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Devin Puapong
Biography
Dr. Devin Puapong is a pediatric surgeon who has interests in neonatal surgery, minimally invasive thoracic and abdominal surgery and pediatric trauma. He is a graduate of the University of California at Los Angeles School of Medicine. Dr. Puapong completed a residency in general surgery at the Kaiser Permanante Los Angeles Medical Center as well as a research fellowship at UCLA before completing subspecialty fellowship training in pediatric surgery at the University of Oklahoma Children’s Hospital. Dr. Puapong has been a practicing pediatric surgeon at Kapiolani Medical Center for Women and Children since 2009 where he currently serves as Section Chief of General Surgery and Pediatric Trauma Medical Director. He is also an active faculty member of the Department of Surgery at the University of Hawaii, John A. Burns school of medicine where he serves as a Clinical Associate Professor of Surgery.
Research Interests
General and thoracic pediatric surgery
Pediatric trauma
Pediatric chest wall anomalies
Projects
Quality improvement for pediatric soft tissue infections
Using external measurements to determine severity of pediatric chest wall anomalies
Measuring compliance of head injury guidelines in pediatric trauma
Nguyen SH, Abella M, Gutierrez JV, Tabak B, Puapong D, Johnson S, Woo RK. Robotic Surgery for Pediatric Choledochal Cysts: An American Case Series and Literature Review. J Surg Res. 2023 Nov;291:473-479. doi: 10.1016/j.jss.2023.06.034. Epub 2023 Jul 31. PMID: 37531675.
Galanis DJ, Koo SS, Puapong DP, Sentell T, Bronstein AC. Decrease in injuries from fireworks in Hawaii: associations with a county policy to limit access. Inj Prev. 2022 Aug;28(4):325-329. doi: 10.1136/injuryprev-2021-044402. Epub 2022 Jan 27. PMID: 35086916.
Morikawa N, Laferriere N, Koo S, Johnson S, Woo R, Puapong D. Cryoanalgesia in Patients Undergoing Nuss Repair of Pectus Excavatum: Technique Modification and Early Results. J Laparoendosc Adv Surg Tech A. 2018 Sep;28(9):1148-1151. doi: 10.1089/lap.2017.0665. Epub 2018 Apr 19. PMID: 29672193.
Johnson SM, Grace N, Edwards MJ, Woo R, Puapong D. Thoracoscopic segmentectomy for treatment of congenital lung malformations. J Pediatr Surg. 2011 Dec;46(12):2265-9. doi: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2011.09.012. PMID: 22152862.
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