Pediatric Surgery

Surgical Director, Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
Director, Benedum Pediatric Trauma Program
Director, General Surgery Resident Education
Program Director, Pediatric Surgical Critical Care Residency, University of Pittsburgh and Hospitals of the University Health Center of Pittsburgh
Assistant Professor, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine



Department of Pediatric Surgery
Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh
3705 Fifth Ave.
Pittsburgh, PA 15213

412-692-8288
412-692-6069 Fax
barbara.gaines@chp.edu

Medical School:

1990 University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA

Residency:

1998 Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
2000 Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA

Fellowship:

1995 University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Department of Surgery, Pittsburgh, PA

• 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)
• American College of Surgeons
• Southeastern Surgical Congress
• 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
• Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma

• American Board of Surgery, Specialty of Surgery
• American Board of Surgery, Surgical Critical Care
• American Board of Surgery, Pediatric Surgery

• Outstanding Surgeon, Critical Care Staff, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh
• Alfred E. Blalock Award, Surgical Research, Vanderbilt University
• Travel Award, Tolerance Symposium
• Young Investigator Award, American Motility Society
• Raven Society, University of Virginia
• Alpha Omega Alpha, Virginia Alpha
• Magna Cum Laude, Brown University
• Sigma Xi Scientific Research Society, Brown University Chapter
• Phi Beta Kappa, Rhode Island Alpha

• Blood Product Transfusions in Pediatric Trauma Patients: Is There Increased Mortality?
• Retrospective Review of the Incidence of DVT in Pediatric Trauma Patients
• Pediatric Vascular Injury
• ATV Risk Factor Study
• Evaluation of Factors Predicting Intestinal Injuries Associated with Blunt Abdominal Trauma in Children
• The Quality of Life in Pediatric Patients Sustaining a Major Trauma is Impaired Both Short Term and Long Term
• A Prospective, Randomized, Controlled Evaluation of Fibrin Sealant 2 (FS2) as an Adjunct to Hemostasis During Retroperitoneal or Intra-Abdominal Surgery
• Presentation and Outcome of Acute Ovarian Torsion in Pediatric Patients - A Retrospective Review
• Cervical Spine Clearance in Injured Children Under the Age of 3 Years: Are We Overdoing It?
• Laparoscopic Versus Open Pyloromyotomy for Infantile Hypertrophic Pyloric Stenosis
• Does Pre-Hospital Triage Correspond to Injury Severity or Outcome in Pediatric Trauma Patients
• Adolescent Traffic Offenders Program: THIS IS RED (Reality Education for Drivers)

• Quality of life after Pediatric Trauma
• Evaluation of Pediatric Injury Prevention initiatives
• Clinical trials in pediatric patients
• Outcomes-related research in pediatric general surgery and trauma
• Surgical Infections in pediatric patients