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David Mooney, MD

Associate Professor of Surgery, Boston Children's Hospital

David P. Mooney, MD, MPH is Associate Professor of Surgery at Harvard Medical School. He obtained his medical degree from St. Louis University School of Medicine and completed a general surgical residency at the University of Vermont, where he completed research fellowship in surgical immunology. He completed a pediatric surgery fellowship at the Children’s Mercy Hospital in Kansas City, Missouri and obtained his Masters in Public Health from the Harvard School of Public Health in 2006.

Dr. Mooney created the Pediatric Trauma Program at the Children’s Hospital at Dartmouth, and is currently the Director of the Trauma Center at Boston Children’s Hospital. He has been active on a variety of national committees including the American College of Surgeons, the American Pediatric Surgical Association, and the Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma. In addition, he was the Founding President of the Pediatric Trauma Society. He has served in several consultative and leadership positions for a variety of organizations, including the American College of Emergency Physicians, the Maternal Child Health Bureau’s Emergency Medical Services for Children, and the Massachusetts State Trauma Committee. He has conducted over 100 reviews of pediatric trauma centers in the United States and was instrumental in the development of pediatric trauma care systems in New Hampshire, New Mexico and Tuscany, Italy.

He is a reviewer for 16 journals, including the New England Journal of Medicine and the Journal of Trauma. He has published over 100 peer-reviewed articles and 12 book chapters, and has given over 300 lectures in a variety of settings. He has had continuous research funding for the past 12 years and has several active clinical research projects directed toward improving pediatric injury care. He has mentored over 35 surgical residents, many of whom have gone on to distinguished careers.

He is a retired Major in the US Army Medical Reserves and a former member of the National Disaster Medical Team that was the first US team to deploy in Haiti after the 2010 earthquake. He remains active in global surgical efforts. He played a pivotal role in the care of children injured after the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing. Other active clinic efforts include the investigation and amelioration of chronic abdominal wall pain and pilonidal disease.

Personally, he is happily married and has four adult children but no grandchildren, yet. He is an avid athlete who has run 5 marathons and is a black belt in martial arts. He prides himself on doing the bulk of his own home maintenance.

Crystalloid volume is associated with short-term morbidity in children with severe traumatic brain injury: An Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma multicenter trial post hoc analysis.
Authors: Authors: MacArthur TA, Vogel AM, Glasgow AE, Moody S, Kotagal M, Williams RF, Kayton ML, Alberto EC, Burd RS, Schroeppel TJ, Baerg JE, Munoz A, Rothstein WB, Boomer LA, Campion EM, Robinson C, Nygaard RM, Richardson CJ, Garcia DI, Streck CJ, Gaffley M, Petty JK, Ryan M, Pandya S, Russell RT, Yorkgitis BK, Mull J, Pence J, Santore MT, Klinkner DB, Safford SD, Trevilian T, Jensen AR, Mooney DP, Ketha B, Dassinger MS, Goldenberg-Sandau A, Falcone RA, Polites SF.
J Trauma Acute Care Surg
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Resolution of Mild Pilonidal Disease in Adolescents Without Resection.
Authors: Authors: Check NM, Wynne NK, Mooney DP.
J Am Coll Surg
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Association between government policy and delays in emergent and elective surgical care during the COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil: a modeling study.
Authors: Authors: Truche P, Campos LN, Marrazzo EB, Rangel AG, Bernardino R, Bowder AN, Buda AM, Faria I, Pompermaier L, Rice HE, Watters D, Dantas FLL, Mooney DP, Botelho F, Ferreira RV, Alonso N.
Lancet Reg Health Am
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Implementation of a checklist to improve pediatric trauma assessment quality in a Brazilian hospital.
Authors: Authors: Botelho F, Truché P, Caddell L, de Campos Vieira Abib S, Bowder AN, Faria I, Zimmerman K, Alonso N, de Caux M, Bentes A, Buda A, Roa L, Mooney DP.
Pediatr Surg Int
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A minimally invasive pilonidal protocol improves quality of life in adolescents.
Authors: Authors: Henry OS, Farr BJ, Check NM, Mooney DP.
J Pediatr Surg
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When to take it out? Optimal timing of interval appendectomy in 500 consecutive children.
Authors: Authors: Farr BJ, Carey DE, Mooney DP.
J Pediatr Surg
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Potentially Avertable Child Mortality Associated with Surgical Workforce Scale-up in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Global Study.
Authors: Authors: Truche P, Botelho F, Bowder AN, Levis AW, Greenberg SLM, Smith E, Corlew S, Bickler S, Rice HE, Ameh EA, Meara JG, Poenaru D, Mooney DP.
World J Surg
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Unintentional Window Falls in Children and Adolescents.
Authors: Authors: Flaherty MR, Raybould T, Savarino J, Yager P, Mooney DP, Farr BJ, Giuliano JS, Neeman E, Campbell BT, Thaker S, McKiernan C, Lewis D, Epp TK, Baertschiger RM, Jackson CA, Rideout L, Shah A, Falank C, Ontengco J, Cairo S, McLoughlin RJ, Aidlen JT, Watson-Smith D, Wills H, Masiakos PT.
Acad Pediatr
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Contemporary management of pediatric open skull fractures: a multicenter pediatric trauma center study.
Authors: Authors: McFall C, Beier AD, Hayward K, Alberto EC, Burd RS, Farr BJ, Mooney DP, Gee K, Upperman JS, Escobar MA, Coufal NG, Harvey HA, Gollin G.
J Neurosurg Pediatr
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Comparison of regional analgesia techniques for pleurodesis pain in pediatric patients.
Authors: Authors: Xie J, Mooney DP, Cravero J.
Paediatr Anaesth
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