Troy Markel MD, FACS

Dr. Troy Allen Markel, MD, FACS, specializes in General Surgery for Riley Pediatric General Surgery. Dr. Markel earned his medical degree from Penn State College of Medicine. He also completed a residency and fellowship at Indiana University School of Medicine.

Dr. Markel has a basic and translational research lab that focuses on necrotizing enterocolitis, a rare condition in preterm infants that results in intestinal death and the need for surgical intervention. His lab focuses on novel cellular therapy techniques to treat necrotizing enterocolitis, as well as state-of-the-art diagnostic techniques to predict NEC onset. He has served as principal investigator or contributor to more than 130 peer-reviewed publications and has successfully competed for NIH funding to support his research.

Dr. Markel is a member of the American College of Surgeons, the American Academy of Pediatrics, the Society of University Surgeons, the Association for Academic Surgery, the NEC Society, and the American Pediatric Surgical Association. He currently serves on the Scientific Advisory Board of the NEC Society, the Membership Committee of APSA, the Publications Committee of the SUS, and the Program Committee for the American College of Surgeons.