MD: University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine (1988).
Residency Training: General Surgery, New York Hospital–Cornell University Medical Center.
Fellowship Training: Pediatric Surgery, St. Louis University Health Sciences Center.
Board Certification: Pediatric Surgery; Surgery.
Specialties: Pediatric advanced minimal access surgery (laparoscopy and thoracoscopy); surgical management of congenital and acquired anomalies/disease of the neck, chest (airway, chest wall, lungs, esophagus), abdomen (biliary disease, liver, spleen, gastrointestinal tract, anorectum), and soft tissues in children (newborn to adolescents); surgical management of childhood tumors (including kidney and adrenal glands); repair of inguinal hernias, undescended testes; surgical consultation for trauma.
Additional: Chief of Pediatric Surgery; Fellow, American College of Surgeons (FACS); Surgery Specialty Fellow, American Academy of Pediatrics; member, American Pediatric Surgical Association; associate member, Children's Oncology Group; see selected recent publications.
Honors: Selected for inclusion in the "Best Doctors" listing of New York Magazine (June 16, 2008), representing the top 2% of physicians in the New York Metropolitan area; selected for inclusion in the Castle Connolly Guide, Top Doctors: New York Metro Area (2007, 2009, 2010), representing the top 10% of physicians in the New York Metropolitan area; selected for inclusion in Guide to America's Top Surgeons (2007) published by the Consumers' Research Council of America.
Languages Spoken: English, Chinese (Mandarin).
Consultations/Appointments: 631-444-4545.