Professor of Surgery, Emory University
General Surgery
Dr. Richard R. Ricketts, MD
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Doctor Richard R. Ricketts, MD is an expert in the field of General Surgery. He went to medical school at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine is ranked 19 in research and 29 in primary care medicine He has 4 awards "Fellow (FAAP)", "Super Doctor", "Top MD" and "Fellow (FACS)". Richard R. Ricketts is a published MD. He has 92 publications published. The most current publication "Presacral neuroenteric fistula presenting with meningitis and vaginal fistula: a case report."
Publications
- Heterotaxy syndrome and malrotation: Does isomerism influence risk and decision to treat.
- Noniatrogenic neonatal gastric perforation: the role of interstitial cells of cajal.
- Cystic Biliary Atresia: A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing.
- Unusual presentation of metastatic ewing sarcoma to the ovary in a 13 year-old: a case report and review.
- Hepatic Pulmonary Fusion: Two Cases with Diaphragmatic Hernia and One Case with Pentalogy of Cantrell.
- Splenic cysts in the pediatric population: a report of 21 cases with review of the literature.
- Ciliated hepatic foregut cyst: four case reports with a review of the literature.
- Use of tissue expanders in the repair of complex abdominal wall defects.
- Button cholecystostomy for management of progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis syndromes.
- NUT midline carcinoma in a newborn with multiorgan disseminated tumor and a 2-year-old with a pancreatic/hepatic primary.
- Bedside placement of an aortic occlusion balloon to control a ruptured aorto-esophageal fistula in a small child.
- Role of hepatic portocholecystostomy ('gallbladder Kasai') in treating infants with biliary atresia.
- Pseudoangiomatous stromal hyperplasia of the breast in pediatric patients: an underrecognized entity.
- Report of past meeting 60th annual meeting of the Section on Surgery-American Academy of Pediatrics.
- Unusual presentation of ovarian cellular fibroma coexisting with nodular sclerosing Hodgkin's disease: a case report and review of the literature.
- Congenital spigelian Hernias and cryptorchidism.
- Antireflux surgery outcomes in pediatric gastroesophageal reflux disease.
- Gastrointestinal stromal tumors arising from the stomach: a report of three children.
- Lymphangioma of the falciform ligament--a case report.
- Pediatric blunt trauma resulting in major arterial injuries.
- Surgical complications of Inguinal and abdominal wall hernias.
- Management of congenital esophageal stenosis.
- Simultaneous umbilicoplasty and closure of small omphaloceles.
- Statistical models to predict the need for postoperative intensive care and hospitalization in pediatric surgical patients.
- Mini-thoracotomy and chest tube insertion for children with empyema.
- Management of major arteriovenous fistulas by arteriographic techniques.
- Re: Central venous catheterization via persistent left superior vena cava.
- Management of Hemophilus influenza pericarditis.
- Complications of the needle catheter jejunostomy in neonates.
- Renovascular hypertension complicating neurofibromatosis.
- Fatal graft v host disease in a child with neuroblastoma following a blood transfusion.
- Workup of neonatal intestinal obstruction.
- Hemophilus influenza primary peritonitis in an infant: report of a case.
- Ventral fasciotomy in the management of hepatic hemangioendothelioma.
- Pneumoperitoneum in the newborn infant.
- Infantile gastrointestinal hemangioma as a cause of chronic anemia.
- An unusual case of meconium peritonitis associated with perforated hydrocolpos.
- Biliary atresia: an evolving perspective.
- Management and outcome of necrotizing enterocolitis.
- Use of skin expansion in separation of conjoined twins.
- Circular esophagomyotomy for primary repair of long-gap esophageal atresia.
- Enterostomy in necrotizing enterocolitis: an analysis of techniques and timing of closure.
- The significance of portal vein gas in necrotizing enterocolitis.
- Peritoneal dialysis in infants and children.
- Surgery for achalasia of the cardia in children: the Dor-Gavriliu procedure.
- Surgical treatment of necrotizing enterocolitis and the short bowel syndrome.
- Intramural duodenal hematoma in children: reappraisal of current management.
- Management of biliary tract stones in heart transplant patients.
- Hepatico-jejuno-duodenostomy reconstruction following excision of choledochal cysts in children.
- Management of Hirschsprung's disease in adolescents.
- Modern treatment of cloacal exstrophy.
- Tandem stem cell rescue as consolidation therapy for high-risk neuroblastoma.
- Multimodal management of recurrent Wilms' tumor: the role of radiation therapy.
- Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation service at Egleston: two years' experience.
- A modification of the Bianchi intestinal lengthening procedure with a single anastomosis.
- Intracavitary cisplatin therapy for pediatric malignancies.
- Current urologic management of cloacal exstrophy: experience with 11 patients.
- Gastric heterotopia with extensive involvement of the small intestine associated with congenital short bowel syndrome and intestinal malrotation.
- Surgical therapy for necrotizing enterocolitis.
- Choledochal cysts: a ten year experience.
- The role of paracentesis in the management of infants with necrotizing enterocolitis.
- Interferon-alpha-2a for the treatment of complex hemangiomas of infancy and childhood.
- Rupture of the airways from blunt trauma: treatment of complex injuries.
- The J-pouch Swenson procedure for ulcerative colitis and familial polyposis.
- Mesenteric and omental cysts in children.
- Neonatal necrotizing enterocolitis: experience with 100 consecutive surgical patients.
- Clinical management of anterior mediastinal tumors in children.
- Idiopathic fibrosing pancreatitis: a rare cause of obstructive jaundice in children.
- Esophageal atresia in infants with very low birth weight.
- Inflammatory pseudotumor of the spleen in a young child.
- Unusual presentation of congenital infantile fibrosarcoma in seven infants with molecular-genetic analysis.
- Mesenchymal hamartoma of the liver.
- Use of the aortic homograft in the reconstruction of complex tracheobronchial tree injuries.
- Endograft stenting in the adolescent population for traumatic aortic injuries.
- Preferential use of venovenous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for congenital diaphragmatic Hernia.
- Fetus-in-fetu with malignant recurrence.
- Malignant risk in juvenile polyposis coli: increasing documentation in the pediatric age group.
- The anatomic pattern of biliary atresia identified at time of Kasai hepatoportoenterostomy and early postoperative clearance of jaundice are significant predictors of ...
- Pediatric liver transplantation in Georgia: a paradigm for the health care crisis in the United States?
- Kasai portoenterostomy: differences related to race.
- Selective distal splenorenal shunts for intractable variceal bleeding in pediatric portal hypertension.
- Mesenteric cystic masses: a series of 21 pediatric cases and review of the literature.
- "Hamartoma" of the spleen (splenoma) in children.
- Presacral neuroenteric fistula presenting with meningitis and vaginal fistula: a case report.
- Thoracoscopy in the management of pediatric empyema.
- The Kasai portoenterostomy: when is it too late?
- Leiomyoma at the site of esophageal atresia repair.
- Neonatal gastric perforation and necrosis with Hunt-Lawrence pouch reconstruction.
- Prosthetic patch stabilization of crural repair in antireflux surgery in children.
- Postoperative outcomes of extremely low birth-weight infants with necrotizing enterocolitis or isolated intestinal perforation: a prospective cohort study by the NICHD...
- Primary ovarian rhabdomyosarcoma in children.
Schools
Northwestern University The Feinberg School Of Medicine
Los Angeles County University Of California Med Center
Children39s Memorial Hospital
Procedures Preformed
- Appendectomy, Laparoscopic
- Gallbladder Removal (Cholecystectomy), Laparoscopic
- Inguinal Hernia Repair, Open
Conditions Treated
- Appendicitis
- Inguinal Hernia
- Umbilical Hernia
Doctors Specialties
- Pediatric Surgery
- General Surgery
Accepted Insurances
Awards
- Fellow (FAAP)
- Super Doctor
- Top MD
- Fellow (FACS)
Education
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University of Southern California - LAC+USC Medical Center -
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Hospital
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Emory University Hospital -
Children's Healthcare of Atlanta
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