The Department of Surgery at Lurie Children’s, led by Marleta Reynolds, MD, provides surgical services ranging from routine appendectomies and tonsillectomies to complex organ transplantations and congenital heart defect surgeries. The department is also the pediatric surgery training arm of Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, providing residency training in each of its 10 divisions.
With an experienced staff trained in all the pediatric subspecialties listed below, our team is ready to serve your child's every surgical need.
The department is made up of approximately 50 full- and part-time pediatric surgeons in 10 subspecialty divisions, including:
- Cardiovascular-Thoracic Surgery | Led by Joseph M. Forbess, MD, MBA
- Dentistry | Led by Ray Jurado, DDS
- Neurosurgery | Led by Sandi K. Lam, MD, MBA
- Ophthalmology | Led by Marilyn Mets, MD
- Orthopaedic Surgery | Led by John Sarwark, MD
- Otorhinolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery | Led by Dana Thompson, MD
- Pediatric Surgery (General) | Led by Fizan Abdullah, MD, PhD
- Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery | Led by Arun Gosain, MD
- Transplant Surgery | Led by Riccardo Superina, MD
- Urology | Led by Earl Cheng, MD
Specialties & Conditions Department of Surgery
