Myron Allukian III, MD, MA

Assistant Professor of Surgery at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Department: Surgery
Contact information
Division of Pediatric General, Thoracic, and Fetal Surgery
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
3401 Civic Center Blvd
Philadelphia, PA 19104-4399
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
3401 Civic Center Blvd
Philadelphia, PA 19104-4399
Office: 267-426-1956
Education:
BA
Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT, 2000.
MA (Chemistry)
Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT, 2001.
MD
Dartmouth-Brown Medical School Program, Providence, RI, 2006.
Permanent linkBA
Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT, 2000.
MA (Chemistry)
Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT, 2001.
MD
Dartmouth-Brown Medical School Program, Providence, RI, 2006.
Selected Publications
Kalkwarf Kyle J, Jensen Shane D, Allukian Myron, Harting Matthew T, Cox Charles S, Fox Erin E, Wade Charles E, Cotton Bryan A: Can we identify futility in kids? An evaluation of admission parameters predicting 100% mortality in 1,292 severely injured children. Journal of the American College of Surgeons Jan. 8 2018 (Epub) Notes: doi: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2017.12.034.Al-Wahab H, Thapar V, Allukian M III, Boukas K: Apnea test for determination of brain death in a child on VA-ECMO. Critical Care Medicine 46(Suppl 1): 225, Feb. 2018 Notes: Presented at the Society of Critical Care Medicine Annual Meeting, San Antonio, TX.
Kalkwarf KJ, Jensen SD, Allukian M, Harting MT, Cox CS, Fox EE, Wade CE, Cotton BA: Can we identify futility in kids? An evaluation of admission parameters predicting 100% mortality in 1292 severely injured children and adolescents. Presented at the Southern Surgical Association 2017 Annual Meeting, Hot Springs, VA Dec. 6 2017.
Zgheib Carlos, Hodges Maggie M, Allukian Myron W, Xu Junwang, Spiller Kara L, Gorman Joseph H, Gorman Robert C, Liechty Kenneth W: Cardiac progenitor cell recruitment drives fetal cardiac regeneration by enhanced angiogenesis. Annals of Thoracic Surgery 104(6): 1968-1975, Dec. 2017 Notes: (Epub Aug. 16, 2017).
Zgheib C, Nassiri S, Hodges MM, Xu J, Hu J, Allukian MW, Gorman JH, Gorman RC, Spiller KL, Liechty KW: Macrophage polarization promotes fetal cardiac regeneration after myocardial infarction. Journal of the American College of Surgeons 223(4 Suppl 1): e4, 2016.
Caskey Robert C, Zgheib Carlos, Morris Michael, Allukian Myron, Dorsett-Martin Wanda, Xu Junwang, Wu Wenjie, Liechty Kenneth W: Dysregulation of collagen production in diabetes following recurrent skin injury: Contribution to the development of a chronic wound. Wound Repair & Regeneration 22(4): 515-520, July/Aug. 2014.
Morris Michael W, Allukian Myron, Herdrich Benjamin J, Caskey Robert C, Zgheib Carlos, Xu Junwang, Dorsett-Martin Wanda, Mitchell Marc E, Liechty Kenneth W: Modulation of the inflammatory response by increasing fetal wound size or interleukin-10 overexpression determines wound phenotype and scar formation. Wound Repair & Regeneration 22(3): 406-414, May/June 2014.
Zgheib Carlos, Allukian Myron W, Xu Junwang, Morris Michael W, Caskey Robert C, Herdrich Benjamin J, Hu Junyi, Gorman Joseph H, Gorman Robert C, Liechty Kenneth W: Mammalian fetal cardiac regeneration after myocardial infarction is associated with differential gene expression compared with the adult. Annals of Thoracic Surgery 97(5): 1643-1650, May 2014.
Zgheib C, Xu J, Caskey RC, Morris Jr MW, Allukian MW, Hu J, Liechty KW: Increased fetal wound size results in increased oxidative stress and promotes scar formation in fetal wounds. Journal of the American College of Surgeons 219(4 Suppl 1): e129, 2014.
Allukian Myron, Xu Junwang, Morris Michael, Caskey Robert, Dorsett-Martin Wanda, Plappert Theodore, Griswold Michael, Gorman Joseph H, Gorman Robert C, Liechty Kenneth W: Mammalian cardiac regeneration after fetal myocardial infarction requires cardiac progenitor cell recruitment. Annals of Thoracic Surgery 96(1): 163-170, July 2013.