Dr. Robert Thomason Russell MD
Surgeon (Pediatric) | Pediatric Surgery
1600 7TH AVE S # ACC300 BIRMINGHAM AL, 35233About
Dr. Robert Russell practices Pediatric Surgery in BIRMINGHAM, AL. Dr. Russell 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. Russelldiagnoses, 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
Medical University of South Carolina College of Medicine 2003
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- Birth Defects
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