The University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics Drs. Kimura , Sandler , and Soper , our pediatric staff surgeons, head a specialty team that manages surgical problems in infants and children. They are aided by a senior resident, junior residents and medical students. This team provides graduated responsibility in diagnosing and treating infants and children with pediatric surgical problems.
Senior members supervise and consult regularly with junior members.
Daily teaching rounds and didactic conferences each week are held to discuss problems common to both Surgery and Pediatrics. Each year the Pediatric Surgical Team performs about 600 operations. In addition, the team sees a like number of patients in consultation, generally from the Medical Pediatric Service, for whom no operation is recommended. The Pediatric Surgical Team sees over 1,500 children annually in the outpatient clinic for preoperative diagnostic evaluations and postoperative follow-up care.