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Kelly Ann Miller Austin, MD, MS, FACS, FAAP
Assistant Professor of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Program Director, Surgical Critical Care Residency Program, Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC
Surgical Director, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC
Pittsburgh, PA
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| Academic Appointments |
Program Director, Pediatric Surgical Critical Care Residency Program / Children’s Hospital of Pgh, 2008-present
Assistant Professor of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, 2006-present
Attending Surgeon. Children’s Hospital of Pgh., 2006-present
Surgical Director, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit / Children’s Hospital of Pgh., 2006-present
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| Honors/Awards |
2009-Grant Award Recipient: American Pediatric Surgical Association Foundation
2004-Teacher of the Year Award, Pediatrics – St. Joseph’s Hospital & Medical Center, Phoenix, AZ
1996-Grant Award Recipient: Rainbow Babies & Children’s Board of Trustees New Investigator, Cleveland, OH
1987-American Cancer Society St. George Summer Fellowship Recipient: Albert Einstein Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA
1985-Phi Lambda Upsilon (Honorary Chemistry Society)
1985-Alpha Sigma Nu (National Jesuit Honor Society)
1985-Sigma Xi (Scientific Research Society)
1985-American Institute of Chemist Award
1985-Honors Program Graduate, magna cum laude
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| Current Professional Activities |
Pediatric Surgery Education Committee, Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA, 2007 – present
Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, CommitteeChildren’s Hospital of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA, 2006 – present
Clinical Resource Management Committee, Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, 2006 – present
Intestinal Critical Care Clinical Initiative, Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, 2006 – present
Web Steering Business Plan Committee, Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, 2006 – present
American Academy of Pediatrics, Section on Surgery, 2006 – present
Critical Care Section, 2006 – present
Perinatal Pediatrics Section, 2006 – present
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| Selected Bibliography |
Shah S, Esni F, Jakub A, Malek M, Potoka DA, Houshmand G, Prasadan K, Mastroberardino PG, Shiota C, Guo P, Fong G, Miller KA, Hackam DJ, Burns RC, Tulachan S, Gittes GK. Embryonic Mouse Blood Flow and Early Pancreatic Differentiation. Dev Biol. 2011 Jan 15;349(2):342-9. Epub 2010 Nov. 2.
Juang DJ, Feliz A, Miller KA, Gaines BA. Sledding Injuries: A Rational for Helmet Usage. J Trauma, Oct. 2010;69(4):S206-S208.
Li L, Miller KA. Spatial Colonic Expression of Adiponectin in Normal, Inflamed and Hirschsprung’s Disease Models in Mice. Gastro, Vol. 136, Issue 5, Suppl. 1, May 2009, pp A-904.
Castro E, Ozolek J, Miller KA. Comparison of GFAP Expression and Mucosal Mast Cell Numbers in Pediatric Intestinal Diseases. Gastro, 2008; 134(4)A, Supp. 1: A901.
Stallion A, Kou TD, Latifi SQ, Miller KA, Dahms BB, Dudgeon DL, Levine AD: Ischemia/reperfusion: a clinically relevant model of intestinal injury yielding systemic inflammation. J Pediatr Surg. 2005 Mar;40(3):470-7.
Holcomb GW III, Ostlie DJ, Miller KA. Laparoscopic patch repair of diaphragmatic hernias with Surgisis. J Pediatr Surg 2005 Aug;40(8):E1-5.
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| Presentations and Abstracts at Scientific Meetings |
Paredes JL, Li L, Miller KA. Intestinal Perfusion in the Murine Embryonic Gastrointestinal Tract Precedes Neural Development. Accepted for Oral presentation at 5th Annual Academic Surgical Congress, San Antonio, TX, February 4-6, 2010
Malek M, Shah S, Speicher J, Huang X, Jakub A, Miller K, Gittes G, Potoka D. Disconnect of Embryonic Pulmonary Blood-Flow and Neural Morphogenesis in Experimental Congenital Diaphragmantic Hernia (CDH). Presented at the 95th Annual Clinical Congress of the American College of Surgeons, Chicago IL, October 2009.
Li L, Miller KA. Spatial Colonic Expression of Adiponectin in Normal, Inflamed and Hirschsprung’s Disease Models in Mice. 2009 Digestive Disease Week, Chicago, IL, May 30-June 4, 2009.
Prince JM, Martin J, Sam A, Bauer AJ, Miller KA. Neonatal mice demonstrate an increased systemic inflammatory response to LPS. 4th Annual Academic Surgical Congress, Fort Myers, FL, February 3-6, 2009.
Segura BJ, Prince J, Feliz A, Klinkner D, Sau I, Burns RC, Potoka DA, Miller KA, Gittes GK, Gaines BA, Kane TD. Operative Management of Traumatic Pancreatic Transection in Children. 4th Annual Academic Surgical Congress, Fort Myers, FL, February 3-6, 2009.
Castro E, Ozolek J, Miller KA. Comparison of GFAP Expression and Mucosal Mast Cell Numbers in Pediatric Intestinal Diseases. Digestive Disease Week 2008 Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, May 17-22, 2008.
Juang D, Feliz A, Miller KA, Gaines GA. Sledding Injuries: A Rationale for Helmet Usage. Poster Presentation – American Academy of Pediatrics, San Francisco, CA, October 2007.
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| Research Projects |
Basic Science Research:
The interaction of the enteric nervous system and intestinal inflammation, specifically; the interaction of the enteric glia cells and the intestinal barrier in Hirschsprung’s Enterocolitis
Intestinal permeability in animal model of Hirschsprung’s enterocolitis
Intestinal innate immunity and the microbiome of animals with abnormal enteric nervous system development and models of Hirschsprung’s enterocolitis.
Clinical Research:
Hirschsprung’s Disease, ECMO, Short bowel syndrome, omegaven, and intestinal care.
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| Grant Support |
American Pediatric Surgical Association Foundation, The pathogenic role of enteric glia in Hirschsprung’s enterocolitis, 7/1/09 – 6/30/10
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