<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/education-training/fellowship-residency-programs/surgery/blog/2025/pediatric_surgery_publications.html" dsn="blogs"><featured/><categories/><pubDate>11/30/2025 10:07:43 PM</pubDate><title>Scholarly Achievement | Recent Publications &amp; Presentations from Downstate Surgery </title><sub-title/><description>Our team published a strong series of pediatric surgery case reports, guided by the mentorship and leadership of Francisca Velcek, MD, FACS, FAAP, MAMSE, Chief of Pediatric Surgery. </description><author/><image><img xmlns:ouc="http://omniupdate.com/XSL/Variables" src="/faculty/surgery/_images/dr_velcek_2024.jpg" alt="Dr. Velcek"/></image><loc>/var/staging/oucampus/suny-downstate/downstate/education-training/fellowship-residency-programs/surgery/blog/2025/pediatric_surgery_publications.xml</loc><categories/></item>