Christopher P. Childers MD PhD
Hepatobiliary Surgery, Surgical Oncology (Other than Breast)
Physician
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1959 NE Pacific St Main HospitalSeattle, WA 98195
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Education & Training
University of Texas M D Anderson Cancer CenterFellowship, Complex General Surgical Oncology, 2022 - 2024
UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical CenterResidency, Surgery, 2014 - 2022
Fielding School of Public Health at UCLAPhD, Health Policy & Management, 2016 - 2019
Northwestern University The Feinberg School of MedicineClass of 2014
Certifications & Licensure
TX State Medical License 2021 - 2025
WA State Medical License 2024 - 2025
CA State Medical License 2015 - 2023
American Board of Surgery Surgery- American Board of Surgery Complex General Surgical Oncology
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Inductee Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- Rise in Minimally Invasive Surgery for Colorectal Cancer Is Associated With Adoption of Robotic Surgery.Naveen Manisundaram, Christopher P Childers, Chung-Yuan Hu, Abhineet Uppal, Tsuyoshi Konishi
Diseases of the Colon and Rectum. 2025-04-01 - Obesity and Work in Abdominal Surgery.Christopher P Childers, Abigail M Petty, Don J Selzer, Christopher K Senkowski
Journal of the American College of Surgeons. 2025-02-27 - When Benchmarks Fail Us: A Case Study in Cytoreductive Surgery.Varun V Bansal, Hunter D D Witmer, Christopher P Childers, David G Su, Kiran K Turaga
Annals of Surgical Oncology. 2025-01-01
Journal Articles
- Same Data, Opposite Results?A Call to Improve Surgical Database ResearchChristopher Childers, MD, JAMA Surgery
- Same Data, Opposite Results?A Call to Improve Surgical Database ResearchChristopher Childers, MD, JAMA Surgery
- Evaluating Surgeons on Intraoperative Disposable Supply Costs: Details MatterDrew S Cheng, Christopher P Childers, Ira S Hofer, Journal of gastrointestinal surgery
Press Mentions
Obesity Lengthens Time in OR and Raises Complication RiskFebruary 27th, 2025- A Discrete Event Simulation Model for CoordinatingFebruary 24th, 2020
New Questions About the $3B/year Robotic Surgery BusinessAugust 28th, 2018- Join now to see all
Grant Support
- Surgical Outcomes Club Michael Zinner Research Fellowship ProgramSurgical Outcomes Club2018–Present
- Variation in Surgeon-Level Intraoperative Costs: An Intervention StudyAHRQ2016–Present
- Clinical Outcomes Research FellowshipAssociation of Academic Surgery / Association of Academic Surgery Foundation2016–2017
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