Division of Pediatric Surgery
The Division of Pediatric Surgery provides the resident with a basic educational experience in pediatric surgery designed to familiarize the non-pediatric surgical specialist with the basic principles of the care of the child. If provides him/her with the ability to recognize the significant surgical problems of childhood, with emphasis upon providing proper evaluation, resuscitation, stabilization and appropriate referral.
Procedures
In addition, the resident will perform, under the close supervision of full-time faculty members, those procedures appropriately managed by non-pediatric surgical specialists. The resident also will assist in more complex reconstructive procedures. Operative experience will also include significant exposure to airway and upper gastrointestinal endoscopy.
Trauma Since trauma is the most significant cause of death and disability in children, the resident will also have exposure to the severely-injured child with the whole array of multisystem critical care issues exhibited by the traumatized child.
The Faculty The residents work in a close individual relationship with the faculty surgeons and benefit from small group teaching conferences at which such topics as fluid and electrolyte management, airway problems, individual congenital anomalies, common tumors of childhood, and basic principles of pediatric care are explored in depth.
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