Surgeon-in-Chief, Doernbecher Children's Hospital
General Surgery
Dr. Kenneth S. Azarow, MD
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Kenneth Azarow works in the field of General Surgery. He studied medicine at Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences. Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences has a rank of 72 in research and a 47 in primary care He received 36 awards: "Helen B. Tracy Professor of Pediatric Surgery, endowment for the advancement of surgery for children", "Alton S.K. Wong Distinguished Professor of Surgery; endowment given and bestowed for the advancement of surgical education", "Legion of Merit", "Afghanistan Campaign Medal", "MSM (silver oak leaf cluster)", "NATO Medal", "Overseas Service Ribbon", "Meritorious Unit Award", "Superior Unit Award (1st oak leaf cluster )", "MSM (4th oak leaf cluster)", "MSM (3rd oak leaf cluster) Lewis Aspey Malogne Award for academic and teaching excellence given to the outstanding COL physician in the US Army", "Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal", "Global War on Terrorism Service Medal (1st star)", "MSM (2nd Oak Leaf Cluster)", "MSM (3rd oak leaf cluster) Lewis Aspey Malogne Award for academic excellence given to the outstanding COL physician in the US Army", "Global War on Terrorism Service Medal", "Winner ACS trauma competiton, Region XIII Army Section", "BG George Brown Mentors Cube", "ACM (1st Oak Leaf Cluster)", "BG George J. Brown Mentors Cube", "MG Kenyon Joyce Faculty Research Award ACM (2nd oak leaf cluster)", "MSM (1st Oak Leaf Cluster)", "Nancy Whitten Award for Outstanding IRB Member", "NDSR (1st Star) - Enduring Freedom", "Order of Military Medical Merit", "Army Commendation Medal (ACM)", "Dept. of Surgery Research Competition - 3rd Prize", "Army Achievement Medal (AAM)", "Meritorious Service Medal (MSM)", "Superior Unit Award Desert Storm", "National Defense Service Ribbon(NDSR) Desert Storm", "Expert Field Medical Badge", "Army Service Ribbon", "Fellow, Surgical Section", "Fellow" and "Fellow (FACS)". Kenneth Azarow is also published. He has 55 publications published. The lastest publication: "Congenital thymic cysts in children--mostly misdiagnosed.'
Publications
- Identifying strategies to decrease infectious complications of gastroschisis repair.
- Undescended testes: Does age at orchiopexy affect survival of the testis?
- Morbidity and mortality associated with liver resections for primary malignancies in children.
- Chronic cervical esophageal foreign bodies in children: surgical approach after unsuccessful endoscopic management.
- Multi-institutional analysis of long-term symptom resolution after cholecystectomy for biliary dyskinesia in children.
- Blast injury in children: an analysis from Afghanistan and Iraq, 2002-2010.
- Long-term neurodevelopmental outcomes in children born with gastroschisis: the tiebreaker.
- Use of Fresh Frozen Plasma in Children.
- Pathologic changes in biliary dyskinesia.
- Mesonephric remnant with tubular function in a 15-year-old female.
- Pediatric trauma in an austere combat environment.
- Pediatric care as part of the US Army medical mission in the global war on terrorism in Afghanistan and Iraq, December 2001 to December 2004.
- Colon and rectal injuries during Operation Iraqi Freedom: are there any changing trends in management or outcome?
- From the combat medic to the forward surgical team: the Madigan model for improving trauma readiness of brigade combat teams fighting the Global War on Terror.
- Intestinal fatty acid binding protein (I-FABP) for the detection of strangulated mechanical small bowel obstruction.
- Splanchnic perfusion pressure: a better predictor of safe primary closure than intraabdominal pressure in neonatal gastroschisis.
- Congenital chest wall defects.
- The significance of incidental thyroid abnormalities identified during carotid duplex ultrasonography.
- Living on the edge: current concepts in the management of congenital diaphragmatic hernia.
- Are Army-trained surgeons satisfied with their residencies?
- Image of the month. Mayer-Rokitansky-Küster-Hauser syndrome.
- Is splanchnic perfusion pressure more predictive of outcome than intragastric pressure in neonates with gastroschisis?
- A pilot study using total colonic manometry in the surgical evaluation of pediatric functional colonic obstruction.
- Ethical use of tissue samples in genetic research.
- Enhanced detection of preinvasive breast cancer: combined role of mammography and needle localization biopsy.
- Congenital diaphragmatic hernia--a tale of two cities: the Toronto experience.
- A 45-year experience with surgical treatment of peptic ulcer disease in children.
- Multidisciplinary evaluation of the distended abdomen in critically ill infants and children: the role of bedside sonography.
- Congenital thymic cysts in children--mostly misdiagnosed.
- Pulmonary barotrauma in congenital diaphragmatic hernia: a clinicopathological correlation.
- Does telomerase activity add to the value of fine needle aspirations in evaluating thyroid nodules?
- Small cell ovarian carcinoma: a rare, aggressive tumor masquerading as constipation in a teenager with a fatal outcome.
- Pediatric trauma: experience of a combat support hospital in Iraq.
- Bronchoscopy in the blast injury patient.
- Continuous noninvasive monitoring of cardiac performance and tissue perfusion in pediatric trauma patients.
- Acute lung injury using oleic acid in the laboratory rat: establishment of a working model and evidence against free radicals in the acute phase.
- The effect of obesity on bioimpedance cardiac index.
- Establishing learning curves for surgical residents using Cumulative Summation (CUSUM) Analysis.
- National trends in minimally invasive and open operative experience of graduating general surgery residents: implications for surgical skills curricula development?
- Risks associated with fresh whole blood and red blood cell transfusions in a combat support hospital.
- Fresh whole blood transfusions in coalition military, foreign national, and enemy combatant patients during Operation Iraqi Freedom at a U.S. combat support hospital.
- Mucoepidermoid carcinoma of the thyroid gland: a case report and suggested surgical approach.
- Total colonic manometry as a guide for surgical management of functional colonic obstruction: Preliminary results.
- Comparison of telomerase levels before and after differentiation of two cell lines of human neuroblastoma.
- Effect of the Palmaz balloon-expandable metallic stent in the trachea of pigs.
- Biliary atresia: should all patients undergo a portoenterostomy?
- The impact of a previous Kasai procedure on liver transplantation for biliary atresia.
- Laparotomy or drain for perforated necrotizing enterocolitis: who gets what and why?
- Extrauterine twin-twin transfusion affects renal function and perioperative management of conjoined twins.
- Preoperative evaluation and general preparation for chest-wall operations.
- Primary mediastinal masses. A comparison of adult and pediatric populations.
- Vascular ring: does magnetic resonance imaging replace angiography?
- Perioperative complications of long-term central venous catheters in high-risk patients: predictors versus myths.
- Minimizing variance in pediatric gastrostomy: does standardized perioperative feeding plan decrease cost and improve outcomes?
Schools
Usuhs F E Hebert Sch Of Med
Procedures Preformed
- Appendectomy, Laparoscopic
- Appendectomy, Open
- Colectomy
- Dressing and-or Debridement of Wound, Infection, or Burn (incl. Negative Pressure Wound Therapy)
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Doctors Specialties
- General Surgery
Accepted Insurances
Awards
- Helen B. Tracy Professor of Pediatric Surgery, endowment for the advancement of surgery for children
- Alton S.K. Wong Distinguished Professor of Surgery; endowment given and bestowed for the advancement of surgical education
- Legion of Merit
- Afghanistan Campaign Medal
- MSM (silver oak leaf cluster)
- NATO Medal
- Overseas Service Ribbon
- Meritorious Unit Award
- Superior Unit Award – (1st oak leaf cluster )
- MSM (4th oak leaf cluster)
- MSM (3rd oak leaf cluster) – Lewis Aspey Malogne Award for academic and teaching excellence given to the outstanding COL physician in the US Army
- Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal
- Global War on Terrorism Service Medal (1st star)
- MSM (2nd Oak Leaf Cluster)
- MSM (3rd oak leaf cluster) – Lewis Aspey Malogne Award for academic excellence given to the outstanding COL physician in the US Army
- Global War on Terrorism Service Medal
- Winner ACS trauma competiton, Region XIII – Army Section
- BG George Brown Mentor’s Cube
- ACM (1st Oak Leaf Cluster)
- BG George J. Brown Mentor’s Cube
- MG Kenyon Joyce Faculty Research Award – ACM (2nd oak leaf cluster)
- MSM (1st Oak Leaf Cluster)
- Nancy Whitten Award for Outstanding IRB Member
- NDSR (1st Star) - Enduring Freedom
- Order of Military Medical Merit
- Army Commendation Medal (ACM)
- Dept. of Surgery Research Competition - 3rd Prize
- Army Achievement Medal (AAM)
- Meritorious Service Medal (MSM)
- Superior Unit Award Desert Storm
- National Defense Service Ribbon(NDSR) Desert Storm
- Expert Field Medical Badge
- Army Service Ribbon
- Fellow, Surgical Section
- Fellow
- Fellow (FACS)
Education
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Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
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