
Dr. Richard A Vaughan M.D.
Surgeon (Pediatric) | Pediatric Surgery
1 Stadium Drive Morgantown WV, 26506About
Dr. Richard Vaughan practices Pediatric Surgery in Morgantown, WV. Dr. Vaughan 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. Vaughandiagnoses, 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
Wv Univ Sch of Med, Morgantown Wv 1979
West Virginia University School of Medicine 1979
Board Certification
SurgeryAmerican Board of SurgeryABS
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of MedicineTreatments
- Concussion
- Birth Defects
- Pain
- Hernia
- Umbilical Hernia
- Inguinal Hernia
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Practice At 1 Stadium Drive
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- Dr. John Richard Casuccio M.D.One Medical Center Drive Morgantown WV 26506
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Nearest Hospitals
PRESTON MEMORIAL HOSPITALl
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