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Maria Tecos, MD - Resident

General Surgery

University of Nebraska Medical Center

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Research Interests:

Intestinal Failure, Intestinal Adaptation, Short Gut Syndrome, Pectus Excavatum, Chest Wall Malformation

Current Research Summary:

Completed 2 year NIH funded Clinical Research Fellowship at St. Louis Children's Hospital/Washington University in St. Louis in the laboratory of pediatric surgeon Dr. Brad Warner, studying the intestinal adaptation and metabolic changes after massive small bowel resection.

Implemented expedited discharge protocol for Nuss repair patients at Children's Hospital & Medical Center - Omaha that resulted in a decrease in postoperative length of stay from 4.4 days to 1.8 days and decrease in narcotic use by 35%.

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