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Office
1600 Rockland Road
Wilmington, DE 19899Phone+1 302-293-5630Fax+1 302-651-8041
Summary
- Dr. Stephen Dunn is a pediatric transplant surgeon in Wilmington, DE and is an employed physician of the Nemours Children's Hospital Delaware and on the
medical staff of affiliated hospitals in the area including Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals, Geisinger Medical Center and Nemours Hospital Orlando. He completed medical school and general surgery training at Indiana University School of Medicine and Medical Center. He completed pediatric surgery training at St. Christophers Hospital for Children and transplant training at Jefferson and University of Nebraska. He has been in practice over 30 years. He specializes in pediatric kidney and liver transplantation and hepato-biliary surgery including portal hypertension and hepatic malignancy surgery. He is board certified in surgical critical care. He has participated in over 800 pediatric organ transplants. Dr. Dunn has also partnered with several international sites to build capacity for liver and kidney transplant services for children including Bolivia, India and Jamaica. He is currently working with the surgical leadership of Bustamante Children's Hospital in Kingston, Jamaica. Dr. Dunn's academic and research interests include immunosuppressive drug use in children, infectious disease monitoring by real time PCR, clinical outcomes in hepatoblastoma including authorship of numerous articles related to the Children's Oncology protocol AHEP 0731. More recently he has been including tumor reduction therapy with Y-90 as an adjunct to chemotherapy to make liver tumor resection possible and liver replacement less likely. Dr. Dunn is happy to provide advice or support to those who are interested in his core areas of interest.
Education & Training
- Tower HealthFellowship, Pediatric Surgery, 1986 - 1987
- Indiana University School of MedicineResidency, Surgery, 1981 - 1985
- Indiana University School of Medicine/Methodist HospitalInternship, Transitional Year, 1978 - 1979
- Indiana University School of MedicineClass of 1978
- Washington UniversityBA, 1974
Certifications & Licensure
- DE State Medical License 2000 - 2025
- FL State Medical License 2011 - 2025
- IN State Medical License 1978 - 2025
- NJ State Medical License 2000 - 2025
- SD State Medical License Active through 2025
- PA State Medical License 1985 - 2024
- American Board of Surgery Surgery
- American Board of Surgery Pediatric Surgery
- American Board of Surgery Surgical Critical Care
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Distinguished Service Medical Committee of Santa Cruz, 2012
- Youth Peace Prize Maestro de la Juventud, Premio Joven Bolivia, 2011
- Honorary Membership Society of Bolivian Surgeons, 2010
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Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- Commentary: How Far We Go for Surgery: Distance to Pediatric Surgical Care in Indiana.Stephen P Dunn, Jo Cooke-Barber
Journal of Pediatric Surgery. 2024-08-01 - 16 citationsDoxorubicin in combination with cisplatin, 5-flourouracil, and vincristine is feasible and effective in unresectable hepatoblastoma: A Children's Oncology Group studyHoward M. Katzenstein, Marcio H. Malogolowkin, Mark Krailo, Jin Piao, Alexander J. Towbin
Cancer. 2021-11-11 - Transarterial Radioembolization With Yttrium-90 of Hepatic Malignancy in Children.Allison Aguado, Renee Gresh, Lauren W. Averill, Stephen P. Dunn, Howard M. Katzenstein
International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics. 2021-11-01
Journal Articles
- Decreasing incidence of symptomatic Epstein-Barr vius disease and posttransplant lymphoproliferative disorder in pediatric liver transplant recipients: Report of the s...Narkewicz MR, Green M, Dunn SP, Millis M, McDiarmid S, Mazariegos G, Anand R, Yin W, Liver Transpl, 1/1/2013
- Liver transplantation in the management of unresectable hepatoblastoma in childrenMeyers RL, Tiao GM, Dunn SP, Langham MR, Frontiers in Bioscience, 1/1/2012
- Infantile choriocarcinoma in a neonate with massive liver involvement cured with chemotherapy and liver transplantHansonD, Walter AW, Dunn SP, Rittenhouse DW, Griffin G, J Pediatr Hematol Oncol., 1/1/2011
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Books/Book Chapters
Abstracts/Posters
- Targeting of the MYC-oncogene Inhibits Breast Cancer Molecular Markers and Growth Parameters In Vitro and In Vivo in a Chick Embryo Model for Tumor GrowthRymeski B; Galileo DS; Sampson V; Rong N; Aris V; Soteropoulos P, Galileo D. S; Petrelli N.J.; Dunn S.P; Krueger LJ, Society of Surgical Oncology's 61st Annual Cancer Symposium, Chicago, 1/13/2008
- MYC-inhibitor targets the MYC-oncogene Transcription Factor: Inhibition of Breast Cancer Molecular Markers and Growth Parameters In Vitro and In Vivo in a Chick Embryo...Rymeski B; Galileo DS; Sampson V; Rong N; Aris V; Soteropoulos P, Galileo D. S; Petrelli N.J.; Dunn SP; Krueger LJ., Meeting of the Philadelphia Academy of Surgery, Philadelphia, PA, 1/3/2008
- Failure of immunosuppressive drug levels to predict t-cell reactivity in Pediatric Transplant PatientsDunn SP, American Academy of Pediatrics 2007 National Conference and Exhibition, 1/1/2007
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Lectures
- Two decades of liver transplantationPensacola, FL - 1/29/2013
- Selection of Candidates for Liver TransplantationNaryana Hrudayalaya Hospital, Bangalore, India - 1/1/2013
- Liver Transplantation in neonatal cholestasis and biliary atresiaNarayana Hrudayalaya Hospitals, Bangalore, India - 1/10/2012
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Other
- Annual Report of the U.S. Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network And the Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients: Transplant Data 1992-2001Dunn, SP, Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration, Office of Spe
Rockville,MD; Richmond,VA; Ann Arbor,MI
Press Mentions
- Interventional News: Small WonderNovember 29th, 2021
- When Chemo and Surgery Fails, Targeted Radiation Is an Option for Kids with Liver CancerDecember 7th, 2018
- Top Doctors 2018October 5th, 2018
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