About Us


Learn more about the ATOMAC+ Pediatric Trauma Research Network.

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What is ATOMAC+ Pediatric Trauma Research Network?

What began as ATOMAC+, a collaboration among physician researchers from Phoenix Children’s, Dell Children’s, Children’s Medical Center in Dallas, the Children’s Hospital at Oklahoma University, Le Bonheur Children’s, and Arkansas Children’s Hospitals, has now evolved into the A+ Pediatric Trauma Research Network (A+PTRN). These early pioneers recognized that pediatric trauma research is limited when conducted by individual hospitals and that a multicenter collaborative network could generate higher-quality evidence to improve care at pediatric trauma centers everywhere.

Today, A+PTRN has expanded to 32 member institutions, continuing its mission to advance pediatric trauma research through multicenter collaboration, answering the most pressing clinical questions, and improving outcomes for injured children.

Our Mission

To inspire and drive world-class pediatric trauma research through fostering robust multi-center collaboration.

MEMBER INSTITUTIONS

The ATOMAC+ Pediatric Trauma Research Network currently consists of 30 esteemed pediatric trauma centers dedicated to advancing research and improving outcomes in pediatric trauma care. See the complete list of our member institutions below.

  1. Akron Children’s Hospital
  2. American Family Children’s Hospital
  3. Arkansas Children’s Hospital
  4. Atrium Health Levine Children’s Hospital
  5. Boston Children’s Hospital
  6. Brenner Children’s Hospital
  7. Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta (CHOA)
  8. Children’s Hospital of Orange County (CHOC)
  9. Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP)
  10. Children’s Memorial Hermann Hospital
  11. Children’s Mercy Kansas City
  12. Children’s National Hospital
  13. Children’s of Alabama
  14. Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
  15. C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital
  16. Dell Children’s Medical Center of Central Texas
  17. Johns Hopkins Children’s Center
  18. Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital
  19. MUSC Shawn Jenkins Children’s Hospital
  20. NewYork-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital
  21. Norton Children’s Hospital
  22. Oklahoma Children’s Hospital
  23. Phoenix Children’s Hospital
  24. Primary Children’s Hospital
  25. Rady Children’s Hospital – San Diego
  26. Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital
  27. Texas Children’s Hospital
  28. UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland
  29. UT Southwestern Medical Center
  30. Valley Children’s Hospital
  31. Wolfson Children’s Hospital
  32. WVU Medicine Children’s

LEADERSHIP

Meaningful research at multiple major pediatric trauma centers takes skilled leadership. Meet the physician leadership team of the ATOMAC+ Pediatric Trauma Research Network.

present board members

David Notrica, MD, FACS
David Notrica, MD, FACS
President Phoenix Children's Hospital
Dr. David Notrica is a native of Atlanta, Georgia. He graduated Cum Laude from Duke University in 1988 and Emory University School of Medicine in 1992 where he was class president and a member of the Alpha Omega Alpha ... Read More
Robert Maxson, MD, FACS
Robert Maxson, MD, FACS
Vice President Arkansas Children's Hospital
Dr. Maxson received his undergraduate degree from Texas A&M University, his M.D. from the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, and completed a surgical residency at UAMS in 1996... Read More
Jessica Naiditch, MD
Jessica Naiditch, MD
Secretary Dell Children’s Medical Center
Dr. Naiditch was born and raised outside of Pittsburgh, PA. She received her Bachelor of Science in Biology from Carnegie-Mellon University in 2003. She completed her general surgery residency at ... Read More
Karla Lawson, PhD, MPH
Karla Lawson, PhD, MPH
Treasurer Dell Children’s Medical Center
Dr. Karla A. Lawson, PhD, MPH is the Director of the Dell Children’s Trauma and Injury Research Center and an Associate Professor of Surgery and Perioperative Care at the University of Texas-Austin Dell Medical School... Read More
Barbara Gaines, MD
Barbara Gaines, MD
 UT Southwestern Medical Center
Barbara Gaines, M.D., is a Professor in the Department of Surgery at UT Southwestern Medical Center and the Division Chief of Pediatric Surgery. Dr. Gaines earned her medical degree at the University of Virginia ... Read More
Jeremy Johnson, MD, FACS, FAAP
Jeremy Johnson, MD, FACS, FAAP
 Oklahoma Children’s Hospital at OU Health
Jeremy Johnson, MD, FACS, FAAP, is an Associate Professor in the Pediatric Surgery section of the Department of Surgery at the University of Oklahoma. He is the Pediatric Trauma Medical Director... Read More
John K. Petty, MD
John K. Petty, MD
 Atrium Health Brenner Children's Hospital
John K. Petty, M.D. is a Professor of Surgery and Pediatrics at Wake Forest University School of Medicine in Winston-Salem, NC. He grew up Portland, Oregon and left to attend college at Duke University. He proceeded to the ... Read More
Katie Russell, MD
Katie Russell, MD
 Primary Children’s Hospital
Dr. Russell stands at the forefront of pediatric surgery, specializing in neonatal and pediatric conditions treated with minimally invasive techniques. As a leading figure at Primary Children’s Hospital ... Read More
Mark Ryan, MD, MSPH, FACS
Mark Ryan, MD, MSPH, FACS
 Children's Medical Center Dallas / University of Texas Southwestern
Mark L. Ryan, M.D., M.S.P.H., FACS, is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Surgery and the Assistant Director of Pediatric Trauma at UT Southwestern Medical Center... Read More
Regan Williams, MD, MS, FACS, FAAP
Regan Williams, MD, MS, FACS, FAAP
 Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital
I am a pediatric surgeon with a clinical and research focus on pediatric trauma. I have been the Trauma Medical Director at Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital for 5 years... Read More

Member Institutions