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The Division of Pediatric Surgery at the University of Louisville is clinically
busy, averaging 2,500 operative cases each year. In addition, the service cares
for most of the regional pediatric trauma and burn patients in Western Kentucky
and Southern Indiana.
Members of the Division have been actively involved in international, national,
state, regional and local activities. All members of the Division are actively
involved in the education of medical students and residents.
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Kosair Children's
Hospital has a very active Child Advocacy Department, which provides the
impetus for the Safe Kids Coalition in Jefferson County. Kosair Children's
Hospital is a regional Cancer Center for Children approved by the American
College of Surgeons. Pediatric cancer patients are involved in national cancer
center studies.
The Division is actively recruiting additional full-time faculty and hopes to
apply for a Pediatric Surgery Fellowship in the future.
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