Specialties

Sarah Tracy, MD

Assistant Professor

  • Division of Pediatric Surgery
  • Division of Pediatric Surgery Director of Surgical Oncology


Education

  • MD, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, Worcester, MA
  • General Surgery Residency, Beth Israel Lahey Health, Boston, MA
  • Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA
  • Pediatric General Surgery Fellow, Riley Hospital for Children, Indianapolis, IN

Clinical Specialties

Dr. Tracy is certified by the American Board of Surgery in General Surgery and is board-eligible for certification in Pediatric Surgery.  Her practice focuses include: surgical oncology, minimally invasive techniques for thoracic and abdominal diseases, chest wall diseases, and prenatal counseling.

Research Interests

Dr. Tracy’s research interests include multi-institutional clinical outcomes in surgical oncology, applications of video-based resident education, and postoperative outcomes for patients with congenital diaphragmatic hernia and complicated appendicitis.

Recent Publications

  • A role for abdominal ultrasound in discriminating suspected necrotizing enterocolitis in congenital heart disease patients.
    Lazow SP, Tracy SA, Estroff JA, Parad RB, Castro-Aragon IM, Fujii AM, Staffa SJ, Zurakowski D, Chen C
    Pediatr Surg Int 2022 Feb; 38(2): 225-233
    [PubMed ID: 34581859]

  • Unselected CD117 expression in amniotic and placental mesenchymal stem cells.
    Lazow SP, Kycia I, Tracy SA, Zurakowski D, Fauza DO
    J Pediatr Surg 2021 Dec; 56(12): 2410-2411
    [PubMed ID: 34454720]

  • Abdominal ultrasound findings contribute to a multivariable predictive risk score for surgical necrotizing enterocolitis: A pilot study.
    Lazow SP, Tracy SA, Staffa SJ, Estroff JA, Parad RB, Castro-Aragon IM, Fujii AM, Zurakowski D, Chen C
    Am J Surg 2021 Nov; 222(5): 1034-1039
    [PubMed ID: 33958200]

  • Transamniotic Stem Cell Therapy for Experimental Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia: Structural, Transcriptional, and Cell Kinetics Analyses in the Nitrofen Model.
    Chalphin AV, Lazow SP, Labuz DF, Tracy SA, Kycia I, Zurakowski D, Fauza DO
    Fetal Diagn Ther 2021; 48(5): 381-391
    [PubMed ID: 33853064]

  • Initial Mechanistic Screening of Transamniotic Stem Cell Therapy in the Rodent Model of Spina Bifida: Host Bone Marrow and Paracrine Activity.
    Lazow SP, Tracy SA, Chalphin AV, Kycia I, Zurakowski D, Fauza DO
    Fetal Diagn Ther 2020; 47(12): 902-911
    [PubMed ID: 32877907]

All Publications on PubMed