Dr. Samuel Soffer MD
Surgeon (Pediatric) | Pediatric Surgery
Lijmc Dept Of Surgery Peds Surgery 270 05 76th Avenue New Hyde Park NY, 11040About
Dr. Samuel Soffer practices Pediatric Surgery in New Hyde Park, NY. Dr. Soffer 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. Sofferdiagnoses, 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
Suny-Hlth Sci Ctr At Brooklyn, Coll of Med, Brooklyn Ny 1996
State University of New York Downstate Medical Center College of Medicine 1996
Board Certification
SurgeryAmerican Board of SurgeryABS- Pediatric Surgery
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Treatments
- Birth Defects
- Hernia
- Leukemia
- Umbilical Hernia
- Inguinal Hernia
- Dermal Aesthetics
- Extra Corporeal Shockwave Therapy
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