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Office
800 Washington St
Boston, MA 02111Phone+1 617-636-5000- Is this information wrong?
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 - 2024
- 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
- America's Top Doctors Castle Connolly, 2011-2014
- Boston Magazine Castle Connolly, 2010-2013
- Fellow (FCCM) American College of Critical Care Medicine
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Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- The Benefit of Cost-Transparency Calculators Does Not Extend to Vascular Surgery Patients.Alexandra Tedesco, Joshua A Bloom, Jessica Lee, Billy Nicholson, Tina Moon, Manish Karamchandani, Walter Chwals, Abhishek Chatterjee, Payam Salehi> ;Annals of Vascular Surgery. 2024 Jan 1
- 44 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, David K. Stevenson, Gail E. Besner, Abhik Das, Robin K. Ohls, William E Truog, Leif D...> ;Annals of Surgery. 2021 Oct 1
- Commentary regarding the impact of malnutrition (nutritional imbalance) on pediatric surgical outcome.Walter J. Chwals> ;Journal of Pediatric Surgery. 2021 Mar 1
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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
Hospital Affiliations
- Tufts Medical CenterBoston, Massachusetts
- MetroWest Medical CenterFramingham, Massachusetts
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