Dr. Sohail R. Shah MD, MHA
Surgeon (Pediatric) | Pediatric Surgery
200 Lothrop St Upmc Department Of S Pittsburgh PA, 15213About
Dr. Sohail Shah practices Pediatric Surgery in Pittsburgh, PA. Dr. Shah 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. Shahdiagnoses, 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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Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Thoracic neuroblastoma: a retrospective review of our institutional experience with comparison of the thoracoscopic and open approaches to resection.
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