Pediatric general surgery
When your child is facing surgery, you want them in the hands of an experienced and compassionate team. Our family-focused approach to care helps relieve anxiety by keeping you and your child informed and comfortable throughout the entire process.
Our surgeons perform more than 1,500 pediatric general surgeries each year using the most advanced treatment options. Nationally recognized by U.S. News & World Report, we're one of the largest networks of pediatric health care providers in Illinois and among the top 10 in the nation.
We also partner with Pediatrics at NorthShore University HealthSystem and the University of Chicago Medicine Comer Children’s Hospital. Together, as the Chicagoland Children’s Health Alliance, we offer your child access to even more surgeons and specialists throughout the region.
What you can expect
- Family-centered approach: We’ll help you and your child be comfortable as part of our compassionate approach.
- Top surgeons: Our surgeons perform more than 1,500 pediatric general surgeries every year.
- Minimally invasive technology: We explore all treatment options, including non-invasive procedures.
- Multidisciplinary care: Our diverse team of specialists collaborates to create a personalized treatment plan with your child's needs in mind.
- 24/7 access: Our elite surgery unit is ready any time, day or night, at two convenient locations.
Benefits of minimally invasive surgery
Our surgeons are experts in leading-edge, minimally invasive techniques for many common and complex procedures. According to the American Institute of Minimally Invasive Surgery, the benefits of these types of surgery include:
- Safer: With smaller incisions, there’s less trauma to the body and far less blood loss for your child.
- Less scarring and pain: Most incisions take only a stitch or two to close.
- Faster recovery: Procedures typically require only two weeks for recovery, compared to traditional surgeries that usually take six to eight weeks.
- Shorter hospital stay: Most procedures are associated with a 23-hour discharge or scheduled as outpatient surgery.
Multidisciplinary approach
We take a family-centered approach to providing you and your child with outstanding care for a complete range of conditions. Our surgical team, led by pediatric general surgeons, includes advanced practice nurses, pediatric anesthesiologists and surgical schedulers.
They collaborate with a wide range of specialists in order to provide the most comprehensive care available.
We're also part of the Chicagoland Children's Health Alliance, partnering with Pediatrics at NorthShore University HealthSystem and the University of Chicago Medicine Comer Children's Hospital in pediatric surgery. Through us, your child has access to even more specialists and programs.
Convenient locations with 24/7 access
We offer easy access for residents of the Chicagoland area with locations in Park Ridge and Oak Lawn.
Advocate Children's Hospital (North Campus)
1675 Dempster St.
Park Ridge, IL 60068
847-318-9330
Advocate Children's Hospital (South Campus)
4400 W. 95th St.
Oak Lawn, IL 60453
708-684-2016
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