Advanced General and Thoracic Pediatric Surgery by the Only Board-Certified Pediatric Surgeons in the Augusta, Georgia Region
The Pediatric General and Thoracic Surgery Section at the Children’s Hospital of Georgia in Augusta, offers comprehensive general and thoracic pediatric surgical care for children from premature infants to age 18.
Our pediatric surgeons are supported by excellent pediatric anesthesiologists and perform procedures for:
Abdominal
- Appendectomy
- Cholecystectomy
- Gastrostomy
- Hirschsprung’s disease
- o Imperforate anus (Pena procedure)
- Intestinal atresias
- Intussusception
- Malrotation
- Neuroblastoma
- Pyloromyotomy
- Splenectomy
- Tumors (liver, kidney, abdomen, ovary)
- Umbilical disorders
- Wilm’s tumor
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Chest
- Atresia and TEF
- Chest wall tumors
- Esophageal disorders (achalasia)
- Esophageal Strictures
- Foreign bodies (coins) empyema
- GE reflux
- Nuss and Ravitch procedures
- PDA ligations
- Pectus excavatum/carinatum
- ph probe testing for GE reflux
- Pneumothorax
- VATS, lung resections
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Head and Neck
- Ankyloglossia (tongue-tie)
- Branchial cleft cyst
- Cystic hygroma/ lymphangioma
- Dermoids face and neck
- Lymph node biopsy
- Thryoidectomy
- Thyroglossal neck cyst
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Minimally invasive surgery (laparoscopy)
- Achalasia
- Appendectomy
- Cholecystectomy
- Endorectal pull thru
- Fundoplication for GE reflux
- Gastrostomy
- Imperforate anus
- Intestinal resections
- Malrotation
- Pyloric stenosis
- VP shunt placement
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Neonatal Surgery
(for congenital anomalies)
- Anus/rectum
- ECMO for respiratory failure
- Esophagus
- Intestine
- Necrotizing enterocolitis
- Sacrococcygeal teratoma
- Stomach
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Pediatric trauma surgery
(for patients up to 12 years of age)
- Comprehensive management of injured child to include all blunt and penetrating trauma to children as well as multisystem trauma
Vats
- Blebectomy for recurrent pneumothorax
- Lung biopsy
- Partial lung resections
- Repair of diaphragmatic hernia
- Thoracoscopy for biopsy of chest/mediastinal tumors
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Meet Our Pediatric General and Thoracic Surgeons
Directions and Address
Children’s Hospital of Georgia
1446 Harper Street, 3rd floor
Augusta, GA, 30912
Request an online appointment now or call 706-721-KIDS (5437)
or toll free at 888-721-KIDS (5437) to speak to a member of our pediatric surgery team,
or call the clinic directly at 706-721-3941.