Dr. Marc Godfrey Schlatter MD
Surgeon (Pediatric) | Pediatric Surgery
330 Barclay Ave Ne Suite202 Grand Rapids MI, 49503About
Dr. Marc Schlatter practices Pediatric Surgery in Grand Rapids, MI. Dr. Schlatter 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. Schlatterdiagnoses, 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 University College of Medicine 1983
Board Certification
SurgeryAmerican Board of SurgeryABS- Pediatric Surgery
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Snowmobile injuries and fatalities in children.
- Pediatric ERCP in a multidisciplinary community setting: experience with a fellowship-trained general surgeon.
- Gastric duplication cyst: a unique presentation.
- The effect of cyclosporine A on long-term renal function in pediatric liver transplant recipients.
- Schwannoma of the diaphragm--a pediatric case report and review of the literature.
- University of Wisconsin preservation solution compared with Euro Collins preservation solution in pediatric liver transplantation.
- Ovarian neoplasms in children.
Treatments
- Eating Disorders
- Birth Defects
- Malnutrition
- Hernia
- Gas
- Umbilical Hernia
- Inguinal Hernia
- Peripheral Artery Disease (pad)
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