A new study published Wednesday in JAMA Surgery suggests that patients treated by female surgeons have lower rates of adverse postoperative long-term outcomes including death compared to similar ...

*Dr. Kanika Bowen-Jallow – who went through college, medical school and a residency in her home state of Texas, said it was eight years into her journey toward becoming a pediatric surgeon before she ...

ANAHEIM, Calif. -- Female pediatricians and pediatric post-graduate students in the U.S. face unique mistreatment and disparities, according to three abstracts presented here at the annual meeting of ...

You can't always choose who operates on you, especially in an emergency, but the sex of your surgeon shouldn't matter, should it? It just may, according to a Canadian study of 1.3 million people. It ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- Roughly 400,000 people in the United States experience ACL injuries every year, experts say. Now, Shriner's Children's Philadelphia is leading the way with new technology that's ...

The endocrine system includes glands and hormones that regulate: growth and development, metabolism, reproductive processes, mood, and more things. Pediatric endocrinology specialists treat disorders ...

Most lumps and cysts under the skin are nothing to worry about. But when it’s your child, you want an expert to make sure. At University of Utah Health, our experienced pediatric surgeons have cared ...

Dr. Rowena Spencer, a pioneering pediatric surgeon who worked tirelessly to get the best possible treatment for the patients she called her babies, died Tuesday (May 13) at Mount Vernon Nursing and ...