Dr. Danielle Walsh is board certified in Pediatric Surgery, General Surgery, and Clinical Informatics. She is Vice Chair for Quality and Process Improvement at the University of Kentucky in Lexington and runs her own company, Pirate Surgery, PLLC. She received her medical degree from University of South Florida College of Medicine in 1995. In addition to the breadth of clinical surgery, she has interest in clinical guideline creation, digital health, and quality improvement.
Selected publications from PubMed
Stress and Strain: Ergonomic Practices and Associated Injuries Among Pediatric Surgeons.
Tan SF, Stellon M, Joshi D, Hellner J, Ignacio RC, Van Arendonk KJ, Rich BS, Raval MV, Perrone EE, Moriarty KP, Walsh DS, Fisher JC, Buchmiller TL, Gow KW, Le HD
J Surg Res. 2025 Jun;310:1-7 doi: 10.1016/j.jss.2025.03.037.
The performance of artificial intelligence large language model-linked chatbots in surgical decision-making for gastroesophageal reflux disease.
Huo B, Calabrese E, Sylla P, Kumar S, Ignacio RC, Oviedo R, Hassan I, Slater BJ, Kaiser A, Walsh DS, Vosburg W
Surg Endosc. 2024 May;38(5):2320-2330 doi: 10.1007/s00464-024-10807-w.
Artificial Intelligence-enabled Decision Support in Surgery: State-of-the-art and Future Directions.
Loftus TJ, Altieri MS, Balch JA, Abbott KL, Choi J, Marwaha JS, Hashimoto DA, Brat GA, Raftopoulos Y, Evans HL, Jackson GP, Walsh DS, Tignanelli CJ
Ann Surg. 2023 Jul 1;278(1):51-58 doi: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000005853.
Social injustice symposium: Urban, rural, and global disparities in access to care.
Amano H, Krakauer K, Moss RL, Petroze R, Reynolds E, Shekherdimian S, Walsh D, Garcia V, Gerstle JT, Gow K, Fitzgerald TN, Krishnaswami S
J Pediatr Surg. 2022 Nov;57(11):624-631 doi: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2022.03.024.
Preoperative Nutritional Optimization of the Oncology Patient: A Scoping Review.
Brajcich BC, Stigall K, Walsh DS, Varghese TK, Barber AE, Kralovich KA, Wescott AB, Pockaj BA, Ko CY, Laronga C
J Am Coll Surg. 2022 Mar 1;234(3):384-394 doi: 10.1097/XCS.0000000000000055.
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