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Learn more about Pediatric Surgeons and how to choose the right one for you
Learn more about Pediatric Surgeons
A pediatric surgeon specializes in the surgical care of diseases, injuries and deformities in premature and newborn infants, children, and adolescents. Pediatric surgeons diagnose and treat many conditions affecting children, including birth defects, traumatic injuries, cancer, and abdominal problems, such as appendicitis and hernias.
A pediatric surgeon typically:
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Evaluates the child’s medical history within the context of his or her growth and development. Pediatric surgeons determine if surgery is necessary and at what age a surgery should be done.
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Educates children, parents and guardians about the surgical procedure, how to prepare a child for surgery, and what to expect during recovery based on the child’s age and development
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Orders and interprets laboratory and imaging tests and prescribes medications
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Performs exploratory surgeries and procedures, such as endoscopy and laparoscopy, to diagnose diseases and conditions
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Treats various diseases and conditions by performing surgical procedures, such as appendectomy, bariatric surgery, intestinal transplant surgery, and fundoplication (anti-reflux surgery)
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Provides care before, during and after surgery
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Works closely with your child’s primary care doctor and other specialists and members of the healthcare team to provide optimal care
Pediatric surgeons may also be known by the following names: children's surgeon, child surgeon, surgeon for kids, pediatric general surgeon, and peds surgeon.
There are 19 specialists practicing Pediatric Surgery in South Carolina with an overall average rating of 4.2 stars. There are 11 hospitals in South Carolina with affiliated Pediatric Surgery specialists, including Prisma Health Greenville Memorial Hospital, MUSC Shawn Jenkins Children's Hospital and University Medical Center.
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Dr. Alexander Soutter, MD
Specialty: Pediatric Surgery295A Midland Pkwy Ste 120Summerville, SC 29485Patients Tell Us:- Offers Telehealth
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Dr. Ross Morgan, MD
Specialty: Pediatric Surgery920 Doug White Dr Ste 150Myrtle Beach, SC 29572Patients Tell Us:- Offers Telehealth
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Find a Telehealth DoctorDr. Varun Bhalla, MD
Specialty: Pediatric Surgery9 Richland Medical Park Dr Ste 500Columbia, SC 29203Patients Tell Us:- Easy scheduling
- Explains conditions well
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Dr. John Chandler, MD
Specialty: Pediatric Surgery48 Cross Park CtGreenville, SC 29605Patients Tell Us:- Offers Telehealth
- Easy scheduling
- Employs friendly staff
Dr. James Green, MD
Specialty: Pediatric Surgery48 Cross Park CtGreenville, SC 29605Patients Tell Us:- Offers Telehealth
- Easy scheduling
- Employs friendly staff
Dr. Bhairav Shah, MD
Specialty: Pediatric Surgery9 Richland Medical Park Dr Ste 500Columbia, SC 29203Patients Tell Us:- Easy scheduling
- Employs friendly staff
- Explains conditions well
Dr. Robert Gates, MD
Specialty: Pediatric Surgery48 Cross Park CtGreenville, SC 29605Patients Tell Us:- Easy scheduling
- Employs friendly staff
- Explains conditions well
Dr. Laura Hollinger, MD
Specialty: Pediatric Surgery2250 Mall Dr Fl 1North Charleston, SC 29406Dr. Aaron Lesher, MD
Specialty: Pediatric Surgery10 McClennan Banks Dr # MSC915Charleston, SC 29401Dr. Elijah Adkins, MD
Specialty: Pediatric Surgery9 Richland Medical Park Dr Ste 500Columbia, SC 29203Dr. Randel Abrams, MD
Specialty: Pediatric Surgery1 Independence Pt Ste 212Greenville, SC 29615Patients Tell Us:- Easy scheduling
- Employs friendly staff
- Explains conditions well
Dr. Christian Streck Jr, MD
Specialty: Pediatric Surgery2250 Mall Dr Fl 1North Charleston, SC 29406Dr. Keith Webb, MD
Specialty: Pediatric Surgery48 Cross Park CtGreenville, SC 29605Dr. Robert Cina, MD
Specialty: Pediatric Surgery2250 Mall Dr Fl 1North Charleston, SC 29406Dr. Robert Ricca Jr, MD
Specialty: Pediatric Surgery48 Cross Park CtGreenville, SC 29605Dr. Charles Smith III, MD
Specialty: Pediatric Surgery171 Ashley AveCharleston, SC 29425Dr. Lucas McDuffie, MD
Specialty: Pediatric Surgery2250 Mall Dr Fl 1North Charleston, SC 29406Dr. Molly Short, DNP
Specialty: Pediatric Critical Care Surgery10 McClennan Banks DrCharleston, SC 29401Biography: Molly Ann Short is a pediatric nurse practitioner in the Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Unit (PCICU) at Shawn Jenkins Children's Hospital. She earned her Doctorate of Nursing Practice in pediatric primary care from The Medical University of South Carolina in 2023. She is board certified as a pediatric nurse practitioner by the Pediatric Nursing Certification Board. Prior to becoming a nurse practitioner, she worked as a nurse in the Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Unit at MUSC for over seven years, where she found her passion for pediatric cardiology. Molly loves building relationships with patients and their families through education and support while in the cardiac intensive care unit.
Dr. Aaron Cunningham, MD
Specialty: Pediatric Surgery10 McClennan Banks DrCharleston, SC 29401Biography: Dr. Aaron Cunningham is a board\-eligible pediatric surgeon in Charleston, South Carolina who maintains a comprehensive practice in pediatric general and thoracic surgery including the surgical care of neonates, pediatric surgical oncology, and minimally invasive surgery in children with congenital anomalies such as congenital pulmonary airway malformations (CPAM), esophageal atresia (EA/TEF), diaphragmatic hernia or a rare hepatobiliary disorder known as biliary atresia. He was trained with a highly\-specialized focus in minimally invasive techniques for small neonates and believes in the comprehensive, multidisciplinary care of children with the goal of improving health over the course of a lifetime. Dr. Cunningham's treatment philosophy is to deliver the specific care that each individual child needs to allow them to live better over the course of their lifetime, as he would for his own family. With the state\-of\-the\-art facilities available at the MUSC Shawn Jenkins Children's Hospital, he is dedicated to providing care, specific to children, that cannot be delivered anywhere else in South Carolina and beyond. Dr. Cunningham was born and grew up in New York where he studied biological engineering at Cornell University. He developed an interest in medicine while working as a clinical neurophysiologist in Georgia and went on to attend medical school there at the Medical College of Georgia. Surgical residency brought him to the west coast where he trained at Oregon Health \& Science University in Portland. During his time there he developed an acute interest in pediatric surgery and completed a research fellowship in pediatric surgical outcomes. His research time was productive and predominantly focused on trauma induced coagulopathy in children and systems approaches to improving pediatric surgical care. Dr. Cunningham then completed his fellowship training in pediatric surgery at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford University. The highly\-specialized training that he received while at Stanford predominantly focused on minimally invasive surgical techniques in small neonates including minimally invasive approaches to esophageal atresia, CPAM, diaphragmatic hernia, and an advanced endosurgical technique called peroral endoscopic myotomy (POEM), which was performed on children in only one other center in the country. Dr. Cunningham joins MUSC as an assistant professor of surgery in 2023. He is passionate about the care of all children but maintains a clinical focus in a rare hepatobiliary disorder known as biliary atresia where the bile ducts form abnormally. He believes that complex diseases, like biliary atresia, are best managed in places where coordinated multidisciplinary care can be offered, like the MUSC Shawn Jenkins Children's Hospital. His research interests include biliary atresia, pediatric trauma and defining systematic barriers to improving pediatric surgical care through quality improvement.