Pediatric Surgery

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Samantha Ahle, MD, MHS

Assistant Professor of Surgery and Pediatrics, Clinician Educator
samantha_ahle@brown.edu
(401) 421-1939
Research Profile
Brown Surgical Associates

Biography

Specialties

  • Pediatric Surgery

Board Certification:
American Board of Surgery

Education:
George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, DC
Certification Training, Medical Humanities, George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, DC

Residency:
Categorical Surgery - Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT

Fellowship:
Pediatric Surgery - Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Medical Education Fellowship, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT

Memberships in Societies:
American College of Surgeons
Association for Academic Surgery
Association for Surgical Education
American Pediatric Surgical Association

Hospital Affiliations:
Rhode Island Hospital
Hasbro Children’s Hospital
The Miriam Hospital
Women & Infants Hospital

Publications

  1. R.A. Jurjus, J. Lee, S. Ahle, K. Brown, E. Goldman, G. Butera, and J. Krapf. “Anatomical knowledge retention in third year medical students prior to OB/GYN and surgery rotations.” Anat Sci Educ. 2014 Nov 12;7(6):461-8.
  2. Ahle, S. L., Cardella, J. A., Cleary, M. A., Stitelman, D. H., Sarac, T. P., & Caty, M. G. (2017). Repair of a mycotic abdominal aortic aneurysm in a neonate using an everted jugular vein patch. Journal of Vascular Surgery Cases and Innovative Techniques, 3(4), 218-220. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvscit.2017.08.003
  3. Farrelly, J. S., Weiss, R. M., Copel, J. A., Porto, A. F., Ahle, S. L., Luks, V. L., ... & Stitelman, D. H. (2018). An atypical case of megacystis microcolon intestinal hypoperistalsis syndrome with extended survival and consistent bowel function. Journal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reports, 30, 48-51.
  4. Ahle, S. L., Healy, J. M., & Pei, K. Y. (2019). Prediction of Postoperative Surgical Risk: A Needs Assessment for a Medical Student Curriculum. Journal of surgical education, 76(1), 89-92.
  5. Chiu, A. S., Ahle, S. L., Freedman-Weiss, M. R., Yoo, P. S., & Pei, K. Y. (2019). The impact of a curriculum on postoperative opioid prescribing for novice surgical trainees. The American Journal of Surgery, 217(2), 228-232.
  6. Ahle, S. L., Chiu, A. S., Jean, R. A., & Pei, K. Y. (2019). Evaluating a novel surgical risk assessment curriculum for medical students. The American Journal of Surgery, 217(2), 261-265.
  7. Farrelly, J. S., Bianchi, A. H., Ricciardi, A. S., Buzzelli, G. L., Ahle, S. L., Freedman-Weiss, M. R., ... & Stitelman, D. H. (2018). Alginate microparticles loaded with basic fibroblast growth factor induce tissue coverage in a rat model of myelomeningocele. Journal of pediatric surgery. Ahle SL, Chiu A, Jean R, Pei K. Evaluating a Novel Surgical Risk Assessment Curriculum for Medical Students. American Journal of Surgery, Feb 2019
  8. Ahle SL, Schuller M, Clark MJ, Williams RG, Wnuk G, Fryer JP, George BC. Do End-of-Rotation Evaluations Adequately Assess Readiness to Operate?. Academic Medicine. 2019 Dec 1;94(12):1946-52.
  9.  Ahle SL, Eskender M, Schuller M, Carnes E, Chen X, Koehler J, Willey G, Latif A, Doyle J, Wnuk G, Fryer JP. The Quality of Operative Performance Narrative Feedback: A Retrospective Data Comparison Between End of Rotation Evaluations and Workplace-based Assessments. Annals of Surgery. 2020 Jun 4.
  10. Ahle SL, Gielissen K, Keene DE, Blasberg JD. Understanding entrustment decision-making by surgical program directors. Journal of Surgical Research. 2020 May 1;249:74-81.
  11. Ahle S, Badru F, Damle R, Osei H, Munoz-Abraham AS, Bajinting A, Barbian ME, Bhatia AM, Gingalewski C, Greenspon J, Hamilton N. Multicenter retrospective comparison of spontaneous intestinal perforation outcomes between primary peritoneal drain and primary laparotomy. Journal of pediatric surgery. 2020 Jul 1;55(7):1270-5.
  12.  Shaughnessy MP, Ahle SL, Oliveira K, Longo WE, Yoo PS. Improving Satisfaction With Operating Room Feedback: An Effective, Low-Profile, No-Cost Intervention. Journal of surgical education. 2019 Nov 1;76(6):e138-45.
  13. Ötleş E, Kendrick DE, Solano QP, Schuller M, Ahle SL, Eskender MH, Carnes E, George BC. Using Natural Language Processing to Automatically Assess Feedback Quality: Findings From 3 Surgical Residencies. Academic Medicine. 2021 Sep 28;96(10):1457-60.
  14. Randle RW, Ahle SL, Elfenbein DM, Hildreth AN, Lee CY, Greenberg JA, Schenarts PJ, Kempenich JW. Surgical Trainees’ sense of responsibility for patient outcomes: a multi-institutional appraisal. Journal of Surgical Research. 2020 Nov 1;255:58-65.
  15. Freedman-Weiss MR, Wu D, Maassel N, Ullrich SJ, Ahle SL, Roberts K, Farrelly JS, Buzzelli G, Saltzman WM, Stitelman DH. Engineering alginate microparticles for optimized accumulation in Fetal Rat Myelomeningocele. Journal of Pediatric Surgery. 2021 Apr 15.
  16. Maassel N, Farrelly J, Coman D, Freedman-Weiss M, Ahle S, Ullrich S, Yung N, Hyder F, Stitelman D. Diffusion weighted imaging as a biomarker of retinoic acid induced myelomeningocele. Plos one. 2021 Jun 30;16(6):e0253583.
  17. Ullrich SJ, Freedman-Weiss M, Ahle S, Mandl HK, Piotrowski-Daspit AS, Roberts K, Yung N, Maassel N, Bauer-Pisani T, Ricciardi AS, Egan ME. Nanoparticles for delivery of agents to fetal lungs. Acta Biomaterialia. 2021 Mar 15;123:346-53.
  18. Solano QP, Hayward L, Chopra Z, Quanstrom K, Kendrick D, Abbott KL, Kunzmann M, Ahle S, Schuller M, Ötleş E, George BC. Natural Language Processing and Assessment of Resident Feedback Quality. Journal of Surgical Education. 2021 Jun 21.