Surgery
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Overview
Pediatric Surgery is one of the broadest surgical specialties since it is defined by age group rather than organ system. Surgeons address the entire spectrum of problems in children of all ages, sizes and maturity levels - from the tiniest premature infants to adult-sized teenagers. Surgeons work closely with family members, primary care physicians, specially-trained pediatric anesthesiologists and a variety of pediatric medical, surgical, radiologic, pathology, nurse and technical specialists at Children's Hospital of Wisconsin. Pediatric surgeons also conduct prenatal consults and work side-by-side with neonatal intensive care units throughout the community.
Program highlights
 Three surgeons are listed in the 2007-2008 Best Doctors in America® database. The 40,000 U.S. physicians who make the list represent the top 3 to 5 percent of the nation's practicing board-certified physicians.
- The surgeons have the highest level experience in the Midwest using the Nuss procedure for pectus excavatum.
- Our partial splenectomy volume for hereditary spherocytosis is the largest in the country.
- A pediatric surgeon assisted with the development of a multidisciplinary team to comprehensively treat pediatric obesity medically and surgically.
- Keith Oldham, MD, surgeon-in-chief at Children's Hospital of Wisconsin, is an author and editor of Surgery of Infants and Children (Scientific Principles and Practice) textbook.
- Pediatric surgeons provide staffing/leadership for the Children's Hospital of Wisconsin Level I Trauma Center, the only free-standing center of this type in Wisconsin dedicated solely to the care of children.
- Pediatric surgery coordinates an ACGME-accredited pediatric surgery fellowship training program.
Research
- A multicenter study following adolescent bariatric surgery patients.
- Cast control study of hypertopic pyloric stenosis following erythromycin exposure compared to gastroenteritis patients.
- A multicenter study comparing the clinical outcomes of the Nuss and Ravitch procedures for repair of pediatric pectus excavatum.
- Tumor-specific cytotoxic lymphocyte generation in patients with melanoma.
- T-cell immunity in patients with pancreatic cancer.
- Extracellular matrix proteins in intestinal adaptation.
- Role of phosphatidylserine in neuroblastoma.
- Pilot study to determine venous oxygenation saturation in healthy newborns using regional oxygenation monitor (RS02).
- Microvascular dysfunction and NEC.
Pediatric Surgery team
The Pediatric Surgery team consists of board-certified or board-eligible pediatric surgeons. They use their special knowledge and skill to treat a wide range of surgical conditions-from simple to complex, unusual, and life-threatening.
- Click here to view a listing of our surgeons, including their specialties and bios.
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