Dr. David Allen Smith M.D.
Surgeon (Pediatric) | Pediatric Surgery
7613 W Jefferson Blvd Suite 200 Fort Wayne IN, 46804Rating
4/5
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Dr. David Smith practices Pediatric Surgery in Fort Wayne, IN. Dr. Smith 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. Smithdiagnoses, 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
Indiana University School of Medicine 1987
Provider Details
Treatments
- Aspiration
- Acid Reflux
- Constipation
- Birth Defects
- Hernia
- Leukemia
- Gas
- Umbilical Hernia
- Inguinal Hernia
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