Physician Profile

412-692-5053 Phone

James M. Lynch, MD

Job Title Associate Professor of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
4401 Penn Avenue, Suite Floor 4
Pittsburgh, PA 15224
412-692-5053 Phone

Education and Training

Medical School:

1975 Brown University School of Medicine, Providence, RI

Residency:

1980 Brown University Program in Surgery, Providence, RI

Fellowship:

1982 University Health Center, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA

Memberships

  • Sigma Xi
  • Fellow, American Academy of Pediatrics Surgical and Critical Care Section
  • Fellow, American College of Surgeons
  • American Pediatric Surgical Association
  • Pittsburgh Surgical Society
  • American Trauma Society
  • Society for Critical Care Medicine
  • American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition
  • Shock Society
  • ACS Regional Committee on Trauma
  • American Association for the Surgery of Trauma
  • Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma

Board Certifications

  • American Board of Surgery, General Surgery
  • American Board of Surgery, Pediatric Surgery
  • Surgery Critical Care

Awards

  • Sigma Xi Society for Scientific Research
  • 1991 Award for Trauma Education and Prevention "Helmets" All the Pros Wear Them
  • Best Doctors in America
  • Patient Satisfaction Award, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh

Publications

  • Albanese CT, Gardner MJ, Adkins MA, Schall L, Lynch JM. Single rope tree swing injuries in children. Pediatrics 99(4):548-550, 1997.
  • Powell M, Courcoulas A, Gardner M, Lynch JM, Harbrecht BG, Udekwu AO, Billiar TR, Federle M, Ferris J, Meza M, Peitzman AB. Management of blunt splenic trauma: Significant differences between adults and children. Surgery 122(4):654-660, 1997.
  • Lynch JM, Gardner MJ, Worsey J. The continuing problem all-terrain vehicle injuries in children. J Pediatr Surg. 33(2):329-332, 1998.
  • Nadler EP, Gardner M, Schall MS, Lynch JM, Ford HR. Management of blunt pancreatic injury in children. J Trauma 47(6):1098-1103, 1999.
  • Hackam DJ, Reblock K, Barksdale EM, Redlinger RE, Lynch JM, Gaines BA. The influence of Down's syndrome on the management and outcome of children with Hirschsprung's disease. J Pediatr Surg 38(6), 946-949, 2003.

Active Research Projects / Grants

  • Preventing Childhood Injuries
  • Preparation of the Pre-School Child for Elective Surgery

Last Update

June 12, 2008
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Last Update

June 12, 2008
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