Lauren Marie Baumann

Medical Degree, Michigan State University 2014

Bachelor's Degree, Johns Hopkins University 2007 (Public Health)

Master's Degree, Johns Hopkins University 2008 (Environmental Health Sciences)

2008 -2011 Research Assistant, Peru Asthma Research Project, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD Department of International Health, sites in Lima and Tumbes, Peru., Prevalence, severity, genetics, immunology, and environmental factors affecting pediatric asthma in two Peruvian regions. Responsibilities: Protocol design, grant-writing, data collection and management, manuscript preparation. PI: William Checkley, MD, PhD: Johns Hopkins University; Additional Mentor: Robert Gilman, MD: Johns Hopkins University,

2007 - Pediatric Patient-Physician relationship Project, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Department of Pediatrics, Baltimore, MD., Investigation of the Patient-Physician relationship as perceived by mothers of newborns. Responsibilities: Recruitment of subjects and data collection. PI: Dennis Kuo, MD: Johns Hopkins University,

2005 - Department of Endocrinology Research Assistant, University of Michigan Health Systems, Department of Endocrinology, Ann Arbor, MI., Review of the cost-utility and quality of life impact of bariatric surgery. Responsibilities: Data collection and management. PI: William Herman, MD: University of Michigan.,

Peer Reviewed Publications

Tomaino, Katherine; Romero, Karina M; Robinson, Colin L; Baumann, Lauren M; Hansel, Nadia N; Pollard, Suzanne L; Gilman, Robert H; Mougey, Edward; Lima, John J; Checkley, William (2015. ) Association Between Serum 25-Hydroxy Vitamin D Levels and Blood Pressure Among Adolescents in Two Resource-Limited Settings in Peru.American journal of hypertension, , 28 (8 ) ,1017-23

Baumann, L M; Romero, K M; Robinson, C L; Hansel, N N; Gilman, R H; Hamilton, R G; Lima, J J; Wise, R A; Checkley, W (2015. ) Prevalence and risk factors for allergic rhinitis in two resource-limited settings in Peru with disparate degrees of urbanization.Clinical and experimental allergy : journal of the British Society for Allergy and Clinical Immunology, , 45 (1 ) ,192-9

Checkley, W; Robinson, C L; Baumann, L M; Hansel, N N; Romero, K M; Pollard, S L; Wise, R A; Gilman, R H; Mougey, E; Lima, J J (2015. ) 25-hydroxy vitamin D levels are associated with childhood asthma in a population-based study in Peru.Clinical and experimental allergy : journal of the British Society for Allergy and Clinical Immunology, , 45 (1 ) ,273-82

Elmasri, Mary; Romero, Karina M; Gilman, Robert H; Hansel, Nadia N; Robinson, Colin L; Baumann, Lauren M; Cabrera, Lilia; Hamilton, Robert G; Checkley, William (2014. ) Longitudinal assessment of high versus low levels of fractional exhaled nitric oxide among children with asthma and atopy.Lung, , 192 (2 ) ,305-12

Romero, Karina M; Robinson, Colin L; Baumann, Lauren M; Gilman, Robert H; Hamilton, Robert G; Hansel, Nadia N; Checkley, William (2013. ) Role of exhaled nitric oxide as a predictor of atopy.Respiratory research, , 14 ,48

Checkley, William; Robinson, Colin L; Baumann, Lauren M; Romero, Karina; Combe, Juan M; Gilman, Robert H; Wise, Robert A; Hamilton, Robert G; Gonzalvez, Guillermo; Cama, Vitaliano; Hansel, Nadia N (2013. ) Effect of urbanisation on the relationship between total serum IgE and asthma.The European respiratory journal, , 41 (5 ) ,1074-81

Robinson, Colin L; Baumann, Lauren M; Gilman, Robert H; Romero, Karina; Combe, Juan Manuel; Cabrera, Lilia; Hansel, Nadia N; Barnes, Kathleen; Gonzalvez, Guillermo; Wise, Robert A; Breysse, Patrick N; Checkley, William (2012. ) The Peru Urban versus Rural Asthma (PURA) Study: methods and baseline quality control data from a cross-sectional investigation into the prevalence, severity, genetics, immunology and environmental factors affecting asthma in adolescence in Peru.BMJ open, , 2 (1 ) ,e000421

Robinson, Colin L; Baumann, Lauren M; Romero, Karina; Combe, Juan M; Gomez, Alfonso; Gilman, Robert H; Cabrera, Lilia; Gonzalvez, Guillermo; Hansel, Nadia N; Wise, Robert A; Barnes, Kathleen C; Breysse, Patrick N; Checkley, William (2011. ) Effect of urbanisation on asthma, allergy and airways inflammation in a developing country setting.Thorax, , 66 (12 ) ,1051-7

Baumann, Lauren M; Robinson, Colin L; Combe, Juan M; Gomez, Alfonso; Romero, Karina; Gilman, Robert H; Cabrera, Lilia; Hansel, Nadia N; Wise, Robert A; Breysse, Patrick N; Barnes, Kathleen; Hernandez, Juan E; Checkley, William (2011. ) Effects of distance from a heavily transited avenue on asthma and atopy in a periurban shantytown in Lima, Peru.The Journal of allergy and clinical immunology, , 127 (4 ) ,875-82

McEwen, Laura N; Coelho, Renuka B; Baumann, Lauren M; Bilik, Dori; Nota-Kirby, Betsy; Herman, William H (2010. ) The cost, quality of life impact, and cost-utility of bariatric surgery in a managed care population.Obesity surgery, , 20 (7 ) ,919-28

Baumann, Lauren M; Williams, Kibileri; Oyetunji, Tolulope A; Grabowski, Julia; Lautz, Timothy B (2018. ) Optimal Timing of Postoperative Imaging for Complicated Appendicitis.Journal of laparoendoscopic & advanced surgical techniques. Part A, ,

Baumann, Lauren M; Barsness, Katherine A (2018. ) The Case for Simulation-Based Mastery Learning Education Courses for Practicing Surgeons.Journal of laparoendoscopic & advanced surgical techniques. Part A, ,

Ghomrawi, Hassan Mk; Baumann, Lauren M; Kwon, Soyang; Hebal, Ferdynand; Hsiung, Grace; Williams, Kibileri; Reimann, Molly; Stake, Christine; Johnson, Emilie K; Abdullah, Fizan (2017. ) Using accelerometers to characterize recovery after surgery in children.Journal of pediatric surgery, ,

Haider, Adil; Scott, John W; Gause, Colin D; Meheš, Mira; Hsiung, Grace; Prelvukaj, Albulena; Yanocha, Dana; Baumann, Lauren M; Ahmed, Faheem; Ahmed, Na'eem; Anderson, Sara; Angate, Herve; Arfaa, Lisa; Asbun, Horacio; Ashengo, Tigistu; Asuman, Kisembo; Ayala, Ruben; Bickler, Stephen; Billingsley, Saul; Bird, Peter; Botman, Matthijs; Butler, Marilyn; Buyske, Jo; Capozzi, Angelo; Casey, Kathleen; Clayton, Charles; Cobey, James; Cotton, Michael; Deckelbaum, Dan; Derbew, Miliard; deVries, Catherine; Dillner, Jeanne; Downham, Max; Draisin, Natalie; Echinard, David; Elneil, Sohier; ElSayed, Ahmed; Estelle, Abigail; Finley, Allen; Frenkel, Erica; Frykman, Philip K; Gheorghe, Florin; Gore-Booth, Julian; Henker, Richard; Henry, Jaymie; Henry, Orion; Hoemeke, Laura; Hoffman, David; Ibanga, Iko; Jackson, Eric V; Jani, Pankaj; Johnson, Walter; Jones, Andrew; Kassem, Zeina; Kisembo, Asuman; Kocan, Abbey; Krishnaswami, Sanjay; Lane, Robert; Latif, Asad; Levy, Barbara; Linos, Dimitrios; Linz, Peter; Listwa, Louis A; Magee, Declan; Makasa, Emmanuel; Marin, Michael L; Martin, Claude; McQueen, Kelly; Morgan, Jamie; Moser, Richard; Neighbor, Robert; Novick, William M; Ogendo, Stephen; Omigbodun, Akinyinka; Onajin-Obembe, Bisola; Parsan, Neil; Philip, Beverly K; Price, Raymond; Rasheed, Shahnawaz; Ratel, Marjorie; Reynolds, Cheri; Roser, Steven M; Rowles, Jackie; Samad, Lubna; Sampson, John; Sanghvi, Harshadkumar; Sellers, Marchelle L; Sigalet, David; Steffes, Bruce C; Stieber, Erin; Swaroop, Mamta; Tarpley, John; Varghese, Asha; Varughese, Julie; Wagner, Richard; Warf, Benjamin; Wetzig, Neil; Williamson, Susan; Wood, Joshua; Zeidan, Anne; Zirkle, Lewis; Allen, Brendan; Abdullah, Fizan (2017. ) Erratum to: Development of a Unifying Target and Consensus Indicators for Global Surgical Systems Strengthening: Proposed by the Global Alliance for Surgery, Obstetric, Trauma, and Anaesthesia Care (The G4 Alliance).World journal of surgery, , 41 (10 ) ,2423-2425

Haider, Adil; Scott, John W; Gause, Colin D; Meheš, Mira; Hsiung, Grace; Prelvukaj, Albulena; Yanocha, Dana; Baumann, Lauren M; Ahmed, Faheem; Ahmed, Na'eem; Anderson, Sara; Angate, Herve; Arfaa, Lisa; Asbun, Horacio; Ashengo, Tigistu; Asuman, Kisembo; Ayala, Ruben; Bickler, Stephen; Billingsley, Saul; Bird, Peter; Botman, Matthijs; Butler, Marilyn; Buyske, Jo; Capozzi, Angelo; Casey, Kathleen; Clayton, Charles; Cobey, James; Cotton, Michael; Deckelbaum, Dan; Derbew, Miliard; deVries, Catherine; Dillner, Jeanne; Downham, Max; Draisin, Natalie; Echinard, David; Elneil, Sohier; ElSayed, Ahmed; Estelle, Abigail; Finley, Allen; Frenkel, Erica; Frykman, Philip K; Gheorghe, Florin; Gore-Booth, Julian; Henker, Richard; Henry, Jaymie; Henry, Orion; Hoemeke, Laura; Hoffman, David; Ibanga, Iko; Jackson, Eric V; Jani, Pankaj; Johnson, Walter; Jones, Andrew; Kassem, Zeina; Kisembo, Asuman; Kocan, Abbey; Krishnaswami, Sanjay; Lane, Robert; Latif, Asad; Levy, Barbara; Linos, Dimitrios; Linz, Peter; Listwa, Louis A; Magee, Declan; Makasa, Emmanuel; Marin, Michael L; Martin, Claude; McQueen, Kelly; Morgan, Jamie; Moser, Richard; Neighbor, Robert; Novick, William M; Ogendo, Stephen; Omigbodun, Akinyinka; Onajin-Obembe, Bisola; Parsan, Neil; Philip, Beverly K; Price, Raymond; Rasheed, Shahnawaz; Ratel, Marjorie; Reynolds, Cheri; Roser, Steven M; Rowles, Jackie; Samad, Lubna; Sampson, John; Sanghvi, Harshadkumar; Sellers, Marchelle L; Sigalet, David; Steffes, Bruce C; Stieber, Erin; Swaroop, Mamta; Tarpley, John; Varghese, Asha; Varughese, Julie; Wagner, Richard; Warf, Benjamin; Wetzig, Neil; Williamson, Susan; Wood, Joshua; Zeidan, Anne; Zirkle, Lewis; Allen, Brendan; Abdullah, Fizan (2017. ) Development of a Unifying Target and Consensus Indicators for Global Surgical Systems Strengthening: Proposed by the Global Alliance for Surgery, Obstetric, Trauma, and Anaesthesia Care (The G4 Alliance).World journal of surgery, , 41 (10 ) ,2426-2434

Baumann, Lauren M; Williams, Kibileri; Abdullah, Fizan; Hendrickson, Richard J; Oyetunji, Tolulope A (2017. ) Do-not-resuscitate orders and high-risk pediatric surgery: professional nuisance or medical necessity?.The Journal of surgical research, , 217 ,213-216

Corkum, Kristine S; Baumann, Lauren M; Lautz, Timothy B (2019. ) Complication Rates for Pediatric Hepatectomy and Nephrectomy: A Comparison of NSQIP-P, PHIS, and KID.The Journal of surgical research, , 240 ,182-190

Baumann, Lauren M; Williams, Kibileri; Ghomrawi, Hassan; Abdullah, Fizan (2019. ) Current practice patterns for postoperative activity restrictions in children.Journal of pediatric surgery, , 54 (7 ) ,1432-1435

Ghomrawi H.M.;Many B.;Rizeq Y.;Baumann L.M.;Vacek J.;Port E.;Kwon S.;Abdullah F. (01-01-2020. ) Baseline preoperative physical activity for surgical patients varies from healthy population control.Journal of Pediatric Surgery, ,

Williams K.;Baumann L.;Grabowski J.;Lautz T.B. (04-01-2019. ) Current Practice in the Management of Spontaneous Pneumothorax in Children.Journal of Laparoendoscopic and Advanced Surgical Techniques, , 29 (4 ) ,551-556

Williams K.;Baumann L.;Abdullah F.;Hendrickson R.J.;Oyetunji T.A. (01-01-2019. ) Elective laparoscopic gastrostomy in children: potential for an enhanced recovery protocol.Pediatric Surgery International, ,

Williams K.;Baumann L.;Abdullah F.;St. Peter S.;Oyetunji T. (01-01-2018. ) Variation in prophylactic antibiotic use for laparoscopic cholecystectomy: need for better stewardsh.Journal of Pediatric Surgery, , 53 (1 ) ,48-51

Williams K.;Baumann L.;Shah A.;Abdullah F.;Johnson E.;Oyetunji T. (01-01-2018. ) Age at orchiopexy for undescended testis in the United States.Journal of Pediatric Surgery, , 53 (1 ) ,86-89

Ghomrawi, Hassan Mk; Many, Benjamin; Rizeq, Yazan; Baumann, Lauren M; Vacek, Jonathan; Port, Elissa; Kwon, Soyang; Abdullah, Fizan (2020. ) Baseline preoperative physical activity for surgical patients varies from healthy population controls.Journal of pediatric surgery, , 55 (5 ) ,959-963

Book Chapter

Baumann LM (2017 ) General anesthesia The Mont Reid Surgical Handbook, 7th ed .Elsevier

Baumann LM (2017 ) Burn care The Mont Reid Surgical Handbook, 7th ed .Elsevier

Poster Presentations

Romero KM, Robinson CL, Baumann LM, et al (05-2012. ) Role of exhaled nitric oxide as a predictor of atopy .American Thoracic Society International Conference. .

Robinson CL, Baumann LM, et al (09-2010. ) The Peru Urban Rural Asthma (PURA) Study: Effect of an Urban Environment on Asthma, Atopy, and Airways Inflammation in a Developing Country Setting .Global Health Clinical Research Alumni Symposium (Fogarty International Clinical Research Scholars Program/Doris Duke International Clinical Research Fellowship). .

Robinson CL, Baumann LM, et al (05-2010. ) Epidemiology of asthma in two Peruvian cities: differences in symptom reporting, spirometry, allergy skin testing, exhaled nitric oxide, and indoor air quality .American Thoracic Society International Conference. .

Robinson CL, Baumann LM, et al (03-2010. ) The Peru Two Cities Asthma (PATH) study: the prevalence, severity, genetics, immunology, and environmental factors affecting asthma in Peru .Fogarty International Clinical Research Scholars Symposium. .

Baumann LM, Williams K, Schwab B, Barsness KB (05-2017. ) Simulation-based education for advanced pediatric minimally invasive surgery: enhancing existing training opportunities .American Pediatric Surgical Association. .

Baumann LM, Ghomrawi HM, Kwon S, et al (09-2017. ) Using accelerometers to characterize recovery after surgery in children .American Academy of Pediatrics. .

Baumann LM, Prieto R, Barsness KA, et al (04-2018. ) The International Laparoscopic Advancement Program: enhancing surgical education in Mexico .Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons. .

Baumann LM, Prieto R, Moreno-Paquentin E, et al (04-2018. ) The International Laparoscopic Advancement Program: evaluating the surgical education environment in Mexico .Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons. .

Paper Presentations

Baumann LM, et al (05-2010. ) Association between distance from a heavily transited avenue, indoor air quality and risk of asthma in a poor peri-urban shanty-town in Lima, Peru .American Thoracic Society International Conference.

Baumann LM, et al (05-2013. ) Quality of life outcomes in Genesee County Asthma Management Program .MSU/FAME Community Research Forum.

Baumann LM, Barsness KA (02-2017. ) An argument for simulation-based mastery learning education courses for practicing surgeons .Academic Surgical Congress.

Baumann LM, et al (02-2017. ) DNR orders and high risk pediatric surgery: professional nuisance or medical necessity? .Academic Surgical Congress.

Baumann LM, et al (01-2018. ) Global experience with implementation of a minimum universal operative case log .Academic Surgical Congress.

Baumann LM, Barsness KA (04-2018. ) Evaluation of an advanced neonatal minimally invasive skills course: enhancing educational opportunities for pediatric surgical trainees .International Pediatric Endosurgery Group.

2003 Hodson Trust Scholarship Recipient

2008 Johns Hopkins Medical Institute, Global Health Grant

2010 American Thoracic Society, Assembly on Pediatrics Travel Award

2012 CHM Surgical Alumni Endowed Scholarship

2018 International Pediatric Endosurgery Group Sponsored Research Scholar

07-2016-06-2018 Research Fellowship, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital, Department of Pediatric Surgery, Chicago, IL (Mentor: Fizan Abdullah, MD, PhD), Health services and outcomes research including prospective clinical studies, large database reviews, and quality improvement projects. Responsibilities: Grant writing, protocol design, data collection and management, manuscript preparation.,

2014: Pan American Trauma Society, Resident Member

2014: American College of Surgeons, Resident Member

2017: Society for American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons

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