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Nicole A. Wilson, Ph.D., M.D.

Nicole A. Wilson, Ph.D., M.D.

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General Surgery , Pediatrics , Surgery

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Locations

William and Mildred Levine Pediatric Surgical Suite - Rochester

Golisano Children's Hospital
601 Elmwood Avenue
Rochester, NY 14642

About Me

I love pediatric surgery. Pediatric surgery allows me to get to know patients and families, sometimes during their hardest moments, and to work to improve the health and wellness of infants, children, and adolescents.

I strive to treat all patients and families with a teamwork approach, in w...
I love pediatric surgery. Pediatric surgery allows me to get to know patients and families, sometimes during their hardest moments, and to work to improve the health and wellness of infants, children, and adolescents.

I strive to treat all patients and families with a teamwork approach, in which we all work together to provide the best outcome for the child. I believe that inclusive, multidisciplinary care for the whole patient (body and mind) is a key to success in today's healthcare environment. I promise to give my very best to help you and your child through whatever challenges you are facing.

Areas of Expertise (Clinical):

* Pediatric general and thoracic surgery
* Pediatric minimally invasive surgery
* Congenital neonatal diseases
* Management of pectus carinatum and excavatum

Areas of Expertise (Research):

* Computational imaging, 3D modeling
* Biomechanics
* Statistics, experimental design
* Device development

Engineering and pediatric surgery are naturally paired specialties – in addition to a pediatric surgeon, I am also a biomedical engineer. The complex and ever-changing nature of clinical pediatric surgery offers the chance to improve the lives of children by taking challenges we experience in the clinical setting into the laboratory environment to help create better solutions. To that end, I direct the Pediatric Surgery Structure-Function Laboratory. My mission is to create an environment aimed at developing novel tools that will improve the practice of pediatric surgery with a focus on computational imaging and machine learning technology.

I take pride in teaching and mentoring the next generation. My work and my lab support medical students, graduate students, residents, and other trainees with an interest in pediatric surgery and/or biomedical engineering.

Certified Specialties

Pediatric Surgery - American Board of Surgery

Surgery (General Surgery) - American Board of Surgery

Faculty Appointments

Assistant Professor - Department of Surgery, Pediatric Surgery (SMD)

Assistant Professor - Department of Biomedical Engineering (SMD) - Joint

Assistant Professor - Department of Pediatrics (SMD) - Joint

Credentials

Residency & Fellowship

Fellowship, Pediatric Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine. 2018 - 2020

Residency, Surgery (General Surgery), Washington University School of Medicine. 2014 - 2018

Internship, Surgery (General Surgery), Washington University School of Medicine. 2013 - 2014

Fellowship, Research, National Institutes of Health, NIH. 2008 - 2009

Fellowship, University of Chicago. 2007 - 2008

Education

MD | Rush Medical College at Rush University. 2013

PHD | Illinois Institute of Technology. Specialist/Technology, Other, Biomedical Engineering. 2007

Awards

Jay Grosfeld, MD Scholar Grant. 2023

Keith D. Amos, MD Memorial Award. 2018

Eugene M. Bricker, MD Teaching Award. 2018

Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honors Society. 2018

Research

Publications

Journal Articles

Juviler P, Wegman S, Pulhamus M, Ruffolo LI, Erlick MR, Loria A, Chacon M, Schriefer J, Coffey B, Levatino E, , Arca MJ, Wilson NA, Wakeman DS

Journal of pediatric surgery.. 2024 September 24 :161964. Epub 09/24/2024.

Chacon M, Liu CW, Crawford L, Polydore H, Ting T, Wakeman D, Wilson NA

Journal of the American College of Surgeons.. 2024 August 1239 (2):134-144. Epub 07/17/2024.

Crawford LM, Hendzlik P, Lam J, Cannon LM, Qi Y, DeCaporale-Ryan L, Wilson NA

The Journal of surgical research.. 2024 July 22301 :504-511. Epub 07/22/2024.

Chacon MA, Cook CA, Flynn-O'Brien K, Zagory JA, Choi PM, Wilson NA

Journal of pediatric surgery.. 2024 July 59 (7):1378-1387. Epub 03/18/2024.

Liu CW, Chacon M, Crawford L, Polydore H, Ting T, Wilson NA

Journal of pediatric surgery.. 2024 January 59 (1):74-79. Epub 09/22/2023.

Khatun, R; Arca, MJ; Kupicha, P; Ullman, N; Faustin, V; Wilson, NA.

Journal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reports. 2024; 110: 102868.

Chacon MA, Wilson NA

The Journal of surgical research.. 2023 October 290 :71-82. Epub 05/19/2023.

Wilson NA

Clinical orthopaedics and related research.. 2023 September 1481 (9):1836-1838. Epub 04/11/2023.

Wilson NA

Clinical orthopaedics and related research.. 2023 September 1481 (9):1760-1762. Epub 07/18/2023.

Ganpo-Nkwenkwa NS, Wakeman DS, Pierson L, Vella MA, Wilson NA

Journal of pediatric surgery.. 2023 April 58 (4):774-781. Epub 07/30/2022.

Wilson NA

Clinical orthopaedics and related research.. 2023 March 1481 (3):589-591. Epub 10/18/2022.

Wilson NA

Clinical orthopaedics and related research.. 2023 January 1481 (1):81-83. Epub 11/18/2022.

Ultrasound and Photoacoustic Guided Gastrostomy to Prevent Colonic Injury

Yan, Y.; John, S.; Vaquiz, Y.Y.; Nilam, A.; Lovell, J,; Wilson, N.A.; Mehrmohammadi, M.

2023 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium (IUS). 2023; : 1-4.

Juviler P, Wilson NA, Livingston MH, Levatino E, Bowden A, Meyers JM, Tesini B, Gleason C, Pegoli W, Arca MJ, Wakeman D

Pediatric quality & safety.. 2023 8 (1):e629. Epub 01/16/2023.

Ruffolo LI, Gaba H, Dale BS, Sandler M, Vella MA, Stassen NA, Wilson NA, Wakeman DS

Journal of the American College of Surgeons.. 2022 November 1235 (5):810-818. Epub 10/17/2022.

Takirambudde S, Ruffolo LI, Wakeman DS, Dale BS, Arca MJ, Wilson NA

The Journal of surgical research.. 2022 November 279 :692-701. Epub 08/05/2022.

Ting T, Wakeman DS, Arca MJ, Wilson NA

The journal of trauma and acute care surgery.. 2022 September 193 (3):291-298. Epub 05/12/2022.

Wilson NA

Clinical orthopaedics and related research.. 2022 January 1480 (1):92-95. Epub 1900 01 01.

Wakeman D, Livingston MH, Levatino E, Juviler P, Gleason C, Tesini B, Wilson NA, Pegoli W, Arca MJ

Journal of pediatric surgery.. 2022 January 57 (1):63-73. Epub 09/21/2021.

Wilson NA, Douglas ZH, Briden K, Witt R, Lodhi HS, Cole FS, Shakhsheer BA, Dunsky K

Surgical laparoscopy, endoscopy & percutaneous techniques.. 2021 September 2132 (2):266-271. Epub 09/21/2021.

Grant MT, Wilson NA, Keller MS, Huguenard AL, Strahle JM, Vrecenak JD

Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery.. 2021 August 37 (8):2719-2722. Epub 01/02/2021.

Steinberger AE, Wilson NA, Fairfax C, Treon SJ, Herndon M, Levene TL, Keller MS

Surgery open science.. 2021 July 5 :19-24. Epub 05/03/2021.

MacGregor RM, Wilson NA, Shakhsheer BA, Keller MS, Dillon PA, Abarbanell AM

Journal of pediatric surgery.. 2021 June 56 (6):1237-1241. Epub 01/07/2021.

Wandering spleen in a pediatric patient.

Wilson NA; Antiel RM; Dillon PD.

Surgery. 2020; 168(2): e9-e10.

Wilson NA

Clinical orthopaedics and related research.. 2019 September 477 (9):2175-2177. Epub 1900 01 01.

Wilson NA, Park HS, Lee KS, Barron LK, Warner BW

Journal of the American College of Surgeons.. 2017 August 225 (2):266-273.e1. Epub 04/23/2017.

Pediatric oncology providers' perceptions of fertility preservation in adolescent and young women with cancer.

Graham LS; Hullmann SE; Lawsin C; Wilson NA; Wood-Molo M; Ording J; Ginder C; Daley K; Kent PM.

Womens Reprod Health (Phila). 2017; 4(1): 1-13.

Publication Link

Wilson NA; Pegoli W Jr; Gitzelmann CA; Foito T; Faria JJ; Wakeman D.

Esophageal atresia with tracheoesophageal fistula: A rare

Wakeman DS, Wilson NA, Warner BW

Current opinion in pediatrics.. 2016 June 28 (3):356-62. Epub 1900 01 01.

Intraoperative endoscopic treatment of Mirizzi syndrome in a pediatric patient.

Wilson NA; Wakeman D; Utterson EC; Vogel AM.

J Pediatr Surg Case Rep. 2016; 5: 8-11.

Balash PR, Wilson NA, Bruns NE, Luu MB, Francescatti AB, Maroulis B, Autajay KM, Myers JA

Surgical laparoscopy, endoscopy & percutaneous techniques.. 2014 October 24 (5):457-60. Epub 1900 01 01.

Daly SC, Wilson NA, Rinewalt DE, Bines SD, Luu MB, Myers JA

Journal of surgical education.. 2014 71 (1):61-4. Epub 08/17/2013.

Wilson NA, Shenoy S

The journal of vascular access.. 2014 15 Suppl 7 :S91-5. Epub 04/17/2014.

Wilson NA, Shenoy S

Seminars in dialysis.. 2014 27 (6):593-5. Epub 07/10/2014.

Li J, Wilson N, Zelazny A, Meyer J, Zhong Z, Muehleman C

Clinical anatomy : official journal of the American Association of Clinical Anatomists & the British Association of Clinical Anatomists.. 2013 July 26 (5):621-9. Epub 06/04/2012.

Lee SJ; Ren Y; Wilson NA; Kang SH; Zhang LQ.

Lower Extremity Review. 2011; .

Peng Q, Park HS, Shah P, Wilson N, Ren Y, Wu YN, Liu J, Gaebler-Spira DJ, Zhang LQ

Journal of rehabilitation research and development.. 2011 48 (4):473-81. Epub 1900 01 01.

Wilson NA, Sheehan FT

Journal of biomechanics.. 2010 August 1043 (11):2106-13. Epub 05/10/2010.

Harbaugh CM, Wilson NA, Sheehan FT

Journal of orthopaedic research : official publication of the Orthopaedic Research Society.. 2010 July 28 (7):865-72. Epub 1900 01 01.

Davis IS, Powers CM

The Journal of orthopaedic and sports physical therapy.. 2010 March 40 (3):A1-16. Epub 1900 01 01.

Lin F, Wilson NA, Makhsous M, Press JM, Koh JL, Nuber GW, Zhang LQ

Journal of biomechanics.. 2010 January 1943 (2):235-41. Epub 10/29/2009.

Wilson NA, Mazahery BT, Koh JL, Zhang LQ

Journal of rehabilitation research and development.. 2010 47 (6):531-41. Epub 1900 01 01.

Wilson NA, Sheehan FT

Journal of biomechanics.. 2009 August 2542 (12):1891-7. Epub 06/09/2009.

Wilson NA, Press JM, Zhang LQ

Journal of applied physiology.. 2009 August 107 (2):422-8. Epub 06/18/2009.

Wilson NA, Press JM, Koh JL, Hendrix RW, Zhang LQ

The Journal of bone and joint surgery. American volume.. 2009 March 191 (3):558-66. Epub 1900 01 01.

Park HS, Wilson NA, Zhang LQ

Journal of orthopaedic research : official publication of the Orthopaedic Research Society.. 2008 July 26 (7):937-44. Epub 1900 01 01.

Edwards SL, Wilson NA, Flores SE, Koh JL, Zhang LQ

Arthroscopy : the journal of arthroscopic & related surgery : official publication of the Arthroscopy Association of North America and the International Arthroscopy Association.. 2007 December 23 (12):1278-84. Epub 1900 01 01.

Wilson NA, Scherl SA, Cramer KE

Orthopedics.. 2007 October 30 (10):848-52. Epub 1900 01 01.

Edwards SL, Wilson NA, Zhang LQ, Flores S, Merk BR

The Journal of bone and joint surgery. American volume.. 2006 October 88 (10):2258-64. Epub 1900 01 01.

Biermann JS

The Journal of bone and joint surgery. American volume.. 2001 October 83 (10):1588-9. Epub 1900 01 01.

Stickles B

The Journal of bone and joint surgery. American volume.. 2001 June 83 (6):954-5. Epub 1900 01 01.

Scherl SA, Lively N, Simon MA

The Journal of bone and joint surgery. American volume.. 2001 January 83 (1):65-70. Epub 1900 01 01.

Scherl SA, Miller L, Lively N, Russinoff S, Sullivan CM, Tornetta P

Clinical orthopaedics and related research.. 2000 July (376):96-105. Epub 1900 01 01.

Books

Botulinum Toxin Dosing Manual (2021)

Authors: Alter KE, Wilson NA

Publisher: Demos Medical Publishing (imprint), Springer Publishing 2021

Botulinum Neurotoxin Injection Manual (2015)

Authors: Alter KE, Wilson NA (Editor and Illustrator)

Publisher: Demos Medical Publishing (imprint), Springer Publishing, New York, NY 2015

Botulinum Neurotoxin Injection Manual (2015)

Chapter: Botulinum Neurotoxin for Musculoskeletal Pain Conditions

Authors: Alter KE, Wilson NA

Publisher: Demos Medical Publishing (imprint), Springer Publishing, New York, NY 2015

Ultrasound-Guided Chemodenervation Procedures: Text and Atlas. (2013)

Authors: Alter KE, Hallett M, Karp B, Lungu C. [Wilson NA (Illustrator).]

Publisher: Demos Medical Publishing (imprint), Springer Publishing, New York, NY 2013

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