Katie Russell
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Katie Russell, MD

Languages spoken: English

Clinical Locations

Primary Location

Primary Children's Hospital

Pediatric Surgery
100 N Mario Capecchi Drive
Salt Lake City , UT 84113
801-662-2950
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St. Vincent Healthcare

SCL Health Medical Group - Fortin Pediatric Specialty Clinic
1232 N 30th St
Billings , MT 59101
406-237-5300
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Primary Children's Hospital - Lehi

Pediatric Surgery
2250 N Miller Campus Dr
Lehi , UT 84043
801-662-2950
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  • Katie W. Russell, MD is a pediatric surgeon with strong interests in pediatric trauma, extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO), chest wall deformity, fetal consultation, minimally invasive surgery, and global surgery.

    Dr. Russell’s clinical interests include pediatric surgical problems such as:

    • pectus excavatum
    • inguinal hernias
    • hydroceles
    • appendicitis
    • vascular access
    • feeding access
    • gallbladder disease
    • childhood cancers

    She has a particular interest in treating neonatal and pediatric conditions using minimally invasive techniques. She is leading a multidisciplinary clinic dedicated to the treatment of children with pulmonary hypoplasia related to congenital diaphragmatic hernia, congenital lung lesions, and giant omphalocele.

    Dr. Russell is a leader at Primary Children’s Hospital serving as both the Trauma Medical Director, and the Surgical Director of the ECMO program. She is leading telehealth initiatives to lower cost for families related to travel in both the outpatient and inpatient setting. She is involved in a multi-institutional research collaborative, The Western Pediatric Research Consortium, to push the forefront of rigorous research in pediatric surgical conditions.

    Dr. Russell has also been active in the field of global surgery. In 2017 she spent two months in the South Sudan with Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF). She has completed multiple surgical missions in Haiti, Guatemala and Tanzania. She was also on a surgical team that responded in Nepal after the 2015 Earthquake. She intends to continue her efforts in global surgery throughout her career.

    Dr. Russell earned a B.A. degree in visual art at Brown University and earned her M.D. at the Keck School of Medicine at the University of Southern California where she was elected AOA. She completed her general surgery residency at the University of Utah including a 1-year research fellowship under the mentorship of Dr. Eric Scaife. During her research fellowship they completed a randomized controlled trial evaluating the effect on patient decision making on cost containment in pediatric appendectomy. She also participated in wilderness medicine research and has continued to teach for the Alaska Mountaineering School and the National Park Service. During her residency she received the Chassin Award for the professionalism in surgery. Dr. Russell completed her fellowship in pediatric surgery at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.

    In her free time, Dr. Russell likes spending time with her husband Dave and their daughter Wild. They love the mountains and skiing and snowboarding.

    Specialties

    Board Certification

    American Board of Surgery (Sub: General Surgery)
    American Board of Surgery (Sub: Pediatric Surgery)

  • Katie W. Russell, MD is a pediatric surgeon with strong interests in pediatric trauma, extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO), chest wall deformity, fetal consultation, minimally invasive surgery, and global surgery.

    Dr. Russell’s clinical interests include pediatric surgical problems such as:

    • pectus excavatum
    • inguinal hernias
    • hydroceles
    • appendicitis
    • vascular access
    • feeding access
    • gallbladder disease
    • childhood cancers

    She has a particular interest in treating neonatal and pediatric conditions using minimally invasive techniques. She is leading a multidisciplinary clinic dedicated to the treatment of children with pulmonary hypoplasia related to congenital diaphragmatic hernia, congenital lung lesions, and giant omphalocele.

    Dr. Russell is a leader at Primary Children’s Hospital serving as both the Trauma Medical Director, and the Surgical Director of the ECMO program. She is leading telehealth initiatives to lower cost for families related to travel in both the outpatient and inpatient setting. She is involved in a multi-institutional research collaborative, The Western Pediatric Research Consortium, to push the forefront of rigorous research in pediatric surgical conditions.

    Dr. Russell has also been active in the field of global surgery. In 2017 she spent two months in the South Sudan with Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF). She has completed multiple surgical missions in Haiti, Guatemala and Tanzania. She was also on a surgical team that responded in Nepal after the 2015 Earthquake. She intends to continue her efforts in global surgery throughout her career.

    Dr. Russell earned a B.A. degree in visual art at Brown University and earned her M.D. at the Keck School of Medicine at the University of Southern California where she was elected AOA. She completed her general surgery residency at the University of Utah including a 1-year research fellowship under the mentorship of Dr. Eric Scaife. During her research fellowship they completed a randomized controlled trial evaluating the effect on patient decision making on cost containment in pediatric appendectomy. She also participated in wilderness medicine research and has continued to teach for the Alaska Mountaineering School and the National Park Service. During her residency she received the Chassin Award for the professionalism in surgery. Dr. Russell completed her fellowship in pediatric surgery at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.

    In her free time, Dr. Russell likes spending time with her husband Dave and their daughter Wild. They love the mountains and skiing and snowboarding.

    Board Certification and Academic Information

    Academic Departments Pediatrics -Adjunct Assistant Professor
    Surgery -Associate Professor
    Academic Divisions Pediatric Surgery
    Board Certification
    American Board of Surgery (Sub: General Surgery)
    American Board of Surgery (Sub: Pediatric Surgery)

    Education history

    Undergraduate Visual Art - Brown University B.A.
    Professional Medical Medicine - Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California M.D.
    Internship General Surgery - University of Utah School of Medicine Intern
    Residency General Surgery - University of Utah School of Medicine Resident
    Fellowship Wilderness Medicine - University of Utah School of Medicine Fellow
    Residency General Surgery - University of Utah School of Medicine Research Fellow
    Residency General Surgery - University of Utah School of Medicine Resident
    Fellowship Pediatric General Surgery - Children¿s Hospital of Philadelphia Fellow

    Selected Publications

    Journal Article

    1. Bell TM, Raymond JL, Mongalo AC, Adams ZW, Rouse TM, Hatcher L, Russell K, Carroll A (2021). Outpatient Opioid Prescriptions are Associated with Future Substance use Disorders and Overdose Following Adolescent Trauma. Annals of surgery, 276(6), e955-e960. (Read full publication)
    2. Yang MJ, Fenton S, Russell K, Yost CC, Yoder B (2020). Left-sided congenital diaphragmatic hernia: can we improve survival while decreasing ECMO?. Journal of perinatology, 40(6), 935-942. (Read full publication)
    3. Pruitt LCC, Swords DS, Russell KW, Rollins MD, Skarda D (2019). Prescription vs. consumption: Opioid overprescription to children after common surgical procedures. Journal of pediatric surgery, 54(11), 2195-2199. (Read full publication)
    4. Taylor MA, Knochel ML, Proctor SJ, Brockmeyer DL, Runyon LA, Fenton SJ, Russell K (2021). Pediatric trauma telemedicine in a rural state: Lessons learned from a 1-year experience. Journal of pediatric surgery, 56(2), 385-389. (Read full publication)
    5. Taylor MA, Cutshall ZA, Eldredge RS, Kastenberg ZJ, Russell K (2020). High ligation in adolescents: Is it enough?. Journal of pediatric surgery, 56, 1865-1869. (Read full publication)
    6. Taylor MA, Rohan AV, Runyon LA, Fenton SJ, Russell K (2020). The "non-preventable" preventable transfer? An analysis of the care from support services that injured children transferred to a level 1 pediatric trauma center receive. Journal of pediatric surgery, 56(9), 1638-1642. (Read full publication)
    7. Swendiman RA, Abramov A, Fenton SJ, Russell KW, Nance ML, Nace GW Jr, Iii M (2021). Use of angioembolization in pediatric polytrauma patients: WITH BLUNT SPLENIC INJURYAngioembolization in Pediatric Blunt Splenic Injury. Journal of pediatric surgery, 56(11), 2045-2051. (Read full publication)
    8. Heye P, Russell KW, Laje (2020). Laparoscopic pyloromyotomy can be performed safely by senior pediatric surgery trainees without supervision at high volume centers. Journal of pediatric surgery, 55(10), 2080-2082. (Read full publication)
    9. Pruitt LCC, Bucher BT, Russell KW, McCrum M (2021). Impact of Insurance Expansion on Disposition for Pediatric Trauma Patients: A National Trauma Data Bank Cohort Study. The Journal of surgical research, 267, 109-116. (Read full publication)
    10. Acker SN, Diaz-Miron J, Ignacio RC, Russell KW, Lofberg K, Shew SB, Peterson PN, Kelley-Quon LI, Jensen AR, Lee J, Padilla B, Smith CA, Kastenberg ZJ, Azarow KS, Ostlie DJ, Wang KS, Inge TH, Western Pediatric Surgery Research Consortium (2021). Attitudes Affecting Decision-making for Use of Radiologic Enteral Contrast in the Management of Pediatric Adhesive Small Bowel Obstruction: A Survey Study of Pediatric Surgeons. The Journal of surgical research, 267, 536-543. (Read full publication)
    11. Katz MG, Russell K (2019). Injury from E-Cigarette Explosion. The New England journal of medicine, 380(25), 2460. (Read full publication)
    12. Russell KW, Scaife CL, Weber DC, Windsor JS, Wheeler AR, Smith W, Wedmore I, McIntosh SE, Lieberman JR, Wilderness Medical Society (2014). Wilderness Medical Society practice guidelines for the treatment of acute pain in remote environments. Wilderness & environmental medicine, 25(1), 41-9. (Read full publication)
    13. Swendiman RA, Sharoky CE, Russell KW, Goldshore MA, Blinman TA, Nance M (2019). Life-saving interventions in pediatric trauma: A National Trauma Data Bank experience. The journal of trauma and acute care surgery, 87(6), 1321-1327. (Read full publication)
    14. Taylor MA 2nd, Hewes HA, Bolinger CD, Fenton SJ, Russell K (2020). Established Time Goals Can Increase the Efficiency of Trauma Resuscitation. Cureus, 12(8), e9524. (Read full publication)
    15. Yang MJ, Russell KW, Yoder BA, Fenton S (2021). Congenital diaphragmatic hernia: a narrative review of controversies in neonatal management. Translational pediatrics, 10(5), 1432-1447. (Read full publication)
    16. Bessoff KE, Han RW, Cho M, Stroud M, Urrechaga EM, Thorson CM, Russell KW, Rohan A, Acker SN, Swain S, Malvezzi L, Fuchs JR, Chao S (2021). Epidemiology of pediatric trauma during the COVID-19 pandemic shelter in place. Surgery open science, 6, 5-9. (Read full publication)
    17. Russell KW, Acker SN, Ignacio RC, Lofberg KM, Garvey EM, Chao SD, Bliss DW, Smith CA, Nehra D, Anderson ML, Bunnell BL, Shahi N, Perry JM, Evans LL, Kwong JZ, Tobias J, Rohan A, Pickett KL, Kaar JL, Kastenberg ZJ, Laskey AL, Scaife ER, Jensen A (2022). Child physical abuse and COVID-19: Trends from nine pediatric trauma centers. Journal of pediatric surgery, 57(2), 297-301. (Read full publication)
    18. Kelley-Quon LI, Ourshalimian S, Lee J, Russell KW, Kling K, Shew SB, Mueller C, Jensen AR, Vu L, Padilla B, Ostlie D, Smith C, Inge T, Roach J, Ignacio R, Lofberg K, Radu S, Rohan A, Wang K (2022). Multi-Institutional Quality Improvement Project to Minimize Opioid Prescribing in Children after Appendectomy Using NSQIP-Pediatric. Journal of the American College of Surgeons, 234(3), 290-298. (Read full publication)
    19. Cox KJ, Yang MJ, Fenton SJ, Russell KW, Yost CC, Yoder B (2022). Operative repair in congenital diaphragmatic hernia: How long do we really need to wait?. Journal of pediatric surgery, 57(9), 17-23. (Read full publication)
    20. Taylor MA, Lewis AE, Swendiman RA, Fenton SJ, Russell K (2021). Interest in Improving Access to Pediatric Trauma Care Through Telemedicine. Journal of medical systems, 45(12), 108. (Read full publication)
    21. Russell KW, Katz MG, Phillips RC, Kelley-Quon LI, Acker SN, Shahi N, Lee JH, Fialkowski EA, Nacharaju D, Smith CA, Jensen AR, Mueller CM, Padilla BE, Ignacio RC, Ourshalimian S, Wang KS, Ostlie DJ, Fenton SJ, Kastenberg ZJ, Western Pediatric Surgery Research Consortium (2022). Adolescent Vaping-Associated Trauma in the Western United States. The Journal of surgical research, 276, 251-255. (Read full publication)
    22. Hewes HA, Ravindra VM, Ryan S, Russell KW, Soisson S, Brockmeyer D (2022). The Fate of the Cervical Collar: An Observational Pilot Study Investigating Follow-up Care After Emergency Department Discharge in Children With Mild Traumatic Neck Injuries. Pediatric emergency care, (Read full publication)
    23. Iantorno SE, Swendiman RA, Bucher BT, Russell K (2023). Surge in Pediatric Firearm Injuries Presenting to US Children's Hospitals During the COVID-19 Pandemic. JAMA pediatrics, 177(2), 204-206. (Read full publication)
    24. Fenton SJ, Swendiman RA, Eyre M, Larsen K, Russell K (2023). The Utah Pediatric Trauma Network, a statewide pediatric trauma collaborative can safely help non-pediatric hospitals admit children with mild traumatic brain injury. The journal of trauma and acute care surgery, (Read full publication)
    25. Tobias J, Padilla BE, Lee J, Chen S, Wang KS, Kelley-Quon LI, Mueller C, Shew SB, Joskowitz K, Ignacio RC Jr, Evans LL, Jensen AR, Acker SN, Mason A, Johnson A, McConahey J, Hansen E, Pandya SR, Short SS, Russell KW, Nicassio L, Smith CA, Fialkowski (2023). Standardized perioperative care reduces colorectal surgical site infection in children: A Western Pediatric Surgery Research Consortium multicenter analysis. Journal of pediatric surgery, 58(1), 45-51. (Read full publication)
    26. Tanner TE, Drapkin Z, Fino N, Russell K, Chaulk D, Hewes H (2023). Thromboelastography and Its Use in Pediatric Trauma Patients. Pediatric emergency care, 39(2), e41-e47. (Read full publication)
    27. Russell K, Biswas (2023). Pediatric trauma center vs. adult trauma center: which is better?. Current opinion in anaesthesiology, (Read full publication)
    28. Ignacio RC Jr, Kelley-Quon LI, Ourshalimian S, Padilla BE, Jensen AR, Shew SB, Lofberg KM, Smith CA, Roach JP, Pandya SR, Russell KW, Wang K, Western Pediatric Surgery Research Consortium Choledocholithiasis Investigative Grou (2023). Pediatric DUCT Score: A Highly Specific Predictive Model for Choledocholithiasis in Children. Journal of the American College of Surgeons, (Read full publication)
    29. Ryan S, Hewes H, Fenton SF, Russell K, Hansen K, Brockmeyer DL, Robison (2023). Ten-Year Analysis of Complications Related to Simple Basilar Skull Fractures in Children Presenting to a Trauma Center. Pediatric emergency care, 40(2), 137-140. (Read full publication)
    30. Russell KW, Iantorno SE, Iyer RR, Brockmeyer DL, Smith KM, Polukoff NE, Larsen KE, Barnes KL, Bell TM, Fenton SJ, Inaba K, Swendiman R (2023). Pediatric Cervical Spine Clearance: A 10-year Evaluation of Multi-Detector Computed Tomography at a Level 1 Pediatric Trauma Center. The journal of trauma and acute care surgery, (Read full publication)
    31. Swendiman RA, Scaife JH, Barnes KL, Bell TM, Roach CM, Iyer RR, Brockmeyer DL, Russell K (2023). Hanging and Strangulation Injuries: An Institutional Review From a Level 1 Pediatric Trauma Center. Journal of pediatric surgery, (Read full publication)
    32. Floan Sachs G, Ourshalimian S, Jensen AR, Kelley-Quon LI, Padilla BE, Shew SB, Lofberg KM, Smith CA, Roach JP, Pandya SR, Russell KW, Ignacio RC Jr, Western Pediatric Surgery Research Consortium Choledocholithiasis Investigative Grou (2023). Machine learning to predict pediatric choledocholithiasis: A Western Pediatric Surgery Research Consortium retrospective study. Surgery, 174(4), 934-939. (Read full publication)
    33. Russell KW, Skarda DE, Jones TW, Barnhart DC, Short S (2023). Cessation of Antibiotics for Complicated Appendicitis at Discharge Does Not Increase Risk of Post-operative Infection. Journal of pediatric surgery, 59(1), 91-95. (Read full publication)
    34. Jacobson JC, Ryan ML, Vogel AM, Mehl SC, Acker SN, Prendergast C, Padilla BE, Lee J, Chao SD, Martin NR, Russell KW, Larsen K, Harting MT, Linden AF, Ignacio RC Jr, Slater BJ, Juang D, Jensen AR, Melhado CG, Pelayo JC, Zhong A, Spencer BL, Gadepalli SK, Maamari M, Jimenez Valencia M, Qureshi FG, Pandya S (2023). Outcomes of Extracorporeal Life Support Utilization for Pediatric Patients With COVID-19 Infections. ASAIO journal (American Society for Artificial Internal Organs, (Read full publication)
    35. Scott Eldredge R, Russell K (2023). Pediatric surgical interventions on ECMO. Seminars in pediatric surgery, 32(4), 151330. (Read full publication)
    36. Melhado C, Russell KW, Acker SN, Padilla BE, Lofberg K, Spurrier RG, Robinson B, Chao S, Ignacio RC, Ryan M, Jensen AR, Western Pediatric Surgery Research Consortium Cervical Spine Injury Study Grou (2023). Cervical Collar-Associated Pressure Injury in Pediatric Trauma Patients: A Western Pediatric Surgery Research Consortium Study. Journal of pediatric surgery, (Read full publication)
    37. Eldredge RS, Moore Z, Smit J, Barnes K, Norton SP, Larsen K, Padilla BE, Swendiman RA, Fenton SJ, Russell K (2023). A Pediatric Teletrauma Program Pilot Project: Improves Access to Pediatric Trauma Care and Timely Assessment of Pediatric Traumas. The journal of trauma and acute care surgery, (Read full publication)
    38. Swendiman RA, Russell KW, Larsen K, Eyre M, Fenton S (2024). USE OF A STATEWIDE SOLID ORGAN INJURY PROCOTCOL TO OPTIMIZE TRIAGE, TREATMENT, AND TRANSFER FOR PEDIATRIC ABDOMINAL TRAUMA. The journal of trauma and acute care surgery, (Read full publication)
    39. Acker SN, Ignacio R, Russell KW, Kelley-Quon L, Lofberg K, Lee J, Jensen AR, Pickett-Nairne K, Prendergast C, Iantorno SE, Thangarajah H, Patwardhan U, Melhado C, Zhong A, Padilla B, Rothstein DH, Nicassio L, Pandya S, Valencia M, Wang K, Inge TH, Western Pediatric Surgery Research Consortiu (2024). Utility of Enteral Contrast Protocols in Pediatric Adhesive Small Bowel Obstruction: A Prospective Multicenter Observational Study. Annals of surgery, (Read full publication)
    40. Schnuck JK, Acker SN, Kelley-Quon LI, Lee JH, Shew SB, Fialkowski E, Ignacio RC, Melhado C, Qureshi FG, Russell KW, Rothstein DH, Western Pediatric Surgery Research Consortiu (2024). Decision-Making in Pleural Drainage Following Lung Resection in Children: A Western Pediatric Surgery Research Consortium Survey. Journal of pediatric surgery, (Read full publication)
    41. Melhado C, Durand R, Russell KW, Polukoff NE, Rampton J, Iyer RR, Acker SN, Koehler R, Prendergast C, Stence N, O'Neill B, Padilla BE, Jamshidi R, Vaughn JA, Ronecker JS, Selesner L, Lofberg K, Regner M, Thiessen J, Sayama C, Spurrier RG, Ross EE, Liu CJ, Chu J, McNevin K, Beni C, Robinson BRH, Linnau K, Buckley RT, Chao SD, Sabapaty A, Tong E, Prolo LM, Ignacio R, Floan Sachs G, Kruk P, Gonda D, Ryan M, Pandya S, Koral K, Braga BP, Auguste K, Jensen AR, Western Pediatric Surgery Research Consortium Cervical Spine Injury Study Grou (2024). The Sensitivity of Limited-Sequence MRI in Identifying Pediatric Cervical Spine Injury: A Western Pediatric Surgery Research Consortium Multicenter Retrospective Cohort Study. The journal of trauma and acute care surgery, (Read full publication)
    42. Wallace MW, Kastenberg ZJ, Swendiman RA, Eckhauser AW, Rodriguez-Davalos M, Russell K (2024). Two-Stage Liver Transplantation and Tricuspid Valve Replacement After Blunt Trauma in a Pediatric Patient. The American surgeon, 90(6), 31348241241716. (Read full publication)
    43. Moore ZJ, Eldredge RS, Russell K (2024). Acute superior mesenteric artery syndrome complicated by severe gastric, pancreatic and renal ischaemia. BMJ case reports, 17(2), (Read full publication)
    44. Yang MJ, Ellsworth TS, Woodward PJ, Kennedy AM, Fenton SJ, Russell KW, Byrne JLB, Yost CC, Yoder B (2024). Comparison of current to past outcomes in congenital diaphragmatic hernia using mri observed-to-expected total fetal lung volume. Journal of perinatology, 44(9), 1347-1352. (Read full publication)
    45. Scaife JH, Hewes HA, Iantorno SE, Clinker CE, Fenton SJ, Skarda DE, Kastenberg ZJ, Swendiman RA, Russell K (2024). Optimizing patient selection for ECMO after pediatric hypothermic cardiac arrest. Injury, 111731. (Read full publication)
    46. Piazza MG, Ravindra VM, Earl ER, Ludwick A, Sarriera Valentin G, Dailey AT, Kestle JRW, Russell KW, Brockmeyer DL, Iyer R (2024). Validation of the Subaxial Cervical Spine Injury Classification score in children: a single-institution experience at a level 1 pediatric trauma center. Journal of neurosurgery. Pediatrics, 34(4), 1-8. (Read full publication)
    47. Clinker C, Scaife J, Basinger C, Barnes KL, Roach C, Lau GA, Norton S, Swendiman RA, Russell K (2024). Routine Urology Consultation and Follow-up After Pediatric Blunt Renal Trauma is Likely Unnecessary. Journal of pediatric surgery, 60(2), 161886. (Read full publication)
    48. Scaife JH, Clinker CE, Alexander AJ, Iantorno SE, Eldredge RS, Swendiman RA, Fenton SJ, Russell K (2024). Association of Initiation of Statewide Pediatric Trauma Collaborative and Hospital Preventable Transfer Rates. Journal of pediatric surgery, 162004. (Read full publication)
    49. Findlay MC, Russell KW, Tenhoeve SA, Owens M, Iyer RR, Bollo R (2024). Management of External Ventricular Drains for Neuromonitoring and Traumatic Brain Injury Treatment in Pediatric Patients Outside of Intensive Care Units: A Single-Institution Retrospective Study. Journal of pediatric surgery, 161993. (Read full publication)
    50. Clinker C, Scaife J, Martinez D, Kahan AM, Eldredge RS, Russell K (2024). Effect of cryoablation in Nuss bar placement on opioid utilization and length of stay. Pediatric surgery international, 40(1), 260. (Read full publication)
    51. Eldredge RS, Notrica DM, Nickoles T, Ochoa B, Garvey E, Bae JO, Jamshidi R, Russell KW, Rowe D, McGovern P, Molitor M, van Leeuwen K, Padilla BE, Ostlie D, Lee (2024). Contemporary National Trend in Surgical Management of Hemodynamically Unstable Pediatric Blunt Splenic Injury. Journal of pediatric surgery, 161918. (Read full publication)
    52. Russell KW, Kahan A, Eldredge R (2024). Cervical spine clearance in the pediatric trauma population: What you need to know. The journal of trauma and acute care surgery, (Read full publication)
    53. Wallace MW, Iantorno SE, Moore ZJ, Colton BT, Keeshin B, Swendiman RA, Russell K (2024). Evaluation of New Mental Health Diagnoses After Pediatric Traumatic Injuries at a Level 1 Pediatric Trauma Center. The American surgeon, 91(3), 31348241300358. (Read full publication)
    54. Patwardhan UM, Ignacio RC, Pickett-Nairne K, Russell KW, Lee J, Padilla B, Melhado C, Kelley-Quon LI, Rothstein DH, Thangarajah H, Ibarra-Meraz A, Barq RM, Larsen KE, Fowler KL, Hunteman Z, Valencia-Bradd M, Lofberg K, Jensen A, Pandya S, Acker SN, Western Pediatric Surgery Research Consortiu (2025). Recurrence Following Operative vs. Non-Operative Management of Adhesive Small Bowel Obstruction in Children: A Multi-center Prospective Observational Study. Annals of surgery, (Read full publication)
    55. Melhado C, Hancock C, Wang H, Eldin MM, George N, Miller JA, Remick KE, Patel B, Yorkgitis BK, Gray L, Dingeldein MW, Hewes HA, Russell KW, Nance ML, Jensen A (2025). Pediatric Readiness and Trauma Center Access for Children. JAMA pediatrics, (Read full publication)
    56. Alexander AJ, Iantorno SE, McLaughlin M, McKenzie BA, Foley L, McNeally P, Fenton SJ, Swendiman RA, Russell K (2025). Analysis of Preventable Transfers of Pediatric Trauma Patients From Montana to an out of State Tertiary Level I Pediatric Trauma Center. Journal of pediatric surgery, 60(4), 162188. (Read full publication)
    57. Patwardhan UM, Kahan A, Eldredge RS, Russell KW, Lee J, Short SS, Padilla B, Cairo SB, Acker SN, Jensen AR, Kelley-Quon LI, Rothstein DH, Fialkowski EA, Chao SD, Gillory L, Pandya S, Diaz-Miron J, Ignacio RC J (2025). Comparison of Postoperative Antibiotic Protocols for Pediatric Complicated Appendicitis: A Western Pediatric Surgery Research Consortium Study. Journal of pediatric surgery, 60(4), 162165. (Read full publication)
    58. Naik-Mathuria B, Ehrlich PF, Escobar MA Jr, Falcone R, Gosain A, Vogel AM, Jafri M, Thakkar RK, Slater BJ, Russell RT, Campbell B, Beaudin M, St Peter SD, Russell KW, Kreykes N, Gaines B, Notrica DM, Hamner C, Renaud E, Gourlay D, DeJesus J, Pediatric Trauma Society Pancreatic Trauma Study Consortiu (2025). Prospective Outcomes of Standardized Non-operative Management of Pancreatic Trauma With Ductal Injury in Children: Less is More. Journal of pediatric surgery, 60(1), 161976. (Read full publication)
    59. Keane OA, Ourshalimian S, Ignacio R, Acker S, Jensen A, Lofberg K, Mueller C, Padilla BE, Pandya S, Rothstein DH, Russell KW, Smith C, O'Guinn M, Ing M, Floan Sachs G, Highet A, Iantorno SE, Templeton LR, Ochoa B, Patwardhan UM, Peace A, Schwab ME, Tran TH, Kelley-Quon L (2025). Pediatric Cholecystectomy Case Volume and Complexity Following the COVID-19 Pandemic. Pediatrics, (Read full publication)
    60. Yang MJ, Carpenter RJ, Russell KW, Fenton SJ, Yost CC, Yoder B (2025). Are Early, Frequent Echocardiograms Necessary to Improve Outcomes of Neonates with Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia?. The Journal of pediatrics, 280, 114510. (Read full publication)
    61. Scaife JH, Clinker CE, Wallace MW, Eldredge RS, Lee J, Russell K (2025). Association of Antibiotic Use and Surgical Site Infection Following Pectus Bar Removal. The Journal of surgical research, 307, 184-188. (Read full publication)
    62. Yang MJ, Yost CC, Monson M, Woodward PJ, Kennedy AM, Fenton SJ, Russell KW, Byrne JLB, Yoder B (2025). Concurrent Bronchopulmonary Sequestration in Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia: Is Frequency Increasing or Are We Better at Diagnosis?. Journal of pediatrics. Clinical practice, 15, 200141. (Read full publication)
    63. Kahan AM, Holley AG, Horns J, Jaramillo C, Jensen MK, Russell KW, Nelson RE, Brooke BS, Guthery S, Kastenberg Z (2025). The Age-stratified Cost of Biliary Atresia: A MarketScan®-Based Cost Analysis. Journal of pediatric surgery, 60(5), 162244. (Read full publication)
    64. Clinker C, Scaife J, Shorti R, White TW, Russell K (2025). Innovative surgical repair of severe pectus carinatum using 3D surgical planning and advanced rib fixation techniques. BMJ case reports, 18(3), (Read full publication)
    65. Eldredge RS, Padilla BE, Kahan AM, Nicassio L, Chao SD, Schwab M, Diaz-Miron J, Ibarra A, Pandya S, Ryan M, Gillory L, Lee J, Ignacio RC, Keller BA, Scaife JH, Clinker CE, McDuffie LA, Byrd E, Rothstein D, Kelley-Quon LI, Kim S, Ostlie DJ, Russell K (2025). Effect of Activity Restrictions on Pectus Bar Displacement Following Minimally Invasive Repair of Pectus Excavatum - A Western Pediatric Surgery Research Consortium Study. Journal of pediatric surgery, 162520. (Read full publication)
    66. Alexander AJ, Wilcox H, Horns JJ, Wallace MW, Das R, Russell KW, Ibele A (2025). Medication cost for treatment of metabolic dysregulation decreases following adolescent bariatric surgery. Surgical endoscopy, 39(8), 5214-5219. (Read full publication)
    67. Wallace MW, Kahan AM, Wan HY, Botha JF, Rodriguez-Davalos M, Bondoc A, Bitterfeld L, Swendiman R, Russell KW, Kastenberg Z (2025). Pediatric liver transplant after traumatic liver injury: An analysis of the multicenter Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients data set. The journal of trauma and acute care surgery, 99(2), 258-263. (Read full publication)
    68. Wallace MW, Kahan AM, Wan HY, Botha JF, Rodriguez-Davalos M, Bondoc A, Bitterfeld L, Swendiman R, Russell KW, Kastenberg Z (2025). Pediatric liver transplant after traumatic liver injury: An analysis of the multicenter Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients data set. The journal of trauma and acute care surgery, 99(2), 258-263. (Read full publication)
    69. Russell KW, Kahan AM, Eldredge RS, Swendiman RA, Kastenberg ZJ, Kay AB, Rampton JW, Huynh K, Wan HY, Morris DS, Iyer RR, Ravindra VM, Brockmeyer D (2025). An analysis of potential cervical spine clearance in children with computed tomography alone. The journal of trauma and acute care surgery, (Read full publication)
    70. Kay AB, Glasgow SL, Kahan AM, Swendiman RA, Kastenberg ZJ, Roach CM, Wan HY, Bollo RJ, Iyer RR, Ravindra VM, Morris DS, Yorkgitis BK, Joseph B, Russell K (2025). Small Change, BIG Impact: Proposal of the Brain Injury Guidelines for kids (kBIG). Journal of pediatric surgery, 60(8), 162372. (Read full publication)
    71. Starr W, Iantorno S, Wang J, Eldredge R, Iyer R, Smith K, McNamara N, Larsen K, Fenton S, Swendiman R, Russell (2025). Pediatric cervical spine clearance: a 10-year evaluation of X-ray in evaluable patients at a level 1 pediatric trauma center. Trauma surgery & acute care open, 10(3), e001539. (Read full publication)
    72. Kahan AM, Kelley-Quon LI, Acker SN, Vincent S, Chao SD, Nepomuceno H, Lee JH, Padilla BE, Ignacio RC, Fialkowski EA, Fowler KL, Cairo SB, Munar D, Pandya SR, Russell KW, Fenton SJ, Lee SL, Rothstein D (2025). Pleural drain placement following lung resection in children: A prospective observational study of the Western Pediatric Surgery Research Consortium. Journal of pediatric surgery, 162541. (Read full publication)
    73. Patwardhan UM, Sachs GF, Ignacio RL, Padilla B, Lee J, Acker SN, Jensen AR, Schwab M, Russell KW, Roach J, Kelley-Quon LI, Obinelo A, Lofberg K, Tran TH, Rothstein DH, Nicassio LN, Mueller C, Chao S, Iantorno SE, Jacobson JC, Pandya SR, Ignacio RC, Western Pediatric Surgery Research Consortiu (2025). Is There a Role for ERCP in the Management of Gallstone Pancreatitis in Children? A Western Pediatric Surgery Research Consortium Study. Journal of pediatric surgery, 162595. (Read full publication)
    74. Kahan AM, Glasgow SL, Yoder BA, Yang M, Yost CC, Peterson K, Scaife JH, Clinker CE, Arnold E, Fenton SJ, Kastenberg ZJ, Swendiman RA, Russell K (2025). Long-term outcomes after muscle flap repair in congenital diaphragmatic hernia: A retrospective study at a single institution. Journal of pediatric surgery, 162572. (Read full publication)
    75. Kahan AM, Glasgow SL, Yoder BA, Yang M, Yost CC, Peterson K, Scaife JH, Clinker CE, Arnold E, Fenton SJ, Kastenberg ZJ, Swendiman RA, Short SS, Russell K (2025). Less is more: ECMO utilization and outcomes in congenital diaphragmatic hernia. Journal of pediatric surgery, 162571. (Read full publication)
    76. Eldredge RS, Ochoa B, Heller K, Russell KW, Moore ZJ, Chao SD, Sabapaty A, Diaz-Miron J, Weber NT, Rassam K, Khoury E, Soni C, Ignacio RC, Padilla B (2025). Feeling the difference: Long-term sensory outcomes following the minimally invasive repair of pectus excavatum with and without intercostal nerve cryoablation: A multicenter prospective observation study. Journal of pediatric surgery, 162539. (Read full publication)
    77. Brockmeyer DL, Gautam D, Ravindra VM, Cole K, Russell KW, Iyer R (2025). Transient spinal neuropraxia in pediatric patients: analysis of an institutional experience 4 decades after the introduction of spinal cord injury without radiographic abnormality. Journal of neurosurgery. Pediatrics, 1-6. (Read full publication)
    78. Clinker CE, Scaife JH, Kahan AM, Han BK, Swendiman RA, Russell K (2025). Preoperative Echocardiography in Pectus Excavatum: High Rate of Incidental Findings, Low but Clinically Important Yield of Significant Anomalies. Journal of pediatric surgery, 162651. (Read full publication)
    79. Glasgow SL, Scaife JH, Clinker CE, Kahan AM, Wan HY, Kay AB, Martinez DJ, Ravindra VM, Swendiman RA, Russell K (2025). Evaluation of Isolated Skull Fractures in Children. Journal of pediatric surgery, 162766. (Read full publication)
    80. Yang MJ, Yost CC, Carpenter RJ, Kahan AM, Fenton SJ, Russell KW, Yoder B (2025). Congenital diaphragmatic hernia: Exclusion criteria for repair or ECMO?. Journal of pediatric surgery, 162721. (Read full publication)
    81. Alexander AJ, Clinker C, Scaife J, Wan HY, Iantorno SE, Beaver T, Robinson B, Acker SN, McLaughlin M, Foley L, McNeally P, Hennessy LV, Mata C, Ibarra A, Fenton SJ, Swendiman RA, McKenzie BA, Robison JA, Russell K (2025). Analysis of preventable transfers from Montana to out-of-state pediatric trauma centers: A multicenter collaboration. The journal of trauma and acute care surgery, (Read full publication)
    82. Tracy ET, Leraas HJ, Phillips MR, Van Arendonk KJ, Flynn-O'Brien KT, Padilla BE, Russell KW, Niba V, Gadepalli SK, Goldin AB, Hall M, Ehrlich P (2026). Characterizing the burden of care for children with solid tumors in the United States: A cross-sectional analysis from the Child Health Evaluation of Surgical Services Group. Cancer, 132(1), e70193. (Read full publication)
    83. Heller K, Ochoa BV, Brierley S, Padilla BE, Pediatric Inguinal Hernia Collaborative Group, Alhajjat A, Byrd E, Chao SD, Clinker C, Diaz-Miron J, Dantes G, Eldredge RS, Fialkowski EA, Guner Y, Gurria JP, Haddadin Z, Highet A, Huerta CT, Keane OA, Kelley-Quon LI, Laje P, Le H, Lee J, Lesher A, Lin S, Lym L, Pandya SR, Papastefan S, Parrado RH, Perez EA, Ramazani C, Rehrer W, Russell KW, Selesner L, Shideler BL, Slater BJ, Stellon MA, Stephens C, Sutyak KM, Tsao K, Velazco CS, Weber N, Westbrook N, Wieck MM, Yu (2025). Surgeon Annual Volume Impacts Recurrence Rates of Pediatric Inguinal Hernia Repairs: A Multi-Institutional Study. Journal of pediatric surgery, 162890. (Read full publication)
    84. Kahan AM, Eldredge RS, Nicassio L, Chao SD, Schwab ME, Diaz-Miron J, Ibarra Meraz A, Pandya SR, Ryan ML, Gillory LA, Lee JH, Ignacio RC, Keller BA, Scaife JH, Clinker CE, Sun RC, Byrd E, Rothstein DH, Barq RM, Kelley-Quon LI, Kim S, Ostlie DJ, Russell KW, Padilla B (2025). Opioid prescriptions practices following the minimally invasive repair of pectus excavatum: A western pediatric surgery research consortium study. Journal of pediatric surgery, 61(3), 162878. (Read full publication)
    85. Clinker C, Scaife J, Kahan A, Cordoba N, Russell KW, Jones T (2025). Salvage of the infected Nuss bar: a protocol and institutional experience. Pediatric surgery international, 42(1), 39. (Read full publication)
    86. Clinker CE, Scaife JH, Kirkham MS, Kahan AM, Smith KM, Iantorno SE, Iyer RR, Swendiman RA, Russell K (2025). CT catches these too: Characterizing pediatric cervical spine injuries managed with rigid collars. Injury, 57(2), 112930. (Read full publication)
    87. Alexander AJ, Kahan AM, Sorensen J, Boggan MJ, Barnes KL, Wan HY, de Cos V, Kastenberg ZJ, Swendiman RA, Ignacio RC Jr, Russell K (2025). Geographic analysis and socioeconomic factors associated with pediatric window fall injuries in Utah: a nine-year retrospective study. Pediatric surgery international, 41(1), 325. (Read full publication)
    88. Scaife JH, Martinez DJ, Clinker CE, Glasgow SL, Kahan AM, Roach CM, Russell KW, Swendiman R (2025). Discordance in CT interpretations between pediatric radiology overreads and community and adult radiologists reads following traumatic injury. Journal of pediatric surgery, 162765. (Read full publication)
    89. Moore ZJ, Kahan AM, Wan HY, Boulton TK, De Vettori G, Kastenberg Z, Swendiman R, Russell K (2025). Balancing diagnostic accuracy and risk: Opportunities to reduce pediatric cervical spine CT utilization. Journal of pediatric surgery, 162762. (Read full publication)
    90. Eldredge RS, Kahan AM, Padilla BE, Patwardhan UM, Presson AP, Larsen K, Lee JH, Ostlie DJ, Jensen AR, Melhado CG, Ignacio RC, Chao SD, Ravindra VM, Swendiman R, Iyer RR, Brockmeyer DL, Kelley-Quon LI, Escobar MA, Yorkgitis BK, Inaba K, Russell K (2026). Western pediatric cervical spine study: an observational prospective Western Pediatric Surgery Research Consortium and Western Trauma Association multicenter study protocol. Trauma surgery & acute care open, 11(1), e001728. (Read full publication)

    Review

    1. Huerta CT, Beres AL, Englum BR, Gonzalez K, Levene T, Wakeman D, Yousef Y, Gulack BC, Chang HL, Christison-Lagay ER, Ham PB 3rd, Mansfield SA, Kulaylat AN, Lucas DJ, Rentea RM, Pennell CP, Sulkowski JP, Russell KW, Ricca RL, Kelley-Quon LI, Tashiro J, Rialon KL, American Pediatric Surgical Association Outcomes and Evidence-Based Practice Committe (2024). Management and Outcomes of Pediatric Lymphatic Malformations: A Systematic Review From the APSA Outcomes and Evidence-Based Practice Committee. Journal of pediatric surgery, (Read full publication)
    2. Kulaylat AN, Lucas DJ, Chang HL, Derderian SC, Beres AL, Ham PB 3rd, Huerta CT, Sulkowski JP, Wakeman D, Englum BR, Gulack BC, Acker SN, Gonzalez KW, Levene TL, Christison-Lagay E, Mansfield SA, Yousef Y, Pennell CP, Russell KW, Rentea RM, Tashiro J, Diesen DL, Alemayehu H, Ricca R, Kelley-Quon L, Rialon K (2024). Evaluation and Management of Biliary Dyskinesia in Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Review From the APSA Outcomes and Evidence-Based Committee. Journal of pediatric surgery, 161678. (Read full publication)

    Case Report

    1. Taylor MA 2nd, Spanos SP, Fenton SJ, Russell K (2020). Ball Magnets Clicked Together on the Epiglottis. Cureus, 12(5), e8181. (Read full publication)

    Letter

    1. Yang MJ, Carpenter RJ, Russell KW, Fenton SJ, Yost CC, Yoder B (2025). Reply. The Journal of pediatrics, 283, 114580. (Read full publication)
    2. Patwardhan UM, Kahan A, Scott Eldredge R, Russell KW, Lee J, Short SS, Padilla B, Cairo SB, Acker SN, Jensen AR, Kelley-Quon LI, Rothstein DH, Fialkowski EA, Chao SD, Gillory L, Pandya S, Diaz-Miron J, Ignacio RC J (2025). Comparison of postoperative antibiotic protocols for pediatric complicated appendicitis: A Western Pediatric Surgery research consortium study. Journal of pediatric surgery, 162461. (Read full publication)
    3. Yang MJ, Carpenter RJ, Russell KW, Fenton SJ, Yost CC, Yoder B (2025). Reply. The Journal of pediatrics, 291, 114955. (Read full publication)

    Other

    1. Russell KW, Katz MG, Phillips RC, Kelley-Quon LI, Acker SN, Shahi N, Lee JH, Fialkowski EA, Nacharaju D, Smith CA, Jensen AR, Mueller CM, Padilla BE, Ignacio RC, Ourshalimian S, Wang KS, Ostlie DJ, Fenton SJ, Kastenberg ZJ, Western Pediatric Surgery Research Consortiu (2023). Corrigendum to Adolescent Vaping-Associated Trauma in the Western United States [J Surg Res. 2022 Aug;276:251-255]. The Journal of surgical research, 294, 247-248. (Read full publication)
    2. Melhado C, Russell KW, Acker SN, Padilla BE, Lofberg K, Spurrier RG, Robinson B, Chao S, Ignacio RC, Ryan M, Jensen AR, Western Pediatric Surgery Research Consortium Cervical Spine Injury Study Grou (2024). Corrigendum to "Cervical Collar-Associated Pressure Injury in Pediatric Trauma Patients: A Western Pediatric Surgery Research Consortium Study" [J Pediatr Surg 59 (2024) 326-330]. Journal of pediatric surgery, (Read full publication)

    Video/Film/CD/Web/Podcast

    1. Russell KW, Rollins MD, Barnhart DC, Mone MC, Meyers RL, Skarda DE, Soukup ES, Black RE, Molitor MS, Stoddard GJ, Scaife E (2014). Cutting health care costs one appendix at a time. Journal Reference: Charge Awareness Affects Treatment Choice. Annals of Surgery, 1 DOI:10.1097/SLA.
    2. Russell K (2023). Keep an Eye Out for Hidden Dangers This Christmas. Studio 5 KSL, Salt Lake City, UT.
    3. Russell K (2023). Trauma experts explain how people can avoid getting hit by a car. KSL TV, Salt Lake City, UT.
    4. Russell K (2023). Understanding pectus excavatum: symptoms, treatment, and more. ABC 4 Good Things Utah, Salt Lake City, UT.
    5. Russell K (2023). Intermountain Primary Children's Hospital leads the way in caring for life-threatening fetal condition. ABC 4 Good Things Utah, Salt Lake City, UT.

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