CONNIE J. ROSSINI, MD

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF SURGERY

General Profile

Specialty:

Pediatric Surgery

Appointments:

Assistant Professor of Surgery

Clinical Interests:

N/A

Languages Spoken:

English

Education

Medical Education:

MD, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, VA, 2002-2006

Residency:

Resident, Baystate Medical Center, Tufts University School of Medicine, Springfield, MA, 2007-2008 and 2010-2013

Fellowship:

Research Fellowship, Baystate Medical Center, Tufts University School of Medicine, Springfield, MA, 2008-2010

Second Fellowship:

Pediatric Surgery Fellowship, Children’s Hospital and Medical Center, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, 2013- Present

Certifications:

N/A

Publications, Awards, & Memberships

Awards:

Alpha Epsilon Delta Honor Society
Iota Sigma Pi, National Honor Society for Women in Chemistry
CRC Press LLC Freshman Chemistry Achievement Award, 1998
Cum Laude 2000
American Institutes of Chemists Award, April 2000
EVMS Department of Internal Medicine, Student of the Month, August 2004
EVMS Honor Council Member, 2002–2006
Tufts University School of Medicine Excellence in Teaching Citation 2006–2007
Award for Innovation in Research, Baystate Medical Center 2010
Winner of the Massachusetts Chapter ACS 2012 Top Gun Competition

Society Memberships:

American Pediatric Surgical Association (APSA); Surgical Society (SS); American Academy of Pediatric (AAP)

Publications:

Earle DB, Romanelli JR, McLawhorn T, Omotosho P, Wu P, Rossini C, Swayze H, Desilets DJ. Prosthetic Mesh Contamination during NOTES transgastric hernia repair: a randomized controlled trial with swine explants. Hernia 2012;16:689-695.

Rossini CJ, Moriarty KP, Tashjian DB, Garb JL, Wait RB. Geographic distribution of community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus soft tissue infection. Journal of Pediatric Surgery 2011;46:1089-1092.

Rossini CJ, Moriarty KP, Angelides AG. Hybrid NOTES: Incisionless intragastric stapled cystgastromy of a pancreatic pseudocyst. Journal of Pediatric Surgery 2010;45:80-83.

Rossini CJ, Courtney RA, Tashjian DB, Moriarty KP. Endoscopic Tratment with Deflux for Refluxing Duplex Systems. Journal of Laparoendoscopic and Advanced Surgical Techniques 2009;19:679-682.

Rossini CJ, Arceo JF, McCarney ER, Augustine BH, Dennis DE, Flythe MD, Baron SF. “Use of In-situ Atomic Force Microscopy to Monitor the Biodegradation of Polhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs)”, Macromolecoular Symposia 2001;167:144-148.

Rossini CJ, McCarney ER, Flythe MD, Baron SF, Dennis DE, Augustine BH. “An In-situ Biodegradation Study of Polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) Thin Films Using AFM”, Polymer Preprints 200;41;1481-1485.