Graeme Pitcher, MBBCh
Clinical Professor of Surgery - Pediatric Surgery
Primary Office
Current Positions
- Clinical Professor of Surgery - Pediatric Surgery
- Medical Director of Pediatric Trauma-Pediatric Surgery
- Affiliate Faculty, Program of Bioethics and Humanities-UIHC
Education
- MBBCh, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
- Internship in Surgery, J.G. Strijdom Hospital, Johannesburg, South Africa
- Military Headquarters in Military and State Epidemiologist, South African Medical Services, South African Defense Force, Pretoria, South Africa
- Johannesburg Hospital, Johannesburg, South Africa. Junior Registrar in general Surgery training. University of the Witwatersrand
- Coronation Hospital, Johannesburg, South Africa, Junior Registrar in General Surgery training. University of the Witwatersrand
- Johannesburg Hospital, Johannesburg, South Africa. Senior House Officer training. University of the Witwatersrand
- Johannesburg Hospital, Johannesburg, South Africa. Fellow in Pediatric Surgery, Fellow in Pediatric Surgery training. University of the Witwatersrand
- Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Glasgow, United Kingdom. Fellow in Pediatric Surgery. University of Glasgow
- University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska. Observer fellowship in liver transplantation. University of Nebraska
Research Interests
- Urethral injuries
- Renal transplantation
- Pediatric trauma and sexual abuse
- Nephroblastoma outcomes
- Pediatric surgical conditions in the African context
- Complications of HIV/AIDS
- Intersex
- Intussusception
- Esophageal atresia--management of the long gap variant and correlation between preoperative echocardiography and perioperative outcomes. Current open IRB study.
- Chest Wall deformities
Licenses & Certifications
- Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics (Department of Health, South Africa)
- Fellow of college of surgeons of South Africa (South African College of Medicine) FCS (SA)
- Certified ATLS Instructor
- Certified ATLS Provider
- Fellow of college of surgeons of South Africa (South African College of Medicine) FCS (SA) registration as pediatric surgeon
- Fundamentals of laparoscopic Surgery (SAGES and ACS ) certified
- Fellow of the American College of Surgeons, FACS
- Certificate of Bioethics. Medical College of Wisconsin
- Health Professionals Council of South Africa. Registered as medical practitioner
- Health Professionals Council of South Africa. Registered as general surgeon
Selected Publications
- Pitcher G. J. Book Review for World Journal of Surgery. Paediatric Surgery Mark Davenport and Agostino Pierro. World J Surg. 2010. 34:196.
- Pitcher G. J. Utria A.F. The Pediatric Patient. Penetrating Trauma: A practical guide on operative technique and peri-operative management. Third Edition. Editors: Velmahos, Degiannis and Doll. Springer 2024. Chapter 84, 557-63. ISBN: 978-3-031-47005-9
- Pitcher G.J. (as part of editorial board) Manual of Definitive Surgical Trauma Care. International Association for the Surgery of Trauma and Surgical Intensive Care 6th edition. Editor Boffard K.D. CRC Press, Boca Raton 2019. Chapter 14, Special Patient Situations.
- Pitcher G.J. (as part of editorial board) Manual of Definitive Surgical Trauma Care. International Association for the Surgery of Trauma and Surgical Intensive Care 5th edition. Editor Boffard K.D. CRC Press, Boca Raton 2016. Chapter 14, Special Patient Situations.
- Shilyansky J. and Pitcher G. J. Intestinal Atresias, webs and duplications. Pediatric Practice: Gastroenterology, hepatology and nutrition. Ed W. Bishop. McGraw Hill. Chapter 15, 219-32. 2010
- Pitcher G. J. (1998) Guest Editorial: Paediatric Trauma, Trauma and Emergency Medicine Vol. 15 No 5. October/November 1998.
- Pitcher G. J. (1998) Fluid Management and Resuscitation in Paediatric Trauma - An Update, Trauma and Emergency Medicine Vol. 15, No 5. October/Nov 1998.
- Beale P.G., Pitcher G. J. (1996) Cystic Dilatation of the bile ducts in children The Leech, Vol.65, No.1April 1996.
- Pitcher G.J., Beale P.G. (1995) Thoracic trauma in children. Trauma and Emergency Medicine. February 1995.
- Zaghal A., Bahr T.M., Pitcher G.J. Combined duodenal and jejunal atresia forming a bile filled cyst, presenting as an abdominal mass: Case report and review of the literature. Journal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reports. 3 (2015) 489-491.