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Elliot Pennington, MD, Pediatric (General) Surgery, Grand Rapids, MI

ElliotCarrPenningtonMD

Pediatric (General) Surgery Grand Rapids, MI

Research Fellow in Surgery, Boston Children's Hospital

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Education & Training

  • McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University
    McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern UniversityFellowship, Pediatric Surgery, 2016 - 2018
  • Boston University Medical Center
    Boston University Medical CenterResidency, Surgery, 2013 - 2016
  • Boston Children's Hospital
    Boston Children's HospitalPost-Doctoral Fellowship, Fetal Tissue Engineering, 2011 - 2013
  • Boston University Medical Center
    Boston University Medical CenterResidency, Surgery, 2009 - 2011
  • University of Missouri-Columbia School of Medicine
    University of Missouri-Columbia School of MedicineClass of 2009
  • University of Rochester
    University of RochesterBA, Race and Gender Studies, American Sign Language (minor), Cum Laude, 2001 - 2005

Certifications & Licensure

  • MI State Medical License
    MI State Medical License 2018 - 2025
  • TX State Medical License
    TX State Medical License 2023 - 2024
  • MA State Medical License
    MA State Medical License 2011 - 2022
  • IL State Medical License
    IL State Medical License 2016 - 2020
  • American Board of Surgery Surgery
  • American Board of Surgery Pediatric Surgery

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • Best Poster in Basic Science Massachusetts Chapter of the American College of Surgeons, 2011
  • Top Ten Pediatric Emergency Medicine Articles of 2010-2011, Qualitative Research category American Academy of Pediatrics, 2011
  • Kluge Trauma and EMS Award Rochester Academy of Medicine (Acad Emerg Med), 2008
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Journal Articles

  • Intestinal perforation due to minor blunt abdominal trauma--a harbinger of underlying disease pathology  
    Onwubiko C, Pennington EC, Mooney DP, Jennings RW., J Pediatr Surg Case Reports, 1/1/2014

Books/Book Chapters

Abstracts/Posters

  • Identifying Predictors of Surgical Site Infections after Cholecystectomy.
    Brian N Williams, BA; Elliot Pennington, MD; Kamal MF Itani, MD; Vivian M Sanchez, MD, Boston University School of Medicine Surgical Research Day, Boston, MA, 1/1/2016
  • Optimization of Craniofacial Repair with aMSC-Engineered Fetal Bone Grafts: Nanofibrous vs. Hybrid Scaffolds
    Gray FL, Turner CG, Ahmed A, Pennington EC, Dionigi B, Darrah T, Faraj KA, Zurakowski D, Fauza DO, J Surg Res, 1/1/2014
  • Impact of Gestational Age on Targeted Amniotic Cell Profiling in Experimental Neural Tube Defects
    Pennington EC, Rialon KL, Dionigi B, Ahmed A, Zurakowski D, Fauza DO, J Surg Res., 1/1/2014
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Lectures

  • Blunt Abdominal Trauma 
    Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children�s Hospital of Chicago - 1/1/2017
  • Impact of Gestational Age on Targeted Amniotic Cell Profiling in Experimental Neural Tube Defects. 
    Boston, MA - 1/1/2016
  • Right Thoracoscopic (VATS) Truncal Vagotomy for Marginal Ulcers after Gastric Bypass Surgery 
    Boston, MA - 1/1/2016
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Other

  • Participating in Scholarly Research in Emergency Medicine: Part II of II. 
    Pennington EC, Fertel B, EM Resident.
    1/1/2009
  • Erase Educational Debt 
    Pennington EC, EM Resident
    1/1/2008
  • Use Caution When Participating in Facebook 
    Pennington EC, ACEP News
    1/1/2008
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Press Mentions

  • Sweet Baby, Big Victories
    Sweet Baby, Big VictoriesAugust 19th, 2019
  • ‘Get up, Face It and Just Keep Going’
    ‘Get up, Face It and Just Keep Going’August 5th, 2019
  • "Arise, Face It and Hold Transferring Ahead"
    "Arise, Face It and Hold Transferring Ahead"January 14th, 2019
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