Dr. Karen Speck M.D.
Surgeon (Pediatric) | Pediatric Surgery
101 Manning Dr Chapel Hill NC, 27514About
Dr. Karen Speck practices Pediatric Surgery in Chapel Hill, NC. Dr. Speck 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. Speckdiagnoses, 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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