Professor, Surgery, UC, Davis School of Medicine
General Surgery
Dr. Diana L. Farmer, MD
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Diana L. Farmer is an expert in the field of General Surgery. He studied medicine at Wayne State University School of Medicine. Wayne State University School of Medicine has a rank of 63 in research and a 85 in primary care He over the years received 7 awards: "Fellow", "America's Top Doctors", "America's Top Doctors for Cancer", "Elected Member", "Fellow (FAAP)", "Fellow (FACS)" and "Whos Who in Medicine and Healthcare". Dr. Diana L. Farmer is a published doctor as well. He has 59 publications published. The latest was: Congenital anomalies in the context of global surgery.
Publications
- Congenital anomalies in the context of global surgery.
- Elective pediatric surgical care in a forward deployed setting: What is feasible vs. what is reasonable.
- Fetal surgery for myelomeningocele: history, research, clinical trials, and future directions.
- Congenital anomalies in low- and middle-income countries: the unborn child of global surgery.
- Early gestation chorionic villi-derived stromal cells for fetal tissue engineering.
- Innate healing in the fetal sheep model of myelomeningocele: A standardized defect grading system.
- Pregnancy-Related Attrition in General Surgery.
- Surgical site infections in neonates and infants: is antibiotic prophylaxis needed for longer than 24Â h?
- The Maturation of Children With Congenital Anomalies: Who Will Be Their Providers?
- In utero repair of myelomeningocele with autologous amniotic membrane in the fetal lamb model.
- Rural Surgery Is Global Surgery: Seeking Solutions to the Growing Surgical Workforce Crisis.
- Human induced pluripotent stem cell-derived neural crest stem cells integrate into the injured spinal cord in the fetal lamb model of myelomeningocele.
- Drug-eluting microfibrous patches for the local delivery of rolipram in spinal cord repair.
- Alterations in maternal-fetal cellular trafficking after fetal surgery.
- Prenatal repair of myelomeningocele with aligned nanofibrous scaffolds-a pilot study in sheep.
- Maldevelopment of the cerebral cortex in the surgically induced model of myelomeningocele: implications for fetal neurosurgery.
- Fetal neurosurgery: current state of the art.
- Surgeon, do you know where your DALYs are?: (Can you fix a Hernia with a mosquito net?): Comment on "Cost-effectiveness of groin Hernia surgery in the Western Reg...
- The need for sustainability in contemporary global health efforts: missions vs mission.
- Radical trachelectomy for clear cell carcinoma of the cervix in a 6-year old: a case report, review, and description of the surgical technique.
- Conflicts in wound classification of neonatal operations.
- Global health in general surgery residency: a national survey.
- Indication for pediatric muscle biopsy determines usefulness.
- Genetic analysis of congenital cystic adenomatoid malformation reveals a novel pulmonary gene: fatty acid binding protein-7 (brain type).
- Determination of risk factors for deep venous thrombosis in hospitalized children.
- Thoracoscopic versus open resection for congenital cystic adenomatoid malformations of the lung.
- Long-term outcome and toxicities of intraoperative radiotherapy for high-risk neuroblastoma.
- Reliability of the lung-to-head ratio as a predictor of outcome in fetuses with isolated left congenital diaphragmatic Hernia at gestation outside 24-26 weeks.
- Surgical treatment of childhood recurrent pancreatitis.
- Efficacy of radiofrequency ablation for twin-reversed arterial perfusion sequence.
- Fetal intervention for mass lesions and hydrops improves outcome: a 15-year experience.
- Thoracoscopic resection of foregut duplication cysts.
- Monochorionic twin gestation complicated by a sacrococcygeal teratoma with hydrops--optimal timing of delivery allows for survival of the unaffected twin.
- Maternal morbidity after maternal-fetal surgery.
- Long-term follow-up after thymectomy for myasthenia gravis: thoracoscopic vs open.
- Prosthetic patches for congenital diaphragmatic Hernia repair: Surgisis vs Gore-Tex.
- Myelomeningocele: characterization of a surgically induced sheep model and its central nervous system similarities and differences to the human disease.
- Subcutaneous endoscopically assisted ligation (SEAL) of the internal ring for repair of Inguinal hernias in children: a novel technique.
- Survival of severe congenital diaphragmatic Hernia has morbid consequences.
- Fetal relative lung volume: quantification by using prenatal MR imaging lung volumetry.
- Infant pulmonary function in a randomized trial of fetal tracheal occlusion for severe congenital diaphragmatic Hernia.
- Recent advances in fetal surgery.
- The ex utero intrapartum treatment procedure: Looking back at the EXIT.
- Laparoscopic cholecystecomy in a 16-day-old infant with chronic cholelithiasis.
- A randomized trial of fetal endoscopic tracheal occlusion for severe fetal congenital diaphragmatic Hernia.
- Tissue ablation using high-intensity focused ultrasound in the fetal sheep model: potential for fetal treatment.
- Fetal surgery for sacrococcygeal teratoma.
- In utero repair of myelomeningocele: experimental pathophysiology, initial clinical experience, and outcomes.
- Comparison of drainage techniques for biliary atresia.
- Presumptive intrahepatic congenital cystic adenomatoid malformation.
- Resolution of hydrops fetalis in congenital cystic adenomatoid malformation after prenatal steroid therapy.
- Spectrum of intrapartum management strategies for giant fetal cervical teratoma.
- Fetal intervention for complications of monochorionic twinning.
- Fetal endoscopic surgery: lessons learned and trends reviewed.
- Fetal therapy for giant hepatic cysts.
- Selective reduction of acardiac twin by radiofrequency ablation.
- Chorioamniotic membrane separation following fetal surgery.
- Small community hospitals programs affiliation with university programs; "lessons learned" in 28-year successful affiliation.
Schools
University Of Washington School Of Medicine
University Of Washington Medical Center
Ucsf Medical Center
Childrens Hosp Of Michigan
Procedures Preformed
- Gallbladder Removal (Cholecystectomy), Laparoscopic
Conditions Treated
- Esophageal Fistula
- Hidradenitis
- Inguinal Hernia
- Umbilical Hernia
Doctors Specialties
- Pediatric Surgery
- General Surgery
Accepted Insurances
- Aetna HMO
- Choice Plus POS II
- Blue Card PPO
- Blue Cross Blue Shield of California PPO
- Cigna HMO
- Cigna PPO
- Great West Healthcare-Cigna PPO
- Open Access Plus
- Delta Health System
- First Health (Coventry Health Care) PPO
- Blue & Gold HMO
- Covered California - Bronze PPO
- Employer Group HMO
- Health Net PPO
- Individual and Family PPO
- Medicare MCR
- Kaiser PHCS Network PPO
- MultiPlan PPO
- PHCS Network PPO
- Heritage Signature
- Choice Plus POS
- Navigate HMO
- Navigate POS
- Options PPO
- PacifiCare HMO
- Western Health Advantage
Awards
- Fellow
- America's Top Doctors
- America's Top Doctors for Cancer
- Elected Member
- Fellow (FAAP)
- Fellow (FACS)
- Whos Who in Medicine and Healthcare
Education
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Wayne State University School of Medicine -
UCSF Medical Center -
UCSF -
University of Washington -
University of Washington School of Medicine
Hospital
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University of California, Davis Medical Center -
UCSF Medical Center
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