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Graeme John Pitcher, MB BCh

Clinical Associate Professor
Department of Surgery
Division of Pediatric Surgery
graeme-pitcher@uiowa.edu
Office Telephone: 319-356-1884

Pediatric Surgery Clinic
Telephone: 319-356-2229

Medical School (MB BCh):

• University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

Internship:

• Internal Medicine, J. G. Strijdom Hospital
• Surgery, J. G. Strijdom Hospital

Residency:

• Johannesburg Hospital, Johannesburg, South Africa

Fellowship:

• Pediatric Surgery, Johannesburg Hospital, Johannesburg, South Africa
• Pediatric Surgery, Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Glasgow, United Kingdom
• Tranplant Surgery, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE

Certification:

• Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics (Department of Health, South Africa) 1986
• Primary Examination in Surgery of the South African College of Medicine [FCS(SA) part 1A]
• Certified ATLS Provider 1993
• Certified ATLS Instructor 1994
• Primary Examination in Surgery of the South African College of Medicine
• Health Professionals Council (South Africa) Pediatric Surgery Subspecialty 1995

Selected Recent Publications (Recent Peer Reviewed Papers):

• Pitcher G.J; Azmy A.F. (1996) Cholelithiasis in paediatric renal transplant patients: implications for screening and management. British Journal of Urology, 1996 Aug, 78:2, 316-7.
• Pitcher G. J. (2001). Fiber-endoscopic thoracoscopy for diaphragmatic injury in children. Seminars in Pediatric Surgery; Vol 10, No 1(February), 2001 pp17-19.
• Pitcher G.J., Bowley D.M. (2002) Infant Rape in South Africa. Lancet 2002 Jan 26;359(9303)274-5.
• Bowley D.M.G., Pitcher G.J. (2002) Motivation behind infant rape in South Africa. Lancet 2002;359(9314):1352. Letter.
• Bowley D.M.G., Pitcher G.J. (2002) Motivation behind infant rape in South Africa. Lancet 2002;359(9314):1352. Letter.
• Bowley D.M.G., Pitcher G.J. (2002) Action is still needed to stem heterosexual transmission of HIV in Africa. British Medical Journal 2002;324: 1586. Letter.
• Bowley D. M., Pitcher G. J., Beale P. G., Joseph C., Davies M. R. Q. (2002) Child Rape in South Africa – An open letter to the Minister of Health. South African Medical Journal October 2002, 92(10) pp 744. Letter.
• Pitcher G. J., Bowley D. M. G., Chasumba G, Zuckerman M. (2002) Life threatening haemorrhage from a gastric Dieulafoy lesion in a child with haemophilia. Haemophilia. September 2002,8;(5), 719
• Pitcher G. J. Commentary – Infant rape. S Afr Psychiatry Rev 2003;6(4):13-14
• Loveland J., Bowley D. M. G., Beavon I. R., Pitcher G. J. Bowel Obstruction in an infant with AIDS. Archives of the Diseases of Childhood 2003;88:825-826.
• Bowley D. M., Loveland J., Pitcher G. J. Tibial fracture as a complication of intraosseous infusion during pediatric resuscitation. J. Trauma 2003;55(4):786
• Pitcher G. J. Emergency management of injuries sustained during child sexual assault. CME. The South African Journal of CPD. July 2004, Vol 22; No 7: 378-381.
• Pitcher G. J., Rogers T. N. Child restraint – how we do it! CME. The South African Journal of CPD. July 2004, Vol 22; No 7: 391-392.
• Rogers T. N., Joseph C., Bowley D. M. G., Pitcher G. J. Appendico-cutaneous fistula in Cystic Fibrosis. Paediatric Surgery International. 2004; 20: 151-152.
• Joseph. C. M., Bowley D. M., Pitcher G. J. Formalin treatment of refractory haemorrhagic cystitis. J. Ped. Urol. 2005; 1: 365-367.
• Beale P.G., Bowley D. M. G., Loveland J., Pitcher G. J. Delayed repair of bronchial avulsion in a child through median sternotomy. J. Trauma. 2005; 58: 617-619.
• Pitcher G.J., Beale P.G., Bowley D.M., Hahn D., Thomson P. D. Pediatric renal transplantation in a South African teaching hospital; a twenty-year perspective. Pediatric Transplantation, June 2006, 10: 441-448.
• Bowley D.M., Loveland J., Omar T., Pitcher G. J. Human Immunodeficiency virus infection and amebiasis. The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, December 2006, 25(12):1192-1193.
• Bowley D.M., Rogers T. N., Meyers T., Pitcher. G. J. Surgeons are failing to recognize children with HIV infection. Journal of Pediatric Surgery, February 2007, 42:431-434.
• Rogers T.N., Bowley D. M., Poole J., Swanepoel P., Beale P., Pitcher G. J. Experience and outcomes of nephroblastoma in Johannesburg 1998 - 2003. European Journal Paediatric Surgery, February 2007, 17:41-44.
• Pitcher G. J. Neonatal mortality at the cutting edge in developing countries. World Journal of Surgery. Accepted for publication
• Rebelo E., Szabo C. S., Pitcher G. J., Parbhoo K. Gender assignment surgery on children with disorders of sex development: a case report and discussion from South Africa. Journal of Child Health Care. Accepted for publication