Associate Professor of Pediatric Surgery, Director, Pediatric Trauma Services, University Cincinnati

General Surgery

Doctor Richard A. Falcone, MD works in the field of General Surgery. He went to medical school at University Hospital - University of Cincinnati College of Medicine. He received awards:"Academic-Community Partnership Award", "Best Resident Abstract", "Resident Research Finalist", "Best Resident Presentation", "Honorable Mention", "Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society", "President", "Research Scholar", "Fellow (FACS)" and "Fellow (FAAP)". Dr. Richard A. Falcone is a published doctor and has 71 publications published. The lastest was: 'Epidermal growth factor augments adaptation following small bowel resection: optimal dosage, route, and timing of administration.'

Publications

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• A paradigm for achieving successful pediatric trauma verification in the absence of pediatric surgical specialists while ensuring quality of care.
• A consensus-based criterion standard definition for pediatric patients who needed the highest-level trauma team activation.
• Image-guided prediction of pseudocyst formation in pediatric pancreatic trauma.
• Paediatric Crohn disease patients with stricturing behaviour exhibit ileal granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) autoantibody production and reduce...
• Inappropriate use of infant seating devices increases risks of injury.
• Effect of an Educational Intervention on Nursing Staff Knowledge, Confidence, and Practice in the Care of Children With Mild Traumatic Brain Injury.
• Significant rate of misuse of the hare traction splint for children with femoral shaft fractures.
• Use of a mild traumatic brain injury guideline to reduce inpatient hospital imaging and charges.
• Impact of Simulation-Based Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Training in the Simulation Laboratory and Clinical Environment.
• The utility of routine pouchogram before ileostomy reversal in children and adolescents following ileal pouch Anal anastomosis.
• Posttraumatic stress disorder in the pediatric trauma patient.
• The transAnal approach with laparoscopy or laparotomy for the treatment of rectal strictures in Crohn's disease.
• Unnecessary imaging, not hospital distance, or transportation mode impacts delays in the transfer of injured children.
• Severity of head computed tomography scan findings fail to explain racial differences in mortality following child abuse.
• 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.
• Eliminating disparity in evaluation for abuse in infants with head injury: use of a screening guideline.
• TransAnal rectosigmoid resection for severe intractable idiopathic constipation.
• Despite overall low pediatric head injury mortality, disparities exist between races.
• Multidisciplinary pediatric trauma team training using high-fidelity trauma simulation.
• Pediatric traumatic brain injury: an update of research to understand and improve outcomes.
• 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 ...
• Cloacal exstrophy--pull-through or permanent stoma? A review of 53 patients.
• Disparities in child abuse mortality are not explained by injury severity.
• Gaucher disease: progressive mesenteric and mediastinal lymphadenopathy despite enzyme therapy.
• The epidemiology of infant injuries and alarming health disparities.
• Increased heritability of certain types of Anorectal malformations.
• Reconstruction of an acquired abdominal wall defect in a neonate using acellular human dermis.
• A case report of severe tracheal obstruction requiring extracorporeal membrane oxygenation.
• Development, implementation and evaluation of a unique African-American faith-based approach to increase automobile restraint use.
• Effect of safety education on classmates of injured children: a prospective clinical trial.
• Mild traumatic brain injury in children: just another bump on the head?
• Pediatric trauma nurse practitioners increase bedside nurses' satisfaction with pediatric trauma patient care.
• The effect of a right-sided aortic arch on outcome in children with esophageal atresia and tracheoesophageal Fistula.
• Pediatric trauma nurse practitioners provide excellent care with superior patient satisfaction for injured children.
• Family perception: quality of life following a child's traumatic injury.
• Necrotizing fasciitis: a rare complication of neonatal necrotizing enterocolitis.
• Diffuse pancreatic adenocarcinoma identified in an adult with annular pancreas.
• Images in clinical medicine: pneumatosis intestinalis.
• Tailgut cyst in a child.
• Child passenger safety: an evidence-based review.
• Socioeconomic disparities in infant mortality after nonaccidental trauma: a multicenter study.
• Diminished epidermal growth factor levels in infants with necrotizing enterocolitis.
• Penetrating esophageal injuries: multicenter study of the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma.
• Predicting the need for colectomy in pediatric patients with ulcerative colitis.
• Zone I retroperitoneal hematoma identified by computed tomography scan as an indicator of significant abdominal injury.
• cDNA microarray Analysis of adapting bowel after intestinal resection.
• The distribution of endogenous epidermal growth factor after small bowel resection suggests increased intestinal utilization during adaptation.
• The effect of epidermal growth factor on differentiation of isolated enterocytes after small bowel resection.
• The expression and activation of EGF and c-NEU receptors are increased in enterocytes during intestinal adaptation.
• Effect of massive small bowel resection on the Bax/Bcl-w ratio and enterocyte apoptosis.
• The adaptive intestinal response to massive enterectomy is preserved in c-SRC-deficient mice.
• Intestinal adaptation occurs independent of transforming growth factor-alpha.
• Incomplete quadriplegia resulting from minor trauma: initial presentation of ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament.
• Intestinal overexpression of EGF in transgenic mice enhances adaptation after small bowel resection.
• Intestinal adaptation and enterocyte apoptosis following small bowel resection is p53 independent.
• p21 (WAF1/CIP1) is required for the mitogenic response to intestinal resection.
• Epidermal growth factor alters the bax:bcl-w ratio following massive small bowel resection.
• Salivary epidermal growth factor and intestinal adaptation in male and female mice.
• Bax is required for increased enterocyte apoptosis after massive small bowel resection.
• Epidermal growth factor augments adaptation following small bowel resection: optimal dosage, route, and timing of administration.
• Apoptosis and the pattern of DNase I expression following massive small bowel resection.
• Analysis of intestinal adaptation gene expression by cDNA expression arrays.
• Differential expression of ileal Na(+)/H(+) exchanger isoforms after enterectomy.
• Duodenogastric intussusception: a rare cause of gastric outlet obstruction.
• Multiinstitutional experience with the management of superior mesenteric artery injuries.
• Screening for major deep vein thrombosis in seriously injured patients: a prospective study.
• Helicopter transport of patients to tertiary care centers after cardiac arrest.
• A prospective comparison of laparoscopic ultrasound vs intraoperative cholangiogram during laparoscopic cholecystectomy.
• Transesophageal echocardiographic findings in subcortical and cortical stroke.
• Apelin plasma levels predict arrhythmia recurrence in patients with persistent atrial fibrillation.

Schools

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• New York University School Of Medicine

• University Cincinnati

• Unvi Cincinnati

• Chldns Hospital Med Center

• Cincinnati Chldns Hospital Med Center

Procedures Preformed

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• Appendectomy, Laparoscopic
• Fistulectomy or Fistulotomy, Anal

Conditions Treated

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• Anal Fistula
• Anorectal Abscess
• Appendicitis
• Umbilical Hernia

Doctors Specialties

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• Pediatric Surgery
• General Surgery

Accepted Insurances

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Awards

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• Academic-Community Partnership Award
• Best Resident Abstract
• Resident Research Finalist
• Best Resident Presentation
• Honorable Mention
• Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society
• President
• Research Scholar
• Fellow (FACS)
• Fellow (FAAP)

Education

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• Harvard School of Public Health
• Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
• University Hospital - University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
• NYU School of Medicine

Hospital

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• Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center

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