FAAP; Mary A. Ott, MD, MA, FAAP; Nanette Elster, JD, MPH; Douglas S. Diekema, MD, MPH, FAAP; Maria McGee, MD, MPH; Kavita Arora, MD, MBE, MS; Anjie Emanuel, MPH
From the American Academy of Pediatrics Clinical Report
Faraz A. Khan, MD, FAAP; Tim Jancelewicz, MD, FAAP; Kathleen Kieran, MD, FAAP; Saleem Islam, MD, FAAP; COMMITTEE ON FETUS AND NEWBORN; Eric Eichenwald, MD; Charleta Guillory, MD; Ivan Hand, MD; Mark Hudak, MD; David Kaufman, MD; Camilia Martin, MD; Ashley Lucke, MD; Margaret Parker, MD; Arun Pramanik, MD; Kelly Wade, MD; Michael Narvey, MD; Russell Miller, MD; Wanda Barfield, MD, MPH; Lisa Grisham, APRN, NNP-BC; Jim Couto, MA; SECTION ON SURGERY; Kenneth William Gow, MD, FAAP; Elizabeth Beierle, MD, FAAP; Marybeth Browne, MD, FAAP; Andrew Davidoff, MD, FAAP; Cynthia D. Downard, MD, FAAP; Danielle Saunders Walsh, MD, FAAP; Regan Frances Williams, MD, FAAP; Vivian Thorne; SECTION ON UROLOGY; Nicholas Cost, MD, FAAP; Stephen Canon, MD, FAAP; Gregory Dean, MD, FAAP; Martin Kaefer, MD, FAAP; Andrew Kirsch, MD, FAAP; John C. Pope, MD, FAAP; Elizabeth Yerkes, MD, FAAP; Jen Gorlewski
From the American Academy of Pediatrics Policy Statement
Nicholas A. Ettinger, MD, PhD, CMQ, CPPS, FAAP; Vanessa L. Hill, MD, FAAP; Christiana M. Russ, MD, FAAP; Katherine J. Rakoczy, MD, FAAP; Mary E. Fallat, MD, FAAP; Tiffany N. Wright, MD; Karen Choong, MB, BCh, MSc, FRCPC; Michael S.D. Agus, MD, FAAP; Benson Hsu, MD, MBA, FAAP; SECTION ON CRITICAL CARE, COMMITTEE ON HOSPITAL CARE, SECTION ON SURGERY
From the American Academy of Pediatrics Technical Report
Kasper S. Wang, MD, FAAP; James Cummings, MD, FAAP; Ann Stark, MD, FAAP; Constance Houck, MD, MPH, FAAP; Keith Oldham, MD, FAAP; Catherine Grant, BSN, RN; Mary Fallat, MD, FAAP; SECTION ON SURGERY, COMMITTEE ON FETUS AND NEWBORN, SECTION ON ANESTHESIOLOGY AND PAIN MEDICINE; Gail Ellen Besner, MD; Marybeth Browne, MD; Andrew Davidoff, MD; Cynthia D. Downard, MD; Kenneth William Gow, MD; Saleem Islam, MD; Kristi Watterberg, MD; Ira S. Adams-Chapman, MD; Susan Aucott, MD; Jay P. Goldsmith, MD; Ivan Hand, MD; David Kaufman, MD; Camilia Martin, MD; Karen Puopolo, MD, PhD; Anita Honkanen, MD; Mary Landrigan-Ossar, MD, PhD; Raeford Brown, MD; Christina D. Diaz, MD; Lisa Wise-Faberowski, MD; Stephen Hays, MD; Debnath Chatterjee, MD
From the American Academy of Pediatrics Clinical Report
Sigal Klipstein, MD, FACOG; Mary E. Fallat, MD, FAAP; Stephanie Savelli, MD, FAAP; COMMITTEE ON BIOETHICS; SECTION ON HEMATOLOGY/ONCOLOGY; SECTION ON SURGERY; Aviva L. Katz, MD, FAAP; Robert C. Macauley, MD, FAAP; Mark R. Mercurio, MD, FAAP; Margaret R. Moon, MD, FAAP; Alexander L. Okun, MD, FAAP; Kathryn L. Weise, MD, FAAP; Zora R. Rogers, MD, FAAP; Carl Allen, MD, PhD, FAAP; James Harper, MD, FAAP; Jeffrey Lipton, MD, PhD, FAAP; Cynthia Wetmore, MD, PhD, FAAP; Hope Wilson, MD, FAAP; Amber Yates, MD, FAAP; Frederick J. Rescorla, MD, FAAP; Mary L. Brandt, MD, FAAP; Michael Caty, MD, FAAP; Kurt Heiss, MD, FAAP; George W. Holcomb, MD, FAAP; Rebecca L. Meyers, MD, FAAP; R. Lawrence Moss, MD, FAAP
From the American Academy of Pediatrics Technical Report
Sylvia Owusu-Ansah, MD, MPH, FAAP; Brian Moore, MD, FAAP; Manish I. Shah, MD, MS, FAAP; Toni Gross, MD, MPH, FAAP; Kathleen Brown, MD, FAAP; Marianne Gausche-Hill, MD, FACEP, FAAP, FAEMS; Katherine Remick, MD, FACEP, FAAP, FAEMS; Kathleen Adelgais, MD, MPH, FAAP; Lara Rappaport, MD, MPH, FAAP; Sally Snow, RN, BSN, CPEN, FAEN; Cynthia Wright-Johnson, MSN, RNC; Julie C. Leonard, MD, MPH, FAAP; John Lyng, MD, FAEMS, FACEP, NRP; Mary Fallat, MD, FACS, FAAP; COMMITTEE ON PEDIATRIC EMERGENCY MEDICINE, SECTION ON EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMS SUBCOMMITTEE, SECTION ON SURGERY; Joseph Wright, MD, MPH, FAAP; James Callahan, MD, FAAP; Javier Gonzalez del Rey, MD, MEd, FAAP; Madeline Joseph, MD, FAAP; Natalie Lane, MD, FAAP; Lois Lee, MD, MPH, FAAP; Elizabeth Mack, MD, MS, FAAP; Jennifer Marin, MD, MSc, FAAP; Suzan Mazor, MD, FAAP; Nathan Timm, MD, FAAP
From the American Academy of Pediatrics Technical Report
Christopher F. Bolling, MD, FAAP; Sarah C. Armstrong, MD, FAAP; Kirk W. Reichard, MD, MBA, FAAP; Marc P. Michalsky, MD, FACS, FAAP, FASMBS; SECTION ON OBESITY, SECTION ON SURGERY; Matthew Allen Haemer, MD, MPH, FAAP; Natalie Digate Muth, MD, MPH, RD, FAAP; John Conrad Rausch, MD, MPH, FAAP; Victoria Weeks Rogers, MD, FAAP; Kurt F. Heiss, MD, FAAP; Gail Ellen Besner, MD, FAAP; Cynthia D. Downard, MD, FAAP; Mary Elizabeth Fallat, MD, FAAP; Kenneth William Gow, MD FACS, FAAP
From the American Academy of Pediatrics Policy Statement
Sarah C. Armstrong, MD, FAAP; Christopher F. Bolling, MD, FAAP; Marc P. Michalsky, MD, FACS, FAAP, FASMBS; Kirk W. Reichard, MD, MBA, FAAP, FACS; SECTION ON OBESITY, SECTION ON SURGERY; Matthew Allen Haemer, MD, MPH, FAAP; Natalie Digate Muth, MD, MPH, RD, FAAP; John Conrad Rausch, MD, MPH, FAAP; Victoria Weeks Rogers, MD, FAAP; Kurt F. Heiss, MD, FAAP; Gail Ellen Besner, MD, FAAP; Cynthia D. Downard, MD, FAAP; Mary Elizabeth Fallat, MD, FAAP; Kenneth William Gow; MD FACS, FAAP
From the American Academy of Pediatrics Policy Statement
Katherine Remick, MD; Marianne Gausche-Hill, MD; Madeline M. Joseph, MD; Kathleen Brown, MD; Sally K. Snow, BSN; Joseph L. Wright, MD; AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS Committee on Pediatric Emergency Medicine and Section on Surgery; AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS Pediatric Emergency Medicine Committee; EMERGENCY NURSES ASSOCIATION Pediatric Committee; Terry Adirim, MD; Michael S.D. Agus, MD; James Callahan, MD; Toni Gross, MD; Natalie Lane, MD; Lois Lee, MD; Suzan Mazor, MD; Prashant Mahajan, MD; Nathan Timm, MD; Kurt F. Heiss, MD; Elizabeth Beierle, MD; Gail Ellen Besner, MD; Cynthia D. Downard, MD; Mary Elizabeth Fallat, MD; Kenneth William Gow, MD; Kiyetta Alade, MD; Christopher Amato, MD; Jahn T. Avarello, MD; Steven Baldwin, MD; Isabel A. Barata, MD; Lee S. Benjamin, MD; Kathleen Berg, MD; Jeffrey Bullard-Berent, MD; Ann Marie Dietrich, MD; Phillip Friesen, DO; Michael Gerardi, MD; Alan Heins, MD; Doug K. Holtzman, MD; Jeffrey Homme, MD; Timothy Horeczko, MD; Paul Ishimine, MD; Samuel Lam, MD; Katharine Long; Kurtis Mayz, JD; Sanjay Mehta, MD; Larry Mellick, MD; Aderonke Ojo, MD; Audrey Z. Paul, MD; Denis R. Pauze, MD; Nadia M. Pearson, DO; Debra Perina, MD; Emory Petrack, MD; David Rayburn, MD; Emily Rose, MD; W. Scott Russell, MD; Timothy Ruttan, MD; Mohsen Saidinejad, MD; Brian Sanders, MD; Joelle Simpson, MD; Patrick Solari, MD; Michael Stoner, MD; Jonathan H. Valente, MD; Jessica Wall, MD; Dina Wallin, MD; Muhammad Waseem, MD; Paula J. Whiteman, MD; Dale Woolridge, MD; Tiffany Young, BSN; Joyce Foresman-Capuzzi, MSN; Rose Johnson, RN; Heather Martin, DNP; Justin Milici, MSN; Cam Brandt, MS; Nicholas Nelson, MS
From the American Academy of Pediatrics Clinical Report
Mary E. Fallat, MD; Courtney Hardy, MD; SECTION ON SURGERY; SECTION ON ANESTHESIOLOGY AND PAIN MEDICINE; COMMITTEE ON BIOETHICS; Rebecka L. Meyers, MD; Gail Ellen Besner, MD; Andrew Davidoff, MD; Kurt F. Heiss, MD; Rita Agarwal, MD; Joseph Tobias, MD; Raeford Eugene Brown, Jr, MD; Nina A. Guzzetta, MD; Anita Honkanen, MD; Mary Landrigan-Ossar, MD; Aviva L. Katz, MD; Naomi Tricot Laventhal, MD; Robert C. Macauley, MD; Margaret Rusha Moon, MD; Alexander L. Okun, MD; Douglas J. Opel, MD; Mindy B. Statter, MD
From the American Academy of Pediatrics Policy Statement
SECTION ON SURGERY; COMMITTEE ON BIOETHICS; AMERICAN PEDIATRIC SURGICAL ASSOCIATION NEW TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE; Michael G. Caty, MD; Gail Ellen Besner, MD; Andrew Davidoff, MD; Mary Fallat, MD; Kurt F. Heiss, MD; Rebecka L. Meyers, MD; R. Lawrence Moss, MD; Aviva L. Katz, MD; Naomi Tricot Laventhal, MD; Robert C. Macauley, MD; Margaret Rusha Moon, MD; Alexander L. Okun, MD; Douglas J. Opel, MD; Mindy B. Statter, MD; Christopher K. Breuer, MD; Erik D. Skarsgard, MD; Sean J. Barnett, MD; Sanjeev Dutta, MD; Timothy J. Fairbanks, MD; Marcus Jarboe, MD; Stefan Scholz, MD; Steven Teich, MD; Russell K. Woo, MD; James K. Wall, MD
From the American Academy of Pediatrics Policy Statement
COMMITTEE ON PEDIATRIC EMERGENCY MEDICINE, COUNCIL ON INJURY; VIOLENCE, AND POISON PREVENTION, SECTION ON CRITICAL CARE, SECTION ON ORTHOPAEDICS, SECTION ON SURGERY, SECTION ON TRANSPORT MEDICINE, PEDIATRIC TRAUMA SOCIETY, AND SOCIETY OF TRAUMA NURSES PEDIATRIC COMMITTEE; Joan E. Shook, MD; Thomas H. Chun, MD; Gregory P. Conners, MD; Edward E. Conway, Jr, MD; Nanette C. Dudley, MD; Susan M. Fuchs, MD; Natalie E. Lane, MD; Charles G. Macias, MD; Brian R. Moore, MD; Joseph L. Wright, MD; Kyran Quinlan, MD; Phyllis F. Agran, MD; Michele Burns, MD; Sarah Denny, MD; Michael Hirsh, MD; Brian Johnston, MD; Kathy Monroe, MD; Elizabeth C. Powell, MD; Judith Schaechter, MD; Mark R. Zonfrillo, MD; Edward E. Conway, Jr, MD; Michael S.D. Agus, MD; Benson S. Hsu, MD; Susan R. Hupp, MD; W. Bradley Poss, MD; Jana A. Stockwell, MD; John P. Straumanis, MD; Donald D. Vernon, MD; Norman Y. Otsuka, MD; Joshua M. Abzug, MD; Theodore Ganley, MD; Martin Herman, MD; Joshua E. Hyman, MD; Lee Segal, MD; Brian A. Shaw, MD; Richard M. Schwend, MD; Michael G. Caty, MD; Gail Besner, MD; Andrew Davidoff, MD; Mary E. Fallat, MD; Kurt F. Heiss, MD; Rebecka L. Meyers, MD; R. Lawrence Moss, MD; Keith Meyer, MD; Howard S. Heiman, MD; Robert G. Holcomb, Jr, MD; Michael T. Meyer, MD; Jay K. Pershad, MD; Michael H. Stroud, MD; Michele M. Walsh, MD; M. Michele Moss, MD; Webra Price Douglas, PhD; Richard Falcone, Jr, MD; Barbara Gaines, MD; Lynn Haas, RN; Laura Cassidy, MS; Terri Elsbernd, RN; Garet Free, EMT-P; Lisa Gray, RN; Jonathan Groner, MD; Kathy Haley, MS; Robert Letton, Jr, MD; William Millikan, Jr, MD; Michael Nance, MD; Pina Violano, RN; Lisa Gray, MHA; Linda Roney, MSN; Chris McKenna, MSN; Mary Jo Pedicino, MSN; Susan Rzucidlo, MSN; Sally K. Snow, BSN; Lisa Reichter, BSN
From the American Academy of Pediatrics Technical Report
Kasper S. Wang, MD; THE SECTION ON SURGERY; THE COMMITTEE ON FETUS AND NEWBORN; THE CHILDHOOD LIVER DISEASE RESEARCH NETWORK; R. Lawrence Moss, MD; Michael G. Caty, MD; Andrew Davidoff, MD; Mary Elizabeth Fallat, MD; Kurt F. Heiss, MD; George Holcomb, III, MD; Rebecka L. Meyers, MD; Kristi L. Watterberg, MD; Susan Aucott, MD; William E. Benitz, MD; James J. Cummings, MD; Eric C. Eichenwald, MD; Jay Goldsmith, MD; Brenda B. Poindexter, MD; Karen Puopolo, MD; Dan L. Stewart, MD; Kasper S. Wang, MD; Nanda Kerkar, MD; Saul J. Karpen, MD; Ronald J. Sokol, MD; Kathleen B. Schwarz, MD; Douglas B Mogul, MD; Sanjiv Harpavat, MD
From the American Academy of Pediatrics Clinical Report
Kasper S. Wang, MD; COMMITTEE ON FETUS AND NEWBORN; SECTION ON SURGERY; Lu-Ann Papile, MD; Jill E. Baley, MD; William Benitz, MD; James Cummings, MD; Waldemar A. Carlo, MD; Praveen Kumar, MD; Richard A. Polin, MD; Rosemarie C. Tan, MD; Kristi L. Watterberg, MD; Mary L. Brandt, MD; Robert C. Shamberger, MD; Michael G. Caty, MD; Kurt F. Heiss, MD; George W. Holcomb, III, MD; Rebecka L. Meyers, MD; R. Lawrence Moss, MD; Frederick J. Rescorla, MD
From the American Academy of Pediatrics Policy Statement
Committee on Hospital Care, Section on Surgery, and Section on Critical Care
From the American Academy of Pediatrics
Mary E. Fallat, MD; John Hutter, MD; the Committee on Bioethics, Section on Hematology/Oncology, and Section on Surgery
From the American Academy of Pediatrics
AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS; Section on Orthopaedics, Committee on Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Section on Critical Care, Section on Surgery, Section on Transport Medicine, Committee on Pediatric Emergency Medicine; PEDIATRIC ORTHOPAEDIC SOCIETY OF NORTH AMERICA
From the American Academy of Pediatrics
Section on Surgery and the Committee on Fetus and Newborn
From the American Academy of Pediatrics
American Academy of Pediatrics; Committee on Fetus and Newborn and Section on Surgery; Section on Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine; Canadian Paediatric Society; Fetus and Newborn Committee