Joshua J Short MD.PH.D
Surgeon (Pediatric) | Pediatric Surgery
619 19th St S Birmingham AL, 35249About
Dr. Joshua Short practices Pediatric Surgery in Birmingham, AL. Dr. Short 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. Shortdiagnoses, 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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