Services
As pediatric surgeons, we specialize in the diagnosis and treatment of a wide variety of elective and urgent surgical problems seen in patients from birth into young adulthood.
Areas of expertise:
- Hernias (inguinal and abdominal)
- Hydroceles
- Undescended Testicles
- Abdominal Surgery (including surgery of the liver, gallbladder, biliary tract, pancreas, spleen, kidney, intestine, colon, anus, and retroperitoneum)
- Gastroesophageal Reflux/Feeding Tube Placements
- Chest Wall Reconstruction for Pectus Excavatum and Carinatum (including minimally invasive repair of pectus excavatum)
- Thoracic Surgery (including thoracoscopy and bronchoscopy)
- Children’s Cancer Surgery (including Wilms tumors and tumors of the neck, chest, and abdomen)
- Minimally Invasive Surgery (including Laparoscopy, Endoscopy, and Thoracoscopy)
- Head and Neck Surgery (including thyroglossal duct and branchial cleft cysts)
- Pediatric Gynecology
Urgent Pediatric Surgical Problems include:
- Evaluation of Acute Abdominal Pain
- Appendicitis
- Bowel Obstructions (including pyloric stenosis and intussusception)
- Foreign Body Obstructions (both airway and esophagus)
- Newborn Surgery (for congenital bowel obstructions, diaphragmatic hernia, and abdominal wall defects)
- Respiratory Distress in Newborns and Children requiring ECMO (extracorporeal life support)
- Management of Pediatric Trauma
Resources
- Why a Pediatric Surgeon?
- When Your Child Needs Anesthesia
- Car Safety Seats
- Bicycle Safety
- Danger in Toys
- Button Battery Warning
