
Dr. Benjamin Padilla MD
Surgeon (Pediatric) | Pediatric Surgery
1601 Walnut St Suite 300 Philadelphia PA, 19102About
Dr. Benjamin Padilla practices Pediatric Surgery in Philadelphia, PA. Dr. Padilla 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. Padilladiagnoses, 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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