Trauma Medical Director Dell Childrens Hospital - Austin, Texas

General Surgery

Nilda Garcia works in the field of General Surgery. She went to University of Texas Southwestern Medical School. She over the years received 4 awards: "Top Doctors:SE Texas", "Super Doctor", "Fellow (FACS)" and "Fellow (FAAP)". Doctor Nilda M. Garcia, MD has written publications. She has 17 publications published with PubMed. The lastest paper is: 'Does restraint status in motor vehicle crash with rollover predict the need for trauma team presence on arrival? An ATOMAC study.'

Publications

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• Does restraint status in motor vehicle crash with rollover predict the need for trauma team presence on arrival? An ATOMAC study.
• The Use of a Computer-based Internal Education Program for Pediatric Trauma Centers: A Multicenter ATOMAC Study.
• Utility of a child abuse screening guideline in an urban pediatric emergency department.
• Blunt cerebrovascular injury in children: Underreported or underrecognized?: A multicenter ATOMAC study.
• Duodenal injuries in the very young: child abuse?
• Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral for Alcohol Use in Adolescents: A Systematic Review.
• Under the influence with a child in the car: implications for child safety and caregiver intervention.
• Single-incision laparoscopic surgery: feasibility for pediatric appendectomies.
• Pediatric ovarian malignancies: how efficacious are current staging practices?
• Permacol: a potential biologic patch alternative in congenital diaphragmatic hernia repair.
• Phenotypic expansion of the supernumerary derivative (22) chromosome syndrome: VACTERL and Hirschsprung's Disease.
• Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) initiation without intubation in two children with mediastinal malignancy.
• DELETION MAPPING OF CRITICAL REGION FOR HYPOSPADIAS, PENOSCROTAL TRANSPOSITION AND IMPERFORATE ANUS ON HUMAN CHROMOSOME 13.
• Amylase and lipase measurements in paediatric patients with traumatic pancreatic injuries.
• Pediatric ovarian malignancy presenting as ovarian torsion: incidence and relevance.
• Can we preoperatively risk stratify ovarian masses for malignancy?

Schools

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• U Of Tx Southwestern Med Sch At Dallas

• Ut Swstrn

• La Chldns Hospital

Procedures Preformed

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• Appendectomy, Laparoscopic
• Appendectomy, Open
• Port Placements or Replacements

Conditions Treated

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• Appendicitis
• Hodgkin's Disease

Doctors Specialties

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• Pediatric Surgery
• General Surgery

Accepted Insurances

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Awards

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• Top Doctors:SE Texas
• Super Doctor
• Fellow (FACS)
• Fellow (FAAP)

Education

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• Children's Hospital of Los Angeles
• University of Texas Southwestern Medical School

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