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Roshni Dasgupta, MD

Professor of Clinical-Affiliate

Surgery | College of Medicine

Education/Credentials
  • Master's Degree in Public Health: Harvard School of Public Health
  • Fellowship in Pediatric General Surgery: Hospital for Sick Children/University of Toronto
  • General Surgery Residency: Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard University
  • Rhodes Scholarship Research Fellowship: Merton College of Oxford University
  • Medical Degree: University of Toronto
  • Bachelor's Degree: McGill University (Immunology and Biochemistry)
Contact Information
Research Interests

Surgical Oncology and Vascular Malformations, Minimally Invasive Surgery, General Pediatric Surgery

Peer Reviewed Publications

Dasgupta, Roshni; Billmire, Deborah; Aldrink, Jennifer H; Meyers, Rebecka L 2017. What is new in pediatric surgical oncology? Current opinion in pediatrics, 29 1, 3-11

Lobeck, Inna; Dupree, Phylicia; Karns, Rebekah; Rodeberg, David; von Allmen, Daniel; Dasgupta, Roshni 2017. Quality assessment of lymph node sampling in rhabdomyosarcoma: A surveillance, epidemiology, and end results (SEER) program study. Journal of pediatric surgery, 52 4, 614-617

Putra, Juan; Rymeski, Beth; Merrow, Arnold C; Dasgupta, Roshni; Gupta, Anita 2017. Four cases of pediatric deep-seated/subcutaneous pyogenic granuloma: Review of literature and differential diagnosis. Journal of cutaneous pathology, 44 6, 516-522

Wagner, Lars M; Kremer, Nathalie; Gelfand, Michael J; Sharp, Susan E; Turpin, Brian K; Nagarajan, Rajaram; Tiao, Gregory M; Pressey, Joseph G; Yin, Julie; Dasgupta, Roshni 2017. Detection of lymph node metastases in pediatric and adolescent/young adult sarcoma: Sentinel lymph node biopsy versus fludeoxyglucose positron emission tomography imaging-A prospective trial. Cancer, 123 1, 155-160

Adams, Denise M; Trenor, Cameron C; Hammill, Adrienne M; Vinks, Alexander A; Patel, Manish N; Chaudry, Gulraiz; Wentzel, Mary Sue; Mobberley-Schuman, Paula S; Campbell, Lisa M; Brookbank, Christine; Gupta, Anita; Chute, Carol; Eile, Jennifer; McKenna, Jesse; Merrow, Arnold C; Fei, Lin; Hornung, Lindsey; Seid, Michael; Dasgupta, A Roshni; Dickie, Belinda H; Elluru, Ravindhra G; Lucky, Anne W; Weiss, Brian; Azizkhan, Richard G 2016. Efficacy and Safety of Sirolimus in the Treatment of Complicated Vascular Anomalies. Pediatrics, 137 2, e20153257

Dasgupta, Roshni; Fuchs, Jörg; Rodeberg, David 2016. Rhabdomyosarcoma. Seminars in pediatric surgery, 25 5, 276-283

Dasgupta, Roshni; Mukherjee, Soumava; Das, Manasi; Jata, Sneha Bothra; Ghosal, Ritwik 2016. Hashimoto's encephalopathy. The Journal of the Association of Physicians of India, 64 1, 101

Dasgupta, Roshni; Rodeberg, David 2016. Non-rhabdomyosarcoma. Seminars in pediatric surgery, 25 5, 284-289

Ehrlich, Peter F; Hamilton, Thomas E; Gow, Kenneth; Barnhart, Douglas; Ferrer, Fernando; Kandel, Jessica; Glick, Richard; Dasgupta, Roshni; Naranjo, Arlene; He, Ying; Perlman, Elizabeth J; Kalapurakal, John A; Khanna, Geetika; Dome, Jeffrey S; Geller, James; Mullen, Elizabeth 2016. Surgical protocol violations in children with renal tumors provides an opportunity to improve pediatric cancer care: a report from the Children's Oncology Group. Pediatric blood & cancer, 63 11, 1905-10

Jancelewicz, Tim; Lopez, Monica E; Downard, Cynthia D; Islam, Saleem; Baird, Robert; Rangel, Shawn J; Williams, Regan F; Arnold, Meghan A; Lal, Dave; Renaud, Elizabeth; Grabowski, Julia; Dasgupta, Roshni; Austin, Mary; Shelton, Julia; Cameron, Danielle; Goldin, Adam B 2016. Surgical management of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) in children: A systematic review. Journal of pediatric surgery, ,

Lobeck, Inna; Rymeski, Beth; Burns, Karen; Nagarajan, Rajaram; Correll, Judy; Kent, Debra; Dasgupta, Roshni 2016. Long-term morbidity after staging laparotomy for Hodgkin's lymphoma. Journal of pediatric surgery, ,

Rothstein, David H; Dasgupta, Roshni 2016. Transition of Care From Pediatric to Adult Surgery. Pediatrics, 138 3,

Salloum, Ralph; Fox, Courtney E; Alvarez-Allende, Carlos R; Hammill, Adrienne M; Dasgupta, Roshni; Dickie, Belinda H; Mobberley-Schuman, Paula; Wentzel, Mary Sue; Chute, Carol; Kaul, Ajay; Patel, Manish; Merrow, Arnold C; Gupta, Anita; Whitworth, John R; Adams, Denise M 2016. Response of Blue Rubber Bleb Nevus Syndrome to Sirolimus Treatment. Pediatric blood & cancer, 63 11, 1911-4

Zhao, Jane Y; Chiu, Priscilla P L; Dasgupta, Roshni; Jen, Howard C; Rothstein, David H 2016. Defining the Need for Transitional Care From Pediatric to Adult Surgery for Young Adult Patients With Surgically Corrected Congenital Anomalies. JAMA surgery, 151 4, 393-4

Graziano, Kathleen; Islam, Saleem; Dasgupta, Roshni; Lopez, Monica E; Austin, Mary; Chen, Li Ern; Goldin, Adam; Downard, Cynthia D; Renaud, Elizabeth; Abdullah, Fizan 2015. Asymptomatic malrotation: Diagnosis and surgical management: An American Pediatric Surgical Association outcomes and evidence based practice committee systematic review. Journal of pediatric surgery, 50 10, 1783-90

Puligandla, Pramod S; Grabowski, Julia; Austin, Mary; Hedrick, Holly; Renaud, Elizabeth; Arnold, Meghan; Williams, Regan F; Graziano, Kathleen; Dasgupta, Roshni; McKee, Milissa; Lopez, Monica E; Jancelewicz, Tim; Goldin, Adam; Downard, Cynthia D; Islam, Saleem 2015. Management of congenital diaphragmatic hernia: A systematic review from the APSA outcomes and evidence based practice committee. Journal of pediatric surgery, 50 11, 1958-70

Rangel, Shawn J; Islam, Saleem; St Peter, Shawn D; Goldin, Adam B; Abdullah, Fizan; Downard, Cynthia D; Saito, Jacqueline M; Blakely, Martin L; Puligandla, Pramod S; Dasgupta, Roshni; Austin, Mary; Chen, Li Ern; Renaud, Elizabeth; Arca, Marjorie J; Calkins, Casey M 2015. Prevention of infectious complications after elective colorectal surgery in children: an American Pediatric Surgical Association Outcomes and Clinical Trials Committee comprehensive review. Journal of pediatric surgery, 50 1, 192-200

Dasgupta, Roshni; Fishman, Steven J 2014. Management of visceral vascular anomalies. Seminars in pediatric surgery, 23 4, 216-20

Dasgupta, Roshni; Fishman, Steven J 2014. ISSVA classification. Seminars in pediatric surgery, 23 4, 158-61

Dasgupta, Roshni; Fishman, Steven J 2014. Vascular anomalies in infants and children. Preface. Seminars in pediatric surgery, 23 4, 157

Dasgupta, Roshni; Patel, Manish 2014. Venous malformations. Seminars in pediatric surgery, 23 4, 198-202

Goldin, Adam B; Dasgupta, Roshni; Chen, Li Ern; Blakely, Martin L; Islam, Saleem; Downard, Cynthia D; Rangel, Shawn J; St Peter, Shawn D; Calkins, Casey M; Arca, Marjorie J; Barnhart, Douglas C; Saito, Jacqueline M; Oldham, Keith T; Abdullah, Fizan 2014. Optimizing resources for the surgical care of children: an American Pediatric Surgical Association Outcomes and Clinical Trials Committee consensus statement. Journal of pediatric surgery, 49 5, 818-22

Hamilton, Thomas E; Barnhart, Douglas; Gow, Kenneth; Ferrer, Fernando; Kandel, Jessica; Glick, Richard; Dasgupta, Roshni; Naranjo, Arlene; He, Ying; Gratias, Eric; Geller, James; Mullen, Elizabeth; Ehrlich, Peter 2014. Inter-rater reliability of surgical reviews for AREN03B2: a COG renal tumor committee study. Journal of pediatric surgery, 49 1, 154-8; discussion 15

Slusher, Joyce; Bates, Christina A; Johnson, Catherine; Williams, Christina; Dasgupta, Roshni; von Allmen, Daniel 2014. Standardization and improvement of care for pediatric patients with perforated appendicitis. Journal of pediatric surgery, 49 6, 1020-4; discussion 1

Turner, Benjamin; Dasgupta, Roshni; Brindle, Mary Elizabeth 2014. A contemporary prediction rule for esophageal atresia (EA) and tracheo-esophageal fistula (TEF). Journal of pediatric surgery, 49 12, 1758-61

Burke, Megan E; Lyden, Elizabeth R; Meza, Jane L; Ladas, Elena J; Dasgupta, Roshni; Wiegner, Ellen A; Arndt, Carola A S 2013. Does body mass index at diagnosis or weight change during therapy predict toxicity or survival in intermediate risk rhabdomyosarcoma? A report from the Children's Oncology Group Soft Tissue Sarcoma Committee. Pediatric blood & cancer, 60 5, 748-53

Chen, Wendy; Adams, Denise; Patel, Manish; Gupta, Anita; Dasgupta, Roshni 2013. Generalized lymphatic malformation with chylothorax: long-term management of a highly morbid condition in a pediatric patient. Journal of pediatric surgery, 48 3, e9-12

Drolet, Beth A; Trenor, Cameron C; Brandão, Leonardo R; Chiu, Yvonne E; Chun, Robert H; Dasgupta, Roshni; Garzon, Maria C; Hammill, Adrienne M; Johnson, Craig M; Tlougan, Brook; Blei, Francine; David, Michèle; Elluru, Ravindhra; Frieden, Ilona J; Friedlander, Sheila F; Iacobas, Ionela; Jensen, John N; King, David M; Lee, Margaret T; Nelson, Stephen; Patel, Manish; Pope, Elena; Powell, Julie; Seefeldt, Marcia; Siegel, Dawn H; Kelly, Michael; Adams, Denise M 2013. Consensus-derived practice standards plan for complicated Kaposiform hemangioendothelioma. The Journal of pediatrics, 163 1, 285-91

Murrell, Zaria; Dasgupta, Roshni 2013. What predicts the risk of recurrent lung metastases? Journal of pediatric surgery, 48 5, 1020-4

Dasgupta, Roshni; Rodeberg, David A 2012. Update on rhabdomyosarcoma. Seminars in pediatric surgery, 21 1, 68-78

Gupta, Abha A; Anderson, James R; Pappo, Alberto S; Spunt, Sheri L; Dasgupta, Roshni; Indelicato, Daniel J; Hawkins, Douglas S 2012. Patterns of chemotherapy-induced toxicities in younger children and adolescents with rhabdomyosarcoma: a report from the Children's Oncology Group Soft Tissue Sarcoma Committee. Cancer, 118 4, 1130-7

Chen, Wendy; Wagner, Lars; Boyd, Todd; Nagarajan, Rajaram; Dasgupta, Roshni 2011. Extralobar pulmonary sequestration presenting with torsion: a case report and review of literature. Journal of pediatric surgery, 46 10, 2025-8

Hammill, Adrienne M; Wentzel, MarySue; Gupta, Anita; Nelson, Stephen; Lucky, Anne; Elluru, Ravi; Dasgupta, Roshni; Azizkhan, Richard G; Adams, Denise M 2011. Sirolimus for the treatment of complicated vascular anomalies in children. Pediatric blood & cancer, 57 6, 1018-24

Murrell, Zaria; Dickie, Belinda; Dasgupta, Roshni 2011. Lung nodules in pediatric oncology patients: a prediction rule for when to biopsy. Journal of pediatric surgery, 46 5, 833-7

Weiss, Brian D; Dasgupta, Roshni; Gelfand, Michael J; Laor, Tal; Yin, Hong; Breneman, John C; Lavigne, Ruth; Elluru, Ravindhra G; Wagner, Lars M 2011. Use of sentinel node biopsy for staging parameningeal rhabdomyosarcoma. Pediatric blood & cancer, 57 3, 520-3

Nash, Garrett M; Weiss, Alexander; Dasgupta, Roshni; Gonen, Mithat; Guillem, Jose G; Wong, W Douglas 2010. Close distal margin and rectal cancer recurrence after sphincter-preserving rectal resection. Diseases of the colon and rectum, 53 10, 1365-73

Dickie, Belinda; Dasgupta, Roshni; Nair, Rajalakshmi; Alonso, Maria H; Ryckman, Frederick C; Tiao, Gregory M; Adams, Denise M; Azizkhan, Richard G 2009. Spectrum of hepatic hemangiomas: management and outcome. Journal of pediatric surgery, 44 1, 125-33

Dasgupta, Roshni; Adams, Denise; Elluru, Ravindhra; Wentzel, Mary Sue; Azizkhan, Richard G 2008. Noninterventional treatment of selected head and neck lymphatic malformations. Journal of pediatric surgery, 43 5, 869-73

Dasgupta, Roshni; Langer, Jacob C 2008. Evaluation and management of persistent problems after surgery for Hirschsprung disease in a child. Journal of pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition, 46 1, 13-9

Dasgupta, Roshni; Wales, Paul W; Zuker, Ronald M; Fisher, David M; Langer, Jacob C 2007. The use of Surgisis for abdominal wall reconstruction in the separation of omphalopagus conjoined twins. Pediatric surgery international, 23 9, 923-6

Oliveira, Carol; Zamakhshary, Mohammed; Abdallah, Mohammed R; Miller, Steven F; Langer, Jacob C; Wales, Paul W; Dasgupta, Roshni 2007. Lung torsion after tracheoesophageal fistula repair: a case report and review of literature. Journal of pediatric surgery, 42 11, E5-9

Dasgupta, Roshni; Roberts, Eve; Superina, Riccardo A; Kim, Peter C 2006. Effectiveness of Rex shunt in the treatment of portal hypertension. Journal of pediatric surgery, 41 1, 108-12; discussion 1

Dasgupta, Roshni; Kim, Peter C W 2005. Relationship between surgical volume and clinical outcome: should pediatric surgeons be doing pancreaticoduodenectomies? Journal of pediatric surgery, 40 5, 793-6

Dasgupta, Roshni; Langer, Jacob C 2005. Transanal pull-through for Hirschsprung disease. Seminars in pediatric surgery, 14 1, 64-71

Gasparini, Flavia F; Navarro, Oscar M; Dasgupta, Roshni; Gerstle, J Ted; Thorner, Paul S; Manson, David E 2005. Ileocolic intussusception mimicking the imaging appearance of midgut volvulus as a result of extrinsic duodenal obstruction. Pediatric radiology, 35 12, 1246-9

Dasgupta, Roshni; Schnitzer, J Jay; Hendren, W Hardy; Donahoe, Patricia K 2003. Congenital adrenal hyperplasia: surgical considerations required to repair a 46,XX patient raised as a boy. Journal of pediatric surgery, 38 8, 1269-73