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Andrea A. Hayes Dixon (born 1965) is an American surgeon. She was the first pediatric surgeon to perform a high-risk, life-saving procedure in children with a rare form of cancer and developed the first orthotropic xenograft model of metastatic Ewing's sarcoma.
Subspecialties of pediatric surgery itself include: neonatal surgery and fetal surgery. Other areas of surgery also have pediatric specialties of their own that require further training during the residencies and in a fellowship: pediatric cardiothoracic (surgery on the child's heart and/or lungs, including heart and/or lung transplantation), pediatric nephrological surgery (surgery on the ...
Charles Everett Koop (October 14, 1916 – February 25, 2013) [1] [2] was an American pediatric surgeon and public health administrator who served as the 13th surgeon general of the United States under President Ronald Reagan from 1982 to 1989.
Pediatric surgery is a highly-specialized field of medicine. This specialty field has several areas of focused expertise including prenatal (surgery while the baby is still in the womb), neonatal ...
Rowena Spencer (July 3, 1922 – May 13, 2014) [1] was an American physician who specialized in pediatric surgery at a time when it was unusual for a female to become a surgeon. She was the first female surgical intern at the Johns Hopkins Hospital , the first female appointed to the full-time surgery staff at Louisiana State University , and ...
Lewis Spitz FRCS (born 25 August 1939 in Pretoria [1]) is a paediatric surgeon who is internationally recognised as a leader in paediatric surgery and is known for his work on congenital abnormalities of the oesophagus, particularly oesophageal atresia, oesophageal replacement and gastroesophageal reflux especially in neurologically impaired children.
Neema Kaseje is an American pediatric surgeon and public health specialist in Boston, with Doctors Without Borders, and at University Hospitals Geneva. [1] She is the founder and director of the Surgical Systems Research Group in Kisumu, Kenya. [2]
Ala Stanford is an American pediatric surgeon. She is the founder of R.E.A.L. Concierge Medicine and the Black Doctors COVID-19 Consortium. She is also the first African-American female pediatric surgeon to be trained entirely in the United States.