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pediatric surgery

The Department of Pediatric Surgery at UBMD Surgery is committed to excellence in teaching, cutting-edge research programs, and providing the highest quality of care for the surgical needs of the children of Western New York and the surrounding regions. Our surgeons are board-certified by the American Board of Surgery in General Surgery and have completed two-year fellowships in Pediatric Surgery. Two of our surgeons have additional credentials in Surgical Critical Care.

UBMD Surgery provides Pediatric Surgery care at John R. Oishei Children’s Hospital (OCH), which is the Western New York region’s only free-standing children’s hospital that provides 24/7 access to pediatric surgical sub-specialists.

common procedures

  • Appendectomy

  • Cholecystectomy

  • Circumcision

  • Congenital diaphragmatic hernia

  • Esophagoscopy, esophageal dilation, bronchoscopy

  • Excision of all types of skin lesions

  • Surgery for neck masses

  • Frenulectomy

  • Gastroschisis repair

  • Hydrocelectomy

  • Inguinal and umbilical hernia repair

  • Lymph node biopsy

  • Central venous port and catheter placement

  • Pectus excavatum repair

  • Pyloromyotomy

  • Patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) repair

  • Splenectomy

  • Surgery for congenital defects of the GI tract, abdominal wall, chest wall or lungs

  • Surgery for inflammatory bowel disease

  • Surgery for ovarian masses

meet our pediatric surgeons

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