Pediatric Surgery
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Overview
The Pediatric Surgery service at MassGeneral Hospital for Children is an international referral center for the complete spectrum of general and thoracic pediatric and neonatal surgical services. The Pediatric Surgery service also provides all pediatric surgical trauma services as a Level 1 Pediatric Trauma Center, and simple and complex burn care at the Shriners Hospitals for Children.
Conditions we Treat
- Conditions of the head and neck
- Thoracic (chest) disorders
- Abdominal conditions
- Genitourinary (urinary or genital) disorders
- Gynecology
- Conditions of the skin
- Oncology (cancer)
- Vascular access
Services and Programs
- Bowel Management Program
- Pediatric Trauma and Emergency Surgery
- Adolescent Weight Loss Surgery Program
- Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology
- Pediatric Vascular Anomalies Program
- Spina Bifida and Related Disorders Program
- Fetal Care Program
- Pediatric Thyroid Surgery Program
- Neurogastroenterology Program
- Pectus Excavatum Program
- Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center
- Pediatric Pigmented Nevus Program
Research
The Department of Pediatric Surgery has an extensive program in basic research. Areas of focus include:
- Congenital diaphragmatic hernia
- Respiratory failure
- The development of fetal inhibitors as anti-cancer agents
- Intersex abnormalities and sexual differentiation
- General fetal and embryologic development
- Development of the intestine and the study of intestinal motility disorders, such as Hirschsprung's disease
- Regenerative medicine
- Tissue engineering
Garret McAlpine,
It was like watching a well-oiled machine. We were updated constantly and never felt like we were in the dark. Their attention to detail is amazing and they stayed the course the whole way through. You would think it’s VIP treatment, but really, it’s what they do for everyone.
father of Pediatric Surgery patient Grayson
Meet the Team
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- Director, Surgical Education, Pediatric Surgery
- Associate Program Director, MGH Surgical Residency Program
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- Surgeon-in-Chief, Massgeneral Hospital for Children
- Chief, Pediatric Surgery
- Director, Pediatric Neurogastroenterology Program
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- Surgical Director, Fetal Care Program
- Surgical Director, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
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- Pediatric Surgery
- Department of Surgery
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- Director, Pediatric Trauma Services
- Co-Director, MGH Center for Gun Violence Prevention
- Director, Pediatric Surgery Quality and Safety Committee
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- Visiting Surgeon, Massachusetts General Hospital
- Chief of Pediatric Surgery, Newton-Wellesley Hospital
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