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Job Title Clinical Director, Pediatric General and Thoracic Surgery

Job Title Director, Trauma and Injury Prevention

Job Title Program Director, Pediatric Surgery Training Program

Job Title Associate Professor, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

4401 Penn Avenue

Pittsburgh, PA 15224

412-692-7280 Phone

412-692-6069 Fax

Email barbara.gaines@chp.edu

Medical School:	1990 University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Va.
Residency:	1997 General Surgery, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tenn.
Fellowship:	2000 Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pa. 1998 Surgical Critical Care, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tenn.

American Association for the Surgery of Trauma
Association for Surgical Education
Fellow, American College of Surgeons
Specialty Fellow, American Academy of Pediatrics
American Pediatric Surgical Association (APSA)
Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma (EAST)
Surgical Infection Society (SIS)
Association for Academic Surgery (AAS)
Injury Free Coalition for Kids
Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM)
Association of Women Surgeons
Pennsylvania Trauma Systems Foundation
Hospital and Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania Section of Accredited Trauma Centers
Society of University Surgeons

Vitale MA, Mertz KJ, Gaines BA, Zuckerbraun NS. Morbidity associated with golf-related injuries among children: findings from a pediatric trauma center. Pediatr Emerg Care.
Guglani L, Broyles, J, Gaines BA, Finder, JD. Chest Mass in a 13-year-old boy. Arch Dis Child.
O’Brien SH, Klima J, Gaines BA, Betz S, Zenati MS. Utilization of low-molecular-weight heparin prophylaxis in pediatric and adolescent trauma patients. J Trauma Nurs.

Translation of Alcohol Screening and Brief Intervention Guidelines to Pediatric Trauma
Evaluating Utilization of a Pediatric Traumatic Stress Assessment Tool
Evaluation of Pediatric Trauma Triage Criteria for Highest Trauma Activation
Adolescent Trauma at Pediatric and Adult Trauma Centers
TBI Symptom Screening and Resolution Prediction
The Quality of Life in Pediatric Patients Sustaining a Major Trauma is Impaired Both Short Term and Long Term.
Pancreatitis and Traumatic Brain Injury: Relationship or Coincidence?
Radiation from Computed Tomography Imaging in Pediatric Trauma Patients
Neuroradiological Findings in Non-Accidental Trauma Patients
PASS-Pediatric Abdominal Sonogram Study
Kohl's Safety Center Program Evaluation Project