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Robert A Cina

TitleProfessor
InstitutionUniversity of Colorado Denver - Anschutz Medical Campus
DepartmentSOM-SRG
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    TitleDivision Head
    InstitutionUniversity of Colorado Denver - Anschutz Medical Campus
    DepartmentSOM-SRG
    DivisionPEDS Clinical


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    1. McKie KA, Moturu A, Graham DA, Coleman M, Huang R, Grant C, Saito JM, Hall BL, Cina RA, Newland JG, Goretsky MJ, Ko CY, Rangel SJ. Postoperative Antimicrobial Prophylaxis Use and Outcomes in Pectus Excavatum Repair. JAMA Netw Open. 2025 Sep 02; 8(9):e2530449. PMID: 40906476.
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    2. McKie KA, Moturu A, Graham DA, Coleman M, Huang R, Grant C, Saito JM, Hall BL, Cina RA, Newland JG, Ko C, Rangel SJ. Prophylactic Antibiotic use and Outcomes in Infants Undergoing Pyloromyotomy: A Multicenter Propensity Matched Cohort Analysis. Ann Surg. 2025 Jun 20. PMID: 40539274.
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    3. McKie KA, Moturu A, Graham DA, Coleman M, Huang R, Grant C, Saito JM, Hall BL, Cina RA, Newland JG, Ko C, Rangel SJ. Antimicrobial Prophylaxis Use and Outcomes for Children Undergoing Cholecystectomy. JAMA Pediatr. 2025 Apr 01; 179(4):447-454. PMID: 39992647.
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    4. McCauley JL, Ward RC, Taber DJ, Basco WT, Gebregziabher M, Reitman C, Moran WP, Cina RA, Lockett MA, Ball SJ. Surgical prescription opioid trajectories among state Medicaid enrollees. J Opioid Manag. 2023 Nov-Dec; 19(6):465-488. PMID: 38189189.
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    5. Parrado RH, Patel KJ, Allen DP, Feuvrier A, Mansfield JH, Cina RA. Opioid Use, Disposition, and Parent Satisfaction Following Common Pediatric Surgical Procedures. Am Surg. 2024 Jan; 90(1):63-68. PMID: 37555374.
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    6. Saito JM, Barnhart DC, Grant C, Brighton BK, Raval MV, Campbell BT, Kenney B, Jatana KR, Ellison JS, Cina RA, Allori AC, Uejima T, Roke D, Lam S, Johnson EK, Goretsky MJ, Byrd C, Iwaniuk M, Nayak R, Thompson VM, Cohen ME, Hall BL, Ko CY, Rangel SJ. The past, present and future of ACS NSQIP-Pediatric: Evolution from a quality registry to a comparative quality performance platform. Semin Pediatr Surg. 2023 Apr; 32(2):151275. PMID: 37075656.
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    7. Parrado RH, Cina RA. Does the Hispanic Paradox Apply to Children? An Appraisal of Pediatric Appendicitis in the U.S. J Pediatr Surg. 2023 07; 58(7):1406-1407. PMID: 37015841.
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    8. He K, Iwaniuk M, Goretsky MJ, Cina RA, Saito JM, Hall B, Grant C, Cohen ME, Newland JG, Ko CY, Rangel SJ. Procedure-Level Misutilization of Antimicrobial Prophylaxis in Pediatric Surgery: Implications for Improved Stewardship and More Effective Infection Prevention. J Pediatr Surg. 2023 Jun; 58(6):1116-1122. PMID: 36914463.
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    9. He K, Nayak RB, Allori AC, Brighton BK, Cina RA, Ellison JS, Goretsky MJ, Jatana KR, Proctor MR, Grant C, Thompson VM, Iwaniuk M, Cohen ME, Saito JM, Hall BL, Newland JG, Ko CY, Rangel SJ. Correlation Between Postoperative Antimicrobial Prophylaxis Use and Surgical Site Infection in Children Undergoing Nonemergent Surgery. JAMA Surg. 2022 12 01; 157(12):1142-1151. PMID: 36260310.
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    10. Hegde B, Garcia E, Hu A, Raval M, Takirambudde S, Wakeman D, Lewit R, Gosain A, Parrado RH, Cina RA, Stephenson K, Dassinger MS, Zhang D, Mustafa MM, Koo D, Lipskar AM, Scheidler K, Van Arendonk KJ, Berg P, Gonzalez R, Scheese D, Haynes J, Mina A, Zamora IJ, Lopez ME, Mehl SC, Gilliam E, Lofberg K, Spencer B, Kulaylat AN, Gulack BC, Johnson M, Laskovy M, Brahmamdam P, Shimomura A, Blanch T, Tsao K, Slater BJ. Management of pediatric appendicitis during the COVID-19 pandemic: A nationwide multicenter cohort study. J Pediatr Surg. 2023 Jul; 58(7):1375-1382. PMID: 36075771.
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    11. He K, Iwaniuk M, Goretsky MJ, Cina RA, Saito JM, Hall B, Grant C, Cohen ME, Newland J, Hall M, Ko CY, Rangel SJ. Incidence and Relative Burden of Surgical Site Infections in Children Undergoing Nonemergent Surgery: Implications for Performance Benchmarking and Prioritization of Prevention Efforts. Ann Surg. 2023 08 01; 278(2):280-287. PMID: 35943207.
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    12. Lockett MA, Ward RC, McCauley JL, Taber DJ, Gebregziabher M, Cina RA, Basco WT, Mauldin PD, Ball SJ. New chronic opioid use in Medicaid patients following cholecystectomy. Surg Open Sci. 2022 Jul; 9:101-108. PMID: 35755164.
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    13. Cina RA, Ward RC, Basco WT, Taber DJ, Gebregziabher M, McCauley JL, Lockett MA, Moran WP, Mauldin PD, Ball SJ. Incidence and patterns of persistent opioid use in children following appendectomy. J Pediatr Surg. 2022 Dec; 57(12):912-919. PMID: 35688690.
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    14. Mitchell A, Thomas CS, O'Laughlin M, Cina R. Large Bowel Perforation and Peritonitis in a Child with Nonverbal Autism and Chronic Constipation: A Case Report. Am Surg. 2023 06; 89(6):2925-2927. PMID: 35392682.
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    15. Quinn KM, Huang KX, Jones RH, Cina RA. Hypoxic respiratory failure in acute appendicitis: A bronchoperitoneal fistula as the presenting symptom of appendicitis in the setting of pediatric COVID-19. J Pediatr Surg Case Rep. 2022 Apr; 79:102223. PMID: 35223426.
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    16. Head WT, Parrado RH, Cina RA. Impact of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic on the Care of Pediatric Acute Appendicitis. Am Surg. 2023 May; 89(5):1527-1532. PMID: 34957861.
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    17. Gerry BV, Parrado RH, Hannay M, Cina RA. Ovary-Sparing Surgery for Ovarian Teratoma in an Infant with Nonbilious Vomiting. Am Surg. 2023 Jun; 89(6):2774-2776. PMID: 34730441.
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    18. McSorley B, Cina RA, Jump C, Palmadottir J, Quiros JA. Endoscopic balloon dilation for management of stricturing Crohn's disease in children. World J Gastrointest Endosc. 2021 Sep 16; 13(9):382-390. PMID: 34630888.
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    19. Slater BJ, Corvin CG, Heiss K, Vandewalle R, Shah SR, Cunningham M, Huang E, Lipskar AM, Denning NL, Dassinger M, Cina RA, Rothstein DH, Kauffman J, Gonzalez R, Ingram MC, Raval MV. Provider education leads to sustained reduction in pediatric opioid prescribing after surgery. J Pediatr Surg. 2022 Mar; 57(3):474-478. PMID: 34456039.
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    20. Basco WT, Ward RC, Taber DJ, Simpson KN, Gebregziabher M, Cina RA, McCauley JL, Lockett MA, Moran WP, Mauldin PD, Ball SJ. Patterns of dispensed opioids after tonsillectomy in children and adolescents in South Carolina, United States, 2010-2017. Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol. 2021 Apr; 143:110636. PMID: 33548590.
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    21. Garcia DI, Baker C, Patel S, Hebra AV, Cina RA, Streck CJ, Lesher AP. Long-term outcomes of pediatric laparoscopic needled-assisted inguinal hernia repair: A 10-year experience. J Pediatr Surg. 2021 Jan; 56(1):121-125. PMID: 33246576.
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    22. Garcia DI, Lesher AP, Corrigan C, Howard HR, Cina RA. Interhospital variation of inpatient versus outpatient pediatric burn treatment after emergency department evaluation. J Pediatr Surg. 2020 Oct; 55(10):2134-2139. PMID: 32507639.
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    23. Horton JD, Corrigan C, Patel T, Schaffer C, Cina RA, White DR. Effect of a Standardized Electronic Medical Record Order Set on Opioid Prescribing after Tonsillectomy. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2020 Aug; 163(2):216-220. PMID: 32178580.
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    24. Calder JK, Calder BW, Arbra CA, Cina RA. A Retrospective Analysis of Intervention for Testicular Torsion: Searching for a Hallmark of High Reliability. Pediatr Qual Saf. 2019 Nov-Dec; 4(6):e232. PMID: 32010858.
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    25. Piper KN, Baxter KJ, Wetzel M, McCracken C, Travers C, Slater B, Cairo SB, Rothstein DH, Cina R, Dassinger M, Bonasso P, Lipskar A, Denning NL, Huang E, Shah SR, Cunningham ME, Gonzalez R, Kauffman JD, Heiss KF, Raval MV. Provider education decreases opioid prescribing after pediatric umbilical hernia repair. J Pediatr Surg. 2020 Jul; 55(7):1319-1323. PMID: 31109731.
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    26. Horton JD, Munawar S, Feuvrier A, Corrigan C, Lockett M, White D, Cina RA. Specialty-specific reduction in opioid prescribing after common pediatric surgical operations. J Pediatr Surg. 2019 Oct; 54(10):1984-1987. PMID: 30879744.
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    27. Horton JD, White DR, Cina RA. Response to "Confounding factors for opioid prescription after common pediatric surgeries". J Pediatr Surg. 2019 07; 54(7):1514. PMID: 30879745.
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    28. Garcia DI, Howard HR, Cina RA, Patel S, Ruggiero K, Treiber FA, Lesher AP. Expert Outpatient Burn Care in the Home Through Mobile Health Technology. J Burn Care Res. 2018 08 17; 39(5):680-684. PMID: 29562343.
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    29. Bartz-Kurycki MA, Green C, Anderson KT, Alder AC, Bucher BT, Cina RA, Jamshidi R, Russell RT, Williams RF, Tsao K. Enhanced neonatal surgical site infection prediction model utilizing statistically and clinically significant variables in combination with a machine learning algorithm. Am J Surg. 2018 10; 216(4):764-777. PMID: 30078669.
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    30. Horton JD, Munawar S, Corrigan C, White D, Cina RA. Inconsistent and excessive opioid prescribing after common pediatric surgical operations. J Pediatr Surg. 2019 Jul; 54(7):1427-1431. PMID: 30057208.
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    31. Calder BW, Sakran JV, Streck CJ, Cina RA. What Happened to the Complication? The Importance of ACS NSQIP Pediatric in Optimizing Quality Improvement Initiatives for Resident Education. J Surg Educ. 2017 May - Jun; 74(3):431-436. PMID: 28089474.
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    32. McClain L, Streck C, Lesher A, Cina R, Hebra A. Laparoscopic needle-assisted inguinal hernia repair in 495 children. Surg Endosc. 2015 Apr; 29(4):781-6. PMID: 25106720.
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    33. Lee PW, Hanekamp JS, Villani V, Vagefi PA, Cina RA, Kamano C, O'Malley PE, Arn S, Yamada K, Sachs DH. Evidence for a gene controlling the induction of transplantation tolerance. Am J Transplant. 2014 Apr; 14(4):952-9. PMID: 24592880.
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    34. Jordan MM, Sanders JE, Stallworth CR, Russell S, Titus O, Hill JG, Cina RA. Manifestations of pediatric appendicopathia oxyurica. Am Surg. 2013 Sep; 79(9):873-4. PMID: 24069979.
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    35. Streit S, Kavarana M, Scheurer MA, Cina RA. Cardiopulmonary bypass after severe blunt hepatic injury: management of multi-system blunt trauma in an adolescent. J Pediatr Surg. 2013 Jun; 48(6):1438-41. PMID: 23845645.
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    36. Russell WS, Schuh AM, Hill JG, Hebra A, Cina RA, Smith CD, Streck CJ. Clinical practice guidelines for pediatric appendicitis evaluation can decrease computed tomography utilization while maintaining diagnostic accuracy. Pediatr Emerg Care. 2013 May; 29(5):568-73. PMID: 23611916.
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    37. Lesher AP, Curry RH, Evans J, Smith VA, Fitzgerald MT, Cina RA, Streck CJ, Hebra AV. Effectiveness of Biobrane for treatment of partial-thickness burns in children. J Pediatr Surg. 2011 Sep; 46(9):1759-63. PMID: 21929986.
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    38. Hebra A, Cina R, Streck C. Video-assisted thoracoscopic repair of a lung hernia in a child. J Laparoendosc Adv Surg Tech A. 2011 Oct; 21(8):763-5. PMID: 21745099.
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    39. Fontenot B, Streck C, Hebra A, Cina R, Gutierrez P. Pyloric atresia. Am Surg. 2011 Feb; 77(2):249-50. PMID: 21337899.
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    40. Horner BM, Cina RA, Wikiel KJ, Lima B, Ghazi A, Lo DP, Yamada K, Sachs DH, Huang CA. Predictors of organ allograft tolerance following hematopoietic cell transplantation. Am J Transplant. 2006 Dec; 6(12):2894-902. PMID: 17294522.
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    41. Cina RA, Wikiel KJ, Lee PW, Cameron AM, Hettiarachy S, Rowland H, Goodrich J, Colby C, Spitzer TR, Neville DM, Huang CA. Stable multilineage chimerism without graft versus host disease following nonmyeloablative haploidentical hematopoietic cell transplantation. Transplantation. 2006 Jun 27; 81(12):1677-85. PMID: 16794534.
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    42. Dor FJ, Tseng YL, Kuwaki K, Gollackner B, Ramirez ML, Prabharasuth DD, Cina RA, Knosalla C, Nuhn MG, Houser SL, Huang CA, Ko DS, Cooper DK. Immunological unresponsiveness in chimeric miniature swine following MHC-mismatched spleen transplantation. Transplantation. 2005 Dec 27; 80(12):1791-804. PMID: 16378076.
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    43. Lee PW, Cina RA, Randolph MA, Arellano R, Goodrich J, Rowland H, Huang CA, Sachs DH, Kim HB. In utero bone marrow transplantation induces kidney allograft tolerance across a full major histocompatibility complex barrier in Swine. Transplantation. 2005 May 15; 79(9):1084-90. PMID: 15880048.
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    44. Lee PW, Cina RA, Randolph MA, Goodrich J, Rowland H, Arellano R, Kim HB, Sachs DH, Huang CA. Stable multilineage chimerism across full MHC barriers without graft-versus-host disease following in utero bone marrow transplantation in pigs. Exp Hematol. 2005 Mar; 33(3):371-9. PMID: 15730861.
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    45. Cho PS, Mueller NJ, Cameron AM, Cina RA, Coburn RC, Hettiaratchy S, Melendy E, Neville DM, Patience C, Fishman JA, Sachs DH, Huang CA. Risk factors for the development of post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorder in a large animal model. Am J Transplant. 2004 Aug; 4(8):1274-82. PMID: 15268728.
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    46. Wood JC, Quinn G, Suling KM, Oldmixon BA, Van Tine BA, Cina R, Arn S, Huang CA, Scobie L, Onions DE, Sachs DH, Schuurman HJ, Fishman JA, Patience C. Identification of exogenous forms of human-tropic porcine endogenous retrovirus in miniature Swine. J Virol. 2004 Mar; 78(5):2494-501. PMID: 14963150.
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    47. Cina RA, Choi E. Practical use of the Palm Pilot for surgical residents. Curr Surg. 2001 May; 58(3):329-331. PMID: 11397496.
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    48. Cina RA, Froehlich JB, Hamdan AD. Perioperative beta-blockade to reduce cardiac morbidity in noncardiac surgery. Int Anesthesiol Clin. 2001; 39(4):93-104. PMID: 11581539.
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    49. Klingler PJ, Hinder RA, Cina RA, DeVault KR, Floch NR, Branton SA, Seelig MH. Laparoscopic antireflux surgery for the treatment of esophageal strictures refractory to medical therapy. Am J Gastroenterol. 1999 Mar; 94(3):632-6. PMID: 10086643.
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    50. Herrington MK, Cina RA, Adrian TE. Radioimmunoassay of regulatory peptides in the presence of acetonitrile: marked improvement of cholecystokinin assays. Regul Pept. 1998 Jun 30; 74(2-3):85-90. PMID: 9712167.
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    51. Perdikis G, Lund RJ, Hinder RA, McGinn TR, Filipi CJ, Katada N, Cina R, Hinder PR, Lanspa SJ. Esophageal manometry and 24-hour pH testing in the management of gastroesophageal reflux patients. Am J Surg. 1997 Dec; 174(6):634-7; discussion 637-8. PMID: 9409588.
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    52. Herrington MK, Gasslander T, Cina RA, Fehsenfeld DM, Kazakoff KR, Pour PM, Adrian TE. Effects of high-fat diet and cholecystokinin receptor blockade on promotion of pancreatic ductal cell tumors in the hamster. Nutr Cancer. 1997; 28(3):219-24. PMID: 9343829.
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    53. Accolla RS, Cina R, Montesoro E, Celada F. Antibody-mediated activation of genetically defective Escherichia coli beta-galactosidases by monoclonal antibodies produced by somatic cell hybrids. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1981 Apr; 78(4):2478-82. PMID: 6787606.
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