
Dr. Joseph B Lillegard MD
Surgeon (Pediatric) | Pediatric Surgery
200 1st St SW Rochester MN, 55905About
Dr. Joseph Lillegard practices Pediatric Surgery in Rochester, MN. Dr. Lillegard 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. Lillegarddiagnoses, 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
University of Nevada Reno 2005
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