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About Patrick E. McGovern, MD
Patrick E. McGovern, MD, is a pediatric surgeon at Phoenix Children's. Dr. McGovern specializes in general, critical care and trauma surgery for children before birth through adolescence. He has clinical expertise in neonatal surgery and fetal care, surgical oncology, and endocrine and chest wall surgery, as well as surgical critical care and extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO).
After graduating cum laude with a degree in cell biology and neuroscience from Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey, Dr. McGovern earned his medical degree from Robert Wood Johnson Medical School at Rutgers University in Piscataway, New Jersey. He completed his surgical residency at Temple University Hospital in Philadelphia, his surgical critical care fellowship at Boston Children's Hospital in Boston and a pediatric surgery fellowship at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia in Philadelphia.
Dr. McGovern is board certified in general surgery, surgical critical care and pediatric surgery. He is an assistant professor at the University of Arizona College of Medicine - Phoenix and Creighton University, as well as an affiliate faculty member at the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science.
Dr. McGovern is a member of the American College of Surgeons, the American Academy of Pediatrics, the Pediatric Trauma Society, the American Pediatric Surgical Association, the Society of Critical Care Medicine and OPENPediatrics. In addition, he is a nominated member of the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society and the Arnold P. Gold Humanism in Medicine Honor Society. Dr. McGovern is the proud recipient of the American Pediatric Surgery Association M. Judah Folkman Memorial Award, as well as the International Fetal Medicine and Surgery Society Vandenberghe-Storz Young Investigator Award.
Dr. McGovern has presented at national and international conferences including annual meetings of the Academic Surgical Congress, the Society of Thoracic Surgeons and the American Pediatric Surgical Association. His peer-reviewed research has appeared in publications including The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, the Journal of Pediatric Surgery and Nature Communications.
In his free time, Dr. McGovern often is in the kitchen with his family, cooking recipes handed down from his Nana, the best chef he knows. He also enjoys traveling, Nintendo, Star Wars, exercising, and running around with their family dog.
Medical School / Education
Robert Wood Johnson Medical School at Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ
Residency
(General Surgery) Temple University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA
Fellowship
(Surgical Critical Care) Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA
(Pediatric Surgery) Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, PA
Surgery, Subspecialty-Surgical Critical Care, Subspecialty-Pediatric Surgery
American Board of Surgery
Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society
Arnold P. Gold Humanism in Medicine Honor Society
M. Judah Folkman Memorial Award, American Pediatric Surgery Association
Vandenberghe-Storz Young Investigator Award, International Fetal Medicine and Surgery Society
Academic Affiliations
Assistant Professor, Creighton University School of Medicine
Affiliate Faculty Member, Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine
Assistant Professor, University of Arizona College of Medicine - Phoenix
Professional Affiliations
Member, OPENPediatrics
Member, Pediatric Trauma Society
Member, American College of Surgeons
Member, American Academy of Pediatrics
Member, Society of Critical Care Medicine
Member, American Pediatric Surgical Association
Nominated Member, Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society
Nominated Member, Arnold P. Gold Humanism in Medicine Honor Society
McGovern PE, Lawrence K, Baumgarten H, Rossidis AC, Mejaddam AY, Licht DJ, Grinspan J, Schupper A, Rychik J, Didier RA, Vossough A, Spray TL, Peranteau WH, Davey MG, Flake AW, Gaynor JW. Ex Utero Extracorporeal Support as a Model for Fetal Hypoxia and Brain Dysmaturity. Ann Thorac Surg. 2020 Mar;109(3):810-819. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2019.08.021. Epub 2019 Sep 18. PubMed PMID: 31541634.
McGovern PE, Hornick MA, Mejaddam AY, Lawrence K, Schupper AJ, Rossidis AC, Baumgarten H, Vossough A, Didier RA, Kim A, Partridge EA, Hwang G, Young K, Peranteau WH, Davey MG, Flake AW. Neurologic outcomes of the premature lamb in an extrauterine environment for neonatal development. J Pediatr Surg. 2020 Oct;55(10):2115-2123. doi: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2019.12.026. Epub 2020 Jan 8. PubMed PMID: 32014247.
Partridge EA, Davey MG, Hornick MA, McGovern PE, Mejaddam AY, Vrecenak JD, Mesas-Burgos C, Olive A, Caskey RC, Weiland TR, Han J, Schupper AJ, Connelly JT, Dysart KC, Rychik J, Hedrick HL, Peranteau WH, Flake AW. Corrigendum: An extra-uterine system to physiologically support the extreme premature lamb. Nat Commun. 2017 May 23;8:15794. doi: 10.1038/ncomms15794. PubMed PMID: 28534492; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5457507.
McGovern PE, Wu L, Rao S, Ahumada L, Friedman DF, Nance ML, Galvez JA. Audit of blood product utilization in the care of injured children. Paediatr Anaesth. 2021 Feb;31(2):186-196. doi: 10.1111/pan.14077. Epub 2020 Nov 29. PubMed PMID: 33190350.
McGovern PE, Czechowicz A, Mejaddam A, Stratigis J, Li H, Urwin J, McClain L, Zoltick PW, Flake AW, Peranteau WH. Enhanced Allogeneic Engraftment Achieved Via Prenatal Tolerance Induction and Postnatal Anti-CD45 Immunotoxin Conditioned Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation. Blood. 2016 December; 28(22):2153.
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Rating & Reviews
Doctor took his time to explain diagnosis and answer my questions.
Great doctor
Wonderful doctor and very patient with the both of us. Thank you!
I appreciated that the doctor was thorough and wanted the best possible outcome for my child.