Division Chief, Pediatric General Surgery

• Surgery / Pediatric General Surgery
• Pediatrics / General Surgery

Address:
DUMC 3815
Durham, NC 27710

Appointment Telephone:
919-681-5077

Office Telephone:
919-681-5077

Fax Telephone:
919-681-8353

• MD, Yale University School of Medicine (Connecticut), 1988

• General Surgery, University of Washington, 1996

• Pediatric Surgery, Children's Hospital of Buffalo (New York), 1998

Clinical Interests:
Neonatal surgery, prenatal counseling, general pediatric thoracic and abdominal surgery

Representative Publications:
Rice HE, Oldham KT, Hillery CA, Skinner MA, O'Hara SM, Ware RE. Clinical and hematologic benefits of partial splenectomy for congenital hemolytic anemias in children. Ann Surg. 2003 Feb;237(2):281-8. (2003) Abstract

Storms RW, Safford K, Colvin OM, Rice H, Smith CA.  CD34+ cells that express aldehyde dehydrogenase are primitive hematopoietic progenitors.  Blood (abstract)100(11):154b, 2002. (2002)

Safford SD, Hayward TZ, Safford KM, Georgiade GS, Rice HE, Skinner MA. A cost and outcomes comparison of a novel integrated pediatric air and ground transportation system. J Am Coll Surg. 2002 Dec;195(6):790-5. (2002) Abstract

Safford KM, Safford SD, Rice HE.  In vivo engraftment and differentiation of murine adipose derived stromal cells.  Blood (abstract)100(11):731a, 2002 (2002)

Safford KM, Hicok KC, Safford SD, Halvorsen YD, Wilkison WO, Gimble JM, Rice HE. Neurogenic differentiation of murine and human adipose-derived stromal cells. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2002 Jun 7;294(2):371-9. (2002) Abstract

Markert Ml, Sarzotti M, Ozaki DA, Sempowski GD, Rhein ME, Hale LP, LeDeist F, Alexiff MA, Li J, Haynes BF, Rice HE, Skinner MA, Mahaffey SM, Jaggers J, Stein LD, Mill M, Thymic transplantation in complete DiGeorge syndrome: Immunologic and safety evaluations in twelve patients.  Blood (in press) (2002)

Erickson GR, Gimble JM, Franklin DM, Rice HE, Awad H, Guilak F. Chondrogenic potential of adipose tissue-derived stromal cells in vitro and in vivo. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2002 Jan 18;290(2):763-9. (2002) Abstract

Rice HE, Brown RL, Gollin G, Caty MG, Gilbert J, Skinner MA, Glick PL, Azizkhan RG. Results of a pilot trial comparing prolonged intravenous antibiotics with sequential intravenous/oral antibiotics for children with perforated appendicitis. Arch Surg. 2001 Dec;136(12):1391-5. (2001) Abstract

1. Safford S, Safford K, Martin P, Rice H, Kurtzberg J, Skinner MA. Management of cholelithiasis in pediatric bone marrow transplant patients. Journal of Pediatric Surgery 36:86-90, (2001). (2001)

Rice HE, Acosta A, Brown RL, Gutierrez C, Alashari M, Mintequi D, Rodriguez A, Chavarrfa O, Azizkhan RG. Juvenile papillomatosis of the breast in male infants: two case reports. Pediatr Surg Int. 2000;16(1-2):104-6. (2000) Abstract

Lodge AJ, Jaggers J, Adams D, Rice HE. Vascular control for resection of suprahepatic intracaval Wilms' tumor: technical considerations. J Pediatr Surg. 2000 Dec;35(12):1836-7. (2000) Abstract