Dr. Alfred Parker Kennedy Jr., MD, FACS
Surgeon (Pediatric) | Pediatric Surgery
2100 W Clinch Ave Suite 430 Knoxville TN, 37916About
Dr. Alfred Kennedy practices Pediatric Surgery in Knoxville, TN. Dr. Kennedy 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. Kennedydiagnoses, 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.
Board Certification
SurgeryAmerican Board of SurgeryABS- Pediatric Surgery
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Pyloromyotomy: randomized control trial of laparoscopic vs open technique.
- Embolization for pediatric blunt splenic injury is an alternative to splenectomy when observation fails.
- Soccer injuries in children requiring trauma center admission.
- Pulmonary hernia in a two-year-old child.
- Abdominal Compartment Syndrome in a Pediatric Patient With Cloacal Exstrophy.
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