WalterJChwalsMD
General Surgery • Boston, MAPediatric General Surgery, Trauma Surgery & Surgical Critical Care
Professor, Surgery and Pediatrics, Tufts Medical Center
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Office
800 Washington St
Boston, MA 02111Phone+1 617-636-5000
Summary
- Dr. Walter Chwals is a pediatric surgeon in Boston, MA and is affiliated with multiple hospitals in the area, including Tufts Medical Center, Boston Medical Center and Lowell General Hospital. He received his medical degree from Jagiellonian University Medical College and has been in practice 37 years. He specializes in pediatric general surgery and trauma surgery & surgical critical care and is experienced in trauma and surgical critical care, pediatric general surgery, and acute care surgery (emergency general surgery). He has more than 70 publications and over 500 citings.
Education & Training
Children's Hospital Los AngelesFellowship, Pediatric Surgery, 1986 - 1988
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical CenterFellowship, Clinical Nutrition, 1985 - 1986
UMass Chan Medical SchoolResidency, Surgery, 1981 - 1985
Jagiellonian University Medical CollegeClass of 1980
Certifications & Licensure
CA State Medical License 1986 - Present
MA State Medical License 1985 - 2026
OH State Medical License 2002 - 2011
IL State Medical License 1996 - 2002
NC State Medical License 1988 - 1998- American Board of Surgery Pediatric Surgery
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Fellow Societas Chirurgorum Paediatrorum Polonorum, 2016-2024
- America's Top Doctors Castle Connolly, 2011-2024
- Fellow American Surgical Association, 2013-2024
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Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- Surgical Necrotizing Enterocolitis and Spontaneous Intestinal Perforation Lead to Severe Growth Failure in Infants.Allison L Speer, Kevin P Lally, Claudia Pedroza, Yuxin Zhang, Brenda B Poindexter
Annals of Surgery. 2024-09-01 - The Benefit of Cost-Transparency Calculators Does Not Extend to Vascular Surgery Patients.Alexandra Tedesco, Joshua A Bloom, Jessica Lee, Billy Nicholson, Tina Moon
Annals of Vascular Surgery. 2024-01-01 - 55 citationsInitial Laparotomy Versus Peritoneal Drainage in Extremely Low Birthweight Infants With Surgical Necrotizing Enterocolitis or Isolated Intestinal Perforation: A Multic...Martin L. Blakely, Jon E. Tyson, Kevin P. Lally, Susan R. Hintz, Barry Eggleston
Annals of Surgery. 2021-10-01
Authored Content
- Overfeeding-Associated Hyperglycemia and Injury-Response Homeostasis in Critically Ill NeonatesMarch 2018
Grant Support
- Effect Of Recombinant Growth Hormone On Metabolic Stress In InfantsNational Center For Research Resources1994–1997
- Effect Of Rilgf And Rgh On The Metabolic Stress Response And Growth In InfantsNational Center For Research Resources1992–1993
Professional Memberships
- Fellow
- Member
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