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David Tapper, M.D.

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Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, WA, United States 
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Dr. David Tapper, pediatric surgeon
By Warren King

Seattle Times medical reporter

In the challenging world of pediatric surgery, Dr. David Tapper was a major figure. As a surgeon, administrator and patients advocate, he was one who set examples.

"He was the guy whom pediatric surgeons all over the country would call and say, 'David, what do you think of this?' " said his longtime partner, Dr. Robert Sawin.

Dr. Tapper, surgeon in chief at Children's Hospital & Regional Medical Center in Seattle for 18 years, died at his home Tuesday (July 23) after a three-year battle with kidney cancer. He was 57.

During his 18 years at Children's, Dr. Tapper built a small surgery department into a multispecialty program that is now known nationally for its expertise and residents training program.

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Moses Judah Folkman fellowship/program director 1979 Children's Hospital of Boston (Neurotree)

Children

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Darrell W. Herman fellowship/program director 1984 Children's Hospital Medical Center
Theodore Brand fellowship/program director 1986 Children's Hospital Medical Center
Elizabeth C. Pohlson fellowship/program director 1987 Children's Hospital Medical Center
Philip L. Glick fellowship/program director 1988 Children's Hospital Medical Center
Robert S. Sawin fellowship/program director 1989 Children's Hospital Medical Center
David A. Andrews fellowship/program director 1990 Children's Hospital Medical Center
Daniel J. Ledbetter fellowship/program director 1991 Children's Hospital Medical Center
Eugene McGahren fellowship/program director 1992 Children's Hospital Medical Center
David K. Magnuson fellowship/program director 1993 Children's Hospital Medical Center
John H.T. Waldhausen fellowship/program director 1994 Children's Hospital Medical Center
Mark J. Holterman fellowship/program director 1995 Children's Hospital Medical Center
David P. Bliss, Jr fellowship/program director 1996 Children's Hospital and Medical Center
Patrick J. Healey fellowship/program director 1997 Children's Hospital Medical Center
Kerry M. Sullivan fellowship/program director 1998 Children's Hospital Medical Center

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Waldhausen JH, Graham DD, Tapper D. (2001) Routine intraoperative cholangiography during laparoscopic cholecystectomy minimizes unnecessary endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography in children. Journal of Pediatric Surgery. 36: 881-4
Thomas SE, Hickman RO, Tapper D, et al. (2000) Asymptomatic inferior vena cava abnormalities in three children with end-stage renal disease: risk factors and screening guidelines for pretransplant diagnosis. Pediatric Transplantation. 4: 28-34
Healey PJ, Sawin RS, Hall DG, et al. (1998) Delayed primary repair of esophageal atresia with tracheoesophageal fistula: is it worth the wait? Archives of Surgery (Chicago, Ill. : 1960). 133: 552-6
Bliss DP, Tapper D, Anderson JM, et al. (1996) Does posterior sagittal anorectoplasty in patients with high imperforate anus provide superior fecal continence? Journal of Pediatric Surgery. 31: 26-30; discussion 30
Sawin R, Hatch E, Schaller R, et al. (1994) Limited surgery for lower-segment Hirschsprung's disease. Archives of Surgery (Chicago, Ill. : 1960). 129: 920-4; discussion 92
Pohlson EC, Schaller RT, Tapper D. (1988) Improved survival with primary anastomosis in the low birth weight neonate with esophageal atresia and tracheoesophageal fistula. Journal of Pediatric Surgery. 23: 418-21
Pohlson EC, Hatch EI, Glick PL, et al. (1988) Individualized management of colonic atresia. American Journal of Surgery. 155: 690-2
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