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Eric D. Girard, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Surgery

NPI Number: 1588899405
Academic Office Location: Surgery UConn Health 263 Farmington Avenue Farmington, CT 06030

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Education & Training
Committees & Organizations
Publications
Presentations

Education

Degree	Institution	Major
B.S.	Georgetown University	Biology
M.D.	Albany Medical College	Medicine

Degree

Institution

Major

B.S.

Georgetown University

Biology

M.D.

Albany Medical College

Medicine

Post-Graduate Training

Training	Institution	Specialty
Residency	University of Connecticut	General Surgery
Fellowship	University of Louisville School of Medicine	Colon and Rectal Surgery

Training

Institution

Specialty

Residency

University of Connecticut

General Surgery

Fellowship

University of Louisville School of Medicine

Colon and Rectal Surgery

Awards

Name of Award/Honor	Awarding Organization
Joseph Civetta M.D. Award "Best Faculty Teacher"	UConn Residency
Hartford Hospital and the University of Connecticut Robert Warren Painter, MD Memorial Award; Awarded to the Outstanding Resident for Excellence in Academics, Teaching, and Clinical Care.	University of Connecticut Department of Surgery
Judah Folkman Memorial Award - Best Podium Presentation in Basic Science Amniotic Fluid Stem Cells in a Bio-engineered Scaffold: A New Frontier in Patient Specific Therapy for Premature Lung Disease	American Pediatric Surgery Association
Second Place Podium Presentation in Pediatric Subspecialties Room 1. Towards Personalized Medicine in Tissue Engineering and Respiratory Disease	Connecticut Chapter of the American College of Surgeons
Second Place Podium Presentation in Pediatric Subspecialties Room 2. Intelligent Medicine Based Therapy for High-Risk Tumors in Children.	Connecticut Chapter of the American College of Surgeons
Best Podium Presentation in Subspecialties Division. Lung Decellularization: Preservation of Architecture.	Connecticut Chapter of the American College of Surgeons

Name of Award/Honor

Awarding Organization

Joseph Civetta M.D. Award "Best Faculty Teacher"

UConn Residency

Hartford Hospital and the University of Connecticut Robert Warren Painter, MD Memorial Award; Awarded to the Outstanding Resident for Excellence in Academics, Teaching, and Clinical Care.

University of Connecticut Department of Surgery

Judah Folkman Memorial Award - Best Podium Presentation in Basic Science Amniotic Fluid Stem Cells in a Bio-engineered Scaffold: A New Frontier in Patient Specific Therapy for Premature Lung Disease

American Pediatric Surgery Association

Second Place Podium Presentation in Pediatric Subspecialties Room 1. Towards Personalized Medicine in Tissue Engineering and Respiratory Disease

Connecticut Chapter of the American College of Surgeons

Second Place Podium Presentation in Pediatric Subspecialties Room 2. Intelligent Medicine Based Therapy for High-Risk Tumors in Children.

Connecticut Chapter of the American College of Surgeons

Best Podium Presentation in Subspecialties Division. Lung Decellularization: Preservation of Architecture.

Connecticut Chapter of the American College of Surgeons

Name & Description	Category	Role	Type	Scope	Start Year	End Year
Faculty of the American College of Surgeons	Professional/Scientific Organization	Faculty	External	International	2019
Robotic Steering Committee	Advisory Committee	Co Chair	UConn Health	University	2018

Name & Description

Journal Articles

Case report: Adenosquamous carcinoma of the prostate with greater than 20 month response to multimodal therapy.
Hennessey, Alex; Buller, Dylan; Sama, Shashank; Girard, Eric; Clement, Jessica; Ristau, Benjamin T Urology case reports 2020 Mar;29101084
Surgical care of the geriatric patient.
Katz, Marilyn; Silverstein, Nicole; Coll, Patrick; Sullivan, Gail; Mortensen, Eric M; Sachs, Adam; Gross, Jeffrey B; Girard, Eric; Liang, Joy; Ristau, Benjamin T; Stevenson, Christina; Smith, Phillip P; Shames, Brian D; Millea, Ryan; Ali, Irfan; Poulos, Constantine M; Ramaraj, Akila B; Otukoya, Azuka Onye; Nolan, James; Wahla, Zulara; Hardy, Cara; Al-Naggar, Iman; Bliss, Lindsay A; McFadden, David W Current problems in surgery 2019 Jul;56(7):260-329
Effectiveness of hypnosis for post-operative pain management of minimally invasive approach to repair of pectus excavatum: retrospective analysis
Manworren, R; Girard, ED; Verissimo, AM; Ruscher, KA; Riccardino, S; Weiss, R; Hight, D. JPSN 2015 Apr;4(2):60-69
Second and third trimester amniotic fluid mesenchymal stem cells can repopulate a de-cellularized lung scaffold and express lung markers.
Vadasz, Stephanie; Jensen, Todd; Moncada, Camilo; Girard, Eric; Zhang, Fan; Blanchette, Alex; Finck, Christine Journal of pediatric surgery 2014 Nov;49(11):1554-63
Automated procedure for biomimetic de-cellularized lung scaffold supporting alveolar epithelial transdifferentiation.
Girard, Eric D; Jensen, Todd J; Vadasz, Stephanie D; Blanchette, Alex E; Zhang, Fan; Moncada, Camilo; Weiss, Daniel J; Finck, Christine M Biomaterials 2013 Dec;34(38):10043-55
Can stem cells be used to generate new lungs? Ex vivo lung bioengineering with decellularized whole lung scaffolds.
Wagner, Darcy E; Bonvillain, Ryan W; Jensen, Todd; Girard, Eric D; Bunnell, Bruce A; Finck, Christine M; Hoffman, Andrew M; Weiss, Daniel J Respirology (Carlton, Vic.) 2013 Aug;18(6):895-911
A rapid lung de-cellularization protocol supports embryonic stem cell differentiation in vitro and following implantation.
Jensen, Todd; Roszell, Blair; Zang, Fan; Girard, Eric; Matson, Adam; Thrall, Roger; Jaworski, Diane M; Hatton, Cayla; Weiss, Daniel J; Finck, Christine Tissue engineering. Part C, Methods 2012 Aug;18(8):632-46
An Unlikely Connection: Rare Case of Colo-Urachal Fistula, Surgical Management, and Review of the Literature
Mary Soyster, Benjamin Ristau, Eric Girard, Yu Liang, Poornima Hegde, Brooke Harnisch Urology Case Reports

Book Chapters

Netter Green Books, Digestive System: Plates 3.30-3.34, 3.37-3.45, 3.73-3.76, 3.89, 3.92-3.96
Eric Girard Christina Stevenson Netter Green Books, Digestive System: Plates 3.30-3.34, 3.37-3.45, 3.73-3.76, 3.89, 3.92-3.96 2023 Dec;
Small Intestine
Maya Petashnick Eric Girard' Yu Liang David McFadden Shackelford's Surgery of the Alimentary Tract

Case Reports

Infected urachal cyst secondary to a Crohn's enterourachal fistula.
Hollander, Lindsay L; Girard, Eric D; Ruscher, Kimberly A; Sayej, Wael; Kim, Christina; Finck, Christine M Journal of pediatric surgery 2012 Dec;47(12):e43-6
A novel case of pediatric thoracic malignant ectomesenchymoma in an infant.
Yohe ME, Girard ED, Balarezzo FS, Brown T, Wu AC, Finck CM, Orsey AD J Pediatr Surg Case Reports

Erratums

Erratum to ``Surgical care of the geriatric patient'' [YMSG 56(7) (2019) 260-329].
Katz, Marilyn; Silverstein, Nicole; Coll, Patrick; Sullivan, Gail; Mortensen, Eric M; Sachs, Adam; Gross, Jeffrey B; Girard, Eric; Liang, Joy; Ristau, Benjamin T; Stevenson, Christina; Smith, Phillip P; Shames, Brian D; Millea, Ryan; Ali, Irfan; Poulos, Constantine M; Ramaraj, Akila B; Otukoya, Azuka Onye; McFadden, David W Current problems in surgery 2019 Dec;56(12):100647

Title or Abstract	Type	Sponsor/Event	Date/Year	Location
Effectiveness of hypnosis for post-operative pain management of minimally invasive approach to repair of pectus excavatum: retrospective analysis.	Poster	New England Surgical Society	2013	Maine
Neonatal induced pluripotent stem cells as a source for engineering transplantable patient specific lung tissue.	Talk	American College of Surgeons	2013	Washington, D.C.

Title or Abstract

Type

Sponsor/Event

Date/Year

Location

Effectiveness of hypnosis for post-operative pain management of minimally invasive approach to repair of pectus excavatum: retrospective analysis.

Poster

New England Surgical Society

2013

Maine

Neonatal induced pluripotent stem cells as a source for engineering transplantable patient specific lung tissue.

Talk

American College of Surgeons

2013

Washington, D.C.