Why Choose The Children's Hospital for Your Child’s Surgery?

The Children's Hospital performs over 14,000 surgical procedures for infants, children and adolescents each year. Our Board Certified pediatric surgeons treat children for a wide variety of congenital, infectious, traumatic and other specialized problems. Through collaboration among pediatric specialties, young surgical patients receive the most comprehensive continuum of care. In addition to our departments of pediatric surgical expertise the multidisciplinary surgical care team includes pediatric anesthesiologists, pediatric critical care doctors, neonatologists, pediatric emergency medicine specialists pediatric radiologists, pediatric nurses and other pediatric support persons including therapists and child life specialists.

Our preparing for surgery section will help you and your child know what to expect before, during and after an operation. We know from experience that our young patients and their parents or guardians have many questions about what will happen when they visit the hospital. The more you know about your child’s operation, the more helpful and reassuring you can be. Children learn how to manage life's bumps and bruises by watching and listening to their parents. That is why your support and knowledge now - before the operation - is so important.