Richard Ricketts MD
Overview
Dr. Richard Ricketts was the founding chief of the Emory Division of Pediatric Surgery from 1980-2010. Among his various achievements during his tenure as chief was establishing an accredited pediatric surgery fellowship at Emory in 1996, and being an early advocate of pediatric minimally invasive surgery. His clinical specialties were neonatal surgery, prenatal consultations, necrotizing enterocolitis, Hirschsprung's disease, pediatric oncology, and thoracic surgery.
Dr. Ricketts received his MD from Northwestern University Medical School in 1973, and completed his residency in general surgery at the University of Southern California Los Angeles County Medical Center in 1978. He then completed a fellowship in pediatric surgery at Children's Memorial Hospital in Chicago in 1980.
From 2014-2018, Dr. Ricketts joined the Emory Haiti Alliance a volunteer consortium of Emory medical students, surgery and anesthesiology residents, faculty physicians, and mid-level practitioners on its summer surgical trips to Haiti's Central Plateau, the most medically underserved area in the country.
In 2020, Dr. Ricketts was the recipient of the Arnold Salzberg Mentorship Award, an esteemed recognition presented by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) Section on Surgery (SOSu) to pediatric surgeons who have distinguished themselves as mentors. The award is based on nominations from the entire SOSu membership.
Academic Appointment
- Professor of Surgery Emeritus, Department of Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine
Research
Publications
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Indications and outcomes for tunneled central venous line placement via the axillary vein in children.
Pediatr Surg Int Volume: 33 Page(s): 1001 - 1005
09/01/2017 Authors: Linden AF; Corvin C; Garg K; Ricketts RR; Chahine AA -
Pediatric short bowel syndrome and subsequent development of inflammatory bowel disease: an illustrative case and literature review.
Pediatr Surg Int Volume: 33 Page(s): 731 - 736
06/01/2017 Authors: Baxter KJ; Srinivasan JK; Ziegler TR; Dhere T; Ricketts RR; Durham MM -
Malakoplakia and primary immunodeficiency.
J Pediatr Volume: 165 Page(s): 1053 - 1056
11/01/2014 Authors: Archer SR; Abramowsky CR; Kobrynski L; Simoneaux S; Vogler LB; Ricketts RR; Parker C; Elawahbdeh N; Shehata BM -
Heterotaxy syndrome and malrotation: does isomerism influence risk and decision to treat.
J Pediatr Surg Volume: 49 Page(s): 934 - 937
06/01/2014 Authors: Hill SJ; Heiss KF; Mittal R; Clabby ML; Durham MM; Ricketts R; Wulkan ML -
Noniatrogenic neonatal gastric perforation: the role of interstitial cells of Cajal.
Fetal Pediatr Pathol Volume: 32 Page(s): 422 - 428
12/01/2013 Authors: Jactel SN; Abramowsky CR; Schniederjan M; Durham MM; Ricketts RR; Clifton MS; Langberg KM; Elawabdeh N; Pandya S; Talebagha S -
Cystic biliary atresia: a wolf in sheep's clothing.
Am Surg Volume: 79 Page(s): 870 - 872
09/01/2013 Authors: Hill SJ; Clifton MS; Derderian SC; Wulkan ML; Ricketts RR -
Hepatic pulmonary fusion: two cases with diaphragmatic hernia and one case with Pentalogy of Cantrell.
Fetal Pediatr Pathol Volume: 31 Page(s): 401 - 409
12/01/2012 Authors: Lin J; Durham MM; Ricketts R; Abramowsky CR; Steelman CK; Shehata BM -
Unusual presentation of metastatic Ewing sarcoma to the ovary in a 13 year-old: a case report and review.
Fetal Pediatr Pathol Volume: 31 Page(s): 159 - 163
06/01/2012 Authors: Sullivan HC; Shulman SC; Olson T; Ricketts R; Oskouei S; Shehata BM -
Splenic cysts in the pediatric population: a report of 21 cases with review of the literature.
Fetal Pediatr Pathol Volume: 31 Page(s): 54 - 62
04/01/2012 Authors: Hodge MG; Ricketts RR; Simoneaux SF; Abramowsky CR; Elawabdeh N; Shehata BM -
Tandem stem cell rescue as consolidation therapy for high-risk neuroblastoma.
Pediatr Blood Cancer Volume: 58 Page(s): 448 - 452
03/01/2012 Authors: Qayed M; Chiang K-Y; Ricketts R; Alazraki A; Tahvildari A; Haight A; George B; Esiashvili N; Katzenstein HM