
Dr. L R Scherer MD
Surgeon (Pediatric) | Pediatric Surgery
705 Riley Hospital Dr Suite 2500 Indianapolis IN, 46202About
Dr. L Scherer practices Pediatric Surgery in Indianapolis, IN. Dr. Scherer 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. Schererdiagnoses, 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
Ohio State Univ.College of Medicine And Public Health MD 1981
Board Certification
SurgeryAmerican Board of SurgeryABS
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- The use of pleuroperitoneal shunts in the management of persistent chylothorax in
- Prehospital triage in the injured pediatric patient.
- Efficacy of primary and secondary video-assisted thoracic surgery in children.
- Is the grass greener? Early results of the Nuss procedure.
- Pectus excavatum repair: experience with standard and minimal invasive techniques.
- Emergency room thoracotomy: updated guidelines for a level I trauma center.
- Critical care of the severely injured child.
- Cervical abscess and mediastinal adenopathy: an unusual presentation of childhood histoplasmosis.
- Cholesterol: a clinical appraisal in relation to coronary artery disease.
- An adverse effect of BAL in a case of subacute arsenical polyneuritis, with observations on porphyrin metabolism.
- Incidence of persistent left superior vena cava in esophageal atresia.
- Incidence of abdominal wall defects is related to surface water atrazine and nitrate levels.
- Analysis of nonfatal dog bites in children.
- Bowel visualization during indium-111-labelled diethylene triamine penta-acetic acid cisternography due to massive cerebrospinal fluid leak. Case report and review of the literature.
- Multiple esophageal duplication cysts.
Dr. L R Scherer MD's Practice location
Practice At 705 Riley Hospital Dr Suite 2500
705 Riley Hospital Dr Suite 2500 -Indianapolis, IN 46202Get Direction
Practice At 702 Barnhill Dr Rm 2500
702 Barnhill Dr Rm 2500 -Indianapolis, IN 46202Get Direction
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