Surgical specialists, for your growing child 

From newborns to teens, our general surgeons provide services such as:

• Cancer surgery
• Circumcision
• Emergency surgery for appendicitis, for example
• Hernia repair
• Neonatal surgery (for newborns)
• Surgery to correct or repair malformations of the  and related, including Hirschpring disease
• Surgery using the smallest possible incisions (minimally invasive surgery)
• Surgery, for kidney stones or conditions of the gall bladder
• Thoracic surgery, including repair of children born with a “sunken chest” (pectus excavatum)
• Trauma surgery
• Undescended testicles

On your child’s surgery team

Janet Weis Children’s Hospitals brings together diverse specialists and subspecialists who are devoted to caring for children who need surgery. These specialists include:

• Pediatric surgeons
• Pediatric trauma surgeons
• Pediatric anesthesiologists
• Trauma specialists
• Physicians who specialize and sub-specialize in specific medical conditions in children
• Sedation Team
• Child Life Specialists