Curriculum Vitae April 2007 Stanley Henry Konefal, Jr., M.D. Current Position Pediatric Surgeon/Pediatric Surgical Services Department of Surgery Teaching Staff Baystate Medical Center, Springfield, MA Office Address 125 Liberty Street Springfield, MA 01103 (413) 734-3222/fax: (413) 731-8901 Date of Birth July 5, 1949 Place of Birth Medford, Massachusetts Citizenship U.S.A. Marital Status Children Married: Joan Walsh Konefal Stephen, Patricia, David, Mary (1986) (1987) (1988) (1990) Licensure Massachusetts No. 41180 1976 Board Certification Diplomate of the American Board of Surgery No. 27471 1981 American Board of Surgery Pediatric Surgery No. 440 1984 American Board of Pediatric Surgery Recertified 1993 Recertified 2003 Education Belmont Hill School, Belmont, MA 9/62-6/97 BA, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 9/67 5/71 MD, Tufts University School of Medicine Boston, MA 9/71 5/75 Internship Baystate Medical Center, Springfield, MA 6/75 6/76 General Surgery Baystate Medical Center, Springfield, MA 6/76 6/80 Residency Alder Hey Children s Hospital, Liverpool, England 7/78 12/78 Pediatric Surgery St. Christopher s Hospital for Children 7/80 6/82 Residency Philadelphia, PA
Clinical Practice Pediatric Surgical Services, Inc. partners with Richard A. Courtney, M.D., Barry F. Sachs, M.D., Kevin P. Moriarty, M.D., Rajeev Prasad, M.D. & David B. Tashjian, M.D. Academic Appointments Clinical Instructor Tufts University School of Medicine 1982 1989 In Surgery Associate Clinical Professor of Surgery Tufts University School of Medicine 1989 1994 Assistant Clinical Professor of Surgery Tufts University School of Medicine 1994 Present Assistant Clinical University of Connecticut School of Medicine 2003 Present Professor Department of Surgery, Division of General Surgery Hospital Appointments Baystate Medical Center 1982 Present Holyoke Medical Center 1982 Present Mercy Medical Center 1982 Present Noble Hospital 1982 Present Providence Hospital 1982 1998 Hospital Committees Quality Assurance, BMC 1984 Present Surgical Education, BMC 1987 1998 Infection Control, Mercy Hospital 1984 1987 Professional Organizations Mass Medical Society, Hampden Dist. Med. Soc 1987 American College of Surgeons 1988 American Medical Association 1983 American Pediatric Surgical Association 1995 Advanced Trauma Life Support 1984 Recertification 1996 Recertification 2000 Recertification 2004 The Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons 1998 SAGES 2003 Professional Interests Intravenous Access and Complications of Central Intravenous Lines
Honors and Awards Surgical House Staff Teaching Award 1988 & 1993 Blood Donor of the Year, Baystate Medical Center 1990
Administrative Director of Surgery, Maple Surgery Center 1998 2001 Surgical Director, Pediatric ICU 1998 Present Baystate Medical Center Brief Statement Regarding Role in Surgical Education I am active daily in teaching rounds, operating room and office to third year medical students surgical residents and pediatric residents. I have been a member of The Surgical Education Committee since 1987 an act as advisor to surgical residents.
Publications BIBLIOGRAPHY Epidermoid Cyst of the Spleen Successfully treated by Marsupialization, April 1987 Clinical Pediatrics. C. Sullivan, S. Konefal. Cardiac Tamponade in a Newborn: A Complication of Hyperalimentation. May/June 1987 Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition. C. Sullivan, S. Konefal. An Alternative Method of Securing Broviac Catheters in Children and Infants. March April 1989 Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition. W. Goolishian, S. Konefal Fungal Splenic Abscesses: Management in Childhood Leukemia 1990 Pediatric Surgery International 5:118-120. Abdominal Extravasation From a Femoral Venous Catheter Manifesting as an Acute Abdomen. March 1997 Clinical Pediatrics. V. Ingold, S. Konefal, K. Moriarity. Laparoscopic Appendicostomy. Journal of Pediatric Endosurgery and Innovative Techniques. 5(1):23-26, 2000. D. Tashjian, K. Moriarty, R. Courtney, S. Konefal. Bilateral Breast Relapse in Acute Myelogenous Leukemia, Journal of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology 23:2, February 2001. P. Monteleone, D. Steele, A. King, S. Konefal, J. Kelleher. Hypertrophic Pyloric Stenosis in Utero, Pediatric Surgery International, 18(5-6): 539-540, September 2002. D. Tashjian, S. Konefal. Pediatric Hand Treadmill Injuries, Journal of Craniofacial Surgery, The Journal of Craniofacial Surgery, Volume 14, Number 4, July 2003. K. Moriarty, G. Banever, R. Courtney, B. Sachs, S. Konefal, L. Barbeau. The Nuss Procedure: Our Experience from the First Fifty, Pediatric Endosurgery & Innovative Techniques, 7:261-266, Fall 2003. G. Banever, D. Tashjian, K. Moriarty S. Konefal. Perforated Appendicitis: Is Laparoscopy Safe?, JSLS, 8:147-149, 2004. M. Tirabassi, D. Tashjian, K. Moriarty, S. Konefal, R. Courtney, B. Sachs Feasibility of Thoracoscopic U-Clip Esophageal Anastamosis: An Alternative for Esophageal Atresia Reconstruction, J Pediatr Surg, 39:851-854, 2004. M. Tirabassi, G. Banever, K. Moriarty, S. Konefal, R. Wait, E. Reiter M. Tirabassi, G. Wadie, K. Moriarty, J. Garb, S. Konefal, R. Courtney, B. Sachs, R. Wait: Geographic Information System (GIS) Localization of Community Acquired MRSA Soft Tissue Abscesses, J Pediatr Surg, 40:962-966, 2005 Cervical Spondylodiscitis from an Ingested Pain: A Case Report, J Pediatr Surg, 40:593-596, 2005. G. Wadie, S. Konefal, M. Dias, M. McLaughlin
Published Abstracts 1. Tashjian D, Moriarty KP, Courtney RA, Sachs, BF, Konefal SH: Laparoscopic Appendicostomy. Pediatric Endosurgery and Innovative Techniques 4:86, 2000. 2. Tashjian DB, Moriarty KP, Courtney RA, Sachs BF, Konefal SH: Laparoscopic versus Open Appendectomy. Current Surgery 57:506, 2000. 3. Tashjian DB, Moriarty KP, Konefal SH, Banever GT: The Nuss Procedure: Initial Results with 27 Patients. Current Surgery, accepted for publication May 2001. 4. Tashjian DB, Moriarty KP, Tirabassi M, Courtney RA, Sachs BF, Konefal SH: Perforated Appendicitis: Laparoscopic or Open Appendectomy. JSLS 5:406, 2001. 5. Tirabassi M, Banever GT, Moriarty KP, Konefal SH, Wait RB, Reiter E: Feasibility of Thoracoscopic U-Clip Esophageal Anastamosis: An Alternative for Esophageal Atresia Reconstruction, AAP Section on Surgery Publications
Presentations 1. Are Children Really Different? Westover Trauma Symposium, Pediatric Trauma, November 1, 1995. Konefal SH. 2. Pediatric Trauma. Pediatric Grand Rounds, Baystate Medical Center, December 18, 1995. Konefal SH 3. Heads Up. Moderator, Pediatric Trauma Program. Surgical Grand Rounds, April 11, 1996. Konefal SH 4. Chest Wall Deformities. Shriners Hospital for Children, Springfield, MA November 1998. Konefal SH 5. Malone Procedure. Pediatric Grand Rounds, December 1998. Konefal SH. 6. Tracheo-Esophageal Atresia Fistula GER Nissen Fundoplication. Shriners Hospital for Children, Springfield, MA March 1999. Konefal SH. 7. Minimally Invasive Nuss Pectus Excavatum Repair video presentation at the Massachusetts Chapter American College of Surgeons, Boston, MA, December 4, 1999. Moriarty KP, Konefal SH. 8. Laparoscopic Appendicostomy. IXth International Congress for Endosurgery in Children, Atlanta, GA March 2000. Tashjian DB, Moriarty KP, Courtney RA, Konefal SH. 9. Laparoscopic versus Open Appendectomy. 7 th Annual Surgical Resident/Fellow Research Presentation Day, Boston, MA May 2000. Tashjian DB, Moriarty KP, Courtney RA, Sachs BF, Konefal SH. 10. MACE Procedure: Laparoscopic Appendicostomy. AORN Western Massachusetts Chapter 2203 Meeting, Springfield, MA November 2000. Tashjian DB, Moriarty KP, Konefal SH. 11. Laparoscopic versus Open Appendectomy. Massachusetts Chapter of the American College of Surgeons Meeting, Boston, MA December 2000. Tashjian DB, Moriarty KP, Courtney RA, Sachs BF, Konefal SH. 12. The Nuss Procedure: Initial Results with 27 Patients. 8 th Annual Surgical Resident/Fellow Research Presentation Day, Boston, MA May 2001. Konefal SH, Moriarty, KP, Tashjian, DB.
Poster Presentations 1. Perforated Appendicitis: Laparoscopic or Open Appendectomy The Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons, 10 th International Congress and Endo Expo, New York, NY, December 5 8, 2001. M.V. Tirabassi, D.B. Tashjian, S.H. Konefal, R.A. Courtney, B.F. Sachs, K.P Moriarty. 2. Feasibility of Thoracoscopic U-Clip Esophageal Anastamosis: An Alternative for Esophageal Atresia Reconstruction 35 th Annual National Convention, American Academy of Pediatrics, New Orleans, LA, October 31 November 2, 2003. M.V. Tirabassi, G.T. Banever, K.P. Moriarty, S.H. Konefal, R.B. Wait, E. Reiter. 3. Geographic Information System (GIS) Localization of Community Acquired MRSA Soft Tissue Abscesses American Academy of Pediatrics, San Francisco, CA, October 8-13, 2004. M.V. Tirabassi, G. Wadie, K.P. Moriarty, R.A. Courtney, B.F. Sachs, S.H. Konefal, R. Prasad. 4. Nonoperative Correction of Pectus Carinatum with Orthotic Bracing American Academy of Pediatrics, San Francisco, CA, October 8-13, 2004. G.T. Banever, K.P. Moriarty, S.H. Konefal, Kim Gettens, DC
Community Service Westfield Community Development Corporation 1995 Present Westfield Little League Coach (Instructional) Spring 1998 Westfield Youth Soccer Coach Fall 1998 (Division Champions/Boys 9-10) Westfield Little League Coach (Instructional) Spring 1999 Westfield Youth Soccer Coach Fall 1999 (League Champions/Girls 11-12) Westfield Senior League Baseball Coach Spring 2000 (Boys 13-14) Westfield Youth Soccer Coach Fall 2000 (League Champions/Boys 11-12) Westfield Suburban Softball Coach Summer 2001 (Girls 13-14) Westfield Youth Soccer Coach Fall 2001 (Girls 13-16) Westfield Little League Coach Spring 2002 (League Champions/Girls 10-12) Westfield Youth Basketball Winter 2002-2003 (Girls 13-16) Westfield Softball Coach Spring 2003 (Girls 13-16) Westfield Youth Soccer Fall 2003 (Girls 13-16) Westfield Softball Coach Spring 2004 (League Champions/Girls 13-16) Westfield Softball Coach Spring 2005 (League Champtions/Girls 13-16) Assistant Softball Coach Summer 2005 (State Champions/Girls 13-16) Participation in Career Day at Munger Hill School, Westfield, MA March 14, 2000 Hampden County District Medical Society High School Doctor for a Day Program April 9, 2003 Hampden County District Medical Society High School Doctor for a Day Program May 7, 2004 Baystate Medical Center Student Ambassador Surgery Night August 2004 Hampden County District Medical Society High School Doctor for a Day Program April 10, 2005
Baystate Medical Center Student Ambassador Surgery Night August 9, 2006 Westfield High School March 1, 2007 Science Fair Judge Hobbies Hunting, Fishing, Numismatics, Cooking