Kyle Van Arendonk, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor

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Locations

Children's Wisconsin - Milwaukee
Children's Wisconsin Dept of Pediatric Surgery - Administration Office
Children’s Wisconsin Clinic Building
Surgicenter of Greater Milwaukee
Children's Wisconsin Clinics - Delafield
Children's Wisconsin Clinics - Mequon
Children's Wisconsin Clinics - New Berlin

Specialties

General Surgery
Pediatric Surgery

Languages

English

Children's Central Scheduling

(414) 607-5280

Toll Free

(877) 607-5280

Education

MD - Doctor of Medicine
PhD

Biography

Dr. Van Arendonk is a pediatric surgeon who practices pediatric general and thoracic surgery at the Children’s Wisconsin. Dr. Van Arendonk completed medical school at the University of Iowa, general surgery residency at the Johns Hopkins Hospital, and pediatric surgery fellowship at Vanderbilt University. During his surgical residency, he pursued formal clinical research training through the Johns Hopkins Clinical Research Scholars (NIH KL2) program. He completed his PhD in the Graduate Training Program in Clinical Investigation at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. His past work focused primarily on issues in pediatric transplantation and trauma. He joined the Medical College of Wisconsin in September of 2018. His research interests include prediction models to aid in clinical decision-making, variability in care, quality improvement, and value in pediatric surgery. He is particularly interested in methods of enteral access for feeding in children and the treatment of gastroesophageal reflux disease in children.

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The COVID-19 pandemic and associated rise in pediatric firearm injuries: A multi-institutional study.

(Collings AT, Farazi M, Van Arendonk KJ, Fallat ME, Minneci PC, Sato TT, Speck KE, Deans KJ, Falcone RA Jr, Foley DS, Fraser JD, Gadepalli SK, Keller MS, Kotagal M, Landman MP, Leys CM, Markel TA, Rubalcava N, St Peter SD, Flynn-O'Brien KT, Midwest Pediatric Surgery Consortium.) J Pediatr Surg. 2022 Apr 12 PMID: 35501165 PMCID: PMC9001175 05/03/2022
Same-day discharge after appendectomy for uncomplicated appendicitis in children: Potential barriers to increased utilization.

(Buss R, Bodnar CA, Somers KK, Leack KM, Sato TT, Gourlay DM, Van Arendonk KJ.) Am J Surg. 2022 Apr 05 PMID: 35414428 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85127907078 04/14/2022
Controversy in the classification of appendicitis and utilization of postoperative antibiotics.

(Buonpane CL, Vacek J, Harris CJ, Salazar Osuna JH, Van Arendonk KJ, Hunter CJ, Goldstein SD.) Surgery. 2022 04;171(4):1022-1026 PMID: 34774292 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85119014738 11/15/2021
Impact of Stay-at-Home orders on non-accidental trauma: A multi-institutional study.

(Collings AT, Farazi M, Van Arendonk K, Fallat ME, Minneci PC, Sato TT, Speck KE, Deans KJ, Falcone RA, Foley DS, Fraser JD, Keller MS, Kotagal M, Landman MP, Leys CM, Markel T, Rubalcava N, St Peter SD, Flynn-O'Brien KT, Midwest Pediatric Surgery Consortium.) J Pediatr Surg. 2022 Feb 14 PMID: 35292165 PMCID: PMC8842346 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85126764798 03/17/2022
Geographic barriers to children's surgical care: A systematic review of existing evidence.

(Buss R, SenthilKumar G, Bouchard M, Bowder A, Marquart J, Cooke-Barber J, Vore E, Beals D, Raval M, Rich BS, Goldstein S, Van Arendonk K.) J Pediatr Surg. 2021 Dec 03 PMID: 34963510 12/30/2021
Iatrogenic vascular trauma and complications of vascular access in children.

(Georgeades C, Rothstein AE, Plunk MR, Arendonk KV.) Semin Pediatr Surg. 2021 Dec;30(6):151122 PMID: 34930587 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85119065625 12/22/2021
Disparities in utilization of outpatient surgical care among children.

(Powers RJ, Mokdad AA, Pezzin LE, Nattinger AB, Oldham KT, Van Arendonk KJ.) Surgery. 2021 12;170(6):1815-1821 PMID: 34167822 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85109367167 06/26/2021
Association of Neighborhood Socioeconomic Disadvantage With Complicated Appendicitis in Children.

(Bodnar C, Buss R, Somers K, Mokdad A, Van Arendonk KJ.) J Surg Res. 2021 09;265:245-251 PMID: 33962102 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85105339753 05/08/2021
Contrast Challenge Algorithms for Adhesive Small Bowel Obstructions Are Safe in Children: A Multi-Institutional Study.

(Rubalcava NS, Bence CM, Jensen AR, Minneci PC, Van Arendonk KJ, Mak G, Rymeski BA, Kohler JE, Beyene T, Lim IIP, Hirschl RB, Speck KE.) Ann Surg. 2021 Aug 19 PMID: 34417363 08/22/2021
Outcomes of gastrostomy placement with and without concomitant tracheostomy among ventilator dependent children.

(Bence CM, Salazar JH, Flynn-O'Brien KT, Mokdad AA, Gourlay DM, Van Arendonk KJ.) J Pediatr Surg. 2021 Jul;56(7):1222-1226 PMID: 33863556 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85104490488 04/18/2021
The Great Gut Mimicker: A case report of MIS-C and appendicitis clinical presentation overlap in a teenage patient.

(Hwang M, Wilson K, Wendt L, Pohlman J, Densmore E, Kaeppler C, Van Arendonk K, Yale S.) BMC Pediatr. 2021 06 01;21(1):258 PMID: 34074244 PMCID: PMC8167300 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85107274686 06/03/2021
Trends in gastrostomy tube placement with concomitant Nissen fundoplication for infants and young children at Pediatric Tertiary Centers

(Bouchard ME, Stewart DH, Hall M, Many BT, Vacek JC, Papastefan S, Van Arendonk K, Abdullah F, Goldstein SD.) Pediatric Surgery International. May 2021;37(5):617-625 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85099971983 05/01/2021