Pediatric Surgery

Care During COVID-19

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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