Chief Pediatric Surgery/ Surgeon-in-Chief UF Health/ Shands Children's Hospital

General Surgery

David Kays practices General Surgery. He graduated from Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine is ranked 19 in research and 29 in primary care medicine He has 2 awards "Top Doctors: Florida" and "Fellow (FACS)". David Kays is a published physician as well. He has 38 publications published. The latest was: Prenatal ultrasonographic diagnosis of a simple umbilical hernia.

Publications

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• Feasibility of laparoscopic pyloromyotomy under spinal anesthesia.
• Appendiceal carcinoids in children-management and outcomes.
• Extracorporeal life support in patients with congenital diaphragmatic Hernia: how long should we treat?
• Management of electrical and chemical Burns in children.
• Long-term Maturation of Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Treatment Results: Toward Development of a Severity-Specific Treatment Algorithm.
• Allocation of healthcare dollars: Analysis of nonneonatal circumcisions in Florida.
• Neonatal diabetes mellitus and congenital diaphragmatic Hernia: coincidence or concurrent etiology?
• "Pulling the plug"-Management of meconium plug syndrome in neonates.
• The Usefulness of the Upper GastroIntestinal Series in the Pediatric Patient Before Anti-Reflux Procedure or Gastrostomy Tube Placement.
• Outcomes of treatment of childhood achalasia.
• Infectious risk to ventriculo-peritoneal shunts from gastroIntestinal surgery in the pediatric population.
• Equestrian injuries in children.
• Pediatric basal cell carcinoma: case reports and literature review.
• Traumatic aortic injuries in the pediatric population.
• Ashes, embers, and coals: significant sources of burn-related morbidity in children.
• Stainless steel crown aspiration during sedation in pediatric dentistry.
• The use of Seprafilm in pediatric surgical patients.
• Congenital diaphragmatic Hernia and neonatal lung lesions.
• Expanded efficacy and indication of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for preoperative pulmonary bleeding on pediatric cadaveric orthotopic liver transplantation.
• Administration of prenatal betamethasone suppresses the adrenal-hypophyseal axis in newborns with congenital diaphragmatic Hernia.
• Expanded application of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in a pediatric surgery practice.
• Twenty years of progress in congenital diaphragmatic Hernia at the University of Florida.
• Small watercraft injuries in children.
• Congenital diaphragmatic Hernia survival and use of extracorporeal life support at selected level III nurseries with multimodality support.
• Endoscopic evaluation of the esophagus in infants and children immediately following intraoperative use of transEsophageal echocardiography.
• Airway management of patient with Smith-Lemli-Opitz syndrome for gastric surgery: case report.
• A pilot study of novel biomarkers in neonates with hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy.
• Multicenter Analysis of platelet transfusion usage among neonates on extracorporeal membrane oxygenation.
• Gastroschisis with jejunal and colonic Atresia, and isolated colonic Atresia in dichorionic, diamniotic twins.
• Extradural myxopapillary ependymoma: report of two cases and review of the literature.
• Congenital diaphragmatic Hernia. Epidemiology and outcome.
• Surgical conditions of the neonatal Intestinal tract.
• Posterior hepatodiaphragmatic interposition of the colon complicated by Appendicitis.
• Unilateral pulmonary agenesis, esophageal atresia, and distal tracheoesophageal Fistula.
• Pediatric liver cysts and Abscesses.
• Detrimental effects of standard medical therapy in congenital diaphragmatic Hernia.
• Prenatal ultrasonographic diagnosis of a simple umbilical Hernia.

Schools

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• Northwestern University The Feinberg School Of Medicine

• University Rochester

• Babies Hospital Columbia PampS

Procedures Preformed

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• Adrenalectomy
• Appendectomy, Laparoscopic
• Appendectomy, Open
• Colectomy
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Conditions Treated

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• Anal Fissure
• Anal Fistula
• Anorectal Abscess
• Appendicitis
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Doctors Specialties

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• Critical Care Surgery
• Pediatric Surgery
• General Surgery

Accepted Insurances

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• Aetna HMO
• Choice Plus POS II
• Amerigroup (Wellpoint)
• AvMed
• Blue Card PPO
• Blue Care HMO
• BlueDental Choice
• Cigna HMO
• Cigna PPO
• Great West Healthcare-Cigna PPO
• Open Access Plus
• Commercial Insurance Company
• Coventry Health Care
• Employer Group PPO
• First Health (Coventry Health Care) PPO
• Golden Rule
• Medicare Advantage PFFS
• Choice Care PPO
• Select HMO
• Medicaid
• Medicare MCR
• MultiPlan PPO
• PHCS Network PPO
• Choice Plus POS
• Navigate HMO
• Navigate POS
• Options PPO
• United Healthcare

Awards

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• Top Doctors: Florida
• Fellow (FACS)

Education

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• University of Rochester
• Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Hospital

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• UF Health Shands Hospital

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