Robert Cina, MD

Publications

• Raval MV, Tian Y, Schäfer W, Balbale SN, Perez MN, Ingram ME, Lehane A, Smith CJ, Sullivan GA, Reiter AJ, Hu A, Borst JM, Blake SC, Close S, Davis TL, Essner BS, Heiss KF, Huang LW, Wymore E, Paniagua-Perez D, Engelhardt KM, Graffy PM, Johnson JK, Lillehei CW, Gray BW, Goldstein SD, Short SS, Pandya SR, Taylor JA, Gayer C, Goldin AB, Boelig MM, Rialon KL, Jancelewicz T, Lipskar AM, Jafri M, Tracy ET, Harting MT, Sulkowski JP, Ham PB 3rd, Vali K, Cina RA, Schindel DT, Islam S, Teeple EA, Shah SR, Gosain A, Rothstein DH, Brockel MA, Chown J, Holl JL. Implementation and Effectiveness of an Enhanced Recovery Protocol for Children Undergoing Surgery: The ENRICH-US Stepped-Wedge Cluster-Randomized Trial. JAMA Surg. 2026 Jul 1;161(7):670-680. PubMed PMID: 42126839
• McKie KA, Moturu A, Graham DA, Coleman M, Huang R, Grant C, Saito JM, Hall BL, Cina RA, Newland JG, Ko C, Rangel SJ. Antimicrobial Prophylaxis Use and Outcomes for Children Undergoing Cholecystectomy. JAMA Pediatr. 2025 Apr 1;179(4):447-454. PubMed PMID: 39992647
• Parrado RH, Patel KJ, Allen DP, Feuvrier A, Mansfield JH, Cina RA. Opioid Use, Disposition, and Parent Satisfaction Following Common Pediatric Surgical Procedures. Am Surg. 2024 Jan;90(1):63-68. PubMed PMID: 37555374
• McCauley JL, Ward RC, Taber DJ, Basco WT, Gebregziabher M, Reitman C, Moran WP, Cina RA, Lockett MA, Ball SJ. Surgical prescription opioid trajectories among state Medicaid enrollees. J Opioid Manag. 2023 Nov-Dec;19(6):465-488. PubMed PMID: 38189189
• Head WT, Parrado RH, Cina RA. Impact of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic on the Care of Pediatric Acute Appendicitis. Am Surg. 2023 May;89(5):1527-1532. PubMed PMID: 34957861
• He K, Iwaniuk M, Goretsky MJ, Cina RA, Saito JM, Hall B, Grant C, Cohen ME, Newland JG, Ko CY, Rangel SJ. Procedure-Level Misutilization of Antimicrobial Prophylaxis in Pediatric Surgery: Implications for Improved Stewardship and More Effective Infection Prevention. J Pediatr Surg. 2023 Jun;58(6):1116-1122. PubMed PMID: 36914463
• Mitchell A, Thomas CS, O'Laughlin M, Cina R. Large Bowel Perforation and Peritonitis in a Child with Nonverbal Autism and Chronic Constipation: A Case Report. Am Surg. 2023 Jun;89(6):2925-2927. PubMed PMID: 35392682
• Gerry BV, Parrado RH, Hannay M, Cina RA. Ovary-Sparing Surgery for Ovarian Teratoma in an Infant with Nonbilious Vomiting. Am Surg. 2023 Jun;89(6):2774-2776. PubMed PMID: 34730441
• Hegde B, Garcia E, Hu A, Raval M, Takirambudde S, Wakeman D, Lewit R, Gosain A, Parrado RH, Cina RA, Stephenson K, Dassinger MS 3rd, Zhang D, Mustafa MM, Koo D, Lipskar AM, Scheidler K, Van Arendonk KJ, Berg P, Gonzalez R, Scheese D, Haynes J, Mina A, Zamora IJ, Lopez ME, Mehl SC, Gilliam E, Lofberg K, Spencer B, Kulaylat AN, Gulack BC, Johnson M, Laskovy M, Brahmamdam P, Shimomura A, Blanch T, Tsao K, Slater BJ. Management of pediatric appendicitis during the COVID-19 pandemic: A nationwide multicenter cohort study. J Pediatr Surg. 2023 Jul;58(7):1375-1382. PubMed PMID: 36075771
• He K, Iwaniuk M, Goretsky MJ, Cina RA, Saito JM, Hall B, Grant C, Cohen ME, Newland J, Hall M, Ko CY, Rangel SJ. Incidence and Relative Burden of Surgical Site Infections in Children Undergoing Nonemergent Surgery: Implications for Performance Benchmarking and Prioritization of Prevention Efforts. Ann Surg. 2023 Aug 1;278(2):280-287. PubMed PMID: 35943207
• Parrado RH, Cina RA. Does the Hispanic Paradox Apply to Children? An Appraisal of Pediatric Appendicitis in the U.S. J Pediatr Surg. 2023 Jul;58(7):1406-1407. PubMed PMID: 37015841
• Saito JM, Barnhart DC, Grant C, Brighton BK, Raval MV, Campbell BT, Kenney B, Jatana KR, Ellison JS, Cina RA, Allori AC, Uejima T, Roke D, Lam S, Johnson EK, Goretsky MJ, Byrd C, Iwaniuk M, Nayak R, Thompson VM, Cohen ME, Hall BL, Ko CY, Rangel SJ. The past, present and future of ACS NSQIP-Pediatric: Evolution from a quality registry to a comparative quality performance platform. Semin Pediatr Surg. 2023 Apr;32(2):151275. PubMed PMID: 37075656
• Slater BJ, Corvin CG, Heiss K, Vandewalle R, Shah SR, Cunningham M, Huang E, Lipskar AM, Denning NL, Dassinger M, Cina RA, Rothstein DH, Kauffman J, Gonzalez R, Ingram MC, Raval MV. Provider education leads to sustained reduction in pediatric opioid prescribing after surgery. J Pediatr Surg. 2022 Mar;57(3):474-478. PubMed PMID: 34456039
• He K, Nayak RB, Allori AC, Brighton BK, Cina RA, Ellison JS, Goretsky MJ, Jatana KR, Proctor MR, Grant C, Thompson VM, Iwaniuk M, Cohen ME, Saito JM, Hall BL, Newland JG, Ko CY, Rangel SJ. Correlation Between Postoperative Antimicrobial Prophylaxis Use and Surgical Site Infection in Children Undergoing Nonemergent Surgery. JAMA Surg. 2022 Dec 1;157(12):1142-1151. PubMed PMID: 36260310
• Cina RA, Ward RC, Basco WT, Taber DJ, Gebregziabher M, McCauley JL, Lockett MA, Moran WP, Mauldin PD, Ball SJ. Incidence and patterns of persistent opioid use in children following appendectomy. J Pediatr Surg. 2022 Dec;57(12):912-919. PubMed PMID: 35688690
• Quinn KM, Huang KX, Jones RH, Cina RA. Hypoxic respiratory failure in acute appendicitis: A bronchoperitoneal fistula as the presenting symptom of appendicitis in the setting of pediatric COVID-19. J Pediatr Surg Case Rep. 2022 Apr;79:102223. PubMed PMID: 35223426
• Basco WT Jr, Ward RC, Taber DJ, Simpson KN, Gebregziabher M, Cina RA, McCauley JL, Lockett MA, Moran WP, Mauldin PD, Ball SJ. Patterns of dispensed opioids after tonsillectomy in children and adolescents in South Carolina, United States, 2010-2017. Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol. 2021 Apr;143:110636. PubMed PMID: 33548590
• Garcia DI, Baker C, Patel S, Hebra AV, Cina RA, Streck CJ, Lesher AP. Long-term outcomes of pediatric laparoscopic needled-assisted inguinal hernia repair: A 10-year experience. J Pediatr Surg. 2021 Jan;56(1):121-125. PubMed PMID: 33246576
• McSorley B, Cina RA, Jump C, Palmadottir J, Quiros JA. Endoscopic balloon dilation for management of stricturing Crohn's disease in children. World J Gastrointest Endosc. 2021 Sep 16;13(9):382-390. PubMed PMID: 34630888
• Horton JD, Corrigan C, Patel T, Schaffer C, Cina RA, White DR. Effect of a Standardized Electronic Medical Record Order Set on Opioid Prescribing after Tonsillectomy. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2020 Aug;163(2):216-220. PubMed PMID: 32178580
• Piper KN, Baxter KJ, Wetzel M, McCracken C, Travers C, Slater B, Cairo SB, Rothstein DH, Cina R, Dassinger M, Bonasso P, Lipskar A, Denning NL, Huang E, Shah SR, Cunningham ME, Gonzalez R, Kauffman JD, Heiss KF, Raval MV. Provider education decreases opioid prescribing after pediatric umbilical hernia repair. J Pediatr Surg. 2020 Jul;55(7):1319-1323. PubMed PMID: 31109731
• Garcia DI, Lesher AP, Corrigan C, Howard HR, Cina RA. Interhospital variation of inpatient versus outpatient pediatric burn treatment after emergency department evaluation. J Pediatr Surg. 2020 Oct;55(10):2134-2139. PubMed PMID: 32507639

Practice Locations

Children's Hospital Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
13123 East 16th Ave
Aurora, CO 80045
720-777-1234

Specialty Information

Specialties

• Pediatric Surgery