Research: Pediatric General Surgery
With both advanced treatments and minimally invasive approaches, our multidisciplinary team provides superior outcomes for your patients. We offer comprehensive evaluations, expedited access to surgical care and thorough aftercare for newborns, including micro-preemies, to adolescents.
Features of our General and Thoracic Surgery Program include:
Efficient care for urgent conditions without a trip to the ER
Quick patient access
Convenient same-day and next-day appointments and surgery when needed
Conditions We Treat
- Pediatric abdominal aortic aneurysm
- Pediatric abdominal tumors
- Pediatric achalasia
- Pediatric anorectal malformation (imperforate anus or ARM)
- Pediatric appendicitis
- Pediatric biliary atresia
- Pediatric biliary tract problems
- Branchial cleft cysts
- Pediatric chest tumors
- Pediatric choledochal cysts
- Pediatric collapsed lung (pneumothorax)
- Congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH)
- Congenital lung lesions
- Pediatric Crohn's disease
- Pediatric cystic hygroma (CH)
- Pediatric dermoid cyst
- Pediatric esophageal or bronchogenic cyst
- Pediatric esophageal foreign body
- Pediatric gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD)
- Gastroschisis
- Pediatric hepatoblastoma (liver cancer)
- Hirschsprung's disease
- Pediatric hydrocele
- Pediatric inguinal hernia (groin)
- Intestinal atresia in children
- Pediatric intestinal disorders
- Pediatric intestinal malrotation and volvulus
- Pediatric intussusception
- Pediatric kidney tumors
- Pediatric lipomas (skin lesions)
- Pediatric liver (hepatic) tumors
- Pediatric liver cysts
- Congenital lung cysts
- Pediatric lymphangioma
- Meckel's diverticulum (MD)
- Myasthenia gravis (MG) in children
- Pediatric neck cysts and enlarged lymph nodes
- Pediatric neck tumors
- Pediatric necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC)
- Pediatric neuroblastoma
- Omphalocele
- Adolescent ovarian cysts and tumors
- Adolescent ovarian tumor
- Pediatric pancreatic cysts
- Pediatric pancreatic tumors
- Pediatric pancreatitis
- Pediatric panniculitis
- Pediatric parathyroid mass
- Pectus carinatum (pigeon chest)
- Pectus excavatum (sunken chest/funnel chest)
- Pelvic masses in girls
- Pediatric pelvic tumors
- Pediatric phimosis
- Pediatric pilomatrixoma
- Pilonidal disease in children
- Pediatric pyloric stenosis
- Rhabdomyosarcoma in children
- Pediatric short bowel syndrome (SBS)
- Spherocytosis
- Pediatric spleen cyst
- Pediatric thymus tumors
- Thyroglossal duct cyst in children
- Pediatric ulcerative colitis (UC)
- Pediatric umbilical hernia (belly button)
- Pediatric undescended testes (cryptorchidism - UDT)
- Pediatric Wilms tumor (nephroblastoma)
Treatments and Services
- Pediatric circumcision
- Pediatric dynamic compressor system and circumferential braces
- Pediatric extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO)
- Fetal and ex-utero intrapartum treatment (EXIT) procedure
- Pediatric Nuss procedure
- Anti-reflux operations
- Adrenal operations
- Appendectomy
- Cholecystectomy
- Diaphragmatic hernia repair
- Feeding tube placement
- Intestinal resection
- Lung biopsy/resection
- Mediastinal mass removal/biopsy
- Ovarian cystectomy
- Pectus Repair
- Pull-through for Hirschsprung’s disease
- Pyloromyotomy
- Splenectomy
- Treatment for pneumothorax
Level 1 American College of Surgeons Children’s Surgery Verification
Whether it’s a minor procedure or an emergency situation, your patient will get surgical care that is found in only a handful of hospitals in the nation. Children’s Medical Center Dallas is a Level I designated hospital by the American College of Surgeons Children’s Surgery Verification™ Quality Improvement Program. This makes us among only 32 hospitals in the country to receive this verification and is the highest level of distinction and designation that a pediatric hospital can get.
Meet the Care Team
- Dai Chung, MDPediatric Surgeon
- Adam Alder, MDPediatric Surgeon
- Nathalie Brewer, MDPediatric Surgeon
- Natasha Corbitt, MDPediatric Surgeon
- Diana Diesen, MDPediatric Surgeon
- Barbara Gaines, MDPediatric Surgeon
- Lauren Gillory, MDPediatric Surgeon
- RHRussell Hawkins, MDPediatric Surgeon
- Charles Hong, MDPediatric Surgeon
- Stephen Megison, MDPediatric Surgeon
- CMCarrie Moore, MDPediatric Surgeon
- Joseph Murphy, MDPediatric Surgeon
- Samir Pandya, MDPediatric Surgeon
- LPLaura Purcell, MDPediatric Surgeon
- Faisal Qureshi, MDPediatric Surgeon
- Jennifer Foster, PA-CPhysician Assistant - Pediatric Surgery
- Laura Krey, PA-CPhysician Assistant - Pediatric Surgery
- Grayce Summers, PA-CPhysician Assistant - Pediatric Surgery
- Victoria Bloodgood, APRN, PNP-AC/PCNurse Practitioner - Pediatric Surgery
- Erica Brown, APRN, PNP-AC/PCNurse Practitioner - Trauma
- Margaret Jones, APRN, PNP-AC/PCNurse Practitioner - Pediatric Surgery
- Sharon Kluger, APRN, PNP-AC/PCNurse Practitioner - Pediatric Surgery
- Callyn Kowalewski, APRN, PNP-PCNurse Practitioner - Wound Ostomy
- Anne Kriegshauser, APRN, PNP-AC/PCNurse Practitioner - Trauma
- Robin Landgraf, APRN, PNP-PCNurse Practitioner - Nephrology
- Jessica LeBlanc, APRN, PNP-ACNurse Practitioner - Pediatric Surgery
- Mary McDonald, APRN, PNP-AC/PCNurse Practitioner - Pediatric Surgery
- Kim McHard, APRN, PNP-PCNurse Practitioner - Pediatric Surgery
- Elizabeth Miranda, APRN, PNP-AC/PCNurse Practitioner - Pediatric Surgery
- Kay Pendleton, APRN, PNP-AC/PCNurse Practitioner - Pediatric Surgery
- Lindsey Peterson, APRN, PNP-AC/PCNurse Practitioner - Trauma
- JPJaclyn Pralat, APRN, PNP-AC/PCNurse Practitioner - Pediatric Surgery
- Michele Rylander, APRN, PNP-AC/PCNurse Practitioner - Pediatric Surgery
- Kaitlyn Trevino, APRN, CNSClinical Nurse Specialist - Pediatric Surgery
- Christine Wilson, APRN, PNP-ACNurse Practitioner - Pediatric Surgery