Zagory

FACULTY

Jessica Zagory

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR - CLINICAL

Surgery
Education & Training:
Clinical Fellowship Pediatric Surgery, 2018-2020
University of Texas Southwestern/Children’s Health Dallas
Dallas, TX
Post-Doctoral Fellowship: Pediatric Surgery Research, 2014-2016
University of Southern California/Children’s Hospital Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA
Residency: General Surgery Residency, 2012-2018
LSU Health Sciences Center
New Orleans, LA 
Medical School:

Doctor of Medicine, 2011
Wright State University
Boonshoft School of Medicine
Dayton, OH

Clinic Locations:
200 Henry Clay Avenue
ACC 3030
New Orleans, LA 70118
Chnola.org
504-896-9756 (o)
504896-3979 (f)
Hospital Affiliations:
  • Children's Hospital of New Orleans
 
Clinical Interests:
  • Pediatric minimally invasive surgery
  • neonatal surgery
  • hepatobiliary
  • intestinal rehabilitation
  • inflammatory bowel disease
 
Research Interests:
  • Pediatric trauma
  • decreasing disparities to access and care
  • quality improvement
  • surgical education

 

Committees:

Hospital Committees:

  • Trauma Operations Committee
  • Mortality Committee
  • Women Physicians Committee

University Committees:

  • Clinical Competency Committee,
  • Resident Recruitment Committee
  • General Surgery Education Committee
  • Women Surgeons Committee
  • GME DEI Subcommittee

 

Selected Publications:
  • Zagory JA, Ryan ML, Pandya SR. The Sinister Surgeon: Advanced Pediatric Minimally Invasive Surgery for Left-Handed Surgeons. J Laparoendosc Adv Surg Tech A. 2023 Jun;33(6):596-603. doi: 10.1089/lap.2022.0558. Epub 2023 Apr 20. PMID: 37083498.
  • Zagory JA, Short C, Evers P, Jones M, Brandt ML. Caring for Children in the Juvenile Justice System: A Trauma and Surgical Subspecialty-Focused Approach. J Surg Res. 2022 Nov;279:113-118. doi: 10.1016/j.jss.2022.04.073. Epub 2022 Jun 24. PMID: 35759928.
  • Leblanc H, Danos D, Moreci R, Elliott L, Yu DC, Zagory JA. Inpatient Rehabilitation After Pediatric and Adolescent Trauma: Outcomes and Discharge Needs. J Surg Res. 2022 Sep;277:279-289. doi: 10.1016/j.jss.2022.04.013. Epub 2022 May 4. PMID: 35525210.
  • Reyna JC, Zagory JA, Yallapragada S, Santiago-Munoz P, Schindel DT. Establishment of a multidisciplinary fetal center streamlines approach for congenital lung malformations. J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med. 2022 Aug;35(15):2883-2888. doi: 10.1080/14767058.2020.1811667. Epub 2020 Aug 26. PMID: 32847439.
  • Zagory JA, Fenlon M, Dietz W, Zhao M, Nguyen MV, Trinh P, Adoumie M, Park A, Xu J, Mahdi E, Glazier A, Malkoff N, Mavila N, Wang KS; in conjunction with the Childhood Liver Disease Research Network. Prominin-1 Promotes Biliary Fibrosis Associated With Biliary Atresia. Hepatology. 2019 Jun;69(6):2586-2597. doi: 10.1002/hep.30550. Epub 2019 Apr 11. PMID: 30723921; PMCID: PMC6541523.

 

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