Sean Christopher Skinner, M.D.  Curriculum Vitae

NEMOURS CHILDREN’S HEALTH, DIVISION OF PEDIATRIC GENERAL SURGERY 

Personal Information 

Office Address: Office Telephone and FAX: 

Nemour’s Children’s Specialty Care Phone:  (904) 697-3600 

Division of Pediatric General Surgery FAX:    (904) 697-3407 

807 Children’s Way  

Jacksonville, FL  32207 Email: sean.skinner@nemours.org 

Birth Date and Place:  July 3, 1969; Detroit, MI 

Marital Status: Children: 

Married (Amy Hessler, DO Adult Neurology) Mia (2008) and Addison (2010) 

Education 

08/1989-06/1991 B.A., Gustavus Adolphus College, St. Peter, MN   

Majors: Biology 

08/1987-06/1989 Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI 

Majors: Biology 

Medical Education 

04/199403/1999 M.D., Ross University, Dominica, West Indies 

Professional  Education 

06/1999 - 06/2000 Intern (Preliminary), General Surgery, Medical College of Virginia,  

Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 

06/2000 - 07/2005 Resident General Surgery (Categorical),  

Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, PA 

06/2004-07/2005 Administrative Chief Resident General Surgery,  

Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, PA 

07/2005-06/2006 Fellow, Surgical Critical Care/Pediatric Surgery, Mott Children’s Hospital, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 

07/2006-06/2008 Fellow, Pediatric Surgery, Oklahoma University Health Sciences Center, University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, OK  

Board Certification 

2000- Present Advanced Trauma Life Support, Provider  

2010, 2014, 2018, 2024 Advanced Trauma Life Support, Instructor  

2000 Pediatric Advanced Life Support, Provider  

May 2011 American Board of Surgery: Certified  

March 2013  Special Qualification in Pediatric Surgery  

December 2023 Recertification in Pediatric Surgery 

Licensure 

2004 – Present     DEA   

2008 – 2021         Kentucky 

2021 – Present     Florida  

Hospital Privileges 

07/2008—09/2021 University of Kentucky A.B. Chandler Medical Center 

Division of Pediatric Surgery 

Lexington, KY  40536-0293 

09/2021 – Present Nemours Children’s Specialty Care/Wolfson Children’s Hospital 

Baptist Medical Center 

Division of Pediatric General Surgery 

Jacksonville, FL 32207 

Present Positions 

09/2021 – Present Faculty Member 

Nemour’s Children’s Specialty Care Jacksonville of the Nemour’s Foundation 

Division of Pediatric General Surgery 

09/2021 – Present ECMO Medical Director 

Nemour’s Children’s Specialty Care Jacksonville of the Nemour’s Foundation 

Division of Pediatric General Surgery 

07/2017- 09/2021 Associate Professor  

Special Title Series, Academic Medical Educator 

University of Kentucky College of Medicine 

Kentucky Children’s Hospital 

Departments of Surgery and Pediatrics  

Division of Pediatric Surgery 

Lexington, Kentucky 40536-0293 

07/2008-06/2017 Assistant Professor 

Special Title Series, Academic Medical Educator  

University of Kentucky College of Medicine 

Kentucky Children’s Hospital 

Departments of Surgery and Pediatrics  

Division of Pediatric Surgery 

Lexington, Kentucky 40536-0293 

2008 - present Surgical Director, Pediatric Trauma ICU 

2008 – 2013 Associate Surgical Director, Pediatric ECMO  

07/2015 – 2018 Surgical Director, Pediatric ECMO  

Research Experience 

07/1991-03/1994 Research Technician 

Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care 

Undergraduate Research  

University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 

Supervisor: Peter Breen, M.D. 

Project: Analysis of Expired End-Tidal Carbon Dioxide 

12/1998-06/1999 Research Technician 

Department of Trauma Surgery 

Cook County Hospital/Rush University 

Project: Abdominal Vascular Injury Study 

12/1998-06/1999 Research Technician 

Department of Pediatric Surgery 

University of Illinois, Chicago, IL 

Supervisor: Dr. Radhakrishnan 

Project: Testicular Torsion Studies 

Honors/Awards 

2003, 2005 Resident of the Year, General Surgery OR Team 

Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, PA 

Teaching Awards 

2016   Recognition of Excellence in Student & Resident Teaching     Department of Surgery,  University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 

Professional Memberships 

2006-2018 American Medical Association  

2010-present Kentucky Medical Association 

2010-2019 Lexington Medical Society  

2016-present American Pediatric Surgical Association  

2016-2017 American College of Surgeons- Candidate 

2017-present American College of Surgeons- Fellow  

Committees -National

2017-2021 American Pediatric Surgical Association—Industry Advisory Committee  

Committees- Local

Nemours Children’s Specialty Care Jacksonville/Wolfson Children’s Hospital/Baptist Medical Center 

  2023-present PICU Steering/QI committee 

  2021-present Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy Work Group 

  2023-present Nemours Surgical Pathways Development- Appendicitis and Gastrostomy tube placement. 

University of Kentucky Hospital/University of Kentucky College of Medicine Committees 

  2009- 2021 KY Children’s Hospital M&M Committee  

  2009- 2021 OR Committee 

  2009- 2021 Pediatric Trauma Patient Care Committee 

  2009- 2021 Pediatric Interdepartmental Trauma Quality Committee  

  2009- 2011 Contemporary Pediatrics Planning Committee  

  2009- 2021 Physician Advisory Committee (Center for Advanced Surgery) 

  2009- 2021 Neonatal Nutrition Taskforce 

  2010- 2021 KY Children’s Hospital Quality and Safety Committee 

  2010- 2021 Transfusion Review Committee 

  2013- 2016 Kentucky Children’s Hospital Safe Sleep Initiative 

  2020- 2021 NICU Operations Council 

  2020- 2021 SPS SSI Colon Work Group- Physician Champion 

Other Significant Scholarly, Research, or Administrative Experience 

  May 12-14, 2004 Professional Development Courses and Seminars 

  10th Annual Chief Residents Leadership and Management Skills Seminar  

  Emory University School of Medicine, Dept. of Family and Preventative Medicine, Atlanta, GA.  A comprehensive leadership and management workshop. 

  October 18-20, 2005 ECMO Specialist Training Course University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI. A comprehensive ECMO workshop. 

  November 3-4, 2006 6th Annual Adv. Miniature Access Surgery for Pediatric Surgeons in Training, The Women and Children’s Hospital of Buffalo, Buffalo, NY. Intensive workshop for Pediatric Surgery. 

  March 3-4, 2007 Pediatric Surgical Oncology Review course for Fellows    St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, TN.  Surgical Oncology workshop. 

  November 7-9, 2007 44th Workshop of Pediatric Anorectal and Colorectal Surgical Problems Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH. A comprehensive anorectal and colorectal surgical workshop. 

  July 2009 SILS Course, Cleveland, OH 

  June 7, 2017 Just Right Surgical – Advanced Techniques in Minimally Invasive Surgery for Children, New York Presbyterian Morgan Stanley, New York, NY 

  October 5-6, 2017 Advanced Pectus Course, Phoenix Children’s Hospital   Phoenix, AZ 

Editorial Consultant/Reviewer 

  August 9, 2011 Venovenous Cannulation for Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation using a bi-caval Dual Lumen Catheter in neonates.  Journal of Pediatric Surgery.  

  October 11, 2011 Venovenous Cannulation for Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation using a bi-caval Dual Lumen Catheter in neonates.  Journal of Pediatric Surgery.  

  April 10, 2012 Survival of Septic Adults Compared to Non-Septic Adults receiving ECMO for Cardiopulmonary Failure a Propensity Matched Analysis.  Intensive Care Medicine. 

  January 14, 2013 Pro-Adrenomedullin, Por-Endothelin-1, Procalcitonin, and Mortality Risk in Critically Ill Children. A Prospective Study. Intensive Care Medicine. 

  April 21, 2014 Outcomes Comparing Dual-Lumen to Multi-Site Venovenous ECMO in the Pediatric Population: The Extracorporeal Life Support Registry. Journal of Pediatric Surgery, JPEDSURG-D-13-00739R1. 

  March 10, 2015 Successful application of venoarterial-venous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in the reversal of severe cardiorespiratory failure. British Medical Journal; UMei, Nao; Ichiba, Shingo; Ujike, Yoshihito; Tsukahara, Kouhei  (edited and reviewed again May 11, 2015) 

  July 9, 2015 A rare case of bilateral intertrochanteric fractures in a child : how worse ‘non-accidental injury’ can get? British Medical Journal; Kembhavi, Raghavendra; James, Boblee. 

  March 29, 2017 Successful use of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in the treatment of respiratory failure due to influenza and acute myeloid leukemia.  British Medical Journal: Pedersen, Charles; Storgaard, Merete; Ommen, Hans. 

  June 27, 2017 Large chordoma of the sacrum.  British Medical Journal.  Godkin, Owen; Elkhwas, Hussam; McCabe, John.   

  October 1, 2018 Recurrent bloody stools associated with visceral infantile hemangioma in a preterm twin girl.  British Medical Journal. Krick, Jeanne; Riehle, Kimberly; Chapman, Teresa; Chabra, Shilpi 

  April 18, 2019 Cosmetic-Related Injuries Treated in US Emergency Departments, 2002-2006.   Clinical Pediatrics.  Vajda, Jordan; AcAdams, Rebecca; Roberts, Kristin; Zhu, Motao; McKenzie, Lara.  

  April 18, 2019 An Isolated Testicular Relapse of Burkitt’s Lymphoma, Global Pediatric Health. Young Suk Kwon; Faizanahmen Munshi,; Neeket R. Patel; Virian Serei; Nupam Patel; Richard Drachtman; Joseph G Barone. 

  September 18, 2019 In Utero Ilieal Volvulus and Intestinal Perforation Associated with Enteric Duplication Cyst Presenting with Preterm Labor and Acute Abdomen in Newborn.  British Medical Journal Case Reports.  Sonam Kapadia; Matthew Crabtree; Samuel French; Daniel Deugarte. 

  January 14, 2020 Iatrogenic Pneumothorax in a Four-Week-Old: New Diagnosis of Congenital Lobar Emphysema.  British Medical Journal Case Reports.  Ashley Reed; Sandra Lucas; Agnieszka Nowacka; Chukwubuike Eze. 

  June 11, 2020 Surfactant Therapy to facilitate Weaning in Paediatric Patients Dependent on Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation.  Nikhil Achanta, Julia Vujcikova, Sahil Nichani, Sanjiv Nichani. 

  June 23, 2020 Duplication Cyst with Midgut Volvulus in a Neonate- An Unusual Presentation. British Medical Journal Case Reports. Niyin Pai, Santosh Prabhu, Pavithra Prabhakar, Vijay Kumar. 

  August 23, 2020 Surfactant therapy to facilitate weaning in paediatric patients dependent on Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation.  British Medical Journal Case Reports.  OxygenationAchanta, Nikhil; Vujcikova, Julia; Nichani, Sahil; Nichani, Sanjiv 

  October 15, 2020 Phytobezoar causing intestinal obstruction in a two day old neonate.  British Medical Journal Case Reports.  Patcharu, Ravi; Chand, Karunesh; Parikh, Badal 

  December 10, 2020 Ileocolic intussusception in a premature neonate; a commonly misdiagnosed and rare cause of bowel obstruction and perforation". British Medical Journal Case Reports.  Longino, Natalie, Desimone, Rachel, Seifarth, Federico, Falk, Gavin. 

  February 3, 2021 Venovenous Versus Venoarterial Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Among Infants with Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy: Is There a Difference in Outcome?  Journal of Perinatology.  Prashant Agarwal, Girija Natarajan, Kevin Sullivan, Rakesh Rao, Natalie Rintoul, Isabella Zaniletti, Sarah Keene, Ulrike Mietzsch, An Massaro, Zeenia Billimoria, Daniel Dirnberger, Shannon Hamrick, Ruth Seabrook, Mark Weems, John Cleary, Brian Gray, and Robert DiGeronimo. 

  February 3, 2021 Acquired trachea-esophageal fistula in a child with unrecognized tracheal foreign body.  British Medical Journal Case Reports.  Ruangnapa, Kanokpan, Anuntaseree, Wanaporn, Saelim, Kantara, Prasertsan, Pharsai. 

BIBLIOGRAPHY 

I.  ABSTRACTS, BOOK REVIEWS, AND PAPER DISCUSSIONS: 

Abstracts  

  Mazumdar B, Skinner SC, Thisted R, Breen PH:  Does End-Tidal PCO2 Detect Recovery of CO2 Elimination After Pulmonary Embolism in the Dog? Anesthesia and Analgesia.  

76: S252, 1993. 

  Breen PH, Mazumdar B, Skinner SC:  How Does PEEP Decrease Pulmonary CO2 Eliminate: Computer Model.  Anesthesia and Analgesia 78: S46, 1994. 

  Breen PH, Mazumdar B, Skinner SC:  End-Tidal PO2 Increases During Decreases in Cardiac Output.  Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Association of University Anesthesiologists, Chicago, Illinois, 1994. 

  Breen PH, Mazumdar B, Skinner SC:  Average Alveolar Expired PCO2 v. End-Tidal PCO2 During PEEP.  Anesthesiology. 81: A1430, 1994. 

  Breen PH, Mazumdar B, Skinner SC:  CO2 Elimination During Resolution of Experimental P Pulmonary Embolus. Anesthesiology. 81:A717, 1994. 

  Breen PH, Mazumdar B, Skinner SC:  Can Changes in End-Tidal PO2 Detect Decreased Cardiac Output in Dogs?  Anesthesia and Analgesia. 82: S50, 1996. 

  Johns M, Skinner S, Stammers A, Baro S, Gilbert C. Stabilizing a Child with Extra Corporeal Membrane Oxygenation for Repair of Tracheobronchial Transection.  Cardiology 2005: Eighth Annual Update on Pediatric Cardiovascular Disease. Lake Buena Vista, Florida, Feb 16-20, 2005. 

  Ramji FG, Munson A, Mantor C, Bogie A, Letton R, Skinner S.  The Role of Ultrasound for Evaluation and Diagnosis of Intussusception in Children: An Algorithm Approach and Guide to Clinical Presentation, Radiological and Ultrasound Evaluation & Findings. 2007 

  Iocono J, Hoskins J, Plymale M, Skinner SC, Yuhas M, Davenport D:   A Middle Fidelity Model is   Effective in Teaching and Retaining Skill Set Needed to Perform a Laparoscopic Pyloromyotomy.  Journal of Laparoendoscopic & Advanced Surgical Techniques.  2010 

  Cole, KL, Skinner, SC, Pulito, AR, and Iocono, JA:  Mucous Fistula Re-Feeding in Neonates with Enterostomies Presented at the Annual Meeting of the society for Surgical Physician Assistants, 2009 (Presented by Ms. Cole) 

  Skinner, SC:  ECMO for Sepsis. Does V-A or V-V make a difference?  ELSO Registry, 2009 

  Skinner, SC:  Measuring Real Benefits of Postoperative Phone Followup in Pediatric Surgery, 2009   

  Skinner, SC:  V-V ECMO in Neonates with Avalon Elite Catheter:  Tips for Insertion of Catheter.  

  Skinner, SC:  Face and content validities of a low fidelity laparoscopic pyloromyotomy simulation, 2009 

  Skinner SC, Iocono JI, Ballard HO, Turner MD, Ward AN, Davenport DL, Paden ML, Zwischenberger JB. Survival is Improved in Venovenous Versus Venoarterial ECMO for Pediatric Non-Cardiac Sepsis: A Study of the ELSO Registry. 2011.  (Submitted Aug, Accepted Dec, 2011) 

  Shandera-Ochsner AL, Skinner SC, Hessler AB, Han DY.  The Clinical Utility of Serial Cognitive Testing After Mild Traumatic Brain Injury.  North American Brain Injury Society, 9th Annual Conference on Brain Injury. 2011 

  Long K, Skinner SC, Martin, J.  Epithelioid hemangioendothelioma encasing the left brachiocephalic vein. Journal of Surgical Case Reports.  Accepted May 12, 2014.   

II. TEXTBOOK CHAPTERS: 

  Skinner, S.C. (2022). Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO). In: Coppola, C.P., Kennedy, Jr, A.P., Lessin, M.S., Scorpio, R.J. (eds) Pediatric Surgery Diagnosis and Treatment.  

Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-96542-6_27. 

  Skinner, S.C. (2022). Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia. In: Coppola, C.P., Kennedy, Jr, A.P., Lessin, M.S., Scorpio, R.J. (eds) Pediatric Surgery Diagnosis and Treatment. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-96542-6_25  

III. MANUSCRIPTS: 

  Breen PH, Mazumdar B, Skinner SC.  Capnometer Transport Delay: Measurement and Clinical Implications.  Anesthesia and Analgesia.  1994 March; 78(3): 584-6. 

  Breen PH, Mazumdar B, Skinner SC., Taitelman UZ, Isserles, SA.  Measurement of Blood CO2 Concentration with a Conventional PCO2 Analyzer.  Critical Care Medicine.  1996, 24(7): 1215-18 

  Breen PH, Mazumdar B, Skinner SC.  Carbon dioxide Elimination Measures Resolution of Experimental Pulmonary Embolus in Dogs.  Anesthesia and Analgesia.  1996; 83: 247-53. 

  Breen PH, Mazumdar B, Skinner SC.  Comparison of End-Tidal PCO2 and Average Alveolar Expired PCO2 during Positive End-Expiratory Pressure.  Anesthesia and Analgesia.  1996; 82: 368-73. 

  Breen PH, Mazumdar B, Skinner SC.  How Does Positive End Expiratory Pressure Decrease CO2 Elimination From the Lung? Respiratory Physiology. 1996; 108: 233-242. 

  Breen PH, Mazumdar B, Skinner SC.  How does experimental Pulmonary Embolism Decrease CO2 Elimination? Respiratory Physiology. 1996, 105(3): 217-24. 

  Patel P, Jassi S, Skinner S.  Ehrlichiosis: Camper’s Net Hat Syndrome. Harbor Medical Review, 1998: 17-19. 

  Skinner SC, Hirschl RB, Bartlett RH.  Extracorporeal Life Support.  Seminars in Pediatric Surgery. 2006; 15: 242-250. 

  Tuggle D, Skinner S, Garza J, Vandijck D, Blot S.  The Abdominal Compartment Syndrome in Patients with Burn Injury.  Acta Clin Belg Suppl. 2007; (1) 136-40. 

  Tuggle DW, Kuhn MA, Jones SK, Garza JJ, Skinner S.  Hyperglycemia and Infections in Pediatric Trauma Patients.  The American Surgeon.  2008; 74(3): 195-98. 

  Skinner, SC:  A middle fidelity model is effective in teaching and retaining skill set needed to perform a laparoscopic pyloromyotomy. Journal of laparoendoscopic and advanced surgical techniques. 2009 

  Hayes D Jr, Kesler MV, Skinner SC, Attili AK. A 19-Year-Old Woman With Progressive Dyspnea and Multiple Pulmonary Nodules.  Chest 2011. July; 140 (1): 253-7. 

  D’Orazio JA, Skinner S, Pulliam J, Challa H.  Burkitt’s Lymphoma in a Child With Atopic Dermatitis and Seven Year History of Regular Topical Tacrolimus Ointment Use. 2012, March; 89: 117-120 

  Shandera-Ochsner AL, Skinner SC, Hessler AB, Han DY.  The Clinical Utility of Serial Cognitive Testing After Mild Traumatic Brain Injury.  Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation 2011.  26 (5): 402-438 

  Skinner SC, Iocono JI, Ballard HO, Turner MD, Ward AN, Davenport DL, Paden ML, Zwischenberger JB.  Improved Survival in Venovenous Versus Venoarterial Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation for Pediatric Non-Cardiac Sepsis Patients:  A Study of the Extracorporeal Life Support Organization Registry.  Journal of Pediatric Surgery, January 2012.  47(1): 63-67 

  Yates JL, Makhoul FR, Skinner, SC, Shashidhar H.  Laparoscopic Imaging of Pancreatic Agenesis with congenital absence of the gallbladder.  Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology & Nutrition, 2012 Dec; 55(6):e143. PMID: 22270042 

  Smiley K, Wright T, Skinner SC, Iocono JA, Draus JM. Primary Closure Without Diverson in Management of Operative Blunt Duodenal Trauma in Children. ISRN Peduatr 2012; Epub 2012 Nov 5. PMID: 23213560 

  Day S, Skinner SC, Trent K, Draus JM, Ballard HO, Todd-Tzanetos D. Abdominal Compartment Syndrome Relieved by Percutaneous Drainage in an Infant with Critical Pertussis Supported on Venovenous Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation. Int J Artif Org. 2013, April 36 (4) 289 

  Skinner SC, Todd-Tzanetos D, Bernard P, Ballard HO, Use of Thromboelastography to Detect Underlying Coagulopathy in Extracorporeal Life Support. Int J Artif Org. 2013, April 36 (4) 289-290 

  Todd-Tzanetos D, Skinner SC, Lowdenback R, Bernard P, Ballard HO, Utilization of Thromboelastography to Diagnose Coagulation Defects in a Neonate Requiring Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation.  Int J Artif Org. 2013, April 36 (4) 290 

  Daniel JM 4th, Bernard PA, Skinner SC, Bhandary P, Ruzic A, Bacon MK, Ballard DO.  Hollow fiber oxygenator composition has a significant impact on failure rates in neonates on extracorporeal membrane oxygenation: a retrospective analysis. J Pediatr Intensive Care 2018 Mar; 7(1): 7-13. doi: 10.1055/s-0037-1599159. PMID: 31073461 

  Madabhushi V, Bittner E, Skinner S, Ruzic A, Draus JM.  Primary Closure of Clean-Contaminated Wounds over a Silastic Drain.  The American Surgeon 2019 Nov; 85. E513-e515 

  Bhandary P, Daniel JM, Skinner SC, Bacon MK, Hanna M, Bauer JA, Giannone P, Ballard HO.  Case Series of Therapeutic Hypothermia for Neonatal Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy During Extracorporeal Life Support.  Perfusion 2020 Jan. 

PRESENTATIONS: 

International 

  Utilization of Thromboelastography to Diagnose Coagulation Defects in a Neonate Requiring Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation: Poster presented at Euro ELSO Annual Congress, Stockholm, Sweden. May 8-11, 2013 

  Abdominal Compartment Syndrome Relieved by Percutaneous Drainage in an Infant with Critical Pertussis Supported on Venovenous Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation:  Poster presented at Euro ELSO Annual Congress, Stockholm, Sweden.  May 8-11, 2013 

  Use of Thromboelastography to Detect Underlying Coagulopathy in Extracorporeal Life Support: Poster presented at Euro ELSO Annual Congress, Stockholm, Sweden.  May 8-11, 2013 

  Evaluation of an innovative ECMO course at a smaller volume ECMO center: Poster presented at Euro ELSO International Congress, Regensburg, Germany.  May 7-10, 2015. 

  Use of a scorecard to maintain excellent neonatal ECMO outcomes: Poster presented at EuroElso International Congress, Regensburg, Germany.  May 7-10, 2015. 

  Excellent outcomes in a small volume neonatal/pediatric ECMO center: Poster presented at Euro ELSO International Congress, Regensburg, Germany.  May 7-10, 2015. 

  Daniel, John.; Bhandary, Prasad; Ruzic, Ana; Skinner, Sean; Bacon, Matthew; Bernard, Philip; and Ballard, Hubert. Polymethylpentene hollow fibers ECLS oxygenators have a significantly lower failure rate than polypropylene hollow fiber oxygenators in neonates undergoing non-cardiac extracorporeal support: a retrospective analysis from a level IV NICU. Poster Presentation. 5th International European Extracorporeal Life Support Congress. Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom. June 2016. 

NATIONAL 

  ECMO in Neonates with Avalon Elite Catheter:  Tips of Insertion of Catheter, poster presented at 20th Annual ELSO Conference, Ann Arbor, MI. September 14-16, 2009. 

  ECMO for Sepsis. Does V-A or V-V make a difference?  26th Annual CNMC Symposium: ECMO & the Advanced Therapies for Respiratory Failure, poster presented, Keystone, CO. February 21-25, 2010. 

  Survival is improved in Venovenous Versus Venoarterial ECMO for Pediatric Non-Cardiac Sepsis: A Study of the ELSO Registry.  Podium presentation at the 42nd Annual APSA Annual Meeting. Palm Desert, CA. May 22-25, 2011. 

  The Clinical Utility of Serial Cognitive Testing After Mild Traumatic Brain Injury. Poster presented at the North American Brain Injury Society, 9th Annual Conference on Brain Injury. New Orleans September 15-17, 2011 

  Effectiveness of an ECMO simulation program in a smaller volume center: Poster Presentation 25th Annual ELSO Meeting: Ann Arbor, Michigan, September 15 – 18, 2014 

  Daniel, IV, John M.; Bhandary, Prasad; Ruzic, Ana; Skinner, Sean; Bacon, Mathew K; Bernard, Philip A, and Ballard, Hubert. Failure rates associated with polymethylpentene and non polymethylpentene oxygenators in neonates undergoing non-cardiac extracorporeal support. Platform Presentation.  The 32nd Annual Children’s National Medical Center Symposium: ECMO and Advanced Therapies for Respiratory Failure. Keystone, CO. March 2016. 

  Process improvement for emergent ECMO cannulation of critically ill COVID-19 and MIS-C pediatric patients. Mandy York, Casie Price, Sean Skinner, Thomas A. Nakagawa. Poster presented at the 38th Annual Children’s National ECMO Symposium. Keystone, Colorado. February 2022. 

LOCAL/REGIONAL 

  Osteopenia of Prematurity.  Brookdale Hospital, Presented at Department of Pediatrics Faculty Meeting December 1996.  The Department Chairman used this for a JCAHO site visit. 

  Pediatric Renal Transplantation: The Geisinger Experience.  Presented at the Geisinger Medical Center Department of Surgery, 4th Annual Junior Residents Research Competition, April 2001. 

  “Is an anti-Reflux Procedure Required with Feeding Tube Placement in the Neonatal Period?”  Presented at the Geisinger Medical Center Department of Surgery, 5th Annual Junior Residents Research Competition, May 2002. 

  Pediatric Severe Closed Head Injuries in Pennsylvania, A Five Year Review: Is There A Difference in Level of Care.  Presented at the Geisinger Medical Center Department of Surgery, 6th Annual Junior Residents Research Competition, June 2003. 

  Use of Extended Extracorporeal Support During Trauma. Geisinger Medical Center Department of Surgery Grand Rounds, August 2003. 

  Pediatric Severe Closed Head Injuries in Pennsylvania, A Five Year Review: Is There a Difference in Level of Care.  Pennsylvania Trauma Systems Foundation/ Pennsylvania American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma, Trauma Care 2003- Benchmarking VII, 7th Annual Conference and Meeting, Resident Trauma Paper Competition. Oct 31, 2003. 

  Dumping Syndrome after Nissen Fundoplication: A new finding at GMC. Presented at the Geisinger Medical Center Department of Surgery, 8th Annual Junior Residents Research Competition, June 2005. 

  Extracorporeal Life Support (ECLS,ECMO) For Neonatal Respiratory Failure: 30 Year Experience. Michigan Chapter of The American College of Surgeons 55th Annual Resident Surgeons’ Competition. Grand Traverse Resort, Traverse City, Michigan. May 18, 2006. 

  Persistent Stridor Unresponsive to Medical Management: A Double Aortic Arch Case Report.  University of Oklahoma Department of Pediatrics Research Day 2007.  Oklahoma City, OK.  June 14, 2007. 

  The Role of Ultrasound for Evaluation and Diagnosis of Intussusception in Children: An Algorithm Approach and Guide to Clinical Presentation, Radiological and Ultrasound Evaluation & Findings.  Radiological Society of North America, 93rd Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting.  Chicago, IL, Nov 25-30, 2007. 

  Pediatric Surgery Referrals. Contemporary Pediatrics Conference. Lexington, KY. April 25-29,               2009. 

   Pediatric Trauma. Taylor County Trauma Services. Versailles, KY. May 2009. 

  Pediatric Trauma. Georgetown, KY. May 2010. 

  Pediatric Surgery. AAPC Meeting. Lexington, KY. June 2010. 

  Perils of Pediatric Trauma.  Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government, Division of Fire and Emergency Services- EMS Annual Education Inservice. Lexington, KY. July 2011. 

  Concussion Discussion Show.  Morehead Public Radio- Health Matters. 90.3 FM WMKY. August 4, 2011. 

  Perils of Pediatric Trauma. Somerset EMS. Annual Education In-service.  Somerset, KY. October 2012  

  What Does a Surgeon Do?  Teaching to First Grade Students. Sayre School. Lexington, KY. April 2016 

  Perils of Pediatric Trauma.  Boyle County EMS.  Danville, KY  September 2017 

  Abdominal Pain in Children.  Family Medicine Review/Contemporary Pediatrics Conference.  Lexington, KY  November 10, 2017 

  Abdominal Wall Defects.   Baptist Health Delivery Team.   Lexington, KY  January 2018 

  Perils of Pediatric Trauma.  Pediatric Regional Outreach Critical Care Symposium (PedROCCS). Winchester, KY  March 2018 

  The Diagnosis and Management of Acute Abdomen and Pediatric Surgical Emergencies. 21st Annual Pediatrics Symposium: A Continuing Medical Education Program. University of Pikeville, Kentucky College of Osteopathic Medicine.  Pikeville, KY. Nov 2019 

INTERNAL UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY 

  Continuing Medical Education Conferences, Division of Neonatal Medicine, University of Kentucky 

  March 2009 Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) 

  March 2010 Introduction to Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) 

  March 2012 Abdominal Wall Defects August 2013 Spontaneous Intestinal Perforation

Department of Pediatrics Noon Conference, University of Kentucky, Pediatric Surgery Lectures 

  May 2009 - present Pediatric Surgery Referrals (yearly)  

  Sept 2010 Abdominal Pain

  Nov 2010 Abdominal Wall Defects

  March 2011 Pediatric Trauma

  May 2011 Pediatric Board Review

  January 2012 – present TEF/Reflux (yearly)

  May 2012, 2013 CDH

  August 2013 Post-Operative Care 

  September 19, 2014 Appendicitis  

  April 21, 2017 Pediatric Trauma  

  May 19, 2017 CDH  

  July 21, 2017 Pediatric Surgery Consults 

  August 18, 2017 Abdominal Pain/Appendicitis 

  September 15, 2017 Bilious vs Non-Bilious Vomiting 

  August 20, 2018 Tubes, Lines, and Other Devices 

  July 2019 Surgical Consults  

  May 27, 2020 Bowel Obstruction/Pyloric Stenosis  

Department of Pediatrics Morning Report  

  May 2009 Intestinal Atresia 

University of Kentucky College of Medicine 

  Feb-May 2021 Continuity clinic preceptor faculty for the 3rd Year Surgery Clerkship 

ECMO Nurse Teaching Conference, University of Kentucky 

  May 2010 ECMO for Sepsis. Does V-A or V-V make a difference? 

  March 2011 Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation- Overview  

  March 2011-present Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation- Overview (quarterly)

  March 2011-present ECMO- Emergencies (quarterly)

  March 2011-present ECMO- Complicated Cases (quarterly)

  March 2011-present ECMO Simulation Training (quarterly)

  April 2013 Extracorporeal Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (ECPR)  

ECMO Case Reviews – QI/QA  

  October 2012  

  May 2013 

Department of Surgery Grand Rounds; ECMO and Sepsis. University of Kentucky  

  May 2010 

  May 2012 

  May 2013 

  January 2013 Necrotizing Enterocolitis  

Department of Maternal and Fetal Medicine Conference, University of Kentucky 

  August 2010 Abdominal Wall Defects

  November 2012 CDH  

Department of Pediatrics, Division of Critical Care Medicine, University of Kentucky, Pediatric Fundamental Critical Care Support Course 

  November 2011 Postoperative Management

  November 2011 Trauma in Children  

Department of Radiology, Radiology Pediatric Training Program, University of Kentucky 

  October 2011 Pediatric Surgery and Radiology  

Schwartz Center Rounds – Division of Palliative Care 

  August 2013 Care of Gastroschisis patient with Atresia

Interdisciplinary Grand Rounds, University of Kentucky  

  September 2013 Sim Wars simulation - Guest Judge   

Department of Anesthesia, Lecture Series for Anesthesia Residents  

  May 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018   Common Surgical Procedures in Neonates 

Continuing Medical Education Conferences, Division of Neonatal Medicine, University of Kentucky 

  November 2013, 2015   ECMO Orientation Course Lectures

  November 13, 2013   Cannulation and Decannulation

  November 13, 2013   Complex ECMO Cases

  November 13, 2013   ECPR ECMO     

Continuing Medical Education Conferences, Division of Neonatal Medicine, University of Kentucky 

  November 14, 2013 ECMO Simulations- At least twice yearly until present  

Advance Trauma Life Support, University of Kentucky  

  March 19, 2014 Student Provider 2-Day Course-  Elderly and Pediatrics, Surgical Skills 

  January 6, 2015 Student Provider Course-  Airway and ventilator management skills station, Pediatric trauma, Trauma in elderly, Trauma in women, Injuries due to burns and cold 

  February 2020 Skills Sessions-   Airway, Circulation 

General Surgery Resident Mock Oral Examinations  

  2014, 2018, 2020   University of Kentucky

Neonatal Bowel Obstruction, University of Kentucky  

  September 25, 2014 NICU Pediatric Nurses Group

Bilious Emesis in Newborns, University of Kentucky  

  November 21, 2014 Maternal Fetal Fellows 

University of Kentucky AHEC/PEPP Summer Camp Live Surgery Experience 

  June 2015-2020   Video streamed surgery to students around Kentucky 

Kentucky Children’s Hospital Toyota Capstone Project 

  Sept. 2019 Helping develop ideas for collaboration with engineering department