Positions

Chief Surgical Officer

Texas Children's Hospital The Woodlands

Surgical Director, Adolescent Bariatric Surgery

Texas Children's Hospital

Associate Professor

Surgery
Pediatric Surgery
Baylor College of Medicine
The Woodlands, Texas United States

Addresses

Texas Children's Hospital, The Woodlands (Clinic)

Outpatient Building, 3rd Floor
17580 Interstate 45 South
The Woodlands, TX 77384
United States
Phone: (936) 267-7333
sjstaffo@texaschildrens.org

Education

BA from Hawaii Pacific University

01/1998 - Honolulu, Hawaii United States

Psychology

MD from Medical University of South Carolina

05/2002 - Charleston, South Carolina United States

Internship at Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center New ORleans

05/2003 - New Orleans, Louisiana United States

General Surgery

Residency at Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center New Orleans

05/2007 - New Orleans, Louisiana United States

General Surgery

Fellowship at Children's Hospital of Michigan, Wayne State University

05/2009 - Detroit, Michigan United States

Pediatric Surgery

Certifications

Pediatric Surgery

#1131

American Board of Surgery

General Surgery

#53044

American College of Surgeons

Honors & Awards

Rowena Spencer Award for Excellence in Pediatric Surgery

LSU

Professional Interests

• Minimally invasive surgery
• Bariatric Surgery

Professional Statement

As a pediatric surgeon, Dr. Stafford is interested in minimally invasive surgery as well as innovation of processes and techniques to improve clinical outcomes. As the Director of Bariatric Surgery at Texas Children’s Hospital, Dr. Stafford has been focused on making a significant impact on the health and wellbeing of adolescents affected by obesity and its comorbidities. In this capacity he serves on the American Pediatric Surgical Association’s Childhood Obesity Committee. Under his leadership, Texas Children's Hospital Adolescent Bariatric Surgery program became one of seven programs affiliated with a children's hospital to receive accreditation under the American Society of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS). Dr. Shawn J. Stafford entered medical school at the Medical University of South Carolina after serving an eight-year enlistment in the United States Navy. He went on to complete a residency at Louisiana State University. During his time at LSU he was involved in research looking at angiogenesis and its impact on malignancy and wound healing. Additionally, he was instrumental in the development of a novel injectable for sentinel lymph node dissection which is currently being submitted for a patent. During his fourth year of residency he had the privilege of taking care of patients during Hurricane Katrina, as he was the senior surgical resident on call at the University Hospital for the duration of the storm and its aftermath. In 2007, he entered a pediatric surgery fellowship at the Children’s Hospital of Michigan.
After completing his training, Dr. Stafford relocated to Tucson, Arizona and became part of a high-volume private practice, covering all of southern Arizona and western New Mexico for six years. He returned to LSU to become an assistant professor of Pediatric Surgery based out of the Children’s Hospital of New Orleans. Here, he focused on his interests in minimally invasive, single incision and robotic assisted surgery.

Websites

Selected Publications

• Harkrider WW, Diebold AE, Maloney T, Espenan G, Wang YZ, Stafford SJ, Camp A, Frey D, Chappuis C, Woltering EA "A phase I/II trial of 125I methylene blue for one-stage sentinel lymph node biopsy." Annals of Surgery. 2007 Feb;
• Harkrider WW1, Diebold AE, Maloney T, Espenan G, Wang YZ, Stafford SJ, Camp A, Frey D, Chappuis C, Woltering EA. "An extended phase II trial of iodine-125 methylene blue for sentinel lymph node identification in women with breast cancer." J Am Coll Surg. 2013 Apr;
• Stafford SJ, Peyman GA, Conway MD, Kazi AA, AnthonyCT, Blake DA, Woltering EA "Clearance of Radiolabeled Somatostatin Analogs from the Vitreous: Implications for Targeted Intravitreal Therapy with Radiolabeled Somatostatin Analogs." Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2004;
• Stafford SJ, Schwimer J, Anthony CT, Thomson JL, Wang Y, Woltering EA "Colchicine and 2-methoxyestradiol Inhibit Human Angiogenesis." Journal of Surgical Research. 2005 May 1;

Memberships

American College of Surgeons

Fellow (10/2011)

American Academy of Pediatrics

Specialty Fellow (03/2010)

The Society of Robotic Surgery

Premier Member (02/2010)

American Pediatric Surgery Association

(05/2017)

American Society of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery

Affiliate Surgeon Member