Sawaya, David E., Jr., M.D.

Primary Practice Location:
University Hospital
2500 N. State St.
Jackson, MS 39216

Appointments: (888) 815-2005

Areas of Practice: Children's General Surgery

Education

Board Certification:	General Surgery, Pediatric Surgery
Medical Education:	Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Shreveport
Internship Program:	Louisiana State University Medical Center
Residency Program:	Louisiana State University Medical Center
Fellowship Program:	Johns Hopkins Hospital

Current Positions

Program Director, Pediatric Surgery Fellowship , School of Medicine	07/2015 - Present
Associate Professor , School of Medicine, Department of Surgery	07/2012 - Present
The University of Mississippi Medical Center Jackson, Mississippi 39216

Education

American College of Surgeons, MD, Surgeons as Educators Course	2012
Children's National Medical Center, Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Course	2009
John Hopkins Hospital, MD, Pediatric Surgery Fellowship	2007
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, St. Jude Pediatric Oncology Course	2007
Tulane University, Laparoscopic Colectomy Course	2004
Tulane University, Laparoscopic Ventral Hernia Course	2004
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, MD, General Surgery Residency	2000
Louisiana State University Medical Center, MD, Medical School	1994
Louisiana State University, BS, Zoology	1990
Army National Guard - Fort Sam, Operationg Room Specialist	1986
Army National Guard - Fort Jackson, Basic Training	1985

Specialty Certification Licensure

Certification, General Surgery Certification, American Board of Surgery	02/2001 - 07/2021
Certification, Pediatric Surgery Certification, American Board of Surgery	03/2008 - 07/2018
Licensure, Louisiana State Medical License	07/1994 - 12/2009
Licensure, Maryland State Medical Licensure	07/2005 - 09/2009
Licensure, Mississippi State Medical License	08/2008 - 06/2009

Academic Appointments or Other Previous Appointments

General Surgery Clerkship Director, University of MIssissippi Medical Center, School of Medicine, Department of Surgery	06/2009 - 02/2013
Assistant Professor, UMMC, School of Medicine	07/2008 - 06/2012
Assistant Professor, John Hopkins Hospital, School of Medicine, Department of Surgery	07/2007 - 06/2008
Private Practice General Surgery, Acadiana Surgical Clinic, Doctors' Hospital of Opelousas, Opelousas General Hospital, School of	12/2000 - 06/2005
Attending Emergency Room Physician, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Level I Trauma Center, School of	07/2000 - 12/2000
Officer, Louisiana Army National Guard, 159th MASH, Jackson Barracks, Louisiana, School of	04/1991 - 02/1997
E-5, Louisiana Army National Guard, 159th MASH, Jackson Barracks, Louisiana, School of	1985 - 04/1991

Honors, Awards, and Recognition

Chief Administrative Surgical resident, LSUHSC Department of Surgery

1999

Professional Membership and Service

Association for Academic Surgeons, Member	2011 - 2016
Children's Oncology Group, Member, Principle Surgical Investigator for UMMC	2010 - 2017
American Pediatric Surgical Association, Member, Industry Advisory Committee Member Program Directors Committee Member	2009 - 2017
American Academy of Pediatrics, Member	2009 - 2016
International Pediatric Endosurgical Group, Member	2008 - Present
SAGES/IPEG, Member	2001 - 2012
St Landry Parish Medical Society, Member	2001 - 2005
Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons, Member	2000 - 2005
American College of Surgeons, Member	1995 - 2016
American Medical Association, Member	1991 - 2014

Committee Service

SCHOOL OF MEDICINE-RESIDENCY REVIEW SUBCOMMITTEE, Member	2016 - 2018
American Pediatric Surgical Association Industry Advisory Committee, Member	2015 - Present
Pediatric Surgery Training Program Clinical Competency Committee, Chair	2015 - Present
General Surgery Clinical Competency Committee, Member	2015 - 2017
THE UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS AND CLINICS-CREDENTIALS, Member	2015 - 2017
Pediatric Surgery Program Director's Committee-American College of Surgery, Member	2015 - Present
Pediatric Surgery Program Director's Committee-American Pediatric Surgical Association, Member	2015 - Present
Cancer Quality Committee, Member	2012 - 2014
Pediatric Surgery Training Program Evaluation Committee, Member	2011 - Present
Pediatric Surgery Training Program Clinical Competency Committee, Member	2011 - 2015
School of Medicine - LCME Institutional Setting Subcommittee, Member	2011 - 2012
Children's Oncology Group Principle Surgical Investigator, Principle Surgical Investigator for UMMC	2010 - Present
School of Medicine - Clinical Course Directors Subcommittee, Member	2009 - 2013
SCHOOL OF MEDICINE-CURRICULUM, Member	2009 - 2017
University of Mississippi Department of Surgery - Education Committee, Member	2009 - Present
Pediatric Trauma Committee, Member	2008 - Present

Other Service

Medical Student Mentoring for Careers in General and Pediatric Surgery, Mentor

Publications

Journal Article
Morris MW, Sullivan L, Sawaya DE, Steiner MA, Nowicki MJ Gastric plexiform fibromyxoma tumor in a child - Case report and review of the literature Journal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reports. 2015; 4:38-41	2015
Williams PW, Brown KB, Westmoreland T, Herrington B, Sawaya D, Rezeanu L, Nowicki MJ Gastric metastasis from an Alveolar Soft Part Sarcoma in a Child: Case Report and Review of the Literature J of Pediatric Hematology-Oncology. 2014;36(3):e173-6	2014
Redmond P, Sawaya D, Nowicki M Bowel Obstruction due to Multiple Retained Foreign Bodies in a Meckel Diverticulum J Pediatr. 2014; 165(3):639-639.e1	2014
Westmoreland T, Williams PW, Brown KB, Ishaq N, Young-Gaylor L, Sawaya DE, Nowicki MJ Endoscopic-assisted laparascopic removal of a gastric neurofibroma in an adolescent J of Pediatric Surgery Case Reports. 2013;1:333-336	2013
Morris M, Berch BR, Westmoreland T, Sawaya DE, Blewett CB Resection of a giant hepatic adenoma in an 8 year old girl. American Surgeon. 2013	2013
Morris M, Westmoreland T, Sawaya D, Blewett C Staged Closure with Negative Pressure Wound Therapy for Gastroschisis with Liver Herniation: A Case Report J of Pediatric Surgery. 2013;48(5)E13-5	2013
Glover P, Westmoreland T, Sawaya D, Giles H, Nowicki M Esophageal diverticulum arising from a prolonged retained esophageal foreign body J of Pediatric Surgery. 2013; 48(2):e9-12	2013
Williams P, Jameson S, Bishop P, Sawaya D, Nowicki M Esophageal foreign bodies and eosinophilic esophagitis(EoE)-the need for esophageal mucosal biopsy:a 12-year survey across pediatric subspecialties. Surgical Endoscopy. 2013; DOI10.1007/s00464-012-2742-1	2013
Morris M, Caskey R, Mitchell M, Sawaya D Uncommon presentation of rare disorder - duodenal ulcer secondary to invasive pancreatic primitive neuroectodermal tumor. Case report and review of the literature J of Surgical Research. 2012; 177:33-36	2012
Keeling L, Gordon C, Sawaya D, Giles H, Nowicki M T Synovial sarcoma leading to an esophageal-pulmonary fistula in a child Am J Case Rep. 2012;13:128-132	2012
Sawaya D, Gearhart J. Gastrointestinal Reconstruction and Outcomes for Patients with the OEIS complex. Seminars in Pediatric Surgery. In Press for May 2011	2011
Maxwell L, Hederman A, Jackson C, Sawaya D, Giles H, Nowicki M. Uncommon presentation of rare disorder - duodenal ulcer secondary to invasive pancreatic primitive neuroectodermal tumor. Case report and review of the literature. Journal of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology. In Press.	2011
Hamilton B, Sawaya D, Blewett C, Replogle W. Comparison of Conventional Laparoscopic Appendectomy and Single Incision Laparascopic Appendectomy in Pediatric Patients: A Retrospective Review. Journal of the Mississippi State Medical Associaton. 2010: 51(10): 283-284.	2010
Keller M, Snyder D, Sawaya D. Operator Estimate of Surgical Margins in Colon and Rectal Surgery. Journal of the Mississippi State Medical Associaton. 2010; 51(10): 286	2010
Simmons J, Gunter III J, Manley J, Sawaya D, Blewett C. Stapled Intestinal Anastomosis in Neonates: Validation of Safety and Efficacy. American Surgeon. 2010; 76(6): 644-646.	2010
Sawaya D, Goldstein S, Seetharamaiah R, Suson K, Nabaweesi R, Colombani P, Gearhart J. Gastrointestinal Ramifications of the Cloacal Exstrophy Complex. The Journal of Pediatric Surgery. 2010; 45(1): 171-176.	2010
Nabaweesi R, Arnold M, Chang D, Rossberg M, Ziegfield S, Sawaya D, Bathurst M, Colombani P, Abdullah F. Prehospital Predictors of Risk for Pelvic Fractures in Pediatric Trauma Patients. Pediatric Surgery International. 2008; 24(9): 1053-1056	2008
Sawaya DE, Zibari GB, Johnson LW Iatrogenic and Traumatic Extrahepatic Biliary Tract Injuries:A Multi-Institutional Review The American Surgeon. May 2001, 67(5) 473-477	2001
Zibari GB, Boykin KN, Sawaya DE, Abreo KD, Gonzalez E, Gebel HM, McDonald JC Pancreatic Transplantation and Subsequent Graft Surveillance by Pancreatic Portal-Enteric Anastomosis and Temporary Venting Jejunostomy Annals of Surgery. May 2001: 233(5) 639-644	2001
Howell JG, Zibari GB, Brown M, Burney D, Sawaya DE, Olinde J, Granger DN, McDonald JC Both Mechanical and Pharmacological Preconditioning Decrease Hepatic Leukocyte/Endothelial Cell Interactions Transplantation. Jan 2000,69(2) 300-303	2000
Sawaya DE, Zibari GB, Minardi A, Bilton B, Burney D, Granger DN, McDonald JC, Brown M P-Selectin Contributes to the Initial Recruitment of Rolling and Adherent Leukocytes in Hepatic Venules after Ischemia/Reperfusion Shock:September 1999,12(3)227-232.	1999
Sawaya DE, Brown M, Minardi A, Bilton B, Burney D, Granger DN, McDonald JC, Zibari GB The Role of Ischemic Preconditioning in the Recruitment of Rolling and Adherent Leukocytes in Hepatic Venules after Ischemia/Reperfusion Journal of Surgical Research. July 1999, 85(1) 163-170.	1999
Aultman D, Sawaya DE, Zibari GB, McDonald JC Quality of Life after Renal Transplantation Kidney Diseases. 1999, 34(1):61-64	1999
Bagby GJ, Sawaya DE, Crouch LD, Shepherd. Prior Exercise Suppresses the Serum Tumor Necrosis Factor Response to Bacterial Lipopolysaccharide Journal of Applied Physiology.1994, 77(3)1542-1547.	1994
Book Chapter
Sawaya D, Colombani P. Chapter 14 Pediatric Thoracic Trauma. In Puri P & Hollworth M (eds): Pediatric Surgery: Diagnosis and Management. 2009; 133-141	2009

Presentations

State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Update on Pediatric Surgical Training Program Requirements, UMMC	06/2016
State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Choledochal Cyst Management, UMMC	05/2016
State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Residents as Teachers, University of Mississippi Department of Surgery Grand Rounds, Jackson, MS	01/2014
Regional Invited Seminars/Lectures, Biliary Atresia: A Five Year Experience at UMMC, The Hardy Society Annual Meeting	06/2013
State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, The Surgery Clerkship: Faculty Expectations and Teaching Responsibilities, University of Mississippi General Suragery Grand Rounds, Jackson, MS	08/2012
State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Surgical Diseases of the Hepatobiliary Tree in Neonates, University of Mississippi Department of Pathology Grand Rounds, Jackson, MS	07/2012
State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Surgical Diseases of the Hepatobiliary Tree in Neonates, University of Mississippi Pediatric Surgery Grand Rounds, Jackson, MS	05/2012
State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Pediatric Gallstone Disease, Pediatric hematology/Oncology Seminar, Jackson, MS	05/2011
State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Fetal Surgery, Annual UMMC Nursing Conference	04/2011
State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Careers in Pediatric Surgery, University of Mississippi Surgery Interest Group, Jackson, MS	01/2010
National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Gastrointestinal Ramifications of the Cloacal Exstrophy Complex: A 44-year Experience, American Pediatric Surgical Association Annual Meeting, Peurto Rico	2009
State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Current Surgical Therapy for Necrotizing Enterocolitis and Appendicitis, Mississippi Chapter of American Academy of Pediatrics, Jackson, MS	11/2008
State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Current Surgical Therapy for Appendicitis and Necrotizing Enterocolitis, American Academy of Pediatrics, Mississippi Chapter Annual Meeting	2008
Regional Invited Seminars/Lectures, Iatrogenic and Non-Iatrogenic Extrahepatic Biliary Tract Injuries: A Multi-Institutional Review, The Southeastern Surgical Congress Annual Meeting, Lake Buena Vista, FL	02/2000
State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Iatrogenic and Non-Iatrogenic Extrahepatic Biliary Tract Injuries: A Multi-Institutional Review, Louisana Chapter of the American College of Surgeons, New Orleans, LA	1999
National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, The Efficacy of ERCP for Gallstone Disease, The Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgery Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA	1999
National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, The Role of Ischemic Preconditioning in the Recruitment of Rolling and Adherent Leukocytes in Hepatic Venules after Ischemia/Reperfusion, The Association of Academic Surgeons Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA	11/1998
National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, P-Selectin Contributes to the Initial Recruitment of Rolling and Adherent Leukocytes in Hepatic Venules after Ischemia/Reperfusion, The American Society of Transplant Surgeons Annual Meeting, Chicago, Il	05/1998
State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, The Efficacy of ERCP for Gallstone Disease, The Louisiana Chapter of the American College of Surgeons, New Orleans LA	1998
State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Quality of Life after Renal Transplantation, The Louisiana Chapter of the American College of Surgeons, New Orleans LA	1997

Teaching Experience

Medicine, Course, Course Director, General Surgery Clerkship	Spring 2013
Medicine, Course, Course Director, General Surgery Clerkship	Annual 2012
Medicine, Course, Course Director, General Surgery Clerkship	Annual 2011
Medicine, Course, Course Director, General Surgery Clerkship	Annual 2010
Medicine, Course, Course Director, General Surgery Clerkship	Fall 2009

Directed Student Learning

Preceptor

2008 - 2017

Residency Training

University Mississippi Medical Center Dept of Surgery, Attending Physician	2008 - 06/2017
Johns Hopkins Pediatric Surgery, Attending Physician	2007 - 07/2008

Fellows supervised

UMMC Pediatric Surgery Fellowship, Fellowship Director, 1 fellows supervised, Michael Morris, MD	07/2015 - Present
Pediatric Surgery Fellowship, Assistant Fellowship Director, 1 fellows supervised, Richard Herman, MD	07/2013 - 06/2015
Pediatric Surgery Fellowship, Attending Physician, 1 fellows supervised, Tammy Westmoreland, MD	07/2011 - 06/2013
Johns Hopkins Pediatric Surgery, Attending Physician, 2 fellows supervised, Nicole Chandler MD/Manuel Torres MD	07/2007 - 06/2008

Sawaya, David E., Jr., M.D.

Education

Current Positions

Education

Specialty Certification Licensure

Academic Appointments or Other Previous Appointments

Honors, Awards, and Recognition

Professional Membership and Service

Committee Service

Other Service

Publications

Journal Article

Book Chapter

Presentations

Teaching Experience

Directed Student Learning

Residency Training

Fellows supervised

Services & Procedures