Pediatric Surgery

The MUSC Children's Health Pediatric Surgery team treats children from the newborn stage through late adolescence. The unique nature of medical and surgical care of children requires rigorous residency and fellowship training.

We collaborate with pediatric anesthesia, emergency medicine, ICU, gastroenterology and other pediatric subspecialists. We also work closely with specialty nursing staff, physical and occupational therapy, child life experts and other Children’s Hospital resources to allow our team to provide high quality, patient-focused care.

Services We Offer 

• Bowel management
• Broviacs and ports
• Minimally invasive laparoscopic, thoracoscopic, and robotic surgery
• Chest wall deformity center (destination program for pectus patients)
• ECMO (Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation)
• Endoscopic and minimally invasive procedures (thoracoscopy and laparoscopy)
• Feeding tubes (button and PEG)
• Level I pediatric trauma center
• Only pediatric burn service center in South Carolina
• Reflux surgery (Nissen fundoplication)
• Telemedicine program available for surgical consults

Surgical Conditions We Treat

• Appendicitis
• Burns
• Chest wall deformities/pectus
• Congenital diaphragmatic hernia
• Congenital lesions (hemangiomas and lymphangiomas)
• Congenital lung lesions
• Gallstones
• GYN and ovarian pathology in children
• Hernias (inguinal and umbilical)
• Hirschsprung’s disease
• Hydroceles
• IBD (Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis)
• Imperforate anus
• Intestinal atresias
• Lumps and skin lesions
• Neck and thyroid lesions
• Pancreatitis
• Pediatric trauma
• Pediatric tumors: Wilms’, sarcomas, neuroblastoma
• Prenatal consults
• Pyloric stenosis
• Undescended testis

More Care Team Members

Julie Mansfield | Physician Assistant

Jennifer Waterhouse | Nurse Practitioner

Ryan Howard, RN | Burn Nurse

Julie Noel, RN | Clinic Nurse

Kathy Chessman, Pharm D

Julie Caraway | Administrative Support

Josh Dakin | Administrative Support