Pediatric Surgery

Associate Professor of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine


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

412-692-5053
james.lynch@chp.edu

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

• 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

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

• 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

• 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.

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