The Department of Surgery at Children's Memorial provides a full range of surgical services ranging from routine appendectomies and tonsillectomies to complex organ transplantations and surgeries for congenital heart defects. 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. 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
312.227.6190
Otolaryngology
Lauren Holinger, MD
773.880.4457
Pediatric Surgery (general)
Marleta Reynolds, MD
773.880.4340
Plastic Surgery
312.227.6250
Transplant Surgery
Riccardo Superina, MD
773.975.8828
Urology
William E. Kaplan, MD
773.880.4428
Mailing address:
Department of Surgery
Children's Memorial Hospital
2300 Children's Plaza, No. 63
Chicago, Illinois
60614-3363
Main hospital phone: 773.880.4000.