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Jose joaquin Estalilla Hernandez MD
Surgeon (Pediatric) | Pediatric Surgery
550 16TH ST FL 5 SAN FRANCISCO CA, 94158About
Dr. Jose joaquin Hernandez practices Pediatric Surgery in SAN FRANCISCO, CA. Dr. Hernandez 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. Hernandezdiagnoses, 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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