Sameer Shakir, MD

Assistant Professor of Surgery at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Department: Surgery
Contact information
Division of Plastic Surgery
Milwaukee Campus - Children's Wisconsin
Medical College of Wisconsin
8915 West Connell Court
Milwaukee, WI 53226
Milwaukee Campus - Children's Wisconsin
Medical College of Wisconsin
8915 West Connell Court
Milwaukee, WI 53226
Office: 4142667525
Education:
BS (Economics, summa cum laude)
University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, 2010.
MD
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, 2015.
Permanent linkBS (Economics, summa cum laude)
University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, 2010.
MD
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, 2015.
Selected Publications
Kosyk MS, Salinero LK, Morales CZ, Shakir S, Cielo CM, Scott M, Nah HD, Bartlett SP, Taylor JA, Swanson JW: Comprehensive long-term outcomes following mandibular distraction osteogenesis. Cleft Palate & Craniofacial Journal 62(1): 108-116, Jan. 2025 Notes: Epub Oct. 17, 2023.Dominguez E, O'Donnell CM, Bacos JT, Havlik RJ, Lin KY, Shakir S, Klement KA: Intraoperative factors affecting pain management and postoperative narcotic use in cranial vault remodeling: A retrospective review. Journal of Craniofacial Surgery 36(1): 219-223, Jan./Feb. 2025 Notes: Epub Oct. 15, 2024.
Ai JB, McQueen RG, McCarty RM, Sharda M, Zagloul M, Shakir S, Yi C, Klement K, Lin KY: A comparative assessment of outcomes following mandibular distraction osteogenesis and tongue-lip adhesion in Pierre Robin Sequence. Journal of Craniofacial Surgery Aug. 7 2024 (Epub) Notes: doi: 10.1097/SCS.0000000000010287.
Ng JJ, Chang AE, Villavisanis DF, Shakir S, Massenburg BB, Wu M, Romeo DJ, Swanson JW, Bartlett SP, Taylor JA: A coddling of the sagittal suture: Inequality in spring-assisted expansion. Child's Nervous System 40(12): 3993-4002, Dec. 2024 Notes: Epub Aug. 2, 2024.
Shakir S, Low DW, Lin KY: Ear reconstruction. Grabb & Smith's Plastic Surgery, Ninth Edition. Chung KC (eds.). Philadelphia: Wolters Kluwer, 2024.
Shakir S, Ettinger RE, Susarla SM, Birgfeld CB: Pediatric panfacial fractures. Oral Maxillofacial Surgical Clinics of North America 35(4): 607-617, Nov. 2023 Notes: Epub June 5, 2023.
Wagner CS, Pontell ME, Shakir S, Xu E, Zhang E, Swanson JW, Bartlett SP, Taylor JA: Utilization of carbonated calcium phosphate cement for contouring cranioplasty in patients with syndromic craniosynostosis. Childs Nervous System 39(8): 2155-2160, Aug. 2023 Notes: Epub Mar. 22, 2023.
Villavisanis DF, Blum JD, Barrero CE, Kalmar CL, Plana NM, Cho DY, Shakir S, Bartlett SP, Taylor JA, Swanson JW: Correlation between degree of sagittal suture fusion and surrogates of elevated intracranial pressure in sagittal craniosynostosis. Journal of Neurosurgery Pediatrics 32(2): 223-230, May 19 2023 Notes: Print Aug. 1, 2023.
Cao D, Shakir S, Klement K, Havlik R, Lin K: Comparative outcomes assessment of velopharyngeal insufficiency and oronasal fistula following modified Furlow versus straight line palatoplasty- What modifiable factors affect outcomes? Cleft Palate & Craniofacial Journal 60(5 Suppl): 38, May 2023 Notes: Presented at the 80th Annual Meeting of the American Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association, ACPA 2023, Raleigh, NC, May 2023.
Shakir S, Birgfeld CB, Susarla SM: Discussion: Surgical timing and neurocognitive development among patients with craniosynostosis: Analysis of confounders. Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery 151(4): 830-831, Apr. 1 2023 Notes: Epub Mar. 29, 2023.