The Department of Surgery at Children's Memorial Hospital is the pediatric surgery training arm for Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine. The Department provides a full range of surgical services ranging from routine appendectomies to the most complex organ transplantations.
With an experienced staff trained in all the pediatric subspecialties listed below, our team is ready to serve your child's every surgical need. For more information, please read when your child has surgery.
The department is made up of approximately 50 full- and part-time pediatric surgeons in 10 subspecialty divisions, including:
Cardiovascular-thoracic surgery
Carl L. Backer, MD
773.880.4378
Dentistry
Ray Jurado, DDS
773.880.4593
Neurosurgery
Tadanori Tomita, MD
773.880.4770
Ophthalmology
Marilyn Mets, MD
773.880.4346
Orthopaedic Surgery
John Sarwark, MD
773.880.4220
Otolaryngology
Lauren Holinger, MD
773.880.4457
Pediatric Surgery (general)
Marleta Reynolds, MD
773.880.4340
Plastic Surgery
Bruce Bauer, MD
773.880.4072
Transplant Surgery
Riccardo Superina, MD
773.975.8828
Urology
William E. Kaplan, MD
773.880.4428
The mailing address for the department is:
Department of Surgery
Children's Memorial Hospital
2300 Children's Plaza, #28
Chicago, Illinois
60614-3363
The hospital's main phone number is 773.880.4000.