Helen Hsieh, MD, PhD — Academic Profile

Certifications

Board Certifications

  • General Surgery (American Board of Surgery) 

Education

MD and PhD (Neuroscience)

  • Stony Brook University (2008)

Residency Training

  • General Surgery, McGill University

Fellowship Training

  • Pediatric Surgery, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Ste Justine (Montreal)

Affiliated Specialty Center

Clinical Interests/Expertise

  • Surgical management of congenital and acquired anomalies/diseases of the neck, chest, abdomen, anorectum, and soft tissues in children (newborns to adolescents aged 17 years), including, but not limited to, congenital anomalies of the esophagus
  • Gastroschisis, omphalocele, and esophageal atresia–tracheoesophageal fistula
  • Necrotizing enterocolitis
  • Inguinal hernias
  • Undescended testes
  • Appendicitis
  • Tumors of the kidneys, adrenal glands, gastrointestinal tract, lymphatics, and soft tissues
  • Surgical consultation in pediatric trauma
  • Minimally invasive laparoscopic surgery
  • Neonatal surgery
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Contact Information

Division of Pediatric Surgery
Department of Surgery, Health Sciences Center T19-090
Stony Brook Medicine
Stony Brook, NY 11794-8191
Tel: 631-444-2045
Fax: 631-444-8824

For patient care information, including insurance participation and practice locations, click here.
  • Personal Statement
  • Honors
  • Publications
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  • I became a pediatric surgeon first and foremost for the patients. I am excited to return from my surgical training in Montreal to the community where I grew up and studied, in order to serve the people here. I went to high school on Long Island and earned my professional degrees from the Stony Brook Medical Scientist Training Program. With the new Children’s Hospital at Stony Brook Medicine, I believe that we have an extraordinary opportunity to provide integrated, cutting-edge, and comprehensive pediatric surgical care. As a physician scientist, I am committed to advancing our understanding of pediatric surgery and improving our patients' lives.
  • Enrichment Grant, American Pediatric Surgery Association (2016)
  • Luong T. Nguyen Award for "best performance by a core surgery resident in pediatric general surgery," Montreal Children’s Hospital (2010)
  • Voltage dependent allosteric modulation of IPSCs by benzodiazepines. Alexander Baez, Trevor Van Brunt, Gabrielle Moody, Lonnie P Wollmuth, Helen Hsieh. Brain Res. 2020 June 1736: 146699. doi: 10.1016/j.brainres.2020.146699. PMID: 32027866
  • A Young Child with Recurrent Pneumonia and Hemoptysis During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Zirun Zhao, Rachel Choe Kim, Felix Tavernier, Rachana Choksi, Trevor Van Brunt, James Earl Davis, Katharine Kevill, Helen Hsieh. Chest. 2022 Aug 162(2):e77-e80. doi:10.1016/j.chest.2022.03.053. PMID: 35940666
  • Juvenile Granulosa Cell Tumor Mimicking HAIR-AN in a 4-Year-Old: A Case Report. Rachel Choe Kim, Iliya Goldberg, Trevor Van Brunt, Hamama Tul-Bushra, Rebecca Batiste, Andrew H Lane, Helen Hsieh. J Clin Res Pediatr Endocrinol. 2022 Sept 16 doi:10.4274/jcrpe.galenos.2022.2022-4-17. PMID: 36112066
  • Differential Regulation of Tetramerization of the AMPA Receptor Glutamate-Gated Ion Channel by Auxiliary Subunits. Noel Certain, Quan Gan, Joseph Bennett, Helen Hsieh, Lonnie Wollmuth. J Biol Chem. 2023 Oct 299(10): 105227. doi: 10.1016/j.jbc.2023.105227. PMID: 37673338
  • Pediatric Traumatic Brain Injury Outcomes and Disparities During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Rachel Choe Kim, Priya Aggarwal, Anthony Sochin, Zirun Zhao, Susan Fiore, David Chesler, Hector Alcala, Helen Hsieh. J Pediatr Surg. (2024) May 59(5):893-899. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2024.01.039. PMID: 39333415
  • Determining Adverse Outcomes in Adult and Pediatric Nonpenetrating Trauma with qSOFA: As Simple as Counting 1-2-3? Josue Merida, Eliott Sanchez, Zaina Naeem, Ambika Mukhi, James Vosswinkel, Charles Fasanya, Patrician Eckardt, Helen Hsieh, Randeep Jawa. J Surg Res. 2024 Sep 301:647-655. doi: 10.1016/j.jss.2024.07.029. PMID: 39116831
  • Closing the Trauma Performance Improvement Loop with In-situ Simulation. Anthony Sochan*, Kristen Delaney*, Priya Aggarwal, Anna Brun, Lee Popick, Sara Cardozo-Stolberg, Rahul Panesar, Christine Russo, Helen Hsieh. J Surg Res. 2024 Oct
    302:876-882. doi: 10.1016/j.jss.2024.07.121. PMID: 39260042
  • Disparities in Pediatric Traumatic Brain Injury Outcome and Child Protective Services Involvement (2024). Rachel Choe Kim*, Priya Aggarwal*, Zirun Zhao, Regina Kunia, Eleanor Kim, Susan Fiore, Richard Scriven, David Chesler, Gillian Hopgood, Hector Alcala, Helen Hsieh. Ped Surg International. 2024 Sep 27 40(1):255. doi: 10.1007/s00383-024-05840-8. PMID: 39333415
  • Focused Review of Enhanced Recovery After Abdominal Trauma Surgery in the Pediatric Population and Development of a Pediatric Enhanced Recovery After Trauma Surgery Pathway. Robert Moore, Niharika Singh, Madelyn Wang, Alexandra Tsivitis, Catherine Devitt, Zhaosheng Jin, Ehab Al-Bizri, Sunitha Singh, Helen Hsieh. Paediatr Anaesth. 2025 Feb 6 doi: 10.1111/pan.15074. PMID: 39912380
  • A Titratable Animal Model of Necrotizing Enterocolitis. Cuilee Sha, Trevor Van Brunt, Jacob Kudria, Donna Schmidt, Amrendra Singh, Jela Bandovic, Michael Giarrizzo, Styliana Tsirka, Agnieszka Bialkowska, Lonnie Wollmuth, Esther Speer and Helen Hsieh. PLOS One. 225 May 30 20(5):e0323626. Doi 10.1371/journal.pone.0323626. PMID: 40445990.
  • Insights from the Child’s Perspective – Validation of the English Version of the Pictorial Version of the Quality of Recovery-15 Questionnaire. Robert Moore, Jamie Romeiser, Maheen Khan, Susannah Oster, Paige Olsen, Karen Li, Ayesha Khan, Helen Hsieh, Eric Noll, Elliott Bennett-Guerrero. Paediatr Anaesth. 2025 Aug 35(8):627-634, doi: 10.1111.pan.15114, PMID: 40251918
  • Al-Tokhais T, Hsieh H, Pemberton J, Elnahas A, Puligandla P, Flageole H. Antibiotics administration before enema reduction of intussusception: is it necessary? J Pediatr Surg 2012;47:928-30.
  • Boehm J, Ehrlich I, Hsieh H, Malinow R. Two mutations preventing PDZ-protein interactions of GluR1 have opposite effects on synaptic plasticity. Learn Mem 2006;13:562-5.
  • Hsieh H, Boehm J, Sato C, Iwatsubo T, Tomita T, Sisodia S, Malinow R. AMPAR removal underlies Abeta-induced synaptic depression and dendritic spine loss. Neuron 2006;52:831-43.
  • Hsieh H, Frenette A, Michaud L, Krishnan U, Dal-Soglio DB, Gottrand F, Faure C. Intestinal metaplasia of the esophagus in children with esophageal atresia. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr 2017 Feb 28. Epub ahead of print.
  • Hsieh H, Paquette F, Fraser SA, Feldman LS, Meterissian S, Fried GM, Bergman S. Formal research training during surgical residency: scaffolding for academic success. Am J Surg 2014;207:141-5.
  • Hsieh HH, Frenette A, Aspirot A, Faure C. Development of intestinal metaplasia in children with esophageal atresia/tracheoesophageal fistula. Dis Esophagus 2016;29:296.
  • Hsieh HH, Frenette A, Aspirot A, Faure C. Gastric metaplasia in patients with esophageal atresia/tracheo-esophageal fistula (EA-TEF) aged less than 10 years. Dis Esophagus 2016;29:299.
  • Kamenetz F, Tomita T, Hsieh H, Seabrook G, Borchelt D, Iwatsubo T, Sisodia S, Malinow R. APP processing and synaptic function. Neuron 2003;37:925-37.
  • Malinow R, Hsieh H, Wei W. Impact of beta amyloid on excitatory synaptic transmission and plasticity. In: Selkoe DJ, A Triller, Christen Y, editors. Synaptic Plasticity and the Mechanism of Alzheimer's Disease. New York: Springer, 2008: 63-7.