Shawn Stafford, M.D.
Associate Professor
Positions
- Associate Professor
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Surgery
Pediatric Surgery
ÌÇÐÄvlogÃÛÌÒ of Medicine
The Woodlands, Texas, United States
- Chief Surgical Officer
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Texas Children's Hospital The Woodlands
- Surgical Director, Adolescent Bariatric Surgery
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Texas Children's Hospital
Addresses
- Texas Children's Hospital, The Woodlands (Clinic)
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Outpatient Building, 3rd Floor
17580 Interstate 45 South
The Woodlands, TX, 77384
United States
Phone: (936) 267-7333
sjstaffo@texaschildrens.org
Education
- BA from Hawaii Pacific University
- 01/1998 - Honolulu, Hawaii, United States
- Psychology
- MD from Medical University of South Carolina
- 05/2002 - Charleston, South Carolina, United States
- Internship at Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center New ORleans
- 05/2003 - New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
- General Surgery
- Residency at Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center New Orleans
- 05/2007 - New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
- General Surgery
- Fellowship at Children's Hospital of Michigan, Wayne State University
- 05/2009 - Detroit, Michigan, United States
- Pediatric Surgery
Certifications
- Pediatric Surgery
- #1131
- American Board of Surgery
- General Surgery
- #53044
- American College of Surgeons
Honors & Awards
- Rowena Spencer Award for Excellence in Pediatric Surgery
- LSU
Professional Interests
- Minimally invasive surgery
- Bariatric Surgery
Professional Statement
As a pediatric surgeon, Dr. Stafford is interested in minimally invasive surgery as well as innovation of processes and techniques to improve clinical outcomes. As the Director of Bariatric Surgery at Texas Children’s Hospital, Dr. Stafford has been focused on making a significant impact on the health and wellbeing of adolescents affected by obesity and its comorbidities. In this capacity he serves on the American Pediatric Surgical Association’s Childhood Obesity Committee. Under his leadership, Texas Children's Hospital Adolescent Bariatric Surgery program became one of seven programs affiliated with a children's hospital to receive accreditation under the American Society of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS). Dr. Shawn J. Stafford entered medical school at the Medical University of South Carolina after serving an eight-year enlistment in the United States Navy. He went on to complete a residency at Louisiana State University. During his time at LSU he was involved in research looking at angiogenesis and its impact on malignancy and wound healing. Additionally, he was instrumental in the development of a novel injectable for sentinel lymph node dissection which is currently being submitted for a patent. During his fourth year of residency he had the privilege of taking care of patients during Hurricane Katrina, as he was the senior surgical resident on call at the University Hospital for the duration of the storm and its aftermath. In 2007, he entered a pediatric surgery fellowship at the Children’s Hospital of Michigan.
After completing his training, Dr. Stafford relocated to Tucson, Arizona and became part of a high-volume private practice, covering all of southern Arizona and western New Mexico for six years. He returned to LSU to become an assistant professor of Pediatric Surgery based out of the Children’s Hospital of New Orleans. Here, he focused on his interests in minimally invasive, single incision and robotic assisted surgery.
After completing his training, Dr. Stafford relocated to Tucson, Arizona and became part of a high-volume private practice, covering all of southern Arizona and western New Mexico for six years. He returned to LSU to become an assistant professor of Pediatric Surgery based out of the Children’s Hospital of New Orleans. Here, he focused on his interests in minimally invasive, single incision and robotic assisted surgery.
Websites
Division of Pediatric surgery
Texas Children's Hospital Bariatric Surgery
Selected Publications
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Harkrider WW, Diebold AE, Maloney T, Espenan G, Wang YZ, Stafford SJ, Camp A, Frey D, Chappuis C, Woltering EA. " A phase I/II trial of 125I methylene blue for one-stage sentinel lymph node biopsy. " Annals of Surgery. 2007 Feb ;
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Harkrider WW1, Diebold AE, Maloney T, Espenan G, Wang YZ, Stafford SJ, Camp A, Frey D, Chappuis C, Woltering EA.. " An extended phase II trial of iodine-125 methylene blue for sentinel lymph node identification in women with breast cancer. " J Am Coll Surg. 2013 Apr ;
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Stafford SJ, Peyman GA, Conway MD, Kazi AA, AnthonyCT, Blake DA, Woltering EA. " Clearance of Radiolabeled Somatostatin Analogs from the Vitreous: Implications for Targeted Intravitreal Therapy with Radiolabeled Somatostatin Analogs. " Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2004 ;
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Stafford SJ, Schwimer J, Anthony CT, Thomson JL, Wang Y, Woltering EA. " Colchicine and 2-methoxyestradiol Inhibit Human Angiogenesis. " Journal of Surgical Research. 2005 May 1;
Memberships
- American College of Surgeons
- Fellow (10/2011)
- American Academy of Pediatrics
- Specialty Fellow (03/2010)
- The Society of Robotic Surgery
- Premier Member (02/2010)
- American Pediatric Surgery Association
- (05/2017)
- American Society of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery
- Affiliate Surgeon Member
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