JOHN F. BEALER, M.D.
Associate Professor of Surgery
University of ColoradoDenver, School of Medicine
Director of Bowel Management
Children’s Hospital Colorado
13123 East 16th Avenue, B323
Aurora, CO80045
Office: (720) 777-6571
Direct: (720) 777-3467
Fax: (720) 777-7271
Email:
Place of Birth:St. Louis, Missouri
Marital Status:Married:Natalia P. Lerke, October 25, 1987
Children:Thomas John, born June 21, 1991
Victoria Shea, born June 17, 1993
Michael Evan, born January 19, 1998
Education:
University of Missouri-Kansas City – B.A.1980-1985
University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine – M.D.1980-1986
Internship:
University of California, San Francisco – Surgery1986-1987
Residency:
University of Missouri-Kansas City, TrumanMedicalCenter
General Surgery1987-1992
Chief Resident1992
Fellowship:
University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma Children’s Hospital
Chief Resident in Pediatric Surgery1995-1997
Licensure:
State of Colorado, #361741997-present
Certifications:
Instructor, Advanced Trauma Life Support1992-present
Board Certification:
Diplomat of the National Board of Medical Examiners1987
American Board of Surgery, #383161993
-Recertification, 2000
-Recertification, 2010
Certificate of Special Competence in Pediatric Surgery, #7812000
-Recertification, 2009
Honors and Awards:
Departmental Award for Academic Excellence
Truman Medical Center1989
Resident Achievement Award in Operative Laparoscopy
University of Missouri-Kansas City1992
National Institute of Health
Trauma Training Grant #5T32GM082581993-1995
Second Place, Resident Paper Competition Surgical Section,
AmericanAcademy of Pediatrics1993
First Place, Resident Paper Competition,
Canadian Association of Pediatric Surgeons1994
Oklahoma Surgical Association Award for Resident Surgical
Research Resident Research Forum,
University of OklahomaCollege of Medicine1997
Denver’s “Top Doctors” 5280 Magazine2004-2007
Employment:
Private Practice Pediatric Surgery1997-2007
Rocky Mountain Pediatric Surgery, PC (Partner)2000-2007
1601 East 19th Avenue, Suite 5500
Denver, CO80218
Staff Surgeon/Assistant Clinical Professor1997-2007
The Children’s Hospital/University of Colorado
1056 East 19th Avenue, B323
Denver, CO 80218
Assistant Professor2007-2009
The Children’s Hospital/University Colorado Denver School of Medicine
13123 E. 16th Avenue, B323
Aurora, CO 80045
Associate Professor2009-present
Children’s Hospital Colorado/University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine
13123 E. 16th Avenue, B323
Aurora, CO 80045
Academic Appointments:
Clinical Instructor in Surgery, University of Missouri-Kansas City1987-1992
Clinical Instructor in Surgery, University of California1992-1995
Assistant Clinical Professor of Surgery,
University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Aurora, CO1998-2007
Assistant Professor of Surgery
University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Aurora, CO2007-2009
Associate Professor of Surgery
University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Aurora, CO2009-present
Hospital Appointments:
Surgical Director of Bariatrics and Advanced Nutritional Diseases
(BAND) Program, The Children’s Hospital, Aurora, CO2007-2012
Director of Bowel Management
Children’s Hospital Colorado, Aurora, CO2008-present
Research:
Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, The Fetal TreatmentCenter
University of California, San Francisco1992-1995
Consultant in Advanced Biosensor Technology
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Ames, ResearchCenter, Moffett Field, CA1993-1995
Scientific Advisory Board, Aspen Bio Pharma, Castle Rock, CO2003-2009
Society Memberships:
Fellow, AmericanCollege of Surgeons
Fellow, AmericanAcademy of Pediatrics
Affiliate Surgeon, American Society for Bariatric Surgery
Member, American Pediatric Surgical Association
Colorado Medical Society
Denver Medical Society
Current Committee Appointments:
Capital Expense Committee, The Children’s Hospital2008-present
Ambulatory Care Steering Committee, The Children’s Hospital2008-present
Service Recovery Committee, The Children’s Hospital2008-present
North Surgery Center Planning Committee, The Children’s Hospital2008-2009
South Surgery Center Planning Committee, Children’s Hospital Colorado2011-present
PICU Advisory Committee2011-present
Patents:
“Methods and Devices for the Diagnosis of Appendicitis”
US Patent Application Publication Number 20060024719 (US7501256B2) and
Patent Cooperation Treaty International Publication Number WO/2006/012588
Invited Lectures:
1."Fetal Surgery and the Clinical Applications of Implantable Biotelemetry Systems"
Invited Speaker, National Aeronautics and Space Administration Regional Seminar,
AmesResearchCenter, Moffitt Field, California01/1994
2."Fetal Telemetry: Past, Present, and Future"
Invited Speaker, National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Workshop on Biosensor Technology, Santa Clara, California05/1994
3."Fetal Monitoring by Implantable Radiotelemetry"
Invited Speaker, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
StanfordMedicalCenter, Palo Alto, CA06/1994
4."The Current Solutions to Fetal and Uterine Monitoring After Fetal Surgery"
Invited Speaker, Hewlett-Packard Laboratories, Analytical Medical Laboratories
Seminar, Palo Alto, CA08/1994
5."Fetal Tracheal Occlusion. A Potentially New Application for Collagen"
Invited Speaker, Collagen Corporation Teaching Seminar Series
Collagen Corporation Headquarters, Palo Alto, CA12/1994
6."Bringing Intensive Care Medicine to the Fetus"
Invited Speaker, National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Directorial Briefing, AmesResearchCenter, Moffitt Field, California02/1995
7."The Use of Implantable Biotelemetry in Fetal Surgical Patients"
Invited Speaker, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Life Sciences and Space Medicine Conference, Houston, TX04/1995
8."Fetal Surgery: From Science Fiction to Science"
Invited Speaker, University of Missouri-Kansas City
Surgical Grand Rounds, Kansas City, MO04/1995
9."Abdominal Emergencies in Children"
Invited Speaker, University of Oklahoma
Emergency Medicine Grand Rounds, Oklahoma City, OK08/1995
10."Survivors of Fetal Surgery and Their Future"
Invited Speaker, The Seventh G. Rainey Williams Surgical Symposium
University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, OK09/1995
11."The Hard-Earned Lessons of In Utero Surgery"
Invited Speaker, Hospital for Sick Children
Surgical Grand Rounds, Toronto, Canada12/1996
Invited Lectures: (continued)
12."The History of Fetal Surgery"
Invited Speaker, University of Oklahoma
Surgical Grand Rounds, Oklahoma City, OK12/1996
13. “Fetal Surgery”
Invited Speaker, University of Colorado
Neonatal Grand Rounds, Denver, CO 09/1997
14. “Adventures in Fetal Surgery”
Invited Speaker
Born Too Soon Conference, Denver, CO 05/1998
15. “Facing the Facts of Childhood Obesity”
Invited Speaker, Colorado Dietetic Association Annual Meeting 04/2004
16. “Obesity Surgery for Children”
Radio Interview for 850 KOA – Robyn Hart02/2007
17. “Pediatric Bariatric Surgery”
Invited Speaker, Rocky Mountain Advanced Surgical Symposium
Vail, CO02/2007
18. “Getting Ready for Something New: Bariatric Surgery at TCH”
Invited Speaker, The Children’s Hospital
Operating Room In-Service, Denver, CO02/2007
19. “Adolescent Bariatric Surgery: What a PCP Needs to Know”
Invited Speaker, LittletonHospital
Pediatric Grand Rounds, Littleton, CO03/2007
20. “Appendicitis: A Diagnosis is Everything”
Invited Speaker, SkyRidgeHospital
Emergency Room, Grand Rounds, Lone Tree, CO04/2007
21. “Appendicitis: New Diagnostic Strategies”
Invited Speaker, PoudreValleyMedicalCenter
PoudreValleyHospital Continuing Medical Education Program
Ft. Collins, CO04/2007
22. “Bariatric Surgery: Not Just for Adults Anymore”
Invited Speaker, St. Joseph’s Hospital
Surgical Grand Rounds, Denver, CO05/2007
Invited Lectures: (continued)
23. “Adolescent Bariatric Surgery”
Invited Speaker, McKeeMedicalCenter
Primary Care Lunch Rounds, Loveland, CO06/2007
24. “Caring for the Traumatized Obese Pediatric Patient”
Invited Speaker, 34th Annual Rocky Mountain Trauma & Emergency Medicine
Conference Breckenridge, CO06/2007
25. “Pediatric Surgical Emergencies”
Invited Speaker, SwedishMedicalCenter
Emergency Department Teaching Rounds, Englewood, CO06/2007
26. “Appendicitis: Lets Stop the CT Madness”
Invited Speaker Care Point, Inc.
Care Point Teaching Conferences, Denver, CO07/2007
27. “Adolescent Bariatric Surgery”
Invited Speaker, The Children’s Hospital
Obesity Lecture Series, Aurora, CO01/2008
28. “Adolescent Bariatric Surgery”
Invited Speaker, The Children’s Hospital
Pediatric Surgery Teaching Conference, Aurora, CO02/2008
29. “Adolescent Bariatric Surgery: Procedures for Our Times”
Invited Speaker, The Children’s Hospital
Pediatric Grand Rounds, Aurora, CO03/2008
30. “The Who, What, When, and How of Pediatric Bariatric Surgery”
Invited Speaker, MemorialHospital
Memorial Health System’s 14th Annual Pediatric Symposium
Colorado Springs, CO06/2008
31. “Surgical Management of Adolescent Obesity”
Invited Speaker, The Children’s Hospital
11th Annual Perioperative Services Workshop, Aurora, CO09/2008
32. “Bowel Management 101”
Invited Speaker, The Children’s Hospital
GI Grand Rounds, Aurora, CO 07/2009
33. “Anorectal Malformations: Surgical and Medical Management”
Invited Speaker, The Children’s Hospital
Surgical/GI Conference, Aurora, CO02/05/2010
Invited Lectures (Continued)
34. “Mom’s Trail”
Invited Speaker, Children’s Hospital Colorado
Neonatal Noon Conference, Aurora, CO11/09/2011
35. “Anorectal Malformation”
Invited Speaker, Children’s Hospital Colorado
Neonatal Noon Conference, Aurora, CO01/04/2012
36. “Intussception/enterocolitis/Hirschsprung’s”
Invited Speaker, Children’s Hospital Colorado
Surgical Population Pathway Education, Aurora, CO01/23/2012
Abstracts, Letters, and Invited Editorials:
1. Bealer, J.F., Adzick, N: Review of the Atlas of Pediatric Surgery By Keith W. Ashcraft, M.D., Surg Endosc 1995, 9, 454
Abstract Presentations:
1. "The Effect of Exogenous Nitric Oxide Upon the Colonic Smooth Muscle from the Aganglionic Colon from Patients with Hirschsprung's Disease" Presented October 1993 Surgical Section of AmericanAcademy of Pediatrics
2. "Nitric Oxide Synthase is Deficient in the Aganglionic Colon of Patients with Hirschsprung's Disease" Presented October 1993, 14th Annual Pediatric Surgical Residents Conference
3. "The "PLUG" Odyssey: Adventures in Experimental Fetal Tracheal Occlusion"
Presented May 1994, 25th Annual Meeting of the American Pediatric Surgical Association.
4. "The Incidence and Spectrum of Neurologic Injury Following Open Fetal Surgery” Presented September 1994, Annual Meeting of the Canadian Association of Paediatric Surgeons
5. “Evolution of the “PLUG” for Fetal Diaphragmatic Hernia” Presented 1994, 13th Annual Meeting of the International Fetal Medicine and Surgery Society
6. "The Use of Cervical Sonomicrometry as an Obstetrical Monitor" Presented May 1995, Annual Meeting of the International Fetal Medicine and Surgical Society
7. “Fetal Tracheal Occlusion: A New Treatment Option for Patients with Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia” Presented 1995, 14th Annual Meeting of the International Fetal Medicine and Surgery Society
8. “Responses of the Hypoplastic Lung to Tracheal Occlusion in Fetuses with Diaphragmatic Hernia” Presented 1995, 14th Annual Meeting of the International Fetal Medicine and Surgery Society
9. "Cervical Sonomicrometry Detects Preterm Labor" Presented October 1995, Surgical Forum, AmericanCollege of Surgeons
10. " Gastroschisis Increases Small Bowel Nitric Oxide Synthase Activity" Presented October 1995, Surgical Section of AmericanAcademy of Pediatrics
11. “Fetendo Clip-Fetal Endoscopic Tracheal Clip Procedure in a Human Fetus” Presented 1996, 15th Annual Meeting of the International Fetal Medicine and Surgery Society
12. “A New Treatment Option for Patients with Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia” Presented 1996, 15th Annual Meeting of the International Fetal Medicine and Surgery Society
13. "Extracorporeal Life Support of Nonimmune Hydrops Fetalis" Presented May 1997, 13thAnnual Meeting of the Pacific Association of Pediatric Surgeons
14. "A Study of Colonic Nonadrenergic Noncholinergic (NANC) Innervation in Hirschsprung's Disease" Presented May 1997, Resident Research Forum, University of OklahomaCollege of Medicine
Abstract Presentations: (continued)
15. “Experience with a New Energy Source for Tissue Sealing in Minimally Invasive Surgery in Children” Presented March 2000, IPEG Congress
16. “Clinical Results in Thoracoscopic Surgery Using an Electrothermal Bipolar Vessel Sealer” Presented in 2002, 11th Annual Congress for Endosurgery in Children
17.“A Sensitive Diagnostic Blood Marker for Acute Appendicitis” Presented in 2009, Annual Meeting for Society of Academic Emergency Medicine
Book Chapters:
1. Bealer JF, Rothenberg SS, Urachal Abnormalities. In Endocopic Surgery in Infants and Children. Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2008, pp701-705
Publications:
1.Schroder, W. B., Bealer, J.F. Venous Duplex Ultrasonography Causing Acute Pulmonary Embolism: A brief report J Vasc Surg 1992;15, No.6, 1082-3
2.Cuddy, P.G., Bealer, J. F., Lyman, E., Pemberton, L.B. Theophylline Disposition Following Parental Feeding of Malnourished Patients Ann Pharmacother 1993; 27, 846-851
3.Bealer, J. F., Natuzzi, E. S., Harrison, M. R. The Effect of Exogenous Nitric Oxide Upon the Colonic Smooth Muscle of Patients with Hirschsprung's Disease American College of Surgeons-Surgical Forum 1993; Volume XLIV, 620-622
4.Hedrick, M. H., Estes, J. M., Sullivan, K. M., Bealer, J. B., Kitterman, J. A., Flake, A. W., Adzick, N. S., Harrison, M. R. Plug the Lung until it Grows (PLUG): A New Method to Treat Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia In Utero AmericanCollege of Surgeons-Surgical Forum 1993; Volume XLIV, 644-646
5.Rice, H. E., Hedrick, M. H., Bealer, J. F., Zanjani, E. D., Harrison, M. R., Flake, A. W. Placental Vessel Catheterization: A New Technique of Chronic Intravenous Access in Fetal Sheep AmericanCollege of Surgeons-Surgical Forum 1993; Volume XLIV, 524-526
6.Bealer, J. F., Natuzzi, E. S., Buscher, C., Ursell, P. C., Harrison, M. R. Nitric Oxide Synthase Is Deficient in the Aganglionic Colon of Patients with Hirschsprung's Disease Pediatrics 1994; 93,No.4, 647-51
7.VanderWall, K.J, Bealer, J. F., Adzick, N.S., Harrison, M.R., Cyclic GMP Relaxes the Internal Anal Sphincter in Hirschsprung's Disease. American College of Surgeons-Surgical Forum 1994; Vol. XLV, 657-659.
8.Rice, H. E., Estes, J. M., Hedrick, M.H., Bealer, J. F., Harrison, M. R., Adzick, N. S. Congenital Cystic Adenomatoid Malformation: A Sheep Model of Fetal Hydrops J Pediatr Surg, 1994; 29, No 5, 692-6
9.Hedrick, M. H., Estes, J. M., Sullivan, K. M., Bealer, J. F., Kitterman, J. A., Flake, A. W., Harrison, M. R. Plug the Lung Until it Grows (PLUG): A New Method to Treat Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia In Utero J Pediatr Surg, 1994; 29, No 5, 612-7
10.Hedrick, M.H., Rice, H. E., MacGillivary, T. E., Bealer, J. F., Zanjani, E. D., Flake, A. W. Hematopoietic Chimerism Achieved by In Utero Hematopoietic Stem Cell Injection Does Not Induce Donor-Specific Tolerance for Renal Allografts in Sheep Transplantation, 1994; 58, No 1, 110-1
11.Bealer, J. F., Natuzzi, E. S., Flake, A. W., Adzick, N. S., Harrison, M. R. The Effect of Exogenous Nitric Oxide Upon the Colonic Smooth Muscle of Patients with Hirschsprung's Disease J Pediatr Surg 1994; 29, No 8, 1025-1029
Publications: (continued)
12.Skarsgard, E.D., Bealer, J.F., Meuli, M., Adzick, N.S., Harrsion, M.R. Fetal endoscopic ('Fetendo') Surgery: the Relationship Between Insufflating Pressure and the Fetoplacental Circulation J Pediatr Surg 1995 30, No 8, 1165-1168
13.Bealer, J. F., Skarsgard, E. D., Hedrick, M.H., Meuli, M., VanderWall, K. J., Flake, A. W., Adzick, N. S., Harrison, M. R. The "PLUG" Odyssey: Adventures in Experimental Fetal Tracheal Occlusion J Pediatr Surg 1995; 30, No 2, 361-365
14.VanderWall, K.J, Bealer, J. F., Adzick, N.S., Harrison, M.R., Cyclic GMP Relaxes the Internal Anal Sphincter in Hirschsprung's Disease J Pediatr Surg 1995; 30, No 7, 1013-6.
15.Bealer, J.F, Raisanen, J., Skarsgard, E.D., Long, S.R.,Wong, K., Filly, R.A., Adzick, N.S., Harrison, M.R. The Incidence and Spectrum of Neurologic Injury Following Open Fetal Surgery J Pediatr Surg 1995; 30, No 8, 1150-4.
16.Bealer, J.F., Skarsgard, E.D., Toth, T.L., Gibbs, D., Adzick, N.S., Harrison, M.R. Cervical Sonomicrometry Detects PretermLabor AmericanCollege of Surgeons-Surgical Forum 1995; Vol. XLVI, 557-560
17.Skarsgard, E.D., Meuli, M., VanderWall, K.J., Bealer, J. F., Adzick, N.S., Harrison, M. R. Fetal Endoscopic Tracheal Occlusion ("Fetendo-PLUG") for Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia J Pediatr Surg, 1996; 31, No 10, 1335-8
18.Harrison, M.R., Adzick, N.S., Flake, A.W., VanderWall, K.J.,Bealer, J.F., Howell, L.J., Farrell, J.A., Filly, R.A., Rosen, M.A., Sola, A., Goldberg, J.D. Correction of Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia in Utero VIII: Response of the Hypoplastic Lung to Tracheal Occlusion in Fetuses with Diaphragmatic Hernia J Pediatr Surg 1996; 31, No 10, 1339-48
19.Bealer, J.F., Graf J., Adzick, N.S., Harrison, M.R. Gastroschisis Increases Small Bowel Nitric Oxide Synthase Activity J Pediatr Surg 1996; 31, No 8, 1043-6.
20.Graf, J.L., Bealer, J.F., Gibbs, D.L., Adzick, N.S., Harrison, M.R. Chorioamniotic Membrane Separation: A Potentially Lethal Finding Fetal Diagn Ther 1997; 12, No.2, 81-4
- Mychaliska, G.B., Bealer, J.F., Graf, J.L., Rosen, M.A., Adzick, N.S., Harrison, M.R. Operating on Placental Support: The Ex Utero Intrapartum Treatment (EXIT) Procedure J Pediatr Surg 1997; 32, No 2, 227-30
- Bealer, J.F., Mantor, P.C., Wehling, L., Tunell, W.P., Tuggle, D.W., Extracorporeal Life Support for Nonimmune Hydrops Fetalis J Pediatr Surg 1997; 32, No.11, 1645-7
- Irwin, R.J., Lerner, M.R., Bealer, J.F., Brackett, D.J., Tuggle, D.W. The Cardiopulmonary Physiology of Primary Blast Injury J Trauma 1997; 43, No.4, 650-5
Publications: (continued)
- Lopoo, J., Bealer, J.F., Mantor, P.C., Tuggle, D.W., Treating Snakebitten Children in North America J Pediatric Surg 1998; 33,No. 11,1593-1595
- Rothenberg, S.S., Chang, J.H.T., Bealer, J.F., Experience with Minimally Invasive Surgery in Infants, Am J Surg; 1998; 176, 654-658
- Vanderwall, A., Bealer, J.F., Adzick, N.S., Harrison, M.R., Cyclic GMP Relaxes the Internal anal Sphincter in Hirschsprung’s Disease, J. Peadiatr Surg, 1998, 23: 45-48
- Irwin, R.J., Lerner, M.R., Bealer, J.F., Lightfoot, S.A., Brackett, D.J., Tuggle, D.W., Global Primary Blast Injury: a Rat Model, J OklaState Med Assoc 1998; 91, No 7, 387-92
- Irwin, R.J., Lerner, M.R., Bealer, J.F., Mantor, P.C., Brackett, D.J., Tuggle, D.W., Shock After Blast Wave Injury is Caused by a Vagally Mediated Reflex, J Trauma 1999; 47, No 1, 105-10
- Rothenberg, S.S., Bealer, J.F., Chang, J.H.T., Primary Laparoscopic Placement of Gastrostomy Buttons for Feeding Tubes, Surg Endosc 1999; 13, 995-997
- Rothenberg, S.S., Partrick, D. A., Bealer, J. F., Chang, J. H., Evaluation of Minimally Invasive Approaches to Achalasia in Children, J Pediatr Surg, 2001, 36 (5): 808-10
- Chang, J. H., Rothenberg, S.S., Bealer, J.F., Hamby, L.A., Suadi, R.W., Endosurgery and the Senior Pediatric Surgeon, J Pediatr Surg, 2001, 36 (5) 690-2
- Smith, T.J., Rothenberg, S. S., Brooks, M., Bealer, J., Chang, J., Cook, B. A., Cullen, J.W., Thoracoscopic Surgery in Childhood Cancer, J Pediatr Hematol Oncol 2002, 24 (6):429-35
- Dutta, S., Rothenberg, S.S., Chang, J., Bealer, J., Total Intracorporeal Laparoscopic Resection of Chron’s Disease, J. Pediatr Surg, 2003, 38(5): 717-9
- Levitt, M.A., Rothenberg, S.S., Tantoco, J.G., Chang, J., Bealer, J.F., Zallen, G., Graf, J., Brisseau, G.F., Glick, P.L., Caty, M.G., Complication Avoidance in Miniature Access Pyloromyotomy, Pediatric Endosurgery and Innovative Techniques, 2003, 7(3): 291-296
- Rothenberg, S.S., Chang, J.H.T., Bealer, J.F., Minimally Invasive Surgery in Neonates: Ten Years’ Experience Ped Endosurg & Innovative Tech 2004, 8 (2): 89-94
- Harrison, M.R., VanderWall, K.J., Bealer, J.F., Metkus, A.P., Adzick, N.S., Rose, M.A., Auer, I.K., Heymann, M.A.: Nitroglycerin Suppresses Preterm Labor After Hysterotomy and Fetal Surgery, Am J Obstet Gynecol 2004
- Bealer, J.F., Rice, H.E., Adzick, N.S., Harrison, M.R.: Acute Non-Cardiac Pulmonary Edema Complicating Nitroglycerin Tocolysis Following Open Fetal Surgery, Obstet Gynecol 2004
Publications: (continued)
- Bealer, J.F., Colgin, M.: A Sensitive Diagnostic Blood Marker for Acute Appendicitis, Academic Emergency Medicine April 2009; 16, No.4, Suppl. 1, 195.
- Bealer, J.F.S100A8/A9: A Potential New Diagnostic Aid for Acute Appendicitis, Academic Emergency Medicine, Mar 2010; 17(3):333-6.
- Kumar, H.R., Sandoval, J.A., Lovell, M.A., Fenton, L.Z., Bealer, J.F.Primary Pancreatic Neuroblastoma: An Unusual Tumor in Infancy, J of Pediatr Surg 2010, 45: 642-646.
- Brumbaugh DE, Colson SB, Sandoval JA, Karrer FM, Bealer JF, Litovitz T, Kramer RE.: Management of Button Battery-induced Hemorrhage in Children.J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2011 May;52(5):585-9.
- Sandoval, J.A., Dishop, M.K., Kramer, R.M., Bealer, J.F. An Unusual Colonic Duplication Associated with a Foreign Body and Anemia: A Tale of Two Colons, J. of Pediatr Surg,. 2011 Mar;46(3):562-5.
- Delaney, C, Rozance, P.J., Sandoval, J.A., Bealer, J.F, Kinsella, J.P. Late Onset Diaphragmatic Hernia Complicated by Intestinal Strangulation Current Opinion in Pediatrics. 2012 Apr;24(2): 276-6.