Dr. David G Rustad MD
Surgeon (Pediatric) | Pediatric Surgery
2545 Chicago Ave #104 Minneapolis MN, 55404About
Dr. David Rustad practices Pediatric Surgery in Minneapolis, MN. Dr. Rustad 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. Rustaddiagnoses, 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
Johns Hopkins Univ Sch of Med, Baltimore Md 1979
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine 1979
Board Certification
SurgeryAmerican Board of SurgeryABS
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