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    Kirk W. Reichard, MD

    Medical Director, Peri-Operative Services
    Provider Profile

    ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ Children's Hospital, Delaware 1600 Rockland Road Wilmington, DE 19803

    Biography

    Kirk W. Reichard, MD., MBA, FACS, FAAP is the Medical Director for Perioperative Services and the Surgical Director of the Bariatric Surgery Program at ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ Children's Health, Delaware, as well as Clinical Professor of Surgery and Pediatrics at Jefferson Medical College. He is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. Dr. Reichard served as resident and chief resident in General Surgery at the University of Illinois at Chicago, and subsequently he completed his fellowship in Pediatric Surgery at the St. Christopher's Hospital for Children in Philadelphia. He also earned a Masters in Business Administration at the University of Texas in Dallas. His special clinical interests include pediatric surgical oncology, minimally invasive surgery, chest wall deformities, inflammatory bowel disease, adolescent bariatric surgery and surgery of newborns. He has authored over 70 peer reviewed articles and abstracts, including several in the adolescent bariatric surgical literature, and has spoken at and moderated numerous national conference sessions on the topic. Dr. Reichard's administrative responsibilities include overseeing both operational and continuous improvement activities in the Peri-operative environment, as well as championing clinical standardization and value-based care throughout the organization. In that capacity, he has developed an active interest in the application of Lean principles to the Healthcare industry, as well as in strategic planning and program development. Most recently he is serving as President of the Delaware Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics, where he is working to address childhood violence, social determinants of health, and access to behavioral health care. http://findaprovider.nemours.org/Search/Profile/4972/Dr-Kirk-Reichard

    Fellowship

    • Pediatric Surgery - St. Christophers Hospital for Children, 1997

    Residency

    • General Surgery - University of Illinois College of Medicine at Chic, 1995

    Education

    • M.D. - University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 1988

    Board Certifications

    • American Board of Surgery
    • American Board of Surgery/Pediatric Surgery

    • Appendicitis In Children
    • Biliary Atresia
    • Branchial Cleft Abnormalities
    • Breast And Chest Wall Disorders
    • Bronchopulmonary Sequestration (Bps)
    • Ccam/Cpam
    • Choledochal Cysts And Other Biliary Malformations
    • Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia (Cdh)
    • Conjoined Twins
    • Crohn'S Disease
    • Dermoid Cyst
    • Esophageal Atresia And Tracheoesophageal Fistula (Ea/Tef)
    • Fetal Giant Neck Masses
    • Fetal Lung Lesions
    • Gallstones
    • Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (Gerd)
    • Gastroschisis
    • Hirschsprung'S Disease
    • Hybrid Lesions
    • Hydrocele
    • Hyperhidrosis
    • Hyperthyroidism
    • Imperforate Anus/Anorectal Malformation
    • Inflammatory Bowel Disease
    • Inguinal Hernia
    • Intestinal Malrotation And Volvulus
    • Intussusception
    • Meckel'S Diverticulum
    • Meconium Ileus
    • Myasthenia Gravis
    • Omphalocele
    • Pectus Carinatum
    • Pectus Excavatum
    • Pilomatrixoma
    • Pilonidal Cysts
    • Pyloric Stenosis
    • Sacrococcygeal Teratoma
    • Small Bowel Atresia
    • Spontaneous Pneumothorax
    • Thyroglossal Duct Cyst
    • Thyroid Nodules
    • Ulcerative Colitis
    • Umbilical Hernia
    • Undescended Testes

    • Preoperative Depression Status and 5 Year Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Outcomes in the PCORnet Bariatric Study Cohort; Annals of Surgery; (2023).

    • Multicenter Assessment of Cryoanalgesia Use in Minimally Invasive Repair of Pectus Excavatum: A 20-center Retrospective Cohort Study; Annals of Surgery; (2023).

    • A Standardized Diagnostic Pathway for Suspected Appendicitis in Children Reduces Unnecessary Imaging; Pediatric Quality and Safety; (2022).

    • Continuous Local Anesthetic Infusion via Chest Wall Catheter for Analgesia After Thoracic Surgery in Neonates: A Case Series; A and A Practice; (2021).

    • The safety and efficacy of using negative pressure incisional wound VACs in pediatric and neonatal patients; Journal of Pediatric Surgery; (2020).

    • Standardized pathway for feeding tube placement reduces unnecessary surgery and improves value of care; Journal of Pediatric Surgery; (2020).

    • Reducing resource utilization for patients with uncomplicated appendicitis through use of same-day discharge and elimination of postoperative antibiotics; Journal of Pediatric Surgery; (2020).

    • Comparing the 5-year diabetes outcomes of sleeve gastrectomy and gastric bypass the national patient-centered clinical research network (PCORNet) bariatric study; JAMA Surgery; (2020).

    • Pediatric metabolic and bariatric surgery: Evidence, barriers, and best practices; Pediatrics; (2019).

    • Metabolic and bariatric surgery for pediatric patients with severe obesity; Pediatrics; (2019).

    • ASMBS pediatric metabolic and bariatric surgery guidelines, 2018; Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases; (2018).

    • Psychological contributors to noncompletion of an adolescent preoperative bariatric surgery program; Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases; (2017).

    • Ovarian tumors; Fundamentals of Pediatric Surgery, Second Edition; (2016).

    • Continuous chest wall ropivacaine infusion for analgesia in children undergoing Nuss procedure: A comparison with thoracic epidural; Paediatric Anaesthesia; (2016).

    • Prophylactic methylprednisolone to reduce inflammation and improve outcomes from one lung ventilation in children: A randomized clinical trial; Paediatric Anaesthesia; (2015).

    • Response to comments by Yibo et al. regarding our manuscript: Prophylactic methylprednisolone to reduce inflammation and improve outcomes from one lung ventilation in children: A randomized clinical trial; Paediatric Anaesthesia; (2015).

    • Pediatric and adolescent obesity: Management, options for surgery, and outcomes; Journal of Pediatric Surgery; (2014).

    • Changes in weight and co-morbidities among adolescents undergoing bariatric surgery: 1-year results from the Bariatric Outcomes Longitudinal Database; Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases; (2013).

    • Evaluation of weight loss on a low-calorie meal replacement diet as a potential predictor of weight loss after laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding surgery in adolescents; Obesity Surgery; (2013).

    • ASMBS pediatric committee best practice guidelines; Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases; (2012).

    • Pre- and postoperative imaging of adolescents undergoing laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding surgery; Pediatric Radiology; (2012).

    • Developing criteria for pediatric/adolescent bariatric surgery programs; Pediatrics; (2011).

    • Use of the LAP-BAND® in adolescents: A discussion with the experts; Bariatric Nursing and Surgical Patient Care; (2011).

    • Ovarian tumors; Fundamentals of Pediatric Surgery; (2011).

    • Grade 1 microtia, wide anterior fontanel and novel type tracheo-esophageal fistula in methimazole embryopathy; American Journal of Medical Genetics, Part A; (2011).

    • Pilot study using an Internet-based program in informed consent; Journal of Pediatric Surgery; (2010).

    • Intestinal nonrotation in an adolescent; Pediatric Emergency Care; (2009).

    • Bariatric surgery in morbidly obese adolescents.; Maryland medicine : MM : a publication of MEDCHI, the Maryland State Medical Society; (2004).

    • Newcastle disease virus therapy of human tumor xenografts: Antitumor effects of local or systemic administration; Cancer Letters; (2001).

    • Results of transplantation for acute and chronic hepatic allograft rejection; Journal of Pediatric Surgery; (1998).

    • Fibrosing colonopathy in children with cystic fibrosis; Journal of Pediatric Surgery; (1997).

    • Arteriography in the evaluation of penetrating pediatric extremity injuries; Journal of Pediatric Surgery; (1994).

    • Vascular trauma and reconstructive approaches; Seminars in Pediatric Surgery; (1994).

    • Fibrosarcoma of the head and neck; The American Journal of Surgery; (1994).

    • Endoscopically defined treatment strategies in patients with locally advanced esophageal cancer; Surgical Endoscopy; (1994).

    • Complete regression of human neuroblastoma xenografts in athymic mice after local newcastle disease virus therapy; Journal of the National Cancer Institute; (1994).

    • Squamous cell carcinoma of the tongue: Experience with 86 consecutive cases; Journal of Surgical Oncology; (1993).

    • Retinoic acid enhances killing of neuroblastoma cells by Newcastle disease virus; Journal of Pediatric Surgery; (1993).

    • Malignant schwannoma of the head and neck; The American Journal of Surgery; (1992).

    • Newcastle disease virus selectively kills human tumor cells; Journal of Surgical Research; (1992).