Kathleen Heller, MD, MS

Pediatric Surgery Research Fellow/Surgery Resident
Phoenix Children's Hospital
Phoenix, Arizona, United States

Kathleen Heller, MD, MS is a general surgery resident at Orlando Health. She is currently completing a research year as a Pediatric Surgery Research Fellow at Phoenix Children's with plans to start the Pediatric Surgery Critical Care Fellowship there in July. She will be returing to Orlando Health to finish her last two years of residency and plans to apply to Pediatric Surgery Fellowship in the Fall of 2026.

Presentation(s):

• S135 - DOES SURGICAL TECHNIQUE PLAY A ROLE IN POSTOPERATIVE HYDROCELE FORMATION IN PEDIATRIC INGUINAL HERNIA REPAIR

  Wednesday, May 7, 2025
  4:40 PM – 4:48 PM East Coast USA Time

• S136 - DOES SURGEON YEARLY VOLUME AFFECT RECURRENCE RATES AFTER INGUINAL HERNIA REPAIR

  Wednesday, May 7, 2025
  4:48 PM – 4:56 PM East Coast USA Time

• S137 - MANAGEMENT OF PEDIATRIC TRAUMATIC HEMOTHORAX AND VOLUME THRESHOLD FOR CHEST TUBE PLACEMENT: MULTICENTER PEDIATRIC TRAUMA CENTER RETROSPECTIVE ANALYSIS

  Wednesday, May 7, 2025
  4:56 PM – 5:04 PM East Coast USA Time

• Quickshot 1 - Potpourri

  Thursday, May 8, 2025
  3:00 PM – 3:45 PM East Coast USA Time

• Q9 - WHAT FACTORS DRIVE FEMALE PEDIATRIC GENERAL AND SUBSPECIALTY SURGEONS TO CHANGE JOBS OR LEAVE MEDICINE ALTOGETHER?

  Thursday, May 8, 2025
  3:24 PM – 3:27 PM East Coast USA Time

• 28 - MULTICENTER PEDIATRIC SURGERY QUALITY COLLABORATIVE (PSQC) NSQIP PILOT STUDY: PEDIATRIC COLORECTAL SURGERY BUNDLE UTILIZATION

  Friday, May 9, 2025
  10:11 AM – 10:19 AM East Coast USA Time

• Critical Timing: Tracheostomy Decision-Making in Critically Ill Patients

  Saturday, May 10, 2025
  9:00 AM – 9:45 AM East Coast USA Time