Education

• Fellowship, Pediatric Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 1991
• Fellowship, Surg-Research, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 1989
• Fellowship, Research, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Ctr, 1985
• Residency, General Surgery, New York Medical College, 1987
• Residency, General Surgery, New York Medical College, 1983
• Internship, Surgery, New York Medical College, 1982
• MD, New York Medical College, 1981

Clinical Interests

• - chest wall deformities
• - hyperhidrosis
• - congenital anomalies of the colon and anus
• - inflammatory bowel disease
• - intestinal rehabilitation (short gut)
• - minimally invasive surgery
• - achalasia
• - trauma
• - all childhoood solid tumors

Research Interests

Professional Societies

• Southern Surgical Association (Member, 2005 - Present)
• Tampa Bay Surgical Society (Member, 2005 - Present)
• Hillsborough County Medical Assoc (Member, 2005 - Present)
• Florida Association of Pediatric Surgeons (Member, 2005 - Present)
• American Association for the Surgery of Trauma (Member, 1999 - Present)
• Society of University Surgeons (Member, 1998 - Present)
• American Pediatric Surgical Association (Fellow, 1994 - Present)
• American College of Surgeons (Fellow, 1994 - Present)
• Society of Critical Care Medicine (Member, 1992 - Present)
• Association of Academic Surgery (Member, 1980 - Present)

Selected Publications

Goldin, SB.Osborne, D.Paidas, C.Iannello, J.Gilbert-Barness, E.Karl, R.Wilsey, MJ.
Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor of the midesophagus.
Fetal and pediatric pathology. 26(5-6) : 243-54http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18363157

Keehn, CA.Myers, P.Paidas, CN.Gilbert-Barness, E.
Plexiform neurofibroma in type 1 neurofibromatosis.
Fetal and pediatric pathology. 25(2) : 87-93http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16908458

Aitken ME, McCarthy ML, Slomine BS, Ding R, Durbin DR, Jaffe KM, Paidas CN, Dorsch AM, Christensen JR, MacKenzie EJ and the CHAT Study Group
Family Burden Following Traumatic Brain Injury
Pediatrics. (123) : 199-206, 2009.

Steffensen TS, Paidas CN, Nora FE, Gilbert-Barness E.
Thirteen-year-old child with a malignant chest tumor: clinicopathologic conference
Fetal Pediatri Pathol. 6(28) : 262-73, 2009.

Olbrecht, VA.Nabaweesi, R.Arnold, MA.Chandler, N.Chang, DC.McIltrot, KH.Abdullah, F.Paidas, CN.Colombani, PM.
Pectus bar repair of pectus excavatum in patients with connective tissue disease.
Journal of pediatric surgery. 44(9) : 1812-6, 2009.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19735830

Arndt, CA.Stoner, JA.Hawkins, DS.Rodeberg, DA.Hayes-Jordan, AA.Paidas, CN.Parham, DM.Teot, LA.Wharam, MD.Breneman, JC.Donaldson, SS.Anderson, JR.Meyer, WH.
Vincristine, actinomycin, and cyclophosphamide compared with vincristine, actinomycin, and cyclophosphamide alternating with vincristine, topotecan, and cyclophosphamide for intermediate-risk rhabdomyosarcoma: children's oncology group study D9803.
Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology. 27(31) : 5182-8, 2009.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19770373

Hayes-Jordan, A.Stoner, JA.Anderson, JR.Rodeberg, D.Weiner, G.Meyer, WH.Hawkins, DS.Arndt, CA.Paidas, C.
The impact of surgical excision in chest wall rhabdomyosarcoma: a report from the Children's Oncology Group.
Journal of pediatric surgery. 43(5) : 831-6, 2008.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18485948

Khanna, P.Paidas, CN.Gilbert-Barness, E.
Alveolar soft part sarcoma: clinical, histopathological, molecular, and ultrastructural aspects.
Fetal and pediatric pathology. 27(1) : 31-40, 2008.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18568987

Droc, CL.Khanna, P.Paidas, CN.Gilbert-Barness, E.
Embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma arising in the ureter.
Fetal and pediatric pathology. 27(1) : 1-11, 2008.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18568985

Olbrecht VA, Arnold MA, Nabaweesi R, Chang DC, McIltrot KH, Abdullah F, Paidas CN, Colombani PM.
Lorenz Bar repair of Pectus Excavatum in the Adult Population: Should it be done?
Ann Thoracic Surg. 2(86) : 402-9, 2008.

Olbrecht VA, Abdullah F, Arnold MA, Nabaweesi R, Chang DC, McIltrot KH, Paidas CN, Colombani PM
Upper sternal depression following Lorenz bar repair of pectus excavatum
Pediatr Surg Int. 7(24) : 843-6, 2008.