Biography
Dr. Sarah Cairo is a pediatric surgeon with training in minimally invasive procedures for newborns and children. She is interested in improving access to care for pediatric patients with complex colorectal diseases and creating teams to meet their needs. She is part of the UCSF Center for Health Equity in Surgery and Anesthesia.
Cairo's research focuses on improving access – both domestically and internationally – to general medical care and surgery as well as improving the quality of these. She also studies transitions in care for kids who need surgery. She has received grants for her work in surgical education and global health, specifically for examining pediatric surgical capacity in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Cairo earned her medical degree at Tufts University School of Medicine. At Tufts, she also earned a master of public health degree that focused on infection control and sexual health in the criminal justice system and on human trafficking and women's health. She completed a residency in general surgery at Maine Medical Center and a fellowship in pediatric surgery at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center.
Cairo has worked with several international groups, including the Global Initiative for Children's Surgery and the Foundation for International Medical Relief of Children.
Education
Tufts University, MD, 2013
Maine Medical Center, General Surgery, 2020
University of Texas Southwestern, Pediatric Surgery, 2022
Publications
- Response to the letter to the editor for our article entitled "Utility of continuous pulse co-oximetry for hemoglobin monitoring in pediatric patients with solid organ injuries at level 1 trauma centers: A pilot study".| | View in PubMed
- Utility of continuous pulse CO-oximetry for hemoglobin monitoring in pediatric patients with solid organ injuries at level 1 trauma centers: A pilot study.| | View in PubMed
- Delayed Surgical Management of an Unusual Classic Bladder Exstrophy Variant.| | View in PubMed
- Pediatric Abdominal Malignancies and Intravascular Extension: Contemporary Single-Center Experience.| | View in PubMed
- Multimodality treatment of pediatric Ewing sarcoma: A single-center 10-year analysis of outcomes.| | View in PubMed
- Effect of Quarantine and Reopening Measures on Pediatric Trauma Admissions During the 2019 SARS-CoV2 Virus Pandemic.| | View in PubMed
- Geospatial Mapping of Pediatric Surgical Capacity in North Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo.| | View in PubMed
- Surgical Repair of Orofacial Clefts in North Kivu Province of Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).| | View in PubMed
- Unintentional Window Falls in Children and Adolescents.| | View in PubMed
- Gastrostomy tube placement in neonates undergoing tracheostomy: an opportunity to coordinate care?| | View in PubMed
- Association of perioperative red blood cell transfusion with postoperative venous thromboembolism in pediatric patients: A propensity score matched analysis.| | View in PubMed
- Provider education decreases opioid prescribing after pediatric umbilical hernia repair.| | View in PubMed
- Porcine bladder extracellular matrix in paediatric pilonidal wound care: healing and patient experience evaluation.| | View in PubMed
- Variability in perioperative evaluation and resource utilization in pediatric patients with suspected biliary dyskinesia: A multi-institutional retrospective cohort study.| | View in PubMed
- Variation in postoperative narcotic prescribing after pediatric appendectomy.| | View in PubMed
- Down Syndrome and Postoperative Complications in Children Undergoing Intestinal Operations.| | View in PubMed
- Trends in hospital length of stay and 30-day morbidity in pediatric patients undergoing laparoscopic ileocecal resection, 2012-2016.| | View in PubMed
- Direct hyperbilirubinemia in newborns with gastroschisis.| | View in PubMed
- Comparing Percutaneous to Open Access for Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation in Pediatric Respiratory Failure.| | View in PubMed
- Quantitative Analysis of Surgical Residency Reform: Using Case-Logs to Evaluate Resident Experience.| | View in PubMed
- Response to Letter to the Editor; Comments on "Challenges in Transition of Care for Pediatric Patients after Weight-Reduction Surgery: a Systematic Review and Recommendations for Comprehensive Care".| | View in PubMed
- Controversies in extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) utilization and congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) repair using a Delphi approach: from the American Pediatric Surgical Association Critical Care Committee (APSA-CCC).| | View in PubMed
- Operations for Suspected Neoplasms in a Resource-Limited Setting: Experience and Challenges in the Eastern Democratic of Congo.| | View in PubMed
- Minimally invasive surgical exposure among US and Canadian pediatric surgery trainees, 2004-2016.| | View in PubMed
- Long-term results of cholecystectomy for biliary dyskinesia: outcomes and resource utilization.| | View in PubMed
- Challenges in Transition of Care for Pediatric Patients after Weight-Reduction Surgery: a Systematic Review and Recommendations for Comprehensive Care.| | View in PubMed
- Challenges in Transition of Care for Patients With Anorectal Malformations: A Systematic Review and Recommendations for Comprehensive Care.| | View in PubMed
- Neurosurgical management of hydrocephalus by a general surgeon in an extremely low resource setting: initial experience in North Kivu province of Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.| | View in PubMed
- Prehospital education in triage for pediatric and pregnant patients in a regional trauma system without collocated pediatric and adult trauma centers.| | View in PubMed
- Mortality after emergency abdominal operations in premature infants.| | View in PubMed
- Risk factors for venous thromboembolic events in pediatric surgical patients: Defining indications for prophylaxis.| | View in PubMed
- Association of Same-Day Discharge With Hospital Readmission After Appendectomy in Pediatric Patients.| | View in PubMed
- Minimally Invasive Surgery in the Management of Anorectal Malformations.| | View in PubMed
- Characterizing pediatric surgical capacity in the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo: results of a pilot study.| | View in PubMed
- Influence of discharge timing and diagnosis on outcomes of pediatric laparoscopic cholecystectomy.| | View in PubMed
- Transitions in care from pediatric to adult general surgery: Evaluating an unmet need for patients with anorectal malformation and Hirschsprung disease.| | View in PubMed
- The impact of obesity on 30-day complications in pediatric surgery.| | View in PubMed
- Novel use of porcine extracellular matrix in recurrent stricture following repair of tracheoesophageal fistula.| | View in PubMed
- Disparity in access and outcomes for emergency neonatal surgery: intestinal atresia in Kampala, Uganda.| | View in PubMed
- The use of perioperative ketorolac in the surgical treatment of pediatric spontaneous pneumothorax.| | View in PubMed
- Pneumonia prevention in intubated patients given sucralfate versus proton-pump inhibitors and/or histamine II receptor blockers.| | View in PubMed