Catherine Hunter, MD
Pediatric Surgeon
Position:
Pediatric Surgeon
Primary Specialty:
Pediatric Surgery
Languages Spoken:
English
Gender:
Female
About Catherine Hunter
Catherine J. Hunter, M.D., is the Chief, Division of Pediatric Surgery and Program Director. Dr. Hunter also holds the Children’s Hospital Foundation Paula Milburn Miller Chair in Pediatric Surgery.
She graduated from Weill Cornell Medical College in New York and completed her General Surgery Residency at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center in Torrance, California; followed by a Pediatric Surgery Fellowship and Research Fellowship at Children’s Hospital in Los Angeles, California.
Dr. Hunter is nationally recognized as an authority on the care of necrotizing entercolitis, has more than 70 publications, and is funded by the National Institutes of Health. She is board certified in both general surgery and pediatric surgery, specializing in chest wall deformities in children. Additional specialties include surgical oncology and pediatric trauma Surgery.
Prior to coming to Oklahoma, Dr. Hunter served as an Associate Professor in the Department of Pediatric Surgery at Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, IL.
Affiliations
OU Health Physicians - Children's General & Plastic Surgery,
Oklahoma Children's Hospital
Awards
Excellence in Teaching Award, Department of Surgery, 2015, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
Research Scholar Award Recipient, 2014 American Gastroenterological Association
Claude H. Organ, Jr., MD, FACS, Traveling Fellowship Award, 2014-2015 American College of Surgeons, San Francisco, CA
Excellence in Teaching Award, Department of Surgery, 2016, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
American College of Surgeons- MacLean Center Surgical Ethics Fellowship Award University of Chicago/ ACS, July 2017- June 2018
Excellence in Teaching Award, Department of Surgery, 2017-2018
FAME (Feinberg Academy of Medical Educators) award and membership, Northwestern University, 2018
FAME Excellence in Teaching and Mentorship Award, Northwestern University, 2019
American Pediatric Surgical Association, Jay Grosfeld, MD Research Scholar Award, 2018-2019
Children’s Hospital Foundation Paula Milburn Miller Chair in Pediatric Surgery, The University of Oklahoma, April 2020 - Current
Health Education
Medical School
Doctor of Medicine
Cornell University
Residency
General Surgery
Harbor – UCLA Medical Center
Fellowship
Pediatric Surgery
Children’s Hospital Los Angeles
American College of Surgeons - Fellowship in Clinical Medical Ethics
MacLean Center, University of Chicago
Internship
Surgery
New York Presbyterian Hospital
Board Certification
American Board of Surgery – General Surgery
2010
American Board of Surgery – Pediatric Surgery
2013
Fellowship
Surgery Research
Children's Hospital Los Angeles
Medical Interests
Areas of Interest:
Advanced minimally invasive techniques Correction of congenital anomalies (gastroschisis, esophageal atersia, diaphragmatic hernia, anorectal malformations, etc.) Double board-certified pediatric surgeon with expertise in the management and correction of chest wall General pediatric surgery of infants, children and teenagers Necrotizing enterocolitis Pediatric hernia repair Pediatric trauma Surgical oncology Surgeon scientist
