Pediatric Surgery is committed to providing comprehensive general and thoracic surgical care for infants, children and adolescents.  Developing a coordinated program with healthcare systems within the region has been a longtime goal.  The focus of the division has been on clinical patient care and surgical education.

Members of the pediatric specialty group have a long and broad experience in treating problems ranging from basic to complex using conventional and minimally invasive techniques.  Range of services provided include:

Pediatric general surgery

• hernias, hydroceles, undescended testes, scrotal problems, circumcision
• appendectomy, intussusception, pyloric stenosis, malrotation
• anorectal surgery, pilonidal disease
• Hirschsprung’s disease
• hepatobiliary surgery
• pancreatic surgery
• thyroid, thyroglossal duct cyst, branchial cleft anomalies
• breast masses

Pediatric thoracic surgery

• pulmonary, esophageal, mediastinal
• airway and esophageal foreign bodies
• pectus excavatum, carinatum

Neonatal surgery

• gastroschisis, omphalocele
• tracheoesophageal anomalies
• intestinal anomalies, imperforate anus
• necrotizing enterocolitis
• patent ductus arteriosus ligation
• congenital diaphragmatic hernia
• ECMO (extracorporeal membrane oxygenation)

Pediatric surgical oncology

• long-term venous access
• Wilms tumor
• neuroblastoma
• hepatic tumors