Pittsburgh Pediatric Surgeons

A pediatric surgeon is a qualified surgeon who has additional training in performing surgery on young patients, including fetuses (neonatal or fetal surgery), infants, children, adolescents and teenagers.

Because pediatric patients are still growing and developing, they are often more difficult to operate on than adults. These patients have smaller bodies and smaller organs requiring even more of a precise and measured approach by a surgeon.

Some of the conditions that may require the care of a pediatric surgeon are congenital malformations, such as cleft lip and palate, abdominal wall defects, like hernias, deformities of the chest wall, childhood tumors, like neuroblastomas and separation of conjoined twins.

The area of Pittsburgh, PA has a population of approximately 687,276 people. There are 21 pediatric surgeons near Pittsburgh, which gives it a ratio of 1 pediatric surgeon per 32,727 residents or a ratio of 1 pediatric surgeon per 14,541 households. There are 305,354 households in Pittsburgh.