Dr. Meghna V Misra M.D.
Surgeon (Pediatric) | Pediatric Surgery
U-Mass Memorial Medical Center 55 Lake Avenue North Worcester MA, 01655About
Dr. Meghna Misra practices Pediatric Surgery in Worcester, MA. Dr. Misra 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. Misradiagnoses, 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.
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