Dr. Robert Carr Kanard MD
Surgeon (Pediatric) | Pediatric Surgery
901 West Biesterfield Road Suite 213 Elk Grove Village IL, 60007About
Dr. Robert Kanard practices Pediatric Surgery in Elk Grove Village, IL. Dr. Kanard 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. Kanarddiagnoses, 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.
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