Katherine T. Flynn-O'Brien, MD, MPH

Publications

• Systems-Based Care of the Injured Child: Technical Report.

  (Flynn-O'Brien KT, Srinivasan V, Fallat ME, Committee on Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Council on Injury, Violence, and Poison Prevention, Section on Critical Care, Section on Surgery, Section on Transport Medicine, Pediatric Trauma Society, Society of Trauma Nurses, Pediatric Committee.) Pediatrics. 2025 Sep 01;156(3) PMID: 40819837 08/18/2025

• Systems-Based Care of the Injured Child: Policy Statement.

  (Flynn-O'Brien KT, Srinivasan V, Fallat ME, Committee on Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Council on Injury, Violence, and Poison Prevention, Section on Critical Care, Section on Surgery, Section on Transport Medicine, PEDIATRIC TRAUMA SOCIETY, SOCIETY OF TRAUMA NURSES, Pediatric Committee.) Pediatrics. 2025 Sep 01;156(3) PMID: 40819832 08/18/2025

• Response to Letter to the Editor Concerning Caregivers and Clinic Providers View Soft Casts for Pediatric Hand Burns as Acceptable and Feasible: A Mixed Methods Survey.

  (Schuh JM, Shaman LL, Flynn-O'Brien KT.) J Burn Care Res. 2025 Aug 30;46(4):934 PMID: 40272210 04/24/2025

• Implementation of a Contrast Challenge Algorithm for Adhesive Small Bowel Obstructions in Children: A Prospective, Multi-Institutional Study.

  (Speck KE, Shah NR, Van Arendonk K, Rubalcava NS, Hirschl RB, Goldstein SD, Leys C, Markel TA, Rymeski B, Wright T, Matusko N, Ayala SA, Bergus KC, Carter SR, Collings A, Downard CD, Flynn-O'Brien KT, Georgeades C, Lal DR, Halaweish IF, Joshi D, Mak G, Mannava SV, Saylors SA, Trinidad S, Yeh A, Zeineddin S, Minneci PC.) Ann Surg. 2025 Jun 09 PMID: 40485473 06/09/2025

• Rural General Surgeons' Perspectives Regarding the Provision of Surgical Care to Children.

  (SenthilKumar G, Flynn-O'Brien KT, Fallat M, Van Arendonk KJ.) J Surg Educ. 2025 May;82(5):103471 PMID: 40056571 03/09/2025

• Mental health sequelae of violent injury in children: a review.

  (Schuh JM, Molitor SJ, Wilson DJ, Marik PK, Fischer E, Calkins CM, Flynn-O'Brien KT.) Pediatr Surg Int. 2025 Mar 04;41(1):90 PMID: 40035844 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-86000086824 03/04/2025

• Understanding Impostorism in the Pediatric Surgeon.

  (Marin C, Byrne MM, Choi PM, Flynn O'Brien KT, Zagory J, Henry MC, Wilson NA.) J Surg Educ. 2025 Jan;82(1):103347 PMID: 39546959 11/16/2024

• Caregivers and Clinic Providers View Soft Casts for Pediatric Hand Burns as Acceptable and Feasible: A Mixed Methods Survey.

  (Schuh JM, Linzell LL, Abebrese EL, Flynn-O'Brien KT.) J Burn Care Res. 2024 Nov 14;45(6):1413-1422 PMID: 38984771 07/10/2024

• Interfacility Transfer of Children With Time-Sensitive Surgical Conditions, 2002-2017.

  (Van Arendonk KJ, Tracy ET, Ellison JS, Flynn-O'Brien KT, Gadepalli SK, Goldin AB, Hall M, Leraas HJ, Ricca RL, Ehrlich PF.) JAMA Netw Open. 2024 Oct 01;7(10):e2440251 PMID: 39418018 PMCID: PMC11581541 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85206959997 10/17/2024

• Preinjury and Event-Related Characteristics of Pediatric Firearm Injuries: The American College of Surgeons Firearm Study, United States, March 2021‒February 2022.

  (Flynn-O'Brien KT, Sathya C, Kotagal M, Banks S, Agoubi LL, Kuhls DA, Nathens A, Hink AB, Rivara FP.) Am J Public Health. 2024 Oct;114(10):1097-1109 PMID: 39146518 PMCID: PMC11375371 08/15/2024

• Management of pediatric renal trauma: Results from the American Association for Surgery and Trauma Multi-Institutional Pediatric Acute Renal Trauma Study.

  (Hwang CK, Matta R, Woolstenhulme J, Britt AK, Schaeffer AJ, Zakaluzny SA, Kleber KT, Sheikali A, Flynn-O'Brien KT, Sandilos G, Shimonovich S, Fox N, Hess AB, Zeller KA, Koberlein GC, Levy BE, Draus JM Jr, Sacks M, Chen C, Luo-Owen X, Stephens JR, Shah M, Burks F, Moses RA, Rezaee ME, Vemulakonda VM, Halstead NV, LaCouture HM, Nabavizadeh B, Copp H, Breyer B, Schwartz I, Feia K, Pagliara T, Shi J, Neuville P, Hagedorn JC.) J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2024 May 01;96(5):805-812 PMID: 37966460 11/15/2023

• Relationship between the COVID-19 pandemic and structural inequalities within the pediatric trauma population.

  (Georgeades C, Collings AT, Farazi M, Bergner C, Fallat ME, Minneci PC, Speck KE, Van Arendonk KJ, Deans KJ, Falcone RA Jr, Foley DS, Fraser JD, Gadepalli SK, Keller MS, Kotagal M, Landman MP, Leys CM, Markel TA, Rubalcava NS, St Peter SD, Sato TT, Flynn-O'Brien KT, Midwest Pediatric Surgery Consortium (MWPSC).) Inj Epidemiol. 2023 Nov 28;10(Suppl 1):62 PMID: 38017506 PMCID: PMC10683076 11/29/2023