Rebeccah L. Brown, MD

Bachelor's Degree: New Mexico State University 1986 (Biology and Chemistry)

Medical Degree: University of New Mexico 1990

Research Fellowship: University of Cincinnati Medical Center 1994

ECMO Fellowship: Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center 1994

General Surgery Residency: University of Cincinnati 1997

Pediatric Surgery Fellowship: Children's Hospital of Buffalo 1999

General Pediatric Surgery, Trauma, Injury Prevention, Neonatal Surgery, Minimally Invasive Surgery

Peer Reviewed Publications

Chatoorgoon, Kaveer; Brown, Rebeccah L; Garcia, Victor F; Falcone, Richard A  (2012). Role of computed tomography and clinical findings in pediatric blunt intestinal injury: a multicenter study. Pediatric emergency care, 28 (12) , 1338-42More Information

Beaudin, Marianne; Daugherty, Margot; Geis, Gary; Moody, Suzanne; Brown, Rebeccah L; Garcia, Victor F; Falcone, Richard A  (2012). Assessment of factors associated with the delayed transfer of pediatric trauma patients: an emergency physician survey. Pediatric emergency care, 28 (8) , 758-63More Information

Goldberg, Jillian; McClaine, Rebecca J; Cook, Becky; Garcia, Victor F; Brown, Rebeccah L; Crone, Kerry; Falcone, Richard A  (2011). Use of a mild traumatic brain injury guideline to reduce inpatient hospital imaging and charges. Journal of pediatric surgery, 46 (9) , 1777-83More Information

Chatoorgoon, Kaveer; Huezo, Karen; Rangel, Erika; François, Nathaly; Schweer, Lynn; Daugherty, Margot; Koehn, Margie; Ricketts, Crystal; Brown, Rebeccah L; Garcia, Victor F; Falcone, Richard A  (2010). Unnecessary imaging, not hospital distance, or transportation mode impacts delays in the transfer of injured children. Pediatric emergency care, 26 (7) , 481-6More Information

Brown, Rebeccah L  (2010). Epidemiology of injury and the impact of health disparities. Current opinion in pediatrics, 22 (3) , 321-5More Information

Martin, Colin A; Care, Marguerite; Rangel, Erika L; Brown, Rebeccah L; Garcia, Victor F; Falcone, Richard A  (2010). Severity of head computed tomography scan findings fail to explain racial differences in mortality following child abuse. American journal of surgery, 199 (2) , 210-5More Information

Pieretti-Vanmarcke, Rafael; Velmahos, George C; Nance, Michael L; Islam, Saleem; Falcone, Richard A; Wales, Paul W; Brown, Rebeccah L; Gaines, Barbara A; McKenna, Christine; Moore, Forrest O; Goslar, Pamela W; Inaba, Kenji; Barmparas, Galinos; Scaife, Eric R; Metzger, Ryan R; Brockmeyer, Douglas L; Upperman, Jeffrey S; Estrada, Joaquin; Lanning, David A; Rasmussen, Sara K; Danielson, Paul D; Hirsh, Michael P; Consani, Heitor F X; Stylianos, Steven; Pineda, Candace; Norwood, Scott H; Bruch, Steven W; Drongowski, Robert; Barraco, Robert D; Pasquale, Michael D; Hussain, Farheen; Hirsch, Erwin F; McNeely, P Daniel; Fallat, Mary E; Foley, David S; Iocono, Joseph A; Bennett, Heather M; Waxman, Kenneth; Kam, Kelly; Bakhos, Lisa; Petrovick, Laurie; Chang, Yuchiao; Masiakos, Peter T  (2009). Clinical clearance of the cervical spine in blunt trauma patients younger than 3 years: a multi-center study of the american association for the surgery of trauma. The Journal of trauma, 67 (3) , 543-9; discussion 54More Information

Falcone, Richard A; Martin, Colin; Brown, Rebeccah L; Garcia, Victor F  (2008). Despite overall low pediatric head injury mortality, disparities exist between races. Journal of pediatric surgery, 43 (10) , 1858-64More Information

Falcone, Richard A; Daugherty, Margot; Schweer, Lynn; Patterson, Mary; Brown, Rebeccah L; Garcia, Victor F  (2008). Multidisciplinary pediatric trauma team training using high-fidelity trauma simulation. Journal of pediatric surgery, 43 (6) , 1065-71More Information

Richter, Gresham T; Ryckman, Frederick; Brown, Rebeccah L; Rutter, Michael J  (2008). Endoscopic management of recurrent tracheoesophageal fistula. Journal of pediatric surgery, 43 (1) , 238-45More Information

Rangel, Shawn J; Martin, Colin A; Brown, Rebeccah L; Garcia, Victor F; Falcone, Richard A  (2008). Alarming trends in the improper use of motor vehicle restraints in children: implications for public policy and the development of race-based strategies for improving compliance. Journal of pediatric surgery, 43 (1) , 200-7More Information

Jafri, Mubeen; Alonso, Maria; Kaul, Ajay; Dierig, Jackie; Racadio, John; Inge, Thomas; Brown, Rebeccah; Ryckman, Frederick; Tiao, Greg  (2008). Intraoperative manometry during laparoscopic Heller myotomy improves outcome in pediatric achalasia. Journal of pediatric surgery, 43 (1) , 66-70; discussion 70More Information

Tataria, Monika; Nance, Michael L; Holmes, James H; Miller, Charles C; Mattix, Kelly D; Brown, Rebeccah L; Mooney, David P; Scherer, L R Tres; Groner, Jon I; Scaife, Eric R; Spain, David A; Brundage, Susan I  (2007). Pediatric blunt abdominal injury: age is irrelevant and delayed operation is not detrimental. The Journal of trauma, 63 (3) , 608-14More Information

Falcone, Richard A; Brown, Rebeccah L; Garcia, Victor F  (2007). Disparities in child abuse mortality are not explained by injury severity. Journal of pediatric surgery, 42 (6) , 1031-6; discussion 1More Information

Falcone, Richard A; Brown, Rebeccah L; Garcia, Victor F  (2007). The epidemiology of infant injuries and alarming health disparities. Journal of pediatric surgery, 42 (1) , 172-6; discussion 17More Information

Ignacio, Romeo C; Falcone, Richard A; Brown, Rebeccah L  (2006). A case report of severe tracheal obstruction requiring extracorporeal membrane oxygenation. Journal of pediatric surgery, 41 (10) , E1-4More Information

Giss, Steven R; Dobrilovic, Nick; Brown, Rebeccah L; Garcia, Victor F  (2006). Complications of nonoperative management of pediatric blunt hepatic injury: Diagnosis, management, and outcomes. The Journal of trauma, 61 (2) , 334-9More Information

Cook, Becky S; Ricketts, Crystal D; Brown, Rebeccah L; Garcia, Victor F; Falcone, Richard AEffect of safety education on classmates of injured children: a prospective clinical trial. Journal of trauma nursing : the official journal of the Society of Trauma Nurses, 13 (3) , 96-101

Shebesta, Kaaren Fanta; Cook, Becky; Rickets, Crystal; Schweer, Lynn; Brown, Rebeccah L; Garcia, Victor F; Falcone, Richard APediatric trauma nurse practitioners increase bedside nurses' satisfaction with pediatric trauma patient care. Journal of trauma nursing : the official journal of the Society of Trauma Nurses, 13 (2) , 66-9

Allen, Steven R; Ignacio, Romeo; Falcone, Richard A; Alonso, Maria H; Brown, Rebeccah L; Garcia, Victor F; Inge, Thomas H; Ryckman, Frederick C; Warner, Brad W; Azizkhan, Richard G; Tiao, Gregory M  (2006). The effect of a right-sided aortic arch on outcome in children with esophageal atresia and tracheoesophageal fistula. Journal of pediatric surgery, 41 (3) , 479-83More Information

Fanta, Kaaren; Cook, Becky; Falcone, Richard A; Rickets, Crystal; Schweer, Lynn; Brown, Rebeccah L; Garcia, Victor F  (2006). Pediatric trauma nurse practitioners provide excellent care with superior patient satisfaction for injured children. Journal of pediatric surgery, 41 (1) , 277-81More Information

Frey, Ala Stanford; Garcia, Victor F; Brown, Rebeccah L; Inge, Thomas H; Ryckman, Frederick C; Cohen, Aliza P; Durrett, Greg; Azizkhan, Richard G  (2006). Nonoperative management of pectus carinatum. Journal of pediatric surgery, 41 (1) , 40-5; discussion 40-More Information

Holmes, James H; Wiebe, Douglas J; Tataria, Monica; Mattix, Kelly D; Mooney, David P; Scaife, Eric R; Brown, Rebeccah L; Groner, Jon I; Brundage, Susan I; Tres Scherer, L R; Nance, Michael L  (2005). The failure of nonoperative management in pediatric solid organ injury: a multi-institutional experience. The Journal of trauma, 59 (6) , 1309-13

Blakely, Martin L; Lally, Kevin P; McDonald, Scott; Brown, Rebeccah L; Barnhart, Douglas C; Ricketts, Richard R; Thompson, W Raleigh; Scherer, L R; Klein, Michael D; Letton, Robert W; Chwals, Walter J; Touloukian, Robert J; Kurkchubasche, Arlett G; Skinner, Michael A; Moss, R Lawrence; Hilfiker, Mary L  (2005). Postoperative outcomes of extremely low birth-weight infants with necrotizing enterocolitis or isolated intestinal perforation: a prospective cohort study by the NICHD Neonatal Research Network. Annals of surgery, 241 (6) , 984-9; discussion 98

Garcia, Victor F; Brown, Rebeccah L  (2003). Pediatric trauma: beyond the brain. Critical care clinics, 19 (3) , 551-61, x

Brown, Rebeccah L; Koepplinger, Matthew E; Mehlman, Charles T; Gittelman, Michael; Garcia, Victor F  (2002). All-terrain vehicle and bicycle crashes in children: epidemiology and comparison of injury severity. Journal of pediatric surgery, 37 (3) , 375-80

Apelt, Nadja; Schaffzin, Joshua; Bates, Christina; Brown, Rebeccah L; Mecoli, Marc; Sadhasivam, Senthilkumar; Garcia, Victor  (2017). Surgical site infection related to use of elastomeric pumps in pectus excavatum repair. Lessons learned from root cause analysis. Journal of pediatric surgeryMore Information

Englum, Brian R; Rothman, Jennifer; Leonard, Sarah; Reiter, Audra; Thornburg, Courtney; Brindle, Mary; Wright, Nicola; Heeney, Matthew M; Jason Smithers, C; Brown, Rebeccah L; Kalfa, Theodosia; Langer, Jacob C; Cada, Michaela; Oldham, Keith T; Scott, J Paul; St Peter, Shawn D; Sharma, Mukta; Davidoff, Andrew M; Nottage, Kerri; Bernabe, Kathryn; Wilson, David B; Dutta, Sanjeev; Glader, Bertil; Crary, Shelley E; Dassinger, Melvin S; Dunbar, Levette; Islam, Saleem; Kumar, Manjusha; Rescorla, Fred; Bruch, Steve; Campbell, Andrew; Austin, Mary; Sidonio, Robert; Blakely, Martin L; Rice, Henry E  (2016). Hematologic outcomes after total splenectomy and partial splenectomy for congenital hemolytic anemia. Journal of pediatric surgery, 51 (1) , 122-7More Information

Scorletti F.;Bove K.;Brown R.L.  (01-01-2019). Small bowel-small bowel intussusception with high grade obstruction due to intramural submucosal ile. International Journal of Surgery Case Reports, 61, 33-37More Information

Truong V.;Li C.;Brown R.;Moore R.;Garcia V.;Crotty E.;Taylor M.;Ngo T.;Mazur W.  (12-01-2017). Occult RV systolic dysfunction detected by CMR derived RV circumferential strain in patients with pe. PLoS ONE, 12 (12) More Information

Brown R.L.;Falcone R.A.;Garcia V.F.  (12-01-2012). Genitourinary Tract Trauma. Pediatric Surgery, 311-325More Information

Mattix K.;Tataria M.;Holmes J.;Kristoffersen K.;Brown R.;Groner J.;Scaife E.;Mooney D.;Nance M.;Scherer L.  (02-01-2007). Pediatric pancreatic trauma: predictors of nonoperative management failure and associated outcomes. Journal of Pediatric Surgery, 42 (2) , 340-344More Information

Brown R.;Garcia V.  (01-01-2006). Genitourinary Tract Trauma. Pediatric Surgery: Sixth Edition, 1-2, 317-336More Information

Brown R.;Brunn M.;Garcia V.  (01-01-2001). Cervical spine injuries in children: A review of 103 patients treated consecutively at a level 1 ped. Journal of Pediatric Surgery, 36 (8) , 1107-1114More Information

Rice H.;Acosta A.;Brown R.;Gutierrez C.;Alashari M.;Mintequi D.;Rodriguez A.;Chavarrfa O.;Azizkhan R.  (01-01-2000). Juvenile papillomatosis of the breast in male infants: Two case reports. Pediatric Surgery International, 16 (1-2) , 104-106More Information

Brown R.;Azizkhan R.  (01-01-1999). Gastrointestinal bleeding in infants and children: Meckel's diverticulum and intestinal duplication. Seminars in Pediatric Surgery, 8 (4) , 202-209More Information

Brown R.L.;Irish M.S.;McCabe A.J.;Glick P.L.;Caty M.G.  (01-01-1999). Observation of splenic trauma: When is a little too much?. Journal of Pediatric Surgery, 34 (7) , 1124-1126More Information

Rice H.;Arbesman M.;Martin D.;Brown R.;Gollin G.;Gilbert J.;Caty M.;Glick P.;Azizkhan R.  (01-01-1999). Does early ultrasonography affect management of pediatric appendicitis? A prospective analysis. Journal of Pediatric Surgery, 34 (5) , 754-759More Information

Brown R.;Azizkhan R.  (01-01-1998). Pediatric head and neck lesions. Pediatric Clinics of North America, 45 (4) , 889-905More Information

Brown R.;Irish M.;Rice H.;Caty M.;Glick P.  (01-01-1998). Care of the surgical intensive care nursery graduate: The primary care pediatrician's perspective. Pediatric Clinics of North America, 45 (6) , 1327-1352More Information

Walter, Charlotte M; Lee, Christopher S; Moore, David L; Abbasian, Niekoo; Clay, Smokey J; Mecoli, Marc D; Olbrecht, Vanessa A; Batra, Meenu; Ding, Lili; Yang, Fang; Nair, Manu; Huq, Abraar; Simpson, Blair E; Brown, Rebeccah L; Garcia, Victor F; Chidambaran, Vidya  (2023). Retrospective study comparing outcomes of multimodal epidural and erector spinae catheter pain protocols after pectus surgery. Journal of pediatric surgery, 58 (3) , 397-404More Information

Pulliam, Kasiemobi; Gardner, Dawne; Edmunds, Patrick; Moody, Suzanne; Aldridge, Nichole; Lyons, Stephanie; Jenkins, Todd; Kotagal, Meera; Brown, Rebeccah L; Falcone, Richard A  (2022). Partnering with high-risk communities to successfully reduce pediatric injury over time. Journal of pediatric surgeryMore Information

Gonzalez, Gabriel C; Berazaluce, Alejandra M Casar; Jenkins, Todd M; Hardie, William D; Foster, Karla E; Tretter, Justin T; Moore, Ryan A; Garcia, Victor F; Brown, Rebeccah L  (2022). Does age matter? Cardiopulmonary profiles of adolescents versus adults with pectus excavatum presenting for surgical evaluation. Pediatric surgery international, 39 (1) , 52More Information

Zens, Tiffany J; Casar Berazaluce, Alejandra M; Jenkins, Todd M; Hardie, William; Alsaied, Tarek; Tretter, Justin T; Moore, Ryan; Foster, Karla; Fleck, Robert J; Hanke, Rachel E; Colvin, Brandon E; Garrison, Aaron P; Kraemer, Aimee; Crotty, Eric; Taylor, Michael; Garcia, Victor F; Brown, Rebeccah L  (2022). The Severity of Pectus Excavatum Defect Is Associated With Impaired Cardiopulmonary Function. The Annals of thoracic surgery, 114 (3) , 1015-1021More Information

Chidambaran, Vidya; Simpson, Blair; Brower, Laura; Hanke, Rachel; Mecoli, Marc; Lane, Blake; Williams, Sara; McKenna, Emily; Bates, Christina; Kraemer, Aimee; Sturm, Peter; Brown, Rebeccah; Dunseath, Linda; Vogel, Craig; Garcia, Victor  (2022). Design and implementation of a novel patient-centered empowerment approach for pain optimisation in children undergoing major surgery. BMJ open quality, 11 (3) More Information

Abbasian, Niekoo; Clay, Smokey J; Batra, Meenu; Walter, Charlotte M; Olbrecht, Vanessa A; Mecoli, Marc; Lee, Christopher S; Nair, Manu; Huq, Abraar; Simpson, Blair E; Brown, Rebeccah L; Garcia, Victor F; Chidambaran, Vidya  (2022). Multimodal continuous ambulatory erector spinae catheter pain protocol for early recovery following Nuss procedure: a retrospective cohort study. Regional anesthesia and pain medicine, 47 (7) , 421-423More Information

Chidambaran, Vidya; Garcia, Victor F; Brown, Rebeccah L  (2022). Are We Ready for Cryoablation in Children Undergoing Nuss Procedures?. Anesthesia and analgesia, 134 (4) , 881-884More Information

Blakely, Martin L; Tyson, Jon E; Lally, Kevin P; Hintz, Susan R; Eggleston, Barry; Stevenson, David K; Besner, Gail E; Das, Abhik; Ohls, Robin K; Truog, William E; Nelin, Leif D; Poindexter, Brenda B; Pedroza, Claudia; Walsh, Michele C; Stoll, Barbara J; Geller, Rachel; Kennedy, Kathleen A; Dimmitt, Reed A; Carlo, Waldemar A; Cotten, C Michael; Laptook, Abbot R; Van Meurs, Krisa P; Calkins, Kara L; Sokol, Gregory M; Sanchez, Pablo J; Wyckoff, Myra H; Patel, Ravi M; Frantz, Ivan D; Shankaran, Seetha; D'Angio, Carl T; Yoder, Bradley A; Bell, Edward F; Watterberg, Kristi L; Martin, Colin A; Harmon, Carroll M; Rice, Henry; Kurkchubasche, Arlet G; Sylvester, Karl; Dunn, James C Y; Markel, Troy A; Diesen, Diana L; Bhatia, Amina M; Flake, Alan; Chwals, Walter J; Brown, Rebeccah; Bass, Kathryn D; St Peter, Shawn D; Shanti, Christina M; Pegoli, Walter; Skarda, David; Shilyansky, Joel; Lemon, David G; Mosquera, Ricardo A; Peralta-Carcelen, Myriam; Goldstein, Ricki F; Vohr, Betty R; Purdy, Isabell B; Hines, Abbey C; Maitre, Nathalie L; Heyne, Roy J; DeMauro, Sara B; McGowan, Elisabeth C; Yolton, Kimberly; Kilbride, Howard W; Natarajan, Girija; Yost, Kelley; Winter, Sarah; Colaizy, Tarah T; Laughon, Matthew M; Lakshminrusimha, Satyanarayana; Higgins, Rosemary D  (2021). Initial Laparotomy Versus Peritoneal Drainage in Extremely Low Birthweight Infants With Surgical Necrotizing Enterocolitis or Isolated Intestinal Perforation: A Multicenter Randomized Clinical Trial. Annals of surgery, 274 (4) , e370-e380More Information

Hardie, William; Powell, Adam W; Jenkins, Todd M; Foster, Karla; Tretter, Justin T; Fleck, Robert J; Garcia, Victor F; Brown, Rebeccah L  (2021). Ventilatory limitations are not associated with dyspnea on exertion or reduced aerobic fitness in pectus excavatum. Pediatric pulmonology, 56 (9) , 2911-2917More Information

Alsaied, Tarek; Tseng, Stephanie Y; Siddiqui, Saira; Patel, Priyal; Khoury, Phillip R; Crotty, Eric J; Lang, Sean; Rattan, Mantosh; Fleck, Robert; Pradnekar, Amol; Brown, Rebeccah L; Taylor, Michael D  (2021). Pediatric Myocardial T1 and T2 Value Associations with Age and Heart Rate at 1.5 T. Pediatric cardiology, 42 (2) , 269-277More Information

Gurria, Juan P; Simpson, Blair; Tuncel-Kara, Setenay; Bates, Christina; McKenna, Emily; Rogers, Tracy; Kraemer, Aimee; Platt, Michael; Mecoli, Marc; Garcia, Victor F; Brown, Rebeccah L  (2020). Standardization of clinical care pathway leads to sustained decreased length of stay following Nuss pectus repair: A multidisciplinary quality improvement initiative. Journal of pediatric surgery, 55 (12) , 2690-2698More Information

Casar Berazaluce, Alejandra M; Jenkins, Todd M; Garrison, Aaron P; Hardie, William D; Foster, Karla E; Alsaied, Tarek; Tretter, Justin; Moore, Ryan A; Fleck, Robert J; Garcia, Victor F; Brown, Rebeccah L  (2020). The chest wall gender divide: females have better cardiopulmonary function and exercise tolerance despite worse deformity in pectus excavatum. Pediatric surgery international, 36 (11) , 1281-1286More Information

Scorletti, Federico; Bove, Kevin; Brown, Rebeccah L  (2019). Small bowel-small bowel intussusception with high grade obstruction due to intramural submucosal ileal hamartoma in a 5-year-old child: A case report. International journal of surgery case reports, 61, 33-37More Information

Academic - Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Division of Pediatric Surgery
Cincinnati  Ohio, 45229
Phone: 513-636-9059
rebeccah.brown@cchmc.org