John Aiken, MD 

Titles
Pediatric surgeon, Children's Hospital of Wisconsin; associate professor, Pediatric Surgery, Medical College of Wisconsin.

Division
Cancer, surgery

Research interests
Birthmarks and vascular anomalies

Study interests
Surgical oncology, vascular malformations.

Education
Medical degree, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, 1984; residency, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, 1987 and 1991; fellowship, Children's Hospital, Boston, 1989; fellowship, Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, 1993.

Certifications
American Board of General Surgery, May 1995 and October 2004; American Board of Pediatric Surgery, March 2000; Advanced Trauma Life Support, March 2003.

Honors
Alpha Omega Alpha Alumni Award, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Admissions Committee; Varsity ice hockey, Big Brother Association of Boston; Science Tutor in the Educational Enrichment Program, Harvard College; Student Teaching Award, Medical College of Wisconsin, 2002; Among the top five vote-getters for the number of citations given by students as "Excellent Faculty Teaching."

Representative publications

  • Aiken JJ, Oldham KT. Epigastric Hernias. In Behrman R, Kliegman RM, Jenson HB, Stanton BF (eds) Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics, eighteenth edition. Elsevier Publishers, Philadelphia, Pa.  (In press).
  • Aiken JJ, Oldham KT. Surgical Principles for Lung Resection. In Gupta DK (ed) IAPS-Textbook in Pediatric Surgery. Indian Association of Pediatric Surgeons Ansari Nagar, New Delhi, India. (In press).
  • Aiken JJ. Congenital Pyloric Stenosis and Duodenal Obstruction. Master of Surgery, fifth edition. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia, Pa., 2006.
  • Aiken JJ. Inguinal Hernias. Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics, eighteenth edition. Elsevier, Inc. 2005.
  • Aiken JJ, Oldham KT. Acute Appendicitis. Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics, eighteenth edition. Elsevier, Inc. 2005.
  • Aiken JJ, Oldham KT. Pediatric Head and Neck Surgery. Surgery Scientific, Principles and Practice, fourth edition. 2005.

Contact
Children's Research Institute
8701 Watertown Plank Road
Wauwatosa, WI 53226
Phone: (414) 266-6550
Fax: (414) 266-6579
E-mail: jaiken@chw.org

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