Overview
The Emory/Children's Healthcare of Atlanta research fellowship is an institutionally funded and supported and offers training and instruction in health science and outcomes research. This fellowship is ideal for current or graduated general surgery residents, interested in a career in pediatric surgery. The fellows participate in and lead a variety of clinical research projects including retrospective reviews, database studies, prospective observational studies, and multi-institutional studies. Opportunities for research exist in the areas of clinical outcomes, surgical equity, quality improvement, pediatric trauma, and pediatric surgical critical care. The fellows participate in research activities of the Children's Pediatric Surgery Health Equity Center. Multi-institutional projects are established through the Eastern Pediatric Surgery Network, the PCPLC, PECARN, amongst others institutional collaboratives. The research program is supported by biostatisticians, program coordinators and data analytics. The fellows are mentored regularly by pediatric surgery faculty with monthly education in research principles and weekly mentoring meetings with the program director. Presentations at scientific meetings are encouraged and supported; fellows have a highly productive experience.
The research fellows have exposure to pediatric surgery educational conferences, multidisciplinary conferences, operative cases and clinical service as well since they participate in the clinical call schedule.
Interested applicants should email Program Director Hanna Alemayehu, MD, and provide a cover letter indicating their interest in the fellowship and a current CV. References will be requested as part of the application process.
Research Status and Opportunities
The academic faculty of the Emory Division of Pediatric Surgery are engaged in more than 50 active research projects. Since 2014, our faculty have averaged over 30 peer-reviewed publications per year and dozens of institutional, regional, national, and international podium presentations.
The variety of research projects in the division offer multiple opportunities for rewarding mentorship. Examples of our research activity can be found on the research page.
Opportunities exist to collaborate with undergraduates, medical students, students from the Rollins School of Public Health. Monthly research meetings serve as a forum for learning basic skills related to health services research, for practicing presentations, and for interacting with local researchers.
Research Fellowship Publications
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Dantes G, Keane OA, Margol M, Thompson O, Darville G, Clifton MS, Heiss KF. Implementation of enhanced recovery protocols reduces opioid use in pediatric laparoscopic cholecystectomy surgery. Pediatr Surg Int. 2022 Nov;38(11):1517-1523. doi: 10.1007/s00383-022-05195-y. Epub 2022 Aug 11. PMID: 36069916.
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Keane OA, Dantes G, Emani S, Garza JM, Heiss KF, Clifton MS. Implementation of enhanced recovery protocols reduces opioid use in pediatric laparoscopic Heller myotomy surgery. J Pediatr Surg. 2022 Jun;57(6):1132-1136. doi: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2022.01.031. Epub 2022 Feb 4. PMID: 35292166.
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Anyalebechi JC, Williams JC, Dantes G, Thompson OO, Williams K, Lovasik BP, Srinivasan JK. Excellence and duty: Dr. James F. Densler, the first black pediatric surgeon in the United States. J Pediatr Surg. 2022 Oct;57(10):476-478. doi: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2022.04.003. Epub 2022 Apr 22. PMID: 35525807.
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Bliton JN, Paul J, Smith AD, Duran RG, Sola R Jr, Chaudhary S, Fraser Doh K, Koganti D, Dantes G, Hernandez Irizarry RC, Bonsu JM, Welch TT, Richard RA, Smith RN. Increases in adolescent firearm injuries were associated with school closures during COVID-19. Injury. 2023 Aug;54(8):110824. doi: 10.1016/j.injury.2023.05.055. Epub 2023 Jun 7. PMID: 37296010; PMCID: PMC10246889.
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Dantes G, Kolousek A, Doshi N, Dutreuil V, Sciarretta JD, Sola R Jr, Shah J, Smith RN, Smith AD, Koganti D. Utilization of Angiography in Pediatric Blunt Abdominal Injury at Adult versus Pediatric Trauma Centers. J Surg Res. 2024 Jan;293:561-569. doi: 10.1016/j.jss.2023.08.039. Epub 2023 Oct 11. PMID: 37832307.
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Rauh J, Dantes G, Wallace M, Collings A, Sanin GD, Cambronero GE, Bosley ME, Ganapathy AS, Patterson JW, Ignacio R, Knod JL, Slater B, Callier K, Livingston MH, Alemayehu H, Dukleska K, Scholz S, Santore MT, Zamora IJ, Neff LP. Transcystic Laparoscopic Common Bile Duct Exploration for Pediatric Patients with Choledocholithiasis: A Multi-Center Study. J Pediatr Surg. 2023 Oct 21:S0022-3468(23)00657-7. doi: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2023.10.046. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 37957103.
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Howk A, Dantes G, Margol M, Dutreuil VL, He Z, Clifton MS, Bhatia A, Infectious complications following pediatric ballistic wounds: A single center review; Injury 2023. Manuscript under review 2023
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Dantes G, Keene S. Transfusion in Neonatal Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation: A Best Practice Review. Clin Perinatol. 2023 Dec;50(4):839-852. doi: 10.1016/j.clp.2023.07.003. Epub 2023 Aug 17. PMID: 37866851.
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Kim P, Noorbakhsh S, Weeks A, Roorbach M, Dantes G, Santos A, Freedberg ME, Ramos C, Smith R, Castater CA, Nguyen J, Benarroch-Gampel J, Rajani RR, Todd SR, Sciarretta JD. Lower Extremity Vascular Injury in the Pediatric Trauma Patient: Management and Outcomes at an Adult Level I Trauma Center. Ann Vasc Surg. 2023 Oct 30:S0890-5096(23)00736-7. doi: 10.1016/j.avsg.2023.09.078. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 37914070.
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Ingram MC, Hu A, Lewit R, Arshad SA, Witte A, Keane OA, Dantes G, Mehl SC, Evans PT, Santore MT, MD, Huang EY, Lopez ME, Tsao KJ, Arendonk KV, Blakely ML, Raval MV, Improving accuracy of administrative data for perforated appendicitis classification. Journal of the American College of Surgeons. Manuscript under review 2023
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Callier K, Dantes G, Johnson K, Linden AF. Pediatric ECLS Neurologic Management and Outcomes. Semin Pediatr Surg. 2023 Aug;32(4):151331. doi: 10.1016/j.sempedsurg.2023.151331. Epub 2023 Oct 17. PMID: 37944407.
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Dantes G, MD, Zachary J. Grady, MD, Ahna Weeks, MD Nathaniel Forrester, BS, Jose B.Trinidad, BS, Alexis Stokes, BS, Valerie L. Dutreuil, MPH, Annie Cheng, PA, Phillip Kim, MBA, MD, Randi N. Smith MD, MPH, Christopher R. Ramos, MD, Samual R. Todd, MD, Alexis Smith, MD, Jason D. Sciarretta, MD, Management of Pediatric Lower Extremity Vascular Trauma: Adult vs Pediatric Level I Trauma Centers; Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery. Manuscript under review 2023
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Dantes G, MD and Courtney H. Meyer, MD, MPH, Maeghan Ciampa, DO, Andreya Antoine, BS, Alison Grise, BS, Valerie L. Dutreuil, MPH, Randi N. Smith MD, MPH, Deepika Koganti, MD, Alexis D. Smith, MD; Management of Complex Pediatric and Adolescent Liver Trauma: Adult vs Pediatric Level 1 Trauma Centers; Injury. Manuscript under review 2023
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Dantes G, MD, Carolyn Davis, MD, Katya Van Anderlecht, MS, Joel Davis, RRT-NPS, Lisa Lima, MD, Allison F. Linden, MD, MPH, Matthew Paden, MD, Sarah Keene, MD; Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation use in patients with bronchopulmonary dysplasia: A single center review; American Society for Artificial Internal Organs. Manuscript under review 2023
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Keane O, MD, Dantes G, MD, Valerie L. Dutreuil, MPH2, Louis Do, BS3, Savanah Rumbika BS3, Pamela B. Sylvestre, MD4, Amina M. Bhatia, MD, MS; Comparison of Preoperative and Intraoperative Surgeon Diagnosis and Pathologic Findings in Spontaneous Intestinal Perforation vs Necrotizing Enterocolitis; Journal of Perinatology. Manuscript under review 2023
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Margol M, BS, Dantes G MD, Valerie L. Dutreuil, MPH, Matthew T. Santore, MD, Allison F. Linden, MD MPH, The association of social determinants of health with short term pediatric gastrostomy tube outcomes; Journal of Surgical Research. Manuscript under review 2023
Current and Past Fellows
| Name | Years |
| Goeto Dantes, MD | 2023-2024 |
| Swathi Raikot, MBBS | 2023-2024 |
| Amy Howk, MD | 2021-2022 |
| Sule Yalcin, MD | 2019-2020 |
| Robert Vandewalle, MD | 2018-2019 |
| Katherine Baxter, MD | 2016-2018 |
| Heather Short, MD | 2015-2017 |