Paediatric Surgery

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

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

Pediatric surgeons are medical doctors who have completed:

• At least 4 years of medical school
• Five years of adult general surgery training
• Two additional years of fellowship training in pediatric surgery
• Certification by the American Board of Surgery in both General Surgery and Pediatric Surgery

Pediatric surgeons treat children from birth through late adolescence. They choose to make pediatric care the core of their medical practice. The unique nature of medical and surgical care of children is learned from advanced training and experience in practice.