Shannon Nicole Acker MD
Surgeon (Pediatric) | Pediatric Surgery
13123 E 16TH AVE AURORA CO, 80045About
Dr. Shannon Acker practices Pediatric Surgery in AURORA, CO. Dr. Acker 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. Ackerdiagnoses, 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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