
Dr. Kimberly A. Ruscher, MD
Surgeon (Pediatric) | Pediatric Surgery
3377 Riverbend Dr Springfield OR, 97477About
Dr. Kimberly Ruscher practices Pediatric Surgery in Hartford, CT. Dr. Ruscher 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. Ruscherdiagnoses, 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
Florida State University, College Of Medicine MD
Florida State University, College Of Medicine 2005
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Do more requirements make a better surgeon?
- Is the generalist surgeon obsolete? The impact of the general surgeon shortage on global health.
- Inhaled nitric oxide use in neonates with congenital diaphragmatic hernia.
- Efficacy of Analgesic Treatments to Manage Children's Postoperative Pain After Laparoscopic Appendectomy: Retrospective Medical Record Review.
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PeaceHealth Sacred Heart Physicians
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- Dr. Garret Seth Zallen MD3377 Riverbend Dr Springfield OR 97477
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