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James Glasser, MD, General Surgery, Mobile, AL

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General Surgery • Mobile, AL

Pediatric General Surgery, Minimally Invasive Surgery

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  • Office

    2001 Old Shell Rd
    Mobile, AL 36607
    Phone+1 803-260-6933

Summary

  • I was introduced to pediatric surgery (during high school) through a television program, A Day in the Life of Dr. Judson Randolph, Surgeon-in-Chief at Children’s National Medical Center. His day began early! There were no other cars in the hospital parking lot when he arrived. The television crew shadowed him during rounds and followed him into the operating room, where he repaired a baby’s esophageal atresia and tracheoesophageal fistula.

    During my general surgery residency (in NJ), I cared for a Hispanic girl who had a fecal fistula from a ruptured appendix. She could hardly bear to look at her ugly, smelly wound. Post-operatively, when we removed the surgical dressing, she tentatively looked down; and suddenly, her face lit up with amazement and gratitude and joy!

    My pediatric surgery fellowship was split between Pittsburgh and Memphis. Afterwards, I joined the Baton Rouge pediatric surgery practice of an acquaintance from Pittsburgh. After 2 years, I was displaced by a Baton Rouge native, who had just completed her pediatric surgery training.

    Coincidentally, I received an inheritance that allowed me to self-support. I was interested in mission medicine, and World Medical Mission assigned me to Galmi Hospital in Niger, West Africa (14 months).

    I received an MA from Fuller Theologic Seminary but ultimately chose pediatric surgery over missionary medicine. I practiced pediatric surgery practice Columbia, SC for > 20 years. Even though we were adjunct members of USC Medical School, our practice was clinical, rather than academic.

    I appreciated this distinction, when I joined the surgical faculty of University of South Alabama in Mobile. Rather than showing residents how I performed operative procedures, my task was to operate through the hands of second- and third-year residents! Also, our busy clinical practice did not leave much time for research; consequently, my CV needed some embellishment with additional publications - 15 since leaning Columbia!

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Clinical Expertise

  • Pediatric general surgery

Education & Training

  • Fuller Theological Seminary, School of Intercultural Studies
    Fuller Theological Seminary, School of Intercultural StudiesMA, Mission Medicine, 1985 - 1987
  • University of Tennessee
    University of TennesseeFellowship, Pediatric Surgery, 1980 - 1982
  • UPMC Medical Education
    UPMC Medical EducationFellowship, Pediatric Surgery, 1979 - 1980
  • Rutgers Health/New Jersey Medical School
    Rutgers Health/New Jersey Medical SchoolResidency, Surgery, 1974 - 1979
  • Rutgers New Jersey Medical School
    Rutgers New Jersey Medical SchoolClass of 1974
  • Princeton University
    Princeton UniversityA.B., 1970

Certifications & Licensure

  • IL State Medical License
    IL State Medical License 2010 - 2026
  • NJ State Medical License
    NJ State Medical License 1975 - 2025
  • SC State Medical License
    SC State Medical License 1988 - 2025
  • TX State Medical License
    TX State Medical License 2019 - 2025
  • AL State Medical License
    AL State Medical License 2014 - 2024
  • OK State Medical License
    OK State Medical License 2022 - 2024
  • VA State Medical License
    VA State Medical License 2022 - 2024
  • American Board of Surgery Surgery
  • American Board of Surgery Pediatric Surgery
  • American Academy of General Physicians Certified
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Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • Achievement Award - 1000 Publication Reads Research Gate, 2024
  • Fellow (FACS) American College of Surgeons

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Journal Articles

  • Case Report: A safe laparoscopic technique for complicated appendicitis  
    Glasser, J, Discover Medicine, 8/21/2024
  • Nodular lymphoid hyperplasia simulating ileocolic intussusception: A case report  
    James G. Glasser, MD, Journal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reports, 6/4/2024
  • Ovarian Torsion in a Two-year-old  
    Glasser, J, Journal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reports., 2/1/2022
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Abstracts/Posters

  • Congenital Abdominal Wall Defects
    Glasser, JG, University of South Alabama College of Medicine, Department of Surgery Grand Rounds, Mobile, AL, 1/13/2015

Lectures

  • Neonatal Intestinal Obstruction 
    Las Palmas Medical Center, El Paso TX - 11/5/2019

Authored Content

  • Surgical Video (Hirschsprung’s Disease)9/10/2018
  • Laparoscopic Appendectomy9/10/2018
  • Inguinal Herniorrhaphy in an Infant9/10/2018

Professional Memberships

Other Languages

  • French

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