The pediatric surgeons at the University of Rochester Medical Center and Strong Hospital care for newborns through young adulthood. They are specially trained and board certified after having completed a demanding two year fellowship in pediatric surgery. Pediatric surgeons participate in the diagnosis, and the preoperative, operative, and postoperative care of children and youth. They work closely with general practitioners, neonatologists, pediatricians, and other subspecialties.
Pediatric surgeons perform surgical repair of birth defects as well as other corrective operations.
They are also involved in the critical care of children who have sustained traumatic injury. Pediatric surgeons are involved in the diagnosis and treatment of pediatric oncology and the surgical treatment of malignant and benign tumors Pediatric surgical specialists offer the highest level of integrated care for the child. Special emphasis is placed on neonate, natal diseases, perinatal diseases, trauma, burns, pediatric cancer, pediatric thoracic disease, and pediatric gastrointestinal disease. Treatment of the ill child includes pediatric surgeons with pediatric intensivists, and pediatric specialists. Pediatric surgeons have completed five years or more of graduate education in an accredited general surgery residency program followed by two years in an accredited pediatric surgery residency program.