

Arlet G. Kurkchubasche, MD, FACS, FAAP
Associate Professor of Surgery and Pediatrics, Warren Alpert Medical School at Brown University
Assistant Program Director, Pediatric Surgery Residency Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University
Accepting New Patients
Specialties
Board Certification: American Board of Surgery (General Surgery, Pediatric Surgery)
Medical School: University of California - Irvine School of Medicine
Residency: General Surgery - Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland, OR
Fellowship:
Pediatric Surgical Research - Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, PA
Pediatric Surgery - Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital, St. Louis, MO
Memberships in Societies:
Fellow - American College of Surgeons (FACS)
Fellow - American Academy of Pediatrics (FAAP)
American Pediatric Surgical Association
American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition
Association for Academic Surgery
Children's Oncology Group
New England Surgical Society
Rhode Island Medical Women's Association
Hospital Affiliations:
Hasbro Children's Hospital
Women & Infants Hospital
- Pinson CW, Daya MR, Benner KG, Norton RL, Deveney KE, Ascher NL, Roberts JP, Lake JR, Kurkchubasche AG, Ragsdale JW, Alexander JP, Keeffe EB. Liver transplantation for severe Amanita phalloides mushroom poisoning. Am J Surg 159(5):493-9, 1990.
- Kurkchubasche AG, Smith SD, Rowe MI. Catheter sepsis in short-bowel syndrome. Arch Surg 127(1):21-4, discussion 24-5, 1992.
- Smith SD, Cardona MA, Wishnev SA, Kurkchubasche AG, Rowe ML Unique characteristics of the neonatal intestinal mucosal barrier. J Pediatr Surg 27(3):333-6, discussion 336-8, 1992.
- Lee TK, Cardona MA, Kurkchubasche AG, Smith SD, Mueller AR, Lee KKW, Rowe MI, Schraut WH. Mucosal glutamine utilization after small-bowel transplantation: an electrophysiologic study. J Surg Res 52(6):605-14, 1992.
- Kurkchubasche AG, Rowe MI, Smith SD. Adaptation in short-bowel syndrome: reassessing old limits. J Pediatr Surg 28(8):1069-71, 1993.
- Albanese CT, Cardona M, Smith SD, Watkins S, Kurkchubasche AG, Ulman I, Simmons RL, Rowe ML Role of intestinal mucus in transepithelial passage of bacteria across the intact ileum in vitro. Surgery 116(1):76-82, 1994.
- Rowe Ml, Reblock KK, Kurkchubasche AG, Healey PJ. Necrotizing enterocolitis in the extremely low birth weight infant. J Pediatr Surg 29(8):987-90, discussion 990-1, 1994.
- Albanese CT, Smith SD, Watkins S, Kurkchubasche A, Simmons RL, Rowe ML Effect of secretory IgA on transepithelial passage of bacteria across the intact ileum in vitro. J Am Coll Surg 179(6):679-88, 1994.
- Silen ML, Canvasser DA, Kurkchubasche AG, Andrus CH, Naunheim KS. Video-assisted thoracic surgical repair of a foramen of Bochdalek hernia. Ann Thorac Surg 60(2):448-50, 1995.
- Kurkchubasche AG, Fendya DG, Tracy TF Jr., Silen ML, Weber TR. Blunt intestinal injury in children. Diagnostic and therapeutic considerations. Arch Surg 132(6):652-7, discussion 657-8, 1997.
- Weber TR, Kurkchubasche AG. Operative management of asphyxiating thoracic dystrophy after pectus repair. J Pediatr Surg 33(2):262-5, 1998.
- Kurkchubasche AG, Cardona M, Watkins SC, Smith SD, Albanese CT, Simmons RL, Rowe MI, Ford HR. Transmucosal passage of bacteria across rat intestinal epithelium in the Ussing chamber: effect of nutritional factors and bacterial virulence. Shock 9(2):121-7, 1998.
- Silen ML, Kokoska ER, Fendya DG, Kurkchubasche AG, Weber TR, Tracy TF. Rollover injuries in residential driveways: age-related patterns of injury. Pediatrics 104(1):e7, 1999.
- Luks FI, Logan J, Breuer CK, Kurkchubasche AG, Wesselhoeft CW Jr., Tracy TF Jr. Cost effectiveness of laparoscopy in children. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 153(9):965-8, 1999.
- Ambruso DR, Knall C, Abell AN, Panepinto J, Kurkchubasche A, Thurman G, Gonzalez Aller C, Hiester A, deBoer M, Harbeck RJ, Oyer R, Johnson GL, Roos D. Human neutrophil immunodeficiency syndrome is associated with an inhibitory Rac2 mutation. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 97(9): 4654-9, 2000
- Roggin KK, Breuer CK, Carr SR, Hansen K, Kurkchubasche AG, Wesselhoeft CW Jr., Tracy TF Jr., Luks FL The unpredictable character of congenital cystic lung lesions. J Pediatr Surg 35(5): 801- 5, 2000
- Roggin KK, Papa EF, Kurkchubasche AG, Tracy TF Jr. Kupffer cell inactivation delays repair in a rat model of reversible biliary obstruction. J Surg Res 90(2):166-73, 2000
- Kurkchubasche AG, Halvorson EG, Ferguson WS, Terek RM, Forman EN. The role of preoperative chemotherapy in the treatment of infantile fibrosarcoma. J Pediatr Surg 35(6): 880- 883, 2000
- Kurkchubasche AG, Panepinto JA, Tracy TF Jr., Thurman G, Ambruso D. Clinical features of a human Rac2 mutation: A complex neutrophil dysfunction disease. J Pediatrics 139(1):141-7, 2001.
- Roggin KK, Kim JC, Kurkchubasche AG, Papa EF, Vezeridis AM, Tracy TF. Macrophage phenotype during cholestatic injury and repair: the persistent inflammatory response. J Pediatr Surg. 36(1):220-8, 2001
- Huang J, Kurkchubasche AG, Carr SR, Wesselhoeft CW Jr., Tracy TF Jr., Luks FI. Benefits of term delivery in infants with antenatally diagnosed gastroschisis. Obstetrics and Gynecology. 100(4):695-9, 2002.
- Erfanian K, Luks FI, Kurkchubasche AG, Wesselhoeft CW, Tracy TF Jr. In-line image projection accelerates task performance in laparoscopic appendectomy. J Pediatr Surg. 38(7):1059-62, 2003
- Oka T, Kurkchubasche AG, Bussey JG, III, Wesselhoeft CW, Jr., Tracy TF, Jr., Luks FI Open and laparoscopic appendectomy are equally safe and acceptable in children. Surg Enclose 18(2):242-245, 2004.
- Vrochides DV, Sorrells, DL Jr., Kurkchubasche AG, Wesselhoeft CW Jr., Tracy TF Jr., Luks FI. Is there a role for routine preoperative endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography for suspected choledocholithiasis in children? Archives of Surgery 140(4):359-61, 2005 Apr.
- Lui F, Gormley P, Sorrells DL Jr., Biffl WL, Kurkchubasche AG, Tracy TF Jr., Luks FI. Pediatric trauma patients with isolated airway compromise or Glasgow Coma Score less than 8: does immediate attending surgeon’s presence upon arrival make a difference? Journal of Pediatric Surgery 40(1):103-6, 2005 Jan.
- Truitt AK, Sorrells DL, Halvorson E, Starring J, Kurkchubasche AG, Tracy TF, Jr., Luks FI Pulmonary embolism: which pediatric trauma patients are at risk? J Pediatr Surg 40(1): 124- 7, 2005 Jan
- Blakely ML, Lally KP, McDonald S, Brown RL, Barnhart DC, Ricketts RR, Thompson WR, Scherer LR, Klein MD, Letton RW, Chwals WJ, Touloukian RJ, Kurkchubasche AG, Skinner MA, Moss RL, Hilfiker ML. NEC subcommittee of the NICHD Neonatal Research Network. Post-operative Outcomes of Extremely Low Birth-Weight Infants with Necrotizing Enterocolitis Or Isolated Intestinal Perforation: A Prospective Cohort Study by the NICHD Neonatal Research Network. Annals of Surgery. 241(6):984-9; discussion 989-94, 2005 Jun
- Kwon A, Sorrell DL Jr., Kurkchubasche AG, Cassese JA, Tracy TF Jr., Luks FI. Isolated Computed tomography diagnosis of pulmonary contusion does not correlate with increased morbidity. Surgery 41(1):78-82, 2006 Jan
- Truitt AK, Carr SR, Cassese J, Kurkchubasche AG, Tracy TF Jr., Luks FI Perinatal management of congenital cystic lung lesions in the age of minimally invasive surgery. J Pediatr Surg 41(5):893-6 2006 May.
- Young J, Kim OS, Muratore CS, Kurkchubasche AG, Tracy TF Jr., Luks FI. High incidence of postoperative bowel obstruction in newborns and infants. J Pediatr Surg 42(6):962-5, discussion 965, 2007 Jun.
- Kurkchubasche AG, Herron TI, Winkler MF. Parenteral Nutrition in Intestinal Failure. Nutrition and Dietary Supplements. 7:11-20, 2015 January.
- Murphy T, Yang S, Collyer H, Kurkchubasche A, Bender J. Necrotizing Enterocolitis and Spontaneous Intestinal Perforation in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit: A spatiotemporal case cluster analysis. (Submitted to The Journal of Perinatology on 4/7/15: Manuscript #15-306).
- Hartwich J, Luks FI, Watson-Smith D, Kurkchubasche AG, Muratore CS, Wills HE, Tracy TF. Non-operative treatment of acute appendicitis in children – a feasibility study. J Pediatr Surg. 2016 Jan;51(1):l I l-6
- Chau D, Ciullo S, Watson -Smith D, Chun T, Kurkchubasche A, Luks FI: Patient-Centered Outcomes Research for Appendicitis in Children: Bridging the Knowledge Gap. J Pediatr Surg. 2016 Jan; 51(1):117-21.
- Lee P, Fujii-Rios H, Tompkins A, Kurkchubasche A, Ellsworth P, Caldamone A: The Posterior Approach to the Processus Vaginalis in Orchidopexy.
- Akbar U, Kurkchubasche A, Friedman JH. Perioperative management of Parkinson’s disease, Expert Rev Neurother. 2016 Oct 3:1-8
- Erica Y. Chung, Allison Brindle, Shuba Karnath, Kristin Lombardi, Delma-Jean Watts, Valerie Ryan, Arlet Kurkchubasche, Melissa Clark, Amy S. Gottlieb, B. Star Hampton, Alyson J. McGregor, Katherine Sharkey. Work-life balance and career experiences of part-time versus full-time faculty at an academic medical center.
Providence - 2 Dudley Street, Suite 190