Ask a Pediatric Surgeon about Pilonidal Disease, and they likely won’t be too enthused; like most abscesses, they can be filled with stinky pus and—despite medical treatment—they also have a high recurrence rate …until now. Dr. Talha Rafeeqi is the first author on new research published in the Journal of Pediatric Surgery. Rafeeqi details a new treatment protocol for Pilonidal, which led to significantly lower recurrence rates when implemented across surgeons and hospitals within the Stanford system.
Dr. Rafeeqi also talks about his abstract "Use Of Niclosamide Ethanolamide (NEN) As A Mitochondrial Decoupler In Neuroblastoma,” which won an Academic College of Surgeons Excellence in Research Award. We look forward to seeing him receive it at the Clinical Congress in San Diego next month.
Dr. Rafeeqi is a fourth-year surgical resident at the Valley Health System in Las Vegas. He spent his research time working in Stanford’s Division of Pediatric Surgery labs.
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