FrederickAlexanderMD

Pediatric (General) Surgery • Paramus, NJ

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Office
140 N State Rt 17
Ste 321
Paramus, NJ 07652
Phone+1 201-225-9700

Fax+1 201-225-0031

Education & Training

Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and SurgeonsClass of 1977
Dartmouth CollegeB.A., Magna Cum Laude, 1973

Certifications & Licensure

NJ State Medical License 2006 - 2025
NY State Medical License 2003 - 2019
OH State Medical License 1991 - 2007
CT State Medical License 1986 - 2006
PA State Medical License 2002 - 2006
IL State Medical License 2002 - 2005
American Board of Surgery Pediatric Surgery

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Named in “America’s Top Doctors For Cancer” by Castle Connolly Medical 8th Edition 2012
Named “Jersey Choice Top Doctor” in New Jersey Monthly’s annual survey of NJ doctors 2012
Awarded Castle Connoly Top Doctor by American Registry for the 10th year in a row 2012
Most Compassionate Doctor Vitals, 2012
Inclusion in New Jersey: Most Recommended Physicians – as Chosen by their Peers and Point Ranking National Consumers Survey, 2011
Named as one of US News and World Report’s Top Doctors 2011
Selected to be included in the prestigious Compassionate Doctor Certification American Registry and PatientsChoice.org, 2011
Named one of “Inside Jersey’s 2011 Top Doctors for Children’s Health” MDAdvantage, 2011
Castle Connolly Top Doctor Inside Jersey, 2011
Named as one of US News and World Report’s Top Doctors Healthfirst NJ, 2011
Included on “The 2010 List” of NJ’s Favorite Kids’ Docs New Jersey Family Magazine, 2010
Chosen as one of ‘NJ’s Favorite Docs’ Family Magazine, 2010
Inclusion in “Guide to America’s Top Surgeons” Consumers’ Research Council of America, 2009
Inclusion in the fifth edition of Castle Connolly’s America’s Top Doctors for Cancer 2009
Patient’s Choice Award Castle Connolly’s American Registry, 2009
Chosen by peers as one of America’s Top Doctors Castle Connolly’s American Registry, 2009-2010
Selected by peers to be included in the Best Doctors in America database 2009
Chosen as Top Doctor New York Magazine, 2007-2009
Chosen by peers as one of the specialists they’d go to in the article entitled, “Top Doctors” Northern Ohio Live, 2005-2006
Chosen by peers as one of the specialists in the database entitled, “Best Doctors in America” 2005
Nominated as International Health Professional of The Year International Biographical Centre of Cambridge, England, 2004
Teacher of the Year, Department of Pediatrics Fairview General Hospital, 2003
Consumers’ Guide to Top Doctors, Surgery 2003
Inclusion in America’s Top Doctors, 3rd / 4th / 5th / 6th / 7th Edition 2003-2007
Inclusion in the Second Edition of America’s Top Doctors, a National Guide to Outstanding Medical Specialists Throughout the United States 2002
Chosen by Peers as One of the Specialists They’d Go To in the Article Entitled, “Top Docs” Northeast Ohio Live Magazine, 2001
Kingston’s National Registry of Who’s Who 2001
Chosen as one of the “Best Doctors in America” American Health Magazine, 1996
First Prize, Poster Competition Surgical Section American Academy of Pediatrics, 1994
Merk Fellowship Award, 59th Annual Scientific Meeting American College of Gastroenterology, 1994
Stewart Fellow Stewart Fellow, 1994
Fellow Surgical Section, American Academy of Pediatrics, 1991
Fellow American College of Surgeons, 1989
Fellow American Academy of Pediatrics, 1989
Fellow Connecticut Board of Surgeons, 1988
Surgical Research Training Grant (Dr. Hebert Hechtman) Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, 1983
Sir Andrew Watt Kay Surgical Fellow, Department of Surgery Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, 1980
Casque and Gauntlet Honor Society Dartmouth College, 1972
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

10 citations
The results of strictureplasty in pediatric patients with multifocal Crohn's disease
L. Oliva, Robert Wyllie, Frederick Alexander, Maureen Caulfield, Rita Steffen
Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition. 1994-04-01
16 citations
Pulmonary and systemic consequences of localized acid aspiration.
Manny J, Manny N, Lelcuk S, Frederick Alexander, Feingold H
Surgery, Gynecology & Obstetrics. 1986-03-01
77 citations
Specialty versus generalist care of children with appendicitis: an outcome comparison.
Frederick Alexander, David Magnuson, John DiFiore, Kathleen Jirousek, Michelle Secic
Journal of Pediatric Surgery. 2001-10-01

Journal Articles

Analysis of outcome in 298 extremely low-birth-weight infants with patent ductus arteriosus
Alexander, F., Chiu, L, Kroh, M., Hammel, J., Moore, J., Journal of Pediatric Surgery, 1/1/2009
Mortality in Micro-Premature Infants with Necrotizing Enterocolitis Treated by Primary Laparotomy is Independent of Gestational Age and Birth Weight
Alexander F, Smith A, Pediatr Surg Int, 1/1/2008
Complications of Ileal Pouch Anal Anastomosis
Alexander F, Seminars in Pediatric Surgery, 1/1/2007
Immunology of Cutaneous Vasculitis Associated with Both Etanercept and Infliximab
Srivastava MD, Alexander F, Tuthill RJ, The Scandinavian Journal of Immunology, 1/1/2005
Gastroschisis revisited: role of intraoperative measurement of abdominal pressure
Olesevich M, Alexander F, Khan M, Cotman K, Journal of Pediatric Surgery, 1/1/2005
Fate of the Pouch in 151 Pediatric Patients Following Ileal Pouch Anal Anastomosis
Alexander F, Sarigal S, DiFiore J, Stallion A, Cotman K, Clark H, Lydzinski B, Limoli C, Fazio V, Journal of Pediatric Surgery, 1/1/2003
Congential Bronchobiliary Fistula in Association with Right-Sided Congential Diaphragmatic Hernia
DiFiore J, Alexander F, et al, Journal of Pediatric Surgery, 1/1/2002
Triangular Tapered Duodenoplasty for the Treatment of Congenital Duodenal Obstruction
Alexander F, DiFiore J, Stallion A, Journal of Pediatric Surgery, 1/1/2002
Use of Intraluminal Stents in Multiple Intestinal Atresia
Alexander F, Dadvand B, Goske M, Journal of Pediatric Surgery, 1/1/2002
Specialty versus generalist care of children with appendicitis: an outcome comparison
Alexander F, Magnuson D, DiFiore J, et al, J Pediatr Surg, 1/1/2001
Specialty versus Generalist Care of Children with Appendicitis: An Outcome Comparison
Alexander F, Magnuson D, DiFiore J, Jirousek K, Secic M, Journal of Pediatric Surgery, 1/1/2001
Neuroblastoma Review
Alexander F, Urol Clin North Am, 1/1/2000
Risk of Contralateral Hydrocele/Hernia Following Unilateral Hydrocele Repair in Children
Lym L, Ross J, Alexander F, Kay R, J Urol, 9/1/1999
Incidence of Dysplasia in Pelvic Pouches in Pediatric Patients After Ileal Pouch Anal Anastomosis for Ulcerative Colitis
Sarigol S, Wyllie R, Gramlich T, Alexander F, Fazio V, et al, J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr, 4/1/1999
Small Bowel Obstruction in Rats: Diagnostic Accuracy of Sonography Versus Radiography
Berlin S, Goske M, Obuchowski N, Alexander F, et al, J Ultrasound Med, 1/1/1998
Intestinal Volvulus and Infarction as a Complication of Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt in a Pediatric Patient
Steffen R, Wyllie R, Ishitani M., Alexander F, Kay M, Gastroenterology, 1/1/1998
Management of Bilateral Wilms’ Tumor in the Daughter of Jehovah’s Witnesses
Ross J, Kay R, Alexander F, J of Pediatr Surg, 12/1/1997
Delayed Gastric Emptying Affects Outcome of Nissen Fundoplication in Neurologically Impaired Children
Alexander F, Wyllie R, Jirousek K, Secic M, Porvasnik S, Surgery, 10/1/1997
Actinomycosis and Plasma Cell Granuloma, Coincidence or Co-existence: Patient Report and Review of the Literature
Dweik R, Goldfarb J, Alexander F, Stillwell P, Clinical Pediatr, 4/1/1997
The Spectrum of Ureteropelvic Junction Obstructions Occurring in Duplicated Collecting Systems
Ulchaker J, Ross J, Alexander F, Kay R, J of Pediatr Surg, 9/1/1996
Ileal Pouch Anal Anastomosis in Children With Ulcerative Colitis
Sarigol S, Caulfield M, Wyllie R, Mitchner W, Lavery I, Alexander F, Steffen R, Kay M, J Inflam Bowel Dis, 1/1/1996
Clostridium Difficile Colitis in the Critically Ill
Grundfest-Broniatowski S, Quader M, Alexander F, Walsh RM, Lavery I, Milsom J, Dis Colon Rectum, 1/1/1996
Technical Considerations in the Repair of Cloacal Vaginal Deformities
Alexander F, Kay R, J Urol, 1/1/1995
Continuous Rat Intravenous Infusion
Kononov A, Browne E, Alexander F, Porvasnik S, Microsurg, 1/1/1994
Results of Mucosal Proctectomy Versus Extrarectal Dissection for Ulcerative Colitis and Familial Polyposis in Children and Young Adults
Davis C, Alexander F, Lavery I, Fazio V, J Pediatr Surg, 1/1/1994
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Books/Book Chapters

Surgical Care of Major Newborn Malformations
Chapter: Esophageal Atresia. Chapter 9
Page 189 - 212Alexander FEditors: Dolgin & Hamner.World Scientific Publishing2012
Pediatric Surgery and Urology: Long-term Outcomes.
Chapter: Inflammatory Bowel Disease. Chapter 28
Alexander FEditors: Stringer, Oldham, Mouriquand.Cambridge University Press2007
Pediatric Surgery
Chapter: Crohn’s Disease. Chapter 93
Page 1453 - 1461Alexander FEditors: Grosfeld, et al.ElsevierEdition 6th,2006
Gastrointestinal and Liver Disease: Pathophysiology, Diagnosis, Management
Chapter: Inguinal Hernia and Hydrocele. Chapter 46
Page 723 - 726Alexander FEditors: Wylie & Hyams.ElsevierEdition 3rd,2006
Gastrointestinal and Liver Disease: Pathophysiology, Diagnosis, Management
Chapter: Pyloric Stenosis and Congenital Anomalies of the Stomach and Duodenum. Chapter 24
Page 359 - 372Alexander FEditors: Wylie & Hyams.ElsevierEdition 3rd,2006
Current Therapy in Colon and Rectal Surgery
Chapter: Hirschsprung’s Disease. Chapter 18
Page 99 - 103Alexander FEditors: Fazio and Church.MosbyEdition 2nd,2005
The Cleveland Clinic Intensive Review of Pediatrics
Chapter: Gastrointestinal Obstruction. Chapter 12
Page 455 - 459Alexander FEditors: Sabella, Cunningham, Moodie.Lippincott Williams & Wilkins2003
Pediatric Gastrointestinal Disease: Pathophysiology, Diagnosis, Management
Chapter: Pyloric Stenosis and Congenital Anomalies of the Stomach and Duodenum. Chapter 17
Page 207 - 220Alexander FEditors: Wyllie and Hyams.W.B. Saunders Co.Edition 2nd,1999
Pediatric Gastrointestinal Disease: Pathophysiology, Diagnosis, Management
Chapter: Inguinal Hernia and Hydrocele. Chapter 39
Page 479 - 482Alexander FEditors: Wyllie and Hyams.W.B. Saunders Co.Edition 2nd,1999
Congenital Malformations of the Female Tract: Diagnosis and Management
Chapter: Persistent Cloaca and Associated Vaginal Anomalies. Chapter 7
Page 111 - 119Alexander FEditors: Gidwani and Falcone.Lippincott Williams & Wilkins1999
Operative Pediatric Surgery
Chapter: Inflammatory Bowel Disease. Chapter 61
Page 691 - 698Alexander FEditors: Ziegler, Azizkhan, Gauderer, Weber.Appleton & LangeEdition 1st,1999
Pediatric Gastrointestinal Disease - Pathophysiology, Diagnosis and Management
Chapter: Anterior Abdominal Wall Defects.
Page 506 - 513Alexander FEditors: Wyllie and Hyams.W.B. Saunders Co.1993
Pediatric Gastrointestinal Disease - Pathophysiology, Diagnosis and Management
Chapter: Inguinal Hernia and Hydrocele.
Page 501 - 505Alexander FEditors: Wyllie and Hyams.W.B. Saunders Co.1993
Pediatric Gastrointestinal Disease - Pathophysiology, Diagnosis and Management
Chapter: Pyloric Stenosis and Congenital Abnormalities of Stomach and Duodenum.
Page 414 - 428Alexander FEditors: Wyllie and Hyams.W.B. Saunders Co.1993
Trauma, Sepsis and Shock
Chapter: Pulmonary and Cardiovascular Responses.
Alexander F, Hechtman HEditors: G Clowes.Marcel Dekker, New York1988
Critical Care of the Acutely Ill and Injured Surgical Patient
Chapter: Humoral Mediators of Adult Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS).
Hechtman H, Lelcuk S, Alexander F, Shepro DEditors: J Siegel.Churchill Livingston, New York1987
Inflammatory Bowel Diseases
Chapter: Continence Following Soave Procedure for Ulcerative Colitis.
Fischer J, Martin L, Torres A, Alexander FEditors: Rachmilewitz D..Martinus Nighoff Publishers, Boston1986
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Abstracts/Posters

Analysis of Outcome in 298 Extremely Low Birth Weight (ELBW) Infants with Patent Ductus Arteriosus.
Alexander F, Chiu L, Kroh M, Moore J, The American Pediatric Surgical Association, Phoenix, AZ, 5/29/2008
Gastroschisis Revisited: Role of Intra-operative Measurement of Abdominal Pressure.
Olesevich M, Alexander F, Khan M, Cotman K, Canadian Association of Paediatric Surgeons 36th Annual Scientific Program, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, 9/30/2004
Predictors of Mortality in Very Low Birth Weight Infants with Necrotizing Enterocolitis,
Smith A, Alexander F, DiFiore J, Stallion A, Clark H, Cotman K, 22nd Annual Research Day, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, 10/17/2002
Fate of the Pouch in 151 Pediatric Patients Following IPAA.
Alexander F, DiFiore J, Stallion A, Clark H, Lydzinski B, Limoli C, Cotman K, Fazio V, British Association of Paediatric Surgeons Annual International Congress Meeting, Cambridge, England, 7/23/2002
Predictors of Mortality in Very Low Birth Weight Infants with Necrotizing Enterocolitis.
Smith A, Alexander F, DiFiore J, Stallion A, Clark H, Cotman K, 47th Annual Meeting, Ohio Chapter of the American College of Surgeons, 5/10/2002
Factors Associated With Adverse Outcome In Infants With Gastroschisis and Omphalocele.
Kumar D, Lingappan A, Crowe C, Alexander F, Saker F, Pediatric Academic Societies Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD, 5/4/2002
Predictors of Mortality in Very Low Birth Weight Infants with Necrotizing Enterocolitis,
Smith A, Alexander F, DiFiore J, Stallion A, Clark H, Cotman K, Resident Research Forum, Cleveland Surgical Society, 4/24/2002
Differential Expression of Oncogenes May Reveal Long Term Risks for Neoplastic Diseases in Retained Colon of Hirschsprung’s Patients.
Gigena M, Kou T, Miller K, Grisoni E, Dudgeon D, DiFiore J, Alexander F, Levine A, Stallion A, American College of Surgeons 30th Spring Meeting, San Diego, CA, 4/14/2002
Altered Expression of Mucosal Protectant Genes May Increase Risks of Future Enterocolitis in Hirschsprung’s Patients.
Gigena M, Kou T, Miller K, Grisoni E, Dudgeon D, DiFiore J, Alexander F, Levine A, Stallion A, American College of Surgeons 30th Spring Meeting, San Diego, CA, 4/14/2002
Triangular Tapered Duodenoplasty for the Treatment of Congenital Duodenal Obstruction.
Alexander F, DiFiore J, Stallion A, Journal of Pediatric Surgery, 1/1/2002
Intestinal Expression of Interleukin 6 After Intestinal Ischemia and Reperfusion Injury: A Primary Mediator of Multi-System Organ Failure.
Stallion A, Kou D, Berger D, Knotts M, Dudgeon D, DiFiore J, Alexander F, Levine A, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation 21st Annual Research Day, 10/25/2001
DNA Microarray Analysis Reveals Variable Immune and Neuroendocrine Gene Expression in Chronically Inflamed Ganglionic Bowel of Hirschsprung’s Disease.
Stallion A, Kou D, Berger D, Knotts M, Dudgeon D, DiFiore J, Alexander F, Levine A, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation 21st Annual Research Day, 10/25/2001
Congenital bronchobiliary fistula in association with right-sided congenital diaphragmatic hernia.
DiFiore, JW, Alexander, F, 17th Annual Symposium on ECMO and Advanced Therapies for Respiratory Failure., Keystone, CO, 2/25/2001
Management and outcome of congenital diaphragmatic hernia at a single institution: Results and perspectives.
DiFiore JW, Clark HT, Magnuson DK, Alexander, F, 17th Annual Symposium on ECMO and Advanced Therapies for Respiratory Failure., Keystone, CO, 2/25/2001
Management and outcome of congenital diaphragmatic hernia at a single institution: results and perspectives.
DiFiore JW, Clark HT, Magnuson DK, Alexander F, 17th Annual Symposium on ECMO and Advanced Therapies for Respiratory Failure., Keystone, CO, 2/25/2001
Intestinal Obstruction.
Alexander F, Unitech Communications and The Center for Continuing Education web-based CME Accredited Activity, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH, 12/22/2000
Do Pediatric Surgeons Provide Value-Added Care in Acute Appendicitis?
Alexander F, 30th Annual Meeting of The American Pediatric Surgical Association, Rancho Mirage, CA, 5/1/1999
Incidence of Dysplasia in Children After Ileal Pouch Anal Anastomosis.
Sarigol S, Wyllie R, Gramlich T, Fazio V, Alexander F, et al, 63rd Annual Scientific Meeting of The American College of Gastroenterology, Boston, MA, 10/1/1998
Ileal Pouch Anal Anastomosis in Children With Ulcerative Colitis: Long Term Follow-up.
Sarigol S, Wyllie R, Kay M, Alexander F, Lavery I, et al, 12th Annual Meeting of the North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Orlando, FL, 10/1/1998
Incidence of Dysplasia in Children After Ileal Pouch Anal Anastomosis.
Sarigol S, Wyllie R, Gramlich T, Fazio V, Alexander F, et al, 19th Annual Midwest Pediatric Gastroenterology Meeting, Nashville, TN, 8/1/1998
Ileal Pouch Anal Anastomosis in Children With Ulcerative Colitis: Long Term Follow-up.
Sarigol S, Wyllie R, Kay M, Alexander F, Lavery I, et al, 19th Annual Midwest Pediatric Gastroenterology Meeting, Nashville, TN, 8/1/1998
Ileal Pouch-Anal Anastomosis in Children with Ulcerative Colitis - Long-term Follow-up.
Sarigol S, Wyllie R, Alexander F, Lavery I, et al, The North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition 12th Annual Meeting, 1/1/1998
Sclerosing Mesenteritis: Response to Therapy in an Adolescent.
Steffen R, Wyllie R, Kay M, Alexander F, Annual Meeting of the American College of Gastroenterology, Chicago, IL, 11/1/1997
Sclerosing Mesenteritis: Response to Therapy in an Adolescent.
Steffen R, Wyllie R, Kay M, Alexander F, The North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Annual Meeting, Toronto, Canada, 10/1/1997
Delayed Gastric Emptying Affects Outcome of Nissen Fundoplication in Neurologically Imparied Children.
Alexander F, Wyllie R, Jirousek K, Secic M, Porvasnik S, Annual Meeting of the Central Surgical Association, Chicago, IL, 3/1/1997
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Lectures

Gastrointestinal Obstruction in Infants and Children
Valley Hospital - 12/21/2010
Old Problem, New Evidence: Abdominal Pain in Children
10/7/2010
Adolescent Bariatric Surgery: The RX for Childhood Obesity?
Hilton Head, SC - 5/27/2010
The Long and Short of Appendicitis in Children: An Update
Englewood Hospital Medical Center - 10/22/2008
Back to the Future: Fetal Care in the 21st Century
Parsippany, NJ - 6/8/2008
Surgical Implications of Antenatal Diagnosis
Atlantic City, NJ - 6/7/2008
Antenatal Diagnosis: What Surgeons Need To Know
Valley Hospital Medical Center - 6/3/2008
Analysis of Outcome in 298 Extremely Low Birth Weight Infants with Patent Ductus Arteriosis
Phoenix, AZ - 5/30/2008
Antenatal Diagnosis for Surgeons
Valley Hospital Medical Center - 5/27/2008
Vascular Rings In Infancy
Hackensack University Medical Center - 4/2/2008
The Long and Short of Appendicitis in Children
Englewood Hospital - 3/5/2008
Advances in the Treatment of Chest Wall Deformities
Hilton Head, SC - 5/24/2007
Antenatal Diagnosis: What the Pediatrician Should Know.
Hilton Head, SC - 5/24/2007
Neonatal Surgical Emergencies
Hackensack University Medical Center - 4/16/2007
ABCs of IBD
Hackensack University Medical Center - 2/28/2007
Chronic Constipation
Cleveland Clinic Foundation - 1/25/2006
Gastroesophageal Reflux: Surgical Perspective.
Cleveland Clinic Foundation - 5/19/2005
Advances in the Management of Chest Wall Deformities
Hillcrest Meridian Hospital - 2/11/2005
Fate of the Pouch in 151 Pediatric Patients Following IPAA.
Cleveland Clinic Foundation - 12/15/2004
Newborn Surgical Emergencies
Cleveland Clinic Foundation - 1/14/2004
Congenital Lung/Thorax Anomalis
MetroHealth Medical Center - 10/28/2003
Polyposis Syndromes – Manifestations, Biology, and Management.
Chicago, IL - 10/19/2003
Pediatric GI Obstruction
Cleveland Clinic Foundation - 9/29/2003
Ulcerative Colitis.
Cleveland Clinic Foundation - 5/20/2003
Duodenal Atresia.
Cleveland Clinic Foundation - 2/12/2003
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Other

General & Thoracic Pediatric Surgery, Interview conducted by Dr. Manuel Alvarez
Alexander F, Fox News Network
3/14/2007
Esophageal atresia
Alexander F, Medical Miracles Series, Channel 3 (WKYC)
1/15/2002