About the Authors

Tamara J. Abou-Antoun

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

tamara.abouantoun@lau.edu.lb

Affiliations Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, the School of Pharmacy, Lebanese American University, Byblos, Lebanon, The Sheikh Zayed Institute for Pediatric Surgical Innovation, Children's National Health System, Washington, D.C., United States of America

Javad Nazarian

Roles Formal analysis

Affiliations Department of Integrative Systems Biology, George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, D.C., United States of America, Center for Genetic Medicine Research, Children’s National Medical Center, Washington, D.C., United States of America

Anthony Ghanem

Roles Validation

Affiliation The School of Medicine, Lebanese American University, Byblos, Lebanon

Stanislav Vukmanovic

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation The Sheikh Zayed Institute for Pediatric Surgical Innovation, Children's National Health System, Washington, D.C., United States of America

Anthony D. Sandler

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Supervision

Affiliations The Sheikh Zayed Institute for Pediatric Surgical Innovation, Children's National Health System, Washington, D.C., United States of America, The Joseph E. Robert Center for Surgical Care, Children's National Health System, Washington, D.C., United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.