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Pediatric Surgeon. 🇵🇭. Wife. Mother. Always gives tomatoes a chance, literally and figuratively.

San Antonio, TX
Joined February 2018
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Join us! @CMPedSurg has an opening for a two-year combined clinical research/pediatric surgical critical care position starting July 2025. Apply at ow.ly/1iAC50SBAgy @HannaAlemayehu2 @NCC2_MD @stewart_shai @RebeccaRenteaMD @ToluOyetunji @pabloaguayo72
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Our @CMPedSurg @ChildrensMercy group of past and present trainee and staff here for the @IPEGSurgery meeting with @ShawnStPeter2 as president #ipeg2024
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Our amazing @CMPedSurg @ChildrensMercy Comprehensive Colorectal Center team with @LimBeutel at the @pedscolorectal #pcplc2023 team! Many not pictured #pcplc2023 #pcplc #colorectalsurgery #pediatriccolorectal #pedsurg
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“The kindest person in the room is often the smartest.”
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For any aspiring #pedsurgbestsurg - Perks include getting to work with @CDekonenko and Chris Laird, who I’ve spent the last year vetting and can confirm that they’re both very fun to work with!
Replying to @CMPedSurg
@CMPedSurg Scholars Program has a research fellow position for July/Aug 2023, an ideal balance of mentorship, clinical exposure, and research productivity. 2+ yrs of general surgery residency experience and an interest in academic (pediatric) surgery. is.gd/DtXRIL
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Replying to @CMPedSurg
@CMPedSurg Scholars Program has a research fellow position for July/Aug 2023, an ideal balance of mentorship, clinical exposure, and research productivity. 2+ yrs of general surgery residency experience and an interest in academic (pediatric) surgery. is.gd/DtXRIL
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Replying to @APSASurgeons
@APSASurgeons discussing the instrument of the devil- Button Batteries #APSA23 ✅early recognition key ✅can give honey/carafate to neutralize but don't delay removal ✅Narrow side ➡️Negative➡️ necrosis ✅Advocacy ➡️ child resident packaging ✅GIRC app to report @ReganWilliamsMD
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Another impactful prospective study from the Midwest Pediatric Surgery Consortium - demonstrating that so far there has been a low rate of inguinal hernia appearance (1%) in infants who had a PPV found during laparoscopic pyloromyotomy. lnkd.in/gNMsSaZY
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The Comprehensive Colorectal Center team is looking to hire! Join us at @ChildrensMercy #pedscolorectal team looking for full time and part time staff nurses! Links to apply below. Full time: is.gd/ZXMdFM Part time: is.gd/r2sVWx
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Big congrats to @ChildrensMercy 's own Richard Hendrickson, MD, FAAP, FACS, for being named one of the best #PediatricSurgeons in @kansascitymag 's 2023 Top Doctors issue. pbynd.co/vhxy5
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Such an honor to represent @CMPedSurg at #ISBI2022 in Guadalajara, Mexico! Advancing the care of kids with burn injuries through high quality research and collaboration @pabloaguayo72 #worldburn #ISBI2022
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CharleneDekonenkoMD retweeted
The @AmerAcadPeds Section on Surgery Trainees & Early Career Committee is proud to present a new webinar series!! Wondering what's after training? What's out there? What are some important considerations? Aug25, 1730 CST- register below! bit.ly/3Kb0SO7
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For all those looking đź‘€ for supportive states to host their next medical conference, #Kansas has some lovely event spaces, good bbq, sports and friendly faces. #medtwitter
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Best zoom ever - training with @JoShapiro3 for @APSASurgeons Peer Support Program. To access someone to talk to for yourself or someone else: apsapedsurg.org/resources/re… #wellness #savinglifetimes – at Chicago, IL
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What is the natural history of patent processus vaginalis? @CMPedSurg @JFrasMD presenting @APSASurgeons #APSA22 the MWPSC consortium. ➡️high incidence and low need for repair
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CharleneDekonenkoMD retweeted
Residents and students #APSA22!!! Hope to see you tonight at the Resident/student reception! Don't be a stranger! If you want to chat, I will be hanging out by the windows outside Salon 1 from 0845-1000. Come hang out with me!! @APSASurgeons
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We could not be more pleased and excited to have matched @NateRubalcava! Congratulations and welcome to @CMPedSurg @ChildrensMercy #pedsurgbestsurg #pedsurg #some4pedsurg
I matched into Pediatric Surgery!! Truly grateful for the opportunity and very excited to be heading to Children’s Mercy @CMPedSurg I’m thankful to everyone who has supported me during this journey, especially my incredible wife, @haro_ek! #PedSurgBestSurg #Match2022 #APSA22
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Did you know? We saw it coming and now it’s here… #firearminjuryprevention Crossing Lines — A Change in the Leading Cause of Death among U.S. Children | NEJM nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NE…
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