Monica Langer, MD, MS

Co-Chair for Global Surgery, argaret C. Ryan Global Health Program; Pediatric Surgeon, Department of Surgery
Assistant Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School
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Monica Langer, MD

Monica Langer, MD, MS

Co-Chair for Global Surgery, argaret C. Ryan Global Health Program; Pediatric Surgeon, Department of Surgery
Assistant Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School

Medical Services

Languages
English
Education
Graduate School
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
2016
London
England
Medical School
University of Saskatchewan
2003
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Canada
Residency
General Surgery
University of British Columbia
2009
Vancouver, British Columbia
Canada
Fellowship
Research Fellowship, Pediatric Surgery and Critical Care
Boston Children's Hospital/Harvard University
2006
Boston
MA
Residency
Pediatric General Surgery
University of British Columbia
2011
Vancouver, British Columbia
Canada
Certifications
American Board of Surgery (General)
American Board of Surgery (Pediatric Surgery)

Publications

Treatment abandonment in children with Wilms tumor at a national referral hospital in Uganda. View Abstract
Surgical neonates in a low-resource setting: Baseline nutrition and outcome assessment. View Abstract
Access to pediatric surgery delivered by general surgeons and anesthesia providers in Uganda: Results from 2 rural regional hospitals. View Abstract
A critical threshold for global pediatric surgical workforce density. View Abstract
Pancreatic islet cell tumors in adolescents and young adults. View Abstract
Pediatric gastric adenocarcinoma: A National Cancer Data Base review. View Abstract
Pediatric Patients with Small-Cell Carcinoma of the Ovary Have Similar Survival to Adults: A Review of the National Cancer Database. View Abstract
Regarding global pediatric surgery training opportunities. View Abstract
Partial Nephrectomy for Nephroblastoma: A National Cancer Data Base Review. View Abstract
The socioeconomic impact of a pediatric ostomy in Uganda: a pilot study. View Abstract
Testicular tumors in prepubescent patients. View Abstract
Effects of socioeconomic status on children with well-differentiated thyroid cancer. View Abstract
Breast Malignancies in Children: Presentation, Management, and Survival. View Abstract
Survival and Surgical Outcomes for Pediatric Head and Neck Melanoma. View Abstract
The association between nephroblastoma-specific outcomes and high versus low volume treatment centers. View Abstract
Characteristics and outcomes in children with undifferentiated embryonal sarcoma of the liver: A report from the National Cancer Database. View Abstract
Gastroschisis in Uganda: Opportunities for improved survival. View Abstract
Factors Associated With Mortality in Pediatric vs Adult Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma. View Abstract
Colorectal carcinoma in pediatric patients: A comparison with adult tumors, treatment and outcomes from the National Cancer Database. View Abstract
Primary malignant pulmonary tumors in children: a review of the national cancer data base. View Abstract
Pediatric papillary thyroid cancer >1 cm: is total thyroidectomy necessary? View Abstract
Parathyroid carcinoma in more than 1,000 patients: A population-level analysis. View Abstract
Outcomes and unmet need for neonatal surgery in a resource-limited environment: estimates of global health disparities from Kampala, Uganda. View Abstract
Pediatric surgical camps as one model of global surgical partnership: a way forward. View Abstract
Design and rationale of safe pediatric euglycemia after cardiac surgery: a randomized controlled trial of tight glycemic control after pediatric cardiac surgery. View Abstract
Tight glycemic control versus standard care after pediatric cardiac surgery. View Abstract
Value of continuous glucose monitoring for minimizing severe hypoglycemia during tight glycemic control. View Abstract
Preservation of intestinal motility after the serial transverse enteroplasty procedure in a large animal model of short bowel syndrome. View Abstract
Congenital and acquired single-lung patients: long-term follow-up reveals high mortality risk. View Abstract
Is scalping the spleen enough? Laparoscopic splenic cyst unroofing and recurrence rates. View Abstract
Long-term bowel function and quality of life in children with Hirschsprung's disease. View Abstract
Improved survival in a multidisciplinary short bowel syndrome program. View Abstract
First report of the international serial transverse enteroplasty data registry: indications, efficacy, and complications. View Abstract
Serial transverse enteroplasty for management of refractory D-lactic acidosis in short-bowel syndrome. View Abstract
Adrenal insufficiency in the critically ill neonate and child. View Abstract
Gain in target dose from using Computer Controlled Radiation Therapy (CCRT) in the treatment of non-small cell lung cancer. View Abstract
Multimodality treatment of stage IIIA non-small-cell lung carcinoma: a critical review of the literature and strategies for future research. View Abstract