Dimitra Lotakis, MD

🇬🇷🇺🇸 | Riley Ped Surg Fellow❤️🤍 | UM Fetal Surgery & Ped Surg Crit Care 💛💙 | NYC Gen Surg | UWSOM & UW Undergrad 💜💛 🐾

[Dimitra Lotakis, MD @LotakisMD]

Incredible #APSA22 Address by @APSASurgeons 53rd President @emb7658 with endless wisdom 1. It’s not what they call you, it’s what you answer to 2. Love is the motive, justice is the tool 3. Comfort the afflicted, afflict the comfortable 4. Best in the world vs. Best FOR the world

[Sherif Emil MD,CM @DrSherifEmil]

Thank you. It was a genuine honor to spend the day with @IU_PedSurg and @IU_Surgery as the Grosfeld Visiting Professor. His legacy is alive and well through IU’s superb surgeons and trainees.

[Dimitra Lotakis, MD @LotakisMD]

@alexaaengel @RileyChildrens @IU_PedSurg @IU_Surgery @vivalasurgeon @BWGrayMD Both fellows in one pic. #Legendary

[Alexa Engel @alexaaengel]

Spreading the holiday and Christmas sweater cheer at @RileyChildrens! Happy Holidays from the @IU_PedSurg crew!! @IU_Surgery #PedSurgBestSurg @LotakisMD @vivalasurgeon @BWGrayMD

[Michigan Medicine @umichmedicine]

It is with a heavy heart that we announce the passing of Robert Bartlett, M.D. Best known as the 'Father of ECMO,' Bartlett's contributions to science and research have saved numerous lives and changed how we view medicine today. Read his obituary here. https://t.co/wgELXe3sMY

[Dimitra Lotakis, MD @LotakisMD]

@IU_PedSurg @RileyChildrens @vivalasurgeon Love you right back @vivalasurgeon

[Michigan Pediatric Surgery @UMichPedsSurg]

Happy last day of training EVER to our incredible @brittljohn - our newest Pediatric Surgeon! 🤩🥳 An incredible night celebrating her last week. Lots of laughs, packed room, and a standing ovation! Thrilled we get to keep you as FACULTY - see you in October, Dr. Johnson! 🩺🥹

[Nikhil Shah, MD @NikhilShah_MD]

What started as a slew of personal failures eventually flourished into a system-wide QI initiative…

Structured training in serious illness communication is essential ‼️ especially for trainees who are conducting these complex conversations regularly 🗣️

@UMichSurgery @JSurgEduc

[Troy Markel @troymarkelmd]

It’s been a whirlwind of a week but wanted to congratulate @DrJasmine_MD @sharonj077 and John Brokaw for finishing their time in the @IU_PedSurg @troymarkelmd lab! Good luck in your futures!!

[Indiana Surgery -Indiana Univ School of Medicine @IU_Surgery]

We were honored to welcome Mary Brandt, MD, MDiv, Distinguished Emeritus Professor from Baylor College of Medicine, as our Jay L. Grosfeld Visiting Professor for Grand Rounds.
Her talk, “Wellbeing 3.0: A New Paradigm for Surgeon Wellbeing,” explored the next evolution in supporting surgeons' professional and personal resilience.

#IUSurgery #VisitingProfessor #GrandRounds #PediatricSurgery #IUPedSurg

[Ben Nwomeh @DrNwomeh]

Honored to receive the @APSASurgeons James Densler Award, named for the 1st African American pediatric surgeon.

Five years ago, he told me: “Excellence & equity are not competing goals.”

Those words still guide my work #SavingLifetimes for all children. His legacy lives #APSA25

[Mehul V Raval @mehulvraval]

Honored to present our ENRICH-US trial results #APSA25. Enhancing recovery for children undergoing GI surgery. 5y trial, ~600pts, 18 hosp. Clinical improvements! Implementation = success! @ped_src @APSASurgeons @LurieChildrens @NIH @CrohnsColitisFn @NUFeinbergMed @ErasSociety

[Sarah King @SarahKingDOes]

We came. We presented. We danced! Had such an amazing time at #APSA25! @LotakisMD @kathrynmaselli @SamirGadepalli @UMPedsSurg

[Ben Nwomeh @DrNwomeh]

2025 ⁦@APSASurgeons⁩ Distinguished Service Award goes to the incomparable ⁦@marina_petrulla⁩ 👏👏👏 #APSA2025 #APSA25

[Jasmine (Lee) Ivory, MD @DrJasmine_MD]

Proud to see resident Fetal Diagnosis and Treatment committee members Drs. Sobolic and Manohar serving on a powerhouse panel alongside leaders in fetal surgery. Insightful session on risk stratification and novel therapies for abdominal wall defects. #APSA2025 #FetalSurgery

[Nikhil Shah, MD @NikhilShah_MD]

How low can we go? @DevJoshi_27 delivers a masterful subgroup analysis of the severe CDH population 🫁. Even patients with single digit o/e LHR have a chance 📈 Lookout PDs…coming to an application cycle near you 🔜

@WiscSurgery @APSASurgeons

[Cornelia Griggs @CorneliaLG]

Not one not two but THREE podium talks @APSASurgeons 2025 meeting for @NorahLiang — future pediatric surgeon and current research rockstar 👏👏👏 #APSA2025

[IUSM Pediatric Surgery @IU_PedSurg]

Dinner out at #APSA2025 for the @RileyChildrens crew. 8! former fellows and 1 current one broke bread together. @IU_Surgery

[Sharon Joseph, MD, MS @sharonj077]

It’s been amazing to continue the chondroitin sulfate story you started in mice! We truly passed the baton, showcasing the collaborative future of academic medicine at #apsa2025! @APSASurgeons @troymarkelmd #PedsSutgBestSurg

[Jasmine (Lee) Ivory, MD @DrJasmine_MD]

Grateful to present our findings of over 20 years of prenatally diagnosed CLM patients @RileyChildrens @IU_PedSurg @APSASurgeons #APSA2025

[Jasmine (Lee) Ivory, MD @DrJasmine_MD]

Presenting in the Plenary Session at #APSA2025 has been the highlight of my research fellowship—an incredible honor to share our work on such a platform in front of all my heroes. Grateful to the program committee for this opportunity! #PedSurgBestSurg @APSASurgeons @IU_PedSurg