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Abdelhafeez Abdelhafeez, M.D.

Abdelhafeez Abdelhafeez, M.D.

General Surgery , Surgery

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Faculty Appointments

Interim Associate Professor - Department of Surgery, Pediatric Surgery (SMD)

Interim Associate Professor - Department of Pediatrics (SMD) - Joint

Credentials

Residency & Fellowship

Fellowship, Surgery, Pediatric Surgical Oncology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital-GME. 2016 - 2018

Fellowship, Pediatric Surgery, Children's Hospital of Wisconsin GME. 2013 - 2014

Residency, Pediatric Surgery, Children's Health Ireland at Crumlin (Ireland). 2008 - 2012

Fellowship, Cardiac Surgery Critical Care, University Hospital Southampton (United Kingdom). 2007 - 2008

Residency, Surgery (General Surgery), Royal Lancaster Infirmary. 2004 - 2007

Internship, Surgery (General Surgery), University Of Khartoum (Sudan). 2002 - 2005

Education

MBBS | University of Khartoum Faculty of Medicine (Sudan). 2002

Publications

Journal Articles

Image-guided core-needle or surgical biopsy for neuroblastoma diagnosis in children: A systematic review and meta-analysis from the International Society of Pediatric Surgical Oncology (IPSO).

Pio L, Brisse HJ, Alaggio R, Zambaiti E, Stenman J, Giuliani S, Montano V, Hinojosa AS, Hoel AT, Pevere A, Abu-Zaid A, Franchi-Abella S, Abdelhafeez AH, Davidoff AM, Losty PD

Pediatric blood & cancer.. 2024 February 71 (2):e30789. Epub 11/27/2023.

A research definition and framework for acute paediatric critical illness across resource-variable settings: a modified Delphi consensus.

Arias AV, Lintner-Rivera M, Shafi NI, Abbas Q, Abdelhafeez AH, Ali M, Ammar H, Anwar AI, Adabie Appiah J, Attebery JE, Diaz Villalobos WE, Ferreira D, González-Dambrauskas S, Irfan Habib M, Lee JH, Kissoon N, Tekleab AM, Molyneux EM, Morrow BM, Nadkarni VM, Rivera J, Silvers R, Steere M, Tatay D, Bhutta AT, Kortz TB, Agulnik A,

The Lancet. Global health.. 2024 February 12 (2):e331-e340. Epub 01/05/2024.

Retroperitoneoscopic or Transperitoneal Approach for Neurogenic and Adrenal Tumors in Children? A Comparison on the Way to Enhanced Recovery in Pediatric Surgical Oncology.

Pio L, Melero Pardo AL, Zaghloul T, Murphy AJ, Talbot L, Mothi SS, Davidoff AM, Abdelhafeez AH

Journal of pediatric surgery.. 2023 November 58 (11):2135-2140. Epub 06/08/2023.

Identification of Pediatric Tumors Intraoperatively Using Indocyanine Green (ICG).

Pio L, Wijnen MHWA, Giuliani S, Sarnacki S, Davidoff AM, Abdelhafeez AH

Annals of surgical oncology.. 2023 November 30 (12):7789-7798. Epub 08/05/2023.

ASO Author Reflections: Identification of Pediatric Tumors Intraoperatively Using Indocyanine Green (ICG).

Pio L, Wijnen MHWA, Giuliani S, Sarnacki S, Davidoff AM, Abdelhafeez AH

Annals of surgical oncology.. 2023 November 30 (12):7799-7800. Epub 08/12/2023.

Feasibility of indocyanine green-guided localization of pulmonary nodules in children with solid tumors.

Abdelhafeez AH, Mothi SS, Pio L, Mori M, Santiago TC, McCarville MB, Kaste SC, Pappo AS, Talbot LJ, Murphy AJ, Davidoff AM

Pediatric blood & cancer.. 2023 October 70 (10):e30437. Epub 05/17/2023.

Indocyanine green fluorescence-guided lymphadenectomy with single site retroperitoneoscopy in children.

Pio L, Zaghloul T, Abdelhafeez AH

Journal of pediatric urology.. 2023 August 19 (4):491-492. Epub 05/03/2023.

Fluorescence-guided lymph node sampling is feasible during up-front or delayed nephrectomy for Wilms tumor.

Abdelhafeez AH, Davidoff AM, Murphy AJ, Arul GS, Pachl MJ

Journal of pediatric surgery.. 2022 December 57 (12):920-925. Epub 06/10/2022.

Evidence-based surgical guidelines for treating children with Wilms tumor in low-resource settings.

Abdelhafeez AH, Reljic T, Kumar A, Banu T, Cox S, Davidoff AM, Elgendy A, Ghandour K, Gerstle JT, Karpelowsky J, Kaste SC, Kechiche N, Esiashvili N, Nasir A, Ngongola A, Marollano J, Moreno AA, Muzira A, Parkes J, Saldaña LJ, Shalkow J, Vujani? GM, Velasquez T, Lakhoo K, Mukkada S, Abib S

Pediatric blood & cancer.. 2022 December 69 (12):e29906. Epub 08/05/2022.

Indocyanine green-guided nephron-sparing surgery for pediatric renal tumors.

Abdelhafeez AH, Murphy AJ, Brennan R, Santiago TC, Lu Z, Krasin MJ, Bissler JJ, Gleason JM, Davidoff AM

Journal of pediatric surgery.. 2022 September 57 (9):174-178. Epub 08/23/2021.

A CT scan-based formula for predicting central venous catheter length in pediatric patients.

Ross AB, Gomez-Quevedo O, Sutthatarn P, Lu Z, Wang X, Prajapati H, Talbot LJ, Davidoff AM, Murphy AJ, Abdelhafeez AH

Pediatric surgery international.. 2022 September 38 (9):1335-1340. Epub 07/18/2022.

Malignant Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumors-A Comprehensive Review of Pathophysiology, Diagnosis, and Multidisciplinary Management.

Knight SWE, Knight TE, Santiago T, Murphy AJ, Abdelhafeez AH

Children.. 2022 January 19 (1)Epub 01/01/2022.

International Society of Paediatric Surgical Oncology (IPSO) Surgical Practice Guidelines.

de Campos Vieira Abib S, Chui CH, Cox S, Abdelhafeez AH, Fernandez-Pineda I, Elgendy A, Karpelowsky J, Lobos P, Wijnen M, Fuchs J, Hayes A, Gerstle JT

Ecancermedicalscience.. 2022 16 :1356. Epub 02/17/2022.

Improving Exposure Using Thoracoscopy for Apical Thoracic Neuroblastoma Encasing the Subclavian Vessels.

Abdelhafeez AH, Mansfield S, Talbot L, Murphy AJ, Davidoff AM

Journal of laparoendoscopic & advanced surgical techniques. Part A.. 2021 May 31 (5):589-593. Epub 02/16/2021.

The threat of the COVID-19 pandemic on reversing global life-saving gains in the survival of childhood cancer: a call for collaborative action from SIOP, IPSO, PROS, WCC, CCI, St Jude Global, UICC and WHPCA.

Pritchard-Jones K, de C V Abib S, Esiashvili N, Kaspers GJL, Rosser J, Van Doorninck JA, Braganca JML, Hoffman RI, Rodriguez-Galindo C, Adams C, Connor SR, Abdelhafeez AH, Bouffet E, Howard SC, Challinor JM, Hessissen L, Dalvi RB, Kearns P, Chantada GL, Frazier LA, Sullivan MJ, Schulte FSM, Morrissey LK, Kozhaeva O, Luna-Fineman S, Khan MS

Ecancermedicalscience.. 2021 15 :1187. Epub 02/15/2021.

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