Herbert Whiting Virgin-downey MD, MBA
Surgeon (Pediatric) | Pediatric Surgery
757 WESTWOOD PLZ LOS ANGELES CA, 90095About
Dr. Herbert Virgin-downey practices Pediatric Surgery in LOS ANGELES, CA. Dr. Virgin-downey 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. Virgin-downeydiagnoses, 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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