Dr. Shawn David Safford M.D.
Surgeon
500 UNIVERSITY DRIVE HERSHEY PA, 17033About
Dr. Shawn Safford is a general surgeon practicing in Bethesda, MD. Dr. Safford specializes in abdominal contents including the esophagus, stomach, liver, gallbladder, pancreas and often thyroid glands. General surgeons are able to deal with almost any surgical or critical care emergency, also involving the skin or soft tissue trauma. Dr. Safford provides quality surgical service for gravely ill or injured patients and is able to respond quickly due to knowledge of various surgical procedures.
Board Certification
SurgeryAmerican Board of SurgeryABS- Pediatric Surgery
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Management of cholelithiasis in pediatric patients who undergo bone marrow transplantation.
- Neurogenic differentiation of murine and human adipose-derived stromal cells.
- Preoperative embolization as an adjunct to the operative management of mediastinal Castleman disease.
- RET tyrosine kinase and medullary thyroid cells are unaffected by clinical doses of STI571.
- Characterization of neuronal/glial differentiation of murine adipose-derived adult stromal cells.
- Effects of age and size in the ears of gekkonomorph lizards: middle-ear morphology with evolutionary implications.
- Longitudinal mechanical tension induces growth in the small bowel of juvenile rats.
- Renal aplasia in humans is associated with RET mutations.
- Spinal abscess presenting as the initial symptom of Crohn's disease.
- Three phases of disaster relief in Haiti--pediatric surgical care on board the United States Naval Ship Comfort.
- Evaluation of intestinal viability using 3-charge coupled device image enhancement technology in a pediatric laparoscopic appendectomy model.
- Continuing promise 2009--assessment of a recent pediatric surgical humanitarian mission.
- Haitian earthquake relief: disaster response aboard the USNS comfort.
- Paediatric trauma on the Last Frontier: an 11-year review of injury mechanisms, high-risk injury patterns and outcomes in Alaskan children.
- Helmet use among Alaskan children involved in off-road motorized vehicle crashes.
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