Dr. Nicholas Christopher Saenz M.D.
Surgeon (Pediatric) | Pediatric Surgery
8010 Frost St Suite 414 San Diego CA, 92123About
Dr. Nicholas Saenz practices Pediatric Surgery in San Diego, CA. Dr. Saenz 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. Saenzdiagnoses, 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
Univ of Mi Med Sch, Ann Arbor Mi 1986
Board Certification
SurgeryAmerican Board of SurgeryABS- Pediatric Surgery
DermatologyAmerican Board of DermatologyABD
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Childhood melanoma survival.
- Posterior mediastinal neurogenic tumors in infants and children.
- A retrospective review of the effect of surgeon specialty on the management of 190 benign and malignant pediatric and adolescent adnexal masses.
- Fetal omphalocele in a common bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus).
- Chest wall rhabdomyosarcoma.
- Pediatric rhabdomyosarcoma of the head and neck.
Awards
- 2011 San Diego Super Doctors
Treatments
- Cancer Surgery
Fellowships
- Childrens Hospital Boston, Harvard Medical School - Childrens Hospital
- Children',s Hospital
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