Dr. Nance is an attending surgeon at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. He holds the Josephine J. and John M. Templeton, Jr. Chair in Pediatric Trauma and is the Director of the Trauma Program. While his research interests are concentrated in the area of pediatric trauma, he maintains interest in all aspects of the care of the newborn or child with surgical problems including congenital anomalies, oncology, and trauma.

Senior Surgeon
Division of Pediatric General and Thoracic Surgery
The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

• 1998-present American Trauma Society
• 1999-present Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma, Member
  • Board of Directors, 2003-2005
  • Member, Committee on Careers in Trauma, 2003-2005
  • Chairman, Mentoring Committee, 2003-2005
  • Member, Nominations Committee, 2006-2007
  • Member, Pediatric Trauma Committee, 2010-present
• 1999-present Physicians for Social Responsibility
• 2000-present American Academy of Pediatrics
  • Fellow, 2000-present
  • Member, Surgical Section, 2000-present
  • Member, Section on Injury & Poison Prevention, 2001-present
  • Member, Section on Child Abuse & Neglect, 2001-present
• 2001-present American College of Surgeons, Fellow
  • Member, Committee on Trauma, 2008-2011
• 2001-present American Pediatric Surgery Association, Member
  • Member, Trauma Committee, 2006-present
  • Vice-Chair, Trauma Committee
• 2001-present American Medical Association
• 2002-present American Public Health Association
• 2003-present American Association for the Surgery of Trauma
  • Member, Pediatric Trauma Committee, 2010-present
• 2006-present Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine
• 2008-present Society of Critical Care Medicine

• 1998-present Pennsylvania Committee on Trauma, Associate Member
• 2001-present Pennsylvania Medical Society
• 2001-present Philadelphia Medical Society
• 2001-present American College of Surgeons, Philadelphia Chapter
• 2002-present College of Physicians of Philadelphia, Fellow
• 2003-present Pennsylvania Trauma Systems Foundation
  • Member, Pediatric Standards Committee (2003-present)
  • Member, Research Committee (2009-present)
• 2006-present Philadelphia Trauma Directors Group

1. Nance ML, Morris JB. .Enteral nutritional support: indications, techniques, and compli-cations. Hospital Physician 28:24-29, 1992.
2. Llaneras MR, Nance ML, Streicher JT, Linden PL, Downing SW, Lima JAC, Deac RFP, Edmunds Jr. LH. Pathogenesis of ischemic mitral insufficiency. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 105(3):439-442, Mar. 1993.
3. Nance ML, Morris JB, Mullen JM. Home parenteral nutrition after near total enterec-tomy. J Am Coll Nutrition 12(3):281-285, June 1993.
4. Sharma C, Kantrow S, Nance M, Radhakrishnamurthy B, Berenson G. Fibronectin syn-thesis by aorta explants from rabbits fed high cholesterol diets. Proc Soc Exper Biol Med 204(3):312-317, Dec. 1993.
5. Nance ML, Templeton Jr. JM, O'Neill Jr. JA. Socioeconomic impact of gunshot wounds in an urban pediatric population. J Pediatr Surg 29(1):39-43, Jan. 1994.
6. Llaneras MR, Nance ML, Streicher JT, Lima JAC, Savino JS, Bogen DK, Deac RFP, Ratcliffe MB, Edmunds Jr. LH. A large animal model of ischemic mitral insufficiency. Ann Thorac Surg 57(2):432-439, Feb. 1994.
7. Nance FC, Nance ML. Delayed presentation of splenic artery pseudoaneurysms follow-ing blunt abdominal trauma. J Trauma 39(3):620-621, Sept. 1995.
8. Kramer CM, Ferrari VA, Rogers WJ, Theobald TM, Nance ML, Axel L, Reichek N. Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibition limits adjacent noninfarcted region dysfunction during left ventri-cular remodeling. J Amer Coll Card 27(1):211-217, Jan. 1996.
9. Nance ML, Sing RF, Reilly PM, Templeton Jr. JM, Schwab CW. Thoracic gunshot wounds in children less than seventeen years of age. J Pediatr Surg 31(7):931-935, July 1996. Research.
10. Nance ML, Sing RF, Branas CC, Schwab CW. Shotgun wounds in children: Not just accidents. Arch Surg 132(1):58-62, Jan. 1997.
11. Nance ML, Stafford PW, Schwab CW. Firearm injury among urban youth during the last decade: An escalation in violence. J Pediatr Surg 32(7):949-952, July 1997.
12. Scribano PV, Nance M, Reilly P, Sing RF, Selbst SM. Pediatric non-powder firearm injuries: A comprehensive review in an urban pediatric emergency department. Pediatrics 100(4):E5, Oct. 1997.
13. Nance ML, Peden GW, Shapiro MB, Kauder DR, Rotondo MF, Schwab CW. Solid viscus injury predicts major hollow viscus injury in blunt abdominal trauma. J Trauma 43(4):618-623, Oct. 1997.
14. Leung JC, Nance ML, Schwab CW, Miller WT Jr. Thickening of the diaphragm: A new computed tomography sign of diaphragm injury. J Thoracic Imaging 14(2):126-129, Apr. 1999.
15. Lovvorn HN III, Nance ML, Ferry RJ Jr., Stolte L, Baker L, O’Neill JA Jr., Schnaufer L, Stanley CA, Adzick NS. Congenital hyperinsulinism and the surgeon: Lessons learned over 35 years. J Pediatr Surg 34(5):786-793, May 1999.
16. Nance ML, Hedrick HL, Adamson WT. Appendicitis in the young child: A continuing diagnostic challenge. Pediatr Emerg Care 16(3):160-162, June 2000.
17. Nance ML, Keller MS, Stafford PW. Predicting hollow visceral injury in the pediatric blunt trauma patient with solid visceral injury. J Pediatr Surg 35(9):1300-1303, Sept. 2000.
18. Nance ML. The Halifax disaster of 1917 and the birth of North American pediatric surgery. J Ped Surg 36(3):405-408, Mar. 2001.
19. Grisoni E, Stallion A, Nance ML, Lelli JL Jr, Garcia VF, Marsh E. The New Injury Sever-ity Score and the evaluation of pediatric trauma. J Trauma 50(6):1106-1110, June 2001.
20. Pryor JP, Stafford PW, Nance ML. Severe blunt hepatic trauma in children. J Pediatr Surg 36(7):974-979, July 2001.
21. Shapiro MB, Nance ML, Schiller HJ, Hoff WS, Kauder DR, Schwab CW. Nonoperative man-agement of solid abdominal organ injuries from blunt trauma: impact of neurologic impairment. American Surgeon 67(8):793-796, Aug. 2001.
22. Nance ML, Mahboubi S, Wickstrom M, Prendergast F, Stafford PW. Pattern of abdom-inal free fluid following isolated blunt spleen or liver injury in the pediatric patient. J Trauma 52(1):85-87, Jan. 2002.
23. Morris SD, Arbogast KB, Moll EK, Durbin DR, Nance ML, Winston FK. Evaluation of a child with pre-existing disabilities after a traumatic event. Pediatr Emer Care 18(3):197-199, June 2002.
24. Sharpe RP, Nance ML, Stafford PW. Nonoperative management of blunt extrahepatic biliary duct transection in the pediatric patient: Case report and review of the literature. J Pediatr Surg 37(11):1612-1616, Nov. 2002.
25. Stafford PW, Blinman TA, Nance ML. Practical points in evaluation and resuscitation of the injured child. Surg Clin NA 82(2):273-301, Apr. 2002.
26. Nance ML, Denysenko L, Durbin DR, Branas CC, Stafford PW, Schwab CW. The rural-urban continuum: Variability in statewide serious firearm injuries in children and adolescents. Arch Pediatr Adol Med 156(8):781-785, Aug. 2002.
27. Sharpe RP, Pryor JP, Gandhi RR, Stafford PW, Nance ML. Abdominal compartment syndrome in the pediatric blunt trauma patient treated with paracentesis: Report of two cases. J Trauma 53(2):380-382, Aug. 2002.
28. Winston FK, Weiss HB, Nance ML, Vivarelli-O'Neill C, Strotmeyer S, Lawrence BA, Miller TR. Estimates of the incidence and costs associated with handlebar-related injuries in children. Arch Pediatr Adol Med 156(9):922-928, Sept. 2002.
29. Kyle SB, Nance ML, Rutherford GW Jr, Winston FK. Skateboard-associated injuries: Par-ticipation-based estimates and injury characteristics. J Trauma 53(4):686-690, Oct. 2002.
30. Lutz N, Arbogast KB, Cornejo RA, Winston FK, Durbin, DR, Nance ML. Sub-optimal restraint affects the pattern of abdominal injuries in children involved in motor vehicle crashes. J Pediatr Surg 38(6):919-923, June 2003.
31. Philpott JM, Nance ML, Carr MC, Canning DA, Stafford PW. Ureteral stenting in the management of urinoma following severe blunt renal trauma in children. J Pediatr Surg 38(7):1096-1098, July 2003.
32. Guillamondegui OD, Mahboubi S, Stafford PW, Nance ML. The utility of the pelvic radio-graph in the assessment of pediatric pelvic fractures. J Trauma 55(2):236-240, Aug. 2003.
33. Nance ML, Branas CC, Stafford PW, Richmond T, Schwab CW. Non-intracranial fatal firearm injuries in children: Implications for treatment. J Trauma 55(4):631-635, Oct 2003.
34. Nance ML, Lutz N, Arbogast KB, Cornejo RA, Kallan MJ, Winston FK, Durbin DR. Optimal restraint reduces the risk of abdominal injury in children involved in motor vehicle crashes. Ann Surg 239(1):127-131, Jan. 2004.
35. Hedrick HL, Crombleholme TM, Flake AW, Nance ML, von Allmen D, Howell LJ, Johnson MP, Wilson D, Adzick NS. Right congenital diaphragmatic hernia: Prenatal assessment and outcome. J Pediatr Surg 39(3):319-323, Mar. 2004.
36. Lutz N, Mahboubhi S, Nance ML, Stafford PW. The significance of contrast blush on computed tomography in children with splenic injuries. J Pediatr Surg 39(3):491-494, Mar. 2004.
37. Baxt C, Kassam-Adams N, Nance ML, Vivarelli-O’Neill C, Winston FK. Assessment of pain in the pediatric patient: Child and parent perceptions. J Pediatr Surg 39(6):979-983, Jun. 2004.
38. Clendenon JN, Meyers R, Scaife E, Nance ML. Management of duodenal injuries in children. J Pediatr Surg 39(6):964-968, Jun. 2004.
39. Lutz N, Nance ML, Arbogast KB, Kallan MJ, Durbin DR, Winston FK. Incidence and significance of abdominal wall bruising in restrained children involved in motor vehicle crashes. J Pediatr Surg 39(6):972-975, Jun. 2004.
40. Guillamondequi OD, Nance ML, Gaynor JW, Flynn JM, Stafford PW, Crombleholme TM. Successful management of concomitant blunt injury to the trachea, esophagus and cervical spine in a 6 year-old female. J Pediatr Surg 39(7):1130-1132, Jul. 2004.
41. Nance ML, Hawkins LA, Branas CC, Vivarelli-O’Neill C, Winston FK. Optimal driving conditions are also optimal injury conditions for child pedestrians. Pediatr Emerg Care 20(9):569-573, Sep. 2004.
42. Haut ER, Nance ML, Keller MS, Groner JI, Ford HR, Kuhn A, Tuchfarber B, Garcia V, Schwab CW, Stafford PW. Management of penetrating colon and rectal injuries in the pediatric patient. Dis Col Rect 47(9):1526-1532, Sep. 2004.
43. Nance ML, Lutz N, Carr MC, Canning DA, Stafford PW. Blunt Renal Injuries In Children Can Be Managed Nonoperatively: Outcome In A Consecutive Series Of Patients. J Trauma 57(3):474-478, Sep. 2004.
44. Branas CC, Nance ML, Elliott M, Richmond TR, Schwab CW. Urban-rural shift in intentional firearm death: Different causes, same results. Am J PublicHealth 94(10):1750-1755, Oct. 2004.
45. Lee LS, Nance M, Kaiser LR, Kucharczuk JC. Familial massive leiomyoma with esophageal leiomyomatosis: An unusual presentation in a father and his 2 daughters. J Pediatr Surg 40(5):e29-32, May 2005.
46. Wood J, Rubin DM, Nance ML, Christian CA. Distinguishing inflicted vs. accidental abdominal injuries in young children. J Trauma 59(5):1203-1208, Nov. 2005.
47. Kim PK, Zhu X, Houseknecht E, Nickolaus D, Mahboubi S, Nance ML. Effective radiation dose from radiologic studies in pediatric trauma patients. World J Surg 29(12):1557-1562, Dec. 2005.
48. Holmes JH 4th, Wiebe DJ, Tataria M, Mattix KD, Mooney DP, Scaife ER, Brown RL, Groner JI, Brundage SI, Tres Scherer LR 3rd, Nance ML. The failure of nonoperative management in pediatric solid organ injury: a multi-institutional experience. J Trauma 59(6):1309-1313, Dec. 2005.
49. Nance ML, Elliott MR, Arbogast KB, Winston FK, Durbin DR. Delta V as a predictor of significant injury for children involved in frontal motor vehicle crashes. Ann Surg 243(1):121-125, Jan. 2006.
50. Henesch SM, Nance ML, Jaramillo DM. Enhanced CT perfusion cut-off sign in midgut volvulus. Ped Radiol 36(4):355-735, Apr. 2006.
51. Wiebe DJ, Nance ML, Branas CC. Determining objective injury prevention strategies. Inj Prev 12(5):347-350, Oct. 2005.
52. Nance ML, Holmes JH 4th, Wiebe DJ. Timeline to operative intervention for solid organ injuries in children. J Trauma 61(6):1389-1392, Dec. 2006.
53. Ichord RN, Naim M, Pollock AN, Nance ML, Margulies SS, Christian CW. Hypoxic-ischemic injury complicates inflicted and accidental traumatic brain injury in young children: the role of diffusion-weighted imaging. J Neurotrauma 24(1):106-118, Jan. 2007.
54. Mattix KD, Tataria M, Holmes J, Kristoffersen K, Brown R, Groner J, Scaife E, Mooney D, Nance M, Scherer L. Pediatric pancreatic trauma: Predictors of nonoperative management failure and associated outcomes. J Ped Surg 42(2):340-344, Feb. 2007.
55. Kim PK, Nance ML, Nance FC, Schwab CW. William T. “Billy” Fitts, Jr., MD: An AAST visionary. J Trauma 63(1):221-227, Jul. 2007.
56. Tataria M, Nance ML, Holmes JH, Miller CC, Mattix KD, Brown RL, Scherer LR, Mooney DP, Groner JI, Scaife ER, Spain DA, Brundage SI. Pediatric blunt abdominal injury: Age is irrelevant and delayed operation is not detrimental. J Trauma 63(3):608-614, Sep. 2007.
57. Maltese M, Locey CM, Jermakian JS, Nance ML, Arbogast KB. Injury causation scena-rios in belt-restrained nearside child occupants. Stapp Car Crash J 51:299-311, Oct. 2007.
58. Reisner IR, Nance ML, Shofer FS. Behavioral assessment of child-directed canine aggression. Inj Prev 13:348-51, Oct. 2007.
59. Abend N, Nance ML, Bonnemann C. Subcutaneous sumatriptan in an adolescent with acute post-traumatic headache. J Child Neurol 23(4):438-440, Apr. 2008.
60. Kaye A, Murali J, Kelly JA, Mattei PA, Nance ML. Utilization of laparoscopic cholecys-tectomy for biliary dyskinesia in the child. J Pediatr Surg 43(6):1057-1059, Jun. 2008.
61. Polk-Williams A, Carr BA, Blinman TA, Masiakos PT, Wiebe DJ, Nance ML. Cervical spine injury in young children: A national trauma databank review. J Pediatr Surg 43(9):1718-1721, Sep. 2008.
62. Sims CA, Wiebe DJ, Nance ML. Blunt solid organ injury: Do adult and pediatric surgeons treat children differently? J Trauma 65(3):698-703, Sep. 2008.
63. Pawel BR, Osman J, Nance ML, McGowan K. Schistosomiasis. An unexpected finding in an inguinal hernia sac. Pediatr Dev Pathol 11(5):402-403, Sep./Oct. 2008.
64. Mami AG, Nance ML. Management of mild head injury in the pediatric patient. Adv Pediatr 55:385-394, 2008.
65. Duchossois GP, Nance ML, Wiebe DJ. Evaluation of child safety seat checkpoint events. Acc Anal Prev 40:1908-1912, Nov. 2008.
66. Evans SL, Nance ML, Arbogast KB, Elliott ME, Winston FK, Durbin DR. Passenger space intrusion as a predictor of significant injury for children involved in motor vehicle crashes. J Trauma 66(2):504-7, Feb. 2009.
67. Nance ML, Hedrick HL, Cullen JA, Nadkarni VM, Wiebe DJ. Pre-ECMO ventilation days and survival in the pediatric population. J Pediatr Surg 44(8):1606-1610, Aug. 2009.
68. Blinman TA, Houseknecht EM, Snyder CJ, Wiebe DJ, Nance ML. Post-concussive symptomatology in hospitalized pediatric patients following minor traumatic brain injury. J Pediatr Surg 44:1223-1228, Jun. 2009.
69. Nance ML, Polk-Williams A, Collins MW, Wiebe DJ. Neurocognitive evaluation of mild traumatic brain injury in the hospitalized pediatric population. Ann Surg 249(5):859-863, May 2009.
70. Stawicki SP, Holmes JH, Kallan MJ, Nance ML. Cervical spine injury (CSI) and vehicle crash characteristics: An analysis of linked national datasets. Injury 40(8):864-867, Aug 2009.
71. Nance ML, Carr BG, Branas CC. Access to pediatric trauma care in the US. Arch Pediatr Adol Med 163(6):512-518, Jun. 2009.
72. Wiebe DJ, Krafty RT, Koper CS, Nance ML, Elliott MR, Branas CC. Homicide and geographic access to gun dealers in the United States. BMC Public Health 9(1):199, Jun 23, 2009.
73. Duchossois G, Nance ML, Garcia-Espana F, Flores J. Sustainability of an In-Home Fire Prevention Intervention. J Trauma Nurs 16(4):194-198, Oct/Dec, 2009.
74. Pieretti-Vanmarcke R, Velmahos GC, Nance ML, et al. Clinical clearance of the cervical spine in blunt trauma patients under the age of three: A multi-center study of the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma. J Trauma 67(3):543-9, Sep 2009.
75. Carr BG, Nance ML. Access to pediatric trauma care: alignment of providers and health systems. Curr Opinion Pediatr 22:326-331, Jun. 2010.
76. Nance ML, Carr BG, Kallan MJ, Branas CC, Wiebe DJ. Variation in Pediatric and Adolescent Firearm Mortality Rates Between Rural and Urban US Counties. Pediatr 125(6):1112-1118, Jun. 2010.
77. Kaye AJ, Gallagher R, Callahan RM, Nance ML. Mild traumatic brain injury in the pediatric population: The role of the pediatrician in the routine follow-up. J Trauma 68(6):1396-1400, Jun. 2010.
78. Quartermain M, Ittenbach R, Flynn T, Gaynor J, Zhang X, Licht D, Ichord R, Nance ML, Wernovsky G. Neuropsychological status in children and adolescents after cardiopulmonary bypass for repair of acyanotic congenital heart disease: a prospective study. Pediatr 126(2):e351-e359, Aug. 2010.
79. Nance ML, Kallan MJ, Arbogast KB, Park MS, Durbin DR, Winston, FK. Factors Associated with Clinically Significant Head Injury in Children Involved in Motor Vehicle Crashes. Traffic Inj Prev (In Press).

1. Adzick NS, Nance ML. Medical progress: Pediatric surgery (First of two parts). [Review] N Engl J Med 342(22):1651-1657, June 1, 2000.
2. Adzick NS, Nance ML. Medical progress: Pediatric surgery (Second of two parts). [Review] N Engl J Med 342(23):1726-1732, June 8, 2000.
3. Nance ML. Advances in surgery of the newborn. [Review] Scandinavian J Surg 92(3):185-191, 2003.
4. Cotton BA, Nance ML. Penetrating trauma in children. [Review] Semin Pediatr Surg 13(2):87-97, May 2004.

1. Letton RW, Worrell V and the APSA Committee on Trauma and Blunt Intestinal Injury Study Group. Delay in diagnosis and treatment of blunt intestinal injury does not adversely affect prognosis in the pediatric trauma patient. J Pediatr Surg 45:161-166, Jan 2010.
2. Rangel EL, Burd RS, Falcone Jr. RA, and the Multicenter Child Abuse Disparity Group. Socioeconomic disparities in infant mortality following nonaccidental trauma: A multi-center study. J Trauma 2010 (In Press).

1. Nance ML, Gorman RC, Morris JB, Mullen JL: Surgical options for feeding jejunostomy. Contemp Surg 46:21-25, 1995.
2. Nance ML, Nance FC: Complications of gastrointestinal stapling. Contemp Surg for Residents 4:12-16, 1996.

1. Nance ML, Polk-Williams A, Durbin DR, Drake T, Collins MW, Wiebe DJ. Neuro-cognitive evaluation of mild traumatic brain injury in the hospitalized pediatric population. American Association for the Surgery of Trauma, Las Vegas, NV, Sep. 2007.
2. Nance ML, Kallan MJ, Holmes JH. Vehicle crash characteristics and anatomic injuries in airbag exposed child decedents: An analysis of linked national datasets. American Academy of Pediatrics, San Francisco, CA, Oct. 2007.
3. Polk-Williams A, Carr BA, Blinman TA, Masiakos PT, Wiebe DJ, Nance ML. Cervical spine injury in young children: A national trauma databank review. American Academy of Pediatrics, San Francisco, CA, Oct 200.
4. Kaye A, Murali J, Kelly JA, Mattei PA, Nance ML. Utilization of laparoscopic cholecystec-tomy for biliary dyskinesia in the child. American Academy of Pediatrics, San Francisco, CA, Oct. 2007.
5. Wiebe DJ, Ohr EE, Nance ML, Richmond TS, Branas CC. Web-based tracking of daily activities and environmental exposures in a case-control study of adolescent gunshot injury. Annual Meeting of the International Association of Exposure Analysis, Durham, NC, Oct 2007.
6. Nance ML, Kallan MJ, Holmes JH. Motor vehicle crash characteristics and fatal child occupant injuries: An analysis of linked national databases. American Public Health Association, Washington, DC, Nov. 2007.
7. Holmes JH, Kallan MJ, Nance ML. Validation of a data resource for research in motor vehicle fatalities in children. American Public Health Association, Washington, DC, Nov. 2007.
8. Stawicki, SP, Holmes, JH, Kallan MJ, Nance ML. Cervical spine injury (CSI) and vehicle crash characteristics: An analysis of linked national datasets. Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma, Amelia Island, FL, Jan. 2008.
9. Kaye AJ, Kaye AE, Nance ML, Kim PK, Chang B, Blinman TA. Pediatric vascular emergencies: What are our practices? American College of Surgeons 94th Clinical Congress in San Francisco, CA, Oct. 2008.
10. Blinman TA, Houseknecht EM, Snyder CJ, Wiebe DJ, Nance ML. Post-concussive symptomatology in hospitalized pediatric patients following minor traumatic brain injury. American Academy of Pediatrics, Boston, MA, Oct. 2008.
11. Mami AG, Houseknecht EM, Nance ML. Frequency and type of incidental findings on abdominal CT scans obtained for evaluation of pediatric blunt abdominal trauma. American Academy of Pediatrics, Boston, Oct. 2008.
12. Rangel EL, Burd RS, Falcone Jr. RA, and the Multicenter Child Abuse Disparity Group. Socioeconomic disparities in infant mortality following nonaccidental trauma: A multi-center study. Surgical Section, American Academy of Pediatrics, Boston, MA, Oct. 2008.
13. Masiakos PT, Pieretti-Vanmarcke R, Velmahos, GC and the PEDSPINE study group. Is it necessary to image the cervical spine in young children following blunt trauma? An AAST multi-center study. American Association for the Surgery of Trauma, Maui, HI, Sep. 2008.
14. Nance ML, Kallan MJ, Holmes JH. Vehicle crash characteristics and head injuries in child occupant decedents: Analysis of linked national datasets. American Association of Automotive Medicine, San Diego, CA, Oct. 2008.
15. Wiebe DJ, Nance ML, Allison P, Anderson E, Hollander J, Guo W, Schwab CW, Richmond TR, Branas CC. Space-time case-control study of daily activities and gunshot assault among adolescents in Philadelphia. Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology, St. Louis, MO, Nov. 2008.
16. Quartermain MD, Ittenbach RF, Flynn TB, Gaynor JW, Zhang X, Licht DJ, Ichord RN, Nance ML, Wernovsky G. Cardiopulmonary bypass does not cause neurocognitive decline in children and adolescents undergoing repair of acyanotic congenital heart disease. American Heart Association Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, Nov. 2008.
17. Burd RS, Mooney DP, Nance ML. Pediatric trauma applied research network. US Critical Illness and Injury Trials Group, Bethesda, MD, Nov. 2008.
18. Kaye A, Kaye A, Blinman T, Kim P, Nance M, Chang B. Pediatric vascular injuries: The need for microsurgical expertise. American Society of Reconstructive Microsurgery, Maui, HI, Jan. 2009.
19. Shalkey V, Basta L, Nance ML, Branas CC, Hollander J, Schwab CW, Richmond T, Wiebe D. Studying the lasting effects of trauma on the everyday function of young assault victims. American Public Health Association, Philadelphia, PA Nov. 2009.
20. Campbell R, Epelman M, Flynn J, Mayer O, Panitch H, Nance M, Blinman T, McDonough J. Thoracic Function: A New Thoracic Performance Classification Based on Dynamic Lung MRI with Identification of a New Mechanism for Restrictive Lung Disease in EOS, Termed Posterior Obstructive Blockade. International Congress on Early Onset Scoliosis, Istanbul turkey Nov. 2009.
21. Kennedy M, Nance ML, Russo P, Graham RL. Gastric Polyps in Menkes Disease Associated with Gastrointestinal Bleeding and Outlet Obstruction. North American Society of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition. National Harbor, MD Nov. 2009.
22. Santore MT, Behar BJ, Blinman TA, Doolin EJ, Hedrick HL, Mattei P, Nance ML, Adzick NS, Flake AW. Hepaticoduodenostomy versus hepaticojejunostomy for reconstruction after resection of choledochal cyst. American Pediatric Surgical Association. Orlando, FL May 2010.
23. Myers SR, Branas CC, Kallan ML, Wiebe DJ, Nance ML, Carr BG. Using home location as a proxy for injury location and the implications for trauma planning. Society for Academic Emergency Medicine. Phoenix, AZ Jun. 2010.
24. Wiebe DJ, Anderson E, Richmond TS, Nance ML, Branas CC. Neighborhood violence and safe routes to school. Annual Meeting American Society of Criminology, San Francisco, CA Nov. 2010 (scheduled).
25. Reisner I, Nance ML, Zeller JS, Houseknecht EM, Kassam-Adams N, Wiebe DJ. What you know might hurt you: A prospective study of behavioral correlates of dog bites to children presented to an urban trauma center. American Public Health Association. Washington, DC Nov. 2010 (scheduled).

1. Nance ML. Motility of the gastrointestinal tract. In Fishman SJ and Savage EB (eds): Essentials of Basic Science in Surgery. Philadelphia: JB Lippincott, Inc., 1993, 170-177.
2. Nance ML, Savage EB. Digestion and absorption in the gastrointestinal tract. In Fishman SJ and Savage EB (eds): Essentials of Basic Science in Surgery. Philadelphia: JB Lippincott, Inc., 1993, 208-213.
3. Rombeau JL, Strear CM, Nance ML. Elemental diets and short-bowel syndrome: Scientific rationale and clinical utility. In Bounous G (ed): Uses of Elemental Diets in Clinical Situations. Boca Raton: CRC Press, Inc., 1993, 297-317.
4. Gorman RC, Nance ML, Morris JB. Enteral feeding techniques. In Torosian MH (ed): Nutrition for the Hospitalized Patient: Basic Science and Principles of Practice. New York: Marcel-Dekker, 1995, 329-351.
5. Nance ML, Nance FC. Blunt abdominal trauma. In Cameron JC (ed): Current Surgical Therapy, 5th Ed. St. Louis: Mosby Inc., 1995, 811-815.
6. Nance ML, Nance FC. A stake through the heart of colostomy. [letter] J Trauma 39(5):811-812, Nov. 1995.
7. Nance ML, Nance FC. It is time we told the emperor about his clothes. [letter] J Trauma 40(2):185-186, Feb. 1996.
8. Nance ML, Adamson WT. Pediatric surgery. In Breckler G and Maul K (eds): General Surgery Pearls of Wisdom. Norfolk, NB: Boston Medical Publishing Corp., 1998, 281-292.
9. Nance ML, Adamson WT. Pediatric surgery. In Breckler G and Maul K (eds): General Surgery Medical Student: USMLE Boards Parts II & III, Pearls of Wisdom. Norfolk, NB: Boston Medical Publishing Corp., 1999, 213-220.
10. Nance ML, Rotondo MF. Abdominal trauma. Chap. 94 in Lanken PN, Manaker S, Hanson CW (eds): The Intensive Care Unit Manual. Philadelphia: WB Saunders Co., 2001, 1041-1049.
11. Nance ML. Penetrating abdominal trauma. In Mattei, PW (ed): Surgical Directives: Pediatric Surgery. Philadelphia: Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins, 2002, 119-121.
12. Nance ML. Neonatal bowel obstruction. In Mattei, PW (ed): Surgical Directives: Pediatric Surgery. Philadelphia: Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins, 2002, 313-316.
13. Stafford PW, Nance ML. Managing pediatric solid organ injury. [letter] JACS 194(3):394-395, Mar. 2002.
14. Nance ML, Stafford PW. Pediatric trauma is a surgical disease. [letter] Ann Emer Med 41(3):423-424; author reply 424-425, Mar. 2003.
15. Nance ML. Incidental appendectomy in the symptomatic patient. [letter] Arch Surg 138(3):343, Mar. 2003.
16. Morowitz MJ, Nance ML. Pediatric surgery. In Atluri P, Karakousis GC, Porrett P (eds): The Surgical Review, 2nd Ed. Philadelphia: Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins, 2005, 143-163.
17. Winkelstein A, Blackstone M, Dawid S, Nance ML. Surgery. In: Frank G, Shah SS, Catallozzi MC, Zaoutis LB (eds). The Philadelphia Guide: Inpatient Pediatrics. Malden, MA: Blackwell Publishing, 2005, 381-397.
18. Nance ML. Variation in the management of pediatric splenic injuries. [editorial] J Trauma, 61(2):333, 2006.
19. Nance ML, Nichol PF. Abdominal mass. In: Liacouras C, Piccoli D (eds): Pediatric Gastroenterology: The Requisites in Pediatrics. Philadelphia: Elsevier Science, 2007, 3-12.
20. Durbin DR, Nance ML. Trauma Systems and Regionalization of Trauma Care. In: Wheeler DS, Shanley TP, Wong HR (eds). Pediatric Critical Care Medicine: Basic Science and Clinical Evidence. Springer-Verlag, London, UK. 2007, 1523-1526.
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