Dr. Tom Jaksic MD, PHD
Surgeon (Pediatric) | Pediatric Surgery
300 Longwood Ave Fegan 3 Boston MA, 02115Rating
5/5
About
Dr. Tom Jaksic practices Pediatric Surgery in Boston, MA. Dr. Jaksic 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. Jaksicdiagnoses, 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
Queen's University Faculty of Health Sciences 1981
Board Certification
DermatologyAmerican Board of DermatologyABD
Provider Details
Clinical Trials
Treatments
- Minimally Invasive Surgery
- Birth Defects
- Malnutrition
- Pain
- Hernia
- Peripheral Artery Disease (pad)
- Vascular Disease
Fellowships
- Harvard Medical School, Fellow:Critical Care 1986
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Cambridge, MA 1983
- New England Deaconess Hospital - Boston, MA 1986
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