David P. Mooney, MD, MPH
Pediatric Surgeon, Department of Surgery
Associate Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School
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David P. Mooney, MD, MPH
Pediatric Surgeon, Department of Surgery
Associate Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Medical Services
Languages
English
Education
Undergraduate School
St. Louis University
1980
St. Louis
MO
Graduate School
Harvard School of Public Health
2006
Boston
MA
Medical School
St. Louis University School of Medicine
1985
St. Louis
MO
Internship
Medical Center Hospital of Vermont
1986
Burlington
VT
Residency
Medical Center Hospital of Vermont
1991
Burlington
VT
Fellowship
Children's Mercy Hospital
1993
Kansas City
MO
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About the Condition
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Certifications
American Board of Surgery (General)
American Board of Surgery (Pediatric Surgery)
Professional History
David P. Mooney, MD, MPH is Associate Professor of Surgery at Harvard Medical School. He obtained his undergraduate and medical degree from St. Louis University and completed a general surgical residency at the University of Vermont, where he completed research fellowship in Surgical Immunology. He completed a pediatric surgery fellowship at the Children’s Mercy Hospital in Kansas City, Missouri and obtained his Masters in Public Health from the Harvard School of Public Health in 2006.
Dr. Mooney created the Pediatric Trauma Program at the Children’s Hospital at Dartmouth and is the emeritus Director of the Trauma Center at Boston Children’s Hospital. He has been active on a variety of national committees including the American College of Surgeons, the American Pediatric Surgical Association, and the Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma. In addition, he was the Founding President of the Pediatric Trauma Society. He has served in several consultative and leadership positions for a variety of organizations, including the American College of Emergency Physicians, the Maternal Child Health Bureau’s Emergency Medical Services for Children, and the Massachusetts State Trauma Committee. He has conducted over 150 reviews of pediatric trauma centers in the United States and was instrumental in the development of pediatric trauma care systems in New Hampshire, New Mexico and Tuscany, Italy.
He is a reviewer for 31 journals, including the New England Journal of Medicine and the Journal of Trauma. He has published over 150 peer-reviewed articles and 16 book chapters and has given over 300 lectures in a variety of settings. He has had continuous research funding for the past 31 years and has several active clinical research projects directed toward improving pediatric injury care. He has mentored over 35 surgical residents, many of whom have gone on to distinguished careers.
He is a retired Major in the US Army Medical Reserves and a former member of the National Disaster Medical Team that was the first US team to deploy in Haiti after the 2010 earthquake. He remains active in global surgical efforts. He played a pivotal role in the care of children injured after the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing. Other active clinic efforts include the investigation and amelioration of chronic abdominal wall pain and pilonidal disease.
Personally, he is happily married and has four adult children with 4 grandchildren so far. He is an avid athlete who has run 5 marathons and is a black belt in martial arts. He prides himself on doing the bulk of his own home maintenance.
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Approach to Care
We all have medical problems and I try to speak to families and care for their children in the ways that I want to be spoken to and have my children treated.
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Publications
Determinants of surgical approach to pediatric appendicitis in Brazil. View Abstract
Multicenter external validation of the Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network rule to identify children at very low risk for intra-abdominal injury requiring acute intervention. View Abstract
Gender Differences in Adolescent Pilonidal Disease. View Abstract
Unveiling patterns in pediatric appendectomy: A comparative study on healthcare resource capacity and surgical decisions in Brazil. View Abstract
Social determinants of gastrointestinal malformation mortality in Brazil: a national study. View Abstract
Implementation of a Global Pediatric Trauma Course in an Upper Middle-Income Country: A Pilot Study. View Abstract
Prevalence and outcomes of high versus low ratio plasma to red blood cell resuscitation in a multi-institutional cohort of severely injured children. View Abstract
Delivery of essential pediatric congenital surgical care within Brazil's universal health coverage system: a national survey of pediatric surgeons. View Abstract
Crystalloid volume is associated with short-term morbidity in children with severe traumatic brain injury: An Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma multicenter trial post hoc analysis. View Abstract
Resolution of Mild Pilonidal Disease in Adolescents Without Resection. View Abstract
Association between government policy and delays in emergent and elective surgical care during the COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil: a modeling study. View Abstract
Implementation of a checklist to improve pediatric trauma assessment quality in a Brazilian hospital. View Abstract
Potentially Avertable Child Mortality Associated with Surgical Workforce Scale-up in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Global Study. View Abstract
Contemporary management of pediatric open skull fractures: a multicenter pediatric trauma center study. View Abstract
A minimally invasive pilonidal protocol improves quality of life in adolescents. View Abstract
When to take it out? Optimal timing of interval appendectomy in 500 consecutive children. View Abstract
Perspectives on perioperative management of children's surgical conditions during the COVID-19 pandemic in low-income and middle-income countries: a global survey. View Abstract
Comparison of regional analgesia techniques for pleurodesis pain in pediatric patients. View Abstract
Unintentional Window Falls in Children and Adolescents. View Abstract
Variation in management of pediatric post-traumatic urine leaks. View Abstract
Timing and volume of crystalloid and blood products in pediatric trauma: An Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma multicenter prospective observational study. View Abstract
Eliminating Opiate Prescribing for Children after Non-Perforated Appendectomy. View Abstract
The technique of cutaneous neurectomy for anterior cutaneous nerve entrapment syndrome. View Abstract
Pediatric sternal fractures: A single center retrospective review. View Abstract
Improving Resource Utilization and Outcomes Using a Minimally Invasive Pilonidal Protocol. View Abstract
Diagnosis and Treatment of Slipping Rib Syndrome. View Abstract
Does the incidence of thoracic aortic injury warrant the routine use of chest computed tomography in children? View Abstract
Pit-picking resolves pilonidal disease in adolescents. View Abstract
Pediatric renal injury: which injury grades warrant close follow-up. View Abstract
Neurectomy for anterior cutaneous nerve entrapment syndrome in children. View Abstract
Acute procedural interventions after pediatric blunt abdominal trauma: A prospective multicenter evaluation. View Abstract
Pneumatoceles in pediatric blunt trauma: Common and benign. View Abstract
Focused assessment with sonography for trauma in children after blunt abdominal trauma: A multi-institutional analysis. View Abstract
The prevalence of incidental findings on computed tomography of the abdomen/pelvis in pediatric trauma patients. View Abstract
Acute Procedural Interventions Following Pediatric Blunt Abdominal Trauma: A Prospective Multicenter Evaluation. View Abstract
Contrast enhanced ultrasound for the evaluation of blunt pediatric abdominal trauma. View Abstract
Can we safely decrease intensive care unit admissions for children with high grade isolated solid organ injuries? Using the shock index, pediatric age-adjusted and hematocrit to modify APSA admission guidelines. View Abstract
Head and Cervical Spine Evaluation for the Pediatric Surgeon. View Abstract
Letter to the Editor: "Post-traumatic liver and splenic pseudoaneurysms in children: Diagnosis, management, and follow-up screening using contrast enhanced ultrasound (CEUS)" by Durkin et al J Pediatr Surg 51 (2016) 289-292. View Abstract
The sensitivity and negative predictive value of a pediatric cervical spine clearance algorithm that minimizes computerized tomography. View Abstract
Outcomes of pediatric patients with persistent midline cervical spine tenderness and negative imaging result after trauma. View Abstract
The value of official reinterpretation of trauma computed tomography scans from referring hospitals. View Abstract
Anterior Cutaneous Nerve Entrapment Syndrome in Children. View Abstract
Twenty-years of splenic preservation at a level 1 pediatric trauma center. View Abstract
Simple formulas to determine optimal subclavian central venous catheter tip placement in infants and children. View Abstract
Pediatric blunt abdominal aortic injury and the use of intra-operative aortic ultrasound for surgical decision making. View Abstract
Pediatric thoracic and abdominal trauma. View Abstract
Impact of trauma system development on pediatric injury care. View Abstract
Transarterial embolization in children with blunt splenic injury results in postembolization syndrome: a matched case-control study. View Abstract
Operative blunt duodenal injury in children: a multi-institutional review. View Abstract
Clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) reduce costs in the management of isolated splenic injuries at pediatric trauma centers. View Abstract
Home safety practices in an urban low-income population: level of agreement between parental self-report and observed behaviors. View Abstract
Periampullary duodenal duplication cyst masquerading as a choledochocele. View Abstract
Variation in computed tomography radiation dose in community hospitals. View Abstract
Delayed presentation of traumatic infrapopliteal arteriovenous fistula and pseudoaneursym in a 10-year-old boy managed by coil embolization. View Abstract
The management of pancreatic injuries in children: operate or observe. View Abstract
Pediatric appendicitis in New England: epidemiology and outcomes. View Abstract
Utility of amylase and lipase as predictors of grade of injury or outcomes in pediatric patients with pancreatic trauma. View Abstract
The modern paediatric injury pyramid: injuries in Massachusetts children and adolescents. View Abstract
Impact of surgical approach on outcome in 622 consecutive pyloromyotomies at a pediatric teaching institution. View Abstract
Multiple level injuries in pediatric spinal trauma. View Abstract
Clinical policy: critical issues in the sedation of pediatric patients in the emergency department. View Abstract
Clinical policy: Critical issues in the sedation of pediatric patients in the emergency department. View Abstract
Pediatric blunt abdominal injury: age is irrelevant and delayed operation is not detrimental. View Abstract
Long-term outcome of nonoperative pediatric splenic injury management. View Abstract
Pediatric trauma care: a profitable enterprise? View Abstract
Pediatric pancreatic trauma: predictors of nonoperative management failure and associated outcomes. View Abstract
Variation in the management of pediatric splenic injuries in the United States. View Abstract
Rate and prediction of traumatic injuries detected by abdominal computed tomography scan in intubated children. View Abstract
The use of routine laboratory studies as screening tools in pediatric abdominal trauma. View Abstract
Building a trauma center and system in Tuscany, Italy. View Abstract
The failure of nonoperative management in pediatric solid organ injury: a multi-institutional experience. View Abstract
A randomized clinical trial of the management of esophageal coins in children. View Abstract
Physiology after pediatric splenic injury. View Abstract
Trends in inpatient pediatric trauma care in new England. View Abstract
Congenital adrenocortical adenoma: case report and review of literature. View Abstract
A case of human botfly infestation in a child who had recently returned from Central America. View Abstract
Application of the APSA evidence-based guidelines for isolated liver or spleen injuries: a single institution experience. View Abstract
Variation in the management of pediatric splenic injuries in New England. View Abstract
Tissue-engineered neomucosa: morphology, enterocyte dynamics, and SGLT1 expression topography. View Abstract
Hypokalemia in acutely injured children: a benign laboratory abnormality. View Abstract
Multiple trauma: liver and spleen injury. View Abstract
Hepatic exstrophy complicating Poland's anomaly. View Abstract
Tissue-engineered colon exhibits function in vivo. View Abstract
Hydrostatic balloon dilation of congenital esophageal stenoses associated with esophageal atresia. View Abstract
Long-term follow-up of tissue-engineered intestine after anastomosis to native small bowel. View Abstract
Soft-tissue augmentation with injectable alginate and syngeneic fibroblasts. View Abstract
The posterior approach to pyloric sonography. View Abstract
Prolonged intestinal exposure to amniotic fluid does not result in peel formation in gastroschisis. View Abstract
Snowboarding injuries in children and adolescents. View Abstract
Indomethacin-associated bowel perforations: a study of possible risk factors. View Abstract
Anastomosis between tissue-engineered intestine and native small bowel. View Abstract
Successful anastomosis between tissue-engineered intestine and native small bowel. View Abstract
Childhood sledding injuries. View Abstract
Studies of brush border enzymes, basement membrane components, and electrophysiology of tissue-engineered neointestine. View Abstract
Variation in the management of pediatric splenic injuries in New Hampshire. View Abstract
Teenage driving fatalities. View Abstract
Surgical aspects of an outbreak of Yersinia enterocolitis. View Abstract
Furuncular cuterebrid myiasis. View Abstract
Slipping rib syndrome in childhood. View Abstract
Modifications of Bishop's method for pediatric gastrostomy closure. View Abstract
Skiing injuries in children and adolescents. View Abstract
Perinatal intussusception in premature infants. View Abstract
An unusual cause of penetrating cardiac injury in a child. View Abstract
Spiral CT: use in the evaluation of chest masses in the critically ill neonate. View Abstract
Functional Viability of Chondrocytes Stored at 4 degrees C. View Abstract
At 18 weeks' gestation, a normal boy was found, through routine ultrasonography, to have an abdominal cystic mass. View Abstract
The efficacy of periosteal cells compared to chondrocytes in the tissue engineered repair of bone defects. View Abstract
The proximal mesenteric flap: a method for closing large mesenteric defects in jejunal atresia. View Abstract
Tissue-engineered growth of cartilage: the effect of varying the concentration of chondrocytes seeded onto synthetic polymer matrices. View Abstract
An absent right and persistent left superior vena cava in an infant requiring extracorporeal membrane oxygenation therapy. View Abstract
Congenital duodenal obstruction: a 32-year review. View Abstract
Studies in rat liver perfusion for optimal harvest of hepatocytes. View Abstract