The Pediatric Surgeon focuses on providing surgical care for all problems or conditions affecting children that require surgical intervention. Involved with the diagnosis, preoperative, operative, and postoperative management of surgical problems in children, and operate on children whose development ranges from the newborn stage through the teenage years. Cooperate with other physicians involved in a child's medical care--neonatologists, pediatricians, and family physicians--to determine whether surgery is the best option for the child.