Marleta Reynolds, MD

Specialties

• Surgery (General pediatric)

  Provides general and chest surgery for problems related to the head, neck, chest, abdomen and extremities, congenital malformations, and solid tumors. Many standard procedures are completed through minimally invasive techniques. Learn more »

• Fetal health

  The Institute for Fetal Health provides counseling and specialty pediatric care planning to the parents-to-be of babies diagnosed with medical problems before birth. Using a multidisciplinary approach, the Institute works closely with parents, the local obstetrical care team, and the family pediatrician to plan the best care following delivery. All surgical and medical specialties except psychiatry participate in this program and are committed to seeing patients on short notice. Scheduling is done through the Institute, and some consultations may be available at suburban locations. The program coordinator can answer questions about the scope of each specialty and the choice of consultants required. Learn more »

• Critical care (Pediatric Intensive Care Unit)

  Treats critically ill infants, children and adolescents with respiratory failure, cardiovascular collapse, renal failure, increased pressure in the skull, coma and seizures; also postoperative care. Learn more »

Special interests

Developmental anomalies of the lung, diaphragm, intestines, and abdominal wall, prenatal counseling for fetal anomalies, minimally invasive surgery, endocrine surgery, hernias, undescended testes, inflammatory bowel disease, surgery for tumors or cancers of the neck, chest and abdomen, heart/lung bypass (ECMO)

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Health care plans accepted

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• Aetna (EPO, HMO, POS, PPO)
• Beech Street (PPO)
• Best Doctors (PPO)
• Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Illinois (HMO, POS, PPO)
• CCN (PPO)
• CIGNA (EPO, HMO, POS, PPO)
• Employer Coalition on Health (HMO)
• First Health (PPO)
• Great West Health Care (formerly One Health Plan) (PPO)
• Harmony Health Plans of Illinois (HMO)
• Health Alliance Medical Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
• HealthNetwork/Wellmark (PPO)
• HFN, Inc. (EPO, PPO)
• Humana, Inc. (HMO, POS, PPO)
• Illinois Health Connect (HMO)
• Managed Care Strategies (PPO)
• Multiplan (PPO)
• National Provider Network (PPO)
• Preferred Plan (PPO)
• Private Healthcare Systems, Inc. (POS, PPO)
• Sagamore - Indiana (PPO)
• UniCare (HMO, PPO)
• United Healthcare of Illinois (EPO, HMO, POS, PPO)
• WEA Insurance Group (PPO)

Notes

Why I love working at Children's Memorial (video).
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Certifications

Board certified in General Surgery, 1982, 1992, 2001; Pediatric Surgery, 1986, 1996, 2003; Cardiothoracic Surgery, 1986, 1995, 2006; Surgical Critical Care, 1988

Publications

View a partial list of Dr. Reynolds's publications

Available from the National Library of Medicine's PubMed online database.

Professional organizations

American College of Surgeons, American Pediatric Surgical Association, Central Surgical Association, American Academy of Pediatrics, Chicago Surgical Society