MESSAGE FROM THE CHIEF
Diana Farmer, M.D.
Professor & Chief,
Division of Pediatric Surgery
Our world-renowned surgeons are full time faculty at the University of California in San Francisco School of Medicine where they teach and conduct clinical research. As members of the only Pediatric Surgical Practice in San Francisco, our surgeons provide inpatient and outpatient surgical care for infants and children at the UCSF Children's Hospital, California Pacific Medical Center (CPMC), and Kaiser San Francisco.
Our surgeons remain committed to the ongoing development of new surgical techniques for management of diseases in children—particularly minimally invasive approaches for operations traditionally done open, through a large incision.
Patient Center
Conditions & Treatments
- Appendicitis
- Cholecystectomy
- Inguinal Hernia
- Magnetic Mini-Mover Procedure
- Pectus Excavatum
- Pectus Carinatum
- Splenectomy
Multidisciplinary Care – care before birth and beyond
Our team of doctors, nurses and support staff are also founders of the UCSF Fetal Treatment Center of Excellence, providing care to babies before and after birth. As the birth place of fetal surgery, our surgeons are on the leading edge of treatments for fetal diseases. In addition we are members of the comprehensive cancer center, working closely with pediatric oncologists to care for children with cancer.
LIFE Clinic – long-term follow-up care
Our LIFE (Long-Term Infant-to-Adult Follow-Up and Evaluation) Clinic specializes in providing life-long multidisciplinary follow-up care for children surviving and thriving with birth defects. Our staff is committed to providing the highest level of service over the lifespan from before birth through adolescence and are committed to delivering long term care for children with chronic conditions, coordinating multidisciplinary care for our children and their families.