Ken Liechty, MD
Pediatric Surgery
Locations
Practice Locations
Children's Hospital Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Aurora
13123 East 16th Ave Aurora, CO 80045720-777-1234
Children's Hospital Colorado - Colorado Fetal Care Center
13123 E 16th Ave, B735 Aurora, CO 80045720-777-4463
Provider Expertise
Specialties
- Surgery ( 2004 , 2014 )
- Pediatric Surgery ( 2006 )
Conditions & Treatments
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Pregnancy and Reproduction
Maternal and Fetal Health, Neonatal Intensive Care, Prenatal Care, Prenatal Testing
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Surgery
Fetal
Education & Training
Medical Schools
MD, University of Utah School of Medicine (1994)
Undergraduate Schools
BS, University of Utah (UT) (1989)
Internships
Drexel University College of Medicine/Hahnemann University Hospital Program (1995)
Residency Program
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania (2002)
Fellowships
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Program (2004)
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Program (1999)
Professional Memberships
American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), Fellow
American College of Surgeons (ACS), Fellow
American Pediatric Surgical Association (APSA), Member
College of Physicians of Philadelphia, Member
International Fetal Medicine and Surgical Society (IFMSS), Member
The Hardy Society, Member
The Society of University Surgeons (SUS), Member
The Wound Healing Society (WHS), Member
Ths Association for Academic Surgery (AAS), Member
Research & Grants
Grants
Interleukin-10 Inhibition of Inflammation in Fetal Tissues (2005)
The Role of Mesenchymal Stem Cells in the Response to Injury: Direct and Indirect Mechanisms of Participation (2005)
Modulation of the Inflammatory and Cellular Response During Post-natal Wound Healing: Bioengineered Regenerative Healing (2007)
R56-Progenitor Cells in Diabetes Impaired Wound Healing (2008)
The Role of Inflammation in Regenerative Fetal Tendon Wound Healing. (2008)
DP2-Extracellular Matrix Structure and Function (2008)
Pro-Angiogenic and Inorganic Regenerative Nano Antioxidant For Wound Healing Application in Diabetic Mice Model (2013)
CXCR4 Agonist High Throughput Screening (2014)
Identifying CXCR4 Receptor Agonists to Improve Diabetic Wound Healing (2016)
Cerium Nanoparticles in diabetic wounds (2017)
Cerium Nanoparticles in acute lung injury (2019)
Modulation of inflammation and oxidative stress in diabetic wound healing (2019)
The role of long non-coding RNA GAS5 in diabetic wounds (2019)
Clinical Interests for Referring Providers
Pediatric and Neonatal Surgery Fetal Diagnosis and Treatment Congenital Anomalies
Research Interest for Referring Providers
Research in my laboratory has been focused primarily in the field of wound healing and regenerative medicine, with an emphasis on elucidating the mechanisms involved in the regenerative response to injury in the fetus, the role of stem cells in tissue repair, and the correction of abnormal healing in the adult. The team has contributed significantly to the understanding of regenerative healing in the skin and tendon, as well as the correction of impaired healing in diabetics. The research team has also pioneered the role of dysregulation of microRNAs in the diabetic wound healing impairment and the mechanisms of stem cell and gene therapy in the correction of this impairment. In addition, this team has published the first reports of mammalian cardiac regeneration following myocardial infarction in fetal sheep. This team is focused on developing novel treatment paradigms using stem cells, small molecules, and gene therapy strategies to promote healing and tissue regeneration in multiple tissues by modulating the inflammatory response, angiogenesis, the composition of the extracellular matrix, and the progenitor cell content. The goal of this regenerative medicine approach is to restore normal tissue architecture and function and to prevent the complications of impaired healing or scar formation following injury.
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