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Franklin C. Margaron, MD
Surgeon (Pediatric) | Pediatric Surgery
601 Childrens Ln Norfolk VA, 23507About
Dr. Franklin Margaron practices Pediatric Surgery in Norfolk, VA. Dr. Margaron 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. Margarondiagnoses, 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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Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth Medical Degree 2014
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Children\'s Hospital of The King\'s Daughters
601 Childrens Ln -Norfolk, VA 23507Get Direction
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Get to know Pediatric Surgeon Dr. Franklin C. Margaron, who serves patients in Portsmouth, Virginia.
Recognized as a caring and compassionate pediatric surgeon, Dr. Margaron works with patients at the Naval Medical Center Portsmouth.
As a premier healthcare organization in the Department of Defense, the focus of Naval Medical Center Portsmouth is to provide patients with world-class medical care in a healing environment that promotes better outcomes for them. Their Pediatric Surgery Division provides comprehensive evaluation, preoperative preparation, operative treatment, and postoperative care for the full spectrum of routine elective as well as urgent or emergent pediatric surgical problems.
Back in the early days of his academic career, Dr. Margaron earned his medical degree from the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth in 2014. He then went on to complete his internship and residency in pediatric surgery at the Naval Medical Center Portsmouth.
Pediatric surgery is a subspecialty of surgery involving the surgery of fetuses, infants, children, adolescents, and young adults. Pediatric surgeons are trained as general surgeons who then go on to get specialty training to perform surgery on children and neonates with various congenital and oncologic issues.
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- Dr. Robert J. Obermeyer M.D.601 Children's Lane Norfolk Virginia 23507
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- Dr. Frazier W. Frantz MD601 Childrens Ln Norfolk VA 23507
- Dr. John Birknes M.D.601 Childrens Ln Norfolk VA 23507
- Dr. Marcia Ann Kuhn M.D.601 Childrens Ln Norfolk VA 23507
- Dr. Stephanie Anne Kapfer MD620 John Paul Jones Cir Portsmouth VA 23708
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1500 N. 28TH STREET RICHMOND VA 23223