Stanford Medcast Episode 55: Pediatric Pulse Mini-Series - A Pediatric Surgeon's Story

In this episode, Dr. Gary Hartman, a Clinical Professor of Pediatric Surgery at Stanford University, shares his journey through medical school and into pediatric surgery. Dr. Hartman discusses the common conditions he sees in his practice today, including developmental maladies, where organs do not develop normally prior to birth. Operating on babies is much more challenging than operating on adults, as the margin of error is very limited in babies. Dr. Hartman will share the challenges and rewards of the work he is doing in caring for neonates.

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References/Bibliography
1. Fetal and Neonatal Surgery | Conditions and Treatments | Division of Pediatric Surgery | | Columbia University Department of Surgery. (n.d.). Columbiasurgery.org. https://columbiasurgery.org/conditions-and-treatments/fetal-and-neonatal-surgery
2. Mutchinick, O. M., Luna-Muñoz, L., Amar, E., Bakker, M. K., Clementi, M., Cocchi, G., da Graça Dutra, M., Feldkamp, M. L., Landau, D., Leoncini, E., Li, Z., Lowry, B., Marengo, L. K., Martínez-Frías, M. L., Mastroiacovo, P., Métneki, J., Morgan, M., Pierini, A., Rissman, A., Ritvanen, A., … Arteaga-Vázquez, J. (2011). Conjoined twins: a worldwide collaborative epidemiological study of the International Clearinghouse for Birth Defects Surveillance and Research. American journal of medical genetics. Part C, Seminars in medical genetics, 157C(4), 274–287. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajmg.c.30321
3. World Health Organization. (2013). Pocket book of hospital care for children : guidelines for the management of common illnesses. World Health Organization.

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Ruth Adewuya, MD, CHCP
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Stanford University School of Medicine

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Gary Edwin Hartman, MD

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Ishita Verma
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Stanford University

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