Pediatrics & Primary Care

Biography

Edmund Kessler is an attending Pediatric Surgeon at a number of New York City hospitals and is an Associate Clinical Professor of Surgery at Weill Cornell Medical Center. His practice is limited to the surgery of infants, children and adolescents. He has completed his MBBCh in General and Pediatric Surgery training at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa. He was a Visiting Fellow at the Hospital for Sick Children in London. He was a Lecturer in Anatomy and was a Consulting Surgeon and Senior Lecturer in Surgery at the University of the Witwatersrand. He is a Fellow of American College of Surgeons, Royal College of Surgeons (Edinburgh), South African College of Surgeons, International College of Surgeons. He is a Member of British Association of Pediatric Surgeons, South African Pediatric Surgical Association, American Pediatric Surgical Association, and a Surgical Affiliate Member of American Academy of Pediatrics.

Abstract

Abstract : Iatrogenic diaphragmatic hernia in infants: Potentially catastrophic when overlooked