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Ala Stanford Frey, MD

Director, Center for Minority Health and Health Disparities

Email: ala.frey@temple.edu

Center for Minority Health and Health Disparities

BS, Biology, Penn State University, State College, PA, 1992

 

MD, Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, PA, 1997

 

Internship, Surgery, State University of New York at Brooklyn, Brooklyn, NY, 1998

 

Residency, Surgery, State University of New York at Brooklyn, Brooklyn, NY, 1999

 

Pediatric Surgery Research, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, 1999-2001

 

Residency, Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, 2001-2004

 

Fellowship, Pediatric Surgery, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, 2004-2006

 

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• Minimally-invasive pediatric surgery
• Pediatric colorectal surgery

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• American Board of Surgery - General surgery, 2006
• American Board of Surgery - Pediatric surgery (board eligible), 2006

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1. Research Fellow July 1999-June 2001: Department of Pediatric Surgery/ Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh; Nitric Oxide induced apoptosis of the dendritic cell. Performing in vitro and in vivo experiments studying programmed cell death of the host’s most important antigen presenting cells.  In addition. performed clinical outcome analysis reviews.
2. Primary Investigator May 94-March 96: Designed both a qualitative and quantitative study entitled "Patients’ Perceptions Related to a Diagnosis of Diabetes". Interviews were conducted with African American patients at a community health center. The goal of the study was to document and disseminate information to health care providers in an effort to decrease the disproportionately higher complication rates related to diabetes in African Americans.
3. Research Assistant May 93-August 93: State University of New York at Buffalo/ Department of Pediatric Surgery. Project: To study surfactant clearance in preterm lambs. The purpose was to improve surfactant therapy in neonates with Hyaline Membrane Disease. Performed Cesarean delivery of the lamb from a pregnant ewe, inserted jugular venous catheters, intubation of the ewe and lamb, and performed lung lavages, protein and radioimmunoassays.
   

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Other Articles:

Stanford A and Barksdale E. Clinical Guidelines of the Use of Parenteral Nutrition in Adult and Pediatric Patients. JPEN, 26(1)100SA-102SA, 2002.

Stanford A, Chen Y, Hoffman RA, Zamora R, Ford HR. Interferon gamma-induced dendritic cell apoptosis is mediated by both nitric oxide dependent and independent mechanisms. Surg. Forum 2001;LII:276-278.

Chen Y, Stanford A, Hoffman R, Ford H.Nitric oxide protects mouse thymocytes from apoptosis induced by -irradiation. Scientific World Journal. 2001 Jan 1;1(1 Suppl 3):34.

Stanford A, Chen Y, Zhou X, Zhang X-R, Ford HR. Nitric Oxide (NO) Induces Dendritic Cell Apoptosis by Modulating Mitochondrial Membrane Potential and Caspase-3 Activity. Owen H. Wangensteen Surgical Forum 86th Annual Clinical Congress, Volume LI 2000.

Stanford A, Zhou X, Makonnen S, Hoffman R, and Ford HR. Nitric Oxide Induces Apoptosis in Dendritic Cells. The FASEB Journal, v.14: A403.

Stanford A and Hechtman D. Pyloric Stenosis. Your Doctor.com, May 2000.

Stanford A, Campbell, D, and Jonsyn, G. Delayed Effects of Thorotrast Extravasation: A Case Report and Review. 1997, The Journal of The Pennsylvania Association for Thoracic Surgery, v.5: 59-64.

Book Chapters:

Barksdale EM, Stanford A.  Neuroblastoma.  In:  Surgical Directives: Pediatric Surgery.  Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia, PA,  2003.

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