Winston Chan, MD
Surgeon (Pediatric) | Pediatric Surgery
101 W 8th Ave L1 Ste 100 Spokane WA, 99204Rating
5/5
About
Dr. Winston Chan practices Pediatric Surgery in Spokane, WA. Dr. Chan 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. Chandiagnoses, 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
University of Alberta Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry 1988
Provider Details
Treatments
- Acid Reflux
- Constipation
- Birth Defects
- Pain
- Hernia
- Cellulitis
- Umbilical Hernia
- Ventral Hernia
- Inguinal Hernia
Fellowships
- Pediatric Surgery - Montreal Children's Hospital
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