Sarah Cairo, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor
Surgery
School of Medicine

Cairo's research focuses on improving access – both domestically and internationally – to general medical care and surgery as well as improving the quality of these. She also studies transitions in care for kids who need surgery. She has received grants for her work in surgical education and global health, specifically for examining pediatric surgical capacity in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Cairo earned her medical degree at Tufts University School of Medicine. At Tufts, she also earned a master of public health degree that focused on infection control and sexual health in the criminal justice system and on human trafficking and women's health. She completed a residency in general surgery at Maine Medical Center and a fellowship in pediatric surgery at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center.

Cairo has worked with several international groups, including the Global Initiative for Children's Surgery and the Foundation for International Medical Relief of Children.

• Pediatric Abdominal Malignancies and Intravascular Extension: Contemporary Single-Center Experience.
  The Journal of surgical research 2022 Cairo SB, Urias AR, Murphy JT
• Multimodality treatment of pediatric Ewing sarcoma: A single-center 10-year analysis of outcomes.
  Surgery 2022 Jacobson JC, Clark RA, Cairo SB, Murphy JT, Chung DH
• Effect of Quarantine and Reopening Measures on Pediatric Trauma Admissions During the 2019 SARS-CoV2 Virus Pandemic.
  Journal of the American College of Surgeons 2022 Gillory L, Cairo S, Megison S, Vinson L, Chung DH, Ryan ML
• Geospatial Mapping of Pediatric Surgical Capacity in North Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo.
  World journal of surgery 2020 Cairo SB, Pu Q, Malemo Kalisya L, Fadhili Bake J, Zaidi R, Poenaru D, Rothstein DH
• Surgical Repair of Orofacial Clefts in North Kivu Province of Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
  The Cleft palate-craniofacial journal : official publication of the American Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association 2020 Kalisya LM, Bake JF, Elisee B, Nyavandu K, Perry R, Rothstein DH, Cairo SB
• Unintentional Window Falls in Children and Adolescents.
  Academic pediatrics 2020 Flaherty MR, Raybould T, Savarino J, Yager P, Mooney DP, Farr BJ, Giuliano JS, Neeman E, Campbell BT, Thaker S, McKiernan C, Lewis D, Epp TK, Baertschiger RM, Jackson CA, Rideout L, Shah A, Falank C, …
• Gastrostomy tube placement in neonates undergoing tracheostomy: an opportunity to coordinate care?
  Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association 2020 Zhao J, Cairo SB, Tian Y, Lautz TB, Berkelhamer SK, Pizzuto MP, Raval MV, Rothstein DH
• Association of perioperative red blood cell transfusion with postoperative venous thromboembolism in pediatric patients: A propensity score matched analysis.
  Pediatric blood & cancer 2019 Rothstein DH, Cairo SB, Schaefer BA, Lautz TB
• Provider education decreases opioid prescribing after pediatric umbilical hernia repair.
  Journal of pediatric surgery 2019 Piper KN, Baxter KJ, Wetzel M, McCracken C, Travers C, Slater B, Cairo SB, Rothstein DH, Cina R, Dassinger M, Bonasso P, Lipskar A, Denning NL, Huang E, Shah SR, Cunningham ME, Gonzalez R, Kauffman JD…
• Porcine bladder extracellular matrix in paediatric pilonidal wound care: healing and patient experience evaluation.
  Journal of wound care 2019 Cairo SB, Zhao J, Ha M, Bass KD
• Variability in perioperative evaluation and resource utilization in pediatric patients with suspected biliary dyskinesia: A multi-institutional retrospective cohort study.
  Journal of pediatric surgery 2019 Cairo SB, Aranda A, Bartz-Kurycki M, Baxter KJ, Bonasso P, Dassinger M, Deans KJ, Dorey D, Emengo P, Fialkowski E, Gayer C, Gonzales B, Gusman N, Hawkins RB, Herzing K, Huang E, Islam S, Jancelewicz T…
• Variation in postoperative narcotic prescribing after pediatric appendectomy.
  Journal of pediatric surgery 2019 Cairo SB, Calabro KA, Bowdish E, Reilly C, Watt S, Rothstein DH
• Down Syndrome and Postoperative Complications in Children Undergoing Intestinal Operations.
  Journal of pediatric surgery 2018 Cairo SB, Zeinali LI, Berkelhamer SK, Harmon CM, Rao SO, Rothstein DH
• Trends in hospital length of stay and 30-day morbidity in pediatric patients undergoing laparoscopic ileocecal resection, 2012-2016.
  Journal of pediatric surgery 2018 Cairo SB, Calabro KA, Harmon CM, Vali K, Rothstein DH
• Direct hyperbilirubinemia in newborns with gastroschisis.
  Pediatric surgery international 2018 Cairo SB, Osak AH, Berkelhamer SK, McLaughlin C, Rothstein DH
• Comparing Percutaneous to Open Access for Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation in Pediatric Respiratory Failure.
  Pediatric critical care medicine : a journal of the Society of Critical Care Medicine and the World Federation of Pediatric Intensive and Critical Care Societies 2018 Cairo SB, Arbuthnot M, Boomer L, Dingeldein MW, Feliz A, Gadepalli S, Newton CR, Puligandla P, Ricca R, Rycus P, Vogel AM, Yu G, Chen Z, Rothstein DH, American Pediatric Surgical Association Critical …
• Quantitative Analysis of Surgical Residency Reform: Using Case-Logs to Evaluate Resident Experience.
  Journal of surgical education 2018 Cairo SB, Craig W, Gutheil C, Han PKJ, Hyrkas K, Macken L, Whiting JF
• Response to Letter to the Editor; Comments on "Challenges in Transition of Care for Pediatric Patients after Weight-Reduction Surgery: a Systematic Review and Recommendations for Comprehensive Care".
  Obesity surgery 2018 Cairo SB, Majumdar I, Pryor A, Posner A, Harmon CM, Rothstein DH, Delivery of Surgical Care Committee of the American Academy of Pediatrics Section on Surgery
• Controversies in extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) utilization and congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) repair using a Delphi approach: from the American Pediatric Surgical Association Critical Care Committee (APSA-CCC).
  Pediatric surgery international 2018 Cairo SB, Arbuthnot M, Boomer LA, Dingeldein MW, Feliz A, Gadepalli S, Newton CR, Ricca R, Vogel AM, Rothstein DH, American Pediatric Surgical Association, Surgical Critical Care Committee
• Operations for Suspected Neoplasms in a Resource-Limited Setting: Experience and Challenges in the Eastern Democratic of Congo.
  World journal of surgery 2018 Kalisya LM, Bake JF, Bigabwa R, Rothstein DH, Cairo SB
• Minimally invasive surgical exposure among US and Canadian pediatric surgery trainees, 2004-2016.
  The Journal of surgical research 2018 Cairo SB, Harmon CM, Rothstein DH
• Long-term results of cholecystectomy for biliary dyskinesia: outcomes and resource utilization.
  The Journal of surgical research 2018 Cairo SB, Ventro G, Sandoval E, Rothstein DH
• Challenges in Transition of Care for Pediatric Patients after Weight-Reduction Surgery: a Systematic Review and Recommendations for Comprehensive Care.
  Obesity surgery 2018 Cairo SB, Majumdar I, Pryor A, Posner A, Harmon CM, Rothstein DH, Delivery of Surgical Care Committee of the American Academy of Pediatrics Section on Surgery
• Challenges in Transition of Care for Patients With Anorectal Malformations: A Systematic Review and Recommendations for Comprehensive Care.
  Diseases of the colon and rectum 2018 Cairo SB, Gasior A, Rollins MD, Rothstein DH, Delivery of Surgical Care Committee of the American Academy of Pediatrics Section on Surgery
• Neurosurgical management of hydrocephalus by a general surgeon in an extremely low resource setting: initial experience in North Kivu province of Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.
  Pediatric surgery international 2018 Cairo SB, Agyei J, Nyavandu K, Rothstein DH, Kalisya LM
• Prehospital education in triage for pediatric and pregnant patients in a regional trauma system without collocated pediatric and adult trauma centers.
  Journal of pediatric surgery 2018 Cairo SB, Fisher M, Clemency B, Cipparone C, Quist E, Bass KD
• Mortality after emergency abdominal operations in premature infants.
  Journal of pediatric surgery 2018 Cairo SB, Tabak BD, Berman L, Berkelhamer SK, Yu G, Rothstein DH
• Risk factors for venous thromboembolic events in pediatric surgical patients: Defining indications for prophylaxis.
  Journal of pediatric surgery 2017 Cairo SB, Lautz TB, Schaefer BA, Yu G, Naseem HU, Rothstein DH
• Association of Same-Day Discharge With Hospital Readmission After Appendectomy in Pediatric Patients.
  JAMA surgery 2017 Cairo SB, Raval MV, Browne M, Meyers H, Rothstein DH
• Minimally Invasive Surgery in the Management of Anorectal Malformations.
  Clinics in perinatology 2017 Cairo SB, Rothstein DH, Harmon CM
• Characterizing pediatric surgical capacity in the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo: results of a pilot study.
  Pediatric surgery international 2017 Cairo SB, Kalisya LM, Bigabwa R, Rothstein DH
• Influence of discharge timing and diagnosis on outcomes of pediatric laparoscopic cholecystectomy.
  Surgery 2017 Cairo SB, Ventro G, Meyers HA, Rothstein DH
• Transitions in care from pediatric to adult general surgery: Evaluating an unmet need for patients with anorectal malformation and Hirschsprung disease.
  Journal of pediatric surgery 2017 Cairo SB, Chiu PPL, Dasgupta R, Diefenbach KA, Goldstein AM, Hamilton NA, Lo A, Rollins MD, Rothstein DH, American Academy of Pediatrics Section on Surgery's Delivery of Surgical Care Committee
• The impact of obesity on 30-day complications in pediatric surgery.
  Pediatric surgery international 2017 Train AT, Cairo SB, Meyers HA, Harmon CM, Rothstein DH
• Novel use of porcine extracellular matrix in recurrent stricture following repair of tracheoesophageal fistula.
  Pediatric surgery international 2017 Cairo SB, Tabak B, Harmon CM, Bass KD
• Disparity in access and outcomes for emergency neonatal surgery: intestinal atresia in Kampala, Uganda.
  Pediatric surgery international 2017 Cairo S, Kakembo N, Kisa P, Muzira A, Cheung M, Healy J, Ozgediz D, Sekabira J
• The use of perioperative ketorolac in the surgical treatment of pediatric spontaneous pneumothorax.
  Journal of pediatric surgery 2017 Dorman RM, Ventro G, Cairo SB, Vali K, Rothstein DH
• Pneumonia prevention in intubated patients given sucralfate versus proton-pump inhibitors and/or histamine II receptor blockers.
  The Journal of surgical research 2016 Grindlinger GA, Cairo SB, Duperre CB