Dr. Mary Christina Whyte, MD

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Dr. Christine Whyte is chief of the division of pediatric surgery and one of only a handful of women pediatric surgeons in the country serving in the capacity of division chief. She specializes in trauma and oncology surgery, appendectomies and hernia repairs.She has a special interest in advanced newborn surgical procedures including treatments for congenital diaphragmatic hernia, and bowel atresia. She also has expertise in performing the highly specialized surgical procedure, the Nuss procedure, for pectus excavatum, and in treating Hirschsprungs diseasea disease of the large intestine. PUBLICATIONS 2015 Robotic Single- and Multi-port Cholecystectomy in Children. Ahn N, Signore G, Stain S, Singh TP, Whyte C. Accepted for publication in J Laparoendosc Surg Adv Tech A July 2015 2014 DeFreest L, Smith J, Whyte C. Laparoscopic-Assisted percutaneous Cecostomy for Antegrade Continence Enema. J Laparooendosc Surg Adv Tech A 2014 Apr;24(4):261-4 2008 Whyte C, Levine T, Harris BH. Early decisions in perforated appendicitis in children: lessons from a study of non-operative management. J Pediatr Surg 2008 Aug; 43(1459-1463). Whyte C, Tran E, Lopez M, Harris BH. Outpatient Interval Appendectomy for Perforated Appendicitis. Pediatr Surg. 2008 Nov;43(11):1970-2. 2007 Lopez M, Whyte C, Kleinhaus S, Rivas Y, Harris BH. Laparoscopic excision of a gastric diverticulum in a child. J Laparoendosc Adv Surg Tech A. 2007 Apr; 17(2): 246-8. Levin T, Whyte C, Han B, Blitman N, Harris BH. Non-operative management of ruptured appendicitis in children: Can CT predict outcome? Pediatr Radiol. 2007 Mar; 37(3):251-255. 2006 Ramos CT, Whyte C, Harris BH. Non-traumatic compartment syndrome of the extremities in children. Pediatr Surg 2006 Dec;41(12) 1999 Merry C, Bufo AJ, Shah RS, Schropp KP, Lobe TE: Early Definitive Intervention by Thoracoscopy in Pediatric Empyema. J Pediatr Surg 34(1):178-81, 1999. Merry C, Spurbeck W, Lob