Grace A. Nicksa, MD, MPH
Surgeon (Pediatric) | Pediatric Surgery
710 Lawrence Expressway (Dept# 286) Santa Clara CA, 94002About
Dr. Grace Nicksa practices Pediatric Surgery in Santa Clara, CA. Dr. Nicksa 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. Nicksadiagnoses, 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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