Dr. M. Ann Kuhn

Pediatric Surgery

Nuss Center for Chest Wall Reconstruction

Trauma Care

American Board of Surgery

Pediatric Surgery

Medical School: Marshall University Edwards School of Medicine

Residency: Ohio State University

Fellowship: University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center

M. Ann Kuhn, M.D., is a Board Certified Pediatric and General Surgeon. She graduated from Marshall University School of Medicine in West Virginia. She completed her General Surgery Residency at The Ohio State University and completed her Fellowship in Pediatric Surgery at University of Oklahoma. Among those she has completed a trauma/research fellowship at Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Columbus, Ohio and completed a wound healing research fellowship at the Institute for Tissue Regeneration, Repair, and Rehabilitation at the Bay Pines Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Florida.

Dr. Kuhn joined Children’s Surgical Specialty Group, Inc., in the Department of Pediatric Surgery in 2005 at CHKD with special interests in trauma and burns. She has been responsible for pioneering research developments/collaborations for the trauma program. Dr. Kuhn has helped develop current vascular access infection plans that have been a monumental contribution to her role as medical director of the vascular access team.

Dr. Kuhn is currently Assistant Professor of Clinical Surgery and Pediatrics in the Department of Surgery and the Vice Chair, Surgery, Department of Pediatrics at Eastern Virginia Medical School. She is currently the Medical Director of Trauma Services and Medical Director of Vascular Access at Children’s Hospital of The King’s Daughters.

• Trauma
• Wound healing and tissue regeneration
• Growth factors

• Trauma
• Thoracic surgery
• Surgical oncology
• Biliary disease
• Laparoscopic surgery
• Gastrointestinal surgery

• Virginia Business Magazine "Top Doc" 2024
• Coastal Virginia Magazine "Top Doc" 2013-2022
• Department of Surgery Student Teaching Award - The Ohio State University, 2003
• Resident of the Year, Department of Pediatric Surgery, Nationwide Children's Hospital, 2002
• Grant Morrow III Resident/Fellow Research Prize, 2001
• Watson Clinic Foundation Award for Scientific Achievement, 2000
• Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society

• American Academy of Pediatric Surgery
• Pediatric Trauma Society
• Faculty American College of Surgeons
• American Medical Association

Journals

• Dr. Kuhn's published research can be viewed at PubMed

Recent publications 

• Selective versus Routine Patch Metal Allergy Testing to Select Bar Material for the Nuss Procedure in 932 Patients over 10 Years, Robert Obermeyer RJ, Gaffar S, Kelly RE, Ann Kuhn M, Frantz FW, McGuire MM, Kelly C; Journal of Pediatric Surgery 53 (2018), 206-264.
• Multivariate Analysis of Risk Factors for Nuss Bar Infections: A Single Center Study, Obermeyer RJ, Cohen NS, Kelly RE Jr, Ann Kuhn M, Frantz FW, McGuire MM; Journal of Pediatric Surgery 53 (2018), 1226-1229.
• Non-operative Management of Pectus Excavatum with Vacuum Bell Therapy: A Single Center Study, Obermeyer RJ, Cohen NS, Kelly RE Jr, Ann Kuhn M, Frantz FW, McGuire MM, Paulson JF; Journal of Pediatric Surgery 53 (2018), 1221-1225.

Books

1. M. Ann Kuhn, M.D, D Nuss, M.B., Ch.B. Pectus Deformities. In Fundamentals of Pediatric Surgery. Springer. 2008.
2. R. E. Kelly, Jr., M.D, M. Ann Kuhn, M.D. Complications of Thoracic Surgery. Complications in Pediatric Surgery. Informa Healthcare 2009.
3. R. E. Kelly, Jr., M.D., M. Ann Kuhn, M.D. Pediatric Thoracic Surgery Complications – Prevention and Management.

"The work that we do at CHKD is challenging, but so rewarding. I consider it an honor to do what I love here and plan to continue to work to improve the care of injured children in the Hampton Roads area for years to come."