Ed W. Childs,  M.D. (1983)

Surgeon / Educator / Author

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Class of 1983 | Inducted 2022

 

  • Dr. Ed W. Childs is a Mexia native.

  • He is a 1983 graduate of 黑料社 and received both the Caston and Graduate Caston Scholarships.

  • He is a well-established research specialist, sought after speaker and published author.

  • He is a chair and professor for Trauma and Critical Care at Morehouse School of Medicine.

  • Dr. Childs is passionate about the institution鈥檚 commitment to the under-served communities of Georgia and the nation.

     

Publications

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  • Sawant DA, Tharakan B, Hunter FA, Childs EW.  The Role of Intrinsic Apoptotic Signaling in Hemorrhagic Shock-Induced Microvascular Endothelial Cell Barrier Dysfunction. J Cardiovasc Transl Res. 2014 Oct 3. PMID: 25277298

  • Stagg HW, Whaley JG, Tharakan B, Hunter FA, Jupiter D, Little DC, Davis ML, Smythe WR, Childs EW.  Doxycycline attenuates burn-induced microvascular hyperpermeability. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2013 Dec;75(6):1040-6; discussion 1046. doi: 10.1097/TA.0b013e3182aa9c79. PMID: 24256679

  • Cromer WE, Zawieja SD, Tharakan B, Childs EW, Newell MK, Zawieja DC. The effects of inflammatory cytokines on lymphatic endothelial barrier function. Angiogenesis. 2014 Apr;17(2):395-406. doi: 10.1007/s10456-013-9393-2. Epub 2013 Oct 20. PMID: 24141404

  • Sawant DA, Tharakan B, Wilson RL, Stagg HW, Hunter FA, Childs EW. Regulation of tumor necrosis factor-伪-induced microvascular endothelial cell hyperpermeability by recombinant B-cell lymphoma-extra large. J Surg Res. 2013 Sep;184(1):628-37. doi: 10.1016/j.jss.2013.04.079. Epub 2013 May 23. PMID: 23731686

  • Stagg HW, Bowen KA, Sawant DA, Rodriguez M, Tharakan B, Childs EW. Tumor necrosis factor-related apoptosis-inducing ligand promotes microvascular endothelial cell hyperpermeability through phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase pathway. Am J Surg. 2013 Apr;205(4):419-25. doi: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2012.10.027. Epub 2013 Jan 31. PMID: 23375756

  • Sawant DA, Tharakan B, Tobin RP, Reilly J, Hunter FA, Newell MK, Smythe WR, Childs EW.  Microvascular endothelial cell hyperpermeability induced by endogenous caspase 3 activator staurosporine. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2013 Feb;74(2):516-23. doi: 10.1097/TA.0b013e31827a0620. PMID: 23354245

 

Honors and Awards

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  • Craig Charleston- 13th Annual Anesthesiology Resident Research

  • Rudy Puana- 14th Annual Anesthesiology Resident Research  

  • Forum- Best Research and Presentation

  • Rudy Puana- 15th Annual Anesthesiology Resident Research

  • Forum- Best Research and Presentation

  • Georgia Holder-Haynes 16th Annual Society of Black Academic   

  • Surgeons- Best Presentation

  • Georgia Holder-Haynes 1st Annual General Surgery Research Forum  

  • Best Research     

  • John Ingraham Texas Society of Plastic Surgeon 2nd place, Basic Science  

 

 

 

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