DIVISION OF PEDIATRIC SURGERY
Contact Us for Appointments and questions:
- Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
319-356-2229 - Emergencies, evenings, and weekends:
319-356-1616
Pediatric surgeons at University of Iowa Children's Hospital are trained and equipped to diagnose and manage surgical problems of the fetus and newborn baby, as well as the infant and child.
Patients range in age from premature infants through late adolescence and, for some children with complicated problems, into young adulthood. Fifty percent of the pediatric patients are less than one year old. Operations are performed on an outpatient basis whenever possible.
Young patients and their families have special needs In addition to offering a welcoming, comfortable environment for children and parents at University of Iowa Children's Hospital, our pediatric surgeons provide special expertise in areas ranging from the corrections of life-threatening birth defects in the newborn to various surgical diseases of infancy and childhood.
Each year the University of Iowa Children's Hospital surgical team performs more than 600 operations and more than 1,000 children are seen annually in the outpatient clinic for preoperative diagnostic evaluations and postoperative follow-up care.
Univeresity of Iowa Children's Hospital has a pediatric intensive care unit available for critically ill infants and children.
Pediatric Surgery Staff