Michael L. Nance, M.D.

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Professor of Surgery at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Consulting Surgeon, Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia, PA
Consulting Surgeon, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Director of Pediatric Trauma Program, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
Josephine J. and John M. Templeton, Jr. Chair in Pediatric Trauma, Department of Surgery, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
Senior Surgeon, Division of Pediatric General and Thoracic Surgery, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
Department: Surgery

Contact information
Department of Surgery
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Richard Wood Center, 5th Floor
34th and Civic Center Boulevard
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: 2155905932
Fax: 2155904875
Education:
B.S. (Biology)
Rhodes College, Memphis, TN, 1984.
M.D.
Louisiana State University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA, 1988.
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Description of Research Expertise

Firearms injury in children; solid organ injuries; injury prevention

Description of Clinical Expertise

trauma; congenital abnormalities; oncology; gastrointestinal disorders

Selected Publications

Nance ML., Lutz N., Arbogast KB., Cornejo RA., Kallan MJ., Winston FK., Durbin DR.: Optimal restraint reduces the risk of abdominal injury in children involved in motor vehicle crashes. Annals of Surgery 239(1): 127-31, Jan 2004.

Nance ML., Branas CC., Stafford PW., Richmond T., Schwab CW.: Nonintracranial fatal firearm injuries in children: implications for treatment. Journal of Trauma-Injury Infection & Critical Care 55(4): 631-5, Oct 2003.

Guillamondegui OD., Mahboubi S., Stafford PW., Nance ML.: The utility of the pelvic radiograph in the assessment of pediatric pelvic fractures. Journal of Trauma-Injury Infection & Critical Care 55(2): 236-9; discussion 239-40, Aug 2003.

Philpott JM., Nance ML., Carr MC., Canning DA., Stafford PW.: Ureteral stenting in the management of urinoma after severe blunt renal trauma in children. Journal of Pediatric Surgery 38(7): 1096-8, Jul 2003.

Lutz N., Arbogast KB., Cornejo RA., Winston FK., Durbin DR., Nance ML.: Suboptimal restraint affects the pattern of abdominal injuries in children involved in motor vehicle crashes. Journal of Pediatric Surgery 38(6): 919-23, Jun 2003.

Nance ML., Stafford PW.: Pediatric trauma is a surgical disease. [Letter] Annals of Emergency Medicine 41(3): 423-4; author reply 424-5, Mar 2003.

Nance ML.: Incidental appendectomy in the symptomatic patient. [Letter] Archives of Surgery 138(3): 343, Mar 2003.

Sharpe RP., Nance ML., Stafford PW.: Nonoperative management of blunt extrahepatic biliary duct transection in the pediatric patient: case report and review of the literature. [Review] Journal of Pediatric Surgery 37(11): 1612-6, Nov 2002.

Kyle SB., Nance ML., Rutherford GW Jr., Winston FK.: Skateboard-associated injuries: participation-based estimates and injury characteristics. Journal of Trauma-Injury Infection & Critical Care 53(4): 686-90, Oct 2002.

Winston FK., Weiss HB., Nance ML., Vivarelli-O'Neill C., Strotmeyer S., Lawrence BA., Miller TR.: Estimates of the incidence and costs associated with handlebar-related injuries in children. Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine 156(9): 922-8, Sep 2002.

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