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James Healy, MD, Pediatric (General) Surgery, Hartford, CT, Connecticut Children's Medical Center

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Pediatric (General) Surgery Hartford, CT

Pediatric Surgeon, Assistant Professor of Pediatric Surgery

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Summary

  • Dr. James Healy is a Pediatric Surgeon in Hartford, CT and is affiliated with Connecticut Children’s Hospital. He received his medical degree from Stony Brook University Health Sciences Center School of Medicine and trained in general surgery at Yale and pediatric surgery at Connecticut Children’s. He has expertise in minimally invasive surgery with specialty training including neonatal minimally-invasive surgery, thoracic surgery, endocrine surgery including thyroid and adrenal surgery, and bariatric surgery. He has more than 30 publications and over 500 citings.

Education & Training

  • University of Connecticut
    University of ConnecticutFellowship, Pediatric Surgery, 2017 - 2019
  • Yale-New Haven Medical Center
    Yale-New Haven Medical CenterResidency, Surgery, 2010 - 2017
  • Yale University School of Medicine
    Yale University School of MedicineMaster's, Health Science, 2012 - 2015
  • Stony Brook University Health Sciences Center School of Medicine
    Stony Brook University Health Sciences Center School of MedicineClass of 2010
  • University of Michigan
    University of MichiganB.A., Literature, With Honors, 1998 - 2002

Certifications & Licensure

  • CT State Medical License
    CT State Medical License 2017 - 2025
  • American Board of Surgery Surgery
  • American Board of Surgery Pediatric Surgery

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • Betsy Winters House Staff Award Yale New Haven Hospital, 2017
  • Outstanding Performance in Medical Student Teaching Award Yale New Haven Hospital, 2017
  • Gold Foundation for Humanism in Medicine Honor Society member 2010

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Journal Articles

  • Association of Lowering Default Pill Counts in Electronic Medical Record Systems with Postoperative Opioid Prescribing  
    James M Healy, Kevin Y Pei, JAMA
  • Obstructed Paraduodenal Hernia  
    Doruk Erman Ozgediz, Carla Marisa Lopez, James Michael Healy, Journal of gastrointestinal surgery

Lectures

  • Pancreaticoduodenectomy Can Almost Always Be Performed Safely Without Operative Drain Placement 
    1/26/2015
  • Proposal and Critical Appraisal of Exclusion Criteria to the International Study Group for Pancreatic Surgery (ISGPS) Definition of Delayed Gastric Emptying 
    1/12/2014
  • Modern Experiences with Aggressive Parathyroid Tumors in a High-Volume New England Referral Center 
    1/12/2014
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Other

  • Identifying Characteristic Genetic and Epigenetic Changes in Adrenocortical Tumors (Thesis) 
    Healy JM, Yale University School of Medicine
    1/1/2015

Press Mentions

  • Obstructed Paraduodenal Hernia
    Obstructed Paraduodenal HerniaJune 29th, 2018

Grant Support

  • Systematic Analysis of Whole Exome Alterations Related to the Wnt Pathway in Adrenocortical CarcinomaOHSE Foundation Research Grant2014–2016

Hospital Affiliations