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Comprehensive Care

Our pediatric surgeons are specifically trained and provide comprehensive care and management of both simple and complex surgeries for patients from newborn to adolescent.

Pediatric Surgery Team

Carilion Children’s Pediatric Surgery's team of board-certified surgeons provides inpatient and outpatient surgery due to illness or injury.

Prenatal Consults

Carilion Children's Pediatric Surgery offers prenatal consultations with surgeons for certain birth defects, helping patients better understand what to expect after delivery.

Comprehensive Care

Our pediatric surgeons are specifically trained and provide comprehensive care and management of both simple and complex surgeries for patients from newborn to adolescent.

Pediatric Surgery Team

Carilion Children’s Pediatric Surgery's team of board-certified surgeons provides inpatient and outpatient surgery due to illness or injury.

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  • Abdominal wall defects
  • Anorectal malformations
  • Biliary atresia
  • Feeding difficulties
  • Fetal birth defects
  • Gallstones
  • Gastroesophageal reflux
  • Inguinal hernias
  • Internal lesions and tumors
  • Pectus carinatum
  • Pectus excavatum
  • Tracheoesophageal fistulas
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Leadership and Practice

Michael S. Nussbaum M.D.Michael S. Nussbaum M.D.Sr. Vice President, Professor and Chair of the Department of Surgery

"Providing comprehensive surgical care using minimally invasive approaches (laparoscopic, endoscopic, robotic) whenever feasible."

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Hernia Repair

Carilion Children's Pediatric Surgery sees children of all ages for many types of hernias.

Young girl in hospital bed

Feeding Tubes

Carilion Children's Pediatric Surgery works closely with Carilion Clinic Pediatric Gastroenterology to determine a care plan that best suits the patient’s needs.

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Prenatal Consultations

Carilion Children's offer prenatal consultations with surgeons for certain birth defects, helping patients better understand what to expect after delivery.

Boy in hospital bed

Chest Wall Deformities

Carilion Children's has several collaborative partnerships with other teams to determine all options and treatment plans.

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Pediatrician Visiting Father And Child In Hospital Bed

Hernia Repair

Carilion Children's Pediatric Surgery sees children of all ages for many types of hernias.

Young girl in hospital bed

Feeding Tubes

Carilion Children's Pediatric Surgery works closely with Carilion Clinic Pediatric Gastroenterology to determine a care plan that best suits the patient’s needs.

Mother in hospital gown holding baby with oxygen tube

Prenatal Consultations

Carilion Children's offer prenatal consultations with surgeons for certain birth defects, helping patients better understand what to expect after delivery.

Boy in hospital bed

Chest Wall Deformities

Carilion Children's has several collaborative partnerships with other teams to determine all options and treatment plans.

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Satisfaction

High patient satisfaction ratings

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Excellence

Low complication rates

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Accessible

24-hour access to surgical team

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Collaborative

Partners with other teams to determine all options and treatment plans

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Satisfaction

High patient satisfaction ratings

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Excellence

Low complication rates

graphic of clock with 24 in the middle

Accessible

24-hour access to surgical team

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Collaborative

Partners with other teams to determine all options and treatment plans

Want to learn more?

Patient Resources

We have included in this section education on two of the most common procedures, Feeding Tubes and Hernia Repair. More educational material can be obtained through the clinic at the time of your visit or upon request for all other procedures and treatments.

Hernia Repair Patient Resources

What you need to know.

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Inguinal Hernia Information

A quick guide to help you understand what an inguinal hernia is and how it can be treated.

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Umbilical Hernia

Information to help you learn more.

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Associations and Awards

Meet Our Pediatric Surgery Team

We understand that “your child needs surgery” is one of the most frightening phrases parents may ever hear. Our pediatric surgeons are specifically trained in children’s surgery, providing comprehensive care and management of both simple and complex surgeries for patients from newborn to adolescent.

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  • Abdominal wall defects
  • Anorectal malformations
  • Biliary atresia
  • Feeding difficulties
  • Fetal birth defects
  • Gallstones
  • Gastroesophageal reflux
  • Inguinal hernias
  • Internal lesions and tumors
  • Pectus carinatum
  • Pectus excavatum
  • Tracheoesophageal fistulas

Conditions Treated

  • Abdominal wall defects
  • Anorectal malformations
  • Biliary atresia
  • Feeding difficulties
  • Fetal birth defects
  • Gallstones
  • Gastroesophageal reflux
  • Inguinal hernias
  • Internal lesions and tumors
  • Pectus carinatum
  • Pectus excavatum
  • Tracheoesophageal fistulas

Treatment Options

  • Anorectoplasty
  • Bowel resection
  • Cholecystectomy
  • Comprehensive minimally invasive surgery
  • Corrections of abdominal wall defects
  • Gastrostomy tubes
  • Inguinal hernia repair
  • Kasai operation
  • Minimally invasive chest wall corrections (Nuss)
  • Nissen fundoplication
  • Prenatal consults for possible birth defects
  • Pulmonary resections
  • Resection of abdominal tumors
  • Splenectomy
  • Thoracic surgery
  • Tracheoesophageal fistula repair
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Proud of our

Leadership and Practice

Michael S. Nussbaum M.D.Michael S. Nussbaum M.D.Sr. Vice President, Professor and Chair of the Department of Surgery

"Providing comprehensive surgical care using minimally invasive approaches (laparoscopic, endoscopic, robotic) whenever feasible."

Pediatrician Visiting Father And Child In Hospital Bed

Hernia Repair

Carilion Children's Pediatric Surgery sees children of all ages for many types of hernias.

Young girl in hospital bed

Feeding Tubes

Carilion Children's Pediatric Surgery works closely with Carilion Clinic Pediatric Gastroenterology to determine a care plan that best suits the patient’s needs.

Mother in hospital gown holding baby with oxygen tube

Prenatal Consultations

Carilion Children's offer prenatal consultations with surgeons for certain birth defects, helping patients better understand what to expect after delivery.

Boy in hospital bed

Chest Wall Deformities

Carilion Children's has several collaborative partnerships with other teams to determine all options and treatment plans.

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Pediatrician Visiting Father And Child In Hospital Bed

Hernia Repair

Carilion Children's Pediatric Surgery sees children of all ages for many types of hernias.

Young girl in hospital bed

Feeding Tubes

Carilion Children's Pediatric Surgery works closely with Carilion Clinic Pediatric Gastroenterology to determine a care plan that best suits the patient’s needs.

Mother in hospital gown holding baby with oxygen tube

Prenatal Consultations

Carilion Children's offer prenatal consultations with surgeons for certain birth defects, helping patients better understand what to expect after delivery.

Boy in hospital bed

Chest Wall Deformities

Carilion Children's has several collaborative partnerships with other teams to determine all options and treatment plans.

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Satisfaction

High patient satisfaction ratings

graphic of medal

Excellence

Low complication rates

graphic of clock with 24 in the middle

Accessible

24-hour access to surgical team

graphic of handshake

Collaborative

Partners with other teams to determine all options and treatment plans

Want to learn more?

Patient Resources

We have included in this section education on two of the most common procedures, Feeding Tubes and Hernia Repair. More educational material can be obtained through the clinic at the time of your visit or upon request for all other procedures and treatments.

Hernia Repair Patient Resources

What you need to know.

Doctor examining girl's stomach

Inguinal Hernia Information

A quick guide to help you understand what an inguinal hernia is and how it can be treated.

Baby in an umbilical hernia bandage

Umbilical Hernia

Information to help you learn more.

Patient Resources

We have included in this section education on two of the most common procedures, Feeding Tubes and Hernia Repair. More educational material can be obtained through the clinic at the time of your visit or upon request for all other procedures and treatments.

Hernia Repair Patient Resources

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What you need to know.

Doctor examining girl's stomach

Inguinal Hernia Information

A quick guide to help you understand what an inguinal hernia is and how it can be treated.

Baby in an umbilical hernia bandage

Umbilical Hernia

Information to help you learn more.

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Proud of our

Associations and Awards

Proud of our

Associations and Awards

Meet Our Pediatric Surgery Team

We understand that “your child needs surgery” is one of the most frightening phrases parents may ever hear. Our pediatric surgeons are specifically trained in children’s surgery, providing comprehensive care and management of both simple and complex surgeries for patients from newborn to adolescent.

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