Dr. Hemal Kodikara MBCHB
Surgeon (Pediatric) | Pediatric Surgery
MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER NEW YORK NY, 10065About
Dr. Hemal Kodikara practices Pediatric Surgery in NEW YORK, NY. Dr. Kodikara 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. Kodikaradiagnoses, 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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