Barry A. Hicks, MD
Pediatric Surgeon
Professor at UT Southwestern Medical Center
Interim Division Director at Children's Health
- Languages Spoken:
- English,
Biography
Barry Hicks, M.D., is a pediatric general and thoracic surgeon at Children’s Health℠. He is a professor of Surgery at UT Southwestern. His special clinical interests include care of the injured child, surgical management of congenital extrahepatic biliary disease and neonatal surgery.
Dr. Hicks earned his medical degree from Indiana University School of Medicine. He completed his general surgery training at Vanderbilt University Medical Center and his pediatric surgery fellowship at Columbia University Medical Center. Dr. Hicks founded the Pediatric Trauma Program at Children’s Health and was instrumental in the development and formation of the pediatric surgery fellowship program at Children’s Health.
Dr. Hicks lives in Dallas with his wife, who is a pediatrician working in the Complex Care Clinic at Children’s Health. They have two children and two grandchildren, who keep them extremely busy when they are not at the hospital.
Education and Training
- Medical School
- Indiana University School of Medicine (1984)
- Internship
- Vanderbilt University Medical Center (1985), General Surgery
- Residency
- Vanderbilt University Medical Center (1991), General Surgery
- Fellowship
- New York Presbyterian Hospital (Columbia Campus) (1993), Pediatric Surgery
- Board Certification
- American Board of Surgery/Pediatric Surgery
Conditions
- Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm
- Abdominal Tumors
- Achalasia
- Anorectal Malformation (Imperforate Anus)
- Appendicitis
- Biliary Atresia
- Biliary Tract Problems
- Branchial Cleft Cysts
- Chest Tumors
- Cloacal Anomaly
- Cloacal Exstrophy
- Collapsed Lung (Pneumothorax)
- Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia (CDH)
- Congenital Lung Lesions
- Cystic Hygroma
- Dermoid Cysts
- Esophageal or Bronchogenic Cyst
- Gallstones and Gallbladder Disease
- Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD)
- Gastroschisis
- Hepatoblastoma (Liver Cancer)
- Hirschsprung's Disease
- Hydrocele
- Inguinal Hernia (Groin)
- Intestinal Atresia
- Intestinal Disorders
- Intestinal Malrotation and Volvulus
- Kidney Tumors
- Lipomas (Skin Lesions)
- Liver (Hepatic) Tumors
- Liver Cysts
- Lung Cysts
- Lymphangioma
- Meckel's Diverticulum
- Neck Cysts and Lymph Nodes
- Neck Tumors
- Neuroblastoma
- Omphalocele
- Ovarian Cysts
- Ovarian Tumors
- Pancreatic Cysts
- Pancreatic Tumors
- Pancreatitis
- Parathyroid Masses
- Pelvic Masses
- Pelvic Tumors
- Phimosis
- Pilomatrixoma
- Pilonidal Disease
- Pyloric Stenosis
- Rhabdomyosarcoma
- Spleen Cysts
- Thymus Tumors
- Thyroglossal Duct Cyst
- Ulcerative Colitis (UC)
- Umbilical (Belly Button) Hernia
- Undescended Testes (Cryptorchidism - UDT)
- Wilms Tumor (Nephroblastoma)
Treatments
Departments and Programs
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Research Interests
- Surgical management of congenital extrahepatic biliary disease
- Neonatal surgery
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Publications
- Significance of 'blush' on computed tomography scan in children with liver injury. Eubanks JW 3rd, Meier DE, Hicks BA, Joglar J, Guzzetta PC. J Pediatr Surg. 2003 Mar;38(3):363-6; discussion 363-6. doi: 10.1053/jpsu.2003.50109.
- Permacol: a potential biologic patch alternative in congenital diaphragmatic hernia repair. Mitchell IC, Garcia NM, Barber R, Ahmad N, Hicks BA, Fischer AC. J Pediatr Surg. 2008 Dec;43(12):2161-4. doi: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2008.08.040.