General, Thoracic and Endoscopic Surgery Services
Whether a child needs an urgent procedure or an elective operation,
the pediatric surgery division of Hasbro Children’s Hospital is available to provide
operative management and perioperative care performed by faculty that
is recognized nationally as leaders in American pediatric surgery. The division
has all of the mechanisms to support the child and family through what can
be a stressful experience.
The division comprises of four board-certified
pediatric surgeons, a nurse practitioner and a fellow. The division is one of
only 32 North American centers that train future pediatric surgeons. Its
research is funded by the National Institutes of Health. The division is noted
for its expertise in:
- Fetal surgery and consultation, twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome
- Newborn surgery for congenital anomalies in the head, neck, chest and abdomen
- Thoracic and pulmonary surgery for congenital and acquired abnormalities
- Pectus carinatum, pectus excavatum and other rib or chest malformations
- Airway evaluation for stridor or obstruction: bronchoscopy, tracheostomy
and laser treatment
- Esophageal and gastrointestinal acquired problems: achalasia, reflux, pyloric
stenosis, inflammatory bowel disease, constipation and bowel management
programs, short bowel syndrome and management
- Congenital and acquired hepatobiliary and pancreatic diseases and other
abdominal surgery
- Anorectal problems and imperforate anus, Hirschsprung’s disease, cloacal anomalies
- Inguinal and genitourinary: undescended testes, hernia, hydrocele, and circumcision
- Endocrine: adrenal, pancreatic and thyroid lesions
- Vascular malformations, hemangiomas
- Skin, subcutaneous and muscle tumors or benign lesions: all congenital nevi,
branchial cleft anomalies, thyroglossal duct cysts or sinuses
- Burn management
- Breast conditions: fibroadenomas, gynecomastia – ovarian lesions of children
and adolescents
- Pediatric solid tumors of the chest, liver, kidney; soft tissue sarcoma and
surgical oncology
- Minimally invasive airway, thoracic and abdominal surgery; laparoscopy, thoracoscopy
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