Danielle Cameron, MD, MPH is a board-certified pediatric surgeon with a clinical focus on pediatric solid tumors. She is the Director of Pediatric Surgical Oncology at Mass General for Children and has an interest in rare solid tumors. Her practice also includes surgical care of neonates with congenital anomalies, pediatric thyroid disorders, and general and thoracic pediatric surgery.
Dr. Cameron completed her adult general surgical training at the Massachusetts General Hospital, where she served as the administrative chief resident. She then completed a pediatric surgical fellowship at Boston Children’s Hospital. Dr. Cameron earned a Master of Public Health degree from the T.H Chan Harvard School of Public Health and completed a three-year research fellowship in clinical outcomes research at Boston Children's Hospital.
Dr. Cameron is a member of the American Pediatric Surgical Association, Association for Academic Surgery, and the Children’s Oncology Group and sits on national committees for these organizations. She is part of the multidisciplinary team at the MGH Adolescent and Young Adult (AYA) Cancer Center and works as an associate program director in the general surgery training program.
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Mass General for Children: Pediatric Surgery
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Selected publications:
Ceftriaxone Combined With Metronidazole is Superior to Cefoxitin Alone in the Management of Uncomplicated Appendicitis in Children: Results from a Multicenter Collaborative Comparative Effectiveness Study.Kashtan MA, Graham DA, Melvin P, Cameron DB, Anandalwar SP, Hills-Dunlap JL, Rangel SJ.Ann Surg. 2021 Dec 1;274(6):e995-e1000. doi: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000003704.PMID: 32149827
Leveraging the Incidence, Burden, and Fiscal Implications of Unplanned Hospital Revisits for the Prioritization of Prevention Efforts in Pediatric Surgery.Cameron DB, Serres SK, Glass CC, Milliren CE, Graham DA, Anandalwar S, Thangarajah H, Goldin AB, Hall M, Rangel SJ.Ann Surg. 2020 Jan;271(1):191-199. doi: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000002885.PMID: 29927779
Development and Implications of an Evidence-based and Public Health-relevant Definition of Complicated Appendicitis in Children.Cameron DB, Anandalwar SP, Graham DA, Melvin P, Serres SK, Dunlap JL, Kashtan M, Hall M, Saito JM, Barnhart DC, Kenney BD, Rangel SJ.Ann Surg. 2020 May;271(5):962-968. doi: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000003059. PMID: 30308607
Ovarian torsion in pediatric and adolescent patients: A systematic review.Dasgupta R, Renaud E, Goldin AB, Baird R, Cameron DB, Arnold MA, Diefenbach KA, Gosain A, Grabowski J, Guner YS, Jancelewicz T, Kawaguchi A, Lal DR, Oyetunji TA, Ricca RL, Shelton J, Somme S, Williams RF, Downard CD.J Pediatr Surg. 2018 Jul;53(7):1387-1391. doi: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2017.10.053. Epub 2017 Nov 16.PMID: 29153467
Extended Versus Narrow-spectrum Antibiotics in the Management of Uncomplicated Appendicitis in Children: A Propensity-matched Comparative Effectiveness Study. Cameron DB, Melvin P, Graham DA, Glass CC, Serres SK, Kronman MP, Saito JM, Rangel SJ.Ann Surg. 2018 Jul;268(1):186-192. doi: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000002349.PMID: 28654543
Non-operative management of solid organ injuries in children: An American Pediatric Surgical Association Outcomes and Evidence Based Practice Committee systematic review.Gates RL, Price M, Cameron DB, Somme S, Ricca R, Oyetunji TA, Guner YS, Gosain A, Baird R, Lal DR, Jancelewicz T, Shelton J, Diefenbach KA, Grabowski J, Kawaguchi A, Dasgupta R, Downard C, Goldin A, Petty JK, Stylianos S, Williams R. J Pediatr Surg. 2019 Aug;54(8):1519-1526. doi: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2019.01.012. Epub 2019 Jan 31.PMID: 30773395
Ovarian masses in the child and adolescent: An American Pediatric Surgical Association Outcomes and Evidence-Based Practice Committee systematic review.Renaud EJ, S?mme S, Islam S, Cameron DB, Gates RL, Williams RF, Jancelewicz T, Oyetunji TA, Grabowski J, Diefenbach KA, Baird R, Arnold MA, Lal DR, Shelton J, Guner YS, Gosain A, Kawaguchi AL, Ricca RL, Goldin AB, Dasgupta R.J Pediatr Surg. 2019 Mar;54(3):369-377. doi: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2018.08.058. Epub 2018 Sep 6.PMID: 30220452
Extended Versus Narrow-spectrum Antibiotics in the Management of Uncomplicated Appendicitis in Children: A Propensity-matched Comparative Effectiveness Study.Cameron DB, Melvin P, Graham DA, Glass CC, Serres SK, Kronman MP, Saito JM, Rangel SJ.Ann Surg. 2018 Jul;268(1):186-192. doi: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000002349.PMID: 28654543
Quantifying the Burden of Interhospital Cost Variation in Pediatric Surgery: Implications for the Prioritization of Comparative Effectiveness Research.Cameron DB, Graham DA, Milliren CE, Glass CC, Feng C, Sidhwa F, Thangarajah H, Hall M, Rangel SJ.JAMA Pediatr. 2017 Feb 6;171(2):e163926. doi: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2016.3926. Epub 2017 Feb 6.PMID: 27942727
Quality improvement in pediatric surgery.Cameron DB, Rangel SJ.Curr Opin Pediatr. 2016 Jun;28(3):348-55. doi: 0.1097/MOP.0000000000000346.PMID: 27031660 Review.
Variation in pediatric surgical care.Cameron DB, Rangel SJ.Semin Pediatr Surg. 2015 Dec;24(6):291-4. doi: 10.1053/j.sempedsurg.2015.08.007.PMID: 26653163
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