Research
The Esophageal and Airway Treatment (EAT) Program at Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital is dedicated to research that improves health care outcomes.
The Johns Hopkins All Children’s EAT program maintains a database to closely track short-term and long-term clinical outcomes. Our program is also helping to develop a national database registry to track and standardize outcomes across the United States.
Additionally, our program is part of a consortium of esophageal referral programs studying the use of magnet-based esophageal growth and anastomosis for cases involving long gap esophageal atresia and severe esophageal strictures.
The EAT program is led by Jason Smithers, M.D., whose research topics include:
- Aortopexy
- Tracheopexy
- Foker process
- Jejunal interposition
- Tracheoesophageal fistula
- Esophageal strictures
- Esophageal injury
Select Publications
- Negative pressure suction test: An intraoperative airway maneuver to assess effectiveness of surgical correction of tracheobronchomalacia. Kuo FH, Elliott RA, Watkins SC, Shieh HF, Smithers CJ, Jennings RW, Munoz-San Julian C.Paediatr Anaesth. 2023 Dec 21. doi: 10.1111/pan.14822. Online ahead of print.PMID: 38130114
- Avoiding Surgery: Endoscopic Treatment of Congenital Duodenal Stenosis. Baran JV, Brown JM, Rivera-Nieves D, Karjoo S, Smithers CJ, Wilsey MJ.JPGN Rep. 2023 Aug 16;4(4):e347. doi: 10.1097/PG9.0000000000000347. eCollection 2023 Nov.PMID: 38034463
- Primary Posterior Tracheopexy at Time of Esophageal Atresia Repair Significantly Reduces Respiratory Morbidity. Mohammed S, Kamran A, Izadi S, Visner G, Frain L, Demehri FR, Shieh HF, Jennings RW, Smithers CJ, Zendejas B.
- Surgical Treatment of Esophageal Anastomotic Stricture After Repair of Esophageal Atresia. Kamran A, Smithers CJ, Izadi SN, Staffa SJ, Zurakowski D, Demehri FR, Mohammed S, Shieh HF, Ngo PD, Yasuda J, Manfredi MA, Hamilton TE, Jennings RW, Zendejas B.J Pediatr Surg. 2023 Dec;58(12):2375-2383. doi: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2023.07.014. Epub 2023 Jul 29.PMID: 37598047
- Treatment of Esophageal Perforation: Endoscopic Vacuum-Assisted Closure. Barnett GS, Kimsey KM, Shieh HF, Smithers CJ, de Vries JM, Mouch J, Wilsey M.JPGN Rep. 2023 Apr 26;4(2):e314. doi: 10.1097/PG9.0000000000000314. eCollection 2023 May.PMID: 37200717
- Esophageal Surveillance Practices in Esophageal Atresia Patients: A Survey by the Eastern Pediatric Surgery Network. Hamilton-Hall MN 3rd, Jungbauer D, Finck C, Middlesworth W, Zendejas B, Alaish SM, Griggs CL, Russell RT, Shieh HF, Scholz S, Kunisaki SM, Feng C, Danko ME, DeFazio JR, Smithers CJ, Zamora IJ, Knod JL; Eastern Pediatric Surgery Network.
- Screening for Vocal Fold Movement Impairment in Children Undergoing Esophageal and Airway Surgery. Meisner JW, Izadi S, Kamran A, Shieh HF, Smithers CJ, Bennett J, Demehri FR, Mohammed S, Lawlor C, Choi SS, Zendejas B.Laryngoscope. 2023 Dec;133(12):3564-3570. doi: 10.1002/lary.30646. Epub 2023 Mar 9.PMID: 36892035
- The History and Legacy of the Foker Process for the Treatment of Long Gap Esophageal Atresia. Izadi S, Smithers J, Shieh HF, Demehri FR, Mohammed S, Hamilton TE, Zendejas B.J Pediatr Surg. 2023 Dec 19:S0022-3468(23)00761-3. doi: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2023.12.020. Online ahead of print.PMID: 38184432
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