Pediatric General, Thoracic and Gynecologic Surgery

Our Pediatric General, Thoracic and Gynecologic Surgery specialists provide a broad range of individualized surgical procedures — from the routine to the highly complex. The high degree of specialization provided enables exemplary diagnosis, treatment and follow-up care.

Children receive coordinated care tailored to their condition both before and after surgery. Our experts perform minimally invasive surgeries, including laparoscopic and thoracoscopic procedures in neonates and children.

Minimally invasive surgeries, including laparoscopic and thoracoscopic procedures in neonates and children
Robotic surgery
Single port surgery
Anorectal malformation
Colorectal procedures
Gastroesophageal reflux disease
Bowel lengthening for short gut syndrome (bowel rehabilitation program)
Surgery for gastroparesis (gastric pacemaker) and bowel motility surgery. (Bowel Motility Program)
Surgery for Inflammatory bowel disease
Endocrine tumors (thyroid, thymus, pancreas, adrenal)
Chest wall deformity program (pectus excavatum, pectus carinatum, mixed deformities)
Hepatobiliary surgery and portal hypertension
Liver and kidney transplant
Materno-fetal program and EXIT (ex utero intrapartum treatment) procedures
Trauma and critical care
Hemangiomas and vascular anomalies
Surgical oncology

Using a multidisciplinary team of physicians, nurses and child life specialists, we work closely with children’s cancer and hematology centers to address the complex surgical care of children with cancer.

Conditions We Treat

Our physicians have specialized expertise in surgical treatment of:

Abdominal conditions

Appendicitis
Gallbladder disorders (biliary dyskinesia, cholecystitis, cholelithiasis)
Gastroesophageal reflux disease
Hiatal hernia
Feeding problems/failure to thrive (gastrostomy tubes)
Biliary atresia
Pyloric stenosis
Choledochal cyst
Intussusception
Esophageal disorders (atresia, stricture, achalasia)
Inflammatory bowel disease (Crohn’s disease, ulcerative colitis)
Familial adenomatous polyposis
Meckel’s diverticulum
Meconium ileus
Necrotizing enterocolitis
Small bowel atresia
Gastroschisis
Omphalocele
Pancreas disorders
Intestinal malrotation and midgut volvulus (Ladd’s procedure)
Congenital cysts of the mesentery and omentum
Spleen disorders
Imperforate anus and Hirschsprung’s disease
Umbilical hernia and ventral hernia

Genitourinary (urinary or genital) disorders

Inguinal hernias, hydrocele
Undescended testicle (cryptorchidism)
Phimosis (circumcision)

Thoracic (chest) disorders

Esophageal disorders (atresia, stricture, achalasia)
Tracheoesophageal fistula
Lung disorders (resection for CCAM, pulmonary sequestration, congenital lobar emphysema)
Congenital diaphragmatic hernia (Bochdalek, Morgagni hernias)
Pectus excavatum and carinatum (Nuss and Ravitch procedures)
Mediastinal masses and cysts
Spontaneous pneumothorax
Lung infections and empyema