Dr. Elijah Stanton Adkins MD
Surgeon (Pediatric) | Pediatric Surgery
9 Richland Medical Park Dr Suite 500 Columbia SC, 29203Rating
4/5
About
Dr. Elijah Adkins practices Pediatric Surgery in Columbia, SC. Dr. Adkins 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. Adkinsdiagnoses, 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
Columbia Univ Coll of Physicians And Surgeons, New York Ny 1984
Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons 1984
Board Certification
SurgeryAmerican Board of SurgeryABS- Pediatric Surgery
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of MedicineTreatments
- Acid Reflux
- Venous Insufficiency
- Constipation
- Birth Defects
- Hernia
- Cellulitis
- Umbilical Hernia
- Inguinal Hernia
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