Area’s Only Pediatric Surgeons

If your child needs surgery, you don’t have to travel far from home. Our pediatric surgeons—the only ones in the area—can treat many conditions with minimally invasive surgeries for faster recovery and less scarring.

The word surgery can be scary, especially when it involves children. Our goal is to lessen your child’s fears and worries, and yours, while providing your child with the best care. We have the area’s only pediatric surgeons and pediatric anesthesiologist, which means your child can receive care right here, close to home. Best of all, most of the surgeries are minimally invasive, which means children recover faster and have less scarring.

Our pediatric surgeons perform:

• General surgery including gallbladder, spleen, adrenal glands, hernias, circumcision, appendectomies, hypospadias repair and undescended testicles as well as more complex procedures

We also have surgeons who perform:

• Plastic surgery including cleft lip and cleft palate, jaw and ear deformities and birthmarks
• Ear, nose and throat surgery including ear tubes, tonsils and adenoids and nasal deformities
• Orthopedic surgery including heel cord lengthening and repairing fractures
  

To prepare for surgery, your child will require general anesthesia. Preparing a child for anesthesia requires special skills and understanding of a child’s unique body. Our pediatric anesthesiologist, the only one in the region, specializes in identifying and safely relieving a child’s pain before, during and after surgery. He can do this with medication and techniques used to distract a child’s attention away from his treatment.

To help your child feel comfortable, surgery for infants and children up to 16 years is performed in a child-friendly environment, the pediatric ambulatory surgery unit. It is specially designed with children, adolescents and parents in mind. It includes:

• A children’s play area
• An entertainment system with video games, television and DVDs
• A large waiting room with complimentary tea, coffee and crackers
• A pre-surgery area where your child can continue to play while our team begins his sedation
• A post-surgery recovery area with rooms designed for extra privacy

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