Brian T. Bucher,
MD
Languages Spoken: English
Dr. Brian T. Bucher is a board certified Pediatric Surgeon in the Division of Pediatric General Surgery with specialized training for surgical treatment for infants, children, and teenagers. He is also an Assistant Professor of Surgery at the University Of Utah School Of Medicine. He sees patients at Primary Children’s Hospital in Salt Lake City, UT and Riverton, UT as well as Utah Valley Regional Medical Center.
He specializes in the following conditions: inguinal hernia, umbilical hernia, undescended testicle, hydrocele, cholecystectomy (removal of the gallbladder), gastrostomy (placement of a stomach tube), appendectomy (removal of the appendix), vascular access (ports and central lines), ulcerative colitis, Crohn’s disease, gastroesophageal reflux disease, chest wall deformities (pectus excavatum and pectus carinatum), pediatric endocrine surgery (thyroid and adrenal tumors/pancreas surgery).
He will be happy to speak with you and/or your child’s physician for any questions or concerns.
Clinical Locations
Primary Children's Hospital
801-662-2950
Fax: (801) 662-2980
Primary Children's Hospital Outpatient Services at Riverton
801-285-1320
Fax: (801) 285-1355
Pediatric Surgery
801-357-1700
Fax: (801) 357-1699
St. Vincent Healthcare
SCL Health Medical Group - Fortin Pediatric Specialty Clinic406-237-7000
Fax: (406) 237-5305
Specialties
Board Certification and Academic Information
| Academic Departments | Surgery
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Associate Professor Biomedical Informatics - Adjunct Assistant Professor Pediatrics - Adjunct Associate Professor |
| Academic Divisions | Pediatric Administration Pediatric Surgery |
| Board Certification | American Board of Preventive Medicine American Board of Surgery American Board of Surgery (Sub: Pediatric Surgery) |
Dr. Brian T. Bucher is a board certified Pediatric Surgeon in the Division of Pediatric General Surgery with specialized training for surgical treatment for infants, children, and teenagers. He is also an Assistant Professor of Surgery at the University Of Utah School Of Medicine. He sees patients at Primary Children’s Hospital in Salt Lake City, UT and Riverton, UT as well as Utah Valley Regional Medical Center.
He specializes in the following conditions: inguinal hernia, umbilical hernia, undescended testicle, hydrocele, cholecystectomy (removal of the gallbladder), gastrostomy (placement of a stomach tube), appendectomy (removal of the appendix), vascular access (ports and central lines), ulcerative colitis, Crohn’s disease, gastroesophageal reflux disease, chest wall deformities (pectus excavatum and pectus carinatum), pediatric endocrine surgery (thyroid and adrenal tumors/pancreas surgery).
He will be happy to speak with you and/or your child’s physician for any questions or concerns.
Academic Locations
Research Statement
Dr. Brian T. Bucher’s research interests include Biomedical Informatics and Quality Improvement (using hospital and patient data to improve care). His focus is on using natural language processing and machine learning to create a surveillance system for postoperative adverse events. In addition he has a interest in predictive analytics to identify high surgical risk patients.
Board Certification and Academic Information
| Academic Departments | Surgery
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Associate Professor Biomedical Informatics - Adjunct Assistant Professor Pediatrics - Adjunct Associate Professor |
| Academic Divisions | Pediatric Administration Pediatric Surgery |
| Board Certification | American Board of Preventive Medicine American Board of Surgery American Board of Surgery (Sub: Pediatric Surgery) |
Education History
| Graduate Training | University of Utah School of Medicine Biomedical Informatics Master's, 2018 |
| Fellowship | Department of Pediatric Surgery/Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt University Pediatric Surgery Clinical Fellow, 2015 |
| Chief Resident | Barnes-Jewish Hospital/Washington University General Surgery Administrative Chief Resident, 2013 |
| Residency | Barnes-Jewish Hospital/Washington University General Surgery Resident, 2012 |
| Postdoctoral Fellowship | Washington University Division of Pediatric Surgery Pediatric Surgery Postdoctoral Clinical Research Fellow, 2010 |
| Research Fellow | Center for Critical Illness and Health Engineering/Washington University Surgical Critical Care Postdoctoral Research Fellow, 2009 |
| Residency | Barnes-Jewish Hospital/Washington University General Surgery Resident, 2008 |
| Internship | Barnes-Jewish Hospital/Washington University General Surgery Intern, 2007 |
| Professional Medical | University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Medicine M.D., 2006 |
| Research Fellow | University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Transplantation Surgery Research Fellow, 2005 |
| Undergraduate | University of Pittsburgh Chemistry/Molecular Biology B.S., 2001 |
| Research Fellow | University of Pittsburgh Department of Chemistry Organic Chemistry Research Fellow, 2000 |
| Certification | University of Utah Data Science Certificate Certificate, |
Selected Publications - Journal Articles
Journal Article
- Rollins MD, Bucher BT, Wheeler JC, Horns JJ, Paudel N, Hotaling JM (2021). Healthcare Burden and Cost in Children with Anorectal Malformation During the First 5 Years of Life. J Pediatr, 240, 122-128.e2.
- Bucher BT, Yang M, Arndorfer J, Frame C, Orton J, Samore MH, Dascomb KK (2020). Changes in the accuracy of administrative data for the detection of surgical site infections. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol, 42(9), 1128-1130.
- Pettit RJ, Pruitt LCC, Iantorno S, Bucher BT (2020). Variability in Parenteral Nutrition Use in US Children's Hospitals. JPEN J Parenter Enteral Nutr, 45(6), 1213-1220.
- Pruitt LCC, Bucher BT, Russell KW, McCrum ML (2021). Impact of Insurance Expansion on Disposition for Pediatric Trauma Patients: A National Trauma Data Bank Cohort Study. J Surg Res, 267, 109-116.
- Shi J, Hurdle JF, Johnson SA, Ferraro JP, Skarda DE, Finlayson SRG, Samore MH, Bucher BT (2021). Natural language processing for the surveillance of postoperative venous thromboembolism. Surgery, 170, 1175-1182.
- Taylor MA, Bucher BT, Reeder RW, Avansino JR, Durham M, Calkins CM, Wood RJ, Levitt MA, Drake K, Rollins MD (2020). Comparison of Hirschsprung Disease Characteristics between Those with a History of Postoperative Enterocolitis and Those without: Results from the Pediatric Colorectal and Pelvic Learning Consortium. Eur J Pediatr Surg, 31(3), 207-213.
- Bucher BT (2021). Artificial Intelligence-Assisted Surgical Quality Assessment: Hype or Hope? J Am Coll Surg, 232(6), 971-972.
- Rentea RM, Noel-MacDonnell JR, Bucher BT, Dorman MR, Lautz TB, Pruitt LCC, Oyetunji TA (2021). Impact of Botulinum Toxin on Hirschsprung-Associated Enterocolitis After Primary Pull-Through. J Surg Res, 261, 95-104.
- Pruitt LCC, Bucher BT, Allen CM, Short SS (2020). Early ileal pouch anal anastomosis for ulcerative colitis in children: Similar outcome to delayed pouch construction despite higher comorbidity. J Pediatr Surg, 56(2), 245-249.
- Bucher BT, Shi J, Ferraro JP, Skarda DE, Samore MH, Hurdle JF, Gundlapalli AV, Chapman WW, Finlayson SRG (2020). Portable Automated Surveillance of Surgical Site Infections Using Natural Language Processing: Development and Validation. Ann Surg, 272(4), 629-636.
- Taylor MA 2nd, Bucher BT, Reeder RW, Levitt M, Avansino J, Durham MM, Calkins CM, Wood R, Drake K, Rollins M (2020). Comparison of Maternal Histories and Exposures in Children With Isolated Anorectal Malformation Versus Anorectal Malformation With Genitourinary Anomalies. Cureus, 12(6), e8762.
- Pruitt LCC, Skarda DE, Barnhart DC, Bucher BT (2020). Impact of consolidation of cases on post-operative outcomes for index pediatric surgery cases. J Pediatr Surg, 55(6), 1048-1052.
- Bucher BT, Shi J, Pettit RJ, Ferraro J, Chapman WW, Gundlapalli A (2020). Determination of Marital Status of Patients from Structured and Unstructured Electronic Healthcare Data. AMIA Annu Symp Proc, 2019, 267-274.
- Shi J, Liu S, Pruitt LCC, Luppens CL, Ferraro JP, Gundlapalli AV, Chapman WW, Bucher BT (2020). Using Natural Language Processing to improve EHR Structured Data-based Surgical Site Infection Surveillance. AMIA Annu Symp Proc, 2019, 794-803.
- Pruitt LCC, Swords DS, Vijayakumar S, Ostlund B, Prochazka J, Richards NG, Bucher BT, Skarda DE (2019). Implementation of a Quality Improvement Initiative to Decrease Opioid Prescribing in General Surgery. J Surg Res, 247, 514-523.
- Pruitt LCC, Skarda DE, Rollins MD, Bucher BT (2019). Hirschsprung-associated enterocolitis in children treated at US children's hospitals. J Pediatr Surg, 55(3), 535-540.
- Duncan TL, Ulugia J, Bucher BT (2019). Association of gastrostomy placement on hospital readmission in premature infants. J Perinatol, 39(11), 1485-1491.
- Bucher BT, Ferraro JP, Finlayson SRG, Chapman WW, Gundlapalli AV (2018). Use of Computerized Provider Order Entry Events for Postoperative Complication Surveillance. JAMA Surg, 154(4), 311-318.
- Schwartz AL, Nourian MM, Bucher BT (2018). Retained foreign bodies and associated risk factors and outcomes in pediatric surgical patients. J Pediatr Surg, 54(4), 640-644.
- Mason CA, Skarda DE, Bucher BT (2018). Outcomes After Laparoscopic Gastrostomy Suture Techniques in Children. J Surg Res, 232, 26-32.
- Short SS, Bucher BT, Barnhart DC, Van Der Watt N, Zobell S, Allen A, Rollins MD (2018). Single-stage repair of rectoperineal and rectovestibular fistulae can be safely delayed beyond the neonatal period. J Pediatr Surg, 53(11), 2174-2177.
- Garlick JW, Olson KA, Downs-Kelly E, Bucher BT, Matsen CB (2018). Secretory breast carcinoma in an 8-year-old girl: A case report and literature review. Breast J, 24(6), 1055-1061.
- Taggart M, Chapman WW, Steinberg BA, Ruckel S, Pregenzer-Wenzler A, Du Y, Ferraro J, Bucher BT, Lloyd-Jones DM, Rondina MT, Shah RU (2018). Comparison of 2 Natural Language Processing Methods for Identification of Bleeding Among Critically Ill Patients. JAMA Netw Open, 1(6), e183451.
- Bartz-Kurycki MA, Green C, Anderson KT, Alder AC, Bucher BT, Cina RA, Jamshidi R, Russell RT, Williams RF, Tsao K (2018). Enhanced neonatal surgical site infection prediction model utilizing statistically and clinically significant variables in combination with a machine learning algorithm. Am J Surg, 216(4), 764-777.
- Nourian MM, Schwartz AL, Stevens A, Scaife ER, Bucher BT (2017). Clearance of tunneled central venous catheter associated blood stream infections in children. J Pediatr Surg, 53(9), 1839-1842.
- Chapman AB, Mowery DL, Swords DS, Chapman WW, Bucher BT (2017). Detecting Evidence of Intra-abdominal Surgical Site Infections from Radiology Reports Using Natural Language Processing. AMIA Annu Symp Proc, 2017, 515-524.
- Short SS, Fenton SJ, Scaife ER, Bucher BT (2017). Helmet under-utilization by children during equestrian events is associated with increased traumatic brain injury. J Pediatr Surg, 53(3), 545-547.
- Bucher BT, Duggan EM, Grubb PH, France DJ, Lally KP, Blakely ML (2016). Does the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program pediatric provide actionable quality improvement data for surgical neonates? J Pediatr Surg, 51(9), 1440-4.
- Willis ZI, Duggan EM, Bucher BT, Pietsch JB, Milovancev M, Wharton W, Gillon J, Lovvorn HN 3rd, ONeill JA Jr, Di Pentima MC, Blakely ML (2016). Effect of a Clinical Practice Guideline for Pediatric Complicated Appendicitis. JAMA Surg, 151(5), e160194.