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Pediatric Surgeon
Education: BA, Rutgers University, 2008 MD, Rutgers – New Jersey Medical School, 2013
Residency: Surgery, Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals, 2013-2019
Fellowship: Pediatric Surgery, Connecticut Children’s, 2019-2021
Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery and Pediatrics, University of Connecticut School of Medicine Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery, Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine at Quinnipiac University
Katerina Dukleska, MD, is a Pediatric Surgeon at Connecticut Children’s. Dr. Dukleska’s expertise includes neonatal surgery and congenital malformations, minimally invasive surgery, surgery for inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), and surgical oncology.
Dukleska K, Vinocur CD, Brenn BR, Lim DJ, Keith SW, Dirnberger DR, Berman L. Preoperative Blood Transfusions and Morbidity in Neonates Undergoing Surgery. Pediatrics. 2020 Nov;146(5):e20193718. doi: 10.1542/peds.2019-3718. PMID: 33087550. (https://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/146/5/e20193718.long)
Dukleska K, Devin CL, Martin AE, Miller JM, Sullivan KM, Levy C, Prestowitz S, Flathers K, Vinocur CD, Berman L. Necrotizing enterocolitis totalis: High mortality in the absence of an aggressive surgical approach. Surgery. 2019 Jun;165(6):1176-1181. doi: 10.1016/j.surg.2019.03.005. Epub 2019 Apr 27. PMID: 31040040. (https://www.surgjournal.com/article/S0039-6060(19)30127-8/fulltext)
Dukleska K, Teeple EA, Cowan SW, Vinocur CD, Berman L. Outcomes in Children Undergoing Surgery for Congenital Pulmonary Airway Malformations in the First Year of Life. J Am Coll Surg. 2018 Mar;226(3):287-293. doi: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2017.12.014. Epub 2017 Dec 21. PMID: 29274836. (https://www.journalacs.org/article/S1072-7515(17)32153-1/fulltext)
Dukleska K, Berman L, Aka AA, Vinocur CD, Teeple EA. Short-term outcomes in children undergoing restorative proctocolectomy with ileal-pouch anal anastomosis. J Pediatr Surg. 2018 Jun;53(6):1154-1159. doi: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2018.02.075. Epub 2018 Mar 7. PMID: 29627174. (https://www.jpedsurg.org/article/S0022-3468(18)30160-X/fulltext)
Nepal P, Dukleska K, Weiss RG, Moote D. Triple bubble sign of jejunal atresia. Abdom Radiol (NY). 2021 Jul;46(7):3512-3514. doi: 10.1007/s00261-021-02974-4. Epub 2021 Feb 27. PMID: 33638056. (https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00261-021-02974-4)
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