Skip to main content
Elliot Pennington, MD, Pediatric (General) Surgery, Grand Rapids, MI

ElliotCarrPenningtonMD

Pediatric (General) Surgery Grand Rapids, MI

Research Fellow in Surgery, Boston Children's Hospital

Dr. Pennington is on Doximity

As a Doximity member you'll join over two million verified healthcare professionals in a private, secure network.

  • Gain access to free telehealth tools, such as our “call shielding” and one-way patient texting.
  • Connect with colleagues in the same hospital or clinic.
  • Read the latest clinical news, personalized to your specialty.

See Dr. Pennington's full profile

Already have an account?

  • Office

    330 Barclay Ave NE
    Ste 202
    Grand Rapids, MI 49503
    Phone+1 616-443-8007
    Fax+1 616-458-0061

Summary

  • Dr. Elliot Pennington is a Pediatric Surgeon in Grand Rapids, MI. He received his medical degree from University of Missouri-Columbia School of Medicine and has been in practice 8 years. He is experienced in spina bifida, neural tube defects, and trauma care. He has more than 60 publications and over 350 citings.

Education & Training

  • McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University
    McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern UniversityFellowship, Pediatric Surgery, 2016 - 2018
  • Boston University Medical Center
    Boston University Medical CenterResidency, Surgery, 2013 - 2016
  • Boston Children's Hospital
    Boston Children's HospitalPost-Doctoral Fellowship, 2011 - 2013
  • Boston University Medical Center
    Boston University Medical CenterResidency, Surgery, 2009 - 2011
  • University of Missouri-Columbia School of Medicine
    University of Missouri-Columbia School of MedicineClass of 2009
  • University of Rochester
    University of RochesterBA, Race and Gender Studies, American Sign Language (minor), Cum Laude, 2001 - 2005

Certifications & Licensure

  • MI State Medical License
    MI State Medical License 2018 - 2025
  • TX State Medical License
    TX State Medical License 2023 - 2024
  • MA State Medical License
    MA State Medical License 2011 - 2022
  • IL State Medical License
    IL State Medical License 2016 - 2020
  • American Board of Surgery Surgery
  • American Board of Surgery Pediatric Surgery

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • Best Poster in Basic Science Massachusetts Chapter of the American College of Surgeons, 2011
  • Top Ten Pediatric Emergency Medicine Articles of 2010-2011, Qualitative Research category American Academy of Pediatrics, 2011
  • Kluge Trauma and EMS Award Rochester Academy of Medicine (Acad Emerg Med), 2008
  • Join now to see all

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Journal Articles

  • Intestinal perforation due to minor blunt abdominal trauma--a harbinger of underlying disease pathology  
    Onwubiko C, Pennington EC, Mooney DP, Jennings RW., J Pediatr Surg Case Reports, 1/1/2014

Books/Book Chapters

Abstracts/Posters

  • Identifying Predictors of Surgical Site Infections after Cholecystectomy.
    Brian N Williams, BA; Elliot Pennington, MD; Kamal MF Itani, MD; Vivian M Sanchez, MD, Boston University School of Medicine Surgical Research Day, Boston, MA, 1/1/2016
  • Impact of Gestational Age on Targeted Amniotic Cell Profiling in Experimental Neural Tube Defects
    Pennington EC, Rialon KL, Dionigi B, Ahmed A, Zurakowski D, Fauza DO, J Surg Res., 1/1/2014
  • Limb Reconstruction with Grafts Derived from Decellularized Bone in a Growing Leporine Model.
    Elliot C Pennington, MD; Beatrice Dionigi, MD; Fabienne L Gray, MD; Azra Ahmed, BS; Joseph Brazzo III, BS; Andrey Dolinko, BS; Nathan Calderon, BS; Thomas Darrah, PhD;..., Massachusetts Chapter of the American College of Surgeons, Worcester, MA, 1/1/2014
  • Join now to see all

Lectures

  • Blunt Abdominal Trauma 
    Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children�s Hospital of Chicago - 1/1/2017
  • Right Thoracoscopic (VATS) Truncal Vagotomy for Marginal Ulcers after Gastric Bypass Surgery 
    Boston, MA - 1/1/2016
  • Fetal Intervention � The Technical and Ethical Frontier of Pediatric Surgery 
    VA Boston, 2015; Boston Medical Center, 2016 - 1/1/2016
  • Join now to see all

Other

  • Participating in Scholarly Research in Emergency Medicine: Part II of II. 
    Pennington EC, Fertel B, EM Resident.
    1/1/2009
  • Erase Educational Debt 
    Pennington EC, EM Resident
    1/1/2008
  • Use Caution When Participating in Facebook 
    Pennington EC, ACEP News
    1/1/2008
  • Join now to see all

Press Mentions

  • Sweet Baby, Big Victories
    Sweet Baby, Big VictoriesAugust 19th, 2019
  • ‘Get up, Face It and Just Keep Going’
    ‘Get up, Face It and Just Keep Going’August 5th, 2019
  • "Arise, Face It and Hold Transferring Ahead"
    "Arise, Face It and Hold Transferring Ahead"January 14th, 2019
  • Join now to see all

Professional Memberships