What is a Pediatric Surgeon?

If your child has an illness, injury, or disease that requires surgery, a pediatric surgeon has the experience and qualifications to treat your child.

Surgical problems seen by pediatric surgeons are often quite different from those commonly seen by adult or general surgeons. Special training in pediatric surgery is important.

What Types of Treatments Do Pediatric Surgeons Provide?

Pediatric surgeons diagnose, treat, and manage children’s surgical needs including:

• Surgery for abnormalities of the groin in childhood and adolescence which include undescended testes, hernias, hydroceles and varicoceles
• Surgical repairs of birth defects
• Diagnosis and surgical care of tumors
• Endoscopic procedures (bronchoscopy, esophagogastroduodenoscopy, colonoscopy)
• All other surgical procedures for children

Where Can I Find A Pediatric Surgeon?

Paediatrics surgeons practice in a variety of medical institutions including children’s hospitals, university medical centers, and large community hospitals.

Pediatric Surgery

Our expert faculty and staff are committed to delivering comprehensive and compassionate family-centred care, conducting innovative medical research, and providing the best training to our surgeons and physicians. Our areas of clinical expertise include:

• Colorectal
• Laparoscopy and Thoracoscopy
• Oncologic surgery
• Thoracic / airway Surgery
• Trauma
• Pectus Excavatum