The Department of Pediatric Surgery at the University of Texas Medical School at Houston
Department of Pediatrics
The Department of Pediatric Surgery

Faculty Biography

The Division of General and Thoracic Pediatric Surgery 


Andrea Hayes-Jordan, MD

Andrea Hayes-Jordan is Assistant Professor in both the Department of Pediatric Surgery at The University of Texas Medical School at Houston and in Surgical Oncology and Pediatrics at the UT/M.D. Anderson Cancer Center.  She completed her Pediatric Surgery Training at the Toronto hospital for Sick Children and is board certified in general and pediatric surgery with a special interest in surgical oncology. She joined the University in 2004.

Back

EDUCATION

Degree-Granting Education

06/1991 Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, NH, M.D.
06/1987 Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, B.A.

Postgraduate Training

07/2000 - 6/2002 Fellow, General Pediatric Surgery, Toronto Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Jacob Langer, MD
Sept.-Dec. 1999 Fellow, Melanoma and Sarcoma Service, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, Raphael Pollock, MD
07/1998 - 6/2000 Fellow, Pediatric Surgical Oncology, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, Stephen Shochat
1994-1996 Fellow, Molecular Biology, University of California, San Francisco, CA
07/1991 - 06/1998 Surgical Intern through Chief Residency, University of California, Davis-East Bay, Oakland, CA, Claude Organ, MD

Board Certification

March, 2004, 2014 Pediatric Surgery Board
Dec. 15, 1999,
July 1, 2010 American Board of Surgery

Licensures

Active Texas
Inactive Washington, DC
Maryland
Tennessee
California

Academic Appointments

08/2002 to 08/2004 Assistant Professor of Surgery and Pediatrics, George Washington University, Children’s National Medical Center, Washington, DC

Institutional Committee Activities
March, 2004 - Present Member, Rare Tumor Committee- Children’s Oncology Group (COG),
May 2004 - Present Member, Sarcoma Committee- Children’s Oncology Group (COG),
Sept. 2003 - June, 2004 Board Member, Children’s Hospital Health Network, CNMC
Sept. 2003 - June, 2004 Member, Quality and Clinical Effectiveness Committee, CNMC

Other Appointments/Responsibilities

1988-1989 Research Assistant, Monoclonal Antibody/Leukemia Research, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, NH
06/1988-08/1988 Instructor and Research Assistant, American Medical Students Association (AMSA), Health Promotion Disease Prevention Project, Watts Community Health Center, Los Angeles, CA
06/1986-08/1986 Research Assistant, C. Paul Spears MD, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA

HONORS AND AWARDS

2002 Best Paper, Canadian Association of Pediatric Surgery

Grants and Contracts

1994-1996 Fellow, Molecular Biology NIH training grant

PUBLICATIONS

Articles in Peer-Reviewed Journals

1. Spears C, Gustavsson B, Berne M, Frosing R, Bernstein L, Hayes A, Mechanisms of Innate Resistance to Thymidylate Synthase Inhibition after 5-Flurouracil. Cancer Research, 48:5894-5900, 1988.
2. Spears C, Hayes A, Shahnian A, Danenberg P, Frosing R, Gustavsson B. Deoxyuiridylate Effects on Thymidylate Synthase5-Flourodeoxyuridylate-Folate Ternary Complex Formation. Biochemical Pharmacology, 38:18, 2985-2993, 1989.
3. Hayes-Jordan A, Organ CH Jr. Hughenna L. Gauntlett, MD, FACS: a profile in courage. Journal of National Medical Association 85(4):312-314, 1993.
4. Idowu O, Hayes-Jordan A. Partial splenectomy in children less than four years of age with hemoglobinopathies: Another Use for the Argon Beam. J Pediatr Surg 33(8):1251-3, 1998.
5. Hayes-Jordan A, Idowu O, Cohen R. Ectopic pancreas as the cause of gastric outlet obstruction in a newborn. Pediatr Radiol 28(11):868-870, 1998.
6. Sander M, Sussel L, Conners J, Scheel D, Kalamaras J, Dela Cruz F, Schwitzgebel V, Hayes-Jordan A, German M. Homeobox gene Nkx6.1 lies downstream of Nkx2.2 in the major pathway of beta-cell formation in the pancreas. Development 127(24):5533-5540, 2000.
7. Hayes-Jordan A, Spunt S, Poquette C, Cain A, Rao B, Pappo A, Shochat S. Nonrhabdomyosarcoma Soft Tissue Sarcomas in Children: is age at diagnosis an important variable? J Pediatr Surg 35(6):948-954, 2000.
8. Hayes-Jordan A, Benaim E, Richardson S, Joglar J, Srivastava DK, Bowman L, Shochat S. Open lung biopsy in pediatric bone marrow transplant patients. J Pediatr Surg, 37(3):446-452, 2002.
9. Hill D, Dehner L, Gow K, Pappo A, Crawford D, Pflaumer S, Furman W, Hayes-Jordan A, McDermott M. Perianal rhabdomyosarcoma presenting as a perirectal abscess: A report of 11 cases. J Pediatr Surg 37(4):576-581, 2002.
10. Hayes-Jordan A, Connolly B, Temple M, Chait P, Weitzman S, Njere I, Langer J, Kim P. Image-guided percutaneous approach is superior to the thoracoscopic approach in the diagnosis of pulmonary nodules in children. J Pediatr Surg 38(5):745-748, 2003.
11. Gow KW, Hayes-Jordan A, Billups C, Shenep J, Hoffer F, Davidoff A, Rao B, Schropp K, Schochat S. Benefit of surgical resection of invasive pulmonary aspergillosis in pediatric patients undergoing treatment for malignancies and immunodeficiency syndromes. J Pediatr Surg 38(9):1354-60, Sep 2003.
12. Daw N, Hayes-Jordan A. Furman W, Hoffer F, Shochat S. Tumor recurrence at thoracostomy tube insertion sites: a report of two pediatric cases. J Pediatr Surg 39(10):1565-7, 2003.
13. Traubic J, Daneman A, Hayes-Jordan A, Fecteau A. Primary germ cell tumor of the diaphragm. J Pediatr Surg 39(10):1578-80, 2004.

Invited Article

Mayer K, Ho H, Goodnight J. Invited Commentary on “Childbearing and Child Care in Surgery”, Archives of Surgery, 136(6): 649-655, 2001.

Book Chapters

1. Steen G, Hayes-Jordan A, Shochat S. "Tumor Biopsy" in Childhood Cancer. 2000.
2. Steen G, Hayes-Jordan A, Shochat S. "Surgery" in Childhood Cancer, 2000.
3. Hayes-Jordan A, GerstlevT. “Minimally Invasive Surgery in Pediatric Surgical Oncology” in Minimally Invasive Pediatric Surgery, In Press.

TEACHING

Direct Supervision
Medical Students
Children’s National Medical Center, Washington, DC, 08/2002-08/2004.
Graduate Students
Children’s National Medical Center, Washington, DC, 08/2002-08/2004.
Residents and Fellows
Children’s National Medical Center, Washington, DC, 08/2002-08/2004.

PRESENTATIONS

1. Invited Speaker, “Hughenna Gauntlet M. D., A. Profile in Courage”, National Medical Association 97th Annual Convention and Scientific Assembly, San Francisco, CA, 8/1992.
2. Invited Speaker, “The Management of Soft Tissue Abscess Revisited”, The Society of Black Academic Surgeons, Galveston, TX, 4/1994.
3. Invited Speaker, “A Change from Exocrine to Endocrine Specificity The Expression of Nkx6.1 in the Developing Pancreas”. Association for Academic Minority Physicians, Washington, DC, 10/1995.
4. Invited Speaker, “The Expression of Nkx6.1 in the Developing Pancreas and Nesidioblastosis”. Pediatric Surgery Residents Conference, Oklahoma City, OK, 11/1995.
5. Poster Presentation, “The Expression of Nkx6.1 in the Developing Pancreas”. Northern California Chapter, American Diabetes Association, San Francisco, CA, 12/1995.
6. Invited Speaker, “Partial Splenectomy in Children Using the Argon Laser Beam”. Advances in Diagnosis and Treatment of Splenic Disorders, Los Angeles, CA, 2/1996.
7. Invited Speaker, “Partial Splenectomy in Children Using the Argon Laser Beam”. National Medical Association Surgery Section, San Francisco, CA, 7/1996.
8. Invited Speaker, “Partial Splenectomy in Children Using the Argon Laser Beam”. Surgical Forum, American College of Surgeons, San Francisco, CA, 10/1996.
9. Poster Presentation, “Why the Fetal Pancreas Cannot Increase Insulin Secretion In Response to Glucose”. American Association of Pediatrics, Section on Surgery, Boston, MA, 10/1996.
10. Invited Speaker, "Non-Rhabdomyosarcoma in Children: Is age at diagnosis an important variable?" American Association of Pediatrics, Section on Surgery, Washington, DC, 10/1999.
11. Invited Speaker, “Open Lung Biopsy in Pediatric Bone Marrow Transplant Patients”. American Pediatric Surgical Association, Naples, FL, 5/2001.
12. Invited Speaker, Image-Guided Percutaneous approach is superior to the thoracoscopic approach in the diagnosis of pulmonary nodules in children, Canadian Association of Pediatric Surgery, Vancouver, BC, Canada, 2002.

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS/ACTIVITIES

Local/State

Montgomery County Medical Society (MED CHI)

National and International

Associate Member, American College of Surgeons
Young Surgeons Committee- American College of Surgeons
International Pediatric Endosurgery Group
Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons
Children’s Oncology Group (COG)

RESEARCH PROJECTS

1. A novel orothotopic xenograft model of metastatic and non-metastatic neuroblastoma-Development of a xenograft model which recapitulates the metastatic and non-metastatic phenotype. Gene profiling and testing of novel therapeutics presently in progress.
2. The role of GATA-4 and GATA-6 in neuro-ectodermal tumors: Initiation of project.
3. Continuous Hyperthermic Peritoneal Perfusion in Children: A phase I protocol. Presently in the final phase of IRB approval.

COMMUNITY SERVICE

Co-Chair, Christian Medical Society, Dartmouth Medical School, 1988-1989.
Member, Admissions Committee, Dartmouth Medical School, 1988-1989.
Faculty Advisor, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Incorporated, Xi Lambda Chapter, Multiple unpaid projects at local level.
Administrative Board Representative at Large, American Association of Medical Colleges, Organization of Student Representatives (AAMC-OSR), 1988-1991.
Radio Show – “Young Health”. A Look at Pediatric Health Issues, Public Radio, Washington, DC, 8 installments, 2003-2004.

Top of Page

Faculty Biography

Andrea Hayes-Jordan, MD
  • Andrea Hayes-Jordan, MD
    Assistant Professor
  • Department of Pediatric Surgery
  • University of Texas Medical School at Houston
    6431 Fannin Street, MSB 5.254
    Houston, TX 77030
  • phone: (713) 500-7307
    fax: (713) 500-7296
    e-mail: Andrea.Hayes-Jordan@uth.tmc.edu
  • Sr. Staff Assistant
    Dolores Villarreal

  • Research Interests