Dr. Dorothy Viviane Rocourt MD
Surgeon (Pediatric) | Pediatric Surgery
500 University Dr Hershey PA, 17033About
Dr. Dorothy Rocourt practices Pediatric Surgery in Hershey, PA. Dr. Rocourt treats children who have an illness, injury, or disease that requires surgery. Some of the surgical problems seen by pediatric surgeons are often quite different from those commonly seen by adult or general surgeons. Dr. Rocourtdiagnoses, treats, and manages childrens surgical needs such as abnormalities of the groin in childhood and, surgical repair of birth defects, surgical care of tumors, transplantation operations, and endoscopic procedures.
Education and Training
Rutgers 1999
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Data provided by the National Library of MedicineTreatments
- Acid Reflux
- Constipation
- Concussion
- Birth Defects
- Malnutrition
- Hernia
- Umbilical Hernia
- Ventral Hernia
- Inguinal Hernia
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