Education

• BS, Tufts University, Boston, MA, 1995
• MD, UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, NJ, 1999
• Residency in Surgery, Baystate Medical Center, Springfield, MA, 2006
• Fellowship in Pediatric Endosurgery, The Children’s Hospital of Alabama, Birmingham, AL, 2007
• Pediatric Surgery Fellowship, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR, 2010

Clinical Specialties

Dr. Tirabassi is certified by the American Board of Surgery in General Surgery and eligible for Board Certification in Pediatric Surgery. He specializes in all types of pediatric surgical cases and has a special interest and additional expertise in minimally invasive pediatric surgery.

For a complete listing of conditions our pediatric surgeons provide treatment for, please click here.

Research Interests

Dr. Tirabassi’s research focus is the advancement of minimally invasive pediatric surgery. He is also dedicated toward the improvement of surgical education.

Recent Publications

• Improving tactile sensation in minimally invasive pediatric surgery.
  Tirabassi MV, Wadie G, Tashjian DB, Moriarty KP
  J Laparoendosc Adv Surg Tech A 2007 Aug; 17(4):501-3.
  [PubMed ID: 17705736]
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• The deflux procedure reduces the incidence of urinary tract infections in patients with vesicoureteral reflux.
  Wadie GM, Tirabassi MV, Courtney RA, Moriarty KP
  J Laparoendosc Adv Surg Tech A 2007 Jun; 17(3):353-9.
  [PubMed ID: 17570788]
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• Giant polypoid gastric heterotopia of the jejunum presenting with intermittent intussusception.
  Omotosho PA, Varnholt H, Tirabassi MV, Prasad R, Moriarty KP
  J Laparoendosc Adv Surg Tech A 2007 Apr; 17(2):249-51.
  [PubMed ID: 17484660]
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• Feasibility of using near-infrared spectroscopy to diagnose testicular torsion: an experimental study in sheep.
  Capraro GA, Mader TJ, Coughlin BF, Lovewell C, St Louis MR, Tirabassi M, Wadie G, Smithline HA
  Ann Emerg Med 2007 Apr; 49(4):520-5.
  [PubMed ID: 16997426]
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• Geographic information system localization of community-acquired MRSA soft tissue abscesses.
  Tirabassi MV, Wadie G, Moriarty KP, Garb J, Konefal SH, Courtney RA, Sachs BF, Wait R
  J. Pediatr. Surg. 2005 Jun; 40(6):962-5; discussion 965-6.
  [PubMed ID: 15991178]
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• Feasibility of thoracoscopic U-clip esophageal anastomosis: an alternative for esophageal atresia reconstruction.
  Tirabassi MV, Banever GT, Moriarty KP, Konefal S, Reiter E, Wait R
  J. Pediatr. Surg. 2004 Jun; 39(6):851-4.
  [PubMed ID: 15185211]
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• Perforated appendicitis: is laparoscopy safe?
  Tirabassi MV, Tashjian DB, Moriarty KP, Konefal SH, Courtney RA, Sachs BF
  JSLS 2004 Apr-Jun; 8(2):147-9.
  [PubMed ID: 15119659, PMC ID: 3015536]
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• Quantitation of lung sealing in the survival swine model.
  Tirabassi MV, Banever GT, Tashjian DB, Moriarty KP
  J. Pediatr. Surg. 2004 Mar; 39(3):387-90.
  [PubMed ID: 15017557]
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• Laparoscopic Nissen fundoplication for reactive airway disease.
  Tashjian DB, Tirabassi MV, Moriarty KP, Salva PS
  J. Pediatr. Surg. 2002 Jul; 37(7):1021-3.
  [PubMed ID: 12077762]
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