Co-Director, Texas Children's Fetal Center; Associate Professor, Baylor College of Medicine
General Surgery
Dr. Darrell L. Cass, MD
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Darrell Cass practices General Surgery. He went to David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA is a top medical university. David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA is ranked 13 in research and 7 in primary care medicine He has 28 awards "America's Top Doctors", "Top Doctors:SE Texas", "Top Doctor", "Rosencranz Award for Resident Research", "2nd Place for Best Oral Presentation", "Top Docs", "Year's Best", ""Best Doctor" in America", "Fellow", "Member", "Lyndon Baines Johnson Research Award", "Molecular Surgeon Research Achievement Award", "Lyndon Baines Johnson Research Award, American Heart Association, Texas Affiliate", "Fellow (FACS)", "Vandenberge-Storz Award for Best Paper by a Young Investigator", "Best paper, American College of Surgeons, South Texas Chapter", "Vandenberge-Storz Award for best paper by a young investigator, International Fetal Medicine and Surgery Society", "Best Paper", "Postdoctoral Fellowship Award", "Juvenile Diabetes Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship Award", "Borun and Church Scholarships, UCLA School of Medicine", "Alpha Omega Alpha", "Varsity Letterman, Stanford University Baseball Team", "Borun and Church Scholarships", "Valedictorian", "Scholarship", "Los Angeles County Medical Association Scholarship" and "Varsity Letterman". Darrell Cass is a published physician. He has 87 publications published. The most current publication "Diminished interleukin-8 (IL-8) production in the fetal wound healing response."
Publications
- 5, 4, 3, 2, 1: embryologic variants of pentalogy of Cantrell.
- Predictive Value of MRI Findings for the Identification of a Hernia Sac in Fetuses With Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia.
- Defining and predicting 'intrauterine fetal renal failure' in Congenital lower urinary tract obstruction.
- Prenatal Therapy of Large Placental Chorioangiomas: Case Report and Review of the Literature.
- A novel multimodal computational system using near-infrared spectroscopy to monitor cerebral oxygenation during assisted ventilation in CDH patients.
- Risk-stratification of severity for infants With CDH: Prenatal versus postnatal predictors of outcome.
- Pulmonary capillary hemangiomatosis in a neonate with Congenital diaphragmatic hernia.
- Persistent hypercarbia after resuscitation is associated with increased mortality in Congenital diaphragmatic hernia patients.
- Comparison between laparoscopically assisted and standard fetoscopic laser ablation in patients With anterior and posterior placentation in twin-twin transfusion syndr...
- Are all pulmonary hypoplasias the same? A comparison of pulmonary outcomes in neonates with Congenital diaphragmatic hernia, omphalocele and Congenital lung malformation.
- Fetoscopic laser ablation of vasa previa for a fetus with a giant cervical lymphatic Malformation.
- Quantification of liver herniation in fetuses with isolated Congenital diaphragmatic hernia using two-dimensional ultrasonography.
- Resource utilization after gastrostomy tube placement: Defining areas of improvement for future quality improvement projects.
- Outcomes comparing dual-lumen to multisite venovenous ECMO in the pediatric population: The Extracorporeal Life Support Registry experience.
- Congenital heart anomaly in newborns with Congenital diaphragmatic hernia: a single-center experience.
- Fetal MRI lung volumes are predictive of perinatal outcomes in fetuses with Congenital lung masses.
- Use of corticosteroids after hepatoportoenterostomy for bile drainage in infants with biliary Atresia: the START randomized clinical trial.
- Fetal MRI improves diagnostic accuracy in patients referred to a fetal center for suspected Esophageal atresia.
- Mainstem bronchial Atresia: a lethal anomaly amenable to fetal surgical treatment.
- Prenatal MRI fetal lung volumes and percent liver herniation predict pulmonary morbidity in Congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH).
- Comparing characteristics and outcomes in infants with prenatal and postnatal diagnosis of Esophageal atresia.
- Fetal cardiac tamponade in a case of right-side Congenital diaphragmatic hernia.
- Fetal lung volume and quantification of liver herniation by magnetic resonance imaging in isolated Congenital diaphragmatic hernia.
- Fetal laryngoscopy to evaluate fetal vocal folds in a fetus with Congenital High Airway Obstruction (CHAOS).
- The presence of a hernia sac in Congenital diaphragmatic hernia is associated with better fetal lung growth and outcomes.
- Repair of Congenital diaphragmatic hernias on Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO): Does early repair improve patient survival?
- Perinatal outcome after fetoscopic release of amniotic band - a single center experience and a review of the literature.
- Maternal morbidity and reproductive outcomes related to fetal surgery.
- Outcomes of fetuses With lower urinary tract obstruction treated With vesicoamniotic shunt: A single-institution experience.
- Complications related to the Nuss procedure: Minimizing risk With operative technique.
- Initial Experience With Single-Vessel Cannulation for Venovenous Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation in Pediatric Respiratory Failure.
- EXIT-to-resection for fetuses with large Lung masses and persistent mediastinal compression near birth.
- Primary malignant pancreatic Neoplasms in children and adolescents: A 20year experience.
- The use of ECMO for persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn: A decade of experience.
- Fetal MR Imaging of Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia.
- Defining "liver-up": does the volume of liver herniation predict outcome for fetuses with isolated left-sided Congenital diaphragmatic hernia?
- Endoscopic specimen pouch technique for removal of giant fibroadenomas of the breast.
- TracheoEsophageal displacement index and predictors of airway obstruction for fetuses with neck masses.
- Defining hydrops and indications for open fetal surgery for fetuses with Lung masses and vascular tumors.
- Jugular Vein Hypoplasia Can Preclude Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Cannulation in the Neonate with Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia: Potential Identification of t...
- Abdominal cocoon: a unique presentation in an immunodeficient infant.
- Outcomes of neonates requiring extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for irreversible pulmonary dysplasia: The Extracorporeal Life Support Registry experience.
- Fetal Lung interstitial tumor: a cause of late gestation fetal hydrops.
- Tumor volume to fetal weight ratio as an early prognostic classification for fetal sacrococcygeal teratoma.
- Ex-utero intrapartum treatment procedure for giant neck masses-fetal and maternal outcomes.
- Impact of prenatal evaluation and protocol-based perinatal management on Congenital diaphragmatic hernia outcomes.
- Prenatal diagnosis and outcome of fetal Lung masses.
- Imaging accuracy and incidence of Wilms' and non-Wilms' renal Tumors in children.
- Patent ductus arteriosus ligation in neonates: preoperative predictors of poor postoperative outcomes.
- Granulocyte colony stimulating factor alters the phenotype of neuroblastoma cells: implications for Disease-free survival of high-risk patients.
- Recent advances in the diagnosis and treatment of pheochromocytoma in children.
- Upper gastrointestinal malformations in Coffin-Siris Syndrome.
- Age-dependent recruitment of neutrophils by fetal endothelial cells: implications in scarless wound healing.
- Prenatal presentation and outcome of children With pleuropulmonary blastoma.
- Neutrophil recruitment by fetal porcine endothelial cells: implications in scarless fetal wound healing.
- Surgery for peptic ulcer Disease in children in the post-histamine2-blocker era.
- Ovarian torsion.
- Fetal surgery for Congenital diaphragmatic hernia: the North American experience.
- Platelet transfusions in infants With necrotizing enterocolitis do not lower mortality but may increase morbidity.
- Severe thrombocytopenia predicts outcome in neonates With necrotizing enterocolitis.
- Renal Tumors in infants less than 6 months of age.
- Advances in fetal and neonatal surgery for gastrointestinal anomalies and Disease.
- Impact of prenatal diagnosis and therapy on neonatal surgery.
- The use of combined ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging in the detection of fetal anomalies.
- Surgery for ovarian masses in infants, children, and adolescents: 102 consecutive patients treated in a 15-year period.
- Peritoneal drainage as definitive treatment for neonates With isolated intestinal perforation.
- Wound size and gestational age modulate scar formation in fetal wound repair.
- Transforming growth factor beta-1 decreases interstitial collagenase in healing human fetal skin.
- BAPS Prize--1997. Fetal gene therapy: efficacy, toxicity, and immunologic effects of early gestation recombinant adenovirus. British Association of Paediatric Surgeons.
- Laparoscopy-assisted fetoscopy for laser surgery in twin-twin transfusion Syndrome with anterior placentation.
- Myofibroblast persistence in fetal sheep wounds is associated With scar formation.
- Cystic lung lesions with systemic arterial blood supply: a hybrid of Congenital cystic adenomatoid malformation and bronchopulmonary sequestration.
- Elevated platelet-derived growth factor-B in Congenital cystic adenomatoid malformations requiring fetal resection.
- Scar wars: implications of fetal wound healing for the pediatric burn patient.
- Increased cell proliferation and decreased apoptosis characterize Congenital cystic adenomatoid malformation of the lung.
- Adverse outcome of Congenital diaphragmatic hernia is determined by diaphragmatic agenesis, not by antenatal diagnosis.
- Fetoscopic gene therapy for Congenital lung disease.
- Serum hyaluronan and its association With unfavorable histology and aggressiveness of heterotransplanted Wilms' tumor.
- Diminished interleukin-8 (IL-8) production in the fetal wound healing response.
- Hyaluronan receptor expression increases in fetal excisional skin wounds and correlates With fibroplasia.
- Epidermal integrin expression is upregulated rapidly in human fetal wound repair.
- A new in vivo model for the study of fetal wound healing.
- Modulation of the human homeobox genes PRX-2 and HOXB13 in scarless fetal wounds.
- MNGIE with lack of skeletal Muscle involvement and a novel TP splice site mutation.
- An evaluation of the role of concomitant anomalies on the outcomes of fetuses with Congenital diaphragmatic hernia.
- Space occupying lesions in the presence of Congenital diaphragmatic hernia.
Schools
David Geffen School Of Medicine At UCLA University Of California Los Angeles
University Of California San Francisco
Stanford University
Childrens Hospital Of Philadelphia
Procedures Preformed
- Abdominal Surgery
- Adhesiolysis
- Advanced Laparoscopic Surgery
- Anti-Reflux Surgery
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Conditions Treated
- Antiphospholipid Syndrome (APS)
- Chest Wall Deformity
- Congenital Absence of Diaphragm
- Congenital Bronchogenic Cyst
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Doctors Specialties
- Fetal Medicine
- General Surgery
- Pediatric Surgery
- Pediatric Thoracic Surgery
Accepted Insurances
Awards
- America's Top Doctors
- Top Doctors:SE Texas
- Top Doctor
- Rosencranz Award for Resident Research
- 2nd Place for Best Oral Presentation
- Top Docs
- Year's Best
- "Best Doctor" in America
- Fellow
- Member
- Lyndon Baines Johnson Research Award
- Molecular Surgeon Research Achievement Award
- Lyndon Baines Johnson Research Award, American Heart Association, Texas Affiliate
- Fellow (FACS)
- Vandenberge-Storz Award for Best Paper by a Young Investigator
- Best paper, American College of Surgeons, South Texas Chapter
- Vandenberge-Storz Award for best paper by a young investigator, International Fetal Medicine and Surgery Society
- Best Paper
- Postdoctoral Fellowship Award
- Juvenile Diabetes Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship Award
- Borun and Church Scholarships, UCLA School of Medicine
- Alpha Omega Alpha
- Varsity Letterman, Stanford University Baseball Team
- Borun and Church Scholarships
- Valedictorian
- Scholarship
- Los Angeles County Medical Association Scholarship
- Varsity Letterman
Education
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Baylor College of Medicine -
University of California at San Francisco -
UCSF -
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia -
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA -
Stanford University
Hospital
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Texas Children's Hospital -
St. Joseph Medical Center
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