WalterJChwalsMD

Pediatric General Surgery, Trauma Surgery & Surgical Critical Care

Professor, Surgery and Pediatrics, Tufts Medical Center

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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.

PubMed

54 citations
Computed tomography before transfer to a level I pediatric trauma center risks duplication with associated increased radiation exposure.
Walter J. Chwals, Ann V. Robinson, Carlos J. Sivit, Diya I. Alaedeen, Ellen Fitzenrider
Journal of Pediatric Surgery. 2008-12-01
54 citations
Initial 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
41 citations
Hamartomas of the chest wall in infants
Russell Dounies, Walter J. Chwals, Kevin P. Lally, Hart Isaacs, Melvin O. Senac
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 1994-04-01

Overfeeding-Associated Hyperglycemia and Injury-Response Homeostasis in Critically Ill NeonatesMarch 2018

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