Training:

Pediatric Surgery - Children's Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL
General Surgery - LA County-USC Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
Medical School - Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, IL

Board Certification:

General Surgery 1979, recertified 1995
Certificate of Special Competency in Pediatric Surgery 1982, recertified 1989

Interests:

Neonatal surgery
Prenatal consultations
Necrotizing enterocolitis
Hirschsprung's disease
Pediatric oncology
Thoracic surgery

Training:

Pediatric Surgery - St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children, Philadelphia, PA
General Surgery - University of Rochester, Rochester, NY

Board Certification:

General Surgery 1988, recertified 1996
Certificate of Special Competency in Pediatric Surgery 1990, recertified 1998

Interests:

Neonatal surgery
Necrotizing enterocolitis
Hirschsprung's disease
Thoracic surgery
Minimally Invasive Surgery

Training:

Pediatric Surgery - Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto
General Surgery - University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Surgical Critical Care - University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Medical School - University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

Board Certification:

General Surgery 1990
Certificate of Special Competency in Pediatric Surgery 1992
Added Qualifications in Critical Care 1992

Interests:

Neonatal Surgery
Laparoscopic and Thoracoscopic surgery (Minimally invasive)
Thoracic Surgery
Hirschprung's Disease
Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Health Care Delivery

Training:

Pediatric Surgery - University of Alabama at Birmingham/Children's Hospital, Birmingham, AL
Critical Care - University of Pittsburgh/Pittsburgh Children's Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA
General Surgery - University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Hospital, Miami, FL
Medical School - Emory University School of Medicine

Board Certification:

General Surgery 1995
Added Qualifications in Critical Care 1996
Certificate of Special Competency in Pediatric Surgery 2000

Interests:

Minimally Invasive Surgery (including endoscopic, laparoscopic, and thoracoscopic surgery)
Bariatric Surgery
Newborn Surgery
ECMO
Critical Care
Anorectal malformations
Hirschsprung's Disease
Medical Information Systems

Training:

Pediatric Surgery - Emory University/Children's at Egleston, Atlanta, GA
Pediatric Surgery Research - Children's Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, Kansas
International Pediatric Surgery - Children's Hospital, Sydney, Australia
General Surgery - University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM

Board Certificaion:

General Surgery
Pediatric Surgery

Interests:

Minimally Invasive Surgery (including endoscopic, laparoscopic, and thoracoscopic surgery)
Newborn Surgery
Adolescent Gynecologic Surgery

Training:

Pediatric Surgery - Emory University/Children's at Egleston, Atlanta, GA
General Surgery - Emory University, Atlanta, GA
Research - Transplant Division, Department of Surgery, Emory University, Atlanta, GA

Board Certificiation:

General Surgery
Pediatric Surgery

Interests:

Minimally Invasive Surgery (including endoscopic, laparoscopic, and thoracoscopic surgery)
Newborn Surgery
Adolescent Gynecologic Surgery