Joseph Thomas Murphy, MD Professor at UT Southwestern Medical Center

UTSW Physician Practicing at Children's Health

Locations

Children’s Health℠ Specialty Center Dallas Campus

Board Certification American Board of Surgery/Pediatric Surgery

Languages Spoken: English

Biography Education and Training Departments & Programs Conditions & Treatments Research & Publications Professional Activities Awards & Honors Appointments & Locations

Biography

Joseph Murphy, M.D., is a surgeon at Children’s Health℠ who serves on the Children’s Health Center Medical Advisory Board and Credentials Committee. He is also a professor of surgery at UT Southwestern Medical Center.

Dr. Murphy earned his medical degree from UT Southwestern and stayed there to complete a general surgery residency and CORE laboratory research fellowship.

As a board-certified general surgeon, Dr. Murphy has extensive clinical experience in management of severe traumatic injury, thermal injury and critically ill patients. He is an ad hoc reviewer for several professional journals and has authored multiple articles, abstracts and book chapters examining the cardiopulmonary, inflammatory and molecular consequences of thermal injury and sepsis.

Dr. Murphy’s current clinical research includes: investigation of outcomes in children requiring pre-hospital CPR resulting from traumatic injury; assessment of morbidity and mortality of iatrogenic and traumatic vascular injury and insufficiency in children; outcome of Puestow procedure for pancreatic disease in children; and examination of laparoscopic vs. open peritoneal dialysis catheter placement in children.

Education and Training

Medical School

University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center (1989)

Internship

UT Southwestern Medical Center (HR) (1990), General Surgery

Residency

UT Southwestern Medical Center (HR) (1994), General Surgery

Fellowship

UT Southwestern Medical Center (HR) (2007), Pediatric Surgery
UT Southwestern Medical Center (HR) (1996), Research

Departments & Programs

Pediatric General Surgery

Conditions & Treatments

Conditions

Pediatric Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm ,

Pediatric Abdominal Tumors ,

Pediatric Achalasia ,

Pediatric Anorectal Malformations (Imperforate Anus) ,

Pediatric Appendicitis ,

Pediatric Biliary Atresia ,

Pediatric Biliary Tract Problems ,

Pediatric Branchial Cleft Cysts ,

Pediatric Chest Tumors ,

Pediatric Choledochal Cysts ,

Pediatric Collapsed Lung (Pneumothorax) ,

Pediatric Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia ,

Pediatric Congenital Lung Lesions ,

Pediatric Crohns Disease ,

Pediatric Cystic Hygroma ,

Pediatric Dermoid Cysts ,

Pediatric Esophagus or Trachea Cysts ,

Pediatric Gallstones and Gallbladder Disease ,

Pediatric Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD) ,

Pediatric Gastroschisis ,

Pediatric Hepatoblastoma (Liver Cancer) ,

Pediatric Hirschsprungs Disease ,

Pediatric Hydrocele ,

Pediatric Inguinal Hernia (Groin) ,

Pediatric Intestinal Atresia ,

Pediatric Intestinal Disorders ,

Pediatric Intestinal Malrotation and Volvulus ,

Pediatric Intussusception ,

Pediatric Kidney Tumors ,

Pediatric Lipomas (Skin Lesions) ,

Pediatric Liver (Hepatic) Tumors ,

Pediatric Liver Cysts ,

Pediatric Lung Cysts ,

Pediatric Lymphangioma ,

Pediatric Meckel’s Diverticulum ,

Pediatric Neck Cysts and Lymph Nodes ,

Pediatric Neck Tumors ,

Pediatric Neuroblastoma ,

Pediatric Omphalocele ,

Pediatric Ovarian Cysts ,

Pediatric Ovarian Tumors ,

Pediatric Pancreatic Cysts ,

Pediatric Pancreatic Tumors ,

Pediatric Pancreatitis ,

Pediatric Parathyroid Masses ,

Pediatric Pectus Carinatum (Pigeon Chest) ,

Pediatric Pectus Excavatum (Sunken Chest) ,

Pediatric Pelvic Masses ,

Pediatric Pelvic Tumors ,

Pediatric Phimosis ,

Pediatric Pilomatrixoma ,

Pediatric Pyloric Stenosis ,

Pediatric Rhabdomyosarcoma ,

Pediatric Spleen Cysts ,

Pediatric Thymus Tumors ,

Pediatric Thyroglossal Duct Cysts ,

Pediatric Ulcerative Colitis ,

Pediatric Umbilical Hernia (Belly Button) ,

Pediatric Undescended Testes (UDT) ,

Pediatric Wilms Tumor (Nephroblastoma)

Treatments

Fetal and EXIT (EX Utero Intrapartum Treatment) ,

Pediatric Circumcision ,

Pediatric Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) ,

Pediatric Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO)

Research & Publications

Research Interests

Neonatal Surgery
Pediatric Surgical Oncology

Selected Publications

Differential Activation of Coronary and Pulmonary Endothelial Cells by Thermal Injury, Murphy JT, Duffy S, Purdue GF, Hunt JL Shock 2001 16 227-231
Thrombin-Mediated Permeability of Human Microvascular Pulmonary Endothelial Cells is Calcium-Dependent, Murphy JT, Duffy S, Hybki DL, Kamm K Journal of Trauma 2001 50 213-222
Thermal Injury Alters the Endothelial Vasonconstrictor and Vasodilator Response to Endotoxin, Murphy JT, Duffy S, Purdue GF, Hunt JL Journal of Trauma 1999 47 492-499
Routine Drainage of Post-Operative Fluid Collections After Appendectomy for Perforated Appendicitis Does Not Improve Outcome., Piper, P.G., Derinkuyu, B., Koral, K., Perez, E.A., Murphy, J.T. Journal of Pediatric Surgery, 2011 46 1126-1130
Airway Obstruction Due to Endotracheal Tube's Lumen Collapse Secondary to Cuff Overinflation., Pop, R., Murphy, J.T., Szmuk, P Anesthesia & Analgesia 2011 112 1151-1152

Professional Activities

Professional Associations and Affiliations

American Association for the Surgery of Trauma
American College of Surgeons: Fellow 1998
American Pediatric Surgery Association
Association for Academic Surgery
Society of University Surgeons

Awards & Honors

Snyder-Laycock Teaching Award, Department of Surgery, UTSW Medical Center at Dallas - Teaching Award (2003)
Excellence in Resident Teaching Award, Department of Surgery, UTSW Medical Center at Dallas - Teaching Award (2002)
Young Investigator Award Finalist: Shock Society - Eighteenth Annual Conference on Shock (1995)
Academic Excellence Award, Department of Surgery, UTSW Medical Center at Dallas (1994)

Appointments & Locations

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Locations

Children’s Health℠ Specialty Center Dallas Campus