University of California San Francisco

Christopher R. Newton, MD, FACS, FAAP

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Christopher
Newton
MD, FACS, FAAP

Professor of Surgery
Division of Pediatric Surgery
Director, Trauma Care
Co-Director, Neuroscience Center
UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital, Oakland

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Address

35 Medical Center Way, #4629
San Francisco, CA 94143
United States

Email: [email protected]

Education

Institution Degree Dept or School End Date
University of California Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Champion Training 2019

Publications

MOST RECENT PUBLICATIONS FROM A TOTAL OF 66
  1. Neighborhood-based Social Determinants of Health are Associated With Decreased Helmet Use in Young Children.
    Stephens CQ, Highet A, Yap A, Newton C, Moses W| | PubMed
  2. Factors Associated with Resilience in Children During a Disaster: A Scoping Review.
    Shabahang R, Arena AS, Navis I, Kuhls D, Newton C, Burke RV| | PubMed
  3. Weather-Related Pediatric Fatalities in the United States: 2001 to 2021.
    Stephens CQ, Cairo SB, Fallat ME, Melhado CG, Godfred-Cato S, Ong H, Newton C| | PubMed
  4. Extreme Weather Injuries and Fatalities, 2006 to 2021.
    Stephens CQ, Newton C, Kappy B, Melhado CG, Fallat ME| | PubMed
  5. Pediatric Medical Countermeasures: Antidotes and Cytokines for Radiological and Nuclear Incidents and Terrorism.
    Maciulewicz TS, Kazzi Z, Navis IL, Nelsen GJ, Cieslak TJ, Newton C, Lin A, West DJ, Walter FG| | PubMed
  6. Factors associated with trauma recidivism in young children.
    Stephens CQ, Melhado CG, Shui AM, Yap A, Moses W, Jensen AR, Newton C| | PubMed
  7. Disaster planning for a surgical surge: when mass trauma threatens to overwhelm your operating rooms.
    Kelley KM, Toscano N, Gestring ML, Capella J, Newton C, Bukur M, Shatz DV, Winfield RD, Fox A, Fallat ME, Kuhls DA, Glinik G, Doucet J, Gates J, Remick KN| | PubMed
  8. Outcome of Extracorporeal Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation in Pediatric Patients Without Congenital Cardiac Disease: Extracorporeal Life Support Organization Registry Study.
    Beni CE, Rice-Townsend SE, Esangbedo ID, Jancelewicz T, Vogel AM, Newton C, Boomer L, Rothstein DH| | PubMed
  9. Are trauma surgeons prepared? A survey of trauma surgeons' disaster preparedness before and during the COVID-19 pandemic.
    Doucet J, Shatz DV, Kaplan LJ, Bulger EM, Capella J, Kuhls DA, Fallat M, Remick KN, Newton C, Fox A, Jawa R, Harvin JA, Blake DP, Bukur M, Gates J, Ficke J, Gestring ML, American Association for Surgery of Trauma Disaster Committee| | PubMed
  10. Addressing Health-Care Disparities in Pediatric Disaster Planning: A Qualitative Study.
    Navis I, Shaikh A, McCarthy D, Perez E, Chanice M, Newton C, Burke RV| | PubMed
  11. Regional pediatric disaster network guides statewide telehealth initiation during COVID-19 pandemic.
    Marcus BS, Newton C, Rafton SA, Belcher N, Shepard J, Chanice M, Williams T, Quinn H, King MA| | PubMed
  12. Universal Level Designations for Hospitalized Pediatric Patients in Evacuation.
    Lin A, King MA, McCarthy DC, Eriksson CO, Newton CR, Cohen RS| | PubMed
  13. Addressing Pediatric Mental Health During COVID-19 and Other Disasters: A National Tabletop Exercise.
    Gupta S, Schreiber M, McGuire T, Newton C| | PubMed
  14. Introduction of the Surgical Providers Assessment and Response to Climate Change (SPARC2) Tool: One Small Step Toward Reducing the Carbon Footprint of Surgical Care.
    Ewbank C, Stewart B, Bruns B, Deckelbaum D, Gologorsky R, Groen R, Gupta S, Hadley M, Harris MJ, Godfrey R, Jackson J, Leppäniemi A, Malone DL, Newton C, Traynor MD, Wong EG, Kushner AL| | PubMed
  15. Feasibility of PTSD risk identification in pediatric trauma patients using PsySTART: A pilot study.
    Jackson JE, Do-Nguyen A, Ewbank C, Anderson C, Newton C, Schreiber M| | PubMed
  16. The Development of a Surgical Care and Climate Change Matrix: A Tool to Assist With Prioritization and Implementation Strategies.
    Ewbank C, Stewart B, Bruns B, Deckelbaum D, Gologorsky R, Groen R, Gupta S, Harris MJ, Godfrey R, Leppäniemi A, Malone DL, Newton C, Traynor MD, Wong EG, Kushner AL| | PubMed
  17. Sharing strategies for safe delivery of surgical care for children in the COVID-19 Era.
    Ingram ME, Mehl S, Rentea RM, Lopez ME, Raval MV, Newton C, Berman L| | PubMed
  18. Characterization of initial North American pediatric surgical response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
    Ingram ME, Raval MV, Newton C, Lopez ME, Berman L| | PubMed
  19. The Utility of Focused Assessment With Sonography for Trauma Enhanced Physical Examination in Children With Blunt Torso Trauma.
    Kornblith AE, Graf J, Addo N, Newton C, Callcut R, Grupp-Phelan J, Jaffe DM| | PubMed
  20. Regionalization Patterns for Children with Serious Trauma in California (2005-2015): A Retrospective Cohort Study.
    Wang NE, Ewbank C, Newton CR, Spain DA, Pirrotta E, Thomas-Uribe M| | PubMed
  21. Patient, hospital and regional characteristics associated with undertriage of injured children in California (2005-2015): a retrospective cohort study.
    Wang NE, Newton CR, Spain DA, Pirrotta E, Thomas-Uribe M| | PubMed
  22. Variations in access to specialty care for children with severe burns.
    Ewbank C, Sheckter CC, Warstadt NM, Pirrotta EA, Curtin C, Newton C, Wang NE| | PubMed
  23. Pediatric trauma-related coagulopathy: Balanced resuscitation, goal-directed therapy and viscoelastic assays.
    Drucker NA, Wang SK, Newton C| | PubMed
  24. Comparing Percutaneous to Open Access for Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation in Pediatric Respiratory Failure.
    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 Care Committee| | PubMed
  25. 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).
    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| | PubMed
  26. Nationwide Assessment of Factors Associated with Nonoperative Management of Pediatric Splenic Injury.
    Hakim IS, Newton C, Schoen MK, Pirrotta EA, Wang NE| | PubMed
  27. Rapid Retriage of Critically Injured Trauma Patients.
    Della Valle JM, Newton C, Kline RA, Spain DA, Pirrotta E, Wang NE| | PubMed
  28. Direct Gallbladder Indocyanine Green Injection Fluorescence Cholangiography During Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy.
    Graves C, Ely S, Idowu O, Newton C, Kim S| | PubMed
  29. Variations in Utilization of Inpatient Rehabilitation Services among Pediatric Trauma Patients.
    Nguyen HT, Newton C, Pirrotta EA, Aguilar C, Wang NE| | PubMed
  30. Hepatocyte growth factor, hepatocyte growth factor activator and arginine in a rat fulminant colitis model.
    Zwintscher NP, Shah PM, Salgar SK, Newton CR, Maykel JA, Samy A, Jabir M, Steele SR| | PubMed
  31. Modification of U-Stitch Laparoscopic Gastrostomy Technique to Minimize Suture Knot Abscess Formation.
    McCagg J, Markham S, Idowu O, Newton C, Palmer B, Kim S| | PubMed
  32. The impact of perianal disease in young patients with inflammatory bowel disease.
    Zwintscher NP, Shah PM, Argawal A, Chesley PM, Johnson EK, Newton CR, Maykel JA, Steele SR| | PubMed
  33. Variations in pediatric trauma transfer patterns in Northern California pediatric trauma centers (2001-2009).
    Vogel LD, Vongsachang H, Pirrotta E, Holmes JF, Holmes JM, Sherck J, Newton C, D'Souza P, Spain DA, Wang NE| | PubMed
  34. The effect of race on outcomes for appendicitis in children: a nationwide analysis.
    Zwintscher NP, Steele SR, Martin MJ, Newton CR| | PubMed
  35. The increasing incidence of adolescent bariatric surgery.
    Zwintscher NP, Azarow KS, Horton JD, Newton CR, Martin MJ| | PubMed
  36. Laparoscopy utilization and outcomes for appendicitis in small children.
    Zwintscher NP, Johnson EK, Martin MJ, Newton CR| | PubMed
  37. Differences in inpatient glycemic control and response to subcutaneous insulin therapy between medicine and surgery patients with type 2 diabetes.
    Smiley D, Umpierrez GE, Hermayer K, Newton C, Jacobs S, Olson DE, Khan A, Rizzo M, Peng L, Reyes D, Cardona S, Fonseca V| | PubMed
  38. Minimizing unnecessary parenteral nutrition after appendectomy in children.
    Bell R, Betts J, Idowu O, Su W, Hui T, Kim S, Newton C, Stehr W| | PubMed
  39. Effect of mood states and infertility stress on patients' attitudes toward embryo transfer and multiple pregnancy.
    Newton C, Feyles V, Asgary-Eden V| | PubMed
  40. Risk factors for inpatient hypoglycemia during subcutaneous insulin therapy in non-critically ill patients with type 2 diabetes.
    Farrokhi F, Klindukhova O, Chandra P, Peng L, Smiley D, Newton C, Pasquel F, Fereira ME, Umpierrez G| | PubMed
  41. Evaluation of preparatory psychosocial counselling for medically assisted reproduction.
    Hakim LZ, Newton CR, MacLean-Brine D, Feyles V| | PubMed
  42. Erratum: 2-C-Hydro-xymethyl-2,3-O-iso-propyl-idene-d-ribono-1,5-lactam. Corrigendum.
    Newton CR, Simone MI, Fleet GW, Blériot Y, Watkin DJ| | PubMed
  43. The inability of B-type natriuretic protein to predict short-term risk of death or myocardial infarction in non-heart-failure patients with marginally increased troponin levels.
    Hubbard BL, Newton CR, Carter PM, Fowler JJ, Schaldenbrand J, Singal B, Cowen ME| | PubMed
  44. Gallbladder duplication: evaluation, treatment, and classification.
    Causey MW, Miller S, Fernelius CA, Burgess JR, Brown TA, Newton C| | PubMed
  45. A rare cause of vaginal bleeding in a 7-month-old female infant.
    Duke DS, Yoo EY, Newton C, Schwartz MZ| | PubMed
  46. Pediatric granular cell tumor of the tracheobronchial tree.
    Finck C, Moront M, Newton C, Timmapuri S, Lyons J, Rozans M, de Chadarevian JP, Halligan G| | PubMed
  47. Morbidity reduction in critically ill trauma patients through use of a computerized insulin infusion protocol: a preliminary study.
    Toschlog EA, Newton C, Allen N, Newell MA, Goettler CE, Schenarts PJ, Bard MR, Sagraves SG, Rotondo MF| | PubMed
  48. Anxiety and sexual stress in men and women undergoing infertility treatment.
    Peterson BD, Newton CR, Feingold T| | PubMed
  49. Factors affecting patients' attitudes toward single- and multiple-embryo transfer.
    Newton CR, McBride J, Feyles V, Tekpetey F, Power S| | PubMed
  50. The relationship between coping and depression in men and women referred for in vitro fertilization.
    Peterson BD, Newton CR, Rosen KH, Skaggs GE| | PubMed
  51. Angiotensin II type 1 receptor activation increases microvascular permeability via a calcium dependent process.
    Newton CR, Curran B, Victorino GP| | PubMed
  52. Angiotensin II type 1 receptor activation increases microvascular hydraulic permeability.
    Newton CR, Curran B, Victorino GP| | PubMed
  53. Angiotensin II type 2 receptor effect on microvascular hydraulic permeability.
    Newton CR, Curran B, Victorino GP| | PubMed
  54. Lidocaine vaginal gel versus lidocaine paracervical block for analgesia during oocyte retrieval.
    Tummon I, Newton C, Lee C, Martin J| | PubMed
  55. Endothelin-1 decreases microvessel permeability after endothelial activation.
    Victorino GP, Newton CR, Curran B| | PubMed
  56. Modulation of microvascular hydraulic permeability by platelet-activating factor.
    Victorino GP, Newton CR, Curran B| | PubMed
  57. Dose-dependent actions and temporal effects of angiotensin II on microvascular permeability.
    Victorino GP, Newton CR, Curran B| | PubMed
  58. The impact of albumin on hydraulic permeability: comparison of isotonic and hypertonic solutions.
    Victorino GP, Newton CR, Curran B| | PubMed
  59. Effect of hypertonic saline on microvascular permeability in the activated endothelium.
    Victorino GP, Newton CR, Curran B| | PubMed
  60. Embryo donation: attitudes toward donation procedures and factors predicting willingness to donate.
    Newton CR, McDermid A, Tekpetey F, Tummon IS| | PubMed
  61. Image of the month. Thoracic neurilemoma.
    Newton CR, Victorino GP| | PubMed
  62. Dextran modulates microvascular permeability: effect in isotonic and hypertonic solutions.
    Victorino GP, Newton CR, Curran B| | PubMed
  63. Examining congruence between partners' perceived infertility-related stress and its relationship to marital adjustment and depression in infertile couples.
    Peterson BD, Newton CR, Rosen KH| | PubMed
  64. Effect of angiotensin II on microvascular permeability.
    Victorino GP, Newton CR, Curran B| | PubMed
  65. The effect of tonicity and hypertonic solutions on microvascular permeability.
    Victorino GP, Newton CR, Curran B| | PubMed
  66. Calcium and beta receptor antagonist overdose: a review and update of pharmacological principles and management.
    Newton CR, Delgado JH, Gomez HF| | PubMed