Pediatric Surgery

Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital of NewYork-Presbyterian and the Phyllis and David Komansky Center for Children's Health have the largest centers for pediatric surgery in the country, with both comprehensive inpatient and day surgery programs. Our skilled and dedicated specialists incorporate state-of-the-art techniques and technologies for routine procedures and complex surgeries. Representing general and specialty surgical disciplines, these outstanding surgeons have improved the quality of life for countless newborns, children and adolescents.

U.S.News & World Report recognizes the outstanding level of care that we provide each and every one of our young patients and their families. NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital ranks in more pediatric specialties than any other hospital in the metro New York area, according to the 2012-13 U.S.News Best Children's Hospitals rankings [read more].

NewYork-Presbyterian is ranked nationally in nine out of the 10 specialties surveyed. These include:

Cancer
Cardiology & Heart Surgery
Diabetes & Endocrinology
Gastroenterology
Neonatology

Nephrology
Neurology & Neurosurgery
Orthopedics
Pulmonology

The hospitals that were ranked among the best perform a high volume of complex procedures, adhere closely to advanced treatment guidelines, incorporate new findings into patient care, and conduct research that offers severely ill patients more options.

NewYork-Presbyterian pediatric surgeons are locally, nationally, and internationally known for a wide range of expertise including the program for extra-corporeal life support (ECMO) for care of infants and children with life threatening cardio-respiratory failure, minimal access surgery of the chest and abdomen, childhood surgical oncology care, pre and postnatal care of congenital birth defects, pediatric trauma, and vascular malformations.