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General and Thoracic Surgery


Center for Minimally Invasive Surgery
Center for Prospective Clinical Trials
Pediatric Surgery Training Program

Children’s Mercy Hospital offers a broad range of surgical services including the complex tertiary care of congenital and acquired head, neck, thoracic, abdominal and extremity diseases. Staff members provide 24-hour coverage and can be promptly reached for surgical consultation and care. Every surgery is attended by a pediatric anesthesiologist who has experience in administering anesthesia precisely measured for the child's age, size and condition.

Physicians:

George Whitfield Holcomb III, MD, MBA Surgeon-in-Chief;
Director, Center for Minimally Invasive Surgery;
The Katharine B. Richardson Endowed Chair in Pediatric Surgery, 1999;
Professor of Surgery, UMKC School of Medicine
Walter Andrews , MD

Section Chief, Transplantation;
Surgical Director, Liver Transplantation
Professor of Surgery, UMKC School of Medicine

John Murphy , MD Section Chief, Urological Surgery;
Professor of Surgery, UMKC School of Medicine
Daniel Ostlie , MD Director, Surgical Critical Care;
Director, Surgical Critical Care Fellowship;
Associate Professor of Surgery, UMKC School of Medicine
Ronald Sharp , MD

Section Chief, General and Thoracic Surgery;
Director, Burns and Trauma;
Professor of Surgery, UMKC School of Medicine

Charles Snyder , MD Director, Clinical Research;
Professor of Surgery, UMKC School of Medicine
Shawn St. Peter , MD

Director, Center for Prospective Clinical Trials;
Assistant Professor of Surgery, UMKC School of Medicine

Parents and patients, if you want to learn more about pediatric surgery conditions please click here http://www.eapsa.org.

Information about Recently Published Works can be found here.

You may also find some helpful information by visiting our Center for Minimally Invasive Surgery section.

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